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Happy New Year although for many in public services it may feel as if there isn't a lot to be happy about.
Facing up to some of the largest challenges to public finances in a generation coupled with the impact of severe weather on the public image of local authority services may make many feel that they want to curl up in a ball and hide.


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President Barack Obama agreed to an arms deal with Taiwan today that would upgrade the country's fighter jet fleet for self defense purposes, but many members of Congress are dissatisfied with the plan, saying it is not enough.
The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the deal, worth over $5 billion, saying in a statement that relations with the United States will continue to "strengthen" national security and "maintain the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait."
The Chinese government, which does not formally recognize Taiwan's statehood, has been vocal in opposing such an upgrade, indicating that arms-sales between the United States and Taiwan would heavily strain relations with China.
But for many members of Congress, and upgrade package is not enough. In a slew of letters to the president, leading legislators in both the House and Senate say they support the sale of new fighter jets–rather than the exclusive upgrade of existing weapons–citing job growth and increased international security should the deal follow through.
Texas Senator John Cornyn and New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez introduced the initial legislation last week requiring the United States to sell the fighter jets to Taiwan. Cornyn's home state manufactures the new F-16C/D model in Fort Worth, where should the bill pass, building the additional 66 jets would bring in Texan jobs and cash.
"This decision not to sell Taiwan new F-16C/Ds represents a failure by the Administration to live up to its obligations under the Taiwan Relations Act," Cornyn said in a statement today.
Under the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, the United States is legally obligated to provide the island nation with military aid to strengthen its self-defence capabilities targeted against China.
In response, Republican Rep. Kay Granger, TX-12, tacked on a House companion bill to its Senate counterpart to expedite approval of the sale. Connecticut Senators Joe Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal, independent and Democratic respectively, both jumped on board to co-sponser the bill, along with Republican Senators Jon Kyl, Arizonia, and James Inhofe, Oklahoma.
"In the last year alone, Chinese defense spending increased 12.7 percent and they have been very public about their development of their 5th Generation Fighter Aircraft," Rep. Granger said in a statement. "We must support Taiwan's effort to replace their aging aircraft."
Republican presidential candidates are taking advantage of Obama's reported decision as an opportunity to further critique the president on his handling of foreign policy issues.
"In the face of China's intensive military buildup, the United States needs the strongest possible partnerships in Asia," Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said. "President Obama's refusal to sell Taiwan new military jets is yet another example of his weak leadership in foreign policy."

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Sky Bet Championship: QPR go second as Charlie Austin's brace beats Huddersfield
A Charlie Austin double took QPR up to second in the Sky Bet Championship and secured a 2-1 victory over Huddersfield.
Last Updated: 18/01/14 11:18pm
Rangers, heavily dependent on Austin this season, struggled before their top scorer opened the scoring by finishing emphatically on 55 minutes after Clint Hill's lofted ball forward had been flicked on by Niko Kranjcar and then Andy Johnson.
The Terriers were impressive and looked set to secure a deserved point when recent signing Nahki Wells levelled midway through the second half, heading home a cross from Adam Hammill.
But striker Austin's header with 12 minutes remaining from Benoit Assou-Ekotto's right-wing corner proved decisive.
The first half was very open. Johnson almost put QPR ahead and they hit the woodwork twice, with Huddersfield also missing excellent chances to score.
Rangers boss Harry Redknapp had made a major tactical change, pairing Austin and Johnson, whose header from Kranjcar's early corner was cleared off the line by Hammill.
Without the injured Joey Barton, Redknapp opted for a diamond midfield, with Karl Henry in front of the back four and Kranjcar supporting the two strikers.
They struggled to adapt in the opening 45 minutes and Town's Danny Ward fired over after being found by Adam Clayton, and then squandered a golden opportunity by dragging a shot wide having been set up by Oliver Norwood.
Huddersfield continued to cause problems and keeper Rob Green uncomfortably pushed over Norwood's free-kick before saving Wells' header.
And QPR had another lucky escape when the unmarked Jonathan Hogg shot tamely at Green despite having plenty of time and space after collecting Ward's pass.
Redknapp's side were at least able to rely on Kranjcar's set-piece deliveries, and another corner from the Croatian led to first Austin and then Henry heading against the bar.
They have certainly been able to rely on Austin, whose well-taken first goal 10 minutes into the second half settled the home fans' nerves.
But Huddersfield have acquired their own clinical forward in Wells and the Bermuda international has now scored twice in as many games since his move from Bradford.
Rangers, to their credit, responded strongly to that setback and substitute Matt Phillips brought a fine save from keeper Alex Smithies before Austin eventually restored his team's lead.
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Holiday Miracle as Man Awakes from Monthlong Coma
(SAN FRANCISCO) -- Doctors told Benjamin Pessah's family he might not live after he was shot in the head. But after waking from an almost month-long coma, Pessah said his first words and took his first steps just in time for Thanksgiving.
Pessah, of Burlingame, Calif., was walking home from a Halloween party in San Francisco Oct. 28 with two friends and his girlfriend when a stranger came up and touched his girlfriend inappropriately. Pessah, 21, stepped in to protect her when the man pulled out a gun and shot him in the head.
"It was pretty bizarre and unnecessary," Pessah's older brother, Nick Pessah, told ABCNews.com. "He [the stranger] attempted to shoot the group of four of them. He missed everybody but the last bullet hit my brother in the head."
When doctors first examined Pessah's injuries, they told his family he wasn't going to make it. At one point, doctors said he only had a 25 percent chance of living.
"They weren't going to operate because he was too severely injured," Nick Pessah said. "Then they said they would attempt it but normally they wouldn't. They only did because he is young and has a chance at surviving. They weren't sure if he was going to make it or not."
Pessah was in a medically induced coma for almost a month. But just a few days before Thanksgiving, his breathing tube was taken out and he said his first words. In a faint whisper, he said, "Hi Mom."
"My mom was the only one who saw him speak and it brought her to tears," Nick Pessah said.
On Thanksgiving Day, Pessah took his first steps with his parents and three brothers in his hospital room at the University of California San Francisco to cheer him on.
"I was the first one to watch him walk," Nick Pessah said. "I was speechless. I didn't really know what to say, it was very unexpected."
Although he doesn't remember the shooting, which his brother believes is a good thing, Pessah does remember everything else including his computer passwords and address.
"It's a miracle. I couldn't be more ecstatic about his recovery," Nick Pessah said. "It couldn't have happened at a better time. I have more than enough to be thankful for."
