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Every year, more than 5 million people die primarily from developing smoking related lung cancer. Tobacco contains nicotine, the major compound responsible for driving the strong addiction to smoking. Nicotine is addictive because of its effects on the central nervous system mediated by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). The ability to sense the bitter taste of phenylthiocarbamide due to polymorphisms in a taste receptor gene (T2R38) protects a subject from developing a cigarette smoking addiction and reduces the positive reinforcement from smoking. This suggests that changes in taste play a significant role in the context of cigarette smoking and provide important cues involved in nicotine addiction. Although nicotine is described as bitter tasting, the molecular and cellular mechanisms that encode the taste of nicotine remain unclear. Our studies show that nicotine activates the taste system via two parallel receptor-mediated pathways. One pathway involves a G-protein coupled receptor (T2R) and down stream effectors (a G-protein gustducin, an enzyme PLC?2 and a cation channel, TRPM5) that are common to sweet, bitter and umami bitter sensing. The second pathway utilizes nAChRs and responds to nicotine, acetylcholine, ethanol and perhaps other bitter tastants and is essential for their complete sensory representation. The overall aim of this study is to increase our understanding of the contribution of different nAChR subunits to the bitter taste of nicotine, acetylcholine, ethanol and other bitter compounds. Studies are designed to investigate the presence of different nAChR subunits in taste bud cells using molecular techniques (RT-PCR, quantitative-RT-PCT, immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization). To investigate the role of nAChRs in peripheral taste transduction we will monitor the effects of pharmacological agonists and antagonists of nAChRs on single isolated taste cells using whole cell patch clamp technique, chorda tympani taste nerve responses and on lick rates as a measure of altered behavioral responses to nicotine, acetylcholine, ethanol and other bitter tastants in several animal models. Specifically, we will use genetically modified mice in which specific nAChR subunit genes or genes for TRPM5 cation channel have been deleted. The information obtained in this study on the nAChR-dependent bitter- sensing pathway may provide us with information regarding taste-related events that may be either involved in or predictors of nicotine and alcohol addiction. The effects of cigarette smoking on food consumption and taste preferences may occur from peripheral taste modulation due to chronic exposure to nicotine acting on nAChRs in taste buds among other factors.
Alterations in taste play a significant role in the context of cigarette smoking and alcohol abuse and provide important cues involved in their addiction. Therefore, it is important to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms that encode the bitter taste of nicotine and ethanol. Our studies indicate that nicotinic acetylcholine receptors provide another bitter sensing mechanism that works in parallel with the TRPM5- dependent transduction pathway and is necessary for the complete representation of the bitter taste of nicotine, ethanol and perhaps other bitter tastants.
Mummalaneni, Shobha; Qian, Jie; Phan, Tam-Hao T et al. (2014) Effect of ENaC modulators on rat neural responses to NaCl. PLoS One 9:e98049 |
Kim, Min Jung; Son, Hee Jin; Kim, Yiseul et al. (2014) Selective activation of hTRPV1 by N-geranyl cyclopropylcarboxamide, an amiloride-insensitive salt taste enhancer. PLoS One 9:e89062 |
Zha, Beth S; Wan, Xiaoshan; Zhang, Xiaoxuan et al. (2013) HIV protease inhibitors disrupt lipid metabolism by activating endoplasmic reticulum stress and inhibiting autophagy activity in adipocytes. PLoS One 8:e59514 |
Dewis, Mark L; Phan, Tam-Hao T; Ren, ZuoJun et al. (2013) N-geranyl cyclopropyl-carboximide modulates salty and umami taste in humans and animal models. J Neurophysiol 109:1078-90 |
Ren, ZuoJun; Rhyu, Mee-Ra; Phan, Tam-Hao T et al. (2013) TRPM5-dependent amiloride- and benzamil-insensitive NaCl chorda tympani taste nerve response. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 305:G106-17 |


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What's nicer in the morning than a cup of herbal tea? A cup of herbal tea with a shot of honey liqueur and elderflower cordial. You don't have to be a gray-braided apothecary hippie to appreciate herbs in the morning.
There's nothing more benign than chamomile, yet its softly floral aroma is a natural to pair with flower liqueurs like St. Germain (or Galliano), and the honey liqueur Bärenjäger provides additional sweetness and body along with really buzzy honey flavor and a nudge of booze. Adding these to a warm beverage volatilizes the herbal and floral compounds and brings much more botany to the nose than simply drinking them on ice or with sparkling wine.
For this cocktail, I made my own elderflower liqueur by infusing flowers from local elderberry bushes in vodka for a few weeks, then diluting with simple syrup to make a cordial. St.-Germain, the elderflower liqueur from France, is the natural choice for those who didn't harvest a bushel of elderflowers in the spring; if you can't find Bärenjäger you can use Drambuie.
This warm cocktail is an ideal partner to a fresh lemon-poppyseed scone.
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One day after Ha'aretz's clarification, Gideon Levy himself publishes a column in which he apologizes for his earlier report in which he falsely claimed that the majority of Israeli Jews support apartheid in Israel. Not only is his apology incomplete, but it also reveals that he really has no clue why his original "apartheid" report generated such an outcry.
In today's column, entitled "Errors and omissions excepted," he writes,
The Hebrew headline of the news article describing the survey results ("Most Israelis support an apartheid regime in Israel" ) was misleading. Most Israelis do support apartheid, but only if the occupied territories are annexed; and most Israelis oppose such annexation. Haaretz explained this in a clarification published in the Hebrew edition on Sunday.
(The English headline on the influential Ha'aretz Web site was very close to the Hebrew, and also was clarified yesterday. The original formulation was: "Survey: Most Israeli Jews support apartheid regime in Israel.") In any event, though, Levy's promising start takes a quick turn for the worse and it quickly becomes apparent that this apology will not go much further. The way in which he interprets the criticism of his "apartheid" poll coverage, and his lack of clarity concerning what exactly required an apology, suggests that he does not comprehend what he did wrong.
The primary problem with Levy's "apology" is apparent in the following paragraph:
The article itself, which I wrote, did not contain any mistakes. It provided a precise and detailed description of the survey results. In my analysis of the survey, which appeared as a separate article, there was a single sentence that did not accurately represent the poll results and contradicted what I had written in the news piece a short time beforehand. My sin was to write: "The majority doesn't want Arabs to vote for the Knesset, Arab neighbors at home or Arab students at school."
Levy is wrong. His Oct. 23 news story about the poll, and not just the accompanying opinion column, stated:
A majority also explicitly favors discrimination against the state's Arab citizens, a survey shows.
Not only did Levy write that a "majority" supports discrimination against Israeli Arabs; he also wrote that the majority "explicitly" support anti-Arab discrimination. Again, this is a sentence that appears in the ostensibly objective news article, not in his subjective opinion piece. It's more than slightly disingenuous, then, of him to write: "The article itself, which I wrote, did not contain any mistakes," and that his opinion piece "contradicted what I had written in the news piece a short time beforehand."
And that is not the only error in the news story. For instance, concerning the respondents' views about separate roads for Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank, Levy deleted the key phrase "it is not a good situation" from the response option "it is not a good situation, but there is nothing that can be done" (an option which garnered 50 percent). Thus, he wrote that 50 percent believe separate West Bank roads are "a necessary situation." Nowhere did he note that this 50 percent also believes the situation is "not good." If that's not deceptive, then what is? He did not apologize for this misrepresentation.
These examples indicate a far more serious problem with Levy's "apology," namely his total lack of awareness as to why so many critics have taken issue with him. He writes:
Instead of anger being directed toward the findings of the survey - which is what should have caused a scandal - many readers and commentators focused on the unfortunate mistakes that were made.


