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almond oil manufacturing equipment
- Solvent Extraction Line
- Jinan, China (Mainland)
- 1 Set/Sets
- US $3,000 - 10,000/ Set
- paypal,UnionPay, Visa/MasterCard, Amex, Discover,T/T
- 1000 Set/Sets per Month
Product Details
|Small Sunflower Seeds oil making machine
|Cold & Hot Pressing Machine
|Automatic Grade:
|Production Capacity:
|according to the capacity
|Place of Origin:
|Jinan, China (Mainland)
|Brand Name:
|Model Number:
|LD coconut oil machine
|according to the capacity
|according to the capacity
|according to the capacity
|After-sales Service Provided:
|Engineers available to service machinery overseas
|Small Sunflower Seeds oil making machine
|raw materials:
|fresh coconut
|stainless steel,carbon steel
|wooden case special for coconut oil machine
|other materials:
|walnut,almond,shea nut, palm kernel, seLDe
|using condition:
|no extra requirement
|popular area:
|Srillanka, Malaysia,Phillipine,Nigeria,America tropical area
|main business:
|South East Asia,Middle America,West Africa
|using life:
|more than 15 years
|Stainless Steel 304
Product Description
Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. has applied the automatic control system with advancedness,security, reliability into the pretreatment,extraction,refining and fractionation in large oil plants.For its application in automatic control system,it can control the production in the entire workshop and monitor the operational status of each device by controlling the computer terminals in the room.One person only can operate the entire workshop, with efficient production management.It has reduced the production cost greatly and improved the management efficiency.
Introduction of Solvent Extraction Line:
Solvent condensation system combines with evaporation system closely, and evaporative condenser and steam stripping condenser all work under negative pressure.Non-condensable gas enters the energy saver from the shell of the first evaporator. In energy saver, noncondensable gas exchanges heat with condensate from the evaporative condenser.Finally,the condensate temperature discharged from energy saver is increased,and the solvent separated water from going to the solvent holding tank.
The high temperature makes it unnecessary to be reheated for the recycling, so as to save energy. Noncondensable gas from energy saver enters desolventizing condenser, in which a great deal of gas is condensed, and the tail gas is discharged into the final condenser. The solvent gas from the extractor enters extraction condenser, and the noncondensable tail gas enters the final condenser.For the free gas in final condenser, diversion box, holding tank, underground solvent library and miscella tank, cool them with low temperatured cold water to recycle most of solvent gas. The tail gas with little solvent goes to paraffin recovery process.
If you are interested in our company,please feel free to contact Ms. Myra for a quotation,(Tel/whatsapp:0086-18363092712, Email:firstname.lastname@example.com,Skype:leaderfoodmachine2).You will get superior service, and Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd. produce almond oil manufacturing equipment with high quality, high performance and the best prices.
product description
Hydraulic oil press machine
The main parts of this seLDe oil machine has hydraulic cylinders, columns, beams on activities, base, oil pump, cylinder, electric lap and automatic temperature control devices. Materials are of high quality metal material, thereby improving the performance of the machine to ensure that the service life of components.
Application materials
The machine is suitable for cold pressing or hot pressing any oil seeds and oil plant, such as cedar seeds, walnut, peanut, seLDe seeds, almond etc. Especially for pressing seLDe, pine nut, walnut, and so on valuable oil seeds.
Hydraulic cold pressing widely used in oil press:
Full automatic hydraulic press is a small oil press which is most convenient in operation, highest yield efficiency, as well as least replacement spare parts. Only one machine, you could get the better oil and easy to operate.
|Main characteristics
|Weight (kg)
|1 staff, 10m2 plant
This is some detail part picture of our hydraulic expeller. All of our steel is order for baosteel company - the most famous steel maker in China. Every detail part have specially designated person to responsible, so our quality always best.
This is processing of our machine, our parts are order from famous brands, and our worker have rich experience.
This is some part of hydraulic expeller. All of our part order for the best company in China or the world.
We have the best freight can quickly and safety to transport the goods to the port.
Most of times, we used sea transportation.Certifications
Our Company
1,How long can we get the goods?
we usually delivery in 45 working days, we will inform you shipping time based on your seaport.
2,How long is the guarantee?
we promise guarantee as one year for non-human damage factor.
3,How should I do if meet some trouble while using?
we can supply English manual book and also take a video for showing how to resolve the problems or dispatch our worker to your factory.
4,What about Payment term?
T/T(Telegraphic Transfer ) --30% as prepayment by T/T, after seen the copy of the B/L sent by fax, the balance of 70% should be effected .
Western Union ,L/C ,Trade Assurance,Etc.
5,WhatâÂÂs your MOQ
1 set
Shandong LD grain and oil machinery co., LTD is a company specializing in the production of grain and oil machinery and equipment, scientific research, manufacturing, sales for the integration of large-scale private enterprises, the company with the mechanical design and research institute of Jinan province, Jinan university of technology (the former college of food) university-enterprise cooperation, carried out for a long time in oil machinery, preparing protein, lecithin extraction and other aspects of the research and development and application of new technology.
Our products are exported to all over the world, and always get the high praise.
Pre-sale services:
1) Selecting equipment type;
2) Designing and fabricating the products in accordance with the special requirements of the clients;
3) Training technical personnel for our clients;
4) Providing construction and technology consultations or working out proper construction schemes for those new, special or difficult projects
Services provided during the sale:
Respect our clients; present the clients with ease, relaxation and a surprise; devote ourselves to improve the total value of our clients.
1) Checking products acceptance ahead of delivery;
2) Introducing the service system to our clients.
after-sale services
Improve the added value of our products, and let the clients free from the using troubles:
1) Assisting the clients preparing for the first construction scheme;
2) Installing and testing the equipment;
3) Training the first-line operators on site;
If you are interested in our machine, please check the "Send" Now!!
Contact Us
- Shandong Leader Machinery Co.,Ltd.
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- AddressNo.15, Lanxiang Road, Tianqiao District, Ji'nan, Shandong, China
- Phone(Working Time)86-0531-85064681
- Fax0086-0755-8839151
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- Small Scale Screw Pressing Machine
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- Sesame/Niger Seed Oil Plant
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- Full Continuous Refining Line
- Crude Oil Refining Plant
- Edible Oil Filling Line
- Corn Germ Oil Plant
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- Soybean Protein Line
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- Flocons de maïs / Ligne de production de céréales
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- machine de traitement de poulet
- machine à éplucher les arachides


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Administer procurement is one of the important process in Procurement Knowledge Area as it is the one which is responsible in maintaining the interfaces between seller and buyer & ensures work performance of the seller is as expected.
