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For co-parenting couple Tyler Scoresby and Jonathan Ingram, every day feels like Father's Day
ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor
The story of Tyler Scoresby and Jonathan Ingram, like all good gay love stories, started at the gym.
That's where Ingram, a graphic designer, and Scoresby, a physician, met more than three years ago, not long after Scoresby came out and divorced his wife of seven years. Scoresby dated a few men before Ingram, "but he was the first to express a definite interest in meeting my kids."
"Before he'd let me get involved with them, he kind of interviewed me!" Ingram says.
"I told him, there are times when I'll have the kids but you may want to go out with friends. But he was really clear about wanting to be a dad with me," Scoresby says.
And that's exactly what they are now.
Currently, the couple (they legally wed in Provincetown, Mass., last September) share custody with Scoresby's ex-wife, getting the kids — Ella, 8, and Brett, 6 — every Thursday, the first, third and fifth weekend each month, select holidays and all of July ("a traditional set-up," Scoresby calls it). And they will have them this Sunday, June 19 — Father's Day. But honestly, they don't expect to make a big deal out of it.
"We have no major plans," Scoresby says, 35. "We have fun every weekend. When there are two parents [in a heterosexual household], the woman usually the kids to celebrate Father's Day. But it's just us celebrating each other."
"We keep them active all the time," Ingram adds. "We do crafts, play on the trampoline, take road trips," including one next month to California to see the Redwood Forest. And being that there are two fit, athletic men leading this household, roughhousing is the rule, not the exception. The kids seem to love it.
Scoresby calls Ingram "a perfect partner in parenting. Neither of us has a defined role. We don't try to compare it to a straight relationship."
The children have taken to Ingram whole-heartedly. They call Scoresby "Daddy" and Ingram "Jonathan," but both act, and are treated, like full parents.
"A lot of times I think they like him better than they do me," Scoresby jokes. "They respect him like a parent and he loves them like one."
Ingram, now 41, had been interested in having children when he was younger, "but you put it aside when you come out. If I was going to have kids, it was not going to be an easy road." He came from a fairly large family himself, which included one adopted sister.
Meeting Tyler, Ella and Brett presented an opportunity to be the dad he always wanted to be.
"Parenting comes naturally for me," he says. "I get to do the same stuff as Tyler without dealing with the divorce. Everything else I deal with — motivating them, teaching them how to ride bikes, cleaning up after them, reading books to them at night or dealing with a nightmare — is the same."
But they do try to operate under a different set of rules. Both had been reared in nurturing but conservative straight households that put an emphasis on values, and saw aspects of parenting they liked. But they wanted to achieve those goals their own way.
"When there aren't set roles, it gives you a lot of freedom," Ingram says. "For instance, there are many ways to be a moral person that are not tied to religion. So every Sunday morning [when we have them], we spend about an hour and a half on what we call 'human time.' We like to think of it as the next generation of parenting."
They did worry at first about how to introduce Ingram as Daddy's partner, though that has ended up being unexpectedly easy.
"Because they were so young [when we met], they really don't remember what their lives were like before me," Ingram says. "We certainly show affection around them like any straight parents would." About a year into the relationship, they read Ella And Tango Makes Three, a children's book about a family of same-sex penguins.
"Ella was already around clearly defined families and we wanted to make sure she could always tell her friends, 'Yeah, I have two dads,'" Ingram says. "We said, 'Do you understand our family is a little different, but that doesn't mean we are less or bad?' She pointed at the penguins and said, 'That's me, that's you, that's Daddy.' It was like she already got it."
That's one reason you won't hear the dads talk down to Ella and Brett. They explain honestly why someone is there to photograph them, and both kids pose like burgeoning runway models. And they are excited to start human time soon.
It's all going so well, in fact, the couple have talked about having more kids, whether through adoption or surrogacy. But whatever they decide, one thing is certain: With two men in the house, every day feels like Father's Day.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition June 17, 2011.


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I didn't see a thread for this wave (and I promise, I did look) so I figured I'd start one since I got to open a few of these today. Generally I don't review figures but I can to the realization that this was a wave of figures I'd really been looking forward to so here are some of my thoughts:
Hoth Luke - It had been ages since we had a decent Hoth Luke and with the new Tauntaun it seemed like this figure couldn't come soon enough. Unfortunately this figure does not live up to the hype I'd created in my own head. The figure's shoulders are extremely pointy looking and spoil the joints and I can't decide if he looks worse with or without the scarf accessory. Without it his head looks tiny and he's missing the little flap that should hang down the side and with it, well, it's not a good fit and looks just as goofy. I think I'll have to resort to a head swap on this one.
CW Anakin - Surprisingly, this was another figure I suppose I'd been looking forward to for a while. Since I don't buy the animated series stuff I had always wanted them to make the characters in the realistic style and here was my first chance to get one. And on the whole it's not bad. The interesting trade-off here is the wrist articulation instead of ball jointed hips. That seems odd for a figure that has the soft goods skirt but it's not bad. What is bad is the head sculpt which doesn't look at all like the character. Hopefully and ROTS Anakin head will fit on the post, though the hair should be shorter to match the character design from the show.
Darth Vader - I know some people would be happy never to see another Darth Vader on the pegs and I would consider myself one of those people unless the figure offers something I haven't seen before and this Vader is one of those figures. I think the only Vaders we've seen recently that were supposed to have the ANH costume all had removable helmets and/or a wonky right hand that couldn't hang on to a lightsaber to save their lives. Not only does this figure correct these issues, it also adds the red-tinted lenses also seen on the ANH costume. For me this might be the best figure in the wave (as far as the figures I've been able to get my hands on).
I skiped Darth Malgus cause, I won't be playing the MMO KOTOR so I couldn't care less about that character and I wasn't able to get the Imperial Navy Commander but that's another re-make of a figure I'm looking forward to getting as I couldn't stand the knees on the TAC version.

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By Michael Aneiro
Treasury yields have generally hovered in place for the past week or so and mortgage rates did the same, with the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate holding steady at 4.57% for a second straight week, just below its a two-year high 4.58% reached the week of Aug. 22, according to Freddie Mac's (FMCC) latest weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey. That rate is up sharply from 3.35% in early May, which had nearly matched the all-time low of 3.31% seen last November. The average 15-year fixed-rate mortgage rate was similarly unchanged at to 3.59, up from an all-time low 2.56% in early May.
A similar 30-year mortgage rate measured by the Mortgage Bankers Association's latest weekly survey rose to 4.80%, matching the highest rate seen since April 2011, from 4.73% a week earlier. That survey also showed mortgage applications continue to decrease, dropping by another 13.5% last week.
In the lead story in the Money & Investing section of today's Wall Street Journal, Robin Sidel, Alan Zibel and Nick Timiraos report that banks are losing out as mortgage refinancings have plunged amid rising rates, while at the same time demand for new mortgages has fallen off too.


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Leave it alone. 1.
n80r: Don't waste your time with this Liveitlive character. He's surely "convenienced" me that he's far too rich to bother learning any helpful skills for himself (like SSH, proper spelling, or even typing full words).
Why teach a man to fish when you can pay a man to fish for you?
The idea behind jailbreak tweaks is to cause convenience for the end user. Flicking a switch from your iPhone settings is absolutely easier than starting up your computer, setting up an SSH connection, finding the directory you need, and then waiting to transfer the files over. Anyone thinking that using backdoors for free is a better way to do things than paying for user interfaces can certainly think that way. I hope that the person using backdoors is using a cell phone from a cellular network that they built themselves for free, because clearly, paying for service that they could set up themselves for free would be a waste.


