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As I meet more moms with toddlers I'm shocked when I hear how kids of the exact same age (2 1/2) are speaking, compared to my son's abilities. It isn't the first time I've wondered about this, but I wasn't around very many kids of his age before. He's very smart, social, and curious. I'm not sure what to do at this point. I'm scared of making a big deal out of nothing, but I also don't want to be negligent. His next well child checkup is not until February. If I should mention it to his doctor, I don't know if I should wait for his appt or make a special appt just for this. Are there any good online quizzes or checklists that will help me decide if there is a problem? I've also wondered if being in a day care setting for a few hours a day would help. He seems to like copying what other kids and adults say. I don't know what info about his speech would be helpful to give, but for example if anyone asks his name, he never answers. He doesn't really use sentences. There's a couple, but I think he just has that certain string of words memorized. Sometimes when he's doing something I'll have to ask him something several times before he answers me. If he wants something, he'll usually just use one word, sometimes two. But other than that he's really social (say's "hi" "bye" "thankyou") at the right times. Super friendly. Has really enjoyed learning all of the shapes, colors, most of the alphabet, names of animals, everyone's name in our extended family/friends, can almost count to 20, can operate a smart phone better than I can....etc. ;) I'd love to hear your thoughts and advice. Thanks!

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One of the most valuable tools for oil and gas companies that want to make sure they are meeting the new SEMS requirements is now available for review. I am talking about the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (BSEE) Potential Incident of Noncompliance List for SEMS. In the industry, that is known as the PINC list and the agency issues PINC lists to help its field units interpret and enforce regulations. As a result it is an inside look at what the BSEE enforcers are looking for when they visit an offshore facility or an oil and gas company office. The industry has been waiting with bated breath for the SEMS PINC list because it clarifies what the agency will focus on when enforcing SEMS. At the very least, it helps lease-holders fine-tune their SEMS plans. This particular PINC list is extensive – more than 20 pages long. The list goes through each of the 13 elements of SEMS and highlights the specific parts that BSEE personnel should ask to see. To no one’s surprise, the PINC list focuses on documenting and verifying procedures. For example, under the section covering contractor safety, the list says personnel should: Verify that when selecting contractors, operators should obtain and evaluate information regarding a contractor’s safety and environmental management policies, practices, and past performance along with their procedures for selecting sub-contractors. In other words, the agency is saying to operators, “Show us the process you use to decide if a contractor is safe.” Other parts require the operators to share their SEMS expectations with contractors and that the two sides agree on the safety approach to be used on the facility. As if anyone needed reminding, the PINC list shows how much is riding on SEMS compliance. Incidents of Noncompliance carry a potential fine of $35,000 per day. The list also helps clarify when an infraction could result in a shutdown of the facility. For most items on the list, failure to comply results in a warning INC. However, failure to have a SEMS plan or allowing an unsafe condition to exist that could threaten the facility and everyone on board could result in an order to shut down the entire facility until the problem is fixed. In cases where a particular piece of equipment presents a hazard or personnel working on that equipment are not properly trained, that problem could result in an order to shut down that specific piece of equipment.

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NEITHER fiscal cliff, nor sequester, nor any other Washington chicanery can derail an American recovery that looks like maybe hitting its stride. Not yet, at least. Despite fears that a first quarter full of uncertainty over fiscal showdowns, expiring tax cuts, and automatic spending increases would present serious headwinds to the American economy, private firms seem willing to keep hiring, and at an impressive pace by the standards of this expansion. According to new data from the Bureau of Labour Statistics, the economy added 236,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.7%. Firms have added more workers in only a handful of months since the recession ended in June of 2009. There is no questioning the strength of the report. Private firms actually added 246,000 workers, offset by a small decline in government payrolls. Hiring was broad-based. Construction employment rose by 48,000, helped along by a housing sector that is finally beginning to pull its weight. Yet manufacturing and service employment were also up. So was hiring in retail, which might have been expected to contract given the January expiration of the government's stimulative payroll-tax cut. Both hours worked and wages notched meaningful increases, hinting at the robustness of labour demand. In the household portion of the report, employment also showed an increase, helping to nudge the unemployment rate down to 7.7%. Overall employment has risen by about 2m in the past year and is up almost 6m from the trough reached in early 2010. Yet there are inevitably dark linings to the silver cloud. The biggest uncertainty concerns whether improvement will continue. The American economy has been here before, after all. Indeed, hiring early in 2012 was considerably stronger than it is now. Despite the relatively strong run of employment growth since November, year-on-year employment gains are well below the best performances of the recovery to date. For employment increases to continue, economic growth must pick up. In the past half year, GDP growth has been only mildly positive. And while the payroll tax increase seems not to have slowed consumers too much, there is time yet for the spending cuts in the sequester to do damage (and there are more budget battles ahead). When all is said and done, fiscal tightening in 2012 will prove substantial, making it hard for hiring to generate much momentum. The Federal Reserve's continued push for more growth has been a welcome tailwind for labour markets, but there is always the risk that it will prematurely declare its work complete. For now, the Fed is promising to leave its target interest rate at zero at least until the unemployment rate is down to 6.5%, so long as medium-term inflation expectations aren't too far above 2%. But more hawkish members of the Fed may grow antsy as they watch unemployment drop and wages rise. Inflation worriers could push the Fed to conclude its ongoing, "open-ended" asset purchases earlier than markets previously expected. Any sign that the Fed was becoming more worried about inflation relative to unemployment would cast a shadow on a recovery that has yet to show the robust growth normally expected to follow a recession. The Fed's concerns will only be stoked by the numbers on long-run unemployment. The ranks of those unemployed for less than six months continue to drop, while the numbers of those unemployed for longer are proving harder to reduce. And while the share of long-term unemployed in total unemployment continues to fall (it is now about 39%, down from close to 50% in early 2010), the worry is that much of that decline is occuring as workers leave the labour force altogether—as some 296,000 people did in February. These workers will prove very difficult to reemploy, and may represent a permanent loss to the economy in the absence of aggressive labour-market retraining and reform. The Fed may worry, as a result, that there is less room for the economy to grow and for joblessness to decline—and for it to continue supporting recovery. That would seem a miscalculation. There are over 7m unemployed workers that aren't among the long-run unemployed. Total employment remains some 3m jobs short of the pre-recession peak, and the American population has continued growing since then. It is a rare economic datapoint that is good enough to be declared "good enough". February's payroll rise, while encouraging, certainly isn't. America will need much more where that came from to breathe easy, and given uncertainties in Washington and abroad it can't count on getting it.

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DENVER, CO – The Air Force Academy is keeping an open mind when it comes to religion. It has set up an outdoor worship area for followers of Earth-centered religions! Followers of religions such as Wicca and Druidism will be enjoying a double circle of stones atop a hill on the campus near Colorado Springs to practice their faith. The academy said Monday that chapel staff worked with Tech. Sgt. Brandon Longcrier, who follows the Pagan tradition, to establish the worship area. Sgt. Longcrier is the non-commissioned officer-in-charge of the academy’s astronautics labs. The academy is no stranger to promoting the idea of freedom of religion. Also located on the campuses are worship facilities for Christians, Jews, Muslims and Buddhists. Academy superintendent Michael Gould has made religious tolerance a priority. After cadets reported instances of harassment in 2004, the academy shifted its focuses on religion.

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The following is a guest post. If interested in submitting a guest post, please read my guest posting policy and then contact me. When something goes wrong and leads to an injury, you can be forgiven for wondering who’s at fault. Some accidents are caused by simple human error, while others occur for more bizarre reasons. Claims for compensation are often filed due to serious injury, but some are so strange that you might find them hard to believe. How do you like your coffee? One example of a strange compensation claim was one made against a fast food chain after spilling coffee in a ‘sensitive area’. This resulted in the claimant suffering third degree burns over 6% of her body. She was awarded $640,000 however she did have to cover her own medical costs. Spilling hot coffee can be embarrassing more than anything else, but in the wrong place, it can be painful! When the chips are down… You might be aware that slipping on food that’s been left on the floor can be hazardous. Banana skins are common, but what about a chip? One man slipped on a French fry while in a canteen waiting to be served. He won his claim for compensation after serious damage done to his knee. Under the bridge An artist received thousands after slipping on fresh pigeon poo under a bridge in London. There’s plenty around under the capital’s bridges, but such accidents are incredibly rare, thankfully. Imagine having to tell someone you’ve become hurt after that? Watch out for that… Accidents happen all the time. In some cases, it could be down to a lack of attention being paid to what’s going on by the victim, but regardless of the cause, there’s always pain involved. No one likes getting hurt, especially if it’s in an embarrassing incident like slipping on food or spilling hot coffee. No matter how you’re injured, you might find that it could come at a cost to your finances as well as your health. Not being able to work and therefore earn a wage will make paying for the basics tough. Also, there’s all the medical costs you could incur, meaning you may feel helpless. Taking no win no fee advice could help if you feel the need to claim compensation. Legal fees are often a barrier for many people who suffer embarrassing yet painful accidents, but a no win no fee claim does as it says. This means that you have nothing to lose when claiming.

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The following appeared Thursday in The Fiscal Times: Despite recent court settlements that recouped more than a quarter billion dollars from lab-test companies for allegedly overbilling California’s Medicaid program, the federal government seems to be ignoring similar schemes that drain Medicare coffers. The cases involve the nation’s two largest medical laboratory-testing companies – Laboratory Corporation of America and Quest Diagnostics – that together control about half the annual $25 billion lab test market. The Medicare suits, filed in federal court in Manhattan by a former industry executive, claim the testing companies charged insurers like UnitedHealthcare unprofitably low rates while squeezing Medicare and Medicaid. The whistleblower suits allege the schemes relied on sweetheart deals in which managed-care companies required in-network physicians to send their patients’ lab tests to a single testing company. As part of the deal for below-cost prices, the insurance companies allegedly promised to encourage physicians in their networks also to send Medicare and Medicaid patients to the same testing company, which then billed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (the federal agency that oversees both programs) or state Medicaid agencies at significantly higher rates. Andrew Baker, a longtime lab-test industry executive, sued Quest and LabCorp seeking restitution for Medicare under the Civil War-era False Claims Act. He now runs Huntington Life Sciences, a pharmaceutical industry contract research organization. District Court Judge George Daniels unsealed the LabCorp case in September after federal prosecutors notified the court that the Justice Department “has not made its intervention decision as of this time.” While Justice refused to comment on this case, the government is engaged in a massive effort to clean up waste, fraud, and abuse – estimated to run as high as $70 billion a year — in the $485 billion Medicare program. Although a Health and Human Services Department strike force over the past several years has indicted a total of nearly 1,000 individuals and companies, its $2.7 billion in settlements barely scratches the surface of the amount of alleged fraud in the Medicare program. The federal non-decision in the lab billing suits comes in the wake of two settlements earlier this year in which Quest and LabCorp paid the state of California $241 million and $49.5 million, respectively, for alleged overbilling. The companies did not admit liability in reaching the settlements. Chris Riedel, chief executive officer of Hunter Labs, a small Silicon Valley-based laboratory that competes with the two industry giants, originally brought the California LabCorp suit. LabCorp charged Medi-Cal five times more than it charged other customers for some tests, according to the suit; for a testosterone test, LabCorp charged Medi-Cal $35.04 but other customers $7.36. Medicare is harmed by the same pricing differentials, according to Baker, the lab-test executive and whistleblower. “The lab company is intentionally billing the government higher prices to make up for the low prices offered the insurance companies,” he claims. “The [Medicare] overcharging by both companies…is in excess of a billion dollars.” While the Feds have so far refused to join the case, at least five state attorneys general have investigations underway against Quest, according to company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. One suit, in New York, has been dismissed. Michigan, Virginia, and Florida, meanwhile, are investigating LabCorp’s alleged overbilling schemes, according to its SEC filings. Spokesmen for Quest and UnitedHealthcare, which is not a defendant in the suits, refused to comment on pending litigation. Representatives for LabCorp did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment. Exclusive arrangements in the lab testing business are growing. UnitedHealthcare in 2007 signed a 10-year deal requiring physicians in its networks to deal exclusively with LabCorp. In early September, the companies agreed to extend the deal through the end of 2018. According to the Baker lawsuit, UnitedHealthcare and LabCorp senior officials met numerous times after the deal was announced to discuss their mutual goals from the arrangement. At a LabCorp national award dinner held in Philadelphia in either late 2007 or early 2008, the company’s Chief Operating Officer Donald Hardison told sales officials that “if LabCorp did not capitalize on the opportunity provided by UnitedHealthcare to obtain the Medicare business, LabCorp would lose its shirt and would not even be able to turn on the lights.” In subsequent meetings, sales personnel from both companies “coordinated a joint approach to targeted physicians, by telephone and in-person, in which the physicians would be told that they must use LabCorp” for their Medicare and Medicaid patients, the suit charged. “The strategy was for UnitedHealthcare to threaten physicians . . . with financial penalties and ultimately with expulsion from UnitedHealthcare’s networks” if they didn’t comply. There’s some evidence of pressure being applied. The UnitedHealthcare-LabCorp deal drew the attention of the American Medical Association after it received complaints from New Jersey and Connecticut affiliates, according to Robert Mills, a spokesman for the physicians’ group. “There used to be pressure,” he said. “But the protocol changed after the AMA sent a letter. UnitedHealthcare agreed that if a physician refers the patient out of network [for lab tests], the physician won’t be penalized.” One potential roadblock to a successful False Claims Act claim on behalf of Medicare is the agency’s half-hearted efforts over the years to define what constitutes unreasonable charges. Unlike state-run Medicaid programs, which by law must be offered the lowest available price by vendors providing services to the program, Medicare is required to pay the “usual and customary charges.” In an interview, Baker said the absence of a federal law guaranteeing Medicare the same low prices as Medicaid means he will have to rely on federal anti-kickback statutes to prove his case. “The kickbacks are not obvious,” he said. “I need to prove UnitedHealthcare and LabCorp are in cahoots.”Did you like this? If so, please bookmark it, RSS feed.

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Golden Rules of Family Management I’m currently reading a book I purchased a couple of weeks ago called, The Busy Mom’s Guide to a Happy, Organized Home by Family Manager, Kathy Peel. This book is FULL of helpful solutions to everyday dilemmas from managing your home and property to managing finances and special events. In her book Kathy includes a list of important things to remember that I just love and wanted to share with you. So often I think we complicate matters and make things more difficult on ourselves than they need to be and this list really brings us back to the basics of simplifying and building a strong base for running a smooth household. The Most Important Things to Remember 1. People are more important than things. 2. There are no standards but your own. Every family has to decide how clean is clean enough. 3. The more you accumulate, the more you have to clean and maintain -and the more time it takes to do it. 4. When your kids grow up and leave home, they won’t remember if the towels were folded in perfect 16-inch squares in the linen closet; they will remember if your home was a good place to be and if Mom was a fun person. 5. If you have a choice between taking a family vacation or buying new furniture, go for the vacation. The furniture will end up in a garage sale one day; the memories of the trip will last forever. 6. Everyone who lives under the roof of a home should contribute to its upkeep. 7. If a teenager is an expert at text messaging, he can become an expert at using the washing machine. A man who can program a PDA to remind him of his tee time can program a PDA to remind him to pick up the dry cleaning. 8. Mess causes stress. Getting your home in order will help you get your life in order. 9. There’s no such thing as perfection. Giving up trying to make your home perfect is the first step toward making it a good place to be. 10. The choices you make about your home involve a lot more than wall color and window treatments. Home is where human beings develop. It’s a place to restore souls, find shelter from outside pressures, grow support for talents, and receive inspiration, comfort, and aid. Which one of these do you need to work on applying to your life?

