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Updated Sept. 11 at 7:23 a.m. EDT with the latest imagery and video.
Hurricane Irma is now a Category 1 storm as it makes its way up the west coast of Florida, following its second landfall in Southern Florida on Sunday. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are providing satellite imagery to the National Hurricane Center to aid forecasts about Irma's potential for destruction on the U.S. mainland after battering the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean island nations in the path of the storm. They are also tracking Hurricane Jose, a Category 4 storm behind Irma, and the now-Tropical Storm Katia in the Gulf of Mexico. [Hurricane Irma in Photos: Views of the Monster Storm from Space]
Below are observations of Hurricane Irma in motion taken by NASA and NOAA from satellites and planes.
History of Hurricane #Irma: 1 September 2017 - 10 September 2017 #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/Z53paEmpIY— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 11, 2017
Evolution of Hurricane #Irma over the last 48 hours. #GOES16 infrared imagery. pic.twitter.com/VmLtkmdnNH— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 10, 2017
Per @NHC_Atlantic, center of #Irma is 35 miles south of Naples, moving north @ 15 MPH. Sustained winds @ 120 MPH. 1-hour #GOES16 vis loop. pic.twitter.com/EuDStKEQzB— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 10, 2017
Per @NHC_Atlantic, the center of Hurricane #Irma is about to make landfall in the Florida Keys with max sustained winds of 130 MPH. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/ZdnlFhGogr— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 10, 2017
6-hour loop showing convective trends and large horizontal extent of Hurricane #Irma. Winds currently at 120 MPH. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/l425vKSJiL— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 10, 2017
#GOES16 ABI sees Hurricane #Irma this evening. Winds currently are at 120 mph. Stay up to date with @NHC_Atlantic! pic.twitter.com/MMyseaadu0— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 10, 2017
Hurricane #Irma seen this hour by the #GOES16 ABI Day Cloud Convection RGB. Currently has 125 mph winds - @NHC_Atlantic pic.twitter.com/xdeiGr1Bze— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Jose will thankfully miss #Antigua and #Barbuda. Max sustained winds are at 145 MPH. Moving NW at 14 MPH. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/8z1cDNRccA— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
The line-up of Hurricanes #Katia, #Irma & #Jose brewing today was seen by @NASAEarth-observing satellites: https://t.co/zsxJ4SwGVV pic.twitter.com/D8qzRwsMqJ— NASA (@NASA) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Irma's winds are at 125 MPH. Per @NHC_Atlantic guidance, expecting a northward shift to storm motion and strengthening. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/gV4eltUgLx— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
#GOES16 captured this geocolor animation of #Irma near the north coast of Cuba this morning. Latest info @ https://t.co/cSGOfrM0lG pic.twitter.com/EblR57aSe4— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Irma's sustained winds are now down to 125 MPH. Strengthening expected. #Jose's winds are at 145 MPH. 12-hour #GOES16 IR loop. pic.twitter.com/HrwZs3ZlNI— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
Early morning view of Hurricane #Irma from #GOES16 1-minute meso sector scans. Max sustained winds are at 130 MPH. pic.twitter.com/T4cJmzD83e— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Irma's winds are down slightly this morning (max sustained at 130 MPH), but is still a storm to take very seriously. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/Q9FPZ3i4y3— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Irma has made landfall in Cuba as a rare category 5 storm with sustained winds of 160 MPH. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/kCjLrsRDps— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
#Jose has max sustained winds of 155 MPH & will come close to passing over Antigua and Barbuda - areas decimated by #Irma this week. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/hQfVXeZfaN— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
The space station flew over Hurricane Jose at 10:10 a.m. EDT today and over Hurricane Irma at 11:40 a.m. EDT today. pic.twitter.com/QdWMySTfyH— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) September 8, 2017
#GOES16 captured this infrared imagery of #Irma moving north of Cuba on 9/8. For the latest info on Irma, go to https://t.co/cSGOfrM0lG pic.twitter.com/5AxOrNqHBc— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) September 8, 2017
#GOES16 day cloud phase RGB showing heights of clouds in #Irma: cyan: low clouds in eye; yellow: deep convective clouds; red: high cirrus. pic.twitter.com/eHVzNPvb0j— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 8, 2017
The horizontal extent of this storm is staggering. Latest from @NHC_Atlantic has #Irma moving W@12 MPH w/ winds of 155 MPH (cat 4). #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/NNOAWkm59k— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 9, 2017
Hurricane #Irma is maintaining a healthy "buzz saw" appearance. Winds down *slightly* to 150 MPH, but still extremely dangerous. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/kEDcarH20U— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 8, 2017
The last 4 days of Hurricane #Irma's eye as seen by the #GOES16 Advanced Baseline Imager. pic.twitter.com/ppht5XoiSe— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 7, 2017
Tropical trinity: #Katia (left; 80 MPH), #Irma (center; 175 MPH), and #Jose (right; 105 MPH). Certainly a busy day for forecasters. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/ueNbmFdtC1— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 7, 2017
#GOES16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper is detecting copious amounts of lightning in #Irma's eye, evidence of a strong hurricane. pic.twitter.com/pwGfYHebTF— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 7, 2017
Saint-Martin and Anguilla appear to have taken a direct hit by cat 5 Hurricane #Irma. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/1CN1JL0GEC— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 6, 2017
Hurricane #Irma now taking aim on the Virgin Islands. Maximum sustained winds remain at 185 MPH. #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/inc4PPxRBz— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 6, 2017
8 am Special Advisory: #Irma is now a category 5 #hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h) More: https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/QU1LWq7QsA— NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) September 5, 2017
An overview of the active tropics: 24-hour animation of TS #Katia (left), Hurricane #Irma (center), and TS #Jose (right). #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/DiuhZP4f6y— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 6, 2017
Video of a flight through the eye of #Irma on #NOAA42. Flights on both the WP-3D Orion and G-IV #NOAA49 continue. Credit Nick Underwood/NOAA pic.twitter.com/9ini4bOnYF— NOAAHurricaneHunters (@NOAA_HurrHunter) September 5, 2017
Get a good look at Hurricane #Irma's eye with this visible imagery from #GOES16! For the latest info on Irma, go to https://t.co/cSGOfrM0lG pic.twitter.com/q4Q5UtPlIP— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) September 5, 2017
The eye of a category 5 hurricane. #Irma #GOES16 pic.twitter.com/eATVZspJZx— NASA SPoRT (@NASA_SPoRT) September 5, 2017
Editor's Note: This article was originally posted Sept. 5 and was updated Sept. 8.
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Spraying wheat with RoundUp prior to harvest? Is this true?
The article here claims there is a common practice when harvesting non-organic wheat, to spray it with Round-up prior to harvest so that it withers and releases the seed more easily.
Does anyone here know if this article is remotely accurate? I generally buy organic for several things, but have not been religious about it when it comes to products containing wheat. If this article is true, that must change.
Pre-harvest application of the herbicide Roundup or other herbicides containing the deadly active ingredient glyphosate to wheat and barley as a desiccant was suggested as early as 1980. It has since become routine over the past 15 years and is used as a drying agent 7-10 days before harvest within the conventional farming community.
According to Dr. Stephanie Seneff of MIT who has studied the issue in depth and who I recently saw present on the subject at a nutritional Conference in Indianapolis, desiccating non-organic wheat crops with glyphosate just before harvest came into vogue late in the 1990′s with the result that most of the non-organic wheat in the United States is now contaminated with it. Seneff explains that when you expose wheat to a toxic chemical like glyphosate, it actually releases more seeds resulting in a slightly greater yield: It goes to seed as it dies. At its last gasp, it releases the seed says Dr. Seneff.
