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Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
- Aromatherapy
- Black Cohosh
- Boswellia
- Bromelain
- Calcium
- Chiropractic
- Coleus forskohlii
- Cramp Bark
- Dong Quai
- Fennel
- Guava Leaf
- Krill Oil
- Magnet Therapy
- Manganese
- Sericite
- Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine
- Turmeric
- White Willow
Medicine does not know why menstruation is uncomfortable, or why it is much more uncomfortable for some women than for others, or from month to month.
Occasionally, severe menstrual pain indicates the presence of endometriosis (a condition in which uterine tissue is growing in places other than the uterus) or uterine fibroids (benign tumors in the uterus). In most cases, no identifiable abnormality can be found. Natural substances known as prostaglandins seem to play a central role in menstrual pain, but their detailed actions are not fully understood. Anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and naproxen relieve pain and reduce levels of some prostaglandins. These drugs are the mainstay of conventional treatment for menstrual pain. Oral contraceptive treatment may also help.
Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
There is some evidence that the supplements fish oil , magnesium , and vitamin E may help reduce menstrual pain.
Fish Oil
The omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil are thought to have anti-inflammatory effects. Omega-3 may relieve dysmenorrhea by affecting the metabolism of prostaglandins and other factors involved in pain and inflammation. 1
In a 4-month study of 42 young women ages 15 to 18, half the participants received a daily dose of 6 g of fish oil, providing 1,080 mg of EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and 720 mg of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) daily. 2 After 2 months, they were switched to placebo for another 2 months. The other group received the same treatments in reverse order. The results showed that these young women experienced significantly less menstrual pain while they were taking fish oil.
Another double-blind study followed 78 women, who received either fish oil, seal oil, fish oil with vitamin B 12 (7.5 mcg daily), or placebo for three full menstrual periods. 3 Significant improvements were seen in all treatment groups, but the fish oil plus B 12 proved most effective, and its benefits continued for the longest time after treatment was stopped (3 months). The researchers offered no explanation why B 12 should be helpful.
Krill oil , another source of omega-3 fatty acids, might be helpful as well. 17
For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the full Fish Oil article.
Vitamin E
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial , 100 young women complaining of significant menstrual pain were given either 500 IU vitamin E or placebo for 5 days. 12 Treatment began 2 days before and continued for 3 days after the expected onset of menstruation. While both groups showed significant improvement in pain over the 2 months of the study (due to the power of placebo), pain reduction was greater in the treatment group than the placebo group.
In another study performed in Iran, 278 adolescents with dysmenorrhea were given either placebo or 200 IU of vitamin E twice daily on the same schedule as above. 18 Again, vitamin E proved more effective than placebo.
It is not clear how vitamin E could affect menstrual pain.
For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the full Vitamin E article.
Preliminary studies suggest that magnesium supplementation may be helpful for dysmenorrhea. A 6-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 50 women with menstrual pain found that treatment with magnesium significantly improved symptoms. 9 The researchers reported evidence of reduced levels of prostaglandin F 2 alpha, one of the prostaglandins involved in menstrual pain.
Similarly positive results were seen in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 21 women. 10
For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the full Magnesium article.
A double-blind study of 43 women found some evidence that acupuncture can be effective for control of menstrual pain. 14 In addition, a controlled study of 61 women evaluated the effects of a special garment designed to stimulate acupuncture points related to menstrual pain. 15 Unfortunately, researchers chose to compare treatment to no treatment, rather than to placebo treatment. For this reason, the results (which were positive) mean little. In a review of 30 controlled trials, researchers were unable to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of acupuncture and similar treatments for menstrual pain due to widespread study design problems. 24
A review 6 randomized trials compared acupressure and acupuncture to no treatment and sham treatment. The trials evaluated the effects of these interventions on pain reduction in 457 women with dysmenorrhea. Acupressure and acupuncture were associated with pain reduction compared to no treatment, but when compared to sham treatment, there were no significant differences. 28
A randomized trial of 66 women with primary dysmenorrhea showed improvement in pain scores with 16 twice-weekly acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (AL-TENS) compared to sham AL-TENS. 27
A more recent systematic review included 42 acupuncture and acupressure trials involving 4,640 women. Acupuncture was associated with pain relief when compared to no or standard treatment, sham acupuncture/accupressure, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and traditional Chinese herbs. Some of the trials showed significant pain relief, while others were more mixed. Despite successes, there is not enough quality evidence to definitively include acupuncture/accupressure as standard treatment. The trials were inconsistent and had several biases that affect outcomes. Researchers found enough weaknesses in the trials to recommend the need for more high-quality studies.29
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
One small double-blind trial suggests that making sure to get enough calcium and manganese may help control symptoms of menstrual pain. 11
The herb cramp bark has traditionally been used to relieve menstrual pain. Unfortunately, it has not received any significant scientific attention. Numerous other herbs and supplements have been suggested for menstrual pain relief, including boswellia , bromelain , Coleus forskohlii , dong quai , turmeric , and white willow . However, there is no reliable scientific support for these treatments.
One study has been reported as finding the herb fennel helpful for menstrual pain; however, a close look at the study shows that it merely found fennel less effective than the drug mefenamic acid. 13 The study did not have a placebo control group . For this reason, it is quite possible that the relatively mild benefits seen in the fennel group simply reflect the placebo effect. Another study of fennel also failed to use a placebo. 21
Some pain relief successes were reported with the herbal supplements ginger, valerian, dill seed powder, and fenugreek. Supplements were taken during menstrual cyles and compared to placebo. The review included 27 randomized trials with 3,101 women. Although pain relief was consistent with the 4 supplements, there were biases in the trials that affect the end results. At this time, there is not enough evidence to say these herbs work.30
In one study, aromatherapy massage with lavender, rose, and clary sage reduced menstrual pain to a greater extent than massage with an almond oil placebo. 20 One seemingly substantial double-blind study reported benefits with guava leaf . 22 However, researchers resorted to a form of statistical analysis that makes the results relatively unreliable.
