text:
Rates on a Sliding Scale
I am committed to providing acupuncture at a reasonable rate, that also allows me to build and sustain a practice in the over-inflated Bay Area. I want you to be able to receive acupuncture enough to get and stay well. I want to be part of changing what healthcare looks like in the U.S. And, I want to challenge our reliance on Insurance and Big Pharma - two systems that have ruined equitable, fair, and decent medicine and healthcare in this country. Everyone is guaranteed the same thorough and consistent care, regardless of what you pay.
Jaadu Sliding Scale: $60 - $125.
You decide how much you can pay. When you are able to pay at the higher end of the scale, you make it possible for me to see multiple patients who need to pay at the lower end. All payments support the clinic's success, so that it can grow into more days, continue to offer services at a lower rate to folks like you and yours doing work to change social, economic and environmental conditions toward freedom. It also allows me to take time to incorporate multiple modalities of Chinese medicine: moxabustion, cupping, herbs, and to integrate my somatic coaching and healing background.
It is up to you to decide what is affordable for you. I don't verify income, or even believe that income is the only marker that indicates what is affordable. I am always willing to talk this through with you. It can be very hard to decide what something is worth based on our means. And, we often over- or under-assess our access to resources.
I will see patients below $60. These spots are primarily committed to social justice workers and community organizers. Please consider paying above $60 if you don't engage in this kind of work - it helps the clinic survive, and supports these folks to access reasonable healthcare and healing services for well-below market rate.
Other considerations you may have:
· You have debt that you are currently paying off (i.e. school loans, credit cards, etc.)
· You are in transition or just regaining financial stability
· You will benefit from getting more than 1 acupuncture treatment/week (we want acupuncture to serve you and sometimes that means coming 2-3x/week. If this is the case, pay less per treatment if needed)
· Some other reason that you know limits your access to resources
I also ask that you not pay less than what you can afford. A few more considerations to keep in mind:
● You have access to resources beyond your income (i.e. family, partner, retirement, savings, etc.)
● You pay other practitioners (chiropractors, therapists, naturopaths, etc.) at their full rate. While I want you to be able to access all the providers you need, this clinic will not succeed if you pay lower than what you're willing to offer other practitioners.
● We make choices all the time what to spend our money on – going out to eat, to drink, going on vacation, cell phone plans, hobbies, education, etc. I ask that if you are choosing to receive care here, it is prioritized amidst all these other choices.
● A good question to often ask yourself is: what would I be willing to pay for this care if a sliding scale weren't offered?
My goal is that you and this clinic thrive.
I have a 24-hour cancellation policy. This means if you cancel, miss or re-schedule within 24 hours of your original appointment, you are asked to pay a $60 cancellation fee. Please make every effort to make your scheduled appointment time, or change your appointments prior to the 24-hour window so others can access your spot if you can't make it.
If you are 15 minutes or later for your scheduled appointment, I cannot guarantee that I can see you. This does count as a missed appointment if I'm unable to take you.
I take cash, check, or credit card. I do not take insurance, however I am happy to provide you with a receipt that you can try to use with your insurance provider.


text:
Or something.
This is a really easy dressing that's also really delicious on a whole host of steamed or roasted vegetables, especially broccoli and cauliflower with their nooks and crannies that just ADORE soaking up a delicious dressing, particularly a dressing that is salty and sweet and tart like this one is. (HELLOOOOOOO, run-on sentence!)
So, for 2 pounds or bunches or whatever configuration your particular vegetable has chosen to take, you'll need:
- 3 tablespoons to 1/4 cup of soy sauce (add more if you'd like it saltier)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic (raw if you like the bite, or you can boil the whole cloves in water for 15 seconds or roast them with your veggies if you'd like something a little mellower)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
I know, FASCINATING. But EASY. Because it's all ready to drizzle over your veggies or toss with your veggies or whatever method it is that you choose to combine the dressing with the veggies.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The Manufacturer Live 2017
Date: Tuesday 14 November 2017 - Friday 17 November 2017
Location: Exhibition Centre Liverpool Kings Dock, Liverpool Waterfront
Bigger – More than 120 top tier speakers and contributors coming together to offer the most comprehensive, enterprise-wide digital manufacturing bench marking and knowledge sharing experience for industry leaders.
Better – Building on the success of 2016 this event has established itself as the most important source of information and networking on digital transformation in the manufacturing calendar. More speakers, more content and more collaboration mean more value to you.
Bolder – Deeper enquiries into the distinct aspects of a successful manufacturing operation with our multi-breakout sessions allow you and your team to focus their learning experience and hear from experts and enablers directly relevant to your next project.
Be ready to capitalise and benefit from 4IR by being informed and alive to the benefits and opportunities it will bring.
To find out more information or to register for this event, visit their website here.


