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Some may have noticed our recent logo is missing the phrase "Weddings and Events by Tawnee". Don't worry! I am not going anywhere! BUT Urban Shindigs now has a much larger service tab. We have partnered up with some amazing vendors to provide you an all-inclusive shindig. Our main service still includes Wedding Coordination and DJ packages, along with our new preferred partner services which include the following:
Floral Design Provided by Luxe Botanique
ABOUT Luxe Botanique: Being surrounded by an abundance of beautiful and fragrant flowers, and creating a one of a kind design was something that I never pictured as calling "Work". It was by accident that I had discovered floral design and I truly believe that I was born for this! I've always been known as the "Creative One" ever since I was a little girl and have always been passionate about forming unique and artistic designs. I knew I absolutely needed to have this type of creative freedom in my life and in everything that I do. I was immediately attracted to so many colors and textures that I couldn't believe this was an actual profession. Having to create amazing and stunning designs and concepts for weddings and events using just one basic ingredient: Flowers. I look forward to creating a gorgeous and unforgettable design for each event I do. I put my heart and soul into every design and the language I use for this kind of love is only spoken through flowers.
Videography Provided by Audrey Alba Films
About Audrey Alba: Audrey Alba Films is a Wedding Cinematography company based out of San Diego. We love to make original films that are as unique & true as our couples. Weddings are great because we get to be around nice people that create such a positive atmosphere! We're truly passionate about film! Check out our website to see if we're a good fit for you.
Rentals Provided by POW WOW
ABOUT POW WOW: Been an artist from day one. I'm a carpenter's daughter and was brought up designing, building, gardening and creating. My Momma used to tell me I wasn't like the other kids and that it was a good thing... I finally learned to believe her. Trained in Interior Design by the Design Institute of San Diego, I've always incorporated vintage and handcrafted pieces into my work, which includes: Interior Design, event design, styling, murals, floral design, wedding cake design, landscape design, stained glass design, custom bamboo moulding design and installation, and just about a million things in between. I believe you can control what type of experience your guests have at your event by the way in which you design their surroundings. I love incorporating art and unique elements into event design whenever given the opportunity. I am more than just a rental company. I am an artist and designer who loves what I do.
Hair Provided by Peggy
ABOUT Shelby: My name is Shelby McElroy. I am a graduate of Westmore Academy of Cosmetics Arts in Burbank,CA. I participated and completed advance training in makeup for motion pictures and television. By participating in this course I learned the dimension of color and harmonies.. putting the "ART" into makeup artist. 480 hours later I acquired essential skills of beauty and glamour for print, runway, and video in both color and black and white mediums required in the fashion and photography industry. My career started after returning to San Diego in 2009 when I started at MAC Cosmetics in Nordstrom. After building up my skills and clientele I decided it was time to start my own freelance business. I broke into the wedding industry and fell in love with everything about it. There is nothing more special then being able to be a part of your clients big day, and making her feel her ultimate best. I have had the opportunity to work with big name photographers for advertising photo shoots and magazine. You can now see my work on local celebrities and A listers in San Diego! I'm blessed how far I have come and can not wait to see how far I can go.
Photography Provided by Let's Frolic Together
ABOUT Let's Frolic Together: Photography for Doers & Dreamers. Let's be friends, you and I. I'll start! I'm Jasmine, a Canadian photographer and storyteller serving the world from my home base in San Diego. I live to tell stories through photographs. I believe that people matter to each other, and something happens when they get connected. Something hopeful and tender and dazzling, like a million fireflies twinkling in the trees beside a silent river. But something comforting, too, like PB&J, or mac & cheese, or PB&J *on* mac & cheese (ew). There's magic in each of us. Not hocus-pocus, but optimism and hope and all the quirky things we do with our favorite people when the world isn't watching. I believe in connection and preserving the intangible links between people is what I am here for. Let's frolic together.
Custom signage and paper goods Provided by Twinkle & Toast
ABOUT Twinkle & Toast: Hi there – I'm Taryn, based in San Diego, CA. Twinkle & Toast is all about the little details – pretty shiny things for pretty parties. I specialize in handwritten and hand-drawn creations and custom signage and paper goods. See samples of past work in my photo galleries or contact me for a custom order. I can design just about anything for weddings, showers & events including: Custom signage, Paper goods, Invitations, Menu boards, Pointed pen calligraphy, Seating charts, Banners, Escort cards, Envelope lettering, Backdrops and more. Depending on the item, I use a mix of calligraphy, handwriting, drawing, painting and graphic design. Calligraphy workshop dates are getting added left and right! Check out our upcoming events or contact us to host a workshop near you.
And that's a wrap! Urban Shindigs is now a one stop shop for your next event.
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Goliath stood 10 feet tall in his stocking feet, wore a size 20 collar, a 9 1/2 inch hat, and a 52-inch belt. When he put his full armor on, he looked like a Sherman tank. Even stripped to the bare essentials, he had plenty to carry around, and flesh and bones were the least of it. There was the burdensome business of having to defend his title against all comers. There were the mangled remains of the runners-up. When he tried to think something out, it was like struggling through a hip-deep bog. When he tried to explain something, it was like pushing a truck uphill. His dark moods were leaden and his light moods elephantine. He considered under-arm deodorants a sign of effeminacy.
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As he straddled Goliath with Goliath's sword in his hand, the giant believed that what he was seeing was his own soul stripped of the unwieldy flesh at last for its journey to paradise, and when David presented the severed head to Saul later, there was an unmistakable smile on its great lips.
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There's a lot more to janitorial services these days than a mop hitting the floor to remove dirt. As facilities begin to adopt new technologies and become more environmentally friendly, commercial cleaning has been taken to a whole new level. At Forte Commercial Cleaning, we offer cleaning services in Salt Lake City, Sandy, and South Jordan to keep your building clean and minimize its negative impact on its surroundings. The cleaning solutions we provide are based on your individual needs.
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20th Annual Austin Pow Wow
I have a way of locating pow wows wherever I go. While in Houston, I was so busy with other things that I didn't get a chance to locate any close to Tomball or Houston. I did learn of the Circle of Life Intertribal Pow Wow on Labor Day Weekend near Bandera before I left Houston. Unfortunately I neglected to mark it on a calendar for future reference after I looked up the pow wow. The reminder came from my roommate Saturday afternoon September 3rd, along with information that there was an entrance fee of $5 per person for the public to attend the Bandera Pow Wow. Would the dancers also pay a fee? I will have to wait til next year to find out.
I learned of the Austin Pow Wow about two weeks before the event and made a mental note that I was not going to miss this one. During the week preceding the pow wow, I located the Dancer's Flyer online and looked up the location. While it would have been about a 30 minute drive from my former apartment in North Austin, it was now less than 15 minutes away from the place where I'm currently staying in South Austin. I dug into the box in my closet that I packed all my regalia in prior to my most recent move and loaded up one of my book bags. Unsure if other pow wows in the area charged an entrance fee or not, I was definitely going to show up to dance in Grand Entry and Intertribals regardless.
Grand Entries were at 10 am, 1 pm, and 6 pm. I showed up before 9 am and stayed until around 7 pm, though I probably could have stayed on until close at 10 pm. Also, I made some important networking contacts during the pow wow, and I plan to attend other pow wows in the area in the future. It's good to feel at "home" with other Native Americans, especially Native Veterans.
Oh, this pow wow is free to the public and hospitality provides food for dancers and family. Vendors provide food and curiosities for sale outside.
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DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (April 11, 2013) - Fast-rising promotional company Acquinity Sports announced its recent signings of 2008 Cuban Olympian Robert Alphonso and top Egyptian prospect Ahmed Elbiali to exclusive promotional contracts.
"We're excited to reach this agreement with these two top prospects, Alphonso and Elbiali," commented Henry Rivalta, Acquinity Sports' Vice President of Boxing Operations. "We have high hopes to put their professional careers in the right direction by putting our best collective efforts into their development. We will do what we always do for our fighters to attain their goals."
