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Friday, February 11, 2011
Book Heart Art
Have no idea what to call this, so Book Heart Art it is! I am actually very proud of myself for this one! I really love it, and put a lot of thought into it, and it turned out great!
As much as I would like to say this was ALL my idea, its not. I originally saw this image (below) and knew it would be fun to replicate. I thought it was really sweet, and then I added a little spin of my own to it...
Every Heart has a Story to Tell...
I heard this in a song and thought it was so true. And how perfect is it with the story heart!
For the heart, I actually used pages from the book A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks. I love that movie, and have seen it so many times, that I was totally over the book. It had been sitting in storage for years, so I didn't really consider it a loss. I mean, I love the story, and I think its sweet, simple, and romantic- which is perfect for this project.
And I actually searched through the book to find this page with this verse on it. I think it is beautiful, and the perfect face for my heart with a story
Isn't she purdy!
I started with this piece on the wall, where it was totally drowned out. It didn't stand out at all. Then, I moved it to my carved shelves where it looked okay, but still wasn't at its home.
Then I had a brain fart... DUH! Why don't I put it on the bookshelf with all the other books!?!?!?
I know, I thought WAY too hard about the whole process of this project. But I just couldn't help it! I love it when I get into a mood where the creative juices are flowing, and I am just beyond inspired. I also know that more than likely anybody who sees this thing in my house isn't going to see any of these thoughts or details when they look at it (which is totally fine) but this thought process makes me love this piece even more.
AHHHHH. Perfect placement. Perfect idea
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- AnonymousFebruary 11, 2011 at 7:50 PM
What a totally gorgeous project! I love the way you "tweaked" it. Your verse adds the perfect touch, and the quote is wonderful, as is the font. I think it ended up in the perfect spot as well.ReplyDelete
Wow. I love this. So perfect for book pages. Wonderful.ReplyDelete
Wow, I love it too. So simple, so pretty. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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This is so touching, thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I love this! What a beautiful idea, and I loved how you made it your own. I will definitely be doing this project some day. I am a bibliophile, too. The verse you chose from the Nicholas Sparks book is great as well. It is from Corinthians, in the bible. Found you on Craft-O-Maniac's link party! ~LoriReplyDelete
I really love this idea! So simple and effective! Your verse is perfect with this!ReplyDelete
AMAZING! this looks so beautiful. I love that the text is so perfect. I am a brand new follower. Can't wait to see what else you post :)ReplyDelete
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This is beautiful.. I have a daughter graduating from college and may have to try this as a gift.. Great job.. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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Oh my goodness.......this is absolutely beautiful! I can't wait to make one!!!!!!ReplyDelete
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Hi! I absolutely LOVE this project. I made my own version of this today. I also linked to your blog from my own. Thank you for the inspiration! http://caseynconnor12409.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy-valentines-day.htmlReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 15, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Hi there, do you sell these??ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 29, 2012 at 8:00 AM
Love this. I am duplicating it for my great niece's wedding! My one question is what font did you use?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 7, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Absolutely terrific idea I just love it! The bible verse is 1st Corinthians 13:4-7.ReplyDelete
Where did you get the shadow box that you used for it? I love the whole thing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 11, 2012 at 8:53 AM
This idea could be changed up even more. Love how simple and clean it is and love how you matched your favorite love story for the heart!!! But you could totally use this simple idea to match it with peoples personalities for gifts.......or for hollidays........or for a childs room. Use pictures from a favorite childs book for the back ground...... under the words and use the words from the book for the heart... so many ideas. ............ Yours is beautiful !! :)ReplyDelete
I LOVE this, in fact, I saw it on pinterest wayyyy before I even knew or understood what pinterest was! I saved the idea and made a little heart of my own which hangs on my inspiration wheel. Since then, I started a blog and recently made some bookmarks with the same style hearts. I want to give you credit for inspiring me, so I plan to give a link back to you here in a post. Just wanted to let you know...and to say thank you for sharing! (Now following you) Roxana @ fourelevenroxReplyDelete
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TEL AVIV — The inaugural dragon boat race on the Sea of Galilee last May was such a success that Canadian organizers have raised their expectations for the upcoming sophomore event.
"Last year's event [2012] far exceeded our expectations," Linda Kerzner, chair of the sponsorships committee, told The CJN during her recent visit to Israel. "We're only going to build on the success of last year. Our goal is to have the same number of teams, but we plan on doubling spectators. Last year, we had 2,200 people at the event. This year [2013] we expect to have 5,000 people."
While the sport of dragon boating was considered foreign – and even peculiar – to the Israelis who took part last May, with news of a second festival came a swell of blue-and-white participants who wanted to take part.
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The winners of the Dragon Boat race in May 2012 [Photo courtesy of UJA Canada]
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Educating the Global Agribusiness Entrepreneur in China
Wayne Batwin is the President of PRIME Market Access International, a management consulting firm. He has more than 34 years of experience in international food and agriculture research and policy, marketing, and market development. Batwin recently retired from the Foreign Agriculture Service of USDA, where from 2006 to 2010 he was the Director of Agricultural Trade Office at the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, China.He is a presenter at the upcoming Global Agribusiness Entrepreneur Symposium Series in China.
