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Our internal audit solutions draw on Genpact's Lean DigitalSM approach that harnesses design-thinking methods, Lean principles, digital technologies and analytics, and deep domain expertise. Combined with on-site and offshore delivery models, our approach serves leading corporations around the globe through a single team, which enables us to offer unrivaled process and controls benchmarking, and best practices.
Through our Digital Smart Enterprise Processes (SEPSM) framework, Systems of EngagementTM , and Data-to-Action AnalyticsSM, we deliver intelligent internal audit operations that provide effective assurance at an optimum cost.
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- Reviews of existing processes and controls with applicable laws and regulations
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A leading manufacturer lacked efficient processes and controls for dispatch, inbound material planning, invoice processing, and freight payments.
The company leveraged Genpact's internal audit services to review its inbound and outbound logistics processes, including how transporters and agents were selected and managed; how loads were allotted, dispatched, and tracked; and how payments were made to transporters, including invoice processing.
The review resulted in recommendations for improvement that could deliver potential savings of $4.5 million annually.


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Rossi's Margherita Pizza
Mix Rossi Pasta Pizza Dough Mix according to package directions (without baking). Pinch dough around edges to make a thick edged crust.
Prebake dough for 10 minutes.
Brush olive oil lightly over dough.
Lay mozzarella slices slightly apart and away from edge of crust.
Sprinkle minced garlic all over pizza.
Spread tomato sliced to cover entire pizza.
Lay spinach leaves to cover pizza and place basil leaves at the center.
Bake another 7-10 minutes or until crust is brown and cheese is melted.

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A boat carrying 27 suspected asylum seekers has been intercepted near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said the boat was initially detected by a RAAF maritime patrol aircraft before it was intercepted by Customs and Border Protection Command overnight.
The 27 people on board have been transferred to Australian government authorities on the Cocos Islands.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship will arrange for them to be transferred to Christmas Island for security, health and identity checks.
The government says the asylum seekers are at risk of transfer to Nauru or Papua New Guinea's Manus Island under the government's offshore processing regime.


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The San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center Celebrates Eleven Years Of Glamour With STUDIO 11
STUDIO 11 Will Transform the San Francisco Design Center Galleria into a Chic Discotheque Experience
Feb 26, 2013, 04:25 EST
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the SF LGBT Center announced it will celebrate its 11th anniversary on Saturday, March 23rd with STUDIO 11. This exciting event will invoke the spirit of Studio 54 where all guests are VIPs and everyone is encouraged to be free and fabulous. The Center's annual Soiree is its largest fundraising event. All proceeds support vital services to those with the greatest need and cultural programs for the entire community.
STUDIO 11 opens at 7pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the San Francisco Design Center, 101 Henry Adams Street in San Francisco. Individual tickets are $125 each and can be purchased now at www.sfcenter.org/studio11.
"This is our moment to celebrate our accomplishments..." said Executive Director, Rebecca Rolfe. "...we boldly look towards the future, continuing our mission of connecting people to opportunities so that together we create a stronger, healthier and more welcoming world. The Center is proud to kick off our 11th year with STUDIO 11!"
STUDIO 11 invites guests to dust off their Liza lashes, fluff their Warhol wigs, and ready the white stallion they will ride for their grand entrance as we celebrate the exclusive opulence of the Studio 54 era. All are welcome behind the velvet rope to enjoy a night of entertainment from drag superstars Ambrosia Salad, Dia Dear, Alotta Boutte, Miss Rahni, and more. Dance to the beats of world famous DJs Bus Station John (Tubesteak Connection, Love Will Fix It), Dr. Sleep, (Dial Up, Darling Nikki), and Sergio Fedasz (Go Bang).
And making sure everyone is feeling right at home, your host for the evening is San Francisco's own Ms. Tita Aida. By night, Tita is a fierce and fabulous hostess, and by day is a leading activist for HIV/AIDS awareness, Transgender and Asian & Pacific Islander communities. She has served on San Francisco's Entertainment Commission, the Commission on the Status of Women, and is currently Program Supervisor for Transgender Programs at the API Wellness Center.
Enjoy the entire spectacle while sipping from a hosted bar featuring SKYY Vodka, Flor de Cana rum, Barefoot Bubbly, Castle Rock Wines and a selection of beers while tasting gourmet cuisine from San Francisco's finest restaurants.
Our silent auction promises to have some amazing items available for bidding that are sure to please the heart, the mind and the pocketbook. Check www.sfcenter.org/studio11 now for more information.
Special thanks to STUDIO 11's lead sponsor, California Pacific Medical Center, as well as a few of our other corporate partners: U.S. Bank, Target, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, the San Francisco 49ers, MacFarlane Partners, AOL, and dot429 for making this event possible.
Since 2002, the Center has worked to strengthen San Francisco's LGBT community and serve as a home where we can enjoy the freedom to be our best – the freedom to be fabulous! Studio 54, beneath its veneer of bacchanalia, offered its diverse guests a similar freedom and safety to express themselves without judgment. Like the Center, STUDIO 11 allows everyone to feel like the VIPs they are.
About The SF LGBT Center
The Center is a welcoming place for our diverse LGBT community and its supporters to find innovative services and fabulous cultural programs that lead to a stronger and healthier community. After 10 years, the Center serves over 9,000 visitors and hosts more than 200 events. The Center is located at 1800 Market Street in San Francisco. Learn more about the Center at www.sfcenter.org, or call us at (415) 865-5555.
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Must Have Summer Pieces Under $100
May 21, 2013 by admin
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Memorial Day is the official start of summer…but are you ready? I've picked some of my favorite summer pieces under $100 from Yesstyle. Summer demands an ease and flow to outfits and these pieces will help get your summer started off on the right stylish foot without breaking bank.
This edgy maxi dress is perfect for summer nights with heels or sandals. Denim Panel Maxi Dress – $35
A one piece halter swimsuit can easily be worn as a LBD after a long day on the beach (a must have for vacation). Halter Swimsuit – $68
Toss the big floppy straw hat aside and try a more masculine straw fedora instead. Straw Fedora – $10.80
A cute jelly tote to carry all your beach needs is fun and practical! Jelly Tote – $88
Floral shorts will brighten your tees and tanks, but if you want to dress it up simply add a blazer and camisole. Floral Shorts – $50
A chunky nautical necklace screams summer! Nautical Necklace – $7.20
A light weight striped sweater gives the perfect nautical vibe to any outfit and can be used all year round. Pair with floral shorts for a fun pattern mixing outfit. Stripe Sweater – $29
Disclosure: This content is sponsored but the opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Yesstyle.
Contest Update: Win $25 Sears Giftcard!
May 31, 2011 by admin
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Update: The winner of the $25 Sears giftcard is Elizabeth with the following comment: awesome! i would get the JBS Women's Paisley Print Maxi Dress that is on their website. Congratulations Elizabeth and a big thank you to all of you who participated!
Sears.com is offering one Fashiongrail reader the chance to win a $25 giftcard! Perfect opportunity to pick yourself up something cute for the Summer from their affordable assortment of on-trend tops, shorts, dresses, sandals and more! Need some ideas? Check out some of my favorite picks under $25 (and easy to incoporate with just about anything in your closet!).
To enter:
Visit Sears.com, leave a comment on Fashiongrail telling us the one thing you'd purchase with the giftcard. For an additonal entry, tweet about the giveaway or fan Sears on Facebook (make sure to mention you did one of the above in the comment on Fashiongrail!).
Mia Amore Rohana – $19.99
Strapless Maxi Dress – $12
Sheer Kimono – $17.90
Ball Mesh Handbag – $14.40
Wedges – $21.99
Save 15% at Lulus.com
July 1, 2009 by fashiongrail
Filed under Fashion Tips & Finds
Love Lulus.com! They are one of the rare online boutique's that gets you excited to buy without breaking the bank. The clothing lines are trendy and affordable and they even offer great deals in the sale section. From shoes and bags to jewelry and accessories, Lulus has everything a girl could need or want! From July 1 to August 1, 2009 you can save an extra 15% on purchases. Just enter promo code FASHIONGRAIL and start shopping today. Below are some of my favorites pieces at Lulus:
Stiletto Strapless Dress – $36
Miss Me Cross Strap Platform – $39.50
Mod It up Handbag – $39
Links à la Mode : The Independent Fashion Bloggers Weekly Roundup
May 28, 2009 by fashiongrail
Filed under Fashion Tips & Finds
Stylist Melting Pot
Edited by Clutch 22
This week's edition of Links a la Mode includes a variety of style tips, collectively helping us all achieve wardrobe domination. Dirty Laundry gets creative with monochromatic colors, we have a juicy American Apparel shopping tip from The Coveted, Capitola Girl introduces us to new wooden accessories for summer and Vulgar Moon even shows us how to look good in sweatpants. Be sure to check out all the links and feel free to let us know which posts are your favorites!
Links à la Mode : May 28th
- A Typical Atypical: How to wear the fashion of the eclectic makeup style of the the Dresden Dolls
- Agent Dreamer: An interview with Izzy of The Dandy Project
- Capitola Girl: Modern wood designs for summer accessories
- Decline Designs: Defining your personal style, part two – the essentials
- Dirty Laundry: Monochromatic style exploration
- Fashion Grail: A few modifications for one of Sienna Miller's go-to looks
- Fashion Matchmaker: Fashion at the Cannes Film Festival
- Felicia Sullivan: Score ten amazing summer pieces for under $100
- Pop Your Fashion Pill: 4 DIY necklaces in 30 minutes using safety pins: No scissors, pliers or hooked used!
- Retro Chick: Showcasing Kristinit for this month's Ethical Design Spotlight
- Style Symmetry: Eyeliah celebrates her 1,000th post with a snazzy reader giveaway
- The Coveted: Who Knew? Over 50% off American Apparel deals on Amazon
- The Demoiselles: Translating boyception – how they perceive our style
- Unfunded: The many ways to play with ShopStyle ranging from shopping to blog content
- Vulgar Moon: How to enjoy the comfort of sweatpants while still looking good
- Style on the street: My outfit and a style advice for the next Fall-Winter
- Yes Please Mademoiselle: Introducing french label 'The Kooples'.
- Felicia Sullivan: Score ten amazing summer pieces for under $100
- Super Kawaii Mama: Creating an Everyday Glamour Girl Makeup Look – a video tutorial.
- Fun, Flat Broke and Fabulous : 7 Questions to ask yourself before you buy.
- Independent Fashion Bloggers: Essential WordPress Plugins for Fashion Bloggers


