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- Research article
- Open Access
- Open Peer Review
How much do health care providers value a community-based asthma care program? – a survey to collect their opinions on the utilities of and barriers to its uptake
© To et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2009
- Received: 13 November 2008
- Accepted: 11 May 2009
- Published: 11 May 2009
A comprehensive asthma care program (ACP) based on Canadian Asthma Consensus Guidelines was implemented in 8 primary care sites in Ontario, Canada. A survey was distributed to health care providers' (HCPs) to collect their opinions on the utilities of and barriers to the uptake of the ACP.
A 39-item self-administered survey was mailed to 184 HCPs and support staff involved in delivering the ACP at the end of implementation. The items were presented in mixed formats with most items requiring responses on a five-point Likert scale. Distributions of responses were analyzed and compared across types of HCPs and sites.
Of the 184 surveys distributed, 108 (59%) were returned, and of that, 83 were completed by HCPs who had clinical contact with the patients. Overall, 95% of the HCPs considered the ACP useful for improving asthma care management. Most HCPs favored using the asthma care map (72%), believed it decreased uncertainties and variations in patient management (91%), and considered it a convenient and reliable source of information (86%). The most commonly reported barrier was time required to complete the asthma care map. Over half of the HCPs reported challenges to using spirometry, while almost 40% identified barriers to using the asthma action plan.
Contrary to the notion that physicians believe that guidelines foster cookbook medicine, our study showed that HCPs believed that the ACP offered an effective and reliable approach for enhancing asthma care and management in primary care.
- Asthma
- Health Care Provider
- Asthma Care
- Asthma Education
- Asthma Guideline
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects young and old, rural and urban, immigrants and native resident populations. Many countries have developed and promoted asthma management guidelines to minimize treatment variations and to achieve evidence based best clinical practice. Successful uptake of asthma guidelines into clinical practice settings can be met, but with multiple barriers and challenges [1–5]. First, not all health care practitioners who treat asthma cases are aware of the guidelines and second, those who are aware may not consider the guidelines a helpful tool in making treatment decisions [6, 7]. Some reasons contributing to the poor uptake of asthma guidelines is that they are often time consuming and not easy to implement, especially in the primary care setting [6, 8, 9].
In Ontario, Canada we used a community-based participatory approach to design, implement and evaluate a comprehensive evidence based asthma care program (ACP) and to identify predictors of poor patient outcomes [10]. The diverse interdisciplinary team of health care providers' involved in implementing the program were surveyed in order to identify barriers and challenges to the uptake of the ACP, and to collect their attitudes and perceptions towards its utility in the provision of asthma care.
The asthma care program (ACP)
Study setting
The PCAPP was conducted in 8 primary care practices comprising 15 satellite clinics across Ontario, Canada. These sites reside in inner-city, urban and rural communities as well as one isolated Northern Aboriginal community. All of these clinics provide care through a multidisciplinary team of family doctors, nurses, residents, social workers, etc. A designated study coordinator was assigned to each site and was responsible for implementation of the ACP, performing spirometry, providing asthma education to both patients and other health care providers, and coordinating program activities. The study coordinators were Certified Asthma Educators, respiratory therapists or nurses with experience in asthma education.
Survey study sample
The study population invited to participate in the survey included all 184 HCPs and support staff involved in implementing the ACP at the 15 participating clinics. A 39-item self-administered survey was designed and pilot tested prior to full implementation. Survey participants included family doctors, paediatricians, residents, fellows, nursing staff, respirologists/respiratory therapists, allergists/immunologists, asthma and health educators, and executive directors and clinical/program managers.
Data collection
Each survey participant involved in the study had previously been assigned a study ID number which was recorded on the survey before distribution. The study coordinator at each of the 15 participating clinics informed HCPs and non-clinicians about the survey during their monthly staff meeting or individually, and distributed the surveys in person or by mail. The surveys were completed and returned to the research team using a self-addressed stamped envelope. Individual respondents at each site were therefore unaware of the responses given by others. In order to increase the response rate, the study coordinators were informed of their individual site response rate and conducted a second distribution of the survey at the following staff meeting in which they emphasized the importance of having the HCPs views of the program. Because of the diversity of staff involved in implementing the ACP some sections were not relevant and therefore not answered by all respondents. For example, administrative staff may not have been involved in providing direct patient asthma care but instead were involved in ensuring patients came in for regular follow-up visits.
The survey instrument
A search of the literature was done that yielded no direct similarities to the purpose of our survey but did find issues common to asthma intervention in primary care. These issues were used to help guide a focus group consisting of the study coordinators from each site in a small group discussion format to identify components to form the survey. The participants were asked some open ended questions to consider in their small groups (e.g. Looking back since you joined PCAPP what aspects of PCAPP worked well or not well? What are the challenges you experienced and are still experiencing in implementing PCAPP? What components should be changed, what should continue as is, and what should continue but be modified? All things considered what is the utmost important issue to consider in implementing and improving PCAPP?) The moderator then led the discussion to identify survey items, and probed the participants to justify their inclusion/exclusion as well as consider the implications of cost, resources & feasibility in their discussion. The survey was developed based on the recommendations from the focus group to elicit the opinions of HCPs regarding the utility of the ACP and barriers to program uptake. The final 39-item survey was divided into 4 sections (See additional file 1: HCP_Survey.pdf). Section 1 assessed the utility of the asthma care map, the barriers experienced while using it, and preferred formatting. Section 2 assessed the utility of the asthma action plan and flow chart. Section 3 assessed the use of spirometry, peak flow meters (PFM) and medications. Section 4 elicited overall satisfaction with the program. Most items required respondents to indicate their level of agreement on a 5-point Likert scale and other items used a multiple choice format. The survey was first pilot tested at two sites for clarity and then distributed to the remaining sites.
