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How Black Friday bullied its way into Thanksgiving
Shoppers have only themselves to blame for earlier sale times at Wal-Mart and Target.
Why do they still call it Black Friday when more obsessed holiday shoppers are hitting stores on Thanksgiving Day? Because Black "Can't I Just Finish My Thanksgiving Pie In Peace?" takes up way too much space.
Wal-Mart (WMT) launched the latest strike in its war on Thanksgiving last month, when it announced that it would open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving evening to customers forming in-store lines for its most coveted discount products. For those who prize Thanksgiving traditions like dessert, digestion and tryptophan-induced slumber, that's a full two hours earlier than the store's 10 p.m. start last year.Ever the joiner, Toys R Us decided 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving would be a great time to open its doors for deals as well. What does this mean for retailers? Other than lines full of disgruntled folks in Tom Brady and Tim Tebow jerseys missing the Thanksgiving late game between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets, it'll be a holiday feast greater than anything its customers will be missing the last course of.
The top brass at Target (TGT) didn't push that retailer's doorbuster start time from midnight last year to 9 p.m. this year just for personal amusement. According to the National Retail Federation, 28.7 million people did their Black Friday shopping on Thanksgiving Day last year. That's still less than a third of the roughly 86 million shoppers who took to stores on Black Friday itself, but it's still up from the 22 million who took time from their turkey or Tofurkey dinners to go bargain hunting on Thanksgiving 2010.
They didn't have to bundle up and huddle outside of big-box stores to do so, either. Market research firm ComScore (SCOR) found that online spending on Thanksgiving Day rose 18% in 2011 to $479 million from $407 million a year earlier. Sure, lots of that traffic was Amazon shoppers who didn't really have a brick-and-mortar option, but ComScore's Thanksgiving and Black Friday Top Five also included Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target, who wooed overstuffed Thanksgiving shoppers with deals they could access from devices balanced on their swollen stomachs.
But do retailers' Thanksgiving intrusions really increase sales, or just pull them from some softer part of the Black Friday weekend schedule? The NRF sees an overall gain, with its count of store traffic from Thanksgiving through the end of Black Friday weekend rising from 212 million shoppers in 2010 to 226 million last year. The nearly 7 million more people in stores on Thanksgiving helped, but about the same number joined the ranks for the rest of the stretch.
They didn't exactly shy away from online orders for the rest of the holiday season either. ComScore saw a 16% increase on Thanksgiving weekend overall in 2011, including a 26% spike in Black Friday shopping. While that 18% bump in Thanksgiving Day spending is impressive, it still trails both the growth and haul of Cyber Monday (up 22% in 2011 to $1.25 billion) and Green Monday (up 19% to $1.13 billion) and doesn't come close to the $1.1 billion spent on Free Shipping Day.
As long as retailers are taking increasingly larger bites of holiday spending by starting their Black Friday sales earlier on Thanksgiving night, consumers will continue to be tempted into taking that last cup of pudding or slice of pumpkin pie to go.
So what else is new? Corporations ( a Romney favorite) want to destroy any family time together for the greed of the owners. This doesn't mean the average stock holders, but the actually owner who do not give a sh*t about people. Wal-Mart real owner's fortunes rise and fall (by billions) on enslaving people to the clock. Wake up people! The billionaires don give a sh*t about you or your family. It's all about how to get you to work for the lowest wages and beg for benefits (which turn into government benefits cause you earn such sh*t pay) while they live off from your sweat and tears. All they want is your money! They could care less about your family or the time together. They want a slave economy and by shopping you are helping them make it. Slavery is now the new economics. Work for the master or you lose your job. We need a national movement, but people are still too dumb to see the connection between corporate greed and the average person saving a few cents.
Let's ALL ask Congress to cooperate and DO THEIR JOB or don barrels and leave the country!!!
