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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) HIPAA was signed into federal law in 1996 (Public Law 104-191). The intent of HIPAA is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system through the establishment of standards and requirements for the electronic transmission of certain health information, by combating fraud, waste, and abuse and by establishing security and privacy standards.
HIPAA is the single most significant Federal legislation affecting the health care industry since the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965. Title I of the Act improves the portability and continuity of health insurance coverage for millions of American workers and their families. Title II provides for administrative simplification that requires the development of standards for the electronic exchange of health care information.
Privacy and security of your health information is an important part of your care. Federal and state laws have been created to protect your health information through various requirements and provisions that limit uses and disclosures, prevent unauthorized access and sharing, and provide appropriate safeguards. Whether your information is stored on paper or electronically, your health information is protected by various laws. The following list of Federal and State laws (and links) provide information about many of the protections that you have as a California patient.
HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals' medical records and other personal health information and applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers that conduct certain health care transactions electronically. The Rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of personal health information, and sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without patient authorization.
The Rule also gives patients' rights over their health information, including rights to examine and obtain a copy of their health records, and to request corrections.
The privacy regulation specifies how health care organizations and their business partners transfer, receive, handle, protect and disclose protected health information (PHI). The regulation applies to all forms of PHI, whether paper, oral or electronic. Health care organizations are required to create privacy conscious business practices and data systems, which include the requirement that only the minimum amount of health information necessary is used or disclosed to conduct business.
The Privacy Rule is located at 45 CFR
Part 160 and Subparts A and E of
Part 164.
HIPAA Security Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals' electronic personal health information that is created, received, used, or maintained by a covered entity. The Security Rule requires appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of electronic protected health information (ePHI).
The Security Rule is located at 45 CFR
Part 160 and Subparts A and C of
Part 164.
The security rule is divided into four categories:
The complete suite of HIPAA Administrative Simplification Regulations can be found at 45 CFR Parts 160, 162, and 164.
Title II of GINA, it is illegal to discriminate against employees or applicants because of genetic information.
Title II of GINA prohibits the use of genetic information in making employment decisions, restricts employers and other entities covered by Title II (employment agencies, labor organizations and joint labor-management training and apprenticeship programs - referred to as "covered entities") from requesting, requiring or purchasing genetic information, and strictly limits the disclosure of genetic information.
This law protects the privacy of medical information by limiting disclosures of providers of health care, health care service plans, and contractors.
This law was amended to further define administrative fines or civil penalties for any person or entity including licensed health care professionals who knowingly and willfully obtains, discloses, or uses medical information in violation of the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.
This law requires certain health facilities to prevent unlawful or unauthorized access to, or use or disclosure of, a patient's medical information. It sets fines and notification requirements for breaches of patient medical information and requires facilities to report such breaches to the California Department of Public Health.
This law establishes within the California Health and Human Services Agency the Office of Health Information Integrity to ensure the enforcement of state law mandating the confidentiality of medical information. The law requires every provider to establish and implement safeguards to protect the privacy of patients' medical information.
This law prohibits a business from seeking to obtain medical information from an individual for direct marketing purposes without, (1) clearly disclosing how the information will be used and shared, and (2) getting the individual's consent.
With minor limitations, this law gives patients the right to see and copy information maintained by health care providers relating to the patients' health conditions. The law also gives patients the right to submit amendments to their records, if the patients believe that the records are inaccurate or incomplete.
This law requires companies that collect personal information to notify each person in their database should there be a security breach involving personal information such as their Social Security number, driver's license number, account number, credit or debit card number, or security code or password for accessing their financial account.
This section defines "personal information" which includes medical information and health insurance information. It defines "medical information" as any information regarding an individual's medical history, mental or physical condition, or medical treatment or diagnosis by a health care professional. The provision defines "health insurance information" as any unique identifier used by a health insurer to identify the individual, or any information in an individual's application and claims history, including any appeals records.
Covered Entities & Business Associates Affected
The Department of Health and Human Services issued this final rule to: Modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules to implement statutory amendments under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ("the HITECH Act") to strengthen the privacy and security protection for individuals' health information; modify the rule for Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information (PHI)(Breach Notification Rule) under the HITECH Act; modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule to strengthen the privacy protections for genetic information by implementing section 105 of Title I of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA); and make certain other modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Enforcement Rules (the HIPAA Rules) to improve their workability and effectiveness and to increase flexibility for and decrease burden on the regulated entities.
The core driver behind the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule – is to improve the quality, integrity, accessibility and confidentiality of a patient's PHI. The federal Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") and Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") issued the amendments which affect the Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
March 26th, 2013 is the effective date, and Sept. 23rd, 2013 is the compliance enforcement date. The rule, which modifies the
HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules as well as the HIPAA breach notification rule, includes greater accountability and documentation requirements.
The Omnibus Rule is based on statutory changes under the HITECH Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) which clarifies that genetic information is protected under the HIPAA Privacy Rule and prohibits most health plans from using or disclosing genetic information for underwriting purposes.
The rule greatly enhances a patient's privacy protections,
Vendors providing services to healthcare organizations need to take the initiative to carefully determine if they qualify as a BA under the expanded definition which includes subcontractors that handle protected health information (PHI). HIPAA Omnibus makes it clear that BA's and their subcontractors must comply with most HIPAA provisions.
The first HIPAA Final Rule, federal legislation issued in October 2000, adopts standards for eight electronic health transactions and for code sets to be used in those transactions. Health claims, health plan eligibility, enrollment and disenrollment in a health plan, payments for care and health plan premiums, claim status, referral certification and authorization, coordination of benefits, and related transactions, are all examples of electronic health transactions. Today, health providers and plans use many different electronic formats for these transactions. This rule requires everyone to use specific electronic formats for these transactions. Standards for the first report of injury and claims attachments will be adopted at a later date.
Use of standard code sets will also be required in all health transactions. Standards will be adopted for coding systems that describe diseases, injuries, and other health problems, as well as their causes, symptoms, and actions taken to prevent, diagnose, treat, or manage these diseases, injuries, and other health problems. Standards will be set for any substances, equipment, supplies, or other items used to perform these actions as well.
National standards for electronic health care transactions will encourage electronic business in the health care industry and simplify the processes involved. Standardization will improve the overall data quality, reduce handling and processing time, eliminate the risk of lost paper documents and inefficiencies of handling paper documents, and decrease administrative costs for providers.
Virtually all health plans will have to adopt these standards, even if a transaction is submitted by paper, phone or FAX. Providers using non-electric transactions are not required to adopt the standards; although if they don't, they will have to contract with a clearing-house to provide translation services.
