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Earlier this week, I was almost struck by a tractor-trailer truck driven by a man who had apparently fallen asleep at the wheel. His carelessness infuriated me and I found myself chasing him while honking my horn and giving him a one finger wave. Despite using that wave frequently while driving, I am not someone who chases after anyone in a rage.
When it occurred to me how angry I was that he could have killed me and compounded my family's already broken hearts, I had a little epiphany. The next morning as I was walking around my yard with my dog, I had a flashback to Devastation Day when I was in that same yard when my world as I knew it came to a screeching halt. Again, I was reminded how my thoughts about that sleepy driver incident have changed.
It will always amaze me when someone asks me how I am as if they are patiently waiting for my answer to change. IT TAKES MORE THAN 16 MONTHS TO PROCESS THE LOSS OF A CHILD. Should I get my first tattoo and have it painfully etched across my forehead or down my arm? Will it fit on my middle finger? Sorry, but it's so frustrating and I am so exhausted.
In the early months, as I have written before, I REFUSED to say I was fine and dishonor Amy's value in my life or lie to make them feel better because I was as far away from okay as you can get. Okay wasn't even on my radar. Now I can say okay as an automatic response because it's just easier. But I admit, there are days when depending upon whose asking, I am honest.
When I read about grieving or articles written by smart, yet clueless, authorities, it continues to boggle my mind that a parent's heart would ever intentionally choose to tuck their child away and move forward. Just throw your favorite photo of your child at their forever age in a frame and stick it up on a shelf, light a candle and go forth and live your life… If anyone agrees, please don't comment as I am not up to defending my right to mourn my child, my way, today. It's been a rough week.
Time and time again, a spokesman for those who have hurt me remind me to ask myself how I would react to another's loss of their child. Not difficult for me to do because I lost my youngest brother seven years ago and I remember feeling helpless to ease my mother's pain. However, I have no serious regrets about the way I chose to support my Mom. True, I did not know the depth of her pain, but I do remember worrying how she would survive. I admit that I remember watching and waiting for her to get better, and it did seem like it was taking forever. Now I remind myself that grief has no timetable and love has no ending. Forever may just be the time it takes to heal. Sad, but true.
After sixteen months, I still want to sprint from arenas that hold unrealistic expectations of me. My goal is to embrace my daughter's energy and carry her love with me the rest of my life until we meet again. It's my life and I'll do what I want or so the song goes. I realize I am on the cusp of making some major decisions in my life. All the grief books encouraged me to wait one year so I hope with their permission I can now proceed. Yes, the ramification of having my mind blown and my heart shattered has indeed totally changed me, so I understand the advice to proceed with caution.
As I have maintained from Day One, to insinuate that my youngest child's death served as a sacrificial lamb to save me or make me a better person makes me want to vomit. What an egotistical concept that I cannot comprehend. My husband and I have always rejected that theory which was presented to us in the early months. To quote my husband, "you do not need to lose a child to become a better person. The option is always available to you." We also reject the theory that anyone was put in our life because Amy was going to die at age 27. Unless you were going to save her, and that didn't happen, or are magically pulling us through the saddest chapter of our life, which is impossible …
Yet, I can sometimes allow my mind to wander to flirting with the idea of the predetermined day, etc. … and the possibility remains that this was between God and Amy and I was just caught in the crossfire .. The God whom I have trusted and loved would be taking wonderful care of my youngest child … I NEED to believe Amy is happier now under God's loving special umbrella than I can ever imagine. Amy's eternal life in the better place just HAS to be the trade-off for my family's pain.
That being said, please let me be clear, this blog was created as a dumping ground for my thoughts and experiences and a place where I mourn Amy and in no way intended to ask anyone to embrace my thoughts. These thoughts belong to me and are a by-product of who I am, what my daughter meant to me and where I am in the grieving process and life. We all travel our own journeys. (oh how I still resent that stupid word "journey" which is now part of my limited vocabulary as words do not come easily to me.)
Losing a child has felt like I have been stripped down to my raw core. Trust is broken. Language is foreign. The world is unrecognizable. Pain is unimaginable and relentless. Some friends become strangers; strangers become instant friends. You wake up and go to sleep with the same debilitating thought — a thought that is unnatural and can't possibly be true. My child has died. 16 months later and I am still trying to digest that unfathomable truth.
This blog is where I mourn my precious child. I remain forever grateful to all of the friends whom I have made along the way who encourage me to keep writing and releasing my thoughts when I want to just throw away my stylus and close down this freaking blog loaded with so much pain, anger, confusion and sorrow.
Recently, I have been focusing more on the confusion as it seems my mind is trying to reconnect some of its fried wires which disconnected on Devastation Day and the trauma that followed. All sorts of memories are filtering through. Memories which seem so insignificant yet in hindsight hold a different view. Grief really does fry a brain. Those are not just words used for effect. It fries comprehension, replays devastating scenes, and creates its own slide show of your child which never ever stops playing. Now the slide show is slowing down and these other memories keep surfacing.
No one needs to understand me or even agree with one word I write today or any other day. I am feeling particularly disconnected at the moment. Blame it on losing Amy compounded by the most wonderful time of the year.
Today I am grateful for pizelle cookies … Today I am reminded I have an understanding friend when there are times it seems no one truly understands the significance of losing a child. Maybe they just don't want to go there.
I would be remiss if I didn't focus on those who willingly jump into the valley of grief with me, i.e., my compassionate friend who I met for lunch on Wednesday or the friend who I lunched with yesterday. Or the friend who is moving to California and whom has willingly listened without ever feeling the need to change the subject. I will miss our tearful lunches where we shared our hearts, but am so happy for you as you start this new exciting chapter in your life.
