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Essays on Addiction – Ideas for Consideration
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the resolution of today's global economic and financial challenges could get derailed by short-term political thinking, though he remains optimistic that leaders can address long-term issues. Blair spoke Nov. 2 to about 2,100 financial advisors and about 2,000 other guests as the keynote speaker at Schwab Impact 2011 in San Francisco, noting that economic and security issues are the world's greatest problems.
"The best short-term politics do not make the best long-term policy," said Blair, who was prime minister from 1997 to 2007. "Right now is a moment of big decisions and key decision makers. And there is a danger that short-term politics get in the way of the best long-term policies."
He described the challenges and changes affecting the world as similar to those affecting the financial-services industry. "The speed, scope and scale of change and the challenges themselves are immense. Challenges come together, though — when I was in office — I had hoped they would be sequential," Blair explained. "And if you think the [financial] markets are tough, try the Middle East," he added.
Asking the 'Right Question'
"In a world defined by uncertainty, anxiety and low predictability, the challenge for leaders is trying to get the right answer," said Blair. "That is the toughest job of the prime minister." To get there, he explained, you have to first ask the right question.
In terms of the global economy, it is not productive to focus on who caused the financial crisis and how we can prevent a recurrence, in his view. "These are not dominant issues," said Blair. "The key is how to get the economy moving and create jobs. All else should be subordinated to that."
In responding to this, he continued, leaders need to tackle deficit reduction and also "regulate sensibly knowing that a vibrant financial sector is part — a constructive, important part — of our recovery."
While many businesses are flush with cash, "business needs confidence to invest," Blair said. "We also must use the crisis [as an opportunity] to make changes to our systems and government," including that of the European Union and Monetary Union.
The crisis "has exposed problems, and we need to deal with those problems," he explained. "I welcome what leaders there did a few days ago. We must put into place a long-term framework for fiscal and monetary coordination … and make reforms," Blair said.
The European monetary union, he explained, must "function effectively with fiscal coordination and … the authority … to impose and implement changes that [need] to happen, or we'll end up where we are now," shared the former prime minister. "We have wanted to pretend that the Greek and German economies were run the same way, and they were not, so now we have to adjust."
Occupy Wall Street
In terms of protests on Wall Street and audience questions related to economic inequality, Blair suggested that looking globally for answers was important.
"We must get China to consume more and shift to help the U.S. to revive industry," he explained. "It will be hard but is essential to do."
Education is another way that inequality and the forces of globalization should be dealt with by the West. "The force of globalization is unstoppable," said Blair.
"I know that people are having a tough time. Thus, we have to improve education and educational equality," he explained. "People will have to adapt and adjust several times in life. Education cannot be just for the elite or the top 40 percent but for all."
Hoping people meet global pressures via education, can also help more individuals find long-term benefits from opportunities emerging from economic expansion worldwide and growing interconnectedness, said Blair. "I oppose protectionism," he noted.
As for the issue of high executive compensation in the United States, Blair said it was important to keep in mind "that those that shout loudest do not necessarily deserve to be heard most," he shared.
"Regulating compensation is not the right debate," Blair said. "The corporate sector needs to better align compensation and achievement. Instead, there should be a greater focus on the stimulation of jobs."
Values Based
As with businesses and advisor practices, nations worldwide are facing fast-paced challenges and change. The rise of China and other powers, he says, should not be seen as overwhelmingly negative.
"I'd say, we are not an empire based on territory or interest alone," Blair shared, "and a fundamental strength of the U.S. and U.K. is that [our systems] are based on values and way of life, which are based on law, liberty, justice and a society that protects the weak and as well as the broad mass of people. These values will not be made historically redundant."
In the Nov. 1 opening session at Schwab Impact 2011, both Bill Gross, founder and co-CIO of PIMCO, and LizAnn Sonders, Charles Schwab's chief market strategist, spoke bluntly about the global markets and the economy, with Sonders a bit more optimistic than Gross.
Gross handled the first question from moderator Tyler Mathisen of CNBC, who asked if he should be worried that "my money seems hostage to a Greek prime minister?" "You should be very worried," Gross responded, in reference to Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's suggestion that the latest eurozone bailout plan should be put to a referendum by Greek voters. "At this point," Gross continued, "it's a question of when rather than if Greece will default."
As for how advisors and individual investors can respond to such volatility, Sonders suggested that the worst thing was to "try and shorten your [investing] time horizon," and that investors should try to make volatility work for them partly through regular rebalancing.
Responding to Mathisen's request for how Gross and Sonders might help solve the U.S. and developed world's debt problem, Gross said that at PIMCO "we call it the time of 'new normal' minus," that while the United States is doing better than its European developed countries counterparts, "we'd have to grow at 4 percent for a couple of years" to significantly reduce our debt to GDP ratio.
Sonders said the "developed world has a debt problem" consisting of high debt and low growth plus an eased monetary policy, which in turn has "weakened growth in the developing world as they tighten their monetary policies. We're in a cul de sac" that may be difficult to emerge from while we're in a ZIRP environment (zero interest rate policy).
When an advisor attendee asked what the Occupy Wall Street protesters want, Gross said they are sending a message: they want a job. "Globalization used to work for the U.S., he said, "now it's working for countries with lower labor costs who have taken advantage of technology. People just want jobs."
Echoing Sonders' suggestion of an underreported story, Gross charged that "for 20 years we've been making paper rather than things, and in the process we created a number of liabilities. We've been like bad squirrels, not putting enough away."
China in Focus
Joshua Cooper Ramo of Kissinger Associates told advisors and other guests at Schwab Impact that, in order to meet the challenges of the 21st Century, they need to come to grips with the abundance of shifts happening globally — especially in China.
"The rise of China is one of the most important changes of our lifetime, and the outcome remains uncertain," said Ramo, author of The Age of the Unthinkable. "For the U.S., it involves the challenge of ideas, economics and values and also the opportunity for cooperation," he said at the Nov. 3 session the conference, which was attended by some 2,100 Schwab-affiliated independent advisors and 1,900 other guests.
The Chinese, explained Ramo, see the major U.S. news from Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 14, 2008 (when Lehman Brothers went under) as related. "They are markers of big, powerful events," he said. Like the Arab Spring, the Chinese work to stay abreast and to understand the connections between events that cause organizations to change and/or collapse under new and different pressures.
"How do Chinese look at this? It's the nature of the age. Looked at from their worldview, they are looking for instability. This is one of the fundamental cultural differences between the United States and China," Ramo explained.
Ramo described "the unthinkable" as trends such as the loss of U.S. jobs and the increase in Chinese ownership of U.S. debt. But rather than seeing such developments as unpredictable, he urged the Schwab Impact audience to view them in a very broad global context.
"There's been an explosion of world actors," he said. This includes hedge funds, terror cells, non-governmental organizations and urban residents. "This proliferation will not change," added Ramo. In other words, the dramatic, often unpredictable shifts we are seeing today will only become more dramatic in the future.
In this context, there will be individuals and groups on the planet who may appreciate some aspects of the United States and its culture (namely pop culture) but do not agree with all of its foreign policies and other political stances.
Such a dichotomy, Ramo says, requires more cooperation. "In a more networked world, it means there is nowhere to hide from risk," he explained. The tensions between change and continuity are being felt acutely in China today, which is why its leaders try to maintain strong links "to its revolutionary past," the analyst noted.
To avoid a potential military conflict with the Chinese (and others) "requires new ways of engagement and interaction," he said. It means that the United States has a "tremendous" responsibility to forge new, creative ties to the expanding nation. "This will define the generation. There are many reasons to find conflict, so how can we do the unthinkable?" he asked, urging America to forge new means of interaction.
Leadership Issues
Charles Schwab, founder and chairman of the investment company that bears his name, reiterated his critical views of both Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and President Barack Obama's economic leadership at the San Francisco conference. Schwab echoed some themes he raised in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal in late September. He views significant change in Washington as critical to a turnaround in the U.S. economy.
"What Bernanke is saying is a bit of BS," said Schwab, 73, in a discussion led by CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo before about 2,100 advisors and other guests. "The U.S. does not have full control of prices and inflation, which can come from China or could be from oil or another commodity on which we are interdependent as a country."
(The day before, Bernanke expressed support for the Federal Reserve's Operation Twist program, which, as part of its overall accommodative policies, will keep the target range for the fed funds rate at zero to 0.25 percent.)
"I should say that I am generally more positive than what I see on CNBC," added Schwab. "From a 39,000-foot view, the economy doesn't look so bad. We have 139 million or 90 percent of the workforce employed, liquidity is incredible, we've deleveraged the economy … many things are highly positive."