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The news is that former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly’s niece had tested positive for swine flu. She was admitted to the isolation ward of a M.R. Bangur Hospital in Kolkata on Monday. Confirming the development, Tapas Sen, the state’s nodal officer for swine flu, said: “Sneha Ganguly, the 11-year-old daughter of Sourav’s elder brother Snehashis Ganguly, tested positive (for swine flu) today (Monday).” Sneha, a class V student, studies in La Martinere for Girls. It is learnt that Sneha’s health condition is stable and she is under medical supervision. Apart from this, seven fresh swine flu cases were reported from West Bengal, raising the total number of affected persons in the state to 47. Moreover, the condition of Akash Chowdhury, who was admitted to RG Kar Hospital last Wednesday still remained critical. The state education department had already issued guidelines to the district authorities about the crucial steps required to be taken to fight out the infection among school children. - Decision on gas price revision taken under RIL’s coercion: Dasgupta - Government to pay $8.1 billion fuel subsidy in fourth quarter - Oil firms falls as government considers export parity pricing model - Essar Oil to sign $1 billion financing co-operation deal with CDB - ONGC may sell stakes in deep-water blocks to Shell

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December 14, 2011 | by EH Staff Have you put off jumping into the home theater world because it all seemed too complicated? The truth is it’s not. One of the things that helps when setting up a home theater is selecting a receiver that’s right for your purpose and user friendly—a good dealer will guide you through that. New receivers are packed with features that do a lot of the measuring and adjustment work for you, so all you need to do is press a few buttons and let the hardware do its job. Getting started on your home theater project means a lot more than deciding what room to put the TV in. A home theater or media room is a system, and as a system each part needs to work in congress with the others. A well-designed system also needs something in control of all the ins, outs and processes that make it work. In most home theaters that something is the audio/video or surround sound receiver. A contemporary receiver is much more than just an audio amplifier for the speakers. It’s the hub for all home theater activity. It organizes the input signals, it processes and translates the codecs, and it allows you to control all the other parts. More so, new receivers with networking capabilities can also be a room’s (or a whole home’s) main audio source by providing easy access to online music services and internet radio. They also can provide easy access to your external storage devices or mobile devices such as iPads and smart phones. Here we offer a selection of informative articles on home theater receivers plus a profile of an award-winning room overhauled into a classic home media room for the whole family. By clicking download you agree and acknowledge that your information may be passed to our third-party sponsor who may elect to communicate directly with you about their products and services.

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Thaipusam is a major Hindu festival celebrated on a large scale in Penang during the full moon of the 10th month in the Hindu calendar. The celebration involves colourful processions, ... Penang Tourism presents two full nights of global music and culture as we bring to music lovers the next Penang World Music Festival (PWMF), to be staged on 30 and ... Having a reputation as a food paradise, be it haute cuisine, or cuisine bourgeoise (hawker fare), Penang offers a heady and exotic mix of delicious cuisine to choose from. In a word, Penang food is both famous and fabulous. When people mention Penang ... Celebrated on the 15th night of the Lunar New Year, it is also known as the Chinese Valentine's Day. That night, The Penang State Government will be organizing an open ... The Penang State Government will be holding its second Chinese New Year Countdown Celebration in collaboration with Astro, which will be broadcasted live on Astro AEC. The program of the ... |Heritage Trail Around George Town| |Written by Administrator II| |Monday, 27 July 2009 15:52| George Town was founded and built by the British as a free port in the 18th century. This attracts not only traders and merchants but a lot of settlers from the neighbouring region to come to this island to seek employment. The British themselves shipped labours from India to help in the construction. In the later century, there were waves of immigrants who settled down here because of the Industrial Revolution in Britain which demanded raw material which was abundant in the neighbouring states. All of them brought along their culture and religion from their homeland which were infused into the local scene and also intertwined with each other over the centuries to make the town to what it is today, a multi culture heritage establishment. Thus, George Town has a lot to offer in terms of sightseeing. Even the food, the language and the architectural design of the buildings were influenced by these different ethnic culture and religion. A tour of this amazing town is a must. As most of these attractions are nearby each other, walking will be the best option. We suggest a full one day tour which will covers most of the interesting places of George Town. Start at Fort Conwallis – This is the best well landmark located at the upmost tip of the cape. Built to defend the port as a stockades when Captain Francis Light landed here, it was reinforced with bricks later on and some of the original structures built over centuries ago can still be seen and in the compound such as the chapel, some prison cells, ammunition storage area, a harbour light, the original flagstaff and some old bronze cannons, which includes the infamous 17th-century Dutch cannon called the ‘Seri Rambai’. The star shaped fortress is now privately managed with also an information kiosk, café, open-air amphitheatre, history gallery, souvenir centre and tour guides to show visitors around and provide visitors more details of the fortress history. Penang Town Hall – Across the Fort is an open field call the Padang Esplanade and the majestic Victorian-style building, The Penang Town Hall which was constructed in 1903. Around this building is a Victorian fountain donated by Koh Seang Tat and the Cenotaph, erected in memory to those who died during World War 1. Convent Light Street – From the fountain, keep to the side walk and at the end of the road is Convent Light Street, sometime known as Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, a girl school set by a French Sisters’ Mission in 1852. Still running as a girl’s school, visitors can view the house of Captain Francis Light, the oldest building in George Town inside it. When the Convent took over they added a chapel and classrooms. Love Lane – The road just beside the Cathedral of the Assumption is known as Love Lane. This is an interesting lane as it leads into the quaintly streets and alleys where rows of typical Chinese shop houses are located. When you have reach the first inter section of Love Lane, turn left to Lorong Steward and this will lead you to the Goddess of Mercy Temple and Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling (formerly Pitt Street). This road is sometime known as the Street of Harmony because in this street one can see three different major religious communities living side by side. Goddess of Mercy Temple – This temple was founded in 1890 by the Chinese immigrants who came here as labours during under British rule. In the daytime the temple was always filled with smoke from the constant burning of joss stick and praying paper. Chinese opera and puppet show are performed regularly in the courtyard. Little India – From Goddess of Mercy Temple turn right and cross the road over to Market Street. Here you reach into heartland of Indian trading community. You can hear all the latest “Bollywood” hits songs blasting aloud while browsing through the shops for sarees, garlands, costume jewelleries, spices and etc. There are a number of snacks and restaurants that sell authentic Indian food which are worth trying out. Kapitan Keling Mosque – From the Penang Teochew Association Temple, keep left. Diagonally across the traffic light you will see the famous Kapitan Keling Mosque. It was built by the Indian Muslim British soldiers attached to the British army that were stationed here. The original building has been changed the last being 1916. Khoo and Yap Kongsi Temple – Turning right when exiting the mosque into Jalan Mesjid Kapitan Keling and walk till the end is where you find most of the Chinese community “kongsi” (clan) temple and famous Lebuh Armenian. Three major temples are the Khoo Kongsi, The Tua Pek Kong Temple and Yap Kongsi. Slightly further down the street is the Cheah Kongsi. All these clan temples have recently been restored to their once magnificent state. Clan Jetties of Penang – Walk all the way down Lebuh Armenian and you will arrive at the Pengkalan Weld (Weld Quay). Here you find where all the wooden houses built on stilts in the seashores by the waterfront. The Chinese immigrants who mostly worked at the port or were fisherman built their houses nearby their place of work during the British rule. Walk down Pengkalan Weld will see the famous Penang Ferry Terminal on your right which ferries motor vehicles and passengers across the channel to Butterworth and vice versa. You can always take a ride on these ferries as it takes vehicles on the lower deck while some are built for passengers in upper deck. One will be able to capture a magnificent view of the island on the ride back from the mainland. Tickets are purchase only at the Butterworth terminal. From the Penang Ferry Terminal, keep right and continue walking down the road. It will lead you back to Fort Cornwallis. From this heritage walk, you would have discover and wonder how diverse Penang as a whole is. Because of its importance as a port for the spice route for the East and West in the nineteen century it has not only brought in ships and goods for trading but different ethnic group of people from the neighbouring region to settle here. What is more amazing that they managed to coexist, staying in close appropriately with each other, thrive together and later intertwine into each other culture. |Last Updated on Saturday, 09 January 2010 15:04|

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Sadly, many New Yorkers' home ec. skills don't go beyond programming their microwaves. Fortunately, for some time, a few wise, souls have been living within their means and, oddly enough, eating better than most. One of them is Cathy Erway, the creator of NotEatingOutInNewYork.com, a great resource for anyone seeking a more frugal, healthy, inspiring and delicious diet. The site goes beyond simply providing recipes for home cooking, offering local food-related events, shopping tips and philosophy for tough times ahead. Of course, there is a large "locally grown" aspect to the website and buying fresh and local is an easy way to begin your budget cramped culinary adventure. With some signs of Spring (finally!), plants are starting to grow outside again at Windfall and we're looking forward to a great season. We want you to know that preparing meals does not need to be long and involved, especially when the food is fresh. Local, fresh vegetables are not only healthier, but they taste better because their sugar levels are much higher than starchy vegetables bread for long-distance travel. In fact, Windfall's salad greens are so flavorful that many eat them with little or no dressing. It's faster, cheaper, healthier and tastier than the alternatives. One disclaimer: we are not advocating that you never eat out. There is a glut of wonderful restaurants in New York and one would be hard pressed not to eat out over the course of the week. However, we do hope that your chef's commitment to locally sourcing food on the menu plays a role in considering your choice of restaurant.

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Over the course of his 30-year career, Art Wolfe has worked on every continent and in hundreds of locations. His stunning images interpret and record the world's fast-disappearing wildlife, landscapes, and native cultures, and act as a lasting inspiration to those who seek to preserve the very subjects recorded in Art's images. His photographs are recognized throughout the world for their mastery of color, composition and perspective. Art's Photographic Mission Art's photographic mission is multi-faceted. His vision and passionate wildlife advocacy affirm his dedication to his work. By employing artistic and journalistic styles, he documents his subjects and educates the viewer. His unique approach to nature photography is based on his training in the arts and his love of the environment. Hailed by William Conway, former president of the Wildlife Conservation Society, as "the most prolific and sensitive recorder of a rapidly vanishing natural world," Art has taken an estimated one million images in his lifetime and has released more than 60 books. Photographic Awards and Distinctions Art has been awarded with a coveted Alfred Eisenstaedt Magazine Photography Award, as well as named Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year by the North American Nature Photography Association. The National Audubon Society recognized Art's work in support of the national wildlife refuge system with its first-ever Rachel Carson Award. He is a member of the Canon elite list of renowned photographers "Explorers of Light," the Microsoft Icons of Imaging program, and formerly, Fujifilm's Talent Team. Magazines all over the world publish his photographs and stories. Art has also ventured into the world of television production with On Location with Art Wolfe,Techniques of the Masters and American Photo's Safari and public television's Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe. The son of commercial artists in Seattle, Art graduated from the University of Washington with bachelor's degrees in fine arts and art education. Art spends nearly nine months a year traveling. Art was chosen as one of the first photographers in the Microsoft Icons of Imaging program. Since 2000, Art has been one of the Canon Explorers of Light. Fellowships and Advisory Boards Art is a fellow of The International League of Conservation Photographers. He is an honorary fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. He sits on the board of advisors of the Wildlife Conservation Society, Nature's Best Foundation, and Bridges to Understanding.

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I live in zone 4b, & I'm forever finding plants that I fall in love with, only to then read "zone 5". I live in the extreme southern part of zone 4. I'm guessing this is where the term "marginally hardy" would come in? So for these zone 5 "wishlist plants" of mine, is it possible that many of them might do just fine in my garden? I mean, how much difference can there be across a span of 10 miles?!? You've hit on a common concern. Gardeners are always trying to extend the limits of plant growth! Hardiness Zones ratings are crude measures at best. They use average minimum winter low temperatures as the basis for Hardiness Zone divisions. Other factors such as winter moisture, temperature fluctuations, and wind can also affect hardiness. If you'd like to try Zone 5 plants plant them in a protected location and protect them over winter. You may be able to create a warmer microclimate in which the plants will thrive. But be prepared to occasionally lose some plants during particularly severe winters.

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Treasury Bond Investors Mysteriously Prepared to Receive Negative Real ReturnsInterest-Rates / US Bonds Jul 01, 2008 - 06:35 PM GMT It has become apparent to me that investors who continue to place money in the U.S. Treasury market don't have any idea how to protect themselves from inflation or how to achieve a real return on their investments. Even though inflation is running at a multi-decade high (according to official government numbers), we find that these fixed income investors were willing to send the yield on the 10 year note to an historical low of 3.38% on March 19th of this year. As amazing as that sounds in a world of 4+% “official” inflation rates, it was nothing compared to what happened just last month. To illustrate how off base and directionless these investors can be, let me point to Ben Bernanke's rhetoric about the dollar and inflation in a speech on June 3 rd and the bond market's reaction to it. On that day, the yield on the 10 year Treasury was 3.92%. Then, during a speech to an international banker's forum he made the following statements, “In collaboration with our colleagues at the Treasury, we continue to carefully monitor developments in the foreign exchange markets.” He continued, in reference to the long term picture for the dollar, “…the Federal Reserve's commitment to both price stability and maximum sustainable employment and the underlying strength of the U.S. economy--including flexible markets and robust innovation and productivity--will be key factors ensuring that the dollar remains a strong and stable currency.” Never mind the plethora of economic fallacies that exist in those two statements—like the U.S. has actually had a strong and stable currency or how the Fed can even know, let alone provide for, maximum sustainable employment—but the point here is what was the bond market's reaction to his comments: in just 10 days, the yield on the 10 year note shot up to 4.27%. The reported reason? Finally, the Fed was being viewed as hawkish on inflation and would send the Fed Funds rate up in the near future in order to stop the dollar's decline. So let me get this straight: the Fed was going to start fighting inflation and that is what sent rates higher? In reality, lower inflation rates should send bond yields lower! The only conclusion to reach is bond investors needed Ben Bernanke to remind them that a lower dollar is inflationary and that they should now start worrying about accepting such a low yield from their investments. Later in June, of course, the Fed took a pass on backing its words with actions and left interest rates unchanged. The counter-intuitive reaction of the bond market in this instance? The yield on the 10 year dropped from 4.12% down to 3.91% as of July 1, 2008 . Unbelievably, the Fed's tacit statement that it is now powerless to fight inflation or protect the U.S. dollar was greeted by a flood of buying in the Treasury market! I understand that much of this move in Treasury yields is a flight to safety, but there have been much safer and more profitable places to hide. Yet one must think in terms of real returns to understand this, a notion apparently foreign to the bond market. If fixed income investors desire to protect themselves from the ravages of inflation, they need to look no further than gold, which has increased 44% in the last 12 months alone. In light of the low nominal yield--and the negative real yield of 10-year Treasuries—there is no comparison. It is impossible to predict when fixed income investors will finally demand a positive return on their investments, but if we continue down this inflationary path the erosion of investors' buying power will force them to flee those paltry yields For now, the fact remains that inflation is increasing while the yield on Treasuries is falling. It is a situation which mystifies me, yet I remain convinced it is an unsustainable condition; thus, it is of the utmost importance that investors position their portfolios to avoid the carnage that will likely ensue when the bond bubble finally bursts. **Speaking of “keeping your money real,” check out my podcast: The Mid-Week Reality Check ! With more than 16 years of industry experience, Michael Pento acts as senior market strategist for Delta Global Advisors and is a contributing writer for GreenFaucet.com . He is a well-established specialist in the Austrian School of economic theory and a regular guest on CNBC and other national media outlets. Mr. Pento has worked on the floor of the N.Y.S.E. as well as serving as vice president of investments for GunnAllen Financial immediately prior to joining Delta Global. Michael Pento Archive © 2005-2013 http://www.MarketOracle.co.uk - The Market Oracle is a FREE Daily Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting online publication.

