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Derby County’s takeover is set to get the green light from the EFL next week, handing them a big boost in their bid to keep Wayne Rooney at Pride Park.
Derby County have been fighting against relegation all last season, eventually succumbing to it in defeat to QPR. That fight wasn’t helped by enforced administration and a 21-point deduction.
Potential takeovers have fallen by the wayside but recent interest by American businessman Chris Kirchner looks set to result in a long-awaited change in ownership, with The Sun’s Alan Nixon providing a positive update in his bid to buy the Rams.
Double good news for Derby County
On Saturday night, it was reported that Kirchner is set to be given the green light to complete his takeover of Derby County in the next week.
The fact that the takeover is finally set to gain the EFL’s approval is one bit of good news for Rams fans in a season that has given them little to celebrate. However, it is also said that this approval will also have a knock-on effect in that it will ensure the stay of Rooney as manager.
Nixon writes that the club’s bid to keep Rooney – in the face of apparent interest from others – means that the Manchester United and England legend is set to stay on at Derby County.
Derby County have just one game left this season, an upcoming home game against Cardiff City. Nixon’s news could mean they enter that game with a degree of certainty, something fans have been longing for.
Rooney has worked wonders in getting his Rams side fighting and firing to avoid the relegation they eventually succumbed to. Without the 21-point deduction, Derby County would have ended the season on 55 points, good enough for a 17th-placed finish in the Championship table.
With Kirchner’s proposals set to secure the club and Rooney’s future as manager, Derby County can look forward to starting off their League One campaign next season from a steady platform.


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Monday, January 26, 2015
Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge reversed his previous decision to have thumb surgery and turned out for the Trail Blazers on Saturday, helping them to a 103-96 win against Washington.
Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal put earlier stumbles behind them to complete convincing wins Sunday and move into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
The FA Cup lived up to its so-called “giant-killing” reputation on Saturday when Chelsea and Manchester City were eliminated at home by lower-league opposition on a day of fourth-round shocks in the world's oldest knockout competition.
Lazio came back to beat visiting AC Milan 3-1 and move into third place in Serie A on Saturday.
Veteran striker Dimitar Berbatov scored in the 1-0 win over Lille for fifth-place Monaco to extend its unbeaten run to 12 games on Saturday and keep the pressure on the top three in the French league.
Matt Kuchar's ball crashed into the rocks at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains and shot sideways into the All-American Canal.
Canada's Olympic star Shea Weber blitzed the field in the hardest shot event Saturday as the National Hockey League's all-star skills competition made a triumphant return after a two-year absence.
Adam Jones, who propped 95 times for Wales and five tests for the British and Irish Lions, retired from international rugby on Saturday.
Australia's Rohan Dennis won the Tour Down Under cycle race on Sunday when his United States-based BMC team helped him defend a two-second lead on the 90-kilometer (56-mile) final stage around the streets of Adelaide.
Victory for Latvia's Oskars Melbardis and Daumants Dreiskens in the two-man bobsled World Cup on Saturday lifted them atop the overall standings.

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Try our BLT-Style Chicken Burger Recipe and find your new favorite burger! The BLT toppings make this chicken burger recipe one not to be missed.
What You Need
Original recipe yields 4 servings
1 lb. ground chicken
1 pkg. (1 oz.) ranch salad dressing mix
4 KRAFT Slim Cut Extra Sharp White Cheddar Cheese Slice s
1/4 cup KRAFT Light Mayo Reduced Fat Mayonnaise
1 tsp. chopped canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
4 whole wheat hamburger bun s
4 lettuce leaves
1 tomato, cut into 4 slices
1 avocado, cut into 8 slices
8 slices OSCAR MAYER Bacon, cooked
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Heat greased grill to medium heat.
Mix chicken and dressing mix just until blended; shape into 4 (1/2-inch-thick) patties.
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% Daily Value*
Total Fat 29g
Saturated Fat 8g
Trans Fat 0g
Total Carbohydrates 27g
Dietary Fibers 4g
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Burning Point - Burning Point - (7.5/10)
Published on July 31, 2015
Finnish Burning Point have been one of power metal’s steadiest bands since their debut Salvation by Fire in 2001, with Burning Point being their sixth album to date, but they haven’t really garnered too much of attention throughout their career with reviews often being pretty middle of the pack as well. Equipped with three new members, their self-titled album now seems to be some sort of re-boot and one of the lynchpins of this is the addition of former Battle Beast singer Nitte Valo as new vocalist.
Now Burning Point is not a completely new album per se, because out of the eleven tracks here, there are four new songs, one cover version and six re-recorded versions of songs from the first three albums. That being said, the edgy female vocals definitely add a dimension to their sound that they have been lacking so far and they might be on a good way now to be able to get a more pronounced profile out there.
Out of the new tracks, sharp opener “In the Shadows” and energetic “Find Your Soul” definitely are among the best tracks the band around Pete Ahonen have ever penned, especially the former being capable of splitting a hair in half with its riff. Nitte’s edgy delivery fits the sound of Burning Point better than Battle Beast’s and she is single-handedly elevating the songs to the next level. Even older songs, such as “Signs of Danger”, “Dawn of the Ancient War” and “Into the Fire” strongly benefit from some added punch and her vocals.
Almost all of the choruses are very catchy, which lends to the songs’ memorability as well as a nice counterpart to the sharper guitar work, with the songs working the best overall, when they add a bit of crunch to them, whereas the slower and a bit “softer” compositions at times tend to lack a bit of excitement to keep up the attention, with semi-ballad “My Darkest Times” or the already mentioned “Queen of Fire” being prime examples for a drop in intensity and also quality and also give an idea why Burning Point are where they are at within the scene.
It would be obviously interesting to hear how a full album of brand new tracks with Nitte on vocals would sound, especially if these would be of the same calibre as “In the Shadows” or “Find Your Soul”. Either way Burning Point could be a turning point for the Finns and the newly found edge might very well be their ticket to more exposure. Never has their brand of power metal sounded so interesting!

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WE ARE reinforcing our initial invitation on Tuesday, August 15, for the residents and visitors alike to visit the cultural village in Magsaysay Park. From just a mere suggestion, we are now saying, you must go.
on Monday’s opening ceremonies, August 14, of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw 2017 held at the Magsaysay Park underlined what's in there, and it was magnificent.
All 11 tribes have outdone themselves in showcasing their indigenous architecture, commodities, crafts, and artifacts. It is one whole different experience that you will not easily have access to outside Kadayawan sa Dabaw.
The 11 tribes are not all indigenous to Davao City. They are indigenous to Mindanao, yes, but several are migrants of the city, enticed to settle in because of the peace and order and bounty they found here.
The groups indigenous to Davao are the Ata-Manobo, Matigsalug, Ovu-Manuvu, Klata-Djangan, and Tagabawa.
The Ata are predominantly in the Paquibato area and the borders of Marilog. The Matigsalugs are mostly residents of Marilog and the borders of Bukidnon and Arakan Valley upstream of Davao River. The Ovu-Manuvu are also around that area, but in the lower slopes nearer Calinan District (Ovu means of the lower land), the Klata Djangan are predominantly from the Calinan and Baguio Districts, while the Tagabawas are from the Toril District approaching the Mt. Apo foothills, the farthest south as Bawa means south.
