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GETTING sick is set to have a little less impact on your wallet, with the Federal Government announcing major cuts to prescription prices.
Up to $14 has been slashed off 1000 brands of 60 different prescription medications, with an average saving of $3 a script.
The announcement is set to be met with open arms by families but not everyone will benefit.
Pensioners and concession card holders will not receive any further concessions under the scheme.
Warwick Senior Citizens Association publicity officer Mick McEniery said it was great to see the government issue the relief but many pensioners were still doing it tough.
"It is amazing how many people are just existing on a pension and the whole system needs looking at," he said.
Mr McEniery said seniors were more likely to need to make doctor visits and need to fill more prescriptions than most other groups and it could be a huge financial burden.
He said one way to ease the strain would be to offer an additional medical subsidy to aged pensioners.
"Even though there are some seniors who are entitled to subsidies, there are others that aren't and it can get very expensive for them," he said.
Mr McEniery said he believed a number of seniors avoided filling prescriptions or visiting the doctor because their pension can't be stretched far enough.
"Some seniors are just surviving and it gets worse in winter, when things like adequate heating become a major issue.
"The price of gas and electricity are going up and some people can't afford it so they stay in bed all day."
The prescription cuts came into effect yesterday.
Price cuts for more than 60 lines
MORE than 60 medicines and almost 1000 brands have dropped in price significantly from April 1.
The reduced charges will not only benefit consumers but will also save the Federal Government the cost of subsidies that underpin the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
PBS is a federal government initiative that subsidises the cost of prescription medicines.
Pensioner and concession card holders will continue to pay a capped price of $5.80 for their medicines.
National president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia National Secretariat Kos Sclavos said the most consumers paid for PBS prescription medicine was $35.40.
He said the actual cost price of those medicines was previously around $48 - meaning a subsidy of $12.60 for each prescribed medicine.
But as of April 1, manufacturers with medicines affected by the change have been forced to reduce their prices, abolishing the need for subsidy.
"Lipex 40mg - cholesterol lowering medicine - was a cost to government of $44.48 and thus, for a general patient paying $35.40, the tax payer subsidised $9.08," Mr Sclavos said.
"However, now the price has fallen to $29.84 for a general patient and thus no tax payer subsidy needed."
The changes were the result of negotiations between the Federal Government and Medicines Australia, the peak organisation representing brand pharmaceutical manufacturers.
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Flog me, I know I've been bad. I haven't posted much lately. And even WORSE I haven't been blog stalking at my normal level. I blame it all on Vegas!
You see, I'm working hard at getting sponsorship for and to SITScation 09. I'm doing okay so far with names like Smart For Life,Corazonas, Seventh Generation, Lucini , and Mystic Wonders Inc all showing up for the big shindig because I convinced them it's the place to be, it promises to be a BLAST! Know anyone looking to promote at the event? Let me know. And to you, my Nuggetiers, I promise that I'll be representin' in Vegas and in the end it will be fun for ALL my peeps. I simply ask a bit of indulgence with my sporadic appearances until then. My solemn vow; I promise be back as often as I can, and bearing gifts from time to time. Thanks for sticking with me!

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Here's a fantastic idea I heard about from IronCore member Bill Magone. If you know Bill, you'd know burpees hold a special place in his heart (kinda the same way I do). So if he HAS to do them he wants to make sure he gets the most out of it.
Bill's Burpee Builder Method
Here's a 3 Step Method that's a pretty ingenious way to cut your burpee time each day AND build your fitness level at the same time.
It's really WIN-WIN.
Step One – Find Your Baseline Number
Perform each day of the Challenge as it's laid out. (Day 1 = Ten, Day 2 = 15, etc.)
Your "Baseline Number" is the day of the Challenge that you hit the maximum number of non-stop burpees you can do.
For some that number might be 10 for others it might be 20 or more.
Step Two – Build up your Baseline – Slowly
As you move into the Challenge the number of daily burpees is going to exceed your Baseline.
What most people will do is split the number and do half now and half later – this is NOT the best way to go.
While this method may get you past today's burpees it will NOT build your fitness level for the future burpees to come. In other words your Baseline won't move and you'll actually be going backwards in your fitness level.
Here's a quick example:
Let's say on day 7 I hit my Baseline of 25 burpees.
Day 8 of the Challenge calls for 30 burpees. What most people will do is 15 and then 15.
This is wrong!
You see, you're actually going backwards with your fitness level.
On Day 7 you did 25 in a row and on Day 8 you're only doing 15 in a row. You won't build back up to your Baseline 25 until Day 14.
