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Former President Gerald Ford Dies at 93
Former President Gerald Ford has died at the age of 93. Ford assumed the presidency after Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal. He was the only president to have never been elected to either the presidency or vice presidency. At his inauguration, Ford famously declared "the long national nightmare is over" — but pardoned Nixon just one month later. He ordered the final pullout of U.S. troops from Vietnam and later offered amnesty to Vietnam era draft resisters. Less well known, and not included in the Washington Post or New York Times obituary, is Ford's role in the genocide in East Timor. Ford was in Indonesia the day before the invasion that led to the deaths of over 200,000 East Timorese. Along with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Ford gave Indonesian dictator General Suharto explicit approval to launch the invasion.
Saddam Loses Death Sentence Appeal
In Iraq, Saddam Hussein has lost an appeal of his death sentence for crimes against humanity — setting the stage for his execution likely within the next thirty days. Saddam was convicted last month for ordering the killing of 148 Shi'ites in the town of Dujail in 1982. He has been sentenced to death by hanging. There are rising fears his execution could intensify Iraq's sectarian fighting between Iraqi Shiites and pro-Saddam Sunni groups. Meanwhile, human rights groups that have previously criticized Saddam Hussein's human rights abuses are also arguing he was denied a fair trial. On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch said the Iraqi government should not implement the death sentence because the trial was marred by political interference.
3,500 Troops Head to Kuwait for Iraq Deployment
In other Iraq news, the Pentagon announced Tuesday plans to send an additional thirty-five hundred troops to Kuwait to stand ready for use in Iraq.
Nigerian Oil Explosion Kills 269, Injures 160
In Nigeria, the confirmed death toll from Tuesday's oil pipe explosion in Lagos has reached at least 269. Another 160 were hospitalized with burn injuries. Crowds of people had gathered to scoop oil from the pipeline after it was punctured by armed residents. Most of the bodies were burned beyond recognition.
Lagos Police Commissioner Emmanuel Adebayo: "The information I have is that there was a burst pipe with that, we sent policemen there, to control it and we contacted NNPC (Nigeria National Petroleum Company) who are to put it off from the source, once they put it off from the source there will be no more fuel coming out and we will put the fire off; it has been switched off."
The explosion occurred in a poor area home to low-income and casual workers. Over the past few weeks, Nigerians have faced long queues at gas stations across the country because of shortages from the national oil company.
UN Calls for End to Somalia Fighting
In Somalia, at least 800 people have been wounded and thousands displaced in ongoing clashes between Islamic fighters and forces backing the Somali government. On Tuesday, the UN envoy to Somalia Francois Lonseny Fall called for an immediate end to the fighting.
UN Envoy to Somalia Francois Lonseny Fall: "The crisis in Somalia has escalated dangerously as the hostilities between the Transnational government and the Union of Islamic Courts have now expanded across a 400 kilometer-wide front. The conflict now involves foreign forces and use of heavy weapons and aircraft. The deteriorating situation in Somalia has no doubt dealt a serious blow to efforts aimd at the early resumption of peace talks. The fighting has also compounded an already serious humanitarian crisis resulting in additional displacement of populations."
Both sides have refused to lay down arms. Ethiopian troops are in Somalia backing the government.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi: "…We have a mission to do. We have done more than half of our mission already. As soon as we complete the other half — and it won't take us long — we will be out of there so they won't have a target to fight against."
The State Department said Tuesday it is backing Ethiopia's involvement in Somalia.
Israel to Build New West Bank Settlement
In Israel and the Occupied Territories, the Israeli government has announced plans to build a new settlement inside the West Bank. Israeli officials say the settlement will house up to one-hundred families who lived in the Gaza Strip until Israel's withdrew settlements there last year. The plans would violate Israel's previous pledge to freeze new settlement activity under the US-backed road map.
Truce in Doubt as Israel, Palestinians Trade Attacks
Meanwhile, the already-tenuous one-month truce is on shakier ground. Israel announced today it will resume strikes on Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. The announcement came after Palestinian rocket fire seriously injured two Israeli teenagers in the town of Sderot. Meanwhile, Israeli troops shot and seriously wounded a Palestinian farmer working near the barrier separating Gaza from Israel.
Archbishop of Canterbury Criticizes West Bank Separation Wall
Meanwhile, Israel's West Bank separation wall has come under criticism from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams. Visiting the town of Bethlehem on a Christmas pilgrimage, Dr. Williams said: "Justice and security is never something which one person claims at the expense of another or one community at the expense of another. We are here to say that security for one is security for all."
Surgeon: Castro Does not Have Cancer
In news from Cuba, there is a new update on the condition of President Fidel Castro. On Tuesday, a Spanish surgeon who examined Castro last week said Castro does not have cancer and is in good spirits. José Luis García Sabrido's comments come after months of speculation Castro is suffering from terminal cancer. The Bush administration recently predicted Castro would die within the next few months.
Reservist Upset by Iraq Deployment Dies in Police Shootout
Back in the United States, a Maryland army reservist who was to be deployed to Iraq next month has died after a fourteen-hour standoff with police. Army Reservist James E. Dean had already served eighteen months in Afghanistan when he was told last month he would be sent to Iraq. A neighbor says the deployment order sent Dean into a spiral of depression because he didn't want to go back to war. The standoff began after Dean barricaded himself inside his home with several weapons. He was shot after exchanging gunfire with police.
Afghanistan Heroin Blamed for Rising Addiction, Overdose
In California, an influx of high-potent heroin from Afghanistan is being blamed for an increase in addiction and overdoses in Los Angeles. Heroin-related deaths have increased 75% in the past three years. Over nearly the same period, the share of Afghanistan heroin on the US market has doubled to 14%. Thousands of Afghan farmers were forced to turn poppy production following the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. A spokesperson for the Orange County Sheriff's told the Los Angeles Times heroin from Afghanistan is the single biggest rising threat in the fight against narcotics.