In synergy with disruption of the biosynthesis of important amino acids via the shikimate pathway, glyphosate inhibits the cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes produced by the gut microbiome. CYP enzymes are critical to human biology because they detoxify the multitude of foreign chemical compounds, xenobiotics, that we are exposed to in our modern environment today. As a result, humans exposed to glyphosate through use of Roundup in their community or through ingestion of its residues on industrialized food products become even more vulnerable to the damaging effects of other chemicals and environmental toxins they encounter! - See more at: http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/real-reason-for-toxic-wheat-its-not-gluten/#sthash.wUzF7tyz.dpuf
This website is unfamiliar to me. Can anyone here give any insight into the accuracy of this claim, and/or the credibility of the website?
Posted by MH1 | Sun Nov 16, 2014, 10:01 AM (7 replies)
Support EPAs waters of the United States clarification. Open for public comment until Oct. 20.
Bay Journal: Science, not politics, should guide Clean Water Act clarification
On Aug. 2, nearly a half-million people in Toledo, OH, woke up to learn their tap water was contaminated with microcystin, a neurotoxin produced by a massive bloom of the algae Cyanobacteria in Lake Erie. Its thought that nutrient overload, from farm runoff and sewage treatment effluent, contributed to the algae bloom.
In January, the drinking water for more than 300,000 West Virginians was poisoned when a Freedom Industries storage tank leaked, spewing 7,500 gallons of 4-methylcyclohexane into the Elk River, just upstream from a water treatment plant.
Why has the public not demanded that the federal agency be given the necessary authority to enforce appropriate safeguards, so that our fresh water resources will not be subject to the vagaries of state and local authorities, nor to the whims of private landowners?
Instead, the EPA is being barraged by an army of opponents. Developers, property rights groups, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the fertilizer industry and a number of politicians are attacking its proposed clarificationnot an expansionof which waters of the United States are covered by the Clean Water Act.
The need for clarification arose from two Supreme Court cases, in 2001 and in 2006. The clarification would enable the EPA to better protect our wetlands, small streams and other important watershed features without being dragged into court every time someone wanted to avoid compliance by exploiting an ambiguity.
But this July, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed two bills that could limit the EPAs authority. One of the bills would give states more authority over water pollution permits, while the other would block the agencys ability to redefine which waters fall under its jurisdiction. These bills follow measures passed by the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Interior, Environment and Related Agencies on July 9, which would significantly cut EPA funding and remove the agencys authority to implement the proposed Waters of the U.S. rule.
The alarm has sounded. We hit the snooze button at our peril. If you care about having clean, safe fresh water, contact your U.S. congressman and tell him or her to support the EPAs waters of the United States clarification. The proposed rule is open for public comment until Oct. 20.
Comment period originally ended in July but was extended to 10/20.
Posted by MH1 | Fri Oct 3, 2014, 09:06 PM (2 replies)
(PA-R Gov) Corbett, down in the polls, may now have to face the ...
"Corbett, down in the polls, may now have to face the porn"
A BIG BATCH of porny emails may be the very last thing Gov. Corbett, trailing badly in the polls to Democrat Tom Wolf, needs to hear about right now.
Still, a judge yesterday said the state Attorney General's Office may release emails requested in the last two months by four newspapers, including the Daily News, which may have been sent or received by Corbett's top deputies when he was attorney general.
The newspapers, in requests filed under the state's Right-to-Know law, described the emails as "pornographic" in nature.
They have been described to the Daily News as sexually explicit and, at times, misogynistic.
Soon to be ex-governor Corbett.
Posted by MH1 | Tue Sep 23, 2014, 09:36 PM (12 replies)
Does the First Amendment protect someone's "right" to speak to me in public? To get in my face?
Seriously. I'm reading a Boston Globe article about the SC buffer zone decision.
The high court ruled that the state law, enacted in 2007, imposed serious burdens on protesters who wish to speak with arriving patients.
I tend to think of the First Amendment as protecting me from going to jail for saying something like "Dick Cheney is a fraud who profits from death and destruction and the Iraq War was just another profit venture for him". This ain't nothin' - it's actually quite a lot, and a protection not available to citizens in many other countries.
I don't really find myself fretting over whether someone is restricted from blocking the sidewalk in order to sell me something - whether it's the latest crappy brand of gum, or the beliefs of their church, or LaRouchian political nonsense, or even to sign me up for Greenpeace. I accept that some of these people will occasionally hang out in the otherwise pleasant park where I like to walk on my lunch hour, and they may even annoy me at times, but that's okay. It's a small price for living in a free society.
But, aren't there already some sort of laws in most places that prevent people from blocking sidewalks?
And how in the world is "free speech", "freedom of assembly", etc. interpreted to mean someone can walk up to me and get in my face when I don't want to talk to them? I'm not going to call the cops on panhandlers, who I assume do what they do out of being disadvantaged (and normally panhandlers don't insist anyway), but if someone tries to talk to me to sell me something and I indicate "not interested" and they follow me and keep asking, that is harassment and I don't see how it is "protected". ESPECIALLY if they get too close to me - into my personal space, i.e. in my face. And if they touch me, that is assault, in my book, certainly if I have already indicated that I am not interested in interacting with them.
More than that, being frankly not the most "sociable" person on the planet, I do not acknowledge that a random stranger has any "right" to interrupt my thoughts and bother me when I'm walking on a public sidewalk. In other words, they do NOT have a "right" to speak to me, except in an emergency for my safety or the safety of others; that people sometimes do this is merely a generally accepted annoyance, not a "right". In my opinion.
So, I don't get why the First Amendment has anything to do with whether protesters have a "right" to speak with arriving patients. If they want to stand and hold signs somewhere, that's a different issue. But impede someone's path or speak to them? I don't get why that should be a "right" in the first place. But, on the other hand, I don't know why a "buffer zone" should be needed. If this is harassment - and I would consider it harassment - then why can't the harassers be arrested regardless of a buffer zone designation? If the cops know that this is a problem around certain clinics - and they do know, because it is - why not station more cops there?
Does it just come down to funding? Not enough cops to hang around and arrest people for harassment? The buffer zone makes it easier to demarcate a violation and therefore have a clear case and arrest, therefore more likely for protesters to avoid violating it?
Just to be clear, I am not happy with the SC decision. I think clinic buffer zones ARE needed, unfortunately. It's just that I wish that no one had to be subject to harassment on the sidewalk anywhere for any reason, and I wish "buffer zones" just for clinics were not needed for that reason. That might put me at odds with folks who want to accost me with progressive petitions or requests to join progressive groups, but I'm sorry, those groups have other ways to reach me (and they have generally succeeded).
People should just back off and let other people go about their business, whether it be a medical procedure or catching the commuter train on time (and not having to wait a half hour until the next one).
Posted by MH1 | Sat Jun 28, 2014, 09:14 AM (64 replies)
Is there a support page for the Bergdahl family?
I know there is a trash page attacking them on facebook.
If there is a well run support page I'd like to know.
I'm somewhat ambivalent about Bowe Bergdahl's reported actions in combat BUT I think that should be up to the military to judge and handle.
And I think the attacks on his family are utterly despicable, pathetic, and beyond the pale.
Apologies if this was asked and answered, if so please just post the link. Thanks.
Posted by MH1 | Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:27 AM (3 replies)
"Just call him Gov. Chicken"
Well, here we go again.
Because he owes the kids of Central High School an apology.
What the hell was he thinking yesterday, when he canceled his scheduled visit to Central, where he was supposed to present the school with a well-deserved achievement award?
His appearance at Central was going to be historic, by the way, since it would have been the first time since he was elected governor that he'd actually stepped inside a Philadelphia public school.
Take a moment to digest the fact that the governor of this state has never visited any of the Philly schools whose kids are suffering the fallout of his draconian budget cuts. He has never seen firsthand the bursting classrooms, empty counselors' and nurses' offices and shuttered libraries.
