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We cannot fault the folks in the U.S. apple industry for voicing concerns about the genetically modified apple a Canadian entrepreneur has developed. The USDA and its Canadian counterpart could approve the apple sometime next year.
The apple resists browning after it is sliced. This would allow restaurants and other food service companies to serve more sliced apples without using preservatives.
As far as it goes, the idea is OK, but many within the apple industry see a GMO apple as opening the industry to a broadside attack from GMO opponents.
The problem is not so much with the apple, but with the GMO opponents, many of whom appear to be a part of an agricultural Flat Earth Society that opposes most types of farming developed since 1950. In their American Gothic viewpoint, they attack any individual or corporation associated with genetically modified crops. They do this without benefit of facts that support their scare tactics. They make assertions on the Internet that "no one has proved that GMOs are safe" despite the fact that they have been on the market since the 1990s without any health-associated problems. None of their theories have been subjected to peer reviewed studies.
A continuing effort among activists is to stop the advance of science by getting rid of GMO ingredients in food through labeling initiatives in places like Washington state and California. Next up is a second run at an initiative in Oregon to label some food with GMO ingredients. Oregonians rejected a similar labeling initiative 11 years ago. The name of the new initiative's sponsoring organization is telling: GMO Free Oregon.
What these groups don't say is two labeling options are already available to distinguish genetically modified foods from those that contain no GMO ingredients. The USDA organic certification guarantees that non-GMO seed was used to grow the crops, as does the Non-GMO Project Verified Seal. Anyone wishing to avoid foods containing GMOs can look for either of those labels in any grocery store.
In light of the vocal opponents who attack all things GMO, the apple industry members worry that they might be swept up in the vitriol if the new GMO apple is approved. Apples are the symbol of a healthful lifestyle, and to have the anti-GMO crowd, with it pitchforks and torches, start spraying the Internet with baseless accusations about all apples should give anyone pause.
That scenario is especially daunting because the GMO apple represents a small niche of the industry. Some in the industry counsel that they should withhold their support for a GMO apple until one with drought resistance or some other more useful and valuable trait is developed.
The flaw in that argument is that GMO opponents are not against some genetically modified crops. They are against all of them. They do not differentiate between GMO apples and GMO sugar beets — or any other GMO crops. They want them all banned and appear ready to keep pushing for that until the marketplace drowns out their voice.
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Telecom services unstable in a quarter of Afghanistan
Telecom services unstable in a quarter of Afghanistan
KABUL (Pajhwok): Due to security threats telecommunication towers remain switched off round the clock in 15 of the most violent districts of the country. In 74 other districts, the services are suspended only at night due to lack of adequate security, Pajhwok Afghan News has learnt.
Via telephonic interviews from January 23 to 30 2017 in all 34 provinces of the country, Pajhwok created a database of telecommunications cuts across the country. The data reveals that threats posed by armed groups resulted in permanent or temporary closure of telecom services across a quarter of the districts in the country. 89 administrative units (districts of provinces and capital of Urozgan province), including the capital of Uruzgan province, are affected.
Thirteen administrative units of the country are still without telecom facilities of any kind, the telephonic conversations indicated.
Pajhwok learnt services of wireless communication companies were off round the clock in nine districts of Helmand, three districts and the capital of Uruzgan and two in Herat.
But in 74 districts of 18 provinces, including Helmand and Herat provinces, the telecommunication service cuts were limited only to nighttime hours.
According to the Central Statistic Organisation (CSO) over 5.5 million people lived in 102 administrative units of the country where telecommunication services remained unstable.
5.5 million People accounted for over 18 percent of the total population of Afghanistan
In some cases, the 89 districts without their own functioning telecommunications service receive signals from towers located in neighboring districts.
Varying access across provinces
Pajhwok found the suspension of services happened more frequently in eastern and southeastern provinces of the country, compared to other zones.
The data indicated similar telecom issues exist in the rest of the country country, where the services are interrupted during the night or round the clock.
In addition to the nine provinces in the chart above, two districts each of Nuristan, Farah, Parwan, Kapisa, Helmand and one of Nimroz, Zabul, Kunar, Badghis and Faryabare are deprived of services at night or round the clock.
The MCIT spokesman said telecom antennas had been installed in all administrative units, but some far-flung areas might not have been covered.
According to him, in case the security situation improved, telecom antennas would be installed to bring all areas under coverage.
However, the Pajhwok study shows 13 districts of various provinces are still without telecom services.
Locals say the 13 districts areAjristan, Nawa, Rashidan and Khogyani districts in Ghazni, Yamgan and Wardujin Badakhshan, Qalandar and Sparain Khost, Deshu and Baghranin Helmand, Raghistanin Kandahar, Sancharakin Sar-i-Pul, and Charsaddain Ghor.
Mahmood, a resident of the Chak district of MaidanWardak province, said, "The Taliban don't allow telecommunication towers to function at night. But in some parts of the district, the services remain available."
He said Roshan Telecommunication Company doesn't maintain any signal towers in Chak District and some signal towers outside the district provide signals in some areas.
Mahmood said the communication services in the district were very limited and unreliable.
Eng. Ainuddin, Ghazni telecom director, confirmed towers had not been installed in Khogyani, Rashidan, Nawaand Ajristan districts of the province due to insecurity.
"In some areas of Khogyani, Nawa, and Ajristan, signals are received from telecom towers in neighbouring districts," the official continued.
As soon as security improved, telecom towers would be set up in the districts, the director promised.
Eng. Sher Ahmad, Kandahar telecom director, confirmed towers had not been installed in Registan district due to insecurity and as small population of the district. However, efforts are ongoing to resolve the issue.
Telecom networks evince a keen interest in providing services in stable and populous areas.
Registan is one of Kandahar's districts, whose population was put at 1,600 people in 2006.
Service disruption dilemma for citizens
Syed Gulab Shah, an inhabitant of Batikot district of Nangarhar province, complained about the lack of telecom services in the area. He said: "When someone faces health issues or when someone dies at night, we have to wait until morning to inform people or take the patient to the doctor."
He recalled his sister got an appendix problem two month back but there was no mobile phone service to inform anyone to take her to hospital. As a result, she died.
Mohammad Shakir, the resident of Alasei district in central Kapisa province, where telecommunication services are interrupted during the night said: "If any problem occurred during the night to us we cannot ask for help nor can go out of the home due to security issues."
He urged the government, militants and telecom companies to address public issues and make sure the towers are functional at night.
The government's response to service disruption
Mohammad Yasin Samim, spokesman for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) without providing figures, said mobile signals towers in some administrative units of the country had been deactivated. He, however, disagreed the number of these disconnected mobile signals towers was as high as 89.
He also confirmed communication services had been suspended in some districts until the security situation improved, saying in insecure environment the government could not oversee the operation of telecommunication networks.
He said efforts were on to remove security threats and resolved the telecommunication services issue.
