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Quote from: ugot2bekidinmeny on August 30, 2009, 05:04:02 PMnat: if in recall I WON THE FIRST HOH!! settle down there pigpen!! OMG!!!!!!!!! ugot, you just made my night!!!
nat: if in recall I WON THE FIRST HOH!! settle down there pigpen!!
Okay so the show gave me a little glim of hope "whats behind the secret door and will it effect the game" What if the "key" winner wins money or whatever and could barter with it like they have in past seasons? I'll give you X amount of dollars to keep me in the house. grasping at straws here
It's possible that maybe the key Jeff has does indeed belong to a new Caddy Escalade, and maybe he'll have a choice; either he keeps the car and risks going to jury, or he can trade the car for the POV and be safe. Not sure what he'd do since he said the car he drives is a piece of crap, but at the same time, how confident is he in thinking he can actually make it to the final 2? Guess we'll find out tomorrow during the POV ceremony, I'm thinking maybe that during the ceremony the HG's will suddenly be called to the backyard and when they do, the car will be sitting there and then the twist will play itself out. Just a theory.
LOL, yeah, and speaking of that little twit, she just said that she has won an hoh and she earned it??? WTF??
I'm sure she means the very first one, the wedgie comp where she and Russ hung on the longest.....that doesn't count as an HOH in my opinion because Jesse was the HOH, not her......she's such a dumb ass!!
Quote from: Atomic_Skittles on August 30, 2009, 09:15:46 PMLOL, yeah, and speaking of that little twit, she just said that she has won an hoh and she earned it??? WTF?? I have watched everything involved with BB -- but I missed Nat winning HOH??? Help me out here
also.... I just read on the feeds that K/N are going through Michele's clothes and stuff because they think she messed with Kevins stuff. (I know she found the calendar, but she didn't take anything, did she?) K/N are really pissed.
OK - am I crazy - or do the BB rules specifically state that the HOH CANNOT tell an HG that he/she is being put on the block BEFORE the nomination meeting? Kevin told Jeff on tonight's show that he was putting him up BEFORE the nominations! He said - "you're not going to like this . . . " and then he said, "you and Michele are going up." I rewound it and played it again to be sure. He said it and BB edited it and put it in the damned show - why aren't they doing something about it? I wish someone would tell Kevin that Nat is the one who ratted him out to BB when he ate the grape, and caused him an extra day of Have Not - fair is fair, and this is not fair.
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Apparently, the world does not get NBC, because it didn't appear to get the message that this is supposed to be the Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte Olympics.
Monday night at the Aquatics Centre was filled with no shortage of brilliant stories.
What about 17-year-old Missy Franklin, the native of Aurora, Colo., winning the first of what could be four individual medals in the 100-meter backstroke?
Or how about two swimmers that probably no Americans have ever heard of – countrymen Matt Grevers and Nick Thoman – pulling off the first American gold-silver sweep of the London swimming program in the men's 100-meter backstroke?
Or Ritu Meilutyte, the 15-year-old Lithuanian who appeared bewildered on the pool deck, seemingly unable to grasp the fact that she had actually won the women's 100-meter breaststroke by the length of one of her green, red, and yellow-painted fingernails?
Lochte left behind
But not one of them featured Mr. Lochte stroking through the pool like an aquatic Colossus, leaving only a trail of seared swimming caps in his wake. In fact, in Lochte's race, it would be criminal not to celebrate Yannick Agnel, the Frenchman who conjured up a repeat of his gold-medal performance Sunday to win the 200-meter freestyle Monday in a swim so fast it seemed to leave contrails in the East London water.
Lochte, beaten by Mr. Agnel Sunday, finished a fading fourth Monday.
This is not an indictment of Lochte. Nor of Phelps for his own fourth-place finish Saturday. In the three years from Beijing to the 2011 world championships, those two had come to make us all believe that the impossible was not only possible, but to be expected. We set them on pedestals because there seemed nothing that they could not do. For that, and for the audacity of what they are attempting here, they should be celebrated.
But at the same time, perhaps it is only wise for us now to appreciate the enormity of what they have done by recognizing that, as great as America's dynamic duo surely is, there is greatness elsewhere to be celebrated. Indeed, in realizing that – and enjoying it – their accomplishments become that much more astounding.
And there was plenty to enjoy Monday.
Starting with Ritu Meilutyte. Who is she, and did anyone outside Vilnius know how to spell her name before her eye-opening heats Sunday? Clearly, English is not her first language, or maybe even her third. Yet it seemed that her comments after the race captured the moment precisely.
"I can't believe it. It's too much for me. I really can't say anything. It was hard and difficult. At the moment I can't speak too much."
You got the sense that, even in Lithuanian, she would have been a blathering wreck. Fifteen-year-olds aren't even allowed to compete in women's gymnastics at the Olympics. Meaning that all those tiny girls in leotards are wise old souls compared to Meilutyte.
At 17, Missy Franklin is virtually a pensioner.
Franklin: Swimming for Aurora
Before the Games began, she said that every swim was for her hometown, hoping she could lessen even slightly the weight from the shooting rampage that killed 12. During the last 50 meters of the 100 backstroke, she looked like she had an entire town in the pool with her, pushing her forward.
Just 20 minutes before, she had swum in a semifinal for the 200-meter freestyle. "Missy showed she is incredibly tough out there," said Phelps. "You usually need around a half an hour to recover, so to have that fast turnaround was incredible."
That gives her two medals in two races – the gold Monday and a bronze from the 4x100 freestyle relay Saturday. If she can keep up the pace, she would be the first American woman to win seven medals in a single Olympic Games.
Frenchman Agnel now has two medals as well: both gold, both over Lochte, and both so emphatic that organizers should stamp an exclamation mark on them.
Swimmers talk about finding another gear when they need it. In the last 50 meters, Agnel found about three. There is no shame in saying that Lochte was utterly upstaged. After all, Lochte himself did the upstaging Saturday in the 400-meter individual medley. He will almost surely do it again before the lights go out at the Aquatics Centre.
This time, it was Agnel's turn.