Of the Islamized tribes, the Kagans are among the original residents mostly residing along coastal areas, although many are from Davao Oriental. The other Islamized tribes are migrants. The Tausugs are from the Zamboanga Peninsula-Sulu-Tawi-tawi areas, the Maguindanao are from Central Mindanao, the Maranao are from Marawi, and the Sama are known nomads of the sea, many also coming from the Zamboanga-Sulu-Tawi-tawi area, while the Iranuns are also from Central Mindanao as originally belonging to the Sultanate of Maguindanao and occupying the areas around the Illana Bay.
They have their own communities scattered all over the 244,000-hectare area of Davao City and are thus difficult to track down, sit down with, and get to know more.
The cultural village in Magsaysay Park offers this rare opportunity.
Get to know the different tribes that make Davao City distinct among all other cities, and learn about the peace they have found here.
So, again, we are revising our earlier invitation and are now saying: The cultural village must be in the itinerary of all residents and visitors during this Kadayawan Week.

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Families Unhappy About Changes In Funding
Oct 21, 2014 By Dave Ranney
Parents of adult children with developmental disabilities say state officials are breaking a provision in deliberations that led to legislators last year agreeing to include Medicaid-funded home- and community-based services for the developmentally disabled in the state’s KanCare program.
“I have one thing I want to say to the (Kansas) Department for Aging and Disability Services: ‘Liar, liar, pants on fire,’” said Susan Jarsulic, whose 35-year-old daughter, Jayne, has severe physical and developmental disabilities.
Rural Areas Are Leery of Law; Cities Embrace It
Oct 21, 2014 By Jordan Shapiro and Walter Moskop, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jasmin Maurer was among nearly 150,000 Missourians who signed up for insurance during the first open enrollment under President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul.
She hadn’t been insured since she graduated from college in 2008 and her mother lost her job — along with her employer-sponsored coverage. Now Maurer had insurance for about six months, and it’s completely changed how she thinks about her health.
More Insurers Capping What They Will Pay For Surgeries
Oct 21, 2014 By Michelle Andrews
Aiming to contain healthcare costs, a growing number of employers and insurers are adopting a strategy that limits how much they’ll pay for certain medical services such as knee replacements, lab tests and complex imaging. A recent study found that savings from such moves may be modest, however, and some experts question whether “reference pricing,” as it’s called, is good for consumers.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), which administers the health insurance benefits for 1.4 million state workers, retirees and their families, has one of the more established reference pricing systems.
Tied to Improving Fiscal Outlook
Oct 14, 2014 By Phil Galewitz
With an improving fiscal climate, many states are increasing benefits for Medicaid recipients and paying their providers more.
The trend is continuing into fiscal year 2015 for those who rely on Medicaid, the state and federal health insurance program for the poor, according to a survey of 50 state Medicaid programs released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Association of Medicaid Directors.
Kascich's Back-Door Plan Requires Reauthorization -- And Political Support
Oct 14, 2014 By Sarah Jane Tribble
A battle is brewing in Ohio.
University Hospitals Chief Executive Officer Tom Zenty warned a Cleveland audience that the state’s Medicaid expansion may not be permanent. “In July of next year, if there is no intervention, Medicaid expansion in the state of Ohio disappears,” Zenty said, during a recent panel discussion.
Would no Longer Contract With Private Companies to Serve Special Needs Patients
Oct 14, 2014 By Jim Mclean
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Paul Davis says if elected he will reverse Gov. Sam Brownback’s controversial decision to put the private companies managing the state’s Medicaid program in charge of delivering support services to Kansans with developmental disabilities.
Brownback, a conservative Republican seeking a second term, privatized the state’s $3 billion Medicaid program in 2013 and renamed it KanCare to achieve two – and some say conflicting – goals of improving care and reducing costs.
Cost of Hepatitis C Drug Renews Debate on America's Approach
Oct 7, 2014 By Michael Ollove
The new hepatitis C drug Sovaldi promises a cure rate of well over 90% compared to 45% (at best) for older drugs. But when Sovaldi went on the market earlier this year for as much as $84,000 for a single course of treatment, critics blasted the cost as “exorbitant” and “gouging.”
It is estimated that between 3.2 million and 5.2 million Americans have hepatitis C, an infectious illness that can eventually compromise the liver.
Medicare Increasing Penalties
Oct 7, 2014 By Jordan Rau
Medicare is fining a record number of hospitals – 2,610 – for having too many patients return within a month for additional treatments, federal records released Wednesday show. Even though the nation’s readmission rate is dropping, Medicare’s average fines will be higher, with 39 hospitals receiving the largest penalty allowed, including the nation’s oldest hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.
The federal government’s penalties, which begin their third year this month, are intended to jolt hospitals to pay attention to what happens to their patients after they leave. Around the country, many hospitals are replacing perfunctory discharge plans—such as giving patients paper instructions—with more active efforts, such as ensuring that outside doctors monitor their recoveries and giving supplies of medication to patients who may not be able to afford them. Others are still struggling to meet the new expectations. Before the program, some hospitals resisted such efforts because they weren’t paid for the services, and, in fact, benefited financially when a patient returned.
Will Monitor Rural Patients In Four Midwestern States
Oct 7, 2014 By Bryan Thompson
The University of Kansas Medical Center will receive $10 million in federal funding to compare the effectiveness of obesity treatment models in rural communities.
The money is from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, which was created through the Affordable Care Act. Professor Christie Befort's study will track approximately 1,400 patients in rural Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Practice is Controversial in Other States
Sep 30, 2014 By Jenni Bergal
Over the years, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has consistently heard “horror stories” about the abuse or neglect of nursing home residents. Now she is trying to bring such cruelty out of the shadows and into clear view.
Madigan’s office is drafting legislation, likely to be introduced in 2015, which would allow Illinois nursing home residents and their families to place cameras in their rooms to help protect them.
ACA Credited With Dramatic Reduction
Sep 30, 2014 By Mary Agnes Carey
Hospitals are projected to save $5.7 billion this year as previously uninsured patients gain coverage through the 2010 healthcare law, the Department of Health and Human Services said last week.
States that have expanded their Medicaid programs will see about 74% of those savings, an HHS report said. While 27 states and Washington, D.C. have expanded the federal-state insurance program for the poor to date, the survey was done when 25 states and D.C. had done so.
Some Say it Was Intentional; Others Believe it Was an Error
Sep 30, 2014 By Jay Hancock
Lance Schnider is confident Obamacare regulators knew exactly what they were doing when they created an online calculator that gives a green light to new employer coverage without hospital benefits.
“There’s not a glitch in this system,” said Shnider, president of Voluntary Benefits Agency, an Ohio firm working with some 100 employers to implement such plans. “This is the way the calculator was designed.”
Studies Show Huge Variations in Utilization by Region
Sep 23, 2014 By Michael Ollove
Several years ago, a California study showed that a half-dozen elective surgeries were being performed far more often in Humboldt County than they were in the rest of the state. The procedures included hip and knee replacements, hysterectomies and carotid endarterectomies, a surgery to remove plaque buildup in the carotid arteries.
Geographical variation in the delivery of healthcare can harm patients and increase costs. That is especially true when it comes to surgery, which is usually more expensive and riskier than less invasive treatments. Medicaid makes up a huge portion of state budgets, so the issue of healthcare variation is a pressing one for states looking to hold down costs.
Rates Insurers Pay Providers Mostly Kept From Public
Sep 23, 2014 By Julie Appleby
When Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield became embroiled in a contract dispute with Exeter Hospital in N.H. in 2010, its negotiators came to the table armed with a new weapon: public data showing the hospital was one of the most expensive in the state for some services.