Alfonso (1-0) stands 6' 4" and weighs 250 pounds. He was an outstanding amateur boxer in his native Cuba, highlighted by his gold-medal performances at the prestigious 2007 Pan-American Games and 2008 AIBA World Cup, in addition to capturing a silver medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships. Now living in Miami, the 26-year-old heavyweight prospect qualified for the 2008 Cuban Olympic Boxing Team by defeating U.S. Olympian Michael Hunter, Jr., 9-1, in the championship final of their Olympic qualifier.
"This agreement is very good for my career," Alphonso said. "To have the support of a company that has great fighters in almost every division, as well as the prestige being a part of Acquinity Sports, makes me happy. I understand that, with my dedication and effort, my road to success will be easier."
Elbiali (1-0), who also lives in Miami, is a 22-year-old
super middleweight prospect from Cairo, Egypt. He was a member of the now defunct Miami Gallos of the World Series of Boxing, a global league that offers pro-style competition to amateurs who may retain their Olympic eligibility.
"I'm very excited and happy," Elbiali spoke his signing. "Developing my professional career with Acquinity Sports, led by Henry Rivalta, means that I'll achieve my dreams very soon."
Alphonso and Elbiali have joined a world-class stable of Acquinity Sports boxers, led by IBF super featherweight champion Argenis "The Thunderstorm" Mendez and two-time, two-division world champion Joan "Little Tyson" Guzman (33-1-1, 20 KOs), and including world-rated contenders such as WBA #2 featherweight Claudio "The Matrix" Marrero (14-0, 11 KOs), WBC & WBA #3 Ed "The Lion" parades (32-3-1, 21 KOs), WBA light heavyweight Emberto "El Don" Savigne (11-1, 8 KOs), and WBA #6 bantamweight Juan Carlos Payano (12-0, 6 KOs).
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We have several opportunities for Children:
Sunday School Bible Study at 10:00 a.m.
Nursery for infants to 24 months of age. The nursery is staffed for every service the church provides to adults. This includes Wednesday evenings and Sunday school.
Children's Church Sunday mornings at 11:00 a.m. for 2 – 5 year olds. All children 6 & up are welcome to join their family in the Sanctuary for the Family Worship hour.
Wednesday evenings children 2 years through 5th grade meet at 7:00 p.m. Children's Choir meets on Wednesday evenings as part of the curriculum.
The children's ministry exists to help those in our care know God and grow to become like His Son, Jesus Christ.
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3. To create a Christian Community of children and adults who enjoy life together as a family and who are committed to Jesus Christ and to each other.
4. To help children build proper relationships to the authority in their lives.
5. To help children trust Christ as Savior, to submit to Him and to live as Christians at home, at school, at play or wherever they are. 6.To help them know how to defend their faith in post-Christian culture.
7. To build Christian homes by encouraging families and training them in their tasks.
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The special feature of following your desires, even if it is in the heat of the moment, is that you never know where it can lead. In short, what are the benefits of doing what you think without having idea what will follow?
1. Do not wonder ' what if '
One of the greatest benefits is that the question of "what if" is capable to torment you for years, with this sultry feeling not subsiding, but heating up. This happens especially if things have not gone so well, so the thought of opportunities lost and that will never appear again will not be something easily manageable. One cannot reject the hypothesis that things would become bad, but is something that will not have the opportunity to discover.
2. You become more productive
You can do great things. Has ever passed your mind the thought that your ideas may be worth more than you think? That are creative and worth to give a chance to yourself? Might have the potential to become one of the best, but how will you discover, if you do not try ever? Remember you are one decision away from what you want to do.
3. Express yourself
The benefits of oppression does not exist, while the effects are numerous and serious (not just for your mental and physical health). On the other hand, the decision may be something highly important and risky. Think the pros and cons, but mainly whether it is worth worrying from this thought.
4. You realize what really interests you
If you do not try something, you do not know how much it interests you. How many times you were convinced that you want to do something and has evolved into something completely different? Sometimes we discover what we really want, by discarding what we do not want.
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You have something in your mind, which you want to do. So, you want to achieve something through this. If the first time you do it and it works, it is great. If this does not work, another idea will work, think an alternative. Remember that through the difficulties of discovering new ways to reach the desired result, will gradually to figure what works best. There is nothing that does not work that way. You should be grateful to the anxiety that may feel. With a little pressure, you will have a reason to more effort.
Following your instincts you learn better yourself. You come in contact with your assets, discovering at the same time the points on which you lack. However, the main point is that you have every reason to admire yourself. Things may not evolve as well as you wanted, but you had the courage to take the risk. To experiment.
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BEIJING – This summer the world's eyes are on Brazil, but six years ago everyone's attention was on China for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Last week, a few friends and I traveled to Beijing and visited the former Olympic site to see why the New York Times and other media outlets praised it as the "best ever." China spent $40 billion on the games, almost four times what Brazil is spending on the World Cup. However, what we saw was completely underwhelming, visibly falling apart and under-capacity. As the Financial Times reported: White elephant syndrome has struck Beijing.
We arrived on the subway to one of the nicest and cleanest stops in Beijing. When we emerged into the hazy afternoon, we were in an eerie vast open space with 100 or so street vendors catering to approximately 2,000 people. This seemed strange since Beijing's population is over 20 million. Signs still advertised for the 2008 Olympics, but had fallen into neglect and disrepair. The once beautiful river was completely drained and occupied by heavy machinery. We read that 3,000 tickets a day are sold for the Water Cube, which is now a water park, but after walking around the building we did not see a single person waiting in line. The deputy manager of the Water Cube, Yang Qiyong, said the facility barely broke even despite getting a $1.5 million government subsidy.
Through the smog, the Bird's Nest was as elegant as ever. As we drew closer it looked more like a steel prison than a stadium. It was one of the nicer facilities we saw, besides the Water Cube and the subway station, but more workers were inside than visitors. We wanted to rent Segways and race on around the track, or even step foot on it, but after asking around for 30 minutes we left after snapping a few photos. For a stadium that cost almost half-billion dollars, we could only find that it hosted a mock opening ceremony event, a few concerts, and some soccer exhibition matches. As Chinese artis Ai Weiwei said, "Beijing would become the most quickly forgotten games," especially since it costs $11 million a year to maintain and will take 30 years to pay off.
After leaving the Olympic site, I could not help but think of Brazil and its four predicted white elephant stadiums in Cuiaba, Manaus, Natal and Brasilia. The country is already $2 billion over budget for stadiums alone and President Rousseff has yet to spend the promised R50 billion on transportation or allocate any funding for her proposed social programs. The World Cup, like the Beijing Olympics, has separated itself from the general population by making most tickets too expensive for ordinary citizens and has not figured out how to integrate the stadiums into city life. After the World Cup, tickets to games will still be too expensive for most citizens. For example, in February the biggest derby match of the year between Flamengo and Vasco da Gama only attracted 13,245 fans in a stadium that seats almost 80,000. As Beijing has shown, the World Cup stadiums will be another monument to a country opening its doors to the world, but without becoming the catalyst and enabler they were originally supposed to be.


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3D Paper Sculptures
(Are you serious, WordPress? This is my 100th post? Whoa, man)
I made these 3D paper sculptures for my advanced painting class earlier this semester. Pretty sure this was our first project in which we had to create and repeat our own three shapes throughout.
While they're primarily made of cut-out construction paper Scotch- and blue-taped together and held up with L and push pins, they're still in reference to the elements of painting.
The yellow triangles are probably the most stable piece of the collection. I cut out random triangles from yellow construction paper then Scotch-taped the hell out of it, which took about three Buffy episodes for me to finish.
With the white triangles, I was expanding on the concept of the triangle shapes I experimented with a few years back in my sculpture class.