Justice Dept. Database Criticized Over Data Collection
Civil rights and privacy groups are voicing concern over a massive new Justice Department database that gives police departments around the country access to millions of case files from several law enforcement agencies. The database is known as "OneDOJ." Stored information includes in the names, addresses and other information of criminal suspects or targets — even those who have not been arrested or charged with any crimes. Barry Steinhardt, director of the Technology and Liberty Project at the American Civil Liberties Union, says: "Raw police files or FBI reports can never be verified and can never be corrected… The idea that they're creating another whole system that is going to be full of inaccurate information is just chilling."
Body of James Brown to Lie "In Stage" at Apollo Theatre
And finally here in New York, a crowd of people gathered outside the B.B. King Blues Club Tuesday to pay tribute to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. Brown passed away Monday at the age of seventy three. He had been scheduled to perform at B.B. King's on New Year's Eve. James Brown fan Michael Cason spoke outside the club.
Michael Cason: "What you've got to realize about James Brown coming back up during the sixties, during a lot of racial tension, James Brown, say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud, gave a lot of African-American Negroes, back during that time, a lot of pride."
On Thursday, James Brown's body will lie in state — or rather, lie in stage — at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theatre. The Apollo is credited as the theatre that gave Brown his show business start. Fans will be able to file past Brown's casket on the Appolo stage for one last look at the man who revolutionized popular music. The Reverend Al Sharpton will be officiating Brown's funeral. Rev. Sharpton said: "His greatest thrill was always the lines around the Apollo Theater. I felt that James Brown in all the years we talked would have wanted one last opportunity to let the people say goodbye to him and he to the people."
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Symantec Tamper Protection alert message
Dear Member,
This morning i've got one alert message on my notebook :
Symantec Tamper Protection Alert
Target C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\LuCallbackproxy.....
Event Info:...
Action Taken:logged
What does it mean?
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the image is not clear, however the exe process under system32 is trying to stop/modify luallcallbackproxy.exe, which is not normal.
Any process which tries to stop and modify symantec related process the tamper protection alert are observed.
Help Link: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/overview.jsp?pid=54619
no, lucallbackproxy is symantec related exe. The other exe in system32 for somereason is try to change the lucallbackproxy. Is the exe under system32 abnormal file? if not set tamper protection exception
Help Link: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/overview.jsp?pid=54619
Symantec Blocks / Logs the Application when it find the Application to be suspicious.
C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe is a Suspicious file which is trying to stop the Symantec LuCallbackProxy.exe
Could you please Submit the Suspicious file to the Symantec Security Response Team on:
You can Later on create a Tamper Protection Exception as well for the same.
Hope that helps!!
Mithun Sanghavi
Associate Security Architect
MIM | MCSA | MCTS | STS | SSE | SSE+ | ITIL v3
Don't forget to mark your thread as 'SOLVED' with the answer that best helped you.
Sorry if this is in the wrong place but Ive had this notification today after downloading Advanced System Care and need to know if its important.
Target: C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\SmcGui.exe
Event Info: Set Information Process
Action Taken: Logged
Actor Process: C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 5\ASCService.exe (PID 7368)
Time: 17 November 2011 17:46:08
Many thanks
Regarding to http://www.systemlookup.com/search.php?type=filename&client=malwaresearch-ff&search=taskhost.exe, there is a malware which uses a file with the same name, but at another location in filesystem. The file in %system% should be the right one - so that must be a false positive.
Contact support about this.
@Lisa123: ACSService.exe is from china and a known spy/info stealing application! Have a look at this: http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/index.php?showtopic=126267
Your Tamper Protection was right. Get rid of this software, it is not to be trusted!
Target: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
Event Info: Set Information Process
Action Taken: Logged
Actor Process: C:\Program Files\IObit\Advanced SystemCare 5\ASCService.exe (PID 884)
Time: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:53:01 AM
This is what pops up almost everyday when using our email. What do I do to keep this from popping up!
It looks like Advanced SystemCare is attempting to tamper with Symantec. From their product page, it looks like the product has some security features. Running two security products on the same system can cause problems, and is not recommended.
Defends PC security with extra protection Enhanced
- Detects and analyzes Windows security environment. Scans and removes spyware and adware using up-to-date definition files in order to prevent spyware, hackers and hijackers from installing malicious programs on your computer. Erases and updates your PC's activity histories.
As Thomas has mentioned, it is not advisable to have 2 security products on the same machine. And here ASC is trying to modify SEP. If ASC is important, you may have to create exclusions for tamper protection.
The below link might help.


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Amazing gallery!
2 Questions-
Ever drawn The Sentry?
What 2 characters would u draw fighting to pitch an animated movie idea?
Your Gallery Is Awesome!
Sentry - I don't think I have
I wouldn't really pit 2 random characters to fight for an animated movie pitch.
dont have to be random, how about two characters u want to fight?
again, not really sure I'd pitch an animated flick primarily based on who I'd love to see fight each other.
So yeah, nothing really pops to mind for something like that
any ideas who u would just wanna draw fighting? last terrible question, i promise, lol
I kind of stray away of just drawing 2 characters fight is all.