China has an incredibly rich agricultural tradition; Chinese farmers have been cultivating crops for thousands of years. However, radical changes in the last century have had a profound impact on agricultural production, and there are several constraints that the Chinese agricultural sector is facing that impacts their ability to modernize agribusiness today.
Keep in mind that China has 1.35 billion people to feed every day. Compared to the U.S., China has over 4 times the population but only 75% of our cropland. Adding to this pressure are dietary changes (mostly towards higher meat consumption) as a result of substantial economic growth over the last two decades. Chinese consumer trends are changing among the growing middle class. Furthermore, geographical and logistical challenges abound in China. Most of the population lives along the east coast in major urban centers, while most of the agriculture is spread throughout the country. The lack of water and other agricultural inputs is also having an impact on agricultural production, especially in the northern and western regions where water is scarce. Lastly, land usage and ownership are serious social and economic issue that needs to be reorganized before China can truly make the transition to a modern agricultural system.
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As many of these issues pose serious obstacles towards modernization, Chinese agribusiness is still making headway. Reforms have taken place to allow some private sector entrepreneurs to create businesses that meet current demand. Inroads have been made to create larger tracks of land to grow and harvest a larger quantity of food products, and some advances have been made to transportation systems that allow products to be delivered to the consumer in a timely manner.
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According to Mr. Edward Zhu, CEO of the Chic Group, agribusiness education reform requires that applied education needs to be incorporated into higher educational systems and developed to focus on "learning from practice" with hands-on training in agronomy, agri-business management and world's best agricultural practices. He explains, "We must advocate importing the world's top agri-businesses, agri-universities and training institutes to speed up the learning curve." In response, UC Davis Executive Education has taken the reigns in addressing this critical need.
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Ranked #1 in the world for teaching and research in the area of agriculture, and world renowned in the areas of management and economics, UC Davis is uniquely positioned to leverage the rich expertise from its faculty to deliver compelling executive education curriculum. Moreover, its agribusiness symposium series features industry experts with on-the-ground know-how, who can present lessons learned in the U.S. that can be applied to the Chinese market. UC Davis Executive Education successfully identified a critical business need and pooled the resources and connections to address significant knowledge gaps at the leadership level of China's agribusinesses.
Having worked closely in the agribusiness sector in China for many years, I'm convinced there's a real need for this type of education. We're starting to see a lot of buzz and excitement in response to this program, and our hope is that we can have a key impact in modernizing agribusiness in China.
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Less-Armchair by Attila Jónás
Attila Jónás Designs The Less Armchair
Attila Jónás, the author of the displayed work Armchair:Less by Attila Jónás demonstrates, This armchair pushes the boundaries of product design. It was born by lots of questions and philosophizing. What is the design or art? What is beautiful and what is ugly? How far we can go? What we call well-designed product? If something is simple , is it beautiful as well? Why? If less is more,a little is much? How does the simplest armchair look like? Less. Sink in it. When we sit in the Less armchair, the minimal cube design become more by us and by creases. So the less become more and the questions are answered. This is a proof that the less can be more. Inspired by Dieter Rams,Rothko..
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Thai squash & pineapple curry
Try this curry with a touch of Thai flavours, ready in 30 minutes
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- Healthy
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal172
- fat9g
- saturates5g
- carbs20g
- sugars0g
- fibre3g
- protein4g
- salt0.5g
- 1 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
Sunflower oil
Sunflower oil is made from pressing sunflower seeds and extracting the oil. It's usually…
- 1 onion, chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 4 tsp Thai red curry paste
- medium butternut squash (about 500g/1lb 2oz) peeled, deseeded and cut into chunks
- ½ x 400ml / 14 fl oz can reduced-fat coconut milk
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- 200ml vegetable stock
- 140g frozen green beans
- 237g can pineapple chunks in natural juice, drained
With its tuft of spiky, dusty green leaves and cross-hatched, golden orange skin, the pineapple…
- coriander leaves, chopped, and leaves to garnish
Heat the oil in a wok or pan. Fry the onion for 5 mins until softened. Stir in the red curry paste, then add the squash, coconut milk and stock. Simmer for 15-20 mins until the squash is tender. After 10 mins cooking, tip in the green beans.
Stir in the pineapple and coriander, cooking for just a few mins until the pineapple heats through. Sprinkle with the coriander leaves and serve the curry in bowls with noodles or rice.
Recipe Tip
Making it meaty or IndianFry 4 chopped chicken breasts or thighs with the onion. Or add shredded cooked chicken 5 mins before you're ready to serve. Or, switch the Thai curry paste for Indian curry paste and serve with rice.


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It was actually one of the first dharma books I encountered -- it was in the drawer of my hotel room during a trip to Hawaii a few years ago. Confusing, yes, though intriguing enough to send me to the library for other resources.Astus wrote:Lazy eye,
Nice you mentioned that book, it was just last weekend I finished reading it. Personally I found it very eclectic and thus confusing for those who have no knowledge of East-Asian Buddhism. Mixing the Pali scriptures with popular Mahayana sutras seems a not so good idea to me. Plus it is not just a collection of quotes but actually a rewritten version. Fairly readable but not the kind of book one should analyse it on a finer level of meaning. For that the original texts are indispensable, like the Pure Land sutras themselves. If you want a taste of the difficulty of Mind Only teaching try the Mahayanasamgraha by Asanga as an introduction.