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Trey Songz - Hail Mary ft. Young Jeezy and Lil' Wayne [Official Video]Aug 21, 2012
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Damn tremaine help me stretch out any day lol jk but keep that fire ass music coming love
Love this video. Trey looks
Love this video. Trey looks yummy as usual, and it was fun to watch. :)
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love this video... nothing but laughs. LMfaoo @ Stevie J. Trey baby you look so damn sexy luv you baby. Shout out to da 305. Why wasn't back home when this was shot... :(
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I love this video, its very funny! :D Kevin Hart kills me!
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Trey looks so handsome in this video. I love it oh so much. I'm so proud of your success baby! Congratulations!!! By the way, you and Kevin Hart are too much. Ya'll two together is nothing but hilarious moments. Love you.
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YO this is crazy funny least favorite song on the cd, video was funny tho... LMAO, Josaline & Stevie j ass, smh... Mad funny :)
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love the video u kno i support u all day everyday love kevin hart with is crazy ass only thing i didnt like was stevie j n josaline say wat u wont i keeps it 1000% aint finna be fake ...but other than that great video booskie muah xoxo make sure yall go cop his new album in stores today n u can also get it at CitiTrends
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trey did his thang !!!! love the idea for the video,trey allllll day
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I love this video. Trey was so funny in the beginning, getting Kevin Hart's team to hug him, then he yelled "Team Songz!" Aww, you didn't have to push Kevin like that. LOL . Glad you teamed up with Jeezy and Wayne on this one. The song is a hit. And having Stevie J and Joseline at the end just did it for me. Great Job Trey! And I love the album, too. Chapter V baby!!!!
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Another great group of people staying here for Oaks and Derby. Barbeque and Cocktail party was a hit last night! The weather held up this morning and 5 went horseback riding, absolutely gorgeous day for everyone. All looking forward to Derby tomorrow and French Toast Crostini, Bacon and Fresh Fruit to start them out right!! I can't believe people are still calling for rooms, even today, I feel so bad not being able to even refer them to available Inns or hotels. We were full by August last year and immediately filled a cancellation late April.
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Mnet's 'Beatles Code 3D' to broadcast its final episode on May 6th
Mnet's "Beatles Code 3D" is going to broadcast its final episode today.
On May 6th, a rep from Mnet said,""Beatles Code 3D" final broadcast is today. It's still undecided whether there will be a next season or not".
Previously the final episode was scheduled to be broadcast on April 22nd. However due to the sinking ferry accident, the show was delayed for 3 consecutive weeks. The guests for this episode are Kahi, Jo Sung Mo and Eddy Kim.
Mnet's "Beatles Code" started in 2010 and has lasted for 3 seasons with Shin Dong Yup, Shindong, Yoo Se Yoon and many more as the show MCs.


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Happy Birthday, MoonandBean! I hope you are having a wonderful day!
Happy Birthday, MoonandBean! I hope you are having a wonderful day!
I've been Boo'd ... right off the stage!
Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
Brrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!
"When dogs are looking at you, they're essentially hugging you with their eyes." -- Dr. Brian Hare
"That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now." -- Paul Lukas
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Aw, Geez Deb, sorry this is so late iN the day, but HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS!...
Love, Pinot & Maggie
HAPPY Birthday, MoonandBean!
I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.
-- Sir Terry Pratchett (19482015), Sourcery
Happy Birthday MoonandBean!
All things work together for good to them that love God, who are called according to his purpose.
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I've been defrosted-- Thanks, Sana
Aww...Thanks everyone! Thanks Elyse for starting this thread I've been having a really nice day and Sunny, Moon and Bean are all at my birthday dinner tonight
Happy Birthday, Deb! Glad to hear you had a nice day!
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Foster mom to Bella, Smurphette, Monica, Tara, Susie, Hammer, Nikki, Lexus, and Kentucky, who have gone on to their forever homes, and HRH Oliver Woodrow von Katz ,now named PEEter, who lives in Suzy's Zoo Sanctuary.
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Happy Birthday, MoonandBean! Hope you are spoiled rotten - I wish you many more to come!
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Psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and psychotherapists have all been professionally trained to help people with psychological distress or mental illness.
Psychiatry is a medical speciality, like general practice, surgery, general medicine or paediatrics. You have to train for 5 years as a doctor and in the UK – like every other medical specialty - do 2 further years of "Foundation" jobs in hospitals before you can start to specialise in psychiatry. It usually takes another 4 years to pass the two professional exams of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, after which you can specialise further.
Like other areas of medicine, psychiatry builds its knowledge through the observation of unusual and distressing conditions. It uses a diagnostic system, which tries to identify clusters of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that seem to occur together – or "syndromes". These are then investigated to find social, psychological and any physical causes, with a view to finding effective ways of helping.
Psychiatrists work with people of every age, but usually with people who have more severe disorders, such a schizophrenia, that may require some sort of medical treatment. This often, but not always, involves the prescription of medication. A psychiatrist can take into account psychological and social factors and will tailor any treatment plan according to the needs of the individual.
A Clinical Psychologist will have gained a degree in psychology at university. After gaining further experience working in relevant healthcare settings, Clinical Psychologists then do 3 years Doctorate clinical training in an approved training scheme at university. During this time they work with patients under supervision from experienced psychologists and study for an academic doctorate as well as their first degree. They complete training placements with adults, children, older adults and people with learning difficulties.
They are trained to work in NHS settings using several models of psychological therapy (usually Cognitive Behavioural Therapy plus at least one other model eg psychodynamic/systemic) and to work consultatively in the NHS organisation. They learn also research methods and skills in service development.
Psychology has historically applied a more formal experimental approach to exploring both normal and abnormal states of mind, with the emphasis more on clarifying psychological mechanisms rather than physiological ones.
In their daily work, clinical psychologists will work psychologically with a wide range of problems and client groups – from eating disorders to schizophrenia and dementia. Most clinical psychologists will specialise in a particular type of assessment or therapy, such as cognitive behavioural therapy or neuropsychology.
A psychotherapist can come from any professional background, including medicine and psychology – or none. However, a psychotherapy training is usually quite separate from either of these disciplines.
There are a number of different types of psychotherapy that can be found today, all of which have different theories of how the mind works and associated methods of intervention. Different therapies suit different people – and different problems. The most common is probably cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). In CBT, the therapist helps a client to look at and change any unhelpful ways of thinking that may be interfering with their life.
Traditional psychoanalytic therapy looks more at the importance of early relationships and how these templates affect a person's behaviour in the present.
Counselling emphasises the individual's ability to clarify their problems and arrive at their own solutions.
A psychotherapist can work one-to-one with individuals or with groups of people with a similar problem. Individual meetings can take place once every week or two, as in CBT, or up to 5 times a week with psychoanalytic therapy.
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Raveena Tandon will be seen as guest judge in Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega
The hottie of the 90's decade, Raveena Tandon seemed to be awestruck when a little comtestant in Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega performed stunts involving swords.
The little birdie tells us that inspired by a young girl, ravishing Raveena Tandon was seen trying her hand at some sword stunts on the sets of Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega.
Raveena is making an appearance on the show, to be aired June 10 on Sony, as a guest judge, filling in for choreographer-director Farah Khan. She will be seen having a gala time on the sets with hosts Mona Singh and Krushna Abhishek, as well as with co-judge Anu Malik.
She will also groove on the stage with the contestants on her famous songs like Ankhiyon se goli mare and Kya lagti hai haye rabba. It seems like yesteryear diva really enjoyed herself in the sets of Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega.


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Children come to school with a variety of health conditions, varying from moderate health issues to multiple, severe chronic health illnesses that have a profound and direct impact on their ability to learn. The registered professional school nurse (hereinafter referred to as school nurse) provides medically necessary services in the school setting to improve health outcomes and promote academic achievement. The nursing services provided are reimbursable services in other healthcare settings, such as hospitals, clinics and home care settings. The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) believes that school nursing services that are reimbursable nursing services in other healthcare systems should also be reimbursable services in the school setting, while maintaining the same high quality care delivery standards. Traditionally, local and state tax revenues targeted to fund education programs have paid for school nursing health services. School nurses are in a strategic position to advocate for improving clinical processes to better fit with community healthcare providers and to align reimbursements with proposed changes. Restructuring reimbursement programs will enable healthcare funding streams to assist in paying for school nursing services delivered to students in the school setting. Developing new innovative health financing opportunities will help to increase access, improve quality and reduce costs. The goal is to promote a comprehensive and cost-effective healthcare delivery model that integrates schools, families, providers and communities.
