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The boat landing at Howardsville not only provides access to the James River for birding and viewing wildlife on the water, it also supports an exciting patch of woodland virtually teeming with birds. Upon arrival, check the river for roosting herons, egrets and waterfowl. Wood ducks are likely to show up year-round, while hooded and common mergansers, common goldeneye and other diving ducks could appear in the winter months, depending on how iced-up the river is. The small creek that opens into the James, just upstream from the boat landing, is a good spot to search for eastern phoebes.
The boat landing area is usually alive with American crows and their typical antics, occasionally joined by the bigger and hoarser common raven. Check the larger trees around the boat landing for red-bellied woodpeckers, and in winter, yellow-bellied sapsuckers. in addition to their inherent grandeur, these trees are worth giving particular attention to during migration when scarlet tanagers, American redstarts and a variety of other neotropical migrants stop in to join the resident northern cardinals and Carolina chickadees.
With its location on the water, the area is also worth searching for dragon- and damselflies such as American rubyspots and eastern amberwings. Also check for butterflies such as pearl crescent, red-spotted purple and the confusingly similar question mark and eastern comma.
Note: Yield use of this site to those launching boats.
From Previous Site on James River Loop of VBWT:
From James River Wildlife Management Area, return to Rt. 626/Howardsville Rd and turn right. Follow Rt. 626 for 7.0 miles to Howardsville. Turn right on Rt. 602/Howardsville Turnpike and proceed 0.1 miles to the boat landing.

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President Trump issued Executive Order 13789 on April 21, 2017 (the “EO,” available here) directing the Secretary of the Treasury to review all “significant” tax regulations issued after December 31, 2015.
The EO ordered the Secretary to issue an interim report within 60 days (June 20, 2017) identifying those regulations which impose an undue burden on the taxpayer, add undue complexity to the tax laws, or exceed the IRS’s authority.
Secretary Mnuchin issued IRS Notice 2017-38 on July 7, 2017 (available here). The Notice identified 105 regulations, but found that 53 of those regulations were minor or technical in nature. The remaining 52 regulations were potentially “significant” regulations which were reviewed more thoroughly. Of these, eight regulations were targeted for simplification or reducing compliance burden. The Treasury is seeking comments on whether to modify or rescind these regulations. The eight regulations are:
Proposed regulations defining a political subdivision of a state under Section 103.
Temporary regulations on transfers of property by C corporations to REITs and RICs, which are intended to prevent spinoff transactions by C corporations from qualifying for nonrecognition treatment under Section 337(d).
Regulations under Section 7602, potentially allowing the IRS to hire outside counsel to interview witnesses
Proposed regulations under Section 2704(b) that would disregard commonly recognized discounts for gift, estate, and generation skipping tax valuation purposes. The discounts include those for minority interests and lack of marketability.
Temporary regulations under Section 752 on liabilities recognized as recourse partnership liabilities.
Final and temporary regulations under Section 385 on the treatment of certain interests in corporations as stock or indebtedness for tax purposes.
Final regulations under Section 987 on income and currency gain or loss with respect to a Qualfied Business Unit which disregards losses for prior years which had not been recognized.
Final regulations under Section 367 eliminating the ability of taxpayers to transfer foreign goodwill to a foreign corporation without immediate or future U.S. income tax.
The EO also required that the Secretary issue a second report within 150 days proposing how to revise the identified regulations to minimize the compliance burden of the taxpayer and the complexity added to the tax laws. This report is due to be issued September 18, 2017.
Affected taxpayers are hoping to have concrete guidance prior to year-end as to whether the regulations will be rolled back in their entirety or revised to be more permissive and straightforward. Of particular interest to business owners performing estate planning are the revisions to the proposed regulations under Section 2704 which would have disregarded commonplace discounts in business valuation, creating a disconnect between the value for tax purposes and fair market value.
If you have tax planning underway affected by these regulations, you may want to delay implementation until further guidance is released as it will almost certainly be more favorable. Part 2 of this blog post will review the second report issued by the Secretary.

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Manteca High’s defending Valley Oak League champion boys track and field team had a strong first showing of the 2013 season Saturday in the 9th Annual Sacramento State Classic.
Senior Jordan Lyons was in on three top-seven finishes. He placed third out of 56 runners in the 400-meter dash, clocking a time of 49.93 seconds.
He also took sixth in the 200 (22.61) and anchored Manteca’s 4x400 relay team that finished seventh in 3 minutes, 31.97 seconds — which eclipsed its fastest 2012 time of 3:32.14. Joining Lyons on the mile relay were Evan Fisk, Eddie Smith and Cameron Crippen.
Sophomore Carl Chandler put together a promising start to the season, marking a personal best 41-foot, 2 ½-inch leap for a fifth-place finish in the long jump. He also ended up eighth in the high jump, topping out at 5-10. Tylo Both sprinted to a time of 11.34 to take sixth in the 100, and Daniel Clemons took ninth in the shot put with a measurement of 44-8.
The Manteca girls also left their mark and were led by a pair of freshmen. Jade Griffin checked in at 13.3 for a 10-place finish in the 100 and was the fastest freshman competitor. She was also 15th with a 27.69 time in the 200. Raygen Both was 22nd (13.71) and 24th (28.34) in the 100 and 200.
Griffin and Both teamed up with fellow freshman Summer Kirby and sophomore Sophie Barragan in the 4x100 relay. They placed ninth in 53.23.
Jessy Talarico set a personal record in the pole vault, where she finished fifth with a mark of 8-6.
Manteca begins the VOL season at home Wednesday against Kimball.


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According to sources close to Videocardz, Nvidia may be working on a GeForce GTX 1630 in alongside its upcoming RTX 4000 series. Not much is known about the card’s specs, but it will supposedly replace the GTX 1050 Ti and likely cost less than $150 (the current price for the GTX 1650).
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If you’re a fan of NBC sitcoms, then you’ll definitely want to watch the promo for Nick Offerman’s movie Somebody Up There Likes Me, which features Community‘s Alison Brie, Parks & Recreation‘s Adam Scott and Amy Poehler, and Offerman’s Parks & Rec ex-wife/real-world still-wife Megan Mullally. And they’re all doing terrible, weird, wild things. What things you ask? Let’s just say it involves a folksy ode to marijuana, lady parts, and maybe John Cassavetes. Why not? Also, they turn Nick Offerman into a bong. Watch the video below (then take a shower). READ FULL STORY
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No, writer/director Bob Byington’s Somebody Up There Likes Me doesn’t have anything to do with the 1956 Paul Newman sports drama that shares its name. It does, however, star a bearded Nick Offerman (of Parks and Recreation fame) as a jaded waiter who cautions his young protegee (Keith Poulson) not to jump headfirst into marriage with a co-worker (Jess Weixler). The kid, naturally, doesn’t listen.
The Hollywood Reporter likened the movie to “a Todd Solondz film directed by Wes Anderson” last summer, and from the trailer, it’s easy to see what that reviewer meant. The whole cater-waiter thing also gives Somebody a whiff of Party Down, though that might just be because Offerman’s wife Megan Mullally also appears in the movie (albeit not as a waitress). See the sitcom star play the indie version of Ron Swanson below:
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NBC Mole Busted at Annual Hacker Convention
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NBC's Michelle Madigan bolted out of the convention, embarassed and humiliated. Typically winners of the "Spot the Fed" game at DefCon stay for the duration of the convention.
Hackers at DEFCON outsmart mole sent in to uncover information for Dateline NBC
Every year in Vegas, a conference consisting of industry leading computer and network hackers gather for an event called DEFCON. Usually, you can find -- or not -- undercover federal agents at the event. The agents attend DEFCON to gather information on the latest trends and techniques employed by hackers. The goal for the attendees is to exchange information on the latest security information and for the agents, to be prepared for new types of attacks.
DEFCON has strict rules on who attends and what they can and cannot do, bring and take from the event. Journalists are allowed to attend the event but must sign strict agreements. This year, Dateline NBC
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Madigan signed up for the event as a regular attendee, thereby bypassing some of the rules imposed onto regular press members. A tipster notified DEFCON staff that the reporter was a mole sent in by NBC for the television series
. On four separate occasions she declined press credentials.
