text:
(This is the first installment in a series of articles on the 2001 meeting of the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit [NCDEU]-Ed.)
Risperidone (Risperdal) and olanzapine (Zyprexa) were directly compared for several populations in studies reported at the 41st annual NCDEU Meeting of the National Institute of Mental Health in Phoenix, May 28-31.
In a double-blind study sponsored by risperidone manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceutica, 377 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were randomly assigned to receive eight weeks of treatment with either risperidone 2 mg to 6 mg daily (mean dose 4.8 mg) or 5 mg to 20 mg of olanzapine (mean dose 12.4 mg). The groups were similar in the number of patients who dropped from the study and in the number experiencing extrapyramidal side effects (EPS), as well as in the severity of their EPS. The researchers reported greater improvement with risperidone on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) anxiety/depression cluster and the depression and grandiosity items, but they found no significant differences between groups on individual factors.
In another Janssen-sponsored study, 176 elderly patients with schizophrenia were treated with either 1 mg to 3 mg of risperidone daily (mean 2 mg) or 5 mg to 20 mg olanzapine (mean 10 mg). While there was greater reduction in PANSS scores with risperidone at study midpoint, there were no significant between-group differences at eight weeks on this or the secondary efficacy measures, and the groups had a similar incidence of common adverse events.
In an assessment of the level of functioning of 30 patients with schizophrenia receiving eight weeks of treatment with either risperidone or olanzapine, researchers at University of California, San Diego, reported comparable improvement, measured with the Scale of Functioning (SOF). The SOF total scores increased 4.7% for 15 patients on risperidone and 6.5% for those on olanzapine, although the final analysis did not significantly differentiate the groups.
Both olanzapine and risperidone, as well as haloperidol (Haldol), appeared less effective than clozapine (Clozaril) in specifically reducing hostility symptoms in 157 treatment-resistant patients, in a study conducted by researchers at the Nathan Kline Institute at New York University and others. Patients were randomly assigned to 14 weeks of treatment with one of the four agents. The researchers reported that patients receiving clozapine evidenced greater improvement on the PANSS hostility item and that this difference was independent of antipsychotic effect. Neither risperidone nor olanzapine showed superiority over haloperidol on this measure.
An additional comparison of olanzapine and risperidone with a traditional neuroleptic was conducted in a naturalistic setting by University of Pittsburgh researchers. They commented that although the efficacy of atypical antipsychotics has been well-established, "the comparative effectiveness between agents is less clear. We set out to evaluate treatment effectiveness of olanzapine, risperidone and the conventional agent, perphenazine [Etrafon, Triavil, Trilafon]."
The researchers conducted a retrospective review of 386 patients discharged on one of these agents between January 1997 and June 1998. They found no statistical differences in one-year readmission rates between the groups nor in time to first admission. Other measures of drug effectiveness such as functioning were not applied nor were measures of how the drugs were tolerated.
Olanzapine was also compared to ziprasidone (Geodon) in a study sponsored by ziprasidone manufacturer Pfizer Inc. In the six-week assessment, 268 patients were randomized to receive either 5 mg to 15 mg olanzapine daily or 40 mg to 80 mg ziprasidone twice daily. The groups demonstrated comparable improvement on efficacy measures, as well as on movement disorder ratings. Although there were no significant differences on these measures, the researchers noted differences favoring ziprasidone on "health parameters" of weight gain and cholesterol level increase.
Addressing the issue of weight gain, Eli Lilly and Company researchers reported administering the histamine H2 blocker nizatidine (Axiol), a putative appetite suppressant, in combination with olanzapine in an effort to mitigate associated weight gain. In comparison to an olanzapine and placebo combination, there was significantly less weight gain in patients receiving 300 mg nizatidine twice daily, but not in those receiving 150 mg. In the 16-week treatment period, olanzapine with placebo was associated with an average body weight increase of 12.15 lbs; patients receiving nizatidine 150 mg twice daily with olanzapine gained an average of 9.72 lbs, and those receiving 300 mg twice daily with olanzapine gained 6.08 lbs.


text: CMO Close-Up with Jamie DePeau, Senior VP-CMO, Lincoln Financial Group Published on November 28, 2012. Jamie DePeau was named CMO at Lincoln Financial Group in September 2011. She is responsible for corporate marketing, branding and corporate communications at the financial services company. One of DePeau's main projects over the past 15 months has been overseeing Lincoln's "Chief Life Officer" campaign, which earned the company recognition as BMA New York's Communicator of the Year award in September. In the following interview with CMO Close-Up, DePeau discusses the evolution of the campaign this year, including its latest election-themed execution. CMO Close-Up: What were your marketing goals for this year? Jamie DePeau: Lincoln is a significant player in the industry—life insurance, annuities, retirement and group benefits—playing in the high ranks in those industries. We have always had a very quiet profile in the marketplace by choice. With the change in our business objectives and changes in market sentiment, it became clear that Lincoln needed to raise its profile. So my primary marketing goal was to raise awareness and consideration of Lincoln in the marketplace. CMO Close-Up: Who is your target audience? DePeau: We are a b-to-b company for most of what we do. We are also a b-to-b-to-c company in a few sectors. We sell through intermediaries—most of our b-to-b audiences are advisers and other organizations who can put Lincoln [products] in their portfolios. On the b-to-b-to-c side, [our target audience includes] employers, consultants or end-user employees who can choose voluntary benefits. It is a bit of a diverse group of stakeholders, so it's important to develop a message broad enough to cover all stakeholders and yet distinguish us in the marketplace. CMO Close-Up: What are the changes in market sentiment you referred to? DePeau: The obvious one is trust. There is a shaken trust in financial institutions and services. There is also a higher reliance on the influence of family and friends [in making financial decisions]. There is also a higher level of skepticism about messages, and much higher reliance on education and tools. [Buyers are saying,] "Don't try to sell me based on a knee-jerk marketing piece. Give me content I can learn from and use so I can build my own knowledge." CMO Close-Up: How did you develop the positioning for your "Chief Life Officer" campaign? DePeau: This campaign is research based. We selected gyro [New York] as our partner in June 2011 and immediately went about doing research. It was important to understand what the marketplace sentiment was after 2007 and 2008. We suspected different attitudes and trust factors, and we wanted to get additional insight into what was influencing decision-making. I think the reason the "Chief Life Officer" campaign has been so successful is that it pays close attention equally to both the science and the art of marketing. It is grounded in solid research and was tested every step of the way; and gyro helped us develop a message that is compelling and focuses on giving individuals the tools and information they need to be in charge of their lives. It focuses on them, not on us. CMO Close-Up:How has the campaign evolved over the past year? DePeau: When we launched the campaign last year, the first phase was launched internally. Building brand internally is as important as building brand externally when you have 8,000 employees, and we wanted them all aligned to the same messaging. We had a lot of exciting events and employee messaging. We launched externally [last year] on Thanksgiving Day with TV, and then we rolled out different media channels and integrated PR campaigns. We also have a microsite to provide content. Through the year, we have used surveys to test people's attitudes about being in charge, having control and optimism—leveraging the elements of the "Chief Life Officer" campaign—and we've been able to cut the data in a few ways and use it throughout the year. CMO Close-Up: Can you describe the presidential election-themed execution, "Hail to the Chief Life Officer"? DePeau: Looking at the incredible opportunity we have once every four years—with all eyes on the media tracking exactly what's happening in the election—and the timing of the election with the campaign, it was the perfect next step to take advantage of the media attention and create unique spots that were appropriate to run immediately after the election. In partnership with gyro, we created executions that were very strong and meaningful to people. We went on the air the day of the election on CNBC, and we ran prints ads in The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. CNBC and The Wall Street Journal have been our anchor media throughout the whole campaign. They perfectly attract our target audience and have been great partners. We decided to do something different and add in USA Today because of the strong national support it has, and it has a really great mix of business and consumer readers. CMO Close-Up: Do you have any results you can share? DePeau: Our hits to the microsite went through the roof—in the first week of running the campaign, we saw a 57% jump in "Chief Life Officer" Web hits, which demonstrated that the media was right, the message was appropriate and people responded in a warm and genuine way. Most Popular In this article: BtoB

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Welcome disc golfer! You can login or create an account.
Questions? Call us: (785) 258-2494
The Prodigy 350RX F3 is a stable fairway driver for long and controllable flights with a mild finish. It is a great disc for all skill levels. It features Prodigy's "Easy Release Technology".
F3 Specs:
Diameter: 21.3cm
Height: 1.5cm
Rim Depth: 1.1cm
Rim Width: 1.8cm
Min Weight: 150g
Max Weight: 176.8g
Stability: Stable
F Series fairway drivers are long flying and extremely reliable golf discs. Each fairway driver has been designed with a specific flight path in mind and all feature Prodigy's trademark "Easy Release Technology".
350RX or 350 Lite refers to discs between 140-159 grams. 350 is a soft, grippy plastic even in wet conditions. With amazing glide it feels and flies great and breaks in over time.


text:
Spring 2008 Issue
Rite of Passage
The Podiatry Insurance Company of America (PICA) has committed to being the exclusive sponsor of the Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine's White Coat Ceremony for the next five years.
The sponsorship is for $5,000 per year.
This year's gift places PICA in Barry University's Society of Founders, a giving club that recognizes those who have given a gift of $50,000 or more to Barry. The clinical lab coats presented to students during the annual White Coat Ceremony mark the passing from classroom to clinic training and have been recognized since ancient times as the attire of the medical profession.


