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Create Provider-Independent Data Access Code with ADO.NET 2.0
One of the new features of ADO.NET 2.0 is the ability to create provider-independent data access code that enables you to code against a set of base abstract classes without referencing provider-specific classes. The key advantage of this approach is that it gives you the option of seamlessly working with multiple providers like SqlClient, OleDb, and ODBC without having to lock into a specific implementation. To this end, ADO.NET 2.0 provides a new namespace named System.Data.Common that exposes a number of base classes and factory classes.
This article focuses on these base classes and factory classes of this namespace and shows examples of how to leverage them to create provider-independent data access code in an ASP.NET application.
New Abstract Classes and Factory in ADO.NET 2.0ADO.NET 2.0 introduces a myriad of new base classes in the new System.Data.Common namespace. These classes are specifically focused on enabling the creation of provider-independent data access code. They are abstract, so they can't be instantiated directly. Figure 1 shows the factory class hierarchy that is used for creating provider-independent data access code.
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Figure 1. The Factory Class Hierarchy
As you can see, at the top of the hierarchy is a set of interfaces such as IDbConnection, IDbCommand, and IDbDataAdapter. Then there is a set of classes such as DbConnection, DbCommand, and DbDataAdapter that inherit from the base interfaces. Next is the set of implementation classes that inherit from the base abstract classes, such as SqlConnection, SqlCommand, and SqlDataAdapter. The introduction of the abstract base classes with ADO.NET 2.0 provide you with the ability to write your data access code against this layer.
If you are fairly certain that the database is not going to change, then you can directly code against the implementation classes. But this approach does not give you any benefits in terms of performance improvements. However, with the introduction of abstract classes and the flexibility they offer, there is no reason to lock yourself into the implementation of a specific provider.
Now that you have had a look at the class hierarchy, lets look at the factory classes. In addition to base classes, the System.Data.Common namespace also contains two important factory classes: DbProviderFactories and DbProviderFactory. The DbProviderFactories class provides a method to enumerate the providers registered on your machine. In addition, the DbProviderFactories class exposes a method named GetFactory() that returns a reference to a DbProviderFactory implementation, which can then be used to create provider-specific implementations of a connection and command objects. Table 1 shows the methods of the DbProviderFactory class that return provider-specific instances of objects.
Table 1. CreateXXX() Methods of the DbProviderFactory Class
|Method Name
|Returns a provider-specific instance of the DbCommand class that you can use to execute SQL statements and stored procedures
|Returns a provider-specific instance of the DbCommandBuilder class that you can use to execute SQL statements for CRUD operations
|Returns a provider-specific instance of the DbConnection class that you can use to connect to a specific data store
|Returns an instance of the DbConnectionStringBuilder class that you can use to construct the connection string
|Returns a provider-specific instance of the DbDataAdapter object that you can use to fill or update a DataSet or a DataTable
|Returns an instance of a DbDataSourceEnumerator that you can use to examine the data sources available through the DbProviderFactory instance
|Returns a provider-specific instance of the DbParameter object that you can use to pass parameters in and out of SQL statements and stored procedures
Now that you have a general understanding of the important classes in the System.Data.Common namespace, lets look at examples. (Click here to download the accompanying source code for the examples.)
Enumerating ProvidersLets look at the use of the DbProviderFactories class in enumerating the registered providers from the machine.config file. Each data provider that exposes a DbProviderFactory-based class registers configuration information in machine.config. For example, the System.Data.SqlClient provider contains the following registration information in the machine.config file:
<system.data> <DbProviderFactories> <add name="SqlClient Data Provider" invariant="System.Data.SqlClient" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for SqlServer" type="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientFactory, System.Data, Version=18.104.22.168, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" /> </DbProviderFactories> </system.data>
To enumerate the providers contained in the <DbProviderFactories> section, you use the GetFactoryClasses() method of the DbProviderFactories class. The following code shows an example of how to accomplish this:
<%@ Page Language="C#" %> <%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Configuration" %> <%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %> <%@ Import Namespace="System.Data.Common" %> <script runat="server"> void Page_Load(object source, EventArgs e) { DataTable table = DbProviderFactories.GetFactoryClasses(); providerView.DataSource = table; providerView.DataBind(); } </script> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head id="Head1" runat="server"> <title>Enumerating Providers</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <asp:GridView HeaderStyle-BackColor=Control HeaderStyle-ForeColor=Blue RowStyle-BackColor=Silver runat="server" ID="providerView"></asp:GridView> </div> </form> </body> </html>
The above code simply data binds the DataTable returned by the GetFactoryClasses() method of the DbProviderFactories with a GridView. The output is shown in Figure 2.
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Figure 2. The GetFactoryClasses() Method of the DbProviderFactories Class
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Wielding a heavy, cord-wrapped mallet, Easton sculptor Karl Stirner strikes a huge curved section of folded sheet steel, suspended nearly nine feet off the floor by a gaggle of chains. The resounding chime rings in the ears, lifting plumes of dust off the racks of metal grinders, acetylene torches, vises and huge clamps in his metalworking studio a floor below.
Stirner, 89, is standing on the second floor of his cavernous workshop, a 38,000 square-foot former warehouse and sewing factory on Ferry Street, which he purchased in 1983 and turned into a gallery, studio and living space. He's surrounded by his life's work, sculptures in steel — some angular, some eerily figurative, all supremely abstract, created from metal salvaged from junkyards, Bethlehem Steel and even shipwrecks.