Bill's Burpee Builder Method
With Bill's method you always do at least your Baseline number and then add on the extra burpees to complete the Challenge for that day.
Looking back to our example. On Day 8, instead of doing 15 and then 15, you'd do 25 and then 5.
On Day 9 you'd do 25 and then 10, and so on. This way you're constantly pushing your fitness level.
Why is this better?
Because each time you do less than your Baseline you're not increasing your fitness level. It's harder to do 25 burpees and then 5 than it is to do 15 and 15.
What you'll discover with Bill's method is that since you're challenging yourself every day your Baseline will grow…
…which is where Step 3 comes in.
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When your Baseline number doesn't seem as hard, try for a new Baseline and re-set your numbers with your new Baseline.
For example, if you're on Day 14 and your Baseline was 25 burpees and now it's 35.
Instead of doing 25 and 25, you'll do 35 and 15.
With Bill's Burpee Builder method you'll complete the each day in the Challenge faster AND you'll build your fitness level – at the same time.
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Quote of the Day: Paul Sweeney
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
~Paul Sweeney
Last night we had the great pleasure of watching the fireworks display put on by our small lake community. Each year they collection donations from the residents and put on a fabulous display. We've lived here for 10 years and have only missed one year. This year we were lucky enough to enjoy the display on a friend's boat, a completely different experience.
Fireworks have always been a tradition in my family. We usually spent this holiday weekend at the family cabin and we'd stop on a bridge in Wooster, OH to watch their fireworks display on our way home. Then we'd stop for ice cream and the holiday celebration would be complete!
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This year was rainy and foggy on the coast so rather than get into the crowd of 20+K fireworks goers and not see them well, I opted to watch those at the Mall in DC on Public Television.
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After nine consecutive nights of fireworks, I'm fireworked out! Since I live on the border, I get the fireworks from both countries, plus extra ones for things like the annual Friendship Festival, War of 1812 Bicentennial celebrations, and seemingly random "Fireworks because it's dark outside". Plus I have some ambitious neighbours, who seem to think any night is a good night for fireworks.
Yes, I know I'm grumpy, but really, after nine nights in a row, I think anyone would be!
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We buy some fireworks to let off on the 5th Nov on Guy Fawkes; either at home or with friends.
Cant remember last time we went to an organised display.
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We live very near the Ohio river and so our community's fireworks display takes place on the river. It is lovely. We get together with another family on New Years Eve and have a more modest display:) Which is especially enchanting if it has snowed. I do not know if this counts but we do include "crackers" at our Christmas feast!
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Great pictures, Susy!
We used to live in a dense urban neighbourhood where you couldn't sit out on your deck to watch the fireworks because all the debris would rain down on you. And the noise…it was literally sounding like a war zone.
Since we moved to our farm this year, we like the 4th much more. The neighbours about 300 ft. down the road had some beautiful fireworks and we could see the town's fireworks display from our balcony, with Mt. Rainier as the backdrop.
Our town this year had to move the show to some soccer fields in town, because a pair of nesting bald eagles were found at the fairgrounds, where the show is normally. :)
Happy packing! :)
to whit's comment
Only once prior to moving to Ohio had I seen one of the huge firework displays like every town here seems to have.
We drove about 75 miles to Ft Worth & it was the 4th of July and in conjunction with a Martina McBride concert.. It was a spectacle for this little country bumpkin. ;)
M'honey loves to go to the FIrework displays and our town used to have the most awesome spot for them, but they built some condos there and then moved them to the Captians Stadium which stinks in my opinion.
This year we went & sat on the side of the highway where we could see 2 towns fireworks really well, and 2 others somewhat well. It was kind of funny with us turning our heads back & forth..
Yes, fireworks from a boat are awesome. I love the sun rising & setting on a boat too.. just being near large bodies of water are awesome in my opinion..Glad you got to experience it. Gotta love it! :)
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Barely seven days ago, I was among the many people who were lamenting the loss of the Full-Disclosure security mailing list. Today, I mourn no more as Full-Disclosure has been resurrected.
Full-Disclosure is a popular open mailing list for security disclosure that first got started in 2002, and over the years it has become a valuable source of security information. On March 19, however, John Cartwright, the founder of Full-Disclosure, decided it was time to pull the plug. Cartwright complained that he was getting a lot of takedown requests from a security researcher and, in general, he wasn't very pleased with the current state of the information security community.
Not everyone shares Cartwright's views, and many in the information security community wanted Full-Disclosure to return (and you can count me in that list). On March 25, security researcher Gordon Lyon, who is well-known in the information security world as "Fyodor," emerged as Full-Disclosure's savior.
