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Sat Feb 09 2013, 23:42
Wandering in the wind of vanity and naivety...in an endless cloud of unawareness. Who merely cared about intelligence though, when one had the most dazzling form of all the creatures on earth? Who bothered to revel in excellent leadership when one had everything else handed to them upon a silver platter? Everything, of course was handed to her, for she was superior to all. All that she touched was undeserving of that touch of the lovely ebony fae. Like a shadowed rose she was, reaching to the sunlight to strive in a kingdom of all her own. No one could possibly stop her from fulfilling her dreams.
Standing upon a tall ridge, she sang her song of freedom and of joy upon what she thought was a beautiful valley. Rearing and shrilly calling her call of ownership over the terrain, she knew that she was now the true queen. "This land is now mine. I name this undiscovered palace of mind the Floral Grassland," she said, loud enough for all to hear for miles. What a good queen she made.
Every stranger would visit the Floral Grassland, even though there was not a flower in sight for many a mile. The name simply just sprang to her like a vision from the gods - she just simply could not ignore it. From afar, she spotted a fae, rather large in stature trudging through the terrain as if destiny called her to the place where she would finally be. Perhaps, she was trying to challenge her for HER land? If so, the fae would have to leave immediately. "Get out of my land, trespasser! You don't look very nice. This is only a land of flowers and for those that love flowers," she said, tossing her dished skull violently.
It had been so many nights of travel that I thought my pillars were going to fall off - and I hoped they did. I was tired of walking. I mean, what if there was nothing actually here that was worth my while? Unlike the disgusting terrains before this one, the soil was barren and there were no trees. Really, I didn't know what to think. I wasn't even sure that there were any others in the land. If it was just me, maybe the rest of the world would just leave me alone - I really hated being bothered. Especially by those that weren't like me and didn't understand me. Most creatures seemed to live in a different world than me.
My harks pricked as I heard something in the far distance. Great...it seemed like I had indeed found some unfortunate soul that seemed to have ventured into the same terrain as I had just walked into. Wow...was all I could think when I heard her rear in the distance. Didn't she know? Us mares were not meant to lead - some even thought that we were not capable killers. Those were simply immature and uninformed.
"Tresspasser?" I asked, comically, nearly chuckling at her words. "I have no desire to take your place...but they might," I said, nearly dying of laughter as I looked to the hellions that were giving them bad looks from the distance. Clearly, the ivory ruler of the land was not impressed with us and our antics. I found her utterly disturbing and far to peppy to be around for long. I didn't even know if I could survive one day around her if she was the leader. Hell, I couldn't stand to spend one day around her if she was the poorest rank in the herd - she was so damn annoying.
Then she spoke again. "Did you know I was the most beautiful horse in the world?" she asked me, and I simply just shook my skull in disbelief. "No..." I murmured, ignoring her naive behaviors. She acted like a child. When..could the fae be tortured? Surely, there had to be someone here..
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Sun Feb 10 2013, 00:13
The Floral Grasslands? How pathetic.
Though Hydrus had done nothing, Schnelldrache was already making his way toward them, powerful muscles rippling under his glorious chestnut coat. She was so vain and yet the other seemed to have some sense. He strode out towards them. "I am sorry, fae, but this land is
claimed by another. You have no right to claim this land, for it is called, Danger Gully."
He circled around them both, taking them in. Sure he was not like them, but they would do just fine. "What are your names, you two
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Sun Feb 10 2013, 13:19
I watched as the ebony fae turned to me as I approached steadily, not wavering with fear nor with any decisive movement. It really wasn't my place to interfere with the little claiming spree that the unimpressive, fragile looking creature presented. Yet, I could simply not help myself from snickering incoherently about the calling she placed upon this lifeless valley-type terrain. There was surely nothing floral nor vivid about this place, and in my mind, I thought of it as a terrain of no hue. No trees seemed to spurt from the ground, as if the environment around them disallowed it. Fine my me.
Finally, someone came to talk some sense into the deranged fae - it was about time. She had really been getting on my nerves lately, but that was particularly easy to do considering my background.
I murmured to myself quietly. Personally, I couldn't see how she could have noticed that this land was claimed - it was teeming with lurking eyes in the shadows of darkness. It was my kind of place.
I replied to him, less that impressed that he did not greet me like I should be. The other fae simply stood obstinate to him, pinning her harks like a small child would to her father.
"My name is great! You can't tell me that I can't claim this land. It's obvious you are not the leader!"
yelled the ebony fae, rearing up as if she was to strike him. All that was going to get her is claimed and forced, I thought to myself. It was obvious that this stag didn't mess around when it came to dissidence. After she had stopped screaming a moment, I decided I could reveal my name.
"I am Armarria, by the way, a trained assassin,"
I said easily under my large build.
It was no use in hiding anything I noticed. It would give them more respect for me if I just told them the truth. The other fae said ,
" I am Sunshine, a trained hellion killer. I've murdered kings and queens and princes and princesses,"
she said. It was obvious that that was not her name, and I could tell that she was lying about the other parts. I knew my kind when I saw them, and she was simply petty.
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Sun Feb 10 2013, 13:42
"Shut up! A vain selfish creature like you who seems to think everyone revolves around her is a pathetic excuse for a horse. Especially one who show no respect to her betters!" Schnelldrache hissed at the stupid littler mare, aiming a kick at her chest in irritation with his hard wet hooves. Hopefully she would have the sense to shut up now.
His eyes though looked at the heavier mare and he almost smiled. He was rather impressed by her indeed. "Greetings to you, Armarria, Schnelldrache I would be." He eyed them both again. This was going to be interesting.
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Sun Feb 10 2013, 19:55
It was in my place and best interest to say quiet when the stag became angered with the rather stupid, vain fae - but for some reason, I could hardly contain my laughter. It was far too entirely of interest that she was being reprimanded after so many obvious years of getting everything she wanted the moment she wanted it. Usually, I didn't dabble in humor, unless someone was being caused extreme pain, but I could say she definitely deserved what she got. It was a shame he didn't kick her in the head!
Standing slightly away from the scene, I saw as she was struck in the chest. A dribble of blood came from the kick mark, which looked horribly swollen in her chest - I felt no sorrow of course. It was exactly what I was waiting for. I thought it was a well deserved move, but I dared not say anything to the stag, for it was not yet my place to say anything. Perhaps, when I gained valor in the herd for my bravery and excellent spying methods I would be more daring to speak to the leader. For now, I would not do so, for I knew not him and he knew not me except for the name I carried.
"Ow, you dumb bastard!!"
screamed the ebony fae from across the plain as she staggered back.
"I'm not joining your herd. Forget it. I have better things to do. You are an idiot anyways,"
she laughed, flicking her whipcord in his face. Bad move, I thought to myself as I watched her. Was she actually going to attack him?
I watched as the ebony mare reared up and lashed her hooves out at his flank. She wasn't very powerful though, so she wouldn't hurt him. After the smaller fae backed off for a moment, I spoke again.
"It is good to be in your presence. What a deranged creature that fae is.."
I mentioned shaking my skull.
"I understand that you are looking for those with certain talents. I believe mine may be of use to you if you allow me to exert it,"
I smirked slightly.
"You see, what I do is spy. I can find anything out about your enemies and foes. Easily. Or simply kill them if you need me to,"
I finished my small speech. I hoped he would understand.
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Sun Feb 10 2013, 20:06
"You think you can tell me you're not coming into my herd? Think again, fae, because in Danger Gully, which si where you currently stand by the way, mares have no say in the way they are treated!" He let the kick land, not even flinching before striking out with one leg and then grabbing her withers in his teeth. He lifted her from the ground and shook her roughly before dropping her again.
He turned to look at the other mare. "A spy you say… hmm… I'll consider it," he said. She had some brains at least.