And partly because of that book, I had the impression that the Pali teachings play a larger role in East Asian Buddhism than they apparently do. Although, it may be worth mentioning that some other Mahayana teachers -- notably Thich Nhat Hanh -- take a similar approach. And I get the strong impression that Chinese Buddhism sees itself as encompassing the Pali scriptures PLUS the later additions rather than an "either/or", so it would be quite natural for a Ch'an/Pure Land teacher to reference them. I wonder to what extent that is true in Shin Buddhism also.
Thank you for the suggested reading by Asanga -- I don't pretend to have even a basic understanding of Mind-Only!


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Minnesota holds on to beat Purdue
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Austin Hollins had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Minnesota went 23 for 27 from the free-throw line to hang on for an 82-79 victory over Purdue on Sunday, the first in the Big Ten for new coach Richard Pitino.
Gophers 82, Boilermakers 79
Andre Hollins added 17 points and five assists and made 9 of his 11 foul shots for the Gophers (12-3, 1-1), who led by as many as 19 points in the second half before surviving a determined comeback. The Boilermakers (10-5, 0-2) grabbed 21 offensive rebounds to stay in the game, and after Malik Smith missed two free throws with 4 seconds left, Kendall Stephens had a half-court heave to tie it that fell well short.
Stephens hit a 3-pointer right before that sequence from the top of the key to pull Purdue within three points.
Terone Johnson had 18 points and Ronnie Johnson had 13 points for the Boilermakers, but A.J. Hammons lost the big-man battle with Elliott Eliason.
The Gophers led 70-54 with 7:10 left, but Terone Johnson and Sterling Carter hit 3-pointers to bring Purdue within 76-72 with 2:16 remaining, the closest the Boilermakers came since the same mark in the first half. Until Smith's misses, though, the Gophers sank six straight foul shots over the closing minutes to stay in front.
With a subzero temperature outside and students still on winter break from classes, the crowd was a bit thinner than the usual conference-game gathering, but the Gophers provided plenty to cheer. Austin Hollins and Oto Osieneks sandwiched 3-pointers around a two-handed block by Eliason late in the first half, and Austin Hollins added another one before the break to push Minnesota's lead to 42-35.
Shortly after halftime, Austin Hollins found an opening on the baseline and soared to the rim for a tomahawk dunk that put the Gophers up by 10 points.
The Boilermakers made five 3-pointers over the first 16 minutes of the game, but when they were able to drive through the zone they rarely looked for Hammons, who had 18 points plus a career-high 16 rebounds, five blocks and four assists on Tuesday against No. 3 Ohio State. Hammons attempted only two field goals and finished with seven points.
For the Gophers to keep up in the top-heavy Big Ten, with Ohio State, Wisconsin and Michigan State all ranked this week in the top five of the Associated Press poll, this was one of those games they simply had to win. They slipped a little down the stretch, missing too many free throws, and dropped a 63-60 decision here three days ago when Michigan was missing stars Mitch McGary for the whole night and Glenn Robinson III for most of the second half. Up next for Minnesota is a trip to Penn State. But then comes a four-game meat grinder: at Michigan State, against Ohio State, at Iowa and against Wisconsin.
The Gophers never finished with a winning conference record in six seasons under coach Tubby Smith, and this year won't be any easier given the competition, but if they can continue to shoot like this from the outside they'll have a good chance.
The perimeter starts and ends with the Hollins boys, who aren't brothers like Purdue's Johnsons but have the same hometown in Memphis and have grown close enough over their time at Minnesota to become related. Andre Hollins was fouled on all but one of the jumpers he took in the first half, but he swished it from 3-point range. Austin Hollins made three from behind the arc before the intermission.
The Hollinses combined for only 14 points against Michigan on Thursday.
The Boilermakers brought a promising young core into this season after finishing 16-17 and missing the NCAA tournament for the first time in seven years, with three sophomores and a freshman in the starting lineup and three other freshmen part of the rotation off the bench.
But coach Matt Painter's attempt to restore the stifling defense his mentor Gene Keady instilled in this proud program has not been working. Purdue gave up the second-most points in the Big Ten last season and is second-to-last in scoring defense again, allowing an average of 71.3 points per game.


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It's an extremely important issue that media isn't discussing at all.
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There's a cool new way to surf the 'Net, especially if you're an animal lover. GoodSearch is a non-profit using Yahoo as its search-engine. Every time you use it, $.10 goes to charity. It's quick and complete and customizable for your Internet Explorer or your Firefox. Macintosh geeks aren't left out either! Use it and make your own charitable donations.
Cindy Sheehan has re-appeared
In Minnesota there's a saying: "Little flakes, big snow." Welcome to "little flakes":
Washington Post reported last week that in September 2002, four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program designed to wring vital information from reticent terrorism suspects in U.S. custody. For more than an hour, the bipartisan group, which included current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democrat Rep. Jane Harman…
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"Even before becoming Speaker of the House of Representative, she said that impeachment of Bush is out of question. She should be impeached for knowing about torture which dehumanize us all."
