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What are my Rights under HIPAA?
When we go to a new doctor, and even periodically at our established doctors' offices, we have to sign forms informing us of the office's privacy practices under HIPAA. If you are like most of us, it's one more boring piece of paper to look at and sign before you can get to what you really came for: seeing the doctor. Maybe you read all of it, but I wouldn't bet that many of us do! Maybe you go so far as to think, "Oh good, they are doing something to protect my privacy." Well, they are, but it's important for you to know what the policies are.
*** This sharepost is legal education, not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is created. ***
What's HIPAA For?
Most of us think of HIPAA as the law that protects the privacy of our medical records, since that's how most of us come in contact with the statute. HIPAA does do that, but that's not what it was originally designed for. HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and its main purpose was to increase consumer access to health care, and make it easier for us to maintain health insurance coverage despite job changes or other situations that could have resulted in lapses in coverage. HIPAA provisions provide protections for coverage under group health plans; limit exclusions for preexisting conditions; and prohibit discrimination against employees and dependents based on their health status. HIPAA may also give you a right to purchase individual coverage if you have no group health plan coverage available, and have exhausted your COBRA or other continuation coverage. Visit the Department of Health and Human Services web site for more information regarding these HIPAA portability of coverage provisions.
The Privacy Rule
As Congress dealt with creating a law that made it possible for consumers to move from employer to employer or insurer to insurer without a lapse in coverage, the need for a unified way to deal with protected medical information became clear. Your medical records have always been private and protected information, falling under doctor-patient confidentiality rules which exist in the common law going back for centuries. What was missing was a clear, unified standard for how to deal with them. The HIPAA Privacy Rule, which is the part of HIPAA that generates all those forms, and which we all encounter, was authorized by the Administrative Simplification subtitle of HIPAA. Something so important as a national standard for privacy of medical information came to us by way of an attempt to reduce bureaucracy!
So what are your rights under the HIPAA Privacy Rule? The Rule covers all individually identifiable health information, and protects how that information can be shared. The Rule also makes clear that your medical records belong to you, and you have a right to copies of them. Teri Robert wrote a great sharepost about obtaining your records under HIPAA. Your Rights to Your Medical Records.
Remember that the Rule was written as part of a statute designed to make the administration of health care easier!
The Privacy Rule is written to balance privacy rights with the flow of information to make treatment and public health possible. Generally your individually identifiable health information cannot be shared without your consent, but there are broad exceptions. It is important to actually read the HIPAA notices at the doctor's offices, because they are written to protect the medical offices as well as to protect you. Each office has some leeway in designing its privacy practices, and they will not be identical at each office.
Some of the more common exceptions to the Rule are if two physicians are both treating you, or a pharmacy is providing you prescriptions and a physician is treating you, they may share information with each other if the information is deemed necessary for your treatment, even without your knowledge or consent. If there is a public health or public policy interest at stake, as in preventing the spread of communicable disease, information may be disclosed without consent. When your health information is disclosed under the Rule, the health care provider must disclose the minimum information necessary, and it is up to the provider to come up with policies to determine what is the minimum necessary.
The Rule permits disclosure of your health information:
- to you;
- to the health care provider's own operations, or other health care providers who have a relationship with you, for treatment, payment or health care operations purposes;
- where there is informal permission or you have an opportunity to agree or object, as in an emergency, where you are being treated in a large facility like a hospital and the information would be kept in a central directory, or for notification of family members or friends with your informal permission of your health status.;
- where the use or disclosure is "incidental," or a result of a permitted disclosure under the Rule;
for twelve national priority (Public Interest and Public Health) purposes -
- when required by law;
- to public health authorities to control the spread of disease, or limit injuries from emergencies;
- regarding victims of abuse, neglect or domestic violence;
- to agencies that oversee the health care and government benefits systems;
- in judicial and administrative proceedings by court order or subpoena;
- for law enforcement purposes;
- to funeral directors, medical examiners and coroners to identify a deceased person or determine cause of death;
- for research in limited circumstances;
- when the health care provider believes the information is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious threat to the health of another or the public;
- essential government functions; and
- in compliance with workers' compensation laws; and
- in a "limited data set" - protected health information which has individual identifiers removed from it.
It's all About Your Relationship with your Doctor
Why do we have doctor-patient confidentiality to begin with? Our law recognizes that there must be trust in the relationship between a doctor and a patient, in order for good health care to take place. If we don't trust our doctors enough to give them accurate information, they won't be able to treat us appropriately. The HIPAA Privacy Rule doesn't replace the rules of doctor-patient confidentiality that have existed in our law for centuries; it just makes them more uniform. It also provides guidelines that both health care providers and patients can count on as to when information can be disclosed. What's important is to read your provider's HIPAA forms. If you don't understand them, ask questions. And first and foremost, ask your doctor questions. If you are concerned about what's in your chart, or who gets to see it, ask! Keep open communication and keep informed, and you may head off potential problems later.
*** This sharepost is legal education, not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is created. ***
© Megan Oltman, 2009.
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The Ducks called up right wing Emerson Etem and brought back defenseman Sami Vatanen from the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League on Sunday.
To make room for the two, the club sent down center Peter Holland and defenseman Jordan Hendry.
It is the first time that the Ducks have called Etem up to the team during the season. The 20-year-old Long Beach native has 12 goals and two assists in 40 games with Norfolk in his first full professional season.
Etem is coming off a two-goal, one-assist effort for the Admirals on Saturday in their 5-0 win over Bridgeport.
Vatanen, 21, nearly made the team out of training camp as he practiced with the club while recovering from a foot injury. Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau has been openly intrigued with the Finnish defenseman, who has four goals and 19 assists in 34 games with Norfolk.
Holland and Hendry have appeared in one game each for the Ducks in the young season. Holland, 22, played in Friday night's home opener against Vancouver, going scoreless in 7 minutes, 57 seconds of ice time.
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Nancy Kirkpatrick and the 'Twilight'-Fueled Transformation of Summit
The company's president of worldwide marking looks ahead to franchise hopeful "Ender's Game" in the midst of marketing awards contender "The Impossible."
This story first appeared in the Dec. 14 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
When a receptionist at Summit Entertainment buzzed Nancy Kirkpatrick in summer 2011 to say there were three Twi-hards outside who wanted a tour of the studio, she chuckled. Summit's cozy office building in Santa Monica hardly resembles a storied Hollywood lot in size and scope.