The new French president was there to watch, and he too caught the right spirit. Beijing, it seemed, was the Americans' time, snatching an improbable victory from the French in the 4x100 relay. But Monday, the French got their just desserts.
"Four years ago there was disappointment, and so now it is not in the spirit of revenge," said President François Hollande. "It shows you should never give up even if you fail on the first attempt."
Phelps and Lochte couldn't have said it better.

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Richard Knox, NPR "All Things Considered" 02 January 08:
Every year, overdoses of heroin and opiates, such as Oxycontin, kill more drug users than AIDS, hepatitis or homicide.
And the number of overdoses has gone up dramatically over the past decade.
But now, public health workers from New York to Los Angeles, North Carolina to New Mexico, are preventing thousands of deaths by giving $9.50 rescue kits to drug users. The kits turn drug users into first responders by giving them the tools to save a life.
One of the new rescue operations is located off a side street behind St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Cambridge, Mass. Clients enter through an innocuous-looking door and climb a flight of wooden stairs to the Cambridge Cares About AIDS program for harm reduction.
The group says its mission is to provide prevention, education, advocacy and support services to the economically and socially disadvantaged.
At CCAA, drug users can obtain condoms, sterile needles, syringes and other resources to reduce their vulnerability to disease and death. Health educators also cajole their clients to undergo HIV and hepatitis testing, urge them not to share needles, and find them slots in detoxification programs and methadone treatment.
Drug Used as a Nasal Spray
On one recent wintry morning, health educator Eliza Wheeler teaches a 34-year-old client named Elissa how to rescue her friends from a fatal overdose.
"All right, Elissa," Wheeler says in a getting-down-to-business manner. "The first thing I'm going to do is ask a series of questions about your current drug use. So, we're going to talk about just the last 30 days."
Elissa has been on methadone for six years, but she confesses that she used heroin a couple of days in the previous month because she was under a lot of stress.
Like most long-term heroin users, Elissa has had scary experiences with overdoses – her own and others'. Once, her partner became unresponsive after taking a mixture of heroin, benzodiazepine pills and alcohol, she says.
"He was not breathing, which is why I called the ambulance," she says. "But I managed to wake him up before they came, and they didn't take him away. He went out and convinced them he was OK."
Many times, drug users and their friends don't call 911, which is why overdoses are so often fatal. They're afraid the police might come, and they could get arrested — or lose their housing or custody of their children.
Signs of Overdose
Wheeler runs through the signs of heroin overdose for Elissa.
"There are some clear signs, like people turning blue," Wheeler says. "Sometimes, there's like a gurgling sound and nonresponsiveness, of course. And there are some less clear signs, like people being in kind of a heavy nod — kind of being really sedated — not breathing very often. We usually say 12 breaths a minute is key. So, if people are breathing less than that, it's time to really be concerned."
Wheeler says stimulation — rubbing hard on the breastbone or the upper lip — can sometimes bring an overdose victim back to consciousness. If that doesn't work, call 911 and start blowing air into the person's lungs, a modified form of CPR called "rescue breathing."
That's when it's time to open up the overdose rescue kit, Wheeler says, ripping open a plastic bag and taking out a small box containing a vial of medicine.
"This is what the box looks like," she says. "Attached to the box is a little apparatus that makes it into a spray. It's just a nasal spray. There's no injection."
"That's so wonderful!" Elissa says, looking visibly relieved. "I had thought it was a shot."
The nasal spray is a drug called naloxone, or Narcan. It blocks the brain receptors that heroin activates, instantly reversing an overdose.
Doctors and emergency medical technicians have used Narcan for years in hospitals and ambulances. But it doesn't require much training because it's impossible to overdose on Narcan.
The Cambridge program began putting Narcan kits into drug users' hands in August. Since then, the kits have been used to reverse seven overdoses.
New data compiled for NPR by researcher Alex Kral of the consulting firm RTI International show that more than 2,600 overdoses have been reversed in 16 programs operating across the nation.
Kral estimates that is at least 75 percent of all the reversals that have occurred so far among several dozen U.S. programs, many of which are new.
John Gatto, executive director of the Cambridge program, says such dramatic results are unusual in the world of substance abuse treatment and prevention.
"In the work that we do, oftentimes the results are very intangible," Gatto says. "This is amazing to be involved in something that literally can save people's lives. Why wouldn't we do it?"
Program Has Critics
But Dr. Bertha Madras, deputy director of the White House Office on National Drug Control Policy, opposes the use of Narcan in overdose-rescue programs.
"First of all, I don't agree with giving an opioid antidote to non-medical professionals. That's No. 1," she says. "I just don't think that's good public health policy."
Madras says drug users aren't likely to be competent to deal with an overdose emergency. More importantly, she says, Narcan kits may actually encourage drug abusers to keep using heroin because they know overdosing isn't as likely.
Madras says the rescue programs might take away the drug user's motivation to get into detoxification and drug treatment.
"Sometimes having an overdose, being in an emergency room, having that contact with a health care professional is enough to make a person snap into the reality of the situation and snap into having someone give them services," Madras says.
Study Confirms Benefits
There is not much research on the effect of Narcan kits on drug abusers' behavior, but one small study suggests that overdose-rescue programs reduce heroin use and get some people into treatment.
Karen Seal, an author of the study, says the study showed rescue programs have a tremendous impact.
"It was one of those great studies where we just all walked away and said, 'Whoa! This is terrific!'" says Seal, of the University of California, San Francisco. "I mean, by our sheer interaction with these folks around these life-saving behaviors, we're actually creating some real positive change here."
And health educator Wheeler says putting overdose-rescue kits in the hands of drug users sends them a positive message.
"There is a real potential culture change among drug users because of Narcan," she says. "Because, from my experience, I feel like drug users internalize a lot of stigma that's out in the world about them. They come to believe that dying is just part of this life that they've chosen."
Wheeler says it doesn't have to be that way.
Despite the rescue program's critics, it has not generated the kind of controversy that surrounded needle-exchange programs. Those programs seek to prevent drug users from getting HIV or hepatitis by sharing dirty needles and syringes.
So far, Narcan rescue programs have sprung up in big cities and rural areas around the country with little or no opposition.