Health care organizations are currently able to assign proprietary identifiers to identify health care providers, employers, health plans and individuals. This lack of standardization has lead to system incompatibilities, administrative inefficiencies and accuracy problems. These rules will eventually establish standards for unique identifiers for providers, plans, employer and individuals.
Under a proposed standard related to EDI (electronic data interchange) formats, National Provide Identifiers (NPI) would be assigned to all providers and used by both public and private health plans. As proposed in the Federal standard, NPIs would be used by all health organizations that conduct HIPAA-specific electronic transactions. The NPI was proposed as an 8-digit alphanumeric identifier. However, many of those who have commented on the proposed rule prefer a 10-digit numeric identifier. Finalization of the specifications are expected in the future.
Employers frequently also have to be identified in electronic health care transactions. The adoption of the Employer Identification Number (EIN) as the standard unique identifier for employers in the filing and processing of health care claims and other transactions becomes effective July 30, 2002. The EIN is issued and maintained by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Businesses that pay wages to employees already have EIN's. The identifier has nine digits with the first two digits separated by a hyphen as follows: 00-0000000.
Off-site link to the
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) a Federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (The CMS HIPAA glossary should not be considered a legal document.)


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When there is snowfall all the way down to Zurich, then the Bachtel, a popular summer "peak", can be skied sometimes. It had been snowing now for several days (end of January 2015) and most of the higher "mountains" in the Canton of Zurich can be skied. Most of them are forest covered, which is not ideal for ski touring. The Bachtel is probably the closest skiable hill North of Lake of Zurich.
For the Bachtel one starts best South of Wermetshausen (at about 700m) and skins up through the pastures and/or forests (see map below). The top slopes of the Bachtel are actually quite nice to ski in powder (about 30%).

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Average: 4.8 out of 5 Stars
As a company, we have been so excited to use Infusionsoft to help reach woman in our audience and achieve our mission. We have learned so much as a team and are greatful for the innovations that Infusionsoft can bring to our message.
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Relationship Status: Open Relationship
I'm an emergency room registered nurse who's married and in an open relationship. At this point, just looking for guys to talk to and perhaps hookups here and there.
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Husband is into younger men, and I'm obviously into older men. Maybe another couple would like to join us?
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Over the last week the team has been working on finishing the final tasks for 0.49. Included in this work was an extensive code merge from the team in Bratislava, focused on navigation mesh, animal AI, horticulture, and animation system changes. Due to this merge, we've decided to push the 0.49 update out by one week (to allow for a strong QA pass before the update)
0.49 represents a large amount of work that will not be immediately visible on the user side, but allows us to start tracking statistics on player data and item spawns, as well as the mentioned work on animal AI, horticulture, melee system redesigns, and the central loot economy.
Experimental branch will be updated this week as we look to expand testing on 0.49 before the stable branch update. Additionally, BattlEye will begin broadcasting a message every hour warning users of the upcoming stable hive reset that comes with the 0.49 update.
As 0.49 will bring persistent storage to all stable branch servers it is important that those who rent DayZ server instances make sure to check out the backup policies of their respective game server providers to ensure an easy recovery in the event of any unforseen issues with your instance.
Starting in September, several new initiatives to increase transparency and accessibility into the development process will be rolled out, including the dev team twitch stream schedule located on devhub.dayz.com. (twitch.tv/dayz)
Peter / Lead Designer
"As I mentioned last week, the initial implementation of horticulture is prepared but using placeholder assets and it will need some attention from the programming team. I personally feel this system can have a lasting change on how many people will approach Chernarus. Imagine being independent of inhabited places with your own grown crops, meat and clothing from hunted animals.
Expanding on that vision there was a lot of talk recently about craftable leather clothing across the dev team and it seems it will became large part of the fashion in DayZ. Possibilities will be broad from crafting plenty of unique items from different hides or to produce tanned leather for more generic looking clothes with optional dyeing them to different colors.
What recently got so much love and I'm very happy with the outcome of that effort is the melee system which was refactored from the base by our programmers. You will be pleased especially with cursor and swing hit detection which are so robust that there's no way to miss your target unless you are too far away or have something with eyes. We will do our best to plug in the swing detection back as soon as possible so you can finally enjoy melee as it should be. We hope to have this included in the 0.49 update next week.
Also worth mentioning is the advanced weather impact on player character which is very close to be released and has made some great progress on utilizing possibilities of our environment.
So don't forget to keep yourself warm and dry… see you in Chernarus folks!"
Mirek / Lead Gameplay Programmer
"Our core focus this week has been on server optimizations and improving melee combat hit detection. Both of these issues are currently in internal testing and if everything checks out, we will deploy it on experimental servers this week. We're also continuing on our new doors system (interacting with doors in a way that makes sense, rather than proximity to the door) and new game controls, but it will take some time to complete both of these changes. I can safely say however that for example interaction with doors is definitely improved. It is now impossible to open doors from higher/lower floors, you now interact with doors by looking directly at them.
A major update came in from the Bratislava team (thanks to Marek Zeman) for pathfinding, so a good amount of issues with zombies clipping through doors have been addressed."
Chris / Lead Artist
Last week, Peter and I met many times to discuss some long-term plans related to many aspects of the game and what art assets would be needed.
I'm getting pretty excited now since we've planned out concepts for new zombies, settled on DayZ 1.0's weapon list (melee and firearms), created a preliminary list of assets needed as vehicle attachments and parts, and began to discuss with Chernarus legend, Ivan Buchta, how we might improve the visuals on the map.
We also had the pleasure of spending a couple of days at the studio's office in Brno where we met with members of our team in Bratislava to solidify plans for craftable clothing and defined the set input resources, crafting object, and crafting outputs which the art team will be required to make.
As well, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Take on Mars project lead, Martin Melicharek, who gave me a tour of the Enforce engine's graphics, particle FX, map tools, and art pipelines so that I can understand a bit better what to expect when we switch to the new renderer as well as give us the opportunity to request some improvements or additional features for Infusion. Its pretty fantastic for this old-school ArmA modder to see.
Character Art
The MASKA-1Sch helmet, balaclava, and firefighter uniform are now done and have been passed to the design team for configing into the game. I would expect they will end up in experimental next week. Work continues on a firefighter helmet and a SPOSN Tortilla-inspired backpack to complete the Eastern-block SPECOPS uniform. It looks great with the SMERSH vest/backpack combo.
Work continues on the new civilian airport hangar and building models and we have begun to plan out with our map designers, which other types of new buildings and objects we should make a priority.
