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I had a date last night.. with Candie! We went to see Dear John since she hasn't got to see it yet. We also went to the mall and looked around and I got to get some Starbucks that I have wanted like the entire week.
I am so happy to have no school work to do this weekend! Only one Geography assignment due online Monday night.
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House of Wax
Wax House, Baby)is a 2005 American-Australian horror thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and stars Elisha Cuthbert , Chad Michael Murray , Brian Van Holt , Paris Hilton , Jared Padalecki , Jon Abrahams and Robert Ri'chard . It is based on a story by Charles Belden. It is a loose remake of the 1953 film of the same name ,itself a remake of the 1933 movieMystery of the Wax Museum. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released in US theaters on May 6, 2005.
In 1974, a woman is making a wax mask as one of her sons eats breakfast silently. Her husband enters with another son who is throwing fits of rage and agony. He is strapped and taped into his chair and knocks over the wax mask in the process, smashing it to pieces. He then scratches his mother's hand and she slaps the child across the face.
In 2005, Carly Jones, her twin brother Nick, her boyfriend Wade, her best friend Paige, Paige's boyfriend Blake and Nick's friend Dalton are on their way to a football game in Louisiana . When night falls, the group sets up camp, after which a foul smell hangs in the air. A stranger in a pickup truck visits their campsite, shines his lights and refuses to leave or address them until Nick smashes one of his headlights. The next morning, Wade discovers that his car's fan belt is broken. Carly and Paige wander into the woods, where Carly tumbles down a hill and falls into a pit filled with rotting animal carcasses. After rescuing her, the group meets a strange, rural man named Lester, who offers to drive Carly and Wade to the nearby town of Ambrose to get a new fan belt, while the rest of them go to the football game.
The two arrive at Ambrose, which is virtually a ghost town. Unable to find an attendant at the gas station, they wander into the church, disrupting a funeral. There, they meet a mechanic named Bo, who offers to sell them a fan belt after the funeral. While waiting for the services to end, Carly and Wade visit the 'House of Wax', a wax museum which itself is made of wax and is the central feature of the town. The gas station does not have the right size fan belt, so they follow Bo to his house. Inside, Wade is knocked out by Bo's twin brother, Vincent, who is wearing a wax mask to cover his disfigured face. Outside, Carly realizes Bo is the one who visited them the night before, after noticing his car's broken headlight. She runs to the church for help, but finds out that it is populated only by wax sculptures. Bo captures Carly and brings her to the cellar of the gas station, where she is restrained and her lips are glued. Meanwhile, Vincent strips Wade naked and straps him to a chair, where he is both injected and covered in molten wax.
Nick, Dalton, Paige and Blake realize they will not arrive at the game in time and return. Nick and Dalton arrive in Ambrose to find Carly and Wade. Nick visits the gas station, where he questions Bo about Carly's whereabouts. When she tries to gain Nick's attention, Bo cuts off the tip of Carly's finger, but she uses the blood from her finger to open her glued lips apart and screams for help. Nick fends off Bo and frees Carly. Meanwhile, Dalton finds Wade, who is still alive but unable to move because of the wax. Attempting to peel off the wax, Dalton realizes that he is unintentionally removing Wade's skin in the process. Vincent finds Dalton and slashes Wade's face with a machete, killing him. After a chase through the museum, Vincent catches Dalton and beheads him. Meanwhile, Nick and Carly realize that all of the town's inhabitants are real people covered in wax and that Bo and Vincent have been luring people in and covering them in wax to make the figures look more realistic.
At the campsite, just as Blake and Paige are about to have sex, Vincent arrives and kills Blake, after which he chases Paige to an abandoned sugar mill where he kills her. Nick and Carly return to the house to find Wade and Dalton. When Bo and Vincent return, they chase Carly and Nick to the House of Wax. It is revealed that Bo is the "evil" twin and Vincent is the "good" twin; following their parents' death, Bo has been controlling the more mild-mannered Vincent through physical and verbal abuse. After a chase, Carly beats Bo to death with a baseball bat. Nick unintentionally sets the House of Wax on fire and the wax figures start to melt, as does the entire museum. Enraged by his brother's death, Vincent chases Carly to the top floor, but Nick attacks him, allowing Carly to stab him. His body falls through the floor and he lands on top of his brother Bo's corpse. Carly and Nick escape the House of Wax as it melts to the ground.
The next day, the police arrive and report that Ambrose has been abandoned for ten years when the local sugar mill failed. As Nick and Carly are taken to a hospital, the policeman reveals Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair had a third son. From inside the ambulance, Carly sees Lester (who is supposedly the third brother) who smiles and waves goodbye as the ambulance van leaves the town.
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In his last days, Freddie is reported to have said to his manager, Jim Beach:
"Do anything you want with my music dear, but never make me boring!" – Freddie Mercury
While you may have been rather subdued in some of your interviews, Freddie, you will never be boring. You live on as one of the most flamboyant, incredible rock vocalists ever!
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In early 2008, I started narrating my back to India experiences at the Return to India forum (www.r2iclub.com). Over the next two years, my online diary got followers and received a few pageviews. (more than 80,000 at the last count).
While I was certainly not the top poster, and definitely not the most popular one, the readers did provide a lot of positive feedback. Quite a few suggested that I should write a book based on my experiences. In 2010, marriage happened. And then another suggestion came.. rather, it was a request that I could not refuse. This is the story behind Now, Returned to India- the first book in a four part series that I am currently writing.
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A Solvay Brussels School study at six different Belgian distributors shows that not a single one of them manages to make money with online food sales, regardless of the business model.
Volumes are too low, costs are too high
Home delivery or pick-up points: no matter which formula a distributor chooses, there is no money to be made selling food products online according to Jill Roland's dissertation. The business engineer at the Solvay Brussels School analyzed all costs made by the chains which participated in the study (Carrefour, Delhaize, Colruyt, Match, Cora and Louis Delhaize (Wink)), from computers and the additional time it takes staff to handle every order to the required infrastructure (freezers, separate cash register, additional lane, payment booths and so forth).
It is a combination of a too low online sales volume, as only 1 % of food is currently sold online (compared to 6.5 % for all trade), and costs that are too high, particularly staff costs. "Every hour costs 25 to 30 euros", professor Boffa said in business newspaper L'Echo. "But in these online formulas, the distributor is doing the customer's work, with orders taking up to half an hour. If you do the math: with a 5 to 6 euro contribution, you cannot turn this service into a profitable one. Some chains even pay their staff 7 times more for dealing with online orders!"
Most distributors also drop that particular service charge if the total amount surpassed 100 to 150 euro, which happens to 70 % of all orders. Last but not least, distributors cannot take advantage of the so-called impulse buys or last-minute decisions which do happen if the customer is strolling around in the supermarket.
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Why do the distributors keep the service then? "Because of their image. In a time when everything and everyone is embracing the internet, you cannot afford to stay behind and leave your customers hanging if you are one of the bigger players. Some also hope this might increase their market share in a saturated market", professor Boffa said.
To make online food sales somewhat profitable, the study suggests three possible ideas: offer a service which covers the actual costs, although that may not be very realistic considering the current price competition; get bigger volumes so that the fixed costs drop proportionally; and offer products with higher margins or products that are not readily available offline.