There are times I feel so fractured and misunderstood where I cannot even put words together to form a complete thought. It makes me pause and wonder if there is any value in anything I say or do. This was indeed a very rough week and I so needed that pizelle and my time with my girls who are always remembering Amy in their own special ways.
Remembering Amy and a friend in Tennessee along with her brilliant child.


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"Tough yet pretty" might also describe Ciara, her fifth album, which exploded onto the #2 position on Billboard's Top 200 in July (right behind Jay Z, whom she toured with in '09). In its review, the Los Angeles Times dubbed her "one of R&B's most adventurous beat-seekers."
"The album is light and upbeat," says Ciara. "There's a lot of love in it -- a lot of heart and passion. It reflects the spirit and energy that I'm feeling right now. What people are hearing is my true self-expression and the energy I'm living."
She started creating the album, originally titled One Woman Army, two years ago. Gradually it came to reflect a very personal vision full of open feelings. And it turns out a lot of those feelings involve relationships, sensuality, and s-e-x. "I want my fans to get to learn more about me," says Ciara. "I've been very blessed with my success, but my music hasn't given a clear voice to who I am." The resulting album brims with attitude and sizzle; with the song "Read My Lips," you get an innuendo-laden invitation for a guy to go "down, down" on his "favorite dish." Even the gays will find this track delectable!
Which means Ciara is now open to talking about her relationship with the avant-rapper Nayvadius "Future" Cash, who is an executive producer of the album and collaborated on the first single, "Body Party." It's a sultry act of musical seduction ("My body is your party, baby/Nobody's invited but you, baby"). The video imagines the couple's first meeting, where their flirty banter culminates with a seal of approval from Ciara. "He reads," she says, as he walks away.
"He's very understanding," she tells me, "and he's my best friend. It's important to have a feeling that you can talk about anything and know a person's going to be there and support you. When we're together, it's not about who we are. I feel very normal, very safe and loved.
"Being able to speak about it is a whole different thing for me," she goes on. "I'm not thinking or caring too much about what anybody has to say anymore. Once you start over-thinking and worrying, you start getting close to insanity. I want my sanity and a life and happiness." (It's partly for that reason that Ciara won't crank out bitter songs about ex-lovers. "It'll come to light," she says. "Whatever energy a person gives you, they'll have to deal with that. I'm not necessarily going to be so direct in a song.")
"I wasn't trained to sing and dance," she adds, "but I knew I had something special and decided to explore it. I've been growing in front of the world, and I want to keep growing." Dad helped by regularly gliding around with her wherever they happened to be living. "He taught me some of my moves," Ciara beams. "Some mean footwork!"
She initially considered going into modeling -- a no-brainer -- but music beckoned. Her triple-platinum debut album, Goodies, came out in 2004, when she was just 18. The title song was a sort of anti-"Body Party" that hinted at abstinence, announcing that "the goodies ... stay in the jar" -- an ear-catching change from all the other hooker-y stuff out there. "I was young," remembers Ciara, "and wondered, 'What do I want to say to the world for the first time?' Every other song was about, 'Money makes the world go round.' But it has to take more than that." Indoctrinated by fire into the biz, Ciara learned from Missy Elliott, who wrote and performed with her on the Goodies hit "1, 2 Step," an electro-inspired mid-aughts party anthem whose video helped Ciara establish her individual style. She wore a gold cross chain dangling over her exposed navel offset by boy-cut jeans and sneakers.
The gold and silver kept dangling as her second album, Ciara: The Evolution, hit the top slot on the Billboard 200; the subsequent Fantasy Ride provided "Love Sex Magic," a smoky duet with Justin Timberlake. "Every girl loves to dig in and pull out their inner sexuality," Ciara tells me, "but I don't believe you have to force it." One reason she likes the tomboy look, in fact, is that by covering things up she exudes more sexuality than by going the more obvious route.
But then came a rare misstep for the golden girl. Not so sexy was the commercial failure of her 2010 album, Basic Instinct, which went back to R&B basics. The artist started to realize that she deserved better marketing to match her slick moves. In February 2011, she penned an open letter to Jive Records on Facebook, bristling at the lack of promotion and asking to be let go of their arrangement.
When I ask Ciara to elaborate, she cites "creative differences," the need to try new things and the fact that the company was reconfiguring. "Jive inherited me," she says. "They didn't discover me or know me. I was very fortunate that they let me have a go pass, to be able to have a new home." Her release reunited her with her original mentor, L.A. Reid, who then signed her to Epic. "He's the reason I'm here in the first place," she says. "He gives you a strong level of confidence."
As the Epic album keeps growing, Ciara is preparing a tour, but she says it won't all take place in huge arenas. She wants an intimate experience for her fans, to mirror her new, more open-for-business attitude. "I'm making choices I feel good about," she says, glowing. "It definitely feels good to get love from my fans. I work so hard. I'm hoping to share with other young girls, and even men, to never give up.
"And I feel like my journey's just beginning. On this journey, there's much I haven't done. I still feel like a little kid. I still have my youthful energy and spirit. I'm super excited by my future." You're not the only one, princess.
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Platform sneakers and creepers will take you to new fashion heights. Here is a little inspiration for how to wear platform sneakers.
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Leather shorts and a tank top paired with the Vans Sk8 Hi Platform is city slick with minimal effort. Beanie and sunglasses suggested for maximum hotness.
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Ride the wedge sneaker wave with cut-off shorts, your favorite tank and an eye-catching necklace. Sand and sun, here you come!
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Platform shoes have been worn for centuries. 17th century Italian noblewomen wore impractically high 'chopines' to look good.
During the 90s, the Spice Girls brought them back in the form of sneakers and Union Jack themed boots.
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18th century Japanese apprentice geisha wore 'okobo' sandals to elevate the hems of their kimonos from street muck.