But Kirkpatrick, the company's president of worldwide marketing, had something in her office that trumped any movie or television set: the Carolina Herrera wedding dress worn by Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart, in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1. She invited the trio in, and together they marveled over the gown, made of crepe satin and French Chantilly lace with 152 tiny buttons down the back. Kirkpatrick also let them try on the Manolo Blahnik wedding shoes.
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"When do you ever get to do something like that at a studio? It was so much fun," says Kirkpatrick. "And these aren't 17-year-old girls, these are women. They'd driven all the way from Nebraska."
From the inception of the Twilight franchise, Kirkpatrick's mantra in selling the property was to speak to fans of Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster book series as if they were friends. The strategy paid off in an enormous victory for Kirkpatrick and Summit: The five Twilight films have grossed north of $3.1 billion at the global box office. That includes more than $600 million earned to date by the final installment, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2.
Thanks to the spoils of Twilight, Summit hardly resembles the company Kirkpatrick arrived at in 2007 from Paramount, where she was executive vp worldwide publicity.
A cash-flush Summit merged in January with Lionsgate, creating a formidable new force with more than $1 billion in domestic box-office revenue this year. Tim Palen continues to run marketing for Lionsgate, while Kirkpatrick -- whose staff has grown from nine in the early days to 19 -- has dominion over Summit titles. (Kirkpatrick's success with Twilight no doubt influenced the marketing campaign for The Hunger Games, however.)
When Rob Friedman resigned as Paramount president of marketing and teamed with Patrick Wachsberger to expand Summit's reach, most who knew Kirkpatrick rightly assumed she would leave Paramount and join up again with Friedman. She has worked with him for most of her career, beginning at Warner Bros. during the mid-1980s and then at Paramount.
"I hired her as a publicity assistant. I remember that she was feisty, smart and had great social skills," says Friedman, co-chairman of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group.
There was no marketing playbook to guide Kirkpatrick when she began devising the campaign for Twilight, the first female-fueled franchise in history. She had worked on three Batman movies at Warners, but fanboys were a different animal. She had, however, worked on Mean Girls at Paramount. The Tina Fey-Lindsay Lohan dramedy was a surprise hit, grossing more than $124 million worldwide in 2004.
"We really felt like we were doing something that hadn't been done before -- building a franchise at an independent studio built on the backs of females," says Kirkpatrick.
"Working with a female fan base is great. With Batman, there was always drama with the fans."
Kirkpatrick, 57, says that because females are so immersed in pop culture, she and her team relied heavily on social media in building the Twilight brand and making the fans feel vested.
Adds Friedman: "Nancy is very intuitive and has always been a young thinker. Her mantra has always been, 'The fans are where you have to start; they will drive the process.' "
Kirkpatrick says her favorite Twilight moment came on the franchise's first Comic-Con panel in summer 2008.
"I've still never experienced anything like it. The decibel level was incredible. I remember Kristen came off the stage shaking because it was so overwhelming. She was a baby then," says Kirkpatrick.
This year, Summit had to weather the storm when Stewart, who has had an offscreen romantic relationship with fellow Twilight star Robert Pattinson, was caught by paparazzi being amorous with her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders.
Kirkpatrick says the young Twilight stars "have personal relationships and personal lives. There are ups and downs in everyone's lives. Unfortunately, they have to have those ups and downs on the covers of magazines. But you survive and move forward."
"I always kept a mother's eye on her and am so proud of the way she handled everything since Twilight began," she adds.
Post-Twilight, Kirkpatrick is turning her attention to franchise hopeful Ender's Game, also based on a young-adult novel. The first movie opens in theaters Nov. 1, 2013.
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More immediately, she's in the midst of marketing awards contender The Impossible, the tsunami drama starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. The film opens in select theaters Dec. 21.
The movie business is a roller coaster, and Summit's box-office disappointments have included Alex Cross ($25.4 million) as well as The Three Musketeers ($20.4 million) and The Beaver ($970,816). Successes include this year's microbudgeted horror pic Sinister ($47.7 million).
Growing up in Virginia Beach, Va. -- where her father, Andy Roberts, was a weatherman for the CBS affiliate -- Kirkpatrick attended Old Dominion University in nearby Norfolk, majoring in English. After she married her college sweetheart, Shone Kirkpatrick, the newlyweds moved to Los Angeles.
She says she wanted to work for the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, but no job came through, so she started sending résumés to studio publicity departments and got the job at Warners. She rose through the ranks and became a publicity vp. The first film she was in charge of was Oliver Stone's controversial JFK.
"I was in Dallas with Oliver for a screening and a cocktail party. It was very late at night, and after the party, Oliver wanted to go to Dealey Plaza. I remember standing on the famous grassy knoll with him. It was incredible," recalls Kirkpatrick.
Along the way, Kirkpatrick and her husband -- an English professor who teaches at College of the Canyons in Valencia, Calif.-- had three children, who seem to be following in their mother's footsteps. Son Dylan, 26, works at music management firm Front Line, while daughter Kelsey, 24, is an MTV Networks staffer in New York in integrated marketing and sponsorship. Youngest daughter Hadley, 22, is a publicist at 42West in New York.
"Each of my kids is so radically different. Dylan was the guy who was always into music, while Kelsey was the academic. Hadley was a national championship cheerleader," says Kirkpatrick. "I always told them, 'If you can be good at one thing, you can be good at anything.' "


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- There's a group of people who really love the U.S. health care system -- the fraudsters, scammers and organized criminal gangs who are bilking the system of as much as $100 billion a year.
Health care identity theft dominated all other crimes in the sector last year, according to Louis Saccoccio, executive director of the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA), an advocacy group whose members include insurers, law enforcement and regulatory agencies.
The most common method of health care identity fraud occurs when someone with legitimate access, such as a hospital administrator or a doctor's assistant, sells patients' information to organized criminal groups.
Increasingly, criminal groups are hacking into digital medical records so that they can steal money from the $450 billion, 44-million-beneficiary Medicare system -- making the government, by far, the "single biggest victim" of health care fraud, according to Rob Montemorra, chief of the FBI's Health Care Fraud Unit.
All the stolen information includes medical insurance data and Social Security numbers, explained James Van Dyke, president of Javelin Strategy & Research, a research firm specializing in trends in security and fraud initiatives.
Van Dyke said that, with the information, the fraudster falsely bills Medicare and private insurers for drugs, equipment or treatment that were never prescribed.
With medical equipment, for example, fraudsters might order a wheelchair for someone who doesn't need it and bill Medicare for two or three times the cost, pocketing the money. For home health care, criminals profit by the false billing of insurers for care of people who never asked for it.
On a smaller scale, criminals also sell medical information in some communities to uninsured people who are desperate to get medical care.
