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Operation Desert Storm
Erin Sharkey
My mother grew up in a home on a road that meandered over rolling hills, slow like early suburban developments. When she was in high school, the low long rambler, a perfect space to host cocktail parties and bridge games, became home to boys from the royal family in Kuwait. When the letter from the Foreign Students Exchange Program came, Kuwait hid from my grandpa, who had to put on his reading glasses to find on the big dusty-paged world map.
. . . Kuwait hid from my grandpa, who had to put on his reading glasses to find on the big dusty-paged world map.
Fadel was the brother who stayed the longest, the one who called my grandma "Mom." He wore strong, spicy cologne, the kind that chokes and stings, lingers long after he has left the room. My mom told me that when he lived with them, he got a brand new car every six months and threw away his undershirts after he had worn them just once. He was a good friend to my dad, Curtis, the dad who I never saw.
Fadel came to visit every few years throughout my childhood, his family growing each time. He'd grab at the fat on my sides while I tried to go unnoticed. He pulled me near, through the fog of his cologne, to whisper that I was sure big, big like his friend Curtis.
Fadel's new wife, Hannan, would wait until Fadel and my grandfather had gone to look for new golf clubs and she'd pull her veil down, let me play with her hair, admire the span and angle of her arm, her thin wrists, her light smell. Her arms moved like waves. Then turned quickly stone, when she heard them return through the front door. Hannan brought with her across the ocean a bright gold pendant for me, with my name in Arabic. I could tell by the way my mother held it that I must be very gentle with this gift, must cherish it.
Her arms moved like waves. Then turned quickly stone, when she heard them return through the front door.
For Christmas, two weeks after my tenth birthday, my cousin Mary gave me a book called Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Mary and her sisters were older and held proudly the physical features of our Scandinavian heritage, while I wore the ill-fitting brown skin of a white black girl. I read the thin red book day and night, holding my breath. I had nightmares of hiding in small boats across a dangerous sea. Number the Stars made me scared to be half-Danish, scared to be an observer, to carry the duty to save, to keep secrets, to smuggle your Jewish friends in the night to safety.
Fadel hadn't called in months when grandma got a letter. He wrote that they escaped to Saudi Arabia in the night; Hannan and the children were safe with her sisters. At the video rental store he owned, looters spilled glass and video plastic in the street. Soldiers tore at Hannan's black veil, ripped and exposed her soft, hairy arms. They stole her wedding dress; one wore it and danced around their living room. Mom quietly read the rest of the letter. She shook her head and covered her mouth.
In Mrs. Fields's class, we wrote letters to soldiers, men who I imagined were sleeping in the desert, in the sand, in wedding dresses.
In Mrs. Fields's class, we wrote letters to soldiers, men who I imagined were sleeping in the desert, in the sand, in wedding dresses. She wrote on the board the format we should use for the letters:
Dear ________,
My classmates bent over the paper on their desks and earnestly did their patriotic work. So did I.
A month later, in response, I received a package from a soldier. It contained:
- a package of stale Chiclets
- a small, stern-faced military portrait
- a petrified scorpion
- a letter to a little boy named Aaron
- a stamp for encouragement
Erin Sharkey is a poet, essayist, educator, and graphic designer based in Minneapolis, MN. She is the co-founder of an artist collective called Free Black Dirt and serves as the serious personality in a classic odd couple duo as co-host for the weekly podcast Black Market Reads. Erin loves '90s R&B, cheeseburgers, and her sewing machine.
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There are differences between the requirements between the Medicare and Medicaid program. This article will focus on the Medicare program.
What is Meaningful Use?
Meaningful Use is a Medicare and Medicaid program that awards incentives for using certified (EHRs) to improve patient care. According to CMS.gov, "To receive an EHR incentive payment, providers have to show that they are meaningfully using their EHRs by meeting thresholds for a number of objectives." Furthermore, providers must "attest" every year in order not to be financially penalized. Penalties as well as incentives are made to individual providers not practices. Starting January 1, 2015 the penalty will be a 1% reduction in Medicare reimbursement payments.
CMS specifically states using an EHR to do the following:
- "Improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities"
- "Engage patients and family"
- "Improve care coordination, and population and public health"
- "Maintain privacy and security of patient health information"
Why should Meaningful Use Matter to a New Grad?
- If you or your employer are a Medicare or Medicaid provider, you will be penalized based on your Medicare reimbursements per year according to this chart
- Advisers of meaningful use assert other major insurance companies will require you to meet these meaningful use standards to remain on their panels
- Patient/doctor communication through EHR is the future of healthcare
- Stage 2: Doctors will be penalized if 5% of their patients do not communicate with them through EHR
- If you are an associate, your knowledge of meaningful use will significantly help your employer, not all doctors have made the switch to certified EMRs and have begun the process
If you are thinking of buying a practice in the near future, you will have to address this if not being done by the current owner and should be part of negotiations.
What are Core Objectives? – 15 objectives everyone MUST meet
Core Measurements:
1. Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)
2. Drug-drug and drug-allergy checks
3. Maintain an up-to-date problem list of current and active diagnoses
4. E-Prescribing (eRx)
5. Maintain active medication list
6. Maintain active medication allergy list
7. Record demographics
8. Record and chart changes in vital signs
9. Record smoking status for patients 13 years or older
10. Report ambulatory clinical quality measures to CMS/States
11. Implement clinical decision support
12. Provide patients with an electronic copy of their health information, upon request
13. Provide clinical summaries for patients for each office visit
14. Capability to exchange key clinical information
15. Protect electronic health information
What are Menu Objectives? – You must report on 5 of the 10 menu objectives
1. 1 Public health objective (2 to pick from)
2. Drug formulary checks
3. Incorporate clinical lab-test results
4. Generate lists of patients by specific conditions
5. Send reminders to patients for preventive/follow-up care
6. Patient-specific education resources
7. Electronic access to health information for patients
8. Medication reconciliation
9. Summary of care record for transitions of care
What are CQMs?
According to CMS.gov, CQMs are "tools that help measure and track the quality of health care services provided by eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) within our health care system." Your certified EHR will produce a report for you. You must report on 3 core clinical quality measures and 3 additional you pick from another list.
3 Stages of Meaningful Use
Stage 1: Data Capture & Sharing (2011-2012)
Eligible professionals must meet:
- 13 required core objectives
- 5 menu objectives from a list of 9
- Total of 18 objectives
- Also must report on CQM's
- There are no minimum values that you must achieve for clinical quality measures. You only have to report on them, not achieve a benchmark
Stage 2: Advanced Clinical Processes (2014)
- Same as above
- There is also a new requirement in 2014 that the quality measures selected must cover at least 3 of the 6 available National Quality Strategy (NQS) domains, which represent the Department of Health and Human Services' NQS priorities for health care quality improvement
Stage 3: Improved Outcomes (2016)
A work in progress. Will be updated as the program is updated.
