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How and when should I use IP?
There are many simple and cost effective ways of protecting your ideas and your business. The information below shows you what you need to think about from the beginnings of an idea to starting a new business and marketing and manufacturing your product or service.
New idea
- Search for existing
You can use the free patents database to check whether your idea already exists or identify existing technology to help develop your own.
Development phase
- Licensing
You may need to licence-in other people's technology to help you develop your idea, either from a University or another business
- Partners
Collaboration with other businesses or educational organisations can be vital to the development phase. Our Lambert Collaboration Tool kit can help.
If you talk to anyone about any new secret or collaboration make sure you ask them to sign a Non-Disclosure agreement (750Kb) first.
IP protection (pre-market entry stage)
- Technology
You are developing your technology but how should you protect it?
If it would be difficult to copy the process, construction or formulation from your product itself, a trade secret may give you the protection you need.
You could file for a Patent which would start to protect your technology from your competitors. You must not tell anyone about your idea before you file it with us.
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Original, creative and artistic works are automatically covered by copyright.
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Just because you have registered your company name with Companies House, doesn't mean it is protected. Someone else could use it.
Your name and brand is a valuable asset to your business so think about protecting it by registering it as a trade mark.
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Most businesses will develop a website to promote their products and services. Many will subcontract this work to web developers.
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The universal copyright symbol © together with the owners name and date should be added to any of the original information on your website.
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You will probably produce brochures outlining your product or service along with any technical manuals. If you write this yourself it is automatically protected by copyright.
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A new Rural Ministry Colloquium is now available for download on iTunes U.
Rev. Dr. Laura Early shares the story of All God's Children United Methodist Church, a rural mission congregation where Jesus Christ is encountered, celebrated, and served in the lives of poor families. The church is located in Aulander, N.C., in one of the most economically distressed rural counties in the state. It aims to meet the needs of children and impoverished families in a personal way, through its Morning Lambs pre-school program, an after-school ministry that fosters learning, and Home Base, a food and clothing distribution facility. All God's Children is what Rev. Early calls "a place of possibilities," where dependence upon God and commitment to love make miracles happen.
The Rural Ministry Colloquia are lunch-time gatherings at Duke Divinity School where a pastor, scholar, layperson or practitioner is invited to address an issue related to rural life or ministry and then lead a discussion on the topic. Sponsored by the Thriving Rural Communities initiative, these events are open to the public.

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The study from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) found salaried workers fared much better than hourly workers, and all-cause mortality was below expectations for them despite increased malignancies in blood, bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes and thymus cells.
Hourly workers weren't so lucky, according to the study. They had above-average cancer mortality rates in comparison to the rest of the U.S. population, but tests only provided evidence for a connection between hourly workers and intestinal cancer.
Previous studies also found a link between non-malignant respiratory disease and exposure to radiation, but the NIOSH study found no such connection. The discrepancy could be due to "improved exposure assessment, different outcome groupings and extended follow-up" in the NIOSH study, according to the study's abstract.
The NIOSH study followed 6,409 workers who were employed at Fernald for at least 30 days between 1951 and 1985, following them through 2004.
Fernald was initially surrounded by controversy in 1984 when it was revealed that it was releasing millions of pounds of uranium dust into the atmosphere, causing radioactive contamination in surrounding areas. The controversy was elevated when Dave Bocks, an employee at the factory, mysteriously disappeared and was later found dead at a uranium processing furnace. Some suspected Bocks was murdered for allegedly being a whistleblower, but no evidence of foul play was ever officially recorded.
Remember when we blogged a couple of weeks ago about how Greater Cincinnati has some of the worst air pollution in the nation? Yep, the American Lung Association's report, "State of the Air," gave us an "F" for ozone pollution, a "D" for 24-hour particle pollution and a "fail" for year-round particle pollution. That put us at the 10th worst spot in the country for year-round particle pollution and 14th worst for ozone pollution.
Solar and wind energy provider Pear Energy, which currently operates in all 50 states, released yesterday its "Dirty Dozen" compilation, a list of the 12 utility providers emitting the greatest carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a type of greenhouse gas. CO2 emissions, of course, are the gunk released into our atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels like gas, coal or oil. Excess CO2 in our atmosphere is directly linked to global warming.
Coming from a company that wants to sell you energy itself, it's good to approach the list with a little skepticism, but the methodology seems transparent; according to the website, all rankings were determined by total CO2 emissions in 2010 of power producers with retail operations that have carbon intensities above the national average emissions rate (stats were sourced from Environmental Protection Agency data).
While Duke Energy was pinpointed as the nation's worst offender, several other Ohio energy providers also earned accolades, including American Electric Power (No. 2), NRG (No. 8) and First Energy (No. 11).
First Energy is the utility provider that in 2012 partnered with Duke Energy locally to bring Cincinnati an electric aggregation program, allegedly useful for both lowering electricity rates and increasing use of renewable energy sources with group buying power. Last month, CityBeat covered allegations that First Energy was focused on weakening energy efficiency standards under Ohio's Clean Energy Law, supposedly to protect prices from shooting up for its customers.
A forum is planned to question Cincinnati City Council candidates on issues involving "green" building techniques, making the city more sustainable and other environmental topics.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Oct. 12 in the rear stage area at the Northside Tavern, 4163 Hamilton Ave. Before the forum begins, a networking session with candidates will be held at 5 p.m.
City Ordinances in Covington, KY require every residential rental property in the city to be equipped with "at least one approved carbon monoxide alarm in operating condition within 15 feet of every room that is used for sleeping purposes."
As part of CityBeat's continuing election coverage, we've once again sent a questionnaire to the non-incumbent Cincinnati City Council candidates to get their reactions on a broad range of issues.
Nine of the 14 non-incumbents chose to answer our questions. Others either didn't respond or couldn't meet the deadline.
During the next few weeks, we will print the responses from the non-incumbents to a different topic each time.
Today's question is, "What is your stance on the city's Environmental Justice Ordinance? Should it be retained or repealed?"


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I have decided to introduce a new weekly feature, entitled Mag Cover of the Week. There will be a new cover each Friday to kick off the weekend.
This week's is the latest cover of German GQ, featuring a nude—and incredibly hot—Christina Aguilera.
I have a bunch of covers up my sleeve from years of collecting magazines to debut in the coming weeks, but feel free to submit your own.
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A is to B as C is to D.
A and B are related in the same way (and direction) that C and D are related.
If you took the SAT before 2005, you might remember that nasty little analogies section, where you'd have to fill out things like
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I interviewed Malcolm Freberg before "Survivor" debuted this fall because he grew up in Marietta and graduated from Walton High School, before going to Dartmouth College. He struck me as a bright frat-boy type who had a game plan going into "Survivor" and stuck with it.
Of course, as he was talking to me, he knew he had made it at least to the final four, which viewers discovered this past Wednesday. He has very good shot at winning the $1 million in the CBS show's 25th incarnation.
He told me in September that his strategy was not to necessarily make friendships but be sensitive to people's feelings. "People get confused," he said. "This is not real life. The way I carry myself on the show isn't the same way I treat people in real life."
At the beginning of the season, "Survivior" split the original 18 into three teams. Freberg started on a really weak crew dubbed Matsing which quickly lost four challenges in a row. The only other survivor from that team was another sharp player in sex therapist Denise Stapley. They aligned. Malcolm then found an immunity idol with Denise but kept it. The pair were separated and placed on the other two teams. Over the next three episodes, Malcolm's team kept winning. Denise and Malcolm came back together when all the players merged into one team on day 17.
