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Los Angeles County Blood Cleanup Narrative
I'm Eddie Evans and this is my my blood cleanup web page for Los Angeles County's blood cleanup cleaning needs. Following homicides, suicides, and unattended deaths, a professional blood cleanup practitioner may help return homes and businesses to their routines. I also offer information for those in need of knowing more. My services for 24/7/365 remain lower than my competitors in most cases. See my affordable blood cleanup services to the right for detailed information about this blood cleanup activity.
Expect my blood cleanup service to offer information. Expect blood cleanup work to come with a guarantee. My guaranteed blood cleanup for Los Angeles County means that you can call me back any time for evaluation and more cleaning if and where needed. I cannot remove all death odors over night, but I can remove a lot of these odors.
I do my best to reach families and businesses in need of my blood cleanup service as quickly as possible. I try to keep my cleaning service affordable.
Although, I sometimes become very busy and cannot reach all in need of my cleaning services overnight.
Still, expect my prices to reflect a rea as on able approach to blood and (OPIM) removal, soiled area cleaning, and disinfection. So I remove blood soiled materials, scrub and rinse the once blood soiled areas, and then I seal these areas if needed. It's the same with crime scene cleanup and decomposition cleanup scenes. It is also my belief that biohazardous materials should not leave a residence or business without treatment for safe or safer handling.
Free Telephone Consultation for Los Angeles County 24/7
Call at any time for information related to blood cleanup. I answer my telephone most of the time. Only when working near noise do I miss calls. Try again if you do not reach me on the first try. My prices remain fair and reasonable and I give a quote for my services on the telephone. I do not change my prices.
I do not charge for giving blood cleanup suggestions. I understand that some people have financial issues. My business includes helping those in great need. Call and ask me what to do and I will do my best to help you. Soon my second crime scene cleanup web site will offer many suggestions for blood cleanup as well as general biohazard company services.
I guarantee my work. If you feel my blood cleanup work somehow needs improvement, call right away. As soon as I can I will return and do what needs to be done. I make every effort on all of my biohazard cleanup work to get it right the first time, in any case. Anything related to blood cleanup has my guarantee that it will satisfy my clients' needs.
My prices, in terms of blood cleanup prices, remain among the lowest if not the lowest blood cleanup prices in . Here's why my blood cleanup prices remain low.
- I do my own cleaning.
- I do not have employee overhead.
- I have over eight years experience.
- I have fixed fees for my biohazardous waste disposal.
- I keep fees low because of corruption in the coroner's office.
I remove biohazardous waste and any other materials soiled by blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). Usually I seal, alter, disinfect biohazardous waste. I cannot always do so, but my fees remain fixed and I do not increase fees because of biohazardous waste.
Furniture, mattresses, bedding, pillow, carpeting, carpet cushion, and other household property are removed as needed. As a courtesy to my clients I will move out other property as possible. I try to add value to my blood cleanup activities.
Sometimes a blood cleanup may also turn into a "decomposition cleanup." This means a Blood victim was "down:" for a prolonged period of time, long enough to decompose and dehydrate. I do not change my prices for unattended deaths with decomposition. So I do not change my prices for other death cleanup work. It's the same price. TOP
I use typical house-hold chemicals found on store shelves. I have several professional disinfecting chemicals, but I try not to use these. Cleaning, for my blood cleanup business, means to disinfect the soiled area. Then I remove soiled materials. Dust, debris, blood, and OPIM are scraped free, scrubbed free, or wiped free. I may use a wet/dry vacuum for areas scrubbed and rinsed. Fluids go down the toilet or sink, which has approval from the Center for Disease Control.
Cleaning means re cleaning, just like writing means rewriting. I re clean to help ensure thorough cleaning outcomes. Following cleaning I disinfect the general area. At times I seal parts of walls, floors, and ceiling. TOP
When absolutely necessary, blood cleanup means demolition of small areas of floor, walls, or ceilings. I do my best not to cause demolition. I sand and seal before cutting out material. Sometime, though, blood and other fluids migrate across floors to walls. Once at the wall blood finds its way up drywall by wicking. Usually wicked blood sands out or cuts out quite easily. Repairing small areas of drywall takes minutes and costs very little.
Once in a while blood leaks between a wall and floor and seeps below along ventilation ducts, heating pipes, water pipes, or cross members. Even electrical wiring serves as conduit for blood's progression. These instances are rare, very unusual too, but they do occur. Bathroom grouting not well sealed may lead to problems too.
Disinfecting begins at the start of blood cleanup. I continue disinfecting with each cleaning step and more often depending on circumstances. I see no need to allow biohazards a moments defense from my disinfecting approach to blood cleanup. By the time I complete blood cleanup I have used over a gallon of disinfectant of soiled material.
I use one part bleach to ten parts water and stronger bleach and water solutions. At times I use Simple Green because of its disinfecting properties. Professional disinfectants in my blood cleanup chemical inventory allow me to do extra heavy disinfecting when needed.
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As mentioned above, I remove furnishings soiled by blood and OPIM. I usually remove these items after dissecting and sealing them. Sometimes I remove furnishings to help my clients begin moving out of their home. What ever I can fit into my truck, van, or trailers I will take for disposal in a local landfill.
blood cleanup also means odor reduction. I cannot guarantee complete odor reduction because of decomposing blood's odors. Decomposing biological matter creates heavy uric and sulfuric acid odors. These death odors permeate entire houses. Anywhere man-made or natural cellular structures exist, death's odors will permeate and remain given time, temperature, and density.
To remove death's odors fresh air ventilated throughout a house will help returned the home's prior odorless condition. First, the offending biological materials removal allows for the death odor's density decrease. When necessary I use ozone gas to reduce if not remove the death odor.
Education and Experience
Los Angeles County Cleaning Fees
My $999 maximum includes all chemicals and biohazardous waste removal. This price includes all sealing materials. Evans Enterprises offers these prices because we know that not all Los Angeles County families have money for these unforeseen blood cleanup expenses.
This price does not cover multiple death scenes or shotgun Bloods.
Los Angeles County suffers one of the higher suicide rates in . Like Los Angeles County, Huntington Beach suffers higher than average Blood rates in . Santa Ana's female population suffers an inordinate number of Bloods. Hand-guns play a large role in Los Angeles County, Costa Mesa, and Huntington Beach Bloods. Homicide cleanup work follows closely in Santa Ana. Santa Ana's suicide rate among young, Latino women also hits a higher than expected rate, judged by other areas of our country. Many of these suicide cleanup tasks are done by families because of income issues.
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I offer Los Angeles County services to residential and business interests. Call any time and I will do my best to answer your questions. I accept cash, check, and Pay Pal.
I usually try to respond to Los Angeles County blood cleanup requests on the following day when death is involved, but respond on the same day when a residence or building must continue in use. I say this because Los Angeles County is become very hard to drive through on anyone day because of traffic congestion. Not only traffic congestion causes great delay moving from one end of the county to the other. A simple traffic mishap like a minor traffic accident or even a loose hubcap can backup traffic for many miles. So as a result, when I received blood cleanup calls later in the day I usually schedule the cleanup for the next day.
Human blood is considered biohazardous by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. By default then, any human blood that may come into contact with, or may reasonably be anticipated to come in contact with human beings, must be considered biohazardous. This is so because of the numerous cases of human immunodeficiency (HIV), hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in the Los Angeles County population. Plus, there are unknowns out there and we seem to be learning about these unknown blood disorders, blood-borne pathogens, as the months and years pass.
Human blood consisting of any one of the following characteristics or combination of these blood characteristics is biohazardous:
- wet blood
- moist blood
- dry flaky blood
- blood capable of losing from an object when the object is compressed
As a result of blood-borne pathogen biohazards then, we always try to keep the distance between ourselves in human blood. When cleaning up blood, protective equipment like I protection, protection over the nose and mouth, and protection of skin becomes important.,
Great quantities of blood upon nonporous surfaces can be covered with absorbent materials. Some materials that are absorbent to be flushed down the toilet. Others must be placed in strong plastic bags and then placed in red, biohazard bags for pickup by biohazard transportation company. Some absorbent materials used for blood absorption should also be placed in these bags along with blood soaked garments and other fabrics.
