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By Lily, Ft Lauderdale
Good morning,
I am trying to figure out what it is I could have.
It started about 6 months ago with occasional clear blisters that come and go in the same back area behind my last bottom tooth that swell and then pop.
Now, I see that I'm getting swollen blistery looking puffiness around some of my front teeth.
That has just stayed there-seems like a blister but kind of paler in color.
Two days ago I got a real puffy gum around the bottom front of my teeth on inside then it moved out to the bottom outside front part and it hurts when I brush it-if it hasn't already bled.
They feel sore and kind of oozy or like a burning sensation I guess. No pus that i know of.
I'm extremely worried-I almost want to cry.
I went to the dentist 6 months ago whom I did not like-5 minutes in and out. Said I had perfect teeth, healthy-even though I mentioned it to him about the occasional blisters.
I don't know what it could be or who I should see!?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. I brush 2 to 3 times daily always and floss every other day. (I don't have any wisdom teeth either-pulled)
Thank you.
Hi Lily, I'm sorry you are having problems with your gums and that you are so worried.
My guess is that it is fixable, but you should get it checked soon.
If you don't feel comfortable going to the same dentist, ask your friends for a referral.
If the condition comes and goes, try to get in to have it looked at when it looks most obvious.
It could be a tooth or gum abscess. An abscess doesn't always but sometimes can have a drainage fistula that resembles a pimple. They swell and then pop like you described.
When an abscess has a drainage fistula it is less likely to give you a bad toothache because the pressure is relieved. Even without a toothache, the problem needs treatment.
It is unhealthy to have constant infection anywhere in your body. Read more about tooth abscess treatment here.
Because the problem has occured in 2 different areas, it could also be a reaction to something. A food allergy or an allergy to the toothpaste or mouthwash is possible. Read more about toothpaste allergies here.
You will feel better once you get a definite diagnosis and treatment recommendation.
Thank you for writing and good luck,
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I will never be a "chill chick" or good at being a millennial in the dating world. I don't like unspoken understandings, and pretending I'm "cool" with never being clear on where things are headed.
A while back I realized that I was constantly settling for unspoken sentiments and understandings in my romantic life -which happens to be a huge fucking trend among millennials. I was dating someone who I felt was constantly letting me down, and they never actually apologized for their fuck-ups. I just got gifts and an abundance of attention for, what felt like, five minutes… and then everything resumed to it's regularly scheduled awkward avoidance. I had settled for them so much so, that I realized we never really defined our relationship or where it was going…because awkward conversations were avoided at all costs. We had such a flimsy foundation in our relationship that the only way any obstacle was ever addressed was through bouts of ignoring followed by petty arguing… so mind-games.
I never thought I would be someone who would contribute to such a rotten aspect of the dating world, but I was! I played mind-games and I was good at it… gross!
That's what I had resorted to in this relationship, because I was terrified of asking for clarification and demanding more out of a partner. I genuinely think a lot of game playing boils down to how unwilling we ALL are to be vulnerable and to be honest about our intentions and feelings. With this lack of communication comes so much insecurity that usually leads to settling for unspoken sentiments and understandings.
Now, I'm not talking about the occasional unspoken sentiments that will occur among loved ones. I'm talking the situations that we find ourselves in when we haven't defined our relationships, because no one likes to have difficult conversations anymore. I'm talking the unspoken fights and makeups we have, because no one likes voicing that their feelings are hurt or they feel undervalued in their relationship.
Unfortunately, this whole "unspoken understanding" concept is one that has reappeared throughout my dating life a lot. It had been a very annoying trend for me, because much like many other women in our society, I'm terrified of sounding assumptive and demanding and contributing towards all of those "crazy chick" stereotypes. But honestly, fuck stereotypes. I don't really care if I'm associated with that rude label anymore, because I'd rather be myself than pretending I'm comfortable in a situation I really can't stand.
To break the cycle, I decided a while back to stop giving credit to people who haven't earned it. I no longer settle for the unspoken sentiment or understanding. I refuse to accept situations that go undefined. They make me wildly uncomfortable. I love labels (and label makers, FYI), so I need clarification in my relationships. I will NOT commit myself to someone who hasn't been forward and open about being committed to me. I can't stand the situationships where it's not discussed whether we're exclusive and heading in a "together" direction. Assuming we're on the same page as someone else who has their own unique mind and set of beliefs is absolute insanity, in my opinion.
This is all just one more example of how "unchill" and horrible at being a millennial I am.
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Okay, best part of the 2012 Olympics so far? I say David Beckham in a speedboat because David Beckham in anything is always going to win. My kids say the giant Voldemort puppet because, well, puppets.
But the Olympians? I'm guessing it's a toss-up between marching in the opening ceremonies and the giant tax bill that they're not going to be paying.
Yes, you read that correctly. Olympians at the games are getting a nice tax break under an exemption passed just for the London 2012 games. If not for the exemption, those at the games might have to pony up some pounds for the Queen.
You see, the Brits, like the U.S., have a tax system that attempts to tax global income. Under British tax law, the amount of tax due is pro-rated based on the number of events that an athlete competes in inside the country; this is in addition to a 50% tax rate on appearance fees. If, for example, an athlete participates in ten athletics events in 2012 and one of those events is located in the UK, the Brits take the position that they are more or less entitled to 1/10 of that athlete's worldwide income (some exceptions apply but you get the idea). The tax is imposed even though the athletes may not live in Britain.
The law has kept big names like Spanish golfer Sergio "El Nino" Garcia and Rafael Nadal out of the country for a number of events. Those omissions made sports news but didn't make many waves beyond their individual sports. The Olympics, however, is on a completely different scale: you can't have a competitive Olympics unless athletes from all over the world actually show up - and attendance was threatened by these tax laws. Last year, Jamaican über sprinter Usain Bolt famously declared "I am definitely not going to run [in London]" until the Olympics because of what he viewed as punitive tax laws. His declaration sent the country into a tizzy, worrying that other athletes might make similar proclamations - or not show up for the 2012 Olympics at all.
In order to stem any controversy, the British taxing authorities agreed to a limited exemption to the tax rule. The exemption covers those athletes who are visiting the UK in order to compete in the Olympic Games and a limited number of people who are visiting the UK to work on Games-related activity. It does not apply to those working on construction of the Olympic venues. Exemptions also apply to certain non-UK residents working for broadcasters. But not everyone gets a break: those working on construction of the venues (UK residents and non-residents) will have to pay taxes just as always.
Many of the athletes at the Olympics work at something other than their sport for a living. But those that compete professionally - like our American basketball team and many of the world's best soccer (er, football) players - were especially concerned about forfeiting taxes in order to compete in the Games. Now, they don't have to.
I'm a big sucker for the Olympics and I will definitely be watching the Games this year (in fact, I'm watching fencing - fencing! - as I post this piece). This year, it's even more meaningful for me as a mom of two little girls since the 2012 London Olympics are the first Olympic Games in which every nation in attendance has had at least one female athlete. Nothing, it appears, will slow down these games: not gender, not religion, not Lord Voldemort and especially not taxes.
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Issmat Hamouri, from the Palestinian branch of Hizb ut-Tahrir, told a small group of men in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque that bin Laden's death would be avenged.
"The western dogs are rejoicing after killing one of our Islamic lions," Mr Hamouri, a driving school instructor, said.
"From al-Aqsa mosque, where the future Caliphate will originate with the help of God, we say to them: the dogs will not rejoice too much for killing the lions.
