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The husband was the guilty party in this case. But knowing some of this couple's past struggles, I can safely say she wasn't blameless in the dissolution of this marriage. Not that this fact excuses anything.
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?"
~ Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV)
Only when we see clearly the role our hearts play in sin can we understand the role our circumstances have in it. Our struggles and temptations often trigger sin, but they never cause it. The origin of sin is always our heart and it's sinful desires.
The actions of others, external pressures, even our biology, these have an impact on our behavior via our hearts. But we cannot blame our circumstances when we sin - Adam and Eve tried that unsuccessfully (see Genesis 3).
Adam tried blaming Eve, and blaming God who gave him Eve. Eve tried blaming the snake in the garden (aka - Satan). While God punished the snake, He also held both Eve and Adam responsible for their individual choices.
So selfish desires lie within our hearts. They lead to sin. And sin leads to death.
Death of a relationship. Death of a family. ...eventually physical death - unless we're in Christ and will be raised with Him.
That's why we can't always follow our heart, as the common advice goes. But we can always safely follow the Spirit.
I realize "always follow your heart" is appealing advice. I'd like to always follow my heart too. But if we want to follow our hearts, we must first make sure they are anchored in Christ, His Word, and His Spirit. Not in our hormones, or our wants, or the pleasurable feelings a private message on Facebook can bring.
And that anchoring is pretty much a daily thing. Sometimes, hourly.

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Enjoy the presence of two extraordinary state parks and the many recreational and educational services provided. The intimate 318-acre Father Hennepin State Park entrance lies 3 blocks from the resort and Mille Lacs Kathio State Park is located 14 miles from the resort on the southwest side of the lake and you may get the chance to see our Albino deer.
The Mille Lacs Wildlife Management Area and State Parks are home to a myriad of birds & mammals, including hawks, eagles, loons, migrating swans, pileated woodpeckers, numerous songbirds, owls, beaver, otter, raccoons, mink and deer, just to name a few.
The City of Isle has a quaint little park just 200 ft. from our resort with "NEW" playground equipment in 2012, beach and public fishing pier.
The area is rich with a variety of unique shopping opportunities including, arts, antiques, crafts and specialty foods.
Cafe's, coffee shop and bar/restaurant settings are all within walking distance of our resort. The Mille Lacs area offers great food around the Lake from fast food to fine dining and everything in between.
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- Riders of all levels will enjoy ATVing on the Soo Line Trail and Red Top Loop.
- The Soo Line Trail is 10 miles of paved path perfect for hiking/biking and rollerblading.
- Mille Lacs Museum is located in the City of Isle.
- Fiddlestix Golf Course is just a couple miles away.
- The Wealthwood Rod and Gun Club presents a clean, affordable and safe environment for all phases of sports shooting with you family! There is also a golf, firearms and archery simulator. Visit the Wealthwood Rod & Gun Club web site for more info or give them a call at (218) 678-2281.
- Hunters seeking waterfowl and Canadian geese, ruffed grouse and woodcock, as well as whitetail deer and bear find great rewards in the vast amount of State hunting lands in the area.
- Tennis Courts and Basketball Courts are located at the High School less than a mile away and the IREC community and fitness center is across the street from us.


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As part of its ongoing investment in search technology, Microsoft has acquired Lookout Software, a two-person company specialized in e-mail and desktop search.
Lookout, of Palo Alto, California, offers a "personal search engine." The software adds a search bar to the Microsoft Outlook e-mail client that allows users to quickly and easily search through their e-mail and their computer, according to the Lookout Web site.
The acquisition brings Microsoft more expertise in the area of search, contributing to its goal of providing the best tools for finding information, Microsoft says in a statement. Lookout developer Mike Belshe will join Microsoft's MSN search team. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.
The deal closed at the end of June, says Eric Hahn, creator of the first Lookout product and founder and financier of Lookout Software. "This was a very lucrative transaction for us and we're very happy about it," Hahn says.
Search Strategy
Microsoft did not provide details about how it would use the Lookout technology. However, Hahn says the acquisition is part of a much larger search strategy at the Redmond, Washington-based software giant.
"Search has just taken over our industry as the must-have feature, whether it is Web, desktop, or e-mail," Hahn says. "Lookout is not the silver bullet in [all areas of search], but it is really good in e-mail and desktop search and those are critical parts."
Asked if Microsoft could use Lookout's technology to improve Hotmail, its Web-based e-mail service, Hahn says the technology would not work in that area, but that the general idea behind Lookout would.
"The code of Lookout would not map to Hotmail today. However, the semantics and the experiences we have had are very applicable," he says.
Tough Competition
Yahoo said last week that it had acquired San Francisco startup Oddpost. The company provides a Web-based e-mail service with a user interface that functions more like a desktop program, where users can drag and drop e-mails into folders. The company said it will use the technology in an upcoming version of Yahoo Mail.
Google is also entering the Web-based e-mail market, with an upcoming service called Gmail. It will include 1GB of storage and some advanced search and filing features.
Lookout started as a pet project of Hahn, a developer and venture capitalist in Palo Alto. Overwhelmed with the amount of e-mail he was receiving and keen to start coding again, Hahn set about creating a search tool for his in-box. He picked Microsoft's .Net platform and C# programming language for the project.
The first version of the Lookout software, then called Chrome, was made available for download in May of last year. Belshe joined in October and improved the software, which was renamed Lookout. About 100,000 people use it today, and they will be able to continue using the product, Hahn says.
Microsoft has made search a key investment area and is specifically targeting the Internet search market. The company is working on a brand new Internet search engine, scheduled for launch within a year, and recently revamped its current MSN Search Web site. Microsoft has also said it plans to launch search services for news and Web logs later this year.


