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Maryland Deathfest Filmmaker Reveals His Metal History
Filmmaker David Hall, who lensed a doc on Maryland Deathfest 7 and makes films based on full metal albums, has an interesting -- and initially terrifying -- history with metal! "When I was a kid, my best friend's dad scared me off metal with stories of Kiss eating feces off the floor and Ozzy Osbourne drinking buckets of communal spit and puppy blood," Hall told Noisecreep.
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Renin Activity, Plasma
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
The renal juxtaglomerular apparatus generates renin, an enzyme that converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin I. The inactive angiotensin I is enzymatically converted to the active octapeptide angiotensin II, a potent vasopressor responsible for hypertension of renal origin. Angiotensin II also stimulates the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex to release aldosterone.
Renin secretion by the kidney is stimulated by a fall in glomerular blood pressure, by decreased sodium concentration at the macula densa at the distal tubule, or by stimulation of sympathetic outflow to the kidney, such as in renal vascular diseases.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Investigation of primary aldosteronism (eg, adrenal adenoma/carcinoma and adrenal cortical hyperplasia) and secondary aldosteronism (renovascular disease, salt depletion, potassium loading, cardiac failure with ascites, pregnancy, Bartter's syndrome)
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
A high ratio of serum aldosterone (SA) in ng/dL to plasma renin activity (PRA) in ng/mL per hour, is a positive screening test result, a finding that warrants further testing. A SA/PRA ratio > or =20 and SA > or =15 ng/dL indicates probable primary aldosteronism.
Renal disease, such as unilateral renal artery stenosis, results in elevated renin and aldosterone levels. Renal venous catheterization may be helpful. A positive test is a renal venous renin ratio (affected/normal) >1.5.
See Renin-Aldosterone Studies in Special Instructions.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
The plasma renin activity cannot be interpreted if the patient is being treated with spironolactone (Aldactone). Spironolactone (Aldactone) should be discontinued for 4 to 6 weeks before testing.
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have the potential to "falsely elevate" PRA. Therefore, in a patient treated with an ACE-inhibitor, the findings of a detectable PRA level or a low SA/PRA ratio do not exclude the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism. In addition, a strong predictor for primary aldosteronism is a PRA level undetectably low in a patient taking an ACE-inhibitor.
Not useful for determination of plasma renin concentration.
This test should not be requested in patients who have recently received radioisotopes, therapeutically or diagnostically, because of potential assay interference. A recommended time period before collection cannot be made because it will depend on the isotope administered, the dose given and the clearance rate in the individual patient. Specimens will be screened for radioactivity prior to analysis. Radioactive specimens received in the laboratory will be held and assayed after the radioactivity has sufficiently decayed. This will result in a test delay.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
0-2 years: 4.6 ng/mL/hour (mean)*
3-5 years: 2.5 ng/mL/hour (mean)*
6-8 years: 1.4 ng/mL/hour (mean)*
9-11 years: 1.9 ng/mL/hour (mean)*
12-17 years: 1.8 ng/mL/hour (mean)*
Mean data not standardized as to time of day or diet. Infants were supine, children sitting.
Na-depleted, upright (peripheral vein specimen)
18-39 years: 10.8 ng/mL/hour (mean)
2.9-24.0 ng/mL/hour (range)
> or =40 years: 5.9 ng/mL/hour (mean)
2.9-10.8 ng/mL/hour (range)
Na-replete, upright (peripheral vein specimen)
18-39 years: 1.9 ng/mL/hour (mean)
< or =0.6-4.3 ng/mL/hour (range)
> or =40 years: 1.0 ng/mL/hour (mean)
< or =0.6-3.0 ng/mL/hour (range)
*Stalker HP, Holland NH, Kotchen JM, Kotchen TA: Plasma renin activity in healthy children. J Pediatr 1976;89:256-258
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Young WF Jr: Primary aldosteronism: A common and curable form of hypertension. Cardiol Rev 1999;7:207-214
2. Young WF Jr: Pheochromocytoma and primary aldosteronism: diagnostic approaches. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 1997;26:801-827


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William Mitchel was determined to save his wife and willing to face the British navy to do it.
"Sometime in July," 199 years ago, Mitchel escaped from his master's farm in Calvert County, according to Maryland state archives. He joined forces with the British during the War of 1812 with the hope of freeing his bride, Mary, too.
The war lasted from 1812 to 1815. In St. Mary's and Calvert counties, royal forces pillaged homes along the shores of the Patuxent River. During this time, at least 755 slaves escaped from Maryland. An estimated 4,000 escaped nationwide. About half made their homes in Canada's Halifax, Nova Scotia. Others settled in the Caribbean, Europe and Africa.
While they were stateside, the British enlisted the help of the enslaved, and promised liberty and a chance to settle in British territories to anyone who wanted to fight alongside them or simply sail the Atlantic toward freedom.
That's how the British met Mitchel.
He had worked on Anne Dare's Calvert Farm, according to state archives. But Basil Simmons, a neighbor of Dare's father, said he saw that Mitchel was "employed by the British, had a black musket and acted as in office over the British sailors." A Charles County resident, Zachariah Sothoron, said he saw Mitchel near the shore in Benedict with British troops. About 4,500 of them, arriving in a fleet of ships, frigates and schooners, were preparing for the Battle of Bladensburg.
But Mitchel refused to march.