Placing bathroom towels over wet blood on floors and other nonporous surfaces will help contain the spread of wet blood a cross floors covered with linoleum, natural stone, and waxed would. Blood and other fluids will begin to migrate across the floor with the tilt of any building even out one or 2 degrees. It is not a good idea to apply liquid disinfectants to standing wet blood until some way of controlling it spread is in place.
Moist blood can be absorbed to some extent. It can also be scraped up and placed on a toilet when possible. If cause the become liquid, it can be vacuumed if the vacuum is properly used. The contents may be placed down the sanitary sewer, toilet. Hospitals, clinics, dental offices, morgues, and mortuaries all use the sanitary sewer for the same purpose. We moist blood dries out it may become flaky.
Objects capable of releasing human blood when compressed include sponges that are used to soak up blood. I do not you sponges tubes were blood because it is difficult to disinfect the sponge. A sponge may be placed in red bag as biohazardous waste. Other objects that are capable of releasing human blood when compressed include towels, clothing, and other fabrics soaked with human blood. When squeeze the whose blood which means it should go in a biohazard bag. Sometimes blood soiled fabrics can be placed in a washing machine. Hospitals use temperatures over 180° and apply bleach to the water.
Dry flaky blood presents issues because it may become airborne. When airborne there's the risk of inoculating the blood cleanup practitioner and the blood flakes reach the eyes, becoming biohazardous containments.
Wet and moist blood soon become flaky blood after a few short hours of exposure to the atmosphere. Usually when death cleanup is sought, a homicide, suicide, or unattended death is occurred. In which cases, corners employees have remove the decedent, and a corners investigator has continued investigation into the death. In such cases the blood cleanup cannot begin and Los Angeles County families and businesses must wait to hire a blood cleanup company.
As I apply blood cleanup procedures to any death scenes; I use a hierarchy of cleaning approaches. In this way I know which tools, equipment, and cleaning chemicals I might need. This also gives me an idea of how long it will take for the blood cleanup. For example, a worst-case scenario is called "category three," and in these cases I'm the only person in a room doing blood cleanup work because of the extent of blood contamination. Horrific conditions may also exist in which case we do not one of the people exposed to the category three room.
In such cases pools of blood, heavily blood soaked, saturated carpet, pillows, blankets, mattresses, carpet, carpet padding, clothing, couches, love seats, and other materials must be "reduced." Reduced of blood that is, and to a near zero percentage if not total blood removal.
Los Angeles County's Bathroom Floors
Examples include bathroom floors covered with vinyl or natural stone or even ceramic tile. On the surface is blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) may easily spread given the opportunity and time. Even a fan will help disperse the blood across the floor. Some victims of blood loss may be on anticoagulants and incidents cases there thinned out blood may be nearly as mobile as water. When blood reaches a crack in a floor it will seep into the crack. When there is a vinyl floor on top of another vinyl floor surface, the blood may even spread between the two vinyl layers. In this case, odors from the blood will be hard to tolerate, even for the most practiced blood cleanup practitioner.
Blood reach any wall in penetrating below wallboard may saturate drywall. In such cases the drywall will need to be replaced. On some occasions the drywall can be scrubbed clean and then sealed with a paint sealer. The baseboard will need to be cleaned and sealed or destroyed. In second floor bathrooms, more issues arise because blood may seep into the below rooms. This is why it's important to contain the spread of wet blood. It is also important to be careful when using disinfectants poured onto blood. We do not want liquids use for blood cleanup to further contaminate the trauma scene.
Blood wicking, which means blood works its way up were just as the wax on the candlewick works its way up the wick as the wick burns candle wax, may occur. Such cases would include wicking up the side of clothing in contact with the blood soiled floor. Likewise wicking can occur to a drywall.
Concrete floors usually lend themselves to a quick blood cleanup. Problems arise when the concrete surface has heavy of a cementation slayer. This is a form like substance that rises to the top of the concrete structure and left to dry. Most often concrete workers will do their best to ensure that concrete surfaces left with a flat, level surface. But when a building for is poured in the concrete not worked well, it is to be expected that this form like substance will occur. In such cases blood will contaminated it may require that the substances ground off.
Grinding blood off of a concrete floor may be as simple task taking no more than an abrasive pad, comet, and something like simple green and bleach. Or, it may require hand grinding with a hand grinder. Although adding to the time and effort of a blood cleanup task, this cementation slayer saturated by blood does not create a catastrophic condition for cleaning. In some rare cases, blood seepage onto a concrete floor poured within one year may saturate well enough that it becomes embedded below the surface. In such cases the floor must be ground. But this is rare.
In most cases, blood on a concrete floor can be cleaned up from a standing position. By simply placing a scrub pad on the floor, applying a cleanser like Comet, water or vinegar, and agitating with a long handled, flat nose shovel, the blood cleanup will occur quickly. The blood can be safely vacuumed and poured down the toilet.
blood cleanup can continue in this way with new cleaning pads. Paper towels can be used while pushing them about the floor to soak up the blood and residue cleaning solution. These cows can then be shows up in place to bags were bleach is added. These bags are then tied in a knot or preferably, taped closed.
The Center for Disease Control recommends using bleach with water to disinfect nonporous surfaces following blood cleanup. One part bleach to four parts water is often recommended, and some people use one part water the five-parts bleach because of bleaches powerful toxicity. Because bleaches toxic, incidentally, if used on metal surfaces it should be quickly reduced from the surface with clean water.
At times, it may not be a bad idea to add straight bleach in the bags with contaminated materials before closing the bags. But this will depend on the future disposition of said bags.
Wood Floor Demolition
Blood soaked or blood saturated would floors may require some demolition. This occurs when these floors are poorly maintained and blood soaks into the wood fibers. In some cases they can be restored with standing order powerful scraping tools. Then once again sealed with the wood preservative.
Sometimes blood will seep between the wood floor cracks. In such cases the surface would must be removed to reach the subfloor for cleanup the blood. The surface would should be cleaned off, place in bags, and disposed of. The cleaned subfloor should be decontaminated and sealed with the paint sealer.
Fighting white-collar crime in Los Angeles County's blood cleanup services
When hiring a blood cleanup company Los Angeles County, residents will be approached by a Los Angeles County Sheriff-corners employee. One of these employees may offer a "special blood cleanup company" services. This a something like this: "I'm not supposed to do this, but here's a good company to go to." And then this employee will hand the family or business owner a telephone number listed telephone numbers to call. In some cases the employee may even own the company. Most often the employee will receive a 10% kickback. This is been standard policy Los Angeles County for well over 15 years.
This all began with blood cleanup in general over the decades, but most certainly it became more common as the human immunodeficiency scare reached Los Angeles County. Takes place in Orange County as well as many other counties across the United States. It's called "cronyism" and it is common in Washington DC among Pentagon and corporate officials. Some people call it the "swamp."
Azusa we might think has everything from A to Z. It has much more with a rich history. By the time Portola made his way to Azusa in 1759, Native Americans had lived in the mouth of local canyons for thousands of years. The gringo Henry Dalon developed an estate here that he called Rancho Azusa. From Italy, he imported honey bees. Dalton would lose title to his land after fighting hard to keep it. Dalton was more than eager to turn this area into an agricultural wonderland. His bees would pollinate many square miles of flowers and crops. Jonathan Saar Slauson came to own the land since he had given Dalton startup money for his ranch.
Becoming a citrus center under Dalton's authorship, Azusa's arid climate proved to hostile to citrus under the current environmental conditions. In those days water was harder to find. Found within the San Gambrel River's flood plain, Azusa has a rich source of sand and gravel. As a result it became a major resource for valuable building materials. Beer, chemicals, and missile motors would later be manufactured in this thriving city. On a side note here, Azusa's summer months become very dry times for blood cleanup. This dry blood does not present too serious health hazard if cleaned carefully. If it has caked, it may become airborne and a biohazard.