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Construction of three South County freeway connectors that are expected to improve cross-border traffic and commutes in nearby neighborhoods was recently completed.
The San Diego Association of Governments announced on Wednesday that work on connectors linking State Routes 905 and 11 to Northbound State Route 125 in Otay Mesa is done, and the roads are open. The project cost over $21 million and took 13 months to complete.
The new connectors mean that drivers, including truckers moving freight between the United States and Mexico, no longer have to take local side roads to get from from routes 905 and 11 up to route 125, the South Bay Expressway toll road.
A new port of entry is being planned at the eastern end of Route 11 to reduce wait times to an average of 20 minutes, and combined with the new connectors, will mean that northbound traffic can avoid local streets in the Otay Mesa area.
The connector project broke ground 13 months ago, as cross-border traffic began surging years ago because of the North American Free Trade Agreement. President-elect Donald Trump, however, campaigned to re-negotiate or completely cancel the deal, but has not explained his preferred conditions. Around 800,000 northbound trucks moving $39 billion of goods pass through the Otay Mesa Port of Entry each year.
Besides helping traffic from the border, the connectors are also expected to serve neighborhoods in eastern Chula Vista by making it easier to take routes 905 and 11 to northbound Route 125 as a way of avoiding traffic on Interstates 5 and 805. This will also assist the operations of the South Bay Rapid, an express bus line that is under construction.
The 26-mile Rapid route includes 12 stations from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry to downtown San Diego through eastern Chula Vista. Like other Rapid lines, it's designed to connect residential neighborhoods to major work centers with limited stops between. The route is expected to open in 2018 and will be operated by the Metropolitan Transit System.
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RENTON, Wash. (AP) In the future, Seattle coach Pete Carroll would prefer if Richard Sherman handled his frustrations in a way that did not result in an emotional eruption on the sideline in the middle of a game.
Sherman's shouting match with players and coaches became a teaching moment for the Seahawks on Monday, a day after Seattle rallied for a 26-24 win over Atlanta .
Carroll spent most of his Monday availability talking about emotions, philosophy and what exactly transpired on Seattle's sideline that became as much of a story as the Seahawks improving to 4-1.
''What I told the guys today was there's going to always be things that happen and we're going to learn if we can from the experiences that we have and those that we draw from and get smarter and more aware, we're going to get better,'' Carroll said. ''It wound up being an extraordinary positive for our team that we could hang through the rigors and the challenges against a terrific team and find a way to win a football game.''
Sherman's tirade happened after a blown coverage in Seattle's secondary that allowed Julio Jones to run uncovered down the sideline for a 36-yard touchdown in the third quarter. Sherman was livid, screaming at anyone within earshot on the sideline and getting in the face of anyone who tried to calm him down. Earl Thomas, Michael Bennett, Kam Chancellor and Bobby Wagner all took turns trying to calm Sherman with little success.
Carroll mostly stood back and watched how his players handled the situation.
''I thought it was a marvelous job of our guys showing who they are and their resolve to make sure they do what is right for our team,'' Carroll said. ''It was impressive.''
Carroll said it was miscommunication between Sherman and backup safety Kelcie McCary - playing because Chancellor was injured - that led to Jones being wide open. There were times last year when the Seahawks had communication issues in their secondary that led to uncovered receivers, but they never resulted in a public eruption like Sherman's.
''What was clear, to me, was that Kam is a big factor,'' Carroll said. ''We don't see that stuff. I can't even remember a game where Kam was playing. He has such a connection and the skill in communicating and all that. (Kelcie) couldn't have that. He hasn't played enough with our guys. He's been there, but it's not the same.''
Sherman was in the spotlight before the game started because of his expected matchup against Jones. Along with his tirade, Sherman was at the center of a controversial no-call on Atlanta's final offensive play when Jones tried to pull in a deep pass from Matt Ryan. Sherman had a grip on Jones' right arm as he attempted to catch the pass and Atlanta's sideline screamed for a pass interference call.
Carroll added that he does not see a drawback in players being so close to the edge emotionally.
''It gives us a chance to find out how good you can be as a group,'' he said. ''Without it, you can still do good, but you don't get familiar with that space and what that mentality is like. So it's hard to not only get there but it's hard to stay there. You have to get familiar with it and what it feels like to be totally immersed and committed and focused and maximizing. And then you have to do it again and again, so you have to understand it. We're trying to learn how to do that.''
Seattle received mixed news on two injuries.
Bennett has a chance to play next week at Arizona after injuring his right knee on a cut block by Atlanta's Jake Matthews. Bennett was incensed by the block, calling it unnecessary and using a few expletives to drive home his point.
After reviewing the game film, Carroll didn't see any problems with the block.
''It was clean. Nobody wants to get hit in the legs, but it wasn't a dirty play or anything like that. It wasn't illegal,'' Carroll said.
The news on Luke Willson wasn't as good. Carroll said Willson has cartilage damage and strained ligaments in his right knee that could require surgery. Willson was injured on Christine Michael's touchdown run in the fourth quarter that pulled Seattle within 24-23.
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Lukaku Hat-trick, Everton Libas Young Boys 4-1
Lukaku Hat-trick, Everton Libas Young Boys 4-1
Bern – Everton put one foot in the last 16 of the Europa League, after the away game to the headquarters of Young Boys, The Toffees won 4-1 through a hat-trick Romelu Lukaku.
In the round of 32 first leg held at the Stade de Suisse, Friday (20/02/2015) pm dawn, Everton actually left earlier in the 10th minute after Guillaume Hoarau bust nets Tim Howard.
But Everton bounce back ahead just in less than five minutes. Starting Lukaku header goal in the 24th minute, Seamus Coleman added another goal for Everton by kicking measured in the box in the 28th minute.
Everton closed the first half with a 3-1 lead through Lukaku's second goal in the 38th minute. Beat the offside trap, Lukaku easily cheat the ball into the goal Young Boys.
Lukaku trigolnya fulfilled in this game in the 58th minute. Solo run the Belgian player managed to penetrate the defenses of Young Boys and ends with a chip over the keeper kick the opponent.
Everton closed the match with a 4-1 victory and the second leg will be held at Goodison Park next week, most likely foster children Roberto Martinez was going to swing easily to the next round.
For Lukaku, a hat-trick that makes parallel with Alan Ball, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, and Andy Gray as an Everton player who is able to make three goals in European competition matches.
Young Boys: Mvogo; Hadergjonaj, Vilotic, Von Bergen, Lecjaks; Sanogo (Bertone 90 '), Gajic (Gerndt 70'); Steffen (Sulejmanov 79 '), Kubo, Nuzzolo; Hoarau.
Everton: Howard; Coleman, Stones, Jagielka, Oviedo (Garbutt 58 '); Barry, McCarthy (Alcaraz 70 '); Mirallas, Barkley, Naismith; Lukaku (Atsu 85 ').


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Raptors F Patterson out 7-10 days with elbow sprain
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Toronto Raptors forward Patrick Patterson will miss the next seven to 10 days with a sprained right elbow.
The team made the announcement before Sunday's game at Minnesota. Coach Dwane Casey says Patterson has been bothered by the injury for some time, but aggravated it on Friday in a win over Sacramento.
It's a big loss for the Raptors, who have taken off since acquiring Patterson from Sacramento as part of the trade that sent Rudy Gay to the Kings on Dec. 9.
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Patterson is averaging 9.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 23.4 minutes per game with Toronto. He has shot 44 percent from 3-point range and also brought a defensive tenacity to the Raptors' reserves that has made a big difference.