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There's no replacement for an actual doctor when you're on the verge of death, but if you find yourself without in the midst of an emergency, the S.O.S. app might help. Come on, it's powered by Oprah's favorite doc!
S.O.S. uses the knowhow of the Red Cross and the suave bedside manner of Dr. Oz to guide you through over 30 emergency procedures—CPR, choking, those sorts of things. Some of the instructions come with more advanced information, like a chest-pump timer for CPR. There's also an auto-dial function for 911, in case you've got your hands busy with knocking a pretzel out of someone's throat.
The app's free, and it might even slightly increase the chances of someone not dying. Kind of a no-brainer. [Android Market]


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I love my boys room, I love the black, white and grey colours which really let all of the colourful toys and prints really pop out. When renovating, don't forget to also look for cool bathroom decor ideas to match the bedroom decor. Here are some inspiring children bedrooms that I think look great.
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i am about to create a kidsroom myself and i was thinking the same thing; simple black and white with lots of colour pops!ReplyDelete
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Your boys have a lovely bedroom, Deborah! And these photos you posted are really inspiring!ReplyDelete
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Charles Russell Lowell "liberates" a Luray slave
It's not a lengthy letter, but this has to be one of my personal favorites among those written by Union soldiers about their encounters with slaves in Page County. When writing to his wife, Josephine, from Staunton on September 27, 1864, Charles Russell Lowell remarked,
I haven't told you either that, the day before yesterday at Luray, I organized a small black boy, bright enough and well brought up; his name is James, but as we have already two of that name about here, I call him Luray, which is quite aristocratic. You can teach him to read and to write this winter, if you have time. The Doctor thinks you would find more satisfaction in him than in your pupils of Vienna.
I've often wondered what happened to James (aka Luray); if he was actually sent to Boston or remained with Lowell up to the time of Lowell's death at Cedar Creek. I cannot find a reference to anyone with the first name of Luray in postwar census records in the Boston area, but would truly like to know what happened to James.
Allen McClain permalinkMarch 22, 2009 1:48 pm
I think it would be great to be able to find out the fate of the young boy named James aka Luray. According to Charles Russell Lowell's letter to his wife dated Sept. 25, 1864, Charles had only met the young boy just two days prior to that letter. It appears to have only been less than one month of meeting the young boy that Charles died in October 20, 1864 in Middletown, Virginia.
There is a Pandora's box of questions one can possibly ask in hopes of uncovering the fate of James aka Luray.:
-Did he remain in Virginia, possibly near the location where Charles Russell Lowell (CRL) last fought? Or did he leave for Boston and or New York as intended by CRL?
-How old was he? Would he have been old enough to decide what his name would be after the Civil War was over? [For if he was not old enough and remained in Virginia, the fate of his name may have once again remain in the deciding hands of whomever was presiding over him.]
-Would he have been old enough to seek out his possible family in Page county, Virginia(if in fact that is where he last saw them)? Thereby taking the name James and or Luray and then the surname that his family selected.
Noel permalinkMarch 22, 2009 6:52 pm
Hi, Robert. Thanks as always for post. Aside from your main emphasis here on events in the Valley and the mystery of "Luray," this brings back for me nice memories of researching my first-ever Civil War article, published in the mid-80's in a now-defunct journal, about the long sojourn of the 2nd Massachusetts in my hometown of Vienna. Turns out that research overlooked a lot of really cool aspects of the camp's story, so it's great to see it continuing to come into focus, with the implication here that Effie had taught former slaves in Vienna.
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When the Metropolitan Transportation Authority released its budget proposals this summer, the newspaper headlines focused on the proposed fare and toll increases. But more general funding and service issues loom just as large.
The MTA proposed a $6 increase in the $70 monthly unlimited ride MetroCards and a $3 increase in the $21 weekly passes. It also proposed a 50-cent increase in tunnel tolls (currently $3.50) and a $2 increase in the $4 fare for express buses. Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road fares would rise by about five percent. The fare and toll increases and cutbacks in some transit services will be voted on by the MTA Board in December and take effect sometime in 2005. The base subway fare of $2 would be unchanged, as would the discounts for buying at least $10 in fare value at a time.
Fare and toll increases, combined with service cuts, would eliminate the $436 million MTA budget gap in 2005. There remains a $695 million deficit in 2006 and larger deficits in later years. MTA executives say that another fare increase might be necessary in 2007.
The MTA also released a $27.8 billion five-year capital program for 2005 to 2009. While most of this vast sum goes toward maintaining the existing transit system, funding is also included for much-needed system expansion projects including the Second Avenue Subway, a link to Grand Central Terminal for LIRR riders and a rail link between JFK Airport and lower Manhattan.
The need for another fare increase, coming on the heels of across-the-board fare and toll hikes in May 2003, shows how capital spending is related to fares. In a departure from past practice, capital spending over the past five years was funded largely by borrowing. A recent Regional Plan Association study reported that 59 percent of the 2000-04 capital program was funded by bonds and debt restructuring, up sharply from 40 percent for the 1992-99 period and 25 percent from 1987 to 1991. Payments on the increased debt load are putting pressure on the MTA budget and leading to the need for fare and toll hikes every couple of years.
The MTA's reliance on borrowing for the 2000-04 capital program was forced by cutbacks in state and city aid. The figure below shows that state and city aid covered only two percent of the 2000-04 capital program, down from about 30 percent a decade ago.
Source: Regional Plan Association
No one questions the importance of finding the money for maintaining and even expanding the current subway, bus and commuter rail system. And, despite the appeal of the expansion projects, no one doubts the critical necessity of maintaining the existing system. As former MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch, who put together the MTA's first capital program in the early 1980s that brought the transit system back from the brink of collapse, said to the New York Times, "The highest priority must be the capital maintenance of the existing system. Otherwise, the subway system and commuter rail system are going to start down the slippery slope again."
Transit advocates have long called on the state and city to resume their support of MTA capital spending. Elliot Sander, director of the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management at New York University, told the Daily News, "When the system was rescued in the 1980s, the state and city provided key financial support. They have now walked away." Gene Russianoff of the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign, put the responsibility squarely on the governor. "If there is a fare increase," he said, "it has a name: It will be the George E. Pataki fare increase."
