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- Open Dialogue
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12 Steps for Clinicians Developing Co-Occurring Competency
An excellent resource for clinicians developing co-occurring competency. These steps are based on the principles of a Comprehensive Continuous Integrated System of Care (CCSC) (Minkoff and Cline, 2004), and can be taken by any clinician within the scope of his or hear existing job category.Download PDF
COMPASS Primary Health and Behavioral Health Self-Assessment Tool
The COMPASS-Primary Health and Behavioral Health is a comprehensive continuous quality improvement tool for clinics and treatment programs, whether working in their own integration process or in partnership with others, to organize themselves to develop core integrated capability to meet the needs of service populations with physical health and behavioral health issues.Download Resource
Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy Training
Promising Practice! The Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy Training to Promote Successful Community Living in Individuals with Schizophrenia is evidence-based, flexible and succeeds in promoting recovery across multidisciplinary, team-based settings such as inpatient units (acute, long-term, and forensic), Assertive Community Treatment teams, supportive living home, psychosocial rehabilitation services, and day programs. Understanding problems leading to and maintaining hospitalizations is integral to this effort, as is know how to formulate an action plan that will sustain people with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses in the community and prevent re-hospitalization.Download Resource
A Guide for Probation and Parole: Motivating Offenders to Change
This publication, Motivating Offenders To Change: A Guide for Probation and Parole, provides probation and parole officers and other correctional professionals with both a solid grounding in the principles behind Motivational Interviewing and a practical guide for applying these principles in their everyday dealings with offenders. Through numerous examples of questions, sample dialogues, and exercises, it presents techniques for interacting with offenders at all stages of supervision and at varying levels of commitment to positive change.Download Resource
12 Steps for Agencies/Programs Developing Co-occurring Capability
A straightforward and ready to implement 12 step guide for agencies/programs looking to develop or enhance co-occurring capability. These steps are based on the principals for Comprehensive Continous Integrated System of Care Implementation, and can be initiated by any agency, within the scope of the agency/program mission adn resources.Download Resource
Healthy Living with Bipolar Disorder
An online book created by the International Bipolar foundation, IBPF to assist anyone touched by bipolar disorder. It is written by a variety of authors with lived or expert experiences. The chapters contain helpful information on a variety of topics that arise in everyday life, as well as resources for dealing with specific issues facing those affected by this illness.Download Resource
Advice from Dr. Steingard
Dr. Steingard was asked to give the commencement address for Goddard College's masters program in psychology and counseling. This is what she said.
How many psychiatrists does it take to screw in a light bulb? The classic answer is that the bulb needs to want to change. This is old but still true. Coming to grips with our limitations is a topic I will return to once I dispense with the humor.
And finally, we come to the classic part of the commencement speech – advice to the newbies:
1) Hold Your Theories Lightly
I know you have just worked very hard to accumulate expertise. The problem, however, is that our fields – and I include myself in this – are audacious in their attempt to offer help while we still are so much in the dark about so many things. It is an easy trap to deal with the uncertainty of clinical work by enclosing ourselves in theories. We then see the world from the perspective of our particular theory and we allow our observations to only confirm what we already know. We get blinded to observations that challenge our world view of "how things are."
This has happened to me. No one should really come to me for advice because in truth I have been wrong so many times in my career. And while I am open to the possibility that this is perhaps reflective of a personal problem, I suspect I am not alone. We all benefit from the work of our intellectual forefathers – or foremothers – but we also belong to professions that have made many, many mistakes. For me, the only honest position is one of humility.
Holding that humility in balance with expertise and training is no easy task. For sure, you have learned something. It was not all for naught. But do not rely on your diploma to address your own needs for respect and validation at the expense of those we try to serve. For although psychiatry might own the lion's share of potential to harm, we can all do harm and the advice – First Do No Harm – can aptly apply to all of us.
2) Do Not Lose Intellectual Rigor
Goddard has a fine tradition in the so-called alternative world. I suspect you have been encouraged to challenge convention. I support you in this. At the same time, I continue to value reason and critical thought. When I label myself and the work I am doing, I call myself a critical psychiatrist. My writing is geared to a critical evaluation of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. Those of us who choose to question convention are nevertheless as obligated to maintain rigor as anyone else.
Read Daniel Kahnemann's book, Thinking, Fast and Slow. He is a Nobel-prize-winning cognitive psychologist and his book is about the remarkable power of intuitive thinking but also about how it can lead us astray. Many of us who are drawn to this field have good intuitions that we need to use every day. The evidence base only gets us so far. But we have an obligation to actively question and look for our own blind spots.
3) Give Your Heart, But Protect It
I am a student of Finnish Open Dialogue. Jaakko Seikkula and David Trimble wrote a paper with the title "Dialogue as the Embodiment of Love." Honestly, for me this notion is both moving but also a bit uncomfortable. We understandably and appropriately need to be careful about our boundaries. But I also understand what they mean by this.
A couple of weeks ago, I went to meet a patient in the waiting room. I have known him for 20 years. He used to refuse to come to the office and even to talk to me. I would go to his home to see him. I have committed him to hospitals. Suffice it to say, he is doing much better. Despite his struggles, he has managed to be married for 20 years and to raise 2 kids. On this day his now teen-age son was with him in the waiting room. He turn to his son and said, "This is my friend, uh, my doctor."
It is the relationships, the connections, we have to offer that may be most helpful. In the psychotherapy outcomes literature, only 15% of the variance of the outcome is accounted for by the particular technique one uses. Most of the variance is attributed to the therapeutic alliance and the qualities the person brings to the treatment. So we make connections. And this is fundamentally a paradox. For we are walking in the hinter land between professional and friend. This is not easy and it is often confusing. I have no easy answer to this other than to recommend that we at least acknowledge it.
But when you give your heart, it can be wounded. This can be very draining work. You need to take care of your self. A way to stay out of trouble is to be honest about your limitations. We can help the light bulb to change. We may even have ways to increase the light bulb's desire to change. But in our world, in the end, the light bulb indeed does the changing.
We all need validation and when the bulb doesn't change, we have a tendency to blame. Another aspect of Open Dialogue that appeals to me is that all conversations about the person are done in the person's presence. I was at a conference with the Finns and someone asked if they always adhered to this and a senior psychiatrist said that they mostly do and she commented that she notices that when they begin to talk without the person present that the talk tended to veer into a negative and blaming tone. You may not operate in that model but you can think that way: talk about a person as if that person was present with you.
When I was a resident I worked in a VA hospital. We some times saw some very scary and angry guys. A senior resident once told me: if you are afraid to be in the room with someone, open the door, if you are afraid to be inside the room, talk in the hall, if you are afraid to talk in the hall alone, have someone stand with you. I am kind of a wuss. Those word stayed with me. I bring this up not so much to talk about dangerousness but to talk about acknowledging one's limitations. By not thinking that I had to be someone who I was not, I could say to someone without rancor or blame, I am not able to be with you right now.
I once read that one secret of happiness is to be of service and to express gratitude. Although we are not laborers, this work takes a different kind of toll. But we are also privileged in being able to be of service. We are privileged to be part of people's lives in the darkest times. This is a choice we made, not something that was imposed on us. Try to remember that on the tougher days.
Six Core Strategies to Reduce the Use of Seclusion and Restraint
The first in a series of articles on this project
The Vermont Cooperative for Practice Improvement and Innovation (VCPI) is partnering with the Vermont Department of Mental Health to lead a major practice improvement initiative aimed at reducing Emergency Intervention Procedures (EIP) – such as seclusion and restraint - in Vermont hospitals, specifically the three hospitals licensed as Level I facilities to replace the state hospital. This important initiative has been supported by advocates statewide and utilizes "The Six Core Strategies", an evidence-based clinical model designed for use by institutions providing mental health treatment to adults admitted to inpatient or residential settings. Kevin Huckshorn, RN, MSN, CADC, ICRC - Director for the Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH) and an international thought leader on recovery oriented mental health and substance use treatment- has been the leader in Six Core Strategy implementation at SAMSHA and she and her team have been invited to Vermont to conduct the project. The Six Core Strategies have been guiding state and private hospitals and agencies in the US and abroad since 2003. . The Six Core Strategies outline a best-practices approach by highlighting the need for organizational change, data-informed practices, workforce development, and consideration of consumers' roles in their own care.
VCPI will be working in partnership with DMH, Kevin and her team, participating hospitals and other stakeholders - including the EIP Steering Committee - to provide overall facilitation of the project as well as specific technical assistance and implementation support VCPI will have a critical role in structuring the implementation of the practice as a system-wide partnership to engage in a performance improvement project that will build capacity within the Vermont system to support sustainability of the Six Core Strategies. VCPI will commence initial engagement work with hospital implementation teams at the three Level I hospitals - Brattleboro Retreat, Rutland Medical Center and The Vermont Psychiatric Hospital - in July. Other community hospitals that provide psychiatric acute care services are also welcome to participate in this project. For more information, please contact Sarah Squirrell, Executive Director of VCPI, at email@example.com.
Practice Guidelines for Video Conferencing – Telemental Health
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA), with members from from thoughout the US and Internationally, is the principal organization bringing together telemedicine pracitioners, healthcare institutions, vendor and others involved in providing remote healthcare using telecommunications. ATA has embarked on a effort establish practice guidelines and technical standards for telemedicine to help advance the science and to assure the uniform quality of service to patients.Download PDF Web Resource
Telemental Health Comparison
This independent telemental health technology comparison site was created to help mental health providers quickly identify the best technology for their online therapy practice or network. From HIPAA compliant video platforms to encrypted email, or therapy Apps, you'll quickly identify the latest mental health technologies available in an unbiased comparison.Visit Website
Intentional Peer Support
Boston University Psych Research Center
The Boston University's Psych Research Center - run by the world renowned Kim T. Mueser. The Center is a research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons who have psychiatric disabilities. Dr. Mueser previously of Dartmouth was a valuable consultant for the Vermont Clinical Practice Advisory Panel.Visit Website
International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis
ISPS is and international organization promoting psychotherapy psychological treatments for persons with psychosis. They are committed to advancing education, training and knowledge of mental health professionals in the treatment and prevention of psychotic mental disorders.Visit Website
UCLA Psych Rehab, Robert Paul Liberman, MD
The mission of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Consultants (PRC) is to distribute clinical tools and services that enable practitioners to help consumers recover from serious and persistent mental illness. We recommend utilizing their "publications" page for references and articles related to recovery.Visit Website
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Is VICTORIAN sex the key to a more passionate love life? (The Daily Mail) [1]
Is VICTORIAN sex the key to a more passionate love life? Controversial technique from the 19th century promises to improve any relationship
- The practice of karezza encourages a focus on intimacy rather than orgasm
- The phrase, which is taken from the Italian word for 'caress', was coined by Chicago obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Alice Bunker Stockham in 1896
- By not having a 'finish line' couples will experience sexual energy for longer
Relationship experts are constantly coming up with newfangled ways to make sex more exciting for couples, but some specialists claim that when it comes to passion the Victorians had it right.
In a new book [2], London-based sex therapists Mike Lousada and Louise Mazanti reveal that a bedroom trend from the 19th century could be the key to better sex and closer intimacy.
The practice, karezza, encourages both men and women to abstain from orgasm during sex, in order to allow both partners to enjoy longer, and more intense, periods of sexual energy.
The word karezza was coined by Dr. Alice Bunker Stockham in 1896, a Chicago obstetrician and gynecologist, who was only the fifth woman to become a doctor in the United States.
Dr. Stockham was an outspoken feminist who crusaded for birth control, a ban on corsets and sexual fulfillment for both men and women.
Rather than focusing on physical desires karezza, derived from the Italian carezza which means caress, encourages couples to focus on intimacy involving eye gazing and light touching.
The practice, which was also known as coitus reservatus, or sexual continence, was highly controversial in the Victorian era, however still proved popular among more forward-thinking couples.
And now, Lousada and Manzati, authors of Real Sex, claim that by implementing the practice of karezza in their own sex lives, modern-day couples can learn to appreciate 'subtle sensations' that often go unnoticed.
Speaking to the Metro [3] they said: 'The point of the exercise is to move away from friction-based sex and to create an awareness of more subtle but equally pleasurable sensations.
'When we really tune in to these sensations, a bit like electricity running through our body, then our whole body can become orgasmic.
'This creates a full-body orgasm that can last as long as we chose for it to, instead of the rather brief type of genital orgasm that we refer to as a 'pelvic sneeze'.'
Their theory is supported by doctors and karezza has been seen as a natural alternative to Viagra, and possibly a cure for sexual dysfunction, or lack of desire, in women.
Exploring the connections between sexual behavior, neurochemistry, and relationship harmony, doctors have found that 80 different regions of the brain reach their maximum activity during orgasm.
This overstimulation of the pleasure receptors can desensitise the brain to pleasure or create a craving for more, leading to unhealthy cravings and an imbalance in the brain's harmony.
Research shows that in karezza sexual energy continues to flow as there is no 'finish line', which advocates say helps to prevent boredom with a partner.
Original article [4]
- Karezza [5]