Aware of the reporter, DEFCON staff monitored Madigan as she recorded events during the show with a hidden camera, against event policy.
In good nature, DEFCON usually holds a contest called "Spot the Fed", where attendees attempt to point out a real undercover federal agent. This time when Madigan was on the show floor, DEFCON staff lured Madigan into a room with other people and DEFCON founder Jeff Moss announced that the game would be changed from spotting a fed to spotting an undercover reporter.
"And there's one in here right now," announced Moss.
Realizing that she was caught, Madigan bolted from her seat and dashed out of the event. Following her was a mob of over 20 reporters, all with cameras snapping and all running after her for an interview. Madigan was chased outside of the building and into the parking lot, all the way to her car.
Madigan claimed that she was sent to try and uncover federal agents that attend the event.
According to ZDNET blogger George Ou
, who attended the event, Madigan's real intentions during the show were to show middle-America "what's really going on at DEFCON."
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Book Villas of Distinction’s Three Caribbean Island Vacation
For over 20 years, the leading provider of holiday homes Villas of Distinctions has been of great assistance among the travelers who are looking for luxury vacation rentals. To maintain their first-rate services, they have come up with a tour that will bring the travelers to three of the most romantic islands known to mankind: St. John, St. Martin, and St. Barts.
Villas of Destinations, which received the Favorite Villa Company from the Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers Travel Awards 2010, made a point that people can continuously share love even if it is already past Valentine’s Day. They have devised an eleventh-hour promo as a celebration for Saint Valentine and this involves a trip to the three most saintly islands.
The first island of choice is the one with the least size among all the US Virgin Islands, St. John. This place is probably one of the most appropriate places for a Valentine getaway since it holds a lot of natural beauties such as the clear blue waters, the rock-strewn seashores, and the rich shrubberies. This island has been found to be very private as tourist need to ride ferryboats in order to get to the charming land.
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While India will long rely on coal to power economic growth, the government is striving to address environmental issues and to promote diversification in the power sector. In fact, India is attempting to do something no other country has ever done before: advance rapid growth to become an industrialized economy, bringing power and light to a nation of 1.3 billion people, without any dramatic increase in CO2 emissions.
As a country that boasts some of the planet’s most impressive mountains, where waters tumble off the Himalayas and the Deccan plateau into mighty rivers, India has a great potential in hydropower, the oldest renewable energy source, with over 100 years of history. The Indian government has also identified hydro as one of the best option for helping secure a reliable and sustainable power supply, and estimates a nationwide capacity of over 145GW; current installed capacity represents only one-third of that potential. Recognizing a significant opportunity, the government is now promoting a number of hydropower plant construction projects.
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Sunderland goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has undergone a medical ahead of a planned £30m move to Everton, according to Sky sources.
The medical took place in Poland, where Pickford is currently preparing for the Under-21 Euros with his England U21 team-mates.
Sky sources reported earlier this week that Everton and Sunderland had agreed a £30m fee for Pickford, who was one of the star performers for the relegated Black Cats during their disappointing 2016/17 campaign.
The 23-year-old made 32 appearances for Sunderland over the course of the campaign and took home the player of the season award.
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Yara International ASA has revealed strong results for the first quarter of 2008, amid a solid European market with significant margin expansions for nitrate and NPK fertiliser and a resolutely tight food market.
Yara reports first-quarter net income after minority interest of NOK 2.808m, compared with NOK 1.085m last year, while EBITDA for the quarter stood at NOK 3.988m compared with NOK 1.787m the year previous. First-quarter operating income was NOK 2.860m versus a figure of NOK 1.063m last year.
“Our results increased strongly in the first quarter, driven by substantial margin expansion for nitrate and NPK fertiliser. This demonstrates the value of Yara’s European position, helped by a strong European fertiliser market, and our unique position in more high-value fertilizer products like nitrates and NPKs,” said Thorleif Enger, President and CEO of Yara.
Explaining the reasons for such improvements, Enger, “The global fertiliser market has remained tight during the last year, with global production running close to full capacity. The market has been balanced by a combination of higher prices reducing demand and increased Chinese exports attracted by high prices. The recent announcement of 135% Chinese export tax for fertiliser will further tighten the global market$quot;, said Thorleif Enger.
Downstream segment sales increased 20% from first quarter last year, excluding the effect of the Kemira GrowHow acquisition, with underlying growth at 4% - mainly in Southeast Asia and Brazil. The industrial segment continues to see strong growth in most product groups, especially for technical ammonium nitrate and environmental products.
Global food markets remain tight, with grain prices at historical high levels and continuing to encourage farmers to expand acreage and increase fertiliser application rates, even at higher fertiliser prices. Prospects for the fertiliser market look healthy as start-ups of new production capacity are currently running at lower rates than demand growth.

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|Summary, etc.:||The Civil War has turned neighbor against neighbor—but for one scientist spy and her philosopher soldier, war could bind them together . . . For all of the War Between the States, Marlie Lynch has helped the cause in peace: with coded letters about anti-Rebel uprisings in her Carolina woods, tisanes and poultices for Union prisoners, and silent aid to fleeing slave and Freeman alike. Her formerly enslaved mother's traditions and the name of a white father she never knew have protected her—until the vicious Confederate Home Guard claims Marlie's home for their new base of operations in the guerilla war against Southern resistors of the Rebel cause. Unbeknowst to those under her roof, escaped prisoner Ewan McCall is sheltering in her laboratory. Seemingly a quiet philosopher, Ewan has his own history with the cruel captain of the Home Guard, and a thoughtful but unbending strength Marlie finds irresistible. When the revelation of a stunning family secret places Marlie's freedom on the line, she and Ewan have to run for their lives into the hostile Carolina night. Following the path of the Underground Railroad, they find themselves caught up in a vicious battle that could dash their hopes of love—and freedom—before they ever cross state lines. Praise for An Extraordinary Union "Brimming with vivid characterization, heartfelt dialogue, and sensual sweetness." —Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW "An exceptional story that both educates and entertains and beautifully launches a unique series." —Library Journal STARRED REVIEW|
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Trained at her mother's knee in herbal medicinal arts, freedwoman Marlie Lynch is taken in by her white father's family at Lynchwood. She spends her time crafting new remedies and secretly helping the Union cause, which includes hiding escaped prisoner Ewan McCall in her lab. Her uneasy peace is shattered when a vicious in-law invites the arrogant Commander Cahill and his ruthless Confederate Home Guard to move into the house. Before long, Marlie and Ewan are fleeing for their lives on the Underground Railroad, with peril close behind. A quietly courageous healer and a Union officer battle hatred, intolerance, and cruelty in a compelling story of the Civil War told from an often neglected point of view.Copyright 2017 Library Journal.
VERDICTExceptional historical detail and abundant literary and philosophical references guarantee this well-written story will appeal to both romance and historical fiction fans. Cole ( An Extraordinary Union) lives in New York City. [See "Editors' Fall Picks," LJ9/1/17, p. 34.]

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GLASWEGIANS love their parks – the clue’s in the name, Dear Green Place.
For me, the Botanics has always been the most regal of our green spaces, the nearly 200-year-old park exuding a Victorian elegance.
It seems the perfect place then for the new Tea Room at the Botanics, a genteel establishment that caters for all park users – whether that’s mums and babies, ladies who lunch, pensioners looking for a cuppa or office workers like ourselves.
Optimistically, we took a seat outside in the fetching patio area but the typical Glasgow weather drove us inside .
This let me scope out the interior, a cosy two-room set-up that kept the classy feel, with works from local artists adorning the walls.
I kicked things off with soup of the day, minestrone (£3.25).
Served with the obligatory roll, it wasn’t the most authentic taste of Italy I’ve ever sampled.
Luckily my colleagues’ starter seemed more interesting.
Two of them chose to share the Scottish Seafood Tapas (£5.50), a combination of hot smoked salmon and sour cream, pickled herring and prawns Marie Rose served with rye bread.
I looked on enviously as they scoffed it down, and they assured me it was fabulous. Unfortunately our starters arrived at staggered intervals, which continued into the main, meaning I was well into my sandwich as my companions received theirs. I’d put this down to the friendly staff still getting to grips with their new environs.