I was kind of sad no one seemed to like this big ol' piece. It's pretty damn intricate if I do say so myself and held the blue-white-black-yellow color scheme together with the other paper sculptures.
It was a mish-mash of all the other techniques and concepts I worked with during this project: taped joints hidden by acrylic paint, repeating geometric shapes, and three-dimensional spaces.
I had an idea of creating interconnecting straight, long true and light blue rectangles together but after I took the pile out of the bag at the beginning of class, the delicate paper sort of collapsed onto itself. So I just hung it up on the corner as is which turned into a happy accident; it became almost everyone's favorite to look at.
I painted over the Scotch and blue painter's tape on the 'joints' with varying shades of blue acrylic paint.
I love experimenting with pixels, which was how the various-sized black squares came to be. I wish I taped it more to retain the edges but I quite like the curling effect.
It's held together with blue painter's tape which I hid and textured the surface with black acrylic paint.


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Host Profiles allow you to take an existing host configuration and overlay it onto your ESX/i servers. They also allow you to determine if a host has changed from its original design and help to ensure that all your hosts are identically configured.
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Users new to Host Profiles should begin by familiarizing themselves with the VMware technical paper: Host Profiles Technical Overview
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- VMware recommends using a static IP address to simplify client access.
- In order to create an ESXi 5.0 host profile from vCenter Server 5.1, you must first have an ESXi 5.0 host in which to apply the profile.
- When starting a new deployment with mixed ESX and ESXi Hosts: Use an ESX host as the reference host and apply the Host Profile from this host to your ESX and ESXi Hosts.
- When adding an ESXi host to a vSphere deployment that previously held only ESX hosts, use a host profile created from an ESX host.
- When adding an ESX host to a vSphere deployment that previously held only ESXi hosts, use a host profile created from an ESXi host.
- Keep your ESX and ESXi hosts separately managed by different host profiles.
KB Articles on Host Profiles:
- Applying host profiles on ESX/ESXi 4.x and 5.x can swap vmk# order (1037576)
- Applying the host profiles on an HP box with 10G NetXen fails with the error: msg = "Error during the configuration of the host: Input/output error: Input/output error" (1014373)
- Creating host profiles of ESXi 5.0 hosts might fail with the error message: [Errno- 2] Name or service not known (2010068)
- ESXi 5.0 Auto Deploy does not support /etc/nsswitch.conf, /etc/hosts, /etc/services files through Host Profiles (2002699)
- ESXi 5.0 Auto Deploy does not support /etc/pam.d/passwd configuration file through Host Profiles (2002694)
- ESXi 5.0 Auto Deploy does not support /etc/security/login.map and /etc/security/access.conf files through Host Profiles (2002695)
- ESXi 5.0 Auto Deploy does not support krb5.conf, krb5-affinity.conf, and krb.realms.conf files through Host Profiles (2002692)
- Host Profiles compliance check fails when rebooting hosts with NMP device configuration inconsistently listed in VMware ESXi 5.1.x (2032822)
- Host Profiles compliance check shows compliance when host is configured for an Organizational Unit but added to another Organizational Unit (2001364)
- Host Profiles do not save default gateway configuration in vSphere 5.1 (2032817)
- Host Profiles reports error: Hosts do not have shared datastores (2010671)
- How to find the appropriate value for the 'String specifying the time zone' option of Host Profiles (1027572)
- Physical NICs set to Auto-negotiate cannot be changed to Fixed by using Host Profiles if the same speed and duplex settings are present (2005112)
- Some advanced configuration options are not supported with Host Profiles (2001994)
- Troubleshooting options are not applied as expected when you use host profiles (2002615)
One more interesting tidbit can be found on the topic over on this blog: Grappling With vSphere 5 Host Profiles (external).


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Chin filler is a specialist technique and should only be performed by a qualified and experienced medical professional. Our doctors, nurses and surgeons here at The Private Clinic have undergone extensive training to ensure you receive the best and most natural looking results. To speak to our medical experts about chin filler click here.
Dermal Filler can also be used in the under the eyes, lips, nose to mouth lines, mouth to chin lines, cheeks, nose and hands. To find out more about Dermal filler click here.
The Problem
A weak chin or a recessive jaw in need of a more defined chin and jawline can have a big impact on the overall appearance of your face and for some patients it can lead to a lack of self-confidence. Often patients feel surgery is the only option but chin filler is a great non-surgical chin augmentation with dermal fillers option for those looking for a temporary fix.
Chin Augmentation Filler Treatment
You would have had a consultation before your chin filler treatment to discuss what the treatment involves, your desired outcome and the risks and complications.
Arriving at the clinic, you will have numbing cream applied if required. Your doctor, nurse or surgeon may mark you up and use a cannula technique to help with the smooth contouring required to achieve a strong jaw line and to help reduce the risk of bruising. Dermal filler is injected into the area and the full amount will be decided upon by the medical professional. The overall treatment is usually very quick 15-30 minutes and the majority of patients to do not feel pain.
Dermal chin filler treatment is effective at improving the definition on the chin so it will appear more in-balance with the rest of the face, recede and overly prominent chin so it will be more in proportion with the face and fill in sunken areas in and around the chin as well as helping to lift the appearance of jowls that may have become more prominent with age and reduce any fine lines or wrinkles on the chin
Chin Filler is an advanced Dermal Filler technique and as such should only be carried out by highly experienced medical practitioners.
We are proud to be working closely with the Independent Health Advisory Service (IHAS), and to have all of our clinics registered with Treatments You Can Trust.
Find out more about the safety of Dermal Fillers.
The Results
Results can usually be seen immediately after treatment however swelling and bruising may be present to it is best to wait for this to settle to see the final results. Results from chin filler can last between 9 – 12 months and you will need to return for additional treatment to maintain your results.
Pain after chin treatment is low and you should not be in too much discomfort. There may be some redness and/or swelling and it is advised that you do not partake in strenuous activity for 24 hours post treatment which includes expertise. It is also recommended that you avoid applying make-up to the area for 24 hours.
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Our most important consideration is YOU – your safety and your results.
Chin filler augmentation is an advanced dermal filler technique and should only be performed by an experienced specialist. At The Private Clinic you will only be treated by a registered and experienced nurse, doctor or surgeons who have undergone extensive training. We only offer tried and tested, fully approved medical products produced by worldwide, renowned manufacturers, such as Allergan.
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"I just wanted to say thanks to you all for being such a great team and for making me feel at ease from the start to finish on the day of my procedure. I was really nervous, but you all made me feel much more comfortable with your warm and friendly approach. I would highly recommend you to anyone and can't wait to see my final results!" *Birmingham
"So impressed, extremely professional, extremely friendly, lovely set up. Felt so relaxed and at ease, would more than highly recommend The Private Clinic and I'm considering having other procedures in the new year. Thank you!" *Catherine, Leeds
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First Visit Should Become The First Participation
We've mentioned this before, but it keeps being ignored.
When someone joins a community, you need to get them to participate in an interaction immediately.
Don't waste this first visit by sending a newcomer to their profile page. Too many communities are still doing this. Members will complete their profiles when they want to impress others in the community. They will only want to impress the people they've interacted with.
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Is Free Web Hosting Reliable?- Part 2
Thursday, June 15, 2006
I registered for two new free webhosting last night. Both of them are good free webhosting but most importantly, it offers a bannerless page and supports PHP. However, one of them is not suitable for my use. Let's look at what I've done and what problem I encountered.
Award Space Beta
This website is a dream come true for me. Look at the size of the disk space with a 5GB bandwitdh. The best part is, if you own a domain name, you can put your domain name there for free. The NO BANNER ADS is the most valuable thing to look out for. So, what I did was, I transfered my one of my domain to Awardspace and waited for the DNS stuff to configure itself. The next day, I tried and access the webhosting but the connection refuses to connect. At first I thought my connection was the culprit. At last, after using Guardster, an anonymous web proxy connection my connection went through. So, my conclusion is, my network where I'm accessing their website is being blocked. So, no connection means no good so I think I have to think again upon building my website using this webhosting. I'm taking out my domain name out from there very soon.
