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But, I do want to post a sort of year-in-review update like I've done for past years. So here's a "big picture" view of what we've been up to since January 1, 2015! It's been a year full of lots of love and smiles and wonderful memories, and I'll always remember it as the first year we enjoyed as a family of three!
2015 marked 5 years of marriage, 12 years since Jeff and I first met, 26 years of Katie, 28 years of Jeff, and 1 year of Connor!
We rang in the new year and celebrated Connor's 2-week birthday at our house (and did not host our usual big New Year's Eve bash, haha!).
Throughout January, we mostly just hung out at home and cuddled with newborn Connor. I think that's what you're supposed to do for the first couple weeks of a baby's life, but we were so busy with Christmas festivities and Jeff's brother's wedding right after his birth that we didn't get a chance to just be at home and enjoy life with a baby until it was already January!
February brought more newborn Connor cuddles and lots of visits from family.
Jeff went on his first post-baby business trip. I survived! :)
Connor was baptized, and we had a party at our house to celebrate with our families.
We road-tripped to Dallas for my cousin's wedding.
We took bluebonnet photos.
We celebrated Easter at my parents' lake property.
Jeff turned 28. We celebrated with a (just the two of us!) dinner out at Peli Peli.
We took a trip to South Carolina (Connor's first plane ride) to visit Jeff's parents and go to a friend's wedding.
We spent Mother's Day with both of our mothers and celebrated with brunch at Hungry's, a visit to Bayou Bend, and dinner at Chimichurri's.
I turned 26. Jeff planned a party at our house with our families, but we moved it to my parents' house at this last minute when our air conditioner broke. My favorite birthday gift? The warranty on our very expensive A/C unit that was just weeks away from expiring, but hadn't expired yet!
We spent Memorial Day hanging out by my parents' pool, where we learned that Connor does not like swimming. At all.
Our dear doctor friends Pilar & Shane came for a visit before moving to Illinois for residency.
We celebrated Father's Day with our dads (another dinner at Chimichurri's!).
We celebrated Jeff's dad's retirement at a fancy luncheon where Connor totally stole the spotlight. Jeff's parents officially moved away from Houston to their new lake house in South Carolina.
We took Connor to his first Houston Astros baseball game.
We travelled to South Padre Island with my family (the 16th annual trip we've made there!) and spent Connor's first July 4th at the beach.
We travelled to Lake Palestine for a weekend with my extended family on my dad's side.
I finally added the finishing touches to Connor's nursery.
We celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary with a visit to the chapel where we got married, dinner at Tony's (thanks to a gift card from my law firm) and an overnight stay and brunch at Hotel Zaza. It was my first night away from Connor (who stayed with my parents and didn't miss me at all).
We visited our local fire station and delivered treats to the firemen.
We took Connor to the park for the first time.
Blue Bell Ice Cream returned, and Connor and I were among the first to get our hands on some!
We spent a weekend in College Station, introduced Connor to all things Aggieland, and proved to ourselves that we can still host a pretty fun tailgate, even with a baby in tow!
We took a trip to Brooklyn, NY to visit my sister.
We took Connor to the pumpkin patch.
We spent Halloween weekend in College Station with many of our family members for the A&M/South Carolina football game. Connor dressed up as a football for Halloween (and perfectly avoided having to choose sides for his parents' rivalry football match-up!). The Aggies won (again). :)
We sold our old Pathfinder and bought a new (to us) Pathfinder. Definitely a boring car purchase, but we're happy to have one with 110,000 fewer miles on it.
Connor took his first steps!
Connor and I took a trip to College Station just the two of us (while Jeff was on a business trip). I was super worried about making the trip alone with a baby, but it worked out so well and we were able to enjoy my sorority's alumni tailgate.
We spent a Saturday at Jeff's company's new office complex for their family open house.
We somehow managed to get both of our families to have Thanksgiving in Houston, and we were able to celebrate with all of our parents, all of our siblings, and all three living sets of grandparents!
We weren't planning to take Connor to see Santa, but when a photographer friend from playgroup offered Santa photos as a fundraiser for another playgroup family with a sick child, we couldn't say no! Connor surprised me by smiling sweetly rather than crying instantly!
We celebrated St. Nicholas Day with chocolate coins and new Christmas ornaments.
I officially parted ways with my law firm, cleaned out my office, and said goodbye to being employed as a lawyer (for now). It still feels a bit odd to say that out loud (especially after all of the time and effort that I've put into my career so far), but it was a decision Jeff and I made after lots of prayer and discernment, and it feels right in my heart to be prioritizing my time with our little boy over everything else.
Our sweet friends Amy & Ben came for a weekend visit.
Connor turned one, and we had a Very Hungry Caterpillar themed party at our house to celebrate.
We went to see the new Magical Winter Lights exhibit at Sam Houston Race Park for my mom's birthday.
We celebrated Christmas with our families.
We spent New Year's Eve with extended family in the Dallas area.
Throughout the year, we enjoyed attending various birthday parties, baby showers, bridal showers, and gender reveal parties for our friends and family. We went to band performances and awards ceremonies for my littlest sister, Karoline, and I loved doing her hair and makeup for a few school dances! We were thrilled to have my other sister, Kristen, visit often from New York, and we've enjoyed hosting Jeff's parents, who come visit often from their new home in South Carolina.
Connor and I joined a local playgroup for babies born in 2014, and we've been attending lots of playgroup events as well as baby storytime at our library. Jeff has continued his schedule of traveling for work about 25% of the time, and this year he's taken multiple trips to a few countries in Africa, as well as a recruiting trip to South Carolina.
We're so excited for 2016! Life with Connor has been so, so fun so far, and we're really excited to keep experiencing the world with him. We have some great trips planned this year, and who knows what else 2016 will bring! We're loving our life so much right now that we can't wait to spend another year just doing life together.
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Re: People who could Beat Fett (That have been decided.)
ya know, i'm getting tired of everyone bashing on superman. superman is an ideal. wether the two jews that created him back in the 30's knew it or not, they made the best allegory for Christ since the new testament. as a myth, superman shows us the best that is in us. maybe if we all strived a little harder to be like superman, then we wouldn't have to strive so hard to destroy ourselves and our world. a little idealistic, no doubt. but it seems that truth and justice are quite lost in our world today.