The Rossi R92 is being animated and should be out soon and I received word that the MP133 is also ready to be passed down the assembly line of anims, sounds, and cfg. I realize that the release of new guns is perceived to be quite slow but this is because we generally assign them lower priority compared to other, more important tasks being performed by the multi-disciplinary team required to finalize one.
We've also created a few more melee weapons as well as the first art assets related to non-lethal weaponry given to the designers to play with. "
Standup notes for the week of 25 August 2014
Alors que DayZ vient d'être annoncé sur PS4 à la Gamescom, ce qui n'est pas nouveau vu qu'il fut prévu avant même sa sortie, la version 0.48 sort sur la branche stable pour le grand bonheur de tous. Voici le changelog traduit par nos soins :
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'We have a long term vision for Xbox.'
Posted By Pramath | On 23rd, May. 2017 Under News | Follow This Author @Pramath1605
This hasn't necessarily been the best or easiest year for Xbox so far- while Sony and the PS4 have seen the launch of several high profile exclusive titles, and Nintendo has launched the Switch with several high profile games, breaking all records in the process, the Xbox One has had a very quiet year, with the cancellation of the highly anticipated Scalebound being the biggest news on that front so far, sadly.
Undoubtedly, many are hoping that this changes come E3 this year- after all, it is possible that Microsoft is just saving the big guns for then, right? Posting on Twitter, Xbox boss Phil Spencer certainly expressed his satisfaction with how Microsoft's E3 conference is shaping up.
Responding to a fan about all the marketing deals that Sony is striking for major third party games – Call of Duty, Far Cry, Destiny, Star Wars Battlefront, Red Dead Redemption – Spencer did note that these deals are good business, but that they cannot be the long term strategy for a platform.
As for what the long term strategy for Xbox is, Spencer said that it is to "build around gamers and games. Create the best place to play, respect the players, focus on developers, [and] build [innovative] first party games.'
Let's hope we get to see Xbox put that plan into action at E3 this year. Microsoft's E3 press conference will be held on June 11 at 2pm PT.
First end to end run through of our E3 show today on our full rehearsal stage. Room is full, should be a great day.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) May 23, 2017
@BergTonyXbox It's all just business. We have a long term vision for Xbox and we are building towards that. Marketing deals are great but not the strategy
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) May 23, 2017
@BeastFireTimdog Build around gamers and games. Create the best place to play, respect the players, focus on devs, build innovate 1P games
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) May 23, 2017
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August 6th, THE WINES OF MODERN HUNGARY! @ 4:30 pm - 6:45 pm | $10: We will be pouring our Hungarian wines this night. Come experience the dry Furmint varietal from the famous Tokaj region, the nearly extinct dry red Kadarka, the always delicious KéKfrankos and the best Cabernet Franc ever!
Many people do not know that France adopted their wine regulations from Tokaj, Hungary's wine region in the early 1700's. Tokaj has the oldest wine regulations and have been the foundation of all European wine regulations.
Hungary is one of the original wine making countries.
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Open a demo account in MetaTrader
MetaTrader 4 and Metatrader 5 remain to be the most popular programs for working with foreign exchange markets. Both applications offer a wide range of different features, starting from colorful charts to profound financial analysis and trading robots. The system is designed for both trading experts and newbies, since it is convenient and user-friendly. If you are new to forex, you can easily use free demo account in Metatrader 5 and try all the app's opportunities with absolutely no risk. Demo account in MetaTrader 4 for free does not work with real money, so don't hesitate to take the most of it.
If you want to open free demo account in Metatrader 5, you need to follow these steps:
- Download and install MT5 on your PC. The process is easy as 1-2-3 and does not require any additional knowledge in programming, finances or foreign exchange markets.
- Choose a path where you would like to put MT5 files on your PC or laptop. The program will be installed to c://program files by default.
Then follow all the steps of the wizard to complete the installation process.
Note: Either you want to have a live or demo account on MT4/MT5, you need the same file to download and install. There is no additional
- Launch MT 4
When you first launch MetaTrader, you will be asked to create an account.
Note: the account you are going to create is demo account by default. So, no worries on starting live account by mistake.
Then fill all the required fields and choose your preferred currency, deposit amount and leverage size, then click "Finish".
Congratulations! Your new demo account is now opened and you may start using all its features for free!
Demo account on the MetaTrader platform offers the same list of features and options, as a live one:
- Technical indicators
- Experts advisors
- Notifications and signals
- Numerous charts and graphs.
Open free demo account in Metatrader 5 and gain your first experience working with virtual money with no risks!


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Pluto is currently trining the Sun, Mercury and more distantly (but approaching), Venus in Taurus. Trines are harmonious aspects and implies ease of energy exchange and influence between planets. However trines to Pluto don't just make for objective ease, necessarily. Pluto is a planet relating … Continue reading
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Weekly Horoscopes for August 31st – September 6th Are Posted
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It was a few hours before I was scheduled to meet with a wedding couple at a local Starbucks. I was debating on which products to bring along, knowing I couldn't possibly take all of my albums and canvases into the little coffee shop. I finally settled on three albums and left the canvases at home. Starbucks is only 3 miles from my home, yet I left my house an hour and a half before we were supposed to meet…just so I could make sure we would have a table. An hour and a half spent just standing there instead of spending that time to respond to emails, edit photos, write blog posts…
When I arrived, there wasn't an open space to be found. For forty-five minutes, I watched like a hawk, hoping someone would just finish their latte and decide to get some fresh air. I managed to grab a table but it was able to sit only two people. Feeling defeated, I told myself it would have to do. I piled my albums on the table, glancing at the door every few moments, studying each girl's right hand as she walked in. I was awaiting that awkward moment, like when you spent time chatting with on a dating website and hoping you're walking up to the right person when you plan to meet.
Once the couple arrived and we began chatting, a toddler started to throw a tantrum in the corner. The door constantly swung open and closed, as coffee lovers got their daily fix. And…the couple asked if I had any canvas samples to show.
Although the meeting went great, I still left feeling defeated. I began to daydream about the day I was able to invite couples to my own little space…light music playing in the background, coffee and snacks to offer, no distractions, and the ability to show a variety of prints and albums. I spent a year or two compiling a Pinterest board with ideas for the studio space I knew I'd never have (and may have Pinned a recipe or ten along the way), constantly talking to Chris about my dream.
And then a completely unexpected opportunity fell into my lap. A space opened up and before I knew it, something I had been daydreaming about for years had become a reality. I almost decided to pass when I first saw the space, because really, it wasn't pretty – at all. I spent a few days thinking it over and realized that with some motivation, I could make this ugly room look amazing.