text:
I am planning to go this year, since I missed last year. Two years ago, I met Rod Laver and he signed my Adidas white jacket. The modesty of the champion was very disarming. I also saw Nadal vs. Tsonga, Djokovic vs. Canas, Federer vs. Ljubicic, Sharapova vs. Hantuchova. What a great day for me! Hope this year will be as good, or better.
Maybe some tennisopolis'ers should all go together, one day, I dunno...
Views: 197
Replies to This Discussion
A friend is most likely to be staying at the JW Marriott. We are going to try to hit the clay & the grass courts while he's there. :-) Great idea to use wood racquets for the grass courts. :-) I might just have to do that. ;-)
We should still try to get the 'opolians together. Will try to meet up with the myth, the lengend, the one and only Mr. Mayor at some point at Indian Wells. We should all hit some balls sometimes.
Let's do it! You will see that I am not a myth, just a kid with a dream. A 41 year-old kid with a dream... of... let me get back to you on that one.
I'll be staying at the Desert Springs Marriott too, but in the time-share villas to the immediate west. It is hard to get time at those courts (you get one hour at a time max.) I am going to recommend a set of courts that are really nice but for some reason not overly used. I'll go look them up. BRB
You'd really get along with my film director friend Ian. He's turning 40 and so am I this May. People can't believe I'm that age, but that's cool.
I think he's got the place on the 11th or so.
When are you heading out to Indian Wells? Have you finalized your itinerary yet?
I stayed at the timeshare last year. Never did get a chance to enjoy since I was at the tournament most of the time.
Last year was my first time there and I'll be going again this year! Not sure which days yet. I usually just buy the General Admission ticket since there's so much action on all the courts.
We could all get together and rush TW's demo court!
A few pics I took from last year....
Cool! For those of us going to Indian Wells, join this group to stay connected. This will help us organize a meet-up rally as well as some face-to-faces on the tennis grounds, so we can grab a margarita!
Join here to stay in touch: http://tennisopolis.com/group/pacificlifeopenM
© 2018 Created by Mark / The Mayor. Powered by


text:
Seagate sales surge in Q2
Revenues up a third
Seagate's second fiscal 2010 quarter was a blast, with revenues up a third and half a billion profit.
Seagate took $3.3bn in the last calendar quarter of 2009, that's 33 per cent up on the year-ago quarter's $2.27bn. It made a $533m profit, which compares astoundingly well to the loss of $2.8bn - yes, billion - a year ago. However that included a goodwill impairment charge of $2.47bn so, after discounting that we're left with an effective loss of $354m. This means the $533m profit is still a great turnaround, but not a Steve-Luczo-is-God turnaround.
Seagate shipped 49.9m drives, up from 36.7m a year ago. These good numbers beat Wall Street expectations and the quarter even surprised Seagate's execs. CEO and chairman Steve Luczo said in the Seeking Alpha earnings call transcript that the quarter did not show any slackening off of demand as it progressed: "We did not experience the dramatic decline during the last two weeks in the quarter as we did in the December 2008 quarter. Second, our assumption for enterprise storage demand proved to be conservative, as demand accelerated throughout the quarter."
However, there was no perceived demand increase effect from Windows 7, and he said that will maybe happen later this year.
The company had a good mix of products and responded well to demand in the quarter. Retail product sales were up 71 per cent year-on-year, which must be pleasing, as that sector of Seagate's product range needed attention. It represents just 9 per cent of Seagate's revenues, though.
Looking ahead, Luczo might as well have said "let the good times roll," but actually spoke thus: "We now expect a broader global economic recovery to occur in the second half of calendar year 2010... Throughout the calendar year we... expect to make capacity additions." This means he's looking forward to boosting drive manufacturing facilities, which is very encouraging.
Seagate expects to make $2.9bn - $3.1bn in the next quarter, but thinks overall shipments may be constrained by component shortages.
There was a newish face at the earnings call - Dave Mosley, an EVP for sales, marketing and product line management. He answered a question about which products were in high demand by stating: "The strong demand reflected an intense customer appetite for our notebook and desktop product lines, particularly at 500GB and 1TB capacity points, and high performance 7,200 RPM configurations. In addition, we experienced accelerated demand for our 15,000 RPM enterprise products throughout the quarter."
He was asked when we would see notebooks hit 1 terabyte and desktops pack 4 terabyte drives, and said they weren't relevant to calendar year 2010. That suggests 2011 is the time to look for those capacity points.
Seagate's Chief technology officer, Bob Whitmore, talked of disk drive technologies and said: "[We have] increasing confidence in the extension of conventional perpendicular [magnetic] recording to sustain the areal density growth rate for the next several product generations... We continue to invest resources and capital towards technologies that will take us well beyond conventional perpendicular recording... [and] we have made considerable progress in demonstrating recording capabilities with several advanced technologies. We believe this positions us well for future product integration."
The canny guy didn't offer any preferences for either heat-assisted recording or bit-patterned media.
Steve Luczo was asked about Seagate's SSD efforts and said: "[Re SATA SSD] the early samples that we have shipped out have been very well received. Pleasantly surprised I would say, relative to the tradeoffs we have made in reliability, performance, cost and capacity... The SAS offerings will be later this year."
Stifel Niklaus analyst Aaron Rakers expects the SAS SSD to arrive after the mid-year point. He also expects that Western Digital will broaden its enterprise SSD range by the mid-year point.
Western Digital announces its results later today and there's no reason to suppose that they won't be as rosy as Seagate's, with regard to what begins to look like a sustained recovery in demand. ®


text:
Andrew Goble
|Mission Hills, Kan.
|High School:
|Shawnee Mission East
Yale PRs
60m 7.42
100m 11.89
200m 23.41
High School PRs
100m 10.99
200m 22.83
2011-2012: Ran his PR in the 200-meter dash at the BU Terrier Classic, where he was 83rd…30th in the 100-meter dash at the UConn Invitational.
High School: Ran a 10.99 in the 100m and 22.83 in the 200m as a junior at Shawnee Mission East...Was a member of the 4x100 relay team that placed 3rd at the 6A State Championships and ran a school record 42.16 (FAT) in the 6A Regionals...Sat out part of 2011 season with shin splints...Ran 11.33 (FAT) in 2011 6A Regional.
Personal: Undecided major, possibly Economics or Psychology...Member of Ezra Stiles College.


