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Interview of Dr. Peter Muir of Springfield Center for Family Medicine
How long have you been using EMR? Which EMR do you use?
We have been on NextGen Ambulatory EHR since 2003 and NextGen Practice Management since 2006 for billing and scheduling.
Did you have to upgrade your EMR to meet the certified EHR and meaningful use requirements? How much did it cost for you to do that if you had to?
Upgrades are provided as part of NextGen maintenance fees.
What criteria did you find most important in your selection of an EHR?
We selected NextGen EHR in 2002 because the company was focused on clinical offices. It was not a product purchased from another company. NextGen invests heavily in improving the product, which was important to us. I have even attended a development think tank at the company's headquarters in Horsham. I also wanted the capability to self customize templates and gain full access to data with tools such as Crystal Reports. In addition, the EHR handles routine activities (time, date, etc.) which lets you focus on tracking health maintenance and prevention.
Having demographics, scheduling, clinical and billing in one database makes reporting much easier and more comprehensive than those EHRs with separate databases or separate vendors. Kudos to NextGen for addressing this. It was done so long ago that I take it for granted now, but it has had a huge impact on operability.
It really can take up to a year to migrate information from paper charts into structured data. We were not under a time pressure since we had a self-imposed timetable in 2003. This allowed our docs to progress at their own pace. I changed to doing all my documentation in the EHR approximately 3 months after startup. The first year was stressful but after that you would not go back to paper charts. Because we started the process so long ago, we were really on the 'bleeding edge.'
How many hours of extra effort do you estimate it took for you and your staff to meet the meaningful use criteria?
It is really difficult to estimate since we have been constantly evolving since 2003. In fact our motto is that the only constant is change. Our work flows are constantly being fine tuned.
What were some of the changes you had to make to your practice style or documentation methods to meet meaningful use?
Cindy Brewer (our business office manager) focuses on office/clerical and I focus on clinical. For Meaningful Use, we had to capture some information as structured data that is not necessarily the most useful for our clinical purposes. For example, race/ethnicity groupings have more in common with government categories than the genetic risk grouping I use clinically. (eg. I differentiate between Northern and Southern Europe descent, and between India and Asia, due to differences in genetic risk.) As a result, we capture that MU-required info in the registration process rather than the clinical process.
I go after smoking cessation aggressively, but in the past would not always document it if it was not the main purpose of the visit. Often, we would document it in the plan as text rather than in the social history smoking cessation check box. Only the later can be easily tabulated for Meaningful Use, so a minor change in our work flow was required to meet that requirement.
There was no real change in our practice style from the patient perspective.
Who helped you through the process (your vendor, a consultant, your REC, etc)?
CMS web site for requirements and advice, attestation process, etc.
NextGen Healthcare for upgrades to software, pathway documents and webinars – very helpful
GBS of Youngstown, Ohio is our NextGen vendor for hardware and software – very helpful
GBS also did our server and security upgrades in 2010 in anticipation of the process
In 2006 I also helped start CCHIE (Collaborating Communities HIE) connecting to and using HealthBridge as our data engine. Southern Indiana HeathLINC (Bloomington) was also connecting to HealthBridge around the same time.
Subsequently, they have added two regions in northern Kentucky and GDAHIN of Dayton OH. Marty Larson is Executive Director of CCHIE and GHADIN. CCHIE board includes: Jim Gravell (Catholic Health Partners), Mark Weiner (Community Mercy Health Partners), two Health Commissioners (Charles Patterson and Shelia Hiddleson), and others.
HealthBridge also spawned the TriState REC. CCHIE is part of the TriState REC. Ron Mayse of CDI Springfield (CCHIE & REC) was of great help for technical support and advice on Meaningful Use. Charles Baumgardner of Far North Computers was helpful for network and security.
I continue to assist CCHIE and the REC as a physician informaticist. I feel it's important to keep learning by doing.
What would you have done different in your efforts to show meaningful use?
Initially I thought that PQRI (now PQRS) would fulfill the clinical Quality Measures menu component, so I left it towards the end. Fortunately, the required information was already being captured by the time I made the discovery. (BTW, these may be difficult for specialty offices.)
What benefits did you receive from being part of the ONC Meaningful Use Vanguard Program?
I have been using computers to assist medical practices since 1980. The Vanguard Program provides recognition which may allow a greater input in system design and operation, which interested me. The flow of information between systems is critical and has not received enough attention (multiple database silos still exist within and between different vendors). Problems that face healthcare include ICD-10 implementation, variations in LOINC classification, and a lack of standardization.
Meaningful use Stage 1 has a relatively low bar. Are you concerned that stage 2 and 3 might be a much harder challenge?
I think the set points of some items do not jive with real practice. For example, patient portals that are tethered to a vendor would require a patient with three doctors on three different systems to have three different portals. A regional solution would provide for improved flow between offices.
The signal-to-noise ratio is critical, as important information can be buried within a lot of routine data. In other words, a paragraph of pertinent positives can be more helpful for diagnosis that pages of negatives.
What do you say to your fellow doctors who are concerned about implementing an EHR in their practice?
Unless you are planning to retire in the next couple of years, the longer you delay the process, the more compressed the time you'll have to implement an EHR and the more financial and staffing impact it will have. Those who have waited will know specifically what targets they have to meet for meaningful use, but the activities of daily practice are much broader and more demanding.
The reason for using computers in practice should be to improve patient care, safety and outcomes rather than just meeting meaningful use. Do not select a system that just meets the meaningful use requirements; select a system that assists you in providing better medical care.


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'Tis the season for thinking of charity, and to their credit, high-net-worth individuals should be applauded for contributing not just their money but a significant portion of their time. An independent study recently commissioned by ACE showed that nearly 60 percent of individuals in households with $5 million in investable assets or more, excluding the primary residence, serve or have served as unpaid board members or trustees of charitable organizations.
Unfortunately, no good deed goes unpunished.
Whether or not you receive compensation as a board member or trustee, you can be held personally liable for the actions or inactions of the organization.[1]
How bad can it be for an organization that is trying to do good? Bad enough. Perhaps the organization funded the construction of a playground for disadvantaged kids. Then a child fell off a swing and suffered brain damage resulting in the need for multiple surgeries and lifelong care. The cost could run into the tens of millions of dollars.
While the organization may carry insurance to protect itself, the limited budget common with charities typically prevents the purchase of a gold-plated insurance program. Coverage limits may be inadequate. At that point, plaintiff lawyers look for parties with 'deep pockets,' including the board members.
Moreover, in a difficult economic period when charitable organizations may be forced to trim paid staff, the risk of wrongful termination and other wrongful-employment-act lawsuits rises. This type of legal action actually presents the greatest risk for board members, but many remain unprotected. Among the high-net-worth individuals who have been voluntary board members in ACE's survey, 44% did not carry directors and officers insurance to protect themselves.
Why do so many well-meaning volunteers leave themselves exposed to such risk? Nearly half think the organization will fully protect them. But as previously stated, many charitable organizations can afford only a bare-bones insurance program that won't cover the more costly cases. Another 20% simply haven't heard about this type of coverage, and 11% don't realize they can be held liable in such circumstances. Trust us. They can.
