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I've been a chef for 10 years now. Never before (since now) have I had so much inspiration from you guys about knives. So much in fact I'm looking to get into the craft, and figured a good foundation would be at Ed Fowler's school of knifemaking. Has anyone ever taken a class there? What should I expect? There are some tools that I would need to bring to the school (hammer, tongs, gloves, etc) but dont know where to look. Any websites / purveyors / brands that you all prefer to use? Thank you all for helping me finally realize my dream of knifemaking :hungry:


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Yesterday morning, River Falls Medical Clinic (RFMC) of River Falls, Wisconsin, attested for Meaningful Use at 7:30 a.m. CT. The clinic was one of the very first – in fact, #23 to attest to meaningful use under the Medicare program. The following is an email interview I did with Dr. Tashjian about RFMC's experience in the meaningful use attestation process.
Christopher H. Tashjian, MD is the president of River Falls, Ellsworth & Spring Valley Medical Clinics in Wisconsin. The three clinics provide primary care services as well as specialty consults.
How long have you been using EMR? Which EMR do you use?
River Falls Medical Clinic, RFMC, implemented Cerner's Ambulatory EHR in March of 2010 after several years of working with Cerner's PWPM solution.
Did you have to upgrade your EMR to meet the certified EHR and meaningful use requirements?
From day one of EHR implementation, our staff has made it a priority to utilize our EHR solution to its full extent to benefit the care we deliver to our patients and to enhance our workflow. From the time Meaningful Use was announced, our staff was quick to realize that the proposed criteria would help us to better utilize our EHR and to enhance the care and delivery of that care our patients. We made it a goal to not simply attest for Meaningful Use for the monetary benefits that the stimulus dollars provided, but to more importantly enhance patient care. Therefore, we did not upgrade our EHR to solely meet the certified EHR/Meaningful Use requirements. We did add several pieces into our daily routines including Cerner's departure summary and patient education –even though this piece isn't required this year, we know that it will be in stage 2 and beyond. We also continued to improve our eprescribing procedure. We will also be upgrading to include Cerner's IQHealth® solution to provide a patient portal that enables patients to review their own information and interact with us within a secure platform.
How much did it cost for you to do that?
There is a cost to move to an electronic record from paper – RFMC's physicians feel it is vital to recruit today's top medical students/residents. We felt if we did not have an EHR, we were at a serious disadvantage. More than 70% of the physicians in our area have gone electronic– we had to stay up-to-date. Patients in our area want to see a physician who has embraced technology and made the commitment to enhance patient care and safety; they want a physician who is moving forward with technology, not one who is still using paper when a better option is available. There is a cost associated with being a provider of choice and RFMC, like any other physician office, wants to attract new residents (physicians) and new patients. Providing better care is one way to do this. There is no way we could stay competitive in the marketing place if we did not choose to go electronic. The cost of not doing so was too high.
Why was it important to you/your office to be one of the first physicians in the nation to attest?
We wanted to make sure we were doing it right – we looked at the Meaningful Use requirements and said, "These things all appear to provide measurably better care." Our physician's felt that meeting Meaningful Use requirements would point our focus in the right direction. Most importantly, we wanted to follow the steps to enhance care. There is value in being one of the first physicians to attest and in being able to tell our community that RFMC is up and running at the first opportunity. This is of significant value to us. Additionally, our physicians literally put their own dollars into the HER; we made a personal investment in this. Many private groups owned by physicians have followed the same suit. This is not a situation where we just said, "Okay, we can rearrange some dollars." If we don't succeed – we don't take our money home. It's very personal to us as individuals and meaningful because we practice medicine to help our patients. Additionally, we wanted to be able to assist our fellow physicians in the process. By being one of the first physicians in the nation to attest, I can provide feedback and suggestions to assist others in the field.
How many hours of extra effort do you estimate it took for you and your staff to meet the meaningful use criteria?
We were committed to meeting Meaningful Use requirements already, so it's difficult to say exactly how many hours we put into this initiative specifically. There were many hours spent making sure we met the requirements. We felt the requirements were so valuable and worthwhile that we began working on them day one because we felt they would enable us to deliver better care for our patients. Instituting an EHR required significant effort to change the way we document and the way we take care of our patients, but we saw this as part of the natural cost of doing business and we chose to do it in real time rather than seeing fewer patients. Our staff simply worked more hours – longer hours –so we did not interrupt the care to our patients. Within 6 weeks we were back up and running at full speed – this really is a fairly rapid adoption.
What were some of the changes you had to make to your practice style or documentation methods to meet meaningful use?
We aim to have all notes completed the same day. For us, this was a huge transition from the dictation world. Our team had to learn to document electronically and have things done by the time the patient left the room. This is vital for our patients incase they find themselves visiting the ER that night or seeing another physician that day. In these cases – the information on their visit with our physicians is complete and available. We also completely transitioned from writing prescriptions and went all eprescribe.
There were several changes in the way we practice. For example, now, every visit ends with the patient summary, which I never did before. Now, I sit down with the patient and whoever is with them to discuss, "Here is what we did, here are the tests we conducted today, the labs we completed and prescriptions written." I provide a full, comprehensive overview of their visit. Incorporating the patient summary into the exam has enhanced my relationship w/my patients and they feel more confident walking out the door. Before, visits ended with a physician writing a prescription and saying goodbye.
We've also decided to put printers in every room to provide the after visit summary to our patients. We want everyone to receive their after visit summary and to get the appropriate patient education. We've gone to two-sided printing for all documents, so we aren't printing anymore than what is absolutely essential for each situation. This is helpful for our elderly patients who are on multiple medications, which can get confusing. It's easier to keep track of everything if it's written down. We've also received feedback that this is valuable for their caregivers who may not have been in the exam room with them. On the other end of the spectrum, this is incredibly beneficial to parents of children, particularly newborns. Parents want to track progress and they want to be able to easily recall information. As we adopt Cerner's IQHealth®, we anticipate moving the majority of this information into the patient portal for easy accessibility and storage in one central location. We also regularly utilize the immunization registry, which we did not engage with previously.
What steps did you take to ensure you were ready to attest?
To ensure we were ready to attest, we used the reporting capabilities within Cerner's solution to extract the appropriate data. We used weekly reports to note where each physician was in regards to meeting the requirements for attestation. We also enlisted the support of WHITEC, The Wisconsin Health Information Technology Extension Center, to make sure we covered every base.
Were there any surprises in the meaningful use attestation process?
I was overall impressed that the process was put together so meticulously. There were multiple forms that needed to be filled out as we went through the process, and our staff truly did their due diligence prior to "pushing the button" to ensure we were ready. Thanks to the staff's preparation, we were prepared when the numbers were requested. It was very easy for us.
Who helped you through the process (your vendor, a consultant, your REC, etc)?