How Do I Get Started?
- You must have a certified EMR. To see if your's is certified click here
- Enroll with an electronic prescription service that is compatible with your EHR
- Visit Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive program's website to register
- Pick a start date depending on what stage you are in (any 90 days for stage 1, year 1 vs. a quarter for stage 1, year 2 and stage 2)
- Set your clinical decision support rule, patient lists, and your patient-specific education resources before your 90 days starts
- Begin notifying both current and new patients they need to bring with them an updated medications list with dosages
- Allocate someone in the office to record demographics, assign patient's usernames and passwords for access to their records, and send out patient reminders
- Assign technicians to taking vitals(height,weight, bp) and updating all medications with correct dosages and allergies
- Check your EHR's report each day for the first several days to make sure you are meeting each measure
How Do I Get Paid?
That's what you really want to know right? After you have successfully completed your 90 days. Visit here and attest. I advise printing your reports off to make it easier. Plug and chug.
I hope this helps, and I am willing to answer any questions in the comments.

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If you ask for or even slightly encourage fishing tackle as gift options, then you will most likely get exactly what you deserve. No matter how explicitly you spell out the make, model and/or color — in all but the rarest of cases — it will not be what you want. In case you've forgotten about the cultural atoll surrounding our little island of fish and frolic, grab a buddy and go deep into a serious angling conversation in front of non-fishing loved ones. See the looks on their faces? We speak a foreign language my friend, one incapable of being accurately translated to disinterested third parties. So, no matter how clearly you've spelled things out in a fishing tackle gift scenario, the potential for something being lost in translation multiplies faster than jackrabbits at a fertility clinic.
Even if your significant other dutifully tries to acquire the requested item, mistakes can be made. Left-hand retrieve instead of right-hand retrieve. Medium action instead of medium/heavy action. Green sparkly thing instead of putrid pumpkin/motor oil blend with colossal chartreuse tri-color holographic flake. Worse yet, your best efforts can be circumvented in nanoseconds by a chance encounter with another fisherman. Most likely, your loved one will cross paths with your brother-in-law who, when he begins sharing his gift-giving advice, will have conveniently forgotten your heated conversation last Fourth of July, the one where you so eloquently expressed your preference for the Mega 7 Mark IV and how you — or anyone in their right mind — would never, ever, settle for anything less.
And don't think my gift-giving moratorium stops at the high-end stuff. Fishing theme socks, man cave signs or laser-etched "Game fish of the World" beer steins are all what I consider gateway gifts. These generally small and less costly choices, insidiously placed in the "stocking stuffer" category, do nothing other than crack the door ever so slightly to lay wide the path for future transgressions. This is ground zero for misguided holiday gift giving.
In this debate, if you choose to be the devil's advocate, be my guest. When you're reciting the old slogan about it being the thought that counts and whatnot, just remember this: If lightning strikes and they actually start buying the cool stuff you really want, they're going to know just how much the really cool stuff costs. Let that sink in. When it's not Christmas and the holiday spirit has been packed away for another year, the steady stream of packages on your doorstep in July may not be viewed quite so warmly as they were over eggnog in December.
If this sounds as unsolvable as the Seven Bridges of Konigsberg (Google it), I beg to differ. There is a way out and it is a perfectly acceptable gift-giving alternative: the gift card. Of course, you should have the preferred company and phone number already jotted down on a Post-It Note. In my case, it would be the 1-800-300-4916 number of Tackle Warehouse if for no other reason than I live in California and I can get the best thing that ever happened to fishermen in the history of fishing — Overnight Golden State shipping. And, if there isn't a Nobel Prize for this there should be. In my long ago wildest dreams, I never once considered calling in an order from my boat one day and having it magically appear on my doorstep the next. Plus, they've usually got everything I need, not to mention they're located in San Luis Obispo which, after all, is near Cal Poly where I went to school.
See what I did there? I personalized the gift card by finding a heartfelt, some might say "flimsy" connection to my former Central Coast community. Whatever the case, I didn't make the gift card sound like an impersonal piece of plastic. A little emotion always helps so I suggest watching the last scene of "Field of Dreams" right before making your gift card request. Works every time.
NEED A REAL PRESENT to open Christmas morning? You can't go wrong with ICAST Best of Show Lure Lock tackle trays or better yet, a Lure Locker. These are the ones with the proprietary Elastak gel liner that holds lures and terminal tackle in place.
If you're still unconvinced, I understand. But like the steak knife infomercials, just wait because there's more. As the sun rises and sets, I'm certain your better half will trot out the oldest gift-giving argument since Eve handed over the apple which is that you need some real presents to open Christmas morning.
With Lure Lock tackle boxes, I've got you covered. These are the ones with the proprietary Elastak gel liner that holds lures and terminal tackle in place. Aside from the obvious benefit in preventing those tackle spills that make life seem hardly worth living, the Lure Lock system prevents the constant shifting and rattling of gear in boats and cars. Hooks stay sharper and lures don't morph into one interconnected mass of plastic and trebles. Built tough enough to be stepped on, a Lure Lock box is bulletproof in other ways. The gel does not react to moisture or heat, it can be washed clean with soap and water, air dries quickly and will not affect lure finishes. For these reasons alone, Lure Lock has improved upon the basic concept of tackle boxes. But of course, there's more.
Amid an ocean of pet peeves, the one long awaiting a solution has been with those plastic tackle box dividers. You know, the ones that require a collection of nippers, scissors, box cutters files and sandpaper to prepare them for use. I know it sounds like a very big complaint for a very small item, but the lingering question has always been, "Why does it have to be this way?" Apparently, it didn't. In perhaps proving they left no stone unturned in their overall design, the Lure Lock team developed strong, no-warp, stay in place dividers that snap apart easily and leave clean, smooth edges that won't slice your casting thumb. They got Best of Show at ICAST 2018 for the entire Lure Lock concept, but in my mind, they could have won for the dividers alone.
Now, here's where this grand holiday plan all comes together. You don't have to settle for one or two Lure Lock boxes. Ask for a Lure Locker that comes with five boxes (small, medium or large) and a rather slick grid system that clamps them together for easy transport and storage. If you accompany this request with a casual observation that the tackle boxes are sold empty, the one you love more than life itself will be more accepting of the lure wish list you've already emailed, texted and downloaded to all her media platforms. Even if you have to fend off that one final protest of "I can't ask Aunt Mary to buy you a pack of Sierra Slammers", fear not. REI carries some seriously nice socks in the Darn Tough lineup. As for the Slammers, I'll buy my own.