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Sun Feb 10 2013, 20:21
Clear as day, I could see the defiance in her features as she struck him with the blow - she didn't see what I saw though. He was enraged, and he was the last creature I wanted to cross when angry. Intently, I watched as he picked her up by the withers and shook her harshly before letting her slump to the ground. Now, even more blood was flowing from two gnash marks upon the top of her back just below where her tassels ended. I didn't feel sorry for her; actually, I wished I could deliver the blow to her more than anything.
"I can do whatever I want!"
she screamed, staggering to her feet.
she said, galloping off the best possible way she could. I chased after her easily, grabbing her by the top of the neck and dragging her back to the stag, kicking and flailing and saying,
"LET ME GO, you BITCH!!"
I really didn't care though, for it just proved how strong I could be as I dragged her back to him dropping her at his feet. Of course, she staggered back to her feet to have a go at me, but I wouldn't have any of that and kicked her in the side to silence her. Now the only thing that could be heard from her lips was sobbing as tears rolled down her cheeks even more.
I smiled at her; I wanted her to think I was the devil. I wanted her to think I was a demon from hell that would devour her if she ever crossed me. And she better never cross me because I was stronger than most grown stallions and wasn't afraid of anyone. I had respect for the herd leader...but I was not afraid of anyone.
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Sun Feb 10 2013, 20:25
He laughed as he watched the bigger mare bringing the squirming little pathetic mare back to him. Sneering down at the mare when she landed in a heap at his feet. "You think you have a say, dear one? Well, here is what I have to say on the matter."
She wouldn't get far before he was suddenly behind her, rearing up and forcing her to bear a foal. "You'd better prey for a strong foal, or else," he hissed in her ear before dropping back to the ground. For only a strong foal of his was worth anything to him.
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Sat Feb 23 2013, 18:03
Apathetic was I to the feelings of the weaker fae before me, and I actually enjoyed causing someone so stupid, so petty some pain. This fae would certainly see more of it if she stuck around this part of the world; and if she escaped, well, good for her. I preferred to stay in the darker reaches of the world, myself, for they were much more suited to my line of work. And a stag that allowed me to do what I was born to do...even better.
Now, she was really crying I could tell, and I stood in front her as he forced her so that she could not escape. I also wanted a child of my own to raise, if only for the purpose of torturing her child. I snickered to myself as I pondered the thought - a foal just for the evil of it.
"Stay still, worm!"
I murmured harshly as I held her in place as he finished her off. Soon, the ebony 'beauty' would be fat and pregnant...she would never escape.
"Leave me alone, you wench.."
growled the smaller fae, and as she said that, I couldn't help but to kick her in the shoulder. Blood ran from where I had kicked her...the king would not discipline me, for she had deserved it.
I decided that I would also like a child by this charismatic stag. I had been awaiting a worthy sire for a while, and it just so happened that he was here, before me.
"If you don't mind, I would also like a child. You shall not need to worry about mine being strong,"
I said, gleefully awaiting the day my foal would crush her's. I could already tell that there was going to be a strong competition and many fights between myself and Rosella. I hated her already.
Finally, I heard her say,
"Shut up, dumb stallion. You have no jurisdiction over me. I will leave tonight if I wish and you cannot stop me. You will never go anywhere in this world. Those like Satan, Exile, Hydrus and Frenzy will always be above you, idiot,"
she sneered. I just looked away as I knew that he would be very angry about this.
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Sat Feb 23 2013, 21:32
Schnelldrache laughed as he heard her still defiant words. How interesting that she still had the courage to try and defy him? Especially in a land where stallions reigned supreme?
"Did I ever say I sought to be better than anyone else? Did I ever state that I wanted to be the leader of all the lands here? No," he replied. By the end of his words, his voice had gone from cheerful and mocking to quiet and deadly. Or maybe threatening was a good word for it.
"You may be able to outrun a horse bound to the land, but a kelpie is faster in water than anything else. And I am part hellion, therefore I am swift and enduring on both land and in the water."
It was a warning to both of the mares before him, but more so to Rosella, she was so stupid, she needed to be threatened it seemed. They would be punished if they dared to do such a thing.
He looked at the taller mare. "If that is what you wish, then I will." He could see the rivalry between these two. It was something that amused him greatly at the moment.
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Fri Mar 01 2013, 13:02
This was far too boring - why couldn't he just kill the rotten fae and be done with it? Obviously, to stags, torture was much more fun and compelling than just ending the miserable life of a slave. Of course, even I understood why he would keep this one alive just for the merriment of bantering with. Although quite naive, she was very pretty, and certainly, bragging rights were a large portion of being a king, at least to my understanding. The only thing I was sure of in this particular case was who was going to win - and it would be the stag; and if it wasn't the stag that won, surely one of the other stags in this land would calm her riot down quick, fast, and in a hurry.
"And you won't ever be a king,"
chimed Rose, giving him a bratty, unconcerned look as blood dripped from her sides. I wasn't sure - maybe her child would be quite strong. Certainly, she never seemed to back down, even if she was outnumbered greatly. I admired her in a way, for challenging this stag that had taken her first-born right to her and fighting for that which belonged to her. In a way, I also felt that she deserved what she got. She came in this land without knowing that she would be claimed. Truly? How could a fae come to Danger Gully and expect to be left unscathed? I felt that she was pitiful.
"And you are not a kelpie. Only half. Your father could outrun you on land and in sea. You are weak compared to the others. Weak. Neither hellion NOR water horse,"
I heard her laugh, knowing it was a bad move for her to say that.
I knew where my home was now. The only thing a spy needed was a haven beneath her feet and a sky above her head to look to. I wasn't planning on leaving; this I had decided before I even came here. I knew what my fate was the moment I stepped foot into the gully; I can only commend the stag for not forcing me out-rightly but awaiting my consent before he did the deed. I welcomed it either way. There needed to be more like me in the world.
The only thing I wished to be was superior to this cry-baby bitch...and a foal on the ground would make my ranking in the herd higher than the usual slave. I would be able to practice my spying techniques, I was sure, if I gave him what he wanted.
"Yes, it is surely what I want,"
I said, turning around. I awaited him to do what must be done so that I could fight her with my heart and soul when both children were born.
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Fri Mar 01 2013, 13:30
That was taking things too far indeed. "I never said I wanted to be better than my father, you idiot!" he roared at her. Before suddenly sending a hard kick at her, one that would knock her over with the mere strength he put behind the blow. He was not pleased at all.
He leapt at her, biting and kicking at her in a terrible rage. Oh he would not kill her, but he would certainly give her a good beating. The other mare he ignored in his rage, not wanting to deal with anyone but this pathetic creature who thought she was better than him!
"I never said I wanted to be a king over more than my own herd, you blithering idiot."
Onesimus realised that now would be a good time for him to come out and introduce himself to the two mares that his lord had managed to collect for himself. The powerfully built guard stallion stood watching the commotion, waiting for Schnbelldrache to calm down eventually, before stepping out to join them.
"Ah Onesimus. About time you got here," Schnelldrache said, looking at him. "Why don't you see to it that that, imbisile is taken into our part of the Gully?"
"Of course," Onesimus replied, striding forwards towards Rosellla.
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Sat Mar 02 2013, 13:25
This was not a pleasant sight, even for me, who hated this mare and loved the darkness even more. I was not one for blood and gore, but I was more-so in favor of spying behind the shadows. Not actually killing someone outright, and if I had to make a kill, it would be done without a sound. The victim hardly ever had a time to scream when she ended their pitiful life. Easily. Quietly. Perfectly. I knew this fae had taken it far too far with the stag for her to even remotely come out of this little battle of words unscathed. Already, blood was running down her once shiny pelt and her sides were heaving with difficulty breathing.
I even cringed as the stag kicked her in the side, sending her flying over about four feet where she laid unconscious. Finally, after a few moments, she rose to her feet, blood caked to the side of her face. She looked like something out of a horror film as she rose, attempting to stand with wobbly feet. I just stood there, seeing her weakness of form truly as she stood. If she was in a real fight, I knew she would perish.
"Get away from me!"
