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World Atlantic Airlines was originally born as Caribbean Sun Airlines in September of 2002 in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. In January of 2003, flight operations began utilizing Bombardier Dash 8-100 aircraft. The airline was set up out of necessity to increase the presence of the partner company, Caribbean Star Airlines.
On January 9th, 2007 the airline announced that it would shut down operations by month-end. After ceasing operations, the company tried to start operations once more under different leadership as Merengue Airlines Dominicana. The attempt was unsuccessful by the then management team.
The company was sold to industry veteran Mr. Tomas Romero. The new airline model also included a new branding name " World Atlantic Airlines" and utilizing the McDonnell Douglas MD-83. After many months of a very detailed re-certification process, World Atlantic Airlines applied for a new Airline Operating Certificate in August 2010, began proving runs and was certified as a 14 CFR Part 121 Supplemental Carrier in September of 2010.
Our philosophy is very simple: while you are with us, we will strive to be number one in every market we serve by creating a workplace where teams are committed to our customers in a distinctively way, resulting in superior industry returns. That's why a friendly approach, good customer service and a commitment to safety and quality are our top priorities in all the aircraft that make up our fleet and that you'll see in action on every single one of our WAA flights.
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This section contains important information for traveling with us. Please take some time to read the sections relevant to your travel needs.
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Passengers are allowed one carry-on bag and one personal item.
The World Atlantic Airlines Tarmac Delay Contingency Plan
To be compliant with Department of Transportation's Enhanced Protections for Airline Passengers regulations (14 CFR Part 259), World Atlantic Airlines (WAA) has established a Tarmac Delay Contingency Plan, and has committed sufficient resources to implement the plan. WAA coordinates this plan with all airports served on a charter basis. In the unlikely event of a long onboard delay prior to takeoff or upon landing, our System Operations Control Center will coordinate with the Pilot-in-command on the aircraft, the local Airport Operations Team, and authorities at the airport to implement our plan.
Under section 2309 of the 2016 FAA Extension, a tarmac delay begins "after the main aircraft door is closed in preparation for departure" and ends when a U.S. carrier "begins to return the aircraft to a suitable disembarkation point."
Onboard delays are situations we always try to avoid. Sometimes weather, gate-space limitations, visibility, airport conditions, mechanical problems, Air Traffic Control requirements, or other uncontrollable circumstances cause unavoidable ground delays.
WAA's Plan is divided into two (2) time components whereby World Atlantic Airlines will provide and/or take action. The first time threshold is designated at two hours after departure from the gate or after landing and en-route to parking location at the gate. The second time threshold will be at the three hour point for domestic flights and at the four hour point for international flights.
For all flights, World Atlantic Airlines will provide passengers on the delayed flight notification regarding the status of the delay every 30 minutes while the aircraft is delayed, including the reasons for the tarmac delay, if known.
For domestic flights, WAA gives assurance that it will not permit an aircraft to remain on the tarmac for more than three hours before allowing passengers to deplane unless:
(i) The pilot-in-command determines there is a safety-related or security-related reason (e.g. weather, a directive from an appropriate government agency) why the aircraft cannot leave its position on the tarmac to deplane passengers; or
(ii) Air traffic control advises the pilot-in-command that returning to the gate or another disembarkation point elsewhere in order to deplane passengers would significantly disrupt airport operations.
(2) For international flights departing from or arriving at a U.S. airport, WAA gives assurance that it will not permit an aircraft to remain on the tarmac at a U.S. airport for more than four hours before allowing passengers to deplane, unless:
(i) The pilot-in-command determines there is a safety-related or security-related reason why the aircraft cannot leave its position on the tarmac to deplane passengers; or
For all flights, WAA gives assurance that it will provide adequate food and potable water no later than two hours after the aircraft leaves the gate (in the case of a departure) or touches down (in the case of an arrival) if the aircraft remains on the tarmac, unless the pilot-in-command determines that safety or security considerations preclude such service.
For all flights, assurance of operable lavatory facilities, as well as adequate medical attention if needed, while the aircraft remains on the tarmac.
WAA assures that the plan will be coordinated with both U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at each large U.S. hub airport, medium hub airport, small hub airport and non-hub airport that is regularly used for that carrier's international flights, including diversion airports.
WAA also assures that it will provide comfortable cabin temperatures onboard aircraft will operating and while delayed. Every effort will be made to ensure that gate facilities will be made available in the event of an emergency.
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World Atlantic Airlines does not transport Hazardous Materials. Please note that any Hazardous Materials will be confiscated.
Passengers on a journey involving ultimate destination or a stop in a country other than the country of origin are advised that the provisions of a treaty known as the Warsaw Convention and the Montreal Convention may be applicable to the journey. For such passengers on a journey to, from or with an agreed stopping place in the United States of America, the Conventions and special contracts of carriage embodied in applicable tariffs provides that the liability of certain carriers, parties to such special contracts, for death of or personal injury to passengers is limited in most cases to proven damages not to exceed US$75,000 per passenger, and that this liability up to such limit shall not depend on negligence on the part of the carrier. For such passengers traveling by carrier not a party to such special contracts or on a journey not to, from, or having an agreed stopping place in the United States of Americ, liability of the carrier for death or personal injury to passengers is limited in most cases to approximately US$10.000 or US$20,000. Additional protection can usually be obtained by purchasing insurance from a private company. Such insurance is not affected by any limitation of the carrier's liability under the Warsaw Convention of such special contracts of carriers. For further information please consult your insurance company representative.
Note: the limit of liability of US$75,000 above is inclusive of legal fees and costs except that in the case of a claim brought in a state where provision is made for separate award of legal fees and costs, the limit shall be the sum of US$58,000 exclusive of legal fees and costs.
Liability for loss or damage to baggage is limited unless a higher value is declared to and accepted by World Atlantic Airlines, in advance of the travel and additional charges are paid. For most international travel the liability limit is approximately US$9.07 per pound (US$20.00 per kilo) for checked baggage only. World Atlantic Airlines assumes no liability for Fragile, Valuables, Jewelry, Stocks and Bonds, Electronics, Precious and Semi-precious Metals and Gem Stones, Designers Clothing or Articles, Art, Paintings, Collectibles or Perishable articles. World Atlantic Airlines, prohibits the transportation of any Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) as indicated by the Hazardous Material Act and IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations.
For International Travel to which the Warsaw Convention and/or the Montreal Convention applies, the liability of World Atlantic Airlines is limited to approximately $9.07 per pound up to a maximum of US$640.00 per bag for checked baggage only upon receiving the claim in writing, claim has to be made at the airport where the luggage could not be claimed or found after the flight. The claim has to have copies of the receipts of purchase of the claimed items. World Atlantic Airlines is not liable for conditions that result from normal wear and tear such as: Minor cuts, scratches, scuffs, dents and soil. Damage to wheels, feet, and extending handles of the suitcase or luggage, damage as a result of over-packed bags or loss of external locks, pull straps and/or security straps.
Caribbean Sun Airlines DBA World Atlantic Airlines (WAA) is a 14 CFR 121 Supplemental Air Carrier operating MD-80 series aircraft. WAA is a member of the CASS program and is pleased to offer jumpseat privileges to all participating CASS Members. Domestic and International travel is allowed with no reciprocal jumpseat agreement required. The number of jumpseats are limited therefore, we will accept on a first come first served basis. WAA currently operates aircraft out of Miami, FL, San Antonio, TX and Brownsville, TX. The scope of our operation has us operating within the contiguous US, Central, South America and the Caribbean.
