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I got a message today that I should craft a question for the American Psychiatric Association (APA) candidates. It is election season and the LinkedIn forum is apparently the place for political debate. I can recall asking a question last year along with James Amos, MD (The Practical Psychosomaticist). The questions had to do with Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and the arduous recertification schedule that was essentially invented by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Dr. Amos has done more to maintain this issue at a high level of visibility than any other psychiatrist. That includes looking at the paucity of evidence that it is superior to life-long learning and CME as we all know it. I went to LinkedIn to look for my post from a year ago and it wasn't there. The earliest post is from April 29, 2013. This is a forum that was suggested to replace the long running member-to-member (M2M) listserv managed by the APA. It was in M2M that members learned their concern about the MOC issue would be ignored despite overwhelming support on the basis that only 25% of the members voted and a 40% vote was required to pass the measure (see supplementary info below).
The events associated with that vote continue to bother members greatly. It is seen as a continuing symptom that APA membership does not translate into any support for front line psychiatrists. We have witnessed decades of increasing rationing and onerous regulations that have been basically brushed off at the level of the APA. There has been minimal activity in responding to politicians, regulators, and businessmen. It seems that whatever these special interests want to do - the APA is willing. We had a billing and coding debacle in the 1990s with the rest of medicine. Instead of pointing out that this was a purely subjective scheme designed to allow the persecution of any physician, the stance of both the APA and the AMA was "we will give you what you need to be better billers and coders." We have had three decades of managed care utilization review, prior authorization, and pharmacy benefit managers and the response from the APA has been literature on how to be a better managed care psychiatrist. There was a lawsuit against some managed care payers for a lack of parity but I don't think there is any evidence that the members who were forced to provide free care have gotten much benefit from that.
The most telling event about where the APA and AMA are at is their full scale cooperation with the PPACA (aka Obamacare) and so-called collaborative care. In many if not most of those models of care, a psychiatrist collaborates with primary care physicians in treating depression or anxiety in their clinics. In many of the models, the diagnosis hinges on a rating scale determination of depression or anxiety. The rating scale score is the diagnosis. The treatment modality is a medication - usually an antidepressant. In some models the psychiatric consultant never sees the patient. I just realized it, but this is all eerily similar to managed care reviewers several states away telling attending psychiatrists how to manage their patients. This is managed care - a business centered model of providing medical care. A model that many (myself included) do not consider a valid method of providing medical care. And yet, the President of the APA and several other psychiatrists promote this as a model of care. What physician would do 4 years of residency training to sit in an office, look at rating scale scores, and recommend antidepressant doses? Why would you train all of those years and know all of that theory for such a simple task?
That simplistic collaborative care model captures the primary problem in psychiatric leadership today. Here we stand at a crossroads. We are studying the most complex organ in the body and we clearly know more about it now than at any point in the past. The literature in brain science as it applies to psychiatry is growing exponentially. We have some of the best thinkers in the world in all areas of the field ranging from pure neurobiology to psychopharmacology to imaging to neuropsychiatry to medical psychiatry to community psychiatry to psychotherapy. There is so much to learn about the brain and psychiatry and what are we doing with it at a global level?
Nothing as far as I can tell. The leadership of the APA is locked into a mindset from the Clinton administration. The APA is acting like we have a responsibility as a profession to address bloated mental health statistics and provide population-based psychiatric care to the masses. We have a responsibility to provide cost-effective care to the masses. We have a responsibility to fight stigma wherever we find it because this is the real reason why people, governments, and insurance companies discriminate against psychiatrists and their patients. We have to grin and bear it when some clown attacks the profession despite the fact that thousands of our colleagues go to work everyday and many toil with inadequate resources, impossible conditions, a lack of cooperation and they still get the job done. Thrown into the breech with no support, front line psychiatrists are still getting the job done.
The APA on the other hand has done very little to support that effort. APA officials seemed to breathe a sigh of relief about the vote on the MOC issue. I heard one of them speak about it at a local meeting. She told us all about how the new certification fees were really not a windfall for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). This was really an expensive process after all. I finally learned that this was really an initiative by the ABMS and that participating boards did not really have a choice. If most of the boards voted for recertification all of the boards had to participate even if they voted against it. I had learned about 10 years ago that the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology ( ABO+G) had a robust program that consisted of didactic material every year that was designed to bring all members up to speed. A test was taken every year on that well defined information. At the time there was no MOC and to me it seemed like an ideal program to assure that all members of a particular specialty were up to date and studying relevant information about what was important for the specialty. For a while, I promoted this model as the preferred model for ongoing professional learning. The APA does provide a similar program called Focus that could naturally fill the same role. Typical MOC exams are not on a focal body of material and the pass rates are high. Candidates of all specialities typically take time off of work (an off of vacation) to study for these examinations in addition to paying high examination fees for a test that is designed for the test makers and not the test takers. A test of random facts for the purpose of recertification is not the same thing as a test for professionals to assure they are all up to the same standard.
The APA has just completed a much criticized multi-year effort of revising the DSM and producing the DSM-5. I think that has been a good effort and with the associated online material it is a definite advance relative to previous editions. That does not mean I am in agreement with everything in the book, or think that all of the diagnoses in that text exist. I do think that it covers all of the major diagnoses and severe mental illnesses that psychiatrists treat. On an academic and clinical level the APA needs to do much more. Hospitals and clinics currently are being run by administrators with mixed agendas. We are seeing business people conduct psychiatric care. The APA used to provide comprehensive guidelines for the treatment of aggression in inpatient settings. It used to have timely treatment guidelines describing the role of psychiatry and what the standards of care are. By abdicating that role, we now have business organizations and nonprofessionals dictating care for people with severe mental illnesses. We have psychiatrists who have to defend their care against those nonprofessional guidelines every day. That is hardly the expected behavior of a professional organization.
Any psychiatrist should be concerned about the fact that their professional organization does not seem to support the members doing the work of psychiatry. Any psychiatrist should be concerned that the APA does not vigorously defend the profession and that it seems to have adapted the pseudoscientific methods of governments and managed care organizations. Any psychiatrist should be concerned that the APA has adopted the questionably valid ABMS preparatory school model of professional education that is unfocused and a waste of time and money. Any psychiatrist should be concerned about the fact that we have some of the greatest minds in American medicine in our medical institutions and our professional organization is lurching back to the Clinton administration of the early 1990s. Back to the time when a few political insiders thought that managed care was a good idea. All of these things considered the question I will post to the candidates is:
"Why are there no leaders with vision in the APA who can focus us on the best science and the best psychiatry to provide treatment for individual patients with severe mental illnesses?"
That is how I was trained and how every psychiatrist I know was trained. It is time our professional organization consistently gives us what we really need.
George Dawson, MD, DFAPA
Supplementary 1: This was the APA 2011 election report I got on the following referendum to basically eliminate patient feedback and maintain a cognitive exam very 10 years. Although the APA maintains that it requires a vote of 40% of the voting members, the vote to support these measures exceeded the votes for the President Elect and the Secretary (both national candidates) by 1373 and 1388 votes respectively. (Reported February 18, 2011)
The APA was petitioned by members to hold a referendum on the issue of informing the ABPN as follows regarding its proposed maintenance of certification requirements.1) The patient feedback requirements for the purpose of reporting to the Board is unacceptable, as it creates ethical conflicts, and has the potential to damage treatment.2) The requirements other than a cognitive knowledge examination once in 10 years, regular participation in continuing medical education, and maintenance of licensure, pose undue and unnecessary burden on psychiatrists.
Member Referendum Support 5,525 (80%) Do not support 1,418 (20%)
The referendum did not pass. APA received ballots from 25% of the voting members.The APA Operation Manual states the following regarding member referendums: "The adoption of a referendum shall require (a) valid ballot from at least 40 percent of the voting members, (b) the affirmative vote of at least one-third of all the voting members of the Association, and (c) the affirmative vote of a majority of those members who return a valid ballot.
Supplementary 2: Another one of the sorry miscalculations made by the APA and its officers is the image it projects to potential trainees. Applying the dynamic I point out in this post, any potential resident ends up asking themselves: "Why would I want to join a speciality that seems to want its members to have less expertise than they used to rather than more? What other speciality does that?" I tried to address that as a response to a current resident written on his blog and for some reason the response was never posted. You can read his original post here and my response below:
The most significant reasons why psychiatry has the image problem that you discuss is that the profession is politically inept and our largest professional organization is not addressing the problems that psychiatrists face on a day-to-day basis on the front lines. The biggest front line problem is that practically all systems where psychiatrists work have mercilessly slashed resources for treating the mentally ill. We also seem to attract a number of ideas from critics that are not helpful. The example you posted about a prescriber with watered down qualifications is a case in point. In what other specialty does anyone suggest that the practitioners of the future should be less qualified?
That type of nonsense only happens in psychiatry and it is completely inconsistent with current research. In this weeks's Neuron there is a perspective on Computational Neuropsychiatry. As neuroscience becomes more relevant to daily practice psychiatrists need that level of training in addition to medical and psychotherapy skills. We seem to have a lack of visionaries right now who can put all of that together.
I would encourage psychiatrists of the future to be thinking more along these lines, than the rationed managed care model of care that is currently being promoted. It turns out that "cost-effective" psychiatric care is frequently the same as no care at all.