text:
2018 WBL Board Program Speakers
Monday Speakers
Teri Fontenot, Board Member, Amerisafe (NASDAQ: AMSF), American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Hospital Association Health Forum; Board Chair, Louisiana Hospital Association Professional and General Liability Insurance Funds; Former Board Member, The Baton Rouge Water Company
Panelist - What is your value proposition to boards as a healthcare executive?
Teri Fontenot is the President and CEO of Woman's Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA, a Level III statewide referral health system for obstetrics, newborn, and women's cancer care, and the seventeenth largest birthing hospital in the United States. Woman's is a medical training and residency site for LSU and Tulane, a Magnet hospital and Baby Friendly designated.
She currently serves on the boards of Amerisafe, a NASDAQ company, American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Hospital Association Health Forum, and chairs the LHA Professional and General Liability Insurance Funds. Teri previously served on the board of The Baton Rouge Water Company.
Teri was the 2012 chair of the American Hospital Association; served two terms on the Sixth District Federal Reserve Bank board and chaired the Audit Committee; and served a six year term on the NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health. Teri has served on numerous public and private company boards, including Landauer (NYSE), Capital One Mutual Funds, and the Louisiana Hospital Association.
She speaks frequently at national conferences on women in leadership and women's healthcare strategy. Her special interests are strategy and governance.
Teri has been named to Modern Healthcare's Top 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare and the Top 25 Women in Healthcare. She received the inaugural Becker's Healthcare Leadership award in 2013 and again in 2016, and was selected as one of '12 Female CEOs Making Their Mark in Healthcare' by Becker's in 2016.
Teri holds a MBA, is a CPA (inactive), and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Denise Gonick, CEO, MVP Health Care and Board Member, Chemung Canal Trust Company (NASDAQ: CHMG), Business Council of New York State, New York Health Plan Association
Panelist - What is your value proposition to boards as a healthcare executive?
As CEO of MVP Health Care, Denise V. Gonick has successfully guided the organization through an increasingly complex health care environment and has led its transformation from a regional health plan to a diversified health care company serving a broad array of customers.
Under her leadership, MVP has successfully expanded the markets it serves and deepened its presence within those markets. Denise credits creative thinking, analysis of data, innovative use of technology, and the willingness of her team to take risks as important to MVP's success. She is wholly committed to creating and facilitating changes that bring value to people using the health care system.
Denise began her tenure with MVP in 1995 as associate counsel and soon was named Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel. She then served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer until she was appointed President of Operations in 2012 and then President and CEO later that year. Before joining MVP, Denise practiced public sector labor law.
She is the immediate past chair of the board of directors and a member of the executive and finance committees of the Capital Region Chamber. She also serves on several other boards, including the Chemung Canal Trust Company (Nasdaq: CHMG), the Business Council of New York State, the Center for Economic Growth, the New York Health Plan Association, and Proctors Theatre in Schenectady.
Her community involvement includes serving as the Capital Region chair of the American Heart Association's 2017 Heart Walk and as a past member of the board of trustees of Union Graduate College and Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium (now miSci). In 2012, she served as the co-chair of the American Heart Association's Capital Region Go Red for Women event.
A graduate of Hofstra University with a bachelor's degree in creative studies, Denise earned her JD from Albany Law School. She has completed the America's Health Insurance Plans' (AHIP) Executive Leadership Program and is a Certified Managed Care Executive (CMCE).
Denise has been recognized with several honors and awards, including the College of St. Rose Community of Excellence and the CASDA Friend of Education awards in 2018, the Capital Region Chamber's Women of Excellence award in 2015, and the Albany Business Review's Women Who Mean Business award in 2013. She was also a 2017 Tune In to Support Open Door Benefit honoree and was recognized as an Albany Business Review 40 Under Forty honoree in 2006.
Mary Anne Mason, CEO, Mason Strategic Advisors
Speaker - Workshop: Developing your elevator pitch for board service
Speaker - Making the ask: keeping yourself front and center and top of mind
Moderator - Getting on the radar of growth equity boards: what do they look for in independent candidates and advisors?
Mary Anne Mason is the Chief Executive Officer of Mason Strategic Advisors. She has had the privilege of leading merger and acquisition activity, holding general management roles, building business development teams, and leading sales and marketing executives for over 3 decades. Her experience includes both private equity backed and publicly traded companies.
Mary Anne helps healthcare companies tackle strategic challenges, enhance go-to-market strategy, connect with opportunities in the market and accelerate growth. Relevant to today's program, she works with a number of private equity and growth equity firms, serving in both consultant and board observer roles. She has worked with firms as they have built boards, selected new members, and identified and filled experience gaps on their boards of directors and senior management. Her unparalleled network and unique ability to identify and foster strong relationships on behalf of her clients makes her an invaluable resource to these firms and their boards.
In addition to advising on board-related matters, through a combination of dynamic professional development programs, consulting services, and deep experience in the market, Mary Anne provides unique perspectives and powerful tools to help clients optimize strategy and drive growth. Mary Anne focuses on tech enabled/health services portfolio companies of venture capital and private equity firms.
Mary Anne's experience includes leading business development and client engagement for health plan/emerging markets at Healthways and Axia Health Management, a well-being improvement company best known for its SilverSneakers Fitness Program. Axia began as a startup and was later successfully sold to Healthways for $450 million. She also led business development for Caremark, a company that grew from a start-up physician practice management business to a billion dollars in revenue in four years. Prior to Caremark, Mary Anne was general manager for a $300 million division of Baxter International. She is also a former executive of American Hospital Supply and Univita Health. She currently serves as a board observer for Linkwell Health.
Mary Anne is Chair of the Membership Committee of WBL, a non-profit organization for women leading executive teams crossing the silos of insurance, hospitals, life sciences and specialty healthcare organizations.
Leslie Norwalk, Board Member, NuVasive, Press Ganey, Endologix, Abode Healthcare, GWU Medical Faculty Associates, HealthPlan One, STARUS Medical Group
Speaker - How to strategically consider and accept board roles
Leslie V. Norwalk is Strategic Counsel to Epstein Becker Green, EBG Advisors, and National Health Advisors. She serves as an advisor to three private equity firms: Warburg Pincus, Peloton Equity, and Enhanced Equity Fund. Ms. Norwalk currently sits on the boards of directors of NuVasive, Press Ganey, Endologix, Abode Healthcare, GWU Medical Faculty Associates, HealthPlan One, and the STARUS Medical Group. She is also a member of APCO Worldwide's International Advisory Council.
Ms. Norwalk served the Bush Administration as the Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). She managed the day-to-day operations of Medicare, Medicaid, State Child Health Insurance Programs, Survey and Certification of health care facilities, and other federal health care initiatives. For four years prior to that, she was the agency's Deputy Administrator, responsible for the implementation of the hundreds of changes made under the Medicare Modernization Act, including the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit.
CMS has the second-largest budget outlay of the federal government, directly responsible for $1 out of every $3 spent on health care in the United States. The organization insures approximately a third of the population of the United States (more than 100 million beneficiaries), including the elderly, disabled, and some of the lowest income individuals in the country. CMS processes over one billion claims each year and contracts with approximately one million providers.
Prior to serving the Bush Administration, she practiced law in the Washington, D.C., office of Epstein Becker Green, where she advised clients on a variety of health policy matters. She also served in the first Bush administration in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel and the Office of the U.S.Trade Representative.
Ms. Norwalk, a native of Dayton, OH, earned a juris doctor degree from the George Mason University School of Law, where she was a Dean's Scholar and an editor of the George Mason Law Review. She earned a bachelor's degree, cum laude, in economics and international relations from Wellesley College.
Lynn Shapiro Snyder, Founder & President, WBL Foundation, and National Health Care & Life Sciences Practice Leader, Epstein Becker Green
Moderator - What is your value proposition to boards as a healthcare executive?
Speaker - Cracking private equity boards: how to build win-win relationships with PE firms
Lynn Shapiro Snyder is a Board Member and Senior Member of Epstein Becker Green in Washington, D.C., a law firm with one of the largest health care and life sciences practices in the country. There, she advises all types of health care companies and companies such as private equity firms that work with health care. She is well- known for her expertise in FDA, Medicare, Medicaid and managed care issues whether it is in connection with the launch of a new product or defending a company under a fraud investigation. She has been at Epstein Becker Green for over 35 years.
Additionally, Lynn is the Founder, Chairperson and President of the Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation ("WBL"), a non-profit that connects and convenes senior executive women from all across the health care industry. WBL's focus is on helping these women expand their leadership, such as by serving on a board of directors, and the organization has helped to propel hundreds of women to board directorships. Named a "Director to Watch," Lynn is a leader in the governance arena and is the co-author of Answering the Call: Understanding the Duties, Risks & Rewards of Corporate Governance – a book to educate busy executives about board service. She also is the author of Advancing Women in Business – 10 Best Practices.
Her current board memberships include Trustmark Companies, Epstein Becker Green, Savor Health and the Maryland/Israel Development Center.
Laca Wong-Hammond, Managing Director, Healthcare M&A, Duff & Phelps, LLC
Moderator - How to strategically consider and accept board roles
Laca Wong-Hammond is a Managing Director in Duff & Phelps' Healthcare M&A Practice, specializing in real estate transactions. Laca has more than 15 years of real estate transactions advisory experience including acquisition and divestiture of assets, sale/leasebacks, developer selection, strategic planning and capital placement of debt and equity across property types. Her clients include owner-operators, developers, not-for-profit organizations, private equity funds and publicly-traded companies. A frequent speaker at industry symposiums, Laca has published thought leadership articles in Becker's Hospital Review, Healthcare Financial Management (HFMA) and Real Estate Forum.
Prior to joining Duff & Phelps, Laca was the leader of the healthcare real estate practice at Raymond James and joined through its predecessor companies Shattuck Hammond Partners and Morgan Keegan. She has also held positions at JP Morgan's real estate and lodging investment banking group, iStar Financial REIT, and at Merrill Lynch. Laca is a FINRA series 7 and 63 representative.
Laca graduated with honors from Cornell University and studied at the London School of Economics and Harvard Law School. She served as Co-Chair (2013-2014), and Co-Vice Chair (2012-2013) of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA International) Medical Office and Healthcare Facilities Committee. She was selected by Real Estate Forum as a 2012 Woman of Influence for her work as the leader of real estate in the healthcare investment banking group, and named one of NAAAP's most influential APIA New Yorkers in 2013. Laca is a member of Women Leading Healthcare (WBL) and on the Board of Trustees at Chen Dance Center, a not-for-profit performing arts school, theatre and dance company in New York.
Tuesday Speakers
Jan Berger, MD, MJ, President & CEO, Health Intelligence Partners; Board Vice Chair, GNS Healthcare; Board Chair, AccentCare; Board Member, Cambia Health Solutions, Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRHC)
Panelist - Is the public or private company experience better for you?
Jan is a tri-sector healthcare executive that has proven results as a senior executive in the three sectors of private, public and government services over the last 30 years. In 2009 Jan founded Health Intelligence Partners as a health care consultancy that blends more than thirty years of business and clinical experience. Health Intelligence Partners has a global focus (engagements in 14 countries with both Health Organizations and National Ministries of Health), working with clients on areas of growth including short -term and long-term healthcare business strategies and solutions. Jan and Health Intelligence Partners help clients navigate the healthcare environment to identify and articulate value opportunities with a focus on consumer attitudes, engagement, quality and behavior change.
Prior to founding Health Intelligence Partners, Jan served as Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer and Innovation Officer for CVS Health/Caremark. During that time, she was a corporate officer and on the executive team with P & L (500 million- dollar business unit), operations and strategic experience. Jan also lead Caremark's Medicare Part D development and was the clinical lead for CVS Caremark's M & A activity. During this time, Jan developed an expertise in both healthcare and retail consumer behavior. Before going to CVS Caremark, Jan had 15 years' experience in healthcare administration within the health plan and academic arenas and lead operations for two population health companies.
As a veteran healthcare executive, Jan's leadership has delivered results in a variety of settings. Jan offers her experiences and insights through her consulting agency as well as through her participation on healthcare and consumer product boards. She presently sits on healthcare focused boards including AccentCare (Chair; Compliance Committee, Compensation Committee), GNS Healthcare (Vice Chair of the Board, Compensation Committee) and Cambia Health Solutions (Direct Health Solutions Committee, Health Services Committee). Jan's consumer focused boards have included Savor Health, Care Heroes and Whiskerdocs. Jan previous board experience includes; Care Core National (Committees: Audit and Finance Committee, Compensation, Search, M&A and Strategic Directions) and Rx-Ante. She also sits on numerous business and healthcare advisory boards.
As the author of the books "Leveraging Health", "Thirteen Common Pitfalls in Consumer Engagement", "We Don't Talk Anymore: A Consumer's Guide to Connecting with their Doctor" and "Medical Liability for Pediatricians", the Editor in Chief of American Journal of Pharmacy Benefit and on the editorial boards of a number of healthcare journals, Jan is considered a national health care thought leader. Jan speaks and writes on a broad range of health care and pharmaceutical services issues.
Jan holds both a Doctor of Medicine degree and a Master's degree in Jurisprudence from Loyola University in Chicago, and a Certificate in Healthcare Business Administration from University of South Florida. She also holds a black belt in Six Sigma. Jan is an assistant professor at Northwestern University School of Medicine and School of Communication in Chicago, Illinois where she teaches the Engaging the Consumer in Health course.
Nancy Falls, CEO, The Concinnity Company; Board Member, Agrin Health, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary; Former Board Member, Avenue Bank (NASDAQ: AVNV)
Moderator - Is the public or private company experience better for you?
Nancy is a founder and CEO of The Concinnity Company, which provides boards of directors with the technology and best practices they need to do their jobs right. Combining the talent of boardroom and C-suite veterans with proven startup technology talent, this SaaS company has built Cloud Concinnity™ , the world's first integrated board management platform that fuses a virtual boardroom with an embedded best-practices framework and allows boards to score their own efficiency.
A Governance Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Nancy has offered her expertise to various boards. From 2015 until its acquisition by Pinnacle Bank, she served Avenue Bank, a publicly traded community bank, as Board, Audit
Committee and Governance Committee member. Since 2014, she has served on the board of Agrin Health, an early stage healthcare technology company committed to helping people connect to the resources they need to grow healthy habits and thrive each day. Since 2013, she has served on the Board of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, one of the ten Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) graduate schools of theology.
At Tatum, a national specialty human capital firm providing advisory, interim management and executive search services, Nancy was National Managing Partner, Healthcare, and a member of the Executive Operating Committee. In this capacity, Nancy launched and grew a regional practice, led and restructured a national healthcare practice into an integrated delivery system, provided leadership through two mergers, and exceeded P&L targets. In particular, Nancy excelled at building people and process solutions well matched to client needs. In addition to providing on-demand access to talent, Nancy's consulting projects included C-Suite restructurings, CFO augmentations, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, enterprise risk management, M&A transactions, and leadership succession and planning.
At Vanderbilt University, Nancy was Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration. In this role, she was CFO of a $500M academic enterprise and a member of the 3-person Financial Advisory Committee of a $2B+ combined healthcare and academic enterprise. Nancy was responsible for all financial and administrative activities of several diverse, independent schools, academic centers and ventures operating in complex and regulated environments. She worked with the Board Audit Committee, led board communication activities, re-engineered finance functions, and developed a comprehensive, long-range financial planning process to manage risk, drive performance, and allocate necessary resources. Nancy also established funding for a $100 million new strategic investment program and a $500 million capital project.
At Ucar International and MagneTek, Inc., both billion-dollar NYSE listed conglomerate companies, Nancy ran multiple global finance functions as Treasurer and Vice
President- Investor Relations & Risk Management, respectively. She completed multi-million dollar debt and equity financings, re-engineered global cash management and
global risk management, and built investor relations functions. In addition, Nancy served on senior leadership councils responsible for strategic planning and pension/profit sharing management, and acquired expertise in a number of business lines, including manufacturing, electrical products, information technology and alternative energy.
Nancy started out in the banking industry with a career that spanned 15 years and culminated in Senior Vice President roles in the 11th largest bank in the US. She managed lines of business including International, Fortune 500, Middle Market, Credit, Loan Syndications and Loan Sales & Trading. Over years of assessing the performance of companies in numerous industries, Nancy developed a broad and deep understanding of complex financial statements, financial reporting, internal controls, and generally accepted accounting principles and their application.
Nancy is a thought leader in leadership and corporate governance. Her well-received book, Corporate Concinnity in the Boardroom-10 Imperatives to Drive High Performing Companies , offers comprehensive strategies for improving performance through 10 key imperatives. Nancy is passionate about the power of good leadership, good governance and smart technology to drive positive change.
Mary Flipse, SVP, Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, and Corporate Secretary, Tivity Health
Moderator - Locating and securing public board opportunities
As Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, Mary S. Flipse has responsibility for the legal and contracting functions, as well as human resources, government relations and corporate communications. Flipse joined Tivity Health, Inc in 2011 and assumed the role of General Counsel and Assistant Secretary in 2012. She became Chief Legal Officer in 2015.
Mary's legal career spans more than twenty years. Before joining Tivity Health, Inc, Mary served as a Vice President and Assistant General Counsel with King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to that, she was with the American law firm, White & Case, in Bangkok Thailand. Mary began her legal career as the founding partner of Dirksen Flipse Doran & Le, the first international law offices in Laos and Cambodia.
Mary earned a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, and a Bachelor of Arts from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Archelle Georgiou, MD, Board Member, Tivity Health
Speaker - Putting the right foot forward: Politics of the first meeting
Dr. Archelle Georgiou is a physician, "recovering" healthcare industry executive, professor, health reporter, and author. But colleagues think of her as a lightning rod for change. Between 1995 and 2007, she was a senior executive and Chief Medical Officer of UnitedHealthcare where she dismantled many of the company's bureaucratic policies that hassled patients and physicians. Since 2008, Archelle has served as a senior advisor to untraditional healthcare companies that range from education and analytics to financial services, real estate and mining - because she believes that healthcare innovation will come from cross-industry collaboration.
Archelle is adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota's School of Management, Industry Advisor for Medical Industry Leadership Institute (MILI), and Chair of MILI's Executives in Residence. She has covered over 1,000 medical topics as the on-air health expert for KSTP-TV in Minneapolis-St. Paul with a weekly segment and regular health specials that encourage viewers to overcome the power imbalance with their doctors and advocate for themselves. In February 2017, she published her first book, "Health Care Choices: 5 Steps to Getting the Medical Care You Want and Need" (Rowman & Littlefield). Archelle has served on the Board of Directors of Tivity Health since 2016.
Dr. Georgiou earned her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and was board-certified in Internal Medicine before pivoting her career to managed care in order to have a broader impact on the healthcare system. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mary Grealy, President, Healthcare Leadership Council and Former Board Member, TEAMHealth, Duquesne University
Speaker - Putting the right foot forward: Politics of the first meeting
Mary Grealy is president of the Healthcare Leadership Council, a coalition of chief executives of the nation's leading health care companies and organizations. The HLC advocates consumer-centered health care reform, emphasizing the value of private sector innovation. It is the only health policy advocacy group that represents all sectors of the health care industry. She was appointed to the position in August 1999.
Ms. Grealy has an extensive background in health care policy. She has led important initiatives on the uninsured, Medicare reform, improving patient safety and quality, protecting the privacy of patient medical information and reforming the medical liability laws. She testifies frequently before Congress and federal regulatory agencies.
From 1995 until she began her tenure at HLC, she served as Chief Washington Counsel for the American Hospital Association, a national organization representing all types of hospitals, health systems and health care networks. In her position, she was responsible for the organization's legal advocacy before Congress, as well as executive and judicial branches of government.