Sothoron overheard Mitchel saying to a British officer, "He had been promised the privilege of staying that he might get his wife, and that he would have her that night at the risk of his life."
Mary was on a south Calvert farm, and Mitchel did what he'd set out to do, rescuing her and their two daughters, Harriet and Sidney, as well as his wife's brother, according to state archives. They moved to a black settlement town in Nova Scotia called Preston, and built a hut on a half-acre of land that Mitchel cleared.
Making a choice
This was an era when mothers and sons were loaned out like garden tools. Blacks often had no last names, and well-to-do families listed everything they owned on inventories, including human beings. There was "Ditto's youngest child, Susan," and "Negroe Jane age 72." Slaves were counted in Charles County records among horses and oxen, "old blankets" and tea cups. A chair was worth more than a cook or field hand who'd outlived their prime.
The war and its promise of freedom captured their interest.
Sotterley Plantation sits on the Patuxent shore in Hollywood. Slaves likely saw the British in combat "up close," according to state archives. Their vantage point would have given them a glimpse of the first battle of St. Leonard Creek. That's when five men decided to help some 44 others escape, said Jeanne Pirtle, education director at Sotterley Plantation.
Sitting in an office on the plantation, where a 19th-century slave cabin still stands, Pirtle studied copies of documents.
The men were Peregrine Young, James Bowie, Joseph Wood, Ignatius Seale and Cornelius (possibly known as Cornelius Wildman) — five black men between the ages of 19 and 25, each worth between $500 and $800, according to state and plantation archives. That was top dollar for the Plater family, who owned them.
Pirtle pointed at each one of their names, studying their jobs and value to the Plater family.
Seale was a blacksmith. Young, perhaps, worked as a manservant, laying out the master's clothing and tending to his needs.
They had friends and family at Sotterley and on nearby plantations, Pirtle said.
"They knew who was where and what was where," Pirtle said. "They encouraged people from other plantations to go with the British," she said.
Only 16 slaves stayed behind.
"Being free weighed against leaving family or friends who may not have had that opportunity," said Jeremy "Jay" Hunter, an actor from La Plata who played the role of Peregrine Young in a play called "The Choice" that was presented at Sotterley this spring.
"It really opened my eyes to the dilemma that many African-Americans faced," Hunter said. His character was miserable at the plantation, but Elcie, another character, decided to stay. She was a house slave, and felt "the masters treated her fairly well."
"I sympathize with Elcie's situation," Hunter said. "I think fear would have played a large factor in my concern for my family."
There was also trepidation for the unknown. Others may have been too sickly to make the trip. Some slaves, Hunter said, may have felt a sense of loyalty to their masters.
Three major families from Sotterley made the four-month trek to Nova Scotia. Their surnames were Seale, Coursey and Munroe. Several members of the Young family also settled there.
Their move was a factor in the Platers' falling into debt and selling the plantation in 1822.
Destiny, likewise, proved grim for Peregrine Young, along with relative and fellow Sotterley escapee Crowley Young. They died while serving with the British Corps of Colonial Marines. According to state archives, they were the only Sotterley refugees killed in service to the crown. Wood and Bowie settled on the island of Trinidad, another British territory.
History of the war is decorated with similar stories — slaves-turned-warriors making their way through densely wooded shorelines, leading British officers to big houses and storage places, looting, burning, marching and fighting, setting loved ones free along the way.
During the Napoleonic wars, the British learned the value of teaming with local forces. Those tactics worked well along the Chesapeake — blacks worked on and near those waterways, said John Weiss, a researcher based in London. He has studied African-Americans and their quest to find new settlements during the War of 1812.
"Slaves on the water's edge might have had news before their masters saw it in the papers," he said.
As complicated as the war had become, some in British government frowned upon arming blacks, believing it could stoke tensions that weren't part of the war's larger purpose of defining territory and enforcing rules of commerce. British army officers tended to be more socially elite, Weiss said, and less passionate about equalizing across racial lines.
Naval officers, often of the middle to upper-middle class, bent the rules, partly, Weiss said, because abolitionism was intensifying in England, and "there can be no doubt that a large proportion of them were very much anti-slavery." They also wanted to disrupt the American economy.
So, with authority from the British navy, freed slaves returned to plantations, confronted overseers, destroyed property and took other slaves with them aboard ships buoying promises of freedom before their feet could touch the decks.
Later, in St. Inigoes, seven or eight of George Loker's slaves had their sights on the sea.
British forces had arrived on a frigate the morning of Feb. 19 or 20, 1815. They launched a barge carrying about a dozen men, including a freed slave from another farm, toward land. Someone tried to hide Loker's slaves in the woods, but a mob threatened to burn the landowner's home if he didn't release them.
The threat was compelling enough. Refugees boarded the Havannah and set sail for Nova Scotia.
But that wasn't the end. Loker, who'd served in the St. Mary's militia, rented a schooner a few days later and brought along five other slave owners to pursue the ship.
British Capt. William Rowan Hamilton said he would release the slaves if they wished to return.
They declined.
The passengers, instead, transferred to the Orlando, which took about 30 people to freedom. At least five from Loker's estate are listed among those who arrived in Nova Scotia.
When slave owners wanted to come onboard to claim their human property, British captains often said, "You're welcome to come talk with them. You can't use any force. And if they're willing to go with you, they can," said Weiss.