I've drawn enough fighting for work that I'd rather not do so in my spare time.
plenty of other things to draw
I can understand that, and with a talent like yours, why limit yourself to drawing fights, i hope somewhere down the line you get to draw The Sentry, he is a very deep character and im sure u will be able to display that in any piece you may do, but until then, ill enjoy the pieces u put up! thanks for replying so many times, sorry if my questions seemed silly, im a big fan of crossovers and one hell of a geek! lol thanks again
unless somebody down the line commissions a Sentry piece from me, it might be a looooong wait till you see that character from me.


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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarsTwinkle, Twinkle Little Stars is the second delightful collection of stories and poems from Gervase Phinn.Following on from the terrific success of A Wayne in a Manger, Gervase Phinn has collected together from his bestselling Dales books his favourite stories about children, and included some poems from his popular Puffin poetry books. In this humorously illustrated book, the stories have one
$11.29Gervase Phinn is back with his tales of life as a schools inspector in Yorkshire. His colourful cast of characters have now become firm favourites - the mostly mad staff at County Hall as well as the children themselves who find ways of embarrassing the school inspectors with innocent ease. We reconvene with Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School and now Gervase's wife and mother
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For Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan, the granddaughter of former Indian president KR Narayanan, Dublin is just the latest chapter in her nomadic existence.
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Photoshop - Flick Panning Enable / Disable
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Friday, February 20, 2015
Homeschool Fun--The Lesson in Pets
They've learned that all of Allah's creations are special.
As a child, we had pets. Our pets are always keep outside, there was very little interaction with them except to throw them so food. Honestly, I remember being afraid of every animal we had. This relationship is sharp contrast between the way my children view pets. The buns are loved and cared for in a very different.
Bunnies are mammals too.
My children did weeks of research before we purchased our bunnies. They learned their anatomy, desired living conditions, dietary needs, and the best way to play and stimulate them. Before I knew it their conversations where nothing short of a rabbit care manual! They learned so much, and it all was useful.
Pets are responsiblity.
We've found our bunny babies to be pure work. Feeding and cleaning are the two biggest jobs. We're had to be creative with their living environment finally settling on two big dog kennels affectionately known as the condos. Sharing the responsibilities among the three of them has taught them a lot about working together and collective efforts.
Overall our experience loving and caring for Scarlett and Jolene has brought about a maturity and strengthening of faith. And they're pretty cuddling too!
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Let's Get Crafty--The M Project
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Let's Get Crafty--Scripture Pictures
You'll need
an old frame (thrift store find)
letter stickers (from the scrapbook aisle)
spray paint in your color of choice
The original print was a hunting theme and we just put the letters of the ayat we'd chosen right over it. I sprayed the frame a pretty purple and the print silver. You'll just spray paint right over the letters. When the print drys, carefully peel the letter stickers off, put your frame together and done. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Sickle Cell Warriors PHX
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Monday, February 16, 2015
Let's Get Crafty--Islamic Leather Bracelets
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Premade plain leather bracelets (Got ours at Micheal's Craft Store)
a wood burner
We wrote what we wanted to say on the bracelets first and then trace it with the wood burner. Enjoy!
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Sunday, February 15, 2015
Let's Get Crafty--Family Finger Print Heart
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a cute photo frame (Go to the thrift store)
a piece of scrapbook paper cut to fit the frame
a paint color for each member of your family
lots of yummy fingers
I traced a heart onto the paper. Each family member helped to fill in the heart with their finger tips. So simple, but so beautiful! Enjoy!
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
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The Denver Rustlers luncheon today featured appearances by several congressional candidates.
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter [6], D-Golden, and his Republican challenger, Joe Coors [7], said they have received numerous comments about a story in Sunday's Denver Post detailing the unusual ways their families are intertwined [8] and their efforts to try to remain civil.
Other members of Congress or their challengers who showed up, even if briefly: U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman [9], R-Aurora, and his Democratic opponent, Joe Miklosi; U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez; U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette [10], D-Denver, and Eric Weissmann [11], who lost his bid to be the GOP nominee in the 2nd Congressional District.
After lunch, the Rustlers headed to the Colorado State Fair [12], where they bought livestock from young farmers and ranchers to help them pay for their college educations.
State Rep. Sal Pace [13], D-Pueblo, who is challenging Tipton, couldn't make it to the luncheon but his bidding team bought a goat today from a girl in Rifle. Check it out on his Facebook page. [14]


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How to Get Someone You Love to Try Yoga.
I like to think that teaching and writing about yoga is changing the world, one down dog at a time. But then I think it might be best to change those around us first, especially those we love.
In my case, my family really has no idea what-so-ever of what I do. For instance, there is the day my mother in law came to visit, and when I told her I had to go to work, she said, "You work?"
For years I tried to get her to do yoga. In fact, I showed her poses and gave her books on it. But then one day she said to me exuberantly, "I am doing Silver Sneakers at the gym, and it's wonderful!"
"You know that's mostly yoga," I said.
"Well if it is, then I like it."
It is also apparent that my husband has very little idea of how I spend my days. This was a recent conversation in the Marchildon household:
Husband: "Have you heard of MC Yogi?"
Me: "Um. Yes" (As in, I'm not living under a rock.)
Husband: "I think we should get you a name."
Me: "Like what?"
Husband: "Like, 'Little Yogi.' You can be a rapping yogi!"
Me: "Just so you know, I'm 'The Yogi Muse.' And I can't sing."
Husband: "Oh. Never mind."
And don't even get me started on my kids, both athletic and so tight they haven't been able to touch their toes since the day they were born. Every now and then a coach will suggest they practice yoga. You know, everyone says it works.
Why is it that we can share the joy of yoga with total strangers, but when it comes to the ones we love they are often the hardest to get onto the mat? I've had to come up with some interesting ways to get my family on the mat.
Here are some tips to get the ones you love into yoga:
Make an offer they can't refuse.