Historically, third-party payers have provided reimbursements for healthcare services, including Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and private insurance companies. Medicaid, Title XIX of the Social Security Act, enacted in 1965, regulates the coverage and payment for many healthcare services. Medicaid is a federal-state funded partnership, and each state has a State Plan that defines the healthcare services covered (National Alliance for Medicaid in Education [NAME], 1997). School nurses should contact their state Medicaid agency to clarify which school nursing services may be reimbursable and to consider possibilities to amend or expand the definition. In order for Medicaid to reimburse the service, the child must be eligible based on family income or disability; the provider – or school nurse – must be qualified to provide the service; and the service must be a covered reimbursable Medicaid service. The place of service, such as the setting of a school district, should not preclude payment for a reimbursable service. CHIP is a program designed to cover uninsured children in families who do not qualify for Medicaid. Private insurance companies often align the benefits of insurance coverage with the benefits of coverage paid for under Medicaid, and many private insurance companies have contracts with their state Medicaid agency to coordinate benefits for children enrolled in Medicaid. Medicaid sets the standard for coverage of benefits and reimbursement (Lowe, 2013). IEP Health-related Nursing Services Nursing services provided as a "related service" under the Individualized Education Program (IEP) are covered reimbursable services. Specifically, these are school nursing services provided to children in special education. The federal law, Individuals with Disability Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) (2004), stipulates that if a child is receiving a related service, the state Medicaid agency must assume the financial responsibility prior to the local education agency (LEA). EPSDT Some school districts provide nursing services under Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT). EPSDT is a mandatory set of services and benefits for individuals under the age of 21 enrolled in Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act of 1965, Revised 1984). This is the only area in the current law in which Medicaid can reimburse for preventive services. Some school districts may offer EPSDT services to reduce barriers to healthcare disparities and ensure children have access to needed healthcare services. EPSDT provides for early identification, assessment and treatment of healthcare conditions. Vaccines To ensure immunization compliance, some school districts provide immunizations to Medicaid-eligible children under the federal Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program. The vaccines are offered free of charge; however, school districts receive reimbursements for the assessment and administration of the vaccinations. Some school districts provide influenza vaccinations, which are also reimbursable. Nurse Practitioner Services Many school districts hire advanced practice nurses as school nurses – or, in addition to school nurses – such as pediatric nurse practitioners and family nurse practitioners, to provide primary care services, including chronic disease management, EPSDT services and treatment of minor illnesses. School districts should be intentional in harnessing opportunities to include nurse practitioners in the school setting. This is a cost-effective way to expand access where children learn and play and to provide primary care in coordination with other health providers. Nurse practitioners can also manage and prescribe medication if allowed under their state nurse practice acts and coordinate with registered nurses in the school to reduce unnecessary healthcare utilization, such as emergency room visits. Providing these services in school also helps to reduce health-related barriers to learning, thereby improving overall outcomes. School-based Health Centers Many models exist for school-based health centers. Some school districts provide in-kind space for school-based health centers, and community agencies provide and receive reimbursements for the services. Other school districts may hire the providers for a school-based health center, and the district receives the reimbursements. There may also be a variety of hybrid models, which provide advanced practice nursing services. It is worth exploring innovative ways to complement the care provided by school nurses, by offering an additional comprehensive range of services through a sustainable mechanism. Chronic Disease Management School nurses provide chronic disease management to children during the school day for asthma, diabetes, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), hearing disorders and many other chronic health conditions. Management of chronic health conditions are healthcare services that are reimbursable in other healthcare delivery systems. The Healthy Learner Model is an evidenced-based model for chronic disease management, which promotes a healthy learner through the provision of quality evidenced-based practice nursing services; leadership to provide capacity building that includes training and mentoring for the school nurse; and collaboration between the professional school nurse, healthcare provider, and the family (Erickson, Splett, Mullett, & Heiman, 2006). Effective chronic disease management includes a key component of care coordination. Managing chronic diseases and coordinating care may lead to a reduction in emergency department visits, decreased absences from school, improved student health outcomes and overall cost savings. Administrative Claiming School districts may claim "administrative activities" provided by school nurses under Medicaid, which are costs to administer the state Medicaid plan. This includes Medicaid outreach and facilitating Medicaid enrollment. School nurses in many states are participating in time studies for reimbursement for Medicaid administrative claiming (NAME, 2003). Examples of some school nursing services that may be eligible for reimbursement include, but are not limited to, assisting a student and/or family in completing and processing Medicaid enrollment forms; informing potential Medicaid eligible students and their families about the services provided by Medicaid; providing information about EPSDT; referring an individual or family to apply for Medicaid benefits; providing assistance in implementing health/medical regimes; coordinating health-related services; and making referrals for a student to receive necessary health/medical evaluations or examinations. School nurses should contact their state Medicaid agency for further information about administrative claiming in schools. Affordable Care Act (ACA) Schools and school nurses are in a unique position to engage in health reform implementation. The law, known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA, 2010), has three major goals: expanding access, improving quality and reducing costs. The ACA includes provisions, which will help more children obtain healthcare coverage, end lifetime and most annual limits on care, allow young adults under 26 to stay on their parents' health insurance, provide children and adults access to recommended preventive services without additional costs, and prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage due to pre-existing health conditions. The ACA presents an opportunity to transform the way we deliver care in this country by exploring various models of integrated and coordinated care, which improve quality, expand access and save money – with a particular focus on investing in evidence-based strategies that promote wellness and disease prevention. 504 Students Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973(34C.F.R. 100, 104, 106, 28C.F.R. 35) is a federal civil rights statute that assures individuals will not be discriminated against based on their disability. All school districts that receive federal dollars must comply with 504. The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) administers 504. A student with a physical or mental impairment that causes substantial limitation of a major life activity, such as caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working. Related services must be provided without cost to these students, including medication administration, medication management and chronic disease management. Funds available from any public or private agency may be used to meet the requirement of providing related services. An insurer or similar third party, such as medical assistance, has a valid obligation to pay for services provided to a handicapped person (34C.F.R. 104.33). Many states have passed legislation related to chronic disease management of diabetes and anaphylaxis. Best practice in establishing reimbursement for these students is to follow the practice guidelines of the state Medicaid agency that is in compliance with other health care providers in the community. Reimbursement in a school setting should not be more restrictive than for community healthcare providers. The setting should not preclude a denial for reimbursement. The emphasis should be on the provision of quality healthcare services provided by qualified providers.
The responsibility of a school system is to provide quality education for our children. However, in order for children and adolescents to be successful learners, they must have their healthcare needs met. According to Julia Lear, author of Health at School: A Hidden Health Care System Emerges from the Shadows (2007), the time is ripe for school-community healthcare collaboration.
Local and state tax dollars often fund school health services. Although there is no comprehensive data that demonstrates actual healthcare spending at school, conservative estimates put annual expenditures around $10.4 billion (Lear, 2007). School nurses must take a leadership role in making the case that innovative health financing proposals, including restructuring existing reimbursement programs, will support, expand and promote access to health services. Harnessing healthcare funding to assist in paying for school nursing services delivered to students in the school setting is the only sustainable way forward. School nurses are keenly aware of the health needs of students and possess the expertise, assessment skills and judgment to provide direct, comprehensive health services for students. School nurses contribute to their local communities by helping students stay healthy, in school, and ready to learn and keeping parents and families at work. Ensuring that our children have a healthy and successful future will equip them to become productive citizens in society. This is the message that school nurses need to convey to their local, state and national policymakers, elected officials, school administrators and other stakeholders.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation publication, Charting Nursing's Future – Unlocking the Potential of School Nursing: Keeping Children Healthy, In School and Ready to Learn (2010), aptly illustrates school nursing as a "hidden system" of health care. The reality is that school nurses serve on the frontlines as this nation's safety net for our most vulnerable children. School nurses can help to address some of the nation's most pressing health concerns while delivering quality, cost-effective health care. School districts that restructure revenue streams can use these dollars to support the delivery of health services, which ultimately will help to eliminate or reduce health-related barriers to learning and improve academic achievement.