Cerner played a large part in our success. Early on, we began working with Karen Berg, a Cerner Ambulatory director, who came to our clinic to meet with our quality physicians and walk us through the process of getting signed up for Meaningful Use. Berg worked through our questions to help physicians get ready to attest. She highlighted the need for us to prepare for Meaningful Use and beyond and laid out foundational steps for us to focus on patient care beyond Meaningful Use. We have been pleasantly surprised by the wealth of resources available through uCern, a collaborative website for Cerner clients, and we use them regularly. Additionally, our office manager receives regular emails from a group of people at Cerner who are dedicated to help their clients attest and prepare for certification. On our behalf, Cerner also works hand-in-hand with WHITEC, a health information technology extension group that our peer review organization put us in touch with. WHITEC has been very helpful for directing us through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website and doing research around questions that arise.
What benefits are your patients seeing from you showing meaningful use of an EHR?
Overall, our patients are receiving better quality of care as a result. They're receiving patient education as well as after visit summaries and their information is tracked for accuracy. Their immunizations, which are one of the most complicated things for parents of minors to track, are recorded in the immunization registry and interfaced with the Wisconsin Immunization Registry. We've eliminated errors through eprescribing, there are simply no more errors due to handwriting legibility. They don't have to worry about losing a prescription, because we send it directly to their pharmacy electronically. Eprescribing also conducts side effect checking and keeps record of the time and date a script is written and sent. Interoperability is a huge benefit for our patients – there is now no need to transfer things to other physicians in our 5 sites, which saves the physician and patient time.
What efforts are you taking to progress towards meeting meaningful use stage 2 and beyond?
RFMC is excited to move forward towards Stage 2 and beyond. We're already working on next year's goals; that is, giving diagnosis related patient education to my patients." We have implemented Patient Education within our practice. We're moving ahead to continue to deliver the best to our patients.
What do you say to your fellow doctors who are concerned about implementing an EHR in their practice?
I have never met a physician (who has moved to electronic records) say they would like to go back to paper. True, it requires a concerted effort to move to the EHR but the gains in patient care are worth it.
What do you know now about attesting for meaningful use that you wish you knew prior to attesting?
Be organized, choose the right vendor and all will go smoothly. If you actively work to do what is in the best interest of the patient, meaningful use will naturally follow.
What can you share with other physicians who are getting ready to attest in the next weeks and months?
There is very little way to prepare other than to prepare your attitude. Meaningful Use is the way the industry is going and we're on board with a focus on our abilities to better our care – it's a job standard to move in this direction. So, jump on board.


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Institute of Medicine Releases Report on the State of Pain Care in the United States
by Pamela Katz Ressler, MS-PREP, RN, HN-BC, Adjunct Faculty, PREP-Aired blog moderator and administrator, Pain Research Education and Policy Program, Tufts University School of Medicine
On June 29, 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report addressing the issue of pain in the United States and called for "a cultural transformation in the way pain is viewed and treated" (IOM report p. 3). The 313-page report entitled: Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education and Research, examines the enormity of the burden of pain from many measures. Chronic pain affects at least 116 million U.S. adults and the financial cost of pain to society, measured in 2010 dollars, is estimated to range between $560 and $635 billion annually. In comparing these staggering numbers to other chronic diseases, the cost of pain is greater than the cost of heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined.
The authors of the IOM report base their recommendations for change and transformation of pain on nine underlying principles:
- A moral imperitive
- Chronic pain can be a disease in itself
- Value of comprehensive treatment
- Need for interdisciplinary approaches
- Importance of prevention
- Wider use of existing knowledge
- Conundrum of opioids
- Roles of patients and clinicians
- Value of a public health and community-based approach
The IOM report highlights the importance of education in the multidisciplinary nature of pain issues and includes it as a key action item in the proposed blueprint for transformation of pain in our society. On the topic of professional education IOM report recommends:
- Expansion and redesign of education programs to transform the understanding of pain
- Improving the curriculum and education for health care professionals around the issue of pain
- Increasing the number of health professionals with advanced expertise in pain care
We, at the Tufts Pain Research Education and Policy program (PREP), applaud the IOM for increasing awareness of the enormous burden of pain in our society by issuing the report: "Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education and Research". We are also extremely proud that the Tufts PREP program has been providing the type of comprehensive pain curriculum proposed by the IOM report for over a decade, since 1999, and remains the first and only multidisciplinary postgraduate program of its kind in the United States.
Your comments and thoughts on the IOM report are welcome; please click here to read a full, unabridged online version of "Relieving Pain in America: A blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education and Research".
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– Tonight's WWE RAW Supershow opens up with the normal intro video. We get a video package with highlights of John Cena vs. Chris Jericho and Big Show's interference from last week's show.
– We're live from Laredo, Texas as Michael Cole welcomes us to episode 997 of RAW. They hype tonight's General Manager Teddy Long and his main event – CM Punk and John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan and Chris Jericho. The Money in the Bank briefcase hangs above the ring as John Cena's music hits and out he comes.
Cena talks about last week. He says he thanked Jericho and thanked Big Show. Cena says Jericho was right about him needing to prepare for Money in the Bank. Jericho was right about anything happening in the match. Cena says he got a crash course education in that when Big Show attacked. Cena says he now knows what exactly will happen at Money in the Bank – he needs to be prepared for anything. Cena says two things will happen at MITB – Big Show will lose at Money in the Bank and he will grab the contract, cash in the contract and become the next WWE Champion. Daniel Bryan comes out interrupting and he's chanting "YES!" the whole way to the ring.
Bryan says he didn't even realize Cena was out there. Bryan says Cena is irrelevant to him. Bryan says he is going to defeat CM Punk at Money in the Bank and become the new WWE Champion. Bryan says if Cena manages to get the briefcase, then his relevance will be as the first Superstar to ever cash in his contract and lose. Cena says he can think of one person who disagrees with Cena. CM Punk appears and heads to the ring. Punk says a lot more than one person disagrees with Bryan and he gets the fans to chant.
Punk dances around the ring chanting yes. Bryan begs for one person to have an original thought and not steal his. Punk brings up AJ Lee being the special referee for their Money in the Bank WWE Title match. Punk says Bryan's ex is going to count his shoulders to the mat. Punk says if Cena wins Money in the Bank, it comes down to just them… Chris Jericho's music interrupts and out he comes. Jericho comes out and says Punk is still a wannabe. Jericho mocks Punk for copying his ideas and Punk calls him Bon Jovi. Jericho and Bryan have words. Jericho cuts him off with a big "shut the hell up." He welcomes us all to RAW is Jericho. Jericho says nobody in the ring will ever, ever be the same again, after tonight. Jericho says he invented Money in the Bank so he's going to win it. Jericho is interrupted by Kane and out he comes.
Kane comes out and grabs Jericho's mic. He's interrupted by Big Show's music and now here he comes to the ring. Cena readies for a fight but is attacked from behind by Bryan. Jericho and Kane go at it while Punk drops Bryan with a kick. Punk goes down and Kane takes Jericho down in the corner. Show comes in and goes at it with Cena. Show grabs for a chokeslam but Kane makes the save. Show fights Kane off and headbutts him. Everyone is laid out except Big Show. Show leaves everyone laying and walks up the ramp. We go to commercial.