To collect the money, the criminals set up shell billing companies that disappear as soon as there's any indication of an investigation, according to the FBI.
For patients, health care fraud can lead to tampering with your medical information, which could put your health at risk. Experts warn of serious risk of injury, or even death, if one's person's medical information is entered into another patient's record, because of potential misdiagnosis or incorrect treatment.
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One key reason having Medicare information is a virtual "goldmine" for fraudsters, according to Montemorra, is the system's "pay and chase" system -- under the law, Medicare must send out payments within a very short time period.
He said private insurers are better at preventing fraud -- although not immune from it -- because they're so much smaller.
Montemorra said the process heightens the potential for fraud and other forms of abuse because the government is more often reacting to cases of abuse instead of preventing them before they happen.
Published reports late last year said about $47 billion were made in questionable Medicare payments.
"Since we all pay taxes, we are all our victims because the cost of this [crime] is coming out of our pockets," aid Montemorra.
Recognizing that to overhaul the health care system requires stopping the billions of dollars criminals are drawing as Medicare spending itself is soaring, the Obama administration created a multi-agency Medicare Fraud Task Force in 2009 to combat the problem.
Prime target areas for health care fraud are those with lots of Medicare recipients, such as Miami's elderly population, or those where a large chunk of the population is getting government aid, such as Detroit.
"Miami is the 'Ground Zero' for a lot of where these schemes begin, and they're spreading like cancer to California, Detroit and Houston," said FBI's Montemorra.
Montemorra and Javelin's Van Dyke are concerned that as the health care industry rushes to transition from paper records to a digital format, it could escalate incidents of frauds and scams in the short term.
President Obama has set a five-year deadline for all Americans to have electronic medical records, saying digital records will save billions by cutting waste and eliminating repeated tests and errors.
Providers are rushing to transition to digital to gain a windfall from the administration's financial incentives and avoid penalties, according to Van Dyke.
"Our concern is that as they put more patient records online, they are not necessarily doing it in the most secure way to prevent breaches," he said. "When you put a substantial amount of information online in a short period of time, it will lead to more open doors."
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Stupid man...since when are "candy bars" made of granola or grains? I bet his wife has to add chocolate to his milk in order for him to drink it? Why-because all men are like little kids and, well, stupid.
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Hi Rachel,
I too found your blog while getting mine set up for a similar vein of commercial rhetoric: the notion of things in commercials that are supposed to be coming off serious but still don't make sense. In my mind, the concept of the Stupid Man Commercials usually fall square into this vein, but rather than go into length about them on my own when you already do such an amusing job at it, I instead linked to your blog here in that posting. If so interested, you can see them over at:
Keep up the good work!
-Ryan L.I'm noticing another theme embedded in these kinds of commercials lately. The woman, as in the Fiber One ad, is portrayed as the adult in the relationship. Here's she's responsible for seeing to his health through providing nutritious food. The trick though is to manage to get the manchild to eat his vegetables by secreting them inside something that tastes so yummy.


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Sprint Corp. (FON Group) (FON ) continues to expect 2002 EBITDA of about $4.6 billion and EPS that approaches $1.40. Sprint says 2002 revenues are expected to decline at the mid-single digit rate vs. the company's previous expectation of a decline in the low-single digit range.
Sprint PCS (PCS ) sees second quarter net customer adds of about 300,000. Merrill and JP Morgan downgraded the stock.
Deutsche Bank downgraded Qualcomm (QCOM ) to market perform. S&P downgraded to accumulate from buy.
TRW Inc. (TRW ) sees $1.08-$1.10 Q2 EPS, and $3.70-$3.75 for 2002, citing vehicle production increases in North America, and benefits accruing TRW's company-wide restructuring actions initiated during the past year.
Adobe Systems (ADBE ) posted $0.22 vs. $0.25 2Q GAAP EPS on 7.8% lower revenue, and lowered its outlook to $0.24-$0.27 3Q EPS (pro forma) and $0.26-$0.29 Q4 EPS. USB Piper downgraded. Late Thursday, S&P downgraded the stock.
S&P says Cirrus (CRUS ) did not comment on its current quarter at an analyst meeting Thursday, but did forecast revenue growth potential of 40%. S&P reiterates hold. Salomon SB downgraded.
Syncor (SCOR ) agreed to be acquired by Cardinal Health for about $1.1 billion. Terms: 0.52 Cardinal share per Syncor. S&P reiterates hold.
Silicon Labs (SLAB ) sees higher than expected $0.06 Q2 EPS on 30% sequential revenue growth.
Sanmina-Scientific (SANM ) says it didn't change previously issued Q3 guidance of $0.02-$0.04 cash EPS from operations on sales of about $2.5B-$2.7B. S&P reiterates accumulate. CS First Boston downgraded to hold from buy.
Gildan Activewear (GIL ) raised the $0.75-$0.80 Q3 EPS on $175M-$180M sales forecast to $0.85-$0.90 EPS on $190M sales, citing stronger than expected market conditions for activewear and strong market share performance in all segments.
Biogen (BGEN ) receives a a Complete Response Letter from the FDA in which the FDA requested clarification and information related to data Biogen previously submitted for U.S. marketing approval of Amevive.