A 2008 review of 39 randomized controlled trials involving a total of 3,475 women, researchers concluded that the use of traditional Chinese herbal medicine shows some promise in for the treatment of menstrual pain. However, firm conclusions were not possible due to the wide variability of study design and herbs used, as well as the poor quality of many of the studies. 23
According to one small double-blind study, use of magnet therapy (applying the magnets to the pelvic area) might improve menstrual pain. 19
A controlled study failed to find chiropractic spinal manipulation helpful for menstrual pain. 16
Sericite is a mineral that emits far infrared rays, which subtly warms tissue and locally increases blood flow. In one study, researchers randomized 104 women with menstrual cramps to wear a heated sericite belt or a placebo belt for 3 menstrual cycles. 26 The evidence suggests that the sericite belt may be a useful treatment for menstrual cramps.
Herbs and Supplements to Use Only With Caution
Various herbs and supplements may interact adversely with drugs used to treat dysmenorrhea. For more information on this potential risk, see the individual drug article in the Drug Interactions section of this database.
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People who smoke have a much higher risk of developing pneumonia. If you stop smoking, your risk will gradually return to normal. However, this may take as long as 10 years.
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- Diabetes
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- Sleep apnea
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- Allergies or asthma
- Liver disease
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Children have a higher risk of developing pneumonia if they have:
- A weakened immune system
- Gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD)
- Lung or heart defects
- Allergies or asthma
- Nervous system defects that affect the muscles of the mouth and/or throat
Pneumonia is more common among certain age groups:
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- Older adults
A number of genetic disorders can predispose you to pneumonia, such as:
Occupational exposure to toxic chemical fumes and/or smoke can weaken your lung's defenses. This can increase your vulnerability to pneumonia germs.
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MGT514: Security Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership
Mon, June 4 - Fri, June 8, 2018
Excellent format, content and delivery. Transcends security and can be applied to any management discipline.
This course addresses the business and people drivers for Cyber Security. It forces technical minds to consider a broader perspective and various intangibles.
As security professionals we have seen the landscape change. Cybersecurity is now more vital and relevant to the growth of your organization than ever before. As a result, information security teams have more visibility, more budget, and more opportunity. However, with this increased responsibility comes more scrutiny.
This course gives you tools to become a security business leader who can build and execute strategic plans that resonate with other business executives, create effective information security policy, and develop management and leadership skills to better lead, inspire, and motivate your teams.
Develop Strategic Plans
Strategic planning is hard for IT and IT security professionals because we spend so much time responding and reacting. We almost never do strategic planning until we get promoted to a senior position, and then we are not equipped with the skills we need to run with the pack. MGT514 will teach you how to develop strategic plans that resonate with other IT and business leaders.
Create Effective Information Security Policy
Policy is a manager's opportunity to express expectations for the workforce, set the boundaries of acceptable behavior, and empower people to do what they ought to be doing. It is easy to get wrong. Have you ever seen a policy and responded by saying "No way, I am not going to do that"? Most of us have. Policy must be aligned with an organization's culture. In MGT514, we break down the steps to policy development so that you have the ability to design and assess policies that can successfully guide your organization.
Develop Management and Leadership Skills
Leadership is a skill that must be learned, exercised, and developed to better ensure organizational success. Strong leadership is brought about primarily through selfless devotion to the organization and staff, tireless effort in setting the example, and having the vision to see and effectively use available resources toward the end goal.
Effective leadership entails persuading team members to accomplish their objectives, removing the obstacles preventing them from doing it, and maintaining the well-being of the team in support of the organization's mission. MGT514 will teach you to use management tools and frameworks to better lead, inspire, and motivate your teams.
How the Course Works
MGT514 uses case studies from Harvard Business School, case scenarios, team-based exercises, and discussions that put students in real-world situations. You will be able to use these same activities with your own team members at work.
The next generation of security leadership must bridge the gap between security staff and senior leadership by strategically planning how to build and run effective security programs. After taking this course you will have the fundamental skills to create strategic plans that protect your company, enable key innovations, and facilitate working effectively with your business partners.
Course Syllabus
MGT514.1: Strategic Planning Foundations
Frank Kim
Mon Jun 4th, 2018
Creating security-strategic plans requires a fundamental understanding of the business, and a deep understanding of the threat landscape.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Vision and Mission Statements
- What they tell you about the organization
- Developing a security team mission statement that aligns with organizational goals
- Stakeholder Management
- Learn to identify, understand, and manage stakeholders in order to make the security team more successful
- PEST Analysis
- Identify market forces that drive the business in order to better understand business goals
- Porter's Five Forces
- Understand how business leaders develop strategy
- Apply this analysis to security vendors so you can make more informed purchase decisions
- Threat Actors
- Understand attacker motivations and techniques
- Review real-word attack scenarios
- Asset Analysis
- Understand assets that are most valuable to the business and are of interest to attackers
- Threat Analysis
- Learn how the intrusion kill chain and threat intelligence can inform strategic planning
MGT514.2: Strategic Roadmap Development
Frank Kim
Tue Jun 5th, 2018
With a firm understanding of the drivers of business and the threats facing the organization, you will develop a plan to analyze the current situation, identify the target state, perform gap analysis, and develop a prioritized roadmap. In other words, you will be able to determine (1) what you do today (2) what you should be doing in the future (3) what you don't want to do, and (4) what you should do first. Once this plan is in place, you will learn how to build and execute it by developing a business case, defining metrics for success, and effectively marketing your security program.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Historical Analysis
- Analyze the past in order to understand the probable future
- Values and Culture
- Understand the values and culture of your organization in order to align security with the corporate culture and define acceptable working norms
- SWOT Analysis
- Understand current Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
- Vision and Innovation
- Sustaining versus disruptive innovation
- Jobs To Be Done Theory
- Learning to innovate with the business
- How to provide value to stakeholders
- Security Framework
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Measuring maturity
- Gap Analysis
- Identifying what needs to be done
- Roadmap Development
- Identifying what should be done first
- Business Case Development
- Approaches to obtaining funding
- Metrics and Dashboards
- Developing effective metrics
- Marketing and Executive Communications
- Promoting the work of the security team
MGT514.3: Security Policy Development and Assessment
Frank Kim
Wed Jun 6th, 2018
Policy is one of the key tools that security leaders have to influence and guide the organization. Security managers must understand how to review, write, assess, and support security policy and procedures. Using an instructional delivery methodology that balances lecture, exercises, and in-class discussion, this course section will teach the techniques to create successful policy that employees will read and follow, and that will be accepted by business units.