The platform seemingly defied the laws of physics by losing its heel while the wearer remained upright.
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To have a firm, clear understanding of one. You have to trust me—I've gotten a fix on him, and I'm pretty sure he's gambling again. I could tell my wife got a fix on me by the end of our first date.
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1. To have a firm, clear understanding or determination of something. Go down to the circuit breaker and see if you can get a fix on what's causing the power outages. I'd gotten a pretty good fix on the concept after spending an hour with the tutor.
2. To have one's target clearly in one's sights. I had to maneuver the helicopter around the buildings until our gunner could get a fix on the sniper. I knew I could knock him out if I landed a good punch, but he moved so quick that I just couldn't get a fix on him.
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Also, have a fix on; get or have a handle on ; get or have a grasp of . Obtain (or have) a clear determination or understanding of something. For example, I was finally able to get a fix on the specifics of this problem, or No one in the press room had a handle on Balkan history, or Do you have a grasp of the situation? Similarly, give a fix means "provide a clear understanding," as in This briefing will give us a fix on the current situation. The usages with fix and handle are colloquialisms dating from the 1920s; those with grasp are more formal and date from the late 1600s.
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Both a focus startup and part of the AngelKings portfolio, inDinero illustrates the principle from our book, Kings Over Aces, that there's nothing new under the sun–particularly when you're talking about accounting services. The startup's cloud–based accounting services offer payroll, tax, and other bookkeeping options, which are all available through other companies or software. Remember, though, that a product that offers less expensive or more convenient services has a good chance at succeeding, and that's what inDinero delivers.
The startup offers all–in–one back office accounting so businesses of all sizes can concentrate on revenue–generating activity instead of tedious accounting functions. inDinero also charges clients based on monthly pricing that is easy to predict, which may not always be the case with traditional accountants and bookkeepers.
One thing that excites us about inDinero is that its product is designed for small and mid-sized business, but the product scales with business growth to support organizations with eight–figure revenues and 100 or more employees.
inDinero's startup story is interesting, as it provides a different outlook than some of the other companies we've covered in depth. The startup launched in 2010 and was successful at seeking seed funding. The product in 2010 was a self–service, small business, financial tracking tool–not what inDinero is today. While pursuing the first version of its product, inDinero faced challenges. It almost ran out of money and had to lay off all its employees before revamping the product; at relaunch in 2013, inDinero was able to land $7 million in funding and has since seen more success.
The story is important, because it speaks to our point in a previous chapter: As an angel investor, you are not investing in a perfect product. You're investing in people and ideas, and some ideas take more tweaking than others to achieve success. We are proud to have inserted capital with inDinero.
Recurly's platform makes it easy for businesses of any size to set up, manage, and automate recurring bills. An increase in subscription services in all types of niches has made recurring bills a big business opportunity, and a secure, customized platform is a product that generates substantial interest among small and midsized businesses. Recurly entered the market just as this need was rapidly increasing following the success of subscription services such as Netflix and Ipsy.
In a world where no retailer or bank seems capable of guaranteeing protection of your account information with 100 percent assurance, BillGuard makes it easy for you to do the monitoring yourself. The startup partnered with Experian and offers an app that displays all your account information in a single dashboard. A few glances throughout the day provide peace of mind about account status, and the app also provides security notifications. BillGuard scores high as a startup due in part to its entry into a consumer market that is frightened by growing virtual threats and has a psychological need to do something to protect itself.
Wealthfront delivers on–demand investment advice and services without high account minimums and fees that keep many people from building wealth through investing. One thing that makes Wealthfronts a top fintech startup is that it takes an existing solution–investment services–and makes it available to a new market. We talked before about creating a have situation for the have–nots, and this product does that. Deeply entrenched companies like Charles Schwab are now copying these auto–investing platforms. When the big boys copy your clothing, you know you're onto something big.
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In late 2012 McDonald's South Africa approached us with a challenge: Keep interest relating to the McDonald's Top Jock competition alive in the gap between its 2012 and 2013 iterations, on a budget.
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We're really proud of how this project has turned out and thought, as our first blog post for 2013, it was well worth sharing!
In month since we kicked the project off, the blog has enjoyed hundreds of unique hits – bolstering McDonald's South Africa's SEO profile for the competition and providing valuable, unique content which has been shared via Twitter and Facebook.
In our opinion, this is a good example of one way to maintain interest in a recurring promotion by shining a spotlight the history associated with it.
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By Deb Patton
Wild Horse Pass Resort in Chandler, Arizona provides a secluded getaway. Stewards to the land, the Gila River Indian Community has developed a sanctuary for all types of resort goers that is true to their heritage and culture. With history going back to 300 BC, the story of struggle and resolve lead both the Pima and Maricopa tribes to where they are today. As stewards to a resort that surrounds its guests in history and culture, every detail of the over 372,000 acre resort is a tangible tribute to the tribes.
The Aji Spa at Wild Horse Pass Resort reflects the heritage of the Gila River Indian Community in a way you won't experience anywhere else on the property. The artwork and décor in the 17,000 square foot facility speaks to the culture of days gone by. A feature exhibit is an Olas Ki. This historic dwelling was used to provide shelter in the winter. At the spa today, you'll find one serving as a meditation room where you can attain calmness and solitude. With 17 treatment rooms, services are abundant and varied from manicures to seaweed wraps, but you almost can't pass on a spiritual healing treatment by Belen Stoneman. A member of the community, Stoneman is a shawoman and has the power to heal naturally through communication with spirits.
A full service spa that leaves no stone uncovered, you'll find a fitness center, salon, relaxation rooms, pool, café and retail shop. The later is where you'll find the Indigenous Collection of spa products created by Stoneman. She cultivates the plants that are used to create these luxurious soaps, shampoos and lotions hat will recreate a memory of your spa experience at home.
