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Creating a Usable Space in Your Garage
Turn your garage into something usual and practical with these useful tips.
How much use are you getting out of your garage? If you are like a number of people out there, then you generally park your vehicle in the driveway and use your garage as a storage space for collecting junk. It's time that you took back your garage and started to make better use of that space. You have a number of options available for what you can do with the space, but you will find that the steps to actually getting to the point where you can use the space are nearly identical. Let's look at some of the ways that you can use the garage and what you need to do to get your garage into usable condition.
How Can You Use Your Garage?
The first thing to do is consider how you want to use your garage. What you plan to do will generally depend on the amount of space you have, but you have quite a few options. Perhaps you want to put in a workout room so you can keep in shape. Maybe you want a place where you can do some woodworking, or maybe an area where you can relax in front of the television when the kids and/or spouse are watching something in the living room. You could turn it into a game room, an office, a guest room, or anything else your heart desires.
Once you have an idea of what you want to do with the space, you will then be able to start thinking about the ways that you can get the garage ready to accommodate that vision.
Before you get started on the steps that follow though, you'll need to think about your budget and what it will allow as far as renovation costs go. You will still be able to declutter it and give yourself the space you need, but you might not be able to make all of the changes that you want right away. For example, if you want to have flooring, want to replace the garage door with a wall, or if you need new lighting installed by an electrician, consider the costs.
Remove the Clutter
Before anything else, remove the clutter that you have in your garage. Chances are that you have quite a bit of it that has accumulated over the years. You need to think about what you want to keep and what you are able to get rid of. Some of the items you may need to throw away. Others can be donated to charity, and you could even sell some of your items to help increase your budget for remodeling the garage. The goal is to remove as many of these items as possible so you have more space to work with in the garage.
Treating the Walls
You want your new space to be energy efficient and comfortable. This means you should insulate the walls if they aren't already. If you need to add walls to your garage, it is the perfect time to add more wiring and outlets, including Ethernet and USB support. Unless you are an experienced journeyman, you will want to hire a professional for any electrical and plumbing needs that you need to add to the garage. That is serious business, both for your safety in the short term (installation) and long (soundness of the wiring and connections in the garage).
Consider a Drop Ceiling
If you add a drop ceiling to your garage, it will look more like a regular room of your house and less like a garage that you converted. This isn't a step that's necessary for all garages, but if you are building a guest room, for example, it's a good option to consider.
Using the Garage for Your Car
Of course, you might want to go really crazy and actually use the garage for its original purpose. If that's the case, then you probably won't need to do too much work other than decluttering the space. To ensure that you are able to keep the clutter under control, you can add some cabinets, and even some overhead storage. This will allow you to keep many of your items, but they will be out of the way so you can get your vehicle into the garage.
No matter how you plan to use your garage, the first step is removing the clutter. This is the biggest problem that most people have. Take the time to think about what you plan to do with your space and only then proceed. Even though many of these changes are DIY, keep in mind that you might need to call in the professionals. Create your plan, budget, and then move forward.
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Prove It: Antiarrhythmics improve survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Rescue 46 and Engine 13 respond to an unconscious person at a high school football game. Dispatch reports an off-duty firefighter on the scene performing CPR.
Upon arrival, Engine 13 confirms the absence of a pulse and takes over CPR using a metronome to assist in maintaining the appropriate rate. After application of the AED pads, the device recommends a shock, which firefighters deliver immediately. The engine crew resumes high-quality CPR at a 30:2 compression/ventilation ratio.
Rescue 46 arrives and plugs the AED pads into the manual defibrillator, which displays ventricular fibrillation. Paramedic Davis delivers the second shock on time and the crew begins the next two-minute period of CPR.
Paramedic Davis asks the paramedic intern to establish an IV, which she easily does. After securing the IV, the intern administers epinephrine. While waiting for the next rhythm check, the intern asks if she should get the amiodarone ready. Davis quickly explains this particular EMS agency does not administer antiarrhythmics during a resuscitation attempt.
During the next six minutes, the patient receives two additional shocks and one additional milligram of epinephrine. At the next rhythm check, the patient has organized complexes and a palpable pulse. The patient remains comatose, does not breathe on his own and has a blood pressure of 104/72 mmHg.
During transport, the patient has another episode of ventricular fibrillation and the medics resume CPR. On arrival in the emergency department, the patient remains in cardiac arrest. The ED staff provides a thirty-minute resuscitation attempt. Without any response, the ED physician terminates the attempt.