text:
In a recent post, I included a list of genealogy-related web sites, including sub-categories for "Online Family Trees" and "Social/Family Networking". I'm going to start reviewing the sites listed in these two categories and publish some of my findings/thoughts here. As I review each site, I'll try to go a bit beyond just publishing a list of features. Instead, I'll sign up as a member of each site and make an effort to use the site for its intended purpose and then share my impressions.
I'll start with amiglia.com, which is the first site, alphabetically, in these two categories.
Amiglia bills itself as a Family Tree + Photo Album. It's basically a photo-sharing site for families, allowing uploading of a GEDCOM file to create the family structure and then uploading of photos and videos and attaching them to individuals in the family.
Amiglia was founded by Paul, Milena and Tim Berry, who started the site as a personal web site used to share photos between extended family members. They eventually opened the site up to the public.
Amiglia is still listed as being in beta, but appears not to have been actively worked on since early 2007. The expiration, in July of 2008, of the site's SSL certificate, is further evidence that amiglia is no longer being actively supported or promoted. The site's support staff did not respond to an e-mail that I sent, asking about the status of the site.
Amiglia advertises a 365-day free trial, followed by a membership fee of $49.95/yr thereafter.
Traffic / Popularity
In my list of genealogy sites ranked by traffic for Aug, 2008, amiglia was ranked 128th out of 163, with compete.com reporting a total of 3,000 visits for the month of August. It was ranked 25th out of 29 in the "Online Family Trees" category and 15th out of 17 in the "Social/Family Networking Category".
Feature List
Amiglia advertises the following list of features:
- Family tree with photos that you can blog
- Linked albums of related families
- Personal profiles linked to nuclear family
- Family facebook of your entire family
- Family calendar with birthdays and events
- Maps of geolocated photos
- Easy tagging for people, themes, places
- Easy search for family photos
- Elegant slideshows to view, email and blog
- Music uploads to any slideshow
- Integrated Skype calling and chats
- Riya import
- Interactive photo-based babies' games
- Easy mass uploading
- Upload by e-mail or with camera phone
- Import from Flickr or Photoshop Album
- Easy GEDCOM imports at signup
- Video clips support (up to 5MB each)
- Advanced privacy, no spam, no ads
- Backup CDs or DVDs at minimal charge
- Email reminders for family birthdays
During the course of my use of the site, I exercised some, but not all, of these features.
Signing Up
You need to sign up with an account on amiglia before you can create a tree or start uploading photos. I immediately ran into a serious problem when I tried to sign up. The site's security (SSL) certificate has expired. (As of 6 Oct, 2008). This means that by default your browser won't load the signup page, given that it is a secure (HTTPS) web page. This is a serious problem—you should never load an HTTPS page if your browser is unable to validate the associated security certificate. You can actually ignore the problem, telling your browser to load the page anyway, but doing so would be a serious security risk.
What does this mean? Basically, two things:
- When you sign up for the site, the signup page will not be secure. The password that you enter here could potentially be compromised. But since you don't need to enter credit card information, this is serious, but not potentially all that dangerous.
- The expiration of the security certificate is a sign that amiglia is essentially a dead site
I wanted to continue reviewing the site, so I did bypass the lack of a security certificate and went ahead and signed up.
Note that when you sign up, you are able to suggest a sub-domain as part of the URL that you share with your family. This is a handy feature—instead of just going to amiglia.com and logging in, your family can get to the family tree directly by going to yourname.amiglia.com. The availability of the name would depend, of course, on whether someone else has already taken that name. In my case sexton.amiglia.com was available.
Privacy Settings
The next step is to decide on whether your site is private or public. You are able to make the entire site public (viewing, editing), allow public viewing only, or make the site entirely private.
Another very nice feature is the ability to set a single family password. I didn't test this, but the idea here is that family members don't necessarily have to sign up in order to gain access to the site. Instead, they can use a common password that you share with the entire family. This makes it much easier for family members to get at the site.
Creating Your Tree
After you sign up, you're shown your default tree, with you at the center:
At this point, you can start manually entering family members, or you can upload a GEDCOM file. I chose to upload a GEDCOM file, deciding to use the Kennedy family as my test case.
Amiglia appeared to read my Kennedy.ged file with no problems. Once it was uploaded, I was asked who I wanted to choose as the center of my tree. I picked John Fitzgerald Kennedy. (Born 1917—I had to page down a bit to find JFK in the list).
I was a little disappointed at how the names were organized here. They were apparently sorted by birthdate, youngest first. But it would have been nice to have selected the center point with a textual search or dropdown. If you have a large family tree, it could potentially take a very long time to find the person that you want.
At this point, I was completely signed up and I'd created a basic Kennedy family tree.
Family Tree View
In Amiglia, the most common way of seeing the people in your tree is by using the Family Tree view. This is a graphical rendering of your family tree that allows moving around through the tree. Here's what the Kennedy tree looks like:
One problem that I saw was that when I navigate to the home page, sexton.amiglia.com in my case, it still contained the default family tree that showed me (spsexton) at the center of the tree. To see the tree that I'd just uploaded (the Kennedys), I had to click on the Family Tree choice in the main menu. I think that this is because amiglia couldn't find me in the Kennedy tree, but even after editing my profile, I wasn't able to get this to work properly. There seemed to be no way to get the Kennedy tree to be the default tree on the site, or JFK to be the default person that you see when you go to the home page.
As you move your mouse around in this tree view, the tree gently slides to reveal more family members. The general idea is that when you hover over someone who appears at the edge of the tree, they slide over to the center of the tree.
Although the tree navigation is sort of appealing, with the smooth scrolling, there are enough problems with it to make the navigation completely unusable.
As you move the mouse towards the edge of the tree, it scrolls a bit, to try to shift more of the tree on that side of the screen to the center of the screen. But because of this, if you go try to click on someone in the try, they often slide away before you can click on them. This is very frustrating. It's so bad that there were cases when I absolutely could not click on a particular individual—as I tried to move the mouse over them, that person would jump alternately from one side of the screen to the other. Argh!
There were a number of other problems with the tree navigation, rendering it fairly unusable. These include:
- You can jump to related trees easily (e.g. Jackie's family), but often you can't easily navigate back to the original family
- There is no easy way to navigate to a person by entering their name.
- The screen says that I should "click on the name of any person to see their profile". But clicking on various people, I was never able to see any additional information.
- It would be helpful to be able to zoom in/out of the family tree. With the default size, it feels like I'm zoomed way in to the tree and it was hard to get an idea of the big picture.
- It's very difficult to go directly to a specific family member. You can go to the Facebook page (see below) and hunt through a list of pictures. But there is no easy way to go directly to a particular person.
Adding Photos
The next step is to upload some headshot photos of people in the family. Headshots are displayed as thumbnails in the family tree and appear in the "Facebook" area of the web page.
There are two basic ways to upload a photo of someone. The first is to navigate to that person's profile and then upload the photo. The second method is to upload the photo and then identify who the person is in the photo.
Let's try the first method—navigating first to a person and then uploading a photo for them. I thought I'd start with JFK and upload a profile. It's a bit difficult to navigate directly to JFK's profile. The only way I found of getting to that person was to select their silhouette from the Facebook page, which you can get at the Facebook button in the main menu, or by clicking on a silhouette at the bottom of the Family Tree view. (Note that not all family members are shown in silhouette on this page, so you'll need to click on the "More People" link at the bottom of the page.
Here's what the page full of silhouettes looks like. Again, the big problem here is that it's very difficult to find the person that you're looking for. There are no birth dates, so you end up seeing identically-named people. There's also no way to sort the family members, or see them in a basic list.
Once we locate JFK and click on his name, we get back to the standard Family Tree view, with a portion of the tree shown in the top of the window, and John's profile shown in the bottom.
At this point we can click the Browse button to upload a photo. Once we do that, the new photo is now shown as a thumbnail whenever John appears in the family tree. The same image is now used in place of the generic silhouette on the Facebook page and when viewing John's parents or children. Oddly, the photo of John is not shown when you're viewing his profile, other than as a tiny image in the family tree. Grr!
After we've uploaded an image for JFK, here's what John Jr's profile page looks like. Note that John Sr's photo is now shown instead of the silhouette.
One problem that I found is that even after uploading John's head shot, the head thumbnail is not always shown on the family tree. This appears to be a bug. It seems like only if we're already viewing John's profile, then that fragment of the family tree will show his head shot. But in many cases, the head shot is not shown.
There appears to be another bug in how photos are attached to people. I uploaded a photo of Jackie using the same process as the one of John, and both now are used as silhouettes. However, when I go to the list of all photos (main Photos button), I see Jackie's photo, but not John's. This also appears to be a bug, in that there seems to be no way to edit standard photo properties for the photo of John.
I continued with this process a bit further, uploading some more head shots. As I added photos and attached them to people, the main family tree gradually filled in to include the head shots.
General Thoughts
Amiglia.com is really targeted towards a single family, allowing sharing of photos between siblings or parents/children/grandchildren. There are some areas of the site that seem to assume this is the case, rather than that you've uploaded a larger family tree, including deceased relatives. For example, the calendar shows family member's birthdays, but only includes their first name. For a large family, going back a number of generations, the calendar would be pretty useless.
Usability: using amiglia.com is very painful. It's confusing and inconsistent—to the degree that would likely lead to people just giving up on the site because they can't figure out how to use it.
Performance: the site is very slow, even painfully slow. I tried connecting from various locations and on a very fast DSL link. But in all cases, the performance was equally slow. This points to a problem on the server side. Likely amiglia.com is being hosted on a single machine that is just not fast enough to keep up with the demand.
I'd intended to go further with my review and use more of the features, but I've given up on amiglia for two reasons:
- It just became too painful to work with. The usability and quality level is so poor that I'd never recommend Amiglia to anyone. Nor would I use it myself for storing and organizing family photos
- As of 8 Nov, 2008, amiglia.com now appears to be completely down and has been unavailable for at least several days.
Amiglia.com appears to be one of those "web 2.0" sites that had a lot of promise, but never took off and has now quietly died. It never got above 4,000 unique visitors/month, so it never became a mainstream site. And, based on the expiration of the SSL certificate, and the unavailability of the site itself, it now appears to be truly dead.


text:
Some people practice Karate for exercise.
Others for self-defense.
Others for tournaments.
Others as a family activity.
Others as part of a way of life.
There are many interpretations of Karate, not only one. While I may practice Karate a certain way, I respect the others. I am happy when a new student begins Karate training at any dojo. Each new student adds to the art. Each new student may be the next Matsumura, Itosu or Chibana.
We need to think of Karate as a whole, and recognize the many different way to interpret it.
Charles C. Goodin
Many Karates
Some people practice Karate for exercise.
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Wednesday, March 08, 2006


text:
Engagement rings have been the ultimate symbol of love for thousands of years. In ancient Egypt, they wore rings on the third finger of the left hand to mark where the "vein of love" went directly to the heart, starting a tradition that continues today. When pledging your love with a unique engagement ring, you are starting your own family tradition. The most important value factor to consider when shopping for Palladium Diamond Engagement Rings is the quality of the center stone. Gemvara hand-selects top quality conflict-free gems that are expertly cut for maximum beauty. The ancient Greeks called diamond "adamas," meaning invincible, theorizing that something so beautiful must be the crystallized teardrops of the gods. Gemvara's diamonds are hand selected for fine quality: even small accent gems are H SI2 or better. Center diamonds have GIA or AGS reports confirming the exceptional quality.Palladium is the newest precious metal. A platinum group metal, palladium is rare, lustrous, and naturally white.Our unrivaled selection of engagement rings by talented jewelry designers means you can find an engagement ring that perfectly symbolizes your relationship. Clean Palladium Diamond Engagement Rings with mild dish soap: use a soft brush where dust collects. When taking off your engagement ring, don't pull on the gemstone: this won't damage the gem but it can, over time, stretch the metal that holds it in place, making the setting less secure. Be careful when removing your ring to wash your hands. Don't leave it on the rim of a sink where it can slip down the drain! Gemvara's fine quality Palladium Diamond Engagement Rings are designed to be passed down for generations to come, crafted by hand in the United States.
We can help right away. Chat with a jewelry expert now!