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Deb Patton is a contributing editor for SpaTrips.com. She specializes in writing about golf and spa trips and destinations. Deb also writes for SpaTrips.com sister company GolfTrips.com.
In addition, Deb Patton is the Women's Contributing Editor for Midwest Golfing Magazine. Besides golfing and spaing, Deb is an avid reader, culinary wiz, and also enjoys traveling.
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You've been researching camper rentals for your next Pennsylvania excursion. However, as you look at all your options, you have many questions about how RV rental works. To help you make your vacation decisions, we at Martin RV Rentals will answer four common questions we get about our camper rentals and service.
1. How old do I have to be to rent an RV?
At Martin RV Rentals of PA, we require you to be at least 25 years of age in order to book a motorhome rental. Additionally, we ask that all drivers provide our staff with an up-to-date national driver's license prior to leaving our lot.
2. What do I do with my car when I pick up the camper rental?
If you're renting an RV from us, you are welcome to leave your personal vehicle in our parking lot while you're away. You are allowed to park up to two vehicles at our location while you have the camper rental, but please know that you do so at your own risk.
3. What comes with my motorhome rental?
The answer to this question depends on what type of RV rental you plan on booking. Each type of rental has different amenities, so we recommend that you check out each camper rental, RV rental, and motorhome rental's amenities to see which one will work best for you.
4. How do I make a reservation?
Martin RV Rentals strives to make the camper-rental process as easy as possible for PA travelers. You can book an RV rental through our online reservation system, by calling (717) 283-4522, or by stopping by our Manheim, PA location.
Do you have additional camper rental questions? Contact us at (717) 283-4522, and a Martin RV Rentals representative will be glad to help walk you through your RV rental options and our policies.


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Finding My Passion
I'm a journalism student finishing up my last year at the University of Colorado Boulder where I'm also a web developer, peer mentor and marketing assistant. Previously, I've worked for The American Prospect, CHSAANow and 303 Magazine.
I started out in scholastic journalism writing movie reviews and blogging about the great outdoors; before long, I became an avid news junkie and realized how passionate I was (and am) about politics, education and holding power to account. Although my interest in journalism was prompted by my passion for writing, I've delved into other forms of storytelling like photography, videography and design.
My teachers, my internship supervisors and my peers have all taught me invaluable lessons during my time as a journalism student. I can't imagine a life in which I didn't discover my passion for journalism and everyday I'm grateful for the opportunity to learn more about the world around me because of it.
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Amazon has announced a video-on-demand streaming service as internet and consumer electronics companies strive to match the capabilities of US cable and satellite providers.
The internet retailer said advertising-free movies and television shows could be watched instantly within a web browser or streamed directly on to Sony televisions equipped with an internet video link.
Its Amazon Video On Demand is the new name for Amazon Unbox, launched two years ago.
Unbox was confined to selling digital downloads of movies and TV shows, but the new service puts the accent on paid-for streaming.
"The ability to watch content instantly without downloading first was among the most requested features of our customers, and now it's live," said Roy Price, director of the service.
Since Unbox was launched, a plethora of devices, technologies and services have appeared to challenge US cable and satellite providers in providing programming on demand to the living-room television.
Amazon's service can also be displayed through a Tivo digital video recorder and a Microsoft Xbox 360 games console linked to a TV.
The deal with Sony is significant. The consumer electronics group has been working on new ways of controlling the content it produces in its film studios through to its display on its TVs.
In July, it announced that the Sony Pictures film Hancock would be streamed ahead of its DVD release into the homes of Bravia TV owners who had bought its $299 Internet Video Link accessory and paid a fee.
The movie was to be streamed in standard rather than high definition due to concerns about broadband speeds.
Sony also struck a deal with cable operators in May in sharing the television screen in future through a technology called tru2way. Sony's content would be offered alongside the video-on-demand offerings of cable in a shared interface built into TV sets.
Other internet services that are offering streaming video include Apple TV and the Netflix DVD rental service. It launched a box to connect to the TV and deliver videos over the internet this year.
In July, it announced that the same service would be available over the Xbox 360.
A number of start-ups have also tried to break into the market with mixed success to date, including Akimbo, Sezmi and Vudu.
Broadcasters have entered the fray by creating their own websites with free, advertising-supported streaming of programming.
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Thoughts are things! Thoughts manifest our lives. When we have thoughts of gratitude and thanksgiving our lives are filled with grace. When we have thoughts of lack and fear our lives are filled with sorrow and disappointment.
Today I am conducting an experiment to stop every hour take a breath and give thanks for my life. The purpose is to put me on the track to creating and manifesting my goals. Yes, I did it is one of the best feelings in the world and I want more of those every single day!


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Do you have more than one bike? Get the most out of your Flux 900 headlight by getting an additional handlebar mount for easy switching between your rides. - Includes one piece axle and handlebar clamp. - The clamp will fit 25.4mm and 31.8mm bar diameters with included rubber grip pads.
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It seems obvious that in behavioral health we should use treatments that are tried and true. Hence the push for behavioral health systems and clinicians to use treatments that have strong empirical support like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This is fine and good.
And naturally we want our clinicians to be trained in best practices and payers want to see that patients are being provided first lines of treatment. Also fine and good.
Here's the but...
Super utilizers would never meet the criteria to participate in the clinical studies that evaluated these evidence based treatments in the first place. Providers (especially Medicaid providers) are ill equipped to treat individuals with multiple comorbidities in addition to complex environmental and socioeconomic stressors. Rarely is it so simple as providing a manualized treatment that solves a specific clinical condition in isolation. I wish!
So what's the alternative?