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Herseth Sandlin, Thune push for stronger EPA blockade than JohnsonRep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin reiterated her support Thursday for a stiff-arm of the Environmental Protection Agency on its plan to regulate greenhouse gases, one day after Sen. Tim Johnson advocated a more measured approach. Sen. John Thune, meanwhile, has been advocating against EPA regulation of greenhouse gases for months. By: Seth Tupper, The Daily Republic Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin reiterated her support Thursday for a stiff-arm of the Environmental Protection Agency on its plan to regulate greenhouse gases, one day after Sen. Tim Johnson advocated a more measured approach. Sen. John Thune, meanwhile, has been advocating against EPA regulation of greenhouse gases for months. Current disputes over the issue date to December, when the EPA announced a finding that greenhouse gases — such as carbon dioxide and methane — endanger human health and welfare. The gases are also thought to contribute to global warming. The finding allows the EPA to use its authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions, unless Congress prevents the EPA from doing so. Legislation has been filed to stop the EPA, and Herseth Sandlin told reporters on a Thursday conference call that she became a co-sponsor last week of one such piece of legislation: House Joint Resolution 76. She said the resolution would “prevent EPA from enforcing regulations under the Clean Air Act” and “allow Congress time to set up a new legislative framework to address climate change in a more responsible manner.” “Because the Clean Air Act was not designed to regulate climate change,” she said, “I have concerns that any such regulation could have unintended and overly burdensome consequences in South Dakota, particularly when it comes to agricultural energy and power producers.” Herseth Sandlin, a Democrat, noted that the legislation has bipartisan support. In the Senate, South Dakota Republican John Thune has been a co-sponsor of similar bipartisan legislation — Senate Joint Resolution 26 — since January. Both Herseth Sandlin and Thune fear that if greenhouse-gas emitters such as energy companies are regulated, the costs of the regulation will filter down to energy-intensive industries and energy consumers. Thune issued a statement that included the following comment when he became a co-sponsor of the Senate legislation in January. “The EPA is using the rulemaking process to go around Congress and the American people in instituting what amounts to a national energy tax.” Thune also fears that greenhouse-gas regulation could lead to a so-called “cow tax,” because cattle emit a significant amount of the world’s methane. He introduced legislation last year that seeks to prohibit the imposition of such a tax. Johnson, a Democrat, came under fire early this week from the South Dakota Farm Bureau for not joining Herseth Sandlin and Thune in their efforts to block the EPA. The Farm Bureau issued a news release Sunday saying that its leaders “urge Senator Johnson to take a stand in support of South Dakotans by joining in co-sponsoring” the Senate legislation supported by Thune. On Johnson’s Wednesday media conference call, The Daily Republic asked him to respond to the Farm Bureau’s news release. Johnson said the legislation supported by Thune and Herseth Sandlin “mixes politics in with science.” “I would rather support the resolution proposed by Sen. Rockefeller that waits on this finding for two years,” Johnson said. “That’s enough time to let Congress get its act together.” The legislation from Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., was introduced last week as Senate Bill 3072 and so far has no co-sponsors. Its title says it would “suspend, during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, any Environmental Protection Agency action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions.” Thune issued a statement last week when Rockefeller’s legislation was introduced. Thune said he appreciates Rockefeller’s effort, “however, EPA’s backdoor energy tax is a bad idea today and will still be a bad idea two years from now.” Herseth Sandlin said there is a “different dynamic” in the Senate that may be leading Rockefeller, Johnson and other senators to address the situation in a different way than her, but she still supports a more “strongly worded” EPA blockade. “I think we have to send a very clear and direct message to the EPA, and I’m afraid that just putting on sort of short-term or arbitrary time limits doesn’t send the kind of message and provide the kind of pressure that we in the House in a bipartisan way want to apply.”

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The Wallis Tractor Company were built from 1902 until 1932, primarily in Racine by the J.I. Case Plow Works (a different company than Case Threshing Machine, which would built the Case brand of tractors). Wallis Tractor was founded by Henry Wallis, the son-in-law of Jerome Case. Henry Wallis was also the president of the Case Plow Works, which had been founded by J.I. Case. Early work on the Wallis tractor dates back to 1902 and some assembly in Cleveland, Ohio, but the company was formally organized in Racine, Wisconsin in 1912. The Wallis Tractor was built and sold by the Case Plow Works. In 1928, Case Plow Works was sold to Massey-Harris and Massey took over production of the Wallis tractor (also at this time, full rights to the Case name were sold to Case Threshing Machine). Massey-Harris continued to use the Wallis brand until 1932, when the Massey-Harris name replaced it. Wallis - history at Steel Wheels

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a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston) |With a title that can be translated as "A Summer's Tale", this is the third film in Rohmer's "seasons" series, preceeded by tales of spring and winter and followed by a tale of autumn in 1998. In this French film, the protagonist is a young mathematician/musician exploring his Thanks to Jaime Navarrete for pointing it out to me! The only math in the film is that the main character studies mathematics. I loved that and loved the film. Usually mathematicians in the movies are the strangest people. Here not, he is pretty normal. He is acute and intelligent, but not a nerd, no following patterns everywhere. He preffers to follow girls like most of the mathematicians I know. In fact, he was very similar to a classmate I had when I studied mathematics. (It may have helped that Rohmer, the director, did study mathematics) |More information about this work can be found at us.imdb.com.| |(Note: This is just one work of mathematical fiction from the list. To see the entire list or to see more works of mathematical fiction, return to the Homepage.)| Your Help Needed: Some site visitors remember reading works of mathematical fiction that neither they nor I can identify. It is time to crowdsource this problem and ask for your help! You would help a neighbor find a missing pet...can't you also help a fellow site visitor find some missing works of mathematical fiction? Please take a look and let us know if you have seen these missing stories anywhere!. (Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)

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How do you feel about, and express yourself independent of anyone else or everything else, your relationships with others, your health, and your state of prosperity? In other words . . . what is the quality of your Four Life Levels without a love relationship in it? This article will discuss the first life level, Self-Expression, and its influence on the quality of your relationships and life, as well as the first steps towards creating something better for yourself. First, a brief summary of The Four Life Levels. The Four Life Levels The Four life levels are: Self-Expression, Relationships, Health, and Prosperity. Having or not having a love relationship, as well as the quality of relationship you attract is influenced by how well you manage whatever is going on in other areas of your life. You cannot separate or isolate these levels. An imbalance in one influences the quality of the others. Here is the first of the four life levels. Your self-expression is born out what you believe to be true about yourself and how you express this truth in your life. Without exception. It is an acceptance of, and an appreciation for, all that you are and all that you are becoming. It is knowing that . . . - No matter how bad you may feel or how awful something may seem, the experience you find yourself in does not define you. When you know that, you express yourself in ways that support you. - You are an extension of God, the Universe, the essence of love itself. - It is remembering that mistakes are what you do and not who you are. When your self-expression is heartfelt, people feel it. Here are 3 of 8 or more potential ways heart-felt expression shows up: - You are able to be true to yourself and others, to do the kind thing or the right thing whether there is an eye on you or not - You begin to reinterpret a failed relationship as an experience that offered you an opportunity to grow or get more clarity of what you want. - You take credit for who you are becoming along with the choices you have made that brought you to this place in your life. Want more love in your life? Remember you are divine, worthy and valuable; the essence of the love you seek. Your behavior doesn’t, and never will change that. This article contains excerpts from my book, Find Love at Last! 7 Steps to Attracting the Sweetest Love You Have Ever Known, and can be purchased on Amazon.com. Article 2 of this 4 article series on the Four Life Levels will be: Relationships and love. What’s the Connection. Tag: How does your relationship with family, friends and co-workers influence the quality of love you have in your life?

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A few weeks ago, I had some seriously cracked corners on my mouth, especially one side. After doing a little research, it appears I had something called angular cheilitis. In severe cases, the splits can be so deep, bleeding can occur. Luckily, I just had a minor affliction, brought on by some prescription acne medication that I had inadvertently gotten too close to my lips. But angular cheilitis can be caused by many factors: a deficiency of vitamin B12, iron, or zinc; a bacterial or fungal infection; or simply dry weather. After purchasing some Blistex to relieve my symptoms, I noticed that I seemed to be applying the balm with greater and greater frequency. Is there some kind of phenomenon that makes applying lip treatments somewhat of an obsessive action? Perhaps it's the menthol (which turns out, is actually quite drying) or pepperminty addition that gives us a little rush, or maybe it's simply our subconscious way of keeping a wound in check. Find out some tips on preventing dry, chapped lips here, and then tell me: are you obsessive about your lip balm applications?