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Our fleet is exclusively comprised of McDonnell Douglas aircraft. Known for its reliability, the popular MD-80 Series aircraft
is a stretched and improved development of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9. Our fleet is a source of pride for our employees and our company mission.
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*WAA aircraft operating with auxillary fuel tanks which give the aircraft an additional 1.5 hours of range.
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SafeTravel tips are not intended to substitute for FAA, TSA, or PHMSA regulations. In the event that information found on the SafeTravel website conflicts with an applicable law or regulation, that law or regulation takes precedence.
The FAA has issued a precautionary recommendation for airline passengers traveling with a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 mobile device following reports of potential safety concerns.
A Samsung Note 7 device may be taken on board aircraft or placed in carry-on baggage only.
At all times while on board the aircraft, the device must be turned off and it must not be charged.
This device may not be placed in checked baggage.
World Atlantic Airlines - Contingency Plan for Lengthy Tarmac Delays
To be compliant with Department of Transportation's Enhanced Protections for Airline Passengers regulations (14 CFR Part 259), World Atlantic Airlines (WAA) has established a Tarmac Delay Contingency Plan, and has committed sufficient resources to implement the plan. WAA has coordinated the plan with all of the airports it serves on a charter basis. In the unlikely event of a long onboard delay prior to takeoff or upon landing, our System Operations Control Center will coordinate with the Pilot-in-command on the aircraft, the local Airport Operations Team, and authorities at the airport to implement our plan.
For the purpose of this Plan a Tarmac Delay (hereinafter a "Delay") is defined under Part 259 as: "the holding of an aircraft on the ground either before taking off or after landing with no opportunity for its passengers to deplane." World Atlantic Airlines commits that should a plane be delayed in a manner that passengers cannot deplane, either before departure or after landing, that the following amenities and assistance will be provided.
WAA's Plan is divided into two time components whereby World Atlantic Airlines will provide and/or take action. The first time threshold is designated at two hours after departure from the gate or after landing and en-route to parking location at the gate. The second time threshold will be at the three hour point for domestic flights and at the four hour point for international flights.
For all flights, World Atlantic Airlines will provide passengers on the delayed flight notification beginning 30 minutes after scheduled departure time (including any revised departure time that passengers were notified about before boarding) and every 30 minutes thereafter that they have the opportunity to deplane from the aircraft if it is at the gate or another disembarkation area with the door open, provided the opportunity to deplane actually exists.
Passengers With Disabilities
If you require special assistance while traveling with World Atlantic Airlines, we will ensure that your experience is as convenient and smooth as possible.
Passengers needing special assistance may be accompanied beyond the security checkpoint by a non-traveling assistant. A gate pass can be obtained at the time of check-in. Please be advised the assistant will be required to provide government issued photo identification.
For those passengers with special needs, World Atlantic Airlines transports all types of wheelchairs including folding, collapsible or non-folding un-powered wheelchairs, electric powered wheelchairs, and electric powered carts. Advance notification is required for all electrical equipment and a minimum of two hours is required for check-in of any electrical equipment to ensure it meets all dangerous goods handling requirements.
World Atlantic is unable to accept special meal requests, passengers with special dietary needs may want to bring a packed meal with them.
Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Transportation.
World Atlantic Airlines complies with all non-discrimination policies as issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation. A copy of the DOT Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Transportation Policy can be obtained in the following ways:
Service Animals
World Atlantic Airlines proudly accepts service animals accompanying passengers with visual, mobility or hearing disabilities in the cabin free of charge. The animal(s) must remain seated on the floor at the passenger's feet and cannot obstruct an aisle or other area for aircraft evacuation. For safety reasons, passengers traveling with service animals are unable to be seated in exit rows or the row directly before or behind exit rows. We ask that passengers traveling with a service animal provide World Atlantic Airlines with 48 hours minimum advance notification via World Atlantic Airlines Call Center at 1-305-722-6100 Ext 6805 or email@example.com.
Emotional Support Animals
World Atlantic Airlines accepts emotional support animals accompanying passengers with required documentation. World Atlantic Airlines reserves the right to restrict carriage of emotional support animals by breed and type on a case by case basis.
Required documentation for the transport of emotional support animals in the cabin is as follows:
We ask that passengers traveling with emotional support animals provide World Atlantic Airlines with 48 hours minimum advance notification via World Atlantic Airlines Call Center at 1-305-722-6100 Ext 6805 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Passengers are allowed one carry-on bag and one personal item. Both must be the appropriate size, shape and weight to fit beneath the seat or in the overhead compartment.
Carry-on items too large or irregularly shaped to fit beneath a seat or in an overhead compartment will not be accepted for main cabin stowage and will be placed in the cargo hold.
The approximate dimensions of these areas are:
Personal Item - 9 Inches X 10 Inches X 17 Inches (Such as a shoulder bag, backpack, laptop bag)
Carry-On Bag - 9 Inches X 14 Inches X 22 Inches (Including handles and wheels)
Checked Bags - L + W + H = 62 Inches (Standard 50 Lbs - Not exceeding 70 Lbs)
World Atlantic Airline policy is one checked baggage per person at an average of 50 pounds not to exceed 70 pounds. All baggage are subject to screening by TSA, Private Screeners and ICAO governed screening. Baggage may be restricted from travel due to content.
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Dragon Brain is a fantasy film that is advertised in Grand Theft Auto IV
The movie is advertised with the tag "Dragon Brain, coming to theaters, rated G for Gibberish." It is likely to be a parody of popular fantasy film series' such as the Harry Potter film series and The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The name could also be a parody of Dragonheart. The film's website is Dragonbrainthemovie.com. The film feature multiple action/fantasy cliches, including a "hero with a California accent" and a furry, talking sidekick who says one-liners during battle scenes ("Don't lose your head!").
As revealed by Lazlow on Chattersphere, there are also several Dragon Brain novels published. The movie also have its own line of breakfast cereals called Dragon Rings manufactured by Biglogs.
Radio Ad Transcript
Narrator: In an ancient land, before time or sundials, it was time for a hero. This Fall, prepare to believe all over again, once more, again. Dragon Brain - prepare to believe.
Woman: It's a time before time... Oh no, here come the fucking dragons!
Man: We need a hero, or evil will reign for 2000 generations, and a million orcs will storm these lands, and the CGI bill will be apocalyptic!
Narrator: Dragon Brain - prepare to love.
Hero: I'm only a humble blacksmith with a California accent. How can I possibly rise up and conquer evil without a montage?
Man: How indeed? Do you believe?
Hero: I believe, in the miracle of merchandising! I'll need a furry talking sidekick to spew one-liners while I chop off heads!
Sidekick: (sound of decapitation) Don't lose your head! Hehehehe!
Man: We shall spin gold out of this drivel.
Narrator: Prepare to sit through a four hour journey.
Hero: I've got a quest: I must defeat evil, and sell franchise rights to theme parks!
Woman: We're cursed! The dragons! They're flying upside down!
Man: Nooo! The CG machine is broken again!
Hero: (yelling) DRAGON BRAIN!
Narrator: The quest is yours. Dragon Brain; coming soon to a theater near you. Rated "G" for gibberish.
- A Dragon Brain theme tune can be purchased from Vipluxuryringtones.com and used as a phone ringtone.
- A radio advertisement for the film mentions California, which is rather strange, as San Andreas is implied to be the GTA equivalent of California. This could either mean that California is a state in the HD Universe, but it is more likely that this was a developer oversight.

