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Finding that magic assortment of foods seems harder than ever. The puzzle is more complicated and confusing, and there are a multitude of competing pieces -- like fast foods, high-sugar sweets, fat-laden snacks. The result is that these newfangled foods are leaving dietary gaps where the good stuff once was. Ironically, experts say, at the beginning of this high-tech century, our kids may actually be missing out on more nutrients than did children of the previous century. "Nutritionally, progress is taking us backward. A hundred years ago children generally ate what was fresh and seasonal -- foods were unprocessed and natural," says John Monaco, M.D., director of Pediatric Intensive Care at Brandon Hospital in Tampa, FL, and coauthor of Slim & Fit Kids: Raising Healthy Children in a Fast Food World. "We point to our increased life expectancy as a sign that we're doing things better, but that has more to do with modern medicine than modern diets. We could improve our children's health and longevity even more if we fed them whole foods again."
What's a Parent to Do?
According to a report by the National Cancer Institute, only 1 percent of children between ages 2 and 19 meet all the USDA Food Guide Pyramid recommendations for grains, vegetables, fruit, meats, and dairy. What's more, 16 percent meet none of the recommendations. It's no wonder then that we hear a steady drumbeat of warnings from health experts about nutrients that are missing-in-action from our kids' diets.
So what's a parent to do? First, be aware that in many ways our food supply is distorted, full of new processed choices that kids find irresistible but that have little nutritional value (they don't call it "junk" food for nothing!). And be vigilant in limiting these dietary weaklings. Show your children the nutritional high road, but don't panic if they don't always take it. Even the best eaters hit a few bumps and detours now and then. "Look at the big picture -- how they eat over several weeks, not just a few days," says Dr. Monaco.
Finally, keep a few numbers in mind -- nutritional scores, if you will, of the amounts of vitamins and minerals that your child needs, plus where to find them. Here's the ledger on some of the most at-risk nutrients:
CalciumFood surveys by the USDA show that as much as 60 percent of boys and 70 percent percent of girls between the ages of 6 and 11 fall short of the recommended daily calcium intake. What's worse is that these numbers are likely to increase since milk -- the primary source of calcium for most children -- is steadily losing dietary ground to soda and fruit-flavored beverages. Despite the appeal of milk-mustached celebrities, children haven't "got milk." Nor do they have much of other calcium-rich foods such as green leafy vegetables, yogurt, and calcium-fortified orange juice and cereals.
The importance of calcium for growing bones should not be underestimated. "A person can only build up the integrity of their bones with good nutrition until about age twenty. After that it's too late," says Carol Coughlin, a registered dietitian and author of Good News About Good Food. "That's why we say that osteoporosis is a pediatric disease with geriatric consequences." For optimal bone growth, and healthy teeth and muscle function, children ages 4 to 8 need 800 mg of calcium daily; ages 9 to 14 need 1,200 mg daily.
Best calcium sources:
- 1 cup cooked collard greens: 357 mg
- 8 ounces milk: 300 mg
- 8 ounces calcium-fortified orange juice: 300 mg
- 1 ounce sesame seeds: 280 mg
- 1 ounce part-skim mozzarella: 210 mg
- 1 cup cooked kale: 180 mg
FiberChronic constipation in children is a problem that pediatricians are treating more and more often. The cause? Diets that are filled with refined, processed foods that lack the natural fiber from fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that is essential for keeping the intestinal tract in good working order. Fiber itself is not a nutrient because it is not absorbed during digestion, but the body definitely needs it for optimal health -- not just for avoiding constipation. Soluble fiber (the kind in beans and oats) can also prevent heart disease because it corrals and eliminates bad fats that would otherwise get absorbed and transformed into blood cholesterol; insoluble fiber (the kind in whole-grain breads and cereals) fights cancer because it shuttles waste, including cancer-causing substances, through the intestines quickly. There's no established children's RDA for fiber, but if kids were to meet the USDA's dietary guideline for eating fruits and vegetables -- about 3 servings of each daily -- they'd be sure to get enough fiber.
Best fiber sources:
- 1/2 cup cooked kidney beans: 6.6 g
- 1 cup broccoli, cooked: 5.4 g
- 1 cup cooked oatmeal: 4.0 g
- 1 cup strawberries: 3.9 g
- 2 slices whole-wheat bread: 3.4 g
- 1 apple, unpeeled: 3.6 g
- 1/2 cup raspberries: 2.6 g
FatsIt's a four-letter word to most of us, but the truth is that fats, especially certain kinds, are essential to good health. It's unfortunate, perhaps even dangerous, that our culture has developed such a prejudice against fat in foods. "The low-fat, no-fat movement has really backfired, especially for our children," says Dr. Monaco. "Sure, it eliminates bad fats that can cause heart disease, but it also wipes out the good fats -- such as linolenic fatty acids that are major structural components of brain cells, nervous-system cells, hormones, and immune-system cells. Kids who are constantly growing need even more fat than adults. We simplistically think that fat on our bodies comes from fat in our food, not realizing that it's a very important nutrient."
Good fats -- namely monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids -- are generally found in liquid vegetable oils like olive, corn, canola, and safflower oil. These fats supply the body with cellular building blocks as well as mechanisms to keep blood cholesterol levels down. Saturated fats -- the "bad" ones -- are found in meats, butter, lard, and other solid fats; they tend to raise cholesterol and fat levels in the blood.
How much good fat a child needs depends on how many calories he consumes overall. Most health experts recommend that children get about 30 percent of calories from fat. So how does that translate into fat grams per day? The answer lies in a two quick calculations:
Total calories x 0.30 (calories from fat) = recommended calories from fat per day
Calories from fat divided by 9 (the number of calories per fat gram) = grams of fat in foods
For example, if a child eats 1,800 calories: 1,800 x 0.30 = 540 calories from fat; 540 (divided by) 9 = 60 grams of fat -- an amount you can look for on labels. For most preschoolers who burn about 1,200 calories per day, their fat gram quota would be 40; elementary-age kids who use 1,500 calories per day can afford 50 fat grams. That might sound like a lot, but the a typical fast-food lunch of a cheeseburger and small french fries racks up about 28 grams of fat -- and mostly the bad kind.
However, a peanut-butter sandwich on whole-wheat bread with an apple and a 1/4 cup of raisins has only 11 grams of good fat (plus plenty of other healthy stuff like fiber, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals). When considering fat, remember balance is best.
ZincIf there were an annual MVP award for nutrients, zinc would be the winner. It's now recognized as one of the most active minerals in the body, by virtue of its presence in a multitude of enzymes. Without zinc our bodies could not digest protein, turn food into energy, or fight infections. Zinc deficiency in children leads to poor growth, anemia, and an impaired ability to heal. The best sources of this nutrient are meat, fish, and poultry products. However, if your child is a vegetarian, plant sources of zinc include whole-grain cereals, beans, seeds, and nuts. The RDA for zinc for children 3 to 10 years of age is 10 mg; for 11- to 18-year-olds the RDA jumps to 15 mg because teenagers especially need zinc for healthy sexual development.