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Nineteen Hundred Years of History at the Trajanic Nymphaeum
Read about our interesting discovery
We were told that Santa Fiora was connected to a mediaeval aqueduct or a natural tunnel, but we spent many months researching, and we began to suspect something very different...
Lake Martignano lies in a small volcanic crater close to Lake Bracciano some 27km North-West of Rome. It was a cold and gloomy day and hardly anybody else was to be seen in this popular recreational area...
The Aqueduct Hunters Need You! With your help we can carry on and continue filming in HD the full story of Romes ancient water supplies. Click here to support us and make a donation.
The Aqueduct Water that Enabled an Empire
Rome in the time of the Etruscans was just a small settlement by a muddy, unpredictable river. The people suffered with cholera, typhus, malaria, famines, fleas and floods. Yet in just a few hundred years it grew to be the greatest empire in European history. By then they had clean drinking water, splendid public baths, latrines, laundries, sewers and industrial scale food production with water-mills powered by aqueduct water.
The Roman Aqueducts are among the greatest achievements in the history of Europe. The Roman Empire was a successful civilisation due to the health of its citizens who drank clean spring water.
Although more than 600 aqueducts were built throughout the Empire, the Roman technology of the capture of the waters is almost a total mystery.
In the early second century, the Emperor Trajan completed a great restoration of the existing Roman city aqueducts and ordered the building of a completely new aqueduct, inaugurated in AD 109, to which he gave his name. In his lifetime the population of the city grew to more than a million, and the dominion of the Roman Empire reached its furthest boundaries.
The engineers of the Aqua Traiana captured the pure water from numerous sources in the mountains around Lake Bracciano in Etruria north of Rome, and brought it through water-proof underground conduits more than 40 miles to " every region " of the city of Rome.
After the aqueducts were cut by barbarian invasions in the sixth century, the sacked city declined rapidly and the population fell to less than fifteen thousand people.
For over a thousand years much of the engineering knowledge was lost. By the time of the renaissance, when the aqueduct was restored and reactivated by Pope Paul V, even its name had been forgotten.
Today the primary source of Trajans great Aqua Traiana is identified again. Over a prolific spring water source in a web of ancient Etruscan grottos, the Romans built a Nymphaeum, a shrine to honour the local water deities.
The copious water supply was captured in a remarkable stone-built water filtering system under the vaulted structure. The Roman building was concealed under a medieval hermitage and church for many centuries, but we have now taken our bright lights and HD cameras down into the underground chambers and galleries and filmed the unique Roman engineering structures, in a remarkable state of preservation. Today most of the spring water is pumped to the nearby town of Bracciano, and the aqueduct only fills up after heavy rain.
The site is now under attack from rapacious fig trees. The roots are penetrating more than ten metres underground. Following our discovery we have enhanced our plans so that we can film the urgently needed conservation. Our hope is to encourage the authorities to excavate and restore the Roman sanctuary. It is not yet known when it was converted to early Christian usage, there is so much still to learn.


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Whirligig Science
by John Dorrance
No one knows who invented the first whirligig. Centuries ago, Asian peasants carved these wind machines from bamboo. Some whirligigs served as kinetic (moving) toys for children. Other whirligigs made pleasant sounds in the breeze. American pioneers used whirligigs as shop signs and to scare hungry birds away from their crops.
What is a whirligig?
Think of a windmill connected to a mechanical statue. Whirligigs combine the science of wind power and motion with the art of sculpture. When the wind blows, the statue moves!
You can create a whirligig small enough to be held in your hand or large enough to tower above an elephant. In fact, the most famous whirligig inventor in the United States makes most of his wind machines about 15 meters tall, or about one-third of the height of the Statue of Liberty!
Vollis Simpson lives in North Carolina and attaches life-size figures of people and animals to his whirligigs. With the slightest breeze the figures come to life. On one whirligig, a man pedals a unicycle. On another, a team of mules kicks its hooves into the air.
"I've constructed things all my life," says Simpson, who is an 80-year-old grandfather now.
When he was eight years old, Simpson worked hard at his dad's farm and sawmill. He constructed rabbit traps and learned how to fix the machinery in the mill. As a young man, he built his first whirligig during World War II. This whirligig, however, did not power a whimsical work of art. Simpson was living on a South Pacific island named Saipan with a group of US Army Air Corps soldiers.
"Our clothes were always sweaty and dirty," he says. So the inventor took the propeller and other parts off a wrecked airplane and made a whirligig that powered a washing machine.
Many of Simpson's whirligigs use a propeller to harness wind energy. As a strong wind pushes against the tilted blades, the propeller begins to spin faster and faster. Attached to the whirligig's propeller is a camshaft, which turns the circular motion generated by the propeller into back-and-forth (reciprocating) movement that can be used to animate the arms and legs of a mechanical sculpture.
When Simpson was 67 years old, people from the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, asked him to build a giant whirligig to put on display there. He did, and then used a large crane to lift the 6,750-kilogram wind machine into place by the city's boat harbor.
"It has an angel, a cat, an airplane, and other moving things on it," says Simpson. "It has bright aluminum blades, and every time they turn, it glitters all over the harbor."
Now people from cities and museums across the United States are asking Simpson to build wind designs for them. He created four whirligigs for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.
Young children often stare at Simpson's whirligigs and ask him, "Are you an inventor or a scientist?"
"I'm not a scientist," he tells them, "but I know how mechanical things work."
The beauty of his moving wind forms comes naturally to him.
- What simple machine does Simpson use in creating his whirligigs?
[anno: Simpson uses a wheel and axle design in creating his whirligigs.]
- Draw a diagram that illustrates how a whirligig harnesses wind energy to move an animated sculpture with arms and legs. Draw lines to show in what direction forces move each part of the sculpture. Give your whirligig machine a descriptive title. Write an explanation of how the simple machine works. Include details about what kind of materials you would use to build this machine.
[anno: Diagrams will vary but should include a propeller and axle. The propeller captures the force of wind to turn the axle. The movement of the axle causes a shaft to turn. A figure is connected to the turning shaft. The figure has axles where the arms and legs connect to the torso. The main turning shaft turns the axles located at the arms and legs and causes these to move up and down or back and forth. Titles and material descriptions will vary.]


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There will be a Christmas Food Giveaway Wednesday, Dec. 19 from 2-6 p.m. at the New Church, 1417 Dewey Avenue.
New Life Church and First Baptist Church have partnered together to provide families in need with a Christmas dinner. The meals will be on a first come, first serve basis. For more information call 870-523-8413.


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Here's my first snowskin mooncake. I have long wanted to make mooncakes, not just for Aspiring Bakers. I bought the moulds 2 years ago. This time I'm not going to procrastinate anymore.
As baked mooncakes are proved to be too challenging for me. I start with snowskin mooncakes first - Banana Snowskin Mooncake wrap with Lotus Paste.
I particularly like these 2 moulds with the words "莲蓉" and "中秋". So I will be using them for the rest of my mooncakes. :)
I read from books that the golden ratio of skin is to filling is 1:2. Which means the weight of the skin is 1/3 of the weight of the mould size you are using.
I'm quite satisfied with this snowskin recipe. The skin is very soft even when straight out of the fridge. I tried one piece every day. It stays soft for 3 days, but starts to turn a little bit hard on 4th day onwards, storing in an airtight container.
Banana Snowskin Mooncake
(original recipe, please adjust the recipe according to your mould size and batch size)
skin : filling = 1:2,
if you are using 63g mould, skin = 21g, filling = 42g
if you are making 10 mooncakes, skin = 210g, filling = 420g
adjust the recipe proportionately)
300g icing sugar
20g shortening
1/4 tsp banana essence
150g boiled cool water *
110g kao fen (cooked glutinous rice flour) 糕粉
* Boil 2 pieces of pandan leaf with 200g water until fragrant.
Leave to cool, take 150g for use)
1400g lotus paste
1. Snowskin: Knead icing sugar, shortening, banana essence and some water until shortening melts, then add in remaining water, knead evenly. Lastly add in all cooked glutinous rice flour and knead evenly. Set aside for 30 minutes. Divide the dough skin equally, roll round.
2. Filling: Divide the lotus paste equally, roll round.
3. Flatten a piece of snowskin, wrap in filling, roll round, then pat some cooked glutinous rice flour.
4. Press it into mould, unmould and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Recipe adapted from: Moonlit Mid-Autumn Festival 月盈中秋 by Choong Su Yin
I am submitting this Banana Snowskin Mooncake to Aspiring Bakers #11: Mid-Autumn Treats (September 2011), hosted by Happy Home Baking.
Decide the theme for Aspiring Bakers #12 here.