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I will try to not make the a long post (it probably will be) but here is our background.
My now 12yo is absolutly crazy about Duck hunting! i hadnt duck hunted in several year and I got back into mostly for him. we have been hunting together for the last 3 or 4 years and i cherish every hunt.
Last year we got into a different lease with several guys who had retrievers. He fell in love with the idea of having his own dog. He dropped hints all season long about wanting a retriever of his own. After much debate with my wife, we decided to set him down and descuss it with him. You know the "you have to feed and take care of him" speech. So we secured a pup in january and she came home with us late febuary. He is up every morning at 5:30 to feed and let the dog out as well as spend a little time with her before he catches the bus at 6:30. He also does much of the training. He taught her all of her obdiance commands as well as working with her on retieving.
Neither one of us has ever trained a dog.
At 6 months old i sent her off to be forch fetched, collar conditioned as well as a few other things. she has been gone for almost 2 months and we are getting her back soon, we will continue to train as well as hunt her some this season.
He has since day one had a desire to run his dog in hunt test, We have been to several throught the area last spring and this fall to get an idea of what is expected as well as watch some of the pros run. I even got him to bird boy a couple of local test.
Now for the question:
As a 12 yo how far can he go in this game? We are planning to start running started test this spring. I have come to the realization that it is as much if not more about the handler than it is about the dog. Every dog has good days and bad but i think its up to the handler to work the dog through the bad days and complete the test. I often refere hunt test as a chess match, a thinking mans game. I have seen very few kids his age run test and several of the one i did were pros kids . We have several pro's locally that are willing to work with my son and prepare him for the test. Even with this, i am unsure how far someone his age can go.
Be honest! I would love to hear you comments and suggestions,and anyone that has been in my shoes please tell me what to expect.
As a dad i would like to make sure my son has every tool as well as every oppertunity to be succesful as handler and a hunter! Who knows this could be his calling!
Thanks in advance for your help


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Sounds like our tastes are very similar. I feel the same way regarding this album and listen to it on a regular basis. It's my favorite since 'OK Computer' too but thats not to imply that I didn't like 'Kid A' or 'Amnesiac'. 'Hail to the Thief' may not be as groundbreaking but it's quality stuff all the way.Originally Posted by The 'Xir
Radiohead is definately one of my favorite bands but I constantly hear people saying their music is to depressing or down beat. I suppose some of their work could be looked at this way but I just appreciate the depth of their songs and find some of their work to be downright haunting. I agree they're underated and still think their sound is fresh and extremely unique compared to what else is out there today. It's been interesting to watch this band mature and they always seem to put out an album that I like to listen to straight through ratrher than skip around to my favorite songs. Hopefully they will be remembered as one of the most innovative bands of our time.


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New York Times coverage
Perfect. Great video reporting from the New York Times. Go watch it!
merry christmas, jill!ReplyDelete
js ...
Maybe I'm seeing what I want to see. But I will say that these guys came out to the Sustina River Valley from New York and the U.K. If their perception of the race didn't shift during the training camp, then Bill and Kathi didn't do their job. But I know Bill and Kathi, and I'm betting they did their job very well. :-)
I don't know Bill or Kathi, and I do believe they provide quite a service through the camp. Surely the two featured in the video are more prepared for what to expect and will have a safer race because of it. More importantly the other attendees of the camp, the couple, had the opportunity to discover that the race really wasn't for them while there was a tent, stove, snowmachine, and knowledgeable guides at the ready. Probably the lack of that type of support is the kind of thing that will make the experience and perception of the race different from the camp.
All speculation on my part, you are the one who would know...
Happy holidays!
ps How long before you go for the full 1100 to Nome?
Yeah, only speculation on my part as well. What I thought I was seeing in the video was the expression on George's face as he pushed his bike up that snow berm, panting and heaving. To me, that's the expression of someone who has a brand new understanding of 350 miles. I saw in him my own moment of truth from last year's race (keeping in mind that I had finished the Susitna 100 before, twice): I was pushing my bike somewhere between Finger Lake and Puntilla thinking: "Wow. The cold isn't so bad. The wilderness isn't so bad. But holy &@%$ this is A LOT of physical work."
Yeah, that training camp is a great idea for rookies. I wouldn't mind hitting it up myself just to learn some of Bill and Kathi's secrets of the trade. :-)
Oh, and Nome ... do you realize HOW FAR AWAY Nome is? That's not just 1,100 miles. That's 1,100MILES. Ouch.
Merry Christmas!
Jill, I just wanted to wish you a merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
Hey Jill! Just getting caught up on your blog... I was about a month behind: funny how life can really interfere with blog reading! :)
I posted a blog entry today based on this post: thanks for being a continuing source of bicycle and blogging inspiration for me. The article is HERE. Just bought a copy of your book: can't wait to read it!


