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The Texas-based Josh Abbott Band was done playing at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas and members of the band and crew were on the concert grounds when a gunman rained bullets down on the huge crowd Sunday night.
"Some of my crew members were hit with shrapnel, but not injured," band leader Josh Abbott posted on Facebook. "We are deeply disturbed by this horrific act of violence and send our thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families. It was a long awful night but we are blessed to be alive and healthy. Hug your loved ones tight."
The experience had such an effect on lead guitarist Caleb Keeter that he changed his position on gun control.
"I've been a proponent of the 2nd amendment my entire life. Until the events of last night," he tweeted Monday morning. "I cannot express how wrong I was. ... Enough is enough. Writing my parents and the love of my life a goodbye last night and a living will because I felt like I wasn't going to live through the night was enough for me to realize that this is completely and totally out of hand. ... We need gun control RIGHT. NOW. My biggest regret is that I stubbornly didn't realize it until my brothers on the road and myself were threatened by it."
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Some on Twitter were critical of his about-face:
Because it shouldn't take this much to express empathy. These deaths are preventable. Why wasn't columbine, sandy hook, pulse enough?!?!— ♥ (@BlkCarmenSDiego) October 2, 2017
But this was preventable. And it's such a massive scale...I'm having a hard time being impressed and/or welcoming.— t (@dopaminediscord) October 2, 2017
Others were supportive, or at least accepting:
It's frustrating that some don't call the fire dept until the blaze is at their own front door. But we need more ppl on our side. Welcome.— Heather Maravola (@lilh412) October 2, 2017
Keeter was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, grew up in Belton in Central Texas and currently lives in Denton, according to the band's website.
"We actually have members of our crew with CHL licenses, and legal firearms on the bus," he said in his tweet. "They were useless."
Abbott posted his own reaction on Twitter Monday morning:
I'll never unhear those gunshots; and our band & crew will never forget how that moment made them feel. Our hearts are with all the victims— Josh Abbott (@joshabbottband) October 2, 2017
A publicist for the band declined to comment further when contacted by The Washington Post, directing his questioner to the statement the band posted on Facebook.
Related stories from Fort Worth Star Telegram
When pressed about President Trump's stance on gun laws a day after the deadly Las Vegas shooting during a press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, "It would be premature for us to talk policy when we don't know all
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I was in San Fransisco May 2012 for a business trip a week before the capsizing of Artemis with the lose of one sailor. It was a beautiful day and I got some great photos posted below. The first two photos were done using HDR. The video was from the news.
Pat and I were back out a month later to see the "Louis Vuitton Cup" leading up to the America's Cup.

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This week the Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) Board of Commissioners approved plans to sell $37 million of bonds during the week of January 8, 2018 as the first Sustainability Bonds to be issued in the State of Vermont.
VHFA's Sarah Carpenter and Maura Collins talked with reporters this week about likely impacts of the many provisions related to housing included in the federal tax reform bill passed this week.
Housing partners seeking to improve opportunities for lower income Vermonters described this week why federal tax reform bills would make reaching this goal much harder and hurt Vermont communities. Learn more from these WPTZ and CCTV stories.
The Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition (VAHC), a state leader in housing policy, research and advocacy, issued the following statement last week on the tax bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and under consideration in the Senate:
When the Senate and House released their initial tax reform proposals last week in Washington, Vermont's Congressional delegation went to work to protect valuable resources that are part of the tax code, such as private activity bonds and housing tax credits. Tax programs are responsible for most affordable housing developed in Vermont in the past 30 years.
From the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition -
Vermont Governor Phil Scott joined legislative and housing leaders in a press conference last week to update the public on the first year progress of the Building Homes Together campaign.
In an effort to increase the availability of affordable homes in Vermont, Champlain Housing Trust teamed up with Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission and Housing Vermont to set a goal of 3,500 new homes within 5 years, with 20% of them being permanently affordable.
The Vermont Resident Services Coordinators (VRSC) invites you to join them on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 for a training workshop. The workshop will be followed by the VRSC member meeting. The training workshop and meeting will be held at the historic Royalton Academy Building in Royalton, VT.
Despite continued signs of a strengthening national economy, HUD's reported this month that severe housing problems are on the rise. In 2015, 8.30 million households had worst case needs, up from 7.72 million in 2013. These households are defined as very low-income renters who do not receive government housing assistance and who paid more than one-half of their income for rent, lived in severely inadequate conditions, or both.


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Rosetta with the Philae lander
This Wednesday, 12 November 2014, OU space scientists will be waiting with bated breath, both in Milton Keynes and at the European Space Agency (ESA) control centre in Germany, to see the outcome of over twenty years of OU research and a landmark in space science - the world's first ever attempt to land on a comet.
After 10 years journeying through the solar system, the ESA probe, Rosetta, will deploy its landing craft, Philae, to attempt the first ever soft landing on a comet. The mission is a joint project across a number of European countries including the UK. The OU's involvement was initially spearheaded by the late Professor Colin Pillinger who was instrumental in getting the proposed Ptolemy device accepted as part of the science payload.
OU researchers have contributed to and developed a number of instruments on board Philae, including Ptolemy which will analyse samples from the comet and tell us what it is made of.
OU scientists and expertise have also contributed to the MUPUS (Multi-Purpose Sensors for Surface and Subsurface Science) instrument, also on Philae and to GIADA (Grain Impact Analyser and Dust Accumulator) on the Rosetta orbiter. MUPUS will be used to monitor the temperature of the comet, whilst GIADA will measure the number, mass, momentum and velocity distribution of dust grains in the near-comet environment.
Professor in Planetary Sciences and Head of the OU's Department for Physical Sciences, Monica Grady said: "Whatever the outcome on Wednesday, the mission is already a tremendous success and is teaching us so much – not only about comets, but also about what is possible in space science.
"The images taken by the Rosetta orbiter are the closest ever taken, allowing us to learn more about the surface of the comet. In addition to that, here at the OU the technology and expertise developed to create a craft of this type has already delivered significant scientific breakthroughs closer to home."