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Step up, concrete jungle people, Bristol's legend is back! Two years after their big international success with "Big World Small World" SMITH & MIGHTY return with their new masterpiece "Life Is…". More tunes, more soul, more grooves and most of all more bass is what gears "Life is" up to the next level in the great SMITH & MIGHTY sound. The unique musical mix of reggae, dub, hip hop, breakbeats, drum n'bass and soul shines on "Life is…" brighter than ever. Check it out.
One of the reasons for the brightness is the intensified focus on songs. For their new album, Rob Smith, Ray Mighty and Peter D. Rose, the heads behind SMITH & MIGHTY worked with old mates such as Rudy Lee, Nijii Forty, L.D. and MC Kelz, that were already heard on "Big World Small World". Additionally, a handful of new vocalists have joined. The MCs and singers all come from Bristol, are friends or friends from friends or were heard performing live and invited to a session into the studio. Shantal, Hazel Jane, MC Bunx and Caroline are the names of the new voices and they contributed quiet significantly to the new orientation of SMITH & MIGHTY towards song and more melodic tunes. Peter D. Rose: "For the new album it was important to us to install counterpoints in contrast to the hard beats and the bass sounds. We worked more with voices and melodies to keep the balance right. And those singers naturally come up with their own ideas and their own lyrics, and this is what you could also hear more clearly on "Life Is..". Plus we used more Live-Instruments." For example a surf guitar on the opener "Life Has A Way" or a saxophone on "Flash Of Joy". All musicians and singers hail from Bristol – it's a family thing, you might understand, when knowing how tight people knit together in middle sized cities.
On the middle sized coast town of Bristol and it's sound not much has to be said again. Only: SMITH & MIGHTY had a big influence on it. In 1987 SMITH & MIGHTY released a few Burt Bacharach cover versions, "Anyone (Who Had A Heart)" and later "Walk On By". With these tracks, marked by low frequency basslines, soulful vocals and deep arrangements, SMITH & MIGHTY layed down the blue print for following releases from the british coast town, such as the debut single "Any Love" of a formation named Massive Attack. After an rather unlucky deal with London Records SMITH & MIGHTY released in 1995 their first official album, "Bass Is Maternal" on their own label More Rockers.
During the euphoria for drum n'bass in 1998, SMITH & MIGHTY finally have their international breakthrough. A fantastic set at Radio 1's "Essential Mix" cthe Bristol outfit gets catapulted into the front row. The following
release of their "DJ Kicks" for Studio K7! which in large parts is made of their own productions, raises the buzz to global proportions. Their following DJ gigs in which SMITH & MIGHTY showcase their musical spectrum
receives enthusiastic responoses in Germany, England, France, Japan and the USA. It's the timelessness of SMITH & MIGHTY's tracks, music, that occasionally was produced more than ten years ago, that fascinated audiences and the press alike.
The musical timelessness of the SMITH & MIGHTY sound also shaped their first album for Studio K7!, "Big World, Small World", which was released early 2000. In opposition to the dark and apocalyptic sketches by Tricky, Massive Attack and Portishead, SMITH & MIGHTY remained on the original spirit of Bristol. With their mix of hip hop, reggae and soul, and their deep love for dub, SMITH & MIGHTY produced an album of classical proportions. Due to the huge success of "Big World, Small World", Studio K7! rereleased "Bass Is Maternal" in summer 2000 and through this, the first masterpiece recieived its appropriate attention and spreading.
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The Texas Motor Speedway Media Relations Department is located on the 6th floor of The Speedway Club outside of Turn 1 of the speedway.
FORT WORTH, Texas (Nov. 3, 2015) - O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge advance notebook:
Two-time defending O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge champion Kyle Busch comes into Saturday's race at Texas Motor Speedway with an amazing 75 career wins in the NASCAR XFINITY Series after his victory at Kansas a few weeks ago.
It was more than four years ago that the 30-year old passed Mark Martin to become the series' all-time wins leader. So when will he stop chalking up victories in the series?
With his 50th career victory in NASCAR's No. 2 division back in 2011, Busch leapfrogged Martin to become the series' all-time wins leader and keeps piling the wins on.
"I don't know if you get to 100 and call it good or what you do," Busch said. "Fortunately, I've been in a good situation with Joe (Gibbs, team owner) and everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing to race in the XFINITY Series, and if we've got sponsors that continue to want to be on my race car and to go out there and to put a good show on, then I'll continue to do it.
"It's a job, it's a paycheck for these guys and it's fun for me to be able to do and to collect trophies and also just kind of set that mark a little bit higher. Hopefully, nobody will get it."
When Busch scored his first triumph in the series in 2004 at Richmond, did he ever expect to get to 75 wins?
"I don't think I ever would have said I'd get to 75," he said. "I think I remember Mark Martin at that time was around 40 or 42 when I started, and I was like, 'That's a lot of wins.' Now it's 75.
"I'm stretching it. I'm trying to put it out there where it may never be reached again, but if it is ever reached again, then I'm sure that driver will be hated just as much as I am."
Busch's seven XFINITY Series wins at the track are the most in TMS history. A victory would tie for his most wins at one track in this series. He has recorded eight at Bristol and Charlotte.
A win also would tie his own track record of winning an XFINITY Series race in three consecutive years. He did so previously from 2008-10 when he won five consecutive XFINITY Series races at TMS. The only other driver to accomplish this feat in speedway history is Kevin Harvick, who did so from 2005-'07 in the same race.
"It's certainly a blast to drive these cars," Busch said. "It's good to be on top here at Texas. It's always really cool to be in Victory Lane at Texas."
In a series that has dominated this season by Sprint Cup drivers in Victory Lane with 22 wins in 30 races, there have been three drivers eligible for the XFINITY Series championship that have been able to win multiple races.
Series leader Chris Buescher and Regan Smith are the series regulars who have each won twice this season. Both of those drivers have started all 30 races. Ryan Blaney is the other driver with two wins, but has accomplished that in just 12 starts.
These three will be looking for their first win at Texas Motor Speedway in Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge. Smith and Buescher had their best XFINITY races at TMS in April as they finished third and ninth, respectively. Blaney's best finish is second in the fall XFINITY race in 2012.
Kyle Busch won the first two races at last year's AAA Texas 500 tripleheader weekend before falling short on Sunday of completing the rare weekend sweep. He is entered in all three again at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend.
If he had won all three races, it would have given him only the second three-race weekend sweep at one track in NASCAR history. Busch pulled off the first sweep in August 2010 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Brian Scott has enjoyed a strong season, sitting in ninth place in the standings with three races remaining. He has posted 16 top 10s, which is the most of any XFINITY Series driver that does not have a win.
Scott has been close to getting his first career win, but remains winless in 205 career starts heading into Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge. He has made 11 XFINITY Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway with his best finish being sixth in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge in 2014.
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One of the great things about Tampa is its diversity, and it is not at all uncommon for a local Tampa man or woman to be in a relationship with someone with a different citizenship. When the marriages don't work out, however, there are not only questions about how to divide parenting time, but also what kinds of international travel will be allowed. Since the foreign-born parent could potentially take the child and return to his or her home country, there needs to be very well-defined rules about travel.
Sometimes, however, those plans go out the window when the foreign-born parent abducts the child and refuses to return him or her. And when the child is taken to Japan, it is unknown if the American parent will ever see the child again.
Until this past June, Japan has been one of the few countries that had not signed the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, an international treaty that dictates how international child custody disputes should be handled. Until recently, it was expected that when parents divorced, one would stay out of the child's life. But will signing a treaty really bring about that much change?
There still hasn't been enough time to see if it will cause much change, but one thing is clear, Japan's approval of the Hague Convention will only apply to future cases of parental abduction. As for those cases that are still pending, it is unknown when or if they will ever be resolved.
International child custody and parenting time issues can certainly be difficult, which is why many divorcing parents turn to experienced family law lawyers for help.
Source: The Record, " Bill may help 'left-behind parents' in global child custody fights," Herb Jackson, Dec. 11, 2013