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The W.A. Criswell chair for expository preaching was installed at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in January and was established at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary last fall. Two more chairs, at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, have not been formally announced.
At Southeastern, Jim Shaddix, professor of preaching and a teaching pastor at The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Ala., was installed in the new chair.
Jack Pogue, a close friend of Criswell's and chairman of the W.A. Criswell Foundation, is establishing the academic chairs. The foundation's aim, Pogue said, is to be involved in winning people to Christ through preparing pastors, missionaries, church workers and laypeople to lead people to Jesus.
Pogue, a Dallas commercial real estate broker, told Baptist Press the word "expository" is the key component of the academic chairs in Criswell's honor.
As Criswell, who helped return the Southern Baptist Convention to its conservative roots and died in 2002, traveled the country preaching, pastors would ask him, "How do you know what you're going to preach on next Sunday?" Pogue said. "We wake up on Monday morning and have no idea what we're going to preach on."
Criswell's reply, Pogue said, would always be the same: "It's very easy. I'm an expository preacher, so I start at the first passage in a book of the Bible, and I preach verse by verse all the way through that book. So I don't have to worry what to preach the next Sunday. I just preach on the next verse from where I ended my previous sermon."
Pogue said of Criswell, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas for 50 years, "He preached through the entire Bible one time. It took him 17 years and eight months. He started at the first verse of the Book of Genesis, and he preached verse by verse by verse by verse all the way through the Bible.
"Dr. Criswell said, 'Where I would leave off Sunday morning, I would start at the next verse on Sunday night. Where I would leave off Sunday night, I would start at the next verse the next Sunday morning. I never have to worry about what I'm going to preach the next Sunday. It will be just the next verse.'"
"After he got through preaching through the Bible, he'd start at different books in the Bible, and he would preach verse by verse all the way through that book," Pogue said. "He said these young pastors worry about what they're going to preach, but if they do expository preaching, they don't have to worry about what they're going to preach. They just preach the next verse from where they ended the previous sermon. I think it's a great lesson for young preachers."
In announcing the expository preaching chair at Southeastern during the seminary's spring convocation, President Daniel Akin said Pogue "is a dear friend and a wonderful brother. I thank God for how he has been used in our Lord's work."
Criswell and Pogue had "a father-son relationship," Akin said, "and Jack has done a tremendous job in honoring and perpetuating the legacy of Criswell."
"If not for men like Dr. Criswell, you would not be here today," Akin told the convocation.
The announcement of the chairs at Southeastern and Southern was accompanied by a video of Criswell's sermon "Whether We Live or Die," delivered in 1985 at the Pastors' Conference preceding the SBC annual meeting in Dallas during the Conservative Resurgence.
Shaddix, who now occupies the sixth SEBTS chair installed in the past 10 years, said, "I was there in 1985 as a seminary student when Dr. Criswell gave this address. It opened my eyes to become aware of what was going on and the need to stand on God's Word and preach it faithfully with integrity."
Being named to the chair, Shaddix said, "is the greatest honor, encouragement and affirmation in my life in ministry."
Criswell's 1985 sermon highlighted "the promise of renaissance, resurrection and revival" in Christ versus the "pattern of death for a denomination, the pattern of death for an institution, the pattern of death for a preacher and a professor" in theological liberalism.
Criswell also encouraged the audience to "never turn aside from great high calling to preach the whole counsel of God, warn men of their sins and the judgment of God upon them, baptize their converts in the name of the triune Lord, and build up the congregation in the love and wisdom of Christ Jesus." He added, "Just keep on winning souls to Jesus!"
Pogue established the first academic post in Criswell's honor nearly two decades ago at the Criswell College he founded in Dallas, naming it the W.A. Criswell Chair of Expository Preaching.
Pogue is the "custodian" of the Criswell legacy that has benefited thousands of ministerial students, said Susie Hawkins, a former Criswell College trustee. "As one of those, I am eternally grateful for Jack's love for the Word and how he so generously has given of his time and resources to expand the extraordinary teaching/preaching ministry of Dr. Criswell."
Erin Roach is assistant editor of Baptist Press. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).
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I is for Incarceration.
The producers of "Sesame Street" have come up with new tools on their website to help children and caregivers cope when parents land in prison.
The program "Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration" includes a toolkit complete with printable guidebooks, storybooks, activity books, videos and tips for caregivers to help children manage their anxiety while their parent is in prison. There is even an iPhone and Android app.
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It's a topic that caregivers have trouble addressing, but Justice Department data shows that more than 2.7 million children in the U.S. have a parent behind bars, according to psychologist Julie Poehlmann.
"Half of families say nothing," said Poehlmann, who helped the creators of "Sesame Street" develop the learning materials. "Another third say the parent is in the hospital or something like that. They don't know how to talk about it."
More than 1.2 million of the 2.3 million people behind bars in the U.S. are parents to children under the age of 18, according to a 2010 study by the Pew Charitable Trust.
Research shows that kids with parents who are serving time tend to fare poorly in school. Twenty three percent of children with a father who has served time have been expelled or suspended, compared with only four percent of children whose fathers have not been in jail, the Pew report says.
To help children maintain stability, the website dispenses tips for adults like "Build Security: In the morning, let your child know some of the things that will happen throughout the day. For example, 'Grandma will pick you up from school. Then you'll go to the park, and later we'll all have dinner together.'"
One of the activity books prompt children to draw pictures that reflect how they're feeling -- angry, upset or sad. The reading material includes a book that tells the story of Jada, who finds herself feeling sad when her school's Family Fun Night reminds her that her father is unable to join because he is in prison.
Jada's story concludes with her uncle reminding her that in her father's absense, he will love and care for her.
"We need to help kids realize it's not their fault," Poehlmann says.


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Sun has slipped beyond the rim, and
on the hill,
fiery petals unfurl,
a towering blossom of flame,
summer's herald,
an omen of peace and plenty.
Around the Beal-fire maidens sway,
yellow wrapped with starry strings of gorse,
their eyes light filled,
heat leaping in their blood,
summer's song sweet on their lips
while men compete at warrior's sport.
They attempt the hero leap
over the fire,
urged on by mead, camaraderie, bravado,
a lover's glance, and
the need to prove their own prowess.
Children run between the fires,
soot covered, laughing,
or listen, slack jawed,
to the tall tales the fili tell.
And then the cattle drive,
no small feat of a man's skill
to manoeuvre that fire-crazed stampede
successfully through the inferno.
Eriu's eye has opened. She sees all,
as the fires rise and fall
like the washing of the tides,
the wax and wane of the moon,
the wheel of life and death,
scattering ashes into the dry earth beneath,
wherein her pulse beats
cadence with the bodhran
and the dancers feet,
and life quickens
in the dark warm recesses
of the feminine.


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Figari is a town in South Corsica, located near the ancient medieval fortified citadel of Bonifacio and the coastal town of Porto Vecchio, famous for its beautiful beaches and its intense nightlife. Nestled between the mountains and the sea, in the heart of a nature reserve, Figari is surrounded by 14 small villages which are worth a visit: you will be able to admire the remains of prehistoric civilisations, Roman ruins and medieval chapels.
The gulf of Figari has remained untouched and is not littered with modern buildings. With its many coves, marine caves, beaches and small islands, the bay is a real paradise for all who love water activities. The southern winds from the Mediterranean Sea make this area a perfect spot for sailing, surfing and kite-surfing. From the Bonifacio coast, you will be able to see the Sardinian coast in Italy, which is only 12 km away.