If the landing is successful, it will be a significant breakthrough in the scientific community's knowledge of comets, potentially providing researchers with unprecedented information about the comet's structure and composition. Such information may give invaluable insight into the role comets may have played in the formation in our Earth. Instruments such as Ptolemy will be vital to discovering such things as whether water on the comet bears any chemical resemblance to that found on Earth.
Professor Grady added: "The biggest question that we are trying to get an answer to is: where did life on Earth come from? How did life get going? Was it the building blocks of life that were brought to us from comets or did it get going on Earth? Did the water on Earth come from comets? Are we reliant on these bodies to have brought water to us?"
OU staff, students, alumni and special guests will all be joining the OU's Rosetta team to watch the landing via ESA's live feed at a special live screening at the OU's main campus in Milton Keynes. This event is freely available as a live webcast which anyone can join. To join please go to (the event will go live online a few minutes before the scheduled start at 3pm): OU webcast page


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Intake condition GERIATRIC Intake Date 05/05/2017, From NY 11429, DueOut Date 05/08/2017
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Medical Summary Microchip: Scanned negative Sex: Intact Female. Caudal pair of nipples appear swollen with swelling under skin. Age ~8-9 years Mentation: Appropriate Eyes: Cloudy. Large skin tag/mole on right eyelid. Ears: Dirty. Cleaned with Otic solution. No sign of infection. Nose: Clear Teeth: Gums red and swollen. Teeth deeply discolored and worn. Tarter. Missing upper incisors. Broken lower incisors with blood coagulating in the center of the teeth. Whined painfully during mouth exam. Finder states dog refused dry food but ate wet food. If abnormal BCS: Overweight Skin: Flea dirt found; no live parasites observed. Hair Coat: Dirty and slightly oily. Declawed: No. Nails short to medium Any injuries: Stiff hipped, slightly splayed hind feet. Arthritic. Possible mammary tumors on caudal nipples. Behavior: Slow moving, patient, tail wags. Comes when called. Friendly older animal. Medication: None.
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Laila was brought in as a stray so her behavior around other dogs is unknown.
5/7- 5/8: When off leash with dogs at the Care Center, Laila is slightly social, occasionally checking in on the other small male and female dogs as she explores the pen.
For more information on adopting from the NYC AC&C, or to find a rescue to assist, please read the following: http://urgentpodr.org/adoption-info-and-list-of-rescues. If you are local to the Tri-State, New England, and the general Northeast United States area, and you are SERIOUS about adopting or fostering one of the animals at NYC ACC, please read our MUST READ section for instructions, or email [email protected] Our experienced volunteers will do their best to guide you through the process. * We highly discourage everyone from trusting strangers that send them Facebook messages, offering help, for it has ended in truly tragic events.* For more info on behavior codes and ratings, please click here: http://information.urgentpodr.org/acc-placement-status-descriptions. For answers to Frequently Asked Questions, please see: http://information.urgentpodr.org/category/frequently-asked-questions/. You can call (212) 788-4000 for automated instructions.
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THIS MOMENTSubmitted by Pam on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 18:21
Midsummer sunshine on my poppies!
To those of us in the Pacific Northwest - sunshine after four weeks of clouds is reason enough to celebrate.
This moment - a moment to pause, savor and remember.
Sara's "moment" June 7th! I think she is due for another!
This moment was started as a Friday ritual by Amands Soule. Friday's moment in case you missed it.
Celebrating Mothers - "this moment" BeginsSubmitted by Pam on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 22:10
My friend Sarah - Geek+Nerd - has inspired me to begin occasionally posting an image taken of a moment in my life - a moment that requires no words or explainantion. A moment to "pause, savor, and remember".
Read about what inspired her and see her first "this moment" here. And don't miss this precious moment!
So, with this image taken long, long ago, I am closing this series celebrating mothers and beginning a new series - "this moment".
Come Hiking With Me!Submitted by Pam on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 01:10
Tammy over at Tamdoll's Work Space nominated me for the Creative Blogger Award over a month ago!
And now, just as I am finally ready to accept, I suddenly realize I was nominated last year by Chris at Prism Trail! However, since I have already selected my nominees and prepared the text and digitized the images before realizing this, I am going to accept again!
Come explore with me!Submitted by Pam on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 23:35
Do you recognize this view of Realto Beach from a recent post? This is another of the many moods of one of my very favorite places in Olympic National Park.
As promised, I am sharing a few images from our trip. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, and are planning "stay-cations" for the summer, perhaps these images will entice you to consider a trip to the San Juan Islands or to Olympic Park.
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Have you recently sustained a serious injury or been diagnosed with a disability that impacts your employment? If so, you may be eligible for Social Security Disability benefits.
Even if it appears that you are eligible, however, the complex web of regulations and administration involved in the approval process can be overwhelming and obstacle-ridden without the help of our Albuquerque Social Security Disability lawyers.
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A 15-year-old boy last seen at the end of January in the Brighton Park neighborhood has been found safely and returned to his parents, Chicago police said tonight.
On Feb. 7 Chicago police had asked for the public's help in finding Maxwell Gory, who attends school in the Calumet District and might visit the Bridgeport area, police had said in a press release.
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poetry by Barbara S. Nielsen
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2. Spring Lake 2:55 Mary Jane Austin, piano
3. Garden's End 4:53
Trajectory of Flight (2011)*
poetry by Jean L. Connor
4. Now, in March 3:38 Wendy Hoffman Farrell, mezzo-soprano
5. Allegro 2:28 October Strings
6. Evening 4:08
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Construction market: home values and construction costs out of whack
When buying a new house costs way more than the money it required to be built, problems arise across the construction sector and related fields.
BuildZoom published a new national study called "Paying for Dirt: Where have home values detached from construction costs," which analyzes the detachment between the value of a home and the cost to build it in key U.S. cities.
The study estimated the average home value to replacement cost ratio for the largest U.S. metro areas and related measures, mapped by zipcode within each city. It found in coastal metros, new home construction can be almost four times the cost of rebuilding existing structures. Competition among developers is what maintains the tether between the average metro-area home price and the cost of its construction.