Bellflower once served as an important link in the Pacific Electric Railroad's transportation system. From Bellflower residents found fast, affordable, mass transit to Santa Monica, Pomona, Garden Grove, and many other Azusa basin cities. These small trains served well, but as time passed and oil became an important commodity too big to ignore, Standard Oil, Firestone, and General Motors bought them out.
In their place diesel burning, rubber using General Motors' buses came to serve in their place. Today buses continue to move tens of thousands of people throughout Azusa and beyond. More importantly, the automobile soon followed buses as the Pacific Electric Railroad slowly faded into a distant memory, out of sight, out of mind.
At one time Bellflower supported to largeness movie theaters. Both theaters served many thousands of residents over the years as they flocked to see the new wonders presented by Hollywood. - Cerritos - Downey - El Segundo - Glendale - Hawaiian Gardens - Hawthorne - Irwindale - lintridge - Long Beach - Los Angeles - Monterey Park - Norwalk - Pasadena - Redondo Beach - Rolling Hills - Signal Hill - South Gate - Torrance - Vernon - Whittier
Agoura Hills comes to mind when thinking about Agoura, which we find about 47 miles from Los Angeles City. Although blood cleanup in this area does not fall within my activities, I'd like it to. What happens before Agoura or Agoura Hills residents reach the Internet, they receive directions from Azusa employees to seek blood cleanup elsewhere, which means, use their selected companies. In return, they receive a lot of money, as much as 10 %, or $500 for a $5,000 cleanup. That's some serious money when you figure it goes on week after week all year long.
Coroner employees and County Administrator employees (public guardians) reap most of these privileged cleanup. When it comes to insurance money, they get a big chunk of it. I'd be satisfied for less than $1,000 for work they charge $5,000 and even more.
A city with nearly as many horses as people, Bradbury lies about 21 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It might come as a surprise to some people that Burbank hosts Warner Brothers Studios. Burbank also houses a nifty airport and has done so since the 1930s. Only 13 miles from downtown Los Angeles, it once belonged to a retired Spanish solder in 1784. which a dentist turned subdivider created conditions for subdivision development. His name, Dr. David Burbank. Glendale and Pasadena serve as adjacent cities to Burbank.
Calabasas became a way station for Franciscan padres after 1779. Traveling along El Camino Real to and from Ventura and northern missions, their resting places in Calabasas were about 26 miles from downtown. We used to call Carson
" Rancho Dominguez" Once shaped by its ranching, trucking, and oil interests, Carson gained its name because residents preferred to name their home range after an earlier resident, George Carson, a pioneer of the 1850s.
Claremont boasts over 240 acres of parks and resides about 29 miles east of downtown LA. At the foot of the lower foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, it once gained its fame from beautiful, lush citrus groves, Deciduous trees and wraparound porches remain a hallmark of this pleasant community. In 1938 corrupt officials were forced from office in a recall election. I suppose this might work in Orange County, California if one were to become serious about ending Orange County Corruption. Our City of Commerce serves as an apex for the Santa Ana and Long Beach Freeways, about 7 miles from downtown Los Angeles City. Just look for the Santa Fe Railroad's main line and you'll find our City of Industry. It's important to keep in mind that Azusa received superior service from these small, electric railroads.
During their service, by percentage of trauma incidents, Azusa blood cleanup needs would have remained lower by rail than Azusa automobile blood cleanup needs.Compton also lies along a railroad, our Los Angeles -- San Pedro Railroad, the first rail in in our region. Once owned by the Dominguez family, this city's named derived from a temperance minister and founder of its local college. An artesian well found in Compton aided its 36 cent an acre farming community. The World War II turned this area into a growing boomtown.
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Downey received its name from its geographic father, John Gately Downey. Downey made his fortune from the one drug store he owned, which happened to be the only drug store between San Francisco and San Diego. He arrived in Los Angeles as a poor 15-year-old and before age 32 became governor of California by appointment. He would later later subdivide Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs. Before long he owned a large share of a gold mine that yielded $25,000,000. Downey has a bigger-than-life founder. I'm proud to say that once, just once, I did a homicide blood cleanup in Downey. Only one means there's corruption in LA's Sheriff-Coroner and County Administrator's departments.
Hawaiian Gardens exists as a casino city next to the 605 Freeway. This 1-square-mile city found some 18 miles from downtown LA became incorporated in 1964. My interest includes one triple homicide cleanup in the year of 2010. I received this from a victim's program with a maximum fee, which was OK because something's better than nothing. A young man killed a grandfather, a grandmother, the 1 son, and then wounded two others early one morning. Apparently, this shooter had fathered a child by his victim's daughter. The family could see this louse lead to no good, so he became a problem for them. Before he broke into their home before killing them with an AK-47 assault rifle, he tried setting fire to their home.
I always recommend to callers that they find other biohazard cleanup companies and consider their prices and services compared to my prices and services. Try Google, Yahoo!, and Bing for more companies providing suicide cleanup services.
I use common chemicals found on shelves that any one can buy for most of my cleaning. Exotic chemicals tend to create more hazards to consider when cleaning. I do use an ozone machine to destroy germs and odors.
If for some reason you must clean a suicide yourself, then consider the information at suicide cleanup information. There is much more to know, but what you find here will at least get you started and help keep you away from the biohazards.
You must be careful if you choose to clean for yourself, which is not recommended.
I also own crime scene cleanup and provide information on blood cleanup and other subjects related to suicide cleanup.
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Baldwin Park
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I offer Cerritos unattended death cleanup services for homicides, suicides, unattended deaths, human decomposition, and other infectious waste issues.
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Signal Hill has a small residential community atop of its once oil drilling rig structures. It's a tiny city with fewer blood cleanup needs for homicide, suicide, unattended death, and traumatic blood loss.
South Gate
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Temple City
Walnut remains a quiet blood clean city when it comes to my blood cleanup service, but I do receive telephone calls for blood cleanup information.
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West Covina
West Hollywood receives a fair amount of my Azusa blood cleanup services, not so unlike Los Angeles County.
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Whittier blood cleanup services offered at all times for fair prices.


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drlexi needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 117 designs submitted by 31 freelance designers.
Looking for a clean and simple logo design for upcoming new website http://www.eatcleangourmet.com.
I'm looking for a kelly or lime green logo, all lower case, simple but fun on a white background or vice versa.
For an example, I like the simplicity of http://www.epicurious.com logo design.
I want a logo that will fit a website that is playful and energetic but not childish.
Limes, lemons, oranges or cherries might be a cute addition or just eat clean gourmet in lowercase letters.
Should be pretty easy to put together.
eat clean gourmet
The website will be a content packed website on how to eat clean, how to cook, and will teach fun, easy and practical healthy cooking techniques, entertaining tips, and proper nutrition.
Eat Clean Gourmet will be centered around up- and-coming online cooking personality, Dr. Lexi, "the Rachael Ray of Fitness".
Vision for the website will follow food websites like epicurious.com and foodnetwork.com focused specifically on a Clean Eating lifestyle, made popular by Bill Phillips "Body for Life", the women's fitness magazine, Oxygen, and Tosca Reno's "Eat Clean Diet" book.
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When Barbara Jacob, a pension administrator in DeLand's human resources department, gets sick, it doesn't necessarily mean she has to take a sick day.
DELAND — When Barbara Jacob, a pension administrator in DeLand's human resources department, gets sick, it doesn't necessarily mean she has to take a sick day.
That's because in 2010, the city joined a growing number of municipalities and private companies and opened its own employee health care clinic. Now, Jacob and her colleagues can see a doctor, get a prescription, have lab work done and be back to work in as little as an hour or two – and all without paying a cent out of pocket.
"I think it's the best thing that's ever happened to the city," she said. "It's very convenient. The city allows us to not use any sick time and go to the clinic."
After being faced with year after year of double-digit increases in employee health insurance premiums, City Manager Michael Pleus went to the City Commission in 2010 and told its members that enough was enough.
"Finally, I told the commission that we just couldn't do this anymore," he said. "That we could no longer provide the health insurance benefit when costs were going up by six figures."