Pessah is a part-time student and entrepreneur. He likes going to the gym and hopes he'll be able to again when he fully recovers. One thing he has been able to do in his remarkable recovery is tell his family that he loves them, which they thought they might never hear again.
"Right now I couldn't be more happy," Nick Pessah said. "It's been an emotional rollercoaster. I've been crying, I've been happy. He's beaten all of his odds so I couldn't have asked for a better Thanksgiving."
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You have a deck of 32 playing cards. Somebody draws one card after another and shows them to you. At any point of time you may bet that the next card is black. If it is indeed black you earn $10, otherwise nothing. If you don't do anything you earn nothing as well. Find the optimal strategy.
In other words you should find the point of time where the quota of remaining red cards in the deck is maximal.
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I found a rare photo of those mutant cave pepole. I was told the photographer barely made it out alive.
Yeah, and stop moving to Vegas too!
"I have a .44 and a shovel, I'm sure no one's gonna miss you" - Virginia City, NV
I found a rare photo of those mutant cave pepole. I was told the photographer barely made it out alive.
That's Daron from System of a Down, in the front right corner
So Lizard man, tell us why you posted your "don't look for the caves" on every thread, and threatened one of my members as well.
Coolguy, check out reptile man's post on another thread. He's warning us about the pale, mutant people who dwell underground...a true public service dontcha think?
Manson's Caves - Page 2 - Ghosttowns.com Forums
"Old Peep's Jeep"
Ralph and Laura's Backroad Adventures
Laura's Prose & Poetry
"I have a .44 and a shovel, I'm sure no one's gonna miss you" - Virginia City, NV
[quote=GaryB;23071]I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walkin' through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was lookin' for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mien
oh wait, wrong hairy mutant people.
If I remember right,his hair was "perfect".
By the way, my bad what?
Well of course you haven't seen or heard anything! The mutants are silent, they learned to never make noise because sound carries so far in the tunnels. Why you don't see them is a matter of debate. One belief is that the mutations have allowed their skin to change so that they can blend with the environment - like some lizards. The other opinion (and my personal favorite) is that because this is a government project, there is a "veil of secrecy". These are very common in government areas, there is a mind scrubber around the perimeter of the area that eliminates whatever it has been programmed to deleted. For instance, around area 51, anything to do with the alien work force is automatically dleted when you pass through the "Veil". Similar thing here only with mutants.
I thought this would be obvious to y'all.
Coolguy and Native: You poeple just don't get it. AND COOL'S a MODERATOR!!!!!! Just hook Johnnie, Flatiron, and maybe, Gary B., Brian, Laura, etc. up to a truth tellin' machine. That'll settle it. I'm serious about this....OJ...Oh, no need to hook me up..I can beat that thing. OJ
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A minor revelation to those who cannot eat French fries but also
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2004 News Releases > February 2004 > WBU cheerleaders take home first place
WBU cheerleaders take home first place
PLAINVIEW - Wayland Baptist University's cheerleading squad took months of practice and a dynamic stunting routine to San Antonio recently for the Cheerleaders of America's Fiesta Open Cheer and Dance Championship.
They brought home gold.
The 15-member squad earned a first place in the collegiate open division for a 2 ½ minute routine featuring choreographed dance moves, acrobatic stunts and a variety of pyramids.
This year marked the first for the cheerleaders to be housed under Wayland's athletics department, and the team is coached by Leah Nichols, a 2003 Wayland graduate who has been involved in cheer and dance for many years.
The biggest squad in many years for the university, the group has been able to learn and perform more group stunts and increase their difficulty due to their numbers, according to Nichols.
The cheerleading squad includes Morgan Justus of Crosbyton, Lissa Rusten of Borger, Kristol Hill of El Paso, Tabitha Harmonson of Abernathy, Lauren Black of Claude, Laci Rousseau of Tulia, Christie Ward of Hale Center, Teri Mayfield of Wichita Falls, Richard Varnon of Spearman, Jacob Bassing of Farmington, N.M., Billy Sherman of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Dustin Stephens of Dallas, Chris Cox of Canadian, Shawn Anglin of Borger, and Kaury Edwards of Tulia.


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When I was pregnant and not finding out the gender of the baby, I had little mommy daydreams about getting pedicures with my daughter and having tea parties with homemade scones. Alas, it was not to be. That kid in there turned out to be all boy.
But while I am not seeing any tea parties in my near future, I do still make the scones.
It's just that instead of eating them while sipping dainty cups of tea, they are devoured by the 3-year-old on his way to make a block castle that he can them smash back into individual pieces.
Which is a whole different kind of fun than tea parties are anyway.
Really. Stack 'em up, knock 'em down. It's pretty good for stress relief and totally acceptable in the context of toddler play.
Anyway, back to scones …
There is just something about a scone, fresh from the oven, that makes it one of my favorite things to bake.
Having had scones at tea services in England as well as various tea places around the United States, I can tell you, there is no one right way to make a scone. But this is a recipe I would be proud to make for the Man's British mum.
The first thing I love about this recipe is that the finished product just tastes so good. It's not as sweet as coffee cake, but there is something more there than just a biscuit. The breakfast-y maple flavor and light notes of almond work well together while the chunks of almond and dates give it crunch and chew at the same time. Plus the outside edges get all nice and flaky-crusty.
The second thing I love about this recipe is just how easy it is. It's a great recipe to make with kids, giving them ample chances to measure ingredients as well as an opportunity to knead the dough. The dough kneading is always a big hit in my house since it is similar to playing with play dough.
The base dough with the maple syrup is also pretty adaptable. You can add in a little nutmeg or cinnamon for extra spice. Swap the dates for dried cherries or apricots. Leave out the nuts entirely or use a different type.
On a day when the wind and rain had me up before everyone else, these were also a great way to gently wake up the house with the warmth of the oven and the enticing smell of baked goods.
I will confess that since these were done before Ben and the Man woke up, I did not wait for them before I sampled.
As the wind and rain continued to rattle the windows, I put the water on to boil and made myself a tea party of one.
Maple-almond scones with dates
Time: 30 minutes, prep and bake; Yield: 8 to 12 pieces
2 cups white whole wheat flour
¼ cup packed dark brown sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
½ cup chopped, pitted dates
½ cup chopped almonds
½ cup low-fat milk
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1 ½ teaspoons almond extract
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and lightly oil a baking sheet (or use cooking spray).
Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Work butter into flour mixture with a pastry blender your hands (I wear gloves for this) until it resembles coarse meal. Add dates and almonds, tossing well to coat with flour.
Combine milk, maple syrup and almond extract. Add liquid to flour mixture, stirring or working with your hands until just moist.
Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead 5 times, working dough into an 8-inch circle. Place the dough circle on the prepared baking sheet and cut dough into 8 to 12 wedges, cutting into but not through, the dough.
Bake at 400 degrees for 13-15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm, using a knife to finish cutting the scones all the way through.
Cook's notes: Experiment with other dried fruits such as apricots of tart cherries. Almonds can be replaced with walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts or most any kind of nut that you prefer.
If you don't have white whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour will work.


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Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?ridingo Mar 12, 2012 7:45 AM (in response to f.edgar)1 person found this helpful
I would start with terminology. If "social business" has a negative impact, reframe the discussion to "business or organizational collaboration". Perception is reality so change the perception. Illustrate the conversation with examples on how collaboration software solves current organizational issues.
Second, sounds like you have a sponsor, but is this sponsor at the executive level? My experience is a "grass roots" campaign will not work. "Business collaboration" must have an excutive sponsor. If you do have an executive sponsor, ensure this person(s) firmly grasps what problem(s) Jive can solve.
Third, if at all possible, get a "sandbox" to demonstrate how the tool solves the business problem. I assume "collaboration knowledge centre" is the surface problem. If terminology is an issue, then the "picture is worth a thousand words" approach can be useful.
Lastly, this community is populated with experts who have been down your road. I have no doubt you will receive better responses than mine. Hopefully, mine is a decent starting point.
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?Jill Ross Mar 12, 2012 3:54 PM (in response to f.edgar)1 person found this helpful
I agree with John's advice on making sure you have an executive sponsor who has a track record of gaining approval on new initiatives. I also agree that "social business" isn't necessarily the term you want to use up front -- especially since it's not yet a well-defined term as Ryan Rutan stated in The Evolution of a "Social Business".
For my company, when it came down to the final "pitch" to exec staff who would approve budget allocation for Jive, we had to translate the benefits of using social business software like Jive into real business results they would respond to. For us, those high level results were increased revenue, reduced attrition, and cost savings. We then drilled down to solving specific problems or improving current processes using Jive that would eventually lead us to those high-level business outcomes. You just have to connect the dots. If a "collaborative knowledge centre" is the need, explain why having it would help the company in a financial sense.
I found the customer survey results posted in The business value of social business to be quite helpful in translating social business software benefits into real business outcomes. Ultimately, for a lot of executives out there, it comes down to what financial impact social business software will deliver.
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?JenniferTh Mar 12, 2012 4:45 PM (in response to f.edgar)2 people found this helpful
If I could go back in time, I would never have used any "just like Facebook" analogies at my company. These were being used before I was hired, and I stuck with them when I started - I was told that it would make people excited to use Jive, but instead it made managers distrustful, and employees scared to use it because they were worried what their manager might think.
I found the following terms and analogies to be effective:
- Document collaboration.
- Group discussions and brainstorms that don't require people to be in the same room or time zone.
- Rather than one-way or top-down "communication," we can have conversation, which increases a sense of community within the company.
- All employees, no matter their position, department, or location, have access to the same information. Consistency and timeliness are key here.
- For your best practices, policies, etc. - point out that these are live documents, and instead of them being on an intranet or portal, hoping that they work well, readers can ask questions or for clarification, and anyone can respond or update these docs. You can then be confident that these documents are effective.
- For anyone who asks specifically about the Facebook analogy, I will say: "Think about the tools you use at home and in your personal life: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr. No one needs to come to your house to show you how to use these: they are easy. At work, we use (insert the bug-tracking, knowledge management, wiki, office programs you use here), and training courses are made available, etc. Wouldn't it be nice if you could do your work using tools that are similar to what you use at home, and can learn intuitively and actually like to use?"
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?wallyrogers Mar 12, 2012 7:50 PM (in response to JenniferTh)
This is great advice Jennifer. Your experience shows!
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?mamiepeers Mar 12, 2012 5:29 PM (in response to f.edgar)2 people found this helpful
Just want to add a few more thoughts to support Jennifer Thorimbert's third bullet....
- Chris McGrath & Ephraim Freed published an article that they will give you for free if you engage with Thought Farmer. It's titled, "Social Intranets & Employee Engagement: An HR Solution for Meaningful Moral Building." The authors quoted a Harvard Business Review article by Gretchen Spreitzer and Christine Porath who stated happiness (at work) "is not about contentment, which connotes a degree of complacency" but instead it is about thriving. Thriving means the workforce is not just satisfied and productive, but "also engaged in creating the future--the company's and their own." To contribute, employees must feel empowered to give. To give, employees must trust leaders, coworkers, have some level of "social comfort." The article articulates how a social intranet helps to build social comfort and sense of empowerment required to create a great future.
- I am also a firm believer in Marshall McLuhan's phrase (from 1964!), "The medium is the message"--which references the symbiotic relationship between a message and its medium. When you make it EASY for your employees to comment on and collaborate on messages and communications, you say a lot. You say you not only believe in a culture of innovation and community, you're investing in a platform for it. A top-down medium like a PDF memo emailed to the whole company is restrictive and sends the message that it's a done-deal. Eat it. Here are a few unsolicited quotes that our users posted once we launched Jive that reiterate our intent, and the culture of our company:
- "I like all the information made available to be by Clive. I feel more knowledgeable and included!"
- "Clive is a very important and powerful business tool, we are lucky to have it. We do indeed work for a progressive and forward thinking establishment."
If only McLuhan could see our mediums now!
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?JenniferTh Mar 13, 2012 9:31 AM (in response to mamiepeers)
Mamie - Yes! "The medium is the message" is a favourite phrase of mine, too.
I like this, especially: "A top-down medium like a PDF memo emailed to the whole company is restrictive and sends the message that it's a done-deal. Eat it." This is exactly what I meant (but am too nicely Canadian to phrase it that way. ) Thank you!
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?mamiepeers Mar 13, 2012 11:50 AM (in response to JenniferTh)
Ha! I am a little more direct than I should be sometimes. It is good to be polite!
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?vinjones Mar 13, 2012 7:21 AM (in response to f.edgar)1 person found this helpful
Check out What Sells CEOs on Social Networking by Andrew McAfee. He has some great advice in there.