For Valentine's Day, I will take A) A trip to Paris, B) A horse, with a beautiful new house and barn, C) A new kitchen, D) A shared yoga class. You don't have to be a genius to play this game.
Make an offer they can't refuse, take 2.
"And if we take Shelley's class, I will let you go in the front row. By the way, Shelley teaches in a bikini."
If this is for your wife or girlfriend:
"We can go to Outlaw Yoga and take Justin's class." Need I say more?
If this is for your kids:
"If you practice yoga, you will do better at Fill in the Blank."
If that doesn't work, then try:
"If you practice yoga, then I will give you two weeks' of allowance and excuse you from all chores." I actually did that once, but it backfired on me. The next time, my teenager demanded more money.
You could always try the truth:
"If you practice yoga, you will feel better, you will probably find happiness, and your life will be transformed." But if they don't believe you, or even the book you wrote, then play something by MC Yogi. That will get them every time.
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5 Responses to "How to Get Someone You Love to Try Yoga."
I'm really working my restorative yoga angle as a gateway yoga experience for some of my less-than-phsycially-active friends – "Come lay down and take a guided half-nap while I say nice things to you about how amazing you are. I'll even cover you up with a blanket and give you a shoulder rub." That's an offer that's hard to refuse!
Any suggestions for getting co-workers involved?
It was like every paragraph I was thinking, "OMazing…I go through the same thing, especially part about the kids." I teach yoga to kids and you would think my kiddos would be the perfect yogis and my son is so stiff. He has to stretch. It is crazy how it works. Myhusband is stiff and refuses to do yoga, BUT he tells his son to do it. Funny. Thank you for sharing. I am defiantly going to try the chores/allowance idea with the kids. I am glad that I am not the only yogi with family thinks like this. ha ha
LOL This I cute…and so true. I have tried pretty hard to get my family and friends into yoga and it is just not working, they call it a "fad." Psht.
Love it
I have tried to get my husbond to do yoga with me at home with the promise of being nude. It worked 😉


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March 14th, 2012 10:08 PMSystem!I ALMOST COMPLETELY ABANDONED THIS ACCOUNT WHOOPS
yeah, once you get into tumblr, it's like a disease that grows on you, haha
ohhh and if you want to check out my art, check out toxicologist.tumblr.com/tagged/my_art and misvirtuous.tumblr.com. i'm not drawing as much, as college is sucking my life away, but i post a doodle sometimes. you can still see my character bias for koga lol that's all i'm known for anyway.
December 16th, 2011 10:33 PMMasaraNice! A few of my IRL friends just developed a Tumblr addiction, so I'm most likely gonna lurk around there sooner or later.
If you don't mind my asking, what kind of stuff have you been drawing recently? c: The last time I saw some of your artwork, I was seriously impressed.
December 12th, 2011 5:53 PMSystem!Mostly I'm derping around on Tumblr or trying to get into college. Or drawing.
December 9th, 2011 3:59 PMMasaraArgh, not math! -twitch-
:c I haven't been on the interwebs that much... But when I do get the chance, I often end up watching YouTube videos of playthroughs of certain video games that I won't be able to buy for aaaages due to having no money. So yeah. ;w; What about you?
December 5th, 2011 6:40 PMSystem!Oh no, flashbacks to math class are coming into my head. Noooo get awayyyyy.
Auggggh this economy I don't even.
Real life is too depressing, how's internet life for you?
November 29th, 2011 4:48 PMMasaraAgreed. D: I often find that homework makes learning stuff trickier rather than easier just 'cause it's so time-consuming and sleep-depriving, etc. It kinda defeats its own purpose...
That's such a good question! I look forward to struggling with finding a job once I'm old enough to do so. /additional sarcasm
November 27th, 2011 10:37 PMSystem!Oh, yeah, homework. Can't wait for that when I get to college in January /sarcasm I know homework is supposed to be helpful and stuff, but it can get so tedious and fun-sucking. =_=
As of now, I'm still trying to get a job. Finding one is so hard nowadays. Oh, real life, why can't you be just as fun and easygoing as internet life?
November 25th, 2011 6:48 PMMasaraMostly I've just been up to my eyeballs in homework assignments and projects. :c Otherwise I'm doing pretty well.
Have the past few months been more exciting for System?
November 23rd, 2011 10:51 PMSystem!Oh hay Masa~ How has the past few months been for you?
August 6th, 2011 11:57 AMMasaraIt is definitely a tragedy. D: Now that I think about it, the very reason I joined PC was so that I could sign up for the PokeSpe club.
Yup! I'm sure it'll be worth dedicating some time to read it. ♥
August 4th, 2011 1:29 PMSystem!It's a tragedy, really. I miss our cracky club.
Yeah, it gets even longer since the comic updates frequently. If you ever do have a chance to read, happy reading!
August 2nd, 2011 12:15 PMMasaraAww! But now we have a closed-up club and a lifeless manga forum, as compared to before, when we had a mostly active club and a lifeless manga forum. :c How disappointing.
Chamo told me it started in 2009, so it must be super-long. Maybe I'll start reading it on my next vacation from school, 'cause in a few days I'll be traveling to South Africa... I dunno how often I'll even access to the internet there. -has no laptop-
July 25th, 2011 3:51 PMSystem!Yyyyup. Apparently it was to kick some life into the Manga forum, but it's still kinda static in terms of activity.
I suggest you check it out if you can dedicate a chunk of time to read it. Nearly everyone tends to get turned off by the beginning, where John is in his room, but imo it gets better when you get clicking. It's not really a quick read, as there are also chatlogs in some pages you have to read, because it is crucial to the plot. So that's why I recommend reading it if you don't have a lot to do on a lazy afternoon.