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Smith to sing in landmark ad break
Brit award winner Sam Smith will be starring in the first ever live music performance to be aired during an ad break.
Smith, who will be performing his No 1 single Stay With Me at London's Roundhouse, is to fill a three-and-a-half minute ad break during Alan Carr: Chatty Man on Channel 4 at about 10.45pm on Friday May 30.
The UK broadcasting first is part of a tie-up between Google Play Music, Google's music store and streaming service, and Channel 4.
Smith, who won this year's Critics' Choice Award at the Brits, said: "It's incredible to be part of a world first. Stay With Me being broadcast live to the nation will be a very special moment for me."
Google UK's Stephen Rosenthal said: "Through Google Play Music, we're looking to shake up the way music lovers connect with the bands and tracks they love. What better way to show our ambition than lay on this world first with Sam Smith, one of the hottest acts on the planet today."
Channel 4, Google Play, MediaCom, The Outfit and Universal Music label Capitol have all been working on the project.
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Why Cantor really resigned
In his decision to quit Congress altogether, Eric Cantor gave only one reason: so his successor could get a head start and "have a voice in what will be a very consequential lame-duck session."
But several GOP lawmakers and aides suggested to POLITICO that there was more to this move. The last thing he wanted, they said, was to endure the humbling shift from 11 years in the leadership to being a back bencher, even if only for four months. And, they said he was already focused on the next chapter of his life in the private sector.
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Although members can explore new job opportunities while still in office, his departure from Congress means that Cantor won't have to disclose any companies or firms with whom he may be negotiating for a job.
( Also on POLITICO: Timeline: Eric Cantor career highlights)
Cantor never moved to the small Capitol office space he was scheduled to take over as a consolation prize for losing his sprawling majority leader suite. Several Republicans said that as soon as Cantor lost to economics professor Dave Brat in the Republican primary June 10, there were signs that he wasn't going to finish out his term.
"Eric is a doer — there's not a lot to do," said a former Cantor aide, who was watching Cantor closely since his primary defeat. "Clearly he's been traveling and talking to a lot of people."
One House Republican lawmaker said that as soon as Cantor lost, "his mind already began to focus on the next part of his life."
( Also on POLITICO: Obama: 'We tortured some folks')
Still, only a small set of senior aides knew Thursday afternoon that Cantor was about to end his congressional career. His staff later that day alerted his leadership colleagues of his pending announcement.
And at the farewell that afternoon, there was no hint of his decision.
Dozens of his current and former aides — Team Cantor, as they call themselves — gathered around the massive dark wood table in his conference room, listening to Steve Stombres, Cantor's longtime chief of staff, thank them for their service to the Virginia Republican. Then they watched a slide show of photos that Stombres put together of Cantor and his aides over the years.
( Also on POLITICO: House moves toward vote on border)
Cantor, who had just bid farewell to his colleagues on the House floor, was joined by his daughter, Jenna. He told the group he considered each of them family. While he was speaking, Cantor, who usually prides himself on his reserved bearing, became emotional.
The aides then presented Cantor with a bowl inscribed with the names of every one of his staffers, political aides and even security detail.
When he left the room, his former staffers broke out beer and wine. Cantor, though, didn't give any hints that just hours later, he would announce his resignation.
By Thursday night, Cantor was gone. He didn't even cast a vote on the House floor.
( Also on POLITICO: Krauthammer: GOP 'ridiculous')
Cantor's friends in Congress expect him to be a huge success in the private sector.
"He knows a great deal, but he always try to learn more," said House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). "And no one will outwork him ever."
McCarthy added, "there is no one he doesn't know or legislation he hasn't worked. But he also knows financial markets well."


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A Massachusetts doctor fighting to stay alive after contracting Ebola is on his way back to the United States.
His wife, Debbie Sacra, had been prepared to read a statement about her husband at UMass Medical School in Worcester on Thursday afternoon, but instead spoke about the good news.
"I just had a call from the doctor who put Rick on a plane to come to the United States," she said.
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The 51-year-old Holden, Massachusetts, doctor, missionary and assistant professor at UMass Medical School had been delivering babies in Liberia since last month as part of a mission with the group SIM. Ebola virus has claimed the lives of nearly 2,000 West African men, women and children since the outbreak started earlier this year.
Although two other infected missionaries, SIM colleagues Nancy Wrightbol and Dr. Kent Brantly, were treated in Atlanta, Dr. Sacra is on his way to University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
"There will be a number of folks who ask, why are we bringing somebody here to the United States to the NMC, with Ebola, and my answer would be that this is part of my mission. Obviously, these health care providers were on a mission in Africa and our mission is to care for patients and we're going to do that and we're going to do that safely and as effectively as possible," Dr. Mark Rupp, the Medical Director at the Dept. of Infection Control, said.
To be safe and effective, they will have to keep all employees disease free at Nebraska Medical Center, which is one of four U.S. treatment facilities specifically prepared for this type of case.
"So we have a special unit with special air flow and a number of mechanical features but our most important feature really is our staff. We have a specifically trained staff of 30 to 35 people," Dr. Phil Smith, the Director of the Biocontainment Unit, said.
Dr. Sacra's wife said he and their family knew the risks inherent with going back to West Africa, but this is what he was called to do. Though his long term health prognosis is not known, she was relieved to hear from his doctor in Liberia.
"(He said) Rick is clearly sick, that he was in very good spirits, and he walked onto the plane. So we are really encouraged by that news and are looking forward to reuniting with him," Debbie Sacra said.
He should arrive Friday morning in Omaha.
The experimental Z-Mapp product that worked wonders with Wrightbol and Dr. Brantly is no longer available, according to doctors in Nebraska. However, they say there are some additional products that they are looking into, other than supportive care.


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We've chosen to do this in keeping with Angel Flight West's desire to support volunteer pilot organizations and to make the case for general aviation, which is the backbone of public-benefit flying.
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Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) April 30, 2013
In an unprecedented move, Angel Flight West (AFW) is making its new software system and database program, Angel Flight Information Database System (AFIDS) 2.0, available to all volunteer pilot organizations at no cost. First users include four independent organizations based in California, Texas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. This past weekend, AFW staff presented the program and the opportunity to 15 additional public benefit flying organizations.
"If it will enhance their services, they're welcome to use it," said Executive Director Alan Dias. "We've chosen to do this in keeping with Angel Flight West's desire to support volunteer pilot organizations and to make the case for general aviation, which is the backbone of public-benefit flying."
After four years in development, AFIDS 2.0 features high volume membership management and high-capacity flight request and debrief capabilities, all accessible through a user-friendly, robust filtering system. "Our pilots are finding the new software easier and more intuitive," reported Josh Olson, Director of Mission Operations. AFIDS 2.0 has been designed using state-of-the-art technology to easily accommodate program changes and updates.
One future user, Angel Flight Northeast (AFNE), hopes AFIDS 2.0 will replace much of the manual labor now involved in mission coordination by bringing more automation to the process. "We've been using a custom built application from…ten years ago. It is doing the job but is lacking some features that the new AFIDS 2.0 has added," says Dick Sundell, director of flight operations. AFNE currently arranges an average of 90 flights weekly, but expects that number to rise as the economy recovers.
Non-AFW adopters can access the same program as Volunteer Pilot Organization Information Database System, or VPOIDS. While AFIDS 2.0 may be rebranded and is available at no cost, any end user that creates a change to the program must make that change available to all other users.
Angel Flight West (AFW) is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization that arranges free, non-emergency air transport within the 13 western states for children and adults with serious medical conditions and other compelling needs. AFW matches volunteer pilots with people who need medical treatment and other vital care that might otherwise be inaccessible because of financial, medical or geographic limitations. Angel Flight West flew over 4,200 missions in 2012 and hopes to surpass that in 2013.


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Preventing dangerous climate change may require very deep reductions of greenhouse gases. Several countries and scientists have proposed on the basis of assessing climate risks that limiting the increase of global mean temperature to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) would be necessary. A critical question is whether such targets can still be achieved - and if so - how?
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Building robots is a snap with LEGO Technic Robotics! This book shows you how to use LEGO bricks and Power Functions components such as motors and remote controls to create all kinds of robots. Best of all, you don't have to learn any programming. You just need your imagination and the expert building principles that you'll find inside LEGO Technic Robotics.
Author Mark Rollins teaches you the hows and whys of Technic project design. You're not just snapping pieces here and there; with LEGO Technic Robotics you're actively learning the fundamentals of good design so you can go on to create truly spectacular LEGO robot creations.
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To organize one's thoughts, often with the aim of regaining one's calm. I really need to get my head together before I go into the board meeting. A: "Susie seemed really stressed this morning." B: "I think she's fine now—she went for a walk and got her head together."