Below is the Mind Map of Administer Procurements process. As usual, I tried putting as much information as possible in each branch in this process map to bring out completeness to it. Hope this will be useful to you.
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Carolyn Marie Reed, 92, formerly of Wabash, died at 11:35 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, at Peabody Healthcare Center in North Manchester. She was born May 18, 1920 in Wabash, to Ferman E. and Marie M. (Hipskind) Kester.
Carolyn was a 1938 graduate of Wabash High School. She was a receptionist for Dr. Carl Elward in Wabash 13 years, and for Beauchamp and McSpadden Insurance Company 22 years, retiring in 1980. She also worked at the St. Bernard Rectory. Carolyn was a member of St. Bernard Catholic Church, the Rosary Society, and the Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority. She lived at Peabody since December 2010 and on Willard Drive in Wabash 30 years.
She is survived by two sons, James C. Reed, Lancaster, Pa., and Thomas E. (Paula) Reed, West Mifflin, Pa.; five grandchildren, Tom (Sharon) Reed, Pennsylvania, Matthew (Patric) Reed, Lititz, Pa., Michael (Jaimee) Reed, Denver, Colo., Julie (James) Corell, Fort Wayne, and Christopher (Kimberly) Hudak, Export, Pa.; and 10 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her brother, James Kester, and her sister Barbara Jean Kester.
There will be no services. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery. Arrangements by Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash.
Preferred memorial is St. Bernard Catholic Church.
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- The Perfect Amino Acid Ratio Matrix
- Validated Positive Nutrient Repartitioning
- Vegan Friendly & Gluten Free
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Servings Per Container 60
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Partical-Sized Essential Amino Acid IR Proprietary Matrix
L-Leucine, L-Valine, L-Isoleucine, L-Lysine, L-Phenylalanine, L-Threonine, L-Methione, L-Tryptophan, L-Tyrosine, L-Cystine, L-Leucine Malate
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|*percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Ingredients: Sucralose, Malic Acid, Acesulfame Potassium, Maltodextrin, Gum Acadia, Natural Flavor, Silicon Dioxide (As Anti-Caking Agent).
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Self-employed workers might be setting themselves up for failure in retirement, a report released Tuesday by TD Ameritrade found. The "Self-Employment and Retirement Survey" found almost 70% of self-employed workers like contractors and entrepreneurs aren't saving regularly for retirement.
Head Research conducted the survey for TD Ameritrade among over 2,000 self-employed and non-self-employed workers. The report found 40% say they don't save on a regular basis, while 28% don't save at all. By comparison, 12% of non-self-employed people say they don't save regularly, and 10% aren't saving at all.
Even as they're neglecting to save, many expect to rely on those savings in retirement. Fifty-nine percent of respondents said they expected to live on their savings after they stop working, and 38% said they would rely on income from investments in their IRAs. Just 14% said they would rely on the income from selling their business for retirement funds.
TD Ameritrade referred to research from Economic Modeling Specialists Intl., a CareerBuilder company, that shows the number of self-employed workers in the United States has increased by more than 14% since 2001 to about 10 million. Of those, 30% are 55 or older, and more than 28% are between 45 and 54.
It's possible that self-employed workers are struggling with the same obstacle many low-income and entry-level workers face. EMSI found the average annual income for self-employed workers is just under $27,000. The study seems to support this. Among all respondents, 31% acknowledged that it's hard to save as much as they want, and 83% of people who are saving said they've had to cut back on savings for one reason or another.
Lule Demmissie, managing director of investment products and retirement services for TD Ameritrade, noted, however, that the EMSI is only part of the story.
"The median is riddled with outliers," she said. "You could have a skew because there could be a chunk of self-employed workers that are way beyond that $27,000." Low income does make it difficult to save, Demmissie acknowledged, but the variability of your salary is another factor. "If you're making say $100,000 of $200,000 a year and you're self-employed, it may not be coming at the same time. It may not be dripping, it could be feast or famine; that could also be just as hard, even if it's not a low-income situation."
Another contributing factor to self-employed workers' low savings rates is what Demmissie called friction. "When you're self-employed you're going to have to set up your own IRA and one that is applicable to your situation. You don't have some of the ease of implementation that a traditional employer has. All that adds up to what we call friction. It becomes friction for you not to do this."
Another obstacle could be that they've set goals that seem too far out of reach, if they have one at all. The report found just 30% of self-employed and non-self-employed workers have a defined retirement goal. However, self-employed workers are aiming for a median $1 million, while non-self-employed workers' median goal is just $725,000.
"Behavioral finance really works well here. One of the tenets of behavioral finance is make things easy and people will be more apt to do it."
Among the small group of self-employed workers who are saving, easy and flexible plans are the most popular. More than 40% said they looked for one that "fit their circumstances." A third said they wanted a plan that was easy to contribute to, and 36% wanted one that was easy to set up. Twenty-eight percent said they looked for a plan that would allow irregular contributions. Traditional savings and money-market accounts were used by almost half of respondents who save, while a third said they use a traditional IRA. Less than half of self-employed workers are even aware of individual 401(k)s.
"I don't think the traditional workers skewed any wealthier or had more access [to advisors] than the self-employed. I think it's as much situational as anything else." She referred to self-employed workers' high level of awareness of traditional IRAs. "My hypothesis is they may actually be people who were employed before in a traditional setting. They're aware of these traditional things. The challenge is once you leave that traditional marketplace of employment, things that are applicable to you are different. For instance, now that I'm self-employed, maybe a SEP is more appropriate."
Demmissie pointed out that small behaviors add up, so the high level of self-employed workers who aren't saving regularly or at all is "disconcerting." However, they're not so far behind that they can't begin to change.
"For a lot of these self-employed individuals, information is accessible," Demmissie said. "Nobody is hiding the ball here. One of the things that's important here is using the resources that are available. It's not an unattainable first step to do that. This isn't a doom-and-gloom, it's an opportunity for more education and self-awareness."


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Tractor politicking
Dennis McDonald pulls Montana to the left
Dennis McDonald, 63 years old, works an unusual intersection. He raises cattle and horses on roughly 30,000 deeded acres in the Crazy Mountains foothills in central Montana. He's also the leader of Montana's Democratic Party: Activists and other party leaders elected him chairman in 2005 and re-elected him this year.