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?f.edgar Mar 13, 2012 10:09 AM (in response to f.edgar)
Guys - thank you all for what has been contributed so far.
Excellent suggestions - that I will look into and take forward as appropriate.
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?dsacks Mar 13, 2012 12:12 PM (in response to f.edgar)1 person found this helpful
Hi Fraser:
We had a challenging time convincing our senior leaders as well. We ended up holding a two-hour Learning Session on Enterprise 2.0 specifically for them. We hired a Forrester analyst to give a presentation on where the social market is today, how companies are using social software with their employees, and the value and benefits they are achieving. He also talked about how important it is to have sponsorship, support and participation by leadership in order to guide the direction and gain value from the community. It was a great presentation.
For the second hour, I got three panelists from companies that have been successful in deploying social software with their employees (and externally as well). Note: they weren't all Jive users. The panelists talked a lot about the value social software brought to their organizations and gave specific examples of how each of them have achieved greater productivity, efficiency, innovation, and employee engagement. We had a list of pre-written questions for them which addressed rollout, adoption, training, and all the concerns of our senior leaders. However, the Q&A turned into an open forum where our executives were asking most of the questions themselves.
For us, it was literally the turning point, or the big AHA moment, for many of our executives. Now, they are on board.
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?ridingo Mar 13, 2012 2:01 PM (in response to dsacks)
Wow! Love that approach! Impressive you were able to corral them for two hours. Can you confirm that one of the senior leaders was an advocate for this meeting? It reaffirms the need for an advocate at the highest leadership echelon. Thanks.
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?dsacks Mar 14, 2012 8:47 AM (in response to ridingo)
Hi John:
YES, we had/have three executive-level sponsors for this project. We utilized the time that our executive team regularly meets and just extended the meeting by 1/2 hour.
The reason we held this "educational session" was because after our first meeting with them, just like Fraser, the term "social" got in our way and it was very clear we needed to start from the beginning and educate them on where the market is today and how other companies are using the software to gain business value. We felt that rather than us saying ... "We can see benefits here...", it would be more effective for others who have already seen benefits to come in and share their stories. I was extremely lucky to get a great analyst from Forrester and fabulous panelists, who were (mostly) local. And, they had fun sharing their knowledge too!
Overall, it was a huge success!
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?f.edgar Mar 15, 2012 2:03 AM (in response to dsacks)
Hey Debbie
This is great - thanks for your insight. I like the idea of the panelists demonstrating how it worked in their businesses. That is something I will investigate. Unfortunately we don't have access to Forrester analysts but the 'education session' makes a lot of sense.
Thanks for your valuable input.
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?eveeaton Mar 15, 2012 4:26 AM (in response to f.edgar)
Really great discussion! My manager has been evangelizing about this very topic for a while. His blog, Don't retweet the revolution seems especially appropriate for this discussion thread. Over the past 6 months working on our Jive implementation at my firm, I've seen that making a clear connection to problems people are trying to solve is key. What's the organizational priorities and how will implementing a social business platform help solve them.
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?ed_dodds Mar 15, 2012 2:05 PM (in response to f.edgar)
Fraser: A bit of a cart before the horse situation with this question. The first question you ask on behalf of the individual employee is: what percentage of my compensation (X) is tied to what percentage of Y (where Y is firm's annual profit) due to my completion of activity Z? Until this is settled agreeing to aggregate knowledge is irrelevant. That said, the language metaphor you might want to search under is "open innovation". Warning: once your firm starts "opening" it can be difficult to continue to hide those nasty little secrets many C-Suite are fond of keeping in tiny footnotes in the Annual Report. I blog about this stuff a lot at blog.conmergence.com Thanks.
Re: How do I convince my board that social business is the answer?ed_dodds Apr 13, 2012 6:28 AM (in response to f.edgar)
I don't if your org is subject to the SEC mandate for extensible business reporting language (read the first coupla most recent posts here Hitachi XBRL | XBRL News and Commentary from the Hitachi XBRL Business Unit ) but, if so, start googling the intersection of iXBRL (the flavor most likely to be adopted by social networks praising and shaming firms in the near future). There has been a technological leap in transparency technologies most C-Suites are clueless concerning (see my last reply to you). In the future XBRL will be added into the data chain to provide interoperability amongst disparate machines/processes which all have proprietary vocabularies and so can only talk to one another when properly "mapped" manually by some technologist. The kinds of fraud which can only exist in paper based systems (think healthcare) is on its way out... or not.


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This was the question asked to Farhad Manjoo and Emily Yoffe on their Slate Podcast, Manners for the Digital Age. The situation was a child's birthday party where the host posted pictures of the children on her personal blog. After the party, a mother of a child who attended called the host to request that pictures including her child be removed.
Many listeners believed that this mother's request was reasonable. Some people believed that this mother didn't have to give a reason. She, as the mother, wanted the pictures down so that's what should happen. Others believed that posting the pictures violated her child's legal right to privacy.
On the face of it, I can understand why some parents feel that the party host was wrong to post the pictures without the other parents consent. As the parent, it seems entirely reasonable that you should be the one to decide when and where your child's image is made public.
But let's face it: when was the last time you went to a kid's birthday party when most of the people there weren't whipping out their cell phones and taking pictures? All it takes is one really cute picture for parents to post it on every social networking site they use.
We don't have social events without cameras anymore. I can think of several social situations where my children's pictures were posted on people's Facebook pages without asking my permission. End of year soccer pizza dinners, Halloween parties, and playing in someone's backyard immediately come to mind.
Regardless of how we feel about it, the reasonable expectation should be our participation in social events will be posted online rather than not.
Majoo and Joffe also asked Carolyn E. Wright, a lawyer who specializes in photography and law, to clarify how one's right to privacy is defined when your picture is taken. According to Wright, you're legally allowed to take someone's picture unless there is an expectation of privacy. Walking in the street, reading a book in your living room with the blinds open, and people taking pictures at a party, are all scenarios where there is no expectation of privacy. If you're in a public bathroom, reading a book in your living room with the blinds closed, or hanging out at someone's house where there are no cameras, there is an expectation of privacy.
Important to note is that the law defines the privacy of the moment when the picture is taken; not when it's posted online.
So clearly the host was not legally violating the child's right to privacy when she took the picture or posted it later on her blog.