"The dogs will remain dogs and the lion, even if he is dead, will remain a lion."
Addressing Mr Obama, he added: "You personally ordered the killing of Muslims. You should know that soon you'll hang together with Bush junior."
Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has branches in 40 countries and is active in Britain, advocates the recreation of the Islamic caliphate that emerged from Arabia shortly after the Prophet Mohammed's death and calls for the implementation of Sharia, Islamic law, across the Muslim world.
Although the party was founded in Jerusalem, it has little support among Palestinians and is dwarfed by its principal Islamic rival Hamas, which has also spoken out against Bin Laden's killing.
Mohammed is held by Muslims to have conversed with God after ascending to Heaven from the al-Aqsa Mosque, which is built on the compound that once housed the Jewish Temples of antiquity.
It is common in Islam for individuals to launch speeches inside mosques when prayers are complete. Mr Hamouri's harangue drew an audience of about 20, but was ignored by most worshippers.
The Muslim authority in charge of the mosque, the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, said it did not endorse Mr Hamouri's beliefs.
Azzam Khatib, the director of the Waqf, said no official position on whether bin Laden's killing should be praised or condemned had been taken.


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It is about twelve miles long and five miles wide, and is a great vacation spot for families of all kinds. With everything from amazing water sports to horseback riding trails and good restaurants, there is so much to do here all year long.
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You can enjoy water sports and the outdoors all year long, while still finding comfort in a cozy hotel room sitting next to the fire.
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There are properties available that sit right near the beach, and even rooms with ocean viewsthat are absolutely breathtaking.
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Merit Badge Coordinators: Kelli and Rodrigo Roldan – Send email to Merit Badge Forum Counselor
Troop 122 – In-House Merit Badge Forum – December
Location: The forum is located at the Grace Covenant Church
Cost: Scouts $5.00 PER Session – i.e. full day would be 2 sessions – total of $10
Check-in: 8:00 to 8:15
Session 1: 8:15 to 11:00
Lunch: 11:00 to 11:30 – Pizza & Drink provided
Session 2: 11:30 to 2:00
Registration: DUE in November to Merit Badge Forum Counselor at the Monday Troop meetings.
We will be limited on the # of seats per class…so please sign up quickly!! Prerequisites will be sent along with confirmation of classes so watch your email.
Classes Offered: (partial class list) Personal Fitness, Communications, Emergency Preparedness, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Personal Management, American Cultures, Architecture, Engineering, Plumbing, Coin Collecting, and Photography.
Red-Tailed Hawk District – Merit Badge Forum – January and February.
When: Saturdays, January and February from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Location: The forum is located at California Trail Jr. HS; 13775 W 133rd Street, Olathe.
Cost: Scouts $8.00 total for Forum
Registration: DUE in November to Merit Badge Forum Counselor at the Monday Troop meetings.
There are three 55 Minute class periods that run each of the three days of the forum. The first period begins at 1:00 PM, the second at 2:00 PM and the third at 3:00 PM. Each scout may take as many as three classes, no more than TWO Eagle required classes will be allowed.
Classes Offered: (partial class list) Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Communications, Emergency Preparedness, Family Life, First Aid & CPR, Personal Fitness, Personal Management , American Heritage, Architecture, Automotive Maintenance, Aviation, Chemistry, Cinematography, Coin Collecting, Computers, Crime Prevention & Fingerprinting, Electricity, Electronics, Engineering, Farm Mechanics, Graphic Arts, Law, Medicine, Music, Photography, Salesmanship, Sports, and Traffic Safety.
Additional information, classes offered and requirements: Available at http://www.rth-mbf.org/
Missouri Western State University – Merit Badge College – March
Every year the MWSU Merit Badge College offers an excellent program with highly qualified instructors and state-of-the-art facilities.
This year, over two dozen merit badges will be offered that can be either partially earned or completed the day of the event. As in the past, Scouts will be able to enroll in two separate badge classes, and enrollments will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
28 classes offered in 2010. Each scout is requested to enroll in only one EAGLE required badge. A second Eagle badge may be listed as the third or fourth choice in case their first choice is full.
When: Saturday, March – at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, MO.
Cost: Scouts $20.00 – includes two classes, hot lunch, registration, and participation patch.
Adults $8.00 – includes registration, hot lunch, and participation patch.
Transportation: On your own, carpooling is suggested but not organized by the troop.
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Registration Deadline: In February
Register with Merit Badge Forum Counselor at the troop meetings. Checks payable to Troop 122.
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Congratulations, you've almost completed your training. Taking an EMT practice test is a good way of finding if you are ready takes your final certification exam. Most students in the US will end up taking the National Registry exam. You can check their site for what you need to know to take the registry test. (warning! Opens a new window) National Registry of EMTs You should take your EMT practice test under the same conditions that you will take your actual exam. This means placing time limits on how long you can take the test. For the 150 question EMT Basic national registry exam you should allow 2 hours to take the exam.
All EMT exams cover the following modules: Preparatory, Airway, Medical assessment, trauma assessment, OB/Gyn, Cardiovascular and operations.
You should try to do your best on the first taking of the exam. Each national registry exam is different. You cannot just sit for an exam to see what is on it and then take the exam again. The next exam will be completely different.
You should develop some objectives for preparing for the test.
Remember why you are training to become an EMT. This is just one more task you have to complete to achieve your goal.
Create a Study Plan
Cramming for exams never really works. You are trusting your short-term memory to remember information you should have been learning all along. If you need to remember something else (like to drop you kid off at daycare before the exam) you may lose some of the information you crammed. You will definitely lose that information shortly after the exam. This does not make you a good EMT.
If you are learning something new while reviewing and studying for the exam - STOP! You are not ready to take the exam.
Set a schedule to study and make a list of what you should study for exam block of time.
Be Effective
By now you should know what studying techniques work for you. Don't try something new at this point. Do what is effective. Take a EMT practice test to assess how you are doing.
Determine if are studying effectively
Did you just read a section and not understand it? If not, you need to go back and relearn that information. If you do this too many times, you are not ready to take the exam.
Control your environment (and yourself)
Get enough rest before the exam. Get plenty of sleep - no partying!. On the day of the exam make sure you have taken care of yourself. Get some food so you don't get hunger pains. Go to the bathroom to take care of those urges. If you need to arrange daycare or pickup, have somebody you trust take care of that. Turn off you cell phone or pager an hour before the exam. This way nobody will bother you with trivial (or not) matters just before the exam.
While taking the test...
Treat each question as though it was the last question. Read each question thoroughly. Read the stem of the question (that is the part just before the multiple choice). The stem often contains the keywords for the question. Try to think of the answer before reading the choices. Read each possible answer even though some are downright silly. Pick the best answer even though the right answer is not there.
Remember Patient Assessment
Remember your patient assessment guidelines. Read each question and ask yourself "Where am I in the assessment?" The assessment that you have practiced will tell you the right answer. Keep this in mind while you are taking your EMT practice test.
Here are two classical examples of what I mean...
You arrive on scene at local residence for a dispatch of chest pain. The residence is a single-family dwelling and the scene is safe. Entering the residence you find a 58 year-old male sitting in a chair. He appears pale, diaphoretic and is tripoding. He tells you that the pain started 20 minutes ago and that he has angina. He had his own nitroglycerin tablets and has not taken any prior to arrival. His vital signs are: BP 160/92, respiration 18 and normal, Pulse 102 and weak. Your first actions would be:
the past medical history, the patient stated that he had angina and takes nitroglycerin. We will give nitro at some point but our first action would to give oxygen.