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Reason for my order was to get my mum a jar of Vitamin D supplement.
Result of my order was a box of scalp care supply and soaps.
Note: All USD in this post
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Very minty and loaded with good ingredients. More runny than I expected so I had to use a little more than other hair treatment/mask. Used once only, so far so nice.
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I have been eyeing this for a while. The Scalp Serum - link! - and this Elixir are always out of stock, so I threw one in my shopping cart when I saw this in stock. This stuff has a lot of good herbal extracts and even Chinese botanicals. Used this as a hair night moisturiser when I skipped conditioner or hair mask in the shower.
3. The Jane Carter Solution Scalp Renew $14.40, 59.14 ml - product link!
This is a pre-shampoo oil treatment. Gave this a go as it is on specials, 20% off when I ordered. I used this once, massaged this onto my scalp mainly. It is refreshing and nourishing at the same time. Felt pretty good, although I am not the biggest fan of its smell (a sophisticated blend, with significant lavender among other essential oils).
4. Stridex Natural Control Alcohol Free $6.61, 70 Triangle Pads - product link!
From Blistex, the lip balm company. I think this will be a good salicylic acid medication for my back acne. Now let me figure out how to stretch my arm as far as I'd like to...
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Purely because this brand is doing a 20% off. Black soap is something new to me, and, this looks cool! Also, I like to buy soaps for Mr. A's apartment, or our-home-to-be.
6. Out of Africa Origanic Shea Butter Soap Apricot Exfoliating Bar $2.58, 105 g - product link!
Might be good stuff for my back acne, or his psoriasis, as both can benefit from some mild exfoliation. This will sit and wait to be tested by me at Mr. A's.
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Purchased for my mum.
8. Now Foods, Real Food, Raw Walnuts, Unsalted $8.82, 340 g - product link!
Walnut is one of Mr. A's favourite snacks.
Then, I of course got some freebies with purchase...
9. Sierra Bees Organic Honey Beeswax Lip Balm with Vitamin E 4.25 g - product link!
I've been collecting a flavour with each order since a few orders ago. :P
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REVEL IN FLESH was formed by Haubersson (Ex-IMMORTAL RITES) in late 2011. The debut album ?Deathevokation? was recorded as a duo with long-time comrade Maggesson (DAWN OF DREAMS, APOPHIS etc.) and was highly acclaimed within the underground scene. The album was produced and mixed in Maggesson's VAULT M. Studios and mastered at UNISOUND Studios by Dan Swanö (EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH etc.). From that point Dan Swanö was involved in all productions of the band so far. Another really important person regarding the visual presentation of the band has been the rising Spanish cover artist Juanjo Castellano, who has been responsible for all album covers, several T-Shirt designs and illustrations thus far.
In spring 2012 the band grew into a full force live band when Vögtsson (Ex- CHAOSREIGN, GRAVEN etc.) on Drums and the two Ex-DEATHVASTATION youngsters Herrmannsgard (Guitars) and Götzberg (Bass) joined. In May 2012 they played their very first show with PAGANIZER from Sweden. The already 3rd gig for REVEL IN FLESH took place on the tent stage of PARTY.SAN Festival and support shows for bands like EVOCATION, DEAD, FLESHCRAWL, BRUJERIA plus a gig at the NOCTURNUS-Festival followed.
In spring 2013 the 2nd longplayer ?Manifested darkness? was unleashed. This time the band recruited Dan Swanö for a proper mix & master job and the result offered a major step forward in terms of sound but most of all the whole way of songwriting and expression got much more of a very own touch. More live shows were played (e.g. with VENENUM, OBSCENITY, LAY DOWN ROTTEN or DEADBORN, and at festivals like SUMMER BREEZE, PROTZEN and NRW DEATHFEST) and especially the mini tour with PUTERAEON and the first foreign show in Barcelona (with GRAVEYARD) were kinda milestones for the band.
In 2014 REVEL IN FLESH released several split-7? EPs (w/ PUTERAEON, FERAL, GRAVE WAX and THE DEAD GOATS) and played more great shows with ENTRAILS, HOLY MOSES, FLESHCRAWL or KATAKLYSM and festivals like IN FLAMMEN.
After fulfilling their old contract REVEL IN FLESH signed a new deal with the already familiar business partner CYCLONE EMPIRE.
The release of highly acclaimed 3rd album ?Death Kult Legions? in December 2014 brought a massive push to their reputation within the worldwide Death Metal community. REVEL IN FLESH went on their great path of death, released some split-7"s (with HUMILIATION, ZOMBIFICATION and WOMBBATH) and played loads of cool shows (e.g. SUMMER BREEZE OPEN AIR, CHRONICAL MOSHERS OPEN AIR, PROTZEN OPEN AIR, DEATHFEAST OPEN AIR...) and smaller tours with PUTERAEON, GRAVEYARD (ESP), FLESHCRAWL, SOULBURN, DESASTER and many more.
Now by the end of 2016 after 2 years of songwriting and recording REVEL IN FLESH are back with their 4th and probably most melodic album thus far. "Emissary Of All Plagues" is the next logical step in combining atmosphere, groove and pure Death Metal brutality executed in their very own Revelish way! On the 2nd of December 2016 the plague will be unleashed! BEWARE!!!
Band: REVEL IN FLESH
Country: Germany
Genre: Death Metal
Album: Death Kult Legion
Edition: 200 copies
Catalog Number: MSR-XIX
Format: TAPE
Release Date: April 13th, 2017
1. In the Name of the Flesh
2. When Glory Turns to Ruin
3. Black Oath Impurity
4. Graveyard Procession
5. Death Kult Legions
6. As Souls Descend
7. Hurt Locker
8. Frozen Majesty
9. Cryptcrawler
10. Levitation
11. Necropolis
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Campsite Aux Rives du Soleil ***
Pont-de-Vaux › Rhône-Alpes › France Show map, location and address
Popular amenities
- Barbecue
- Campsite shop
- Walking/hiking/cycling
- Cash machine
- Golf/minigolf
Photos and videos
Rates and booking
General information
The owners at Aux Rives du Soleil will do everything in their power to assist you. It is very peaceful in the evenings; this is not a camp site where discos or musical evenings are organised.
This site has other qualities, for example the attractive open hearth, a space with an open fire in an authentic building more than three hundred years old! You can enjoy a drink or dinner in front of the fire in May, June and September. In July and August there are also themed evenings such as wine tasting.
Don't forget to take your inflatable boat to float up and down the river! And if fishing is your hobby, there is plenty of that here. The pitches on these level grounds are separated by hedges. There is a swimming pool, a playing field with apparatus and a separate, safe enclosed toddlers' pool.
New at Aux Rives du Soleil camp site: a snack van and a bouncy castle.
You can rent canoes here for paddling around or fishing. There are also bikes for rent for trips to Pont-de-Vaux (3 km) where you can sign up for a boat trip. There is a theme park within 25 km of Aux Rives du Soleil and all Francophiles will feast on the cultural delights of Burgundy!
- Found your campsite, but need to discuss it at home or at work first? Go ahead and book anyway; cancelling is free of charge! View the terms and conditions.
Our accommodation
Mobile Home Le Soleil
Layout: Living room with seating/dining area. Complete open-planned kitchen with fridge, four cooking plates and a coffee machine. Three bedrooms, two of which contain a double bed and one with a single bed. The sofa in the living room can be converted into an additional bed.
The bathroom has a sink and shower. The toilet is separate.
A spacious patio with garden furniture.
Included in the price
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Bungalowtent Fleuve
Included in the price
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Mobile Home Alizé
Layout: Living room with dining/seating area. Complete open-planned kitchen with a fridge, four cooking plates and coffee machine. Two bedrooms with a double bed and two single beds, respectively. The sofa in the living room can be converted into an additional bed.
The bathroom has a sink and shower. The toilet is separate.
A spacious, partially covered patio with garden furniture.
Included in the price
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Kabouter Plop family tent
The Kabouter Plop family tent has a living room with dining table and chairs, an equipped kitchen unit and of course sleeping cabs for parents and children; both provided with comfortable beds. The plastic chairs and table are lightweight and easy to move outside. The tents come with various safe connections for electrical appliances. A circuit breaker and residual –current device allow you to feel at ease while using the fridge and coffeemaker.
The tents have two separate sleeping cabs with comfortable beds. The beds are two metres long and are equipped with good mattresses. There is a storage space between the sleeping cabs.
You dispose of a garden table with two bucket seats, two adjustable seats, a recliner and a parasol on your own Kabouter Plop-patio.
Dogs are not allowed in the Kabouter Plop family tents and the tents are non-smoking.
Included in the price
Remaining information
* We are unable to book this accommodation / camping pitch for you from our own supply. We can check with the campsite whether the accommodation / camping pitch is still available or not. We will let you know if it is available within 3 - 4 working days.
f you choose to go ahead with this option, we will let you know by phone or email as soon as we have received a message from the campsite as to whether your booking is possible or not. If your request is approved by the campsite, then the booking is definitive, and the Suncamp terms and conditions apply to it. If there is no availability and your request is turned down, your reservation will be void.
Campsite Aux Rives du Soleil
58 Le Port Fleurville
01190 - Pont-de-Vaux
Distance from Dover: 753 km
Coordinates: 46°26'48"N 4°53'56"E
Situation of campsite
- Situated on river/stream (max. 0.1 km)
- Close to motorway junction (< 10 km)
- distance: 9,5 km
General information
- Period of opening
- 12-04-2019 till 15-10-2019
- Area
- 7 ha
- Total number of pitches
- 195
The facilities are checked each year by an ACSI inspector in the period May to September. Unfortunately, changes made at the camp site after the inspector's visit cannot be ruled out.
Wifi/ Internet
WiFi zone
- wifi zone free
- WiFi zone
Outdoor swimming pool
- surface area: 191 m2
- period: 01-06/15-09
Toddlers' pool (ages 1-3, < 40 cm)
- surface area: 40 m2
- period: 01-06/15-09
- River/stream swimming (max. 0.1 km)
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Sunbathing area
- Grass beach
For children
- Children's playground: small
Entertainment programme: Children (at least 2x a week - h.s.)
- languages: German | English | French | Dutch
- period: 01-07/25-08
Mini club (at least 4x a week - high season)
- languages: English | French | Dutch
- Trampoline
- Bouncy castle
Recreation (adults)
Entertainment programme: Adults (at least 2x a week - h.s.)
- languages: English | French | Dutch
- period: 01-06/01-07 | 01-09/30-09
Marked out walking routes near the camp site
- level: easy
- Entertainment programme: Adults (at least 2x a week - h.s.)
Sport and games
Golf course nearby (max. 10 km)
- distance: 6 km
- total: 18
- Multi-sports field
- Table tennis table
- Jeu de boules alley(s)
Cycle routes starting at the camp site
- level: difficult | easy
- Games room
- Television
- Golf course nearby (max. 10 km)
Water sports and recreation
- Windsurfing permitted
- Sailing permitted
- Waterskiing permitted
- Rowing-boats
- Canoes
- Kayaks
- Own boats permitted
- Jetty/buoy
- Fishing
- length: 12 m
Sailing boat
- length: 12 m
Dog(s) in low season (on lead)
- Max. total: 2
Dog(s) in high season (on lead)
- Max. total: 2
- Dog(s) in low season (on lead)
At the reception
Languages spoken at reception (during the main season)
- languages: German | English | French | Dutch
Credit cards accepted
- credit card: MasterCard | Visa Card
- ACSI Club ID is accepted as an identity document
- Languages spoken at reception (during the main season)
Rental facilities
- Rowing-boats
- Bicycles
- Canoes
- Kayaks
- Go-kart
- Electric bikes
Food and drink
Snack bar
- period: 01-06/30-09
- Groceries: limited selection
- Fresh bread available at the camp site
- period: 01-07/31-08
- Restaurant (with ample choice)
Barbecues permitted
- type of BBQ: charcoal | electricity | gas
- Bar
- Snack bar
Cash machine
- Payment by debit card/Maestro possible
Toilet facilities
- Washbasins: cold water
- Washbasins: hot water
- Individual washcabins: cold water
- Individual washcabins: hot water
- Showers: hot water
- Standard toilets
- Chemical toilet disposal point
- Baby room
- Children's sanitary facilities
Washing, washing-up, cooking
- Washing machine(s)
- Dryers
- Ironing facilities
- Laundry sinks: cold water
- Washing up sinks: cold water
- Washing up sinks: hot water
- Situated on river/stream (max. 0.1 km)
Close to motorway junction (< 10 km)
- distance: 9,5 km
Ground and vegetation
- Grass
- Hard ground
- Marked pitches
- Unshaded pitches
- Pitches with some shade
- Pitches with plenty of shade
- A shower (150 cmsx150 cms minimum) and a toilet (165x220cms or 190cmsx190cms minimum)
- Door-springs light enough (3-4 kgs pressure)
- Water and toilet facilities for disabled people in the same building as for the other campers
- Shower seat / shower chair (folding or mobile) approximately 48 cm high
- Special parking spaces for disabled people
- Canteen/restaurant with level entrance or with ramp
- Toilet-shower combination (215cmsx215cms minimum)
- Quiet during the day and at night
- Footpaths and roads are lit
Total score8.3 Score from 9 reviews
K. Atkinson
August 2017
Very clean campsite with excellent toilet and shower facilities. Washing machines available. Very helpful and friendly staff.
K. Atkinson
August 2019
Family with children, various ages
Electric supply not good as tripped the minute I tried to use my air con
K. Atkinson
August 2015
Very easy to find and good placement for local services
E. soete
August 2019
Family with children <4 years
Drukke camping, niet geschikt voor kindjes onder de 5 jaar vind ik
R. Streek
July 2018
Family with children, various ages
Heerlijke gezinscamping
K. Atkinson
August 2016
Group of friends
Cleanliness of the facilities. Location of the campsite
S. Evers
August 2016
Family with children, 4 – 12 years
Camping is niet groot, daardoor overzichtelijk en ideaal voor onze kinderen (4 en 6 jaar). Leuk speelveld, animatie en prima huurtent.
P. Chell
August 2016
Family with children, 12 - 18 years
Location is perfect by the river and close to the town of Pont De Vaux, just a 15 minute cycle ride away.
C.J. Reus
June 2015
De camping is mooi gelegen. De plekken zijn mooi afgebakend.
Mooi vlak terrein en goed onderhouden.
Ook heb ik een minpunt: Het restaurant van de camping ziet er sfeervol uit maar de kaart en eten zijn zeer matig.
Winkel stelt niets voor.
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2019 Health Care Heroes: Centenarian finds role that's 'just right'
Eulala Roettger became a volunteer after she retired from classroom teaching in 1984, but it took her a while to find the perfect place to donate her time.
Eulala Roettger became a volunteer after she retired from classroom teaching in 1984, but it took her a while to find the perfect place to donate her time.
If there's a model volunteer at Indiana University Health's Riley Hospital for Children, it might be Kurt Bassett. Though Bassett lives with autism, it doesn't define him.
Linda Ellis is a leading ambassador for the American Heart Association's work to address health disparities, heart disease and stroke in the African-American community.
Eight years ago, Delores Brown made a career leap that isn't as jarring as it sounds. She left her longtime job as an Indianapolis Public Schools police officer to become a nurse.
Shelley Johns didn't find her calling the first time around. She began working in broadcast journalism, but decided to switch to a career in health care.
For turning around the fortunes of the Abbie Hunt Bryce home's fortunes through sheer will and compassion, Penny Davis is the top honoree in the Health Care Heroes non-physician category.
Dr. Sumeet Bhatia helped launch a dedicated oncology informatics team at Community Health, which he says is crucial to the efficient delivery of care.
Dr. Chris Callahan's care for elderly patients informs his research into Alzheimer's disease and late-life depression.
Dr. John Brown has spent four decades repairing children's hearts and, in some cases, inspiring them to follow in his footsteps.
Dr. Denise Carpenter and nurse Jennifer Buckingham are advocates for Pediatric WalkAide, a programmable battery-powered device worn in a cuff that sends electronic impulses over nerves and muscles to stimulate movement and help some children with disabilities walk.
American Senior Communities is at the forefront of the movement to replace drugs with a holistic approach that relies primarily on tools such as music, aromas and robotic pets to put residents at ease.
CAR-T therapy, a life-saving treatment for certain types of cancer, became available at IU Health in July 2018, four months after FDA approval.
In a county known for its affluence, the clinic has become a lifeline for the working poor and the small businesses that employ them.
OPTIMISTIC, a project of Dr. Kathleen Unroe and researchers at the Regenstrief Institute, gives frail nursing home patients the medical care they need without moving them to a hospital.
A partnership forged six years ago to match disabled college students with paid internships has blossomed into the Eskenazi Health Initiative for Empowerment and Economic Independence.
Dr. Elisabeth von der Lohe started a women's heart clinic at IU Health's Methodist Hospital in 1998, an effort that gained traction as recognition grew nationally that diagnosing and treating heart disease in women and men weren't one and the same.
Dr. Paula Gustafson is a legend of sorts in Shelby County, where she's both pediatrician and sleuth.
Dr. Krista Brucker's mission is to rescue the opioid abusers who crowd the Eskenazi Health emergency department every day.
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Talking trash: Carbon Trust to recognize leaders in waste management
Talking trash: Carbon Trust to recognize leaders in waste management
The Carbon Trust has revealed plans for a new waste standard designed to help businesses demonstrate that they are measuring and managing down their waste levels in a responsible manner.
The new international standard was announced to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the Carbon Trust's Carbon Standard, which has seen more than 650 organizations independently verify that they are measuring and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions year-on-year.
The proposed waste standard will be modeled on the Carbon Standard and the recently introduced Carbon Trust water management standard. However, a spokesman for the company said organizations obtaining the new standard will have to demonstrate they are managing waste effectively and not simply reducing waste levels.
"Waste management is about more than just reducing waste tonnage," he explained. "It is about moving up the waste hierarchy so that you are reducing or reusing waste where possible. Gaining the waste standard will not be as simple as reducing waste tonnage. Organizations will have to be able to show they are managing the waste stream."
The not-for-profit company is planning to pilot the standard with a number of organizations over the summer before getting the final methodology signed off by its standards board. The standard then should be officially launched alongside the announcement of the first wave of organizations to obtain the label during the autumn.
Tom Delay, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, said the new standard would help companies demonstrate that they are managing their waste in a responsible manner, while also promoting waste management processes that help to cut costs and improve environmental performance.
"For the past five years we've worked with companies across the world to cut carbon emissions and it is now time for us to apply this expertise to the global problem of waste," he said in a statement. "The new Waste Standard, combined with Carbon Standard and Water Standard, will help organizations take a more stringent approach to resources so they can operate in a more efficient, cost-effective way, as well as preserving global resources."
The company indicated a direct connection between its new efforts to promote effective waste management and its core goal of tackling greenhouse gas emissions, noting that organic waste accounts for 5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The business community is responsible for significant waste levels, with government figures suggesting commercial and industrial waste is responsible for 2.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions in the U.K. each year.
This article originally appeared at BusinessGreen and is reprinted with permission.
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This year we've been to Biloxi, Pigeon Forge and Branson.
I finally got to see Bellingrath and rhododendrons in bloom in the Smoky Mountains. in three trips to Branson, we saw about six inches of snow in March, I rode a rollercoaster with my sister in May, and we toured Top of the Rock in October.
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Would you like to take learn how to use the full power of this class leading Digital Asset Management tool? This class will take you through the workflow to organize, optimize and print your images using Lightroom. It will also cover the interface between LightRoom and Photoshop.
Learn the latest changes to LightRoom Classic CC. If you don't know the two major updates, you really need to understand how to take advantage of them!
This class will be a combination of lecture and in class work on your own computer (laptops desired). I'll work with each person to discuss individual issues and goals for each topic area. You'll have time to work through the material and gain a better understanding.
Details of the class:
- Library Module
- Every feature of this module and how to take full advantage of this powerful digital asset management tool.
- Develop Module
- Harness the power of RAW image processing
- When to use what options
- How to use the options
- Synchronization of multiple images
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- Harness the power of RAW image processing
- SlideShow Module
- How to create beautiful slideshows of your images
- Put them to music
- How to share them with your friends and family
- How to create beautiful slideshows of your images
- Print Module
- How to set up and print individual images
- Create collages using the print module
- One step business cards
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- Maps / Books / Web Module
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- Using Facial Recognition
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This class will be 6 hours in length (9:00 – 4:00) with a 1 hour lunch break
- Class size will be limited to 12 participants
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Pound-for-pound Floyd Mayweather, plans to finish his boxing career with last fight against Andre Berto. Its been 4 months since the disappointing fight against Manny Pacquiao who actually wanted a rematch. Some thought it would not be enough. There has been debate on who Mayweather's next contender would be.
Floyd Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs), will be fighting at the MGM Grand for the 12th consecutive time, against surprise pick Andre Berto. Some are happy, some are disappointed. Many thought his last fight would be aired on CBS to give back to the fans, which is now known to be incorrect. It will be on showtime PPV (8 p.m. ET), and will be the final fight of his brilliant, 19-year career. Time will tell if this was the right move more not.