Of course we shouldn't throw evidence-based treatments out the window. Rather we have to support our clinicians by providing them with better and more sophisticated tools to treat patients with multiple clinical and environmental issues. We have to adapt the tools that we know work, like CBT, to reach a broader base than they were originally developed for.
Take mindfulness-based stress reduction or MBSR which has demonstrated impressive clinical outcomes. We know that mindfulness works, but if we take a closer look at the clinical protocol, participants are required to commit to an hour per day of formal meditation practice. As a provider, when I think about some of the super utilizer patients that I have worked with, the actual clinical protocol as defined by MBSR is a non starter with many of these patients!
So the question is how do we repackage MBSR and other evidence based interventions so that they reach more patients, including super utilizers? And how do we equip our providers with the tools they need to deliver these new interventions effectively?
At Utila, we believe the answer HAS to include patient-centered technology using patients' preferred modes of communication including SMS text. And at the end of the day providers' and patients' voices need to be heard so that we can refine these next generation treatment interventions. This is a problem we're passionate about solving, and we're eager to partner and collaborate with others who share our vision!


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The first Designers & Books Fair is set to launch this weekend in New York City. Designers & Books Fair 2012 is a live New York City event at the intersection where design, architecture, and books meet.
The Fair Exhibition Hall will include approximately 35 design book publishers and booksellers displaying and selling the newest titles for the upcoming holiday season as well as important backlist titles. Special Fair discounts (up to 40%) will be available on many books.
There will also be rare and out-of-print book dealers; demonstrations of book arts, including calligraphy, letterpress printing, and bookbinding; and book signings.
- Saturday, October 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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Q: What is SWE's mission?
A: SWE has been advocating for a more diverse and inclusive STEM workforce since the 1960s! In the last few years, the Society's evolved globally to expand their membership, mission and events across the world.
Q: What is #WEAmsterdam?
A: The society's third annual WE Local conference in Europe. In similar fashion to SWE's annual conference here in the US (which hails 12,000 women engineers from all over the world!), the Society will host the meet-up in different European cities every year. This time it was Amsterdam; in 2016 it was Madrid, Spain.
Two Team DJG-ers, Angie and Alex, traveled to assist the client with on-site social media engagement and creating video content for SWE's AllTogether Blog, social media and various other avenues of integrated digital media marketing.
With Angie's TV news production background and Alex's interest in being on-camera, the two traveling together is a perfect skill set match! Here is some of the on-site content the two produced:
Caption: Alex is SWE TV/WE Local's on-camera host. Under Angie's guidance, she prompts a group of attendees with questions regarding their engineering background, what brings them to conference and the aspects of the meeting they're looking forward to.
Caption: Part of Angie's job is to seek out specialized topics for video content. In this case, Angie approached SWE's Jessica Rogers. Jessica is a SWE International Ambassador and founding member of SWE's London affiliate. Alex specifically talked to Rogers about her experience founding the SWE chapter in Europe.
Angie and Alex were also on-site to capture LIVE content, filming the keynote speakers, sessions and panels. It's Angie's job to work the camera and Alex's job to post conference happenings in real time on social media.
One of Team DJG's favorite videos from #WEAmsterdam was the "Men As Diversity Partners" panel. This panel is an important part of SWE's conference content and SWE makes it a highlighted topic at every conference. Here's the video:
Alex was individually responsible for the Society's Europe Facebook and Twitter pages while on-site. Here is a Facebook post from when Alex and Angie were there last week — you'll notice this is video content and is a great example of how Angie and Alex work together effectively:
One of Alex's favorite parts about executing LIVE social media strategy at any on-site event is live-Tweeting, "For me, it's the best social platform to encapsulate the organic, inspirational and hard-hitting pieces of conference content SWE's audience needs to see. You have every element of creativity at your quick disposal – copy, photographs, videos, geo-tagging and searchable hashtags," Alex explains.
Here are some of the Tweets that did particularly well with SWE Europe's audience:
Want to learn more about DJG's client the Society of Women Engineers? Visit: swe.org. Or follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat (search username: SWEorg), LinkedIn and Pinterest.
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When Snobs Called Her Engagement Ring 'Pathetic' She Had The PERFECT Comeback.
In the 1930's famed diamond giant De Beers suggested a man should spend one month's salary on the purchase of an engagement ring. A few years later they suggested the appropriate amount for a ring was actually worth two months.
Ever since, the cost of rings keep rising. According to WeddingWire, the average cost for an engagement ring in 2015 was $4,758. The size nor the cost of a ring is an indication of the love a couple has for each other. Furthermore, the bigger the stone does not guarantee a happily ever after.
Ariel Desiree McRae didn't want to wait for an expensive ring to marry the love of her life. She wanted to start a life together and the ring was just part of the process. She saw finding love, being committed to each other, more important than how many carats a diamond is.
Ariel received a delicate and beautiful engagement ring from her fiancee Quinn.
It cost the couple $130 from the store Pandora. Unfortunately, one of the saleswomen made a demeaning comment about the cost. That's when Ariel took to Facebook.
My husband doesn't have a lot, neither of us do. We scrape and scrape to pay bills and put food in our bellies, but after almost 2 years of dating we decided that we couldn't wait anymore, so we didn't.
I wasn't even thinking about rings, I just wanted to marry my best friend, but he wouldn't have it. He scraped up just enough money to buy me two matching rings from Pandora. Sterling silver and CZ to be exact. That's what sits on my ring finger, and I am so in love with them.
While we were purchasing my rings however, another lady that was working there came over to help the lady selling them to us. She said, "Y'all can you believe that some men get these as engagement rings? How pathetic." When she said that I watched my now husband's face fall. He already felt bad because he couldn't afford the pear-shaped set that so obviously had my heart and covered my Pinterest page. He already felt like a failure, asking me again and again "Are you sure you'll be happy with these? Are you sure this is okay?" He was so upset at the idea of not making me happy enough and of me not wanting to marry him because my rings didn't cost enough money or weren't flashy enough.
