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Moore Regional Hospital Gets 5 Stars from Medicare for Patient Satisfaction
| Date Posted: 4/17/2015
David J. Kilarksi
PINEHURST – Choosing where to go for hospital care can be confusing and overwhelming for patients. That choice may be a little easier for consumers in the mid-Carolinas now that Medicare.gov has released its new Hospital Compare tool where consumers can compare hospitals based on a number of measures.
In the area of patient satisfaction, FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital received a full 5-Star rating on the Hospital Compare website. FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital and FirstHealth Moore Regional-Hoke Campus are also included in the 5-Star recognition because they participate in submitting survey data due to their status as divisions of Moore Regional Hospital.
"We are very proud of the 5-Star rating," says FirstHealth CEO David J. Kilarski. "We already know our staff does a fantastic job taking care of patients, but this tool gives the public an opportunity to see exactly how FirstHealth compares to other hospitals in the region regarding patient satisfaction. We are committed to sharing meaningful information about the care we deliver to our patients."
The ratings are based on data from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Survey measures. HCAHPS has been in use since 2006 to measure patients' perspectives of hospital care, but star ratings have never been assigned before. The star ratings range from 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest measure of satisfaction.
This summary star rating for patient satisfaction is based on 11 facets of the patient experience, including how well doctors and nurses communicated, how well patients believed their pain was addressed, and whether patients would recommend the hospital to others. Adult patients – not just those on Medicare — are randomly surveyed after they leave the facility by an independent third party company.
Moore Regional Hospital (including the Richmond and Hoke campuses) is one of only three North Carolina hospitals to receive the five-star patient satisfaction rating. North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham and Chatham Hospital in Siler City were the only other North Carolina hospitals to earn five stars for patient satisfaction. Nationally, the top rating went to 251 hospitals, about 7 percent of all the hospitals considered for the recognition.
CMS says the star rating system makes it easier for consumers to choose a hospital and understand the quality of care that hospital delivers. The announcement builds on a larger effort across Health & Human Services to develop a health care system that delivers better care, spends health care dollars more wisely and results in healthier people, the announcement from CMS says.
"The patient experience Star Ratings will make it easier for consumers to use the information on the Hospital Compare website and spotlight excellence in health care quality," said Dr. Patrick Conway, Acting Principal Deputy Administrator for CMS and Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality. "These star ratings also encourage hospitals and clinicians to strive to continuously improve the patient experience and quality of care delivered to all patients."
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas—Four months after President Barack Obama went to the other end of the Texas-Mexico border to tally achievements in border security and call for comprehensive immigration reform, a Republican congressman said the border remains unsafe and convened a hearing Monday in this border city to show it.
"I do believe that the concept out of Washington that the border is as secure as it has ever been is not actually factual," said U.S. Rep. Ted Poe, a Texas Republican. "The federal government is probably doing more than it has in recent years but the border … is still not secure."
Poe, a member of the House Judiciary committee's subcommittee on immigration policy and enforcement, said from the start that he didn't want to combine border security and immigration. But since a secure border is the prerequisite many Republicans have set for immigration reform and the goalpost Obama accused Republicans of moving during his May speech in El Paso, immigration remained the unspoken presence at the hearing on the campus of the University of Texas-Brownsville.
Poe cited the number of foreign nationals in county jails along the border and the Border Patrol's statement earlier this year that 44 percent of the southwest border is under "operational control" to hammer home the insecurity.
"There are some in the federal bureaucracy who would have us believe that the violence is all in Mexico," Poe said. "These individuals know firsthand the violence is not confined to Mexico."
Tiffany Hartley, the Colorado woman who said her husband, David, was killed by cartel gunmen on a border-straddling lake nearly a year ago was the hearing's highest-profile witness. She recounted how she and her husband had visited a church on the Mexican side of Falcon Lake on Jet Skis Sept. 30 and how gunmen began shooting at them from a boat, hitting her husband in the head.
Hartley, who is represented by the conservative Washington, D.C.-based foundation Judicial Watch, said she still has no answers about her husband's death.
"It's going to take our government pushing Mexico's government in order to get them to start solving," murders, Hartley said. Judicial Watch filed Freedom of Information lawsuits on Hartley's behalf against the FBI as well as the State and Justice departments Friday seeking information about the investigation into David Hartley's death.
In her testimony, Janice Ayala, the assistant director for domestic operations of homeland security investigations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expressed sympathy for Hartley's family and said, "We're working closely with our law enforcement partners and we continue to assist in the ongoing investigation with every resource at our disposal to make sure that those responsible are brought to justice."
FBI spokesman Erik Vasys said the investigation is ongoing.
"The FBI has been there since the beginning," he said. "We're working steadily to determine what happened."
Homicides commonly go unsolved in Mexico, where more than 35,000 have been killed in drug violence in Mexico since late 2006, when President Felipe Calderon launched his crackdown on organized crime.
"The Obama administration's failure to seriously investigate this murder is wrong and she's been given the stiff arm on getting results," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said Friday. "We see it as a nonpartisan issue but the administration does have I think political reasons for not wanting to make too much of this case. … Highlighting the fact that a murder took place at a tourist destination on our border runs against the narrative that the administration is trying to put out that the border is safe."