Best zinc sources:
- 4 ounces flank steak: 5 mg
- 4 ounces dark-meat chicken: 3 mg
- 1 cup fortified oat flakes cereal: 1.5 mg
- 2 slices whole-wheat bread: 1.2 mg
- 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds: 1 mg
- 1/2 cup cooked lentils: 1 mg
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In Which Michael Swanwick Wrote Down His Dreams
Legend of Michael Swanwick
by ALEX CARNEVALE
To paraphrase Leon Wieseltier: for a long time the admiration of Michael Swanwick has been one of the most encouraging features of our political and cultural situation. If Swanwick were to fade out of cultural currency, we would be lost. We would have no master to imagine how things are in other worlds and places, what rules they follow, and what life means, wherever it is.
Swanwick's best novel is his most recent, the picaresque address to 9/11 that he titled The Dragons of Babel. Here he reimagined the throbbing nation of his 1993 novel, The Iron Dragon's Daughter, where elves, centaurs, feys, faints, and mortals live side-by-side in a post-industrial fantasyland. Where The Iron Dragon's Daughter was caustic, hilarious, and frequently absurd, 2008's The Dragons of Babel takes the same world and a similar coming-of-age story and turns it into a maudlin eulogy to what we believe to be modernity.
Swanwick's protagonist is the appropriately-named Will, a fey born in a town that accidentally gets a war dragon for its lord and master. Previous imaginings of the stately lizards pale in comparison to Swanwick's half-metal, half-biological engines of fiery destruction...that run on gas. (Just like in our world, natural resources drive the war machines.) Since Will is half-human, he's the right make and model to enter the dragon's depressive cavity, which contains a control center that attaches itself to him by needles.
Once Will embarks to the wider universe, he finds that tragedy and comedy coexist side-by-side in a war-torn timescape that bears as much resemblance to 19th century America as it does Middle-Earth. Swanwick made the distinction between a more literary purview and steampunk in his classic essay The User's Guide to the Postmoderns, and in The Dragons of Babel he's keen to violate his own distinction, making a world where the ancient coexists with the modern. Any world this complex is likely to be far older than ours, and Swanwick knows that the line of improved technology doesn't necessarily lead to a future of hyperspace and stainless steel.
Swanwick's latest entry into the fantasy + sf milieu follows in the footsteps of two of his most magical peers, Ursula K. LeGuin and Gene Wolfe. What can be said about all three besides that they should be far better known than Arthur C. Clarke and Frank Herbert ever were? Science fiction itself as a genre opens up a massive can of worms - in a world of endless possibilities, which to choose? Adding a non-science element widens the palate further. This is dangerous ground that really shouldn't be attempted by amateurs, but its rewards are manifold.
What these three titans share is a love of examining morality - whether the good are really good, or whether they're just mediocre.
Swanwick's dinosaur sf novel, Bones of the Earth, opens with a paleontologist sitting in his Smithsonian office, when he is greeted with a strange job offer. He can't imagine giving up his cushy gig, until his guest presents a blue cooler and places it on his desk.
Inside is the head of a freshly killed stegosaurus.
Such imaginative leaps would be at best gimmicky or at worst laughable in less talented hands, but Swanwick's many trials in short fiction honed his art of straddling the difficult line of the fantastic and simply unbelievable. Nowhere was this more evident than in the novel that made his name, the explosively original Stations of the Tide. Swanwick won the Nebula award for this short novel, whose protagonist is a bureaucrat. Half-Dune and half a prescient warning of our underwater future, Stations of the Tide proved that Swanwick is Gene Wolfe's equal in constructing a maddening unexplainable universe, and his planet Miranda is unforgettable.
What also distinguishes Swanwick from his lesser rivals is the lack of predictable formula in his plots. Comparisons to Gene Wolfe, the master of science-fantasy, are again inevitable, and Swanwick hasn't been shy in professing his admiration for his peer. Like in Wolfe's magical Solar Cycle, Swanwick never takes you exactly where you think he's going, preferring to broaden your view of what you thought was true.
For example: in The Dragons of Babel, Swanwick has a novella-length sideplot that's as satisfying a tale in its own right. The burly fey Will ends up in the gigantic tunnel system below the legendary city of Babel, recognizably New York City. In these sewers blind white horses take around agents of a dark and educated power who rallies the faints and ghouls of the underworld. At the story's astonishing climax, the heroes are annihilated by the villains. The onslaught of terror never felt like such fun.
Swanwick's characters are also an important key to his genius, as in his adaptation of the Faust legend where it would be simple to be overwhelmed by all that's going on. It's easy to describe many of his novels as picaresque, which is to say their drama and humor rests more on the satirical situations the hero finds himself in than any innate quality of their person. Sure, Will is more Horatio Alger than Hamlet, but none of this would matter if his agents of satire weren't fully fleshed out creatures themselves.
This month Swanwick's best short work has been collected by Subterreanean Press in a beautiful volume titled The Best of Michael Swanwick, or as the author describes it, the best of me. Swanwick excels in the short form, where satire thrives and rarely has to answer for its sacrifices. He's currently working on a sequel of sorts to "The Dog Said Bow-Wow", his story in Asimov's that should have won a Nebula in 2002, and he's just completed a biography of the criminally underrated fantasy writer Hope Mirrlees. In stories like "Griffin's Egg" and "Slow Life", Swanwick proved his mastery of harder SF, and before he's done he's likely to revitalize the short literary biography as well.
Wild fun and a capable grasp of the science that makes science fiction good aren't all there is to Swanwick. There is also great sadness in satire - Gulliver's Travels is one of the more morbid and depressing of such adventures - and Swanick's eye never waves from what might upset or dismay less challenging writes. Take The Dragons of Babel: In the grip of the monstrous war dragon, Will becomes hated by all his friends and neighbors for serving the dragon's dark purposes. Even after he rids his town of the dragon, the elders call a town meeting and ask him to leave. Even in making the right moral choice, Will is despised for his decision. We can't redeem ourselves, Swanwick is saying, we can only try to move on. They'll still hate us for what we did.
To paraphrase Whittaker Chambers, beside Swanwick's insatiable posing of the infinite question, most of his contemporaries' answers seem rather childish. Alex Carnevale is the editor of This Recording. He lives in Manhattan, and tumbls here. You can buy The Best of Michael Swanwick here. You can find his essay on George R.R. Martin's work here.
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I noticed that there have been several posts from moms desperate for sleep. That's me, too!
My 3 month old had been going down around 10:30, waking aroun 2 (then back to bed by 3:30), waking between 6-7 (asleep about an hour later), then waking around 9-10 to be "up" for the day, aside from napping in the afternoon. He was sleeping in a "Woombie," a zipper sleep sack that kinda looks like a straight-jacket that keeps his arms and legs tightly wrapped. This helped him because he has a terrible startle reflex.