In any event, my lemon and coriander chicken sandwich (£5.45) proved delicious.
Served with fancy crisps on your choice of bread, light rye for me, and with a tangy chilli mayo, it was a top class lunch.
My colleagues also had sandwiches, roast ham with Arran Mustard (£5.25), a smoked salmon with cream cheese effort (£5.75) and the panini version of my sandwich (£5.95), all of them being praised.
We rounded off with a good coffee (£1.95) and a fresh fruit scone (£2.50).
The Tea Room has a lot going for it with decent prices and a first-class location - it’s well worth dropping in.

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Flashcards in Chapter 3: Models of Abnormality Deck (78)
What are models? Another name for them?
-Set of assumptions and concepts that help scientists explain and interpret observations
What is a neuron? How many make up the brain?
-A nerve cell
What is the cortex? What structures does it include?
-Outer layer of the brain
-Frontal and temporal lobes
What does the amygdala do? When is it in overdrive?
-Plays a key role in emotional therapy (processes emotional responses)
-In overdrive during panic attacks, PTSD, flashbacks
What does the hippocampus do?
-Helps regulate emotions and memory
-Translates short term memory into long term memory (declarative knowledge)
What does the thalamus do? What disorder is it associated with?
-Relay station for incoming sensory info
-Schizophrenia = difficulty differentiating important vs. unimportant stimuli
What does the basal ganglia do?
Plays a crucial role in planning and producing movement
What is a synapse?
The tiny space between the nerve ending of one neuron and the dendrite of another
What is a neurotransmitter?
A chemical that is released by one neuron, crosses the synaptic space, and is received at receptors on the dendrites of neighboring neurons
What is a receptor?
A site on a neuron that receives a neurotransmitter
What are hormones? What do they do?
-Chemicals released by endocrine glands into the bloodstream
-Propel body organs into action
How are mental disorders related to the endocrine system?
-Mental disorders sometimes related to abnormal chemical activity in the endocrine system
-Hormones, appetite, temp control, etc. can be altered b/c of psychological disorders
What are genes? How are they related to abnormal behavior?
-Chromosome segments that control the characteristics and traits a person inherits
-Can make individuals more prone to certain disorders
What is norepinephrine? What does it depend on? Significance?
-A very general NT
-Function depends on where in the brain it occurs
-Fight or flight response (alarm response of ANS)
What is serotonin? Significance of low levels?
-NT associated w/ mood, sleep
-Regulation of impulses
-Lower levels associated w/ greater vulnerability to aggressive behaviors, self-destructive tendencies, suicidal urges, OCD
What is dopamine? Significance of high levels in brain?
-Outgoing, exploratory behavior
-All pleasure seeking behaviors (ex. addiction) involve the dopamine systems
-Excess of dopamine in brain can cause hallucinations and delusions
What is gaba? Significant for what disorder? What facilitates it?
-Inhibitory NT --> reduces overall arousal
-Important for anxiety disorder
-Benzodiazepines facilitate its action
What are psychotropic medications?
-Drugs that primarily affect the brain and reduce many symptoms of mental dysfunction
-Mainly affect emotions and thought processes
How do psychotropic medications work?
-Increasing/decreasing the production of a NT
-Triggering/blocking the release of a NT
-Increase/decrease the production of a substance that deactivates the NT
-Trigger/block the release of a substance that deactivates the NT
-Block the reuptake of a NT
-Mimic the action of a NT
What are the main classes of psychotropic medications?
What do antianxiety drugs do?
-Help reduce tension and anxiety
What do antidepressants do?
Help improve the mood of people who are depressed
What do mood stabilizers do? What disorder are they most used for?
Help steady the moods of those w/ a bipolar disorder (mood swings from mania to depression)
What do antipsychotic drugs do?
Help reduce the confusion, hallucinations, and delusions of psychotic disorders
What is the only type of psychotropic drug that is highly addictive?
What is electroconvulsive therapy? What patient condition is it most used on?
-A form of biological treatment in which a brain seizure is triggered as an electric current passes through electrodes attached to the patient's forehead
-Used primarily on depressed patients
What is psychosurgery? Aka what?
-Brain surgery for mental disorders
What is light therapy?
What is transcranial magnetic stimulation?


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Richard Warren Field - Writer/Musician
An Overlooked Answer to Our Healthcare Dilemma
Co-written with Dr. Alan Fluger, DC
Posted on October 11, 2009
Copyright © 2009 by Richard Warren Field and Dr. Alan Fluger, DC
The United States health care system, as it functions today, reflects two pervasive American attributes: a love of technological innovation, and a take-charge attitude toward problem-solving. These two attributes have certainly led to triumphs in health care, to longer and more comfortable lives. But they have also led to the problems that have made “health care reform” such a hot topic. And a major problem deriving from this, and driving the call for reform, is expense. Expense can be directly traced to an overemphasis on the priorities set by the love of technology, and a problem-solving approach to health care.
Technology has led to life-saving and life-prolonging innovations in medicine. Cancer is no longer a death sentence. Heart attacks are also no longer always fatal, and patients with unhealthy hearts have options that were unavailable half a century ago. But these triumphs of technology have led to a technology-first mentality. The first steps taken by the mainstream medical community usually involve drugs, and for more serious conditions, some sort of surgical intervention. In short, the bias is often toward the most intrusive care, a bias formed partially by a pride of living in a technologically sophisticated world.
Related to this is the take-charge, problem-solving attitude toward health care. Conventionally trained medical doctors look at lists of symptoms, come up with a diagnosis, then attack the problem with a cure: drugs, surgery, therapy—whatever the practitioner decides will eliminate the problem. Any good conventional practitioner is well-versed in the most modern solution to these problems—the latest drug, the latest surgical procedure. And patients expect to get the most modern “cure” available. This problem-solving approach to medicine, coupled with the love of technology leads to a misordering of priorities for health care, driving up expense, and creating clinical approaches not always in the best interests of the patient.
Love of technology and an attack-the-problem approach to medicine have led to a bias favoring more intrusive care over less intrusive care, and toward “sick-care” over “well-care,” designed to prevent the illnesses in the first place. An example of this is the treatment of neck and back injuries. The conventional medical doctor is likely to prescribe muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories and pain medications to address the symptoms of discomfort. A neck brace could be included in this initial treatment. If symptoms don’t subside, more drugs are prescribed, along with physical therapy. If that doesn’t help, the patient is referred for an MRI. If the MRI shows a bulging disc, surgery is contemplated. So the very first care involves introducing chemicals that have their own side effects. These chemicals also can mask symptoms, so the patient fails to take measures in behavior to facilitate the body’s own healing processes. Physical therapy is certainly a less intrusive mode of care, but physical therapy is not the most effective way to correct the spine for healing. And surgical answers to bulging discs can often lead inexorably toward more follow-up surgeries. The fusion of some vertebrae, a common surgical approach to bulging discs, distorts the surrounding vertebrae, leading to more back surgeries. This can also distort the patient’s gait, leading down the line to hip and knee replacements.
Like most medical conditions, back injuries would be treated more efficiently and effectively by starting with the least intrusive care. If a vertebra is out of place, often the source of the discomfort, then a chiropractic adjustment can be used to put the vertebra back into place. Adjusting the spine to effect healing is a time-tested healing method. Massage can help the discomfort during the healing process, instead of chemicals. Even bulging discs can be treated with less intrusive care. Inversion therapy can be used to tilt the patient to use gravity and the body’s natural healing processes to decompress the nucleus propulsus, which is a lot like jelly, getting it to retract back into its spaces.
Another issue to consider in addressing back injury treatment is to consider the effects of maintaining a healthy spine with regular spinal well-care. An optimally aligned spine is less prone to injury, sustaining less severe consequences when subjected to trauma.
This example of dealing with a back injury can be extrapolated to apply to many health issues. The focus needs to be on maintaining health, instead of addressing health only when illness occurs, and in the event of illness, start with the least intrusive care first, progressing toward more aggressive care only if the less intrusive care proves to be ineffective, and the side effects and consequences of the more radical care are acceptable when weighed against the current circumstances. This is not a call to abandon conventional medicine. It is a call to set priorities more effectively, to save costs, and to emphasize ongoing health maintenance as opposed to being concerned about health only when the patient is not healthy.