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Whether you're happily chatting away or stuck sitting next to a distant relative you suspect might be a mute -- here's five fun holiday facts to use for conversation starters at the Thanksgiving table.
1. The Humane Society of the United States reports that Ben Franklin was so impressed with turkeys that he called them "a bird of courage" and suggested a turkey be the national symbol instead of the eagle.
2. The Calorie Control Council says the average American may consume more than 4,500 calories and 229 grams of fat eating and snacking during Thanksgiving dinner.
3. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that there are 28 places in the country named "Plymouth" after Plymouth Rock, where the pilgrims first landed -- including Plymouth, MN. There is a township named "Pilgrim" in Dade County, MO and a city named "Mayflower" in Faulkner County, AR.
4. According to the "Farmers' Almanac", pilgrims and settlers made early pumpkin pies by hollowing out the pumpkin and filling the shell with milk, honey and spices. Then they baked it.
5. The first Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in 1924 was organized by immigrant employees who used floats, bands and animals from the Central Park Zoo. There were no balloons. In 1927, the animals were replaced with the large balloons similar to what you see today.
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I made this the night before having a gathering. When I first tasted it I did not feel it was anything worth while so I threw out the recipe. But I tried it again the next day and it was amazing! Everyone loved it and asked for a copy of the recipe. I paired it with garlic toast covered in parmesan cheese and then top it with the caponata. Will be making this again and again, very easy!
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The ingredients in this sweet-and-sour Sicilian side dish are roughly chopped to create a chunky spread. Caponata is typically made with eggplant, but this version features artichoke hearts. Spoon over toasted baguette slices.
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- 1 tablespoon olive oil
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- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
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Thanks to everyone who helped me make this possible! Namely Ty Bucek, Jeff Lupetin, Kevin Czarnecki and Katelyn Foley. Without you guys there is no way this would have been nearly as good as it is!
This is my submission for the Tournament of Flash Animators (TOFA) 2011 First Round. The theme was "Lost and Found". I decided to go with a stylized Noire not only because it fits the theme so well, but because I've been wanting to do something involving detectives ever since I finished watching Twin Peaks, and just recently beating L.A. Noire certainly helped fuel that some more.
This is my first animation working with professional voice actors and not lending a voice myself. You may all know Kevin Czarnecki here on Newgrounds, his name seems to get around alot. He is one of my friends from College and was happy to lend a hand, he also found Katelyn Foley for me, who had just the most perfect voice for this! Jeff Lupetin is a veteran when it comes to voice acting, he's starred in Radio Dramas and video games (like "Red Faction" and more cult notably, Hideo Kojima's "Snatcher".) Ironically, I met Jeff and Kevin in the same place, as Jeff was my Voice Acting for Animation teacher.
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Hot on the heels of Origin and Maingear's 11-inch notebook announcements, Eurocom announced the new 11.6-inch Monster 1.0. This notebook offers a good amount of power in its small body including an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 2GB of video memory, Intel's i7-3820QM Ivy Bridge processor, 16GB of DDR3-1866 memory, and up to 1TB of SATA3, hard, or Solid State Drives. The Eurocom Monster 1.0 weighs approximately 3.96 pounds with the battery. Eurocom says this notebook will last for up to 410 minutes on a single charge. The Eurocom Monster starts at $817. The notebook does not come with an OS, but you can opt to have Eurocom install Windows 7 Premium for an extra $105.
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Eurocom Corporation (www.eurocom.com), a developer of long lifespan, fully upgradable High Performance Notebooks is launching the world's most powerful 11.6" notebook with 2GB of video memory in the on board NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M , up to 1TB of SATA3, hard or Solid State Drives and even supports 16GB of Dual Channel DDR3-1866.
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410 minutes with GT 650M and i7-3820QM Ivy Bridge processor ... O_o
Surprising what both nVidia's powersaving efforts in the 6 series and Intel's Tri-Gate 22nm process do together, huh?