text:
Katherine L. Nelson
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Associate Professor of Communication
Research/Teaching Interests: experiential education, studying abroad, effects of addiction on interpersonal and family relationships
Dr. Katherine L. Nelson is an Associate Professor and has been at Barry since 1998. In addition to serving as the department's Internship Coordinator and the university's Director of Study Abroad, she teaches courses in interpersonal, small group, relational, and family communication, business and professional communication, public speaking, and qualitative research methods. Her current research interests include how to ensure productive and valuable student internships, the dynamics of study abroad experiences, and the effects of addiction on interpersonal and family relationships. She earned the Ph.D. at Arizona State University.
E-mail: email@example.com
Phone: 305-899-3467
(Toll-free: 1-800-756-6000, ext. 3467)
Fax: 305-899-3451
Office: Garner 135


text:
50 Things to do this weekend in Connecticut, May 9-11
There are plenty of ways to treat mom this Mother's Day. Check out where she can get Mother's Day specials and where you can bring her out to eat or get her a gift. There are also a ton of fun activities in store for the rest of the weekend. Here are 50 ways to spend your days off.
May 8, 2014 7:45 PM
Photo: Mike Lauterborn


text:
By Guest Author Linnea Schmidt
By Guest Author Ethan Guthman
By Guest Author Emily Larson
By Guest Author Katie Arnolds
Por Autor Invitado Katie Arnolds
By Guest Author Tanya L. Brown
By Christy Beitzel
Por Christy Beitzel
By Kelsey Repine
Por Kelsey Repine
By Guest Author Jacki Essig
By Guest Author, Saskia Bunge Montes
Por Autor Invitado, Saskia Bunge Montes
By Guest Author, Merlin Ariefdjohan
Por Autor Invitado, Merlin Ariefdjohan
By guest author Molly Terhune
Por Molly Terhune
By Guest Author John Soltys
Por Autor Invitado John Soltys
By Nicole L. Garneau, PhD
Por Autor Invitado, Kelsey Repine
By Guest Author, Kelsey Repine
By Guest Author, Molly Terhune
Por Autor Invitado, Molly Terhune
Guest Author, Lyndsay Krisher
Autor Invitado, Lyndsay Krisher
Guest Author, Katie Arnolds
Autor Invitado, Katie Arnolds
Guest Author, Merlin Ariefdjohan
Autor Invitado, Merlín Ariefdjohan
Guest Author, Katie Arnolds
Autor Invitado, Katie Arnolds
Guest Author, Veronica Searles Quick
Autor Invitado, Veronica Searles Quick
Autor Invitado, Merlín Ariefdjohan
Guest Author, Dr. Jessica Metcalf
Guest Author, Michael A. Bagley
By Chelsea Corser-Jensen
Conversations in Local Health Research
By Brian J. Kempf, PhD
By Rhea May, PhD
By Daniel Raible
By Katherine Lee, PhD
By Audrey Bergouignan, PhD
Thanks to ASMcue for the invitation to speak this year and to all the great educators and scientists in attendance!
By Katherine Brandao, PhD
Congrats to Bruce Randolph School for winning the [email protected] competition sponsored by LiveWell Colorado!
By Jennifer Marie Stratford, PhD
Member Response, Lactose Intolerance
A special thanks to the many readers who sent in comments and questions about "Today's Paleo Diet" recently published in Catalyst.
By Laura Harmacek
By Alexa Dickson, PhD
Guest Blog Post, Dr. Ernesto Salcedo
By Nicole L. Garneau PhD and Tanya Breeling
By Nicole Garneau, PhD
By Nicole L Garneau, PhD
How to Give Veggies a Competitive Edge with Kids By Melissa Wdowik, PhD, RD
By Ernesto Salcedo, PhD
By Keely Sudhoff, PhD
By Yo Pearl the Science Girl
By Devin Walecka
BY Devin Walecka
Message from the Health Sciences Team
By Bridget Coughlin, PhD
By Meghan Sloan, MA
By Jonathan Grudis, MA
Invite from the Health Sciences Team
This post comes directly from the field! Meghan Sloan (see
picture above), one of our fantastic staff members from the science
laboratory in Expedition Health writes:
In late January I visited Mrs. Waage's class at McLain
Community High School to talk about the coolest job I've ever had:
A museum scientist and laboratory staff member, and to discuss the
Genetics of Taste research that we are conducting at the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science.
The best part of my talk that day was showing the students how
taste bud density differs from person to person by having the
students stain each other's tongues blue. We found out that
counting taste buds on wiggly tongues is quite hard to do, but that
indeed each student had a unique pattern of fungiform papillae (the
bumps on our tongues that contain taste buds)! Students also
determined their taster status by taking a taste test to see if
they could taste the bitter compound called PROP that we study in
the Genetics of Taste lab. Finally, the students learned how to
collect a DNA sample without it getting contaminated, something
that is so important to ensuring good DNA results. Not only
did we spread the blue tongue love, I think we also spread an
interest in science and will hopefully see some of these students
in the lab!


text:
Vicki Davis has so many ideas for the classroom, it will make your head spin! In this episode of the Bedley Bros EdChat, Scott and I are caught in a whirlwind of amazing teaching tips provided by the Cool Cat Teacher. Vicki is a tech teacher in Georgia who is on the cutting edge of effective classroom pedagogy. She is the co-founder of the Flat Classroom and an award-winning blogger. So what did we talk to Vicki about? Whew! Where to start? Just be ready to take some notes.
Show Notes
Read Vicki's blog post "10 Ways to be a Terrible Teacher"
Subscribe to updates. We do not share or spam…ever.


text:
First off I want to thank everyone for checking out the first Drymount! post last week and for all the support. Justin and I both thought this column would be a good fit on Live Music Blog and I'm glad you folks seem to agree. I did see a very important question continue to pop up in the comments — "Where can I find more?"
I'll do my best to answer that most basic question with a rather long winded answer.
The first place I would tell anyone looking for gig posters to go is the namesake website, Gigposters.com. Run by Canadian Clay Hayes, Gigposters.com is a huge database of 83,170 posters (and counting). The database can be searched by band, artist, venue, and city, and it is probably the best place to find out if a poster was made for that show you went to last month. For example, a quick search for posters in Buffalo will bring up a ton of great Hero Design Studio prints, but also 25 pages worth of posters for concerts in Buffalo.
Despite that vast resource, Gigposters.com is perhaps more valuable for its very active forum and the tons of valuable information in it. For the dedicated searcher you can learn everything from how to set up your own screen printing studio to the best way to get your own poster gigs. You'll also learn more than you ever wanted to know about bacon, get your fill of lolcats and quickly find out what Frank Kozik thinks about Hillary Rodham Clinton. Basically, the Gigposters.com forum is a bit of a minefield, full of great info from the artists themselves and twice as many snarky comments (those can be fun too).
Expresso Beans
If Gigposters.com is the place for artists, Expresso Beans is the collector's home base. It features an amazing database of not only posters, but also art prints, paintings, vinyl toys and many other collectible items. The EB database can be searched by artist, band, year (which can be helpful for older posters) and keyword. EB allows you, as a collector, to keep track of your poster collection, set up trades, see when prints you want become available, and track current market values (the actually validity of those values are debated daily, but they can still be helpful).
Same as Gigposters, EB also has a very active message board. Instead of artists, the EB forums are mostly frequented by collectors and wholesalers, and can also be a place filled with good discussion about art and info on when new posters will be available. There are a lot of long time collectors on there with lots of helpful information for storing and framing your art. Of course, like most active message boards, you need to wade through a lot of junk to get to the good stuff. Threads are often riddled with complaints, arguments, hype, disses and just plain nonsense, but I'll take the bad with the good. I've been introduced a many, many great artists through EB.
So now you've finally tracked down the poster for that Okkervil River concert you saw in Toronto back in September, but how do you buy it? If it is a recent print, your best bet is probably contacting the artists directly. Most posters on Gigposters have an artist's website or email address included; drop them a line or surf their site to see what is available. This is usually going to be your cheapest way to buy the poster, plus all the money goes directly to the person who created it. You could also try out the band's website. A number of bands like Wilco, the Decemberists and many others will have posters available after the shows.
If you can't track the poster down through the artist or the band, fear not, there are many other places to look. Expresso Beans keeps track of who wants to trade what poster, and you can set up notifications when posters you want are now available for trade. EB Members are sometimes looking to trade for other prints, sometimes only looking for cash, but it is an excellent place to check. You can also look to retailer websites. There are tons of web stores selling old and new prints. A good list of them can be found at Expresso Beans, and I can recommend a few:
Finally, if you can't track down your poster through any of those means, there is always "The 'Bay." At an given time there are tons and tons of posters on eBay, and a quick search will give you pages of great posters (and lots of crap too). As with many auctions, prices tend to inflate on eBay, but there are always some deals you can find. Expresso Beans is also handy with eBay, most auctions are tracked and you can quickly thumb through pages of available posters.
So there you have it — my short guide to finding and buying the posters of your dreams, or perhaps just the ones commemorating the concerts you went to. If you have any suggestions for other resources out there, help the newbies out and post them in the comments. There's a lot of fantastic art out there so good luck and happy hunting.
This is the second Drymount! column from Sam Verrill and there's plenty more to come from his department…look for his own set of Archives in the near future.


text:
Through the years, 422 Broad St. has been the home of a classic downtown dime store, with the smell of popcorn and the creaky wooden floors greeting shoppers looking for treasures and trinkets.
Through the years, 422 Broad St. has been the home of a classic downtown dime store, with the smell of popcorn and the creaky wooden floors greeting shoppers looking for treasures and trinkets.
That experience may soon be coming to an end, however. Gene Briner, who has operated Gadsden Variety for the last 15 years, is retiring. He began liquidating the store's stock this week as he looks for a buyer for the property.
The Downtown Deli, which recently moved back into the location, will continue to operate there.
Briner, 62, came to Gadsden from Indiana in September 1988 when a friend purchased the property from Clyde Nelson, who had operated Nelson's for 11 years at that location. McLellan, which had five-and-dime stores throughout the U.S., was there previously.
Briner, who had more than 25 years' experience in retail, began managing the store and later purchased it.
He said he's not closing the store because of a lack of business. It weathered three recessions, the closing of Gulf States Steel and the construction work on Broad Street that began the week he came to town.
"The day we opened was the day they started tearing up Broad Street," Briner recalled. "Welcome to Gadsden."
Some of his vendors didn't survive the last recession, however. So he's either been unable to get the hard-to-find items that made the store popular, or the prices have doubled.
"It just kind of took the fun out of it, to tell the truth," Briner said. "I just couldn't find the old stuff I used to get."
His goal was to find "something different" to offer to customers.
"If you're going to survive you can't have the same things as Walmart," Briner said, "and that was my goal, to always have something different from Walmart."
Popular items have included silk Chinese fans, artificial flowers, flags and ferns.
"They call me 'the fern king,'" Briner said.
He said he's heard comments all week from customers about how much they will miss the store, and lamenting that they won't be able to find their favorite items anymore.
"I hope that somebody buys the business and keeps it open," Briner said. "I feel like I'm betraying downtown and Gadsden. I feel bad about it because they've come to this store for years and years."
Briner has set no definite closing date and said it could depend on when he runs out of merchandise.
Downtown Gadsden Inc. Director Kay Moore said she hates the store is closing and hopes a buyer can be found. She remembers shopping there while growing up.
"I would love it to stay the old five-and-dime," Moore said, "because that's such a historic memory to so many people that grew up here."
She said she has told people "if you can't find it at Gadsden Variety, you probably don't need it."
"He gives you the feel of the good old days," Moore said, "and that's what I love about the store."
Briner in turn said Moore and Downtown Gadsden Inc. have helped downtown businesses tremendously.
"First Friday is the best thing that's ever happened to me since I've been here," he said, noting that he makes sure to put fresh merchandise in his windows during those events and always sells a lot of candy and soft drinks.
Business usually is strong on the following Saturday, too, and Briner said that probably has extended the store's life "a couple or three years."
The store is about 10,000 square feet, and Briner said there's another 10,000 square feet on the second floor, including a 3,000-square-foot loft and office space.