Cody Rhodes, David Otunga, Titus O'Neil and Darren Young vs. Christian, Santino Marella, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston
Back from the break and out comes AW with Titus O'Neil and Darren Young as Cody Rhodes waits in the ring with David Otunga. The WWE Tag Team Champions R-Truth and Kofi Kingston are out next with Intercontinental Champion Christian and United States Champion Santino Marella. Christian starts out with Young and they go at it back and forth. Christian with a missile dropkick for 2 before tagging in Truth.
Kofi comes in. He ends up taking out Titus on the floor but gets floored by Young. Both teams square off at ringside as we go back to commercial.
Back from the break and Cody is in control of Kofi. AW is miced up at ringside and we hear him rooting his team on. Titus comes in and slams Kofi hard for a 2 count. Kofi comes back with a dropkick and takes Titus down. Santino and Otunga come in at the same time and go at it. Santino with a stunner and a 2 count as Young and O'Neil break the pin. The tag champs come in and take them out. AW tells Young and Titus to stop. He walks them up the ramp and they leave the match. Otunga and Santino go at it. Otunga tries for a tag but Cody drops off the apron and also walks out of the match. Brodus Clay's music hits and out he comes with Naomi and Cameron. Otunga goes to the floor but gets attacked by Christian and then the tag champs. Otunga meets Clay on the floor. Clay rolls him back in the ring. Otunga turns around to the Cobra from Santino for the win.
Winners: Christian, Santino Marella, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston
– After the match, Christian lays out Otunga with Killswitch. Clay gets his revenge on Otunga and nails a big splash. Naomi, Cameron and some kids come in the ring to dance with everyone else as we go to replays.
– Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez walk up on Teddy Long backstage. Del Rio talks about the World Heavyweight Title shot he earned months ago after WrestleMania. Teddy says Del Rio doesn't deserve anything in his opinion but the Board of Directors have named him the #1 contender. He will face Sheamus at Money in the Bank. Teddy says that was their decision but he has other plans for tonight. Del Rio is in a match and it's up next. We go to commercial.
Alberto Del Rio vs. Sin Cara
Back fro the break and Ricardo Rodriguez begins the introduction of Alberto Del Rio. Out next comes his opponent, Teddy Long. Cara runs to the ring but Del Rio takes him out when he tries to enter with a knee to the head. Del Rio unloads on Cara and beats him out to the floor. The bell hasn't rang yet as Del Rio applies the cross armbreaker. Cara taps out on the floor but Del Rio won't break the hold. Officials try to break the hold but Del Rio finally lets go. The crowd chants something in Spanish at Del Rio as officials tend to Cara.
– AJ is backstage when Daniel Bryan walks up. He confesses that he's always cared about her. Bryan says he was just frustrated with himself for messing things up and he didn't know how to react. Bryan says he's sorry and hands her a rose. AJ says she's sure it has nothing to do with the fact that she's special referee. She says Bryan doesn't care about her and never has. AJ says she can't wait to win her match tonight and then run into the arms of the man who everyone sees as her soul mate. She bites off the rose and spits it out before walking off.
– Paul Heyman is shown preparing to speak live via satellite. Back to commercial.
– Back from the break and we see footage of Triple H laying out Paul Heyman at No Way Out. We go live via satellite to Paul Heyman. Heyman announces that Lesnar has made a decision regarding Triple H's SummerSlam challenge. Heyman says Lesnar will deliver it straight to Triple H's face at the 1,000th RAW. Heyman goes on and says if Lesnar accepts, he will end Triple H's in-ring career. Heyman says if Lesnar accepts, it won't be a match – it will be a mercy killing.
– Just announced for tonight – Kane vs. Big Show in a No DQ match. Also, Sheamus and AJ Lee vs. Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero. Back to commercial.
Vickie Guerrero and Dolph Ziggler vs. AJ Lee and Sheamus
Back from the break and Vickie Guerrero introduces herself as the Queen Diva. She introduces Dolph Ziggler next and out he comes. AJ Lee is out next followed by the World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus.
Vickie and AJ try to scrap but it gets broken out. Sheamus starts out with Ziggler and they lock up. Sheamus takes him down but they trade holds. Sheamus runs into an uppercut and gets dropkicked for a 1 count. Ziggler with right hands before working on the arm of Sheamus. Ziggler ducks a clothesline but gets dropped on his face. Sheamus runs over Ziggler with a forearm for a 2 count. Ziggler kicks out Sheamus' leg and kicks him in the face. Ziggler comes back in with a big tornado DDT for another 2 count. Ziggler with a headlock now.
Sheamus fights out and knocks Ziggler out of the air. Sheamus nails White Noise and readies for a Brogue Kick but Ziggler tags in Vickie and avoids it. Sheamus is forced to tag in AJ but first he knocks Ziggler out of the ring with a Brogue Kick. AJ comes in and kicks Vickie before hitting her with Shining Wizard for the win.
Winners: AJ Lee and Sheamus
– After the match, AJ runs around chanting "yes" and runs right up the ramp to the back. We get replays and then go backstage to AJ. She's looking for CM Punk and walks up on him on the phone. He tells her to hang on and she gets mad for a second. Punk hangs up and says he was on the phone with his sister. She asks if he saw the match. He says no because he was on the phone and didn't know she had a match. She's now upset that he wasn't paying attention to her. AJ walks off upset and Punk shrugs his shoulders. Back to commercial.
– Back from the commercial and Heath Slater is in the ring. We see a video of his recent run-ins with WWE Legend. Slater says that's not funny and he's not a clown. Out comes WWE Legend (?) Doink the Clown.
Heath Slater vs. Doink the Clown
The bell rings and they lock up. Doink smacks Slater and he gets mad. Slater turns it around and beats Doink down. They go back and forth until Slater hits his big neckbreaker for the win out of nowhere.
Winner: Heath Slater
– After the match, the music hits and out comes Diamond Dallas Page! DDP gets a big pop and does the "BANG!" The fans chant his name as Slater mocks him. DDP pulls Slater in for a hug but lays him out with a big Diamond Cutter. DDP slaps hands with the fans and leaves to another pop.
– We get the trailer for No Holds Barred.
– Kane and Big Show are walking backstage as we go back to commercial.
– Back from the break and we get a video of John Cena and Alicia Fox visiting troops at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center last week.
No DQ Match: Kane vs. Big Show
Kane is out first for the next match. Big Show comes out and hits the ring ready to fight. He backs Kane in the corner with body shots and a big chop. Kane fights back with right hands and a headlock. Show knocks Kane down with a big shoulder. Kane ends up dropping Show's neck over the top rope but Show knocks him off the apron and into the barrier. Show works Kane over on the floor now. Show for a big boot but Kane moves and his leg gets hung up on the barrier. Kane fights back now until Show whips him into the ring post.
Kane goes for a chokeslam on the floor but Show fights it off. Show drops Kane with a big kick. Show rolls Kane back in the ring and grabs a steel chair. Kane fights back as Show enters the ring. Kane hits a big DDT and covers for 2. Kane goes up to the top but Show moves and he goes down. Kane grabs the chair but Show spears it into him. Show clutches his shoulder but chokeslams Kane on the chair for the win.