Local media covering the dispute also spotlighted the hospital’s higher costs, using public data from a state website.
Wellmark's Refusal to Enter Exchange Depresses Enrollment
Sep 23, 2014 By Pauline Bartilone
Here’s a health law pop quiz: Which two states have the least successful Obamacare health insurance exchanges?
You may guess a state in the Deep South where political opposition to the law is fierce. Or maybe Missouri? It passed a state law saying consumer advisors funded by the Affordable Care Act aren’t allowed to advise consumers.
Rate Fell 10 Percent in a Year
Sep 16, 2014 By Jordan Rau
The federal government’s first survey of the nation’s insured rate since the health care law’s new marketplaces began found a decrease in the number of adults without coverage, particularly among young adults.
The National Health Interview Survey of people during the first three months of this year found that the number of adults under 65 without health insurance dropped to 18.4% from 20.4% in 2013.
Attempts to Sidestep Law May Mislead Consumers
Sep 16, 2014 By Michelle Andrews
For decades, states have set rules for health coverage through mandates, laws that require insurers to cover specific types of medical care or services. The health law contains provisions aimed at curbing this piecemeal approach to coverage. States, however, continue to pass new mandates, but with a twist: Now they’re adding language to sidestep the health law, making it tougher than ever for consumers to know whether they’re covered or not.
Avera Health Provides Low Cost Service For Emergency Care
Sep 16, 2014 By Jim Mclean
A new nurse was on duty a few weeks ago in the emergency room at the Phillips County Hospital when paramedics arrived with a critically injured patient.
She immediately pushed the red button on some newly installed equipment. Seconds later, a seasoned ER nurse and board-certified doctor sitting at a bank of monitors 380 miles away in Sioux Falls, S.D., were using a high-definition camera and other diagnostic equipment to monitor the patient, give advice and document everything the on-site nurse was doing to save the patient’s life.
Providers in Iowa, Kansas and Ohio Get Grants
Sep 9, 2014 By Phil Galewitz
Data From Kansas, Missouri Suggests Drug Companies May Be Gaming Medicare
Sep 9, 2014 By Mike Sherry
Spritzing perfume is how Judy Johnson realized her eyesight had gone bad.
At one point, diabetes had worsened her vision so much that the 69-year-old Lansing resident had to squirt out a puff of her favorite scent just to find the opening in the mister.
Created in Midwest, Its Patient-Centered Approach Dovetails With ACA
Sep 9, 2014 By Michael Ollove
Recent reforms in American healthcare weren’t designed with osteopathic medicine in mind. It only seems that way.
The emphasis on “patient-centered care”—the idea that physicians should follow the wishes and preferences of patients, and treat patients holistically, rather than just treating their symptoms—have been the hallmarks of osteopathic medicine since its founding in the 19th century by a frontier doctor.
Kansas Report Paints Troubling Picture
Aug 26, 2014 By Mike Shields
Experts say powerful antipsychotic drugs — sometimes given in combination — are used too much and often inappropriately as “chemical restraints” or sedatives to control the behavior of Kansas nursing home residents suffering from Alzheimer’s or other dementias, and that efforts to curb the practice so far are showing weak results compared with other states.
“Kansas is pretty far outside the norm, clearly, of what is happening in the rest of the nation,” said Mitzi McFatrich, executive director of Kansas Advocates for Better Care, a Lawrence-based group that champions improved conditions in nursing homes.
GOP Focuses on Impact to Economy
Aug 26, 2014 By Phil Galewitz
Beverly Hires, a former nurse running for Congress in South Florida in one of the nation’s rare competitive House races, ticks off her problems with the federal healthcare law: higher premiums, cancelled policies and employers cutting full-time jobs.
“The Affordable Care Act is not making insurance more affordable,” she said in an interview, citing many of the same criticisms as her five GOP opponents in the Aug. 26 primary, who are vying for the chance to oust first-term Democrat Rep. Patrick Murphy.
Nurse Practitioners Bill For Dermatology Procedures at High Rate
Aug 26, 2014 By Shefall Luthra
ne of the hopes embedded in the Affordable Care Act was to expand the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in addressing the nation’s shortage of primary care providers. But a new study questions whether that’s actually happening in doctors’ offices.
Of the more than 4 million procedures office-based nurse practitioners and physician assistants independently billed more than 5,000 times in a year to Medicare – a list including radiological exams, setting casts and injecting anesthetic agents – more than half were for dermatological surgeries.
Budget Cuts, Lack of Insurance Create Crisis
Aug 19, 2014 By Dave Ranney
One day last month, Osawatomie State Hospital had 254 patients in its care — almost 50 more than its optimal capacity.
The overcrowded conditions forced a few dozen patients, all of them coping with a serious mental illness and likely a danger to themselves or others, to be triple-bunked in rooms meant for two.
Show Me State Has Yet to Disclose 2015 Premiums
Aug 19, 2014 By Samantha Liss
Health insurance carriers all across the country are disclosing what they plan to charge customers for coverage in 2015 — almost everywhere, that is, except Missouri.
In Connecticut, for example, Anthem Health Plans Inc. submitted its rates to the state’s insurance department in May, requesting an average increase of 12.5%. The state denied the request on July 25. Anthem has until Aug. 31 to submit revised rates.
Some Want to Rescind Offers to Those Who Refuse to Get Coverage
Aug 19, 2014 By Julie Appleby
As more Americans gain insurance under the federal health law, hospitals are rethinking their charity programs, with some scaling back help for those who could have signed up for coverage but didn’t.
The move is prompted by concerns that offering free or discounted care to low-income uninsured patients might dissuade them from getting government-subsidized coverage.
It Cuts Costs, But Resistance Remains Strong
Aug 12, 2014 By Christine Vestal
Providing healthcare to an aging prison population is a large and growing cost for states. Not only do inmates develop debilitating conditions at a younger age than people who are not incarcerated, but caring for them in the harsh environment of prisons is far more expensive than it is on the outside.
Of the 2.3 million adults in state and federal prisons, about 246,000 are 50 or older, according to the National Institute of Corrections. The U.S. currently spends more than $16 billion annually caring for these aging inmates, and their numbers are projected to grow dramatically in the next 15 years.
Program Expansion Led to Drop in Patient Volumes
Aug 12, 2014 By Phil Galewitz
Without insurance, Pam Milliken relied for years on the free health clinic here to help manage her arthritis, high blood pressure and diabetes. When she needed to have her gallbladder removed, the clinic, located in a former State Farm Insurance building, found her a specialist and hospital willing to do the surgery at no cost.
This year, Milliken was among the 70% of patients at Wheeling Health Right Center who enrolled in Medicaid after the state expanded the program under the Affordable Care Act.
Urban Institute Report Outlines Potential Loses
Aug 12, 2014 By Jim McLean
A new study by the Urban Institute says that not expanding Medicaid will cost hospitals in Kansas and Missouri more than $9 billion over a 10-year period.
The analysis from the nonpartisan research organization pegs the loss to Kansas hospitals at $2.6 billion between 2013 and 2022. Missouri hospitals would forfeit $6.8 billion over the same period.
They Want to Solidify Control in Case Ruling on Subsidies Holds Up
Aug 5, 2014 By Christine Vestal
As states ready their health insurance exchanges for a second open enrollment season in November, many have more to worry about than the computer glitches that plagued them last year.
Last month’s federal appeals court ruling that said language in the Affordable Care Act allows only state-run exchanges to give consumers tax credits to help pay for policy premiums is spurring several states to solidify their state-based credentials.