But the higher goal is how to have good relations with other parents and respect their wishes for their child. To that end, here's my suggestion for addressing this problem:
If you are the host:
Let people know that you plan to post pictures of the party so if anyone objects, they can let you know. When pictures are taken, the child can be removed from view. (If you're saying that removing the child socially penalizes the child, that's being unrealistic. If the parent really doesn't want his child in pictures than this problem is going to come up repeatedly. In that case, the parent who doesn't want the pictures taken has to communicate that to their child).
If you are the parent who doesn't want things posted:
Like any parental concern you have when your child is in someone else's care, you need to let them know what's going on. As was mentioned in the podcast, think of it as if your child has an allergy. Just like you would ask if there are nuts in the food, ask the host if they plan to take pics. If so, just ask that your child be seated outside the camera view.
This may feel like an example of technology changing the basic rules of conduct in uncomfortable ways. While these shifts are undoubtedly true, it's critical to take the time to understand the context for how these changes occur and what's reasonable to expect from each other. And what doesn't change is the more important value that we place on being considerate of each other and valuing our different perspectives. If we operate from that place, our relationships with each other will be strong and our children taken care of in the right way.
Do you agree that we now should expect for pictures to be posted online from social activities, like parties? If pictures were posted of you or your children after a party, would you feel that you privacy was violated? Do you share photos of yourself and your children having fun with their friends on your social networking sites or personal blogs? Share in the comments below.


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Lipscomb University men's basketball coach Scott Sanderson has announced the signing of Murfreesboro, Tenn., native Jimmy Oden, a 6-foot-3 point guard.
"Jimmy has a great foundation at home," Sanderson said. "His mother and father have provided him with the tools to be successful. This foundation will allow him to step on the court and helps us continue in our successful ways.
"Like each of our other recruits, he is an experienced winner."
Oden graduated from Siegel High School in 2006, but spurned multiple college offers opting to improve his game at North Atlanta Prep Academy during the 2006-07 season. As a senior at Siegel, Oden averaged 22.6 points per game, five assists per game, and six rebounds per game.
"I am a huge fan of recruiting local players," said Sanderson. "I am pleased to add Jimmy as our fourth signee in this recruiting class from Middle Tennessee."
During his senior year at Siegel, he led the state of Tennessee in scoring with 22.6 points per game. His last two seasons at Siegel, Oden helped lead his team to a 60-12 record on his way to earning All-District 7-AAA regular season first team, All-Region 4-AAA, and All-State AAA first team honors. He led Siegel to the TSSAA State Basketball tournament his junior and senior seasons.
Oden was named to the All-Midstate team his senior year, as well as the All Daily News Journal First team. He was also named to the Class AAA All-State team by the Tennessee Sports Writer's Association.
"Jimmy has excellent court vision," said Sanderson. "We will use a lot of ball screens with him in the game. A lot of guys get to the basket, but he finishes by either scoring or making the right pass.
"On the defensive side, he is able to anticipate defensively using his superior feel for the game."
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Beggar's Chicken Step-by-Step Eating Guide
Beggar's Chicken when it arrives at your table
Use a wood hammer to break it open
Removing the mud and revealing the parchment paper/wax paper
Cutting the paper with a pair of scissors
Revealing the lotus leaves
Transfer the beggar's chicken out of its parcel
Perfectly baked Beggar's Chicken
Removing the back bones from the Beggar's Chicken
Beggar's Chicken stuffed with lotus seeds, dried chesnuts, mushrooms, etc.
In China, there are many dishes where the name originated from a folklore, legend, or story. Beggar's Chicken (叫化鸡) is another dish with an interesting history. (Read my post about "Goubuli Baozi/Steamed Pork Buns" to learn about another legendary dish.)
Legend has it that a homeless, starving beggar had a chicken but didn't have a stove to prepare it. Desperate for food, he came up with an idea. He killed the chicken and covered it with mud and baked it with fire…
A Qing-dynasty Emperor (乾隆皇帝) passed by. Attracted by the aroma of the baked chicken, he stopped and dined with the beggar. The Emperor loved the "Beggar's Chicken" so much that it was added to the list of dishes served at the Imperial court. Hence, Beggar's Chicken is also called "富贵鸡" (literally "rich and noble chicken") in Beijing.
Beggar's chicken calls for a stuffed and marinated chicken, sealed tight with layers of lotus leaf, parchment paper/wax paper, and mud. This unique cooking technique produces the most tender, juicy, moist, and aromatic chicken that is bursting with intense flavors.
The original taste of the chicken is perfectly retained and trapped inside the chicken. The bones just fall off the chicken after hours of baking, and the lotus leaf lends the signature mouthwatering "fragrance" to the chicken. Unattractive–and even bizarre!–in its appearance, beggar's chicken is a real Chinese delicacy that one should not miss out.
Click on the pictures above to view the step-by-step eating guide. Enjoy!
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The Help is a story about domestic workers -- maids -- and the women they work for. If it had been set in Edwardian England, it would be Upstairs Downstairs or Downton Abbey. But The Help starts in Jackson, Mississippi in 1962.
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That's in my lifetime. I even knew that Shake 'n Bake wasn't around in 1963, a fact Stockett acknowledges at the very end of the book.
The thing is, I was growing up in upstate New York during this time. The Help is about black domestic workers in southern middle class households during the last throes of the civil rights era. I may have known about Shake 'n Bake, a national product, but that was pretty much my extent of ability to judge whether Stockett got it "right." And as she was born in 1969, Stockett writing about the lives of black and white women in the early 60s would be like me writing about World War II, a feat only slightly less difficult than writing about World War I. (At least my parents lived through WWII and told me about their experiences.)
Which is why the most fascinating bit of The Help, for me, was the section after the acknowledgements, which come at the end of the body of the novel. Stockett calls it "Too Little, Too Late," and in it she writes of her experience with her family's black maid, Demetrie. Then Stockett quotes Howell Raines's Pulitzer Prize-winning article, "Grady's Gift":
There is no trickier subject for a writer from the South than that of affection between a black person and a white one in the unequal world of segregation. For the dishonesty upon which a society is founded makes every emotion suspect, makes it impossible to know whether what flowed between two people was honest feeling or pity or pragmatism.
Stockett then writes, "I read that and I thought, How did he find a way to put it into such concise words? Here was the same slippery issue I'd been struggling with and couldn't catch in my hands, like a wet fish." Later, she writes:
What I am sure about is this: I don't presume to think that I know what it really felt like to be a black woman in Mississippi, especially in the 1960s. I don't think it is something any white woman on the other end of a black woman's paycheck could ever truly understand. But trying to understand is vital to our humanity.