Students will learn key elements of policy, including positive and negative tone, consistency of policy bullets, how to balance the level of specificity to the problem at hand, the role of policy, awareness and training, and the SMART approach to policy development and assessment.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Purpose of Policy
- Role of policy
- Establishing acceptable bounds for behavior
- Empowering employees to do the right thing
- How policy protects people, organizations, and information
- Relationship of mission statement to policy
- Policy Gap Analysis
- Policy versus procedure
- Policy needs assessment
- Policy Development
- Governing policy
- Issue-specific policy
- Positive and negative tone
- Policy Review
- Using the SMART approach
- Policy review and assessment process
- Awareness and Training
- Role of psychology in implementing policy
- Organizational culture
MGT514.4: Leadership and Management Competencies
Frank Kim
Thu Jun 7th, 2018
This course section will teach the critical skills you need to lead, motivate, and inspire your teams to achieve your organization's goals. By establishing a minimum standard for the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to develop leadership, you will understand how to motivate employees, and how to develop from a manager into a leader.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
- Leadership Building Blocks
- Creating and Developing Teams
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Customer Service Focus
- Conflict Resolution
- Effective Communication
- Leading through Change
- Relationship Building
- Motivation and Self-direction
- Teamwork
- Leadership Development
MGT514.5: Strategic Planning Workshop
Frank Kim
Fri Jun 8th, 2018
Using case studies, students will work through real-world scenarios by applying the skills and knowledge learned throughout the course. The case studies are taken directly from Harvard Business School, which pioneered the case study method. The case studies focus specifically on information security management and leadership competencies.
The Strategic Planning Workshop serves as a capstone exercise for the course, enabling students to synthesize and apply concepts, management tools, and methodologies learned in class.
CPE/CMU Credits: 6
Case study topics include:
- Creating a Security Plan for the CEO
- Understanding Business Priorities
- Enabling Business Innovation
- Working with BYODs
- Effective Communication
- Stakeholder Management
Additional Information
Laptop Not Required
Laptop Not Required
A laptop is not required for this course. Pencil and paper are sufficient for the in-class exercises and discussions.
If you have additional questions about the laptop specifications, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Who Should Attend
- CISOs
- Information Security Officers
- Security Directors
- Security Managers
- Aspiring Security Leaders
- Other Security Personnel Who Have Team Lead or Management Responsibilities
- A strong desire to grow as a leader
- A strong desire to develop strategic plans that resonate with IT and other business leaders
- Willingness to participate in group exercises and team discussions
What You Will Receive
In this course, you will receive the following:
- MP3 audio files of the complete course lecture
You Will Be Able To
- Develop security strategic plans that incorporate business and organizational drivers
- Develop and assess information security policy
- Use management and leadership techniques to motivate and inspire your teams
Press & Reviews
"I have been in I.T. 25 years. This is what I should have began with!" - Brian Bounds - Tx Biomedical
"I moved into management a few years ago and am currently working on a new security strategy/roadmap and this class just condensed the past two months of my life into a one week course and I still learned a lot!" - Travis Evans, SiriusXM
Author Statement
This is the course I wish I had taken when I first started my career. Colleagues, it doesn't make sense to wait till you are in a management position to focus on your governance, management, and leadership skills. If one can improve by one or two percent each year, it is a major achievement. Leadership is a race of endurance, not a sprint; start early and be persistent. This course will set you on the path. It is a solid blend of tons of research as well as personal experience from a number of leaders in information security. I had read about SWOTs for years, but was shocked by how difficult it was to create a strategic plan and get it approved. Some executives or auditors would say it doesn't look out far enough, others would say it isn't realistic to look out so far, some would say you are too bold, others you are too tame. One strategic plan I did the heavy lift on went through 18 revisions and still had only mixed approval. I was reading everything I could on planning and looking at published plans, and finally I saw the key - "plan the plan." It is the same basic notion as "plan the dive, dive the plan." Since senior management generally signs off on policy, you want to write balanced, defendable policy that gets approved the first time. The goal of both the planning and policy sections is simple: to give you the tools to create repeatable, successful products. The final section will help you build management and leadership skills to enhance the organization's climate as well as team-building skills to support the organization's mission and its growth in productivity.
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I might write more about this comic later but quite frankly, i don't think i need to.
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Quote: As in any discussion we will hardly ever totally agree on all topics but it is good to debate these issues and lay our cards out on the table.
Quote: I think our mission in such discussion shouldn't be to convince one another just to bring forth our finding and understanding based on our own reality.
Quote:It's seems to be a pattern from beginner to Master that the healing and destroying process of the Neija Martial arts are one. The merdians and points to concentrate on are rubbed or struck in reverse in order to heal or destroy also breathing enhances these effects. This is a discipline that is part of Africa, Phillopiness and Indo-Asian arts as well Eastern Asian in my studies the 5 element principles have different names but the near same applications and principles.Goju/Naha-Te from the 1st 6 month on you hear and train aspect of Ki/Chi developement channeling it and harvesting it to heal or destroy. This is started in the simple KATA of Sanchin the Naha-Te student is told that this is a Kata that he will practice throughtout kyu level well into his Dan ranking in this art, its purpose is to open the door to Iron shrit training. Most Naha-Te exponent go on to study Hsing-I/Bagua, Tachi Chaun, Yoga, or Silat to further harnashes and control this energy. As in the Goju Soke Miyagi in his study of Pakua and Tachi and his Student Toguchi a Yoga practictioner. I'm sure others followed a similar study but I know these two and many people that I've trained and studied with. In Naha-Te warm up exercise the toes and ankle are limbered up, lots of points on the foot.I personally use the Tensho and Sanchin for stress relife. Also external muscular, tendon and internal organ strengthening. I know that I can deliever and with stand a heavier blow to the body if I breath during it. It is said that Breath is Life in the Internal arts of Neija, in this concept you see Float, Swallow, Spit, Sink theroy and the Iron Cotton concept all seen and started as part of Naha-Te training. Now I added this to show it is a need to know principle if you don't know you don't know. You are not there yet. It doesn't mean or is not a mark against you as a Martial art, I have BB students that don't gather it value, as I tell them there is nothing wrong with Blunt Trama it been working since the Cain and Able.I haven't Mastered it but I know it's there I have felt it and delievered it but I haven't Mastered neither aspect of it. I beleive this training has help me avoid a stroke, stress of anixety, depression and high blood pressure because I can control my body through concentration and breathing. Somethings are not solid or for all to see because they don't want to, but like the wind you don't have to know where it comes from, to know that it can be powerful.I know alot of words that don't mean nothing if you don't believe, it all starts with a Question and the Mind researches it. There is really something to the quote that "The Mind is the Warrior's strongest weapon".