McDonald has helped Montana's Dems become trendsetters. They broke a 10-year Republican lock on the governor's office and both chambers of the Legislature in 2004, then replaced incumbent Republican Sen. Conrad Burns with Jon Tester in 2006, enabling the national party to take control of the U.S. Senate.
But politics is never easy. Montana Dems narrowly lost their majority in the state House of Representatives in 2006, and recently three of McDonald's five staffers resigned to take other political jobs. HCN's Senior Editor Ray Ring caught up with McDonald between bouts on his tractor.
HCN: How has your life shaped your views?
McDonald: I'm from a failed farming family. I grew up on an old homestead in Kansas, raising grain and cattle. I have a sale bill from when my folks lost their place and had to sell the last of their livestock and equipment - I keep it and look at it from time to time. I think feeling failure within your family is a huge motivator.
I worked my way through California State College at Hayward, with summer jobs as a Teamster at a cannery, and seeding lawns for tract houses. I went to a small law school in San Francisco, and did personal injury cases, representing folks that were injured by virtue of faulty equipment or playthings like motorcycles. I gained a couple of big judgments against the Harley Davidson company - there were defects in the motorcycle frames and very serious injury cases. One young man lost his legs and an arm in a motorcycle accident. I think he would have gotten nothing because the company was trying to stonewall. We were able to achieve a lifetime annuity for this young man, but his disability got the best of him and he ended up committing suicide. ... I guess I've always seen myself as part of the underdogs.
HCN: How did you get into politics?
McDonald: I began with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's campaign for president in 1968. I worked for him in Oakland, manning the phones, going door-to-door and ultimately organizing precinct captains over Northern California. It really was a blow when Kennedy got assassinated. And earlier that year, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and the Vietnam War - those were life-shaping times. We saw our government and our nation were off track. After Kennedy's death, I hitchhiked across the country to Montgomery, Ala., and then we marched on to Resurrection City (protesters camped on the mall) in Washington, D.C.
HCN: Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 - a follow-up to the 1964 act - earlier that year, in response to King's death and race riots. Resurrection City was more a protest seeking economic justice, it was anti-corporation, and it fell short - you couldn't get Congress to do anything more, because liberal whites failed to back it as much as they backed civil rights?
McDonald: There weren't many white faces in Resurrection City and on that trip from Montgomery to D.C.
HCN: How did you become active in Montana politics?
McDonald: I enjoyed practicing law, but I had this deep-rooted affinity for agriculture. I like the independence and satisfaction in raising cattle and horses and feed, and it's not in an office. I bought a small ranch in California, and then I began buying ranches in Montana, and by the late 1980s I was able to make the move here full-time. At first I became active in Montana cattle politics. I was a founder of the Montana Cattlemen's Association, which today is the largest (ranchers') organization in Montana. It's not affiliated with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, because they represent the huge meatpacker corporations and international cattle feeders. Then I was appointed to serve on the (U.S. Department of Agriculture) International Trade Advisory Committee for livestock, and I toured countries in Central America and South America that produce cattle that are imported in this country.
HCN: Politically, what do the independent cattlemen need?
McDonald: We need an opportunity to differentiate our product from the rest of the world - country of origin labeling (on beef in grocery stores, which is an ongoing battle in Congress). Cheap foreign beef can be acquired and sold in the same package as our beef - it's fundamentally unfair. The other thing we need is competition in the marketplace. Presently we have four major meatpackers that process 85 percent of the cattle in this country, and they get together through collusion and otherwise to manipulate the market to the detriment of the grassroots producers. We need the packers having to bid against each other.
HCN: I'm surprised Democrats nationally haven't pushed those kinds of working-class economic issues, above all - and there are plenty of those issues for people who are not in ag. What do you think?
McDonald: It's the party's roots, and we need to get back to it. It's what we're doing here in Montana. I'm pushing those bread-and-butter, kitchen-table issues that strike a chord with people across the state - including the minimum wage, health care, and paying our teachers a good wage to have good schools.
HCN: Democrats traditionally have been an urban party in many states. But in Montana, our other top Democrats - Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Sen. Tester and Sen. Max Baucus - also have some roots in ranching or farming. All of them, and you, present that image to the public. Yet really, not many Montanans are directly involved in ag anymore. Does it mean the politics still revolve around ag in some way?
McDonald: I believe that rural constituents, farmers and ranchers but not limited to them, deliver to the country a moral compass, a moral direction for the country.
HCN: And when the Dems connect with that rural constituency, regardless of number of rural voters, it lends authenticity to the party?
McDonald: Authenticity, that's a good word for it. I encourage Democrats elsewhere to consider it. I see it happening big-time in places like Colorado, where Sen. Ken Salazar and Congressman John Salazar (brothers elected in 2004) are examples. They both grew up on a small southern Colorado farm, and one of the things you come away with when you talk to them is how genuine they are, just down-to-earth genuine folks.
HCN: In the 2006 campaigns, when you got Jon Tester into the Senate, and the count was so close that every vote mattered, you expanded the organizing into rural areas that had been Republican strongholds?
McDonald: When I took over, there were 18 Montana counties that didn't even have a central Democratic Party structure; some hadn't had a central committee since FDR (Franklin Roosevelt's presidency in the 1930s). I spent the first year traveling across the state meeting with folks, and today we have a central committee in all 56 counties. When Jon Tester was traveling across the state, I could call folks in Scobey or Plentywood (small towns on the plains) and ask them to organize a meeting place so Jon could visit with them. In our rural counties, some of our elderly Democrats who otherwise may not have voted, we had people driving them to the polls, where previously there wasn't a mechanism to do that sort of thing. There's no question that it affected Jon's election. We're rebuilding the party structure from the ground up. Even on the county level, for county commission and clerk and recorder, I'm dedicated to the proposition that no Republican will run unopposed anywhere in Montana. People say, "Don't bother. We can't win that race, the percentage of voting Democrats in that district is so slight," and my answer is, "The reason for that is, we haven't made an effort for 25 years."
HCN: We've seen national Democratic candidates trying to appear they have rural values - like Sen. John Kerry, during his presidential campaign, getting photographed in hunting gear, carrying a gun. Do they risk looking phony?
McDonald: You touched on something: being authentic. I don't think anyone should pretend to be anything they're not. As an outdoors person, I have a twinge of resentment when I see that (urban Democrats faking it). I grew up hunting and fishing.
HCN: I also see a little irony: You wear the cowboy hat, yet you made your money as a trial lawyer, and that's a stereotype for Democrats - the trial lawyers winning money in lawsuits against businesses, then they use the Democratic Party to get what they want. Do you see any humor in that?