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Of the 19 players currently on the roster, how many front court players have a back-to-the-basket game, are prolific rebounders with a nose for the ball, not afraid of contact and possessing the ability to finish thru it, and lastly...have this young man's motor and consistently tireless work ethic?
Faried was considered under-sized as well...WAS.
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It's a move that could pass for the handiwork of a reality television producer. Yet, the Mets have weighed having Wally Backman and Terry Collins share the same dugout next season, a situation rife with the potential for awkwardness.
Still synonymous with the Mets' glory years in the mid-1980s, Backman's name has long been popular among fans clamoring for an end to Collins' managerial tenure.
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The Mets will dispatch three scouts to a showcase for Cuban defector Yasmani Tomas, according to sources. The event is scheduled for Sunday in the Dominican Republic.
Tomas, 23, is a corner outfielder who has developed a reputation for powerful swing at the plate and a strong arm in the field. Playing this season in Cuba, he hit .290/.346/.450 with six homers in 257 plate appearances.
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Long Island's Steven Matz finally got called to Citi Field.
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|Dean of the Knowles Memorial Chapel Patrick Powers and Dean of Student Affairs Karen Hater present Jennifer Collins '12 (center left) and Aditya Mahara '12 (center right) with Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallions (Photo by David Woods)
On Sunday, graduating seniors Aditya Mahara '12 and Jennifer Collins '12 were awarded Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallions. Established in 1927, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion is the highest non-academic award the College bestows to an Arts & Sciences student who shows remarkable character and integrity and who demonstrates a commitment to service to others.
Fern Creek Elementary School also received the award for its outstanding service to the community.
During the commencement, Dean of the Knowles Memorial Chapel Patrick Powers shared with the audience a few of Mahara's, Collins', and Fern Creek's remarkable accomplishments:
Adi clearly understands what it means to be a global citizen and responsible leader. This is never more evident than through the work he does with Making Lives Better, a non-profit organization he founded with fellow interested students that provides clean drinking water, medical assistance and educational supplies to communities in Nepal. This project is now implanted in the Rollins Overseas programs.
As a member and house manager for the X Club, he provides positive role modeling for not only his own fraternity but for all men on campus.
He finds time to give back to the local community by volunteering at Fern Creek Elementary School and Habitat for Humanity and the Coalition for the Homeless.
A fellow student testifies, "I am inspired by his openness to diversity, his understanding of the power of service, and his humble patience and calm confidence."
Aditya Mahara, we are confident of your worthiness to be a recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion.
Barely stopping to catch her breath, Jennifer, you have been active on campus from your first days here.
No Rollins climbing club? No problem, you founded one. When Eco Rollins sought a dynamic leader you stepped up and worked tirelessly on programs such as the first Bicycle Library Program to provide an alternative energy mode of transportation.
You were also instrumental in creating "Be a part from the Start" which set policies including biodegradables for all dining areas and recycling plastic bottles into graduation gowns.
Your ideals for a healthier environment eventuated in the biggest Earth Day celebration ever on campus this past spring. But you also extended your mission of service through Rollins Relief in building homes in New Orleans for those still devestated by the hurricane.
Whether you are working with the LEAD team helping to plan campus service and leadership programs, or flipping pancakes at the end of semester break, you do it with a smilie on your face and love in your heart.
Do not be destracted by Jenifer's gentle and humble demeanor, she is passionate about her beliefs and fights for what is right.
And so today it is right and proper that we present the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion for creative service to you, Jenifer Collins.
Over the years the Fern Creek Elementary School has been a partner with Rollins College as a resource of volunteer work, educational internships, mentoring and tutoring. The Fern Creek School is unique in its mission of educating, caring for and encouraging homeless children. And our students and faculty, in turn, have learned about the lives of children who grow up homeless and marginalized and yet are full of laughter, energy and enthusiasm.