Erickson, C., Splett, P., Mullett, S., & Heiman, M. (2006). The healthy learner model for student chronic condition management - Part 1. The Journal of School Nursing, 22, 310-318.
Individuals with Disability Education Improvement Act (IDEIA). (2004). 20 U.S.C.1412 (a) (12) and (e) 34 C.F.R. 300.154. U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR). Retrieved from http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&SID=3fad6eeaff38fbbd5a0edb8e005a2b08&rgn=div8&view=text&node=34:188.8.131.52.126.96.36.199&idno=34
Lear, J. (2007). Health at school: A hidden health care system emerges from the shadows. Health Affairs, 26(2), pp. 409-419.
Lowe, J. (2013). Navigating the reimbursement maze to fund school nursing services. In Carol C. Costante (Ed). School nurse administrators: Leadership and management, pp. 433-457. Silver Spring, MD: NASN.
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"Broken City" is an evocative and over-ambitious title for a so-so political potboiler that wants to be a gritty, expansive epic of moral and urban decay.
"Broken City" is an evocative and over-ambitious title for a so-so political potboiler that wants to be a gritty, expansive epic of moral and urban decay. A mayor's re-election bid collides with an ex-cop's quest for redemption in director Allen Hughes' competent but juiceless New York melodrama, an unpersuasive marriage of head-slamming action and middling civic intrigue that treats issues like gay rights and public housing as red herrings rather than actual talking points. Despite a prestige cast led by Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe, Fox's mid-January release probably won't grab the rather serious-minded mainstream contingent it's courting.
Not without its weighty aspirations, Brian Tucker's first-produced screenplay nonetheless seems to have just missed its moment with its tale of a contentious election season pitting government cronyism against working-class concerns. Still, a pre-November rollout wouldn't have necessarily breathed fresh life into a story that offers a rather too glib and dramatically tidy peek inside the corridors of power. Although it reps the first solo helming effort by one of the Hughes Brothers, "Broken City" feels of a piece with the sibling helmers' past studies of violent crime and other social ills. A portentous, slow-panning opening shot establishes Billy Taggart (Wahlberg) as one of New York's not-so-finest, having gunned down a gang member allegedly in self-defense. Billy doesn't go to trial but his indiscretion gets him thrown off the force, a politically expedient decision made by Mayor Hostetler (Crowe) and NYPD Commissioner Fairbanks (Jeffrey Wright) in one of several closed-door meetings. Seven years later, Billy is barely getting by as a private investigator until he receives a call from Hostetler, offering $50,000 in exchange for evidence that his wife, Cathleen (Catherine Zeta-Jones), is having an affair. Billy's snooping leads him to conclude that Cathleen's lover is none other than Paul Andrews (Kyle Chandler), campaign manager for Jack Valliant (Barry Pepper), a city councilman hoping to unseat Hostetler in the upcoming mayoral race. Naturally, this revelation is far too juicy and preposterous to be the whole story, and Billy turns out to be the mayor's unwitting pawn in a vast, painful conspiracy centered around a multibillion-dollar deal to level a public housing project. As various secrets spill out and bodies begin to surface, the detective joins the crusade to take down Hostetler and, in the process, settle an old score. Yet by the time the script gets around to bringing Billy's dark history into play, it feels like a gimmicky narrative trump card rather than an organically developed aspect of the character. Wahlberg's Billy is a recovering alcoholic and maybe a cold-blooded killer, but really, he's just a blank slab of muscle the movie needs to drive the momentum forward, someone to engage in high-speed pursuits, attack guys with baseball bats and generally keep audiences from nodding off during the talkier stretches. Still, even when the script merely skims the surface of the political agenda items it raises, its crisp dialogue often shows a measure of rhetorical force, particularly in a fiery, over-the-top debate between Pepper's challenger and Crowe's incumbent. Rattling off streams of cynical, condescending language in a sturdy enough Queens accent, Crowe lends the megalomaniacal mayor a certain plain-spoken, epithet-strewn eloquence, while Wright, Chandler and Zeta-Jones are effective enough in roles that don't require them to do much more than embody a certain type. Of the ensemble's lesser-known names, Alona Tal achieves a modestly snappy rapport with Wahlberg as Billy's girl Friday, while Natalie Martinez, as the detective's aspiring-actress wife, socks over two potent scenes that have no direct connection to the plot and are all the more intriguing for it. Supplementing Gotham locations with New Orleans exteriors, the picture achieves a reasonable visual facsimile of its intended setting, ably captured in Ben Seresin's widescreen lensing and Tom Duffield's sometimes pretty, sometimes gritty production design. Other tech elements are pro.Broken City
A 20th Century Fox release of a Regency Enterprises and Emmett/Furla Films presentation in association with Black Bear Pictures of a New Regency and Emmett/Furla Films production, a Closest to the Hole Prods. and Leverage Communications production, an Allen Hughes production, in association with Envision Entertainment and 1984 Private Defense Contractors. Produced by Randall Emmett, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Arnon Milchan, Teddy Schwarzman, Hughes, Remington Chase. Executive producers, George Furla, Stepan Martirosyan, William S. Beasley, Jeff Rice, Scott Lambert, Brandt Anderson, Brian Tucker, Daniel Wagner, Fredrik Malmberg, Adi Shankar, Spencer Silna, Mr. Mudd. Co-producers, Brandon Grimes, Ben Stillman. Directed by Allen Hughes. Screenplay, Brian Tucker.
Camera (color, widescreen), Ben Seresin; editor, Cindy Mollo; music, Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne, Leopold Ross; music supervisors, Scott Vener, Season Kent; production designer, Tom Duffield; art director, Christina E. Kim; set decorator, Leonard Spears; costume designer, Betsy Heimann; sound (SDDS/Dolby Digital/Datasat), Richard Schexnayder; supervising sound editor, Steven D. Williams; sound designer, Martin Jacob Lopez; re-recording mixers, Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montano; special effects coordinator, David K. Nami; visual effects supervisors, Ed Chapman, Craig Weiss; visual effects producers, Jeff Atherton, Bruce Golin; visual effects, Hydraulx, CBS Digital; stunt coordinator, Jason Rodriguez; assistant director, Stephen P. Dunn; second unit director, William Eubank; second unit camera, Lukasz Jogalla, Greg Lundsgaard, Pat Capone; casting, Sheila Jaffe. Reviewed at Fox Studios, Century City, Calif., Jan. 9, 2013. MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 108 MIN.
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Paul Andrews - Kyle Chandler
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Mayor Hostetler - Russell Crowe
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Watch Sneak Peek of Coco Jones' New "Holla at the DJ" Video
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Coco Jones' debut single for Hollywood Records, "Holla at the DJ," is on its way.
Coco, a Radio Disney N.B.T. finalist and star of Disney Channel's Let It Shine, the No. 1 TV movie of 2012 to date in targeted youth demographics, is digitally releasing "Holla" December 7.
"Holla" is an aural feast – a rhythmic, danceable celebration!
Leading up to the single release, Radio Disney will Planet Premiere "Holla At The DJ" today, and the lyric video will go live. On December 8, Coco will be performing live at Radio Disney's N.B.T. Finale Concert in Los Angeles. The following week, the official video for "Holla" will premiere on Disney Channel (December 12) and VEVO (December 13.) The official video for "Holla at the DJ" was directed by award-winning director Chris Applebaum (Rihanna, Selena Gomez.)