Lisa Whelchel ("Facts of Life") accidentally found Malcolm's idol at one point and sussed him out. He revealed the Idol during the tribal council but didn't need to use it. As more people got eliminated, Malcolm mostly stayed out of harm's way despite the fact he was clearly both a physical and mental threat. He even kept Lisa as part of his alliance, along with "Survivor" alum Michael Skupin.
During episode 12 Dec. 5, Malcolm could have been blindsided by Skupin, Lisa and nutty, negative Abi-Maria Gomes, but he won immunity at just the right time.
This past Wednesday, Malcolm pondered whether to throw Denise under the bus if given the opportunity. He felt he has a better shot at winning if the final three were he, Skupin and Lisa. He told those two while they were on a reward that Denise is unbeatable and they need to stick with him. "Nobody works harder and she hasn't betrayed anybody," Malcolm reasoned. "It would be a blowout if she goes."
During the immunity challenge, he fell way behind the other four, then made an impressive comeback creating a maze and won again.
It's hard to say who among the final four will get the votes to win. It may come down to their arguments in front of the jury once they get to a final two or three this Sunday though Malcolm's recent string of victories bolsters his case.
Freberg before the show began airing said to me that he tried out two years earlier but didn't make it. Now, he realizes that was a good thing.
"I wouldn't have been ready. I was this young, cocky frat kid with no life experience. Now I'm just a young, cocky kid with some life experience under my belt."
If Freberg wins, he'd be the second former metro Atlantan to take home the crown.
Sprayberry High School and UGA grad Parvati Shallow won "Survivor Micronesia" in 2008 on her second "Survivor" stint.
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June 5 every year is marked for the World Environment Day. Every year tonnes of pledges and millions of agendas are spoken about. Many goals have been reached, but it is still miles to go before I sleep.
Your Planet needs you-- Unite to combat climate change.
This year pledge to stop using bottled water, at least start trying. I see families completely relying on bottled water. Today having a bottled water in hand is a symbol of prestige than need and is as common as may be a cell phone in hand.
It seems more like a marketing strategy of commercial businesses . What do they sell-- healthy, pristine waters right from the glaciers, healthy active people gulping down water from the bottle.
Why Do We Need Bottled Water?
I know, safety is the first issue that comes to your mind. We just fail to trust out local tap water. Until you read this:
According to WHO the only difference between bottled water and tap water is that it is made available in PET(polyethylene terephthalate) bottles and not through pipes.
A four year long study by Natural Resources Defense Council showed that on testing thousand bottles sold in the United States, about one fifth contained deadly chemicals such as toluene, xylene, or styrene–known or possible carcinogens and neurotoxins.
Do you still believe that tap water is not worth it?
According to WWF, there are traditional purifying ways available for those who buy water for health concerns. It's as simple as boiling and filtering which for generations we've been doing.
Give it a thought: An empty water bottle can lay up in a landfill for about 1000 years before dying out. The toxins that they emit are detrimental to the Ozone. No wonder Canada has banned manufacturing of bottled water.
These are a few pointers to make you realize how we can actually stop using bottled water.
Cost: A single water bottle costs over $1.00, over 1900 times the cost of tap water. Every year an average US citizen ends up spending over $400 just for bottled water.
Figures: Americans' quench thirst with bottled water consuming more than 28 billion bottles every year. Ever wondered where do they all go? Of which nearly 86% end in garbage. The amount of oil that was burnt to produce those plastic bottles could have been enough to fuel about 100,000 cars in that year.
Health: You kept your bottled water in cars thinking it was convenient. Didn't you? The heat in the car and plastic of the bottles can leach out chemicals that can lead to several types of cancer. You might not have even kept that bottle in the car. But do you know the journey it has gone through? Local stores keep the bottle at an average 55 degree F to 100 degree F and in the truck it could be way beyond.
Since most of the bottled water is used outside of home, more than 80% of the bottles reach landfills. The bottles should not be put in trash but in specified bins for plastic recycling.
Did you know that the PET bottles that we throw in the bin can actually be recycled to be as raw material in sweaters, carpets, and even in home products! So think before you buy that Bottle!
Leaving behind bottled water could keep your wallet and Mother Earth green!
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AUSTIN, Texas -- Those who have a tablet, smart phone or mobile device have probably used an app at least once or twice. Businesses and individuals have developed apps to play games, get directions and access news, weather and other information. In 2010, consumers downloaded approximately 11 billion apps.
While apps are a great way to enjoy a mobile device or tablet, consumers should understand that not all apps are created equal and costs aren't always apparent.
"Mobile apps give consumers the ability to do almost anything on their smart phones," said Carrie A. Hurt, president and CEO of Better Business Bureau serving Central, Coastal, Southwest Texas and the Permian Basin. "However, some consumers download apps without realizing the cost associated with the app, what information can be accessed by the app or who could be accessing their information because of the app."
BBB offers the following questions and answers to help consumers understand apps:
� How do I pay for an app? It depends on where and how you download the app. Phone plans may contain monthly data charges or you may pay per download. Also, app stores often require credit card information to create an account for purchases.
� Why are some apps free? While you may pay for some apps, others are offered free and make money in different ways.
- Companies may sell advertising space in the app to other businesses.
- Companies may offer a basic version of the app for free, but require you to pay for the full version.
- Some apps allow users to buy more features within the app. Usually, you are billed for these purchases through the app store account.
- Some free apps are designed to build interest in the company's other products.
� What types of information can apps access? It depends on the app itself. Some apps can access phone and email contacts, call logs and device location. Some access only the information they require to function, while others access data unrelated to their purpose.
� Why do some apps ask for location? Apps use specific location data for maps, nearby coupons and information on who you might know nearby. Other apps provide this information to ad networks that build a profile and target marketing toward your specific interests.
� Should I update my apps? It is a good idea to update your apps. Updates may have security upgrades that protect your information from the latest hacks.
� Could an app infect my phone? While most apps are pre-approved before being added to an app store, hackers have created apps that can infect smartphones and tablets. Be cautious when downloading apps and be sure to use a reputable app store or website to download from. If your phone begins performing functions on its own, that may be a sign of malware.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) - Thanks for your service, and good luck.
That's what the national parties are saying to congressional veterans like Roscoe Bartlett, the Maryland Republican whose district was redrawn by Democrats to include liberal-leaning communities near the capital Beltway. National Republicans have all but abandoned his bid for an 11th House term. Bartlett, 86, is not giving up. He's says he's the most environmentally conscious Republican in Congress.
"That's not a very steep hill to climb," Bartlett said in a recent interview, acknowledging his party's record on environmental issues. "But I'm the greenest Republican, so I have a lot of characteristics that recommend me to these people."
Both parties have officeholders they've effectively thrown overboard, but not as many as in 2010. Republican and Democratic strategists point to three House campaigns where the parties clearly have declined to make independent expenditures for an incumbent in trouble _ Bartlett, fellow Republican David Rivera in Florida and Democrat Larry Kissell in North Carolina.
National Republican officials who control millions of party dollars also have abandoned GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin, an 11-year House veteran thought to have a decent shot at unseating Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill until his remarks in August on "legitimate rape."
In a few other cases, the distance between party leaders and the candidate is less clear but perceptible, as the party committees scale back their spending in some districts or decline to match the resources that the other party is throwing into the race. It's a phenomenon that happens to some degree in every election, but this year it's been driven in part by once-a-decade redistricting and the occasional political scandal.