Analysis was conducted using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) version 9.1. Analysis was conducted on each of the components of the ACP separately as well as on the program as a whole. For each question, percent distributions of the five-point Likert scale (strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, strongly disagree) were calculated. Percent distributions are presented in three major groups which combined strongly agree and agree into one category and disagree and strongly disagree into another category, while neither agree nor disagree remained as the third category. The differences in proportions were further analyzed by participating sites and type of health care provider. Given the small number of HCPs at each of the 15 sites, respondents were grouped based on the type of community where the primary care site was located, namely rural, urban or inner-city. Only respondents who had direct clinical involvement with patients with asthma and therefore the ACP were included in the final analyses.
Ethical approval
The study methodology and materials were reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Board at the Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario.
Demographics of survey respondents
Total Respondents
Age group
20–29 years
30–39 years
40–49 years
> 50 years
(missing = 1)
(missing = 6)
Provider Type
Nurses/Nurse Practitioners
Asthma Educators
Practice Type
Community Health Centre
Group Health Centre
(missing = 5)
Practice Location
Inner City
(missing = 5)
Evaluation of the asthma care map
Evaluation of the asthma action plan, flow chart, peak flow meters and medication use
Evaluation of the overall asthma care program (ACP)
In general, the asthma care program (ACP) was well received by most HCPs as they felt that it was appropriate for their patients and practices (96%) and improved the care of their patients (96%). It was also reported by 91% of HCPs that the ACP was implemented with a multi-disciplinary approach. There were no statistically significant differences observed among sites or provider groups. Overall, the most common barriers reported were patient compliance with the regular follow-up visits scheduled at 6- and 12-months and time needed to implement each component of the program.
The Primary Care Asthma Pilot Project (PCAPP) implemented in 15 communities in Ontario showed that participating health care providers (HCPs) in general considered this community-based asthma care program (ACP) valuable in improving care provided to their patients. When developing the program a participatory approach was used to ensure the program was appropriate for a variety of primary care practices and to improve uptake, an approach supported by others [8, 15, 16]. The current study demonstrated that 96% of HCPs reported that the PCAPP model of care is appropriate for their patients and practices, which supports the importance of using a participatory approach. Work by Christakis et al suggest that a change in "behavior" or practice pattern requires the clinicians consider guidelines to be helpful [17]. Our results support this observation in that the majority of the HCPs found the ACP to be useful and would like to see it continue.
Reported in one study, practices characterized by good communication between team members, trust, confidence and physician delegation of asthma management tasks to nurses was associated with higher compliance with asthma guidelines [9]. Overwhelmingly, HCPs (91%) in the current study reported that the ACP was implemented with a multi-disciplinary approach that included the delegation of asthma care tasks to nurses and asthma educators. The participatory developmental phase of the project led to better acceptance of the program by HCPs, which may be directly associated with improvements in asthma health outcomes (such as quality of life and urgent care visits for asthma) and management [10].
Sackett et al [18] suggested that clinical or practice guidelines are intended to be "quality-improving strategies" that are user-friendly statements bringing together the best evidence and other knowledge necessary for decision-making about a specific health problem. However, many health care practitioners consider such clinical pathways, guidelines or programs of care as inflexible and not useful in daily clinical practice (often referred to as "cookbook medicine") [2, 8, 17, 19, 20]. As suggested by Sackett and others, guidelines and care programs must be used as tools in an overall quality improvement plan to meet specific patient population needs [7, 18, 21]. The challenge, however, is finding the proper balance between clinician autonomy and standardization [22]. Contrary to the common notion that physicians believe that guidelines foster cookbook medicine, only 13% of our participating HCPs were of the opinion that the asthma care map promoted cookbook medicine, the rest believed that it improved care process. Several earlier studies have also reported this observation [23, 24].
The literature suggests that implementation of clinical care programs or pathways can increase awareness of best practices and evidence based practice [6, 22, 25, 26]. Although the majority of HCPs agreed that the asthma care map decreased uncertainties (90%) and variation (91%) in the management of asthma, our survey did not include a component to further explore how HCPs felt the PCAPP accomplished this. As our survey was only implemented at the end of the study, we were unable to measure directly the change in knowledge uptake or practice pattern. However, our outcomes assessment in patients enrolled into the program showed that the use of asthma action plans, spirometry and dissemination of asthma education materials increased at both the 6- and 12-month follow-up visits [10]. As well, the acute health care use such as emergency department and hospitalization in our patient population decreased from baseline to 12-month follow-up. These improvements in both short and long-term patient outcomes could have only been achieved by better asthma care provided by HCPs and therefore may serve as indicators of modifications in health care provider practice patterns.