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I am so proud to walk into that building. The Gerrit Rietveld Academy stands for ART. Renowned art. If I could study here, I would definitely become a great artist. So I also feel humble. I am not studying here, I am merely allowed to come take a peak on Saturday afternoons, to watch the masters of the future in action, to humbly take direction from elevated teachers.
All Saturday students gather in the restaurant. So many people, and so young most of them. All of a sudden I feel old and not so special. I recognize the majority of people who I also saw at the audition. Hmmm... Did they allow everyone into this class?
They divide us into four groups. The assignment for this first day is to connect the five flours with books and elastic bands. I hate this. I did not come here to work together. I hate group dynamics. Leaders, followers, protesters. Where do I belong?
Think outside the box, says the teacher. And nothing my brain comes up with is innovative. What about inside the box? I am not interested in outside, I want to go inside! What is there that I haven't discovered yet? Maybe some... NEW things!?
I work myself through the day. Make up my own little project within the communal art work. And at five o'clock I go home with my first assignment. To collect 10 torn pages from the books we brought today and paint them in different colors, in different ways. Then we are to choose one of these pages and turn it into an independent art work.
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It all started in 2007, with a supposedly fake trailer attached to the theatrical release of Grindhouse that quickly led director Robert Rodriguez and actor Danny Trejo to talk about transforming former Mexican Federale Machete Cortez into a full-blown star. That promise because reality in 2010 with the release of Machete, featuring the aforementioned duo, along with a cast that included Jessica Alba, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal and a slew of others.
Now, according to Deadline, Rodriguez is winding up for the second film in a supposed trilogy. Called Machete Kills, it will pit our blade-loving hero against an arms dealer and a cartel leader who have joined forces to create a weapon capable of attacking from space. Recruited by the U.S. government, Machete -- possibly along with some of his pals who survived the first film -- must put a stop to these megalomaniacs.
"The fan response to the Machete character has been fanatical since his first appearance," Rodriguez said. "Machete is truly a super hero and Machete Kills will be bigger and more ambitious than the first time."
Rodriguez and producer Alexander Rodnyansky are in talks with Trejo and other cast members to reprise their roles with an eye toward filming in April.


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TNKR called an Emergency Matching session because we were getting so many requests from refugees. We decided to try to squeeze in another session before our regularly scheduled July 15 Orientation/July 22 Matching session. On such short notice, would we be able to recruit enough tutors?
Yes! Over the weekend, we had 2 orientations with refugees, 1 with tutors, an Open House with volunteers, and a fantastic Language Matching session yesterday. Below are some of my notes.
Participants at TNKR's 60th Language Matching session:
6 refugees, 10 tutors.
When did refugees arrive in South Korea?
2008 (1)
2009 (1)
2013 (2)
2015 (2)
Feedback from refugees (some spoke in English, others had their comments translated from Korean by TNKR National Director Eunkoo Lee)
- I have studied at other institutions, but they had fixed programs. What I like about TNKR is that the students are at the center. I have the power to choose my tutors. I can ask many questions of tutors without feeling embarrassed that I'm slowing down a class.
- I really appreciate TNKR, I am always thankful to it and the tutors. The program is tailored to the needs of students. I have gained a lot of confidence when it comes to speaking English. I studied at a hakwon (language institute), but I was often lost in the classes. But here, the tutors have figured out how to focus on my needs, so I have been able to improve. I have returned to TNKR because my tutors have all returned to their native countries.
- I am so nervous, I could not imagine that so many tutors would show up to help North Korean refugees. Yesterday I was really worried about speaking in English with native speakers. I had never talked directly to a foreigner in English until I met Casey. Because of the dedication of TNKR and the tutors, I will do my best.
- I really lacked confidence, even when I first applied for TNKR I wasn't sure that I would be able to study in English with native English speakers. But after the orientation and seeing the tutors today at the Matching session, I believe that I can do it. I can feel that the tutors will be supportive and really want to help us.
- I have traveled to the United States, but I struggled so much, my grammar is so bad. TNKR gives me the chance to improve my English by studying directly with English speakers who want to help.
- I went to many hakwons (language institutes), but they run group classes, I struggled so much and didn't learn anything. I have felt discriminated against in other education settings in South Korea when they learned that I was from North Korea, but TNKR has made me feel welcome. I am really looking forward to meeting the tutors. When can I start?
Three refugees chose 4 tutors each, three refugees chose 3 tutors each. Average 3.5 tutors per refugee.
2 tutors were selected by 3 refugees, 8 tutors were selected by 2 refugees, 1 tutor was chosen once. Average 2.1 refugees per tutor.
How did the refugees find TNKR?
Referred by a friend 3
Facebook 1
YouTube 1
Yeonmi Park's One Young World speech, then found Casey Lartigue on Facebook 1
How did the tutors find TNKR
Facebook 2
Google 2
Recommended by other TNKR tutors 2
Casey Lartigue (YouTube & TNKR event) 2
TNKR speech contest 1
Housewarming party 1
Tutor motivation for joining.
Volunteering 4
Want to volunteer to help refugees 3
Help NKs with adjustment 1
Help local community 1
Teach adults 1
Enjoy working with people 1
Enjoy TNKR's sense of community 1
I love helping others learn English 1
Love TNKR's refugee centered approach 1
Professional goals as stated by refugees
Career advancement 4
Applying for university 3
Talk with foreigners abroad without translator 2


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December 26, 1996, Section C, Page 1Buy Reprints
A year ago, Aaron M. Feuerstein, 71, watched his life go up in flames. At least the most visible part.
Around 11 P.M. on Dec. 11, Mr. Feuerstein and his wife, Louise, drove from their condominium in Brookline, Mass., to this historic mill town on the Spicket River, about 25 miles north of Boston. The couple, who had been alerted by a telephone call, joined thousands of anguished residents in a riverside cemetery to watch a six-alarm fire on the bank beyond.
Three key buildings of the eight buildings that now make up Malden Mills -- Mr. Feuerstein's textile company and one of the largest employers in the region -- were ablaze.
''It looked like Rome burning,'' said Mrs. Feuerstein (pronounced FEW-er-steen). Winds of 45 miles an hour whipped the flames from one building to the next in what has been called the worst fire in Massachusetts in this century. By morning, all that remained of the buildings that formed the heart of the company, which Mr. Feuerstein's paternal grandfather bought in 1906, was a lone brick tower, a smoldering five-story totem banked by heat-twisted girders and blackened rubble. Along with the buildings, it looked as if Mr. Feuerstein's company and the livelihoods of 3,100 people were also in ruins.