I heard her say, kicking out at the younger stallion as he came her way. She was really thrashing now, attempting to kick the golden stag in the skull and kill him - she certainly held her breed's trait for excellent endurance. My child would be much stronger than hers though, and I would prove the our herd stag and the lead that I was not to be messed with. I was to be admired, even though I had no characteristics of hellions nor of kelpies. Nor of Ice hellions. I couldn't keep but listening to her foul insults as she spoke disrespectfully to those above her.
"You are nothing but an idiot, Schnelldrache!"
she screamed, throwing a kick at his head. I couldn't help but smirk at her futile attempts.
Still, I awaited the stag to do the deed for me. I wanted to conceive so that I could have my child at the same time as hers - so that they could compete to be excellent or to be weak. Only the strongest would live here, anyways.
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Sat Mar 02 2013, 14:27
Onesimus snorted, dodging the kick. "You really think I will be that easy to dissuade?" he asked, glaring at the fiery mare. "I'm surprised you can even stand, after that beating, fae. Let alone try and attack me."
He kept his head well out of her reach because of it. There was no chance he was going to allow himself to be killed by such a foolish mare. He walked forwards with the intention of making her back away. If this worked, he would be able to force her toward their part of the terrain.
Schnelldrache walked back over to Amarria, who so far out of the two of them was at least worth his time. That other mare was certainly a fool, and she did not seem to realise the mistakes she was making at the moment. He reared, and then did what she had asked of him.
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I clambered to the highest peak atop the terrain, a nip in my sides starting to arouse as I continued on my way. My pink muzzle nestled only the air as my massive, burly form moved with the wind as it swirled around the mounts. I had felt weighted down in my journey away from the homeland, but now I felt a sense of pride as I glanced to the monster that moved swiftly beside me. She acted of royalty, and she could climb the hills like a mountain goat.
"Drachenfeuer," I murmured quietly, the filly looking up to me as I gave a slight nod of approval. Perhaps, she would be regal - and deadly. Oh, how she would be deadly like her own mother - the assassin.
, yes, that was what they called me.
I sauntered over to the stag that had given me this child and looked back down to her. "Drachenfeuer, this is your father," I said as I introduced them. No sign of that black fae so far - maybe she died...or ran off somewhere. She would return, I knew, for she was bound psychologically to the terrain and physically to her leader. To all the wonders and sights that this land had to offer - she was bound until death.
Finally, I saw her coming over the hill - her child survived, and this in itself proved that the child was stronger than it seemed. A bay filly trotted by her side, curly tresses short, but I knew that one day the filly would be gorgeous. Beauty would not keep her alive here, though. I still didn't know the mother's name, but perhaps, this filly of hers would spill the beans.
As they came nearer, I heard the youthful one speak. She was strong minded and strong willed. "That is your father, Mtunwa. You shall hate him from this day on," she said to her child. Mtunwa looked confused though, for she was not sure why she should hate her father. "Hi," she said, a slight smile upon her lips as she looked before us all. "I am Mtunwa and this is my mommy Rosella!" she said happily, eyes glimmering with delight.
At this point, Rosella looked very angry. "Child, what have I told you about not telling them my name?!" she yelled to her child. "Now they can track us anywhere we go by name," she snorted, looking back to the stag with angry eyes. "You stay away from this child - she shall not be tainted!" yelled Rosella, clinging close to the child.
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By: Bailey Myers
August 27th 2013
Tallahassee FL- With multiple DUI arrests already on the books for Florida State University's Police Department, they are cracking down starting Tuesday night.
The police are stopped every car checking I-D's and most importantly checking sobriety. When I visited FSU earlier today I discovered the police weren't the only ones deeply concerned with drinking and driving.
Florida State Police Department Lieutenant Hank Jacob said, "We want them to know we are out there looking for impaired drivers to keep everyone on the roadway safe."
Making sure anyone who appears intoxicated or has a blood alcohol content level of .08 is arrested. As far as the police are concerned they are putting themselves and others at risk by being behind the wheel. It's not just the police who echo this concern.
FSU Freshman Alex Hansel said, "I know that there is like a whole bunch of underage drinking going on and drinking and driving so I think its important we warn people this early in the semester."
Lieutenant Jacob explained, "We are out here on the second night of the semester just so the students at Florida State University, and the other colleges in the area and the citizens who travel around the university know that DUI's wont be tolerated on Florida State University's campus."
If you are drinking while driving and are underage your license will be revoked. If you are of age but driving while intoxicated-- you could be subject to a series of sobriety tests, and if you fail you will be arrested. According to FSU police they arrest around 100 DUI cases yearly. This year they are already approaching 50 cases. Now leading into their busiest season-- Fall, they hope these check points serve as a wake up call.
FSU Sophomore Courtney Gates said, "You're drinking I think that you need to call somebody it's not that hard to get a cab in Tallahassee there are so many so what's the point of driving when you can call a cab they are five dollars..."
FSU Police told Eyewitness news they plan on hosting many more DUI check points similar to tonight's in the near future. They explained they are hoping to have one every month.
Press Release: FSU Police Department
August 27, 2013
Tallahassee, FL – The Florida State University Police Department, along with community law enforcement partners will be hosting a DUI checkpoint on the FSU campus the evening of Tuesday, August 27. The checkpoint will run from 10pm to 1am, in the 800 block of Jefferson Street on the FSU campus. After 1am, officers will conduct a DUI saturation patrol in the area. Officers will be looking for impaired drivers. Persons passing through the checkpoint while operating vehicles safely and legally will only experience a slight delay.
"There is no doubt that impaired driving is a very dangerous practice that can result in lives lost", said FSU Police Deputy Chief Jim Russell. "It is the focus and intent of law enforcement to save lives. Period."
The Leon County Multi-Agency DUI Strike Force reminds motorists to drive safely. If you drink, don't drive. Get a sober designated driver, call a cab, or use available public transit. Drive Sober, or Get Pulled Over!

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On the 18th of October Nigel Leehane, Technical Director at SLR, and Toby Bridgeman from British Gypsum joined BSI and IEMA in sharing a webinar titled 'ISO 14001 – thinking about context of the organisation and interested parties'. The webinar explored the ISO14001:2015 requirements for organisational context and interested parties, as well as the potential value and approaches to addressing them.
IEMA has hosted the webinar on their website here where you can view the full presentation, guided by Nigel and Toby's audio.


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"Gaming the 5 Star System"
By David Farrell / Posted on September 3rd, 2014
It was disheartening to read the NY Times story this week about the CMS 5 Star rating system. Such reporting leaves both the providers and the consumers asking, "If a 5 Star nursing home isn't a 5 Star nursing home … then does that mean that a 1 Star nursing home isn't a 1 Star nursing home?" "Hip, hip hooray," say the 1 Star homes. "I told you that those 5 Star homes weren't better than us. They just game the system." Wow!
The article asserts that nursing home leaders game the 5 Star system in two ways – 1) By falsely documenting better clinical outcomes via the Quality Measures; and 2) By staffing up during the survey and then reducing staff after the inspectors are gone. I would like to address both.
Regarding the accusation of gaming the Quality Measures (QMs) – consider that the QMs are calculated from each of the residents' Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments. The MDS is part of the federally mandated process for clinical assessment of all residents in Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes. MDS assessments are required on admission and then periodically throughout their stay. The participants in the assessment process are licensed healthcare professionals including RNs, therapists, dieticians and social workers. MDS assessments are legally signed by these professionals and submitted electronically to CMS. So … are these professionals falsifying the coding of the MDS in order to game the QMs? No way!
Regarding the accusation of staffing up – it may be happening. Let's start collecting payroll data in order to ensure accurate reporting and that nursing homes are consistently, appropriately staffed.
Another solution is for providers to adopt innovative, evidence-based models like The GREEN HOUSE® model. One of the essential elements of the model is higher direct care staffing than traditional nursing homes. Traditional SNFs average about 2.50 C.N.A. hours per resident, per day (HPPD) compared to Green House homes that average 4.00 HPPD. Green House homes are able to provide this consistent, high level of staffing by utilizing a versatile caregiver service approach. And organizations that follow The Green House staffing and organizational model can deliver high quality care at a cost that is no more than a traditional institutional nursing home.