Hikers will have a lot of fun discovering the many pathways in the surrounding mountains, some of which lead to typical Corsican farms where you will be offered home-made cheese, charcuterie and the local wine. Figari is regarded as home to the most ancient vineyard in Corsica.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Tomas Young has been fighting for the last nine years, fighting his government, fighting the Department of Veterans Affairs and fighting his own deteriorating body.
But soon the struggle will be over. The Kansas City man who was paralyzed from the chest down by a sniper's bullet during the Iraq war is now in hospice care and preparing to die.
Sometime in the next few weeks, after he has said all his goodbyes, he intends to refuse nourishment, water and life-extending medication. He expects his 33-year life to be over a few days after that.
"Because I'm tired," Young explained this week from his bed. "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired."
Young is mostly confined to his bed. His colon was removed in November and he doesn't eat solid food. A pump that he controls provides anti-pain drugs through a tube into his chest. He gets nauseated and tires easily.
Those closest to Young, including his wife and his mother, support his decision. They want Young's story to draw attention to America's attitudes toward death and dying as well as to the continuing price being paid for the Iraq war, which began 10 years ago this week. American troops left in 2011.
In what may be Young's final political gesture, the activist this week issued an open letter to former president George W. Bush and former vice president Dick Cheney on behalf of "the human detritus your war has left behind, those who will spend their lives in unending pain and grief."
The letter, which is posted at www.truthdig.com, accuses Bush and Cheney of "egregious war crimes, of plunder and finally of murder."
Young is accustomed to expressing strong opinions about the war. He was interviewed on "60 Minutes" and was the subject of the 2007 documentary "Body of War" produced by Phil Donahue. Musician Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam was inspired by Young to compose songs for the film.
Young's experience strikes a nerve among people. A story about his current situation on The Kansas City Star's website, www.kansascity.com, drew roughly 30,000 hits by Wednesday afternoon, more than three times as much traffic as the next-most-viewed story.
Young was a graduate of Winnetonka High School, class of '98, and after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he decided to join the Army.
"I enlisted to go to Afghanistan because I felt that was, quote unquote, the right war, to go after the people that attacked us," he said.
Young was distraught to be sent instead to Iraq, a conflict that he felt was not justified. He said an Army chaplain told him he would feel better once he got to Iraq and started killing Iraqis.
Young was in the country less than a week, on April 4, 2004, when he and many other soldiers were wounded while in the back of an open-air truck rushing in a rescue convoy in Sadr City outside Baghdad. He was 24 years old.
"It was like shooting fish in a barrel," Young later said of the sniper attack that severed his spine.
Back home and in a wheelchair, Young struggled with post-traumatic stress but became a voice against the Iraq war. "Body of War" dealt with the congressional debate over the war resolution and took an unflinching look at Young's daily medical trials.
Those became worse with a pulmonary embolism and anoxic brain injury in 2008 that impaired his speech and arms. He was in rehab in Chicago when a kindhearted woman who had seen the documentary began visiting him.
"I went down there to make it better for him," said Claudia Cuellar. "I took him books and music and movies. We connected pretty quickly. I fell in love."
Cuellar left her home in Chicago to be Young's caregiver in Kansas City. Last spring the two married at the Clay County Courthouse so Cuellar couldn't be excluded by a hospital from Young's final moments. They were already thinking about that. Things soon began to get worse when Young experienced severe abdominal pains.
There were several hospitalizations and arguments with doctors over pain medication. Young left a VA hospital in October against medical advice. He and Cuellar were considering hospice care when doctors at a private hospital suggested a colostomy.
It was major surgery, but the couple thought it would buy some time and quality of life. But the pain returned.
Now Cuellar feeds her husband a liquid diet through a tube and grinds up pills when he is nauseated.
Leaving the bed is too much of an effort, so Young lies in a darkened room with a wide-screen TV and Bob Marley posters on the wall. Elsewhere in the house in Kansas City, North, are Pearl Jam memorabilia, photos of Young and Cuellar, and books on Tibetan Buddhism, her religion.
Knocks on the front door signal the arrival of a visiting caregiver or the delivery of meds. A happy dog named Buddy pads around with a tennis ball in his mouth.
Cuellar doesn't cook anymore, lest the aroma cause her husband to think about food. Watching TV is hard because every other commercial seems to be about food.
After the last surgery did not make things better, Young and Cuellar again turned to the concept of palliative care.
"Finally I decided that ... watching my body deteriorate, I was going to go into hospice care and eventually stop eating and drinking," said Young.
Cuellar said it wasn't that easy "getting off the medical merry-go-round where they want you to do more and more procedures and take more and more drugs. They make you feel like you're giving up, like there's something wrong."
To be accepted into hospice, one technically has to have a terminal condition. Cuellar and Young prevailed when he was ruled to have an "inability to thrive" and was accepted by Crossroads Hospice.
Young said his choice was rational.
"When you feel like you've had enough with life, you can choose to go out your own way," he said. "You don't have to struggle through every day just to make it because you're expected by society to endure until you die naturally or are murdered."
As a longtime atheist, Young has no religious reservations about choosing to die.
Cuellar said her religion teaches that a person's wish to be free from suffering is a karmically neutral act.
Young's mother, Cathy Smith, has been on her son's side for the past nine years and still is. She lives about five minutes from him and visits often.
"Though it's probably the hardest thing any mother has to go through to watch your son go and to prepare for this," she said, "I know he won't be in pain anymore."
Smith doesn't believe her oldest child is committing suicide and says his decision is no different from a do-not-resuscitate order.
"My mourning has already been done," said Smith. "I've already mourned for the son I had, for the man that he could have been, for everything that he could have done and accomplished. At the same time, the legacy that he has left with 'Body of War' and the interviews that he has done recently -- not many people have left a legacy like that. That's something to be proud of."


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Maybe a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but slapping the label "rose" on a skunk would not improve the impression the small mammal makes on those in proximity to its scent.
And that is the problem with the widely used new term "smart beta," which generally has a positive connotation in the investment world but which is increasingly being applied to products with a rank smell — perhaps at least to Rob Arnott, whose firm, Research Affiliates, is most identified with smart beta.
In a newly published essay, Arnott, together with Research Affiliates senior researcher Engin Kose, wades into the fray on the true meaning of smart beta, which he views as "one of the most overused, ill-defined, and controversial terms in the modern financial lexicon."
While Research Affiliates' smart beta products have been commercially available now for close to 10 years, Arnott has perhaps been circumspect about defining a term that he makes clear was not his own invention.
So why speak up now?
"The success of so-called smart beta products has attracted a host of new entrants purporting to be smart beta products when, frankly, they aren't!"
The fact that his own smart beta products — once derided as repackaged value investing based on back-tested data, he recalls — are just shy of 10 years of live data demonstrating their outperformance relative to cap-weighed indexing also suggests the need for a concrete definition of the strategy that has produced these results.
For starters, smart beta should not be understood as merely something other than traditional cap-weighted indexing. In fact, Arnott and Kose gallantly defend the rival indexing approach from charges that it is "dumb beta."
"If an investor wants to own the broad market, wants to pay next to nothing for market exposure, and doesn't want to play in the performance-seeking game, cap-weighted indexing is the smartest choice, by far," they write.
Respectfully acknowledging the integrity of this strategy, Arnott's worry seems to be the "me-too firms" that want to "stamp smart beta on anything that's not cap-weighted indexing."
