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New London - Electric Boat and the city are in negotiations to allow parking on two parcels of land in the Fort Trumbull neighborhood, including one that was the subject of a renowned eminent domain court battle.
"We're still working with EB ... to try and find them parking,'' said Tammy Daugherty, the city's director of development and planning. "There are under-utilized surface parking spaces in Fort Trumbull."
The city also has moved school buses back to a lot in Fort Trumbull after removing them in May at the request of the developers of Village on Thames, a proposed three-phase, 103-unit housing development. The project stalled after developers Robert and Irwin Stillman accused the Renaissance City Development Association of contract violations. The two sides are in mediation.
The RCDA also is involved in negotiating a parking agreement with Electric Boat, Daugherty said.
RCDA executive board member Paul Geraghty said he is working on a plan to allow EB to use the so-called Parcel 4a, which was the subject of the eminent domain lawsuit, and a sliver of land on Trumbull Street between Fort Trumbull Marina and the water, referred to as Parcel 4b.
The two parcels would provide about 100 additional parking spaces, he said.
The city would grant Electric Boat a license to use the property, he said. The cost to EB is being negotiated. In a licence agreement, either party may terminate the agreement under specified circumstances, Geraghty said.
"We are looking at surface parking for them on a long-term, temporary basis,'' he said. "They would agree to turn it back to us when we need it."
Two families that owned land in Parcel 4a were displaced when the city took the land by eminent domain. Susette Kelo, one of the property owners, was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that argued that it was unconstitutional to take private property for future economic development. The appeals went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in a 5-4 decision in 2005 in favor of the city and against the property owners.
According to the Fort Trumbull Municipal Development Plan, Parcel 4a is earmarked for parking and other uses.
EB has needed more parking than what is available in its parking garage on Pequot Avenue ever since moving into the former Pfizer Global Research and Development Headquarters in 2010. Electric Boat has brought about 2,750 workers into the city, hundreds more than the number of people who worked at Pfizer.
The school buses, which were moved from Fort Trumbull, in part because the Stillmans didn't like how they looked, are back on city-owned land on Walbach Street.
The 37 diesel buses were returned to the fort after spending several months on Crystal Avenue near the public works fuel-filling station under the Gold Star Bridge.
Daugherty, the development and planning director, said the Crystal Avenue location did not work because the buses were too close to residential areas.
"After a few months under the bridge, we discovered it was not an ideal location,'' Daugherty said. "It was really oppressive there and tough on the neighbors."
Earlier in the year, the city agreed to relocate the buses at the request of the Stillmans. At the time, Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said Irwin Stillman did not like the way the buses looked so close to his proposed development.
The school district had proposed other locations throughout the city, including spots at Ocean Beach Park, in a vacant lot adjacent to State Street Pier and on land on Cedar Grove Avenue that was being used for portable classrooms for Nathan Hale Elementary School. The Board of Education eventually agreed to the Crystal Avenue location.
Superintendent of Schools Nicholas A. Fischer said Monday that the district "will be glad to work with the city in trying to find a solution that doesn't have a negative impact on the schools."


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In today's Baltimore Sun, Mark Greenbaum and David O'Leary argue that the Nationals poor record in the team's short history is not due to the fact that Major League Baseball decimated the Expos organization and talent pool, but because Nationals Park is haunted by the ghost of John Wilkes Booth.
Yes, it seems the the Nationals' shiny new ball park happens to be on the site where Abraham Lincoln's assassins were tried, hung, and buried.
Of course, the Nationals' weak on-field performance dates not to the opening of Nationals Park, but to the introduction of the presidents race in 2006, leading others to have speculated about the curse of Teddy Roosevelt.
Interestingly, if any performance-related trend can be tied to the opening of Nationals Park, it's the unlikely dominance of Abraham Lincoln in the team's 4th-inning presidents race.
Back at RFK stadium, the first presidents race season titles went to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
But since moving to Nationals Park, Abe Lincoln has simply dominated, winning the crown going away in 2008 and 2009. This year, after losing his lead briefly to George, Abe went on a late season tear and with just ten home games remaining is positioned to take his third title in a row.
It's been well established that Abe gets away with cheating, but perhaps it's not Abe at all, and rather a higher power allowing the Great Emancipator to get away with murder…


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Have you checked out my friend Linda's blog, Tender Crumb? She's well on her way to being a superstar pastry chef! Everything she makes is yummy and pretty. And, as I learned after a trip with JustJenn, two food bloggers should not shop at Surfas together...it is simply an exercise in enabling. Linda is a UCLA Bruin too (Sproul Hall rocks!) Awesomeness!
First, my digital thermometer didn't work (hum, digital thermometers need batteries...duly noted). Then, I tried to use a candy thermometer and "manual/non-digital" thermometer. But I couldn't get it up to 180. Sure, I got thickness. Dorie says the filling "will start to thicken and the whisk will leave tracks." Dude, I had more tracks than Sid & Nancy. But I only had 145-150 degrees.
As I was trying to hold the metal pan over a double boiler with a potholder as well as the thermometer with the left hand, and whisk with my right hand, the pan kept moving around...letting out some of the steam. I was getting such a facial. Who knew the spa qualities of this dessert?!
Finally, after 12 minutes, I had a thick cream that tasted good and gave up on the temperature. It was cooked and wouldn't kill anyone, I decided! :)
Be sure to check out the other Tuesdays with Dorie bakers!
Dorie's book, page 337, Baking: From My Home to Yours.
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December deciding factor for upcoming spring turkey season
By MARK SPENCLEY
CHEBOYGAN — Turkey season is still a long way off, but the month of December is crucial in determining hunters' spring success.
The application period for spring wild turkey season starts on Jan. 1, meaning there are only a few weeks left to narrow down the unit and season that will provide the best odds.
The process of selecting a unit and a season involves plenty of research.
Early season usually produces very good odds, but weather can be a risk.
When foul weather hits, specifically cold, turkey breeding behavior comes to halt, according to Al Stewart, Department of Natural Resources upland game bird specialist.
"It's like turning a cold shower on," he said.
This year, the variables will be the same as they are every other year.
There will be three turkey hunting seasons this spring. The first two will last one week each, while the third season runs for nearly a month. With less than a month remaining before applications can be submitted, this is the time for hunters to decide which gives them better odds, more time or better timing.
The early seasons usually provide the plenty of action as turkey breeding peaks.
They also offer the chance to hunt unpressured birds. The only downfall is the small hunting window.
According to Stewart, peak breeding usually occurs sometime during the first two turkey seasons, but it varies from year to year depending on conditions and other factors.
