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Feb 17 2013: Michael Chidester, for some reason, I'm not able to reply to your statement.
It is a contradiction for the cat to be alive and not alive at the same time and same respect. To say that logic can prove contradictions are true is self referentially absurd.
With Schrodinger's cat, we do not know whether the cat is alive or isn't alive. To say that it is both is not only a contradiction, but unjustified. Consider the quote below:
"The observer cannot know whether or not an atom of the substance has decayed, and consequently, cannot know whether the vial has been broken, the hydrocyanic acid released, and the cat killed. Since we cannot know, according to quantum law, the cat is both dead and alive." http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Schrodingers-cat
The author's statement "Since we cannot know, according to quantum law, the cat is both dead and alive". This doesn't make sense. Indeed, we know that either the cat is either alive or not alive, but it isn't both. What justification is there to say it is either a or b, therefore a and b?
Feb 17 2013: What if I can show you that a person can be both alive and dead, only by definitions. And that the definitions of everything are arbitrary, because they can simply be labeled anything we want. And that you can not gain further knowledge without gaining further perspective, or observation to add to your already assumed reality
Feb 17 2013: So you have two guys on opposite sides of a balcony equal distance apart from the subject. One looks down on his friend who has just fallen to the ground and sees blood running out of his ear and assumes he has had a brain contusion and has died from the fall. The other looks down and notices that there is movement in his chest suggesting that he is still breathing and is alive and has survived the fall. How can we prove both these guys right by definition without gaining further perspective or observation?
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The Las Vegas Wranglers on Wednesday announced their first signing for the 2013-14 season, and it's an important one.
Center Chris Francis will return to the team for his fourth season.
Francis, 24, was born and raised in Las Vegas, notching 21 goals and 48 points last season. The forward was also named to the 2013 ECHL All-Star Team, the lone representative from the Wranglers.
"Chris is a dynamic player that can score every night," said Wranglers General Manager and Head Coach Mike Madill. "He's become very dependable in the D-zone, and I'm glad to have him back."
Prior to joining the Wranglers, the 6'1", 161-pound center spent four seasons with the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League and appeared in four games with American Hockey League's Springfield Falcons.
"Vegas is my home, and it's always fun to play in front of people you know," said Francis. "As a young guy, I want to have a better year than last year, and contribute to team success, as making it to the [Kelly Cup] finals is always a goal."
The Wranglers' 11th season of hockey kicks off at Orleans Area on Oct. 18 at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are available now at www.lasvegaswranglers.com.
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I know I have posted this before, but just in case you missed it, I must post it again. It is thrifty and easy and a perfect recipe for a beginning cook. Chop. Heat. Eat.
In a heavy deep pot, sauté together:
1/4 C vegetable oil
1-2 lbs stew beef, cut into 1-inch pieces
When beef is browned on all sides, add:
6 good-sized cloves of garlic, minced
When garlic is golden and aromatic, add:
8 C liquid: beef broth or water
2 T tomato paste
1 T dried thyme
1 T Worcestershire sauce
Simmer together for one hour.
In another pot, combine & sauté until golden:
2 T butter
6-8 C of ½ inch pieces of potatoes
1-2 chopped onions
2-3 C ½ inch pieces of carrots
Add veggies to meat. Simmer together for about 45 minutes. Remove bay leaves. Serve topped with a dab of sour cream and chopped fresh parsley.
This recipe is even yummier the second day and is ideal for crockpot reheating.
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Profile: Bolivia's President Evo Morales
When Evo Morales was elected Bolivia's president in December 2005, it represented a radical change in the country's history.
Mr Morales, an Aymara Indian, became the first president to come from the country's indigenous majority.
As a leader of a coca-growers union, he was also the first president to emerge from the social movements whose protests forced Bolivia's two previous presidents from office.
Mr Morales was elected on a promise to govern in favour of Bolivia's indigenous majority, who had suffered centuries of marginalisation and discrimination.
An avowed socialist, his political ideology combines standard left-wing ideas with an emphasis on traditional Andean values and social organisation.