Border leaders have bristled at the hyped talk of spillover violence and characterizations of lawlessness that politicians use away from the border.
The violent crime rate in El Paso, across the border from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's most violent city, is lower than any other large city in Texas with the exception of Plano and significantly lower than Houston, which is in Poe's district.
But incidents do happen. Two years ago, bullets from a shootout across the Rio Grande in Matamoros struck this campus' recreation building and a car. No one was injured. Kidnappings and killings along the border have also been tied back to drug gangs in Mexico, but daily life in border cities is far from lawless.
Brownsville Mayor Tony Martinez testified that Brownsville is safe and if the federal government wants to help it should send more funding for local enforcement.
Unmanned drones patrol the border from San Diego to Brownsville and there are more than twice as many Border Patrol agents now as there were in 2004—about 20,000. But most who testified said they wanted more "boots on the ground" at the border.
Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute public-policy conference that the United States' southwestern border was "as secure as it has ever been." Napolitano was invited to testify, but sent Ayala in her place, said Shaylyn Hynes, press secretary for Poe.
"This is not the testimony of those farmers and ranchers who live on the border," said Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples. He and Roland Garcia, a ranger for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, testified that farmers and ranchers along the border live in fear of the drug and human smugglers that traverse their property.
"It is a crisis in the very real sense of the term," Staples said. He said the resources the border has received are appreciated, but more are needed.
Hartley said she holds out hope that those responsible for her husband's death will be brought to justice.
"The men who murdered David live right across the river, they aren't over in Afghanistan, they're not in Iraq, they're right in our backyard," Hartley said. "The cartel members are taking over Mexico and they're killing anyone in their way."


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"Based on Actual Events" Group Show @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery, NYC
We have been exploring and researching a great deal of realism on the site over the past few years, noticing that the medium of hyperrealism, or photorealism as it gets labeled as well, is going through a very robust and interesting phase. Jonathan LeVine Gallery has curated a new exhibition, "Based on Actual Events," that brings together 4 artists we really enjoy, Alyssa Monks, Joel Rea, Diego Koi, and Eloy Morales, opening Saturday, January 11, 2014.
A bit about each artist:
Alyssa Monks was born in 1977 in Ridgewood, NJ and is currently based in New York. She received an MFA from New York Academy of Art in 2001 and has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for Painting three times. The artist has said, of her work: "In a contemporary take on the traditional bathing woman, my subjects are pushing against a glass window, distorting their own body, aware of and commanding the proverbial male gaze. Thick paint strokes in delicate color relationships are pushed and pulled to imitate glass, steam, water and flesh from a distance. However, up close, the physical properties of oil paint are apparent. When I began painting the human body, I was obsessed with it and needed to create as much realism as possible. I chased realism until it began to unravel and deconstruct itself. I am exploring the possibility and potential where representational painting and abstraction meet—if both can coexist in the same moment."
Diego Koi was born Diego Fazio in 1989 in Lamezia Terme, and is currently based in Feroleto Antico, in the province of Catanzaro, Italy. As a self-taught artist, he began as a tattoo designer and has since developed a skillful hyperrealist approach to drawing the human form in pencil. In 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Cairo Prize in Milan. He has been featured in numerous publications such as The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed and Juxtapoz.
Eloy Morales was born in 1973 in Madrid, Spain. The majority of his works are large-scale hyperrealist portraits (often self-portraits) rendered in oil on canvas and pencil on paper. On the subject of his work, the artist states: "I try to adhere to the line where reality coexists in natural form with my inner world. I believe in the immense power of the images and their infinite possibilities."
Joel Rea was born in 1983. In 2003, he received a BFA from Queensland College of Art in Brisbane, Australia. In 2013 he was selected for the Black Swan Award for Portraiture in Perth, the Fleurieu Landscape Prize in Adelaide and received the ANL Maritime Art Award in Melbourne. In a 2013 review of his paintings, Jane Denison wrote: "Intrigued by chance, duality and alternate possibilities, Rea's hyperrealist paintings delve into the depths of our minds. Using the physical elements as a metaphor for human emotion and experience, Rea portrays nature as pulsating energy that is both majestic and threatening. Rea describes himself as a Contemporary Surrealist Painter, but his work is also a twist on the aesthetics of the sublime in 18th century Romantic art. In common with Romantic artists, Rea is interested in the duality of opposites where nature is a source of purity and timelessness while also a dark sentiment and force of destruction.''


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Obama telephones UN secretary general
Barack Obama on Wednesday telephoned UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon and discussed issues of cooperation between the world body and the United States.world Updated: Nov 20, 2008 09:25 IST
President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday telephoned UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon and discussed issues of cooperation between the world body and the United States.
This was the first telephonic conversation between the two leaders after Obama won the presidential election Nov 4.
"They discussed how to address current crises, as well as regional and global issues, and how to strengthen the partnership between the US and the UN," said a statement issued by Office of the Spokesperson of the Secretary General.
Soon after his historic victory, Ban in a letter to Obama had hoped his election will usher in a new era of multilateralism and enhanced partnership with the United Nations.