From 1979 to 1995, Ms. Grealy was Chief Operating Officer and Executive Counsel for the Federation of American Hospitals, a trade association representing 1,700 investor-owned and managed hospitals and health systems. She coordinated legislative and regulatory policies as well as lobbying activities for the Federation.
Ms. Grealy has a bachelor degree from Michigan State University and a law degree from Duquesne University. She served on the Board of Directors of TEAMHealth, one of the largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals in the United States, and the Board of Directors of Duquesne University. She is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association. She also serves on the advisory boards of the David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship, Women Business Leaders in Health and the March of Dimes Public Policy Council. She is a frequent public speaker on health issues and has been ranked many times by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare and has been named to Modern Healthcare's list of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare.
Peter Grua, Partner, HLM Ventures; Board Member, Ampersand Health, Linkwell Health, MedOptions, Oceans Healthcare, OnShift; Former Board Member, The Advisory Board Company
Panelist - Is the public or private company experience better for you?
Peter's venture investment activity has been focused on healthcare services and healthcare information technologies. Peter is currently a director of Ampersand Health, Linkwell Health, MedOptions, Oceans Healthcare and OnShift. He previously served as a director of several companies including: The Advisory Board (NASDAQ acquired by Optum), Actamed (acquired by WebMD), Casenet (acquired by Centene), MedVentive (acquired by McKesson), Imagine Health (acquired by ELAP), Medicalis (acquired by Siemens Healthineers); Nordic Consulting (recapitalized by Silversmith), Sanovia (acquired by Health Information Designs), Silverlink Communications (acquired by Welltok), Atria Communities (NASDAQ), Renal Care Group (NYSE) and WellTower (aka Health Care REIT| NYSE).
Prior to joining HLM in 1992, Peter was a Managing Director of Alex. Brown & Sons, where he directed research in healthcare services and managed care. Previously, he was a research analyst at William Blair & Company and a strategy consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Peter received an AB from Bowdoin College and an MBA from Columbia University.
Adele Gulfo, Chief of Commercial Development, Roivant Sciences, Inc. and Board Member, Bemis, Inc. (NYSE: BMS)
Panelist - Locating and securing public board opportunities
Adele Gulfo has served as Chief of Commercial Development at Roivant Sciences since May 2018. Ms. Gulfo previously served as President and General Manager of Pfizer's $12B+ US primary care business unit, comprised of over 5,000 employees across multiple therapeutic areas. She also ran Pfizer's Commercial Operations, and as US Country Chair led the Managed Care organization across all biopharmaceutical businesses, including Specialty, Oncology, and Vaccines. Ms. Gulfo was Pfizer's President of Latin America, where she led a team of over 4,000 colleagues across 24 countries. Most recently, she was Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, and Head of Global Commercial Development at Mylan. Prior to joining Pfizer, she spent 9 years at AstraZeneca where she held senior leadership roles in Business Development, Strategy and Healthcare Innovation, and ran the company's Cardiovascular business unit where she oversaw the successful launch of CRESTOR®.
Before joining AstraZeneca, Ms. Gulfo planned and executed the launch and commercial strategy for LIPITOR®, the world's most successful branded medicine which achieved market leadership within two years of launch. Trained as a scientist, she has been awarded six U.S. patents for novel medication packaging adherence tools and an allergy treatment. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Seton Hall University and an MBA with highest honors from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She studied post-graduate Molecular Biology and began her career at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. She serves on the Board of Directors of Bemis Company (NYSE: BMS), an adhesive manufacturing company.
Denise Jackson, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, AMN Healthcare and Board Member, Tractor Supply Company
Panelist - Locating and securing public board opportunities
Denise Jackson joined AMN Healthcare (AMN: NYSE) in 2000, and is the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. AMN Healthcare is the nation's largest healthcare workforce management solutions and staffing company with $2B in annual revenue and was recently named the 11th fastest growing company by Forbes.
Ms. Jackson serves on the Board of Tractor Supply Company, the country's largest rural lifestyle retailer and a Fortune 500 company. Ms. Jackson is a member of the Audit and Nominating/Governance Committees. Previously Ms. Jackson served as a director of PipelineRx, a telepharmacy technology and services company, and as Chairperson of the Compensation Committee. Ms. Jackson also serves as a Director for AMN Healthcare's 25 subsidiaries, and as a Director of the Corporate Directors Forum.
Ms. Jackson is an integral member of the AMN Healthcare Executive Management team that shapes and executes the company's strategy, including serving a primary role in the company's acquisitions and development of the Enterprise Risk Management program that underlies its strategic plan. Ms. Jackson is the Executive Sponsor of AMN Healthcare's Innovation Program, its Diversity and Inclusion Initiative and is a member of the company's Information Security Committee.
Ms. Jackson leads the corporate governance and social responsibility, legal, compliance, equity compensation, risk management and government affairs functions for AMN Healthcare. Her expertise reflects the topics that are top of mind in the boardroom today: strategy, corporate governance, innovation, corporate social responsibility, enterprise risk management, information security and executive compensation.
Before joining AMN Healthcare, from 1995 to September 2000, Ms. Jackson worked for The Mills Corporation, a NYSE-traded REIT, serving as Vice President and Senior Counsel from 1998 to 2000.
In 2016, Ms. Jackson was recognized by the National Diversity Council as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in the country and by the NYSE as a Distinguished General Counsel finalist. She has been named by the San Diego Business Journal as General Counsel of the Year and Top Corporate Counsel and the Association of Corporate Counsel as In-House Counsel of the Year. AMN Healthcare has received the NYSE Leadership Award for Best Governance, Compliance and Risk Program and for Best Proxy Statement Compensation Discussion Analysis. Corporate Secretary has also recognized AMN Healthcare for Corporate Governance Team of the Year, Best Compliance and Ethics Program and most recently, for its Outstanding Shareholder Outreach Program.
Ms. Jackson holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Arizona, a Masters of Public Health from The George Washington University, and a Bachelors of Science in Liberal Studies from the University of Arizona. Ms. Jackson is licensed as an attorney in California, the District of Columbia, Arizona, and New York.
Dusty Lieb, Board Director, lifeIMAGE, FastMed, and Phreesia
Panelist - Getting on the radar of growth equity boards: what do they look for in independent candidates and avisors?
Dusty identifies, invests in, and supports the growth of healthcare IT and services companies, with a focus on efforts enabling providers and consumers to participate in the evolving retail-centric and shared-risk healthcare environment.
Dusty serves as a director on the boards of lifeIMAGE, which facilitates medical image exchange; FastMed, a leading urgent care provider with clinics in Arizona, Texas, and North Carolina; and Phreesia, which provides a modern, tailored intake experience designed to gather the right information, engage patients in their care, and expand practice capacity. He is also a board observer for PokitDok, MDsave and Abacus ‒ all Echo Health Ventures portfolio companies. Dusty served on the Cambia Health Solutions strategic investing team for three years before joining Echo Health Ventures. Prior to this, he spent the majority of his career in financial services, with a focus on healthcare mergers and acquisitions. Most recently, he worked at Harris Williams & Co., an investment bank, where he executed a range of healthcare IT and services transactions on behalf of both corporate and private equity clients.
Dusty earned a degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and currently serves in the Penn Alumni Interview Program where he acts as a Portland-area ambassador, helping the admissions office select the next incoming freshmen class. He also serves on the board of Northwest Outward Bound School, which operates wilderness educational courses that change lives through challenge and discovery.
Dusty lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, daughter, and dog. As a family, they enjoy running, fly fishing, and taking advantage of the myriad of other recreational opportunities that the Pacific Northwest has to offer.
Anne McGeorge, Operating Partner, Havencrest Healthcare Partners and Board Chair, Be The Match
Panelist - Non-profit boards: stepping stone or final destination?
Anne M. McGeorge is the former Global Managing Partner of Grant Thornton's Health Care and Life Sciences Practices.
Anne created the health care/life sciences practice for Grant Thornton, and she grew it to a $250 million global business in 10 years. She has also personally advised health care clients for 35 years in all aspects of finance and transformational change, including strategy, M&A, joint ventures, financial statement audits, corporate restructuring, governance, talent acquisition, executive compensation, IRS matters and risk management.
Prior to Grant Thornton, Anne served as a Partner at Deloitte as well as Arthur Andersen LLP.
Anne serves on the faculty of the University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health, and she is a past instructor for Duke University's various post-graduate Certificate Programs. She is also a member of the Women Business Leaders in Healthcare.
Anne currently serves on the board of directors of Be The Match, a non-profit that maintains the national database for bone marrow and stem cell transplants, where she serves on the Audit/Finance Committee and the New Technologies Committee. The New Technologies Committee identifies and invests in innovative start-up companies consistent with the mission of saving lives through cellular therapies, and Anne is involved in the sourcing and due diligence of these potential investments.
Anne also serves on the board of directors of Dioko Health Ventures, a healthcare venture capital firm targeting early-stage investment opportunities with a focus on healthcare and technology.
Anne received a B.B.A. in Accounting from the College of William and Mary and an M.S. in Accounting/Taxation from the University of Virginia. She has participated in numerous leadership development courses at the Harvard Business School.
Andre Moura, Managing Director, New Mountain Capital
Speaker - Cracking private equity boards: how to build win-win relationships with PE firms
Andre Moura, Managing Director, joined New Mountain in 2005. He previously worked at McKinsey from 2003 to 2005, where he helped to advise companies across various industries.
He received his A.B., magna cum laude, in Computer Science from Harvard College and his M.B.A., with high distinction, from Harvard Business School in 2009, where he was a Baker Scholar. He currently serves as a director of Avantor, Bellerophon, Gelest, Alteon Health, Medical Specialties Distributors, Sparta Systems and Topix Pharmaceuticals. He previously served as a director of NuSil and ACA Compliance Group.
Joyce A. Murphy, Executive Vice Chancellor, Commonwealth Medicine, UMass Medical School and Board Chair, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Panelist - Non-profit boards: stepping stone or final destination?
Ms. Murphy serves as the executive vice chancellor, UMass Medical School and chief executive of the health care operations and consulting division.
Prior to joining UMMS in 2006, Ms. Murphy served for nine years as President and CEO of Carney Hospital, a community teaching hospital.
She served as Vice President of St. Margaret's Hospital for Women and subsequently as the founding president of a new entity she envisioned, St. Mary's Center for Women and Children, which provides services to high risk women and children.
Ms. Murphy began her professional career at the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC), where she held various roles and ultimately became Superintendent of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Framingham, the sole women's prison in the Commonwealth. Following her eleven-year tenure at the DOC, Ms. Murphy served as First Deputy Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue for four years.
A graduate of University of Massachusetts Boston, Ms. Murphy was the 2010 recipient of her alma mater's Education for Service Award. She holds an MPA from Harvard University. Ms. Murphy received an honorary Doctorate of Public Administration from Curry College in 1999. In 2015, she received both the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Pinnacle Award and the Worcester Business Journal's Outstanding Women in Business Award. In 2017, she was the recipient of UMass Medical School's Trailblazing Women Award, which recognizes women who have played a major role in supporting aspiring women leaders at the medical school. In 2018, the Chancellor's Award for Diversity was presented to the Executive Council Ad Hoc Working Group on Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Medicine, of which Ms. Murphy served as a member.
Ms. Murphy serves as Chair of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Board of Directors, as well as Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. She also serves as a director of the Meridian Bancorp Inc., East Boston Savings Bank, Curry College, and the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare boards. Further, she is a member of the Health Policy Commission Advisory Council and the Treasurer's Advisory Committee on Wage Equality.
Linda Rebrovick, CEO & President, Integrated Healing Technologies, LLC and Board Member, HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSTM)
Panelist - Locating and securing public board opportunities
Linda Rebrovick is leveraging her leadership experience as CEO and global CMO, her success building technology companies and her expertise in strategy and innovation in her full-time portfolio career. Her 40-year career has included leadership roles at IBM, KPMG, Dell and Consensus Point. She currently serves on the board of HealthStream, a publicly traded healthcare tech company, and has been Nominating and Governance Committee Chair for 15 years. She began serving on Boards in 1997 as Director and Nominating and Process Committee Chair at KPMG.
Linda has held executive and board-level roles in the areas of digital transformation, technology, prediction markets and product commercialization. She has excelled in sales, consulting, marketing and operations leadership roles for a wide range of clients in the healthcare, technology, retail, consumer products, financial, and business services sectors. She has a diverse combination of leadership roles – including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and IPOs in global corporate and high-growth private companies - generating value on a wide range of strategic and commercial considerations through her practical experience as a member of Board Committees, such as Audit, Technology, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance.
In April 2018, Linda became the CEO of Integrated Healing Technologies (IHT), a pre-revenue medical technology company, knowing she had the responsibility to provide business leadership to the organization and guide the Board Chair and Directors in evaluating the potential strategies for the company. Working quickly – within 60 days – Linda and her team had completed and presented the Board with both a comprehensive internal due diligence assessment as well as strategic options.
Linda is serving on the Board and Compensation Committee at HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSTM). She has been on the Board of HealthStream for 16 years and has served as Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee for 15 years. As one of the largest healthcare workforce development companies HealthStream has experienced significant growth under the board and management's direction. Today, the company provides digital training to over 4.5 million healthcare subscribers. During Linda's board tenure, HealthSteam has been very acquisitive and recently sold the company's market research division to Press Ganey. Linda also currently serves on the Advisory Board of Western Express, Inc., privately held national transportation company headquartered in Middle Tennessee.
She is the founder and co-chair of the Tennessee Chapter of Women Corporate Directors.
Kerry Rupp, General Partner, True Wealth Ventures and Board Member, Texas 4000 for Cancer
Speaker - How startups and early stage companies can help advance your governance goals
Kerry Rupp is a General Partner at True Wealth Ventures, a new early-stage venture capital fund investing in women-led businesses in the sustainable consumer and consumer health sectors. In addition, Kerry provides innovation & strategy consulting through her DisRuppt practice, leveraging over 20 years' experience launching and growing startups and new lines of business. Her core service areas are Corporate Innovation, Strategy & Business Development, Venture & Corporate Development and Economic Development.
Kerry is also a nationally-certified instructor for the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program, helping university-based teams to commercialize their science and technology research. She is an active startup coach who is asked to judge at startup competitions nationwide and is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship, innovation and early-stage investing. She serves as a mentor at Capital Factory, Galvanize, and International Accelerator and is on the Advisory Panel of the Texas Health Catalyst program at Dell Medical School.
Previously, Kerry was CEO at DreamIt, a Top Ten US startup accelerator and early-stage venture fund, where she was directly involved with the launch of over 150 companies. During her 5-year tenure with DreamIt, she grew its programs to five cities, raised a $20M follow-on fund, and initiated the DreamIt Access (minority entrepreneur), DreamIt Athena (female entrepreneur), and DreamIt Health programs. These specialty programs were conducted in partnership with Comcast Ventures, Penn Medicine, Independence Blue Cross, Johns Hopkins University, Northrup Grumman, Kaiser Permanente, the state of Pennsylvania and the SBA.
As a General Partner at DreamIt, Kerry reviewed thousands of startup applications, led the DreamIt Fund II LP fund design, raised funds, performed due diligence and made investment decisions. Today, DreamIt companies have an aggregate enterprise value of more than $1B.
Before DreamIt, Kerry was herself the founder of an online travel service, Holiday Golightly, which organized unique group travel excursions for women. She has also advised senior executives at Allrecipes.com, ReadersDigest, LexisNexis, Payscale, and Taleo on stategy, business development and marketing. She has held Vice President level positions at AllRecipes.com, Jobster, Classmates.com and LexisNexis. Kerry began her career as a consultant with McKinsey and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
Kerry holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Biology from Duke University. She serves on the board of the Texas 4000 for Cancer, the advisory board for the Austin Tech Alliance, and on the leadership teams of Women@Austin and the Austin chapter of the Harvard Business School Alumni Club. She is an avid adventurer that has visited over 50 countries and 49 US states.
Jill Schwieters, Founder & President, Cielo Healthcare
Moderator - Non-profit boards: stepping stone or final destination?
Jill Schwieters is an entrepreneur, strategic executive and inspiring leader. Jill has served in provider healthcare for 25 years and currently serves as founder and President of Cielo Healthcare, an organization she founded and grew for Cielo Inc. Jill created a market and established an innovative organization which has achieved global leadership. Her experience includes building strong teams, scaling an organization and developing a business model which provides ROI for clients and profitability for shareholders. Jill's experience includes multiple rounds of fundraising, acquisitions, integrations as well as global expansion.
As founder and President, Cielo Healthcare, Jill led the growth of the healthcare business for Cielo, Inc to over $100M in annual revenue with industry leading margins and achieving early stage profitability. Under Jill's leadership, Cielo sold, implemented and scaled the organization to secure and operate the largest healthcare recruitment outsourcing client globally and delivered profitability and bespoke operational results by the end of the first year.
Prior to Cielo, Jill served as a senior executive in a large, complex health system and provider organization, leading strategy, integration, reorganization, process improvement and change initiatives.
Her board roles include serving as Board Chair of Intelligere, and as a Board Member of the AHA Coalition to Protect America's Healthcare, the Young President's Organization (YPO) Healthcare Network, and the National Center for Healthcare Leadership.
Jill was recognized by Chicago's Business Magazine in 2018 as a Notable Woman in Healthcare and will Chair the National Center for Healthcare Leadership's annual meeting. She has a BS in Industrial Psychology from the University fo Wisconsin- Stevens Point, a MSM from Cardinal Stretch University, and participated in the Harvard Business School President's Program. She is based in Chicago.
Steve Sellers, Growth Partner, Frontier Capital
Panelist - Getting on the radar of growth equity boards: what do they look for in independent candidates and advisors?
Steve is the Managing Director at Sockwell Partners, providing executive search consulting and industry leadership to a variety of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, technology, financial services, private equity and the non-profit sector. His 25 years of industry experience includes senior management roles at a private equity-backed healthcare provider and three private-equity backed technology companies.
Steve plays a significant role in helping Frontier successfully identify and recruit top talent, for a variety of professional roles including senior management, finance, operations, engineering, human resources, consulting, sales & marketing.
Maureen Spivack, Senior Industry Advisor, New State Capital Partners and Board Chair, Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)
Panelist - Non-profit boards: stepping stone or final destination?
Maureen Spivack's 30 year investment banking career has focused on advising corporate executives and boards on the execution of strategic and financial transactions for publicly traded, privately held and not-for-profit healthcare companies, globally. The combination of her in-depth industry knowledge with expertise in finance, strategy, negotiation, and deal structuring has served to create significant value for stakeholders.
Ms. Spivack recently joined New State Capital Partners, after working at KPMG Corporate Finance. Prior to that Ms. Spivack was a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group of Morgan Keegan. Previously, she was a Managing Director in the Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group of UBS. Prior to UBS, Ms. Spivack spent eight years as Managing Director and Head of the Strategic Advisory Group within the Merrill Lynch Health Care Group. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Ms. Spivack was a Partner at Ernst & Young, where she ran the National Health Care Corporate Finance practice for 10 years.
Terry Woodward, President, Healthcare Private Equity Association and Director, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Panelist - Getting on the radar of growth equity boards: what do they look for in independent candidates and advisors?
Terry Woodward is a Director with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP). He manages the fund's private equity transactions in the Healthcare Section and oversees the Global Venture Capital & Growth Equity portfolio for OTPP. He joined Teachers' in 2001 with more than 10 years experience in healthcare, including leading R&D and corporate development at biotechnology and medical diagnostics companies respectively.
Terry has worked on a number of investments and funds in venture capital, growth equity and priviate equity, including Heartland Dental Care, INC Research, Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, Ista Pharmaceuticals, Portola Pharmaceuticals, Intarcia Therapeutics, Tethys Bioscience, Cempra Pharmaceuticals and others. Additionally, Terry represents Teachers' Private Capital on numerous fund advisory boards.
Terry holds a Ph.D. from McGill University and an MBA from Michigan State University. He was an adjunct professor in the Department of Physiology at Michigan State University.


