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Filed under: Cooking With Kids, Recipes, Soups and Salads, Vegan, Vegetarian, Yummy
This new twist on a panzanella salad, derived from the word "bread" in Italian, is bursting with sweet fruit juices from fresh peaches and tomatoes and crunchy homemade croutons. Even picky kids will love it, since the flavors are reminiscent of sweet jam on toast.
Active time: 20 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes
- 1∕3 loaf of crusty whole grain bread (about 8 slices)
- 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 2 ripe yellow peaches, thinly sliced
- 1⁄2 medium red onion, thinly sliced (optional)
- 1 Tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
- 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- Black pepper to taste
- Parent: Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Child: Tear the bread into 1 1⁄2- to 2-inch pieces and arrange in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. (See our "Cooking Class" instructions here.)
- Parent: Place baking sheet in oven. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until crisp and golden brown.
- Child: While the croutons are baking, combine the tomatoes, peaches, red onion (if using), and thyme in a large bowl. Stir in the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, and black pepper.
- Parent: Remove the croutons from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- Child: Gently fold croutons into salad and divide among the serving dishes.
Per serving: calories 293, fat 15 g, protein 7 g, carbs 38 g, fiber 5 g, sugar 13g


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India should cancel Australia tour: Farooq
Jammu, Jan 6 (UNI) Suggesting team India to call off Australian tour against biased umpiring, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today said team India should return.
Expressing anger over the attitude of the Australian cricket team and criticising the umpiring decisions in the second Test at Sydney, Dr Farooq Abdullah, who is also the president of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) while speaking at the sidelines of the function here, said team India should not play the series and return home.
''The umpires absolutely played a negative role in the second Test, which is not appreciating. I think that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should protest against the negative umpiring," Dr Farooq added.
The umpiring in the first Test had already indicated the troubles ahead for team India, Senior Abdullah said adding, ''Despite indications in the first Test, team India played in Sydney but it was unexpected in the second Test. Umpires remained biased throughout the five-day long match.
Dr Abdullah, also a member of BCCI, said, ''I will personally talk to BCCI president Sharad Pawar and appeal him to call back the Indian team from the Australian tour. We should not play at all. The wrong judgements are not acceptable to us and I think cancellation of tour is the only option left." UNI VBH KK RN2132

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Saturday's $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (G3) is the next-to-last prep in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, offering points on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the top four finishers. Held over the synthetic Tapeta track at Golden Gate Fields in Northern California, the 1 1/18-mile race has drawn a full field of 14 3-year-olds.
After Monday's Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park, point values will increase to 50-20-10-4 beginning with the February 20 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds.
No winner of the El Camino Real Derby has come back to capture the Kentucky Derby, but Charismatic finished a head second before posting a 31-1 upset a few starts later in the 1999 Run for the Roses.
Leading El Camino Real Derby contenders
Frank Conversation is the 2-1 morning line favorite following his 2 ½-length victory in the January 16 California Derby at Golden Gate. The bay colt has the same connections – owner Reddam Racing, trainer Doug O'Neill and jockey Mario Guitierrez as 2012 Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another and 2015 champion 2-year-old male Nyquist, a leading contender for this year's Kentucky Derby.
Unraced since a runner-up in the October 4 Grey Stakes (G3) at Woodbine, Kasseopia's affinity for a synthetic track bears relevance as the English-bred colt makes his first start for new Graham Motion, trainer of 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom. Kasseopia is listed as the 7-2 early second choice.
Mr. Coker comes next at 9-2 on the morning line and will be making his stakes bow for Hall of Fame conditioner Jerry Hollendorfer. A sharp maiden scorer at Santa Anita last out, Mr. Coker finished second in his first start to Danzing Candy, an individual interest in this weekend's Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.
Marqula and Algenon, the second- and third-place finishers from the California Derby, are also back for the El Camino Real Derby.
Photo of Frank Conversation courtesy of Shane Micheli/Vassar Photography


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Join us for the first On Campus Happy Hour of the Year at Orin's in Paccar Hall after class on Wednesday the 31st! We will have food and beverages. Cost is $5 for MBAA Members and $10 for non-members! Costumes are encouraged!Read More
The Evening an Full-Time MBAA present an intra-program student community event, where students can explore the topic, "Living Your Authentic Self" through conversations from the perspective of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Come enjoy a non-alcoholic beverage and start a great conversation.Read More


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"Open Doors" is an exhibition of new works by residing Wellington based artist Whitney Rae Palmer featuring a series of café themed oil paintings.
The exhibition opens with a preview on Wednesday 4 February 5.30pm at Pixel Ink Gallery.
The title chosen for this exhibition, "Open Doors", is a metaphorical theme investigating the concepts surrounding one's relationship to the outside world. It seeks to discuss how we internalise the external, and externalise the internal, through doors seen and unseen, realised and unconscious.
"The nature of the cafés depicted and referred to in the subject content of the paintings could be referred to as 'open doors'," says Palmer whose paintings feature iconic Wellington cafés like Peoples Coffee in Newtown.
Essentially, a door is a place of opening and closing, that which allows us to let something in, or to block something out. The nature of the cafés depicted and referred to in the subject content of these paintings could be referred to as "open doors"; places where an attitude of acceptance, openness, welcoming, humility, community, and foundational aspects of humanity are virtually part of the atmosphere.
Pixel Ink Gallery director, Rosalind Clark said the artist has managed to uniquely capture key fixtures and elements in a loosely expressive style.
"It is likely that people will have a personal relationship with these paintings."
According to Rosalind Clark of Pixel Ink, the viewer is invited to look into the paintings to formulate their own perceptions and concepts, of which may be attached to experiences of their own at these places, or to branch off into other realisations stemming from the general concept of doors.
Clark also said the artist's story and feelings exposed in some of the paintings are deeply personal, with her own internal reference and meaning.
"However, the paintings are not limited to her vantage points alone. In this way, they are "open doors" for a viewer to manifest their own interpretations. A lack of strictly literal representation and definition in the works allows opening to occur visually and hold the potential of reaching the viewer through emotive, energetic, playful, and imaginative qualities", She said
This aspect of the artist's work differs from her previous works, which were more closed expressively and interpretively.
"Open Doors" runs from 4 – 15 February at Pixel Ink Gallery, 12 Constable Street, Newtown, Wellington.