The U.S. economy has "good pools of labor and capital" to help it expand. "We are at a point where we can make a turn," the former Schwab CEO shared. What must come first, he asserted, is formidable shifts in Washington.
"It requires change and a sense of change in leadership, anticipation of new tax systems, dealing with budget deficits," Schwab said. "Someone of strength has to make these decisions, and we do not have that strength," he explained, referring to, but not directly naming Obama. As for Republican leadership, the party has to have "someone electable," Schwab said, noting that he sees Dodd-Frank as a "disaster."
In terms of the Wall Street and other protests over economic inequality, he wants free-market mechanisms to lead the way: "Let's reward success and not suppress it, and yes, we need tax reforms," Schwab shared. "To level the playing field, we have to have a robust economic expansion. There's no other solution. Occupy Wall Street doesn't get how free enterprise works."
Economic Growth
The needed jump-start to a more robust U.S. economy involves getting consumers, investors and others out of the present "funk," he adds. "It starts at the top of companies and filters down. The same goes with the country," Schwab explained. "There are lots of good things about the current administration, I guess," he conceded.
But the political focus on fairness is off base, in his view. "The world is not fair; it comes down to hard work," Schwab said, adding that not all of his children "get" this perspective. To improve our global competitiveness, a shift at the top is also desirable, he noted. "As a country, we've lost out in terms of a lack of leadership; we're thirsty for that … and must have strong leadership, which I hope to see in November 2012," he said.
He praised economic growth in China, but said Schwab is not ready to do business there yet due to regulatory and other constraints. In terms of possible U.S. regulation tied to speculation in the markets and the recent "flash crash," Schwab said that he believes, as in every industry, that some boundaries are needed.
"With computerization, everything — like trades — is happening at high speeds," he explained. "That's been negative for the markets. I have some questions and would like to see boundaries here."
Advisor Recognition
During the conference, Charles Schwab executives presented Impact Awards to three advisor firms and their leaders. "This year's Impact Award winners raise the bar for excellence in client service and exemplary business practices for the independent RIA industry," said Bernie Clark, executive vice president and head of Schwab Advisor Services, at the event.
Richard Stone, CEO of San Rafael, Calif.-based Private Ocean received the Leadership Award for his role in helping the International Association of Financial Planners draft a code of ethics for the industry, according to Schwab. Walt Bettinger, CEO and president of Schwab, joined Clark to hand out the award.
Stone's firm has about $700 million in assets under management. In addition to serving on the board of several Bay Area universities, Stone also created a scholarship program to support disadvantaged students seeking a college education.
Schwab presented its Best-in-Business Award to Budros, Ruhlin & Roe of Columbus, Ohio, for its excellence in business management. The firm was founded by Jim Budros and Peggy Ruhlin based on their commitment of the concept of fee-only financial advisory work. It manages more than $1.5 billion in assets, and its best practices include dedicating substantial resources to technology: hardware, software and the development of a team of IT professionals.
Schwab presented its Pacesetter Award to Green Square Capital of Memphis, Tenn., which manages more than $1 billion. The team grew 30 percent last year and has instituted a policy of "client delight."
On behalf of Stone, Schwab made a $25,000 donation to 10,000 Degrees and Dominican University. Schwab made a $10,000 donation to the Budros, Ruhlin & Roe Fund at the Columbus Foundation and contributed $10,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the MidSouth on behalf of Green Square Capital.
The 2011 Impact Award winners were selected from a pool of nearly 7,000 independent investment advisory firms by a panel of judges, including Julie Littlechild, president of Advisor Impact; Sean R. Walters, executive director and CEO, Investment Management Consultants Association; Dr. Thomas R. Robinson, managing director of education, CFA Institute.
Breakaway Brokers
Tim Oden, a Charles Schwab executive who spoke with reporters during the conference, said that as far as the firm's concerned, the breakaway-broker phenomenon is going strong. The proof, he said, is the number of prospects attending this week's Schwab Impact conference in San Francisco, which has attracted about 2,100 advisors and roughly 1,900 other guests.
"We have 87 prospective breakaway brokers at this year's Impact, double last year's number," said Oden, senior managing director of business development for Schwab Advisor Services. "They can come all week. We have one day of breakout sessions for them, regional dinners and other ways for them to interact with advisors, vendors and staff."
A big reason for this uptick, Oden said, it that a large number of wirehouse brokers will see the terms of their retention bonuses end in January 2012. "They have retention packages that will sunset next year, and so they're earnestly kicking the tires," Oden explained. "This is when they could decide to make a move."
The prospects, he said, mainly come from the wirehouse firms (Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and UBS). However, some also come from independent broker-dealers, while others are RIAs who custody with rivals and "are revisiting that relationship," said the executive.
"A great deal of the talks we are engaged in with prospects concerns the sunset provisions of their retention packages, which means they are through with the major decision-making process. They have made it and are now being thoughtful about when" they make the move to independence, said Oden. And this decisiveness "bodes well" for recruiting in the first and second quarters of 2012, he noted.•
Note: Jamie Green contributed to this report.

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Inspect what you expect
By Joe Szvetitz
Senior management of this multi-store operation was making business decisions, mostly purchases based on information that they believed was accurate. Having been associated with retail loss prevention for about 40 years has given me a good vantage point to see what actually causes loss or shortage/shrink in a retail location and, honestly, it is not hard to recognize. We all know that the three major contributors to loss are: 1) Employee theft (43.7%); 2) Shoplifting (32.6%); and 3) Paperwork errors (12.9%).
(Stats are according to the 2010 National Retail Security Survey.)
For the past six years, our company Risk Management Services Loss Prevention, LLC, has worked specifically in the hardware, lumber and home improvement sector working with retailers, dealers and members of all the different flags carried in the industry, and we have uncovered a common thread to the causes of shrink: failure to inspect what they expect.
Business decision-makers need to rely on others, associates, department managers, buyers, POS reports, etc., to give them solid and truthful information about their operation so they can intelligently spend money on merchandise purchases, staffing and other areas that cost money in an attempt to increase sales activity and, ultimately, their bottom line. It's called "cost of business."
The problem develops when the information they get is bad, inaccurate and wrong. As mentioned in the beginning, this particular business kept making significant purchases of a particular high-demand and expensive item that all of the data indicated needed to be made in order to remain competitive and in stock. Unfortunately, local management was faking the numbers just to look good on paper and to not fall out of favor with ownership. The decision-maker was at a distance in the home office and, not wanting to be out of stock, kept on spending significant dollars to make sure the store would not run out.
Understand that in order to run a business, it is absolutely necessary to rely on information generated from your systems and the people you pay to manage them. However, instead of blind faith, we believe that there should be a "trust but verify" attitude in place. Simply put, inspect what you expect.
Example: Have you ever left the store and your employees think you have gone for the day only to return unexpectedly? I bet there were some surprises. Well inspecting what you expect is doing just that. It is taking a few seconds to proof the information.
Some suggestions for decision-makers are:
• Perform unannounced cash counts at your POS stations.
• Randomly do a count of popular merchandise and circle back to quantities on hand, sold and ordered.
• Do an actual audit of who has what level of access to your POS system. This catches many people by surprise because they actually find out that a part-time sales associate actually has management level authorization.
• Routinely change POS access codes.
Joe Szvetitz is managing partner at Risk Management Services Loss Prevention.


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Carolinas HealthCare System Redesigning Healthcare Delivery Model With CON Approval
Dec 12, 2012, 04:00 ET
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Building on a rich history of healthcare for Anson County residents for nearly one hundred years, Carolinas HealthCare System continues to reshape how it delivers care to better meet the unique healthcare needs of the community for the next century by creating the most ideal settings and services.
This latest Certificate of Need approval represents a noteworthy transition from the standalone community hospital created by the Hill-Burton Act of 1946 intended to meet 20th century, post-war healthcare needs, to creating a more sustainable, long-term healthcare model that provides high quality healthcare through innovative technology, partnerships and access to the right care for the right need at the right time.
"Healthcare systems across the country are increasingly challenged to meet the demands of a rapidly changing environment while meeting the needs and expectations of the patients and communities they serve," said Joseph G. Piemont, President and Chief Operating Officer of Carolinas HealthCare System. "In order to achieve this, we must break the current mold of delivering care that has been in place for decades and innovate to create higher quality, better access and an improved experience; ultimately creating real value for our patients. This is the first of potentially many applications for this approach that can be created throughout our System and we are pleased the state is supportive of our efforts to modernize the delivery model and transform care."