IOM Recommends More Equitable Distribution of $15 Billion to Train Doctors
Aug 5, 2014 By Julie Rovner
A high-level report recommending sweeping changes in how the government distributes $15 billion annually to subsidize the training of doctors has brought out the sharp scalpels of those who would be most immediately affected.
The reaction also raises questions about the sensitive politics involved in redistributing a large pot of money that now goes disproportionately to teaching hospitals in the Northeast U.S. All of the changes recommended would have to be made by Congress.
They Could be Interpreted as Going in Either Direction
Aug 5, 2014 By Jay Hancock
Analysts who fear health spending is accelerating got plenty of evidence in Wall Street's second-quarter results to support their thesis. But so did folks who hope spending is still under control.
Now everybody's trying to sort out the mixed message.
They Wind up With Big Out-Of-Pocket Costs
Jul 29, 2014 By Julie Appleby
Nancy Pippenger and Marcia Perez live 2,000 miles apart but have the same complaint: Doctors who treated them last year won’t take their insurance now, even though they haven’t changed insurers.
“They said, ‘We take the old plan, but not the new one,’” said Perez, an attorney in Palo Alto, Calif.
But Disability Program is on Brink of Insolvency
Jul 29, 2014 By Julie Rovner
Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which finances about half the health program for seniors and the disabled, won’t run out of money until 2030, the program’s trustees said Monday. That’s four years later than projected last year and 13 years later than projected the year before the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
Unlike Medicare, however, the part of Social Security that pays for people getting disability benefits is in far more immediate danger. The Disability Insurance Trust Fund is projected to run out of money in 2016, just two years from now, unless Congress intervenes, the trustees said.
No Estimates On Those Who Previously Lacked Coverage
Jul 29, 2014 By Phil Galewitz
About 10.3 million Americans gained health coverage this year, primarily as a result of the Affordable Care Act, according to a study by the federal government and Harvard University, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The estimate of newly insured adults — the largest to date — is the first published in a major medical journal and authored by some federal health researchers.


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I am so glad to present you the latest book by Mark Brownlow: Port & Proposals. Why I am so glad? Because I really like Mr. Bennet and I cannot wait to read the sequel to Cake & Courtship. I am actually finishing this book and I can tell you that Mr. Bennet shows a lot about himself and how he cares about the people around him, even if he would prefer to just read and study his butterflies.
All Mr Bennet wants to do is read books, eat cake, and study butterflies. But life has other plans for him in this Regency tale of love, regret, and second chances.
Family troubles and a promise to his middle daughter, Mary, force our father of five out of his library to deal with reticent bachelors, stubborn curates, and glib officers. Though his greatest challenge may be to face up to a past he cannot seem to forget.
Mark Brownlow presents a Pride and Prejudice variation full of Mr Bennet’s wit and wisdom that plays out against the backdrop of Vols II and III of Jane Austen’s famous novel.
What do you think? Mark is not giving a lot away but we can see that Mr. Bennet and Mary as key in this story. I am really looking forward to reading more about Mr. Bennet’s thoughts and deeds.
I am pleased to (re)introduce you to the author, Mark Brownlow:
Mark Brownlow is a British-born writer living in Vienna, Austria. He has published three Regency tales narrated by Mr Bennet: the novels Cake and Courtship and Port and Proposals, as well as a short story (A Third Proposal). He has also authored two novellas in the Charlotte Collins Mysteries series: The Lovesick Maid and The Darcy Ring take place in Jane Austen’s fictional village of Hunsford. You can find Mark at LostOpinions.com.
Science degrees from the Universities of Oxford, Aberdeen and Reading prefaced a short-lived career as a research academic. Since turning from facts to fiction, Mark has also worked as a translator, marketing consultant, business writer, and copywriter. None of which kept his soul happy in the way that creative writing does. When not writing, he works as a travel journalist and part-time lecturer in medical and scientific English at a local university.
If there is no pen to hand, he can be found discussing football with his sons or sharing a glass of wine with his wife in front of a costume drama.
Why not following him and discovering what else he writes?
Due to the current situation, I was not able to have a chat face-to-face with Mark to talk about his latest book. However, I really hope you like this interview and the excerpt that he is sharing with us!
Ana: Hi Mark!
Mark: Hello, Ana! It’s lovely to visit again and thank you for having me!
Ana: Tell us a little about your new book, Port and Proposals.
Mark: The novel gives Mr Bennet’s unique perspective on events across the last two volumes of Pride and Prejudice. But rather than just observe those around him from the comfort of his library, he finds himself drawn out into the wider world and confronted by individuals and situations that cause him to reflect on his own life and character.
He also makes a promise to Mary. Unfortunately (for Mr Bennet), this obliges him to dabble in the mysteries of relationships when she begins a friendship with a local curate.
So we can consider it Mr Bennet’s story and Mary’s story, all against the backdrop of the second half of Pride and Prejudice.
Ana: Why choose Mary as a main character?
Mark: When people are perhaps not the best versions of themselves that they could be, I often wonder why. One of the reasons for writing about Mr Bennet was exploring where his cynicism and sardonic humour come from.
Mary sort of sits in no man’s land between the beauty and intelligence of her older sisters and the general silliness and confidence of her younger ones. So Port and Proposals scratches beneath the surface and gives her a chance to step out of the shadows a little. Mr Bennet starts to see her differently, and the reader perhaps with him.
I’ve noticed a growing number of books that explore Mary’s story, so perhaps we’re all curious about what lies behind the morals and poor singing.
Ana: When you last visited, Mark, you spoke about the enduring popularity of the Darcy/Elizabeth story in Austen-inspired variations. So will we see more of these two in Port and Proposals?
Mark: More than in Cake and Courtship, for sure! We see Elizabeth’s letters from Hunsford, for example. And her relationship with her father is an important element in the story. As for Mr Darcy, well, the timeline mirrors Pride and Prejudice, so you can imagine where he appears.
Ana: Do any of the new characters from Cake and Courtship make a reappearance?
Mark: I wrote Port and Proposals so people would not need to read Cake and Courtship. But Mr Bennet’s friends from the Meryton Natural History Society are there for him. And Mrs Hayter, who Mr Bennet knows from his younger days (and that’s all I’m prepared to say about that!)
Ana: Were there any challenges with delving into Mr Bennet’s mind again?
Mark: Definitely. We have the lighthearted world of Mr Bennet’s humour and somewhat cynical view of life. Yet, as your readers will know, the Wickham-Lydia incident occurs in the time covered by the novel. So there’s a balance in mood to be found. Which was made doubly hard by writing in 2020, which was not exactly conducive to optimistic, free-flowing joyous creativity, shall we say?
So for all the witticisms and Mr Bennet’s wry comments on people and society, the novel inevitably has a slightly harder edge in parts. Even Mr Bennet must take things seriously some of the time.
Ana: Do you think 2020 has encouraged more people to escape into Austen-inspired worlds?
Mark: I recently read The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner and a quote stuck in my mind. One character describes Jane Austen’s books so:
“A world so a part of our own, yet so separate, that entering it is like some kind of tonic.”
We have all needed a tonic this year. Having said that, focusing has been difficult. I know I haven’t read as much as I wanted to.
Ana: Will there be a third novel with Mr Bennet?
Mark: Port and Proposals brings its various stories to an end alongside the ending of the Pride and Prejudice timeline. But I’d like to see what becomes of Mr Bennet after Lizzy and Jane marry.