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If Kevin could have taken pictures this is what he would have taken; Darrin getting loose – courtesy of Transition Bikes
Normally I have the resources to grab a friend and talk them into going out and taking pics with me for reviews. The percentage of nights I was sleeping in my own bed and not traveling while I had the Bandit was somewhere between zero and eight. I prioritized ride time over anything else squeezing in whatever I could get during that period. So I unfortunately don't have much outside of stock photos and some artistic awesomeness of my own as far as things to look at.
I agreed to put some ride time in on this bike because Lee thought it would be funny. I am the proto-typical downhiller/dirtjumper type who's always talking smack about 29ers and the people who ride them so I agreed to the novelty. There were only two or three bikes being made that I'd even consider bothering with based on geometry numbers, and Transition's Bandit 29er was one of them (Kona Satori and Specialized Stumpy EVO the others). Put simply, for me to plop my butt on ANY road bike misplaced in the woods it was going to have to have a bottom bracket lower than the axles and a short rear end. Chainstay measurements are relative when talking about road bikes but the Bandit looked reasonable to me. And to be honest, I just kind of trust Transition. They have one of the higher mustache rates of most small businesses in the US outside of Pawn shops and Hunting supply stores and most importantly, they have dirtjumps outside the office. There's nothing that indicates a company's dedication to their own sanity than some dirtjumps outside.
If Kevin could have taken videos of himself riding the Bandit 29er this is what he would have shot (he's the rider in blue)
I rode the Bandit 29er pretty much exclusively for about a month and a half. I got lots of time in Tahoe and a little in Mammoth Lakes/June Lakes area where it's a little less rocky but much more loose. The most striking and surprising thing by far any downhiller experiences when hopping on a well thought out 29er is exactly what I experienced. Yup. It's a bike. It goes up. It goes down. Contrary to everyone telling me I'd be flying off trails out of corners and getting caught up in switchbacks, it just never happened. In fact I was immediately comfortable on the thing. It just fit. And with the ability to go super low with bottom bracket heights between big wheels, this bike had something a lot of people work hard to achieve…..a really planted feel. With your feet rotating a circle that has a center below the axles, there's a stability and calmness offered that's rarely found in most 26" wheeled trail bikes. This is mostly because the majority of people whining about hitting their feet on climbs tend to be pretty vocal. It can be done with smaller wheels, it just isn't and people are too whiny about learning how to time their pedals on climbs and have no idea how much more stability can be achieved on the descents. But it can be done easier with bigger wheels because the effective contact patch of the bigger radius wheels achieves the same goals as all those short wheelbase Jeeps used off road. The less room there is for an obstacle to to reach between the wheels, the better effective clearance you'll get. Here's a highly technical diagram to illustrate this.
That's good. And I really really like that about riding this bike. I pedaled up and over things a little more sloppily and could get away with it, and being literally between two gigantic wagon wheels instead of over them, made the bike really comfortable.
Now the reality check. Crappy tires are crappy tires. There's no magic voodoo involved in a slightly bigger tire patch that makes a crappy tire work better. So when you go to look at buying some burly treads for big wheels and realize that they all look like shit made for bike paths, file that away somewhere in the back of your mind so you can spit a full beer in the face of tire manufacturers who absolutely refuse to make real tires for 29" wheeled bikes. That's certainly what I did when I got tired of sliding way too far outside of turns on trails I ride weekly and would just flat out end up in the woods because the lame Maxxis Ardent treads have no place in high alpine desert riding after a weak winter. That's not the "big wheels don't turn" phenomenon I was warned about, there's just no traction. It's dusty here and those tires just suck. And the best part is, when I went to BUY some other tires for this bike, I realized that yes, in fact, every single 29" tire made these days would probably do well in the Tour de France on pavement. Don't send me emails about some stupid WTB tire you have on your 29er. I looked at it. It doesn't work. You just haven't figured it out yet because either you ride a 29er and probably don't go that fast, or you just ride somewhere that gets some semblance of moisture at some point in your life where tires don't matter that much. The entire time I had this bike, I got really really comfortable on it, but just knew that I was riding sections of trails slower because there was just no traction to be had with these tires at the speed I was used to. That's incredibly unfortunate but I do know that some of the more aggressive and extremely popular treads for 26" wheels are about to be embiggified™ for the road wheels. It only took 10 years for good frames and good tires to exist in this wheel size but hey, we're almost there.


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2. Each pass holder must sign (or have his/her parent/legal guardian sign) the Waiver of Liability and Assumption of Risk each season.
3. New pictures must be taken in person at the Guest Services Desk in the lower level of the lodge.
4. Skiers and Riders are responsible for knowing the Skier Responsibility Code and the Colorado Skier Safety Act: a. Always stay in control, and be able to stop or avoid other people or objects. b. People ahead of you have the right of way. It is your responsibility to avoid them. c. You must not stop where you obstruct a trail, or are not visible from above. d. Whenever starting downhill or merging into a trail, look uphill and yield to others. e. Always use devices to help prevent runaway equipment. f. Observe all posted signs and warnings. Keep off closed trails and out of closed areas. g. Prior to using any lift, you must have the knowledge and ability to load, ride and unload safely.
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV that you can watch while planning your trip to Augusta National to see Tiger return. LET'S GO!
Oh, it's the night you've been dreading for weeks. That's right: Rolling Stones night. A dozen classics from the greatest rock band of all time will be butchered into submission by a bunch of forgettable camera hogs. Who will turn "You Can't Always Get What You Want" into a twangy country hoedown? Who will completely misinterpret "Brown Sugar"? Who will inexplicably pick something off of "Steel Wheels"? Which faux rocker will make you never want to hear "Start Me Up" ever again? Oh, the tension is killing me. ANTICIPATION: EMOTIONAL RESCUE REQUIRED
Tonight's episode is called "Recon", and it involves Locke (or the Lockeness Monster or whatever he is now) giving Sawyer a mission. What will that mission be? Will Sawyer be forced to kill? Will he and Kate end up together? Is there life on Io, moon of Jupiter? Will we ever know the real lyrics to "Louie Louie"? WHAT ARE THE ELEVEN HERBS AND SPICES IN THE COLONEL'S ORIGINAL RECIPE? So many questions. ANTICIPATION: CONVOLUTED!
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A man regularly injects himself with venom from his own pet snakes. I assume he listens to tons of Jefferson Airplane while doing so. ANTICIPATION: HISSSSSS!!!!