Quote: 456 - Our own reality is based on the facts gathered from the things we've experienced and believe as fact or works for us. This is the basic of how and why some people see things differently.
Quote: Reality, in everyday usage, means "the state of things as they actually exist"
Quote: I believe in herbal, massage/accupressure and body healing by touch..
Quote:...I also believe in Chi/Ki and prayer there are somethings that facts and evidence don't explain and is why medical science don't have the answer to all illiness.
Quote: So when someone experience healing or power outside the norm I don't question it as much as I do try to understand it.
Quote: I have witness know of and have experience force that I can't reproduce under normal situation but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. I may sound way out but really I'm middle of the road unlike some of my Senseis and other famous teachers I know of.
Quote: I don't believe in the benifit of the use magic Mushrooms, Snake oil wine, or Hashi induced medidation that causes enhance Chi developement like aura force fields, figures on the wall to move and tell secrets or Transculadental flight or Dimensional travel. So you see I am nearer to you then we are different. Like you I believe the evidnce shows that these jokers where just high.
Quote: My reality is not their's, by a mile or least by a joint.
Quote: TCM explanation based on virtually total ignorance about physiology and anatomy, itself probably inherited from the ancient Greeks, who had similar beliefs about the balance of humors regulating health. Chi has been extensively investigated scientifically and found completely unproved, for which read non-existent.
Quote:If by "organ strengthening" you mean "more efficient", then, again, prove it instead of making faith-based claims.
Quote:Benson developed the "relaxation response," which he describes as "a physiological state opposite to stress." It is characterized by decreases in metabolism, breathing rate, heart rate, and blood pressure . He and others have amassed evidence that it can help those suffering from illnesses caused or exacerbated by stress. Benson and colleagues use it to treat anxiety, mild and moderate depression, high blood pressure, heartbeat irregularities, excessive anger, insomnia, and even infertility .[...]The researchers also made measurements on practitioners of other forms of advanced meditation in Sikkim, India. They were astonished to find that these monks could lower their metabolism by 64 percent. "It was an astounding, breathtaking [no pun intended] result," Benson exclaims. To put that decrease in perspective, metabolism, or oxygen consumption, drops only 10-15 percent in sleep and about 17 percent during simple meditation.
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The primary function of the Black Rod's Office is to provide support services to the Senate chamber and committees and to senators when they are using their Parliament House offices.
The Senators' Services Section:
The Information Technology Section provides senators with information technology support services in their Parliament House offices and limited support services and equipment when they are away from Parliament House. The section also supports the department and its staff.
The Human Resource Management Section delivers human resource management services for the department, including payroll services for senators and departmental staff. The section also administers the department's human resource management information system and records management.
The Financial Management Section delivers the department's financial management, accounting and budgeting services. The section also administers the department's financial management information system, provides secretariat support to the Audit and Evaluation Committee, manages the internal audit contract and develops and maintains the risk management framework.
The Black Rod's Office is led by the Usher of the Black Rod and has five functional areas, as shown in figure 21.
The full-time equivalent staffing level for the Black Rod's Office for 2009–10 was 46, the same as in 2008–09.
The cost of providing support services to the Senate chamber, committees and senators in their Parliament House offices in 2009–10 was $3.4 million ($3.1 million in 2008–09).
During the year, the Senators' Services Section continued to provide a wide range of services to senators and the department. This included assisting the President to respond to requests to conduct activities within the parliamentary precinct.
No major ceremonial events were supported during 2009–10. However, planning is underway for the expected opening of a new parliament prior to the end of 2010.
During 2009–10, the section:
The section provided high-quality reprographic and delivery services for the department and, under contract, other parliamentary departments. Turnaround times were met consistently, ensuring that printed information was available when required, even at short notice, and assisting committees to meet their tight deadlines for delivery of reports.
During 2009–10, the section completed 1,267 printing jobs. Of these, 327 were for committees, 688 were in direct support of Senate chamber activities and senators, and nine were for other parliamentary departments. The total value of work produced was $514,719, of which $219,741 was attributed to committee work. This was a decrease of $87,616 on the previous year's total, reflecting a reduction in work for the other parliamentary departments and some improvement in the accuracy of job costings.
In 2009–10, the office purchased additional finishing equipment, including a punch binding machine, a scoring machine and a laminating machine. This has enhanced in-house capability to produce certain items that were previously outsourced, such as business cards, manuals and pamphlets, thereby improving the cost-effectiveness of the printing unit. A broken guillotine was also replaced, improving workplace safety.
The planned review of the methodology and software tool used for the management and costing of printing and desktop publishing work was deferred because other priorities intervened during the reporting period. However, it is expected that the review will be undertaken in 2010–11.
The section continued to provide a high standard of delivery services to senators, their staff and departmental staff. Scheduled run times were met for all deliveries, including internal stationery deliveries. The efficiency of the mail run schedule was improved by replacing a regular run at 8.00 pm on sitting days with on-demand mail pick-ups.
The new mailroom, which was completed in August 2009, has achieved the aims of co-locating staff and improving efficiency. It integrates well with the building design and its visual impact on the general circulation area is minimal.
In 2009–10, the office continued to work cooperatively with the other parliamentary departments. In particular, it:
Publishing and testing activities dominated the activities of the Information Technology Section in 2009–10.
Many departmental documents and exhibitions were published online. Notable examples are:
Two updated interfaces were released for the Committee Office's Senate Centralised Information Database, for internal and external users of the system. Both changes delivered significant usability and efficiency improvements.