text:
PANAJI: A Goa-based lawyer today filed a complaint with the cyber cell of the state police seeking to block the Facebook page of Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) which is still active despite the Centre banning the organisation. "The Islamic Research Foundation and Zakir Naik are active in India even after the notification banning the organisation. "Therefore the Facebook page of IRF and Naik should be blocked immediately and offence must be registered against his followers, members and fans," the complaint lodged by Nagesh Takbhate with the cyber cell of Goa police said.
Takbhate is an activist of Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad which is a branch of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti. The complaint mentions that IRF has been banned by the Union government on November 17, 2016 but the organisation's is still active on Facebook. It has not been closed by IRF nor blocked by the investigating agencies, the complaint said.
Takbhate has further complained that the home ministry has genuine evidence that Naik has been encouraging and aiding its followers to promote disharmony between different religious communities and groups. "The central government has received information that the statements and speeches made by Zakir Naik are objectionable and subversive in nature," the complaint mentions.
The lawyer has demanded that an offence under Information Technology Act, 2008 and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act be registered.
When contacted, an official from the cyber cell said the complaint has been received and it would be discussed with the senior officers before any action is taken.


text:
Nothing comes from nothing that is impossible.
You should love your enemies and do good to them that hate you .
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only begotten son that who so ever believeth in him should not perish but jave ever lasting life
John 3:16
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!