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Americans' attention rarely strays beyond domestic discontents these days, and when it does extend overseas it is most likely to settle on the endless war in Afghanistan or the challenging puzzle that is China.
Meanwhile, as has almost always been the case, events in Africa receive little notice. This is a particularly perilous time there. To cite just one of many hotspots, Mali, it is increasingly clear that conflict on the continent is becoming more pervasive and bloodier, with political repercussions that extend far beyond Africa. In Northern Mali, Al Qaeda-affiliated fighters impose Taliban-type rules on civilians, hold several Western hostages, and have proved so much of a regional menace that Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has threatened to call for a pan-African military force that would go into Mali to battle the militants.
This intensified fighting proceeds against the backdrop of increased competition between the United States and China for the favor of African governments and access to their resources. China recently promised to provide $20 billion in loans to Africa during the next three years and dangled the prospect of moving some of their industries to Africa. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, playing on Africans' suspicion of China's motives, said while visiting South Africa that the United States is "working to build a partnership that adds value rather than extracts it."
So, we have superpowers dancing their minuet and Taliban wannabes inflicting misery. Sometime soon, global and local tensions are likely to make African instability unmanageable. The last things America and the rest of the world need now are another economic crisis and another conflict requiring military intervention.
Public diplomacy cannot, by itself, solve such huge problems, but it can put in place building blocks on which larger policy initiatives can be constructed. For instance, the U.S. Embassy in Mali earlier this year offered public diplomacy grants for local programs that would do the following:
• Encourage participation in democratic processes, especially by youth and women;
• Promote moderate voices;
• Reinforce mutual understanding between Mali and the united States;
• Build communication capacities in investigative journalism, social media networking, creative use of mobile phones, and other such fields.
These programs would strengthen Malian society and win friends among the many Malians who want no part of the insurgency and prefer to see their country strengthen itself without becoming economically or militarily dependent on outsiders.
Public diplomacy's great value in such cases is that rather than relying on the grand abstractions of "policy," it connects directly with individuals, providing tools they can use in bettering their lives. Now is the time to step up such efforts, strengthening civil society within Mali and elsewhere in Africa. Doing so will give Africans a better chance of meeting the huge challenges they face, and that is clearly in the strategic interest of the United States.


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How to Make a Cinco de Mayo Pi├▒ata
Piñata were once made of clay pottery, but today they're made of papier-mache. The traditional six-point star Piñata of Mexico has been replaced with a variety of other shapes, including animals, toys, people and fruits.
Cinco de Mayo isn't the celebration of Mexican independence, as many people think. It commemorates the victory by Mexican troops over the French at La Batalla de Puebla in 1862, and stands for Mexican patriotism and unity.
Run a piece of hanging wire through the center of the top of the pi±ata once the paste has dried.
The cones can go around the balloon to form a sun shape or be set a little higher to look more like a crown.
Be sure to put down a thick layer of newspaper under the area where you'll be using the papier-mache paste.


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Astrid - Alexander Wang
The fact that I cant stop finding the one favorite flat ... is driving me out of the box.
They're everywhere!
The opt here is, finding the right one for you.
Comfort, Height, Style.
& then, I found ASTRID <3
Am I convinced? Well, if we're playing scrabble...you do get "Adri".
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This is way overdue for posting — I made this nearly a year ago as a gift for my wife. The bell is made from curly maple and walnut. I turned the bell on the lathe and cut its handle on the bandsaw. The gift box is cherry and purpleheart.
-- Howard - "Time spent making sawdust is not deducted from one's lifetime." - old Scottish proverb
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Very Nice Indeed! Well Done!
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#2 posted 11-28-2014 11:29 AM
Nice. I am sure she uses it to call you to dinner. :)
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#3 posted 12-06-2014 12:07 AM
That's cool. So one ringey-dingey means supper is ready??? :)
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Mortenson, author of 'Three Cups of Tea,' to speak on campus March 1
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GREENVILLE, NC (Feb. 18, 2010) —
Greg Mortenson, internationally renowned humanitarian, bestselling author, and co-founder of the Central Asia Institute, will speak at East Carolina University on March 1 as part of the Cunanan Leadership Speaker Series in the College of Business. His presentation is titled "Promoting Peace through Education."
The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in Minges Coliseum at ECU.
Mortenson's well-known book, "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time," recounts his journey that started with a failed attempt to climb Pakistan's K2, the world's second tallest mountain, and ended with successfully building schools in remote regions of Central Asia ‒ work that he continues today. The book has sold 3.6 million copies, been published in 41 countries, and been a New York Times bestseller for three years since its 2007 release. He is also author of the new bestseller, "Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books Not Bombs," which takes up his story where "Three Cups of Tea" ended.
"Three Cups of Tea" by Mortenson and David Oliver Relin was chosen as the "The Pirate Read," summer reading selection for first-year students arriving at ECU in August 2009.
Karen Smith with ECU's First Year Center said the committee chose the book based on its message of compassion, leadership and globalism.
During his visit to ECU, Mortenson plans to meet with N.C. Teaching Fellows and Maynard Scholars to talk about his work.
"We are excited to welcome Greg Mortenson to ECU. His mission of creating peace through education is extremely relevant to current world events," said Smith.
For more than 15 years, Mortenson has advocated education and literacy in rural parts of the world. In 1996, he co-founded the Central Asia Institute, a non-profit organization that promotes and supports community-based education in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. To date, Mortenson has established more than 130 schools in rural and often volatile regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. These schools have provided education to more than 58,000 children, including 48,000 girls, where few educational opportunities existed before. He also founded Pennies for Peace, an international service-learning program with tens of thousands of participants around the globe.
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Mortenson's visit is also supported by the ECU Parents Council, ECU Student Affairs, ECU's First-Year Experience Program, ECU N.C. Teaching Fellows, and Maynard Scholars.
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These forums will allow several opportunities for community members to have a voice in this planning process. The timing of these forums will coincide with the major milestones of the JLUS process.
- Public Forum #1. Explain the purpose and function of the JLUS, provide an overview of the military operations at NSF Dahlgren, introduce project participants, share the JLUS approach and discuss the JLUS goals. The format of this meeting will include a presentation to the public followed by an interactive working session where attendees will be invited and encouraged to share their input on potential JLUS issues.
- Public Forum #2. Present and refine preliminary compatibility issues and findings, and review existing policies and regulations for possible inclusion in recommendations and strategies. The JLUS Strategy Toolbox brochure will be distributed as part of this workshop and will be made available for download on the website for the public's information.
- Public Forum #3: Present the Draft JLUS recommendations to begin the public comment period.
- Public Forum #4. Present Final JLUS report after the public comment period. The presentation will explain the overall JLUS methodology, including the identification of issues and strategies. This meeting will provide an overview of public comments received and address the revisions incorporated leading up to the Final JLUS.