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Thomas J. Lynch, MD
Following a national search, Thomas J. Lynch Jr., MD, has been selected as the new CEO and chairman of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization.
Thomas J. Lynch, Jr., MD began his tenure as Director of Yale Cancer Center and Physician-in-Chief of Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven on April 1, 2009. The Jonathan and Richard Sackler Professor of Medicine, Dr. Lynch is an expert in the treatment of lung cancer with a special interest in personalized medicine.
A member of the Board of Directors for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Dr. Lynch is internationally known for his leadership in the development of novel therapies for the treatment of lung cancer. Using the molecular profile of lung tumors, he and his research team have developed methods to predict a tumor's response to targeted drugs based on confirmed mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor gene. The resulting information enables oncologists to create treatment plans that more effectively target each patient's specific tumor type. This kind of customized care, often referred to as personalized medicine, is a standard of practice at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven.
Dr. Lynch is on the Board of Directors and a founding member of the nationally recognized Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, named after a former patient of his. Currently in 39 states and at over 320 different sites, the Schwartz Center Rounds are multidisciplinary rounds focused on the connection between patients and caregivers to promote compassionate care. The Rounds were brought to Yale Cancer Center in 2007 and continue under Dr. Lynch's leadership.
At Yale Cancer Center, Dr. Lynch oversaw the creation of a new Cancer Biology Institute on Yale's West Campus, directed by Dr. Joseph Schlessinger. The Institute encouraged collaborative research and included the fields of cell signaling, cancer immunology, and drug development and target acquisition.
Prior to joining Yale, Dr. Lynch served as Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Hematology/Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center. Dr. Lynch received his undergraduate degree from Yale College in 1982 and his MD degree from Yale School of Medicine in 1986. He completed his internship and residency at MGH, and after serving a fellowship in medical oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute he joined the medical staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1993.
Dr. Lynch is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. He is on the editorial boards of the journal, Clinical Cancer Research, and the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Lynch has published over 100 original scientific papers and authored or co-authored over 90 review articles and book chapters.
CEO and chairman of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization


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Available ebook formats: epub mobi lrf pdb html
John Gaukel is a Physicist, Inventor, Intellectual Property Analyst, Engineer, Business Manager, Poet and Avid Science Fiction reader.
He is a hemiplegic, and has taken up Science Fiction writing to extend himself in new directions. – There are more novelettes and poems in progress.


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Reviewed by Justin W. (age 8)
Ride a Purple Pelican illustration will appear here.
I think this book is special. It is special because it?s giving you rhyming words and it makes you laugh at the weird things that go on in the book. The part that made me laugh was when it said ride a purple pelican ride a silver stork. Have you really ever rode on the back of a Stork? My favorite character is the purple pelican. He is my favorite character because he let the little kids ride on his back.
I would like to recommend this book because it might be very special to someone who likes Pelicans Storks and other animals that they might not have heard of but would like to know about.


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Capabilities and Mission
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy provides information on molecular structure and dynamics at atomic level resolution. The UVa Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Facility facilitates and promotes research which utilizes NMR spectroscopy to examine biologically important molecules. Assistance is available for all who wish to use NMR spectroscopy. Several laboratories at UVa have used the Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Facility to solve research problems. They are listed in the People section of this site. The lab manager, Jeff Ellena, has 30 years of experience with application of NMR to scientific research.
The Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Facility is available to all investigators at the University of Virginia and has six NMR spectrometers.
They all execute experiments typically used for structure elucidation and dynamics characterization of both small and large (ie. protein) molecules in solution.
The Bruker Avance III 600 has an automatic sample changer which can handle up to 480 samples.
All spectrometers are connected to the internet and most can be run remotely.
Data can be readily transferred for remote processing and the campus has a site license for Mestrenova NMR data processing and visualization software.
Advice on all aspects of solution NMR spectroscopy is available from the facility manager, Jeff Ellena.