When fully operational in 2014, Carolinas HealthCare System will better address the health needs of the county and the patients traditionally served by Anson Community Hospital with a more tailored design for care delivery. Technology solutions such as electronic medical records and virtual care services will improve access and continuity of care as will enhancing the number and breadth of specialist physicians practicing locally. Additionally, a team of healthcare professionals for primary and preventive care will provide the highest quality, most critical level of care for that community.
"The current trajectory of healthcare costs and demands on providers is unsustainable. We need to shift the paradigm of providing 'sick' care to providing truly integrated, value-based 'health' care," said Zeev Neuwirth, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Physician Services Group, Carolinas HealthCare System. "Carolinas HealthCare System is building a differentiable model by designing a systems-based approach, aiming to deliver high quality care to its patients and its populations with greater efficiency."
Designed though a robust "lean" process, the project was approved last week by the N.C. Division of Health Service Regulation and will replace the existing hospital with a new facility of 46,800 square feet. The unique design and flexible shared spaces allow a more efficient use of patient beds, combining utilization for both inpatient and observation needs; emergency and surgical needs as well as primary care services. Also included in the design is a central nursing unit for the entire facility along with pharmacy and laboratory services.
This model also includes new programs including faith-based community health services, wellness coaches and a sliding scale pharmacy with medication management counseling, among others. In addition to inpatient and outpatient services, the new campus will place additional emphasis on wellness, disease prevention, disease management and screenings.
With approval from the state, planning can continue with site selection and design, a process that is expected to take about six months. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2013 and will take 12 to 15 months. Anson Community Hospital will continue to operate during planning and construction of the new campus. The Lillie Bennett Nursing Center will remain in operation as it is now.
Anson County is about 50 miles east of Charlotte. Of the 100 counties in the state it ranks 74th in population and 36th in square miles with 531. Potential sites for the new location close to U.S. 74 in Wadesboro, N.C. are under consideration by Carolinas HealthCare System. Total cost of the project is expected to be about $20 million.
Through this design, Carolinas HealthCare System continues to challenge traditional healthcare delivery norms and create unique and direct access points for its patients so they can receive the most sophisticated healthcare in the Southeast in the most effective ways.
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Carolinas HealthCare System (carolinashealthcare.org), one of the nation's leading and most innovative healthcare organizations, provides a full spectrum of healthcare and wellness programs throughout North and South Carolina. Its diverse network of care locations includes academic medical centers, hospitals, freestanding emergency departments, physician practices, surgical and rehabilitation centers, home health agencies, nursing homes and behavioral health centers, as well as hospice and palliative care services. CHS works to improve and enhance the overall health and wellbeing of its communities through high quality patient care, education and research programs, and numerous collaborative partnerships and initiatives.
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The Simpsons (1989)
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
- Matt Groening
Episode 1 - The Falcon and the D'OhmanRelease Date: 2011-09-25
Homer befriends Wayne, a reserved security guard recently hired by the nuclear power plant. Plagued by violent flashbacks from his past as a CIA agent, he must overcome his tortured nightmares to save Homer from a Ukranian terrorist. Meanwhile, Marge fantasizes about being a contestant on "Top Chef" hosted by Tom Colicchio, and the future of Springfield's hottest "it" couple Nedna, Edna Krabappel and Ned Flanders, will be revealed after months of online fan voting and speculation.
Episode 2 - Bart Stops to Smell the RooseveltsRelease Date: 2011-10-02
Superintendent Chalmers reveals his hero as former President Theodore Roosevelt, who makes an appearance in the episode with the use of archival recordings.
Episode 3 - Treehouse of Horror XXIIRelease Date: 2011-10-30
Simpsons' twentysecond Halloween show. The Diving Bell and the Butterball: Homer is bitten by a radioactive spider. Dial "D" for Diddly: Ned becomes a serial killer. In the Na'Vi: Bart and Milhouse in an Avatar spoof.
Episode 4 - Replaceable YouRelease Date: 2011-11-06
Bart's science fair project, a mechanical baby seal, outshines Lisa's brainy asteroid model and quickly becomes a popular pet among the retirement home patrons. Meanwhile, Homer's new and eager assistant Roz, steals Homer's job, forcing him to team up with Flanders to reveal her true colors and evil past.
Episode 5 - The Food WifeRelease Date: 2011-11-13
Marge takes Bart and Lisa on a weekend excursion, and when an unexpected restaurant detour awakens their taste buds, fellow foodies Amuse Bruce and Fois Garth (guest voices Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) inspire them to start their own food blog, "The Three Mouthketeers."
Episode 6 - The Book JobRelease Date: 2011-11-20
Lisa becomes disheartened when she learns the shocking truth behind the "tween lit" industry and her beloved fantasy novel characters, but Homer decides to cash in on the craze and forms a team to group-write the next "tween lit" hit, with the king of fantasy, Neil Gaiman, lending his expertise to the effort.
Episode 7 - The Man in the Blue Flannel PantsRelease Date: 2011-11-27
The Simpsons host a tastemaker party at their home to promote Absolut Krusty, Krusty the Clown's own brand of liquor. Mr. Burns takes notice of the party's success and decides to promote Homer to "Account Man" for the Springfield Nuclear Plant.
Episode 8 - The Ten-Per-Cent SolutionRelease Date: 2011-12-04
Krusty the Clown becomes depressed after getting fired from his television show for being unpopular with children. The Simpson family encourages him to make a comeback, suggesting that he seek help from an agent they met earlier at a television museum. This agent turns out to be Annie Dubinsky, who was Krusty's first agent and former girlfriend.
Episode 9 - Holidays of Future PassedRelease Date: 2011-12-11
In this futuristic holiday episode, Bart is a deadbeat dad living in Springfield Elementary (which is now an apartment complex instead of a school) with Principal Skinner as his landlord. Meanwhile, a pregnant Maggie goes into labor during a family dinner.
Episode 10 - Politically Inept, with Homer SimpsonRelease Date: 2012-01-08
Homer lands his own political talk show and becomes the spokesperson for the Gravy Movement. He then is asked to select the next Republican nominee for President and officially endorses right-wing rock star Ted Nugent.
Episode 11 - The D'oh-cial NetworkRelease Date: 2012-01-15
Lisa creates her own social networking service, SpringFace, and subsequently makes everyone addicted to the internet. Meanwhile, Patty and Selma challenge the Winklevoss twins at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Episode 12 - Moe Goes from Rags to RichesRelease Date: 2012-01-29
After Moe is heckled for not having any real companions, Moe's best friend and beloved bar rag narrates his incredible thousand-year journey to Springfield. Beginning in the Middle Ages, the bar rag was loomed into a beautiful and ornate medieval tapestry and traveled around the globe through the hands of royalty before finding himself found himself at Moe's Tavern. Meanwhile, Bart begs Milhouse for forgiveness after the two friends get into a tiff, and when the bar rag goes missing, Moe realizes that he has more friends than he thought.
Episode 13 - The Daughter Also RisesRelease Date: 2012-02-12
Marge and Lisa's mother-daughter Valentine's Day plans take a turn when Lisa meets Nick, an intellectual romantic who shares the same passion for culture, history and literature. Lisa and Nick fall head over heels for each other in a fairytale romance and make a secret getaway to Mulberry Island to profess their eternal love. Meanwhile, Bart and Milhouse are inspired by the hosts of "MythCrackers" to "crack" Springfield Elementary's own legends.
Episode 14 - At Long Last LeaveRelease Date: 2012-02-19
The Simpsons are evicted from Springfield and join an off-the-grid community outside of town. But when Homer and Marge try to sneak back into Springfield, they are welcomed with hostility from their former friends and neighbors and begin to appreciate their new and more accepting home.
Episode 15 - Exit Through the Kwik-E-MartRelease Date: 2012-03-04
In order to get back at his dad, Bart goes undercover as a graffiti street artist and plasters Homer's unflattering image all over Springfield. But one night, Bart and Milhouse get caught in the act by established street artists Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Kenny Scharf and Robbie Conal (guest voicing as themselves), and to Bart's surprise, they invite him to exhibit his satirical artwork in his very own gallery show. Meanwhile, a hip, new health food superstore opens in Springfield that threatens to put Apu and the Kwik-E-Mart out of business.
Episode 16 - How I Wet Your MotherRelease Date: 2012-03-11
Karma gets the best of Homer after he gets his friends in trouble, and as a result, his bedwetting problem worsens. The family goes on a mission to infiltrate his dreams to search for clues in his subconscious to determine the source of his problem. But just as things take a dangerous turn in the dream, a figure from Homer's past appears, and he is finally reassured that the fond memories of his mother Mona (guest voice Glenn Close) remain alive, giving him just the right amount of reassurance to cure him of his problem.