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Last week I saw a beautiful baby that I have to say is pure beauty and perfection…of tissue. You would argue with me, all babies are beautiful and perfection…I had to post about this experience because this was a special case…This 6 month old was so alert and watching our discussion very clear eyed. But they all do, you say…As I was doing the physical exam, he was lean but his tissues, the feel of him, firm, real of pure substance (no excess subcutaneous fat, just enough), his range of motion in his legs and arms, full, even and balanced (not too loose, not too tight, hardly any residual fetal tensions in hips). As a pediatrician, I see a lot of babies, his feel was real. I have never treated him osteopathically and he should never need it…It must all that wonderful breastmilk…on top of that the extra food that mom is preparing for him…it must be the kale too…Okay, I am in awe…Most of my mommies breastfeed, but to get your infant to eat the extra that he is already getting through your breastmilk and for him to like kale, that is amazing…i told his mommy that i was going to blog about this…Most of you are wondering, Big deal, why is she raving about his 'feel?' Look if you have seen the before and after treatment photos and videos, my hands are super sensitive and know things (far beyond mere mortals) just from the nature of the osteopathic work. i am raving about this means that the less real feel of formula fed babies comes from a false food that imparts a strange otherness that is not ordinarily recognized and so is presumed to be 'normal.' So this means that the junk we eat is used to rebuild and remodel a false infrastructure…So how do we maintain health, remain disease free if the underlying structure is not what it should be…
Pure BabyPosted July 5, 2014 by letrinh
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: breastfeeding, health, kale
Speech and Other Oral IssuesPosted April 8, 2014 by letrinh
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Tags: anxiety, childhood dyspraxia, lisping, sleep disorder, speech disorder, thumb sucking
My older girl is 5.5 years. When she was toddling about and starting to form words, I noticed that the right side of her lips would tweak over asymmetrically to the right. When she started to speak more words, her tongue would stick out and then deviate to the right. Watching her, I knew that this was something beyond her control. She did not actively thrust that tongue out. It was as if, there wasn't room back there so it couldn't shorten, fatten and tuck itself back there. The only way for it to have room is to narrow and lengthen and poke out. I carried so much guilt for so long thinking that I did something, if not causing it, then exacerbating it. I took her to several DO colleagues, but I did not see any effect. I resolved to have patience and wait until she was old enough to understand and then train her to train it. Last night was the first time in 5 years that I had hope of curing her. But first, let me introduce how I came upon this concept and how it is that I have reached this one fantastic conclusion…
I have been frustrated in the last several years with cases of complicated children. These children had various manifestations of structural issues: 1) a brother with tight hard head, his sister severe knock-knees, constipation, and allergies; 2) there was another child who was severely cone-headed, chronic thumb sucker who was diagnosed at age 3 with "dyspraxia;" 3) a pair of sisters with chronic middle ear infections; 4) 2 brothers and their sister with multiple chronic allergies, multiple idiosyncratic drug reactions, anxiety, OCD behaviors and disordered sleep. They all had one thing in common – tight hard craniums. It was driving me nuts! I could not figure them out. I know I don't suck. I know my business (we doctors are risk averse, one does not decide to open an office in Beverly Hills, Ca without some confidence of success). Really, its not me…It's them, It's you, all you complicated cases out there are just a great big pile of garbled strains too difficult to untangle for mere mortal doctors, MDs and most DOs for that matter. So what contributed to these hard heads?
The common denominator…high velocity traumatic vectors, all car accidents…in the maternal pelvis…years prior to conception. I have concluded that the force and momentum of the collision is impressed into the body so that it is incapable of maximal physiologic expansion during pregnancy, so that it 'keeps' the memory and strain pattern in place, even as the baby develops. In other words, your baby was…formed in chaos. From thereon, health problems ensue…'imperfection' unfolds…All these kids responded when I treated them as if they themselves were in the same accident as their mommies. Respectively, the mommies of the children above, experienced 1) t-bone motor vehicle accident, 2) t-bone, spin and flip – as 3 separate car accidents over the course of 20 years, 3) mother fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into a tree, 4) got thrown out of a moving car at 40 mph when she was 5 years old, rolling down the street for 100 yards – talk about chaos…shee-eesh.
In the past four months, I have been treating myself for my t-bone car accident when I was 18 years old. It was so minor, passenger car door mildly dented in a parking lot where the other driver was going maybe 10 mph tops. I had forgotten it. I treated myself and am still astounded by the degree of its effect on my physical body, all this time, unbeknownst to me.
So last night, I reached the conclusion that if this theory held correct for my patients, then it should hold true for my daughter. I asked her if I could treat her head and she responded "Yes, because my S's aren't right." Aaawww, 😦
I treated her as if she was t-boned in a car accident. This morning as I prompted her to say "schoolbus" and "medicines," her lisp did not sound that bad. Her tongue still stuck out past her teeth, but a lot less, and it was closer to midline…it is all so clear now…this explains her whole origin, her beginning…in chaos…what??!! When I was carrying her in my belly, she would only settle to my left side. She did not venture to the right, the impact side…there could not have been any room. Rarely did she even move and float around in the middle. That whole 'sidedness' is in her being, in her head and in her formation…So I treated her specifically for it and everything seems to soften overnight…it is direct effect I see that leads me to causation…for how we are and how we came to be…
So…mommies, it you are still searching for answers…here it is…you had a high velocity impact on your pelvis when you were younger. Your child is bearing the effects of that momentum and force in their formation…I absolve you of any guilt. You did not cause nor contribute to your child's problem. If you still have a choice for a current pregnancy or future child, please choose a C-section. Your child's "ill health" is a late effect of a failed attempt to contain chaos…good luck to you and your child. find a DO near you, the older the better. if you don't see immediate, at least next day results, send them this link; the higher precision the treatment the more instantaneous the changes…
ObamaCare FeedbackPosted April 5, 2014 by letrinh
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Tags: consequences, costs, Obamacare, providers
It is still kind of early in the history of Obamacare, but I want to update to the world how it is already affecting us adversely on the provider side.
We have heard the reports of increased premiums and deductibles. These are real increases. My premium for myself and my 2 children used to be $250 per month with a $3500 deductible. This was insurance in every sense of the word. I paid out to contain my risk of a catastrophic health/medical event for myself and my children. Every month, I knew that the plan I chose and its cost would go to a pool. I knew, and accepted, that I would never see that money again; that my pool money would sit and pay for management of the pool and to balance and provide coverage for others who were not so lucky. Because of Obamacare, my premium went up to $440 with a $6,000 deductible. I shopped the Kaiser HMO options and they were just as high. I don't use medical services and now I have to pay more. Where does that difference go? Have you ever wondered?
Thanks to our politicians and politician lawyers who think they are smarter and can deliver better medical care for less. Yes, they have figured it out, even better than the doctors who work within the medical system. Let me remind the public that medical school is 4 years undergrad, 4 years medical school and minimum 3 years residency training. I want you then to consider the costs of that education and who has to bear it. How much education does it take to be a politician? How much medical training or experience does a lawyer have?
As a provider, here is what i am seeing/experiencing so far. One of our good patients who had a PPO came in. They thought they had the same insurance, so we billed as usual. The response was…nothing…we did not get a payment because we were not an Obamacare provider. The check went to the patient…for…$25. Fortunately, we have a good relationship with our patients and sent them the bill for $80 for a sick visit (sick visits and urgent care visits can run between $40 to $150, depending on the facility). So the patient essentially has a $55 copay, a little over double from the old system (thanks, again guys). If we were an "approved" Obamacare provider, the check would have come to us and I would not be able to bill the patient and they would never have known how little of their premium went to paying for service. I want you to imagine all you patients out there, not fully aware of how little your provider is being paid.
In order for your physician provider to absorb all the reduced payments, if you are not aware…how would they make up the costs for the overhead (rent, employees, taxes)? The larger medical groups would hire cheaper nurse practitioners and physician assistants…you would no longer see physician providers…A lot of people don't know or don't care, when they see someone in a white coat, they assume "physician." You need to know who you are talking to…ask…do not assume "doctor." To churn out more providers, they are going to lower the bar for medical schools, allow ancillary providers to prescribe…it is going to uglier out there…i'll keep you posted…
Mechanical Causes of Chronic ConstipationPosted March 16, 2014 by letrinh
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: car accident, chronic constipation, chronic pain
These last several months have been amazing. I have discovered a new perspective on patients and chronic constipation…and yes, cure…It is so difficult for me to fathom, still. I have been doing this osteopathic muscular treatment for the last 14 years for patients with chronic problems. No matter the source of the structural derangement and myriad symptoms such as migraines, herniated disc, back pain, spasms, the response is never such as the ones I receive when I resolve chronic constipation. The patients with whiplash, bad hip, bad knee, limping, gimping, dizzy, not sleeping, doesn't matter…they get relief but I never, ever, ever get immediate feedback. I know they got better because they come in weeks, months, years later or they refer friends, family or loved ones weeks, months, or years later. But this…, this takes the cake (eats it, and poops it out too, sorry, much too much?). The overwhelming immediate feedback suggests to me that there is an epidemic of constipation in the pain and chronic issues population or the conventional treatments are only adequate. Perhaps, what I am sensing is that health and normal vegetative functions are vital as the starting point of our pursuit of happiness. How can one live a normal daily life, to pursue our dreams, if the start of the day is sluggish and our sewer system is backed up by several days or, in some of my patients, a whole week. Again, how can one live to be happy? These patients, I marvel and ask them, how is it that they can still have a sense of humor or a smile on their face, or have the ability to be good parents (and not beat their children) despite their chronic constipation? They confirm that it is difficult when they are not functioning. Maybe, this year, instead of the usual cheery christmas wish for Joy to the World and Peace and Happiness on Earth, I will wish for all peoples of the world to be able to start the day with a nice, full and satisfactory evacuation.
Most of my patients have my cell.
After curing them of their constipation, the feedback is as immediate as their response. I get texts for "Hey, Dr. H., you are amazing…after I left your office, I had 3 BMs. I never have that many, ever." or "I don't even need my probiotics to go now." Ok, so here is the explanation: The conventional medical system (CMS) teaches us doctors about the gut as a separate system, isolating it as a matured tract that is labelled in different parts like the esophagus, the stomach, the small intestine, large instestine, rectum and anus. We are to throw aside its origin in human development. When we were 2-3 weeks old in our mother's womb, the GI system started out as a primitive gut tube, a hose. If you imagine that hose elongating, it is still the same connected tube. How does that tube fit in our body? It has to be suspended in front of our spine, hanging off the middle of base of our skull at a point/nubbin (called the pharyngeal tubercle). The whole gut tube has to hang perfectly vertical, perfectly plumb before it settles down into the pelvis. What happens to that plumb line after a patient sustains a high velocity impact? Immediately after an accident, people see and know the soft tissue injury, the whiplash, the back and neck pain. That line has been disrupted and over time after the shock wears off, the system slows down. The effect is much later so we do not attribute sluggishness of our sewers to that impact. How was I able to get my patients' guts to wake up?
I treat the vectors of their injury. The direction in which they whiplash provides the clue. Once everything is plumb, and the parts move together synchronously, the whole thing returns to it natural state of ease and all is as it should be, effortless. So this applies to different types of high velocity injuries, as in falls. Many cases of chronic constipation result from falls to the tailbone. As you can imagine, the sacrum is almost like a couch against which the rectum rests. If it is shocked and jammed up, it will hamper the tissue overlying it. I also have a number of cases where there are bowel issues such as "irritable bowel syndrome" from what I call 'other non-standard univectoral falls.' Why do you suppose the sewers are 'irritable'? They are upset, they are sluggish and unhappy. They types of falls are really difficult to treat. This is where the 'art' comes in. We have to be able to tell where, how and when the jammed up parts want to free up.
More on Vaccines and the CMSPosted March 6, 2014 by letrinh
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: delay vaccines, vaccine friendly, vaccines
Today I met parents who were looking for a new pediatrician. The one they had previously selected had promised to be vaccine friendly. When the time came, they got the talk and some nudging towards starting. They did not like the pressure and felt like they got the bait (yes, we can go slow on the vaccines) and switch (when the time came, eyeball rolling). As they told me about their baby, I became concerned. The baby was one and a half weeks overdue. Labor was slow, difficult and lasted 3 days, yes, 3 days. At 3 weeks of life, she stopped breathing and got purple around the lips. The dad had to do CPR. They went to the hospital and were told they see this "all the time." They suggested, that she really did not really need the CPR, that she would have "come out of it." They wanted to know if I could affirm their concerns and would support their decision to not vaccinate. I absolutely agreed. This child's life started off with some degree of difficulty. If mom could breastfeed out to 6 months, this is the last child I would want to vaccinate, if at all! Parents, I want to shout out to you to trust your instincts. Do not let anyone force you to do something that feels wrong. I need to explain to you how they, the doctors of the CMS (read my prior post on the CMS) think. They, regular pediatricians, believe that she should be vaccinated according to the newest latest schedule; maybe especially because she had some early issues. They need "protection" of those vaccines. However contrarian my perspective, I think my logic is more sound. Her neonatal head was clamped down through a 3 day process. She needs time for that head to decompress and the brain and nervous system need a chance to develop. Ninety-five percent of the blood pumped into the brain drains out of the veins in the back of the skull. With that difficult delivery, those drainage vessels are kinked. Any products circulating in the blood can easily be deposited in the brain. So parents, here are some signs to be concerned.
Babies born by difficult delivery should be carefully examined to make sure that the soft spot is soft and pulsating. Hard tight, small and poofed out spots are reflective of pressures that are not allowing the skull plates to expand. Look for veins on the scalp that bulge or faint purple spider veins around the eyelids (read my prior post "Doctor, what is that blue mark on my baby's face?"). Difficult labors that are too long (more than 16hours) or too painful, is a harbinger of problems to come. Usually, poor progress is a result of past traumas to the maternal pelvis which leave the deep pelvic muscles in chronic spasm. In delivery, they cannot relax and phase with the symphony of events that are important to vaginally pass the baby. When the baby comes out, there is a weak cry, there is poor latching, poor nursing. The baby grows to be fussy, arches a lot, has frequent spit ups that eventually become "reflux." The baby stiffens up and is too alert. Yes, parents, you need to go with your gut. Take heart and keep searching for answers.
ObamaCare ConsequencesPosted October 27, 2013 by letrinh
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: obamacare consequences
Ok. maybe i should have posted this earlier and it just seems that i am piling on, but i wanted to hear what people are hearing and saying so that i can contribute to what is not known out there. so what i hope to add from this post is a small bit of back-end, inside baseball information that you can share with this info with others.
I went to a recent meeting where a medical billing expert (who is on a CMS expert panel) discusses the history of coding and how the government rules and regulations try to define, label, codify, and value the work that healthcare providers provide. In discussions we shared with each other a few informative tidbits…Because everyone is going to get healthcare, there will be an increase in demand, but the supply of professionals is limited…the question that has to be asked is where are we going to get the professionals to provide the services?…the government answer is really easy…we will just lower the threshold for medical acceptance entrance exams of those people who sign a statement that they will be going into primary care. i predict that the 'quality, affordable healthcare' from the PCP, primary care provider, will come from newly minted lowered standard physicians or nurse practitioners or even physician assistants. That is the healthcare future for all…not only that…
Several months ago a colleague of mine was recruited by sales people to join the new Obamacare Medical 'construct.' President Obama's wonderful new model for affordable healthcare, called Accountable Care Organizations, is going to reward those involved in the ACO for taking "good" care of patients and financially penalizing for not doing a "good, or good enough" job.
1. if this was such a wonderful thing, why do they need salespeople to sell this to the providers? to rope them in?
2. it sounds like Obamacare is just repackaging the HMO concept, only now it will cost the providers if the patients are non-compliant "bad" or "difficult" or complicated patients; how is that supposed to incentivize the best?
3. at the top of the ACOs, the organizing entity around which all services revolve is the hospital. hospitals are run by MBAs whose bottom line is shareholders and their own salaries, benefits and parachutes. they have no compunction about charging over 600% for a tylenol tablet to a post-surgical patient because they are sick, whereas in most doctors offices, we buy the tylenol ourselves and give it to the patients who need them, so they feel better (and we generally do not charge, we bundle it up as part of the full visit).
some things for you all to discuss…there is probably more i can share with you, more inside baseball stuff…i think this is good enough for now, so you can all stew over it a bit…
Doctor, Why Does My Child Twitch?Posted August 28, 2013 by letrinh
Categories: Pediatrics
Tags: falls, injuries in children, small pixie face and chin, twitching legs, twitching muscles, twithching
This month seems to be the month that I finally address this question. Parents, mostly mommies, will watch their children with an eagle eye and notice faint twitching happening throughout the body. Sometimes you will see a faint small one in an arm and within the next second one on the opposite leg. Then later the child is diagnosed as fidgety or worse 'ADHD' with suggestion that medication would help this hyperactivity. As they grow into the adult form of this symptom, they may still be labelled ADHD, and the twitching never goes away.
First, we need to answer, what is this twitching? It is not a full on muscular involuntary contraction. It is actually a fine muscle fiber contraction. I think that it is the body's attempt to release or dissipate tension.
Second, how is this tension acquired? Because this is a blog about osteopathic philosophy, the tension is usually always traumatically acquired, and most of the time this is acquired through a high velocity impact. Of all my twitchy cases, there has not been one that was acquired slowly over time in the manner of a repetitive stress injury. They have been from falls (by rolling mostly) off the bed, pushed or shoved off the bed by a sibling, or at worse months to years after being involved in…a car accident.
After an accident, most parents don't notice any problems that they can immediately attribute to the impact. They brush it off and soon it is out of their mind. Maybe a year or so later, mom will see something, get suspicious and then continue observing.
Why does it take months or years for this twitching to appear? At the time of impact, children are mostly water and their bones are mostly cartilage. They rarely break anything on impact. They just bounce. But that impact makes an impression of shock and the tissues (and future muscles) will seize up into that form. Later, when the child's body attempts to growth out of that contractured state, tensions will develop along those lines. The child usually does not feel pain from these tensions primarily because their body, brain and spinal cord developed around these strains and mold them into the developmental pattern as 'normal.'
Just like my "Doctor, Why are My Legs Heavy?" this post will answer a simple question that remains unaddressed or ignored by medical professionals all over the world. How do I know this with such certainty? Let me prove this to you and predict what will happen. Let's prove this…First, have your child lay down. Have him or her pull he knees to chest, use the arms to hold the knees to chest. Have your child relax and keep the eyes closed…and just wait and watch…more twitching will come out! Sorry, I cannot explain to you how to disengage this activity from the brain and spinal cord, to reboot the system and reset it…too complex and esoteric…I only discovered this in the last several months. Let me now predict what will happen with the physical body. As your child growths up, there will be tensions on the lower extremity which might manifest in growing pains, tightness, or more twitching. From above, the development in the shoulders will be restricted, and they will be relatively narrow to the size and height of the child. Those restrictions will also impinge on the front portion of the head and neck. The neck will be pulled down and forward in hyperextension and the jaw and chin will be narrow and pointy giving your child an elfish or pixie look. Don't worry…again, this is not painful…it is just evidence of constraints and tensions…it is not dangerous. It is a tension state that the body learns to accomodate. Later, when they grow up, these physical features remain. They will be relevant when your child has any further trauma or just ages. It becomes another load for the body to bear in addition to the gravitational work, at some point, somethings going to give…How do I know? I've seen it and I have treated it and the precise treatment results in instantaneous changes, which proves the theory.