We conclude that our study suggests that the asthma care program (ACP) offers a well-accepted approach for enhancing asthma care and management in primary care. While in general, health care providers considered the ACP offers a comprehensive approach for enhancing asthma care and management in primary care, they also identified the extra time required to follow through each component as a challenge to a busy primary care setting. Future studies should look into different mechanisms to foster a culture of support to health care providers for adoption of evidence-based practice and health care quality improvement.
The authors wish to acknowledge the following members of the Primary Care Asthma Pilot Project Steering Committee who provided guidance to the project and to all the participating sites and their respective asthma coordinators (Chair – Itamar Tamari, Coordinators – Janice Belanger at Sault Ste. Marie Group Health Centre; Karen Jones at North Lanark, Merrickville and Country Roads Community Health Centers; Christine Laver at Somerset West Community Health Centre; Steve Mulholland at North Hamilton Community Health Centre; Kathleen Schlifer at South Riverdale and East End Community Health Centers; Oxana Latycheva at LAMP and Stonegate Community Health Centers; Lynn Wilson at Rural Kingston Family Health Network; Sharon Strachan at the Gizhewwaadiziwin Aboriginal Access Centre; and Flemingdon Community Health Centre as the control site) and finally to all the health care providers who responded to the survey.
The authors acknowledge the Ontario Thoracic Society, a medical section of the Ontario Lung Association for developing the asthma care map used in this study.
This study was supported by a grant from the Government of Ontario under the Asthma Plan of Action initiative. Dr. Teresa To is supported by the Dales Award, University of Toronto. The opinions, results and conclusions are those of the authors and no endorsement by the Government of Ontario is intended or should be inferred.
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You slide rows and columns of blocks with your finger to line up blocks of the same color. When a match is made, the blocks implode and new ones drop in from the top to take their place.
The game allows you to slide rows or columns of blocks in order to make matches. Blocks wrap around the edges of the board. Aside from 3, 4 or 5 in-a-row matches, there are also special shapes that can be made for extra bonus points. These special matches include crosses, plus signs, T shapes, brackets or double-wide rows.
The gameplay is simple to start but seems to offer a significant margin for improving your skills over time. The game can be played in either Timed (120 seconds) or Strategy (50 moves). We spent some time with the game and feel that spacial/puzzle gamers will really enjoy it.
The developer's video gives a good picture of gameplay. We started it 41 seconds so you can see the actual gameplay. Rewind, if you want to see the app launch and help screens.
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My Stealthy Freedom, the popular Facebook page famous for featuring photos sent by women from Iran "who want to share their stealthily taken photos without the veil," has announced a new project featuring weekly profiles of "ordinary [Iranians] dealing or struggling with everyday issues inside Iran." The new series will weekly as part of the show Tablet on Voice of America Persian. In an astonishing first submission to the project, women from across the country submitted videos of their own "ordinary" lives as women in Iran, the page's founder Masih Alinejad told Women in the World .
One woman featured in the first installment of the new series, an actress named Sadaf Taherian, recalled being repeatedly humiliated and objectified when meeting with film companies. She ultimately was forced to flee Iran after posting photos of herself on social media showing her not wearing a hijab. The Iranian government deemed her an "offender" and threatened that she could no longer work as an actress. Taherian, who has been largely silent since leaving Iran, recorded her footage for the interview from Turkey.
"I would hear many inappropriate comments about my physical appearance," Taherian said. "I would cry all the way back home … They would talk to me about everything except work."
Another woman, an athlete, shared how the Iranian government derailed her Olympic hopes because she wouldn't be allowed to wear a hijab during competition.
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Did he have an opera in him? We will never know. He had been intending to write one for four decades and never did.
Still, the notion of an Ellington opéra comique, as he dubbed "Queenie Pie" — a work that was to have affectionately parodied and honored opera, as it affectionately parodied and honored Harlem culture — is irresistible.
The first attempt to fashion something from what Ellington left behind into stage-worthy material was in Philadelphia in 1986. It wasn't a success and the arrangements by Maurice Peress (who worked with Ellington) have been lost. There have been other efforts since — notably by Oakland Opera Theater and, in Austin, at the University of Texas. They weren't big successes either.
Sunday night, Long Beach Opera made the most ambitious effort yet in the premiere of a new version, engagingly staged and wonderfully sung, of "Queenie Pie." Ellington's greatness was clearly, exuberantly felt. Or maybe I should say implied.
What we have of "Queenie Pie" are scraps: melodies for some songs, lyrics and indications of harmonies. But Ellington, whose way of composing was ultimately collaborative, never knew how he would ultimately fashion his material until he had started working with his band.
The new arrangement is credited to trombonist Marc Bolin and Long Beach Opera conductor Jeffrey Lindberg and based on both the Oakland and Austin versions. Bolin, in a pre-concert talk, said that he had little experience in arrangement and that that was the point. He didn't want to leave his own musical personality on the score. Of course, he had no way of supplying Ellington's trademark and essential unpredictability.
There was a lot, on all levels, for Long Beach Opera to come up with. First of all, the plot.