That, Weiss said, forced "a conversation between equals."
In Calvert, slaves Phyllis Caden and Minty Gurry were leveling a field of their own.
Minty had parted ways with her husband, Joe. An owner, Maya Davis, the state archives said, later claimed that the two women had married in a Methodist church.
"Minty did take Phyllis' last name," said Kirsti Uunila, a historic preservation planner for Calvert County. But it could have been to create the assumption that they were sisters.
The owner did say that Phyllis and Minty "had an intimate relationship," Uunila explained, but it was so far in the past that "we can't prove that" they were married.
In July 1814, Minty escaped, along with two other slaves, from Susannah Rawlings' farm (the same farm from which William Mitchel rescued his wife). She later was spotted "awashing" with British troops, according to the testimony of a Calvert resident, George Ireland. State archivists suspect she may have been working as a washerwoman for royal forces.
Minty is listed as "Menty Caden," age 28, on the rolls of Black Refugees who settled in Nova Scotia between 1815 and 1818.
"I was thrilled to see Minty had made it," Uunila said. "I haven't been able to find Phyllis."
Making connections
The War of 1812 was a conflict where "African-American people are hardly ever mentioned," Davis said. She has spent years with a team at the state archives searching for records to tell their stories. They've read court depositions, runaway slave ads and plantation inventories, and they've collaborated with scholars from Canada and England.
It hasn't helped reclaim all the history; during the war, the Calvert County courthouse was burned — with the help of Frisby Harris.
Owner William Harris may have hired out Frisby to Dr. John Beall, also of Calvert. Frisby escaped on July 16, 1814, and aided royal forces "in their work of plunder and wasting," according to Harris' claim. On the day of his escape, Frisby helped loot Harris' tobacco and furniture. The British also carried off 13 hogsheads of tobacco and burned down the manor house.
Frisby eventually was seen "acting as an officer," also burning the jail in Prince Frederick on July 19. His rank of corporal "suggests that he was among the soldiers who remained on the Severn," a frigate that also ferried away Sotterley's slaves, state archives suggest. But "Harris' whereabouts after the War of 1812 are currently unknown."
"You just wish that you could put all the puzzle pieces together," said Wayn Hamilton of Nova Scotia. His father's ancestry dates back to the Black Refugees from the Chesapeake region. Hamilton is not sure which plantation they worked on, but he's looked at land records and archives.
He said he also believes he has family ties in West Africa, where some blacks went after they'd initially settled in Nova Scotia. "We're always discovering little pieces of history," Hamilton said. But tracing roots before 1818 "remains sketchy."
Knowing a small part of your heritage is probably like somebody who has a bit of amnesia, Hamilton said. "There are pieces and fragments of memory, but it's not complete."
When he was a boy, his family would tell him, "Know thyself," Hamilton said. Today, he's resolved, "I've got to carry this forward as much as I can." But he admits the quest to make connections that would fill in his family tree is exhilarating and exhausting.
"Here in Nova Scotia, everybody's just trying to get the daily bread on the table," said Hamilton, whose professional work also focuses on African-Nova Scotian affairs. But "we have some lay historians who know enough to be able to tell the story."
Filling out the family tree
Churches help keep the stories alive.
Pastor Lennett J. Anderson is the 19th pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, which was built in Halifax in 1845 alongside a graveyard with tombstones dating back to about 1813. He's a descendent of the Black Refugees.
"They came in search of a better land," Anderson said.
Some built modest homes, and census records prove the survival of Sotterley's liberated families.
But winters were harsh. Some say natives taught the families to dig holes in the ground to find warmer places to spend the night. Archives say exposure to severe elements made some freed blacks look older than they were and that, by December 1815, they had not received new clothing, which was particularly needed for the Canadian cold.
It's like "they were placed here to die," Anderson said.
In the decades since then, there have been issues with poverty and tensions, some said, as other Canadians wanted land that had been owned by the refugees and their descendents. In many cases, Anderson said, those black families "did not move."
But, through it all, there has been success.
Les Oliver knows that his ancestor, Moses Oliver, escaped from a plantation owned by Col. William Lyles of Prince George's County in 1814. Oliver married a woman named Adeline. Maryland archives say that the Olivers, along with several other slaves, accepted the British offer of "immediate emancipation." The couple moved to Nova Scotia.
"Moses would be my great-great-great-grandfather," Oliver said. (In a separate conversation, excitement in Anderson's voice seemed to spill from the phone after he learned recently that Moses also might be his ancestor.)
Les Oliver's mother discovered Moses' story as she searched through records, trying to piece together family history, Oliver said. "And it actually was Maya Davis, through the archives, who managed to find Adeline."
Information that Oliver has about Adeline includes an owner's claim to be reimbursed for her. "That's the dehumanizing aspect about slavery, is that you reduce people to a value," he said.
But the Olivers went on to establish a legacy. Moses "bought a fairly substantial tract of land" in the Lucasville community of Halifax, Les Oliver said. Part of it "is still in the family." And, while his great-grandfather and grandfather were groundsmen at a local college, Les Oliver's father graduated from there. Les Oliver graduated from the school, as well, and worked there as a professor. His family has included a physician, a senator and a reverend.
Oliver, now a retired professor of computer science, wants to write about other branches of his family tree. Thankfully, he said, "Moses and Adeline got us so well started."