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Sculpture Repair - Woman Bust
Broken Ceramic Repair Lessons
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Cementing only lesson
Bronze sculpture repair
Restore vase lesson
Restore plate lesson including coloring
Kintsugi - mending with gold
How to fix ceramic crack
Restore bowl lesson w/ missing pieces
Painting pottery after repair
Sculpting missing pieces
Making missing part w/ fired clay
Plaster lamp repair w/ missing parts
Repairing broken
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Miniature Porcelain
This project came in a very bad shape - it was restored several times using poor techniques and wrong colors. See some of the steps taken to restore it to it's original shapes and colors
Broken bust with missing pieces
Use clay to make and kiln fire missing pieces
Cement missing newly made pieces and sand
Use new made missing pieces & fill in cuts and marks
Use iron rod to connect head to body
Attach rod with 2-parts epoxy
Fill in all gaps, sand and polish
Determine base colors and spray using high-end acrylic paints.
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If you consider yourself a "senior" then Culloden has some events that you can get to know others, grow in your faith, and pray with each other.
German Bible Study on Wednesdays at 1:30pm in the Church Basement as well as a social afternoon gathering on one of these (where they speak English). Contact the Church Office about the schedule and what is planned for that week.


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So 2013 has started off pretty well in the world of video games. TOMB RAIDER and BIOSHOCK INFINITE has certainly gotten people active on their consoles and PCs in the first quarter of the year, but this first gameplay footage from the upcoming game, RAIN from SCE Studios, looks amazing in its own right.
If the sound of ever-falling rain isn't enough to soothe you, then the music contained therein should do the trick. There are a few little piano stingers heard at first, but then, to my great surprise, we get wonderful piano-performance of CLAUDE DEBUSSY's "Clair de Lune." When was the last time you heard this classic in a video game? Ummm...never? Ok...so it was used in GRAN TURISMO 4, so I'll amend my question to "...heard this classic in a video game PROPERLY?"
Following this perfectly matching, musical moment, we get a couple of minutes of rather pensive string music and sound effects. We return to, what sounds to be an original piano piece, that clearly exudes that identifiable, Japanese structure - making me want to know just who's written this music all the more. It's brief but beautiful. Finally, this bit of gameplay concludes with a return to the darker, more threatening tone delivered by strings once again.
While not as colorful as he would likely make a game, while watching this, I couldn't help but think of director Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimeters Per Second, Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below) and his often, musical collaborator, Tenmon. The tone of this footage and even the design style reflected in the setting certainly feels like something that could come from his imagination. It also just so happens that Shinkai-san's upcoming feature Kotonoha no Niwa features the element of rain quite significantly; however, for the first time ever, he isn't collaborating with Tenmon on this one.
In any event, this game footage looks and sounds quite compelling and I look forward to diving in. Unfortunately, no release date has been published. At least we know it is this year sometime.
Want more? Below is the first trailer released by Sony Computer Entertainment last year.
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Stoughton man faces charges in connection to fatal heroin overdose
Police found clear evidence of heroin use, linked drug to 26-year-old
TOWN OF DUNKIRK, Wis. — A Stoughton man was arrested Monday for allegedly supplying heroin to a 26-year-old who overdosed on Friday, according to a release.
Around 9:10 p.m. on Friday Dane County sheriff's deputies and Stoughton EMS responded to 400 Pleasant View Drive for reports of a 25-year-old man who was found unconscious inside his home, officials said.
The 25-year-old was transported to Stoughton Hospital, but died despite life-saving efforts, according to the release.
There was clear evidence of heroin use in the home, and investigators said Robbert S. Knipfer, 26, of Stoughton, was likely responsible for supplying the heroin that caused the death.
Knipfer was arrested Monday on a probation hold, according to the release. Investigators are waiting for the medical examiner's report and toxicology results to determine additional charges.


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Here is a new project I've been having some fun with. Our gaming group is starting an Alien Squad Leader campaign and I got kinda geeked by the "Tripod" Army list. There are only three vehicle types on the list, so I figured it would be easy to remember the rules for them as a first time player. Thus I set off to find some 15mm models for the campaign. After finding some very nice, but really pricey models on line, my inner cheap-bastard kicked in and I resolved to build some myself from toothpicks and wooden shapes from Michaels and Value Craft. I've built warships from balsa in the past, so I figured it should be doable.
I settled on half-egg shapes for the main body b/c they look rather beetle-like. I selected some beading pieces from the jewelry area of Michaels as the idea started to come to me to make them look like they would be from the Victorian era (a la Jules Verne). I used a porcelain paint with a pointed applicator to make the tiny rivets. The paint is pretty much like acrylic, so it sets really fast and dries hard like plastic.
The tentacles are beading needles (.5 mm) I found at Beverly's Crafts. They come with a ring on one end, and I snipped out the middle with a wire cutter to make them look like tiny claws (the more to scoop delicious humans into their holding pen!).
The gun turrets under the nose of the Machines I made from small rounded shapes, drilled a hole and inserted the end of a toothpick. These make great tapered barrels for miniature Ironclads and the like.
I used two types of toothpicks for the legs, sandwiching the 'foot' of the leg with two pieces for the 'thigh'. I suppose bug anatomy terms would be more apropos, but an entomologist I am not…
Any rate. This is them nearly ready to paint. Tune in next time when they will (hopefully) be all painted up!


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Year 3 leader, Anita Warren, organised a fabulous day for me which included an author talk and three workshops.
This picture is taken in their new library which is due to be officially opened later this month.
There was a really lovely write-up on their website.
Year 3 Are Visited By Author, Debra J Edwards
The children's author Debra J Edwards came to visit Year 3 to give a talk to the children all about what inspired her to become a writer and how she used ideas and events from her life as inspiration for her books and the main character in them, Aggie Lichen; Pilp Collector. She then went on to take some exciting and fast paced creative writing workshops with the classes, where groups of children invented their own super hero character and then gave them super powers and gadgets to use in defeating their enemies. The children used the ideas they had created in their work shop to write a story all about their superhero.
Here are some comments by the children about Debbie's visit:
· I enjoyed Debbie's whole visit! Cadell
· I liked creating our superhero - 'Super Flameo', designing his costume and working together on inventing his super powers. Siena, Justin and Aksayan
· I liked it when Debbie did her talk in assembly and was acting out the children she had taught in the past who inspired her to come up with the idea for her first book. Tahlia


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A national hockey star dropped into a secondary school at Pease Pottage for a special coaching session Cottesmore School welcomed, Wales' hockey captain, Leah Wilkinson, where she coached staff and pupils.
With hockey being an important sport for the children at Cottesmore, the girls were incredibly excited to meet Leah again following success of her previous visits to the school.
Leah has collected more than 150 caps for Wales and made her Welsh debut as a teenager in 2004. More recently she was appointed assistant director of coaching for Woking Hockey Colts and the school said it was a real occasion for the girls to learn.
The afternoon was spent coaching staff on the astro pitch, with the sports staff participating. Leah then turned her attention to the 1st Girls' hockey team and enjoyed supper with then after their session.
The entire experience was described by the school as a fantastic opportunity for the Cottesmore girls to learn first-hand about high-octane hockey and what it takes to compete on a national and global stage.
Sian Kerr, head of girls' games, said: "We were thrilled to welcome Leah back to Cottesmore. Leah is an exceptional role model for our girls; they thoroughly enjoyed their time with her and embraced the opportunity to train with an international player, who imparted words of wisdom on winning matches".
Leah added: "It was lovely to be back at Cottesmore and to be made to feel so welcome.
"It was great to see the enthusiasm and ability in the team here at Cottesmore and I'm sure they'll do great things together this season".
Headmaster Tom Rogerson said: "It was a fantastic event. The pupils had a great time and it was a pleasure to welcome Leah Wilkinson to Cottesmore."