Inspired by similar setups in Palm Bay and other cities in Central Florida, the city partnered with Tennessee-based CareHere to open a clinic for employees at the Victoria Medical Park in November 2010. The clinic provides free primary-care doctor visits, generic medications, and lab work to employees and their dependents. Because the city doesn't file claims for those services with its insurance provider, it ends up with smaller premium increases when renewal time comes around.
The clinic is also used for all of the city's pre-employment physicals and for first reports of workers' compensation claims. For fiscal year 2012-2013, it cost $454,909 to run.
"Basically we've capped our cost for health insurance," Pleus said. "The employees are limited in how much of an increase they get, because the more they use the clinic, the less the rate goes up."
The only downside for employees, Pleus said, is that they now bear the cost of any increases in the city's health insurance premiums – whereas beforehand, the city simply ate the costs. But those yearly increases have been much smaller, he said – single-digit percentages, as compared to the more than 30 percent increases the city sometimes used to incur.
Mark Hayward, the city's human resources director, said that with the clinic available, the city doesn't lose as much productivity, because seeing a doctor is no longer always an all-day affair for many employees.
"It saves the employees co-pays and they can go right in and out," he said. "We don't lose a lot of production time. It's only a couple of miles south from the main city, so they can get in and get out and get back to work."
"Our costs for services are significantly less than it would be if you went through a primary care doctor and claims were filed to pay the doctors for their services," said Ray Tomlinson, president of Ocoee-based Crowne Consulting Group, which administers CareHere's clinics in Florida.
While the system is voluntary -- employees can still go to an outside doctor – the fact that the clinic is free provides a big incentive for them to use it, he said.
"They average 90.7 percent utilization. Of the appointments available, we're booking that percentage," said Brian Branham, also with Crowne. He said the clinic has had about 4,800 visits over the past 12 months.
"From the commission's perspective, I think the employees are satisfied with the health care clinic," said DeLand Mayor Bob Apgar, who echoed many of Pleus' sentiments.
Flagler County also contracts with CareHere to run a similar clinic for its employees.
"It was one of those things that seemed too good to be true," said Joseph Mayer, the county's director of human resources.
"We did some more investigating and we found out that DeLand had one and Ocoee had one and I talked to the HR directors there and they said it is a great opportunity to decrease health care costs and increase health care accessibility to employees."
He said 635 employees and their dependents have access to the clinic, which provides all the same services as DeLand's clinic. Other cities in central Florida with employee clinics include Sanford, Oviedo and Ocala.


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Having just finished the final Moonchild doll of 2011, I will clean off my work table, re-group and work out some new ideas I have for 2012. I have a very full year coming up. Lots of custom dolls scheduled. Lots of ready to go dolls waiting to be created. New patterns and patterns to sell. I have a trip to Europe planned for the Fall and have lots of prep to do for that. I am so excited to get on with it all. Here are a few dolls from recent weeks.
Much Love, Berrie


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Ecclestone facing German trial, bids for Nurburgring
Formula 1 News - January, 2014
Jan.16 (GMM) Bernie Ecclestone looks set for a challenging 2014, as German prosecutors prepare to send him to court to face criminal bribery charges.Sky News' authoritative city editor Mark Kleinman claims the announcement could be made as early as Thursday, as the F1 chief executive's long-running woes surrounding the Gerhard Gribkowsky corruption affair reach their zenith.When asked if Ecclestone's latest troubles would finally prevent the 83-year-old billionaire from performing his duties, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said: "It all depends on the outcome."Bernie is absolutely the best and only guy to do what he does, to take formula one to the global reach that the sport has achieved," he told reporters in London, according to the Bloomberg news agency."It's in all our interests that he's around as long as possible," the Associated Press quoted Horner as adding.But even amid Ecclestone's troubles, it is also clear this week that the diminutive Briton is still pulling strings.He told the Handelsblatt and Wirtschaftswoche publications that he has made a bid to buy the fabled yet troubled German grand prix venue the Nurburgring."We want to make sure there is a formula one race in Germany every year in the future," said Ecclestone."There are one or two other interested parties, but we will only pay what we believe the Nurburgring is worth."We believe we can do more for the track than anyone else," he added. comments powered by Disqus
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By Jeneen Wiche
Spices fuel exploration
Considering how the quest for exotic spice fueled exploration around the world in the 15th century, it is no wonder that our favorite holiday flavors herald from around the world. From Southwest India to Southeast Asia we find cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and mace.
True cinnamon comes from the bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum, an evergreen tree native to Southwest India. This is the premium spice that is harvested just as new growth emerges from 2-year old stems. It has a light brown color and the interior of the quills (the curled strips) consist of several layers. Common cinnamon is harvested from Cinnamomum cassia, has a darker color, stronger flavor and more reasonable price!
Cloves come from the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. These so called "Spice Islands" were once the only source of nutmeg and mace, as well. Cloves are the dried, unopened flowers of the tree Syzygium aromaticum. Nutmeg and mace come from the fruit of Myristica fragrans: the seed of the fruit is ground for nutmeg and the leathery, lacy seed covering is ground to produce mace. All these spices promote healthy digestion and have anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties, among other things. It's flavor that packs a punch in more ways than one.
Mighty ginger
Perhaps the mightiest holiday flavor is found in ginger. Zingiber officinale is one of many different species of this flowering tropical plant. It is native to Southeast Asia although most commercial ginger is grown in Australia, California and Jamaica. The edible ginger rhizome has properties that help aid digestion, ease motion sickness, stimulate circulation and act as an anti-inflammatory. Some insist that it is an aphrodisiac and strengthens both body and spirit. Above all, however, ginger acts as a natural preservative that made it a valuable commodity before the age of refrigeration. In fact, during medieval times, ginger was the second most traded spice after pepper.
Fungus fuels gingerbread
In the book Famine on the Wind, it is suggested that an inventive baker who was trying to save flour that had been spoiled by a grain fungus called smut may have developed gingerbread. The smut caused the flour to be discolored and rancid, so the baker added a little molasses for sweetening and coloration and enough ginger to mask the foul taste. History was made if, in fact, this is true.
Since medieval times the gingerbread became a popular food item at bakeries and fairs where women would buy gingerbread "husbands" believing that by eating them their chances of meeting a real husband would increase. By the 17th century in England gingerbread bakers had the exclusive right to produce the bread except on Christmas and Easter. This prohibition except during the holidays is likely why they are so closely associated with Christmas. Perhaps we should consider working all the so-called holiday spices in more frequently throughout the year.
Gingerbread entered the mainstream in the 19th century when the brothers Grimm published a collection of German tales including that of Hansel and Gretel and their house made of gingerbread. Children everywhere now had romantic notions about gingerbread houses, gingerbread men and women, and gingerbread cookies.
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Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Dreadlocks Reef
The dive site Dreadlocks Reef is an offshore rocky reef in the north Oudekraal area on the Atlantic Seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
The site is colourful and fairly spectacular, and is specially notable for the relatively large colonies of the Dreadlocks hydroid Myriothela tentaculata. The depth is suitable for entry level divers.
S33°58'22.05" E18°21'42.59" (Top of pinnacle)
This site is in a Marine Protected Area (2004). A permit is required.
The site was named "Dreadlocks Reef" after the Dreadlocks hydroids found there in unusually large numbers.
Maximum depth is about 20m. and the top of the pinnacle is about 1.5m deep at low tide. (Average depth is likely to be about 12 to 15m)
Visibility will depend on weather conditions, and may be in excess of 15m on a good day after an offshore wind and upwelling.
Large corestone ridge with low surrounding reefs. The pinnacle is quite pointy, and the tip is only a couple of metres across. Ridge axis bearing 300°T (324° magnetic), ridge length 50m and width 20m at 12m deep. Length at bottom about 100m, width not known, but probably about 40m at widest. There is a smaller pinnacle a few metres to the south about 10m diameter at 12m depth.
The SAN charts indicate another high reef about 200m to the north-east of Dreadlocks pinnacle, but this has not yet been mapped.
