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The final year of St. Mark's confirmation program connects each student with an adult member of the church for several months of intentional conversation and exploration. Events of learning, relationship building, faith exploration, and fellowship are planned for each Wednesday, end of September through January from 6:30-7:30 pm. 9th graders are confirmed at the end of January.
High School Youth Group
This opportunity on Wednesday nights following worship (6:30-7:30) engages high school youth through fun games, encouraging conversation, Bible study and service projects (both inside and outside the walls) as we explore who God created us to be and how our gifts can impact and change the world. Contact Susie Modrow if you would like more information.
Mission Trips
St. Mark's believes strongly that mission work not only helps others, but gives back to those involved through faith development, the chance to build new relationships, and the commitment to serve the church, community and world. Recent trips include experiences in rural and inner city environments around the country along with international opportunities in Iringa,Tanzania and India.
Adventure Trips
Trips are planned every other year (during the summer opposite mission trips) with a variety of outdoor camping, canoeing or backpacking experiences in Minnesota and further. This experience allows youth to learn and experience God's creation in a completely new way.
Joyful Voices Choir (1st – 12th grade)
All God's creatures have a place in the choir - that means you! If you are in 6th-12th grade, your place is in the Colla Voce Choir. No previous experience is necessary. We meet from 4:45-5:45 on Wednesdays. We provide special music for the 10:15 services usually twice a month. We also have been helping with leading the singing for Wednesday worship. Don't miss out on being a part of this important ministry opportunity! For more information, check out music ministry.
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This highly touted vocalist/guitarist originally hails from Ottawa, Canada, although her home base shifted to Austin, Texas, when she signed with Antone's Records and cut her debut set, Young Girl Blues, in 1992 (an encore, Without a Warning, quickly followed). Foley's wicked lead guitar makes her a rarity among blueswomen.
When she was a child in Ottawa, Foley listened to rock & roll and blues-rock groups like the Rolling Stones. Although these bands sowed the seeds of her affection for the blues, her love for the music didn't blossom until she witnessed James Cotton in concert when she was 15 years old. Cotton inspired Foley to pick up the electric guitar. During her late teens and early twenties, she jammed with local Ottawa bar bands. She didn't form her own group until she moved to Vancouver in the mid-'80s.
Foley sent a demo tape to Antone's Records in 1990. Impressed, the label arranged an audition for the guitarist. Sue moved to Austin and soon signed a recording contract with Antone's. In 1992, her debut album, Young Girl Blues, was released. It was acclaimed by a number of blues publications. Two years later she released her second album, Without a Warning. It was followed by Big City Blues in 1995. Subsequent efforts included 1996's A Walk in the Sun, 1998's Ten Days in November, and 2000's Love Comin' Down and Back to the Blues.
Where the Action Is appeared in 2002 on Shanachie Records. Foley then switched to Ruf Records for her next two albums, 2004's Change and 2006's New Used Car. In 2007 Foley released Time Bomb, a collaborative effort with fellow Ruf labelmates Deborah Coleman and Roxanne Potvin. Foley moved to Blind Pig in 2010 for He Said She Said, a duet album with Peter Karp. The pair re-teamed in 2012 for Beyond the Crossroads. Foley returned to solo recordings in 2018 with The Ice Queen. ~ Bill Dahl & Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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Homegrown players, TAM helping MLS clubs build depth to challenge Liga MX
For what seems like forever, depth -- or the lack of it -- has been the bane of MLS teams' existence in the CONCACAF Champions League.
Sure, the tournament calendar does MLS sides no favors, given that they are barely into their campaigns while their opponents are in midseason mode. But it is the inability to build a deep roster that ultimately does MLS teams in. When injuries, suspensions or simple fatigue strike, Liga MX sides have a much deeper well from which to draw, and that is borne out in the results. In 30 encounters involving two legs over the past 17 years, MLS teams have prevailed just three times, the last being the Seattle Sounders' triumph over Tigres in 2013.
Combatting this inequity has seen MLS organizations take differing approaches to roster building. Some teams like Toronto FC and the Seattle Sounders have relied heavily on the influx of targeted allocation money, or TAM, to build their squads. Others, like the New York Red Bulls, have relied more on their academy and reserve-team products to fill out some roster spots both in the first XI and beyond.
It was that latter approach that was on display Tuesday night, and it yielded a historic result. New York prevailed 2-0 over Club Tijuana, becoming the first MLS side to beat a Liga MX opponent on the road during the knockout stages of the tournament. And over the course of the night, the Red Bulls had seven performers get playing time who were either homegrown players (Tyler Adams, Derrick Etienne, Connor Lade, Alex Muyl and Sean Davis) or products of the reserve team (Aaron Long, Florian Valot).
It was Valot who set up Bradley Wright-Phillips' second goal of the night after coming on for the injured Marc Rzatkowski, while both Davis and Adams were excellent in midfield.
The extent to which this approach is sustainable will be revealed in the second leg on Tuesday at Red Bull Arena, and perhaps beyond. With Davis suspended for yellow card accumulation and Rzatkowski an injury doubt, manager Jesse Marsch will have to dig even deeper into his roster, though recent young DP signing Kaku isn't a bad option. They'll also need to deliver a much-improved performance, as it took an otherworldly display from goalkeeper Luis Robles -- as well as some clinical finishing from Wright-Phillips -- to prevent Xolos from traveling to New York on level terms, or perhaps with a lead. It's nonetheless encouraging to see so many products from the Red Bulls' internal player pipeline make contributions to what is an impressive win.
Wednesday's matches involving Toronto against Tigres and Seattle against Chivas will provide additional data to determine how much the TAM approach has matured.
It was back in 2015 that MLS first introduced TAM. At the time, the addition of $800,000 in TAM amounted to a 22.2 percent increase in the salary cap of $3.6 million. Since then, the amount of TAM has increased to $1.2 million a year, with another $2.8 million in discretionary (read: non-tradeable) TAM on top of that. The salary budget has since increased to $4,000,035. Given that players on a team's supplemental and reserve roster (effectively players 21-30 on a given team) don't count against the salary budget, the effective cap of what teams can spend is $8.6 million. Now teams not only have more money to spend, but it also enables them to keep more of their core intact from season to season.
A team's payroll can then skyrocket depending on how much it chooses to spend on designated players. In September, according to data provided by the MLS Players Union, the payroll of Toronto was more than $20 million, while Seattle's was $11.8 million.
Comparing that to their Liga MX opponents requires plenty of guesswork, as salary data for Liga MX players isn't released. In an interview in 2012, then-Seattle-manager Sigi Schmid estimated that his team's payroll was about "25 to 30 percent" of Santos Laguna, which back then would have put the Liga MX side at between $15 million and $20 million. Without question, Liga MX teams haven't stood still in terms of payroll in the past six years, but it's clear that MLS in general, and teams like Toronto and Seattle in particular, have closed the spending gap.
The addition of TAM, and the subsequent increase in spending league-wide, has made MLS sides deeper and allowed them to improve the quality of players for roster spots 4 through 11. It's what allowed TFC to go out this offseason and bring in a defender with the pedigree of Gregory van der Wiel as well as Spanish midfielder Ager Aketxe. Seattle used the same mechanism to nab Norwegian attacker Magnus Wolff Eikrem.
Will it be enough? What is known about Liga MX salaries is that, unlike MLS, there tends to be less of a gap between the top and bottom earners. This makes for more players closer to the average salary, and a deeper roster. For that reason, it's clear the talent gap hasn't been bridged, but MLS sides are getting closer. Toronto was hailed for its depth last year and looks able to compete in this area. Seattle isn't quite as deep, especially with forward Jordan Morris shelved by an ACL tear, but it has options.
The next week will provide more information in terms of just how much MLS teams have caught up, and how effective the different approaches to roster building have been.