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Nuclear power is still anathema to many environmental advocates who express concern about its impact on the environment. However, now that concerns about climate change are part of the policy equation, some experts believe nuclear power should be reconsidered since it does not emit greenhouse gases.
Michael Mariotte, executive director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, and Steve Kerekes, senior director of media relations at the Nuclear Energy Institute, debate the role of nuclear power in climate change policy.
Weigh in on this debate by emailing the editors at CFR.org. To view other online debates click here.
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November 9, 2007
Steven Kerekes
I love it! Now Michael's knock on nuclear energy is that it's a "mature" technology—meaning not so much that it's been around for a while but that it's actually generated huge amounts of emission-free electricity. Setting aside the fact that the sun and the wind have been around since, say, the dawn of time, here's what the Cato Institute—no friend of government investment in nuclear energy—revealed in a January 2002 "Policy Analysis": "R&D dollars have not handicapped renewable energy technologies. Over the past 20 years, those technologies have received (in inflation-adjusted 1996 dollars) $24.2 billion in federal R&D subsidies, while nuclear energy has received $20.1 billion and fossil fuels only $15.5 billion."
So it's a complete myth that Michael's preferred technologies haven't gotten the money. They have. In fact, nuclear and renewables make a nice, emission-free combination. Of course, renewables cannot meet baseload, 24-hour a day, seven-day a week electricity demand. Nuclear power can. Our industry average capacity factor—which measures actual electricity production relative to theoretical production non-stop for a full year—has been right around 90 percent for the past seven years. By comparison, the Department of Energy pegs the average capacity for state-of-the-art wind projects at 36 percent, with older projects lagging at 30 percent or lower.
I agree that it's prudent to use limited resources wisely. Yet the investment resources for energy technologies aren't as limited as Michael thinks. Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Jeffrey Holzschuh has a presentation in which he notes that the U.S. utility industry investment needs for the next thirteen years total about $1 trillion. Of that total infrastructure need, $350 billion, or $23 billion per year, is needed for electric-generating facilities. Of that sum, the capital required to build an additional 15,000-20,000 megawatts of nuclear capacity over the next fifteen years is about $3.5 billion per year. Meanwhile, over the past five years, the investment capital raised by the U.S. power industry has ranged between $50 billion and $79 billion annually. In other words, new nuclear plant construction will barely make a dent in the ability of U.S. capital markets to finance new energy projects.
This is not an "either-or" scenario. We need all these emission-free energy technologies. The fact that nuclear energy has proven its value as a reliable, affordable source of clean energy is cause for hope.
November 9, 2007
Michael Mariotte
The climate crisis is the overriding environmental issue of our time. Addressing it effectively is a necessity, and requires wise direction of our limited resources to support those technologies that offer both a speedy transition to a carbon-free future and a permanent, sustainable energy future.
The thirty-one reactors now said to be under construction (probably ten of those will never be completed) are being built with governmental subsidies. In the United States, utilities and Wall Street have made clear that new reactors will be built only with taxpayer loan guarantees and other assistance. Federal support for energy technologies is not necessarily bad, but should be unnecessary for a mature technology like nuclear power—already the most subsidized energy source in the U.S. over the past 50 years. That taxpayers are being asked to shoulder the burden of new reactors—in the United States and across the globe—is an indication that nuclear power's economics simply aren't viable.
And I haven't yet addressed all of the ancillary (and expensive) facilities and issues that would be required to support a nuclear power revival: new radioactive waste dumps, when no country has yet been able to build even one permanent waste facility; new uranium enrichment plants—a proliferation problem as is plainly evident over Iran's program; a greater risk of accident, terrorism and attack; a lack of qualified people to build, operate and regulate reactors; and, since uranium is a finite resource, a resort to reprocessing and the subsequent treatment of plutonium as a commodity—which should frighten anyone concerned about the spread of nuclear weapons.
We can achieve an energy policy that is both carbon-free and nuclear-free. I want to refer our readers to two recent books. Carbon-Free and Nuclear Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy, by Dr. Arjun Makhijani of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, is a remarkable work that lays out a detailed plan for the United States to become completely carbon-free and nuclear-free by 2050—without increasing the amount of Gross Domestic Product now being spent on energy. The second is Winning Our Energy Independence: An Energy Insider Shows How, by S. David Freeman, former board chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Freeman argues strongly against construction of any new coal or nuclear plants, and persuasively that renewables are, in fact, ready to meet our energy needs.
Spending hundreds of billions of dollars—potentially trillions worldwide—on nuclear power would tie up the capital necessary to implement the safe, sustainable energy future the climate crisis calls for, while providing minimal carbon emissions reductions. That's the fundamental issue. Our choice is stark: we can effectively address the climate crisis, or we can choose nuclear power. We can't do both. Fortunately, the choice is an easy one.
November 8, 2007
Steven Kerekes
It's increasingly clear that Michael prefers to debate how NOT to respond to climate change. Nuclear energy is a proven technology. It is by far the largest U.S. source of electricity that doesn't emit greenhouse gases, and it provides more than 45 percent of emission-free electricity worldwide, second only to hydroelectric plants. Yet Michael insists on erecting the straw man of a ten-year U.S. construction window (even as thirty-one new reactors are being built internationally), as though this problem could be solved in that time frame.
Let me refute you with the same construct, Michael:
1. No matter how many billions of dollars we throw at your preferred sources of emission-free electricity, they won't begin to approach in the next ten years the amount of electricity already generated by nuclear power plants—at which point we'll start to bring additional emission-free, 1,000-megawatt-plus reactors on line.
2. Your preferred sources of electricity cannot build the number of facilities needed to make a meaningful reduction (by themselves) in carbon emissions.
To try to make this a productive discussion, I'll point readers to the August 13, 2007, news release from the Electric Power Research Institute. It announces a study "that shows that the aggressive deployment and implementation of a full portfolio of advanced electricity technologies could reduce the economic cost of cutting future U.S. CO2 emissions bymore than 50 percent while meeting the continuing growth in demand for electricity." That portfolio includes demand-side management, renewables, clean coal and, yes, nuclear energy.
As for Michael's misstatements:
- Nuclear power plants are operating safely.
- Radioactive waste is being managed safely.
- Proliferation is important, but the reality is that nations do not need commercial nuclear energy to manufacture nuclear weapons.
And while there are economic challenges to meet in building new nuclear plants, there's nothing unique to nuclear about the phenomenon of rising costs. The Department of Energy reported last May that wind- turbine prices have increased 60 percent since 2002.
Lastly, let's deal with the bizarre claim that renewable energy is being squeezed out of federal R&D [research and development] funding because private-sector investment in new nuclear plants is substantial. First, renewables received more than $1 billion in federal R&D funding in a single year as far back as 1979. Second, even the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorizes 37 percent more for renewable energy R&D than it does for nuclear energy R&D. These numbers aren't bad—they simply reveal the truth that it can take considerable time and money to jump-start the technologies that will help our nation.