Huckabee look familiar to you?
Here at Fruit Fly Central, we had to take a second look and Huckabee could weirdly look like an fraternal twin of another very famous Republican crook.
Redstate geeks running around, stupidly paranoid
I'm going to cut-n-paste the first few sentences… You'll see what I mean – Oh.. just read:
Prof. Douglas Kmiec suggests that Hillary Clinton, if elected, could have her husband follow the footsteps of former President Taft by appointing him to the Supreme Court.
Please guys, take a deep breath. You right-wingers are weirdly über-obsessed with Hillary Clinton as a president. Speculating that she'd just throw Bill in as her first pick for US Supreme Court Justice makes you all seem petty and a wee bit stupid. Just a tiny wee.
They continue on:
Taft was, in fact, a very good Chief Justice after being a failure as President, a job for which he never had the talent or desire.
Prof. Kmiec gets right some of the obvious problems with this parallel: Clinton, unlike Taft, has no prior judicial experience and loves politics much more than the law; Clinton, unlike Taft, would presumably not be taking the Chief Justice job; and Taft, unlike Clinton, never had his law license suspended for perjury in a judicial proceeding.
Now; I'm not an English professor: here; but, I think; that last paragraph, might be the longest: run-on sentence I've read in decades; let alone, not making any sense: whatsoever.
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|an honest question about purchasing books
|by Dan » Mon Jan 19, 2015 2:38 pm
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I'm a brand new member here and I have a question. Say I'm poor and can't afford to pay more than $5 for your books; in that case how would you prefer I acquire the books I read? I'll list the legal methods I can use that allow me to read a book:
1. I can borrow it from a library for free in physical or eBook form. The author gets paid a royalty (a buck?) for a book that could be read by thousands of people.
2. I can buy the physical book myself. There goes that dollar again (but, as an actual physical book, it was probably at least sniffed by an editor as it was rushed to the printers).
3. I can trade the books in my huge library (95% of which were purchased used) in for credit and buy more (but admittedly fewer) used books; a definite win in my fiancee's eyes since she is REALLY tired of dusting them. My library dwindles and the author gets paid nothing.
4. I can join an online book rental service for $6 a month. The author gets paid nothing.
5. I can look for a free promo copy online. The author gets paid nothing.
6. I can "purchase" the book online with possibly NO rights to even move it to another eReader, let alone sell it once I read it. Editing of said eBook will probably be non-existent. The author gets a MUCH larger slice of the pie.
With all those inexpensive options, I'd STILL prefer to "purchase" (without owning) books from my favorite authors online, because of the convenience and because, even at $5 per book, I think the author gets more money in this scenario. What I'd like to do with books that exceed my budget is, for example, purchase one $10 book and download a second book for free on the Internet. I pay $10 and get 2 books, and I believe the author makes more money. I was wondering what an author would recommend, given my $5 spending limit.
|Re: an honest question about purchasing books
|by Duckk » Mon Jan 19, 2015 4:02 pm
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For a lot of David's Baen backlog, you can hit up the BaenCD site, which is approved by Baen.
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|Re: an honest question about purchasing books
|by fallsfromtrees » Mon Jan 19, 2015 6:22 pm
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I concur, but I would also suggest buying some of them as your finances permit, just as a thank you for the access to the books.
As an addendum, with the Baen books, you can move them to any other e-reader you have or might acquire in the future, or read them on your desktop or laptop machine using Calibre or any other ebook software. Just don't re-distribute them, that constitutes piracy.
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|Re: an honest question about purchasing books
|by dreamrider » Wed May 06, 2015 12:38 am
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Per past comments from David, both in forums and on panels, he does best financially when someone purchases the hardback, by any means - book shop, on-line, whatever -, followed pretty closely by the e-book, especially directly from the publisher's site, followed more distantly by paperback.
What makes you think the author gets nothing when you rent on-line, or find a "promo" copy on-line? Rental services pay royalties, and what the publisher decides to do as promotion does not necessarily change what the author gets.
As to what David would tell you to do on your limited budget...
He would probably tell you to go to the library. He is an imminently practical man, and a generous one. If you've really only got about $5 (per month, presumably, based on other portions of your post - you never really say), he would probably just as soon that you save your $5, and instead influence the buying patterns of both your local library, and via shared data the rest of nations libraries via your steady patronage.
BTW, my wife is a librarian. Your estimate of how many readers a single hardback novel has during its tenure in the library is way high.
In the first year, a discrete copy of a very popular book might be checked out a couple dozen times. The library system will buy multiple (sometimes many) copies of known popular authors newly released works, then weed them down (to save shelf space) after the high demand of the release year begins to wane.
By the time something like a Weber book is in release for five years, a large suburban county library system will probably be down from a dozen+ copies system wide to 3-4. The least checked out, therefore least worn, copies will be the ones kept in system. By 5 years in, a single physical copy of a novel similar to a typical Weber book will have been checked out perhaps 60 to 100 times.