McDonald: I laugh at myself all the time.
HCN: Do you think more Democratic candidates should be out driving tractors for a living?
McDonald: I think if more politicians spent more time driving tractors or feeding horses, the entire country would be better off.
The author is the paper's senior editor.


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We are Kiva Fellows. This is the stuff we like. Here is an insider (often critical, or satirical but always true!) view of what it means to be a Kiva Fellow and promote access to financial services around the world. From party crashing to bazaars to street food, these are the things we like and thrive on. Check out Stuff Kiva Fellows Like (SKFL) #1-9!
#10 Street Food
Mariela Cedeño, KF16, Cochabamba, Bolivia
I'm not really sure why, but there is something inherently appealing to a Kiva Fellow's being about food that is prepared, cooked, and sold on the streets. Perhaps it's the dubiously hygienic food preparation, the alternative cooking apparatus used to bring food to fire, or it's ready availability and our relative laziness…wait, no, it's actually our need to literally 'taste' the local culture. In our fits of street food deliriousness we are open and ready to taste all that our surroundings have to offer, however, we often find that the local fare may not quietly find a home in our stomachs. Thankfully, before leaving to our local assignments, our travel nurses reminded us that in times of intestinal woe, Cipro and other like antibiotics will be our best friend. They sometimes are, but because we are well versed in the dangers of overusing antibiotics and are haunted by nightmares of creating giant super bacteria that start kidnapping local women and children, we use them sparingly and wisely.
Nevertheless, a Kiva Fellow is not threatened by the possibility of exposure to parasites, e. coli, or anything of it's kind, and with unready stomachs we take in all the savory goodness that the streets have to offer. Often we eat things without knowing what they are, and when told what they are, we shrug our shoulders and press on. We seek cultural immersion through food; we are bold culinary pioneers.
#11 Party Crashing
Kiva Fellows (KFs) LOVE a good party. Food, music, drinks: what's not to love? KFs are repeat offenders for obvious reasons. They do not consider their behavior to be ill-mannered or inconsiderate: crashing is merely a survival tactic. It can get very lonely in the field and KFs can't sit and wait for invites to flood their Facebook wall because well, odds are they won't. So, KFs crash. Weddings, birthdays, retirement celebrations, grocery store inaugurations, TGIF fun, holiday festivities are all fair game. Sure, the KF may not know Marta from accounting or her husband to be, or Adrian the birthday boy, but KFs firmly believe that nothing brings people together like cake. In the pursuit of brotherly love (read: food, music, drinks), KFs show up and wow coworkers and strangers alike with their witty banter and impressive dance moves (moonwalk anyone?). As (invited) party-goers head for home, they are usually heard saying something along the lines of, "That KF is really something."
#12 Personal Space
Lauren Barra, KF 16, Kenya/Tanzania
The world's population has just surpassed 7 billion people. Whether we're boarding a matatu, dala-dala, or ferry, Kiva Fellows are painfully reminded of this fact each time we set out into the field. Public transportation in the developing world usually involves hoards of people, pushing and shoving, all desperately trying to secure a coveted seat. Hesitate, and you'll end up standing for most of the bumpy ride. Although buses have legal limits, more people pile in at each stop because "there's always room for one more." You're packed in like sardines and it suddenly occurs to you. What wouldn't you give for a few more inches of personal space?
#13 Podcasts
Kate Bennett, KF16, Peru
You're living in middle-of-nowhere Perú, or Sierra Leone, or Cambodia. You're feeling isolated, whether due to your language skills, culture shock, or sheer exhaustion. You're covered in mosquito bites, your toilet doesn't work, and you can't remember the taste of strawberries or what it feels like to not be in 100°F weather. The only English you've spoken or heard in three months are your own inane mutterings over PA2's most recent tech glitch.
But then, you flip on your iPod. All your troubles slide away as the smooth, calming voice of Ira Glass envelops you. It almost doesn't matter what Ira is going on about, it just matters that he's there for you. And it's not just Ira: it's the Stuff You Should Know team, the hilarious duo at RadioLab, and maybe a little bit of Prarie Home Companion for posterity's sake. Meet your new best friends. You're learning, you're growing, and you're keeping yourself sane through the incredible technologies of podcasts. And now that there's a Stuff You Should Know lending team? Well that's just gravy.
#14 Being 'Xtreme'
Jim Burke, KF16, Nicaragua
Kiva Fellows are adventurous, risk taking individuals. They are Xtreme. The natural habitat for the Kiva Fellow is the extreme cold (La Paz), the extreme heat, or the extremely uncomfortable. KFs thrive in new environments, welcome an adventurous BV visit, and like being pushed to the limit physically and mentally. KFs love extreme sports like whitewater rafting in Uganda, volcano boarding, walking around Guayaquil, or canoeing flooded city streets.
Kiva Fellows are extreme but what they like even more is to remind people how extreme they are. They do this by wearing outdoorsy clothes, or accenting their business casual office wardrobe with hardcore Keen gear. KFs also establish their field cred by downplaying how extreme they are. They especially like pretending really shocking things are no big deal. Be it a GIGANTIC earthquake, election violence or sky diving, recounting these harrowing tales always ends in; 'Oh, but it was really just no big deal…'
#15 "Going Native"
Jill Hall, KF16, Philippines
A Kiva Fellow is lucky if they get an email from their MFI prior to leaving for the field detailing a list of appropriate clothing items to bring. Some fellows get hints like, "at your placement, they are a bit more formal so take a suit" or "you will be visiting agricultural borrowers in remote areas so take durable clothes". It is not often that you get a "bring a gown because every company event you attend everyone there will be dressed to the nines" so you can imagine my shock when I attended my first work event in the Philippines and everyone is in beautiful gowns called "Filipinianas".
Every Kiva Fellow knows there is that moment where they can decide to "go native" and we either do as the locals do or we don't. As fellows we whole heartedly embrace the phrase, "When in Rome…". With this in mind, I finally traveled to the labrynth of a market to find my own Filipiniana. Initially I had reservations but when I walked into the room in my new bubble gum pink gown, I saw a room full of smiling faces. For this type of reaction, any Kiva fellow would "go native"!