Winner: Big Show
– Teddy Long runs into Eve Torres backstage. She starts kissing up and he tells her to save the drama. Teddy puts a big name tag on her, laughs and walks off. Eve tears it up and walks up on AJ, who is still upset. Eve says she's been really busy lately, taking a play out of her book. Eve tells her to leave the mind games to grown ups and go do what little girls do best – sit in the corner and cry. AJ says Eve will do anything for attention. AJ asks what Eve is going to do now that John Laurinaitis is gone, who is she going to brown-nose next. AJ says she's going to show Eve and everyone else how to get attention. She walks off and Eve shakes her head. Back to commercial.
Tyson Kidd vs. Tensai
Back from the break and Tyson Kidd waits in the ring as Tensai comes out with Sakamoto. The bell rings and Tensai backs Tyson in the corner and unloads on him. Out of nowhere Kidd rolls Tensai up for the quick win.
Winner: Tyson Kidd
– After the match, Tensai takes out his frustrations and beats up Sakamoto in the ring. Tensai tosses him out to the floor as the crowd boos. Tensai goes out after him and continues the assault as we go to a replay of the match.
– Chris Jericho is backstage when Daniel Bryan walks up. Bryan hopes he isn't wearing his stupid light jacket to the ring. Jericho puts down Bryan's yes jacket and his beard. Bryan chants "yes" as Jericho tells him to never ever say that again. Jericho chants "ever again" as Bryan chants "yes." We see Punk and Cena getting ready before going back to commercial.
– Tyson Kidd is backstage when Josh Matthews walks in for comment on his victory. Kidd says he's on top of the world but Tensai attacks from behind. Tensai throws Kidd into the lockers and leaves him lay.
Chris Jericho and Daniel Bryan vs. CM Punk and John Cena
We go to the ring and out comes Chris Jericho followed by Daniel Bryan for the main event. WWE Champion CM Punk is out next followed by his partner John Cena. Punk starts things off with Bryan.
They go at it and Bryan drops Punk with a shoulder. Punk comes back with arm drags and an uppercut. Punk with chops in the corner and a suplex for 2. Cena comes in and unloads on Bryan. Cena with the bulldog but Jericho tags in. Jericho gets dumped on the floor as Cena and Punk stand tall. Back to commercial.
Back from the break and Jericho has Cena in a headlock. Cena fights out but Jericho cuts him off. Cena rolls out of the way and Jericho misses a Lionsault next. Bryan tags in and stops Cena from tagging. Bryan takes Cena back into the corner and beats him down with kicks. Bryan runs and connects with a dropkick for another 2 count. Bryan tags in Jericho and they double team Cena. Jericho takes over now and keeps Cena from tagging.
Jericho blocks an Attitude Adjustment and drops him with a DDT for a 2 count. Jericho goes on but misses a dropkick in the corner as Cena moves. Punk finally comes in and takes out Bryan with a clothesline and dropkick. Punk with a neckbreaker now. Punk hits the high knee but Bryan counters the bulldog. Punk with a powerslam for 2. Punk locks in the Anaconda Vice but Jericho breaks it. Cena comes in and takes out Jericho to the floor. They fight up the ramp and to the back with Cena in control. Punk and Bryan go at it back and forth now. Bryan drops Punk with a kick to the head. Punk gets to his knees but Bryan drops him with another kick and covers for 2. They go to the top and Punk nails a big superplex. Bryan kicks out at 2.
AJ's music hits and out she comes skipping around the ring. Bryan and Punk go at it trading shots. She looks upset that nobody is paying attention. She gets on the apron and they still don't give her any attention. They collide in mid-air and go down at the same time. AJ goes under the ring and brings out a table. AJ sets the table up at ringside and slowly walks up the ring steps. AJ climbs up to the top to jump down through the table. Bryan gets up and begs her not to. Punk climbs up top with her and tells her to get down. She grabs him and kisses him. AJ pushes Punk down onto Bryan and they both crash through the table. She looks down from the top turnbuckle and laughs at them. AJ chants "yes" as we go to replays of what just happened. RAW goes off the air with AJ smiling from the top.


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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Revenge of the Ed - MY Favorite Wines of 2010
Okay, after last week's recap on the Best Of tasting, some requests came in for a list of what yours truly thinks were the best wines of 2010. People LOVE lists, man. So, following is a summary of what I consider to be the most memorable wines of 2010. (Notice the term "most memorable" as opposed to "best", "highest quality", "most exciting", or "biggest boner factor". Quantifying any of those is cumbersome at best. After tasting somewhere in the neighborhood of a thousand wines this year, "memorable" is a pretty special endearment.)
I would also encourage the smart shopper to use this as a "keep your eyes out for these" list as you stock your cellar in the new year.
I've split these into two sections: specific wines, and wineries, varietals, and regions which stand out for their consistency, character, and value.
Specific Wines:
2005 Gallo Frei Ranch Cabernet - An emotionally provoking wine and One of the most enjoyable wine drinking experiences of the year. While not perfect in technical terms, it is fucking sublime. Serious, but still loose enough that you'll willingly surrender to this comforting experience. Like an embrace from that favorite aunt who always makes everything okay. $40
2006 Zaca Mesa Syrah - Virtually extinct now that WS ranked it #29, but there's still some of it out there. Not a powerhouse Syrah, but refined, perfectly integrated, multi-dimensional, feminine, and nothing short of moving given the right time to breathe. Laughably sensational. $26
2006 Mondavi Oakville Reserve Cabernet - Iron fist in a velvet glove. An extraordinary wine of deep intensity delivering on nose, mouth, and overall satisfaction. Enough said. $36
2008 La Follette Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast - My new benchmark for quality Pinot as 2011 gets underway. This wine is nothing short of an exhilarating experience. A joy ride and a rapid fire assault on the sense - you're pressed into the bottom of your seat by a blur of sensations, racing, dancing, teasing, and satisfying. Voluptuous flavors and a rich finish a country mile long. $30
2008 Tikal Patriota - All that is great about Argentinean wine, none of the bad. Elegant aromatics of a sophisticated, hearty Pinot Noir and the character and depth of a meaty Syrah. Medium bodied, giving, and surprising. A terrific value given the high quality. $20
2007 Shafer One Point Five - Santa Claus didn't deliver on my wish this year, so I'll keep on wishing. But even after tasting this just once at the beginning of the year, this wine's memory remains a flirtatious reminder of just how good drinking wine can be. Sweet mother of God, this time-stopping wine is heaven in a glass. Earth-shaking, soul-affirming, emotion-stirring love in a bottle. $75 and worth every penny.
Wineries, Varietals & Regions:
Chardonnay from Margaret River - After reading Campbell Mattinson's book on Australian wine, I sought out a couple of Chardonnays from Margaret River. Tough as they can be to find, I've picked up every one I've spotted this year and so far they haven't disappointed.
Merlot from Columbia Valley - Merlot in general deserves a second look. The Milbrandts are right - in the right hands Merlot can be extraordinary. The folks in eastern Washington seem to have the right hands more than anywhere else.
Alsatian Varietals from Michigan's Old Mission Peninsula - One, I love discovering good wine from unlikely sources. And two, I love drinking good wine, especially when it isn't overpriced. The OMP's Pinot Blancs, Rieslings, and Pinot Gris score on both counts.