Today, the restored tower is a symbol of survival and stability, standing as the centerpiece of a new mill building, which is now under construction. And the company is again turning out its patented Polartec and Polarfleece fabrics as fast as the machines can run: all but about 400 employees are back on the job, and Mr. Feuerstein hopes to hire them back, too.
Since fire insurance payments are expected to total $309 million, Mr. and Mrs. Feuerstein could have been assured of a comfortable retirement if they had just walked away from their losses.
Others might have seized the opportunity to move their manufacturing to a developing country, where labor would be cheaper. But the couple were committed to the mill and to Lawrence and the adjacent town of Methuen, just across the river.
''We had a sensitivity to the human equation,'' said Mr. Feuerstein, who is given to quoting Shakespeare and Hillel, the ancient Jewish scholar. ''The average American wants industry, the modern C.E.O. and modern corporate America to treat the worker as a human being, with consideration and thoughtfulness. And we did.''
Things are looking up again for Malden Mills, which has $425 million a year in sales. It is best known for its 1984 invention, Polartec, a cuddly synthetic thermal fabric, mostly used in outerwear, which accounts for slightly more than half of its annual earnings. Polarfleece is a similar fabric for blankets and upholstery.
Spiritually and financially, the fire could not have happened at more devastating moment: two weeks before Christmas. More than 1,400 employees, 75 percent of the Malden Mills work force, were thrown out of work. Of the 500 employees working the night of the fire, 33 were injured, 8 critically. The cause of the fire remains unknown, though one theory is a massive boiler explosion that disabled the buildings' sprinkler system.
It was historically devastating, too. More than 750,000 square feet of Victorian mills were destroyed.
A visit to the Malden Mills complex today is like a walk through a mazelike etching by M. C. Escher, with equally atmospheric Piranesi-style flourishes. It is a brooding mini-metropolis redolent of the late 1800's, when the area helped form the backbone of the now-faded American textile industry.
Puffs of steam cloud the cobblestone alleys and handsome blood-red brick Victorian factory buildings, several of them connected by elevated walkways known in company parlance as ''tunnels.'' The impression is eerily antique. The surviving old part of the complex, which dominates the main street of Lawrence, includes so few visual modernizations that Malden Mills seems preserved in amber, like a colossal set for a labor-organizing movie, say, a costume-drama version of ''Norma Rae.''
Buoyed by insurance payments as well as donations, relief funds, grants from individuals and government agencies, and Federal tax credits, the Feuersteins moved swiftly to rebuild, rehire and improve. They chose a style that would complement the history of the surviving buildings and underscore the company's determination to continue its benevolent role in the area. The rebuilding and restoration of Malden Mills earned the couple the 1996 Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which cited ''their affirmation of both history and community.'''
The Feuersteins took great care in overseeing the design of their new 600,000-square-foot plant, which replaces the three destroyed buildings.
''Factory buildings today are very miserable looking,'' said Mrs. Feuerstein, 59. ''No windows. Metal siding. Whatever's cheapest.''
But the new two-story Polartec manufacturing building, designed by Bechtel Frank Erickson, an architectural firm in Lexington, Mass., and scheduled to open next spring, incorporates red brick and silvery limestone, materials similar to those used in the older structures. Here, however, they are employed in a spare modern structure whose opaque glass curtain walls give it the appearance of a civic center.
Elsewhere, the infelicities of the past mill administrations are being slowly righted. On the worsted-weave house, the 19th-century glass roof monitors -- ingenious canopies that allowed the roof to be opened for ventilation while keeping rain and snow out -- have been cleaned and unblocked to let skeins of sunlight into the factory below. Another towered building has been revamped into Malden Mills' corporate headquarters.
There are plans for a riverside park, too, a swatch of greenery intended to humanize the site and take advantage of the narrow but picturesque Spicket River.
This campuslike bonhomie would have been unthinkable in the days of Mr. Feuerstein's more conservative father, Samuel, who died in 1983 at the age of 90. ''He perhaps didn't stress the human equation to the degree that I do,'' said Mr. Feuerstein, whose lean patriarchal exterior masks a famously sympathetic soul.
In a stack of letters on Mr. Feuerstein's desk was one was from a woman in the Midwest, who wrote that she had bought three Polartec coats as a gesture of solidarity. As he spoke of the letter, Mr. Feuerstein's eyes brimmed with tears. He estimated he had received close to 10,000 letters from people who were moved by the events at Malden Mills. Some sent checks for workers' families.
''They write me long letters,'' he said, ''about how terrible it is in most companies and how they get thrown out and how they can't find a new job and how it destroys their children's chances for college, and, oh, I can't tell you. They pour their hearts out.''
Among those who were affected by Mr. Feuerstein's paternalistic devotion to Malden Mills was President Clinton, who invited Mr. Feuerstein to be his guest for the State of the Union address last January.
The Feuersteins met in 1984, on a plane from Salt Lake City to Boston. Mrs. Feuerstein -- then Louise Woodhead, formerly married to a cabinetmaker -- was running the rug department at Skinner's, the Boston auction house. She was coming back from a family wedding, and Mr. Feuerstein, recently widowed, was returning from a business trip. ''By the end of the trip, he had my card, and I had his card,'' Mrs. Feuerstein said. ''I knew he had a house full of old carpets.''
She suggested he make an appraisal appointment. '' 'Well, I'll call you, but not for that,'' she remembers his telling her. '' 'I'll call you to go out to dinner.' '' He did, they did, and three years later, they were married.
The couple now live in Brookline, Mr. Feuerstein's hometown in suburban Boston, where they own a one-bedroom duplex carved out of the billiard room and basement of a 1904 Colonial Revival mansion painted a pale lemon color. On the upper level, in the living room, the walls are darkly paneled and papered with leafy William Morris designs, and the beamed ceiling is speckled with golden stars.
Nodding toward the fireplace inset with a bosky ceramic landscape, Mrs. Feuerstein said, ''We bought this condominium because of the Grueby tiles.''
Downstairs, in the bedroom and library, all is pale and light -- yellow walls, creamy carpets, a fine Chinese chair and a wall of parchment-covered 18th-century Hebrew books, which, Mr. Feuerstein explained, ''my mother's father, a rabbi, brought from Europe, on his back practically.''