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Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Subsidies
Health insurance can be expensive, and is therefore often out of reach for lower and moderate income families, particularly if they are not offered health benefits at work. To make coverage obtainable for families that otherwise could not afford it and to encourage broad participation in health insurance, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes provisions to lower premiums and out-of-pocket costs for people with low and modest incomes. The adequacy of this assistance will be a key determinant of how many people ultimately gain coverage and whether or not lower-income people will be able to use the health insurance they obtain.
This brief provides an overview of the financial assistance provided under the ACA for people purchasing coverage on their own through health insurance Marketplaces (also called exchanges).
Health Insurance Marketplace Subsidies
The ACA offers subsidies to reduce monthly premiums and out-of-pocket costs in an effort to expand access to affordable health insurance for moderate and low-income people – particularly those without access to affordable coverage through their employer, Medicaid, or Medicare. There are two types of subsidies available to marketplace enrollees. The first type of assistance, called the premium tax credit, works to reduce enrollees' monthly payments for insurance coverage. The second type of financial assistance, the cost-sharing subsidy, is designed to minimize enrollees' out-of-pocket costs when they go to the doctor or have a hospital stay. In order to receive either type of financial assistance, qualifying individuals and families must enroll in a plan offered through a health insurance Marketplace.
Premium tax credit
The premium tax credit reduces marketplace enrollees' monthly payments for insurance plans purchased through the Marketplace. Health insurance plans offered through the Marketplace are standardized into four "metal" levels of coverage: bronze, silver, gold, and platinum. Bronze plans tend to have the lowest premiums but leave the enrollee subject to higher out-of-pocket costs when they receive health care services, while platinum plans tend to have the highest premiums but have very low out-of-pocket costs. The premium tax credit can be applied to any of these metal levels, but cannot be applied toward the purchase of catastrophic coverage. Catastrophic health plans typically have a lower monthly premium than other Qualified Health Plans in the Marketplace, but generally require beneficiaries to pay all of their medical costs until the deductible is met. To qualify for a catastrophic plan, an individual must either be under 30 years of age or eligible for a "hardship exemption."
Who is eligible for the premium tax credit?
In order to receive the premium tax credit for coverage starting in 2019, a marketplace enrollee must meet the following criteria:
- Have a household income from one to four times the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), which for the 2019 benefit year will be determined based on 2018 poverty guidelines (In 2019, the subsidy range in the continental U.S. is from $12,140 for an individual and $25,100 for a family of four at 100% FPL, to $48,560 for an individual and $100,400 for a family of four at 400% FPL.)
- Not have access to affordable coverage through an employer (including a family member's employer)
- Not eligible for coverage through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or other forms of public assistance
- Have U.S. citizenship or proof of legal residency (Lawfully present immigrants whose household income is below 100% FPL and are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid are eligible for tax subsidies through the Marketplace if they meet all other eligibility requirements.)
- If married, must file taxes jointly in order to qualify
For the purposes of the premium tax credit, household income is defined as the Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) of the taxpayer, spouse, and dependents. The MAGI calculation includes income sources such as wages, salary, foreign income, interest, dividends, and Social Security.
|Table 1: Premium Subsidy Ranges, by Income in 2018 and 2019
Income Range in Dollars
Income Range in Dollars
|Single Individual
|Family of Four
|Single Individual
|Family of Four
|Under 100%
|Less than $12,060
|Less than $24,600
|Less than $12,140
|Less than $25,100
|100% – 133%
|$12,060 – $16,040
|$24,600 – $32,718
|$12,140 – $16,146
|$25,100 – $33,383
|133% – 150%
|$16,040 – $18,090
|$32,718 – $36,900
|$16,146 – $18,210
|$33,383 – $37,650
|150% – 200%
|$18,090 – $24,120
|$36,900 – $49,200
|$18,210 – $24,280
|$37,650 – $50,200
|200% – 250%
|$24,120 – $30,150
|$49,200 – $61,500
|$24,280 – $30,350
|$50,200 – $62,750
|250% – 300%
|$30,150 – $36,180
|$61,500 – $73,800
|$30,350 – $36,420
|$62,750 – $75,300
|300% – 400%
|$36,180 – $48,240
|$73,800 – $98,400
|$36,420 – $48,560
|$75,300 – $100,400
|Over 400%
|More than $48,240
|More than $98,400
|More than $48,560
|More than $100,400
|NOTES: Alaska and Hawaii have different poverty guidelines. Note that tax credits for the 2019 benefit year are calculated using 2018 federal poverty guidelines, while tax credits for the 2018 benefit year are calculated using 2017 federal poverty guidelines.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation
Employer coverage is considered affordable if the employee's contribution is less than 9.86 percent of his or her household income (for the employee's coverage only, not including the cost of adding family members). The employer's coverage must also meet the "minimum value" standard, meaning that the plan has an actuarial value of at least 60 percent (equivalent to a bronze plan). In situations in which the employer's plan fails to meet one or both of these requirements, the employee and their family may be eligible for subsidized coverage through the Marketplace if they meet the other criteria listed above.
In states that decide to expand Medicaid, tax credit eligibility effectively ranges from 138% to 400% of the poverty level (because almost all people with incomes below 138% of poverty are eligible for Medicaid and therefore are not eligible for subsidized Marketplace coverage). In states that do not decide to expand Medicaid, tax credit eligibility ranges from 100% to 400% of poverty. Residents of these states who have incomes below 100% of poverty and who do not qualify for Medicaid under their state's eligibility criteria are not eligible for the premium tax credit. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that 2.2 million Americans living in states that did not decide to expand Medicaid fall into this coverage gap.
|Table 2: Premium Cap, by Income in 2018 and 2019
% Poverty
|Premium Cap
Max % of income for 2nd lowest silver plan
|Under 100%
|No Cap
|No Cap
|100% – 133%
|133% – 150%
|3.02% – 4.03%
|3.11% – 4.15%
|150% – 200%
|4.03% – 6.34%
|4.15% – 6.54%
|200% – 250%
|6.34% – 8.10%
|6.54% – 8.36%
|250% – 300%
|8.10% – 9.56%
|8.36% – 9.86%
|300% – 400%
|Over 400%
|No Cap
|No Cap
|NOTES: Alaska and Hawaii have different poverty guidelines. Note that tax credits for the 2019 benefit year are calculated using 2018 federal poverty guidelines, while tax credits for the 2018 benefit year are calculated using 2017 federal poverty guidelines.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation
The ACA includes stipulations to offer tax credits and Medicaid coverage to eligible lawfully present immigrants. Like U.S. citizens, lawfully present immigrants are eligible for subsidized coverage in the marketplaces if they meet their state's income eligibility rules. Lawfully present immigrants who meet the income eligibility rules for Medicaid in their state may be eligible for Medicaid, but, with the exception of pregnant women in certain states, are generally subject to a five-year waiting period before they can apply. Immigrants who would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid but have not yet completed their five-year waiting period may instead qualify for tax credits through the Marketplace. If an individual in this circumstance has an income below 100 percent of poverty, for the purposes of tax credit eligibility, his or her income will be treated as though it is equal to poverty (meaning that the enrollee would pay no more than 2.08% of income for a benchmark silver plan in 2019). Immigrants who are not lawfully present are ineligible to enroll in health insurance through the marketplace, receive tax credits through the marketplaces, or enroll in non-emergency Medicaid and CHIP.
What amount of premium tax credit is available to people?
The premium tax credit works by setting a cap on the amount an individual or family must spend on their monthly payments for health insurance if they enroll in a "benchmark" plan. The cap depends on the family's income, with lower-income families having a lower cap and higher income families having a higher cap (detailed in the table below).
The "benchmark" for determining the amount of the subsidy is the second-lowest cost silver plan available to the individual or family through their state's Marketplace. If the cost of the enrollee's benchmark silver plan exceeds their premium cap, then the federal government will pay any amount over the cap. The amount of the tax credit, therefore, is equal to the difference between the individual or family's premium cap and the cost of the benchmark silver plan.
As noted above, the premium tax credit can then be applied toward any other plan sold through the Marketplace (with the exception of catastrophic coverage). The amount of the tax credit remains the same, so a person who chooses to purchase a plan that is more expensive than the benchmark plan will have to pay the difference in cost. Conversely, a person who chooses a less expensive plan, such as a bronze plan, may end up paying as little as zero dollars per month for the premium. An example shows how the premium tax credits would work for an individual during the 2018 benefit year.
|Premium tax credits at 250% FPL in 2019
The premium tax credit cannot be applied to the portion of a person's premium that is for non-essential health benefits. For example, a plan may offer a dental or vision benefit that is not considered to be "essential" by the state or federal definition. In that case, the person would have to pay for a small portion of the premium without financial assistance. Similarly, if the person smokes cigarettes and is charged a higher premium for smoking, the premium tax credit is not applied to the portion of the premium that is the tobacco surcharge.
How will premium tax credit be provided?
To receive the premium tax credit, an individual or family must purchase insurance coverage through the Marketplace. When they apply for Marketplace coverage, enrollees will receive a subsidy determination, letting them know whether they are eligible for a premium tax credit and the amount they may receive. The person or family then has the option to receive the tax credit in advance, claim it later when they file their tax return, or some combination of the two options.
The advanced payment option allows consumers to receive their tax credit at the time of purchase and choose how much advance credit payments to apply toward their premiums each month. If the enrollee chooses the advanced payment option, then the IRS will pay insurers directly such that the cost of the premium is reduced upfront. With this option, the enrollee would need to reconcile their premium tax credit at tax time the following year. (For people receiving an advanced payment of the premium tax credit in 2019, the reconciliation would occur when they file their 2019 tax return in 2020). If the individual or family had a significant change in their income from the time they first applied for Marketplace coverage, they may be asked to repay some or all of the tax credit; or conversely, they may be owed an additional amount when they do their taxes. The table below indicates the maximum repayment limits for an individual and family, which varies depending on income level.
|Table 3: Repayment Amounts under Current Law by Income Level for 2018
(% Federal Poverty Level)
|Maximum repayment amount for a single individual
|Maximum repayment amount for couples and families
|Less than 200% FPL
|200% – less than 300% FPL
|300% – less than 400% FPL
|400% FPL or greater
|Full Amount
|Full Amount
|Source: Internal Revenue Service, Revenue Procedure 2017-58.
Alternatively, an individual or family can opt to pay their entire premium costs each month and wait to receive their tax credit until they file their annual income tax return the following year. The premium tax credit is available to qualifying enrollees regardless of whether they have federal income tax liability, although an individual is required to file a tax return for a given benefit year in order to receive financial assistance.
Cost-Sharing Subsidies
In addition to the premium tax credit, the second form of financial assistance available to Marketplace enrollees is a cost-sharing subsidy. Cost-sharing subsidies work by reducing a person or family's out-of-pocket cost when they use health care services, such as deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance.
Unlike the premium tax credit (which can be applied toward any metal level of coverage), cost-sharing subsidies can only be applied toward a silver plan. In essence, the cost-sharing subsidy increases the actuarial value (protectiveness) of a silver plan, in some cases making it similar to a gold or platinum plan.
Are cost-sharing subsidies still available for 2019?
Yes. Cost-sharing subsidies are still available for eligible Marketplace enrollees. Although the federal government will no longer be reimbursing insurers for these subsidies, insurers are required by law to provide reduced cost sharing for lower-income enrollees.
Who is eligible for the cost-sharing subsidy?
People who are eligible to receive a premium tax credit and have household incomes from 100% to 250% of poverty are eligible for cost-sharing subsidies. (The cost-sharing subsidies are available only to the lowest-income Marketplace enrollees who meet all of the other criteria for receiving the premium tax credit). Again, the eligible individual or family must purchase a silver level plan in order to receive the cost-sharing subsidy.
What amount of cost-sharing subsidies are available to people?
The ACA sets maximum out-of-pocket (OOP) spending limits, but otherwise does not specify the combination of deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance that plans must use to meet the actuarial value requirements. For example, one insurer may choose to have a relatively high deductible but low copayments for office visits and other services, while another may choose a lower deductible but higher copayments or coinsurance for each service.
Without the cost-sharing subsidy, the out-of-pocket maximum may be no more than $7,900 for an individual and $15,800 for two or more people in 2019. (This is the highest a plan may set the OOP max, but plans frequently come with a lower OOP max). With the cost-sharing reduction, the out-of-pocket maximum can be no higher than $2,600 to $6,300 for an individual, or $5,200 to $12,600 for a family in 2019, depending on income. The table below presents the reduced out-of-pocket maximums and increased actuarial values after cost-sharing subsidies are applied, within each income range.
|Table 4: Maximum Annual Limitation on Cost-Sharing
(% Federal Poverty Level)
|Actuarial Value of a silver plan
|OOP Max for Individual/Family
|Under 100%
|$7,350 / $14,700
|$7,900 / $15,800
|100% –150%
|$2,450 / $4,900
|$2,600 / $5,200
|150% – 200%
|$2,450 / $4,900
|$2,600 / $5,200
|200% – 250%
|$5,850 / $11,700
|$6,300 / $12,600
|Over 250%
|$7,350 / $14,700
|$7,900 / $15,800
|SOURCE: "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2019," Federal Register 83 FR 16930 (April 17, 2018).
Typically, silver plans have an actuarial value of 70%, meaning that on average the plan pays 70% of the cost of covered benefits for a standard population of enrollees, with the remaining 30% of total costs being covered by the enrollees in the form of deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance. By lowering an individual or family's out-of-pocket costs, the cost-sharing subsidies increase the actuarial value of the silver plan (to 73, 87, or 94 percent depending on the enrollee's income).
How will cost-sharing subsidies be provided?
When enrolling in a silver plan, an eligible enrollee is placed into a plan that has the cost-sharing subsidy automatically applied. This means that the silver plan they choose will already have a lowered out-of-pocket maximum than the same plan would in the absence of a cost-sharing subsidy. Unlike the premium tax credit, there is no option for cost-sharing subsidies to be paid to the enrollee.
In combination, the premium tax credit and cost-sharing reductions require health plans offering coverage to lower-income people in the exchange to increase the actuarial value of the coverage of the plans that they receive, and to do so in a way that caps enrollee out-of-pocket liability within the specified levels.
Subsidies to make insurance more affordable and increase insurance coverage are a key element of the Affordable Care Act. Premium and cost-sharing subsidies of varying levels are available to individuals and families with low to moderate incomes, making coverage and care more affordable. These subsidies – which represent a substantial share of the federal cost of the ACA – provide assistance for low to moderate income families, enabling them to purchase coverage and gain better access to care.