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Five Things to Know Today, March 31, in Montgomery County
Here are your five things to know today, March 31, in Montgomery County:
1. A seven-year-old girl from Silver Spring was honored by the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Department with the "Everyday Hero" medal after she called 911 and saved her father's life.
2. The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection is scheduled to hold a tree protector removal event in East County today.
3. Gaithersburg Library is scheduled to show "The Peanuts Movie" today at noon.
4. Montgomery College is scheduled to host Argentine "Disappeared" poet Alicia Partnoy along with her mother and daughter. Partnoy will read and discuss her works.
5. Pianist and psychiatrist Richard Hogan will be performing the works of George Gershwin at The Mansion at Strathmore tonight at 7:30 p.m.
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6SimS-Sven Master UTOPiA Thursday 07/12/2006, 10:37
Arshner told me that eyrton is better than lamar?
is this true?
just comment guys
i will have my final conclusion after everyone can have some good answers
-sCapeg0d- Imperator Limit Break Thursday 07/12/2006, 12:44
If I had to choose between the two, then I'd definitely choose Lamar. Eyrton is good (8P/5D) but Lamar(6P/8D) along with his ability (stop opp bonus) plus his high damage gets the edge over Eryton.
0-Ianzro Novice NASTY NOYP! Thursday 07/12/2006, 13:18
I prefer lamar than eyrton
ok hear this situation...im fighting a tanaereva with bonus ir w/o-----ok here....
a)eyrton- bonus or no bonus if he still wins he can just damage 3 of opp. life
b)lamar- he got stopp opp bonus so he can tie and if he win u can kill some 6 life
BodeCBM-EVO Hero Thursday 07/12/2006, 13:28
No way.... lamar is way better
2 power X 3dmg and no oppbonus
Morder4Life Senior Thursday 07/12/2006, 14:29
You guys are missing the point of the 8 power..
0- JP Colossus † OVER KILL † Thursday 07/12/2006, 14:55
Well IMO, if you already got alot of cards with 8 power, pick Lamar. my deck is consistent with all 7 power, still got no 9 power due to lack of funds, hehe
BodeCBM-EVO Hero Thursday 07/12/2006, 15:25
Hummm if the point is 8 power then ayrton is the worst card with 8 pwr in the game.
-its 5 stars
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When I first saw the orthodontist in August 2007, he told me to expect to wear braces for about two and a half years. If his plan had materialized, I would have been free in January or February of 2010, but here I am almost six years later - still wearing braces. One of the nurses told me that I've reached the surrender stage of wearing braces, like in Alcoholics Anonymous. "Let go and let God," she laughed. The doctor joined in the hilarity when he told me that I am just too "hard-headed." While the professionals laughed, I reached the point of despair and suggested that they needed to hire a psychologist in the office just to keep me on track.
Well today I got a partial reprieve from my orthodontic suffering when the doctor removed one of the posts from my upper jaw. Installing the post was a surgical procedure that required a general anesthetic, but for some reason, he was able to simply unscrew the device and remove it from the bone. I felt a moment of pressure in my jaw and then it was gone. It hardly even bled. I may be on the six-year plan, but today I am feeling free.
In the photograph above, you can see that I am no longer wearing the post, but you can also see the hole in my gums that has not yet healed.
This close-up shows that the post was actually a screw that was drilled directly into the bone of my upper jaw. It also shows that the screw was about 9/16 of an inch long. If you look closely at the head of the screw, you can see a set of small holes. They strung elastic bands through these holes and tied the elastics around the braces. This moved my teeth up as a way of reducing what the doctor called "excessive gingival display."
It's strange to think this thing was attached to my skull. In any case, I am glad to be rid of it.