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Legions of extreme metal followers will gather at this year's March Metal Massacre, which will take place in Reading, Pa. at The Silo Nightclub on March 27. The event will feature over a dozen bands, including headliners '80s Philadelphia death metal band, Goreaphobia, Floridida black metal veterans Kult ov Azazel, New Jersey '80s death/thrash band Blood Feast and Newton, Mass. noisegrind terrorists Anal C---.
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An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
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Once in a generation, a story comes along that completely redefines a character. It happened with Batman in the '80s with Frank Miller's game-changing stories, it happened recently with Grant Morrison and All Star Superman, and now, it's happening again with Spider-Man.
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The Age of Cognac
A Cognac may only be soldy when its youngest eau-de-vie reaches a minimum of two and a half years old, as of the first day of October following the harvest of the grapes.
Only the years of storage in oak barrels count to determine its age.
Once transferred into glass, the Cognac stops maturing . It stands still.
V.S (for Very Special) , also called *** (or Three Stars) is a cognac which youngest eau-de-vie is at least two and a half years old.
V.S.O.P ( for Very Superior Old Pale) , also called Reserve, is a cognac which youngest eau-de-vie is between four and a half and six and a half years old.
XO (for Extra Old ) , Napoléon, also called Hors d'âge, is a cognac which youngest eau-de-vie is at least six and a half years old.
Most Cognac houses will use Cognacs much older than those required by law, allowing X.Os to reach a minimum of twenty years old, in order to reveal their very best.
Brillet - Très Vieille Réserve
The Cognac XO 'par excellence'!Learn MoreExcl. Tax: €74.17 Incl. Tax: €89.00
Delamain - Pale and Dry XO
A blend produced exclusively from Grande Champagne, the first cognac growth, and aged for many long years, reveals a remarkably delicate elegance.Learn MoreExcl. Tax: €77.92 Incl. Tax: €93.50
- François Voyer - Napoléon
François Voyer cognacs are selected by the finest restaurants (Alain Ducasse, Lucas Carton, Laurent...)
Subtle and elegant.The « best-seller » of François Voyer Cognacs, which pleases the novice as well as the connoisseur ... A superb performance by the Master of cellars ...Learn MoreExcl. Tax: €49.17 Incl. Tax: €59.00
Hine - Antique XO Grande Champagne
Created in 1920 by Georges HINELearn More
90 years later, the House of HINE reinterprets Antique, now an XO Premier Cru.
Blend of more than 40 cognacs exclusively from grapes grown in Grande Champagne, the finest cru of the Cognac region.
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Jean Fillioux - La Pouyade
Eau-de-Vie with an amber colour and fruity savours, greengage, apricot, with a hint of almond and fine vanilla imparted by the Limousin wood. 42% in alcohol content, this Cognac has a distinct and powerful bouquet whose supple and lingering taste on the palate are the hallmark of Grande Champagne.Learn MoreExcl. Tax: €37.50 Incl. Tax: €45.00
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Vieille Grande Champagne. Gold medal at the 2008 Concours Agricole de Paris, Silver medal at the International Wine and Spirit Competition 2001. Aged 20-25 years.
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This fine and elegant "eau-de-vie" is produced from a rare and old grape variety "the Folle Blanche".Learn More
The "Folle Blanche" is the original cognac grape variety, abandoned after the attack of phylloxera in the late nineteenth century.
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Couprie - Napoléon
The youngest Cognac in this blend is aged for long time in Limousin oak barrels (including several years in new barrels).
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Healthy San Francisco enrollees can stay – for now
Thousands of Healthy San Francisco enrollees will soon face a dilemma.
Federal health care reform will hold them to the "individual mandate," a requirement to obtain health insurance – but Healthy San Francisco doesn't count. Roughly 70 percent of uninsured San Franciscans currently rely upon the city-administered program, created by San Francisco's Health Care Security Ordinance, to access medical care.
Anyone who doesn't satisfy the individual mandate will be made to fork over $95 as a penalty – but that noncompliance fee will skyrocket to $625 in 2015.
Meanwhile, people who are eligible for subsidized health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will automatically become ineligible for Healthy San Francisco under current rules, according to San Francisco Department of Public Health Deputy Director of Health Colleen Chawla.
For many – especially those currently experiencing health problems – this change spells trouble.
The prospect of becoming suddenly ineligible for Healthy San Francisco will leave thousands of residents in the bind of being unable to rely on the system they now use to access care, while also being unable to afford the new insurance option – and so far, city officials have found no clear resolution to this dilemma.
Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, who authored the legislation that created Healthy San Francisco as a member of the Board of Supervisors, admonished the Department of Public Health last week for turning away enrollees, conveying to program participants that only those who are undocumented would be eligible to remain in Healthy San Francisco.
"It's really outrageous," Ammiano told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Ammiano's legislative aide, Carlos Alcala, said the Assemblymember was aghast at DPH's approach, because "this is what Healthy San Francisco was intended for – the city agreed to be committed to helping people who can't afford insurance."
Alcala said that over the course of the last week, numerous conversations had taken place between Ammiano's staff and DPH staff, including Director Barbara Garcia.
On Feb. 18, the San Francisco Health Commission approved a temporary solution, signing off on a resolution that creates a "transition period" allowing Healthy San Francisco enrollees to remain in the program until the end of the 2014.