"It can fluctuate a little bit, but it's generally during those last two weeks of April, that's not to say breeding doesn't occur in May. It does, but peak breeding is usually in the last two weeks of April," he said.
Each of the seasons only offers one weekend, which will make things tough for hunters who don't have vacation time to devote to chasing turkeys.
The 2013 spring turkey season will be long winded, running from April 22–May 31, depending on the hunt and unit. This allows for a great variation in activity from the beginning of the season to the end. Hunting strategy often hinges on the specific point in the breeding phase the turkeys are in.
"The current hunting regulations are established to maximize hunting opportunity while maintaining high quality hunting experiences. We are able to expand hunting opportunities based on the success of Michigan's wild turkey restoration program," said Stewart.
Because of the lengthy season, hunters can tailor their hunt by applying for specific dates that are most suitable.
Once hunters have decided on a season, they can file an application at any authorized license agent or at DNR Operation Service Centers throughout Michigan.
Hunters also can apply online using the E-License system at www.michigan.gov/dnr. Hunters may use MasterCard and VISA when applying or purchasing a license online at the DNR E-License system, available 24 hours a day during the application period.
Area wild turkey hunters will most likely apply for unit J or unit A. Unit J comprises all of Cheboygan, Emmet, Charlevoix, Antrim, and Otsego counties.
Unit A is made up of Presque Isle, Alpena, Montmorency counties and also includes the northern portions of Alcona and Oscoda counties.
Once hunters select their desired unit, they must then select a hunt. Though the DNR is yet to release specific hunt dates, there are usually two lottery hunts in unit J. The first hunt likely will run from April 22-28. The second should take place from April 29–May 5.
For those who would rather not take their chances on the lottery, there is hunt No. 234.
This includes all spring units and can be purchased over the counter any time after Jan. 1 and before the season opens on April 30.
Drawing results will first be posted online beginning March 1.


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This is your resource for exploring various topics in glass: delve deeper with this collection of articles, multimedia, and virtual books all about glass. Content is frequently added to the area, so check back for new items. If you have a topic you'd like to see covered, send us your suggestion. If you have a specific question, Ask a Glass Question at our Rakow Research Library.
Colorless Glasses in Antiquity Most glass objects of the second and first millennia B.C. were strongly colored, as are the precious stones they were meant to imitate. Those that were not intentionally colored usually had a pronounced greenish tint, owing to the presence of iron impurities
The earliest glass vessel decorated with enameling dates from about 1425 B.C.E. 1 It successfully combines one of humankind's oldest creative urges (the desire to draw on things) with one of the most advanced technologies of the ancient world (glassmaking). Today, essentially the same process
Since 1977, the collections of The Corning Museum of Glass have included a rather curious object. 1 It is a tall, footed, cylindrical bottle of colorless glass, in which float numerous small lampworked figures suspended from buoyant glass bubbles (Fig. 1). The top of the bottle is sealed, forming a
A great deal of attention has been directed toward understanding how Roman vasa diatreta were made. 1 Many of those who have handled the objects are convinced that they were made by deep cutting and undercutting heavy-walled blanks. Others have proposed explanations which require that the posts
Cup plates are an example of the specialized items in ceramics and glass with which Victorian ladies liked to clutter dinner and tea tables. Later in the century, these small plates were joined by a host of other "special" items: ice cream sets, berry sets, lemonade sets, and dishes for
Late in 1993, The Corning Museum of Glass received as a gift a brass lantern with a red glass globe [93.4.102] inscribed "ELMIRA WIDE AWAKES/ G.L.SMITH/CAPTAIN" (Fig. 1). This lantern had a mid-19th-century look, and I thought it might be an early product of the Corning Glass Works. I was
In 2004, The Corning Museum of Glass acquired an oval cast glass plaque with the portrait of King Louis XIV (Fig. 1) of France (r. 1643–1715). It is the second plaque of its kind in the museum, and one of eight examples that are known (3 in the catalog below). This plaque was not purchased so that
Glasses engraved with scenic views or important buildings are part of a Germanic tradition dating to the eighteenth century. Similar commemorative glasses are noted in England, e.g., the well-known Sunderland Bridge rummers, but they are less common in English glass. Germanic glasses with this type
This note describes and illustrates a mold-blown square bottle with an inscription on the base. 1 Description The bottle (Fig. 1) is 18.9 centimeters high and is made of transparent bluish green glass. The body was blown in a mold with four vertical sections and a separate baseplate. The object is
In 1977, the author discussed two groups of glasses engraved with American views, probably made in the United States but possibly abroad. 1 In the last two years, several more glasses in each of these groups have been discovered, along with some new information which is here presented. Five
In 1972, Gladys Davidson Weinberg published a study of 24 vessels and fragments of a type of first-century A.D. mold-blown glass known as a mythological beaker. 1 While subsequent publications have included individual beakers and fragments, they have not been surveyed again as a group, 2 and they
Presented here is a report of the excavation of the Glastenbury Glass Factory Company site in conjunction with the documentary evidence on the production and operations of this factory. This excavation, prompted by the imminent eradication of the site by the relocation of Connecticut Route 2 the
Clementon, New Jersey circa 1800-1825 The Gloucester Glass Works was apparently established about 1800 and from that date until about 1820 made a variety of bottles typical of the period. 1 From then until about 1825, the works seem to have been used for the production of window glass. On December
The subject of this note is a fragment of cameo glass [59.1.509] (Figs. 1 and 2), now in The Corning Museum of Glass, that was formerly in the collection of Ray Winfield Smith. 1 It was shown in the 1957 exhibition Glass from the Ancient World as part of a group of early Islamic cameo glass, which
Introduction Chemical analyses and laboratory studies of glasses from the ancient and medieval worlds have provided a great deal of useful information for archaeologists, curators, and historians, 1 but until now, few such studies have been carried out on glasses from more recent periods. One
One of the remarkable periodicals in the Chambon collection, which was acquired by The Corning Museum of Glass in 1983, is entitled La Revanche des verriers: Organe officiel des travailleurs du verre en Belgique. 1 This publication was brought to the attention of the Museum's librarians by two
The "Vase des Saisons" is the name given by Jean de Foville to a cameo glass bottle in the Cabinet des Medailles et Antiques of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. (Figs. A, B, C "Alabastron en verre camée" (Camée.623)). The object may be described as follows: H. (as restored) 16
During the past few years, there has been a vigorous renewal of interest in the study of ancient Chinese glass. This has been prompted largely by recent archaeological finds and by the availability of new scientific laboratory techniques for studying glass objects. Research in the past decade by
Beginning in the 13th century, the philosophies, scientific discoveries, and artistic achievements of East Asia gradually became known in Europe. The Chinese began large-scale international trade during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), exchanging goods with Western merchant travelers. 1 The
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Frank Schaefer lost his job but not his voice.
