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Thursday, 20 December 2007
The Perversion of American Democracy
I am more discouraged and hopeless about the future today than I have ever been. I'm exhausted from the presidential campaign from which I have learned nothing about the candidates except their most excessive beliefs - or, rather, pronouncements, because there is no way to know what they believe. Their messages shift with the wind of the polls and all we are given by the news media day after day, hour upon hour (and where else is there to go for information?) is who is ahead by five points or 10 points or behind by 15.
Perhaps my hopelessness (and no small amount of fear) is what comes from a close reading over the past five or six hours of campaign coverage - in two dozen newspapers and at least that many political websites and blogs of all stripes, some research into the background of big-money campaign supporters plus the general television news coverage of the past few days which I spot check in the morning, at midday and evening.
The news is always the same - they just recycle yesterday's script and substitute new numbers. I could recite it from memory except for the shifting poll statistics.
From what I can glean, half the Democrats are crypto-Republicans and half the Republicans want to establish a theocracy in America. As a friend refers to him, "that Mormon fellow," trying unsuccessfully to channel John F. Kennedy didn't come within light years of JFK's unequivocal, "I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute." Instead he told us "freedom requires religion". God save me and our country from all the ignorant religionists in America (and that's not irony).
I don't mean to single out Governor Romney. All the candidates but one of both parties are smarmy suckups paying lip service to democracy with their carefully crafted non-statements calculated to be empty of substance so they will be beholden to nothing and no one if they are elected.
There is one exception among them, Dennis Kucinich, but the public is not being allowed to hear the lone voice of reality and intelligence in the campaign. The news media almost never lists him in the preference rankings even though he regularly outpolls Senator Biden and Senator Dodd.
And on 13 December, Kucinich was shamefully and shamelessly banned by CNN and sponsor The Des Moines Register from participating in the final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses based on the stupendously stupid excuse that he doesn't have a campaign office in Iowa, instead working out of his home. Will someone explain to me how this is different from tyranny where the power elite decide whose voices may be heard.
For the rest of them, every healthcare plan is variation on every other healthcare plan designed to further enrich the insurance companies. No one has anything new to say about improving education. All equivocate on the illegal immigrant debate which is a phony issue, anyway - immigrants are here to stay because corporations want the cheap labor.
I can't find anything useful from any candidate about the horrendous economic problems they will inherit if elected. And not one has addressed how they will restore the civil liberties the Bush administration has removed from the Constitution. Or the hundreds of signing statements with which the president has neutered Congressional legislation.
The pundits - paid press and unpaid bloggers (yes, me too) - discuss the issues and candidates as though they matter. Only one thing matters - the person who will be selected president, and I use the word "selected" purposefully because the corporatocracy decides who wins.
So what if Ron Paul raises $6 million in one day. Corporations can dump a hundred times that much into the campaign in the blink of an eye. What's that to such as a CEO of Goldman Sachs who was paid $70 million in 2007 - and that's just salary, not yet counting his year-end bonus. Some predict the cost of this presidential election will come close to a billion dollars. Think what that amount could do for the education system or those 47 million citizens without health coverage.
As backup - just in case the American public is pissed off enough to see through the money haze - the corporatocracy, much of it controlled by the most zealous of the religious right, have their rigged voting machines to assure the victory of their candidate. Our government is owned by corporations, exists to serve the wealthy and the next election is already decided. The 11 months between now and election day are a charade, a perversion of democracy.
And you know what? Even if all that weren't so, when was the last time any president lived up to his campaign promises?
[In keeping with the approaching holiday, today at The Elder Storytelling Place, Lia tells of the Ghost of Christmas Past.]
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I share your feelings of being discouraged, Ronni, and there are days when I want to jump in a hole and pull it in after me. I vow to ignore the political news because I get too depressed. But, political junkie that I am, I can't resist one intriguing headline and I'm hooked again.
The most depressing part to me is the apathy of the voting masses. The only thing that can save our way of life are the voices of the public crying out in protest. When you read of the number of people who still think Saddam had something to do with 9/11 you know that voice won't be heard until it's too late. Most people don't even know the names of their representatives. Ben Franklin was right, "You have a Republic if you can keep it." Silence is not golden in this case.
I agree with you that very few, if any,campaign promises have been kept by the President. He didn't make any promises to me because he was my LAST choice and ,of course, I didn't vote for him.
The Evangelicals elected Bush because he promised to do the things that they felt were important.
Bush has been in office for 7 years now and has had both a Republican Senate and House of Representatives, and a nearly all hand picked conservative Supreme Court.
Yet, in those 7 years,he has not accomplished one thing the Evangelicals elected him to do. He has failed them as miserably as he has failed all Americans.
Abortion is still legal in America.
The Ten Commandments still cannot be displayed in the Courthouse.
Evolution is still the theory of choice in public schools.
The Morning After pill is now available over the counter.
Stem Cell research is going full speed ahead thanks to private funding.
So, how can the Religious Right deceive themselves into thinking that any candidate that they elect simply because he is Evangelical is going to stick to their agenda?
Bush has been a disaster for all Americans, but particularly disappointing to the religious right.
When they see Gov. Huckabee's Christmas greetings with a subliminal white cross highlighted behind him, they should run,not walk, away from him as fast as they can.....Don't they ever learn???
Yes, it's a very scary and upsetting time. What happened to the country in which I thought I grew up? It mystifies me. Were we never the people I thought or did something change? Is it a media drumbeat intended to create what is happening? The media is owned by the neo-con types which are fascists to anyone who bothers to look in their dictionary and yes are in both parties. I liked what Ron Paul said recently as he cited a quote-- when fascism comes to this country, it'll come wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. It's what we see today and if it's not frightening, you are not thinking!
Ronnie, not to be too cute or too imitative, "I feel your pain." And, indeed, you feel mine. Yet, with 14 grandchildren's future in mind I compel myself to say, "This too shall pass." We are, after all, an amazingly adaptive species and I therefore strive to optimistically say that we are passing through a period of darkness on our way to a brighter future.
Wishing you a joy-full Holiday Season,
Here, here!
The great Smokey Robinson says it best for me: I second that emotion!
And Kucinich has always been my choice since the '08 drive to the goalposts began. I have listened to the other candidates, but like you, I found they are just puppets - full of sawdust rhetoric, dancing on a gaudy stage, with all too visible strings tied to every movement.
Punch and Judy seem more flesh and bone than the present contenders to the throne. And we all know who the Professor is for this show - Corporate America.
I am so discouraged this time that I made up my mind early and am turning off listenning to all the fuss and feathers treating it as if it were spam.
Your blogs always consider me a problem. Usually I have to leave those filtering numbers three or four times before the blogs will take my notes. Today, tho I tried repeatedly, The Elder Storytelling Place would not take a note from me on Lia's story. It repeatedly told me I was spam. Gee, is it what goes around comes around. I had to laugh.
Did you catch the Katie Couric interview with Romney? He was asked if he ever gets angry/loses his temper? He said he never does. Then a few minutes later he admits kicking a door! What gives with this guy? I can speak as a Mass. resident, don't vote for him!
It's a fine mess we're in, for sure. And, until we figure out a way to regulate corporations we will be in that mess. All of the progress we made between 1933 and 1968 has been erased. The Democrats have long since been absorbed by the Corporate Party. The Republicans ARE the Corporate Party. Red versus Blue is as meaningful as the colors of sweatshirts on pro-Football fans.
Let's keep swinging for the fences though.
Your comment is now posted at The Elder Storytelling Place. Typepad's new spam filter is way over-zealous. Fortunately, I can release them to the site. This happened to one of yours, Rabon, yesterday, which I've now posted - and a couple of other people.
As to the difficulty with the CAPTCHA security, I feel your pain, Mage. I KNOW I've typed correctly, but it sometimes doesn't "take." I've also complained that the Typepad version of CAPTCHA is hard for elder eyes to read, but no fix has been forthcoming.
Growing up in the south and knowing more than my share of Baptist I believe what Kennedy was saying to them was what they wanted to hear. These guys taught absolute separation of state and church. However they also believed in absolute separation of the races.