A bright-eyed southern beauty, 14-year-old Coco Jones was born in South Carolina and raised in Tennessee. At age nine, Coco had her first big performance singing the national anthem at an NFL football game. This year alone Coco has had over 40 performances and appearances, including Good Morning America, and the Essence Music Festival.
Coco Jones is currently writing and recording songs for her upcoming EP, to be released in Spring 2013.
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What's the status of MQ on HP Nonstop (Tandem) platform?
Most anyone who uses WebSphere MQ on HP Nonstop knows that the current release is still MQ version 5.3 (fixpack 22.214.171.124 is the latest available at this time). WebSphere MQ for HP NonStop Server V5.3 was GA on 28-Jul-2006 and there has been no End of Service (EOS) announced. IBM support of MQ V5.3 for HP Nonstop will continue until at least the second quarter of 2016 with the ability to obtain Extended Service for a further 3 years. IBM WebSphere MQ will support new HP NonStop releases and be qualified on new processor releases on... [More]
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Earlier in the year I wrote an article talking about the hot topics in WebSphere MQ (WMQ). I thought now would be a good time to take another look and see what has changed. I found a lot of the things that were hot then are still hot now. So in this article, I am not going to talk much about the items included in the last article. Instead, I will list 5 new items that I did not include in my list the last time. In case you missed the first article you should go back and take a look at that because many of those items are still hot topics... [More]
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Security is a hot topic these days and I'd like to explain the basic use of the mcauser attribute for controlling client access for WebSphere MQ. An inbound channel with a blank MCAUSER value will permit whatever is connecting to administer the local queue manager. To prevent this, some best practices include setting MCAUSER to the ID of the person using the respective channels, and give them the required access. The MCAUSER attribute of the SYSTEM.DEF.SVRCONN should be set to something that has no authorities on the server. Access control in... [More]
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HomePage: http://lib.mnsu.edu/about/staff/bergman/bergman.html
Voice: (507)389-5945 Fax: (507)389-5155
- As Coordinator for the Educational Resource Center (ERC) in the lower level of Memorial Library, I oversee the collections and services for this area. The Educational Resource Center houses collections such as videos, audiobooks, K-12 textbooks, juvenile books, kits, etc. meant to support the curriculum at MSU. The ERC also provides audio, visual, and multimedia equipment services.
- As Media Services Librarian, I am directly responsible for the motion media - videos, films, DVDs - and equipment. I am the collection developer for videos/DVDs.
- As Interlibrary Loan Librarian, I oversee the lending and borrowing carried out by the ILL staff.
- I am a library liaison to the College of Education.
Minnesota State University, Mankato
M.A., Educational Leadership-2004
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
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Winona State University
Winona, Minnesota
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Mankato, Minnesota
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Angelo State University
San Angelo, Texas
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The University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa
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- Schomberg, J. and Bergman, B. (2012). International students' use of a library's media collection. Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services, 36 (3-4), 121-126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lcats.2012.08.002
- Bergman, B. (2010, Winter). Making the most of your video collection: Trends in patron access and resource sharing. Library Trends, 58 (3), 335-348.
- Schomberg, J. and Bergman, B. (2009). Building a Sub-Saharan African film collection. Collection Building,28(4), 150-154.
- Bergman, B., and Radeloff, C. (2009, Winter). Global Perspectives: Developing Media Literacy Skills to Advance Critical Thinking. Feminist Teacher, 19 (2), 168-171
- Bergman, B., Schomberg, J., & Peters, V. (2007, Spring). Video Collecting for the Sometimes Media Librarian: Tips and Tricks for Selecting, Purchasing, and Cataloging Videos for an Academic Library. College and Undergraduate Libraries, 14(1), 57-77.
- Bergman, B., Matwichuk, M., & Threatt, M. (2005-06, Fall/Winter). Singing like a fish, part I: Access, use and production of multimedia in academic assignments. College and University Media Review, 12(1): 37-56
- Bergman, B., Matwichuk, M., & Threatt, M. (2005-06, Fall/Winter). Singing like a fish, part II: A select annotated digital media webliography. College and University Media Review, 12(1): 57-68. (Published February 2007).
- Bergman. B. (2005, April). Looking at electronic resources librarians: Is there gender equity within this emerging specialty? New Library World, (106) 3/4, 116-127.
- Laskowski, M. and Bergman, B. (2004, Spring/Summer) Academic media center collection development and circulation policies: a comparative analysis. College and University Media Review, 10(2), 85-118.
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Movies, books, comics, even a 14th century poem have inspired video games, but Toy Story Mania! is the first game designed to recreate a Disney ride experience.
Toy Story Mania! is being developed for the Wii with the help of Disney's imagineers and designed to replicate the experience of the 4D ride of the same name.
Toy Story Mania! the ride opened in Disney's California Adventure and Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2008. On the ride, park-goers board a carnival tram and ride along a track that whips them in front of large screens featuring stereoscopic 3D animation. The ride also features blasts of air and water, with four plastic pop guns that are used to shoot virtual pies, darts, balls and hoops at the screen to score points.
The attraction is broken up into a practice round and five games, including balloon pop and plate break levels, and a Woody-themed pop-gun shoot-out on a faux western set.
To shoot the virtual ammo, people on the ride pull back on a string attached to the over-sized guns and let go to fire, simulating a pop gun. Disney Interactive show producer Stephanie Pickens, one of the imagineers who worked on the ride, said the gun can register up to ten shots a second.
The ride also tracks each players scores, showing the scores at the end of each run and also listing the park's high scores for the day and month.
The ride cost an estimated $80 million to create and requires more than 150 computers to run. It is, Pickens said, the first true video game ride in a Disney park.
The team behind the ride faced a lot of challenges, said Sue Bryan, Walt Disney senior show producer.
"It was harder than you might have thought," she said. "We have 3-year-olds, grandparents, teenagers, avid gamers, people who swear they never want to play a video game who might be riding this."
And because the ride is relatively short, people need to feel successful instantly to have fun.
"Traditional carnival games are fun, but are not necessarily out to make people feel successful," she said.
So the team started by creating a mock-up of the ride, building the set with foam core, the car out of plywood and the guns out of PVC pipe.
"Our big goal was immersion," she said.
After deciding on the ride's design, the team of imagineers started mocking up guns for the attraction.
"We tested levers, buttons, but we ended up with a pull string because it feels like a pop gun, viscerally, when you use it," she said.
When Walt Disney Imagineering started working on the virtual portion of the ride, it became a lot like making a game, Pickens said.
The giant screens and the graphics needed to have accurate physics and had to be able to know exactly where the shooter was located and pointing at all times.
"We needed to render projectiles precisely to make sure it feels like it comes out of your gun," Pickens said.
Both Pixar, the people behind the "Toy Story" movies, and Disney animators worked on the animations for the ride's games. The games, while relatively simple on their surface, also have a surprising amount of complexity built into them.
Some of the animations have two stages, like a hen house that when shot sprouts chickens. There are also Easter eggs, or secrets built into the games, like clouds that shower high point targets when shot.
When Disney decided to create a video game based on the ride it turned to Papaya Studios.
"We spent a lot of time with the video game development team," Pickens said. "It's crazy, crazy detailed."
While the Wii game doesn't have air or water effects, some of the games levels will include stereoscopic 3D graphics. Where the ride features 56 game screens, the Wii version has 30 mini games.
Because the game relies on the motion controls of the Wii remote, it does manage to capture much of the same feel of the ride and Disney hopes that spells increased sales. In fact, the game will be sold at the two parks right outside of the ride.
If successful, it sounds like Disney may explore bringing other forms of video game interactivity to some of its parks and with those new rides will likely come new video game ports of theme park reality.
"Interactive play is really popular at our parks," Bryan said.
Brian Crecente is managing editor of Kotaku.com, a video-game Web site owned by Gawker Media. Join in the discussion at kotaku.com/tag/well-played.