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A. Our Legal Duty to Protect Health Information About You. Healthstat and its contracted clinical staff are required by law to protect the privacy of health information about you and that can be identified with you, which we call "protected health information" or "PHI" for short that we hold, develop or receive from other sources. We are also required to give you this Notice about our privacy practices, our legal duties, and your rights concerning your PHI. We must follow the privacy practices that are described in this Notice. We reserve the right to change the terms of this Notice and to make new provisions effective for all PHI that we maintain by posting the revised Notice in our clinics, making copies of the revised Notice available upon request, and posting the revised Notice on our website.
You may request a copy of our Notices at any time. For more information about our privacy practices, or for additional copies of this Notice, please contact us using the information listed at the end of this Notice.
1. Uses and Disclosures of PHI Without Your Authorization. We may use and disclose PHI about you without your authorization in the following circumstances:
To provide healthcare treatment to you: We may use and disclose PHI about you to provide, coordinate or manage your health care and related services. This may include communicating with other health care providers regarding your treatment and coordinating and managing your health care with others.
For example, we may use and disclose PHI about you when you need a prescription, lab work, an x-ray, or other health care services. In addition, we may use and disclose PHI about you when referring you to another health care provider. We will provide your physician or a subsequent health care provider with copies of various reports that should assist him or her in treating you.
For example: Information obtained by a Healthstat clinician will be recorded in your chart and used to determine the course of treatment that should work best for you. Members of your health care team will then record the actions they took and their observations. In that way, your healthcare providers will know how you are responding to treatment.
To obtain payment for services: Generally, we may use and give your PHI to others to obtain payment for services provided to you by us. Specifically, we may share portions of medical information about you with billing departments and insurance companies, health plans and their agents which provide you coverage. For example, we may need to share information with your health plan(s) about your condition, supplies used, and services you received (such as labs). The information is given to our billing department and your health plan so we can be paid or you can be reimbursed.
For healthcare operations: We may use and disclose PHI in performing business activities, which we call "health care operations". These "health care operations" allow us to improve the quality of care we provide and reduce health care costs. We may disclose PHI to another company that provides "health care operations" services for us, such as transcription services companies. If so, we will have a written contract to ensure that this company also protects the privacy of your PHI. Examples of the way we may use or disclose PHI about you for "health care operations" include the following:
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We may share with a family member, relative, friend or other person identified by you, PHI directly related to that person's involvement in your care or payment for your care. We may share with a family member, personal representative or other person responsible for your care PHI necessary to notify such individuals of your location, general condition or death.
We may share with a public or private agency (for example, American Red Cross) PHI about you for disaster relief purposes. Even if you object, we may still share the PHI about you, if necessary for the emergency circumstances.
If you would like to object to our use or disclosure of PHI about you in the above circumstances, please call or write to us at the address listed below.
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Although your health record is the physical property of the health care practitioner or facility that compiled it, the information belongs to you.
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1. Restrictions on Uses and Disclosures. You have the right to request restrictions on disclosures of your PHI to your health plan for health services or items for which you paid out-of-pocket in full, and we must comply with such request. You have the right to request that we restrict other uses and disclosures of PHI about you, and we are not required to agree to those requested restrictions. However, even if we agree to your request, in certain situations your restrictions may not be followed. These situations include emergency treatment, disclosures to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and uses and disclosures described above. You may send a written request for a restriction to the address shown below.
2. Method of Communication. You have the right to request how and where we contact you about PHI. For example, you may request that we contact you at your work address or phone number or by email. We must accommodate reasonable requests, but, when appropriate, may condition that accommodation on your providing us with information regarding how payment, if any, will be handled and your specification of an alternative address or other method of contact. You may request alternative communications by submitting a request in writing to the address shown below. If we have all or any portion of your health information in an electronic format, you may request an electronic copy of those records or request that we send an electronic copy to any person or entity you designate in writing.
3. Access. You have the right to request to see and receive a copy of PHI contained in clinical, billing and other records used to make decisions about you. We may charge you related fees depending on materials, shipping costs, and staff time necessary to comply with your request, as allowed under applicable law. Instead of providing you with a full copy of the PHI, we may give you a summary or explanation of the PHI about you, if you agree in advance to the form and cost of the summary or explanation. There are certain situations in which we are not required to comply with your request. Under these circumstances, we will respond to you in writing, stating why we will not grant your request and describing any rights you may have to request a review of our denial. You may request to see and receive a copy of PHI by submitting a request in writing to the address shown below.
4. Amendment of PHI. You have the right to request that we make amendments to clinical, billing and other records used to make decisions about you. Your request must be in writing and must explain your reason(s) for the amendment. We may deny your request if: 1) the information was not created by us (unless you prove the creator of the information is no longer available to amend the record); 2) the information is not part of the records used to make decisions about you; 3) we believe the information is correct and complete; or 4) you would not have the right to see and copy the record as described in paragraph 3 above. We will tell you in writing the reasons for the denial and describe your rights to give us a written statement disagreeing with the denial. If we accept your request to amend the information, we will make reasonable efforts to inform others of the amendment, including persons you name who have received PHI about you and who need the amendment. You may request an amendment of PHI about you by submitting a request in writing to the address shown below.
5. Listing of Disclosures. If you ask our contact person in writing, you have the right to receive a written list of certain of our disclosures of PHI about you. You may ask for disclosures made up to six (6) years before your request. We are required to provide a listing of all disclosures except the following:
For your treatment,
For billing and collection of payment for your treatment,
For health care operations,
Made to or requested by you, or that you authorized,
Occurring as a byproduct of permitted uses and disclosures,
Made to individuals involved in your care, for directory or notification purposes, or for other purposes described above,
Allowed by law when the use and/or disclosure relates to certain specialized government functions or relates to correctional institutions and in other law enforcement custodial situations, and
As part of a limited set of information which does not contain certain information which would identify you.
The list will include the date of the disclosure, the name (and address, if available) of the person or organization receiving the information, a brief description of the information disclosed, and the purpose of the disclosure. If, under permitted circumstances, PHI about you has been disclosed for certain types of research projects, the list may include different types of information. If you request a list of disclosures more than once in 12 months, we can charge you a reasonable fee. You may send a written request for disclosures, including the date range, to the address shown below.
6. Patient Rights
Access: With limited exceptions, you have the right to look at a copy of your medical information. We will use the format you request unless we cannot practicably do so. You must make a request in writing to obtain access to your medical information. You may obtain a form to request access by using the contact information listed at the end of this Notice. You may also request access by sending us a letter to the address at the end of this Notice. We may charge you related fees depending on material, shipping costs, and staff time necessary to comply with your request, as allowed under applicable law.
Advance Directives: You have the right to direct all healthcare providers to comply with your "advance directives". An advance directive is a document by which a person makes provision for healthcare decisions in the event that, in the future, he/she becomes unable to make those decisions.
There are two main types of advance directive – the "Living Will" and the "Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care".
There are also hybrid documents which combine elements of the Living Will with those of the Durable Power of Attorney.
Disclosure Accounting: You have the right to receive a list of instances in which we disclosed your medical information for purposes other than treatment, payment, healthcare operations and certain other activities, for at least 6 years, but not before April 14, 2003. If you request this accounting more than once in a 12-month period, we may charge you a reasonable, cost-based fee for responding to these additional requests.
Restriction: You have the right to request that we place additional restrictions on our use or disclosure of your medical information. We are not required to agree to these additional restrictions, but if we do, we will abide by our agreement, except in an emergency.
Alternative Communication: You have the right to request that we communicate with you about your medical information by alternative means or to alternative locations. You must make your request in writing. Your request must specify the alternative means or location, and provide a satisfactory explanation on how payments will be handles under the alternative means or location you request.
Amendment: You have the right to request that we amend your medical information. Your request must be in writing, and it must explain why the information should be amended. We may deny your request under certain circumstances.
Electronic Notice: If you receive a Notice of Privacy Practices by our website or by electronic mail or email, you are entitled to receive one in written form.
Notification of a Breach of Your Unsecured Medical Information. You have the right to be notified in the event that we discover an unauthorized disclosure of your medical information.
Questions and Complaints
If you want more information about privacy practices or have questions or concerns, please contact your clinic or the office as indicated in the Notice of Privacy Practices.
If you feel that we may have violated your privacy rights, or you disagree with a decision we made about access to your medical information or in response to a request you made to amend or restrict the use or disclosure of your medical information or want us to communicate with you by alternative means or alternative locations, you may complain to us at the office that provided you with this notice. You also may submit a written compliant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We will provide you with the address to file your complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services upon request.
7. Copy of this Notice. You have the right to request our Notice of Privacy Practices at any time by asking a member of our reception staff. You may also access this Notice on our website www.healthstatinc.com by clicking on "Privacy Policy" at the bottom center of the page.
8. Notification of a Breach of Your Unsecured PHI. You have the right to be notified in the event that we discover a breach of unsecured PHI involving your medical information.
C. Wellness Program Notice. To the extent your employer maintains a wellness program which involves a voluntary health risk assessment, biometric screening, or other medical examination, the following provisions apply to such wellness program(s) and the PHI gathered through such wellness program(s):
1. Voluntary Program. Healthstat may have been engaged by your employer to help administer a voluntary wellness program your employer sponsors, which program is available to all employees. The program is administered according to federal rules permitting employer-sponsored wellness programs that seek to improve employee health or prevent disease, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, as applicable, among others. If you choose to participate in the wellness program you may be asked to complete a voluntary health risk assessment or "HRA" that asks a series of questions about your health-related activities and behaviors and whether you have or had certain medical conditions (e.g., cancer, diabetes, or heart disease) and/or will also be asked to complete a biometric screening, which may include a blood test for systolic BP, diastolic BP, blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and other standard measurements of health. These tests may also determine your body mass index, susceptibility to or identification of chronic disease(s) (such as diabetes), tobacco use, and whether you have had a physical examination within the last year.
You are not required to complete the HRA or to participate in the biometric screening or other medical examinations. However, employees who choose to participate in the wellness program will receive an incentive for completing the required conditions, which conditions may include reaching certain health goals, engaging in certain activities, and/or periodic visits to the on-site clinic. Although you are not required to complete the HRA or participate in the biometric screening, only employees who do so will receive the incentive determined by your employer.
To the extent the wellness program requires you to (a) engage in activities that you may not be able to complete because of a health condition or (b) achieve certain health outcomes, such as reducing health risk factors, if you are unable to participate in any of the health-related activities or achieve any of the health outcomes required to earn an incentive, you may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation or an alternative standard. You may request a reasonable accommodation or an alternative standard by contacting your human resources department.
The information from your HRA and the results from your biometric screening will be used to provide you with information to help you understand your current health and potential risks, and may also be used to offer you services through the wellness program, such as counseling regarding health risks or tobacco cessation. You also are encouraged to share your results or concerns with your own doctor.
2. Protections from Disclosure of Medical Information. As explained in this Notice of Privacy Practices, we are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your PHI. Although the wellness program and your employer may use aggregate information it collects to design a program based on identified health risks in the workplace, Healthstat will never disclose any of your personal information either publicly or to the employer, except as necessary to respond to a request from you for a reasonable accommodation needed to participate in the wellness program, as described in this Notice of Privacy Practices, or as otherwise expressly permitted by law or this Notice. Medical information that personally identifies you that is provided in connection with the wellness program will not be provided to your supervisors or managers and may never be used to make decisions regarding your employment.
Your health information will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or otherwise disclosed except to the extent permitted by law to carry out specific activities related to the wellness program, and you will not be asked or required to waive the confidentiality of your health information as a condition of participating in the wellness program or receiving an incentive. Anyone who receives your information for purposes of providing you services as part of the wellness program will abide by the same confidentiality requirements. The only individual(s) who will receive your PHI are the healthcare providers at your employer's on-site clinic or other individuals allowed to have such information under this Notice or as allowed by law, in order to provide you with services under the wellness program or administer the wellness program and any group health plan of which it is a part.
In addition, all medical information obtained through the wellness program will be maintained separate from your personnel records, information stored electronically will be encrypted, and no information you provide as part of the wellness program will be used in making any employment decision. Appropriate precautions will be taken to avoid any data breach, and in the event a data breach occurs involving information you provide in connection with the wellness program, we will notify you in accordance with the law.
You may not be discriminated against in employment because of the medical information you provide as part of participating in the wellness program, nor may you be subjected to retaliation if you choose not to participate (though you will not receive any incentives is you fail to participate and/or meet program conditions or, when appropriate, a reasonable alternative standard). If you have questions or concerns regarding this Notice, or about protections against discrimination and retaliation, please contact your human resources department. You acknowledge and agree, however, that Healthstat is not responsible for the actions of your employer and you agree to hold Healthstat harmless for and covenant not to sue Healthstat regarding any damages arising from illegal or negligent actions of your employer related to or arising from the wellness program.
D. Complaints about Our Privacy Practices. If you think we have violated your privacy rights, or you want to complain to us about our privacy practices, you may contact our Privacy Office at the address shown below. You may also send a written complaint to the United States Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. If you file a complaint, we will not take any action against you or change our treatment of you in any way.
E. Effective Date of this Notice. This Notice of Privacy Practices is effective on 01/01/2017.