A few months after taking office, he moved to put Bolivia's rich gas fields under state control, worrying foreign investors.
He also pushed for constitutional reform. Amid protests and disputes, he won a victory in a referendum in August 2008 on whether he should stay in office, and then a few months later a referendum approved his plans for a new constitution.
It came into force in February 2009 setting out the rights of the indigenous majority, granting more regional and local autonomy and redefining Bolivia as a "multi ethnic and pluri-cultural" nation.
It also set out moves for large-scale land reform, enshrined state control over key natural resources, and paved the way for Mr Morales to seek re-election.Re-election
Mr Morales' left-wing policies have worried and in some cases antagonised many middle-class Bolivians who believe he is too radical.
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His political base is among the indigenous population of Bolivia's western highlands, while opposition has been concentrated in the wealthy eastern lowland province of Santa Cruz, Bolivia's economic powerhouse.
Regional leaders there led a campaign for greater autonomy, arguing that Mr Morales's socialist policies were damaging the economy and threatening private property.
In December 2009 Evo Morales was re-elected president with 64% of the vote, easily defeating his conservative opponent and gaining ground even in the opposition stronghold of Santa Cruz.
He promised to increase the role of the state in the economy and accelerate the pace of change.
In 2010 he nationalised energy generating firms and reformed pensions, taking over private funds and extending the state pension to millions of poor Bolivians.
At the end of the year he faced his first major political setback when he tried to end government fuel subsidies, pushing the price of petrol up by more than 70%.
Violent protests erupted and trades unions announced strikes, leading Mr Morales to back down.International profile
Since coming to power, Evo Morales has forged close links with other left-wing Latin American leaders, particularly Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Fidel and Raul Castro in Cuba.
Relations with the US have been strained. In 2008 he expelled the US ambassador, Philip Goldberg, accusing him of conspiring against his government, and suspended operations of the US Drug Enforcement Administration in Bolivia.
Like Mr Chavez, he is an outspoken critic of what he sees as US "imperialism" in Latin America, and has cultivated ties with other foes of the US, such as Iran.
He has also taken on an outspoken role in international climate negotiations, arguing from an indigenous perspective for greater respect for "Mother Earth".
Although Mr Morales's electoral triumph in 2005 catapulted him to international recognition, he had long been a controversial figure in Bolivian politics.
As the leader of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) he played a central role in the violent demonstrations demanding the nationalisation of the energy sector that led to the resignation of President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in October 2003.
His power base is in the coca-growing areas of central Bolivia and he remains the head of the biggest coca-growing union.
Critics have long accused him of ties to drug trafficking because of his defence of coca cultivation. But he and his supporters stress the coca leaf is an intrinsic part of indigenous Andean culture, and not just the raw material for cocaine.
Mr Morales, who in his youth was a llama herder and trumpet player in a band, played a leading role in the indigenous struggle and the conflicts between coca farmers and US-backed drug eradication programmes.


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An unknown number of women may perceive millions of colors invisible to the rest of us. One British scientist is trying to track them down and understand their extraordinary power of sight.
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An unknown number of women may perceive millions of colors invisible to the rest of us. One British scientist is trying to track them down and understand their extraordinary power of sight.
The greatest obligation that you have is to keep an open mind and to realize that, in our present state, human society, we're more and more overborn by how little we know, and how little we know about more and more, or, if you like, how much more we know, but how much less we know as we find out how much more and more there is to know. In these circumstances, which I believe to be undeniable, the only respectable intellectual position is one of doubt, skepticism, reservation and free—and I'd stress free and unfettered inquiry, in that lies, as it has always lain, our only hope. So you should beware always of those who say that these questions have already been decided. In particular, to those who'll tell you that they've been decided by revelation, that there are a handed-down commandments and precepts that predate, in a sense, ourselves and that the answers are already available if only we could see them and that the obligation upon ourselves to debate ethical and moral and historical and other questions is thereby dissolved. It seems to me that is the one position—it's what I call the faith position—that has to be discarded first.
Greater Apes.
From T.H. Huxley's 'Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature'.