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Music Player Daemon/Tips and tricks
Go back to Music Player Daemon.
- 1 Tips and Tricks
- 1.1 Organizing
- 1.2 Last.fm scrobbling
- 1.3 Never play on start
- 1.4 Control MPD with lirc
- 1.5 Control MPD with phone
- 1.6 MPD & PulseAudio
- 1.7 Cue Files
- 1.8 HTTP Streaming
Tips and Tricks
MPD doesn't provide a tool to preserve the file structure of your audio files. Check out beets.
Last.fm scrobbling
To scrobble your songs to Last.fm when using MPD, there are several possibilities.
mpdscribble is a daemon, available in the "community" repository (if you prefer, the "git" version is available in the AUR). This is arguably the best alternative, because it's the semi-official MPD scrobbler and uses the new "idle" feature in MPD for more accurate scrobbling. Also, you do not need root access to configure it, because it doesn't need any changes to
/etc at all. Visit the official website for more information.
After you have installed mpdscribble, do the following (not as root):
$ mkdir ~/.mpdscribble
- Create the file
~/.mpdscribble/mpdscribble.confand add the following:
[mpdscribble] host = <your mpd host> # optional, defaults to $MPD_HOST or localhost port = <your mpd port> # optional, defaults to $MPD_PORT or 6600 log = /home/<YOUR_USERNAME>/.mpdscribble/mpdscribble.log verbose = 2 sleep = 1 musicdir = <your music directory> proxy = <your proxy> # optional, e. g. http://your.proxy:8080, defaults to none [last.fm] # last.fm section, comment if you do not use last.fm url = http://post.audioscrobbler.com/ username = <your last.fm username> password = <your last.fm password> journal = /home/<YOUR_USERNAME>/.mpdscribble/lastfm.journal [libre.fm] # libre.fm section, comment if you do not use libre.fm url = http://turtle.libre.fm/ username = <your libre.fm username> password = <your libre.fm password> journal = /home/<YOUR_USERNAME>/.mpdscribble/librefm.journal
Please note that passwords can also be written down as MD5:
echo -n 'PASSWORD' | md5sum | cut -f 1 -d " "
- Add
mpdscribbleto the file in which you start
mpdas well (e.g.
pidof mpdscribble >& /dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then mpdscribble & fi
mpdscribble per user with systemd
Since systemd is default on new installations, starting mpdscribble with .xinitrc is outdated. mpdscribble should be started per user with systemd. See Mpd#Start_MPD_per_user_with_systemd and Systemd/User.
Install mpdscribble
pacman -S mpdscribble
Create a directory for mpdscribble and copy the example .conf
mkdir ~/.mpdscribble cp /usr/share/mpdscribble/mpdscribble.conf.example ~/.mpdscribble.conf
With the current version mpdscribble 0.22-5, adding the sections mentiond above to ~/.mpdscribble.conf isn't necessary. Just add your username and password.
Then, edit a new file ~/.config/systemd/user/mpdscribble.service
[Unit] Description = MPD Scribbler [Service] ExecStart = /usr/bin/mpdscribble -D Restart = always [Install] WantedBy = default.target
Now, enable and start mpdscribble.service as per user
$ systemctl --user enable mpdscribble $ systemctl --user start mpdscribble
Sonata & Ario
Sonata has built-in support for scrobbling, although that requires the program to run the whole time. Additionally, Sonata doesn't cache the songs if they cannot be forwarded to Last.fm at the time of playing, meaning they will not be added to the statistics.
The daemon lastfmsubmitd is a daemon which may be installed from the "community" repository as well. To install it, first edit
/etc/lastfmsubmitd.conf to reflect your requirements and add both
lastfmsubmitd and
lastmp to the
DAEMONS array in
Last.fm playback
Native Last.fm playback
Since version 0.16 mpd has a very well working method to play back last.fm streams.
$ playlist_plugin { name "lastfm" user "my_username" password "my_password" }
Then use e.g. mpc to load streams
$ mpc load "lastfm://artist/Beatles"
Never play on start
This feature is present in mpd after version 0.16.2. When this feature is enabled, the mpd process will always start in the "paused" state, even if a song was playing when mpd was stopped. Add the line below to your
mpd.conf file to enable this feature.
restore_paused "yes"
The following sections detail various methods to simulate the same feature for older versions of mpd.
Installing mpd from the AUR
This is the best method currently available, but is only currently (as of April 2011) enabled in the git version. Install mpd-git from the AUR and add
restore_paused "yes" to your
mpd.conf file.
If you have issues with connecting your client to mpd-git, see Music Player Daemon/Troubleshooting#Other issues when attempting to connect to mpd with a client.
Method 1
If you do not want MPD to always play on your system start, but yet you want to preserve the other state information, add the following lines to your
/etc/rc.d/mpd file:
Method 1.1
Simpler, working method (disables playing on startup of mpd daemon):
mpc -q pause #add this line only add_daemon mpd stat_done
To prevent updates from destroying these modifications, add this file to the
NoUpgrade variable in
NoUpgrade = etc/rc.d/mpd
Method 2
Another simpler method, would be to add mpd to your
rc.conf daemons array and add
mpc stop or
mpc pause to
/etc/rc.local.shutdown and to
/etc/rc.local. (Remember you must have mpc installed to use this method).
Adding only the order in
/etc/rc.local cannot assure that mpd will play absolutely nothing, since there may be a delay before the stop command is executed.
On the other hand, if you only add the order to
/etc/rc.local.shutdown, that will assure that mpd won't play at all, as long as you properly shutdown your system.
Even though they are redundant, adding it to
/etc/rc.local would serve as a safety for those, presumably, rare occasions when you do not shutdown the system properly.
Method 3
The general idea is to ask mpd to pause music when the user logs out, so that mpd will stick to the "pause" state after a reboot. Sending such command can be achieved using mpc, the command line interface to MPD.
GDM users can then add
/usr/bin/mpc pause to
/etc/gdm/PostSession/Default (be sure to add it before
exit 0):
Non-GDM users can use their own login manager's method to launch the line at logout.
Example configuration: Output with 44.1 KHz at e. g. 16 bit depth, multiple programs at once
Why these formats? Because they are standard CDA, because ALSA on its own allows more than one program "to sound" only with dmix — whose resampling algorithm is inferior — and because dmix by default resamples anything lower to 48 KHz (or whatever higher format is playing at the time). Also, some get clicking sounds if at least
mpd.conf is not changed this way.
What's the downside? These settings cause everything (if necessary) to be resampled to this format, such as material from DVD or TV which usually is at 48 KHz. But there is no known way to have ALSA dynamically change the format, and particularly if you listen to far more CDs than anything else the occasional 48 → 44.1 isn't too great a loss.
The following assumes that there are not already other settings which conflict resp. overwrite it. This applies especially to the current user's potential
~/.asoundrc — which MPD as its own user ignores, therefore the following should go to
defaults.pcm.dmix.rate 44100 # Force 44.1 KHz defaults.pcm.dmix.format S16_LE # Force 16 bits
audio_output { type "alsa" # Use the ALSA output plugin. name "HDA Intel" # Can be called anything or nothing tmk, but must be present. options "dev=dmixer" device "plug:dmix" # Both lines cause MPD to output to dmix. format "44100:16:2" # the actual format auto_resample "no" # This bypasses ALSA's own algorithms, which generally are inferior. See below how to choose a different one. use_mmap "yes" # Minor speed improvement, should work with all modern cards. } samplerate_converter "0" # MPD's best, most CPU intensive algorithm. See 'man mpd.conf' for others — for anything other than the poorest "internal", libsamplerate must be installed.
If one wants to leave the bit depth decision to ALSA resp. MPD, comment out resp. omit the dmix.format line and change the one for mpd with format to "44100:*:2".
Control MPD with lirc
There are already some clients designed for communications between lircd and MPD, however, as far as the practical use, they aren't very useful since their functions are limited.
It's recommended to use mpc with irexec. mpc is a command line player which only sends the command to MPD and exits immediately, which is perfect for irexec, the command runner included in lirc. What irexec does is that it runs a specified command once received a remote control button.
First of all, please setup your remotes as referred to the Lirc article.
Edit your favored lirc startup configuration file, default location is
Fill the file with the following pattern:
begin prog = irexec button = <button_name> config = <command_to_run> repeat = <0 or 1> end
An useful example:
## irexec begin prog = irexec button = play_pause config = mpc toggle repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = stop config = mpc stop repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = previous config = mpc prev repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = next config = mpc next repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = volup config = mpc volume +2 repeat = 1 end begin prog = irexec button = voldown config = mpc volume -2 repeat = 1 end begin prog = irexec button = pbc config = mpc random repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = pdvd config = mpc update repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = right config = mpc seek +00:00:05 repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = left config = mpc seek -00:00:05 repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = up config = mpc seek +1% repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = down config = mpc seek -1% repeat = 0 end
There are more functions for mpc, run
man mpc for more info.
Control MPD with phone
remuco via bluetooth
- install remuco -- a wireless remote control for several Linux media players (aur)
- transfer remuco client -- jar/jad files from
/usr/share/remuco/client/to your phone and install it
- run
remuco-mpd(as current user)
- run remuco on your phone, define a new bluetooth remuco connection (pair first if you haven't done this previously) and explore its capabilities
There are several MPD-specific clients available in the app-store/market of Symbian, Android and iOS.
MPD & PulseAudio
mpd supports both local and remote use of PulseAudio.
Local (with separate mpd user)
When run as its own user as per the wiki instructions, mpd will be unable to send sound to another user's pulseaudio server. Rather than setting up pulseaudio as a system-wide daemon, a practice strongly discouraged by upstream, you can instead configure mpd to use pulseaudio's tcp module to send sound to localhost:
First, uncomment the tcp module in
/etc/pulse/default.pa or
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/default.pa (typically
~/.config/pulse/default.pa) and set 127.0.0.1 as an allowed IP address; the home directory takes precedence:
### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented ### here if you plan to use paprefs) #load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1 #load-module module-zeroconf-publish
Additional IP ranges in cidr notation may be added using
; as the separator. Once this is complete, restart pulseaudio:
$ pulseaudio --kill $ pulseaudio --start -or- start-pulseaudio-x11/kde
Next, edit
/etc/mpd.conf and add a new pulse output pointing to 127.0.0.1 as a "remote" server:
audio_output { type "pulse" name "Local Music Player Daemon" server "127.0.0.1" }
Once this is added, restart mpd:
# systemctl restart mpd
Enable the output in mpd; you should now have a working local mpd, usable by all users whose pulseaudio servers allow sound from 127.0.0.1.
As with any PulseAudio-enabled program, mpd can send sound over the network. The complete PulseAudio system is not required on the server running mpd; libpulse is the only requirement to act as a source and is already a dependency of mpd.
In order to send audio from mpd to another computer follow the directions above, editing
/etc/mpd.conf on the server running mpd using the IP address of the target computer and
/etc/pulse/default.pa or
~/.pulse/default.pa on the target computer using the IP address of the server.
Once this is done, the server's mpd source should show up on the target computer while playing or paused as a normal source able to be rerouted and controlled as usual; there will be no visible source on the target while mpd is stopped.
Cue Files
To make cue file support actually work, you have to work around a nasty libcue bug. Libcue copied some files directly from libcdio, making it conflict with it. Steps to do to get proper cue support:
- remove
libcdiotemporary (
pacman -Rdd libcdio)
- install libcue
- install mpd with ABS or from AUR.
- install
Version 0.17 will fix this issue, implementing its very own cue parser, which will then also allow parsing cuesheets, that are embedded into the files tags (CUESHEET tag). This will work for most, if not all relevant music files.
HTTP Streaming
Since version 0.15 there is a built-in HTTP streaming daemon/server that comes with MPD. To activate this server simply set it as output device in mpd.conf:
audio_output { type "httpd" name "My HTTP Stream" encoder "vorbis" # optional, vorbis or lame port "8000" # quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined format "44100:16:1" }
Then to listen to this stream simply open the URL of your mpd server (along with the specified port) in your favorite music player. Note: You may have to specify the file format of the stream using an appropriate file extension in the URL. For example, using Winamp 5.5, You would use http://192.168.1.2:8000/mpd.ogg rather than http://192.168.1.2:8000/.
To use mpd to connect to the stream from another computer.
mpc add http://192.168.1.2:8000