Now this is an interesting webhosting. It offers a whopping 300MB, support PHP scripting an no file size restriction. The best part is, it's BANNERLESS. I've installed wordpress on the webhosting and the connection was lightning fast. The only setback for this website is it's domain name. Well dot US is not so commercial and popular unlike dot com. Still, for a webmaster like myself, as long as it is reliable and good for usage, it is definitely a priority choice to make. However, these sort of webhosting can start putting banner instantly whenever they are prepared to do so. I've experienced that with a couple of free webhosting before.
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I have an account during the early existence of this free webhosting. Infact, I have several of them, unfortunately a few of them expired all of a sudden and I eventually forgotten about them. At first they offered a bannerless page for the free webhosting. As expected, they started to put in their ads on the webpages I've created so I stopped using their webhosting. However, their page loads are fast and support quite a number of interesting features.
I've been using 100free account for almost 3 years already and the webhosting is still running like a charm. Let's take a closer look at the features:
The size they offer is not so big unlike the others but they provide an unlimited bandwitdh. There's also an FTP access for a quick file uploads. The only problem is, they put a small black ticker at the bottom of every page you have. You need to blend your page black to compliment with the black ticker. But hey, look at the brightside, there's no ugly banners on top of the page plus, it's been around for several years now. A good basic choice if you ask me.
That's wrapped up my review of the webhosting that I've been experimenting. I need to get back to work to build more pages as I'm building a network of free webhosting to try and earn free traffic from search engines. It's a skill to be learned to become a good webmaster. I'll write again very soon.
That's wrapped up my review of the webhosting that I've been experimenting. I need to get back to work to build more pages as I'm building a network of free webhosting to try and earn free traffic from search engines. It's a skill to be learned to become a good webmaster. I'll write again very soon.
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I have a Dell latitude d830 running Windows 7 and a Belking 54G WiFi router which is using WPA authentication (TKIP). The problem is that Windows can detect the WLAN and gives me option to connect and even asks for the WPA key but when I enter the key and try to connect, I get message "Windows was unable to connect". I have tried connecting with other devices (a symbian mobile, iPhone, and the same machine running Windows XP pro, they all connect without any problem). Also if I turn off the WPA authentication or use WEP, it connects fine with Windows 7 but I do not want to turn it off or use WEP due to obvious reasons.
I have seen many people facing same problem with Windows 7 posting on the Internet which suggests that this is a Windows 7 issue than anything else.
Is there any solution to this problem?
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Happy Monday to you!
There will be times in life where you will be stronger in your faith than your spouse, children, friend, etc. There will also be times in life where you will be weaker in your faith. It is important that you stay connected to your loved ones during both seasons. When you are stronger, you have the ability to encourage them in their walk with the Lord. You can pray for their healing, comfort, and increased faith. When you are weaker, you have the ability to lean on your loved ones. They can also pray for you, share encouraging scriptures with you, and remind you of instances where God showed Himself mighty in your life. Ultimately, you have to avoid isolation. Never run away from the Church (aka the family of Christ) or your loved ones in times of distress. Be honest about your weakness and trust God that He has placed people in your life who can empower you. Today, if you don't believe that you have anyone in your life to encourage you, I have news for you. I am here to encourage you, and this website has numerous posts that can speak to what you are going through. Do not give up on God. Keep trusting in His sovereignty and His steadfast love for you. And if you are strong in your faith, encourage those in your life who are weak.
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I have been concentrating on the master pages and the look and the feel for quite some time no, let me tell you creating a custom theme or a master page is not easy work at all, I am a BIGGG fan of heather Solomon, I am referring to the link http://www.heathersolomon.com/content/sp07cssreference.htm#LeftNav for the CSS reference and believe me even TechNet cannot provide such details.
That was when I was trying to create a custom theme, i got success to some point but some cases kept me busy, then my VHD crashed, so every thing is gone :( but as said 'A busy bee has no time for sorrow' I will be re doing it again ...
How as I told you that creating a custom site theme and Master page is a Verrrrry big task (believe me). so let checkout the available resources. I came across the a link that contains some sample master pages (how cool is that) so lets explore. (like every one I like things that I get for free ;) )
so the link to download free cool master pages to your site is http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7C05CA44-869A-463B-84D7-57B053711A96&displaylang=en
Here it gives you a MasterPage.exe file, Save that file on your desktop, Run that .exe extension and save it to a folder, this contains 4 folders that means 4 master pages those are
1. Block
2. Clarity
3. Horizon
4. Reverse
Each type of the master page is made in different colors like blue, purple, red, green, orange
the Big question is how do you make this work which is actually quite simple to do the download has a very easy to understand and read Readme.txt with it.
· Create a Sharepoint site collection
· Open this Sharepoint site from the Sharepoint Designer, for that Open Sharepoint Designer in the File menu, click Open Site. In the Open Site dialog box, type the URL of the site that you want to open in the Site name box, and then click Open.
· Import the master page files into your site.
On the File menu, select Import > File...In the Import dialog box, select Add Folder... Browse to location of the extracted master page files, and then browse to a specific master page, lets suppose you select 'Clarity' Select the "_catalogs" folder and click open. Repeat steps for the "images" folder and the "styles" folder. Click ok to finish importing the files.
That means now you have attached the files necessary for the master page to the Sharepoint site.
· Select the folder _catalogs under the master page menu, open the folder master page now you will see a new list of master pages
1. Clarity_lay1 blue.master
2. Clarity_lay1 green.master
3. Clarity_lay1 orange.master
4. Clarity_lay1 purple.master
5. Clarity_lay1 red.master
so you can select any one of them and set it as Default masterpage from the designer
· Then log in to the site and just go to site actions > site settings > Master pages under Look and feel category and hit the Drop down button select from the master pages and there you go
Some things that I noticed while working with the master pages
· I tried using a Team site template but it just screwed up my master page so use collaboration site template if you are using MOSS
· When you set a master page as default to your site you cannot delete that master page from your site template gallery if you try to do taht it gives you an error this is a known issue with the master pages
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FW moderates a discussion between Simon Wax at Buzzacott LLP, D.J. Gannon at Deloitte & Touche LLP and Sai Venkateshwaran at Grant Thornton on issues raised by conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards.
FW: Can you outline the key drivers behind regulators' push for convergence on accounting standards? What progress has been made on this front?
Wax: I think the key driver behind the push for convergence has been the increased globalisation of corporations and finance. This has led to a growing acceptance among the international business community and regulators of the need to harmonise accounting standards. Also, a number of well-publicised cases have identified an urgent need for greater transparency, accountability and governance in business. The IASB and the FASB have set themselves a target date of June 2011 for convergence as a response to the G20's recommendation for greater progress to be made towards a single set of quality standards. Although it was recently announced that this target date has been pushed back to December 2011, my feeling is that there is now more widespread acceptance that convergence has to happen.
Venkateshwaran: With the growing integration of global capital markets and increased flow of capital across markets, the harmonisation of accounting standards has become more of a necessity than ever before. The largest economies of the US and Japan are working towards global convergence and all other major economies, including the BRIC countries, have also moved or are moving towards IFRS. However, the most important of these convergence initiatives is the US FASB-IASB convergence project, which has gained further momentum after the financial crisis with the G20 leader calling for renewed efforts towards convergence. However, as the two boards work towards the June 2011 deadline, there is an unprecedented level of activity that's taking place involving several complex topics. As a result there are concerns being raised on whether the standard-setters and the stakeholders involved in this process would be able to provide the high quality input that is required on important initiatives of this kind and in this context the IASB and FASB have written to the G-20 leaders seeking an extension on this timelines, which I believe is necessary to meet the objective of developing high quality standards.