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1st Summer
HHP 5500 Athletic Training Techniques (3)
Introduction of emergency athletic training skills and techniques such as bracing, immobilization, splinting, transporting, wound care, and environmental emergencies. Includes laboratory experiences.
HHP 5510 Foundational Concepts for Management of Musculoskeletal Dysfunction (3)
This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills that relate to modification of physiological processes associated with musculoskeletal injury, pain, and tissue repair for the purpose of restoring optimal musculoskeletal function.
HHP 5525 Summer Practicum (3)
Students will obtain clinical experience with college football and other athletic training clinical activities related under the direct supervision (auditory and visual) of a BOC certified athletic trainer. The NATA Educational Competencies in Athletic Training serve as a guideline for the psychomotor skills that athletic training students should obtain in a CAATE GATP. These competencies will be instructed in a classroom setting and practiced and evaluated in laboratory and clinical settings. Students will be assigned to approved clinical preceptors for UTC football where they will have the opportunity to observe and assist the clinical preceptors in healthcare delivery. Students will also be instructed and will participate in the day-to-day operation of an athletic training facility and for the sport of football, including record keeping and maintenance of a healthcare facility.
HHP 5520 Introduction to the field of Athletic Training (3)
Athletic trainers (ATs) are health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to optimize patient and client activity and participation in athletics, work and life. This course is designed to provide athletic training students (ATS) with the history, current issues and future directions of the AT profession. Legal, ethical and regulatory guidelines and issues will be introduced along with the governing organizations and state regulatory boards. Fundamental principles of evidence-based practice and best practices in health care will be presented which will include an introduction to cultural competency and interprofessional collaboration.
Total = 12hrs
1st Fall
HHP 5600 Cadaver Anatomy of the Trunk and Extremities (3)
Prosection of human cadavers with emphasis on the musculoskeletal, articular, nervous and vascular systems. Prosection experiences will be supplemented with classroom lectures. The role of anatomical structures as they relate to athletic injury mechanism, evaluation and rehabilitation will be emphasized.
HHP 5600L Cadaver Anatomy of the Trunk and Extremities Lab (2)
Laboratory experience to support and enhance topics covered in HHP 5600.
HHP 5610 Orthopaedic Evaluation (6)
The purpose of this course is to develop knowledge and skills relating to evaluation of orthopedic injuries and neurological disorders, with emphasis on appropriate emergency care and indications for physician referral.
HHP 5615 Orthopaedic Evaluation Lab (2)
This two-credit hour lab will examine the evaluation process of the upper and lower extremities, head, neck, and trunk. Detailed anatomy, biomechanics, evaluation, and immediate care will be discussed.
HHP 5625 Athletic Training Practicum I (3)
Students experience clinical activities related to the athletic training profession under the direct supervision of a BOC Certified Athletic Trainer. The NATA Competencies in Athletic Training serve as a guideline for the psychomotor skills that each student should obtain in their program of study. Each practicum course will be administered from a clinical (laboratory) setting. Students will be assigned to clinical rotations where they will have the opportunity to observe practicing athletic trainers (Preceptors). Students will also be instructed on the day-to-day operation of an athletic training facility including basic record keeping and maintenance for OSHA compliance.
Total = 16hrs
1st Spring
HHP 5700 Therapeutic Exercise in Rehabilitation (3)
A classroom and practical study in the appropriate use of therapeutic rehabilitation techniques for athletic injuries, encompassing scientific/physiological rationales, selection criteria, indications/contraindications, clinical applications, and psychological aspects of rehabilitation.
HHP 5705 Therapeutic Exercise in Rehabilitation Lab (1)
The student will learn psychomotor skills by applying various therapeutic exercises in a practical environment. Proper SOAP note documentation will be presented to properly record exercises in a clinical setting. Critical thinking skills will be applied by the student in the determination of the frequency and protocol development for each exercise technique.
HHP 5710 Therapeutic Modalities (3)
Teaches theoretical applications of therapeutic modalities in the treatment of athletic injuries and conditions. Scientific/physiological rationales will be provided along with selection criteria, indications, contraindications and clinical applications.
HHP 5715 Therapeutic Modalities Lab (1)
The student will learn psychomotor skills by applying various therapeutic modalities in a practical environment. Proper SOAP note documentation will be presented to properly record modalities in a clinical setting. Critical thinking skills will be applied by the student in the determination of the frequency and protocol development for each modality technique.
HHP 5725 Athletic Training Practicum II (3)
The student will continue to integrate clinical skills learned in the didactic component of the program into the clinical setting under the direct supervision (physically present) of an approved clinical preceptor. This practicum course will be administered from a clinical/laboratory setting on campus. The student will build on skills and responsibilities from Practicum I and will learn and apply psychomotor skills/clinical proficiencies from them NATA Competencies in Athletic Training. This course has a lecture component.
Total = 11hrs
2nd Fall
HHP 5810 Graduate Seminar (3)
Basic theory related to strength and conditioning, nutritional requirements, and pharmacological aspects for all levels of athletic performance. Course content includes pharmacology, energy systems, hydration, pre- and post-event nutrition, weight management and body composition and ergogenic aids.
HHP 5820 General Medical Aspects in Athletic Training (3)
An overview of the knowledge, skills and values that the entry-level athletic trainer must possess to recognize, treat and refer when appropriate, the general medical conditions and disabilities of athletes and others involved in physical activity.
HHP 5825 Athletic Training Practicum III (3)
Students will be responsible for assisting in the healthcare of athletes during practices, games, and treatment and rehabilitation under the supervision of a clinical preceptor either on campus or at an off-campus affiliate site. The student will apply new skills learned in the didactic component of the program. The student will also build on the psychomotor skills/clinical proficiencies and responsibilities from Practicum II. The course has a lecture component.
HHP 5830 Research Methods in Sports Medicine (3)
Overview of conceptualization, design, statistical analysis, and interpretation of research, including analysis of published research in the field and preparation of a literature review.
Total = 12hrs
2nd Spring
HHP 5900 Healthcare Finance and Administration (3)
This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills that relate to the rapidly changing nature of healthcare finance, cost containment strategies and clinical, corporate and scholastic practice settings.
HHP 5910 Professional Behaviors for Athletic Trainers (3)
Course content will include basic legal and ethical terminology, areas of legal and ethical risks for the athletic trainer, measures to reduce those risks and appropriate professional behavior. Course content will also include basic psychological theories and the psychological aspects of injury and illness.
HHP 5925 Advanced Athletic Training Practicum (3)
The student's final clinical rotation in the GATP. Students will be responsible for assisting in the healthcare of athletes during practices, games, and treatment and rehabilitation under the supervision of a clinical preceptor either on campus or at an off-campus affiliate site. Designed to provide the student with a means to integrate and augment all concepts, skills and knowledge covered in the curriculum. In addition to lecture and clinical proficiency evaluation, much of this course is discussion based and requires the students to be fully participative. The planning, coordination, and supervision of all administrative components of an athletic training program. Administrative/leadership skills will be emphasized.
HHP 5990 Athletic Training Research Project (3)
Prepares students to conceptualize and conduct independent research.
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A few weeks ago, Team BeerSci got the chance to tour one of our favorite breweries: Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, PA. While there, we spent a fair amount of time in the lab with Victory's quality control chemists, learning about how a relatively large independent brewery manages to create excellent, consistent product week in and week out. Used for determining the specific gravity of wort during fermentation to track its transformation to beer, hydrometers and test jars are vital homebrewing equipment. Some breweries in Belgium, however, still rely on "spontaneous" fermentation for their beers (see lambic ). The development of hydrometers and thermometers changed brewing by allowing the brewer more control of the process, and greater knowledge of the results. When it comes to brewing beer, a hydrometer is a necessary tool that will show you the degree to which the yeast is converting sugar into ethanol, ultimately, helping you gauge the health and success of the fermentation of your beer.