Queenie Pie is the annual title afforded a winning beautician, and the current regal Queenie has had it 10 years running for her hair-straightening products. She is now threatened by the younger, more glamorous — and fashionably lighter-skinned — Café O'Lay. That causes jealousy that is further inflamed when Queenie's manager and lover, Holt Faye, falls for Ms. O'Lay, who shoots and kills Holt in a lovers' quarrel.
Queenie Pie then sets out to an uncharted island in search of a magic flower, meets up with a king and a witch doctor and ultimately has reconciliation with Café O'Lay.
The show resembles a Broadway musical in its use of songs, dances and dialogue. Ellington handled all this with a light touch but with serious intent, dealing with issues of aging (his own mortality was pressing in those last years) and the concerns of African American discrimination between the lighter and darker skinned.
The final product that reached the stage to make all this come to life included songs Ellington had written for "Queenie," along with others, familiar ("I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" and "Creole Love Call") and unfamiliar. Because there was talk of a television production of "Queenie Pie" at one point, Ellington also played around with the idea of writing his own mock commercials, and those are used as well.
Ellington sketched some winners. The opening chorus, "New York, New York," is as excitingly cosmopolitan a Big Apple theme song as any of the town's other driving anthems, and it deserves wide exposure. "Full Moon at Midnight," an island song, is bittersweet classic Ellington. The lyrics, on which Ellington and others contributed, are not inspired and occasionally arch, but the music speaks for itself.
Ken Roht's staging and choreography evoke Ellington's Cotton Club era with a fluidity that helps counter the patchwork nature of the songs and dance numbers. He also has an electrifying cast to work with, most from musical theater.
Karen Marie Richardson is a domineering, funny and moving Queenie. Anna Bowen's Café O'Lay is a vulnerable beauty. Keithon Gipson, the one singer who comes out of opera, is a commanding figure as Holt and the King on the island. I worried about too much racial stereotyping in Jeffrey Polk's approach to Lil' Daddy and the Witch Doctor, but not at all about his total command of the stage.
A facile 10-member ensemble of singers and dancers were a pleasure at all times. Lindberg conducted a dynamic big band, but it remained far too blandly background to sound like's Ellington's. Danita Korogodsky's fancifully painted sets and Dabney Ross Jones' stylish and whimsical costumes proved added attractions.
Unfortunately, though, the amplification system in the Warner Grand has a whimsically destructive mind of its hissing, distorting, uglifying own. Presumably that will be fixed.
"Queenie Pie" obviously tantalizes. Long Beach Opera's production (which is a co-production with Chicago Opera Theater, where it will be given next month) reveals that the score's best moments are too good to let be lost to history. And yet Ellington's opera will always taunt history. It can never be Ellingtonian.
'Queenie Pie'
Where: Warner Grand Theatre, San Pedro
When: 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday
Cost: $29 to $160
Info: (565) 432-4934 or https://www.longbeachopera.org
Running time: 2 hours, 10 minutes


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This appears to be a caching issue. Disabling the cache for that action solves the problem. Disable the cache by adding the Output Cache attribute to your controller's action:
[OutputCache(NoStore = true, Duration = 0, VaryByParam = "*")] public ActionResult IncidentsRead([DataSourceRequest] DataSourceRequest request, IncidentSearchCriteria incidentSearchCriteria) { return this.Json(this.GetIncidentFlats(incidentSearchCriteria).ToDataSourceResult(request), JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet); }
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Emergency Contraception:
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Emergency contraception is a method of preventing pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse. It is for emergency use and should not be relied upon as a method of birth control.
Emergency contraception is most effective if it is used as soon as possible after unprotected sex. For people at least 17 years old, emergency contraception can be purchased over-the-counter, without a prescription.
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How Does It Work?
You take fairly high doses of progestin – a synthetic form of the hormone progesterone – with or without the hormone estrogen (which are the hormones used in birth control pills).
If taken within 72 hours (three days) of unprotected sex, the hormones have a very high success rate at preventing ovulation or implantation of a fertilized egg in the lining of the uterus. However, even if taken less than 24 hours after unprotected sex, the highest success rate is 89 percent.
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How Is It Used?
There are two effective ways to use emergency contraception. In the first method, a woman takes two prescribed progestin tablets alone.
In the second, she takes hormone pills (either progestin alone or a progestin-estrogen combination) once, and then again 12 hours later. A medical provider will tell you which is correct for you.
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When Should It Be Used?
Emergency contraception is no substitute for good, before-the-fact birth control. Talk with your health care provider about preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), before the issues arise. You would use this method only in an emergency, such as:
- You were forced to have sex without protection.
- You had sex without using any kind of birth control protection and do not desire pregnancy.
- You used a condom or other barrier method but it broke.
- You missed more than two birth control pills and didn't use a condom.
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Side Effects
Common side effects include nausea and occasionally vomiting (an anti-nausea drug is sometimes prescribed for this). If pregnancy does occur despite using the birth control pills, there is no increased risk of birth defects.
You should not use emergency contraception if you are already pregnant, know you are sensitive or allergic to the medication, or have been having abnormal vaginal bleeding.
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Does It Protect Against STIs?
Unfortunately, emergency contraception does not protect against STIs.
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Things to Remember
Don't just take whatever birth control pills you might have around the house or get from friends. The proper number of pills to take depends on which type of pill you use. You should check with a medical provider to find out what number of pills is right for you.