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Last year, the management team of Image Dynamics Inc., a Baltimore advertising and public relations firm, began to see harbingers of a more austere 1990.
One sign: declining revenues for advertising and public relations firms in New England and New York, recalls Phyllis Brotman, Image Dynamics' chief executive officer. Also, trade publications were full of gloomy financial predictions, and it appeared that many companies were seriously weighing cuts in their 1990 ad budgets.
Mrs. Brotman and the company's other four top managers decided labor reductions were in order.
That goal was accomplished in two ways: by not rehiring for positions that came vacant and by laying off two people. That two-part strategy, implemented during the last half of 1989 and the first part of this year, resulted in a loss of five people.


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From Steve Carell to Brad Pitt, a Very Serious Ranking of All the Ridiculous Hair in the Big Short Trailer
One might say these wigs are subprime.
Terrible hair — it's not just for blockbuster season! The trailer for Adam McKay's star-studded The Big Short dropped today, and lo and behold, the movie's bevy of Oscar-nominated actors all turn out to share one thing: hair that can only be described as subprime. Paradoxically, the badness of the hair on display only increases the film's prestige points; If these guys weren't all so good at acting, the trailer seems to be telling us, there's no way they'd be able to pull off such terrible hair. (It's Too Bad to Fail.) Whose hair is merely unfortunate, and whose ascends to the very heights of lunacy? Let's take another look at the trailer below, and then we'll get to the rankings:
5. Hamish Linklater (Role unknown)
In the part of "The Other Guy in the Room With All the Famous People," all Hamish Linklater gets in this trailer is a handful of reaction shots. That's true of his hair here, too, which is almost certainly Linklater's real hair. Wig budgets are for movie stars, not character actors!
4. Christian Bale (Michael Burry)
The first joke in the trailer is about how Bale's character gets his hair cut at Supercuts. And honestly, that's an insult to Supercuts. This hair is bad: stringy, flat, and matted all at the same time. And yet it falls slightly short of the ridiculous standards maintained by his co-stars. It's horrible, yes, but not insane.
3. Steve Carell (Steve Eisman)
Now we're talking. Unlike Carell's austere Foxcatcher cut, this wig is meant to be fun, flirty, and free. It's winking at you from across the room. It's calling you "babe." It's telling you you've just got to go up to Napa this year. It's the follicular equivalent of a leisure suit.
2. Ryan Gosling (Greg Lippmann)
Real or fake — does it even matter? Ryan Gosling has always wanted to be a real New York boy, and now, with the aid of this dark, greased-up hair helmet, he's finally done it. This is Five Boroughs all the way.
Shorting bad housing stocks, directing acclaimed historical documentaries — is there anything this wig can't do?