With sour beers all the rage, breweries—at the behest of their customers and in search of new flavors and new challenges—are intent on producing truly native" beers that use the most hyperlocal of ingredients: namely, yeast harvested by the brewers themselves. The most famous of this new wave of Danish breweries is undoubtedly Mikkeller, founded by a teacher who used his school's facilities to explore various brewing techniques, and went on to borrow other breweries' equipment – and their brewers – to produce a vast range of beers. These sessions can be used to test new products, to assess the impact of a new brewing ingredient or method in an existing product, to learn more about a beer's shelf life and how its flavor evolves over time, and to get an idea of how the brewery's beers compare to other similar products on the market.
In these categories you will find every testing tool you will ever need for brewing beer like all types of digital and analog thermometers, hydrometers, refractometers and pH water testing. The water used in the brewing process can have a noticeable effect on a beer's flavor, as various breweries have discovered when expanding into other geographic regions. Oak barrels are not must-have homebrewing equipment, but if you're looking to play around with new tools and new ways to add flavor, barrel fermentation or aging is an interesting option.
One of the factors that can affect the quality and flavor profile of alcohol is its pH — in other words, how acidic it is. When brewing beer, at every stage, whether it be mash, wort or beer, pH matters. The idea that yeast was a microorganism that worked on wort to produce beer led to the isolation of a single yeast cell by Emil Christian Hansen Pure yeast cultures allow brewers to pick out yeasts for their fermentation characteristics, including flavor profiles and fermentation ability. (Some fundamental scientific tools originated in breweries, too: Scientists at
the Carlsberg brewery in Copenhagen developed the pH scale in 1909, and the statistical staple known as the student's t-test was devised by a brewer at Guinness around the same time.)


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Eaux Claires, the annual music festival curated by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and The National's Aaron Dessner, goes down this weekend in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. For his part, Vernon took the stage on five (!) separate occasions during the festival's opening day on Friday. His only announced performance of the day was a tribute set to John Prine, which also featured Jenny Lewis, The Staves, and Spank Rock. Vernon's first surprise performance came early in the day when he staged a reunion with his rock band, The Shouting Matches. He also teamed up with Aaron and Bryce Dessner for a collaborative performance of new music as part of the festival's "People Mixtape". Later in the day, he assisted Wilco's Jeff Tweedy in covering Pops Staples' "Friendship", and to close the night, he joined Chance the Rapper and Francis & The Lights to do their choreographed dance to "Friends". Watch various fan-shot footage below.
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Damian draws my attention to Chicago-based discussion forum Electrical Audio, which has been discussing warning signs of really bad bands as well as sure signs a band will be awesome. In the first category:
- "Bands playing in front of a large banner bearing their name and/or "logo" cannot possibly be good. This is science."
- "If the bass looks like an endangered hardwood dildo, you know straightaway that something awful is about to commence."
Signs of awesomeness:
- "Homemade gear of some kind; A bass with one pickup; Tape on the guitars; Fingerprints, sweatsalt, and/or blood on the guitars"
- "If the singer has a broken arm or broken leg it's always a good sign."
- "One of the band members being butt naked. I've never heard this happening and the show being bad."
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The history of CBI
The Italian CBI (Customer to Business Interaction) Consortium defines the technical and regulatory standards of the CBI Service (Interbank Corporate Banking), which all Italian banks must comply with to offer their customers innovative services either in the collection and payment area or in the document management area. The body also governs and advances the established architecture to align with the future commercial requirements of its stakeholders, which include financial institutions, public bodies, enterprises, trade associations, software vendors and service providers. By formulating a series of functions based on common rules and standards, the CBI guarantees interoperability across the Italian banking community, which comprises some 700 banks.
The standards were developed to provide a unified platform to deliver consistent payment collection according to ISO 20022 requirements and the Credit Transfer and Direct Debit Schemes. This series of functions, based on common rules and standards, guarantees maximum interoperability and attainment between all CBI members.
A shared model approach was, and still is, taken to create and evolve the framework by defining a 'white label': all banks collaborate to agree the basic standard, and then have the option to provide additional functionality to deliver a competitive advantage. CBI recognises this process as 'co-competition': first cooperation and then competition.
The CBI Service was established in 1995 under the control of the Italian Banking Association (ABI). Its remit was to develop a remote access service that would securely facilitate interbank payment and communication. In 2001, the ABI entrusted the development and governance of the CBI Service to the Association for Interbank Corporate Banking (ACBI), which was renamed in 2008 to the CBI Consortium.
The engagement of communities in this work has increased over the last 17 years. In 2004 the CBI launched the stakeholder forum that brings together different entities from the supply chain that use the CBI network and standard, to discuss requirements and provide feedback on the latest innovations.
The CBI has continually sought to advance its infrastructure to reflect the growing needs of the Italian financial community. In 2007, for example, it adopted a new architecture that facilitates communication via an end-to-end system favouring straight-through-processing (STP). This advancement has enabled consortium members to use the network to provide value-added services beyond the traditional payment functionality, including document management.
Taking this one-step further, in 2009 a project was launched to open-up the framework to meet the needs of public administrators and offer them the opportunity to benefit from the financial framework. This included defining standards to align with public administrator needs in order to create an efficient model of cooperation regarding payment collection and supporting documentation between banking systems and public administrators. It also expands access to the system to citizens and enterprises.
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While the CBI has advanced significantly over time, the main aim of the CBI has remained consistent: to rationalise and optimise the management of the user's financial resources.
In December 2011, the CBI Consortium involved around 647 consortium members, which represented 87.4 percent of the Italian banking industry, financial institutions and Poste Italiane S.p.A. The platform created benefited approximately 1,200,000 corporate users, mainly small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Today the CBI standard could be considered as the Italian 'de-facto' standard in the collection and payment market.
The technology infrastructure is based on the XML standard that facilitates the needs of reconciliation, tracking/tracing, security (digital signature), speed, compatibility and flexibility through direct communication between the CBI community members. The authenticity and integrity of the information flows throughout the network are further guaranteed by the ability to electronically sign documents. Throughout all of the CBI's work, it aims to establish good practice across the entire Italian banking network.
CBI Access Point - The evolution of CBI's efforts to benefit stakeholders operating outside its membership within the wider marketplace has resulted in the establishment of an advanced, secure and efficient electronic-platform (e-platform) that can successfully and transparently manage the movement of funds for the Italian Central Public Administrators. Today, the following organisations benefit from the framework:
- The Ministry of Economy and Finance in partnership with DIPE (Department for the Planning and Coordination of Economic Policy established by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers); to monitor the transfer of funds for significant public maintenance work (the project name is CAPACI - Creation of Automated Procedures Against Criminal Infiltration in public contracts).
- Equitalia; to rationalise the management of the fund administrated by the justice system (Fondo Unico Giustizia - FUG) and the cash management of the group.
- Agency for the Territory; to allow the Agency's web users to pay for its services via credit transfer.
In alignment with the transition to e-government services, the CBI Access Point will further expand its offering to other departments to securely and efficiently host e-payment services online.
E-Invoicing - e-Invoicing offers a link between administrative and financial processes. Providing this service via the CBI infrastructure is a transitional step to getting other business-to-business and business-to-government services online, enabling stakeholders to benefit from the efficiencies this brings across operations. The CBI calls this the 'order-delivery-invoicing-payment cycle'. The integration of invoices and payments / financing further enables greater streamlining and simplification of processes, creating significant savings of up to 70 to 80 percent compared to the traditional invoicing on paper and management costs. In Italy today, public administrations are no longer required to process paper-based invoices since e-invoicing is now well established.
Figure 1: Vision of the CBI Access Point
The considerable success of the CBI is due to several reasons. These include:
- System interoperability throughout the Italian banking network.
- Improved efficiency by enabling connectivity between all financial institutions through one remote access point.
- Superior access to banking services online; eliminating the need to go to a branch.
- Transparency by improving the ability to easily obtain fund transfer information.