Najeeb Danish, deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, said telecom towers had stopped functioning in some districts because of security and technical problems. He did not name such districts.
However, he said, operational plans aimed at overcoming security threats had been drawn up. With their implementation, the issue would be resolved, he added.
"If telecom networks seek security for installing antennas, the MoI is ready to cooperate with them."
The Taliban Justify Attacks on Communications Infrastructure
ZabihullahMujahid, the Taliban spokesman, said the Taliban prohibits telecommunications companies from operating their towers at night in areas where security operations were underway or US aircraft provided the government with air support. They target areas and individuals with the help of mobile signals, he argued.
Mujahid blamed the government and the US for the Taliban ban on telecommunications services and said they conducted illegal airstrikes and bombardments with the help of mobile signals.
Despite telephone calls from Pajhwok, officials of telecom networks were unwilling to speak on the issues.
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Orange, red wine, and cinnamon come together in cuddrireddra, an Italian deep fried cookie that resembles a biscotti in texture. Don't let the frying scare you off. Everyone was surprised to hear that the cuddrireddra were deep fried – unlike donuts or funnel cake, they are not at all greasy. The cuddrireddra have a respectable crunch without being rock hard and the flavor is unique but comforting at the same time – like the smell of home cooked food that sometimes fills the hallways of apartment buildings. One taster couldn't help but remark over and over again that cuddrireddra are much better than chocolate chip cookies. It's no surprise that she felt that way; cuddrireddra are the cookies that were worth tracking down for four years.
How I Came to Find This Cuddrireddra Recipe
I wanted to make wagon wheel cookies to serve with my Wild West cupcakes for Wild West week. With a quick Google search, I learned that there is a packaged wagon wheel cookie that is sold in Australia, Canada, and other parts of the world where I don't live (I know that some of you live in these places. Have you had them?). These wagon wheels are chocolate covered wafer sandwiches with marshmallow filling. Other than being circular, they don't resemble wagon wheels to me. So, I dug deeper.
That's when I found this thread on Chow:
Italian cookie recipe, hard to find
I am looking for a recipe for an Italian (from Sicily, I think) Christmas cookie recipe. The cookie is made from a very hard dough, kind of like biscotti dough. It is a basic dough with cinnamon. The dough is rolled into a long strip and then intricately twisted round and round to form a wagon wheel. Onto this round wheel is pressed flat pieces of dough (which would almost look like hubcaps). The baked cookies are crisp and hard – you can break pieces off for dipping in coffee or wine. I know this sounds unusual, but it is the only way I can describe the cookie.
The cookies are delicious with coffee, but also very good with vin santo or other sweet wine after a meal. I have had them many times – used to be able to buy them at a bakery (Tre Maria) in Toronto, but they are no longer available there – very labour intensive. Any help would be appreciated. thanks.
By tartetatin on Nov 01, 2006 10:13PM
Note the year: 2006. Read through the whole thread if you'd like. It's fascinating and filled with kind responses from a supportive and culinarily informed community trying to help Tartetatin find her cookies. But for those who don't want to read over eighty posts, I've collected the highlights.
A whole year after the original post, this was posted:
By jen kalb on Dec 28, 2007 10:20AM
And then, it took Tartetatin almost a year to see Jen's response!
The saga then continued because the Slowfood Dolci book had just the ingredients and the method, but not the quantities. The Chow forum members then began the hunt for the recipe.
Almost a year later, a reader named Robert found the recipe in Italian on CookAround.
It is you third link listed,,,,,,cookaround.com…..if you look at the entire page, you will find the recipe is accually there!!!!!! it is all in italian, but the amounts in weight are
there……..I can't beleive it, I have been searching forever and there it is.,,,,
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!!! Now let's make sure the origional person who posted this request accesses this info….AMAZING…THANK'S A TON
Know the trick is to figure out how to form them well, the articule show it but not very
well and also the translation from italian into english…..maybe some other amazing person can take on that task and post it for all of us to try……….once again,,,,great job!!!
By heylids on Nov 11, 2009 12:50AM
Robert went on to translate the recipe (and we learn that Tartetatin had also found the recipe independently and had done the same thing). In 2010, four years after her initial request for the recipe, Tartetatin made the cookies for her family at Christmas.
Imagine a hard cookie (somewhat biscotti like in texture but harder and much more delicious) with cinnamon and orange zest and dipped in espresso.
They are exactly right. Thanks everyone for your posts and your encouragement. These will be a yearly endeavour, up there with my canned tomatoes and homemade salsa. Thanks again.
By tartetatin on May 08, 2010 08:40PM
Cuddrireddra Recipe
I wanted to keep my cuddrireddra as close to authentic as possible. I used the recipe that Robert found on CookAround. The main changes that you'll see in my description are a a major scaling down in size (look how huge the ball of dough is on CookAround), a conversion to U.S. measurements, and cosmetic changes (I didn't have the special shaping tools that you see on CookAround and I wanted it to look like a Wild West wagon wheel).
It tickles me that my silly quest for a Wild West week wagon wheel cookie led me to such an endearing story about an Italian cookie. I've loved sharing the story with you, and I hope that Tartetatin's cookie sleuthing may lead to a new holiday favorite for your family.
Note: This recipe calls for durum wheat flour. Durum flour (which is not the same as semolina) is not something that is easy to find. If you can't find it anywhere near you, you can buy durum flour online. I'm sure that you will want to know if you can substitute another kind of flour. The answer is that I don't know. I wanted to make it as authentic as possible, so I used the durum. If anyone tries this recipe with something else, let me know how it turns out.
- 3 1/2 - 4 1/2 C durum wheat flour
- 1 1/4 C sugar
- 2 1/2 tsp dried orange powder for instructions on how to make this, see my post on dried citrus zest
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 C red wine
- 1/4 C extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- vegetable oil for frying
- Knead 3 1/2 cups of the flour together with all of the other ingredients (except the vegetable oil) by hand or using the dough hook of a stand mixer.
- Add flour until the dough forms a ball. (I began this process in the stand mixer, but found that as the dough started to get thicker, it was easier to finish up kneading by hand.)
- Shape the dough into wagon wheels or whatever other shape suits your fancy. I used a chopstick to help shape the dough (as shown above). The fastest thing would be to simply roll to dough into little logs.
- Fry the shapes in vegetable oil at 350 F until brown (about two minutes). I did them in small batches since I used my mini deep fryer. I find deep frying to be so much easier and cleaner in the deep fryer vs a pot.
- Store in a tightly sealed container.
Outtakes That Are Arguably Cooler Than the Wagon Wheels
While I was making wagon wheels, Jonathan was making other things:


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Over at The Splitsider, our dear friend Adam Frucci talks to some comedians (including Giz favourite Peter Serafinowicz) about how their kind uses Twitter. The answer: pretty much like the rest of us, just much funnier!