A few days ago we decided to discontinue the Woombie because he is starting to roll over. The first night we put him in a footed sleeper and he woke every 1-2 hours. I can't imagine that he needed to eat all of those times. The last 2 nights I've put him in a Halo sleep sack, wrapping the swaddle tight enough to keep his arms down while he's sleeping but loose enough so that he can get them out if he wakes up and wants to move around. Still, he wakes more frequently than before. Last night he did sleep from 10:30 to 3, but after that good stretch he woke up after maybe 2 hrs, then 45 minutes. This morning I tried comforting, rocking back to sleep, but he wakes as soon as he hits the crib. Letting him "cry it out" also did not work. I was going to feed him, but while I was getting my MBF pillow on, he just wanted to coo and play, so I know he wasn't hungry. This change seems to be directly related to the fact that we have stopped using the Woombie.
This is not good because it translated into only 5 hours of sleep for me and I had a breakdown this morning. I'm ok with getting up once, or even twice, during the night if it means that I can accumulate 7 hours of sleep, but he wakes so frequently that it does not give me time to fall asleep. I feel like a zombie today.
Several questions: How often should a 3 month old wake to breastfeed? How do I know if he's waking because he's hungry (which he's done in the past) or just upset over his new sleeping clothes or having his arms out (which I think he's doing now sometimes)? How do I wean him off the swaddle? I have some sleep sacks that have sleeves or are armless, but he doesn't seem to like to sleep with his arms out. I'm afraid to continue swaddling his arms because I don't want him to roll over like this. When do babies outgrow the Moro/startle reflex?
Any advice will be helpful. So far, friends and family have said "I don't know," or "hang in there, it will get better," neither of which are helpful or comforting to someone who is sleep deprived.


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from the slowly-but-surely dept
The key to making this all economical, of course, is for the shakedown factory to sue a whole bunch of defendants at once, to try to force the ISPs to hand over names as cheaply as possible. However, in a group of lawsuits filed over some porn films, a judge has said that the copyright holder improperly joined together so many defendants. Rather than dismiss the cases outright, the court has simply said that joining all the cases together in one case is improper, and narrowed the cases down to a single defendant each -- meaning that the subpoenas for the thousands of other defendants were all quashed. All of the court orders are effectively the same, so I'll just include one after the jump in this post.
However, the reasoning is pretty simple. Basically, it makes no sense to lump together hundreds or thousands of people who had nothing to do with each other, just because each of them may have done the same thing. The court notes various case law examples that say that just because a group of people all did the same thing, it does not mean you get to sue them all in the same lawsuit. Part of this is because each defendant may have a totally different defense, noting that one defendant may be an innocent parent, another might have a roommate who used his or her computer, while others may have actually infringed. Thus, it makes no sense to lump them all together. Hopefully, other courts dealing with similar lawsuits follow these rulings as an example.


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Netflix Claims First-Ever Emmy Nominations
Netflix series 'House of Cards' made history Thursday morning, earning a Best Drama Emmy nomination and becoming the online series to be recognized by TV's top awards. Amol Sharma discusses how this could be a game-changer for the entertainment industry.
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God is the Greatest!
In my humble opinion, God is simply the greatest. You see, I struggled to know God even though He created me in my mothers womb. My life in this world got in the way of my walking close with God. I was no sooner born and my parents divorced. I ended up in foster homes as I began my days on this earth. In my second foster home, I experienced a spiritual encounter with evil spirits. Yes, I actually saw them and heard them and never will I forget that fear. My foster mother, who spoiled me rotten, decided I needed Vacation Bible School. I didnt learn much because I managed to spend all my time in the naughty chair. My brothers foster parents took me for a week and felt I needed baptized to get the devil out of me! I fought but they got me wet. Did God laugh? I went to live with my newly-married dad and stepmother at age 8 1/2. I went from being an only child to one of six. I wanted to escape and one Sunday, at about age 11, I visited a nice looking church. Inside, it was dark and scary to me and I forgot which way was out and cried until some adult showed me the door. My stepmother decided she would return to the church she had quit and started taking me with her. What a blessing ... a mother/daughter one-on-one event each week. Before eighth grade, I wanted to attend the church school and the pastor went to my house and twisted my dads arm so I could attend ... no money involved!
It was during that time that I committed my life to Jesus Christ ... after all, He died for my sins and loved me. He still does! I grew up, married, and after three children, got divorced and quit church because I was angry with God and myself. I saw a Buddhist Temple and decided to go there. For 12 years, I worked on following the eight-fold path, got remarried and had another child. And then my marriage was falling apart. I got down on my knees beside my bed and asked God for help. I prayed. I so needed the comfort of Jesus and began church hopping. I learned more about God through many Bible teachings. I reveled in the hunger the Holy Spirit gave me for living for God. I learned over the years that I was a special child of God. I learned I was a lovable and capable person. I learned that I was a positive and creative human being. I learned that the truth would set me free and Jesus was the Way, and the Truth, and the Life!
I felt the power of the Holy Spirit within me and understood that God was all powerful and would, indeed, supply all my needs in accordance with His riches and glory. Even though Ive seen and lived through tough times during my learning, I also discovered that God could use it for good, if I opened my eyes to see. Even today, I see the almighty hand of God working powerfully through my life lessons to help me to have compassion and forgiveness. I forgive myself for judging myself to be a fool and for being so harsh on myself. And I forgive God when I misunderstand His purposes.
How do I prove God is all and in all? Simply. My faith is the substance of hope and, for me, the evidence of things not seen. I cannot totally comprehend the immensity of God, but I believe God has put His laws in my heart and in my feeble mind enough yes, enough to know God is holy and mighty and actively omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent in my being and in the world today.
Just sayin ...
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In Jesus Name, Cindy Irvin
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- Future Climate Change Research and Observations: GCOS, WCRP and IGBP Learning from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
- Learning from the authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report and its findings to help guide future strategies for climate change observations and research was the key objective of a workshop organised jointly by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) in Sydney, Australia, 4-6 October 2007.
- A Strategy for Climate Change Stabilization Experiments with AOGCMs and ESMs
- This report outlines a strategy for the new AOGCM/ESM modeling components in terms of aerosols/atmospheric chemistry and carbon cycle/dynamic vegetation components that are under development and implementation in ESMs that involves a proposed experimental design that integrates impacts and scenarios (represented in IPCC WG2 and WG3, respectively) and physical climate science (WG1). We summarize with a suite of recommendations for the joint WGCM, AIMES and IPCC communities.


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The Ocala City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a conceptual site plan for Phase 1 of the development of the Fort King site into a living history park as requested by the Fort King Heritage Association.
OCALA -- The Ocala City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a conceptual site plan for Phase 1 of the development of the Fort King site into a living history park as requested by the Fort King Heritage Association.
"We have a very, very rich history, a rich heritage," said former Ocala Police Chief Morrey Deen, who heads the volunteer, not-for-profit Fort King Heritage Association, which is spearheading the effort to develop the site where the Second Seminole War began.