Episode 17 - Them, RobotRelease Date: 2012-03-18
Mr. Burns replaces all of Springfield Power Plant's employees with robots (guest voice Brent Spiner) but decides to keep Homer as the sole human worker. With unemployment at an all-time high and mechanical arms operating the workplace, Springfield becomes a dismal and humorless place. But when Homer's machine-programmed peers start to turn on the community and his former real-life employees come to the rescue, they all realize that robots can't replace human friends.
Episode 18 - Beware My Cheating BartRelease Date: 2012-04-15
When Bart supervises Jimbo's girlfriend at a movie, she develops a crush on him; Homer is persuaded to buy a state-of-the-art treadmill with a television, and he becomes obsessed with watching it from the treadmill, but not actually working out.
Episode 19 - A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do AgainRelease Date: 2012-04-29
When Bart gets his wish for a family vacation, he becomes determined to make it last forever.
Episode 20 - The Spy Who Learned MeRelease Date: 2012-05-06
Homer embarrasses Marge at the movies during a film featuring superspy Stradivarius Cain, and his apologies fall on deaf ears. In an effort to become a better husband, he seeks help from someone he believes to be the real Stradivarius Cain.
Episode 21 - Ned 'n' Edna's BlendRelease Date: 2012-05-13
When word gets out that Edna and Ned have secretly wed, Marge offers to throw them a party, but bringing folks together makes them all realize that no marriage is perfect. Meanwhile, Edna tries to help Ned's children become more socially acceptable. Watch the credits... there's a treat!
Episode 22 - Lisa Goes GagaRelease Date: 2012-05-20
In the Season 23 finale, Lisa tries to boost her popularity by ghost writing positive things about herself on the school blog. The effort fails miserably, until a psychic force tells Lady Gaga (who provides her own voice) that Lisa needs her help.


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SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The International Hot Rod Association has announced that the CompetitionPlus.com Spring Open will be designated as their official pre-season test event. The event will be hosted by Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, Va., and sponsored by Drag Racing's largest electronic Internet-based magazine CompetitionPlus.com. The CompetitionPlus.com Spring Open will be held on March 8 - 12, 2001.
This unique event will feature everything from fire-spewing Top Fuel dragsters to the high-speed Pro Modifieds to various sportsman entries in test mode. There will be a special Chicago style eliminations program on Saturday in the professional divisions in exchange for the test time.
This event will provide the IHRA and Virginia Motorsports Park with the opportunity to showcase the talent that will be rolling into VMP a little over a month later for the ACDelco Nationals presented by Chevrolet.
The event will be billed as drag racing's "Official Cabin Fever Reliever" and will provide the sport with its own version of the Daytona Speedweeks.
IHRA Vice President of Marketing Aaron Polburn feels strong about their involvement with the event.
"This is going to be a blast, I promise you," explained Polburn. "If you think about it, most any sport has a preseason and in drag racing we have test sessions. I have always considered the IHRA as a sanction that sets the pace of the industry and for us to establish an official preseason event for our racers and fans would achieve such a goal. It would also send a message that we don't let grass grow under our feet during the off-season."
CompetitionPlus.com editor Bobby Bennett feels that the IHRA's acknowledgement of the Spring Open lends a great deal of credibility to the event.
"We are growing in dramatic proportions along with the IHRA," explained Bennett. "It is especially gratifying to align ourselves with them in an effort to showcase what the new season has to offer. On the media end of things, we will try and promote this event to the highest of our potential."
In keeping with the instant news format for the national events, the award-winning FastNews Network headed by Rick Green and Larry Sullivan will provide live coverage for such sites as ihra.com and SummitRacing.com as well as CompetitionPlus.com. This will be made possible by sponsorship from Lizzard Racing.
This major testing event will fill the weekend formerly reserved for the Winter Nationals in Darlington, SC. It will provide the staff at Virginia Motorsports Park with an opportunity to meet and greet its new IHRA family. In late-June of 2000, VMP announced the switch of sanctions and will host its first IHRA Summit Drag Racing Series event in April 20 - 22, 2001.
This is the second major test event that CompetitionPlus.com has promoted. The e-zine successfully worked in conjunction with Darlington Dragway this past February to host the successful CompetitionPlus.com Groundhog Warm-up presented by Majesty Homes. One major change is that Top Fuel and Funny Car divisions will join the program that consists of Pro Modified, Pro Stock and Nitro Harley. Sportsman racers will be allowed to participate as well as well as NHRA-sanctioned professional and sportsman drivers.
Virginia Motorsports Park is a state of the art facility built in 1994 encompassing 700 acres. The drag strip is concrete the first 675 feet of the mile long track. VMP is located 25 minutes south of Richmond off of I-85.
CompetitionPlus.com stands as a pioneer in the drag racing publications market as one of the first e-zines to hit the market. The Spartanburg, SC.-based electronic publication first made its debut on September 15, 1999 and has since published 30 issues. New publications are uploaded on the 15th and 30th of each month. Harley Communications publishes the innovative e-zine.
For more information on the event, stay tuned to www.ihra.com,
www.virginiamotorsportspk.com or drag racing's leading e-zine at
www.competitionplus.com. As more news becomes available, it will be posted on
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The Vegetarian Option: Pine Nut, Onion and Black Trumpet Ravioli at L2O
Reviews of vegetarian dishes.
One of my favorite courses of the seven-course tasting menu I had at L2O last week was the ravioli with pine nuts, caramelized onions, shredded black trumpet mushrooms and lime. Since L2O is renowned for its seafood, I was a little surprised that the lone vegetarian dish was one of the most memorable. The fashionably plaid ravioli tasted as good as they looked, with delicate pasta enrobing a rich caramelized onion and pine nut filling. Little piles of microplaned pine nuts formed with black lime and lime zest sit atop each raviolo. A matsutake broth was poured table side to finish the dish.
"The plaid is an excruciatingly long process," says Executive Chef Matt Kirkley. "I was playing around with striped pasta. It's just three different pastas, regular pasta, one tinted with chlorophyll and then one with squid ink. We just pattern them together with a series of folds that are pretty intricate."
Although L2O is a seafood restaurant, Kirkley says he has a handful of guests each week requesting vegan or vegetarian tasting menus, so he has to create six or seven off-menu vegetarian dishes. The restaurant is happy to accommodate vegetarians, but Kirkley is amused by the number of requests he gets. "Somehow people think that because we're a seafood restaurant, it's easier for us to do vegetarian dishes," he says. "But there are no vegetables in the sea."
I suppose by highlighting this excellent vegetarian dish, I'm not doing anything to correct that misperception. Sorry, but I'm not sorry. This is too good not to share.
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine and PATH Agree To Collaborate on Novel Influenza Vaccine ResearchJuly 16, 2012
July 16, 2012 – Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM) and PATH have reached an agreement to partner on new vaccine research aimed at eliciting broadly-protective immunity against influenza viruses. The collaboration seeks to develop promising influenza vaccines that can be made available and affordable to people in lower-resource countries.
The agreement calls for PATH to provide US$1.1 million in funding and support to the laboratories of Professors Peter Palese and Adolfo García-Sastre of MSSM to test various vaccine candidates in preclinical studies to assess their potential. The project will focus on the development of novel vaccine constructs, designed to target conserved neutralizing epitopes of influenza hemagglutinin, which are expected to provide extended defense against influenza viruses and reduce the need for annual vaccination.
At MSSM, Dr. Palese serves as the Chair of Microbiology and Dr. García-Sastre as Director of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, in addition to both being Professors of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Their area of expertise is dedicated to RNA viruses, especially influenza, with a focus on how various microbiological techniques affect the ways viruses interact with cells to cause disease.
Through its influenza vaccine project, PATH collaborates with private and public-sector partners to advance the development of promising new influenza vaccines that can be affordable and accessible for people in low-resource countries. The project focuses on novel technologies.
"We are pleased to be collaborating with MSSM to advance vaccine research that could help elicit long-lasting immunity against the broad spectrum of influenza viruses," said Dr. Kathleen Neuzil, Director of PATH's influenza vaccine project. "Broad-coverage vaccines, if successful, could be critical for controlling influenza outbreaks, particularly in the developing world where annual influenza vaccination programs will be particularly challenging."
"Partnering with PATH on the development of new influenza vaccines is a significant milestone for MSSM and its researchers," said Teri F. Willey, Vice President, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Technology and Business Development. "This collaboration may not only yield new influenza vaccines, but will also ensure these vaccines are available wherever they are needed."