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Posts tagged Annual Assembly Chemotherapy is a two-edged sword. As an oncology trainee I’ve seen a few patients die solely because of it. And yet aggressive treatment is sometimes necessary to save a life; in the right settings it often succeeds. Patients with Hodgkins’ disease, testicular cancer, acute leukemias, and early stage colon, lung, or breast cancers, among others, are often cured because of chemotherapy and other aggressive treatments. Like any useful tool though, it must be properly applied in order to be effective and avoid harm. You wouldn’t use a screwdriver to drive a nail; similarly, chemotherapy shouldn’t be given to all patients in all situations, nor should it be a substitute for good discussions about goals of care and the likelihood of deriving benefit. Yesterday’s cancer SIG presentation cut to the core of many issues that create tension between oncologists and palliative care clinicians. Most of us have probably seen difficult situations involving chemotherapy; it can be very upsetting! We tend to point the finger at oncologists when things go wrong, but we must recognize their unique perspective. To paraphrase one of today’s presenters, “Sometimes I can give a patient 5 different rounds of chemotherapy over 7 years and see them respond well each time.” In other words, chemo often really helps patients, even when its intent is palliative. I promise, we’re not monsters….oncologists are people too! Data support the use of chemotherapy in a number of advanced disease settings, even many solid tumors. Yes, chemotherapy can and should be part of good palliation in many settings. There are significant symptom benefits, QOL improvements, and survival benefits to be had in cases of lung, breast, colon, and prostate cancer; many other solid tumors respond to chemotherapy as well. Of course, the devil is in the details. An emerging quality indicator in oncology practice is the proportion of patients receiving chemotherapy in the last 2 weeks of life. Too many patients are receiving chemo just before death. Here’s the conundrum: we know chemotherapy can be beneficial, but only in certain settings. Unfortunately we’re not very good at predicting how well a particular patient will tolerate treatment, nor how well their tumor(s) will respond. How should we proceed? The SIG speakers recommend following a framework: First, look to published guidelines like those from the NCCN, which tell us when chemotherapy is no longer recommended (link). If treatment is pursued, it must be done with full informed consent regarding its palliative intent. Treatment must be viewed as a time-limited trial, with specific criteria for measuring response and planned discontinuation if none is seen. Transitions to hospice should be discussed early, at the first signs of decline in function. And the palliative care team should be involved! As Dr. Smith pointed out, recent data on early palliative care in advanced lung cancer shows a resultant reduction in chemotherapy usage in the last 60 days of life. We still don’t really know how this works, but it works, and it doesn’t impair survival. Going forward, palliative care will become more integrated into comprehensive cancer care, as per recent recommendations (link). This requires palliative care clinicians to better understand the role of chemotherapy as part of good palliative care for many cancer patients. Let’s be constructive, and increasingly work side-by-side with our oncology colleagues in caring for patients with incurable cancer. Hug an oncologist today!Thomas W. LeBlanc, MD, MA Fellow, Medical Oncology and Palliative Medicine Duke University Trust psychiatrists to give an afternoon session that makes you completely forget about that nap you were craving! “Delirium: A Study of Difficult Cases” consisted of 3 vignettes about various forms of delirium, complete with very realistic role playing and chock full of wisdom from palliative care psychiatrists. First there was a case of reversible hyperactive delirium. We were reminded that just about anything could be the culprit behind it, including common HPM meds like opioids and benzodiazepines, minor infections, metabolic derangements, and overstimulating environments. How to treat the agitation in reversible delirium? First try to reduce stimulation and create a soothing environment. Can you eliminate any unnecessary meds? AVOID benzos! Use 1st generation antipsychotics such as haloperidol or chlorpromazine (more sedating than haloperidol), and dose the way you would dose pain medications. What about irreversible delirium? This is the kind that occurs during the dying process, so a good clue that it’s not reversible is that there will be physical signs of dying. In this case, you can use antipsychotics, but you could also use benzos like lorazepam or midazolam. Remember that the goal is to reduce suffering by reducing the agitation of delirium — this is NOT palliative sedation, this is medical managment of a medical symptom. Sometime benzos won’t be effective, and in those rare cases you could try propofol or phenobarbital. The key point is to treat agitation like a breakthrough symptom. The final vignette illustrated a case of mixed delirium in pediatric palliative care (complete with role playing where the parent was as much the patient as the kid). Yes, delirium happens in kids too! This is a sneakier form of delirium (and can happen in adults too) that presents with waxing/waning symptoms. The gist is that you treat kids the same as adults (though with lower doses) — haloperidol and risperdal (both antipsychotics) are effective and safe in kids and infants. I left with the understanding that delirium is a form of suffering, and as patients who come out of it later say, is a terrifying and disorienting experience. Treat it proactively and don’t hesitate to consult psychiatry for tough cases! Erin Zahradnik, MD, PGY-3 Yale University Dept of Psychiatry America, your bluff has been called…the verdict is in, and the old adage remains true: you cannot have your cake and eat it too (shocking news, I know). Clichéd as it may sound, that message rang true this morning as the annual assembly opened in a blaze of introspection and criticism of the status quo. The target? Rising healthcare costs. Even current levels of U.S. healthcare spending are unsustainable, yet we continue on a path of rising costs without adequate thought regarding the value of care provided. The panel discussion featured Thomas Smith, Brad Stuart, and Rebecca Kirch, each presenting perspectives on the problem and fielding questions. Smith hit the nail on the head, pointing out that “value is missing, care is not optimal, and costs are rising unsustainably.” He highlighted some staggering statistics from a sample of cancer patients at a major academic medical center (Dy, et al, 2011). Roughly 1/3rd received chemotherapy within 2 weeks of death, ~25% ended up on a ventilator, less than 1/4th were discharged to hospice care, and ~1/3rd died in the hospital. Quite a sad state of affairs! Yet insurance premiums are rising quickly, having doubled between 2000 and 2010; herein lies the “missing value.” What are we buying with all this money spent? What’s a society to do? At this point someone usually drops the “R-bomb,” which can curtail any meaningful debate. Imposing limits on healthcare is such a charged and seemingly un-American idea. Must rationing be the only solution though? Per Brad Stuart, the answer to this question is a resounding “no!” Stuart described a program called AIM (Advanced Illness Management), which effectively turns this debate on its head. Rather than focusing on imposing limits, AIM emphasizes the importance of eliciting and defining patient preferences early (and often), and facilitates doing this in the community rather than just the hospital. AIM data show how this approach can yield improved outcomes, higher quality of care, and even decreased costs! This sounds like what many of us in palliative care already think we do; we’re communicators, goals elicitors, and compassionate caregivers. But we are handcuffed by a system that often views us as the alternative to aggressive treatments, especially in cancer care, and we’re often involved too late in the process. Thankfully, this too is changing. A recent guideline from the American Society of Clinical Oncology recommends early palliative care for all patients with advanced cancers (link). Palliative care is increasingly viewed as a part of the solution and a part of quality cancer care, rather than an adversary. In this climate, 2012 is a time of enormous excitement for our field! How we brand and conduct ourselves though, is crucial. We must be partners in cancer care, not antagonists. As Kirch taught us in reviewing the CAPC report, how we talk about palliative care truly matters; if we do it “correctly,” patients are overwhelmingly interested in what we do, and would want it for their loved ones (link). As a trainee in both oncology and palliative medicine, I cannot imagine a more exciting time to be working at the intersection of these fields. Let’s continue to work together to blaze a trail towards increasing quality of life and quality of cancer care. In line with the AIM program, and those like it, let’s be champions of patient choice, rather than reapers of grim. Palliate early, and often!Thomas W. LeBlanc, MD, MA Fellow, Medical Oncology and Palliative Medicine Duke University “Early Career Hospice and Palliative Medicine faculty Development Bootcamp”: Drs Bernacki, Carey, Sanchez-Reilly, Periyakoil, Kapo, DeLima Thomas, Morrison, and Bunch O’Neill I was a little apprehensive about this workshop, since I’m still a fellow and not even junior faculty yet. I will be taking a faculty position when I finish my fellowship, so I figured that whatever I learn will still be applicable four months from now. I think many trainees wonder what it means to be an attending, and especially about the mysterious “non-clinical time” (which residents and fellows get just enough of to know that we probably want more of it!). I do know enough to know that it will be different than anything I’ve done so far, in terms of work-flow, responsibility, and expectations. To add to my uncertainty, I am joining our section as part of a significant expansion which will mean changes in how the entire section functions. I was hoping for some strategies to manage what feels at times to be a monumental task, and I was not disappointed. We started by creating mission statements for ourselves: short, using active language, and focused on what we want to achieve and why. My mission statement: To improve medical care by expanding palliative care education at all levels. It was really inspiring to see how big we are dreaming! Other topics covered included time management (oh Covey square, where have you been all my life?) and conflict resolution (both in the context of patient interactions and with professional colleagues). When we talk about interactions with patients and families, we often talk about being intentional in our approach, to be mindful and centered in order to function most effectively. What I am taking home from this workshop is a greater sense of intention as I start my career, with my specific goals in mind and a much greater awareness of my own strengths as a palliator and as a faculty member. I was also really struck by the obvious camaraderie between our presenters, and the strength they derived from having a peer mentoring group. At our table we had a wonderful group of people and it was both somewhat therapeutic and also really fun to share stories about challenges in each of our lives. It was really striking how the same themes kept coming up over and over again across the whole group. Take home message: it can be hard to be a junior faculty member, and what you’re going through is normal! I walked out of the workshop focused on my goals, inspired to implement some of the tools we learned, and feeling more confident in my ability to shape my career to match my vision. I am really looking forward to the rest of the conference, meeting more new faces and getting more inspiration for what I already consider the greatest job there is. Meredith MacMartin, MD, HPM Fellow at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Although it was painful to get up so early on the final day of the AAHPM Assembly in Vancouver, it was completely worthwhile to attend the meeting of the Pediatrics Special Interest Group (SIG). Over the years that I’ve attended this meeting, it’s been amazing to watch the evolution of interest and attendance in our SIG, and the parallel explosion of pediatric education, research and advocacy opportunities. In 2007, our statewide pediatric palliative care (PPC) network OPPEN (Ohio Pediatric Palliative and End-of-life care Network) organized a national conference as a follow-up to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) pediatric conference in Dearborn, Michigan in 2004. These efforts were organized precisely because there was no place for PPC providers to go to find educational and research information and to network with colleagues; most national conferences had only occasional, if any, pediatric content. Fortunately, that has certainly changed! For the past few years, the AAHPM has offered greatly increased pediatric content at the Assembly, with pediatric sessions in almost every concurrent slot, as well as large numbers of pediatric paper presentations (which are often award winners). Pediatric representation exists throughout the organization, from workgroups and committees through the Board of Directors. Similarly, NHPCO has been offering a pediatric track at its Clinical Team Conference for several years now, and its advisory group ChiPPS (Children’s Project on Palliative and Hospice Services) has expanded, undergone strategic planning, and taken on a leadership role in equipping hospice and palliative care organizations to care for children and in working closely with NHPCO in its advocacy and policy activities (www.nhpco.org/pediatrics). The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has also jumped on the PPC bandwagon, with the establishment of the Section on Hospice and Palliative Medicine. This group is focusing primarily on policy and educational activities, including opportunities for scholarly activity through the AAP’s main meeting, the National Conference Exhibition. The Section maintains 2 listservs that boast healthy discussion about many aspects of our field, 1 for members and 1 for any interested parties; Affiliate Membership is possible for non-physicians as well (www.aap.org; check out the web page soon for a more expanded discussion of each of these national opportunities for PPC involvement and commitment). The Center to Advance Palliative Care has recently increased its pediatric focus too. Last fall, the annual conference included a pediatric track for the first time, and that will continue this year. Palliative Care Leadership Center tools and training for programs interested in starting or growing a PPC or hospice program have been available through a number of different sites for years; in 2008, 2 pediatric-specific sites were added (Akron Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minneapolis) and a new pediatric curriculum was developed (www.capc.org). And there are other groups involved with PPC as well. A few more highlights include: - PEPPERCORN, the Pediatric Palliative Care Research Network, a dedicated group of researchers from a number of sites across North America who are working individually and collaboratively to advance the science of PPC - The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (www.hpna.org), which has successfully developed a pediatric nursing certification examination in hospice and palliative care, and is also developing accompanying educational material - The National Networks for Pediatric Palliative Care (www.network4pedspallcare.org), a grassroots effort focused on developing a web-based clearinghouse of programs and information for families and providers. - The Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Competencies Project, a group of PPC leaders who have been working with the original HPM competencies document and authors to create a companion resource for pediatrics; importantly, the AAHPM’s Board of Directors approved support for this project at this year’s board meeting. During this time, the Academy’s SIG has continued to meet and grow. In the last few years, we’ve become more organized, along with all SIGs in the Academy which are receiving more support through the new and expanded Communities model. We’ve developed an elections process, allowing a rotation of leadership and the opportunity for younger or newer folks in the field to become involved. This year’s Assembly featured a Pediatric SIG-sponsored session which was very well received. And there were a tremendous number of great suggestions for next year’s Assembly that were generated at the SIG meeting. Our next big push will be for a pediatric plenary! In short, it’s a great time to be in pediatric hospice and palliative care. Seeing colleagues, learning about many new avenues to become involved in the field, talking about challenging and uplifting situations, sharing wisdom and lessons learned, and literally catching the contagious excitement among us were just a few of the reasons to get out of bed on Saturday morning for the SIG meeting. Hope to see you there next year in Denver! What a wonderful way to celebrate and remember all of us who care for our patients. The theme brought us back to Mother Earth as we are in the beautiful setting of Vancouver where we all are here to support each other. The symbol of the tree was used in several ways from the tree created during the conference by those attending and remembering those dear to them and also on the front of the handout with the Arbutus Tree (Madrone) which holds the tile of most sacred to inhabitants of this coastal region. I think the tree even though it looks like they stand alone are actually connected in many ways. And so are we. I especially enjoyed the celebration because of it’s emphasis on gratitude. I think in the hard days we face and the many challenges, many of them discussed during the conference, that we remember to return to ourselves and be grateful. To have gratitude as we complete our day for the work we are called to do. Grateful for the sun that warms us, the ground we walk on and the air we breath. To also cherish our heritage personally and united as presented by Gabe George and Carleen Thomas from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation meaning “People of the Inlet”. Gabe shared with us the loss of his brother from HIV and how he learned that healing is best done through song. Carleen and Gabe shared many songs with us and the healing in the room could be felt. Patrick Clary also shared with us his healing journey which has taken many years and started in his youth with his magpie. In a unique experience, often we share our monetary offerings, but what we received was a gift made by Kelly Two Wolves (she was introduced to us in the earlier plenary session). The beads represented the North (Red), West (Black), South (White) and East (Yellow) and the representation of the colors of the human race. The beads were presented in a bracelet, circular, joined and never ending showing we are ALL connected (related). This reminded me of another practice I learned this year, The Medicine Wheel. In closing we joined in the Aztec Prayer of Community. Only for so short a while, O God, You have loaned us to each other. Because we take form In your act of drawing us. And we take life In your painting us. And we breathe In your singing us. But only for so short a while Have you loaned us to each other. Thank you for this wonderful experience. Diane Meier’s talk this morning was less a presentation than a call for action to the palliative care field. Dr. Meier spent a year working on capital hill and has continued to advocate for palliative care on a local and national level. She began with a review of the Affordable Care Act and the challenges faced in our country given the current unsustainable spending on healthcare. More and more people are looking to the value equation: Value=Quality/Cost. The United States struggles to increase value and has been unable to accurately measure and increase quality, costs have continued to rise. As we debate how to cut costs it is critical that palliative care not be left out of the discussion. Currently, most of the talk around bending the cost curve has been related to changing payment structures including the formation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). High quality, well integrated palliative care is a critical piece the health care continuum, and we should be advocating that it is included in any discussion of ACOs. Unfortunately, there are very few voices from the palliative care community “at the table” in Washington and so our concerns are often not addressed. Only a tiny portion of NIH funding (0.01%) is devoted to research in the field of palliative care which only leads to further misunderstanding of our views and mission. So how can we make a difference? How can we make sure the palliative care is included in health care reform efforts going forward? Dr. Meier outlined several steps that we can take as a profession and as individuals. - Language is important. We must be consistent in how we talk about what we do. Her suggestion: “Palliative care is about matching treatment to patient goals.” What do you think? - Submit your organizations data to CAPC’s registry so that quality is measured and improved. - email/call/write a letter to your congressperson. AAHPM has made it easy! - Mark time off in your calendar to meet with your congressional representatives to discuss and lobby for palliative care. Our elected officials want to hear from us and they take our views very seriously. As an movement we need to start speaking up or health care reform is going to pass us by.

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Buying a home is no easy task. If you are not careful in planning, the dream of becoming a first time homebuyer can turn into a financial nightmare. Jeremy Walsh Real Estate is here to help your dreams come true by providing you three tips on how to avoid detrimental mistakes as a first time homebuyer. Read now. It is always important to read the fine print and gritty details before you buy a home. Being a newbie, no matter how cautious or smart of a homebuyer you may be, could still make you uniquely vulnerable to the complicated home buying process. The last thing you want to do is dig your own grave of debt. What you want is to buy and build financial security with a home purchase. Here are ways to save you from debt disaster: The first thing you need to do is take a look at your income and expenses to reveal truly what you can and can’t afford. You will want your mortgage payments to be something you can comfortably afford to pay every month for the next 15 to 30 years. Never purchase a home you know you will be scrapping for money every month to pay. You have to crawl before you walk. Even if you do not buy that big house on the hill now, you can afford it someday and you will be able to thank your first home for that. Make a budget for yourself to help you afford your first home. List all income, including your wage, investments and expenses. This will give you an idea about how much you can afford every month, even though this will only provide you a snapshot of your financial picture. There will come times when unexpected costs will come up, you can prepare for this by studying long-term your financial habits. You may not be able to predict the future but you can certainly make realistic expectations and cut down on certain expenses by your own choice. Once you do that, list what you need and want in a home- this includes both bedrooms and your ideal community. Next thing you need to do is perform a credit check before you start the home buying process. That three digit score could be the difference between becoming a homeowner rather than remaining a renter. Your credit report will show how consistent you are about making payments on time, what kind of accounts you have open, and how long you have had them open. When your score is low, you lower your chances of being granted a loan to purchase your home. Get a report from credit reporting agencies like Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. By reviewing your credit report you may even find errors you can remove to improve your score. CNN money conducted that found about 79% of reports have some kind of wrong information and 25% have seriously damaging errors. You should review your credit report at least once a year. Once you get a clear idea of your own financial status, it is time to look at the big picture. You have to always know in your mind the housing market is not static but it fluctuates. Sometimes it is in favor of homebuyers and other times it is more in favor to home sellers. It all depends on supply and demand. Desirable housing could be scarce or in surplus. When supply is high and more homes are available, this is when you want to buy a home. Other factors to look at are interest rates, consumer confidence and the overall condition of the economy. You can keep up with these factors by reading newspapers and magazines focused on the real estate market such as the Wall Street Journal and The National Real Estate Investor Magazine. If you have any questions on buying a home or selling a home, please contact Jeremy Walsh Real Estate by calling 443-610-5722 or click here today! You need to be exclusively represented and have Jeremy Walsh (located in Baltimore, Maryland) on your side to handle all of the important details for you! You can also follow me on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn as well! Source: 10 First-Time Homebuyer Mistakes

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Just to clarify, if people are getting confused as to why some networks seem to get spammed with these texts and some don't; mobile numbers are assigned to networks in batches. I work for a company related to telecoms and we have a list of all the codes and which network they belong to; for example, 07409 falls under Orange, 07507 falls under T-Mobile, 07810 falls under Vodafone, and all numbers stemming from that are of that network. It's possible, and likely, that they dial the numbers in batches, in such a way that they all go to the same network. Of course, this varies if you've had the number ported. Hate to add to this but these numbers call LANDLINE numbers randomly and leave automated messages . .Going to ditch your landline provider too? I have friends on all mobile servers except '3' . . .we all do the same, delete (or if their phone allows then 'block') the message and just drop our providers a courtesy email to let give them the number. My hubby generally gets one a month and he's on Orange!! Maybe you should try reading the small print on every 'contract' you have. Or just get down from your high horse. If all you have 'wrong' is receiving a few 'unwanted' calls/texts then your one of the lucky ones in the world.

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Use The Opportunity To Get CCNA Training CCNA training is a very important kind of training that is provided by Cisco program. It is the right choice for all network professionals because this training will give deeper knowledge, better skills and higher qualification. CCNA training is a compulsory course that can prepare you for passing CCNA certification exam. Despite the fact that CCNA certification is the basic level of Cisco certification but it is very important thing to start your career. CCNA training will help you to understand new information better to get the certificate. Networking professional who has CCNA certificate has all chances to get a great job in the field of networking services. Professionals who have such qualification can be much more wanted in the filed of networking services. Cisco certifications are appreciated by a lot of companies and corporations all over the world. Getting CCNA qualification offers more opportunities for IT professionals. CCNA certification is the important step that can help you to advance your knowledge, skills and qualification. After getting this basic level of qualification you have an opportunity to get the next level of Cisco certification. There are a lot of types of courses that you can take to prepare yourself for the CCNA exam. Online training is a very convenient way to get the obligatory knowledge and essential skills to pass the exam. You need to enroll to Cisco classes for great training. This kind of training is available for all networking professionals and novices. However all students have the equal opportunity to choose the option of passing the CCNA exam. Those who have an experience may choose the single CCNA examination that includes fifty questions. New candidates who have no previous experience should pass two exams. Every exam will be in the kind of test. Every test has fifty questions. Every exam is ninety minutes long. CCNA certification exam is very difficult and you need to be well-prepared for it. Many network administrators want to have a good ccna salary. But it’s not that easy. Those who are searching for the info on ccna salary are invited to visit this ccna salary offering much info on the subject.