During his last week's visit to Washington to participate in the G-20 Summit on Financial Crisis, Ban had met the representatives of Obama -- former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former representative Jim Leach.
Meanwhile, Obama continued to reach out to several world leaders.
A spokesperson of the president-elect said Obama on Wednesday spoke to the Columbian President, Alvaro Uribe Velez; Nigerian President Umara Yar'Adua; the Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, and the South African President, Kgalema Motlanthe.
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Obama's Organizing for Action (OFA) sponsored a Day of Action on Feb. 22, designed to build support and show appreciation for gun grabbers: particularly gun grabbers in the Senate where it is assumed gun control has the best chance of passage.
The Day of Action activities were generally presented as "a series of volunteer-driven events in support of [President Obama's] gun violence reduction plan." But OFA said the specific goals included "boosting support to close background check loopholes and [pressuring] holdouts in Congress."
The activities scheduled including rallies, phone banks, and 80 candlelight vigils in various congressional districts across the country.
Political Media President Larry Ward, founder of Gun Appreciation Day, said what OFA really did was try to hold a "Gun Grabber Appreciation Day." And he said not many people even knew it happened because it was "poorly executed."
Ward explained:
Gun Appreciation Day was a resounding success on January 19, 2013. Obama and Biden went from guaranteeing sweeping gun control by the end of January to begging for gun control legislation in the State of the Union address.
Now they are desperate and are pulling out all their cards. But as Gun Grabber Appreciation Day showed, they are not getting much traction.
Nevertheless, Ward said he expects that OFA is in the game for the long haul. He said that in months to come we should be prepared to see them exploit every tragedy they can and to organize more activities and events to show their appreciation for gun grabbers.


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2009 Acura TL
By on 7/24/12 | Gloucester, MA
I am a "car guy". At first, I wasn't crazy about the front grill, but it really has grown on me. The ride quality is fantastic- the Nav system is first rate. I compared several cars in this price range used- 08 G35X, 09 TSX, IS250 awd, VWcc Mazdas, fords ect.. If you like the look, the decision is really easy as this is the most car you can buy for the money. Forget BMW, Audi or MB- even if they drive as well, the cost of ownership will kill you in the long run. The lexus comes close, but I couldn't find the color/ equipment combination at my price. I love the tl- No problems so far!
2009 Acura TL
By on 7/17/09 | Bristow, VA
Its an ok car. Not as fast as my old 2005 Acura TL but the technology in this car is very nice.
2009 Acura TL
By on 7/6/09 | Playa del Rey, CA
Love this car, this is the 2nd TL I've owned. I owned an 04 as well. Compared to the 04, the 09 has lots more tech features that are great. They're thought out well and well placed. However, compared to the 04 there seems to be some bad decisions on outside vendors and manufacturing faults. I find this disturbing, however uncommon from Honda/Acura. My GPS screen is brighter on one side than the other. Not so much that there's something wrong, but still not perfect. My A/C system came with a small leak. This I found very annoying, as it takes at least 2 weeks after a dye injection to find and fix the leak. Also it speaks volumes about quality control at the plant that built the car. Overall I give this car an 8 out of 10. But I gave my 04 a 9.5 out of 10. So, yes I love my car, but something has happened to quality at honda this past year.
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One of the main things that drew me to Greenwood Organics is the fact that their products are handmade in England and contain only the finest organic oils and ingredients that can be found. There's something wonderfully comforting and reassuring about supporting local brands... Although I do own and continue to purchase products from elsewhere, I hold a special place in my beauty cabinets (yes plural, I can never have enough storage!) for English beauty products to sit with pride :)
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MOUNT DORA — With a referendum scheduled in three weeks, residents on both sides of the Sunday liquor sales issue are coining slogans and passing hats to promote their cause.
''The Lord drank wine on Sunday -- Why can't I?'' says the group that supports liquor sales.
However, to those who favor a ban on alcohol sales, the Lord's day should be a quiet one, marked by sobriety in public places.


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The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site honors the life of the 17th President. Andrew Johnson's presidency, 18651869, illustrates the United States Constitution at work following President Lincoln's assassination and during attempts to reunify a nation torn by civil war. His presidency shaped the future of the United States and his influences continue today.
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It can be exciting to jump into the stock market. There are multiple methods for investing and the one you choose should depend on your investment goals and how much risk you want to take. Regardless of the investment method you choose, a fundamental understanding of the stock market is essential. This article contains tips for investing that will inform any investing decisions you make.
Basically when investing in stocks, the keep it simple approach works best. Reduce your risk by keeping all investment activities, including examining data points, predicting and trading, extremely simple.
Do not forget to exercise your right to vote if you happen to own common stocks. In certain circumstances, depending on the charter of the company, you could be able to vote on such things as electing a director or something as important as a proposed merger. You will have a chance to vote either by proxy via mail or at the annual shareholder meeting.
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Anytime you choose to make a stock investment, www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSJfVAMFtwo keep your outlay to less than ten percent of available funds. Therefore, if your stock eventually starts to crater, you will not have risked all of your money.
If you're comfortable doing the research yourself, use an online broker. The fees charged by full service brokers are steep. Online brokers charge a fraction of that, but you will be essentially on your own. Since your objective is to increase profits, minimizing operating costs is in your best interests.