About The Mount Sinai Office of Technology and Business Development
The Office of Technology and Business Development (OTBD), as part of The Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM), facilitates the transfer of discovery from the laboratory to the marketplace, acting as the interface with commercial entities.
OTBD is responsible for the full spectrum of commercialization activities required to bring MSSM's inventions to life. These activities include evaluating, patenting, marketing, and licensing new technologies, while also negotiating various agreements for sponsored research, material transfer, and confidentiality. Through Blue Mountain Technologies, OTBD also utilizes MSSM's growing portfolio of molecular diagnostic reagents to assist partners with advancing research and commercialization.
About PATH
PATH is an international nonprofit organization that transforms global health through innovation. PATH takes an entrepreneurial approach to developing and delivering high-impact, low-cost solutions from lifesaving vaccines and devices to collaborative programs with communities. Through its work in more than 70 countries, PATH and its partners empower people to achieve their full potential. For more information, please visit www.path.org.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Established in 1968, Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of the leading medical schools in the United States. The Medical School is noted for innovation in education, biomedical research, clinical care delivery, and local and global community service. It has more than 3,400 faculty in 32 departments and 14 research institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and by U.S. News and World Report.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital 16th on its elite Honor Roll of the nation's top hospitals based on reputation, safety, and other patient-care factors. Of the top 20 hospitals in the United States, Mount Sinai is one of 12 integrated academic medical centers whose medical school ranks among the top 20 in NIH funding and U.S. News and World Report and whose hospital is on the U.S. News and World Report Honor Roll. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 560,000 outpatient visits took place.
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January is a month for mourning 40 years of Roe v. Wade abortion and some of its anti-life spawn, such as assisted suicide laws. Joni Eareckson Tada, 62, is the most famous Christian quadriplegic. She has written inspiring books and, through Joni and Friends, helped hundreds of thousands among the disabled. This interview took place before 300 Patrick Henry College students and community residents. We'll run Part 2 in our next issue. (See also online-only excerpts from the interview: "Joni Eareckson Tada on words that hurt, actions that help" and "Joni Eareckson Tada on faith healing and marriage.")
It's 45 years since your accident. Do you still flash back to it? Absolutely. Some background for the people here: This was the dreadful moment when I took a dive and my head hit the bottom of the sandbar. That snapped my head back, crushing my spinal cord, leaving me face down in the water. It's a horrific image. Just think about it. If you were paralyzed totally, face down in the water and you hadn't taken a deep breath. It's so shockingly unthinkable. When I was first injured I couldn't even think about it because it was so overwhelming.
You had thoughts of peroxide? Yes. The day before I had gone to the drugstore and picked up a bottle of Nice 'n Easy midnight summer blonde and I peroxided my hair as 17-year-olds did back then. Had my hair not been shockingly blonde, my sister Cathy would never have seen me face down in the water. She told me later on, "Joni, you were a mousy blonde and that water was dark and murky. Only because of the peroxided hair did I even see you." God sometimes uses the incidental choices we make to change our lives.
As you were lying in the hospital bed, did you have faith in God? As a 14-year-old I had embraced Jesus as my Savior, but had confused the abundant Christian life with the great American dream: I was a Christian and would lose weight, get good grades, get voted captain of the hockey team, go to college, marry a wonderful man who made $250,000 a year, and we'd have 2.5 children. It was me-focused: What can God do for me? I almost thought I had done God a great big favor by accepting Jesus. And, to be frank, I had made some immoral choices: I finally got that boyfriend I was hoping would show up, but we were doing some things together that were wrong.
Did you feel that way at the time? In April 1967, I came home from a sordid Friday night date, threw myself onto my pillow, and cried, "Oh God, I'm embarrassing You, I'm staining Your reputation by saying I'm Christian, yet doing one thing Friday night and another Sunday morning. I'm a hypocrite. I don't want to live like this. I want You to change my life. I'm powerless to do it myself. Please, do something in my life that will jerk it right side up because I'm making a mess of the Christian faith in my life and I don't want that. I want to glorify You." Then I had the diving accident about three months later. In the hospital, I was thinking, "Wait a minute. You took that prayer that seriously? God, I was disobedient, but I'm one of Your children. How can You deal with Your children so roughly? This is the way You answer prayer for a closer walk with You? You'll never be trusted with another of my prayers."
As you're lying in that hospital bed, did you have suicidal thoughts? When first injured I was overwhelmed with the prospect of being paralyzed for the rest of my life. I used to lie in bed and wrench my head back and forth violently on the pillow hoping to break my neck up at some higher level and pass out. I was hoping that when I was strong enough to sit up in a wheelchair, they'd give me a power wheelchair so I could careen off a high curb and kill myself that way. But a person can only live with that kind of despair for so long. And thankfully, Christian friends of mine were praying. Eventually God used those prayers to turn my despair Godward. It's in the Psalms: "Why are you downcast, oh my soul. Put your trust in God." God began to bring back to my mind and memory those verses of Scripture that I had memorized.
When were you able to pray again with faith? Finally, under the power of other people's prayers and hints and whispers of the Word of God, I prayed one short prayer that changed my life: "Oh God, if I can't die, show me how to live." That was probably the most powerful prayer I had ever prayed. My depression began to lift and the despair to dissipate.
That took time. If at that time there had been an assisted suicide law, would you have asked someone to kill you? Oh my goodness, yes. When I was depressed in the early part of my hospitalization, I begged my girlfriends to bring in their mothers' sleeping pills, their fathers' razors, anything. I'm grateful there was no physician-assisted suicide law around back then. I would have tried very hard to mount some court challenge to change the definition of terminal illness so that it might include spinal cord injury. I would have done anything to put me out of my misery. I was so miserable. That was 45 years ago, though. What a different world we live in now, because there really are people with disabilities trying to change the court definitions of "terminal illness" in states like Oregon and Washington. At our ministry we're working hard to prevent that from happening and to give hope in Christ, so these people, like me, will find a way out of depression.
What do you think your life would have been like had you not broken your neck? I don't say this in front of hardly any audience, but in front of this audience I will: I believe what happened to me was an example of Hebrews chapter 12 discipline. I do. I've had Christians ask, "How can you say that of God? That's awful for you to say He would discipline you by making you a quadriplegic." No, no, no. Read Hebrews chapter 12: God disciplines those He loves. Had I not broken my neck I'd probably be on my second divorce, maxing out my husband's credit cards, planning my next ski vacation. I wouldn't be here extolling the glories of the gospel and the power of God to help a person smile, not in spite of the problems, but because of them.
Read Part 2 of Marvin Olasky's interview with Joni Eareckson Tada and online-only excerpts "Joni Eareckson Tada on words that hurt, actions that help" and "Joni Eareckson Tada on faith healing and marriage."


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Track and field athletes in Cedar Springs got a real treat last week. Middle school as well as high school athletes gathered to listen to advice from a world-class athlete—three-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein. The runner visited Cedar Springs to speak to the teams and join them on a run around the campus.
Ritzenhein, who graduated from Rockford High School in 1991 and set several state and national records, explained to the students the importance of working hard. "When I was starting with running, I was not that good. I was a middle-of-the-pack runner," he said.
Times change. His career has taken him through college and into professional distance racing where he has represented the United States in three Olympic Games. Ritzenhein said he enjoys seeing the passion the younger runners have for the sport.
Middle school track runner Sarah Martin said, "I thought it was interesting what he shared about working hard and seeing the payoff."
While Ritzenhein said he had benefited from hard athletic work in school, he advised the runners to try to enjoy their time as students. "Just enjoying the time in school is important," he said. "You have to build those close friendships and don't lose sight of the lessons you learn here."
The Grand Rapids Press reported that Ritzenhein would soon be moving his family back to West Michigan, from Oregon, and will serve as assistant coach to runners at Grand Valley State University.


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Alright so after 117 hours, I'm pretty much done with the game. I guess that's a pretty good hours of enjoyment vs game price ratio! I just feel like I've done everything I wanted to do. I got almost all the achievements and the final straw was two more of my biggest cites "stopped functioning properly" and the roll back option that says it should take a few minutes, has been processing for days. I think it's still worth the initial $70 to check out and play for 100 hours or so, but if you get frustrated easily, I'd still give it some time before jumping in!
Now I'm headed back to Azeroth, where I have (yep it's disgusting) over a year of play time, and yet there's still new things to do!


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I've had my eye on a few particular hibiscus plants for a long time. They aren't too far from my house so I go by them all the time. Red is my favorite color and these flowers just seem to pop out at me like an old friend.