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I always loved Kinder Surprise Eggs. Since 1974 those clever people at Ferrero have delighted us with yummy two-tone chocolate ova containing nearly impenetrable yellow plastic eggs, and inside that, fiddly little snap together toys.
I never worked out that 3-in-1 deal. They claimed that it was chocolate, surprise and toy; but although we knew we'd be getting the toy, there was no doubt that as the candy carapace contained one within, and so as far as I was concerned, it was a surprise toy, rather than a surprise and a toy.
Sometimes, the contents would utterly delight, but just as often, they would disappoint, although it didn't really matter much; the gift was more of a bonus to the sublime taste of the cocoa shell, and in any event, they did not stand up to robust play for long, so it was best not to form too much of an attachment to the strange little plastic treat.
And now look at what those silly people at Ferrero have gone and done. They've topped the foil wrappers with pink and blue, containing gender specific toys; cars in the blue ones and dolls or bracelets in the pink ones.
I'm all for discovering the sex of a baby at the twenty week scan, but this is really taking the element of surprise way to far for my liking. Messing with my chocolate eggs feels like step very much in the wrong direction. Kinder – you have gone quite mad! How can you do this? It is an intrusion in the secret world of children's hopes and dreams.
We like surprises. Cilla Black even had a show about it. We also like nosing about, and Lloyd Grossman had a show about that side of us too. I prefer surprise now, as at my grand old age, there seem to be so very few genuine ones left. I found out the sex of my first two babies at the twenty week stage, but with the third, I wanted to wait and see. People would see my bump; often irritatingly pat it and ask what I was having. I would smile and say brightly, "I'm having a *baby."
At a breakfast I hosted last week, one of my guests revealed that at six years of age, he discovered an intense delight in playing with his friend's sweetly fragrant My Little Pony. He understood well enough at the time, that it was quite unconventional.
How many children might slow down in the candy aisle of the supermarket, stop for a while at the selection of Kinder Eggs, and wish for a blue egg instead of a pink one, incubating secret and confusing desires for the other egg, and yet may have the choice made for them by their mother or father?
My Grandfather, taken from me sadly when I was only six years of age was a dear man. The things I remember about him was when he injected himself with insulin, his ability to eat an apple in its entirety, leaving only the stalk, and his visits to the Cash'n'Carry, where he used to pick up a bargain bag of toys, for 50p.
It was a clear bag, knotted at the top, and in it were contained all manner of bits and pieces. Plastic "safety" scissors, so safe, they didn't actually cut anything, bouncy balls, and a selection of Cowboys and Indians – oops, sorry – Native Americans – oops sorry First Nation and Immigrant Americans.
Now don't go thinking that I wish for a gender-neutral world; the sort promoted by nurseries in Sweden. They now have a non-specific pro-noun, and make every effort to bypass any reference made to maleness or femaleness. I may be completely wrong, but I thought that those tender young years are all about discovering identity, and although not necessarily sexual orientation, certainly understanding your own gender is a really important part of establishing who you are, in an extremely confusing world.
One couple have taken this so far, that no one but close family knows the gender of their child named "Pop." Can that be altogether sensible?
There is some debate going on at the moment about whether or not it is offensive to address the female sex over eighteen or so as "Girls." Some women find it demeaning, others find it sexist; however the majority of my friends say that they don't really care.
I can perhaps see where calling someone "girl" can and often does create a particular hierarchical disadvantage, and of course I wouldn't want that, but considering the constant and relentless pressure by the media to maintain youthful looks, I would have thought that being addressed as a junior version of woman would be the Holy Grail.
Imagine all the pop songs that would be no longer correct, if we had to reconsider that one little word. And what would happen to the description of a particular romantic interest? Calling someone womanfriend doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
Apparently it is perfectly ok if we are in an all female group, and we choose to call ourselves "girls," provided it is only to each other. But surely that kind of exclusivity is unacceptable, and at the very least, those sorts of double standards make me wince.
With a large Jewish following, and having suffered quite considerable anti-Semitic provocation, Tottenham Hotspur fans of all religions and ethnicity call themselves the Yid Army, and chant Yiddo at matches. Anywhere else, this sort of thing would be an offence, and they would be arrested.
Don't even get me started with the "N" word. As long as you are black, it's ok to use it with each other, but rightly, no one else is allowed to say it. These two examples perpetuate racism, and keep alive old and uncomfortable identities. If a particular word is offensive, the very group who would be offended by it shouldn't use it. But both these groups claim they use these words as a sort of "Badge of Pride." How very confusing.
Back in the '20s, New York gangster, Ben Siegal, better known as Bugsy, is reputed to have said, "We only kill each other." So murder is perfectly ok, as long as you keep it within your own group. Shoot anyone outside, now that is entirely a different matter.
While mulling over the word "Girl" with the endlessly fascinating, far too clever for one person polymath Jonathon Xavier Coudrille, we both concluded it would be very sad if we had to call everyone something along the lines of simply "person." He pointed out that instead of identifying someone, it actually renders them to the status of a "nobody" rather than a "somebody."
The word "person" is originally French, and the direct translation is "nobody." Following the conquest in 1066, the Norman ruling class would address important people by name, or their correct title, but if someone should need referring to and they were merely a commoner, they would be referred to as "person" in other words, "nobody."
Another Norman word that has remained in use but has also slightly changed, is Homage, the pledging of allegiance in a Feudal ceremony. Of course it is now used as a way of paying respect to a fellow artist.
Yes, perhaps a little later I shall be rather appropriately girding my loins; while waiting for a flood of "loos" in response to this perforce short, but entirely enjoyable etymological romp.
Having wandered slightly off point, we ought to come back to the subject of gender, and how we identify ourselves. I like our differences, and I enjoy being a girl. That said, the best thing about having boys is the discovery of all sorts of toys I had never played with before, coming from an all girl family. Perhaps I exaggerate, and it is not the best thing; that is a little extreme, even for me. But the point is, I absolutely love Lego, and Scalextric and I really think it's time soon for a remote control motorboat…
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Unit 7: The Energy in Chemical Reactions—Thermodynamics and Enthalpy
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Section 6: Enthalpy
Figure 7-9. Thermite Welding
Thermite welding in progress. Liquid iron produced by the thermite reaction will flow into the mold around the rail gap.
© Wikimedia Commons. Author: Skatebiker.
Many chemical reactions are useful because of the energy transformations that accompany them. All chemical reactions exchange energy with the surroundings by releasing or absorbing heat. Reactions that produce or consume gases also exchange energy as pressure-volume work.
The amount of heat exchanged with the surroundings is an important property of a chemical reaction. The amount of heat absorbed or released during a reaction under constant pressure is called "enthalpy" and is represented by the variable H. When the pressure of the system doesn't change, the change in enthalpy of a system equals the heat exchanged with the surroundings:
ΔH = q
If a chemical reaction releases heat, it is exothermic. If a chemical reaction absorbs heat, it is endothermic. Many useful reactions are exothermic; we value them because we can harness the heat they release. Burning fuels such as coal and gasoline is an exothermic reaction; we use the heat produced by these reactions to power machinery and generate electricity. Digestion—the process by which our bodies break down nutrients from food—is an exothermic reaction that powers our movements and metabolism.
One of the most dramatic exothermic reactions is the thermite reaction, in which aluminum powder is mixed with a metal oxide, usually iron. Aluminum forms stronger bonds with oxygen than the metal does, so the aluminum reduces the oxide to metal:
Fe2O3(s) + 2Al(s) → Al2O3(s) + Fe(l)
The reaction releases so much heat that the iron produced is a liquid. This makes the thermite reaction useful in welding applications, such as fusing steel railroad tracks together. (Figure 7-9)
Sometimes, it is not desirable or useful for chemical reactions to release heat. The exothermic curing of concrete sometimes poses engineering challenges. For example, when workers poured the enormous blocks of concrete in the Hoover Dam, they embedded cooling pipes in the slabs. Without cold water flowing through these pipes, engineers estimated it would have taken 125 years for the dam to cool. A thorough knowledge of the enthalpy in the curing process was crucial to the project's success.
Because endothermic processes pull heat away from the surroundings, they cool things. Melting ice is endothermic, which is why ice packs reduce swelling from sports injuries. Chemical cold packs, which need no refrigeration, achieve the same thing with an endothermic chemical reaction. One of the common reactions inside cold packs is the dissolving of ammonium chloride:
NH4Cl(s) → NH4+(aq) + Cl-(aq)
The end result is the same: The endothermic chemical reaction cools the surroundings.