During the Carter years the Supreme Court ruled on a case concerning the racist practices of Bob Jones University saying that to discriminated based on race took them out of the charitable organization classification. That would then open them up for taxation. (Notice this is also about the time the Mormons decided blacks could become Mormons reversing historical stand on rejecting blacks.) All the yelling about abortion and gays is and has been a cover for their previous racist stands and fear of being taxed. Why else would they reject on of theirs' - Carter, a well known Baptist and Sunday school teacher - for a divorced non-church going Reagan? There was a reason for Reagan's speech in the south promoting state's rights and it was pandering to the racist. And at the time this included most Baptist leaders if not most Baptist in the South. (Some quick reading on the subject can be found in Thy Kingdom Come - How The Religious Right Distorts The Faith and Threatens America by Randall Balmer.) Even today one finds two Baptist churches in the south. Black and White, although you do find a few blacks now attending some "First Baptist" churches.
That brings us to the 'now' - if the religious right can control the state they can control the tax issue - but what they do not understand from history is that once you mix the two you kill religion and do great harm to Democracy and freedom of religious choice. If they are successful in doing this their members in the long run will regret the government-state marriage. And my children and grandchildren will be in Sweden or such.
Post script: Notice the outrage of allowing gays to marry and such – I would give you ten to one odds deep in there concern is this fear that if they show open discrimination to gays, up will come the taxation issue again.
As much as I agree re: Corporate America I believe that a lot of "one issue" voters are also to blame as well. I know many woman who are supporting Hillary because she is pro choice (and probably has sold her soul to corporate America given her huge war chest) or Mike Huckabee because he's a Christian. That isn't enough.
A stance on one issue should not ever be one's only criteria for one's choice for the Presidency. The issues facing this country are many.
I'm choosing my candidate by his/her record on ALL the issues particularly the Constitution which has been ignored by most candidates and recent administrations. There isn't a single candidate with whom I agree on everything nor will there ever
be. My choice will be based on the big picture.
As a non-American, I can only empathize with your pain.
I watched the first Democratic candidates debate in Las Vegas and, of all the candidates, Dennis Kucinich was the one who impressed me the most. I wondered why I hadn't heard of him before. Then on another forum, was told that he's too extreme (i.e. too far left) for the Dems. Huh? He just sounded sensible to me.
According to the pundits up here, our Prime Minister, a Conservative (both big c and little c), would be considered a Democrat in the US. Viewed in that light, it's quite scary to think how far right the US has swung in only a few years.
Maybe corporate America and religiosity really has taken over. I don't know if the power base has shifted so much that it can't be wrenched back into the hands of the people.
I do know it must be disheartening to feel like you're fighting an uphill battle - but what's the alternative? Unless individual citizens keep speaking up and speaking out over what is wrong, your democracy will most certainly morph into something your founding fathers didn't intend.
All you Americans who still give a damn, please don't give up the fight. The world is watching.
I tried to post earlier but couldn't get past the spam filter. I will try again.
I agree that the political situation is depressing. I find none of the candidates inspiring. Right now I am for Kucinich because of his stand on health insurance and his other positions are not objectionable. The news presented a tantalizing quote from Obama in which he called for new ways of dealing with other countries but if he presented any concrete notions of what those new ways were the news did not see fit to include them. I really hate sound bits. Some years ago I likened the corporate news media to a 'whore' giving her clients what they wanted. Now I think it is a particularly inept whore providing what 'service' it thinks the client wants. I and many people I know have been extremely dissatisfied with that service for a very long time. Unfortunately, I think it will be very difficult for me to keep my New Year's goal (I don't make resolutions) and hold on to a more upbeat mood.
Let's not be so discouraged. We could be living in the Dark Ages you know but instead we have the power to communicate. We can demonstrate and rage against those in power. With the internet, such as this website, we can share our views and powerful people interest groups can circulate what the people don't always get from the news media.
We must never give up. I have been in full care of my husband for 1 1/2 years with no government support for custodial care in our home. But I am writing a book uncovering all the ways we need to change things. I am doing a simple video about the needs of the family caregiver and the ways that we need to change society to include family support services. I will never give up.
We have our bonsai Spruce tree up in our living room with decorations that have graced our tree for many Christmases. I have my doll collection displayed all about the house. We are having a family drop-in on Christmas Day and I will serve fruitcake (yes, we like fruitcake),
popcorn, Christmas bread, crackers and cheese and hot spiced cider.
Our health aide didn't show today but I am still able enough to fill in during an emergency. Life is good.
But as soon as I am more able, I will start raging again with the RAGING GRANNIES who dress outrageously and sing protest parodies about changing the world.
In the meantime I am celebrating this holiday season and shining my light as far as it will shine.
In my opinion, Bush is certainly the worst President we have had to endure. But in my 71 years I have never admired or respected any President wholeheartedly, even when some were more in line with my policies or seemed more authentic. 2007 seems like more of the same. Even though I am quite attentive to poltical news, it is a search below the sound bites to focus on who will do the most good and the least harm. A serious and sad task.
As another MA resident, I echo Rhea regarding Romney. I think the media is part of the problem. Last week Europe was focused on the climate crisis conference in Bali. It was in the news for three or four days. Here we got just a brief summary, if any at all, after its conclusion.
Thank goodness there is an "off/on" selection on the remote. My good ole' tape player is serving me well these past few weeks! Dee
I doubt that Dennis Kucinich could ever be elected President. Not TALL enough....
Imagine trying to get Harry Truman elected today, and yet Truman was one of our better Presidents.
He had the guts to shorten the war and save thousands of American lives by using the atomic bomb.
He established the Marshall Plan which gave Europe a leg up and didn't leave our former enemies resentful and ready to start another war as soon as possible.
He is responsible in part for America having a middle class by signing into law the GI Bill which provided a college education to all veterans.Until then only rich MEN went to college. Veterans could also buy a home for their family using their VA benefits.
I have no doubt that Dennis Kucinich could be a very good president too, except, as I said earlier, we will never elect a president who is not TALL. Never mind what else he is, how smart he is, how honest he is, how full of ideas he is, he must be TALL.
After all, we DO have our standards!
Exactly, Ronni. Well said. Unfortunately that is little satisfaction given the situation. It is discouraging. Please don't give up and please don't shut up. Your voice helps to keep others thinking and moving on.
I read this post yesterday with interest and a heavy heart. Then I read Mother Jones summary of the candidates. More fuel for the idea that we don't have a candidate who would really make a difference.
I subscribe to the idea that things can change in surprising ways and that the problem cannot usually be solved at the level at which it was created. (idea attributed to Einstein). Given that, I've been asking myself, "What could make a difference?" This morning I woke up with this idea: Write in Brad Pitt for President. If name recognition is all that's needed...
I like what he's doing in New Orleans.
You know the rules of brainstorming, don't discard ideas immediately. See what's right about them first. So I will continue to invite creative solutions, simple answers for even big problems. That's not my only response, but it may be the one with the most impact.
Admittedly, I tend to hang around Internet venues like this one that expresses views close to my own, but everywhere I turn I see people pointing to Dennis Kuchinch as their favorite. Yet the media has declared him unelectable. Comedians call him a pixie. He's short. Of course, we Americans have demonstrated time and time again that we don't want an intelligent president.
Admittedly, I tend to hang around Internet venues like this one that expresses views close to my own, but everywhere I turn I see people pointing to Dennis Kuchinch as their favorite. Yet the media has declared him unelectable. Comedians call him a pixie. He's short. Of course, we Americans have demonstrated time and time again that we don't want an intelligent president.
I haven't been excited about any Presidential candidate since Adlai Stevenson. And who remembers him now?
My sense of the world lately is that everyone lies to me, almost nonstop -- from my students to my condo board to local officials to the national politicans and journalists. It all feels like a sham -- and a very dangerous one when people start talking about WWIII as if it's a given.
The political scene is discouraging. Add in climate change and peak oil and it's a wonder any of us get out of bed in the morning. But, you know, it's possible that these problems are not objectively worse than problems in past eras. What seems to be worse sometimes is our ability to deal with it – to pick ourselves up and do what we can.
Ronni, I believe that what you're doing in helping inform people, like yesterday's post on Social Security, is helpful. I know that's what keeps me going - continuing to try to inform people and encourage them to keep trying. I don't know. The alternative – giving up – just won't work for me.