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Start by defining your goals. Consider where you want to live, the features you're looking for, what you can afford, and a realistic date for having the money you'll need. Then apply your knowledge to making this key decision.
The actual amount you'll spend to buy a home depends on the part of the country you live in and the type of home you want. While the dollar amount will vary, certain guidelines apply wherever you buy.
It's likely that you will need cash for a down payment and will get a mortgage—a long-term loan you use to buy a home. Traditionally the down payment has been between 10% and 20% of the sale price, though there are some government sponsored programs that let you put a smaller amount down. But the less you put down, the larger your mortgage payments will be and the greater the risk that you will default, or not be able to make your payments.
What a mortgage costs depends on three factors: the principal, or amount you borrow, the finance charge you pay for using the money, and the term, or length of time the mortgage lasts. You should also expect to pay an up-front interest charge to your lender, of one or more points. A point is usually 1% of the mortgage amount.
When you apply for a mortgage, you will have to qualify to be able to borrow. Typically, lenders require you to spend no more than 28% of your monthly income to repay the combined total of your mortgage loan, property taxes, and homeowners' insurance. For example, if your gross pay is $54,000 a year, or $4,500 a month, your housing expenses could be up to $1,260.
Most lenders also consider your other financial responsibilities, including car payments, personal loans, college loans, and other debts. They don't want these expenses—plus your housing costs—to be more than about 36% of your monthly income. In short, they want to be sure you'll be able to pay your mortgage before they let you borrow.
A real estate agent can provide valuable assistance in buying a home. An agent knows what's available in a particular neighborhood, what the price trends are, and how current asking prices relate to actual sales prices.
You can look for an agent the same way you look for a financial planner or other professional. Ask your friends and family for recommendations, check out your local resources and various real estate websites, and interview several people before you decide on the person to work with. It could turn out to be an extended relationship, and you want it to be a productive one.
Traditional real estate agents and the real estate firms that list homes for sale are paid by the seller and represent the seller's interest. That doesn't mean that, as a buyer, you can't establish a good relationship with sellers' agents or use them to find a home at a price you can afford. Some buyers, though, prefer to hire buyers' agents to represent their interests and negotiate the sale price and contract terms.
Because purchasing a home is a huge investment, you need to take the time to weigh the benefits of renting versus buying a residence.
Renting may be a smart financial move for these reasons:
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When a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14, school officials throughout the region did not wait long to improve security in their districts.
When a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Dec. 14, school officials throughout the region did not wait long to improve security in their districts.
They added cameras, locks and buzzer systems. They practiced emergency lockdowns, in which an alarm sounds and students and teachers are sent behind locked doors into classrooms. They held public forums, talking and listening to parents. They worked with local police and asked them for security ideas.
Not one school system, however, hired armed guards or plans to do so, despite some parents saying they should.
Security guards "are not going to build the relationship we need with kids," Norwich Public Schools Business Manager Athena Nagel said.
Norwich does have two school resource officers, one in each of the system's middle schools. School resource officers are Norwich police officers who, in addition to their normal police training, are trained to work with children.
"They're definitely well worth every dollar," Nagle said. They cost $100,000 per year apiece, however, and the school system can't afford to have more, she said. "If the city would pay for it, we'd have school resource officers in every school."
In Norwich, officials added cameras, speakers and interior door locks opened by key cards and replaced security monitors, Nagel said.
"Everything we have done and are doing is in this year's budget," she said.
Colchester used capital improvement funds to make upgrades to its buildings, including enclosing portable classrooms outside Bacon Academy with eight-foot-high fences.
"We did things immediately," Superintendent of Schools Jeffry Mathieu said.
All of the town's four schools already have cameras and buzzers at their front doors, Mathieu said. Next year, he said, each school will add a camera, making a total of 16.
For the past few years, the school system has paid the salary of one Colchester police officer to work as a school resource officer, Mathieu said.
"Our school resource officer did an Eastern Connecticut-wide training exercise" on April 28, Mathieu said.
In Putnam, locks were added and security cameras were upgraded at two of the district's schools, Superintendent of Schools William Hull said. Staff members also received new identification badges. "We did everything this year," he said.
Putnam rejected hiring guards, Hull said, because they would not be well-trained enough.
In Griswold, school officials redid the district's lockdown plan last fall, before the Sandy Hook shooting, Superintendent of Schools Paul Smith said.
Every classroom in the district's newer and newly renovated school buildings can be locked from the inside by a teacher. The goal is to lock the classrooms within three seconds of an alarm, Smith said.
Every entrance to every school also has a buzz-in system to prevent unauthorized entries, the superintendent said.
Every adult, including visitors, teachers and staff members, wears identification badges in all the schools, Smith said.
Smith said he hopes the state police force revives its school resource officer program, which allowed towns like Griswold without their own police forces to station state troopers in schools. "That would be a great benefit," Smith said.
State police budget cuts ended the program in June 2010.
Griswold does not plan to hire armed guards for its schools, Smith said.
"We rejected the notion of a security detail," he said.
A host of security improvements are under way or planned at Killingly schools, Superintendent of Schools Kevin Farr said. Upgrades include adding radios, locks and cameras and making entrances more secure.
"We immediately reviewed our programs and our systems" in the wake of the Newtown shooting, Farr said. "We already had door buzzers and cameras at doors."
The superintendent said state police at Troop D barracks in Danielson and Killingly's resident troopers are forging a strong relationship with school officials.
To familiarize themselves with the schools, state police have toured the buildings, and during spring vacation, the commander of Troop D held roll calls for troopers at Killingly High School.
But armed guards aren't part of the district's plans.
"It's not affordable," Farr said.