Aged Cabernet Franc - Elegant, graceful, much more reasonably priced than Cabernet Sauvignon, and easier to find than you might expect. Two terrific sources are Bedford Winery and WineBid.com.
Cameron Hughes - Cameron's track record with California Cabernet and Pinot is unreal. Serious quality, serious value. The only draw back is that now the cat is out of the bag. The better offerings don't last long, so you've got to stock up often after taking a leap of faith.
90+ Cellars - Same basic model as Cameron Hughes, only they're using pedigree as the primary criteria for their portfolio. Lots of deals to be had out there.
Andrew Murray - Perhaps the most unusual bottlings I've enjoyed this year - and certainly the wines which have haunted my thoughts more than any others. Andrew's Rhone varietals/blends defy categorization and deserve a closer look for the seasoned wine lover craving authenticity.
Albeno Munari - An unsung underdog from an underrated region. If you want to be on the cutting edge of discovery this year, call Al directly and order a smattering of his reds. More than fairly priced for wines bordering on profound.
Don Sebastiani & Sons - Go ahead, purists, laugh it up. Yes, these guys use oak staves in their stainless fermenters. Yes, they package Chardonnay in a box. And, yes, their wines are among the most fun values I've had the pleasure to drink this year. Smoking Loon, The Crusher, Aquinas, etc.
Bogle, Columbia Crest, Gallo - All for the same reasons: available everywhere, rarely above $15, and consistently delivering a darn good bottle of wine across nearly all varietals. Seriously.
Here's wishing you happy drinking in 2011! Cheers!
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Great to see props for Michigan wineries. There are some strong Alsatian-style bottles here, but you need to keep an eye out for the Cab Franc (2 Lads 2007, or Ciccone Vineyards). 2010 was an amazing year for growers. Expect some surprising things.ReplyDelete
I did a Leelanau and Old Mission tour this Summer and found a few good values. More about that here: http://www.therogueestate.com/
Thanks, Ian! I've had the Cab Franc from 2 Lads - decent - but the acidic whites can hold their own amongst France and Germany's similarly priced (or more expensive) bottlings. Go Traverse City!ReplyDelete
- ClemJanuary 03, 2011
Great list. Now where do I find the Biggest Boner Factor list?ReplyDelete
Hmmm, uh, errr...huh. I'm, uh, stumped. You got me!
Thanks! Al and I look forward to your comments on our newest releases.ReplyDelete
Hi Monique!ReplyDelete
I'm looking forward to getting into your new releases, too! Will hopefully start on them next week. Happy New Year!
Nice! We are honored that you included Don & Sons in your list. Thanks and keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Leah! I look forward to Don & Sons releases in the year ahead!ReplyDelete
- Donny SebastianiJanuary 10, 2011
Thanks for giving us a look. That is a very flattering way to kick off the new year!ReplyDelete
Donny, My pleasure. Congrats on a terrific portfolio for offerings.ReplyDelete


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Yesterday, wrapping up the 66th session of the General Assembly, the outgoing President, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, hailed a strong and responsive General Assembly
"There have been serious conflicts, but also renewed hope, as countries emerged from conflict to peace" he told the 193-member body in his closing remarks, adding that it had been a "remarkable and momentous" year, before handing over the gavel to his successor Vuk Jeremić (Serbia).
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Fayez Al-Jabri of Chicago was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in Houston in a case involving bogus prescription pills from China.
Al-Jabri in March pleaded guilty to multiple conspiracy, trafficking and counterfeit prescription drug counts.
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Burnt houses at Dunalley.Hopes are rising that despite some devastating property loss, Tasmania's bushfires will prove to be fatality free.
Five days after a bushfire tore through communities east of Hobart, police acting commissioner Scott Tilyard said police had not received any official missing persons reports.
"At this point, more than 2,200 individuals have been identified as safe and well," Mr Tilyard said on Wednesday.
"My advice is there are no reports of missing persons in circumstances that cause us to have grave fears for their safety at this time."
Emergency services screened 731 properties in and around the worst-hit town of Dunalley, including 126 damaged or destroyed by fire, without finding any human remains.
Searches are continuing with the aid of a contingent of Victoria Police sworn in as special constables, and the preliminary screening is expected to be completed later on Wednesday.
As losses are counted, the damage bill is expected to be sharply higher than an initial $42 million total, according to the Insurance Council of Australia.
Many property owners have been unable to return to homes in the fire-affected region, and police said a major priority would be to expedite entry to intact residences. There have been no reports of looting, police confirmed.
Animal welfare advocates warned that a crisis was growing in fire-affected regions, with landowners prohibited access to check on animals in their care.
"It is imperative that the animal feed so generously donated by the public gets to its intended recipients immediately" said Chris Simcox, spokesman for Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania.
"Authorities are currently preventing people from providing proper care to their animals, and this is not good enough," Mr Simcox said.
As the state government began to plan recovery, concerns grew for local tourism operators on the Tasman Peninsula dependent on the current high season.
"Many operators who survived the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires subsequently went to the wall because people simply assumed the entire region had been burnt and stayed away," said Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson.
"The Tasman Peninsula and east coast are an integral part of our tourism economy, with international drawcards including Freycinet National Park and Port Arthur," Senator Whish-Wilson said. "We need to get the message out that these areas are open for business."
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Following a relatively flat 2012 holiday shopping season, retail chains are extending holiday-time promotions to spur sales, touching off what analysts say will be an unpredictable spending climate throughout this year.
In many cases, the tactics this year are ones merchants kicked off in 2012, ranging from layaway plans to shipping convenience. And at least a few are being driven by technology that has increased consumer knowledge.
Most notably, big box chains are continuing to offer seasonal incentives — like price matching — to keep shoppers engaged and coming back.
Target, for instance, announced earlier this month that it intends to match prices online with competitors, such as Best Buy and Walmart, year-round.
Toys R Us, too, will honor coupons from competitors throughout 2013, and will continue to offer layaway services every day of this year to slake consumers' desire to buy incrementally.
In both cases, it marks the first time the two retailers have extended price matching programs past the holiday season.
"Price matching helps build loyalty for a brand, and it is becoming a necessary evil," said Jeff Green, a retail analyst with Phoenix-based Jeff Green Partners.
"If one competitor offers it, it leaves the others no choice, and as we saw, 2012 was all about getting a customer at any cost."
Other analysts noted the gambits must be successful for merchants to continue them.
"Continuing programs like price matching is a sign to me that retailers sense shoppers are still reluctant to spend," said John Fleming, spokesman for the Florida Retail Federation.
"But the fact that they are keeping these programs around means that they are working," he adds. "They are helping them sell the merchandise."
Shipping and trade-ins
In yet another incarnation of a merchant's consumer-friendly tactics, electronics giant Best Buy experimented with same-day shipping during the 2012 holiday season, as did competitors Walmart and Amazon.
Best Buy also initiated a program where it shipped online orders directly to its stores to curtail consumer shipping costs. That program remains part of its sales effort today.
The retailer also is running a unique, January-long promotion where shoppers can trade in used electronics equipment — including laptops, cameras, tablets, phones and mp3 players — for Best Buy gift cards.