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Bunny and the myth about his eggs.
How the Easter Bunny got his job.
Many of you will be longing for the end of Easter holidays, many of you will have a grueling weekend with the relatives behind and there will be many of you having almost eaten all of your chocolates already. Easter is almost worse than Christmas in terms of actually forgetting what it is all about. Whilst Christmas is a quiet moment celebrating love and happiness with your family, Easter has only one thing in mind: It is a big feast!
If you are one of the few lucky ones, who endured the last six weeks since Ash Wednesday and kept your hands of the sweets cupboard, then congratulations, because now you can recklessly munch into the chocolate box and eat all you can. But hang on a second, who puts the Easter eggs into the basket? Right, the Easter Bunny. But, are we not missing a point here? Who had this great idea to put nonsense into our kids ears by telling them a rabbit has laid the eggs?
In actual fact, the famous Easter Bunny has been around since the 18th century and has been busy placing "his" eggs into our gardens. The rabbit has long been a synonym for fertility and there are even stories about it going back all the way to the old Babylon. I mean, a good rabbit mummy gives birth to 20 babies – per year! At the same time, an egg is the symbol of fertility and happiness. The rabbit is also associated with the goddess of fertility, the so-called Eostre (Easter). So I guess someone put one and one together and made two similar products into one, naming the Easter Bunny and his eggs. And since Eostre is celebrated in Spring, Christianity thought the rabbit would fit the image perfectly. I also found the information, that Holy Thursday used to be pay-day for debtors and creditors in the middle age. And what did they pay with? Exactly…rabbits and eggs.
So there are a few reasonable explanations as to why the rabbit brings us the eggs on Easter, but I must admit they seem far fetched. But lets be honest: It wouldn´t be as half as cute, if a moody, cackling hen would hush through our gardens with colourful eggs. There is nothing in the world that can replace our symbol for Easter, since nothing is as cute as a fluffy snub nosed rabbit. Happy Easter!
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Who Am I?
This project enabled me to do more with the idea of identity and how the roles or contexts in which we live can reflect any number of simultaneous relationships we may have. This project focused on women in context, and how labeling someone as woman leaves out important data about their roles and co…
Personal Identity as pattern of informationread more
This video gives us an original answer to the question "who are we?" using the art of photography to show us various types of identities.read more
This video raises the dilemma about Psychological death as a correct way to built a new identity and try to resolve the difference between our multiple identities.read more
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Acquire more prestige than your opponents by the end of the game. The prestige is acquired through Production and Delivery tiles, as well as in the final scoring, which will award prestige points for different majorities.
The game is divided into three phases that are repeated as many times as necessary until one of two conditions endgame is met:
- a majority of the players have reached the center of the earth with a drill crew
- a player has completed the nine Achievements.
Then the current round is completed before determining the winner.
Each player has two vice presidents he will deploy to act in Phase 1, 2, or 3, in order to perform actions. The order in which the players' vice presidents are deployed is determined by a closed-fist auction.
This is the main phase. Players will move their drill crews are at a rate of one per round (there are four rounds before Phase 2). Depending on the position of your vice president, if you deployed him to act in this phase, you can corrupt opposing drill crews (in order to attract them to the same tile as your active drill crew) or hire a subcontractor (to increase your drilling power).
Each tile of the earth's crust has a value indicating its resistance to drilling. If the sum of the drill crews who are present equals or exceeds this value, the tile is excavated and turned over; then draw an Extraction card to see what resources you discovered, which is evenly split between the players who participated in the drilling. The indivisible remainder goes to one of those players (prioritized by whoever has a mine on the tile, then the player who has the greater drilling power, then the one who ttriggered the drilling).
Finally, after the four rounds, the mines laid on drilled tiles provide the resources printed on the back of the tile.
Players with a vice president here can perform market transactions, which is to say that they can buy or sell resources.
In this phase, players can make investments to get renown points and improve their drilling conditions in different ways…
- augment the drill crews' power (maximum = 4),
- place mines in the game (maximum three mines),
- improve mine safety (in order to avoid wasting resources at extraction time),
- improve the movement of drill crews.
- 32 Subterrain tiles;
- 4 large encircling tiles depicting four mine entrance spaces;
- 1 circular tile : the center of the Earth;
- 160 Resource cubes (zinc, copper, silver, and gold) — 40 small and 20 large;
- 36 Achievement tiles;
- 3 Subcontractor dice;
- 109 tiles representing banknotes in denominations of $ 100, $ 500, $ 1,000 and $ 5,000;
- 3 reversible gameboards for phases I, II, and III;
- 48 Extraction cards;
- 28 Delivery tiles;
- 39 Insurance tiles;
- 14 Safety tiles (8 for four players, and 6 for two or three players);
- 3 Bribery tiles;
- 1 Drilling Round pawn;
- 10 plastic storage bags;
- 1 rulebook.
Components for each player in four colors:
- 4 power 1 & 2 Drill Crew pawns;
- 4 power 3 & 4 Drill Crew pawns;
- 2 Vice President pawns;
- 3 Mineshaft tiles;
- 2 cubes (Management and Control);
- 1 reversible company board;
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ARTwork: Coming Home
The autumn had been a BIG fall....and I mean that in multiple senses of the word "Fall." I had been so disciplined in the summer drawing or painting EVERY SINGLE DAY, for at least 30 minutes. My headspace stayed clear and the rest of me stayed grounded.
But....then I fell off the wagon. The university season started and there were big changes in my personal life. I put work and everything else in front of my art-creating space. Worst, I allowed comments from one negative person to contaminate my view of myself as an artist. I allowed myself to think I wasn't really that good, had nothing to say. Besides, I was out of canvases.
Thank goodness I had a dream in late November. In my dream, another artist was encouraging me to create, to make 1000 pieces of art every week, and to have the goal of having my work in galleries.
I was motivated again to paint...and it turns out I DID have canvases in my art room. I had just forgotten about them. I know that I have a lot of practice to do, a lot of skills to develop, but I have learned (hopefully for the last time) that neglecting art makes me ungrounded. I can't be my whole self for anyone if I neglect my soul's urging.
Here is one of the paintings I did following the dream.
The purple tree calls down inner wisdom, from intuition, into the earthly space where we live. All the colors flow and meld together to welcome you into the space, allowing you to become lost in a familiar yet distant world. A moment of calm, of balance, of appreciating duality.
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So there I was in the frightening third floor of the HMV in Toronto. For those not in the know, the third floor houses all of the sort of 'fringe' genres compared to the ubiquitous Rock/Pop which can be found on the first floor. Up there, you have punk, metal, EDM, hip-hop, folk, jazz, classical and so on and so on. Sort of a cross-section of 'scene' genres. If you're into the scene, then you know what's up and what you're looking for. To the casual jewel-case flipper, it's daunting. I know specific names and have heard of specific albums, but even triumphs of the genre can seem daunting if you're not that familiar with the genre. Every song that's played when I walked in there has had people screaming in it.
I am a pretty big fan of a lot of the electronic music that I've heard, but I am absolutely clueless when it comes to genre classification beyond that point. Labels like "ambient house" and "local prog-trip-hop" darted out at me and as I read the labels, I would nod slowly to myself. I would say "man…I like prog," or "I can dig some ambient music". Really, I have no idea what is going on there, but it's such a thrilling combination of words! Presumably they're not mashed together too often, or they wouldn't have labels beside them. "This some deep shit," I think (it probably also has a cool cover, which helps). Of course, I don't know what I'm talking about – but if I listened to it, then perhaps I would. Those descriptions would suddenly be illuminated as I match the words to the music, not considering that I don't have much of a vocabulary to discuss electronic music (mostly I check Wikipedia after the fact and go "huh, that's what I've been listening to"). Also, I could hate it.
I put the CD back down and retreat over to the listening station. After a moment of "man, these are just the artists with the best marketing", I stuffed that bullshit away and reassured myself that a) it is a genre-specific listening station and b) it has ten albums on offer! A lot more than the standard three.
To cut a long story short, the one that ended grabbing me was Voices by Phantogram. I dig their name, I dig their aesthetic, and I dig the gnarly riff that opens the album on "Nothing But Trouble". It reminds me of the Flaming Lips "Race For the Prize", where the riff sounds like it's coming from in between notes and emanates from the machine it's played on by pulling it apart rather than by playing it on its own terms. While this would prove to be the exception rather than the rule, I was nevertheless hooked.
The connection between this band and the Lips is not the last one to be made, either, as Lips member Steven Drozd makes an appearance on "Never Going Home", the verses of which employ a Radiohead-esque forlorn guitar part with what sounds like a drunken buzzing underneath, putting the song off-kilter at just the right angle for the close-harmony vocals of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter (Phantogram themselves) to come in, but it strangely pulls up where you expect it to dive, to an uplifting chorus of "If this love/I'm never going home", awash in synthesizers.
For the balance of analog and electronic instruments, experimentalism and pop hooks, this album is a fascinating listen. It's not a new game that they're playing at, but the execution is excellent. Sarah Barthel has the kind of voice that would have had a synthetic orchestra thrown behind it in the 80s, but instead of bombast is ducking and weaving from riff to riff, synthesizer to guitar to beat and pulling you through by the hand and bringing you out to the other side. Josh Carter, who shares the vocal duties with Barthel 50/50 lives much of the album under effects but also provides some of the most anthemic moments on the album (on the aforementioned "Never Going Home" and "I Don't Blame You")
The sense of dark and light that is depicted so clearly on the cover on both members' faces is evident in every song on the album – nothing here is pure happiness or pure melancholy, but always somewhere in between, in flux as the songs go on. The constant movement forward ensures that the album is bereft of dull moments, and makes the 43 minutes breeze by. Often times, I get really excited at the outset of an album, as I'll hear the first track and note so many different things this band is doing and establishing their sound in my mind. Twelve songs in, however, and I'm already over the sound and all the elements have been gone over multiple times. Of course, an album produced by all the same people at all the same time is going to have a cohesive sound but sometimes there just isn't enough variance in the tracks. Not so with Voices. It's a fairly eclectic and thoroughly modern album – one I'm glad I braved the third floor for.


text: Tribal Affairs Valerie Red-Horse Discusses Wilma Mankiller By Chris Laughery & Lori Walsh • Mar 12, 2018 directingmagic.com In the Moment ... March 12, 2018 Show 294 Hour 2 Wilma Mankiller was the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. The documentary "Mankiller" airs this month on SDPB-TV. Today we welcome Valerie Red-Horse Mohl, Director and Producer of MANKILLER. Valerie's body of work spans over two decades of film and television content creation and production. MOA Heads To Museum Of Tolerance By Lori Walsh • Jan 8, 2018 In The Moment ... January 4, 2018 Show 249 Hour 1 A group of community leaders from the Rapid City area journey to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles next week for customized training. The hope . . . what they learn can transform race relations in South Dakota. We talk with Karen Mortimer from Mniluzahan Okolakiciyapi Ambassadors and SDPB's Chynna Lockett about the journey. Lakota Nations Education Conference 2017 By Lori Walsh • Dec 11, 2017 In The Moment ... December 11, 2017 Show 237 Hour 1 The Lakota Nations Education Conference invites educators, parents, administrators and friends of education to the table for a four-day conference in Rapid City. Terrie Jo Gibbons has served 26 years as conference coordinator. She joins us for a preview. The Legacy Of Whiteclay By Lori Walsh • Nov 9, 2017 In The Moment ... November 9, 2017 Show 217 Hour 2 The battle over alcohol sales in Whiteclay, Neb., has been going on for decades. Whiteclay's four beer stores were shut down in May by the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission. Business owners lost their appeal in September. SDPB's Michael Zimny went looking for different perspectives for a digital feature called "Post Whiteclay." Michael Zimny joins us from SDPB's Black Hills Bureau for a preview. In The Moment ... "On A Knife Edge" With Guy Dull Knife, George Dull Knife And Eli Cane By Chris Laughery • Oct 23, 2017 onaknifeedge.com In The Moment ... October 23, 2017 Show 204 Hour 2 In The Moment ... Anthropology And American Indian Studies By Chris Laughery • Oct 3, 2017 amin.las.iastate.edu In The Moment ... October 3, 2017 Show 190 Hour 1 If anthropology is the study of human society, culture, and development, then why does it often seem at odds with American Indian studies? In The Moment ... The Hob Menace With Angela Swedberg By Chris Laughery • Sep 18, 2017 In The Moment ... September 18, 2017 Show 179 Hour 2 When you visit a museum you expect authenticity from the exhibitions, art, and artifacts. Angela Swedberg is a contemporary mixed media artist from Washington State. She is the Oscar Howe Memorial Lecturer for USD this week. He presentation is titled: "The Hob Menace: The Dangers of Hobbyism and Artifact Manipulation in Relation to Future Museum Collection."