Towers Watson, the investment consulting firm that coined the term smart beta, last year sought to add clarity to the term by defining it as "good investment ideas … structured better," adding that such strategies should be "simple, low-cost, transparent and systematic."
Arnott and Kose want to build on that definition, specifically with respect to equities. Here is their definition:
"A category of valuation-indifferent strategies that consciously and deliberately break the link between the price of an asset and its weight in the portfolio, seeking to earn excess returns over the cap-weighted benchmark by no longer weighting assets proportional to their popularity, while retaining most of the positive attributes of passive indexing."
This definition enables them to sharply contrast their approach to that of cap-weighted portfolios, whose indices are linked to price and therefore "automatically increase the allocation to companies whose stock prices have risen, and reduce the weight for companies whose stock prices have fallen."
With this definition, Arnott and Kose generously include other investment strategies as meeting the standards of smart beta:
"Equal weight, minimum variance, Shiller's new CAPE index, and many others, all sever this link, and empirically add roughly the same alpha," they write, adding that all these approaches can be executed inexpensively and mechanistically, demonstrate historical and geographic efficacy and that some have "live experience that roughly matches the backtests."
The live experience is an argument Arnott frequently cites, especially since the period during which his strategy has been implemented has generally been favorable to growth, though fundamental indexing's value tilt has not prevented it from outperforming growth-oriented cap-weighted portfolios by about 2 percentage points.
In any event, Arnott maintains that breaking the link between price and weight is necessary but not sufficient to merit being called smart beta.
Rather, smart beta must also incorporate all or most of passive investing's best features, itemized as transparent, rules-based, low-cost, liquid and well-diversified.
Arnott and Kose remind readers that smart beta is a long-term strategy wherein prolonged periods of underperformance must be expected. "Only a charlatan would encourage customers to expect 100% probability of future outperformance," they write.
And while the future cannot be known in the present, they point out that their fundamentally weighted index has outperformed both a cap-weighted broad-market index and a cap-weighted value style index over the past 35 years.
Those traditional indexes will always be lower-cost than smart beta, but smart beta should in turn always be lower-cost than actively managed funds.
Financial advisors in particular are the ones who appreciate these distinctions, and see the wisdom in this middle approach. Write Arnott and Kose:
"The practitioner community has increasingly embraced the notion of seeking beta … for free, and paying for alpha."
The source of smart beta's alpha, they write, is the psychologically uncomfortable "contratrading" against investors who are buying what is popular and unloading what is unloved.
"Viewed in this context, smart beta actually can mean something useful: a smarter way for investors to buy beta with alpha," they write. "After all, if one can find a more reliable alpha, and pay less for it, that would be pretty smart."
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Casseroles to Start the Day
- Frenchy Toast Casserole
- Baked Oatmeal
- Smoked Salmon and Potato Breakfast Casserole
- Sausage and Egg Casserole with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Mozzarella
- Hash Brown Brunch Casserole
- Confetti Corn BreadCrusted Shrimp in Creole Filling
C omforting, delicious, and simple—what's not to love about one-pot meals like lasagna, gratins, eggplant Parmesan, and mac and cheese? Crystal Cook and Sandy Pollock love them so much they were inspired to write The Casserole Queens: Put Some Lovin' in Your Oven with 100 Easy One-Dish Recipes. "Casseroles are a nice way to share a piece of yourself with someone, and they make the dinner table a little more colorful," says Cook. The authors admit to having a fairly loose definition of what constitutes a casserole, taking the old-school, retro deep-dish concept and revamping it to fit the modern-day palate and busy schedules of today's families: "If it all goes in one dish, then it's a casserole. From the old-school 9x10-inch glass Pyrex, to the highly decorated soufflé dish, Dutch oven, ramekin, or pie pan, it's all comfort—it's all casserole."
Dinner Casseroles
- Red Snapper Veracruz
- Michael Lewis's Cassoulet de Canard
- Valley-Style Arroz con Pollo
- Swiss Chard Lasagna with Ricotta and Mushroom
- Hearty Moussaka with Low-Fat White Sauce
- Roasted Beet and Feta Gratin with Fresh Mint
- Bean Burrito Casserole
According to the Casserole Queens, to make a tasty casserole you'll need not only an amazing recipe but also passion and a well-stocked pantry—and don't forget a glass of wine for the cook! The authors' essential casserole-making ingredients include chicken, meat, and fish, frozen veggies, grains, starches, eggs and dairy, spices, garlic, onions, condiments, and canned goods like tomatoes, beans, tuna, and yes, even cream soups. Having these on hand will guarantee a speedy family dinner that will look—and taste—like it took hours to make.
Recipe tips:
- Time Is on Your Side
Cook and Pollock have several tips for how to save your most precious commodity, time. Because so many flavors go into these dishes, you might consider swapping in frozen veggies if you don't have fresh on hand, or use a food processor to speed up the slicing process. Making dishes like coq au vin, tajine, and stews a day or two before allows the flavors to mingle and settle down, yielding a better-tasting product.
One-Dish Desserts
- Apple-Matzoh Kugel
- Bread-and-Butter Pudding
- Wild Blueberry Pie with Almond Crumble Topping
- Double Chocolate Mocha Brownies
- Prep, Freeze & Serve
One of the biggest selling points of casseroles is that you can plan, prep, and then freeze them for another time. Delayed gratification never tasted so good. A few rules to live by:
• All starchy ingredients, like beans, pasta, and rice should be cooked al dente to prevent them from becoming mushy.
•Hold off on the crunchy toppings until serving day.
•Cover with freezer paper or heavy-duty foil, not plastic wrap.
•When you're ready to serve the casserole, let it thaw overnight and then bake as directed.
- Don't Skimp on the Dairy
Watching your waistline shouldn't stop you from enjoying a casserole. "We cook from a place of love," the authors share, "so casseroles are generally not an area where we restrict our diet, but we've gotten a lot of requests to lighten up these hearty dishes." For the richest, creamiest dishes, Cook and Pollock recommend using full-fat milk and cheese. To cut back on calories but not taste, the duo advise combining low-fat grated cheeses with whole-wheat bread crumbs. Fat-free cheese products tend not to melt well and taste rubbery. Another option: Simply use a little less than what is called for in the recipe.
- No Need to Go Dutch
Even though casseroles can be made in any deep dish, the Casserole Queens suggest using glass or metal instead of cast iron, which can be extremely heavy and unwieldy. "In our own catering business, we use disposable aluminum pans. Those work like a charm and the heat conducts just beautifully," say the Queens.
- As You Wish
With that in mind, feel empowered to add your own ingredients. What's great about casseroles is that they're forgiving, allowing you the freedom to add or subtract ingredients as you deem fit. It can seem as if there are an overwhelming number of casserole recipes out there (we have more than 300 recipes on Epicurious), but don't stress or feel like you have to follow recipes to the letter all the time. If you really like cinnamon, add more to taste to your Frenchy Toast Casserole. If you want more protein in your Arroz con Pollo, increase the chicken and use less rice.
- Live It Up
Cook and Pollock recommend "dressing the part" and "getting in the groove" before beginning your casserole. "The Kitchen is our kingdom—and in our land, we sing and dance just as well as Beyoncé." They are also big believers of wearing fun and flirty aprons.


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Britain has decided to cooperate with the United States in a bilateral agreement to release strategic oil stocks, two British sources said, in an effort to prevent high fuel prices derailing economic growth in a U.S. election year.A formal request from the United States to the UK to join forces in a release of oil from government-controlled reserves is expected "shortly" following a meeting on Wednesday in Washington between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron, who discussed the issue, one source said.