- Guaranteed service levels, confidentiality and data security.
- Integration of company enterprise resource planning with corporate banking systems.
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CBI Consortium develops its standards and services in accordance with the schemes and frameworks created to realise the Single Euro Payments Area ( ) and connectivity across the international payments community, to ensure members can effectively and securely communicate with the global financial sector. To ensure complete alignment, the CBI participates in relevant task forces established by the European Payments Council ( ) to manage and maintain this interoperable infrastructure.
Figure 2: CBI model and its relationship with
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Future advancements
The CBI is committed to advancing its infrastructure to enable additional stakeholders to benefit from the network. This includes the development of its portfolio to offer e-billing, which will launch later this year and allows all paper billing activity to be undertaken online.
The work of the CBI has not gone unnoticed. In particular the CAPACI project has been recognised by the European Commission, which recommends that the CBI Access Point is used as a best practice benchmark for other European Union Member States; CBI is already engaging and working with different governments to share its expertise.
Liliana Fratini Passi is the CEO of the CBI Consortium.
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Some people take sports seriously. Others take it too seriously. In Chicago, where the rivalry between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears is hotter than their pizza -- fans walk a fine line, especially during Super Bowl season.
Thirty-four-year-old John Stone learned that the hard way, when he was fired from his job as a car salesman for sporting a Green Bay Packers tie to work yesterday morning.
Whoa whoa whoa, let me get this straight ... he was fired for wearing a tie? WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO!?
Apparently there was little room for joking around Webb Chevrolet after the Bears 21-14 loss to the Packers in Sunday's NFC Championship game. According to Stone, he was approached three times by his general manager, Jerry Roberts, about the tie: Twice in jest and a third and final time for termination.
Roberts defended his actions to the Chicago Sun Times, saying that the dealership spends $20,000 a month on advertising with the Bears and the tie was "undoing their [hard] work."
The killer: Stone says he was wearing the tie to honor his grandmother's love for the Packers. His grandmother recently passed away and was buried last Friday. Oh John, my heart breaks for you.
Is this really what sports rivalry has come to? The father of two is actually a great car salesman, according to his manager, and sold 14 cars within the last month. He did not deserve this at all. Sure, I may not be the world's biggest sports fan -- but this is just crossing the line. When did being a sports team loyalist make it OK to take discriminate against others in the work place? And what makes this type of discrimination any different than that based on gender or race?
Stone claims that he was never "seriously" asked to remove his tie. What happened to giving a man a fighting chance? If you ask me, this is a ridiculous case of UNfriendly competition and sports fanaticism going WAY too far.
See the entire ESPN interview with John Stone here:
What do you think about Stone getting laid off?
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Many Americans shy away from Iraq because of security concerns, and certainly last month's bloodshed has shaken confidence both inside and outside Iraq. Through all the violence—war, insurgency, and terrorism—Iraqis have been resilient, a trait which probably surprises only those who formed their political opinion about Iraq without ever talking to Iraqis. The security problems must be overcome—and Prime Minister Maliki is probably correct to fight them head-on rather than to appease those who would seek to win through violence what they cannot at the ballot box. Rather than allow any politician to walk away from terror support out of fear of sparking sectarian tension, the Iraqi government should instead enforce its standard universally and let no one off the hook. More systemic problems loom, however.
The decision to liberate Iraq was certainly wise, although the decision to occupy the country (as I stated before I entered government in this interview with the American Enterprise) was not. That said, once the decision to occupy was taken, it becomes essential to achieve the best possible outcome rather than refighting policy battles lost. Still, for all the years of occupation, the hundreds of billions of dollars in continued security and grandiose aid and development schemes, the United States really could count only two additional successes: First was modernizing Iraq's old currency and second was reviving Iraq's oil trade.
It is that oil trade which now threatens Iraq's long-term health. Iraqi government officials privately acknowledge that every ministry could function with one-tenth of the staff. Most young Iraqi college graduates, however, aspire to a safe government post rather than take a chance in the private sector. Entrepreneurship is still frowned upon in many families. The result is that the majority of Iraq's oil income goes to salaries, but not to basic infrastructure. Many Iraqis are content enough and willing to overlook Iraq's problems so long as they have a nice house, a car, satellite television, a cell phone, a generator to make up the short-fall in electricity, and basic financial security.
The Iraqi government—unlike its Iranian counterpart—has been able to make payroll, and will continue to do so as long as oil prices remain high. Inside the Middle East rulers might hope that $100 oil is the new normal but if history is any guide, what goes up also comes down. If the price of oil ever drops precipitously—as it did, for example, in the late 1990s—then Iraq may pay the price for its failure to reform its economy and better encourage both domestic entrepreneurship and direct foreign investment.
Nor should those who regularly sing Iraqi Kurdistan's praises believe that the Kurdish region will be immune from such consequences. The flash and the affluence upon which visitors to Kurdistan regularly remark are the hallmarks of a bubble, not a healthy economy. Real estate has boomed, but many of the apartment buildings and office buildings remain empty. Politicians, if asked, will acknowledge that Kurdish investors will pour money into real estate because there are few other outlets for their cash. Local banks are not trusted, and business still depends on political connections. Beyond oil, there has not been any significant industrial development. Rather than manufacture goods themselves, Kurds in the north and Arabs in the south continue to pour money into imports of Iranian and Turkish consumer goods.
Once again, however, a stable Iraq may be in U.S. interests, but the desire of both Democrats and Republicans to divorce themselves from Iraq is strategically shortsighted and deliberately undercuts a relationship which is America's for the asking.


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In being a sports fan as in being a participant in the world, circa 2007, a certain internal spam filter is necessary. So much of what we see and hear is often so blithely, obviously dishonest as to be either thoroughly laughable or seriously depressing, depending on your perspective and mood. Where the spam filter comes in is in knowing what to discount — the lawyer-penned non-apology apologies; the clock-killing answers on Meet the Press; the fervid press releases — and what to keep. Leaving aside a foul-baiting flop here and a feigned hit-by-pitch there, sports as they are played are fairly straightforward. It's when the front offices come into play that it's time to turn the spam filter on. And so it is with the New Jersey Nets' new "Shoot To Be Green" initiative. As one of many uninspiring old Nets billboard slogans proclaimed, "You can't fake a fast break." Greenwashing a franchise, however, is another story.
This is not to say that the Nets initiative isn't a laudable idea. It is. But weasel-words abound in the team's press release: "targeting" becoming the first NBA team to become carbon neutral is admirable, and would become doubly so in the unlikely event that it ever becomes possible. Ditto for the stated goal of "adopting sustainable practices in the operations they control," which translates more to buying recycled copier paper than it does to creating a more energy-efficient Izod Center. That 30-year old arena is owned by The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, not the Nets.
While it's hard to get too angry at the Nets for trying to brand themselves as a green franchise, it's important to spot the broader fraud behind all this. While the franchise hangs Seventh Generation paper towels in its administrative washrooms, owner Bruce Ratner is simultaneously in the process of spending $500 million in his Atlantic Yards development, an increasingly Quixotic project which promises to leave a Cloverfield-sized carbon footprint upon a borough that seems, frankly, not to want it very much. A move to Newark's new, significantly more mass transit-accessible (if non-LEED) Prudential Center would seem to be more in keeping with the team's new green philosophy. That's assuming of course, that such a philosophy actually exists.
It will take more than green giveaways – fans at January 14th's Nets/Blazers game received an "eco" ballpoint pen (and a lethargic 30-point Nets loss) – for the Nets sustainability talk to be more than buzz-begging PR. But we're sure Ratner and his PR maestro, Brett Yormark, are "targeting" that goal, too.