Although I had my Pinterest board, I never put too much thought into compiling ideas since it was all a fantasy. I spent weeks searching for a little more decorating inspiration. After months of hard work, it finally all came together!
The window light pouring in is drool-worthy. I don't even need to open the blinds for it to fill the room!
I get so excited when I'm able to offer a couple a cup of coffee and snacks! No more waiting in line – plus I get to use these awesome napkins and cups, which I am completely in love with!
I now have a bunch of samples for couple to look through, including albums, save the dates, invitations, bridal party gifts, and prints!
I am so thrilled with how the studio has come together! I'm still working a few ideas to make it an even greater experience for my couples, which I'll be posting about within the next couple of months!
If you're seeking a wedding photographer who offers a truly personal experience, I would absolutely love to have you at the studio!
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The BMW 1 Series' second generation model offers state-of-the-art engine and suspension technology, further improvements in fuel efficiency, significantly more space and an innovative range of features and equipment.
Still the only rear-wheel-driven car in its class, it builds on the strengths of its predecessor. All engines in the new BMW 1 Series are four-cylinder models using BMW TwinPower Turbo technology. The petrol engines are part of a new generation, combining a sporty feel with low fuel consumption and emissions. Output is 10kW or 20kW higher than with the predecessor models, yet fuel consumption has been reduced by up to 10%.
The new BMW 1 Series also incorporates the extremely wide-ranging BMW EfficientDynamics technology package as standard. This includes the Automatic Start/Stop function, and ECO PRO mode, activated using the driving experience switch, which is fitted as standard.
The front of the car is dominated by the large BMW kidney-shaped radiator grille, boldly shaped headlight units and three-section air intake. The double-round headlights have an accent trim across their tops, while the side indicator lights are built into the exterior mirrors.
The new BMW 1 Series boasts best-in-class suspension technology, with a double-joint cross-strut front axle with MacPherson struts and sway bars, and a five-link rear axle. It has a wider track than its predecessor at both front and rear, and the almost perfect 50:50 weight distribution helps to translate the dynamic advantages of the rear-wheel drive layout into an exciting responses and a more comfortable ride compared with the predecessor model.
Options available as part of the BMW ConnectedDrive programme include Adaptive Headlights, a rain sensor with automatic activation of the driving lights, high-beam assistance, Park Distance Control, a rear view camera, Park Assistant, cruise control with braking function, Lane Departure Warning with Collision Warning, and Speed Limit Info.
Innovative technologies ensure integration with the Apple iPhone and other smartphones. The Apps option allows iPhone users to do things like listen to web radio stations through the car's audio system and use Facebook and Twitter services.
High-quality standard features include driving experience switch, air conditioning, and keyless ignition. Check out the BMW Facebook Page for more information.


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How to experiment with digital publishing on a tight budget
Most publishers know by now that you need to experiment with digital in order to survive in the future, even if you still make the majority of your revenue from print. The challenge is making sure any such experiment is affordable and provides clear results in order to inform decisions about how to best manage your business through such a transformation.
The good news is that transformation doesn't need to happen overnight - you can experiment over a period of time to find out what works best. Continue to extract as much revenue as possible from print whilst managing costs down. Good use of data can also help ensure your print run is optimised and eliminate any wastage from paper and postage costs.
Affordably experiment with digital publishing. Download our FREE Publishers guide to building an effective mobile app strategy!
The first stage for most companies embracing digital publishing is to launch a responsive website. This is a very important step and absolutely the right thing to do first so that your content can be viewed on every screen size. Everyone knows that mobile content consumption has proliferated in recent years so all the more reason to ensure your content is viewable on mobile devices. What isn't so well known, is that 90% of all mobile time is spent in apps. Users actually prefer the app experience when consuming content on mobile so having an app is therefore of huge importance.
Apps have a reputation of being expensive which is partly due to the legacy of early app adoption when the iPad was first launched (2010). Back then it was assumed everybody would read magazines and content in general as digital versions on tablets. Publishers rushed to launch replica solutions to take advantage of this but paid the price. They were largely overcharged for a basic offering (PDF Upload) and advertisers never really embraced the form.
Read a full article on "why magazine publishers should ignore sceptics and trust apps again…"
We now know that mobile content consumption exploded and replica solutions looked bad on mobile, users had to pinch and zoom to read content which isn't a good experience. Peter Houston discusses this further in an article "Can Publishers Rebuild Customer Loyalty with Apps?" on Publishing Executive.
Now it is possible to deliver a very strong user experience affordably with a fully responsive app. Here are some of the things you should look out for to ensure you get the "biggest bang for your buck."
- Automation - Look for a platform that can automate the export of content from your existing workflow into their platform, avoiding the need for costly additional resources.
- Workflow - Make sure whatever you implement can dovetail nicely with your existing systems. You should find this out before committing to any platform to avoid potentially expensive hidden integration costs.
- Continuously Updated Content - In order to monetise your app you need to ensure users are engaged. If they have to wait a week, month or quarter for new content (like with a magazine) then they will not develop a habit of opening the app on a regular basis. Choose a provider that understands this and can integrate live web feeds and aggregate social channel content.
- Archive Content - Publishers usually have huge amounts of archive content. This can be monetised without the high costs of print with special digital only editions. Ensure your chosen platform gives you creative control to make new editions from archive material.
- Push Notifications - Utilising push notifications is a great way to ensure content gets seen. Every time you publish new content you can let your audience know and encourage them to view it. Did you know that push notifications boost app engagement by 88%?
- App Marketing - Creating an app can be relatively easy. Discoverability in a highly populated app store, however, is a challenge. Ensure your chosen provider will offer assistance after your app has launched, helping with best practice to ensure your app listing is optimised and marketed effectively to help it reach its intended audience. Here's how to maximise app exposure and ensure your content is seen.
- Data/Analytics - Ensure you are monitoring usage of your app via your analytics package so you can see what content is working and adapt your product accordingly. Keep in close contact with your users via surveys and focus groups to find out what changes you can make to improve the experience and deepen engagement.
- Monetisation - The best way to ensure your digital publishing experiment is affordable is to monetise it. Avoid intrusive advertising pop ups and banners that detract from the reader experience. Make sure you can offer sponsorship at various levels of the app eg. a section or splash page as the app loads. Also make sure you have a canvas that allows advertisers to take advantage of native advertising trends which is proving to be very popular with advertisers and users.