Britain would respond positively, the two sources said.
"We regularly consult with the British on energy issues and any discussion that we had was in that context. We will continue to monitor the situation and consult with them and others," an Obama administration official said.
Rising world oil prices have pushed U.S. gasoline prices up sharply this year and threaten to choke economic recovery ahead of Obama's bid for re-election in November.
Brent crude has gained more than 15 percent since January, trading. It fell $2 on Thursday on news of the likely U.S.-UK release to just under $123 a barrel.
Details of the timing, volume and duration of the emergency drawdown have yet to be settled but a detailed agreement is expected by the summer, one of the sources said.
Other countries may also be approached by Washington to contribute, a further source said, Japan among them.
Previous emergency oil drawdowns, the latest last year, have been coordinated by the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) to meet its mandate to cover substantial supply disruptions on the world oil market. Libyan oil production was closed for much of last year during civil war.
The IEA so far has declined to coordinate a broader release among its 28 industrialized members, saying that countries may legitimately decide to release oil unilaterally.
"The Obama administration can only take so much political pain from rising gasoline prices, which pose a serious threat to the economy and the president's re-election," said Bob McNally, a former White House energy adviser and head of U.S. energy consultancy Rapidan.
"SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) use is more a matter of when than if. The administration strongly desires international support and coordination from other strategic stock holders, but is encountering stiff resistance from some IEA members who think strategic stocks should only be used for severe supply disruptions," McNally said.
Top U.S. officials including Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have said publicly in recent weeks that a U.S. oil release is among the options the government is considering.
While there is no significant disruption of world oil supplies at the moment, sanctions on Iran are expected to cut its output when a European Union embargo takes effect from July.
Minor stoppages from South Sudan, Yemen and Syria also have contributed to the rise in oil prices.
"At the moment there is no need to use it (strategic reserves)," IEA executive director Maria van der Hoeven said at an industry conference in Kuwait on Wednesday.
"There is more supply coming to the market from OPEC countries. There is no price trigger for the stocks release, the trigger is a disruption in physical supplies."
"There is no real supply disruption, this is just price management", said Olivier Jakob from Vienna-based consultancy Petromatrix.
OPEC's biggest producer Saudi Arabia, the only oil producer with any spare capacity, has said it is prepared to fill a supply gap but will only do so to meet additional demand, rather than as a preventative measure.
While the U.S. release would be of crude oil from the national SPR, the UK contribution is likely to come from a reduction of the minimum reserves of crude and refined products that UK commercial oil companies are required to hold.
The United States has sold crude oil directly from the SPR, which holds 696 million barrels at the moment — enough to meet domestic demand for about 37 days — only a handful of times, almost always in conjunction with the IEA.
In addition, the U.S. Department of Energy has arranged unilateral short-term loans from the reserve about a dozen times since it was filled in the 1980s, typically in much smaller amounts.
By Richard Mably
LONDON (Reuters) – (Joshua Schneyer in New York, Humeyra Pamuk in Kuwait, Zaida Espana in London; Editing by Anthony Barker)


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A Chinese vase for which a bidder offered a record US$83 million at auction more than two years ago has been sold for less than half the price the original purchaser failed to pay.
The elaborately decorated 18th-century porcelain vase, described as being made for the Qianlong Emperor, was auctioned by Bainbridges in Ruislip, west London, on Nov. 11, 2010.
The winning bid was more than 50 times the presale estimate. The price, including auction house fees, was a record for any Asian work of art offered at auction. The bid was made by an agent in the room on behalf of the Beijing-based collector, Wang Yaohui, according to a person familiar with the transaction.
The owners, a retired solicitor called Tony Johnson and his mother Gene, waited two years for a resolution. They have now sold the vase to another buyer for an undisclosed price between US$32 million and US$40 million, said a person with knowledge of the matter.
The private transaction was brokered by the London-based auction house Bonhams. The vase has now been exported. The new owner has been identified by dealers as an Asian collector.
"Bonhams is pleased to confirm the sale of the vase for an undisclosed sum, in a private treaty deal," according to an email from Julian Roup, Bonhams's director of press and marketing.
House Clearance
"It's the right price," the London-based dealer Roger Keverne said in an interview. "That was the figure at which most people were interested when the vase was originally offered. It's settled to its true value."
Keverne said dealers would be relieved the two-year non- payment saga had been resolved. "It's good news," he said. "This was an itch that needed dealing with. It was at least so far out of the reach of normal trading that it didn't affect overall levels of confidence. That [US$83] million was a casino price."
The Qing-dynasty rarity, featuring a pierced "reticulated" body painted in a pastel-colored "famille rose" palette, was discovered during a routine house clearance in the London suburb of Pinner.
In perfect condition, the vase had been owned by William and Pat Newman, who died in 2006 and 2010 respectively. It then passed to Pat Newman's sister, Gene. It isn't known how William Newman acquired the piece.
The record bid for the so-called "Ruislip Vase" was the highest of a series of big-ticket prices for imperial Chinese porcelain that were pledged, if not always paid, by Asian bidders at auctions in 2010.
Sale Value
Auction sales of art and antiques in China in 2010 were valued at US$8.6 billion, a 177 percent increase on 2009, according to a European Fine Art Foundation report published in March 2011.
Further auctions and dealer transactions in the West turned the trade in Chinese artifacts into a business worth more than US$10 billion, according to Bloomberg calculations.
Demand for Chinese antiques has since declined as growth in the Chinese economy contracted and western auction houses introduced deposits to deter non-payers.
Though Bainbridges's original bill for the imperial vase was never met in full, the auction house had received an interim payment, said persons with knowledge of the matter.
Peter Bainbridge, the company's director, has consistently declined to comment on the non-payment of the vase, citing a confidentiality clause.
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During her 25 years as a sports nutrition consultant, Heidi Skolnik has counseled corporate VIPs, the New York Mets, the New York Giants, the New York Knicks, the Juilliard School, and the School of American Ballet on the virtues of nutrition and...
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Prevention magazine began publishing in 1950, with a message of wellness-based living that was, in many respects, decades ahead of its time. Today, the venerable magazine is more relevant than ever,...
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Not so long ago, when Travis Knapp thought about rhythm he was concerned with time signatures in a musical composition. These days the former music-anthropology major is more concerned about the rhythm of the seasons as an organic farmer....
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In the last year, kids at the Beverly J. Martin Elementary School in downtown Ithaca have sampled more than 50 varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables, many local and organic, as part of a privately funded pilot program to provide two healthy...
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The higher Brian Fox climbed the ladder of corporate success, the less satisfied he was with his career and the more he desired to do something on his own.
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Obituary: Jack S. Davis
March 9, 1934-Dec. 5, 2012
Jack and Mary bought their home in Truckee in 1990, living there part time, and became full time residents from 1999-2006. Jack was very active in the Truckee community and was member of the Noon Rotary Club. Jack and Mary moved to Reno to be closer to Jack's medical care givers.
Jack had Multiple Myeloma, a rare cancer that affects only 1 in 1 million people and is not curable. He outlived the statistics by surviving 7 years from diagnosis and he put up a brave and courageous fight the last two years of his life. He died peacefully at home with Hospice and Mary's care.
He will be missed by Mary, his wife and best friend of 27 years; his natural children Kim, Scott, Todd and bonus children Arthur, Susan and David; his beloved grandchildren Jenna, Jordy, Kody, Kasey, Wes, Cassie, Rusty and Maxx; and, his great granddaughter, Brooklyn.