The good news: insurance coverage for lawsuits brought against volunteer board members or trustees of charitable organizations is very affordable. For suits related to employment practices, the most common threat, insurance companies that specialize in serving families and individuals with substantial assets may offer $1 million in directors and officers coverage for as little as $500. For suits related to bodily injury, the umbrella liability coverage offered by the same carriers will provide protection to the unpaid board member or trustee. This type of protection typically costs only a few hundred dollars per million dollars in coverage, and the cost-per-million declines as the amount of coverage increases.
Surprisingly, a significant portion of HNW individuals do not have umbrella coverage in place, even though it is critical for guarding against costly lawsuits arising out of auto accidents, slips and falls and a host of other risks, not just those from charitable board participation. When you consider how much time and money wealthy individuals contribute to charitable organizations, it is almost ironic that they are unaware of the small amount of money it would take to protect themselves.
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Mazinaatesijigan Gekinoo'amaadiwin Film Series (Films with Knowledge)
For much of the 20th century, American Indian identities were shaped, at least in popular culture and public imaginations, by advertising imagery, photographs, and wild west shows. In the past few decades, American Indian artists and filmmakers have extracted their own image from these external forces, challenging the established codes of representation. The goal of the Mazinaatesijigan Gekinoo'amaadiwin Film Series is to challenge participants to examine and discuss how film impacts Indigenous culture, identity, politics, and stereotypes.
Dakota 38 (2011, 78 min., Smooth Feather Productions)
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
7:00 p.m., 109 Imholte Hall
In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great plains of South Dakota. Just before he awoke, he arrived at a riverbank in Minnesota and saw 38 of his Dakota ancestors hanged.
Finding Our Talk (2009, 72 min., Mushkeg Media)
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
7:00 p.m., 109 Imholte Hall
Every fourteen days a language dies. By the year 2100 more than half of the world's languages will
disappear. This film examines three indigenous communities struggling to preserve their languages: The Rapid Lake Anishinaabe from Quebec, the Wahpeton Dakota Nation from Saskatchewan, and the
Guovdageaidnu Sami from Norway.
Star Dreamers, Part One: The Indian System, Featuring Filmmaker Sheldon Wolfchild (2012, 72 min., 38 Plus 2 Productions)
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
7:00 p.m., 109 Imholte Hall
By 1862, the system had brought the Dakota living on reservations in Minnesota to the brink of starvation, offering them little option other than dying of hunger in war. The system made war inevitable. his is the first of a three-part documentary series on the origins of the Dakota War.
Independent Indigenous Film & Media Shorts Featuring Filmmaker Missy Whiteman
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
7:00 p.m., 109 Imholte Hall
A compilation of short films :
Coyote Way (2012, 5 min.)
Nawa Giizhigong (2012, 7 min.)
Indigenous Holocaust (2008, 5 min.)
Neinoo (Mother) (2007, 3 min.)
Walk in Shadows (2004, 7 min.)


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Hybrid Enchiladas with Green Chiles & Cheese
I am currently jealous of any person currently living in an area where the daily high temperatures are not rising above 70º. Here in southern California…we're still in the thick of the heat. Today we had a major dip and the high was only 84º! Last week, husband and I were enjoying a late summer vacation around the Teton region in Wyoming and Idaho and although it was certainly cooler…it was still ridiculously hot for this late in September. Wild fires still abound and our days were filled with smoky haze. However the brisk early mornings and waning light left me hungry for fall weather. Casserole weather.
I love enchiladas as they tend to include cheese (love), corn tortillas (love) and they beg to be topped with the quintessential Tex-Mex garnish of sliced canned black olives.
No, these hybrid enchiladas will not get you more miles to the gallon…but they are a mixture of enchilada preparation styles from both my family and my husband's family.
Woody likes his enchiladas on the spicy-side and I prefer it a bit milder so I tried to maximize the flavor of the sauce while not creating a volcanic sauce that would ruin the fun of my dinner. Truly…I winged it.
In its most basic form, enchilada sauce is tomato sauce that has been flavored with chilies, onions and spices. There are plenty of recipes out there to use as a starting point. You'll also notice from the above photo, that I used a portion of prepared enchilada sauce in making my sauce. I tend to not love the sauces straight from the can, but they can enhance the depth of your sauce and make things a bit more complex.
Enchiladas can be made with flour or corn tortillas. I like both, but they are very different, with corn being more authentic. To use corn tortillas and make them malleable, you need to soften each one in a bit of hot vegetable or canola oil first. Heat a shallow fry pan that is at least the size of your tortillas with ¼" of oil in the bottom. You are not trying to make crispy tortillas…rather they should soak up a bit of oil which will make them easy to roll without tearing and ripping. Using tongs, slip each tortilla into the warm oil for no more than 5-15 seconds per side and stack warm on a plate. It's best to do more than you think you will need so you don't have to go back and repeat this step. When the oil gets low, just add a bit more and let it heat back up. If the oil is spitting, it is probably too hot.
I filled these enchiladas with jack cheese and Ortega green chiles. Cut the cheese into ¼ to 1/3 inch logs and slice the canned whole green chiles into lengthwise slices. Place one of each onto a tortilla and roll tightly and place the seam side down into a baking dish. Continue until you have filled the pan and squished in as many as possible.
While I was building the enchiladas, my sauce was bubbling away on the stove. When the pan is filled, it is time to lade the sauce over the enchiladas.
I started the sauce with sautéing a thinly sliced onion which is why it looks a bit chunky and stringy.
Smooth sauce over the top, letting it settle into the nooks and crannies. Tope with shredded cheese and (of course) sliced black olives.
Now it's time to bake this delicious pan of cheesy goodness. You can also wrap it with foil and freeze it at this point – I had enough to feed an army…so I froze a whole second pan for sometime in November! Bake at 350º for 20-30 minutes (from frozen it will probably need more like 45-60 minutes – and you can put it directly in a cold oven, and that way you can avoid the risk of your dish breaking from temperature shock as it will heat up with the oven). If it is browning too quickly, cover with a piece of foil.
Let it stand for a few minutes once you remove it from the oven and then serve it up with your favorite sides. We went with beans and a little garnish of fresh cilantro and a dollop of sour cream (which didn't make it into the photo).
Side note: I out-spiced myself with this particular dish. In my attempt to satisfy my husband's need for some heat…I went a bit far with the chiles, cayenne and chile powder. Oops! At least one of us loved it! The sour cream helped me cool down the dish for my pathetic pallet.
What are you cooking now that the weather has turned (in most places)?
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From vintage chic to clean modern shapes, how do these seamstresses create and communicate their own unique style in their projects? What and who inspires them, from film and music to everyday life. And what's their dream outfit?
I know I say this every time I put up a new one but this series just gets better and better! This week we have a humdinger, nay, a GRAND SLAMMER of a guest on Handmade Style. It's the delicious, the eloquent, the beautiful, glass-always-full (except when she's downed it) darling of the blog world Oonaballoona! Need I say more? I don't think so. Oona – over to you.