The perversion of American Democracy into its current morphorm - which fits well into the definition of fascism - lies directly at the feet of We The People of these United States.
We fell asleep at the switch. We did not heed Eisenhower's warnings against the military/industrial complex, nor did we pay attention to "that man behind the curtain", per the Wizard of Oz, when it was necessary to do so (i.e., all the presidents, congresses & judiciaries since Eisenhower and the megacorporations). And we decided to "let George do it" - without so much as a peep - and so he has. It is said that one always reaps what one sows, and now we are. It's time for US All to grow up and do our collective job - even if it means taking to the streets - and take back that which is ours. None of the curious blend of candidates will be able to do it alone unless We stand up with - or against - whoever is (s)elected.
End of Rant.
Check out www.freedomkeys.com/vigil.htm for a bit of perspective; 'tain't the first time we've been here - probably won't be the last.
By the way, I don't trust any person who claims to have 'the solution' - especially not if they're in politics. I go by how closely their views match my own.
Besides, anyone who would decide to run for the office of the president of the United States is obviously unqualified by reason of insanity.
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Numerology in Obstetrics Presentations
A warning to all – this post is really for the docs out there. If you are not in the medical profession, you might find this humorous, or you might find it completely unintelligible – so read on with that warning.
When I was a medical student and resident, we routinely presented obstetrical patients in a common format:
Age – Gravity (how many times pregnant) – Parity (how many children delivered) – gestational age extra information.
For example, this patient is a 24 year old (age) G2 (gravity) P1 (Parity) at 29 6/7 weeks with a history of a preterm delivery in her first pregnancy (extra information).
To me, this format makes sense and when I am listening to a presentation it is easy to hear and process.
Unfortunately, things have changed. We seem to have adopted a new system that incorporates all the extra information into a numerical abbreviation system. Now we do this:
Age – Gravity – Parity Full Term – Parity Preterm – Miscarriages/Abortions – Live Children – gestational age – extra information ( which may not be required any more)
For example, the previous presentation would be "this is a 24 year old G2P0101 at 29 6/7 weeks".
For some reason, this just doesn't work for me. Inevitably what happens is that the resident quickly says all of these numbers and my brain freezes. I now have to spend the next 3 or 4 seconds of my attention processing these numbers into some actual meaning that I can interpret. During those 3 or 4 seconds the resident has continued their presentation, but I have not heard what they said because I was trying to figure out what they said before meant.
The problem here is over-abreviation. Abreviation is good when it improves efficiency, but there can be too much of a good thing, and I think we have that right here.
And so to all you med students, residents, and docs, I encourage you to set an example by extinguishing this extended numerology from your obstetrical presentations. Just say it in plain English. We will all understand you better.
The Difference Between Me and Josh Groban
Last night I had the pleasure to watch an HBO special documenting a masterclass given by singer Josh Groban to three young music students. Over the course the show, Groban coached the students through composition of an original song, and it culminated with their performance of a song that had not existed a week previously at his concert in Chicago. It was a great show that I quite enjoyed, and if you like Groban or music, you should check it out.
The show also made me think quite a bit about how my job teaching residents is quite a bit different than the job most teachers have.
How My Greatest Accomplishment in Medicine Got Me My First Academic Job
Medicine is a strange career, in comparison to most, in that a doctor does not go on their first true job interview until they are nearly 30 years old. Prior to that, its really just trying to get into college, then trying to get into medical school, then trying to get into the right residency…. but never really interviewing for a job, per se.
My first job interview was with Dr Kenneth Ward, then the chair of the University of Hawai'i department of obstetrics and gynecology. I was interviewing for an academic position, and the interview seemed to be going pretty well. We both liked technology, and were both Apple fans, so there was a fair bit to talk about other than just the job. Overall, we seemed to hit it off.
Then he asked me a serious question.
"So Nick, what was your greatest accomplishment in residency?"
New Surgical Video: Robotic Hysterectomy with Stage IV Endometriosis
This is an edited video of a robotic hysterectomy and salpingoopherectomy in a patient with stage IV endometriosis, with bilateral endometrioma, cul de sac obliteration, and severe retroperitoneal fibrosis. The video demonstrates ureterolysis, dissection of ovarian vessels from the ureter, and management of colpotomy in the setting of dense adhesions.
For clinical consultation with Dr Fogelson, call Emory University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (404) 778-3401
Mitochondrial DNA is Evolving, and That's Amazing!
This week in the news there have been a number of articles about a new technology that has allowed the creation of an embryo from three parents, and boy it is creating controversy.
Three parents you say?
Yes. Of a sort.
The case in point regards a woman who unfortunately had a child with a deadly mitochondrial disease. Mitochondria are organelles ("small organs") inside each of our cells where ATP, our primary energy source, is made. Mitochondria are special in that unlike other organelles, they carry their own DNA. In the case of this woman's tragically afflicted baby, defective DNA that could not support much life.
Geneticists have developed technology to create an healthy embryo without the defective mitochondria by placing a nuclei from the woman's mitochondrially defective egg into a donor egg, after removing that egg's nuclei. They then fertilized the new proto-egg with the husband's sperm to create a new embryo. In essence, the egg had three parents – two in the nuclei, and a third one in the mitochondria.
And the world shuddered.
From all corners were cries of "we're playing GOD!!!". "We are altering the human race!!" "We're no better than Mengele!!"
Most of this comes from a bright line we have put around genetics research that says we will not genetically engineer human beings. Legitimate bioethicists have felt that this is something we should not do, because of a 'slippery slope' towards eugenics. Religious radicals are just uncomfortable with advancement in science in any kind. They say it is because it is against God, but I think it is because a true understanding of how the universe works deprecates the validity of their religion, and thus sparks a crisis of faith.
But either way, most people think that manipulating human DNA is unethical.
I, for some reason, don't see it this way. In fact, I couldn't be happier that we have made this leap, and hope we keep leaping. We are coming to understand how we are put together, and in such we are coming to understand how to manipulate that process. That is exciting, not concerning.
We are not "Playing God". For us to be "Playing God", a "God" would have to have been the reason we came to be on this earth. And unequivocally, it is not. The evidence for evolution is so unbreakably strong that to claim that we are here because of "God" is purely ignorant. Humans are on this earth because our genes were selected for over millions of years, not because somebody put us here. If you believe in God, fine. But please don't hold humanity back from our future by claiming that we are breaking your religious rules.
Even worse is the claim that to genetically engineer a human is akin to Nazi experiments. True, Hitler wanted to manipulate the future of humanity. But he didn't want to do it by changing the genetic information of the future. He did it by murdering the people who were already here. To claim these are the same thing is an affront to geneticists, and is too good for Hitler.
In truth, I am absolutely head over heels excited to hear that we were able to eliminate a deadly genetic disease from a family through genetic means. What this means to me is that we are actually CURING disease, not just treating the symptoms that it produces.
Evolution is something that is terribly misunderstood. Its detractors really don't get how it works. People who don't understand it think it is about the selection of individuals over others, and thus don't believe it could ever have ended up in us, but that is not really how it works. It is the selection of GENES that drives evolution, not the selection of individuals.
The problem in this case is that mitochondrial genes do not reproduce sexually, but are rather copied directly from their parent mitochondira, and as such they do not evolve. As such, problems in the mitochondria are passed on forever, never changing except by random mutation.
But now, for the first time, mitochondrial DNA is evolving. Perhaps not by natural selection, but it is evolving nonetheless. And that is exciting.
Don't take this to believe that I am ignorant of the potential problems. But they are technical, not ethical. Obviously we can not open the doors to unlimited human experimentation, but this is a first step, and it is a good one.
Self Promotion!
Here's a new Emory video featuring yours truly.
A Nice Clean White Coat
As I rolled into my office this morning I noticed that my white coat was looking a little dingy. Fortunately, my AA ordered me a bunch of coats so I always have some hanging up, fresh from the cleaners. Usually she has to tell me to switch them. Occasionally I notice myself. Either way, I don't tend to walk around with a coat that isn't at least mostly white.
But it wasn't always that way. As a resident, I had a habit of finding out just how brown a white coat can be. It was hard to tell for me, as the change was very gradual. But a few years into a residency, I could stand next to someone with a truly white coat and the difference was, well, ghastly. But now it is different, and while I have to give my AA credit, in truth the credit goes to my third year REI attending, Dr John Schnorr.