Fyodor is widely respected for his security efforts; he is the creator of the popular open-source Nmap security scanner that has been in the market since 1997.
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"Some have argued that we no longer need a Full Disclosure list, or even that mailing lists as a concept are obsolete," Fyodor wrote. "They say researchers should just Tweet out links to advisories that can be hosted on Pastebin or company sites. I disagree. Mailing lists create a much more permanent record and their decentralized nature makes them harder to censor or quietly alter in the future."
While archives of the original Full-Disclosure mailing list are still being maintained, readers will need to re-subscribe to the new Fyodor-run Full-Disclosure mailing list.
"If I can do this for as long as John did, and with anywhere near his skill, I will consider it a success," Fyodor wrote in his first Full-Disclosure post as the list's new maintainer. "I'll recruit a team of volunteer moderators from the active list members because this needs to be run by and for the community!"
In barely a day of operation, the list has already posted its first security advisory, though it's one that also demonstrates the folly of an open mailing list.
"It is possible for unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files to the Internet whereafter it is not possible to delete these files from the Internet," Nico Lemoin, wrote in a Full-Disclosure advisory on persistent Internet storage. "This vulnerability has been exploited in the past against Ms. Barbara Streisand."
Sometimes you just have to take the good with the bad, and the Full-Disclosure list has long had both. Given the respect that most people in the information security industry have for Fyodor, I have no reason to suspect that the resurrected Full-Disclosure will be nothing short of a full success.
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Bomb Threat at Concert Leads to Cancellation and One arrest
This past Saturday, a concert held during South by Southwest was canceled due to an unsuspected bomb threat that occurred. Austin police arrested a suspicious man, named Trevor Weldon, that was charged with emailing a bomb threat. The suspicious convict is expected to serve 10 years in prison due to this serious charge.
Originally, The Roots were expected to perform that night, but because the bomb threat, the show was canceled for the safety the attendees and performers. Fortunately, there was no suspicious material that led to any possible bomb in place.
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One of the most common body treatments offered at spas is the body scrub. It consists of a head to toe exfoliation followed by a shower and moisturizer application. Outside of the spa setting, body scrubs are available EVERYWHERE. Just walk down the bath-and-beauty isle of any drugstore and you will see numerous brands of scrubs for the body and face (remember St. Ives Apricot Scrub…available since forever). Specialty shops like The Body Shop or Bath and Body Works also carry them in a variety of flavors and consistencies. With all this choice, how does one pick the right scrub and how can you tell the difference between them all?
Universally speaking, body scrubs will improve circulation by way of the tiny capillary networks that feed the skin. The friction of rubbing the scrub into the surface of the skin causes these networks to flood the surrounding tissues, making you turn a little red. The boost of "nutrition" helps the fresh skin cells in the deepest layer of skin known as the dermis to migrate to the surface. The lifetime of a skin cell is 30 days. Once it migrates to the surface it officially "dies" and becomes saturated with keratin, a protein whose fibers coil and bind to form a protective layer over the skin to keep the outside elements from damaging it. Keratin does the same thing for hair and nails. Age and hormones (for women) will change how the cells turnover, making skin uneven and rough. The scrub itself is exfoliating away the surface layer of dead cells, helping along the natural order of things. In addition, it can unclog pores, helping skin to breathe as well as keep the naturally acidic pH in check, so you will smell fresh.
Now that the science behind exfoliation has been explained, let's take into account what is going on with your skin. Are you prone to oiliness? Do you shed like a lizard? Do you have sensitive, reactive skin prone to breakouts? Do you want to prevent ingrown hairs and bumps? These are all important factors in choosing a scrub. Here is how I would break down your decision.
Most scrubs on the market are either sugar or sea-salt based. Sugar based scrubs are more moisturizing than salt based because sugar molecules bind to water, thus retaining moisture in whatever state they are present in. The sugar exfoliates and holds moisture, so that skin will feel hydrated post scrub. This molecular action enhances the job of the moisturizer, helping to keep the skin properly hydrated. If your skin is the type that flakes off when the seasons change or has a tendency to remain dry no matter what the weather, sugar based it the route to go. Sugar is also best with skin that is highly sensitive, as it is not as abrasive in texture as salt.