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Hello, welcome to DragoArt. Today we are going to learn how to draw everyone's favorite child star Miley Cyrus or a.k.a Hannah Montana. Her famous father back in the 90's was Billy Ray Cyrus, he was or still is a country singer, and he also had a smash hit called "Achy Breaky Heart" if anyone remembers it. She now is a famous star of a Disney show called Hannah Montana. She plays a 15 year old girl who lives double lives. In one part of her life she is a regular high school student with a best friend named Lilly, who she does everything with. In her second life she is a famous pop, rock star that kids can't get enough of. The funny thing is, everyone loves her so much but no one knows who she is, hmm maybe that is because she hides her identity by wearing a long blonde wig and make-up. She first stared in the Disney series back in 2006, after the succession of the series; she released a soundtrack that contained 8 songs from the show. She was then ranked in the Forbes magazine as being #17 in the top 20 stars under 25 that brings in an annual income of 3.5 million dollars, WOW, for a kid that is really something, and she's only 15 years old. Anyways, in December of 2007 she started working on an exclusive movie labeled "The Hannah Montana Movie". The release date of the movies isn't until later on this year which is 2008 or sometime in 2009. She also made a brief guest appearance in "High School Musical" as a girl by the pool dancing on the closing song of the movie in 2007. Another movie she was in called "Big Fish" back in 2003, she played a young girl or the young Ruthie of the movie. She just did a 3-D concert called Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert. At any rate this young star is rapidly rising to the top, and who knows if she will end up being a one hit wonder or not, but one thing is certain Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana has more money than I have and I give her props for having so much ambition for a young child. This tutorial will show you "how to draw Hanna Montana", step by step. The instructions in the tutorial are simple to understand, and easy to learn from. Just think, after you finish the sketch you will have "the best of both worlds", or you can choose to how to draw Selena Gomez if you really want to try and be a "wiz" at drawing.
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Bronze sculpture by Glenna Goodacre (American, born 1939)
Signed and dated 1991, edition number 6/15. Goodacre designed the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the Sacajawea gold U.S. dollar. Estimate: $150,000-$250,000.
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Abu Simbel, Aswan Governorate
Abu Simbel is an archaeological site comprising two massive rock temples in southern Egypt along the Nile about 290 km southwest of Aswan. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of "Nubian Monuments" which run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae.
The Great Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel consists of four seated colossal statues of Ramses II carved into the mountain, forming one of the boldest temple facades in the world. It is aligned so the sun's rays travel through the mountain and illuminate Ramses' sanctuary twice a year -- on October 22 and February 22.
History of Abu Simbel
Ramses II was a 19th dynasty pharaoh of Egypt. He ruled for 67 years during the 13th century BC, the apogee of Ancient Egypt's power and glory. This extraordinarily long reign, the wealth available in the state coffers, and, undeniably, the pharaoh's personal vanity meant that Ramses, of all the ancient rulers, left what is perhaps the most indelible mark on the country. His legacy can be seen most clearly in the archaeological record – in the many buildings that Ramses modified, usurped, or constructed from the ground up.
Construction of the temple complex started in approximately 1284 BC and lasted for about 20 years. Known as the "Temple of Ramesses, beloved by Amun", it was one of six rock temples erected in Nubia during the long reign of Ramesses. Their purpose was to impress Egypt's southern neighbors, and also to reinforce the status of Egyptian religion in the region.
With the passing of time, the temples were covered in sand. Already in the 6th century BC, the sand covered the statues of the main temple up to their knees. The temple was forgotten until 1813, when Swiss orientalist J.L. Burckhardt found the top frieze of the main temple. Burckhardt talked about his discovery with Italian explorer Giovanni Belzoni, who travelled to the site, unable to dig out an entry to the temple. Belzoni returned in 1817, this time succeeding in his attempt to enter the complex. He took everything valuable and portable with him.
In 1959 an international donations campaign to save the monuments of Nubia began: the southernmost relics of this ancient human civilization were under threat from the rising waters of the Nile that were about to result from the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
The salvage of the Abu Simbel temples began in 1964, and cost some USD $80 million. Between 1964 and 1968, the entire site was cut into large blocks, dismantled and reassembled in a new location – 65 m higher and 200 m back from the river, in what many consider one of the greatest feats of archaeological engineering. A similar project was undertaken at the island of Philae downriver.
Today, thousands of tourists visit the temples daily. Guarded convoys of buses and cars depart twice a day from Aswan, the nearest city. Many visitors also arrive by plane, at an airfield that was specially constructed for the temple complex.
What to See at Abu Simbel
There are two temples at Abu Simbel. The larger one, generally known as the Temple of Ramses II, is dedicated to Ra-Harakhty, Ptah and Amun, Egypt's three state deities of the time. It features four large statues of Ramses II in the facade. The smaller temple, referred to as the Temple of Nefertari, is dedicated to the goddess Hathor, personified Ramesses's most beloved wife Nefertari ( the pharaoh had some 200 wives and concubines total).
The Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel is generally considered the grandest and most beautiful of the temples commissioned during the reign of Ramses II, and one of the most beautiful in Egypt. The facade is 33 meters high, and 38 meters broad, and guarded by four statues, each of which is 20 meters high. They were sculptured directly from the rock in which the temple was located before it was moved.
All statues represent Ramses II, seated on a throne and wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The statue to the left of the entrance was damaged in an earthquake, leaving only the lower part of the statue still intact. The head and torso can still be seen at the statue's feet.
Several smaller figures are situated at the feet of the four statues, depicting members of the pharaoh's family. They include his mother Tuya, Nefertari, and some of his sons and daughters. Above the entrance there is a statue of a falcon-headed Ra-Harakhte, with the pharaoh shown worshipping on both sides of him. Below the statue there is an ancient rebus, showing the prenomen or throne name of Ramesses: Waser-ma'at.
The facade is topped by a row of 22 baboons, their arms raised in the air, supposedly worshipping the rising sun. Another notable feature of the facade is a stele which records the marriage of Ramesses with a daughter of King Hattusili III, which sealed the peace between Egypt and the Hittites.
The interior of the temple has the same triangular layout that most ancient Egyptian temples follow, with rooms decreasing in size from the entrance to the sanctuary. The first hall of the temple features eight statues of the deified Rameses II in the shape of Osiris, serving as pillars. The walls depict scenes of Egyptian victories in Libya, Syria and Nubia, including images from the Battle of Kadesh. The second hall depicts Ramesses and Nefertari with the sacred boats of Amun and Ra-Horakthy.
The sanctuary contains four seated statues of Ra-Horakhty, Ptah, Amun and Ramesses. The temple was constructed in such a way that the sun shines directly on all four statues during two days of the year, February 20 and October 20. These dates are allegedly the king's birthday and coronation day respectively, but there is no evidence to support this. Due to the displacement of the temple, it is widely believed that this event now occurs one day later than it did originally.
The Temple of Nefetari is located north of the Great Temple of Ramses II. It was carved in the rock by Ramses II and dedicated to Hathor, the goddess of love and beauty, and also to his favorite wife, Nefertari, for "whose sake the very sun doeth shine." The façade is adorned by six statues, four of Ramses II and two of Nefertari. Most unusually, the six are the same height, which indicates the esteem in which Nefertari was held.
The entrance leads to a hall containing six pillars bearing the head of the goddess Hathor. The eastern wall bears inscriptions depicting Ramses II striking the enemy before Ra-Harakhte and Amun-Ra. Other wall scenes show Rameses II and Nefertari offering sacrifices to the gods.
Beyond this hall, there is another wall with similar scenes and paintings. In the farthest depths of the temple is the holy of holies, where a statue of the goddess Hathor stands. This is, indeed, a most awesome sight to the visitor; for here one finds the great artificial dome that bears the man-made mountain behind the Temples of Abu Simbel. It shows the great work of Ramses II.