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After careful review of CMS' proposed 2014 Medicare physician fee schedule in the July 19 Federal Register(www.gpo.gov), the AAFP has provided a thorough response to pieces of the proposal that most strongly affect family physicians and their patients.
In an Aug. 29 letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, M.A.(21 page PDF), AAFP Board Chair Glen Stream, M.D., M.B.I., of Spokane, Wash., applauded CMS for promoting the value of primary care and said the government's commitment "should begin to address the looming shortage of primary care physicians and will improve the delivery of health care in America."
However, Stream was quick to point out that the proposed fee schedule included a 24.4 percent Medicare physician pay cut tied to the flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. "An AAFP analysis of the proposed cut shows the typical family physician would lose a total of $89,763, and a three-physician practice would lose $269,289 in revenue next year" if the cut goes through, said Stream.
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- The AAFP has analyzed and responded to CMS' proposed 2014 Medicare physician fee schedule.
- Although AAFP Board Chair Glen Stream, M.D., M.B.I, applauded CMS for promoting the value of primary care, the letter highlighted the AAFP's continued concerns about the sustainable growth rate formula.
- The Academy also offered recommendations on complex chronic care management services, evaluation and management codes for primary care, and the Physician Quality Reporting System.
"No small business can sustain itself in the face of such drastic revenue reductions," Stream added, and he called on CMS and Congress to avert the "devastating cut" and replace it with a new formula that includes more equitable pay for primary care services. "The AAFP believes that to achieve meaningful health system reform, we must also have meaningful Medicare physician payment reform," said Stream.
From his emphatic request to repeal the SGR, Stream moved on in the 21-page letter to offer specific suggestions for improving the 2014 fee schedule.
Complex Chronic Care Management Services
For example, Stream noted that the AAFP generally supports CMS' proposal to establish separate payment for complex chronic care management (CCCM) services provided to patients with multiple conditions.
"We consider payment for CCCM services as another appropriate, albeit short-term, step in the direction of paying primary care physicians a monthly care management fee for all beneficiaries who are receiving services from a patient-centered medical home (PCMH)," said Stream. He added that establishing such a payment could improve care for patients and decrease the cost of providing that care.
According to Stream, the AAFP is willing to partner with CMS to develop standards for furnishing CCCM services "to ensure that the physicians who bill for these services have the capability to provide them."
Furthermore, the AAFP advised CMS against requiring practices that provide CCCM services to employ an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant. Such a requirement, said Stream, "would deter small and rural practices from offering CCCM services."
In addition, the AAFP urged CMS, in the long term, to expand the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI) approach and pay a risk-adjusted care-management fee for all Medicare beneficiaries as part of a blended-payment model for care provided in a PCMH. "The AAFP believes all Medicare patients can benefit from care management, not just those with complex and multiple chronic conditions," said Stream.
The AAFP also asked CMS to reconsider a capitated monthly payment for primary care management services. "We believe it would be simpler and more efficient that CMS pays for care management on a per-member, per-month basis, as is done under CPCI," said Stream.
In addition, Stream voiced concern about CMS' proposal to create separate "G" codes for CCCM services and encouraged the agency to work with the appropriate groups to revise existing CPT codes that relate to CCCM services so primary care physicians can use CPT codes to bill for such services beginning in 2015.
Finally, Stream urged CMS to consider CCCM services within a 30-day period rather than the proposed 90-day period.
Evaluation and Management Codes
Stream also reiterated the AAFP's concern that current evaluation and management (E/M) codes are not adequate for primary care. "The complexity of the ambulatory evaluation and management services that primary care physicians must 'fit' into the time available for the typical patient visit is sufficiently distinct to merit dedicated codes and higher relative values than are currently assigned to existing office or other outpatient E/M codes," said Stream.
Furthermore, "CMS needs to create dedicated codes for primary care services provided by primary care physicians," said Stream.
He called on CMS to create, as part of the 2014 fee schedule, separate primary care E/M Healthcare Common Procedure Coding Systems codes with correspondingly higher relative values for office or other outpatient services provided to new and established patients.
"While we are disappointed that CMS did not propose these codes within the 2014 rule-making cycle, we also recognize the concept is relatively new and perhaps challenging for CMS to implement through existing regulations and within a fee-for-service payment system," said Stream.
"We stand willing to work with the agency and other stakeholders to develop payment for separate primary care E/M codes," he added.
Physician Quality Reporting System
Regarding physicians' participation in the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Stream took issue with CMS' recommendation to increase the number of measures that must be reported from three measures to nine.
"The AAFP remains concerned that the burden of reporting multiple quality measures too often falls disproportionately on primary care physicians," said Stream. "Many subspecialists, for whom fewer than nine measures will apply, will not be subject to the same reporting burdens as primary care physicians, who consistently have more reportable measures."
Stream pointed out that given the longstanding payment disparities in the Medicare physician payment system, "the PQRS incentive payment that primary care physicians might receive will continue to be significantly less than that for which subspecialists are eligible."
"CMS is asking primary care physicians to report more measures for less incentive," said Stream. "The AAFP considers this unfair and harmful to primary care."