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Known as "The Supergroup That Never Was," Corky Laing's POMPEII recorded The Secret Sessions between 1976 and 1978 after a re-introduction to old friend Ian Hunter via Steve Wax of Elektra / Asylum. Laing recalls, "The late 70s was a turbulent time as the musical taste went through a generational change. Punk was just beginning to surface in the rock landscape. It replaced the increasingly complacent era of glam and classic rock with a new confrontational and rebellious attitude. Bands like Mountain and Mott the Hoople were becoming oldsters. In this environment, my record company Elektra/Asylum was preparing to bail on me, but before doing so, they asked if I wanted to form a so called "supergroup". I had no choice, and so began the journey into The Secret Sessions.
Steve Wax, the president of E/A hooked me up with an old mate, Ian Hunter to begin the work. Bob Ezrin was brought in to produce and together we proceeded to invite our famous friends to the Briarcliff Studios in Westchester, NY to see if we could put something interesting together." Before long Laing and Ezrin had assembled a cast that included Free's Andy Fraser, the Alice Cooper Band's Steve Hunter, Lee Michaels and Ian Hunter. Just as things started to click, Laing says, "it all went south.
Well, actually Ezrin went EAST – all the way to the UK to record "The Wall" with Pink Floyd. Then Steve Hunter got a call from Bette Midler and became the musical director for her film, The Rose. Andy Fraser really did go south – to continue with his solo project and Lee Michaels went, well, wherever Lee Michaels wants to go." At this point that left Corky and Ian Hunter to salvage the embryonic supergroup. "To my surprise, Ian invited Mick Ronson to join in and I asked Felix Pappalardi to step in on bass."
As the deal was being made to release The Secret Sessions for Record Store Day, Laing and Rouge Records decided to have Corky go back in the studio and re-record 3 songs on the original album with Corky's current solo band consisting of Chris Shutters and Mark Mikel.
Thrilled that the songs that had been hidden for 40 years would now see the light of day, Corky played the record to them and they loved the repertoire. "In the end, we decided on their favorites, 'Easy Money,' 'Silent Movie' and 'Growing Old with Rock & Roll' and made them fresh at Mark's studio in Mauhee, Ohio. Jason Hartless (Ted Nugent) came in to play the drums on 'Growing Old' while Craig Adams and Steve Feehan joined in on the keys. I hadn't played these songs for decades and they felt all new to me. Being 70 years of age this year, I suppose that one could say that I'm indeed growing old with rock & roll, but I'm planning to do plenty more growing!"
There's an additional bonus track only indirectly related to The Secret Sessions: "The excitement in the studio while working on the bonus tracks got our creative juices flowing, and Mark, Chris and myself came up with a whole new original song called 'Knock Me Over'. We had a blast laying that track down," Laing relates.
Track Listing:
1 Easy Money (Corky Laing, Ian Hunter)
2 The Best Thing (Corky Laing)
3 I Ain't No Angel (Corky Laing, Ian Hunter)
4 I Hate Dancin' (Corky Laing)
5 The Outsider (Ian Hunter)
6 Silent Movie (Corky Laing, Ian Hunter)
7 Growin' Old With Rock N' Roll (Corky Laing)
8 On My Way To Georgia (Corky Laing, Leslie West, Mick Jones)
9 Just When I Needed You Most (Randy Van Warmer)
10 Lowdown Freedom (Billy Joe Shaver)
BONUS TRACKS included on digital download card:
Easy Money (2017 Re-Record)
Silent Movie (2017 Re-Record)
Growing Old with Rock & Roll (2017 Re-Record)
Knock Me Over (New Song by Corky Laing, Chris Shutters, Mike Mikel)
Drums, Vocals - Corky Laing (All Tracks)
Keyboards, Vocals - Ian Hunter (tracks: 1-6, 9,10)
Bass, Backing Vocals - Felix Pappalardi (tracks: 1-6, 9,10)
Guitar, Backing Vocals - Mick Ronson (tracks: 1-6, 9,10)
Guitar - Leslie West (tracks: 2, 5, 10)
Guitar - Dickey Betts (tracks: 8)
Guitar - Eric Clapton (tracks: 8)
Guitar - Pete Carr (tracks: 7),
Guitar - Tommy Talton (tracks: 7)
Bass - Calvin Arline (tracks: 7, 8)
Harmonica - John Sebastian (tracks: 6)
Horns - Muscle Shoals Horns (tracks: 7, 8)
Keyboards - Neil Larsen (tracks: 7, 8)
Organ, Backing Vocals - Todd Rundgren (tracks: 2, 5)
Bonus Track Credits:
Drums & Vocals – Corky Laing
Guitar & Vocals – Chris Shutters
Bass & Vocals – Mark Mikel
Drums – Jason Hartless (on "Growin' Old with Rock'n'Roll")
Piano – Craig Adams & Steve Feehan (on "Growin' Old with Rock'n'Roll")
The Secret Sessions will include a Digital Download Card in the record and is set for release on Record Store Day – April 21, 2018 through Rogue Records (distributed by Sony RED / The Orchard).
Corky Laing is available for phone interviews. Please get in touch if you would like to review the record or speak with Corky.
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TOBACCO is a drug that contains NICOTINE (a stimulant) used in cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing and dipping products and is the world's #1 greatest cause of preventable disease or death.
Tobacco increases the risk of lung cancer, COPD, hypertension, heart disease, ORAL & NECK CANCER (squamous cell carcinoma), pancreatic cancer, spontaneous abortion, SIDS, and PERIODONTAL DISEASE (7-10 times greater risk due to reduced vascularity).
SMOKING DECREASES the PLAQUE ACCUMULATION RATE, GINGIVAL VASCULARITY, gingival inflammation and decreases BOP. Smokers are NOT at increased risk for caries (due to the decreased plaque accumulation rate).
In terms of dental management, ALWAYS perform a thorough comprehensive exam due to the increased risk for oral cancer and provide smoking cessation assistance. Apply the "5 A's" to a smoking cessation program: (1st Ask, 2nd Advise, 3rd Assess, 4th Assist, and 5th Arrange). For more helpful practical NBDE & NBDHE information, please visit dentin.co.