Michael's argument is this: "The technology hasn't yet proven itself capable of meeting the large-scale energy and environmental needs of modern society, so let's mandate it." I'll stick with mine.
November 7, 2007
Michael Mariotte
Steve is unable to refute either of the central theses of my first posting: 1) no matter how many billions of dollars we throw at nuclear power, there will be no new atomic reactors in the United States in the next ten years; 2) the industry cannot build the number of reactors needed to make a meaningful reduction in carbon emissions.
So, given nuclear power's well-known and unsolved safety, radioactive waste, nuclear proliferation and economic problems, why bother building any? Steve's argument essentially breaks down to: the technology exists, so let's use it.
One reason not to bother is cost. The world has limited resources; we need to apply them effectively. If nuclear reactors could be built for $1500 kilowatts, as the Nuclear Energy Institute claimed a couple years ago, nuclear could potentially make an economic case for itself. But a funny thing happened when utilities started looking at actual cost projections rather than engaging in wishful thinking. Even before the first shovelful of construction dirt has been turned, costs for new reactors have skyrocketed. NRG and Constellation Energy, the two earliest license applicants, project costs on the order of $2,500-$3,000/kw and they are certainly low-balling. The experience in Finland, where Areva is building an EPR reactor (PDF) is instructive. After thirty-six months of construction, the project is already twenty-four months behind schedule and 50 percent over budget: costs for the single reactor are expected to reach $6 billion, or almost $4,000/kw. (U.S. utilities have said they intend to build 7 EPRs; Areva is hoping to sell EPRs globally.)
Six billion dollars for one reactor: that's more than four times the U.S. Department of Energy's annual spending on all renewable energy programs—no wonder renewables continue to lag behind their potential.
Moody's Investors Service is even less optimistic. Their October 2007 projection is that new U.S. reactors will cost on the order of $5,000-6,000/kw. At those prices, even solar begins to look competitive—and its costs are trending down worldwide, not up. That's why Google and other Silicon Valley entrepreneurs see solar power as the next Internet in terms of financial potential, and why they're investing heavily in the technology.
Even under current inadequate federal energy policies, Steve notes that wind expects to reach 20 percent of U.S. electricity generation by 2030—the same percentage nuclear holds now. Taking the hundreds of billions of dollars we could spend on nuclear power to achieve minor carbon emissions cuts and investing that in solar, wind and energy efficiency would be far more effective, and ultimately cheaper. And the emissions cuts could begin now, not in a decade or more.
November 6, 2007
Steven Kerekes
It's a shame this is an online discussion, because surely Michael Mariotte couldn't have written his remarks with a straight face.
You do the math: Nuclear energy annually has provided 20 percent of U.S. electricity supplies since the early 1990s, and even with a marked increase in overall electricity demand, it constitutes more than 70 percent of the electricity that comes from sources that do not emit greenhouse gases or controlled pollutants into the atmosphere. Renewable energy technologies over that same time period—even with subsidies like production tax credits in place—have increased their share of U.S. electricity production to 3.1 percent from 2.9 percent. At that rate of growth, it will take renewable technologies another twelve hundred years just to equal the share of electricity production that nuclear energy has provided since 1992.
But just to give Michael the benefit of the doubt, let's take a more generous look at what wind power's true believers are saying, as reported by Reuters last June from the American Wind Energy Association's annual conference in Los Angeles: "The U.S. wind power industry will see half a trillion dollars of investment by 2030 to take the renewable source up to 20 percent of U.S. electricity generation, an industry conference heard on Monday."
Hmmm … 20 percent by 2030. Remind me again which technology's offerings Michael proclaims to be "too little, too late."
The silly premise that Michael and many other critics employ with regard to nuclear energy's clean-air benefits is to suggest that, simply because a substantial number of new nuclear plants is needed to accommodate our sector's "wedge" of carbon prevention, then construction shouldn't be undertaken at all. That line of thinking used to be called throwing out the baby with the bath water. The reality is that all carbon-free energy technologies, working hand in hand with improved energy efficiency and conservation measures, are needed to meet this threat. If Michael short-sightedly wants to oppose nuclear energy, he's free to do so. But he shouldn't do it with bogus arguments about which technologies are ready for prime time and which aren't.
Nuclear energy is our country's only large-scale energy source capable of producing electricity around the clock while emitting no air pollutants or greenhouse gases during production. Nuclear energy is also the lowest-cost large-scale producer of electricity in this country. And nuclear's production costs are stable and not subject to fluctuations in the natural gas or oil market. As a domestic energy technology with fuel from the United States and reliable trading partners, nuclear energy is essential to our nation's energy security.
November 6, 2007
Michael Mariotte
Environmental advocates considering "reconsidering" nuclear power in light of climate change are too late. The accelerating pace of the climate crisis and the dawning realization that we no longer have the luxury of a few decades to address the crisis already have made nuclear power an irrelevant technology in terms of climate.
Even if the nuclear industry had solved the safety, radioactive waste, proliferation, cost, and other issues that ended its first generation—and it hasn't solved any of those problems—it wouldn't matter. What nuclear power can offer for climate is simply too little, too late.
The major studies that have looked at the issue—MIT, the National Commission on Energy Policy, etc.—generally agree that for nuclear to make a meaningful contribution to carbon emissions reduction would require reactor construction on a massive scale: 1,200 to 2,000 new reactors worldwide, 200 to 400 in the United States alone. And that would have to be done over the next f40 to 50 years.
Pity poor Japan Steel Works, the world's major facility for forging reactor pressure vessels (there is one other, small-capacity facility in Russia): working overtime it can produce twleve pressure vessels per year. Do the math: That's less than half of what is needed. Even if someone put in the billions of dollars and years necessary to build a new forging facility, it's still not enough, not fast enough.
There are 104 operable reactors in the United States today. In November 2017, no matter how much taxpayer money is thrown at the nuclear industry, there will be 104—or fewer. Even with streamlined licensing procedures and certified reactor designs, it will take ten, twelve years or more to license, build and bring a single new reactor online. And since most of the reactor designs being considered are first or second of a kind, count on them taking even longer.
Our energy future ultimately will be carbon-free and nuclear-free, based primarily on solar and wind power, energy efficiency, and distributed generation. What is perhaps less obvious is that the future is now. In the years we'd be waiting for that first new reactor to come online, we can install ten times or more solar and wind capacity, and save twenty times or more that much power through increased efficiency while building the mass production that reduces costs, especially for photovoltaics. By the time that first reactor could come online, solar could already be cost-competitive, while wind and efficiency already are cheaper than nuclear.
We no longer have ten years to begin reducing carbon emissions. Waiting around for a few new reactors won't help our climate, but it would waste the funds needed to implement our real energy future.