Over 30 Rollins faculty are involved in any given year with service learning courses and research projects. The Rollins science faculty created and developed a hands on science lab at the school - one of the only hands on labs in Orange County.
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In the Orange County school system, Fern Creek is graded as an "A" School – the highest evaluation possible.
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Utah Rep. Jim Matheson: Elephant in a donkey suit?
By Matt Canham
The Salt Lake TribuneFirst published Feb 03 2013 01:01AM
Washington • Utah has one Democrat in Congress and last year he voted with the Republicans and against the majority of his own party more than 68 percent of the time.
That's a startlingly high figure, even for a conservative Democrat like Rep. Jim Matheson, and it marks a major shift in how he voted in his previous 11 years in the House.
Just two years ago, Matheson voted with the Republicans 18 percent of the time, according to CQ-Roll Call, which compiles the party unity scores by counting only those votes in which a majority of one party opposed the majority of the other.
Matheson said he couldn't explain the change. He said he perceived no shift in the political climate or type of votes that would describe the drop in his party unity score.
"People on both sides of the equation at times are happy or not happy with how I vote," he said. "But at the end of the day, I just look at each issue on its own merits. That's how I have always been."
Matheson has touted himself as a political independent not beholden to the party strictures that control most of Washington. He is the only member from Utah who didn't support his party more than 90 percent of the time.
Republicans and at least one political scientist suggest Matheson's surge to the right is likely tied to his tough re-election campaign last year, when he ran in a new district against Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love, a well-funded black Republican who had the backing of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Matheson beat Love in Utah's new 4th Congressional District by just 768 votes.
'Political chameleon' • "Matheson's voting shift is nothing more than an attempt to keep his job in Congress as part of a minority party that isn't representative of his district, but funds his campaigns and lets him vote against its agenda when his vote is unnecessary," said Ian Prior, a spokesman with the National Republican Congressional Committee. "Utahns don't want or need a self-interested political chameleon."
The NRCC has spent millions trying to oust Matheson only to come up short and the group has already marked him as a top priority again in 2014.
Matheson denies that his tough election had anything to do with a change in his voting patterns, and while he has reviewed the party unity ratings like those published by CQ-Roll Call, he doesn't consider them when casting his vote.
Keith Poole, a political scientist from the University of Georgia, has created his own widely followed matrix that shows the liberal and conservative shifts in Congress and he says Matheson's numbers tell a story.
"My guess is he started voting more and more with the Republicans to try to hold on to his seat," he said. "I think that probably has more to do with it than anything else."
Poole found that Matheson has become more conservative with each term he has served in the House, while at the same time the Democratic Caucus as a whole has become more liberal, a trend exacerbated by the moderate and conservative Democrats who have lost in recent elections.
The Republicans in Congress, meanwhile, have had even a stronger shift to the right over the past few decades and that continued recently with the rise of the tea party in 2009, he added.
"He is almost at the exact center of the liberal-conservative dimension in Congress," Poole said. "So he is pretty unusual. There aren't too many of those folks left."
One of the reasons Matheson has been able to keep his seat is that he's in touch with the residents in his largely conservative district and tries to keep them in mind when he votes, said Matt Lyon, the executive director of the Utah Democratic Party.
"He is not going to have the pressures to stay in line with the party," said Lyon, who also speculated that a spike in congressional partisanship could explain Matheson's drop in party unity votes.
Standing out • No Democrat opposed the majority in his party more than Matheson, and the Democrats who came in second and third in the CQ-Roll Call report (Reps. Dan Boren of Oklahoma and Mike Ross of Arkansas) didn't run for re-election and are no longer in office.
Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., who returned to office in January, had the fourth highest percentage, voting with the Republicans 54 percent of the time.
On the other side of the aisle, Rep. Chris Gibson, R-N.Y., voted most often against his Republican Party, siding with the Democrats 38 percent of the time.