text:
Election Roundup: The Results And What They Mean For San Diego County
The 2016 election is over. The nation has a new president, California gets a new senator and marijuana is legal.
On Wednesday, KPBS Midday Edition breaks down how the results could affect San Diegans.
Voter turnout in San Diego County
Election officials anticipated that nearly three-quarters of the San Diego region's registered voters would cast votes. San Diego County Registrar of Voters Michael Vu predicted between 72 and 77 percent of eligible voters would cast ballots here.
Vu discusses turnout and when a final tally will be reached on close races.
Do you like this post?


text:
We both have brown hair. Our eyes are similar. We like the same music. Both of us enjoy reading. We laugh at the same jokes. You'd be surprised if you heard us belch. And we both love God with our whole heart. These are some of the reasons I am sure Elizabeth is my girl. She's just like me in so many ways!But I've been noticing another similarity over the past couple years which has me wondering if she inherited more than my witty charm, refined tastes, and astonishingly good looks. *wink* That is, I notice her crying an awful lot. Often times the tears come with little or no prompting. The other day she did her best to convince me nothing was wrong. She just had to cry. She thought maybe she was too tired. Whatever the reason - she couldn't stop the tears from coming. And as I sat there watching her - searching for the words to say which would give her some level of comfort - I couldn't help but wonder. Did my girl get my wacky Serotonin issues, too? The question came to me because I saw so much of my old self in the girl sitting across the table from me. The look of hopelessness and helplessness. The expression of frustration at not knowing why she couldn't stop crying. Or why she was crying in the first place. The despair. It was all too familiar to me.And I wondered.Still do. The thing is, I don't want to project my struggles onto her. So I hesitate to ask the question. Because I don't want Elizabeth to take on something that isn't true of her - just because I suggest it. Annnnd, on the other hand, I don't want her to battle with a thing until she's nearly 40, just because she doesn't realize she's battling it. Don't want her to simply think she's odd and needs to suffer with her oddness. Wondering what on earth is wrong. So I'm doing what I always do when I don't know what to do. I'm asking my Father to lead me; to show me what I need to see; to move me where I need to go. And I'm waiting.Trusting. And waiting.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Like Mother, Like Daughter?
Posted by Karen Hossink at 6:00 AM
Labels: Anxiety and Depression, As the Children Grow, Elizabeth
2 comments:
She really is so much like you! You both have beautiful hearts. Thanks for your reminder to begin with God instead of running around looking for answers on our own.
- Karen Hossink said...
Joanna - Awww, thanks. :)
And, you're welcome. I've wasted plenty of time looking for answers on my own. Things go so much better when I start with HIM.
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Log in to manage your list subscriptions.
Don't have an account yet? Create one.
Forgot your password? Reset it.
Daily forecasts of air pollutant levels for the Richmond, Hampton Roads, Roanoke, and Winchester areas.
From: Dan Salkovitz
Sent: January 05, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Sent: January 04, 2012 at 1:40 pm
From: Kristen Stumpf
Sent: January 03, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Sent: December 30, 2011 at 1:28 pm
Sent: December 29, 2011 at 1:34 pm


text:
BELIEVE Social is a professional team that has come together to combine our experience and knowledge in the marketing, search engine optimization, and social media management industries to form a company that provides customers with a professional social media management service.
After years building numerous online businesses, we now make our social media management services available to companies, individuals, and marketing firms that are seeking to build and sustain a social media presence that can connect with target customers as well as industry influencers. BELIEVE Social is a U.S. based company and we communicate directly with clients to ensure they receive a quality experience with our service. See our social media plans here.
Our current social media management client base includes the following industries: Search engine optimization, dentistry, home improvement, financial investment, business coaching, education, law, health, small business, and many more. Our services can suit your company's particular needs, and we work directly with you to ensure we achieve your goals together. Contact us today to further discuss the vision and goals you have for your company and how we can help achieve them.
Please see the following testimonials from our social media management clients:


text:
RealMen Initiative | Professional & Accredited Business Men & Women in Nigeria
Getting the right service providers can be a very daunting and challenging task for most people, especially in a country like Nigeria.
Type: A 4 bedroom en-suite BUNGALOW Location: Omokiri Aluu Port-Harcourt Title: Deed of Conveyance Asking Price: 22 million naira Contact: call/whatsapp 08026105010, email@example.com, facebook.com/rmiglobal
Type: A 4 bedroom en-suite DUPLEX Location: Rupokwu Port-Harcourt Title: Deed of Conveyance Asking Price: 40 million naira Contact: call/whatsapp 08026105010, firstname.lastname@example.com, facebook.com/rmiglobal
Kajiokee smoked fish is oven dried and hygienically prepared. No sooth and No smell. No chemical and preservative Smoked Round Cat fish: #2000/ 500g, #40000/10kg carton. Smoked Mangala : #2500/ 500g pack, #45000/ 10kg carton Free delivery from HALF CARTON only within Portharcourt. For booking call/whatsapp 08026105010, firstname.lastname@example.com or book online here or on facebook.com/rmiglobal
REALMEN INITIATIVE are owners and operators of Best Barbecue & Shawarma Spot@ choba(UNIPORT campus) Portharcourt . Our menu consist of Shawarma, grilled chicken, fish barbecue, chips, garnished noodles, jollof rice, Chicken pepper soup. We do both home & office delivery and also we cater for outdoor occasions. Visit us today, it will be the best you'd ever had. Contact us […]
You too can start advertising here now for a small fee.
We ensure that your projects are timely and get's done according to specified deliverables & timelines for clients.
By hiring the best service men and women, we mitigate riks of accidents during production or service rendering.
Our goal is to give our customers a pleasant user experience with zero complaints that will leave them coming for more.


text:
Bottled at 90 proof, and made with unique "Sinatra Barrels", Jack Daniel's Sinatra Select pays tribute to Jack's biggest fan: Mr. Frank Sinatra. These Sinatra barrels have deep grooves on the inside of the staves — which exposes the whiskey to extra layers of oak. This imparts a rich amber color, bold character and a pleasant smokiness, followed by an incredibly smooth vanilla finish. Much like Frank himself, this whiskey is one of a kind.
Frank Sinatra loved Jack. That's Jack, as in Daniel's. The Tennessee Whiskey. It was on stage with him every night. And before long, a glass of Jack Daniel's was as much a part of him as his tuxedo, his fedora and his golden voice. Frank loved Jack so much, he was even laid to rest with a bottle of it. So it seemed only fitting not just to pay tribute, but to share a drink, with the man who loved us as much as we love him.
Frank Sinatra and Jackie Gleason were close friends. In fact, it was Jackie Gleason himself who introduced Frank to Jack Daniel's. And as the story is told, it was sometime in the 1940s. Jackie and Frank were sitting together at a bar in New York City. Frank was forlorn – over a woman – and was sharing his troubles with Gleason. Frank informed his good friend that he was in need of a "serious" drink. Turning to Sinatra, Gleason responded "Jack Daniel's. That's a good place to start." And the rest, as they say, was history.
In 1967, Jack Daniel's salesman Angelo Lucchesi heard talk that Frank Sinatra was at the Copacabana and couldn't find any Jack Daniel's (as it was in much shorter supply back then.) Without hesitation, Lucchesi saw to it that a supply of Jack was delivered to Frank immediately. Indebted, Sinatra called Angelo at home and said, "Paisano, you're my kind of man. I love you forever." This was the beginning of a 31-year friendship between Frank and Angelo where Frank would fondly refer to Lucchesi as "the Kid." And it was Lucchesi himself who personally ensured that Frank Sinatra always had Jack Daniel's with him no matter where he traveled.
Frank Sinatra was quite particular about how he drank his Jack. For starters, only a traditional rocks glass would do. In it he would place three rocks of ice, two fingers of Jack and a splash of water. And he wouldn't drink it immediately after it was poured. He liked to let the drink sit for a bit for the flavors to blend. Sinatra also loved to hold his drink with his right hand. He often cupped the glass from below, with a cocktail napkin, preferably a linen one. Like we said, he was particular.


text:
Arkansas - Manila Bail Bonds
ExpertBail Manila800.938.2245Manila, Arkansas
Simply call 1.800.938.BAIL (2245) to find an independent bail agent in this city. ExpertBail is the nation's only true national bail agent network. Co...
Manila Bail Bonds
If you ever find yourself in need of a bail bond in Manila Arkansas, do not worry. Through ExpertBail, you can locate and contact a licensed bail bond agent anywhere in Manila Arkansas. Additionally, if you are looking for the best quality bail bond agent in Manila Arkansas, you have come to the right place. ExpertBail is the nation's largest and most experience network of bail bond agents. With over 5000 agents, Manila Arkansas but in every location we serve. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at anytime.


text:
Ever noticed how some of the worlds most innovative organisations make technology disruption look so easy?
We know from experience that when growth companies reach a certain size they look to understand how technology integration can enable new ways of generating and safeguarding competitive advantage.
In a world driven by disruptive technology, innovative organisations now have the power to improve their service offering by commissioning, creating and making game-changing products that not only provide a better way of doing things but also hold commercial value in their own right.
We understand that finding the right technology partner that has your organisations best interests at heart can be a challenge… as a result we've built our platform around being that trusted partner; here to deliver peace of mind that the products created as answers to your challenges take the right path to commercial success.


text:
We'll meet in front of the Ferry Building on a Saturday morning for some of the best coffee and freshest snacks in the city. Hopping aboard the Ferry, we'll go over to Sausalito or Tiburon to experience quaint European-influenced flavor on a walking or biking tour (your choice!). I'll tell you stories of the entrepreneurs and families behind the shops and monuments in the area, and we'll finish off with lunch at a great local eatery.
As I was born and raised in the Bay Area and have worked for a local SF Government Agency for the last 20 years, I would like to share my enthusiasm for the San Francisco and Bay Area with out-of-towners from other states and countries. Having lived abroad, I know first hand how helpful it is to have a positive, energetic local person help ensure a wonderful and safe stay in San Francisco. I am also experienced in helping folks get around town using public transit, both MUNI and BART. Full profile ⋅ Leave a Review
Receive special offers, VIP invites and exclusive updates for San Francisco.


text:
Automatic Dosage Dispenser
Peristaltic self priming pump
Natural Chemistry's Automatic Dosage Dispenser has been engineered to handle liquid dispensing applications simply and cost effectively. By adding small amounts of enzymes, PHOSfree or any other liquid product, many times throughout the day, you ensure optimum product performance. Easily programmable cycles can be programmed to feed from 1 second per week up to 20 minutes, 24 times a day and 7 days a week.
- 100rpm, 2.5oz per min at 30/74 milliliters
- 115 VAC 50/60Hz
- 30 psi/2.07 bar nominal
- Able to program up to 24 events per day
*Please click on the "Product Education" tab for a copy of the Stenner Installation and Maintenance Manual or the Downloads page.Printable version


text:
Equitas Health's Toledo office continues to provide the high impact HIV-related prevention, supportive, and HIV/AIDS health navigation services that have been our legacy for more than 30 years.
The Equitas Health Toledo office provides supportive HIV/AIDS services for individuals living in the following counties: Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Williams, Wood
3450 W. Central Ave., Suite 104Toledo OH, 43606
Office (419) 241-9444
Fax (419) 241-9488
Office HoursMonday-Friday 9AM-5PM
Testing TimesThursdays 11AM-6:30PM
Available Services
HIV/AIDS Health Navigation
Even the most prepared can become overwhelmed navigating our country's healthcare system and insurance options. We'll help you navigate these paths to ensure you're getting the care and treatment you need and deserve.


text:
ST. LOUIS – Managing variation in patient care is a challenge, especially when a health system operates many hospitals across a broad geography. Today, Mercy's early adoption and use of artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle clinical variation across its 40-plus hospitals, standardize care and save lives has earned the Analytics 50 award.
This is the second year in a row Mercy has been honored by Drexel University's LeBow College of Business and Information Management magazine as one of 50 organizations in the nation that excel at using analytics to solve business challenges.
Mercy's clinical pathways, or protocols that ensure consistent delivery of best-practice medicine, were built on medical literature and a panel of expert providers' input – a subjective approach that lacked data as evidence. In 2014, Mercy Technology Services, Mercy's IT division, partnered with Ayasdi, a Silicon Valley machine intelligence pioneer, to explore vast amounts of electronic health record (EHR) data using advanced technology called machine learning. With it, Mercy can pinpoint treatments that lead to the best results, and bring that data-driven care to patients.
Thanks to the revolutionary approach, Mercy has reduced mortality rates by 30 percent or more for patients treated on a pathway, and costs have shrunk by roughly $800 per case, resulting in $14 million saved in Fiscal Year 2016.
The work has also garnered industry-wide recognition with the prestigious Davies Award of Excellence, a spot on health care's Most Wired list in the advanced category and a cover story feature in the August issue of HealthLeaders magazine.
"Mercy has always taken calculated risks to fix what is broken in health care," said Dr. Todd Stewart, Mercy's vice president of clinical integrated solutions. "With the right answer and a technology partner that shares Mercy's pioneering spirit, we're discovering new ways to better care for our patients – hopefully, our lessons can light the path for others."
To see all of this year's Analytics 50 award winners, visit Information Management.