Back at the station, the intern asks why the agency does not use an antiarrhythmic during a resuscitation attempt. She explains her school taught her to give amiodarone, which helps improve survival rates. Davis explains the local medical director removed the amiodarone from the ambulances last year stating there was no evidence it was effective.
Study review
The primary purpose of the ALPS investigation was to determine if amiodarone or a plain saline placebo resulted in greater survival to hospital discharge regardless of the neurological status of the patient — primary outcome variable, although the researchers collected data on a number of other outcome variables. The secondary purpose of the investigation was to compare lidocaine to a placebo and compare amiodarone to lidocaine. This hierarchy of comparisons highlights where the researchers expected to find the greatest differences in outcome measures [2].
Although this investigation utilized the same formulation of lidocaine used in resuscitation for decades, the type of amiodarone used was new. The standard formulation of amiodarone used in many early studies contained two chemicals that helped keep the drug dissolved in the liquid [3]. Both of these chemicals are independently known to reduce the force of myocardial contraction and produce hypotension [4-6]. These effects may be responsible for the lack of long-term survival seen in earlier trials of the drug [2].
The present study used a new formulation of amiodarone that did not contain the harmful stabilizers. The new captisol-enabled formulation of IV amiodarone keeps the drug dissolved in liquid but does not produce the harmful side effects associated with the earlier formulation [3].
The study drugs were packed in sealed boxes that paramedics would open after determining patient eligibility. Each ambulance had one kit, which was carried to the scene along with all other resuscitation equipment.
Each kit had three identical glass syringes marked with labels that read 1A, 1B, or 2. The contents of the three syringes in each kit were identical; each syringe contained 150 mg of amiodarone, 60 mg of lidocaine, or plain saline.
Paramedics, research staff and hospital staff were unaware of the contents of each individual kit — double blinded. If the patient received the contents of all three syringes, the total dose of drugs administered during the resuscitation attempt was 450 mg of amiodarone or 180 mg of lidocaine.
Patients received CPR according to the 2010 AHA Guideline recommendations [7]. During this trial, the ROC was also conducting a comparison study on the effectiveness of continuous chest compressions versus interrupted chest compressions that followed the traditional 30:2 compression/ventilation ratio.
Patients in the ALPS study may also have been enrolled in the chest compression study. A summary of the chest compression study results can be found here.
CPR quality measures were closely monitored and strictly enforced during the study period. For continued participation in the study, EMS personnel in each participating agency had to meet certain CPR quality measures related to rate, depth, and chest compression fraction. In addition, the agencies had to meet other quality benchmarks such as completeness of patient care records, submission of ECG reports and timeliness of interventions.
After beginning chest compressions and providing bag mask ventilation, paramedics performed advanced life support interventions according to local protocol. In some cases, the first defibrillation attempt occurred before arrival of ALS personnel. In other cases, ALS personnel delivered the first shock immediately upon identifying a shockable rhythm (analyze early) or after delivering two minutes of high quality CPR (analyze later). During the two-minute period after the first shock, paramedics attempted to gain intravenous access, either through a peripheral venous or intraosseous site but did not administer any medications.
Patients who did not require subsequent shocks beyond the first defibrillation were not eligible for inclusion in this study. Among other eligibility criteria, the adult patient had to receive at least two shocks in the field.
After delivery of the second shock, the paramedics administered the first dose of epinephrine and opened the ALPS kit, which enrolled the patient into one of the three treatment arms. If the paramedic estimated the patient's weight to be over 100 pounds, the paramedic administered the 1A and 1B syringes. If the patient weighed less than 100 pounds, the paramedic only administered the 1A syringe.
If the patient remained in a shockable rhythm after two additional minutes of high-quality CPR, the crew delivered a third shock. After resuming CPR, the paramedic delivered a second dose of epinephrine and the contents of the ALPS syringe with the label 2 regardless of the weight of the patient. All subsequent care followed agency specific protocols and may have included additional epinephrine, vasopressin, sodium bicarbonate, beta-blockers, procainamide or magnesium.
The study protocol is summarized in Figure 1.
Results of the ALPS trial
Factors known to influence survival from OOH cardiac arrest were balanced over the three groups. This included factors such as whether the arrest occurred in a public place, whether the collapse was witnessed, whether bystanders performed CPR or delivered the first shock with an AED. The time it took for BLS and ALS responders to arrive on the scene were not different between the three groups.