I started my REI rotation early in my third year. Effectively, this meant that the two white coats I had been given at the beginning of my internship were somewhere between yellow and poo. I walked into the Taj Mahal office, as REI offices tend to be, and presented myself to Dr Schnorr. He gave me a funny look that I didn't quite pick up on. He then proceeded to go over all the rules and responsibilities for the rotation, as would be typical for the orientation.
We had a great first day. At the end of it, I could tell he was a little uncomfortable about something. He hesitated, then he came out with it.
"Do you get your coats laundered?"
This was a very polite Southern way of saying "Your coat looks like shit"
"Uh… no"
As if I had to say it.
But then he said the greatest thing.
"Just throw your coats in our laundry bin…. our people will launder them for you."
So I did, and was forever changed. When I got that first laundered coat, all bleach white and starched, I never looked back.
So residents – take your coat to the cleaners from time to time… its only seven bucks, but it looks like a million.

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I live in Michigan, the 650 is fully legal, the 200 is marginal
Here's a few more pics. Its an experiment that went extremely well. I wanted to see if a sub 200 lb bike was possible and everything about it far exceeded my expectations. The extreme lightness changes everything. The super torquey 218 stroker motor, long travel and trials tire combined with the light weight puts it in a whole different category. The BBR frame is acually pretty heavy so I'm building the second generation frame and will also refine the ergos at the same time. My hope is to offer frame kits to accept stock honda parts and the xr200 or crf230 engines. It weighs 183 lbs, no gas now and I'm shooting for 175 - 180 lbs with full size wheels, adult ergonomics and race quality suspension.
At 275 lbs I may have the lightest 650 around but the little XR is another 92 lbs lighter yet !!
A new category,.. super playbikes ?? Imagine a bike docile enough to learn on that can still spank a 450 in the woods
You can see the swingarm stretch, relocated footpegs and 3.5 lb custom pipe in this last picture.
Neat little 200,those footpegs being right down at the bottom of the frame work good in rocks/stumps and deep ruts? I would hate to turn my foot around backwards with those. Amazing its lighter then a 200KTM with that old school Honda engine,or even lighter then the newest trickest 2 stroke 125 made.
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Vancouver garbage-sorting firm fined $50,000 for Metro bylaw violations
Smithers Enterprises Inc. has been fined $50,000 for running an unlicensed waste transfer or material recovery facility in south Vancouver.
The open air site at the south end of Ontario Street, near the Fraser River, was used to sort municipal garbage and construction or demolition waste to extract recyclable materials.
SEI has also paid Metro Vancouver $41,555 in unpaid waste disposal fees, as ordered by the provincial court judge, after operating the facility without a Metro licence for up to a year.
SEI and owner Steven G. Smithers pleaded guilty to three offences under a Metro bylaw regulating the handling of solid waste and recyclables.
According to Metro officials, the firm operated on Port Metro Vancouver land and may have believed it was exempt from the regional district's bylaws and disposal fees.
Metro regulation and enforcement division manager Ray Robb said unregulated operations can cause odour or environmental problems and leave behind large cleanup costs for local cities.
"They can charge a lower rate and out-compete the guys who are doing what we want," Robb added.
It's the second recent fine for an illegal waste handling operation.
Super Save Disposal was ordered in January to pay a $145,000 fine for running an unlicensed facility in Surrey.
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Author: Anne Blankman (website | twitter)
Expected publication: April 22, 2014 (tomorrow!)
In 1930s Munich, danger lurks behind dark corners, and secrets are buried deep within the city. But Gretchen Müller, who grew up in the National Socialist Party under the wing of her "uncle" Dolf, has been shielded from that side of society ever since her father traded his life for Dolf's, and Gretchen is his favorite, his pet.
Uncle Dolf is none other than Adolf Hitler.
And Gretchen follows his every command.
Until she meets a fearless and handsome young Jewish reporter named Daniel Cohen. Gretchen should despise Daniel, yet she can't stop herself from listening to his story: that her father, the adored Nazi martyr, was actually murdered by an unknown comrade. She also can't help the fierce attraction brewing between them, despite everything she's been taught to believe about Jews.
As Gretchen investigates the very people she's always considered friends, she must decide where her loyalties lie. Will she choose the safety of her former life as a Nazi darling, or will she dare to dig up the truth—even if it could get her and Daniel killed?
From debut author Anne Blankman comes this harrowing and evocative story about an ordinary girl faced with the extraordinary decision to give up everything she's ever believed . . . and to trust her own heart instead.
Sometimes, you read for enjoyment and to escape. And then sometimes, you read because you know a book is good for you and it's important for you to read it. Prisoner of Night and Fog is definitely one of the latter books. That's not to say it isn't enjoyable - it is, in some parts. But for me, PoNaF was definitely a serious, thriller of a book that you learn from - it wasn't always fun, but I *am* glad I read it.
The plot clicks along pretty quickly - there were a few moments that lagged a bit in the middle but for the most part, the action rose and fell quickly and kept me very compelled. Blankman effortlessly weaves Gretchen's story, her father's death, and her encounters with Hitler and the rest of the top brass in the National Socialist party into the story. That was the most impressive and interesting feat of this book - that I really believed that this could have happened.
For me, this book was driven more by plot than by my interest in the actual characters - Gretchen seemed a very typical YA heroine - a little naive at first, slowly discovering that she's different from everyone around her and she's been doing everything wrong by believing in the National Socialist party (sorry, was that a spoiler? You knew she was going to figure out that the Nazis weren't good people, right?). Daniel, the Jewish reporter who first informs her that her father's death might not be as it seemed, again, seemed like a very typical YA guy - brave, intrepid, and immediately interested in Gretchen. Their love story was solid but not one where I was heavily interested in seeing them together.
That said, I didn't feel that lack of investment in the love story or in the the typical-ness of the main characters as much as it might have done in another book because the secondary characters were numerous and well-drawn. Reinhard, Gretchen's brother, is particularly fascinating, as were Blankman's depictions of those in Hitler's inner circle and Hitler himself. Blankman's Hitler is a man shrouded in secrecy, charismatic and seemingly benevolent, with a lot of quirks that make him an extraordinary character to read. Every encounter Gretchen had with him made me both disgusted and fascinated.
I think the hardest part of this book for me to swallow was that occasionally, I felt like Gretchen made some choices to trust certain people that I immediately thought were not trustworthy. I thought Blankman did a good, but not great job making Gretchen's desire to believe in people authentic and understandable - most of the time, I believed and understood Gretchen's choices. There were just occasional moments, like when Gretchen goes to her best friend to tell her that Hitler isn't what he seems, and Hitler and his associates are in the back room, where I was kind of taken out of the story because it seemed so obvious that Gretchen should know better than to speak to her friend there.
In some ways, though, the fact that I had such an emotional response to a lot of Gretchen's actions (Tiff during reading: "Get out of the room, Gretchen! Run, Gretchen! Look behind you!") is a testament to how invested I was in this story. I stayed up quite late reading the last hundred pages of this book, desperate to find out if Gretchen and Daniel would be okay. It's a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat to the end...or at least until the sequel (don't worry, it's not a cliffhanger)!
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Prisoner of Night and Fog is a well-researched, strongly written portrayal of the early days of Hitler's rise to power, woven very successfully into a YA thriller. Is it compelling? Yes. Is it a book I will want to read over and over? Probably not - a little too harrowing for my liking. But it's definitely a book worth reading and thinking about - it's one that would probably be fantastic in a classroom discussion of Hitler and the Holocaust, and will definitely stay with me for its intriguing portrayal of Hitler.
PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG comes out tomorrow, April 22nd! Will you be picking it up? Are you interested in historical novels or historical YA? How about Hitler and the Holocaust? Is this too academic for you, or did I get you with the thriller tag? =p Let me know in the comments!


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Several groups and well-known personalities in Iraq's Kurdish region have called on authorities to support the pro-democracy movement in Syria, in a joint statement on Wednesday.
"Silence in the face of the crimes committed in Syria is a disgrace and we call on the federal government of Iraq and in Kurdistan to support human rights, freedom and democracy in Syria because it is a moral duty," said the statement, published in Kurdistan's second biggest city Sulaimaniyah.