Frooch talked to Rob Delaney, Doug Benson, Todd Barry, Peter Serafinowicz, Rob Huebel and Kevin Biggins about how they got started on Twitter, their experience using it, and, of course, what makes a funny tweet funny. Biggins offers a nice summary of it all:
I think Twitter is a very good measuring stick of humor. You have to get your joke across in a very concise space. It's hard to do. One word can make the difference and I've missed the mark plenty of times. I beat myself up a bit if I feel my tweet wasn't as sharp as it could have been. Also, sometimes you can write "Shitty-shitty-poop-poop" and some people will laugh. Sometimes blunt and stupid is funny because it's so simple. Who knows? My goal is to make my buddies chuckle in their cubicles. If a bunch of other strangers and hot girls laugh, well, that's just a bonus. It's a little disappointing to see some of the comedians you've idealized be unfunny on Twitter. But, they have nothing to prove. They've been hilarious in other capacities. It just feels like they're staying in the league a year too long, like that asshole Brett Favre.
That's just one bit from the interview, which has got to be the most in-depth investigation of comedian-Twitter ever conducted. Important sociological work here, people! Go read the rest! [Splitsider]


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Senate Bill No. 51
(By Senators Boley and Nohe)
[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported February 27, 2012.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §48-8-103 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing for denial of spousal support if a party learns of a spouse committing adultery through DNA evidence after entry of the divorce decree.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §48-8-103 the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§48-8-103. Payment of spousal support.
(a) Upon ordering a divorce or granting a decree of separate maintenance, the court may require either party to pay spousal support in the form of periodic installments, or a lump sum, or both, for the maintenance of the other party. Payments of spousal support are to be ordinarily made from a party's income, but when the income is not sufficient to adequately provide for those payments, the court may, upon specific findings set forth in the order, order the party required to make those payments to make them from the corpus of his or her separate estate. An award of spousal support shall not be disproportionate to a party's ability to pay as disclosed by the evidence before the court.
(b) At any time after the entry of an order pursuant to the provisions of this article, the court may, upon motion of either party, revise or alter the order concerning the maintenance of the parties, or either of them, and make a new order concerning the same, issuing it forthwith, as the altered circumstances or needs of the parties may render necessary to meet the ends of justice: Provided, That if, after the entry of an order under this section, it is determined by DNA evidence that a child conceived during the marriage of the parties is found not to be the child of the husband, or that a child was born to a woman other than the wife because of the adultery of the husband, the court may, upon motion of a party, deny the spousal support previously ordered to the adulterous spouse.


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Gov. Shumlin and the Push for Single-Payer Health Care
At a time when states are struggling to comply with healthcare reform, Vermont's governor sees his state's push for a single-payer system as common sense.
At a time when states are struggling to comply with the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Vermont's ambitious plan to create the nation's first single-payer health financing system might be hard to comprehend. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin sees this initiative as common sense. I recently had a chance to talk with Shumlin, an experienced legislator and small business owner, about why he thinks such radical change in health care is a necessity. An edited transcript follows.
Earlier this year you signed legislation making Vermont the only state in the nation to move toward a single-payer system. Why?
Good question. I guess what I keep wondering is, why not? The rising cost of health care in America and in Vermont is unsustainable. If we don't get health-care costs under control, we will bankrupt our small businesses and use the precious resources that we need to invest in job growth and innovation and spend them on health care.
We're trying to pass the first health-care system in the country where health care is a right and not a privilege. Where it falls on the individual and isn't the burden of the employer. Where it's publicly financed. And most importantly, where we spend our health-care dollars on preventive care -- not on waste, insurance company profits, bureaucracy and a payment system that rewards providers for the quantity of work they do to you, not the quality of work they do for you.
It's an ambitious plan, but if Vermont can get this one right, we'll get the jobs, we'll get economic growth and we'll save our small businesses.
One of the big questions that people ask about Vermont's approach is: Why are you acting now? After all, just two years ago, Congress passed ACA. What is Vermont trying to do that Congress didn't do?
I've been working on health-care reform as a House member, as a state senator and now as a governor, for years. I've become convinced that piecemeal reform will cause more problems than it solves. I've learned that the hard way. If you're not willing to reform, if you're not willing to address the way we spend dollars, you're not going to solve the problem.
I think the federal bill is a step in the right direction. But what government has done wrong almost every single time is confuse the need for access with the need for cost containment. We constantly come up with schemes to make it possible for those who can't afford it to have coverage. We have never done universal reform where we actually stop spending like a bunch of drunken bandits on the delivery of health care. We've got to do that.
Listen, the rest of the world spends a fraction of what we spend and they have better health care outcomes than we do. If we don't attack the cost problem, the spending problem, we will bankrupt our nation. We've watched all of this with tremendous frustration from almost any political perspective. We've watched the ineptitude of Congress over the past few months. If you took all of the proposals that were made for cost containment, for cutting budgets by the Tea Party folks in Congress and you took all the suggestions for revenue, going back to the Clinton tax rates [from] Democrats, you would still be right back where you are in three years because health care spending is rising so uncontrollably. My question is: How can public officials from both parties continue to ignore the real problem? It's called rising health-care costs and spending.
Could you explain how the system Vermont is setting up, Green Mountain Care, will actually work?
Well, for consumers, it would mean you would get a Green Mountain health-care card, assuming you're a resident of the State of Vermont. That card will give you health-care coverage for a defined-benefit package [which will be administered by a single insurer the state contracts with to run the system]. With that card, you'll adjudicate your bill with the single payer when you come out of the provider's office.
After Vermonters go in for their doctors' visit, they'll check out with the receptionist and be told, "You owe us X dollars," and that will be that?
Right. With everybody in a single system, the insurer will tell you on the spot how much you're paying and how much they're paying. You'll pull out a check, cash or credit card, and you'll pay that before you leave the provider's office. That saves 8 to 9 cents to the dollar according to Dr. [Bill] Hsiao [of the Harvard School of Public Health].
That same card will be a pipeline to your medical records so that when you go to the next doctor, the next provider will know exactly what all of the providers in your medical history have done to you. That stops waste, inefficiency and unnecessary health-care services.
Finally, and this is the most difficult and challenging but most important, we're going to move from a fee-for-service payment system to one where providers get reimbursed for keeping you healthy. Outcomes-based medicine is going to replace the fee-for-service payment system.
And how will this work for health-care providers?
For the provider, what it means is getting the insurance company off their back. They get to spend their time making you healthy instead of dealing with billing bureaucrats. So, we think Vermont will be a better and more attractive place to practice medicine since providers really want to make people healthy. That's what they're trained to do.
You often talk about health-care reform in the context of economic competitiveness. What's the connection?