July 25th, 2011 2:12 PMMasaraThe PokeSpe club closed? D8 I didn't know till now 'cause I haven't checked it in ages. That would explain why everybody disappeared, though!
Thank you~! I'm looking forward to going since I love traveling, but my family doesn't exactly have money to burn so our journey will be fairly bumpy.
Aww, I'm sorry that you couldn't go tour that art college. D: My family sounds kinda like yours in terms of... funding ability.
I hope things work out for you soon so you'll get hired and obtain a driver's license~
Most of the time, attempting to be productive is better than not trying at all. :'D
Oh, Homestuck? Chamo's been telling me quite a lot about that. From what I've heard/seen so far, it sounds/looks pretty mind-blowingly amazing.
July 24th, 2011 6:13 PMSystem!Yeeeeah it sucks. Ever since the Pokespe Club was closed, nearly everyone scattered around. I was hoping I'd see everyone in the Manga forum, but it doesn't get a lot of activity, unfortunately. I'm more active on LJ and Tumblr, so I really shouldn't talk lol.
'kay! Best of luck to you! Your summer sounds a lot more energetic than mine. And I hope you have a fun time in South Africa. Hopefully it won't be too awkward for you. Visiting family members from another country can be a bit of an experience. I know, I have relatives in Mexico. 6_9
My summer wasn't too eventful. I was supposed to go up to San Francisco to tour an art college I wanted to go to in a couple years (I'm planning to go to a community college for a couple years, then transfer cos it's cheaper apparently), but my family didn't have enough money to fund the extra stuff, so I had to cancel it. And there's also filling out apps for jobs plus getting a driver's license. Oh man, I'm so late for everything ever. At least I'm attempting to be productive. And I spent a great deal of time reading Homestuck.
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Multi-disciplinary heart failure (HF) clinics have been shown to improve outcomes for HF patients in randomized clinical trials. However, it is unclear how widely available specialized HF clinics are in Ontario. Also, the service models of current clinics have not been described. It is therefore uncertain whether the efficacy of HF clinics in trials is generalizable to the HF clinics currently operating in the province.
As part of a comprehensive evaluation of HF clinics in Ontario, we performed an environmental scan to identify all HF clinics operating in 2010. A semi-structured interview was conducted to understand the scope of practice. The intensity and complexity of care offered were quantified through the use of a validated instrument, and clinics were categorized as high, medium or low intensity clinics.
We identified 34 clinics with 143 HF physicians. We found substantial regional disparity in access to care across the province. The majority of HF physicians were cardiologists (81%), with 81% of the clinics physically based in hospitals, of which 26% were academic centers. There was a substantial range in the complexity of services offered, most notably in the intensity of education and medication management services offered. All the clinics focused on ambulatory care, with only one having an in-patient focus. None of the HF clinics had a home-based component to care.
Multiple HF clinics are currently operating in Ontario with a wide spectrum of care models. Further work is necessary to understand which components lead to improved patient outcomes.
Heart failure (HF) is a complex, progressive syndrome characterized by abnormal heart function resulting in poor exercise tolerance, recurrent hospitalizations, and reductions in both quality of life, and survival [1]. Although tremendous progress has been made in pharmacologic and device therapy, HF patients continue to have a poor prognosis, with an annual mortality ranging from 5% to 50% [1]. The incidence of HF is projected to increase, with estimates suggesting a three-fold increase in HF hospitalizations over the next decade [2]. Alternative targeted health care delivery models have therefore been of particular interest in HF, as a means of improving both quality of life and survival [3].
Disease management through multi-disciplinary community care clinics has been shown to improve patient outcomes in different health conditions, including diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cancer [4,5]. The potential benefits of a multi-disciplinary strategy in HF include improved utilization and adherence with evidence-based medications. This model of care may also address the complex interplay between medical, psychosocial, and behavioural factors facing these patients and their caregivers [3]. Multiple previous randomized studies and meta-analyses have evaluated the efficacy of such clinics with some suggesting a reduction in mortality in excess of 20% [1,3,6]. However, interpreting this literature is challenging because of substantial heterogeneity in the composition of the HF clinics, the interventions they offer, and the population studied [3,7].
Currently, specialized HF clinics do not receive specific funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC), the third party payer for government insured health services in the province. It is not known how widely available specialized HF clinics are in Ontario, nor has their composition, or the services they offer, been described. Therefore, it is unclear if the efficacy of HF clinics in randomized trials is generalizable to the HF clinics currently in place in Ontario. Our objective was to address these important gaps in knowledge, through a comprehensive field evaluation, whereby real world practice for HF patients in Ontario was assessed in 2010. Specially, we aimed to understand the current availability of specialized HF clinics in the province, and the intensity and complexity of services offered.
Canada is divided into 13 distinct territories or provinces, with Ontario being the most populous. Based on the most recent census, 12.2 million of Canada's 31.6 million people lived in Ontario. The Ontario population is concentrated around major urban areas, with only 15% living in rural settings, defined as a population less than 1000 persons and less than 400 persons per km2.
There is universal access to medical care in Canada without user-fees or out-of-pocket payments. Health care funding is determined at the provincial level. In 2006, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care transferred the responsibility for planning, integrating and funding of health services within the province to 14 regional Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN).
Identification of Heart Failure Clinics
For the purpose of this project, a specialized HF clinic was defined as a clinic that consists at a minimum of a physician and a nurse, one of whom has specialized training/interest in HF. This definition is consistent with that used in recent systematic reviews of HF clinics [8].