Oona, you must have one of the most distinctive blogging styles in our corner of the internet! But how would you describe your handmade style, if you had to sum it up?
if by distinctive you mean drunken, I'M YOUR GAL.
i thought a moment on this, and came up with "schizophrenic". so i asked ruggy. he said "funkariffic". i approve wholeheartedly of both summations of my handmade style, and kind of want to put the two of them together and travel around the world singing al green covers and coloratura arias. i think it would be appropriate to open the show in my purple space alien burdastyle dress.
Where do you find your style inspiration and how do you channel that into your me made wardrobe
a heeeouge portion of my style inspiration absolutely comes from all the wonderful blogs in our community. no question. i'm either fueled by admiration or overwhelming jealousy. they are both excellent motivators!
i also love to look at what other women are wearing when i'm at auditions (for those of you that might not know, in my secret double agent life i am not a secret double agent. unless i'm asked to play one). it's interesting to see how a waiting room full of women interpret the same character, clothing wise. there's a casting director in town who knows i like to come in dressed exactly as i think the part should be–as you can imagine, i love her for knowing that.
and the waiting room is soooo much more fun as a fashion experiment. i'll sketch on my generously gifted ipad or jot notes on my script. i always come away with ideas… and the occasional odd glare from a competitor who's wondering why i'm staring at her waistline pleats with such insane focus. they usually think i'm trying a mind game on them. they brighten up considerably when i chirp about their ensemble.
i try my best to channel those sketches into my wardrobe, but they often change along the way.
What's your creative process in deciding what to make? Is it a fabric based decision or a pattern that inspires you?
again, schizophrenic! whatever i say it is, the next day it will change up totally. it's like the chicken or the egg for me when it comes to patterns and fabric– although i will say i've gotten better at knowing if a fabric has to come home with me. although, this gold craziness was a home dec fabric on sale at joann's. there was no question in my mind, yet the itch factor? is RIDONKULOUS. hopefully today, i'd at least line this sort of thing…but patterns, i can easily grab a dozen and leave them untouched for years till inspiration strikes. most times, my problem with both is that i have too many ideas, and don't know which one idea to start on.
Who are your style icons and why?
i'm not sure i have icons. if we're talking people who constantly inspire me, i'm going to go with mokosha, kazz, and david bowie. now THAT'S a party.
music is a huge source of inspiration for me. i sort of can't move without it, i have to have it on to function. the bad plus, radiohead, classic r&b, led zeppelin, fun, phoebe snow, seu jorge…
Are there any particular designers or high street stores that you use for inspiration?
sadly i don't keep up with designers… i rely on pretty grievances to do that for me!! i'll pin things here and there through other's links and surfing and such. store wise, i "dressing room shop" at those beasts h&m and F21, with the intent of getting ideas and looking at construction. but now that you've asked, why in blazes aren't i doing that at neiman marcus and the designer floor at saks? THEY'RE WALKING DISTANCE AWAY! okay. be on the lookout for spyoona…
If you had to select one self stitched garment that really encapsulates your style, what would it be and why?
ack! IT IS NOT POSSIBLE!
if forced at empty bottle point, i would say my anna sui silk maxi print dress…i draped it myself, which i'm insanely proud of…and the print is sufficiently loud… but there's so much color amiss here…come to think of it, that's probably why i shot it against this hyper blue wall!
Why do you sew what you sew? Do you choose projects on a whim or do you look at your existing wardrobe and spot vital gaps to fill?
here i can give you a resounding and definitive no, i do not fill vital gaps in my wardrobe. unless you count the fact that i have nothing to wear for every new occasion that fills up our calendar and therefore Must. Sew. Something. i sew what i sew because it makes me happy. sewing "gaps" in my wardrobe (that really, i do need, i have no business casual whatsoever) just isn't fun to me. when i try to fill the gaps, i come up with things like this technicolor top. tres business casual, non?
i've always been creative in some way, to varying degrees of success (read: and failure). i started sewing in los angeles, as a way to keep creatively sane and happy in a very unhappy town. so, the happy rule became part of it by practice.
Do you ever take risks and experiment with your look? What's worked and what hasn't?
interesting… i wonder if those who know me think i experiment with my look, or i'm just sort of crazy all the time? risk for me is dressing more conservatively, ooh, or matching, i truly hate matching. (unless it's gold with gold with gold.) these looks work great on others and i can appreciate that, i do appreciate that. i don't think either of these looks work for me–mostly because when i look in the mirror, i don't feel good and happy. and again, what's the point of that?
i do think my last jacket was a big risk for me. in fact, it was such a departure i ended up giving it to my mom! it's not the sort of style i go for on myself, and it took everything in my power to keep myself from making it into a ballgown. i am, however, glad i made it, and i just love that mommaballoona rocks it now.
There are certain looks some of us just can't pull off…do you have a style bugbear?
i often wish, especially during summer months, that i could dress in that romantic sort of look– flowery chiffon in faded hues, fronds of lavender, tattered lace in a field sort of thing. doesn't work on me. for example, this maxi crochet dress with serious facing issues has been long since hacked to bits. i think you have to be quite graceful to pull the romantic look off. i can play graceful. but i'll holler my head off for rye the second five o'clock hits, fragile sunset fading against weeping willow trees or no.
What would be your dream outfit, existing or otherwise?
gold lame suit. boucle ballgown. peacock feather maxi skirt. the inside of my brain is a drunken dreamscape of a closet with twenty foot high ceilings. at least to me it is, to others i guess it could certainly be a nightmare…
What other sewing bloggers would you recommend for great individual style?
i really feel that every blog i read has great personal style, otherwise i wouldn't be interested enough to read them!
looking at my blogroll, what jumps out at me are the sewing bloggers that took their personal style and feel so strongly about it, they've turned it into patterns. seeing the journey from blogging about it to holding the paper baby of their style? AMAZING. and their offspring truly reflects their style: christine haynes, by hand london, dixie diy, madalynne, and megan nielsen, to name a few. i bet by the time this post goes up, there will be twenty more to add to that list. volcanic activity, yo. i love it.
Finally, what's on your sewing table right now?
there are always several works in progress at a time on my table, so: a top secret chiffon and velvet top, a taffeta ballgown, a lace and georgette party dress, and new arm slipcovers for the couch. guess which one i want off my table…
oh, and a glass of cocchin vermouth, neat. naturally.
Gawd blimey guvnor – cheers to you Madame Oona. I've come over all giddy and think I may just be a teeny tiny bit in love with this dame. Clink clink and hiccup..!


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This is one fine man! And it doesn't hurt that he is a talented producer, amazing artist, and always fresh! Half of D.C. and New York dress like him or in his clothes! Truly EYE CANDY!
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QUEENIE V'S EYE CANDY OF THE WEEK: Pharrell Williams
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Albums Dropping In September
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Kanye West- Graduation
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Who Is Gonna Come Out On Top?
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I have learned some basic C++ OOP such as classes, inheritance,
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I have done some programming for classes (like inheriting classes, using protected, a little bit of templates) but I want to get sharpen my on-the-terminal programming skills.