What segment of the heath care industry is in the best position to reorder these priorities? Chiropractors are. Chiropractors emphasize wellness over sickness. They are trained to position the body, through adjustment of the spine, to heal itself. And if we think about it, that is what a lot of conventional medicine does. The orthopedist sets the fractured bone and immobilizes it so the body can heal it. That big gash is stitched up by the emergency room doctor so the tissues can grow together. When doctors say to rest and drink plenty of fluids to address that cold, they are also positioning the body to heal itself. And healing through natural body processes is preferable, because it comes with no side effects.
Chiropractors can also work with patients undergoing more intrusive care to help position the body for healing. We would never suggest that intrusive care should not be used for a malignant cancer. But while chemotherapy is taking place, a hard process for the body to absorb, the patient can maintain a healthy spine, and concentrate on well-care for the other body systems, to absorb the effects of chemotherapy as unobtrusively as possible. Even that broken bone patient, waiting for the bone to set, can benefit from a wellness approach to facilitate healing, by making sure the spine is aligned, and all other systems are as healthy as possible.
This argument for chiropractors as primary health-care givers will jar many people reading this (those not familiar with chiropractic). Those steeped in the conventional system will say a more logical approach would be to retrain general practitioners, or use nurse practitioners (there have even been suggestions to use pharmacists), to deal with the well-care and less-intrusive care. But coming from the conventional medicine background, these parties simply wouldn’t be the most effective implementers of this idea. Chiropractors are trained in well-care, in less intrusive care, in natural, homeopathic remedies. Their professional culture is infused with this mindset—the medical doctor professionals would need to adjust their thinking.
But most important of all, chiropractors are practitioners of spinal manipulation. They focus on maintaining a healthy central nervous system with non-intrusive manipulation of the vertebrae to make sure those vertebrae are properly aligned. They recognize the importance of the spine to the entire body. We have a “central nervous system,” aptly named, as it dominates the center of the body, branching out into every extremity. Evidence is abundant connecting individual vertebrae to areas of the body. Misalignment of the lumbar spine can cause constipation, bladder problems, menstrual troubles, sciatica and backaches. Misalignment of the cervical spine can cause headaches, dizziness, sinus troubles, neck pain, eye and ear troubles, and allergies. Part of any well-care plan would be to maintain a healthy spine. Retrained general practitioners and nurse practitioners are not the best to do that. Chiropractors are. Legions of them stand ready to step into the system to create a healthier population, and save expense in the process.
Those who are not familiar with chiropractors will likely revert to some stereotypical ideas. They perceive chiropractors as “back-crackers,” and deride the ideas behind chiropractic as “quackery.” And a limited look at the history of chiropractic reveals it as a recent American innovation from the late Nineteenth Century. Chiropractic started in the American heartland, unfortunately for its reputation, about the same time as snake-oil and patent medicine salesmen were plying their “miracle cures” all over the country. Because of this origin, and the efforts of the established medical profession, chiropractic has in the past been tarred with this “quackery” label.
But while chiropractic is a recent American development, spinal manipulation has been around since recorded history. Hippocrates, the man whose oath medical doctors take, an oath almost 2500 years old, was a serious practitioner of spinal manipulation to heal people. Hippocrates wrote “Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.” He looked for and recognized different degrees of vertebral displacement as something that needed to be corrected. And he referred to this as an “ancient art!” Around the same time, a slightly older man than Hippocrates, the historian Herodotus, apparently was doing some kind of spinal healing, because there is a record of Aristotle criticizing this practice a few generations later because Herodotus’s methods “made old men young,” prolonging their lives too long. Spinal manipulation as a method of maintaining a healthy body has been around for thousands of years, in cultures all over the globe.
So while chiropractic is a more recent American health approach, it is simply the method of spinal manipulation combined with modern medical knowledge, with knowledge unknown to Hippocrates or Herodotus, or to spinal manipulation practitioners through the centuries. Chiropractors are highly trained in cutting edge information on the human body and healing techniques. Like medical doctors, they go to school to learn chiropractic techniques, for a minimum six year program. The snake-oil people from a hundred years ago are gone. Their scams were long ago exposed. Chiropractic is still here because it is effective, and because it has roots that go deep into antiquity, as far back as any modern medical technology goes back. Chiropractic combines the ancient knowledge of spinal manipulation with all the medical knowledge of our Twenty-First Century world. Chiropractors are ideal partners for medical doctors as we shift toward less intrusive measures first, and a stronger focus on well-care.
How should this shift be achieved? Should the government take over the health care system and order everyone to see chiropractors first, before medical doctors, then set the prices of these visits to control costs? We stand with the many concerned citizens who utterly reject the idea that the government can effectively run health care. Government’s answer to controlling costs will be to slash fees. They will drive doctors (chiropractors and MDs) and other health care professionals and entities out of the business. This will create shortages, which will lead to some form of rationing. This sequence of events has already taken place in other countries that have government-run health care. If you speak to Canadians who are healthy, they are likely to laud their system, because they pay nothing for insurance. But if you speak to Canadians who are sick, they will likely lament the long waits for care. And if you speak to Canadians with life-threatening illnesses, with a desperate need for immediate care, they will be talking about the feasibility of coming to the United States for care because the long waits in their own country could be fatal. Government will not solve this problem by taking it over.
But government does indeed need to consider “reforms,” because some of the government’s current policies actually harm the system and lead to some of the distortions that have created the mess we have now. To understand this, we will offer a brief historical perspective on how we got where we are, and what fixes could be implemented to mend the system. Most Americans get their health care through health care insurance provided by their employers. This occurred because during World War II, the government froze wages. But this was still the United States, where free enterprise is deeply engrained. Labor was scarce—millions of Americans were employed by the United States military. To attract the best and brightest, employers had to offer incentives other than salary. Maybe they could have offered food, or housing, or clothing. But they offered free health insurance. This has led to the unfortunate and confusing interchangeable use of the terms “health care,” and “health care insurance.” As a practical matter, over time, those terms became equivalent. Employers bought insurance plans that paid for almost everything. Employees spoke of their “great health insurance,” great because it paid for everything. This shot up the price of health insurance (along with the increasing costs of health care, for a variety of reasons). HMOs were created to offer this free or nearly free care to employers for their employees as a way to control the rising costs. Government regulated health insurance policy coverages because of the reality that most employees knew little about the details of what their employers had bought on their behalf, what coverages were included. Employers don’t pay for food, housing or clothing. Employees pay for these essentials of life out of their salaries. But employees have grown accustomed to someone else paying for health care.
In Crisis of Abundance (page 46) author Arnold Kling describes what he calls a “set of three principles that ‘must’ be satisfied by a perfect health care system.” People want to be able to get care when they need it, they want to be able to get quality care, and they want to be insulated from the costs. But as Kling points out, these three “principles” are not compatible. At least one of these principles needs to be minimized as a priority. In government run care, it can be argued that two of these principles are sacrificed, quality and availability, with the priority on insulation from the costs. In a free enterprise system, the correct choice is to drop the third principle, insulation from the costs. This does not mean we would favor dropping all insulation from the costs. People should be insulated from catastrophic costs. This idea would mean having insurance companies return to providing insurance instead of engaging in the bureaucratic administration of health plans with convoluted rules that make the government look simple by comparison. And with this change, the free market would return to the health care system, and market forces could work to undo some of the inefficiencies and waste present in the current health care system.
At first glance, this idea will seem extremely unattractive. But compared to giving up the other two options, this is the one we should prefer to abandon. And the blow of jettisoning this option can be softened by getting employers out of the business of choosing our insurance for us. Instead, have them offer our medical benefits in the form of pre-tax health care spending dollars to employees to use in the market place for insurance coverage, to pay directly for care, or a combination of the two. Government should give incentives to employers to offer this benefit. After the health care spending account dollars are spent, the employee would need to use his or her own resources (as we do to pay for food, shelter and clothing) to pay for additional health care or insurance coverage.