Quick Facts on Abu Simbel
Site Information | |
Names: | Abu Simbel |
Categories: | archaeological sites |
Styles: | Ancient Egyptian |
Dedication: | Ramses II and Nefertari |
Dates: | 1274-1244 BCE |
Status: | monument |
Visitor and Contact Information | |
Coordinates: | 22.337123° N, 31.625903° E |
Address: | Aswan Governorate, Egypt |
Hours: | Winter 6am-5pm Summer 6am-6pm |
Lodging: | View hotels near Abu Simbel |
- "Abu Simbel." Wikipedia. Text adapted under GFDL.
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- Abu Simbel - Frommers.com
- Abu Simbel - Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Ramses II - Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Ramesses II - Wikipedia
- Nefertari - Wikipedia
- Photos of Abu Simbel - here on Sacred Destinations
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I was able to get my ivy-league education for free. Well, I did have to pay for the cost of books and I did have to pay for my cap and gown, but that's it. Growing up, my family was very budget conscious, and I was the oldest of four children. There wasn't any way they could help pay for college because they still had three more to get through high school. I went to a local private university right after high school for one semester but dropped out because I didn't really know what I wanted to do. When I calculated how much each class was costing me, it was more than I was willing to pay at that point in my life.
After taking a few years off, at age 22, I decided I wanted to go back to school, but I couldn't think of taking out student loans as I was afraid it would limit my financial choices in the future. I live in a city with plenty of colleges and I had heard one of the perks of working there was a free education. So I decided to go all out and apply for an entry-level job at the ivy-league university. At 22, I was making the same amount of money as many of my friends fresh out of college, I had no student loan debts, and I started taking two evening classes per semester, all year long including summer. I was able to get a very prestigious four-year degree in six years. Also while working at the university, I would interview for open positions at a higher level and use my education as experience on my resume. Staying at the university allowed me to continue my benefits and retain my seniority. (I never had a problem in interviews when it came to giving examples of my time management skills!) By the time I hit my seventh year employment anniversary, not only did I have my degree, but also my salary is more than double what it was when I first started working here.
I've now since married and am hoping to start a family and I have no intention of leaving the university anytime soon. Many of my co-workers work here for the tuition benefit for their children. Many of the local universities require you have a three year minimum employment to use the tuition remission, so many parents start working here when their children are about to enter high school. Check with your local university to see what their requirements are.
Many universities also have other benefits that private institutions just don't have. For example, mine will help you secure a mortgage, eliminating PMI, which was how I was able to purchase my first home as a single woman at age 26. Because my university has a hospital and medical school as part of the university, I have excellent health care benefits at a very low cost. It covers many things that other private plans don't, such as infertility benefits (not state-mandated), which right now is saving me thousands upon thousands of dollars. Many universities also have ample vacation time as well, access to the university library making it convenient to return books on your lunch hour, and many of other perks available to college students like free movie nights, lectures by prestigious people, and a wonderful diverse friendly workplace.
I can still take undergraduate classes at night for free, so far I've taken two foreign languages and hope to take another in the fall, not towards a degree, but just for my own personal enrichment. I can also take graduate classes as long as I pay the taxes on the class. (This seems to change depending on who is in the white house.) If you've thought about going back to school, or have children who will shortly be going to school, think about working at your local university.
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Woody Buzz Lightyear and the rest of Andy's toys are back in the eagerly anticipated third instalment that is Toy Story 3! Previous co-director Lee Unkrich takes the helm with a script from Oscar-nominated scribe Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) to bring the popular computer-animated series back to our screens. Andy is now seventeen and off to college but what of the fate of his beloved toys? When a mistake accidentally lands them in a daycare centre their initial joy of being played with soon gives way to horror as they discover the new children and the deceptively welcoming new toys are not all they seem. With the addition of Barbie's counterpart Ken follow the gang as they embark on another adventure that will bring comedy excitement and at times sadness as they struggle to stay together. Features Disney Enhanced High Definition Picture and Sound. Special Features: Goodbye Andy Accidental Toymakers Cine-Explore (Commentary by Director Lee Unkrich and Producer Darla) Beyond the Toybox: An Alternative Commentary Track Roundin Up a Western Opening Bonnies Playtime - A Story Roundtable Beginnings: Setting a Story in Motion Life of a Shot Making of Day and Night Games: Toy Story Trivia Dash Animated Fun
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1. You walk into church and high five people in the pews as you walk down the aisle. 2. You purposely blade yourself while shaving. 3. Every time you see an Elvis impersonator, you ask for his autograph and get upset when it's not signed "Honky Tonk Man" 4. You attack your friends from behind with a chair, and look around the room, waiting for crowd reaction. 5. You shake someone's hand, you pause, and hesitate, while looking around nervously. 6. You walk up to get your diploma, and the graduation song is playing, you turn to the audience and shout "Ooooooh Yeeeaaahhh!" and snap into a Slim Jim. 7. You won't come out of your room until your parent's play your theme on the stereo. 8. You Leapfrog over people while playing football, then turn around, and clothesline them. 9. Every time you go to church you wait for the priest to quote something from the Book of Austin. 10. Every time you leave a room you shout, "AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE, SON!" 11. Everytime you score in a game, you start doing crotch chops towards your opponent. 12. You want people to leave you alone, you feel up your chest, and deeply inhale. 13. Every time a teacher's pet passes by your desk, you mumble "Lousy Babyface," and stick your foot out to trip him. 14. Every time you walk past someone lying down, you feel the sudden urge to put them in a Sharpshooter. 15. Every time you come in contact with a roll of duct tape, you wrap it tightly around your wrist. 16. Your teacher gives you detention, you give them a Stone Cold Stunner and walk out of class, flashing your middle fingers. 17. You find yourself carrying a baseball bat, metal chair, and 2X4 wooden plank around with you everywhere you go. 18. You hold regularly scheduled matches with your stuffed animals, including a monthly PPV called "In Your Room." 19. You make a Championship Belt out of cardboard, aluminum foil, and glitter and then frequently model in front of a mirror wearing it. 20. You find yourself spending hours designing ring props to bring to school to use as this years science project. 21. You are constantly telling your brothers, sisters and/or friends to eat their vitamins and say their prayers and then they can be like you. 22. As soon as someone shakes your hand, you follow with a boot to their mid-section and immediately go for an Arm-Bar Submission Hold. 23. You are always getting in trouble for trying to put a Figure Four Leg Lock on your little brother and/or sister. 24. You rent a table at the mall for the weekend and hold an autograph session. 25. You challenge the school bully, telling him he can't beat you on his best or your worst day. This is answered by a solid punch in the nose and when all hell breaks loose, school officials rush in to break it up. 26. You took you mothers' wig mannequin and painted "HELP ME" backwards on its forehead and carry it every place you go. 27. You have to be rushed to the ER because you swallowed the green dye you were planning on spitting in a classmates face. 28. You tell your friends you are the neighborhood "Icon" and demand their respect. They all get pissed off at you and a feud erupts. 29. You have to pay to fix the top rail you broke off the wooden deck attempting a Frog Splash onto your little brother or sister. 30. You refer to your girlfriend as your valet. 31. You spend hours teaching your dog to do a moonsault off the top of his doghouse. 32. Every time your boss tells you not to present the proper corporate image, you call him "The dumbest SOB you have ever met," and hit him with a Stunner. 33. You wont enter a room until the lights go out and there is a fireworks display. 34. You switch schools swearing that the principal at your old one screwed you. 35. You ask you girl friend to get pumped up and master low blows. 36. You smash your mothers sewing dummy in the back with a folding chair. 37. You lay your little brother or sister on the kitchen table and do a 450 Splash off the refrigerator onto him and put him through the table. 38. You refuse to visit any family members unless you go in a lear jet and a stretch limo. 39. You want four weeks worth of video promos of you shown to anyone before you meet them for the first time. 40. You wear white face paint and a long black coat to school. You rush in and chase 15 of the meanest kids in school out of the school yard when you see them pushing three of your friends around.