Know what your capabilities are and stay somewhat within that. If you are investing on your own, using a discount or online brokerage, only look at companies that you know something about. Do you feel confident in the industry of the company you are buying, such as oil and gas? A professional advisor is better suited to these decisions.
Don't overly invest in your company's stock. While owning stock in your employer company can make you feel proud, it still carries a certain degree of risk. Should something go wrong with the company, you are looking at losing both your portfolio and your paycheck at the same time. Although, if employee shares can be purchased at discount, it might be a good bargain and worth purchasing.
You shouldn't invest too heavily into your own company's stock. It's ok to add support to your company by investing in their stock, but sometimes this can backfire. If your company goes bankrupt, you will be losing money on it twice.
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A United States resident should take advantage of a Roth IRA, putting as much money into it as possible. Most middle-class workers will qualify for a Roth IRA. Roth IRA's have many associated tax breaks and other benefits that can make for high yields over the course of the investment.
A constrain strategy can be an effective way to select investments. That means searching for unpopular stocks that still offer good value. Under-appreciated companies often have a larger potential to go up in price. If everyone else wants to buy a stock, its price may be too high. That leaves no upside. By seeking out lower-profile companies that have solid operations and strong earnings, you can find some hidden gems.
Look over your portfolio on a regular basis. Keep a trained eye on your holdings to make sure that all of your stocks are doing well. This evaluation should not be done daily, and it should take into consideration the short term volatility and long term stability of the market.
Try online stock trading if you would like to save money. Trading firms that allow you to buy and sell stock online are almost always less expensive than regular brokerage firms. Look online for deals and reviews. TradeKing and Fidelity are great choices, too.
Define your goals before you buy stock. For instance, having a minimal risk strategy for creating income or growing the size of your portfolio. You'll be more successful if you can figure out your goals and some strategies to go along with them.
If you're thinking of investing money in stocks and you do not know how to do it, then you might want to go to a stock investing gathering in your area. There are typically many available, and they are often raved about for how effective they are.
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Happy Monday, friends!! I hope everyone's week is off to a wonderful start!
So, I did mention, last Monday, I would be sharing some exciting stuff this week, so here we are! While sitting down a few weeks ago, going over what kinds of goals our family would aim for this year, of course, health is always at the top of any ones list, but when talking about health are we talking about, fitness related, dietary related, sleep…( because we know thats on my list) or maybe just focusing on what little things we can change, through out our daily life, that would have a huge impact, like removing chemicals from our homes! Sounds difficult, yep! Sounds like a lot of work, yep! Sounds expensive, yep! I sound like a quack right? I know, I know, but hear me out! I mean, chemicals are in everything.. cleaning supplies, shampoos, lotions, baby wipes, our food, shampoo, laundry detergent and dryer sheets, basically everything. And the crazy part is, this stuff is being put on our bodies, are in our clothes, that our bodies wear for HOURS, on our beds.. yeah, I could keep going, but you might be freaking out at this point. Now, I realize, this is something that may take weeks, maybe months, possibly years, but YOU GUYS…. we are worth it, our children deserve it!
Let me explain to you how I got here…
So, I have a ton of friends, who use essential oils, or products with the oils in them, to replace the chemicals in their homes, along with other benefits. I was always like, "Seriously, who has the time for all that!? Make my own this and that… no thanks!" Finding the time in the day, to fold laundry and give the kids a bath is hard enough! So, it basically came down to me cleaning the tub one day, and the cleaner I was using was burning my eyes ( I think it was like comet scrub bubbles or something) and I had a thought–about how I was washing the place my children come to get clean, with these awful chemicals, that are burning my eyes! I've always used BabyGanics hygiene products on my kids, yet I'm washing the tub with this potent, toxic, garbage that is probably making it's way into their little bodies every time they step foot in this polluted place!! (if you think I'm a nut, go to ewg.org, and read up on your cleaners or detergents!) So then, I thought back to that friend, who had already made this awesome decision for her family, and who had sent me samples even! I reached out to her, and she introduced me to Young Living, their products, and everything they have to offer, and David and I were amazed. You guys, we aren't just talking essential oils, but I'm talking all natural, plant based, house hold cleaners, shampoo, vitamins, laundry soaps, and a whole line for kids, and that doesn't even touch it. Life changing! I mean really, its going to be life changing!
So, what I'm trying to get at is, there are all sorts of ways to improve our lifestyles, our children's lives, and even if you are taking one tiny step at a time, thats huge, you are heading in the right direction! We can't get their over night, but we can get there. Our lives are so far from perfect, there are so many improvements we could make to become healthier, but as long as we continue to realize that, and move forward, making one improvement at a time, that's something to celebrate and be proud of!
So, I'm going to continue sharing with you all, about all the amazing products we try, how we are applying them to our lives, and just our journey into living a healthier life, in hopes that it helps one family! If you want more info about what we're doing, message me or comment below. I would be happy to give suggestions, advice, or samples, if you're interested in making this change with me! If you want to try the products, and make a wholesale account (and get 24% off and earn free stuff through essential rewards!!) you can go here. You can also go here and check out Young Living's products, because they truly are amazing. Anyone who purchases a premium starter kit, through the month of February, will receive a Thieves household cleaner, from me!! Here are a few photos, of my favorite little items in the starter kit minus the diffuser!