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23 Years young— I've learned so much, yet nothing at all. I've spent a whole year telling people about my post-grad story every time they ask what I'm doing with my life. Some people don't get it, others do the normal, "That's great, mija".
It's been a little more than a year since graduation and almost a year since I took my first job. You know, the one where I was the "Super Intern"…there's a new super intern by the way.
Anywho, this year has been absolutely life-changing. I've made new friends, lost a few, and basically I've spent the whole year "trying to get it together". However, I think I'm slowly learning that I will just never get it together, because getting it together implies I've learned everything, I've got it down. So, yeah…No.
One year after graduation, I've learned from my mistakes, my decisions, my experiences and those of others. I grew up, kind of, and continuously hoped I was doing everything right, whether it was for my personal life or career path.
I learned it's okay to terminate toxic relationships. You are allowed to walk away from any situation that no longer serves you.
You are allowed to feel hurt, angry, disturbed just as much as you're allowed to feel happy.
You don't owe anyone an explanation for the things you do or the things you don't.
To get through to someone, you can't scream at the top of your lungs. It just won't happen. My horoscope once said sometimes you get more attention with a whisper. People strain to hear you when you're whispering.
The IT Guy taught me to live day by day. Never break what's not broken. If it's going good, there's no need to stop it. You don't want to wake up one morning thinking you didn't enjoy the day before, because things end and you don't want to carry the burden that you didn't live up an experience to it's full capacity.
However, I've learned to think of the future. I learned the importance of planning for tomorrow, because it keeps you sane.
I learned that even living day by day, you carry a burden. Maybe not one of regret of living up the full experience, but the burden that maybe everything you did just wasn't enough.
But nothing's forever.
The best friend who moved to a place you'd never expect—well, she taught me a lot. She taught me that at 23 years old, a career can go 0 to 100 real quick, but that anyone is strong enough to handle it. Rumchata to start your day, tequila to end it.
There's nothing we cant' fix; there's nothing we can't handle in the workplace
You have to feel what you feel, because saying it's going to be okay so soon never helped anyone. Sometimes it's not okay and it won't be okay right away—and that in itself is OKAY.
Even in a place you know nothing about, you can make new friends.
You have no control over the choices others make. You only have control over your emotions, your decisions.
Your reaction to a situation is everything.
The way people treat you is not a reflection of you, it's a reflection of them.
Maya Angelou taught me that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Surround yourself with people who are truly going to lift you higher. Don't waste your whole life living the same year over and over again.
The guy at Specs taught me it was okay to live a good life. It is okay to enjoy it.
YOLO isn't for everybody, and you learn it's true meaning.
The two dollar margaritas taught me to always buy top-shelf, no matter how much you are paying because nothing is worth what you will be paying the next morning.
My Nashville homie taught me wearing sunblock is key. 30s going on 20s. Plus, to always remember we aren't 5. We are grown ups.
Drake taught me that it's okay to miss home. You know just when you thought you were sick of home, you're homesick.
Canada made me realize I now have a job, since that trip was fully funded by uh me. Also, budgeting has been key this year.
The super intern taught me to "Man Up". Coming from her, you know it's real. She taught me to enjoy life, every second, every minute. She taught me that pursing dreams was happiness. That doing what you feel to be right is happiness, even if other's do not believe that to be so.
From the ex college roommate—You deserve better always even when you think you have the best.
From the Boss— there's probably too many things to reflect on. But basically, everything is going to be okay. It's okay to move your cheese. Change happens and it's okay. It's okay to express confusion. It's okay to speak up. It's okay to feel the need to say no.
From the new team player: Your issues are not big enough to complain about. There's always someone else fighting a tougher battle. Feel what you feel but never let it distract you from the things you should be doing to move yourself forward.
Never give up, especially on yourself.
Know yourself, know your worth. #DRAKE
From the family— Life's tough, but blood is strong. Blood is thicker than water, always.
If you don't like something, change it. You're not a tree, so MOVE.
From the one in a state of confusion, don't wait for time. Make it.
You can't wait for love. You gotta feel it.
You can't wait for the path. You gotta find it. Don't wait for opportunity. Create it.
Don't run for life. Embrace it.
Life doesn't have to be hard. Few know this. Most people think they need to fight and struggle. Not so. You can let life unfold. The secret is to focus on what you want, do what you can to make it happen and trust the process. Yes, life can be hard. But if can also be easy. The difference is how you look at what is happening to you.
The choice is YOURS.
You are pretty freaken awesome, keep it up.
In this life, people will love you and some won't and none of that will have anything to do with you.
Don't give up on someone who hasn't gave up on you. But don't feel sad over someone who gave up on you, feel sorry for them because they gave up on someone who would have never given up on them.
It is what it is. You accept it and move on.
If someone shows you their true colors, don't try to repaint them.
Success isn't what you accomplish in your life, it's about what you inspire others to do.
Lupita Nyong'o taught me no matter where you're from, your dreams are valid.
Sometimes you gotta save your own little heart.
The bad news—nothing lasts forever. The good news—nothing lasts forever.
You can't change people, but you can always change how you feel about them. Just love them.
We are all a little broken and that's okay.
Sometimes, all we really need is for someone to say they believe in us.
Time decides who you meet in life, your heart decides who you want in your life and your behavior decides who stays in your life.
There's such a thing as unexpected happiness. Even for short periods of time.
Things will usually get worse before they can get better. But just remember when they do, who put you down and who helped you up.
If it's not a F yeah, it's a no. But know the difference and don't act too quickly.
I spent a lot of time searching for affection in shallow spaces. I gave people bits of me they didn't deserve and let myself be hurt because I thought that's what I deserved. But I let go of trying to shove puzzle pieces in places that did not fit; i let go of all the hate I secretly had stored. I learned I just had to Accept what happens.
Morrie taught me sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too—even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling.
Never give up, never walk away from something that feels so real. Do not fear that it is too good to be true. Do not fear that something so good cannot be happening. Don't fear it will take away from the life you are living so much it will make it bad. Give up when something goes wrong, not when it's going so well. Because good things happen and happiness follows.
No one quite has it down.


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Cross Roads at a Sharp CornerThe 56th Missouri Photo Workshop (MPW)View Story
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Its all about home, a family place somehow, weaving a net of bounds among its patrons: The Sharp Corner Tavern. The shrine like jukebox sets the tone of the time now quite and tranquil, then roaring load and raw. And so are the patrons in the tide of the days, every day since the end of prohibition. Drawn to and pushed away like the expansion and contraction of Hermans heart. It breathes the real people of this city. Its all here- the concentrated micro cosmos of a small town, where children become mothers giving birth to the next cycle of joy and sorrow, warmth and dreams. So close together and still lost in their own story that is often repeated and yet unique.
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These should work with all the rules I'm planning to try out; Cold War Commander, Team Yankee, and Fistful of TOWs 3.
My order included 3 different models with a duplicates of one of the models.
The first two models have the boards on the exterior modeled with raised areas for a very 3 dimensional look. The last model has the boards etched onto the model. I'm kind of disappointed with that model, but am hopeful that it will look better when painted.
Overall I liked the buildings and think they will look very nice once painted. I think a pretty simple paint job will serve these well and they will be ready for the table quickly.
If you like what you see you can find these at 6mmgaming.comhttp://6mmgaming.mybigcommerce.com/.