The promotion represents another way retailers are trying to lure customers after what was widely considered a lackluster holiday season, Green said.
"There is an uncertainty about what's to come in 2013, and this is one way retailers are trying to spur sales early on," Green said.
Holiday sales overall were up about 2.5 percent compared to the year prior, according to ShopperTrak, a firm that studies foot traffic data.
Traffic inside U.S. shopping malls and plazas, meanwhile, rose by the same percentage. Total spending reached $248.8 billion, ShopperTrak's initial data showed, less than half the $586.1 billion the National Retail Federation predicted at the start of holiday shopping.
Retail sales have been down since the beginning of this year as well, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers, a trade group.
"The post-holiday blues kicked in over the last two weeks, as week-over-week sales slid with consumers having little reason to shop," said Michael Niemira, ICSC's chief economist.
But for the first time, analysts say consumer knowledge — the result of smartphone technology and ever more mobile devices — is affecting sales.
At local Sarasota Best Buy stores, managers say more customers than ever are entering stores already knowing what they want to buy, for how much, and whether competitors can beat that price.
"Retailers have trained customers to buy on sale through this cut-throat pricing strategies we see in retail," Fleming said. "Efforts to win back some of that pricing power over the last couple of years has so far been unsuccessful."
The result is more retailers offering more attractive discounts and incentives.
The return of layaway
To recapture some of that power, major retailers have resumed layaway plans that allow shoppers to buy often big-ticket items in small increments.
Analysts say the resurgence of the plans show that even in a moderately recovering economy, many consumers are either unable or unwilling to spend considerable amounts all at once.
Still others may continue to fear becoming enveloped in high-interest credit card debt, or they have excessive debt already, experts note. Walmart announced the return of its layaway program on Sept. 14 last year, a month earlier than it unveiled the year prior.
Despite its perceived popularity, however, the program will only apply to jewelry sales throughout 2013.
Sears, Kmart and Toys R Us have also revamped layaways, while Burlington Coat Factory, TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Hallmark gift stores have maintained similar programs year-round for some time.
Finding a niche
Specialty chains, especially fashion-oriented stores, have fared better than competitors reliant on typical Black Friday promotions.
American Eagle Outfitters, a mall-dominated apparel store, saw a 4 percent increase in sales in the fourth quarter of last year vs. 2011.
Although that growth may be modest, specialty retailers garner higher profit margins than chains that must invest considerably in doorbuster merchandise, Green said.
Express and Gap Inc. stores, meanwhile, offered holiday deals similar to those in recent years, including savings up to 60 percent off many items and incentives for signing up for store credit cards.
Neither offered price matching, layaway programs or shipping offers.
"There's a definite difference between brand-drive products versus retailers that sell on factors like price," Fleming said. "Shoppers are willing to pay a little more at a smaller store for that specific brand."
As it always has, Bradenton-based Bealls stores extended its hours and offered shipping incentives to customers in the weeks leading up to Christmas, but the Bradenton-based chain re-adjusted prices and operations for 2013, said spokesman Bill Webster.
Even so, Bealls also is using technology and social media as never before.
Webster said this year customers can look forward to more online coupon offers and other deals.
For the first time in 2012, the chain pushed some Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales through social media.
But that does not mean Bealls' sales suffered.
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The Route of Industrial Culture is an unmissable circuit of sites that is approximately 400 km in length. Brown tourist signposts point the way to over 20 key sites of industrial heritage from Essen to Duisburg, Oberhausen, Gelsenkirchen and Dortmund and then back to Essen. The UNESCO World Heritage Site and major visitors' centre, the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (Zeche Zollverein) , for example, is to be found in Essen.
Welcome to the Ruhr area, a region of Germany full of surprises. The comprehensive Route of Industrial Heritage, which forms part of the European Route of Industrial Culture, takes visitors on a "tour through the Ruhr" to explore the region's industrial heritage hotspots. Along the route you will encounter industrial monuments, as well as a vibrant cultivated landscape full of surprises.
There's more to this route than meets the eye
The attraction of the Ruhr region lies primarily in its monuments to engineering and its industrial sites, some of which are still active today. These treasures of the region's industrial past make up the Route of Industrial Heritage, which takes you to more than 50 cultural monuments – including numerous mines – that cover 150 years of industrial heritage up to the changes taking place today.
Have fun while discovering the legendary Ruhr area
Nowhere else can you see so many spectacular sights so close to each other. With collieries that became temples of design and industrial wastelands that became the playgrounds of the 21st century, there is much to both see and experience in this unique location. Enjoy rest and relaxation at reservoirs and public parks, culture in the Gasometer Oberhausen exhibition centre, dancing in the Old Colliery Washhouse (Zechen-Waschhaus), German beer on a brewery tour, strong football traditions, the latest niche sports and much more.
A hands-on experience that will hold you captivated
The interactive museums in former mines, coking plants and steelworks are fascinating visitor attractions during the day and by night, they are transformed into fantastic illuminated worlds, creating a night-time panorama that is simply breathtaking. These almost surreal cathedrals to industrial heritage are great subjects for photos.
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The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Essen, is one of the most spectacular places to visit in the Ruhr region, and is a site so powerful, you'll simply have to return. You can also combine your journey into the Ruhr's industrial heritage with a bicycle tour. Highlights of the region's industrial heritage on the Emscher, Lippe, Rhine and Ruhr rivers are connected by a 700 km network of cycle paths.
Length: approximately 400 km
Theme: industry, culture
Bochum: railway museum, Century Hall (Jahrhunderthalle), German Mining Museum (Deutsches Bergbaumuseum)
Dortmund: Zollern II/IV colliery, Hansa Coking Plant (Kokerei Hansa), Westphalia Stadium (Westfalenstadion)
Duisburg: Inner Harbour (Innenhafen), German Inland Waterways Museum (Museum der deutschen Binnenschifffahrt)
Essen: World Heritage site Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (Zeche Zollverein), Villa Hügel mansion, Ruhr Museum (Ruhrlandmuseum)
Gelsenkirchen: North Star Park (Nordsternpark), Veltins-Arena (football stadium)
Hagen: Hagen Open-air Museum (Westfälische Freilichtmuseum Hohenhof)
Hattingen: Henrichshütte Industrial Museum
Oberhausen: Gasometer exhibition centre, Rhineland Industrial Museum (Rheinisches Industriemuseum)
Waltrop: old ship lift, Henrichenburg boat lift
Witten: Nachtigall Coal Mine (Zeche Nachtigall), Muttental valley
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Many years ago, I was one of those guys who would build my own gaming-oriented desktops from the chassis up (my first had a 3dfx Voodoo2 graphics card). But in recent times, I've been fairly satisfied by off-the-shelf gaming laptops, even with the compromises inherent in those systems.
With the component calendar page for both CPUs and GPUs flipping at about the same time, the introduction of new parts from Intel and Nvidia seems like an opportune moment to take another look at a dedicated gaming machine, in this case the FragBox from Falcon Northwest.