Updating desktop software and commencing the rollout of a new standard operating system to departmental users generated a significant amount of testing and planning work for the section.
The section also replaced 120 desktop computers located in senators' Parliament House offices and departmental offices.
Other information technology activities in 2009–10 included:
The section also continued to provide input to parliament-wide information technology projects managed by the Department of Parliamentary Services, such as the new parliamentary website, network faxing and wireless projects.
During the year, the Human Resource Management Section was responsible for monthly pays for senators and fortnightly pays for departmental staff. The section participated in an internal audit of its payroll services that reported favourably on the controls in place and the services delivered.
The section revised or created human resource policies and procedures for:
Updated human resource authorisations and delegations were also issued and a quick reference guide for users was developed.
The section also provided administrative support to 31 externally-advertised recruitment activities for the department and continued to support managers and staff in relation to matters requiring human resource management technical support and guidance.
Work continued on an e-recruitment solution for the department's employment vacancies. The e-recruitment solution offered as part of the department's current human resource management information system could not be fully implemented in 2009–10, because of software and hardware issues. Implementation and testing is expected to be completed in 2010–11. This will enable prospective applicants to apply for departmental positions online.
Significant section resources have been used during the development and negotiation of a new enterprise agreement for non-Senior Executive Service staff of the department. Eight negotiation meetings were held with bargaining representatives.
The section also prepared a report on the feasibility of the recommendations of the Parliamentary Service Commissioner's 2008 Review of Implementation of the Amalgamation of the Former Joint Departments.
The records management subsection is responsible for:
The department continued to revise its record-keeping policy and procedures in 2009–10. The revised policy and procedures will be completed in 2010–11.
During 2009–10, 1,162 files were created, 1,418 files were requested or returned, 1,142 files were sentenced and disposal action was completed on 763 files. The annual registry file census was conducted in July 2009. The census confirmed that files are easily located and registry procedures are well controlled.
In April 2010, new retention schedules for administrative records were issued by the National Archives of Australia through the revised Administrative Functions Disposal Authority. The office modified the Total Records and Information Management (TRIM) system to implement the new schedules.
An upgrade to the TRIM system to accommodate the department's new standard operating system was also implemented in 2009–10 and will be rolled out in 2010–11. The upgrade will also provide the department with the functionality to file documents electronically.
The Financial Management Section ensures that the department meets its external reporting responsibilities; manages the department's budget; develops and applies financial management policies; and maintains appropriate governance structures. The section also delivers accounting services. During 2009–10, the section:
The key management, assets management and stationery systems implemented in 2008–09 continued to assist with effective administration of these areas.
The Black Rod's Office continued to work with the Department of Parliamentary Services to ensure that the interests of the Department of the Senate are represented in the development and implementation of parliamentary projects and that effective support is received from the Department of Parliamentary Services.
Much of the work of the office involves frequent direct contact with senators, their staff and other clients, presenting an ongoing opportunity to receive feedback on the office's services. This informal feedback continued to be very positive. The more formal biennial survey of senators' satisfaction is scheduled for early 2011.
Section heads met weekly with the Usher of the Black Rod to review operational matters relating to the whole office, and also met regularly with their teams to consider performance and work-related issues.
Outputs are evaluated through reports from the various management information systems.
The Black Rod's Office will coordinate the planning for the opening of the 43rd Parliament, expected in 2010–11. Although the election period enables the department to undertake new project work, the Black Rod's Office will continue ongoing activities and projects to support the department. Projects of particular note for 2010–11 include the replacement of furniture for departmental and senators' staff and the improvement and rationalisation of departmental storage facilities.
Each area within the office will also implement changes arising from the department's structural review.
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text: Thursday, December 13, 2012 Functional Limitation Reporting vs PQRS: Understanding the Differences APTA has posted a new chart to help members understand the differences between the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) program and a congressionally mandated functional limitation reporting program that begins January 1, 2013. The chart can be found on APTA's Functional Limitation Reporting Under Medicare webpage. The Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2012 mandated that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) begin functional limitation data collection on January 1, 2013, for Medicare beneficiaries. The new functional limitation reporting will be done through nonpayable G-codes that are similar in their appearance to PQRS quality data codes. The functional limitation reporting will be visit-driven and must be completed on evaluation, every 10th visit, and at discharge. All practice settings that provide outpatient therapy services must include this information on the claim form. Specifically, the policy will apply to physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language-pathology services furnished in hospitals, critical access hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities (CORFs), rehabilitation agencies, home health agencies (when the beneficiary is not under a home health plan of care), and in private offices of therapists, physicians, and nonphysician practitioners. Simultaneously, attention is increasing on PQRS as the program changes from an incentive-based program to a penalty program, with the 2013 year being pivotal to the program's changeover, informing both the 2013 bonus and the 2015 penalty. PQRS, the quality reporting program for Medicare Part B, was implemented in 2007. Physical therapists are eligible professionals in this reporting program and can report a variety of measures, including pain assessment on initial evaluation and a measure related to the use of a functional assessment tool. Reporting under the PQRS program is tied to CPT codes. Therapists reporting under this program submit quality data codes for the selected measures with CPT code 97001 and sometimes with 97002. Comments Is there information about whether the ICD-9 codes (diagnosis codes) need to be reported only one at a time according to which "functional limitation" is being reported? Posted by Dawn Standley on 12/14/2012 1:27 PM From reading the above I am not seeing the differences and am confused as to where to find the codes for the PQRS Posted by Sue Jeffrey on 12/14/2012 