Defrocked by the United Methodist Church six months ago for officiating his son's same-sex wedding, Schaefer has gained a following among reformers who want the nation's second-largest Protestant denomination to loosen its policies on homosexuality.
He's told his story dozens of times to largely sympathetic audiences around the country: How his son came out to him as a teenager who had contemplated suicide. How he hid the 2007 wedding from his conservative Pennsylvania congregation, fearing it would sow division. How he finally decided — in the midst of his high-profile church trial last fall — to become an outspoken advocate for gay rights at a time when his denomination is bitterly divided over the issue.
After his trial and conviction, "I thought I had lost everything," recalled Schaefer, 52. "There was a moment of pain and depression and the next thing I knew, I was catapulted . I have more opportunities now than I ever did."
Except the right to call himself a Methodist minister.
"I would like to get my credentials back," said Schaefer, who will appear before a church panel in Baltimore this week to argue that his punishment was illegal under church law. "I'm hoping for a 're-frocking.'"
In little more than six months, Schaefer has become a public face of the movement to change church policy on homosexuals. The Methodist church accepts gay and lesbian members but rejects sex outside of heterosexual marriage as "incompatible with Christian teaching." Openly gay people may not serve as clergy, and ministers are forbidden from performing same-sex marriages.
The issue has roiled the Methodist church for more than 40 years, but the conflict between theological conservatives and liberals has intensified recently. Hundreds of Methodist ministers have publicly rejected church doctrine on homosexuality, while traditionalists say they have no right to break church law just because they disagree with it. Some conservative pastors are calling for a breakup of the denomination, which has 12 million members worldwide, saying the split over gay marriage is irreconcilable.
"The church is a little shell-shocked right now," Schaefer said.
Church officials put the German-born preacher on trial in southeastern Pennsylvania after one of his congregants in Lebanon filed a complaint against him, accusing him of ignoring his pastoral vows by presiding over his son's ceremony in Massachusetts.
Schaefer could have avoided the trial — and, after his conviction, kept his ordination — by promising he wouldn't perform another same-gender wedding. But he refused, declaring he would officiate more gay marriages if asked.
His stand galvanized gay rights activists within the church, and he's become a fixture on the lecture circuit. In between appearances, Schaefer wrote a book, "Defrocked," that will be released later this month by Chalice Press. A documentary film crew has been following him around and a Philadelphia theater company is developing a play about him.
But Schaefer still considers himself a country preacher, and he wants another congregation to call his own. He will argue before a nine-member Committee on Appeals on Friday that his defrocking was improper because it was based on the assumption that he would break church law in the future.
"His return from suspension cannot be conditioned on his good behavior," said his clergy counsel, the Rev. Scott Campbell. "You cannot penalize people for what they might do. The penalty needs to be related to what he has done."
A decision by the appeals panel is expected as early as Saturday. Campbell said it's likely the losing side will appeal to the Judicial Counsel, the denomination's highest court. At least three other Methodist pastors have been tried for performing same-sex marriages, but none of their cases made it to the high court.
Even if the Judicial Counsel weighs in, though, the Schaefer case is unlikely to have broader implications for a denomination so intractably divided, said the Rev. Rob Renfroe, president of a theologically conservative Methodist movement called Good News.
"We are in complete chaos right now, and having the Judicial Counsel rule appropriately will not change the chaos," he said. "It's not going to stop progressives from breaking the Book of Discipline, and it's not going to lure traditionalists into any false sense that this is taken care of."
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Elizabeth St. James recalls a Rosh Hashanah tradition worth adapting in Simplify Your Christmas: 100 Ways to Reduce the Stress and Recapture the Joy of the Holidays (Andrews McMeel, 1998):
"Many years ago in parts of Europe there was a custom at Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which could expand our present-day ideas about giving.
"A village elder went from house to house with a bag full of coins. Those who could afford to contribute put coins in the bag; those who were poor and needed help took coins out of the bag. No distinction was made between those who put in and those who took out. This practice insured that no one in the community suffered, and it was done in a manner that maintained the dignity of all.
"What a beautifully simple idea. Give to those in need. Take only when you're in need."
St. James suggests adapting this tradition by donating blood, arranging to have fresh fruits or vegetables delivered to someone every month for a year, or giving a gift certificate for car repair, home maintenance, or another service a financially strapped family might not be able to afford. She offers more ideas like these in Simplify Your Christmas.
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Health Exchanges Slow To Attract Young, Healthy
LOS ANGELES — Fears that insurance exchanges that are the linchpin of President Barack Obama's federal health care overhaul wouldn't attract the young, healthy people needed to make them financially viable are being heightened by the early results of signups in several states.
If it becomes a trend, that could lead to increases in insurance premiums and deductibles next year. Along with the paltry enrollment numbers released this week, officials in a handful of states said those who had managed to sign up were generally older people with medical problems — those with the greatest incentives to get coverage.
It's unclear whether that will persist. Young, healthy people may be more inclined to procrastinate, especially given doubts about the law's technically flawed online signup system. They have until Dec. 15 to sign up if they want to be covered on Jan. 1.
Insurers have warned that they need a wide range of people signing up for coverage because premiums paid by adults in the younger and healthier group, between 18 and 35, are needed to offset the cost of carrying older and sicker customers who typically generate far more in medical bills than they contribute in premiums.
The first set of enrollment data revealed that 106,000 people signed up for coverage nationwide, far short of the 500,000 initial sign-ups the Obama administration had expected. In states where officials discussed more detailed information, it also became apparent that the people who flocked to the exchanges after they opened Oct. 1 were those who were desperate for coverage.
In California, the state with the largest uninsured population, most of those who applied were older people with health problems. In Kentucky, nearly 3 of 4 enrollees were over 35. In Washington state, about 23 percent of enrollees were between 18 and 34. And in Ohio, groups helping with enrollment described many of those coming to them as older residents who lost their jobs and health coverage during the recession.
"They have been putting off treatment for a long time, just praying they live until they turn 65 and qualify for Medicare," said Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Foodbanks, which received federal grant money to help people establish coverage.
That people with serious health conditions would be the first to take advantage of the Affordable Care Act was expected. But that direction must shift.
In general, someone in his 60s uses $6 in health care services for every $1 tallied by someone in his 20s, said Nicole Kasabian Evans of the California Association of Health Plans. That makes younger adults a coveted group on industry balance sheets.