Now let's try a similar question:
You arrive on scene at local residence for a dispatch of chest pain. The residence is a single-family dwelling and the scene is safe. Entering the residence you find a 58 year-old male sitting in a chair. He appears pale, diaphoretic and is tripoding. He tells you that the pain started 20 minutes ago and that he has angina. He had his own nitroglycerin tablets and has not taken any prior to arrival. His vital signs are: BP 160/92, Respiration 18 and normal, Pulse 102 and weak. Your next action would be:
To help prepare you for the exam you should take an EMT practice test. The EMT Practice Test linked below was developed at the school where I teach for over 5 years. It is a well vetted test where we have worked out the "bugs" in the test. Too many times a test given by an instructor does not well convey the subject being tested. These tests do!
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Samples tested by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cannot be tied to the E. coli-related illnesses of two children in October to the Oxford County Fair
Additional investigation of other potential causes was also inconclusive, and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said it's investigation has been closed and the cause of these cases has been labeled as "undetermined."
Colton Guay, a 20-month-old toddler from Poland, died at Maine Medical Center in early October. Another youngster, 17-month-old Myles Herschaft of Auburn, fell ill but recovered.
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"The reality is that the majority of cases we investigate end up with an undetermined cause," said Dr. Siiri Bennett, Maine's state epidemiologist. "While we know the two children were infected by the same molecular strain of Shiga-toxin producing E. coli, or STEC, that same strain was not found in any of the samples that we tested here in Maine, or in the samples we sent to the U.S. CDC."
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention was notified in October of the two cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome in children. Testing in Maine confirmed that both cases had the same molecular strain of E. coli, making it highly likely that the children acquired the illness from the same source.
Both children had recently attended the annual Oxford County Fair, so samples were collected from the fairgrounds and tested in Maine.
Four samples tested negative for E. coli, but one sample from animal pens adjacent to one barn area was positive. That sample was sent to the U.S. CDC, but lab tests confirmed that this sample did not match the strain that caused the two children to fall ill.
A second sample from the petting zoo area also tested positive for E. coli, but repeated tests by the U.S. CDC found no evidence of the Shiga-toxin producing E. coli.


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Do you have a second self? Ulta's Alter Ego (UAE) a medium electric blue shimmer polish, which was a dream to apply. The formula was a little thicker than what I'm normally used to but in a good way. I think the added thickness just allowed me to glide the brush around my round cuticles with an even flow of paint. I hardly had to clean up with acetone afterwards, just a little on my right hand. Two really easy coats, with no swearing. Awesome!
I added glitter to this (previous post) for New Year's eve, but this was gorgeous all by itself.
Ulta, regular price $6, on sale $3. I wore this with a purple sweater dress.
One coat Orly's nail armor, two coats UAE, one coat INM out the door top coat.
Enjoy! Thanks for stopping by!
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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was first signed into law in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 2001, President George W. Bush helped to revamp the ESEA and gave it the name No Child Left Behind Act. Bush's version of the statute expired in 2007. Since its expiration, Congress has made a number of attempts to pass another revision of No Child Left Behind, but as yet, all attempts have failed.
Earlier this month, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced another massive version of the education bill. His bill covers 1,150 pages and like so many huge bills, contains hidden items that most people would never notice until it's too late. In Harkin's case, the hidden provision starts on page 694 and lays out plans to protect LGBT students from bullying.
The bill goes so far in protecting gay and lesbian students that any school that does not take the necessary steps to prevent bullying and harassing of gay and lesbian students could have their funding cut off. The bill says nothing about cutting the funding from schools that allow the bullying and harassing of normal student or Christian students, or Jewish student, just gays and lesbians.
Once again we see where gays and lesbians are after preferential treatment, not equal treatment. In fact, it is socially acceptable to bully and harass straight, Christian and conservative students, but it's not okay to give the same bullying treatment to gay, lesbian, Hispanic or Muslim students.
Mission America President Linda Harvey says that there are two distinct issues involved in the education bill provision, but they are being confused into one issue when they are not. In an interview with OneNewsNow, Harvey said:
"One is the open expression of homosexuality; and the second is kindness and civility. Our children all deserve kindness and civility, and that can happen even if they are learning homosexuality is wrong. And they're trying to combine the two and say that they are the same thing."
"The federal government getting involved in education in the first place is a very unwise and uncomfortable idea for most families in America. There's no reason that we shouldn't keep education at the local level."
I'm all for education, but ever since the federal government started getting involved with it, the quality and success of education has continued to decrease to dangerously low levels. I only hope and pray that Harkin's rendition of No Child Left Behind and the special protection for gay and lesbian students never makes it out of the Senate.


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The British government has fired the starting pistol on discussions to leave the European Union. The publication of a white paper Feb. 2 outlined the principal aims of what the UK wants in its Brexit negotiations to leave the EU.
It does little to address the ongoing concerns of the aerospace and defense industry, and it is vague and detached from geopolitical realities. In short, it is a wish without a plan. Of course, there is nothing wrong with setting out goals. While the white paper claims Britain can negotiate from a position of strength, it fails to say what the UK may be forced to give up or the unintended consequences that could result. The reality is that many of these ambitions cannot be delivered—at least not on the timescales that will prevent damage to the country's aerospace and airline industries.
Britain's aerospace and defense industry was a fervent proponent of remaining in the EU. The European Single Market—the system closely aligned to the EU that allows tariff-free trade and the free movement of a skilled workforce—has been invaluable to the growth of the sector in the UK. Now, these two critical pillars look set to disappear.
But London has signaled that it will not seek membership in the Single Market, post-Brexit. Instead, it will pursue a "partnership" with the EU and a free-trade and customs agreement.
We fear that what all this means is that industry can also kiss goodbye the free movement of EU workers and the frictionless movement of aerospace components within Western Europe.
In theory, it should be easy to reestablish trade agreements between the UK and the EU. After all, both are closely tied economically. But in practice, it will likely take years to resolve. The mere promise of a new, stable, predictable regulatory regime that cuts out red tape may not be enough to keep investments flowing.
What is more, questions remain over access to European funding for research and development and to regulatory agencies such as the European Aviation Safety Agency, entry to which is deemed critical by British aerospace. The UK government's response is sketchy at best; London has stated only that it will discuss membership in these bodies.
An optimistic British minister in favor of exiting the EU, David Davis, told Parliament that the "best days are still to come." But even with all the good will in the world, achieving Britain's ambitions in full and satisfying the needs of its most important industrial sectors could take decades.


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The private foundation, Mars One, has started to seek funding to making their project one-step closer to reality. Last year the Netherlands-based group received over 2,700 applications from aspiring Mars astronauts in hopes to be selected to take their proposed one-way trip to the Red Planet. Mars One has aspirations to establish a Mars colony by the year 2025.
Earlier in the week, Mars One announced that they will be planning for the first step in their grandiose plan by launching the first privately funded robot lander toward Mars' surface. The lander project is proposed to fly off the ground in as early as four years from now. The optimal time of launch is based on the close proximity of Mars in relation to Earth's position. The optimal times to launch vehicles to Mars occur approximately every two years, but the Mars One launch window is proposed for 2018 when Mars will be the closest to Earth since 2003.