It's an exciting time to be experimenting with digital publishing, there are some highly affordable solutions on the market to help publishers build sustainable and profitable digital experiences that will deepen engagement with audiences. Read 5 reasons why publishers choose to work with ePublish.
Print is important for retaining existing users but experimenting with digital will help you to grow NEW users, this is the key to digital growth and long term prosperity for your brand.


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Medium sized bag designed for on a belt, Has internal keyring. This was designed for a gentleman in a wheelchair who needed something to hold his wallet, keys, meds etc & be easily accessible
From £40
Handmade bag for your belt. Fastens underneath at the back with a sam brown for security
Two belt loop in a contrasting colour - £45
Approx 8" x 6 x 2" deep.
Choose your colour,
Alternative fastenings
Please ask.
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I used to have my act together. Quit laughing! Seriously, I once upon a time could get through a whole day, even whole weeks, without resorting to writing out To Do lists, calendar plans, and still managed to get all the things done in a week that were on my plate – and even extras. Now? If I dont write down exactly what needs done, when I think of it, I dont remember again until I fail to do the task and end up dropping said plate.
I'm a circus performer spinning all these plates stacked a mile high, always in danger of getting out of rhythem and all of them crashing to the ground. The LIST is the only thing balancing all those plates.
Because I live by way of lists (and lists of my lists), check marks on those lists are what determines if I have a successful run of the day or not in my twisted, messed up brain. It's wrong to judge a day via this method. I entirely agree. But it's how I'm wired. I am task driven. I actually hate that about myself. What I loathe (because it's infuriatingly impossible for me) and admire in my very patient husband, is his ability to just exist in life and be very content with going with the flow. Never in my life have I simply gone with the flow. Each moment of the day "should be" productive and accomplishing something.
What results is me being a basket case by the end of the day if i have more left on my list than checked off. So today, well today I decided to ensure that I would have WAY more checkmarks on the list done than not done. When I awoke today after a wonderfully slow exit from my bed I added these said items to the day's LIST:
(1) Get up – CHECK!
(2) Eat Breakfast – CHECK!
(3) Shower – CHECK!
(4) Check FaceBook – CHECK!
(5) Nap!
I know – I am SUCH an overachiever! Now the nap I will save till the day winds down a bit and I have a wonderfully full belly of hot soup and bread and can cozy up with a book and blanket and read till I drift off sleepy and happy. In the mean time, I will work on a few of the many items cluttering up my list. But I will feel very successful at the end of my day seeing those magnificent black CHECKs all down this list! Yes – I get how silly and ridiculous this is – but frankly, I dont much care. It makes me smile.
Okay – so here's something I am working on in the mean time… Something that will make me a bit less ridiculous EVENTUALLY… A wise person said to me that the only true test of if you've accomplished something in a day is to make a list that goes like this…
(1) Do something for someone else
(2) Do something for yourself
(3) Do ONE thing on your list
Okay – so if I measured my days against THIS list, I would probably be successful everyday of the week… because I know I daily do something for someone else – would LOVE to do something for myself, and can always do ONE thing on the list, easily. It's just that last one I have a hard time with.
I can promise you, however, I am willing to work a lot harder at number (4). So that's my new goal in the coming week. To learn to just chill out a bit more. Until then, I will smile like a goof and cheer myself for accomplishing 4 things on my list before 9:30am. Way to go ME!


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It's back to the basices in marketing and advertising!
Slash overhead, conserve energy and hold on to your hats! It's 1930's mentality in advertising all over again. Back to basics is the message and showing your product and service as one of those precious basics is the key.
Companies peddling their products using comic relief as well are enjoying the new challenge as an opportunity for creativity. Two men stand in line at the grocery store, deciding to forego buying toilet tissue for Bud Light. Snuggies, the sleeved backward blanket thingy, made its corny debut and has seized on its newfound comic popularity - and practicality in keeping heating costs down. And feeding your family for just $4.99 per person seems to be the new price point. Target and JC Penny ads still have their clever designer stuff dancing to iTunes, but the message is definitely "lower prices for better stuff".
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This year, I banded together with some good buddies to do complete a trek…on mountain bikes! Our plan, Day One to get van transport from Kathmandu to Pokhara, bikes on top, stay a night in Pokhara and then swap to a Landcruiser, bikes still on top, and drive to Marpha on Day Two. Then to overnight in Marpha, do a light ride the on Day Three to get acclimated, and come back part way to Jomsom where we'd overnight again. Day Four, big climb (1000 meters up to 3500m) to Jharkot and overnight. Day Five climb to Lupra pass (3800 meter top) and descend (1300 down) to Jomsom again, and another overnight. Day Six of a 50km ride and 1000 meter descent from Jomsom to Tatopani for some hot spring action. Then back into the vehicle on the following day for the ride back to Pokhara. Laze around town and on Day Seven get a vehicle lift to Sarankot for a final descent back down to Fewa Lake. One more overnight in Pokhara and on Day Eight back to Kathmandu via the van. Fun!
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Day One: Saturday, 1 October Driving KTM to Pokhara
We packed all the bikes on the van and loaded up. The drive to Pokhara was uneventful, our driver was well behaved and didn't try to pass any buses on blind curves. Mandil's pop music from the past two decades filled our ears in our un-airconditioned ride. We stopped for lunch at the Riverside Spring Resort and thought about the ride to come. Onward past the Manakamana pilgrims and tourists to Pokhara!
Once in town, we checked in to our hotel, secured the bikes, and hit the town. The lazy streets of Pokhara were awash with tourists in trekking gear; floppy hats, zip off pants, strappy spaghetti tops and the occasional stripy balloon pants and dreadlocks. All the shops had their best feet forward, cleaned up store fronts with the best name brand knock-offs, hand stitched embroidered T-shirts and patches, Tibetan handicraft and more. As we meandered in, various happy hour signs drew our attention and we finally sat down at Moondance Cafe for a drink with a friend we'd met*.
*For the uninitiated, Pokhara is the place to go to get the heck outta Dodge, and so whether it's just the beginning or end of a trek, or your final destination, you will inevitably see one or several people you know, during trekking season, one the one street in town.
Drinks had, we moved on to the (New) Everest Steakhouse for (you guessed it) a steak and a nice Bordeaux. We turned in early to make ready for our next day of driving tomorrow.