I'm a business person. I came to government from business. Like many Vermont businesses, my biggest challenge as a business person is that every year, I get from one of our three payers (MVP Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, or Cigna) my premium increase. It's never a decrease. It's anywhere between a 12 and 32 percent increase every single year. I have no way to control that cost. As a small business person, we're too small to run an ERISA plan. Some 80 percent of Vermont's businesses are 50 employees or less. It's a cost that gets forced upon us as employers. Our response is to pay more and more money to insurance companies, sign up for less and less coverage and ask our employees to pay a larger and larger share. It's not sustainable.
My point is this: If we can design the first health-care system in the country that delivers better quality care for less money, I think that Vermonters will be delighted to pay for that system versus the current system which they know they can't afford. How would we pay for it? We'll come up with a package that spreads the burden equally among all Vermonters. We're not going to ask business alone to pay the bill.
Did you feel like the current system puts Vermont at a competitive disadvantage with the Canadian provinces?
Absolutely. [Quebec Premier Jean Charest] and I are pretty good friends. I was up there recently. After we had a couple of glasses of wine, he turned to me and he said, "You know I love eating your lunch on jobs. I love eating your lunch every single time on job growth, new jobs."
I said, "What do you mean?"
He said, "You know, I meet employers that are thinking about settling in Quebec or Vermont or New York or Maine, and I get them every time."
I said, "Well, how do you do that?"
He said, "Well, I just explain that it's $8,000 to $9,000 an employee for them to go across the United States border. Or, up here, they won't have any of that cost. It seems to convince them every time."
I said, "Premier Charest, that's not nice. That's not fair. I want to fix that."
As the ACA is currently written, it would not be until 2017 when you could actually opt out of the mandated system of exchanges and create a single-payer system.
We're shooting for 2014. The one act that we need from Congress is to change the date by which they allow single-payer assistance from 2017 to 2014. Sen. Leahy, Sen.Sanders and Rep. Welch are working hard on that. President Obama has been extraordinarily open to the suggestion. At the [National Governors Association] January meeting, at my urging, he said to all 50 governors, "I believe that your states should be the laboratories for change. As long as you're not reducing standards, I'm with you. And we want to give you that flexibility, including supporting moving the 2017 date to 2014 for single-payer health care."
What are Vermont's next steps?
Really, the next step is to design the system that I just described that no one has ever done before in America. A system that has the technology to adjudicate the bill on the spot. That has the technology to get all of the medical records into a single form and card. Most importantly, that has a payment system that rewards -- that allows doctors, providers, to practice medicine again by promoting healthy living, good diet, early prevention, and preventative care instead of the current system that rewards financially for quantity of care.
What do you see as the most challenging obstacles to actually doing this?
I think the most daunting task is to be inclusive enough with providers, consumers, the health-care community and the business community, so that we can actually make this happen without fear of the unknown and eroding public confidence.
Has there been a lot of concern about this in the business community?
To be honest, most businesses understand that they're paying a health-care tax right now and it's rising much faster than they can afford. They understand that the current system isn't sustainable. So I think most of them are grateful that we're trying to solve a real problem. I think what puzzles many of us in Vermont is: How can so many others pretend that this isn't the biggest threat to job growth, to economic expansion and the economic security of the middle class?
I've got 625,000 Vermonters. We only have 40,000 to 50,000 uninsured. That's pretty remarkable. But I've got 150,000 who are underinsured. What's that mean? That means that every single day middle-class families know that if they get really, really sick or one of the family members get really, really sick, they're bankrupt. They're done. The party's over. They can't pay the bill.
And you obviously feel like ACA doesn't do enough to address that problem?
Right. It's a great start. It's going to help us tremendously because it's a bridge to the single-payer system. But the challenge of the Affordable Care Act is like most of what happens in Washington. By the time you compromise and water it down, it doesn't solve the real problem which is health-care costs, health-care spending. It's not sustainable.
Even the biggest critics of my plan, and I've got plenty of them as you can imagine, if you ask them, "Hey, what if we do nothing?" They say, "Oh, we can't do that. It's not sustainable. The system's not sustainable." Now, we're not talking about the corner grocery store here that's not sustainable, or the corner laundromat. We're talking about our health-care system.
We understand that in a small rural state, our providers and our small hospitals are the first to go. I mean, we've got health-care providers in small hospitals that are struggling to stay alive in this state right now. They know that the current system is going to bankrupt them. We have docs every year that can't stay in private practice because they have a lot of Medicaid and Medicare patients and they just can't pay their bills. It's not that they don't want to deliver health care. It's that they're not getting paid enough to do it. So we've got real challenges and we're trying our best to solve them. I say, if we can get this one right, it'll be a huge lift for Vermont both in terms of job growth and in terms of quality of life.
Must Reads
--Is health care ready for a Moneyball-style focus on metrics? Dan Diamond argues that policymakers should be cautious with this intriguing idea.
--The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently issued a set of recommendations for the essential health benefits (EHB) package -- a requirement under the Affordable Care Act that stipulates that certain insurance plans cover a minimum set of benefits as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Would the recs be generous but potentially costly, or skimpy and thrifty?
The answer was skimpy: "One way to think about the EHB package," wrote the IOM, "is to compare HHS's task to going grocery shopping. One option is to go shopping, fill up your cart with the groceries you want, and then find out what it costs. The other option is to walk into the store with a firm idea of what you can spend and to fill the cart carefully, with only enough food to fit within your budget. The committee recommends that HHS take the latter approach to developing the EHB package." Maggie Mahar unpacks the nuances.
--Health policy experts agree that one of the areas with the greatest opportunity to produce significant savings is better coordination for the "dual eligibles," people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. Toward that end, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made major efforts to develop partnerships with states. (See Governing's recent interview with Melanie Bella, director of the newly created Federal Coordinated Health Care Office at CMS.) However, a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute argues that primary responsibility for dealing with the duals should reside with Medicare. According to the study's summary, policymakers are relying too much on the states when most of the spending and potential cost-savings could come from better management of the federal Medicare program.
--The battle between the state of California and Medicaid providers who insist that reimbursement rates have been cut too far has made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. Providers argue that California's cuts violate provisions of federal law that mandate that Medicaid recipients have "equal access" to health care. The state, supported by the Obama administration, argues that Medicaid is an arrangement between the federal government and the states, thus providers lack standing for their lawsuit. Whatever the decision, the court's ruling will define the contours of Medicaid in important ways.
A note: Next month (November 7-8) is the National Association of Medicaid Directors conference in Arlington, Va. I'll be reporting live via Twitter for Governing. If you have any questions that you'd like me to pose regarding any Medicaid issues, please send those my way at email@example.com. Alternately, you can send tweets to me at @jbbuntin.
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Best of 2008: Prunes!
The secret behind those enigmatic half smile/half grimaces? We found out this year …
It's prunes!
"Every time they pose and smile, they say the word 'prune'."
Who knew? That prunes are good for more than just poo?
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen figured it out – this is why they're always so puckered.
One of the best stories this year. Pruning and posing. It totally works!
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You'd better sit back and relax for this post, because I've got more than a hundred photos from the Ranger, Stampers Anonymous, and Sizzix booths to share with you!