They're located in front of an Italian restaurant that doesn't open til lunchtime so if I'm going to take photos I go by in the morning so no one there thinks I'm weird or runs out yelling at me. That's my social anxiety for ya. People freak me out sometimes until I know for sure they are going to be cool. Why can't people just be cool all the time?? I guess we just don't live in that kind of world.
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As you may know, Windows 10 Technical Preview started off with an Insiders program which enabled Microsoft to send updates, software or otherwise, to those who selected to be in the program. As part of the program one was able to participate in forums and also, via a recent update, choose which "ring" to be a part of: fast ring implied updates as Microsoft makes them available to users outside the company, and slow ring implied updates delivered after the feedback from fast ring was incorporated.
Now, there is a Phone Insider app spotted in the Windows Phone Store. This app seems to be a replacement to the Preview for Developers app that launched in October 2013. The Preview for Developers app required one to be a developer in order to receive OS updates (no firmware updates) directly from Microsoft, not having to wait for carriers and OEMs. For the most part, this worked fine and except for the pain of waiting for OEMs and specifically, carriers, to deliver firmware, most enthusiasts were able to get the latest OS features like an improved Internet Explorer right away.
The Phone Insider app is not too functional at the moment, but from the text in the app description, it does look like a way for users (non-developers too) to sign up for a particular release channel and receive updates as and when Microsoft makes them available. It seems like there will be a link to the Windows Insiders program, so presumably once you sign up to be a Windows Insider, you could potentially also sign up to receive early Windows Phone updates.
The Phone Insider application provides registered Windows Insiders the ability to receive pre-release OS updates on their phone, directly from Microsoft. For more information about registering and becoming a Windows Insider visit http://insider.windows.com.
Ed: At this point, it looks like you can only log on with a Microsoft company domain account, so presumably this is enabled for employees only. It remains to be seen if this app is the actual delivery mechanism for Windows Insiders outside the company also, or it remains as an internal use app.
The timing is not unusual. On January 21, Microsoft has an all-day event for the press in Redmond, where they will be talking about the Windows 10 "consumer" story. Obviously, Windows 10 on phones and tablets will be a big portion of that story.
Could we see the mobile bits available that day, or soon after? Personally, I can't wait to try out the next version of Windows "mobile", or whatever the combination of Windows Phone and Windows RT OSes is called.


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What does it take to found the next Facebook, Google, or Microsoft; or Ford, General Motors, or Chrysler?
What if the next big thing started in your own back yard?
These are just two of the questions to ponder when considering the possibilities of the Young Entrepreneur Program (YEP).
YEP assists college students and recent graduates in making their business plans become a reality in Indiana.
OCRA, in partnership with the Indiana Small Business Development Center (ISBDC), works with local and regional communities to connect college-aged entrepreneurs who are motivated to start new businesses and grow the economy.
The first major networking opportunity for communities and entrepreneurs is the Young Entrepreneurs Expo.
Take a moment to view these two videos which show how young entrepreneurs are changing their communities for the better.
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The Young Entrepreneurs Expo was held Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the University of Indianapolis
At the Expo, 16 Young Entrepreneurs, with valid business plans, were connected with communities across Indiana.
Executive Summaries of the 16 business plans
In exchange for the entrepreneur agreeing to locate in a community for at least three years the local town, county, or city agrees to support the entrepreneur through reduced/free rent, grants, loans, or utility support.
Hopefully, many new businesses will get the start they need through the YEP program and become significant drivers of economic development throughout Indiana.
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One of my current projects, (outside of spending hours on Minecraft) has been creating these vintage bumper stickers for my car Florence. In light of the upcoming election, I thought a political sticker would be fun. And since nobody likes Nixon, and Kennedy is a little too early for my car, I've decided to go with the classic, "LBJ for the USA" sticker from the Lyndon B. Johnson era. I also found these fantastic travel stickers, including the "I was there!" New York World's Fair 1964-65. I can't wait to print them up, and laminate them to some magnet sheets. That way I can switch them out with others when I get tired of them.
|Here's an old Rambler that still has the original sticker!
|Matthew Williamson Lace pearl beaded dress from Polyvore (sold out)
p.s. Polyvore is fun!!!
Rieker Mirjam shoes from Zappos $100
50's Mauve Mohair Cape from Sally Jane Vintage $52
|Shoulder garden from Some Girls Wander
(I love this look! I need more flower pins though)
Edith Pinafore from Alice Nightingale $90
(I love everything in this shop!)
And last but not least, my amazing Minecraft farm. I've spent weeks on this! It's my greatest Minecraft achievement yet!
|My Minecraft farm! Complete with green houses, barn, silo, windmill, water
wheel, water tower, automatic wheat farm, automatic sugarcane farm,
animals, and so much more!
|Automatic wheat farm and power house.
|Inside mechanics of automatic wheat farm.
|Storage room in power house.
|Barn and silo.
|Inside barn.
|Water tower to feed water wheel.
|Water wheel to feed automatic wheat farm and automatic sugar cane farm.
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Josh Marks Mom -- Schizophrenia Diagnosis Killed My Son
Josh Marks Mom Schizophrenia Diagnosis Killed My Son
"MasterChef" star Josh Marks was diagnosed with schizophrenia 24 hours before committing suicide ... so says his mother, who claims the thought of dealing with more mental issues put him over the edge.
Marks' mom Paulette Mitchell is saying the reality star completed an out-patient treatment program Thursday -- where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia ... according to a family rep.
Mitchell first told the Chicago Tribune the chef had finally come to terms with his bipolar disorder ... but "couldn't bear the thought of another diagnosis."
Paulette claims Marks was upset about the doctors assessment ... so she spent the night with him and left the next afternoon to pick her daughter up from school.
A few hours later ... she received a phone call from a family member saying people had called saying Josh was walking through a nearby alley clutching a gun.
Mitchell says she rushed over to the alleyway to find him -- but instead discovered her son dead from a gunshot wound ... with a revolver at his side.
His mother also admits ... some of the Marks' delusions centered around Gordon Ramsay, and that's why he told cops back in July that the chef had possessed his body when he got arrested.
The family is hoping to start a foundation in his honor to help mental illness awareness.
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The York is the perfect house for first time buyers or those looking to downsize. It features a lovely open plan kitchen/living/dining area on the ground floor with French doors to the large south facing garden. Upstairs, there are two spacious double bedrooms which share a fully fitted bathroom with separate shower and bath. This home comes with driveway parking for two cars.
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Online sports book lists Johnny Manziel as 2013 Heisman favorite
The race for the 2013 Heisman Trophy begins where last season's chase left off, with the rest of the FBS on the heels of Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel – this according to the early Heisman odds supplied by Bovada, an online sports book.
Bovada gives Manziel 4-1 odds to become only the second two-time winner in the trophy's history, joining former Ohio State running back Archie Griffin, who pulled off the repeat in 1974 and 1975. Bovada is on the same page with Covers.com, which gave Manziel 3-1 odds in an early hypothetical list on Dec. 10.
In all, Bovada lists 23 players – 14 quarterbacks, six running backs, two wide receivers and one ridiculously talented defensive end – with odds ranging from Manziel's 4-1 to 40-1.
Every returning player who finished in the top 10 of last year's Heisman voting made the cut, minus one glaring exception: Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch. Obviously, Bovada believes that Lynch's below-average showing in January's Orange Bowl loss to Florida State will hamper his Heisman hopes in 2013.
Here's Bovada's full list:
Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel: 4-1
Ohio State QB Braxton Miller: 7-1
USC WR Marquis Lee: 9-1
Georgia QB Aaron Murray: 10-1
Oregon RB De'Anthony Thomas: 10-1
Alabama QB A.J. McCarron: 12-1
Miami (Fla.) RB Duke Johnson: 12-1
South Carolina DE Jadeveon Clowney: 12-1
Louisville QB Teddy Bridgewater: 12-1
Clemson QB Tajh Boyd: 15-1
Nebraska QB Taylor Martinez: 15-1
Nebraska RB Ameer Abdullah: 18-1
Oregon QB Marcus Mariota: 18-1
Alabama RB T.J. Yeldon: 18-1
UCLA QB Brett Hundley: 20-1
Baylor RB Lache Seastrunk: 20-1
Notre Dame QB Everett Golson: 22-1
Miami (Fla.) QB Stephen Morris: 25-1
Oklahoma QB Blake Bell: 30-1
Florida QB Jeff Driskel: 30-1
Arizona RB Ka'Deem Carey: 33-1
Michigan QB Devin Gardner: 40-1
Maryland WR Stefon Diggs: 40-1
Looking for good bang for your buck? I'd consider the quarterbacks on the back end of Bovada's list, like Oklahoma's Blake Bell – a more dual-threat replacement for Landry Jones – and Florida's Jeff Driskel; the latter, like Florida's entire offense, is poised to take a step forward in 2013.