Old Ariel would have ripped that woman a new one. Mature Ariel said, "It isn't the ring that matters, it is the love that goes into buying one that is." We bought the rings and left.
Y'all I would have gotten married to this man if it had been a 25¢ gum ball machine ring. When did our nation fall so far to think the only way a man can truly love a woman is if he buys her $3,000+ jewelry and makes a public decree of his affection with said flashy ring? Sure they are nice, sure the sentiment is wonderful and I'm not trying to cut down any of your experiences, but when did it come to all that? Why do material possessions equate love??
My husband was so afraid of me not wanting him because he couldn't afford a piece of jewelry. He was afraid that the love I have for him would pale because he couldn't afford the wedding set I wanted. The world has made it this way and it is so sad.
But here I am though, Court-House married, $130 ring set, the love of my life by my side and happier than I could ever imagine.
Update: This post keeps growing much to my surprise, and I've been asked a thousand times how we met. So here is the short version! My husband and I met online at the age of 20, talked on the phone (and I mean actually talked not text) for 6+ hours a day for two days. He then drove an hour out of his way to take me on a date. I wore a tacky Christmas sweater (if you think I am lying, ask him) We ate wings, had a burping contest, and drove around listening to music and singing. I fell in love with him on the first date. If he had asked me to marry him the first time we met, I probably would have said yes. To be honest, we had wanted to elope three months into dating, but decided to take some extra time to get established beforehand. Ultimately we couldn't wait any longer.. so we eloped. I've never been this happy in my life and I couldn't imagine spending it with anyone else ever.
Her post has received over 70,000 Likes and 54, 869 shares on Facebook.
Ariel McRae
The 22-year-old met her husband online two years ago. They knew right away they were meant to be together.
Ariel McRae
They want to adopt two children together in the future.
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Her post encouraged others to proudly show off their inexpensive rings. Everyone understands it's not the size of the ring that matters but the love you have for each other.
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She may only be 20 but Ariel is wiser beyond her years. "People shouldn't have to go into debt for love. It's the love that's important. You can get married without rings. Its just material," she says.
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From 2008 to the end of 2016, I published a monthly newsletter on a writing or editing topic. I took a sabbatical to focus on writing and promoting my book (more about it, including subscribing to another e-newsletter, here).
You can search through past issues or, if you need more information about anything I covered, contact me directly.
Each month, one topic to improve your writing.
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In 2013, I compiled many of these newsletters into an e-book. Download it as a PDF or read it on Issuu.
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July 2016: Meeting a Deadline
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March 2016: Six Questions for Writing Success
February 2016: Writers and Designers: Working Together
December 2015: A Year of Writing Tips
November 2015: Writing to Raise Money
October 15: Managing Your E-Files for Writing Success
September 2015: Investing in a Writer? Make It Worthwhile
July 2015: Using Quotations Effectively
June 2015: Takeaways from Three Writers Conferences
May 2015: Meeting Deadlines: Eight Tips
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February 2015: UX: 5 Takeaways for Content
January 2015: Write-able Resolutions for 2015
November 2014: Writing a Killer Resume
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August 2014: Julia Wilbur: Of Death and Diaries
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Ray + Kleyni // Claremont, CA Women's Club Wedding
Ray and Kleyni were wedded on the very first Saturday of the year at the historic Claremont Women's Club. Their day was all about love and family and their love was contagious. I was so honored to get to contribute to their stunning story. Thank you Ray and Kleyni for having me along! Thank you Michelle for your incredible support that day.
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ACO Club – ACO Association
ACO PRESS – AMIGA – AMIGO ART Etiquette Policy for
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We are the co-creators of our future and as members of our Alliance have co-created a group of friends who share in cyberspace our ACO Club Art Etiquette Policy.
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ACO is an expansive, worldwide community of truthseekers who support spiritual science metaphysicians and philosophers as creationists interested in futurology and science. We support consciousness, and the soul as a major part of life as a humanoid being. ACO Club, American Communications Online, ACO Association, and Allied Command Organization are all part of our alliance in promoting space advocacy in our arts and science peer review journals and our trade associations.
ACO Club is for members only. ACO Association is our voting members who share in co-creations as supporters of visual and performing arts, and integrative medicine practitioners. We share as journalists, writers, authors, engineers, scientists, and promote the STEM Program in our arts and science journals. We share American Communications Online and the TJ Morris Agency for our administration online for our websites, and our social media presence.
Some are interested in the high strangeness of the unexplained nature of what we are all aware of as the truth of our beginning or the origin of everything. Some call this as one beginning and God.
Artists of visual and performing artists, authors, practitioners, speakers, and teachers are chosen to become members in our ACO Club. Most must be known for some purpose in their own life. We share the "YOU" in you of "Philosophy of Learning about Spirit Essence" and the meaning of life.
We come from all walks of life and agree that life can be situational based on one's own point of origin. We ascribe to the highest standards with morals and integrity while we embark on conversations together in broadcast media. We share in visual and performing arts as advocates and sometime sponsor art shows in events.
We support every age, and every nationality who create works spanning every medium, every subject and every level of talent and skill. However, since we prefer to work with those who are of legal adult age in the cyberspace normal, we ask that our members be at least 18 years of age and graduated high school or have a General Equivalency Diploma. This is to satisfy the normal requirement to have an educational normal way of being in this world. Then we can finish being involved in the social involvement of getting priorities straight on our own soul purpose of life while we have a physical body. We will assist anyone in obtaining their level of education as an adult in our adults continuing education programs in all states and help with educational information for all our members.