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Last night I joined the Newbury Road Cycling club for another 10 mile Time Trial (TT). I'd like to say I was relishing the chance to improve on my previous 25:30ish effort, but in truth I was dreading it!
There's something about the sheer lung-busting leg-burning effort that really doesn't appeal - but in the spirit of 'what doesn't kill me will make me faster on race day', I duly turned up ready to give it 100%.
A slight kit clusterf*ck on my part meant I had to borrow pedals and shoes (don't ask...) for the ride, but I got my number and lined up at about 7.20pm ready for the off.
The course between Hungerford and Newbury was reasonably flat, but it was pretty chilly and it was hard to judge exactly what the wind was doing.
Anyway, as a novice to time trialling, my 'strategy' was simply to go out just about as hard as I reckoned I could sustain for 20ish minutes and then just hang on as long as possible until I blew up! OK, it's not a particularly scientific strategy, but I'm still learning!
I managed to catch and overtake my 'minute man' (the person who set off one minute ahead of me in the TT) by 4km, so I felt things were going reasonably well. However, the speedo on my cateye was telling me I was only doing around 30km/h. So I ignored that and just concentrated on my cadence - keeping it between 88 and 96.
I'm not sure if it was me or the conditions, but I felt 'happier' with a cadence in the mid-90s than 80-90.
I got to the turnaround point in Hungerford and was baulked by traffic at both roundabouts - not great, but just bad luck on my part. A conservative guess would be that it cost me 10-12 seconds.
By then, if truth be told, I already wanted to puke!
On the way back, the one hill I was fearing turned out to be ok and I span up it with a high cadence. My breathing was getting laboured and I even shouted at myself a couple of times (never done that before!).
With about 4km to go I could really feel that I was tiring - not so much in my legs, but my aerobic system. So it was just a case of hanging on in there and trying to push hard.
I crosssed the line in 24:17, a new PB by over a minute (to be fair, the previous time was set on a different course).
Cruising back to the start line my chest was agony and I just couldn't stop coughing. I suppose that shows I did try hard! But just to put a lowly triathlete in his place, I only managed 14th out of 35 competitors, with the winning time coming in at 21:54. Clearly there is more speed to be found!
I'm not sure I will ever learn to love TTs, but I will definitely be back for more.
Race Results here: http://www.newburyrc.co.uk/prod/php/getresult.php?aid=2675&routine=getresult
My Garmin Stats here: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/83573760