Geology: Pre-Cambrian granite of the Peninsula pluton.
The site is exposed to westerly winds and swell.so should be dived in calm or offshore winds, when the swell is low, and is often good in South Easterly winds. The site is reasonably protected from easterly seas.
The site is usually at it's best in summer but there are also occasional opportunities at other times of the year.
This is an area which sometimes has upwellings of clear cold water, caused by offshore winds, resulting in good visibility and low temperatures, sometimes followed by algal blloms which will reduce the visibility again.
Get in[edit]
Usual access is by boat, but it could be dived from the shore by very fit divers in good conditions. The shortest distance to the shoreline is about 620m, but this may not be a suitable point for entry and exit.
The site is about 12km from the Oceana Power Boat Club slipway at Granger Bay, or 16,4km from Hout Bay harbour.
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Marine life[edit]
The upper regions are covered in the usual large red-bait pods, and there is a light growth of kelp above about 12m depth. Lower areas are encrusted by sponges, colonial ascidians, sea fans, anemones, small red algae, crustose corallines, hydroids, bryozoans and echinoderms. The flatter deep reefs are heavily covered by sea cucumbers and sea urchins. Small shoals of Hottentot seabream can be expected. A variety of nudibranchs and other gastropods can be found.
Macro photography is likely to yield good results, and if the visibility is good, wide angle scenic shots should also turn out well.
Suggested Routes[edit]
The site is not very large: Start by going down to the bottom of the ridge, and swim round it looking for Dreadlocks colonies, then continue round as you ascend, and do your safety stop at the pinnacle if conditions allow.
Stay safe[edit]
No known site specific hazards
No special skills required for boat dive.
A dry suit or 7mm wet suit is recommended, as it will usually be cold. If visibility is not very good a DSMB will help the boat find you when you ascend.
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On the cover of Lew Bryson's Tasting Whiskey, there's a quote from the whiskey writer Charles Cowdery: "I shouldn't say this is the only whiskey book you need, but it probably is."
Mr. Cowdery's reticence is understandable; he writes whiskey books, and he wants to maintain his comfortable lifestyle. I don't know if I'd go so far as Cowdery. I've read some damn fine whiskey books in my years as a tippler, and I'd recommend them all.
But I will say this much: this is the book you want and need if you're just starting out in whiskey.
Bryson maps the major styles of whiskey, from bourbon to rye to Canadian, from Irish to Scotch to Japanese, and from craft to the various world whiskeys (that is, from growing markets such as India and Taiwan). He describes what sets the various styles apart from one another; so, for example, he details the grains that are in each style, the barrels it's aged in, the climates and warehouses that hold it, and the length of time its aged.
Scotch, for example, is made primarily or exclusively from malted barley; it's aged in used barrels (normally bourbon, but with some sherry and other wine casks tossed in for additional flavor); it ages in a cooler climate that enables longer aging; and it can age for up to 30 years or more without getting too woody.
Bourbon, conversely, is made primarily from corn, with other grains in the mix to add accent flavors; it ages in new oak barrels that impart more woodiness than do scotch's used barrels; it ages in a warmer climate that ages it more rapidly than Scotland's cooler climate; and therefore, it usually reaches its peak at roughly 10-12 years.
Each individual style is different, and Bryson masterfully explains how those differences affect the flavors of the finished product.
Every whiskey drinker starts somewhere. I started with bourbon and moved to scotch and then rye and on to other styles. When I started drinking scotch, I couldn't begin to understand what made it unique until I started reading books that helped me puzzle it all out. Tasting Whiskey is such a book.
Its other strength is the infographics the book uses to illustrate some rather complicated concepts. I write about whiskey, and so I know that it's not always easy to describe, in words, the effects of barrel aging, or how barrel placement in a warehouse affects how quickly or slowly the whiskey ages. These infographics, illustrated masterfully by Andrew Heath, demonstrate these concepts concisely and thoroughly.
Excerpted from Tasting Whiskey (c) Lew Bryson. Illustrations by (c) Andrew Heath. Used with permission of Storey Publishing.
After describing the major styles, Bryson then provides advice on how to drink the stuff, in an enjoyable chapter on water, ice, and cocktails. Is it okay to drink your whiskey with a bit of water? Bryson tells you. On the rocks or neat? He has some answers for that as well. Cocktails? Of course! What I enjoyed about this chapter was how conversational and story-oriented it was. No recipes at all, just a description of how to make a damn good Manhattan or Old Fashioned.
I've met Bryson in person; we were in Kentucky together earlier this year for Jimmy Russell's anniversary celebration at Wild Turkey. He impressed me with his approachable and avuncular temperament, and that personality shines through this book.
If you're new to whiskey, and you need a friendly guide to the topic, Bryson's book is for you. But if you've been around the block a few times, you'll still find this book to be enjoyable and useful. I learned quite a bit from it.
Disclaimer: I received a review copy of this book, and Lew Bryson is a personal friend of mine.


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Centerfielder Shane Victorino won his third consecutive Gold Glove award today.
Victorino is now the sixth Phillie to have won at least three Gold Gloves, joining Mike Schmidt (10), Garry Maddox (8), Manny Trillo (3), Scott Rolen (3) and Jimmy Rollins (3).
Victorino and Maddox are the only two outfielders in club history to have won at least three awards and Schmidt, Maddox, Rollins and Victorino are the only four Phillies to have won Gold Gloves in at least three consecutive seasons.
In 143 games for the Phillies this past season, Victorino, 29, posted a .995 fielding percentage, committing only two errors in 373 total chances. He finished tied for the NL lead in outfield assists with 11, tops among all NL center fielders, and ranked second in double plays (4).
Victorino also earns a $50,000 bonus from an incentive clause in his contract.
"It's an honor to be recognized by the managers and coaches as one of the top defensive players in the league along with all the other deserving candidates," Victorino said in a statement. "I take a lot of pride in my defense and this award means a lot to me."
Former Phillies Scott Rolen and Michael Bourn also won awards. It was Rolen's eighth Gold Glove, coming for his third team. Bourn is a first-time winner.
Here is the rudndown of the winners:
C Yadier Molina, Cardinals
1B Albert Pujols, Cardinals
2B Brandon Phillips, Reds
SS Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies
3B Scott Rolen, Reds
OF Carlos Gonzalez, Rockies
OF Michael Bourn, Astros
OF Shane Victorino, Phillies
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Perennial flowers and flowering bushes add color all season to our zone 5 yard. We love to hang out on the porch, watch the birds and listen to the fountain.
Back Yard Curb Appeal Flower Close-ups Front Yard Lighting Side Yard Water Fountain
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Maybe 2 ways to make the fountain more attractive would be to bring your mulch up level to the top of the fountain and the lay the stones so that they extend into container and cover the edge, or you could place some stones inside the container and cover the lip so it looks more natural.
I like your plantings. Your yard looks serene with all your color choices and combination...great job! You can also see mine under Millet's haven. Best regards!
I forgot to ask...how did you make that tiny water fountain? Where did you buy the materials?
Your yard is lovely,great color and diversity. The walk lights are a real asset. The fountain is unimaginative, seems like an afterthought. Based on your other plantings and layout I know you have the imagination to make it better. All in all you yard is one of the nicer ones on this forum.
Thanks for the comments. The small fountain was done from a kit that can be used in a 20 gallon whiskey barrel planter. We opted to dig it into the ground rather than put it in a barrel. Any suggestions to improve it would be welcomed!
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AccuWeather is saying the area can expect a quick warm-up Saturday as a follow-up to this week's single-digit temperatures. But the warm-up could cause issues in its wake.
AccuWeather.com reports following a buildup of ice this week, rain accompanying a thaw this weekend will bring the risk of sporadic flooding and ice jams to parts of the Northeast and Midwest.
Rain spreading from west to east Friday night into Saturday night will last less than 24 hours in most areas, but enough can fall in a short period of time to cause rises on small streams and in urban, poor drainage areas.