In the primary analysis, 24.4 percent of the patients who received amiodarone, 23.7 percent of the patients who received lidocaine, and 21.0 percent of the patients who received placebo survived long enough to be discharged from the hospital. Although there was roughly a three percent absolute difference in survival between patients who received an antiarrhythmic and those who did not, the differences between the groups were not statistically significant and could have occurred simply as a matter of chance.
As often happens in clinical trials, the researchers and statisticians looked at treatment effects among various subgroups. This analysis provided some very interesting results. For example, if bystanders witnessed the cardiac arrest, survival to hospital discharge rates were about five percent higher if the patient received either amiodarone or lidocaine when compared to placebo. Additionally, if EMS personnel witnessed the collapse, survival was about 20 percent higher in patients who received amiodarone instead of placebo.
What the ALPS trial means for EMS providers
Researchers in the ALIVE Trial found similar results in a comparison of amiodarone to lidocaine [9]. The results of the ALPS Trial support the findings of both earlier trials.
The latest American Heart Association guidelines, released before publication of the ALPS Trial, note that recommendations for the use of antiarrhythmic medication in the treatment of cardiac arrest are based primarily on short-term survival benefits, not long-term survival benefits [10].
Study limitations
Although possible, this seems unlikely in this investigation. Hospital personnel were blinded to the experimental groups — meaning they did not know who received the lidocaine, who received the amiodarone, or who received a placebo. This helped prevent hospital staff from treating one group differently than the others.
The research staff also measured several aspects of the hospital care, such as whether patients received targeted temperature management, coronary catheterization within 24 hours of admission, an implanted cardiovascular defibrillator or withdrawn or limited care. With respect to these variables, there were no differences between the groups.
In this trial, it took paramedics, on average, about 19 minutes from the moment they arrived on the scene until they administered the study drugs. In two other randomized control trials, the drugs were not given until 21 and 25 minutes after ALS arrival on scene [8,9]. One might argue the reason the drugs do not appear effective is they are given too late in the resuscitation attempt. Historically, a vasopressor is always the first medication administered during a resuscitation attempt. No one knows whether earlier administration of an antiarrhythmic would result in a different outcome.
Based on the results of two earlier trials [8,9], the ALPS researchers believed the administration of amiodarone would result in about a 6 percent increase in survival to hospital discharge. Using those numbers to perform a power analysis, the researchers determined they would need to enroll about 3,000 patients in the ALPS Trial to prove the survival increase really does exist (1000 people per group).
Since the actual survival to hospital discharge rate was only about three percent, the ALPS Trial was not sufficiently powered to demonstrate improved survival resulting from amiodarone. It could be that amiodarone actually is beneficial in increasing long-term survival rates, but this investigation would need about three times as many patients before being able to prove so.
ROC ALPS Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo Study.
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Notwithstanding all of the negative indicators, real estate continues to play a massive role in America's economy. Real estate lawyers are finding new ways to arrange financing, new ways to draft documents and new ways to serve their clients.
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Professional farewell are usually written by the employees or subordinates to their respective boss. This is written along with a reminder in respect to their resignation. This kind of letter states every vital followings which is needed. Moreover the professional farewell letters states every vital followings with certain formalities if needed. This kind of letter mentions every details of the employee as well as the dates of notice period which is being served.
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Professional Farewell Letters Writing Tips:
- Dues should be mentioned – While writing such farewell letters, one should mention all the dues for making further references.
- Leaving an email message – Before leaving the office or company, the writer leaves an email having the farewell message to all the co-workers. This results for them to know that the writer is going to resign or move out of the office.
- Including a contact number – While writing a professional farewell letter, the writer should mention his or her contact number for staying in touch.
- Be short and simple – During writing such letter, one should keep it short and simple. Lengthy explanations should be avoided.
- Do not mention sufficient basics – As the professional farewell letter would be kept under a permanent file, so it would be better to not mention too many basics.
- Mentioning a positive reason – The first preference for writing professional farewell letter, a person should mention a valid and positive cause for leaving the company or office.
- Provision of contact number – Giving contact number or an email address is a must for such kinds of farewell letters.
- Being thankful – Thanking the boss and the other employees for the opportunities being provided to the writer.