In the library, opposite a painting of that grandfather, hangs a portrait of Mr. Feuerstein at the age of 14 -- ruddy, blond, T-shirted. ''Today, he's the only man I know who wears a three-piece suit for every occasion,'' his wife said with a laugh.
''There's something wrong with a three-piece suit?'' Mr. Feuerstein countered, smoothing his lapels, plainly enjoying the compliment lurking behind his wife's good-natured ribbing.
Now, with her partner, John LaBranche, who decorated the Brookline apartment, Mrs. Feuerstein runs Glenn Street Studio, a division of Malden Mills that designs and manufactures Jacquard velvet upholstery fabrics. That the designs have a historical flair -- based on everything from Art Deco textiles to a scrap of 17th-century Italian fabric patterned with giant crowns -- may come as no surprise. After all, this is a woman who weaves 18th-century-style linen cloth for her needlepoint projects, a craft she learned as a student at a Danish art colony in the 1970's.
''I introduced Aaron to antique textiles and historical things that wouldn't have occurred to him,'' she said. ''He introduced me to high business, working in the real world.''
Then, she added, he brought her the solace of religion. Raised a Mormon and lapsed from that faith at 19, Mrs. Feuerstein began studying Orthodox Judaism when she accepted Mr. Feuerstein's proposal of marriage. ''That had to be part of the equation,'' she said, adding that her spiritual adviser was ''the Jackie Mason of rabbinic law, very funny, very brilliant.'' The conversion process lasted one soul-searching year. ''It took Aaron a long time. It took me a long time,'' she said. ''Eventually, we had a fairly good idea that it was going to be O.K.''


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Mongolia, a vast land-locked country between China and Russia, has the lowest population density in the world. Its extreme climatic conditions pose daunting challenges for human life and activity. In the early 90s, Mongolia underwent a transition to a privatized economy, which led to mass closure of factories, resulting in widespread unemployment and also a significant drop in farm production due to the collapse of subsidized collective agriculture. The present intense rural exodus is creating new socio-economic challenges and new forms of poverty (especially in Ulaanbaatar where almost half of the population lives). These changes have led the Mongolian people to modify their diet and the vegetable consumption is increasing quickly.
Despite the active promotion of vegetable growing by the government, domestic production supplies only half the country's needs, making Mongolia highly dependent on imports. However, the vegetable growing sector could create job opportunities and address the need for fresh and good-quality vegetables in the country.
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GERES has been present in Mongolia since August 2010 to help develop the production of vegetables in urban and rural areas through the implementation of projects including:
- Innovative technical solutions to extend the growing season (passive solar greenhouses) and improve the storing of vegetables (bioclimatic cellars) in order to help families make savings. These techniques are adapted to the local context and designed to be built directly by the producers.
- Trainings on agricultural techniques and water and soil management with an aim to difersifying the crops and increasing the yields while preserving natural resources in the meantime.
- Support for the sale of vegetables and the integration in the local market to improve the family incomes.
- Education to introduction of vegetables (sometimes unkwnown by the population) in the daily diet allowing the diversification of meals and improving the global food balance.


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GOP Senators Falsely Claim Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Is "Crushing" States
Yesterday, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced legislation that would allow states to opt out of the health care law's expansion of Medicaid. They claim that the Medicaid expansion is "crushing state budgets" and that states "deserve to have the flexibility, freedom and choice to make decisions about how best to help the people in their own state."
Medicaid currently provides health coverage for poor children, pregnant women, and seniors, as well as disabled adults. It is jointly funded by the federal government and the states, with the federal government paying on average 57 percent of the total cost. The Affordable Care Act expands Medicaid eligibility to those under 65 with an income less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level — $14,404 for a single adult or $29,327 for a family of four.
What Republicans seem to be forgetting is that the federal government will cover 100 percent of the cost for the new enrollees for the first three years starting in 2014. The federal share of funding diminishes gradually to 90 percent in 2020, and remains at that rate for all future years. The Center on Budget Policy and Priorities (CBPP) explains how the Medicaid expansion is "a good deal for the states."
Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program will cover an estimated 18 million more low-income adults and children than they do today, most of whom are now uninsured. The federal government will pay 92 percent of the cost of this expansion through 2021. The cost to states over this period will be $60 billion — just 2.6 percent more than what they would have spent on Medicaid without health reform.
Additionally, CBPP notes that "having more people covered as a result of the Medicaid expansion and other provisions in the health reform law will reduce state and local governments' current spending on other services for the uninsured, such as mental health services." An analysis by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured indicated that the various estimates of state Medicaid costs don't take savings, like the reduction in uncompensated care at public hospitals and clinics, into account.
Graham believes that states will jump at the opportunity to opt out of the Medicaid expansion, but he ignores the fact the some states, like Connecticut and Minnesota, have actually started to implement it early because they see this as an opportunity to cover more uninsured individuals.
Graham and Barrasso also claim that states are going to have to cut back on other services to pay for the Medicaid expansion and therefore states should have more flexibility to deal with their Medicaid and uninsured populations. However, this is the same argument other Republicans who favor block granting Medicaid have made, and is really just a cover to chip away at the social safety net that these vulnerable populations depend on.


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Here's the "class" photos for weeks 2, 3 and 4. check out my projects for more pix/details
2 bowl "box" and pens from Hawaii
pens, closed ended bamboo pen, paper pot making tool, bottle stoppers and a mushroom box
Square bowl, pens and an eccentric tree.
(missing from the last photo is the bing cherry/pecan pen.)
The weeks where I had some pen blanks pre-prepped made for easy days, regardless of when I got home from work, and still had to turn, take photos and post the projects online. (Facebook, here and at the actual 30 in 30 site.)
Am I glad I did this? You bet. I've gotten a much better handle on my turning (though I know I'm using the skew wrong), and I'm much better at sharpening.
Surprisingly, there were very few projects that didn't work out. I had a much better success ratio than I would have guessed. The lilac bottle stopper was an experiment in the first place, so that wasn't a surprise. Getting the hang of the Bic pens took a bit, my first one in Bamboo exploded when I was turning it. The spalted maple/blackwood one, was a "fix" that didn't quite work, a fix only necessary because I reversed the bushings my accident. A fix that would have worked perfectly if I had a collet chuck, or pin jaws for my 4 jaw chuck. – however the fix on that enabled me to get that last pen turned to successful completion, the blood orange one (Osage and bloodwood) the bloodwood makes up for where the osage root tore out beyond repair. (following the previous osage atlas pen that cracked just as I was assembling it. I was bound and determined to make a functioning pen out of that beautiful wood.
