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I've got a suggestion. Once and for all realize you are dealing with sociopaths – father and now son – in the north and weigh every move you make on the fact that these very strange "leaders" will react according to a world much like the Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole.
If not now, when? Stop putting off the inevitable.
when does wall-streets sons & daughters get drafted?
Military interventions in foreign countries since 1980;
USA total= 27………. ……North Korea total= 0
LIST of US military interventions;
Iran (1980), Libya (1981), El Salvador (1981),
Nicaragua (1981), Lebanon (1982), Grenada (1983),
Honduras (1983), Iran (1984), Libya (1986), Bolivia (1986),
Iran (1987), Libya (1989), Panama (1989), Iraq (1990),
Kuwait (1991), Somalia (1992), Bosnia (1993), Haiti (1994),
Sudan (1998), Afghanistan (2001), Yemen (2002), Iraq (2003),
Haiti (2004), Pakistan (2005), Somalia (2006), Syria (2008), Yemen (2009).
What country would the world think is the most aggressive?
James Meyers….Also you forgot the intervension in Yugoslavia(1999) and Serbia(2007)with independence of kosovo…so 29
Mr Meyers, I know you were trying to make a point,,, however you conviently forgot a number of NK military incursions in the south. There were at least 4 in the 1990′s alone… including one that led to a 10 day manhunt and the murder of civilians and police. And of course, a SK frigate was torpedoed and sunk with a heavy loss of life this past spring. You comparison would be more forceful if it were truthful.
If we were to just nuke em it would't cost that much but these idiots want a "humane" war so we'll go in there a spend a trillion $$ or more. But maybe that'll depend on how much our Chinese bankers will finance.
I speak from personal experience having served USN/USMC on the ground in the last "humane" war in Vietnam. That didn't work out so well for the idiots in charge and even less well for us on the ground.
South Korea should respond accordingly to the attacks by North Korea or the Presidents should sit and discuss the unneccessary need to attack each other and instead develop their economies. In North Korea many lives are living in poverty but the Government is spending much on artillery. Will these people get a second life in abundance after all this nonsensical management of public affairs. Security, yes is important but when people suffer with poverty there are not secure at all. The security they need most is only to be rescued from the bondage of their own Government madness.
You are a smart author , I agree with your point .
Your point is really different from others , but I know you are right . Thank you for your sharing.
ahahah look s. korea needs to step it up and stop depending on the U.S. so much and bomb the hell out of n korea. I agree s.korea is weak and proven otherwise n.korea is going to keep bombing or attacking s. korea
s. korea needs to prove to n korea
of course the U.S. wants a war in the Korean peninsula because it needs to sell more weapons duhhhh so does Japan China cmon guys everyone knows that… S.korea needs to step up and stop getting attacked by the North.


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Universal Design Explained
Slide Notes
- The design-build concept of "universal living" describes a mindset of designing proactively and building for multiple life stages and generations, not just "aging-in-place" nor inability/disability but ANY ability. Think "kid friendly" or maximum convenience for any person of any ability.
- Peter Pan Syndrome in design and construction flourished with the growth of the suburbs after the Second World War when structures were built more up than out featuring tighter rooms, hallways and doorways to accommodate more people (growing families) under one roof. Characterized by numerous steps/stairways, split levels, and the design assumes an "average person" in height, mobility and strength. But we're not all the same and people aren't "average" even throughout their lives. Major problem with Peter Pan Housing is that inaccessibility was baked into the design. Houses in 1800's more multi-generational, fewer but bigger multi-purpose rooms because families would live there a lifetime.
- Not a style per se, but the essence of a "home", any house (e.g style or second/vacation) can be convenient and livable for a lifetime. You can live there as long as you choose, circumstances (life events/stages) won't force you to leave against your will. Why would anyone build a "last" or "dream" home that isn't universally designed?
- A few core basics: Lever Handle, Rocker (Paddle) Switch, Curb-less/Flush Threshold Shower, wider doors, passageways (indoors and outdoors) Each accommodative and accessible to most people, easy to use and intuitive. What do you notice about the door? (Answer: Nothing until moving furniture, then you notice it's wider)
- Convenient, flexible, multiple options for use. Easy to figure out. Kid-friendly, children not as likely to damage as with a traditional doorknob. Ever watched a child try to open or figure out a doorknob? They hang from using both hands with all their weight and twist side to side, usually pulling toward themselves and falling backwards.
- Think in terms of greasy hands, not arthritis. Lever handles a must for areas around the kitchen or garage, places where your hands may be full (carrying groceries) or wet, messy, greasy.
- Switches and controls no higher than 48 inches (for thermostat/controls) and preferably 40-44 inches (switches) above finished floor and based on personal preference. Can be used seated or standing and comfortably reached for people of any height. Not shown, automated, motion detecting and timer switches for turning on and off lights.
- Referred to as "three-oh" doors, preferred for access by anyone including visitors who may have mobility challenges. Must consider the 2" width of the door when open in the doorway so 32" is the minimum width of comfortable knuckle clearance for a wheelchair user. But easier for anyone carrying luggage and furniture. No less than a 2'-10" door to achieve 32" clearance but 3'-0" preferable.
- An alternative for existing houses with narrow doorways and hallways to attain an extra few inches. Lifts the door out of the doorway and gains the width (thickness) of the door by another 2"
- Also known as a roll-in shower, or wet area. Extreme close-up with shower on of where drain meets finished floor outside the shower door. Whether custom tile or insert, drains don't have to be in the middle of the floor. Channel or linear drains come in many styles, can be placed along edges and some even suck the water out of the shower. Also consider making your entire bathroom a wet room.
- Technically "universally designed", all of these features, fixtures and applications merely distill to convenience and ease at point-of-use. Lever faucets are another staple of UD. These faucet/shower wands feature extension hoses and on/off switches on the handle. Most top brand manufacturers make touch-less and touch-free (electronic), single lever faucets
- Everything thought out and within easy reach for accomplishing efficiently and conveniently your activities of daily living (ADLs = eating, sleeping, bathing, dressing and using the bathroom). Ideally place appliances (e.g. dishwasher and refrigerator drawers) adjacent to or beneath prep and clean-up areas. LED task lighting another integral component.
- Pot filler eliminates lugging heavy pot from sink. Use a magnetic induction cooktop for ultimate safety (ideally for extra safety and control, no raised burners as in this shot). (Easier and safer to slide pots and pans across flush burners.)
- Photos courtesy GreatGrabz. Safety bars don't have to look institutional and are a safety feature for ANYONE regardless of age. Support 250 lbs and also manufactured with antimicrobial coating to kill germs and prevent mold. When building new or retrofitting, we block behind walls from floor to ceiling with 3/4" plywood so you can mount anywhere in the future.