The statement was signed by 11 local organisations, including the Centre for Democratic Rights, and media and cultural personalities.
"We support Syrian citizens who aspire to freedom and a better life based on democracy and respect for human rights, and we condemn the Baathist regime, its savage repression and its crimes against humanity against peaceful demonstrators and the Syrian people," the statement said.
"The Kurds of Iraq have been victims of the brutality of the Baathist regime, and its desire to eliminate the Kurdish people, and in Syria today, the Kurds are not treated in a manner equal to that of other citizens."
The Baath party rose to power in 1963 in Syria and five years later in Iraq, where it was officially dissolved and banned after the 2003 US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.
Since March 15, more than 1,200 protesters have been killed and 10,000 have been arrested in pro-democracy rallies in Syria, according to activists.


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Berry Craig: Romney told another whopper about unions the other night. "We will stop the unfairness of requiring union workers to contribute to politicians not of their choosing," he said.
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Kate Moss can officially add herself to the list of enviable celebs that have managed to defy age.
Kate Moss continues to defy age
Joining the ranks of Jennifer Aniston, Elle MacPherson and Demi Moore, the 38-year-old supermodel looks incredible after teaming up with old pal George Michael for his latest music video 'White Light'.
Kate and George are old friends
Dressed in a chic fur coat, the model shows off her driving skills before pulling up to a club to meet the man himself.
She's still got it! Kate Moss smoulders
Kate, who has been rocking the catwalk for more than two decades, certainly put her skill set to good use in the vid.
Proving that she's still got it, the model demonstrated her best hair tossing technique and smouldering stare.
Kate Moss does her best hair toss
After hearing of Kate's disappointment that she wasn't asked to star in his 1990 video 'Freedom' (asking Naomi Campbell instead), George decided to makes things right by asking the model to appear in his comeback video.
Based on his near death experience last year after being diagnosed with pneumonia, the arty video plays on the theme of life hanging in the balance everyday.
This is not the first time the supermodel has lent her expertise to the music world.
In 2003, Kate showed off her best pole dancing skills in The White Stripes video 'I don't know what to do with myself'.
Kate may look like she hasn't aged a day but it seems she does dress it, choosing to show off a significantly less amount flesh this time round.
The supermodel will next be appearing at the Olympic games closing ceremony alongside fellow models Naomi Campbell, Rosie Huntington-Whitely and Lily Cole.
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Firewolfe Signs To Rubicon Music
U.S. metal act Firewolfe has inked a deal with Japanese metal label Rubicon Music. The band's self-titled debut album will be released in Japan this October. The Japanese version of the CD will include the special bonus track "Waiting for Daylight."
"FireWolfe is an extremely exciting band and their future is assured," said Geoff Gillespie, International A&R director for Rubicon Music. "It has been a long while since we have been lucky enough to hear a band with that special 'it' in such abundant quantities, and Rubicon music is proud and privileged to be associated with such an outstanding prospect."
The track listing for the Japanese release is:
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5. Back from Hell
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8. Tempter
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Pet Care: Holistic approach neededDear Dr. Fox: I'm writing for help with my cat's 10-month-long skin condition of two 50-cent-size sores that never heal. She does not go outside and has been eating Wellness Salmon dry and Wellness Turkey moist food.
By: Dr. Michael Fox, INFORUM
Dear Dr. Fox: I'm writing for help with my cat's 10-month-long skin condition of two 50-cent-size sores that never heal. She does not go outside and has been eating Wellness Salmon dry and Wellness Turkey moist food. I'm now gradually introducing Natural Balance Duck & Green Pea.
She has had Clavamox and Prednisone, and now receives Clemastine ointment and Neosporin daily. The dermatologist says it's probably a flea allergy, but there haven't been fleas for months. She wears a Victorian collar and a shirt, but one scratch opens the sores again despite all the protection (which isn't foolproof).
Would omega-3 help her skin? Is there an allergy test for her?
I have nine animals in a split-level house. The dogs are not with the five cats. The cats have four rooms downstairs (vinyl flooring). All the other cats are fine. I put Advantage on them to prevent fleas, although I don't like using it. The vet said that I should use it in case the affected cat has a flea allergy and one bite will cause her distress. – J.M., Fairfield, Conn.
Dear J.M.: Because a conventional approach to dealing with your cat's skin disease has not proven effective and because your cat has been to a veterinary dermatologist (who presumably ruled out any specific fungal or bacterial infection), an unconventional approach is called for.
This means a more holistic, environmental perspective that considers co-factors other than fleabites as contributors to your cat's malady. Several readers with cats showing symptoms like your poor cat improved their pets' lives by avoiding scented cat litter or tissues, cleaners, detergents, room fresheners and other household products. Others found success transitioning their cats onto grain-free or single-protein raw cat foods, or by giving their cats supplements such as fish oil and brewer's yeast. I advise against treating all cats with the Advantage flea-killer drug because that is a shot in the dark, and, without fumigating your home (cats out!), is too risky and costly.
Dear Dr. Fox: Loud noises such as thunderstorms never bothered our 4-year-old bichon, Lily, until recently.
We were on a walk a few weeks ago, and some kids were setting off firecrackers a couple of blocks away. Her tail went down immediately, she shook uncontrollably and frantically pulled us home. To further the problem, our neighborhood is new and homes are still under construction. Every day, explosions ring in the distance, as rocks are being blasted. Needless to say, it is a struggle to get Lily to walk. What can we do to help her with this fear? – S.P., Urbana, Md.
Dear S.P.: Putting on the radio or a CD to fill the room with soothing music for Lily may act as a sound barrier. There is a purportedly calming music CD for dogs called "Through a Dog's Ear" that may help.
Sound phobias in dogs can be difficult to treat, especially because most dogs are resistant to the usual phobia-reducing desensitization and behavior-modification treatments.
The underlying anxiety could be alleviated with a 10- to 14-day trial of Xanax, a psychotropic drug proven beneficial, especially for dogs suffering from "thunderphobia." In some cases, treatment with melatonin is effective. Discuss these options with your veterinarian.
A non-drug approach is to wrap the dog tightly with a T-shirt taped around the chest and abdomen. A special "anxiety wrap" tailored to fit dogs of different sizes is also available commercially. Such wraps help many dogs feel more secure prior to a thunderstorm or a night of fireworks.
Thousands of birds in several states died this past New Year's Eve after being startled out of their roosts by fireworks and colliding with solid objects in their flight path. Personally, I find fireworks a childish abomination.
Pfizer drops anti-flea, tick drug ProMeris
Pfizer Animal Health has announced that it will halt production of its spot-on/topical ProMeris (metaflumizone and amitraz) flea and tick preventative for dogs. This comes after a North Carolina State University study of 22 dogs, which showed a possible link between the product and cases of Pemphigus foliaceus, an autoimmune skin disease. The remaining stocks of the topical preventive will be available through mid-September unless supplies run out sooner, the company said. I have received many letters over the years from readers reporting adverse reactions in their companion animals to these kinds of products. That is why I have repeatedly advised that these kinds of spot-on/topical insecticidal drugs should only be used as a last resort after safer, alternative controls, detailed on my website, have failed.
Send your questions to Dr. Fox in care of The Forum, Box 2020, Fargo, ND 58107. The volume of mail received prohibits personal replies, but questions and comments of general interest will be discussed in future columns. Visit Dr. Fox's website at www.twobitdog.com/DrFox.
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NEXT time you take in a lungful of oxygen, consider this: it was made possible in part by ocean viruses.
The viruses, which infect single-celled algae called cyanobacteria, are hyperefficient photosynthesisers thanks to a unique set of genes.
Previous work had shown that cyanophage viruses have some photosynthesis genes, apparently used to keep the host cyanobacteria on life support during the infection, which otherwise knocks out the cells' basic functions.
Now Oded Béjà from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa says that the cyanophages' photosynthetic proficiency doesn't stop there. While screening DNA sequences in water samples collected during Craig Venter's Global Ocean Sampling Expedition, his team discovered seven more photosynthesis genes coding for a complex of proteins collectively named photosystem I. They believe the viral complex has a unique shape that makes cyanophage photosynthesis hyperefficient.