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With the start of 2007 just around the corner, Quit is encouraging smokers to make the resolution to quit smoking on New Years' Eve and then set an actual Quit date for two weeks later. Quitline Manager, Mr Ian Ferretter, said making your Quit date two weeks into the New Year is often more realistic and can give you time to plan, however it is very important not to put it off for too long. "Planning to quit can help you understand why you smoke and set up some quitting strategies. This important preparation can sometimes get lost in the busy weeks leading up to New Year." "We urge smokers to put quitting at the top of the New Year resolutions list and then plan a ‘Quit date', perhaps to coincide with returning to work." "We know the majority of smokers want to quit, and that more smokers aim to quit at New Year than any other time," he says. "To be successful, smokers must want to quit, and if smokers seek additional support such as the free advice offered through the Quitline their chances of quitting successfully are increased." The Quitline anticipates receiving over 5000 calls from people who want to quit smoking in the holiday season, with a further 50 000 people expected to log onto www.quit.org.au to find out how to begin the New Year smokefree. The Quitline will be answering calls on 13 QUIT (13 7848) throughout the holiday season to ensure help is on hand to provide free support and guidance to all those smokers who want to start fresh and make this New Year smokefree. Quit tips to make your environment ‘quitting friendly' - Make your home and car smokefree. If that's not possible, have at least one smokefree area for yourself - Make it harder for yourself to get cigarettes - Ask others not to smoke around you - Use a place you are not allowed to smoke as ‘protection' until the craving passes - Feel okay about avoiding situations that will be tough while cravings are still intense and frequent. ph: (03) 9635 5400 mob: 0417 303 811

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Participating in the Parents Network on Schooldays.ie - FAQs What is the'Parents Network' on Schooldays.ie The Parents Network allows individual parents to communicate with other parents in their childs school year at either primary or secondary level. By clicking on the Parents Network link on an individual school’s profile page on the Schooldays.ie website, you can choose to associate yourself with the year group (known as Streams) in your child’s school(s) that you wish to ‘follow’, e.g 1st class or 2nd year. To ‘follow a stream’ means to be able to view or post to the threads within that stream. Only members associated with a specific stream can view or respond to the posts of other members within that Stream. Why join the Parents Network For a wide variety of reasons, it can be difficult for parents to link up with other parents in their childrens classes. The Parent Network facility on schooldays.ie allows parents to make those contacts which can be invaluable in facilitating practical issues such as arranging school runs, sharing childcare, exchanging second hand goods, arranging school social events, exploring homework problems or simply checking out what other parents are doing with regard to specific events, e.g. are you letting your son/daughter go to the local disco this friday? Joining a 'stream(s)' is also useful in helping you to navigate quickly to your child's school profile page on our site - each time you visit our site, you can simply click on the 'my streams' link which appears on the top of every page when logged in - this provides you with the immediate links to the schools you have associated yourself with. It also means that you can receive notifications when there are updates to your school(s). Can I discuss any topic on the Parents Network The Discussion Boards or Streams are not the appropriate forum to air problems that you may be experiencing with individual teachers or issues which may be arising between individual students. You could however ask other parents within the stream who are experiencing a problem with a particular subject for example to PM (private message ) you and then continue your discussion off line. In some cases you may wish to post a question or seek advice from the whole schooldays.ie audience rather than just within your Parent Network. Where this is the case, you should submit your post through our General Discussions boards which are visible to the full schooldays audience and our streamed on our homepage and a number of other pages throughout the website. We would remind all contributors that in registering on the site you agreed to abide by the Rules of our Forums. In particular we would remind you: Can I contact the school through the Parents Network - Treat others with the same respect you expect from them - Do not post anything you know to be false, defamatory, obscene, racist, offensive, hurtful or invasive of a persons privacy. While debating and discussion is fine, rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts will not be tolerated. - Do not use the network for advertising The schooldays.ie website is independent of the schools and therefore if you ask a question directly of a school through the parent network, you are unlikely to receive a response. If you have a question for a school regarding application procedures, requesting an application form etc, you should contact the school directly. Where it is available to us, we have listed school contact details on the website. Where email links are displayed, you can click on the email link to send an email to the school. How can I participate on the Parents Network on Schooldays.ie To participate in the School Network on Schooldays.ie, you first need to register on the website. How do I register on the Schooldays.ie site and is there a charge. There is no charge to participate on any of the communication forums on Schooldays.ie but in all cases you must register on the site to participate. Registration on the site allows you to participate in the Parents Network, the General Discussion Forums, the Childminders Forum, respond to News Stories and to advertise for free in the Second Hand school book section. Remember that you can opt to use an image/avatar, either a photo of yourself or a funny avatar (cartoon type image) which will appear beside any posts you make on our site. To register on the site click on the ‘Register’ link which appears above the pencil on the homepage. Should I use my real name as my ‘User Name’ when registering The User Name that you choose will be displayed alongside your posts however your email address will not. You may either use your real name or a pseudonym as a ‘user name’ but remember that if you use your real name, it is likely to be clear to other parents in the parent network who your child is in the school - you need to consider whether you wish to identify yourself in this way. Remember again, that if you uploaded a photo of yourself when you registered, it will appear beside any of your posts in the parents network. How do I join the Parents Network in my children’s schools Once you have registered on the site and are logged in, choose the ‘Find a Primary School’ or ‘Find a Secondary School’ option which you will find near the top of the green menu list which appears on the left hand side of each page on the website. These links will bring you through to the link pages that you need to find your child’s school. If you have difficulty locating the school , you can also use the search option which appears on menu on the pencil at the top of each page – simply type in your school name and review the results. When you are on the school page, click on the ‘Parents Network’ link. Here you will see the different links to click on depending on which Streams (class year groups) you wish to join. When you click on one of the links to join a stream you will be required to complete the following fields What information should I input as a Stream Remark The stream remark lets you place a little more information about yourself that other users within the stream will be able to see. For example you may wish to say something like "Mum of girl in class 1N" or "Dad of student in 2Y" or if you are happy to identify yourself fully " Aoifes Mum' If there are a number of classes at the same level, e.g. 3 classes of 1st year, it is useful to say which class group your child is in. How can I amend my profile or "stream remark" if I want to give more/less information? At any stage when you are logged in you will see a link to 'My Streams' at the very top of the website page (above the advertising banner) . By clicking on this link you will see a list of the streams of which you are a member. You will have the option to click to 'view the Stream Discussions' or to view 'Stream Members' You will also see a link to 'edit ' located beside your 'stream remark' . Click on the edit link if you wish to amend how you have described yourself. If you no longer wish to be a member of a particular stream, click on the dustbin image beside the stream to unsubscribe from that stream.. What does "Notify me of new posts mean? It means you will receive an email advising you when there are new posts or new joiners to your stream. Emails are issued daily or weekly. Can I join Streams in more than one school? You can join a max of 3 streams in any one school and a max of 5 streams in total. Once you are logged in, just locate the profile page for the second (or third) school that you want to join and repeat the processes set out above. How do I 'un-subscribe' from a Stream if I no longer wish to 'follow that stream'? At any stage when you are logged in you will see a link to 'My Streams' at the very top of the website page (above the banner advertisement) . By clicking on this link you will see a list of the streams of which you are a member. Click on the dustbin image if you wish to no longer be a member of a particular stream. Note that once you post to a stream, your posts will remain in the stream, even if you leave the stream at a later date. If I am a member of a steam in more than one school, how do I quickly move between my streams? Click on the 'My Streams' link at the top of the website page and you will see the list of your streams. By clicking on any of your stream links provided you will go directly to that page. How do I reply to a thread within a stream discussions? Once you are logged in, and a member of a stream, you will be able to click to read any of the threads within that stream. If you want to participate in the discussion, click on the 'reply' button, type in your response and click on save for your reply to appear live on the site. How do I start a new discussion/create a new thread? Once you are logged in, visit your Stream and click on 'create a new thread' - you will then see the following box Insert a title indicating what the thread is about, choose a category as this helps other members to find information related to a number of categories. Make sure to click on 'this stream only' if you want only the members in the stream to see your post. If you are happy for EVERYONE who visits the schools profile page to see your post, then choose 'everyone'. Type in your message and click on 'save' for the message to appear live on the site. What is a Private Message (PM) As a member of a particular stream you have the facility to contact individual members of the stream by sending them a private message which cannot be seen by anyone else, including other stream members. If you send someone a PM, they will receive an email from Schooldays.ie telling them to log-in to the site to view their private message. If you receive a private message, you will similarly receive an email. To view the message, log-in and click on the link to 'My PMs' which appears above the pencil on the home page . Here you will be able to read your PMs and send further PMs in response. How do I send a Private Message (PM) The user name of every poster appears alongside any post that they make. Beneath their user name you will see a link to 'PM me'. If you click on this link you can send them a private message, however if you click on the link 'reply' within a thread, your reply appears on the website. If I am a member of a stream associated with a particular school year within a school, should I also join the 'General Stream' within that school? Being a member of the 'general stream' if you are a parent in the school is also useful as there may be occasions when you wish to post a question (e.g. looking for some second hand item) to all parents associated with the school and not just to those in first year etc. Remember though anything you post in this stream can be viewed by anyone who visits the schools profile page on the site. The general stream is also of interest to past pupils and prospective parents and anyone with a general interest in the school who wants to be alerted when there are comments or questions posted.

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Pattern: Square Flowers Identifiers / Alternate Names: The Square Flowers pattern features 4 petaled flowers or clovers in a squarish configuration. It appears in two possible colors - verde green on white and darker orange on yellow-orange. We are listing this pattern separately even though its exact origin is unknown up to this point: several original boxes that had green square flowers on them were marked as "Verde" which adds to the confusion. The pattern has been noted on a variety of different items. The extent of the orange version of the square flowers is not known - it seems to appear mostly on round casseroles, but we don't know if it is a promotional-only item or not. Also known as: Dutch Clover, Green Flower, Avocado Item Type: 470 Series Cinderella Bake-Serve-Store Casserole Set Values: Check below on Ebay for approximate prices Sizes and ID#s: #471 (1 pint) #472 (1.5 pint) #473 (1 quart) This is the orange version of the Green Square Flowers pattern that has caused some confusion with Pyrex patterns (because of its mislabeling as “verde”). However, we are pretty certain that the Orange Square Flowers appears only on certain casseroles. The row of square flowers looks pretty similar to the green one, except that there are two rows on these items. Update (6/07): It’s come to our attention that the smaller casseroles (the 1 pint and 1.5 pint) apparently had only ONE row of flowers instead of the two. That’s very interesting… so 471, 472 have one row and 473 (and of course the 474, 475 larger round casseroles) have two rows. Update (10/07): We now have one of the smaller 471 casseroles, seen in the photo above, so we can confirm that there is indeed only one row of flowers for this item. The flowers are a cream-tan in color with the base of the casserole being a darker orange-brown. These casseroles exist in the usual three sizes of 1 pint, 1.5 pint and 1 quart, all with the same diameter… that’s the way to tell them apart from the Round Casseroles, because they don’t increase in diameter. The numbers are #471-473 and as usual the largest #473 size is the same piece as the smallest of the Round Casseroles.

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These days, video games and controversy are old friends. Unsurprisingly, the biggest controversies seem to arise whenever the topic of sex in video games appears in the public forum. Whenever the topic rears its ugly head, critics come out of the woodwork, condemning the video game industry for trying to sneak sex into our homes and corrupt the youth of America. It's a debate that's become all too familiar for gamers, developers, and publishers over the past few years, and why people are so up in arms about the situation in the first place is more than a little vexing. The controversy surrounding sex in video games isn't exactly a new one, but it certainly has hit the public eye recently. One of the earliest examples of sex causing a stir in the video game industry came about with Custer's Revenge, a game in 1982 that had such objectionable content that Atari ultimately sued the game's developer, Mystique, in an effort to publicly distance the Atari console from the game's negative media attention. More recently, the sex/nudity in games like BMX XXX, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Mass Effect have garnered a fair degree of coverage and outrage, even when it isn't deserved. But why do people in the game industry get so upset about anything sexual appearing in games, especially when there is so much gratuitous violence permeating the medium? Why doesn't violence in games spark the same amount of outrage? The long answer could fill a book, but Brenda Brathwaite, author of Sex in Video Games, and Damon Brown, author of Porn & Pong: How Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider and Other Sexy Games Changed Our Culture, offered a few answers to Ars that begin to scratch the surface. Brathwaite started out with the obvious suggestion that our intolerance for sex in games goes all the way back to the Puritan founders of America. "I think it's purely a cultural thing. In other countries, like Germany, it's completely the opposite; it's our culture, and that's just the way we view things." It is true that critics in the United States seem to be willing to do battle with sexual content, while countries like Britain and Germany often do the opposite, with politicians in these nations doing their best to ban violent games while never even mentioning sex. Brown suggested another reason we freak out about sex is that we've come to expect heavy amounts of violence in games, while sexual content is still so uncommon that it's shocking when it appears. "Part of the answer is that video games are assumed to be violent," he pointed out. "For instance, how many mainstream cover stories have there been on violence in video games and the effect on children, � la Columbine? Comparatively, there have been hardly any about adult/sexual content, even during the Hot Coffee scandal. High levels of sexual video game content are still relatively new for mainstream America, beginning with GTA 3 or, at best, Leisure Suit Larry." Finally, the third major thing that makes people uncomfortable with sex in games is that games are still perceived as being products for children. "We're still in the perception that video games are for kids," Brathwaite said. "That perception is carried out in an extreme way in places like Australia, where they don't even have a rating for adults. So, if your games can't be played by kids under [a certain age], you can't even publish them there." Even in the United States, the rating system reflects the idea that games are for kids. According to its official requirements, the ESRB is open about its preference that applicants have experience dealing with children: "ESRB raters must be adults and typically have experience with children, whether through prior work experience, education or by being parents or caregivers themselves." "This is the key to medium, in that we're viewing everything through the eyes of a child," Brathwaite pointed out. "It's not that kids don't matter or should be excluded, but our rating system is, by default, a bit reactionary." For many gamers, the main problem with this concern about sex in games is that it doesn't exist in other forms of media. With books, movies, television, and comics, sex isn't a huge issue these days, but it's still a major concern when it comes to video games. In short, this is a massive double standard, since games containing sex are often slapped with an AO rating and movies with far racier content are allowed on retail shelves. Ars community member Nagumo claims to have "seen Baise Moi in Wal-Mart," a film that "features scenes involving rape that show real penetration and ejaculation! Never mind the sodomy with a .45." While gamers have a right to be upset about this double standard, claims Brown, they should also realize that it's a bit of a good thing, too. "Movies had the long-standing Hayes code until the 70s, comics had the Comic Book Code of 1954 —requiring that womens' features not be 'exaggerated'— and so on," he said. "And books are still being banned! Video games were created only about 50 years ago and didn't become mainstream until 35 years ago. The video game censorship battle, which, while continuous, hit the mainstream a decade and a half ago with Mortal Kombat, and is just a sign that our pastime is being recognized as a cultural influencer." Something that many critics don't realize is that there is a market for sexualized video games. Granted, it's certainly miniscule compared to the mainstream market, but it's there. Aside from the fact that some developers of these games are able to sell uncensored and/or more explicit versions of their titles via direct download—thereby avoiding retailers and the censorship issues that occur to get a game there—many users will sexualize their interactions with each other or create risqu� content. "Sex is already incredibly common in games already, we just call it 'emergent behavior between two players,'" Brathwaite said. This emergent player behavior can range from teabagging your opponents after you frag them in Halo to creating a strip club in Star Wars: Galaxies to engaging in full-on sex in MMOs like Second Life or Sociolotron. If you haven't heard of Sociolotron before, you're not alone. The game is an MMORPG that, aside from standard fare associated with the genre, features sex as an integrated part of the world. This makes it different from Second Life because the sex isn't user-created, it's actually built into the game from the moment you start. The game, which came into existence in 2002, was actually a happy coincidence for its creator, known only as "PlayerDark," and serves as evidence that other players are also interested in adult experiences in their games. "I was working on a text-based adult game to run as a hobby when the company I was working as a programmer for went out of business," he explained. "Since it was very difficult to find another job as programmer around here at that time, I decided to try and make [Sociolotron] a commercial game. Thanks to the help of a number of players who helped with testing and suggestions, I was able to finish it within a year approximately." However, not everyone has been supportive of Sociolotron. Even other gamers have a habit of looking down their noses at the MMO and the content it contains. "[When people first hear about the game,] mostly it’s a reaction of… 'Dude, another porn game, only freaks play it, but not me,' and some sort of snickering look-down reaction," PlayerDark explains. "One has to get used to it. Our players are mostly a nice group, and those who find their way into Sociolotron and stay with us usually become hardcore fans of the game. Of course, the future of sex in games is difficult to foresee, but it stands to reason that it's something that will persist and grow, especially as the average age of video gamers continues to increase and games are no longer perceived as just being for children. At the moment, it's something that will have go grow by inches rather than by leaps and bounds. One possible milestone could be the launch of Sociolotron 2 , which is tentatively scheduled for next year. "From Pompeii to modern times," Brown observed, "history has proven that we will use any available technology toward sexual gain—or, as Playboy editor Scott Alexander put it, 'If there is a new technology, we will try to fuck it'… there is a market for it, and it will be delivered through any channel that stays open to the consumers' desires."