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Much of the news about Southwest's $113 million bid for Frontier has focused on Frontier's all-Airbus fleet (while Southwest has famously stuck with the 737), and how these two airlines could merge together. To put in my two cents, here's why I think think this is a great move:
– Southwest has more than $2 billion in cash and short-term investments. The purchase price for Frontier is nothing.
– Southwest more than doubles their presence in Denver (they have 113 departures a day and Frontier has 168). Yes, there is significant overlap in route maps. But for that price alone it's probably worth buying out the competition. (The quick math on that: 113 daily departures * 100 seats each * extra $7 in revenue from eliminating competition allowing them to drive up fares * 365 days = $28 million. Not too shabby).
– They smell blood in Denver. Although Southwest acts like the nice guys, they are brutal competitors. They saw a weak US Airways in Philadelphia, so they pumped up service there and basically drove US Airways out. Same in Pittsburgh. And eliminated ATA at Midway. And they entered Denver when Frontier & United weren't looking so hot. They see a weakening United and they know there's an opportunity to take over Denver from them, while eliminating a competitor in the process. Genius.
– They get some slots in Washington DC and LaGuardia.
– The Airbus issue doesn't matter. They'll keep those planes flying out of Denver and treat Frontier as a separate operation until they can replace the aircraft. I don't think anyone's concerned about that.
So, they get to build a stronghold in Denver, eliminate the competition, pound on a weakened United, and gain a few slots out East. All-in-all a great way to spend $113 million.