Ranger is well-known and respected in the industry for their huge assortment of inks, stains, embossing powders, and a host of other color mediums. Distress inks and embossing powders are a huge favorite amongst all kinds of paper crafters and mixed media artists.
Stickles, whether regular, Distress, or Ice, and Perfect Pearls are available in every color of the rainbow (and then some).
Distress Crackle and Distress Ink re-inkers give crafters an even wider variety of mediums to choose from.
And then there's Distress Stain! It's been generating a huge amount of buzz for CHA Summer 2011 since Ranger announced that it was being released in the full line of the Distress Ink colors, completing the limited set that debuted at CHA Winter 2011.
Ranger showed off a few new shades of Stickles, as well.
Jenni Bowlin's line of inks and paint by Ranger have been very popular, and for this show they expanded her line to include three new colors – Weather Vane, Lavender Sachet, and Speckled Egg.
Tim Holtz's products from his Advantus District Market and idea-ology lines were also on display in the Ranger booth…
…including new Kraft Resist pads in Halloween and Christmas themes!
Tim also has new Halloween and Christmas dies in his Tim Holtz Alterations by Sizzix collection (more on those in this post when we get to the Sizzix booth).
Fans of the now-retired Suze Weinberg will be happy to know that a series of stamps by Ranger senior educator Dyan Reaveley is now being produced by Stamper's Anonymous and distributed by Ranger.
I absolutely love these banner stamps!!
Here's a glimpse at Wendy Vecchi's Art Parts line by Stamper's Anonymous. I'll share more photos of these along with some stunning projects at the Stamper's Anonymous booth a little later in this post.
Tim Holtz released several new additions to his cling mount stamp line from Stamper's Anonymous.
Ranger is one of the companies adopting QR codes on their packaging to link customers to further information about their products.
And of course you can't stop by the Ranger booth without taking some time to browse through the dozens of beautiful sample projects on display.
Tim Holtz himself stopped by the booth while I was there to give a demo of some of the new products, and he brought along one of his new storage boxes! It is designed to hold all of the Distress mediums.
This smaller version is the Trinkets box, and it has lots of small compartments to hold all your tiny treasures.
Tim asked the crowd what they'd like to see demonstrated first, and when nobody spoke up for a few seconds, I chimed in, "Kraft Resist!"
Not only does Tim have Kraft Resist paper, but there's a set of Kraft Resist letters, as well!
Here's Tim giving a demo of distress stains on Halloween Kraft Resist.
And then he broke out the Picket Fence Distress Stain to show that it's very opaque when first applied but quickly becomes more transparent as it dries and soaks into the paper.
Picket Fence Distress Stain also softens the look of Distress Inks that are applied on top of it.
Tim also demonstrated a marbling technique using Picket Fence Distress Stain.
And then he showed how ribbon could be recolored with any shade of Distress Stain.
Let's continue our Tour de Tim at the Stampers Anonymous booth with a close look at his new Halloween and Reflections stamps.
Stampers Anonymous is another booth that's full of gorgeous projects.
Dyan Reaveley's "Dylusions" stamp line was well represented by projects in the Stampers Anonymous booth, as well.
Art Gone Wild has a set of circle stamps in their collection that are unlike any designs I've seen before.
Inky Antics had some adorable images in their section of the Stampers Anonymous booth, including a cute penguin!
I also found the honeycomb paper packs fascinating – these could be used to make so many cute projects!
Wendy Vecchi's Art Parts line by Stamper's Anonymous is a huge favorite among collage artists, as are the accompanying Studio 490 stamps.
And, of course, Stampers Anonymous had a generous number of sample projects for this line on hand, as well!
Sizzix is our last stop for this post, and they had some great new products debuting at this CHA!
Framelits are Sizzix's new collection of nested dies, available in a variety of shapes.
They're also introducing eight new Eclips cartridges, two of which are pictured below.
Sizzix manufactures Tim Holtz's "Alterations" lines of dies and embossing folders, and there are several new items on tap for consumers this time around.
This damask pattern is gorgeous, and also a huge trend in the industry right now.
Several popular previous shapes are being released now as smaller "mover and shaper" dies, like the bestselling flower and the jalopy design:
And, of course, there were many, many sample projects on hand. The Sizzix booth was literally a wonderland of crafting ideas!
I personally loved these bright, colorful examples of what could be created with distressing and aging products.
There were so many walls like this one in the Sizzix booth – a complete treasure trove of inspiration!
Here I found another corner stuffed full of Tim Holtz's Alterations dies, including several new items.
Everywhere you look, there is more sample project eye candy!
Sizzix has also started producing letterpress plates that are compatible with the Big Shot and Big Kick die cutting machines. Keep an eye on Scrapbook Update in the next couple of months as I review these in-depth along with other home letterpress options!
This was perhaps the most gorgeous piece in the whole booth – the entire surface of the table is tiled in embossed (using Sizzing embossing folders) metal sheets!
If this post isn't enough to satisfy your collage and mixed media craving, Scrapbook Update will be bringing you another roundup of similar booths sometime in the next few weeks. Stay tuned!
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UPDATE: Cured with a hard refresh. But well played, whoever's responsible for the DNS shenanigans!


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Social Security recipients, veterans and retired railroad workers who might not otherwise need to file a tax return must do so to receive the economic stimulus payment.