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Heart of the Bear has existed as a small group of friends who have been helped by the healing capabilities of Roan (Row-AHn). Roan has possessed abilities to heal and help since childhood. While his full capabilities have only come to the fore in the past 5 – 10 years, his compassion has been evident to family and friends for decades. Roan has performed work in the following areas:
- Soul Healing/Spiritual Healing
- Mental Strength/Thoughts of Harm
- Negative Entity Possession
- Hospice
Roan has the ability to astral travel, engage entities both good and evil, feel and absorb both emotions, thoughts, and pain of others, remove negative attachments and create protective environments so healing can continue.


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G. Allan Johnson, Alexandra Badea, Jeffrey Brandenburg, Gary Cofer, Boma Fubara, Song Liu, Jonathan Nissanov.
We describe an atlas of the C57BL/6 mouse brain based on MRI
and conventional Nissl histology. Magnetic resonance microscopy
was performed on a total of 14 specimens that were actively
stained to enhance tissue contrast. Images were acquired with
three different MR protocols yielding contrast dependent on spin
lattice relaxation (T1), spin spin relaxation (T2), and magnetic
susceptibility (T2*). Spatial resolution was 21.5 microns
(isotropic). Conventional histology (Nissl) was performed on a
limited set of these same specimens and the Nissl images were
registered (3D-to-3D) to the MR data. Probabilistic atlases for
37 structures are provided, along with average atlases. The
availability of three different MR protocols, the Nissl data,
and the labels provides a rich set of options for registration
of other atlases to the same coordinate system, thus facilitating
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Lap seven crash halts Jack's Japanese GP while running in the points.
Jack's return to MotoGP action has unfortunately been a brief one, the Aussie rider crashing out on lap seven of Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.
Jack had missed four of the past five races leading into Japan after his Sunday morning warm-up accident for round 10 in Austria, competing only in the British GP in that time as he recovered from back, wrist and hand injuries.
After qualifying a decent 14th on Saturday despite two crashes in the third of four practice sessions, Jack made a strong start to Sunday's 24-lap race, advancing two spots on the first lap of the heavy-braking 4.8km circuit.
Ducati rider Scott Redding passed Jack for 12th on lap two, and the Marc VDS rider settled into a rhythm in 13th, looking to consolidate with a points finish before his fall at the first corner on lap seven, the front-end of his Honda washing away under braking.
"I just made a small mistake and braked a little too late and lost the front end in turn one," Jack said afterwards.
"I tried to stay on the racing line but I was a little too fast and just tucked the front. I was pushing hard to stay in the group with Scott, (Danilo) Petrucci, (Alvaro) Bautista and (Stefan) Bradl and it was shaping up as a nice little battle until I made the mistake and it was all over."
With three races remaining in 2016, Jack sits in 18th place in the world championship with 42 points. Sunday's race was won by Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez, the Spaniard sealing his third MotoGP world title in the past four years.
Jack's next race will be on home shores at Phillip Island, with the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix set for next Sunday, October 23.
Full race results from Japan can be found on motogp.com here.
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Upon receiving a call from his stock broker advising him to buy 500 shares of a
recently IPOed micro cap at $10, an investor agreed to make the purchase. The next
day, the investor was pleased to see that his stock was opening much higher at $15,
so he proceeded to buy another 500 shares and the price promptly rose to $25 on
good volume. Notwithstanding the hype and lack of earnings, the customer told his
broker to keep buying the stock until the price reached a towering $50. Satisfied with
his "ride," the customer called his broker, told him about the new yacht he wanted to
buy, and instructed him to sell all his stock in the micro cap. The broker
listened–paused–and then asked, "To whom?"
Our investor learned the hard way that liquidity can be difficult to assess and often
has an ephemeral, "now you see it, now you don't quality" to it. Liquidity can be
judged in any number of ways: by the size of the bid/offer spread, by the depth of the
market, or by the continuity of real time price action. Further, asset classes that are
liquid today because they are in vogue might not be so liquid tomorrow, perhaps
owing to a change in sentiment. Indeed, we have seen certain security types exhibit
sizeable, even catastrophic shifts in their liquidity profiles over the course of a
business cycle. Given such fluidity, what is the proper way to manage liquidity over
the course of a cycle?
Liquidity is commonly thought of as an absolute good to be
maximized whenever possible. This is overly simplistic.
Judging an asset as liquid is tantamount to saying that a ready
market exists for the asset. As such, the asset can be either
bought or sold, in size, with a clear expectation of the price to
be paid. Investors in liquid assets develop an expectation that
they can get in or out with no muss, no fuss. Yet, might an
excess of liquidity also signal an excess of enthusiasm? After
all, in their hey-days, tech stocks, suburban homes, and
subprime mortgages were extraordinarily liquid investments.
As it turned out, an ill-timed portfolio overweight in such
"liquid" assets experienced returns which sank to the depths
of Davy Jones' locker. What we often see is that investors
conflate the concepts of liquidity and price volatility. When
clients ask us what is the liquidity of certain asset classes,
what they often are interested in is the potential price volatility
of that sector during stressed periods, not whether they easily
and quickly can exchange their assets for cash today at
recently transacted levels.
Measuring the liquidity of an asset today may tell you little
about its liquidity tomorrow. Indeed, for risk-based assets,
heightened liquidity may actually be a contrary indicator.
Liquidity for many assets tends to rise so long as prices are
also rising. Bull markets tend to broaden and deepen market
participation, both essential qualities of a liquid market. A
market has depth because of the participation of the many.
Bull markets also have a tendency to dull the senses to
current valuations. Who needs to understand the fundamental
value of an asset when prices are readily available, when you
can always bail out of the asset if prices begin to go south,
and when momentum and the hype of the promoters is
carrying the day? Investors get swept up in the socially
constructed reality of a bull market and come to expect high
returns on capital.
Hence, building a portfolio that is chock full of seemingly liquid
assets today may not maximize its prospects over time.
Inevitably, booms turn to busts and no one will much
appreciate clothes designed for a warm summer day in the
depth of winter. Rather, investors come to rue that market
participation falls off in a bear market as rapidly as attendance
does for a losing sports team. Who really wants to "try and
catch a falling knife" when each day, every day, brings a new low
in prices? Without eager fans, market participation dips and the
liquidity that had been a rushing river becomes a parched bed
of rocks. Investors forget about return on their capital and
worry only that they get some return of their capital.
Yet, for the value investor, the loss of liquidity can be a cry of
"Tally-ho!" While subprime bonds in 2006 may have been
horrific investments when they were liquid and trading at par,
they turned out to be mighty powerful generators of wealth
after prices collapsed to 30 or 40 cents on the dollar in 2009.
The very lack of pricing information and loss of liquidity
reflected deep fears on the part of investors as to whether the
asset class had any future at all. Conversely, as home
buyers/investors today scoop up million dollar condos
effectively at low single-digit cap rates, comforted by a broad
base of investors and excellent price information, a dearth of
value becomes more evident.
In other words, what we are saying is that liquidity tends to be
high when risk assets are in vogue, fundamental value theses
play a secondary role, and after positive price momentum has
occurred. Liquidity tends to be limited after market disruptions
occur, leading to fundamental valuation reassessment that
often results in sharp price drops. Ironically, it is during these
more difficult market environments that investors should
consider the purchase of illiquid assets where cash flows are
discounted at much higher rates. Conversely, when markets
trade with great liquidity, caution should be exercised in
taking on risk assets at yields that may be too low for the risk.
In short, the value investor should be continually aware of the
market environment and recognize that as with so many market variables, liquidity–especially the liquidity of risk
assets–is very much a pro-cyclical occurrence. Importantly,
when liquidity is relatively available, particularly late in the
credit cycle, it is often a signal that risk assets are not being
judged with sufficient skepticism. Changes in market climate
can easily, and without warning, transform a "liquid" risk class
to an "illiquid" (or less liquid) one. Often, liquidity is here
today, but gone tomorrow. After the liquidity has evaporated,
deep value is often exposed. That would be the right time
to build a less liquid, higher returning portfolio.