The elders depicted in the article were in need of short-term rehabilitation with a plan to get back home. Green House homes focused on short-term rehabilitation are achieving great results. Elders rehabilitating in Green House homes experience fewer rehospitalizations and typically get back home 10 days sooner than the elders in traditional, post acute SNFs. The Green House model, with its' unique approach to care and staffing, plays a key role in these outcomes.
The vast majority of Green House model adopters are 4 and 5 Star nursing homes and they deserve the high ratings. But, if the goal of the Five Star rating system is to guide consumers to the best performing homes, perhaps CMS should add a specific mark of excellence designed to identify providers that have adopted innovative, evidence-based models like The Green House model.
CMS currently cautions consumers to be wary of certain nursing homes that have had consistently low performance via a Special Focus Facility designation next to their name on the CMS site. I'm sure consumers appreciate the chance to steer clear of the lowest performers. Let's find a better way to direct them to the best.
Reflections from the Director: Changing Times / Changing Measures / Changing Behavior
By David Farrell / Posted on June 11th, 2013
Changing performance metrics can catalyze a dramatic improvement. I recall the story of Walgreens in the book "Good to Great" by Jim Collins. Collins and his research team describe Walgreens as nothing more than a sleepy retail pharmacy chain that limped along for years before a dramatic rise to great results that lasted for over 15 years. The researchers examined what triggered the change and discovered that Walgreens had deviated from the industry norm of measuring their performance. All retail pharmacies, including Walgreens before their rise to greatness, had used one key performance metric to measure their performance – revenue per square foot per store. When Walgreens began measuring their own performance with a new measure – revenue per customer visit – their dramatic acceleration began. Gradually, all other retail pharmacies followed suit and began to use this new performance metric and it changed the retail pharmacy industry forever. The change in this one performance metric led to new systems, improved staffing and re-designed stores. In fact, when Walgreens reset their measure they set a new goal. The goal was $40 per customer visit. My wife consistently exceeds that goal.
In the Skilled Nursing profession, for over 45 years, we have all measured our performance by, generally, a single measure – our annual department of health inspection results. Recently, my Dad shared with me a newspaper article that described 5-Star nursing home closing its' doors in Massachusetts and the article kind of shook me up. After all, the whole intent of the 5-Star rating system is to drive consumers to the best performing SNFs. So…why do 5-Star homes close and 1-Star homes remain full? Perhaps the 1-star home is actually a better performer than the 5-star home. The answer lies outside of our one key performance measure.
The metrics of SNFs are shifting – and this bodes well for the profession as a whole. Two performance measures are taking hold that will surely help to separate the star performers from the rest of the pack. The two we are speaking of have been hammered away at the nursing home professionals nationwide – reduce or eliminate the off-label use of antipsychotics and reduce the avoidable re-hospitalizations. Just like Walgreens, the improvements in these two measures will require improving the systems of care, enhanced staff composition and competence, and changing the physical environment of SNFs.
Reducing or eliminating the off-label use of anti-psychotics triggers providers to get serious about delivering person-centered care. Organizations will need to reduce their C.N.A. to resident ratios and de-institutionalize their physical environments (and we are not talking about simply new wallpaper). Enhancing the competence of the entire staff through a significant increase in education hours that are focused on caring for those living with dementia will be foundational to their success.
Reducing re-hospitalization rates leads SNF leader's to raise the bar on increasing clinical competence and adding talented and compassionate RNs to their staff. Also, this new measure forces leaders' to re-examine their turnover rates and absenteeism because staff instability does not allow for consistent assignment and diminishes communication. Clearly, the health of the relationships among the staff of each SNF is reflected in their re-hospitalization rate. Therefore, better systems of communication and new job descriptions are needed to strengthen staff relationships. Today, many providers can see that their current physical environment – an average of 85 elders living together in tight quarters, shared rooms, shared bathrooms, shared shower rooms – is perfectly designed to spread infections among the elders and staff. Private rooms with private baths and showers for each elder will become the new norm. A smaller and better designed environment is critical to both clinical outcomes and a dignified quality of life.
Of course, a SNF's performance on their annual department of health inspections is important and always will be. It has to remain a key measure with the other 5-Star metrics. Examined next to a SNF's performance on these two measures will provide consumers, operators, surveyors and policy makers a way to more clearly identify where elders should flock to for their care.
Visiting Mt. San Antonio Gardens, A Reflection on The First Green House Project in California
By David Farrell / Posted on March 28th, 2013
Visionary leader Randy Stoll, CEO of Mt. San Antonio Gardens, and his dedicated team have been toiling away for years to navigate California's complex regulations in order to introduce the very first Green Houses to the state. As we toured the construction site, you could see the home taking shape – the fireplace, the kitchen, plenty of windows and the 10 bright, private bedrooms with private baths and showers. At the end of the tour I thought – the day the elders move in, these two homes will immediately become the top two places to receive skilled care in the state.
I felt a great sense of relief to see Green House homes under construction on the campus of Mt. San Antonio Gardens. After all, I have been a licensed Administrator in the state of California since 1989. We have over 1,150 licensed Skilled Nursing Facilities here – more than any other state. In California, many well-intentioned providers are struggling to deliver high quality care and service to over 100,000 people each day. The typical setting is an old institution with 2, 3 or 4 beds per room with an adjoining single bathroom (one sink and one toilet for 4 – 8 people to share). Speaking from experience – we paint the walls, we buy new beds, we add flat screen TVs, but…at the end of the day, it's still not the place we would want for our loved ones or ourselves.
I am grateful for the leadership team at Mt. San Antonio for making this happen. California needs to see this. When The Green House homes open this spring, California's providers, regulators and policy makers will see the future of skilled nursing care. It represents a radical change from what we are all used to, because, these Green House homes are the places that we would want for our loved ones or ourselves.
Notes from The Green House Director: Achieving the Triple Aim of Long Term Care: Quality, Health, Affordability
By David Farrell / Posted on March 22nd, 2013
Recently, I was honored to speak at the Michigan LANE (Local Area Network for Excellence) conference in East Lansing that was attended by close to 300 dedicated leaders of skilled nursing facilities. It was there that I was reminded of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Triple Aim –
1.) Improve the persons' experience of care – both quality and satisfaction
2.) Improve the health of people and the community's health
3.) Reduce the cost and wasteful spending
I feel confident that The Green House Model addresses all three of these goals. And we have a significant amount of independent research to support this feeling. Thanks to the support of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Weinberg Foundation and AARP, model is spreading and Green Houses nationwide have the outcomes that hit these marks and outpace traditional SNF's.
After the LANE event, I stayed in Michigan and I saw an excellent example of how visionary leaders in Michigan collaborated in order to hit the CMS Triple Aim while helping to revitalize downtown Detroit. I had the opportunity to tour the new Rivertown Neighborhood, an affordable senior community that will provide over 770 seniors access to desperately needed housing and supportive services. The grand opening is April 12th.
Presbyterian Villages of Michigan (PVM), in collaboration with Henry Ford Health System and United Methodist Retirement Communities, have creatively adapted an old dilapidated pharmacy plant and expanded The Center for Senior Independence (CSI) program (nationally recognized as PACE). Two Green Houses serving 20 – 24 elders will be an integral part of the Rivertown Neighborhood.
At the end of the tour, Roger Myers, the President and CEO of PVM, and his incredible team of partners, brought us into bottom floor of a cold, open space of a four-story brick building attached to the beautifully renovated building. None of the floors were in the building so that you could look up to the ceiling that was 4 stories up. This is where a huge vat of cough syrup used to brew and this is where the two Green Houses will sit on two floors above a café.
The Rivertown Neighborhood demonstrates how we can tackle complex social factors that effect elders' heath and their well-being. Over 200 employees (and Shahbazim) at Rivertown will address the social determinants of health, and the healthcare, of hundreds of the community's seniors every day. In so doing, they will give peace-of-mind to thousands of the elders' family and friends. Its' an exciting project and am thrilled the Green House Project is a part of it.