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The head of an N-G-O that cares for AIDS orphans says India and China are following the same path as African countries in the HIV/AIDS pandemic. She says that means those two countries will have tens of millions of orphans within the next decade.
Albina du Boisrouvray is the founder of the FXB Association, which has programs to help children affected by HIV/AIDS in twenty-one countries.
She says India and China could learn a valuable lesson from Africa, where many leaders took little or no action against the disease for twenty years.
She says, "We are now seeing what the effects of the denial from governments are producing. The denials by governments for the past twenty years of the roads of transmission of the epidemic has created so many people being infected in their countries that they're dying at very great rates. You know that one person dies every six minutes in the world of AIDS. And the most people carrying the virus and developing the disease are in Africa. So it's producing a huge, huge number of orphans."
Countess du Boisrouvray says current UN estimates of the expected number of AIDS orphans are far too low. She says instead of forty million within the next ten years, the number is more likely to be at least one hundred million.
"When we talk at FXB about a hundred million AIDS orphans by the year 2010 in the world," she says, "I mean we are probably unfortunately again underneath of the figure of the reality."
She says India – with a population of one billion – has all same the risk factors as African countries in spreading the epidemic.
She says, "In the case of India, it's running silently and it's running invisibly and a lot more people are carrying it (HIV) because you have a huge number of migrant workers, as you do in China as well. And so those migrant workers – unfortunately they catch the virus – they're the highest group at risk. It's not just the truck drivers. In the case of India, it's also the sailors. It's the fishermen. It's the masons. It's the people who come from the countryside that are too poor to make a living. They go to the cities like Bombay, New Delhi, Calcutta and then they contract the virus from the prostitutes because they're far away from their family. They come back to see their families. They infect their wives, who then in turn infect the babies who are born."
What's more, she says, India and China have risk factors that Africa does not have – the sale of blood and human organs.
The founder of FXB came to Washington this week to meet with US and World Bank officials. She's lobbying for funds for community-based programs that are designed to help AIDS-stricken communities. Programs that she says can be run for small amounts of money, yet yield very big results.
"Well, you have a rural community, for instance, where some children are roaming around because the mother has died, the father has died. They're all alone in their little house," she says. "They cannot work their land. They're too young. They cannot, of course, feed themselves. They cannot go to school. Within that community, we group the community together. And we work with them and say, who in this community would be willing to take in those children and raise them. And we give that guardian or that family willing to take them in a very small grant of between $75.00 and $125.00 dollars. With that, that family or that guardian starts a small income-generating activity."
She says the money earned from the small business if often enough to support the family.
Albina du Boisrouvray says if more isn't done to care for AIDS orphans, many children will turn to prostitution and drugs. She says they are also prime recruits for rebel and terrorist groups.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Mental suffering or pain caused by injury, loss, or despair. See Synonyms at regret.
- n. A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune.
- n. Expression of sorrow; grieving.
- intransitive v. To feel or express sorrow. See Synonyms at grieve.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. unhappiness, woe
- n. (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.
- v. To feel or express grief.
- v. To feel grief over; to mourn, regret.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness.
- intransitive v. To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To feel sorrow, sadness, regret, grief, or anguish; grieve; be sad; feel sorry.
- To manifest sorrow; mourn; lament.
- Synonyms To grieve, mourn. See sorrow, n.
- To feel or display sorrow over; grieve for; mourn.
- To give pain to; grieve.
- To involve in sorrow; attach suffering or misery to.
- n. Distress of mind caused by misfortune, injury, loss, disappointment, or the like; grief; misery; sadness; regret.
- n. A cause or occasion of grief; a painful fact, event, or situation; a misfortune; a trouble.
- n. The outward manifestation of grief; mourning; lamentation.
- n. The devil: used generally as an expletive in imprecation, often implying negation. Compare devil, n., 7. Sometimes the muckle sorrow. Also spelled sorra.
- n. Synonyms Grief, Wretchedness, etc. (see affliction), repentance, vexation, chagrin. See list under sadness.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the state of being sad
- v. feel grief
- n. something that causes great unhappiness
- n. sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
- n. an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
+and not only him but also me, that I might not have [9] sorrow upon sorrow+.
Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians
That our chiefs had sailed in sorrow from the glens of the North;
In a few hours after dispatching this letter I shall have shaken the dust from my feet and departed in sorrow from a neighbourhood and army with both of which I have been associated for months.
The arms of the unloved girl close about the formless air and more real than her loneliness and her sorrow is the imagined embrace, the awaited warm, close pressure of the hands, the fancied gaze.
Australias sorrow is everyones grief he came, he did what he had to do lived life so brief .. footprints on the sands of time unfulfilled dreams carried forward for the generation next as tribute to Steve the great barrier Reef .. two steves, two worlds, one belief .. posted on 30 sep 2006
The Sunday that came after that Saturday was showery, sunny, and rainy by turns, like a child who having had a great fit of crying and sobbing can't get over it all at once, and keeps breaking into little bursts of tears again, long after the sorrow is all over.
And now our sorrow is as great as was then our joy.
Discourse the Day After the Reception of the Tidings of the Assassination of President Lincoln
She suffered much from rheumatism, which she described as a sorrow in her bones.
They tell us that the common idea is that an animal is actuated by emotions which we know as sorrow, joy, love, pleasure, pain, cruelty, or some other of these states; but that it is not so.
The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney
There's one thing I want to say: see, if we know that they were one with God, let's look up and not wallow in sorrow because death is never the end of anything.
"I am just 19 years old an undergraduate , I am confused, I don't know what to do. This is because I and my sister have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant crisis in our country. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life."
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Marisa S. Bartolomei, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Department: Cell and Developmental Biology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
9-123 Smilow Center for Translational Research
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6148
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6148
Office: 215-898-9063
Lab: 215-898-9063
Lab: 215-898-9063
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The Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell and Molecular Biology graduate group faculty webpage.
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The Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell and Molecular Biology graduate group faculty webpage.
Education:Permanent link
B.S. (Biochemistry)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1982.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cellular & Molecular Biology Training Program (Dr. Jeffry Corden), 1987.
B.S. (Biochemistry)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1982.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cellular & Molecular Biology Training Program (Dr. Jeffry Corden), 1987.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests
The research in my laboratory focuses on the study of genomic imprinting and X inactivation in mice.
Key words: genomic imprinting, X inactivation, DNA methylation, epigenetics, environment.
Description of Research
One aspect of the research in my laboratory focuses on the study of genomic imprinting in mice. While affecting only a subset of genes in mammals, genomic imprinting results in the unequal expression of the maternal and paternal alleles of a gene. As a consequence, the maternal and paternal genomes are functionally non-equivalent and both are required for normal mammalian development. One imprinted gene, H19, is exclusively expressed from the maternally-derived allele in mice and humans. There are a number of important questions concerning the control of imprinting that are being addressed using the mouse H19 gene. These questions include how and when the inactive and active alleles are differentiated, what sequences designate that a gene is to be imprinted, and what factors function to imprint the gene. Moreover, we are also determining how the environment, including procedures used in Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) and endocrine disruptors, affect imprinting and epigenetic gene regulation.
My laboratory also studies the process of X inactivation in mice. X inactivation is the dosage compensation mechanism that female mammals use to silence one X chromosome and to achieve equivalent X-linked expression to males. Certain aspects of this complex multi-step process have been well established, but the molecular and genetic mechanisms controlling this process remain poorly characterized. To isolate factors involved in X inactivation we have employed the following strategies: we have collaborated with Huntington Willard (Duke University) in conducting ENU mutagenesis in the mouse to select for mutations that affect X inactivation; we have participated in studies that assay reactivation of X-linked genes; and we have examined the effects of various mutations and environmental perturbations on X inactivation.
Rotation Projects
1. Analysis (expression, DNA methylation and higher order chromatin structure) of mice harboring mutations at the endogenous H19/Igf2 locus.
2. Examination of the effects of various environmental perturbations on imprinting status, including environmental estrogens and procedures used in Assisted Reproductive Technologies.
3. Examination of noncoding RNAs at the H19/Igf2 locus.
4. Other projects available by speaking with PI.
Lab Personnel
Graduate Students: Frances Xin, Jen Myers SanMiguel, Aimee Juan, Blake Caldwell, Suhee Chang