We utilized three approaches to identify clinics. First, all hospitals listed on the MOHLTC site (http://www.health.gov.on.ca webcite) were contacted. Notices were posted in the Cardiac Care Network (CCN) webpage. Finally, we used snow-ball sampling, an approach often used in qualitative or mixed methods research studies, to evaluate 'hidden populations' [9].
A hidden population is one in which a sample frame (i.e. a list of all the members of the population) cannot be constructed, thereby preventing probability sampling [9]. An alternative that does not require a sampling frame is snow-ball sampling, whereby new members are selected from the social network of existing members of the sample [9].
In this method, a number of seeds are first selected [9]. These seeds are members of the hidden population that have been identified. The seeds are interviewed and form stage 0 of the sampling process. The seeds identify other members of the population, who are in turn approached in the next generation of sampling (stage 1). This process is continued until the desired sample size is reached. This method has been successfully utilized in a myriad of cardiac studies [10-12].
In our study, the initial seeds were the Ontario members of the Canadian Heart Failure Network (CHFN) and other sites identified by the expert panel (Table 1). Established in 1999, the CHFN is a network of academic and community based clinics that provide specialized care to HF patients (http://www.cfna.ca webcite). Importantly, the network did not include all HF clinics in the province, thereby necessitating further sampling.
Table 1. Seed heart failure clinics
The physician or nursing lead at each clinic was approached and a semi-structured interview conducted to establish the scope of the practice. The lead was asked to identify any other HF clinics, which may serve patients in the vicinity (1st sampling stage). We continued to accrue new sampling stages until no new clinics were identified, at which point the sample was saturated.
Regional differences in access to HF Clinics
The boundaries of each LHIN were used to assess any geographic inequalities in access to HF clinics. We first determined the population size overall and of persons greater than the age of 65 years in each LHIN. The number of prevalent HF cases in each LHIN is not known. To approximate the burden of HF per LHIN, we used previously published data on the number of hospital discharges per LHIN with a most responsible diagnosis of HF in the fiscal years 1997–2001 [13]. We then determined the annual rate of HF hospital discharges per HF clinic in each LHIN as another estimate of the regional distribution of access to care.
Semi-structured Interview
The semi-structured interview ascertained information broadly on the characteristics of the clinics themselves and the program service model. We used the HF Disease Management Scoring Instrument (HF-DMSI), a validated questionnaire developed by Riegel and colleagues to measure the intensity and complexity of each clinic's program service model across 10 categories [14]. Details on the categories and the respective scoring algorithm are found in Table 2[14]. Two researchers (GT, WW) independently scored each clinic based on the interview transcripts.
Table 2. Heart failure disease management scoring instrument (HF-DMSI)
Briefly, the HF-DMSI focused on the composition of the HF team (single practitioner vs. multi-disciplinary team) and the content of the HF intervention such as education (scored from 0 to 4, with 4 as the more comprehensive education program), and medication management (scored from 0 to 3). The environment of the HF clinics was categorized as those that only focused on inpatients with HF (score of 1) versus those that focused only on outpatients seen in clinic (score of 2), those that were home-based with the intervention taking place in the patients' residence (score of 3), with clinics that had components in more than one setting receiving the highest score of 4. Peer support, remote monitoring, and the duration and complexity of contact were also measured. The instrument was designed to provide a separate score for each category. The HF-DMSI has content validity and an excellent inter-rater reliability with a intra-class correlation coefficient of 0.918 [14].
Because the HF-DMSI does not provide an overall summary score, and could not be used to rank clinics, we performed a concept mapping exercise, using an HF expert panel. The concept mapping exercise consisted of two parts [15,16]. In part 1, we determined the relative importance of each of the 10 categories of the HF-DMSI, based on consensus of the expert panel. In the second part, each of the clinics identified were categorized by the expert panel into three intensity groups, based on their scores on the HF-DMSI, influenced by the implicit weighting system revealed in part 1. Further description of this process is found in Additional file 1 Appendix A.
Additional file 1. Appendix A. Heart Failure Clinic Stratification using Concept Mapping.
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Institutional review board
The ethics review board of the University of Toronto approved this protocol. When required by local institutional regulations, separate institutional review board approval was acquired for each participating clinic. Consent for the use of the structure survey results was obtained from the physician lead for each identified HF clinic.
HF clinic identification
Between May 2010, and August 2010, we identified a total of 34 clinics through our sampling method, as seen in Figure 1. From the initial 15 seed clinics identified through the CHFN, three generations of snow-ball sampling took place, at which point the sample was saturated. Five clinics were identified through the CCN and one HF clinic through contacting individual hospitals. Of these clinics, 30 agreed to participate in the semi-structured survey.
Figure 1. Process by which 28 clinics were identified by snowball sampling. Based on interview responses from the initial 15 seed clinics, full saturation was reached in 3 generations.
Regional distribution of HF clinics
The initial seed clinics were located in 9 of the Ontario 14 LHIN's. We were able to identify HF clinics in all the remaining LHINs except for the Central West and Erie St Clair LHINs. There was substantial regional variation in access to HF clinics. As apparent from Figure 2 and Table 3, the identified HF clinics were concentrated in the south and central regions of the province. Each HF clinic served an average population of 353,800 with an over 65-year-old population of 45,200. However, there was a substantial range in the population served in the LHINs with identified HF clinics, from 179,200 per clinic in the Toronto Central LHIN, to 761,400 in the central LHIN.
Figure 2. Regional Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) in Ontario depicting regional distribution of identified heart failure clinics.