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Seven-year-old Mia Bendray's Christmas wish definitely came true this year after a good Samaritan reunited her with her "best friend" and dog Marley, who had been stolen only a day before. New York City Cops also managed to nab the dog thief, who Mia's family are calling "the Grinch."
Christmas Eve had looked pretty glum for 7-year-old Mia Bendray when her beloved King Charles Spaniel, Marley, was stolen by a heartless dog-napper. Mia and her family had gone into a grocery store for just a few minutes to buy food for their Christmas meal. They had left Marley tied up outside the Washington Heights grocery store for just a few minutes, only to find him gone when they returned.
Surveillance cameras showed a man caught on camera, coming up to Marley and shortly after, untying him and leading him away. Police then sent the video to news outlets, who aired the video and the story. Mia and her family quickly went to work putting up posters in the area in an effort to locate the stolen dog.
Mia was so upset that she told ABC News that she couldn't sleep without her her best friend.
"I can't even trim my tree without him. It's so hard to be without him."
The dog was rescued by good Samaritan Tina Cohen, who became suspicious when she saw a man standing in Union Square, yelling that he had a dog for sale, according to DNA Info. Cohen then used $200 of her own money to purchase the dog and afterwards brought him to a vet to check if he was micro-chipped. That led him straight back to his grateful owner, Mia.
Cohen watched the joyful reunion between Mia and Marley on Christmas Day, saying: "You guys belong together. I'm so happy you are together."
"That was the worst thing, there was a Grinch that was live and about in New York," said Mia's mother. "The Grinch didn't win today."
And what about the Grinch? The dog thief, who has been identified as Brad Bacon, 29, was arrested in Washington Heights on felony charges of grand larceny for selling Cohen the stolen dog. He was later arraigned and released from jail and will be back in court in March.


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Gartner analyst scrutinizes SCO-Linux flap
Analyst George Weiss digs into the SCO Group's legal action against IBM and Linux and details what it's done to SCO's business and what CIOs are saying.
ORLANDO, Fla. –- Back in May, when the SCO vs. IBM issue was heating up, Gartner analyst George Weiss advised enterprises to consider their Linux plans with caution. Since then, a couple of more lawsuits have been filed, SCO's received a cash infusion from venture capital firm BayStar Capital, and the dispute's course has only become more murky. In this interview with SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, Weiss offers his take on what's going on with the fight.
What do you make of BayStar's decision to grant $50 million to SCO? How much will that help SCO?
George Weiss: I think that this [money] is really kind of a gift from the venture capitalist who thinks that maybe there's a chance of a big payoff here and that [SCO] needs the money to sustain their campaign. So it's not surprising that that is one of their tactics.
I can't say much more about it, other than that I think they're playing a strategic game of banking on intellectual property as an important revenue generator to drive up their stock price and then, if and when that should happen, to get out of the market, essentially, or sell themselves out to the highest bidder.
My feeling was that the other part of the business was pretty much getting destroyed in the process. So it looks like an end game to me.
The other part being what was their Linux business?
Weiss: [What] was their Linux business is probably totally destroyed now. I was even talking about the other parts of the business aimed at their customer install base and extending their software portfolio and things like that. The amount of community ill will that they're generating is going to work against them over the long term, even if they have good products. You have to function in a viable community that trusts you, that feels that you're a member in good standing, with partners and other things. So I just don't have that feeling that that's going to be sustainable, as long as this lawsuit is carried on.
I mean, consider the scenario here of them going out to sue hundreds of users in the marketplace, and at the same time trying to sell to markets -– they may not be the same markets, but nevertheless, to be able to campaign and be selling the good will, the trust, the longevity of the company: 'Trust us; we'll be your partner. We'll be here for the long term.' And meanwhile, there's another segment of the community that is so inflamed and aggravated, with vendors countersuing them, that there's a high level of uncertainty placed on SCO's business itself.
You mentioned that it's not surprising that they would want this venture capital money. Is it surprising, though, that someone would give it to them?
Weiss: I read [a] document from a well-known financial analyst firm that said that they were recommending SCO to the [high-risk-oriented] investor, that the stock could rise to $45 a share in some given time frame because of the potential of this intellectual property issue they have over the Linux community. [They were] saying 'Hey, why don't you go for it.'
So, if there are people in the financial investment community doing that, then why not venture capital companies? And, of course, for the executives of SCO, if the stock price were to ever reach even half that amount, they might bail out anyway. So this is turning into kind of a casino game.
Never mind, though, the fact that they're also betting against IBM, and HP, and Silicon Graphics, and Fujitsu and a number of other Unix firms, all of whom probably did some analysis of the code and, you know, are remaining pretty steadfast in terms of resisting. At least, IBM is resisting.
There's only one possibility here that I would've like to see and that is that the vendors really pitch in and create a wall of indemnification for the users, because I see it having some effect on orders, on potential orders over the longer term. And it's not coming from the people that are developers. It's the CIO-level people that are concerned.
Are you familiar with the Credit Suisse First Boston survey, which found that 84% of CIOs have not changed their Linux plans?
Weiss: I saw that. Well, take that 84%. So that means 16% of CIOs would not cut a check for Linux. I wouldn't be happy with even that number. I mean, that may feel good, but it's still a message that there's a number of CIOs out there that are sufficiently concerned about it, and I've spoken to some.
The way SCO is waging this war is in what appears to be fairly well-planned, carefully staged actions to up the pressure and threats to the users. It's done on a timely basis, almost monthly, or bimonthly, where there is some other action, like: 'We're going to send you invoices. We will meet with you to negotiate prices. We will double the price if you don't come through by a certain date.' And so on. That's a well-orchestrated campaign. And, you know, you take a snapshot in time like CSFB did, you know, it only has validity for that one point in time. You have to look at this in a longitudinal way and look at the cumulative impact of constant pressure. And if there's no escape valve, such as what, let's say, HP is planning, then users keep hearing this message; the CIOs keep hearing the message. The CEOs start asking the CIOs, 'What are you doing about it? Are you going to have us in court?' So I would say that you can never just plain discount completely this kind of action.
The only other way would have been that the Linux community, under Linus Torvalds, had some kind of a system that was able to filter out, or screen, or qualify contributions, not only for technical capabilities but for their legality, which I don't think they have.
[Another possibility would have been] that some other member of that community, or an organization would have been formed to be able to actually say that, 'We're providing every user of Linux an indemnification. We'll take the responsibility.' That hasn't happened yet.
You mentioned how SCO has choreographed this campaign, timing it so that they have a big announcement every month or so. It's kind of interesting that right after they said they weren't going to send invoices to companies using Linux, they got this $50 million from BayStar. Do you see any confusion here in their strategy?
Weiss: They've made some excuses about it. But I honestly think that they have financial issues. If you do some modeling, [if you have] 100 users that you send invoices to, and they don't respond, then you need to follow up with that, or your game is called. That means court actions, subpoenas, all of which is a costly process. So they were in that limbo state, where they felt that they didn't want to risk going out on that level.
Read part 2 of SearchEnterpriseLinux.com's interview with Gartner analyst George Weiss tomorrow.