Stream strongly urged CMS to "explore policies that equalize reporting burdens and incentives across specialties."
Additional Issues Pertinent to Primary Care
The AAFP's letter to CMS covered a great deal of territory. In addition to the above-mentioned items, Stream addressed a variety of other issues, including
- support for efforts to adjust relative value unit amounts for procedures to pay more accurately for services;
- recognition of steps taken to identify and address potentially inappropriately valued CPT codes;
- advocacy for the elimination of all geographic adjustment factors from the fee schedule, except for those designed to achieve a specific public policy goal;
- support for expanded coverage and access to colorectal cancer screening by allowing nonphysician health professionals to order screening fecal occult blood tests with the direct supervision of a licensed physician; and
- concern about Meaningful Use stage two expectations.
Stream also commended CMS for making improvements to its Physician Compare website(www.medicare.gov) -- a site required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- but asked CMS to extend the physician preview period from 30 days to a 45- or 60-day preview window.
CMS intends to expand the website beyond basic practice information to include quality measures from a variety of sources. However, Stream pointed out that on a website created for non-clinicians, PQRS quality performance information would likely be incomprehensible to the typical consumer.
He suggested that CMS "develop a method to aggregate performance on these measures into one or more composite scores that could be easily translated into consumer-friendly terms." For example, Dr. Jones scored 4.5 on preventive care, where "1" indicates poor performance and "5" is excellent.
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Marriage (In)equality and the Historical Legacies of Feminism, 6 CALIF. L. REV. CIRCUIT 126 (2015).
Marital Supremacy and the Constitution of the Non-Marital Family, 103 CALIF. L. REV.1277 (2015).
Intersectionality and Title VII: A Brief (Pre-)History, 95 B. U. L. REV. 713 (2015) (Symposium: The Civil Rights Act at 50).
The Functions of Family Law, 163 U. PA. L. REV. ONLINE 377 (2015).
Queering the History of Sex Discrimination, Book Review of Phil Tiemeyer, PLANE QUEER: LABOR, SEXUALITY, AND AIDS IN THE HISTORY OF MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, Jotwell, February 2015.
Pauli Murray and the Twentieth-Century Quest for Legal and Social Equality, 2 IND. J. L. & SOC. EQUALITY 85 (2014).
Historicizing the "End of Men": The Politics of Reaction(s), 93 B.U. L. REV 729 (2013).
A New ERA or an New Era? Amendment Advocacy and the Reconstitution of Feminism, 103 NW. U. L. REV. 1223 (2009), reprinted in WOMEN AND THE LAW (Jane Campbell Moriarty ed., 2010).
Reconstructing the Race-Sex Analogy, 49 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1789 (2008).
The Strange Career of Jane Crow: Sex Segregation and the Transformation of Anti-Discrimination Discourse, 18 YALE J. L. & HUM 187 (2006).
Constitutional Choices: Legal Feminism and the Historical Dynamics of Change, 92 CAL. L. REV. 755 (2004).
"When the Trouble Started": Frontiero v. Richardson, in WOMEN AND THE LAW STORIES (Elizabeth M. Schneider & Stephanie M. Wildman, eds., 2011).
Civil Rights on Both Sides: Reproductive Rights and Free Speech in Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York, in CIVIL RIGHTS STORIES (Foundation Press, 2008).
Filling in the (Gender) Gaps: A Response to Patricia Seith, Congressional Power to Effect Sex Equality, 36 HARV. J.L. & GENDER 1 (Feb. 2013).
Un-Dueing Roe: Constitutional Conflict and Political Polarization in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, in Reproductive Rights and Justice Law Stories (Melissa Murray, Kate Shaw, & Reva B. Siegel eds., 2019).
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The U.S. Women's Jury Movements and Strategic Adaptation: A More Just Verdict. By Holly J. McCammon (2012), 100:1 J. AM. HIST. 247 (June 2013) (book review).
How Can the Marriage Equality Movement Reason from Race?, ACSBLOG (Sept. 8, 2011), http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/how-can-the-marriage-equality-movement-reason-from-race
Women: United States Law, in OXFORD INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LEGAL HISTORY (Stanley N. Katz, ed., 2009).
Pauli Murray, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES (David Spinoza Tanenhaus, ed., 2008).
How and Why was Feminist Legal Strategy Transformed, 1960-1973? Women and Social Movements, 1600-2000 (website: Alexander Street Press, 2007--PennKey required).
Note, "A Common Fate of Discrimination": Race/Gender Analogies in Legal and Historical Perspective, 110 YALE L. J. 1045 (2001).
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The Status of Marriage: Marital Supremacy Challenged and Remade, 1960-2000 (work-in-progress). (forthcoming)
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President Donald Trump tells reporters he is "thinking very seriously" about commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a 2010 contestant on "The Apprentice" who is now halfway through his 14-year prison sentence.
"You'll see pictures of him in the background," Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier said, without elaborating. He promised "surprises at the beginning of the season that you're going to love."
Major League Baseball announced Thursday that the White Sox will play host to the Yankees in Dyersville, Iowa, on Aug. 13, 2020.
Watch the Aug. 8, 2019 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."