So where will the money come from? The experience with previous proposals for various funding sources, from a voter-rejected bond act to tolls on the East River bridges, is not encouraging. Neither the governor nor mayor want to increase taxes. The MTA was heavily criticized during last year's fare increase proceedings.
Given this backdrop, no one is talking about specific funding sources. The MTA's Powerpoint presentation on the capital program notes dryly:
The RPA report calls for "dedicated revenues" from the state, city and suburban counties and long-term subsidies from the state without providing specific recommendations. Others are even less specific. Katherine Lapp, MTA executive director, said, "The great debate will be how this need is met." Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, "We think that there are other alternatives that haven't been explored, and we wanted the staffs to do more work." A spokesman for State Comptroller Alan Hevesi told the Times, "You can see that there are some fundamental issues, particularly in terms of growing debt service. It's clear [the MTA] can't really count on something to magically come along and solve the problem."
The capital plan goes to Albany for approval and consideration of funding issues. It is anyone's guess how the governor and legislative leaders, who just now approved a state budget that was due in last spring, will address the funding challenge.
Bruce Schaller is head of Schaller Consulting, which provides research and analysis about transportation, and is also a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Transportation Policy and Management at New York University.Â


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The good thing about taxes is they're only filed once a year. The bad thing is it's almost impossible to remember which tax deductions you qualify for each year.
"Credits come and go. It's hard to remember," says Bob Wheeler, a certified public accountant in Santa Monica, Calif. While the IRS does all it can to help taxpayers determine which itemized deductions to apply to their taxes, there are enough possible tax deductions that it's easy to miss some, experts say.
The good news is that for most people who haven't had major life changes -- having a child, losing a job, buying a house, getting married, etc. -- filing taxes shouldn't be too hard, says Mark Steber, chief tax officer at Jackson Hewitt Tax Service. "The bottom line for most taxpayers is that 2012 should mostly represent 2011, because there weren't many tax law changes," Steber says. Here are some of the tax deductions you don't want to overlook:
Medical costs. These include health insurance premiums, dental care, glasses, counseling, therapy, and miles driven to medical appointments, Wheeler says. The medical expenses must add up to more than 10% of your adjusted gross income (AGI).
Long-term care insurance is deductible, subject to specific dollar amounts depending on age, says Gail Rosen, a CPA in Martinsville, N.J. Weight-loss programs are deductible if undertaken as treatment for a disease diagnosed by a physician, she says.
Housing. Deducting mortgage interest is a no-brainer, but other costs when buying a house can be deducted from taxes, including private mortgage insurance, points paid on an original mortgage, and energy credits. "Once you get past a mortgage and a W-2, it just gets a whole lot more complicated," says Wheeler.
Education. Student loan interest is commonly missed, Steber says. Parents contributing to a child's college education can choose to take a tuition and fee deduction of up to $4,000, or can take tax credits, he says. The American Opportunity Tax Credit is for up to $2,500 per student for the first three years of college, and the Lifetime Learning Credit is for up to $2,000 per family for every additional year of college or graduate school, Rosen says.
Non-cash charitable contributions. Deducting a cash contribution to a charity is easy enough, but too often people don't accurately value non-cash contributions such as clothes, Steber says. Determine fair-market value and don't value them for less than they're worth, he recommends. Other charitable deductions include expenses paid of behalf of a charity, and donating appreciated stock, Rosen says.
Retirement. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 allows taxpayers to roll over funds from a regular 401(k) retirement account into a Roth account under the same plan. For people with IRAs, some miss the opportunity to contribute to it and don't realize that it's a deduction that doesn't need to be funded by Dec. 31 of the tax year, says Neil Johnson, a CPA in Northbrook, Ill., who blogs about taxes at TheTaxDude.com. Taxpayers have until April 14 of the following year to fund their IRA.
Job hunting. Qualifying expenses are deductible even if they didn't result in a new job being offered or accepted, Rosen says. These costs include resumes, postage, job counseling, employment agency fees, telephone charges, and travel for interviews that isn't reimbursed by the prospective employer. They must exceed 2% of your AGI. To be deductible, you must be looking for work in the same trade or business that you've been in, she says, adding that job hunting expenses when looking for a job in a new field aren't deductible.
Bad debt. Ever loan someone money and not get repaid? You could qualify for the non-business bad debt tax deduction for individuals, says Anisha Bailey of A.C. Bailey Tax Solutions in Beavercreek, Ohio. Individuals and married couples can claim the deduction and get a loss of up to $3,000 per year when they loan someone money and aren't repaid, Bailey says.
"This non-business bad debt loss is deducted as a short-term capital loss and they can carry forward any amounts they are not able to claim in the current year and reduce their taxable income in future years," she wrote in an email. However you prepare your tax returns --- with a computer program, hired professional or by yourself --- it's important not to rush through the process, Rosen says. "So many people just drop off their stuff at an accountant," she says. "Just like anything, taxes take a lot of time --- whether it's a professional or you're doing it yourself."
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Prison officials are accusing the convicted killer of abortion provider George Tiller with trying to intimidate the woman who reopened his Wichita clinic.
The Kansas Department of Corrections said Tuesday it filed an administrative charge against Scott Roeder under a prison regulation which prohibits threatening or intimidating anyone. The 55-year-old Roeder is serving a life sentence at the prison in Lansing for Tiller's 2009 murder at the physician's church.
Prison spokesman Jeremy Barclay says an administrative hearing will be scheduled to determine whether Roeder is guilty. Such offenses can result in segregation, loss of privileges and extra work.
The charge stems from a recorded phone call an abortion opponent posted on YouTube in which Roeder says reopening the clinic is almost like putting a target on the clinic director's back.


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Fox topped Tuesday with a special American Idol, while Smash continued its precipitous slide.
Idol's two-hour episode averaged 11.5 million viewers and a 3.4 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic. NCIS did, however, edge it out by a tenth in the 8 o'clock hour (20.3 million, 3.3 vs. 10.9 million, 3.2).