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J.D.CR29 posted a topic in FirearmsI'd like to discuss what I think are under mentioned topics that can be force multipliers versus the tendency of gun owners to collect many weapons. Of course, having several weapons allows you to arm trusted allies. For me, I chose to go with a Ruger Mini14 as my primary defensive weapon, and a Remington 870 (12 Gauge 7+1) as my home defense and handout gun. My philosophy is that when one of my friends shows up, that is only a semi competent shot (due to my instruction) but who is unarmed, he can make use of my 870 and my stockpile of 00Buck. Having a well armed partner is a HUGE force multiplier and a massive increase in survivability in any confrontation. However, does it really make sense to simply buy another gun every paycheck? Other force multipliers seem less common; such as body armor, night vision, and small unit training. I've noticed a profound level of misinformation, misunderstanding, and an odd perception of armor. Firstly it's not illegal to own unless you're a felon. Secondly, there is a popular perception that only criminals wear it (something reinforced by many manufacturers' L.E. only policy and bank robbers.) To put it bluntly, if I'm buying a semiautomatic rifle, I'm preparing for a potential firefight. If I'm preparing for a firefight, I'm going to prepare to get shot, you should too. On the topic of night vision, I see far too little discussion. Anybody who would plan to overwhelm a BOL or other "stronghold" would want to deny you the use of your strengths, and exploit your weaknesses. Therefore, nobody in their right mind would expose themselves to your rifle fire. Does it not make sense that a hostile group would recruit large numbers, and attempt to close on your position under cover of darkness where their superior numbers and initiative would overwhelm you in close combat? Simply having a night optic could allow you (or your night sentry) to see this coming, and regain the initiative with early warning to set up defense or spoiling fires/attack. Lastly, I see very little true "fight" training. Practicing marksmanship is of course essential, as proficiency at basics is critical to building other skills. However, shooting paper from a static position is no more comprehensive, than punching a bag in preparation for a boxing match is. Now I'm not equating conventional infantry attrition warfare to SHTF defense. Close combat allows common close range weapons at the enemy's disposal to be used and is very high attrition due to low skill requirements to hit targets. The objective of SHTF defense is survival not warfigthing. However, we can learn something from the military. Modern Infantry tactics are based on fire and maneuver. Fire without maneuver, can leave static positions vulnerable to being suppressed and maneuvered on, destroyed by superior fire, or being unable to affect the decisive points of confrontation. Additionally maneuver without fire, is disastrous, as there is nothing keeping the opposing force from engaging elements in the open. Despite the "militia" connotation, learning to run and gun through the use of a few battle drills will drastically increase your group's defensive posture. Even running away, when done in a tactically unsound fashion is nothing more than exposing your back to fire. So in conclusion, I urge you to consider concepts that are a-typical to average civilian gun owner thinking, and that will hopefully help you multiply your defensive power.


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Williams reveals 2018 F1 racer… with a halo
Williams reveals 2018 F1 racer
This is Williams' new Formula 1 car for the 2018 championship. It's called the FW41, and though we're promised a raft of changes underneath, the most striking is the integration of the 'halo' safety device.
About those other changes. Paddy Lowe, Williams' chief technical officer, notes that externally, "the team has pursued a very different aerodynamic concept". This, in turn, has allowed for "significant progress" in aero performance. We'll find out next month how both the aero – and that halo – fare on track.
As per last season, the 2018 car will use a Mercedes power unit, tailoring the chassis and body of the new vehicle to make the most of the improved engine.
The 2017 season saw Williams placed fifth in the constructors' championship, just like the previous year. However, they are "feeling very positive about [their] two talented young race drivers"; the youngest partnership on the grid.
Lance Stroll returns for his second year in F1, alongside new signing Sergey Sirotkin who makes his debut, replacing the now-definitely-retired Felipe Massa. Sirotkin has been soaking up every possible moment before his F1 debut, noting how he's practically living at the factory. "I've been training hard and I've been in the simulator regularly, going through different set-ups with the car, different tracks, seat fittings and also a lot of engineering meetings and factory tours to meet everyone," he said.
Then there's the not-so-small matter of a certain Robert Kubica making his F1 return. Sort of. He's Williams' reserve and development driver for this season. "It will be interesting to go back to some of the places I have been before, some of them providing different emotions from different moments in my life. Sometimes it can be quite difficult watching others racing, but I have a different role this year."
Testing kicks off on Monday 26 February at Barcelona and will last for eight days. The first race of the new season will be in Melbourne on 25 March.
How do you think Williams will do this season? And what do you make of the 'halo'?
Source: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motorsport/williams-reveals-2018-f1-racer-halo


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Goodness gracious, my bunnies. I'm so sorry that I have taken such a long hiatus, but I do have a reason. I can't go into much detail as I fear that I'm being watched, but suffice to say that I am on the "lam", for lack of a better word.
I was leaving from my perch on the rooftop of the Woodward Building in Soho, where I was watching through my spy specs, my husband and that thing he calls a woman exiting a late night bistro. As I came from the back door, I was suddenly struck in the base of skull and collected right then and there.
"Collected" you ask? Yes, dears. In my line of work, we never say "kidnapped", since we're not kids and there is no napping involved. It sounds so amateurish that way. And "absconded" is what one does with a neglected cookie on the countertop. "Collected" is what a mother does with her wild brood, or what a tiny girl or a doddering first lady does with Easter Eggs. Gather those things which need gathering. And that's what happened to me. It was nothing personal, though it was quite unpleasant.
I was sequestered in a warehouse just off the meat packing district. I know this, even though I was blinded folded because I could smell the raw beef and sausage casings through the gauze. The held me there for weeks, it seemed and I'd have escaped sooner but it seemed that the lunt who was guarding me never tired of gazing at my gams and melons, so I couldn't get a moment to use the dental underwire. What's this, you ask? Suffice to say that pimply adolescents have retainers, spies have dental underwiring, slipped on each morning for situations just like this. And since I could tie a cherry stem into a sailor's knot with my tongue, it's not a major task for me to slip off the wire, fashion it into a corkscrew and free myself from any ridiculous knot these Boy Scout rejects could have tied.
So now, there is a trail of dead collectors in my wake, I have a husband and a whore with whom I have unfinished business and I'm late for a fundraising party at the Waldorf Astoria. And my dress is an absolute mess.


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How to Prevent Medical Record Theft
Explore this Article Protecting Patient Records in a Medical Office Safekeeping Your Individual Medical Records Responding to Medical ID Theft Ask a Question Related Articles References
There are 20 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page.
About 5-10 million people are the victims of medical identity theft each year.[1] For that reason, it is critical that health care offices and individuals pay close attention to how they protect medical information and records. In the United States, health care providers must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements, which sets standards for who can access medical records. As a medical care provider, you would benefit greatly by following these standards whether legally required or not. As an individual, you can protect your medical records by storing them safely and addressing any medical identity theft as soon as it arises.
Protecting Patient Records in a Medical Office
1Secure your electronic data. Your data must be secure, which means that you must store electronic data behind a firewall and use passwords to access it.[2] If you don't, then you are vulnerable to breaches of confidentiality.
- You can secure hard copy records in similar fashion. Lock them up in filing cabinets and make sure that only approved personnel have a key.
2Audit who accesses patient records. You should keep close track of who in your office accesses patient records and the reasons for that access. If you keep electronic medical records, then you should create usernames and passwords for anyone who needs to gain access to the information. You should keep an audit log and track the following:[3]
- the record a user accessed
- when the record was accessed
- what the user did with the record (such as update the information)
3Develop tiers of access. Under HIPAA, an employee can see only the "minimum necessary" amount of information that allows them to perform their jobs.[4] To limit access, you should decide who needs to see what information. For example, a receptionist only needs to see the patient's name and billing information, whereas a nurse would need to see more information.
- If an employee works with only some patients, then they should have access to only that information.
- Creating tiers is probably easiest when you have electronic records. However, you could also restrict access to physical records. For example, you could keep all of the patients' files for a doctor in a locked cabinet. Each doctor could have their own cabinet and one person could have a key to all.