Looking at the world from other species point of view is a cure for the disease of human self importance.
well that's a pleasant thought…
We kill billions of wild animals to protect the animals we eat. We then destroy our environment to feed the animals we eat. We spend more time, money and resources fattening the animals we eat, than we do feeding humans who are actually starving. The greatest irony is that after all the expense of raising these animals, we eat them, and they kill us… And instead of recognizing this insanity, we torture and kill millions of other animals trying to find a cure to the diseases caused by eating animals in the first place. When it comes to eating, humans are without question the dumbest animals on the planet.
Everything we see, hear, taste, smell, touch, is a human artifact. All the sensory information we receive is fabricated, and most of it is mediated by machines. I think the only thing that makes it bearable is the fact that our sensory capacities are so terribly diminished—just as they are in all domesticates—that we no longer know what we are missing.
The wild animal is receiving information for all the senses, from an uncountable number of sources, every moment of its life. We get it from one only—ourselves. It's like doing solitary confinement in an echo chamber. People doing solitary do strange things. And the common experience of victims of sensory deprivation is hallucination. I believe that our received cultural wisdom, our anthropocentric beliefs and ideologies, can easily be seen as hallucinations.
(In related news, the stock market rose sharply today in heavy trading.)
ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2010) — Scientists at Harvard University have sketched a new map of the "evolutionary labyrinth" species must traverse to reach eusociality, the rare but spectacularly successful social structure where individuals cooperate to raise offspring…
Eusociality is rare, but important in evolutionary biology because the few species that adhere to it — including social insects and, to an extent, humans — rank among the planet's most dominant. The biomass of ants alone composes more than half that of all insects, exceeding that of all terrestrial nonhuman vertebrates combined. Humans, who are more loosely eusocial, dominate land vertebrates.
"Eusociality has arisen independently some 10 to 20 times in the course of evolution," says Tarnita, a junior fellow in Harvard's Society of Fellows. "Our model shows that it is difficult to get eusociality in the first place, but that it is very stable once it is established. A colony behaves like a 'superorganism,' reproducing the genome of the queen and the sperm she has stored."
I really can't wait until I start reading more about social insects; they really are phenomenal.
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Lions Gate has devised an unusual franchise-rekindling effort — and it may hold clues about Facebook's future in Hollywood. The NYT reports.» Read More
The extremely rapid growth of Ello, ad ad- and data-collection-free social network, already has some referring to the company as a Facebook killer.
Facebook is making its big and long-anticipated move to grow its reach and take on Google in the advertising.
Carl Uminski, COO and co-founder of Somo, says social media is "huge" when it comes to sporting events and that advertisers can now reach new customers through social networks.
There are marketing gaffes and there are marketing tragedies.
Facebook is set to unveil a new ad platform to improve effectiveness of online ads, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Private equity firm Silver Lake is in advanced talks to acquire Shutterfly for at least $2 billion, people familiar with the matter said
CNBC's Jon Fortt, and Jon Steinberg, Daily Mail North America CEO, discuss Facebook's unveiling of its new virtual reality headset.
Google's problems in China just got worse. The New York Times reports.
Scotland's No campaign triumphed in the independence referendum on Friday and as always, social media was getting involved in the debate.
The CEO of Apple appeared rather critical of some of the tech giant's rivals when he unveiled a new privacy policy in an open letter to customers.
Venture capitalist Peter Thiel trashed Twitter in a CNBC interview Wednesday.
Sidecar recently secured $15 million in funding, as it competes with Uber and Lyft. Is the ridesharing bubble about to pop?
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel is famously outspoken and sharp-tongued and on CNBC Wednesday he did not disappoint.
It's a hindrance most city dwellers face regularly – pedestrians are so glued to their phones they inevitably end up bumping into others.
Facebook is looking into why users are blocking and burying ads from their feed. Jon Steinberg, Daily Mail North America CEO, explains how this will benefit the social network.
Facebook, the No. 1 social networking company, now can brag it's one of the few companies worth $200 billion or more, USA Today reports.
Facebook said it hit 100 million monthly active users in Africa, providing a glimpse into its strategy to scale in fast-growing markets.