This method is not approved for use when taken more than three days after unprotected sex. Call your health care provider to discuss your options after this three-day interval has passed.
In some states (Alaska, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Washington), emergency contraception can be distributed by pharmacists, without a prescription from a medical provider.
Emergency contraception does not cause an abortion. Emergency contraception works by preventing a pregnancy from occurring, not by terminating a pregnancy. Often you will have bleeding after taking the medication, as with a period.
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Women Like Me Are Victims
His hands were so huge it covered my mouth and nose, pressing my head down to my bed after he forcefully pushed me on the floor and dropped me on the bed.
My effort to scream came to no avail, his hands stopped every form of life forcing it's way out of me. He was so aggressive, so rough and so strong, I could feel the strength in his bones on me, he pressed his body against mine on the bed
I heard the sound of his belt and of a zip unzipping, fear came out through my eyes, I tried to scream again, but his hands had all too much control over me, I tried to push him off but strength was not on my side, tears came rolling down my cheeks uncontrollably, they we're hot and my eyes were hurting.
He forcefully dragged his trousers down, then I felt his hands inside my flare blue skirt, he removed by pant and teased my clitoris with his hands, he gave out a sound that was unpleasant and irritating to my ears and his red eyes closed for that second.
Then he spread my legs with his other hand, the right one still on my mouth, for a second I didn't feel his hands on my leg again, then I felt something hard and big forcing its way into me.
It was too big to enter so he forced it inside of me, I felt a sharp pain! I screamed out loud biting his hands with my teeth, my eyes wide open and tears running down my cheeks, I had never felt anything like that in my life, I immediately felt some liquid between my legs but he did not stop, he slapped me for screaming and brought it out and took it inside of me, he did it continuously until I could scream no more. Tears were falling off with no energy to push them out, I was there on the bed weak, blood coming out of me, thinking I was going to die, wanting to die because how can I bear seeing my father every day for what he was doing to me.
Have you read The Side Piece?
My mother was crying outside because she could not tell anyone, the shame was too much for her to bear and the man of the house should be respected no matter what.
Alex, she protected the bastard, her husband, she said she has no family to go to so I should forget what he did to me.
Alex, she told me to forget! I cannot urinate again Alex, it comes out uncontrollably, I lose a lot of customers every night because my vagina smells and looks disfigured, she told me to forget.
I am not the woman for you, allow me to enjoy my body selling so I can feed myself, you deserve a woman that is not broken like me, I have nothing to offer, not even good s*x, I will not know how to be a mother to your kids if I can give birth.
Allow me to wallow in sorrow and self-pity.
Women like me are victims and I've given up on moving on.


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I can't stop thinking about it. Every night when I lay down to sleep, I imagine myself on a sunny beach staring at the ocean.
I have gotten to the beach a few times this year, but only for a couple days. Because I'm greedy, I want to do it again for an extended period of time. I feel like the summer is slipping away and I haven't gotten that full week of L'il Rhody awesome that I so rely on to keep me sane for the rest of the year.
And of course, I need to work on my uni-freckle*.
*For those of the freckled-ginger persuasion, this refers to getting so much sun that all of your face freckles blend into one giant freckle, giving the illusion of tan.


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Rumour Reel: Draxler to Everton as Koeman eyes marquee signing
Robbie Purves | August 5, 2016
Coral's rumour reel
The blue side of Merseyside could finally land a star talent this summer after weeks of speculation, with Julian Draxler to Everton linked in today's back pages.
With the start of the Premier League campaign just over a week away, Ronald Koeman is keen to add reinforcements before their opening clash against Tottenham.
Draxler to Everton?
The Toffees have mad an audacious approach to sign Wolfsburg's wonderkid Julian Draxler – according to reports.
In a sensational interview with a German newpaper on Wednesday, the Die Mannschaft international said: "I have expressed myself clearly to [coach] Dieter Hecking that after the Euros I want to leave Wolfsburg."
Everton's new majority owner, Farhad Moshiri, is reportedly keen to add a marquee signing to usher in a new era at Goodison Park, free from financial constraint and instability.
Having added only Maarten Stekelenburg and Idrissa Gueye since this official takeover, the Merseyside outfit are expected to splash the cash and have been linked with a £15m move for Swansea's Ashley Williams too.
Wolsfburg have insisted that Draxler will go nowhere, but the World Cup winner has a £63m release clause the Toffees may be tempted to trigger. Arsenal and Juventus have been keen on the attacking midfielder, with the Italian giants the most likely challenger to Everton, as the Gunners already possess the likes of Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.
Reds say bye to bad boy Balotelli?
Ajax are reportedly ready to hand out of favour Mario Balotelli a lifeline, after his disappointing years at Liverpool.
Liverpool's Italian striker has only managed to net twice in 36 total appearances for the Reds and AC Milan, the latter being on loan. Despite this, the Amsterdam outfit are willing to take a punt on him, after making it to the final qualifying round of the Champions League.
The 25-year-old has 12 months remaining on his contract, but Liverpool could look to recoup some of the £16m they paid for him 2014. Ajax could also see Balotelli as a replacement for Arkadiusz Milik, who moved to Napoli this summer.