Well, you can imagine the excitement Tom's impending visit generated in Central's students - a collection of some of the nicest, smartest, hardest-working kids you'll find anywhere. They're also some of the most engaged, the kind who grow into society's Big Somebodies. Notable alums include a governor (Leon Abbett), astronaut (James Bagian), comedian (Bill Cosby), Watergate lawyer (Sam Dash) and philosopher (Noam Chomsky), to name just a handful who've done themselves, their families and the school proud.
But at the last minute, your husband blew off his chance to meet these wonderful kids, to feel the school percolate with their energy, to see how 2,312 kids from countless cultures blend beautifully under one huge roof.
Your thin-skinned spouse backed out when he heard that his visit to Olney would be accompanied by - gasp! - protests. Please note that the protesters weren't planning to protest, say, Tom's stance on gay marriage, fracking or the newly defunct voter-ID law. They were going to protest the state's lack of funding to Philadelphia schools.
Oh, how dare they?
Much more at link.
Please remember this (add it to the pile, that is) and make sure you all vote this corrupt cretin out of office this fall.
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How to Get the Most Bang for Your Prescription Medicine Buck
By Bob Aronson
I am a senior citizen, who has had a heart transplant and who also has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). I take a good number of prescription drugs and despite having Medicare Part D insurance I still pay thousands of dollars a year for my prescriptions. Most of the drugs I take have been around for quite a while, but not long enough to allow the sale of generics and because there are few if any pricing restrictions, most of my meds are outrageously high priced.
One of the drugs I take is called Foradil. It was approved by the FDA in February 2001 for the maintenance treatment of asthma and the prevention of bronchospasm in reversible obstructive airways disease.. Despite being on the market that long, it still retails for about $250.00 for a 30 day supply. Spiriva is another COPD drug and is often taken with Foradil. It retails for about $350.00. I take about a dozen drugs and these two alone total over $600.00 a month. Insurance cuts that cost in half, but they are still expensive. Because of these prices I know of many seniors and others who have to choose between eating and paying for their prescription meds.
It is an unfortunate fact of life that prescription drugs are more expensive in America than any other place in the world and as a result if you contract a serious illness like cancer you may not be able to afford the treatment that can save your life, even if you are insured.
It costs a whole lot of money to be sick in this country and a whole lot of people die — not because there is no medicine or treatment but because they can't afford to get well. That strikes me as being just plain wrong.
Healthcare costs are skyrocketing, but prescription drugs lead the parade. Americans now spend a staggering $200 billion a year on them and the end is nowhere in sight. The cost of staying alive is growing at the rate of about 12 percent a year. It appears as though people are taking a lot more drugs than they used to and they are taking the really expensive new ones instead of older, cheaper drugs. The reason? Either physicians are pushing new medications too hard or, more likely, people are seeing the ads for new drugs in the media and are demanding them. Strangely, unlike most other businesses where prices come down with time, that's not true with drugs. Price increases are commonplace even with the older ones and the increases aren't one time adjustments. Often the price tag increases several times a year.
Earlier I pointed out that Americans pay more for their drugs than any other country in the world — but it isn't just a little more…it's a whole lot. On average, the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. is at least double what people in other countries pay for the same exact prescription and it some cases it is 10 times more.
A 2013 report from the International Federation of Health Plans, says Nexium, the pill commonly prescribed for acid reflux, costs U.S. patients more than $200, while Swiss citizens only pay $60 and people who live in the Netherlands pay $23. But Nexium is a drop in the bucket compared to cancer drugs. http://www.drugwatch.com/2014/10/15/americans-pay-higher-prces-prescription-drugs/
Not long ago CBS' 60 Minutes devoted a segment to the absurdly high cost of cancer drugs. Correspondent Lesley Stahl reported that many cancer drugs cost well over $100,000 for a year's worth of medicine. She said that in the fight against cancer, most people can expect to be on more than one drug. The bill for medications can escalate to nearly $300,000, a price tag that doesn't include fees charged by a doctor or a hospital. Health insurance companies – including government polices like Medicare – don't cover the full cost of these drugs. Some policies don't cover some of these drugs at all. But cancer is not alone in the extreme price arena. Drugs for chronic diseases like multiple sclerosis also carry inflated prices. Prescriptions of Copaxone and Gilenya cost about $4,000 and $5,500, respectively and that amount is almost three times more than the most-expensive price in other countries.
In the case of almost every other product sold on the free market, the older a product gets the less it costs. In the case of cancer drugs in America, the inverse is actually true. Novartis developed Gleevec, one of the most popular cancer drugs, in 2001 and sold it for $28,000 a year. By 2012, its cost rose to $92,000. Despite not being a novel treatment, Novartis is allowed to hike up the price every year in the United States.
So If you are a reasonably intelligent person you will ask three questions. 1) Why do these drugs cost so much? 2) What is being done to bring the prices down? And 3) Is there help available to people who can't afford the drugs that can keep them alive.
Let's answer the questions one at a time. First. Why are drugs so expensive? Well, if you listen to the big pharma companies they will tell you that the cost reflects their investment in research and development of the drugs. They will tell you they spend millions on drugs that don't pan out and that expense is passed on to the patient. But are they telling the truth? No they aren't! Pharmaceutical companies are fond of saying Americans take the lion's share of the R&D costs for the rest of the world – calling other countries "foreign free riders." So, drug companies are forced to charge Americans more to recover what they don't get from other countries.
In fact, the more disturbing truth is that companies charge what they want in the U.S., and it's a profiteering paradise for them. U.S. law protects these companies from free-market competition. For example, Medicare is not allowed to negotiate prices. By law, it has to pay exactly what the drug companies charge for any drug. In effect our lawmakers told the pharmaceutical companies that they can charge whatever they want and we (the taxpayers) will pay it. Even may insurance companies don't negotiate or do it half-heartedly. Companies make billions on most of these drugs, and they receive massive tax breaks for R&D, leading to inflated figures. Another huge portion of the costs are subsidized by taxpayers.
Here's the sad part of all this R and D and the introduction of new drugs. Only 1 in 10 of them actually provides substantial benefit over old drugs. To add insult to injury the side effects of the new entries create the need for more drugs. And — some of these drugs have horrible complications that result in lawsuits to recover damages.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Health professor and policy expert Donald W. Light says, "We can find no evidence to support the widely believed claims from industry that lower prices in other industrialized countries do not allow companies to recover their R&D costs so they have to charge Americans more to make up the difference and pay for these 'foreign free riders,'"
In contrast, governments in other countries put caps on the price of drugs and negotiate prices based on what the actual therapeutic benefit is. And Big Pharma still turns a healthy profit in other countries, despite costs being 40 percent lower than they are in the United States.
Big Pharma would have many Americans believe that it is disadvantaged by the costs of developing a new drug. The truth is, drug companies are far from impoverished. EvaluatePharma's most recent report shows that 2013 was the biggest year since 2009 for drug approvals. These new drugs will add nearly $25 billion to Big Pharma's coffers by 2018, and prescription drug sales will exceed one trillion dollars by 2020.
The health care industry as a whole has more than enough money, with billions left to continue pursuing its interests in Washington.
Big Pharma Spends More on Lobbying Than Anyone
Since 1998, the industry spent more than $5 billion on lobbying in Washington, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. To put that in context, that's more than the $1.53 billion spent by the defense industry and more than the $1.3 billion forked out by Big Oil.
From 1998 to 2013, Big Pharma spent nearly $2.7 billion on lobbying expenses — more than any other industry and 42 percent more than the second highest paying industry: insurance. And since 1990, individuals, lobbyists and political action committees affiliated with the industry have doled out $150 million in campaign contributions.