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I have some experience with D3D11 but am currently looking into OpenGL.
I noticed that in OpenGL both the vertex buffers and the vertex layout are encapsulated together in a vertex array object.
Suppose I have a properly set up VAO and now decide that I want to use different vertex buffers that contain data in the same layout as before. At first I though I have to create a new VAO for this.
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Better yet, if you want to use the same format but move the buffer around, it only takes one function call; namely glBindVertexBuffer with a buffer binding of 0. [...] Note again that all of the above state is still VAO state. It is all encapsulated in vertex array objects.


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Celebrate the wonderful world of Dr. Seuss!
Special Guest:
Storyteller Kay Elmsley-Weeden
10:30-11:15 am.
Join us for crafts and CAKE at 11:15 am.
Registration is not required. Drop-in anytime during the event.
We're also celebrating the one year anniversary of 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program.
This event and the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program are sponsored by the Oregon-Brooklyn Lions Club.


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This weekend before we hiked out of camp, our chaplains aid delivered a real nice Scouts Own service. His message to the Troop was to develop good habits. He challenged the Troop to stay away from bad habits, especially when camping. Our chaplains aid really nailed it and in not so many words called out some of the guys for the habits they were forming.
His message got me to thinking about habits and how they are formed in our Scouts.. what it boiled down to for me in the context of camping, citizenship, fitness, and service… was being prepared.
But the onus is not all on the Scout. What about the teacher.. the Scout leader.
This got me to thinking about the habits we are forming (teaching) in our Scouts and how we as Scout leaders bare a big part of the burden when it comes to the success of our Scouts.
Friday night we stayed at the Boy Scout winter lodge. It is a great time, the Scouts have their own private tubbing hill that is lit at night, a neat common area, and a bunk house. The lodge holds 6 Troops comfortably, but smaller Troops often double up with troops that have bunk space.
Our troop uses the lodge as a jumping off point. We take advantage of the great facilities, allow the Scouts to have a good time inner-tubbing, then they can dry their clothing in the dryers and get ready to camp the rest of the weekend out in the snow in a near by wilderness area.
During our recent stay, a Troop that is chartered by a certain church group shared space with us. They were a small unit and we had enough spare bunks to share.
Now it is no secret to those of you that follow this blog that my Troop is a backpacking troop, we are pretty well self sufficient and do not require a whole lot of space, gear, trailers, and the like. So when it comes to staying in the lodge, our plans change very little, the patrols still cook in 2 or three Scout teams, they use their backpacking stoves, bring their own food and ways to collect and carry water, and can clean up after themselves.
The other Scoutmaster introduced himself and we chatted about sharing the Troop bay. I informed him that we would not be needing the refrigerator, the stove and oven, and that we would be leaving in the morning. He thanked me as his Assistant Scoutmaster rolled in a very large cooler and bags of groceries.
Throughout that evening, Scouts from this other Troop kept coming to me and other adult leaders of my Troop for "things".. "Hey Mister, where are the forks?… Hey Mister, where are the pans,? My Scoutmaster needs them to cook dinner for us."
As we sat around the table, the leaders of the other Troop joined in our conversation about some high adventure opportunities. They asked why would be taking these "boys" out into the snow to camp? I listed many reasons, the least of which was that we are a Boy Scout Troop and we are always looking for new and exciting adventures. He mentioned that his boys could never do such a thing.. they just are not ready for it. I asked him, "well, what are you doing to prepare them?" "It's just out of the question" he replied, they don't need that kind of thing."
Well, that pretty much summed up his philosophy on Scouting. "They don't need that kind of thing"?
That's like saying they don't need the Scout Oath and Law, they don't need an outdoor program, they don't need uniforms, they don't need advancement.
Now I am not saying that every Troop need be a backpacking Troop, but what are we teaching our young men when we don't even give them a shot.
When we cook and clean for them, when we adults run their PLC and stifle the planning process. When we take away the boy led elements of Scouting and finally when we take away "BE PREPARED".
Prepared for what you may be asking. Well like BP said, "FOR ANYTHING".
Scouting prepares these young men for life.
Last night, my Troop conducted their after camp out review or "Start, Stop, and Continue". After they went through this at the Patrol level, I spoke to them about some of the things that I saw over the weekend. Let me first say that I am proud of each and every one of the Scouts in the Troop, they did a great job this weekend and all of them came out of the weekend learning something.
The one thing that I did challenge them all to do was to push themselves more. They all have the abilities and know how, but sometimes they are afraid of stepping out of their comfort zones and accept new challenges or adventures. How does this help in "Being Prepared"? Well, I think that causes them to become critical thinkers. When you step out of that which is comfortable, you need to be ready for what is on the other side. Becoming a critical thinker and really looking at what you are about to do prepares them for the adventure which starts to translate in their everyday life.
Now what has this have to do with the Troop that shared space with us?
It seems to me that they are taking away opportunities for the boys in the Troop.. and that rubs me a little.
Being Prepared is not just words, it becomes a habit, it becomes part of the routines of our Scouts, it translates into their lives and that prepares them to be good men.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis is a respiratory infection caused by inhaling the spores of the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum.
Histoplasma capsulatum, the fungus that causes histoplasmosis, is found in the Central and Eastern United States, Eastern Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. It is commonly found in the soil along river valleys. It gets into the soil mostly from bird and bat droppings.
You can get sick when you breathe in spores produced by the fungus. Every year, thousands of people worldwide are infected, but do not become seriously sick. Most people have no symptoms or have only a mild flu-like illness and recover without any treatment.
Risk factors include traveling to or living in the Central or Eastern United States near the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, and being exposed to the droppings of birds and bats. This threat is greatest after an old building is torn down, or when exploring caves. Having a weakened immune system increases your risk for getting or reactivating the disease, and for having more and worse symptoms.
Most people with acute pulmonary histoplasmosis have no or mild symptoms. The most common symptoms are:
In the very young, elderly, or people with a compromised immune system, symptoms may be more severe, including:
To diagnose histoplasmosis, the doctor needs to find the fungus or fungal products in the body, or evidence that your immune system is reacting to the fungus.
Tests include:
Most cases of histoplasmosis clear up without specific treatment. Patients are advised to rest and take medication to control fever.
If you are sick for more than 4 weeks, immunocompromised, or are having breathing problems, your doctor may prescribe medication. Drugs used to treat this condition include itraconazole and amphotericin B.
When histoplasmosis infection is severe or gets worse, the illness may last for 1 to 6 months. Even then, it is rarely fatal.
It can be a serious illness in people with weak immune systems, such as those who:
Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis can get worse over time, or can become chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis (which doesn't go away).
Histoplasmosis can spread to other organs through the bloodstream (dissemination). This is usually seen in infants, young children, and patients with a suppressed immune system.
Call your health care provider if:
Avoid contact with bird or bat droppings if you are in an area where the spore is common, especially if you have a weakened immune system.
Deepe GS Jr. Hisoplasma capsulatum. In Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 264.
Kauffman CA. Histoplasmosis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 340.
Waht LJ, Freifeld AG, Kleiman MB, et al. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with histoplasmosis: 2007 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2007; 45(7):807-825.
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Family: Vespertilionidae, Vespertilionid Bats view all from this family
Description The smallest North American Myotis differs from other eastern Myotis in its smaller size, shorter ears and hind feet, and keeled calcar. Face and ears also darker black than other overlapping bats. Many roosting bats have orange chiggers on their ears. Small feet have no hair on the toes.
Dimensions 73-82mm, 29-36mm, 3-7g
Warning Bats are susceptible to rabies, a serious viral disease that results in death if untreated. Rabid bats rarely attack humans or other animals, but bats found lying on the ground may be rabid. Never touch or pick up any bat. Stay away from any animal that seems to be acting strangely and report it to animal-control officers. If you are bitten by a possibly rabid animal, you must immediately consult a doctor for a series of injections; there is no cure once symptoms emerge.
Similar Species Similar to Western Small-footed and Californian Myotis, but range does not overlap with those species.
Habitat Canyons & caves, Forests & woodlands
Range Plains, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Eastern Canada
Discussion Individual hairs are varying shades of brown, but overlain with a somewhat golden sheen. Forearm 30-35mm. Uncommon and limited to eastern deciduous and coniferous forests.


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Lands with Wilderness Characteristics Inventories
As required under FLPMA and current BLM policy, the Bureau recently updated its wilderness characteristics inventories for western Oregon. The impetus for this update was the need for accurate information to support the ongoing revision of the BLM's Resource Management Plans for western Oregon. In conducting these inventories, the western Oregon districts followed the guidance provided in BLM Manual 6310—Conducting Wilderness Characteristics Inventory on BLM Lands. This manual provides a process for identifying BLM lands that meet the following criteria: a) encompass at least 5,000 acres of roadless, contiguous BLM lands ; b) appear to be in a natural condition; c) provide outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined recreation.
The BLM conducted the inventories using available information (e.g. maps, photos, records related to projects, monitoring data, etc.), and field checked the information as necessary. As inventory maintenance, the BLM used the same criteria from Section 2(c) of the Wilderness Act to determine the presence or absence of wilderness characteristics.
In conducting this inventory update, the BLM performed an initial screening to identify all areas that could potentially meet the minimum size criteria. The screening was performed using Geographic Information System (GIS) data with the following parameters: (1) Spatial identification of BLM-administered lands that potentially met size criteria, (2) Screening such areas for the absence of roads meeting the wilderness inventory road definition using the BLM's Ground Transportation Network (GTRN) database. The western Oregon districts began detailed inventories of the resulting inventory units during the summer of 2012. All districts used an interdisciplinary process.
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No areas were found to meet the minimum criteria for having wilderness characteristics on the Roseburg District.