1, 14, 15, 18 with my bro. The church one is pretty fun to do. Whenever I go to the church.. Like two times per year


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Back before we became a throw away society we acctually re-used stuff. This little gizmo works on the same principal as a pencil sharpener but has two polishing surfaces that sharpen your double edge razor blades. Works great, Automatically flips the blad as you turn the crank. Fun to play with.


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Posted almost 10 years ago Happy Memorial Day to all our past and present veterans.... You are truly the "Sheep-Dog" watching over us as we sleep. May God Bless you, your family and everyone you touch.... Stay Strong |
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| Posted almost 10 years ago I thank you in place of my grandfather, Korean War, 11th airborne |
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| Posted almost 10 years ago As a former Marine and current Law Enforcement Officer I say "THANK YOU" and I wish the same for all others. Matthew 5:9 says, "Blessed are the peacemeakers, for they will be called the sons of God." |
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| Posted almost 10 years ago Here are prayers we used in the service yesterday at my church, and at the nursing home service. I hope no one minds my posting them-- I would welcome similar prayers from other faith traditions as well. Here they are: Almighty and everlasting God, in whom all souls live now and evermore, the God not of the dead but of the living; we bless you for all those who have faithfully lived and died in the service of their country. As we ever hold them in grateful remembrance, in your love and mercy let light perpetual shine upon them, and bring us all at last into your eternal kingdom of peace; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen. O eternal God, through whose mighty power our fathers and mothers won their liberties of old: we thank you for all your servants who have laid down their lives to defend your gift of freedom. Grant, we beseech you, that we, and all the people of this land, may be ready to follow their examples of courage and loyalty, and may have grace to maintain our liberties in righteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. |
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You can make white chocolate from scratch – at home, in your microwave, with no special tools (not even a candy thermometer).
You may think that making candy is completely out of your league. I assure you that making white chocolate is something you can definitely do and it will look like the white chocolate in my picture (or fancier if you use a different mold). Making white chocolate takes under five minutes of your time and, even if you don't typically enjoy white chocolate, this homemade white chocolate might change your mind.
Most store-bought white chocolate is so sweet that the sugar and added vanilla flavor is pretty much all you taste. I'm not a fan. When you make your own white chocolate, the subtle chocolate flavor from the cocoa butter (the main ingredient in white chocolate) will come through along with whatever flavor(s) you choose to add. My homemade white chocolate shown above is made with ground ginger and orange extract for a more sophisticated, summery feel. You could make lemon white chocolate or cinnamon white chocolate or chili white chocolate or whatever combination your heart desires!
When I crave chocolate, I'm still going to reach for a quality piece of dark chocolate like Patric or Amano. But now that I know how easy white chocolate is to make and its wide range of flavor possibilities, I'll be working white chocolate made from scratch into my recipes more often.
Cocoa Butter – The Key Ingredient In White Chocolate
To make white chocolate, you'll need cocoa butter. Cocoa butter is the edible vegetable fat from the cocoa bean. If you've ever had really old chocolate sitting around your house and noticed that it started to get some white looking stuff on it, you've likely seen cocoa butter. In most instances, the white stuff is the cocoa butter separating from the chocolate.
I bought my cocoa butter from Navitas and I was very happy with it. The 16 oz package was $25 and it was enough cocoa butter to make 12 white chocolate discs, 100 mini cocoa butter cookies, and 12 cocoa butter cupcakes.
How To Make White Chocolate
Below, you'll find my recipe for orange ginger white chocolate discs. I based it on the white chocolate recipe from Hannah at BitterSweet. I also include tips for creating your own flavors or for making a basic vanilla white chocolate.
UPDATE 12/1/15: Many readers have had problems with this recipe. Although it worked for me, it is definitely not guaranteed to work. Try it at your own risk. Troubleshooting this recipe is on my long to-do list and if I can figure out where the problem is, I will give another update and change the recipe where needed.
- 2 ounces edible cocoa butter
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon powdered milk or soymilk powder (for a vegan version)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon orange extract (You can replace this orange extract with any flavored extract that you like. If you want a more traditional vanilla-flavored white chocolate, use more vanilla extract for a total of one teaspoon vanilla extract.)
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger (You can use any spices that you like or leave out the spices entirely for a more traditional white chocolate.)
- Pinch of salt
- Silicone molds (To make these white chocolate discs, I used a silicone cupcake tin but, you can use any silicone mold that you like.)
- Place cocoa butter in a microwave-safe bowl and melt in the microwave. If you are used to melting butter in the microwave, you'll be surprised at how much longer this process takes for cocoa butter. Set the microwave for two minutes and then add a minute at a time until the cocoa butter is completely liquefied.
- Stir in the powdered sugar and the milk powder. Make sure that all of the sugar is completely dissolved in the cocoa butter.
- Stir in the remaining ingredients.
- Pour or spoon the mixture into your molds. If you are using a silicone cupcake tin, use approximately one tablespoon of the cocoa butter mixture per circle.
- Refrigerate until cool.
- Pop the white chocolates out of the molds and enjoy on the spot, use to decorate cupcakes or cakes, break into pieces and add to cookies, or use in any other way that you can dream up.


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AsthmaWhy is the pH in our exhaled breath or even in our lungs is lower when there is asthma or lung disease? Does it have something to do with inflammation?
There seems to be some disagreement as to whether this is a real thing or not - there may be changes in things like saliva that may be affecting exhalation pH.
Anyway, there is an apparent rise in nitric acid content, possibly associated with inflammation. It might reflect increased production or reduced absorption by lining cells.
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Tristate Conference in San Francisco.— Representatives of the state medical associations of Washington and Oregon will meet in San Francisco, February 27, with the California Medical Association to discuss problems that are of mutual interest and to define policies and attitude as well as to direct influences to guide the people and legislators of the three states in matters pertaining to medical care and the care of those who are the wards of government.
Society News.— The San Francisco County Medical Society was addressed February 8 by Drs. Leonid S. Cherney and Margaret Schulze on "Justifiable Error in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis" and "Surgical Aspects of Ruptured Graafian Follicle and Corpus Luteum Cysts." Dr. Alfred Bielschowsky, Hanover, N. H, addressed the section on eye, ear, nose and throat at a special meeting January 31 on "Aniseikonia."-The Los Angeles Obstetrical and Gynecological Society was addressed February 8 by Drs. Kenneth S. Davis on "Diagnosis of Placenta Praevia by X-Ray";
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Descriptions of Registered Cultivars |
ORIGIN: Grevillea 'Eileen Rose' was a seedling from a hybrid which closely resembled Grevillea 'Misty Pink', the latter being a cross between G. sessilis and a red flowered form of G. banksii. The seedling was raised by J Sked from a plant growing in the garden of E Prescott of Albany Creek in 1977. The plant is named after Ms Prescott. The cultivar was first received by the Authority in November 1982. Registration applied for by Ms J Sked of Queensland.
DESCRIPTION: This cultivar grows from 1.5-2m tall by up to 2m across and has a fairly open habit. The foliage is greyish and similar in size and shape to Grevillea 'Misty Pink'. The flowers are in terminal spikes between 10-15cm long and are a deep rosy pink with pink styles. Flowers measure ca. 12cm long by 5cm across. Flowering is continuous throughout the year.
Grevillea 'Eileen Rose' |
Grevillea 'Misty Pink' |
ca. 2m tall x 1.5m wide |
3-5m tall x 1.5m tall |
deep pink flowers |
soft pink flowers |
with pink styles |
with orange cream styles |
open habit |
densely foliaged |
Generally Grevillea 'Eileen Rose' is a smaller shrub than Grevillea 'Misty Pink' with deeper pink flowers and with more open habit.
CULTIVATION NOTES: The growing requirements for this species are similar to those needed for Grevillea 'Misty Pink'. It has withstood dry periods in Brisbane but its frost hardiness has not been fully tested. It is likely to be burnt by heavy frosts.
COLOUR CODE: RHS Colour Code 1966
perianth tube: between red group 54B and C
style: red group 51C
ACCEPTED FOR REGISTRATION ON: 21 October 1988