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This Yahrzeit (memorial lamp) incorporates shards of broken and enameled glass to both memorialize and remind us of the beginning events of the Holocaust. Kristallnacht or the "Night of Broken Glass" was the night in November of 1938 when the Holocaust began with the smashing of synagogues and Jewish owned businesses and homes throughout Germany. Intertwined in the glass are bronze figures behind barb wire and smoke images enameled and engraved on the glass to address the reality of Kristallnacht and the horrors that followed The candle, which Jews traditionally light on the anniversary of a loved one's death is lit to remember and memorialize the victims.
Glass, copper, bronze and vitreous enamel – 1993


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Archive for Monday, April 13, 2009
Linwood man scratches his way to fortune
April 13, 2009
When Daniel Clayton saw the new Cruisin' & Cash instant scratch tickets scratch game at the G & S Convenience Store he thought he would give it a try.
Clayton said that he likes to play the scratch lotto tickets every once in a while but, "I don't really play it all the time. I try to manage my money being a disabled vet on a pension."
He bought two of the $10 scratch tickets and in an instant he won the top prize of $10,000 on the first ticket.
Clayton, who has never won any money from the lottery, said he was completely shocked at his windfall.
" I honestly wasn't expecting it," he said. " I had bought the tickets thinking $20 had just blown away. It was a nice surprise."
He said the clerk kept telling him he needed to take the ticket to Topeka because he just couldn't believe his luck.
Clayton said he is going to use the money to pay some bills.
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I wasn't expecting to talk about Windows XP when I arrived to interview Jason Richelson, the CEO of ShopKeep. However, tens of thousands of his competitor's clients are facing a major problem. The operating system which their POS System runs is outdated. To continue using their existing POS system, they will need to upgrade to Windows 7 or 8 from Window XP. If they don't upgrade, they face two major risks:
- Their system won't be PCI compliant. Accepting credit cards through their POS would potentially put them in violation of their their insurance policy contracts.
- If they risk the legal consequences and keep running Windows XP, their system will be very vulnerable to viruses and worms, as Microsoft is no longer offering security patches. If client credit card information is hacked and stolen, most customers will blame them according to a recent Harris poll.
In the broadest sense, the difference between ShopKeep and its major competitors like Micros, is a cloud based versus server based solution. ShopKeep offers a cloud based system that uses Apple's iPad as the physical device that the employees running the "cash register" use to ring up sales and take payments.
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Jason Richelson points out the following problems with using a POS system that runs on a pc-based operating system:
1) Typically, these systems have lots of middleware that allows the various components of the POS system to talk with one another. The middleware adds complexity to the system and often causes problems and downtime.
2) Often, these systems are built in a way which makes them highly dependent on the internet. When your internet connection has problems, pc-based based POS systems tend to be useless. In these scenarios, ShopKeep will enable a merchant to keep taking cash transactions, however, even though they are not able to process credit cards.
3) Repairs and installations often require a visit from a specialist, which can be extremely costly in terms of direct costs and loss of time. In fact, Jason started ShopKeep when a technical problem with the POS that he used for his wine stores ran into a problem which shut his business down.
Jason acknowledges that his firm is one of several which is offering an alternative to the traditional pc-based based POS solution. However, he believes that his firm is the best for one big reason: great 7 day per week customer service.
Who does ShopKeep serve?
50% Quick-Service Food Establishments (like coffee shops, hamburger joints, food trucks)
50% Speciality Retail Stores (like wine shops, pet shops, gift shops)
In my interview with Jason, he said there were two basic questions which almost all potential customers ask: 1) What hardware will I need to buy? 2) Can I continue to use my existing merchant account?
What hardware does one need to buy?
A point of sale system has 5 basic hardware components:
1) The Computer (tablet or computer)
2) Credit Card Reader (plugs into the tablet or computer)
3) The Cash Box (a locked rectangular metal box which opens when a cash transaction is rung up)
4) The Receipt Printer
5) The Router (which can be used for other purposes as well)
In the case of using ShopKeep, one also needs to buy a sturdy stand to hold the tablet in an upright position. Jason estimates that the stand, the credit card reader, the receipt printer, and the cash box all told costs about $650. An iPad costs around $300. Assuming that you already have a router, the hardware costs for ShopKeep's POS System is under $1,000.
The cost of Shopkeep is $50 per month for 1 register.
Can I work with my existing merchant account services provider?
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UPDATE: 4.8.2014 – Skype decided that having a Desktop API isn't good for their customer experience anymore. Hence this plugin will no longer work, I'm sorry.
If you are using OSX and don't know Alfred, you are definitely missing out. This is by far the most useful tool and the main reason, I currently favour OSX over Windows and Linux. If you have the PowerPack Alfred allows for custom plugins and that's where all the fun begins. My first plugin gives you the ability to Skype from within Alfred.
Skype needs to be running for this to work. You should receive a warning from skype, that a programm wants to access its data – accept.
s – autocompletion from skype contact list, then send message. Also displays last received message.
sc – autocompletion from skype contact list, call users.
snew – the 5 newest messages, simply select one for reply.
sr – reply to last user.
There is a Contact Action for using the alfred contacts to call skype, simply create a new Contact Action as described here http://support.alfre…-contact-action and select "Call Skype", if you have saved skype usernames in your contacts as well, they should work too.
Alfred, Skype, Python (preinstalled in OSX)
Known Issues:
- When you hit enter too fast, a few letters can be cut off. I have optimised what is possible to remedy this, to completely remove it, a feature change in Alfred is necessary. Simple fix, add a space after your message.
- does not work with group conversations
- < > " don't work.
Wishlist/TODO: (decreasing importance)
- Filter empty Messages. (i.e. if they contained call information that is filtered already)
- Find user image
- sr without autcomplete
- Display status for the users with icon (maybe, if you know a good way to compose images without using libraries that need installation let me know…)
More sanity checks: Was update successful, if it fails, why? etc.
- Clean XML replies from Smilies code etc.
- sr – directly reply to last person.
alt opens the chat window.(can't switch current window, but bring skype to front) Call skype # from adress book.
v0.3 (http://d.pr/f/cimZ)
- sr now directly replies, without autocomplete
- fetches all user images completely
- shows user status on search, snew, etc.
- buxfixes for encoding, snew, …
- more caching, faster response.
v0.2 (http://d.pr/f/FcIO)
- Display the history of a chat when replying.
- New Command sr, to directly reply to a user.
- If you use sc with an unknown username or directly a phone number, it suggests calling as well as updating the friends list. (must have accidentially removed this, will be back.)
- Encoding works properly v2
- Open Skype with alt/enter.
( http://d.pr/f/RGTo)
- Skype startup bug removed
- More debugging
- Encoding works properly
- snew for newest messages
- Contact Action to allow calling from contacts.
- Initial release
Any feedback or bug reports are highly appreciated!