Because incumbents are generally the last group of candidates the national campaign committees abandon, being a member of this tiny caucus of the rejected carries particular sting. Democrats need to gain 25 seats to retake the House majority, an uphill battle they're not expected to win. The small number of incumbents running with little or no financial backing from their national party indicates how competitive the races are in this year's swing districts, which will make it difficult for either party to make significant gains.
"The sign that there's not going to be big swings is that Democrats are defending their own," said Paul Lindsay, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. "For every one of those losses, they have to find a win somewhere else. And the map is not big enough for them."
Democratic officials scoffed, pointing to the Republicans' shifting support away from tea party candidates like Bartlett and New Hampshire freshman Rep. Frank Guinta, who is facing a difficult rematch against Democrat Carol Shea-Porter. Two years ago, Shea-Porter was one of the incumbents that Democrats threw overboard. Republicans have supported Guinta this year, but not in the last two weeks, federal fundraising records show.
"Republicans have a funny way of showing they're protecting the tea party majority when they're giving up on their own members," said Jesse Ferguson, spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Officials at the NRCC noted that total spending when all outside groups are included favors Guinta, giving the NRCC flexibility to put resources elsewhere.
Bartlett has served in Congress for 20 years, representing the Appalachian portion of Maryland and some of Washington, D.C.'s outlying communities. Last year, the state's Democratic-dominated legislature remade the district by stripping out some Republican strongholds and replaced them with a bustling urban corridor that stretches along Interstate 270 in Montgomery County. Democratic voters now outnumber Republicans by about 42,000.
Linda Alban, one of the future constituents in the new congressional district, likened the move to cheating. Yet, the Democrat said she's not comfortable voting for Bartlett, saying she would have nothing to do with a member of the congressional tea party caucus.
"I don't think changing the boundaries is right, but I don't happen to support the person who's there in the first place," said Alban, a resident of the city of Gaithersburg, one of the Montgomery County suburbs added to the district.
National Republicans have offered some financial support to Bartlett, but they've declined to make any big-money independent expenditures to pay for big ad buys.
On the Democratic side, Kissell is in a similar position. The DCCC has poured more than $1 million into helping North Carolina Rep. Mike McIntyre win re-election, but they've declined to invest in Kissell's adjoining district, redrawn to favor Republicans, even though Republican-aligned political action committees have spent heavily there.


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A Reason To Survive (ARTS) is a non-profit organization whose mission it is to heal, inspire and empower at risk children who are facing adversity. They provide arts programs, education and employment opportunities.
Some of the biggest challenges non-profits have to face is being underfunded, understaffed and undervalued. We believe they should never be underestimated. ARTS, like many non-profits, simply does not have the resources for big, visible marketing campaigns, or even enough to hire marketing consultants for advice. Since we began our relationship, when ARTS was an outreach-only organization, with a virtually nonexistent budget, they knew they needed to take a nontraditional approach to their non-profit.
ARTS's challenges didn't stop us from helping them get some real traction for the cause, through meaningful brand awareness—and not to mention helping them raise funds through targeted communications.
We've handled every detail with a passion to help and a desire to build a brand that gets people inspired and empowered to make a heartfelt difference in the world.
Cognizant of financial realities and driven by the desire to keep as many dollars as possible in their programs and services budget, we've used resourcefulness and creativity to keep cost down. This has included shooting custom photography, utilizing internal resources for content and keeping a close eye on vendor costs.
Since beginning an ongoing relationship with ARTS, we have provided the organization with award-winning communications with real, tangible results. ARTS has gone from an out-reach only operation to one that boasts an over 5,000 square foot Arts Center. They've added countless programs and continues to serve a growing number of children.
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|Northamptonshire County Council
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|The Drayton Centre, NorthamptonThe Drayton Centre provides day services for people with dementia
The Drayton Centre provides day services for people with dementia. Reliable, flexible, good interpersonal skills and a positive approach to disabled people, you will support our customers in a range of activities and daily living tasks, including personal care. This post is subject to enhanced CRB clearance and applicants must be aged 18 years and over to comply with NSCS standards for care.
For an informal discussion, please contact Sharon Wykes on 07841 958911.
The council is currently undergoing a pay and grading reviewso salary scales for all the roles may be subject to change.
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David Harris Comments on Profiling Verdict Against Sheriff Arpaio on Public Radio's Fronteras Project
Professor David Harris discussed the implementation of the verdict against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a case in which the court found that "America's Toughest Sheriff" and his department had used profiling to target Latinos in Maricopa County (Phoenix), Arizona. The likely outcome will be the imposition of new rules and a monitor to oversee the department. According to Harris, the Arpaio verdict will have significant national impact because, "this will be the case that people think of when they talk about limiting racial profiling in immigration."
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NEW CASTLE, Del.- The Delaware National Guard's 153rd Military Police Company is headed to Afghanistan to train Afghans in security operations. Even though families know their loved ones are needed halfway around the world, it still makes for a very hard goodbye.
"I'm going to worry about him every day from the moment he leaves until the day that he returns," said Nikki Lavoie, as she said goodbye to her brother Sgt. Chris Connors.
Even though guard members volunteered their service, leaving is never easy.
"I love them and I'm going miss them and I know that, I know it's coming," Connors said.
His father, Francis Connors, cherished their last moments together before his son deployed for the first time.
"I'm also proud and grateful that he's willing to do service for what I believe in because I served in the military. I was in the Navy for 11 years," he said.
Lavoie cherishes the memories she and her brother been able to make together.
"I'm grateful that we had a nice holiday and spent some family time together before he had to leave," she said.
The 175 National Guardsmen being deployed will first spend four weeks training in New Jersey.
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I am a London based jewellery designer and take my inspiration from natural history, entomology, symbolism and mythology. I come from a creative and academic family and grew up in the English countryside. I have always been influenced and inspired by these dual sides. I began my career studying Cultural Studies and went on to work for NGO's and Charities in the UK and overseas whilst always continuing to make and fulfil my creative side.