^^ sorry thats so blurry, but those my friends, are like liquid gold!^^ (insert all the praise emojis)
Have a great week, everyone!!! Hugs!


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Ygos-Saint-Saturnin overviewYgos-Saint-Saturnin is surrounded by picturesque views of parks. Spend a relaxing day at Ecomusee de Marqueze and Parc Jean Rameau when the weather is nice. While you're here, stop by M-usee Despiau-Wlerick--- and Despiau Wlerick Museum. Whatever you're into, Ygos-Saint-Saturnin has something for you.
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How to get to Ygos-Saint-SaturninFly in to Pau (PUF-Pau - Pyrenees), 45.1 mi (72.6 km) from downtown Ygos-Saint-Saturnin. Biarritz (BIQ-Biarritz - Anglet - Bayonne) is the next closest major airport, 54.5 mi (87.6 km) away. Ygos-Saint-Saturnin Station is the closest train station.
What to see around Ygos-Saint-SaturninIt's well known for its parks and these favorite places for nature lovers:
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We will likely not ever know what drove Adam Lanza to commit the horrific acts of Dec. 14. However, we can and must respond to them, and as a result the assault rifle ban will probably be re-imposed. That will be a good thing.
But stark against the backdrop of Newtown is another reality harder to change. A well-landscaped, nicely appointed house does not cover the chasm between what appears to be healthy and what in fact was a terrible void in the Lanza family.
We have not heard from Adam's father or his brother. We do not need to hear. We know his mother spent a few nights each week in a local tavern. We know she was afraid and having guns may have given her comfort. Her neighbors seem not to have known her well and the emptiness of her life may well be the reality for many Americans.
Gun reform is needed but a larger conversation is called for. We may begin with guns and what can be bought and sold, where and by whom. More importantly we need to be talking about the dimensions of our communities and the daily toll violence takes in America.
Here in the university we work hard at community building. How do we talk to one another? How do we care for one another? When do we intercede in someone else's business? When do we ask: "Are you all right?" "Can I help you out?"
Sandy Hook Elementary School paid attention to such details and lives were saved because of what they did. We commend their preparation and bravery. Can we be as brave when we carry these issues to the next level? How do we do that in our neighborhoods? In our small towns? On our blocks? In our cities? In our housing projects?
The religious communities in Newtown and the surrounding towns seem to have things together. Maybe the conversation begins there? Our chaplaincy here at MIT carries on conversations about well being in the community across boundaries of faith and privacy. Sometimes folks get offended and charge that such concerns are violations of personal space. They are, but sometimes we have to ask and answer hard questions about the well being of one another. I don't think anyone did that for Nancy Lanza.
Today for many Americans a basic value seems to be the desire to be left alone. I have seldom heard so much talk about freedoms lost or threatened. I do not think the status quo can be allowed to continue. Being left alone is not enough. The measures of success in our culture betray us. The large white house with the manicured landscape cries out.


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120. The £105 billion figure, what was
the base figure?
(Mr Cook) Sorry?
121. The revision was £105 billion, what
was the total it was a revision of?
(Mr Cook) It was £760 billion.
122. Of the order of 15 per cent.
(Mr Cook) It was 100 billion on 760.
123. So it was of the order of 15 per cent of
the total?
(Mr Cook) Yes.
124. What sort of decisions might that have
(Mr Cook) It did not influence the national accounts
because our national accountants took the data and validated it
against other sources which were not part of the survey. There
has been no change to national accounts. What it would have influenced,
I have no doubt, is anyone looking at the performance of the pensions
125. They would have had too rosy a picture?
(Mr Cook) They would have had a very different picture
from what we presented, yes.
126. There was another change. The Times
on 22 October reported that following an investigation by the
ONS the estimated value of pension contributions for last year
has been reduced from £86.4 billion to £43.7 billion,
almost half. You had an investigation I believe which showed the
original Government figure for new investment included billions
of pounds of pension transfers. Can you explain this to us?
(Mr Cook) That error was a result of labelling which
was not precise in a statistical table which had been prepared
accurately itself, and the statistics were accurate, but the labelling
did not make it clear that it was dealing with gross flows into
pension schemes and out of them rather than netting off the flows
which go from one pension scheme to another.
Chairman: Double counting.
127. Which should it have been? Should it have
been the net flow?
(Mr Cook) No, it was reporting on the information
available from those inquiries so it was reporting on the gross
flows. Net flows were not estimated in that survey. It should
have been more effectively labelled. It had been labelled for
well over 20 years with a footnote at the bottom of the table
of what it was actually rather than being very clear in the actual
table heading.
128. I am getting confused. What was the table
meant to be: two gross flows?
(Mr Cook) Two gross flows, yes.
129. Is that what these figures I quoted were?
(Mr Cook) The £85 million was a gross flow, yes.
130. The £84 million was gross?
(Mr Cook) Yes. In fact, the net flows are obtained
from other information that we gather so when we produce again
the national accounts side of the office, another source of information
is obtained which estimates the netting out that goes on in the
insurance industry. This particular survey did not collect that
netting out.