text:
Liam Payne is concerned his One Direction bandmate Zayn Malik is struggling to come to terms with fame, insisting the pop star has had a "terrible time" facing criticism online.
The boyband shot to fame in the U.K. on Simon Cowell's The X Factor in 2010, and have gone on to become a global sensation, catapulting all five members into the limelight.
Liam Payne insists most of the group love the attention they receive, but he worries about Zayn Malik, who recently temporarily deleted his Twitter.com account after reading a slew of nasty messages.
Liam Payne tells Britain's The Sun, "We've (the band) had such a good laugh together and achieved so much together. We're definitely like brothers.
"The only person I really worry about is Zayn, because I don't think he's quite accustomed to all of this. He had a terrible time on Twitter... I don't think he's quite adjusted to it yet. I'm sure he'll get it. He's my best mate. I've got to look out for him."


text:
What is the sharia's ruling about personal names found in newspapers etc that include either the prophet's name or Allah's name (Abdullah, AbdulKarim)? How may these papers be disposed of or destroyed?
These papers on which Allaah's name is mentioned should be kept and protected against being handled with disrespect until you have finished with them. When you have finished with them and no longer have any need of them, they should be buried in a clean place, or burnt, or kept in a place where they will be protected against disrespect, such as in a cupboard or on shelves, etc.


text:
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, and was previously known as juvenile diabetes. Only 5% of people with diabetes have this form of the disease.
In type 1 diabetes, the body does not produce insulin. The body breaks down the sugars and starches you eat into a simple sugar called glucose, which it uses for energy. Insulin is a hormone that the body needs to get glucose from the bloodstream into the cells of the body. With the help of insulin therapy and other treatments, even young children can learn to manage their condition and live long, healthy lives.
Living With Type 1 Diabetes
There are many components to proper management of type 1 diabetes.
Exercise & Type 1 Diabetes
With type 1, it's very important to balance your insulin doses with the food you eat and the activity that you do.
For Parents & Kids
Diabetes is a disease that affects the whole family, especially when a child is diagnosed.


text:
Every October provides an opportunity for members, advocates, and allies of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community to come together in support of National Coming Out Day. Observing the significance of the civil rights movement and pushing further toward equality are the hallmarks of the October 11 holiday, in addition to celebrating coming out and bringing awareness to the diversity in the LGBT community. Beyond the ubiquitous pink triangles and rainbow flags, National Coming Out Day serves as a point of discussion for a number of topics related to LGBT peoplethat deserve attention and demand progress.
The date for National Coming Out Day is reflective of the anniversary of the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which was held on October 11, 1987. The year prior to the march, the Supreme Court tried Bowers v. Hardwick about a Georgia sodomy law. The Court's ruling not only upheld the criminalization of oral and anal sex in private among consenting individuals but framed the issue specifically around the sexual rights of gay men. Frustration was also mounting at the time due to the lack of governmental action surrounding the ballooning AIDS crisis.[1] The march that ensued on that October 11th galvanized solidarity and inspired National Coming Out Day—not only in the United States but in other countries as well, including Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Celebrants of 2011's National Coming Out Day in the United States honored pioneering gay rights leader Frank Kameny, who died the same day. Kameny was known for being the "first person to sue the federal government to challenge discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation" in 1957 when he was fired from his job as a government astronomer.[2] Sue Hyde, director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's National Conference on LGBT Equality, commented, "As the LGBT movement began to win in legislatures, courtrooms, and in public opinion, Frank's papers, artifacts and memories gained value. Frank Kameny wasn't only a keeper of our history, Frank created our history. His life and legacy carry us into our future."[3]
Also coinciding with this year's National Coming Out Day was the continuation of a California law designed to increase LGBT inclusive education. California Senate Bill 48 (SB48), otherwise known as the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act, was signed into law July 13, 2011; the bill stipulates that among other inclusions of minority populations, "Instruction in social sciences shall include the early history of California and a study of the role and contributions of . . . lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans . . . with particular emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society."[4] While Roland Palencia, executive director of Equality California, hailed the bill's passing as a "monumental victory," especially for LGBT youth, other state residents attempted to collect enough signatures to repeal the law through a June 2012 ballot referendum.[5] On the October 12 deadline for submitting signatures, the "Stop SB48" group announced that it had failed to collect the 500,000 signatures required.[6]
With the threat of the bill's overturn quashed for now, many advocates and educators have hope that the FAIR Education Act will continue to be supported until its projected implementation during the 2015–16 school year, when textbooks will have been updated fully.[7] A press release from the bill's chief author, Senator Mark Leno, highlights one of the bill's important intended effects: "Research indicates that students who learn about LGBT people find their school environments more accepting of LGBT youth. Students are also more likely to report that their LGBT peers are treated fairly at school—and that other types of peer-to-peer disrespect also declines—when LGBT people and issues are included in instructional materials."[8]
[1]Elizabeth Flock, "National Coming Out Day Can Celebrate a Good Year," Washington Post, 11 October 2011, accessed 12 October 2011, <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/national-coming-out-day-celebrates-a-good-year/2011/10/11/gIQAiIRwcL_blog.html>.
[2]Michel Martin, "Gay Rights Leader Dies on National Coming Out Day," National Public Radio, 12 October 2011, accessed 14 October 2011, <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141267752>.
[3]Avril Lighty, Remembering the Legacy of LGBT Leader Frank Kameny, 12 October 2011, accessed 14 October 2011, <http://www.civilrights.org/archives/2011/10/1254-kameny.html>.
[4]California State Senate, Pupil Instruction: Prohibition of Discriminatory Content, SB 48, 112th Cong., 1st sess., accessed 10 November 2011, <http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_48_bill_20110714_chaptered.html>.
[5]Senator Mark Leno, "Sen. Leno Hails Governor's Approval of a Landmark LGBT Inclusive Education Bill," Press Release published 14 July 2011, accessed 14 October 2011 <http://sd03.senate.ca.gov/news/2011-07-14-sen-leno-hails-governor-s-approval-landmark-lgbt-inclusive-education-bill>; Adam Bink, Making It Official, Stop SB 48 Campaign Concedes Defeat, 12 October 2011, accessed 14 October 2011, <http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/2011/10/12/making-it-official-stop-sb-48-campaign-concedes-defeat/>.
[7]Lisa Leff, "California Gay History: 'Stop SB 48' Referendum Faces Uphill Battle," 3 September 2011, accessed 14 October 2011, <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/03/california-gay-history-st_n_947815.html>.
[8]Leno, "Sen. Leno Hails Governor's Approval of a Landmark LGBT Inclusive Education Bill."


text:
Chili cook-off to benefit park
The first Chilly Chili Cook-off sponsored by Green River Community Association will be held from noon to 2:30 p.m. March 23 at the new Tuxedo Park site on Highway 225 in Tuxedo. The event will help raise money to fund the first phase of the park, which includes grading and landscaping.
In addition to celebrity judges, the public can vote for their favorite. Prizes will be awarded to winners in four categories: Best Overall, Best Beef, Best Non-Beef, and Community Favorite. Hot dogs and drinks also will be available.
There are still spaces available for chili contestants, and there is no entry fee. Applications and rules are available at the Green River Library or by calling Mary Martin at 828-693-6550. Entry deadline is March 16.
Forum: Heal body, mind and spirit
The Third Thursday Personal Growth Forum Body, Mind and Spirit will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. March 21 at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2021 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville.
Based on the book "The Emotion Code" by Dr. Bradley, presenters Richard Cram and Fran Westin will speak about this simple, direct healing method of trapped emotions.
Emotional energies, or trapped emotions, can become lodged in the body and can disrupt the normal flow of energy in the body. This can contribute to physical illness and emotional difficulties, including depression, phobias, anxiety and self-sabotage. By learning the emotion code, participants will gain an immense understanding of the human body, mind and spirit, and learn what it takes to keep them all balanced.
The event is free. Love offerings are welcome.
Winery to host 'Girls Night Out'
Ashley Gillett Photography hosts "Girls Night Out," an evening of food, wine and shopping to benefit Mainstay from 5 to 8 p.m. March 21 at Falderal Winery, 131 Third Ave. W. in downtown Hendersonville.
There is no charge for admission. Raffle tickets are $1 each, and each dollar goes to Mainstay. The first 10 ladies to arrive will receive a "Swag Bag" featuring gifts from a number of participating vendors.
In addition to wine and snacks, more than 10 vendors' tables and displays will be set up for shopping and learning. Wine will be available at $5 per glass, with $1 going to Mainstay.
Raffle prizes will be awarded throughout the evening. The prizes are donated by a number of local businesses, including Wag! Pet Boutique, NV Intimates and Lingerie, Falderal Winery, Ashley Gillett Photography, Wickwire Fine Art/Folk Art Gallery, The Beehive Consignment Shop, Mia's Marketplace and Antiques, Maggie's at Once Upon a Sign, Cakes du Jour, Conn-Artist Studio and Art Gallery, Origami Owl Living Lockets, Scarlet Boutique, Jamberry Nails, and Scentsy.
Call 828-808-2907 or email email@example.com for more information.
Community briefs: March 11
Chili cook-off to benefit park