1:58 PM This has got to be the most frustrating thing to figure out!I have listened to a webinar and read all the documents.Is there a quick guide all inclusive of all the documents that shows the G-codes,measures,modifiers,therapy modifiers,severity modifiers,etc.,etc.,etc.,that outlines when to code what code to what code to give what modifier to a code each time??? Posted by Karen Bonsack -> >FX^C on 12/14/2012 2:15 PM CMS.gov has good documents to explain and quick reference charts. http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/NPC/Downloads/FunctionalReportingNPC.pdf Posted by Melanie on 12/14/2012 4:49 PM Medicare has finally succeeded in making things complicated enough that you can't figure it out on your own. You'll need a team of billing experts helping you, but even then you'll never be able to remember what codes to include and when unless your EHR and billing are integrated and set up to automate the process for you. If you're still documenting on paper now's the time to change. Check out Systems4PT if you need a system that can automate it for you. They're PQRS compliant. Posted by Jason Myers on 12/14/2012 5:00 PM I just want to thank you for clarifying and simplifying this mess. The webinar was quite confusing and you were able to outline this as they were not. This is why we are members of the APTA!!! Posted by Deborah Cook -> =HR\@L on 12/14/2012 5:20 PM Could somebody suggest any free functional outcome measures that may be used without having to spend a fortune. Posted by Jaya Gurnani on 12/16/2012 2:08 PM Will CORFS be required to do PORS? Posted by Todd on 12/21/2012 3:04 PM Any information on whether we will be required to do the PQRS type reporting on part B patients in SNFs? Currently I think we are excluded institutional providers, correct? Posted by Carol Ramsey -> =KS\< on 12/27/2012 7:10 PM Jaya: the OPTIMAL instrument is available for free via the APTA and is an accepted measure for PQRS reporting and tracking/utilization for functional coding purposes. Posted by Greg Given on 1/9/2013 10:52 PM Quick-DASH is a good reporting tool for upper extremity limitations and free. Posted by Dale on 8/29/2013 6:56 PM I am thoroughly confused!! I was under the impression that for Physical therapy billing we only had to document the functional status G-codes, NOT the PQRS also. is it mandatory to bill the PQRS with the eval or optional Posted by Gina on 2/13/2014 4:35 PM How can I get utilization data report of functional G codes since implementation by Medicare? Posted by Dennise Monserrate on 8/13/2017 5:55 PM


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Bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus), from the mint family, is a native of North America. It is closely related to the European herb called gypsywort or gypsyweed (L. europaeus). For medicinal purposes, these two plants are often used interchangeably. The leaves of bugleweed are long and thin and grow in pairs from the stem. Small whitish flowers grow around the stem at the base of each pair of leaves.
The juice of bugleweed can be used as a fabric dye, and it was reportedly used by gypsies to darken their skin, which may be the origin of the common names applied to the European species of Lycopus.
Bugleweed also has a long-standing reputation as a medicinal plant. Herbalists have traditionally used bugleweed as a sedative, to treat mild heart conditions, and to reduce fever and mucus production in flus and colds. More recently, bugleweed has been suggested as a treatment for hyperthyroidism and mastodynia (breast pain).
What Is Bugleweed Used for Today?
Several very preliminary studies suggest that bugleweed may be helpful for treating mild hyperthyroidism .
Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland releases excessive amounts of thyroid hormone. Symptoms include weight loss, weakness, heart palpitations, and anxiety. Test tube and animal studies suggest that bugleweed may reduce thyroid hormone by decreasing levels of TSH (a hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland) and by impairing thyroid hormone synthesis. 1–5 In addition, bugleweed may block the action of thyroid-stimulating antibodies found in Grave's disease. 6
Note : Self-treatment of hyperthyroidism can be dangerous. Physician supervision is necessary to determine why the thyroid is overactive to design a specific treatment plan.
Bugleweed may also reduce levels of the hormone prolactin, which is primarily responsible for the production of breast milk. 7 Elevated levels of prolactin may also cause breast pain in women; based on this finding, bugleweed has been recommended as a treatment for cyclic mastalgia (breast tenderness that comes and goes with the menstrual cycle). However, due to its effects on thyroid hormone, we do not recommend that it be used for this purpose.
Safety Issues
The safety of bugleweed has not been established. Long-term or high-dose use of the herb may cause an enlarged thyroid. Bugleweed should not be used by individuals with hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormone) or an enlarged thyroid gland. Pregnant or nursing women should also avoid bugleweed because of potential effects on their children as well as on breast milk production.
Bugleweed should not be combined with thyroid medications. It may also interfere with diagnostic procedures that rely on radioactive isotopes to evaluate the thyroid.
Interactions You Should Know About
If you are taking thyroid medications, do not use bugleweed.
If you are undergoing tests of your thyroid function, do not use bugleweed except on physician advice.
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The image prompt for Sepia Saturday this week gives me an opportunity to look at some of the non-photographic material often found in family photo albums, as well as to show off some of the photo-related ephemera in my collection. Although Victorian carte de visite and cabinet portrait albums contain largely that, i.e. photographic portraits - the purpose-designed sleeves weren't really suitable for flimsy pieces of paper and arbitrarily sized cards - one does often find a variety of family history-related ephemera in them.
Edith Mary Morton's photo album
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
This album was an eBay purchase a few years ago. It is in a rather dilapidated state, but in addition to 45 cartes de visite, five cabinet cards and a postcard format photo, the album also contains an ornate baptism card and a printed memorial card.
An inscription on the front page of the album demonstrates that it was a birthday gift to Edith Morton from her sister Amy.
May 19th 1895
To Edith Morton
With best wishes For a
Happy Birthday
From her sister Amy.
Baptism certificate for Sidney Stephen Sears
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
Near the front of the album, and loose between the pages, I found a brightly coloured baptismal certificate for Sidney Stephen Sears, dated April 12th 1903 at St James Enfield Highway, filled in and signed by the vicar, J. Leonard Boulden. The baptismal certificate is of a type that appears to have been used quite commonly in parish churches in the early twentieth century. I have found almost identical examples from as late as 1933. [1,2] Boulden was vicar of St James until at least 1922. [3]
Entry in baptism register for Sidney Stephen Sears
Enfield Highway St James, Register of Baptism, Ref. DRO/054, Item 007
Image © London Metropolitan Archives and courtesy of Ancestry.com [4]
The entry in the baptism register for St James, archived at the London Metropolital Archives, is in the same handwriting. Not only does it confirm the baptism date, but it also provides the very useful information - not given on the certificate - that Sidney Stephen was born on 16th February 1903, the son of Stephen and Edith Mary Sears of 22 Durrants Road.