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Even as the BMC has been issuing notices to some of its tenants asking them to vacate classrooms rented in civic school buildings, an employees' union affiliated to the Shiv Sena and an employment wing of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) continue to operate from the classrooms of a BMC school building located in Dadar, despite receiving notices from the BMC six months ago.
The BMC had last year issued notices to 98 organisations which have occupied 628 classrooms in over 100 civic schools across the city, asking them to vacate the premises at the earliest as they were carrying out non-educational activities.
While some of the premises were used for commercial purposes, such as dance classes, drama rehearsals and yoga classes, others served as union offices of political parties. Unions such as the Bharatiya Kamgar Sena, Municipal Karmachari Kamgar Sena, BEST Kamgar Sena, Vahatuk Sena (all affiliated to the Shiv Sena), Shiv Udyog Sena (affiliated to the MNS) and Rashtriya Mazdoor Union, to name a few, occupied classrooms in civic schools.
The Municipal Karmachari Kamgar Sena, a BMC employees' union that has been occupying a classroom in the Gokhale Road (South) municipal school in Dadar (West) for the past year, has not budged from the premises despite receiving two notices from the BMC.
Baba Kadam, president of the Municipal Karmachari Kamgar Sena said, "We work for the rights of BMC employees. So, it is not illegal to occupy the office… and neither are we conducting any activity for profit. The civic body had issued two notices, the first one six months ago, and the second one a month later. We then discussed the matter with the members of our union and approached Mayor Sunil Prabhu to resolve the issue. Hence, now we are not under pressure to vacate the room." The union is affiliated to the Shiv Sena, a major ruling party in the BMC. Mayor Sunil Prabhu was unavailable for comment.
Similarly, the Shiv Udyog Sena, affiliated to the MNS, uses three classrooms at Gokhale Road municipal school in Dadar, and has refused to vacate them despite notices from the BMC.
Yashwant Killedar, chairman of the Shiv Udyog Sena said, "Our organisation is recognised by the state government. We help students get education loans and also guide them for further studies and employment-related issues."
Manoj Kotak, chairman of the civic education committee said, "I will have to first verify what exactly the case at Gokhale road municipal school is, and only then will I be in a position to comment. As of now, I am not fully aware of the situation."
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I basicly made this the same way, but instead of pickle I used a chopped seeded cucumber, and no red pepper. We had it that way in a Mexican Resteraunt[sp?], My husband and I loved it.
pretty good. we love pico de gallo and make it often. we love the "secret ingredient", it adds just the right amount of crispy, saltiness. we use red onion, Roma tomatoes, and add a tablespoo...
As far as improving on a such a simple dish, the pickle goes a long way. Lime juice a must and we added garlic. Very enjoyable.


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NOAA - Ecosystem Goal Team - To protect, restore and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through an ecosystem approach to management
Ecosystem Observations
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NOAA's Ecosystem Observations Program (EOP) provides trusted scientific information to foster healthy marine ecosystems for current and future generations.
The name EOP can be misleading. While ecological observations make up the foundation of much of EOPs work, they are only the initial step in the myriad of responsibilities and accomplishments within the program. EOP provides extensive data collection through NOAA monitoring and observing activities throughout the worlds oceans. These data allow EOP and its partners the ability to monitor, assess and forecast the status and trends in and around diverse marine ecosystems that affect our economy, our environment and our culture.
Ecosystem Approaches to Management
To achieve balance among ecological, environmental, and societal interests, the EOP has adopted an Ecosystem Approach to Management (EAM). An EAM ensures that the management of marine resources is based on the entire ecosystem instead of the commonly used practice of managing one activity or one part of an ecosystem without considering the impacts on and influence of other parts. EOP works within its five areas of expertise, or "capabilities". Each capability provides EOP with specific data that directly support EAM. EOP Capabilities are Fisheries Monitoring and Assessment, Protected Species Monitoring and Assessment, Ecosystem Monitoring, Assessments and Forecasting, Economic and Sociocultural Monitoring and Assessments and Data Management, Technology Transfer, Education, and Outreach.
EOP develops assessments and forecasts to provide researchers and managers with the best scientific information available for resource management decisions. EOP also provides economic and socio-cultural assessments enabling resource managers to assess impacts of resource management decisions and to better respond to community needs. EOP observation data, assessments and forecasts provide NOAA and its external partners vital information to make sound management decisions based on knowledge of current status and trends of living marine resources. EOP observations, assessments, and forecasts from those data provide the underlying science needed to take a holistic approach in managing our oceans and coasts.
Current major programs within EOP include expanding stock assessments to help set annual catch limits (ACLs) by 2010 to meet the mandates of the Magnuson Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act and to support protected species management; the development of Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (IEAs) to support EAM; and creating information management architecture to ensure access to, and quality control of data streams used in assessments and forecasts.
EOP has several sub-capabilities and cross-Line Office partners to help support these major programs. EOP is the home of the Cooperative Research program which provides local fishermen, scientists and resource managers the opportunity to develop local-solutions to fishery concerns impacting them. The Fisheries Statistics program summarizes U.S. commercial fisheries landings and provides fisheries-dependent information through recreational fisheries surveys nationwide. The National Observers Program deploys fishery observers to collect catch and bycatch data from US commercial fishing and processing vessels. The National Data Development Center is a leader in Regional Ecosystem Data Management (REDM) and ensures that usable data for IEAs are available to scientists via a web-based portal. Mussel Watch, a program of the Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessments is the longest continuous, nationwide contaminant monitoring program in U.S. coastal waters. EOP also supports Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (FOCI) a joint research program between the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) and the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) that determining the influence of the physical environment on marine populations and the subsequent impact on fisheries.
EOP is more than just observations. It is a coordinate group of scientists, specialists, and external partners contributing world-class expertise in oceanography, marine ecology, marine archeology, fisheries management, conservation biology, natural resource management, aquaculture, and environmental risk assessment.
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Posted: January 6, 2014 at 2 a.m.
A friend recently got stuck when he tried to explain to his son, who was struggling to find a job, how our economy got to be the way it is. He asked my help since I am a well-known crank on the matter. I offered him this: Last summer I was in a Home Depot standing in front of a veritable mountain of new air conditioners. They were all from China, which was no surprise. But to be annoying I asked a passing clerk where they were made. He was a young man, hired more for the spring in his step than his knowledge of international sourcing. We both looked at the boxes, piled in a pyramid, eight levels high. The boxes didn't say anything about China. But they did say "Made in PRC." "Are these from China?" I asked.
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To that end, Healthcare Collaboration offers a novel method of pairing established speakers in an interactive program that gives your meeting participants field-tested strategies, tactics, and tools that they can implement as soon as they return to the office, which will help them, for example to:
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How to Manage Physician Behavioral Issues and Potential Impairment
In this dynamic presentation with Drs. Cohn and Burroughs, participants will learn about:
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- Ten ways to boost credibility, likeability, and mutual support
- Five ways to engage physicians, especially those who do not want to be engaged
From CHOP to the Mayo Clinic and Novartis, Kare Anderson has improved performance and morale at over 100 medical organizations by suggesting specific ways to communicate-to-connect and to improve the work setting by storyboarding the on-site experience. Her expertise is in behavioral cues and ways people who must think on their feet can attract smarter support sooner. She is a columnist for Forbes and the Harvard Business Review and author of Moving from Me to We, Resolving Conflict Sooner and Walk Your Talk. She's an Emmy award-winning former NBC and Wall Street Journal reporter. As David Rockefeller said after hearing her speak, "She'll forever change how you see yourself and your world."
Hospital and Service-Line Consolidation Planning
During this timely session, led by Ms. Tyler and Dr. Cohn, participants will learn how to:
- Evaluate and respond to the sustainability imperative
- Engage physicians and nurses in strategic planning that adds value
- Apply a template to evaluate prospective partners, based on case reviews of other hospitals where the process has gone well and has been done poorly
Ms. Tyler is a vice president with The Camden Group who specializes in general strategy, mergers and affiliations, service line planning, ACO and clinical integration strategy, and hospital designations (such as ANCC Magnet). She focuses on facilitating thoughtful conversations with practical solutions. She is known for her organization, clear communication, and focus on delivering value. A chief nursing officer who heard her speak said, "It was so interesting to hear how you gave case studies and examples from other regions and industries. I understand this information more than ever before."