text:
Wanna know how my Thanksgiving detox plan? It's to not have a plan. Yes…REALLY. Unlike years prior instead of indulging for a few days and then implementing extreme 'healthy' eating habits to 'undo', I just reverted back to my normal, every day eating habits. And guess what, the world didn't end! By focusing on food that is nutritious, nourishing, and healing, you can avoid the holiday eating/virtuous eating pendulum that cause many people to feel like they are 'failing' at their diets.
A far better technique is to eat the special holiday foods that really matter to you, and then go back to eating exactly how you would on any other day - keeping nutrition, wellness and balance in mind.
One of the first things I made after a week of indulging on the East Coast was this amazing ROASTED SALMON WITH ARUGULA AND VEGAN LEMON ALFREDO SPAGHETTI SQUASH.
Wild-caught salmon is a lean clean protein high in healthy fats like Omega 3s to keep you full, satisfied, and focused. Eliminating dairy and grain from the meal makes it easy to digest for quick energy, and won't make you sluggish. And arugula and lemon support cleansing and detox without deprivation.
Also, the holidays are nuts! I save my sanity by ordering all of my local organic produce, meats, fish, breads, cheeses, and non-dairy milks from Milk & Eggs! Milk & Eggs delivers any order over $35 for FREE to your doorstep while you sleep. If you live in SoCal and want to try their amazing grocery delivery service. Click this link, then use the code 'RH20' at checkout for $20 off orders $40 or more.
- 2 to 4 pieces of wild-caught salmon
- 1 medium spaghetti squash
- 2 large handfuls of organic arugula
- 1/2C raw whole cashews
- grated zest of 1 organic lemon
- juice of 1/2 of an organic lemon
- 1 garlic clove
- 1T nutritional yeast
- olive oil
- sea salt
Preheat oven to 275.
Roast 2-4 pieces of #wildcaughtsalmon for 20 minutes at 275 and set aside. Then increase the oven temperature to 375.
Soak 1/2 cashews in boiling water for an 1.5 hours (or during the day if you're at work), then blend with 1/3C water + 1 garlic clove + grated rind from 1 lemon + juice from 1/2 lemon + 1T nutritional yeast + sea salt to taste. Add more water as needed to get a saucy consistency like Alfredo.
While cashews soak, roast a whole fork-pierced spaghetti squash at 375 for 1.5 hours, turning halfway through. Pull out with oven mitts, split in half lengthwise, and shred with a fork.
Put the spaghetti squash strands in a bowl and toss with 2 large handfuls of organic arugula to slightly wilt the leaves.
Reheat the salmon in a skillet with a splash of olive oil, and the sauce in a small saucepan on low.
Toss the spaghetti squash + arugula in the warmed lemon Alfredo sauce until well combined. Salt as needed, then serve with the roasted salmon.


text:
Garcinia Cambogia Pill L'Aldosa Andorra: Dr. Oz Recommends for Weight Loss
Dr. Oz suggests Garcinia cambogia extract very highly, and it's easy to view why. Garcinia Cambogia has been acquiring a bunch of interest from the media and from blog owners lately in L'Aldosa Andorra.
Garcinia Cambogia is being touted as one of the most effective supplement offered for assisting people in L'Aldosa Andorra to drop weight effectively and completely. It promises to do all this with totally all-natural, completely safe elements, and without creating the user to experience any side effects.
So are all of these things true? Considered that Dr. Oz recommends Garcinia Cambogia, it would stand to reason that folks in L'Aldosa Andorra could rely on Garcinia Cambogia to assist you realize your weight loss dreams.
click here to buy Garcinia Cambogia in L'Aldosa Andorra
Dr. Oz Advises Garcinia cambogia extract for Weight Loss
A terrific lots of items and wellness tips are showcased on Dr. Oz's tremendously popular television program. Several of them obtain his referral, and a few of them do not.
Provided his degree of competence and interest for aiding individuals in L'Aldosa Andorra lead healthier, happier lives, it stands to factor that his suggestions should lug a great deal of importance. If you're trying to find a purposeful means to drop weight, and to have that weight stay off too, the fact that Dr. Oz suggests Garcinia cambogia extract need to be very motivating to folks in L'Aldosa Andorra.
Garcinia Cambogia is easy, however exceptionally effective. Drawned from the skins of the Southeast/South Asian fruit of the same name, this extract has been shown with a big range of researches to create very attractive results most of the time.
Using HCA as its main active ingredient, Garcinia cambogia extract is both a fat burner and an appetite suppressant. Individuals in L'Aldosa Andorra are going to burn body fat, constructing leaner muscle in the deal, but you're visiting likewise do a whole lot more.
Garcinia Cambogia works to make people in L'Aldosa Andorra really feel fuller with smaller dishes, while at the same time elevating points like your serotonin degrees. Without any side effects to stress over (just make certain to stay away from Garcinia cambogia extract products that contain things like caffeine), you're going to really feel a lot better typically. You'll have much more power, and you're not visiting be drawn to give in to things like stress-eating.
It's again easy to view why Garcinia cambogia extract in L'Aldosa Andorra would obtain such a beautiful review from an individual like Dr. Oz. It does precisely just what it guarantees it will certainly do, and it does this without threats to your individual wellness. Exactly what can be much better compared to that?
click here to buy Garcinia cambogia extract in L'Aldosa Andorra
Exactly how Did Garcinia cambogia extract Acquire So Popular in L'Aldosa Andorra?
Two years ago this fruit was a largely unidentified fruit utilized by the citizens of South East Asia. After some clinical researches and a medical trial, plus a well-known doctor's endorsement, the road to fame started. But I'm being successful of myself.
Regarding a year ago Dr. Oz presented Garcinia Cambogia extract to the globe. All of us recognize Dr. Oz– he's the TELEVISION doctor whose goal is to assist people live a healthier life. No wonder Garcinia made its debut on this show.
Exactly what I have actually picked up from this program is as adheres to: there was a scientific trial performed just before the launch and it passed with flying recommendations. All the individuals took care of to drop weight without any type of side effects, and they didn't also have to make changes to their diet regimen or workout program.
The primary guest on the program was Dr. Chen, which explained exactly what Garcinia cambogia extract is and just how it works. Besides that, two arbitrary people from the audience volunteered to attempt the extract. The results were stunning to say the least.
Both women who tested it took care of to lose in between 5-7 pounds in simply one week. Much better yet, they didn't do an extreme eleventh hour diet or exercise at the fitness center. They lived their normal lives and managed to shed a bunch of weight– securely and naturally.
With Garcinia cambogia extract people in L'Aldosa Andorra could drop weight without any type of challenging exercises or crazy diets. All people in L'Aldosa Andorra have to do is take it frequently and delight in the outcomes.
click here to buy Garcinia Cambogia in L'Aldosa Andorra
Dr. Oz Reviews Garcinia cambogia extract
There have actually been a ton of positive assessments on Garcinia Cambogia Extract. From health and wellness professionals to blog writers, every person appears to be stating the same thing about Garcinia Cambogia. If you're serious about burning fat, and you're wheelsed of using items that just don't work, this could be the remedy you've sought during.
Dr. Oz is one favorable reviewer out of numerous others, however when you once more consider his track record, it's a referral that carries a massive level of reputation. Rather than purchasing around for items with undetermined reputations, discover on your own exactly what Garcinia cambogia extract can do for people in L'Aldosa Andorra.
It seems as though the believers in L'Aldosa Andorra in this extract are increasing every single day. Provided just how rapidly you're visiting results, there's a likelihood that you're visiting become a substantial believer in your very own right.
Considering exactly how inexpensive this product is, there really is no excuse not to try it. Searching for the appropriate diet supplement can be challenging. It does not take lengthy for a search to become an extremely expensive, continuously annoying endeavor.
Quit losing your time on probabilities that may wind up taking your money, and maybe also endangering your health and wellness somehow. Dr. Oz stands by every product or suggestion he recommends. If that's not enough for you, then nothing is.
click here to buy Garcinia Cambogia in L'Aldosa Andorra


text:
unwavering defense
Miner Orkand Siddall LLP is a boutique criminal defense law firm with a reputation for aggressive representation of individuals accused of wrongdoing. Attorneys Tracy Miner, Seth Orkand, and Megan Siddall have a proven track record in all stages of state and federal criminal litigation, including pre-indictment investigations and grand jury proceedings, trial, sentencing, appeals, and parallel civil litigation. We also have extensive experience defending individuals in government administrative and enforcement actions, scientific research misconduct investigations, and Title IX college and university disciplinary proceedings.
Our Team
Practice Areas
where to find us
Miner Orkand Siddall LLP
470 Atlantic Avenue, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
(t) 617-273-8421
(f) 617-273-8004