It was in Mexico that I had the opportunity to develop my love for jewellery and after leaving my last job I went on to study at the University of the Arts in Taxco, Mexico. My designs are influenced by my love of nature but also by an interest in culture, meaning and myth. My designs are often organic or nature inspired but also lean towards a deeper meaning and symbolism behind the concept. I like to challenge the wearer to a deeper understanding. I try and use ethically sourced materials where possible and my casting is all done with recycled materials. I started out a little over 3 yrs ago working from a studio in my bedroom and then went on to share a studio with Kamilla Thorsen of Dynasty Jewellery and we recently opened our own boutique and studio Thor & Wistle in Shoreditch London. I was a Finalist at the 2012 UK Jewellery Awards for the New Designer category and I exhibit at shows and am stocked in a number of designer boutiques in the UK and overseas. All of my designs are made by hand in our studio with a passionate attention to all the little details.Read less
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text: Table 6_3_8-2 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities ReportsThe National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness. Table 6_3_8.2Children 0–40 lbs for whom a health provider ever gave advice about using child safety seats when riding in the car, United States, 2002Population groupTotal population (in thousands)cEver given adviceWithin past yearWithin past 2 yearsPercentdSEPercenteSEPercenteSETotal72,69959.91.349.81.356.71.3Age0–523,15360.81.450.81.357.71.36–1749,54640.14.6184.108.40.206.4GenderMale37,23660.41.749.41.757.01.6Female35,46359.41.750.11.656.31.7RaceWhite, single race56,13261.01.550.61.557.81.5Black, single race11,12360.13.3126.96.36.199.3Asian, single race2,576******NHOPI, single race295******AI/AN, single race815******Multiple races1,757******EthnicityNon-Hispanic, all races59,40260.01.649.91.556.91.5Non-Hispanic, White43,46361.61.951.31.858.51.9Non-Hispanic, Black10,85959.63.548.73.256.03.4Hispanic13,29759.52.349.32.455.72.5Family incomeaNegative/poor12,43853.12.945.52.650.82.8Near poor/low15,49460.82.650.12.657.42.6Middle25,00458.92.448.82.455.52.3High19,762126.96.36.199.262.93.3Health insuranceAny private47,95661.01.849.31.757.21.8Public only19,36059.32.152.02.057.42.1Uninsured5,38249.26.042.56.245.56.2Residence locationbMetropolitan61,80059.41.449.71.356.51.4 Large central metro22,15958.42.548.62.554.12.5 Large fringe metro18,26160.72.750.12.459.62.6 Medium metro14,96959.72.450.92.756.92.6 Small metro6,41059.15.049.74.856.25.1Nonmetropolitan10,89962.64.350.23.857.44.1 Micropolitan7,27059.15.447.35.353.55.2 Noncore3,62970.16.756.46.166.07.2Language spoken most often at homeEnglish64,80861.11.550.61.457.91.4Other7,58251.93.243.03.048.33.1Perceived health statusExcellent/very good/good71,08060.01.449.91.356.91.3Fair/poor1,619******CSHCNYes14,11655.03.744.33.651.53.7No57,96660.61.450.51.357.41.3a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.b For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.c Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.d Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given advice.e Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given the advice, or when they were given advice.* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Current as of September 2009 Internet Citation: Table 6_3_8-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_3_8-2.html


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MUSKEGON (WKZO) -- A woman from New Jersey has pleaded guilty to solicitation to murder after she was caught on camera plotting to kill her husband.
Prosecutors this week released the video, which shows 21-year-old Julie Merfeld meeting with a man she believed was a killer for hire. The man was actually an undercover cop. In the video, Merfeld states that she wants her husband dead because "it was easier than divorcing him."
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First, there was Happy Newt, who played nice with his Republican rivals. Then came Angry Newt, who lashed out at them—especially former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney—for attack ads that knocked him into fourth place in Tuesday's Iowa caucus. On Thursday, in a a wood-floored senior center decorated with Christmas wreaths and quilts, Newt Gingrich unveiled a new persona: Bold Newt. Bold Newt is unafraid to criticize his opponents—but he does it with a smile instead of a snarl.
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With gas prices on the rise, an S&P report lowering America's credit outlook, continuing debate over the deficit and a stalemate in Libya, President Obama's approval numbers have declined just at the moment he launched his reelection campaign. Joining Gwen tonight: David Wessel/Wall Street Journal; Coral Davenport/ National Journal; Dan Balz/ Washington Post and Martha Raddatz/ABC News.


text: A Detroit family will have to replace their valuables again after their home was robbed for the second time in two weeks. Danielle Hendricks, who lives at the home, says the thieves made away with TV's, guns, laptops, and a cross-bow from the first robbery. The family called police, but say they never came to take fingerprints that were left on the window. Hendricks says a sergeant came by to check on her. Wednesday the home was again broken into - Hendricks believes by the same people. This time they stole new TV's to replace the stolen ones, as well as iPad's and jewelry. Hendricks says she will have the windows secured. Click the video player to watch Taryn Asher's report and hear what Hendricks has to say about the response to the crime by police.


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The following timeline covers the early history of Palomar Observatory, from its conception in the early 1900's, through the 200-inch's twenty-one years of construction until it began full-time observing in 1949. All images on this page, except the last one (1949), are copyrighted by the Caltech Archives. Click on any image to enlarge.
Under the supervision of George Ellery Hale, and through grants from the Carnegie Institution of Washington, the Mount Wilson 60-inch telescope is completed and sees "first light." It is the world's largest telescope, and with the exceptionally calm and stable atmosphere above the Los Angeles basin, astronomers can see fainter and more distant objects than ever before. Harlow Shapley uses this telescope to measure the size of our galaxy (the Milky Way) and the solar system's position in it.
While the 60-inch is constructed, Hale and the Carnegie Institution plan a yet larger design. Despite technical challenges in casting and shaping the glass mirror, and difficulties with funding, the 100-inch telescope is completed in 1917. It is a temperamental machine - the large mirror is highly sensitive to temperature variations which cause it to go out of focus easily. Despite such problems, it provides an unparalleled view of the faraway universe. Edwin Hubble uses this instrument to determine the distances and velocities of neighboring galaxies, demonstrating that they are separate "island universes" and not small nebulae contained within the Milky Way, as many astronomers had previously thought. He also discovers the first indications that the universe is expanding. Measurements of more distant galaxies, and fine details of the near ones, are still beyond the reach of the 100-inch.
Hale (pictured) secures a grant of six million dollars from the International Education Board, a funding agency endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, for "the construction of an observatory, including a 200-inch reflecting telescope... and all other expenses incurred in making the observatory ready for use." Unlike the Mt. Wilson observatories, which are operated by the Carnegie Institution, the 200-inch is administered by the recently founded California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Hale and his teams of astronomers, engineers, and opticians set to work.
Bernard Schmidt, an Estonian optician, invents a new telescope design ideal for photographing large regions of the sky. It uses a simple spherically-curved main mirror, with a carefully shaped glass corrector plate at the front of the telescope to compensate for optical distortions. He shows a prototype to Walter Baade, a colleague of Hale's, and the Schmidt design is later utilized for photographic survey conducted on the 18-inch telescope and 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope.
With the increasing light pollution from Los Angeles, Mount Wilson is no longer an ideal site for an observatory. Hale starts a survey of less populated locations for the planned 200-inch telescope. Sites in Arizona, Texas, Hawaii, and South America are considered, but the early favorite and eventual winner is a site at an elevation of 5,600 feet on Palomar Mountain, 100 miles southeast of Pasadena, California. Hale buys one hundred sixty acres of land from local ranchers and the U.S. Forest Service.
After spending over 600,000 dollars, mirror casters from General Electric are unable to make a 200-inch mirror out of fused quartz. Hale approaches the Corning Glass Works of New York with a proposal to instead build the 200-inch mirror out of a new glass blend called Pyrex. Changes in temperature make Pyrex expand and contract much less than ordinary glass, so a Pyrex mirror would be much less prone to the focus and distortion problems that plagued the 100-inch telescope. Corning starts planning how to cast molten Pyrex (left) with the necessary purity and smoothness. On their second attempt, Corning succeeds in casting the 200-inch mirror. The image to the right shows two people standing on the original unpolished surface.
Once the mirror specifics are finalized, engineers start designing the telescope's structure. It will weigh hundreds of tons, but must be able to move smoothly and accurately to follow celestial objects as they transit across the sky. While tracking, the mirror must maintain its shape to a few millionths of an inch. Several revolutionary and ingenious engineering concepts are implemented into the design to meet these requirements, including the oil bearing system, the Serrurier truss, and the mirror support cell.
While the road to the mountain is improved, and water and electricity are installed, construction work begins on the 200-inch dome. Cottages are built for some of the important personnel, while other workers live in barracks that are part of a nearby cattle ranch.