And as for Clowney, that the junior is getting some early Heisman publicity is indicative of his ability to impact a game from the defensive side of the ball. While Manti Te'o made a run at the Heisman last winter, few defenders have ever been in the mix this early in the process.
And what about a few players who might be missing from Bovada's list? Lynch would be one, regardless of his play against the Seminoles. A few others: Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins, Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas (if he can beat Alabama in the opener), Texas quarterback David Ash, Northwestern running back Venric Mark, Arizona State quarterback Taylor Kelly and LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger.
Also, to highlight how quickly your money can go to waste, consider that of the 23 players on Bovada's early odds for the 2012 Heisman, seven missed at least a portion of last season due to injury (Matt Barkley, Denard Robinson, Tyler Wilson, James Franklin, Marcus Lattimore, Rex Burkhead and Henry Josey), one missed two games to a suspension (Sammy Watkins) and two never played a down on the FBS level (Tyrann Mathieu and Isaiah Crowell).


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Glamour, the illusion of mile long legs, and pure sex appeal are all things that come to mind when you throw on a pair of pumps.
Comfort, freshness, and practicality are what a pair of sneakers offer to a modern day woman.
But which one is better?
This battle has raged on for a while now. I know chicks that refuse to wear sneakers and only rock heels. But on the flip side I also know many females that don't wear pumps and can't even walk in them. Many woman say sneakers make your feet look too large and can't be worn everyday, but doesn't that argument also fit pumps. I damn sure couldn't wear a pair of heels everyday or for long periods of time.
Heels make your walk meaner and your body more viscous, plus boys like them ( but who really cares what they like lol). But a pair of sneakers with the right outfit can be just as viscous, plus I know some sneakerheads that love a girl in some J's on a pair of Dunks. Sneakers are more of a collectors item, they are like rare gems when you get the right ones, you can go to the club and see hella girls with the same stilettos as you.


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NEW YORK - Next time you get a haircut, you might end up with something you didn't expect: a referral to a dermatologist.
A survey of Texas hair salons out today found more than a third of stylists check at least half of their customers for suspicious moles on the scalp, and most have referred people to a doctor lest the mole turn out to be skin cancer.
What's more, half the hairdressers were keen to learn more about skin cancer to help extend the reach of doctors screening for the disease, according to findings in the Archives of Dermatology.
"What we would like to do in the next couple of years is to train as many hair professionals as possible," said Alan Geller, of Harvard's School of Public Health in Boston, who led the new work. "We think this holds a lot of promise."
He's not the only one hoping to spread the gospel of modern medicine through hair salons and barbershops, whose clientele might not otherwise see a health provider.
In 2008, for instance, a foundation sponsored by the Abbott Fund began offering free diabetes and high-blood pressure screening at black-owned barbershops in New York City.
A study from last year showed such an approach may help rein in uncontrolled blood pressure, and cancer researchers have also found barbershops to be promising venues for disease-awareness campaigns.
But other experts aren't convinced that "only your hairdresser knows for sure."
"As a rule, you should do what you're good at," said Dr. Martin Glud, a dermatologist at Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark. "If you're a hairdresser, that's cutting hair, with all due respect."
Earlier this year, Glud published a study showing that while the rates of melanoma -- the deadliest form of skin cancer -- have shot up recently, the disease's death toll has barely increased.
That indicates that at least in some cases, the additional tumors being diagnosed wouldn't have gone on to kill the person.
"Some believe the rise in melanomas is really a sign of overdiagnosis," Glud told Reuters Health.
About one in 50 white Americans born today will get melanoma at some point during their life, according to the American Cancer Society. The group estimates that roughly 8,800 will die from the disease in 2011.
Because melanomas are so rare -- particularly on the neck and scalp -- and moles are very common, Glud worries that hairdressers might sound a lot of false alarms, contributing to the problem of overdiagnosis.
"It's a slippery slope," he said.
Geller acknowledged that having hair salons double as screening centers could end up taxing scarce health care resources.
"We would need to make sure that this doesn't lead to a tremendous drain for the health care system," he cautioned.
Suspicious moles are those that itch, bleed, change color or grow asymmetrically. A dermatologist may choose to biopsy such a mole and remove it if cancer is found. That can leave a scar, and may require a skin graft in the case of larger tumors.
Geller, who polled 203 hair professionals from a chain of 17 salons in the Houston area, said there is "circumstantial evidence" that screening for skin cancer saves lives. But he acknowledged there are no direct experiments to prove that point.
As a result, the US Preventive Services Task Force, a federally appointed expert panel, says there is too little data to balance the harms and benefits of skin cancer screening at the doctor's office, let alone hair salons.
"I certainly can't support the implication of this study that we should be training hairdressers to do skin screenings," said Dr. Michael LeFevre from the task force.
But he added that doesn't mean they shouldn't point to moles their customers might not have noticed themselves.
"To raise the individual's awareness that there is something there is not inappropriate," he told Reuters Health. "That is different from referring them to the doctor."


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Caddy; The Well Documented, Cadboro Bay Sea Serpent
Source: Blackman, W. Haden. The Field Guide To North American Monsters. New York: Crown Publishers, 1998.
This juvenile Caddy (10 to 12 feet) was found in the belly of A sperm whale. Some reports credit him (full grown?) with a 100 foot length.
In editing Blackman's article on the Cadboro Bay Sea Serpent the creature is described in general terms as follows: the cadborosaur, popularly known as Caddy, is a sea serpent reputed to live in Cadboro Bay, between Vancouver Island and the Mainland of British Columbia.
Like all sea serpents it is long and thin but it also has two large flippers, and a jagged crest which is frequently mistaken for a mane that possibly provides him with ballast.
Its head is usually described as "horselike", it has a slender neck about two-and-a-half feet thick, and has been reported as being of various colours.
According to reports from sightings, like all aquatic reptiles it is extremely well suited to high-speed travel. Large portions of its body have been seen that have given the impression of its having several, snakelike, humps or coils and, like all wild animals, whenever it is approached it immediately dives and disappears.
It has been described as having everything from a horrific to a loveable face. It has no visible ears but his nostrils are well defined and it has a long beard and whiskers.
His bulbous, black eyes are said to cast a reddish green glow (?) under certain conditions. It is reported to have eight-inch fangs, rows of sharp, fishlike teeth, and a snake-like tongue.
However, despite appearances, Caddy has yet to have posed a danger to humans, or to other animals, although, in 1934 a witness observed him swallowing a wounded duck.
Nevertheless, his diet is thought to consist largely of kelp and other sea plants, which is only occasionally supplemented by fish and waterfowl.
Caddy's existence has been part of the folklore and legends of the Chinook Indians for many hundreds of years but, when it was first documented by white settlers in the mid-1920s, it was called the "Sea Hag," because of the fear it inspired.
In 1933, Archie Wills, the editor of the Victoria Times, began promoting the beast as a local mascot. It sponsored a "name the monster" contest and selected "cadborosaurus" from the entries.
Caddy, as it quickly became known, was promptly adopted by the residents of Cadboro Bay and the surrounding areas. His most recent sighting was in 1997 (1998 article).
Ernest Lee, who hunted for Caddy throughout the 1940s, can attest to the locals' undying affection for their creature. In the spring of 1943, Lee rammed the hapless serpent twice with his motorboat.
After being struck on the second occasion, Caddy stopped moving and sank below the surface, presumably dead.
If it had not emerged just two weeks later, the public outrage over the monsters' death might have cost Lee his freedom or even his life.
Color Augmented black & white photo.
Despite the fact that Caddy has resisted capture, more than enough evidence suggests that the creature does exist. The number of sightings tends to prove his existence, and the list of people who have spotted him include civic dignitaries and respected citizens.
In August 1932, F.W. Kemp, an official at the Provincial Library of Victoria, saw the beast; in October of the following year, Major W.H. Langley, a clerk of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly and a well-known barrister and amature marine biologist, also glimpsed the creature.
Judge James Thomas Brown, who had spent over thirty years as the highly respected Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Saskatchewan, observed Caddy from a distance of less than 150 yards.
Caddy sightings are still more impressive when observed by groups of witnesses. In February 1953, for example, at least ten people watched for over an hour as it cavorted throughout Qualicum Bay, halfway up the east coast of Vancouver Island north of Victoria.