The land, which is jointly owned by the city of Ocala and Marion County, was granted a National Historic Landmark designation on Feb. 24, 2004 by then-Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton. The 37-acre site is located east of 36th Avenue on Southeast Fort King Street.
Now that it has council's blessing, the FKHA will begin fundraising in order to proceed with the site improvements.
Plans call for including a new entrance with signs and a security gate adjacent to the Daughters of the American Revolution's property. In addition, parking will be added. A docent station and restrooms will be developed and fencing and a cedar tree buffer along Southwest Fort King Street will be provided.
The former McCall House that is currently on the property is envisioned as an interim visitor's center. And a spring-fed pond located on the property will be cleaned. Plans also call for ensuring that the site will be a home for native plants from the historic fort's time period.
In addition, six trails will be built. A U-call system, which will allow visitors to use either a cell phone or an iPhone to access interpretive information and/or photos about the fort's history, will be added.
The ultimate goal, which is not included in the Phase 1 conceptual plan approved on Tuesday, will include building a replica of the fort that originally was built in 1827. Deen said FKHA hopes to accomplish that goal in four or five years.
Councilman John McLeod asked if the plan was to build the fort back as it stood on the site.
"We haven't decided on the scale," Deen said about the fort's replication.
Volunteers will be used to make the fort's history come alive, he said.
Deen suggested that developing Fort King as a living history park could help enhance Ocala as an eco-tourism destination.
"The history we have here is not just local. It's American history," Deen said. "Our wish is to bring this back to something our community can enjoy and get the benefit of."
After the meeting, Deen said that plans are being developed to conduct mini-events on the property.
"We want this to be a true community project so everybody has an opportunity to be a part," Deen said.
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This year the BAFTAs 2014 fell in the middle of London Fashion Week so I felt like I kind of missed the whole excitement of the red carpet, seeing it back in pictures is just not the same, especially when it seems to have produced the best fashion in a number of years.
It was sad that both Jennifer Lawrence and Sandra Bullock didn't attend, I would have loved to see what they would have worn, but I was glad to see that '12 Years A Slave" actress Lupita Nyong'o was once again on top form in this stunning emerald-green silk Christian Dior haute couture strapless gown from the autumn/winter 2013 collection.
Everything about this gown was beautifully and was easily my best-dressed gown of the night and it was nice to see that Lupita really did come to London to impress. I loved it all from the jewel colour to the metallic belt and arm cuffs to the dramatic train – simply gorgeous. I really couldn't have asked for more from her and seeing this gown has made me excited to see what she wears for the Oscars.
Another look that caught my eye was Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in near-identical outfits. Not quite as cool as Madonna and her son at the Grammy's, but I love Angie in this menswear-inspired look from Saint Laurent – it is so chic and sophisticated.
What makes this look great is the styling, I love that she wore her white shirt slightly unbuttoned to add a causal vibe to the look, which looked perfect with the untied black bow tie. Finishing off this look were those black Saint Laurent heels – the patent shine really worked with the tuxedo-stripe to the trousers. Another great look for my women in suits Pinterest board!!!
I really think that Angelina pulls off this tuxedo better than Brad Pitt in his Valentino – what do you think?
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The reunion special on Wednesday will be completely awkward.Thanks Ugot for keep this thread updated during the season
For those that do not get the 150% comment from Topaz on her voting it was directed at Jillian in a jab because Jillian always said you can trust me 150% to some of the HG';s that got evicted that they could trust her 150% Im still cracking up over this!
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Books Can Not Be Cancelled (Kyra Davis Keeps em Coming)
I am always bit sad when shows I enjoy get cancelled, (Arrested Development, Wonderfalls anyone) I suppose I could write letters to the network, but it is not that serious. Though it's a shame when good shows get pulled off the air.
A few days after that conversation I started reading Vanity, Vengeance, & A Weekend in Vega$ by Kyra Davis. This is the sixth book in the Sophie Katz series and the first one that the author self published. I love me some Sophie Katz (and her friends) . And I gotta love an author that can work references of Alice Walker, Ayn Rand, David Sedaris and Emily Bronte.
''What part of the mafia do you think Fawn objected to? She's in jail for attempted murder so obviously it wasn't the violence." Maybe she didn't like working with other people?" " Yeah," Dena replied, "maybe she just didn't like the corporate culture. She's an individualist. Like Ayn Rand with a Quentin Tarantino edge."
Sophie Katz is a bestselling mystery author/ accidental sleuth. Somehow she is always stumbling across dead bodies. Her Russian boyfriend Anatoly could give Ranger from the Stephanie Plum series a run for his money. Both characters have that dangerous/mysterious sexy vibe. Halfway into Vanity, Vengeance, & A Weekend in Vega$, I could not help but be thankful that books can not be cancelled.
If an author can't come to a contract agreement with their publisher, they can always submit their work to another house or self-publish. Of course the latter option is not easy and the financial gain is probably small. Yet some authors go this route, I am very happy Kyra Davis is one of them and that the Sophie Katz series could not be cancelled.
I don't normally do disclaimers, however since this is boarding on fan gushing beyond what is decent I will do one now. I purchased Vanity, Vengeance & A Weekend in Vega$, and it was money well spent.
15 comments:
- VeeJaye said...
I love the Sophie Katz series! I bought the book but am holding out on reading it hoping that Kyra is able to get Gabra Zackman to do the audio version.
My husband is also a fan! We've listened to the entire series on audiobook. I would hate to leave him out by reading this one.
- May 20, 2012 at 2:46 PM
- Toni Campbell said...
I'm kinda upset about Alcatraz. Now we'll never know what the heck was going on!
- May 20, 2012 at 7:36 PM
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- August 23, 2012 at 6:29 AM
- Dani S said...
Books can't be canceled -- that is a unique way to look at TV vs Books that I never thought of before. Self-publishing may not be very profitable, but there are some authors that just want to get the work out there.
I'm bummed that "Alcatraz" was canceled, too. My husband is not a reader, but we do watch a lot of the same TV shows. It is not easy to find shows that we both like, so I'm always disappointed when one gets canceled.
- November 18, 2012 at 9:39 PM
- Sheila (Bookjourney) said...
That is a good point, books are not cancelled! YAY!!!!!
- January 26, 2013 at 1:15 PM
- Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard said...
It's true now, but it wasn't always! Self-publishing does mean a book series can't be cancelled even if the publisher declines to renew the contract. (Unless, of course, the publisher holds the rights to the characters.)
Thanks for stopping by my Sunday Post yesterday!
- June 3, 2013 at 8:15 PM
- Sheila (Bookjourney) said...
Thats a great point! We can always find our great books!
- November 25, 2013 at 6:09 PM
- Sheila (Bookjourney) said...
I popped in to see how you were doing and I remembered commenting on this post before. Good post! Hope you are well!
- October 26, 2014 at 10:37 PM
- Sheila (Bookjourney) said...