"SFDPH is making every effort to help San Franciscans enroll in the best health insurance option available to them," according to the resolution. "Still, navigating the various options can be confusing and SFDPH wants to be sure that no one is left without health care options particularly during this time of transition."
For some, the change under ACA will mean migrating from Healthy San Francisco to subsidized health insurance under Covered California, the state-administered program created by the ACA. But for low-wage earners and others struggling to make ends meet in pricey San Francisco, the monthly Covered California premiums may be unaffordable; even the options with lower premiums come with $5,000 deductibles and high co-payments.
The transition period extends Healthy San Francisco eligibility through December for San Franciscans who qualify for Covered California but haven't enrolled.
Prior to this stopgap measure – apparently largely a product of the discussions between DPH and Ammiano – many would have faced being cut off from Healthy San Francisco in March, when full ACA implementation kicks in.
"Healthy San Francisco eligibility has not changed," Garcia confirmed at the Feb. 18 meeting. "But the world around it has changed."
The Department of Public Health's mantra since the start of ACA implementation, repeated by Garcia at the Health Commission meeting, is that "health insurance is better than Healthy San Francisco."
But for those who cannot afford the new subsidized health insurance option, "better" may remain out of reach.
"When people come in for renewal … we will counsel them to make sure they know that health insurance is better, and counsel them on affordability," Chawla noted at the meeting. She added that if participants wish to remain in Healthy San Francisco, they will be able to do so – for now.
To be eligible for Healthy San Francisco, enrollees must live on a combined family income at or below 500 percent of the federal poverty level ($57,450 per year); be a San Francisco resident; have been uninsured for at least 90 days; not be eligible for Medi-Cal, and be between the ages of 18 and 64.
Between now and December, when the transition period comes to an end, DPH and other city agencies will presumably try and hash out a solution for people who are threatened with a loss of access to medical services.
In 2013, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee re-convened an ad-hoc body called the Universal Healthcare Council to address the looming problem of how ACA implementation would affect the city's existing healthcare policies. However, the final report produced by that group did not offer much in the way of guidance.
Instead of drawing any solid conclusions, the various stakeholders drafted a set of recommendations – many of which stood in direct contradiction to one another.
That report is supposed to help city officials identify a solution going forward.
Deena Lahn, Director of Policy at the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, thanked the health commissioners for approving the transition period during the Feb. 18 meeting, saying nobody was sure what would happen in March, when thousands of Healthy San Francisco enrollees would have been suddenly unable to access services through the program.
"We had been especially concerned about people needing their medications," she told them.


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Prince George's police have arrested a man in connection to the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old in Lewisdale, which police believe to be gang-related.
Luis Rodriguez-Nunez, 24, of the 5800 block of 30th Avenue in Hyattsville, is charged with second degree murder and related charges after Eliezer Benjamin Reyes, 14, of Lewisdale was gunned down in a drive-by shooting just after midnight Wednesday.
A19-year-old man walking with Reyes was also struck during the shooting in the 2200 block of Sheridan Street, but he has since been treated and released from an area hospital, according to county police.
County police said around 12:11 a.m., a vehicle approached the two who were with two other individuals and opened fire on the group. Police are currently trying to identify and locate the other two individuals who were with the victims.
Homicide detectives and District 1 police officers walked through the Lewisdale community Wednesday night to distribute fliers to notify residents of the $25,000 reward for tips and seek additional information that may lead them to solving the case.
Lt. Bill Alexander, a county police spokesman, said early Thursday that police arrested one man Wednesday morning following a traffic stop in Hyattsville involving the vehicle used in the shooting.
Police could not confirm Thursday evening if Nunez was the same individual police arrested for questioning.
A motive is not yet known and a murder weapon has not been recovered, though the shooting has been classified as gang-activity, police said.
Alexander said Reyes is not a "documented gang member," but said two of the individuals walking in the group were known gang members.
Police have not yet said which specific gang or gangs may be involved in the incident.
The 2200 block of Sheridan Street is at the no outlet portion of the street next to East-West Highway.
Christina Lenori, 48, said she wasn't home at the time of the shooting and did not know the victims.
"When I came back [home] the police were there and that's all I know," the 40-year resident of Sheridan Street said. "I believe it was isolated and that there's nothing to worry about."
Edna Dawkins, 83, lives one street next to Sheridan Street and said she did hear gunshots, but did not go outside to look for any activity.
"I'm sorry to hear that but what can I do?" Dawkins said. "Nowadays them young people get so involved in violence."
A phone number for Reyes' residence and Nunez' residence could not be located.
Reyes had been a student at Nicholas Orem Middle School in Hyattsville, but this year attended Foundations School, an independent special education school for students with emotional disturbance in Largo, said Briant Coleman, a Prince George's County Public Schools spokesman.
Coleman would not say why Reyes was transferred to Foundations School, but said there were no notable behavioral incidents at Nicholas Orem involving Reyes during his time there.
Coleman said Nicholas Orem sent out a letter to students' parents notifying them of the incident.
"Many of his classmates are still at that school. The school's counselors were also made available to students," Coleman said. "We also increased security at the school and around the other schools in the area."
The shooting was the second violent crime committed in the area between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Alexander said around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 7900 block of Riggs Road in Langley Park, police responded to the report of a shooting.
Upon arrival, officers found a man suffering from a stab wound to the head.
The man, who has not been identified, was transported to an area hospital in serious condition, but is expected to survive.