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Senate adjourns for summer, leaving Michigan roads unfunded
Michigan senators on Thursday night ended any hope advocates, business groups and motorists had for approval this summer of additional road funding by the Legislature.
At the end of a 10-hour session Thursday, the state Senate tried and failed to advance a bill that would have raised $32 million next year for roads. The day before, it spent the better part of 15 hours trying and failing multiple times to corral votes for a $1.5 billion roads package.
But when the fallback option failed Thursday night, the Republican-led Senate gave in and adjourned, leaving town to begin a 12-week summer vacation.
"It's not that big a deal really," Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, told reporters after the defeat.
After the first and only attempt of the night went down on a 17-20 vote, Richardville cast blame on Democrats for voting in unison against it. He also cast blame, as he has before, on the gas tax increase approved in 1997 under then-Gov. John Engler, because it was never indexed to inflation. If it had been, the road funding problem today would not exist, Richardville said.
Talking with reporters, Richardville said they will convene a work group and continue to talk, and noted there is additional money in the budget this year that will go toward road so there will be money available for construction season.
Democrats said blame rested with Richardville and Gov. Rick Snyder, who were unable to convince enough Republicans in the Senate to vote in support, where they have a supermajority of 26 members. It takes 20 votes to pass a bill in the Senate.
Snyder was unfazed at the end of the night and remained his trademark positive self.
"Progress is being made," Snyder said. "Let's look on the bright side – we've moved closer to getting a long-term solution in place."
Despite no formal action on the floor during the day on roads, there was plenty of work going on behind the scenes and drama on the floor when a top Republican walked off in disgust and left the Capitol in the middle of the proceedings, leaving the GOP without a crucial vote on bills for the rest of the evening.
Sen. Roger Kahn, R-Saginaw Township, emerged from a caucus meeting and went to the microphone and called for adjournment, seemingly to the surprise of his leadership. Staff and other members scrambled to see what was going on, but the motion failed and session continued.
Kahn then walked off the floor, declined to talk to reporters and left the building, not voting on subsequent bills.
His absence quickly became an issue, because it takes 26 votes to allow a bill to take effect upon the governor's signature, but with Kahn gone, the Republicans only had 25 votes.
Richardville defended Kahn after session. "He's tired, he's pushing 70 years old and deserves a pat on the back more than anything else," Richardville said. "The man has really done an incredible job here, and if he needed to go, I'm OK with that."
But with the vote so close the day before on the roads package, something Kahn had been supportive of, it was one less vote the GOP had in trying to approve the gas tax plan.
What the GOP ultimately came up with Thursday night would have raised $32.2 million in the upcoming fiscal year, and eventually raising $306 million by 2020 over what would be raised if only the current 19 cent tax remained in place.
It would do so by keeping in place the 19 cents gas tax at the pump but adding to it an inflationary factor.
Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, blasted the bill, saying it was too little to make a difference when the problem of the state's roads is so large.
On Wednesday when the GOP was still trying to pass a comprehensive gas tax increase plan, more than half of her 12-member caucus was prepared to vote in favor, but there were still not enough Republican votes to see it pass.
"My caucus stepped up and made those tough votes," she said.
But Whitmer's caucus voted against the GOP bill Thursday because she said they wanted to vote on something that would result in actually fixing the roads, not on such a small measure.
Instead, the Senate Democrats promoted their own plan to raise about $1.6 billion for the roads by raising the Corporate Income Tax rate from 6 percent to 8 percent, by moving to a wholesale gas tax and by eliminating the vehicle-value depreciation on registration fees.
Their plan would lower Michigan's highest-in-the-nation truck weights by 10,000 pounds per year for three years. The weight limit for trucks now is 164,000 pounds. They also would seek to double fees charged for overweight trucks and charge a $50 fee on all overweight permits, with that revenue dedicated to keeping open weigh stations to enforce the truck weight law.
Richardville mocked the Democrats' plan, saying it was just something they came up with recently and had never introduced legislation to make it happen. He also noted that it relied on several bills introduced by Republicans.
"It's way too little, way too late," Richardville said.
Looking for more positive
Earlier in the day, Snyder addressed the media on passage of the state budget and also addressed the road funding impasse, saying he would not be satisfied with a revenue neutral proposal, but would at least see it as progress toward the larger goal.
He also had still not given up hope on a deal later Thursday afternoon, which was not long after Whitmer told reporters there was no chance there would be a deal on a comprehensive road funding plan based on her talks with Republicans.
"Today's not over," Snyder said mid-afternoon Thursday.
Snyder looked to find the positive in the failed votes from the night before, saying it was farther than the Legislature had moved in the past and said members were actively talking about the issues, but he also recognized it was a difficult issue that was trying to be solved in an election year.
"We're going to continue on a path of positive progress," he said. "It still needs some time to coalesce to get a total solution."
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Welcome to the Vocational Independence Program! NYIT's commitment to students with special needs led to its development of four distinct but interconnected programs offered at our facility in Central Islip, Long Island, New York:
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:24 PM GMT on October 07, 2011
A large low pressure system with heavy rain is expected to develop over Cuba, South Florida, and the Bahamas on Saturday. The counter-clockwise flow around this low will bring strong winds and heavy rains to much of the Florida coast on Saturday, and these conditions will spread northwards to Georgia by Sunday and South Carolina by Monday. I doubt that this storm will acquire enough organization to evolve into a subtropical storm that gets a name, based on the latest model output, and the fact that the storm's center may well be over the state of Florida. This will be a large, diffuse system that will bring strong winds and heavy rains to a large area of the Southeast U.S. coast, regardless of the exact center location. Portions of the coastal waters along the Florida Panhandle, as well as from Northeast Florida to South Carolina, are likely to experience sustained winds of 30 - 40 mph Monday and Tuesday. Since the storm is going to get its start as a cold-cored upper-level low pressure system with some dry air aloft, it will not be able to intensify quickly.
Figure 1. Rainfall forecast for the 5-day period ending at 8 am EDT Wednesday, October 12, 2011. The storm system affecting Florida this weekend is expected to bring up to 11 inches of rain along the coast. Heavy rains associated with a strong trough of low pressure are also expected to dump 4 - 6 inches of rain over drought-stricken areas of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Image credit: NOAA/HPC.
Heavy rain event coming for drought-stricken regions of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas
A strong low pressure system is expected to track across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles this weekend, bringing the heaviest rains of the year to drought-stricken portions of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas, including Abilene. Rainfall in this region has been 13 - 20 inches below normal for the year; Lubbock, Texas has had just 3 inches of rain this year, compared to a normal of 16 inches. Rainfall amount of 1 - 4 inches will be common in the region over the weekend, and may be able to reduce drought conditions from the highest level (exceptional) to the second highest level (extreme.) However, the heaviest rains will stay confined to the western half of Texas, and Texas's major cities such as Houston will see very little rain over the weekend. As of yesterday, Houston had gone 253 consecutive days without a one-inch rainstorm, a new record. The longest previous such streak was 192 days, set in 1917 - 1918. The last one inch rainstorm in the city was January 24, 2011. Remarkably, the local National Weather Service office has not issued any flood products in over a year.
Figure 2. The amount of rain needed to break the Texas drought is in excess of 15 inches (purple colors) over most of the state. This year's drought is officially Texas' worst one-year drought on record. Image credit: NOAA/NWS.