Excellent points. I too dislike it when I get into following a tv show and then it is cancelled before I it ever resolves anything. I like that books can not do that :)
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- Divide students into groups of three or four and have them write and perform a shadow play.
- Use a projector light to draw a silhouette of each student. Use them as a bulletin board display and then have students take them home as a Valentine gift for the family.
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The link for the song "Sweet Appalachia", performed by Mr. Johnston, is posted above--directly under the cover picture. To hear this anthem for what it is to be Appalachian, just click on the words "Sweet Appalachia". I believe that this song was also recorded by the great bluegrass legend, Del McCoury as well, but quite honestly, for this particular song, I prefer the raw and unembellished voice of "Cathead" to that of Del. Maybe it's because I know Mr. Johnston is living the life he's singing about. He is a resident of West Virginia and has been most of his life, so far as I know.
I do not know Mr. Johnston's heritage but, judging strictly from his soulful, beautiful voice, and his remarkable ability to put feelings into words through the songs that he writes, I would venture to guess that he is of the Scotch-Irish desent like so many in Appalachia are. Mr. Johnston, if I am wrong, my humble apologies to you sir. But your music so touched a chord within me that I wanted to share it and give you your proper due here in this, my own humble forum.
The fact is, like so many talented Appalachians, Mr. Johnston has many songs, most of which you probably have never heard before. Many tell a story of an actual event that happened in Appalachia or speak to ongoing events that affect this region. All resonate with his deep and abiding faith. I chose one here for this purpose to share with you because it is a tribute to the Appalachian coal miner, a profession shared by so many here in Eastern Kentucky and all through Appalachia. The song is entitled "Sky of Stone" and the accompanying pictures that Mr. Johnston uses with his song are from a world that was exactly like that of my daddy's coal mining days. My daddy's work was before the big machines and the mountain top removal methods used today. Daddy and his fellow mine brothers worked with pic axe and shovel, often on their hands and knees for eight hour shifts, forcing the earth to give up her bounty. For this they received what, for the time, might have been an honest days wage, but also an old man's lungs by the time they were thirty.
This song, so beautifully and hauntingly sung (and written) by Mr. Johnston, along with his video, tells the story of yesterday's Appalachian coal miner. It is the lives of our fathers, and grandfathers in pictures set to music. It is their story, and it deserves to be told and no one tells it better than cathead in this song. No words that I could write would give you a deeper understanding of the conditions in which these men lived and died. Enjoy-- and if it moves you as it does me...perhaps you could drop Cathead a note and tell him you enjoyed his music. Oh, and his lovely, and oh so talented daughter, Stacy, is the voice you hear singing backup on this.
Daddy, I know that no one loved or missed coal mining any more than you did and if God allows, I know you're listening tonight in heaven as Cathead sings this tribute song to you and your many fellow miners and their families of Appalachia.
Joe France, Jr.-- 1921-1995 --beloved husband, father, grandfather, and Appalachian miner, I dedicate this song to you.


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Date: November 8, 1995
On October 26, 1995, the House passed budget reconciliation legislation
(H.R. 2491, the Seven-Year Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995) by
a vote of 227 to 203.
On October 27, the Senate passed H.R. 2491 by a vote of 52 to 47 after
striking the text of the House-passed bill and insert ing the text of S. 1357,
the Bala nced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995, as amended.
Both bills incorporate provisions of interest to SSA, including some of the provisions of the welfare reform legisla tion passed by both chambers (H.R. 4), Medicare reform and tax provisions.
The House has named conferees. The Senate Republican leadership has
chose n conferees, but has not re leased the names pending the selection of
conferees by the Senate Democratic leadership. it is expected that, once all conferees are named, a conference will be convened to reconcile the differences between the House- and Senate-passed bills.
Below are the provisions of interest in both bills. Section I includes
provisions contained in both the House a nd Senate bills; effective dates are
omitted in instances where they differ. Section II contains provisions that
appear in the House bill only. Section III contains provisions that are
reflected in the Senate bill only.
Eliminate SSI Benefits for Individuals Disabled by Drug Addiction or Alcoholism (DAA)
- Prohibits SSI eligibility, including cash SSI benefits a nd Medicaid coverage, to those individuals whose DAA is a contributing factor material to their disability.
SSI Eligibility Based on Childhood Disability
- Eliminates the comparable severity standard and the individualized functional assessment (IFA) in evaluating disability for individuals under the age of 18.
Continuing Disability Reviews and Eligibility Redeterminations
- Requires that the eligibility of childhood disability recipients be redetermined during the one-year period that begins when such recipient attains age 18, by applying the initial eligibility criteria for individuals age 18 and older.
Receipt of Benefits in Two or More States
- Prohibits SSI eligibili ty for 10 years for individuals who have been convicted in a State or Fed eral court of having fraudulently misrepresented their State of residence in order to receive SSI, AFDC, Medicaid , or food stamp benefits simultaneously from two or more States. Effective upon enactment.
Fugitive Felons and Parole and Probation Violations
- Prohibits SSI eligibility for fugitive felons a nd parole and probation violators and requires SSA to provide to law enforcement personnel, upon their request, the addresses of S8I recipients who are fleeing to avoid prosecution, custody, or confinement, are involved in parole or probation violations, or have information related to offieia l law enforcement activities. Effective upon enactment.
Expansion of the Federal Parent Locator Service
- Requires HHS to transmit to SSA, for verification purposes, certain information about individuals and employers maintained under the Federal Parent Locator Service. SSA would be required to verify the accuracy of, correct, or supply to the extent possible, and report to HHS the name, SSN, and birth date of individuals and the employer identification number of employers. SSA would be reimhursed by HHS for the cost of this verification service.
Collection and Use of SSNs for Use in Child Support Enforcement
- Provides that State child support enforcement procedures would have to require that t he SSN of any applicant for a professional license, commercial driver's license, occupational license, or marriage license be recorded on the application. The SSN of any person subject to a divorce decree. support order, or paternity determination or acknowledgement would have to be placed in the pertinent records. SSN's would also have to be recorded on death certificates.
Public Debt Limit
- Increases the statutory limit on t he public debt from $4.9 to $5.5 trillion.
SSI Eligibility Based on Childhood Disability
Current Childhood Disability Recipients
- Provides that eligibility for cash benefits would be continued only for those recipients who meet or equal a listed impairment.
- Provides that eligibility for all other current recipients, i.e., those who were found to be disabled on t he basis of an IFA, would be terminated.
- Provides, with respect to current recipients, that the new eligibility criteria shall not apply during the first 6 months beginning after the month of enactment.
New Childhood Disability Applicants
- Provides that to be eligible for cash benefits, new applicants must have an impairment which meets or equals a listed imp airment, be either in an institution, or be required to be in stitutionalized if not for receipt of personal assistance.
- Provides that applicants who have an imp airment which meets or equals a listed impairment, but do not meet the requirement relating to institutionalization, would be eligible for services under an SSI block grant program which is being established by this Act.