- Flush threshold and wider entrance with no less than 3-0 (three-oh) door. The mat and the rug are the problems in these pictures. If not for front entrance, find alternate (e.g. through garage, side or rear) for a zero step path and flush threshold entry into the home.
- This new neighborhood had mostly flat lots, yet not one single zero step entry. Why did the builder include one step on a flat lot? Probably "just because that's the way we've done it" when could've been zero steps. Some claim it's aesthetically better, but not to someone with a mobility challenge or carrying a load of boxes. Also, can use landscaping and gentle sloping to accomplish unnoticeably.
- At least one zero step, flush threshold entry point is a priority. NO ramps! Ramps are dangerous and exhausting. If no other options, use lift or elevator instead. Inset rim (floor joists aren't required to sit atop wall), gently sloping earth berm or walking path, even a lift would be preferable to the typical wood or metal ramp. For existing homes, find an alternative entrance for zero steps (e.g. through a garage, side or rear entrance)
- Questions? Please contact us at BuilderFish.com If you'd like a detailed home assessment tool, download for free our Lifetime Home Survey at our main site or LifetimeHomeSurvey.com Thank you and remember, "home" is the nicest word there is, so make yours livable for a lifetime!


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Baby Dies in Unassisted Home Birth
Ronda Kaysen: Janet Fraser, a leading advocate of home birth, lost her baby during childbirth at her home in Australia. Her tragedy stands as a stark reminder that forgoing medical care in childbirth is risky business.
Fraser gave birth without a midwife or doctor attending, in what is known as a "free birth." The baby apparently suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after being delivered in a water birth on March 27. An ambulance was called, but paramedics were unable to revive the infant. Police are investigating the death.
Fraser runs the Joyous Birth website, a home birth site that advocates free birth where women give birth in a home setting completely free of any medical support. A staunch critic of medical intervention in birth, she describes caesarian sections and episiotomies as "birthrape" and genital mutilation. The Australian College of Midwives has criticized Fraser for "recklessly" promoting free-birthing on her site.
In a chilling preamble, Fraser spoke with a reporter for the Sunday Age five days before the birth. Already in the early stages of labor, she said that she planned to deliver her baby at home and said she had never seen a doctor during her pregnancy, even though her first baby had been delivered by emergency caesarian.
When asked if she'd alerted a hospital to the fact that she was in labor, she replied: "When you go on a skiing trip, do you call the hospital to say, 'I'm coming down the mountain, can you set aside a spot for me in the emergency room?' I don't think so."
In the days following the baby's death, Joyous Birth posted an announcement of the grim news. But the posting was later removed. Neither Fraser nor her partner has returned reporters calls for comment.
Clearly, this is a tragic story and Fraser paid a heavy toll for her convictions. But her decision to forgo medical care entirely -- even after her labor continued for a week -- is tantamount to reckless endangerment of a child.
In the past century, childbirth has gone from being the single most dangerous event in a woman's life to something routine. We can thank Western medicine for that.
Western medicine has its shortcomings. Medical intervention is too readily used in childbirth and women are often treated with little respect in the hospital. There are some good arguments for home birth, reduced medical intervention being one of them. But reacting to the problem of too much intervention with no medical assistance at all is absurd. Fraser's "free birth" argument, which on the surface appears feminist, is actually the opposite. It doesn't empower women to take control of their own bodies. It sends them and their babies into the dark ages of medical care - where women give birth with no medical care at all and face the very real possibility of death as a consequence.
|Ronda Kaysen is a freelance writer. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, BusinessWeek.com, Architectural Record, Huffington Post, New York Observer and AM New York. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.
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I am ashamed this tragedy is being misused to promote an agenda. Cardiac arrest happens at the hospital with the same results many times. No one uses this information against hospitals. In fact, we are all supposed to pretend the mortality rate is 0. Loss happens and we still do not understand why. Most hospitals do not have NICU's or full pediatric teams to assist in emergencies during birth. What then? Blame the medical staff that did all they could? What can be said occurred during the delivery that attributed to this? We do not know. If she had been in a hospital, would the outcome be different? We do not know. I have had the misfortune to have patients with this outcome (in the hospital of course). We are trained to handle birthing difficulties. But it is still as the flip of a coin. There is still loss; and one is too many. We are not God. Lets stop trying to make decisions for others; respect their freedom of choice; and and thank God for the mind to make educated decisions.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
Great post, props to you for showing the initiative to put it up
I lost my son at 39 weeks during a midwife-assisted hospital birth. It was not my regular midwife whom I had been seeing for prenatal care, but a substitute filling in while she was out of town.
Fetal monitoring showed my baby was in distress. But the midwife refused to call a doctor into the situation and refused to give me pain medications (that I begged for), because of her personal convictions. Hours of sheer torture later, the doctor was called but it was way too late. My beautiful, perfect son was gone.
My story goes to show you that there are irresponsible people in every field, even in positions of authority in the hospital. Yes, I sued her and they settled out of court. All I wanted was for her to lose her midwifery license but that was impossible. She is with another hospital, still delivering babies.
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So, news of social media skeptic Brooks Laich's Twitter debut today took us back to this short but animated conversation with him back in July 2009… "Here would be my tweet: Going fishing. No reception on the lake. See you in the Fall… That would be my tweet. I'm not into that stuff!" Take a listen…
On game day today, thinking back on our trip to Pittsburgh a year ago for Hockey Diaries: Winter Classic 2011 and probably our favorite made-for-radio quote about skating outdoors, from then-Penguin forward Michael Rupp.
MEDIACHAMELEON: "Can you describe to someone on the radio what it feels like to skate outside, what are the sensations that are different to you? What would you say?"
RUPP: "Did you ever go swimming in the nude? It's kind of similar to that, I guess. It's (laughs) it just feels, I don't know, it feels… you just, it's just… it's freeing experience. Like you're just in there, and you got the air around you, you can see it, it just… it's a pretty cool feeling. I guess that's a bad example, but it's what I got."
One of the things people often ask us about the Hockey Diaries project is how much the players "like" keeping the diaries. As you would guess, it varies from player to player!
If you've had a chance to listen, you'll know that forward Matt Hendricks and goaltender Braden Holtby agreed to be the diary-keepers for the 2010-11 season. Matt will tell you straight up that he didn't love talking into the diary recorder! It wasn't for lack of enthusiasm, lack of trying, or lack of something to say. He kept it with him all season long. It was there every day on his nightstand, at home and on the road. It traveled many miles in his hockey bag. Matt's roommate on the road was defenseman Tyler Sloan, our diary-keeper for the 2009-10 season. He gave Matt pointers and encouragement, and can actually be heard in the background of some diary entries, egging him on or helping Matt finish a crossword puzzle. Matt kept at it all season, and turned in a long list of great diary entries in the end… but he says it never really came easy to him.