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Join the 'Pulmonary Embolism -- Recurrent Event' group to help and get support from people like you. Pulmonary Embolism -- Recurrent Event Blog Posted 15 Jun 2010 by Drugs.com TUESDAY, June 15 – CT angiography might not be necessary in many patients suspected of having a blood clot in the lung (pulmonary embolism), and a risk analysis can identify those most likely to require the procedure, a new study suggests. Pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when a blood clot, usually from the leg, moves through the bloodstream and lodges in an artery in the lung. The condition can be fatal, so prompt diagnosis is essential. Because of its high sensitivity and specificity, CT angiography has become a preferred method of diagnosing PE. However, there are growing concerns about costs and patient radiation exposure, along with risks associated with contrast agents used in the procedure. For this study, researchers reviewed the medical records to assess the PE risk factors of 2,003 patients who underwent CT angiography for possible PE between July 2004 and February 2006. The ... Read more

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The charred frames of trailers and the twisted metal of cars are a somber reminder of the tragedy on I-75. One year ago, on a stretch of interstate near Gainesville, 11 people died after fog and smoke from a nearby wildfire made it nearly impossible for drivers to see. The Florida Highway Patrol closed the road, but by 3:30 in the morning conditions improved. The interstate was reopened over the objections of at least one trooper. An investigated concluded poor communications among troopers contributed to the crash. FHP responded saying nothing they could have done would have changed the outcome. FHP is remaining quiet on the terrible anniversary. A spokesperson for the patrol said they're not commenting because of possible future lawsuits, but actions speak louder than words and FHP has already taken significant steps. Each troop now has a watch supervisor in charge of monitoring conditions and will conduct annual reviews of its road closing procedures. Billboards are part of FHP's low visibility campaign, but maybe the biggest awareness weapon of them all is the tragedy itself. There are even more changes in the works. The Florida Department of Transportation has money to put digital warning signs in dangerous areas. There are also talks or putting closed circuit TV cameras on roadways to monitor conditions.

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Egypt's president orders dissolved parliament back CAIRO (AP) – Egypt's president on Sunday ordered the Islamist-dominated parliament to reconvene in defiance of a military decree dissolving the legislature last month on the basis of a ruling by the country's top court, the state news agency reported. The surprise move by President Mohammed Morsi, himself an Islamist, will almost certainly lead to a clash with the powerful generals who formally handed power to him on June 30 after spending 16 months at the nation's helm following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising. The move also reflects confusion in the roles and powers of Egypt's governing institutions, with the constitution in force under Mubarak suspended after the uprising and no new one adopted. Open confrontation between the two sides is certain to plunge the country into a new bout of political instability, adding to the many woes Egypt has experienced since Mubarak's ouster by a popular uprising in 2011. Already, the country has been beset by a surge of crime, a faltering economy, a seemingly endless series of strikes, sit-ins and demonstrations. In the first sign of an imminent crisis, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the formal name of the body grouping the nation's top generals, held an "emergency meeting" shortly after Morsi's decree was announced. The official Middle East News Agency said the generals met to "review and discuss the consequences" of Morsi's decision. The council has yet to publicly comment on the president's decision. The decree by Morsi, a longtime member of the Muslim Brotherhood group, also called for new parliamentary elections to be held within 60 days of the adoption of a new constitution for the country, which is not expected before late this year. Last month, the then-ruling military generals dissolved the legislature when the Supreme Constitutional Court, the country's highest tribunal, ruled that a third of its members had been elected illegally. The text of Morsi's decree made no mention of the Supreme Constitutional Court, saying it was only revoking the military's own decree to disband the legislature. The military announced a "constitutional declaration" on June 16 that gave it legislative powers in the absence of parliament and stripped Morsi of much of his presidential authority. It also gave the generals control over the process of drafting a new constitution and immunity from any civilian oversight. It also gave itself control of the national budget. Morsi came to power after narrowly defeating Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, in a June 16-17 runoff. He was declared the winner on June 24. He symbolically took the oath of office five days later at Tahrir Square, birthplace of the revolt that toppled Mubarak's regime on Feb. 11, 2001. He took the formal oath the next day before the Supreme Constitutional Court and again during a later speech at Cairo University before hundreds of his supporters, including many of the dissolved legislature's lawmakers. A conservative Islamist, Morsi may have made his move inspired in large part by a desire to assert his authority in the face of the military, which has been the country's de facto ruler since army officers seized power in a 1952 coup that toppled the monarchy. But Morsi's defiance of a ruling by the country's highest court could backfire, leading to charges that he has no respect for the judiciary. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns told reporters after the meeting that Egyptians could rely on U.S. support as they try to realize their aspirations. "Egyptians know far better than we do that their aspirations are not yet fully realized, but they can count on America's partnership on the complicated road ahead," Burns said. Washington, he said, was looking to see a democratically elected parliament in Egypt, a constitution that protects "universal rights" and an inclusive government that "embraces all of Egypt's faiths and respects the rights of women and secular members of society." Burns is the highest ranking U.S. official to meet Morsi since he succeeded Hosni Mubarak, a close U.S. ally whose regime was toppled in a popular uprising last year. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's is also due to travel to Egypt later this month.

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Being Happy - Experience 2 on by Brian Vaszily, Founder of IntenseExperiences.com, How to Be Happy: Stop Holding It In. Let It Rain! Author of the #1 International Bestseller, The 9 Intense Experiences, Named One of the All-Time 5 Best Motivational Books ... one of the surest ways to sabotage it is to hold stuff inside you that should be let out. This is true of your physical body, of course. Your body is in the business of disposing of whatever it doesn’t need to be healthy. If your body is blocked in disposing of these toxins, they build up and increasingly sabotage your health. And so it is with the thoughts in your head and heart. If you don’t release that which needs to be said, and if you don’t pursue that which you know needs to be done, they will back up and increasingly sabotage your peace, productivity and your happiness. So ponder this: what have you been holding inside that has been eating away at you being happy? What have been meaning to say to someone that you haven’t yet said? Family, friends, exes? What have you been meaning to try or get done in this one and only sure life you have that you haven’t tried or gotten done? Pursuing a creative project, cleaning out a figurative or literal closet? That you may feel some fear at finally saying, trying or doing is fine. That is natural. But just as feeling physical pain is a signal that something in your body needs to be addressed, feeling fear is a signal that something in your mind and heart needs to be addressed. Not ignored, but faced head on. Resolve to feel the fear and say it or do it anyway. Your peace, focus, creativity, productivity and the happiness you deserve depend on it. Nature doesn’t hold it in. When it needs to rain, it rains. Yes, there are grey skies, and yes the rain can feel cold. But there is no growth without the rain. What are you holding in? Do you really want to achieve happiness? Then isn’t it time to rain? "Like" This Below and Share Your Comments on Being Happy And DON'T MISS These Essential Guides to Your Happiness: Being Happy: Experience 1 on How to Be HappyYour FREE Instant Copy of: The 23 BIGGEST Secrets on How to Be The Famous Inspirational Video: The 9 Timeless Secrets of Being Happy

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Labor minister calls on US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to team with Israel, form united front against anti-Semitism by announcing US will not attend Geneva meeting; says will push for a decision during Clinton's upcoming Mideast visit Social Affairs Minister Isaac Herzog urged US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to shun the UN's World Conference against Racism, scheduled to he held in Switzerland in April. Clinton is scheduled to arrive in the Middle East next week and Herzog, who was tasked by the government to head its counter anti-Semitism efforts, wants to use Clinton's visit in order to create a united front against the conference. Durban 2 to slam 'racist Israel' / Yitzhak Benhorin US delegation making little progress in changing tone of upcoming anti-racism conference, where Israel again expected to face harsh criticism; meanwhile, any mention of Holocaust during event still in doubt The first World Conference against Racism was held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001 – just days before the attack on New York's World Trade Center. Both the Israeli and the American delegates stormed out of it at the time, claiming it was a hotbed for anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli slurs. Herzog told Ynet Tuesday that from the conference briefs sent to prospective participants, the Geneva conference stands to harshly censure Israel. "We have no hopes of changes in the essence of the coming Durban Conference. We're waiting on the US to take its stand, since it will inevitably affect European and other countries, and may result in them banning the meet as well. "With the Obama administration undeceive about participating in the conference it is imperative that Israel amp its international efforts to have this meeting – whose standing is known in advanced – shunned… It is the only way we can avoid the same spectacle of anti-Semitism we witnessed in Durban in 2001." The social affairs minister went on to warn that the nearing conference "can set the world dozens of years back. It stands to focus on hatred towards Israel and the Jewish people. I urge the US to announce it will not take part in it and I call on it to lead the sane nation's bloc in that move, as it has before," he said. The US has yet to announce whether or not it will take part in Geneva's World Conference against Racism, although it did vote against holding it.

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Updated: Thisismynext received a statement from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and it’s not looking good for AT&T: By filing suit today, the Department of Justice has concluded that AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile would substantially lessen competition in violation of the antitrust laws. Competition is an essential component of the FCC’s statutory public interest analysis, and although our process is not complete, the record before this agency also raises serious concerns about the impact of the proposed transaction on competition. Vibrant competition in wireless services is vital to innovation, investment, economic growth and job creation, and to drive our global leadership in mobile. Competition fosters consumer benefits, including more choices, better service and lower prices. We’re very short on details but Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that the Department of Justice is attempting to block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. The DOJ has filed an anti-trust complaint. The Justice Department complaint was filed today in federal court inWashington. The U.S. is seeking a declaration that Dallas-based AT&T’s takeover of T-Mobile, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE), would violate U.S. antitrust law and a court order blocking any arrangement implementing the deal. “AT&T’s elimination of T-Mobile as an independent, low- priced rival would remove a significant competitive force from the market,” the U.S. said in its filing. Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Block AT&T’s Acquisition of T-Mobile Transaction Would Reduce Competition in Mobile Wireless Telecommunications Services, Resulting in Higher Prices, Poorer Quality Services, Fewer Choices and Fewer Innovative Products for Millions of American Consumers WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block AT&T Inc.’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. The department said that the proposed $39 billion transaction would substantially lessen competition for mobile wireless telecommunications services across the United States, resulting in higher prices, poorer quality services, fewer choices and fewer innovative products for the millions of American consumers who rely on mobile wireless services in their everyday lives. The department’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeks to prevent AT&T from acquiring T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom AG. “The combination of AT&T and T-Mobile would result in tens of millions of consumers all across the United States facing higher prices, fewer choices and lower quality products for mobile wireless services,” said Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole. “Consumers across the country, including those in rural areas and those with lower incomes, benefit from competition among the nation’s wireless carriers, particularly the four remaining national carriers. This lawsuit seeks to ensure that everyone can continue to receive the benefits of that competition.” “T-Mobile has been an important source of competition among the national carriers, including through innovation and quality enhancements such as the roll-out of the first nationwide high-speed data network,” said Sharis A. Pozen, Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. “Unless this merger is blocked, competition and innovation will be reduced, and consumers will suffer.” Mobile wireless telecommunications services play a critical role in the way Americans live and work, with more than 300 million feature phones, smart phones, data cards, tablets and other mobile wireless devices in service today. Four nationwide providers of these services – AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon – account for more than 90 percent of mobile wireless connections. The proposed acquisition would combine two of those four, eliminating from the market T-Mobile, a firm that historically has been a value provider, offering particularly aggressive pricing. According to the complaint, AT&T and T-Mobile compete head to head nationwide, including in 97 of the nation’s largest 100 cellular marketing areas. They also compete nationwide to attract business and government customers. AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile would eliminate a company that has been a disruptive force through low pricing and innovation by competing aggressively in the mobile wireless telecommunications services marketplace. The complaint cites a T-Mobile document in which T-Mobile explains that it has been responsible for a number of significant “firsts” in the U.S. mobile wireless industry, including the first handset using the Android operating system, Blackberry wireless email, the Sidekick, national Wi-Fi “hotspot” access, and a variety of unlimited service plans. T-Mobile was also the first company to roll out a nationwide high-speed data network based on advanced HSPA+ (High-Speed Packet Access) technology. The complaint states that by January 2011, an AT&T employee was observing that “[T-Mobile] was first to have HSPA+ devices in their portfolio…we added them in reaction to potential loss of speed claims.” The complaint details other ways that AT&T felt competitive pressure from T-Mobile. The complaint quotes T-Mobile documents describing the company’s important role in the market: - T-Mobile sees itself as “the No. 1 value challenger of the established big guys in the market and as well positioned in a consolidated 4-player national market”; and - T-Mobile’s strategy is to “attack incumbents and find innovative ways to overcome scale disadvantages. [T-Mobile] will be faster, more agile, and scrappy, with diligence on decisions and costs both big and small. Our approach to market will not be conventional, and we will push to the boundaries where possible. . . . [T-Mobile] will champion the customer and break down industry barriers with innovations. . . .” The complaint also states that regional providers face significant competitive limitations, largely stemming from their lack of national networks, and are therefore limited in their ability to compete with the four national carriers. And, the department said that any potential entry from a new mobile wireless telecommunications services provider would be unable to offset the transaction’s anticompetitive effects because it would be difficult, time-consuming and expensive, requiring spectrum licenses and the construction of a network. The department said that it gave serious consideration to the efficiencies that the merging parties claim would result from the transaction. The department concluded AT&T had not demonstrated that the proposed transaction promised any efficiencies that would be sufficient to outweigh the transaction’s substantial adverse impact on competition and consumers. Moreover, the department said that AT&T could obtain substantially the same network enhancements that it claims will come from the transaction if it simply invested in its own network without eliminating a close competitor.

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|<< Job 22 >>| English Standard Version Eliphaz Speaks: Job’s Wickedness Is Great 1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2 “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right, or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? 4 Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you and enters into judgment with you? 5 Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to your iniquities. 6 For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. 8 The man with power possessed the land, and the favored man lived in it. 9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed. 10 Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden terror overwhelms you, 11 or darkness, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. 12 “Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are! 13 But you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness? 14 Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.’ 15 Will you keep to the old way that wicked men have trod? 16 They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away. 17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’ 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent one mocks at them, 20 saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off, and what they left the fire has consumed.’ 21 “Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. 22 Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. 23 If you return to the Almighty you will be built up; if you remove injustice far from your tents, 24 if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed, 25 then the Almighty will be your gold and your precious silver. 26 For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God. 27 You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows. 28 You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. 29 For when they are humbled you say, ‘It is because of pride’; but he saves the lowly. 30 He delivers even the one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.” 17 Hebrew them 29 Or you say, ‘It is exaltation’ 30 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew him that is not innocent << Job 22 >> The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV® Text Edition: 2007. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) is adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. Online Parallel Bible

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The Liberian Government through the Land Commission in collaboration with the Crusaders for Peace, Land Conflict Resolution Project, USAID and the American people has ended a courageous first phase of a nationwide campaign to reduce or resolve the aged land disputes now on the increase in Liberia. The land Conflict Resolution project was launched on August 31 with a call by the Chairman of the Land Commission Dr. Othello Brandy for all Liberians to stop fighting for land. Speaking at the land Commission Office in Sinkor during a well attended program, Dr. Brandy said the issue of land is very fundamental to peace, security national reconciliation and development. He stressed that every Liberian has the right to own land and the Land commission has that mandate. The Land Conflict resolution and outreach project was also launched in three counties including Kakata Margibi County, Gbarnga in Bong County and voinjama in Lofa County. Speaking to our reporter at her 9th street office on Tuesday following the end of the first phase of the program, Commissioner Susana Vaye of the Land commission responsible for Outreach and Education described the campaign as very successful. The Land Conflict resolution campaign was initially intended to take place in five Counties including Nimba, Lofa, Margibi, Maryland and Bong, to take inventory of all tribal certificate holders to enable the commission document the quantity of tribal certificates in existence. However due to impassable road condition, the campaign will be taken to Nimba and Mary Land counties during the dry season. She said the key purpose of the campaign was to educate the public on the mandates and role of the Land Commission, take inventory of all existing tribal certificates and establish land conflict resolution Coordination offices in five counties including Nimba, Lofa, and Margibi, Maryland Bong counties. The land Conflict resolution office has already been established in Voinjama Lofa County while the ones in Margibi, Bong and Nimba are to be shortly established. Commissioner Vaye however said the Land Commission is not a court to adjudicate cases. She said even though the commission does not have the power to adjudicate cases, it has the Alternative Land Dispute program to amicably resolve land cases out of court. She further clarified that the tribal certificate is not a land deed, but an initial process to obtaining a land deed, noting that land disputes have increased because these information were not made available. She called on all Liberians to stop fighting for land the land is more than the people. The land conflict resolution campaign was spearheaded by Culture Ambassador Juli Endee and the Liberia Crusaders for Peace with the production of jingles, dramas, and songs in the various Liberian dialects, banners, fliers, posters and T-shirts among others. The crusaders also went to Bong, Margibi and Lofa counties, conducting meetings and staging street awareness programs aimed at educating the public against land conflict and the need to always dialogue in the event of land conflict. Speaking to our reporter on the outcome of the Land Conflict resolution campaign, Amb. Endee said she was happy to form part of a campaign mechanism to resolve land conflicts that have resulted to loss of lives and properties in Liberia. Amb. Endee said during the campaign, she had the opportunity to meet with chiefs, women, and students who made recommendations aimed at resolving land disputes. She commended the Land Commission, USAID and the American People, the Land Conflict Resolution Project (LCRP) and all organizations that are supporting the land Conflict resolution Campaign. The Program is being funded by USAID and the American People. The LCRP headed by Miss Laurie Cooper is also providing support to the project.