131. This figure of £86.4 billion was a
gross flow and that gross flow then reduced to £43.7 billion,
that was the nature of the gross flow after revisions?
(Mr Cook) When you took the flows between pension
funds, yes. When you derive net flows from the gross flows figure
by using other information about the transfers between pension
schemes, the net inflows into pension schemes becomes £46
132. How do you end up with an error of this
magnitude? Does anybody have a reality check on this? Do people
calculate figures to three decimal places and find out by a factor
of two?
(Mr Cook) What will rectify this failure more significantly
is the production, which we will produce now, of a table which
takes this information and works right through to national accounts
and brings in each of the alternative sources in pensions so you
can see the complete flow of individual sources of information
right through to the final net flow into pension funds which is
the aggregate that we publish. The problem with this was that
we were publishing an entirely separate survey and yet its effective
use required the bringing together of other information and that
was not clear.
133. Lightening seems to have struck the same
part of your organisation twice, does it not, one error in 1999
and the other in 2002? Is there something wrong with the pensions
area in the statistics they cover?
(Mr Cook) I think it is an area in which we believe
we have not responded quickly enough to the significance of the
statistics which are used in terms of the materiality of the debate
on the numbers rather than reflecting the effort needed to produce
the statistics. The systems which have been used have been quite
old. We have inherited this work from other organisations.
134. Pensions have moved to the centre of the
political forum now. There is a lot of attention put on them.
How reliable are national statistics on different aspects of pensions?
Will they bear the weight of so much attention?
(Mr Cook) One of the most important elements of pensions
policy, of course, is population estimates and projections. I
think there we do a huge amount of work with Government actuaries
and with other organisations and we have very high quality and
very analytically rich pensions statistics. We have quite a comprehensive
set of income measures which tell you about the income position
of people both in retirement and near retirement. We have very
effective savings information. We have proposals for a survey
of wealth which will give us information about the wealth holdings
of people before and after retirement. This area of pension funds
is one part of the whole picture of the information that is needed
in the pensions policy but what I can assure you is that the broader
mix of statistics that we have is an area of considerable concern
to my office and one that I think we are able to perform very
effectively in. The United Kingdom has an incredibly rich amount
of work and understanding about the income and position, for example,
of its retired populations which provides a very informed amount
of public policy in a debate on its pensions. The area I think
where we have more vulnerability is understanding the wealth position
of people who are retired and coming to retirement age and there
we have got quite a comprehensive proposal for a wealth survey
that we are very keen to proceed with.
135. It seems to me that first of all we had
a million missing people and now we seem to have billions of pounds
worth of money which never existed either. From what you have
just told us the money was never there. I would be interested
to see what your wealth survey tells us but perhaps meanwhile,
when we put similar questions to Sir John Kingman, he said to
us ". . . we are trying to get to the bottom of the series
of mistakes that occurred there which seem to be somewhere around
the interface between the Department of Work and Pensions and
the Office for National Statistics. What we are going to do is
to challenge the National Statistician to take hold of the statistics
in the Department of Work and Pensions and to make sure that department
operates to the highest standards. . ." Are there weaknesses
there and what are they?
(Mr Cook) I am not aware of the weaknesses that Sir
John was talking about. In terms of our work with Work and Pensions
we rely hugely on benefits data, for example, which is a significant
driving force of neighbourhood statistics. What I can say there
in terms of information management is they are probably one of
the leading departments in the public sector in the effectiveness
of the use of administrative data and statistics.
136. He put to us that he thought there was
a cultural problem in the Department. If there is a problem in
the culture of developing and using statistics in the Department
of Work and Pensions that would have a significant effect on policy.
Are you aware of such a culture?
(Mr Cook) No, I am not. My Department has enacted
occasionally a vigorous relationship with the Department of Work
and Pensions but it is one where on a professional basis it is
a very productive relationship.
137. You are satisfied entirely that the interface
between you and them is of the highest professional standard and
we are getting absolutely spot-on information and we can all go
away and sleep easily in our beds tonight knowing that our pension
funds are safe in their hands?
(Mr Cook) I ceased recently the production of vacancy
statistics, for example, some nine months ago because with the
change to Employment Direct the registered vacancy statistics
had a somewhat different coverage than they have had traditionally.
I regarded it as inappropriate to regard that as a time series
that meant the same thing after Employment Direct came in as it
did before so I ceased producing that. That is a decision I have
made but that is not a criticism of the professionalism of the
Department of Work and Pensions, it is saying that one of their
administrative sources has changed its quality. We have a considerable
variety of debates and discussions of that sort but certainly
we have an effective professional relationship. We have had, as
you might have noticed in the media, occasional differences in
other ways but on a professional basis I would have no concerns,
it is similar very much to the other relationships we have.
138. These differences you have just alluded
to, would they affect these outputs?
(Mr Cook) No.
139. So the next time a minister makes an announcement
on pensions we can be confident that the figures he is using are
absolutely right?
(Mr Cook) If not you should be coming back at me.


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Dear Chinasavvy:
I am writing to thank you for the excellent job you have done in the development and manufacture of the turbines we commissioned you to undertake.