The telescope piers are anchored to the bedrock 22 feet below, while the dome supports go about 7 feet into the overlying granite. During the summer, everyone on the mountain helps pour concrete, including several Caltech undergraduates and the observatory cooks. Work proceeds briskly, and the dome is completed in less than two years.
The finished dome is 41 meters (135 feet) tall, 42 meters (137 feet) in diameter. It is a remarkable coincidence that these dimensions are similar to those of the Pantheon in Rome. The dome weighs approximately 1,000 tons, with a plate steel exterior and aluminum panel interior, separated by four feet to allow for dome venting. Two 125-ton shutters cover the opening seen in the center image and slide open at night to allow light through the slit and into the dome.
The top section of the dome rotates on two circular rails. Many people who have ridden on the rotating dome have commented that it feels smoother than most elevator rides.
For more pictures see the photos of Thomas R. Young, a plumber working in the 200-inch dome or the Kelso photos of a phone crew working on Palomar Mountain in the 1930's.
The mirror blank, with only a rough flat front surface, is shipped across the country on a special train from New York to Pasadena, always traveling slower than 25 miles per hour. The telescope project has captured the public imagination, and thousands of people line the train tracks to watch this special cargo. Guards are posted around the mirror during overnight stops to prevent any damage to the disk. The trip takes sixteen days.
In the optics lab at Caltech, the front surface of the mirror is ground to the approximate concave form required. Using successively finer polishing grit, the opticians then carefully smooth the surface, constantly using optical tests to compare it to a perfect paraboloid shape. It is slow and painstaking work. To make the final mirror, almost 10,000 pounds of glass are polished away, including the top two inches which contain "scar tissue" left over from the casting and annealing process.
The small Schmidt camera is put into service, used primarily to monitor nearby galaxies for supernova explosions. The performance of the Schmidt design is so good that the project supervisors discuss building a larger Schmidt telescope to photograph the entire night sky. These two telescopes will complement the 200-inch perfectly, since they can quickly take long exposures of large areas of the sky. Until such wide-field images are available, astronomers must make educated guesses about where to look to find new, interesting phenomena.
Components of the telescope are constructed at sites all over the country and then shipped to the mountain for assembly inside the dome. Parts from Westinghouse's Philadelphia factories, Corning's New York glass foundries, and Caltech's and Carnegie's Pasadena labs have to make their way up to the mountain summit. On many occasions, national train routes are rescheduled as these parts travel across the United States. The telescope tube is shipped by boat through the Panama Canal, with the Navy's help.
In the upper left, you see the open telescope tube. On the
bottom left are the "arms." The west arm would eventually
house the declination axis motor, while the east arm was
available for a variety of instruments. In the bottom right
image are the two arms and the central component of the
giant "horseshoe" (seen in its entirety in the bottom center).
In the upper right photo, a welder works near the
Cassegrain end of the telescope tube.
Using funds and technology from the 200-inch telescope, work on the 48-inch Schmidt (now called the Samuel Oschin Telescope) begins. Corning casts the main mirror for the telescope and Pasadena opticians make the refractive corrector plate. This smaller telescope, named the Samuel Oschin telescope in 1987, has a wide viewing area (thirty-six square degrees). This field-of-view lets astronomers make detailed maps of the entire northern sky and allows them to systematically select targets of interest for study with the more powerful 200-inch. The drawing to the right was composed by Russell Porter.
Telescope production halts because most of the engineers and scientists, as well as their laboratories, are reassigned to war-related projects. Not even mirror polishing continues during the war. The 200-inch disk is stored and protected by timbers for three years. After the war concludes, telescope work restarts in September of 1945. After three months of cleaning the labs, mirror polishing resumes. Most of the pre-war telescope workers do not continue with the project, so a new crew must learn the routines.
The 200-inch mirror is transported from Pasadena to Palomar on November 18-19, 1947. The 40 ton cargo requires three diesel tractors to push it up the mountain. Despite a storm, which nearly aborts the transport, the 125 mile trip is completed in 32 hours.
After removing the concrete disk (now located outside the dome) that was used to test the support structure, engineers install the mirror. Initial imaging results are promising but not ideal. It takes two years to finish polishing, aligning, and adjusting the mirror.
Although the 200-inch telescope is still not yet fully operational, it is dedicated on June 3rd and formally named in honor of George Ellery Hale, who passed away in 1938. Almost one thousand people attend the dedication, including many dignitaries from around the world. The first demonstration of the telescope and dome includes a ride on the dome as it spins. The ride is smooth enough to confuse some into thinking the telescope floor is rotating.
The 48-inch Samuel Oschin Schmidt Telescope is completed and for many years it would be the largest Schmidt telescope in the world. The first official photograph is taken in September and its image quality is good enough that it is used in Hubble's galaxy atlas. One year later, the 48-inch begins the first Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, which maps the entire northern sky. This catalog would later become the basis for the Guide-Star Catalog used by the Hubble Space Telescope. A second (digitized photographic) sky survey would start in 1985 and finish 15 years later. To the left, Edwin Hubble peers through the finder telescope of the 48-inch in 1949.
Copyright Danner/Hogg
Thirteen years of mirror polishing finally grind the "Big Eye" to the desired form. Edwin Hubble takes the first photographic exposure with the 200-inch in January. In October, the telescope is made available full-time to the astronomers from Caltech and the Carnegie Institution, twenty-one years after the Rockefeller grant. Pictured to the left is a few minute exposure of the open dome underneath star trails and the summer Milky Way.
Palomar, After 50 Years from The Journal of San Diego History
To read a summary of the Palomar Observatory's research results see THE FIRST 50 YEARS AT PALOMAR: 1949-1999 The Early Years of Stellar Evolution, Cosmology, and High-Energy Astrophysics by Allan Sandage
Images are for personal use only and are copyrighted by the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory.


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I'm making a list of all the people here in favor of getting rid of the USPS. If we do, I'll have a drawing and the winner gets to either a) get my technophobic and set-in-her-ways elderly mother to use a computer to pay her bills (winner pays for computer and Internet access and must provide 24/7 tech support) or b) drive my mother to the nearest privatized post office to pick up their mail daily (winner pays for gas and must listen to my mother critique their driving). ENTER NOW TO WIN!posted by entropicamericana at 1:30 PM on February 6, 2013 [119 favorites]
Costs were heading down, and some analysts projected a "devastating" impact on the U.S. Postal Service's first-class business. "We are being bypassed technologically," reported an assistant U.S. postmaster general at the beginning of 1976. [...] Eventually the U.S. Justice Department, the FCC, and even the Postal Rate Commission opposed any significant government role in e-mail servicesThe USPS was hobbled right out of the gate.
Cutting Saturday service will also anger a man named Ron Bloom, who told us, "If you degrade the network and your customers leave and you get into the death spiral, you can't have [the network] back."
Bloom is from Pittsburgh. He likens what the service is doing to the steel and car industries. "Management can just decide to give up." After years at an investment banking firm, he managed contract negotiations in both fields, including as a central go-between in the Obama administration's crucial auto bailout. The letter carriers union brought him (and his old investment bank employer) in to be their hard-nosed fighter.
The postal service is not a federal agency. It does not cost taxpayers a dollar. It loses money only because Congress mandates that it do so. What it is is a miracle of high technology and human touch. It's what binds us together as a country.posted by the man of twists and turns at 4:22 PM on February 6, 2013 [5 favorites]
A report from the agency's inspector general said that since 2001, private companies like FedEx and United Parcel Service had consistently captured 98 percent of the revenue from long-term shipping contracts with the government because the financially troubled Postal Service did not have a sales staff or a strategy to focus on the federal sector until 2009. The report said the Postal Service lost out on about $34 million in potential revenue over the last two yearsGee, it would be nice if our own frickin government would use the service.