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This asparagus mixture is wonderful on its own or with fish, meat, or poultry. Vary the ingredients according to whatever is fresh and exciting in the market.–Alastair Hendy
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Hendy is right about the vegetables being wonderful. And about them being variable according to what's in season. But what he doesn't mention is the brilliance of his approach to salmon, in which gently spiced cooked couscous forms a surprisingly superb (not to mention remarkably quick-to-make) crust for the salmon. The cooked couscous serves as barrier between salmon and skillet, ensuring the fish remains moist while creating a crisp textural contrast.
Salmon Fish Fingers with Asparagus and Spring Peas
- Quick Glance
- Serves 6
IngredientsEmail Grocery List
- For the fish fingers
- Six 6-ounce salmon filets
- 3/4 cup uncooked cousous (NOT Israeli couscous)
- Boiling water
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- Grated zest of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- Flour for dusting
- 2 eggs, beaten
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, plus more as needed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more as needed
- For the mustard and mint buttered vegetables
- 30 asparagus tips
- 6 baby zucchini or pattypans, roughly chopped or halved
- 9 ounces mixed spring peas (including snow peas, sugar snap peas, or shelled peas) or slender green beans
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard
- Chopped mint leaves and chives, to serve
- Start the fish fingers
- 1. Pour the couscous into a bowl, add enough boiling water to just cover, and then set aside until doubled in size, about 5 minutes. Fluff up the couscous with a fork, leave for 5 minutes more, and then fluff up again. Spread the couscous out on a wide plate and let dry for 10 minutes.
- Start the mustard- and mint-buttered vegetables
- 2. Meanwhile, bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Blanch the asparagus until bright green, 1 to 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove and transfer to a bowl of ice water. Repeat with the zucchini or pattypans, and then again with the peas or green beans.
- Finish the fish fingers
- 3. To the couscous, add the garlic, lemon zest, cumin, coriander, ginger, salt, and pepper and toss.
- 4. Pat the salmon dry with paper towels. Dip the salmon first in the flour, then in the beaten egg, then in the couscous mixture, patting on extra couscous to completely coat it. Transfer to a plate and refrigerate for just a few minutes.
- 5. Heat the butter and oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the couscous-coated salmon and sear gently, turning once, until cooked to the desired doneness, about 2 minutes on each side for medium-rare. Transfer to paper towels and let rest.
- Finish the vegetables
- 6. Heat the butter and mustard in a large skillet or wok. Add the drained vegetables and toss well. Heat through for 30 seconds to 1 minute, then toss in the mint and chives.
- To serve
- 7. Slice each salmon fillet lengthwise to make 2 fingers. Place 2 pieces of salmon on each plate and pile the mustard-and-mint-buttered vegetables on top. Sprinkle with the chives and serve.
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New immigration attack: Too pricey
Immigration reform opponents are opening a new front in their bid to derail an overhaul bill: the price tag.
Conservatives contend that costs would be prohibitive — it's not just about paying for beefed-up border and employer enforcement, but accounting for the burden it would place on Obamacare, Medicare and other government programs in the decades to come.
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The exact costs won't be clear until details of the bill are released and independent budget experts assess the impact of legalizing 11 million undocumented immigrants. Economists on the left and right have argued that the economic benefits outweigh the costs.
( Also on POLITICO: Immigration debate: 5 things to watch)
But armed with their own body of research, a network of opponents from Capitol Hill, a prominent Washington think tank and border-first groups are preparing to use the specter of the potential cost of an immigration overhaul and its drain on entitlements as their main line of attack.
They're in a race with proponents of immigration reform to frame the debate around costs, betting that they can kill the bill by capitalizing on anxiety over budget deficits, high unemployment, government overreach, Obamacare and the staying power of entitlement programs.
The Senate's Gang of Eight acknowledges the stakes: Sensitive to the current political environment, it's expected to produce a bill that the Congressional Budget Office would score as at least deficit-neutral over the next decade. They recognize that they won't be able to persuade many Republicans and some Democratic moderates to support a bill without it.
( Also on POLITICO: Poll: Obama underwater on guns, immigration, deficit)
A bipartisan group of House immigration negotiators does not think it can do the same by producing a deficit neutral bill, according to sources familiar with the talks.
Regardless of what either group comes up with — or the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office concludes — each will face a coordinated challenge.
"These costs are far larger than anyone imagines and would be increased substantially under amnesty," said former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), who now heads The Heritage Foundation. "In a time of trillion-dollar deficits and $17 trillion in debt, the cost of every federal program should be of tremendous concern — especially if it's a program that will add new costs to a budget that's already severely in the red."
( Also on POLITICO: Hill holds Obama's legacy)
The Heritage Foundation, stepping back into the role it played in 2007, will soon release an updated version of a report that dealt the final blow to the reform effort that year, when senior research fellow Robert Rector concluded that the bill would impose a net cost of $2.6 trillion on taxpayers. Reform proponents dismissed the methodology as deeply misleading, failing to take into account the economic benefits of immigration. But the damage was done.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the ranking member of the Budget Committee, and outside groups such as Numbers USA, which favors restricting immigration, are aiming to replicate the success that they had in 2007 by zeroing in on the cost issue.