The world's 11 largest drug companies made a net profit of $711.4 billion from 2003 to 2012. Six of these companies are headquartered in the United Sates: Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Abbot Laboratories, Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Eli Lilly. In 2012 alone, the top 11 companies earned nearly $85 billion in net profits. According to IMS Health, a worldwide leader in health care research, the global market for pharmaceuticals is expected to top $1 trillion in sales by 2014.http://www.drugwatch.com/manufacturer/
But the large amount of cash Big Pharma bestows on government representatives and regulatory bodies is small when compared with the billions it spends each year on direct-to-consumer advertising. In 2012, the industry invested nearly $3.5 billion into marketing drugs on the Internet, TV, radio and other outlets. The United States is one of only two countries in the world whose governments allow prescription drugs to be advertised on TV (the other is New Zealand).
A single manufacturer, Boehringer Ingelheim, spent $464 million advertising its blood thinner Pradaxa in 2011. The following year, the drug passed the $1 billion sales mark. The money in this business appears to be well-spent.
No sane person can object to a company making a profit, it's part of the American way, but the drug industry's profits are excessive. We paysignificantly more than any other country for the exact same drugs. Per capita drug spending in the U.S. is about 40 percent higher than Canada, 75 percent greater than in Japan and nearly triple the amount spent in Denmark.
So you might ask, "What can I do to get the lowest possible price for my prescriptions?" Well, there are a few things. You can shop for the best price and because of the internet that's become a whole lot easier. You can look up a specific drug and find the best price at a pharmacy near you. Here are two resources, I'm sure you can find a lot more https://www.lowestmed.com/Search#/ or http://www.goodrx.com/ All; you have to do is type in the drug you need and your zip code and it will find the price of that drug in pharmacies near you.
Transplant recipients might be interested in the cost of anti-rejection drugs. The price is hard to stomach but easy to find. In my zip code 32244 100 Mg Cyclosporine capsules range jn price from $526.00 at Wal Mart to $584 at Target. If you are a heart pateint and take Carvedilol in my neighborhood it ranges from $4.00 at WalMart to $9.54 at Kmart . Lisinopril also has a wide range. At the Publix Supermarket pharmacy near me it is FREE…that's right FREE. But at CVS it is $12.00. Those price variations might make it worth a little longer drive to get a better bargain.
You can also get help with coupons which are an obvious choice to save money when grocery or clothes shopping, but they're often overlooked as a way to cut costs of over-the-counter and prescription drugs. Manufactures frequently offer one time and repeat coupons that can save consumers hundreds of dollars on their medicines. "For our family it has been incredibly effective [in saving money] for a number of regular prescriptions," says Stephanie Nelson, founder of the coupon website CouponMom.com.
The costs of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications have been steadily rising and patients facing tight budgets are often forced to make hard decisions when it comes to what they can afford.
The savings vary by manufacturer, but according to Nelson, many companies offer discounts at each prescription refill while others offer discount cards that take $20 off co-pays. Others offer one-time coupons to cover the first use of a drug.
Consumer Reports Magazine says that there are other ways to save money, too. Whichever drugstore or pharmacy you use, choosing generics over brand-name drugs will save you money. Talk to your doctor, who may be able to prescribe lower-cost alternatives in the same class of drug. In addition, follow these tips.
- Request the lowest price.Our analysis showed that shoppers didn't always receive the lowest available price when they called the pharmacy. Sometimes they were given a discounted price, and other times they were quoted the list price. Be sure to explain—whether you have insurance or not—that you want the lowest possible price. Our shoppers found that student and senior discounts may also apply, but again, you have to ask.
- Leave the city.Grocery-store pharmacies and independent drugstores sometimes charge higher prices in urban areas than in rural areas. For example, our shoppers found that for a 30-day supply of generic Actos, an independent pharmacy in the city of Raleigh, N.C., charged $203. A store in a rural area of the state sold it for $37.
- Get a refill for 90 days, not 30 days.Most pharmacies offer discounts on a three-month supply.
- Consider paying retail.At Costco, the drugstore websites, and a few independents, the retail prices were lower for certain drugs than many insurance copays.
- Look for additional discounts.All chain and big-box drugstores offer discount generic-drug programs, with some selling hundreds of generic drugs for $4 a month or $10 for a three-month supply. Other programs require you to join to get the discount. (Restrictions apply and certain programs charge annual fees.)
- Consumer Reports goes on to say that "although the low costs we found at a few stores could entice you to get your prescriptions filled at multiple pharmacies based only on price, our medical consultants say it's best to use a single pharmacy. That keeps all of the drugs you take in one system, which can help you avoid dangerous drug interactions."
Finally, what do you do if you've done the shopping, used coupons, followed all of the Consumer Report Tips and are still unable to pay for your prescriptions. Well, there is some limited assistance. Here are some resources.
Bob Aronson of Bob's Newheart is a 2007 heart transplant recipient, the founder of Facebook's over 4,200 member Organ Transplant Initiative (OTI) and the author of most of these donation/transplantation blogs. You may comment in the space provided or email your thoughts to me at email@example.com. And – please spread the word about the immediate need for more organ donors. There is nothing you can do that is of greater importance. If you convince one person to be an organ and tissue donor you may save or positively affect over 60 lives. Some of those lives may be people you know and love. You can register to be a donor at http://www.donatelife.net. It only takes a few minutes.
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Apple has releases Safari Beta 2, the first official release of the product since February 12th. Safari is Appleis open source-based Web browser that is exclusive to Mac OS X. The new Beta 2 release includes tabbed browsing (a much-requested feature), AutoFill form completion with Address Book integration, and a new "Reset Safari" security feature that automatically erases your history, cache, downloads, cookies, Google searches, AutoFill names and passwords, all at one time. Apple is also touting what it says is 2 million downloads of the browser since it was announced. From Apple:
Apple today released Safari Beta 2, an updated beta version of the Safari browser that delivers highly requested features including tabbed browsing and AutoFill forms. Safari is now the browser of choice for millions of Mac users with more than two million downloads since its free public beta release on January 7, 2003. Safari is the fastest web browser ever created for the Mac, and re-energizes the browser category in general with innovations like built-in Google search; SnapBack to instantly return to search results; a completely new way to name, organize and present bookmarks; and automatic "pop-up" ad blocking.
Building on the innovative features delivered with the first Safari public beta, Safari Beta 2 popularizes the most convenient way to see and switch between multiple web pages in a single window by bringing the latest browser innovation to Safari-tabbed browsing. The new AutoFill feature makes web form completion incredibly easy by using information from the Address Book or previous forms to automatically fill in name, street address, city, zip code, e-mail and other information. The updated beta also provides the option of automatically filling in user names and passwords, which are securely stored in the Mac OS X Keychain.
Because protecting personal information on public computers is essential, Safari Beta 2 introduces the "Reset Safari" option that erases browsing history, empties the cache, clears the Downloads window, removes cookies, clears Google search entries and removes any saved names and passwords or other AutoFill text. Additional Safari Beta 2 features and enhancements include: easy import of Netscape and Mozilla bookmarks, increased support for AppleScript, enhanced standards compatibility for improved web browsing and expanded language support for Japanese, French and German.
Safari is powered by the industryis best rendering engine based on KHTML, from KDEis Konqueror open source project, and Apple continues to contribute to and work closely with the open source community. Safari related sessions planned for the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, June 23-27, in San Francisco will help developers learn how to factor Safari technology in to their applications. For more information on conference tracks, exhibits and registration visit www.apple.com/wwdc.
The Safari Beta 2 release requires Mac OS X version 10.2 "Jaguar" and is optimized for Mac OS X v10.2.3 or later. Safari Beta 2 is a compact 3.9MB download and is localized for English, Japanese, French and German. The final version of Safari will be made available later in 2003.
You can download Safari Beta 2 at Appleis Safari Web site. Safari is a free download.


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There are no contests this year in the Fountain Hill elections, with Democratic candidates probably snagging the four available council seats, and Democratic incumbents running unopposed for mayor and tax collector.
There are no contests this year in the Fountain Hill elections, with Democratic candidates probably snagging the four available council seats, and Democratic incumbents running unopposed for mayor and tax collector.