The Washington Post conducts its own party unity survey that includes every vote for each two-year term in Congress. In the term that spanned 2009 and 2010, Matheson backed his party 92 percent of the time. In the session that just ended, that number fell all the way to 53 percent.
The long-term trend shows that Matheson's party unity figure spiked when Democrats controlled the House from 2007 to the end of 2010 and then plummeted when Republicans took over again.
Poole said this could, in part, be explained by the high number of procedural votes where Matheson generally supported his party. Also, in the past two years, Republicans have pushed a number of fiscal measures that attract the support of conservative Democrats like Matheson.
In the past year, Matheson voted with the Republicans and against the majority in his own party to oppose legislation that would raise taxes on the wealthy to avoid the "fiscal cliff," for a proposal to audit the Federal Reserve, for repeal the Affordable Care Act and in favor of holding Attorney General Eric Holder in civil contempt on allegations of withholding documents in a botched gun-running sting operation.
He has voted with the Democrats in opposition to the Republican budget and to extend a payroll tax holiday and emergency unemployment insurance benefits.
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Before they become citizens, immigrants must study and take a test on U.S. History and Government. At the end of the process, assuming they've passed all their background checks and tests, they are sworn in by taking the Oath of Allegiance in a ceremony that might be very simple or, in the case of a recent ceremony on the National Mall, might be part of history itself.
This year is the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, and the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission has been organizing a series of events to celebrate this milestone. On Easter Sunday, in front of the Lincoln Memorial, the Commission organized an event that featured a concert commemorating the 70th anniversary of the famous performance by contralto Marian Anderson, who sang before tens of thousands of people on the Mall after being denied a performance at Constitution Hall. Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves sang three songs from that historic performance, in a program that also included, among others, General Colin Powell reading Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.
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Pam celebrates these films with the funky soundtracks and interesting stories that were given the unfortunate name of "blaxploitation" movies. She considers their musical legacy, and their wider impact, particularly in terms of the film roles that were available to black actors before and after that period.
These films depicted a reality about the world which African-American audiences could identify with, even if the stories themselves were pure fantasy. Wildly colourful ghetto garb, drug and sex scenes, extreme (if often cartoon-like) violence, classic soulful scores (Curtis Mayfield, Willie Hutch, Isaac Hayes), and touches of black nationalism are the still irresistible trademarks of what became known as "blaxploitation movies".
The films created a whole music genre that followed the release of the film Shaft. The films often gained success from their soundtracks rather than their plot-lines; and the music stands alone as a testimony to some very funky producers. Almost every major artist of the day did a film score for these movies. After Isaac Hayes led the way with Shaft, Curtis Mayfield followed with Superfly, Marvin Gaye with Trouble Man, then James Brown, Bobby Womack and Edwin Starr got in on the act.
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"Skyfall," starring Daniel Craig as the suave superspy, finally hit cinemas there on Monday -- but it has suffered under the censor's knife in an apparent bid to remove disparaging references to the Chinese regime and culture.
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melangeLine breaks: me|lange
Pronunciation: /meɪˈlɒ̃ʒ /
A varied mixture: a melange of tender vegetables and herbs
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mixture, medley, blend, variety, mixed bag, mix, miscellany, diversity, collection, selection, assortment, assemblage, combination, motley collection, pot-pourri, conglomeration, jumble, mess, confusion, mishmash, hotchpotch, hodgepodge, ragbag, pastiche, patchwork, farrago, hash
informal scissors-and-paste job, mash-up
rare gallimaufry, omnium gatherum, olio, salmagundi, macédoine
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Mr. Kaufman's provided an in-depth presentation focusing on the environmental challenges associated with the continued ACA implementation and upcoming elections, CHA's strategic efforts towards CHIP reauthorization, advancing solutions for children's healthcare through the development of legislation entitled "Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2014 (ACE Kids)". The ACE Kids Act of 2014 is targeted at advancing models of care for children through pediatric focused care management services. Mr. Kaufman reiterated that during these fiscally challenging times, Medicaid funding will remain a target for future budget cuts and we need to remain proactive in redesigning and strengthen the system that provides health care for children.