When we sat down to give Braden his recorder at the beginning of the season, and talk through the project, we suggested he think about his diary entries as just leaving a voicemail message for a friend. Braden spent quite a bit of time on the road last year driving between Washington and Hershey, and then driving back home to Saskatchewan at the end of the season. He recorded a bunch of diaries while he was driving, many of them quite lengthy, rolling conversations! Listening back to those diary entries was like being on the journey with him. He, too, turned in a stellar diary performance.
When we make the documentaries, we might edit some diary entries down a bit to keep them focused. Others we have to leave out all together. But as the players were generous enough to record their thoughts so honestly, we thought we'd use this space to bring you the expanded versions of some of the audio diary recordings from the latest documentary. So if you have a few minutes, here are Matt Hendricks' very first diary entries, when he was still getting used to the idea and the recorder. And a long diary entry from Braden Holtby, recorded later in the season in Hershey, when he was resting an injury, and spending time alone at home while his teammates were on the road.


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Aim For The Heart2 Reviews
"Thats the thing about zombies- they are nothing if not relentless. Hell, you can hack them to bits, and the pieces will still come crawling after you like a bad joke."
People seemed to have the fucked up idea that giving in, allowing themselves to be caught, would be less painful than running forever. They soon learned the hard way that it was so much worse to become zombie food. I'd seen it all in the five years since the zombies first made their existence known. I'd seen people losing the will to live, literally, and allowing themselves to be ripped apart by howling, bloodstained corpses. Hell, I'd been running with my sister when she'd just stopped and stood still. I'd tried to pull her forward, keep her moving, but its hard to drag someone who doesn't want to be dragged. I'd screamed at her, tried to persuade her to get up, even cried, but I'd had to admit defeat when they'd started chewing on her ankles. I'd had to run, her screams echoing in my head, along with the cracking and chewing and fleshy ripping sounds. Like an idiot, I'd looked back, just to make sure there was no hope… There wasn't. Her chest was ripped open, her ribs splintered and shockingly white, and they were just beginning to tear through what was inside. My nerve broke, and I ran without stopping, the way I had been running up until now- for my life.
I looked up and down the narrow alley I had dived into, letting the cold of the brick wall radiate into my tired overused muscles. It seemed to be clear, so I slid down to land in a heap. I almost couldn't remember a time when this wasn't normal. Run, stop. Run, stop. Run, stop. I was so tired of running. I heard a bang and a scrape from somewhere behind me. "Fuck it!" I shouted in useless frustration. I had to run, once again, because once one had found me, they all would. That's the thing about zombies- they are nothing if not relentless. Hell, you can hack them into bits and the pieces will still come crawling after you like a bad joke.
The thing- the only thing- that gave any of us a fighting chance of survival was their speed, or lack of it. The rotting undead were slow, their movements clumsy as their bodies decayed around them. The more they decomposed, the easier they were to evade. It was the fresh ones you had to watch out for.
I made a run for it, every cell I had screaming for oxygen. I skidded around a corner. And smashed right into a hideously soft body. An involuntary sob crawled from my throat, as I recognised what was left of my sister. Speak of the devil… Her chest was laid bare, insides on the outside, ribs startlingly white against the darkness of decay the months had left on her skin. Her dusty eyes sparked hot as she registered my warm tasty presence. She shambled forwards with her arms outstretched in a sick parody of a hug we might have shared, a smile on her face where a cheek had been torn off, a distorted sound leaving her throat. To me, it sounded like laughter. "Ha ha, you're dead." I said, and it sounded perfectly rational. So rational in fact, that I began to giggle, exhaustion and fear lending my voice an unnerving jittery cadence that cut the laughter off just as suddenly as it had begun. I mentally shook myself. Sane. I was sane. And I was alive, although that could change any second.
I looked around wildly. Trapped! My sister in front, anonymous zombie behind, clattering amongst the bins. Fucking hell. My gaze fell upon a pitchfork, leaning conveniently discarded against the wall. I picked it up. She snarled, shuffling closer with an almost surprising speed. I hesitated, a second too long, and her elbow snapped shut on my elbow. I bellowed, the most masculine sound I'd ever made, and swung the heavy fork into her body. She went sprawling to the ground, and with pain in my heart, I slammed the tool into her face. She let out an unholy shriek, and convulsed on the ground, shattered face oozing black onto the ground.
Sickened, I wrenched the pitchfork away. As she jerked in a grisly imitation of death, I turned it under the streetlamp, examining it for blood. Only a little. I smiled, an almost forgotten expression. I may have been going down, but by god, I was going down swinging. I heard another crash from the bins, and began to walk. I didn't look back.


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More analysis once I have a chance to actually read them, but, for now, here are the parties' briefs on the applicability of section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act to claims in the San Antonio case.
Quesada plaintiffs, Travis County plaintiffs, NAACP, LULAC
Mexican-American Legislative Caucus
Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force
The parties have until Thursday, August 1, to respond to each others' briefs.
On Friday, July 26, the State of Texas and Justice Department also are due to file briefs in the section 5 preclearance case in Washington on the applicability of section 3 to that case.


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Once part of a now-vanished Greek church on London Wall, these carvings were rediscovered a few years ago in the crypt of St Sophia's cathedral.
Greeks have been coming to London since classical times. Historian Jonathan Harris tells us about the pre-20th century Greek community in London and what remains of it today.
Later in August Evangelina Georgiou takes up the story, and describes the more recent Greek arrivals, including the large Greek Cypriot community, now numbering about 220,000 people, living mostly in North East London.
In the meantime, we pick out a few exhibitions in London this summer that tell you more about Greek history, ancient and modern.
A sphinx made by the potter Sotades in Athens between 470 - 460BC.
Ancient Greece
1. The British Museum of course hold many objects from Ancient Greece - you can find them in rooms 11-23; 68,69 and 77.
The displays include a room looking at the pre-history of Cyprus: which changed many times in early history because of its strategic place between Mediterranean empires before developing a distinctively Greek culture. This winged sphinx was created in 5th century Athens by the potter Sotades - you can find out more about his work here
The Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum remain deeply controversial with the Greek government, and some members of the Greek community demanding their return to Greece. Complex arguments and accusations of damage to the marbles are offered by both sides. The debate has been ongoing since 1816, and still shows no signs of being resolved.
2. Smaller collectors of Greek antiquity included the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. You can see many of the objects he bought at his London home which is now the Freud Museum.
Architecture that owes its style to classical Greece is of course everywhere in London - for a long period, any building that wanted to signal its majesty and cultural importance would have Greek columns as frontage - from the British Museum itself to the Bank of England. This extended to temples of the industrial age: this used to be the frontage of Euston Station until a major redevelopment in the 1960s.