"Too Little, Too Late" answered all my questions about The Help, a book I inhaled in less than 24 hours. (I've even asked Ross to get The Help out of the library as an audiobook -- I'm pretty sure I wasn't doing the regional accents in the book justice.) I enjoyed it tremendously and am very thankful that I read it before seeing the movie, which the trailer would suggest is trying to be "the feel good movie of the year." The book isn't quite that unalloyed to be called "feel good" -- and I can imagine it's been criticized on both ends of that spectrum. Some might say its ending is a bit of a downer (happy, yes, but happy enough?) while others might kvetch that most of the black women are a bit saintlike while most of the white women are just plain nasty as well as racist.
I noted those things in the same spirit as the Shake 'n Bake -- I can see why she presents her characters as she does, why the ending is as it is, and why she needed to have Kraft advertising Shake 'n Bake on TV a couple years before they did.
It's the things I didn't know, the things that a white girl growing up in the integrated Northeast had no way of knowing, that stunned me. The Help -- like all engrossing books -- put me in a foreign land, showed me believable characters, allowed me to observe their interactions and empathize for their hurts, and become deeply concerned that everything turn out all right for them. If it had been set during the Civil War -- if it had been The Wind Done Gone about the slaves at Tara -- then I'd have accepted the characterizations as accurate, partly because its author Alice Randall is black and partly because what do I know of America in the 1860s. But a book set in the US of the 1960s invites a false sense of certainty on my part. I was "there" so I should "know."
Well, I wasn't there. The South of my youth might as well have been Almack's or the Battle of Waterloo for all I would know. I trusted Stockett to get it right. She's from Mississippi, her family had a black maid who cared for the children, and even if Stockett was twenty years too young to have experienced the period of The Help, she knows a lot more about it than I ever will.
So I trusted her, and I trusted The Help to help me get a sense of what it was like to live in that time.


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Maher: Obama 'too white' for libs
Seems like, everywhere you look, comedians are apologizing for offensive jokes about the day's news.
Not Bill Maher.
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"You're not going to find me apologizing," Maher told POLITICO. "I have been doing this for so long and, having gone through so many tribulations, including the firing, I'm inoculated. I've been through this. You cannot scare me anymore. I'm playing with the house money, and I'm not going to apologize."
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The host of HBO"s "Real Time," which returns from its summer hiatus tonight, has found himself, his comedy and his opinions in the spotlight more than ever before, thanks, in part, to having inserted himself into the political process in a major way. In February, Maher contributed $1 million to Priorities USA Action, a super PAC supportive of President Barack Obama's reelection. As a result, he's been billed as a campaign operative of sorts, and, accordingly, the White House has even had to field questions about Maher and the appropriateness of some of his remarks.
Deterred? Hardly. Maher's putting his foot on the gas pedal.
About Obama, he told POLITICO: "In many ways — especially for progressives — [Obama] is too white for them. He plays golf, he's too cozy with bankers. But when it comes to knowing how to fight, he's black" — referring to the tough campaign Obama is running against the Republicans.
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About Paul Ryan, Maher says: "He's not an intellectual. They said the same thing about Newt Gingrich. Somehow Newt Gingrich and Paul Ryan — these giant intellectuals — somehow they had the same great idea: Give more money to the rich people. What's his big idea? Rich people should stop paying taxes and poor people should start looking for food in the woods. Can you name one area where he and Sarah Palin disagree on anything? So how come he's this giant intellectual? The Ryan budget is a budget in the way that my doodle on a cocktail napkin is a blueprint for NASA."
Maher says he finds the increased scrutiny that he's now facing rather humorous.
"Part of it is that anytime somebody on the right says something that garners controversy, they want to have a false equivalency," said Maher. "So I'm an easy guy to trot out. It's never equivalent, of course. But that's the game they play."
And it's a game that means more publicity for Maher.
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"It certainly doesn't hurt me," said Maher. "I know that Fox News is obsessed. Sean Hannity is obsessed. I should get a f—-ing restraining order, he's practically stalking me. I pull fewer punches and therefore they have more fodder to work with. I think it's a symbiotic relationship."
Still, Maher finds the current environment for his brand of edgy political humor to be a frightening one.


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Role-playing is a good tool to develop people's capacity and to put them in touch with their internal material. It's challenging. It's revealing. And, yes, it can be frightening, but to be present in fear is a good way to build capacity.
With this group, when I asked for volunteers for a role-play, there was always an awkward silence. Sometimes one or two people would reluctantly step forward, but usually, I ended up picking a couple of people. The air was thick with resistance and discomfort. Once into the exercise, people usually appreciated how helpful it was, but the passivity continued.
At our meeting in June this year, however, something happened that made all the difference.
After lunch one day, when we met for our afternoon session, I again asked for a couple of volunteers. Instead of the awkward silence, every hand shot up! It took me a moment to adjust. This was a completely different situation — or was it?
In one sense, nothing had changed: I still had to pick a couple of people for the exercise. In another sense, everything had changed: I could now focus on picking people who would benefit most from the exercise or who could demonstrate the points I was trying to convey. I no longer had to be concerned about pushing people against their will.
What had happened? Apparently, over lunch, the group had decided that they were fed up with my constant pushing and organized a conspiracy. Everyone had agreed to step forward whenever I asked for volunteers.
The shift in energy was dramatic. The air almost sparkled with the energy of engagement. Most important, we were all able to work at a much deeper level.
The same dynamic applies in other settings. Two or three times a month, I lead Sutra Sessions, at Against the Stream and Insight LA here in Los Angeles. More than the meditation period, the Q&A that follows is where the real learning takes place. The few people who pose questions are not being passive. They are presenting their questions, challenges, or insights, and inviting a response. We go back and forth until they are clear in their experience. The interaction is two-way, not one-way, and this two-way interaction is crucial if one is to deepen practice and make it a way of life.
Most teaching situations are one-way interactions. A person listens to a talk, reads a book, or plays a podcast or other recording. However beneficial a person may feel the talk or the book is, the flow is one-way and it is difficult to say what, if anything, has actually been learnt.
In the two-way interaction, both teacher and student find out very quickly what they know. Does the student stand in his or her own experience and give expression to their understanding? Does the teacher respond to the student without concern for position, identity, status, role or other forms of protection? Is there a meeting of minds? And what happens then?