Additional agenda items included CCH updates on items that included: GME loan redemption, BME minimum data set efforts, resident training permit glitch, new offerings available on NewdoctorsNJ.com, and the problematic rising issue of handling pediatric patients that present to our hospitals on a protocol of medical marijuana and how this issue is being addressed both nationally and locally in New Jersey.
The next meeting for the CCH Leadership Committee is scheduled to take place on December 4th.
Updated: Three N.J. health care organizations earn millions of dollars in bonuses for saving Medicare money (njbiz.com) (Editor's note: This report was updated at 3 p.m. with additional comments from Dr. David Shulkin.) Three New Jersey health care consortiums are among 64 nationwide that have generated savings for Medicare, and they will receive millions of dollars in shared savings from the program.
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Clowning around: Two new caring clowns join ranks at Cooper Hospital (nj.com) There was a whole lot of pomp and circumstance at Cooper University Hospital in Camden today. And it was all played on kazoos, of course. After all, this wasn't your typical graduation. So send in the clowns? Yes. Clowns.
Partners in health, Palisades Medical Center joins Hackensack University Health Network (hudsonreporter.com) "We're going to become part of the premiere health care system in the state of New Jersey and one of the finest and most recognized in the country," said Bruce J. Markowitz, president and CEO of Palisades Medical Center. "We are going to gain access to specialty and subspecialty services that we would not otherwise be able to gain access to."
SaxBST Members Get 'Crafty' at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital (hospitalnewspaper.com) Members of SaxBST, Clifton, New Jersey location - recently visited St. Joseph's Children's Hospital (SJCH) at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey.
Leadership Change at HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley; Mark Sparta Named Acting CEO (Paramuspost.com) Hackensack University Health Network has announced today that Chad Melton, CEO of HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley in Westwood, NJ, is leaving his position at the hospital to return to the Plano, Texas home office of LHP Hospital Group, Inc. (LHP). Mark Sparta has been named acting chief executive officer of HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley, effective November 2014.
Tips for the 2015 Medicare Annual Enrollment Period (pressofatlanticcity.com) If you're 65 or older, you probably know that the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period runs October 15 through December 7. Generally, this is the only time you can make changes to your coverage. According to Herb Fritch, president of Cigna-HealthSpring, a leading health service company and Medicare insurance provider, here are some things to consider.
Obama Orders Plan Against Antibiotic Resistance (wsj.com) The White House unveiled new measures on Thursday to try to preserve the effectiveness of infection-fighting drugs as strains of bacteria become increasingly resistant to the existing arsenal of antibiotics. he moves signal a growing concern over drug-resistant infections, which are linked to two million illnesses and 23,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some infections are almost entirely untreatable because the appropriate antibiotics have been rendered powerless.
Community Clinics Say Delayed Payments Threaten Their Survival (njspotlight.com) Federally qualified health centers win support of legislators in long-running dispute with state over how Medicaid payments are calculated Community health center officials say their ability to function is being threatened by delays in resolving a long-running dispute with the state over how the centers should be paid.
New Jersey EMS Task Force Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Exhibition of Emergency Equipment and Response Capabilities (wn.com) The New Jersey EMS Task Force, a statewide organization created in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, will mark its 10th anniversary with a major exhibit of statewide equipment and response capabilities on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 at the NJ Convention & Exhibition Center, Edison.
Doctor becomes inventor: iPhone app aims to reduce risk of prescription errors (njbiz.com) Dr. Larry Wolk of Voorhees has developed a smartphone app designed to eliminate the risk of medication errors when a doctor phones in a prescription to a hospital. The new app, called "eAttending," does away altogether with verbal medication orders that doctors give nurses via the telephone.