Jane Austen wrote that he “…missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.” Which leaves plenty of room for a story. And perhaps with more Darcy!
Ana: Thanks, Mark!
Mark: Thank you again for having me, Ana, and compliments of the season to you and all your readers.
In this excerpt, Mr Spigott (the curate) calls at Longbourn. Mrs Bennet’s mind is already making plans for the young bachelor:
“Arise all, arise,” I shouted on entering the house. “We expect a visitor imminently.”
The noises began quickly, reaching their peak in slammed doors and the clatter of eager feet on wooden floors. Lydia found me first, no doubt propelled by curiosity and a wish for first claim on any gentleman who might cross our threshold.
“A visitor, Papa? How exciting. Is it a gentleman? Where is he?” My youngest stopped before the hall mirror, smoothed down her front, then pinched cheeks already flushed by her rapid descent of the stairs.
“It is a gentleman,” I said. “And he is on foot right behind me.”
Lydia rushed to a window, head craning like a heron seeking a plump fish.
“A visitor!” Mrs Bennet approached from the kitchen waving what looked like a piece of pie. “Who is it? Why was I not informed earlier? Husband?”
“Calm yourself, my dear. It is only Mr Spigott come on some religious undertaking.”
“Mr Spigott?” Lydia turned away from the window to frown at me. “How very disappointing.”
“A visitor!” Kitty skipped down the stairs, all the while twisting some ornament into place in her hair.
“It is Mr Spigott.” Lydia spoke as if announcing a harmless, but embarrassing, skin condition.
“Oh,” said Kitty. She turned back upstairs, closely followed by her sister.
“Poor Mr Spigott,” I said. “It appears he lacks the approval of our two youngest daughters. Though I might count that in his favour. Will you welcome our guest, my dear? He should be here in a moment, and I would retire to my study; I have endured enough conversation for one day.”
As I moved to go, my wife placed her free hand on my arm. “Perhaps he has come to visit Mary?”
“So he said, yes. We spoke at the turning. He has pamphlets.”
“Pamphlets?” Mrs Bennet nodded as if the word had a deeper meaning. “Yes, I was certain he smiled at Mary only last week in church.”
“A smile? How very bacchanalian. And in a house of God, too.”
“It is a sign.” My wife pronounced the last word with a distinct capital S.
“You do not think he was merely happy?”
“What has Mr Spigott got to be happy about? No, he was making his affections clear.”
“And did she return the smile?”
“Of course not.” Mrs Bennet scowled at me. “It would not be proper.”
“It would not be Mary,” I said with some conviction.
“He is only a curate, but, well, beggars cannot be choosers.” Mrs Bennet looked about her before lowering her voice. “As you know, Mr Bennet, all my daughters are my favourites. Yet Mary is my least favourite. We will not easily be rid of her.”
“Rid of her?”
“Oh, you know very well what I mean.” My wife shook my arm with vigour. “Mr Spigott may be her only opportunity. If we cannot find a husband for Jane with all her beauty, what chance do we have with Mary? I never imagined we would find someone willing to court her. We should put him at ease and welcome him to our home.”
“And does Mary have any say in all this?”
A half-hearted knock put an end to our whispered discussion.
Mrs Bennet waved the pie again, which showed great fortitude in refusing to disintegrate. She bid me open my mouth, shoved the food inside, then licked her fingers before opening the door.
“Mr Spigott!” My wife looked the curate up and down like a horse trader viewing a lot at the cheaper end of the auction. “You are most welcome. Do come in. We all so look forward to reading your pamphlets.”
“You do, Mrs Bennet?” The curate removed his hat, stooping as he entered. He put me in mind of a young stork: tall, somewhat spindly, and still a little surprised at the world around him.
“I shall be at my desk,” I mumbled through pastry, nodding my own welcome to our visitor as I left them.
Let’s face it, Mrs. Bennet would rarely be any different when it comes to marrying her daughters off, don’t you think? More or less like Lydia’s behaviour? Kitty is perhaps a bit more retrained, at least in this excerpt but you never know.
I highly recommend you to check the other stops on this tour. It may be a short one but you can learn a lot!
- December 7th: Babblings of a Bookworm
- December 8th: My Vices and Weaknesses
- December 9th: Diary of an Eccentric
- December 11th: Probably at the Library
- December 14th: Austenesque Reviews
Mark Brownlow is giving away one ebook copy of Port and Proposals to one of the readers who comment on this post. I would love if you can ask something you are interested on to Mark. Good luck!

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At a monthly “friends of farming” dinner held by Green Heartland, an NGO based in Chengdu, west China, Chen Xia quietly reads an ode to the land against light background music. It’s a simple thanksgiving ceremony the hosts conduct before leaving the diners to tuck into a feast of organic produce and listen to farmers talk about their lives and land.
Green Heartland was formed by a group of urban residents who buy their food directly from farmers, and their dinners give the two groups a chance to get together. Chen, who is one of the founders, was prompted by health concerns into thinking more seriously about the origins of her food. In 2007, together with two friends, she organised an organic market and heard about a village called Anlong, which was said to be working to protect its land and rivers through sustainable farming. The group started to buy food from the village.
One of her co-founders, Xia Lu, had been working for an NGO in Anlong, but stayed on after her project finished – as a friend, volunteer and consumer. She had plans for a website through which the farmers could reach out to urban consumers, and hoped to arrange customer visits, farmers’ markets and dinners. Her overarching aim was to bring farmers and customers closer together and encourage a return to healthier farming methods. Xia’s ideas got a warm response from people already buying food from Anlong – and Green Heartland was born.
Gradually, the number of customers has grown. Against the backdrop of ever more frequent food safety scares, growing numbers of Chinese citizens are looking for safe and healthy alternatives. The popularity of the organic methods practiced at Anlong is soaring. Zhang Ming, a journalist at local paper Chengdu Daily, became both a customer and Green Heartland member after reporting on the village’s activities.
Some customers have befriended the farmers and help to organise sales and distribute goods. Chen said that the organisation hopes to improve understanding and trust between farmers and the people who eat their produce.
Green Heartland also helps customers link up to make bulk orders and organises markets to boost sales – as well as the farmers’ confidence in the value of organic methods. The group now works with farmers in 10 places around Chengdu and has built up a core customer base of more than 100 people.
This kind of direct participation by consumers in the production of their food is commonly known as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). It originated in Japan, Europe and the United States and, since 2003, has been actively promoted in China by Hong Kong-based NGO Partnership for Community Development (PCD) and global advocacy group Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).
CSA provides a new way of thinking about food safety, rural economies, environmental damage and urban alienation, as well as creating the possibility of a different way of life. Through local trials, overseas experience and the pressure of food safety scares, CSA has taken root in several Chinese cities as one option for shoppers on the hunt for safer food.
There are many examples. Even before 2003, a group of residents from the city of Liuzhou, south China, were moved to establish Farmers’ Friends following a trip to the countryside where they saw first-hand the threats to traditional agricultural methods and farmers’ struggle for survival. Their social enterprise now takes city dwellers to the countryside to eat at village restaurants and purchase local products.
The meals are delicious and made with produce fresh from the fields. The farmers that the group works with grow rice in their backyards, in the same ponds they use to raise ducks – a traditional organic method. And the seeds they plant are traditional crops handed down from generations past. These ways of working allow the farmers to escape the constraints of commercial agriculture and boost their appeal to customers.
The rise of CSA in China is helping farmers to understand the wider choice organic agriculture can give them, in terms of both technology and markets. It allows them to see that they have options beyond genetically modified crops and industrial farming, which will only relegate them to the bottom rung of a supply chain.