Would there be a good exercise book/ online material that would through these exercises improve my programming skills ... I mean, I know IN THEORY that virtual destructors are necessary in case of dynamic object destruction (i.e. to destroy inherited objects (with pointers) that have been created at run-time) but I haven't *really* programmed that kind of stuff. Maybe just reproduced on my screen the code from a book.
Would appreciate any suggestions from you guys on a "workbook" that would start from the very basics like create a class .. then give instances of where the protected keyword is most suited ...then delve into better aspects of polymorphism, some good examples on virtual functions --- WHAT i need now is hands-on programming with some independant thought, not reading and writing the code that is given in a book.
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BERKELEY — Berkeley is going bonkers for beer.
Craft beer fans will have four new establishments, two microbreweries and two beer bars, to visit by the end of the year, including a Sierra Nevada Brewing tasting room planned for Fourth Street near University Avenue.
The Sierra Nevada bar is the first outside its Chico production facility. Three others will join it: a "sour beer" brewery called The Rare Barrel is set to open on Carleton Street by the end of the year; a craft beer bar called Moxy is opening on Sacramento Street next month; and a brewery and beer bar called Hoi Polloi Brew Pub is aiming to open next fall on Alcatraz Avenue.
The four new venues are a big increase to a relatively small beer market compared with Oakland and San Francisco. Berkeley already has Berkeley Pyramid Alehouse on Gilman Street, Trumer Pils on Fourth Street, and Triple Rock and Jupiter on Shattuck Avenue.
"In my eyes Berkeley should be on the same level as Portland, Seattle and Denver where people unconditionally embrace craft, whatever kind," said 27-year-old Jay Goodwin, of San Mateo, who is the co-owner of The Rare Barrel along with his college roommate Alex Wallash and Goodwin's father. The brewery is making its first batch of sour beer, an obscure style that uses wild yeast or bacteria to give the brew a tart taste.
Their venture is the largest of the four set to open, with a 14,000-square-foot space housed in a former furniture warehouse between Carleton and Parker streets. It will also have a "quick-serve" restaurant.
Goodwin said with all the breweries opening up in the city, an enthusiastic beer swiller can "plan a day around it."
Goodwin called Sierra Nevada's announcement that it will open a tasting room, which will serve its signature pale ale and specialty beers not available for sale in bars or stores, "a really, really big deal."
"I feel really lucky they are doing that," Goodwin said. "We'll both be in West Berkeley, which could become a beer destination."
On Sacramento Street, a husband-and-wife team from Berkeley who own The Hobnob restaurant in Alameda, Mike and Amy Voisenat, will open Moxy next month. Mike Voisenat said last week the couple lives just down the street from their new beer garden.
They plan to have at least 14 beers on tap in addition to bottles. They'll also have burgers, fries, salads and vegetarian fare.
"We wanted to do something new, more like a bar than a restaurant, and we want all craft beers," Voisenat said. "In Berkeley, I think people know their beer a lot better than people in other places. I want room to experiment and have a rotating tap section."
Yet another micro-microbrewery, called Hoi Polloi Brew Pub, is scheduled to open by the end of the year in a shoe-box size space on Alcatraz Avenue near Adeline Street.
"It's a really nice place, about 620 square feet is all," said owner Viet Vu, of San Francisco, who has worked at breweries around the Bay Area.
"The idea is it's an intimate space that fits into the dense urban environment," Vu said. "We like the small neighborhood bars in the Bay Area and wanted to re-create that."
Vu said he will brew his own beer on site and have 12 to 14 other, mostly local beers for sale as well.
Why are so many breweries and beer bars opening up in Berkeley? Room to grow.
"I think one of the reasons is that Berkeley doesn't have the concentration other cities have," Vu said. "San Francisco and Oakland have several."
He said Alcatraz Avenue near Adeline Avenue, also called the Lorin District, has a lot of potential "and we could go along with that."
Doug Oakley covers Berkeley. Contact him at 510-843-1408. Follow him at Twitter.com/douglasoakley.
When: Slated to open by the end of April
Where: 3136 Sacramento Street
What's brewing: At least 14 rotating beers on tap
Hoi Polloi Brew Pub
When: Slated to open by the fall
Where: 1763 Alcatraz Avenue
What's brewing: Beer brewed on site and featured tap beers
Sierra Nevada Brewing tasting room
When: Slated to open by end of year
Where: 2031 Fourth Street
What's brewing: Specialty and limited edition brews
The Rare Barrel
When: Slated to open by the end of the year
Where: 937 Carleton Street
What's brewing: Sour beer that tastes a little like a Belgian beer but without all the alcohol


text: Kaili Kimbrow is a senior at Fountainview Academy in British Columbia, Canada. Ms. Kimbrow started piano lessons with Irene Dennison Herr at the age of 5 and began playing harp at age 12 with instruction from Sydney Howell, former harpist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and harp instructor at Texas Christian University. Ms. Kimbrow currently studies harp with Dr. Elizabeth Volpé-Bligh, principle harpist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Kaili's prayer is that her music will draw listeners closer to Christ. She loves religious and classical music, creativity, travel, and being with family and friends.


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At The Plate – Not a lot went right for Iowa in this one as they only managed one run on seven hits en route to a 5-1 loss. Brett Jackson had a successful return to the lineup going 2-for-4 with two singles. Brad Nelson was 2-for-4 with a double, he's now hitting .270 on the season. Alberto Gonzalez had a his second solid game in a row going 2-for-3 with a walk. The Cubs were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base, and they lost to Chris Volstad, so there's that too.
On The Mound – Drew Carpenter got the start and was decent going five innings giving up three runs on six hits while walking one and striking out six. Casey Coleman wasn't much better out of the bullpen working one inning giving up two runs on three hits while walking two and striking out two. Zach Putnam was solid going two scoreless innings giving up one hit while striking out one.
At The Plate – The Smokies did plenty offensively but could hold down the Barons in a wild 9-7 loss. The Smokies entered the ninth tied at seven and the Barons managed to push two runs across the plate to take the lead and get the win. The Smokies missed a bunch of opportunities as they were 4-for-13 with runners in scoring position. Rubi Silva was 1-for-5 with a triple, an RBI, two stolen bases, and a run scored. Rafael Lopez was 1-for-4 with a walk, his second home run of the season, two RBI's, and two runs scored. Jonathan Mota was 1-for-3 with a walk, his second home run of the season, and a run scored. Tim Torres had his second straight solid game going 3-for-4 with a double, and two runs scored.
On The Mound – Alberto Cabrera was roughed up, that usually doesn't happen, especially like this. Cabrera worked 4.1 innings giving up six runs on thirteen(!) hits while walking three and striking out five. Kevin Rhoderick was decent out of the pen but struggled with his command again, he worked three innings giving up one run on one hit while walking two and striking out two. Trey McNutt took the loss, working 1.2 inning giving up two runs, one earned, on one hit while walking two and striking out one.