Police are still investigating a motive in this case and seeking suspects, though the two incidents are not believed to be related, Alexander said.


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Economics Of Taxation
By David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D. Professor of Economics.
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this¦
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay £1.
The sixth would pay £3.
The seventh would pay £7.
The eighth would pay £12.
The ninth would pay £18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay £59.
So, that's what they decided to do..
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw a spanner in the works.
"Since you are all such good customers, he said, Im going to reduce the total cost of your daily beers by £20".
Drinks for the ten men would now cost just £80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes.
So the first four men were unaffected.
They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men? The paying customers?
How could they divide the £20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?
They realized that £20 divided by six is £3.33.
But if they subtracted that from everybodys share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink the beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each mans bill by a higher percentage the poorer he was, to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using.
He proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay.
And so the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% saving).
The sixth now paid £2 instead of £3 (33% saving).
The seventh now paid £5 instead of £7 (28% saving).
The eighth now paid £9 instead of £12 (25% saving).
The ninth now paid £14 instead of £18 (22% saving).
The tenth now paid £49 instead of £59 (16% saving).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free.
But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings.
I only got a pound out of the £20 saving, declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, "but he got £10!"
"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a pound too", it's unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!"
"That's true!" shouted the seventh man. "why should he get £10 back, when I got only £2? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison, "we didn't get anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!"
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and government ministers, is how our tax system works.
The people who already pay the highest taxes will naturally get the most benefit from a tax reduction.
Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore.
In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics.
For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible
Rob C
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May 15, 2013, 05:08:24 AM »
1. People who drink free beers will never beat up the guy who pays for them.
2. Tax-reductions? Yeah right. What country would that be?
End of parable
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May 15, 2013, 06:04:56 AM »
Well it illustrates a couple of points.
Firstly that life is not fair.
Secondly that too many people are obsessed with what they've got, and terrified of having to share it with anyone else.
Let's also remember that almost without exception those of us using this site are incomparably better off that two-thirds of the world's population. Do I get annoyed sometimes about my taxes and what they are used for? You bet I do. Would I want to swap places with those who are sucking the most out of the system? No I would not.
Not sure of the exact quotation, but "Death and taxation - the two certainties in life".
I try not to expend too much energy worrying. The system sucks more money out of taxes than the benefit recipients do. Money is just an oil to keep society moving - keep it flowing round I say.
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May 15, 2013, 07:52:26 AM »
Great explanation, Rob, but Dr. Kamerschen left out one point: Chances are that in this small town where ten guys always drink together it's likely that the first through fifth or sixth guy could drink beer because the tenth had come up with a great idea, built a local factory, and was able to employ them. Without him, no jobs and no beer.
Russ Lewis
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May 15, 2013, 08:10:07 AM »
The story hasn't been finished yet:
When the nine men realized that they don't have enough money to pay the bill they started to blame the bartender for being so unreasonable expensive. So they beat up the bartender as well and when the came back next evening the bar was closed because the bartender has vanished, too.
So no beer and very bad mood at all. Until one of the four no-payers had a good idea: is it fair that only the payers have an advantage by saving their money and we are only thirsty? So they poor started an argument to get some compensation for beeing thirsty...
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May 16, 2013, 01:03:46 AM »
hmm if we're using analogies,
let me intersperse,
is it too early to be in the loser bar if it hasn't yet reached lunch?
Or as the veterans and old hackers like to say,
"we only drink whiskey after 5"
so essentially my friends would scheme the 5th guy,
work on getting an alliance with the 3rd and 4rth guys,
and make the 1rst and second guys leave the premises before they started trouble.
After the alliance has formed and the 5th guy has no shoes,
the 3rd and 4th guys are invited to come back again next saturday night.
Oh my g's are the 4 broke ass chumps
Rob C
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May 16, 2013, 04:30:04 AM »
Really, it simply backs my suspicion that it's best to stay out of bars unless it's raining and they sell coffee. Trust me, there's one here called
Max's Café
and he does not do coffee. It is raining today, but that won't change his offer. But then, as he only opens at night anyway...
Yeah, best out of those depressing places.
Rob C
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You can learn more about this approach at Garbl's Plain English Writing Guide.
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After spending a term at College of the Atlantic as a visiting student during her sophomore year, Ellie decided to make the transition from the west to the east coast. Transferring from another school, she says, gave her critical perspective as well as a deeper appreciation for COA.
Having the comparison has been really valuable. I am happy with how everything has ended up. I wasn't sure about College of the Atlantic when I was thinking about colleges in high school. People look at a school like UC Davis and they "get it," but it's harder to understand a small school offering a degree in human ecology. But the other students and the professors at COA are so inspiring. I appreciate how engaged they are and how much they care about things. At my other school, there was no clear understanding of why a class was important, but I wanted classes that are important to my everyday life—classes that can alter my worldviews.
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Human ecology will help me in my awareness of different perspectives people have when they are telling their stories. Biology, politics—any field—I can weave the perspectives together to come to a broader understanding.
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Crest Area for Life
Crest Area for LIFE met 7:30 p.m. April 23 at Holy Spirit hall. Nine members were in attendance. President Betty Baker opened up the meeting with the right to life prayer.
Terry Madison read the minutes from the March meeting. They were corrected and approved.
In the absence of the treasurer, Terry Madison gave the report. It was approved.