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I know, if I want to just tell you what I'm eating, why not just say it on Twitter? (amiright? high five!)
But I'm telling you, it's a revelation of a sandwich.
Fresh basil
Goat cheese
Fresh-baked french bread (made with coconut oil, which makes an amazing flavor difference)
Sriracha, as needed
You try it and tell me it wasn't blogworthy.


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A vacant 75,000-square-foot Farmington Hills office building soon will be fully occupied by the local office of the Paris, Ill.-based automotive lighting supplier North American Lighting Inc.
The 11-year-old building — located south of 12 Mile Road and east of Halstead Road — has been empty since 2012, when its previous occupant, Henniges Automotive Holdings Inc., relocated to Auburn Hills. It will become North American Lighting's Engineering Research and Development headquarters.
North American Lighting will be moving from 38900 Hills Tech Drive, also in Farmington Hills north of I-696 and east of Haggerty Road.
In December, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced incentives for North American Lighting to expand to the new facility. The project is expected to generate up to $6.8 million in investment and create a total of 76 jobs, the MEDC said.
The real estate companies representing companies in the deal included Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions LLC and the Southfield office of Mohr Partners Inc.
The deal closed in mid-December and took about five months to negotiate, said Todd Hawley, senior vice president of brokerage services for Farmington Hills-based Friedman. Friedman's construction and design team will convert the space, and the work is expected to be complete by June.


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GHC Commentary: Top-level orgainsation of GHC
The GHC API is the interface exported by compiler/main/GHC.hs. To compile a Haskell module that uses the GHC API, use the flag
-package ghc (in GHC 6.6 and later). GHC itself contains a few front-ends:
- The "one-shot" mode, where GHC compiles each file on the command line separately (eg.
ghc -c Foo.hs). This mode is implemented directly on top of HscMain, since it compiles only one file at a time. In fact, this is all that GHC consisted of prior to version 5.00 when GHCi and
--makewere introduced.
- GHCi, the interactive environment, is implemented in compiler/ghci/InteractiveUI.hs and sits squarely on top of the GHC API.
--makeis almost a trivial client of the GHC API, and is implemented in compiler/main/Main.hs.
-M, the Makefile dependency generator, is also a client of the GHC API and is implemented in compiler/main/DriverMkDepend.hs.
Note that since GHC is packaged as a single binary, all of these front-ends are present, and there is a single command-line interface implemented in compiler/main/Main.hs.
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Its packages:
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Story tree: early chapter reader by Carole St-Laurent
5 early chapter book stories filled with adventure, intrigue and fun. Meet ugly space pirates, a boy who talks to animals, penguins, dinosaurs, and dragons! All tales are pulled from author Carole St-Laurent's book collection.
The five stories are:
•Dinosaur totem pole : Adventure! Adventure! Dinosaur totem pole is a story for dinosaur lovers and avid sports player.
A tale about a young boy who loved sports even though he wasn't very skilled at any of them. One thing the lad had a gift for was anything relating to dinosaurs. Discover the extraordinary adventure Mateo will experience on what started out as a very normal Sunday afternoon playing baseball. Follow him around as he runs for his life to avoid getting eaten alive, then out of the confusion he will make some very ancient new friends; the gentle giants.
Ages 6 to 10
•Henrik the animal whisperer : This is a story for animal lovers and nature enthusiast, it demonstrates the values of lending a hand and telling the truth.
Henrik has the wonderful ability to understand all animals. He has adventures on his magical red bike; racing at lightning speed, riding mountains even through the snow! Although Henrik has a magnificent ability to communicate with animals, people don't always believe him, especially his father. Find out what event will change all that.
This is an early chapter book for kids 6 to 8 years old.
•Dragon tale : Dragons threaten a peaceful village until a sorcerer finds the perfect solution. Dragon Tale is a wonderful short story about the importance of good communication to avoid misunderstandings. This tale is perfect for an early chapter book reader.
Ages 5 to 7
•Space pirates with barracuda faces : Adventure filled space story of a family who left earth in search of a better life.
Living in space can be an amazing experience, but the threat of cruel, ugly space pirates is always eminent. Follow Saaren on his adventures as he takes on the most notorious bandits in the universe, the Barracuda faces. Travel to far out planets where creatures come in all shapes and sizes. Find out how a normal earthling boy became one of the best pilots of the cosmos.
Ages 6 to 10
•Parad'ice – Learning an important lesson : Follow Zigi the penguin throughout his life as he goes from riches to losing it all, and learns an important lesson of appreciation. Parad'Ice – Learning an important lesson, teaches children not to be jealous of others but rather to be grateful for all the good things that they have. It is also a beautiful lesson about the benefits of helping others. This is an educationally fun short story for early chapter book readers.
Ages 6 to 10
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Google keeps getting greener.
In its largest energy-industry deal so far, the Internet behemoth is buying the output of a future North Texas wind farm that will be about half the size of its current renewable power production.
Google said in its official blog Tuesday it made a deal with Chermac Energy Corp. for a 240-megawatt wind farm near Amarillo, Texas, and that the purchase continues its bid to run its large data centers completely on renewable energy.
Google doesn't have a specific timeline to reach its renewable energy goal, and it faces a host of challenges, from strict regulatory environments in foreign countries where it operates, to higher costs and lower qualities of renewable power across the globe, said Gary Demasi, Google's director of global infrastructure.
However, "It's an aspirational goal that we put a tremendous amount of effort and funding behind," Demasi said in an interview. It's something the company is racing to keep up with as Google keeps growing, he added.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but with more than $1 billion in renewable energy investments since 2010, Google has become the most significant player in energy outside of the industry and big banks. So far, the company has lassoed about 570 megawatts of renewable energy, which is enough to power about 285,000 Texas homes during normal conditions and about 114,000 during peak power demand.
Like financial institutions, Google has become a player in the wholesale electricity market, empowered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to sell power that it generates.
The wind farm, expected to go online in late 2014, will produce power for a grid in Oklahoma that serves one of the company's data centers.
In January, Google invested $200 million in another Texas wind farm, also near Amarillo.
Also on FuelFix:
Google makes big bet on 'kite power'