It matters because construction costs influence developers' decisions about whether and what to build, determining how the housing supply — and home prices — evolve. Profit-seeking developers don't build homes with construction costs exceeding expected sales value, resulting in less new construction in metros that has an average home value below the average replacement cost. Portland didn't make it into the top 10 highest average land value per home by zip code (it was all California and New York, where average home values exceed $3 million), but the study found zoning restrictions are preventing builders from supplying the market with more homes that buyers want.
In California, where restrictive land use policies have contributed to driving up housing prices, the average land value per home was $931,000 in San Jose. Houston is known for its freer zoning policies and had an average of $133,000.
The study found the high cost of housing in expensive in coastal metros isn't driven by construction costs, but rather by the high cost of land, which reflects a scarcity of zoned units (not of land) — for Portland, that means inside the urban growth boundary that preserves the natural forest, for one, and other recent policies that have come into play since the post-Recession building boom: inclusionary zoning, the residential infill project and the design overlay zone assessment project will probably have effects on the market.
Issi Romem, chief economist with BuildZoom, explained it to the Business Tribune.
"The estimated home value to replacement cost ratio (so not the difference but the disparity, measured as a multiple) is slightly lower in metro Portland than in metro Seattle, and it is much lower than in the coastal California metros and in the New York and Washington, D.C. metros," Romem told the Tribune. "It is roughly similar to metro Philadelphia, California's Inland Empire (east of L.A.) and Denver — and really Seattle, too. It is a good deal higher than places like metro Charlotte and Dallas, and much higher than places like metro Cleveland or Detroit."
Portland findings
The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro area is rated 15th in home value to replacement cost ratio by this study, which is topped by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. and concluded with Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, New York.
As for average home value, the Portland area is twelfth, beneath some pretty impressive names: San Jose, San Francisco, urban Honolulu, Long Beach, San Diego, New York, Cambridge, Seattle, Washington D.C., Sacramento and Denver.
Romem said when an area has a high home value to replacement cost ratio, it suggests there is an unmet demand for living in the area: if enough homes were built in the city to reduce the home values to close to construction costs, they wouldn't go empty.
Metro Portland today has about 2.4 million people.
"Suppose — I'm just going to make up some numbers — that Portland kept building more and more homes until everybody wanting to live there and willing to pay at least 1.2 times the replacement cost had already moved there. At that point, housing prices would have fallen to 1.2 times the replacement cost and there would be more people living in Portland, let's say 4 million," Romem said. "The 1.5 million people who want to live in Portland in this made-up example, but who are only willing (and/or able) to pay somewhere between the made-up 1.2 times and real 1.66 times replacement costs, those 1.5 million people comprise what I am calling 'demand not being met,' and in a sense they are being excluded from metro Portland."
In this way, the home value to replacement cost ratio is a rough measure of unmet demand — or people being excluded.
"It is a function of how many people want to live in the area, what they are willing pay, and what housing is available," Romem said. "Metro Portland's location suggests that its "unmet demand" is more modest than in those metros ranking higher, and vice versa with respect to the rest."
In replacement costs, Portland measured up 16th. In improvement value, Portland ranked 15th. In average land value per home, Portland ranked 11th
"Portland is rather typical in terms of the age structure of its housing stock, which drives the depreciation in my estimates," Romem said. "That average land values and average home values rank similarly, 11th and 12th, means that in addition to a rather typical age structure, Portland is also not extreme in terms of its home value to replacement cost ratio — land values and the difference between home value and replacement cost are closely related."
And then there's upzoning: "Upzoning will spark a great many debates pitting NIMBY versus YIMBY and growth advocate versus preservationist," Romem said. (That's those not-in-my-neighborhood types who are silent about undesirable neighborhood functions moving in, whether it be industrial or density, until it's proposed in their 'hood.)
"If done on sufficient scale, upzoning will dampen housing price appreciation. Of course, that begs the question what is sufficient scale, which is closely related to the question how much do you want to dampen housing price appreciation," Romem said. "Odds are — and this is my cynical guess — that whatever scale of upzoning Portland achieves will be insufficient to maintain housing prices stable, or even growing at the average national pace. No North American city has succeeded in doing that since WWII, except through sprawl — which I am not condoning."
The problem is upzoning will allow more people to live in metro Portland, which will slightly reduce population growth in the south side. Upzoning will also make traffic and congestion worse in the short- to medium-term.
"In the long run, investments in infrastructure could improve things (and self-driving cars will re-shuffle how many things work), but that will come at a cost, and is generally easier to do ahead of urban expansion rather than retroactively," Romem said. "Congestion is unwelcome by those already in Portland, but the question is whether the benefit from accommodating more people (and businesses) — including the benefit to those who would otherwise be excluded from Portland — is worth the congestion cost."
The disparity between the appearance of homes and their price tags is more than a home buyer's gripe: it is a telltale indication of restricted housing supply. Restrictions governing land use, installed by incumbent residents or their predecessors, "are exclusionary by nature and amount to the gating of access to opportunity," the study concluded.
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Drawing on a Foucauldian genealogical methodology this dissertation critically examines the historical lineage of occupational therapy. During the latter half of the 20th century academics in occupational therapy repeatedly argued that reengagement with the values and beliefs that provided an historical foundation for the profession must occur to ensure that occupational therapy remained relevant and continued to flourish. Critics have also called into question the legitimacy of many of the traditional notions which supported the establishment of occupational therapy at the beginning of the 20th century. In critically examining the moral treatment of the 19th century, occupational therapy practice described as moral treatment in the 20th century, and occupational therapy practice that relates to spirituality, some of the normative assumptions that guide practice in different temporal contexts are explored. Specifically, the genealogical methodology employed helped to outline how particular therapeutic technologies work with normative content. A critical examination of historical and contemporary literature revealed an array of therapeutic techniques that, for better or worse, occupation workers had available to them. Practicing authentically would require occupational therapists to attend to the normative ends of treatment. Concluding arguments highlight the necessity of practice that considers the normative dimensions of occupation and the potential for critical research to help outline limits beyond which occupational therapists risk jeopardizing the wellbeing of clients and communities that seek professional attention.