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Float Shares Stories Of Successful Independent Agencies In New Series
Float, the resource scheduling app for agencies and studios, has created a new series that looks at the stories behind the creators of independent and successful ad agencies and creative studios across the globe.
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"These are people who are driven by their work and determined to deliver great outcomes for their clients. They possess both incredible creativity and a keen business acumen – essential elements behind their success.


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Karla Contreras joined our staff in December of 2017. She loves children and teaching them about God and His love for them. She currently is attending Lamar University and involved in Ned & Company, musicals, and concert choir.
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This year, I have decided I am rebranding the dreaded V day, from now onward, it will be called me day. So Happy Me Day!
Yes, there's bound to be plenty of posts today preaching self-love, that you don't need another half to be complete and I would be lying if I said this wasn't one of them.
You can totally justify disliking Valentines because it's commercialised, all for making money and insignificant in the grand scheme of things. But we wouldn't want to ruin this momentous holiday for all the loved up couples out there that aren't bitter about spending it alone.
I truly believe the 14th February is actually a really beautiful day. There's something lovely about dedicating a day to one another to show how much you care. Undoubtedly, this should be every day but it is so easy to get wrapped up in life that you forget how important showing love is.
Not only is this true when you're in a relationship, but it's also significant when you're alone. A lot of us get so caught up in busy day-to-day life that we forget that sometimes, we need to treat ourselves with a bit of TLC.
Granted, almost every day is a treat myself day with my insatiable shopping habit but still…
Today, I bought myself everything a typical Valentine would buy for you. This was ideal because everything I got for me was perfect – just what I wanted!
I bought a Kate Spade watch – possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever received from myself. It's a well-known fact that you can't go wrong with jewellery on Valentines, so I did pretty well with this one. I managed to find it in TK Maxx for £130, a dream price for a Kate Spade statement piece. Well done me.
I also got myself some Ardell faux mink eyelashes. I was pretty impressed with myself considering I haven't been able to find these anywhere and have really wanted to try them out. I love Ardell lashes and wanted to try something a little different to my usual demi wispies.
Perfume is another must must. Usually I would opt for Narciso Rodriquez or my classic Jimmy Choo but I decided to be a little unconventional. I got this gorgeous Ellie Saab Girl of Now perfume. It comes in the prettiest bottle and literally smells like sweets, marshmallows, daisies and rainbows. New scent new me and all that.
Lastly, I had to get flowers and chocolate. I just wouldn't have been a legitimate Valentine if I didn't.
Hugs and wishes,
Abbie x
P.S. after writing this post, my lovely manager gave me a Hummingbird cupcake and a card. Boyfriends/Girlfriends, who needs them!?
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Friday, September 13, 2013
Chalk Talk Gift Bow Card
Happy Friday! Here is a fun card we created last night at my Big Shot class. It's SO CUTE! But wait till you see the inside.......
As you open the card, a special note pops up too. Isn't it a cool idea? It's a lot of fun to make it too.
If you missed my last night's Big Shot class, I am offering it again on Tuesday, September 24th from 1 pm to 3:30 pm. The class fee is $5 per person and space is limited. Please contact me (firstname.lastname@example.com) to sign up so that I can prepare a kit for you in advance.
Thank you for stopping by today. Have a great weekend!
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When the organiser of the Royal Wootton Bassett triathlon, a new local sprint triathlon for 2014, first approached me to race I was a little wary. Coming only a week after the Ironman 70.3 in Mallorca, I wasn't sure I'd be in a fit state to race to my best. But as ever, I found it hard to say no, especially since I feel obligated to do my best to support races in my local area.
And so on Sunday morning I made the 20-minute journey to the race hub at a leisure centre in Royal Wootton Basset (near Swindon in Wiltshire). I'd been allocated the very last number in the entire event – 160. I wasn't sure if I was meant to read anything into that, but I knew I'd be off in the final wave.
The swim
Like many local races, the triathlon started with a 400m pool swim. No problem, except I hadn't set foot in a pool since before the Mallorca race! I'm not sure what you're like, but I find my swim goes to pot as soon as I spend more than three or four days away from the pool, and it takes me as many sessions to regain the feel for the water. As such, I knew I wouldn't be getting close to my 5:30 PB for the swim. I decided a 5:45 would do and that I wanted to avoid arriving in T1 feeling like my lungs were bursting out of my chest!
I was third off in my lane, and it became clear almost immediately that the other two guys were faster. Local young gun, Matt Griffin, duly lapped me with about four lengths to go. I waited at a turn after having had my feet tapped and tried to jump back on his feet.
Eventually I exited the water after my 16 lengths and crossed the timing mat at the pool doors – bang on 5:45. Okay, we'll take that (Matt Griffin had done a very tidy 5:12).
Out into T1 and everything went smoothly – helmet on, grab bike and run to the mount line before executing something vaguely resembling a flying mount. It always surprises me how many people faff about with their shoes as soon as they are on the bike, rather than waiting until they are up to speed – I'm convinced my way is faster and this was proven as I picked-off the guy who had started before me in the pool before we got more than 300 metres down the road.
The bike
The 22km bike leg was an undulating course in a loop west of Wootton Bassett. For the most part, the road conditions were good, although there were a few bits that gave the bones – and the bike – a good shaking. My new custom Garmin mount from RacewareDirect - which puts the Garmin in my line of sight, rather than below my chin - worked a treat, although needs securing better in future.
Despite the legs still not being 100% recovered, I was pleased with my power and figured I was having a solid bike – although I was slightly surprised to not be overtaking anyone from my wave (I didn't find out till later that was because only Matt Griffin was ahead of me by then and he was well down the road!). In contrast to Mallorca, where I was never alone on the bike, it felt a bit lonely and difficult to gauge my effort/progress. I guess it was just like a Time Trial, but without the minute-men! My power and HR were in the TT territory, too.
Coming back into Wootton Bassett, there was a climb back up into the town and a couple of junctions to navigate before diving towards T2. Up till then, drivers and traffic had been kind. But inevitably there's always one idiot who pulls out right in front of you and I had to slam the brakes on, immediately scrubbing 20km/h off the speedo at a mini-roundabout (my right of way, just to be clear!). Hey ho, at least I was less than a kilometer from T2.
A good dismount and nice fast T2 and it was out onto the run course.
The run
Now I admit, my preparation for the race was a bit (a lot!) poor. I had only surveyed the bike course on the map the night before and hadn't bothered sussing out the run course at all. I just knew it was states as a 5km on mixed terrain. So when, after about 600m, I was forced down the steepest hill I've ever had to run at speed (no exaggeration! It was worse than the hill in Beijing for anyone that did the AG World Champs in 2011!), it came as a bit of a shock – especially as I could see how slowly people were going running back up it!
Along the bottom field and then an uphill loop back to 'Heartbreak Hill' and then another (flat) field around to the second lap. I didn't feel like I was running very fast and just didn't have much in the legs. Oh well, just another lap and it will all be over! I tried to run back down the hill a little more smoothly this time, but I still felt like Bambi on ice – equally scared of losing my footing and doing myself some serious muscle damage by landing wrong. Back around the field and I think I picked-off a couple of guys from an earlier wave before heading back up the Hill – this time trying the tactic of taking really quick short strides. It seemed to work a bit better and as I shrugged off the offer of water at the top, at least this time I knew it was flat all the way to the finish line.
I picked my pace back up and targeted three people ahead to overtake before the finish line. I managed two before the third headed away from the finish line to their second run lap. A quick check over my shoulder showed no-one in sight, so I just concentrated on finishing strong and relaxed.
I must have done an okay job of pretending to be a good runner, as the commentator announced "Here comes 160, looking strong, showing how's its done!" as I crossed the timing mat. Haha, if only he knew!
A quick check of the results showed me in second place. My initial thought was slight disappointment (shows how I've perhaps become a little arrogant!). I thought I might have done enough to secure first in the vet (old fart) category. I wonder who's beaten me?
But then I checked again. I wasn't second old fart. I was second overall. Okay that's a nice surprise. In fact, I was one of only two guys to finish in less than an hour (in the spirit of transparency, let me point out that although the bike was long, the run was short!). The winner, the young Matt Griffin, had had a stonking bike ride (two minutes faster than me!) and an impressive run. He was the clear winner. Still, I was pleased with my performance.
Thanks to Active Sports Events for organising the first of what I am sure will become a successful series of races. Thanks also to the many volunteers who gave up their time (hey guys, at least it was lovely and sunny!!) to help marshal, photograph and organise the race.
For me, I now have a bit of a dilemma. I entered the Cotswold 113 on June 15th ages ago, but just recently I was 'gifted' a free entry to Ironman 70.3 Aarhus in Denmark the week after. I'm really not sure what to do at the moment. Do I race both as if they are "A" races? Do I race both but be strict on treating only one as an "A" race; or do I sacrifice one of my entries?
I suppose in reality, neither of the races are "A" races in the true sense. Having qualified for the 70.3 World Champs, my only "A" race this year will be Mont Tremblant in September (and maybe the ETU Middle Distance champs in October...?). Whichever, it's time to knuckle back down to training, continue improving my swim and bike and address my run and nutrition challenges.
My coach and I have analyzed Mallorca and think we've spotted the areas that need the most work. Now comes the hard part - putting the lessons into training plans and executing!