Gannon: Over the last decade, the world's standard-setters have been working on 'converging' local and global accounting standards. Central to these efforts has been the work of the FASB and the IASB to converge US GAAP and IFRS. The current convergence efforts were conceived at a time when IFRS needed significant improvement and were not used by many companies. Indeed, there was doubt about whether IFRS would ever be globally accepted. Today, the environment is very different. First, the quality of IFRS has increased significantly, which has been acknowledged by many, including the SEC. Also, by 2012, just about every jurisdiction around the globe will have incorporated IFRS in some way as a basis of financial reporting. I think what's important now is the stability and transparency of the global standard-setting process, and how national standard-setters like the FASB may play a role in that process once IFRS is incorporated as part of the local reporting framework.
FW: In your opinion, what are the main benefits of moving towards IFRS on a global basis?
Venkateshwaran: The benefits of moving to IFRS include increased comparability, reduced costs of compliance, and easier access to capital markets. Further, IFRSs are largely principles based and therefore their use would lead to a better reflection of the substance of transactions. Ultimately, with use of a single financial reporting language, we can expect to see a far more improved accounting regulatory environment across the world. The benefits would accrue to the entity and all its stakeholders, including its investors, lenders, and regulators.
Gannon: The benefits of a single global standard are real, but often forgotten. One, we'll have greater transparency in financial statements, allowing for increased comparability and better corporate governance with management acting more in the interest of investors. Two, there's a greater emphasis on accounting for the 'economics' of transactions and events, resulting in more relevant information for financial statement users. Three, companies should see an improved dialogue with analysts about results of operations and financial condition, resulting in greater coverage and capital raising opportunities. Four, ultimately there should be less risk and costs in the long run for everyone. Finally, there won't be any more arbitrage between standards, levelling the playing field for companies globally, and lessening the potential for political interference in the standard-setting process.
Wax: In this global economy it seems logical to me that we should have a set of standards that mean businesses can operate on a level playing field. Fundamentally, this would enable investors and other stakeholders to make informed investment decisions based on financial statements that are both comparable and consistent. Also, having a single set of high quality global standards would help regulators hold businesses to account in the future.
FW: Which option do you believe is best – adoption of IFRS or convergence with IFRS? What are the major concerns surrounding the switch from one accounting standard to another?
Gannon: It's important to understand the context of the 'convergence' efforts as there often is confusion about what convergence is and what it isn't. Convergence is designed to improve the quality of financial reporting and ultimately bring US GAAP and IFRS closer together. It's more about a process than a destination. The focus is on having similar general principles. Many have misinterpreted convergence as meaning the development of the same or 'identical' standards. Having a single global standard will facilitate greater transparency in financial reporting, and as a result, greater comparability. Evidence from the recent adoption of IFRS in the EU corroborates that, and reinforces the importance of cross-border comparison. While progress has been made in converging US GAAP and IFRS, without regulatory action that incorporates IFRS into the financial reporting framework, we are unlikely to achieve the goal of a single global standard.
Wax: Being from the UK, I am bound to say adoption of IFRS is the preferred option, so that we will not have to go through another period of learning new standards. In reality, I am sure that compromises will need to be made on both sides. Many businesses that we speak to have voiced their concern over the cost of the change. In particular, where they own groups with numerous subsidiary companies. One solution currently being tabled is a subsidiary-specific exemption, which I think would be a good way to overcome the cost issue.
Venkateshwaran: Both have their share of advantages as well as deficiencies. However, the way I see it, convergence is the first step and a major step towards adoption. Through a process of convergence countries work towards significant harmonisation of their national GAAP with IFRS, which in itself is a process of evolution for both the national standard as well as IFRS, as can be seen from the convergence project with the US FASB. However, once a significant level of harmonisation has been achieved it makes sense for the country to adopt IFRS rather than stay with a process of convergence, which would require them to work on harmonizing local standards to keep pace with the changes to IFRS. Switch from one set of accounting principles to another calls for a change in mindset of preparers, investors, regulators, etc., and the efforts involved are largely determined by how application of the existing accounting principles compare to principles under IFRS. The change is more cumbersome for countries that are moving from a rules based standard such as US GAAP to a principle based standard like IFRS.
FW: What practical steps can companies take to plan for convergence and manage the risks involved? What general advice would you give them?
Wax: Going through an IFRS conversion really can be a lot less painful than people think. Like any process, however, planning is key. Companies should identify the areas that will be impacted the most in terms of their systems, staff resources and financial figures. We call this a diagnostics review. This can be performed in-house or by an external firm and is not a hugely costly process. Once the key areas of impact have been identified, it is fairly straightforward to plan an appropriate timetable and determine what additional advice, resources and training are required. Ultimately, no two companies are the same. It is therefore important that whoever is involved in the conversion has a thorough understanding of the business.
Gannon: It is important to analyse the impact of the ongoing convergence efforts, including the impact of the proposed new standards on current company initiatives such as contemplated systems changes or upgrades and tax planning. In addition, understand the changes to US GAAP and the incremental differences from IFRS. It also is important to assess the timing of IFRS adoption. The amount of time companies have to prepare may be less than many expect. Take steps to ensure that time is used to your advantage. Positioning the company for obtaining long-term benefits starts with early planning. With sufficient lead time, potential problems and issues can be identified and addressed in a cost-effective manner. Finally, understand the company's current statutory reporting landscape, including where IFRS is required or permitted, and the implications on future adoption on an entity-wide consolidated basis. Be mindful of opportunities where the use of IFRS could increase standardisation and centralisation of statutory reporting.
Venkateshwaran: Companies should take a number of practical steps. The first is to identify the most critical accounting and other areas of impact due to this convergence and develop a detailed plan to manage them. Next is to identify the resources needed for this transition and activate a plan to hire or outsource the process. While running this project, it is critical to have all key departments involved, including finance, IT, supply chain, treasury, etc. It is also important to get senior management sponsorship, including the board of directors and the audit committee to make this a success. Finally, we should learn from experiences of other companies and countries that have converged to IFRS and the most important of these lessons being to plan in advance and start early.
FW: What are the fundamental phases of performing a successful conversion to IFRS?
Venkateshwaran: A conversion project should be run in a phased manner considering the enormity of the exercise, resource and time constraints, and to facilitate effective project management. There are three key phases that would apply to most conversion projects. First, the diagnostics phase is the primary and by far the most important phase for a successful convergence. An incorrect assessment of impacts and magnitude will have a cascading impact throughout the convergence project. The diagnostic phase typically ends with the development of a detailed resources and time plan for dealing with the critical issues identified. Second, the conversion phase involves an in-depth analysis of the accounting and disclosure impacts identified, impacts on the information system, business process, etc., in order to develop area-wise plans and implement the changes required. This phase also involves transfer of knowledge from the IFRS project team to the wider organisation by way of focused training sessions. The final reporting phase involves post implementation reviews, dual reporting, tracking developments post the conversion phase and making changes to the agreed disclosure and measurement criteria.
Wax: If the conversion is done properly in the first instance, there should be minimal ongoing cost to the business. When performing an IFRS conversion, we tend to divide the process into three distinct phases: the planning phase, the execution phase and the reporting phase. The planning phase involves identifying roles and responsibilities, setting a realistic timetable and performing the key impact diagnostics review. The execution phase involves performing the detailed calculations and gathering the information that has been identified from the diagnostics review. The reporting stage includes preparing the 'transition statement', which involves a reconciliation showing the numerical impact of adopting IFRS on each area of the financial statements. It also includes drafting the disclosures that explain the changes to the financial statements.