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|Own a Xiaomi Handset? MIUI 8 Global Stable ROM Rolls Out
If you're rocking a Xiaomi handset, then you probably have been waiting for the company to push updates that will bring the stable version of MIUI 8 to your devices. Fortunately, that's about to happen. The company will now be pushing the update via OTA (Over-the-Air) update for devices that are running MIUI versions 5 to 7.
Xiaomi has been pushing the beta version and the Developer Edition of MIUI 8 since the beginning of June until 17th of the same month to a limited number of users. And now, it seems that the company is finally ready to bring it to the masses.
Xiaomi will be rolling out the update by batches. First, the company will be pushing the updates to only 15 devices such as the Xiaomi Mi 5, check out the full list here:
- Mi 5
- Mi Max
- Mi Note
- Redmi 4s
- Redmi 2A
- Redmi Note 2
- Redmi Note 3
- Mi 4 China Unicorn
- Redmi 1S
- Mi2/2S
- Mi 4i
- Redmi Note 3G
- Redmi Note 4G
See Also: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Goes Live; FHD Display, 3GB RAM, 64GB ROM, Helio X20, 4100mAh Battery for Php6.2K
After the rollout on select devices, the company will then follow up with the other handset models such as the Redmi Pro, Mi 4C, Redmi 3S, Redmi 3X, Redmi 2, Redmi 1S and other offerings.
MIUI 8 delivers overall improvements to the visuals and usability of the operating system, such as a design overhaul and a dual user interface, the Mi Bus payment, a much more intuitive calculator, addition fonts, shortcuts and a slew of other upgrades.
Source: GSMArena


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Russian war games raise stakes in Crimea, Ukraine conflict
Russian naval war games continue in the Black Sea near Crimea where relations with Ukraine are worsening, with Kiev's U.N. envoy calling for Security Council meeting to help ease hostilities. Mana Rabiee reports.
Russian naval war games in the Black Sea. Practice, says Moscow, to repel underwater attacks by "saboteurs" in Crimea, which Russia annexed from neighboring Ukraine in 2014. Both sides have stepped up their military presence in the area, amid rising tensions. Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of sponsoring armed agents in Crimea. To provoke a new conflict, he says, between the two nations over the peninsula. But Ukraine rejects those allegations outright, demanding proof. In New York, its U.N. ambassador, Volodymyr Yelchenko, called for a closed door Security Council meeting to de-escalate hostilities ..starting with Russia. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR TO U.N. VOLODYMYR YELCHENKO SAYING: "We're talking altogether about more than 40,000 of Russian troops both inside Ukraine, including Crimea….. This is not a coincidence. These numbers may reflect some very bad intentions and this is the last thing we would like to happen." Putin's rhetoric against Kiev hasn't been this aggressive since Ukraine's armed conflict with Russian-backed separatists two years ago. ..and despite a shaky peace agreement in the region, Ukrainian forces are now back at their highest state of combat readiness.


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Free Fraction Calculator (by Radu Turcan)Operator: + - * /
Definition of a fraction
A number written as $\frac{a}{b}$, where $a$ is an integer and $b$ is a non-zero integer, is called a fraction.
Number $a$ is called a numerator, and $b$ is called a denominator. A fraction represents a part of a whole or any number of equal parts.
The denominator shows how many equal parts make up a whole, and the numerator shows how many of these parts we have.
Examples of fractions
Example 1: Becky, Merry and John want to share a chocolate bar evenly.
What part of the bar will each of them take?
What part of the bar will Becky and Merry have together?
The children need to divide the bar into three pieces. So everyone will take $\frac{1}{3}$ of the chocolate bar.
Two girls together will have two pieces, hence, mathematically speaking, they will have $\frac{2}{3}$ of the bar.
Example 2: What part of the soldiers are yellow soldiers?
Example 3: What part of the apples is missing?
Fraction Rules
Addition:(same denominators)
$\frac{A}{B} +\frac{C}{B} = \frac{A + C}{B}$
Subtraction:(same denominators)
$\frac{A}{B} -\frac{C}{B} = \frac{A - C}{B}$
Addition:(different denominators)
$\frac{A}{B} +\frac{C}{D} = \frac{A\cdot D}{B\cdot D} +\frac{B\cdot C}{B\cdot D} = \frac{A\cdot D + B\cdot C}{B\cdot D}$
Subtraction:(different denominators)
$\frac{A}{B} -\frac{C}{D} = \frac{A\cdot D}{B\cdot D} -\frac{B\cdot C}{B\cdot D} = \frac{A\cdot D - B\cdot C}{B\cdot D}$
$\frac{A}{B}\times\frac{C}{D} = \frac{A\cdot C}{B\cdot D}$
$\frac{A}{B}\div\frac{C}{D} = \frac{A}{B}\times\frac{D}{C}= \frac{A\cdot D}{B\cdot C}$
Properties of fractions
Property I: All hatched parts of the circles represent one half $\frac{1}{2}, \frac{2}{4}$ and $\frac{3}{6}$, hence $\frac{1}{2} = \frac{2}{4} = \frac{3}{6}$
We get $\frac{2}{4}$ when we multiply the numerator and the denominator of the fraction $\frac{1}{2}$ by $2$.
We obtain $\frac{3}{6}$ by multiplying the numerator and the denominator of $\frac{1}{2}$ by $3$.
Let $a$ be an integer and $b$ and $c$ be non-zero integers.
$\frac{a}{b}=\frac{a\cdot c}{b\cdot c}$ and $\frac{a}{b}=\frac{a:c}{b:c}$
Property II: If two fractions have equal denominators, the fraction with the greater numerator is greater.
If $a$, $b$ and $c$ are integers and $c$ does not equal $0$:
$\frac{a}{c}>\frac{b}{c}$, if $a>b$
|, if a > b
Property III:
If two fractions have equal numerators, the fraction with the smaller denominator is greater.
If $a$, $b$ and $c$ are integers, and both $b$ and $c$ are non-zero,
$\frac{a}{b}>\frac{a}{c}$, if $b< c$
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S.W. Betz Company Strong Partners with Magline
Standish, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/31/2013 -- Magline, Inc. (http://www.magliner.com) manufactures a complete line of innovative lightweight route distribution solutions under the Magliner brand. Magliner solutions are used in the beer, soft drink, food service, parcel delivery, home healthcare, and other distribution industries. Magline also offers implementation consulting and solutions for reducing service times and eliminating waste during deliveries. Magline, the manufacturer of the innovative CooLift Delivery System, allows distributors to deliver more product in less time, combining an easily maneuverable and high capacity hydraulic lifting truck with integrated plastic "half" pallets for improved safety and efficiency.
S.W. Betz Company, Inc. is one of the area's oldest distributors of quality weighing, material handling, dock, and warehouse equipment from the industry's most reliable manufacturers. The S. W. Betz Company prides itself on continuing traditions developed since 1933, identifying solutions that meet the unique needs of customers, delivering exceptional value and providing excellent customer service. The company is a woman-owned enterprise and a certified small business by the State of Maryland.
Linda Hurka, President of S. W. Betz Company, features Magline products as the main focus and predominant line due to customer demand. According to Hurka, "Magline offers excellent products. Our customers tell us that they have tried other brands in the past and have returned to Magline and will not switch again. They repeatedly tell us that Magliner is the lightest hand truck choice with excellent durability. We have many companies that we work with that offer excellent customer service and Magline is one of them. The product lines meet our customers' needs and Magline continues to improve them. Recently, the axle bracket was redesigned and is more durable, and lighter in weight. Magline has partnered up with us to offer our customers additional technical support if needed and even joined us in meeting with some of our customers to address their specific needs."
Jim Rodella, Regional Sales Manager of Northwest for Magline, Inc. refers to SW Betz as a valuable Magline partner in the Baltimore area for many years, "Due to excellent personalized customer service, fulfilling their customers' needs, and providing solutions in a timely and accurate manner, Magline sales have increased year over year and are again expected to increase this year. We at Magline are very appreciative of their hard work and efforts; we commend Linda Hurka and her staff for elevating the customer experience and look forward to an enduring relationship in the future."
About Magline, Inc.
Magline continues to lead the industry in manufacturing hand trucks. The innovative designs of two-wheel hand trucks, convertible hand trucks, bulk delivery trucks, special application trucks, and ramps are durable and enhance workplace safety. Magline is a proud Association member of The National Beer Wholesalers Association, The International Foodservice Distributors Association, and Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association. Follow Magline on Twitter at @MaglineInc.
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General slackening of the attack in Flanders, and evident failure of five weeks' struggle towards Calais. Admiralty announce further extension of system of mine defences, with compulsory pilotage in North Sea. The Bikanir Camel Corps beats off with only 20 men a considerable force of Turks on the coast some 30 miles from Port Said.


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Add a broken ankle to the growing list of Lindsey Vonn's injuries over the last few seasons.
Vonn, 30, announced on Thursday that she suffered a small fracture while training in New Zealand and planned to return to the U.S. for treatment.
"I will let you know when I have more info," she tweeted.
A series of knee injuries and major surgeries forced Vonn to miss the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Last season, she returned to win eight World Cup races, improving her total to a record 67 victories.
Vonn has said that she hopes to race in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.