- Should not vent – When a person is writing a professional farewell letter, he or she should not express the feelings on a forceful manner.
- A notice period should also be provided in the professional farewell letter.
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I have provided a position as _____ (preferred job title), a position which would give me a better opportunity for my future.
I heartily tank you and this organization for support and co-operation. It was truly a wonderful experience working here. I am providing my contact number xxxxxxxxxx, but my email address would be same. So if you wish to contact me, then you can call me anytime.
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Lord Thomson of Monifieth: My Lords, I am much obliged. If I used the word "exploit" in a way that caused offence to the noble Lord, Lord Stoddart, I wish that I had used another word. The main thrust of my argumentand the noble Lord will realise this when he reads the Hansard reportwas to say that, in dealing with fraud and waste generally, we are on the same side, although we started with different motives.
Lord Stoddart of Swindon: My Lords, I am very pleased to have that apology from the noble Lord because I certainly do not want to use the terms "waste" and "fraud" to make my arguments. But, in any event, how reliable are the figures that the Chancellor gives, bearing in mind the source from which they emanate? After all, it is the same Chancellor who commended the Maastricht Treaty to us all without having first read it and who had to reviseas we have already heardthis year's net contribution to the EC upwards by £740 million, from £1,700 million to £2,440 million, all in the space of eight months. I am afraid the attempts of the noble Baroness to explain that awful mistake did not go down very well with the House and certainly did not satisfy me.
The House of Commons has been informed that as a result of this Bill there will be an additional contribution of £250 million four years hence. Can we really place any reliability on these figures? Can we have the assurance this afternoon that that figure will not exceed £250 million by 1999? But whatever the figures turn out
I sincerely hope that this is the last Bill of its kind that is presented to Parliament. The Government might yet go some way to redeeming themselves in the eyes of the country if they declared unequivocally that they will not agree to further increases in EC financing and indeed will make every effortthey can do so, as we have heard from the noble Lord, Lord Boyd-Carpenter, this afternoon, by reducing the £800 million on tobacco subsidiesto reduce the Euro-budget by reducing fraud, refusing to extend the scope of EC powers and activities, and repatriating (this should also apply to agriculture), many of the powers which have wilfully and wrongly been filched from the British people.
Baroness Elles: My Lords, I should first like to congratulate my noble friend Lord Kingsland on his maiden speech. It is particularly appropriate that I should do so as we were colleagues for some years in the European Parliament. I can only say that it is a great loss to the European Parliament to have lost such a distinguished speaker on behalf of British interests. But at least the House of Lords will have gained a distinguished speaker. We are certainly very pleased to have him here and to hear his speech today.
The noble Lord, Lord Richard, rather implied that the Government side are merely paying a kind of tribute to the Prime Minister as regards how well he did at Edinburgh. I believe he deserves a tribute in that regard. It is high time that the British people realised what he did for Britain at that summit which perhaps did not receive the publicity that it should have done. I hope that the debates in both Houses will at least put on record what he achieved for Britain. Some people mock him for saying he is at the heart of Europe. However, he could not have achieved what he did achieve if he did not have the support of the other member states because the kind of agreement we are discussing depends on a unanimous vote. The Prime Minister received support for reducing the Commission's proposed figure of 1.37 per cent. of GNP by 1999 to 1.27 per cent. That is a considerable sum in terms of millions of pounds.
The noble Lord, Lord Stoddart, referred to GNP. We are eighth in the table of member states as regards GNP. The noble Lord should be pleased that the Prime
Lord Stoddart of Swindon: My Lords, of course I would like to see those figures. However, I was talking about net contributions, not gross contributions. I believe the noble Baroness may be talking about gross contributions. In net terms I think she will find that in 1994 we will pay some £1,400 million more than France.
Baroness Elles: My Lords, I agree with that particular figure but, as far as payments are concerned, the UK was third and not second after Germany. As regards the achievements of the Prime Minister, there has been some discussion as to whether they were really constitutional. No one can surpass my noble friend Lord Beloff as regards his stature as one of our great historians in this House. My noble friend went back to 1366 in his speech. I wish merely to go back to 1992 when the Prime Minister gave his word that we would honour our obligation in agreement with the 11 other member states. We did not need to write anything in Norman French. I believe it was probably written in perfectly good English, and translated into the other eight or nine Community languages. That agreement was made and the Prime Minister expected his party, and indeed his Government, to keep that word which was given on behalf of the United Kingdom Government. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a Written Answer in Hansard of another place on 14th December 1994. He stated:
I believe that that to some extent answers the point that was made by my noble friend Lord Beloff. It is up to Parliament to decide whether or not we pass this Bill. I know that this House is in a special position because this Bill has been certified as a money Bill. However, in theory if not in fact, the House of Commons had a perfect right to throw the Bill out and not accept the agreement which the Prime Minister undertook on behalf of the United Kingdom at Edinburgh.