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Terrence Howard Gossip
Terrence Howard gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Smutty Social Media, Thursday October 8, 2015
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Taraji and Terrence laugh off the feud rumours. As I said after the Emmys, I don't believe there is a feud, simply because I don't think Taraji would put up with Terrence's f-ckery. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 #DummysWastedPaperAndInkOnthatBS 😂😂😂💋💋💋 watch #Empire tonight Full Story
Sean Penn is not Terrence Howard
Sean Penn is suing Lee Daniels for $10 million alleging that Daniels has defamed him. Here's a quick background: To promote Empire, Daniels was interviewed recently in The Hollywood Reporter and when asked about Terrence Howard being, um, Terrence Howard, and his history of abusing women, Daniels's made a point about how Terrence is being unfairly vilified for it when so many high profile white actors have the same sh-t on their resumés: "(Terrence) ain't done nothing different than Marlon Brando or Sean Penn, and all of a sudden he's some f*ckin' demon. Full Story
Taraji, Terrence, but No Mo'Nique
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Taraji P. Henson is on an absolute tear with Cookie – and she should be. She's proud of her work, proud of her career, proud of the doors Empire will open. Did you see Taraji jump when Viola's name was announced? She was thrilled. And she stood up, encouraging Viola through her speech. Full Story
Empire Season 2 trailer drops
You should probably turn on Drip Drop while you read this article. Got it? Empire's season 2 trailer just dropped, under the headline "New Music, New Money, New Power". This mostly is shown through Extreme Striding, several shots, but I will admit to getting genuine goosebumps upon seeing the "#FreeLucious" banner at what looks like an awesome show. Full Story
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It's not like Beyonce to be late. Never Too Late #LoveWins ❤ Full Story
Taraji's getting the clothes
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Taraji P Henson and Terrence Howard are at the Monte Carlo TV Festival promoting Empire, probably the most VIP stars at the event so far. Because Empire, as you know, has been one of the biggest f-cking deals in television this year. And that makes Taraji a very big deal. You know how you can tell? She's getting the clothes. Full Story
Madonna & Lucious Lyon's Ghosttown
Finally. Madonna's Ghosttown video. As of this writing, I've only looked at it once so there may be notes to pick up later but you already know how I feel about the song – it's one of the strongest, if not the strongest, on the album. A proper power ballad. And we haven't had one from her in a while. Full Story
As IF Terrence Howard
This b-tch. Terrence Howard played Rhodey, Tony Stark's best friend, in the first Iron Man movie. He was good in the role. I enjoyed their chemistry. I enjoyed his exasperation every time Tony behaved like, well, Tony. Clearly Howard enjoyed himself too. Because he wanted more money to come back for the sequel(s). Full Story
Tony Stark and the new Rhody
Iron Man 2 has started shooting – check out RDJ today with an Iron Man lunchbox for the 10 thousand vitamins he takes daily fresh off from celebrating his 44th birthday with Sting and Trudie, GOOP and Chris Martin, Jakey and Reese, and other high profile guests in Beverly Hills. Full Story
Rhodey cashes in
As you've probably heard, Terrence Howard has dropped out of Iron Man 2. Apparently he wanted too much money and a personal ass wiper assigned to him at all times. Marvel told him to beat it. It's now confirmed that Don Cheadle has stepped into the role of Rhodey for BOTH the Iron Man sequel AND The Avengers taking him well into 2011 and possibly more. Full Story
RDJ on the List
Yeah. It's time. He's incredible in the movie and after seeing him on talk show after talk show this week, Robert Downey Jr can come over any time. Any. Time. It's the charisma. It's the dry sense of humour. It's the way he flirts, even the way he flirts with men without a trace of the gay… you know how that is? It's the hint of danger, it's the fact that he's infinitely more interesting than a boy 15 years younger. Full Story


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In Education, Success Is an Orphan
Matt Ladner has a good commentary this morning on NRO, pointing out that the Obama administration must have known the positive results of the latest DC voucher study that it finally released last Friday, well before Democrats in Congress voted to phase‐out funding for the program after the 2009-10 school year.
As I noted immediately after the study's release, this program is achieving better results at a QUARTER the cost of DC public education: $6,620/pupil vs. $26,555/pupil.
But education secretary Arne Duncan and president Obama watched it die without mentioning these findings.
Perhaps if Duncan were secretary of defense he might worry that journalists would investigate just when his department received the results of this study, publicly shaming him. But he isn't, and so he won't. In education, we have precious few investigative journalists, and even smoking guns like these arouse little interest.


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Well, not me at Phillip Island - but the Yellow Bike III (840cc Ducati 750 F1) made its debut at the island yesterday with new owner Basil in the saddle. By all accounts, bike and rider bonded nicely and the machine performed flawlessly.
So I breathed a great sigh of relief as I read Basil's email this morning.
It's crazy building a bike like this for a guy who lives on the other side of the planet, but immensely rewarding to get feedback like "I love the bike; it's raw and intoxicating to ride. Held a line well and finished corners nicely. The suspension set up was near perfect. It sounds magnificent and didn't miss a beat."
Kudos to Gary Palmer for building an amazingly civilized 103hp motor to power the package!
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All-Northern Division first team ... Eastern Championship All-Tournament second team ... Lead the team with 67 goals on the season ... Harvard's Most Valuable Player Award recipient ... COOP Athlete of the Week (Feb. 8) … Tallied a hat trick in wins over Villanova (Feb. 6) and New York Athletic Club (Feb. 7) at Harvard Invitational … Scored four goals in win over Siena at Harvard Invitational (Feb. 6) … Turned in a five-goal performance n victory over Iona at Harvard Invitational (Feb. 7) ... Netted five goals against Iona at Princeton Invitational (Feb. 20) … Buried a goal and recorded 10 steals against Wagner at Princeton Invitational (Feb. 20) … Tallied a goal against No. 5 Michigan at Princeton Invitational (Feb. 21) … Notched a pair of goals against George Washington (Feb. 21) at Princeton Invitational ... Tallied four goals against Marist (Feb. 27) and Wagner (Feb. 27) at the ECAC Championships ... Recorded a hat-trick against Maryland at the Elite Eight (March 6) … Scored a goal against Princeton at the Elite Eight (March 6) … Buried six goals against Bucknell at the Elite Eight, including both of Harvard's overtime goals (March 7) … Named the CWPA Northern Division Player of the Week (March 8, March 22) ... Registered a hat-trick against Fresno Pacific and a goal against UC Davis (March 15) … Drew five ejections against San Jose State (March 17) ... Registered a hat trick in Harvard's win over No. 19 Cal State East Bay (March 19) … Scored three goals against No. 17 Pacific (March 20) … Tallied a goal against Cal State Monterey Bay (March 20) … Netted a goal against Marist (March 27) … Buried five goals and drew five kick outs against No. 11 Hartwick (April 10) … Potted a goal against Brown (April 14) … Notched a goal against No. 11 Hartwick (April 17) … Scored a pair of goals against Brown (April 18) ... Buried a marker against No. 7 Michigan at the Eastern Championship (April 30) ... Tallied a goal against Bucknell at the Eastern Championship (May 1) ... Netted a hat trick against Maryland at the Eastern Championship (May 2).
Named CWPA Northern Division Rookie of the Year ... Tabbed to CWPA All-Northern Division First Team ... Honored as Rookie of the Tournament at Eastern Championship and selected to All-Tournament Team ... Selected Harvard's Rookie of the Year ... Tallied a game-high five goals and collected five streals in career debut against NYAC (Feb. 14); Netted a score later in the day against No. 8 Michigan ... Scored four goals the following day against Siena (Feb. 15) ... Named CWPA Northern Division Rookie of the Week (Feb. 16) ... Scored four times against Villanova and once against Princeton (Feb. 21) ... Tallied a hat trick against George Washington and Bucknell (Feb. 22) ... Scored four goals against Maryland and Bucknell (Feb. 28); drew five ejections against the Bison ... Had a goal and drew three ejections against Princeton (March 1) ... Scored in win at Sonoma State (March 22) ... Tallied team-high four goals at Pacific (March 24) ... Had eight goals in doubleheader against UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis, including six tallies against the Banana Slugs (March 26) ... Scored a career-high 10 goals against Cal State Monterey Bay (March 27); was named Northern Division Player of the Week and COOP Student-Athlete of the Week for effort ... Had five goals against Brown and a hat trick against Hartwick (April 4) ... Tallied a hat trick against Connecticut College and scored twice against Utica (April 5) ... Scored two goals and had three kickouts drawn against Brown (April 11) ... Netted three goals, had two kickouts drawn, handed out two assists and made two steals against Hartwick and tallied a goal against Brown at Northern Division Championship (April 18) ... Found the back of the net four times against Utica at Northern Division Championship (April 19) ... Scored against Hartwick at Eastern Championship (April 24) ... Had two goals, two ejections drawn and three steals against Indiana at Easterns (April 25) ... Tallied the game-winning goal against Bucknell at Eastern Championship (April 26).