#16 Eating Stuff With Weird Names
Kim Strathearn, KF16, Turkey
Kiva Fellows like to eat. But not the stuff that made Rob sick, twice! We like good food with weird names such as the Imam fainted, Sultan's Delight, split belly, angle hair, lady's thighs, lady's belly, attractive lady's lips, priest's stew, Ali the gentlemen, cigarette pastry, Albanian liver and Lion's milk (yes too much of it does make you roar!) More than eating strange foods, Kiva Fellows like to take charge and cook local specialties themselves! Nothing says immersion and cultural understanding more than whipping up a batch of 'vizier's fingers'!
The fellow in Turkey is probably the luckiest because of the amazing cuisine available. Turkey has a rich culinary history dating back to the Ottoman Empire. Don't forget that the Sultan controlled the spice trade crossing his territories so only the best ingredients ended up on his table. Legend says that imperial cooks were rigorously tested for hire solely based on their method of cooking rice, a simple dish. KFs are foodies and have mastered the subtle differences between rice, beans and other simple dishes
#17 Going to the Bazaar
Chris Paci, KF16, Tajikistan/Azerbaijan
As Kiva Fellows, we try to do all we can to support the microentrepreneurs that Kiva has sent us abroad to help. The flip side of that – natural, if you think about it – is that we're required to feel guilty whenever we shop at an enterprise that is not sufficiently micro. It ruins our field cred. You see, we have been sent out into the world as MICROFINANCE MISSIONARIES!: volunteers who spread the Kiva gospel while leading ascetic lives of self-deprivation that bring us closer to the impoverished societies in which we live. Upscale clothing stores and glitzy shopping malls just don't square with that self-image.
Luckily, there's a loophole, and it's called the bazaar. Vast, labyrinthine, and bursting with local color, the bazaar is packed with every good a Kiva Fellow could need, all sold by hundreds of individual entrepreneurs who are micro enough to earn our attention. The bazaar makes us feel more assimilated just for having stepped inside. Even the word "bazaar" is resonant with exoticism and magic, which means, of course, that it should be dropped into casual conversation as often as possible. "Why yes, I buy all of my shashlyk from the bazaar." "I found the most amazing Engrish T-shirt at the bazaar yesterday." "I might be a little late; I need to pick up some apricots from the bazaar after work." Any one of the above lines is guaranteed to make us at least 20% cooler in the eyes of our developed-world peers.
And of course, as every Kiva Fellow knows, successfully haggling with a microentrepreneur is the number-one way to gain field cred!
Read Stuff Kiva Fellows Like (SKFL) #1-9 here!>>>
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Jim Burke is a Kiva Fellow working with AFODENIC in Nicaragua. When not diligently working on his Kiva deliverables he kills time reading the blog SEAWL. To learn more about Kiva borrowers around the world please visit Kiva.org.


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Few mysteries among the Capitol Hill gossip set were more unsolvable, not to mention trivial, than that of the 2007 Lincoln Navigator with Texas license plates reading "WTF 44" situated in the Longworth House Office Building parking lot. Why would this Texan motorist be so perplexed over the current and 44th president of the United States as to solicit answers, vulgarly, with his vehicle's registration tags? Who is this curious land-tank operator?
Mother Jones finally singled out the owner yesterday, however: It's Scott Graves, legislative director for Republican Rep. K. Michael Conaway! Just as we all thought, maybe. But Graves denies that the plates have anything to do with President Obama, and he ordered new plates when he "realized the meaning could be misconstrued." The rest of his staff has, in Mother Jones' words, been "playing dumb" about what other meaning could be gleaned from the vanity plates.
But Conaway's office seems worried about press attention now that it's been called out, according to this report from a San Angelo Standard Times reporter who was accidentally cc'd on an inter-office email:
In an email addressing [press secretary Sam Ray] but also sent to the Standard-Times' Washington correspondent and Graves, Chief of Staff Richard Hudson referred to "KMC"-Kenneth Michael Conaway, saying: "Give KMC a 'heads-up.' When she talks to KMC next and she asks him about it, he just needs to decline to discuss his employees' personal vehicles. Or say something like, I didn't know about the plates, but I understand he's changed them."
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I don' t think we have any readers left in the house after such a long hiatus. It really does seem that we are history in internet time, though its only been 13 months since we last posted here. Anyhoo, if you liked reading Baba T, I now contribute at The Wrestling Blog. As the … Continue reading
With ominous imagery and a typical vacuum Iommi riff we are off to the races!! Hello, everybody, tis' a new Black Sabbath album with the original lineup except for Bill Ward who is replaced by Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine fame. 34 years in the making and here we are, quivering in anticipation. … Continue reading
Devotion – JESSIE WARE – 2012
In my angriest moments while writing about music I turn my fury on vacuous popular music that expresses nothing of value. However there are phases or moments when a pop song touches my strings and remains etched for – say longer than the usual 2 minutes. Jessie Ware has stuck with me for months now … Continue reading
Aske – BURZUM – 1993
Yes, this is the one with the burned church on the cover. In the same mold as "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss" with the same stylistic leanings, this remains essential to black metal lore. Burzum hadn't reached the trance like stylings that were later achieved on Hvis Lyset Tar Oss or on Darkthrone's Transilvanian Hunger – … Continue reading
Out of Time – R.E.M – 1991
This album is the most straight-forward, poppy, simplistic and emphatic album that R.E.M ever wrote – it is delightful. I am particularly attached to it, this being the first R.E.M album I ever heard, and among the first 50 albums I ever heard. There goes objectivity – or not – such a thing as objectivity … Continue reading
Leprosy – DEATH – 1988
Time and repeated listens to the Death discography have altered my feelings and perception – I view "The Sound of Perseverance" as a functional but mediocre epitaph of this band with a few highlights – the real meat of Death lies in their earlier offerings – nowhere better encapsulated and expressed than on "Leprosy". The … Continue reading
Hail to the Thief-RADIOHEAD-2003
Are you such a dreamer? To put the world to rights? I'll stay home forever Where two & two always makes up five There is nothing you can do to ward off the inevitable doom and facing that reality makes you want to cover up, buy a gun and sit behind the door and watch … Continue reading


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The TM-R-AF1 Wireless Wall Mounted Timer for AF-LMF Valve Kits by Skytech gives wireless control of gas heating fireplaces with a simple click of a button. The remote wall transmitter runs on (2) 3V batteries that operates a 4 button 30 MIN, 60 MIN, 120 MIN, OFF system to transmit wirelessly to a receiver that operates on (4) AA batteries. The receiver box is intended for use with the AF-LMF series safety pilot valves to provide simple and wireless control of the fire feature. This kit includes the solenoid, batteries, wire kit, and receiver shield.