Research Associate: Joanne Thorvaldsen
Postdoctoral Fellow: Lisa Vrooman, Laren Riesche
Research Technicians: Christopher Krapp, Duy Nguyen
Undergraduates: Olivia Chao, Nikita Choudhary, Shae Chambers
Selected PublicationsGinart Paul, Kalish Jennifer M, Jiang Connie L, Yu Alice C, Bartolomei Marisa S, Raj Arjun: Visualizing allele-specific expression in single cells reveals epigenetic mosaicism in an H19 loss-of-imprinting mutant. Genes & development 30(5): 567-78, Mar 2016.
de Waal Eric, Vrooman Lisa A, Fischer Erin, Ord Teri, Mainigi Monica A, Coutifaris Christos, Schultz Richard M, Bartolomei Marisa S: The cumulative effect of assisted reproduction procedures on placental development and epigenetic perturbations in a mouse model. Human molecular genetics 24(24): 6975-85, Dec 2015.
Plasschaert Robert N, Bartolomei Marisa S: Tissue-specific regulation and function of Grb10 during growth and neuronal commitment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112(22): 6841-7, Jun 2015.
Xin, F., Susiarjo, M. and M.S. Bartolomei.: Multigenerational and transgenerational effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals: A role for altered epigenetic regulation? Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 43: 66-75, July 2015.
Susiarjo Martha, Xin Frances, Bansal Amita, Stefaniak Martha, Li Changhong, Simmons Rebecca A, Bartolomei Marisa S: Bisphenol a exposure disrupts metabolic health across multiple generations in the mouse. Endocrinology 156(6): 2049-58, Jun 2015.
Plasschaert Robert N, Vigneau Sébastien, Tempera Italo, Gupta Ravi, Maksimoska Jasna, Everett Logan, Davuluri Ramana, Mamorstein Ronen, Lieberman Paul M, Schultz David, Hannenhalli Sridhar, Bartolomei Marisa S: CTCF binding site sequence differences are associated with unique regulatory and functional trends during embryonic stem cell differentiation. Nucleic acids research 42(2): 774-89, Jan 2014.
de Waal Eric, Mak Winifred, Calhoun Sondra, Stein Paula, Ord Teri, Krapp Christopher, Coutifaris Christos, Schultz Richard M, Bartolomei Marisa S: In vitro culture increases the frequency of stochastic epigenetic errors at imprinted genes in placental tissues from mouse concepti produced through assisted reproductive technologies. Biology of reproduction 90(2): 22, Feb 2014.
Venkatraman Aparna, He Xi C, Thorvaldsen Joanne L, Sugimura Ryohichi, Perry John M, Tao Fang, Zhao Meng, Christenson Matthew K, Sanchez Rebeca, Yu Jaclyn Y, Peng Lai, Haug Jeffrey S, Paulson Ariel, Li Hua, Zhong Xiao-Bo, Clemens Thomas L, Bartolomei Marisa S, Li Linheng: Maternal imprinting at the H19-Igf2 locus maintains adult haematopoietic stem cell quiescence. Nature Jul 2013.
Susiarjo Martha, Sasson Isaac, Mesaros Clementina, Bartolomei Marisa S: Bisphenol a exposure disrupts genomic imprinting in the mouse. PLoS genetics 9(4): e1003401, Apr 2013.
McGraw Serge, Oakes Christopher C, Martel Josée, Cirio M Cecilia, de Zeeuw Pauline, Mak Winifred, Plass Christoph, Bartolomei Marisa S, Chaillet J Richard, Trasler Jacquetta M: Loss of DNMT1o disrupts imprinted X chromosome inactivation and accentuates placental defects in females. PLoS genetics 9(11): e1003873, Nov 2013.
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Conceived by Inquiry by Design (IBD), the Dealing with Difficulty series is meant to support students in working with difficult texts. In implementing the units, teachers and students are introduced to the idea of looking closely at difficult texts as a scaffold for understanding. The emphasis is on the notion that "reading" means "doing intellectual work" and that there are payoffs including a deeper understanding of what and how one reads when a student works through difficulty.
Ninth grade English teachers from all 5 high schools attended a full day workshop in Spring 2013 to experience and learn how to help students deal with difficulty using the text "Auscultation" by Steven Church. The teams from 3 schools have chosen to continue this work by participating in a Peer Learning Lab in the Fall 2013 semester. Teachers will observe a colleague teach a difficult text, debrief their observations, and examine student work to determine strengths, needs, and next instructional steps.
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Paul Grosso a écrit : > JohnC noted: > > In PEX6: whether or not an initial U+FFEF is part of a > text/plain document (or in our case, a document which is > being treated as text/plain) depends on the character encoding. > If it's UTF-{8,16,32}, then no, it's a BOM and should be > discarded. If it's UTF-{16,32}{LE,BE}, then yes, it's a > ZWNBSP character and should be kept. FWIW, I agree with John that here the initial U+FEFF should be considered a BOM and discarded, but I find some confusion in the above. In the case presented in PEX6, it has been determined (through defaulting) that the encoding is UTF-8, so all the rest about UTF-{16,32} and UTF-{16,32}{LE,BE} is non sequitur. -- FrançoisReceived on Thursday, 10 March 2005 02:22:05 UTC
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By Andreas Rinke and Noah Barkin
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a coalition deal with the Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday that rolls back decade-old reforms of the German welfare state but preserves Berlin's strict approach towards struggling European partners.
The agreement, spelled out in minute detail in a 185-page policy document entitled "Shaping Germany's Future", was struck two months after Merkel emerged victorious from an election but fell just short of a parliamentary majority.
The result forced the popular 59-year-old Protestant pastor's daughter from East Germany into negotiations with the arch-rival SPD, with whom she ruled in an awkward "grand coalition" during her first term from 2005-2009.
The SPD is still smarting from that experience, and its leadership has agreed to put the new deal to a vote of the party's 474,000 card-carrying members, adding an element of uncertainty to Merkel's goal of having a new government in place by Christmas.
"We entered negotiations with very different ideas, and that is why things took a little time," Merkel told a news conference, sitting between SPD Chairman Sigmar Gabriel and Horst Seehofer, leader of the Bavarian Christian Social Union.
Gabriel said he was sure a "broad majority" of SPD members would back the deal in the mail-in vote, the results of which are due to be published on December 14.
All three politicians praised the atmosphere in the talks, with Gabriel and Seehofer joking with reporters about whether they could now address each other with the informal "du" in place of the formal "sie".
"Perhaps that changes after you win the poll of your members," quipped Seehofer.
The deal was greeted with a sigh of relief by investors, who pushed the euro currency to a four-year high against the Japanese yen and a one-month peak versus the U.S. dollar.
It was also welcomed by officials in Brussels and other European capitals. The lengthy talks have delayed movement on major European reforms, including progress on "banking union", an ambitious project designed to prevent a recurrence of the euro zone's crippling debt crisis.
"It's positive news," Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta told reporters in Rome. "A lot of time has passed and there's a need for a German government as soon as possible."
Merkel stood firm against SPD demands for tax hikes on the rich, but to clinch the deal she agreed to introduce a minimum wage of 8.50 euros per hour, which some economists have warned could push up unemployment, particularly in eastern Germany.
To reduce that risk, the parties agreed to phase it in over a period of years, with exceptions allowed until 2017.
The SPD also secured concessions from Merkel on pensions and labor market rules, softening elements of the "Agenda 2010" reforms introduced a decade ago by Merkel's predecessor as chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder of the SPD.
In the future, people who have worked for 45 years can earn full pensions from 63, four years earlier than the statutory 67-year threshold. The use of temporary workers by German firms will also be restricted to 18 months under the deal.
"At a time when other euro zone members are undertaking important reforms to the welfare state, Germany is conspicuously shirking them - and even backpedalling on them," said Nicholas Spiro, head of Spiro Sovereign Strategy.
"The decision to introduce a mandatory minimum wage and, more worryingly, lower the retirement age runs counter to recent entitlement reforms across the euro zone. Germany is hardly leading by example."
Hopes in France and other euro zone states that the SPD might convince Merkel to adopt bolder measures to stimulate growth and tackle unemployment were dashed in an agreement that endorsed Merkel's carrot-and-stick approach to the euro crisis.
The coalition deal ruled out all forms of debt mutualisation and called for euro zone members to agree to binding reform contracts to boost competitiveness.
A compromise on banking union made clear that Europe's rescue fund could only be used to recapitalize stricken banks when all other avenues had been exhausted.
"The new government will continue the successful euro zone policies of the last few years of support for struggling countries in exchange for economic reforms and tighter fiscal rules," said Christian Schulz of Berenberg Bank.
Carsten Nickel, a political analyst at Teneo Intelligence, said the SPD had realized that on euro zone policies "the domestic political consensus does not reward any large-scale deviation from Merkel's path".
In a nod to SPD grassroots members who warned their leaders against dividing up top jobs too soon, cabinet posts will not be announced until after the SPD referendum. But the important ministries appear set.
Wolfgang Schaeuble, Merkel's trusted 71-year-old finance minister, is expected to keep his job, and Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the SPD is seen returning as foreign minister, a post he held in the last "grand coalition" government.
Gabriel, a former environment minister under Merkel, is also likely to join the cabinet, possibly as head of a beefed-up economy ministry.
The SPD remains traumatized by its first partnership with Merkel; after four years, the SPD scored its worst election result of the post-war era in 2009, winning just 23 percent. Left-wingers, already bitter about Schroeder's labor reforms, abandoned the party in droves.
The watering down of these reforms could encourage members to back the deal, but the risks of a veto cannot be ruled out. Alex White, an analyst at J.P. Morgan, estimated the chances of a "no" vote at up to 20 percent.
Were the party to reject the agreement, Merkel could seek a coalition with the environmentalist Greens, whom she sounded out before deciding on talks with the SPD.
Merkel wore a Green blazer to the news conference on Wednesday - a choice some German media read as a warning to the SPD that she has other options.
A new election is another possibility if SPD members refuse to support the deal.
(Additional reporting by Alexandra Hudson, Annika Breidthardt, Holger Hansen, Madeline Chambers, Michelle Martin, Erik Kirschbaum; Writing by Noah Barkin and Stephen Brown; Editing by Will Waterman)