Mayor George A. Laughlin, 58, of 718 S. Bergen St., served on council for two years before becoming mayor in 1974. A graduate of Moravian College, Laughlin is a salesman for the Prudential Insurance Co.
William DeAngelis, 57, of 1610 Moravia St., has served six terms (24 years) as the borough's full-time tax collector. Three Democrats are on the ballot for election to Freemansburg Borough Council. There is one candidate for tax collector and one for mayor. There are no Republican candidates.
The three candidates for council are Charles Derr, Charles M. Bowman and Mary Reph.
Derr, 42, of 117 Main St., an incumbent, is a ranger for Hugh Moore Park in Easton. He is a Liberty High School graduate.
He served as foreman of the Freemansburg streets department 1975-80 and on borough council 1969-75, including 1 1/2 years as council vice president. Re- elected in 1981, he is completing another term as a councilman which included two years as vice president.
Bowman, 53, of 836 Lincoln St. has served as a councilman for the past two years.
A graduate of Bethlehem area schools and a retired setup and repairman for the former Hellertown Manufacturing Co., he also has served as Freemansburg's police chief and as mayor 1978-82.
Reph, 30, of 150 Monroe St. is a teller at Germantown Savings Bank, Bethlehem. She has served as president of council's recreation committee and as vice president of the Freemansburg Parent-Teacher Association.
A Liberty High School graduate and a cub scout den mother, she directed the Save Our School campaign which helped keep open the Freemansburg School.
The lone candidate for borough tax collector is Democrat Charles Hrichak, 60, of 851 Monroe St.
Hrichak, who also serves as borough council treasurer, defeated incumbent Margaret S. Lorrah and the other challenger, Jeanette Rudolph, in the primary election.
A graduate of the former Bethlehem Technical High School and the Antonelli School of Photography, Philadelphia, he has served as a borough councilman 1955-59 and has about 30 years of borough service.
Democratic incumbent Gerald C. Yob, 56, of 354 Garfield St., a retired Bethlehem Steel Corp. employee, is running unopposed for a second term as mayor.
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Hellertown voters will select a mayor and fill four council seats. The primary election whittled the field for council from seven to five. The mayoral post is uncontested.
Democratic council candidates are Richard T. Fluck, Thomas Campanella Jr., Joe Gushen and Clarence D. King. Ellen Rush Brown is the lone Republican.
Incumbent Fluck, 52, of 830 Detweiler Ave. is a machine operator at Stroh's Brewery, Fogelsville. The Allen High School graduate has been a councilman for 16 years. He also has served as president of the Hellertown Jaycees and chairman of the Civil Service Commission.
Campanella, 23, of 815 Poplar Road is a program director at St. Anthony's Youth Center, Easton. He is a graduate of Saucon Valley High School and is working for a secondary degree in education at Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales.
"I'm not saying it's time for a change, but it's our (younger Hellertown residents') obligation to take an involvement in the direction our community goes," he says.
Incumbent Gushen, 62, of 1373 Jefferson St. is a retired Bethlehem Steel Corp. worker and a graduate of the former Bethlehem Technical High School.
Gushen has served on council 1962-66 and 1981-85. He notes unemployment and diminishing tax revenue as his primary concerns.
King, 54, of 510 Henry St., who retired from the Hellertown Police Department after 26 years, is making his first attempt at elected office.
A life-long borough resident and a graduate of Hellertown High School, he sees Interstate 78 and its related problems, such as increased traffic and the effect on business, as being the top priority which should be addressed by council.
Republican candidate Brown, 34, of 216 Kichline Ave., a co-owner of Metro Ambulance Service, is also trying for political office for the first time. She is a graduate of Churchman Business School in Easton with an associate degree in business administration and accounting.
Incumbent Mayor Donald E. Zimpfer, 41, of 45 Silver Place, an employee relations assistant at Bethlehem Steel Corp., is seeking his second term.
-- Next week in Neighbors, election coverage continues with profiles of candidates in the townships.
Constable Dennis Casciano, 65, of 952 Jeter Ave., is seeking re-election to a third term of six years. Casciano, a Republican, worked as a bus mechanic for the Bethlehem Area School District for 12 years and owned an auto repair business for over 20 years before his retirement.
Unchallenged candidates for borough council seats are:
Council President John Ferry, 51, of 524 S. Bergen St. Ferry is in his 16th year on council and has served the last 12 years as president. He is an employee of the Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Wallace Fry, 65, of 1005 Cherokee St. is a political novice. He recently retired after working for the borough streets and sanitation department in which he was a foreman for more than 21 years.
Francis J. Ferencin Jr., 43, of 1210 Broadway is also making his first bid for elective office. An employee of Bethlehem Steel, he is a member of Fountain Hill American Legion Post 406 and involved in Little League.
Sean D. Lynch, 28, of 615 Lechauweki Ave. is another newcomer to borough politics. He is assistant director for Community Foundations of Sellersville, holds a bachelor's degree in political science and history from East Stroudsburg University and is working for a master's degree in administration at Lehigh University.
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Wants New York race results
Why have you discontinued publishing race results from Aqueduct? The New York tracks are host to the most important '' racing in the nation. Surely it is more newsworthy than Charles Town or Penn National. Please bring it back. As a major East Coast newspaper, The Sun should be ashamed of its news policy.
A. Altman Parkville
Editor's note: The Sun no longer carries results from New York tracks because we have devoted the space to coverage of Maryland racing and tracks closer to Maryland, such as Charles Town and Penn National.


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Peace Prize Winners Take Aim at U.S.
Sunday, September 17, 2006; 6:19 AM
DENVER -- Ten Nobel Peace Prize laureates called for world peace and took aim at U.S. policy makers, asking an enthusiastic crowd of 7,000 youth to demand that the United States pull back its military, spread its wealth and offer aid to developing countries.
Only the Dalai Lama, whose speech at the three-day PeaceJam convention at the University of Denver was interrupted when a fire alarm went off, did not take a direct jab at the U.S.
"After the painful events of September 11, I wish that America would have built a school in Afghanistan in the name of every victim," said Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian judge and 2003 Peace Prize recipient. "When someone claims he has a vision from God to bring war to Iraq, this is a kind of terrorism."
The Dalai Lama called on the world to open itself to religious tolerance.
PeaceJam, a Colorado-based program in its 10th year, hosts conventions around the world, bringing teenagers together with Nobel laureates to talk about what they can do to promote peace.
Founders Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff say the interaction between the teens and laureates can build a generation that will tackle the big issues of poverty, disease and war.
One after the other Saturday night, the laureates called on Americans to do something about their government's foreign policy. From efforts to close the border with Mexico to Iraq to arms exports, the Nobel laureates had words for the U.S. government.
"Stand up. Take action," said Jody Williams, the 1997 recipient for her work opposing land mines, and the only American to take the stage. "Don't try to bring democracy to people you don't understand through the barrel of a gun and leave them with civil war."
The Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who praised the U.S. for its fight against South Africa's apartheid and its history of justice and democracy, also had stern words for the Bush administration.
"You taught us no government worth its salt can subvert the rule of law. We believed you," he said. "That's part of what you have as a gift for the world. Then how can you commit Guantanamo Bay? Take back your country."


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With Homicide Killed, Friday Nights Are Free
Like many of you, we were saddened and more than a little irked when NBC cancelled the Maryland-based program Homicide.
We took solace on Friday nights when, coming home whipped by a week of the world, we could tune into what was clearly the best written, truest to life drama on television. We've had David Simon, a producer and author of the book, Homicide: Life on the Streets, in these pages.
It's disturbing but not unexpected. NBC, like other big corporations, exists to maximize return to shareholders rather than to pursue high-quality, groundbreaking entertainment. To TV executives whose vision consists of the next quarterly profit statement, that means dumbing down what you put on the air.