Salt based scrubs, aside from being the most aggressive texture for exfoliating, draw everything out of the skin, including water. These types of scrubs can effectively address rough patches and clogged pores because the properties in sea salt ionically bond to positively charged impurities that would be found on the surface of the skin and lodged in pores. Reference my post on DETOX treatments for a more in depth chemistry lesson. Often, the salt based scrubs will have eucalyptus essential oil added to them, which acts as an antiseptic and antimicrobial agent on the skin. Salt based scrubs are potent; therefore skin absolutely needs to be moisturized well post treatment in order to ensure hydration.
Addendum: Other scrub bases can consist of fruit seeds, ground nut shells and oatmeal (St. Ives anyone). People with allergies, especially nut based ones should be wary of the seed and nut shell varieties, dependent on their level of reactivity. The oatmeal based scrubs are super gentle and not very abrasive at all. They are often used to relieve the itch and discomfort of chicken pox, mosquito bites, hives, sunburn and for a gentle exfoliation of the face.
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Marketing, marketing and more marketing. Flavors and scents of various scrubs on the market are designed with the buyers' eyes and noses in mind. However, certain essential oils, as the aforementioned eucalyptus oil described above, can have therapeutic affects on the exterior and interior of one's body. Scrubs with lavender, vanilla or chamomile essential oils are soothing to the skin, helping to neutralize redness, prevent bacterial growth and tone down the itch and irritation of such conditions as dermatitis, eczema and acne. Also great for congested skin are lemon and orange scented scrubs, as the essential oils of both help the lymphatic system do its job of clearing out toxins. They also control excess oil production and aid mature skin to retain moisture. Lastly, mint oils like spearmint and peppermint have similar therapeutic qualities as the eucalyptus oil. They boost circulation to the skin through the menthol component that cools on contact and then vasodilates those little capillary networks. Best of all, they stimulate the nervous system, which can leave you feeling completely invigorated.
With the above in mind, you can now expertly peruse your spa menu and/or drugstore beauty aisle armed with the therapeutic knowledge of a beauty practice that is beyond skin deep. You can also make your own scrub, using the information above to tailor it for your specific need. Some recipes for homemade scrubs can be found here:
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Fax-free healthcare is one step closer today, as the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) and clinical information systems vendors work together to progress secure electronic messaging between healthcare providers.
This technology will enable health data to flow securely from one healthcare provider to another – irrespective of the software they are using, the organisation they work for, or with whom they are communicating.
Dr Nathan Pinskier, Chair of the RACGP Expert Committee on eHealth and Practice Systems, said the technology will have a big impact on the sector, where confidential patient records are regularly transmitted by dated systems such as facsimile and post.
"The number one issue to be resolved in health care communications is the ability for healthcare providers to electronically communicate with each other directly, seamlessly and securely," Dr Pinskier said.
"The interoperability solution is within our grasp and I thank the Australian Digital Health Agency and its CEO, Tim Kelsey, for listening to the sector and making this a high priority item."
Agency CEO, Tim Kelsey, said the Agency has partnered with industry, jurisdictions and healthcare professionals and undertaken technical work over months to progress discussions from theory into clinical practice.
"I have been listening to key partners in the community on their aspirations for the Digital Health Agency and ways it can support key health priorities in Australia," Mr Kelsey said.
"Secure messaging between providers is one of the key themes that comes up in these discussions, and getting it right will create opportunities to leverage these communications for other purposes, including uploads to the My Health Record."
Work is underway with HealthLink and Telstra – with a range of healthcare providers across a variety of locations engaged in current trials. The objective is to develop solutions that allow secure messaging between healthcare providers with different clinical information systems messaging vendors, in a way that can be scaled nationally.
The judges of the success of this integration will be the healthcare providers themselves – who must give each project their tick of approval before the projects are deemed a success.
The Agency called for tenders in February for industry and clinical consortia to work together to fix these integration problems. After a competitive process the Agency has entered into a contract with HealthLink to lead a consortium to send secure messages between GPs and specialists, and with Telstra to lead a consortium to send discharge summaries to GPs and other healthcare providers. The Agency anticipates announcing the third successful consortia shortly.
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The actual lay of the land has changed a little at Boltorr Road.
I know this should take aeons, but it's my universe so get used to it.
So, no track alignment changes, but the Boltorr Brook's changed its course a little.
Now the Boltorr Reservoir Dam is under construction I'll be able to consider the lay of the land east of the tracks soon. Construction of the bridge abutments is just starting on the Boltorr Brook's railway bridge. Soon I'll have to consider how to best represent moving water. Any ideas?