The best "very special" episodesNCIS: Los Angeles (15.9 million, 2.8) and Golden Boy (9.3 million, 1.6), in its last Tuesday tryout spot, both slipped.After holding steady last week, Smash (2.6 million, 0.7) slumped 22 percent to a new series low. Even worse? The CW's Hart of Dixie (1.4 million, 0.6) nearly tied it in the demo. Smash's lead-ins Go On (3.04 million, 1.1) and The New Normal (2.4 million, 0.9) were flat and down, respectively.Smash did not suffer the biggest decline though. That dubious honor went to Celebrity Wife Swap (4.1 million, 1.5), which fell 38 percent without Kate Gosselin. The Taste (3.2 million, 1.2) was down two-tenths and Body of Proof (6.5 million, 1.2) was even.8 p.m.
CBS: NCIS 20.3 million viewers (3.3 demo rating)ABC: Celebrity Wife Swap 4.1 million (1.5)Fox: American Idol 11.5 million (3.4) [8-10 p.m.] NBC: Betty White's Off Their Rockers (R) 3.6 million (1.0); Betty White's Off Their Rockers 3.6 million (1.1)CW: Hart of Dixie 1.4 million (0.6) 9 p.m.
CBS: NCIS: Los Angeles 15.9 million (2.8)ABC: The Taste 3.2 million (1.2)NBC: Go On 3.04 million (1.1); The New Normal 2.4 million (0.9)CW: Beauty and the Beast (R) 750,000 (0.3)10 p.m.
CBS: Golden Boy 9.3 million (1.6)ABC: Body of Proof 6.5 million (1.2)NBC: Smash 2.6 million (0.7)


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A healthcare bill passed unanimously during the long session creates additional protections for people covered by health benefit plans. The bill also contains protections designed to help smaller pharmacies compete with large pharmaceutical companies.
"This bill will assist independent pharmacies by allowing them to provide more information to their patients regarding the amount of the insured's cost share for a prescription drug," said Representative Brenden Jones, the legislation's primary sponsor. "Pharmacists will also now be permitted to sell lower-cost alternative drugs to consumers. Overall, the aim of this bill is to provide a more level playing field for small businesses which play such a vital role in our economy."1
The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act [House Bill 466] provides the following reforms:
- Allows pharmacists to discuss lower-cost alternative drugs with consumers, and sell lower-cost alternative drugs to them;
- Prohibits Pharmacy Benefits Managers from using contract terms to prevent pharmacies from providing direct store delivery services;
- Prohibits Pharmacy Benefits Managers from charging insureds a co-pay that is greater than the total submitted charges by an in-network pharmacy; and
- Allows Pharmacy Benefits Managers to charge pharmacies a fee for costs related to claim adjudication only if the fee was set out in a contract or reported on the remittance advice of the claim.
The role of the Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) resulted from the passage in 2003 of the Medicare Modernization Act and the creation of Medicare Part D, which offered new prescription drugs benefits. Medicare Part D created the need for a middleman between the insurer and the pharmacy. PBMs identify eligible patients, negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical manufacturers, and reduce the administrative burden on the benefits provider.
PBMs create a list of medicines covered by a given benefit plan, called formularies, and press for discounts on the manufacturer's price in order to include their prescription drugs on their lists. Unless a prescribed medicine is included in formularies, insurers won't cover it and physicians won't prescribe it — giving PBMs more leverage for negotiating prices.
The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act was signed into law in July and applies to contracts entered into, renewed, or amended as of October 1, 2017.
1. Bladen Online, April 28, 2017: "Rep. Brenden Jones' HB466, The Pharmacy Patient Fair Practices Act Passes House"


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Sunday Singalong with Circlemending - Songs of the Season - The Birth of our Savior
One of my favorites is "Infant Holy" - it's a simple song and I love the version on the recording "Twas on a Night Like This" (discussed a couple of weeks ago. But here is a YouTube version with a lovely background video, the song performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Enjoy the experience.
So now it's your turn: Share the lyrics, title, or link to a favorite song that speaks to the birth of our Savior, the reason we celebrate this time of year. Let us not forget the Reason for the Season.
Merry Christmas to all my followers, and to anyone who just stumbles on this post.
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Merry Christmas!
"O Holy Night" (1847)
A gorgeous song performed by so many amazing artists; Josh Groban this time around - simply incredible!
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Oh yes, I love both of those, and don't forget one of my children's favorites, Away in a Manager!ReplyDelete
I'm a new genealogy blogger at Family Archaeologist. I loved to sing in the choir as a kid & in High School, and every year go wherever I can to sing Christmas songs. O Holy Night was a favorite of my dad's and we sang it often. I just made a post about how my grandparents knew hundreds of songs and we've relegated singing to so-called "professionals." You may enjoy it at www.familyarchaeologist.com -- the post is "The Cash and Song Book" Plus my grandfather's diary of his trip to America 100 years ago will be posted on the centennial of its writing. Hope you drop by.


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The Caribou Fire and Ambulance Department has been engaged in expanding and improving the level of service our customers receive for several years now. In 1984, the department added the Ambulance Service in addition to the Fire Service, with a reduction in personnel, and the amount of calls per year has greatly increased.
The Caribou Fire Department was created in 1883 when the Town Council voted to buy Caribou's first Hook and Ladder Truck at a cost of $75.00. In 1891, the first Volunteer Fire Department was formed. The first Fire Chief was Herschel D. Collins. The first full-time Fire Chief was Donald E. Woods, in 1950.
The Caribou Fire & Ambulance Department is comprised of sixteen full time personnel, which includes a full time Fire chief. The facility is manned by three crews of five firefighters. Each crew is on duty for 24 hours and off duty for 48. Of these full time members: all sixteen are trained at the Paramedic level, four at the Critical Care Paramedic (Flight Medic) level. All full time members are trained at the Firefighter II level and many have obtained special focused training including Fire Instructor, RIT Instructor, Fire Officer and others. The department also has twenty five paid call members and a number of volunteers, trained from Basic Fire through Firefighter II and beyond. Nine of these members are also hold EMS licenses at various levels, from Basic to Paramedic. The Paid Call also encompasses our special rescue team, currently compromised of ten personnel trained in extrication and other special rescues.