This two-way interaction is challenging for both parties. Neither one knows where things are going to go. It can be uncomfortable, even frightening, but when minds meet, understanding arises, and with it, a subtle joy. This is where the rubber meets the road — where our practice comes alive and active in our lives.


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Calculating the Emission Spectra from Common Light Sources
Daniel Smith January 14, 2016
I love my Philips Hue lighting system, which I bought over a year ago. The system allows you to set millions of different colors and thousands of brightness levels for up to 18 bulbs using a smartphone. You can also program the system to automatically turn on as you approach your residence, known as geofencing, or at specific times of the day. But how does the light quality compare to that of other lighting technologies?Read More
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Many different tools are available for counting particles. Choosing the optimal method depends on the application; specifically, whether you want to use the number of counted particles in equations or during postprocessing. The Particle Tracing interfaces in COMSOL Multiphysics feature three main particle counting options. While these approaches are versatile enough to compute quantities such as charge density and momentum flux, our focus here will be computing the number of particles on a set of domains or boundaries.Read More
Daniel Smith December 2, 2014
We just launched a new app for you to download from the Application Library update. This app is a dedicated tool for modeling the flow and pressure distribution inside a network of connected pipes. Engineers in semiconductor processing could use a tool like this to test a given design and ensure it will meet specification before prototyping the physical device. Here, I'll give you some background info and walk you through how this app works.Read More
Daniel Smith December 11, 2013
Microwave plasmas, or wave-heated discharges, find applications in many industrial areas such as semiconductor processing, surface treatment, and the abatement of hazardous gases. This blog post describes the theoretical basis of the Microwave Plasma interface available in the Plasma Module.Read More
Daniel Smith July 11, 2013
There are many necessary steps required in order to create a superior product. Based on some initial (or existing) design, you first need to evaluate the physical characteristics of the system. Once some level of understanding of the system has been obtained, it should then be possible to refine and optimize the design based on some reasonable choice of a figure of merit for a good design. The final stage is to prototype the design, which is where 3D printing […]Read More
Daniel Smith June 25, 2013
Quite often we get asked the question "can I 3D print my COMSOL model?" Well, as of version 4.3b, the answer is "yes!" This is because it is now possible to export geometries and meshes as STL files, which is one of the standard file formats for 3D printing. This allows for rapid prototyping of designs; there is no need to outsource parts to machine shops. It is quite remarkable that you could conceive, simulate, optimize, and prototype a design […]Read More
Daniel Smith May 8, 2013
In a paper titled "Choosing a Gate Dielectric for Graphene Based Transistors", the applications of a semiconducting form of graphene are examined. As we have seen before, single-layer graphene is not a semiconductor, it is a zero bandgap conductor (a semimetal). Efforts are well underway to introduce bandgaps to graphene, which would make it semiconducting with a room temperature mobility an order of magnitude higher than silicon. The race is already underway to find applications for such a material once […]Read More
Daniel Smith May 2, 2013
Graphene can be created by way of thermal decomposition at high vacuum. In order to design and optimize these high-vacuum systems engineers might look to simulation, but there are currently not many modeling tools that are up to the task. Let's have a look at how vacuum systems are relevant to graphene production, why you should simulate them, and how.Read More
Daniel Smith March 27, 2013
In a previous blog entry I discussed some of the exotic properties of graphene. The fact that graphene consists of a single layer of atoms means the aspect ratio of any graphene-based structure may be very high. High aspect geometries present their own array of modeling challenges.Read More
Daniel Smith March 12, 2013
Graphene is a special type of material consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice. Graphene in its stable form was discovered at the University of Manchester in 2003 (coincidentally while I was there studying for my Masters degree) and resulted in Nobel Prizes in 2010 for the two researchers who discovered it. Recently, graphene has been making the mainstream news; the European Commission has pledged €1 billion (yes, that's billion with a b) to […]Read More


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Dear Working Group, I have a question about deferred updates. Will deferred updates be controlled by the action element or by the model? The particular questions I would like an answer to are: 1.When we in an action make changes to two models do we then defer events for both models or does the 'defer' handling only apply to the model in scope on the action? 2.If we do a dispatch in an action block will we defer the events which might be a consequence of the dispatch? To expand: if we enter an action block and does a change to one model we then schedule RRR and if we then (in the sequence) dispatch an event to another action block which modifies the model will we then get RRR when leaving that action or are the RRR events first dispatched after leaving the first action. Please see the attached testcase for examples. Best regards, David -- -------------------------------------------- David Landwehr (email@example.com) Chief Executive Officer, SolidApp Web: http://www.solidapp.com Office: +45 48268212 Mobile: +45 24275518 --------------------------------------------Received on Monday, 23 January 2006 08:55:35 UTC
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In the 1970s, Archie and Marvel Comics artist Al Hartley — who became a born-again Christian the previous decade — began writing and illustrating religious comics. Some of these evangelical funny books starred Jughead discovering Jesus, whereas others were space operas about Space Satan and his tricked-out UFO.
Throughout the Seventies, Spire Christian Comics published a few dozen one-offs by Hartley, many of which can be read in full here. Perhaps the most outlandish Spire title was an adaptation of Hal Lindsey's millenarian text There's A New World Coming.
With Hartley at the helm, Bible lessons became psychedelic freak-outs. Just check out the panel at left — the Book of Revelation is now a nitrous oxide leak at the Crayola factory.
Throughout the comic, the three young narrators witness the apocalypse from a variegated dimension that almost certainly tastes of fragrant sherbet.
The children are absolutely giddy from this universe of flavor, so every single one of their observations are punctuated with screaming and rainbows. We learn some valuable lessons along the way, such as...
...atheists might be at the risk of subatomic combustion.
...the Anti-Christ wears heels (remember, he also has a catchy theme song).
...the whore of Babylon possibly has her own game-show announcer.
...and that Armageddon shall be heralded by a large sign à la "HOLLYWOODLAND."
Sure, There's A New World Coming's candy-colored apocalypse is weird, but what if you want something truly out there?
Look no further than Alpha and Omega, a borderline incomprehensible retelling of the Garden of Eden story starring Satan as Ming the Merciless. (Seriously, he goads science heroes "Alpha" and "Omega" into exploring the forbidden black hole.)
Space Satan's ride is pretty hype, though.
And his black hole? Completely boss. Godzilla-on-Godzilla cannibalism! You can't deny this!
More awesome from the Satan-Hole.