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The Original House
Most people wouldn't want to build a house on top of a huge column of rock. But Alex Jordan wasn't like most people. The eccentric architect was obsessed with Frank Lloyd Wright, who lived just a few miles away for much of his life, in a Spring Green estate called Taliesin. And so when Jordan began building The House on the Rock in 1945, he consciously imitated his idol's distinct architectural style. The original 14-room home is a lot less weird than any of the additions Jordan made to it later, but the ceilings are low, the hallways are narrow, and the fireplaces are alarming large.Plan Your Trip: Visit Fodor's Wisconsin Guide for helpful tips on where to stay and what to do in the Dairy State.
The House on the Rock
The Carpeting
Jordan began building the house at a time when wall-to-wall carpeting was considered a luxury. Maybe that explains why so much of the place is covered in it. The floors, of course, but also the walls and ceilings and some of the furniture (there's a very shaggy, very uninviting sofa in one of the rooms). Even the ornate wood molding that frames some of the exhibits is, inexplicably, carpeted. Stare too long at it and you'll start to feel like you're trapped inside a Muppet's fever dream.
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The Fake Treasure
One of the most confounding things about the house has got to be its creator's gleeful refusal to separate fact from fiction, fantasy from reality. Jordan spent a not-so-small fortune amassing bona fide antiques, like a 19th-century Regina Sublima coin-operated music box, but he also hired local artists to make shoddy imitations of items he couldn't or didn't want to buy, and it's hard to tell how much of his collection is authentic. For the record: many of the weapons on display in the galleries are real, but the Tiffany lamps, suits of armor, and crown jewels aren't.
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The Infinity Room
The 218-foot-long infinity room—which Jordan completed in 1985, a few years before his death—is legitimately impressive. Counterbalanced by many tons of concrete, it extends 140 feet beyond any supporting structure and 15 stories above the rolling hills and valleys below it. And yes, its 3,264 windows make for a truly stunning selfie backdrop.
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"Tribute to Nostalgia"
The house is divided into three sections, and those sections are subdivided into strange themed rooms and exhibits. The seemingly antique automobiles and hot air balloons in this one were actually fabricated by Jordan and his crew in the 1990s, but they still look pretty cool (especially the "armored" car covered in hundreds of blue and white tiles).
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"The Spirit of Aviation"
You can tell that this exhibit opened after Jordan died—there aren't any monsters, music boxes, or half-clothed mannequins on display. There are a lot of model airplanes, though, painted in cheerful, childlike colors. And underneath them you'll see framed newspaper clippings of articles about plane crashes, with headlines like "Worst U.S. crash; 272 die at O'Hare" and "Hindenburg Explodes, 34 Die." The juxtaposition is jarring, to say the least.
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"The Heritage of the Sea"
This nautical exhibit resembles something you'd see in a natural history museum. Except that museum collections are meant to educate, and this one only mystifies. It's unclear whether the model ships on display throughout are re-creations of real-world ships or fanciful renderings. And the 200-foot-long sea monster that dominates the vast space looks a bit like a blue whale, but it's shown gnashing a small schooner between its sharp teeth (blue whales aren't known to eat people, and they definitely don't have fangs).
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"The Streets of Yesterday"
Visitors who expect this rendition of a 19th-century town to look anything like Disneyland's iconic Main Street are bound to be disappointed. The nearly life-sized shops and houses that line the red brick road are dimly lit and devoid of life, and the goods for sale in the stores are more sinister than sweet. Take, for example, the viscous tinctures that line the shelves of the apothecary, or the glass eyes resting on the lid of a velvet-lined box.
The House on the Rock
"Music of Yesterday"
Walking through the House on the Rock is a lot like walking around the inside of a David Lynch movie. It's surreal, sometimes disturbing—though that doesn't stop families with young kids from visiting on their way to or from the Wisconsin Dells—and entirely deserving of its R-rating. This section, though, is actually kind of child-friendly. It's filled with hundreds of self-playing musical instruments arranged in elaborate vignettes. The Blue Room, a fin-de-siècle salon filled with more than a dozen gilded mirrors and at least as many automated instruments, are especially impressive.
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The Demonic Doorway
Everyone who visits the House on the Rock talks about the carousel, and for good reason—it looks like a literal manifestation of a child's nightmare. But there's a lot of other weird stuff in the basement where it's located, like this doorway. It's shaped like a monster's gaping, fanged maw, and you'll have to walk through it to reach the third and final section of the house.
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The Orchestra
Jordan had a thing for music machines and mannequins. So it makes sense that he'd want to combine the two, in the form of a mechanized orchestra. No less than three dozen robotic, rubber-skinned musicians, wearing neatly pressed tuxedos or evening gowns, make up this strange orchestra. Drop two tokens in the slot beside them, and you'll see them roar to life. The music you'll hear is actually coming from a sound system nearby, though, not the instruments themselves.