Day Two: Sunday, 2 October Driving Pokhara to Marpha
Morning found us eating a nice buffet breakfast on the front lawn of Trek-o-tel, just across the street from Fewa Lake, quite scenic and relaxing compared to the hubbub of Kathmandu. We lashed the bikes to the top of our rented Toyota Landcruiser, and Danrhaj, our driver, led us out of town, past Nayaphul, onward towards Marpha, what would be an eight hour drive. The condition of the road steadily declined as we got out of town (Mandil attributed a system of numbers on the scale of 1-10, where a '10' is the best, all relative of course), going from a 10 quickly to a 5, with the second half of the drive being made up of 1-5. At the best of times we would have a smooth, sandy jeep track with more than enough room for two cars, and at the worst of times we would be climbing up a narrow track and see an oncoming bus, having to dodge up against the mountainside, or lean out over a sheer cliff above a rushing river hundreds of feet below.
The most harrowing moments were two: first having to skirt a precarious drop off to the left while an oncoming bus on the right got so close as to spin the wheels on our bikes, and second having to ford a waterfall pool and circumnavigate a bridge that had been washed out by that waterfall, about to fall away from the cliffside. We had a brief stop in Tatopani (literally "hot water" for the hot springs) for lunch
We reached Marpha by evening, unloading the bikes and luggage and getting settled in to the Mountain Villa Hotel, where we actually met another group of mountain bikers! We met Mandil's friend, Gaurav, a professional photographer. He would be going up to Muktinath by vehicle and would meet us there. We tucked in to dinner which included Enchiladas (made with millet flour I think) of all things. The next day would be our first ride, an easy outing to Kagbeni and back to get acclimated to the 2500 meter altitude. (for reference, Kathmandu is about 1400 meters in the city)
Day Three: Monday, 3 October Acclimatization
We woke early to a warm breakfast on a bright, crisp day. We departed, and cruised through town, and soon came to Jomsom where the police checked our ACAP permits. There is a small air strip at Jomsom where flights from Pokhara land. Several small aircraft landed with loads of trekkers while we were in town, appearing from between snow-capped peaks and peeling around the valley to land into the wind. Out of Jomsom, we crossed the river in town via the pedestrian bridge, and our driver prepared to follow down across the mile-wide river bed. As we huffed and puffed our way along the jeep track, we spotted our vehicle, a speck out in the gravel wash (probably head-sized rocks, but from our perspective, quite small), unsuccessfully trying to navigate the deep twists the river took through the valley. It wasn't able to make it over the river, so we wouldn't be making two trips up to Muktinath (we had planned on one via bike, a downhill, then one more up via vehicle before managing the second downhill via another route on bike), rather would be staying up in Muktinath (or rather Jharkot) on the following night.
We passed an excavator that had fallen down into the river, the jeep track edge collapsing under its weight. An unfortunate local, who actually had the funds, purchased it and then drove it to his death a few weeks prior. The winds pushed us around, the dust punished us, and we passed groups of trekkers and pilgrims. We found a pedestrian swing bridge before Kagbeni and took it across the river to do a light climb up to Phalyak, a small village a few hundred meters above Jomson. Some time before we reached it, with our headwind full on against us, I wasn't sure whether I should just crawl under a rock and sleep then and there, or just turn around. Happily, I made a third choice, to keep on, and we made it to the village.
The way back was not actually that much easier despite the downhill; I felt we were nearly blown off the pedestrian bridge by the crosswinds. We fought desperately against the headwinds back to Jomsom, and against our grasping, gasping lungs.
We rolled into Jomsom and checked in to Hotel Om's Home, lodging the bikes in the courtyard and settling into the dining room after ordering some food. Again, each meal was enough to serve a family of four, though that didn't stop me from tearing through it. At altitude your body is already working harder, and exertion just increases your calorie burn rate…
We played cards, drank whisky (some Islay Mist) and turned in.
Day Four: Tuesday, 4 October The Big Climb
Tuesday we woke early and refreshed. A trekking group led by a guy who had the voice of William Hurt was breakfasting along with us, prepping to walk to Kagbeni I think. We saddled up and took off in the same direction, quickly passing the group and turning up towards the pass, past Kagbeni, en route to Muktinath. I was trepidatious about the ride, fearing yesterday's exhaustion was only a prelude to today. I shouldn't have feared, though, as we were now quite acclimated and cycling the mountain bends wasn't quite so hard was the previous day.
We bounced slowly up the jeep track, four wheel drive vehicles dusting us as they passed. We climbed up, up, up. Mandil decided that slow pedaling was for westerners, and quickly took off, like some Tibetan monk on a flying tiger. I passed the monotony by putting on some music. The B-52's, Modern English, Kaesha, and They Might Be Giants, among others, helped me climb the 1,000 meters up. We feasted on chocolate covered coffee beans, clif bars, trail mix, anything that would power our bodies. The valley sank away beneath us with each switchback. The terrain's scrubby thorny brush threatened to puncture my tires should I stray from the track. Old car parts not yet worn away by the elements littered the landscape near the road, old vehicles shedding them like the droids on Tatooine.
Ryan grabbed a handle of a passing tractor to hoist him up one of the final hills, we looked on in envy as it pulled him along for some 100 meters. My music played on, and my system jittered with the caffeine, the landscape shimmering in the sun as I twitchily pedaled, rocking out to my music.
We finally caught up with Mandil at Jharkot, our destination, some 300 meters below Muktinath. We had made it up the full climb in some four hours. At the edge of exhaustion, we ordered Dal Bhat with Mutton curry (goat), and lounged on the upper deck of Hotel Plaza, the Himalayan peaks all around us beyond the green valley. The sun and cool mountain breezes dried our clothes and soothed our souls. Our dal bhat arrived and we devoured it, the best food of the trip thus far. My smaller solar charger (without vehicle support we packed light) soaked up the sun and trickled power to my iPhone. Mandil felt he should do another ride (!) so he scouted up to Lupra pass, where tomorrow we'd find ourselves.
After a shower, I decided a nap was in order and went to it. Afterwards, Nick, Ryan and I walked around the ancient village.
In the evening, we ordered more food for dinner, and following we had a good game of cards while passing a thermos of Tongba, fermented millet sprouts with hot water, drunk through a Mate (mah-tay) type straw.
At 10:00, a timer cut the lights and power. We went to bed, though for Mandil and I, the noted Apple fans in the group, went to sleep restlessly as the expected iPhone announcement was less than an hour away. I propped my iPhone in the cold concrete windowsill of my room, trying unsuccessfully to refresh a liveblog of the event, and gave up after almost an hour. The himalayas looked down over the pitch black valley, the moon shining on their brilliant white peaks, and I dreamt of a new iPhone and the next day's descent.