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ST. LOUIS -- Retired coal miners and their supporters on Monday were again rallying in downtown St. Louis in an ongoing dispute with Patriot Coal.
The rally was happened Monday morning in Kiener Plaza, with United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts taking part.
St. Louis-based Patriot wants to make significant changes to health benefits for retired miners and reduce pay and benefits for current miners. The company says the moves are necessary for survival.
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has given Patriot the go-ahead for its changes.


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When Bill Thompson conceded the Democratic mayoral nomination to Bill de Blasio Monday, he offered a terrific argument against campaign-finance reform — even if he didn't realize what he was doing.
The argument came in the form of a complaint about matching funds. On Thursday, the city's Campaign Finance Board decreed a primary runoff couldn't be "reasonably anticipated." The decision froze Thompson out of $463,111 in matching funds that might have kept his bid afloat as votes were counted.
Thompson was peeved. "Nearly a week after the primary . . . the votes have not been counted, and it is by no means clear when they will be counted," he said. "For all we know, the Board of Elections might not finish counting paper ballots till the date scheduled for a runoff has come and gone. Under those circumstances, it is impossible to even campaign, let alone offer a meaningful choice to Democratic voters."
In short, his campaign was fatally crippled by an arbitrary decision by a bunch of unaccountable bureaucrats. Translation: Campaign funds equal political speech.
That's similar to the finding the US Supreme Court reached in Citizens United. The only difference is that the court was talking about private campaign expenditures while Thompson is complaining about public funds. Still, the basic principle is the same: Election spending is a form of political speech.
"We can't have what happened to me as a candidate happen to any other candidate for office in the future," Thompson said. "There has to be some fundamental reforms." We agree.
But in contrast to Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who wants to impose on the entire state the city model that hurt Thompson — we'd go in the other direction. A good starting point might be to eliminate arbitrary limits such as the $150,000 state cap on individual contributions to a political action committee. Open that up and New York would see more political speech overnight.
Bill Thompson may think he's making the standard liberal push for public funding. But in tying funding to speech, he's making the case for fewer limits, not more.


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Rhodesian Postcards: Leopard Rock
The under mentioned Postcards are believed to be from the period between the early 1950's to early 1960's
In second photograph the British Union Jack Flag is visible which then indicates it from Federal days, November 1952 to December 1963.
Leopard Rock was a Hotel situated in the Vumba Mountains, near Umtali in the Eastern Districts of Rhodesia and lay on the border with Mozambique, previously known as Portuguese East Africa (P.E.A.) and was subjected to terrorist attacks during the Rhodesian war.
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Michigan spends $2 billion annually on its prison system. That's slightly more than one-fifth of the state's general fund, according to a 2012 House Fiscal Agency report. In order to whittle down the size of the prison system's financial burden, Michigan lawmakers have been looking at private companies to provide services.
Earlier this month, state officials opted to contract with Aramark, a Pennsylvania-based company, to provide food services for the 43,000 people incarcerated in Michigan. Officials say the contract could save the state $16-million. But Aramark's track record in other states is spotty at best.
During the lame-duck session last December, Michigan lawmakers passed legislation that would pave the way for more privatization of prison services and even entire prisons. But state efforts to save money through privatization of prisons are fraught with examples across the country of dubious budget savings, dangerously inadequate services, and moral conundrums.
Natalie Holbrook, program director of the Michigan criminal justice program for the American Friends Service Committee, and Bob Libal, executive director of Grassroots Leadership, outline some of the problems with prison privatization.


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Welcome to Napa Valley College's Hospitality, Culinary & Tourism Management Program (HOSP/CUL)
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Program Announcement: Fall Classes Start Monday, 8/13/18!
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Hospitality Certificate and Degree OptionsClick the link above to read about program options,or see the page/menu links to the left of the pagefor more program information.Certificate of Achievement Forms should be filled out with the program coordinator. A.S. Degrees are requested through Admissions and Records.
Hospitality Mission Statement, Program Level Outcomes, and Curriculum Mapping
*******************************************What is unique about NVC's Hospitality & Tourism Management Program?The curriculum taught in NVC's program directly reflects the needs of the hospitality industry as indicated by our Advisory Board. The board is made up of key Napa Valley hospitality leaders and employers, who share an active role in shaping and maintaining the relevance of our hospitality training. Our location, centered in the heart of Napa Valley, gives students access to a diverse and superlative panel of skilled instructors.VIEW VIDEO: View video about the Hospitality & Tourism Management Program at Napa Valley College.
Hospitality courses provide a solid base of world-class customer service training, supervisory skills and industry-specific topics. The classes are tailored to meet the needs of enrolled students while teaching the latest trends in the hospitality industry.
What is the current need for trained Hospitality employees?
The hospitality industry in Napa Valley is growing along with its visitors and local services. Globally, the hospitality industry is by far the world's largest employer. The skills we teach in this program are life and business skills you can take anywhere you like. If you are just entering the jobforce or changing careers, you will have a significant head start in NVC's Hospitality Program.
Can I sponsor my own employees through the program?We strongly encourage local hospitality business to send their employees through the program for additional training and/or updating. The training your employees will receive is the best value-oriented training you will find. Scholarships and other funding are also available through our financial aid office.
Is there a focus on Wine Industry Hospitality?
Yes, of course. Being located in the heart of a world renowned wine region, our hospitality program offers access to some of the finest winery principals and hospitality experts. Our program closely collaborates with the college's well established Viticulture and Winery Technology Programs to bring a strong emphasis on Napa Valley wines.
Are there externships available?
Our industry partners have all expressed their committment to this training program and all of them have work experiences in the many diverse areas of hospitality. Enrolling in this program is the best way to secure opportunities to work in any area that interests you.
What degrees are possible?
The program offers two Certificate of Achievement options, and one A.S. Degree option. Please see the left menu for more information.
Is there a fee for the program?
The only requirement to enroll in these classes is that you be a registered student of Napa Valley College. Your education at NVC is probably one of the best values you will find. Click here to register at Napa Valley College.
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Writing Tips and Tools: ProWritingAid.com
I stumbled across this writing tool when they started following me on Twitter. I checked out the website and gave it a try. There's a blank field on the main page of the website where you can paste your written copy and then click the 'analyze,' button. The pro writing aid software analyzes your writing and gives you suggestions for revisions in categories such as:
- Overused words
- Sentence variation
- Clichés & Redundancies
- Repeated words & phrases
The pro writing aid tool also analyses sentence length, clichés and the pacing of your writing. If you are going to hand your writing over to a human editor, you might want to first pop it into this free tool and make the suggested corrections that you agree with and then see what your editor has to say.
I tried it with an article I wrote this morning, and I found the edits useful. It pointed out to me how much I overuse certain words, it revealed my penchant for beginning sentences with conjunctions and prepositions, and it showed how I could improve the pacing or my work. I also tend to write long, rambling sentences. Long sentences are fine as long as you vary the length of all the sentences in that piece of writing. Every single word should carry its own weight.
I often coach beginning writers about the importance of separating the creative process of writing from the mechanical process of editing and revising. After you have written something, set it aside for awhile and then run it through prowritingaid.com to help improve the finished product.
While it's never going to replace a human editor, prowritingaid.com is a handy, free tool that you can use to run your writing through to clean it up and catch common errors.
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Omar Abbosh is Accenture's chief strategy officer. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company's strategy, innovation programs and investments. In this role, Mr. Abbosh also has management responsibility for Accenture Security, Accenture's Dublin Centre for Innovation, Accenture's Ventures & Acquisitions, Industry programs, Research and Corporate Citizenship. He is a member of Accenture's Global Management Committee.
Before being appointed to his current position in March 2015, Mr. Abbosh held several management roles including senior managing director--Growth & Strategy for the Resources operating group, managing director of the Resources business in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Global Utilities managing director and managing director of Accenture Smart Grid Services & Accenture Energy Consumer Services. He has served as the global client lead for leading multinational companies where he advised client executives on major strategic issues for their businesses, including bringing and scaling digital innovation into the enterprise, operating model transformation, leadership development, mergers and acquisitions, capital allocation and investment management. He also served on the Global Energy Board chaired by Lord Browne of Madingley for ten years.
Mr. Abbosh joined Accenture in 1989 and became a partner in 1998. He holds a degree in electronic engineering from Cambridge University and a master's degree in business administration from INSEAD.
*On July 2, 2018, Accenture announced the appointment of Omar Abbosh as group chief executive—Communications, Media & Technology, effective Sept. 1, 2018, succeeding Robert (Bob) E. Sell, who will retire from the company on Aug. 31, 2018. Gene Reznik will succeed Mr. Abbosh as chief strategy officer, also effective Sept. 1, 2018.