Latricia Brown is seeking damages for what she claims is the wrongful death of her son, 26-year-old Sharell Brown, who was shot and killed in May during an encounter with police.
A yearslong investigation by the Washington Post offers a state-by-state snapshot of the opioid crisis. What the data says about Illinois – and what the state is doing to fight back.
A year after announcing it was dropping mandatory SATs as part of its admissions process and increasing financial aid for low-income and rural students, the University of Chicago is seeing an impact on enrollment.
Since the rib tip is not only a Chicago institution but also a finger food, we decided it was the best candidate this week for a beer-batter-and-hot-oil dunk.
Joey Santore isn't your typical plant expert, but his colorful style and depth of knowledge have proved popular. We go for a stroll through Wolf Road Prairie, an 80-acre nature preserve in Chicago's western suburbs.
Chief Judge Timothy Evans responds to Mayor Lori Lightfoot's concerns about suspects with illegal guns getting out on bail.
The Pilsen neighborhood has been at the center of battles over gentrification. Now the longtime Mexican American community is facing a new twist involving old buildings.
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NEWS- Reluctant victim: Evan Kittredge dies after surgery
Evan Kittredge didn't measure his life by what happened November 1, 1996, so in the days after his October 14 death from complications following heart surgery, friends and family closed ranks to protect his memory and declined to speak with the Hook.
"It is a very difficult time," says Rebecca White. "We don't want to have him defined by that horrible crime."
Yet what happened to Kittredge rocked the community. In January 1999, Kittredge's brutal attack as well as the infamous murder of gay Wyoming student Matthew Shepard prompted a City Council resolution urging the General Assembly to add sexual orientation to Virginia's "hate crime" statute. Ten years after the attack on Kittredge, that still hasn't happened.
Kittredge's ordeal began after dinner with an old fraternity buddy downtown. Kittredge was already in his 1989 Pontiac Grand Prix when he was approached by Chad DePasquale, then 22, Billy Ray McKethan, who was 18, and Joseph Breeden, then 17.
One of his assailants told police they planned a "fag-bashing" that night.
The three abducted the slight, 5'6", 125-pound Kittredge, robbed, severely beat, and tortured him, and left him in the trunk of the Grand Prix to die.
He nearly did, because the temperatures went down to the 20s on those nights, and he spent 40 chilly hours locked in the dark trunk– hungry, cold, and seriously injured– before the vehicle was found in a driveway off Berkmar Drive near Agnor Hurt Elementary School.
His father had realized he was missing as early as Saturday morning, November 2, 1996, when the two had planned to talk and Kittredge didn't answer his phone, according to a published account.
His parents drove down from Northern Virginia, filed a missing person report, and drove all over town looking for his car.
Police found the Grand Prix late Sundey night, and Charlottesville police detective Gary Higgins is reported saying, "He didn't even look like a real person, that's how badly he was beaten. It was simply unbelievable."
Judge Jay Swett called it the most "heinous" assault in recent memory, according to contemporary news accounts, and he sentenced the three perps to 20 years in prison in May 1997.
Kittredge, 43, was a 1985 UVA graduate with a degree in art history and sociology. He worked as a bus driver for UVA, and ultimately was a manager of UVA's transportation system for 10 years, until 1997, when he took a leave of absence following a car accident.
A member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity, Kittredge served as president of the fraternity's alumni association. His frat brothers remembered him and mourned his death on a website.
"I will always recall him as a physically-small person with an absolutely enormous heart," writes Dan Fink from Iowa. Marshall S. Epstein remembers Kittredge's driving skills– another bus– on a trip to Randolph Macon Woman's College that had 25 people relieving themselves by the side of the road.
Ed Childers recalls the Gilligan hat Kittredge wore through high school at Fairfax High– and urges friends to "think of some of Evan's silliness and try to smile."
"I will always remember his sly and his easygoing style," writes Kevin Haga.
Melissa Bevard lived two houses down from Kittredge, and describes him as kind, thoughtful and considerate. She relates that Kittredge often came home around 3:30 or 4am with his music blaring. One day, "I said, 'I don't really mind your music, but it's really loud at 3:30 or 4am.'" She says Kittredge was very apologetic and immediately turned down the volume when he came home late.
"I always think about that now," reflects Bevard. "Actually, now I'd like to hear it."
"I'm not going to let them re-program me," Kittredge said in a 1998 interview. "If I'm scared, the other guy wins. Emotionally, I guess I'm more careful. But I try to influence other people to keep them going. I don't walk around with a chip on my shoulder about what happened."
Former city councilor Meredith Richards wrote the resolution calling for the addition of sexual orientation to hate crimes. "It was a shock to see the kind of homophobia we thought we were immune to in Charlottesville," says Richards.
"My understanding is that he really wished to get out of the limelight," she adds. "He was not comfortable being the poster boy for gay rights."
"What brought it on in my case was worse in one way than what happened to Matthew Shepard," said Kittredge in the 1998 interview, "because these guys made an inference about my sexual preference, whereas Shepard was widely known to be gay. But his outcome was obviously far worse."
As much as Kittredge didn't want such a role, what happened to him that night in November 1996 forced Charlottesville to recognize that it was as susceptible to such a horrible crime as any other benighted place.