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Sefton@Work offers a range of free and confidential job-related services to residents aged 16 years and above throughout Sefton. We have been working alongside Sefton residents and employers since 2003.
Sefton@Work Client Services
Sefton Council's Ways to Work programme provides employment advice, guidance, job preparation skills and paid work placements to workless Sefton residents.
The result of a European Social Fund (ESF) grant, Ways to Work is one of the first projects of its kind to be run through the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, which means we are working closely with all the other councils to deliver coherent and consistent support.
Sefton@Work provides tailored advice and guidance for you and will help you to develop your own personalised action plan.
Our support includes:
We work with our partners to address a wide range of issues, including Debt Management and Housing. Our Ways to Work programme is available throughout Sefton, for more information or if you wish to register with Sefton@Work please call 0151 934 2610 for an appointment.
Sefton@Work Employer Services
We provide a free, professional recruitment service to employers in Sefton to help them to recruit locally to find the right person for the job.
Our Services to employers include:
For more information, please visit the Sefton@Work website, call us on 0151 934 2610 or visit our office on Stanley Road, Bootle.
We are now on Twitter and Facebook (see Do It Online)
The Promenade Office, Southport, PR9 0DZ (next to Southport Theatre)
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Early Voting For Md. Primary Election Begins ThursdayEarly voting starts this week.
Md. Senate Passes Early Voting BillThe Maryland Senate has passed a measure that would increase the number of early voting centers in some jurisdictions.
Early Voting In Maryland Canceled MondayHurricane Sandy was already making its presence felt in Maryland politics on Sunday, forcing the cancellation of early voting for at least a day and scuttling a U.S. Senate debate.