Hornets look at Lemina
Gabon international Mario Lemina is ready to leave Juventus this summer, despite only making his loan move from Marseille permanent in April of this year.
Lemina cost the Old Lady just £7m and, after making just 10 domestic appearances last term, his value has rocketed to around £20m. The dynamic box-to-box midfielder can also play on the wing or even full back, and has reportedly interested Watford.
The Hornets have already had a bid rebuffed according to reports, and now face stiff opposition in the form of Schalke. The German club have reportedly sent a bid of around £19m to Turin, and are now waiting for the Serie A champions' response.
Check out our Rumour Reel archive.
Toffees fans, what do you think of Draxler to Everton? Let us know in the comments below.


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I'm interested in getting the ZWave Commander Server to run in Linux with a Linux supported Z-Wave serial bridge, such as the Aeon-Labs Z-Stick. Ultimately, the hardware is less important than the idea of running the server on Linux, rather than Windows. This would allow me to run the server directly on a Linux router such as DD-WRT, or other embedded distributions.
I am a programmer and willing to do some work to make this happen. I am also willing to share anything I get working to help others.
What is involved in creating the TCP/IP to Serial interface that ZWave Commander Server provides? From what I can tell, I will likely need to make use of the Open ZWave C++ library.
What type of command-set does ZWave Commander transmit and expect to receive to and from the server? Is there authentication involved? How complex is it to emulate the command set available in the Windows version. Do various ZWave devices need to be supported explicitly, or will a generic command "pipeline" be sufficient?
I am at a point where I have obtained the SVN version of the Open ZWave libraries and I have a serial port available in Linux to send commands to (to my Z-Stick). I am trying to determine if this is a reasonable project to take on. Can you provide any advice or assistance?
Cory Visi


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Over the last month or so, my dear friend, Vaneesha, and I have been doing a Christmas devotional each morning. We both felt called to stop and prepare our hearts and minds for the true meaning of Christmas and settle the battle for once and for all: Jesus Christ vs. Santa Claus? Okay, that wasn't entirely the intention, but for me, it became a question mark. And for the purposes of this blog post, understand that Santa was symbolic of the 'things' of the season: gifts, food, busyness, etc.
Growing up, Christmas really meant one thing for me: Awaiting Santa Claus, awaiting the magic of him somehow getting into my house (we didn't have a chimney), awaiting unwrapping so many presents and sharing a special few hours together very early in the morning with my mom, dad and sister. I was in AWE that Santa Claus was so awesome and loved me so much to bring me all of these presents!!! He totally trumped my parents. I actually may have prayed to him once or twice when I was 6 years old.
And as I grew older, it then turned into the excitement of reconnecting with family and eating the most delicious food of the year (it's good to be Italian on Christmas) and drinking amazing wine (again, it's good to be Italian on Christmas). I really felt so lucky to be able to experience this year after year after year and I am sure, even when I was 25 years of age I may have figured out a way to give credit to Santa Claus for the food, family and wine.
Okay, so, needless to say, when I became a Christian (going on five years now!) and started developing a relationship with Jesus, the Christmas season became a bit confusing for me and I started thinking about that jolly old man, with an eyebrow of question raised. Jesus Christ vs. Santa Claus? Naturally, I still wanted to do all the things I had grown up doing and consume my time shopping and buying gifts, desiring to have people in my life experience the excitement that Santa once did for me. But, as I grew closer to God (you know where this is going…), I realized I had been missing something…the celebration of the real reason of Christmas…that Jesus came to die for our sins so that we would have eternal life. I mean, yes, Santa came to give awesome Cabbage Patch Kids and Barbie Houses and an Etch-a-Sketch. But, come on, did he really have anything on Jesus? Hmmm…
It has been challenging for me to shift my mind during this time of year to focus first on Jesus. Of course, the presents, the food, family are also AMAZING gifts from God and God gives us these pleasures to celebrate as well. But in my heart and through the holy spirit, I knew I needed to shift my mind. And one thing that has helped me (and trust me, it's a work-in-progress and will be for the years to come) has been doing a Christmas devotional each morning with Vaneesha. With that, here are some things I learned over the last month that have helped me settle the battle between Jesus and Santa for once and for all.
I have learned about how God uses the most unexpected, imperfect platforms to produce miracles (Jesus being born in a manger to the virgin Mary in Bethlehem…did you know Bethlehem was deemed a tiny and insignificant town?).
I have learned that God desires us to rejoice. Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength."
I have learned that God wants us to slow down, live in the moment. We see this happen in the book of Luke (Luke 10:41-42), when Jesus went to eat in the home of two sisters, Mary and Martha. Martha spent her time running around cooking, serving dinner, and cleaning. These were all very good things, but "busy" things. Meanwhile, Mary sat in the company of Jesus. When Martha asked Jesus to tell her to work too, He told her, "Mary has chosen what is better.
I am reminded of the example that Mary (virgin Mary, not Mary, the sister of Martha…confusing, I know!) had set when she followed God's will, said yes, without question (I don't know about you, but if God told me I would be a virgin, pregnant, in my teens…I'm pretty sure I may respond with a 'no thank you, God'). Luke 1:38 And Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. Her obedience and complete surrender to God is mind-boggling, but awesome and a reminder that I needed to hear.