If those signing up trend to the elderly and sickly "your insurance is going to cost more and that will discourage those younger people from coming in," warned Lisa Folberg, a vice president with the California Medical Association. Faced with steep prices, younger people could opt to pay a government fine rather than purchase coverage.
The potential for rising monthly premiums and higher policy deductibles is just one deterrent to convincing young people to sign up for coverage on the exchanges. The technological problems that have plagued the federal exchange, which is running in 36 states, and many state-run online marketplaces are slowing enrollment. And scattered reports of data breaches have the potential to scare off even more people.
Efforts to attract adults younger than 35, often referred to as "young invincibles," include multimillion dollar advertising campaigns, which have launched in several states.
In California, Peter Lee, director of the state-run health exchange, said his state's outreach effort taps social media, radio and TV ads, and events at churches, community centers and other venues. To emphasize the point, Covered California included a 27-year-old man who had signed up for coverage during its news conference this week. The focus aims to counter the current trend in the state. Lee described October enrollees in California as "older people or people who have health conditions."
"These are people that have been waiting a long time to get covered," he said.
In Colorado, an aggressive campaign from allies of the state-run exchange includes provocative ads. One targeting women combines the promise of free birth control pills with the notion of casual sex. Another ad shows women with a contraption made of alcohol shot glasses glued to an old snow ski. "Saving money on flu shots leaves us more money for fun shots," the ad reads. The day the health exchange launched, male and female models wearing nothing but underwear and "Get Covered" signs passed out fliers on a downtown Denver street.
It's not clear whether the campaign is working. Colorado's exchange has yet to release a demographic breakdown of the 3,700 people who selected an individual policy last month.
"We are making an extra push to reach young adults, and we do expect they're going to take a lot of encouraging because they tend to wait until the last minute," said Myung Kim, spokeswoman for Colorado's exchange.
If such efforts fail and insurance companies end up with too many sick or expensive customers, they might need to increase premiums or eventually leave markets to avoid taking heavy financial losses.
"It's going to be very messy for the next couple of years, until we figure out who is buying insurance," said Glenn Melnick, director of the Center for Health Financing, Policy and Management at the University of Southern California. "There are a lot of pieces of this that are just black boxes right now."
Aetna Chairman and chief executive Mark Bertolini said last month that it was "incredibly important" to get the exchange websites running properly because "the younger, healthier people aren't going to give them more than one shot."
Associated Press writers Roger Alford in Frankfort, Ky., Donna Gordon Blankinship in Seattle, Carla K. Johnson in Chicago, Tom Murphy in Indianapolis, Ann Sanner in Columbus, Ohio, Juliet Williams in Sacramento, Calif., and Kristen Wyatt in Denver contributed to this report.


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The new, UMD-less PSP Go is an absolute dream for Sony. Since it lacks a way to play games purchased at retail, Sony gets to set the prices for every piece of content bought on the system. Who cares if the store down the street has a game for $10 cheaper? You can only get your games from one place; competition with discounting and used games is gone. Sony will now be selling you every game that goes into the Go's 16GB of storage, and without the ability to buy or sell used games, Sony now owns every single piece of the market with this system. And without an easy way to switch the battery for hacking purposes, piracy won't be as easy.
Like we said, the PSP Go is great for Sony. For the rest of us, retailers included, not so much.
We bought our system at retail, and there was no line, no risk of a sellout, and no signage or posters in the store hyping the system. It was the most mellow system launch you'll find in this business. The unboxing was impressive, and it's easy to be impressed with how sexy and sleek the PSP Go looks. But now that we've had a day or so to play with it, it's clear that Sony's new portable is nothing but raw deal after raw deal. The complaints are numerous, the slights against consumers are many, and the hardware is flawed. On top of these issues is a price point that's so high it seems like a sick joke in the current economy. The PSP is a great system and a strong platform. The PSP Go is a terrible, terrible deal for everyone but Sony.
The Go's screen is smaller: 3.8" instead of the 4.3" of the older PSP models. The resolution remains the same, however, at 480x272. The action when you slide the screen up to reveal the controls is smooth, and that screen is a dream to play games on. There is no argument to be found about aesthetics; on the surface this is one of the best-looking pieces of consumer electronics out there.
You better have small hands
The PSP Go is surprisingly comfortable in your hands when you're simply holding it, but there's no getting away from the fact the analog nub is very, very close to the face buttons. When the screen is slid up to reveal the controls, it also rests directly in front of the shoulder buttons, which means you can't really rest your fingers there. It's like fighting over the armrest on a plane.
The PSP 3000 allows you to hold the device securely by the sides, but while the PSP Go may look good, the longer you play the more you realize that it's perched somewhat precariously in your hand. I'm not a big guy, but I found the controls less comfortable than the normal PSP setup. If you're a big guy with big hands, I strongly suggest you hold one for a gaming session or two before you buy. The analog nub itself is frightfully small; I felt like my thumb was continually going to slide right off.
Here's a challenge: find a promo shot that shows someone actually playing a game with the analog nub. There's a reason the images all look like the one I included here; things are way too cramped on the system's face.
A cumbersome process
For a product that is tethered to digital downloads, the process of getting to the content is oddly annoying. There is still no background downloading, which means that once you begin to download a game, you can't do anything else until it is finished. While your mileage may vary, I've often found that downloading files from Sony on both the PSP and PS3 can be a slow affair; a 1GB file can sometimes take an hour or more to pull down. For instant gratification junkies, that's no fun... especially when you can't play another game to pass the time.
Even worse, if you lose your signal or get disconnected, your progress is not saved. It took me a few tries to download the entirety of Gran Turismo on the PSP— for some reason, the hardware lost the connection to my wireless router, and each time I had to begin from scratch. That's incredibly annoying, especially when the wireless technology inside the system is somewhat stale.
For some reason, Sony went with the positively ancient 802.11b, which is the same as previous models. For $250, that couldn't have been bumped up to 802.11g? Or even -n? The entire point of the PSP Go hinges on the wireless, digital aspect of the hardware, so why is that hardware so outdated? Why is downloading a game made to be as annoying as possible?


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Millya of Pandaria
We've been in Pandaria for three weeks now! Time sure flies when you have 50 dailies to do every night, doesn't it? Sorry, I'm being a bit tongue in cheek, I'd better begin at the beginning.