At least Kittredge's family and friends remember a caring and fun-loving son and friend, a man who refused to be defined by tragic events beyond his control.
Evan Kittredge talked about his ordeal in 1998.
Evan Kittredge died October 14, shortly before is 44th birthday.


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HMBIM Course Tour This Saturday!
Jul 24, 2012
Finally, the HMBIM Course Tours are here! This is one of the best parts of being the Director of Training. The enthusiasm and inspirational stories that runners bring as they prepare for their event are profoundly uplifting. Honestly, it's one thing to see the number of HMBIM registered runners increment by one. It's an entirely different experience to meet that runner and learn this will be their first marathon, their family will be flying in from out of stat…
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Train to Embrace the HMBIM Trails
Jul 10, 2012
Many apologies for the long layover between posts --- While running this year's 39th annual Western States 100 I had plenty of time to think about this week's blog post: running on trails. You may be asking how does this relate to the Half Moon Bay International Marathon, or not, but stay with me for a blog post. Our marathon (as well as the ½, 10k, and 5k) offers breathtaking coastal views - something lacking in many of today's races. In order to accomplish this, the ma…
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Training for BYOB at the HMBIM
Jun 19, 2012
I know, last post I promised to talk about building a training plan. But really, how fun is that? Besides I have a feeling most of the runners, especially those that are signed up for the HMBIM marathon, have already locked down their training plans and are hitting ALL their workouts to the exact mile and pace {wink wink}.Instead I've decided to address something near and dear to the heart of the HMBIM, one of our Green Initiatives: BYOB. To start BYOB = Bring Your Own Bottle. Typically BY…
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What's Your Running Goal?
Jun 11, 2012
So you've signed up for the HMBIM marathon, ½ marathon, or 10k (the 5k is already sold out) or are thinking about it. Now what do you do? Well if you're in the thinking about it group you should immediately sign-up or your fate will be decided for you. All too often I've planned to run a race only to postpone registration and later find out it was full. It's a depressing experience that I curtail by volunteering, sharing the moment with friends without doing all th…
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Welcome to the Training Blog!
Jun 04, 2012
Welcome the HMBIM Training Blog. When I joined the race organization team I envisioned a resource that both provided training information to our runners and seeded the growth of a running community centered around the race. This blog is a step in that direction. From now until Sept. 23rd's race day I'll post once a week about a variety of topics centered around training or HMBIM course specific information. If you have any questions please post them as a blog commen…
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The Central 1 Credit Union is predicting that the British Columbia housing market slump will pick up later this year but economists caution not to expect a swift recovery.
In its annual forecast released Wednesday, the credit union predicts home sales in the province will gather a bit of strength this fall and hold steady for the rest of the year, but notes a return to better days will be slow and weak.
"The year-long correction in home sales is likely to bottom out in the first quarter of 2013 and we'll see a slow recovery through the rest of the year. But the gains will be modest," said Bryan Yu, an economist with the credit union.
Last year saw a 12-year low in sales, with only 64,400 sold (compared with 76,817 in 2011,) and Yu anticipates there will be slightly fewer homes sold this year.
He said the resale housing market is hampered by sluggish employment and population growth as well as tighter mortgage requirements that have pushed some first-time buyers out of the market.
Following last year's four per cent decline, the credit union expects the province's median annual price to slip five per cent in 2013 to about $363,000, a level last seen in 2009.
In Greater Vancouver, annual resale activity is forecast to decline about four per cent this year to 31,500 homes.
The median price will dip six per cent to $474,000 but is expected to rise by the end of 2013, according to the forecast.
The report also says house sales in the Okanagan, Kootenay and Vancouver Island are expected to rise but for now remain near recessionary levels because of weak demand and excess inventory.
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Last week the writing was on the wall (can these ladies read?) for Alexis and former BFFL Gretchen Rossi when Gretch not only insulted one of Lex's part-time careers—the newscastering one—but she claimed Alexis was the producers second choice. And who was the first choice? None other than Gretchen, herself! Some girls have all the luck – she's part of a world renowned dance troupe, she's dating Slave Slimey, and Fox5 thinks she's news worthy! #jealous
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Dr. Aafia Siddiqui's Sentencing :: Please Show Your Support
On September 23rd, 2010 at 500 Pearl Street in lower Manhattan, a mother, teacher and sister will stand in front of a New York City judge for her sentencing. Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is a woman whose life events over the past five years have more resembled the plot of a bestselling horror novel than the right to due process espoused by the leader of the free world. Yet even the most creative author would have not been able to chart the tangled web of deception and conspiracy that would come to light in this case, involving everything from kidnapping and secret prisons to the torture of young children and backdoor politics that weave between Washington, Islamabad and Kabul.
And in the middle of all of this is a woman. A mother. A teacher. A sister. An Activist. A Daughter.
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui will stand facing life in prison plus ten years on September 23rd…but she will not stand alone.
We will stand with her because she is our sister in faith and humanity.
We will stand with her because we reject the establishment of secret prisons, the trampling of due process, the use of torture and the threatening of innocents unequivocally and in all of their forms.
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