I am fascinated and in awe thinking of Jesus as a tiny baby and how he entered this earth so humbly, in a manger, no crib, among animals and straw (Luke 2:6-7). He set the example for us THE SECOND he was born. Humble. I have heard my friends talk about their delivery experience at Prentice Women's Hospital at Northwestern and one described it as the Taj Mahal to deliver babies. Interesting juxtaposition, ha?!
I am reminded that Jesus was born for one purpose – so that man no more may die. 1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
I am graciously reminded to be still (especially during this time of year). Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God. Here's an excerpt taken from our devotional that I LOVE: When you are still before God, you better understand that whatever you are facing, whatever your day has been like, you can completely rest in the fact that God is God. He's awesome and amazing and sovereign. He loves us more than we can imagine and He's got things under control.
And in the midst of such tragedies this holiday season, I, like I am sure so many of you, were left confused, saddened and heart-broken. To be honest with you, I am still processing and have intentionally silenced myself as I am not sure really how I feel or what to say. But, I did want to share the below which also came direct from our devotional.
That's life, isn't it? No matter how perfect we try to paint the canvas of our lives, there will always be something extra put on it that wasn't in our minds when we dreamed it. Something that cramps our perfect picture. Something that breaks our heart.
A relationship that ended.
A loved one who died prematurely.
The betrayal of a friend.
Did you know that God isn't surprised by the interruptions in our lives? In fact, nothing surprises Him. Don't mistake bad things happening in your life as His loss of control. No, this is not about His ability but about His sovereignty.
While we may wish that bad things would never happen in our lives, they will happen. Jesus said we'd have trouble (John 16:33), but He also promised that He'd calm us in the midst of it (John 14:16). So, no matter where we are in life, whether we expected to be on the path we are on or not, rest assured, that our God can make broken things beautiful.
And similar to Mary (in the story about of Martha and Mary), I didn't realize what God wanted me to learn through the three wise men. The three wise men are a great example of what complete submission to God looks like. The moment they saw the star they dropped everything they were doing and embarked on a long journey that was most likely difficult at times. The men had no idea where they were going, but placed their complete trust in a star to lead them. They devoted everything to seeking Him no matter the cost. Just like the three men in this song followed a shining star to see Jesus when he was born, if we submit ourselves to God, He will direct our paths and be a perfect guide for our lives. Proverbs 3:5-6 is one of my all-time favorite bible verses and I love how God always ends up putting that in front of me 🙂
So, there it is. For the past month I set out on this adventure and I am pretty sure I found my answer: Jesus Christ 🙂 Sorry, Santa, you are pretty cool and nice, but, after doing my homework I now know where you stand. Growing up I did know bits and pieces of Jesus' birth, amidst my obsession with Santa. But now, being able to study it and understand the why behind it makes me filled with gratitude, joy and even more love for Jesus. Yes, family, food and presents are certainly some of greatest gifts during the Christmas season. But there is no greater gift than the birth of Jesus!
Merry Christmas and happy birthday, Jesus.
Devotional credit to www.youversion.com (Carols: A Christmas Devotional)


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The Book That Made Me a Reader and a Writer
Bonnie Nadzam on a Biography of Helen Keller
Maybe it's instructive that I more or less recall the book but not the exact title or author of the book. It was a YA biography of Helen Keller, given to me in second grade by Sister Therese at what was then called St. Ann's School, in Cleveland, Ohio. I've looked online but don't recognize any of the versions I see there. I probably have it in a box somewhere.
I do recall that Helen's mother slowly—and then all at once—realized her daughter was both deaf and blind after an illness. I remember details of the little girl's terrified rage. I remember feeling very fragile, very nervous about fate and disease, and stunned that such terrible things could happen in the world. But it wasn't this new awareness of suffering that most changed me. It was a series of scenes between Helen Keller and her famous teacher, Anne (Annie) Sullivan.
Annie had brought her student a doll as an introductory gift, and spelled the word "d-o-l-l" into Helen's hand by tracing the letters into the girl's palm. It took about a month of this before Helen finally understood what her teacher was doing: spelling out a word on her hand. It took so long because Helen Keller, deaf and blind child that she was, didn't know there was such a thing as words. That for each object, each sensation—for nearly everything in the world—there was a symbol that could be drawn on her palm. Helen finally had a breakthrough with the word "w-a-t-e-r" and Annie running the child's hand beneath a stream of it. Helen then dragged her teacher all over the yard asking for "the words" of each object to be drawn into her palm (how beautiful, no?).
I'm sure I could not have articulated this at the time (and struggle to articulate it well even now), but I thought it was so weird that Helen would learn to take the feeling of letters traced on her skin for the actual word that represented "water," for example, instead of the picture of the words, which I read with my eyes instead of sensing on my skin—whereupon I somehow, suddenly realized that the letters I saw when I ran my own hand beneath the faucet were not the water anymore than the feeling of the letters would be the water.