I love Pandaria. I really do. In fact, I probably owe a big ole public apology to Rades because I made such a stink about pandas and now I am eating crow. (Although actually, it's crow/birds of prey that are eating me – have you ever gone AFK anywhere in Valley of the Four Winds?) I think that so many things are right with Pandaria. Perhaps I wasn't captivated exactly from the first moment:
But after I gave up on the idea of leveling Millya right away, I really got lost in the landscape. You see, two of my guildies, Fsob and Supplicium, were aiming to be server first Mage and Warlock, respectively (as well as server first level 90s, period). There is a trinket for alchemists with a 4000 int proc or something similar that Fsob could only get by turning in three Golden Lotus. So I'd promised to help him get them using my herbalist druid. I ended up logging her in and just jumping off the airship into Pandaria and herbing and mining my way all through the Jade Forest. I was on Mumble with other guildies and friends who were leveling so it was far from lonely. I admit that I started to lose steam long before I'd actually found any Lotus for Fsob but I wanted to help however I could so I pressed on. He did pay for me for the lotus too, so it's not entirely altruistic. It took about four hours to get my herbalism up to the right spot and find the lotus. I was looking mistakenly in the wrong place, assuming lotus would be more plentiful in the later zones. It was Walks who pointed out that he'd seen them mostly in the starting zone, which makes total sense. Because GL are a rare spawn on a random herb node, they would be most plentiful in a place where the herb turnover was high. In Jade Forest, lots of people were picking herbs but very few had the skill to pick the lotus itself. When I doubled back and started combing the Jade Forest for them, I found Fsob's three within about an hour. Success!
Fsob and Supplicium achieved their server first goals as well, so congratulations to them! I think they had a fair lead on everyone so the lotus was probably extraneous but as Fsob put it, "I like to be sure about things," which is a good trait to have. Every little bit helps! So that was my first night in Pandaria, and I actually love that my first experience was mostly as an explorer and gatherer. Running through the forest, jumping off cliffs and dodging angry orcs and shadowmelding and using travel form to escape gave me a real sense of immersing myself in the new continent. That sense of danger and wonder only deepened as I ventured into Valley of the Four Winds. I kept exclaiming aloud – giant carrots! Giant turnips! A MOB OF ANGRY BUNNIES COMING STRAIGHT FOR ME RUN AWAYYY!
Pandaria was perfectly and cleverly designed to be seen from the ground. The scope feels epic and vast, there are so many hidden things and little nooks and crannies, corners and waterfalls. It is luscious and beautiful. Once you hit 90 and can take to the air, it's just as perfect because it's not too big. You can easily fly most places in Pandaria in a few minutes without it feeling onerous. It even still maintains that sense of danger because of aforementioned birds and other hostiles. I recently went AFK in Vale of Eternal Blossoms and returned to my screen to find myself dead. I have no idea what happened, but it's definitely an environment that will punish you for inattention.
The Good
Pandaria is beautiful, and there really is so much to do. I've spent hours just relaxing and fishing, seeing the scenery, questing through it with Voss, tending to my farm and yes, doing dailies. I've also really enjoyed most of the instances so far. A few of them feel a little bland – whichever one has you dropping buckets of goo on advancing bugs, and the one where you fight a boss that blows you backwards with wind – these are encounter designs that probably sounded better on paper than they are in reality – but overall I enjoy them. My favourite is probably Shado-Pan Monastery, much to the chagrin of all healers everywhere because I understand it's toughest for them. I like the fights and the trash and the length of it.
What I've seen so far of the raids has been excellent as well. The first three bosses of Mogu'shan Vaults are all interesting with enough "different" stuff to keep your attention and no mechanics that are really annoying. I have a secret love of fights where I get to go to another "world" as it were, so Gara'jal might be my favourite so far. We're going back in tonight, so we'll see!
Farming deserves its own paragraph, I think. I can't express how much I love my farm. Not just because planting and harvesting useful things is fun and completely self-directed, but because it's a private space that is entirely mine. I'm not usually one to make a big fuss about player housing (although I've missed having my own "place" since my Ultima Online days). Honestly, I often get lost in my own world and forget about the people around me but occasionally you are jarred back to reality that other people can see you or are watching you. Someone who has you targeted in a public place, random whispers, or my guild mates making fun of how I fly – we're very much in a crowd. Sometimes I do things that are embarrassing. It varies from character to character – because of where I'd put my heroism button, inevitably on my shaman alt I hit heroism as I'm standing at the mailbox. I can only imagine how this looks to other people. Random /CROWD CHEERS and then a giant draenei standing and checking her mail. On my shadow priest banker I keep hitting dispersion as I go into the auction house, and it makes such an obnoxious sound. Hey guys, giant purple cloud come to do some auctioning, don't mind me! So anyway, my point is, your farm is a place where you can do really whatever you want. If I want to just stand there among my veggies for a few minutes chatting with guildies, I can do that, and there's nobody else around, period. That tiny solace and reprieve from a dangerous world is much welcome and I think it's a big part of why I personally love the farming. I'm sure the fact that my virtual veggies are much more successful than my real life ones ever were doesn't hurt, either!
The other thing I've enjoyed so far, and I think everyone should do at some point, is making a Pandaren character to play through the starting experience. It's head and shoulders above the starting experience for either Worgen or Goblin. It also gives some insight into the inherent conflict between the Horde and the Alliance and why we have such a hard time seeing eye to eye. If you haven't had time to make a Pandaren yet and you want a break from your "regular" stuff, I highly recommend it. I won't say more than that, although I'd love to talk about it with you once you've done it. I think it is a better setup for Mists as an expansion than the entry quests as a level 85 character, but I'd be interested to know what other people think.
Other things I love include the questing, the grummles, yak washing, air balloons, and fishing. At the start before I could actually fly, I got overexcited and jumped down into the reservoir between Jade Forest and Valley of the Four Winds to fish the Jade Lungfish pools, not realizing there was actually no way for me to get out of the reservoir again. I was doomed to swim in the reservoir forever like a Sim and die of exhaustion. (Well, I'm a mage so I just ported myself out, but it was still pretty funny).
Also the lore in Pandaria is amazing. I would probably pay Blizzard too much money to have similar "gather the story" quests for Burning Crusade or even Wrath. Run around finding scrolls that each contain a part of a story and then be treated to a little re-enactment narrated at the end? Yes please. I want to hear the story of the flight from Argus or other things from Draenor. In a way, it's a bit like the Muradin story you uncover as part of a questline in Northrend, only there are more stories and it's an actual faction. The little flying disc reward at the end is just icing on the cake for lore nerds.