At The Plate – Solid win for Daytona against a very good opponent. Daytona pounded out ten hits in the victory, after letting a 3-1 lead get away the D-Cubs jumped back on top for good in the sixth inning. Javier Baez padded his slugging stats in this one going 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, a stolen base, an RBI, and a run scored, he also made his fourteenth error of the season. Jorge Soler was 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored, he is now hitting .290 on the season after struggling and seeing his average drop into the .260's. John Andreoli continues to hit, he was 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, and a run scored, he's now hitting .333 on the season. Dustin Geiger had another solid game going 2-for-3 with an RBI in the victory.
On The Mound – P.J. Francescon was pretty good in this one going five innings giving up three runs, two earned, on eight hits while striking out four. Jeffrey Lorick worked a scoreless out of the pen to earn the victory. Austin Reed, and Hunter Cervenka each had scoreless appearances out of the pen to close this one out. Cervenka worked two innings giving up one hit while striking out one to earn his third save of the season.
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Whew! Well, I thought I would get back to blogging in a big way, but several things happened to prevent that:
I had a series of fibromyalgia flares that were more painful than usual and interfered with getting a good night's rest. This left me very tired and depressed.
Potrero War, a large Society for Creative Anachronism event, where I taught a natural dye class and a period pigment class using natural earth colors. Though the classes were announced for adults, children showed up for them, too. That's fine so long as said children are mannerly and really interested in the craft. My youngest dye students were 13 years old and they showed a swift aptitude for color. My youngest pigment student was 5 years old and she did a very good job. But the event was long and tiring.
Griffin Dyeworks Fiber Retreat was the next weekend after Potrero War. I was not rested up enough to go into an intensive weekend of crafts teaching and learning. The Retreat was wonderful with classes being taught everywhere in the Verdugo Oaks Scout Camp, and participants learning as fast as they could. The Sunday display of projects was just amazing and inspiring. But I was left exhausted.
During this weekend we learned that three people were in the hospital; one with a burst appendix (she is recovering), one with a serious diabetes reaction (he is recovering) and one who died from a blood clot. Sigvaldr will be sorely missed.
The next weekend was another SCA event: Coronation and Queen's Champion, which we attended because friends were stepping up as King and Queen. This extra activity pushed me well beyond my limits and I dragged myself around for two weeks trying to recover. This was entirely stupid of me, and I need to stop treating myself like this!
So getting my act together to post really interesting blogs with nifty photos has been delayed. Be patient. I will get things sorted out soon, promise.
We leave on July 3 for a trip to Billings, Montana, to visit John's sister. This is our annual vacation away from all our activities. I'm taking my Mac laptop to catch up on blogging as well as edit my Dye Basics book to post on the Griffin Dyeworks website.
While on the Billings trip, we will visit friends along the way and I will teach a 2-day dye workshop (yeah, I know….) — Bjo


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First-time visitors to Nantucket usually want to do the typical "touristy" things: shop along the cobblestone streets, take a historic tour, and go to the beach. But if you know the island well or are looking for something novel to do, here are seven offbeat ideas.
Learn to skatewith Dorothy Hamill
Three years ago, Dorothy Hamill, the 1976 Olympic gold medal figure skater, who has a house on Nantucket, founded her island-based Skating Fantasy Camp, where, according to her vision, adult skaters of all levels can "learn, skate, relax, and bond over one common passion — figure skating." This year, the six-day camp (held at the Christopher Nugent Bovers Community Rink) runs from Sunday through Friday, Aug. 19-24,
and includes a welcome reception, personal instruction, and private lessons with Hamill and coaches, transportation to and from the rink, an official camp T-shirt and gift bags, a souvenir DVD of the camp, two group dinners, and a final group performance. Despite enrollment deadlines noted on the website, the camp has openings and welcomes applicants. www.dorothyhamill.com
Take an Ice Cream Cruise
You're never too old to enjoy one of Shearwater Excursions's six daily cruises around Nantucket Harbor with ice cream included. The trip takes place aboard the Minke, a 26-foot Classic Crosby Launch with seating for up to 25. Beginning at Straight Wharf, the boat slowly cruises past Brant Point Lighthouse, classic whaling-era homes, and the various swanky yachts and motorboats sprinkled throughout the harbor. "We have a smorgasboard of ice cream flavors," says co-owner Rachael Perkins, "from raspberry sorbet for adults to the latest choices for kids, like Reese's Klondike Bars." Daily departures, Slip 1011, 10 and 11:15 a.m., 1, 2:15, 4, and 5:15 p.m., $32 per person, (includes ice cream), 508-228-7037, www.explorenantucket.com
Shop for hidden gemsat the Madaket Mall
When visitors, residents, and businesses have goods they want to unload, but not throw away, they haul them to what's known as the Madaket Mall, a grey-shingled building at the Nantucket Landfill in Madaket, where treasure hunters stop by at set times during what's called Take It or Leave It.
"It's like a yard sale but without any money because everything's free," says Dani Henke, a bookseller at Nantucket Book Partners. "There are tons of books, clothes, bikes, plates, and furniture, as well as building supplies like doors, windows, and boxes of tiles." And, while quality varies, sometimes visitors hit gold. "I know a guy who found $100 dollars in the pocket of a discarded golf bag and another who found a painting that turned out to be worth almost $50,000," says Henke. 188 Madaket Road, Sat-Sun
8-11:30 a.m., Mon 8-2:30 p.m.,
Tue-Wed closed, Thu-Fri
11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Look up the Maria Mitchell Association's CelestialViewings
Most Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights (9-10:30 p.m.) through Labor Day you can enjoy a night out "with the stars" on Stargazing Night at The Loines Observatory, home to a 24-inch research telescope and 8-inch Clarke telescope. The association's astronomy team demystifies the night sky through a telescopic viewing of the moon, various planets, nebulae, and galaxies. Programs take place at 59 Milk Street Extension, weather permitting. No pre-registration necessary. Members free, nonmembers adult $15, child $10.
9273, www.mmo.org
at The Studio
(second floor), 508-796-2200,
Go on a scavenger hunt
Ideal for children, this scavenger hunt occurs through "The Look Book of Nantucket," available to purchase on island at area bookstores such as Mitchell's Book Corner and Nantucket Bookworks ($12.95). The book asks questions about the island and is a fun way to learn about various sites, stores, and restaurants, with stickers provided to record each finding. Mitchell's Book
Corner, 54 Main St., 508-228-
1080. Nantucket Bookworks,
25 Broad St., 508-228-4000
Get a bird's eye view of the harbor and town
From its perch on Beacon Hill above Centre Street, the First Congregational Church Nantucket, founded in the early 1700s, offers visitors the chance to climb the bell tower for an aerial view every Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. from now until mid-October. On a clear day, after mounting the 94 steps, you can see for miles across Nantucket Sound and in and around the cobbled streets of town. 62 Centre St., 508-228-
0950, www.nantucketfcc.org
Victoria Abbott Riccardi can be reached at variccardi@rcn.


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Professional Community for Car Dealers, Marketing, Advertising and Sales Leaders
Facebook roughly has about 1 Billion Users. Here in the Local Palm Beach County Market, there are 207,940 Local Facebook Users from the age of 18 to 60 Male + Female with, "Include Cities Within Option" OFF.