This is a small-chassis desktop, which means it's about the size of a bread box (to use a particularly dated reference). Full-tower desktops, gaming and otherwise, still exist, but I can't imagine carving out the space for one of those. This smaller size feels like the most appropriate compromise between power and semiportability.
The main reason we're looking at this particular FragBox is that it features one of Intel's new fourth-generation Core i-series CPUs, also known by the code-name Haswell. We used the FragBox, and its quad-core Intel Core i7-4770K CPU, in our initial performance testing of Haswell chips in June, and its performance was, as one might expect, very impressive. Note that in those earlier tests, we took the overclocked CPU back to its stock speed, but this time you'll see the overclocked performance scores in the performance charts below.
As an added bonus, the FragBox system also includes the very latest new Nvidia GPU, the GeForce GTX780. You can actually fit two of these cards inside in an SLI configuration, but for our test unit, we stuck with a single graphics card. Few PC games really need this kind of power, even to play at higher settings, but I admit I appreciated it when I connected the FragBox to a 2,560x1,440-pixel-resolution display, especially after topping out at 1080p in laptops for so long.
Of course, all this doesn't come cheap. The FragBox starts at $1,663, and our configuration cost $3,468. That's a lot, especially when PC prices are dropping steadily at the lower end of the field, and even Apple's flagship 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display is under $2,500.
But the competitive landscape in gaming PCs seems to have transformed over the past few years into one where there are a handful of players at the very top end of the market (including Razer's new laptops), and some less expensive systems with entry-level GPUs, but fewer choices in the middle.
I can't imagine mainstream consumers wanting or needing this kind of power, and those shoppers are more likely to look for a laptop or all-in-one anyway. The FragBox isn't much interested in 2013 trends, from touch screens to Thunderbolt to NFC, although it does come with Windows 8 by default (Windows 7 is an option as well).
The hardest of hard-core PC gamers strike me as the kind of people most likely to want to build their own systems from scratch, but sourcing, assembling, and overclocking an increasingly complicated array of components is not a task for the faint of heart, or anyone with a time-consuming day job. That's where the FragBox really shines: with each unit hand-assembled and tested, you get the feeling Falcon Northwest is putting together each unit (which can take weeks to build) the same way you would if you had the time, talent, and tools to do so yourself.
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Design and features
The basic look and feel of the small desktop have changed little over the years. While once the much smaller cousins of traditional tower desktops, even "small form factor" systems look big and bulky compared with the laptops, hybrids, and all-in-one systems that make up the majority of PCs consumers are shopping for today.
The current version of the FragBox keeps the basic black metal frame of previous versions, but the front panel is new, with a slot-loading optical drive and a Falcon logo cut right into the metal face and backlit. There's a sturdy carrying handle as well (removable if you want to permanently install the box somewhere), and while you could definitely carry this with one hand if you had to, I wouldn't go for an extended walk with it either. Different component choices can affect the overall weight, but the configuration we have weighs 23.4 pounds.
More so than in any other Windows PC we've seen this year, Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system feels like a tacked-on afterthought here. With an emphasis on gaming and almost no chance that you've got it hooked up to a touch-screen monitor, you'll spend most of your time in the traditional Windows desktop mode. Falcon even offers a Windows 7 option if you're hard-core about hating Windows 8. On the plus side, the Windows 8 install on our test system was very minimal, with no spammy tile clutter.
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Connections, performance, and battery
As a gaming desktop should be, the FragBox is packed with ports and connections, including 10 total USB ports, and audio jacks for headphones, an optical cable, and surround-sound PC speakers. The exact number of video outputs depends on how many (and which) video cards you choose. The sometimes trendy extras we see on some laptops, such as NFC and Thunderbolt, are missing here -- this is essentially the same connectivity setup you'd see in any gaming desktop from the past several years. You can add a Wi-Fi dongle as an option, but I snaked an Ethernet cable over for big game downloads.
To say the FragBox is highly configurable is to undersell the concept. It starts at around $1,600, but for that you're getting an Intel Core i5 and Nvidia GeForce 650 video card. If those are the type of components you're interested in, then you're probably not in the market for a FragBox in the first place. Our $3,400 configuration traded up to an Intel Core i7 CPU, one GeForce 780 GPU, and two 960GB solid-state drives (SSDs). That latter addition really drives the price up, and you could go with a single traditional or hybrid hard drive and get the cost down.


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The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) expects to vote on proposed designations of an initial set of nonbank financial companies in the near term, according to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in prepared testimony today before the Senate Banking Committee.
These companies, which include AIG, Prudential Insurance among insurers, if designated, would be subject to supervision by the Federal Reserve and enhanced prudential standards.
In questioning, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson, D-S.D., pointedly asked twice when the nonbank designations would be made.
Lew did not give a timetable for nonbank SIFIs but did say that it is a priority to getting the Dodd Frank work done expeditiously, and appeared to suggest several times he was making sure Dodd-Frank work started moving ahead at a faster pace.
"My role is to make sure we don't measure our progress in months and years but we measure in weeks and months," Lew said.
He said he has made it clear that there is an enormous priority that "we complete the rules so everyone knows what the policy is," and so that he public can be protected.
We must implement Dodd-Frank, and we must do it quickly, but we need to continue to look at the whole system, Lew said in testimony. Lew also made statements that appear to show flexibility on crafting rules that are more tailored to the institutions over a "one size fits all" regime.
"I think there will be progress this year," Lew said. He noted there is an FSOC meeting the first week in June and while he has had three FSOC meetings so far in his three months as Treasury secretary, he has met on the issue in between these formal meetings.
Lew, who heads FSOC, said he was trying to get the nonbank SIFI matter up for a decision "as quickly as possible."
"I have actually stepped on the accelerator," with regard to Dodd-Frank implementation, Lew said later on in the hearing. He said this is important because finalizing Dodd-Frank work is a matter of "public trust."
Lew added, though, that he does not have the ability to direct action with regard to other regulators on FSOC but said it was more a matter of moral situational influence he can have.
If an insurance SIFI designation or designations are made, it might not be public immediately, as the companies have a hearing or consultation period with FSOC. The companies can announce at any time the qualified FSOC determinations, but Treasury has indicated it will not announce it until the process is complete, which includes feedback from any companies.
There has been "substantial progress but more progress to be made," Lew said in open remarks on too-big-to-fail and on FSOC's progress.
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., asked about Section 171 of the Dodd-Frank Act — the Collins amendment — which would place by default Federal Reserve Board-supervised insurers under Basel 3 minimum capital standard requirements, which concerns the industry, some government officials and various Congressmen.
Lew responded that first, FSOC needs to make a determination whether the companies' failures would be a threat to the financial stability of the country.
However, he acknowledged in questioning earlier that different agencies are figuring out how to set levels in various areas," possibly referring to managing the prudential standards and Basel 3 capital standards. Lew also later noted he had heard the concerns about the rules being fitting to all companies. Lew said it was an issue the Fed "will look at and we will look at if the determination is made."
His statement reflects only nonbank SIFIs (reliant on SIFI determinations being made) and not the two dozen or so insurers with savings and loans holding companies, such as State Farm and The Principal (the latter of which is in the process of dethrifting).