Gannon: A successful conversion to IFRS starts with an assessment of the potential organisation-wide impacts. This involves focusing on not only the technical accounting impacts, but the impacts on tax, people, processes, and technology. From there, a company can develop an implementation 'roadmap' that will guide it through the conversion process. This is where the real heavy lifting takes place – developing new policies, and making the changes necessary within the organisation to implement those policies. Once the conversion is complete, companies are now in a sustain mode – keeping up with changes in standards and new requirements. Also, throughout the conversion process it's important to collaborate and communicate with key stakeholders. So, in a nutshell, it's assess, convert and sustain.
FW: How do you tackle the question of independence when advising companies on the conversion process?
Gannon: It's important for companies and their auditors to understand the independence implications of services related to IFRS conversion. Where auditors are providing services to an audit client, steps must be taken to ensure that they are not auditing their own work or acting as management. Many of the independence issues arise during the 'conversion' phase. It's also important that auditors talk with the audit committee to ensure they are involved in any required pre-approvals of services being provided.
Wax: There is nothing that prevents a company's existing auditor from providing advice and guidance regarding their IFRS conversion. We would recommend that the auditor should be involved early so that agreement is reached on the key issues up-front, which will save time later on. However, the auditor should not perform the detailed conversion accounting work for their clients. Many companies, therefore, that do not have sufficient in-house expertise employ an external firm to perform their conversion project as it can be cheaper than buying in temporary resources.
Venkateshwaran: Considering the complexities involved, it would be beneficial for companies to include external IFRS experts as a part of their project team. However, the management remains responsible for selection of IFRS compliant policies. It is quite common companies seeing advantages in appointing the audit firm to perform the role of IFRS experts during the convergence process. Assisting companies in the convergence process involves various activities like assessing the impact, project management, evaluation of allowed accounting alternatives, detailed conversion, modification to existing IT systems, choosing an accounting policy, etc. The audit committee should be aware that auditor independence, which is a pre-requisite, may be impaired if auditors perform certain prohibitive services like preparation of financial statements, drafting disclosures, having audit personnel as part of the convergence team, etc. It's a very thin line and it needs to be looked at very carefully by all parties involved.
FW: Over the long term, what impact do you believe conversion to IFRS will have on businesses and investors?
Wax: I would hope that in the not too distant future we reach the holy grail of a single set of clear and workable standards that provide both transparency to investors and accountability to businesses. I believe that it is necessary to endure the short term pain to achieve long term gain. However, it is essential that the regulators continue to listen to investors, businesses and advisers to ensure that the financial statements produced are understandable and meaningful. This will mean that when the process is finished, the resulting standards will be of high quality.
Venkateshwaran: Over the next few years, when IFRS becomes the single financial reporting standard or the most widely used standard across all key economies, it would lead to significant benefits for all key stakeholders – businesses, investors, regulators, lenders, etc. For businesses, the key benefits would be the reduced cost of raising capital and increased ability to access cross-border capital, increased peer comparability, efficiency in financial reporting by avoiding multiple GAAP financial statement preparations, etc. For investors, the key benefits would be enhanced comprehension of financial statements and their ability to compare and understand financial information produced in any part of the world using a single accounting framework. This would improve comparability across geographies and will assist in expunging geographical boundaries. This would also reduce lead time for transactions as financial data is available in a common framework and would also help in the development of more standardised benchmarks across geographies on valuations.
Gannon: It's important to keep in mind that IFRS conversion is not just about accounting. The adoption of IFRS will impact many aspects of a company. Broad potential impacts include internal control processes and procedures; statutory and internal reporting; technology; tax planning; treasury and cash management; contracts, legal, and debt covenants; people issues, including education and training, compensation; internal communication; and external, shareholder communication. The movement to IFRS also will impact employees outside finance and accounting, many of whom will be needed to assist in transaction analysis. As a result, those outside accounting will need education and training. Finally, IFRS is not just about 'corporate office'. Companies will need to 'push down' IFRS reporting to local subsidiaries. This may involve new reporting processes and group-wide internal control considerations. Finance executives will need to balance decision-making at a corporate level and empower business units.
FW: To what extent are we likely to see complete harmonisation of accounting processes around the world? Is this achievable?
Venkateshwaran: Harmonisation of accounting, or any, process is characterised by challenges and unstable results which take time and effort to stabilise. It is therefore more likely that 'complete harmonisation' will take its own course and be largely dependent on various factors – the most important being political will in each jurisdiction. In the past and as recently as in the G20 summit held in Toronto, Canada in June 2010, harmonisation of accounting processes has been reiterated again by political leaders and they have 're-emphasised the importance of achieving a single set of high quality improved global accounting standards'. The G20 summit has urged the International Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board to increase their efforts to complete their convergence project by the end of 2011. IASB is looking again at its processes and is more likely to heed to the request of global leaders to further improve the involvement of stakeholders, including outreach to emerging market economies. Another critical factor should be absence of political interference in the standard setting process. In summary, harmonisation of the accounting processes is achievable in the long term with focused and sustained efforts from standard setters coupled with political impetus.
Gannon: The movement toward a single global standard has been difficult, but will continue. This year more countries will incorporate IFRS as part of their reporting framework. There are some who still question the movement to a single set of global accounting and financial reporting standards – whether it is desirable or even possible. But for most I think the discussion has now moved to 'how do we deal with this trend?' The bigger picture is that the global financial reporting environment continues to evolve. The movement toward a single global standard – IFRS – is impacting how accounting and financial reporting standards are developed, written and applied. Ultimately, this means having a global perspective, with an increased focus on transparency.
Wax: I think that we are very likely to see harmonisation in some form and believe it is certainly achievable and worth striving towards. My only concern with convergence is that so much will be changed that the resulting standards will not be meaningful. There are some fairly fundamental differences between US GAAP and IFRS, for example in the area of hedge accounting, on which greater progress needs to be made. It is frustrating that the process is taking a long time but it will be worth it if, as Mary Schapiro says, 'the time is being well invested'.
Simon Wax is a director at Buzzacott LLP and works in the Corporate & Business Services team. He specialises in auditing global listed groups, as well as UK private companies, predominately in the media and technology sectors. He also performs financial due diligence work in respect of corporate transactions including acquisitions and financing. Mr Wax has 12 years experience and has both advised and performed numerous IFRS conversion projects. Before joining Buzzacott LLP in 2008, he worked for BDO LLP for 10 years in both the audit and corporate finance departments. During his time at BDO, he was seconded to the Royal Bank of Scotland where he provided accounting and technical advice on commercial transactions. Mr Wax is one of Buzzacott's contacts for IGAF Worldwide, the global association of accounting firms. He can be contacted on +44 (0)20 7556 1231 or by email: firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information visit www.buzzacott.co.uk.
D.J. Gannon is a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP where he specialises in global accounting and financial reporting, as well as, global regulatory and professional issues. Mr Gannon leads the firm's IFRS regulatory and public policy efforts in the United States. He is the firm's IFRS thought leader and is active in speaking and writing on a variety of global financial reporting topics. He also is a leader in the US accounting profession serving on or chairing various committees involving international financial reporting issues and IFRS. Mr Gannon can be contacted on +1 (202) 220 2110 or by email: firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information visit www.deloitte.com.
Sai Venkateshwaran is a partner in Grant Thornton's Assurance practice and is based in Mumbai. He is also the firm's IFRS Practice Leader. Mr Venkateshwaran is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in India and has over 14 years experience in public accounting and has advised a number of Indian and multinational companies on various engagements involving assurance services, accounting advisory services, business process reviews, due diligence reviews, etc. Over the last five years, he has been instrumental in building the accounting advisory services practice of the firm, with a special focus on IFRS. Mr Venkateshwaran is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences on topics related to his areas of expertise. He is also a member of the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards (NACAS) constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India. He also plays an active role in technical matters within the firm and the Grant Thornton International network and is currently a member of Grant Thornton International's IFRS Interpretations Group, which supports and facilitates the application of IFRS by member firms across the world. Mr Venkateshwaran can be contacted on +91 22 6626 2629 or by email: firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information visit www.wcgt.in.