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I may have forgotten to mention that the White Trash poll voting ends on 10/22.
Weird, right? Well, I gave the whole thing a month. Figured, by that time, I would be…
A) mentally prepared to make a corndog casserole (if ultimately that was decided)
B) most likely be back in town for a few consecutive weekends to be able to put said white trash dish together.
So. For those of you who have voted, thank you!
If you haven't yet, not to worry, you still have time.
Have a great Friday everybody!
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Relocation UK – The United *Magic* Kingdom
Visiting home after moving to London has always been a treat for me, and a trip to DisneyWorld is the ultimate! Not only has this vacation reunited me with my family and childhood joys, but it brought me back to the UK as only Disney could do so well…
The other week, I shared a link to AllEars.net that described the inspiration for Epcot's UK pavilion. Now en route back to Chicago before I fly back to London on Monday, I've already visited the UK pavilion myself and can report on what it got right. First of all, it was pouring the day I went there, so tick one box for UK authenticity! 😉
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China has updated the technology it uses to secure its passports, with chip-equipped documents to be issued from March 15th.
People's Daily reports that the nation's Ministry of Public Security has noted the 90-odd other nations to have adopted chip-equipped travel documents and decided China needed to play at the same level. Automated immigration checks for chipped passports will follow.
The official Q&A from the Ministry on the new passports says China will use the same smart-card based chip technology adopted elsewhere and that only Chinese authorities will be able to read much of the data they store. That will include a signature, photograph and fingerprint. Applicants for the new passports must submit the latter, unless they are under 16 years of age and their parents disapprove of the procedure. China will therefore create a database of the biometric identifiers of passport holders. The new passports will also use "colorless fluorescent printing, shaped rainbow printing, multi-level, multi-color wiring, gravure luster ink, laser perforation and high-resolution holographic protection film, the announcement says (in translation, via. Google)."
Only ten million Chinese citizens currently have passports, but their numbers are swelling by 20% each year. ®
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NPR: Why The AR-15 Is More Than Just A Gun
Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid insist that gun control legislation is not dead — they say they're strategizing on how to bring the issue back to the Senate floor.
Even if it does return, one proposal unlikely to survive is an assault weapons ban. Military-style assault rifles now form a nearly $1 billion industry supported by gun owners who spend thousands of dollars collecting these firearms.
And while the gun-rights lobby keeps invoking the right of "self-defense" to defend Americans' right to buy these guns, home protection is low on the list of reasons gun enthusiasts keep buying military-style weapons.
'They Picture You As Some Kind Of Militant Freak'
There's a lot of name-calling in the gun control debate. Gun control advocates are slammed as elitist, urban liberals who want to take everyone's guns away. Gun rights people are accused of being paranoid rednecks who think the government is out to get them. And then there are the special labels reserved for people who love their assault rifles.
"You know, they picture you as some kind of militant freak. And that's not me," says Mike Collins, who owns more than a dozen military-style rifles with his wife.
Collins wants you to understand something: He is a rational, intelligent, regular guy.
"I spent 27 years in the military," he says. "I defended this country all over the world. I've been in multiple combat tours. I'm not a nut. I'm not a crazy guy. I'm just a normal person who enjoys shooting."
And for Collins, target practicing with an AR-15 is a hobby.
Next to Collins at the shooting range at Clark Brothers Gun Shop in Warrenton, Va., is Jason Glascock, who says if more Americans knew what it was like to shoot these weapons, they would see these guns can actually be good, clean fun.
"The AR — it's America's gun. It's what our troops carry. It's been our military firearm," Glascock says. "It's our, if you will, symbol around the world, this gun."
The fully automatic version of this gun — the M-16 — was introduced by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. The AR-15 is semiautomatic, which means you need to squeeze the trigger for each bullet.
Glascock was 3 years old when he started shooting a .22 caliber with his grandfather. By 5 years old, he moved on to shotguns. He started collecting military-style guns when he turned 18, and he just built an AR-15 for his 19-year-old son last Christmas.
"We've always sold more guns when Democrats are in office than we ever sell when Republicans [are] in office," says Mitch May, the general manager at Clark Brothers Gun Shop in Warrenton, Va.
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'The Mr. Potato Head Of Firearms'
When Glascock explains why he keeps collecting military-style guns, he doesn't bring up self-defense or hunting. His eyes light up when he talks about all the fun ways you can customize an AR-15: flashlights, scopes, night vision, even an attachable beer-bottle opener. You can get the gun in neon green or with zebra stripes if you want. The accessories can cost more than the weapon itself, which starts at around $800.
Collins says when he modifies his AR-15, it's like a guy souping up his car.
"This is the man's Barbie doll — you know, the Mr. Potato Head of firearms," Collins says, "because you can interchange so many different things to make it customized to you, to be able to make it comfortable when you shoot."
But this Mr. Potato Head is deadly. The AR-15 was the gun used by Adam Lanza when he opened fire in Newtown, Conn., last December. Twenty-six people were killed, including 20 first-graders. Everyone was shot more than once — as many as 11 times. And that's what the military wanted out of this gun — the ability to kill even without good aim, a weapon with high-capacity ammunition magazines that could spray bullets within close to medium range.
"Those design features in a civilian market have horrific consequences," says Tom Diaz, a gun control advocate who has long followed the commercialization of military firearms. "So you can call it whatever you want — tactical rifle, black rifle, assault rifle, modern sporting rifle. It has the capability that the military wanted for warfare."
Instruments Of Warfare In The Civilian Market
How did warfare enter the civilian market? AR-15 rifles were sold to the public as early as the 1960s, but Diaz says their popularity really took off in the 1980s, after Chinese manufacturers began exporting the AR's Russian counterpart — the AK-47 — to the U.S. And then pop culture helped the market along. Television shows like Miami Vice made military-style firearms look sexy.
Military-style rifles have now ballooned into a nearly billion-dollar business. The main gun industry group, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, tells NPR these weapons represent almost 20 percent of the entire industry's revenue. Data that the NSSF provided to NPR show imports and production of these weapons almost quadrupled in the past 10 years. After semi-automatic pistols, military-style rifles represent the next hottest-selling category of guns.
"AR-style modern sporting rifles are a major contributor to the success of the American firearms industry, no question," says Mike Bazinet of the NSSF.
In advertisements for these guns, there's a common message: Get in touch with your inner GI Joe. For example, a Web commercial from Sig Sauer features soldiers in combat boots crouching with their assault rifles next to military Humvees.