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Growing businesses are always multi-tasking with the responsibility of all marketing functions just in the hands of the one or two people. Small marketing teams often outsource to a PR agency but this means they lack support in other important marketing areas. Rosier Consulting SME solves this problem through a modular mix of services that you can pick and choose from to suit your particular business needs.
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Knowledge gleaned through personal first hand experience always true knowledge but there is an innate problem in describing this true knowledge.
True knowledge involves an understanding of the traits of an object under consideration as well as an understanding an objects place within its surrounding environment.
True knowledge is nearly impossible to catalog in a system of fragmented science that houses conflicting schools of thought with contradictory defining terminology.
True knowledge of actual experience may be shared through some form of communication in a number of manners.
Abstract visual imagery is being painted on rocks, skins, faces and clothes.
A two dimensional flat surface that symbols can be drawn or mounted on is required for symbol rendering.
Pictograms, symbols cut in rock, are in use in Egypt and Mesopotamia 6000 years ago.
1st century AD Romans are using the screw press to print cloth.
1040 First movable porcelain type printing press technology for printing paper books is invented in China during the Northern Song Dynasty by the inventor Bi Sheng.
1234 Goryeo Dynasty in Korea is using movable metal type printing technology.
1377 Oldest extant movable metal print book, Jikji, is printed in Korea.
1450 Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg begins using a movable metal type printing press.
Gutenberg is the first to create his type pieces from an alloy of lead, tin, and antimony. These materials remained standard for 550 years.
1499 Sensational books are being printed with woodcuts on their title pages depicting horrific scenes with Vlad the Impaler dining at a table surrounded by dead or dying people on poles.
1500 The continued development of paper and the printing press makes bill posting possible in Europe.
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Oral Tradition will reveal the mythological underpinnings but may embellish actual events to the point in which they become unbelievable due to the human tendency of exaggeration.
For the preservation of detailed first hand experience and knowledge of reality nothing compares with the written word - first cut in stone.
Pictograms evolved into hieroglyphics when the meanings came to include verbs and phonetics.
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early 1960s Televison imagery saturates 92% of American homes.
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Defence and Security Accelerator: how to submit a proposal
Guidance on how to submit a research proposal to the Defence and Security Accelerator.
The only way to submit a research proposal to the Defence and Security Accelerator is online.
The process is the same if you're submitting a proposal to the Open Call for Innovation or a themed competition.
Get started
Select 'Start now' to set up your initial account. If you already have an account, you can skip this and go straight to the 'Sign in' page.
Even if you had an account with the previous online submission portal (before November 2015), you'll need to set up a new account now. There are no longer multi-user accounts.
The dashboard is where registered users can review all their proposal submissions and track their progress. It's also where you can create a new proposal.
Submit a new proposal
As you go through the sections below, you can complete a section, save it and return later. You can also review everything before you submit it to the Accelerator.
Competition name
You'll need to tell us which of our themed competitions or Open Call for Innovation competitions you're entering. Themed competitions are divided into specific challenges, while the Open Call for Innovation competitions are chosen based on the technical or business maturity of your idea.
You'll be asked to confirm you've read and accept the Defence and Security Accelerator terms and conditions.
Summary of your proposal
We'll then ask you to briefly summarise your proposal before going into much more detail about what you're going to do. The information you give us here makes sure we get the right assessors to look at your proposal.
Proposal details
This is where you can write in detail about what you're proposing to do, why we should fund it and how you're going to do it.
There's guidance at each part of this stage to help you give the information assessors are looking for. You'll also be able to upload a selection of image files to illustrate your work and details of your project plan.
Finance and deliverables
This section's designed so that you can divide the project up into a series of deliverables. You can ask for up to 6 staged payments assigned to some or all of the deliverables.
Please note that the final payment on successful completion of the project should be at least 20% of the total.
Review and submit
This last page is there to help you review your proposal before you submit. Once you submit the proposal, you can't make any further changes.
How long should a proposal be?
We can't give an exact word count, but for guidance, you should bear in mind that the assessor should be able to read, understand and assess your proposal within 1 hour.
After you submit a proposal
Once you submit a proposal, we'll assign our expert assessors to look through it and decide if it'll be funded.
We reserve the right to reject a proposal before assessment if the proposal doesn't meet the minimum requirements for submission to DASA, as described in the guidance in the online submission service.
Every proposal you submit will have a status showing whether it's been submitted, it it's being assessed and ultimately whether it'll be funded or not.
As soon as a decision is updated on the system you'll see the proposal status change to 'Fund' or 'No Fund' in your dashboard.
If you're successful, our commercial team will be in touch to get contracting started. If you aren't successful this time, we'll give you feedback to help you understand why. This process will normally take a matter of weeks but you can get the exact dates from the competition document.
After a fixed period of time, most of your submission will be deleted from our system. We do this to protect your intellectual property (IP). We must retain some information though.
Please don't resubmit an idea that's been unsuccessful in gaining Accelerator funding previously, unless we've specifically encouraged a resubmission in our feedback to you.
If you are resubmitting an idea, you need to make it clear where you've made changes to address the feedback provided.
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Question about Frigidaire GLER341A Electric Dryer
I need a diagram to change heating element and sensors please.
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The Global Learning Recognition has been designed to encourage student engagement in global activities and to enable distinction and recognition among students for engagement in global activities. All students not directly targeted by the existing Quality Enhancement Plan including Transfer, Sophomore, Junior, Seniors and Graduate Students are eligible to apply.
This recognition will be awarded upon completion and documentation of a wide range of activities (courses, events, optional: research, travel) at the discretion of the standing committee of Global Fellows.
Applications for selection as a Global Learner will be available during each semester, and will be accepted from all Transfer, Sophomore, Junior, Senior and Graduate level students, both domestic and international.
To be considered for the Global Learner Recognition, applicants must enter all relevant information into their electronic portfolio, and completely fill out the online application. Applications cannot be accepted after the deadline. Both the electronic portfolio and the application are available through your MyLeo portal – at ManeSync – you must join the Global Learners group first to have access to the application.