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Earned 12 varsity letters at Santa Catalina High, including four each in water polo, swimming and basketball ... Four-year starter in water polo ... Captained water polo and basketball squads ... All-American honorable mention in 2007 in water polo ... USA Water Polo Academic All-American as senior ... MTAL/CCS Most Valuable Player in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... All-League first team on four occasions ... First team All-Section once and was selected to the second team twice ... CCS Scholar-Athlete of teh Year in 2008 ... Led water polo and basketball teams to league titles ... Cum Laude Society member ... Gold Chord recipient.
Sister, Sarah Kennifer '02, played water polo at Harvard ... Sister, Katherine Kennifer, was a water polo player at Notre Dame, graduating in 2005.


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Finally! A goose egg as a final score!! Yesterday, behind a 5 run first inning Red Sox offensive outburst and the ace-like five hit effort by Josh Beckett, the Boston Red Sox thumped the Houston Astros by a score of 10-0 in the team's spring training finale. Boston will play a three game series in Arlington, Texas beginning Friday, the start of the MLB baseball regular season circa 2011. Beckett allowed only one hit (!) over those five innings while walking none and whiffing three. THIS IS THE JOSH WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. Here he is...
"I had a good changeup and got some good fastballs when I needed to. I've come a long way and I felt really good. I felt good mechanically in my last start. I felt as good in the last start as this one. I know the results didn't turn out the same but I was encouraged."
The Red Sox manager, Tito Francona, talked about the relative insignificance of the spring training mini-season, saying this...
"You can talk all spring about numbers that don't mean anything and they don't. Then he (Beckett) comes out tonight and his fastball's got that kind of life, that's fun to watch."
With Beckett's fastball wiggling and giggling with velocity, the Ranger hitters were at his mercy. That's the way his fastball movement affected opposing batters until very recently and last night I was overjoyed to see that Josh has worked all the kinks out and come full circle. Now if only John Lackey can show the same type of improvement. We ALL know that John is nowhere near a .500 pitcher. If he and Becks have turn-around seasons, the sky's the limit for this terrific team. Only time will tell and that time starts in a little more than 24 hours. Ready.......Set...................(I'm ready to) Go!!
Click on this post's title for more Sox coverage from the Boston Globe. Starting tomorrow the real deal begins. MLB will have my full and undivided attention minutes after the NCAA basketball tournaments end. Could it be that at least one of the two UCONN teams emerge as champions of the world? That's why I'll be watching. I love 'em both, men AND women. Go Kemba. Go Maya. Speaking of going, that's exactly what I have to do right now. Have a wonderful Thursday and I'll see you right here tomorrow morning or sooner if the news warrants. After the end of the NCAA Final Four tournies, I'll be back to all baseball here at PRSF, all the time. Until then, UCONN will be in my thoughts, as will the Sox and most important....YOU! See ya. Thanks for being here. This is a tremendous time of the year for sports. March Madness has it all. So do you, my Constant Readers. I thank you for that.


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Cosmology is a branch of astronomy which studies the structure, origins, and space-time relationships of the universe. A cosmologist is one who studies this particular branch of science. Cosmology also refers to a branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature and origin of the universe.
According to Kathryn Janeway, Federation cosmologists had a theory, following the discovery of the Omega particle in the 23rd century, that revealed that "the molecule once existed in nature for an infinitesimal period of time at the exact moment of the Big Bang. Some claimed Omega was the primal source of energy for the explosion that began our universe." Seven of Nine, however, dismissed it as "a creation myth like any other." (VOY: "The Omega Directive")
Crewman Mortimer Harren studied this field. He held five advanced degrees in theoretical cosmology and needed one year of hands-on experience in order to qualify for the Institute of Cosmology on Orion I, so he joined the crew of the USS Voyager. He had worked on Schlezholt's Theory of Multiple Big Bangs and studies in dark matter proto-comets. (VOY: "Good Shepherd")


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This special safari takes the traveler to some of the less frequented tourist regions in the country that are rich in flora and fauna; folklore and tradition; culture and people adventures. The birdlife in these areas are a joy to the ornithologist and Kakamega Forest and its bio-diversity is a vertable paradise to the visiting botanist as rare and endangered species are revealed in our tour. An incursion into Lake Victoria climaxes this unique Western Kenya Luxury Adventure
Day 1: Nairobi - Rift Valley- Lake Baringo
Drive to west wards from Nairobi, down the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley to Lake Baringo via Lake Bogoria with a brief stop at the famous hot water springs that are found here - clearly showing that the work that formed the Rift continues under the surface of the earth's crust. Dinner and overnight at a lodge close to the shores of Lake Baringo.
Day 2: Lake Baringo
Full day at Lake Baringo boat riding, cultural visits to the Njemps community that live around this lake. All meals and an overnight at the lodge.
Day 3: Lake Baringo - Eldoret
An early start to explore the Kerio Valley Fluorspar mines and also to view the fantastic scenery from the escarpment as we proceed to the town of Eldoret where we partake of dinner and have an overnight at a lodge.
Day 4: Saiwa Swamp and The Hills of Cherangany
We drive after breakfast to Saiwa Swamp which is known for its sitatunga antelopes as well as other rare aquatic wildlife. We spend most of the day in outdoor activities including an exploration and trek up the Cherangany hills. In the evening we return to Eldoret for dinner and an overnight stay after an eventful day.
Day 5: Eldoret Town - Kakamega
Drive to Kakamega town and shop for fruits in the market place of this vibrant western town. Continue to the famous Kakamega Forest and learn what the local Luhya community is doing to conserve this forest which is one of that last traces of the jungle that once spanned the entire equator in Africa, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean. Dinner and overnight in the forest lodge.
Day 6: Kakamega Forest - Kisumu
After breakfast and drive to Kisumu, the Lake Victoria port. Visit the famous Weeping Stone en route and listen to fork lore associated with this gigantic weeping rock. Dinner and overnight in Kisumu.
Day 7: Kisumu
Full day in Kisumu, visit the museum, trek up Riat Hill on the shores of Lake Victoria and hear the history of the Luo people and the significance of this hill in their culture. Visit Kit Mikaye en route and listen to more fork lore before returning to Kisumu for another night in a hotel in the city.