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Y'all I'm Lovin' This Newest Piece! Inspired From The Vintage Heirlooms Of Yesterday..Yet The Locket Body Is Brand New!
Of Course You Know I Had To Add My Own Flavor To The Design. Instead Of Leaving The Glass Opening Blank, I Sandwiched Two Silver Plated Discs Between The Glass. On Either Side You'll Find I Hand Stamped The Heartfelt Quote: "I Love You More Each Day".
I Then Added A Beautiful Image Of Mother And Child In The Photograph Pocket. It Can Remain Or A Personal Photo Can Be Added In It's Place.
I Choose A Sophisticated Delicate Chain For This Piece That Would Be Reminiscent Of Those Worn In Days Gone By. It's A Diamond Cut Elongated 1mm Cable Chain, and It's Stunningly Feminine!
This Piece Is Truly A Wearable Work Of Art! The Finish Is Gorgeous. The Silver Plating Has An Antique Top Glazing Which Gives It A Rich, Time-Worn Appearance. You Wouldn't Even Know It Was A Brand New Locket At First Glance.


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Police in West Warwick, Rhode Island, have arrested two suspects who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted a female juvenile.
Robert Perry, 57, and Lloyd "Paul" Baker, 53, were arrested on Sept. 30.
Perry was held without bail and charged with kidnapping a minor, in addition to sexual assault in the first and second degree. He will be arraigned on Oct. 1.
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Baker was charged with sexual assault in the third degree. He was held on $50,000 cash bail.
Police allege that the victim was coerced into staying with Perry for two days at various locations in Rhode Island. The victim told police both Perry and Baker sexually assaulted her, resulting in warrants for their arrests.


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Small fishing port west of Trelleborg.
Fishing village of great historical value. East of the Falsterbo canal. Feeling of a bygone era with boats, drying room for fishing nets and whitewashed houses with tarred felt roof.
Activities & Attractions: Clubhouse, beach, picturesque buildings closest to the port, Maglarps church from the 1100s, golf course, restaurant and Karl XII Monument 2 km.