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Photo 1: Attendees examining pest damage at a previous First Detector workshop. A new First Detector workshop is being offered to discuss invasive pests of fruits and vegetables.
- Attend a workshop about invasive pests that threaten Minnesota fruit and vegetables. Learn how to identify invasive pests and distinguish them from common look a likes. Find out the proper steps to take if you suspect you have found and invasive pest.
- Become a first detector volunteer. Act as a local resource to help state officials respond to calls made to the Arrest a Pest Hotline. First Detectors are volunteers trained to help citizens diagnose and report possible infestations of invasive species to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. First Detectors are a part of the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) First Detector Program which promotes the early detection of invasive plant pathogens, arthropods, nematodes and weeds.


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We should look at energy storage technology
Carlos Guerra: Planning for San Antonio's future energy needs is a tricky proposition.
Planning for San Antonio's future energy needs is a tricky proposition.
Texas' electrical grid is almost completely self-contained, so almost all electricity must be generated in-state. And our system was built when natural gas was dirt-cheap and pollution, even from coal, wasn't a worry. Almost half of Texas' energy still comes from burning gas that is likely to cost more in the coming years. And CPS Energy isn't likely to build more coal plants.
Assuming that our city keeps growing rapidly, and that future residents keep using lots of energy, CPS wants to add two new nuclear reactors to the South Texas Project. Whether we invest in a 40 percent stake in the project, get a smaller share or even participate in the expansion remains to be decided.
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But we should consider another factor about our electrical grid: It assumed that energy would be generated as it was consumed. Texas also requires providers to have 12.5 percent extra energy to meet wildly fluctuating demands.
So, except during peak hours, we have more generating and transmission capacity than is needed. And unused electricity can't be stored on the grid, so this capacity sits idle until people crank up air conditioners on hot days.
Since 2006, Texas has also been the nation's largest wind-energy producer, and we are likely to become a big solar producer, too.
But while we can predict how much wind farms and solar projects will generate over the long term, we can't predict if the sun will shine or the wind will blow next week with any degree of certainty.
And most wind generation peaks before dawn, when energy demand is lowest and cost is cheapest.
That is why, globally, energy storage strategies are rapidly being developed.
Thermal cold storage facilities chill water or make ice at night in 6,000 locations, nationally, with cheap night-time energy for cooling during the day.
Concentrating solar energy to boil water to turn generators is also a proven technology. But it doesn't work at night. If the heat is used to melt salt or pressurize steam tanks, however, it can generate electricity for up to 12 dark hours.
New battery types are also making it practical to store cheap off-peak energy to fulfill demand peaks. Recently, 7-megawatt sodium-sulfur battery systems were installed in Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia, and a 270-megawatt system has been in use in Japan for a number of years.
Compressing air in underground salt domes during non-peak hours and using it - with a bit of natural gas - to turn generators at peak hours has been used in Germany since 1978 and in McIntosh, Ala., since 1991.
Perhaps the most exciting of several projects pairing wind farms with compressed air storage that are now in development was announced last year by Shell and Luminant. Details are sketchy and could be affected by Texas state agencies' decisions. But the general plan is to erect 1,500 two-megawatt wind turbines around Briscoe County and pump compressed air into underground salt beds at night.
Then the energy of the predawn Panhandle winds will be stored and turned into electricity when it is most needed, during those scorchers when it will sell for top dollar to providers who didn't plan ahead - or embrace new technologies.


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Kanye West has scored his first ever number one on the Australian album chart after his label bosses demanded a recount.
The rapper's new record, Yeezus, missed out on the top slot and debuted at number two Down Under on Saturday (22Jun13), prompting bosses at West's Universal Music label to call for an inquiry.
Executives at the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), the organisation behind the chart, recalculated the sales figures and discovered a "data error" had led to a chart mix-up.
In an unusual move, they changed the chart around and bumped West's record to the top, ahead of the former number one, Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey's The Great Country Songbook, which was moved down to number two.
A statement from ARIA reads, "Due to a data error discovered after initial publication, this week's ARIA albums chart has been recalculated. This has resulted in Kanye West moving to the No.1 spot and Troy Cassar-Daly and Adam Harvey to No.2."


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We may not have any set pics of Captain America's new nemesis just yet, but a new piece of concept art shows the Winter Soldier in all his glory. And, uh-oh, he has Cap's shield!
Marvel made the right call tapping Winter Soldier for the modern-day followup, as it is one of the most revered Cap stories from the comic canon. Plus, as fans know, it should be a great connecting line to the events of the first film.
With filming now underway, Marvel exec Kevin Feige is feeling a little chatty about what fans can expect from Cap's latest adventure. Not surprisingly, Cap will continue to struggle with the spy-fi world of S.H.I.E.L.D., as his black and white fight against evil turns grey with the return of an old friend:
"We weren't going back to World War II. Cap cannot travel in time. So while Tony can go home to Malibu and Thor goes up to Asgard and Hulk can sort of ride the rails, Cap was stuck. So Cap does stay with S.H.I.E.L.D. because he has nowhere else to go. But he's not necessarily comfortable there. And just as he's given permission to let go of the past and to focus on the modern world, a ghost comes up. With the Greatest Generation in World World II, there's a tendency to reflect on that period and say, 'Things were black and white back then, and now it's hard to know who the bad guys are.' 'We wanted to play on that a little bit Cap being uncomfortable with the way S.H.I.E.L.D., and in particular Nick Fury, operates."
The folks at Entertainment Weekly have turned up a new piece of concept art, which shows just how awesome the Winter Soldier should (hopefully) look. The bionic arm looks believably badass (and useful in stopping flying shields), and if they can nail down this style in live action, this could be one heck of a sequel.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier stars Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Scarlett Johansson and Robert Redford. It's set to open April 4, 2014.
(Via Coming Soon)