The Mars One group has already initiated talks with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. and Lockheed Martin to build the orbiter and lander. Mars One co-founder, Bas Lansdorp, says that they are very excited to have contracted both of the companies for their first mission to the Red Planet. Lansdorp says that both of the contractors have outstanding records and are both significant players in their fields of expertise. He went on to say that Mars One will be creating a historic moment once they have successfully arrived and operated the first privately funded Mars space craft.
To help fund the Mars One 2018 project, the group started a funding project on Indiegogo's crowd-funding website. The project's goal of $400,000 is due to close on January 25, 2014. This is not a small detail, securing funding would mean that Mars One will be one-step closer to building their space colony. A link to the Mars One fundraising campaign has been provided at the bottom of this article.
The future landing will gather test data necessary for human survival on the barren planet. The lander will test for water extraction from Mars' soil and the effectiveness of solar energy production. Mars One's robot lander is based on Lockheed Martin's Phoenix lander design, which was successful for five months of operation in 2008.
Lockheed Martin's civil space engineer, Ed Sedivy, said that they are very excited to work on the privately funded Mars One project. Sedivy confirmed that they are already working on the mission's concept study that started with a proven design of their Phoenix lander.
Some are speculating that the rocket of choice for the 2018 mission is expected to be provided by SpaceX Corporation's Falcon Heavy rocket. The Falcon is scheduled for its first test launch next year. The artist's concept of the Mars One colony depicts SpaceX's Dragon capsules that have been reused and up-cycled for Mars' surface-bound human habitats.
Dennis Tito, the entrepreneur and space tourist has been eyeing the Falcon Heavy rocket for his proposed Mars Flyby mission in 2018. This mission has plans to carry a married couple into space.
The Mars One mission will have to overcome many hurdles of establishing a colony on the Red Planet. Mars' landscape is very barren with high amounts of radiation. This escalates the challenge for energy and food production on the isolated planet.
Before the mission blasts off into space, it is expected that Mars One will begin testing some of their theories and designs in places such as Antarctica. With contractors in place and fundraising on the roll, Mars one is surely one-step closer to reaching their goals.
By Brent Matsalla
To donate to the Mars One project: Indiegogo Mars One Funding


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I hope you are having a great summer. I have some exciting news to share with you.
The Master Skier, North America's leading cross-country publication for the past 22 years, has a totally new enhanced design and superior approach to distribution.
The Master Skier will be upgraded to a premium, perfect bound annual edition with a dramatic modular design.
One of the driving reasons for this change is to benefit our advertisers. We promise to give them a higher quality product that reaches more skiers.
The new design will have a 100-pound cover and interior pages of comparable excellence.
It will be the finest publication in the business. People will read it and proudly leave it on their coffee tables for others to read. Best of all, we will be reaching 65,000 readers through additional newsstand, Olympic and counter distribution.
The Master Skier's "Cross Country 2009-2010 Ski Annual" will hit the newsstands in October with a shelf life that will carry through the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, where the publication will also be sold.
Subscribers to The Master Skier and members of the American Cross Country Skier's Association and World Masters Association will automatically get the new edition. Also, regular writers will receive a copy free of charge.


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The Heathcote Wine Hub is Heathcote's wine tasting centre. We have at least 24 Heathcote wines on taste every day. The wines are selected from the range of over 200 Heathcote wines and we rotate regularly to ensure you get a broad tasting experience every time you drop in.
Our passionate staff know most of the Heathcote wine makers personally and will take you on a guided wine tasting tour of the region, while sharing their insights into the wineries, their cellar doors, the winemakers, vintages and the current trends in what drinkers are loving.
At any time we have at least 8 white or rose wines on taste, 8 Heathcote shiraz wines and 8 alternate red varieties or blends.
Here are some of the wines on tasting in store this month:
$54.00 in any dozen
$60.00 per bottle
Prior to deciding which wines will ultimately be made each vintage, Duck and Liam analyze their fruity concoctions so as to make the best Springflat Shiraz possible.
The uniqueness of this wine results from parcels of fruit being sourced from eight other sites across the Heathcote region, stretching from Colbinnabbin to Mia Mia.
These vineyards are living in various soil types ranging from the rich 'cambrian' volcanic soils of the north, to the dense, acidic, granite and quartz-laden clays of the south. This allows the Springflat Shiraz to express a rainbow of richness for which the Heathcote region is famous.
The Springflat Shiraz is a Wild Duck Creek Estate flagship, representing exceptional value.
$22.50 in any dozen
$25.00 per bottle
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In Bordeaux's notorious damp and fickle vintage weather, skills at blending several varieties to create a fully developed wine is essential. Our Heathcote weather is a great advantage especially with '09's near perfect vintage conditions, so we had glorious ripe flavours in each variety before playing the Bordeaux game.
Cabernet Sauvignon (70%) dominates the blend with luscious black fruits and cassis, with Cabernet Franc (15%) adding complex fragrance and Petit Verdot (15%) more structure. Try air cured beef carpaccio, fresh truffles and mayonnaise to conjure up the 'château' life.
$37.80 in any dozen
$42.00 per bottle
This Bress Heathcote Shiraz was bottled using a Screw Cap closure. Using a Screw Cap closure is our attempt to ensure that our wine is presented free of cork characters (good or bad) and that the full aroma and flavour of this wine is expressed.
This wine should be decanted prior to serving.
$28.80 in any dozen
$32.00 per bottle
The Shiraz fruit is picked in late March or early April depending on the vintage conditions and is handled in small batches in the winery at Sanguine Estate. Following light crushing and destemming the wine is naturally fermented with natural yeasts from the vineyard in small open fermenters. After approximately a week, batches of the wine are free run into new French barriques for barrel fermentation. The remainder is kept on skins for around 10 days to begin fermentation. When fermentation begins the wine is moved by gravity, to avoid pump shock, into aged French oak barriques. The Shiraz spends 20 – 22 months maturing in barrels.
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What is a Web Service?
A web service is any software that is used for communication over a network. One could imagine a web service as any function that performs a specific operation.Web service may or may not include input parameters and may or may not return output parameters. Input / Output parameters can be used as attack points to gain an entry into web service to access confidential information. This guest blog post is to brief you about some attacks one could perform to keep a tab on security vulnerabilities within the web service.
Enumeration & Profiling
Suppose, there is a shopping website http://shoppy.com. A user could place an order by clicking on "Place Order" button. The user is taken to http://shoppy.com/buy. An attacker can check if a web service is involved or not by accessing http://shoppy.com/buy?wsdl. WSDL file for the web service becomes accessible through a browser. In this particular case, "buy" is a web service whose WSDL file can be accessed by attaching "?wsdl" as the query parameter in the URL. The WSDL file shouldn't be allowed for public view in the first place. An authentication process needs to be in place to check if an authorized user is accessing the WSDL or not. Once WSDL is accessible, attacker can get information about web methods, data types of input and output parameters, end point information and others. This in turn can be used to exploit it further.
Parameter Tampering
Attacker gets to know about input and output parameters through Enumeration & Profiling of web service. He can exploit web services using different types of parameters.
Meta characters: He could tamper using Meta characters like single quote, double quote, ampersand, percentage and dollar symbols as input values for web methods which consider an input.
Data type mismatch: Attacker may provide numeric values to string data type or null values to arrays.
Large Buffer / Abnormal values: Attacker could also provide large values in the range 0 – 2^31. Highest value or lowest value for the input parameters may also break the system.