text: Are Android ROMs Still Worthwhile Compared to Xposed?Whitson Gordon2/03/14 10:00amFiled to: ask lifehackerandroidandroid rootingtweaksxposedandroid romscyanogenmod1051EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Dear Lifehacker,I've been reading a lot about Android tweaking lately, and with tweaks like GravityBox available, is there any advantage to flashing a custom ROM? Wouldn't it be better to just add the features I want with Xposed? Sincerely,Sayonara CyanogenModDear Syanoara,A lot of Android rooters are asking themselves the same question right now: why ROM if you can basically make your own ROM with Xposed? To an extent, this is a valid question: if all you want is a tweak or two to make your experience better, Xposed might be the better way to go. But let's not forget some of the advantages ROMs can offer. The Advantages of Xposed If you haven't looked into Xposed yet, I can't recommend it highly enough. Almost like Cydia for Android, it allows you to build a custom version of Android from stock, adding your favorite tweaks one by one until you have a perfectly customized system. It has a few advantages over ROMs: Advertisement Advertisement Xposed tweaks are easier to use than ROMs. You need to be rooted for Xposed to work, but in theory, the process is simpler than ROMming. You just download the tweaks you want, install them like you would any other app, and enable them in Xposed. You don't have to flash any ZIP files, clear your data, or worry about finding the right Google Apps package.Xposed gives you just the tweaks you want. Instead of downloading a pre-built ROM with all the community's favorite tweaks, you can install as many or as few tweaks as you want—and just the ones you want. If all you want is a gesture here and a pie control there, that's all you have to add.You can tweak without abandoning your current version of Android. If you really like HTC Sense or the Moto X's exclusive features, you don't have to give them up to use Xposed. Sure, Sense ROMs exist, but the majority of quality ROMs are based off stock Android, which means you'd lose out on the exclusive features your phone comes with by flashing one.The Advantages of ROMming All that said, there are a lot of other advantages to ROMming besides the tweaks contained within, even if you're on a Nexus phone. For example: ROMs let you upgrade Android before your manufacturer does. Still waiting for KitKat on your HTC One? You can often get updates much faster with a custom ROM like CyanogenMod. This doesn't matter as much as it once did, but it's still the best way to get those updates when your manufacturer or carrier is lagging behind.ROMs are going beyond simple tweaks. CyanogenMod, for example, has started introducing new features with its separate user accounts, like a remote find and wipe. As this trend continues, you'll probably find that ROMs offer advantages Xposed cannot.ROMs can bring stock Android to any device. If you don't like Sense or TouchWiz, ROMming is a great way to get stock Android on nearly any device out there. Xposed can't do that.You're guaranteed, at least in theory, a certain amount of stability. ROMs are built to be stable daily drivers, with all their features intact. If you build up your own system with Xposed modules, some may conflict with each other, be unstable, or just won't give you the smooth, integrated experience of a well-built ROM.Xposed doesn't cover every tweak. Certain things, like theme engines, LED customization, and other tweaks don't exist in Xposed yet—or aren't as good as their custom ROM counterparts. Depending on what's important to you, a ROM may be peferable.That may seem like a longer and more compelling list than the Xposed list, but it's really about your preferences and needs. I personally have given up ROMs—Xposed is all I need on my Moto X. But if I were on a different device or had different needs, I'd be right back to flashing ROMs without a blink. The two are much more different than people give them credit for. Sponsored So think about why you like custom ROMs and what you'd want from an Xposed-based system. If you find that all your needs can be met, I recommend trying it out. But ROMs are far from dead, and they're still one of the best ways to get a better Android experience on any phone.Sincerely,Lifehacker Advertisement Photos by Tsahi Levent-Levi and Danny Choo.Reply105 repliesLeave a reply


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She is one mama that is always on the go! A very stylish Selma Blair was spotted running a few errands while she was out and about in Los Angeles, Calif. on Wednesday afternoon.
Selma was wearing a tan-colored zebra print sweater that I've been seeing everywhere in Hollywood lately (Charlize Theron was spotted wearing one, too). I'll admit it, I want one! I'll take a good guess in saying that animal-print shirts might be the new thing these days. What do you guys think?
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What white pill has the markings D 02?
Pill imprint D02 has been identified as Sertraline hydrochloride 50 mg. Sertraline is used in the treatment of depression; anxiety and stress; panic disorder; social anxiety disorder; bipolar disorder (and more), and belongs to the drug class selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Risk cannot be ruled out during pregnancy. on! Any comments?


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Merry Christmas y'All!
By now you will have muzzle-loaded every form of carbohydrate known to man within the space of 24 hours, some of you will have gorged on the charred carcase of poultry past, many of you will have fearlessly guzzled a combination of drinks that you would consider inappropriate on the most lost of weekends, and then to cap it all merrily furred your arteries up with the combined contents of a dairy farm and a sugar plantation.
So there you are, in a stupefied state, knowing only too well that there are only two things which can revive you: the riches of the Spill and the mundanity of tidying up the kitchen by way of tribute to your chef.
Lucky for you to have chosen to log on in this post-prandial fug, for I have something to help you through the dishes and hopefully most of the pots and pans. It is a sublime confection of music, wit, bonhomie and friendship. I posted a fragment of this session on the occasion of tfd's retirement and had held off posting the rest as I knew it would be a necessary yuletide palliative.
Brendan Croker and Kevin Coyne recorded an album in 2002 – the story of their meeting and how the music came together is explained in their interview segment with Andy Kershaw. The whole thing is pleasantly bonkers, with the interviewer seemingly happy to try and compete with the ludicrous ramblings of his guests.
I used to listen to this every Friday at 5PM to remind me that there was something to life other than work, although I think you will find it works well while taking care of the clear up. I am on a farm for Xmas and while I myself will not be able to join you today, I will be enjoying every bloated gluttonous second of it and the washing up too!


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From XiphWiki
OggPlay is a library designed to allow drop-in playback of Xiph.Org media in an application. OggPlay handles demuxing and decoding, generates timestamps for raw data, maintains synchronisation across multiple streams, and provides a lock-free buffer implementation for easy multithreading.
OggPlay is a work in progress: the first release should be availably by mid-2007.
OggPlay is currently hosted by Annodex, although there are plans to move hosting over to the Xiph.Org servers. SVN access is available through http://svn.annodex.net/liboggplay/trunk.
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About This Game
- Summary
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People are going missing in Bayside City and the rumors say someone conducting a shady human cloning experiment is responsible. For Rick (a.k.a. Hack) and Doug (a.k.a. Slash) this situation has become personal. Especially after three friends from their martial arts gym get abducted. The duo set off to the enemy's secret air fortress to sort this out. These guys know all the moves, from martial arts to pro wrestling throws, and they don't hesitate to use them. They're not afraid of using knives, bats, and other things they find to get the job done. And if that wasn't enough, when they get hurt they get angry-and you really don't want to mess with them then. They ignore damage and hit even harder than usual! They're ready for the action. The question is: are you?
- Supported Functions
- Number Of Players: 1-2
- Local - Co-Op # of Players
- 10 stages to fight through.
- Three difficulty levels to choose from.
- Tons of punches and kicks to master.
- Wide variety of enemies to battle.
- Cooperative two-player action.