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Dr. Stuart Buttlaire, Ph.D. MBA
President of the Board
is the Regional Director of Behavioral Health and Addiction Medicine for Northern California Kaiser Permanente, which has 4.4 Million Members and 23 medical centers. He has led the redesign of intensive mental health care for Kaiser, implemented two inpatient psychiatric facilities, a psychiatric advice and crisis line, and developed best practices in case management, gero-psychiatry, multi-family treatment, and crisis and emergency intervention services. Prior to Kaiser, Dr. Buttlaire served as Chief of Acute and Subacute Services for Marin County Mental Health and has many years of clinical and management experience, providing consultation, leadership and direction in health care delivery and organizational improvement in both the public and private sectors.
Dr. Buttlaire serves on the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board and is the former Chair of the Governing Council for the Section of Psychiatry and Substance Abuse as well as the Center for Behavioral Health Advisory Board of the California Hospital Association.
Dr. Buttlaire holds doctorate degree in clinical psychology and a master's degree in business administration with an emphasis on health care management, finance, and marketing.
Ms. Joyce B. Wale, LCSW
Vice President
serves as Executive Director, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan NY. Over her thirty year career, she has held leadership positions in state and county governments, community mental health, and human services agencies. Ms. Wale has served as a Board President for the Mental Health Association in New Jersey, in addition to providing therapy in her small clinical practice. Her career has woven both a provider, organizational, and governmental perspective with a commitment to patient centered recovery oriented care. Her publications are geared toward practical implementation of evidence based practices. She is a fellow with the NY Academy of Medicine, a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Behavioral Health Improvement, and serves on a variety of task forces and committees.
William Tucker, MD
Is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons. He has been Director of Residency Training in psychiatry at the Roosevelt Division of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, Chief Medical Officer (acting) for the New York State Office of Mental Health, and community outreach psychiatrist for Pathways to Housing in Jamaica, Queens. He has published in the professional literature on psychiatric education, psychological trauma, polypharmacy, and telemedicine. He has written a book for clinicians, How People Change: the Short Story as Case History (New York, The Other Press, 2007). Currently, he is trying to learn something about geriatric psychiatry."
Michael Rice, Ph. D.
Michael Rice is a Professor and Endowed Chair of Psychiatric Mental Health at the College of Nursing, Anschutz Medical Center, University of Colorado and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing Fellow.
He came to the College of Nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), where he was a Professor of Psychiatric Nursing and the Founding Associate Director, Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, University of Nebraska Medical Center, where he received the Inaugural Distinguished Service Award in 2013.
His baccalaureate degree is from Mount Marty College, in Yankton, South Dakota; his master's degree in psychiatric mental health is from UNMC; and his doctorate in Clinical Research is from the University of Arizona, as a National Research Service Award Fellow. He is a board-certified advanced practice psychiatric nurse.
He was the recipient of the Educause Award for Excellence in Information Technology Solutions in 2002, and the Best Corporate Training Model from Education and Information Systems Technologies and Applications (EISTA), International Institute of Informatics in 2003. He is recognized as one of the TOP 15 Psychiatric Nursing Professors in the U.S. He has served as co-Chair of the Psychiatric Expert Panel at the American Academy of Nursing and a member of (a) the Board of Directors for the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and (b) the Board of Advisors for Behavioral Health Specialties at Optum Health. He provides national and international consultation on development of distance psychiatric-nursing education, learner-centered online education and advocates the use of distance technology to meet the mental health care needs.
Leon Evans
President and Chief Executive Officer The Center for Health Care Services Bexar County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Authority, San Antonio, Texas.
For over forty years, Leon Evans has worked tirelessly to improve the lives of people with mental illness. As President and Chief Executive Officer at The Center for Health Care Services, Evans has developed an innovative and highly integrated system of care for people in the San Antonio community who struggle with mental health disorders. Utilizing strong community partnerships and diverse funding sources, Leon has created an effective public safety net that keeps people with mental illness out of emergency rooms, jails and prisons and link them to treatment programs that help them lead independent, productive lives.
Evans has developed a number of nationally recognized initiatives including the Bexar County Jail Diversion Program; the 24/7 Crisis Care Center; Crisis Intervention Training for public safety officers; and The Restoration Center, an integrated clinic providing psychiatric care, substance abuse services, transitional housing and general health care services for the homeless population. Each year, these programs save thousands of lives and result in millions of dollars in cost savings for the community.
Under Evans' leadership, The Center for Health Care Services has received many awards, including CMS' Innovation Award for the integration of primary and behavioral health care, the American Psychiatric Association's Gold Award for Community Program Innovation and the National Council 's Service Excellence Award. In addition, Evans and CHCS have been featured in many local and national media/publications including National Public Radio, Connect4 Mental Health, and the Mental Health Channel. Evans' successful jail diversion program has also been highlighted in the Brave New Films series Overcriminalized, and Evans was recently named by CNN as a Mental Wellness Warrior — one of nine mental health champions across the nation who are fighting for better treatment and working to defy stigma.
Evans has served in numerous leadership roles at the local, state and national level, including:
- NAMI Texas, Board of Directors
- The National Association of Counties Justice and Public Safety, Steering Committee
- National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDDD), Past President
- The National Association of Counties Veterans/Military Task Force, Member
- Evans maintains a rigorous travel schedule across the country advocating for improved treatment services for people suffering from mental illness. His contributions continue to transforms lives and significantly benefit the community.
Glenn Kopelson, MBA
is Co-Chair of the UCLA Neuropsychiatry Patient Family Advisory Council (PFAC) since its inception in 2014. As a founder and PFAC Board Member he has led initiatives to improve patient and family satisfaction and safety. In addition to his work at UCLA, Glenn has spoken at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Association of Academic Psychiatry Administrators and Patient Family Centered Care conferences regarding the voice of the patient. Glenn has also conducted webinars and been a guest blogger for the Beryl Institute on the topic of the patient experience. He is currently a member of the National Quality Forum Serious Mental Illness Action Team.
Prior to his work in mental health, Glenn was a senior business development executive in the media and entertainment industry. He has worked for a variety of companies from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Most recently, Glenn worked for Sony Pictures Entertainment. His prior media experience includes business development at Twentieth Century Fox. Glenn's experience also includes management consulting for PwC where he consulted to a dozen companies regarding business strategy and process improvement. He received his undergraduate degree in Economics from UCLA and an MBA from USC.
Fred H Michel, M.D.
is the Chief Medical Officer at Summit Stone Health Partners in Fort Collins, Colorado. SummitStone is the Community Mental Health Center providing services to Larimer County, Colorado, including cities of Fort Collins, Loveland and Estes Park. Previously he was CMO at Mental Health Partners, the Community Mental Health Center for Boulder, Colorado and for 18 years before that he served at AspenPointe Health Services in Colorado Springs as a psychiatric provider and their Chief Medical Officer.
Dr Michel received his medical degree at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. In 1993 he completed dual residency training in Adult Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. He maintains board certifications in both specialties. Dr Michel has been an active advocate for the uninsured and underserved clients of our communities through a lengthy career in community psychiatry in Colorado. He has also participated as a psychiatric consultant, training behavioral health principles to Family Medicine residents in Denver, Colorado for the past 20 years.
He is a founding board member for IBHI, the Institute for Behavioral Healthcare Improvement, focused on Quality of Care improvement strategies in behavioral health systems. IBHI is modeled after IHI, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Kathy Muscari, PhD, LPC, CRC, NCC
Is a founding member of IBHI. She is involved as a licensed professional counselor and board certified coach for Cabin Creek Health Systems, an FQHC, located in rural West Virginia, where she helps to provide integrated primary and behavioral health care.
She is also familiar with school-based integrated care; and works with individuals and families at KPCC Counseling, a welcoming pastoral counseling practice.
Over the years, Dr. Muscari has been a strong advocate for peer services, having been Executive Director of a federal technical assistance center (CONTAC) dedicated to improving peer leadership , training, and systems engagement.
As an educator, she has taught psychiatric rehabilitation and peer support at the college level. She also is an approved licensed professional supervisor for LPCs seeking licensure.
As an artist (CZT) Muscari is known for her hands-on art workshops focused on mindfulness and creativity.
William Wood, M.D., PhD, FAPA
Currently serves as Medical Director National for Anthem Government Business Division with responsibility of Medical Management and Quality Management. He is focused on the improvement and support of quality in behavioral health, outcomes based management and the efficient use of resources for the benefit of the Medicaid and Medicare populations served by Anthem and its affiliated companies. He has been a national leader, presenter and advocate for integrating services for those with behavioral health and medical issues.
Dr. Wood's professional experience includes more than 25 years in behavioral health care and executive-level medical management. At Amerigroup, Dr. Wood is responsible for overseeing and directing the behavioral health programs to meet the contractual requirements and expectations of TennCare of Tennessee, the state's Medicaid managed care program.
Previously, Dr. Wood served as corporate medical director for Behavioral Health and national medical director for Amerigroup. He was responsible for development and clinical oversight of the program for integration of medical and behavioral health services within the Company and coordination of this program with health plans in 11 states.
Prior to joining Amerigroup in 2003, Dr. Wood served as medical director for TRICARE's Behavioral Health Program for active duty military personnel, retirees and their dependents in eight states. Healso served as executive vice president and chief medical officer for ValueOptions, a national behavioral health organization.
Board certified in psychiatry and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Wood has held medical director positions with the University Psychiatry Center in Tampa; Watauga CMHC/Woodridge Hospital in Johnson City, Tenn.; and Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Wash. He has also held faculty positions with Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City and was professor of psychiatry at the University of South Florida in Tampa. In addition to his management role in each of these hospital locations and faculty positions, Dr. Wood has developed and still maintains a private practice of adult, adolescent and family psychiatry.
Dr. Wood obtained his medical degree and completed residencies in general psychiatry and child psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, as well as a post-doctoral fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He obtained his doctorate in biochemistry at the University of North Carolina.
Wayne Young M.S. M.B.A. LPC CRC FACHE
currently serves as a Vice President of Operations for JPS Health Network and Administrator of Trinity Springs Pavilion. A Level I Trauma Center, JPS Health Network is a safety net hospital licensed for 567 beds with over 40 outpatient locations which provided 850,000 patient encounters last year. As leader of the system's behavioral health services, Mr. Young has responsibility for a full continuum of behavioral health services that includes a 20,000 visit psychiatric emergency center, a 96 bed inpatient psychiatric pavilion, four partial hospitalization programs, four behavioral health clinics, two school based behavioral health clinics, robust peer support services, and a network of embedded behavioral health specialists providing integrated care at primary care sites throughout Tarrant County.
Prior to joining JPS in 2008, he served as the Regional Executive Director of a managed behavioral healthcare organization and has held other leadership positions within the behavioral health and insurance industries. Additionally, he is an Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center.
Young is actively involved in several professional and community organizations. He serves as the Vice Chair of the board of Mental Health Connection and as Board President of Mental Health America of Tarrant County. Wayne also serves on the American Hospital Association's Governing Council for the Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services Section.
Young is credentialed a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) as well as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
He received his bachelor's in Human Development and Family Studies as well as his master's degree in Community Counseling from Texas Tech University. Subsequently, he completed an MBA in Health Services Administration from the University of Dallas.