Financially was this event a success? Kind of. I'd already had all the kits from previous excursions out to woodcraft last April, and before. So in a manner of speaking I didn't have to spend any money to get things out there. I did buy a few more bottle stoppers to make sure, if the bowls and boxes didn't work out, that I would still be able to make 30 items. I was doing this just as much for practice, as I was for getting friends and family some top notch pens for cheaper than at the higher end art and craft fairs. So, yes I did make some money (in the end, profit exceeded double cost if I remember correctly – which I wish was all to be reinvested in my lathe, but went towards Christmas and/or life expenses… at least all these pens were made and found great homes and I didn't have to give them all to my little one in lieu of other things. And while I could dwell on what my hourly rate could have been (not too bad actually if you only count the time spent turning – I spent much less time turning than I did with all the pix and blogging). I remind myself that I couldn't have paid for the knowledge I got from this experience. I couldn't have picked this up (and retained it) from a class at any price. (Though I still am hoping Santa gives me a certificate for a class. I took a five-week spindle turning class, but I've had to figure out faceplate turning on my own.
At present, I have very few of these projects left. (Just three of the stoppers, and three of the pens) Most sold during the auction, or when family was here for my Birthday or Thanksgiving. Just seeing them really helped. I did put two of them in the LJ pen traders swap box that I just shipped off today, and two were slated to be Christmas presents (if they didn't sell) so I quickly pulled those two off the table as soon as the timer wound down.
Did this turn me off from wanting to use the lathe, or be in the shop? I did take a few days off after 12/1. but I have been back at the lathe several times in the past week or so. Still had a few Christmas presents to take care of (can't post them yet, but they are done!). and I'm even working on a couple projects for fun, possibly prototypes for future gift giving, but it's nice making some things, for no reason, while I'm still in "lathe mode."
Did I really make a mess of the shop, (going from work to lathe to camera to computer?) I'd spent many weekend last winter trying to get the shop clean enough to get to work in. I never quite got to the point where I wanted to… and cranking out all these projects hasn't helped matters. I feel like I'm back to square one on that score. I have tools, shavings and wood all over the place. Come to think of it, if I can get all the wood organized (again), it won't be so bad. (Some days I think I'll never be ready for my shop inspection from Ms Debbie P)
I expect I'll be doing this challenge again next year, but I'll be trying some more ambitious designs and kits. I wonder about the sales aspect (if the economy isn't any better) because I'll have to be selling at a higher price point. Anyhow, between now and then I'm going to tackle another 30 days project leading up to Easter – making Eggs. But those will be for me, for "fun." So they'll be a bit less pressure on myself with that challenge. In the meantime I'll be collecting some interesting woods to make a bowlful of eggs from.
Anyone up for joining me next time for their own 30 day challenge?
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/


text: How To Wearables Which Pebble Smartwatch Is Best for You? From Bare-Bones to Classy Hardware, There are Plenty of Options. Share Pin Email Print Zach Honig Wearables Key Concepts Basics Guides & Tutorials by Sarah Silbert An editor who loves smartwatches, fitness trackers, and other wearable smart devices. Updated September 11, 2018 Pebble deserves more than a little credit for igniting the smartwatch craze a few years back, as its first smartwatch set funding records on Kickstarter and earned itself plenty of fans. I recently reviewed the Pebble Time and found it to be a decent performer and plenty capable at displaying notifications (and I of course loved the battery life). Just like I did with the many Fitbit devices, I'll take a look at the many flavors of Pebble smartwatches and help you decide which is the ideal device for you based on your needs and your aesthetic preferences. Before we start, though, note that all Pebble smartwatches feature e-paper, rather than LCD or OLED, screens. Some of them are even black-and-white rather than colored. While this lower-power display has very positive implications for battery life, it means you won't enjoy crisp, vibrant images like you would on the Apple Watch and countless Wear OS (formerly Android Wear) devices. None of the watches feature touch capability on their screens, either. The upside, as I discuss in my post about the smartwatches with the longest battery life, is that Pebble smartwatch screens are always on, so you don't even have to tap the screen to see any new notifications. If You Just Want a Basic Smartwatch: Pebble Classic For $100, the original Pebble is as simple as you can get. When paired with your smartphone via Bluetooth, it will display notifications such as emails and texts, and it can track your steps and other fitness metrics with several compatible activity-tracking apps. Best of all, its battery lasts up to 7 days on a charge. This version is available in three colors: black, white and red. Note that the Pebble Classic doesn't feature a color display; it's just black and white. If You Want a Color Display and A Cooler Interface: Pebble Time At $200, the Pebble Time is twice the price of the original Pebble, but it's also a better smartwatch, thanks to the addition of a color (though still e-paper) display and a timeline-style interface that shows you updates and notifications from various apps in chronological order. This smartwatch also sports a microphone, meaning you can respond to incoming messages via voice. Like the original Pebble, this model is available in black, white and red. It's slightly less clunky-looking than its predecessor, though it's still hardly sophisticated. (I personally dislike the double bezel design.) If You Want a Nicer Design But Care Less About Features: Pebble Steel Three of Pebble's watches offer more attractive designs, but due to the fact that it doesn't feature the more recent timeline interface, the Pebble Steel is in a category of its own. Available with either a metal or leather band and with Gorilla Glass covering the display, this watch is a significant step up from the original Pebble when it comes to design. And at $150, only $50 more than the Pebble Classic, it's kind of a no-brainer, too. If You Want a Nicer Design and Want The Most Advanced Features: Pebble Time Steel or Pebble Time Round The final category includes two good-looking Pebble smartwatches, both of which include the timeline interface for viewing notifications and events. Both devices cost $250, and both feature color displays. If you're a fan of circular versus rectangular displays, you'll want to check out the Pebble Time Round. The Pebble Time Steel, meanwhile, has a rectangular display and its band options are somewhat similar to what you'll find on the Apple Watch. Whatever Pebble you choose, enjoy your new smartwatch! Continue Reading


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Book Review: The Best Man by Richard Peck
I had never read any books by Richard Peck before, but several friends had raved about his ability to speak to kids. They were right and I am going to have to integrate more of his books onto my TBR pile.
Archer Magill narrates his own journey to understanding what kind of person he wants to grow up to become. He tells you that the years between first and sixth grade are book-ended by two different weddings so we should call his story "A Tale of Two Weddings."
Throughout the story Archer is an honest and lovable kid who just wants to do the right thing. He has a few key male role models who guide him.
His dad doesn't want to grow up and spends his time refurbishing vintage cars. His grandpa is an architect who built many of the houses and buildings in Archer's town, including the neighborhood school. His Uncle Paul works for the Chicago Cubs, drives fancy cars, and lives a posh lifestyle. And in his fifth grade year, Archer meets a new teacher Mr. McLeod, a National Guardsman.