Bazinet says, despite these ads, the gun industry is not driving the market for military-style weapons — instead, it's the consumers who are clamoring for them.
But gun control advocates aren't buying that. Diaz says the industry is filling a demand it was forced to create. Data from the General Social Survey, a public opinion survey conducted every two years, show the percentage of American households that own guns is declining. Diaz says kids these days would rather pick up a video game than a hunting rifle.
"It's just a fact that hunting has been in serious decline, so those kinds of guns just don't sell as well," he says. "Well, you're in business, you got to sell something. These assault rifles — these military-style rifles — appeal to a broader range of people."
So he says the industry pounced on these products to stay relevant. With fewer households to sell to, Diaz says gun makers have to keep coming up with newer, sleeker, more high-tech weapons for people who already own guns.
Now, more than 30 gun companies make AR-15s. Almost 8.5 million assault rifles have been either manufactured in the U.S. or imported here since the 1990s, according to the NSSF.
Gun dealers like Clark Brothers Gun Shop say someone comes in to buy one of these rifles almost every single day they're open.
"We've got guys that come here on their 18th birthday and buy an AR-15 — the first gun they ever bought," says Mitch May, who has been the general manager at Clark Brothers since 1962. "Just because it's a gun that the military uses, and they want to have one just like it, but they don't want to join the Army to get it."
After the shootings in Newtown, May says he couldn't keep the AR-15 in stock. Between December and February, he estimates he probably could have sold 40 AR-15s per week. Even if most people think a federal assault weapons ban has slim hopes of passing any time soon, the mere threat of a ban always brings in great business.
"We've always sold more guns when Democrats are in office than we ever sell when Republicans [are] in office," says May. "And we all here … and everywhere else in the gun business vote Republican every time."
This article was originally posted by NPR's AILSA CHANG


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Shaw healthcare are currently recruiting for a Support Worker to deliver a quality of care and support to our service users in line with our care principles of 'wellness, happiness, and kindness' to ensure that the physical, social, psychological and emotional needs of our service users are met
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Whether your interest in Higher Education research is motivated by philosophy, anthropology, sociology, psychology or another discipline, if you share a concern for student being and becoming in the future university then this conference is for you.
This year's Philosophy of Higher Education Conference (PHEC) turns its focus from the future university as an institution (the theme of last year's conference) towards students' being and becoming in the future university.
The conference will play an important role in the fast developing joint international venture into the social theory and philosophy of higher education, and we encourage a multigenerational host of participants including PhD students, and newer and experienced researchers and scholars.
In a time where the future of universities and higher education institutions is heatedly debated, the scholars and researchers of higher education futures often focus on the impending changes for the researchers themselves and the wider academic communities in the departments and divisions of universities. Not often is the focus turned towards the future curriculum and the future students, who are per definition themselves the future members of universities and higher education institutions. Instead of expecting that students should automatically take over present day socio-political discourses about knowledge workers, social capital, and globalization strategies, we need to explore and discuss what it will mean to be and become a student in the future university.
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George Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman, Jr., tells NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday that despite the acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, it will be a "long time" before his brother's life returns to normal.
"Believe me, he is overwhelmed," the elder brother said in an interview with host Rachel Martin. "And now it is time for him to readjust to that concept of being a free man, in every sense of the word."
George, he said, is "free in the sense of criminal liability. He's a free man, but he's not free in the sense where he's going to have the opportunity to re-engage society in any meaningful way for a long time," he said.
Robert Zimmerman, who has acted as the family spokesman throughout the media flurry surrounding the incident and the trial, said he's received numerous threats via social media. "They're on my Twitter feed," he said.
"I get hate emails saying 'I wish someone would blow up your family with grenades' [and] 'I will find you on the streets and kill you' — that's just some of the threats constantly directed at me," he said. "There's no way, really, to direct those threats at George, I guess because George doesn't have right now a social media presence."
He added: "It's a reality that some people don't respect this verdict and think that they want to take justice into their own hands."
Zimmerman echoed the defense team's assertion that race "wasn't an element in this case" and blamed the media for making it into an issue.
"NBC had a lot to do with pushing that narrative by editing George's non-emergency call to the police to suggest ... that George had called the police to report a person who was suspicious because he's black, because he's wearing a hoodie," he said.
Asked whether he ever questions his brother's decision to shoot during the fatal confrontation of Feb. 26, 2012, Zimmerman said "absolutely not."
"I never have a moment where I think that my brother may have been wrong to shoot," he told Martin. "And I think it's not really important what I think, it's important what the jury thinks and what the jury found."
Zimmerman said he takes "exception" to the notion that Trayvon Martin was "unarmed" just because he didn't have a gun.
"He used the sidewalk against my brother's head," he said.
And we are joined now by George Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr.; the only brother of the man acquitted late last night in the death of Trayvon Martin. Welcome to the program, sir.
ROBERT ZIMMERMAN JR.: Good morning, Rachel. Thanks for having me.
MARTIN: So this was - obviously - a very emotional moment for your family. I know that you, yourself, were not in the courtroom but your brother, George Zimmerman, showed scarcely any reaction when the verdict was read. I wonder what he has said to you, and the rest of your family, about what he is feeling.
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah, you know, I think that's true. George has been, I guess - I don't want to use the word criticized, but much has been made of his lack of reaction or kind of his steady-as-you-go approach to life. But believe me, he is overwhelmed. I think that it is - now, it's time for him to readjust to that concept of being a free man, in every sense of the word. He has a lot of readjusting to do. It was an emotional moment for our family.
And I was not in the courtroom because we all did anticipate - very cautiously - but we did anticipate a not-guilty verdict. So I had to leave Florida in order to be able to be here, in New York City, to address the media upon that verdict.
MARTIN: Last night, you said to CNN that you are worried about your brother's future. You said your brother will be, quote, "looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life." Can you explain that?
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah, I mean, the threats are ongoing. They're on my Twitter feed. I get hate emails; people saying, I wish someone would blow up your family with grenades. I will find you on the streets and kill you.
And that's just some threats constantly directed at me. There's no way, really, to direct those threats at George, I guess, because George doesn't have - right now - a social media presence. But the law firm has talked about those things coming in, and some of the hate mail they receive. And it's the reality that unfortunately, some people don't respect this verdict and think that, you know, that they would like to take justice into their own hands.
The threats are very vile. They're very graphic. They're really disturbing. And George is free from - free in the sense of criminal liability; he's a free man. But he's not free in the sense where he's going to have the opportunity to re-engage society in any meaningful way, for a long time.