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Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Hey Fletch … I've heard you use the term "four wall discussions." Could you define that for me?
DRF—I call certain meetings "four-wall discussions" to signify that what is said should stay in the four walls of the room. A profane equivalent is "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas."
Here is what you do with a church team. Lay out the ground rules that every comment is fair game in the discussion. In a four-wall discussion, people can vent. They can share insecurities and pain. They can be 'wrong' on an issue. Team members can explore orthodox and unusual options. If you can't do that with a trusted team, who can you talk with?
When someone crosses the line and harsh words are spoken, amends need to be made. Often after a meeting, I have seen team members go to another and bring gentle confrontation. At the next team meeting, the offender makes an apology—and the team is healthier. That is a four-wall discussion at work.
Nothing is final until the team hears the words, "decision made." Then, everyone needs to support that decision.


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Happy New Year and catch up...
27th Jan 2013
Admittedly, this is a belated Happy New Year but better late than never so, Happy New Year to one and all!!
The snow has arrived and as much as I love it, it is making life a tad more challenging in terms of getting about etc!
My welcome home at Sheffield train station after The Outdoor Show, London.
The end of 2012 seemed to get busier and busier, then the start of 2013 has continued in the same vein- hence the lateness of this blog. Hey ho, Christmas is always a bit manic and coupled with the fact we were down Bristol way, had no internet (shock horror) and spent most of the time in wellies up to our ankles in mud- time just seemed to slip away. Over the Xmas break, Tim and I were keen to climb but due to the constant rain, found ourselves exploring esoteric crags around the Bristol/Somerset area to see if they were worth visiting in the long distant future when they may have dried out. We tramped through many a soggy field with Buis-Bear splodging about hoping to find a lone sheep to chew on (fortunately, they were all tucked away somewhere out of her reach) and saw varying crags, unfortunately none of which were awe-inspiring. But that's the nature of esoterica, you're not going to find 'world class' but with a bit of perseverance, you may find a good route nestled in between the, ahem, choss! Bring on the summer and return visits with climbing gear. I did top rope a very wet E3 at Split Rock, Wells (certainly one of the more quality venues and mainstream compared to some we visited), which was a fun outing, especially the start. I had to stand on Tim's shoulders, as the first holds were so wet and poor that I couldn't pull on, so we ended up looking like a very second rate circus act, quite entertaining!
Our plan for New Year had been a route down on Lands End but due to the incessant rain, this was knocked on the head and cocktails and general celebrations in Bristol sufficed instead. We also managed to get a couple of indoor sessions at the two (and counting…) Bristol walls, which were fun, sociable and good for my shoulder.
Towards the end of 2012 Tim and I had a mission to go out every weekend whatever the weather and climb at Stanage (see top image on the left). I'm very bad at climbing in the cold usually but have been surprised at how much I've enjoyed myself in almost sub-zero temps and minimal visibility. Obviously, the routes haven't been in the 'E's', my fingers don't work well in the cold and I don't want to damage my shoulder. Also, I've been doing most of the routes in my Scarpa crux's (trainers), which are perfect for the job. I did one route in rock boots and got hot aches in my feet and was almost brought to tears- I'm such a wimp! So, we've been working through all the classics and I have to say it's been fab. It's been a great way to get my head together, spend the day out at the crag and enjoy and revisit some stunning routes. And of course, there have been other climbers at the crag who I would normally have thought were mad for climbing in some of the conditions we've encountered but now understand the draw of the experience. But also, there's been interesting practices to observe and some not so good interpersonal dynamics, that I may blog about in the future.
I've also started a roped access job on a church in Leeds. We are pointing a church and at the moment my days are spent hammering out existing mortar, it's doing a great job of keeping me surprisingly warm I haven't done an access job for a long while and through the cold and snow, I have to admit I am enjoying it. I think the novelty of it and earning some money is adding to the appeal but also for somebody who has no routine in her life, it is giving me a schedule. Admittedly not a schedule I would choose permanently, in fact it's reminding me how difficult it must be for most people who work 9-5pm. How do people get anything done? My lunch hour is spent trying to catch up on everything else I need to do and it's the only time to do it…along with everyone else. In fact, my car has had a slow puncture since before Christmas and it's still not fixed, it's a good legwork out pumping it up everyday! I have now taken to driving the van; leg muscles will have to wait!
Technique masterclasses for DMM at The Outdoor Show.
I've just come back from working with all the guys at DMM down at The Outdoor Show at Excel in London. Even with all the snow, we had a busy time and it was good fun all round. Libby Peter and I were running technique master classes and we had a great boulder built by Walltopia (see below) to teach on. We also spent quite a bit of time making problems and climbing with the other DMM guys who were there; like Nick Bullock, Ben Bransby, Rob, Alex and Noddy etc. It's always a great event and DMM have so much going on at their stand that it's hard to get bored.
I ended up chatting with some climbers from Malta, who were over promoting their company at the show and I am now very keen for a trip out there. In fact, it looks like we will be heading over there in May. What I'm most interested in is trad new-route potential and after discussing the islands with Andrew, Pat and Mike, I am psyched. Hopefully Libby is keen too, so look out for an article on those islands about tradding on sun kissed rock above an azure blue sea- my idea of heaven.
I will draw to a close now with THE most exciting news so far of 2013, in fact the most exciting news of the last decade- new music from the genius of rock- David Bowie. He has released a new single with an album coming out in March and I'm in heaven. As always, Bowie music is a grower and his new single 'Where are we now?' has grown on me big style. That might have something to do with the fact I've listened to it more than a hundred times; am I obsessed? Hmm quite possibly, yes! A teenage passion, that's never really left me…
Alex, Nick, Rob and Kev watching 'Wideboy' Tom Randall doing his talk at The Outdoor Show 2013.