Table 3. Geographic distribution of clinics
In order to estimate the burden of HF across Ontario, we used data which showed over the 5 years from 1998 to 2002, 42,367 patients were discharged with a diagnosis of HF. As seen in Table 3, given the 34 clinics, on average each HF clinic would be able to serve 200 HF discharges per year. However, there was substantial regional variability, with greater than a 7fold difference between LHINs with HF clinics. For example in Waterloo, there was a HF clinic for 84 HF discharges, compared to one HF clinic per 626 HF discharges in the North East LHIN.
Clinic characteristics
Identified HF clinics had a mean of 138 new consults (median 78; interquartile range 25–128) and 1020 visits per year (median 675; interquartile range 200–1479). However, there was substantial variation in their service volume, as evidence in Figure 3, with two high volume clinics which were outliers (clinic #17 and #25). Clinic #25 had 4900 annual visits, with 1400 new patients per year. Clinic #17 had 4200 annual visits, but only 350 new patients annually. In contrast to the other HF clinics, the majority of patients seen at clinic 4 were new (represented by the red bar), with only a limited number of follow-up visits (represented by the blue bar).
Figure 3. Annual Service Volume of the identified Heart Failure Clinics. The red bar indicates new patients per year, and the blue bar represents annual patient visits.
The majority (80.6%) of clinics were physically based in hospitals with 25.8% being part of an academic institution. In total, 143 HF clinic physicians worked at the 30 identified clinics. The majority of clinics were run by cardiologists.
Access to allied health professionals
The clinics had on average limited access to in-clinic allied health professionals, as seen in Table 4. Under half had access to dieticians or pharmacists, with only 6.5% and 16.1% with in-clinic access to physiotherapists or counsellors. 87.1% of HF clinics had a formal affiliation with a cardiac rehabilitation program and 64.5% where actively involved with chronic disease management of another condition, such as diabetes mellitus.
Table 4. Characteristics of 30 identified clinics
Intensity and complexity
The ranges of HF clinic scores on the HF-DMSI are shown on Figure 4. There was little variation between the clinics for some elements of the instrument, such as intervention duration (all scored 4; greater than 6 months). The majority of HF clinics had a formal medication management protocol, where medications were monitored and an attempt was made to increase utilization of evidence-based medications. There was substantial range in the intensity of education and counselling aimed at supporting self-care. Although all clinics had some form of education program, these ranged from programs that focused only on adherence to more comprehensive programs that emphasized surveillance, management and evaluation of symptoms in addition to treatment adherence. The majority of clinics did not use remote monitoring at the clinic, although half did contact patients by telephone in between face-to-face evaluations. A formal peer support component was identified in only one HF clinic. Somewhat surprisingly, although the delivery personnel at the clinic were multidisciplinary in approximately 50% of clinics, some had only either a single generalist or HF expert provider. As far as environment, all of the clinics were ambulatory based, with one that was predominantly focussed on inpatients. None were exclusively home-based or had a home-based component.
Concept mapping
Based on our concept mapping exercise, the expert panel categorized the 30 identified clinics into three strata of intensity; 8 clinics were assigned to the low intensity category, with 12 in the medium intensity category and 10 in the high intensity group. The mean scores on the HF-DMSI for these three strata are shown in Table 5. Although the high intensity clinics had higher mean scores in 9 of the 10 HF-DMSI categories, this was most pronounced in the education and counselling, medication management, delivery personnel and complexity categories. This suggests an implicit weighting of these categories by our expert panel as revealed by the concept mapping exercise. In contrast, remote monitoring and the presence of a structured peer-support program were believed to be of lesser importance.
Table 5. Clinic intensity and complexity
In this environmental scan of HF clinics in the province of Ontario, Canada, we were successfully able to identify 34 HF clinics. There was substantial inequity in access to care, with two LHINs having no identified HF clinics, and a wide range in the population served by each clinic. As anticipated, the clinics were varied in structure and the services offered. The greatest variation in terms of intensity and complexity was in terms of the education service offered. Remote monitoring and a home-base component to the HF clinic services were notably absent in most clinics.
Multi-disciplinary ambulatory complex disease management clinics are increasingly studied as the preferred modality of ambulatory care delivery for chronic diseases such as HF [1,3,4,6,17]. Advocates of such clinics highlight the many randomized clinical trials that show the efficacy of such clinics in reducing mortality and rehospitalisation [3,18-31]. Importantly, although these clinics are grouped together in systematic reviews and meta-analyses, there is heterogeneity in the models evaluated and services offered [7]. Prior to implementing these clinics in routine practice, it is critical to understand which components are central to the intervention. Several meta-analyses have attempted to address this research question using the published literature [3,18-22,27,28]. McAlister and colleagues evaluated 29 trials enrolling a total of 5,039 patients [3]. Because of substantial heterogeneity, they did not report an overall summary statistic [3]. They found that multi-disciplinary clinics improved mortality, while tele-monitoring improved re-hospitalization rates [3]. Holland and colleagues contrasted studies that incorporated home visits, or between visits telephone calls, to those that were solely hospital or clinic based [27]. In the 30 trials that were included in their analysis, they found that reductions in hospitalization were limited to studies that included either a home-based or telephone based component to the intervention.
Our study provides a number of insights for policy makers who are planning the implementation of such disease management systems in other regions. The proliferation of heart failure clinics in Ontario has occurred without specific guidance as to their structure, in part due to the absence of dedicated funding. This has resulted in considerable variation in important components such as education, and the notable absence of key features such as a home-based component or remote monitoring. Our findings are consistent with that seen by Driscoll and colleagues who found substantial variation in the care provided at HF management programs across Australia, raising concerns about the quality of care provided to these patients [32].