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6th Annual Atlanta Pagan Marketplace of IdeasJanuary 20th, 2015
Celebrate the diversity, expertise, and warmth of the Pagan community of Atlanta!
One World Spiritual Center
3535 Shallowford Road Northeast
Marietta, GA 30062
April 11, 2015 11:00 am-8:00 pm
Come out for a day of fun, sharing, and laughter with practicing Pagans in the Atlanta metro area. Ever wanted to participate in a Druid ritual, but don't know any Druids? Or perhaps you want to an opportunity to share a class and network with other people of a similar faith. Or maybe you would like to know more about local circles, covens, or groups that are open to new members.
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ESPN is reporting that the new lease that Glendale approved for the Coyotes will be sued by Goldwater Institute.
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The conservative watchdog group Goldwater Institute has filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Glendale City Council's vote to approve a lease agreement for Jobing.com Arena with a potential buyer of the Phoenix Coyotes.http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/8047705/goldwater-institute-files-lawsuit-phoenix-coyotes-deal
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court on behalf of Glendale taxpayers Ken Jones and Joe Cobb, claiming last week's vote violated a 2009 court order requiring Glendale to provide all documents in negotiations between the city and a prospective owner to Goldwater in a timely manner.
We continue to hope that the city will construct a lawful deal that protects the interests of Glendale taxpayers. Without seeing critical exhibits contained in the arena management agreement ... it is not possible to determine the constitutional validity of the agreement.
The question this arises is if the lease get's hold up in court will the NHL wait for the trail to come to a conclusion, or pickup and move out of the market. If the Coyotes are forced to relocate that would take one threat away from the Islanders.


text: Am I able to take part? Not all clinical trials are right for all patients. A trial may be safe for one patient to join, but not safe for another. Each protocol has strict rules that doctors must follow to decide who may join the clinical trial. These rules are called eligibility criteria. This protects patients from getting treatment that may harm them. Eligibility criteria include information about: You and your overall health: Age and gender Results of medical tests Medicines that you are taking Any other health problems Your cancer: Cancer type and stage Other treatments you may have had How long it has been since you were last treated If you have found a clinical trial that you think you want to join, talk to your doctor to see if you are eligible to take part. How do I sign up? If your doctor offers you a clinical trial, you will first go through a process called informed consent. The goal of informed consent is to make sure you understand the clinical trial's plan. The doctor or research nurse will review the informed consent form in detail with you. This form explains the clinical trial's purpose, plan, risks and benefits. This is a great time to ask questions. Try to bring a family member or friend to help you ask questions and write down answers. You may also want to bring a tape recorder so that later you can listen to what the doctor said. If you decide to join the clinical trial, you will be asked to sign the informed consent form. The doctor will also sign the form, and you will receive a copy. Take time to make your decision. If you like, you may take the informed consent form home with you to review before signing it. What should I look for on the informed consent form? Look for the following information on your informed consent form: Treatment The reason for the clinical trial (what the doctors hope to learn) Who is eligible to take part in the clinical trial What is known about the type of treatment being studied Possible risks and benefits (based on what is known so far) Other treatments that may be option Tests Types of tests How often you would need tests and meet with the doctor Costs Who pays for the costs of the clinical trial If the clinical trial causes you to need more medical care, who pays for those costs Other A statement about conflicts of interest (any direct financial benefit to Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center or your doctor from the sponsor of the trial) A statement about how your privacy is protected Who to call if you have more questions The informed consent process does not end once you sign the informed consent form. For example, your doctor must tell you if new risks or side effects of the treatment are found during the trial. Also, please be sure to ask any questions you may have at any time during the trial. Who would be in charge of my care in the clinical trial? Your doctor and nurse will still care for you. In a clinical trial, you will also have a: Principal Investigator (PI): The PI is usually a doctor. He or she runs the clinical trial and makes sure that the health care team follows the plan. Research Nurse: The research nurse teaches patients about the trial and collects data from patients on the trial. The research nurse is a good contact if you have questions during a clinical trial. Would there be any follow-up after the clinical trial? Yes, you would continue to see your doctor for treatment and follow-up care. Would I be allowed to quit the clinical trial? All patients in clinical trials are volunteers. You can choose to quit a clinical trial at any time, but talk to your doctor first. Your doctor can tell you how quitting the trial might affect your health and if there are other treatment options. Your relationship with your health care providers will not be changed by your decision.