I do not believe my next point about spending has been mentioned. Many people are saying that there is a lot of extra money involved in this matter and they ask what it is being spent on. I think we sometimes forget
I believe that the debate has gone somewhat astray on the question of fraud. My noble friend Lord Cockfield rightly pointed out how the system works. No one knows better than he how it works, having also been a distinguished member of the Treasury in an earlier incarnation. I agree very much with the noble Lord, Lord Thomson of Monifieth, that it is difficult to find total honesty anywhere, whether it is in the Community, a member state or anywhere else. It depends on the opportunities for fraud which are available.
Perhaps I may quote a rather ancient example. I used to be interested in juvenile delinquency at one stage in my political life and I attended an international meeting at which distinguished members spoke of juvenile delinquency in their countries. In the west we were very concerned because delinquency was increasing considerably. That must have been in the 1960s. I remember the Russian delegate being very smug and saying that Russia had very little juvenile delinquency. Then we discovered that the only thing that children in Russia could steal were bicycles, and they had much less temptation than people living in western society and did not have the opportunities. There is no doubt that where there is opportunity people will take that opportunity, whatever their nationality.
I am sorry to say that in our own country we have only to remember that last year £654 million of fraud was detected in relation to social security benefits. That was confirmed in answer to a Written Question in Hansard for the other place recently. The latest Inland Revenue report for 1994 shows that £4.75 billion was restored through the compliance efforts of the Inland Revenue. That is a sizeable sum when compared with fraud elsewhere.
I should like to raise the question of control of Commission spending. As my noble friend Lord Cockfield pointed out, it is not the Commission itself which controls the money. There should be parliamentary scrutiny of how the money is spent. It is our own Parliament's fault if we do not analyse how expenditure is carried out.
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Parallel Trails is all about family ski holidays and skiing as a family. We are passionate about skiing and families who love to ski. This ski travel website aims to help you enjoy the perfect family ski holiday. It includes tips and advice so families can enjoy skiing holidays in parallel with their children - the team behind Parallel Trails love to ski as a family so we know how good it feels to go skiing with your children. Parallel Trails is an independent ski travel site for the family ski market, offering practical and honest articles on family ski holidays and family skiing. Why don't you join us on our online family snow & mountain adventure. Happy family skiing! © Parallel Trails 2017
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We are all creatures of habit in one way or another. And when it comes to skiing as a family, it is sometimes hard to break away from what you know. Familiarity with a resort often equals a stress-free holiday. But with so many places to ski, every now and again we all should try something different, something a little off the beaten track.
Going skiing with children can be a challenge at the best of times, so if someone said how about going on a four-day family ski trip, with an overnight coach journey at either end. What would you say - you're mad? No chance! Or you need your head tested? Well Parallel Trails is always up for a snow and mountain adventure, so we said "let's give it a go".
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There are plenty of benefits to family skiing adventures - time together away from the distractions of work and school, an active break in a beautiful mountain setting and a cultural experience to broaden the mind of young and old. But just how easy is it to go skiing as a family? And when can you start hitting the slopes en famille?
Jamie Nicholls, is a Bradford-born snowboarder who started out on his local dry slope in Halifax. Since joining the British Ski and Snowboard team at the age of 15, Jamie has travelled the world competing in snowboard competitions.
Ten days, 1,500 miles and three ski resorts - can a long-distance road trip to Austria, with all the packing and unpacking involved, ever result in a successful family skiing holiday? We've road tested the concept and are rather taken with the Tirol. So if you are thinking about where to ski this season with your family, you should consider it.
Norway is a family-friendly skiing destination that is easy to reach from the UK. So should we be concerned by reports of expensive holiday costs, short daylight hours and Arctic temperatures? No we shouldn't because it offers a brilliant alternative to tradtional Alpine resorts.