Day 8: Kisumu - Takawiri Island
Take a boat to Rusinga Island, fish off Takawiri beach on Takawiri Island in Lake Victoria and spend an overnight in the beautiful cottages that are built by the Lake.The highlight On this day is the Golden Sunset on Lake Victoria as you partake of a sundowner.
Day 9: Lake Victoria - Kericho - Lake Nakuru
Drive to Kericho tea plantation and learn about how tea is grown as you walk through the green and picturesque surrounding. Continue to Lake Nakuru for game viewing in this wildlife sanctuary and an overnight stay.
Day 10: Lake Nakuru - Nairobi
Breakfast, morning game drive in Lake Nakuru Game Park and return to Nairobi in the evening.
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Submissions are welcome from scholars in any discipline. Text style follows the current edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.
CyberOrient publishes peer-reviewed articles (5000-8000 words) and book reviews (750+ words).
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Submitted manuscripts are subjected to initial checks to assess their suitability for review (e.g. completeness). After that, the manuscript proceeds to the reviewers. The double-blind peer review is applied, which means that the reviewers of the paper will not get to know the identity of the author(s), and the author(s) will not get to know the identity of the reviewer. The reviewers comment on the quality of the work, as well as on its originality and its importance. The turn-around time for the peer review process is a maximum of two months.
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Vol. 12, Iss. 1, 2018
Submission deadline: 20 April 2018 (Full Papers)
Editor: Vit Sisler
The aim of the journal is to provide research and theoretical considerations on the representation of Islam and the Middle East, the very areas that used to be styled as an "Orient", in cyberspace, as well as the impact of the internet and new media in Muslim and Middle Eastern contexts. This issue of CyberOrient aims to bring together the state of the art research dealing with the multifaceted social, cultural, and political aspects of the internet and new media in the Middle East.
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- Effective date December 19, 2016 Civil Local Rule 7-3 Revised
- GO 45 Abrogated; Civil L.R. 5-1 Now Governs E-filing
The Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) system is the Federal Judiciary's comprehensive case management system for all bankruptcy, district and appellate courts. CM/ECF allows courts to accept filings and provide access to filed documents over the Internet. CM/ECF keeps out-of-pocket expenses low, gives concurrent access to case files by multiple parties, and offers expanded search and reporting capabilities. The system also offers instantly updated dockets and immediate online access to new filings, which can be downloaded and printed directly from the court system.
The Northern District of California introduced electronic case filing ("e-filing") in 2001 and now uses e-filing for nearly all cases. The CM/ECF software we use is developed by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and customized by individual courts. As of 2012, all federal district courts in the United States have adopted e-filing.
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The May 23rd, 2014 Show
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Program overview
The Neuroscience graduate program seeks to advance research contributing to the understanding of the brain and mental health, promote independent thinking and prepare graduate leaders to excel in any field of human endeavor. The program is ideal for inquisitive students with high scholastic achievement driven to understand who and what we are, and who wish to better the mental and physical health of all members of our society. Students focus on both disease and fundamental understanding of the brain, learning in a faculty that fosters interaction between clinical and basic scientists. The research-intensive degree focuses on both disease and fundamental understanding of the brain, with first-year core courses providing a solid foundation in neurophysiology.
Outcomes and next steps
Careers that demand a high degree of intellectual performance, positions of leadership, academia (teachers, administrators, researchers), medicine - clinician researchers, pharmaceutical industry, entrepreneurial endeavors, Fortune 500 companies, biomedical sales.
A master's degree in neuroscience will give you the pre-requisite for a PhD.
Degree at a glance
Completion requirements
Two courses
Program requirements
Class delivery
Two years full-time; four years maximum
A supervisor is required, and must agree to oversee the student's research before admission will be granted
Fees and funding
Flat annual fee; guaranteed funding
Related programs
If you're interested in this program, you might want to explore other UCalgary programs.
A supervisor is required for this program. The supervisor must agree to oversee the student's research prior to admission.
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Additional supervisors may be available. Contact the Your Program of Interest for more information.
Completion requirements
Topics include cellular, molecular and developmental neuroscience, systems neuroscience and neuropathology and others.
Research Ethics
Students are required to attend Research Integrity Day sessions in the first year of their program.
Students will be required to submit and defend an original research thesis.
Students will participate in Hotchkiss Brain Institute seminars and a journal club during the program.
Research Proposal
Students must defend a written research proposal to their supervisory committee.
Admission requirements and information
Requirements for the Neuroscience Program
GPAA minimum of 3.3 GPA on a 4.0 point system, over the past two years of full-time study (a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents or 60 units) of the undergraduate degree.
Minimum educationA four year baccalaureate degree, or equivalent from a recognized institution.
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Reference letterTwo
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An applicant whose primary language is not English may fulfill the English language proficiency requirement in one of the following ways:
- TOEFL score of 105 (Internet-based). Our institution code is 0813
- IELTS score of 7.5 (Academic version)
- MELAB score of 86, or higher
- PTE score of 75, or higher (Academic version)
- Tier 3 of the International Foundations Program with minimum grades of A,A,A (Writing & Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension & Oral Fluency)
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Domestic Continuing Fees: $1,627 CAD
International Continuing Fees: $3,693 CAD
Continuing fees apply after the first full year of studies.
Funding availability
All students who are accepted into the Neuroscience Master's program will receive a minimum stipend of $21,000.
Fees listed here are estimates only, and have been rounded to the nearest dollar. These amounts should not be considered accurate. All amounts are in Canadian Dollars.
Fees are subject to change.
For more details and the most accurate information go to the Academic Calendar
For more general information, see our Fees and Funding Guide
Highlights of the Clinical Neurosciences Program
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Cumming School of Medicine
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Foothills Campus, University of Calgary
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My son is watching Polar Express again right now.
My son is watching Polar Express again right now.
I have been watching "Year without Santa Claus" and "Robin and the 7 Hoods", both have wonderful songs.
I would like some recommendations. I love the music in Year without Santa Claus, for example the Heat Miser and Snow Miser songs. I tried some other similar cartoons like Rudolph, Santa Claus comes to town etc., but their songs were not as good.
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Last night we watched "The Santa Incident". Another low-brow Hallmark presentation. It wasn't awful, but it wasn't worth watching a 2nd time though.
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Merry Snowy Christmas
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Merry Christmas to all...
Just watching 'Naughty or Nice '
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What is a DD 214?
The Department of Defense issues each Veteran a DD 214, identifying the Veteran's condition of discharge.
Why is the DD 214 Important?
The report of separation contains information normally needed to verify military service for benefits, retirement, employment and membership in veterans' organizations.
Where can I find my Military Records/Acquire the DD 214?
Most veteran's records are stored at the National Archives and Records Administration's National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR or NPRC). Starting in 1995, service departments gradually began retaining their personnel records in an electronic format and all but the Coast Guard have stopped transferring them to the NPRC. The NPRC does not have records of members who are still in the active or inactive reserves or the National Guard.
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