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Boring Games Are Good For Us
We have deleted boredom from our lives, but is boredom, or reflection at least, an essential part of our "mental tidying." Would a game that encouraged boredom lead to more creativity?
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Ferraris get updated every few years. And so do Canon's "G" series point-and-shoot cameras. Last year we tested the G11 and liked it a lot, but it still had some drawbacks, notably the lack of high-def video recording. The company rectified that problem with the new 10-megapixel G12, and even added a few tweaks that'll please many shutterbugs. Let's see what they are, and if the G12 is worth nearly 500 clams.
Features and Design
Put the G11 next to the G12 and at first glance they're nearly identical, other than a changed model number. The G series doesn't sport day-glo colors or the thinness of an iPhone. It's big, bulky and looks quite old fashioned. In fact it looks almost like the new Nikon Coolpix P7000, another $499 digicam marketed to serious photographers. Check out the photos and you'll see this is not a frivolous piece of gear. It measures 4.4 x 3 x 1.9 (WHD, in inches) and weighs 12.4 ounces without the battery and card, nearly a pound fully loaded.
Look closely on the front and you'll see one of the improvements—a handy jog wheel right below the shutter. You'll use this to make adjustments such as aperture and shutter speed when you move out of auto. Also on the front is a 5x optically-stabilized zoom with a range of 28-140mm. We liked this lens in the past, and it's still a winner. Would we like a longer reach like the P7000's 7.1x 28-200mm? Sure, but it didn't feel like we missed much during our tests. Also on the front is the flash, porthole for the optical viewfinder and autofocus-assist lamp. A release button lets you take off the ring surrounding the lens to add optional conversion lenses.
The top has dials that transport older shooters to the good old days of film cameras. The only thing missing is a crank to rewind film! On the far left, you can adjust exposure compensation with a small dial, then move past the hot shoe and tweak ISO (auto through 3200) with another dial. Sitting atop that one is the main mode dial. Here are your key shooting options including Smart Auto, PASM, two custom settings, low light, high speed, scene and movie. Nearby is the power button and shutter, surrounded by the zoom-toggle switch.
With Smart Auto, the camera guesses what type of subject is front of it and chooses the settings. It does this well. PASM stands for Program AE, Aperture/Shutter Priority and full Manual. Low light drops the resolution to 2.5 megapixels for low-noise shots in candlelight, while high speed supposedly takes a shot quickly (this is not true burst shooting, and is pretty useless). Scene gives you access to 20 options, from the usual portrait and landscape options to more unusual ones, such as fisheye and miniature. The one new choice of note is HDR — High Dynamic Range — which we'll discuss shortly. The movie option is a definite upgrade, with the camera now taking 720p HD video, versus VGA (640 x 480) video on the G11. It also captures stereo audio, which adds fuller sound to your clips. Surprisingly there's no direct red video button as found on so many 2010 digicams. Canon should re-jigger that with the G13 — or whatever the next model will be called.
The rear of the G12 is the same as the G11. The key features are the 2.8-inch vari-angle LCD screen rated a very good 461K pixels, and an optical viewfinder with diopter adjustment to use if the screen wipes out — it rarely does — or you want to be old school and look through the viewfinder. There are the usual buttons, including a four-way controller surrounded by a jog wheel. On the right side are mini HDMI and USB outs, while the left has a tiny speaker. The bottom of the Made-in-Japan G12 has a metal tripod mount, and the compartment for its battery and memory card. The camera accepts the newer SDXC media, and you should use a Class 6 card or higher for best results.
What's In The Box
The G12 comes packaged with a battery rated good for 370 shots using the monitor, a plug-in charger, USB and A/V cables, as well as a neck strap. It has a 36-page Getting Started guide and the full Owner's Manual is on the supplied CD-ROM, which also has Canon software for handling images and developing RAW files.


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Manhattanhenge Returns July 12 main content.
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The celestial phenomenon Manhattanhenge returns next week to give denizens a dazzling view of the setting Sun perfectly aligned with the city's grid.
Join Jackie Faherty, a research scientist in the Museum's Department of Astrophysics, for a special preview in the Hayden Planetarium on Tuesday, July 12. The program will include a visual explanation of Manhattenhenge using the state-of-the-art Zeiss Mark IX star projector and the Museum's Digital Universe atlas, a four-dimensional atlas of the cosmos.
Before sunset on July 12 and 13, position yourself looking west on such clear cross streets as 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, and 57th, among others, to watch for striking photographic opportunities as the Sun drops to the horizon across the Hudson River.
Share your photographs with the Museum by uploading them to Flickr and tagging them "Manhattanhenge" for a chance to win two tickets to an Astronomy Live program in the Hayden Planetarium. Photos must be posted by 11:59 pm on Thursday, July 14, to be considered. The Museum's panel of judges, led by Director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson, will select one winner.
Manhattanhenge takes its name from the pre-historic circle of large vertical rocks known as Stonehenge, in the Salisbury Plain of England. For Stonehenge, the special day is the summer solstice, when the Sun rises in perfect alignment with several of the stones, signaling the change of season.