The USPS, by one metric, is still the very best internationally at its most crucial task: Delivering mail.posted by zombieflanders at 4:44 PM on February 6, 2013 [5 favorites]
Researchers Alberto Chong, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer sent letters to 10 fake addresses in 159 countries. The whole idea was to test government efficiency, by seeing how long it took to return the letters to the senders.
All these countries, the researchers note, subscribe to an international postal convention (the Universal Postal Union, coordinated by the United Nations), which requires them to return letters they cannot deliver.
Not all are that great at it: Only 60 percent of the letters actually came back to the researchers. Among the countries that returned all 10 letters, the USPS was far and away the fastest to do so.
How did the USPS do so well? The researchers chalk it up to two main factors: Management and technology. Mail services with more robust databases have an easier task in returning mis-addressed labels. "If postcode database includes street names, in which case the non-existence of the street name, and therefore the incorrectness of the address, would pop out immediately as soon as the envelope is machine read," they note.
Why would the USPS take such radical measures? The simple truth is that the postal service is a fundamentally sound business, though not without its challenges. If you look closely, you'll see a concerted campaign to drive USPS out of business, despite the fact that it operates without government subsidies and, potentially, at a profit. It's being subjected to a politically manufactured crisis in order to ram through drastic change. But without the USPS, citizens will face much higher costs without better service. Below, I outline three common misconceptions about the USPS and explain why they're misleading.posted by the man of twists and turns at 12:21 PM on March 5, 2013
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Coeur d'Alene's Chase Blakley took to Twitter Tuesday to announce his plans to play football for the Huskies.
Blakley wrote, "Just committed to the University of Washington!! #UDUB #dawgs #WOOF".
The CDA wide receiver/defensive end will play tight end for Steve Sarkisian. As a junior he caught 51 passes for 598 yards and seven touchdowns.
Blakley helped guide Coeur d'Alene to the Idaho 5A State title game in 2012. The Vikings won back-to-back championships in 2010 and 2011.


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Commencement 2013
The University of Pittsburgh School of Law Commencement will be held on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium located at 4141 Fifth Avenue, Oakland. A Reception will immediately follow the ceremony in the Commons Room of the Cathedral of Learning.
Auditorium doors will open to guests at 2:00 p.m. Please note that if your guests arrive with you early, they will not be seated until the guest doors open at 2:00 p.m. Seating is on a first-come-first-served basis (general admission). Likewise, all children over the age of two will need a seat. Also, all strollers should be checked in at the front doors, as there will be no room for them in the auditorium.
Tickets are not required for graduates or guests.
The ceremony should last approximately one hour and a half. The ceremony and reception typically last a combined total of three hours.


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Hi, I'm Jaden, a professional recipe developer, food columnist and food photographer specializing in fast, fresh and easy recipes for the home cook. Most of my recipes are modern Asian! About meFast, fresh & easy recipes for the home cook.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
To launch my sake section – I'm giving away a $50 gift certificate to Sur La Table – see end of post! ~jaden
Contest Over!
As much is I love everything Asian, I really didn't get into exploring world of fine Japanese sake (SAH-keh) until just recently. A little over a year ago, I had a chance to sneak into a meeting with a sake sales representative, Morgan Hartman. Morgan was giving a artisan sake tasting to a local restaurant's staff, and I kind of tagged along, curious to experience what artisan sake was all about.
The next hour just blew my mind. We sampled eight or nine different brands of sake, the exact number I really can't remember. While the other is utilized their spit bucket, I couldn't fathom the thought of wasting a single (hiccup) drop.
Sidenote: You know when wine pros do wine tastings, they don't really swallow the wine….they take a sip of wine, gurgle around in their mouths, make funny faces and then spit it out. Because if you DON'T swallow and you're tasting like 10 different wines, by the time you get to number 6, you are so flat-out drunk that everything tastes like pencil lead, cat piss and leather. Honestly, I'm probably not a super-taster nor will I ever be a wine geek, because I just cannot understand which pie-hole they pull out these obscure flavors and aromas from. And really. The only time I really would enjoy tasting leather would be if I was on the back of Fonzie's motorcycle, holding on tight and trying to reach and kiss the back of his neck. Okay, sorry for the rambling sidenote.
Anyways, the tasting blew my mind. Nine artisan sake from different regions of Japan, each brewed using handcrafted methods and premium ingredients. No chemicals, no sulfites and some utilizing no machinery. Yes, some of the sake were expensive, but the majority of them were surprisingly affordable, about the same as an everyday bottle of wine.
So, these next two weeks, I'll be posting a lot about Japanese sake – the good stuff that you drink chilled like wine. Not the cheap sake is served hot and goes down burning like a lighter fluid. In fact, after my sake tasting experience, I can't even drink the hot sake at all. Did you know that the cheap, lesser quality sake is served hot to mask it's inferior flavors? You're so distracted by the heat that you can't even taste a thing. I know that some people love hot sake (I even did a Twitter poll), but I'd like to show you around the world of chilled, artisan sake.
I've been studying my ass off the past 2 weeks (I've really been loving my late-night "MARKET RESEARCH" sake tasting sessions) and my teacher is none other than that company that Morgan works for, a small company called Vine Connections, based in California, who represents over 20 of Japan's finest premium sake breweries. These artisan, ancient (the youngest is 86 years old!), and traditional family brewers produce some of the best sake that you'll ever try. So I'll be learning from Morgan, Lisa, Ed and Jeffrey, who will be sponsoring a sake section on Steamy Kitchen. They are a great partner, because they represent over 20 different artisan sake brewers, and we'll be able to give you the basics of premium sake, how to order sake and read the labels, full tasting notes, teach you how to pair sake with food and how to hold your own artisan sake tasting with your friends.
Sake, often called the "Drink of the Gods" by the Japanese, is a beverage produced from sake varietal rices, pure water, koji spores, and specially selected yeasts. Premium sake is brewed like beer, but drinks like fine wine.
Like beer, the starch must be converted to sugar, which then turns into alcohol. Like wine, each brand has its own distinct tasting notes – some sake is woodsy and earthy (pairing well with meats and other full-flavor dishes) and some have flavors of lychees and lemon zest (pairing well with steamed seafood)
What makes a sake a PREMIUM sake? Well, premium Japanese sake is to regular sake what Single Malt Scotch or Agave Tequila is to their cheaper counterpart. Premium Japanese sake brewers are family artisan craftsmen and all their sake are made by hand with little, if any, automation. No cheap rice, no mass-production and certainly no chemical additives.
And one of the great things about premium sake is that it's gluten-free, sulfite free, and kosher. Premium sake becoming popular, too…enjoying a 20% annual growth rate in the U.S. for the past 5 years. The newest drink that is made with premium sake is sparkling Japanese sake infused with all-natural Asian flavors. It's served chilled and it's fantastically fancy served in a champagne glass.
You know how a grain of rice is pretty darn small? Well imagine polishing (or milling) the rice so much that only the heart of the rice remains. That center heart of the rice grain produces the most clean, pure, fragrant and complex tasting sake!
So, what's all the other unwainted stuff that you're polishing off?