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time." – Mark Twain


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 319 diseños de 64 diseñadores freelance.
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London Buses in Sarajevo
In the mid-1960s Yugoslavia exhibited an intriguing mixture of tradition and modernism, as it slowly recovered from its collapse following the Second World War. This is a description of Sarajevo from the 1966 Fodor's guide to Yugoslavia:
Sarajevo, a city of some 200,000 people, is known to the whole world as the setting for the outbreak of World War l. Today the impression it creates is one of amazement at the sight of numerous double-decker London buses and Green Line Coaches careering round in the inappropriate setting of mosques and minarets. The impression is trivial and soon passes, but we defy any Londoner not to gape at the sight of a Mohammedan, complete with fez, riding along beneath a poster boasting of the latest Washday Whiteness Miracle!
The explanation lies in the fact that the situation of the town allows for expansion only along the bank of the river-a ribbon development far beyond its transport facilities, but for the large scale importation of these second-hand veterans from London.
Fodor's Modern Guides: Yugoslavia. Fodor. 1966.
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States, Cities Use Social Networks to Test Open Records Laws and Transparency Goals
Governments' Facebook and Twitter activity presents a distinct challenge for states and localities committed to transparency.
Be careful what you tweet, because what you say online is never really gone. That's doubly true for public officials, whose deleted tweets are being preserved for all to see in a new online repository managed by the transparency-minded Sunlight Foundation.
The project, Politwoops, has recovered nearly 3,400 tweets that members of Congress, governors and other public officials have deleted. Most were innocuous misspellings or broken links, but some proved to be grounds for controversy: U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) deactivated his Twitter profile in May after tweeting out a poll questioning whether President Obama was born in the United States.
The account is still suspended, but, thanks to Politiwoops, the tweet remains.
"In politics, Twitter is part of the ever-present 'spin room' of the digital age. But unlike other mediums, the record of events can be edited," said Tom Lee, director of the Sunlight Foundation. "Politiwoops provides a window into what politicians are thinking and how campaigns are honing their social media messaging."
The Politwoops experiment demonstrates another wrinkle in the interplay between government and social media: How do social media and other electronic communications challenge the notion of an open and transparent public record?
According to the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, only three states (Florida, Illinois and Kentucky) have adopted guidance and statutes that specifically define official activity on social media accounts as part of the public record. However, the group's review of policies in all 50 states does note that, in a court of law, most states' existing open records law (which usually includes broad definitions, such as "electronic" or "computer-based" information) would likely cover social media.
"It's unsurprising that the rules are still evolving," Sunlight's Lee told Governing, "but I think the expectation is that this should be available to the public, that there should be a trail for watchdogs to follow."
A 2010 survey by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers found that records retention was one of the most commonly cited concerns among government officials about social media use. Some state bar associations, such as Florida's, have advised state and local agencies to err on the side of caution, and new social media archiving websites, including GovLive Vault and ArchiveSocial, have begun marketing toward government entities.
Many states and localities have taken a proactive approach. In a Governing survey of more than 350 government employees and officials, 55 percent said their department or organization was using a Facebook or Twitter account to serve a transparency-related function.
"Government — all organizations really — must communicate in the spaces where people are connecting, gathering information and forming opinions," one participant said. "Today and into the future, those spaces are increasingly online social media."
Some states are also using social media to their advantage: the Connecticut General Assembly solicited official testimony from Facebook and Twitter on the state's response to Hurricane Irene and its aftermath.
A Facebook page created specifically for the issue garnered 68 comments, and all were entered into the public record along with those delivered in person at the Capitol. As State Senate President Donald Williams, who proposed the idea, explained: If 68 people had testified for three minutes in person, that would have amounted to seven hours of testimony.
"In this case, no one had to leave their home; no one had to miss work," Williams said in September. "The access to constituents was instantaneous. They were able to provide constructive ideas. I'm not sure this will work for every issue, but regarding issues of general concern, I think it can be an effective tool."


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Christian Unity
November 27, 2014
"I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one." - John 17:15
Satan is the author of confusion. He masquerades as an angle of light seeking to destroy the life and testimony of God's children. He is at work all over the world, in our nation, our families, our friendships, and even in the local church body. What is the answer? Well, the Bible tells us we have the mind of Christ, and therefore, we are to be like-minded in our home, our relationships, and in our church body. "Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty," and there will be a oneness of mind because Christ lives in you and He lives in me and as we walk in the Spirit we will live in a state of unity in all areas of our lives.
For more resources from Above & Beyond Fellowship, visit www.abidingabove.org.


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I'm working on a book unrelated to ratios, but midday Saturday as my over-caffeinated stomach began to rumble, I thought about the Indian dal we'd had the night before, one of our staple meals. I've published the recipe in Ruhlman's Twenty but keep meaning to publish it here because it takes about 10 minutes total prep time (an hour to simmer), and with some rice and pappadams is a great meal. The thing is we'd eaten all the rice, I didn't feel like plain dal or heating oil for pappadams, and I happened to be writing about a specific dessert crepe. And there it was—I'll make a couple of crepes.
Where on earth, though, is there a recipe for one or two crepes?
I needed only tap on my trusty Ratio app (which Will Turnage and I built, along with design from Leah McCombe, based on the book of that name) to recall the crepe ratio. (Contrary to what many think, the Ratio app IS available for Android devices.) The crepe ratio turns out to be a simple 2:2:1. This allowed me to crack an egg into a bowl that I'd set on my scale and use that as the starting weight.
I set a crepe pan on the stove (though any pan will do, doesn't need to be nonstick; crepes peel easily away when done) over medium-low heat, then added an equal amount of milk to the bowl, then half as much flour.
I stirred it all together, reheated the dal in the microwave, made a crepe, and ate it while I cooked the second crepe, which I used to enfold the dal. And I was back at my desk with a quick lunch made from delicious leftovers, crummy photos and all, in fifteen minutes.
It reminded me of the power of ratios, and also how easy and useful simple crepes are when you want to take an amorphous nothing into an elegant something. Creamy mushrooms would be delicious inside a crepe; so would leftover pulled pork (I'd drizzle hot sauce over it); or for dessert, berries and whipped cream, with powdered sugar on top.
Basic Crepes
- 8 ounces eggs (4 large eggs, which will weigh between 200 and 240 grams)
- 8 ounces milk (or liquid of your choice, and if weighing, 200 to 240 grams, whatever the eggs weigh)
- 4 ounces flour (a scant cup, or half the weight of the eggs, 100 to 120 grams)
- salt, sugar, vanilla (optional and to taste)
- Combine the ingredients and blend with a whisk until they're uniformly combined. A pinch of salt is always good no matter what you're using the crepes for, but if you're going savory, you can add 1/2 teaspoon (and you can replace the milk with chicken stock or water, if you wish). If you're making sweet crepes, add 1 tablespoon sugar and, if you wish, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Let the batter rest for 1/2 hour, uncovered at room temp (or up to 1 day, covered and refrigerated); though I rested mine only long enough to heat the pan and they were fine.
- Heat your pan over medium-low heat. You need only put a little vegetable oil on a paper towel and wipe the surface of the pan. If you're using stainless steel, you can swirl a teaspoon of butter in the pan to coat the bottom to ensure it doesn't stick. Pour in just enough batter to coat the bottom as you tip and tilt the pan.