The QEP committee review team will review the applications and ePortfolios then rate each student with an established rubric. Based on participation and documentation, students will be selected and awarded the Global Learning Recognition. Below you can find a link to the rubric.
Students will be encouraged to create and maintain an ePortfolio designed to document involvement in global instruction and activities and to house specific artifacts and reflection in reference to the students' courses and experiences.
The ePortfolio will serve as a key component of assessment for the program, as well as an important consideration in selection of students earning the Global Learning Recognition. Access a student guide on how create an ePortfolio by clicking the link below.
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All students will be encouraged to complete at least one global course. All students, regardless of specific area of study, will experience a global perspective in relation to global dynamics issues, trends, processes, and/or systems in a particular field of study.
Students will be required to log global courses taken and enter a reflection into the ePortfolio. Global courses are identified in the course catalog and schedule of classes (e.g., MGT 305 GLB/ Principles of Mgt.).
Students are encouraged to engage in research (e.g., papers, projects, thesis, conferences, and publications) centered on global dynamics (e.g., issues, trends, systems, processes). All global research activities must be logged into the ePortfolio to be considered toward the Global Learning recognition.
Students are encouraged to attend at least three events that are global in nature (e.g., Multicultural Festival), log attendance into the ePortfolio, and enter a personal reflection. Although global travel is optional in the consideration for the Global Learning Recognition, it is highly encouraged.
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Mint Ravioli Stuffed with Goat Cheese
This pasta is well worth making from scratch, its tiny flecks of green delivering bursts of flavor that contrast sharply with its creamy goat cheese filling and tart lemon-zest garnish.Source: Martha Stewart Living, May 2008
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Petit Billy chevre, which has a rounded flavor, is ideal for the filling, but any mild goat cheese will work.
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jim58place14 APR, 2010as spring arrives here in the northeast, I would suggest using mint that grows wild in your backyard or neighbor's garden. This has a fresh flavor as opposed to spearmint flavorReply
PeakMom14 APR, 2010There are many varieties of mint. I strongly suggest you try a leaf or two of your markets offerings before making this dish so you can choose which flavor is best for you. If you're not a fan of mint, tarragon or even flat leaf parsley will work.Reply
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I am working with an older code base that passed a db connection into most functions in each class of the models. The db connection is created as a global and passed everywhere in the application:
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What advantages do we get by doing this vs a single connection the entire model inherits similar to the way most frameworks currently work?
Any insight would be very helpful.
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About Us
America's Energy Forum is a non-partisan community of concerned citizens committed to two goals:
- Achieving energy security for our country,
- Holding our elected officials more accountable in shaping energy policies.
We have come together to better educate ourselves about energy issues and to voice our support for a balanced approach to increasing American supplies of energy; an approach that consideers our energy needs, our economy, and our environment. That includes improving energy efficiency as well.
An energy policy that will ensure our nation's energy security must be based on this one principle: we need all the energy we can get from all sources, and we need to do a better job of using energy wisely.


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Kelly Rowland will follow up her Destiny'S Child reunion at the Super Bowl earlier this month (Feb13) with another huge spectacle - she has signed up to co-host the official Academy Awards red carpet show.
The singer hit the stage in New Orleans, Louisiana with former bandmates Beyonce and Michelle Williams during the sporting event's half-time show on 3 February (13) and now she is set for another big girl power moment at the Academy Awards on 24 February (13).
Rowland will hit the red carpet with singer/actress Kristin Chenoweth and Good Morning America anchor Lara Spencer for the Oscars Red Carpet Live broadcast.
Announcing the exciting news via Twitter.com, Rowland writes, "Thank you (to) The Academy for inviting me to host the Oscars Red Carpet show. I can't wait! Tune in February 24!"
February has become a great month for the individual members of Destiny's Child - as well as headlining the Super Bowl half-time show, Beyonce debuted her new TV documentary Life is but a Dream in America on Saturday night (16Feb13) and sat down for a candid, ratings-popping chat with Oprah Winfrey while Williams is touring America as one of the leads in musical Fela!


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Duplex apartments are located in a modern residential complex in Los Kristianos- in the city on the coast of Arona. Los Cristianos is popular among tourists and locals due to the extremely convenient location and high quality accommodation. It built a lot of new residential complexes and sold as an elite, and relatively inexpensive real estate. Tenerife Los Cristianos, like all the coast of Arona, is considered one of the most attractive areas for investors.
Duplex situated in a very charming Residence close to a Golf Resot with view surrounding by palm trees. Oasis Golf is an exclusive Resort, with 2 restaurant, 3 pools one of those with warm water, a gym and a SPA area. The duplex is suitable for leavin, holiday and also rentable direcltly by the resort..
The duplex is composed by two floors, at the entrance floor there is a kitchen and a living room with a 18 m2 terrace with a view. At the first floor one bedroom with wardrobe, terrace and bathroom.
If you want to buy an apartment in the south of Tenerife - for yourself or as an investment - it's a great option for all parameters. In the market rent in Tenerife apartments with similar characteristics always enjoyed high demand.


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WOODLAND, Wash. — As of This morning WSHDOT opened two of three lanes of I-5 northbound. It hopes to have the third lane open sometime this weekend. Tamera Greenwell with WSHDOT says," Driver and worker safety is most important as the hillside is made stable and the roadway cleared."
For hours, hundreds of tractor trailer rigs were parked along I-5 northbound beginning at the Battle Ground exit and rest stop.
The rest areas were full as drivers in cars and trucks don't know where to go. The use of Highway 30 to divert traffic between Portland and Rainier created it's own nightmare.
A major back-up on the Lewis and Clark Bridge at Longview, Washington pushed traffic back into Multnomah County through Scappoose.
Two shelters are open in Woodland at exit 21. One is at the high school and the other is a Red Cross Emergency Shelter at Grace Community Church on Lewis River Road. That shelter is open to anyone providing food, a place to sleep and restrooms.
For Information on the closure, travelers can go to www.wsdot.wa.gov. For information in Oregon, tripcheck.com.
Brett Reckamp contributed to this story


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Come along to have your photo taken by professional photographer Julian Meehan.