Practical Strategies for Engaging Physicians in Medical Staff Models
During this topic of current interest, led by Mr. Pavarini and Dr. Cohn, participants will learn:
- Medical staff models for independent and employedphysicians
- Engaging physicians to work as partners rather than as competitors
- Implications for US healthcare following current legal/political developments
Peter Pavarini is a partner in the global law firm of Squire Sanders (US) LLP. Mr. Pavarini serves as Co-Chair of his firm's Health Reform Task Force which has overseen a multi-disciplinary response to the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act of 2010. He focuses his practice on the representation of hospitals and other health care providers in a wide range of strategic, regulatory and transactional matters, particularly physician alignment models and the development of clinically integrated provider organizations. Mr. Pavarini serves on the board of directors of the American Health Lawyers Association and will serve as AHLA's president from 2014-15. Mr. Pavarini is a member of the faculty for the American College of Healthcare Executivesand a frequent speaker/ author on the transformation of the U.S. health care system. He recently served as an executive editor and author of AHLA's ACO Handbook: A Guide to Accountable Care Organizations.
Disaster Planning
During this insightful session, led by Mr. Taylor and Dr. Cohn, participants will learn:
- Preparing for Disasters: What C-suite executives need to know and do before disaster strikes
- Engaging physicians to participate in disaster planning: lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid
- Reducing the impact of disasters via our planning, choices, decisions, and actions
Carl Taylor is the former Assistant Dean of the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Director of the Center for Strategic Health Innovation (CSHI) and Director of the National Center for Disaster Medical Response. Currently, he is Vice President at Independent Living Systems (ILS). ILS is a participant in managed long-term care efforts nationally. He is also a Founding Partner and Executive Director of the Fraser Institute for Health Research, a New Jersey research firm engaged in using knowledge to develop new tools to understand risk in healthcare and disasters. Carl has been the Principal Investigator on over forty contracts and grants for health research and disaster preparedness including the operation of the Advanced Regional Response Training Center.
Leadership and the Sexes
During this provocative session, led by Mr. Gurian and Dr. Cohn, participants will learn:
- Differences between male-female brain scans and implications for gender roles
- Methods of communication to bridge male-female differences in healthcare settings and create a more harmonious workplace
- How to leverage gender diversity to run better meetings and transform your teams
Michael Gurian is the New York Times best-selling author of twenty five books published in twenty one languages. The Gurian Institute, which he co-founded, conducts research internationally, launches pilot programs and trains professionals. As a social philosopher and family counselor, Michael has pioneered efforts to bring neurobiology and brain research into homes, schools, corporations, and public policy.
Preparing for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
During this interactive session led by Mr. Chase and Dr. Cohn, participants will learn:
- Examples and outcomes of ACOs in action
- Alternatives to ACOs, including contractual arrangements, group practice subsidiary models, and risk-sharing considerations
- Where do you begin: How to leverage your physician champions to make successful decisions in the face of rapidly changing market dynamics
Curt Chase is chair of the Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Division of the law firm Husch Blackwell. He was a faculty presenter in the 2012 ACHE Congress session 97AB on Hospital-Physician Integration: What Do We Do Now? He has developed a national healthcare practice providing transactional, regulatory, and compliance guidance for hospitals, physicians, and other healthcare providers. He routinely serves as outside counsel to hospitals and health systems regarding complex hospital/physician integration arrangements and is experienced in handling compliance and reimbursement matters, including government investigations and internal compliance reviews.
A Proactive, Collaborative Approach to Reduce Malpractice
During this informative session, led by Mr. Corder and Dr. Cohn, participants will learn how to:
- Use evidence-based tools and practices to mitigate risk and improve safety
- Code and analyze data sets to improve patient care
- Engage physicians to decrease individual variation to build a culture of safety from the ground up
Mr. Corder is Assistant Vice President at CRICO, which insures all Harvard medical faculty and teaching hospitals. They use the world's largest database of coded malpractice claims to improve safety for patients, providers, practices and hospitals. They compare and analyze cases in a way that allows them to see the signals that lead to unsafe care. Then, they develop best practices, learn from others, and track improvement over time. They lower case rates, costs, premiums, and the rate and severity of injuries. They also decrease error, improve care, and save lives.
Delivering value across the full care continuum: A transformative hospital imperative
During this informative session led by Mr. Peyser and Dr. Cohn, participants will learn:
- How to energize providers to collaborate, coordinate and transition patient care
- Essentials for hospital organizations to promote wellness and population health
- Ways health systems can save money while providing a complete array of services
For almost three decades, Mr. Peyser has served as a trusted strategic business advisor to healthcare CEOs, executive management, and boards to boost revenues, cut expenses and improve clinical outcomes. He offers practical, field-tested business strategies that foster confidence and ensure success in rapidly changing times. Mr. Peyser's experience includes serving as a Company Executive, Consultant, Clinic Manager and Practitioner across health services, medical school, research and government sectors.
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Grapevine, Texas (PRWEB) August 07, 2012
The Texas Tennis Open today announced Tennis Express as a presenting sponsor of the 2012 event. Tennis Express is a leading retailer and online provider of tennis racquets, shoes, apparel and bags from the industry's leading brands.
The Texas Tennis Open, which is part of the WTA, is an "international level" tournament with prize money of $220,000 and features a singles draw of 32 players and a doubles draw of 16 teams. The tournament, which will play host to an international field of players, will take place August 17 through August 24, 2012 at the Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel in Grapevine, Texas.
"We are extremely pleased to have Tennis Express partner with the Texas Tennis Open as presenting sponsor," said Chris Giordano, Texas Tennis Open Tournament Director. "The Tennis Express brand is clearly a leader in our industry in both product offering and customer service and we are glad to have them as a marquee sponsor of the event."
As one of the largest tennis-specific retailers in the world, Tennis Express and TennisExpress.com offer customers the best brands and selection with exceptional customer service. Racquets, Shoes, Apparel and Bags from Nike, Wilson, Prince, Babolat, Head, Adidas, Fila, Reebok, Under Armour, Fred Perry, K-Swiss, New Balance, Asics and much more.
"Signing on as a presenting sponsor of the Texas Tennis Open is a great way to support our customers," said Brad Blume, founder of Tennis Express. "Our business aims to provide products and services to the tennis playing community around the world, and we feel that supporting an event like this is allows our customers to see top-level professional tennis in their own community," he added.
For more information about the Texas Tennis Open go to TexasTennisOpen.com.
Tennis Express and TennisExpress.com offer customers the best brands and selection with exceptional customer service. Racquets, Shoes, Apparel and Bags from Nike, Wilson, Prince, Babolat, Head, Adidas, Fila, Reebok, Under Armour, Fred Perry, K-Swiss, New Balance, Asics and much more. Each team member prides themselves in their motto "We know tennis." Besides racquets, shoes, apparel and bags, TennisExpress.com carries ball and stringing machines, training equipment, backboards and accessories. They have the largest selection of tennis books, videos, posters, calendars, player autographs, trading/collector cards and memorabilia. If it's tennis, you'll find it at TennisExpress.com! They want to be your #1 source for all your tennis gear needs. TennisExpress.com provides customers around the globe with quality tennis products and outstanding customer service.
The 2012 Texas Tennis Open, an international-level Women's Tennis Association (WTA) event offering $220,000 in prize money, will feature a 32-player singles draw and a 16-team doubles draw. The event will be held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Hotel in Grapevine from August 17 to August 24, 2012, which is one week prior to the prestigious US Open. It will feature an outstanding field of international players ranked in the top 75 in the world. For more information about the Texas Tennis Open, go to the tournament's website at http://www.TexasTennisOpen.com or follow the tournament on Twitter or Facebook.


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1. Toy Story 3 (2010)
G | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
Writers: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, Michael Arndt | Director: Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty
Votes: 460,375
G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Writers: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon | Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
Votes: 605,987
3. Up (2009)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Seventy-eight year old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
Writers: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Thomas McCarthy | Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson | Stars: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 552,413
4. Finding Nemo (2003)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.
Writers: Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds | Directors: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 578,576
5. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted.