Emanuel Rios
The Doll House Room
If you've seen any of the Chucky movies, you know that dolls can be more creepy than cute. Here you'll find thousands of Thumbelina-sized dolls, sprawled across tiny sofas, sitting at tiny tables, standing on tiny lawns, staring at you through tiny, expressionless eyes. You'll also find larger dolls looming over those lawns, like a race of pouting, porcelain-skinned giants bent on destroying their smaller brethren. And they're all lit from below, by cool fluorescent lights casting strange shadows on their faces.
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The Organ Room
Fortunately this room is devoted to organs of the musical, rather than anatomical, variety. But it's still pretty disturbing, in part because the cavernous space is lit by clusters of spherical red lights that glow like insect eyes, and in part because it's filled with monstrously sized organ pipes, towering displays of steel drums and cannons, and spiral staircases that lead nowhere. Unsurprisingly, Jordan cited Dante's Inferno as his initial source of inspiration.
The House on the Rock
The Mannequins
When you walk into the Carousel Room, be sure to look up. You'll see mannequins. Hundreds of winged mannequins—many of them topless—dangling from the ceiling like an army of sexy-scary Victoria's Secret angels. Look closer, and you'll see that Jordan had them outfitted with unusually large, pink nipples (most of the house is poorly lit, but the 20,000 lights strung up around the carousel illuminate both the mannequins and their nipples pretty clearly). The effect is, in a word, weird.
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The Carousel
No trip to The House on the Rock is complete without a visit to the world's largest, and creepiest, carousel. A staggering 269 animals—some real, some fantastical—cavort atop the mechanized monstrosity, lit from above by 182 chandeliers and powered from below by 18 wheels whirring continuously while the house is open. No wonder it took 10 years to plan and build.The carousel features prominently in Neil Gaiman's best-selling novel, American Gods (and will appear in the second season of the television adaption, slated to come out early next year). According to Gaiman, he had to work to tone down the weirdness of the carousel, and the rest of the house, while writing the book. You know, to make it more believable.
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Happy June, everybody! Since were about half way through the year already (Where did the time go?) it's time to start looking ahead at the exciting books being released in the upcoming months. I hadn't realized just how many wonderful books are being released in the second half of this year, making this weeks topic even more fun. My wallet and never-ending TBR list may not be happy, but I certainly am! Here are my Top Ten Anticipated Releases of 2015, Part 2!
Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway – June 23, 2015
Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley – July 2nd, 2015
Armada by Ernest Cline – July 14, 2015
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee – July 14, 2015
Another Day by David Levithan – August 25, 2015
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness – August 27, 2015
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs – September 22, 2015
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling – September 29, 2015
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell – October 6, 2015
Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner – December 1, 2015
If you're interested in checking it out, my TTT of anticipated debut novels for the first part of this year can be read by clicking here.
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The MoD's Defence Food Service School's £21.9 million move to refitted premises at Worthy Down, near Winchester, has led to a pioneering kitchen food waste recycling installation, believed to be the largest of its type in the world.
IMC's multi-award winning recycling solution has been adopted by the School to enable all food waste generated from its kitchens to be cost-effectively converted into high quality compost for use on the grounds' green and planted areas. Ultimately, this may lead to the School becoming fully sustainable by using the compost to grow its own produce.
The Challenge
The School, which relocated from Aldershot early in 2009, operates 12 highly specified kitchen classrooms and two realistic working environment kitchens that have been designed to provide the best facilities for training personnel who deliver catering support to troops on operations, in the field and in barracks. Around 140 students use the kitchens, each typically preparing 3 three course meals every day. As this forms part of their tuition, the meals can not be served for human consumption. Around 1.5 tonnes of food waste are generated every day thereby posing a massive disposal problem.
IMC's recycling solution is already bringing about significant environmental changes for organisations operating in both the public and private sectors
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In an environment in which only the highest standards are acceptable, the MoD's Defence Estates Operations was keen to address the disposal of its kitchen food waste in the most efficient and ecologically friendly manner possible. To find the best solution, Defence Estates conducted extensive research into market-leading methods. IMC's food waste recycling solution was selected as the preferred solution.
Major James Marshall, Chief of Staff, reviewed the research into available solutions and assessed how they would satisfy all the MoD's rigorous operational demands. He said: "IMC's food waste recycling system is already proven in a number of tough surroundings including Prisons and entertainment complexes such as The O2. After a live product demonstration and reference calls we were absolutely convinced of its ability to integrate smoothly with our operations as well as enable us to divert our not inconsiderable volume of food waste from landfill and recycle it into a valuable resource."