Once inputs are provided and web methods are serviced by the web service, note the messages in the web service response to the user. These should not contain any confidential information about the web service.
The following Web service accepts username and password as input and issues a security token as output.
Web Service Request
<?xml version="1.0″?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/envelope/"
<Soap: Body>
<getSecurityToken xmlns=http://tempuri.org/>
Web Service Response
<?xml version="1.0″ encoding="utf-8">
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/envelope/"
<Soap: Body>
<getSecurityTokenResponse xmlns=http://tempuri.org/>
</soap: Body>
</soap: Envelope>
XML Poisoning
One could add exploitable elements into existing XML build a SOAP envelope around it and process it as a web service request. If appropriate validation is not in place, exploitable elements might get into database or query critical information from the server. Attacker can also use this attack to observe messages returned in the response to gather information about the server.
Directory Traversal
Attacker could look for Autoexec.bat script by keying in../../../../Autoexec.bat or using different versions of the same command to get hold of automatically executable batch files. <faultstring> messages sometimes return directory paths.
Consider following example:
Server was unable to process request. –> Could not find file & quot;c:\inetpub\wwwroot\news\junk".
Attacker now knows about c:\inetpub\wwwroot\news\junk!
SQL Injection
Keying in symbols like single quote, double quote, hyphen, asterisk, and common parenthesis may result in different <faultstring> messages provided the input parameters were acting as direct inputs to the database query executed at the server level.
Using 1' or 1=1 may return complete records of username.
In above web service request, replace JohnA with 1' or 1=1 as input. If the web service was performing a query like Select * from username where username='JohnA', using the input 1 or 1=1 would result in a query Select * from username where username='1' or 1=1 hence displaying complete details for the first record in the table. Using this, user may even drill down to other records in the table using smart SQL queries.
HTTP method tampering
Web services will include a GET or POST method to support its operations. Using GET method to transfer confidential data is not secure enough. Any services using GET need to be cross checked by processing them using Burpsuite or wsKnight tool and checking what data gets submitted and returned through the web service. POST methods need to be converted to GET and check if any confidential information gets revealed.
SOAP message tampering
1. Providing * in input fields in web service request above may return several records if suitable validations are absent
2. Attackers could use brute force method to continuously key in username and password to gain illegal entry into secure area of the server. Note that there is no account lockout policy at Soap request level (Good Catch?)
3. Parameter Guessing can be used to continuously guess username and password using social engineering attacks, observe the <faultstring> messages, and fine tune guessing method to get access to web service.
OS command execution
Users could append valid operating system commands to input parameters and get access to confidential information.
For eg. "JohnA" | ls –r
Above input may process JohnA as username and also pass on ls –r command to list down directories in Unix OS.
This blog post is a guideline on how web services can be exploited during testing. Attackers can devise many more powerful attacks to gain access to web services.
Author Biography
Parimala has eight plus years of experience in testing, managing and mentoring teams of software testers. Apart from testing that she is most passionate about, she loves mentoring testers and has mentored over 30 testers. She frequently writes about her testing experiences at http://curioustester.blogspot.com. She has authored/co-authored articles for testing magazines like Better Software, Testing Circus and Testing Planet. Apart from testing, she loves to play with her two lovely kids, read books, magazines, articles and many more. She is a self-claimed emotional over eater who eats to beat every emotion in the world!
Parimala currently works as a Test Manager at Moolya Software Testing Pvt Ltd, Bangalore. She can be reached at email@example.com.
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That's got really annoying, used to go to the offy as it saved me cash and I didn't have to queue for ageseggsoakley said:Billy Nick used to be my favourite, but the police have clamped down on drinking outside it so they have introduced a shitty barrier & also stopped people getting cans from the offy next door. So it's now normally rammed inside and out.
But they do have a pole dancer who is actually decent, better than the old rope they used to have which resembled a drugged up russian bear forced to dance for kicks.


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Hurricane Aid: Matched Donations to Direct Relief
We are sure the Wetpixel community are aware of the swathe of destruction that hurricane Irma has carved through the Caribbean and, it seems, will be doing again in Florida shortly. Following on this storm's heels are two more hurricanes. Whilst there is little many of us can do to directly help those affected by these events, we all have friends and diving operations that are being impacted right now.
Wetpixel has set up a direct fundraising campaign via Facebook to raise money for Direct Relief's efforts to provide medicine and other health-related services in affected areas. Direct Relief focuses on health and disaster preparedness, and is providing medicine and other health-related services in affected areas. Direct Relief has a 100% rating on Charity Navigator.
We humbly ask the Wetpixel community to join us in trying to help those in need. Wetpixel will match the first $5K in donations.


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What film stars really think about Hollywood's diversity issue
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"Yet another film which casts non-disabled people as disabled people and shows the lives of disabled people as not worth living."
Finnick, Daenerys and Neville are an unstoppable team.
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Program Guide for AVXMMF1 FLO TV Module
Please Note: FLO TV discontinued it's service on March 27, 2011.
FLO TV Program Guide:
You can access the FLO TV program guide by pressing the Guide key which displays the program guide.
The FLO TV program guide is a matrix of programs and their start times, organized by channel. A user can view the guide and tune to a currently playing program or view program descriptions for future programs. The following information generally is displayed:
- FLOTV Logo
- Guide Day
- Guide Time
- Current Time
- Current Day
- Channel Logo
- Program Title
- Parental Block Icon (lock symbol)
- More Icon >
- Programs that are blocked due to Parental Controls display the locked icon.
- The channel logo column is not selectable.
- The guide loops vertically when you press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key.
- The guide is bounded horizontally by time. The user cannot navigate into the past or beyond the amount of guide data available.
- Current program tuned is designated by darker cell color and vertical right color bar when not in focus.
- Guide Day refers to the day within the guide data the user is currently viewing.
- Guide Time refers to the time within a particular day of guide data the user is currently viewing. These values changes as the user scrolls right and left through guide data.
- Current Day and Current Time are independent of Guide Day and Guide Time.
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You may not be familiar with the South African wine Pinotage but after you try this variant of Pinot Noir, you will be looking for more. It"s a great accompaniment to many meals and is budget friendly.
Interesting History Facts About Pinotage
Pinotage grapes are a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault grapes. Professor A.I. Peroldt was the first to come up with the combination of grapes to create this wine in 1922. People did not favor the new wine at the time, so it wasn"t until 30 years later that it started being cultivated in earnest. Interestingly, people took a liking to it the second time around.
A Glass of Pinotage Wine
When you pour yourself a glass of Pinotage, you will immediately notice the deep red color with a slight purple rim. When you take your first whiff of this delectable wine, you will smell the fruity combination so recognizable in Pinot Noir wines. Taking your first sip introduces you to all of the exquisite flavors of both the Cinsault and Pinot Noir grapes.
It is medium bodied with a velvety texture. The taste of fruits such as mixed berries, raspberries, strawberries and banana will delight your palate.
Pinotage and Foods
This is an excellent wine to pair with hearty meals or light snacks. Pinotage complements cheese wonderfully because it doesn"t overpower even the mildest of cheeses. The people of South Africa often drink Pinotage with meats such as deer, oxtail and duck. It is also a popular wine with meat stews and chili.
Pinotage Regions
Since 1952, other countries have decided to start planting Pinotage grapes. Zimbabwe and New Zealand have the largest wineries for this type of wine besides South Africa. California and Canada also have a good number of vineyards. Most people who like to purchase this wine look for the South African variety because it is the oldest planted area and is not expensive.