Pet Battles are probably something that deserve their own post – the kind of thing I could easily waste days of time doing. I was surprised by the depth of something that was "just" a mini-game (I never played Pokemon, so I have no other frame of reference). I think it's a fun addition to the game and jokingly teased my guildies who weren't level 90 yet but getting pet battle achievements. "Hey, I thought you were leveling! BUSTED."
The Bad
This is where the nitpicky stuff goes. I'd say for me it's probably an 80/20 split. 80% I love Pandaria. If you'd asked me before I hit level 90 I would've had only good things to say. After the fact, I do have some complaints that have already been detailed by other folks. Here's my big one: putting Valor Point gear behind reputation vendors. I hate this idea, and I don't use that word lightly.
I can appreciate that they removed reputation tabards because they didn't want "double dipping" and reputation tabards didn't necessarily make much sense in the context of a game world. "Oh, you're killing me AND you like the Tillers? Fair enough." So that's fine. It essentially combined two activities into one so that you could just run dungeons and never interact with a faction you wished to impress. And historically, factions have had desirable items since the Burning Crusade. You could grind reputation with the Cenarion Expedition to get their mount, but they also had some epics and rare items to purchase at various levels, and this was also true in Wrath and then Cataclysm. This model is fine. But having to grind out all of these different reps just to spend VP points to get gear? I don't like it. It seems like a major throwback to a grindier, more time intensive time.
This complaint feeds into the next, one that I know is shared by many. Dailies. So many dailies. I started out, over zealously trying to do them all. I'd do Klaxxi, Golden Lotus, Tillers, Cloud Serpents, Anglesr, and the Lorewalkers. It got ridiculous. I started to have to dial it back, and so soon enough I was only doing Golden Lotus, Tillers, Cloud Serpents. Now I'm doing Golden Lotus and Tillers, and that's it. I want to open up Shado-Pan, I needed Golden Lotus for the tailoring epic recipes. Keep in mind, too, that I am someone who likes dailies. I always have. I have diligently done dailies in many quest hubs since I started playing this game, and even for me it's too much.
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind that the dailies exist. I look forward to diving into Anglers rep (har) and finishing my Cloud Serpent stuff. But that's the crux of things, there are so many "mandatory" (ie I need the gear behind them) reputations that it hasn't left me the time to spend on the fun reps I want to work on. Had the VP gear just been on normal vendors like before, with the slow rate of VP acquisition the gear would have still been "gated" plenty. It feels a little bit like they just wanted to force people into or extend the content that was there, and that bugs me because there's plenty of content and I would like to do it on my own time. I have yet to do more than one scenario. Challenge modes? They sound like a blast, but who has time? I'm in favour of gating SOME things. Like the way raids have been released – I like that. It's better to slow it down at the beginning than drag it wayyy out at the end (Dragon Soul, I'm looking at you). But that's the most frustrating thing about all these dailies. Was it really necessary? I'm inclined to think "no," although of course you may disagree.
Of course, you can always argue about what is or isn't necessary for individual people and their gaming wishes and expectations. So for some people 300 stat food is absolutely mandatory for their progression. For the average player, it's probably not the best use of your time. Some people must gain access to the VP gear from various reps as soon as possible, others might say "Forget this." I'd say we're somewhat middle of the pack. Personally, a number of us pooled resources to make sure we got Darkmoon Faire cards when the Faire arrived, but we didn't expect every single person in the guild to do so. I recognize that it basically comes down to this: you suffer what you choose to suffer, but when you want to maximize your performance, sometimes a little less sufferance might be nice.
For example, what's up with cooking? I love cooking. I like to put on my chef's hat and cook up some grub. Yesterday I was talking to Voss about this and I exclaimed suddenly, "I've made food in REAL LIFE that took less work than this!" I'm not even kidding. With the 300 stat food requiring x amount of vegetables, one fish, one meat, and one Ironpaw token, it's a little ludicrous. I could actually cook an honest to goodness stir fry in the time it takes to do a daily to get a token and vegetables and everything, and that's assuming I am just buying the vegetables instead of growing them on my farm. Granted, in real life I don't have to go kill a chicken to make my stir fry, but the point still stands. I feel like the mats involved in cooking this should make a stack of food, not just five. It pains me to have cooking, one of my favourite WoW pastimes, become arduous. I haven't become Master of the Ways yet (too busy selling vegetables) which also gives me a pang. Cooking/baking is somewhat integral to Millya's character, but I'm going to metagame it for the time being and put her wishes on hold.
The Ugly
My biggest complaint about Pandaria is really the time sink stuff. Right now, trying to do Golden Lotus or Tiller dailies is an exercise in patience. People will steal your vegetables out from under a mob that you are fighting, they will try to tag a mob you are almost standing on top of, and just generally all civility and decorum has gone out the window. Quest givers are covered by stupid flying mobs and it brings out the worst in folks that I don't much care for. The same has been true of some of the pugs I have seen since hitting 90 – just some really incredibly rude people. Two of my guildies have been kicked out of pugs for shenanigans that didn't even make sense – a tank aggros three of those Shado-Pan packs and when the group wipes, they kick the healer for being a "scrub"? Um, right. We were in a pug where the healer would've surely tried to kick our bear tank because he "wasn't geared for this/was wearing pvp gear." His ilevel was fine, his tanking was fine, and as far as I could tell the healer didn't have trouble healing him at all (despite being all in PvP gear himself, something I hear is hardly a cardinal sin these days). So some people are rude and impatient. Also, I don't know why they re-introduced the "extra benefit for one daily PER DAY" rule. It was great that you could do your weekly heroics on your own time, now we are back to a daily obligation if you want to cap your VP each week most efficiently each week.
Pandaria is beautiful and overall I love it. Honestly, even the bad is not SO bad because I know it has an ending. We'll reach a point where none of the gear from those vendors matters. We'll either have gotten what we need from finishing the reps or from raids or similar. Right now, I've just had to make some hard decisions about pursuing fun things or pursuing chores. Millya has more errands to run than I do.
"Okay, I have to reseed the farm, cook some fish cakes for the Cloud Serpents, fish up some Golden Minnows, kill some Mogu in the Vale, free some Pandaren spirits, stomp on some fires, kill some pixies, kill some spiders, kill a big spider, fish up some fish for supper…"
It's a good thing we are superheroes, because all of these chores won't do themselves! That's what I need – the next guild perk should be an assistant hired to take care of all these things! He/she can pick up my dry cleaning, too.