Please call Sean Kelly on 0404 647 925 to book in your 20min slot.
What you wear and how you present yourself is is very important when ever you are having your photo taken
When choosing your outfit please follow the below guidelines
Males to wear a dark coloured suit with jacket
Males to wear a light pale formal ironed long armed shirt
Woman to wear corporate wear with skirt below the knee or business dress. Please include a wrinkle free jacket even on a hot day. Tip: Jet black suit jackets can look very 'corporate lawyer' in photos, so if possible, go with a navy or other dark coloured jacket.
Wear solid coloured clothing with limited to no paterns - (Men do not need to wear a tie)
Choose muted tones that are a bit subdued. Good choices are blues, dark greens, greys, cream and white
Choose similar tones for your top and bottom (both dark or both light)
Keep jewellery very simple and minimalistic
Make sure your hair is styled, neat and sufficient product to keep it in place in light wind,
Bring multiple tops and ensure cloths are ironed (so bring a spare shirt)
Its best to wear clothing that is for a cold day, therefore if it's a warm day please bring your photo clothes to change into.
Remember to have fun with this! Let your personality shine through and remember to smile.


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Last Week
Last week Congress passed the "Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015." The Bill, H.R. 2, contained an important provision for the ambulance industry and it passed on the brink of allowing the Medicare ground ambulance bonus payments to expire.
The extension effected by H.R. 2 allows them to remain in place until December 31, 2017. This is a welcomed measure as we won't find ourselves on the brink of losing those payment extensions for another generous thirty-three months.
There's always a but…
That was the good news. But there's always a but.
The but here is that Congress working together with the industry now must find a permanent fix and pass it within that 33-month period. The reason why this is now so important is because the ambulance industry lobbyists, most notably the American Ambulance Association, has been able to connect the bonus payments to something called the "Doc Fix."
The "Doc Fix" is officially termed the Sustainable Grown Rate (SGR). SGR was a cost control formula incepted in 1997 and it was meant to control physician payment rates. Had the SGR been allowed to do its thing last week, it would have meant that physicians across the United States would have realized a Medicare reimbursement loss of 21%.
So, every year when it came time for SGR to take effect, Congress delayed its inception. Wisely, ambulance industry lobbyists were successfully able to slide in the Medicare ground ambulance bonus payments extension at the same time as Congress was acting on the delay in implementation of the SGR.
However, H.R. 2 now effectively repeals SGR so there will be no further, upcoming extension for the bonus payment decision to ride along with through Congress.
All this means that someone in Washington needs to get moving to find a permanent repair to the less than adequate Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule.
Prior-Authorization Program Extended
Along with the good comes the not-so-good.
H.R. 2 will usher in an extension of the Prior Authorization demonstration program. Right now, scheduled, repetitive non-emergency ambulance transports must be prior authorized in the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
The bill will now mandate that the program extend to include the states of Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, West Virginia and Virginia beginning January 1, 2016. The following year, beginning January 1, 2017 the program will then be mandated for all States starting January 1, 2017.
Talk to any EMS agency representative that is experiencing this Prior Authorization program currently and they will quickly tell you it has had a major impact on the EMS agency's bottom line. At the beginning nearly all of the prior-authorization requests had been denied and even now, several months into the program there is a majority failure to obtain Medicare prior authorizations for schedule, repetitive, non-emergency transports.
The result has left patients without a transport option and entire ambulance services folding and going out of business in the affected states.
Now is the time to plan. Learn all you can about the requirements to obtain a prior authorization and work together with your billing office to develop a plan to meet those requirements. Plus, develop a dialogue now with other healthcare providers outside of EMS as you'll be needing their assistance to obtain the necessary patient medical necessity documentation in order to make your case for a prior authorization to be issued.
New Requirements on the Horizon
Finally, H.R. 2 calls for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to put in place integrity controls to protect the Medicare program form improper payments due to fraud and abuse.
Payments have been found to be flowing to incarcerated persons, persons who are deceased and to persons not legally present in the United States. Congress is mandating that HHS make controls to stop these payments.
HHS must also implement an educational program to reach out to providers about the damage those improper payments due to fraud and abuse causes to the fragile Medicare system.
Congress also is calling upon HHS to make the incentive reward program sweeter to greater encourage individuals to report Medicare fraud and also expand the program into Medicaid.
All of this means that our industry is going to continue to be on the Fed's radar screen in increasing amounts and it means that we are all going to see new requirements, potentially, in increased audit activity and great compliance controls.
We've been talking about this for a long time. The day is here. Our industry is going to need to adapt and meet the demands of even greater scrutiny in order to maintain a healthy bottom line.
Everyone in the ambulance industry, from crew member to administrator is responsible for the outcome for not only your EMS agency individually, but the integrity of the entire American EMS systems as a whole.
The Ambulance Billing Services blog is provided as an educational tool by Enhanced Management Services, Inc. Enhanced Management Services, Inc. is an all-EMS, third-party billing contractor serving Fire/EMS agencies across the United States. To learn more about our company, please visit our website at www.enhancedms.com and click on the "Get Started" link on any landing page.


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Edward Burke - shooting for the stars
Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer
WESTERN BUREAU: While a student at Montego Bay's Community College in the '90s, Edward Burke used Kelloggs boxes to make the speakers for his sound system, Elite Disco. This earned him the stage name 'Kelloggs'.
Burke has come a far way since then and is now the president of Elite Media Concepts. After college, he went on to study electronic engineering at the University of Technology before moving to DeVry University in Florida, where he furthered his education in business administration.
However, being a disc jockey was in his blood, and he never stopped doing it. As a foreign student, he decided he would be the best at everything. "I am there to represent my country, even though I was not on a government scholarship. I gained a 4.0 GPA, was named valedictorian, and became president of the student union two months after I enrolled," he told Flair.
He funded his degree programme from money he earned as a DJ at the Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall, Coyaba Beach Resort, Jamrock Café, and all the staff parties from the banks in Kingston. His school fee was US$35,000.
return to first love
After DeVry, Burke got a job in South Dakota doing installation with a company called Daktronics, installing large video boards in stadiums all across continental United States.