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Dear Chinasavvy
We have now been dealing with Chinasavvy for over 11 years and felt that I should send you a congratulatory message. We live in a global village where cultures, languages, communication, quality, price and delivery are a must. This is the constant, without all the ingredients gelling and working as one the whole game collapses. When I bought back what was the Engineering Division of my previous company in 2014 I decided to create a global company that sources, designs, manufactures, assembles and sells products throughout the world.
To achieve what I previously stated would not be possible without partnering with a company like Chinasavvy. Their honest, open approach provides so much more than just a "quality product". People make business, businesses do not make people. A fact that is Chinasavvy.
Throughout the past 11years you and your team have added so much more to us than just the supply of quality products. You have input enormously into the design, suggested ways that we can improve and manufacture more cost effectively and enhance the overall look and feel of the product. This is a function that goes way beyond the initial brief.
As many business people say "it's all in the detail" from which all companies grow or die and you have proved beyond all doubt that Chinasavvy delivers in more ways than one. In fact, it's very difficult to quantify exactly how much more you provide. I'd recommend anyone to take a bite out of "China" and the "Savvy" will become very apparent.
We would recommend Chinasavvy to companies (except our competitors) who are looking to produce products or parts of for a global market. Chinasavvy is most definitely the gateway to sourcing and producing high quality components in a controlled manner. Thank you for the past, present and our future.
Russell Wellings, Managing Director
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Dear Chinasavvy,
When we first approached you in 2010 and visited you in Guangzhou, China we have to confess that we were more than a little nervous. Up to then we had purchased all of our bespoke metal and plastic requirement in the US and we were worried about the possible quality out of China.
You soon proved to us that not only could you match the quality but generally exceeded it by far.
Now, you have consistently proven to us that quality is the number one weapon in your arsenal! In the seven years we have been working together you have become our #1 vendor because of the quality, communications and price that you consistently provide. The first order we placed with you was for $27K. This year you will be supplying us with $millions of high quality goods and parts.
We also appreciate your regular suggestions and improvements that you consistently make to improve, even further, the design and quality of our products – not to mention cost-down programs.
Chinasavvy will remain our #1 vendor because the trust, quality, communications and, importantly, price. Keep up the good work!
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It is my pleasure to write a reference for ChinaSavvy because quite simply I would not be writing this as the CEO of a successful start-up company if I had not had China Savvy backing me every inch of the way.
It was three years ago that I went to Guangzhou, clutching closely the 3D version of my brand new product which I believed would change the world.
I decided to go with ChinaSavvy over the other factories I visited because I trusted them to get my product out to the market before some copycat stole my idea. They delivered on this promise by secretly making componentry all over the place and then assembling the final product in their own factory.
But ChinaSavvy went much further than this.
Their own brilliant engineers worked tirelessly to make sure my product would not fail. This involved making a special machine that worked tirelessly night and day testing the vulnerable part of the product. They did this in their time and at their cost. Their control of the whole manufacturing process has in no small way being a major part of my success story.
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Just finished up my series on Star Wars movie novelizations for About.com. (There are a great many more adaptations of the six Star Wars films, of course, but one thing at a time.) Here they are, in order from worst to best:
6. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut is just... pointless. There were too many changes made between the screenplay used for the novelization and the final movie -- in particular, the dialogue between Han and Leia -- and the novelization adds nothing that wasn't in the movie. Possibly worth reading before ESB came out on home video, but certainly not now. 1.5/5 stars.
5. Episode II: Attack of the Clones by R.A. Salvatore definitely tries, including a lot of additional material that wasn't in the movies. Most of it is dull, however, and makes the novelization drag. If you want the extra material, watch the deleted scenes on your AotC DVD, but don't bother with the novelization. 2.5/5 stars.
4. Episode I: The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks gains half a star just for the opening scenes with Anakin and the way it develops his character beyond what's possible on screen. The rest of the novelization is just average, however, and the poor action scenes drag down the ending. 3.5/5 stars.
3. Episode IV: A New Hope by Alan Dean Foster is definitely the best novelization, stylistically, of the Original Trilogy, and it does a good job integrating background information to develop the universe. On the other hand, it fails to develop Darth Vader as a serious and frightening villain, which damages the story considerably. 3.5/5 stars.
2. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi by James Kahn has a lot of stylistic problems, including glossing over a lot of the action (a major fault of movie novelizations as a whole). However, this is redeemed by the added scenes and the way the the novelization gets inside Darth Vader's head, making the final showdown between Vader, Luke, and Palpatine a lot more involved and interesting. 4/5 stars.
1. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover is the best movie novelization I've read so far, hands down, especially considering the mess of a movie it had to work from. The dialogue feels natural, the characters and their relationships are much better developed, the fight scenes are kickass, and the book really reads like a novel, not like a novelization. If you only read one Star Wars movie novelization, it should be this one. 5/5 stars.
Interesting that the weakest movie in each trilogy (in my opinion) produced the best novelization. Although I suppose that makes a bit of sense: if you've already got a good movie, there's not a lot the novelization can add and a whole lot it can take away; whereas with something like Episode III, there's nowhere to go but up.


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This is paid by people earning more than £150,000. The Chancellor said that a rate of 50p had not made a huge difference to the tax take.