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The average Icelandic' men height is 5'111⁄2 (182.5) whereas the average Icelandic women height is 5'61⁄2. Moreover, a male height of 6'4 ( 195cm) is considered tall and a height of 5'9 is considered tall. On the other hand a height of Men 5'8 (173cm) and shorter are considered short whereas, women heighted 5'3 or shorter are considered short
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Average Height Of Men In The World
171 cm or 5'6 and a half, The average height of men in the world is about 171 cm or 5'6 and a half, though this isn't an exact figure due to obvious reasons but this does sum up the average height of men around the world to some extent
What Height Do Women Consider Tall?
6 feet and above, usually men who are 6 feet and above are considered tall. But 6 feet is often considered the borderline area between short and tall. But does this mean that all men under 6 feet are short, obviously not, as there is a good range of height in-between that is completely decent, like 5 ft 5 to 5 ft 11.
Another thing to rememberat this point is that the perception of short and tall can vary quite a bit depending on the geographical location that you are in, as there are some countries that have a short average height and then there are some where the average height is comparatively taller. But the statement we made above are relevant generally in most of the places of the world
What Height Is Generally Considered Short For A Guy?
5'3 or shorter, this is the height that is considered to be short for a man considering all of the averages in the holistic averages of the world. The average height of men in the world is about 171 cm or 5'6 and a half. And for women it is 158 cm or 5′3 for women. So to sum it up if you are a man of height of 5'3 of shorter, you are mostly considered a short male and if you are a female equal to or shorter than 5 feet you are considered short.
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Average Height Of Women In The World
5 Feet 3 inches, the average height of the women all around the world is 5 feet 3 inches. So keep that in mind whenever you're thinking of height when it comes to women
What Height Is Considered Tall For A Woman?
5 feet 8 and above is the height that is conventionally considered quite tall for women. Again, this doesn't mean that the height below that are short as heights between 5ft 3 to 5'8 are also considered decent heights for women. And seeing that 5'11 falls above this category by quite a bit there is no doubt that you without a doubt fall under the definition of "tall"
What Is The Ideal Height For Women?
Between 5'3 and 5'7, though there have been quite a few studies done without much consistency, none of them are truly conclusive and things become subjective depending on the opinions of the group. But most of the surveys result in the above-described height for women being ideal, at least in the eyes of most men, and you fall barely under this category. Moreover, there are hundreds of models of this height, and this is a height that is often praised
A Recent Study
A recent study has found that shorter men are less likely to get divorced and more likely to engage themselves in the conventional "set-up" of a man like bringing things from the grocery and other related stuff. Though this study isn't conclusive it also goes on to say that mostly short men find something to stand out in the crowd that makes them unique, something other then just their height and that often adds more to their personality which is one of the reasons sometimes women who themselves prefer taller men end up falling for short men. As it is sometimes more about the personality than about the height.
Some Things You Can Do To Look Taller
- Stick to a Monochrome Palette: This basically means that don't wear clothes with different colours but rather wear clothes of the same shade. This helps streamline the overall look. As wearing different color segments your body into parts and puts the inconsistencies on notice. Moreover, it is suggested that you wear the darker shade on the lower half of your body and the lighter shade on the upper, or the same color also goes if its one-piece
- Avoiding Low Waisted And Baggy Trousers: The optimal point to wear your trousers is at your natural waistline as this would maximise your leg line and put their length subconsciously on focus. And as you might know that longer legs in themselves prompt the perception of looking taller. Another thing that you can do is using a slimmer cut trouser with a smaller trouser rise as this would also put make your legs look long
- Wearing Fit Clothes: Well, many of the points that we have already mentioned pertain to this tip and that wearing fit clothes not only makes you look smart but also makes the overall length of your body stand out. That was exactly the reason that we said that having a tailor can be helpful as he/she would be making clothes customized to your size and shape
- Keeping The Leg Of Pants At Your Ankles: This basically means that you shouldn't have saggy legs of your pants as they will make your lower body look smaller and rather have them a bit cuffed near the end of the pants, and if they aren't already cuffed you can also cuff them yourself
- Slim Sleeves: Slim Sleeve can make your arms look distinct and make your overall frame look a bit tall. So, you can try a suit that is tighter right around the sleeves to pull this off correctly
- Shorter Jackets: Wearing short jackets pulls off an impression of your torso being shorter than your legs and your legs ultimately being long which gives off an impression of increased height. So you can try using jackets that fall above your hipbone. So for instance, if you are looking into wearing a sports outwear, look for one that has a smaller jacket
- Matching Your Socks And Pants: This can especially be helfpu if you are wearing socks that are visible, but the contrast shouldn't be that sharp, its better if they are the different shades of the same colour. This will stretch out your body and make you look taller, So using blue socks for a blue suit is preferable
Hopefully, this article was helpful in answering some of your height-related questions. Lastly, if you want an answer to whether beards make you look tall or not, we have a great article written on that too, here is a link if you want to give it a look "Do Beards Make You Look Taller?" .And if you want to go through some of the benefits of being small, thestar has a great article written on this, do give it a look if you're interested "10 advantages of being short"


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Maciej Banach
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Prof. Maciej Banach was an Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland (2010–2012). He is a President of Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital – Research Institute (February 2014-), full Professor of Cardiology at the Medical University of Lodz, Head of Foreign Affairs Office (2012–2014), Head of Department of Hypertension (2008-) at the Medical University of Lodz and Professor in the Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Family Medicine, Chair of Nephrology and Hypertension, at the WAM University Hospital in Lodz, Poland (2009-). He is member of the Executive Committee of European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) working as an Advisor in Matters related to European Union Relations/Contacts. He is a Founder and Head of the Polish Lipid Association (PoLA) (2011-) – the official partner of National Lipid Association (NLA, US) and Lodz Chapter of Polish Society of Hypertension (2009-). He is the founder of the Lipid and Blood Pressure Meta-analysis Collaboration (LBPMC) Group (2012) – a group of worldwide experts aimed to investigate the most important issues in the field of lipid disorders and hypertension. He is a Visiting Professor of University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes in Timisoara, Romania (2014-).
Research Interest
Cardilogy, rehypertension, new biomarkers, optimal level of BP – J-curve phenomenon, pharmacotherapy/combined therapy, prevention, complications), lipid disorders (risk stratification, new biomarkers, diagnosis, rare diseases), dyslipidemia therapy (statins, new drugs combined treatment) and new drugs in CVD therapy.


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Marilyns are mountains or hills with 150 meters or more of prominence located in Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man. The name comes from a play on words, based on the first name of a famous American actress and the well-known "Munro" peak list of Scotland. This list excludes the Marilyns in Ireland and only includes those in England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man.
Peakbagging as we know it was invented in Britain, and there is a very long and rich long tradition of compiling hill lists.. The goal of this web site is to show a representative subset of some of the better-known lists from UK and Ireland in a global context, and not to be an exhaustive resource. There are countless other online destinations for information and ascent tracking in the British hills.