ER Waiting Times Vary Significantly, Studies Find (philly.com) When it comes to emergency room waiting times, patients seeking care at larger urban hospitals are likely to spend more time staring down the clock than those seen at smaller or more rural facilities, new research suggests.


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Researching a placement was hard work and took many hours to fill in countless applications, do internet tests and go to interviews however it was all worthwhile as I managed to secure a placement with Cadbury.
Working for Cadbury has been very enlightening, my job role is Process and Project Engineer which is slightly different for a mech eng student as it mainly involves looking at quality engineering and statistics however Cadbury are flexible with their approach with me and I have managed to create some engineering drawings, assist in trails and many other projects.
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I would say one of the major things that I have learnt while in Cadburys is people skills, which I am still improving. Doinggroup projects at university is one thing, but doing a project with the head of engineering right down to the operators who each require a different method of communication is something completely different. I believe that the only way to learn and understand the intricacies of business is to be there and experience it for yourself and I think it will give me a big head up when looking for a graduate role.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA -- Michael Hill had just finished informing reporters that several teams had expressed interest in trading for Logan Morrison, the Marlins first-baseman-in-limbo, when the message alert rang on Dan Jennings cellphone.
That would be several plus one, said Jennings, the Marlins general manager, drawing laughter.
As the Marlins on Tuesday continued fielding calls from teams with an interest in acquiring Morrison, they announced the signing of Garrett Jones, the player who will take his job.
The Marlins signed Jones to a two-year contract that will pay him $7.75 million, all but officially sealing Morrisons fate. The Orioles, Pirates, Rays and Blue Jays are among the teams reportedly interested in Morrison.
Our plan is for him to play first base and be our primary first baseman, Hill, the Marlins president of baseball operations, said of Jones.
Jones, 32, became available as a free agent when the Pirates nontendered him last week. Unlike Morrison, who has missed significant time in each of the past two seasons because of knee injuries, Jones has played in no fewer than 144 games in each of the past four seasons with the Pirates.
A .254 career hitter, Jones also possesses some power, averaging 20 homers over the past five seasons.
Thats what were expecting, Hill said. You look over his track record, and hes been a consistent performer 15 to 27 home runs consistent production to go along with [Giancarlo Stanton] and now [Jarrod] Saltalamacchia and [Rafael] Furcal.
Hill is cognizant of Jones poor offensive numbers against lefty pitching. Jones has a career .193 average against southpaws (compared with .274 against right-handed pitching). The Pirates would often platoon Jones by using Gaby Sanchez against lefties. But Hill said that, with increased playing time, Jones splits might improve.
We obviously know about his splits, Hill said, and I know in a platoon situation, where he didnt get 500 at-bats, hes struggled more in being consistent. Weve seen in those years, hes been able to put up very good numbers.
Jones said he cant wait to play for the Marlins and isnt afraid of their big ballpark.
Its a team that can shock the baseball world this year, Jones said.
Jones said he saw the handwriting on the wall for him in Pittsburgh when the Pirates acquired Justin Morneau late last season and his playing time quickly diminished.
Jones said he likes the look of the Marlins and what the team has done this offseason to improve, signing Saltalamacchia and Furcal.
Its a team thats developing in front of everyones eyes, kind of like it was with Pittsburgh, he said. We developed into a winner, and to see the city ignite and erupt, its something special to be a part of.
Hill and the Marlins think Jones can be a major part of the solution to an anemic offense.
We lost 100 games, had one of the historically awful offenses in the game, Hill said of the 2013 Marlins. What we had wasnt acceptable, and we had to fix it. There is still work to be done.
• Hill and Jennings said not one team has asked either about the availability of Stanton. Apparently, other teams got the message that the Marlins had no intention of trading their slugger when Jennings went on radio and said he would be their Opening Day right fielder.
That was something we wanted to put out there and let people know we were trying to add, that were trying to win games, and we like our good players, Hill said.