Or weakening it, like NBC did with Atomic Train, when it caved in to the nuclear industry and deleted mention of nuclear waste in the mini-series that aired last weekend. In the eyes of NBC, we're dumb and gullible, too.
What can we do? We could boycott NBC; perhaps declare that we won't watch a moment of their NBA playoffs coverage. We could e-mail up a storm, trying to persuade the network to change its mind. But surely we'd be wasting more time in front of another kind of screen, sending messages that the NBC bean-counters never even see.
We could re-read Simon's book and follow its map to Baltimore crime scenes, maybe see some real crime. But as grandmother used to say, let's don't and say we did.
We've got a better idea: Let's use Homicide's cancellation as a ticket to Chesapeake Country. For many of us, once upon a time Friday night was 'date night,' the preferred evening of the week to hit the town with someone special. As we grew a bit older, Friday night generally became 'party' night, a good choice because, if we overdid it, we'd have the rest of the weekend to recover.
With Homicide gone, those options look better than ever. But why not add a third: Let's spend the week looking for great things to do on Friday night rather than denting the couch and falling asleep at 11:05pm.
We do too much of that ourselves, despite sitting in the catbird seat for good times in Chesapeake Country, which is where we are as we assemble Good Bay Times each week. Now many of those good times are moving out of doors, where art and nature in her sweetest disposition pair up to double our pleasures. So we're resolving to spend our Friday nights on the town rather than peering third hand at the mean streets of the city.
What's to do? Here's a short list for Friday, May 21. With Memorial Day, you'll find even more to do. (For full details and indoor Friday fun see Good Bay Times.)
Annapolis Summer Garden Theater opens its 34th season under the stars with West Side Story, America's own updating of Romeo and Juliet.
Or go south to take a look from the water at river life and the historic
homes Mt. Calvert and Billingsley. The Otter's the boat and the Patuxent
the river.
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Scotland lies in the northern portion on the island of Great Britain which it shares with England and Wales. As part of the United Kingdom (U.K.), Scotland has much in common with its neighbors, but with some exciting differences such as their love of bagpipes, kilts and Haggis. Scotland provides its own unique history, music, food, and other cultural traits that students will have the opportunity to experience in full while living there. In addition to being considered the "home of golf", Scotland has also helped with the invention of other international sports such as Rugby and Tennis and of course the original home of the Scottish Highland Games.
ISA Scotland offers study abroad programs through the University of Glasgow & the University of Stirling. The country is known for the warm, friendly and generous nature of it's people making students feel welcome wherever they visit whether it's the dramatic landscape of the Highlands, the vastness of Lochness or the enchanting cities and towns in surrounding areas. From business to science or humanities to design, students can find whatever course they're looking for to make the most out of their time studying abroad in Scotland.
Scotland is a part of the United Kingdom (U.K.) and consumes the northern part on the island of Great Britain. It shares a border with England to the south.
Scotland's climate is temperate and varies in climate from the north to the south, with the extensive coastlines playing an important role in the weather patterns. Western Scotland is warmer than the east, and the entire region is warmer than you would expect for being so far north. Rain is common here, and the highlands of Scotland see more rain than almost any part of Great Britain.
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Comforters are usually the largest linen item in the home that require washing. This poses a challenge when it's time to wash one, because most home washers are typically too small to care for something so big, and all the fluff will be disturbed if made to squeeze inside an inadequately sized vessel. There are several other options available for people who to wash a comforter, however.
Of course, before deciding where to wash, the tag must be consulted to determine how. Fabrics and fillings on comforters vary, and some require special handling. If the tag says to dry clean, it is best left to professionals, but it's not difficult to wash a comforter if instructions are listed on the tag — they just require a larger receptacle than most have at home.
Laundromats can be found just about anywhere, and they typically have super-size capacity washers that a comforter can fit into. Once a proper washer is located, the owner turn the setting to cold. Hot water will cause the fabric to shrink, and it may be harmful to the fluff as well. Gentle detergents are the best option.
Down comforters are a special case and must be washed with a product specifically made for down, or the feathers will be ruined. Only a small amount of detergent should be used, because the numerous fabric layers and fluff act as a sponge and absorb all the soap. Even with a small bit of detergent, comforters should be run through the rinse cycle at least twice to remove all the soap.
The frequency of washing determines the life span and condition of a comforter, so they should only be washed when absolutely necessary. Each wash shrinks a comforter a bit more and the fluff gradually disintegrates. Ultra-fragile comforters can be washed in a bathtub to avoid the wear and tear of washing machines. This is done by hand washing with a mild detergent in warm water, and it should then bypass the dryer and be hung up.
Drying regular comforters can be done at the laundromat as well, or they can be hung up. If using a dryer, individuals should use a low heat setting and toss in a few tennis balls. As the comforter spins, the balls will bounce around inside, keeping the comforter from bunching up in a ball and helping to maintain the fluffiness.
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@lighth0se33 – You need to buy the largest kind available. I bought a high efficiency washer and dryer, and both had large drums so that they could hold a large load.
I made sure that they both had gentle settings, too. This is the only setting you can use when you wash a comforter.
The dryer can detect the moisture level inside the drum, so it only dries the comforter as long as necessary. I think this cuts down on wear and tear.
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I will be moving to a new place next month, and I have to buy a washer and dryer. I have a huge bed, and I want to be able to fit my comforter in the washer so I can wash it at home when it gets dirty. What sort of washer and dryer should I buy?
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Has anyone here ever tried using tennis balls in the dryer with your comforter? I haven't, and mine always bunches up so much that I have to pause the dryer halfway through and move the comforter around to a new position.
Tennis balls have a weird smell that is rather strong when you take them out of the package. I'm a little afraid that this smell might transfer to my comforter, and I don't want to sleep with something that smells like that.
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I don't know how to wash a comforter in the bathtub. My bathtub is small, and I have a king size comforter, so there is no way that I could do this effectively.
I would never be able to rinse all the soap out, either. I wouldn't have any towel large enough to wrap this comforter up in and wring it out, and it would be very heavy with the weight of the water, so I couldn't hang it on a clothesline.
I suppose that washing a comforter in the bathtub only works if you have a single size bed or a cot. I'll be taking mine to the laundromat, because that is the only place with a washer and dryer large enough.
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@ aplenty- You can wash a down comforter at home or the laundry mat, but it is not recommended. The washing machine creates excess wear and tear on your comforter, and can cause the down to become flat and clumped. A hot dryer can also easily burn the down in your comforter, and can give off a funny smell.
Your best option is to take it to an organic dry cleaner. They don't use harmful chemicals; although, you will probably have to pay a little more. You also might want to consider a duvet cover. A duvet will prolong the life of your comforter, and you won't have to clean your comforter as often. You can also wash a duvet in your machine at home.
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Can I machine wash a goose down comforter? I hate to take it to a dry cleaner and have them spray it down with carcinogenic chemicals just so I can then cover my body with it for 8 hours a day.
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Mr. Speaker, it's turn out the lights; the party is almost over for the incandescent lightbulb.
Four years ago, a law went into place which mandated that every lightbulb across America must be 25 percent more efficient by 2014. What this meant was that the incandescent lightbulb, Thomas Edison's greatest invention, is being banned and Americans will be forced to buy the government-selected replacement, the compact fluorescent lightbulb.
There are health risk problems with the compact fluorescent lightbulb, or the CFL as it's called. The National Institutes of Health states that fluorescent bulbs contain mercury. Now, isn't that lovely? Further, another Federal agency, the EPA, warns that the broken bulb contains mercury and will continue to release mercury vapor until it is cleaned up and removed from the room.
Mr. Speaker, I thought we were trying to get rid of mercury in our products in this country. So, in case we happen to break one of these new glass fragile lightbulbs--and I have one here and I'll be very careful not to drop it on the House floor because if I do, we'll have to evacuate the House floor. Here's what the EPA says and advises we're to do to clean up the poisonous debris in this lightbulb.