Empowerment is Foundational to Success: Herzberg and The Green House Model
By David Farrell / Posted on March 11th, 2013
One of the subjects that have befuddled Long Term Care leaders over the years is worker motivation. One of the foremost researchers in this field is Frederick Herzberg, an industrial psychologist. It is Herzberg's work on motivation and job enrichment that strikes at the heart of the success of self-direction concepts that are so foundational to The Green House model.
In the 1960's, Herzberg proposed that a person's needs break down into two categories: hygiene factors and motivational factors.
Hygiene factors relate to what makes us work and our biological needs, such as providing food, clothing, and shelter. Herzberg says we have a build-in drive to avoid pain relative to these needs, so we do what is necessary, such as work, to provide what we need.
Motivator factors, however, are very different. These factors include those specific items related to what makes us work well such as achievement, and through achievement, the ability to experience psychological growth.
Herzberg used the term job enrichment to describe how the motivator factors can be used to achieve higher levels of satisfaction with a job. The following list was taken from his Harvard Business Review article of 1968 (reprinted in 1987) entitled, One More Time…How Do You Motivate Employees? Take particular note of how closely these factors align with concepts embodied in radical workforce redesign with The Green House model.
Herzberg said that meaningful job enrichment involves the following:
1. Removing controls while retaining accountability.
2. Increasing the accountability of individuals for their work.
3. Giving a person a complete natural unit of work.
4. Granting additional authority to employees in their activity such as job freedom.
5. Making data and reports directly available to the workers themselves rather than just to supervisors.
6. Introducing education programs designed to enrich critical thinking skills.
7. Assigning individuals specific assignments or specialized tasks, enabling them to become experts.
It is surprising to think that Herzberg first discussed these concepts in the 1960's, but that we are now just beginning to incorporate them through innovative models. In the elder care field, we have a mountain of research that supports the link between frontline caregivers involvement and improved clinical outcomes of care and quality of life. Organizational changes that support self-direction will continue to grow because it makes sense to leaders desperately searching for ways to increase responsibilities of frontline staff as well as the elders' perception of feeling valued and respected. The Green House model's systematic approach to workforce redesign and the creation of the Shahbazim, combined with radical environmental redesign, help ensure that the institutional, hierarchical model can't slip back in.
The empowered Shahbazim that you find within the Green House homes nationwide helps to explain why 83% of Green House projects are ranked as either 4 or 5 Star homes on the CMS Nursing Home Compare website. The Green House model supports the relational coordination among the Shahbaz and the nurses and other staff. The theory of relational coordination states that the effectiveness of care and service is determined by the quality of communication among staff. The quality of staff's communication depends on their relationships with each other. This theory is highly applicable in healthcare settings where tasks employees perform are closely interrelated. Their interdependence forces the staff to work with one another. But if their relationships and communication are weak, and institutional hierarchies minimize the voice of the elders and their caregivers, then elders' needs tend to fall through the cracks.
The Green House model develops people's communication and critical thinking skills so they know what to share and why it's important. And the redesigned work environment supports good communication creating both a culture of safety and a meaningful life for the elders. Systems and redesigned roles that support relational coordination among staff are the key to the successful outcomes achieved by Green House projects.
Forty-five years ago, Herzberg was spot on. And he still is.


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Introduction to OSF Web Services
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Every Year At Christmas Time I Go Offline & Unplug.
Over the year here at STEELEMyStyle a lot of my life is spent online – a business necessity.
I update the blog, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, Polyvore at least once a day.
In my personal life too I find interesting articles and check up my personal Facebook and Instagram morning and night.
I also research and source on the internet daily whether it is clothes for clients or the blog, proposals, editorial, trends, social movements etc.
Add into that the fact that I check my email at least 3 times a day for work, not including my voicemail or work phone.
Then I have constant notifications that I answer like Pavlov's dog in order to maintain my business and clients.
I am a big believer in sustainability of all kinds and for my business to be sustainable I know I need some time away from the online world.
Last year I did 2 wks offline & unplugged – a kind of Digital Detox and it was bloody brilliant.
This year I am doing 3 wks – and will be offline until Jan 11 2016.
Want to jump onboard ? Here are a few reasons why.
11 Reasons to Do A Digital Detox
1. You will Actually Relax, Destress and Recharge
You cannot totally relax when you are responding to notifications and checking your phone – simple. For the first 3 days I noticed how I kept bringing my phone out for no reason I found myself worrying that I had not posted in 24 hrs but after 3 days like any detox I felt lighter and didn't think about anything to do with work at all. I read a book, did yoga, meditated and enjoyed feeling still.
2. Your Relationship With Your Partner Will Improve
As opposed to sitting next to each other with your phones you will interact again. Also you might even get raunchy more..
3. You will Be Present to Make Memories
All we have is the present – so the memories with your children are happening now. They will never be this age ever again and experiences that are happening now will not be repeated. When my kids said Mama can you … I was available and not distracted. It felt good.
4.You Will Break The Habit and Recalibrate
Whether you think so or not – there are studies abound that state most people have a mild internet addiction. Dont think you do – then try a Digital Detox and become aware of how addicted to technology you are. By going cold turkey you can recalibrate yourself to enjoy life without the constant interraction with devices. Apparently it takes 18 days to start a new habit , 66 days is the optimum to set a habit in stone.
5. Your Mood Will Improve
Constant connection is making us all more susceptible to mental illness and depression and anxiety in particular. Read more here
6. You Will Be Happier
Without constant images of other people's lives you will stop comparisons and allow your body to detox from digital envy, jealousy and insecurity.
Even if you are not aware of this – constant sharing of "perfect lives" does have an impact on your mental health and feelings of self esteem.Researchers have found people feel worse after going on Facebook or Instagram – read more here
You will feel more gratitude about your own life.
7. Your Sleep Will Improve
According to researchers – the light emitted from laptops and tablets tricks the brain into thinking it is daytime and reduces melatonin production. Read More Here
8. You will Gain Real Time Back
– How many times have you gone to check Facebook briefly then it has led to an article, then a Pinterest board and before too long an hour has disappeared. Stop falling down those rabbitholes and you will see how much time you actually have in a day to read, play, exercise, meditate, cook, laugh and walk sunsets….
9. You will Be Setting A Good example To Your Children
– In our house we made a decision to not have iPads, car DVDs, games consoles etc in our house because we are aware of the disconnectedness of technology and wanted to do our best to let the kids be little and experience childhood. I have told my kids I will pay for any class, experience, instrument or skill they want to learn over buying them an iPad or games console.
We limit TV to weekends only and want our kids to know that digital online life is never as interesting or fun as real life and that they are our priority not our Newsfeed FB or IG.
Studies have shown how detrimental it is to children's social skills and empathy. Read more here
10. Your Body Will be Healthier
Chronic eyestrain is on the rise due to our use of technology and it not only is affecting our eyes, but the rest of our bodies too. By having a digital detox and living more in the real life you will be exercising more and giving your eyes a well needed rest. Read more about it here
11. More Creativity Less Consumption
Instead of just consuming content you will have time and headspace to create something you are passionate about – photography, writing, craft, painting, cooking – which is more rewarding for you and others around you. Read more here


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When hanging drywall, gypsum, sheetrock or drywall are the most common names for the type of board used to finish interior walls.
Before you begin your hanging drywall project here's a list of tools you might find helpful.
Hardware stores and Home improvement centers sell drywall screws that come in an assortment of lengths. Drywall board also varies in length and width. Thickness is another decision that you will need to make.
Your local home improvement sales representative will assist you with selecting the materials you'll need for the process of hanging drywall.
Outside walls require the proper insulation, be sure your walls have a vapor barrier and the wall are insulated according to your local government code before you begin hanging drywall.
A local home improvement centers sales representative will help with advice regarding the proper insulation for your home.