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For my 70th birthday last week, I did a backpacking trip with two friends into a wilderness area where the trout seldom see humans. It was gorgeous. It turned out to be quite an Adventure! Along the way I could see several profound lessons for entrepreneurs like you. Here are the highlights: - Expect the route to be twice as tough as you planned. This 2,500 foot mountain decent into a remote canyon was a lot more rugged than we anticipated. We were able to make it down and back, but it was arduous and a real trial. "We made it!" was our final remark at the top of the mountain. - Have adequate reserves. This Fall season lacked rain and the creeks along the way were dry. We planned our carried water but it was gone by the time we neared our first campsite along the river. That was not enough reserve to allow for any emergencies along the long, hot trail over 10 hours of sweating. - Expect to lose the trail at times. We got lost three times going in. We marked the trail better for getting out. The lose of time and energy was significant. It stretched our patience and endurance with each other. - Expect to find the trail again. We never lost hope of re-finding the lost trail. Time after time we stopped, dropped packs, spread out and found the missing trail (it is a seldom used path in rugged brush and mountain terrain). - Use multiple skills to make your way. Our map reading skills were solid, our compass worked, and the tiny GPS helped until batteries ran out. We did not rely on just one tool. - Go with people you trust. We knew each other. We had been on the trails before. We had experiences that together gave us confidence we could do this rugged journey. - Go light. One of our guys carried too much gear, too many duplicates and luxuries. His extra caution cost his legs dearly. He slowed us down. We had to help him, he could not carry the load he signed up for. He learned a tough lesson and won't do it a second time. - Do not hesitate to ask for help when you need it in emergencies. Our youngest and most experienced trekker insisted on having us two slower guys leave before him. Two hours later we were far ahead when he got hit hard by bad food poisoning. His resulting return to camp, vomiting with diarrhea left us over-nighting on the top of the mountain in storm winds, wondering what happened to him. The next morning we called for help from Search & Rescue. They found him four hours later, on the trail, and then assisted his climb out (he is a Marine) and he arrived safely later that day. - Stick to basic rules of safety. We violated a cardinal backpacking rule: Stick together. Separating cost us dearly in worry and endangered one of us. - Have your escape plan prepared. We had discussed what each of us would do along the way in case of emergency. This situation was one of several we were ready for. We followed our agreed plan and it resulted in the best of outcomes. - Treat every outing as an Adventure! That means each trek will have four elements: Unknowns, Risks, Treasures, and Fun. We had all of those on this trip. It was a true Adventure into one of God's most beautiful areas of creation. It left us wiser and ready for more, with our friendships intact and our bodies humbled. It was a great way to celebrate a birthday! BOTTOM LINE: Lessons from challenging events such as wilderness backpacking (for fishing, hunting, skiing, etc.) offer lessons for real entrepreneurs. Making your outings Adventures and learning from them transform your time and effort into advancement of your character, skills and wisdom. When you can apply that to a new enterprise, you'll be far ahead of your competition who will complain about your unfair advantage. I wish you The Best on your Adventure!

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Every year at Easter Mom’s fret about having enough hard boiled eggs to color for all the kids (including the big one) You know the drill you try to limit it to six for each person and then 4 of your dozen crack while boiling, 1 leaks out and makes a mess all over all the other eggs, you send your hubby to the store on Easter Saturday, possibly THE BIGGEST nightmare day ever… (other than when the weatherman here in Colorado says we are expecting a blizzard). He comes how a little beat up with another dozen eggs, and you start the process all over again. What are you doing wrong?? How to make perfect hard boiled eggs… “Place the eggs in a pan just big enough to hold them in a single layer. Cover them with cold water and bring them to a rolling boil. Cook for one minute, then remove them from the heat. When the water has cooled enough that you can put your hand in (about 20 minutes), the eggs will be perfectly cooked.” This method avoids not only the cracking in the pan because of the single layer, you also avoid overcooking which is what leads to the nasty sulphur smell and the not so attractive green ring around the yellow yolk. Try this method of preparing hard boiled eggs this Easter and see if it works for you. |Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs for Easter|| - 1 dozen eggs - 2 quarts of water - Place the eggs in a pan just big enough to hold them in a single layer. Cover them with cold water and bring them to a rolling boil. - Cook for 1 minute after the water has boiled. - Remove them from the heat. - Let water cool. about 20 minutes

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BUFFALO, N.Y. - The flu is spreading across the nation. In Boston, a Flu Emergency has been declared because so many people have the virus. A spokesperson for Kaleida Health tells us that on Tuesday, five or six people came to the emergency room at Buffalo General Medical Center with the flu, and another three to Millard Fillmore Suburban in Amherst. However, the spokesperson said a high volume in the Emergency Room is not unusual for January. A spokesperson says Emergency Volume at Sisters Hospital in Buffalo is up 20 to 30 percent mostly due to the flu and upper respiratory illnesses.

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Source: Philippine Online Chronicles Five Chinese warships were reportedly deployed near Philippine waters following the visit of a nuclear-powered submarine from the United States. Philippine Star reported that a news outlet from Taiwan identified the ships as two Type-052B destroyers, two Type-054A frigates and one Type-071 amphibious transport vessel. Media said the ships are on a training mission and are on their way to an unspecified location near the Philippines. They may also be sent to support China’s fishery administration ships around Panatag Shoal, a disputed island claimed by various nations including Philippines and China. The cited news outlet Douwie News read, “With a displacement of just 3,200 tons, the Hamilton-class cutter of the Philippine Navy is no match for the four Chinese destroyers and frigates which together would carry about 48 C-802/803 anti-ship missiles. The Philippines has none.” The news came after USS North Carolina suddenly surfaced in the former US Naval Base in Subic for reprovisioning. It is said to be among the most modern submarines in the US Navy. The visit is reportedly unannounced and came during the continuing standoff between the two countries. Earlier, critics slammed the entry of the US submarine, saying it is unconstitutional and will provoke China’s ire. Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Emmi De Jesus said, “This is not a simple issue of routine ship replenishment for food and water but the lack of respect for our Constitution and sovereignty.” She explained that it is in direct violation of the Philippine Constitution which bans the entry of nuclear weapons into the country. De Jesus said the submarine may further escalate the five-week standoff between China and the Philippines. “Instead of resolving issues in the diplomatic table, President Aquino has allowed the intrusion of US war mongering in the guise of protecting Philippine interest. When has the US acted politically and economically on behalf of any other interest other than its own? Is President Aquino blind to this reality or is he only admitting to his administration’s full puppetry to US economic and political interests?” she said. Meanwhile, presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda asserted that it has nothing to do with the dispute involving Panatag (Scarborough) shoal. “For the record, there was a request made to our government on April 3 that was before the Panatag incident and they requested to be allowed to be berthed here for the purpose of supply, replenishment and maintenance of shipboard systems. This has nothing to do with the Panatag Shoal incident,” Lacierda explained. US reclaims naval base? On the other hand, groups like Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) and Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) pointed out that US is again assuming its control over its former naval base, although in an undeclared form. “It appears to us that the former US military naval base in Subic is back to its former status as Washington’s biggest naval base outside mainland America. And the big trouble here is that President Benigno Simeon Aquino III is hiding this matter from the collective knowledge of over 100 million Filipinos,” Pamalakaya said in a statement. The group agreed with De Jesus, saying that the “visit” was a clear violation of the Philippines’ national sovereignty. They urged the Senate to pursue an inquiry. Meanwhile, BAYAN explained that “The port calls made by US warships is part of a greater strategy to project US military power in the region. It is directed at all countries in the region, but most especially China, in order to keep China subservient to US dictates.” BAYAN secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said the visit created “a host of social and legal issues.” He explained that while the “virtual basing and hosting” of US warships are being justified by the Visiting Forces Agreement and the Mutual Logistics Support Agreement, it is a way for US to “rebalance” towards Asia.

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In a recent post I wrote about Stepney-born tobacco pipe maker John Orgar (1798 – 1866), who I believe married Sarah Anne Schofield of Barking, Essex, sister of Mary Ann Schofield who married my 3 x great grandfather John Londors. In this post I want to fill in some more details in the life of their son, another tobacco pipe maker named John, who also moved between Barking and Stepney, and whose story may help to provide some context, and some clues, to the lives of my Londors ancestors. John Orgar, eldest son of John Orgar and Sarah Anne Schofield, was born in Barking in about 1818. He married Sarah Hippisley Shean in the Romford area (probably in Barking) in 1840. To date, I’ve been unable to trace John and Sarah in the 1841 census records, but they must have moved to London early in their married life. By 1847, when their first child William was baptised at St. John the Baptist, Hoxton, they were living in Union Street, off Bishopsgate. William was christened on 18 June 1847, but the record notes that he was born three years earlier, on 9 July 1844, and later census records claim that he was born in St. Luke’s (the parish located around the Old Street/Bunhill Row area, to the west of Shoreditch). Their second child, Emma Amelia, was born in Shoreditch on 12 June 1846 and baptised a year later, at the same time as her brother William. Henry John Orgar was born on 10 April 1848 and christened on 25 May at the same church as his older siblings. The family was still living in Union Street at the time. By the time their fourth child, Eliza Mary Ann, was born in January 1850, the Orgars were living in Clerkenwell, though I haven’t found a baptismal record that might tell us exactly where. For the 1851 census, the Orgars were back in Shoreditch, but now living at 11 Meeting House Court. William was now 6, Emma, 4, Henry, 2, and Eliza, 1. (Incidentally, the census clerk mistakenly places Southwark, the birthplace of Sarah Orgar nee Shean, in Essex rather than Surrey.) John and Sarah Orgar would have two more daughters: Mary Ann, born in the first quarter of 1852 and Sarah Ann born in the last quarter of 1857, both in Shoreditch. Sarah Ann Orgar would never know her father. John Orgar died in the second quarter of 1856 in Shoreditch. He was about 38 years old. At the time of the 1861 census his widow Sarah was still living at 11 Meeting House Court with Emma, 14, Henry, 12, Eliza, 11, Mary Ann, 9, and Sarah Ann, 5. I haven’t been able to find a record for William at this date. On 23 May 1864 Emma married boilerplate roller Joseph Welch, son of a mariner of the same name, at St. Philip’s Bethnal Green. He was 22, living at 2 John’s Place; she was 18, and still at Meeting House Court. The witnesses were Emma’s aunt Mary Ann Hopkins nee Orgar and William Hopkins, presumably a relative of Mary Ann’s by marriage. Joseph and Emma would have two daughters: Eliza, born in 1865, and Sarah Ann, born in 1875. Eliza Orgar died in 1868, at the age of 18. In 1871 Sarah Orgar, now 53, was still at Meeting House Court, and now working as a needlewoman. With her were son Henry, 22, a potman, and daughters Mary Ann, 19, and Sarah Ann, 15, who are described as (silk) ‘flower makers.’ At the same date son William, 27, was working as a porter in his uncle Samuel Shean’s ironmonger’s shop in Crawford Street, Marylebone. Two years later, in December 1873, he married his second cousin Sarah Ann Londors, daughter of my great great grandfather John Schofield Londors. See my earlier post about Sarah Ann and William for further details. In July of the same year, William’s younger brother Henry had married Maria Mann in the City of London. They would have seven children: Eliza Hippisley (born in 1875), Henry Samuel (1877), William John (1880), James Arthur (1883), Frederick (1886), Grace Maria (1888), and Daniel Victor (1891). On 4 August 1878 Mary Ann Orgar, 26, married French polisher James Joseph Benson, also 26, at St Botolph’s Bishopsgate. The couple were said to be living at 4 Acorn Street, the address also given by William Orgar and Sarah Ann Londors at the time of their marriage. (William and Sarah appear to have been the witnesses at the marriage of Mary Ann and James.) The record wrongly gives the name of Mary Ann’s late father as Henry John Orgar. James and Mary Ann Benson would have one daughter, Esther Hippisley, born in 1880. On 4 July 1880 Sarah Ann Orgar, 24, married warehouseman William Smith, also 24, son of house decorator George Smith, at St. Botolph’s Bishopsgate.William gave his address as 4 Acorn Street, while Sarah was said to be living at 1 Bushfield Street. The witnesses were a George Smith and Eliza Welch, the latter probably being the 15 year old daughter of Sarah Ann’s sister Emma Welch nee Orgar. I don’t know if William and Sarah had any children. In 1881 Sarah Orgar the elder, now 63, was living at 16 Appleby Street, Haggerston, as were her widowed daughter Mary Ann Benson, a silk flower maker, and her daughter Esther, 1; son Henry, now a housepainter, his wife Maria and their three children; and boarders Eliza and Sarah Welch, daughters of Emma Amelia Welch nee Orgar. Emma Welch died in 1890. In 1891 Sarah, 73, was still in Appleby Street, supposedly with a ‘Henry J. Benson’, widower of 39 and silk flower maker, which I think must be a mistake for daughter Mary Ann Benson. Also present are Esther Benson, now 11, and Sarah Welch, now 16 and working as a book folder. Another household at the same address is headed by compositor Thomas Gill, husband of Sarah’s granddaughter Eliza Welch, and includes Eliza and their three young children. The 1901 census for Appleby Street restores the rightful name to Mary Ann Benson, 49, now described as an artistic wreath maker; her daughter Esther Hippisley, 21, is working as a stationery packer. Mary’s mother Sarah is now 83. Sarah Welch, 26, is still working as a book folder, while Eliza Gill, 15, a book machinist, is still at the same address, though the rest of her family have moved elsewhere. Sarah Hippisley Orgar nee Shean died in the last quarter of 1905 at the age of 88.