I am reading from the EPA's verbatim Web site:
Have people and pets leave the room.
Air out the room for 5 to 10 minutes by opening a window or a door to the outdoors. Now, how you do that in a high-rise, Mr. Speaker? You are to shut off the central heating and air conditioning system.
Collect materials needed to clean up the broken bulb. I guess we have to use gloves and duct tape, and place the cleanup materials in a sealable container.
Promptly place all bulb debris and cleanup materials outdoors in a trash container or protected area until materials can be disposed of properly.
Avoid leaving any bulb fragments or cleanup materials inside the room.
It goes on. Continue to air out the room where the bulb was broken and leave the heating and air conditioning system shut off for several hours.
I might note this is just a condensed instruction. The EPA has provided more detailed instructions on its Web site, and I submit this 3-page, single-spaced, typed document of over 1,000 words on how to clean up one of these lightbulbs if it's broken into the Record, Mr. Speaker.
Recently, the French have noted that CFL bulbs can harm a child's vision because they contain arsenic, among other poisons, and the German scientists have found that these CFL bulbs can also cause cancer. Now, isn't that odd--that these bulbs mandated by the Federal Government actually are harmful to our health?
We should forget school lunches, Mr. Speaker. We now need to worry about our children's eyesight because of the lighting they sit under every day in a classroom, all thanks to the blind Federal Government. The Federal Government's anti-energy, anti-consumer choice regulation leaves Americans no other option but to purchase and use a harmful, poisonous product. If that's not reason enough to get rid of these bulbs, here's another one.
None of these bulbs are made in the U.S.A. You look very carefully on every one of these bulbs, they will say, Made in China. That's right. Our good buddies, the Chinese, make all of these bulbs. The last factory in the United States that made incandescent lightbulbs closed down September 14, 2010. This ended a manufacturing industry that beg


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P&O Cruises World Cruising has announced its largest ever cruise campaign with Azura, Arcadia, Aurora and Adonia heading to Australia in 2013.
The 115,000 tonne, 290-metre long Azura launched last year in the UK and will be the largest and youngest P&O Cruises World Cruising ship to ever visit the destination.
Azura, Aurora and Arcadia will collectively make 11 visits to Australian ports from February to March 2013 as part of the program.
Travelling almost completely around Australia, Azura will offer shorter sectors expected to be popular with Australian passengers in particular as part of her 110-night world voyage.
Carol Marlow, P&O Cruises managing director spoke of the line's support of the ever growing Australian cruise industry at a trade press conference yesterday.
"We concentrate our efforts on bringing in British passengers, Australian passengers and New Zealand passengers onto our ships. There's only a handful of other nationalities that travel with us, so we concentrate on that great link that we have and have always had since 1853," Ms Marlow said.


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Successfully working through trigonometry problems requires knowledge of the properties of triangles as well as the ability to measure and understand the ratios called sine, cosine and tangent. Using equations associated with the ratios, it is possible to find the angles and lengths of right angle triangles.
Trigonometry is not only useful in the classroom, but in the real world as well, such as in geosciences when measuring ocean waves and movements of tectonic plates. With a few basic guidelines in mind, solving trigonometry problems can be more simple than they appear.
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text: Optical communication devices typically need components that are not just physically small, but also economical. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Taejon have developed a novel photosensitive sol-gel process that offers a simple method of inexpensively and accurately producing small-scale optical elements. Byeong-Soo Bae, a professor in the department of materials science and engineering at the institute, has developed a sol-gel hybrid material that can retain features impressed upon it in the liquid phase after it is converted to a solid. Although previous hybrids have required complex lithographic and etching fabrication techniques, Bae's photosensitive material requires only a single UV exposure to pattern a desired optical element. New materialTo a traditional sol-gel hybrid, Bae adds benzyldimethylketal, a photoinitiator, and methylmethacrylic acid, a photoactive monomer. This solution is spin-coated, exposed to radiation from a 325-nm HeCd laser and baked at 150 °C for five hours. The UV exposure photopolymerizes and photolocks the active materials within the sol-gel hybrid matrix. The effect is proportional to UV intensity; regions with high intensity lock in the photoreactive compounds, while unexposed regions leave the compounds free to evaporate in the subsequent heating and drying steps. Where photoinduced reactions have taken place, the sol-gel hybrid is thicker and has a higher index of refraction. Bae calls the new material a photohybrimer. "The photohybrimer is unique in that it undergoes a large change in both refractive index and volume," he said. "It has the potential to fabricate micro-optical devices such as gratings, holograms, microlens arrays and waveguides."After investigating this basic process, which Bae calls photoinduced self-developing, the researchers demonstrated its utility by creating diffractive elements in this single-step process. In one proof-of-principle demonstration, they exposed the photohybrimer to an interference pattern generated by splitting the beam from the HeCd laser. They recombined the two beams at an angle with respect to each other. Because the material changes thickness and index proportionally to UV exposure, the sinusoidally varying interference patterns resulted in diffraction grating of the same period. Producing the desired grating pitch merely required the proper selection of beam recombination angle.Optics fabricationTo further demonstrate the potential of the new material, the researchers fabricated a Fresnel lens, which consists of different diffractive zones that induce a spatially varying change in beam propagation. Although such a lens cannot bring a broadband source into crisp focus, it can focus a single wavelength well. To produce the lens, they propagated the HeCd laser beam through a pinhole and projected the image onto the photohybrimer. The circular diffraction pattern yielded index and thickness variations that functioned as a Fresnel lens. Changing the pinhole size and projection distance alters the size of the diffraction pattern, which changes the focal length of the lens.Bae is working with industry to fabricate waveguides from the photohybrimer and is seeking industrial partners for the mass production of other micro-optics, where he believes there is a significant advantage."The thermal stability and optical quality from the photohybrimer photopatterning technique is the most cost-effective, simple technique for mass production of various optical devices," he said.


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Despite my love for sunscreen and anti-aging products, I have a feeling one day I'll be embracing plastic surgery. If that day comes, my goal is to achieve "good plastic surgery." Why would I get plastic surgery? I don't consider myself overly vain, but I want to look good as I get older, and given what I know about my genes, sunscreen, and even Botox and Restylane, probably won't be enough to allow me to "age gracefully." Plus, unfortunately, I spent the first 25 years of my life gloriously tanning at the beach whenever I could, and I'm paying the price for it right now. Even though I've been almost a saint with my skin for the last 10 years, that can't make up for my earlier years of sun debauchery. Things were going pretty good for me until last year, when I turned 35, and I feel like I aged 5 years overnight. Wrinkles, crow's feet, under-eye bags, a droopy eyelid – UGH!!
Most people may balk at the idea of plastic surgery, but I'm all for it as long as it enhances your appearance – thus I'm all for good plastic surgery, which basically means you look better afterwards, not overdone. After watching the return of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, though, I'm slightly freaked out about plastic surgery. If I have something done, I want to look like Courtney Cox or Demi Moore, who have both somehow completely stopped aging, but they don't look weird. I've seen Demi Moore in person and she looks awesome – she looks better now that she did in her 20s! I've written before about celebrities with plastic surgery, but half of the women in Hollywood have probably had a few nips and tucks, yet we don't know about it because they have achieved good plastic surgery.
Here in Las Vegas, sometimes I feel like the only woman without a breast augmentation. If I were an A cup I would probably get breast implants, but for now I can save my money for Botox, and eventually something more dramatic like an eye-lift. This breast implants website has good before and after photos of a variety of women that have undergone breast augmentation and breast lifts. Most of the women I know with breast implants have natural looking breasts that good and natural – they don't have crazy big Heidi Montag breasts.