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At a glance
Join us on our Medicine internship in Sri Lanka and learn directly from doctors in busy hospitals. This is a great opportunity for you to learn about a different healthcare system than you're used to. You'll also add valuable work experience to your CV.
You can choose a specialty, or rotate through different hospital departments for a broader range of experiences. We also organise seminars where doctors teach you to diagnose, treat, or prevent different diseases.
Many disadvantaged people in Sri Lanka do not have regular access to basic healthcare. You'll help us address this by taking part in regular medical outreaches. You'll also work to raise awareness about important medical issues through educational workshops.
You'll live and work in several coastal towns on this beautiful island nation. Discover a different way of life while living at your host family and explore all that Sri Lanka has to offer in your time off.
Start Dates:
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Two Weeks
Anyone aged 18 or over can join
Is a Medical internship in Sri Lanka right for me?
This medical placement is ideal for anyone with a strong interest in medicine. It's an excellent way to add work experience to your CV and supplement your applications for medical school or university.
You'll have a medical supervisor for the duration of your internship. They will ensure that you get the most out of your experience, and that you are well looked after.
You'll be able to choose which departments you'd like to work in. This means you can pursue your interests if there's a particular area of medicine that you'd like to focus on. Or you can choose to rotate through the different departments for a broader experience. The longer you stay, the more departments you will be able to spend time in.
Your role at the hospital will be purely observational. You'll be able to witness consultations and procedures, and ask questions. However, there is an opportunity for you to take part in hands-on work during the medical outreaches.
You can join this internship from two weeks onwards. It is available year-round, so you can choose a time that suits your schedule. Please note that you need to be 18 years old or older to join.
What will I do on this project?
With a range of observational and hands-on activities, this internship gives you a well-rounded medical experience abroad. You will be able to get involved in:
- Observe local doctors and medical staff during their rounds
- Participate in medical outreaches which serve disadvantaged communities
- Learn about traditional Ayurvedic medicine practices
- Raise awareness about important healthcare issues
Your work will focus on the following areas:
Observe local doctors and medical staff
Your main role on this internship will be to learn from doctors and other medical staff. You'll have the chance to witness consultations and procedures, and ask questions about what you've seen. Wherever possible, doctors will take the time to explain what they are doing, and how they came to the diagnosis.
Participate in medical outreaches which serve rural communities
Get involved in practical work on our regular medical outreaches. These provide basic yet important medical care to members of disadvantaged communities, as well as free food and medication. They serve over 100 people at a time.
You'll assist the doctors in checking vital signs such as blood pressure and sugar levels, and dispense medication under supervision.
Learn about traditional Ayurvedic medicine
We offer interns an exciting opportunity to learn more about traditional Ayurvedic medicine. Sri Lanka has special hospitals that are dedicated to this practice. Ayurvedic medicine is one of the world's oldest medical traditions. You'll get involved with preparing herbal medicine, caring for patients, working in the clinic, and much more.
Raise awareness about important healthcare issues
We also run educational outreaches and workshops in local schools and community centres. You'll give presentations on specific healthcare issues, with the goal of raising awareness around prevention and treatment.
What types of medical placements are available in Sri Lanka?
With several departments available, you can truly enhance your medical knowledge. Or pick an area in which to specialise:
- General Medicine
- Obstetrics
- Gynaecology
- Paediatrics
- Emergency
If you're interested in finding out more about traditional medicine, then you can also spend time in an Ayurvedic hospital. Let us know if you're interested in this option when you apply.
Please note that you will only be able to spend time in one or two departments if you're staying for two to three weeks. The longer you stay, the more departments you will be able to rotate through.
Where in Sri Lanka will I be working?
You'll be working in one of several towns in Sri Lanka. There are placements available in both government and privately funded hospitals. The country has an affordable and extensive public transport, so it is easy to get from place to place.
All the towns where we work are situated on the coast. This is great news if you're a fan of the beach or thrilling ocean activities such as scuba diving.
Interns in Colombo will work in the southern parts of this bustling city. Colombo is the former capital and the largest city. It's also the financial hub of Sri Lanka, and a popular tourist destination.
You will be based in a major teaching hospital, a hospital focusing on women's health, or a private hospital.
Located on the west coast of Sri Lanka, Panadura is an unusual town in that it is surrounded on all sides by water, namely the Indian Ocean and the Bolgoda lake and river. It's situated 27 km from Colombo.
You will be placed at a local base hospital here or in a hospital focusing on women's health. There is also the option to work at a hospital in a neighbouring town 18 km away.
Galle is a major Sri Lankan city, located at the southwestern tip of the country. It is situated 119 km from Colombo. Here you will have the chance to work at a major teaching hospital, or at a private one.
The old part of the town is a designated UNESCO heritage site, due to its historic fortifications and blend of European and South Asian architecture. It's a charming city to explore in your time off, with a variety of beautiful buildings, museums, cafes, and small shops.
Balapitiya is another town on Sri Lanka's west coast, and can be found 80 km south of Colombo. You will either work at a teaching hospital, or intern at a private one.
The town is situated next to two lakes, which together form the protected Madu Ganga wetland. Over 300 species have been discovered so far, with many more still to be encountered in the depths of the mangrove forests. Some of the country's oldest temples can be found on the islands in the wetland area.
A typical day on the Medicine Internship
After waking up in the morning and enjoying a delicious breakfast with your host family, you'll travel to your placement by bus or rickshaw. In some cases, you'll live close enough that you can walk to work. On your first day, our staff will accompany you to show you the way.
A typical day will run from Monday to Friday, from 8.30am - 12.30pm, and then from 2pm - 4pm. However, these hours may vary. The exact schedule will be discussed during your induction.
The specifics of your day will vary according to which placement you choose, and which department you're in. In general, you'll follow the doctors in the department as they complete their rounds, update charts, review case files, and assess patients for admission. There may also be the possibility to observe surgeries.
We run regular workshops for all our medical interns. Here you'll have the chance to ask local doctors questions about procedures you've seen, or simply find out more about medical practice in Sri Lanka. They will also provide you with basic training.
Other days you may find yourself visiting a school or community to raise awareness about a particular health issue. This may involve giving presentations or organising activities, such as demonstrating how to correctly wash hands for improved hygiene.
On community outreach days, you'll travel with other medical volunteers to a disadvantaged area. You'll assist medical staff in setting up the outreach session, as well as checking vital signs, dispensing medication and generally lending a helping hand wherever needed.
At the end of your working day, it's time to relax. Swap stories about your day over dinner with your host family, or fellow interns and other volunteers, or spend time getting to know them at one of our regular socials.
What are the aims and impact of this Medicine Project?
There are two main aims to this project: to provide you with an educational experience and to assist those in disadvantaged communities.
Many of the medical interns who join us are looking for international work experience. One of our aims is to encourage the cross-cultural sharing of knowledge. You will learn from skilled local medical staff, and in turn share your own experiences with them. It's a wonderful way to not only learn about healthcare practice in a developing country, but to discover everyday life in another country.
This internship also aims to benefit those in local communities. You will take part in regular medical outreaches in disadvantaged communities. While Sri Lanka does provide free healthcare services to all its citizens, these can sometimes be limited or inconsistent. You'll work alongside medical staff to provide basic yet vital medical services to vulnerable groups of people.
We have committed to achieving four main long-term goals in our healthcare work in Sri Lanka:
- Improve hygiene practices
- Improve access to basic healthcare for disadvantaged groups
- Promote awareness of non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease
- Help to reduce the number of cases of Dengue fever
Join us and gain medical work experience in Sri Lanka while helping people.
Medical Electives for Students
This project is also perfect for university medical and healthcare elective students. The real-world insight and knowledge you gain will help shape you as a future medical professional. You will also learn to work with different people and get a broader perspective of global healthcare systems and issues. This benefits your career for years to come. We can organise a placement that meets all of your university's requirements.
Management Plans
We set out the aims and objectives of our projects in documents called Management Plans. We use them to properly plan the work you'll do. They also help us measure and evaluate our achievements and impact each year.
Ultimately, our Management Plans help us make our projects better. This in turn means you get to be part of something that makes a real impact where it's needed. Read more about our Management Plans.
Measuring Our Impact
Our projects work towards clear long-term goals, with specific annual objectives. Every volunteer and intern we send to these projects helps us work towards these goals, no matter how long they spend on our projects.
Every year we take a step back and look at how much progress we've made towards these goals. We put together a Global Impact Report, which documents our achievements. Find out more about the impact our global community of volunteers, interns and staff make, and read the latest report.
Meet the team in Sri Lanka
Not quite what you're looking for?
Take a look at the following pages where you'll find collections of similar projects:
Gain practical work experience and build your CV in areas such as Business, Medicine, and Journalism.