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Vossler discusses Germans from Russia
folk humor
By Verda Seeklander
Emmons County Record, Linton, North Dakota, March 30, 1999,
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Complex. Insulting. Hard-edged. Often vulgar-that's Prairie "Spass": the folk humor of North Dakota's Germans from Russia.
Ron Vossler, a senior lecturer in the English Department at the University of North Dakota, said the stereotype exists that Germans from Russia, GFR, known for their work ethic, are generally humorless, But he was prompted to look for another side to these people that he called his own after translating the letters of relatives in Russia who wrote to relatives in North Dakota, begging for help during Stalin's "terror famine" of 1933.
Last week the Wishek native told a large audience in his hometown about some of the discoveries he has made since his research began nearly 30 years ago when he began jotting down jokes and sayings that he recalled hearing as a child from his mother, grandmother and others. Some of what he discovered was familiar; some was thought-provoking.
Recently Vossler applied for and received the Larry Remele Memorial Fellowship, making it possible to more thoroughly research Germans from Russia humor. His presentations are made possible through the North Dakota Humanities Council.
Very little of the earthy German-Russian humor has been recorded. As the language disappears from households, understanding of the "Spass," which is shot through with words of more than one meaning, also disappears.
When Vossler told his colleagues at UND that he was studying German-Russian humor, their response was usually in the form of a jest. "That shouldn't take long" was their usual reply. And although he was "a little offended" he wondered if perhaps they were right. He didn't remember laughing a lot while he was growing up.
German-Russian humor, often interspersed with English, is not often appreciated by someone who does not understand the dialect since much is lost in the translation.
Vossler compared German-Russian humor to Jewish humor. The humor that has survived is meaningful; often harsh humor that reflects the historical journey of both groups and indicates that their lives have not been easy.
In 1897 there were 300 babies in McIntosh County alone who died from diphtheria. As a result many times people didn't draw close to their children because of their fear of losing them. This humor is related to the overall history of this ethnic group, and sometimes reflects that historical journey. "Sometimes people misinterpret the harshness of the humor, I know I did." Vossler said sometimes the humor itself, the name-calling, was the one way people could try to draw close to each other.
They liked to have fun with jokes that had hidden or two-fold meanings. Scholars call some of these jokes "ritual insults"; either humorous, sarcastic or sexual in nature, these "insults" were a way for people to let out their anger in a socially acceptable way.
German Russian humor loses its power in translation. For example, Vossler has used the expression "You always give the meanest dog two pieces of meat," if someone becomes a bit aggressive at a meeting.
"I'll think that's kind of funny," he said, "but people just kind of stare at me."
Or Vossler will comment to someone who thinks they know everything--"Well, yah, you're educated up to your horns."
The audience snickered knowingly as he said, "I always think that's kind of funny but people not of German-Russian background don't get it."
The word "Umgangsprache," a form of the German-Russian dialect, sounds like an exotic food akin to koladertz (pickled pigs feet) or schwatamaga (head cheese). Linguists use this term to describe language in which neutral terms can be replaced with emotionally charged expressions.
As an example, Vossler said that if he tracked mud onto his grandmother's clean linoleum floor, instead of asking him to go outside to wipe his boots, she would correct him with what he called "cranky humor"--"Yat, du glana Hossachissa, ich sot dich aus dem Haus ins Schneebank schmissa"--"You little pants pooper, I should throw you out of the house and into the snow bank."
The hard-edged brevity is typical of German Russian humor. In this case "Schmissa" (throw) is an emotional exaggeration that illustrated the fun in German-Russian humor. Instead of saying "little boy," Grandma used the term Hossachissa as a term of endearment.
He attributes the often hard-edged, often vulgar humor, which he called "dung" humor, to the fact that Germans from Russia lived mostly in rural areas where they raised, bred and cared for various types of animals.
Name calling such as "gross gosch" (big mouth) and "stink katz" (skunk), depending on tone and circumstances, were used as terms of endearment, for teasing, or applied to someone caught in some mischief. A tough-minded housewife might be called a `haus dracha' (house dragon). An agronomist might be called a "mischt gavel student" - a student of manure forks.
Vossler said praise and compliments were seldom used because German-Russians believed if you said positive things it would invite disaster or bad luck as well as lead to the sin of pride. And so the often harsh humor was one way to connect with others.
German humor even found its way onto the basketball floor. Vossler recalls the 1966 McIntosh County basketball tournaments and a close, heated game between rivals Wishek and Ashley. Vossler was in the process of attempting a free throw when the Ashley cheerleading section bellowed out "Blutwurst, leverwurst, schwatamaga, speck, (Bloodsausage, liver sausage, headcheese, fat), Wishek Hochschule, wek, wek, wek. (Wishek High School, go away, go away, go away)."
Fans of both teams were amused by the cheer which Vossler said was not only an attempt to disturb his concentration but probably also betrayed the younger generation's feelings about those particular ethnic foods.
German-Russian jokes aims at other ethnic groups and at German-Russians of different religions, and Vossler gave examples. He said some scholars think it's a bad thing to laugh at those types of stories while other scholars say, "It's fun; it serves a purpose, to bring stereotypes and prejudices into the open, and it's not a display of hostility."
Vossler said: "It's better for people to laugh together, so they do let go of these prejudices."
Reprinted with permission of Emmons County Record, Linton, North Dakota.