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Volkswagen Shocks Buyer's Guide
Are you a Volkswagen owner with a set of shocks that need attention? You may benefit from this guide.
June 19th
Are you a Volkswagen owner with a set of shocks that need attention? You may benefit from this guide.
June 7th
If you find that your VW shocks are failing, you can replace them at home with this tutorial.
May 23rd
If your VW shocks need replacing, would you get a better deal using aftermarket instead of OEM parts? Find out here.
May 21st
Think the new 2019 VW Tiguan might be right for you? Check out this new infographic and find out!
April 29th
Find out how to test your VW shocks - and what to do if they need to be replaced.
April 18th
Your shocks are one of the most important links between your Volkswagen and the road - learn more about them here.
Mar 13th
Got questions about the oil filter in your VW? This guide has all the answers you need.
Mar 4th
If you neglect to replace the oil filter regularly, your engine performance will suffer. Find out more about the important job the oil filter does.
Feb 26th
While looking for a replacement oil filter, you have 2 options: OEM or aftermarket. Which offers the most value? Here's how to know.
Feb 22nd
Ever wish you could get your hands on a VW that's not sold stateside? Us too. Here's our wish list.
Feb 10th
The oil filter plays a critical role in helping your engine live as long as possible. Find out more about what an oil filter is and how it works.
Jan 13th
This buyer's guide will teach you everything you need to know about the rotors on your Volkswagen.
Dec 28th
Do you have a bad rotor on your Volkswagen CC? Find out all the costs associated with replacing your VW CC rotor yourself.
Dec 18th
Rotors are easy and inexpensive to replace yourself, but you'll have to choose between OEM and aftermarket parts. We'll help you decide.
Nov 28th
What are rotors, and why are they important parts of your Volkswagen's braking system? Find out here.
Nov 12th
Many consider Volkswagen cars works of art and some have even been known to incorporate them in actual art pieces. Here are 3 of the most interesting.
Oct 29th
Got questions about the water pump in your Volkswagen? This guide has all the answers you need.
Oct 17th
Check out our Dia de los Muertos infographic honoring the passing of the original VW hot hatch!
Oct 15th
Replacing your water pump at home is a more cost-effective solution than paying a shop. Here's how to do the job yourself.
Sept 26th
Your VW water pump and timing belt work together and often wear out around the same time. Find out more about each part and its function here.
Sept 18th
A fully-functioning water pump is absolutely necessary in order for your VW to run at all. Find out more about this crucial component here.
August 21st
Does your VW have a damaged bumper cover? This guide will help you understand what a bumper cover is and how to replace it.
August 16th
You won't need a tent to go car camping in the spacious VW Atlas - but you may want to be sure you do have these ten essentials.
August 7th
Ready to install a bumper cover on your VW golf? You can do it at home with this easy-to-follow tutorial.
July 25th
Bumper covers can sometimes be repaired, but if they're damaged bad enough, replacement is the only option. Here's how to decide which option is best for you.
July 18th
Bumper covers sometimes get inadvertently damaged or scraped when parking. Find out what a bumper cover is and how to determine if repair is needed.
June 11th
Does your VW need new spark plugs? This guide will help you choose the best replacement option for your vehicle.
May 30th
Spark plugs are an important component of your engine. Find out why it really matters who makes your replacement spark plugs.
May 15th
A lot of serious engine problems can arise from a bad spark plug and changing them is a simple project. Here's how.
April 20th
Have a hunch that your VW engine has lost its spark? Here's how to diagnose a failing spark plug.
April 16th
Spark plugs create the actual spark inside the combustion chamber of your engine - and without them, your VW won't run.
March 20th
Can you guess the most and least popular colors for the 2018 Volkswagen Beetle? We've got the answers!
Feb 16th
If you're looking for a one-of-a-kind safari-like off-road Volkswagen, look no further. We found the perfect VW for you!
Jan 19th
Check out this gem we found on eBay - a '73 VW Karmann Ghia coupe restored to production line perfection!
Jan 4th
The Tiguan may be a compact SUV, but it's pretty powerful on the road. Here's what a Tiguan can tow.
Dec 21st
Do you have a 2008-13 VW with a 2.0L gasoline engine and a failing timing chain tensioner? If so, this is how to address it.
Nov 23rd
Having your infotainment screen quit on you is understandably irksome, and if you're a VW Golf owner who's plagued with this issue, we're here to help.
Nov 16th
Download your very own one-of-a-kind VW coloring booklet and make your favorite VW classics look the way you've always wanted!
October 26th
The color and consistency of your oil can teach you a lot about the state of your engine. Here's how to know what your oil is telling you.
October 19th
A VW Squareback is a rare sight on the street these days. Even rarer is a restored custom Panel Squareback like this beauty.
September 28th
Random radio failure is a common complaint among Volkswagen Jetta owners - here are 5 possible reasons for the problem and how to address them.
September 25th
Dealing with a broken cigarette lighter or 12V connector in your Volkswagen? Here's how to troubleshoot the problem in 3 easy steps.
September 22nd
Meet the Volkswagen Golf Mk2's bigger and tougher European brother: The Golf Country
September 19th
The Golf is one of VW's longest running US nameplates. Check out how the style and price of this beloved VW have changed over the last 40 years.
September 8th
Having trouble getting your Volkswagen to start, even after you've replaced the battery? Here's why.
July 20th
Find out why some say that living the #VanLife is the new American Dream.
July 6th
Need to replace a part on your Volkswagen? Here are 4 ways to save when you purchase OEM VW parts.
June 15th
Life is an adventure and fortune favors the bold - and nothing is more bold than living the Van Life!
June 1st
The VW Amarok is available almost everywhere except the United States and Asia - will it ever make a US debut?
April 20th
In the 1970s, Volkswagen created a compact pickup version of the popular Rabbit model - so where did the Rabbit Pickup go?
April 6th
Enhance your Jetta driving experience with regular household items - these VW Jetta hacks will show you how!
March 16th
Most of us are accustomed to the convenience of power door locks. If you're having trouble with your Jetta locks, here's how to pinpoint the problem.
March 2nd
The Passat is a reliable car, but that doesn't mean that it's entirely free of faults. Here are 5 common 2003 Passat issues.
January 12th
The Jetta is a dependable mainstay of the VW lineup, but sometimes you have to take the good with the bad. Here are 5 common 2006 Jetta issues.
January 2nd
Years of constant use can take a toll on your VW's seats. Here's what you can do to restore your seats to a near-new look.
December 14th
Find out what Volkswagen OBD-II code P0420 indicates, and how to fix the problem on your VW.
December 2nd
VW Golf Owners: Check these 9 accessories that will give your Golf that next-level look you've always wanted!
November 21st
VW has a history of collaboration, some projects more well-known than others. Check out our five favorite here.
November 4th
Your VW could be susceptible to hacking by a simple intercept of the key fob's signal. Find out how to reduce your risk.
October 25th
The VW GTI is on the verge of a major makeover - the perfect time for a rundown of some GTI fun facts you might not know!
October 19th
Will the VW Golf Alltrack gain traction with a US audience? Here's why we think it will be a car to watch both now and in the future.
September 14th
The groundbreaking architecture and tech of the VW BUDD-e have the rumor mills swirling. Find out more about this awesome microbus concept!
September 9th
Who would win the battle of the weekend wagons - the VW Golf Alltrack or the Subaru Outback? Find out!
August 22nd
We'd love to get behind the wheel of one (or all!) of these Baja Bugs - how about you?
August 4th
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About ten years ago, after many years of traipsing about in all manner of absurd footwear, my feet betrayed me. I'd had ball of foot pain, discomfort, burning, that sort of thing on occasion through the years, especially after dancing the light fantastic on a pair of sparkling stilettos or hoofing it all over San Francisco from dusk until dawn before taking the BART back home. This was different. It was excruciating. It felt like someone was stabbing my foot with an ice pick. I'd had a massage a few days prior, which was a thoughtful gift from my husband, and I thought perhaps the masseuse had been a bit too enthusiastic. I was incorrect.
I spent the rest of the week at a trade show limping, wincing, and hoping no one noticed that the formerly fabulous Madge was feeling far less than fabulous. When I got home and the pain persisted, I visited a podiatrist. This is when this shoe lover found herself facing a most unfortunate reality.
My second toes are longer than my big toes on both feet, but for some reason this is more of a problem for my left foot. (Paging Daniel Day Lewis.) Normal feet distribute the pressure from walking and running evenly, but all of my body weight had been pressing down on the thin long bones of my second toe. After years of this, my long bones were protesting, vociferously. There was nothing they could do.
Nothing? Not a single thing? Seriously?
Wear comfortable shoes.
Wait, what?
I tried Birkenstocks, Aerosoles, Kork-Ease, Sofft, Naot, Merrells, Keen, Bjorn, Sanuk...all well made shoes designed for comfort, but for my condition mostly useless. The only shoes I could wear for any extended period of time without pain were Target's rubber flip-flops. Not apropos for all occasions. I went to another podiatrist, same answer. Then another, and another, and yet another. Wear soft shoes, you need cushioning under your foot, and arch support. This sounds simple, but try finding stylish shoes with soft, squishy foot beds that also have arch support. Then I got plantar faciitis, which added another level of complexity to my situation, because I needed more support than the soft soled arched shoes were providing. I have literally tried on every single sandal and comfort shoe at DSW and left without a single pair. I've gone to comfort shoe specialists and purchased obscenely expensive shoes that offered little to no relief.
If you have extreme ball of foot pain, you've come to the right blog post. These are the sandals that have worked for me. They provide arch support, soft foot beds, and some modicum of style. I can wear these for hours without foot pain or with minimal foot pain. No, they're not as pretty as a pair of Jimmy Choos, I'm not going to lie. Still, if not being in immense amounts of physical discomfort trumps looking like Carrie Bradshaw, then they'll do the trick.
You can find all of these in my Margot Potter LIST on Amazon! One stop stylish comfort shoe shopping, huzzah!
Rockport Sandals: I found the pair on the left recently and they are amazing. I have a pair of Rockport boots I wear with insoles in the cooler months, but these are even more comfortable. They have great arch support and a super soft foot bed. I can wear them for hours without feeling any pain. These have man made uppers, so if wearing leather is a concern for you, no worries! Look for Rockports with this specific foot bed, trust me.
FitFlop Sandals: I replaced my well worn pair of the sequin encrusted numbers last summer. They're still going strong! FitFlops are seriously comfortable and the added details make you feel a little less frumpy. I like a thong, but if you don't they have other styles. I have tried the cork and leather slimmer profile versions of FitFlops and they just don't provide the softness and support I need. If your feet aren't as challenged as mine, you may find you like the other styles. Size down a little, I usually wear a 6.5/7 and in these I buy a 6. The only downside if you have thin feet like mine is they may be a little lose around the top of your foot. They do make some styles with buckles you can adjust.
Teva Mush Flip Flops: If you're looking for great day to day upgrade from the rubber flip flop, these can't be beat. I wear them like slippers when I'm home, since walking barefoot on hardwood floors causes me too much pain. The other non-mush foot bed Teva sandals are too hard for my feet, this mush foot bed is the ticket. They also offer excellent arch support, and there's a version with a little wedge and fancier straps. They all come in a variety of patterns and colors to boot. Highly recommend!
Dansko Clogs: I can wear Danskos for several hours without foot pain, more than most shoes, but I still find the foot beds a bit too hard for extended all day wear. For times when I'm not going to do tons of walking or standing, they're terrific. Bonus, they look cute with dresses! I have two pairs of Dansko sandals with pretty details. If you have a half size foot like mine, you will either have to size up or down. I size down to the 6 because my feet are thin, but I can't wear the closed toe/closed heel styles because the 6 is too small to accommodate my toes and the 7 too big so my heel slips. Just an FYI.
White Mountain Sandals: I keep trying their sandals on, and they are most definitely comfy, but I haven't found a pair that looks just right. Too many sparkles? I can't put my finger on it. Depending on your sense of style, these may work for you!
Clarks Sandals: Another brand that makes very comfy and well constructed shoes, but I'm not 100% sold on any style. I am leaning towards the gladiators. These may be perfect for you and I can attest to their comfort!
I've also heard very good things about Jambu, so I tossed a couple into the mix. I love the combination of sporty and strappy they've got going on here. Plus they come in fun colors and are very well constructed.
I am sure there are more stylish sandals that might work to alleviate ball of foot pain. I'm ever on the prowl. If you have extreme ball of foot pain and you've found some shoes you love, please share in the comments below! If you've got another foot condition that presents challenges and you've found some footwear solutions, share below too! Let's help each other out, women. No one should ever pony up their hard earned cash for shoes that don't deliver again!
PS: I've got a great book out right now that has an entire chapter dedicated to fashion after 50. It's a humor book, but I take my fashion seriously, folks. Fifty and Other F-words, check it out!