Day Five: Wednesday, 5 October The Goatpath Downhill
Mandil knocked on Nick and my door at 6:00am. "May I borrow your iPhone charger?" (He still has the 3G(s?) and his battery lasts all of an hour.) He wanted to know what Apple announced as well. I handed it to him and we scuttled out to the dining room for better cell service. Looks like they went with the iPhone 4S. Bugger. I'll get it anyway, as I can buy the unlocked version and not have to worry about this jailbreaking and unlocking business to get it to work here, or later in Zimbabwe…
During breakfast Gaurav called to say he was already at Lupra pass. We finished up and began the grassy climb up another 300 meters. At the pass Gaurav had taken an easier path down, while we were taking…an interesting way. We took a quick break to ditch the bikes and hike up to the nearest hillock. All around the Himalayas still rose far above us. We resumed our ride, coasting along the ridge and then the ground…went…away. GoPro cameras strapped on, Mandil, Ryan and Nick cruised over the edge and began winding their way down goat path switchbacks and I slowly followed.
We descended the 1000 meters in less than 30 minutes (15?). I walked sometimes when I felt my back wheel lifting off the ground. Feathering my rear brake on turns, I was able to get the wheel to lock and slide where I shifted my weight, giving me a better (required) turning radius, keeping me on the trail.
Once we got to the bottom, we got dumped out into a river valley washout, the surface made up of rocks, boulders, silt and a river coursing through it. We had to make our way down to where the washout met the road.
The first time we crossed the river, I made a great effort to keep my shoes and socks dry, pitching them and my bag across. The second time I was miffed, had already got myself wet so was less hesitant. The third time I was plain mad, charging into the thighdeep water without a thought.
We made it to the road, donned our breathing masks and pushed into the 35-40mph headwind, another 45 minutes to our hotel in Jomsom.
Despite everything, I still got to go riding with friends, didn't get hurt, and my iPhone was fine. All about priorities.
We put our shoes and socks on the roof to dry.
We had an incredibly late lunch, very satisfying, and so I only had Lassis for dinner (blended fruit yoghurt drink) and a few bites of chicken chili. We finished our 5th of whisky with cards.
Day Six: Thursday 6 October Eight Flats and a Chain
During breakfast at Om's Home, I stared out the window past the 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper taped to the window proclaiming "WiFi" at the nearest peak (Annapurna?). Flights began coming in and leaving Jomsom's airstrip. I repaired a flat that I'd gotten from a thorn yesterday (slow leak overnight) and rode out, the vehicle driving ahead to meet us later in the day at Tatopani. It would be a 50km ride, and nearly all downhill, descending another 1300 meters overall. Super fun.
At first we rode along the valley, cruising through Marpha at speed, stopping briefly in Tukuche (Ta-Cooch-Ay) to munch on Apples.
We began the swoopy, winding jeep track that winds its way down out of the mountains to the tropical area. We opted for trails where we could, finding amazing riding through the woods past conifers, over streams, through grassy fields. The blue skies and mountain peaks lifted our spirits and urged us on.
Then we began getting flats. Mandil. Mandil again. More swooping down. We took a shortcut to cross a river, soaked our shoes. That's cold!!! I got a flat.
I was done. Ryan and Mandil steered off on the trail while Nick and I pushed on taking the road, ostensibly a faster route. Ironically we met them 15 minutes later as they crossed a suspension bridge back to the road.
Then serious downhill jeep track, fast, and bouncy, rocky. Mandil hit a rock hard and got a pinch flat. More time. Not ten minutes later he got yet another flat. We stopped for tea while it rained a bit. More down, fast, fast.
Ryan broke a chain. More time. Daylight slipped away from us. We pushed on. Then Ryan got a flat! This is not typical, as Ryan rides tubeless, so any puncture he gets just burps for a second, and then stops up with the gluey sealant sloshing around inside his tire. This was serious. Sealant squirted out the sizable hole in his tire. He put his thumb over it to stop the loss while we looked around for something to plug the hole. A thorn? Not to be had. A small stick? Nothing. A…nail. A nearby farmer had two finishing nails, and Ryan shoved one in. We held our breath collectively and Ryan…slowly…pulled…his…finger…away. It held! He pumped his tire super full to minimize the chances of the nail puncturing the inner liner, squinting in the dim light. We were off again. The last 10km to Tatopani we tore down the mountainside like possessed water buffalo, ripping past groups of pilgrims and trekkers alike, only leaving behind dust clouds in our wake.
At 6:30, not a scrap of daylight left, we rolled into Tatopani and checked in to the Daulaghiri (dowl-uh-geary) Hotel, wedging a place for our tired selves into a round plastic table with matching humming-bird emblazened chairs in their courtyard. What was supposed to have been an easy three hour ride had been a nine-hour epic. We'd made it with seven flats (we would later discover an eighth, Nick's, slow puncture) and a broken chain.
Dal Bhat arrived in a record 15 minutes! I basically lifted the Thali with both hands and tipped it into my mouth. They had Fanta Limon, a Nick favorite. We followed copious amounts of food and drink with chocolate cake.
After dinner Nick and I entered our room and I suppressed a Jamie Lee Curtis scream as a saucer-sized spider skittered across the vaulted, timbered ceiling into a corner. It considered me from afar, and decided I was too large to be tasty. I briefly shuddered, changed into my board shorts, and we stepped lightly down the stone stairs to the hot springs down the hill. We settled in, beer in hand, and the dust and speed of the day melted away. The steep valley sides stretched up to the sky, the milky way and stars visible between them. Sleep came easily that night, the spider and I agreeing to not look at one another too long.
Day Seven: Friday, 7 October Driving Tatopani to Pokhara
I woke early the next day and walked around town a bit. The sun comes up later when you're between mountains, and there was a slight chill despite our low elevation. (about the same as Kathmandu, 1200 meters or so) I got back to the hotel and shared breakfast with the guys. We packed, and rolled the bikes down to the vehicle, where we securely lashed them to the top. We bounced our way back down to Pokhara, some four hours, to the eclectic 90's pop mix on Mandil's iPhone, picking up a couple kilos of Apples in Beni en route. We reached pavement and then Pokhara, and had a nice dinner, and hit the town afterward.
Day Eight: Saturday, 8 October Sarankot Downhill
The last day of our trip we got a vehicle lift to Sarankot, the overlook above Fewa lake in Pokhara. It's a popular spot for tourists to come and watch the sun rise, and for others to go paragliding. Of course, all we saw were the amazing downhills. We bombed down through the forest and track in about an hour, coming out beside the lake. Korean for lunch, a nice swim in the Barahi hotel pool, dinner at the Old Luan Hau Chinese Restaurant. Good times. Back to KTM the next morning.