The single-digit and subzero cold of late has the amount of ice on streams and rivers increasing and becoming thicker in northern areas of the Midwest and Northeast.
With rain and warmer conditions on the way, the greatest risk for minor, sporadic flooding exists from northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York, eastward to central New England, and from northern and central Indiana to northwestern Ohio according to National Weather Service hydrologists.
According to Ronald Horwood, senior hazard hydrologist with the New England River Forecast Center, "There is some potential for flooding and ice jams this weekend, especially on the streams and smaller rivers from near Buffalo, N.Y., to Boston, Mass."
These areas have been very cold with locally heavy snow recently and will have the warmest weather with significant rain this weekend.
Farther west, there is a substantial amount of snow on the ground in much of Indiana and northwestern Ohio to neighboring Michigan. A fair amount of minor flooding is expected in the region with this weekend's mild air and rain coming in.
According to Joe Heim, senior hydrologist with the Ohio Valley River Forecast Center, "There is always the potential for very localized flooding due to ice jams and a thaw following a spell of cold weather, but ice jam flooding is dependent on the thickness of the ice, temperatures and rainfall that occurs, as well as the characteristics of each stream and river."
Meanwhile, in the mid-Atlantic region, the ice buildup on portions of the Susquehanna and Delaware rivers is being monitored.
"Fortunately, the ice is not very thick and most main channels appear to be open at this time Wednesday on the major rivers," Senior Hydrologist Charles Ross of the Mid-Atlantic River Forecast Center said Wednesday morning.
Ross cautioned that conditions along streams and rivers could change rapidly when the ice begins to break up and starts to move.
Later on Wednesday, one area where the ice became bottled up was along the Delaware River near Trenton, N.J., to Philadelphia. A flash flood watch has been issued for areas long the Delaware in this region.
A general 0.50 to 1.00 inch of rain will fall with locally higher amounts this weekend.
If more rain falls than is currently expected, then the potential for widespread flooding and ice jams will increase.
Most areas do not have a significant amount of snow on the ground to add to the runoff. However, a lack of snow cover and a frozen ground can lead to a more rapid runoff and sporadic problems where ice gets jammed up.
The duration of the cold spells has been short enough to keep ice formation to a minimum over all but the upper reaches of the Midwest, northern New York state and northern New England.
"The areas farther north, near the Canada border, will likely not get enough rain and high enough temperatures to cause rapid melting and shifting of the ice with this weekend's event," Horwood said.
Ice May be Dangerous
While ice has rebounded after last week's thaw, it is likely not thick enough to be venturing on in most areas.
"In my opinion, it is too dangerous to be on the ice due to the changeable conditions so far this winter keeping the ice too thin in much of the mid-Atlantic," Ross added.
The same conditions exist over much of the Ohio Valley.
Additional Hazards This Weekend
In addition to the risk of urban, small stream and ice jam flooding this weekend, motorists should be on the lookout for potholes.
As the ground thaws and rain falls, traffic moving over weak areas of pavement can produce potholes.
A more serious concern for areas that received heavy lake-effect snow in recent days and were hit by the snowstorm in the Midwest last weekend is the potential for roof collapses.
Not enough rain may fall to wash away all of the snow on roofs. The added weight can stress some flat and shallow angle roofs to the point of failure, especially where there is a more than a foot of snow accumulation. Remove snow from your roof only if you can do so safely. If there is any doubt, consult a professional.
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An event every day that begins at 2:00pm, repeating until December 31, 2018
Take a stroll through New York City's most famous neighborhoods. Walk just 1 mile and you'll visit 3 diverse communities, all with a different look, feel, and cultures. SoHo is known for high-end designer shopping, Little Italy has 75 restaurants on 3 blocks, and Chinatown for bargain shopping and jewelry.
Have a full and delicious lunch from 4 local shops and restaurants, led by a native New Yorker, and professional tour guide. We'll start our tour in SoHo with New York's famous thin-crust pizza.
Crossing into Little Italy, it's off to Alleva, America's oldest cheese shop, for fresh cheese and soppresata, Italian salami. Dessert is our next stop for a cannoli at Ferrari's. Then, we'll go to Chinatown, for award-winning pan-seared pork dumplings. Vegetarian option is available.
Also, included on the tour are visits to famous New York City landmarks; historic cast-iron buildings in SoHo, the original and former Police Department Headquarters building in Little Italy, and Columbus Park in Chinatown.
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Life Science: Session 5
Dr. Kathleen Vandiver, Lexington, MA
"I think being a sixth-grade teacher is one of the most challenging things I've done even as a Ph.D. because usually what an advanced degree gets you just covers a very narrow field. And so, one of the pleasures and challenges, actually, of teaching sixth grade is that you have to learn a lot of background information about all sorts of subjects. I've enjoyed it a lot, learning about astronomy and geology. And learning to know the names of my plants. Because as a cellular immunologist, it's really a different world."
School at a Glance:
William Diamond Middle School
- Location: Lexington, MA
- Enrollment: 694
- Average class size: 24
- Ethnicity:
79% White
13% Asian
6% African American
2% Hispanic
- Percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch: 4% versus a state average of 29%
Kathleen Vandiver teaches sixth-grade science at the William Diamond Middle School in Lexington, MA, an affluent suburb of Boston. Diamond Middle School's 700 students perform well above state averages on state tests, and only 4% of them receive a free lunch. Diamond consistently ranks among the top middle schools in Massachusetts.
Kathleen has a Ph.D. in cellular biology. Prior to becoming a teacher, she worked on developing new instruments in biology. All that changed when she accepted an invitation to teach a small unit on the immune system to her son's fourth-grade class. "I enjoyed it so much that it made me think about teaching, which I hadn't considered beforehand. It was a real turning point."
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Pakistani police register blasphemy case against Christian teen after mob ransacks his house
KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistani police have opened a blasphemy case against a teenage Christian boy accused of sending derogatory text messages about Islam's prophet to neighbors in the southern city of Karachi, an official said Friday.
The 17-year-old is in hiding along with family members after neighbors angrily came to his house Wednesday to inquire about the text messages, said senior police officer Shahid Hayat.
The mob ransacked the family's home and then lodged a formal complaint against the boy with police, Hayat said.
Under Pakistani law, opening a case does not mean that the person is charged with a crime but that police are investigating. However, people convicted of maligning the Prophet Muhammad can be sentenced to death.
According to Hayat, the boy told neighbors he forwarded the messages without reading them. Although authorities have released the boy's name, the Associated Press does not generally identify juveniles under 18 who are accused of crimes.
Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws, sections of which carry the death penalty or life imprisonment, have drawn renewed international scrutiny this year after a young Christian girl in Islamabad was alleged to have desecrated the Muslim holy book, the Quran.
A Muslim cleric now stands accused of fabricating evidence against the girl, who has been freed on bail and whose mental capacity has been questioned.
Human rights activists say the blasphemy laws are too broad and vague, and are often used by people who are trying to settle scores with rivals or target religious minorities, who make up 5 percent of Pakistan's 180 million people.
Although many Muslims are accused of insulting Muhammad or other acts deemed blasphemous, minorities are disproportionately represented among the defendants, rights groups say.
However, the laws retain broad support in Pakistan, where Islamic conservatism is on the rise alongside extremism and many Muslims are highly sensitive about their faith.


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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Dear State Department,
I'm sure it's overwhelming for your person who is in charge of the all-powerful stamp and sometimes they might just want to take some time off. Is that what's happened, State Department? Have you all gone on holiday? Your website says that you will authenticate documents in approximately 8 business days. I realize this is an approximation, but I'm quite sure that one whole month is longer than 8 business days.
You've asked that no one phone or e-mail you, as that would surely add to your stress, but the fax number which you've so graciously given, which I've faxed, has yielded no results. The People's Republic of China has given us a deadline of October 23rd to have all of our documents stamped, sealed, and delivered. State Department, please put your stamp on that paper. Our Utah marriage certificate is legit. I promise it is.
A boy in China waits while our paper gets dusty on someone's desk.
Stamp it already.