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Here's a simple way to help prevent health care fraud. Patients, with their doctors' consent, can audio record doctor visits with their smartphones. Audio recordings can verify bills submitted for health care services. And medical providers can upload and store audio files in patients' electronic medical records to help ensure the veracity of physicians' diagnoses and interventions.
Mabel Filldenshod, 67, a recently retired executive, is playing golf with some buddies. She's on the fourth hole when she begins to have heart palpitations. She plays for another 15 minutes, but her heart is still thumping fast. So, one of her friends drives her to Filldenshod's doctor. Dr. Flornusher runs an EKG, doesn't find any problems with Filldenshod's heart and proclaims her to be in fine health. Good news for Filldenshod but even better news for Dr. Flornusher.
After Filldenshod leaves, Dr. Flornusher bills Medicare for the EKG but also reports the visit as an appointment for a heart patient, which Filldenshod isn't, but brings in more money for the doctor. That's called upcoding, and it's illegal.
Now, if Filldenshod had entered the examination room, pulled out her smartphone and told Dr. Flornusher she wanted to audio record their meeting for later clarification, Dr. Flornusher would've remained an honest man (at least this once), and he wouldn't have ripped off taxpayers for some extra cash. This fictitious case represents one possible method for helping prevent some health care fraud — at least between medical workers and their patients during examinations.
In an episode of the popular television crime drama "Better Call Saul," a lawyer stumbles upon a case of health care fraud. In real life, fraud examiners are leading the fight against these types of widespread fraud schemes by gathering evidence, analyzing documents and separating fact from fiction.
Based on the tremendous increase in data breaches and related compromised records in 2014 plus the soaring incidents of income tax refund fraud, it's no surprise that identity theft is also growing. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission reports a sizable increase in complaints.
This underreporting of financial crimes against the elderly makes it difficult to get reliable statistics. It's possible that the aggregated financial impact on elderly victims — and society in general — will get much worse before a comprehensive national research and intervention response is entrenched.
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Event List
Fri26Oct2018Sun28Oct2018The Source Comics & Games
Dawn Patrol Minne-Con
Friday October 26th 2018 2 pm til midnight
Saturday October 27th 2018 10AM - Midnight
Sunday October 28th 2018 noon – afternoon ***
WHERE: Link to MAP
The Source Comics & Games
2057 Snelling Avenue N
Roseville, MN 55113
Fri09Nov2018Sun11Nov2018Madison, WI - More Details Coming Soon
Thu07Mar2019Sun10Mar2019Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Full Details can be found here: garycon.com
Wed10Apr2019Sun14Apr2019Comfort Suites Milwaukee Airport, 6362 S. 13th Street, Oak Creek, Wisconsin 53154
The Fight in the Skies Society
2019 DAWN PATROL® Spring Mini-Con
April 10th to 14th, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The event you wait all year for is coming! The legend continues to grow with 4 full days of gaming -- an extra-long weekend of DAWN PATROL® gamesmanship, camaraderie, skill and FUN !! With such a large and lively group of players, you can be sure the lead will be hot and the zingers hotter.
This annual gathering gives you the opportunity to test your mettle against the best DAWN PATROL® players in the world. Will your roster grow or shrink? Who knows, but three things are certain -- old friendships will be renewed, new ones formed, and fun will be the order of the day.
There is a MAJOR change this year – we're in the same locale but moving to a different hotel just across the street. We had to move due to availability issues, and our new room is more expensive, but is bigger. The new venue (the Comfort Suites Milwaukee Airport) is just a ½ block north of our old location. We kept our rate the same for the full weekend, but any extra you can contribute would be appreciated. In addition, we need to fill a block of 12 sleeping rooms each night to get our Sunday room at no charge.
This weekend hosts several of the FITS Society's marquee events:
6th Annual Kerry Nash and Alan Christensen Memorial Event (additional entry fee applies)
-This is a special event in honor of our fallen friends and fellow players, featuring a nice prize for the winner
-The event is limited to 12 players as this game is played with Kerry's custom built miniatures (if demand exceeds 12 a second game will be added) The BIG GAME
-Multiple flights, 'fog of war,' unknown objectives -- BIG doesn't begin to describe this event! There'll be a huge board, more than a dozen players and hundreds of years of DAWN PATROL® experience in a single game. Do you have what it takes to win glory -- or possibly a medal -- on the biggest stage there is?
The FITS Society Open Championship Game (additional entry fee applies)
-The FITS Society's crown jewel, this bi-annual championship awards the winner the Championship mug and automatic entry to the following year's Masters Game.
From near and far, the best DAWN PATROL® players in the world will be there -- will you?
Warm-up gaming will begin on Wednesday at 7 p.m., and the action won't stop until mid-afternoon Sunday.
7:00 p.m. Warm-up open gaming begins
9:00 a.m. Ceremonial tossing of the first dice
Open gaming all day
8:00 a.m. Open gaming begins
7:00 p.m. 5th Annual Kerry Nash Memorial Game
Into the wee hours Open gaming
8:00 a.m. Open gaming begins
1:00 p.m. The "BIG GAME"
Into the wee hours Open gaming
SUNDAY APRIL 14TH: 9:00 a.m. FITS Society Open Championship
2:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony
NOTE: We will be scoring every game and you will enter your scores on the app either on your phone or a tablet. Big time KUDOS to Rick Johnson for developing this fantastic system!
Convention Rates: Location:
FITS Society Member: Non-member: Comfort Suites Milwaukee Airport
Full Weekend: $40 $50 6362 S. 13th Street
Oak Creek, Wisconsin 53154
One day: $25 $30 (414) 570-1111
Sunday only: $10 $15
Special events:
Kerry Nash & Alan Christensen Memorial Event: $5 Special prize for the winner
FITS Society Open Championship: $10 Trophy for the winner and prizes for other top scorers
Snacks and sodas will be available on site at nominal cost (50 cents per item)
Room Block Info:
The meeting room cost we negotiated with the hotel depends upon us filling at least 12 rooms, so PLEASE help us fulfill that requirement by staying at the Comfort Suites.
The Block Rate is $82.00 a night, 1 King or 2 Queens. All guestrooms are spacious suites and they will wow you with all sorts of extras, including refrigerator, microwave, sofa sleeper, whirlpool tub, and free Wi-Fi.
You will have to call the hotel and tell them to reserve your room under the FITS Society block for us to get credit toward our 12 room commitment. This is very important!
NOTE: PLEASE R.S.V.P. to George Henion by e-mail at fitssociety(at)gmail(dot)com or on the event's Facebook page, so we know how many are attending. Thank you!
Thu01Aug2019Sun04Aug2019Indianapolis, Indiana
Full Convention Details found here: www.gencon.com
Specific Dawn Patrol game info will be posted later.
Sat02Nov2019All DayAlliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall
Gamehole Con in Madison, Wisconsin - All day Dawn Patrol with games scheduled in every time block.
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Excited to share that my work for The University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education CPRE program, OGAP, has received honors as "Facilitator's Choice" for the 2018 STEM Video Showcase! Our video was one of twenty videos selected out of 300+ to be featured by the official STEM FOR ALL Showcase!
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Jade Mellor, White Urchin, resin, sterling silver, glass caviar 2013
A beautifully barnacled sterling silver & resin ring. Cast and carved with gold caviar inclusions it forms a sandy seabed delight.
"I love the rockpools of Kalithea in Rhodes. Swimming in and out of these pockets of wonder you are overlooked by the beautiful historic Spar which was built as a civilised way to enjoy the volcanic waters beneficial properties. It's gleaming white arches and mosaic floors tiled with pebbles in fossil formations are a luxurious tribute to a hidden cove of outstanding natural beauty."