Continuing Disability Reviews and Eligibility Redeterminations
- Requires that the continuing eligibility of--
- childhood disability recipients with nonpermanent impairments be reviewed at least once every 3 years; and
- children eligible on the basis of low birth weight be reviewed after the child has received benefits for 12 months.
Cash Benefits for Certain Qualifying Children
- Permits the payment of SSI cash benefits for qualifying children who accompany their military parents outside the United states.
SSI Block Grant Program for Children with Disabilities
- Establishes a block grant program which would enable States to provide authorized medical and non-medical services to individual who have an impairment which meets or equals a listed impairment. This program shall be effective beginning with fiscal year 1997.
- Requires that the regulations needed to implement these provisions be issued within 3 months of enactment.
- Requires that recipients whose eligibility would be terminated under this Act be notified within 1 month of enactment.
Except as noted earlier, provides that these amendments shall be applicable to benefits for months beginning 90 or more days after the date of enactment, without regard to whether regulations have been issued to implement such amendments.
Payments for SSI-Eligible Children in Medical Facilities
- Provides that individuals who a re in a medical facility and whose care is being paid for through private insurance would be eligible for an SSI benefit of up to $30 a month. (Although the title indicates that this provision applies only to children, as drafted the provision would apply to all eligible individuals.)
Delay in Child's Eligibility for SSI
- Provides that, in the case of parents who disposed of their assets or their child's assets (or a guardian who disposed of his ward's assets) within 36 months of the child's application for SSI benefits, the child's eligibility for benefits will be delayed for a number of months equal to t he compensated value of the divested resource divided by the SSI Federal benefit rate.
Repeal Maintenance of Effort Requirement
- Eliminates the maintenance of effort requirement ("passalong") for
States with regard to their State supplementary payment programs.
Effective for calendar quarters beginning after September 1995.
- Requires SSA to submit an annual report to the Congress on the Listing of Impairments that are applicable to children and to recommend any necessary revisions to the listings.
- Requires SSA to s ubmit a report to the House Committee on Ways a nd Means and the Senate Committee on Finance, not later than October 1, 1998, on the activities relating to the eligibility redeterminations that are required for SSI childhood disability recipients at the time they attain age 18.
Noncitizen Benefit Eligibility
- Prohibits SSI eligibility for any noncitizen, with the following
- refugees for the first 5 years after their entry;
- lawful permanent residents over age 75 who have resided in the United States for at least 5 years;
- legal permanent residents who cannot take the naturalization examination because of physical or developmental disability or mental impairment; and
- individuals lawfully present who are on active duty or have been honorably discharged from the U.S. armed forces, their spouses and unmarried dependent children.
- Provides that noncitizens who are on the SSI rolls at the time of enactment and who are not in one of the excepted statuses could remain on the rolls for 1 year, after which they would be ineligible.
Soonsor-To-Alien Deeming
- Requires the deeming of the sponsor's (and spouse's, if any) income and resources to the immigrant until the immigrant becomes a U.S. citizen. The provision would not apply to noncitizens whose sponsors signed a ffidavits of support before the da te such affidavits are required to be legally enforceable.
Legally Enforceable Sponsors' Affidavits of Support
- Makes the sponsorship affidavit of support legally enforceable by the Federal, State, or local government that provides means-tested support--including SSI--to a noncitizen for a period of 10 years after the noncitizen last receives benefits.
- Requires the Federal, State, or local government that provided assistance to the noncitizen to request reimbursement from the sponsor. If the sponsor does not respond or refuses to abide by repayment plans, the government entity may take legal action against the sponsor.
Taxation of Social Security Benefits
Gradually repeals, effective with taxable years beginning in 1996, the provision subjecting to Federal income tax up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits when income exceeds certain thresholds.
- The maximum percentage of Social Security benefits subject to income tax in 1996 would be 75 percent; in 1997, 65 percent; in 1998, 60 percent; in 1999, 55 percent; in 2000 and later, 50 percent.
- Revenues resulting from the taxation of Social Security benefits above the 50 percent level during the phase-out period would be dedicated to the OASDI Trust Funds (rather than the Medicare HI Trust Fund).
Credit for Employer Tax on Tips
- Revises the provision for a business tax credit for tips for food and beverage establishments (enacted in OBRA of 1993) by providing that the credit would be available regardless of whether the tips are reported under section 6053 of the Interna l Revenue Code (which provides for informational returns with respect to tips).
The provision a ffects neither the amount of tips covered and taxable for Social Security purposes nor the amount of Social Security taxes credited to the Social Security trust funds.
Coal Act Reachback
- Amends the provisions of the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefits
Act of 1992 to restrict the assignment of retired or deceased miners to
coal operators for purposes of determining liability for health benefit
premiums. Under the amendment, assignments of miners for
premium liability purposes could only be to coal operators who:
- Were signatories of the 1988 ag reement between the United Mine Workers of America a nd the Bituminous Coalmine Operators of America; or
- Had agreed to provide the same benefits as provided by the
1988 agreement during the term of the 1988 agreement.
- Additionally, provides that operators who paid the full amount of their
contractual liability result ing from their withdrawal from coal miners'
health benefit plans could not have miners assigned to them.
Medicare Part B Premium
- Increases the 1996 Part B premium to $53.50, instead of the $42.50 currently scheduled. (Would permanently es t ablis h the Part B premium at 31.5 percent of program costs.)
Medicare Part B Premium for High-Income Individuals
- Increases Part B premiums for individuals with modified adjusted gross incomes over $75,000 a nd $125,000 for joint filers (married individuals not filing joint returns who live with their spouses for any portion of the year would have a zero threshold). The amount of the increase would be phased in until it would equal 100 percent of program cos ts for individuals with modified adjusted gross incomes over $100,000; over $150,000 for joint filers if only one spouse is enrolled in Part B; and $175,000 if both spouses are enrolled in Part B. This premium amount would conti nue to be deducted from the person's Social Security payment. The increase is effective for months after December 1996.
Medical Savings Account
- Provides rules for the establishment of medical savings accounts (trusts exclusively created for the purpose of paying for medical care or long-term care insurance for an individual and his or her spouse or dependents). Also provides for exclusion of employer contributions to these accounts from gross income for income tax purposes and from covered wages for Social Security tax and benefit purposes.
Debt Collection
- Generally enhances the effectiveness of Federal debt collection efforts.
Among other provisions, establis hes a centralized, government-wide
de bt collection process managed by t he Department of the Treasury which wou ld expand the use of administrative offset (recovery of debt incurred under one Federal program by withholding from other Federal payments due the debtor). Social Security and SSI benefits would continue to be exempt from administrative offset.
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
- Requires that recipients who become eligible for any Federal payments after 90 days afte r enactment would be paid by EFT. The head of an agency could waive the requirement for EFT if the recipient certifies in writi ng that he or she does not have an account capable of accepting EFT. Beginning in January 1999, all Federal payments would be made by EFT, unless the Secretary of the Treasury waived the EFT requirement for persons for whom EFT would impose a hardship, or under certain other limited circumstances.