An Impatient Family
P.S. And just to foster a little healthy competition, I thought I'd let you know that the Secretary of State Offices of Washington, California, Utah, and Oklahoma, the Chinese Consulates in both San Francisco and Houston, and yes, even The Department of Homeland Security have all beaten you soundly and left you in the dust.
5 comments:
- Stefanie said...
Oh goodness. That is TOUGH. I do hope that the State Department reads your blog and gets ON it!!
- September 14, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- Tammy said...
How frustrating! I bet you can relate to this Brian Regan comedy sketch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohE_edBCM0Q
- September 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Beach Mama said...
Did you fax your post to them? I hope that they blow the dust off your papers and get them to you quickly.
- September 14, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- rachel said...
Hi Eileen,
I just checked the blog and I am shocked! I don't even know how I got on there as an adoptive parent. I think I follow Tonggu Mama's blog, but I honestly don't know how that happened. I will let her know. Thanks for telling me!! :)
I hope the State Dept. gets their act together ASAP! How exciting that you're adopting again. I wish you the best!
- September 15, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- Julie said...
Hmmm....should we storm the castle?? How annoying...praying they do the work it takes to lift up that stamp and place it on the paper!!
- September 15, 2010 at 2:17 PM


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Terry Wayne Fator (; born June 10, 1965) is a ventriloquist, impressionist, comedian, and singer from Dallas, Texas. Fator does ventriloquial impersonations, and uses 15 different puppets in his act. He was the winner of season two of America's Got Talent, and received the million dollar prize. The following year, he was signed on as the headliner at The Mirage hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada with a five-year, $100 million contract.
Early life
Terry Wayne Fator was born June 10, 1965, in Dallas, Texas, the son of Jephtha Wesley and Edith Marie Clifton, later known as Marie Sligh. He has an older brother, Jephtha Jr., and a younger sister, Deborah. Fator's second cousin is Chris Sligh, an American Idol season six finalist. Terry Fator says in his audio commentary of Terry Fator: Live from Las Vegas (2009) that he went to college at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. The beginning of Fator's ventriloquism career dates back to when he was in fifth grade. While searching for a book for an assignment on Valentine's Day, he came across a book about ventriloquism titled, Ventriloquism for Fun and Profit, by Paul Winchell. Fator checked out the book and started learning about ventriloquism. A few weeks later, Fator purchased a Willie Talk dummy from Sears and soon won a $25 prize for a performance at a church picnic.Fator got his first ventriloquism dummy when he was ten years old. Throughout his childhood, Fator entertained family and friends with his ventriloquism and did impersonations of singers and actors. Fator's mother saved up her money for three years and bought him his first puppet when he was 18 years old.Fator says he found he had the ability to impersonate singers by practicing ventriloquism while driving his car. "One of the reasons I learned how to sing as a ventriloquist was because I like singing in the car," Fator says. "I'd see other people singing in the car, and they looked goofy, so I'd do it without moving my lips."
Band membership
Fator got his start touring as the lead singer of a band called "Freedom Jam" in 1987-88, produced by Young American Showcase. They performed at over 200 high schools and middle schools across the United States and Canada, averaging three performances per school day.
In mid-1988, he was the lead singer of a show band called 'Texas the Band' when he was 23, and incorporated his puppet Walter T. Airedale into his shows. Fator's band at one point was about to sign with a major record label and one of the label's representatives came to hear the band. Fator sang the songs impersonating the original vocalists. "He told me 'you gotta stop doing those impressions,' and wanted me to sing in my own voice," Fator says. "I tried it for a few weeks, and absolutely hated it. We told the record company 'no thanks.'"
Combining singing and ventriloquism
Fator left the band and did a solo act combining comedy and ventriloquism but for many years had little success. "Fairs would stick me on a little stage in the back of fair and have me do three shows in the hottest part of the afternoon," related Fator. "I had heat stroke a couple of times, almost passed out."The low point of his career, Fator said, was when he appeared at a 1,000 seat theater and had only one person in the audience. Discouraged, Fator contemplated pursuing another career, but his family encouraged him to continue. Terry entered the America's Got Talent competition with the hope that the exposure if he made it to the Top 20 might help his career and cause people to want to attend his shows.
Fator's success stems from combining singing, ventriloquism, and comedy. Fator was the lead singer in bands and often did impersonations of singers Garth Brooks, Etta James, James Taylor and Dean Martin, while ventriloquism had been just a comic side gig for him. In 2005, Fator decided to combine his talents, singing, ventriloquism, comedy, and impersonations. "I had one of my characters sing Garth Brooks' "Friends in Low Places" and the audience went crazy," Fator said. "Boy, that was when my life changed." After his initial success Fator revamped his act. "It took me six months and I completely rewrote the show," says Fator. "It was then that people really noticed and I started getting standing ovations at the end of every show,"Prior to winning America's Got Talent, Fator opened for Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks, Neal McCoy, and Styx. Fator also performed for corporate giants General Motors and AT&T.
Success on America's Got Talent
Before appearing on America's Got Talent, Fator had almost given up on achieving success in show business as a ventriloquist. "It wasn't easy trying to keep going all these years, and by the time I was in my late 30s, I wasn't sure it was ever going to happen," says Fator.On June 19, 2007, Fator made his first national appearance on America's Got Talent. Speaking on the experience, he said, "Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would win that show ... Essentially I auditioned because the guy that was the ventriloquist the first season got on Late Show with David Letterman... So I figured I'd do three episodes like he did and end up on 'David Letterman'." After winning the show, Fator actually had to turn the Letterman gig down fourteen times before his schedule was clear so he could appear. "My schedule got so packed, and it broke my heart every time I had to turn him down," Fator says.When Fator first came onstage, judge David Hasselhoff said, "Oh, no, a ventriloquist." "I was thinking, there's no way I would win," Fator says. "I gave myself zero percent [chance]." The judges, Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and David Hasselhoff loved Fator and he won the competition. Judge Piers Morgan told Fator "You're a great impersonator, a great singer and a great comedian." "You put a twist on the whole being a ventriloquist thing," added Judge Sharon Osbourne. Even Simon Cowell approved. "Simon Cowell said I was one of the top two entertainers on the planet," says Fator. "And getting a compliment from Simon Cowell, well, not many people get a compliment like that."
Life after America's Got Talent
It was announced on the show that in conjunction with winning, he was to appear at the Jubilee Theatre at Bally's. However, the spots were only going to be 15 minutes long, and in complete mutual cooperation with his management team and Bally's, the plan was dropped. Fator performed at Christian rock legend Larry Norman's 60th birthday party in April 2007. Later Fator flew Larry to tapings of America's Got Talent and also to his debut show at the Las Vegas Hilton as an honored guest. Norman told friends shortly before his death that it was one of the most fun years of his life.
On October 14 and 15, 2007, after winning America's Got Talent, Fator took the stage of the Las Vegas Hilton (formerly the International, the same stage that Elvis Presley performed on for many years). Both shows were sold out to standing room only. Another show was added for December 3 to satisfy the demand for tickets.
In early December 2007, Fator signed a contract for $1.5 million with the Las Vegas Hilton to do three shows a month from January 2008 to May 2008. Fator also performed a 6 p.m. early family New Year's Eve show on December 31, 2007.
In 2007, Fator became an official supporter of Ronald McDonald House Charities and is a member of their celebrity board, called the Friends of RMHC.On March 17, 2008, Fator appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show along with American Idol Judge Simon Cowell. To the amazement of Oprah, Cowell referred to Fator as one of the "two most talented people on the planet." Fator performed with three of his dummies; country singer Walter T. Airedale performed a Garth Brooks song and Winston the impersonating Turtle sang a Bee Gees song. Julius performed a Marvin Gaye song; Julius was a favorite when he appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. "As soon as I brought out Julius, she had this look on her face, wondering what I was about to do," Fator said. "Once I started into Marvin Gaye, she fell out of her chair."On May 13, 2008 it was announced that Fator had signed a five-year, $100 million contract to perform nightly at The Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip. He replaced headliner Danny Gans and the theater was renamed the Terry Fator Theatre. Reportedly, Fator's deal is one of the largest entertainment deals in Las Vegas history.Fator announced in July 2008 that he was at work on a book. "I never thought in my whole life I would write a whole book. It's called 'Who's the Dummy Now?'" Fator announced at the 2008 Bloomsburg Fair on the week of September 20–27, 2008 that he finished his book.