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Hi, I am administering a server and i must accept that I am a total newbie. I have followed the "The Perfect Server – CentOS 6.3 x86_64 (Apache2, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)" to setup the server. Everything is ok in it, we do not have any problem in sending/receiving mail except that Postfix is allowing mails within the same domain without authentication. example : my domain is xyz.com and I have two mail boxes. [email protected] and [email protected] . Now in the mail client (Thunderbird) of [email protected] , i have given smtp authentication method as "no authentication" and [email protected] is trying to send a mail to [email protected] , still the mail is getting delivered. Can you please guide me or point me to the setting which might be causing it. This is my output of postconf -n . In the result I have just modified myhostname and smtp_bind_address. alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases body_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/body_checks bounce_queue_lifetime = 1d broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix content_filter = amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024 daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 default_process_limit = 50 header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/header_checks html_directory = no inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = ipv4 mail_owner = postfix mailbox_size_limit = 0 mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man maximal_queue_lifetime = 1d message_size_limit = 0 milter_default_action = accept milter_protocol = 2 mime_header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/mime_header_checks mydestination = localhost, localhost.localdomain myhostname = xyz.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::1]/128 nested_header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/nested_header_checks newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix non_smtpd_milters = $smtpd_milters proxy_read_maps = $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $virtual_alias_maps $virtual_alias_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps $virtual_mailbox_domains $relay_recipient_maps $relay_domains $canonical_maps $sender_canonical_maps $recipient_canonical_maps $relocated_maps $transport_maps $mynetworks $virtual_mailbox_limit_maps queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix queue_run_delay = 15m readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/README_FILES receive_override_options = no_address_mappings relay_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_relaydomains.cf relay_recipient_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_relayrecipientmaps.cf relayhost = sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtp_bind_address = x.x.x.x smtpd_client_restrictions = check_client_access mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_client.cf smtpd_milters = inet:127.0.0.1:8891 smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining,permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated, check_recipient_access mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_recipient.cf, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender = yes smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_sender.cf smtpd_tls_CAfile = /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/ssl1/startssl.chain.class1.server.crt smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.key smtpd_tls_security_level = may smtpd_use_tls = yes transport_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_transports.cf unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 virtual_alias_domains = virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf, mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_email2email.cf virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailboxes.cf virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 Thanks in advance Sudip
Hi falko Thanks for the reply. But in my case , the ip from which the mail is coming is not listed in mynetworks. And i did not understand what you meant by rdcipient. The recipients of the mails which are coming unauthorized are all virtual mailbox. And just today I had to remove the setting smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender = yes , otherwise all the system mails were getting blocked. Thanks Sudip
Then isn't that a security issue? That means i can send mails to any user in our domain and that mail might look like as if the mail has been sent by our MD . I can then send any type of mail to [email protected] and [email protected] will think that the mail has been sent by [email protected] , but in reality the mail has actually been sent by [email protected] - but there is no reference of [email protected] in the mail. Sudip
Sorry Falko but I can not agree with that. I have another domain which is not on this dedicated server , but is on a shared hosting on a windows server of ixwebhosing.com . When I am trying to send mail to one of the mailbox of this domain using a fake and non existant userid of the same domain , the mail server is not allowing me to send it. And that is also SMTP protocol .
hi Falko I think you misunderstood my first post (the original post with the problem). This is the problem that I am facing in the dedicated server - I am able to send mail to one of the mailbox of this domain using a fake and non existant userid of the same domain. Shared windows hosting server is not allowing it , but the dedicated server (The Perfect Server – CentOS 6.3 x86_64 (Apache2, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) is allowing it. This has to be some of the settings. Thanks in advance. Sudip


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"This good-for-you dessert is packed with ingredients that remind me of fall!" writes field editor Lisa Varner from Charleston, South Carolina. Chopped apples and walnuts add fun flavor to this moist snack cake that is sprinkled with cinnamon-sugar topping.
28 Apple Recipes to Make in a 13x9 Pan
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup plus 2 teaspoons sugar, divided
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 egg whites, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups finely chopped peeled tart apples
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, toasted
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, 1 cup sugar and baking powder. Add egg whites and vanilla; mix well. Fold in apples and nuts. Spread into a 9-in. square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Combine cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over top.
- Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 9 servings.
Originally published as Apple Snack Cake in Taste of Home
December/January 2004, p48
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Each entry in POGO's SEC Revolving Door Database represents one post-employment disclosure statement notifying the SEC of a former employee's intent to represent an employer or client before the agency. Some employees have filed multiple statements.
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Lectionary Reflections
Year C
November 6-12
Haggai 1:15b-2:9
I assume it is safe to say that the prophet Haggai is not in the top ten of your favorite books of the Bible, perhaps not even in the top thirty! It is tucked away in our Christian canon, between Zephaniah and Zechariah, its two brief chapters largely unexplored by many preachers. I imagine that 2 Thessalonians and Luke get the vast bulk of a preacher's attention on this particular Sunday in Year C. Yet, as always, these more obscure corners of the tradition can yield some very important and very timely ideas if we give them a chance. So, let's give old Haggai a closer look.
The name of the prophet has something to do with the common Semitic word for "feast" or "festival." (See the more famous Arabic equivalent word "hajj," added to the name of a Muslim who has completed a pilgrimage to Mecca.) He is well named, since his prophecy consists of one central idea; the temple must be rebuilt if God is to be honored properly. And after the temple is rebuilt, the proper feasts can once again be celebrated in the holy city, Jerusalem.
From this prophet, unlike his more famous forerunners -- Amos, Isaiah, Micah, Hosea, Jeremiah -- comes exactly nothing about a passionate concern for God's demand for righteousness and justice among God's people. While Amos shouts that God rejects the worship feasts of Israel (Amos 5), and Jeremiah warns against an over reliance on the temple of the Lord while justice is missing in the community (Jeremiah 7), Haggai claims that proper worship in the proper place is just what God demands. No wonder that Haggai is rarely read. He sounds like an apologist for those who think that going to church is the very essence of religious belief, regardless of how one behaves in the rest of life. But is it quite so simple as that?
It is important to reconstruct the context of the prophet's work. Precise dates are given in 1:1. Darius I's second year was 520 B.C.E., the sixth month is September, and on the first day of that month, Haggai received a word from God that was to be shared specifically with Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, and Joshua, the current high priest of the city of Jerusalem. This history is crucial for our understanding.
Darius I, who became one of Persia's greatest rulers, had just the previous year succeeded Cambyses, who by most accounts was a far less liberal ruler than his predecessor, the famous Cyrus, the conqueror of Babylon and freer of the Jews from that city in 539 B.C.E. During this change of kings of the Persians, overlords of the eastern world, new hopes arose among all subject peoples. Now, perhaps, the sacred temple of God in Jerusalem, lying in ruins since its destruction by the Babylonians in 587 B.C.E., could be rebuilt.