Coupled with this would be a deregulation of the insurance industry. Insurance companies would still be held to claims handling standards, and requirements to maintain solvency to pay claims with premium dollars. But health insurance companies would be allowed to offer health insurance policies to employees in all fifty states, with many varied innovative coverage options available. We would expect one of those packages to involve chiropractors as the primary caregivers, with coverage for less intrusive care first, for more intrusive care only if it becomes necessary. We suggest that this might be one of the most economic coverage options available, because the focus on well-care, and less intrusive care would be less expensive than the current conventional health care approach. With public education, through essays like this (and through other writing like our novel, Dying to Heal), through classroom materials in high school health classes, we are confident many would choose this type of policy, given the freedom to do so.
In fact, the logical coverage option for most people, with lowest price tag, would be coverage for catastrophic care, with insureds paying smaller expenses directly from health care spending accounts and/or their own pockets. Such a policy would provide coverage that caps at a set amount for care during a given year, at a number the insured would choose, depending on the insured’s individual circumstances. The cap could be $2000, up to $20,000 (or even more), with the premium much lower for the higher cap. The chiropractic care policy would pay for well-care visits, with the idea that paying for those visits will reduce the likelihood of more serious illnesses down the line. But coverages would be designed to suit the needs of the individual insured, giving them the choices on what options suit their circumstances the best.
Other important regulatory adjustments would also need to be made. Insurance companies should not be required to offer coverages in their policies that their insureds do not want. With the employer choosing insurance coverages, there was a need for government to make sure certain coverages were offered in the policies because consumers were so far removed from the coverage decisions. But with people choosing their own policies, more variety of coverages needs to be allowed so insureds will not be required to pay for coverages they will never use. Coverage for abortions makes no sense for the policy-holder who is not going to have an abortion, maybe on religious grounds, or because she had a hysterectomy, or because the insured is a single male. Counseling, and other frills, should also be options, not coverages mandated by government, with the result of driving the price of the coverage up. A no-frills catastrophic health insurance policy that pays all annual medical expenses for a family over the amount of $5000 would likely be much less expensive than the policies offered now. Health insurance might just become affordable again.
With this change, the insurance policy would now be owned by the individual employee, not the employer. When employees change employers, they would take their coverage with them. A new employer, with another health care spending account, would give the new employee the means to continue that coverage. The whole element of people losing health care coverage when leaving an employer would be eliminated from the system.
Three other issues related to these ideas need to be addressed. First, those with pre-existing conditions and no current coverage need the capability of getting health insurance if they want it. An assigned risk pool could be established, as it is utilized by the auto insurance industry. If insureds cannot get an affordable health care insurance policy on the open market, they would be placed in a pool and assigned to a company for a catastrophic health care policy with a cap like the one we discussed earlier. Companies would take these assigned risks based on the share of the health insurance market they have.
Also, insurance companies should be allowed to discount risks based on specified health criteria, like a healthy weight, healthy cardiovascular performance for the insured’s age, and healthy blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Healthier people pay lower life insurance premiums. Better drivers pay lower car insurance premiums. Those who maintain their health should pay lower health insurance premiums. Insureds would have a monetary incentive to look after their health, to collaborate with their chiropractors (or other primary health care professionals) to maintain health and prevent illness. This is another way the free market can enter the health care picture.
With patients now holding the purse strings, of their health care spending accounts, or their own resources if the funds in those accounts are exhausted, questions will be asked about whether tests, prescriptions and procedures are necessary. Providers who charge exorbitant amounts may find they need to lower prices or lose patients. One issue will arise immediately. Doctors who order tests and procedures, and prescribe medications “defensively,” to give themselves a defense in the event of a possible future lawsuit, will find themselves questioned as to whether the test, procedure or prescription is really necessary. Doctors will worry that if the patients refuse the test, prescription or procedure, and a future adverse result occurs, they will be facing a trial lawyer accusing the doctor of negligence. Tort reform should be considered an important part of reforming the health care system in the United States. True malpractice needs to have remedies for compensation. But lawsuits perpetrated to try to hit the litigation lottery need to be discouraged. There is a balance to strike, but beyond this recognition of the issue, we will not go further into it here. If tort reform cannot be a part of these reforms, doctors may need to get signed waivers from patients who refuse the defensive test or other care, to protect the doctor from a future frivolous lawsuit. Solid tort reform would hopefully eventually render such waivers unnecessary.
So in this essay, we are advocating a health care system that emphasizes wellness over illness, and less intrusive care before more intrusive care. Chiropractors are the logical heath care practitioners to make this work. This system would operate outside of direct government control, with free market incentives brought back to the health care and health care insurance industries by utilizing health care spending accounts instead of employer purchased health insurance, and by ending regulations that only allow insurance companies to sell in one state at a time, and that require coverages that an insured might not need to be offered on a policy. The United States culture and ethic has stimulated great innovation and progress in many areas of human life, including health care. We offer these ideas, in that spirit, as another innovation to benefit people within a free, prosperous society.
Dr. Alan Fluger, DC and Richard Warren Field are the authors of Dying to Heal, a novel about the health care system that dramatizes the issues raised in this essay.
Richard Warren Field is the author of the award-winning novel, The Swords of Faith.
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Homemade Chicken Parmesan is just as good, if not better than anything you’d order in a restaurant, and will be ready to eat in under 30 minutes!
Juicy chicken cutlets, breaded with parmesan cheese and seasoned breadcrumbs, are fried to perfection, then topped with marinara sauce and plenty of cheese.
Every time I go to a new Italian restaurant, I have to try the chicken parmesan. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had a plate of chicken parm that I didn’t enjoy, and that’s because this recipe is perfect.
Crispy, tomato-y, salty, and savory flavors, melty cheese, and perfectly cooked chicken cutlets – what’s not to love?
While it can be easy to order chicken parmesan at your local Italian eatery, it’s even easier to make it yourself at home!
If you love Italian dishes, you need to try my Chicken Francese recipe. It’s also made with fried chicken cutlets, but with a lighter breading and a delicious lemony sauce. Ravioli Lasagna is another favorite, it’s hearty and cheesy, and simple to make!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Crispy Chicken. The best part of a good chicken parmesan is the crispy breading on the chicken. We’ll be hand-breading these parmesan-crusted chicken cutlets with a blend of seasoned breadcrumbs and cheese and shallow frying them in oil so that they are perfectly crisp.
- Money Saving. Making chicken parmesan at home will always be less expensive than ordering it in a restaurant. Save your money, and cook at home.
- Flavorful Toppings. Marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil leaves top the chicken cutlets and make this recipe for Chicken Parmesan completely mouthwatering.
Key Ingredients for Chicken Parmesan
Here’s what you need to make this easy chicken dinner:
Complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
- Chicken Cutlets: Slice boneless skinless chicken breasts in half to create thin cutlets that will cook quickly and evenly.
- Flour and Eggs: A three-part breading station will ensure that the cutlets are properly coated. Step 1 is seasoned flour. Step two is well-beaten eggs.
- Bread Crumbs: Step 3 of the chicken parm breading station is breadcrumbs seasoned with Italian seasoning and freshly grated parmesan cheese. I prefer to use panko breadcrumbs for this recipe, but traditional ones will also work.
- Oil: You need oil for frying, like vegetable or canola oil. My chicken parmesan recipe uses a small amount of oil and a non-stick pan, but you can use more oil to get a deep-fried texture.
- Marinara Sauce: Use your favorite jarred marinara sauce, or make your own homemade tomato sauce. You need just under a cup of sauce for the chicken, but you’ll probably want more to serve with pasta.
- Mozzarella Cheese: I like to use low-moisture mozzarella cheese to top the chicken, but feel free to use thinly sliced fresh mozzarella if you have it.
- Fresh Basil: In the images here, I sliced basil leaves into a chiffonade, which is just a fancy French way to say that I sliced them into thin ribbons. You can also just chop the basil, but I don’t suggest skipping it. Fresh herbs make this recipe extra special.
If you love basil, you will love my recipe for Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta, made with fresh basil pesto. Yum!
How To Make The Best Homemade Chicken Parmesan
Get ready by setting your oven to preheat at 375°F/190°C.