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NBC kicked off the broadcast networks' annual series-pickup frenzy with orders to dramas "The Bionic Woman," "Chuck," "Journeyman" and "Life" as well as a renewal of critical darling "Friday Night Lights."Additionally, sources said ABC is close to a 13-episode order for the midseason comedy "Notes From the Underbelly," and CBS is close to bringing back the midseason comedy "Rules of Engagement" and the sophomore sitcom "The New Adventures of Old Christine."Talks are said to continue about ABC possibly picking up eight to nine more episodes of its well-received but low-rated comedy "The Knights of Prosperity," featuring Donal Logue and company trying to rob Ray Romano (HR 5/10). Romano appeared at the end of the last aired episode of "Knights." He also is featured in the remaining three episodes of the show's first season, which have not aired.All four newly picked up NBC drama series were given permission to begin staffing last week (HR 5/8)."Bionic," from NBC Universal TV Studio, is a re-imagination of the 1970s series. David Eick, Jason Smilovic and director Michael Dinner exec produced the pilot starring Michelle Ryan, with Glen Morgan joining the series as exec producer.Advertisement "Chuck," from Warner Bros. TV, is a dramedy starring Zachary Levi as a computer geek working as a spy. Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak penned the pilot and exec produced it with the pilot's director McG."Journeyman," from 20th Century Fox TV, stars Kevin McKidd as a man who travels back in time to fix the lives of people in trouble. Writer Kevin Falls and director Alex Graves exec produced the pilot."Life," from NBC Uni TV, stars Damian Lewis as an ex-cop who rejoins the force after being wrongfully imprisoned. Rand Ravich penned the pilot and exec produced it with director David Semel.Several other NBC pilots -- including the dramedy "Lipstick Jungle," possibly for midseason, and comedies "The IT Crowd" and "Lip****z Saves the Universe" -- are said to have strong supporters at the network. The full-season pickup for "FNL," which struggled in the Wednesday 8 p.m. time period, follows an order for six additional scripts NBC made in April (HR 4/11). NBC Entertainment president Kevin Reilly had repeatedly stated that the NBC Uni TV show would return for a second season, probably in a new time slot. The most rumored scenario has the football drama going to Fridays.Sources said NBC's long-running drama "Crossing Jordan" won't return, while the jury is still out on "Law & Order," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "Scrubs." For two of the three, "L&O" and "Scrubs," a cancellation by NBC won't necessarily mean the end of the shows, with TNT interested in picking the procedural drama and ABC interested in taking on the medical comedy.The end of the road might be coming for another series that was looking for a new beginning, CW's "Veronica Mars." Sources indicated that the cult show, whose trailer for a fourth season set a couple of years into the feature had been warmly received by CW brass, is now back on the verge of cancellation.A rumored CBS schedule, which made the rounds Thursday, includes the untitled Cynthia Cidre drama pilot landing the Thursday 10 p.m. time slot and "Shark" moving to the Tuesday 10 p.m. hour. With its paranormal theme, "Babylon Fields" could be a good fit after "Ghost Whisperer" on Friday, while murder mystery-musical "Viva Laughlin" might kick off the network's Wednesday crime lineup of "Criminal Minds" and "CSI: NY."
The talk: NBC's'Heroes' to ThursdaysOn Monday the network reveals its fall lineupBy Toni Fitzgerald May 11, 2007 Last year, ABC shook up Thursday night by moving its top-rated drama, Greys Anatomy, into the 9 p.m. slot. The network has dominated the night ever since.Now NBC is rumored to be mulling a similarly bold move to revive ratings on a night it long dominated but in recent years has fallen way behind.The big change: Sliding Heroes, the seasons top-rated new show among adults 18-49, into the 10 p.m. timeslot the long-fading ER once ruled as TVs most-watched show. Heroes currently airs Monday at 9 p.m.If this rumor is true, the move would be announced on Monday at the network's upfront schedule presentation to media buyers.The network is expected to once again rely heavily on new dramas, with only two of its highly touted bunch from last year returning and at least five new ones on tap for next year. Its strategy: Concentrate on quality, and assume viewers will eventually discover good programming. That also means a number of lower-rated older shows, such as "Crossing Jordan," will be purged."Heroes" was one of last year's new programs, and at some levels, moving it to Thursday would make sense.Its the same type of show [as Greys], which was a hit new show last year when they moved it, says one media researcher. Its a very young show thats created appointment viewing. If you were to pick a hit show that could move, I think that might be it. Otherwise, theres not too many top-rated shows out there that are new and could move around. The move would give NBC the dominant Thursday presence its been lacking since Friends left three years ago. Further, the competition in the timeslot is the weakest of any hour on Thursday night. ABC cycled several shows through the slot, none of them gaining much traction. While CBSs Shark performed decently among total viewers, the network is expected to replace it with a new show that can better hold CSIs lead-in audience among 18-49s.Yet further, moving Heroes also would allow NBC to move ER, which has been fading all season but is still higher-rated than most of its dramas. By putting that show on another night, perhaps Wednesday, NBC could see gains on two evenings.But of course NBC could decide to keep Heroes where it is, and it would have good reasons for doing so. The shows ratings have slipped after a two-month batch of reruns, and the network may be reluctant to dismantle its most successful night.There's also the concern that ABC might schedule its new Greys Anatomy spinoff Thursday at 10, which would suddenly make that timeslot a lot tougher.In any case, whether Heroes moves to Thursday or not, the bulk of NBC's comedy-heavy Thursday schedule is expected to remain intact when the network releases it on Monday.Though NBCs comedy lineup has drawn low ratings, it indexes very highly with affluent viewers, and it has won the respect of media buyers. Many praise My Name is Earl, The Office, 30 Rock and Scrubs as the funniest comedy lineup on any network since the 1980s.Really, its the type of night for NBC that doesnt necessarily deliver the quantity of viewers but the quality, says the media researcher. They may keep it intact.The one show in danger of being canceled or perhaps returning at midseason is Scrubs, which has hit season lows recently and has become very expensive to produce with star Zach Braffs recent salary bump. NBC may try new comedies Lip****z Saves the World or The IT Crowd, both getting positive buzz this week.NBC has loaded up on drama pilots to help boost its fourth-place season-to-date 3.1 rating in 18-49s. Lipstick Jungle, about three women executives, The Bionic Woman, a remake of the 1970s show, and Chuck, about a computer whiz, reportedly have received orders, as have time travel drama Journeyman and Life, about a police officer.As expected, yesterday the network renewed low-rated first-year drama Friday Night Lights, rumored to be moving from Wednesday to Friday. Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent are still under consideration but probably will not return because they are too expensive. L&O: Special Victims Unit has already been renewed and should remain on Tuesday, with two new dramas airing before it.NBC has also renewed Medium and Deal or No Deal, with speculation that the former could return to Mondays after struggling on Wednesday. Sunday Night Football will return in the fall with a revamped pre-show.And Donald Trumps Apprentice could return, but likely at midseason. Though Trump has been claiming the show was renewed, NBC has not confirmed it. Crossing Jordan, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and The Black Donnellys will all be canceled.