SSI Benefits for Individuals Disabled by Drug Alldiction or Alcoholism
- Establishes a new category --SSI disability beneficiary with a DA&A condition. All s uch bene ficia ries who have a DA&A condition would be subject to representative payee requirements, including preference to organizations as payees, and would be referred for substance abuse treatment.
- Repeals the current law provision that requires demonstration projects on innovative approaches for referral, monitoring, and treatment of SSI DA&A recipients.
- Requires notifica tion of affected SSI DA&A recipients within 90 days of enactment. Such recipients who wish to reapply for SSI benefits must do so within 4 months after enactment . SSA would be required to make a determination of their eligibility within 1 year after enactment.
Effective upon enactment for new applicants. SSI eligibility of DA&A
recipients on the rolls at the time of enactment would continue until, January 1, 1997.
Additional Accountability Requirements for Payees of SSI Beneficiaries
- Requires SSA to advise representative payees of specific examples of appropriate ways to spend SSI cash benefits and the proper role of a representative payee.
- Requires payees to document expenditures and keep contemporaneous records of expenditures.
- Removes statutory requirement for an nual reports by payees and modifies current provisions for review of reports to apply to a sample of contemporaneous records.
- Provides that the Commissioner, at the request of the representative
payee, would pay any lump-sum payment for the benefit of an
SSI-eligibIe child into a dedicated savings account that could only be
used for:
- education and job skills training;
- special equipment or housing modification; and
- appropriate therapy and rehabilitation.
Funds contained in, and interest earned on, such account would be excluded from the determination of the individual's resources under SSI.
Effective upon enactment.
Restrictions on Eligibility for Benefits
- Eliminates references to maladaptive behavior in the domain of
personal/behavioral function in sections 112.00C.2 . and 112.02B.2.c.(2)
of the Listing of Impairments. These changes would apply to applicants for benefits for months beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act, without regard to whether regulations have been issued to implement such changes.
- Requires SSA, within 1 year after t he date of enactment, to redetermine the eligibility of any recipient who was receiving benefits as of the date of enactment and whose eligibility for such benefits would terminate by reason of these amendments. Such redeterminations would be given priority over other redetermination reviews. Requires SSA to notify recipients affected by this provision within 90 days after enactment date.
These amendments would apply to such recipients for months beginning on or after January 1, 1997.
Continuing Disability Reviews and Redeterminations
- Requires SSA to review, at least once every 3 years , the continuing eligibility for SSI benefits of each individual under age 18 with a nonpermanent impairment. The medical improvement review standard (MIRS) would be applicable. At the time of such review, the parent/guardian must present evidence that the child is receiving appropriate treatment.
- Requires SSA to review the continuing eligibility for SSI disability benefits of a n individual whose low birth weight is a contributing factor material to the finding that such individual is disabled . These reviews must be conducted not later than 12 months after the birth of the individual. The MIRS would be applicable. At the time of such review, the parent/guardian must present evidence that the child is receiving appropriate treatment.
These amendments would apply to benefits for months beginning on or after
the date of enactment, without regard to whether regulations have been
issued to implement them.
Limited Eligibility of Noncitizens for SSI Benefits
- Provides generally that noncitizens would be ineligible for SSI, with
the following exceptions:
- noncitizens admitted to the United States as refugees under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), or as asylees under section 208 of the INA, or whose deportations have been withheld under section 243(h) of the INA would remain eligible for SSI during the first 5 years after their arrival in the United States;
- noncitizens who are United States military veterans who were honorably discharged and spouses and unmarried dependent children of such veterans who are lawfully present in the United States;
- noncitizens who have worked sufficient quarters of coverage to be fully insured under title II; and
- noncitizens who have been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty if the application of the prohibition of eligibility would endanger such individual.
Requires notification of all noncitizens affected by the provision within 90 days from date of enactment. Any noncitizen who desires to reapply for benefits after such notification would be required to do so within 120 days after enactment, and the Commissioner would be required to make a determination of their eligibility within 1 year after enactment.
Effective upon enactment for new applicants. The SSI eligibility of aliens on the rolls at the time of enactment who do not meet one of the exceptions would continue until January 1, 1997.
- Repeals current-law SSI sponsor-to-alien deeming provisions effective upon enactment.
- Deems the full amount of a sponsor's and s ponsor's spouse's income and resources to an individual regardless of whether he or she has become a U.S. citizen. (Deeming would not apply to noncitizens eligible for SSI, except for those who are fully insured for title II but have not yet worked 40 quarters.) Deeming would continue for 5 years after the first day the individual is lawfully present in the United States or until the date specified in the sponsors hip affidavits of support, whichever period is longer. Effective upon enactment.
- Requires determination of individuals' ability to provide themselves with food and she lter in the abse nce of SSI benefits taking into account their other income, including sponsors' contributions. If determined to be u nable to meet those needs, only the amount of the sponsors ' income and resources actually provided would be deemed. Effective upon enactment.
- Requires sponsors' affidavits of support to include sponsors' agreement to support the individuals unti l they have worked 40 quarters in the United States even if they become U.S. citizens. Effective with respect to new affidavits entered in to 90 days after enactment.
National Commission on the Future of Disability
- Establishes a National Commiss ion on the Future of Disability, whose
expenses would be paid from funds otherwise appropriated for SSA.
The Commission would be required to undertake a comprehensive study of all matters related to the nature, purpose, and adequacy of all Federal programs serving individuals with disabilities and to report recommendations for changes to the President and the Congress.
The Commission members should be appointed within 60 days after the date of enactment and would serve for the life of the Commission, i.e., a 2-year period.
Requires the Commiss ion to submit an interim report, at the end of the first year, to the President and the Congress. This report must include a detailed statement of the findings a nd conclusions of the Commission, together with the Commission's recommendations for legislative and administrative actions.
A final report, which discusses both the Commission's final findings, conclusions, and recommendations and an assessment of the extent to which the recommendations contained in its interim report have been implemented , would be required no later than the date on which the Commission terminates. Upon receipt, the President would he required to print each report a nd make it available to the public upon request.
Study of Disability Determination Process
- Requires SSA, from funds otherwise appropriated, to contract with the
National Academy of Sciences, or some ot her independent entity, to
conduct a comprehensive study of the disability determination process
under titles II a nd XVI of t he Social Security Act, including the
validity, reliability, equity, and consistency of the Listing of
Impairments with current scientific knowledge and standards.
Effective not later than 90 days after the date of enactment.
The study would include an examination of the appropriateness of the definitions of disability under both titles and the advantages and disadvantages of alternative definitions.
Would require SSA, through the appropriate entity, to issue an interim report and a final report of the findings and recommendations resulting from the study to the President and the Congress, not later than 18 months a nd 24 months, respectively, from the date of the contract for such study.