While all this stuff we're polishing off is actually good for you (in terms of EATING rice) it's bad for the fermentation and taste of sake. So, the more you mill the rice, the cleaner, elegant and refine the sake is. Cheap sake uses the cheap rice and the entire grain. Super-premium sake is made with Yamada Nishiki Rice (a rice variety ESPECIALLY made for sake) that are polished to just 40% of its original size! See the last rice photo, how the rice grain is very white and less than half the size of the table rice?
Think about wine. Instead of merlot, pinot noir or chardonnay, the common words used to differentiate premium sake are:
Junmai (JOON-mai): Junmai is pure rice Sake. Nothing is used in its production except rice, water, yeast, and koji (that magical mold that converts the starch in the rice into fermentable sugars). Junmai is brewed WITHOUT any addition of distilled alcohol. Now why would you add distilled alcohol to sake? Because cheaper, faster. Instead of allowing the rice starch ferment naturally – lower grades of Japanese sake will include added distilled alcohol. Junmai is premium sake with no added distilled alcohol. Generally a bit heavier and fuller in flavor than other types of Sake, with slightly higher acidity. Goes well with a wide range of food. Must have rice grains polished to at least 70%, meaning the outer 30% of each rice grain has been polished away.
Gingo (GEEN-joe): Super premium sake and special practices must be followed to make it, including higher milling rates, the use of special rice and yeast, longer fermentation periods, and many other labor-intensive brewing processes.
Daiginjo (die-GEEN-joe): Even a more painstaking brewing process than Ginjo, which results in Sake that is even lighter and more fragrant and fruity than a typical Ginjo. Must use rice milled to at least 50%. Often, Daiginjo goes as far as using rice milled to 35% (65% of the kernel polished away!).
So you can combine "Junmai" with "Ginjo" and "Daiginjo" == or use the words independently.
Junmai (no distilled alcohol added, milled to 70% of grain- i.e. 30% polished away)
Junmai Ginjo (no distilled alcohol added, milled to at least 60% of grain)
Junmai Daiginjo (the very very best, no distilled alcohol added, milled to at least 50% of grain)
Percentages from Sake World
Here are other sections that we'll be covering:
Japanese Sake Grades (this post)
Artisan vs. Mass Produced Chart
Food and Sake Pairing
How to Have Sake Tasting at Home
What's a fun, modern way to enjoy sake? Sparkling Sake: sake2me
Tasting Notes: Divine Droplets Sake
Tasting Notes: Wandering Poet Sake
Tasting Notes: Snow Maiden Sake
My friends at Sur La Table gave me a $50 gift certificate. Originally, I was going to take that gift certificate and give it away to you guys…but the trouble was…I WENT to my local store to pick up the gift certificate.
How could I resist NOT buying a few new goodies for the kitchen?
So I used it.
But never fear, due to my own shortcomings in the willpower department, I am buying a $50 gift certificate to give away.
So – how to enter? Easy. Just comment and tell me ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT JAPANESE SAKE. If you're a smart-ass and don't have any questions, just pretend you do and copy someone else's. You have until Tuesday, June 16th 12pm EST.
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You know what I love best about sake, it isn't so much the taste or the fizzle after the first few drinks, it's the pretty bottles; I have a wall dedicated to just sake bottles.
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I was watching an anime the other day with my s.o. and I was interested to learn that truly high quality sake is a lot like wine. The older the damn nectar gets the higher the value of the product is. Supposedly, according to that show and to the research I did a bit afterward, great sake tastes a lot like fruit, some claim that it reminds them of honeydews and cantaloupes. Is it true? I'm often too poor to ever find out. hahaha.
what's the best dry sake brewed here in the US
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That is amazing all that history into sake. I wonder if I can polish my rice that well… Loved the info!
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but I really like the hot stuff…are there any worth drinking?
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and despite previous I am super interested in learning more about sake because sometimes, I let it cool off and if the icky stuff is still drinkable, the good stuff must rock
What is "pearl sake"? I had it before and it was very good, but I don't know what makes it different/distinctive. Thanks!
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I had the exact same experience. I was a casual sake drinker until I did a tasting at a wine store. The flavors are so subtle that you don't really appreciate them until you try a bunch and are amazed at the variety of what they can coax out of rice starch.
What is your favorite flavor of sake? I like the lychee flavored ones.
I had nooo idea that good sake was served cold. Though I do know that I never liked sake until I tried it cold. Hot sake is ugh to me. Do you know what kind of sake would be best with spicy tuna sushi??
I am a smart-ass, but I know nothing about sake. I choose based on how beautiful the label is, isn't that how everyone does it???
You have some great info here, but I've so many questions and I am a but overwhelmed to come up with a good question. I will though!
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If good sake is served cold, is there ever a time when you would warm sake?
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So, is sake rice ever used for eating? What does it taste like? Also, can one home-brew sake?
This was fascinating. I know nothing about sake, so I want to learn more. I also wouldn't mind that gift card ;-).
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I've walked by this store in San Francisco so many times: http://www.truesake.com/
The one thing I've wondered is: What kinds of foods are generally paired with sake?
Could you serve cold sake hot? That sounds stupid, but seeing as how so many people like hot sake, wouldn't quality chilled sake be even better hot?
I got a bottle once, but never opened it !!! I think it got it for my 30th birthday. That was 23 years ago!!!
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I hate drinking alcohol but love cooking with it (go figure). What are some of the best ways to use sake in recipes? Do the flavors come off particularly strong?
I've never tried sake. What kind would you recommend for someone who'd like to try it, but is still a little leery?
Every time I try sake at my favorite sushi place, it tastes either like hot or cold rubbing alcohol.
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I love Sake. I had the opportunity to visit a distillery in San Francisco. Are there any makers that use the old process left in Japan?
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Outside of Japanese cuisine, what could you pair sake with?
i love plum sake
I've been to a sake tasting in the past and had fun. I prefer cold sake for sure. Do you have any information or pictures of serving vessels for cold sake? I've seen cool glass vessels with glass-blown "bubbles" in the centre of the vessel where you put the ice so it doesn't dilute the sake. What's the correct temperature to serve cold sake?
What's your favorite sake based cocktail?
I don't know anything about sake… what brand would you recommend someone like me to try?
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Have you tried slushy sake yet? Not many places have it but it's very refreshing.
I once bought some sake that was cloudy when shook up but, separated when still. Why was that?
It tasted pretty much like the un-cloudy sake.
where did sake bombing come from?
also, asian flush – is sake somehow less asian-flush-inducing than other alcoholic beverages?
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So what is the best brand sake that you tried in your 2 week research?
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I love Nigori (unfiltered) sake! It's not considered the highest quality stuff, but it has this delightful yeasty, subtle fizziness that pairs great with sushi. I've seen flavored sakes on the market; are these the sake equivalent of wine coolers, or are they worth taking seriously? (Nothing against wine coolers- who doesn't like alcoholic Kool-Aid?)
I don't know much about sake, but would love to learn more….can you recommend some reasonably-priced varieties to start with?
Where does the "oni-goroshi" type of sake fall in the sake spectrum?
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I really like umeshu, which, I believe, is plum wine.
Oh, I also have a question. Are certain types of sake better warmed, or can you warm any sake? Thanks!
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I had sake once.. sooooo many fakking years ago. It was served cold, but it still tasted like lighter fluid. I've never tried again. But I never knew there was such a difference in sake. We'll be headed to our favorite Asian market within the next month, so I'll be checking to see if they carry the higher end sake!