text:
Bowman Gray Center for Medical EducationThe Bowman Gray Center for Medical Education is designed with the next generation of physician-leaders in mind. The building, a former R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. manufacturing plant, offers students an advanced environment in which to learn. Students have access to the latest technologies and advancements including a tiered classroom, anatomy lab, clinical skills lab, and patient simulation suites.
Sites Affiliated with the School of Medicine
Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterNorth Carolina Baptist Hospital (NCBH), the major clinical teaching unit of Wake Forest School of Medicine (WFSM), operates 1,004 acute care, rehabilitation and psychiatric care beds and services patients from North Carolina, neighboring states and the world.
Wired CampusWake Forest University has a gigabit Ethernet connection to the Internet. It is also a key member of Internet 2, which is focused on providing advanced network technologies, and the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), which provides statewide educational programs.
Brenner Children's HospitalBrenner Children's Hospital is a 160-bed "hospital within a hospital" that serves young patients. It contains a neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit and a pediatric emergency department.
The Comprehensive Cancer CenterOur
Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of about 40 in the nation designated as comprehensive by the National Cancer Institute, and offers more than 200 cancer-related clinical trials.
Downtown Health PlazaThe
Downtown Health Plaza of Baptist Hospital is an outpatient facility in Winston-Salem, providing general care to adults and children. The facility also contains a pharmacy and clinical laboratory.
Coy C. Carpenter LibraryThe Coy C. Carpenter Library is the principal learning resource serving the academic needs of faculty, staff and students. The library's 150,000 print volumes include extensive collections in medical and surgical specialties and the basic sciences, as well as collections in nursing and allied health.
Anatomical Resource Clinical Training Center (ARCTC)The Anatomical Resource Clinical Training Center (ARCTC) is a newly designed multidisciplinary laboratory learning center. It provides computational resources in a central learning environment surrounded by 18 vented downdraft cadaver dissection tables. ARCTC is one of the facilities within the Center for Applied Learning (CAL), which also includes high-fidelity patient simulation laboratories, a surgery academy, a program in medical ultrasound, and standardized patient assessment examination rooms.
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM)The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) is an international leader in the translation of scientific discovery to clinical therapies. It applies the principles of regenerative medicine to treat human diseases and disabilities. The Institute is a premier tenant at the Biomedical Research Campus in downtown Winston-Salem.
Piedmont Triad Research Park (PTRP)The Piedmont Triad Research Park (PTRP) is a 200-acre biotechnology initiative. It will be the largest urban research park of its kind in the nation. WFIRM will serve as an incubator for new biotech businesses generated from the transfer of technologies discovered in its laboratories.
Disclaimer: The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and SHOULD NOT be relied upon as a substitute for sound professional medical advice, evaluation or care from your physician or other qualified health care provider.


text:
Pension Credit is a benefit for people who have reached the Pension Credit qualifying age and have a low income.
The Pension Credit qualifying age is the same as the current State Pension age for women.
Who can claim
Pension Credit is made up of two different parts:
- Guarantee Credit
- Savings Credit.
Guarantee Credit increases your weekly income if it's below a certain amount. You may get extra in some circumstances, for example if you're a carer or have a severe disability.
Some income will not be taken into account:
- £5 a week for single people
- £10 a week for couples
- £20 a week for certain other people, such as those who are severely disabled.
Savings Credit is a weekly payment for people who saved some money towards their retirement (for example a personal pension).
For more information or to find out the exact date when you can claim State Pension and Pension Credit, speak to a welfare rights adviser or visit gov.uk/calculate-state-pension.
Important changes
Changes to the State Pension will also affect Pension Credit. Most people who reach State Pension age after 6 April 2016 will not be able to get the Savings Credit part of Pension Credit.


text:
The Canyons (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
The already notorious Lindsay Lohan movie is coming to home video...
Starring: Lindsay Lohan
Released: 26th November 2013
Further Details:
Paul Schrader's
The Canyons, based on Bret Easton Ellis' screenplay, will be getting a R-rated and a separate unrated Blu-ray & DVD treatment from the folks at IFC. The press release lists no extras, which isn't exactly surprising, given the film's behind-the-scenes trauma, but sort of disappointing, since there's clearly an interesting story to be told.
Quote: Arrogant young trust-fund baby Christian (adult-film star James Deen) is working on financing a horror film simply to keep his dad off his back. His girlfriend Tara (Lindsay Lohan) is helping him with casting, and his producer, Gina (Amanda Brooks) is trying to get her struggling actor boyfriend Ryan (Nolan Funk) the lead role. Christian is also fond of inviting strangers into his home for threesomes or foursomes with the very willing Tara - and captures all the action on his smartphone. But unbeknownst to Christian and Gina, Ryan and Tara were once a couple, and as soon as the two meet again at an audition, their romance is rekindled. When Christian discovers that Tara has been having an affair, he begins to play a series of cruelly escalating mind games with both Ryan and Tara, leading to an act of violence from which there can be no redemption.
News by Gabriel Powers
Existing Posts
The movie does suck and it tries something interesting near the end (but it is too little and too late)
I was actually looking forward to this movie considering the trailer was very well put together (I'm talking about the latest trailer, not the ones prior to its release which are supposed to be abysmal to watch), and the posters made it seem like a late night HBO-esque film. About half-way through, I turned off my computer. Dull, uninteresting, incompetent. This thing is a train wreck.
I will rent it to see if it is any good
Where's the DVDActive blu-ray review for Man of Steel!? Interested to see the site's thoughts...
Needs more Lindsay Lohan on the cover.
Follow our updates
Hot Articles
Star Wars: The Changes - Part Two DVD Star Wars: The Changes - Part One DVD | BD Star Wars: The Changes - Part Three DVD Star Wars: The Changes - Part Four DVD Old Films on Blu-ray: Are They Worth It? BD
Hot Easter Eggs
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith US - DVD R1 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Special Extended Edition, The US - DVD R1 Predator: Special Edition UK - DVD R2 Hellboy II: The Golden Army UK - BD Almost Famous - Bootleg Cut US - DVD R1
Thrilling Reviews
Legend of the Poisonous Seductress Trilogy US - DVD R1 Peeping Tom UK - BD RB Panic Button UK - BD RB Glorious 39 UK - DVD R2 28 Weeks Later UK - DVD R2
Most Talked About
Hocus Pocus: 25th Anniversary Edition US - BD RA Kino Lorber Studio Classic Announcements US - DVD R1 | BD RA Ocean's 8 US - DVD R1 | BD RA Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom US - DVD R1 | BD RA Anthropophagous & Absurd US - DVD R1 | BD RA


text:
Polaroid is getting bigger on its PoGo printers this Christmas with the launch of the Polaroid PoGo 3x4 Instant Print. As the name suggests, it has the identical functions to the straight PoGo that's been doing the rounds for a year or 2 now except it's upped the print size to a more traditional 3 x 4-inch from a 2 x 3-inch.
You can now send any photo file over to it either by USB connection from your camera or computer or via your mobile phone, both through USB and Bluetooth as well. The zero ink ZINK technology within then prints your shots out in under 50 second and means that they're dry and ready the moment they come out.
But that's not the whole story. The really nice touch that Polaroid has added is the launch of an Android app that will allow you to put a border around your print, as seen in the Pocket-lint photos below. The app is out now and offers a choice of different border styles as well as the option to write text at the bottom.
The app is a little on the rough and ready side as well as phone-poppingly large at 17.88MB, but we were told by Polaroid that these creases will be ironed out as the updates come in. The app will be coming to iPhone shortly with the delay being that "Apple is very careful when it comes to applications working with Bluetooth access".
The Polaroid PoGo 3x4 Instant Print will be available later this year for £99.99 with packs of 30 refills for £12.99.


text:
I find, almost without exception, that royal lines are accepted almost on blind faith. During some of my earliest research, over thirty years ago, I found family group record after family group record claiming I had royalty in my pedigree. After years of further research, I have yet been unable to document even one connection to a royal line, not that I have consciously tried to do so. Meanwhile, I have concluded that looking for a royal line is a pretty good motivation for some people to get started in genealogy and it is mostly harmless. In Arizona, we have the same kind of thing with people looking for proof of American Indian ancestors, only there the main motivation is tribal membership and benefits.
It is interesting to see how many online societies and organizations there are dedicated to membership of those that can "prove" royal descent. One of the oldest of these is the Sovereign Colonial Society Americans of Royal Descent founded in 1867 and located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There is also quite a library of books documenting the royal descent of the American colonists. With even a superficial search online, you can find dozens of books and websites dedicated to royal genealogy. Here are a few examples:
- Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 2004.
- Richardson, Douglas, Kimball G. Everingham, and David Faris. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2004.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, David Faris, and Frederick Lewis Weis.Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700: The Lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Some of Their Descendants. Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1992.
- Browning, Charles Henry. Americans of Royal Descent. Philadelphia: Porter & Costes, 1883.
These and many other books often have what appears to be extensive documentation. Unfortunately, some of that documentation is simply to other compilations of a similar nature. There is a good explanation of the issues involved in doing research back into the royal lines on Ancestry.com's Pro-genealogists website. Begin with an article entitled, "Medieval British Isles Families" and look for similar articles. Quoting from that article, the author, Gary T. Horlacher, cites some of the problems with doing this kind of research:
When tracing medieval genealogies one should be aware of some areas where difficulties and errors are found. Difficulties and errors that you will want to be careful of include:This is only the barest beginnings of the issues with establishing royal lines. Of course, documenting a line to a modern royal family may be much more reliable, if there are cited sources. If you want to get an idea of the controversy and scholarly discussion of royal pedigrees, I suggest the website Some Notes on Medieval English Genealogy. Although this website talks about England, the same issues exist in any European country's royal genealogies. You will, of course, also want to look at the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
You should be especially careful in the following cases:
- Accepting undocumented pedigrees as truth.
- Separating fact from fiction.
- Unverified or incorrect pedigree links.
- False information.
- Genealogies back to Adam.
- Ancestry of Colonial American Families.
- Fabricated lineages.
- Lineages through illegitimacy.
Even though I write about this topic from time to time, I still find that the issues of connecting to royal lines to be current in the genealogical community. In past posts on this subject, I get comments explaining to me that the commentator's lines to royalty have been verified and questioning my skepticism. I acknowledge that kings and queens had children and descendants just like anyone's ancestors, but a word to the wise is that you have to shovel through a lot of dirt to get to the gold in royal genealogies.