Starting with a virtually blank canvas at the building development stage, IMC was able to design the new food waste recycling facility to meet the exact criteria of the School and to integrate with the site layout. The process is designed so that the 1500 litres of food waste generated every day is collected from the school's kitchens and taken to a central point where two back-toback waste processing stations, each with its own sorting table, macerator and "WastePro" dewaterer, perform the initial processes. The dewatered food is then fed into two in-vessel composters sited at the end of the Processing Stations.
IMC's revolutionary food waste recycling solution is the result of extensive research undertaken on behalf of IMC by Imperial College, London. It uses an IMC Food Waste Disposer to first macerate the food waste before extracting the solid fraction from the macerated waste by means of an IMC "WastePro" Dewaterer. The resultant dewatered waste is then mixed with a small quantity of compressed sawdust pellets and loaded into an In Vessel Composter from which it emerges six to seven weeks later as high quality compost that conforms with the Standards for Composted Materials BSI PAS100.
The composting process complies with Animal By Products Regulations and can therefore be used for all food waste including meat and fish, which would otherwise have to be disposed of typically to landfill or incineration.
The Results
The environmental, social and cost benefits of IMC's system are already being realised daily. Major James Marshall confirms: "We are producing from the kitchen food waste three 70 litre bags of high quality compost every week at zero cost, which we can use on the gardens and grounds. More importantly, we have also addressed our environmental responsibilities for recycling and the entire investment has proved cost effective with a calculated saving of £50,000 a year on food waste disposal costs."
By adopting this solution, the MoD's not only demonstrates their ethical approach and commitment to improving their green credentials but satisfies the Government's objective of recycling organic waste streams. By removing the need for, and costs involved in, having the waste collected from site, the equipment will pay for itself in just 2 years. And, of course, by separating the food waste at source, other materials such as tin, paper and cardboard are now no longer contaminated by the food waste and can themselves be recycled.
"By going down the route of a self-contained, pre-fitted building we were able to avoid any structural changes and modifications to the College and significantly reduce the installation time."
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IMC has received industry recognition for its food waste recycling solutions by winning the Caterer Group's "Green" Excellence Award and the Association For Organics Recycling "Research & Development" Award. In making their award, the AFOR judges concluded that "the quality and extent of IMC's research programme to generate new products will significantly benefit the sustainable waste management industry."
IMC's recycling solution is already bringing about significant environmental changes for organisations operating in both the public and private sectors, and has become the benchmark for 'food waste' to 'compost'. Systems have been adopted by numerous establishments including high profile facilities such as The O2 and the UK's first carbon neutral 'eco hotel', as well as schools, universities, hospitals and over 40 prisons throughout the UK.


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WASHINGTON — Social Security checks would still go out. So would tax refunds, but only for e-filed returns. Soldiers would remain on duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, and sailors off the coast of Libya. FBI agents would stay on the job, and the mail would be delivered.
Those are some of the services that would continue even if the federal government runs out of money at 12:01 a.m. EDT Saturday with no agreement between Republicans and Democrats in Congress and the White House to extend the budget.
But much of the government would shut down.
About 800,000 federal employees would be furloughed, including many civilian workers in the Defense Department, much of the White House staff, and at least some staff in Congress. National parks would close. Hand-mailed tax returns would go unopened.
With no agreement to finance the government past Friday night, government agencies prepared contingency plans Wednesday for what would stay open and what would close. Each of the three branches of government — executive, legislative and judicial — made its own plans.
The key criteria for keeping government employees working is whether their office is critical to protecting life or property, or has another source of money, such as user fees.
Whether they work or not, all federal employees would go unpaid during the shutdown. Those who work would be paid retroactively, according to the Office of Personnel Management. Those ordered to stay home would be paid for that time only if Congress and the president agreed to it.
Here's a list of how a shutdown would affect some parts of the federal government:
The California News Service, a journalism project of the University of California's Washington Center and the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, contributed to this report.
National parks: Would likely be closed
Social Security: Checks would be mailed
Border Patrol: Would stay on the job
Air travel: Air traffic control would keep running; flights should not be affected
IRS: Would shut down in the middle of tax season; tax refund checks wouldn't be issued except on e-filed returns
Military: Would remain on duty but not get paychecks
Visas and passports: New applications not expected to be processed
Postal Service: Would deliver mail
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My Pick: Baby K'tan Original Baby Carrier
Our first few days as parents were not the easiest, to say the least. I had a few different complications after delivery, including spinal headaches from a poorly administered epidural. My husband, Dan, nursed me back to health, advocated for me on the many calls with the doctor, and took care of our newborn daughter. He cooked meals, kept me on track with my medicine schedule, and was incredible moral support when I feared postpartum depression was creeping in.