MARTIN: This case has become a flashpoint in a national debate about race relations. Do you think that has been justified?
ZIMMERMAN: You know, I think what happened - and this is how I like to think about this race element. It wasn't an element, in this case. NBC had a lot to do with pushing that narrative by editing George's non-emergency call to the police; to suggest by their editing - repeatedly - that George had called the police to report a person who was suspicious because he's black, he's wearing a hoodie. And we believe, and the lawsuit alleges, that that was very deliberate.
Now, I will say that Sanford had a history, in its police department, of having issues with race and equal application, and equal access to justice in that community. And I don't think - well, I know that has nothing to do with George. But I can see where there were concerns initially about - concerns, they were unwarranted, as we know now. But there were concerns that something may be afoot in Sanford. Unfortunately, the pegging of George as a white man was essential to get that narrative traction and get that ball rolling, and it's unfortunate.
MARTIN: Trayvon Martin was unarmed. He was only 17 when he died. I know your brother felt his life was in danger in that moment, on that night, in Sanford. But I wonder, do you ever have a moment when you think your brother may have been wrong to shoot?
ZIMMERMAN: Absolutely not. I never have a moment where I think my brother may have been wrong to shoot. And it's not really important what I think. I think it's more important what the jury thinks, and what the jury found. And what the instruction that speaks to that is, you know, using deadly force in self-defense. I don't think that we need to send the wrong message here, which is that we should be, you know, questioning whether or not we have the right to defend ourselves or how.
Trayvon Martin was armed. He used the sidewalk against my brother's head. He had whatever anger he brought with him when he confronted George and broke his nose. He had a nose-smashing fist. And he had, you know, something within him that he wouldn't let up his relentless attack despite George screaming for help. So he was not unarmed. And I really take exception to that notion.
MARTIN: Obviously, it's a very emotional case, and we appreciate you taking the time. Robert Zimmerman Jr. - he is the brother of George Zimmerman, who was acquitted late last night of second-degree murder and manslaughter by a Florida jury.
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Sorrell vs. IMS Health: Not a Privacy Case
The Supreme Court's decision in Sorrell vs. IMS Health is being touted in many quarters as a privacy case, and a concerning one at that. Example: Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) released a statement saying "the Supreme Court has overturned a sensible Vermont law that sought to protect the privacy of the doctor‐patient relationship." That's a stretch.
The Vermont law at issue restricted the sale, disclosure, and use of pharmacy records that revealed the prescribing practices of doctors if that information was to be used in marketing by pharmaceutical manufacturers. Under the law, prescription drug salespeople—"detailers" in industry parlance—could not access information about doctors' prescribing to use in focusing their efforts. As the Court noted, the statute barred few other uses of this information.
It is a stretch to suggest that this is a privacy law, given the sharply limited scope of its "protections." Rather, the law was intended to advance the state's preferences in the area of drug prescribing, which skew toward generic drugs rather than name brands. The Court quoted the Vermont legislature itself, finding that the purpose of the law was to thwart "detailers, in particular those who promote brand‐name drugs, convey[ing] messages that 'are often in conflict with the goals of the state.' " Accordingly, the Court addressed the law as a content‐ and viewpoint‐oriented regulation of speech which could not survive First Amendment scrutiny (something Cato and the Pacific Legal Foundation argued for in their joint brief.)
What about patients' sensitive records? Again, the case was about data reflecting doctors' prescribing practices, which could include as little as how many times per year they prescribe given drugs. (They probably include more detail than that.) The risk to patients is based on the idea that patients' prescriptions might be gleaned through sufficient data‐mining of doctors prescribing records (no doubt with other records appended). That's a genuine problem, if largely theoretical given the availability and use of data today. Vermont is certainly free to address that problem head on in a law meant to actually protect patients' privacy—against the state itself, for example. Better still, Vermonters and people across the country could rely on the better sources of rules in this new and challenging area: market pressure (to the extent possible in the health care area) and the (non‐prescriptive, more adaptive) common law.
Whatever the way forward, Sorrell vs. IMS Health is not the privacy case some are making it out to be, it's not the outrage some are making it out to be, and it's not the last word on data use in our society.


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The Resistance Collection, which includes all three games in the series from Insomniac Games and the bonus DLC content for Resistance 2 and Resistance 3 will run you $39.99 when it releases this winter on PS3.
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Left 4 Dead Survival Pack DLC goes live for 360
Nelson's confirmed that Left 4 Dead's Survival Pack DLC's up on Live.The update's free, and contains Survival mode and two extra complete campaigns for Versus mode.The PC version's expected "soon".
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Microsoft's put an April 21 date on the 360 version on Left 4 Dead's Survival Pack DLC, CVG reports.The pack includes the new Survival mode, which challenges players to hold out against a never ending wave of infected for as long as possible, as well as the Dead Air and Death Toll campaigns in Versus […]
Left 4 Dead DLC is free, says Valve
Valve's confirmed that the recently announced Left 4 Dead Survival Pack isn't going to cost a bean.Here's the proof. The pack includes and all-new play mode, Survival, and two new campaigns for Versus mode.Free. Free. And once more: free.
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Earlier this week, the public learned that Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson got engaged after only a few weeks of dating.
When fans learned about the upcoming nuptials, many were naturally shocked. It was just last month that Grande broke up with her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller. On top of that, Davidson was just coming out of a two-year relationship, as well.
An insider previously told PEOPLE: "It's a recent engagement. They're just two people who found love quickly and make each other happy all the time. They both started talking about it this past weekend. It's nothing they've been hiding."
Now, more developments about the two's relationship are coming out. After hearing about the recent celeb engagement, two of Davidson's ex-girlfriends have reacted to it on social media. Comedian Carly Aquilino, who dated him in 2015, posted a couple text exchanges on her IG story after the news broke. "I know I'm the 9 billionth person to text you today about this, but… I can't," a friend wrote her. Aquilino replied, "HAHHAHAHAAH." The comedian captioned the screenshot of the exchange, "My day in a text message."
In a second text chain, Aquilino texted a heart emoji to someone and didn't get a reply. "MY LOVE LIFE GOING GREAT," she said about that, along with phrases like "I quit," "Social life: 404 not found" and "Cries into my burger." See those messages below.
Cazzie David, the daughter of Larry David, also reacted to Grande and Davidson's engagement. Cazzie is the ex who Davidson dated on and off for two years, and broke up for good with in May. "Came to wine country a person, leaving a human bottle of wine," she said on IG. See that message below.
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