As the guiding force of this large and vibrant community we have two primary and often conflicting goals in the service we provide for you, the members of the community; the first being to ensure that members are free to express themselves within reason with as few restrictions as possible while nurturing an environment of creativity, learning, and talent and the second is to protect the members of the community, to the best of our abilities, from infringement of copyright, discrimination, harassment, and prejudice.
All members of the ACO community are expected to be familiar with these rules of etiquette and they will be enforced evenly and without bias in every situation which is brought to the attention of the administration regardless of the membership status of the user in question.
Guidelines for ACOnauts;
Quality and Placement
It is our policy to welcome artists and authors of all levels from amateur to professional and to that end we do not attach any minimum standards of quality to deviations submitted by our membership; all manner of artworks is welcome providing they meet with our etiquette and copyright policies. While we do not impose quality standards, we do ask that you practice self-moderation in what you choose to submit and that you submit your works into the most appropriate gallery. While we encourage the submission of only your very best works, we have provided an area for those submissions which may fall short of that 'top quality' mark; this is your "Scrapbook" gallery and we highly encourage its use.
We share an archive for members only who pay a minimum of $5.00 a month to participate in updating their own page of art or archiving in our ACO CLUB/ACO American Communications Online/ACO Association/Allied Command Organization.
Our community volunteers may elect to move one or more of your ACO Club/ ACO Association/ ACO American Communications Online/ Allied Command Organizations Art creations from the Gallery categories into a different, more appropriate, section or into the Scrapbook category; we ask that you accept this decision gracefully and with a mature attitude. If you desire a full explanation for this action, or if you feel the administrative action was performed in error, you should submit an inquiry to the official ACO Art Helpdesk and include a link to the relevant issue at hand. Please do not bring these issues into the Forums, user pages, or other areas of our ACO American Communications Online/ ACO Association/ Allied Command Organization domains or websites.
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Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci reiterated his call for the ouster of Chief of Staff John Kelly, citing low White House morale. "He's lost the locker room," Scaramucci said at the NewCo Shift Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday. "The morale in the White House, on a scale of 1-10, is minus 15. You cannot run the White House through fear and intimidation."
Why it matters: Scaramucci has held his tongue on most issues since leaving the administration; But not any more. The former comms director has been calling for Kelly to step down over his handling of the Rob Porter scandal, saying that Kelly knew about Porter's history of domestic abuse for months. "You can't ask people in the White House to cover up something like this," Scaramucci said.


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SHE is seeking passionate and talented individuals to work as strategic advisors to our senior management team. Our Business Strategy Wizard(s) will work on one of SHE's high-impact consulting projects that address critical capacity building challenges faced by SHE, as it seeks to scale its operations globally in the next five year. Each consulting projects is a market opportunity with strong growth potential that requires further market analysis, due diligence, and go/no-go recommendations.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Once again, Simpson's Kate Nielsen had the best week of any women's basketball player in the Iowa Conference.
For the fifth time this season, Nielsen brought home Iowa Conference Player of the Week honors, the league office announced earlier this week.
A senior forward from Urbandale, Iowa, Nielsen averaged 26 points and 7.5 rebounds for the period ending Sunday, Jan. 20. The 10th-ranked Storm (now 17-1 overall) remained unbeaten in the conference with wins over Loras and Dubuque last week.
She scored 22 points and pulled down 10 rebounds against the Duhawks for her seventh double-double this season and the 13th of her career. She was 6 of 11 from the field and a perfect 9 of 9 at the charity stripe. Against Dubuque, she scored a game-high 30 points on 8 of 11 shooting from the field, reaching the 30-point plateau for the second time in 2012-2013. During the week, she shot 63.6 percent (14 of 22) from the field, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, and hit 95.2 percent (20-of-21) of her free throws.
Simpson is in the middle of a challenging stretch that includes four games in eight days. The Storm beat Coe 58-56 on Monday followed by a 73-56 win over Central on Wednesday. The week will wrap up with another game against Coe on Saturday in Cedar Rapids.


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The good Mr. Chipman of Boston, MA posits questions (amid his usual snark) to the scientific community.
First, the jetpack: no. Just no. It looks cool, but the average person (such as MovieBob and myself) isn't the Rocketeer, and will likely go up in flames. I advocated the Jetsons-style flying car on his site, and here's why:
- We have the means to protect human life in the event of an ordinary car collision, so it's a simple matter of scaling that to account for midair accidents.
- The automotive industry has the infrastructure to manufacture said Jetson cars. Again, apply existing knowledge to the flying models--and make them fuel-efficient hybrids.
- We'd no longer need airplanes or cruise ships to visit foreign continents, only passports. Vacation traveling and international work commutes all become cheaper. Moving to another country.
- Air pollution would be reduced (with the removal of planes and terrestrial cars).
The "cultured meat" business would solve a few problems, but would create others, such as the extinction of all domesticated farm animals. (Except for pigs and horses--who are smart and adaptable: they have gone feral, after all.)
As far as the space program, it's less "John Q. Douchenozzle" demanding an ROI, and more "Suzanne Greenpeace" and "Bobby World-Hunger" not seeing the point of spending money and resources on sending rockets to other planets when we have problems "here at home/on Earth".
In truth, the bulk of humanity and the environment's problems stem from the fact that we've simply outgrown the planet.
Sylvia Engdahl, a science fiction author, is convinced that this is the case:
Note: I am not Sylvia Engdahl; I don't live in Oregon with two cats. :)
I realize that what I've been saying here doesn't sound like my usual optimism. But the reason it doesn't, I think, is that most people don't understand what's meant by "space humanization." Some of you are probably thinking that space travel isn't going to be a big help with these problems, as indeed, the form of it shown in today's mythology would not. Almost certainly, you're thinking that it won't solve the other problems of Earth, and I fear you may be thinking that the other problems should be solved first.