Edith Mary Sears, c. 1897-1901
Albumen print (96 x 139mm), probably detached from cabinet card
Attrib. Henry Bown, 31/33 Jamaica Rd & 43 New Kent Rd, S.E. London
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
Using this information, I was able to identify the owner of the album as Edith Mary Morton (1874-1944). Edith was born in 1874 at Riverhead in Kent, to a railway clerk Frederick William Morton (1843-1891) and his wife Emily Wanstall née Andrews (1843-1896). She grew up with her six sisters and three brothers in Sevenoaks and Deptford in Kent and as a young woman worked as a book folder. [5]
Stephen George Sears, c.1896-1900
Cabinet card (107 x 166mm) by W.H. Fawn, 13 Evelyn Street, Deptford
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
On Christmas Day 1897 Eadie married Stephen George Sears (1875-1934). They lived at 22 Durants Road, Ponders End, Enfield Highway in Middlesex and had three children, Ethel Edith (born 15 November 1898), Helen Amy (born 27 August 1900) and the youngest Sidney Stephen.
Roadworkers in Church Street, Ashover, c.1900-1910
Mounted albumen print by J.J. Shipman of Ashover
Image © and courtesy of John Bradley
Stephen Sears' occupation is listed in various records (marriage, baptisms of children, etc.) as engine driver or engineer, but in 1891 he was employed as a "plowing portable engine boy," i.e. an agricultural traction engine, and by the time of the 1901 census he described himself as a "steam road roller driver." This gives me the chance to re-use this excellent image of a steam road roller at work, albeit in a small Derbyshire village, which I wrote about for Sepia Saturday a couple of years ago. The 1911 Census shows him as an "engineer fireman" working for the District Council.
Four unidentified women from Edith Sears' photo album
Cabinet cards from the studio of Henry Bown, S.E. London
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
Sadly, the album doesn't seem to contain photographs of any children that I can identify unequivocally as Ethel, Helen or Sidney. In fact, the bulk of the portraits are of young women dressed to the nines, taken between the late 1880s and the late 1890s, probably Edith's sisters and possibly including some of her friends. There are a few photos of children, but I suspect they are Edith's nephews and nieces.
Frederick William Morton, c. December 1908
Postcard portrait (87 x 138mm) by unidentified photographer
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
This postcard addressed to Edith was sent from Toronto, Canada by her younger brother Frederick William Morton in 1908.
124 John St, Toronto, Canada, Dec 8th 12/08.
Dear Eadie.
Just a line hoping you are quite well as it leaves me the same hoping steve and the children are the same and wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year we have got winter here now and the sleighs out with the Bells Jingling and nice frosty air hoping you will know this photo allright I remain your affectionate Brother.
Fred Morton
Memorial card for Emily Wanstall Morton (1843-1896)
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
Also found loose in the album was this memorial card for Edith's mother, who died in August 1896, only fifteen months after Edith had received the photo album as a gift for her 23rd birthday.
Emily Wanstall Morton,
Who died 12th August, 1896,
No. OF GRAVE 718A, PLOT P.
Probably Emily Wanstall Morton, c.1892-1896
Carte de visite portrait by Parisian School of Photography, London
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
There are two photographs in the album which could be of Edith's mother. This carte de visite portrait shows a middle-age woman dressed in rather heavy clothing, perhaps even mourning dress, and was taken in the early to mid-1890s. Emily was widowed in 1891.
Possibly Emily Wanstall Morton, c.1866-1871
Carte de visite portrait by Hellis & Sons, London
Image © and collection of Brett Payne
Another carte de visite portrait, of which there are two similar copies, may also be of Emily. It was printed at one of the Hellis & Sons branch studios, judging by the addresses list on the reverse of the card mount, probably between 1899 and 1901. However, I can tell from the hair, clothing and pose styles, as well as the studio furniture, oval vignetting (a technique commonly employed to hide the edges of the original) and faded nature, that it was almost certainly copied from a much earlier photographic portrait, perhaps taken in the late 1860s or very early 1870s.
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22 Durants Road, Ponders End, Enfield
Sidney died in 1920, aged only 16. For the rest of their lives, his parents continued to love in the same house at Ponders End that they had moved into after their marriage in 1897 [6]. Stephen Sears died in 1934, aged 59, while Edith lived to the age of 70; she died in 1944. Ethel and Helen never married, and passed away in 1976 and 1991 respectively. Presumably the lack of any surviving descendants is what resulted in the album eventually finding its way onto eBay.
Morton-Sears Album
I find it interesting that there don't appear to be any photographs in the album of the Sears family after their marriage, except perhaps the portraits of Stephen and Edith Sears. Why would this be? After a lengthy contemplation of the album's contents I've come to the conclusion that it has survived largely intact since the most recent photograph (Fred's postcard sent from Canada in 1908) was inserted in it. There are some portraits taken after her wedding in 1897, but these are probably of her siblings and their children. Edith may have kept this album as a record of her life prior to becoming a wife and mother.
Sears family at 22 Durants Road, Ponders End, Sunday, 2 April 1911
Image © The National Archives and courtesy of Ancestry.com
Even though the album contains very few items with inscriptions - effectively three photographs and a further three pieces of documentary ephemera - I was able to identify the original owner of the album with a high degree of confidence. Using census and birth, marriage and death records, it was then possible to build up an extensive tree of both Edith and her husband's families. Quite apart from generating a list of potential candidates for the remaining photographs in the album, it also enabled me to locate and contact a descendant of one of Edith's sisters.
Group at front door of 22 Durants Road, Ponders End, c.1915-1920
Loose amateur print by unidentified photographer
Image © and courtesy of Ron Plumley
Ron Plumley is the grandson of Edith's sister Emily, and among his Nan's photographs he found this snapshot, which turns out to have have been taken outside the Sears family's front door at 22 Durants Road - compare this with the modern Streetview image above. Although it isn't a very high resolution scan, it's detailed enough to see that the clothing of the woman (at left), the man (at right) and three possible teenagers standing in the doorway equates with the fashions worn immediately before and during the Great War.
I estimate that it was taken between 1915 and 1920 and it's difficult to be sure, but I think this must be the Sears family. Apart, that is, from the man standing at the right, who seems to be too old to be Stephen Sears, then in his early 40s. Perhaps that is Ron's grandfather William Henry Plumley (1869-1919), who would then have been in his late 40s or early 50s, and the Plumleys could have been on a day visit to the Sears family on the northern outskirts of London from their home in Deptford, also in London, but just south of the Thames?