4Provide access in an emergency. Sometimes, a person who is not authorized to access information nevertheless needs it. For example, several people with authorization in your office might be out at the same time. If you create an "override" function, then other people can access the information so that they can help treat patients.[5]
- However, you need procedures in place so that you can review each use of this override function. If you don't, then people could abuse it and patient privacy could be compromised.
- You can program software so that several people are emailed whenever the override function is used. You can then ask your employee why they used it and confirm that it was necessary.
5Secure your email communications. Today, many patients want to access information electronically. They are happy to receive medical records in an email or as an attachment to an email. However, you must carefully secure these communications. You are violating HIPAA if you don't.
- To secure your email communications, you need to use encryption technology.
- See Make Email HIPAA Compliant for more information.
6Obtain authorization to communicate electronically. You can protect yourself from a lawsuit by having patients authorize how you use their information. For example, you want a signed authorization allowing you to transmit information by email. Make sure the form includes an expiration date for the authorization, and follow up to make sure the patient continues to agree to particular communication methods.[6]
7Back up your information. To comply with HIPAA, you must back up all of your information. Often, this means storing it in more than one place or in more than one format. Check with your vendors.
- For example, all paper records in your office should have copies stored off-site. Alternately, you could create digital scans.
- Electronic data must be electronically backed up.[7] Accordingly, if you use your own servers, then you should find out what back up policies are in place.
8Require business associates to protect patient data. Any vendor or associate who accesses your patient records/information needs to agree to protect the data and follow your office's procedures. Have them sign a "Business Associate" agreement.[8]
- You can find a sample contract at the Health and Human Services website here: http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/covered-entities/sample-business-associate-agreement-provisions/index.html.
- Ask your lawyer to review the contract and revise it to suit your needs.
9Shred old documents. Don't dump old documents into a dumpster and hope no one combs through and takes the information. Instead, make sure that records are properly shredded. You can hire companies to come to your office and shred large quantities of paper documents.
- Remember to shred more than just paper documents. You should also shred electronic records, hard drives, and X-rays.[9]
- Also properly destroy any electronic equipment that can store patient information, such as CT scanners.
10Report breaches of patient information. Federal law has specific notification requirements whenever patient data is breached. Depending on your circumstances, you may need to notify the following:
- Notify affected patients whenever there is a breach of their information.
- Contact the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promptly notify of any breach.
- Notify the public and the media if the breach affects 500 patients or more.
Safekeeping Your Individual Medical Records
1Obtain a copy of your medical file. Every person should get a copy of their medical file, whether they have been a victim of medical identity theft or not. Get a copy of your medical file for every member in your family, including your children.[10]
- A copy of your medical file provides a "baseline" of your true medical history. Once you fall victim to fraud, it can be difficult for your provider to reconstruct your true medical history. For this reason, you should get a copy of the file as soon as possible.
- Your medical office can charge you for the copies. If you have online access to your records, then you can take snapshots.
2Protect your medical insurance card. You should protect your medical insurance card just as you would your Social Security card. Although you want the card with you in an emergency, you can photocopy the card and carry the photocopy around with you. Make sure to blacken out the last four digits of the card.[11]
- In an emergency, any medical provider can call your insurer to find the full number.
- If you have a doctor's appointment, then you can take the real card with you to the doctor's office.
3Limit what medical information you share. You can protect your medical information by refusing to share it over the phone or online. Never share with someone who calls you, even if they are offering a deal for free medicine in exchange for your medical information.
- If you are sharing medical information online, then make sure you are using a secure connection. Look in the status bar and make sure the address begins with "https"—the "s" stands for secure.[12]
4Store copies of medical records safely. You should lock up your medical records in a secure place, such as in a home safe. Records include physician statements, prescription drug information, and insurance policy information or forms. Once you no longer need these records, remember to shred them before throwing them out.[13]
- Also remove the label from any medicine bottle before disposing it. You don't want anyone pulling information off the bottle.
Responding to Medical ID Theft
1Receive notification of a breach. Many health insurers have suffered data breaches in recent years.[14] They should contact you and let you know whenever a breach occurs by sending you a letter.
- Even if you don't receive any notification from an insurer, you should still keep a watchful eye over your medical records and credit history.
2Study your insurance statements. Read every piece of mail that you receive from your insurer. If you get bills, then check whether you used any of the services listed. You should receive an "explanation of benefits" letter after you receive treatment.[15]
3Request a statement of health benefits paid. Some identity thieves will change your mailing address. Accordingly, you might not receive any communications from your insurer. For that reason, you should annually call up your insurer and ask for a copy of the health benefits paid for that year.[16]
4Correct errors in your medical records. You should write a letter to your insurer and medical providers. Point out which information is inaccurate. Send your letter certified mail, return receipt requested.[17]
- If you luckily obtained copies of your medical records before the fraud, then you can show your insurer and providers what your medical history should look like.
- Also include a copy of your police report.
- Your medical providers or health plan must change erroneous information. If they don't, then tell them you want to include a short "statement of dispute" in the record. The statement can be short. You can say something like, "I never visited the Doctor on the following dates" and then list the dates.
5Pull a copy of your credit report. Unpaid medical debt will be reported to the three national credit reporting agencies (CRAs)—TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian. You can get a free copy of these credit reports each year. Don't request a copy from the CRA directly. Instead, use one of the following methods:[18]
- Call 1-877-322-8228. Your report should be mailed to you.
- Visit http://www.annualcreditreport.com. Enter your information and you will receive your credit report electronically.
- Complete the Federal Trade Commission's Annual Credit Report Request Form, which is available here: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0093-annual-report-request-form.pdf. You can mail the completed form to the address printed on it.
6Report medical identity theft to the authorities. You need to let the police know that someone has stolen your identity and used it to commit medical identity theft. Make sure to get a copy of the police report.[19]
- If you were the victim of Medicare fraud, then call 1-800-633-4227.
- Victims of Medicaid fraud should call 1-800-447-8477.
7Dispute any bad medical debt on your credit report. Go through and check whether you see unpaid medical debts reported on your credit history. Unfortunately, the three CRAs don't post bad (unpaid) medical debt for 180 days after it has been reported.[20] Nevertheless, you should look at your credit report once a year.
- If you find debt that wasn't yours, then you should dispute it. You should write a dispute letter to the CRA on which the debt has been reported. You can use a sample dispute letter available from the FTC here: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0384-sample-letter-disputing-errors-your-credit-report.
- The CRA will ask the entity that posted the medical debt to investigate. You should receive a response within 30-45 days.
Community Q&A
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The classic afro, where curly hair is cut and styled into a ball! The short afro in particular is one of the healthiest types of hairstyles around.As our professional barbers to trim hair, dead ends are removed which allows your hair to shape and grow to the style that suits you.
Afro Taper -
There's a number of styles and variations to the Afro with a taper fade or a Afro taper. This hairstyle is often shorter on the back and sides with more fullness at the top than any other tapered hairstyle. This style is a perfect fit for round face types because it slims facial features.
Hair Design and Graphics Haircut -
Hair design Needing the perfect hair design or clean graphics? You're in luck because we offer custom hair designs and graphics for any hairstyle!
Mohawk -
We specialize in a variety of types of Mohawk's customized to fit your perfect image. For a more conservative style we have the Fohawk and where some hair is left on the sides or Afrohawk that sports shorter, wider strip at the center.
Beard trim with razor -
Need a beard trimming, beard line-up, beard styling with a design or more? We offer the perfect beard solutions to keep your look fresh!
Beard Trimming -
Classic barbering techniques are used to fade or trim your beard to your perfect image.
Black Mask Facial -
The black mask is a peel off mask that purifies the face for a smoother texture. The mask also contains vitamins from plant extract that restores the skin to a youthful glow.