Euston station in the 1960s. Courtesy of the Museum of London
Greek books
3. A small display at the British Library is showing some of the finest Greek manuscripts in its collections. Many date from before the fall of Constantinople, when many experts in book illustration and design lived in the city.
In particular the display describes international attempts to reunite the Codex Sinaiticus in a virtual form. The book is one of the two earliest Christian Bibles and is written in Greek.
The display also shows rare examples of Greek bookbinding - in many cases the very curved spines of old Greek books were removed by their Western collectors long before they reached the British Library.
Whilst the Reading Rooms of the British Library are only open to ticket holders, anyone is free to explore the exhibition spaces for free. You can see the Codex Sinaticus display in the John Ritblatt Gallery.
The Greek part of the West Norwood Cemetery
18th and 19th century
A substantial Greek community was only established in London in the 18th century - as Jonathan Harris tells us, some members were very rich and involved in magnficent building work. You can still see examples today.
4. The great Greek families of Victorian London were mostly buried in West Norwood cemetery. West Norwood is one of the Magnificent Seven - impressive Victorian cemeteries built for the middle classes as London expanded. The tombs and mausoleums of the Greek part are now even more attractive for being a little overgrown - visitors get the impression of wandering through a deserted classical city.
An icon of Christ in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Sophia
5. By contrast the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Sophia is still an emotional centre for Greek London after 150 years - further gifts from the community mean that the Cathedral is always and evolving work in progress.
In October, a very small museum will open in the crypt of the church - showing some of the rarer icons and other gifts to the church, and a revolving display of some of the archives of the Greek community in London. You can read more details of the small museum on this site shortly.
Mrs Katerina Sentoukari. Courtesy of the Greek Cypriot oral history project.
Recent histories
6. Bruce Castle Museum continues to host a large oral history exhibition and film telling the stories of Greek Cypriots who came to London from around 1930 -1960. Read more here


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Look for me when the sun-bright swallow
Sings upon the birch bough high
But you are in the ground with the wolves* and the weevils
All a'chew on your bones so dry
But oh, did you see all the dead of Manassas
All the bellies and the bones and the bile
No, I lingered here with the blankets barren
And my own belly big with child
"Yankee Bayonet" for Illustration II with Regan Dunnick. Pen, ink wash, and digital color. Based on the song by the Decemberists. And yes, this is now Sad Civil War Art: The Blog.
*Yeah, shh, I know it's probably "voles"… but I did wolves because voles aren't cool** and I refuse to cater to the whims of vole enthusiasts!***
**Disclaimer: voles may actually be cool. I haven't done much research.
***Sincere apologies to any vole enthusiasts among my followers.
I think it is wolves, since I don't think voles eat carrion.


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OWENSBORO, Ky. - Rose L. (Gilles) Carrico, 87, of Owensboro, Ky passed away November 23, 2013, at the Carmel Home. She was born in Daviess County to the late Frank and Rosa Simon Gilles, was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes, and had been a housekeeper at the Bishop Soenecker Home. Rose was a gifted homemaker and spent much of her time quilting, crocheting, gardening, canning and raising her children and her roses. She was a wonderful doll maker and crafted a Raggedy Ann doll for each of her grand-daughters.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Carrico and her son Robert Carrico.
Survivors include sons, Ken Carrico (Katrina) of Utica, Paul Carrico (Leslie) of Simpsonville, SC, and Patrick Carrico (Laura) of Brentwood, TN; daughters, Barbara Smith (Tommy) of Cloverport and Phyllis Brown (John) of Henderson, Ky; a sister, Alberta Hagan of Owensboro; daughter-in-law, Janie Carrico; 14 grandchildren, 8 step-grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, and after 9 a.m. on Wednesday at Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory. Family sharing will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. William's Cemetery in Knottsville.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the Carmel Home.
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Exactly, why do think I'm putting all my assets into rhinestone studded jumpsuits?
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You can't let them in here. They'll see everything. They'll see the big board.
Cycling is relatively safe (947 comments)
It's all the cars that are dangerous
I know the guys to ask (211 comments)
The guys who wrote the software at my previous job were masters of it. I don't know all their secrets, but some of their finest work included: single character named global variables that were reused indiscriminately, code in stored in a database that was then evaluated inline that did things like changing variable values and declaring functions and other fun stuff, 500+ line functions that tried to do a little of everything, and liberal use of copy and paste.
I'm going to find out the best language... (254 comments)
by using the search term "l33t".
Re:Officer dickhead is a dickhead. (1440 comments)
If your foot is falling of the giant brake pedal and you are creeping into the intersection at idle and you can't do anything about it in the 5-10 seconds it takes to move forward enough to cause a dangerous situation, you don't need to have a driver license.
Re:Leaked evidence chemical attack was false flag. (227 comments)
You aren't thinking enough like a conspiracy theorist. These are either a carefully crafted code to their Illuminati brothers or the colonels have been removed from the earth and alien doppelgangers have been put in their place.
See, it's all very obvious when you think it through.
Re:Attention Cinephiles (293 comments)
Can we please stop with this tired old joke? It's never been funny.
Nope. The jokes stop when fools quit falling for high-end cables. You have the right to throw away money on platinum cables with insulation made from unicorn horn that have been bathed in the tears of angels to break them in and I have the right to laugh at you.
Re:Not for me... (736 comments)
Look out, you're taunting soon to be angry teamsters. That's not a good recipe for continued health.
Re:Car salesmen (168 comments)
What the heck!? When did Myspace get into the auto leasing business?
Re:Snowden (601 comments)
You're not foolish enough to think she acted alone, are you?
Re:Don't Do The Dig ... (601 comments)
they flail wildly with abso-fucking-lutely no direction. Politicians basically sit around and comment on shit of which they have no idea to appear busy.
This is not limited politicians. This statement pretty much describes all of human history up to and including this reply.
Stick with what works I always say.
Re:24/192 Music Downloads and why they make no sen (197 comments)
But this sampling rate goes to 11
That's it. (103 comments)
I'm founding Kickstopper.
Re:Incompatible (996 comments)
Sorry that the laws aren't convenient with your current situation. Please continue to drive under the influence. And, if you don't have a car, feel free to steal a car because of our oversight to provide you public transportation or an inexpensive cab.
Re:Firebug is awesome (246 comments)
If your development involves working with cookies, Firebug totally beats the Chrome development tools. With Firebug, I can edit a cookie with a click, filter them, set breakpoints on the cookie so you can see when it is modified. Chrome pretty much lets me view them and delete them individually and that's it. Chrome development tools are still very useful, but I think Firebug totally outclasses it.