I finally woke up one morning five days after Penny was born and could lift my head off the pillow without debilitating pain. Getting dressed for the first time in a week made me feel human again. I took Penny into the living room so Dan could sleep, and saw the mountain of gifts people had brought by.
There were a few different baby carriers, but since the K'tan looked the simplest, I pulled it out of the box. The directions were easy and straightforward; I got into the simple kangaroo position and popped Penny inside.
It was so strange reaching down to pat my belly and feeling something akin to a deflated balloon. Despite being so happy my daughter had finally arrived, I really missed being pregnant. I missed feeling Penny kick and knowing she was safely tucked inside.
Having Penny in the K'tan was the closest feeling I could find to having her back in my belly. I could feel her little heart beating against my chest, her long exhales, and her teensy fists curled up beneath her chin.
It was a beautiful October day in New York City, and there was a Starbucks one block from our apartment. After the week of 24/7 care Dan had given both of us, I wanted to do something nice for him. The K'tan enabled us to take our very first trip outside together, just me and Penny. No fuss, no hassle. I knew she was safe and warm inside her little K'tan cocoon.
That small feat of bringing home coffee and bagels is one burned into my memory from the first week of being a mother, and the K'tan made it happen.
After trying out the many other choices, my mom friends agree that the K'tan is the best carrier for infants. It doesn't require any wrapping or buckles, and it easily washes in the washing machine/dryer. Many friends of mine swear by it to soothe babies with colic, as the constant movement mimics being back in the womb.* Whatever your baby's temperament, I promise, it will be a well-spent $49.95.
*For more information on this, read Harvey Karp's "Happiest Baby on the Block
Lilly Holland is a former New Yorker turned suburbanite who writes about parenting and her former career as a teacher in an elite NYC private school. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Here's last night's Fireside Chat. Unfortunately, due to a ridiculous chain of technical difficulties, I haven't been able to get this up into iTunes just yet. So, just follow the link to UStream for now (the embbeded player won't stop autoplaying), and enjoy the latest Fireside Chat (recorded live, ON LOCATION, in a Biggby Coffee parking lot at 11:00 pm last night).


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Sunday, April 12, 2009
The Scholar and the Stripper
The Scholar and the Stripper
I have two younger cousins, Ally and Emma. Emma is 12-years-old, a vegetarian, a self-described "tree hugger" – or "hippie freak", and loves reading, and scholarly pursuits. Ally is 8, likes video games, peeps, rolling around on the ground, dying her hair pink, and Webkinz. Their mother today said, "We have us a scholar and a stripper."
There are so many parallels between Ally and Emma and Betsy and I, it's weird. I was also the goof – while Betsy was the more grounded one. I was the one who threw groceries out of shopping carts so I could sleep, and made parody videos outside with my friends (like MTV's "Fanatic" with Donny Osmond…), and when I was bored I was the one who went into the back porch and put on every single scarf, hat and gloves we owned to make my family laugh.
My parents have them a lawyer and a comedian.
So, when they're talking about us it's…
"Oh, my daughter Betsy is finishing up her last year in law school in the top of her class. She's got a job lined up in New York in the fall, making $094094,000 a year."
Then, there's me.
"Oh, Patricia… you should go see her perform, if it's on a good night, you'll see her do a split on the stage and hump her scene partner's leg. She writes sketches about office cunts and babies getting cancer and stars in a YouTube video called 'Candy Rape'. "
Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm totally fine with the fact that I went to a liberal arts college and studied whatever I felt like studying, and I'm totally fine with the fact that I'm neither going into either Public Relations (no, thanks) nor doing anything with an Art History degree (not even casually bringing it up in conversation to make myself look smarter and more cultured)
I'm in love with performing and writing and that's where I am. It won't bring in a ton of money, but hey – that's what lawyer sisters are for? Am I right, Betsy?
Good thing my parents are O.K. with that!
Cause they got themselves a good ol' case of Scholar and a Stripper.
** I said, "Betsy, who's the one person you look up to the most?" and she said, "I guess the one person I look up to more than any other is Kurt Vonnegut Jr. for making secular humanism something Americans can relate to... but he is also dead
But he is def my top idol."
Me? I like Tina Fey. Because she writes funny stuff. And makes up fake swear words.
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