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6 Tips for Surviving Family Road Trips
Are we there yet? Aidan's kicking my seat. I have to go potty and I can't hold it any longer!
Family road trips during the busy holiday season can take a lot out of you. Circle of Moms member Amy C. should know: she's made several lengthy holiday pilgrimages to her six children's grandparents' house. She minces no words: "Be prepared for the trip to be longer and harder than you planned – many diaper changes, feedings and potty stops."
But don't despair: this seasoned traveler, along with several other Circle of Moms members, has shared solid ideas for getting your family wherever you need to go this holiday season by car — safely and with minimal stress. If you plan well, says Monica M., it might even be fun.
1. Travel at Night
Heading out during the nighttime or early hours when kids are still in sleep mode takes away some of the traveling stresses. "Traveling overnight if possible is the easiest," recommends seasoned traveler Amy C. Kyla T. agrees. "I have three kids and we have always done the bulk of our traveling at night, that way they sleep through. Our last trip was last Christmas. We drove from Kansas to New York. That's a 24 hour drive straight through with a 7-year-old, 4-year-old and a 3-month-old. We leave around 7 or 8 at night, right around their bed time." She also points out that driving at night is more efficient: if the kids are asleep, you'll wind up taking fewer potty breaks.
2. Take Turns Keeping the Kids Happy
While it can be stressful being the driver on a long-distance road trip, it is often even more difficult to be the parent in charge of keeping the kids happy. That's why Monica M. recommends splitting these duties and going back and forth: "If your spouse is accompanying you, take turns driving (if you can) while he sits in the back to read [or] sings with your baby."
3. Pack Lots of Snacks
Planning ahead on the food and drink front is essential. "Small crackers (such as goldfish) or cookies are always good to tide kids over between stops," says Circle of Moms member Ricky P. "If you go down the cookie cracker aisle in the grocery store you will find a lot of single serving packets and I personally find those easier then the boxes with one big bag, that way I can open one at a time and not worry about the whole box spilling or going stale. Plus, that way I can also switch the snacks up and not have a million different bags of snacks open and worrying about going stale. You can have a small cooler and pack sliced fruit cheese slices or sticks, yogurt tubes (so you don't need to worry about spoons and dishes). Juice boxes and bottles of water too."
4. Bring Lots of Toys and Distractions
Make sure there are a lot of distractions and ways to keep your kids from getting bored. Monica M. says her kids love singalong CDs, while Angie B. favors new toys for road trips: "They stay distracted longer while they learn about their new toy."
Jennifer P., who took a cross country trip with her boyfriend and 3-year-old son, brought along lots of her son's favorite music and filled a big bag with picture books anfd portable toys like a mini dry erase board, an Etch a Sketch, and action figures.
5. Take Frequent Breaks
Everyone – including you – needs car breaks, so make sure you take them. Becky W. recommends stopping often, whether to nurse, use the bathroom, eat, or stretch legs at a rest stop. Monica M. agrees: "The kids get tired of sitting in the car as much as we do, so make your frequent stops to stretch and play with them."
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Here's some gameplay we shot of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, the sequel to 2001's hit GameCube title, during E3 this week. The controls take a little concentration to master, but so far, Dark Moon seems just as clever and interesting as its predecessor. Check it out!
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In December, we projected a significant pick up in mergers and acquisitions activity in 2013. The thrust of our conviction was that the solving of the fiscal cliff and the macro economic progress in Europe, the U.S. and China were supplying the one key ingredient that had been absent during the past two years: confidence.
While a month and a half does not a year make, clearly the year has started strongly for M&A, and we believe that this is just the beginning of what will turn out to be a very active 2013. Granted, there have been those naysayers who point out that three of the most visible recent deals are one-off events. While it is true that Dell (Dell), Heinz (HNZ) and the Office Depot (ODP)/Office Max (OMX) merger are each special situations, much the same can be said about many deals over time.
The real point is that the various parties, including corporations, private equity, bankers and debt markets are confident enough now in the economic environment to make business decisions that assume a return to normal economic times. Additionally, they are willing to plan and manage looking beyond a three month time frame. With such greater confidence in place, M&A players are taking advantage of many highly favorable conditions to help stimulate activity, including:
- Low interest rates and easing credit availability for good borrowers;
- Cash-rich and often under-leveraged corporate balance sheets;
- Attractive stock market valuations;
- Abundant strategic, and earnings synergies available to many companies looking for incremental growth;
- The substantial likelihood of an acquisition being immediately accretive, thanks to low financing rates, exceptionally low interest rates paid on cash balances and attractive purchase prices;
- A still early economic recovery, which means that acquirers can forecast out a longer time period for realizing the benefits of a sound acquisition.
Besides these factors, the market is creating a self-fulfilling positive environment, as many recent strategic deals have been greeted very favorably as sound and appropriate ways to enhance company value and prospects. We believe that this self-fulfilling positive reaction will spread to a wider array of deals as the year progresses further encouraging more activity by both willing acquirers and potential targets. In addition, as more private equity firms get more active, we believe it will motivate other players who have been sitting on the sidelines to start to put their money to work.