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The Vallejo Police Department on Monday identified the man who pointed an assault weapon at two officers on a coffee break late Sunday at a Starbucks, prompting them to open fire on him to protect themselves.
Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou said at a Monday morning press conference that 41-year-old Adam Powell of Suisin "attempted to assassinate" the officers before they shot him.
"The suspect drove by Starbucks approximately six minutes before this confrontation and so we presume that this was a premeditated ambush on our officers," Bidou said. Police described Powell's weapon as having a high capacity drum magazine, with 70 rounds of high-powered ammunition.
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Powell is currently in a stable but critical condition at a local hospital.
Bidou said Powell is the father of a 2-year-old boy shot inside a home in Suisun City on Sunday who is currently in a critical condition at a regional trauma center. Police have identified Powell as a person of interest in the shooting which took place in the 1000 block of Canary Court. An initial investigation shows the shooting was accidental. Investigators were unable to locate a weapon in Suisun City.[[397355791, C]]
Powell, who was convicted for robbery and drug offenses, was dressed in soft body armor and had an additional weapon on him.[[397268481, C]]
Vallejo police said the two officers were inside the coffee shop at 199 Lincoln Rd. West around 8:50 p.m., when they saw a man open the door and point an assault style weapon with a high capacity drum magazine at them.
The "suspect appeared to be attempting to manipulate the gun as if it had malfunctioned," Vallejo police said.
A dispatch recording of the brief and tense standoff recorded someone saying, "There's a man with a rifle just trying to ambush us at Starbucks."
At that point, the two officers drew their weapons to protect themselves. The suspect took off through the parking lot, fleeing west on Magazine Street. The officers ran after the suspect and caught up with him near the intersection of Magazine and Sheridan Streets as he continued to manipulate the weapon.[[397314521, C]]
Vallejo police said the suspect "presented himself as a lethal threat to the officers" who shot him three times. The suspect fell to the ground and was taken into custody. He was transported to a local hospital and was being treated for life-threatening injuries.[[397357591, C]]
"There is little doubt that if it were not for the decisive action of our two officers that today's story would be much different," Vallejo police said.
A nearby witness says she heard more than three shots fired. "We heard seven shots, like a clip, a large caliber clip," Susan Carter said.
The officers involved in the shooting were not injured. The Vallejo Police Department is investigating the incident along with the Solano County District Attorney's Office.
Vallejo residents posted videos to social media which showed heavy police presence on Magazine street, including at least 10 police cars.
Citizens can provide information to the Vallejo PD at (800)-488-9383. Citizens can also provide information anonymously to the Solano Crime Stoppers™ tip line 707-644-STOP. Solano Crime Stoppers™ offers cash rewards for phone tips that solve violent and/or serious crimes.
Active crime scene / stay away from the area RT @SolanoFire: Vallejo | Trauma | Magazine St / Sheridan St | Victim of a GSW/ Officer inv sho — Solano Fire Updates (@FireUpdates) October 17, 2016
@VallejoCANews @KTVU shots fired in vallejo pic.twitter.com/ol8Wj2uEra — Mitesh Jivan (@MiteshG1) October 17, 2016
2 year old Adonis is in stable condition w/gunshot to his neck says his sister. She believes shooting was an accident. pic.twitter.com/8GTU8R0MLR — Jodi Hernandez (@JodiHernandezTV) October 17, 2016


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Now that Martin Amis has relocated to Brooklyn from the UK, he found time to do an interview in last week's New York. He chats about many topics including but not limited to: "Terrorism, Pornography, Idyllic Brooklyn and American Decline."
It sounds schmaltzy to say, but fiction is much more to do with love than people admit or acknowledge. The novelist has to not only love his characters…[t]he difference between a Nabokov, who in almost all his novels, nineteen novels, gives you his best chair and his best wine and his best conversation. Compare that to Joyce, who, when you arrive at his house, is nowhere to be found, and then you stumble upon him, making some disgusting drink of peat and dandelion in the kitchen. He doesn't really care about you. Henry James ended up that way. They fall out of love with the reader. And the writing becomes a little distant.


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Sorry, I'm fairly new with Java. I created a new project in NetBeans by selecting New Project --> Java Desktop Application. This is what NetBeans produced for me:
My goal is to display a series of menus which the user can select and input values to receive an end value. So I made the code for it and implemented GUI codes, and everything seems to work fine within NetBeans. Except, when I go to run the program, this is what happens:
Both the GUI window shows up and the desktop application window.
(1) How do I get what I have in the GUI window to appear in the desktop application window?
(2) How do I get the application to show up on my desktop?
(3) Also, how can I get that application onto other desktops?


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Should progressive CFOs embrace the future of Corporate Reporting…Now?
Come hear how and why Generali Group, one of the 10 largest insurance companies in the world, is rethinking corporate reporting.
Massimo Romano, Head of Integrated Reporting & CFO HUB, discusses how Generali is changing its way of thinking about reporting. In particular, Massimo explains the move from traditional reporting to value-based reporting using the Integrated Reporting <IR> Framework.
Why take on this massive change? What is the expected outcome? What have the results been so far? Has it been worth the effort? Massimo answers these and more questions during this insightful interview with Jyoti Banerjee of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC).


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We don't want to give Kenyan runner Edwin Kipsang Rotich too much credit, because this race in Brazil over the weekend was a 10k, giving him plenty of time to make up for nearly getting bowled over by a spectator. His attacker was detained by police, who say he has a history of psychiatric problems and "has performed acts like these in the past." Not this specific act, presumably; that would add a whole new dimension to the distance races at the 2016 Olympics.
Crazy Person Tackles Runner Mid-Race; Runner Wins Anyway


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Visa and tax for foreign guest artists action
At a time when international cultural exchange is of great value to the international interests of the United States, orchestras and nonprofit arts organizations continue to confront delays and uncertainties getting approval for visa petitions for foreign guest artists. In a coordinated effort with other national performing arts organizations, orchestras are working with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of State, and Congress to improve the immigration procedures for foreign guest artists.
Contacting Congress is simple and will make a difference. We have prepared an advocacy campaign with essential background, talking points, and a template letter for you to personalize your communication with policymakers. Please note that identical copies of your letter will go to both of your Senators and your Representative.
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