Twitter is testing a "buy now" button to allow users to buy products directly from a tweet.
YouTube is still the big gorilla, but news feed has helped Facebook fuel its rapid growth in the video space. Just ask Beyonce's rep. The NYT reports.
Mark Mahaney, RBC Capital Markets, says Facebook's very large and growing user base, and new revenue opportunities are two of several reasons he is putting the social network at the top of his recommendations list.
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Electrical Equipment Companies' Earnings to Watch
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Several electrical equipment providers are scheduled to post earnings in late July/early August, including industry stalwart Emerson Electric on Aug. 6. Most are expected to post better year-over-year results, while all are probably on track for improved performances in 2013.
This may be the chance to jump onto a group with favorable prospects. Indeed, some of the stocks have lagged the market and could be strong gainers for the near-term or long haul.
I will provide an overview of each company, along with recent developments, and the likely earnings numbers for the June quarter. Finally, advice on the shares may help investors with their portfolios.
Global giant remaining steady
Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR) operates across five segments, with 2012 revenue in excess of $24 billion. Last year's earnings were $3.39 a share. The company has a sound balance sheet, as does most of the broader electrical products industry. Its long-term debt to equity ratio is about 39%, and its current ratio is 1.50. The liquidity should allow Emerson to expand further through acquisitions.
In 2012, for instance, it bought out four companies for a total of $187 million. The newly purchased businesses may contribute more than the $115 million in revenue going forward.
June-quarter earnings will likely be around $1.00, according to analysts, as compared with $1.04 in 2012. It has been achieving high-single-digit sales gains from its largest segment, Process Management, that serves the global oil and gas, chemical, and power industries. Its remaining divisions consist of Industrial Automation, Network Power, and Climate Technologies.
Emerson has profitability ratios that are more than industry norms. It also is a top-notch performer in terms of return on assets and return on investment. All told, it is a good holding for more conservative buy and hold investors.
Technology-related businesses driving growth
Cable and networking products company, Belden (NYSE: BDC) is achieving rapid sales growth, as it serves broadcast, enterprise, and industrial customers. For reference, a 15% March-quarter sales increase allowed earnings to climb to $0.49 per share from $0.42 in the prior year. The order backlog, at about $202 million at the end of 2012, up from $129 million at year-end 2011, is notable, and most of the increase will be realized this year.
Second-quarter share earnings likely increased to around $0.94, representing a $0.08 jump year over year. Its Broadcast Solutions unit is benefiting greatly from last year's acquisitions of two broadband-focused companies. For more details on the company's outlook for 2013, see my February blog, "Growing Electrical Component Firms."
Belden is a growth company at present, as strong profit gains this year and the next should be fueled by investments in technology units while it sells off traditional cable wire operations (in 2012 it divested Thermax and Raydex). The shares may well provide upside from their current quote. Their forward P/E ratio is 13.9, and disregarding a change in guidance when earnings are reported on Aug. 8, this is based on 2013 and 2014 projected earnings of $3.63 and $4.10, respectively.
Also benefiting from consolidation
Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT) manufactures a range of products for industrial and fluid power, as well as mechanical, fabricated rubber, and fluid power shop services industries. Its most favorable aspect is a clean balance sheet, marked by strong liquidity (current ratio is 2.9) and no debt. Acquisitions of smaller distributors are helping earnings.
June-quarter earnings will probably be reported at about $0.76 according to analysts, as compared with $0.75 last year. Gains are stemming from its Service Center Based Distribution segment that contributes more than 80% of total sales. The remainder of sales are derived from its Fluid Power Businesses division.
I like Applied Industrial shares in light of their positive earnings momentum. The shares are trading at a forward P/E ratio of 16.5, based on 2013 and 2014 projected earnings of $3.80 and $4.10, respectively.
What to watch for
Electrical Equipment firms are building their asset bases through buyouts at this time. The best are also expanding into emerging products and geographical markets. The shares of many have climbed, though some, like Emerson and Belden, continue to be priced at reasonable valuations.