As the number of customers has increased, Farmers’ Friends has opened a museum of traditional farming techniques and a restaurant serving healthy and organic farmhouse fare.
The restaurant, which brings together rural producers and urban consumers, is more about spreading the news and spirit of CSA than serving top cuisine. It works to nurture the traditional crops that are disappearing, provide diversity of income for small-scale farmers, protect farming culture and promote links between city and countryside. The association pays stable prices for produce and has established a fund to help farmers continue to plant traditional crops, organise themselves and promote rural cooperation.
The past three years have seen a surge in cooperation between consumers and farmers outside of commercial markets. All around China, consumers are opening organic shops, holding regular organic markets, setting up collection or sales points and organising bulk purchasing – all activities that bring together consumers and farmers. And, unlike normal markets, consumer advocacy is a big part of what they do. They even arrange for farmers and consumers to negotiate prices together in order to build understanding and trust.
Beijing Farmers’ Market was founded by a small group of consumers in 2010, since when it has expanded to serve an average showing of 2,000 shoppers. Some 20 farmers and farms and more than 10 NGOs and craft workshops attend every event. Natural and handmade everyday goods and processed foods are on sale alongside agricultural produce.
The majority of the products on sale are not actually certified as organic, but consumers can talk to the producers about their goods and how they grew them and build up trust in that way. A core group of volunteers pays regular visits to producers to look at their land and talk to them and ensure their products are qualified for the market. The markets started out as a monthly event, but are now held once a week.
Similar activities are flourishing in many other places across China, including Shanghai, Guangdong, Guangxi and Sichuan.
For participants in CSA, “organic” isn’t about certification, but the trust, support and sharing involved in simple business transactions.
And farmers, as well as consumers, are working to build that trust. In Anlong, the organic farmers are even picky about whom they sell their produce to. Gao Yicheng is in charge of deliveries and liaison: “If you want to buy our crops, you need to come here first and have a look around. We won’t give you anything until you’ve actually visited,” he said. The farmers here think it’s crucial that buyers meet producers.
Since 2008, the Shanxi Yongji Farmers’ Association has been working to develop organic agriculture through farmers’ cooperatives. It has attracted plenty of buyers from many places, but is most preoccupied with finding local customers. Zheng Bing, an association official, said that selling locally helps boost trust with consumers.
Supermarkets and big food companies are now pushing “green” and “organic” products. But CSA advocates say that they are in search of something different: nature and health.
At a recent forum on rural development, as experts and NGO representatives were fretting over how organic agriculture could be scaled up, Hebei farmer An Jinlei spoke out: “As a farmer, I don’t like the term ‘organic’. It’s become a buzzword and lost its meaning. The rich folk in the city drive their cars to the supermarket and buy organic food – they’re just worried about their own health. But what are their lifestyles and values, their excessive consumption of resources, doing to the health of the planet?”
An prefers to call his farming methods “natural agriculture”, which he describes as looking after the land in accordance with natural principles. “The land can’t take any more,” he said. “We need to look after it, to help it recuperate. You need the land to be healthy if you are going to get food for a healthy life.”
An believes many modern agricultural ideas go against the laws of nature. That’s what prompted him to quit his job at a state-owned farm 10 years ago and return to his home village. Together with his wife, he sought out natural farming methods that would restore the land. He believes that even pests have a place. “If humanity doesn’t stop its exploitation of the land, there’ll be no way back,” he said. His determination has seen once lost birds and insects return. A pharmaceutical firm pays a premium for his cotton and corn, while a number of CSA consumer groups in Beijing buy his crops.
An laments that more farmers in his village aren’t following his example. They generally recognise the harm done by fertilisers and weed-killers, he said, but believe they have no choice because they can’t afford the initial costs of going organic. Without external support, it is almost impossible for farmers suddenly to switch to sustainable farming.
While many farmers cannot afford to go organic, some urban residents have taken matters into their own hands.
Green Mothers Alliance was founded by a group of housewives concerned about their children’s’ health and development. In 2006, food safety scares prompted these women to experiment with growing their own food, but they soon found they lacked the necessary knowledge to make it work. Inspired by CSA outfits like Little Donkey Farm and Taiwan’s Housewives Alliance, they started making bulk purchases from likeminded farmers. Today, their organisation has more than 200 members.
De Run Wu Organic and Natural Store is one of Beijing’s oldest instances of urban residents taking control of their food supply. The owners have a small organic farm outside Beijing, where they grow and sell their products. The shop only sells organic goods, both its own products and those it imports from Taiwan and elsewhere.
Wang Tianxiang of organics products business Ecolourful told chinadialogue that similar operations existed in China as long as 20 or 30 years ago, but were very rare and generally supplied only senior officials and foreigners. Operations with a wider market have only become more common in the past few years. The market is still small, but demand outstrips supply. And prices aren’t high when compared with the costs: half a kilogram of organic vegetables at De Run Wu costs 10 yuan (US$1.60).
Outside of China, CSA got going thanks to concerns over food and land quality. But here, the rise of new approaches to farming has been catalysed by food safety problems. Although most people rely on “organic” labels to make their choices, due to the influence of marketing and the lack of alternatives, more and more shoppers want to know – to really know – where their food is coming from.
Yin Chuntao is a part-time CSA evaluation consultant to Partnership for Community Development in Hong Kong and founder of the Fragrant Fields Cultural Academy.
Zhou Wei is assistant editor in chinadialogue’s Beijing office.
This article is published as part of the project EU-China Civil Society Dialogue, and is a collaboration between chinadialogue and the Institute for Civil Society at Sun Yat-sen University.
Homepage image by Zhou Wei

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The winner of the "quote" contest was Harper calling Canada a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term.
All the flap over the misdirected quote only drew our attention to the fact that Stephen Harper has spent much of his career trying to put an end to public healthcare.
Another passion of his and the group he ran, the National Citizens Coalition, was busting unions. He hated public schools because they were "union run schools". Rob Anders who worked with him at the NCC, was the man in charge of destroying unions.
Which gives this story some relevance.
Paying workers under the table and threatening them if they dare try to form a union?
But back to quotes. Terry Milewski and others were tweeting yesterday about the Conservatives not exactly misquoting, but rewriting one, to raise the alarm again about a coalition.
Ignatieff was talking about how it could be possible to become prime minister without winning the election. He laid out the facts of the Westminister tradition: The leader of the party with the most seats gets to try a form a government by demonstrating he or she can win the support of Parliament. If not, Ignatieff said, then the Governor General can ask another party leader to try to do the same thing.I was thrilled because I thought it meant that Ignatieff would support a coalition, but what he spoke of was the fundamentals of a minority Parliament. The one who leads is the one who can earn the confidence of the House.
Ignatieff talked about how that might work, especially as the Liberal leader has ruled out a formal coalition. Ignatieff said: "I'm prepared to talk to Mr. Layton and or Mr. Duceppe -- or even Mr Harper -- and say we have an issue and here's the plan that I want to put before Parliament, uh you know, this is the budget I would bring in and then we take it from there."
The Conservative war room spun this as evidence Ignatieff would form a coalition.
But the Conservatives deliberately left out the four words: "or even Mr Harper".
They are really getting desperate.
Layton also spoke of respecting the way that Parliament works, and agreed to the possibility of a Coalition if a minority is in the cards.
I wish the media would quit giving this oxygen, or take a civics lesson.