Philippe being ripped up by wind shear
Hurricane Philippe, the fifth hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, doesn't have much time left as a hurricane, due to high wind shear of 40 - 50 knots that is starting to tear the storm apart. Satellite loops show Philippe has become lopsided and is now missing its eye. Philippe will continue to degrade in appearance over the next few days, and will die in the middle Atlantic without affecting any land areas.
Figure 3. True-color MODIS image of Philippe over the mid-Atlantic taken at 10:45 am EDT October 6, 2011. At the time, Philippe was a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph winds. Image credit: NASA.
Jova and Irwin: double trouble for Mexico's Eastern Pacific coast
In the Eastern Pacific off the coast of Mexico, two new tropical storms spun up yesterday. The storm of greatest immediate concern is the one closest to the coast, Tropical Storm Jova. Jova is currently headed west-northwest, parallel to the coast, but will turn north and then northeast over the weekend as a strong trough of low pressure dives southward over northern Mexico. The computer models have a fairly wide spread for the track of Jova, with the region of coast centered on Puerto Vallarta between Manzanillo and Tuxpan at greatest risk of a strike. Jova is under moderate shear of 10 - 20 knots, and shear is predicted to stay in the low to moderate range between now and landfall. Ocean temperatures are warm, 28 - 29°C, but the warm waters do not extend to great depth, limiting Jova's potential for rapid intensification. The upper atmosphere is also not cold enough to give Jova the kind of instability typically needed for rapid intensification. Nonetheless, both the GFDL and HWRF models predict Jova will intensify into a major Category 3 hurricane before landfall on Monday on the Mexican coast. The official NHC forecast is less aggressive, bringing Jova to Category 1 strength. This is probably too conservative, and I expect Jova will be at least a Cat 2 at landfall. One possible impediment to development may be Jova's close proximity to Hurricane Irwin to its west. Upper-level outflow from Irwin could weaken Jova, and the two storms may compete for the same moisture. The two storms are close enough to each other--about 650 miles apart--that they will affect each others' track, as well. Whenever two storms of at least tropical storm strength approach within 900 miles of each other, a phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara effect comes into play. This effect causes the two storms to rotate counterclockwise around a common center. Since the degree of rotation will depend on the relative strengths of the the two storms, and our ability to make good intensity forecasts is limited, the track forecasts for both Jova and Irwin will have a higher degree of uncertainty than usual. Regardless of Jova's strength at landfall, the storm will bring very heavy rains to the Mexican coast capable of causing dangerous flash floods and mudslides, beginning on Sunday night.
Once Jova has made landfall, Mexico needs to concern itself with Hurricane Irwin, which is gathering strength farther to the west. Irwin is also moving to the west-northwest, and will also be turned north and then northeast towards the coast of Mexico this weekend by the same trough of low pressure expected to affect Jova. The longer range computer forecast models show Irwin could make landfall as a hurricane on the Mexican coast late next week, along the same stretch of coast Jova will affect. If this verifies, the one-two punch of heavy rains from two tropical cyclones within a week could cause a devastating flood situation along the Mexican coast.
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Begun in 1972 as a demonstration program, the Ombudsman Program today exists in all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam, under the authorization of the Older Americans Act. Each state has an Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, headed by a full-time state ombudsman. Thousands of local ombudsman staff and volunteers work in hundreds of communities throughout the country as part of the statewide ombudsman programs, assisting residents and their families and providing a voice for those unable to speak for themselves.
The statewide programs are federally funded under Titles III and VII of the Act and other federal, state and local sources. The AoA-funded National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center, operated by the National Consumers' Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (or, Consumer Voice), in conjunction with the National Association of States Agencies on Aging United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD), provides training and technical assistance to state and local ombudsmen.
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The five most frequent nursing facility complaints in 2013 were:
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Read more about ombudsman activities and the types of cases/complaints that they investigated.
On June 18, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a clarification of its policy regarding Medicaid administrative claiming by State Medicaid Agencies related to the services of States" Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. Its informational Bulletin states: "Medicaid funding may be available for certain administrative costs related to activities performed by state Long-Term Care Ombudsman (LTCO) Programs that benefit the state"s Medicaid program."
CMS described this guidance during an ACL-sponsored webinar on July 9, 2013.
On November 3, 2010 Assistant Secretary on Aging Kathy Greenlee and Cindy Mann, Director, Center for Medicaid, CHIP and Survey & Certification released a joint-letter informing State Medicaid Agencies (SMA) and other stakeholders, particularly Money Follows the Person Grantees, about opportunities for collaboration and coordination with State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs for the implementation of the SNF/NF MDS 3.0 assessment tool. The MDS is administered to all individuals in SNF/NFs nationwide that receive Medicaid and/or Medicare funding. In an effort to support individuals living in SNFs/NFs who wish to learn about available home and community based services (HCBS) options and available long-term care (LTC) supports in the community, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised the Minimum Data Set (MDS) version 3.0 Section Q. The MDS 3.0 instructs facilities to contact Local Contact Agencies to provide information and options counseling to residents. In addition, AoA and CMS are encouraging States to coordinate with State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs and to consider requesting the use of MFP funds to support the increased demands for Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program services anticipated as a result of MDS 3.0 Section Q implementation. As an additional resource, AoA-funded National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center has developed a Fact Sheet on MDS 3.0 Section Q.
Older Americans Act Title VII Chapter 2 (Ombudsman Program) congressional appropriations in recent years were as follows:
Total program expenditures from all sources, including Older Americans Act Title III, Title VII and other federal, state and local sources, in recent years were as follows:
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Looking to start my pup with the Hillmann DVD. My question is what age do I start day 1
Thanks in advance for the info
Looking to start my pup with the Hillmann DVD. My question is what age do I start day 1
Thanks in advance for the info
Hillmann's puppy Nick Jr. was 11 weeks old on day one. Start when you are ready though, every puppy is different.
Before I start day one is there anything I should be doing to prepare the pup,besides bonding with him and socialization?
Yes - learning how to take ownership will get you a long way over the course of training your dog.
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Thanks: I will be crate training the pup (picking him up tomorrow). During the night should I keep his crate in my bedroom...or place him in another room
I kept my pups crate in my room with me so he didn't feel so alone the first night, going from having littermates to being in a kennel is a big deal to them. Take an old shirt with you and rub the mom if she's around and leave it with him in the kennel so he feels comfortable.
You can put a light rope/leash on him/her and spend quality time with them and just bond for now.
I used the Hillmann DVD for my now 9 month old pup and loved it. Built a great foundation and it was easy to understand for a first time trainer. My #1 piece of advice is to watch it from start to finish several times before you begin training. Sounds obvious, but it will give you a better idea of what you are trying to accomplish and what a "finished product" looks like when you finish the program, so you know what to focus on. We started at 12 weeks and finished at 22 weeks repeating several "days" until we had it down. Take your time and have fun!