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This article by Donna DeFalco was published in the Fox Valley Villages section of the online Suburban Chicago Newspapers web site on 4/25/01. The Online Managing Editor, Gregory T. Matthews, has graciously allowed me to reproduce it here. The article describes an Apple II user group in Illinois that still meets and shares information about how they use their Apple II computers. Back to basics Pioneer Apple computers still hold appeal for members of area club By Donna DeFalco, STAFF WRITER For more information about the group, visit www.a2-web.com/a2.howard/aaac.html. Membership is $20 per year per family and is open to anyone interested in the Apple II computer. They’re a hard-core group of users — Apple IIe users, that is. In this age of ever-faster computers with increasing gigabytes of memory, youngsters might not remember the days of the 5 1/4-inch floppy disk. But the 25 members of the Aurora Area Apple Core hold those memories near and dear to their hearts, right next to the keyboard, mouse, floppies, central processing unit and assorted software. Club members from throughout the suburbs attend the meetings. The group meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the basement of the former Suburban Bank Building, at 900 N. Lake St. in Aurora. The knotty pine paneling, linoleum floor and ironwork plant holder, reminiscent of the 1950s, is a perfect backdrop for a group dedicated to nostalgic computing. Unlike some for whom nostalgia just fades away, this group is dedicated to using the Apple IIe and Apple IIgs, home computers created in the 1980s. Howard Katz of Batavia, a member for 10 years, is director of the Lost Classics project, which seeks to turn formerly copyrighted software into “freeware” for Apple owners to use. “I go through the steps of actually finding the copyright,” Katz said. After he receives permission from the copyright holder, the software can be legally uploaded to file transfer protocol sites. A list of companies from which freeware can be downloaded is listed on the Lost Classics Web site, at lostclassics.a2central.com. Rory McMahon, 35, a St. Charles resident, remembers taking Apple IIe classes in high school. “I’m into retro computing,” McMahon said. “I enjoy the classic machines. They seem to have more personality. It’s fun to find nuances you haven’t found before.” Frank Bihlmayer, 73, is a longtime member from St. Charles. “The Apple is what gave birth to the Mac (Macintosh computer),” Bihlmayer said. At a recent evening meeting, Bihlmayer gave a demonstration of a program called Print Shop, an early desktop publishing program. On an Apple IIgs, commands to move forward, backward or preview appeared at the bottom of the 13-inch monitor rather than in the pulldown menu of today’s Windows applications. Print Shop, used to design signs and make cards, features 90 color graphics that can be inserted into the documents. “It’s an excellent program,” Bihlmayer said after a message alerted him that the printer wasn’t hooked up. “It doesn’t tell you if you’ve done good, only if you’ve done bad.” Bill Swiss, 77, of Oswego is the editor of the club’s newsletter and is a longtime Apple owner. He bought his first Apple IIe in 1985 and joined the club in 1988 as one of the first members. To demonstrate what Print Shop can do, he held up a sign bordered with green tyrannosaurus rex and blue triceratops dinosaurs that says, “Don’t be a dinosaur.” Using a dot-matrix printer, the sign appeared on paper with tear-off sprocket holes. Apple computer users are far from extinct, club members said. “There’s a guy in Germany who came out with an ethernet card for the Apple IIe. Hard-drive systems are being made,” Katz said of the primitive machines that when introduced had no internal data storage capacity. The group’s newsletter is designed on an Apple IIgs, and both Katz and club President Fred Kraus cruise the World Wide Web using a text-based browser. “I don’t have to wait for graphics to load,” said Kraus, a 42-year-old Buffalo Grove resident. “I don’t have the flashing messages. I go to ABC News. I don’t want to see the pictures — I want to read the news.” Katz said the club’s Web site is designed for both text and graphics. “The trick is to design it for the most number of users,” he said. The chances of picking up a computer virus are reduced by using a text-based product, Kraus said. Bihlmayer said the Apple IIe was “the” machine of its day. A group of Caterpillar employees started the club, which in its heyday had about 100 members. Today, the Apple hobbyists — who Katz comprise the last all-Apple II user group in Chicago — share software and solutions to problems they have with their computers. “We are using a computer platform that has not been produced for over 15 years,” Katz said. “There are still a lot of people out there who are using it. They pick it up from a garage sale, but they don’t know how to use it.” Kraus added: “That’s why the users groups were formed. It’s lower tech from the IBMs of today, but you can fix it.” “Today you’re not buying a computer,” Katz quipped. “You’re buying a toaster.”

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013 Helicopter Industry Struggles with 2016 Safety Goals The goal of cutting helicopter accidents by 80 percent in 2016 will be missed but the industry keeps striving to improve safety with new rules, designs and equipment. Recently released numbers show that the global helicopter industry will be far short of its self-assigned, highly ambitious goal of cutting the number of accidents by 80 percent over the 2006-2016 period, if current safety trends continue. Therefore, civil aviation authorities are striving to find new ways to reach out to pilots and operators, as well as manufacturers, to improve a relatively worrying situation. Means include new rules but also easy-to-read leaflets. Meanwhile, manufacturers are introducing new design processes and equipment to do their share of the effort, it appeared at the annual Rotorcraft Symposium the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) organized in December in Cologne, Germany. Bob Sheffield, a member of the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) and AgustaWestland’s senior advisor for safety and fleet operational improvement, said that some regions are going the wrong way in terms of helicopter accident statistics. The global trend is a slightly declining number of accidents per 100,000 flight hours. At 5.7, it is still too high to leave room for reaching the target of 1.9 (accidents per 100,000 hours) in 2016 set by the IHST. These numbers are badly influenced by three regions—South America, Asia and Oceania. There, the trends are upward. Those regions where the accident trends are downward are Europe, North America (but both are still short of the reduction goal) and Africa. So was the 80 percent goal over-ambitious? “It was rather a federating aspiration, coinciding with the creation of the IHST,” Michel Masson, EASA safety action coordinator, secretary of the European Helicopter Safety Team (EHEST) and co-chair of the European Helicopter Safety Analysis Team (EHSAT), told Rotor & Wing. He insisted the effort is likely to be carried on after 2016, especially if the goal is not attained. Some countries, such as Spain and Sweden, are to regulate search and rescue operations. The EHSAT and the European Helicopter Safety Implementation Team (EHSIT) are part of the EHEST, itself the European chapter of the IHST. The causes of these not-so-good safety trends are hard to find. “Is the economic downturn an explanation for the hiccup we see on the graph from 2008?” asked John Steel, a representative of the Irish Aviation Authority and co-chair of the EHSIT. His team is still analyzing this possibility. Another possible explanation is a discrepancy between training and technology—a Robinson R66 is equipped with a glass cockpit and a Fadec, Steel underscored. “Helicopters are safe but some are not operated as safely as they could be; and we know how to make flying on a helicopter much safer,” Sheffield stated. Some passengers may disagree with the first part of the statement. “Over the 1992-2009 period, 31 percent of offshore accident causes were technical,” according to Olivier Claeys, head of aviation at Total. The oil company simply wants helicopter transport to be as safe as airlines. Not all types of operations appear the same way in safety statistics. For example, in the U.S., private, training and crop-dusting flights are the top three numbers of accidents. Several speakers, however, noted that collecting data is challenging. It has been impossible, for instance, for the EHEST to correlate crashes to numbers of landings. Dave Howson, a research project manager at the UK civil aviation administration (UK CAA), pointed at a cruel lack of contextual information. He was referring to annual flying hours by type of operation and aircraft type, flight time distribution by flight phase, as well as pilot flying experience and age. “If we had started collecting when the EHEST was launched in 2006, we would have five-plus years of good data by now!” he complained. Most accidents involve Part 27 (lighter) helicopters, Howson noted. Yet, Part 29 (heavier) helicopters are included in the statistics. “Do they cloud the picture?” Howson asked. Not a lot, it appears from his work. He studied Part 27-only accidents over the 2000-2010 period. The same two causes keep the top spots—pilot judgment and action, and safety management. The main difference is maintenance—as a cause, it appears five ranks higher in the Part 27 focus. Read the full story here. Related: Safety & Training News

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Employment Free Fall Continues, Unemployment Rate Jumps to 7.6 Percent Hours worked in durable manufacturing fell at a 30.7 percent annual rate since October. The January employment report showed the economy losing 598,000 jobs in the month. In addition, there were sharp upward revisions to the job loss figures for the prior two months. The data now show the economy losing 1,772,000 jobs over the last three months, an average of 591,000 jobs per month. All of this job loss came in the private sector, as employment in the government sector was unchanged over this period. The data in the household survey indicates an even more dire situation. The unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage points (pp) in January to 7.6 percent. The employment rate fell by 0.5 pp to 60.5 percent, a level that is already 0.7 percentage points the low hit in the 1990-91 recession. The 1.5 percentage point drop in the employment rate over the last three months is equivalent to a decline in employment of 2,800,000 people. The sharper drop in employment implied by the household data could be attributable in part to the fact that the Labor Department imputed more jobs for new firms not captured by the survey in recent months than it did in the corresponding months for the prior year. It is implausible that new firms have generated more jobs in the four months between September of 2008 and January of 2009 than in the corresponding months of the prior years. While unemployment is hitting all demographic groups, blacks and Hispanics have been hit hardest. The unemployment rate for African Americans rose by 0.7 pp to 12.6 percent in January, an increase of 3.4 pp from its year ago level. Black men have been hit especially hard. Their unemployment rate rose by 0.7 pp to 14.1 percent, an increase of 5.8 pp from its year ago level. The unemployment rate for Hispanics rose by 0.5 pp to 9.7 percent, a rise of 3.4 pp from the year ago level. Older workers continue to fare reasonably well. Employment among people over age 55 rose by 122,000 in January and is up 751,000 over the last year. By contrast, employment among workers between the ages of 35 and 44 is down by 625,000 over the last year, or 1.8 percent. Employment among people between the ages 20-24 and ages 16-19 fell by 5.3 percent and 9.6 percent, respectively. Job loss continues to be concentrated in construction and manufacturing. Construction lost 111,000 jobs in January, bringing the loss over the last three months to 322,000 jobs, or 4.6 percent of employment in the sector. It is likely that the establishment data understate job loss in construction since the sector employs many undocumented workers who may never show up on company payrolls. Over the last year, the establishment data show a loss of 747,000 jobs. The household survey shows a decline in employment in the sector of 1,266,000 people. The manufacturing sector lost 207,000 jobs in January. Over the last year it has lost 1,031,000 jobs, 7.5 percent of employment. Employment in the auto industry has fallen by 197,000 over the year, or 21.6 percent. Finance lost 42,000 jobs in January, while transportation lost 43,700. The retail sector lost 45,100 jobs, bringing job loss since October to 218,600. Employment services lost 89,000 jobs in the month. The 248,100 jobs lost since October is equal to 8.3 percent of employment in the sector. In addition to the sharp decline in jobs, hours are falling also, leading to an 8.8 percent annual rate of decline in the hours worked index since October. The employment diffusion indexes are at or near record lows, indicating that the situation is likely to get worse. The only sectors still adding jobs are education and health care, which together added 54,000 jobs in January. The government sector added 8,000, with gains in federal employment outweighing small losses at the state and local level. Remarkably, nominal wages continue to rise. Nominal wages rose at a 4.0 percent annual rate over the last quarter. With the CPI falling sharply, this translates into an extraordinary rate of real wage growth for those who still have jobs. On the whole this report is about as bad as imaginable.

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by Starre Vartan Friday, February 13, 2009 Gorgeous flowers in the middle of winter feel like a real indulgence, and that's probably why they feel so special when they're received as an expression of love (whether romantic or familial). But vigilant environmentalists and human rights advocates have long critisized the flower industry as being both abusive to the people who grow and package flowers and polluting to local environments (to make perfect flowers cheaply, it is common to douse them in pesticides and herbicides, which make their way into local water supplies and have resulted in health problems for the people who live near flower-growing facilities). For the whole story behind the real impact of conventional cut flowers, check out Amy Stewart's in-depth reportage in her book, Flower Confidential: The Good the Bad and The Beautiful in the Business of Flowers. Luckily for us, we can have our flowers and stop to smell them too, with fair-trade, organic, or sustainble blooms available both online and in our favorite supermarkets, farmer's markets, and florists. |Online sustainable flower seller Organic Bouquet offers the most extensive collection of certified blooms, along with a detailed listing of floral certifications. This classic red stunner is just one of many gorgeous green choices.| |1-800-Flowers also sells pretty pretty flowers, certified by TransFair. They can deliver pretty much anywhere, and also have several gorgeous options available, including this nontypical orange and yellow gathering.| Search Local Harvest and find a local floral farm, farmer's market or CSA. By cutting down on transportation distances, you'll be supporting local business and saving on carbon emissions - something anyone would love. Local blooms vary, so Local Harvest also offers lots of unique choices that can be ordered from their site. |Whole Foods has a special certification system called "Whole Trade" which guarantees both fair treatment of flower workers and responsibility towards the local ecosystems where flowers are grown.You don't need to order online- just stop by your local Whole Foods and choose from the selection there.| |FTD has an extensive line of certified green blooms as part of their Go Green Living collection. This unusual bouquet is called "Heart's Longing" - how romantic! (Note: not all flowers in this collection are organic, but FTD states they are 'certified sustainably grown.')| |Trader Joe's offers a large flower selection in most of their stores; look for the bunches marked with a green check which indicates they are Veriflora certified. TJ's also sells California-grown flowers (also marked with verbage that indicates provenance) which are a great choice if you're on the West Coast.| For even more gorgeous and green flower options, check out this flipbook of beautiful blooms!

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Coming from Suq al-Wadi, at one point it is inevitable that your eyes are drawn towards Dar al Hajar. While the wadi is an oasis of green and quiet not far from the capital San'a, the Rock Palace is its jewel, visible from many corners of the wadi. The closer you get, the higher it seems to become, until you reach the bottom and you have to put your head between your shoulders to be able to look up and admire the building. What makes the building so attractive is perhaps because it is exemplary of Yemeni architecture, it seems to grow out of the rocks on which it is constructed, and it has the characteristic painting of its windows and edges. Furthermore, it is standing all alone and can be seen from all sides. Buying a ticket will grant you access to the palace. Walking up the many stairs brings you to various rooms: the kitchen, storage rooms, rooms for women, meeting rooms for high placed persons and friends of Imam Yahya who built the palace as a summer residence in the 1930s. There is a system to cool water in earthware jars, you can see takhrim windows from up close, there is a very deep well, and there are various spots where you can go outside. The views are marvellous as can be expected from such a daringly built palace. The palace was restored for visitors, but it was not turned into a museum. Its five floors offer enough to see. Walking around at its base is equally impressive and heightens your admiration for the stunning architecture the Yemenis are capable of. Personal travel impressions both in words and images from Dar Al Hajar (Yemen). Clicking on the pictures enlarges them and enables you to send the picture as a free e-card or download it for personal use, for instance, on your weblog. Or click on the map above to visit more places close to Dar Al Hajar. Read more about this site.

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Government steps down, again : Halting distribution of “Repas Chaud” program in ZEP schools As per the “Repas Chaud” program, about Rs1500 per student is spent monthly in providing food in each ZEP school. The menu distributed included briani, noodles, fried rice and sometimes even dholl pourri. At the time of launch of this program, no restrictions or instructions were provided to caterers about the food and service they need to provide. Is the govt waiting for incidents to happen so that they can bring necessary amendments to improve, playing with the life of innocent students. The food poisoning of 90 primary students in the west of the country after having consumed food distributed in their ZEP (Zone Education Prioritaire) school could have turned into a real chaos if the incident had more serious consequences. The permit and contrat to the caterer was immediately suspensed. Unfortunately, deeper analysis in the contents of food from other schools has revealed the presence of a bacteria (“E. coli”). Yesterday, the Government has finally taken the decision to stop the distribution of “Repas, replacing the distributed food by …. bread, butter and cheese until suitable food caterers satisfying the following criteria are hired: - Certified HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points) ; - Abiding to strict measures for preparation, transportation and distribution of food - Only 300 dishes per caterer Why the word “Again” in the title? Do you remember the yellow vehicle license plates, fire extinguishers and the Permis à Points? Following the huge confusion and lack of professionalism shown towards the implementation of new license plates, the government finally had to remove any deadlines and nothing is communicated to add any more confusion. The next big thing? I feel that the free distribution and use of tablets will also be stupidly done. Let’s see… The country is clearly in wrong hands when you analyse the bad state of things since some months now. I find a big lack of vision and haste in implementing announced measures to prove that the Government is indeed working towards the well-being of the population. Is there somewhere a fear that they are not working enough to satisfy the demands and needs?

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It’s not often that a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky becomes a national political figure, but Rand Paul has been in the news a lot lately. First, it was for his surprising and convincing (and surprisingly convincing) win in the Republican primary for a Kentucky Senate seat two weeks ago, and then it was for his controversial statements about the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Basically, what Paul said about the Civil Rights Act, first on NPR and then on The Rachel Maddow Show, was that he did not support the Act’s regulation of private business, even though he stands behind the spirit of the bill and supports all the provisions of it that desegregate public institutions and repeal Jim Crow laws. Basically, there are 10 Titles of the Civil Rights Act, and Paul said he didn’t support Title II. Now, I don’t agree with Paul’s view at all, but it’s not surprising or offensive to me. In fact, it’s perfectly consistent with Paul’s libertarian beliefs: Libertarians do not want the federal government to interfere with private business, and federally mandated desegregation of private businesses constitutes a regulation. Even though I disagree, I initially admired Paul’s intellectual consistency—unfortunately since the media hubbub about his comments, Paul has backed away from that intellectual fidelity. It’s also important to note that Paul did not say he wanted to repeal the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or even that he would have voted against the whole Act had he been in Congress at the time—he only said he had legitimate problems with one aspect of the law. Continue reading »

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