Conservative columnist Norman Spector tweeted that he wondered what Ignatieff would give Duceppe in a coalition. I tweeted back saying that I was more interested in what Harper had promised Duceppe in 2004.
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It is increasingly clear that 2017 has not been a good year for Facebook. Month after month the scandal of false news was uncovered and how these influenced the outcome of the last elections.
The social network again gave a bad image to its users, increasing mistrust and reminding us that we can not believe everything we see on the Internet. The platform has been announcing changes for weeks, and it seems that they want to make sure that this type of situation does not happen again.
A few weeks ago they announced that users would start to see less news of pages and more publications of friends on the wall , and a few days ago we knew a new section of local news and events. This test is being carried out with “verified” means and institutional profiles.
A few hours ago, Mark Zuckerberg published a statement on his Facebook page, announcing a series of important changes so we can see more local news on the wall.
Zuckerberg says his “next update will seek to promote news from local media .” It ensures that Facebook users ask them “constantly who want to see more local news” on their walls.
It refers to a study in which they would have found that reading local news “is directly related to civic behavior . ” Therefore, announce that as of today they will show more news from sources that are in your locality.
As always, these changes will start first in the United States , and expect this year to expand to many more countries. In a publication on the company’s blog they clarify a bit more how the new algorithm will work:
“We identify as local media those whose links are opened by users from a restricted geographical area If a story is from a medium in your area and you follow the page or a friend shares a publication of that medium it is likely to appear on your wall .
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A few days ago they announced that they wanted to decrease the number of news appearing on the wall, but now we know how they seek to reduce them . Zuckerberg says that news used to occupy 5% of a user’s wall, and now it has been reduced to 4%.
What Facebook is also doing, without saying it explicitly , is trying to end those publications that are playing with the system. With these changes, “unknown” publications will have it more difficult to appear on your wall.
Obviously, it seems much easier to create a global level than at the local level , where you can check firsthand. We will have to wait to see how these modifications really work.
In the same way, that a publication is local does not mean that it is 100% reliable . The new policy could result in certain local publications benefiting from this algorithm in somewhat questionable ways.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE—The Virginia men’s basketball team’s participation in the Cancun Challenge during the 2009-10 season features two games in Mexico on Nov. 24-25. The games will be played at the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun and because seating is very limited, all fans must book travel packages through Triple Crown Sports or a designated travel agency for admission to the games.
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The Cancun Challenge features eight NCAA Division I teams including Cleveland State, Kentucky, Stanford, Virginia, Florida A&M, Oral Roberts, Rider and Sam Houston State.
Eight games will be played in the United States and eight games at the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun. The Cavaliers host Rider on Nov. 19 and Oral Roberts on Nov. 21 at John Paul Jones Arena. Cleveland State, Kentucky and Stanford also host two games in the United States before traveling to Mexico.
In Cancun, UVa plays Stanford and Cleveland State plays Kentucky on Nov. 24 with the winners and losers playing each other on Nov. 25. Also on Nov. 24, Rider plays Florida A&M and Oral Roberts meets Sam Houston State with the winners and losers playing on Nov. 25.
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“Blockchain technology allows drinkers to trace their beer all the way back to the farm,” said Phil Brian, Director of Brewing at Last Best Brewing & Distilling. “With brewery supply chains becoming more complex, it’s fantastic to work with local farmers and see exactly where the barley in our beer comes from."
The Bock Chain can features a QR code on the label, which users scan on their phone to view details about the product and its origins. The QR code unlocks a microsite containing videos, photos, maps, data, timestamps and more to capture the journey from seed to can.
A time-lapse video shows the barley growing in the field and animated maps illustrate the journey from location to location. Each stop features photos, videos and descriptions of the processing at that site, including timestamps and analysis.
The microsite also enables consumers to share their Bock Chain experience via a social link. “We encourage everyone who drinks this beer to appreciate not only the flavor, but the local story through this experience,” said Kyran Flett, Canada Malting Co.
A video highlighting the project can be viewed on Canada Malting’s website: http://www.canadamalting.com/
Note: Bock Chain is a lager with 5.7% alcohol by volume. The beer is being distributed throughout Alberta in cans and available at Last Best Brewing & Distilling while supplies last.
About Hamill Farms
Hamill Farms is a fourth-generation grain farm located just outside of Penhold. John and his wife Susie are proud to carry on the family tradition of growing world class malt barley in the heart of Central Alberta. They are good stewards of the land ensuring they have a sustainable farm to pass on to the upcoming generations.
About Canada Malting Co. Ltd.
Canada Malting Co. Ltd. is the leading provider of malted products and grains harvested from prime growing regions throughout Canada. We operate three malting plant locations, nine Country Elevators and distribute through three warehouses across the country. http://www.canadamalting.com
About Red Shed Malting
Red Shed Malting is a family owned business dedicated to producing premium quality, specialty malt for the craft brewer. We are committed to delivering excellent service to our customers, while providing traceability back to the local field and farmer. Our goal is to create a deeper understanding and appreciation for great beer which will promote and grow the craft beer industry. http://www.redshedmalting.ca
About Last Best Brewing & Distilling
Last Best is a brewery, distillery and restaurant in downtown Calgary at 607 11th Ave SW. We've been defining the spirit of the last best west in Alberta since 2014. https://lastbestbrewing.com/
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My friend Art Scott reminded me that I've been remiss in not posting links to Lynn Munroe's latest research. This time Munroe discusses Morgan Kane, who did hundreds of great paperback covers, among other works. The bio is great, and the checklist is a visual feast. Mostly. As Art points out, Kane, while a great illustrator, was also responsible for some not-so-wonderful photo covers, including the early '70s Shell Scott novels by Richard S. Prather.
Lynn Munroe Books: Morgan Kane bio
Morgan Kane Checklist.

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given period of time which resulted in death. . Toxicity values taken from Hayes. 20 lindane, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, and chlordane (Table 1) between 1939 and 1945 had immediate consequences. These chemicals were used in massive amounts during World War ll for the control of mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and filariasis. Metcalf! has summarized the critical role that the CHis have played both in world health and in world food production. Their impact has been truly remarkable. It has been estimated that by 1953, DDT alone had saved approximately 50 million lives and averted 1 billion cases of human disease. 2 DDT has been suggested to be the single most important factor in the world population explosion between 1950 and 1970.1 The CHis, prior to 1970, were the standard agents used in insect control. They were registered for use on over 300 agricultural commodities and were universally employed to control such pests as the codling moth, pink bollworm, gypsy moth, and the spruce budwonn. In retrospect, it is
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An Alabama woman thinks her Secret Santa is Snoop Dogg.
The woman has been participating in the Reddit Secret Santa program for three-years where participants exchange gifts with complete strangers.
She says she usually enjoys the giving more than the receiving - but this year that's changed.
She received a message from Reddit administrators saying her gift was on the way.
She thought that was kind of odd, because normally you get an automated message.
When she got the package she read the card and "freaked out!"
It was signed by Snoop Dogg.