text:
Welcome Guys!
keep up the good work !!
Joel.A bit of a coincidence that you're suffering from slow downloads. So it may be worth seeing what your ISP is doing, as a couple of weeks ago (28 September) our Smart home WiFi went overnight from acceptable to 'can't even access their own account log in page'. I could only get Gmail, but nothing else. All pages were timing out and "pings" came back unreachable! Really, really frustrating. As the contract was due renewal on 6 October and we were considering going PLDT fiber, we went that same day (Friday) to the PLDT office to ask about their cable/fiber plans. As PLDT and Smart are interrelated, the PLDT manager was able to look up our Smart account, then told us that all the "All-In" plans with 9 number accounts (starting with 101xxxxxx and we've had it for over 10 years) were being discontinued. No notice, just run down the bandwidth and grind to a stop!!!Signed up there and then for a PLDT Home account. In my name as the wife had only one ID with her and they needed two. They accepted my ACR-Icard and Philippines' driving license as residential and identity proof.This was Friday late afternoon. The following Tuesday morning, the techs arrived and installed the drop cable from the consumer unit on the pole about 50 metres away. They mounted an optical interface box on the wall next to my computer desk, then switched on the network unit (a posh router ) and 2 minutes later I was connected to the internet! Took less than an hour, start to finish. A very neat and tidy installation. Old Smart contract was 1,499 a month (originally 999 pm, but it went up over the years) with pretty slow speed measured in Kbs, but with "unlimited" downloads.We went for the PLDT home fiber Plan 1699, which is only PhP 200 more a month than what we were paying for Smart home wifi. This gives us (up to) 15Mbps, with a cap of 150 Gb monthly downloads. According to OOKLA a few minutes ago, we're getting around 8 mbps up and down, measured to a BT hub in Lancashire, UK.Peter
...................................................I have nothing to back this up, but I believe every isp in our area are using the same internet wires that come to Catarman from where ever they come from. Can't even get a straight answer on that. Have some techs say it comes directly from Calbayog City via Lupe De Vega and another saying it comes from Calbayog via Allen/Victoria. But it seems that it's almost a sure thing that when one of the isp here have an issue, they all have issues.
Joel,(Perhaps this should be on the Internet board.)That's the main problem, not only here but in a lot of countries, when the internet backbone is shared by 2 or more ISPs. Almost like a garden hose with more sprinklers on it than it can handle so the less 'pressure" each outlet gets. So when the backbone has problems, they all have problems.I do find it surprising though, that the "techs" do not know how the routing is configured. There are many, many, mobile apps, free as well as at cost, just for this.I use an android app <IP Tools> in conjunction with <In Trace>, both free, on my tablet'IP Tools' is a set of tools, one of which is an IP tracing function, similar to a ping, logging the location of each hop.'In Trace', it's 'sister' app., shows the route locations on a Goggle-type map.Inputting the IP addresses logged from "IP Tools' (or any other ping programme) to "In Trace", you'll see the location.eg. Using the above, a trace to 18.104.22.168 (PLDT Dilman) I see on the map, the route goes via 220.127.116.11 (Makati) and 126.96.36.199 (Mandaluyong City).You may want to do something similar from your location to see how, wnad where, it goes.A simple process, which is why I'm very surprised at the lack of knowledge of your local techs.Or maybe not, as the PLDT installation guys who came to us, were surprised to see that I had "WiFi Monitor" app. on my phone, so I could walk around the house seeing what the wifi signal strength was in each room. They hadn't seen anything like it HTHs.Peter
I'll give those apps a looksie. Tina just got a new smart phone. I'll load those on that and check them out. Thanks for the info.
Joel.Wala problema!I'd been interested in how you get on with tracing the route out of your location, when you've time to check them.And also how the (so-called) techs' reactions are, when you see them. Peter
The techs showed up. Went down the street a few blocks to where the "local junction box" of the ISP was located and fixed the issue there for us and our neighbors. Some tech, while working on the box for other clients screwed up around 15 other connections. That's pretty much what they told us. Anyway, problem fixed and things are back to normal. I downloaded IP Tools. That helped to a point. Having trouble finding In Trace. So still having downloaded that. Tried using the Traceroute option in IP Tools, but that just runs and runs and doesn't seem to finish whatever it's trying to do.


text:
Review: On The Rocks
By: Taliha Gazi
From the 1st -10th April, On The Rocks will transform St Andrews into a hub for all things creative and quirky, showcasing an eclectic array of arts and culture events from dance to theatre and comedy. Created and curated by students, the festival celebrates the cornucopia of artistic talent here at the university at no better time than when spring's tide is high. Navigating through the final semester of the year is never easy, but as the weather gets milder and the mirage of a distant summer draws closer, take some time out from under the book-burrows and discover what lies beyond a life of deadlines and Friday night drunkenness. Given the chance, On The Rocks will prove itself to be the perfect excuse to shake off the cobwebs from the hibernation period as a truly inspirational celebration of the arts' many facets.
The Launch Event on 29th February flaunted snapshots of what to expect when the festival commences at the beginning of April. It was refreshing to see a diverse collage of events, each reflecting a different human emotion or experience. 'Fate: In Three Parts' was sublime, drawing upon cultural attitudes of fate using dance, and, more remarkably, a piece of string, to create an especially poignant visual performance. 'Wise Child Live' is another delight to the senses, tying together melodies with the heartfelt yarns of people from all over the globe. Orwellian classic, Animal Farm, however, shuns self-indulgence for a moral instruction to us all about the perils of hunger and greed (despite ironically being hosted in the Balgove Larder's 'Steak Barn'). In a similar vein, Doctor Faustus warns of the dangers of having dealings with the devil (he's closer than you might think), and how you might end up soulless if you're not careful. An overdose of moral didacticism calls for some cathartic relief, so why not indulge in a guilty pleasure, like 'St Andrews Night Live', fuelled on unadulterated improv, sketch and stand-up comedy, with a barrel of laughs in between. Or, catch the jitterbug with the opening night of '600 Minutes of Swing', and let your feet say the unspoken. Whether you're quietly reserved or raring to go, On The Rocks is guaranteed to have something on to express the individual in you.


text:
As the crow flies...
Dear Santa
Sorry to have left it so late to write but if you could please drop into the etsy CrowSLC store and pick up some bags for Queen Michelle and I, it would be very much appreciated.
Yes I know I will never use mine, but I will treasure them none the less.
Thank you and a very merry Christmas
With love
ps - we have both been very good girls this year
Pentagon Shoulder Bag - Geometric Bag - £258.18
Crow SLC is a handcrafted leather goods company founded in 2013 by Danielle DeLucia, a self taught leathercrafter who grew up on the East Coast and currently resides in Salt Lake City. Why Crow? Crows are understated and industrious. They are both rugged and poised - thriving under almost any circumstance. At Crow, they aim to capture the nature of the Crow in both their products and their practices. Each piece is made using only simple hand tools – an awl, needles, a mallet, a knife, beeswax. While this technique is a bit more time consuming, it's the only way to guarantee that their wares embody the soul of their namesake.
Mini Crossbody Bag - £86.06
Hexagon Leather Tote £296.04
Queen Marie


text:
On September 23, Brillz, real name Sami Diament, married his longtime girlfriend, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Sarah Hudson. The wedding was not publicly announced or revealed by any sort of press release from either party, but from some social media posts and first-hand accounts, we can see that it was a wedding worthy of the TWONK master.
You might know Sarah from her contribution on Bro Safari's "Reality," below.
First off, one of Hudson's bridesmaids is Katy Perry. C'mon. Seriously? That's so cool. (And maybe Tove Lo standing to Hudson's right?) We also know through first-hand accounts that Sia was in attendance, dressed as a large cake.
If you can identify any of these other beautiful women, let us know!
Every single goddess here has made my life better in every way…I love you angels and thank you for sharing this day with me 🔥 9-23-17 pic.twitter.com/iKhz4N3Ggn
— Sarah Hudson (@SarahHudsonuvs) October 4, 2017
The few videos and photos that did make it on social media from the event make it seem like the two are totally in love, and the wedding looks like an absolute blast. Congrats to them both!
STRIKE👏🏻A👏🏻POSE! 9-23-17 pic.twitter.com/eQrvEJhemR
— Sarah Hudson (@SarahHudsonuvs) October 5, 2017
And, as you can see below, Brillz and Sarah were decked out in a custom Gucci suit and matching wedding dress. We can't even imagine how expensive these outfits cost, but good on them for taking on the best day of their lives with serious style.
Mr. & Mrs ❤ #gucciwedding pic.twitter.com/QcsFvbygjY
— BRILLZ (@ItsBrillz) October 4, 2017
Featured image via BRXVN


text:
Potted Sage Plant Wilting
My best friend got me a sage plant (Salvia officinalis) about a month ago. I found it a very sweet gift and she assured me sage can be fine indoors. I left it on a windowsill and gave it about 8 oz of water each day. I noticed little holes and some of the stems wilting. I cleaned its roots and checked the pot for any worms or pests and saw none. I then bought dust pesticide to use on it and everything seemed fine. A blogger suggested leaving it on my porch. I did and nothing is flourishing. If anything, it seems skinnier than before. I've had my plant since the beginning of March and some of the bigger leaves have already fallen off. Am I doing something wrong? Hate to kill my friend's gift.
Certified GKH Gardening Expert
It could simply be suffering from over watering. Rather than watering the plant every day, you should be allowing the soil to dry out some before giving it more. Too much water can lead to fungal issues and root rot. These articles should help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/herbs/sage/growing-sage-plant-indoors.htm, https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/environmental/signs-of-plants-affected-by-too-much-water.htm, https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/disease/treating-root-rot-gardening-tips-for-housplants.htm
You must be logged into your account to answer a question.
If you don't have an account sign up for an account now.


text:
It was an action-packed day in New York full of five new modes of transportation. In the morning I took the subway out to Ozone Park- a neighborhood I never knew existed- to check out the headquarters of Worksman Cycles. I was joined by two of my New York buddies- Nanda and Danae- who helped film and photograph the day. Worksmans Cycles manufactures industrial tricycles for use in factories and warehouses, as well as food carts and some consumer bicycles as well. But Worksman Cycles wasn't inspired by the recent green movement- when they first started selling pedal powered carts they were trying to replace horses. They've been around since the late 1800s, and now a lot of eco-concious consumers are discovering them for the first time. Ironically, some of their biggest customers are the car companies who use the beefed-up trikes to move parts and boxes around their factories. Wayne, the president of the company, showed me around their production facility as he told me about the company's history and even let me go for a ride in one of their cargo tricycles.
Next up we headed over to Hammacher Schlemmer's only store. They had helped me on day one of the trip by providing one of their 14 MPH coolers, and I was excited to see what other modes of transportation I could try out. They didn't disappoint- I got on four new modes of transportation. First I joined a giant stuffed bear for a ride on a pedal-powered surrey (Price: $3,800).
Next up I checked out the Land Sailor in the window (Price: $999.95). It's a recumbent bike with a sail, and unfortunately due to it's placement I couldn't get very far, but the salespeople assured me that it could go very fast.
Then I hopped aboard the Off-road Pedal Buggy (Price: $1,200) and maneuvered around the store for a few minutes.
Lastly, I took a spin on their recumbent tricycle (Price: $399.95). They also have a bunch of other vehicles hanging from the walls and ceilings like their Seuss-like monocycle and this giant hamster ball that you can climb inside and roll around on water.
And now I'm back at my friend's apartment, getting ready for the Today show and figuring out what to wear. I think I'll go for the blue shirt. You can watch in a few hours to see if I changed my mind.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
New York: Vehicularly Speaking
No comments:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)