However, during the recession, he couldn't get a job as an engineer in Florida, so he went back full time into his love: the turn tables.
While spinning, he had a problem sourcing videos for his songs. "I could always get American music videos and nothing from our locals, so I bought a camera and decided I would shoot my personal videos of popular artistes".
The first Jamaican artiste he shot was QQ, who he met on the beach at Hellshire in 2009. QQ took him to all the studios in Kingston and introduced him to the now incarcerated 'Gaza King' - Vybz Kartel.
"When Kartel met me he asked me to come the next day to shoot his Mind on My Money video," but because of his lack of experience, Burke said the video could not work on television but received thousands of hits on YouTube.
"From that time, Kartel had me do all his underground videos." Underground videos are videos that are not worthy of airplay. It was Burke's videos that brought Kartel the most attention on YouTube and the world stage.
He was doing a shoot with Sugar Minott to catalogue his hits when Minott died in the middle of the project. "What separates me from all other video DJs is that we have personalised music videos that nobody else has, and our Jamaican catalogue starts from the '70s."
He did official music videos for Wayne Wonder, Trinidad's Machel Montano, St Vincent's Skinny Fabulous, Jamaica's Richie Spice, US Virgin island's Pressure, and Left ' Side's Tuck in Yuh Belly.
Elite Media Concepts, during this time, was doing party reviews and adverts for all the large Jamaican parties in Florida.
Two years ago, he was discovered by Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat. The team asked him to edit a year-in-review video for its sponsors.
"This was an overnight project, and the sponsors loved it and the Dwyane Wade team loved it.
The next video he did for Wade was his documentary, Journey to Three, which can be found at www.elitemediaconcepts.com.
He also did The Prom Surprise for a high school student whose wish was for Wade to be at her prom.
The biggest project he has done for the Miami Heats captain and his wife, Gabriel Union, was a sit-down interview creating a love story for their August 30 wedding.
"It had such an impact on the people who attended the wedding, some cried, some laughed. The biggest impact for me was seeing how impressed Union and Wade were at how we had captured their love story."
He went on to do their wedding ceremony in Homestead Florida.
Quite accustomed to working with big names in the industry, Burke has covered photo shoots with Serena Williams; actors Jamie Foxx and Kevin Hart, who starred in Think Like A Man'; and the National Football League's (NFL) MVP Jerome Bettis, who is now a commentator on ESPN.
The 37-year-old businessman, who attended Catherine Hall Primary and Herbert Morrison Comprehensive High, now has a team of 10, spread between Jamaica, Miami, and The Bahamas.
The company now specialises in destination weddings and does work at Half Moon, Tryall, Round Hill, Rose Hall Great House, Iberostar, Moon Dance Cliff, Rock House, and TenSing Pen.
The services the company offers includes cinematography, DJ services, lighting design, and wedding webcasts.


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Meet the Team
Better hearing and a better quality of life can be yours for many years with the help of the right hearing professional. At Hearing HealthCare Centers, we pride ourselves on developing long-term relationships with our patients. Relationships based on unsurpassed personal service that begins the first time you walk through our doors and continues long after your initial appointment.
Talk to the experts.
Our Providers
Dr Whitney Swander
AU.D., CCC-A, F-AAA, Owner
Dr. Whitney Swander attended the University of Northern Colorado. She earned her Bachelor's degrees in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology in 1998. Whitney went on to immediately earn her Master's degree in Audiology in 2000.
Dr Annie Swanberg
Au.D., CCC-A
Dr. Annie Swanberg joined the Hearing HealthCare Centers team in 2016, after earning her doctorate in audiology from the University of Colorado. She did her fourth-year externship at Denver Health, which provided a wide range of experiences and challenges in clinical audiology. Read More >
Annie grew up in the Midwest but was always a mountain girl at heart. Weekends find her scrambling up and down mountains, competing in trail running races (favorite distance: 50K), or just playing her guitar around a campfire. She brings the same energy to work… along with the occasional scraped knees and elbows!
Dr Ashlee Rothstein
Au.D, CCC-A, FAAA
Dr. Ashlee Rothstein joined the Hearing Healthcare Centers staff in spring 2017. A born and raised Utah girl, she received her undergraduate degrees from Utah State University in Communicative Disorders / Deaf Education and Psychology. Read More>
Ashlee has had the opportunity to practice in many settings, both government, and civilian, but particularly enjoys working with hearing aid technology.
Ashlee has recently returned from living in South Korea and is thrilled to be back near the Rockies with her family. They'll spend the summer hiking up the mountains and, hopefully, this winter, the baby will learn to ski back down them. When not adventuring in the hills Ashlee can be found curled up on the couch with a book.
Dr Kimberly Hart
Au.D, CCC-A
Dr. Kimberly Hart joined our team in 2017. Although she is new to our team she is not new to audiology. She is a Colorado native and worked in a variety of settings. She has worked in the public schools, ENT clinics, private practice, and spent the last 13 years using her talents on our nation's heroes at the veterans administration. Read More>
These settings have given her a wide variety of expertise. She has experience in tinnitus management, hearing conservation, balance therapy, the full gamut of audiological testing and aural rehabilitation.
When she is not at work she can be found hiking in our mountains, enjoying the outdoors with her family, and volunteering to help those in need.
Jill True
Jill joined the Hearing HealthCare Centers staff in 2012. She is originally from Ohio but has lived in Colorado most of her life. She has three wonderful kids, one in high school, one at Colorado State University, and her oldest is a United States Marine. Read More>
Jill graduated with honors from Front Range Community College with her Associate's Degree and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Colorado State University-Global Campus with a Bachelor's of Science in Human Services. She is Board Certified in the Hearing Instrument Sciences.
Kate Wipfler
Audiology Assistant
Kate joined Hearing Healthcare Centers in 2017 as an audiology assistant. Born in Illinois, Kate graduated from Regis University in 2016 with a major in Neuroscience and a minor in Spanish.Read More>
Kate has enjoyed working in research and clinical settings for the past 5 years and is excited to join Hearing Healthcare Centers to continue her passion for serving others in a holistic manner. Outside of work, Kate enjoys cycling, backcountry camping, reading, crafting, and photography.