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Flash forward about 10 years later, and I meet the man of my dreams who happens to be from the South, and who, at the time, was a vegetarian. Wanting to impress him and take him back to his roots, I set out to make a vegan version of this dish I knew so well.
- 1 roll Smart Sausage
- 2 tablespoons oil (I use canola)
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 4 cups plain unsweetened almond milk
- salt and pepper to taste
- or seasoned salt to taste (I love Creole Seasoning)
Heat the oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Take out the Smart Sausage and flatten it into a pancake. Put it in the skillet and then take the flat side of a spatula and chop up the Smart Sausage. You want the pieces to be the smallest possible. Cook until the pieces are crispy and brown.
Sprinkle the flour over all the sausage and cook until the flour has soaked up all the oil in the pan.
Add the almond milk and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and cook, stirring and scraping the bottom and sides, until thickened. Season to taste.
Serve over biscuits, hash browns, tofu scramble, dip toast into it, eat it with a spoon. This is a tasty, hearty, delicious gravy that is sure to hit the spot. This also freezes and refrigerates well.


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What is Employment Practices Liability Insurance?
Protecting your company's employees is one of the most important responsibilities you will have as a business owner. Workers' compensation insurance is a must to ensure your employees are taken care of when accidents or incidents occur, but there is another type of liability insurance that is just as important — not only for the welfare of your employees, but for you and your company as well.
Employment practices liability insurance, or EPLI, protects your company against lawsuits and claims filed against you by your employees, as well as former and potential employees. EPLI coverage protects the company as a whole, the directors and officers, and any current and past employees. Depending on the policy, EPLI may also cover seasonal employees and independent contractors.
What Does Employment Practice Liability Insurance Cover?
EPLI coverage serves as a protection when claims are filed against the company by providing coverage for any legal costs involved, as well as the settlements or judgments made in a case. These claims may arise from different types of lawsuits, including any kind of discrimination based on age, gender, race, orientation or other factors; sexual harassment; and defamation. EPLI coverage also protects the company against suits for wrongful termination; wrongful discipline or demotion; and breach of employment contract.
Some discrimination factors may not be covered under federal discrimination statutes, but state or local laws may cover them. Also, some EPLI policies will include a category for discrimination claims not included under the laws.
Types of EPLI Coverage
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The National Association of the Remodeling Industry is dedicated to being the best resource for knowledge and training in the remodeling industry. Together we help construct the dreams in people's lives.
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NARI is the medium for business development, a platform for advocacy, and the principal source for industry knowledge and where professionals meet professionals. NARI membership provides access to information and benefits not available elsewhere. Consumers view the NARI logo as the mark of an ethical professional. Isn't it time your marketing efforts carried this symbol?
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The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission is the first in a series of young reader novels that chronicle the adventures of former Jedi Padawan Ferus Olin after the events of Order 66. The Desperate Mission follows Obi-Wan Kenobi during his exile on Tatooine after Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
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The Empire has risen. The Jedi Order has been destroyed. As far as the Emperor is concerned, the Jedi are all but extinct.
But on the remote planet of Tatooine, one Jedi Master remains: Obi-Wan Kenobi. Devastated by the loss of his fellow Jedi—and the betrayal of his former apprentice Anakin—Obi-Wan has been left with one last task: to watch over and protect a young child named Luke.
When Obi-Wan finds out that a former Jedi apprentice has survived, he must make a painful decision: whether to stay on Tatooine or go on one last, desperate mission—right into the heart of the Empire.
The thrilling new series from The New York Times bestselling author of Jedi Apprentice and Jedi Quest.
Plot summaryObi-Wan Kenobi has lived for a year on the desolated Tatooine. He remains there to watch over Luke Skywalker; he and his sister Leia may be the last hope for the galaxy. One night after fulfilling his duty of watching Luke for the day he stops by a cantina, to see if he can pick up any news worth hearing. He only hears the usual gossip and exaggerations and begins to walk out the door. But at the last second he hears Ferus Olin's name mentioned. Ferus is running from the Empire (whereas Obi-Wan assumed he was dead), and Obi-Wan would love to help him, but is charged to stay and watch Luke. Troubled, he heads outside. He is confronted by Qui-Gon's ghost. After a brief conversation, Obi-Wan is convinced that his Master can watch over Luke for a short period of time. Long enough for Obi-Wan to help Ferus on the planet Bellassa. He receives a ride from Weasy, the same pilot he heard the information from, and starts his desperate mission to find Ferus and revive the Republic.
His search first leads to Belassa where Ferus was born. He heads to Olin and Lands where a nearby tailor named Mariana tells him that the company is shut down and the owners are not there anymore. Obi-Wan leaves and meets a boy in the alley, named Trever Flume. Later a squad of stormtroopers come patrolling there and Obi-wan is forced to hop on the nearest gravsled and ride for his life. Unfortunately that gravsled was the one that housed the street-kid he met earlier, and forced to take over the vehicle learns that his name is Trever Flume. Eventually, his investigation led him to the hospital that housed Roan Lands, Olin's partner in business. He eventually found out where Olin lived and found him. Soon after, two bounty hunters attacked where they were hiding. They were identified as Boba Fett and D'harhan.
After that, Ferus attempted to save the planet and succeeded, by surrendering himself, with help from Kenobi.
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Clone troopers are erroneously written as stormtroopers during Clone Wars and Battle of Geonosis.
It is noted that on the cover, Obi-Wan is holding his lightsaber from Episode I and II eventhough the book is set in the time period after Episode III. In Episode III, Obi-Wan used his final lightsaber.
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This is a gallery of the different cover variations of The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission.
Notes and references
External links
- First Look: The Last of the Jedi on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- The Last of the Jedi in Japan on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi #1: The Desperate Mission on Amazon.com