The following February, near Nanaimo, it repeated this performance for a group of more than thirty people. Such sightings are difficult to dismiss as hoaxes or mass hallucinations and have inspired a handful of scientists to investigate the creature.
Marine scientists Paul LeBlond, from the University of British Columbia, and E.L. Bousfield, from the Royal British Columbia Museum have determined that Caddy is an enormous reptile with mammalian traits.
They have also been credited with baptizing it with its scientific name, Cadborosaurus willsi, and in December 1992 Bousfield notified the American Society of Zoologists of its existence.
The efforts of researchers such as Bousfield and LeBlond have also unearthed sightings of a variety of cadborosaurus that lacks both whiskers and a visible crest.
This creature, dubbed Amy, is believed to be Caddy's mate. The female serpent is smaller, reaching only sixty feet or so, has darker skin, and has been much more elusive.
Caddy and Amy have evidently produced offspring. Captain Bill Hagelund reported capturing an infant cadborosaurus while fishing in Pirate's Cove in 1968. The small, eel-like creature was sixteen inches long and roughly one inch in diameter.
Its lower jaw contained a full complement of tiny, sharp teeth. It also had underdeveloped flippers, a spade-shaped tail, and a layer of yellow fuzz on its underbelly.
Captain Hagelund had thought of taking the baby monster to scientists at the Pacific Biological Station, in Departure Bay, but it became afraid that the serpent's frantic efforts to escape would result in its death. In consequence he released it back to the wild.
Unfortunately, not all of Caddy and Amy's offspring have been so fortunate; several cadborosauri have been shot at by frightened fishermen but the body was never recovered.
The species, cadborosaurus, appears to be preyed upon by other sea creatures. In October 1937 the corpse of a young cadborosaurus was extracted from a sperm whale's stomach. It was taken to Naden Harbour whaling station in the Queen Charlotte Islands, off the northwest coast of British Columbia, where it was extensively studied but where only three photographs were apparently taken.
Although decay prevented a more thorough description of the creature's exterior, the rotting mass was roughly ten feet long, possessed a horselike head, and had a snakelike body.
Unfortunately, as with so many reported finds of monsters and other creatures of the unexplained, this corpse also disappeared before a reliable study could be made.
However, while the famed "Caddy corpse" has vanished, the living creature still appears to be alive and well. In 1996 there were over a dozen sightings of him and, in June 1997, it was spotted in a much publicized encounter when it surfaced near Desolation Sound, in the middle of Vancouver Island's east coast.
All people are urged to keep a lookout for Caddy. It has been known to roam throughout the entire Pacific Northwest Coast but it appears to prefer the security of Cadboro Bay, where it might be most commonly expected to be seen.
If you see him always approach him slowly, using every effort to avoid startling or confusing him. Don't make sudden movements and don't attempt to touch him. Keep a comfortable distance between you and always leave him with an escape route.
Never approach within one hundred feet of a small animal, as the parent may interpret this as an attack on its offspring and will surely attack in its defense.
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For Steven, who is only here for the photos. They're not that great, man.
Dorking with HDR after finally "cleaning my room" - My wife and I got The Lab-O-Ratory in order once again. Because of this, I have actually started using my desktop systems instead of just lounging around with my laptop. That's good, too, because OpenBSD 4.5 comes out in just a few more days, and I'm itching to get my paws on it.
... and Boots is getting his paws on a mouse. We are still having trouble getting Boots and Dora integrated again. It's been something like 3 weeks now. Boots doesn't feel safe on the floor for fear of being attacked (which he likely would be) so he opts for higher ground, such as found on my desk.
I didn't take this. I found it on ThinkGeek. GUMMY BACON. Seriously, what more could you ask for?
It was kinda roasty in the office when I showed up for work yesterday.
After work, I caught up with KhartaPurkh Khalsa and Eric Rogers, counting pedestrians and cyclists in Westport. I stopped to take their survey, too.
Firefighters Fountain in Penn Valley Park
Bicycle Parking at CCCKC
Some flowstone in the old limestone mines
A close-up of the speleothem.
And some abstract (okay, just plain blurry and crappy) photography on the much-later-than-usual homeward commute. It was yet another awesome, warm night for a bike ride!
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Photo Dump
For Steven, who is only here for the photos. They're not that great, man.
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One could ask for bacon flavored gummy bacon I suppose.
- April 24, 2009 1:29 PM
- Noah said...
Wait. It's not bacon-flavored?
- April 24, 2009 1:52 PM
Counting cyclists??? For real? R there that many people cycling over there? I commute from Lees Summit up into Independence a few times a week. Here's the count. One.
I suppose if I went by the bus station downtown on the way I might see a few others?
- April 24, 2009 5:20 PM
- Noah said...
From the sound of it, the count was pretty underwhelming, but it was raining yesterday morning so that could play a part.
Westport, brookside, over by the Art Institute... Those places are teeming with cyclists. The intersection that I photographed was Penn. Ave. and Westport Road. On tax day, I saw more than a dozen cyclists very close to this intersection (I rode through it a few times). It was mostly the midtown crowd on their fixie machines, but there were quite a few cyclists out and about. Yesterday, I think I saw three total, not counting myself.
- April 24, 2009 5:27 PM
- Steven said...
Thanks for the photos! But come on... I'd still come here even if there weren't photos. Maybe. LOL
- April 28, 2009 8:42 AM
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Persistence: The Key to Healing
(A follow-up to Learning to "Walk": My Struggle with ADD from
Venture Inward Magazine)
By Linda Schiller-Hanna
There is an anecdote in the first part of There Is a River by Thomas Sugrue, the biography of Edgar Cayce, which tells how Cayce helped a neighbor's child who was having profound mental problems for a long period of time. Cayce gave a reading with several directions to an osteopath on how to help the girl and several times the osteopath did not "get it right" and Cayce would re-direct the doctor. Ultimately, the treatment was followed to the letter of Cayce's guidance. The child received the treatments for three weeks straight, daily, and recovered fully. (She had fallen on her tailbone on the step of a horse-drawn carriage, the day before the problems began.)
I have suffered from ADD (attention deficit disorder) my entire life, a condition that started with a difficult birth and was exacerbated by physical abuse as a child. I was 46 before I was officially diagnosed, and over the next 15 years I tried prescription medications and tried many different holistic therapies before I finally found one that worked for me: CranioSacral Therapy (CST). It is perhaps significant to note in my own recovery (described in detail in Learning to "Walk": My Struggle with ADD, Venture Inward, Jul-Sep '10), that the breakthrough happened in an introduction to CST class, performed by absolute amateurs. In my case, it was the most basic of treatments in CST that "moved the mountain."
I have referred a friend's granddaughter, who was also suffering from ADD symptoms, to a therapist in her area. She only went two or three times, had "some" breakthrough...but did not complete the series. I later learned that this therapist was not using Dr. Upledger's system (which is what I learned and was what worked for me), but something "more advanced," and was trained by a different CST system. The therapist didn't stick to basics, and the client didn't keep showing up. Both things need to happen, in my view.
I hope that suffering individuals will stay with the basics and give them a chance to work before dismissing them out of hand. There are so many dead ends with this disorder and my heart breaks to think someone may be close to an answer, but pull back before an opportunity for a true shift occurs. There was a letter regarding my article that said CST doesn't work on ADD, so I must have a different disorder. The fact is, a single cause for ADD has not been discovered yet and there is no "silver bullet" that will work for everyone. ADD is the name that most folks associated with my behaviors. However, it may not be the exact proper diagnosis. That's why I described the pattern so fully—the feelings, the lack of follow-through and flow in actions, and the fuzziness of thinking I often suffered. I wanted people to relate, whether or not they were labeled ADD.
Please don't get caught up in the label, and please try the basic treatment before throwing it all out. Since I spent nearly 40 years seeking answers to my problems, and the one solution that did the most good was shared with complete candor to a wide audience, I would hope that a person wouldn't "give up too quickly" if instantaneous results did not occur.
At the very least, they will feel "relaxed." For a person with this disorder, that alone is a deep blessing. And at best, they too, may respond, when their deep core brain has sufficient time and trust to accept the shift that proper cranial fluid movement can provide.
Linda Schiller-Hanna is a professional clairvoyant and intuition trainer based in Ohio. She has studied the Edgar Cayce material since 1991 and is a regular speaker at A.R.E. Field and Headquarters Conferences. Her article Learning to "Walk": My Struggle with ADD (Venture Inward, Jul-Sep '10) is available at EdgarCayce.org/members. You can visit her Web site at www.lightworker22.com or contact her by eMail at email@example.com.