Erin Simon
Audiology Assistant
Erin joined the Hearing Healthcare Centers staff in May of 2017, shortly after earning her Bachelor's degree in Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences from the University of Northern Colorado. Read More>
Erin has a strong passion for traveling and helping others. In 2012, at just 17 years old, Erin participated in a program called Walking Tree Travel. She and 20 other high school students from around world traveled to Costa Rica to volunteer for a village for 2 weeks. In 2014 and 2015, Erin participated in the Alternative Spring Break Program at her University. The first trip involved traveling to California and helping women and children who were victims of domestic violence. The second trip involved traveling to Utah to volunteer at an animal shelter. Erin is so grateful that she was able to participate in these experiences because they have helped shape her into the person that she is today.
Some of Erin's previous job experience includes working as a CNA (certified nursing assistant) in a nursing home and being a hip-hop dance instructor for children. Erin is a born and raised Coloradan and in her free time she enjoys cooking, being outdoors, and spending time with her family.
Erin is currently working towards obtaining her Board Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences (BC-HIS).
Cheryl Barber
Insurance Specialist
Cheryl Barber joined Hearing HealthCare Centers staff as the Credentialing and Insurance Specialist in April of 2017. She currently holds two Associates degree and is finishing her 4-year degree in Business. Read More>
Since her transition into the medical field, she has had a desire to help patients with issues regarding their insurance benefits and claims.
Cheryl moved to Colorado 12 years ago and is happily married. She has three adult children, two granddaughters and is a foster parent. She enjoys spending her free time bicycling, experiencing Colorado festivals and mountains, running in various 10k's, half marathons and she is an enthusiastic Disney fan.
Patient Care Coordinators
Therese Montecalvo
Director of Operations
Therese Montecalvo joined the Hearing Healthcare Centers staff as a Patient Care Coordinator in 2015 from Ohio where she worked as a human resource and payroll specialist. Read More>
In her spare time, Therese enjoys hiking 14ers, trail running, and spending time with her friends and family. She loves all that Colorado has to offer and its many outdoor activities.
Thom Wright
Patient Care Coordinator
Thom Wright joined the Hearing HealthCare staff as a Patient Care Coordinator in June of 2016. Before joining the Hearing HealthCare team, Thom worked for 40 years as an Emergency Services Dispatcher. Read More>
Thom retired in 2015 but after such a long career in public service, he found himself wanting to give back to the community. When a position became available at Hearing HealthCare Centers, Thom jumped at the chance! It was a perfect fit!
When not working, Thom enjoys trips to the mountains with his trailer and fur friend Jordan, a 12-year-old Weimaraner. Jordan is the 4th rescue dog that has joined Thom's family, having had a previous Weimaraner as well as a pair of Miniature Pinschers. Thom also enjoys working in his yard, long walks, and quiet times listening to music.
Kathi Kittridge
Patient Care Coordinator
Kathi is the first smiling face you will see as you enter our Colorado Springs office of Hearing HealthCare Centers. After originally starting out as one of Dr. Durbin's patients in 2013, Kathi became the Patient Care Coordinator for the office in 2014. Read More>
Kathi is originally from Maine and moved to Colorado in 1992 with her husband and three children to be closer to family. She spent 30 years working in manufacturing before changing careers in 2001 and becoming a receptionist for a local physician's office. Kathi has always enjoyed helping others and knew this would be a perfect fit for her. She has been in the medical field ever since!
In her spare time, you can find Kathi spending time with her grandchildren, playing with and walking her two dogs, or designing and remodeling rooms in her home.
Kellie Mendelow
Patient Care Coordinator
Kellie Mendelow joined Hearing HealthCare Centers in 2016 and is excited to be the new Patient Care Coordinator for the Boulder office. She enjoys meeting and getting to know all the wonderful patients she gets to see every day.Read More>
Kellie has been a Boulder resident since 1992 and loves everything Boulder. She graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a BS in Biology and holds an associates degree in Business Administration from Lincoln School of Commerce. She has worked in various scientific and management settings and has many years experience in all levels of management and business.
When not working Kellie enjoys spending time with her kids, hiking, mountain biking, camping, enjoying all things Boulder, or escaping to the ocean where she and her three kids love to scuba dive.
Joanna Huhman
Patient Care Coordinator
Joanna joined the HHCC team as a Patient Care Coordinator in February of 2017, after a long career as an Executive Administrative Assistant for a publishing company. She also has previous experience in the medical field and retains her Cosmetology license.Read More>
Joanna was born in Ohio but spent her whole life in Colorado. She enjoys gardening and painting, drawing inspiration from the Colorado Rockies.
She and her husband enjoy swing dancing and running around with their 15-year-old grandson to keep themselves feeling young.
Amanda Mercado
Patient Care Coordinator
Amanda Mercado joined the Hearing Healthcare Centers staff as the Wheat Ridge Patient Care Coordinator in 2017 from California where she worked as a Personal Caregiver.Read More>
She graduated with honors from The Art Institute Inland Empire with her Bachelor's degree in Culinary / Hospitality Management, and her Associate's degree in Culinary Arts. Amanda loves to help others and prides herself on her customer service skills.
Since moving to Colorado, Amanda enjoys going fishing, camping, and taking long walks to see all the beautiful sights. She also really loves to cook, watch movies, and spend time with her loved ones and friends.
Pam Pearce
Patient Care Coordinator
Pam joined the Hearing HealthCare Centers team as the Patient Care Coordinator in the Englewood location. She is not new to the area as she was born and raised in SE Denver. After she graduated from high school, she went to school to be a certified dental assistant. Read More>
After she married, she moved to Englewood where her and her husband raised their two children. She did everything from babysitting, to cleaning houses so she could spend as much time with her children as possible.
In her free time, she really enjoys sitting in the back yard by her pond or taking long walks in the neighborhood. She is also an avid gardener and loves to read. She especially loves sewing for her 3 granddaughters.