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County pitches meals tax to legislators
Henrico County officials made their pitch for a 4-percent meals tax to the county's General Assembly delegation last week, telling the group that the proposed tax was their last resort to create revenue and close an $18-million shortfall in next year's budget before raising real estate taxes, cutting services or laying off employees.
Henrico lacks the authority to implement such a tax on its own, so officials want the General Assembly to grant it that authority, with the provision that the county's Board of Supervisors must unanimously support it.
A total of 204 other Virginia localities already have meals taxes, including 45 other counties – four of which were specifically granted the right to implement the tax by the General Assembly.
"We have evaluated all the alternatives, and this has the very least consequence," County Manager Virgil Hazelett told the nine delegates and senators who attended. "People will object – some people – but they will not object to police officers, to teachers [and other county services]."
Hazelett and Finance Director Brandon Hinton presented an impassioned argument to the Assembly delegation, recounting how in just their past three fiscal years, they have trimmed nearly $97 million from their total budget and eliminated or frozen 721 vacant government and school positions in an attempt to compensate for $84 million in lost revenue from declining real estate taxes and state funding.
The county also has refunded $317 million in debt through bond refinancing since 2009 and has weathered the storm without cutting services, laying off any employees or raising taxes, Hazelett said.
But a significant jump in the amount localities must pay into the Virginia Retirement System on behalf of employees looms large on the horizon, as do road maintenance and construction needs in Henrico that total $418 million but have no current funding source.
County officials have pointed to the fact that Henrico is the only state locality that maintains its own secondary road system but lacks the authority to collect a meals tax. (Arlington, the only other county that maintains its own roads, was granted the right to implement such a tax in 1990.) Locally, Richmond imposes a 6 percent meals tax, Ashland a 5 percent tax and Louisa County a 4 percent tax.
Henrico officials estimate that about 40 percent of all prepared meals purchased in the county are bought by non-Henrico residents, which would lessen the impact of such a tax on county residents. And unlike a real estate tax increase, residents would be free to avoid a meals tax by not dining out or by limiting their dining excursions, Board chairman Dick Glover said.
"A meals tax is not something we'd impose on them that they can't dodge if they want to," Glover said.
A 4-percent meals tax would generate between $18 million and $20 million annually, Hazelett estimated. He and board members told the Assembly delegation that they likely would not designate that money for any one particular use but rather apply it as needed.
Delegate Jimmie Massie wondered aloud whether it would be difficult to convince other members of the General Assembly to support a tax increase for just one locality.
Deputy County Manager John Vithoulkas, who will assume Hazelett's position in mid-January, suggested that the delegation could take another route by supporting the passage of language that would authorize all counties that maintain their own road systems to have the same taxing authorities as cities. (Cities inherently have the right to implement meals, cigarette and admissions taxes.)
Henrico could enact a meals tax if a majority of voters supported the idea in a referendum, but they seem leery of trying that route again after voters defeated it in 2005 by 153 votes.
Varina District Supervisor Tyrone Nelson told the delegation that without the Assembly's approval of the issue, Henrico's would not survive unscathed.
"If you can't support a meals tax, then our issues are not going to go away," he said. "This is a last resort. A tax is going to come up or we will have to cut services or lay people off. We don't do that in Henrico, and we don't want to do this, but this is where we are. We need your help."
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Henricus Historical Park will commemorate its anniversary during Publick Day, a signature annual event that celebrates the establishment of the second successful English settlement in the New World. In September 1611, Sir Thomas Dale, along with soldiers, tradesmen and farmers, ventured from Jamestown to create the Citie of Henricus. Leaders of Henricus developed the first English hospital, chartered the first college in North America, established tobacco as the first cash crop in Virginia, and created a place where Pocahontas lived and met John Rolfe.
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As part of its 30th anniversary year and partnership with the Children's Museum of Richmond, Commonwealth Parenting will present a six-part RVA Parents Forum Series to address some of the toughest issues confronting parents.
Parenting experts and family educators will tackle topics ranging from bullying to alcohol, sex to divorce, and technology and stress. Parents will learn how to identify potential problems.
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Extras sought for AMC's 'TURN'
Paid extras are being sought to appear in the AMC television series TURN: Washington's Spies, which will begin filming its second season in the Richmond area at the end of September and continue through February.
No experience is required, but producers say that extras must have flexible availability, reliable transportation and a positive attitude.
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As the crippled Carnival cruise ship Triumph finally docked, some passengers screamed, while others kissed the pavement.
Roland Buteau was at home in Pawtucket, anxiously watching his daughter's arrival.
"It was unreal," Buteau said. "I'm thinking my goodness, my daughter is making national news here and she just wanted to go on a cruise and enjoy herself."
His daughter, Patty Draut, who moved from Rhode Island to Texas, was stuck on the powerless ship for five days.
However, even after the bot was finally tugged to land, her journey was far from over.
The bus that was taking her and other passengers to a hotel in New Orleans also broke down. Over the phone, Draut described the travel ordeal.
"The bus driver pulls over and we're like, 'Oh my God!'" Draut said. "Then the lights come on in the bus and I think the water hose was broken, but by this point we're so exhausted that everybody just starts laughing."
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What We're Reading: Late February Book Roundup
Yes, we're deep into our Book Club pick, Julia Child's memoirs, but being book-lovers we all have lots more on our bedside tables. Here are a few of the food-related books that we're currently reading.
• The Warmest Room in the House: How the Kitchen Became the Heart of the Twentieth-Century American Home - We're just starting Steven Gdula's examination of the kitchen's role in 20th America, but already it's very interesting. We'll have a review soon...
• Sacred Food: Cooking for Spiritual Nourishment - This is a big, lavishly illustrated book with photographs and stories from all over the world. Elizabeth Luard is a beautiful writer - her stories of how food and faith intersect in traditions all over the world are interesting. The photos are gorgeous.
• The Art of Eating - M.F.K. Fisher's classic collected essays - we are relative newcomers to Fisher and are nearly addicted to her essays currently. She was not just a great food writer; she was one of the great writers of the 20th century.
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life - Novelist Barbara Kingsolver lives off the land in Virginia with her family for a year. This book deserves all the praise and attention it's received - we're enjoying it immensely.
• A History of the World in 6 Glasses - Tom Standage tells (very quickly!) the story of the world through beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola. This is a brisk read and we're learning a lot.
What food books are on your reading list?
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I've still got Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life in my book stack. I started that for the re-nest book club and got to page 80-something, but found it tedious and put it down. Surprising, because I really like Kingsolver. Since everyone raves about this book, I will get back to it and plow through.
I found Animal, Vegetable, Miracle tedious as well. I also got tired of the exhortations to grow your own food and found it more preachy than inspiring. On a happier note, I recently finished MFK Fisher's Two town in Provence and enjoyed that very much. I was longing to see Aix-en-Provence and Marsaille but only if she could be my guide.
I got "Secret Ingredients," the collection of food writing from the New Yorker, for the holiday (with much MFK Fisher included...) and have loved having just a touch of reading before bed - the pieces are perfect for unwinding and seeding dreams about food and eating.
'The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry' - I only read the first couple chapters and it is about an American woman who is a student at the Le Cordon Bleu. It sort of reminds me of Under the Tuscan Sun - rich American pretending to suffer in Europe. I really hope it will turn out to be a good book.
I just got "Cook With Jamie" and it's a little disappointing. I thought it would be more instructional than just recipes, but from my initial skim, it's basically just another book of recipes. That being said, I haven't cooked anything from it yet.