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The Manacle Model
Rating: R
Bethany Handcuff
Author's notes: I was reading the book 501st, and ran across a little line about the Empire wanting to buy beskar manacles from the Mandalorians. So I thought, would you spend millions of credits on something without being sure that it works? Perhaps on a young, attractive, incognito Jedi named Scout who could model the beskar manacles before you decide to buy? I hope you read and enjoy all of my stories. Please leave me feedback, public or via email. ahandcuffgirl at yahoo dot com
Scout couldn't believe she was going through with this. If she was discovered, it would mean the end. Not only of her, but of Kal Skirata and everyone he had been hiding at his compound.
Even if she died quickly, fighting, Vader and the Emperor would find out who had been harboring a Jedi on Mandalore. If she backed out now though, they still might get discovered.
When the Empire first put a garrison on Mandalore, they took an interest in beskar. They wanted to buy things made out of the virtually indestructible Mandalorian metal. Things like security doors, holding cages, and manacles.
Even though Mandalore hadn't accepted the contract yet, MandalMotors had taken the Empire's designs and created a few sets of beskar manacles, as samples.
The local garrison commander, Colonel Stinnson decided that he wanted some local women, and he was very emphatic about the women part, to model the beskar manacles for him and his staff in the garrison. When Scout heard about this, she thought that it was an opportunity to reconnoiter the inside of the Imperial Garrison. After a few hours of discussion with Kal and some of the others, Scout was able to convince him to let her go in.
Since she couldn't very well wear her Jedi robes to the garrison, much less at Kryimorut, Laseema had given her some clothes to wear. A tight black top that emphasized her toned abs, and a pair of rough gray pants. A pair of no-nonsense boots were on her feet.
A couple of days later Scout was standing outside the garrison, alone except for the half-dozen Imperial soldiers on guard duty. At first she thought she was late, since no Mandalorian women were there.
The agitated Captain however, explained to her that she was the only one who had shown up, "In spite of our generous promise of one thousand Imperial credits to each woman," he said with pompous arrogance.
She was quickly ushered inside, where the Captain supervised the troopers that quickly and efficiently locked her into the unbreakable beskar manacles. Scout didn't complain though, she had been half-afraid they'd come up with some reason to strip her naked for the modeling session.
Scout hadn't expected manacles to include a collar, but the one now locked around her neck was perhaps half a centimeter thick, and five wide. She had heard that beskar was supposed to be light, but she was still surprised at how comfortable the collar felt around her neck. She did wonder how the sample collar managed to fit her, it was only a little loose around her neck.
The five centimeter wide shackles around her wrists weren't quite as comfortable, as they were connected behind her back with only a few centimeters of chain between them. Another chain ran from that one to the twenty-five centimeter chain connecting her ankle cuffs together. They did have to take off her boots to get the shackles on her ankles though.
Scout didn't bother testing the strength of the beskar, a Jedi, one strong in the Force, unlike her, couldn't break durasteel, much less beskar. Next the Captain attached a leash to the front of her collar. Then, to her dismay, someone put a thick black hood over her head, and the Captain led her deeper into the garrison.
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After nearly eight hours of modeling various beskar manacles and restraints, a furious Scout stalked out of the Imperial garrison. She immediately began using her meager Force abilities to calm herself, as opposed to going back to the garrison and trying to kill one of them.
Ten minutes and several Force exercises later, a landspeeder stopped next to her. Scout hopped into the back seat with barely a glance at its driver or passenger.
"Nice collar," the passenger, Mereel, she thought, said.
Even after living with them for the past few months, she couldn't immediately tell some of the clones apart.
"It's a souvenir," she replied sarcastically.
"So they've got a gift shop," the driver, Jaing, she was more sure about his identity, added.
"Well, if you mean they charged me an outrageous amount of credits for it, then yes," she responded even more sarcastically.
Now Mereel turned to face her. "So why did you buy it?" he asked, puzzled and amused.
Scout rolled her eyes in irritation, mostly at the kriffing Colonel Stinnson. "After I spent nearly eight hours modeling every kind of shackle and restraint the frakking Imperials could lock on me, they challenged me to get it off. When I couldn't, they informed me that I could keep it as a souvenir. Then they informed me that it would cost me a thousand credits, which they kindly deducted from what I had earned modeling beskar manacles all day for them."
"So you don't have any credits to pay us for the ride then?" Jaing asked from the drivers seat.
Now Scout let out a sigh of annoyance. "Well, besides the thousand credits they charged me for this wonderful souvenir that I can't get off, even with a lightsaber, they charged me ten credits for the glass of warm water they so generously allowed me to have, and a hundred-ninety credits for Imperial labor, which I guess was the soldiers locking me in beskar manacles all day."
Scout took a breath, then continued, still dripping with sarcasm. "So at the end of the day, I owed them two hundred credits. Lucky for me though, Kal had given me two hundred and fifty before I left, so I was able to pay Colonel Stinnson, which for some reason, upset him and his cronies."
The two Null's glanced at each other, then Mereel said, "Oh, by the way, we'll need twenty-five each to take you back."
"Frakk off," Scout replied half scornfully, which caused both Nulls to laugh.
"So, did you get any actual scouting done while you were entertaining the troops?" Mereel asked after the two finally stopped laughing.
Now Scout frowned, and bit her lower lip in disgust. "They put a bag over my head as soon as I went in, and didn't take it off until we got to the Colonel." She thought a moment, then added. "It was some sort of briefing room, I think." Then her mood brightened, and she added, "I'm pretty sure I could get back there on my own, though!"
"Maybe to model some more manacles for them?" Jaing suggested with a leer.
A now lighthearted Scout laughed in reply. "Only after I model them for you," she joked as she fingered the collar around her neck. From everything she knew about beskar, she would be wearing it for the rest of her life.
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Vineyard Cottage is our spacious self-catering cottage that can comfortably sleeps 6. It has three double bedrooms, two bathrooms (one with shower), sitting room with fireplace, dining room and a kitchen. The stoep (patio) where you can peacefully enjoy a glass of wine overlooks the horse paddock with BBQ (braai) facilities on the lawn.
The Cellar Cottage is situated next to the old wine cellars and is a cosy one bedroom self-catering cottage. It has a double bedroom, sitting room, into which two beds can be arranged for children, bathroom and kitchen. Also with a stoep and BBQ (braai facilities).
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The Armature, the Grid and Grid Systems
by: Denise Gonzales Crisp – 2007
Typographers design using at least two things together:
– A typographic element
– A space within and surrounding it.
Armatures – underly and bind elements through deliberate but fairly random placement ruled by "intuitively" divided space.
Grids – also underly and bind elements but with structural in addition to visual rules governing placement.
DaDa and De Stijl – early 20th century – advanced abstraction as a means of modern communication.
Principles of abstraction proved elemental to grid systems devised later.
Grid Systems – put similar principles to work except within a calculated program.
Typographer devises a system – assigns active or supporting duty to each pica, pixel, inch or cm. – an organizational map.
– Josef Muller-Brockmann
"The Grid System" – an aid in the Design of Advertisements, Catalogues and Exhibitions.
"Grid Systems in Graphic Design" – 1981
– Emil Ruder
"Typographie" – 1967
– Karl Gerstner
"Designing Programmes" – 1968
"Compendium for Literates" – 1974
Modules build structure and so "integrate elements of color, form and material" by way of visually and mechanically fastening together.