Writers: Pete Docter, Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon, Ralph Eggleston, Andrew Stanton, Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird, Rhett Reese, Jonathan Roberts | Directors: Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 488,864
6. The Incredibles (2004)
PG | 115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.
Writer: Brad Bird | Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee
Votes: 414,583
7. Ratatouille (2007)
G | 111 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.
Writers: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, Bob Peterson | Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava | Stars: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm
Votes: 410,054
8. Monsters University (2013)
G | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University -- when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Writers: Dan Scanlon, Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird | Director: Dan Scanlon | Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren
Votes: 196,083
9. Cars (2006)
G | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A hot-shot race-car named Lightning McQueen gets waylaid in Radiator Springs, where he finds the true meaning of friendship and family.
Writers: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Jorgen Klubien, Dan Fogelman, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin, Bonnie Hunt, Robert L. Baird, Daniel Gerson, Don Lake, Steve Purcell, Dan Scanlon | Directors: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft | Stars: Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman, Larry the Cable Guy
Votes: 220,285
10. Brave (2012)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.
Writers: Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Irene Mecchi, Michael Arndt | Directors: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell | Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters
Votes: 231,935
11. Cars 2 (2011)
G | 106 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
Writers: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis, Dan Fogelman, Ben Queen | Directors: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis | Stars: Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer
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The construction of Oberlin Hall was begun in the summer of 1833,
and it was ready for use the following December. This building was
known at first as the Boarding House and later as Preparatory Hall.
It was then officially named Oberlin Hall. It was the first college
building, and contained all that there was of Oberlin Collegiate
Institute until the summer of 1835. It embraced boarding hall, chapel,
meeting house, school room, college office, professors quarters,
and private rooms for about forty students. Oberlin Hall was located
on the south side of College Street, nearly opposite the Historic
Elm. It was a wooden structure, 35 by 40 feet, two stories in height,
with a central portion carried up into an attic about 20 feet side.
In 1838, this attic was made into a third floor, which took away
from the building its distinctive feature. It passed from the ownership
of the College in 1854, and was used for business purposes until
destroyed by fire in 1886.


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John Uczekaj and Peter Lyons Among 'Who's Who' in New Mexico Technology
Albuquerque, NM, April 28, 2011: John Uczekaj, Aspen's President and CEO, and Peter Lyons, Aspen's co-founder and Vice President of Product Management, are recognized today by New Mexico Business Weekly's annual Who's Who in Technology award. The ceremony will pay tribute to 28 honorees selected by a panel of local technology veterans.
"At Aspen we work hard to stay on the cutting edge of avionics technology," says Uczekaj, "and these efforts are fueled by the entrepreneurial spirit that started this company."
Much of Aspen's initial success can be attributed to the leadership team's focus on a capital investment strategy as well as a commitment to maintaining viability in the certified avionics marketplace. "Building certified avionics systems is not for the faint of heart," says Lyons, "and so we continually find ways to meet the challenges, and yet stay true to our core values."
Peter and John both bring decades of industry experience to the company, having left the corporate career path to invest their talents into a new idea that has taken the avionics industry by storm. They are both active pilots and fly their Aspen-equipped aircraft as often as possible.
Event details may be found at the NM Business Weekly website: www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque
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Aspen Avionics specializes in bringing the most advanced technology and capability from the commercial and business aviation markets into general aviation cockpits—and budgets. Our products increase situational awareness and reduce pilot workload, making it easier and safer to fly in both VFR and IFR conditions. The way we look at it, getting the latest avionics technology shouldn't always mean spending a lot of money—on equipment or installation. At Aspen Avionics, we design products to be affordable, easy to install, and easy to own.
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Spring in the old backyard
By Gary Bogue
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 at 1:49 pm in Seasons, Spring, Yard.
Looks like we're going to have sunny days and 70-80 degree daytime temperatures for the next week. This will be the longest period of warm sunny days I've seen since the rains started at the beginning of winter. Dare I hope that spring has FINALLY arrived? I know the wild creatures that live in my backyard certainly feel that way.
A pair of Anna's hummingbirds are busy courting in the skies above my yard. Probably getting ready to raise their (her!) second nest full of youngsters this year. The female is sitting on a tiny twig in the top of our apple tree, as the male zooms straight up for about 150 feet, then drops straight back down in a power dive and zips sideways at a 90-degree angle just inches above the female and curves back up for another attempt at the same maneuver. He did this three times in as many minutes, never missing a beat. Wow. I think he likes her. The nest is somewhere in my middle redwood tree. It's so well camouflaged I haven't been able to spot it.
I saw the skunk last evening, making his (her?) usual twilight trip through my yard. (Through the hole under my fence on the right side, trop, trot, trot across the patio and then under the redwoods and through the hole under the left side fence.)
Next came the mama opossum. I think she uses the same fence hole to pass through my yard.
Then the gray cat from next door, the black cat from across the street, and the striped cat from I have no idea where. They came over to sniff my catnip patch and get drunk and NOT use my yard for a litter box and then stagger back home to sleep it off until tomorrow's trip. Hey, the catnip patch has worked for four years, now, and Lois and I can garden without digging up cat poop! Try it, you'll like it.
Looks like I'm going to need street signs to control the traffic, though.
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You can set ACT to sync with Outlook and Outlook will sync with your Smartphone, on previous versions of ACT you can also sync directly to the phone...ACT was developing a Pocket PC software version at one time last year, but pulled it for some reason shortly after it launched. I had the Palm version which would be great except I was using it on a Palm smartphone (Treo 300) and it was basically just giving me duplicate data...Once ACT fully integrates into the contacts of these devices and not a seperate sync program it may be worth it.
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So I've got probably a dozen gaming wishlists spread across a dozen different websites. Ebay, amazon, local game stores.. shits gettin crazy with my stupidly large lists of games. Does anyone know a good website or program that I can use to amalgamate all my lists together? A program is preferable, but anything'll do!
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San Diego Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers Pick and Preview
- Updated: November 16, 2008
NFL Betting Preview
San Diego Chargers (4-5) at Pittsburgh Steelers (6-3)
Sunday, 4:15 pm Eastern – CBS
SBG Global Opening Line: Steelers – 4 , Total 43
The Pittsburgh Steelers may be a little frustrated losing two of their last three games but they are in far better position than the 4-5 San Diego Chargers. San Diego has played poorly most of the season and star running back LaDainian Tomlinson is having the worst season of his career. The only positive for the Chargers is they play in the weak AFC West where Denver is leading the division at just 5-4. Tomlinson led the league in rushing the past two seasons but has run for just 100 yards in two games this year and hasn't scored a TD in five straight games. "I guess I'm really concerned about it because football to me is simple," Tomlinson said. "I think in order to really be successful and to do what you want to do you have to be able to run the football. That's the way it's always been." SBG Global reports that early NFL betting has the public taking Steelers at Home
The Steelers have been dealing with injuries this season but should be in good shape on Sunday as quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and running back Willie Parker are expected to play. Roethlisberger has been taking snaps in practice this week and trying to resolve some of the problems he has had in recent games. "I think it's important that you practice." coach Mike Tomlin said. "The longer that goes on (missing practice), you start to see issues coming up with timing and cohesion. I think that's the spot we're at this point." Big Ben could have a field day on Sunday against a San Diego defense that is giving up 264.9 yards per game through the air, last in the NFL. On the other side of the ball the Steelers have the league's top rated defense against the pass, giving up only 171.1 yards per game. They should get tested by San Diego quarterback Phillip Rivers who leads the NFL with 21 TD passes.
The Chargers have never won in the regular season at Pittsburgh going 0-12 but they have won twice there in the playoffs. Here are more NFL betting stats for Sunday's game. The Chargers are 15-4-1 ATS in their last 20 vs. the AFC. The Chargers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Chargers are 1-5 ATS in the last 6 meetings between the two teams.
The Steelers are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 games on grass. The Steelers are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games in November. The favorite is 5-1 ATS in the last 6 meetings between the two teams.
SBG Global Current Line: Steelers – 5 , Total 42
The Under is 4-1 in the Chargers last 5 games overall. The Over is 14-5-2 in the Chargers last 21 road games. The Over is 38-14-2 in the Steelers last 54 home games. The Over is 9-4 in the Steelers last 13 games overall.
Pick: Chargers 2 out of 5 units
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