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2009 Department of Athletics award winners announcedMay 13, 2009On April 30, the Brandeis Department of Athletics announced its annual senior award winners.
Women's x-country takes 13th at New EnglandsNovember 15, 2008Sophomore Marie Lemay (Saco, Maine) improved by more than 60 places to help the Brandeis women's cross country team to a 13th-place finish at the New England Division III championships, up five places from 2007.
Alyssa Pisarik leads the way as women's x-country takes seventh at UAA championshipsNovember 01, 2008Rookie Alyssa Pisarik (Chelmsford, Mass.) had her best performance as a collegian today, placing 22nd at the University Athletic Association championships in Atlanta. The Judges came in seventh as a team.
Women's x-country places eighth at Albany, second among DIII schoolsOctober 18, 2008Led by sophomore Grayce Selig (Narberth, Pa.), the Brandeis University women's cross country team finished in eight place overall, but second among Division III teams, at the 42nd annual University of Albany Invitational.
Women's cross country cracks top 35September 25, 2008The Brandeis women's cross country team has earned their first national ranking of the season in the United State Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The Judges are ranked 29th among Division III institutions.
Premo, x-country runners claim UAA honors, Sept. 22September 23, 2008Sophomore cross country runners Marie Lemay of Saco, Maine, and Paul Norton of Amherst, Mass., and senior forward Ben Premo of Florence, Mass., of the men's soccer team have been selected as the University Athletic Association Athletes of the Week for September 22.
Women's cross country comes in third at UMass DartmouthSeptember 20, 2008The Brandeis women's cross country team excelled at today's UMass Dartmouth Invitational, as the Judges finished third out of 41 teams. Brandeis finished behind two nationally-ranked squads, including No. 1 Amherst, and two points ahead of 11th-ranked Colby College.
Selig tops the field as women's x-country tops BentleyAugust 29, 2008Sophomore Grayce Selig (Narberth, Pa.) was the individual race winners today as the Brandeis women's cross country team defeated Bentley College at Weston High School. The Judges were 20-41 victors.


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What's up citizens this ya guy Rob Markman with The Rob Report, where we break down music for the game's hottest artists. Last week we rocked with Joey Bada$$' B4.da$$ and this week we're going to dive deep into Lupe Fiasco's Tetsuo & Youth.
Props to Lupe for being daring and throwing the 3:30 formulaic radio joints out the window, but a few of the album's tracks beat on for far too long, like the 9:32 "Chopper." Lu explained to Sway that he just couldn't cut any of his guest verses from Billy Blue, Buk, Trouble, Trae tha Truth, Fam-Lay, or Glasses Malone, but DAMN! The hook is ill though.
Lupe will always be measured by the greatness of his first two albums Food & Liquor and the Cool, and while Tetsuo & Youth doesn't quite give you the feeling of the first two, he did set a new lyrical standard. The concepts are all well-thought out and the rhymes are tightly weaved and complex. "Prisoners 1 & 2" tells an all to familiar jail tale and "Madonna" is a salute to the single mother's trying to raise men in the hood. Then there's the love is blind anthem "Dots & Lines." LOVE THAT JOINT.
Tetsuo & Youth isn't Lupe Fiasco's best album, but lyrically I don't know if another MC in 2015 can touch it. He set a bar and that's why i'm giving this album a 9 out of 10. I'm also going to put a premium on lyrics but What do you think Hit me on Twitter @Robmarkman I talk back.
Catch up with Lupe Fiasco's last radio interview and freestyle on Sway in the Morning.


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The One Test That Made Me Take My Gut Health Seriously
I knew the problem was probably in my gut... but had no idea what to do.
We've Been Thinking About Diets All Wrong. Here's Why
Because who is still on that "diet" they started back in January, anyway?
Why I Started Greatist
I'm no expert. I'm just a friend who's a little further along and can help point the way.
Crystals Are Probably Bullsh*t, but I Love Them
Whether they work is all in your head, but maybe that's not a bad thing.


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We refuse to turn the heat on in our apartment. One: it is electric heat and everyone knows electric heat is the most expensive form of all, over oil and natural gas. Two: it's just not that cold. Is it?
I woke up with frost on the end of the old schnozzola and when I pressed it into the nape of my wife's neck she yelped as if someone had dropped an ice cube down her bra at a bar-b-que. Has New Orleans made us so soft already? I am a flinty New Englander, of good, honest, Housatonic Valley Connecticut stock, used to shoveling snow and withstanding wind chills that would make a southerner wither from frostbite. I have all my toes despite miles spent marching through slush and snowdrift with inadequate footgear. 50 degrees gives me the shivers. I must be acclimating.
One thing I can't acclimate to is having a regular 9-5 job. I can only go to Parkway Tavern and Bakery for lunch on the weekend now and the line for a po' boy stretches a hundred people deep. On a weekday, it is more tolerable, maybe twenty people, maybe fifteen. If you time it right on a Thursday, there's no line at all. I miss being devil-may-care.


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Welcome to my website! Here, you can find some information about what I'm currently working on and past projects.
I'm a post-doc at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Munich. I'm a cognitive psychologist/psycholinguist and an open science enthusiast. My research is mainly about the cognitive processes underlying skilled reading, and about how children learn to read.
I'm also an ambassador for the Center of Open Science. I sometimes blog, mainly about being an early career researcher (out of lack of creativity, the blog is called Xenia Schmalz's Blog). Here, I blogged about why I decided to create my own website.


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Happy New Year Green Army
I hope you all had an excellent Christmas and New Year. Sorry about the lack of a blog last week but there wasn't much in the inbox plus it was Christmas week, so I was far too busy to do it.
A few notices to start us off.
4VHM – 21st Jan
We are still on the look out for volunteers, if you can spare a few hours on either the Saturday or Sunday please email email@example.com, or if you can marshal please email email@example.com
Borders League/XC clash of fixture 14th Jan
The Abergele Borders League Race, and Runcorn Town Park XC race clash again this season, so neither team incurs penalty points if you could message myself firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com to let us know your preference that would be very much appreciated. We can then put together teams for the day and will let everyone know before the 14th. We have also put a post on the Facebook page, so you can also reply on there.
Message from Paul re; XC
Can we all say hello to a new club member as well Mike Barnard (hope to see you at the Borders ha ha)
The week before Christmas seen the Christmas handicap take place, Jackie sent over a report
Merry Xmas to you, hope it was a good one. Here's a festive Xmas Handicap Report.
Twas the Wednesday before Xmas and 24 Xmas handicappers hoof tapping on the start line for the annual Xmas sleight ride dash from Tesco to Godscroft Lane and back. Amongst the revellers were a number of Santa's, some elves and many reindeer.
Donner – Kate Mann, who came second last year, consolidated her ride this year and came in first in a handicap time of 29:58 (absolute 24:09) followed by the fastest reindeer in the pack Dasher – Colin B (handicap time 31:09, absolute 19:09) with Comet – Ben C hard on his hooves 2 seconds later. Over the next 3 minutes the main reindeer herd of 17 came in at a gallop keepings Santa's little helpers (time keepers Louise, Jo, Helen & Kathryn, thanks too) busy on their toes. Followed over the next 4 minutes, by the return of the last half dozen of the weary scattered herd. A strange an incident as ever occurred with the last four footed friend, aka Dancer- Jane, transforming from reindeer to horse, not just any horse, this one's going for a Guinness World record as the fastest (furry) marathoner horse of all time!
8 minutes separating the whole herd, with the fastest 4 reindeer being Dasher- Colin B, Prancer- Patrick, Vixen – Daniel R & Blitzen- Phil T, all red-nosed but not a Rudolph nowhere in sight!
A Ho Ho Ho evening was had by all in Santa's grotto back at the stables with troughs of hot steaming soup & platters of mince pies plus a visit by Santa with everyone receiving a secret Santa present.
Thanks to Santa's elves Cupid-Colin T, Olive-Betty and of course Joe & Mario for keeping the reindeer herd on the straight & narrow through Helsby and turning us around at the far end.
Hi Boxing Day saw a few helsby green vests turn out to run the walls. A slightly adjusted and longer course than usual due to repair works on the walls.
Park run seen runners out in Pheonix, Chester, Delamere, & Keswick. Full consolidated results below
That's it for now, see you all soon