Understanding the association between heterogeneity in clinic model and outcomes such as mortality and re-hospitalization is the logical next step in order to address if quality of care is compromised by this variation in care models. In patients discharged after a HF hospitalization who were treated at HF clinics, we observed a 1-year mortality of 22.8% and a 1-year rehospitalisation rate for HF of 44.2%. There was a striking 1.5 fold variation in mortality between clinics and a 2.5 fold variation in re-hospitalization rates. This highlights the need to identify which clinic-level components are predictive of improved outcomes, such that one can provide clinicians and policy-makers clear guidance when designing specialized HF clinics. These are foci of further research for our group.
Disease management through specialized HF clinics is recommended by guidelines for patients recently hospitalized with HF or at high risk for decomposition [6,17]. Currently, there is a paucity of data on what proportion of these patients are indeed seen at HF clinics. Although, this study was not designed to address this question, based on our estimates of annual HF discharges in the province and the annual number of new patients seen in HF clinics, it is likely that an only small proportion of appropriate patients are cared for at HF clinics. This is consistent with data from Australia, which suggests only 20% of eligible HF patients are seen at specialized HF clinics [32]. In addition, the catchment area served by each HF clinic (353,800 persons) in our study is larger than that seen in others surveys, such as one in Denmark (1 HF clinic per 115,000 persons) suggesting that there is less access in Ontario compared to other regions [32,33]. Moreover, our environmental scan suggests that there is substantial variation in access to HF clinics across the province. The absence of specific MOTHLC funding for the HF clinics may be a contributing factor. Elucidation of the underlying mechanisms for this disparity will be important for policy makers.
Our study must be interpreted in the context of several limitations. First, although we used a number of different methods to locate all HF clinics in the province, we cannot confirm that all clinics were in fact identified. We used an instrument to evaluate intensity and complexity; this did not cover all potential service components. Indeed, it does not include post-discharge planning, which has been identified by some studies as a critical component to reduce early rehospitalisation. Finally, although we have categorized clinics into intensity strata based on expert opinion, the relevance of such categories is dependent on their association with improved patient outcomes.
In summary, through our environmental scan, we found that despite the absence of specific governmental funding, there are at least 34 HF multidisciplinary clinics in operation in the province of Ontario. These clinics have a wide range of services offered. Further research on understanding which of these service components are associated with improved patient outcomes will aid policy makers and clinicians to determining the optimal care model for these complex patients.
Competing interests
None of the authors have any conflicts of interest to declare.
Authors' contributions
HCW Conception, design, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; drafting of manuscript; final approval of manuscript submitted. GT Design, acquisition and analysis of data; drafting of manuscript; final approval of manuscript submitted. LA Acquisition and analysis of data; revising of manuscript; final approval of manuscript submitted. NM Conception, design, analysis and interpretation of data; drafting of manuscript; final approval of manuscript submitted. WW Acquisition of data; revising of manuscript; final approval of manuscript submitted. MP Analysis, and interpretation of data; revising of manuscript; final approval of manuscript submitted. GvV Conception and design; revising of manuscript; final approval of manuscript submitted. KK Conception and design; revising of manuscript; final approval of manuscript submitted. MK Conception, design, analysis and interpretation of data; revising of manuscript; final approval of manuscript submitted. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
We acknowledge and thank the contributions of all nurses, administrators and physicians at the participating HF Clinics, in addition to members of the steering committee and ICES advisory group.
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Orillia Soldier's Memorial Hospital: J. MacFadyen, D. Campbell, S. Crewe, J. Jefferies, D. Bhatt
Georgian Bay Family Health Team: E. Goode, G. Edwards
North York General Hospital: A. Cheng, J. Coldwell, R. James, S. Klein, K. Kwok, B. Lubelsky, P. Myron, R. Rose, M. Strauss, Earl teitelbaum
London Health Sciences Centre: P. Pflugfelder, J. Hoffman
London Health Sciences Centre: M. Arnold, A. Smith
Kitchener New Vision-Family Health Team: A. Horton
Queensway-Carleton Hospital: F. Miller, J. Steele, R. Grewal, T. McKibbin, Lindsey
Ross Memorial: N. Krishnan, C. Follet, D. Kazhila
Mt. Sinai Hospital: S. Mak, A. Schofield, G. Newton, J. Parker, E. Azevedo
Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital: M. Heffernan, J. Orfi, D. McConachie, R. Mao, V. Chiamvimonvat, M. Feneck
South Lake Regional: J. Symmmes, T. Fair, P. Hacker, L. Blair, R. Chun, J. Allen, M. Srivamadevan, J. Habot, M. Thangaroopan
Scarborough-General Site: S. Roth, E. King, J Cherry, E. Davies, A. Rosenbloom, G. Vertes, K. Yared
Mt Forest: K. Shelig, D. Horrigan
Owen Sound-Grey Brice Health Sciences Center: A. Becks
Hamilton Health Sciences Center: R. McKelvie and L. Paul
St. Michael's Hospital: A. Al-Hesayen: G. Moe
Toronto East General Hospital: V. Ovchinnikov and S. Garner
Sunnybrook Hospital: R. Myers
Kitchener Center for family medicine: B. Ruby
Steering Committee: H. Abrams, D. Alter, M. DeMelo, F. Wagner, M. Parry, K. Kingsbury, S. Tierney and M. Arnold
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) Advisory: J.V. Tu, P. Austin, X. Wang
Funding sources
Dr. Murray Krahn holds the F. Norman Hughes Chair in Pharmacoeconomics at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto. This analysis was funded by funding provided to The Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment (THETA) Collaborative by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care of Ontario (MOHLTC). The funding organization did not have any role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. The opinions, results and conclusions reported in this paper are those of the authors and are independent from the funding sources. No endorsement by the Ontario MOHLTC is intended or should be inferred.
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