The conversations that Archer has with these men are touching and inspiring and a bit humorous as well.
Archer's sidekick is the daughter of his mom's best friend, Lynnette who sometimes prefers Lynn. Their friendship was solidified prior to the first wedding when Archer, as a ring bearer, mistakenly sat in mud and Lynnette took the blame.
Lynnette is one of those kids who is wise beyond her years. She recognizes that she has an advanced vocabulary and she's smart, but she knows she's not gifted. She helps the delightfully unaware Archer out on more than one occasion. Lynnette eavesdrops on adult conversations and learns helpful tidbits that she passes on to Archer.
Archer's expanded knowledge, thanks to Lynnette, makes him self-reflective about how well-informed kids are, which is hilarious coming from the kid who doesn't notice that his uncle is gay, doesn't realize what his mom does for a living, and doesn't read the newspaper.
Lynnette mostly spends time with Archer and his male friends. When she tries to befriend Natalie, a spoiled know-it-all, it ends in disaster. She tries being friends with other girls as well, but she just doesn't have anything in common with them. Eventually Lynnette, who goes by Lynn in sixth grade, decides that girls are not worth the trouble. She would rather just be friends with the people who understand her.
While some people may cringe at Peck's criticism of young girls, I'm applauding. The whole princess vapid routine does nothing for me. And I remember having a difficult time maintaining friendships with girls when I was younger. For Peck to validate how some girls do feel ostracized by their peer group just makes me happy that his story includes a girl who would rather hang out with the boys than fawn over them.
Another subtle criticism from Peck centers around the demands of the public education system. The fourth grade teacher leaves the profession because her blood pressure has gotten out of hand. The woman who taught art and music is downsized. And the kids have three different teachers in fifth grade. One of their teachers is Lynnette's mom.
Peck's irreverence for standardized testing truly made me smile. He pokes fun of the school for squirreling away the special pencils for the test. Sadly, I've been the testing coordinator who sharpens, stocks, and squirrels away pencils in anticipation of The Test. That job is terrible and I'm glad I don't have it any more.
During testing, the kids are not allowed outside for lunch or recess. They must eat in the multi-purpose room. Archer's theory is that the adults may have thought the kids would make a run for it. Peck's disdain for testing shines through in various scenes.
Peck also openly acknowledges the existence of bullying in schools. Even better, he recognizes that preventing bullying is a community effort.
Too often people blame schools for allowing bullying to occur. I've worked in schools where parents have driven their child to another child's home because the parents want their kid to beat the snot out of the other kid.
How is a school supposed to contend with a community that encourages fighting as the solution?
I loved this book! And the best part is that there are gay characters who are integrated into the story. No tokens here.
Uncle Paul exists as the cool uncle who gives Archer a Cubs jersey for his birthday. He helps Archer figure out how to deal with a few bullies. The other gay character is easy for an adult to spot, but I'm not certain that a middle school reader would. Again, this character exists in his own role and his sexuality is secondary to the story.
If you're looking to recommend a book to a middle reader, The Best Man is a quickly paced, humorous, and inspiring story about growing up in the Internet age with a loving family and solid friendships.


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Wikis have become widely used among non-profits as a useful tool for project management and knowledge sharing. What are wikis? How can they help non-profits? How can you get the most out of them?
What is a wiki?
Wikis are simply a website or software tool that allows users to freely create and edit content using any web browser and internet access. It is especially suited for collaborative writing. The name wiki itself comes from the Hawaiian term wiki, meaning "quick".
Non-profits benefit from wikis as flexible organizational and staff knowledge bases, as a way to share knowledge and policies as well as a place to help manage volunteers or members. Some wikis allow anyone to update and change information, while there are some wikis that can only be edited by their creators or users who have been given access. Wikipedia, the global encyclopedia, is one of the best examples and most successful wiki-based tools.To learn more about the background and use of wikis, check Wikipedia's wiki page.
What are the advantages?
Wikis offer a powerful and flexible collaborative communication tool for engaging members and building online communities. Because wikis grow as a direct result of people adding material to the site, they can address a variety of needs (community involvement, group activities, events and conference planning, project management) and audiences (staff members, stakeholders and volunteers). Since wikis are web-based, members and can access and participate from anywhere with an internet access. At its best, wikis provide up-to-date information and promotion for nonprofits at the lowest cost.
What are common challenges when working with wikis?
Wikis potential
Wikis show great potential as collaborative spaces for creating a knowledge database and long-distance collaboration. But learning to do these things is hard. For most users, it takes too much time and tweaking to get to the point where wikis will produce a return on investment. But now the good news. Not all wikis suck. They are getting better every month. SocialText, MediaWiki, and PBWiki are some of the good examples.
Selecting the right wiki software
What sorts of things should you look for when selecting wiki software to use? Adam Frey, one of the founders of Wikispaces.com (a popular hosted wiki service) has some great insight:
"First, a wiki should be easy to use. Wikis are powerful when they are simple. When a user looks at a page, it should be obvious how to edit the page and how to navigate around the space. The site should have a clean look rather than being cluttered with confusing features. Second, a wiki should be easy to adopt and share. Since wikis are about communities, a new member should be able to start participating immediately. Sign up, where necessary, should be quick and easy and the learning curve should be shallow. It should be trivially easy to invite a new member to join the wiki."
How do you build or energize a community around your wiki?
Wikis are all about bringing people together and building a community. Whether it's for collaboration, knowledge sharing or even for a cause. Wikis can be used by anyone and in anyway. Techsoup has a good article about how two organizations have developed wikis with active communities of users. Here are some ideas on how to build a community, but for more tips and ideas be sure to read the whole post.
Getting the most of wikis
Now that you've learned about wikis and are ready to start using it, here are some tips for getting the most out of it:
A few good wiki resources
What is your experience with wikis? What is the best wiki software you have used?
I recently helped found a startup that aims to further the evolution of collaborative writing by improving upon the wiki platform. We are very excited about how this might be used among non-profit organizations and would very much appreciate your input.
Along the same lines as the questions asked here, we are hoping you can help us identify some of the areas where wikis can be improved - and tell us about your experience using them. We are collecting comments in the MixedInk blog, and look forward to hearing your thoughts:
Thanks in advance - and please feel free to email me directly with any thoughts or questions: vanessa [at] mixedink [dot] com.
I'm looking for a wiki tool to publish a knowledge base. I noticed that the Wild Apricot knowledge base system is wiki-based. Did you use Wikispaces or a different tool for this?