Re:In my experience (369 comments)
I like your new plan. I'll take all the crying kids you can put on an airplane if I can see a way too cocky guy having a cell phone conversation (probably via a bluetooth headset) get booted off a plane. Look we all understand you've been snapping necks and cashing checks after selling the Catalina Wine Mixer but we'll be where we are going in a couple hours. You can get with your brahs then.
Re:I knew this article was gonna be BS (749 comments)
This is good to know. The next time I'll just tell my wife I was searching for the Neil Young audio conversion service "Pono" and I mistyped it.
Re:Better question (749 comments)
Thanks for the pointer, I've had my electrons swimming upstream all along. I also rewired my usb mouse after I discovered that it was wired the wrong way around at the factory. You won't believe the warmth of my lefts, the mellowness of my rights, the dynamic ups and well rounded downs.
If you want to defuse this argument (749 comments)
Charge less for the lossless format. Audiophiles use a common benchmarking system that is hidden in plain view. You look for the number after this character "$" and the larger that number is the better the component or recording or system will sound.


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Gordon Hargett has taken the motto, "Once a Marine, Always a Marine" to heart from the day he joined the Marine Corps 72 years ago to the present.
Hargett and his best friend joined the Marines the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He saw action on the island of Okinawa on an anti-aircraft gun crew.
Discharged in 1946, Hargett has continued to be involved in the Marine Corps "Toys for Tots" program and was recently named "Marine of the Year " by the Marine Corps League.
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What will Trevor Plouffe do with a full-time job?
For those in deep mixed and AL-only leagues who have the right-handed breakout masher on their radars, they should be aware that the ice under his feet is pretty thin. Plouffe's track record includes second-rate control of the strike zone and plate discipline; they don't foretell batting titles in his future. Mix that with his sub-par defense, and his playing time would seem to be far from secure.
Not in the Twin Cities, however. Unless esteemed prospect Miguel Sano beats his timeline by a couple of years or so, investors should probably feel pretty comfortable in taking a stab with Plouffe in mixed leagues, or going an extra buck on him in AL formats. Despite the 26-year-old's drawbacks, he's made great strides in those areas, and his average on balls in play from last year certainly has room to make a sizable climb.
Where will Minnesota get its best starting pitching?
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The Houston Texans have signed tight end Jake Byrne off of the San Diego Chargers practice squad. Byrne replaced the injured Owen Daniels on the active roster after being placed on the injured reserve (designated to return) earlier in the day. Byrne was released by the Texans on the last round of cuts entering the start of 2013 season and was promptly signed the Chargers practice...
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With the 201st pick Ryan Griffin The Houston Texans select tight end, from University of Connecticut, Ryan Griffin. Griffin is a big target who has size and height who can play the ball in the air and be a nice target in the passing game. He is also has some ability to run block from the tight end position, which could be a big asset for the team moving forward. Griffin was on...
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Louisiana Law Review Streamline Citation Manual
Louisiana Law Review
Streamlined Citation Manual
Revised for the Nineteenth Edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
Last Updated: August 2013
1. Adherence to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
It is the goal of the Louisiana Law Review to achieve citation accuracy and consistency throughout an entire issue. The Managing Editor of the Louisiana Law Review will make all final decisions about the citation format to be used.
Generally, the Louisiana Law Review follows the format and rules provided in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (19th ed. 2010) [hereinafter The Bluebook]. This manual provides a rule only where the practice of the Louisiana Law Review differs from The Bluebook. If no exception is provided, the rules of The Bluebook will apply. The proper citation format for Louisiana cases, codes, statutes, and administrative materials can be found in The Bluebook, Table T.1 on pages 243–44.
2. Typefaces for Citations
The Louisiana Law Review uses three different typefaces in citation: Times New Roman (plain text), Italics, and Large and Small Caps. Authors' names appear in large and small caps for books. See The Bluebook Rule 2.1(b).
Ex. John F. Decker, The Varying Parameters of Obstruction of Justice in American Criminal Law, 65 La. L. Rev. 49 (2004).
Richard Kluger, Simple justice (1976).
John Eligon, Pro Basketball: Augustus is Top Pick in W.N.B.A, N.Y. Times, Apr. 6, 2006, at D6.
3. Article Headings
All articles published in the Louisiana Law Review should adhere to the following style and layout when dividing the article into sections, subsections, sub-subsections, etc. Note the distinction in style between common text and case names.
I. A History of Smith v. Jones (centered, small caps, italicize case names)
A. A History of Smith v. Jones (left margin, italicized, except case names)
1. A History of Smith v. Jones (one tab indent, italicized, except case names)
a. A History of Smith v. Jones (one tab indent, italicized, except case names)
For internal cross-references, the Louisiana Law Review adheres to the format provided in The Bluebook. See The Bluebook Rule 3.5. Note that periods, rather than parenthesis, are used when referring to subsections and sub-subsections.
Ex. See discussion infra Parts II.B.2, III.C.1.
See supra Part IV.A–B.
4. Proper Citation Format for Louisiana Cases
All Louisiana cases should be cited only to the Southern Reporter series, if available. If a case was not published in the Southern Reporter series, it should be cited to the appropriate reporter according to The Bluebook Table T.1.
Note that the Louisiana Law Review does not incorporate the public domain citation in citing Louisiana cases. There is no distinction in citation format for cases decided before or after 1993.
Ex. Smith v. Jones, 705 So. 2d 256 (La. 2002).
Smith v. Jones, 476 So. 2d 311 (La. Ct. App. 1992).
Also note that the Louisiana Law Review does not incorporate public domain citations for any other states. If The Bluebook indicates that a particular case should be cited using a public domain citation, instead cite the case as though the particular Bluebook rule did not exist.
Ex. Bangor Publ'g Co. v. Union St. Mkt., 706 A.2d 595 (Me. 1998).
5. Proper Year to Cite for Statutory Sources and Proper Form for Louisiana
Statutory Sources
Per Rule 12.3.2, the year cited for all statutory sources should be that of the bound, printed version. Cite to the year that appears on the spine of the volume, the year found on the title page, or the latest copyright year, in that order of preference. Do not cite to the latest copyright year found on Westlaw or Lexis.
Ex. Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 13 (2000).
Note that Louisiana statutory sources should only be cited to the bound, hardback codifications (otherwise known as the "green books"), rather than the soft cover versions.
Ex. La. Civ. Code Ann. art. 2818 (2005).
Ex. La. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 407 (2003).
6. Textual Reference to Louisiana Civil Code Articles and Revised Statutes
In the text of an article, Louisiana Code articles should be referred to as "Louisiana Civil Code article 2315" or "article 2315." The same format should be used for references to articles in other Louisiana Codes.