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Without trains, the American West would not have opened up when it did.
Without trains, the cowboy, as we envision him on those long trail drives, would not exist.
Western Music Association Duo Harmony Winners,
Walt Richards and Paula Strong,
formed the acoustic group, Trails & Rails,
to combine their Western history interests with
their love of Cowboy and Train songs
to bring you the best of both !
Coming from the San Diego area, Trails & Rails has performed extensively in the Southwest and has been featured at many Western Festivals and Events, including the Cody Stampede, the Arizona Folklore Preserve concert series, the Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering, Calico Days and the Wild West Fest at Calico Ghost Town, the Autry Museum and the Tombstone Western Music Festival.
See the Events page
Trails & Rails has been honored to receive many
Award nominations
from the Western Music Association
Recently, Trails & Rails has been expanding their performing repertoire to include 19th and 20th century Pop and Folk tunes, as well as creating musical history presentations on various aspects of the West, of Trains and of the music and cultural legacy of the 1930s!
New Train, Cowboy and Swing songs are still being written!
Old and new, Trails & Rails
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Each of the trio members bring years of prior acoustic music experience to the group.
The result - a serendipitous synergy of harmony and amazing instrumentals.
From an active repertoire of several hundred songs,
Trails & Rails creates a special program for each event they play.
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When performing familiar songs, T&R encourages audience involvement.
Repeat invitations keep this group very busy.
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There are 3 seasons in the SEC football world: Football season, recruiting season and spring football season. The Florida Gators begin their Spring Season this Wednesday in Gainesville for the first time in 4 years without Tim Tebow. That is not the biggest story though, Urban Meyer is now priority number one for the Gator Nation. All Gator fans can breath a little easier knowing that Urban Meyer will be back on the sidelines for spring practice. He's had some time off since recruiting ended in early February and the indications are his doctors have given him good reports on his health. Among the hot issues for Florida this spring is the QB position and the emergence of John Brantley. He has huge shoes to fill and although the Gator Nation should not be looking for Brantley to be another Tebow they should expect a QB with a lot of great potential and a even though he's young will little game experience he will be a redshirted Junior with 3 seasons of under his belt. Wide receiver will be another hotly contested roster spot as will filling some big holes on defense where the Gators lost a lot of bodies and leadership to graduation and the NFL draft. One more thing to look out for, as if you needed more, the Gator defense will have a new defensive coordinator in Teryl Austin taking over for Charlie Strong who left to become the head coach of the University of Louisville. Spring ball starts Wednesday with the culmination coming in the Orange and Blue game April 10th.
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In the week following the shocking Tucson shooting that left six people dead and 14 more wounded, the country has been searching for answers. Two questions have dominated the country's discourse: Why did this tragedy happen? And what can we do to ensure that it doesn't happen again?
While many people have opinions on the two questions, neither has an easy answer. The country may never have clear answers to either question.
In searching for answers, attention in the media has focused on three issues: mental health, guns and political rhetoric.
Mental illness?
Was the alleged shooter, Jared Loughner, suffering from an untreated mental illness that could have led to his violent attack aimed at Rep. Gabrielle Giffords? This question leads to others: Did the health care system fail to work? Should it have prevented the shooting?
Concern about Loughner's mental stability and potential for causing harm were enough to prompt Pima County Community College to ban him from the school until he could prove that he could get a mental health professional to verify that he was not a physical threat to himself or others.
Plenty of people, organizations and media outlets have been quick to draw attention to problems in the health care system's handling of mental illnesses.
Newsweek reports on "Our broken mental-health system."
Yes, there are legitimate problems that need to be addressed, but it isn't clear that the system failed to the catastrophic degree it did with Cho Seung-Hui, who killed 32 people in the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech.
Time identifies six "warning signs" of Loughner's behavior before the shooting, but their list seems to be based more on retrospective fear rather than clear thinking. Several items could be examples of mental illness, or they could just appear that way when viewed in hindsight.
The college might have failed to follow through by contacting local mental health authorities who might have been able to get some treatment for Loughner, according to Washington Post reporter Jennifer Rubin.
Another Washington Post reporter notes that Pima County mental health officials had no knowledge of Loughner.
Acknowledging that there are no quick answers to the possible role of mental illness in the shooting, Rubin writes: "We aren't going to prevent all crimes by those with schizophrenia who behave violently, but we should examine the problem of untreated people with mental illness and also how well our mental health programs are treating those who gain access to the system."
Access to guns?
Did the system fail by allowing Loughner to have access to a handgun? This question again leads to others: Would stricter gun laws have prevented the shooting? Should gun laws be stricter?
In Washington, new gun control bills are already being drafted, including creating no-gun zones around members of Congress, reports The New York Times. These proposals for stricter gun control seem to be part of the rush to find answers and solutions to the horrific act of violence in Tucson. It isn't clear that more restrictions would have stopped Loughner.
Mentally unfit people are not supposed to be able to buy guns, but that presumably doesn't matter since concerns about Loughner were never reported to health officials and a court never declared him mentally unfit, according to Jeffrey Miron, a Harvard economist and senior fellow at the Cato Institute.
Given that Loughner's grudge against Giffords seems to date back to 2007, he had plenty of time to get a gun — legally or illegally — or plan to use another weapon, such as the bomb used by Timothy McVeigh in Oklahoma City.
Political rhetoric?
Did heated, vehemently-partisan political rhetoric inspire Loughner's actions?
Probably not. Many people quickly assumed Loughner's motivations and targeting of Giffords had been fueled by the increasingly bitter and acrimonious tone of the country's political discourse in recent years.
A quick view of Lougher's YouTube profile revealed scattered political views (among his favorite books were The Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf). No clear evidence has emerged that he was inspired by political rhetoric.
Nonetheless, people have been quick to attack politicians and pundits they disagree with. Sarah Palin came under fire from many despite the complete lack of proof of any connection between her and Loughner.
The country does need to change the tone of politics. Too often people of differing political viewpoints speak as if there is no value in their opponents' views. But that problem has not yet been connected to the Tucson shooting.
For the time being, as Glenn Reynolds wrote:
"To be clear, if you're using this event to criticize the "rhetoric" of Mrs. Palin or others with whom you disagree, then you're either: (a) asserting a connection between the "rhetoric" and the shooting, which based on evidence to date would be what we call a vicious lie; or (b) you're not, in which case you're just seizing on a tragedy to try to score unrelated political points, which is contemptible."
(To be fair, Palin's response, in which she cast herself as a martyr, was also in extreme poor taste. The only real victims of this tragedy are the ones in Tucson.)
Politics rarely is a motivating factor in assassinations of politicians, according to a study published in the Journal of Forensic Science.
The study examined the motives of 83 assassins or would-be assassins who had targeted prominent public officials in the U.S. since 1949. The Secret Service participated in the study, and many of the subjects were interviewed by the researchers.
What they found was that most often the attackers were scared of being non-entities, and their lives were beset with failure and feelings of invisibility. Killing someone famous gave them a chance at notoriety. Killing a politician allowed them to justify their actions with broader political issues.
Perhaps there are no quick and easy answers or solutions to the shooting in Tucson. Perhaps some will arise after careful examination and deliberation of the circumstances around the tragedy.
– Dan Catchpole
Twitter: @dcatchpole


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With over 36 years experience of being a local REALTOR®, and committee member of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB), Rosemary confidently reminds us that people are always buying and selling houses regardless of what the market is doing.
If you ask Rosemary what prepared her for becoming a professional REALTOR®, she'll tell you it was well before she entered real estate. It was when she was a part owner in a restaurant and learned the service model to cater to all kinds of people.
Rosemary's astute people and communication skills have seen her through the ups and downs of the lower mainland's real estate for the past 36 years. She has consistently received FVREB Medallion awards for top sales, lived to tell the tale about double digit interest rates and confidently guides her clients through estate planning and wealth distribution when downsizing.
Langley is where Rosemary calls home and she is a long term resident of Walnut Grove. Her centrally located offices make it easy for Rosemary and her team to show clients new home developments, the established neighbourhoods and the various senior independent living residences available in the Langleys.
Rosemary knows no house purchase or sale is the same considering our constantly changing lives. People partner up, have children, separate, become single parents, start blended families and downsize when children move out. Each of these situations comes with its own set of challenges which Rosemary is familiar with and able to provide guidance and support.
Rosemary is also recognized as an approved REALTOR® with the Federal Government's Integrated Relocation Program (IRP), that specializes in RCMP, Veteran and other Federal Agency transfer and moving needs.
Rosemary is a member of the National Association of Federal Retirees, the Walnut Grove Business Association and a Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®).


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...I'm back!
Well... Not really, were still not home yet
But I am over here at Olivia's blog talking about my typical NYE so go check it out!
I will say this year wasn't much different except hubs and I went to a very nice dinner and I dressed lulu up like this:
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Products and solutions, 2006-11-10, 01:00 PM
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Opens a New Office in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, November 10, 2006
With the opening of a new office in the Complex Antarabangsa, Jalan Sultan Ismail, in Kuala Lumpur on November 10, 2006, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems is clearly demonstrating its continuing presence and commitment in Malaysia.
The shipyard alliance can already look back on extensive, pleasant business relations with Malaysia. This includes the construction of the shipyard in Lumut, which was completed in 1985, along with the construction of several naval surface vessels for the Royal Malaysian Navy: the corvettes KD Kasturi and KD Lekir, which were handed over by HDW in 1985, and the MEKO® offshore patrol vessels KD Kedah und KD Pahang, which were completed in partnership with the local company PSC in Malaysia and put into service this summer.