Velma Riegel sent out 12 congratulatory cards to new parents.
Under old business, members selected six billboards to purchase. A fundraising letter will be sent out to help with the cost.
Terry Madison brought the Raccoon Valley phone book to show the ads the group placed.
Under new business, members discussed the Mother's Day ads to go in the Creston News Advertiser and Afton Star Enterprise.
The Life Care Pregnancy Center is having its annual banquet 7 p.m. May 30 at the AH Saints Center in Stuart.
It was discussed to buy pencils again for parades this summer.
The next meeting will be 7:30 p.m. May 28 at Holy Spirit hall.
Rich Madison made a motion, seconded by Riegel, to adjourn.
Chautauqua Circle
The April meeting of the Progressive Chautauqua Circle Study Club met 1:30 p.m. April 23 at Pat Butcher's home. After the Pledge of Allegiance, Bev Brayman led in devotions based on "Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." The program was led by Sharon Skarda on education. The book "H is for Hawkeye" was used. There was a quiz on the lesson at the end.
The meeting was called to order by President Kathy Tapken. Hostesses Pat Butcher and Linda Huffman were thanked. The roll call "What was your favorite class in school?" was answered by 19 members, including four life members. The treasurer's report was given.
A thank you from American Cancer Society representative Anne Pellett was read. The extra bears were given to people fighting cancer or cancer survivors. The extra daffodils were given to nursing homes, assisted living and hospice house. Chautauqua thanked Pat Butcher and Betty Wallace for the way they have coordinated Daffodil Days. This was the last year for the Daffodil Days sponsored by American Cancer Society.
The process of recording time spent on volunteer work was discussed. Joan Shaffer, southwest district vice director for Iowa Federated Clubs, has resigned, because she is moving to Pikeville, Ky. April 24 is the official birthday of the GFWC Federation. Safety Chairperson Polly McCoy distributed bookmarks of emergency supplies to have on hand in case of disaster recommended by the American Red Cross.
Election of officers for next year was held. Mary Morris will be president; Sharon Skarda will be secretary; and Ann Ferguson will be treasurer. The program yearbook committee will be Peg Anderson, Carolyn Biere and Pat Butcher.
The May meeting will be 9:30 a.m. May 14 at Judy Weese's home. Members will meet at 9:10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church to carpool.
Catholic Daughters
Catholic Daughters of the Americas met April 9 in Holy Spirit hall.
Regent Betty Baker led members in the rosary.
The meal was then served by committee members consisting of Sherry Bradley, Betty Baker, Arlene Carlson and Mary McElroy. Thank you.
The Pledge of Allegiance was then recited followed by the Lord's prayer.
Minutes were read and Sharon Skarda made a motion to approve the minutes and Lois Nelson seconded it.
Thanks to Skarda, Retta Ripperger, Carolyn Downing and Baker for delivering cookies to shut-ins.
A thank you note was read from Dorothy Peak for the cookies she received.
The treasurer's report was given, and Ripperger made a motion to approve this report and Barb Thompson seconded it.
Three volunteers are needed to sign the audit. They will be Jane Collins, Nelson and Skarda.
A wreath was bought and shown that will be taken to the CD of A biennial convention in Fort Dodge for the raffle.
Old business: National dues are increasing, so local dues will be increased. There are several agencies CD of A sends donations to. It was also noted the group serves graduation breakfast, sends a donation to the state convention, Anna Baxter Day and have the life saver project.
Thompson made a motion to raise local dues to $25 and Skarda seconded it. Motion carried.
CD of A will be serving graduation breakfast May 29. The sign-up sheet will be at the meeting next month for volunteers.
New business: Volunteers are asked to search for a place to eat for Ladies Night Out. It was decided the officers would do this.
The half-and-half was won by Teresa Weis.
There was $6 in the charity cup.
The meeting adjourned with a prayer.
Pat Wagner then played a game titled "Name Grandma's Cupcake." The winner was Thompson.
Members proceeded with the white elephant auction.
The next meeting will be May 14 with the officers serving a salad bar.
Afton Federated Garden Club
Afton Federated Garden Club met April 12 at the home of Bev Rowe with Doris Porter as co-hostess. President Vicky Johnson called the meeting to order with members repeating the club collect and Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call was answered by 16 members.
Minutes for the previous meeting were read and approved. The financial report was given and will be filed.
Announcements were made about upcoming workshops. Afton Federated Garden Club Card Chairperson Donna Thomas gave her monthly report.
Johnson announced Sandy Gossman has agreed to judge the flower and garden show at the Union County Fair. A bill was presented to be paid to the Union County Fair Board for an ad in the 2013 fair book. Motion carried.
The new Afton Community Center will now be the official meeting place of the Afton Garden Club.
Johnson updated AFGC about the upcoming Blue Star Marker dedication and reception May 18. Tasks and other information for the dedication were decided. Mike Eblen of Eblen Construction donated the rock and they delivered it to the cutter. Information about this dedication will be on KSIB's Grapevine at 9 a.m. May 16.
Announcements were made of upcoming events. National Garden Week is June 2-8. The annual club tour will be June 14. There will be a club picnic and the date was determined to be 11 a.m. Sept. 13. The December meeting date was changed to Dec. 6.
The meeting adjourned with everyone repeating the conservation pledge.
Bev Rowe gave the program "Cowpies in the Garden."
Refreshments were served by the hostesses.