- Within a 10 Mile Radius of West Palm Beach there are 310,300 Facebook Users
- Within a 25 Mile Radius of West Palm Beach there are 577,580 Facebook Users
- Within a 50 Mile Radius of West Palm Beach there are 815,480 Facebook Users
I've gone ahead and stripped some numbers out of Facebook Advertising to show you how many Local Facebook Residents live within in the Palm Beach County region.
I personally use Facebook Ads a lot because I can filter and target several elements. For restaurant clients we use the Birthday in 1 week option to offer a complimentary meal or glass of wine. I find it by drilling down to an exact zip code we are able to zero in on the exact neighborhood and resident we are trying to achieve as customers. This way we can combine a Direct Mailer as well as a Digital "Reminder" through Facebook Ads.
By blending a Mobile Search strategy through SEO Local Results we are able to drive telephone calls, information about directions and other elements that a prospective "customer" would be looking for on their Mobile Device. Go ahead and Google "West Palm Beach Condo's" - You will notice that you will find organic results, but right below you will see TWO CITY PLAZA - that is what a propert Mobile Search Strategy can accomplish by harnessing the power of certain key word elements and Google+ Local.
By using Facebook + Content Marketing + Local SEO, you will be able to drive more local customers. I can assure you that your competition is not thinking like this.
*I wrote this around August/Sept. The numbers may have changed*
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AFRICAAM 117J: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary American Film (AMSTUD 117, ASNAMST 117D, CSRE 117D, FEMGEN 117F)
This course introduces students to the theoretical and analytical frameworks necessary to critically understand constructions of race, gender, and sexuality in contemporary American film. Through a sustained engagement with a range of independent and Hollywood films produced since the 1990s, students analyze the ways that cinematic representations have both reflected and constructed dominant notions of race, gender, and sexuality in the United States. Utilizing an intersectional framework that sees race, gender, and sexuality as always defined by one another, the course examines the ways that dominant notions of difference have been maintained and contested through film in the United States. Films to be discussed include Better Luck Tomorrow, La La Land, Mosquita y Mari, Get Out, and Moonlight.nTO BE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST: Please email email@example.com
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AFRICAAM 127A: Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History Of The Hip-Hop Arts (CSRE 127A)
This course explores the history and development of the hip-hop arts movement, from its precursor movements in music, dance, visual arts, literature, and folk and street cultures to its rise as a neighborhood subculture in the Bronx in the early 1970s through its local, regional and global expansion and development. Hip-hop aesthetics, structures, and politics will be explored within the context of the movement's rise as a post-multicultural form in an era of neoliberal globalization. (This course must be taken for a letter grade and a minimum of 3 units to satisfy a Ways requirement.)
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AFRICAAM 133: Literature and Society in Africa and the Caribbean (AFRICAST 132, COMPLIT 133A, COMPLIT 233A, FRENCH 133, JEWISHST 143)
This course aims to equip students with an understanding of the cultural, social, and political aspects at play in the literatures of Francophone Africa and the Caribbean of the 20th and 21st century. Our primary readings will be Francophone novels and poetry. We will also read some theoretical texts. The assigned readings will expose students to literature from diverse French-speaking regions of the African/Caribbean world. This course will also serve as a "literary toolbox," with the intention of facilitating an understanding of literary genres, and terms. Students can expect to work on their production of written and spoken French, in addition to reading comprehension. Special guest: Moroccan author Meryem Alaoui. Required readings include: Aime Cesaire, Maryse Condé, Fatou Diome, Dany Laferriere, Leonara Miano, Albert Memmi. Taught in French. Prerequisite: FRENLANG 124 or consent of instructor.
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AFRICAAM 145B: Africa in the 20th Century (HISTORY 145B)
(Same as HISTORY 45B. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for 145B.) The challenges facing Africans from when the continent fell under colonial rule until independence. Case studies of colonialism and its impact on African men and women drawn from West, Central, and Southern Africa. Novels, plays, polemics, and autobiographies written by Africans.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
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AFRICAAM 146D: New Keywords in African Sound (AFRICAST 146M, CSRE 146D, MUSIC 146M, MUSIC 246M)
This course identifies and considers new keywords for the study of contemporary African music and sound. Each week we will foster discussion around a keyword and a constellation of case studies. The sonic practices we will encounter range from South African house music to Ghanaian honk horns; from Congolese rumba bands to Tunisian trance singers; from listening to the radio in a Tanzanian homestead to making hip hop music videos on the Kenyan coast. By exploring the unexpected interconnections between contemporary African musical communities, we will discuss new keywords arising in current scholarship, including technologies like the amplifier and the hard drive, spaces like the studio and the city, and analytics like pleasure and hotness. We will also engage with established concepts for the study of postcolonial African cultures, including nationalism, cosmopolitanism, globalization, diaspora, and Pan-Africanism. This is a seminar-based course open to graduate students, upper level undergraduate students, and other students with consent of the instructor. Proficiency in music is not required. WIM at 4 units only.
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AFRICAAM 154G: Black Magic: Ethnicity, Race, and Identity in Performance Cultures (CSRE 154D, FEMGEN 154G, TAPS 154G)
In 2013, CaShawn Thompson devised a Twitter hashtag, #blackgirlmagic, to celebrate the beauty and intelligence of black women. Twitter users quickly adopted the slogan, using the hashtag to celebrate everyday moments of beauty, accomplishment, and magic. In contrast, #blackmagic is used to describe everything from the uncanny to the personal. This course examines the discursive phenomenon of "black magic" and its permutations throughout Anglo-American histories. We will investigate the binaries of black/dark, white/light magic that has entered our contemporary lexicon, reading material on religion, magic performance, and theater.
Last offered: Spring 2018 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
AFRICAAM 159: James Baldwin & Twentieth Century Literature (ENGLISH 159, FEMGEN 159)
Black, gay and gifted, Baldwin was hailed as a "spokesman for the race", although he personally, and controversially, eschewed titles and classifications of all kinds. This course examines his classic novels and essays as well his exciting work across many lesser-examined domains - poetry, music, theatre, sermon, photo-text, children's literature, public media, comedy and artistic collaboration. Placing his work in context with other writers of the 20C (Faulkner, Wright,Morrison) and capitalizing on a resurgence of interest in the writer (NYC just dedicated a year of celebration of Baldwin and there are 2 new journals dedicated to study of Baldwin), the course seeks to capture the power and influence of Baldwin's work during the Civil Rights era as well as his relevance in the "post-race" transnational 21st century, when his prescient questioning of the boundaries of race, sex, love, leadership and country assume new urgency.
Last offered: Winter 2018 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
AFRICAAM 159A: Literature and Protest (CSRE 159I, ENGLISH 159A)
How does literary art get involved in politics? What is the border between propaganda and art? This class examines moments when writers seem suddenly not only to represent politically charged topics and themes, but to have a part in bringing about political change. We¿ll look at case studies from the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, the American Civil Rights struggle, 19th century Russia, and more.