Lew also appeared to show flexibility on Basel 3, which he called "a floor and not a ceiling," and discussed aspiration goals globally that pull up standards everywhere. The possible flexibility he showed on the Basel 3 blanket application to all institutions under the Fed's umbrella were directed to senators' concerns on community banks being subject to Basel 3 capital rules.
In general, Lew noted that for institutions, the capital level needs to form a thick enough layer to make sure we never get to the point of too-big-to-fail. Lew spoke in reference to crafting final rules on adequate capital standards in general.
There needs to be sufficient capital for the point of liquidation [if a company fails], and just how it gets there and how it works is something FSOC is still working on, Lew said, in response to a question on capital held at the holding company level.
Insurers do not keep their capital at the holding company level, but address risk-based capital at the subsidiary level. However, Lew did not get into any detail about insurance companies or operations during this panel session.


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Island bed containing Cutleaf Japanese Maple surrounded by Yellow Stella D'Oro daylilies. Other plantings include Red Waxleaf Begonia, Yellow Lantana, Zebragrass, Orange flowering Cannas, Yellow Coreopsis, Dusty Miller, and Lirope. A paver and white gravel path leads from back corner of house to backyard in front of covered patio. At some point, I would love to have an open patio constructed, which will adjoin the covered patio and form a semicircle in the backyard, surrounded by flowers and foliage, of course!
2 of 14: Closeup of large Dusty Miller. This one has survived 3 winters without dying back. I trim the blooms off to promote new foliage growth.
5 of 14: Closeup of Red Trumpet Honeysuckle just beginning to bloom. This was planted 4 years ago and covered whole trellis area until I cut it back this spring.
8 of 14: Meditation bench surrounded by Red Waxleaf Begonia, Yellow Coreopsis and Lantana, and Japanese Maple
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One hundred pages of emails were passed out by the White House Wednesday as the Obama administration tried to put an end to the long simmering dispute over what took place when the American compound in Benghazi was attacked. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.
Under increasing scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the White House on Wednesday released copies of emails and other additional supporting documents related to its response to last fall's attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya.
The White House released the materials in the wake of Republicans' clamor for more information about how the Obama administration crafted its explanation for the incident, which came at the height of last year's campaign season, and resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
The emails convey different parts of the administration -- the White House, the State Department, and the CIA -- trading drafts of talking points for use not just by representatives of the administration, but also by members of Congress.
Read part one of the White House emails (.pdf)
From the very first draft, the talking points included references to "Islamic extremists" who might have participated in the attack.
The most significant changes involved removing references to Ansar al-Sharia to not hinder the investigation into the attack, and changing reference to the Benghazi location to a "mission" or "diplomatic post," rather than a consulate.
Those talking points, though, were subjected to scrutiny and a series of tweaks from different agencies to ensure the talking points did not get out in front of investigators, who did not yet appear to have a full grasp of the underpinnings of the attack at that point.
The documents released by the White House indicated that then-CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell voiced similar concerns to those from State Department officials and that the same intelligence analysts who drafted the original talking points were comfortable with the language included in the edits, NBC's Peter Alexander reported.
On page 95 of the documents released Wednesday, an email appears to show that then-CIA Director David Petraeus wasn't completely sold on releasing the talking points, writing: "No mention of the cable to Cairo, either? Frankly, I'd just as soon not use this, then ... NSS's call, to be sure; however, this is certainly not what Vice Chairman Ruppersberger was hoping to get for unclas use. Regardless, thx for the great work."
A congressional hearing last week, where whistleblowers took issue with the administration's initial explanation that the attacks were the spontaneous outgrowth of an unrelated protest (and not a terrorist attack) gave rise to new demands for more information from the administration.
Read part two of the White House emails (.pdf)
Republicans took the emails as a validation of their criticism of the White House for making more changes to its talking points than the administration had originally let on.
"The seemingly political nature of the State Department's concerns raises questions about the motivations behind these changes and who at the State Department was seeking them. This release is long overdue and there are relevant documents the Administration has still refused to produce," said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. "We hope, however, that this limited release of documents is a sign of more cooperation to come."
President Barack Obama has dismissed Republicans' interest in the administration's evolving explanation for the attack as a "sideshow," as recently as this Monday.
"The whole issue of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a sideshow," he said. "What we have been very clear about throughout was that immediately after this event happened, we were not clear who exactly had carried it out, how it had occurred, what the motivations were."
Underlying Republicans' interest in the Benghazi matter – at which they've kept now for six months – is a suspicion that the administration clouded the reality of the attack so as to not damage Obama's prospects for re-election.
"The president ran out the clock and he won the election," Sen. Lindsey Graham, S.C., a chief Republican critic of Obama's on Benghazi, said Tuesday on Fox News. "He was able to get Benghazi behind him in terms of electoral politics, but it won't go away."
Meanwhile, U.S. government officials said investigators have identified a person who played a central role in the attack in Benghazi, and that federal criminal charges against that person will soon be made public. The person to be named in the charges is not yet in U.S. custody, one official said.
Word of that progress in the investigation followed a statement by Attorney General Eric Holder, who told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the Justice Department has taken "definitive, concrete action" to bring people to justice who were responsible for the attack.
"We have been aggressive and we are in a good position. Definitive action has been taken," Holder said, though he declined to be more specific.
"We will be prepared shortly to reveal what we have done," he said.
NBC News' Pete Williams and Jonathan Dienst contributed to this report.
This story was originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 5:01 PM EDT


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James Corden will take the reigns as host of THE LATE LATE SHOW on Monday, March 23, 2015. The 36-year-old comedian comes to American late night television with a growing list of award-winning and critically-acclaimed credits. He is a Tony Award-winning performer on Broadway, a BAFTA-winning star of UK television, and a feature film actor with two blockbuster releases this year. Now he'll bring all of those talents to host ?The Late Late Show,? a nightly hour of comedy, music, and interviews with the biggest stars in the world.
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posting a poll here to gauge your opinions as a community.
As you're aware, we haven't accepted new sign-ups since 2016 (unless people manually approached me via email) due to a spambot problem. The forum software is all sorts of outdated since 2012, and updating it is generally troublesome.
However, if we surrender certain "nice things", we can update to the newest version (phpBB 3.2), fix the spambot issue, get the newest security fixes in and generally get our forums back up-to-date.
The "nice things" lost in question are:
- The entire UnrealSP theme. It would be replaced with a generic phpBB theme, styled in white and blue.
- Permanently: Custom modifications for the 2012 UnrealSP relaunch. They are barely in use, anyway.
- Temporarily (until further notice): Modifications such as smileys, avatars, custom BBcodes like [sshot] and [spoiler], etc. Those will all be fine!
- Perhaps more I'm not keeping track of!
The forums would look something like this:
On the bright side, that default style would probably be better optimized for mobile.
I would eventually re-instate an UnrealSP-focused theme, however this would be after the main site re-launch (development on which is going great, by the way; check the Discord chat!)
What do you think? Should I prioritize a safe and secure forum re-launch before anything else, or wait until the new main site is finished and I can devote myself to modernizing the forums and keeping them in-tune with the new main site?


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