Varieties of Pinotage wines
If you"re trying Pinotage for the first time, you"ll have a number of great choices. These are the best of the South African varieties:
- Pinotage Bob"s African Pinotage: This wine comes straight from South Africa and is not an expensive bottle of wine. You can find it in many markets across the United States. Bob"s African Wines believes in helping a good cause and donates ten percent of the sales of Pinotage Bob"s African Pinotage to charities fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa.
- Viljoensdrift Pinotage: This wine comes from the Robertson Wine Valley in South Africa. When you take a sip of this variety of Pinotage you may taste raspberry, strawberry, cherry and banana. If you are looking for a wine that is only mildly acidic, this is a great one to choose.
- Neederburg Pinotage: Your first whiff of Neederburg Pinotage will take you to a field of sun-drenched raspberries. Many people find that Neederburg has a woody taste, which adds uniqueness and character to this Pinotage wine.
- Cape Quarter Shiraz Pinotage: A slightly different version of Pinotage wine that gives you hints of blackcurrent and mulberry, this variety is from the Western Cape of South Africa.
- Bellingham Pinotage: If you enjoy wines with a bit of spice then Bellingham Pinotage is right for you. With this Pinotage wine, you get the wonderful fruity flavor along with accents of nutmeg, cinnamon and clove.
Choosing Pinotage Wine
When looking for an economical wine that is smoother and sweeter than the popular Pinot Noir, consider Pinotage wine. After your first sip, you will be asking for some more of this rich, velvety, and fruity wine.


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CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE), a premier global data center REIT, today announced it purchased 68.227 acres in Mesa, Arizona for the development of a new data center cloud campus for the Fortune 1000. Upon completion, the new campus, located in the Mesa Elliot Technology Park, is planned to have five building facilities with up to 198 MW of critical power to power the new era of cloud computing services for the Fortune 1000. CyrusOne has seen tremendous demand from customers since entering the Phoenix-Metro area in 2012, and today's announcement of a second campus reflects growing customer demand for enhanced cloud services.
"CyrusOne continues to see heavy demand for cloud services among new and existing customers in the Phoenix-metro area. As the preeminent data center service provider for cloud services, we are always listening to our customer base in terms of where we need to be and what services we need to offer, said Kevin Timmons, CTO, CyrusOne. "Officials in Mesa and Sunbelt have been great partners and we are proud to work alongside them as we help usher in a new era of jobs, growth and investment for the local community."
"Southeast Mesa's growing technology sector is the ideal location for CyrusOne. They provide the cloud services that all companies need to stay on top of business and grow," Mayor John Giles said. "This is exactly what our predecessors envisioned when they invested in the Gateway area and created the Elliot Road Technology Corridor."
"We welcome CyrusOne to our Elliot Road Technology Corridor," District 6 Councilmember Kevin Thompson said. "With the many services offered by CyrusOne, it's no wonder they are the go-to solution for some of the world's top companies."
CyrusOne operates 45 data center facilities across the United States, Europe and Asia to provide customers with the flexibility and scale to match their specific IT growth needs. CyrusOne facilities are engineered to include the power-density infrastructure required to deliver high availability, including architecture with the highest available power redundancy (2N).
For more information about CyrusOne, call 1-855-908-3662 or visit www.cyrusone.com. Connect with us on Google Plus, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
About CyrusOne
CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE) is a high-growth real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in highly reliable enterprise-class, carrier-neutral data center properties. The company provides mission-critical data center facilities that protect and ensure the continued operation of IT infrastructure for approximately 1,000 customers, including 200 Fortune 1000 companies and nine of the top 10 cloud providers.
With a track record of meeting and surpassing the aggressive speed-to-market demands of hyperscale cloud providers, as well as the expanding IT infrastructure requirements of the enterprise, CyrusOne provides the flexibility, reliability, security, and connectivity that foster business growth. CyrusOne offers a tailored, customer service-focused platform and is committed to full transparency in communication, management, and service delivery throughout its 45 data centers worldwide.
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text: Healthcare Professionals Office Management Staffing & Operations Print 7 Mistakes to Avoid When Opening a PT Clinic Written by facebook twitter linkedin Written by Brett Sears, PT Brett Sears, PT, MDT, is a physical therapist with over 15 years of experience in orthopedic and hospital-based therapy. Learn about our editorial policy Brett Sears, PT Updated on June 24, 2019 More in Healthcare Professionals Office Management Staffing & Operations Billing & Coding Patient Relations Personal Health Information Geriatric Care Healthcare Compensation Medical Technology Medical Supplies So you are planning to open your own physical therapy clinic. You have a good sense of what to do: find some clinical space, hang your shingle, and tell folks about your clinic. That's about it, right? Maybe not. What are some of the things you should avoid doing when you are planning on opening a private PT clinic? And what mistakes should you avoid when running and operating your own therapy practice? Running a physical therapy clinic is challenging. Not only are you responsible for treating your patients and documenting their progress, you are now charged with keeping track of the finances, the employees, and the day-to-day operations. And remember, paid vacation time is a thing of the past. As they say in the medical business, you eat what you kill; every patient you see is money in, and a chance to have a positive customer service experience. And every bill and expense you have is money out the door. Owning a private PT clinic is fun, too. You get to be the boss. You get to make the decisions that can vault your clinic to success—but some of your decisions can have negative consequences on the health of your business—and on your overall happiness with owning your own physical therapy clinic. Here is a list of mistakes that should be avoided when owning and operating your own private physical therapy practice. Some are absolute no-no's. Others are merely recommendations from a PT who has made a few mistakes over 10-plus years of PT clinic ownership. 1 Not Having a Plan Caiaimage/Trevor Adeline/Getty Images You didn't get into and through physical therapy school without a plan, and your physical therapy clinic has a greater chance of success with a well thought out business plan. Your plan doesn't need to be anything fancy; it simply has to define your business and its goals and provide a roadmap on how you will achieve those goals. Failure to have a business plan can leave you in a sea of financial worries without a compass. Initially, plan out 12 to 18 months of your business, and don't forget to update your plan year after that, so you have a sense of where your business is—and where it is going. 2 Buying the Most Expensive Equipment When planning your physical therapy clinic, you should include a capital budget for medical and clinical equipment. This may include: Treatment tablesTherapeutic modalities like ultrasound or electrical stimulation unitsExercise equipmentComputer equipment When first starting out, it can be tempting to buy the best—and most expensive—equipment. That shows your patients that you have a shiny and exclusive clinic. But the finest PT equipment may come with a high price tag, and you may be drowning in debt before you even get your clinic off the ground. Do you really need the fully adjustable hi-lo tables? Does your clinical exercise equipment need to be from the top name-brand manufacturer? Probably not. When starting out, you may fare better using clinical and exercise equipment that is budget-friendly but still gets the job done. Once you have established your business after a few years, you can consider trading up for the fancy stuff. Your patients most likely won't come to you because of your high-end PT equipment. They will come to you because of your excellent clinical skill set and your top-notch customer service. 3 Ignoring the Business Aspect of PT So you're a great PT, right? You get good results and your patients seem to enjoy their time with you. That should be enough for a successful business, right? Wrong. As a physical therapy clinic owner, don't forget that you are a businessperson. You cannot ignore the business aspect of clinic ownership. Non-clinical roles of a PT clinic owner may include: Procurement of suppliesManaging employees and staffMarketing your servicesEnsuring compliance with local and national regulations You constantly need to manage employees, finances, and marketing—all, while treating your patients and making sure your documentation, is up to snuff. Failing to be a businessperson for your PT clinic can mean disaster for you and your business. 