A lot of time and care has gone into this piece, to look after it please treat as a ceramic as it can break if dropped or knocked against a hard surface. Liquids and perfumes should be avoided. It can be cleaned if necessary with a soft clean, dry cloth.


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For over 16 years, EuGene Gant has been motivating people with practical teachings that encourage a conscious lifestyle ~ healthy body, clear mind and an open heart. EuGene combines Shakti Naam Yoga therapies, breathing techniques and meditation, fused with empowering mantras, and plenty of laughter. EuGene is well known for his distinctive, high energy and inspiring teaching style. He has facilitated sacred retreats in South America, Mexico and Europe. His aspiration in teaching is to assist people in achieving their highest human potential by helping them activate themselves. This is achieved through the practice of Shakti Naam Yoga, Harmonyum Healing (a Kabbalistic healing modality), ancient mantra mediation and the practical application of Universal Kabbalah.
EuGene Gant is a Certified Naam Yoga Therapist (RYT), meditation & mindfulness instructor and Harmonyum healing (Kabbalistic healing) practitioner.


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I believe that everyone's paths cross for a reason. So when Heather reached out with her story, I wanted to share it with all of you. One never knows what the future holds. Maybe one day you too will share her story and and save someone's life.
Heather Von St James is a 43-year-old wife and mother. Upon her diagnosis of mesothelioma, she vowed to be a source of hope for other patients who found themselves with the same diagnosis. Now, over 6 years later, her story has been helping people all over the globe. She continues her advocacy and awareness work by blogging, speaking and sharing her message of hope and healing with others.
Raising a child is a personal thing to many, but when I was pregnant, many people reminded me that it takes a village to do so. I understood the idea, but I took it to heart in the year following my daughter's birth. The emergency C-section on August 4, 2005, was the only complication of the pregnancy. This complication paled in comparison to what I was about to endure.
My return to work was challenging. I figured my fatigue was due to being a new mother, but I became breathless as well. This was more alarming and I made a doctor's appointment to find out what was wrong. The myriad of tests that the doctor ordered produced an unpleasant result. My unknown childhood exposure to asbestos was at the root of the problem; I had malignant pleural mesothelioma . This cancer was affecting the lining of my lungs and it was not a good diagnosis. If I did nothing, I could expect to live for another 15 months.
As a new mom, all I could think about was my husband and Lily. Their having to go on without me was unbearable and I knew that doing nothing wasn't an option. We made arrangements to have Lily stay with my parents while I underwent treatment in Boston to have my left lung was removed by one of the best mesothelioma doctors available on February 2, 2005. This treatment for mesothelioma was one of the most extreme options, but extreme measures were needed if I was going to overcome this cancer. I spent 18 days recovering in the hospital. It took another two months of recovery before I was ready for chemo and radiation therapy.
Lily was in great hands in my childhood home of South Dakota. My parents have a special bond with her to this day and while it was difficult for everyone, they had the opportunity to be there for Lily when I couldn't. Their own village came to their aid in many ways. Children I once babysat now served as babysitters for Lily when my parents were at work. Church friends showed emotional and physical support, providing meals and companionship, as they were needed. My own support system in the hospital consisted of a fantastic nursing staff. My nurses admired the grainy photocopies of pictures that my parents sent so that I could see how Lily was growing.
The impact cancer has on a life is unnerving, but amazing. It's frightening to face the unknown, but it's amazing to experience the kind of support that our friends and family provided. Some people became uncomfortable with the situation and were out of sight. It's funny that cancer can have that effect on people that you thought you could rely on, but human nature is a funny thing. Our village was amazing and I know that if I have a need, I can count on my village at any time.
Cancer has enabled us to better grasp just how precious life is. It's not easy, but it is wonderful. A lot of good has resulted from our experience with this deadly disease and we don't take our days for granted. Whatever your need, be thankful when your village is there for you. Be willing to be a part of other people's lives and villages when they face fearful circumstances. You have the ability to make a difference.
Heather Von St James is a 43-year-old wife and mother. Upon her diagnosis of mesothelioma, she vowed to be a source of hope for other patients who found themselves with the same diagnosis. Now, over 6 years later, her story has been helping people all over the globe. She continues her advocacy and awareness work by blogging, speaking and sharing her message of hope and healing with others.
Check out her blog at the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Blog
Thank you for sharing Yana!
Heather will inspire many of us with her strong spirit and her will to fight for herself and her family.
I have been inspired by her story thank you for sharing it with us. I pray Gods best for her.
God sure has touched Heather's life with an infused spirit of hope and courage.
Her story will certainly inspire women in similar positions and is bound to have a positive impact in their healing process.
Kudos to Heather and Thank You Yana for continuing to inspire us all.
God Bless!
Thank you Yana for sharing this story. When we all pull together as a community there's nothing we can't overcome.
What a beautiful brave woman! Thank you for sharing Heather's story.
Thank you for sharing this with us, Yana! It is a wonderful feeling to know that others will reach out in a very difficult time. God bless Heather and her family.
This is such an uplifting story. It restores my faith (which has never faltered) that there are many good people left in the world. Thanks for sharing this story.
Thank you so much for sharing your story! You are such an inspiration!!! I am 43 also and had a pulmonary embolism almost a year ago and lost 5% use of my right lung and I cannot imagine going through what you are going through. You are beautiful Keep on fighting!!!!
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"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."
— Colin Powell
The health of a community is deeply connected to the health of local businesses. When businesses are not running smoothly it can be hard on workers. Concerns include too many or too few work hours and workplace safety. A larger problem for the wider community is when businesses grow large but are not stable. These businesses risk going bankrupt leaving many families without work.
Though many local businesses are established and growing these businesses are often run by people with minimal business training. Many business owners were previously rice farmers and now are running businesses based on what they learned in a few years of high school and their own experience.
YWAM Mercy Vietnam has partnered with Swiss Create, a business consulting firm providing professional business development programs in several developing countries.
Businesses are grouped into classes of around 50 businesses. They go through the training listed below in about 12 months.
Onsite mentorship and industry specific technical help are provided as part of the program. Many classes also form partnerships and peer mentorship groups that continue after the training sessions have ended. Business Associations have begun in several locations to provide mutual ongoing support.
Each year businesses compete to earn the Swiss Create Award for Business Excellence.
Business Models
Business owners learn about different businesses and develop their own business model.
Human Resource Management
People are a business's greatest asset. Business owners learn how to make sure the right people are in the right job.
Effective Communication and Negotiation Skills
Business owners learn how to communicate effectively with their staff, suppliers, and customers.
Computer and Internet
Business owners are taught the basics of using a computer and the internet as well as the importance of e-marketing and using social media.
Businesses learn how to develop a unique brand and selling strategy.
Business owners learn the importance of understanding yourself and your staff and how to not just manage but lead their businesses.
Team Building
Business owners learn how to build effective teams to create a more productive working environment.
Business Law
Businesses learn various types of business registrations. Understanding the law as it relates to business and what can happen if the law is disregarded. They also learn the importance of understanding contracts.
Financial Management
Business owners learn tools to help them manage their business finances. Tools include cost analysis, investment calculations, and liquidity plans.
Time Management
Business owners learn tools to help them manage their time as well as employee work schedules.
Production Optimization
Businesses learn how to organize production to create a safer more productive work environment, reducing waste, and improving the quality of their product.
Sustainable Business Development
How to balance family life and work.


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German Soccer Academy: Player Residence
The IFX German soccer academy residence is located in the heart of Germany. The residence is 3 floors, where players share rooms with other academy players in double, triple and quadruple suites. Each floor has two bathrooms and a communal room with TV and Playstation.
Players enjoy their meals together at the residence dining hall, where they eat meals together as a group morning, mid-day and in the evening.
Additional services and amenities include:
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The residence gives players a football focused environment, with all the amenities, so they can focus on their game while feeling comfortable and at home.
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