Before the 2008 election, the president pledged to reduce the average premium cost. But when we last updated his promise in 2012, we found no evidence that that will be the case. It was difficult for experts to say for sure before the law is slated to go into full effect in 2014. An economist who advised Obama in 2008 said the $2,500 figure was never meant to refer to premiums alone. We rated this Promise Broken.
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10. Obama’s promise to create a public option health plan for health care coverage. Promise Broken.
-- candidate Barack Obama’s health care proposal, 2007
To the dismay of many liberals, the final health care bill that Obama signed into law did not include a public option. Supporters of the idea argued that a government-run insurance plan would force private insurers to offer fair prices for basic services. Opponents of the idea said it would mean the government would end up putting private insurers out of business. Congress ultimately refused to go along with the idea for a public option, and it was left out of the final bill. When asked in 2010 about why the public option wasn't part of the law, Obama said, "Because we couldn’t get it through Congress, that’s why." We rated this Promise Broken.Mansour, Hafidh A. Razzak (1965) A study of volatile carbonyl compounds of coffee. MSc(R) thesis, University of Glasgow.
The purpose of this work was to examine the carbonyl compounds in the volatile constituents of coffee, if possible to assess their contribution to coffee aroma. The work entailed mainly the collection of the carbonyl compounds and their subsequent separation, identification and quantitive estimation. The volatile constituents of coffee were stripped by nitrogen in a modified Shipton apparatus and the carbonyl compounds converted to their hydrazones. The carbonyl compounds were regenerated by a "flash-exchange" method which consisted essentially of heating a mixture of the hydrazones and ketoglutaric acid. The regenerated carbonyls were examined by gas chromatography using an argon ionisation detectors the bulk of the work was done using dinonylphthalate as liquid phase and carbowax 4500 for some confirmatory work. Both qualitative and quantitative determinations were made. Identification and quantitative estimation of the constituent carbonyl compounds was further supported by thin-layer chromatography, paper chromatography, and by visible, ultraviolet and infrared spectroscopy. A tasting panel was used to determine the effect of storage and also to test the significance of the volatile carbonyl compounds in relation to the flavour of coffee. The following carbonyl compounds were identified by gas chromatography and their quantities measured: acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, acetone, iso-butyraldehyde, n-butyraldehyde, methylethylketone, diacetyl and iso-valeraldehyde;acetaldehyde and iso-valeraldehyde were present in approximately equal amounts forming the largest proportion of the total volatile carbonyl compounds. Formaldehyde, which was not detected by gas chromatography, was identified and estimated by a chromotropic acid colorimetric method. Evidence is offered that, contrary to one published method, formaldehyde is not regenerated from it's hydrozone. The quantitative determination of diacetyle using the argon-ionisation detector requires special consideration to avoid electron capture effects. Experiments with stored samples of instant coffee showed that: The quantity of volatile carbonyl compounds decrease with increasing time of storage. Tasting panel results suggest a relationship between this decrease and the palatability of the coffee. It suggested that the quantity of volatile carbonyl compounds expressed as the weight of dry hydrozones/100g coffee could be used as an index of the age and storage treatment of the coffee. The results also show that in the staling of instant coffee there is relative increase of acetaldehyde and an increase in the ratio of propionaldehyde to acetone. Results are given for the composition of the fats extracte6 from green and roasted coffee. The roasting of the extracted fat from the green beans gave no evidence for the production of volatile carbonyl compounds. Experience gained in this work has shown the necessity for standard methods of collection and analysis. Comparison of the results from different workers is almost impossible since the variations caused by different methods seems to be greater than would be expected from different materials.
Villains Month is upon us, and so begins a lot of four week books for me!
- Batman #23.1: Hey everybody, it's the Joker! Need I say more?
- Batman and Robin #23.1: Two-Face gets a new coin, from the Society! OOOH, spooky!
- Batman - The Dark Knight #23.1: It's that Ventriloquist Gail Simone created. What's she up to?
- Detective Comics #23.1: Poison Ivy isn't being a better part of Birds of Prey anymore, but their loss is our gain? Well, not really... but she has an issue too!
Forever Evil #1 also comes out next week, and yo, Nightwing is totally dead. But for your up to the minute Nightwing vitality reports, you should totally check out the comprehensive Did Nigthwing Die Today?
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New Teacher Qualification System Ready After Delays
After delays and and glitches, a new teacher certification system is ready to come online in September.
The Illinois Board of Education ordered the change from a certification system to a licensure system back in 2011. Teacher certification is needed to show what subjects or grades a teacher is qualified to teach, but the old system was cluttered and confusing, with 60 separate certifications. The new system would have just three licenses - with additional endorsements - making it easier for administrators, teachers and parents.
"It's more clear for the teachers and the school districts and the public for what a teacher is actually qualified and certified to teach, and the grade levels they're certified and qualified to teach," said Sangamon County Assistant Regional Superintendent Shannon Fehrholz, who helped to roll out the new system.
In short, it's supposed to simplify the system.
At least, once it actuallly comes online.
The Board of Education originally wanted to get the new system off the ground last June, but spokesman Matt Vanover said a variety of factors pushed the start date back.
Hupp Information Technologies, which developed the new system, did make a July 1, 2013 deadline with a few small glitches - and one big one.
"One of the almost 10,000 users was able to see some personal information for other users," said the company's president and CEO, Dean Hupp.
So the system was taken offline the day after it went up, and the past two months have been spent ensuring that glitch is gone for good.
Hupp said the company has been doing the work without further cost to the state, which is good - considering the original $3.2 million contract wasalready expanded to $3.6 million because the board wanted contract employees involved in development - as well as for other reasons.
"Workload, the licensing, and once they got in that there was additional steps that needed to be taken," Vanover said of the additional costs.
Technically the new system is legally in place right now, if not functionally, but Vanover said it shouldn't present a problem for educators as the old certification system is online in the meantime.
"Schools are able to go in and verify that somebody has the proper credentials to do what they need to do; they're able to make the changes that need to be made," Vanover said.
Much of the reason it took so long to switch over is the sheer volume of the records needing to be switched. There are at least several hundred thousand records for educators all across the state.Our large financial services client is currently looking for a contract Communications Manager for a large programme of work based in Birmingham.
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Delicate Arch Trail is one of my favorite trails in America’s national parks and one of the best hikes in Arches National Park.
My favorite aspect of the hike to Delicate Arch is you don’t see it until the very end of the trip. It keeps you wondering and leaves you absolutely shocked when you round the final corner and see it for the first time.
I’ve been wanting to write about the Delicate Arch hike ever since my cross-country road trip in 2014. When my friends and I decided to go to Arches National Park on our Southwest Roadtrip, I couldn’t wait to hike to Delicate Arch again.
If you have to choose one of the amazing hikes in Arches National Park, make it this one to one of Utah’s most recognizable landmarks.
Here’s everything you should know to be prepared to hike the Delicate Arch Trail.
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Time: Allow 2-3 hours to complete this hike