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AFRICAAM 179D: Empire and Revolution: Joseph Conrad and Ng¿g¿ wa Thiong'o
This class juxtaposes the works of two landmark experimental novelists: Joseph Conrad, one of the first major modernist writers of the early 20th century; and Ng¿g¿ wa Thiong'o, the first East African novelist published in English and a leading voice of political activism in Kenya. Novels will include, among others, Conrad's Under Western Eyes and Nostromo; Ng¿g¿ wa Thiong'o's A Grain of Wheat and Petals of Blood.
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AFRICAAM 181: Art, Gentrification, & Intersectional Racial Politics (ARTSINST 181, URBANST 181A)
This course addresses the role of artists and art bureaucracies in the gentrification of minority neighborhoods, examining contested sites in New York, Oakland, East LA, and New Orleans. Students consider histories of underdevelopment and displacement, asking what these processes may reveal about greater contests over space, aesthetics, power, and knowledge. The course serves as an opportunity to engage urban cultural politics from the perspectives of critical race theory, queer studies, and feminist critique as well as through encounters with works by William Pope.L, Laura Aguilar, Paul Chan, and others.
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I've always managed to make it to the end of the round, or till the HCG runs out so far. Some rounds need more resolve that than others though. And I did have a couple where I almost caved.
Had a little discussion with grammy and she thinks I'm not actually hyper yet, but do have a reverseT3 problem, so I'm planning to ask my provider for some cytomel to get those levels back down. Theoretically, the elim diet should help, because inflammation is one of the things that makes reverseT3 rise. My freeT2 is high for once. It went from 2.6 to 4.7. I'm actually pretty excited that there has been this much of a change since my dose raise. It gives us something to work with.
I'm feeling a bit better since adding in small amounts of starchy veggies. Weight hasn't risen anymore and seems to be dropping back some. So as Pearlie Mae says, "onward!".


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January 28, 1959 - October 18, 2013
Florida, NY
David W. Gott of Florida, NY, an assistant manager with the Black Bear Campground, Florida, entered into rest on Friday, October 18, 2013. He was 54.
The son of the John Gott and the late Marilyn Roloson Gott, he was born on January 28, 1959 in Goshen, NY.
He was a member of the Florida Fire Department and a graduate of SS Seward Institute.
Survivors include his father, John Gott and his wife, Diane of New Milford, CT; sister, Jeanne D'Elia of Florida, NY; sister-in-law, Terri Gott and son, Ian of Florida, NY; two nieces, Cassandra and Tiffany Salonich.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22nd at the T.S. Purta Funeral Home, 22 Glenmere Avenue, Florida, NY 10921. Firematic services will be held 6:30 p.m. Funeral Service will be held 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22nd at the funeral home; the Reverend Vicky A. Fleming will officiate. Cremation will be held privately.
Memorial contributions may be made to: Florida Fire & Rescue Squad, PO Box 600, Florida, NY 10921.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Shedding gridlock, key members of Congress reached a modest budget agreement Tuesday to restore about $63 billion in automatic spending cuts from programs ranging from parks to the Pentagon and eliminate the threat of another partial government shutdown early next year.
The increases would be offset by a variety of spending reductions and higher fees elsewhere in the budget totaling about $85 billion over a decade, enough for a largely symbolic cut of more than $20 billion in the nation's debt, now $17 trillion and growing.
Federal civilian and military workers, airline travelers and health care providers who treat Medicare patients would bear much of the cost.
Significantly for Democrats, they failed in their bid to include an extension of benefits for workers unemployed longer than 26 weeks. The program expires on Dec. 28, when payments will be cut off for an estimated 1.3 million individuals.
Bipartisan approval is expected in both houses in the next several days, despite grumbling from liberals over the omission of the unemployment extension and even though tea party-aligned groups have already begun pushing Republican conservatives to oppose it.
The budget deal is one of a handful of measures left on Congress' to-do list near the end of a year that produced a partial government shutdown, a flirtation with a first-ever federal default and gridlock on President Barack Obama's call for gun control, an overhaul of immigration laws and more.
The White House quickly issued a statement from Obama praising the deal as a "good first step."
He urged lawmakers to both parties to follow up and "actually pass a budget based on this agreement so I can sign it into law and our economy can continue growing and creating jobs without more Washington headwinds."
Congress' two budget negotiators hailed their own work.
The deal "reduces the deficit by $23 billion and it does not raise taxes. It cuts spending in a smarter way" than the ones in effect, said Rep. Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican who chairs the House Budget Committee and was his party's negotiator in several weeks of secretive talks.
His Democratic counterpart, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, said, "We have broken through the partisanship and gridlock" that could have produced a government shutdown in January.
The legislation that ended the 16-day partial government shutdown in October expires on Jan. 15, and the agreement between Murray and Ryan stipulates a new spending level for the remainder of the current budget year as well as the one that begins next Oct. 1.
The $63 billion in restoration of across-the-board spending would be doled out across this budget year and the next, which ends on Sept. 30, 2015.
The offsetting $85 billion in deficit cuts would play out over a decade. They call for newly hired federal workers to make larger contributions to their own pensions, as well as an increase in a federal airport security fee that would add $5 to the cost of a typical roundtrip flight. Also included were unspecified savings from military retirement programs.
More savings would come from extending an existing 2 percent cut in payments to providers who treat Medicare patients.
Full details were unavailable pending their posting on budget committee websites.
Murray and Ryan had scarcely finished lauding their work when Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. and a potential 2016 presidential contender, announced he would oppose it.
"We need a government with less debt and an economy with more good paying jobs, and this budget fails to accomplish both goals," he said in a statement.
Even some of the bill's supporters stopped short of describing it in glowing terms.
"While modest in scale, this agreement represents a positive step forward by replacing one-time spending cuts with permanent reforms to mandatory spending programs that will produce real, lasting savings," said Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
Even before the deal was announced, conservative organizations were attacking the proposal as a betrayal of a hard-won 2011 agreement that reduced government spending and is counted as among the main accomplishments of tea party-aligned Republicans who came to power earlier the same year in the House.
Americans for Prosperity issued a midmorning statement saying that GOP lawmakers should uphold current spending levels. Otherwise, the group said, "congressional Republicans are joining liberal Democrats in breaking their word to the American people to finally begin reining in government overspending that has left us over $17 trillion in debt."
A day earlier, Heritage Action issued a similar broadside, saying it could not support a deal that "would increase spending in the near-term for promises of woefully inadequate long-term reductions." The group played an influential behind-the-scenes role earlier this fall in events that led to a partial government shutdown, supporting a strategy of refusing to provide needed funds for federal programs until the health care law known as "Obamacare" was defunded.
For their part, liberals were unhappy that the deal was likely to lack an extension of benefits for unemployed workers more than 26 weeks off the job.
The party's leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, said at one point last week that her rank and file would insist on an extension for the unemployment program as a condition for supporting a budget deal.
The White House pointedly refused to support her position, and she later made additional comments that her staff characterized as a clarification.
Given the internal GOP divisions in the House, Boehner is likely to need Democratic votes to approve any deal by Ryan and Murray. It was not immediately clear how many Democratic lawmakers would support a plan that lacked an extension of unemployment benefits.
Some Democratic officials suggested a possible two-step solution. It included swift passage of any budget agreement that emerges, and then adding an extension of unemployment benefits to must-pass legislation early next year, perhaps a measure to reverse a looming cut in payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients.