- Set Up a Breading Station. I have a three part breading tray system, but you can also use three shallow dishes. Dish one will be a mixture of flour, salt, and pepper. Dish 2 will be the beaten eggs. Dish three will be breadcrumbs mixed with parmesan cheese and Italian Seasoning. Dredge each chicken cutlet through each dish in order.
- Fry Chicken: In a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, heat the oil. When you see it start to shimmer, it’s ready. Fry the chicken in batches, cooking the cutlets for 2-3 minutes per side, until the breading is golden brown and the chicken is fully cooked to a temperature of 165°F/64°C. Add the fried cutlets to a small sheet pan.
- Sauce: Divide the marina sauce among the cutlets, spooning it on top of the chicken.
- Bake: Top each cutlet with shredded mozzarella cheese and bake for 8-10 minutes, just until the cheese is melted.
- Broil: Switch the oven to broil, and broil for 2 or 3 minutes to brown the cheese a bit.
When breading the chicken cutlets, be sure to shake off any excess flour, and use your fingers to press the breadcrumbs in so that as many of them stick as possible.
- Don’t Overcook the Chicken: There’s nothing worse than dried out chicken! This dish spends a few minutes in the oven, so it’s very important to fry the cutlets just until they’re cooked, and not a minute longer.
- Want Crispier Cutlets? Fry them in an inch of oil in a deeper pan rather than cooking in a non-stick pan as we are here.
- An Alternate Set-Up: If you like your chicken parmesan saucier, you can bake it in a 9×13-inch dish. Layer marinara sauce, then the chicken cutlets, then more marina sauce, and the cheese. Bake for 15 minutes.
- Prefer to bake the chicken rather than fry it? Follow my oven baked chicken tenders recipe. For cutlets, adjust the oven temperature to 350°/180°C, and bake for 15 minutes. After the tenders are baked, cover with sauce and cheese and bake again to get everything melty.
- If you love this chicken parmesan recipe, be sure to check out my recipes for Chicken Parmesan Sandwiches and Instant Pot Chicken Parmesan too!
Keep leftovers of chicken parmesan in the fridge and enjoy within 3 days.
How to Reheat Chicken Parmesan
I like to reheat chicken parmesan in the air fryer or toaster oven (at 350°F/180°C for 5 minutes or so) so that it gets crispy again, but it’s still tasty if you microwave it too.
What To Serve With Chicken Parmesan
I love to serve this dish with buttered noodles (usually spaghetti) or garlic and olive oil pasta and extra marinara sauce on the side so everyone can have as much as they like.
This tasty Italian chicken dish goes great with any kind of pasta though!
Pasta with peas is a delicious way to get some extra veggies into your meal. Or try pasta with a classic alfredo sauce instead.
On the side, try a simple veggie like asparagus, broccoli, or green beans.
A simple salad or a creamy homemade Caesar salad will also be delicious.
Don’t forget to make up some easy garlic bread too!
You can! Use my air fryer chicken breast recipe to make crispy air fryer chicken cutlets. Leave the chicken in the air fryer basket, top with sauce and cheese, and continue air frying for 1-3 minutes or until the cheese is melted and starting to brown.
I’m sorry to say that it is not. Chicken parmesan is an Italian American dish that is thought to be a combination of concepts from traditional Italian eggplant parmigiana and breaded veal cutlet recipes. When those ingredients weren’t readily available for Italian immigrants, they made up this delicious chicken meal instead!
So that our chicken cooks fairly quickly and evenly, we want to cut it down into thin cutlets. To do this, place a chicken breast down flat on a cutting board. Hold one hand flat on top of the breast, and use a sharp knife to cut the breast in half, parallel to the cutting board.
Typically, that is all you need to do! The cutlets should be about ¼ inch in thickness. If they are thicker than that, use a meat mallet to pound them down thinner.
Here are a couple of tricks to try next time: 1. Dry the chicken with paper towels to ensure that there’s no excess moisture. 2. Ensure that you aren’t skipping any of the 3 breading stations. 3. Place the cutlets in the fridge for up to an hour after breading them. This can help solidify the breading so it won’t fall off so easily.
Skip the restaurant, and make Chicken Parmesan at home to feed the entire family! Save this recipe for a busy weeknight, or serve it to guests – Chicken Parmesan is perfect for any occasion!
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- Half sheet pan (18 by 13 inches)
- ½ cup (60g) all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 large eggs beaten until frothy
- 1½ cups (180g) breadcrumbs regular, italian, or panko
- ¾ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon italian seasoning skip this if using italian breadcrumbs
- 3 medium chicken breasts sliced into 6 thin cutlets
- ¼ cup (60ml) vegetable oil for frying
- ¾ cup (180ml) marinara sauce
- 8 ounces (225g) shredded mozzarella (low-moisture) or sliced fresh mozzarella cheese
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil leaves chopped or chiffonade
- Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C, and have a half size sheet pan ready.
- Set up a breading station with three shallow dishes. Add flour, salt and pepper to one section/shallow dish and mix. Beat the eggs until frothy, and add to the second dish. In the third dish, combine breadcrumbs with parmesan and Italian seasoning.
- Dredge each chicken cutlet in flour, then dip in egg and shake off any excess, and dredge in breadcrumbs pressing the chicken a little to help the breadcrumbs stick. Repeat until all the chicken is coated.
- In a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil, and when it’s shimmering, carefully add the chicken (cook in 2 batches) and cook on both sides until golden and the internal temp is 165°F/74°C. Remove onto a sheet pan, and place crispy chicken in a single layer.
- Divide the marinara sauce between chicken cutlets, spreading it over the chicken.
- Top with shredded cheese and bake in the preheated oven until the cheese has melted and is bubbling.
- Switch to broiler, and cook for 2-3 more minutes or until the cheese starts to crisp up a little. Remove from the oven, and garnish with fresh basil.
- Serve with buttered noodles and extra marina sauce.
- Panko bread crumbs will give you crispier cutlets than traditional bread crumbs will.
- The chicken in this recipe is nice and crispy, but if you want it extra crispy, shallow fry it using more oil than called for here.
- If you like your chicken parmesan saucier, you can bake it in a 9×13-inch dish. Layer marinara sauce, then the chicken cutlets, then more marina sauce and the cheese. Bake for 15 minutes.
- To Store: Keep any leftovers in an airtight container and enjoy within 3 days.
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-08635
The east side of the 8 x 12 km island of Kharimkotan has a large horseshoe-shaped crater that formed when the summit collapsed in 1933. The dark-colored lava dome in the center of the photo grew inside the caldera towards the end of the 1933 eruption. This and another horseshoe-shaped crater on the NW side of the island were formed by flank collapse events that produced debris avalanche deposits that created broad peninsulas on the E and NW coasts.
Photo by Alexander Belousov, 1994 (Institute of Volcanology, Kamchatka, Russia).
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The compact fluorescent light bulb — or CFL, as it's known to industry insiders — is a product that's both cost-effective and eco-friendly. That makes it a win-win for consumers, and one of the more popular “green” housewares products on the market right now.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, a CFL uses 75% less energy than a conventional bulb, and can save consumers $30 on electricity bills over the course of its lifetime. This efficiency has led to a sales boom of late. Wal-Mart announced in 2006 a campaign to sell 100 million CFLs by the end of 2007, and ended up almost doubling that goal by selling 193 million of the bulbs.
And analysts as well as retailers say that, unlike many other green housewares products, CFLs are poised to perform well in the current recession.
“What consumers are really looking the most at right now are energy savings,” said A.J. Riedel, president of the Riedel Marketing Group, Phoenix. “Within a month or two of using the compact fluorescent bulbs, they'll see a drop in their electric bill.”
As good for business as all of this is, the CFL is not quite the slam-dunk that retailers might like it to be. The bulbs typically cost several times as much as a conventional option. Also, with a life span of up to eight years, the more CFLs people use, the fewer light bulbs they'll be buying overall.
There's also the question of proper disposal, since CFLs contain trace quantities of mercury. To solve this, retailers like the Home Depot have started placing CFL recycling bins outside stores.
At Nugget Market, Woodland, Calif., housewares category manager R.J. Cushing has seen an uptick in sales of CFLs. The key to getting them into customers' carts, he said, is to provide helpful one-on-one service.