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Feb. 12, 2011
BOSTON, MA - The freshmen guard duo of Kendra Mosley (Indian Head, MD) and Colleen Hooper (Mansfield, MA) combined to score 49 points to lead the University of Massachusetts Boston women's basketball team over visiting Plymouth State University, 69-64, this afternoon in a Little East Conference game at the Clark Athletic Center on the UMass Boston campus. The Beacons win their second straight game to improve to 13-10 overall and 3-9 in LEC play, while the Panthers fall to 8-14 and 1-11.
Sophomore forward Colleen O'Hara (Otego, NY) drained a three-pointer to pull Plymouth State even at 46-46 with 9:57 to play in the second half, but UMass Boston went on a 13-4 run, fueled by seven points from sophomore forward Elisa Ogawa (Yamanashi, Japan), to take a 59-50 advantage with 3:52 remaining in the contest. The Panthers answered with a 12-3 run, capped by a layup from junior forward Alicia Doucet (Manchester, NH) to come within 63-62 with 28 ticks left on the clock, but it would be as close as they would get the rest of the way. Plymouth State had a chance to knot the score with 11 seconds left, but junior guard Michaela Galvin (Windham, NH) was unable to connect on all three of her free throws following a three-point attempt that she was fouled on. She made two shots to make the score 65-64, but successful free throws from Mosley and junior forward Molly Rattigan (Dorchester, MA) gave the Beacons the final four points of the afternoon.
The Panthers jumped out to a 14-4 lead with 12:48 showing in the first half, behind a pair of three-pointers from senior forward Amanda Kania (Manchester, NH), but UMass Boston ripped off 11 straight points, paced by eight points from Hooper, to take a 15-14 edge with 10:28 to play in the first stanza. The Beacons later maintained a 22-18 margin following a Hooper trifecta at the 7:24 mark of the first half, but Plymouth State came back with six unanswered points to take a 24-22 lead with 5:07 to go in the half, before taking a 28-26 halftime lead.
Sophomore forward Sam Monohon (Auburn, NH) converted a layup at 14:10 of the second half to give the Panthers a 40-35 advantage, but UMass Boston scored the next five points, capped by a layup at 13:04 from sophomore guard Elizabeth Dow (Marshfield, MA) to make it 40-40 for one of eight ties in the game.
Mosley finished the day with 25 points, including five made three-pointers to give her 52 on the season for the second-most in a campaign in UMB history. She added a game-high five steals in addition to six rebounds and an assist. Hooper was 8-13 from the floor, including 5-7 from three-point range to net 24 points to go with five boards, three assists and a steal off the bench. Ogawa contributed with 13 points, seven rebounds, five assists, three steals and a pair of blocks, while Dow led all players on the glass with 12 rebounds. She also tallied four points, handed out a pair of assists and came up with a steal off the bench.
Doucet led Plymouth State with a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds and added two blocks and an assist, while Kania chipped in with 15 points, six boards, a steal and an assist. O'Hara netted nine points, grabbed seven rebounds, ripped three steals and dished out a game-high six assists.
The Beacons will be in action again on Tuesday, February 15 when they travel to Gorham, ME to take on Little East Conference foe University of Southern Maine at 5:30 p.m., while the Panthers host Keene State College in a league contest at 5:30 p.m.


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If you are enjoying this Memorial Day Cranky style, and by that I mean holed up indoors in a fashion that makes Ted Kaczynski uneasy, let me humbly share my cheers and jeers from the free instant queue. Due to the ennui, each review will be limited to five words.
Daybreakers – Corporations are the real bloodsuckers.
Grown ups – Rock, Sandler, James, Spade – wasted.
Cop Out – Buddy film with no buddies.
Kick Ass – Awesomely clever, fun child endangerment.
Predator 2 – No steroids for you, Danny.
Legion – Whoa, what Bible says that?
RoboCop – Campy action never gets old.


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Macron was asked a question about a Marshall plan for Africa after a speech at the G20 summit. He rattled off some pablum and injected some deep-seated racism in there too, jabbering on about how Africa's problems were "civilizational" and complaining about "demographic transitions when countries today have 7 or 8 children per woman".
Rightly so, Macron is having his ass handed to him on Twitter.
any French president's discussion of Africa that doesn't start with an apology on bended knee for sheltering Hutu genocidaires is a crock
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) July 10, 2017
What this episode demonstrates, yet again, is that if you want to know whether a politician is truly on the left, look at their foreign policy. How they view and see human beings in far-flung corners of the world is pretty much how they will treat the least of you back home as well.
And Cooper is right, any conversation about Africa from a French politician should start with a discussion of the ills visited upon so many people by French colonization. It's pretty rich to say problems are "civilizational" when you're presiding over an entity that spent a couple of centuries devastating African civilizations and African lives.
Here is some context for the remarks and additional perceptive commentary.
Macron's use of word "civilisational" NOT ok, but this is full quote of what he said on children. Far-Right are capitalising on a misquote. pic.twitter.com/dSTDQr4Ool
— Oz Katerji (@OzKaterji) July 10, 2017
MACRON: uh clearly they're dumb & uncivilized
— joe prince (@joeprince___) July 10, 2017
Trump's speech about "western civilization" and Macron's comments about "problem of civilization Africa" come from the same white supremacy.
— Zeru (@DoubleStraps) July 10, 2017
Macron says Africa's problems are "civilizational" and blames women with "7 or 8" kids. A repugnant speech.
— joe prince (@joeprince___) July 10, 2017
If your take on African economic underdevelopment doesn't once mention colonialism but does blame "civilization", it's a shitty take. https://t.co/hGHgfDnPac
— Jordan (@ImitationJordan) July 10, 2017
Macron is wrong. The right of women to control their fertility is one thing, development economics another (see 'demographic dividend') https://t.co/Ls34YXxnB1
— Martin Prince (@MartinKGHI) July 10, 2017
In short, is he crypto-racist in that classic, persistent, French elite way? YES, no question. But overall this was a pretty minor thing.
— siddhartha mitter (@siddhmi) July 10, 2017


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Today Mary Ellen is presenting her Dotty Duck Box
Isn't she just so adorable!!! I love all of the embossing she has done on the feathers, here is a closeup.
What an adorable gift basket to be filled with easter grass and treats for someone special!!!
Dotty Duck Box available at CK2 for only $3
Also, We are losing one of our DT members Tammy, so we are looking for someone new to fill that spot!!!
If you are interested in being on our team, please contact me at creativekuts2 at gmail.com


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This two-phase approach is actually most closely and strictly related to the pure and to some extent technical innovation process. In order to consider it as a comprehensive overarching process to which employers can have recourse to in order to introduce, achieve and execute an innovation culture it should also be introduced an additional pre-stage, that is to say preparation.
Omitting this stage would mean taking it as an axiomatic fact that corporate culture is already favouring and supporting innovation, whereas this may not invariably be the case (or could hardly be the case). Taking as a reference the saying habitually used before the start of a race "ready, steady, go!", neglecting this additional stage would be like jumping to the "steady" and "go" elements of the saying, skipping the "ready" stage. The "ready" phase of the process should be entirely devoted to the review of the recruitment and selection practices, or rather, of these and of all the other relevant polices. During the preparation phase, the employer should ensure that everything is ready for individuals to concentrate on innovation in terms of the fundamentals included in the model proposed in Table 1.


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Vince McMahon has a tendency to get under his employees skins from time to time. Heck, he has a tendency to get under the skin of the whole WWE Universe. Just because he is the big bossman of WWE doesn't mean he is always right and he comes in for plenty of criticism regularly.
But usually McMahon's mistakes don't end up with him poleaxed on the floor after taking a clean punch to the face. Well believe me, it's happened, and the man to deliver the brutal blow? Bret Hart of course back in 1997 just after his final match before leaving the WWF for WCW.
Now we all know the story of the screwjob where Vince McMahon cheekily got Hart to lose to Shawn Michaels in his home town without Hart knowing, but it was the fight in the locker room after the match that went down as one of the most explosive moments in WWE history.
Punching McMahon
Since the screwjob, Hart has made amends with McMahon and was even inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. But at the time, Hart was more than annoyed that he had been betrayed by McMahon, with the brunt of his anger coming out when McMahon walked into his dressing room after the match.
"Somewhere in that conversation, I said, 'If you're still here after I get dressed, I'm going to punch you out,'" Hart revealed this week, USA Today reported.
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"It was the most beautiful uppercut punch you could ever imagine," Hart continued. "I actually thought it would miss and go right up the side of his head, but I popped him right up like a cork was under his jaw and lifted him right off the hand. I broke my right hand just beneath the knuckle, and knocked Vince out cold."
Not just angry at Vince
But it wasn't just McMahon who angered Bret Hart with the turn of events back in 1997, with Shawn Michaels also playing his part in the betrayal, and Hart revealed what he would have done had he been aware of his impending doom.
"I would have choked Shawn out in the middle of the ring," Hart added. "I would have front-face locked him and ended the match."