text:
Get Data Entry Done
Budget $250-750 USD
I am looking for someone to scan business cards into a Microsoft Excel document
93 freelancers are bidding on average $344 for this job
Hi, We Can transfer information from scanned information to excel document. Have completed many similar type of work. Hope you would consider our bid for this work. Regards FINGERRPRINT
Dear Sir/Ma'am, I am a Web research, Data Entry & Webs Scrapping expert. I checked and understood your requirements. I can handle this job very well to your appreciation. I can find and extract the information More
Hello, I would love to work for you on this task. Please provide me EXACT details regarding the task so I can quote you exact time and price for this task. I can do Web Scrapping Using Python, Java script and Chr More
Hi, After reviewing the project description I know that I'm an excellent fit for this [login to view URL]'s discuss and start right now. Awaiting for your positive reply thanks.
Greetings sir, i am an expert freelancer for this job and your 100% satisfaction is assured if you allow me to serve. Here is the reason. Why you should pick me? a) I am a very expert and have the same kind of ex More
Hi, I have read & understood everything about your project. I am ready with my Team with 5 peoples for your work. You will be very happy to work with me. Trust me. I will give you 100% accuracy work. I must complete More
Dear cvguild, I can start now to scan business card into excel file. I don't have any work for this time, so i can spend all my time. I have completed some data entry project before, feel free to review my profile. More
Price and time will discus on chat. I have 3 years experience in this field. I am interested to do this project. .............. Can start now.............................. Let's start
Hello Dear, I am an expert in Data Entry, Excel and I am really interested in your project. I am available to start working on it now. I work efficiently and will finish in a timely manner and will provide high qualit More
Hi, I will copy and paste each business cards to excel accordingly. I want to show you sample. I am waiting for your response to discuss more. Thanks
Hello, Please send me a private message to discuss your [login to view URL] are a team of 18 members around the world. Let me introduce as a hard working data entry professional,willing to go that extra mile to achieve the More
Sir, I am well versed in this kind of jobs and can do your project as per requirement. I have over 8 years of experiences. I am very much able to work on this. ***I am ready to start Waiting to hear from you. More
Hello there, how are you? I am very interested in doing this project and can start working on it after being awarded. Hoping to hear from you and may you have a great day ahead. Thank you :)
Good Day, I have experience in Website Data Entry, PDF, Product Upload, Copy typing, Web Search, Leads, Web Scraping and other task easily and having ability to give back to you fine results. I can work full-time an More


text:
Windows SharePoint Services, which is available as a free download for Windows Server 2003, packs a lot of functionality—especially for small-to-midsized businesses (SMBs) that want an inexpensive collaboration application. Often, such organizations start out using the application as a public space in which users can collaborate, share information, and track projects. Too often, limiting or securing user access to this data comes as an afterthought to management—and to administrators who are new to Windows SharePoint Services.
Has the time come to tighten up access to certain areas within your Windows SharePoint Services implementation—perhaps to document libraries that hold confidential data or to calendars that require limited distribution? Are you unsure of how to begin? If so, you'll be happy to know that Windows SharePoint Services provides an access-control model that gives you granular control over the resources that users can access and the ways in which they can do so. Let me show you the basics of how this access control works—and share some Windows SharePoint Services security tricks that I've learned along the way.
The Basic Plan
Windows SharePoint Services access control boils down to linking Windows user accounts (either accounts in the Windows SharePoint Services server's local SAM or domain accounts in Active Directory—AD) to SharePoint document libraries and lists, then defining the types of access that users can employ on the items that those libraries and lists contain. Using domain accounts is usually more efficient than using local accounts, but local accounts are viable under special circumstances (for example, if you don't have AD). Better yet, you can use Windows domain groups to further simplify the process of granting access to Windows SharePoint Services resources; this is the approach I describe in this article. When you add (aka register) users or groups to Windows SharePoint Services, you must make the user or group a member of a SharePoint site group or cross-site group. (Cross-site groups are similar to site groups; the primary difference is that you can grant cross-site groups access to any site in a SharePoint site collection, whereas site groups can access resources only in the SharePoint site in which the group is created.) You can then grant access at the site level (a SharePoint site being a group of related SharePoint Web pages), which gives users the specified rights to every list or library in the site, or at the list or library level. The basic rights that govern user access to SharePoint lists and document libraries are Add, Edit, Delete, and View Items. Additional rights, such as Manage Site Groups, Usage Data, Cancel Check-In, and Personalize Views, govern access to the site itself.
Simplify with Groups
Typically, administrators who are new to Windows SharePoint Services grant users access to SharePoint sites on an individual basis by adding user accounts to the sites that the user needs to access. However, a more practical approach is to add Windows domain groups rather than adding individual Windows user accounts. Using Windows groups lets you leverage existing groups (e.g., department groups) whose members need similar levels of access to the same resources. Adding groups is quicker and easier than having to add many individual user accounts. And when a user leaves the organization or transfers to a different department and thus changes Windows group membership, the user's access to Windows SharePoint Services will adjust accordingly; you won't need to remember to update individual Windows SharePoint Services permissions.
To grant a Windows group access to a SharePoint site, open the SharePoint site in a Web browser while logged on as a local Administrator, click the Site Settings option from the home page menu bar, then click the Site Administration link. On the Site Administration page, click the Manage Users link. On the Manage Users page, click Add Users and enter the name of the Windows group (you can add multiple groups by using semicolons to delimit the group names). The Windows group will appear under the Manage Users page's Domain Groups heading, as Figure 1 shows.
When you first add a Windows group to Windows SharePoint Services, you must select at least one SharePoint site or cross-site group to which the Windows group will belong. Site groups are specific to and exist strictly within Windows SharePoint Services and all site groups require at least View access to resources in the site. To view the site groups that are defined for a given SharePoint site, go back to the Site Administration page and click the Manage Site Groups link. Windows SharePoint services automatically creates several default site groups: Guest, Reader, Contributor, Web Designer, and Administrator. To view the permissions that have been granted to a site group, click the desired group name; doing so displays the Members page for the group. Then, click the Edit Site Group Permissions link. The Contributor site group, for example, grants members rights to Add, Edit, Delete, View Items, Browse Directories, View Pages, and all four personal rights (i.e., Manage Personal Views, Add/Remove Private Web Parts, Update Personal Web Parts, and Create Cross-Site Groups.) When you add a new Windows group to a SharePoint site group, all the Windows group members will automatically gain access to the corresponding SharePoint site resources. For example, Figure 2 shows that the marketingstaff Windows group is a member of the Contributors site group. Now, any member of marketingstaff will have all the permissions assigned to Contributors; I don't need to add each member of marketingstaff to the site. If you add a Windows group to multiple site groups, members of the Windows group gain all the permissions granted to all those site groups combined. To edit a site group's permissions or membership, click the site group name on the Manage Site Groups page to open the Edit Site Group page. This page shows you the current membership of the site group and lets you add or delete members. This page also lets you create custom site groups that function like the prebuilt groups.
Break It Down
By default, Windows SharePoint Services enforces access control at the site level rather than for individual objects; all resources in a SharePoint site inherit the permissions you define at the site level. If you create a subsite under an existing site, the workspace or subsite inherits the site's permissions by default. Consider the analogy of a file system. You can think of a SharePoint site as a folder; all the resources within the site are like files within that folder, and subsites beneath the site are like subfolders. Just as files and subfolders inherit permissions from the parent folder by default, so do SharePoint subsites and resources. When you create a SharePoint subsite, you have the option to Use same permissions as parent site (the default) or Use unique permissions. You can change this option at any time by opening the Site Administration page, clicking the Manage permission inheritance link, and selecting Use unique permissions. Note that when you open the Site Administration page for a subsite that's configured with to Use same permissions as parent site, you won't see the links to Manage users or Manage site groups because the subsite has no security settings of its own. Managing permissions at the site level works fine for the typical SharePoint site developed for a small group of users. But you can grant subsites or resources their own permissions, separate from the parent site. When you do so, Windows SharePoint Services flags the resource as having unique permissions and from that point on, the resource is independent of any permissions that you grant or revoke at the site level.
How do you define unique permissions for a given SharePoint resource? First, you need to change the resource's settings so that it no longer inherits permissions from the site. To view a SharePoint resource's permissions, open a resource (e.g., list, document library) on the site , then click the Modify Settings and Columns link. For example, open the home page of a site built by using the Team Site template (a site template is a prebuilt site designed for a specific purpose; you can create a copy of the template when you need that type of site), click the Events list link to display the default view for that list, then click Modify Settings and Columns. Windows SharePoint Services will display the Customize Events page; click the Change permissions for this list link to open the Change Permissions: Events page. As Figure 3 shows, this page displays the current users and groups that have permissions to the Events list and their respective permissions. These permissions match those defined for each site group. If you were to create a new site group called Viewers and grant it View Items access from the Site Administration\Manage Site Groups page, you would then see a new entry on the Change Permissions: Events page, granting Viewers the View Items permission. To turn inheritance off for an object, simply make any change to the resource's permissions: Add a user or group, delete an existing user or group, or edit the permissions assigned to a current user or group. As soon as you change the resource's permissions in this way, Windows SharePoint Services removes permissions inheritance for the resource. If you want to build resource-specific permissions starting with an empty slate, simply remove all the default site groups from the resource. Only administrators will have access to the resource, so be sure you have Administrator permissions. Then, add the Windows, site, or cross-site groups to which you want to give access to the resource and grant those groups the appropriate permissions. Don't worry about the default permissions that the site group has at the site level: Because the object now has unique permissions, the group's site-level permissions have no effect.
Get Practical
Now that you're aware of some of the basic concepts behind Windows SharePoint Services access control, let's look at a practical application that requires a different approach. Suppose you have a SharePoint site that contains quite a few resources used by a project team of a few people, all of whom needed the same site-level permissions. Now, the team wants to extend limited access to a document library and discussion board to a wider group of users—but those new users can't have access to anything else on the site. First, place those new users in a Windows group—let's call it ExtendedTeamAccess. So far so good. However, you can't simply add the Windows group to a site group because all site groups must always have at least View access at the site level, which would let the ExtendedTeamAccess members view resources other than the document library and discussion board. You don't want to enable unique permissions for every object in the site; doing so would complicate management too much in this case.
This is where the Guests site group comes in. As I mentioned earlier, whenever you add a Windows group to a site, you must make that Windows group a member of at least one site group. But the default Guests site group has no permissions to any objects within the site. You can't directly edit the membership of Guests, which Windows SharePoint Services maintains internally. To add ExtendedTeamAccess to the Guests site group, edit the permissions of one of the resources you want the new users to access; for example, grant ExtendedTeamAccess the View Items permission to the document library. When you do so, the document library will gain unique permissions, and Windows SharePoint Services will add ExtendedTeamAccess to the Guests site group. You can then give the Guests group View Items access to the document library. Repeat the process for the discussion board.
Let's look at another example. Suppose you want to restrict the Events calendar so that only team leaders and managers can view the calendar. You already have two AD domain groups called Team Leads and Management. Open the Change Permissions: Events page and delete the default entries for site groups. Click Add Users; on the Add Users: Events page, enter the Windows groups Team Leads and Management (delimited by semicolons). Specify the appropriate permissions—in this case View items, as Figure 4 shows. Click Next, then Finish. The Change Permissions: Events page now displays a heading called Domain Groups, and under that heading is an entry for Team Leads and Management, showing that both groups have View Items access.
Simple and Secure
Securing access to Windows SharePoint Services is easy when you understand how site-level permissions and resource-level permissions interact with Windows groups and SharePoint site and cross-site groups. Take advantage of Windows SharePoint Services' integration with Windows security so that you can avoid repetitive tasks (such as adding many users individually to Windows SharePoint Services) and the mistakes that often accompany such tasks, and so that you can leverage groups you already maintain in AD. Grant unique permissions at the resource level to further control user access to important resources while getting more mileage from the time you spend creating and maintaining your AD infrastructure.