Once you have selected the length and thickness of drywall you will be using on your walls and tools for the project then your ready to hang the board.
One suggestion to keep in mind, when it comes to drywalling extra hands make lighter work. So, If you can find some helpers I would recommend doing so.
Drywall board does have a front and back so be sure to attach it in the correct fashion. The back is usually gray in color while the front is white, at least that's the way it is where I live. You might want to check with the store you purchased your drywall from before you hang it.
To begin your wall boarding project, start in the corner of a room. Place the board flat against the wall long ways running horizontally. Now with the assistance of your helpers and the two flat bars (situated a couple feet apart from each other) placed at the edge of the drywall board on the floor lift the board about a half an inch from the floor.
Place a small stick under the bar if needed so as to get the proper leverage. Also be sure the bar is turned the proper way to lift things. With your level in hand along with the drill and your drywall screws near by stand at the center of the board then insure the drywall board is level then screw a screw through the drywall into a wall stud an inch and a half or so down from the boards top edge.
Proceed in a strait line down to the middle of the board and screw in another screw. Keeping the strait line, screw in another screw an inch and a half up from the edge of the drywall board where it's closest to the floor.
Be sure not to brake the drywall boards paper yet insure the screw head is slightly below the surface of the drywall otherwise when you mud over the screw it will poke through.
Also, you might want to use a pencil and a drywall T square to lightly mark strait lines onto the surface of the drywall board to indicate a line where the screws will go into the middle of a wall stud. When hanging drywall onto walls, the screws are usually 16" apart from each other.
When doing a corner of a room you should have three screws in a strait line from top to bottom 16" apart from each other.
One screw should be at the top an inch to an inch and a half in front the drywall boards edges, (be sure the screw is going into a stud) the next screw would be the same distance in from the edge at the middle of the board, 16" down from the first screw and finally, the last screw is at the bottom of the drywall board, an inch, to an inch and a half up from the floor.
A 4'x8' sheet of drywall, when secured to the wall studs should have 4 vertical lines of screws, with 3 screws in each line and the screws evenly spaced at 16" apart from each other (give or take an inch).
Once you have the first board up, move onto the next board securing it in the same way as the first. Move around the room until the bottom half of the room is done.
If you have plug ins, light switches or areas to board that an uncut sheet of board won't cover, refer to doing electrical cut outs below or cutting drywall board if needed. Drywall board should but up tight to each other. No gap is needed when placing them on top or beside one another.
With the bottom done, proceed to doing the top. Depending on how high or wide your walls are, you may need to cut a board to fit or add a longer sheet of drywall board to finish the room. Even so, finish the room in the same fashion as the bottom, keep the screws in a strait line and try to have each screw the same distance from the floor or ceiling spaced 16" apart from each other.
When cutting drywall board you will need to insure that the board is cut so that it can be secured at a wall stud. If two sheets are butting up against each other, one of those sheets may need to be cut so that both sheets can be secured at each sheets edge with screws using the same stud. All edges of each sheet of sheetrock must be screwed into a wall stud.
With a tape measure, drywall T square and pencil, mark where you will need to cut out electrical boxes. Economical Non electrical and more expensive electrical tools can be used to do the cut outs. Talk to your local home improvement center or hardware store regarding the type of saw that will work best for you.
Drywall is tapered on the longest sides of a drywall sheet. The taper is there so that the mud has somewhere to go when finishing the drywall. A But Joint is where the edge of two boards touch each other and those edges are not tapered. Whenever possible have tapered edges touching each other and a non tapered edge meeting in a corner.
If you do need to have a but joint, keep in mind that the joint can be very difficult to hide without a certain amount of sheet rocking skills. With that said, try and have any but joint you might require situated somewhere where your won't be constantly looking at it.
Also, the but joint should be as small as possible so below a window or above a door is probably best when hanging drywall with a but joint..
Wall studs are usually spaced 16" apart (that's why the screws are 16" apart) if you can't see where the studs are, do to drywalling over an old plastered or an already dry walled wall etc. you might want to use a stud finder to assist you.
Plaster can be very difficult to screw through. Some home improvement centers or drywall suppliers sell a type of screw that will easily go through the drywall board, past the plaster and into the wall studs.
Other alternatives for hanging drywall over plaster is to drill pilot holes with an electric hand drill and masonry bit into the wall stud then use a regular drywall screw (one that's larger than the drill bit). Another alternative is to purchase drywall glue from a drywall supplier. Drywall glue is used to secure a drywall board to a wall surface.
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Villas and houses in San Casciano in Val di Pesa
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|Area, sq.m.:
|301 230 km²
|60 231 214 ppl.
|GDP volume, billions of USD:
|$1801 bln.
|GDP per capita, dollars:
|$39 565
|Rental income:
|4.4% per year
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Listings of San Casciano in Val di Pesa villas and houses for sale
Total: 1
Villa for sale in San Casciano in Val di Pesaprice: €1,400,000price:€1,400,000area:350 m²Prestigious villa in the extraordinary position, from the villa you can see the valleys between Mount Cetona and Mount Amiata but most of the famous castle of Radicofani. The house is about 350 square
- area: 350 m²
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4 bed villa for sale in Marciano della Chianaprice: €900,000price:€900,000area:350 m²area:0.32 harooms:6We offer for sale a completely renovated detached villa with a swimming pool in a medieval town of Marciano della Chiana surrounded with picturesque Tuscan hills. The villa with the area of 350 m
- area: 350 m²
- area: 0.32 ha
- rooms: 6
5 bed villa for sale in Romeprice: €6,200,000price:€6,200,000area:490 m²area:0.25 habeds:5We offer for sale a detached villa having a unique location in the center of Rome on the territory of Appia Antica Park. It is situated 3,5 km away from the Colosseum and 4 km away from Termini statio
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- area: 0.25 ha
- beds: 5
6 bed villa for sale in San Felice Circeoprice: €2,800,000price:€2,800,000area:400 m²rooms:5beds:6Beautiful Villa on the seafront of San Felice Circeo. The total area is 400 sq. m. Villa located in prestigious residential complex in the resort town of Circeo with its own private beach. The Villa w
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- beds: 6
4 bed villa for sale in Cipressaprice: €1,100,000price:€1,100,000area:220 m²area:0.15 harooms:5The Ligurian coast, the city Aregai, 13 km from San Remo / Villa, 2017 construction; 450 meters from the sea, 1.5 km from the city centre. Two floors with total living area of about 220 sqm On the top
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- area: 0.15 ha
- rooms: 5
4 bed villa for sale in Camporossoprice: €950,000price:€950,000area:366 m²area:0.8 harooms:5The town of Camporosso, the District of Castiglione, 20 km from the French border, 11 km to the sea, 8 km to the city center. On top of a hill with panoramic views of 360°, in absolute private, Villa
- area: 366 m²
- area: 0.8 ha
- rooms: 5
4 bed villa for sale in Cipressaprice: €650,000price:€650,000area:210 m²area:0.1 harooms:5Liguria, in the town of Cipressa, 15 km from Sanremo, 450 meters to the sea. In a residential calm area of the city, with convenient infrastructure, in walking distance to the beaches, for sale a thre
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- area: 240 m²
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text: Has anyone done ruler quilting. I thought I would give it a go using Archie by Angela Walters. She makes it look so easy so I thought I would give it a go. I have Janome 8200qcp Horizon a lovely sewing machine. I just piece together a pineapple design quilt so I thought I would free motion the top using Archie. I have had a big problem and that is it keeps missing stitches. I have spent days trying to solve this problem I have cleaned, change needle, change spool re threaded hundreds of time, change tension. The foot I have changed to Janome foot for quilting with rulers. I have become very frustrated but don't want to give up any ideas anyone.


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The summary below is from the full report titled "Physical Abuse of Boys and Possible Associations with Poor Adult Outcomes." It is in the 18 October 2005 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 143, pages 581-586). The authors are W.C. Holmes and M.D. Sammel.