Emerson is a good long-term holding for a wide range of investors. Belden has near-term growth potential, and is for a more aggressive portfolio, as the stock's beta is 1.99. Lastly, Applied may be for either near- or long-term investors as it invests in new operations, and offsets inherent cyclicality in the electrical equipment market.
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Christmas provides another chance to spoil the 'kiddoes!'
Out of My Mind
By Melissa Vander Plas
Monday, December 03, 2012 7:56 AM
One of the main duties I have as an aunt is to spoil my six nieces and nephews. I take that job very seriously. As Christmas approaches, with wish lists in hand, I've been scouring websites and stores searching for the perfect gifts to give this year.
Because I am not the only one destined to spoil them, it has become increasingly hard to buy presents for them. When they were younger, I always bought them a book as well as a toy, but now as they have grown older, that is no longer an acceptable plan for anyone other than six-year-old Joshua.
My niece, Katelyn, will graduate from college in a few short weeks. I have her graduation present and her Christmas present to buy, but considering the fact she is soon to go out into the world and have her own place to live, the options are endless. Plus, I have traditionally purchased a DVD set of episodes of her favorite television series and I have one more of those to give her this year.
The two Good boys are my biggest challenges. They are too old for toys and I can't afford the kind of "toys" they want now - like guns and four-wheelers and sophisticated video games! But, they each gave me a few ideas and I've been able to find some affordable options I think they'll be OK with. Timothy is easier, too, because I know I can get by with an iTunes gift card and he will be happy. However, I do like to buy gifts that are a bit more personal than that.
My niece, Allison, is at a fun age too. She's into sparkle and fashion and books and music. The most difficult thing is that my idea of what is in style may not necessarily be the same as hers! I have a few options to follow up on for her, so think she will be happy with what I've found for her.
Allison also celebrates her birthday on Dec. 25, so she gets double the presents, which means putting extra brain power to her gift list. I try not to combine her birthday and Christmas gift, even though that might be easier in the long run. Each occasion should be celebrated differently and for Allison's sake, we've all been good about making sure we take time out of the holiday celebrations to have a birthday party just for her. Another no-no is wrapping birthday presents with Christmas wrapping. That's definitely taboo!
Tori, my Good niece, (yes, I have lots of fun with that last name!) had fifth grade workbooks on her wish list as well as several other titles for young readers. She knows how to get on my good side for sure! I did buy her a small craft set, but her gifts will be fun and educational as well.
Joshua is easy to please as long as you follow an Avenger, Lego, Transformers, Army or Cars theme! I hit the jackpot a few weeks ago when I gave him a Lego Batman and a Lego Ironman. He was very pleased. Therefore, I plan on continuing that momentum and try to find additional superheroes to add to the collection.
After the joy of seeing my nieces and nephews open their gifts and seeing their smiles, the next best thing about buying gifts is the time I get to spend wrapping them. I love wrapping paper and ribbons. I love making the perfect combination that will result in a pretty package.
I only have a small pile of gifts purchased at this time, but hope to dig out the paper and ribbons this weekend and get started. Hmmmm . . . my fingers get tingly just thinking about it.
I love so much about Christmas, but spoiling "my kiddoes" is just one part of a love-filled holiday.
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This is clearly not tea or coffee. And I don't even mean to dilute the essence of this collection. But what do I do when this was a tea-equivalent in my travels there? A much cheaper equivalent I should say. Cause my daily budget would surely not allow me to sit down at every other restaurant and order a cup of tea/coffee. Almdudler is a lemonade for them and they mix it in every cocktail/mocktail that needs mixing. It is also quite refreshing and tasty when had on its own. Which is what I did on this really hot day in Vienna.
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This is the view from the beautiful balcony of our apartment house in wolfgangsee. To the left is the famous lake, to the right are some funny shaped mountains and to the front is the last of the clouds.
This is from a mountain refuge at 2400 mts. It is super modern hut which was heated, had faux-fur seat covers and a husky-like dog called Akira. A totally surreal experience after trekking up for 2 hours and entering so much comfort. And then getting to see this view from a huge glass window. And to add to it, some baileys coffee and whipped cream. We didn't really want to leave but those clouds made us.