4 Failing to Put Customer Service First Take care of your customers, or they will take their business elsewhere. In your physical therapy clinic, who are your customers? Obviously, your customers are your patients. They are relying on you to provide a clean, organized clinical space in which they can engage in their rehab. They are relying on you to provide excellent clinical care in a timely manner, and they need you to make the best choices for their rehab. Take care of your patients properly, and they'll come back every time they need PT. Fail to put your patients first, and they may just head for a different clinic. Your customers are also doctors and other referral sources. Doctors will refer patients to your clinic, and they are expecting that patient to have a positive experience. Your referral sources also expect timely communication, so make sure you keep them informed of the progress of their patients. Keep your referral sources happy, and they'll keep trusting you for the care of their patients. 5 Outsourcing Too Many Services There are a lot of moving parts to a private PT clinic. Managing payroll, equipment, copayments, and insurance billing can be tough. Easy solution: Outsource it. Not so fast. One mistake many clinic owners make is that they outsource too many services. For example, insurance billing and navigation can be a nightmare, and hiring a billing service company may sound like a good idea. Simply feed your PT insurance claims to a billing service, and let the money roll in, while the billing company takes a percentage of that money. The problem with this scenario is that the percentage that the billing service takes adds up. Plus, no one will be as aggressive as you in collecting on outstanding claims and debts. You may want to learn to do your own billing; this ensures that you are in control of the insurance and billing process and, ultimately, your cash flow. Managing payroll and employees can be difficult, and many companies outsource their payroll services. This sounds like a great idea, but the fees associated with an outsourced payroll service can cut into your bottom line. Many small business software programs have built-in payroll solutions, and it may be worthwhile to manage your own payroll to avoid spending extra cash on an outsourced payroll company. Outpatient PT clinics need linens. Therapists use towels during ultrasound or whirlpool modalities, and treatment tables often have pillows that need pillowcases on them. You can outsource your linen service, but this monthly fee may really add up, especially if you're already outsourcing other aspects of your business. Solution: purchase your own clothes washer and dryer and wash your linens yourself. This takes time and effort, but it can save you hundreds of dollars each month, improving the health of your PT clinic's bottom line. 6 Hiring the Wrong People As a physical therapy clinic owner, eventually you are going to have to hire some people to work for you. You may need a receptionist to answer the phones, manage your schedule, and collect copayments. As your clinic (hopefully) gets busier, you may need to hire other physical therapists to work for you. But you must hire the right people for your clinic. Having the best people for your PT clinic is paramount. You want your clinic to be known in your community as a positive place, and the right employees can make that happen. Hiring employees who are not a good fit for your clinic can spell disaster. Who are the wrong people for your clinic? Start with the basics: your employees must show up on time, prepared to tackle each day. Customer service must be their number one goal. For clinical staff members, they must make sound clinical decisions and be recognized as an expert in the PT field. Employing people who don't share your vision can cause patients (and doctors) to turn away from your PT clinic, so hire wisely. 7 Letting Finances Get Out of Control Managing the financial aspect of your private physical therapy practice can be challenging, but it needs to be done properly. Failure to properly manage the outflow of cash from your clinic can be a huge mistake and may lead to an unhealthy bottom line at the end of the month. These days, it is easy to pay bills; Simply set up an automatic payment from your business checking account or credit card, and the money flows out. But here's the problem: these auto payments can slowly and steadily creep up until you are overpaying for basic services. Recurring payments, like those for your telephone, internet service, and business insurance, can ratchet up over time, and you need to be aware of how much you are paying each month to ensure that costs remain in control. You must be constantly aware of how much you are paying for basic utilities and materials in your clinic. Office and clinical supplies will be needed, and you should take time each month to ensure that your suppliers are giving you a competitive price for these goods. Shopping around for the best price for your necessary items may be the key to ensuring financial health for your PT clinic. Owning a physical therapy clinic can be a fun and rewarding venture, but it can also turn into a nightmare business if you are making some big mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes, and learning the ropes of the business world for a physical therapist can be tricky. Work hard, provide excellent customer service, avoid some common pitfalls and mistakes, and you can have a successful physical therapy practice for many years. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Get tips on how to better manage your health practice. Sign Up You're in! Thank you, {{form.email}}, for signing up. 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Recently a young Facebook friend had ACL reconstruction. K is sixteen, an athlete, the daughter of friends I've known since early-married days. I haven't seen her or her family in years, but based on her status posts and what I know about her parents, I'd venture to say she's pretty tough. She made a post-op status report on Facebook from the recovery room, calling the surgery a success and the pain level "doable." If I remember rightly, two different guys then commented on her status, telling K she was "lucky" her pain level was so low and she wasn't suffering as they had with their own orthopedic surgeries.
And this really got me thinking. As far as I know, medical science has no objective standard by which to quantify pain, no unit of measurement like decibels or lumens or points on a Richter scale. Therefore we have no way of knowing whether the guys who made the comments really suffered more than K—but they assumed so, based on K's comment that her own pain level was "doable."
What does doable mean, anyway? Just that K could manage it. And that's what "pain tolerance" comes down to. Having a high pain tolerance doesn't mean your nerve endings are tougher than other people's and don't register pain as acutely. It means just what the name denotes: a high capacity to tolerate pain. It's not about what you feel; it's about what you can handle.
Some years back, Greg had his own ACL reconstruction reconstructed (the original surgery had been done in the eighties, and the repair had worn out). He approached physical therapy with all the ready determination of an athlete eager to return to top form as quickly as possible. During their initial meeting, the physical therapist asked Greg this question: "On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being perfectly comfortable and 10 being get me to the emergency room, what is your pain level right now?" Greg replied, "About a 2." The therapist later told Greg that this was a baseline question he asked all his patients to determine their pain tolerance. He said it wasn't unusual for a patient to respond, "Oh, about an 8," while sitting quite calmly in his office.
This is just one example of a disturbing trend I've been observing for years. When someone is particularly successful at something, there is always some naysayer who attributes that success to natural talent, good genetics—in short, luck. By this reasoning, the success has no merit. It was a mere accident, like the hair color you were born with or your date of birth. Are you happily married? Then you obviously haven't been through the fire like some folks, or else you and your spouse happen to have excellent natural compatibility. Do you have good kids? Then they must not be "strong-willed." Are you in good shape physically? Lucky you! You can thank the genes that gave you a healthy metabolism and a propensity to build muscle easily.
Now, some folks obviously start out life far better equipped than others in terms of health, wealth, family support, early character training, educational opportunities, et cetera. And some folks have tougher circumstances to cope with later on. (And, yes, some folks react differently than others to anesthetic.) Far be it from me to deny the importance of unearned blessings when I've received so many myself. The whole nature-versus-nurture debate is a frequent topic for discussion in our household. How much of a life's outcome can be attributed to the genetic package a person was born with? How much to the environment he was raised in? And (my own contribution to the debate) how much to his own will? We can't set up an experiment to answer these questions; we can only observe and speculate. But I've noticed that people who achieve great things tend to attribute their success to hard work. I'm inclined to take their word for it; I figure they ought to know.