Among the many positive implications of M&A activity is that in some respects it represents the canary in the mine shaft for the overall stock market. Especially in the early stages of a pick-up, M&A activity should be seen as a powerful validation of the state and, equally importantly, the direction of the economy.
As an industry that depends upon confidence, M&A activity also imparts this confidence both to businesses and to lenders. For businesses, greater M&A activity can indirectly help with such bellwether issues as capital spending and hiring.
For the capital markets, increased M&A is an indication that debt markets are functioning properly and that the stock market, as a whole, is selling at a reasonable valuation and, in certain sectors, very attractive valuations. When the market believes valuations to be reasonable, there is less inclination to force major downward swings in value, and there is also a greater openness to upward stock price movement.
Direct stock market winners from M&A, besides the companies involved, are primarily investment banks and universal banks, in which they derive not only M&A fee revenue, but also stock trading and fixed income activity.
Less directly, the overall market benefits as a rising tide of M&A activity lifts all boats so that industries that are the most likely primed for consolidation should see even greater gains in anticipation of potential takeovers.
In 2013, we think that the sectors and industries most involved in M&A will likely include energy, health care, industrials, media, retail, and select technology.
We reiterate a few of the names that we listed in December as possible takeover candidates. The first group focuses on those stocks that we like on an ongoing basis that could also attract a takeover interest: Devon Energy (DVN), Harris (HRS), Southwestern Energy (SWN) and Zimmer (ZMH). Two less meritorious names as independent investments that could nevertheless attract outside interest are Monster Worldwide (MWW) and Staples (SPLS).
On Tuesday we will provide some additional names that we think are of interest, as well as some color on the investment case for each and for the companies included in the first group. In addition we will discuss the pros and cons of the stocks in the latter group.


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Yeah, I have. I've also read & watched multiple reviews. All of them praise the device. The only problem people have with it, is that some of the SNES games don't play to well. But that could easily be fixed by installing Linux on the device.
A community has already developed "Dingux", a linux OS for the Dingoo a320.
Posted 31 December 2009 - 05:52 AM
With a white silicon glove.
Now I wait. My reseller, Justin, of Dingoo-Digital-USA, imports them from China. So I might have to wait a week or so for it to ship.
I'm already building up my ROM collection.
Posted 31 December 2009 - 10:47 AM
Mitchrobins is a bot
DakaSha:if you go into a kindergarden and give all the kids rubber schlongs they will prob just hit each other over the head with them
DakaSha:and you have a class of little kids hitting eachother with rubber dongs which must be quite funny (also Picklweasel knight I am)
Posted 31 December 2009 - 08:17 PM
And yes, I have discovered the true identity of Mitchrobins.
Posted 01 January 2010 - 12:56 PM
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Posted 01 January 2010 - 08:53 PM
I couldn't finish it though There's a bit when you are forced to use a combo attack thing by pressing a few buttons simultaneosly and so obviously I couldn't do that on the Znes. But I guess you could play that too on your fancy gizmo!
Posted 01 January 2010 - 10:42 PM
Posted 02 January 2010 - 10:06 AM
Also, I can't recommend you Chrono Trigger enough. It's a GREAT game, really great! It was the first console game I really loved, that made me realize that there were cool things in consoles, too. And I think that final fantasy VI is the best in the world (among the FF series, of course. I think CT really pwns any FF game)!
> Drink blood
Posted 02 January 2010 - 07:25 PM
Posted 02 January 2010 - 08:57 PM
You haven't played Chrono Trigger? If that's the case, have you also missed one of the best action platformer games around, Blackthorne?
Download time, dude.
Posted 02 January 2010 - 09:47 PM
Hey, Blackthorne is availbe for SNES, Genesis, and GBA!
*downloads all of `em*
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Closed containment systems require a huge capital investment, inexpensive land, very cheap energy and fresh water in abundance, which combine to make it unlikely to replace ocean-based salmon aquaculture, she said.
Commercial-scale systems for rearing Atlantic salmon to maturity are still in their infancy, but four such facilities are either under construction or just starting production, one in each of Chile, Denmark and the eastern U.S., and the K'udas Project on northern Vancouver Island.
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Emrick is optimistic that the committee's recommendation that SDTC facilitate further research on sustainable closed containment technology will accelerate the process started by Tides Canada.
The first smolts will be transferred into the $7.5-million K'udas facility on the 'Namgis First Nation near Port McNeill this month, according to project spokeswoman Jackie Hildering.
"We are at the point where we can prove that this can be done," she said. "We will let the salmon speak."
The first cohort of Atlantic salmon will take 12 to 15 months to grow to maturity, roughly half the time required in net-pens.
Expanding the 'Namgis facility to achieve production of 2,500 tonnes a year will cost another $22 million, bringing the total cost to $30 million, compared with a Fisheries and Oceans estimate of about $5 million to outfit a net-pen operation.
But closed containment systems can achieve higher growth rates, more efficient use of feed and protection from disease and bad weather, reducing business risk, Hildering said.
"The report clearly acknowledges the potential of closed containment to reduce environmental impacts, business risk and improve socio-economic outcomes," said Hildering. "The recommendations, while cautious, do steer the industry toward closed containment."
Experimental closed containment systems produce Atlantic salmon with superior flavour and texture that will fetch a higher price in the marketplace, according to research done by local seafood wholesaler Albion Fisheries.
Potential off flavours are controlled by taking the fish off their feed and placing them in fresh water before harvesting, a technique pioneered by American researchers at the Freshwater Institute, an adviser to the 'Namgis salmon farm.
Commercially raised coho grown in inland fresh water tanks in Washington State sell at a premium to wild fish in Overwaitea stores and carry a Monterey Bay Aquarium sustainability certification as well as a recommendation from Greenpeace.
The report recommends:
• The federal government establish a university-based centre for excellence to maintain Canada's technological advantage in the industry and expand use of such systems.
• The government encourage economic growth through the development of aquaculture operations, including closed containment technologies.
• The government encourage public and private financial support to develop and commercialize closed containment technologies or other innovative aquaculture technologies.