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KALAMAZOO—Jeffrey Fink, former Kalamazoo County prosecutor, will discuss "Re-entry After Incarceration" as part of the series of events Western Michigan University is staging this year for its common book read.
His brown-bag lunch presentation is set for noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, on WMU's main campus in the Lee Honors College Building lounge. The event is free and open to the public. Metered public parking is available around the honors college building.
University Common Read 2013-14 turns the spotlight on "Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong" by Raymond Bonner. The nonfiction page-turner chronicles the story of a man imprisoned for murder and then released after 30 years—27 of them spent on death row.
Fink will talk about his many years of experience with the Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Initiative, which aims to reduce crime and enhance public safety by implementing a seamless system of services for offenders from the time they enter prison through community reintegration and aftercare.
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A graduate of WMU and the University of Toledo, Fink joined the county prosecutor's office in 1980 and retired at the end of 2012, after having served on all three of the office's teams: district, family and circuit court. He was elected county prosecutor in 2004 and re-elected in 2008, and was appointed in 2012 by Gov. Rick Snyder to the Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice, on which he still serves.
Fink is known for having volunteered his time to a variety of organizations focused on underserved and disadvantaged populations as well as the community at large. He also has taught and lectured at WMU, Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Davenport University and for organizations throughout the state, such as the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan.
For more information about University Common Read 2013-14, visit the program's website. Direct questions to WMU's Miranda Howard, professor of University Libraries, at email@example.com or (269) 387-5166.


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If this decade has a "theme" when it comes to technology, it just might be the rise of the modern data center. While enterprises marvel at the power of data centers to make using business applications easier, and the rest of us take advantage of cloud services to store our data, it's important to remember that the elements that make these centralized repositories of computing power so appealing can also have ominous implications when misused.
Traditionally, hackers have made use of individual computers, or a networked string of individual computers, to do their dirty work. Increasingly, however, more sophisticated hackers are turning to data centers to harness the very power we admire so much.
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Recent attacks on U.S. banks by hackers are breathtaking in their intensity, surpassing all previous scope and damage. Since September of last year, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo (News - Alert), U.S. Bancorp, PNC, Capital One, Fifth Third Bank, BB&T and HSBC have all experienced similar attacks.
According to the New York Times, security researchers say that instead of exploiting individual computers, the attackers engineered entire networks of computers in data centers. The sophisticated and coordination of the attacks have led U.S. government officials to believe that it's not simply a few malicious attackers seeing what they could accomplish: instead, security agencies are blaming Iran, and believe the attacks are retaliation for U.S. sanctions on the nation.
"There is no doubt within the U.S. government that Iran is behind these attacks," said James A. Lewis, a former official in the State and Commerce Departments and a computer security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
Analysts have not offered any direct proof of these assertions, but say that a clue is in the intent of the attacks: they were not orchestrated to steal money or customer data, but instead to simply wreak havoc.
The dedicated denial of service (DDoS) attacks have originated from data centers all around the world. The various cloud services and public Web hosting services involved have all been infected with a complex kind of malware that is able to elude current security protocols.
The attacks are similar in nature to attacks waged on the nation of Estonia and its banks and media outlets in 2007. Though it was never proven (or if it was, the information was never made public), the attacks were thought to be state-sponsored by the Russian government. (The trigger event was the Estonians' removal of a Bronze Soldier Soviet war memorial in the Estonian capital of Tallinn.)
While the world in general becomes a more peaceful place (qualified by a reduction in the number of global wars), it's hard not to wonder if the next battle front won't involve guns, missiles and armies, but organized cyber-terrorism intended to cripple entire nations and their critical networks.


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A House Democrat disgusted by big banks and their new monthly fees for using debit cards proposed on Monday to make those charges illegal for Florida customers.
It may be a dream for angry consumers, but it begs a few questions. The biggest being, can it even happen?
Lake Worth Rep. Jeff Clemens says yes. His bill would prevent banks from imposing a dormancy fee or service fee on customers using debit cards.
His idea comes amid national frustration against corporate America and mammoth banks. Bank of America, for instance, will charge customers who use debit cards for purchases a $5 fee each month starting in January. Other banks moving toward charges include SunTrust, Regions Financial, Chase and Wells Fargo.
"They sold us on the idea that we were going to move to a cashless society and waited until we got rid of our checkbooks and stopped carrying cash and sprung fees on us," said Clemens, an energy performance contractor and former journalist.
Clemens cites the 2009 U.S. Supreme Court case Cuomo vs. Clearing House Association, in which the court decided federal law did not preempt states from enforcing their own laws in cases against national banks.
But Anthony DiMarco, a lobbyist for the Florida Bankers Association, says the state cannot impose the law because of the country's longstanding dual banking system.
State banks comply with state law and a few national regulations, he said, and national banks answer mostly to federal regulators like the FDIC. Big banks are allowed to charge fees under federal law.
"Generally we are against bills that give a competitive disadvantage to one group of banks over another," he said. "Potentially if a state bank wanted to charge this fee, they wouldn't be allowed to."
Plus, it's up to the customer whether to stick around for fees.
To read the complete article, visit www.miamiherald.com.