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to announce our attendance at this year’s Encinitas
Pet Health Expo on Sunday, June 2nd. The expo is an excellent
opportunity for pets and owners to enjoy an array of fun activities while
promoting better health and wellbeing across the pet population. Doors open at
9:30AM and admission is free for all two-legged and four-legged attendees!
will include professional pet photos, grooming, a contest for the “Best Trick”,
and a neuter scooter clinic. Informational booths, vendors and rescue
organizations will also be in attendance, giving away free goodies and prizes
as well as information and ideas to encourage pet health and wellness. At our Muttropolis booth, we will be handing
out delicious and nutritious food samples from our vast assortment of All Natural Dog Food. We will also be
offering visitors the chance to win a $25 Muttropolis Gift Card by signing up
for our raffle.
to all of the fun and informative festivities, the County Department of Animal
Services will be on site offering dog licensing, rabies shots and
micro-chipping for residents of Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar,
Santee, San Diego and unincorporated San Diego.
expo will be held at the Encinitas
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Desolation Zone - Sound of the Serpent Garden demo I 1995
1) Zone I - Earth
2) Zone II - Water
3) Zone III - Wind
4) Zone IV - Fire
5) The Spiritual Execution
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Continuing with non-metal items, here's more stuff from Poland and something pretty obscure, the first demo of Desolation Zone. DZ started as a project of Krzysztof Włodarski, possibly better known to my readers as Geryon, of Profanum and Witchmaster fame. The music here is some sort of dark ambient/industrial/noise combination, I haven't heard any of the more recent material yet so no comparisons. I got this from a Polish trader comrade, titled "Voice of the Serpent Garden" (which is a better title in my opinion) but the Desolation Zone sources title it as "Sound..." - I wonder if he changed the name afterwards or did my trader have it plain wrong. This was released by The Gathering of Funeral Gods prod. who also released the LSSAH, Alchem and Profanum demos. I believe it was Geryon's own label. No covers and a scan would be very welcome!
Ok so the music here is some sort of industrial and ambient based ...thing. During the early part of demo it seems to be wandering almost aimlessly about but gets more focused by Zone III (assuming I divided the tracks correctly...). So it's a bit chaotic but not "noisy" the way much of the noise genre tends to be. Sound of the tape and dub is pretty good, with some minor tape wear. I'm not really sure what else to say about it, it's definitely not everyday elevator music and definitely not for everyone. I guess the artist wasn't really satisfied with it later himself as the TGoFG newsletter makes a point to say it is no longer available. Well, here it is so judge for yourself.


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Posted by Laphijia on October 27, 19102 at 04:58:52:
If I was given the possibility to change something in my hometown, I would make that its life doesn't end at 19.30, but goes on util late in the night.
That is people go out in the night during the week, shops close at least at midnight, and the feeling is more lively.
First of all I would make that people use to meet late in the evening every day of the week, and not only on Friday and Saturday night.
I don't like the habit that people end living at 19:30, soon often work.
during the week people usually end work, go home, have dinner, watch TV, and sleep.
This is one of the things that I hate more.
I don't understand why, instead of watching some stupid program on TV, people don't meet more for discussing.
It would be an happier way to end the day, and absolutely more intelligent.
Another thing that I feel my hometown lacks of, are those shops that close ar midnight or, better, are open 24 hours a day.
I saw them in the United States, in Australia, and in Thailand, but not in my hometown.
The milk is finished, you want a Coke, or a light bulb just blew off; without those shops youneed to wait until the next day, or if it's Saturday, you will have to spend the next day without water, milk, toilet paper, or light.
Yes, I am not lying, in a city of 500,000 inhabitants there is absolutely no shop open after 19:30 or on Sunday.
The last reason why I would like life to end later is that I like to work till late, and when I finish, I like to go out and see people still eating or shopping.
It makes me feel happy and end better the day.
What I want my city yo be is not a crazy idea. I have seen places all around the world where life is like I think it should be.
In many countris people like to meet in the night just to have a drink and discuss about something, shops close at least at midnight, and the city lives until late every day.
The fact that my city is not like that makes me prefer to live somewhere else.
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…Bird thou never wert,
That from Heaven, or near it,
Pourest thy full heart
In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.”
Opening stanza of “To a Skylark” (1820) by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Julie Robinson, Local Studies Librarian, posted at Lewisham Heritage on 4 February 2019:
“Clemence Dane, pen name of Winifred Ashton (1887-1965), was a successful screen writer, playwright and novelist. She was famous (infamous?) for her novel ‘Regiment of Women’ which claimed to be a study of lesbian relationships in a school setting. But did you know that she was born in Blackheath and went to Sydenham High School? She also lived in Sydenham from 1913-1919. After the WWI she took up teaching in a girls school. She took the pseudonym ‘Clemence Dane’ from the church, St Clement Danes on the Strand, London.
‘Regiment of Women’ was published in 1917 and was widely influential in terms of social attitudes. The novel may have inspired Radclyffe Hall to write The Well of Loneliness, but it has since has been criticised for its negative portrayal of lesbian sexuality even though Clemence Dane was almost certainly a lesbian herself.
According to Britannia’s Glory: A History of Twentieth Century Lesbians Clemence Dane was probably a lesbian who went to great lengths to keep her private life private. Using documentary evidence including Dane’s will, author Diane (sic) Hamer suggests that Dane had been in a long-term relationship with Elsie Arnold who lived with her. She also writes that the relationship came to an end and that Dane then became romantically involved with another woman-Olwen Bowen-Davies.
Dane’s other writing credits include the screen play for Anna Karenina for Greta Garbo and A Bill of Divorcement staring Katharine Hepburn.
Her play Enter Sir John was adapted into a film called Murder by Alfred Hitchcock with Sir John Gielgud.
By the time she died in 1965 she had written over 30 plays and 16 novels.”
Emily Hamer writes in Britannia’s Glory: A History of Twentieth Century Lesbians (2016):
“Olwen Bowen-Davies did not pre-decease Dane and she apparently did her job well; none of Dane’s personal papers appears to have survived.
In the light of Clemence Dane’s life it seems that Regiment of Women deserves rather more critical scrutiny than it has hitherto received. It might be better to think of Regiment of Women as a complex lesbian gothic novel written, at least in part, for a lesbian audience rather than as a lesbian horror story written in order to inculcate homophobia. What it marks is the nightmare of the abuse of power rather than the nightmare of sexual intimacy between women. Whether Clemence Dane was prompted to write Regiment of Women as a result of her own experiences as a schoolgirl or as a teacher, a nightmare from which Elsie Arnold saved her, is now lost in the mists of time.”
1932 The film version of A Bill of Divorcement was released; the screenplay was by CD herself.
1964 CD’s final play, The Godson. A Fantasy, appeared the year before her death.
July 1964 CD published London Has a Garden, a history (containing personal reminiscences) of the Covent Garden area where she lived.
From: Noel Coward – a Biography (1995), by Philip Hoare:
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It's National Hispanic Heritage Month and we wanted to learn more about Latino Outdoors
Updated: Sep 29, 2021
We talked with Albert Arévalo who has volunteered with Latino Outdoors as the DC area program coordinator since 2016. Here is what he had to share:
What is Latino Outdoors?
José González founded Latino Outdoors in 2013. He recognized the need for creating community connecting with the land. Founded in the Bay Area, Latino Outdoors works in collaboration with Outdoor Afro. They share a common goal to eliminate barriers in the outdoors. They are a community first, before an organization, who use outdoors to form a community.
Is there a chapter of Latino Outdoors in the DMV?
Yes, there is a chapter in the DC area. We strive to support the community to feel comfortable and confident in exploring nature. The hope is that people become ambassadors and motivate others to be comfortable in nature. Find out more details on our Facebook page.
Latino Outdoors partners with organizations in the DC area to support their mission. Some of the programs you can get involved in are listed below:
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Is there anything you would like to share with our followers about Latino Outdoors?
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Easy EMG: A Guide to Performing Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography 2nd Edition
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