Improvements to the Childhood Disability Process
- Requires SSA to issue a request for comments in the Federal Register, not later than 60 days after enactment, regarding improvements in the disability evaluation and determination procedures for individuals under age 18. Also, directs SSA to promptly review such comments and issue any necessary regulations not later than 18 months after enactment.
Study by the General Accounting Office
- Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report not la ter than January 1, 1998 on the impact of the amendments of this legislation on the SSI program.
Annual Report on the SSI Program
- Requires that not later than May 30 of each year, the Commissioner
report to the President and Congress regarding the SSI program,
- a comprehensive description of the program;
- historical and current data on allowances and denials, reconsiderations, administrative law judge hearings, and appeals, characteristics of recipients and program costs;
- projections of future numbers of recipients and program costs, through atleast 25 years;
- information on redeterminations, utilization of work incentives, administrative costs, State supplementation programs;
- summaries of relevant research; and
- a historical s ummary of statutory changes to the SSI law.
In addition, each member of the Social Security Advisory Council would be permitted to include in this annual report their views on the SSI program.
Fraud Under Means-Tested Welfare and Public Assistance Programs
- Provides that, if an individual is found ineligible for benefits under any public assistance program, including SSI, due to a finding of fraud , any other public assistance benefits for which he or she is eligible would not be increased. Effective upon enactment.
Denial of Federal Means-Tested Benefits to Non-Custodial Parents Who Arc Delinquent in Paying Child Support
- Provides that non-custodial parents who are more than 2 months
delinquent in paying child support are ineligible to receive any meanstested
Federal benefits . A non-custodial parent who becomes delinquent in child support a second or any subsequent time, would not he eligible to receive any means-tested Federal benefits for a 2-year period, beginning on the date that such parent failed to meet the terms of support. Effective upon enactment.
Regular Report to INS on Illegal Aliens
- Requires the Commissioner to report to Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) no less than four times a year, and upon the request of the INS, the name, address, and other identifying information of every individual the Commissioner knows to be in the United States illegally. In addition, States with State supplementary agreements under section 1616(a) must ag ree to do the same.
Development of Prototype of Counterfeit-Resistant Social Security Card
- Requires SSA to develop a prototype of a counterfeit-resistant Social Security card made of plastic or polyester which uses security features, such as magnetic stripes, holograms, etc., and provides reliable proof of citizenship or legal resident alien status.
- SSA is to conduct a study, and within 1 year of the date of enactment, issue a report to Congress on the different methods of improving the Social Security card application process. The study is to evaluate the cost and workload implications of issuing a counterfeit-resistant card for all individuals over a 3, 5, and l0-year period. In addition, the study is to evaluate the feasibility and cost implications of imposing a user fee for replacement cards. Appropriations would be authorized from the OASI trust fund to fund the study.
Prohibition on Payment of Federal Benefits to Certain Persons
- Generally, prohibits payment of Federal benefits, including Social Security benefits, with some exceptions, to any person who is not lawfully present in the United States. A person lawfully present in the U.S. includes a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident alien, an alien whose deportation has been withheld under section 243(h) of the INA, an asylee, a re fugee, a parolee who has beeu paroled for a period of at least 1 year, a national, or a national of the U.S. (as defined in section 10l(a)(17) of the INA).
Sense of the Senate on RET
- Provides that the Congress intends to pass legislation before the end of 1995 to raise the Social Security earnings limit for working seniors age 65 through 69 in a manner which will ensure the financial integrity of the Social Security trust funds and will be consistent with the goal of achieving a balanced budget in seven years.
Increase in the Annual Exempt Amount
- Increases the annual exempt amounts under the earnings test, over the amounts otherwise determined, for all Social Security beneficiaries to the extent that additional revenue is generated by extending to employees of all businesses (other than personal service corporations) the current $1 million limit on the deductibility of an employee's compensation as a business expense.
Medicare Part B Premium
- Increases the 1996 Part B premium to $53, instead of the $42.50
currently scheduled. Also, would gradually increase the Part B
premium to $89 by 2002.
Medicare Part B Premium for High-lncome Individuals
- Increases Part B premiums for individuals with modified adjusted gross in comes over $50,000 and $75,000 for joint filers (married individuals not filing joint returns who live with their spouses for any portion of the year would have a zero threshold). The amount of the increase would be phased in until it would equal 100 percent of program costs for individuals with modified adjusted gross incomes over $100,000 and over $150,000 for joint filers. This premium amount would continue to be deducted from the person's Social Security payment. The increase is effective for months after December 1996.
Medicare Coverage of State and Local Government Employees
- Extends mandatory Medicare coverage, effective January 1996, to State and local government employees hired before April 1, 1986. (Those hired on or after that date are already covered under Medicare.) Under a special transitional provision, if an affected person works in State and local government employment during the first calendar quarter of 1996, prior State and local government employment will be treated as covered employment for purposes of meeting Medicare insured status requirements.


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(AP Photo. Enough with the Guz! Ian Desmond deserves a shot at the Nats' starting shortstop job.)
"I don't like to use a young guy in that situation. It's not something I would recommend doing...I like someone that is more of a veteran guy. If you are saying Ian Desmond would be a good utility player -- no. He has to play. He is going to play every day. It's very difficult to sit and come in once in a while to play. To do that for somebody that doesn't know the pitchers and the league, it's not a good thing. You don't want to have rookies in that role."
(Davey Johnson, via Nationals.com, 2/27/2010)
Davey Johnson, voice of reason on Desmond
Thank you, Davey. You hear that, Rizzo & Riggles? Don't f*#k this up!
"If he's not the everyday shortstop, the likelihood is he would be in AAA. But I don't want to say that now and we decide something different later. You could give reason to say he's going to help the club better than some other people would, even if he's not the regular, even if he's a utility-type guy. I've had that conversation with some people. Davey's voice certainly is a major contribution in our room. We're going to listen strongly to that, and I think that's kind of the way we're leaning anyway."
(Jim Riggleman, via MASNSports.com, 2/27/2010)
"If he's not the everyday shortstop...", Jim? So you're saying the door is open? Hopefully Rizzo and Riggles are simply using the "Guz is our starting SS" talk to light a fire under Desmond this spring.
Hopefully nothing is set in stone.
Here's hoping for a true, open competition for the job. And if Guz wins fair and square? Here's hoping the Nats take Davey's advice.
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Residents have slammed controversial plans for a bottling plant at the former Cowdale Quarry in Buxton, which have been re-submitted despite an unsuccessful appeal in 2012.
Express Park Buxton have applied to build a water bottling factory, using Rockhead Spring, at the disused limestone quarry, off the A6.
The proposal also involves the removal and crushing of approximately a million tonnes of rock to create a tunnel access and to sink the plant 15 metres into the quarry.
Cowdale residents have hit out at the application, claiming the blasting work will cause severe noise pollution and traffic disruption to the town.
The applicant said the development would create employment, help promote Buxton as a leading mineral water source and that the escarpment between the A6 and the quarry floor would mitigate any noise and vibration transference.
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