On September 10, 2008, Fator reappeared on America's Got Talents Top Twenty Results Show as a guest. He brought back a larger Winston the Impersonating Turtle to sing Marvin Gaye's song, "Let's Get It On." Maynard Thomkins was also brought on to sing "Viva Las Vegas". Winston was not the only puppet that was reconfigured; on an August 1, 2008 ABC News Now interview, he brought a reshaped Emma Taylor to sing "At Last."Also, on September 14, 2011, he was invited once again to perform as a guest on the Finals of America's Got Talent. This time he brought Julius, the soul singer, that performed "Ain't No Sunshine".
In 2013, he voiced a character on the Disney Channel show Mickey Mouse.
On May 30, 2013, Fator celebrated his 1,000th show at The Mirage Hotel & Casino.
On September 11, 2013, Fator returned to perform as a guest on America's Got Talent during the Top 12 results show.
On September 16, 2015, Fator made a guest appearance on America's Got Talent during the finals show, performing alongside eventual tenth-season winner and ventriloquist Paul Zerdin.
On September 20, 2017, Fator made another guest appearance during the twelfth-season finale, performing alongside eventual winner Darci Lynne Farmer, another singing ventriloquist.
Getting ventriloquism taken seriously
Fator has fought to be taken seriously as a ventriloquist. "There have been so few good, successful ventriloquists – Edgar Bergen in the 1940s and Paul Winchell in the 1960s were respected and successful," says Fator. "And in the 1970s, I used to watch Willie Tyler and his Lester as well as Jay Johnson and Bob. But over the years, there have been so many bad ventriloquists - and most of them doing corny shows for children - that people began to think of us as a bad joke."
This is an incomplete list of the character names for the puppets that Fator uses.
Winston the Impersonating Turtle – Fator's main puppet. A talking turtle who can do impressions.
Walter T. Airdale – A country singer.
Emma Taylor – A little girl who sings and does impressions of female singers (mostly Etta James, for example).
Maynard Thompkins – The world's most famous Elvis impersonator who does not know any songs by Elvis.
Julius – A soul singer; people are sometimes initially shocked by Julius as an African-American puppet. Designed by Lauren Attinello and was built by Puppet Heap in Hoboken, NJ.
Monte Carlo (formerly known as Johnny Vegas) – A lounge singer; often impersonating Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, etc.
Duggie Scott Walker – Introduced as Fator's annoying neighbor, he is a heavy metal music lover; loves AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others; partied so much at concerts he always thinks there are strobe lights flashing; designed by Paul Andrejco and was built by Puppet Heap
Vikki the Cougar – A (perpetual) 49-year-old female singer, singing songs from the Pussycat Dolls as an example; as her name implies, she prefers dating younger men, between the ages of 21 and 25, as she revealed in an interview for Las Vegas CBS affiliate KLAS-TV built by Axtell Expressions
Hyphen - The 5th member of The Beatles until he got kicked out and decided to go solo.
Wrex the Crash Test Dummy – A crash test dummy that sings automobile-themed songs; designed by Paul Andrejco and built by Puppet Heap
Barry Fabulous - Terry's attorney.
Rusty the Robot - The Mirage's new prototype robot, designed to do the jobs of any or all employees.
Donald Trump - The 45th President of the United States. The puppet is based on billionaire and 45th President of the United States Donald Trump.
Elton John - An English singer. The puppet is based on singer and pianist Elton John.
Michael Jackson - The King of Pop. The puppet is based on singer and dancer Michael Jackson. Performs a duet with another puppet Paul McCartney of "The Girl is Mine."
Paul McCartney - Member of the popular band, "The Beatles." Performs a duet with another puppet Michael Jackson of "The Girl is Mine."Fator is consistently creating new characters.
Other characters
Fator has often impersonated singers himself alongside his puppets and/or volunteers from the audience. Michael Jackson has been a regular figure Fator impersonates alongside his Walter T. Airedale puppet. Fator also has incorporated audience members into his act via a remote-control mask. A volunteer wears the mask and the remote allows Fator to move the mask's mouth with Fator providing all of the conversation and singing. Fator usually dresses the volunteer as Cher and performs the duet "I Got You, Babe" with Fator as Sonny Bono.
Personal life
Fator was the lead singer of a local band called Texas The Band during the late-1980s through 2001, and met his first wife, Melinda, after she began to follow the band extensively. They married on January 8, 1991. Prior to landing his show in Las Vegas, Terry and his wife bought a home he deemed his "dream house". Melinda left Terry in January 2009 and returned to Texas from Las Vegas where they had recently moved. She filed for divorce in February 2009 in Texas. Almost a year-and-a-half into the divorce, she then filed a second time in Nevada in 2010. After almost two years, a settlement was reached in November 2010. On November 3, 2010, one day after the divorce was finalized, Terry married Taylor Makakoa (who, identified in the closing credits as "Taylor Dew", appears on Terry's DVD as his on-stage assistant) in Las Vegas. They had a wedding ceremony in Hawaii on November 7, 2010. Terry proposed to Angie Fiore on stage in front of then wife Taylor Makakoa. Terry divorced Makakoa in late August 2015 and subsequently married Angie Fiore the next week on September 4, 2015.
Charitable work
In July 2007 Fator appeared in Montana to raise funds for the Kidsports Sports Complex in Kalispell and said he wanted to come back in 2008 to do another show. "We thought, we bet he wants to, but we bet he won't have time," said Nancy Manning of Rotary Club of Kalispell. "He made time because it's so important to him." All proceeds from Fator's show went towards the field.In 2007 Fator performed a benefit for families of miners in Huntington, Utah.In 2008, Fator performed at the Palace Theatre in Corsicana, Texas. Proceeds benefited the Navarro Council of the Arts and the Mildred Drama Club. Fator is a native of Corsicana.On September 3, 2007, Fator made a special appearance in the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, thanking the crowd for the support. He brought back Emma Taylor to sing "At Last" and Winston the Turtle to sing "What a Wonderful World". He returned to the Telethon on September 1, 2008 and brought Julius to sing "Only You" from The Platters, Marvin Gaye's song, "Let's Get It On," and "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley. Maynard Thomkins was also brought on to sing "Viva Las Vegas" to finish the show. Fator made his 3rd consecutive telethon appearance (this time via satellite from his showroom during a performance of his show) on September 6, 2009 with puppets The Fifth Beatle and Vikki The Cougar with special guests The Commodores, who joined Fator performing "Brick House".
In 2010, Fator did a doodle for a charity celebrity doodle auction for Neurofibromatosis, more commonly known as NF. 100% of the profit from all the doodles went to help families with NF.
All proceeds from Fator's original song "Horses in Heaven" go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
On September 1, 2009, Fator's first DVD, Terry Fator: Live from Las Vegas (recorded during a performance at the Mirage), was released shortly after its August 28, 2009 debut airing on CMT. Copies sold at Target stores include footage not shown on the CMT broadcast.
External links
NBC's America's Got Talent
Terry Fator's website
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fator


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THE A-League's marquee man Alessandro Del Piero lived up to his superstar billing with two spectacular goals for Sydney FC against Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night, but it wasn't enough to stop the Roar recording a win.
Unfortunately for the Italian, the Roar found their attacking mojo, netting four times for a much-needed victory in front of 22,970 fans who got more than their money's worth from Del Piero.
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Brisbane led 3-1 at half-time with German Thomas Broich (30th minute), midfielder Erik Paartalu (33rd minute) and winger Ben Halloran (45th minute) all on the score sheet. Del Piero ignited the big crowd in the 42nd minute when he broke free of Brisbane's smothering defence to crack a left-foot shot past mesmerised goalkeeper Michael Theo.
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