The next meeting will be May 10 at Afton Community Center with Loretta Kelly and Gwen Sandeman as hostesses. A plant exchange will follow this meeting.
Beta Sigma Phi
Alpha Sigma Master Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi recognized Cheryl McClure and Marilyn Blazek for 50 years of membership at the April 25 meeting. Bev Miller conducted the traditional Golden Circle ceremony.
Members met at The Pizza Ranch for the annual Founders Day observance. Marilyn Larimore was master of ceremonies and read the annual message from the international office.
Martha McAuley was crowned "Woman of the Year" by Miller. Loretta Kelly led the Founders Day pledge.
Officers elected for the new program year are Larimore, president; Norma Putnam, vice president; Kelly, secretary; and Pat Fils, treasurer.
TOPS 1338 met 5 p.m. April 15. Eleven members weighed in, and one new member attended. There was a net loss of 10.75 pounds during the past week. The best loser was Darlene Rohrig and runner-up was a tie between Carol Sheldahl and Marisue Lewis.
The TOPS pledge was recited, and the meeting was called to order by Anna Thompson. Minutes of the past meeting were read by Lewis, and the treasurer's report by Alice Brown. Squares and fines were both won by Thompson. Checks were distributed for the year's best losers to Monica Belew and an anonymous member. Runner-up checks were given to Rohrig and Lewis.
The program was given by Brown on hints and time savers around the house.
The Red Can Challenge is to correspond with another member for encouragement.
The meeting was adjourned by Thompson after the closing TOPS pledge.
The inspiration for the day was "Set a small goal to reach by Friday."
TOPS 1338 also met April 22 at the First United Methodist Church. Seven members weighed in with the best loser being an anonymous member and runner-up was Monica Belew. The TOPS opening pledge was led by Anna Thompson who conducted the business meeting. Minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary.
The old business was planning for going to the TOPS meeting in Bedford.
Belew was the winner of fines and Thompson won squares.
The Red Can Challenge is to prepare a menu for two days for the week.
The program was given by Lewis who spoke about seven reasons to make water a beverage of choice. She also read a selected reading titled "The Wisdom of Flying Geese."
The next program will be given by Neoma Davis.
The meeting was adjourned with the closing TOPS pledge.
The inspiration for the day was "Being optimistic is contagious. Think of all the possibilities in front of you."
The weekly Kiwanis meeting was held 12:05 p.m. Tuesday at The Windrow with 20 members. Brad Lorenzen, president, presided and did the prayer. Drew Henderson was finemaster.
The program was Amy Edmondson, director of Prairie View Assisted Living. She discussed the addition of more apartments and a memory care unit that will break ground this summer and be operational next spring, weather permitting.
Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary
Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary met Wednesday.
Canasta winners were Gwen Sandeman, first; Maxine May, second; and Barb Bills, third.
Carol Harrison won the door prize.
The board will host cards and chatter Wednesday, May 8.


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Deep thoughts
I am sick at can't go out kiting, so forgive me.
But i wondered, can you get a parking ticket of you take your windshield wipers off?
If that is a deep thought, hate to hear your shallow thoughts.
The answer is maybe.
If it's your car then yes, if not, then no ticket is issued.
After you get well, make sure you pay your ticket.
In SF a lot of times they stick the parking ticket in the gap between the door and the hood. I guess you are going to have to take that off also. Or try electrifying your car HEHE
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On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, Ana recently gave an interview to wtatennis.com about her tennis beginnings:
Your bio says you begged your parents to take you to a tennis school after seeing it on TV, in particular Monica Seles - was there a match/any matches that inspired you the most, and can you talk a little bit about that match/those matches?
Unfortunately I can't really remember the matches from that time. My memory for details like that isn't so good. But I vividly remember being so young and seeing Monica Seles for the first time and being fascinated by the new activity I was watching. It looked like so much fun and I had to try it.
When I was a bit older I remember seeing some of Monica's great matches against Graf, and it was very special when she won the Australian Open after her comeback.
What was it about Monica Seles that inspired you?
I loved her intensity and aggression: it seemed like she made every ball count. She always looked very focused, playing in the moment. I admired that a lot. And then she was always very gracious after a victory or a defeat. I learnt from her in this respect.
Were there any other WTA players who inspired you while you were growing up?
Although I was a big fan of Monica I also enjoyed watching Graf, especially her forehand, because that has always been my best stroke too. I was very inspired by Agassi, on the guys' side.
You're one of 21 players who have been No.1 – do you ever feel the history of that achievement, being a part of such a historic group?
I often forget how few players have achieved this – it makes me very proud. Thanks for reminding me! It's a huge honour to be classed among these women and it's something I'll always be able to tell my family when I'm old.
The WTA is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year – how do you feel about the strength of women's tennis today, with record prize money, fans and tournaments all over the world now?
I think these are great times for women's tennis: we got through the financial crisis very well and even continued to grow. We've had such strong sponsorship partners who have given us amazing support and we've seen a lot of changes in social media, which I think makes it more exciting for the fans.
One of the best things of recent years is the fantastic new stadiums that have opened, for example Perth, Beijing and Madrid. They are a joy to play in, and I'm honoured to have been among the first to enjoy these facilities when they were brand new.
The competition is very strong, always with 10 or so women capable of winning Grand Slams. I think it's a good time to play and a good time to follow women's tennis.