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For the most part, however, I like my beer to be economical. Does that mean I'll buy any crap off the shelf? Hell no! Good price AND good taste are important when I make my beer purchases and Mission St. IPA (6.1% abv, $6.99 per six-pack) fits the bill. The bottle label says Steinhaus Brewing Company, but rumor has it Firestone Walker contract brews this beer -- as well as a couple other beers under the Mission St. label -- for distribution to Trader Joe's locations around the country.
Is Mission St. IPA the greatest IPA in the world? Not by a long shot, but it's got the pieces in all the right places and you can't go wrong with the price point. It's perfect for the end of a night where you want one more beer but don't want to waste anything more expensive on your tired palate. Many IPAs around this price point use hops to hit IPA-appropriate bitterness while neglecting any of the citrus/pine/floral hop flavors that make IPAs so enjoyable. In Mission St., you'll find they've bypassed this flaw with a good dose of citrusy hops balanced out nicely with some biscuity malt. If you're a fan of Goose Island IPA, this is a pretty good stand-in and it comes in about $1-2 cheaper, depending on where you shop.
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What is this mysterious blue spiral beam swirling in the sky of Norway?
UFO? Rocket? Meteor? Haarp? Well read the following article!
Back in December 2009, a bizarre swirling vortex appeared in the skies of Finnmark in Norway, which left thousands of residents baffled. Witnesses from Trøndelag to Finnmark compared the amazing sight to anything from a Russian rocket to a meteor or a shock wave – although no one appears to have mentioned UFOs yet.
The phenomenon began when what appeared to be a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a mountain. It stopped mid-air, then began to circulate. Within seconds a giant spiral had covered the entire sky. Then a green-blue beam of light shot out from its centre – lasting for ten to twelve minutes before disappearing completely.
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute was flooded with telephone calls after the light storm – which astronomers have said did not appear to have been connected to the aurora, or Northern Lights, so common in that area of the world.
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But this phenomenon not only occurred in Norway but also in Japan on September 25, 1988 as shown in this video (see translation below the video):
The first man speaking says that he was outside and all of a sudden a circle of light appeared and it became larger and larger. It started spinning clockwise and all of a sudden it turned counter clockwise. He was shocked at the time and thought to himself "what is that?" It doesn't belong to our meteorology department. It must be a space craft. For the next few days it kept showing up… for five days straight. It's all we've been talking about. Most people thought that it was Soviet Union destroying their nuclear weapons and I was worried about my life.
The narrator says that they've been saving this tape for 20 years. The light point rose very fast then spun and spread. The strange thing is during the spinning it turned to the opposite direction. This happened at the end of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was about to collapse. Thus, people first suspected the Soviet Union trying to destroy their nuclear weapons. However, as the narrator explains, nuclear weapons are supposed to be sent into the sky but have to be taken apart, deactivated slowly and sealed underground. So, they realized that what they were looking at were actually no exploding nuclear weapons!
Although this strange phenomenon remains unexplain, I find it beautiful, fantastic and awe inspiring.
It looks to me like a rocket that spun around and around before exploding in the sky. Maybe Van Gogh saw something similar before painting Starry Night.
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The venerated foreach-loop may seem to have formed a part of PHP from the outset, but it actually entered the language starting with PHP 4, apparently appropriated from Perl. While nowadays, this control structure provides a convenient way to iterate over an array or object without the complication of conditional looping inherent in for, while, and do-while loops, it was originally intended to provide a way to easily traverse arrays (see PHP Manual published 3-6-2003).
The Manual describes the PHP 4 foreach as operating "… on a copy of the specified array, not the array itself, therefore the array pointer is not modified …" (see Manual ). So, in PHP 4, if you access and alter an array element in such a loop, the change is temporary, not permanent. So, in effect PHP4 induces a block scope for the array argument of foreach, a design which PHP5 abandons.
The PHP 4 foreach relies on an internal array pointer to reset an array to its first element. For PHP 5, the Manual cautions about the inadvisability of resetting the internal array pointer while the loop executes, mentioning that this practice could lead to unexpected behavior, certainly an undesirable prospect. The Manual declares that as of PHP 7, the improved foreach no longer utilizes the internal array pointer. In PHP4 as now, the internal array pointer only requires a manual reset when used with a conditional looping structure, such as while in combination with each(), as follows:
<?php $a = array("alpha", "beta", "gamma"); while (list($v) = each($a)) { echo $v,"\n"; } // negelecting to reset echo "\n\nNo data available without reset\n\n"; while (list($v) = each($a)) { echo $v,"\n"; } // with reset: reset($a); echo "\n\nData available after reset\n\n"; while (list($v) = each($a)) { echo $v,"\n"; } ?>
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The foreach garnered widespread affection for providing an easy, pleasurable way to iterate over an array or an object. One might have presumed that iteration in PHP had attained a pinnacle of perfection. Subsequently, a core contributor realized that adding a Traversable interface would improve matters more, if one were to question the suitability of employing this control structure with an object. More recently, another contributor sought to further improve PHP by suggesting an iterable keyword that would function like callable, and thereby eliminate the necessity for a Traverable type-hint for function parameters, while accepting various data entities. Such convenience comes at a price, one that may obscure the truth.
The Benefit and Limits of Foreach
The Manual explains that Traversable serves to inform the developer whether a foreach loop may iterate a class. PHP contributor AJF comments that the interface really applies to determining whether an object's design incorporates an iterator. To refresh, an iterator as described by Wikipedia, denotes an object that iterates and accesses the values within a data container. The Standard PHP Library provides a basic interface which allows one to code a customized iterator. A developer must implement its abstract methods which will then automatically execute during the span of a foreach loop. Stephen Froelich penned an excellent article for Site Point detailing how to use this interface as well as the more conciseIteratorAggregate with its solitary getIterator() abstract method.
As an aside, you may wish to try a built-in customized iterator, such as theArrayIterator when traversing an ArrayObject. This iterator automatically executes in a loop structure as follows:
<?php class test { public $a = ["a"=>"red","b"=>"white","c"=>"blue"]; private $b = ["d"=>"turquoise","e","magenta"]; public function getIterator(){ return (new ArrayObject( $this->a + $this->b ))->getIterator(); } } $it = (new test())->getIterator(); while ($it->valid()){ echo $it->key(),".",$it->current(),"\n"; echo $it->next(); }
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The getIterator() method of the class returns an ArrayIterator which one can use to access the value of every element of the newly instantiated ArrayObject as long as you initialized the object appropriately to account for non-public properties. (You may wish to browse a blogpost I've previously written concerning the ArrayObject.) As a user points out at StackOverflow, the ArrayIterator by default ignores private and protected properties. Parenthetically-speaking, the code could have benefitted from using a foreach loop instead of the while structure, as follows:
<?php class test { public $a = ["a"=>"red","b"=>"white","c"=>"blue"]; private $b = ["d"=>"turquoise","e"=>"magenta"]; public function getIterator(){ return (new ArrayObject( $this->a + $this->b ))->getIterator(); } } $it = (new test())->getIterator(); foreach ($it as $k => $v){ echo $k, ".",$v, "\n"; }
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In the foreach loop, the methods of the iterator automatically execute while it traverses the data.