Both Zerubbabel, a grandson of King Jehoiakin, who was taken into Babylonian exile nearly seventy years before, and Joshua, perhaps a direct descendant of the last high priest of Jerusalem before its destruction, took Haggai's words seriously and began the reconstruction "on the 24th day of the sixth month," twenty-three days after God's word was given. Working on the building with the governor and the priest were "the remnant of the people," presumably those who had returned to the shattered city and were anxious to see its former glory.
But problems soon arose. About twenty-eight days later (2:1), the temple, far from the grand and glorious place its memory suggested, appeared to many of the builders to be little more than a shadow of its supposed former grandeur. Haggai spoke again in a divine oracle, "Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory?" Since almost seventy years had passed, the answer must have been that very few, if any, of these builders had ever seen Solomon's temple. That is why they said, "Is it not in your sight as nothing?" The building that the poor and struggling Israelites, recent refugees from Babylonian exile, were building was nothing like the glorious temple that their imaginations had conjured during all those exilic years. Surely this pathetic pile of mud brick and sticks could not be the temple they had longed for, prayed for, hoped for? And, of course, it was not that building at all.


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Did Nigeria Ban Music Videos from Airing?
The National Broadcasting Commission has denied claims that it banned a number of new music videos from being broadcast in the country, citing "sexually suggestive and immoral" dances.Video
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P Square's back again with a brand new video like you've never seen before. Fun packed video with fantastic dance steps and highly entertaining. see more »
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Hello, i had surgeries to remove a facial birthmark 3 years ago now ( surgical exisions). Since my last surgery, I still have 2 lumps of scar tissues that are fibrous and whity at the extremities of the scar. Ive done anything: creams, oils, massage, but nothing helped in removing these. To be honest, when i massage the tissues double in size and become red for a day or 2 ... I just dunno what to do.. Maybe I have stitches still stucked inside my skin ? Can you help me ? Thanks
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Welcome to Bear Country
Solo camping in the Sierras' Little Lakes, a 6.5-hour drive north of S.D.
Veronica Remsbottom 8:43 p.m., March 26
Album: 7s (2008)
Artist: Nautical Disaster
Label: self-released
Where available/price: Live shows for $8. M-Theory, Off the Record, and Lou's Records for $8.99. Online at CDBaby for $10.97; iTunes and Amazon for $8.91 (or 99 cents per song)
Songs: 1) Falling in Love 2) Gifted 3) I'm Alright 4) The Heart Beat Trail 5) Love Letters 6) The Littlest Re(vamp)ire 7) Communitas 8) Scapegoat 9) Drunk Jane
Band: Beezeley (guitar, vocals), Grimis Apparatus (guitar, vocals, keyboard, scratching), Jaye Furlonger (bass, vocals), Morgan Jones (drums)
Website: myspace.com/nauticaldisastermusic
Extra info: Nautical Disaster is scheduled to play the Ken Club on July 4.
Although it's hard to nail down exactly what genre Nautical Disaster falls into, it's easy to figure out what they're playing: anything big, full, and fat.
Jaye twangs her bass with sorrow and a hint of Cowboy Junkies. The melodies set forth by Beezeley and Grimis feature girthy guitar chords in a mash-up of sounds that in one instance remind me of glam rockers T. Rex, and in the next instance the sound switches to an Americana or Mexican blues progression a lot like Tito and Tarantula. All of it is rock and roll, and all of it is handled perfectly.
Beezeley's thin, sometimes-monotone voice recalls Lou Reed and acts to balance out the fullness of the music. The vocals are longing and tortured, but the lyrics don't draw a narrative of grief or separation; they're more collected thoughts and oblique concepts than storytelling.
In regions such as the indier-than-thou Northwest and even crap-pop, sell-out San Diego, Nautical Disaster might not find great purchase among the populace, but they will stand as a reminder that sometimes the mainstream isn't where you want to navigate your boat.
Yeap, agree, - full and big. Be glad to navigate my boat to one of this guys shows!


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Connecticut Compiled Genealogies
Most archives, historical societies, and genealogical societies have special collections and indexes of genealogical value. These must usually be searched in person.
Manuscript Collections
The Family History Library has copies of significant sources such as the Frank T. Calef and other collections of Mayflower and Puritan descendants, the Charles D. Parkhurst manuscripts for New London, and compiled genealogies for early families in Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, and other areas.
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection consists of transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, marriages, deaths, obituaries, and wills. It was microfilmed in 1970 and 1971 at the DAR Library in Washington, DC, and is on 24 microfilms at the Family History Library (beginning with FHL film 844451). The collection is listed in the Family History Library Catalog under CONNECTICUT - COLLECTED WORKS.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society has many important manuscript collections, not only for New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont). It also has major collections for New York and other states. Search the library catalog to see what may be of interest for you.
Published Sources
- Connecticut Society of Genealogists. Ancestry Service. Ten Volumes. Glastonbury, Connecticut: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, ca. 1979-84. (Family History Library book 974.6 D2ca.) As of 1997, volumes listing surnames A-S have been published. The ancestor charts, 1962-1990, and ancestry service, 1962-1988, have been microfilmed (on 59 Family History Library films beginning with1754015 item 2).
- Cutter, William Richard, et al. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut. . . . Four Volumes. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911. (Family History Library book 974.6 D2c; film 1000146.) An index to this and other New England publications by Cutter is Norma Olin Ireland and Winifred Irving, Cutter Index: A Consolidated Index of Cutter's Nine Genealogy Series (Fallbrook, California: Ireland Indexing Service, 197?; Family History Library book 974 D2ci; film 1036507 item 6; fiche 6046737).
- Greenlaw, William Prescott. The Greenlaw Index of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Two volumes. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1979. (Family History Librarybook Q 974 D22g.) This is an index to many local histories and genealogies published between 1900 and about 1940.
- Hinman, Royal Ralph. A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut. . . . 1846. Second Edition. 1852-56. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. (Family History Library book 974.6 D2hra 1968; 1856 ed. is on film 186114.) The second edition includes surnames A-Danielson only. The 1846 edition contained surnames for the full alphabet (Family History Library film 908908 item 2.)
- New England Historic Genealogical Society. English Origins of New England Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. First Series, Three Volumes, 1984. Second Series, Three Volumes., 1985. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. (Family History Library book 974 D2e; fiche 6047919-21; second series book 974 D2en; fiche 6047922-24.)
- New England Historic Genealogical Society. Genealogies of Connecticut Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Three Volumes. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. (Family History Library book 974.6 D2g.)
- Rider, Fremont, ed. American Genealogical- Biographical Index. Volumes 1-186. Middletown, Connecticut: The Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952-. (Family History Library book 973 D22am Ser. 2.) This is a continuing series. An earlier version in 48 volumes was published as The American Genealogical Index, 1942-51. (Family History Library book 973 D22am; films 1425577-86.)