The Morton sisters: Grace Harriett Jenkins? (1870-1945), Agnes Helen Wright (1882-1947), Amy Maria Morton (1875-1963), Florence Maud Zillwood (1866-1946) and Emily Wanstall Plumley (1872-1958)
Postcard portrait by unidentified photographer, c.1930s
Image © and courtesy of Ron Plumley
Finally, this image also shared by Ron shows his grandmother (at far right) with her sisters. It's quite a contrast with the photographs of the Morton sisters taken four decades earlier, naturally, but they look like they are having a lot more fun.
One day this album will return to a family member, but it is only by a stroke of luck that this has been possible. It could easily have been broken up and offered for sale on eBay as individual photos, as many such albums in a somewhat worn state clearly are. If that had happened, almost all of the photographs would have lost all connection with the provenance, history and genealogy that it has been possible to deduce from them as an intact collection.
I cannot stress enough how important it is not to break up albums, even if the paucity of documentation suggests there is little chance of identifying the subjects of the portraits, as clues may only become apparent at a future date. Sadly, inevitable financial imperatives will result in the continued dissolution of many such family collections from deceased estates and yard sales via eBay, but we can all do our part to make sure those in our own families do not share the same fate.
I hope you'll join the other Sepia Saturday enthusiasts this week presenting their own family heirlooms, bibles, books, letters and a variety of other ephemera.
[1] Baptism certificate for Hilda Charlson, 12 April 1911, on Hindsford St Anne Parish Page, Lancashire Online Parish Clerk Project.
[2] Baptism certificate for Ian Brackenbury Channell, Easter Day 1933, St Michael's Framlingham, Website of the Wizard of New Zealand.
[3] Licence from Bishop of London to Joseph Leonard Boulden, Vicar of St James, (To officiate in the district chapel of St Peter and St Paul, Enfield Lock, in the parish of St James), The National Archives, Ref. DRO54/45/2, 18 Aug 1922.
[4] London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 database, from Ancestry.com.
[5] 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 Census records, UK Census Collection from Ancestry.com.
[6] London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965, from Ancestry.com


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Wall Street scourge Janet Tavakoli usually reserves her fire for big cheating firms, but the derivatives and structured finance expert saved a few rounds for the SEC as well in an interview Thursday on the government's criminal indictment of SAC Capital on insider trading charges.
In an interview with ThinkAdvisor, a week after U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara indicted the hedge fund and the SEC brought civil charges against founder Steven Cohen for failure to supervise, Tavakoli discerned a "lack of will" on the part of the SEC and described Bharara as the "motor" driving the case.
"It seems like the SEC has a habit of trial by email," said Tavakoli, a frequent expert witness in cases involving financial complexity. "You have to be lucky for people to be incriminating themselves and providing evidence needed for successful prosecution."
She urged the government securities enforcer to examine SAC's business relationships, obtain trading records and not assume it has a slam-dunk case.
Not that there is a shortage of leads. Tavakoli points to the improbability that any firm could obtain such high average annual returns–in the neighborhood of 40% a decade ago and around 25% more recently–at a time when Treasuries are paying a pittance.
Add to that SAC's reputation as Wall Street's top commission generator and its unique fee structure–3% annual fees and 50% of profits, compared to the usual hedge fund 2% and 20% arrangement.
"The SEC should be asking what did [SAC] get in return [for its high commissions]?," Tavakoli asks. She also thinks the SEC should be interested in how the firm generated consistently stratospheric returns. "You can't create money out of thin air in equity markets," she says, wondering if the name Madoff rings any bells.
And that leads to Tavakoli's main point about the SEC, and her warning to financial advisors: the need for the federal agency to claw back unjust gains.
"As long as the SEC is so slow and lame about prosecution [the message is] you can enjoy the benefits of criminal activity for a long time–you are now enabling the less diligent, the less skeptical and in worst-case scenario silent co-conspirators to prosper."
Tavakoli cites the vaunted revolving door between Washington and Wall Street, to which SEC personnel look for their next jobs–as a possible reason for lethargy in pursuing the SAC case, where allegations of insider trading have swirled for at least a decade. "The SEC itself should be investigated for not prosecuting alleged crimes during the financial crisis," she says.
Tavakoli says the SEC should be asking if sophisticated investors like Blackstone, Morgan Stanley and HSBC were enabling a criminal enterprise by not being skeptical enough.
"We have gone so far beyond the pale about having appropriate outrage to the point where alleged criminal activity is the norm," she worries, emphasizing that a government failure to actively claw back unjust gains implies that insider trading is a victimless crime, while rewarding bad actors and punishing those who do due diligence.
"Is it just too hard to calculate what the excess gains are? [The SEC is] enabling [cheating] managers intentionally or otherwise by putting their brains in neutral. They're disadvantaging honest investors and honest managers who raise issues and are skeptical [who] tell investors: 'The returns look great but we're not going in because we have due dilligence questions.' By punishing the diligent ones, you'd be creating an incentive for investors and managers to cheat," she says.
That is why the expert in financial shenanigans warns the SEC not to simply "declare victory" should it collect a lot of cash in the case. The government needs to make cheaters and go-along money managers cough up any ill-gotten gains.
Her warning to financial advisors:
"Don't do business with criminal enterprises or ones that look suspicious. Because the day will come when you get tapped on the shoulder for clawbacks. Companies that did business with Madoff got the tap."
Check out this story about Tavakoli, Finding the Culprits of the Crisis, in Research magazine.


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Marsha DeCoster and Cynthia Deis contacted me the other day and asked if I'd like to participate in a giveaway. The reason? As they said, "We're all doing this for the magic of the internet." And isn't it true, that the internet, for all the bad it can do, really can do some pretty awesome things?
Some are destashing beads, and I thought it would be a perfect thing to do as well. In my case, I'm going to be destashing some Bead Soup packages, all different colors and types, so you will be totally surprised at what you get!
|Photo by me
Val Hebert, Val's Art Studio
Jeannette Cook, Beady Eyed Women
Carol Dean Sharp, Sand Fibers
Marcia DeCoster , MadDesigns
Cynthia Deis , Shiny Little Things
And I'll pick several winners.
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