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With all this plastic surgery talk, how do you ensure you end up with good plastic surgery? I've only done preliminary research on the topic since I don't see myself getting any work done for at least another ten years, but I will be extremely vigilant about my research when the time comes – I want to end up like Demi Moore, not Meg Ryan (sorry Meg).
If you have any friends that have had good work done, I would find out which plastic surgeon they used. Then you want to make sure the plastic surgeon is board certified, and up to date on his or her qualifications to perform the surgery you're getting. On abms.org (American Board of Medical Specialties) you can look up doctors to ensure they are board certified, and you can find out if they're certified with The American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS), for example. Other acceptable plastic surgery boards and societies are: ASAPS, ASPS, and The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Next check your state medical board records to confirm the doctor you choose is in good standing with state board.
Find out how what your doctor specializes in, and how often he or she do that procedure. If you're seeking a face lift, you want a plastic surgeon that has extensive experience doing face lifts. Find out what the pre-treatment and post-treatment guidelines are, if there are any contraindications due to health or medication issues, and of course review before and after photos of actual patients the doctor has worked on. I would suggest meeting with several doctors, because each one might offer a different treatment plan. You want your doctor to go over the potential risks of surgery and anesthesia, and to really explain the procedure and expectations to you.
Many plastic surgery procedures are not performed in hospitals, but in the plastic surgeon's office facilities. If that's the case you'll need to make sure the facility is accredited with one of these organizations: AAAASF, JCAHO, AAAHC, AOA, or CAAASF. If there happens to be an emergency, discuss the emergency plan, and if there will be proper equipment and staff on hand. And find out which local hospitals the doctor has privileges at for performing your specific type of surgery.
The website About Plastic Surgery is a good place to start your search for plastic surgeons in your area. The site also has a lot of info about breast implants, what you should ask your doctor at your first visit, and what you must know before getting a breast enhancement. Plastic surgery is an extremely complicated subject – please do extensive research on your own too! Have you had plastic surgery, or would you ever get it? In my case I am sure I will be getting it one day… When I do, I am praying for a good plastic surgery outcome!


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I have never seen a car like this double front-ended Ford until today. Have you?
This unique but not-very-practical vehicle was recently put on sale on Craigslist. It's located near the California-Oregon border, in case you're interested and want to check it out in person. Dubbed as the 'clown car', this custom Ford can be driven either way, although I don't think you can do so at the same time.
I'd say it's perfect for those people who can't get the hang of parking no matter how hard they try. Can't get it right on the side you're currently in? No problem, just hop out and take the wheel on the other end to try again.
The double front-ended Ford is priced at $2,500.
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|Thursday, February 16, 2017. Mild day, yesterday in New York with temps reaching up to the forties; turning windy after sundown, dropping to the low 30s, and a little threat of rain, a few drops.
My friend Jesse Kornbluth a/k/a "Head Butler" (as in Headbutler.com) went to a book party last week for Daphne Merkin, one of the smartest girls both he and I know, who has written a book, "This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression." He reviewed the book on Head Butler and opened with the following:
"Lately I've been thinking about the allure of suicide again."
|Now there's a book you don't want to read. And Daphne Merkin, the author of that book, understands. Clinical depression, she writes, is a "sadness that no one seems to want to talk about in public, not even in this Age of Indiscretion."
If you do, and you read the book you'll get a look at a brilliant personality. You can read about Ms. Merkin also on NYSD HOUSE where we interviewed her at her apartment here in New York. She is a woman who knows a great deal about depression from experience. She has written about depression before, among her works. But this is a memoir.
I know Daphne, and if you see her apartment as photographed by (JH), it reveals a side of her that avoids, eludes, evades any kind of depression. Frankly in conversation with her, she's one of the most delightfully interesting (brilliant) women I know. Part of her charm is that even her presence can belie that. But it's inevitable. Like reading the book is for many of us.
Which, speaking of ... butlers, that is. I was having a conversation with Steve Candland who heads the US office for Angela Mortimer the international domestic and business recruitment agency out of London. Steve and I were talking about a subject that always interests me — that is, Domestic Service. My interest, fascination even, dates back to my early childhood when I listened to my father and mother occasionally talk about his life in the 1920s when he was a young chauffeur here in New York. It was a world rich in my imagination, as is apparent in these pages.
|I'm not an eavesdropper although that kid listening to his father's tales of the rich — all of which he recalled with great pleasure and even awe — was always jaw-dropping curious to this kid. Many years later that curiosity now a way of life, has been pared by experience to normal, even at times just professional interest in people and their lives. Those who work in domestic service of one kind or another, including those who we unwealthy have assisting us now and then -- housekeepers, for example, have interesting lives. Besides their own lives, they enter other's private lives in a way that almost no one does, other than family or intimate friends. And yet they are simply paid employees.
When I lived in Los Angeles, I knew a woman prominent in the community named Edie Goetz — whom I've written about before on these pages. Edie was the daughter of the ultimate mogul of the glory days of Hollywood, Louis B. Mayer. She and her sister Irene Selznick were real Hollywood princesses by design as well as ambition, and their father was the hands-down king.
|In her day when she was ne plus ultra as the hostess of the movieland elite, she was famous for her house, which was mainly a social and entertainment center for only the crème de la crème of the industry (stars, directors, producers) and visiting society poobahs from New York and elsewhere. Being a child of MGM everything had to work like a perfectly edited Technicolor musical in Edie's Holmby Hills mansion. And it did. Grand as the grandest, her dinner parties were a cut above all others. Billy Wilder once told me that knowing after a day on the set, that he was going to Edie Goetz' for dinner, he knew he was going to have fun.
Edie's secret was her management capabilities. Always in the role of the princess, her executive abilities were shrouded in silk chiffon, but they weren't accidental. I recall specifically one night when I went up to her house on Delfern to pick her up to take her RJ Wagner's birthday party (it was his 53rd — that's how long ago it was).
Then I asked him a question that I knew was not "proper" but I was curious to know what he thought of his new glamorous employer: how did he like working for Madam?
"Oh very much, sir; very much," he replied; then adding, "She's very much like the Queen."
"The Queen?" "Queen Elizabeth?"
"No, not the Queen Elizabeth, but the Queen Mother."
Very curious, I could tell he was being entirely sincere. Knowing Edie, a very American, very Hollywood persona, royal in a way, in her own serious attitude, I didn't grasp the similarity.
"How is she like the Queen Mother?"
"The way she treats her staff, sir. The staff comes first."
|Ah, I see. I learned something that made sense. Common sense. He told me the Queen Mother, whom he worked for, served, loved the company of her staff and it wasn't unlike her to spend time with them at the end of an evening or on weekends in Windsor.
On our way over to the Wagner birthday dinner, I told Edie about my conversation with Lodge, and how he liked his job and WHY.
"Gee!" she gasped, in the same manner as a movie fan being warmly acknowledged by a major movie star. Edie was very impressed, and highly flattered. That was the ultimate compliment in her book.
In the years following I've come to know or be familiar with a lot of people who work in domestic service for friends, including very much the housekeepers and cleaning ladies who are ubiquitous in neighborhoods all over New York.
He told me someone had asked him if it was only Trump's Cabinet Appointments who get vetted about legal employ and tax practices of their household staff.
That's a touchy subject but, he added, the world around us of high profile and/or wealthy persons are not the only ones targeted by the IRS and Department of Labor for illegal employment practices.
The wealthy, Steve said, and their employees are routinely examined for compliance. "Why? Because there are fewer of them, that's where the money is, and the wealthy are most likely to have staff. That means you have to pay the majority of wages "on the books."
That includes housekeepers and childcare. Evidently there are many who are paid off-the-books. All of this could potentially increase the amount the IRS can collect federal income taxes from the employed. Evidently they estimate the federal government is missing several billion in unpaid income tax as well as Social Security and Medicare contributions.
Aren't you glad I told you this? Now I wonder how Edie handled it. If you're going down that road, ask Angela Mortimer first.
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