Facial -
Pamper your face with the full treatment of a faical where our barbers apply hot towels exfoliating face scrubs, invigorating lotions and facial massage. We also sell cleansers, toners, scrubs, and masks perfectly engineered for the skin.
Goatee -
If you're going for a serious mature look than the goatee is the perfect choice. It has a number of variations but it's characterized as a mustache connected to the beard. The goatee serve as the perfect match for short haircuts, especially for a person with a round face.
Mustache -
If your looking to make a change to the proportion of your face, a mustache would be your first option. Even a little facial hair can make a big difference. Whether your plan is to go the mature edge of walrus mustache, or keep the contemporary look of a pencil mustache, we've got you covered.
Flattop -
With it's sharp boxy top contrasted with it's short, sometime tapered sides, the flattop held its own among the haircuts back in the day. While simple in concept, the flattop takes on iconic status with further detailing. We strongly suggest you seek one of our professional barbers for this one.
Low Fade Haircut -
The low fade is a haircut where the hair is faded down to the skin just above your ears. If you have a beard, the low fade is perfect because it blends well into with the haircut.
Pompadour -
A classic haircut with short sides to dramatic height up top. A style that matches both your lifestyle and personality. Utilizing classic clipper and scissor techniques, our highly trained barbers will leave you looking and feeling your best.
Precision Haircut -
A precision haircut service to handcraft a style that matches both your lifestyle and personality. Utilizing classic clipper and scissor techniques, our highly trained barbers will leave you looking and feeling your best.
Skin Fade Haircut -
For this haircut we gradually fade the hair down to the skin but trim the top of your hair into the desired length.
Taper Haircut -
Like the name states, the taper haircut is one where our barbers gradually taper your hair down. Tapered down on sides in front of the ear, and the back of your neckline. For a bolder look we can taper down to a bald gradually faded to the back of the hair.
Womans haircut -
For the ladies who like to keep their hair with the precision of a longer style cut.
Perfect Image
Combo -
The Perfect Image combo includes a haircut and a beard trimming or close shave. We recommend a full, long beard if your like to keep your hairstyle precise, but if you like to sport a rougher hairstyle, then it would be better to keep it close or shaven.
Hairline Enhancement -
If your edges need help pulling off that crisp look a hairline enhancement is the answer. Depending on your choice of product our barbers can either put in some hair fibers or spray in the edge of the line.
Perfect Image Signature -
Our signature style done to your specifications. We include a fulle treatment haircut and beard trim or shave and pamper your face with the full treatment of a facial where our barbers apply hot towels exfoliating face scrubs.
Razor Shave -
The classic razor shave done the right way. We use hot towels, work in a hot lather, and leave your face feeling smooth and comfortable with a straight-razor shave.


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Clinical Pathology Distance Education
Make the most of in-house clinical pathology and achieve accurate, rapid diagnoses.
Do you want to maximise the benefits of your bench-top analyser and in-house pathology? Achieve rapid, cost-effective diagnoses with increased confidence? Ensure that your bench-top analyser is providing accurate information?
This course will expand and refine your diagnostic skills across a range of modalities including biochemistry, haematology, acid-base balance, endocrinology, blood smear evaluation and cytology. You will be guided through a range of practical techniques that will grow your confidence and ensure you are getting the best out of your in-house machines, as well as from external pathology services.
Hear what Sandra has to say about the course:
Learning Outcomes
The aim of this distance education program is to provide an overview of clinical pathology and assist you in developing and refining your approach to disease diagnosis, while extending the range of tests you can perform and interpret in-house.
On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
Develop and refine your interpretation of biochemical data, electrolyte abnormalities and acid-base parameters;
Refine your technique in making and evaluating blood smears;
Confidently interpret haematological data and identify and describe abnormalities in erythrocyte and leucocyte morphology;
Undertake appropriate quality assurance for your in-house laboratory;
Confidently undertake and interpret tests specific to haemostasis, lipids and proteins;
Refine your ability to assess and interpret data from tests specific to renal, hepatic and exocrine pancreatic function;
Develop and refine your skills in best-practice collection and handling of cytological samples and in the interpretation of aspirates;
Confidently interpret the results from endocrine testing;
- Get the best results from external pathology services;
1. Introduction to Haematology and Disorders of Erythrocytes and Leukocytes
Wipe the dust from your microscope because in addition to interpreting the results produced by haematology analysers, this module works through the examination of blood smears and the identifying features of erythrocyte and leukocyte abnormalities. The information collected from smear examination helps determine the potential causes for anomalies in erythrocyte and leukocyte parameters.
2. Disorders of Haemostasis, Plasma Proteins and Lipids
Abnormalities in haemostasis may produce life threatening blood loss and rapid identification of the underlying cause is paramount in managing a critical patient. This module covers the testing modalities and causes for haemostatic defects so that these emergencies can be worked through effectively In contrast, anomalies in lipid and protein concentration are rarely life threatening and their interpretation can be more thoughtfully carried out.
3. Diagnostic Cytology
Examining patients' lumps and bumps is a common part of a veterinary day and the ability to look at samples from masses in practice is very useful. Similarly, rapid evaluation of fluids is highly desirable when managing the patient with abdominal or thoracic fluid accumulation. In this module we will consider collection and handling of samples but primarily concentrate on cytological evaluation of aspirates from a number of different sites.
4. Practical use of In-clinic Analysers and Evaluation of Blood Glucose Abnormalities
When using analysers in practice we need to know that they are providing accurate results for interpretation. In this module we will look at quality assurance programs that are used for practice instruments including haematology analysers, biochemistry analysers, glucometers and refractometers. Interpretation of results is reliant not only on a knowledge of various disease processes but on how reference intervals are established, and the sensitivity, specificity and other statistical concepts for the tests that we are carrying. This is not a statistics course so the statistics is not onerous! Blood and serum glucose concentrations are readily affected by artefact and we will consider these as well as the diseases associated with abnormalities in glucose concentration.
5. Laboratory Evaluation of Hepatic and Exocrine Pancreatic Disease
The liver can be an enigma, with hepatic enzymes increasing in a number of non-hepatic conditions and then minimally rising in the face of significant hepatic disease. This module investigates the use of routine biochemistry parameters in investigating hepatic disease and which additional laboratory parameters are of help in working up the hepatic patient. Pancreatic disease can be associated with abnormalities in liver enzymes in addition to pancreatic enzyme alterations and we will consider these further in this module also.
6. Renal Disorders and Urinalysis
Kidney function is difficult to assess by routine methods until the patient is well on the way towards failure and, to complicate matters, various non-renal diseases can elevate the same parameters. As a consequence, urinalysis is a vital component when assessing the renal patient and examination of the urinary sediment is an integral part of urinalysis. In this module we will look at the integration of blood work and urinalysis, including sediment evaluation, as aids in assessing renal and urinary function.
7: Electrolyte Imbalances and Acid-Base Disorders
Electrolyte abnormalities may tune us into a specific disease such as hypoadrenocorticism, but more often they provide an indication of disease severity or direct a fluid therapy plan. Acid-base imbalances often accompany electrolyte disorders, although we are inclined to ignore this aspect of pathology because it is an unfamiliar area. In this module we will address these factors and bring a degree of comfort to analysing the data.
8: Laboratory Evaluation of Thyroid and Adrenal Disorders
Endocrine disorders are some of the more frequent conditions seen in practice, with feline hyperthyroidism so common that it would be expected on a daily basis. Other endocrinopathies are usually not seen as frequently and choosing the 'best' test for working up a suspicious case can leave us wondering, because there are no 100% sensitive and specific diagnostic tests in this arena. This module will investigate endocrinopathies, their testing modalities and how best to go about monitoring the patient while on therapy for these diseases.