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Tracing the history of a building can be very rewarding. The more you know about an old building the more likely you are to value it, appreciate its oddities, and make sensible changes that respect its history. However we would strongly urge you not to start ripping off wall plaster or undertaking other destructive investigations in your understandable enthusiasm for finding out more about the building. Far too much permanent damage has been done by this misguided urge. Also beware: the SPAB was founded because of highly destructive attempts to restore buildings back to some former period.
Use your knowledge of the history of the building to respect its history not to attempt to restore it to its "original" state which can end up creating an unsatisfactory fake. If you can afford the time, research the history before you decide on major works - you may well change your ideas as you learn more and avoid mistakes you will later regret. The more time you spend simply looking at the building, the more likely you are to understand how it developed. But remember, even the best experts in the world may not be able to explain why some odd piece of stone sticks out or why something is the way it is.
You can research the history of your house yourself, or you can employ professional architectural historians. The SPAB does not provide this service. If your building is listed a good starting point can be the "list description" which gives the best official estimate of the date of your house and why it is listed. However many entries are very brief. Be cautious about what the estate agent, previous owners, or local people tell you about the history. All sorts of local myths persist, such as the fact that timber-framed buildings were constructed from former ships' timbers. (In fact timbers from other dismantled buildings were often re-used but rarely from ships). Also remember that datestones can be misleading - they may refer to only one phase of building, or in some instances may be the result of romantic Victorian imagination.
There are plenty of books about the history of buildings suitable for the beginner, as well as others which will allow you to trace the social as well as the architectural story of your house. With the help of local history collections as well as national sources such as the census records it is often possible to identify previous occupants of your building.


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September 24, 2018 by wimvincken
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Since the end of the cold war, the general public got the impression that the security…
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July 15, 2015 by wimvincken
Do you want that the NSA stops collecting data and analyze your data?
What about the Russian FSB, the Chinese 3PLA, the French PRISM or Frenchelon, or the Dutch MIVD, or the Israeli Unit 8200 or the British GCHQ? The FSB, 3PLA, GCHQ and the Unit 8200, along with the Iranian version of the NSA are all fully integrated within the American society.