“If someone picks up one of these light bulbs, and they're not sure about it, we have someone who can explain to them how it works and how much longer it lasts than other options,” said Cushing.


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If you like collecting animation storyboards from Flintstones, Simpsons, Disney plus others they you are probably an animation art collector. But you did not need me to tell you that. The collection of animation art goes beyond storyboards. If you are just starting out check out this site for definitions of animation art that will help you in your exploration of this field of collecting.
Here is a really nice gallery of animation art by an avid collector. I found it to be comprehensive and educational. I also found an animation art marketplace. Here you can buy and sell your pieces. Of course you also have good old Amazon, Etsy and Ebay. If you are thinking about it and want to read more on this area of collecting consider checking out a few of the books listed below. Also, please share other resources.

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With our busy lifestyles, we enjoy snacks and meals on the go more than ever before. Keep your snacking healthy with pears! Each serving is only 100 calories and they a good source of fibre, and provide Vitamin C. They are easy to store, pack, and eat on the go—but enjoying pears whole isn’t the only way to snack happy!
Try out some of these tasty and healthy snack ideas with pear:
- Slice pears and top with some almond butter! This is a delicious combination!
- Spread some goat cheese on top of sliced pears and sprinkle cranberries and pistachios for a snack that everyone will enjoy.
- Add sliced or cubed pears to oatmeal, yogurt, or granola.
- Incorporate pears into hummus for a sweet kick to your favourite dip!
- Pizza doesn’t just have to be a meal, serve it like a flatbread for an after school snack. It’s healthier with pears!
- Satiate your hunger with a pear smoothie. With lots of fibre and energy to last you until your next meal, smoothies are a smart way to start your day or to get over that 3 pm hump!
- Wrap some prosciutto around pears and a strong cheese like blue cheese, parmesan, or even aged white cheddar for a sophisticated snack or even appetizer!
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CELESTIAL GEOMETRY: Understanding the Astronomical Meanings of Ancient Sites
In exploring connections with ancient monuments, in words, photographs and clear explanatory artworks, Taylor opens up a whole universe of mystery and wonder, and a window on the inner life of ancient civilizations.
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It features real working rack-and-pinion steering through a universal joint and power transmission to tools. The tools can be attached to the rear of the tractor and raised/lowered via a lever on the right of side of steering wheel. A true classic Technical Lego model.
Scans of the plans for the 851 can be found at Peeron.com
Here's some Lego leaflet blurb dating back 33 years ago about the 851 tractor:
For old time's sake, I've assembled it and stop-frame animated the assembly in the video below:
And here's the default tool being assembled:

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Waterfront Esplanade and park was developed with a unique waterfront theme to connect visitors with the Fraser River.
Along Waterfront Esplanade, you will find amazing horticultural displays through flower beds, unique trees and our famous hanging baskets.
The adjoining Quayside Park offers two playgrounds. The main playground, located near the train bridge at the west end of the Esplande, features water theme play features such as a submarine, lighthouse, swings, sand, lookout towers, water fountain, washrooms, park benches and picnic tables. The second playground features a single tugboat play structure, popular with children of all ages, located near the Riverfront Market and the World's Tallest Tin Soldier.
The Quayside off-leash dog area, located at the west end of the park, makes Waterfront Esplanade a popular destination for dog walking. Dog walkers are asked to respect the park and local residents by keeping their dogs on leash, quiet and by cleaning up after them.


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Our Network of Dog Dentists in Fort Thomas Is The Trusted Dentist For Your Dogs.
It is difficult to detect if your dog is having issues with it's teeth or mouth. All dogs are built to endure some degree of Dental Illness And Dental Pain. The best method to avoid these problems is for your dog to start with a consistent dental health habit at home. This should be combined with regular dental cleanings performed by a veterinary expert. Proper Dental Care At Home is very important.
Aashne Animal Hospital Fort Thomas are here to teach you how to brush your dog's teeth and provide you with the best brush and dental paste according to your dog's size.
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Dental hygiene is crucial to the health of any animal. Issues with the heart, liver, and kidneys can be a result of poor oral hygiene. Many pet owners are not aware of the importance of dental hygiene. The best way to Protect Your Pet From Dental Problems is through professional cleanings at Aashne Animal Hospital Fort Thomas. Aashne Animal Hospital Fort Thomas will perform thorough cleanings, including the space under the gums that you can't see or reach at home.
Fort Thomas Dog Dental Treatment
The dog dental care services given here at Aashne Animal Hospital Fort Thomas begins with an analysis by one of our veterinarians. If dental problems are discovered in your dog's mouth, our Dog Veterinarian will clarify the circumstance to you and suggest the next stept needed to resolve your pet's dental issues. During this process, once your dog is sedated, our veterinarians are able to conduct a more clear analysis of your dog's mouth. Aashne Animal Hospital Fort Thomas uses all the instruments needed to make sure your Dog Is Completely Free of Dental Pain and suffering.
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At Aashne Animal Hospital Fort Thomas not all dental procedures can be done anesthesia-free.
It is a dental standard, suggesting that all Pet Dental Procedures must be performed while the patients are under general anesthesia. General anesthesia allows us to completely evaluate your Dog's Oral Health and perform the required procedures while they are comfortably sedated.
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Pets and their owners need scheduled Teeth Cleaning and dental care. If consistent
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- Florence Shipley Centre, Market Place, Heanor
- Salary details
- Grade 4 £9,370.44 per annum
- Job term
- Part Time
- Appointment type
- Fixed Term - Due to short term peak in demand until February 2026
- 15 hours per week
- Closing Date
- 10 March 2024
We are looking for a 15 hour Cook to join our team for a 2 year fixed term basis.
You must be able to work within a team and be able to prepare and cook meals from a full range of pre-planned menus to ensure that individual requirements or preferences are met. You must be able to work within strict policies and procedures regarding cleanliness and meal provision. Knowledge of Health and Safety and Food Hygiene is essential as are numerical skills around stock control and ordering.
Experience of preparing and cooking meals is essential and ideally you will have previous experience of cooking for large groups, in particular older adults whereby nutritional and hydration requirements are of paramount importance and knowledge of special dietary requirements is advantageous.
You must be able to work flexible from 7am till 4pm over seven days which includes week ends and bank holiday.
Employees have access to a range of benefits and discounts including:
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- 25/27 days annual leave per year (rising to 30/32 days after 5 years continuous service) plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata). Grade dependant.
- Training and development opportunities
- Paid travel expenses if required to travel to other sites
- Smarter travel scheme including access to the cycle to work scheme
- Supportive management and team
- Access to our in-house occupational services which also includes free eye tests, physiotherapy and counselling
- Derbyshire rewards – offering hundreds of discounts and cashback
More details on the benefits of working for the council can be found on our reward and recognition page here
For informal enquiries please contact Florence Shipley Community Care Centre and ask to speak to Paul Morris Unit Manager on telephone number 01629 531367
Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.
The job may require unsocial hours working including weekends and Bank Holidays. Payment arrangements will be detailed in any contract offer made.
Saturday and Sunday hours will be paid at plain time where it is part of your normal working pattern unless it is between 7pm and 7am, where enhanced rates of pay apply. Enhanced pay rates are paid for Bank Holiday working.
Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click here
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The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth – the largest passenger ship in the world – caught fire and sank in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong on this day in 1972.
Hundreds of workers and their families were forced to evacuate the ship as fires broke out throughout it. Fireboats attempted in vain to extinguish the flames for 24 hours, after which time a combination of their water and fire damage caused the crippled liner to keel over and sink.
Suspicion quickly arose that the blaze was caused by arson as three separate fires had broken out simultaneously in different parts of the ship. An initial inquiry concluded that the fire was a “deliberate act by persons or persons unknown".
The Queen Elizabeth had been launched, along with her sister vessel the Queen Mary, in 1938 by the Cunard Line, but the outbreak of World War II ensured that she did not make her maiden voyage as a passenger liner until 1946 (pictured below).
The two liners dominated the golden age of cruising, but with the advent of the passenger jet in the late 1950s, trade declined and the Queen Elizabeth was retired in 1968.