- Savage, James.A_Genealogical_Dictionary_of_the_First_Settlers_of_New_EnglandA Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. . . . Four Volumes. 1860-62. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965. (Family History Library book 974 D2s; films 496426 item 3 to 496428.) An online version is available. Also available through Google Books
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After writing an article with fellow journalist Laura Ling, Euna Lee who, along with Ling, was arrested and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea before being pardoned, will publish a memoir about her imprisonment in the labor camp, it was announced.
The World Is Bigger Now: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Freedom will detail Lee and Ling's arrest on March 17th of this year and their "140 days of imprisonment, [Lee's] ongoing interrogation and her efforts to protect her sources and the subjects of her reporting," said her publisher, Broadway Books.
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He served in the Connecticut State Senate in 1940 and then in World War II as an Army Civil Affairs Officer. After the war, he practiced law in southeastern Connecticut and continued writing.
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GRAPE CREEK, TEXAS (Tom Green County). Grape Creek is on Grape Creek just north of U.S. Highway 87 and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway in north central Tom Green County. It was founded before 1900. In 1901 the community had a school for twenty-six pupils and one teacher, and by 1934 it had three elementary schools and a high school. State highway maps in 1936 showed the school, a church, a nearby cemetery, and scattered dwellings in the community. By the 1980s the Grape Creek-Pulliam School was in operation, and the area had become the site of a new subdivision known as Grape Creek Community. In 2000 the population was 3,138.
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Deschutes County, Oregon Genealogy
United States Oregon Deschutes County
County Courthouse
Deschutes County Courthouse1340 N W Wall Street
Bend, Or 97701
Phone: 541-388-6549
County Clerk has marriage, burial, divorce, land,
probate, military discharge records from 1853
and Naturalization records from 1916.[1]
County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Deschutes County Court House as of September/October 2007.
Deschutes County Court is structured differently. Check the County Records Inventory link for addresses for location of records (left column).
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Historical Facts
Named for Deschutes River. French name was Riviere des Chutes or Riviere aux Chutes, meaning River of the Falls. The waterfall it referred to was Celilo Falls near where the river exits into Columbia River.
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13 December 1916: Created from Crook County. [2]
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Family History Centers
- Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
- Bend Oregon Family History Center
- Redmond Oregon Family History Center
- The Deschutes County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project
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- The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
- FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Deschutes County.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Deshutes County, Oregon page 572, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ WorldCat 50140092 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].


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Sleeps | 10 |
Bedrooms | 4 |
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Property type | farmhouse |
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Learn moreThe Hale Farm with a convenient , scenic location on the West Side Rd. The original farm house features, 4 bedrooms and three newly renovated baths, updated kitchen, large dining room table, living room, library, wide pine flooring, and a farmers porch. Nestled on six acres with 9 other units. This is one of the most photographed homes in the area. It is conveniently located just five minutes from downtown North Conway and all the White Mountains have to offer. Hiking, Kayaking, Outlet Shipping, Skiing, or just relaxing and enjoying the Mountain Air. This is a great rental for large or multiple families. Newly renovated kitchen and baths. Gas fireplace in living area, and gas stove in library. Bedrooms and living space nicely appointed. Great dining table for the entire crowd.
My wife and I saw this house and immediatley fell in love! We knew it would be a wonderful vacation home with some TLC.
Samantha Borowski purchased this farmhouse in 2013
Our favorite style of a home is a Cape, We love the front porch, the wide pine floors and it's location to the White Mountains..Nature , shopping and great food.. Lots for children of all ages to do.
We think it is a get away that is perfect for a large family or families. You can get back to nature with all the the area has to offer, plus enjoy the luxury of upscale dining and tax free shopping..
Living in a antique home we felt right at home at this wonderful home. Altho, it wasn't ready when we arrived, a quick call and it was rectified immediately. Mistakes happen to everyone after all. We had the pleasure of meeting the owner because of this. Everything was comfortable, my husband, who travels for business, said he slept better here then in most of the hotels! Kitchen was well stocked, plenty of towels. Would recommend anytime since its close to Echo Lake and a easy drive to N. Conway and all attractions.
This was our second summer stay at Hale Farm.
The proximity to Echo Lake, Diana's Baths, Storyland, and the mountains is quite attractive. The ease of access to good supermarkets in all traffic conditions is pretty nice too.
The light bulbs seem a bit brighter, though the uncomfortable couch in the smaller parlor is still there. Having the place up for sale keeps us from renting it until closer to the date than I would otherwise prefer.
Equipment (including beds) is all good.
The place was a big disappointment. We pull up to the entrance and there's a for sale sign. Took at least 20-25 minutes to get into the house because of the lock box. The house felt like it was falling apart. The front and back porch had cracks on the staircase. When we entered the house it smelled musty like if no one had been their in months. There's also something definitely wrong with the foundation of the house. The house was slanting from right to left. There being a charge for cleaning is ridiculous because we got there and had to clean so much dust in the place. The grill they provided was so disgusting that i had grease stains all over my clothes from cleaning it and when i finished cleaning it, i find out that the gas tank was empty. I work in the hotel industry and am expected to provide the best experience and service possible at all times , but this was something I didn't expect. You can't get into the place until 4pm and I wouldn't expect to have to clean around a house or spray it down to be comfortable. Especially when I bring my 2 young daughters with me for a getaway from the city life. Disappointed is the least i can say about the place unfortunately. Definitely will not be using this service again for the next time i take my family up to north conway.
We had a wonderful stay at the property. There was ample room for our two families (four adults, three kids under age 5) to enjoy shared space while maintaining privacy. The grass outside was perfect for rocking in the rocking chairs and playing croquet. The beds were super comfortable and all linens were top-notch. I was most impressed by Samantha's responsiveness to my texts and questions over the weekend. When I learned that the house did not have a blender, Samantha said that we could purchase one and be reimbursed. We did not go that direction, but I appreciated her openness to the suggestion. She was also super helpful in dealing with our linen emergency when my daughter had a bloody nose all of the comforter. Her relaxed attitude made me feel less stressed about the situation. In all, this is a wonderful property that is located to all sorts of Conway goodness (and not just Story Land) - Diana's Baths, Echo Lake, etc.
This was a trip to unwind from a tough year. It was four couples and we all just needed a getaway from everyday life and our children. :) The location was perfect close to everything yet off the main road. We love the area and hope to visit again. Thank you for a great weekend to reconnect.