Innsbruck, our first sunny day and our first coffee-on-cobblestone.
This needs a mention even though it is not tea or coffee because I made the judgement error of asking for Schnapps instead of a regular coffee. And I asked her to fill the whole glass. The woman at the counter was so astonished with my choice and amount that she decided to give it to me without charge. So, under pressure I had to finish the entire glass. And it was pretty strong. So strong that for the next 4 hours I found everything "sooo pretty". But then, everything was pretty.
We stopped for loo at this petrolpump-loo-cafe place, never expecting such lovely surroundings.
Bliss: Travel, Tea & Reading :)
Scaffold theme by Mike Harding.


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For the second consecutive year, Valley Health System named one of the nation's 100 Most Wired Health Systems by Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine.
Gateway Home Care, a joint venture of Valley Health System and Gateway Regional Health System, opens its doors to the public May 1 in Martinsburg.
WMH gets go-ahead to finalize plans to replace the existing Lynn Care Center with a new nursing home.
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WMH opens the Center for Healthy Aging, offering comprehensive assessments to help older patients with more complex health needs receive coordinated care.
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WMC receives 2005 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence from HealthGrades.
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Valley Health's System Support Building opens on the north end of the WMC campus.
WMC Auxiliary announces plans to renovate the Hurst House to create a home away from home for out of town patient family members.
WMC receives the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence from HealthGrades for the second consecutive year.
WMC named one of the nation's top 100 Hospitals by Solucient, citing excellence in quality care, operational efficiency, financial performance and adaptation to the environment.
WMC receives 2005 Solucient 100 Top Hospitals Performance Improvement Leaders Award for consistent improvement on performance across all services.
SMH breaks ground on new $9 million, 30,000 square-foot Ambulatory Surgical Unit. (Shenandoah Surgery Center opened Sept. 2007.)
WMC Women's Diagnostic Center opens, featuring digital mammography to enhance visualization as well as reduce patient exam times.
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WMC Bariatric Program opens to help obese patients reclaim a healthy lifestyle. The program's surgeons offer open and laparoscopic Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass and LapBand procedures.
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WMC receives Joint Commission accreditation (Golden Seal of Approval) for stroke care.
WMC is recognized by Solucient 100 Top Hospitals for the third time, the only hospital in Virginia to receive the honor.
WMC receives HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence for fourth consecutive year, putting WMC in the top five percent of hospitals across the nation.
Valley Health breaks ground for new 37,000 sq-ft Warren Memorial Hospital Outpatient Center on Commerce Avenue.
WMC Auxiliary's Hurst Hospitality House opens.
Valley Health opens its first Quick Care in Stephens City, VA.
The new Hampshire Wellness & Fitness Center—the area's first and only medically-integrated wellness facility – opens in Romney.
Hampshire Memorial Hospital in Romney, WV, joins Valley Health on September 10.
The Surgi-Center of Winchester treats its 100,000th patient since opening in 1985.
Valley Health declares itself a tobacco free healthcare provider on November 15, the Great American Smokeout.
SMH becomes first VH entity to implement Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE), a state-of-the-art computerized documentation system to optimize patient safety.
SMH is named as one of the nation's Most Wired-Small and Rural hospitals according to the results of the 2008 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study.
HeathGrades awards WMC both 2008 Distinguished Hospital Award for Patient Safety and the 2008 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, a rare double national recognition.
HMH releases plans for replacement hospital, which will nearly double the size of the 50-year-old facility.
WMC achieves coveted Magnet Recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Valley Health opens third Neurodiagnostic Sleep Lab at WMH to offer all-night sleep studies for diagnosing sleep disorders.
Valley Health Wellness & Fitness Center, a new 56,000 square-foot facility on the WMC campus, opens with more than 3,400 members.
Hampshire Wellness & Fitness Center receives 2008 Distinguished Achievement award from the Medical Fitness Association.
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Piedmont Medical Laboratory becomes the first lab in the nation to achieve accreditation from the College of American Pathologists under ISO 15189 for its technical competence and continual quality management.
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