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Delaware took steps forward to reduce tobacco use in some areas, but fell short in adequately funding programs to protect children and curb tobacco-related disease in 2012 according to the American Lung Association's "State of Tobacco Control 2013" report released today.
The Lung Association's "State of Tobacco Control" report tracks progress on key tobacco control policies at the federal and state level, assigning grades based on whether laws are adequately protecting citizens from the enormous toll tobacco use takes on lives and the economy.
The 11th annual report shows how money is often at the root of the leading cause of preventable death, as state and federal policymakers are failing to battle a deep-pocketed, ever-evolving tobacco industry.
The National Institute on Money in State Politics released a report today in conjunction with "State of Tobacco Control 2013" called "Big Tobacco Wins Tax Battles," revealing preliminary data that tobacco manufacturers and retailers gave $53.4 million to state candidates for office, political parties and to oppose tobacco-related ballot measures during the 2011-2012 election cycle. This figure includes spending over $46 million to defeat California's initiative to increase the cigarette tax by $1.00 per pack. Tobacco manufacturers and retailers gave significant amounts of money to candidates in the following states: California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana and Missouri.
Although Delaware receives $152 million in tobacco-related revenue annually, it spends only 70.8 percent of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends to fund tobacco prevention and quit smoking programs. Nationally, the failure of states to invest in policies and programs to reduce tobacco use has resulted in 3 million new youth and young adult smokers in the United States, according to the U.S. Surgeon General.
Delaware received the following grades for 2012.
• B in Funding for Tobacco Prevention and Control Programs
• A in Smokefree Air
• C in Cigarette Tax
• D in Cessation Coverage
While Delaware does a better job than most states, it still is neglecting to both properly invest its annual tobacco settlement funds and to increase tobacco taxes. These two steps would enable the state to implement proven tactics that save lives and reduce tobacco-related disease.
"Delaware must make it a priority to pass policies that keep kids off tobacco and help smokers quit," said Deb Brown, president and CEO of the American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic. "That starts with legislation which would make the tax on tobacco products other than cigarettes, such as moist snuff, cigars, blunts and roll-your-own tobacco, equivalent to the cigarette tax. This would discourage smokers from using these products instead of quitting."
Tobacco causes an estimated 1,196 deaths in Delaware annually and costs the state's economy $678 million in healthcare costs and lost productivity, a tremendous burden that the state can ill afford. Each year, 443,000 people die in the U.S. from tobacco-related illnesses and secondhand smoke exposure.
Yet, amidst an overall lackluster year for nationwide tobacco control, Delaware stood out by celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Clean Indoor Air Act and receiving another "A" in smokefree air.
In 2013, as Delaware approaches decisions regarding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the American Lung Association will advocate for programs and services that provide patient access to treatment and services for lung-related health conditions, many of which are caused by tobacco use.
Tobacco companies continue to introduce and promote new products, such as candy-flavored cigars and dissolvable tobacco products. Youth, people who are low income, Hispanics and LGBT who smoke cigars are more likely to smoke flavored cigars, according to a recent study in Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Meanwhile, the sales and popularity of these tobacco products have surged in large part due to their cheaper price. Each day, roughly 3,000 youth smoke a cigar for the first time. The American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic calls on Delaware to raise taxes on tobacco products other than cigarettes to achieve tax parity. Currently, there is $1.60 taxed per pack of 20 cigarettes.
"Opportunities abound in the year ahead," continued Brown. "While no state earned an A or B on its report card for cessation, the Affordable Care Act creates new pathways to help smokers quit. That is why Delaware must include a cessation benefit in its Essential Health Benefit and Medicaid expansion plans."
"Money is not a barrier to combatting tobacco-caused disease," said Brown. "It is greed and lack of political will that continues to bind us to Big Tobacco. Our state elected officials have an opportunity to change course in 2013, and make big strides in the fight to end tobacco-caused death and disease."


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Breaking Bread: Coming spring sprouts tales of presidents, dad's wisdom
My personal calendar — which marks winter as January, February and March — tells me that the dreaded season of dark and cold is officially halfway over today.
Hooray! (Sorry, winter-sports enthusiasts.)
To celebrate the midway point, I have started spring cleaning early, beginning with my email inbox:
The Andersons
I've been hearing from folks who are sad about the coming closing of the Andersons stores (including two in central Ohio) and would like the recipes for some of the prepared foods the stores sell.
I learned from Debra A. Crow, senior manager of corporate communications, that the company won't release the recipes. (I even offered to feature them in a story.)
"Unfortunately, these recipes are proprietary, and we will not be making them public," Crow said in an email.
She did not respond to a follow-up email asking why the company wouldn't share the recipes (in my opinion, the best way to ensure a legacy for the Andersons' foods) or whether the stores were planning a cookbook with the formulas.
My advice: Buy and eat your favorites now because they will be gone in a few months.
Holiday reading
Monday is Presidents Day. A number of cookbooks have been written by former White House chefs that make for interesting holiday-weekend reading and good eating, too.
— "White House Chef," by Walter Scheib and Andrew Friedman (Wiley, 2007)
— "All the Presidents' Pastries" (Flammarion, 2007), "Dessert University" (Simon & Schuster, 2004) or any other book by former White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier.
— You'll have to hit the library or search online for a vintage copy of "The White House Chef's Cookbook" (Doubleday, 1967), by Rene Verdon, the French chef hired at the White House by then-first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
— For those who want to go really far back, there is the original: "The White House Cookbook," published in 1887 by Hugo Ziemann, who served as White House steward, and F.L. Gillette. (A revised version was released in 1996 and might be easier to find.)
All of the books include tales of the first families, state dinners and kitchen intrigue at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Sharing some lore
Finally, I leave you with some words of wisdom from my dad, my favorite storyteller.
During a recent visit, Dad shared with me a Middle Eastern proverb passed on to him by his uncle, a Lebanese immigrant:
There once was a king who asked his servant to prepare for him the sweetest of all dishes.
The servant prepared tongue.
When the king asked why, the servant explained that the tongue, when it was used appropriately, was the sweetest of all.
A few days later, the king asked his servant to prepare for him the saltiest of all dishes.
The servant again prepared and served tongue.
When the king asked why, the servant explained that the tongue, depending on how it was used, could be the saltiest of all.
Just a little food for thought.
— Lisa Abraham writes about food for The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch. Email her at email@example.com or follow her on Twitter at @DispatchKitchen.