Course Delivery
This online course comes with :
Comprehensive notes; images and a copy of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Clinical Pathology
Self-assessed cases to test your knowledge and understanding
A discussion forum for conversation, debate and sharing cases with your peers and tutor
A monthly assignment based on case studies for each topic. Individual feedback and explanations will be provided by your tutor
A practical 2 day workshop, including microscopy sessions, to apply the knowledge you have gained
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We paired up with Klean Kanteen to bring you this awesome Westy Life stainless steel pint glass, which is good for just about any liquid you can imagine.
Crafted of BPA-free stainless steel. Comes with a handy silicone ring, which allows you to clip the mug anywhere you'd like with a carabiner or strap.
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Want to increase customer loyalty and overall happiness? Help your customers to help themselves.
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If you make money using the phone, then your phone system needs to be a business enabler, not inhibiter. Your prospects must be able to reach you in a timely manner. Your customers need to find you wherever you are, at the front desk, in a meeting or outside the office. That's how you want to serve your prospects and customers. That's how they want to be treated.
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Business competition in today's economy is fierce. Your customers expect the highest level of customer care, and you and your staff need to be reachable, professional and customer focused at all times – no matter where you're located.
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Madrid (Marks) Notification No. 160
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Accession by the European Community
The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Council of the European Union, on July 1, 2004, of the instrument of accession of the European Community to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, adopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989 ("Madrid Protocol (1989)") with the following declarations:
- in accordance with Article 5(2)(d) of the Madrid Protocol (1989), that, under Article 5(2)(b) of the said Protocol, the time limit of one year to exercise the right to notify a refusal of protection referred to in Article 5(2)(a) thereof is replaced by 18 months;
- the declaration that, in accordance with Article 8(7)(a) of the Madrid Protocol (1989), the European Community, in connection with each international registration in which it is mentioned under Article 3ter of the said Protocol, and in connection with the renewal of any such international registration, wants to receive, instead of a share in the revenue produced by the supplementary and complementary fees, an individual fee.
The Madrid Protocol (1989) will enter into force, with respect to the European Community, on October 1, 2004.
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To those of you pinching pennies in hopes of paying for liposuction, listen up.
A recent study found that a year after getting the fat sucked out of their hips and thighs, women who underwent the procedure gained all the fat back.
Butt But the fat didn't reappear where it once was. Instead, the lost flab returned to the belly, back and triceps.
So what gives? Here's what doctors tell the New York Times:
The body, they say "defends" its fat. If you lose weight, even by dieting, it comes back. And, the study showed, if you suck out the fat with liposuction, even if it's only a few pounds — it was about 5.8 pounds for subjects in the study — it still comes back.
"It's another chapter in the 'You can't fool Mother Nature' story,' " said Dr. Rudolph Leibel, an obesity researcher at Columbia University.
That lipo-SUCKS!
So in the end you stay fat, but so does your wallet. Only one of those is a good thing.
SOURCE: Liposuction Study Finds That Lost Fat Returns


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Jul 25, 2009
In a previous podcast, Michael Cart talked about this year's Book Expo America, and how it was in many ways a somewhat lackluster affair.
In his latest Infopeople podcast, he talks about what he sees as the real stars of this year's BEA: comics and graphic novels.
Citations for this podcast are here (in PDF format).
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Our view on RS08
I just read Jack's editorial on Embedded.com on the RS08 processor. This is a fun little processor.
We did some work on the instruction set design on this processor, and wrote a C compiler for the RS08. This is a remarkable little processor that, in the end, outperformed many people's expectations (including mine). The processor has family ties to the very old 6804, 6805 families and the various 6808 families, with a dose of RISC in the way its call return is handled.
A lot of tradeoffs were made in the instruction set. The processor mapped the index register and index indirect into in-memory space, releasing all of the index-specific instruction space to support a new "tiny" 16-byte address space.
Direct data access is limited to 8 bits address space, very similar to the 6808 DIR space. A flexible paging system gives access to the full 14-bit linear address space (including ROM constants) and eliminates the need for EXT access found on the 6808. The RS08 does not have a data or subroutine return stack; this further reduces the opcode space from the 6808.
The RS08 has functionality not found in the 6808. Bit manipulation and bit branch instructions on the RS08 can access the full memory space, where the 6808 can only do this on the first 256 bytes of address space. The memory-to-memory moves and constant-to-memory instructions can reference the full processor address space, unlike the 256 address limit on the 6808. Both of these reduce data flow pressure on the single accumulator.
How well does it work? It works very well. Compiler technology is now very good at managing a compile-time stack in global RAM space. Whole application optimizing compilers decide "Tiny" address space usage and nested subroutine support. Aggressive tail-end recursion optimization further reduces RAM needs and accesses. Benchmarks run on the RS08 against the 6808 shows that over all it requires a few percent (6-8%) more code and execution cycles than the 6808. The die complexity is greatly reduced.
Byte Craft created syntax to support event-driven processing to compensate for the lack of interrupts and RTOS real time support. Events are logical conditions (interrupt-like flags and logical expressions on global data) that start the execution of a code block, similar to interrupt support. Event bodies run to completion without interruption. This flat execution structure reduces the needed RAM to ROM ratio for applications running on the RS08 to about 30 to 1, instead of the more usual 20:1 for compiled code and 16:1 for the average hand-coded assembler.
The background mode debugging facility has a second use suitable for many applications. The port may be used for inter-processor communications in a multiprocessor environment, where the RS08 implements a single function within the larger application. The BDM port allows asynchronous access to internal data buffers.
Here are some links that give more information about our support for RS08.
A technical overview of the C compiler for the RS08.
The RS08 was the first processor that we implemented ISO 18037 on so that the whole instruction set can be encoded in C. This paper shows how we proved that anything that can be written in asm can be written in C with the same or less code space.


text: Blog Posts in December, 2009 Mission Regional and Physicians Share Warmth With Children's Home Dec 21, 2009 (Mission, TX) Mission Regional Medical Center and the Medical Staff Physicians joined hands to provide a warm Christmas to the Children at the Rio Grande Children's Home. The physicians and the hospital donated bed sheets, pillow casings, and ... Read More Mission Regional Presents PINK Check Dec 16, 2009 (Mission, TX) Mission Regional Medical Center presented a pink check in the amount of $8,000 to Adriana M. Higgins, Ed. D., Executive Director, Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure. The donation represents 25% of the $32,000 ... Read More MRMC Opens New Sexual Assault Forensic Unit Dec 15, 2009 (Mission, TX) Mission Regional Medical Center Center officially opened the doors of the new Sexual Assault Forensic Unit on Tuesday, December 15th. The S.A.F.E. Place is a Forensic Unit dedicated to serving victims of sexual assault, physical ... Read More


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Rock, Race, and Radio: A Conversation with Big Jay McNeely, Little Willie G., and Art Laboe
A Special Pacific Standard Time – Art in Los Angeles: 1945-1980 Event
May 1 , 2012 Show: 9:30PM
The years between 1945-1975 were crucial to the growth of R&B and rock & roll across the map of Los Angeles. While L.A. was in many ways still a segregated city, it was music-- in nightclubs, in jukeboxes, on car radios-- that most frequently crossed its color lines. Moderated by Trouble In Paradise Music in L.A. 1945 - 1975 curator/University of Southern California Professor Josh Kun, the evening will feature conversation, music, and memories with three icons who were central to music's cross-cultural connections in the post WWII years: R&B legend Big Jay McNeely, East L.A. rock and R&B pioneer Little Willie G. (of Thee Midniters), and radio trailblazer Art Laboe.
Event Schedule
- Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 9:30pm Add to Calendar


text: Last weekend we planned a short simple cruise over from Castro Valley to Blackhawk to the monthly Cars and Coffee meet there. The drive on Crow Canyon Rd all the way up to Blackhawk is pretty low-key and it didn't rank too high on our list of exciting group drives, but it was enough to get a bunch of us out on the road together, and earn participants an 86DRIVE SummerDRIVES STAR on their cards. Be sure to check out our Events calendar to see what other events we have this summer that will earn you a STAR!