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Adequate levels of antibiotic medication must be maintained in the body during and immediately after high-risk (for infection) surgeries to prevent surgical site infection. However, antibiotics given to prevent infection should be discontinued after 24 hours according to an advisory statement in The American Journal of Surgery (April, 2005; 189(4): 395-404).
If antibiotics are continued past 24 hours, normal, healthy bacteria in the body may be destroyed, which can lead to the over-growth of unhealthy microorganisms (harmful bacteria and yeast) and super infection (a new infection that may not respond to antibiotics). However, antibiotics may need to be continued for certain individuals, such as those with weakened immune systems or with signs of existing infection.


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Check out some of the real-life Brooklyn locations of the events of Power Play #4
Get it here– http://www.comixology.com/Power-Play/comics-series/6787
POWER PLAY is filmed live on the streets (and rooftops) of NYC & Brooklyn.
Coming this Summer: The Kentile Mile!
The treacherous obstacle course that runs from Park Slope to the Gowanus Canal, beneath the F/G trains rumbling above, and then scale the iconic Brooklyn landmark to snag a flag from Gowanus Pete!
Catch up on the first event of the Gowanus Games and Mac Washington's not-so-secret origin in previous issues of POWER PLAY, now available on all smartphones and tablets via ComiXology!


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Bombshell Blondes. Rich Brunettes. Rockin' Reds. Vivid unicorn/Mermaid hair are some of what makes master colorist/ stylist Lisa Forward love her job. She believes that the best color accentuates a great hair cut and designs each look for her clients face shape, lifestyle, and their skin/eye coloring.
Lisa believes a great consultation is key to achieving what her clients needs are with their hair. "I love it when my clients bring in pictures! It really helps make my vision for their hair and their vision for their hair come together!"
Her inspiration for color and texture comes from nature, fashion, food and instagram. "The beauty of a four year old child's hair, espresso, caramel, white sand beaches, the mountains out west, and the sky at sunrise are a few of my repeat inspirations for some of my favorite looks I have created."
Balayage, root smudging, all color techniques, extensions, vivid fantasy colors, foils, beach waves, smoothing treatments, precision dry hair cuts & in-depth consultations.
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Hi there…let me be the first to wish you the warmest of welcomes to The Native – I'm so glad you stopped by!
As the site's editor-in-chief, it's a real pleasure to greet you and a real thrill to see The Native finally up and running – my colleagues and I have been working on it for the last six months.
So, what is The Native?
In short, The Native is a hub of inspiring resources, tools and insight for education and youth marketers.
Our mission is simply to be as useful as we can be to you. Whether you visit us once a day, once a week or once a year (but hopefully you'll come back more often than that!), you'll find something that will add value and be worth your time.
We want to do what we can to educate you – that means getting under the skin of cool campaigns, documenting our own adventures in content marketing and speaking to plenty of experts too – and we hope you'll find our content entertaining too.
But, most of all, this site is about you; we want to help you be better informed and be better at your jobs. And that's it. No hidden agenda. Just awesome content.
Who runs The Native?
The Native is part of the Natives Group – the World's Audience, Attraction and Conversion Specialist for Student Marketing.
Natives Group is a collection of specialist brands who solve individual problems or work collectively as partners to our clients.
But, just because we're part of the Natives Group, it doesn't mean we're here to sell you Native Group stuff and services. The Native is its own thing and it's been built with you in mind. We might talk to different experts from the Natives Group every so often here, but that's because they're dead smart, excellent people who really know their stuff.
What sort of things will be shared on The Native?
We've got plans for a range of great content – quick articles, top tips, case studies and longer reads too. Further down the line, we'll also launch a newsletter, create white papers and, later this month, will launch a podcast featuring interviews with a bunch of brilliant marketers talking about the brilliant work they do.
We'll be sharing something excellent every day, so make sure you keep coming back – or follow us on Twitter so you don't miss a thing.
For our launch week, we've pulled together a series of social media panels, where marketers from universities and brands, education thought leaders and even some current students will reflect on how they used social media in 2017 and make some predictions for 2018.
Can I be involved with The Native?
You sure can!
We would love for you to be involved – whether you want to write for us, share a case study here, be a guest on our podcast or something else all together, please get in touch and let us know!
Have fun!
Thanks so much for checking out the site – enjoy looking round and, if you like, don't hesitate to get in touch!