text:
You've made an investment to drive leads to your business, but don't stop there! Implementing a strong lead follow-up process is critical to achieving a strong return on your investment.
Home » Lead Generation » Best Practices For Lead Follow-Up
Other content in this Stream
Custom Build Your Blog
The post Custom Build Your Blog appeared first on TheBDX.com.
HomLuv.com Launches Revolutionary Way For New Home Buyers To Find The Perfect Home
BDX Testimonial | NewHomeSource
NewHomeSource.com, The Leading New Home Shopping Website
BDX Releases New Reporting For Listings
What Do Home Shoppers Want on Builder Websites?
The post What Do Home Shoppers Want on Builder Websites? appeared first on TheBDX.com.
Top Builder eFlyers for April, 2017
Top Builder eFlyers for April, 2017 From our eFlyers sent in April, we chose several campaigns that implemented design best practices which allowed them to stand out and perform better in open and...
10 Reasons To Visit The BDX Booth At The 2017 Builder's Show
INFOGRAPHIC: Social Media During The Home Search
Call Tracking Closes the Marketing Intelligence Gap for Home Builders
Wise marketing investments can only be made reliably and consistently with solid marketing analytics. Most home builders measure the performance of digital advertising campaigns based upon a...
[Checklist] 25 People & Companies That Builders Should Follow On Social Media
BDX works with builders around the country on their social media strategies and one question we hear frequently is "Who should I follow on social media?" So our team has put together a list of...
WEBINAR: Budgeting For Builders: Where To Focus Your Marketing Dollars In 2017
WHITEPAPER: Competing Against Resale Homes
A New Wave of Home Buyers are Bidding Sight Unseen
Builders Quick to Capitalize on Trend with Online Technologies Surveys commissioned by Redfin in 2016 and 2015 show that one in five home buyers made bids before seeing a home in person. Even more...
WEBINAR: Your Website Wishlist
WEBINAR: Social Media 101
INFOGRAPHIC: 10 Reasons to List with BDX
WEBINAR: BDX Listings: Your Marketing Team's Secret Weapon
WEBINAR: SEO – How Home Builders Can Win At Search Engine Marketing
Investing In The Big Picture: IFPs


text:
Pa. Abortion Clinics Bracing for New Regulations
December 22, 2011 — Operators of abortion clinics in Pennsylvania say complying with new state regulations would be prohibitively expensive and could force clinics to close or raise fees for low-income women, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports. The regulations are part of a bill (SB 732) that Gov. Tom Corbett is expect to sign this week (Levy, AP/San Francisco Chronicle, 12/21).
The legislation would require clinics to comply with the same standards as ambulatory surgical facilities, which perform procedures with a higher risk of complications than abortions. According to the legislation, clinics would have to upgrade current facilities or relocate to new buildings with hospital-grade elevators, larger operating rooms, and parking lots and driveways large enough for ambulances. In addition, the bill would require clinics to have a registered nurse on staff at all times, regardless of whether abortion procedures were being performed. Clinics would have six months to make the changes.
Proponents of the bill argue that it is necessary to protect women's safety following the case of Kermit Gosnell, who was indicted by a grand jury in January for an illegal abortion operation that led to the deaths of seven infants and an adult patient.
Opponents of the bill say it unfairly targets clinics that have operated safely for years (Women's Health Policy Report, 12/16). The potential changes -- such as adding more sinks and modifying ventilation systems -- will do nothing to improve women's safety, they argue.
The state Department of Health is charged with enforcing the measure and could choose to waive some or all of the requirements. Clinic operators say there is not a single clinic in the state that currently complies with the new standards.
Reaction From Clinic Operators
"We don't know how the department is going to respond to these, but if they don't (waive the regulations), what's going to happen to these facilities?" said Jennifer Boulanger, executive director of the Allentown Women's Center. It would be difficult to complete the changes within six months, and the clinic likely would have to close during construction, which would threaten its financial sustainability, Boulanger said.
Suellen Craig, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Central Pennsylvania, said implementation of the new standards would mean hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses for the organization, which has a $3 million budget to operate five clinics, one of which provides abortion care.
However, clinic operators also noted that they are committed to finding a way to continue providing abortion care. Rebecca Cavanaugh, vice president for public affairs of Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania, said, "Right now we are in a stage of kind of waiting to see what will happen" (AP/San Francisco Chronicle, 12/21).


text:
HoneyRock is Wheaton's outdoor center for leadership development located in the Northwoods of Wisconsin.
The mission of HoneyRock is to build Christ's church and improve society worldwide by developing whole and effective people through transformational Christian education that uses academically-based, relationally-oriented challenges in an outdoor setting.
This mission expresses HoneyRock's commitment to equip steadfast disciples who transform the world through Christ which is accomplished through the integration of excellence in academic programming with Christian camp experiences. The theoretical principles and practical skills learned will be applicable to a broad range of ministry and educational settings. Individuals leave HoneyRock with an expanded view of God, themselves, and their role in serving others. The educational approach is interdisciplinary and distinguished by direct application of learning to real ministry and leadership experiences. Students will engage in outdoor-oriented activities that involve problem-solving tasks, disciplined reflection, and service.
Program Outcomes
Although the content of the programs varies, the learning outcomes of students at HoneyRock usually include the following:
increased mastery of content due to direct application,
enhancement of critical thinking and problem-solving skills,
increased confidence and ability to perform in leadership roles,
a deepened relationship with others and with God.
Students experience these outcomes because they are given responsibilities that challenge them.
Located 360 miles north of the Wheaton campus on 800 acres of beautiful forests and a chain of 28 lakes, the Northwoods Campus has year-round academic programming and outdoor recreational opportunities for students. Most programs are offered for undergraduate and graduate credit.
Visit HoneyRock for more information.


text:
Kooky, Creepy, Crawly Science
Geek out on some sensational science with this group of awesome experiments. Beware, these activities require getting your hands dirty!Download All (9)
Download All is only available to Education.com Pro members. Learn More
Click on an activity in the set below to see more info.
Yeast Science: It's Alive!View Full Activity
Alive or Not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.
Create Crystal OrnamentsView Full Activity
With this activity, your child can learn about how molecules join together and make a pretty decoration to hang around the house. Here's how:
Explore Earth Science and Make a "Worm Hotel"View Full Activity
Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.
Learn the Layers: Become a Dirt ExpertView Full Activity
It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.
Make Your Own FossilsView Full Activity
In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!
Grow a Sock GardenView Full Activity
In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.
The set is continued below.
Make a Magnet PaintingView Full Activity
Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.
Color Science for Kinders!View Full Activity
Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!
Explore Bubble ScienceView Full Activity
This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!
Want to download this whole set as a single PDF?Download All (9)
Download All is only available to Education.com Pro members. Learn More