It was eventually sold to Chinese shipping tycoon C.Y. Tung, who was converting it into a floating campus called Seawise University – a play on his initials – when the arsonist struck.
Tung had purchased the liner for $3.5 million and insured it for $8 million, and came under suspicion of being involved in the arson for the purposes of insurance fraud, though he was never charged.


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After conducting a nationwide senior executive search led by healthcare leadership solutions firm B. E. Smith, OakLeaf Surgical Hospital in Eau Claire, Wis., has hired Anne Hargrave-Thomas to fill the role of chief executive officer.
“Among Anne’s many skills is a proven ability to partner with surgeons to substantially improve satisfaction scores, quality and patient experience,”
OakLeaf Surgical Hospital, which was rated “best in the nation” for patient experience by Consumer Reports magazine, offers seven surgical suites, two GI suites and a pain management center. Hargrave-Thomas will lead several critical initiatives for the organization, including opening a new facility.
“OakLeaf was seeking a seasoned CEO with a track record of building trust and teamwork among leadership, physicians and staff while maintaining a pattern of revenue growth. Anne is an expert problem-solver who is particularly skilled at recruiting and retaining surgeons. She is an ideal match for this organization’
Prior to joining OakLeaf Surgical Hospital, Hargrave-Thomas served as the CEO and administrator at West Bloomfield Surgery Center in West Bloomfield, Mich. Her career has included leadership positions at Wayne State University Physicians Group and at Detroit Medical Center, both located in Detroit, Mich. Named one of Becker’s “Administrators to Know” in 2010 and 2011, Hargrave-Thomas completed a master’s of business administration degree in healthcare administration at Baker College in Flint, Mich., as well as a bachelor's of science in nursing at Excelsior College in Albany, N.Y.
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In 2001, a group of independent physicians established OakLeaf Surgical Hospital in Eau Claire, Wis., a private hospital designed exclusively for surgery. Today, 60 surgeons in 15 specialties offer surgical procedures at OakLeaf Surgical Hospital on an outpatient or overnight stay basis. This unique, state-of-the-
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Mumbai: As the toll in the Arabian Sea barge tragedy rose to 37, Maharashtra’s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies Thursday demanded that Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan must be held accountable and should quit over the loss of precious human lives.
Hitting out at the Centre, Shiv Sena MP and senior leader Arvind Sawant said that if there had been a similar tragedy in Maharashtra, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party leaders would have sought resignations of the people in the government.
“The ONGC is under the Petroleum Ministry headed by Dharmendra Pradhan. Why don’t the BJP leaders seek his resignation? Who will be held accountable for the huge loss of lives in this tragedy, give compensation and other relief… Merely pointing fingers won’t do.” Sawant said.
Terming it as a ‘man-made tragedy’, Congress State Spokesperson Sachin Sawant said that 37 innocent people on the Barge Papaa-305 died when it sank, while another 38-plus are missing.
“The warnings of the imminent Cyclone Tauktae had been given in advance. Action must be taken against all those responsible for endangering lives of the workers. Dharmendra Pradhan should resign taking moral responsibility,” Sawant demanded.
Seeking action and charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against all responsible for the barge disaster, Minorities Affairs Minister Nawab Malik said that “Pradhan must be held answerable” for the incident which left 37 people dead and many more missing.
“Everyone was aware of the cyclone and warnings were issued for all to take necessary precautions. While fisherfolk were moved to safety and prevented from going to the sea, why did the ONGC not heed these warnings and follow safety protocols?” Malik asked.
He said that all the workers should have been evacuated from the barges or oil rigs and brought ashore before the monster cyclone hit as is the norm worldwide, which was not done.
“Due to the ONGC’s failure, more than 600 lives were endangered and 37 have already been killed besides many more missing. Strict action must be taken against those in-charge at ONGC and they should be booked under charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder,” Malik demanded.
The MVA leaders’ responses came after the Barge Papaa-305 with 261 people on board went adrift. It sank late on Monday and later 37 bodies were recovered while the rest were saved in commendable operations by the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard.
Besides Papaa-305, two other barges and an oil-drilling rig were also hit badly by Cyclone Tauktae which virtually went overhead the Bombay High Fields of the ONGC on Monday before making landfall in Gujarat.


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[Rebus on the subject of fortune] [graphic].
- [Second state].
- [Place not identified : publisher not identified, ca. 1639]
1 print : etching ; etched area 280 x 208 mm
- Fortune -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.
Rebuses -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.
- Etchings (prints)
Rebuses -- 17th century.
- Etching by Stefano della Bella of an oval screen with an Italian rebus on the subject of fortune. The rebus (presented on a drape within a decorative frame) reads: Fortuna e dormi. Ogni uno balla a cui Fortuna suona. Chi ha la Fortuna ogni Tantin di chaive, basti. Ognuno sa navicar quando fa sol e vento. Migliore è un'oncia di fortuna che due libbre di sapere. Più fortuna che seno.
- Work signed with monogram "SDB" [i.e. Stefano della Bella] in lower left portion of frame.
Title devised by cataloger from content.
State from De Vesme, who records two: one in which the drapery surrounding the figure of Fortune between two scales reaches to the figure's flanks and a second in which the drapery reaches to the figure's knees. Talbierska records four states, including an unsigned impression on Venetian paper (I), Vesme's state I and II (II and III, respectively), and a late impression with the finer lines of the engraving invis
Imprint date from De Vesme and Massar.
Description based on example with indistinct plate mark; support trimmed to edges of image.
- Local notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy has ms. bibliographical note in pencil on verso of sheet.
- Penn Chronology:
- 1639 (ca.)
- Cited in:
- De Vesme, A. Le peintre-graveur italien, no. 689
De Vesme and Massar. Stefano Della Bella, no. 689
Talbierska, J. Etchings from the Collection of the Print Room of the Warsaw University Library, no. III.56
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by Kristin Waldman
Even if you run a large corporation or a small scale operation, virtually any business can gain from employing outsourcing companies. Handling any company depends upon you having astute business sense and the skills to reduce outlays of money, time and resources. Having a permanent base means paying for staff and this can eat into your funds drastically. If you were offered a service that minimized these costs whilst still delivering professional work, would you use it?
Lots of companies think that the sole purpose of using outsourcing means is to save time and money, but there is in fact, much more to outsourcing than meets the eye. With in-house staff on your payroll there is a lot more to consider than just wages such as costing and sourcing training, maternity leave, unauthorized absence, doctor’s appointments, vacations and much more besides.
It is wrongly assumed that you can only really outsource IT work to providers; this is actually a misconception. You will find a myriad of outsourcing companies with the skills to deal with much more than IT work, and they can have several specialist niches that they cater for. So using these companies will help your business in many more ways than you imagined. Just think of the money you can save by not having to employ another in-house member of staff and only using outsourcing firms when you need them.
An advantage of using outsourcing is adaptability. Hiring outsourcing companies means that you are employing well-trained and knowledgeable people without having to keep them on your payroll permanently. Using these businesses on a need-to-use system means that you will save a little against hiring another full-time employee for your office.

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A piano arrangement of Addicted to a Certain Lifestyle from Sherlock Series 3.
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Did anyone else go see Pixar's latest film this weekend?
I thought that Up was all sorts of awesome, especially in how well the characters were animated. Every character's movements were done with a superb attention to detail. The movie also looks gorgeous, and it was both funny and touching. The first ten minutes and the last couple are particularly heart-wrenching. Pete Doctor seems to have a knack for portraying the bittersweet both here and in Monsters Inc.
I loved how "Kevin" felt like an intelligent creature, but not a human in a bird's body. I loved how Doug was so polite (and "Point!" was just hilarious). I loved the Star Wars reference towards the end. I loved the duel between the old guys. I loved it when Russell went after the "bad guy" on his own (especially his mode of transportation). I loved how Ellie is a driving force through the whole story and we feel how much Carl loves her, yet she is technically only in the movie for the first little bit. I loved Russell's real motivations behind getting his "Assisting the Elderly" badge.
There are so many nuances to this movie that I'm sure I missed a ton of stuff the first time through. If you were on the fence about seeing Up, jump off the fence and just go. Up is Pixar at their very best, and I think it turned out to be something pretty special.