In the text of an article, Louisiana statutes should be referred to as "Louisiana Revised Statutes section 9:3521." Note that the spelling of "Statutes" has an "s" even when it is referring to only one statute.
7. Proper Citation for the Louisiana Civil Law Treatise
The proper citation for the Louisiana Civil Law Treatise is as follows:
Ex. Saul Litvinoff, Obligations § 134, in 5 Louisiana Civil Law Treatise 220 (2d ed. 2001).
Ex. Litvinoff, supra note 17, § 134, at 220.
Ex. Id. § 135, at 233.
8. Proper Citation Format for the Louisiana Administrative Code
The Louisiana Law Review deviates from The Bluebook for Louisiana source material when citing to the Louisiana Administrative Code. TheLouisiana Law Review cites to the title number, then the part number, then the section number, as they appear in the Code. Note that the Louisiana Law Review cites to these sections using Arabic numerals, even if they appear as Roman numerals within the Code itself.
Ex. La. Admin. Code tit. 51, pt. 1, § 105 (2008).
9. Proper Citation Format for Louisiana Session Laws
The Louisiana Law Review deviates from The Bluebook for Louisiana source material when citing to session laws in the Acts of the Louisiana Legislature. In addition to providing the year and page number for the particular session law, the Louisiana Law Review also provides the act number. The Acts of the Louisiana Legislature can be found on HeinOnline (under "Session Laws Library") or on the 3rd floor of the LSU Law Library.
Ex. Act No. 765, 2008 La. Acts 2925.
10. Numbers, Fractions, and Percentages
The Louisiana Law Review deviates from The Bluebook for spelling out numbers in text and in footnotes. The Louisiana Law Review spells out numbers from zero to ten in textual sentences. For numbers greater than ten, use numerals. The Louisiana Law Review also spells out fractions. If text contains a percentage, do not write "percent" but instead use the numeral and the % sign.


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Sela Paasi
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Chief Nurse of Tonga since 2009
The main responsibility of the chief nurse of any country is to assist the government achieve the country's population health goals through nursing and midwifery, and provide expert policy and technical advice and recommendations. In Tonga, the chief nurse is responsible for the three main divisions including clinical (hospital and health centres), the nursing school and the community health nurses. There are 282 registered nurses (midwives inclusive) and 91 student nurses. These registered nurses work in various environments across the three main groups of Tonga.
Sela Paasi began her career as a nurse with general certificate training in Bundaberg in 1967. In 1970 she moved to Hobart where she did her midwifery training and in 1971 moved in to maternal and child health in Brisbane. From 1973 to 1974, Mrs Paasi undertook a theatre course at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. In 1975 she left Australia to work in Tonga. She returned in 1990 to do her Bachelor of Nursing at Cumberland College where she graduated in 1992.
In her leadership role she finds the shortage of both nurses and resources to be her greatest challenges. The main reason for the shortage of nurses is that most of the new diploma graduates are leaving Tonga for better opportunities abroad. There is also a shortage of senior nurses with competent leadership skills.
Tonga has recently built a new nursing school facility. Mrs Paasi and the principal of the Nursing School have been working on developing the nursing curriculum towards a Bachelor of Nursing degree. Currently, there is also work towards developing a new curriculum for Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) for nurses who will be specialising in this particular area. NCDs has been declared a national crisis for Tonga.
In joint collaboration with the Community Health Nurses, Mrs. Paasi robustly worked towards having Tonga declared by the WHO to have achieved the regional milestone of reducing the chronic hepatitis B infection rate to less than 2 percent among children who are at least five years old. This is indeed a remarkable public health achievement through the commitment of the Community Health nurses work in immunisation. Tonga is the fifth member state in the Pacific Region to have demonstrated this milestone.
Sydney Nursing School is honoured to assist Mrs Paasi in developing their Bachelor of Nursing curriculum and in revising their Midwifery curriculum.


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As much as 2500 tonnes of Afghan raisin supplies have been left stacked on the country's northern Hairatan border, Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) officials said Sunday.
The officials blamed the government for lack of good foreign trade policy, saying that train wagons which are travelling between the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif and Uzbekistan are not picking the trade materials of the Afghan traders.
"The train is coming up to Mazar-e-Sharif but it returns to Uzbekistan without carrying the Afghan trade materials. We should carry our goods to the Termiz border with boats and then load them to trains, but we haven't seen the boat for one-and-a-half months," ACCI deputy chief executive officer Khanjan Alokozay said.
He also added that the issue was discussed with the Afghan government and the Afghan embassy in Uzbekistan, but they have not taken necessary steps to resolve the issue.
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For someone scouted as injury prone, he's the only healthy DT we got!
Harrison, Wilkerson, Coples, slot Ellis in on 4-3 looks.
Harrison is one of the largest human beings I've ever seen. Reminds me of Pat Williams a bit.
I mean Coples is huge, too (6'6", 284) but Harrison, despite being shorter seemed to be as wide as two Coples.
With Pouha and DeVito appearing done, it blows my mind that this staff won't play these kids.
But now with all the injuries, they have to. You will never know what you have in Coples if you keep a guy that size with that athleticism benched for washed up scrubs like Pace, Thomas, and DeVito.


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The 16th annual David Lerner Associates Police Appreciation Run was held Thursday, June 14. Cloudy skies and a "runner friendly cool" start marked the evening and a crowd of runners and walkers started following Kevin McQuillan helping to honor America by Singing the National Anthem.
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Small, Big, Bigger: a Sizable Dividend Portfolio
Ash is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Bigger isn't always better, especially in investing. Small cap stocks have the advantage over their large cap counterparts because they are able to make decisions easier, gain in their market share against larger rivals, and, at least in some instances, fly under the radar of many institutions until they are large enough to be purchased. This article will combine one large-, one mid-, and one small-cap company to create a nice dividend portfolio.
The Large-Cap
There are lots of large cap dividend payers out there, but my favorite happens to be a stock that I own, ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP). ConocoPhillips is an integrated U.S. based energy company with a $70 billion market cap.
So, why Conoco? Well, the analysts have it back on the good side with positive 5-year CAGR expected at an annual rate of 5.3%, a lot better than the negative performance they put out over the last five years. The company is also expected to grow their U.S. oil output by some 50% from now through 2015.
ConocoPhillips is also in the process of selling off some of their foreign assets in order to give them higher margins in the States.
ConocoPhillips has a yield of 4.6% with an incredibly low payout ratio of 33%. Dividends have been paid by the company for over 20 consecutive years and will likely see an increase sometime this year.
The Mid-Cap
In order to keep this diversified I had to stay away from Marathon Oil at the mid-cap level; it is however worth a look. For this dividend portfolio I would have to recommend Energizer Holdings (NYSE: ENR). You've no doubt used an Energizer powered product at some time throughout the decades that this company has been providing batteries to industry and consumers. You may even have used one of their many other brands, most of them not even battery related.