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Cintas Ranked Among the Top 150 Workplaces in the U.S.
Cintas Ranked Among the Top 150 Workplaces in the U.S.
Over 1.7 million people surveyed nationally
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cintas Corporation (NAS: CTAS) today announced it has been ranked among the Top 150 Workplaces in the U.S. by Workplace Dynamics, which partnered with publishers from around the country to poll over 1.7 million employees on their workplace environment and overall organizational health. Cintas was among 872 large companies that took part in the survey and was ranked 94th on the list.
"Cintas is honored to have been named one of the top 150 workplaces in the nation, and we are even more proud of the fact that this honor is the result of input from our own employee-partners," said Scott Farmer, CEO. "I think it's a testament to the type of company we strive to be - one that appreciates the individual contributions of every employee-partner, strives to exceed our customers' expectations, and insists on absolute honesty and integrity in everything we do," he added.
According to its website, Top Workplaces' research shows that companies that set a clear direction for the future, execute well and bring real meaning to the workplace are the healthiest, which in turn, drives employee engagement. Top Workplaces ranks employers solely on the information that its employees provide. A representative sample is used from each company.
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Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types primarily throughout North America. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom cleaning and supplies, tile and carpet cleaning, promotional products, first aid, safety, fire protection products and services and document management services for more than 1 million businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS and is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
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Gastroduodenal Ulcers in Ferrets
Gastroduodenal ulcers are a type of lesion that form in the mucosa or stomach lining in ferrets. This can lead to problems such as anemia and vomiting. There are many different factors that can alter and damage the stomach lining or intestinal lumen (which comes in direct contact with food and is responsible for nutrient absorption), including bacterial infections and overuse of medications.
Symptoms and Types
The symptoms associated with gastroduodenal ulcers are also varied; symptoms may even remain undetected until the ferret's condition becomes severe. The following are some of the more common symptoms:
- Anemia
- Weakness
- Weight loss (cachexia)
- Loss of appetite (anorexia)
- Vomiting (most often seen)
- Blood in vomiting (hematemesis)
- Black, tarry stool due to presence of digested blood (melena)
- Abdominal pain (animal may stand in praying position)
Other findings may include signs of dehydration, resulting from electrolyte loss associated with vomiting and diarrhea. Hair loss (alopecia) is often evident, as well as enlarged lymph nodes due to excessive vomiting.
The most common cause for a gastroduodenal ulcers in ferrets is an infection with the bacteria Helicobacter mustelae. Many ferrets also secrete gastric hydrochloric acid, which can cause ulcerations when they lose their appetite or unable to eat.
Other causes may include:
- Overgrowth of tissue and cells in the stomach
- Overuse of medications (e.g., anti-inflammatories)
- Stress resulting from a major illness, shock, or surgery
- Poisoning (e.g., lead toxicity)
- Neurological diseases or head traumas
To diagnose the condition typically a veterinarian will need to rule out other causes for ulcers, including esophageal disease, fungal infections, kidney disease, low blood sugar, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Biochemical analysis and urinalysis and other laboratory testing may reveal anemia, infection with helicobacter, elevated levels of certain liver and kidney enzymes (including BUN and creatinine), mucosal irregularities apart from the ulcer itself, and foreign bodies within the abdominal or intestinal cavity. Ferrets with gastrodeuodenal ulcers may also exhibit lesions in the lower region of the stomach.


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Sage Hill Inn & Spa's Restaurant Celebrates Texas Wine Month
Chef Autumn Wallace Recommends Perfect Pairings for the Fall Menu
October is Texas Wine Month and magically coincides with the unveiling of Chef Wallace's fall menu. Chef recommendations include entrée highlights like the Oven-roasted Pork Loin with caramelized-onion-and bacon grits, lima bean succotash and garden cabbage paired with Tyler Winery's Pinot Noir, with flavors of dark berry, tart cherry and citrus; the Braised Chuck Pot Roast with white-cheddar potatoes, fresh greens, bacon and a red-wine pan jus, with Chef Wallace's suggested wine pairing of the award-winning Tempranillo from Hill Country-based Fall Creek Vineyards; as well as Sage Handkerchief Pasta with roasted foraged mushrooms, venison sausage, garden greens and goat-cheese crumbles, with a wine pairing of Becker Vineyards' Rosé Provencal, a dry rosé with floral hints and flavors of delicate pear and strawberry; and Sweet Potato Dumplings with roasted Cobb Creek Farm chicken, fall squash, walnuts and smoked onion cream, with the suggested wine pairing of Hill Country-based Sister Creek Vineyards' Muscat Canelli, a white Italian-style wine with fruit, floral and honey aromas. For reservations at the Restaurant at Sage Hill Inn & Spa call 512.268.1617.


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It's now been about a month since my book Organic Wesley was published and the reaction has been generally positive. I'm pleased that churches around the country are using it for congregational group studies, I'm hearing from people who have enjoyed it, and I even have my very first Amazon review.
Biblical scholar and professor Brian Russell interviewed me about the book on his blog (HERE).
I've been especially pleased at some of things Wesleyan scholar Howard Snyder has had to say about it. He tweeted: "Bill Guerrant's Organic Wesley is now essential Wesleyan reading." On Facebook he described it as "must reading." I'm not gonna lie. That gives me a sense of accomplishment.
The videos are available now (streaming) and the DVDs should be available very soon (HERE).
I wondered if anyone would want to publish this book and then I wondered if anyone would want to read it. It feels good to know that folks are reading it and it's especially satisfying to know that some are finding merit in it.


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The Stage Bottles are an anti-fascist band from Frankfurt, Germany. They don't like being labelled an Oi band but this is probably the easiest way to describe them. The band started in 1993 and had a political edge from the beginning, partly due to the fact that one member used to be in The Blaggers.
By 1994 the fascists cottoned onto the fact that members of the band were active anti-fascists, so the SB's had to organize their own security at gigs. Things came to a head when they played with Cocksparrer in Stuttgart in April 1995. The fascists made threats before the gig, warning the Stage Bottles "not to come to Stuttgart". To make a long and violent story short, the gig then went ahead, minus fascists, and to this day the fascists have never stopped threatening revenge. But it's been business as usual for the Bottles, who have even been over to North America under the Insurgence banner to play to their dedicated fans this side of the ocean.


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Larry Gibson, long-time environmental activist, and friend of many here in the Kentucky Sierra Club, died of a heart attack yesterday – Sunday, September 10th.
In 2005, our Chapter sponsored Larry on a trip to our national organization's Annual Meeting in San Francisco. We had been fighting the practice of Mountaintop Removal locally for years, but much of the country hadn't yet heard of the issue. Our mission that year was to try to make that happen with Larry's help. Larry would tell his story and bring the word about mountaintop removal and the tragedy of what was happening to Appalachia to the Club's Board of Directors, conservation staff, and delegates from every chapter across the country.
Larry's presentation had a tremendous impact, and MTR became a national priority for the largest environmental organization in the country. Our Chapter credits Larry as key in making this happen.
Larry was a friend to many of our Chapter's leaders and activists, as well as environmental activists across the country dedicated to protecting Appalachian communities, their mountains and resources. He will be sorely missed.
His family has requested that anyone wishing to express condolences contribute memorial donations to Foundation Larry founded to support mountain communities: Keeper of the Mountains Foundation.
Information on Larry, his work to stop Mounaintop Removal, and his organization, can also be found at the Keeper of the Mountains website.