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Why It's OK—Even Good—to Skip Your Teen's Recital or Soccer Game Sometimes
When mom practices self-care, it's good for her and the whole family.
Nothing pulls you in several directions like becoming a mom. And just when you think things might slow down, they speed up again. Keeping up with it all is a full-time job in itself, and the first thing to go is us.
Related: How to Teach Teens to Respect Parents
As a mom of three teens, I'm the Uber driver, personal shopper, chef, gatekeeper of devices, homework checker, drill sergeant, and so on. And these days, instead of chasing around three toddling kids, making sure they don't put rocks in their mouth, I'm making sure they get to all their activities, keep their grades up, and don't act like entitles jerks. Now, more than ever, it would be easy to let self-care slip through the cracks. But I'm not willing to do that—I count, too.
Back in the days of my early motherhood, I quickly realized how easy it was to starve my mental and emotional needs. After talking with other moms, it seemed to be a common thread among us. Nothing propels you into not putting much thought into yourself like being a mom.
Yes, you are happy to do this, and no, you missing the fact you used to spend your Saturday afternoon reading and hitting the beach, don't seem half as important as taking care of this new human.
Yet, you miss it.
You crave the things you used to do to fulfill yourself. And truth be told, back in the days when you had more freedom and could come and go as you pleased, you didn't even realize those things were considered self-care.
Now as a parent, it takes quite a bit of work to set aside time for yourself. And when you do take that time, especially at first, the guilt that comes along with it is enough to make you want to scratch it off your list all together.
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I remember the first time I opted out of my daughter's lacrosse game because I'd made a hair appointment two months prior and didn't realize it was on the same night as her game until it was too late.
She understood, and didn't seem to care at all, but I couldn't help but feel a little guilty until I climbed in my hair dresser's chair, talked to her for over an hour, and felt so refreshed afterwards.
While the time we have with our kids is fleeting and we want to soak up every moment, it's important take the time to recharge when we need it. Sometimes that looks like missing one of our kids' games, and sometimes that looks like catching up with our best friend when they are asleep.
The point is, if we don't advocate for ourselves, no one else is going to do it. It's up to us to know when we need to invest in ourselves. It's easy to put self-care on the back burner and think our needs can wait. But what happens time and time again is we not only do we suffer, our whole family suffers.
And we all know our teenagers aren't going to say, "Mom, you've been irritable lately, why don't you take the evening off and have a hot bath while I cook dinner." Many of us have kids who will cook if they are asked, but many times we're met with comments about them having to do "everything around here," complaining, or eye-rolling.
I know when I get the latter reactions, I sometimes feel it's easier to do it all myself so I don't have to deal with the backlash. But when we do this, what are we showing our family?
We're showing them we don't mind coming last. We are setting a standard that says we don't value ourselves enough to be put first—that we aren't important.
I know I want to send a different message to my daughter who might want to be a mother one day. I want my sons to grow up to have a partner who knows how to care for themselves—I don't want them thinking, Well, my mom just did all the things and never took time for herself, why do you need to do that?
But most of all, I don't want my kids remembering their mom was always being snappy, grouchy, and never taking a time out to meet her needs. I don't want them thinking they come first all the time. I don't want them to feel entitled. I don't want to be viewed as a ragged mess who never took the time to pursue my passions.
We all want to be present for our kids and the best way to do that is to be present for ourselves, first. And if you continue to practice self-care, the whole family will deal with it. And in return, they are left with a much happier mother—a win for all.
Katie Bingham-Smith lives in Maine and is a full-time freelance writer. She's writes about all things parenting, food, and fashion.


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She is the co-author of the books: "Are Your Kids Running on Empty?" and "Mom, I'm Hungry, What's for Dinner?"with Ellen Briggs.
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Just filling the gaps. Gaps, I have to say, that have been warmed and lightened by some fabulous late-September sunshine.
I guess the big thing for me has been getting down and writing the prologue of my second Sam Green novel. I've no idea where it's going, although I have established the main conspiracy. I'm determined to make this the best it could possible be, having learnt so much from writing the first one. But I also need to ensure I don't change the overall approach as, so far, those of you who have read UH seem to really like it. It's going to be an interesting balance.
I have been trying to get the paperback available on Amazon.co.uk; it is clearly there for everyone on the US site. It seems to come and go and the little people at Amazon tell me it should be ready for tomorrow. At which point I'm going to try for a Facebook advertising campaign. More about that later when I get it going.
C now has two medical appointments. One next Monday and one the Monday after that, both down here in Taunton (we're parked up on a hill at Dawlish with lovely views over the River Exe). That should get this throat thing sorted and, you never know, we might have time to pop over to the continent for a month or so before Christmas sets in. But, with my Mum and Dad not at their best, it may be we hold off on a trip abroad and wait to January and then head off to Spain. We'll see.
For the record Doris, who has been the only constant in all of this, had her front disks replaced by a garage local to Jen's, on Monday (£200). Note to self: we do need to replace the rear tyres. Monday night we stopped over at Deer Leap, above Wells, and whilst the CL at Dawlish is untidy, it does have v good views and is a short walk from the beach road. In still good weather we're off on our bikes today down to the local nature reserve. It will be good to get out on them. And then back to work – more writing.
And finally our great pals Alasdair and Annie phoned from Saudi last night. Like Phil he's due out of the Army at the end of this year and they are moving back to the UK. They're not sure what's happening next (too busy to think it all through) but the great news is that they will be seeable. And for the first time for a long time the Jones, Wilds, Clements and Ladleys will all be in the same country at the same time. We must get on and buy that property abroad… No seriously, that will be just great.
So that's us then. Have a great rest of your week.