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The UNHRC Deputy High Commissioner Kate Gilmore yesterday presented an update on progress in promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka (A/HRC/37/23) between March, 2017 and January, 2018 at the 37th session of the UNHRC in Geneva.
Sri Lanka was last year granted 18 months by a UNHRC resolution in October 2015 to initiate a credible investigation into the nearly three-decades long civil war with the LTTE.
Ms Gilmore said that it was much regrettable that progress in establishing transitional justice mechanisms were slow.
"In the absence of concrete results or publicly available drafts of legislation, it seems doubtful that the transitional justice agenda committed to by the (Sri Lankan) government under this Council's resolution could be fully implemented before our next report in March 2019," Ms Gilmore said.
The UNHRC Deputy Commissioner also said that there has been insufficient progress in returning land occupied by the military.
"Trust will not be rebuilt, if land grabbing continues, nor without independent mechanisms established to determine fair compensations for land reserved for security reasons.
"Furthermore, the authorities have yet to demonstrate with willingness or the capacity to address impunity for gross violations of international human rights and international humanitarian law," she said.
Ms Gilmore also stressed on establishment of a specialised court to deal with serious crimes, supported by international practitioners.
"We are also seriously concerned about multiple incidents of inter-communal violence, attacks and hate speech against minorities observed last year a worry further exacerbated by recent developments that have occurred since the drafting of the report, including violence against Muslims in Kandy district that led to the proclamation of state of emergency for 12 days," the Deputy Commissioner said.
Allegations of use of torture and continued reports of harassment or surveillance of human rights defenders are more than worrying, she added.
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- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Whisk together pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla and egg in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, and salt. Add the flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and stir until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Take large tablespoons full of dough and drop onto cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart. When finished, try to shape the dough to resemble a cookie. The cookies dough should be round and flat and smooth, resembling close to the finished baked product because the cookies don't spread much during baking and will rise up. It helps to work with the dough if your hands are freshly washed and slightly damp.
Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm. The cookie dough will be almost the same size and shape as the finished cookies as the batter does not spread much.
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BalanceTRAK User Account (and Security)
JUMP TO: Additional Software Header Tools
- Review Contact Information
- Security Notice and Procedures
- Change Password
- Develop Security Questions and Answers
- System Timeout
- Logout
- Personalize the General Setting
- Set the Number of Records to Display per Page
- Personalize TRAK Settings
- Set Preferences for Automatic Notifications
- Change the Time Zone
- Apply Filters to Design a Default Requisition View
View Account Profile and Customize User Settings
Select your [Account user name] from the balanceTRAK header, which will open a menu, with four options, applying to the balanceWORKS Account as a whole:
- Contact Information
- Security (Password and Security Questions)
- Settings (General, balanceWORKS software by product,^ and balanceTRAK)
- Logout
^For users who are subscribing to more than one balanceWORKS product.
Each of these items are outlined in this article, below.
Review Contact InformationEnter [Account user name] to display the corresponding drop-down, and select: Contact Information. Changes can be made to your First Name and Last Name. In addition, Phone Number and Extension may be entered or edited. Click [Save] if changes are made.
Note: Because Email address serves as a system identifier for the account, the Email entry may not be edited. However, if your Email address has changed, please contact your balanceTRAK Administrator to set up a new account.
Security Notice and ProceduresThe Password and login procedures will conform to system defaults or your organization's security requirements, whichever are stricter. Requirements are based on:
- Number of characters
- Use of upper/lower case, symbols, and numerals
- Password expiration
- Reuse of Password
- Number of log-in attempts allowed
Users are notified to the email address of record when the Password is updated. Contact your organization's System Administrator for help with logging into balanceTRAK.
Change Password
Note: New users will be required to reset the Password provided for use during initial login.
Access [Account user name] > Security from the header; then, select the Password tab. The Update Password menu will display. In the provided fields, enter:
- Old Password
- New Password
Then Confirm New Password by entering it again. Click [Save].
Develop Security Questions and AnswersThe balanceWORKS software platform provides a framework of three Security Questions to safeguard your account in the event you forget your password. For best security, it is recommended to develop all three Security Questions and Answers.
Access to the menu is available in the page header under [Account user name] > Security > Security Questions. If Security Questions are not set, the menu will display on entry to the software as a reminder.
To set a Question and Answer:
- For the first question/answer, review the options for questions in the drop-down on the right side of the menu; and select one.
- (Optional) If one of the default questions is not sufficient, toggle the Create Your Own button . Then enter a Question and an Answer in the provided fields.
Quick Tip: Choose a Question/Answer combination that is both unique and easy to remember.
Clear an entry by clicking the Delete icon, located on the right side of the field.
Repeat for the other two questions. At the bottom of the menu, click the [Save] button.
System TimeoutAn automatic timeout for user inactivity will be in place, based on your organization's security requirements. The typical idle period that triggers the user to be logged out of the system ranges from 15 to 30 minutes.
LogoutAs part of maintaining security, remember to access the Logout link when your session is complete, available in the software header drop-down, as follows: [Account user name] > Logout.
Personalize the General Setting
Set Number of Records to Display per PageThe default setting for records per page, which applies to list views in balanceTRAK's Administrative modules (e.g., Questions), may be changed at the individual user level.
First, access the General tab, located under [Account user name] > Settings.
In the Records per Page drop-down (located at the top of the menu), select a different number:
- 10
- 20
- 50
- 100
- 250
Press [Save] to apply the change.
Quick Reminder: Navigating here takes you out of balanceTRAK. Click the browser's [Back] button, or select the TRAK icon from the software header, located in the upper left corner.
Personalize TRAK SettingsSoftware-specific options are available after clicking your [Account Name] in the software header and choosing Settings. By visiting each sub-tab, the balanceTRAK user can set preferences for:
- Notifications
- (Time Zone) Settings
- Filters
Set Preferences for Automatic Notifications
Note: Your organization's balanceTRAK Administrator will have implemented default settings as a starting point.
Navigate to the TRAK tab, followed by the Notifications sub-tab, Toggle each initial setting on or off, and select the appropriate radio button, to individualize the receipt of system notifications:
- A requisition is closing. (Sent at 7:00 am Eastern Time.)
- Someone applies for a job. If this option is checked, choose one of the following:
- On the day the job seeker applies at 10:00 pm at Eastern Time.
- Immediately after the job seeker applies.
Quick Tip: Consider how many job applications your organization receives. For a small organization (or a recruiter who must address every application), notification by Job Seeker event may be appropriate. For a large organization, a daily message at 10:00 pm ET, listing all new Job Seekers, may be preferable.
- Someone completes a Background Check form.
- Notify me during each step of the approval process when I am a participating user.
- Notify me when a job seeker replies to an email.
Change the Time ZoneTo change the U.S. Time Zone used by the system, choose another from the provided drop-down at the bottom of the page (e.g., Central, Pacific). You may also check or uncheck whether the system relies on daylight savings time.
Quick Tip: Make sure the proper Time Zone is in place, so activities taken or recorded in the system, such as communications and signature fields, are time-stamped appropriately.
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Why Herbalife, TASER International, and Eastman Kodak Jumped Today
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.
Today, the stock market started the week on the right foot, with a better-than-expected 1.1% jump in industrial production raising spirits about the health of the manufacturing sector. Given the market's big jump in 2013, investors wanted to see cyclical prospects for the market pick up steam eventually, and even fears of the Fed's response to a stronger economy weren't enough to hold major market benchmarks back. Among the top performers today were Herbalife , TASER International , and Eastman Kodak .
Herbalife climbed more than 9% after the nutritional products company's new accounting firm completed its audit of financials prepared by its previous accountants, finding no material changes. Investors had feared that substantial restatements might be necessary in light of KPMG's resignation, but the findings supported the actual results. With Herbalife now potentially considering share buybacks or other capital-enhancing measures, those who've bet against the company's prospects are suffering now more than ever.
TASER jumped almost 9% on an analyst upgrade, with JPMorgan upgrading the stock to overweight. With the company having won international orders last week totaling $5.8 million for its stun guns, TASER sees the orders as part of its continuing expansion into the potentially lucrative Middle East and Asian regions. Gaining a global reputation could also help TASER's prospects closer to home as well, as purchasers become more familiar and comfortable with the nonlethal weapons as an alternative to traditional firearms.
Eastman Kodak rose more than 10%. Most investors haven't heard much from the company since it declared bankruptcy last year, but Kodak has emerged from bankruptcy, and a new version of the stock quietly started trading in late October, representing equity interests in the company's surviving commercial printing and packaging printing business. With the company having posted net income of almost $2 billion for the third quarter, Kodak has gotten the fresh start that bankruptcy provides, and it believes it can support commercial imaging demand and find growth opportunities going forward.
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Accent is considering ways in which we can simplify our systems so that staff can spend more time delivering the customer service that residents want and expect from us. It has been recognised that some of our systems are too complicated, and are not helping us to solve cases as quickly and as effectively as we would like.
We are looking specifically at anti-social behaviour because this has a big impact on residents' satisfaction not only with our services, but their living environments.
For this reason, we contacted residents who have experienced anti-social behaviour to find out more about their experience and whether our handling of the case could have been better. The survey revealed that:
You said: Up to one half of residents were dissatisfied with the overall handling of their anti-social behaviour case. In many of these cases, it is because Accent failed to keep them informed.
We did: We have simplified our anti-social behaviour process so that there are fewer steps for staff to complete. We hope this will mean fewer hand-offs and improve communication between case handlers and residents.
You said: Residents would have liked more personal contact with staff, including site visits, throughout the course of their cases.
We did: Our new simplified process will enable staff to spend more time in our communities, and less time in our offices updating our housing management system.
You said: Up to one third of residents were unclear as to what would happen next, following their report of anti-social behaviour.
We did: We will aim to be clearer about where residents can get help regarding their case at the first point of contact. Some issues are best dealt with by local authorities or the police. We have provided more detailed advice on 'MyAccount'.
You said: Residents were unclear about who their Customer Partner was.
We did: We intend to publish an annual personal statement to all residents, which will remind them of who their Customer Partner is and how best to get in touch. We will notify customers of any changes.
You said: 4 out of 5 residents would like to have been able to manage their case online.
We did: Residents can now report anti-social behaviour using 'MyAccount'. Residents have told us that 'it was clear how to report anti-social behaviour' and 'explain the problem' using the online service.
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Catalog of Everything And Other Stories
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This anthology presents a selection of texts by Peter K. Wehrli, representing over forty years of writing and traveling. It covers diverse experiences, from the author's early relationships with the avant-garde Swiss Dadaists in Zurich to a conversation in Brazil that is surprisingly revealing of Wehrli's homeland. While meandering through the vignettes that follow, readers will savor the author's new perspective, one that reawakens the child inside us and encourages us to view the world as if it were for the very first time.
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- eScholarship, University of California, Berkeley - Department of German
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- January 8, 2015
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Novel screening method for familial hypercholesterolemia: Child-parent screening in primary care
Wald DS, et al. Child-parent familial hypercholesterolemia screening in primary care. N Engl J Med 2016;375:1628-37.
Bottom-line: In the UK, a child-parent FH screening strategy done at the time of routine immunizations by a GP identified FH in 1 child and 1 parent for every 360 children screened.
Lipid or FH mutation testing alone are each inadequate to diagnose FH in this population due to high false-positive rates.
- Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic dyslipidemia that affects ~1 in 500 Canadians
- Untreated FH leads to accelerated atherosclerosis;
- By age 50, almost half of men and 20% of women with untreated FH have experienced a coronary event.
- Only 5% of individuals with FH are properly diagnosed, often only after experiencing a cardiovascular event
- Multiple countries have implemented various screening strategies, including screening of all adults +/- children ("universal screening"), to more selective screening of first-degree relatives of individuals identified to have FH ("cascade screening")
- The goal of screening programs is to identify and treat FH before patients manifest clinical atherosclerosis
Who was involved in this study?
- Timeframe: 2012-2015
- Country: UK
- Setting: 92 GP offices
- Participants: 11,010 children (10,095 with valid screening test) presenting for their routine immunizations at ~1 year of age
- Baseline characteristics
- Median age 12.7 months
- Family hx of premature MI 11%
- Lipid panel, median
- Total cholesterol 3.93 mmol/L
- LDL 2.20 mmol/L
- HDL 0.93 mmol/L
- Triglycerides 0.67 mmol/L
- Median age of parents: Mother 31 y, father 34 y
What was the screening intervention?
- Heel-stick capillary blood sample from the child to measure:
- Lipid panel (total cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides)
- Possible FH mutations (48 tested, including mutations of the LDL receptor, ApoB, & PCSK9)
- Both parents of a child with a positive screening test for either of the above: Venipuncture for same screening test
What counted as a "positive" screening test?
- Children
- Total cholesterol >5.95 mmol/L (>99th percentile) + at least 1 FH mutation, or
- Total cholesterol >5.95 mmol/L x2 (test repeated 3 months later)
- Parents of children with a positive screening test
- If child had a FH mutation: Same FH mutation, or
- Higher cholesterol level of the 2 parents
How many children & parents had a positive screen for FH?
- Children: Positive screening test = ~0.28% (prevalence & number needed to screen = ~360)
- False positives:
- 0.6% (64/10,095) had a single elevated cholesterol level (negative on repeat + no known FH mutation)
- 0.17% (17/10,095) had a FH mutation without hyperlipidemia
- False positives:
- Parents: Prevalence 0.28% (based on definition above)
What was the impact of screening?
- Identified 1 in 360 children with FH. Notably, this likely captured every case of FH in this population based on a previous estimated prevalence of ~1 in 500;
- Identified parents with FH at an age (31-34 y/o) where they may have already had years of atherosclerotic buildup, but were not likely to have developed a coronary event. These parents could therefore receive therapy early enough to modify their cardiovascular risk and at least delay their first coronary event.
What gaps in our knowledge remain?
- How do we treat these children with FH once we've identified them? At what age do we start lipid-lowering therapies?
- How do we treat and/or monitor individuals with a FH mutation but normal cholesterol levels?
- What is the financial impact of child-parent screening? Considerations include costs to society (cost of lipid + FH mutation screening, lipid-lowering therapies including PCSK9 inhibitors) and to individuals (lipid-lowering therapy and insurance premiums).
- Which is most effective and cost-effective between the 3 available screening methods: Cascade, child-parent, or universal screening? Would a hybrid cascade+child-parent screening strategy be best?