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One of the biggest challenges for physical therapy practices is billing and collections. Most offices have at least one staff member fully dedicated to managing the payment process. They coordinate invoices, work with insurance companies and work with patients to establish payment plans. However, the process is often very manual and has dozens of steps before even one patient is successfully paid in full. How can you take those steps and cut them in half—and get more patients paid up?
The answer is online bill pay. Online bill pay is an e-commerce feature that allows patients to securely log in and make payments through your website.
3 Benefits of Online Bill Pay for PTs
Save time
Collecting payments from patients is never an easy task. You can to create the invoice, mail it and wait for the payment to be made. Most mailed items take 7 to 10 business days to reach their destinations. Therefore, it can take over a week just to get the bill to the patient. Then, you must wait for them to open the bill and either mail a check or call in to pay. You could spend up to three weeks waiting for the patient to remember to call—that's over a month of waiting to get one bill paid.
Online bill pay saves time between sending out the bill and seeing the payment hit your account. Even if you continue to mail invoices, the patient can get the bill and pay online that same day. By using your website as the payment portal versus mailed checks or phone payments, you instantly save weeks' worth of time in the billing process.
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It's fast, convenient and secure
How often do you call a patient to inquire about a past due payment? Only to find out that they mailed a check weeks ago. This puts your office and the patient into panic mode wondering where the check is and what to do next. Additionally, patients become concerned about security and might be hesitant to reissue payment. It is not an optimal experience for them or for your practice.
By paying online, patients can confirm that bills are paid right away. This gives them piece of mind and reduces stress for your billing department. Online payments are also more secure than phone calls or checks. Every transaction is encrypted and processed through a special data exchange to prevent hacking and fraud. Similarly, there is instant approval for credit card transactions to ensure the payment processes smoothly. Unlike checks that bounce or phone calls where the card doesn't go through…leading to embarrassing communications with patients over payment.
Streamline your practice operations
The process of billing and collections can be either a well-oiled machine or a jumble of rusty gears. And, it often varies day to day or patient by patient. For example, each month you need to secure payments from 100 patients. You create and mail 100 invoices. Then, you wait to see which ones come back to the office. You process those payments. But, there are typically 30+ invoices that go unpaid. Now, you need to start calling and tracking down payment on those invoices…a process that takes hours and is frustrating. By the end of the month, you are probably still waiting on payments from 20+ patients and it can take weeks to collect.
Let's walk through the same month with online bill pay. You create and mail 100 invoices, but direct patients to go and pay online via your practice's website. The convenience factor will typically lead more people to pay and to pay sooner. Online payments are processed automatically—saving you hours of transactional process. Most practices will see at least a 20% increase in on time payments with online bill pay. This month, only 15 invoices go unpaid, saving you half the collections process. In one month, you have cut practice operations and secured more revenue!
For more information about online bill pay and how you can save time and get more money for your physical therapy practice, sign up for our webinar or contact us today.


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Parul University offers innovative and multi-disciplinary education through effective teaching and learning methodology. Our teaching and learning methodology lays emphasis on innovation, enhanced research and development techniques and engaging services of highly qualified faculty members who strive earnestly to impart quality education to our students. We believe teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions. Thus, we believe in providing endless opportunities to our teachers to enhance their knowledge in their areas of specialization in order to facilitate all round development of our students.
At Parul University, Faculty Development/Faculty Enrichment programmes are conducted regularly to help our faculty members gain insights into recent trends & practices in engineering and technology, pharmacy, paramedical and pure and applied sciences. We invite eminent professionals and industry experts to train our faculty members in innovative teaching and learning methods, student psychology, motivation and counseling, recent trends and work practices adopted by renowned industries etc.
Till date, around 50 FDPs have been conducted in Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Paramedical Science, Faculty of Management Studies, Faculty of IT & Computer Application etc…
Our faculty members participate wholeheartedly in these Faculty Development Programmes and share the learning with our students to make them aware about the requirements of the industry from work professionals, importance of life skills and leadership qualities for leading a successful career in their respective fields.
FDP on "Ethics on Teaching"
Dr. Rajguru Karajagi, Chairman and Managing Director of Academy for Creative Teaching, privileged Parul University by delivering a discourse on "Ethics on Teaching". He mentioned various sentient and reformed examples not only on teaching and values but also on the impact of a teacher as a mentor and as a leader in an individual's life.
Dr. Rajguru also gave a very progressive approach to the Faculties of Parul University for the evolution of themselves and the society. It ascertains that his knowledge proved to be of great importance for the Faculties to sustain their morals and beliefs at their work.


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The global oil and gas industry has been on the recovery path and is expected to further strengthen in the coming years. The government's strategic decisions and policy reforms in the petroleum sector are poised to bring positive and all segments of petroleum sector namely: upstream, midstream and downstream are expected to attract higher investments in the coming years.
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Optimizing Your Omega-3 Levels
Posted on Wed, 19 Sep 2018
By Michael J. E. Greff, MD
In North America today people who regularly consume a standard western diet are not consuming anywhere close to the suggested amounts of an important nutrient: polyunsaturated fatty acids and specifically Omega-3.
A western diet with a high intake of saturated fats and trans fatty acids creates an imbalance between the healthy fats and unhealthy fats. Omega-3's are essential fatty acids that are most often obtained from our diet due to very few of them being produced in the human body. Research has focused on three main types of omega-3 fatty acids: Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), but there are so many places omega compounds can optimize our health.
Omega-3 fatty acids play a range of biological roles having been linked to: inflammation and immune system modulation, cardiovascular health, and maintenance of lipid parameters. Omega-3 fatty acids improve heart disease risk factors by reducing your blood triglyceride levels, preventing your blood from clotting, reducing your risk of developing abnormal heart rhythms, and reducing your heart rate.
Omega-3 supplements may promote improved mental health in the prevention and treatment of depression and anxiety. Individuals struggling with mental health often have low blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3s also support healthy skin by managing oil production & acne, preventing premature aging, and protecting against sun damage.
In children omega-3 deficiency is linked to poor eyesight, lower intelligence, and an increased risk of several health problems. As an important structural component of the eye, as we age supplementation may help prevent macular degeneration (a cause of vision impairment and blindness).
Fatty fish high in Omega-3s include: trout, bluefish, herring, mackerel, salmon, and sardines. As part of a healthy diet The Heart and Stroke Foundation recommends Canadians consume at least two servings of fish per week. Individuals unable to do so should discuss the benefits of omega-3 supplements with their healthcare provider. Other sources of Omega-3 fatty acids include flax seed, canola oil, and soybeans.
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KGK is currently seeking participants who are interested in taking part in this new research. For this study our ideal candidate is someone looking to increase their omega-3 index. Participants can be male or female, must be between the ages of 20-45, have a BMI between 22-32.5 kg/m2, and be available for a study period of 28 days with 9 visits.
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Miami girl V.V. Mont can be made happy with a jumbo-sized coffee, a stack of fantasy books, and her family being amazingly quiet by her side. Though, she'll take the family however they come. She needs stories with magic, love, and the impossible. Always the impossible. If she can stop singing Disney songs and chasing after her offspring long enough, she's writing young adult novels about forbidden loves. Author of THE ELEMENTALIST, represented by Jennifer Haskin, Corvisiero Literary Agency.
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