One big reason why they should not is the "narrow window" concept. The other is that they could not. I have explained why I believe the problem of war can't be solved without expansion. The problem of hunger is, or ultimately will be, the direct result of our planet's limited resources; though it could be solved for the near-term by political reforms, we are not likely to see such reforms while nations are playing a " zero-sum game" with what resources Earth still has. Widespread poverty, when not politically based, is caused by insufficient access to high technology and by the fact that there aren't enough resources to go around (if you doubt this, compare the amount of poverty here with the amount in the Third World, and the amount on the Western frontier with the amount in our modern cities). Non-contagious disease, such as cancer, is at least partially the result of stress; and while expansion won't eliminate stress, overcrowding certainly increases it. The problem of atmospheric pollution is the result of trying to contain the industry necessary to maintain our technology within the biosphere instead of moving it into orbit where it belongs.
In short, all the worldwide problems we want to solve, and feel we should have solved, are related to the fact that we've outgrown the ecological niche we presently occupy. I view them not as pathologies, but as natural indicators of our evolutionary stage. I would like to believe that they'll prove spurs to expansion. If they don't, we'll be one of evolution's failures.
Think about it: even if only one billion people leave Mother Earth for the Final Frontier, the pressure will be off said Earth. That number is: if the peoples of Japan, South Korea, the US (which includes me), and most of Europe left to populate the rest of the solar system--if not cruising on a starship to stars unknown.
We have the technology to build orbital space habitats, and to make it livable for out-of-shape people (who probably still need to get in shape, but the lack of gravity can only help).
Unlike Mrs. Engdahl, I would be happy if I could live on a planet or moon: I want seasons to pass, and proper day and night cycles. Still, her idea has merit.
In any event, we need to go into space before some mook invents the holodeck:
In a future where space travel is mundane, the holodeck would provide a nifty diversion from the everyday grind. In the 21st Century (that is, now), all human progress would grind to a screeching halt.
Summary: Space "humanization" and flying cars are needed before the holodeck.
Thank you, scientific community. That is all.
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Welcome to the New home of the Kansas Young Guns!
The Kansas Young Guns is affiliated with USA Wrestling, the National Governing Body for the Sport of Wrestling in the United States. In our club we teach great basic and advanced wrestling skills. We also teach good sportsmanship, self-discipline, setting and achieving goals, teamwork and respect.
Our goal is to produce the best wrestlers in the Goddard community and the State of Kansas.
Wrestlers will be separated in to four Groups:
Little Guns (Novice)
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All Advanced kids that are new to the KYG team will be initially placed in the Extreme Guns until they have familiarized themselves with the basics of the KYG System.
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For the first time in fifteen years, Fleetwood Mac will be touring with keyboardist Christine McVie. McVie joined the band in 1970 after guitarist Peter Green had quit. Since her departure from the band in 1990, Fleetwood Mac has toured mainly as a foursome. Along with the announcement of McVie returning, the band announced a 34-show, 33-city tour. The "On With The Show" tour starts September 30 and will run through December 20. Stevie Nicks and the band spent time in March working on new songs, though they don't plan on releasing anything until after the tour. Fleetwood Mac luxury suites will be available at most of the venues on tour. Luxury boxes will feature upscale furnishing, comfortable seating, private restroom, premium in-suite catering options and VIP parking. For more information on a Fleetwood Mac luxury suite click here.
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9/30 Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
10/2 Chicago, IL – United Center
10/6 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
10/10 Boston, MA – TD Garden
10/11 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
10/14 Pittsburgh, PA – Consol Energy Center
10/15 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
10/18 Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
10/19 Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
10/21 Indianapolis, IN – Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10/22 Auburn Hills, MI – The Palace of Auburn Hills
10/26 Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre
10/31 Washington, DC – Verizon Center
11/1 Hartford, CT – XL Center
11/10 Winnipeg, MB – MTS Centre
11/12 Saskatoon, SK – Credit Union Centre
11/14 Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
11/15 Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place
11/18 Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
11/20 Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
11/22 Portland, OR – Moda Center
11/24 Sacramento, CA – Sleep Train Arena
11/25 San Jose, CA – SAP Center
11/28 Inglewood, CA – The Forum
11/29 Inglewood, CA – The Forum
12/2 San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
12/3 Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
12/10 Phoenix, AZ – US Airways Center
12/12 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
12/14 Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
12/15 Houston, TX – Toyota Center
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This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
by Rebecca Zanetti
Released: November 29th 2016
Series: The Scorpius Syndrome #0.5
Published by Zebra
Format: Paperback
Recommended Read!
"…Zanetti did not disappoint, not in the least. Scorpius Rising did its job following book one in its non-stop action, suspense and post-apocalyptic intrigue. " ~ Under the Covers
Scorpius Syndrome was discovered, and it is on its way across the country infecting anyone it touches. Scorpius Rising tells the story of how the outbreak began including how Lynn Harmony came to be. Of course, the main story is Deacan and Nora's HEA.
Second chance at love in the most unfortunate time. In the midst of an upcoming apocalypse, Deacan and Nora find their way to each other again. They were married and divorced but their feelings for each other never changed. This pandemic, as disastrous as it is, will bring a second chance of what should've been.
To be honest, I was afraid this prequel would not do Mercury Rising (The Scorpius Syndrome #1) any justice. That book just about blew my mind and if this prequel blew it, I would've been really disappointed. But Zanetti did not disappoint, not in the least. Scorpius Rising did its job following book one in its non-stop action, suspense and post-apocalyptic intrigue. And that's just icing on the cake. The world building are character build up are equally amazing not to mention the sweet reunion between Deacan and Nora. Hands down, to Zanetti for a job well done.
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