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St Leonards — more local history
Spotted along the Marina yesterday. Evidently he didn't stay long!
An Eminent Victorian, Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a fascinating and infuential writer — author of Sartor Resartus, The French Revolution and On Heroes and Hero-Worship among many other things.
His personal life was interesting too, and quite sad, but let's not go there.
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Dorset: England's Jurassic gem
The UK's south western county of Dorset offers stunning coastlines, Roman ruins, verdant countryside — but also treacherous roads during Britain's Big Freeze
The decision to leave the house was looking more reckless by the minute. Black ice and thick mounds of snow were impeding our journey up the hill; success in parking was looking decidedly faint.
The supposedly simple journey was to attend a carol service on Christmas Eve in a church in rural Tarrant Monkton, a tiny hamlet usually a ten-minute drive away, but in the deep winter of Big Freeze Britain (December 2010) it was double that, and then… there was the hill.
On a summer's day it could be tackled within ten seconds, but in temperatures of minus 12 degrees, with bald tyres, desperately trying to cling to the icy asphalt, the inevitable slide was moments away, so wanting to avert disaster, the car was swung into a muddy verge and considered parked, back bumper poking into the road.
"Need a hand to get her in?" said a friendly passer-by, commenting on the lacklustre job. Clearly, in these parts, my effort was not going to pass for complete. I accepted, and a small group had soon shoved the car's back end into the verge, out of the way of other sliding motors and tumbling pedestrians.
The decision to leave the house was finally rewarded on seeing the church and its surroundings. On a crystal-clear evening candles lit the snow-covered path to its ancient entrance; inside, more candles illuminated the small building, which was full, like most churches on Christmas Eve, with the faithful and the part-time faithful (those that gather for headline Christian events), creating a warm atmosphere that could have been the same a year back or a hundred years back - a traditional, rural English scene that few tourists ever discover on whistle-stop tours of London's Big Ben, Oxford's spires, and Shakespeare's Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Those tourists willing to step off the beaten track will find hamlets like Tarrant Monkton in abundance across England's countryside. Dorset itself demands a visit for more than just its 'quaint' villages. Its undulating hills, verdant valleys, historic ruins, and protected coastline will keep any touring group busy, and for those with a penchant for natural beauty, there are few places in the UK that can match it — the county has the highest proportion of conservation areas in England, including one 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' and two 'Heritage Coasts'.
In winter you'd be unlucky to experience the vehicular farce of hill-sliding as we did on Christmas Eve, mainly because December 2010 was the coldest on record for over 100 years. Usual temperatures are well above freezing, with Dorset enjoying some of the warmest temperatures in the UK (which might not be saying too much); needless to say, summer is the advisable time to visit, with temperatures usually in the mid-20s.
On a summer trip, the county's heritage coastline, The Jurassic Coast, is a popular attraction, but if you're expecting touristy restaurants and bars, think again. The attraction here is not just sunscreen and swimming; this is a place where fossils literally come tumbling out of the rock every day, as soft limestone cliffs are slowly eroded by the waters of the English Channel.
The Jurassic Coast stretches for 153 km taking up most of Dorset's waterfront, reaching into neighbouring Devon — and little of it is developed as the land is protected. Any fossils found need to be left in place, but the hunt for 180 million year-old animal remains will keep the kids busy (for at least an hour, at which point an ice cream stand is never far off).
For families from the Gulf, there's something that bonds the economies of Dorset to those of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and beyond — the discovery of oil. Dorset can proudly boast the world's oldest continuously pumping oil well, found on the innocently named Wytch Farm in Kimmeridge, which produces about nine million barrels of oil a year. To put that in context, Dubai pumps around 18 million barrels of oil a year, meaning that Dorset is certainly a player in the oil business, but nothing compared to the big guns of Saudi Arabia, Canada, or Venezuela.
Even though black gold may be flowing from the ground, Dorset is still a quiet place, more centred on farming than on outlandish petrodollar-fuelled development. Little has changed in the area for 100s of years — the parishes (areas based on churches within villages) are almost the same as they were when written up in the Doomsday Book of 1086, which lists all lands and property in most of England and Wales.
Change that has taken place can be easily noted on those parts of the coast that are not protected, particularly around the large towns of Bournemouth, Weymouth, and Poole. Colossal caravan parks litter the land, alongside row upon row of bungalows and suburban communities. The residents are mainly retirees enjoying the warmth of the south coast, making Dorset the county with the highest proportion of elderly people in the UK (around 25 per cent of the population are over 65).
The relaxed lifestyle and heritage coasts bring millions of tourists each year, mainly from within the UK, who unfortunately clog up the otherwise quiet roads as they trawl the county for coastal walks and campgrounds. Some also come to visit the historical sights, of which the Romans are responsible for some and the English Civil War for many others. The Latin-speaking invaders made a base for themselves in Dorset, and have left behind ruins, such as Badbury Rings, now best known for the annual Point-to-Point events that take place by the ancient hill fort.
Point-to-Pointing is probably unknown to foreigners, as you'd need to be truly in-the-know to attend. Normally taking place in the winter to spring, it basically involves amateur jockeys riding amateur horses over an amateur course built around a field or farm. Badbury Rings is no different, but the Roman ruins provide an unmatched setting, with onlookers huddling for warmth in marquee tents as horses canter around the field below.
Back in the deep winter, also huddling for warmth, was our group, post candlelit carol service, now battling to maneuver our car from the muddy verge into which it had been wedged. The starry night meant temperatures were continuing to drop, but we didn't mind. Dorset had once again provided a classic English experience, something few tourists will see, except for the most determined... or fortunate. None of these experiences are off limits — they just take perseverance to track down.
Deep snow and ice being a rarity, don't bank on seeing that side of Dorset. More likely you'll visit in the summertime, escaping to the traditional English countryside for a busy tour, or just sitting in a pub garden enjoying Dorset's natural beauty.


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Beginning this weekend, O'Neill Library, in collaboration with Student Affairs and UGBC, will be piloting a project for the next 6 weekends in which the library closes at 10pm on Friday and Saturday night, but Level 1 remains open as a study area.
Levels 2 through 5 of O'Neill Library and services including access to course reserves, borrowing headphones, chargers and other technologies will be unavailable during these times. Regular library operations will end at 10:00pm on these evenings and resume at 9:00am on Saturday and Sunday.


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Status: 16 - 20 hours per pay period8:00 am - 4:30 pm,2 weekends per month
Position Summary:
TheInpatient Therapist role is responsible for performing a wide range of patient care activities for an assigned caseload of patients. These responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing patient treatment and discharge plans, and providing individual, group, and family therapies. This position operates within a treatment team consisting of psychiatrists, other therapists, nurses and recreational therapist, and reports to the Director of Clinical Services. Therapists may be assigned to perform adult psychiatric, child and adolescent psychiatric. TheInpatient Therapist is also responsible for ensuring thorough and quality documentation of services provided
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Completes psychiatricassessments, including evaluation of psychosocial functioning, events precipitating admission, identification of patient needs, limitations, and strengths
- Gathers information regarding the patient; family dynamics, background, current situation, etc. from relevant sources.
- Complies with The Joint Commission (TJC) and Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) standards with regards to the quality of documentation and time frames for completions of assessments and treatment documentation
- In coordination with the treatment team, evaluates gathered information in order to determine appropriate length of care/hospitalization; continues to re-evaluate and adjust as appropriate
- Coordinates the development and implementation of individualized treatment plans in consultation with the patient and other treatment team members; participates in plan reviews to determine effectiveness and revises the treatment plan accordingly
- Maintains timely communication with patient's family/significant relations and is a liaison between family, facility and community resources
- Coordinates discharge plans with team and community resources, serving as a patient advocate/case manager for securing community support/further care, including prescription assistance.
- Provides intervention services including crisis intervention, individual, group, and family therapies. Identifies/makes recommendations for alternate treatment methods, as necessary.
- Maintains up-to-date and appropriate information for patients records/charts
- Participates in various facility meetings/projects as assigned.
- Assists in community outreach activities; such as community education, outreach programs, in-services, developing community contacts and identifying community sources for referral development, etc.
- Adheres to various standards and codes of practice, for all administrative agencies, that apply to psychiatric hospitals
Minimum Qualifications Preferred, Casual LLMSW, LLPC
Holds current, license to practice in Michigan without conditions, limitations or restrictions
Prefer two years of post-master experience in social work or counseling in an inpatient setting with LMSW or LPC credentialing
- Maintains a professional and respectful demeanor
- Maintains a working knowledge of community mental health resources and appropriate utilization
- Possesses computer application skills
- Capable of applyingtherapeutic interventions for a variety of mental health disorders
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