A question may occur to one as to why PHP should need anything more than a simple foreach to access an object's properties. Froelich answers that question in a previous article for Site Point, explaining that the main advantage consists in permitting a large data set to be handled one element at a time, far more efficient than if the entire data set were duplicated in memory as may happen under certain conditions with a foreach which Nikita Popov delineates. In sum, the chief advantage of employing an iterator results in greater granular control over iteration. The following trivial example illustrate the difference between the iteration power of a simple foreach and one combined with an iterator:
<?php $a = [0,1,2,null,3]; foreach($a as $k => $v){ echo $v; // 0123 } echo "\n"; class Test implements Iterator { private $p = 0; private $a = [0,1,2,null,3]; public function __construct() { array_unshift( $this->a, 8 ); } function rewind() { $this->p = 0; } function current() { return $this->a[$this->p]; } function key() { return $this->p; } function next() { ++$this->p; } function valid() { return isset( $this->a[$this->p] ); } } $it = new Test; foreach($it as $k => $v) { echo $v; // 8012 } ?>
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An object ranking as non-traversable signifies that its sourcecode lacks support for the Traversable interface, not necessarily that it is non-traversable. For example, when the Traversable type-hint checks a stdClass object, the object evaluates as "non-traversable. " Yet, a foreach-loop possesses the ability to traverse this object, as the following example indicates:
<?php function ForEachAble($obj){ foreach ($obj as $k => $v) { if ($v == null) return false; echo $v . "\n"; } return true; } $x = new stdClass; $x->bla = 'blee'; $x->blue = 'blu'; $x->ble = 'eh'; echo "\n",ForEachAble($x)? 'true' : 'false', "\n";
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The stdClass never implemented Traversable since the source code for the class predates the inception of this PHP 5 interface.
Inspecting Traversable
One might wonder why the PHP Internals List voting members hesitate to revise the stdClass so that it may support Traversable.. Such a task should require scant effort considering that the interface literally nothing to it, exemplifying an abstract base interface per the Manual, as you may note from perusing the code in the Standard PHP Library (SPL):
interface Traversable { }
While Traversable ensures that an object possesses an iterator, you may expand its original purpose by extending the interface according to the webmozart. The following rudimentary example illustrates that point:
<?php interface bla extends Traversable { /* returns and iterator and can greet, too */ public function hello(); } class blee implements IteratorAggregate, bla { public $a = 1; public $b = 2; public $c = 3; function getIterator(){ return new ArrayIterator( $this ); } function hello(){ echo 'hi!', "\n"; } } ($b = new blee)->hello(); foreach ($b as $k => $v){ echo $v; }
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Forcing Objects to Become Traversable
Apparently, the reluctance to modify the design of the stdClass stems from uncertainty about whether the purpose of the stdClass included iteration (see Nikita Popov's comment and that of Aaron Piotrowski ). Until the stdClass should experience a redesign, users may force a stdClass object to behave as if it supported Transversable by decorating a stdClass object with an ArrayObject, as follows:
<?php function f(Traversable $x) { foreach ($x as $k =-> $v){ echo $v; } } $a = json_decode('{"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}'); $arrayobject = new ArrayObject($a); f($arrayobject);
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A related challenge for developers involves manipulating customized classes so that they may adopt a Traversable quality, even though, unlike an internal class, they cannot directly implement this interface. User-defined classes must implement the Iterator or IteratorAggregate, since each of these interfaces in turn implement Traversable as the following script demonstrates:
<?php function f( Traversable $obj ){ foreach ($obj as $k => $v){ echo $v . "\n"; } } class test2 implements IteratorAggregate { public $bla = 'a'; public $blee = 'b'; public $blu = 'c'; public function getIterator() { return new ArrayIterator( $this ); } } $t2 = new test2; f($t2);
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The Iterable and Potentially Irritable
Of note, a new RFC recently past muster with the PHP project and its implementation should appear in PHP 7.1. The new feature allows for developers to employ the keyword "iterable" instead of using the more restrictive Traversable type-hint in connection with determining the nature of a parameter. The net result affords more flexibility since parameters may consist of arrays, objects with iterators or generators. An object that fails to meet these criteria, such as one based on the stdClass, will be rejected despite the fact that one may iterate the object with a simple foreach-loop.
Those of a pragmatic mindset might propose amending stdClass so that it implements Traversable in order to avoid the oddity of subjecting a stdClass object to outright rejection for failing to qualify as iterable. A different solution which avoids tinkering with the internal class involves casting such an object to an array since the RFC deems arrays as iterable entities. However, one may criticize such a recommendation as offloading to Userland that for which PHPland ought to assume responsibility. The Closure class, another internal class, has experienced modification since it first appeared, so the precedent exists for enhancing an internal class in order to engender greater efficiency when coding.


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Responses to changes in marginal tax rates for high earners
The research will examine the scale and nature of behavioural responses to changes in marginal tax rates among higher income individuals. Using a recently developed technique the researchers will examine the extent of individuals bunching their incomes around points at which marginal tax rates rise (i.e. whether there are a higher number of individuals with incomes around these levels than at slightly higher or lower levels) – the more responsive individuals are to tax rates, the more they will bunch around points where the marginal tax rate changes. The research will also examine how the income share of the richest 1% of individuals changed when the 50% income tax rate was introduced in 2010.
As revenue is raised from expenditure and corporate income taxes as well as personal income taxes, an understanding of the type of response (e.g. whether it is a real reduction in effort and output or an increase in avoidance or evasion) is necessary for the calculation of revenue changes. A key response is likely to be changes in contributions to private pensions, which are tax-deductible, but income from private pensions is taxable (albeit usually at a lower marginal rate) in retirement. The researchers aim to show how the extent of income-shifting affects our estimates of revenue-maximising tax rates.
The findings from this research are of clear relevance to policy-making and public debate. It will provide new evidence about how high income individuals respond to changes in their tax rates, allowing assessment of the revenue yield from tax changes (like the new 50% rate and the freezing of the higher-rate threshold) and the associated welfare costs.
James Browne, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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How do the rich respond to higher income tax rates? by James Browne and David Phillips, August 2017
Estimating the responsiveness of top incomes to tax: a summary of three new papers, by James Browne and David Phillips, August 2017
Updating and critiquing HMRC's analysis of the UK's 50% top marginal rate of tax, by James Browne and David Phillips, August 2017
Estimating the size and nature of responses to changes in income tax rates on top incomes in the UK: a panel analysis, by James Browne and David Phillips, August 2017
Frictions and taxpayer responses: evidence from bunching at personal tax thresholds, by Stuart Adam, James Browne, David Phillips and Barra Roantree, August 2017
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- Modelling taxes on wealth
- The changing distribution of wealth: trends, drivers & policy implications
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- Designing a 21st Century Business Profit Tax
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In the past three months, M has opened my side of the medicine cabinet and asked "who are you?" at least five times.
My side of the bathroom medicine cabinet is now filled with oils and jars of strange liquid (in addition to about 20 bottles of nail polish).
The grapeseed and caster oils replaced my face wash. The jar of apple cider vinegar and water has replaced my toner, the old chemical filled shampoo I had has been replaced by the Argan Oil Shampoo…and a giant jar of coconut oil has replaced my moisturizer.
I'm on a campaign to gradually switch my conventional body care products out for more natural ones. Getting away from the artificial chemicals in the usual body care suspects.
My face care transition started in January. I just ran out of shampoo, so I figured that would be the next thing to change.
I wasn't quite ready to go "no poo." I have curly hair which I maintain with the help of hot rollers from http://hairinsights.com/best-hot-rollers-for-thick-hair/ and I only wash it with shampoo once a week (on Wednesdays, because Wednesday and Wash start with the same letter). I get a little scared that I'd be a totally greaseball 6 days a week instead of my usual 5 days if I went poo-free.
Luckily I came across a post on the Edible Perspective about homemade skin care products, that had a recipe for homemade shampoo using coconut milk and Castile soap. I love coconut. Some even say I'm turning into a coconut. So I decided to give it a try.
Lavender Coconut Shampoo
1/4 cup coconut milk
1/3 cup lavender Castile soap
Just mix the coconut milk and the soap in a jar. That's the only step.
I really like this shampoo. I mean, I reeeally like it. Why? Well, I'll tell you: call me a "gross kid" but I like my hair best a few days after I wash it– it's got enough texture that I can pull it back into a pony tail without half of it sticking straight up in a curl halo around my face, but it's also still got some curl. My hair felt like this after one use of this shampoo–but not in a dirty way, in a moisturized and thick way.
I still used some of my Desert Essence coconut conditioner along with the shampoo, but I liked this stuff so much that I don't think I'll ever go back to normal shampoo again!
Do you make any of your own skin or hair care products?