The dividend out of Energizer Holdings is a lot smaller than that of ConocoPhillips at just 2%, but the payout ratio is also on the smaller side at 6%. The dividend doesn't have a very long history, the first payment being made in Q3 2012, but with such a low payout ratio this dividend should continue on into the future.
Energizer Holdings will continue to grow as a company with their diverse product line. Along with the namesake battery brand Energizer also sells shaving, lighting, skin care and infant care products under a variety of brands. This diverse product line and the optimism shown by the company's EPS forecasts are why most analysts are bullish on the Energizer Holdings stock.
When compared to the industry, Energizer Holdings looks even more appealing. The company is lower on many different ratios and even carries a low forward P/E of 12.1.
The Small-Cap
We have an oil & gas play and a consumer products facing play. For the small cap, how about a 7.4% yielding real estate investment trust? That's exactly what we'll go with. Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) is a $2.6-billion REIT that focuses on building healthcare facilities around the United States.
The main focus of Omega Healthcare Investors is nursing homes. With the baby boomers getting older, retiring and some of them needing assistance in the nursing area I feel that OHI is perfectly positioned to capitalize on this while returning the required 90% of profits to investors.
One of the great things about ensuring some exposure in the healthcare sector is that we know it isn't going away. People will always be sick and there will always be a need for the nursing homes that OHI provides to its customers.
How's The Portfolio Look?
Taking all three stocks into account and fictitiously investing $1,000 in each of them gives us a very nice looking dividend based portfolio. The investment would get us, at the time of writing, 16 shares of COP, 12 of ENR and 41 of OHI for a total investment of $2921.18.
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By DOUG TUCKER
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Marshall Henderson shook out of a shooting slump and scored 17 points in the second half, leading 12th-seeded Ole Miss past No. 5 Wisconsin 57-46 on Friday, giving the Rebels their first NCAA tournament win since 2002.
For the cold-shooting Badgers (23-12), the upset loss snaps a string of 6 straight first-game victories. Ole Miss (27-8) trailed 25-22 at halftime and Henderson, who led the Southeastern Conference with 20 points a game, had only two points on one-for-11 shooting.
But the flamboyant and outspoken guard found his touch just in time for Ole Miss, and wound up hitting 6 of 21. His back-to-back 3-pointers tied it 36-36 and his layup and two free throws in the final minute sealed the win.
Reginald Buckner had nine points and 12 rebounds. Sam Dekkar had 14 points for Wisconsin.
In the third round of the West Regional on Sunday, the Rebels will play the winner of the matchup between No. 4 seed Kansas State and No. 13 La Salle.
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Rigid spinal fixation instrumentation generally includes pedicle screws with rods and anterior or posterior interbody cages. Non-pedicle fixation devices have been developed and have U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance. These devices are affixed to the spinous process to achieve fixation. They also accommodate bone graft material for fusion and are not intended to be used for stand-alone use per the FDA 510(k) clearance.
Note: Interspinous fixation devices in this document differ from interspinous process spacers (for example, X STOP®, Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN) and dynamic stabilization systems (for example, Dynesys®, Zimmer Inc., Minneapolis, MN) that are motion preserving devices. Please see the following related documents for additional information concerning these devices:
|Position Statement
Investigational and Not Medically Necessary:
Interspinous fixation devices are considered investigational and not medically necessary for all indications.
The standard surgical procedure for rigid spinal fixation involves the use of pedicle screws, rods and plates; however, the pedicle may not support fixation due to osteoporosis, trauma, or previous pedicle fixation failure. Non-pedicle interspinous spinal fixation devices were developed as an alternative. Examples of these devices include, but are not limited to, the Aspen™ Spinous Process Fixation System (Lanx Inc., Broomfield, Colorado), CD HORIZON® SPIRE Plate (Medtronic Inc., Memphis, TN), SP-FixTM Spinous Process Fixation Plate (Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA), and PrimaLOKTMSP (OsteoMed, Addison, TX).
The interspinous fixation devices (with or without additional instrumentation) are marketed as a minimally invasive rigid fixation alternative to standard rigid fixation instrumentation using pedicle screws and rods or interbody cages. The FDA 510(k) clearance does not require clinical trials, but requires a predicate device for the applicant device prior to marketing. The available evidence in the peer-reviewed published medical literature comparing interspinous fixation devices to standard pedicle fixation consists of two articles describing the biomechanical effect of the Aspen device on cadaver spines (Kaibara, 2012; Karahalios, 2010).
A randomized, single blind (participant) industry-sponsored clinical trial, A Multi-Center Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Supplemental Posterior Instrumentation, Aspen™ Spinous Process System Versus Pedicle Screw Fixation, in Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF) or Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF), is currently recruiting participants. Study completion is anticipated in March 2014.
Vertebral Anatomy and Interspinous Fixation Devices
The pedicle is a small area of bone that is the first to extend out from both sides of the back of the vertebral body and joins with broad flat plates of bone (laminae) to form a hollow archway that protects the spinal cord. One type of fixation involves pedicle screws that are inserted as anchors for rods that provide fixation. Another type of fixation is the interbody cage. This is a titanium cylinder that is placed in the disc space. Both of these fixation devices support fusion when used with bone graft material.
The interspinous fixation device is attached to a vertebral spinous process. Interspinous fixation devices are designed for use as an adjunct to instrumented vertebral fixation providing additional fixation as well as a compartment for bone graft material for fusion.
Interspinous fixation devices have been used for the treatment of the following conditions:
Some interspinous fixation devices have been used as an adjunct to the following surgical procedures:
Lamina: Part of the vertebra located behind the vertebral body. A flat area of bone between the superior process forming the facet joint and the spinous process, helping to form the central canal through which the spinal cord passes.
Pedicles: Two short, rounded processes made of thick cortical bone that extend posteriorly from the lateral margin of the dorsal surface of the vertebral body.
Spinous process: The small, bony protuberances located along the back of the spinal column that act as attachment sites for muscles and ligaments.
Spinal fusion: A surgical procedure to stabilize the spine by fusing together two or more vertebrae.
Spondylolisthesis: A condition that occurs when one vertebra slips out of the proper position onto the bone below it.
The following codes for treatments and procedures applicable to this document are included below for informational purposes. A draft of future ICD-10 Coding (effective 10/01/2014) related to this document, as it might look today, is included below for your reference. Inclusion or exclusion of a procedure, diagnosis or device code(s) does not constitute or imply member coverage or provider reimbursement policy. Please refer to the member's contract benefits in effect at the time of service to determine coverage or non-coverage of these services as it applies to an individual member.