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As the health law's online marketplaces prepare to open next month, many people wonder how they will work. Who is eligible? How can they apply for subsidies? Will consumers be able to comparison-shop as they might when buying an airline ticket or hotel room?
Here are responses to some common questions.
What is an exchange?
It's an online marketplace where individuals and small employers will be able to shop for insurance coverage. You can get information at www.healthcare.gov, which has details on the federal exchanges and links to state-run exchanges. The exchanges will also help people find out whether they are eligible for federal subsidies to help cover the cost of coverage or eligible for Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the poor.
Will all states have exchanges?
Yes. Some states will run their own, and in others, they will be set up by the federal government; in several states, the exchange will be a federal-state partnership.
Who will use the exchanges?
They're aimed at people who are uninsured, people who don't get coverage through their employer and those whose employer-based coverage is too costly and/or lacking in benefits.
But not everyone will be allowed to buy from the exchanges, right?
Right. People who are in the country illegally will be barred. Legal immigrants are permitted to use the marketplaces and may qualify for subsidies if their income is no more than 400 percent of the federal poverty level (about $46,000 for an individual and $94,200 for a family of four).
Most workers and their families already have coverage through their jobs, and they will not be likely to buy policies on the exchanges. However, for businesses with 50 or fewer workers, the federal marketplaces and most states will have a Small Business Health Options program, or SHOP exchange, that will give employees more options than they now have. Most states and the federal marketplaces will allow only businesses with 50 or fewer workers to purchase through the exchanges initially.
How will the process work?
If you have a computer, it's relatively straightforward. You can go online to Healthcare.gov or to your state-run exchange, if there is one, and create an account. Then you would fill out an application and provide information such as household size, location, income and citizenship status.
Then the exchange takes over. It first determines whether you are eligible for Medicaid; if so, it will refer you there. If not, it will tell you how much of a subsidy you can receive. (These subsidies will be sent directly by the government to the insurer to pay a portion of the premium.)
After that, the exchange will show you a list of health plans and their premiums and out-of-pocket costs, including deductibles and co-payments. If you decide to buy one of those plans, in most cases, you will be directed to the insurer's Web site to make the payment. In some jurisdictions, consumers will make their first premium payment to the exchange and then further monthly payments to the insurer.
You can also fill out paper applications or apply over the phone. The federal and state exchange sites have toll-free numbers where consumers can find information about getting help in person.
If my employer offers me insurance already, can I shop on the exchange to get a better deal?
Even if your employer offers coverage, you can opt to buy a plan on the exchange. However, you may not be eligible for a subsidy unless you make less than 400 percent of the federal poverty level and your employer's plan covers less than 60 percent of allowed medical expenses or costs more than 9.5 percent of your household income.
If I am buying coverage on my own, do I have to buy it on the exchange?
Consumers can shop for coverage on or off the exchange. However, subsidies are generally available only for plans sold on the exchange. Also, adults up to the age of 26 have another choice: They often can get coverage through their parents' health plans.
What will the coverage sold on the exchanges look like?
Plans will have to offer a set of "essential benefits" that include in-patient hospital care, emergency, maternity and pediatric care as well as coverage for prescription drugs and lab services. Annual cost-sharing, or the amount consumers must pay for co-payments for medical services and deductibles, will be capped at $6,350 for individual policies and $12,700 for family plans in 2014.
What kinds of plans will be offered?
Insurers will offer four types of plans, based on the deductibles, co-payments and other costs the consumer will have to pick up. Insurers must present them in a standardized way so consumers can examine the benefits and cost and comparison-shop (not exactly as they might when booking a hotel or buying an airline flight, but almost).
What if I can't afford the premiums?
The health law provides sliding-scale subsidies to help people with incomes up to 400 percent of the poverty level, as explained above. There's additional help for co-payments and deductibles for people with incomes of up to 250 percent of the poverty level ($28,725 for an individual or $58,875 for a family of four). According to government estimates, subsidies will average $5,290 per person in 2014. People who get subsidies are required to pay 2 to 9.5 percent of their income toward premiums, based on how much money they make.
The health law also expands Medicaid. How will I know if I qualify?
The law sought to extend Medicaid to everyone who earns less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level — just under $16,000 for an individual and $32,500 for a family of four based on current guidelines. However, the Supreme Court ruled last year that states may opt out of that expansion. As of early this month, 22 states had chosen not to expand. While the District and Maryland are broadening their Medicaid programs, Virginia has not. People who would have qualified for Medicaid in states that don't participate in the expansion can enroll in the exchanges, but they won't qualify for subsidies if their income is below the federal poverty limit.
I am on Medicare. Do I need to use the exchange?
No. Medicare is not part of the health insurance exchanges. Medicare applicants can continue to go to Medicare.gov to sign up during their open enrollment period, which begins Oct. 15.
What about federal workers?
Most federal workers will continue to get coverage through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and not be required to purchase coverage through the marketplaces. Members of Congress and their personal staffs, however, will be required to use the exchanges. The administration said the government would continue to pay up to 75 percent of the premium, as it does for federal workers enrolled in FEHBP, under a proposed rule by the Office of Personnel Management. Members of Congress and their personal staffs will not be eligible for the health law's subsidies and will purchase coverage on the exchange in the state where they live, the agency said.
Where can I go for help?
You can start with Healthcare.gov. Beginning Oct. 1, the site will publish more information about the plans offered on the federally administered exchanges. If your state is running its own exchange, you'll be directed there as well. The federal government has also set up call centers to answer questions from people in states with federal exchanges. That phone number is 800-318-2596. States running their own exchanges will also have individual call centers.
What happens if I don't purchase insurance?
The penalty starts at $95 or 1 percent of income for the first year and rises to $695, or 2.5 percent of income for an individual in 2016.
Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy research and communication organization not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.


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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Road trip: San Diego's got the brews
house-cured charcuterie at the Linkery
Why does San Diego county get all the good beer, while Los Angeles suffers by comparison? This question was never answered to our satisfaction during this weekend's whirlwind San Diego beer tour, but we had some great food and beer nonetheless. We started our tour on the way down at Pizza Port in Solana Beach, a cute, artsy little town just north of ritzy Del Mar. It's the kind of place they could use a half dozen of in L.A. -- super casual with outdoor tables, decent bready pizza overloaded with toppings, plenty of games to occupy the kids while the adults taste beer, and an excellent list of house-brewed and guest beers.
a flight of beer tastings with house-made chipotle potato chips at Stone Brewing
I tried the Baja Session ale, which had a nice spicy finish and very little carbonation, while Kathy had the Belgian white ale. We detoured to Imperial Beach, where they film "John from Cincinnati," to drop off Kathy's son at surf camp, and then checked into our hotel, the historic U.S. Grant, which is now owned by a local Indian tribe. After a bit of research I decided on The Linkery for dinner. Kathy was dubious, since their Web site seemed to contain many stipulations including a mandatory 18% service fee and no reservations.
Sun Cafe, a vestige of old San Diego still open for breakfast
We found it in the quaint North Park neighborhood which had several cute cafes, bakeries and bars, and were happy to see it wasn't at all busy on a Sunday night. The menu is chock full of dishes composed of local or sustainable or organic ingredients as well as a great beer list (and nice Californian wine, too.) I had probably the best beer I've ever tasted -- a cask-conditioned Summer Yulesmith IPA from San Diego's Alesmith Brewing. The full-bodied, carmel-scented brew was sweet enough to offset the hoppy IPA flavor, and it packed a real punch. I savored it with the Linkery's house-cured saucisson sec and grass-fed bresaola, some portobello tacos and a lively herb salad. The Yardhouse was right across from the hotel -- in San Diego, even the touristy chain places have 100 beers on tap.
Carlsbad mussels and clams in beer broth at Stone Brewing
On the way home, we stopped at Stone Brewing's amazing facility in Escondido. From a distance, it looks like a warehouse, but up close, it features a beautiful sunken garden, huge open air patio and restaurant overlooking the glassed-in brewing operations. The food at the Stone World Bistro was also excellent, including local mussels and clams and a salad full of extremely flavorful greens and veggies. We peeked inside the brewery, picked up a bottle of Arrogant Bastard, and went home to the nearly beerless Eastside.
5 comments:
- Taste-Buzz said...
My favorite San Diego area microbrew is Alesmith, which I'm seeing being carried in more restaurants here in LA.
- Hilary said...
I grew up in North County San Diego and we used to go to Pizza Port all the time when in high school. Thanks for the memories!
Good on sunset has one of the best beer lists I've ever seen; of course half of them aren't stocked at any given time. Plus the service and food are mediocre.
Cap n' cork on Hillhurst has a really good selection of Belgian and micro brews.
Royal Clayton's downtown has a decent list with good food as well.
As far as a good brewpub reminiscent of the northeast US, well...
- Clau said...
Wow!!!... ñamiii...
are you kidding me, in San Diego???....
I want some here in L.A.
I like your blog very much, congrat!
We tried hard to tour Alesmith to no avail, but Pizza Port and Stone are incredible beer vacation spots.
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