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HOUSTON — For conservatives in the Heartland, it's not debatable: The Internal Revenue Service targeted Tea Party groups, the scrutiny was political and recent revelations about the tax agency have only scratched the surface.
A collection of Tea Party organizations from throughout Texas on Monday joined together on Houston's west side to share their stories and urge Congress — and each other — to keep pressing until the full scope of IRS malfeasance is uncovered and those responsible are punished.
Introduced by the event's headliner, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, activists from Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Waco promised patience and perseverance, contending that most Americans have yet to grasp the full extent of what they've been through.
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"They have to peel the layers of the onion back," said David Durham, 70, a Tea Party activist and member of Houston's King Street Patriots. "I'm prepared to wait."
There was little, if any, displeasure expressed with the progress of the congressional committee investigations of the IRS for targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. There appeared to be a sophisticated understanding on the part of these Texas activists of the deliberate pace of congressional action and the desire of key committee chairmen to avoid political headlines and keep the IRS investigation focused on uncovering facts.
But neither are they standing on the sidelines and leaving the investigation to federal authorities.
Some of the groups targeted by the IRS are filing Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain the documents they believe will shed light on the targeting. Tea Party activists are convinced Washington was directly involved in the extra scrutiny they received and point to documents in which a Cincinnati agent said he was awaiting instructions from the nation's capital on whether he could grant TrueTheVote.org tax-exempt status.
TrueTheVote.org, a conservative, Tea Party-affiliated organization, filed suit against the IRS in May, concluding that only the legal discovery process will provide them with the documentation needed to compel the government to cooperate fully and reveal the breadth of information required to shed light on the targeting.
"I think I'm in a unique position to appreciate the complexity of what [Congressional investigators] face," said Catherine Engelbrecht, president of TrueTheVote.org. "I don't disagree that it's going to take time, my prayer is that sometimes we have very short attention spans and there's that risk of taking too long and letting the momentum fade and that's going to be left to the American people."
Engelbrecht told the assembled crowd about the targeting she and her husband endured beginning in July 2010, soon after TrueTheVote.org and King Street Patriots filed for tax-exempt status with the IRS.
Their 20-year-old precision machine manufacturing business, which had never been audited was suddenly being audited. Then, the Engelbrechts' personal income taxes were audited. Their company was investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and was visited by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.
King Street Patriots also was visited six times by an FBI domestic terrorism unit, Engelbrecht said, adding that the IRS still hasn't granted either group tax-exempt status.
Her fellow Tea Part activists offered similar stories during Monday's news conference. Cruz said he's created a special email address, email@example.com, to facilitate the collection of stories for review by his Senate office from people around the country who believe they were targeted.
"When Richard Nixon tried to use the IRS to target his political enemies, it was wrong," Cruz told the crowd. "And when the Obama administration did the same thing, it was just as wrong."
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Sniff. Sniff. Sniff. The wondrous world passes through my nostrils. And, there's no place like the library… No place like the library…
I feel invigorated after a few days with family. My Auntie Floppy (her real name is "Rory") is great fun. We play and play. Auntie isn't a Westie like me, she's a Magnificent Mutt and I love her very much. Family rocks!
I was the first PAL dog picked to be a Reading Buddy tonight. I felt so proud my little heart pounded in my chest. What a thrill! Dutifully, I listened to Pigeon wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems, Marley: Farm Dog by Susan Hill, and Spike by Paulette Bogan. I did my best to stay focused even when the tempting whiff of Miss Julie's treats swept into my nose holes! I am quite impressive when I put my mind to it.
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Innovative lightweight construction solutions won awards in a total of ten categories at the JEC Innovation Awards during the third JEC Americas, which took place in Atlanta in May. A panel of internationally renowned experts selected the best composite material innovations according to the criteria of technical excellence, market potential, partnership and originality. FRIMO won the award for its collaborative Street Shark project in the Automotive category.
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