Sadly, Alpha and Omega is saddled with most anticlimactic battle to grace any spacefaring epic. Imagine if Battlestar Galactica ended like this. Oh wait, it sort of did.
Let's turn to some assorted panels from Hartley's evangelical Archie comics. They're basically the same as fusty 1970s tales about Riverdale's boy lothario but with one key difference — they're metal as shit. Need proof? Here's Archie and Satan bed-rassling...
...Archie and Betty waxing existential on free will...
...Jughead and an elephant getting intimate, in a variation of the "popcorn bucket" method...
...Canadian Tuxedo Jesus demonstrating his Liberace-summoning powers...
...Archie propositioning readers (I call dibs on Moose!)...
...this body-horror sequence of Ethel evolving into a bratwurst...
...Ethel being sold for cattle in India (?!?) only to shut down her new overzealous husband...
...Beelzebub offering Archie a phalanx of call girls...
...and finally, BETTY SUMMONING A FUCK-YES LIGHTNING BOLT USING THE POWER OF PRAYER. YOU ARE MY DREAM GIRL, BETTY COOPER. LET US MAKE THUNDER BABIES.
Again, you can read a bunch of Hartley's zany Spire comics right here. There are some, uh, idiosyncratic, ones.


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Ten Individuals Arrested For Health Care Fraud
For Immediate Release
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SAN JUAN, P.R. - On January 12, 2012, a Federal grand jury returned two indictments against ten individuals for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The investigation was led by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG), with the collaboration of the United States Secret Service (USSS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Gilberto Gómez, president of Monte Mar Health Corporation (Monte Mar), PROMEDS Medical Inc. (PROMEDS) and Quality Care Medical Supply (Quality); Yolanda García-Rodríguez, aka "Yolanda Gómez," wife of Gómez and president of PROMEDS, secretary/treasurer of Monte Mar and an authorized official of Quality; Lissette Acevedo, independent sales coordinator; Doctor Francisco Garrastegui; Luisa Nieves, independent sales coordinator; Glendaly Báez, billing director for Monte Mar, PROMEDS and Quality; Mario Rivera, independent sales coordinator; and Marcos Sarraga, independent sales coordinator, are charged in a 39-count indictment for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and a forfeiture allegation of $1,956,750.54. The government seeks to forfeit two bank accounts, one investment account, and a Gallery Plaza Condominium located in the Condado area in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The indictment alleges that from on or about November, 2008, until on or about May, 2010, Monte Mar submitted at least 1,518 false and fraudulent claims to Medicare totaling approximately $2,993,127.35 for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) that was not medically necessary, causing Medicare to disburse approximately $1,440,597.65. In March 2010, the indictment further alleges that after Monte Mar had been placed in a pre-payment status by Medicare, defendants Gilberto Gómez and Yolanda García-Rodríguez purchased PROMEDS and submitted false claims to Medicare seeking reimbursement for DME, including power wheelchairs, power pressure reducing air mattresses and knee orthosis. PROMEDS submitted at least 359 fraudulent claims to Medicare totaling approximately $786,368.34, causing Medicare to disburse approximately $335,493.12. In October 2010, the indictment alleges that a third company, Quality, was purchased by Gómez and García-Rodríguez after PROMEDS had been placed in a pre-payment status by Medicare. From on or about October 2010, until May, 2011, Quality submitted at least 115 false claims to Medicare totaling approximately $298,321.26, causing Medicare to disburse approximately $180,659.77. The indictment alleges a total amount of $4,077,816.95 fraudulently billed by using Monte Mar, PROMEDS and Quality, where Medicare disbursed a total of approximately $1,956,750.54.
Doctor Francisco Garrastegui was a physician licensed to practice medicine in Puerto Rico but not a Medicare provider. Garrastegui signed and completed false progress notes, prescriptions, Certificate of Medical Necessity (CMNs) and Statements of Ordering Physician for Medicare beneficiaries that were billed by Monte Mar, PROMEDS and Quality. The doctor was paid kickbacks by the three health corporations for the preparation of these false documents. The other defendants' participation during the conspiracy involved the creation and submission of the fraudulent claims to Medicare.
The health care fraud scheme charged in the second indictment involves Luz M. Vega, president of Preferred Medical Equipment (PME), Doctor Francisco Garrastegui, Lissette Acevedo, Luisa Nieves and María Elisa Pérez. According to the sixty-count indictment, from on or about April 2010, until on or about March 2011, PME submitted false claims to Medicare, seeking reimbursement for Durable Medical Equipment including: power wheelchairs, power pressure reducing air mattresses, wheelchair accessories, lumbar-sacral orthosis, knee orthosis and hospital beds. The co-conspirators submitted at least 95 fraudulent claims totaling approximately $210,223.47, causing Medicare to disburse approximately $107,876.73. Defendants Garrastegui, Acevedo and Nieves also participated in the first conspiracy charged in the previously mentioned indictment. The government seeks to forfeit $107,876.73 and one bank account.
"As part of the nation's health care system, Medicare serves vulnerable populations," said United States Attorney, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. "Today's arrests by HHS-OIG agents and our law enforcement partners show that we will not tolerate criminals who engage in fraudulent schemes which deplete the Medicare program of funds which are destined for our elderly population, in order to enrich themselves."
"HHS/OIG works diligently to investigate allegations of Medicare fraud. Today's arrests involving Durable Medical Equipment (DME) fraud demonstrate our resolve to bring these subjects to justice. Furthermore, as seen on the attached chart (DME data), our efforts, along with the US Attorney's Office and our Law Enforcement partners, have made a dramatic reduction on the total dollars billed and paid for DME in Puerto Rico."
"The U.S. Secret Service is committed to investigate any financial fraud crimes to include identity theft along with our partner agencies to safeguard our financial system," said Pedro Gómez, Special Agent in Charge. We will continue to investigate these types of crimes to the fullest extent of the law and bring to justice these criminals that engage in identity theft to facilitate other criminal activities."
HHS-OIG, USSS and the FBI, conducted the investigations. The agencies that conducted the arrests were HHS-OIG, USSS, FBI and the US Marshal Service.
The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Julia Díaz-Rex, Health Care Fraud Coordinator, and Héctor Ramírez-Carbó, and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Wallace A. Bustelo.
If found guilty, the defendants could face a possible sentence of (10) years in prison for the Health Care Fraud offense with a consecutive term of imprisonment of two years for the Aggravated Identity Theft offense and a fine of up to $250,000. Indictments contain only charges and are not evidence of guilt. Defendants are presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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