Photos from the ride!
Muktinath Bike Trip 2011
Day Nine: Sunday, 9 October Driving Pokhara to KTM


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Kansas Views (Aug. 27)
Open meetings – Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor and his staff have determined any violations of the Kansas Open Meeting Act by legislators who attended dinners hosted by Gov. Sam Brownback at Cedar Crest were "technical" in nature and "borne of ignorance." Maybe some of them didn't know any better, but some did. And Kansans now must be wondering how long their elected officials will be able to wink at, or turn a blind eye to, the Kansas Open Meetings Act and receive nothing more than an admonishment and a recommendation they become more familiar with the law's particulars.
Topeka Capital-Journal
Two lawmakers recalled that Gov. Sam Brownback asked Sen. Jeff King, R-Independence, to discuss the reform plan his KPERS commission was working on. After King's presentation, they said, Brownback told members he wanted to see a bill based on those recommendations on his desk by the end of January. During a Q&A, Brownback was asked about his strategy for passing the legislation, the lawmakers said, and, although Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, warned the group that it might be straying toward an open meetings violation, the conversation soon returned to specific strategy for passage of the KPERS legislation, which would be handled directly by committee members in attendance. This is the kind of situation that should be of real concern to Kansans, especially in light of the likely prospect that by next January both houses of the Kansas Legislature will have conservative majorities whose legislative priorities are closely aligned with those of the governor. It would be tempting and far too easy for like-minded lawmakers and the governor to discuss important state business and policy outside the public view.
Lawrence Journal-World
Elected officials are in place to represent the people, not make laws they don't have to follow. Anarchy would erupt if all their constituents decided to do whatever they chose, then simply say they weren't aware of the law or didn't remember the details of what took place.
Hays Daily News
Ultimately, the meetings at Cedar Crest are another example of the Brownback administration's willingness to do whatever it takes to push through its experimental plan for Kansas' future. The governor, as an individual, is not subject to the Kansas Open Meetings Act, yet he took advantage of an opportunity to discuss his legislative agenda with committee members, knowing they alone would face the consequences of any open meetings violations. Moreover, the governor's and legislators' disinterest in understanding the intent and the letter of Kansas open records and meetings laws demonstrates a callous disregard for Kansans' right to view and participate in state government openly.
Hutchinson News
Yoder – Those Johnson County guardians of public virtue who are protesting the partially nude statue at the Overland Park Arboretum now have something much more serious to worry about. That would be their U.S. congressman, Republican Kevin Yoder, taking a naked dip in the Sea of Galilee. The trip was paid for by the American Israel Education Foundation, a nonprofit arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group. Congress should close the loophole allowing foundations to pay for pricey trips. And Yoder should remain clothed on dry land.
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In his story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," Ernest Hemingway wrote a snappy retort to F. Scott Fitzgerald's line about how "the very rich are different from you and me." Yes, Hemingway's character replies, "they have more money."
Economist Gabriel Zucman of UC Berkeley and two colleagues add a gloss to this exchange in a new paper. The very rich also are vastly better than you and me at evading taxes, they conclude — so much better that global statistics may understate the scale of wealth inequality by as much as 25%.
"Tax evasion is really concentrated at the top of the income distribution," Zucman told me.
That may seem intuitive — the richer one is, the larger the temptation to dodge the tax authorities — but it's not the received wisdom among tax experts. They often point to the small business cash sector.


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Soto 30
With 27 boats racing, the Soto 40 is now an established and successful one-design class that has impressed a lot of competitive sailors. So the next obvious move for the M Boat people was another Javier Soto Acebal design in a smaller size. The new one-design Soto 30 is being built in China and by the time you read this review I would the first boats would be sailing.
The Soto 30 is a pure and simple sport boat with all the emphasis on performance. The freeboard is high and there is a very subtle chine running the full length of the hull about a third of the way up the topsides. Not sure why the freeboard is so high. There appears to be no rocker to this chine and by the time it reaches the transom it marks the point where the now concave sections flare out to that max beam. Note that the beam at the transom is max beam. I think the idea behind the flared topsides aft is to help get crew weight outboard. The sheer is a dead straight line. The D/L is 71.52 and the L/B is 3.14. The keel fin is carbon and retracts for shipping, protruding out through the companionway hatch. Draft with the fin down is 6 feet, 6 inches. There is 1,920 pounds of lead in the long and narrow bulb. I suspect an outboard rudder was chosen to simplify construction. Note the bow. You can call it a "hatchet" bow that in profile tips aft right above the chine.
About 55% of the LOA of the Soto 30 is devoted to the cockpit. This boat, like the Soto 40, is a round-the-buoys racer so the emphasis is on crew efficiency and ergonomics. The backstay trimmer will sit aft of the helmsman. There is a very short traveler on the cockpit sole right ahead of the helmsman. I think this traveler is short because it only helps with fine-tuning the main trim with the vang taking all the down load on the boom. The mainsheet trimmer sits forward of the helmsman with the mainsheet coming off a swivel block on the sole. Jib sheet and spinnaker sheet winches are forward. I see nothing on the drawings or in the specs pertaining to halyard winches. Jib tracks run athwartships and are recessed into the deck. There is a single spinnaker launching tube hatch on the foredeck. This deck is very clean and simple. I do not see any bensons on the cockpit sole for secure footing. Maybe they were waiting to position those when the deck plug was done.
By now we are used to big rigs on sport boats and this one is no exception. If I just use I, J, P and E dimensions I get an SA/D of 32.8, and with that square-topped mainsail is a conservative number. The masthead chute will be fun without a halyard winch but with well-timed crew work you can get that chute up without a winch. Jib and main halyard tension can be done with block and tackle. The sprit is carbon and retractable. The mast is a custom, two-piece carbon fiber stick and the boom is aluminum. The standing rigging is Navtec PBO with a stainless steel forestay.
Auxiliary power will be provided by an electric outboard with a retractable drive leg. There are berths below but I'm not sure the word "accommodations" really fits this type of boat. I certainly think this boat would be an exciting boat to sail but as with other high-powered sport boats you are going to need an expert crew and plenty of bodies to hold the boat down. It will be fun to watch what this new one-design class does.


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3 sticks of celery, washed and chopped
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 small onion, sliced and chopped
1 cup of rice
1 tin of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
2 pints of chicken stock with any leftover chicken
1 tbsp rapeseed oil
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5. Simmer for another 10 minutes and serve with crusty bread.
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