- Allow it to cook untouched until it's set, a minute or so. Then gently turn the crepe and briefly cook the other side if you wish (with these, I didn't; I cooked them just till they were set on top). If, after cooking the crepe, you would like it to be thinner, add 1/4 cup of milk or more to the batter until you've got the consistency you like. Turn them out onto a plate and hold at room temperature, covered, for up to several hours.
If you liked this post, check out these other links:
- I've created two other apps, one a bread recipe creator, similar to Ratio, called Bread Baking Basics (for iPhone, iPad here; it got glitchy on Kindle Fire so we're revising it for those devices); and most recently The Book of Schmaltz: A Love Song to a Forgotten Fat, a proper e-cookbook published as an app for the iPad.
- David Leite rhapsodized on The Book of Schmaltz last week on Leite's Culinaria. Make a thick creamy chicken sauce, and cook your crepe in schmaltz, then wrap your chicken in the schmaltz crepe!
- My recent post on keeping your knives sharp.
- Martha Stewart's recipe for lemon-mascarpone crepe cake.
- Try making a savory crepe filling of ricotta, spinach, and mushrooms.
© 2013 Michael Ruhlman. Photo © 2013 Donna Turner-Ruhlman. All rights reserved.


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The hotel has a fully equipped gym featuring the latest in fitness equipment to allow you to work out for the best of your health. After working out, relax in the steam room or reward yourself with body massage or spa packages.
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The Hemingway Club is set in the Tropical Max restaurant on the Lobby floor, providing a place for executives to discuss important issues, celebrate successful deals or simply unwind after a hard day's work.
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Veterinarian Reviewed on January 10, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Milky Wild Oat Seed
The biological name of fresh Milky Wild Oat Seed is Avena sativa. It is becoming a very popular alternative to solve problems of fatigue, stress, depression or even lack of sexual desire. Fresh Milky Wild Oat Seed soothes the brain and nervous system and at the same time increasing sexual performance in men and women. It is described as a 'Natural Viagra'.
The fresh Milky Wild Oat seed is rounded on the back. The ligules are blunt and membranous. The matured oat seed does not dis-articulate when mature. The seed is enclosed by the lemma. The size of the seed varies but it is commonly about 30,000 seed per kilogram. The grass grows up to 1.5 meters high. The leaves are green and non-articulate.
History and Origin
The oldest fresh Milky Wild Oat Seed was found in Egypt in about 2000BC. The oldest cultivated oat was found in Switzerland during the Bronze Age. Around 3,000 years ago the Greeks and Romans considered Milky wild oat seed to be a diseased version of wheat. The history of oats is clouded, as there are many species and subspecies. They were brought to North America in 1603 and planted on the Elizabeth Islands off the coast of Massachusetts.
Ancient Uses
Fresh Milky Wild Oat seed has been used as a mild sedative for many centuries. It has been deemed to help calm down anxiety and to bring down stress levels. It is also believed to help fight stress of all kinds and to strengthen a person's entire nervous system.
Modern Uses
There are many modern uses for Milky Wild Oat Seed today, such as an aid in reducing many stomach problems and is good for improving heart health. Milky Wild Oat Seed is an excellent provider of dietary fiber and works well to ensure safe levels of cholesterol thereby reducing heart diseases. It also helps to keep blood fat under control. Milky Wild Oat Seed contains beta-glucan which is a soluble fiber that helps to lower cholesterol levels.
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Through a series of articles appearing on this page, we've reviewed the important reasons why our nation's health care system needs to change and what's required to make the shift to a more accountable, patient-centered model that achieves improved health, reduced cost and a better patient experience.
Given the announced plans to bring Rochester General Health System and Unity Health System together, it seemed appropriate to devote the fourth and final article to the topic of hospital consolidation-specifically, why it's occurring at an unprecedented rate nationwide and what we believe are the benefits to the Rochester community as RGHS and Unity collaborate to boldly shape the health care system of the future.
The highest level of health care consolidation occurred during 2012, and it is expected to continue, if not accelerate. As you might expect, health care reform and the mandate to increase quality while driving down cost are propelling this rapid consolidation in the marketplace.
The decision to explore a formal partnership between our two health systems is a natural progression of the collaboration and forward-thinking leadership that has defined health care in our area for many years. Dozens of successful partnerships and affiliations already exist across our region and continue to grow.
Today, because of this leadership, residents enjoy highly efficient, in-community care with easy access to a full and integrated continuum of nationally recognized clinical services. In fact, a new Institute of Medicine study reports that the Rochester area has the lowest overall Medicare spending rate in the nation-a feat health officials attribute to aggressive regional planning. The Institute of Medicine report found that Rochester's Medicare spending rate per beneficiary was $174 lower than the national monthly mean among 306 U.S. regions.
Given the profound implications that provider consolidation and increased scale have for creating high-quality, high-value health care delivery networks, it's clear that the right mergers can and do result in great benefits for patients. Mergers also enable providers to drive down costs by building critical mass and creating economies of scale. First and foremost, though, the goal must always be to develop what's best for patients and for the community as a whole.
Health care reform's current imperative for change is another opportunity for Rochester to lead the nation by creating a model health care system that delivers the best care at the most affordable rates and takes accountability for getting and keeping patients healthy. RGHS and Unity are proud to be working together to help make this change a reality.
As one organization, we will be able to build the information technology, primary care physician network and community-based care management resources required to contribute to a healthier community. Cost savings will also be achieved by integrating infrastructure, streamlining costly overhead, achieving scale-based purchasing economies and avoiding planned capital investments made unnecessary by the complementary nature of our two systems. These cost savings will benefit both local employers and their employees who bear the significant burden of these costs through rising health insurance expenses. We are still developing and quantifying our integration plans, but we expect the gains to be substantial.
As large employers ourselves, we understand the need to control costs and provide value while offering employees access to high-quality health care at competitive rates. In fact, since 2010, both RGHS and Unity have implemented comprehensive employee care management programs that have enabled us to lower annual health care spending while at the same time helping our employees to manage their health better. As a result, RGHS and Unity have experienced a significant decline in annual health care spending growth rates, from 8 percent in 2010 to approximately 2 percent in 2013 (compared with national rates of almost 8 percent in 2010 and 6.3 percent in 2013, according to the Milliman Medical Index). We look forward to collaborating with employers throughout the area to help them achieve similar outcomes in the future.
Through this planned consolidation, Unity and RGHS can contribute to a more competitive and innovative health care marketplace in Rochester. We are pleased to work together with local business leaders, federal and state government officials and health insurance providers to achieve our common goal of providing access to the most affordable and best health care in New York and beyond-all to make Rochester a healthier community.
Mark C. Clement is Rochester General Health System president and CEO; Warren Hern is Unity Health System president and CEO. This is the final article in a series examining health care reform.
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Hey guys, welcome to another drawing lesson I've prepared last night. Here, we will be tuning in on "how to draw a tiger tattoo design", step by step. I had so much fun creating this lesson, especially after listening to the song "Uninvited by Freemasons" (it's a remix). You should listen to it yourself. It's mixed with a techno rhythm and primitive Indian type effects. Anyways, it's best to draw with inspirtion on the side, like listening to some good tunes as you draw, as well as inspiration from other artists. There's just so many things you could do to improve your production. Make sure you prepare yourself for this lesson with a pencil, paper, and eraser so we can get started! I hope you've all enjoyed this lesson, so don't forget to let me know how you did and how the tutorial was. Thanks for viewing and have fun!
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