When services are Investigational and Not Medically Necessary:
When the code describes a procedure indicated in the Position Statement section as investigational and not medically necessary.
|Unlisted procedure, spine [when specified as insertion of a non-pedicle interspinous fixation device]
|ICD-9 Diagnosis
|All diagnoses
|ICD-10 Procedure
|ICD-10-PCS draft codes; effective 10/01/2014:
|For the following procedures when specified insertion of a non-pedicle interspinous fixation device:
|Insertion of interspinous process spinal stabilization device into cervicothoracic vertebral joint, open approach
|Insertion of interspinous process spinal stabilization device into thoracic vertebral joint, open approach
|Insertion of interspinous process spinal stabilization device into lumbar vertebral joint, open approach
|Insertion of interspinous process spinal stabilization device into lumbosacral joint, open approach
|ICD-10 Diagnosis
|ICD-10-CM draft codes; effective 10/01/2014:
|All diagnoses
Peer Reviewed Publications:
Government Agency, Medical Society, and Other Authoritative Publications:
|Web Sites for Additional Information
Aileron® Interspinous Fixation System
Aspen Spinous Process Fixation System
CD HORIZON SPIRE Plate
Coflex-F® Implant
PrimaLOK SP
SP-Fix Spinous Process Fixation Plate
StabiLink™ MIS Spinal Fixation System
VertiFlex® Spinous Process Fixation Plate
The use of specific product names is illustrative only. It is not intended to be a recommendation of one product over another, and is not intended to represent a complete listing of all products available.
|Document History
|Medical Policy and Technology Assessment Committee (MPTAC) review. Updated Description, Rationale, and Background sections. Index updated with the StabiLink MIS Spinal Fixation System and VertiFlex Spinous Process Fixation Plate devices.
|Updated Index section with the Aileron Interspinous Fixation System.
|Updated Index section with the coflex-F implant device.
|MPTAC review. Initial document development.


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Posted by Jamie Oberdick on 06/28 at 01:37 PM
Oh, man! A rabbit ate half your annual bed…your tomato plants got trashed by a storm…the neighbor's dog dug up your favorite herb plant…too late to plant something new now, right? Actually, that's not the case. You can can still plant flowers, vegetables, herbs, etc. and still get beauty and flavor from your 2013 garden.
Eda and Scott Case run Patchwork Farms. You likely know them from their stand at the Downtown State College Farmers Market, Boalsburg Farmers Market, or from their retail setup in the Office Depot parking lot out on Benner Pike. Along with outstanding produce they sell garden plants, including some varieties you won't find at the average big box store. "Lots of little greenhouses are going out of business," Scott said. "So we have to find ways for us to complete, like having unique varieties."
So, they still have a fair amount of these unique varieties available and as Eda said, you likely still have time to buy plants and get produce. "Stuff like some tomatoes and peppers are things you can get in the ground around now and still get produce," she said. "Of course how much you get depends on how warm our autumn is but all farming and gardening is a gamble."
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System Requirements:
OpenSSH (For secure, remote backups)
Gnupg (For encryption, if desired)
General Info:
This script performs file backups on your Linux/Unix system. It will archive (tar), compress and secure ftp transfer a specified list of files or directories to a remote server. The backups can be compressed with gzip compression, or encrypted and compressed with gnupg. Two scripts are provided: One does the full backup, and the other does incremental backups to save your precious bandwidth and storage space. The scripts are configurable through a typical .conf file, so there are a number of options available to tune your backup to your needs. I set the incremental script to run daily in cron, so my backups are always fresh when the inevitable hardware failure occurs.
Installation Instructions:
Download the file. Unzip it using gunzip. Now, unpack the tar archive:
tar -xvf bak3.tar
Once the tar extraction is complete, you will find 3 directories: usr, var, and etc. These correspond the same directories you have on your Unix/Linux machine. Move the following files into the appropriate system directories:
Be SURE to set the permissions on these files so that only the desired user, usually root, can edit or execute them. If you don't, you are taking a big security risk!
At this point, you need to do two things to configure your backups.
1. Configure your options by editing /etc/bak3/bak3.conf. Most of this should be self explanatory, but it does have a couple of quirks. If you want to encrypt your backups, you need to install and configure gnupg so that you have the appropriate keys. See the links at the bottom of this page to get it. Also, your remote backups won't happen automatically without having OpenSSH configured on both client and host, so that you can do the secure file transfer without using a password. If you don't want remote backups, then you can live without OpenSSH. Again, see the links at the bottom of the page. There is an option to run a utility script upon completion of incremental backups. You'll see this at the bottom of the bak3.conf. BE SURE to lock this file up, as in chmod 600. In fact, set the whole bak3 directory (all of them) to chmod 700, so that only the owner can get in, or even see them. If you run backups as root (you probably will), this would be the perfect place for the "bad guys" to launch their finest trojan!
2. Set up the list of files/directories you want to back up. Edit /etc/bak3/backup.files.list. Pretty easy, huh? Just remember, if you want to back up the whole directory, be sure to leave the "/" on the end of the path. It'll back up the whole directory recursively!
Be sure you have your .gnupg and .ssh directories and keys configured properly in the home directory of the user who will execute the backup (usually root), and the home directory of the user who will receive the them on the remote machine. If you don't, it won't work right. As I recall, gnupg will work nicely if you follow the man page & gnupg website. For ssh, generating your key requires a few options, and I have a reference that suggested:
ssh-keygen -q -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa -C '' -N ''
It works for me! Also, once your keys are generated, you'll need to take your public key, id_rsa.pub, and move it to the remote machine. Create a copy of it in authorized_keys file in the .ssh directory on the remote machine:
cat ~/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
Be sure to set your privelages carefully, so nobody gets your secret key!
How to Run it:
There are 2 scripts, one for full backup, and one for incremental. I have 3 copies of full backups in rotation, and I usually run it manually. You can automate it using cron, if you like. I run the incremental daily in cron, and usually keep 22 copies in rotation. This is good for 3 weeks. To use cron, log in as the user you want to execute the program, and type "crontab -e" at the command prompt. Type "i" for insert mode, and hit the return key. Enter the following line: 30 3 * * * /usr/local/sbin/bak3/incr-bak.pl Now hit the Esc key to leave insert mode, and type "ZZ". This will save your crontab. Your incremental backup will run every morning at 3:30. If you need more info on this, get a good unix book, or search for cron howto on Google. Perhaps you might consider the cron man page on your system, as well.
So, now you've discovered this thing is a pain-in-the-patoot to get it all working right. Be patient and work with it. It's worth it. Once you get it all going, it is automatic and dependable. You'll be glad when you use those backups to recover your data!
Licensing Info:
This software is licensed under the terms of the GPL, or GNU Public License