This is the second time we rented this charming farmhouse for our winter vacation. The house is large, comfortable, and with all the modern amenities while at the same time keeping its New England charm. The gas fireplaces in two rooms on the lower floors add to the warmth of the home without the labor of adding logs (people from the city, like us, enjoy that convenience). If you are a reader, there are plenty of "older" classics in a separate room we call "the library", and all the artwork in the home is authentic and adds to the ambiance of the country living experience. There are three TV's in the house: one in the kitchen, master bedroom, and downstairs bedroom, so there is no "fighting" for viewing times. The property is also well maintained: if it snows, the driveway and parking area is plowed, and walkways to the house shoveled for you. The house is also very conveniently located to everything in North Conway and its environs: ski slopes, shopping, hiking, snowmobiling, Diana's Bath, Cathedral Ledge, sight seeing, etc. The owner of the property, Samantha, is cordial and extremely accommodating, and is willing to go the extra mile, and then some, to make your stay is as pleasurable as possible. Needless to say, we've already reserved our reservation for next year's winter vacation.
Spend your vacation in a completely renovated 4BR, 3 Bath Farmhouse in the Mt. Washington Valley of NH. A true 4 season vacation area, Conway N.H. Offer both X-Country and downhill skiing, snowmobiling, And even ice climbing for the adventurers during the winter, Golf, canoe trips, hiking and rock climbing during the spring and summer and spectacular foliage for the Fall visitors. Did I mention, New Hampshire Tax-Free shopping at the outlet malls and all the great shops only minutes away.
The home is well appointed with period furniture, as well as all the modern conveniences you would expect, including WiFi.
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I had an idea that I would make spinach and walnut pesto. I wished for more spinach (like in the original recipe) but had bought a silly little one serve bag. I should have known we always get through a bigger bag of spinach. I could have added a bit more oil to my pesto, or even better kept a bit of pasta water to loosen it up once I added the pesto to the pasta. I had also liked a recipe I had seen for spinach and walnut pesto with mustard in it but forgot about that.
I still was longing for the day to end but at least I was pleased that dinner was slightly more upmarket than a tin of beans. The pesto wasn't quite right by itself - I think the seasoning needed adjustment - but was quite nice on a rice cracker with promite and tomato the next morning. In the evening we had panzanella with the pesto, basil olive oil and tofu bacon. It was delicious.
I am sending this pasta dish to Lisa of We Don't Eat Anything With a Face who is hosting the Pasta Please challenge this month. The theme is peppers (or capsicums, as we say in Australia). The event is coordinated by Jacqueline of Tinned Tomatoes.
Previously on Green Gourmet Giraffe:
One year ago: WHB Basil pesto
Two years ago: Marinated Minestrone
Three years ago: Serendipitous Plum Jam
Four years ago: Frozen Fruity Fun with Icy Poles
Five years ago: HoTM #12 Prune and Bean Casserole
Spinach and Walnut Pesto
Adapted from Krissy's Creations
serves about 4
50g spinach
1/4 cup walnuts
1/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
2-3 tbsp olive oil (mine was basil infused)
1 tbsp finely chopped chives
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 small garlic clove, crushed
pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper
Blend to a paste. Keep leftovers in fridge.
Pasta with pesto, broccolini, red capsicum and yoghurt cheese
serves 2
about 250g packet of spaghetti (I used bavette)
2-4 tbsp spinach and walnut pesto (see above)
1/2 bunch of broccolini, chopped
1/2 red capsicum (red pepper)
4 marinated yoghurt balls
Cook the spaghetti according to the packet instructions (mine took 8 minutes). While the pasta is cooking, roast red capsicium over a gas flame and cool slightly. While capsicum cools, microwave the broccolini until cooked. Peel the skin off the capsicum and cut into thin strips.
When draining the pasta, keep a little pasta cooking water. Toss the pasta with pesto and add a slosh of cooking water to loosen the sauce. Serve in a pasta bowl. Top with broccolini, capsicum and torn yoghurt balls.
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Penguin. Basketball. Ewok. These are just some of the names Chaz Bono says the Dancing with the Stars judges threw at him -- and he is not a happy camper.
This morning, just hours after Chaz Bono was eliminated from Dancing with the Stars, Cher's son blasted the judges for their discriminatory comments -- especially Bruno Tonioli.
"I got a lot of references from him about things that would indicate the fact that I'm overweight, you know, a roundness," Bono told Good Morning America.
"I was called a basketball, a penguin, an Ewok, and I just didn't appreciate it," he said, pointing out that Tonioli was particularly "disrespectful."
"If you want to critique my dancing and give me some constructive advice so I can try to improve the next time that I'm there, that would be great," he added. "But I don't really know how to be less penguish, and so I kind of took offense to that."
Bono believes overweight men are given a much harder time on the show than overweight women, pointing to Kirstie Alley's success last season.
"It's hard to take this competition seriously when the judges are so inconsistent," said dance partner Lacey Schwimmer, who battled her own weight ridicule this season. "At the same time, we went out there and did what we needed to do and did it well and had a great time doing it."
Bono isn't the first contestant to have beef. Maksim Chmerkovskiy took on the judges live Monday night when he criticized Chmerkovskiy's dance partner Hope Solo.
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Alright, one more question. So which is it, 80K or 800K ? Headline says 80K. First paragraph starts 800,000. Which is it ?
YEP, good eyes! Was thinking the same thing.
It doesn't matter the number, its for 'the cause'! Trivial details!
oh nooooo! Some govt workers will be forced to take one day off a week for 22 weeks! Maybe they can dig into their vacation time!
Welcome to the real world Govt. workers! How about the 300K private sector workers that are applying for unemployment checks EVERY WEEK!
OB created this, let him be forced to work with the other side to fix it. He can no longer be a pedestrian to the destruction he is causing.


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There are six jumps races at Lingfield on Tuesday
PICTURE: Julian Herbert/ Getty ImagesLingfield on but Newcastle abandons
TUESDAY'S meeting at Lingfield goes ahead, but Newcastle was not as lucky and has abandoned its fixture on Wednesday.
Lingfield clerk of the course Neil Mackenzie Ross inspected conditions at 8.15am on Tuesday and was satisfied racing could take place.
The going is heavy for the six jumps races and standard for the bumper on the all-weather.
Newcastle, however, had to cancel after clerk James Armstrong checked the track at 8am on Tuesday.
He posted on Twitter: "Racing @Newcastleraces has been ABANDONED due to SNOW. 2" covering the track, still snowing, more to come. Temps this eve to drop to -5/-6c."