The bipartisan push for a budget agreement stems from automatic cuts that are themselves the consequence of divided government's ability to complete a sweeping deficit reduction package in 2011.
If left in place, the reductions would carve $91 billion in the current budget year from the day-to-day budgets of the Pentagon and domestic agencies when compared with spending limits set by the hard-fought 2011 budget agreement.
Support for a deal to ease the reductions is strongest in Congress among defense hawks in both houses and both parties who fear the impact on military readiness from a looming $20 billion cut in Pentagon spending.
The White House wanted a deal for a same reason, but also to ease the impact of automatic cuts on domestic programs from education to transportation to the national parks.
Associated Press writer Donna Cassata contributed to this report.


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Last Thursday, Lovel Palmer — one of the Dynamo's newest signings — made his debut in Houston's defeat of reigning league champions Real Salt Lake.
However, having spent a couple of weeks wrangling to formalize the necessary paperwork, the midfielder was just happy to finally be in town.
"It was nice making my debut and making it with a victory at home," Palmer said. "I'm elated."
Palmer's paperwork issues stemmed from difficulties getting an appointment with the embassy in Jamaica. The Dynamo front office assisted Palmer in obtaining an emergency appointment, and he was happy to have made it to Houston in time for Thursday's game.
The Jamaican midfielder had been with former club Harbour View for 12 years, including six with the senior team. While Palmer is ecstatic to be moving on to greener pastures, he speaks fondly of his time with his old club.
"I've been there since I was 13, and it's like family to me," said Palmer, who has 12 caps for the Jamaica national team. "A lot of people were disappointed I was leaving, but they were happy I was moving on to better things. It was great, and I'm sure they were watching [Thursday] and were rooting for the Houston Dynamo."
While the paperwork may have taken longer than expected, it did not take Palmer long to feel welcome in Houston during the preseason. His new Dynamo teammates helped make the transition easy.
"The first day on the pitch, I felt like I was here forever," Palmer said. "The players welcomed me with open arms."
As for those teammates, they are excited to have the Jamaican midfielder on the team.
"Lovel's that guy that came in, didn't say a whole lot, put his head down and worked hard," fellow midfielder Brad Davis said. "I think he had some good games and scored a fantastic goal in Orlando, and he's just 25, but if you give him a little time with this team, he will fit in quite well."
Prior to the start of the season, head coach Dominic Kinnear discussed what had made the team sign Palmer.
"We liked him, and we feel there was a need in that position for one or two guys that can play in there," Kinnear said. "I thought the way he played with us, he did alright. We saw enough of him that we did feel that if he comes in, he will get better.
"He covers good ground, he's pretty strong in the tackle, a good athlete, and makes decent decisions on the ball. The one thing that stands out is that he strikes the ball from distance with both feet, so I think he will be a good addition for us."
Now that Palmer is finally with the team, Kinnear will get more time to figure out if Palmer can play at any other position. Kinnear originally envisioned Palmer as a holding midfielder, but he said he will let Palmer's abilities speak for themselves.
"He does play a couple of positions for Jamaica, so we'll find out more as we go along," Kinnear said. "The main reason we brought him here was the holding midfield position, but he could see some time in other positions as well."


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You work for a successful Internet site. You have severe response-time constraints because users will bolt if they have to wait more than three seconds for a response. Your data is partitionable, so every time-critical task can be processed at any one of many servers.
Your system supports four tasks: search for item, specify properties of the item (e.g. color and size), add to cart, and buy. Each task except buy should be processed within three seconds. The buy transaction depends on external credit card validation, so may take longer. Therefore, we focus on the first three.
Each task has a certain service time and task x may lead to task y based on "transition probabilities" (the likelihood for a given searcher to go from task x to task y). There is also the ever-present probability that the searcher will leave the site altogether. These transition probabilities allow us to compute the number of requests at a given task given an initial traffic rate into the search task.
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T_search_to_specify = 0.2 T_search_to_search = 0.4 T_specify_to_search = 0.2 T_specify_to_specify = 0.3 T_specify_to_add = 0.1 T_add_to_search = 0.6
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searchtraffic = T + (0.4 * searchtraffic) + (0.2 * specifytraffic) + (0.6 * addtraffic)
Let's see if we can reason this out. 40% of the total traffic into search come back to do a new search (the self-loop). The other terms can be explained similarly based on other edges (e.g. 20% of those who start specifying an item come back to search). Now we'll find the net arrival rate into the other tasks.
specifytraffic = (0.2 * searchtraffic) + (0.3 * specifytraffic) addtraffic = (0.1 * specifytraffic)
Now you have three equations in three unknowns. You know how to solve that.
But we're not done. We need to compute the demand into the tasks. Suppose now that the service time at each task is 100 milliseconds on a single server. If T is say 10,000 requests per second, then we want to determine how many servers we need.
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Suppose however some task receives 5,000 requests per second. Then the utilization of a single server will be 5,000*0.1=500, way too high for a single server. So, how would we figure out how many servers we need if we want R<3 seconds. Well just solve for U in the equation 3=0.1/(1-U). 3-3U=0.1 or 2.9/3=U. If we set the maximum utilization to 2.9/3 at each server, then we can handle an arrival rate at each server to 9, because 9*0.1<2.9/3. So, we could safely have 5,000/9 servers.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – FedEx has cost New York state more than $10 million by unlawfully shipping contraband cigarettes to consumers, the state's attorney general said Monday as his office joined a lawsuit brought against the company last year by New York City officials.
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said he is seeking $165 million in penalties beyond the $70 million sought in the lawsuit and the recovery of $10 million that the shipments cost the state's tax revenues.
FedEx Corp., based in Memphis, Tenn., as accused in the lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan of making nearly 33,000 illegal shipments of cigarettes to New York consumers between 2006 and 2012, which would violate a 2006 deal the state struck with FedEx that included a promise by the company that it would no longer make illegal cigarette deliveries.
"FedEx's blatant disregard for its long-standing agreement with New York, as well as federal and state law, enabled tens of millions of cheap, untaxed cigarettes to be shipped to New Yorkers," Schneiderman said. "Not only has FedEx cheated the state out of millions in tax dollars, but many of these cigarettes may have ended up in the hands of teenagers, who are particularly vulnerable to low-priced cigarettes."
In a statement, FedEx said the claims by the city and state "lack legal foundation." It noted that no shippers or recipients of cigarettes were being sued.
"Instead, the city and state have chosen to target us for our role as a carrier," FedEx said. "While we work closely with all legal and regulatory authorities to ensure our networks are not inappropriately used for the shipment of prohibited items, we must also protect the privacy of our customers and will not open packages to determine their contents without reason."
The company added that it fully supports New York's efforts.
"We intend to continue working with the city, state and all applicable regulatory agencies while vigorously defending this case," FedEx said.
Schneiderman's office said its decision to join the lawsuit came after an investigation produced records showing that FedEx since 2006 had made thousands of shipments of cigarettes to New York consumers from cigarette vendors in Kentucky, California and Long Island's Shinnecock Reservation.