American society in general, though, seems to be giving more and more credit to the "nature" side of the equation. Any really stellar level of achievement, whether academic or artistic or athletic or whatever, is automatically attributed to "natural ability," effectively negating the achiever's own responsibility for his success. By this reasoning, success is really no success at all, only a circumstance. It's a shocking self-contradiction, a mirror-image anti-logic that leaves me speechless and more than a little annoyed.
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!" (Isaiah 5:20, 21)
Okay. I know that in quoting the above I'm overstating my case. I don't really expect woe to fall on people for the careless semantics I've been describing. But I will say that there is something very, very wrong with the sort of reasoning that calls a thing its opposite, and that this carelessness will have consequences, if only in the habits and character it fosters. I have said before and I will say again: you cannot monkey around with the language without it coming back one day to bite you.


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I sit too much.
This is partly due to my job, largely due to blogging, and mostly because it's my own fault! Sitting all day actually makes me tired! I also dread the Numb Bum Syndrome and the infamous "Blogger's Butt." I believe my body craves and needs to move. Nothing like a walk outside to re-energize! Are you the same way? But sometimes I just get too lazy to get up and move, and I hate being lazy! Such a conundrum!
On the other hand, I finished the WOMAN Challenge this past weekend and received that coveted completion certificate. My goal in this challenge was to exercise 5 days a week for a minimum of 30 minutes, and I did accomplish that. Yes, some days were harder than others, like when I visited family in Texas, but I still squeaked by!
And you know what? It felt good to complete that 8-week challenge. But now that it's over, I'm sort of wishing there was another one.
You see, creating goals and a little competition with myself motivates me.
Then I thought why not create my own little, personal challenge? Why not make it a goal to get some physical activity every day! And by physical activity, I mean: taking a walk with my husband after dinner, making a point to get up from my desk every couple hours at work to walk around the building and take the stairs, doing some lunges across the living room, stretching my entire body before getting in to bed. Etc, etc, etc…
The point I'm sure you see is to simply be more active throughout the day instead of sitting for all hours with one 30-minute hard core workout slipped in for good measure.
Yes, I still want to fit in those "real" workouts throughout the week as I think they're excellent for really improving strength and endurance. But I don't want them to be the sole focus. You could say I want to take a more "big picture" view instead of only focusing on one of the details.
Early this year I made a goal to focus on health instead of simply looks when it comes to eating and exercising. I think changing my view to more of the big picture (being active throughout the day) instead of focusing only on one detail (30-minute "real" workout) can help me with this mindset change. It's definitely worth a shot!
Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time I get away from the computer and move a little…


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This contribution to the "liber amicorum" of prof. dr. em. Michel FLAMÉE proposes a "five pillar based new global monetary system" as based upon the findings of my recent book "Nu het gouden kalf verdronken is".
The Chapters III and IV of said book "Nu het gouden kalf verdronken is" more precisely contain an attempt of describing how an "altruistic" monetary (and financial) system could look like, as opposed to the global monetary system presently prevailing which, to a large extent, itself forms an expression of the basic economic ideas of "economic liberalism" and "economic neo-liberalism", hence of the belief systems that basically hold that selfishness and greed result in general wealth and prosperity.
The main objective of this newly proposed global monetary system has hereby been to indicate what could be the outlook of a monetary (and financial) system which no longer would be based upon the globally dominating ideas and mechanisms of economic (neo-)liberalism, with all of their negative characteristics an consequences, among which:…
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This… this is MY kinda streaming video.
Not the video on the iPhone, on the Android Tablet, on the Surface computer, but a real, live, cold, wet, wonderful stream…
And yes, I have video!
Ruth, Shari and I ventured out on Wednesday of our 2015 Steamboat Spring Colorado excursion and hiked along a wonderful stream. Every bend in the trail made us want to stop and shoot another shot, whether the stream, a flower, a rocky hillside, a broad mountain vista. Every moment was one to take your breath away.
Every moment was just us, in nature. The only noise and busyness was the bubbling of the creek and the whisper of the pines in the wind. It was a world away.
And today, here, in the real world, everyone is absorbed by their phones, their tablets, their computers… the cacophony that is our electronic world. The noise of our myriad of devices. The reliance, addiction to our gadgets.
The truth is, that's me too. I go into a restaurant, my iPad goes in too. I stop at at stop light, my iPhone gets glanced at. We are all that way pretty much anymore. Interconnected with our electronic leashes.
But sometimes, you gotta cut the leash…
Stop the streaming, and watch the stream.
Stop the phony phone, and see the real world.
Stop the computer screen, and wander a nature scene.
Leave the daily buzz and bother behind and just go immerse yourself…
In MY kinda streaming video!!!


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Norfolk, Va. (Mar. 14, 2019) --- Two-time defending Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion North Carolina Central made a strong statement in its bid for a three-peat, sprinting past Delaware State 75-57 in a MEAC Tournament quarterfinal at the Scope Arena Thursday evening.
The third-seeded Eagles shot 53.7% for the game (29-for-54) to advance to the tournament semifinals for the third straight year.
Randy Miller led four double-figure scorers with a game-high 18 points for NCCU. Raasean Davis (5-7 FGs), Larry McKnight, Jr. (4-7) and Jibri Blount (5-8) added 10 points each, while Zacarry Douglas had nine points and led all players with 12 rebounds in the contest for the Eagles.
Kevin Larkin was the high scorer for Delaware State with 16 points, while fellow senior Saleik Edwards added 13.
North Carolina Central (16-15) shot 60.7% in the first half (17-for-28) to lead 44-28 at the break.
After Delaware State pulled to within 37-28 on a jumper by D'Marco Baucum, the Eagles scored the last seven points of the first half.
NCCU scored six of the first eight points of the second half, and opened up a 50-30 lead on a put back dunk by Davis with 16:49 left to play.
The Eagles held their biggest lead, 70-49, on a lay-up by Jordan Perkins with 3:58 remaining.
"There's a reason why North Carolina Central is a top team in our league year after year," said Delaware State first-year head coach Eric Skeeters. " I'm proud of my team, especially the seniors, for the growth we experienced this year. We've come a long way since the beginning of the season, and I'll always be grateful to my staff and players for their contributions to my first year as a head coach. "
Larkin, a native of Georgetown, Del., was also reflective on his lone season as a Hornet.
"This season meant everything to me because I had the chance to return home and play in front of my family and friends, and compete with a great group of guys."
The NCCU contest was also the final college game for Edwards, who joined the Hornets during the 2017-18 season.
"This has been the best season of my life," Edwards said. "I'm proud to be part of the rebuilding of this program. I believe great things are ahead for the program."
Delaware State (6-25) shot 35.4% for the game, connecting on 23 of their 65 shots from the field, including just four- of-22 on three-point attempts.
NCCU won the rebound battle 38-33, although Delaware State took better care of the ball, committing just nine turnovers to 16 for the Eagles.
The contest was Delaware State's first in the MEAC Tournament quarterfinals since 2015 … The Hornets are 2-2 vs, NC Central in MEAC Tournament match-ups.


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Need workers? Got workers but they don't have the right skills? After decades of shedding employees, A&D finds itself in a race to staff-up ahead of everything from near-peer national security threats to just staying ahead of tech industry disruptors. What should companies do? In this episode of Aviation Week Check 6 with Accenture, Senior Business Editor Michael Bruno talks with Accenture A&D Lead John Schmidt and Communication, Media and Technology Managing Director Jessica Kane, who offer a game plan.
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