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Guidant Financial's 8th annual Office Olympics were celebrated this past week. It's an event that consistently brings our teams together by promoting intra-company friendships through healthy competition and some ridiculousness.
This year's theme, "Time After Time" covered some of the most famous eras of our past, present and future. Each day, a new challenge was brought to the table for a chance to win points. The top three teams with the most points at the end of the week were awarded with gold, silver, and bronze medals (as well as Amazon.com gift cards).
Day 1: Tango of Time
On day one, after the opening ceremonies, the competition kicked off with Tango of Time, also known as musical chairs. Choosing one valiant member from each team, nine individuals went head-to-head as the sound system belted out tunes themed to "time." Teams also had a chance to earn spirit and style points, which lead to some creative dancing and intense cheering.


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The school year is winding down for most students, but for school administrators it is prime time for hiring teachers for the fall.
Did you know that 30 percent of new teachers quit after three years on the job and half of them quit the classroom within five years? The biggest reason for leaving? According to the Gates Foundation, the answer is not pay, though I'm sure most teachers wouldn't say no to a a salary increase, and it's not because they don't like teaching anymore. The biggest reason, the Gates Foundation claims, is they don't like the school they're teaching in because it is a bad fit. Enter: myEDmatch.com.
If online dating works so well for people looking for love and happiness, can it work to match teachers with schools? That is the premise being pioneered by two local leaders in education in Kansas City: former Kauffman Foundation Vice President Munro Richardson and Teach for America Kansas City head Alicia Herald, who both quit their jobs to launch this job matching start up.


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The Princeton University Orchestra under the baton of conductor Michael Pratt, will open its spring series of path-breaking Russian works on Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9, at 8 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. The concert also will feature violin soloist Alexis Kende '05, co-winner of the 2002 Princeton University Orchestra Concerto Competition.
Alexis Kende is a graduate of the Juilliard Pre-College Division and has studied violin since the age of five. She made her Kennedy Center solo debut in 1998 with the Washington Chamber Symphony. At the age of 12, she was concertmaster of the national Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra. With her sisters Crista, viola, and Daniela, cello, she formed The Kende Trio in 1997. In 1999, the Trio performed for the Pope in Rome.
The orchestra's program will open with "Symphonies of Wind Instruments" of Igor Stravinsky. "It is a solemn and beautiful memorial to Claude Debussy from the composer's 'Russian' period," Pratt said. "Filled with echoes of chant and ancient rituals, it is one of Stravinsky's most moving works."
The program will continue with Kende's performance of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K.219. The program will conclude with "Scheherazade" by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
The Russian theme will continue with the Orchestra's April concerts, which will feature Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings and Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring."
Tickets are $15; students, $5; available through the Richardson Auditorium Box Office . Telephone reservations may be made with Visa and Mastercard by calling 609.258.5000.
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Thus I can conclude that she likes me at least as a friend and that (miraculously) I don't annoy her. That's a start I guess. (A Tycho Dating Tip: It's good not to annoy a girl you like.)
So my doctor had a special diet book for kidney patients prepared by singer Billy Joel's wife - her father suffers from kidney failure. (Billy Joel's wife is really hot by the way. Her picture's in the inside cover. She hosts cooking shows and writes recipe books or something like she's another Rachael Ray.) Well, I asked my doctor for a copy, he gave it to me, and I'm going to bring it to the hospital with me as a present for this girl - taking an interest in being of help to her with her career. (Another Tycho Dating Tip: Try bribing the girl you like. It can really work.)
Anyway, so while I go balls out after my nutricianist (I already know what I want to eat), that won't stop me from flirting with the rest of the nurses if I come across any I am interested in. But I have already stayed in this hospital twice for treatments to prepare me for this transplant. I was not at all attracted to my nurses - they were probably in their 40s, maybe one was in her 30s, but they were caring and copetant, and for that I greatly appreciated them and liked them very much - but not in THAT way. Besides, my pseudo girlfriend (on / off again ex-girlfriend of 12 years or so) is way hot still, she's a nurse too (not at my hospital though) and she's always around. I really am in love with her but we don't have any semblance of a normal relationship. So it would be best if that changed for the better, or I could make a fresh start with someone else. But the thing is, we'll always be close and I have no idea (long term) what that means.
I will soon be posting while on oxycontins, maybe even morphine!Hope everything goes smoothly and you're back here telling us about your dreams
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The other day, when I was somewhere on the East Coast, about to do a speaking engagement, I thought about setting goals. What if one of my goals – whether I'm a history buff, or a very religious person – what if one of my goals was to visit Jerusalem.
Let's say that was one of my goals. And let's say that I could just snap my fingers and suddenly be there? That's exactly what I did that morning, just to see what might happen.
Shortly thereafter I found myself in Jerusalem. But, wait a minute. I was born in Israel. The Jerusalem I found myself in that day didn't look like the Jerusalem I was used to.
The Jerusalem I was used to had a lot of historical and religious sites. Many of the buildings in the city were built out of the golden stone that is found in the nearby quarries. That's what the real Jerusalem in Israel looks like. I was born there. I know.
But where was I? Wait a minute. I found myself in Jerusalem, Rhode Island. A beautiful fishing village in the southern edge of the state named Jerusalem.
Now what was wrong with my goal that day? I said I wanted to go to Jerusalem. But I wasn't specific enough. I didn't say which one. I didn't realize that there was more than one. But there are.
Isn't this a lesson about life? We set goals but we're not specific. People say, "I want to be rich. I want to have a nice home." They don't write down specific details about the goal and then they get whatever the universe throws at them.
So, if you have a goal, write it down in specific details and you could end up at the right location as opposed to the wrong one. I did get to Jerusalem that day, but not the one I was looking for.
I want to make sure you get to the one you're looking for.
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I'm sorry I can't vouch for the legitimacy of this, but it was posted on the Chris Cramer Sports Logo message board with no explanation...
I'm sorry I can't vouch for the legitimacy of this, but it was posted on the Chris Cramer Sports Logo message board with no explanation...
Well, kinda blurry.
Doubt it, but ... I don't hate it.
I think it's more of a "site logo" kinda like FH's logo.
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1) Win the next game.
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"The problem with internet quotes lies in verifying their authenticity."
-Abraham Lincoln
"Lucille" is my BanHammer!!!
Then again, who knows ... Just to blurry to make out on the 'ol iPhone screen.
I like it. Like the script of the writing as well. Interested to see what this might be.
Curious that the only photo of the "leak" is such poor quality. Sort of like the Loch Ness Monster.
If it is real, almost impossible to judge it with the quality of the photo.
Looks like someone snapped a photo on the sly...
You can tell it's not legit. The site has those little "preview" boxes in the bottom right hand corner that are highlighted orange when the picture is one the screen. The first one is highlighted (thus the picture that should be on the screen) and the little preview picture looks nothing like the picture on the screen. Probably photoshopped to screw with people.
EDIT: Now that I stare at it longer, I'm not totally sure it's not the preview. Plus it's in a cubicle. Like trying to figure out conspiracy theories.
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Either way I like the look. At least the blurry ass picture posted above. Anxious to see what the final logo looks like. I feel like we deserve to see it.
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Also looks like it says " A new era of Dolphins football".
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Badr Hari Giving Away Signed T-Shirt to Twitter Followers
- Written by Dave Walsh
So Badr Hari is on Twitter, which is confusing to some people as Badr Hari is one of those guys that people like to make fake accounts for and pretend that they are him. That is kind of crazy, right? I mean, try finding the guy on Facebook, you'll be able to find him, but you'll find at least a dozen impostors of him and you'll find that people you know and respect are friends with or follow just about all of them because it is so confusing. Well, if you are more of a Twitter person it is easy to clear up the confusion, as @Team_Badr_Hari is the official Badr Hari Twitter page.
As you may already know, Badr Hari will be fighting on November 8th in Russia on LEGEND 2: Invasion against Alexey Ignashov in a Heavyweight showdown. The two last met in 2010 for K-1, where Badr Hari pulled off a decision victory over the former K-1 superstar. So Badr Hari is looking to gain your support going into this fight and wants you to follow him on Twitter. How? The easiest way possible, he's signing shirts and giving them out to randomly selected followers. So, yeah, Badr Hari doesn't sign a lot of stuff, nor does he give a lot of stuff away, so take this opportunity by the horns, alright?