One of my earliest memories is of experiencing the ocean for the first time. I was two going on three, I'm told, and terrified. But my dad starting singing me the alphabet, and I started singing along, and before I knew it I was up on his shoulders and he was chest deep in the waves. Even then, that young, the alphabet was part of me. I barely knew the world or my own self without the filter of the alphabet. So what really shook me up about Helen Keller's story was this: before she had the shapes of these letters—these words—attached to the phenomena of the world, what did she think the world was? She could not see or hear, but she could feel the water without thinking of the word, or feeling the word, "w-a-t-e-r." The word was not the first thing for her. The thing was the first thing! What did that feel like? I wanted to know. I wanted the words out of the way.
I shared a bedroom with my sisters and the windows faced the front of Westminster Road. There was a tree across the street in the front yard of the corner house, a duplex where "two men who loved each other" lived together. And after reading Helen Keller's biography, I would stare and stare and stare at the tree until its familiar shape became strange—until I forgot what I thought I knew it was. Then for split seconds at a time I would no longer see a tree, but this crazy looking shape shooting up out of the ground with symmetrical little green filaments dancing all over the top of it. And then how strange and unfamiliar the whole world became! How beautiful and mysterious.
Bonnie Nadzam has published fiction and essays in many journals and magazines, including Granta, Harper's Magazine, Orion Magazine, The Iowa Review, Epoch, The Kenyon Review, and many others. Her first novel, Lamb, was the recipient of the Center for Fiction's first novel award in 2011 and was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. It has been translated into several languages and made into a film that was released in 2016. She is also co-author with Dale Jamieson of Love in the Anthropocene (OR Books, 2015). Published in July 2016, Lions is her third novel. Find her on Twitter: @bonnienadzam


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Here are two from the new BoBunny lines. Bobunny always does a fantastic job but these two collections in particular are outstanding.
I crinkled up some wired ribbon and added some mini pom pom trim (they reminded me of snowballs) then used staples and glue dots to stick it down.
Crazy Love is simply adorable.
Pink and brown combined with birds and flowers, what more could you ask for?
*thanks to Cheryl for this pic of her beautiful daughter Meghan!
This collection from The Paper Loft is ideal for all of your heritage/family history layouts.
For this layout I used an old photo of my mom. The journalling reads:
"At first glance this picture is just another retro, poor quality photo. What it is to me is a connection to my mother and our shared love of photography. I can't imagine how happy she would have been to experience digital cameras!"
I must have been in the mood to crinkle and smoosh paper and trim today since there seems to be a bit of a trend with these layouts!
Anyhoo, how's that Christmas shopping going??


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Moroccan cement floor + wall tiles (SAMPLE PACK)
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The American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) in Mississippi will mark its 70th year of presenting Girls State, a popular leadership program for young women entering their senior year in high school, when it holds the event June 3-8 on The University of Southern Mississippi's (USM) Hattiesburg campus.
The weeklong program provides delegates active learning experiences focused on the mechanics of federal, state and local government through simulated political campaigns, legislative and judicial processes in the fictitious state of "Magnolia." State and local government officials visit during the week to discuss public service in their roles, and the importance of citizen participation in a representative democracy.
Thousands of girls from across Mississippi have participated over the years, and still carry memories of that one week's experiences for a lifetime, said Angela Kilcrease, director of the event. This year, Girls State will include approximately 240 delegates.
"ALA Magnolia Girls State is where our country's future leaders realize their true potential," Kilcrease said. "We give these young ladies an intense week of leadership, patriotism and community enlightenment.
"We're also celebrating the fact that we've been associated with The University of Southern Mississippi as our host site for 31 straight years. We appreciate the University's continuing support for our program."
All Girls State events will be held at the Thad Cochran Center, with the exception of the graduation ceremony, which will be held at Bennett Auditorium. The following are highlights of the week's schedule of events:
*Move-in day, Sunday, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Century Park North residence halls.
*Opening Ceremony – Sunday, 4 p.m., Thad Cochran Center; USM Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Dee Dee Anderson will welcome delegates to the Hattiesburg campus.
*State Treasurer Lynn Fitch to address delegates, Monday, 1 p.m.
*Political rally, Tuesday, 7 p.m.
*Attorney General Jim Hood to address delegates, Tuesday, 3 p.m.
*Swearing in ceremony for elected "Magnolia" state officers, Wednesday, 4:30 p.m.
*Graduation - Friday (Bennett Auditorium), 8:30 a.m.
For more information about American Legion Auxiliary Girls State, contact Angela Kilcrease at email@example.com.


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I've used Campbell's Korean BBQ sauce mix before with just the roast, and it was good, not great. Just by adding a few simple indigents it took a rather ordinary meal from good to GREAT! The peppers really imparted a great flavor into the meat and the simple garnish of scallions and sesame seeds (I toasted mine) really took this to a new level. Yum!
Slow Cooker Korean Beef
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1/2 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoons freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha, or more, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 3 pound boneless beef chuck roast, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- In a large bowl, whisk together beef broth, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, ginger, Sriracha, onion powder and white pepper.
- Place chuck roast into a 6-qt slow cooker. Stir in beef broth mixture until well combined.
- Cover and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high heat for 3-4 hours.
- In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and 1/4 cup water. Stir in mixture into the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high heat for an additional 30 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened.
- Serve immediately, garnished with green onions and sesame seeds, if desired.