We use Confluence by Atlassian software, probably the best commercial wiki software out there.


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What's the Difference Between Coconut Oils? Virgin Coconut Oil vs. Refined, 76 Degree Coconut Oil vs. Fractionated
If you've been making soap, or any skin care product for that matter, you've most likely used coconut oil. It makes a great hard bar of soap, a moisturizing lotion, and hair treatments to die for.
When I started making my own soap and skin care products, many moons ago, I was surprised to learn there are different types of coconut oil available. I was confused too. What makes fractionated coconut oil different from 76 degree coconut oil? When should I use virgin coconut oil over refined?
Here's a quick description of each to help you decide which coconut oil will be the best fit for your needs.
Virgin (Unrefined) Coconut Oil
You'll often find this at the grocery store and specialty markets, most virgin coconut oil is pressed from the fresh meat of the coconut, without high heat or solvents. In general, coconut oil labeled "virgin" or "unrefined" retains all the qualities of the coconut -- so it smells and tastes like coconut.
But, because there is no industry standard for "virgin" or "extra virgin" coconut oil, this isn't always the case. Basically, companies can label their coconut oil however they like. If you're keen on keeping that coconut taste and flavor, whether it be for cooking or for your handmade skin care products, you might have to try a few brands to make sure it lives up to your expectations.
Virgin coconut oil is solid at cool temperatures and liquid at warmer temps. It is typically the more expensive option of the bunch.
Choose this coconut oil for...
Although it can be used in all DIY skin care products, virgin coconut oil works best where the flavor and scent can really shine -- lip balms and scrubs, body butters, lotion, and body scrubs. It can be used in soap but it's expensive compared to other types of coconut oil, and the scent won't hold through the saponification process.
Refined Coconut Oil
This type of coconut oil is made from the dried meat of the coconut. It's then steam refined or refined with chemicals to remove any impurities from the oil.The refining process also takes away the coconut scent and taste.
This can be to your advantage, though. You can cook with refined coconut oil without adding coconut flavor to your foods. You can make your skin and hair care products without your fragrance oils having to compete with coconut scent.
And if you're buying your coconut oil in bulk for soap making and skin care treatments, this is probably the coconut oil you'll want simply because it's less expensive than virgin coconut oil. You're still getting all the skin-loving properties from this coconut oil without the larger price tag.
Choose this coconut oil for...
This is generally the go-to coconut oil for handmade skin care products, including soap.
76 Degree Coconut Oil
What's up with the 76 degree? This just refers to the melting point. Coconut oil, whether virgin or refined, has a melting point of about 76 degrees (unless it's been hydrogenated, but more on that in a minute).
When you see 76 degree coconut oil, it just means that your oil will be solid white at temps lower than 76 degrees, and will melt super easily above this temperature. This sometimes takes people off guard when they buy coconut oil that is liquid only to find a solid white mass in the jar a few days later, or vice versa. This is a normal, natural way for coconut oil to behave, so don't worry.
This is an important quality to think about, though, when you're formulating your skin care recipes. That coconut oil based lip balm that is the perfect texture in the cool winter months may turn into a melty mess during the summertime.
Choose this coconut oil for...
Because refined coconut oil and 76 degree coconut oil is one-in-the-same, it's a great oil for the majority of handmade skin care products, including soap.
92 Degree Coconut Oil
Need a coconut oil with a higher melting point? Ninety two degree coconut oil is for you. FYI, there is also a 100 degree coconut oil available.)
These oils are hydrogenated to give them a higher melting point. Just like with 76 degree coconut oil, the "degrees" indicate at what temperature the oil will melt. So, 92 degree coconut oil melts at 92 degrees, 100 degree coconut oil melts at 100 degrees.
Choose this coconut oil for...
These are great options if your product (like the lip balm we talked about earlier) needs to be less sensitive to fluctuations in temperature, like lip balms, whipped body butters, bath bombs and bath melts. It's OK for soap too but the 76 degree is less expensive, so save yourself a few bucks.
Fractionated Coconut Oil
Fractionated coconut oil is oil that never goes solid. This is because the long chain triglycerides, mainly lauric acid, have been removed to keep it in liquid state, no matter what the temperature. Because these components have been removed, you can consider fractionated coconut oil as just a portion of the entire oil.
Fractionated coconut oil does have its benefits. Although it's very rarely used in cooking, it's a common addition to skin care. Fractionated coconut oil is less greasy on the skin than regular coconut oil, and some studies show it's less likely to clog pores. It makes for a good massage oil, or carrier oil for essential oils, because it won't solidify.
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Fractionated coconut oil can be used when you want to add the benefits of coconut oil without worrying about it solidifying. It's especially good for facial oils, serums, sugar scrubs, moisturizers, lotions, massage oil, and as a carrier oil for essential oils.
You can use it to make soap, just be aware that fractionated coconut oil has a different saponification value than 76 degree coconut oil. But it doesn't give any additional benefits to soap and, because it's so much more expensive than regular coconut oil, I'd personally not use this in soap making.
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Reviewing the Alternatives of Endosulfan
Since EU lost its share of the Endosulfan pie when it went generic decades ago, their recent promotion of patented pesticides is only part of its attempt to re-enter global pesticide trade. Since their attempts to compete with Indian Endosulfan … Continue reading
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Kerala's fears on Endosulfan baseless: Sharad Joshi
Shetkari Sanghatana founder-president Sharad Joshi has said that Kerala's fears on pesticide Endosulfan is baseless and a ban on its use will mean fewer farmers going for cultivation of pulses. A final decision on Endosulfan is likely at the Stockholm … Continue reading
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Endosulfan – Recommendations of Expert Committee
Government constituted Expert Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. C.D. Mayee to evaluate whether there is any link between Endosulfan and alleaged health effects. Recommendations of the Expert Committee 1. There is no link established between use of Endosulfan in … Continue reading
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(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc is in the process of selling its "designated market-maker" unit, people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times on Tuesday.
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Formerly known as "specialists," designated market-makers operate both manually and electronically to facilitate price discovery during market openings, closings and during periods of substantial trading imbalances or instability for thousands of NYSE-listed stocks.
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BATON ROUGE - Tax time is here, and many Louisiana taxpayers could be leaving some money on the table. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon stopped by 2une In this morning with some important tax reminders.
"53% of the money that's available to be taken advantage of either as a tax credit...or a cash rebate goes unclaimed," he told News 2's John Pastorek. "Since the first year of the assessment in '06, $300 million has reverted over to the general fund, unclaimed that can no longer be gotten because you can back for years, but not more."
A lot of that money should have gone to property owners.
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