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The resorts of the Hautes Pyrenees offer undaunting beginner areas, easy to get to powder that is accessible for all the family, fun snowparks and a little bit of James Bond skiing. Plus apres-ski means relaxing in the naturally-fed thermal baths. If you haven't family skied here, you need to go!
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Two weeks after FOX Business reporter David Asman filed a devastating report raising serious questions about former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer's PAC funneling money to a shell non-profit, Schweitzer announced on Saturday he will not run for the U.S. Senate.
Schweitzer, who was considered Democrats' best hope for winning the open-seat election, denies Asman's revelations prompted his decision.
"I never wanted to be in the U.S. Senate," said Schweitzer. "I kicked the tires. I walked to the edge and looked over."
On July 1, Asman reported that Schweitzer had set up a PAC named the Council for Sustainable America that in March 2010 made a $306,779 donation to a shadowy 501 (c)(4) group with a similar-sounding name called the American Sustainability Project. Recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules state that tax-exempt groups "must certify that political campaign intervention involves 40% or less of both their spending and time." When Asman's investigative team visited the address listed for the group, individuals in the building said they had never heard of the organization.
"It seems clear that this is just a political vehicle of Brian Schweitzer who wants to run for the U.S. Senate," concluded Asman.
Schweitzer was a prominently featured speaker at the 2008 and 2012 Democratic National Conventions. His decision not to vie for Montana's U.S. Senate seat "is expected to stun the Democratic political establishment" and "imperils Democrats' chances of holding the seat and could further narrow an ever-shrinking 2014 Senate map" for Democrats, reports Politico.
Republican Senatorial Committee spokesperson Brad Dayspring says the Schweitzer announcement renders a stunning blow to Democrats.
"Just two days ago, Senate Democrats were quoted promising Brian Schweitzer tremendous resources to get in the race," said Dayspring.
Still, Schweitzer contends his decision not to run was personal.
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We added 'Fish Rain' to our Word Wishlist for the #6FrameStoryChallenge to encourage a bit of whimsy. But did you know that people have actually witnessed fish rain in the past? There are several interesting explanations and you should definitely read more about it (frogs, spiders and worms too!). Anyway, we've been so fascinated by how each illustrator has picked 6 words and interpreted it in their own unique way. We're sending a little whimsy your way and so you must have a look at Vidya Gopal's visual story.
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BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) - A Republican senator from northern Idaho has compared the country's health care plans to the Holocaust.
Idaho Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll (R-Cottonwood) posted the comments to her Twitter and Facebook accounts this week.
"The insurance companies are creating their own tombs," Nuxoll wrote. "Much like the Jews boarding the trains to concentration camps, private insurers are used by the feds to put the system in place because the federal government has no way to set up the exchange."
The senator, who's been an Idaho legislator since 2010, opposes President Obama's health care plans as well as Idaho's plan to begin an insurance exchange program.
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The trial of Muhammad Morsi, Egypt's first freely-elected President, began Monday amid an atmosphere of high tension and tight security in Egypt's capital, Cairo.
Morsi, along with 14 senior members of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, faces charges of incitement of violence and murder. If convicted, all could face the death penalty.
Egyptian state TV reported that the trial formally began shortly before 11 a.m. local time, but was quickly adjourned by presiding judge Ahmed Sabry Youssef because the chants of the defendants were disrupting the proceedings. Security officials inside the courtroom told the Associated Press the delay was caused by Morsi's insistence not to change into the prison uniform customarily worn by defendants, part of his refusal to recognize the trial's legitimacy.
Morsi defiantly told the court that he is the country's "legitimate" leader and it has no jurisdiction to try him.
The trial will resume on Jan. 8 to give defense lawyers time to review documents.
The trial marks Morsi's first public appearance since he was deposed by Egypt's military on July 3. He was brought from the secret location of his four-month detention to the venue of his trial -- a police academy in an eastern Cairo district -- by helicopter, according to Egypt's official MENA news agency. His co-defendants were taken to the venue from their jail in a suburb south of the city in armored police cars.
In a last-minute change, authorities on Sunday switched the trial's venue in a move apparently aimed at thwarting mass rallies planned by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Hundreds of black-clad riot police backed by armored vehicles deployed around the sprawling complex where the trial will be held. Several military armored vehicles were also deployed. Police helicopters hovered over the site. The final stretch of road leading to the academy was sealed off, with only authorized personnel and accredited journalists allowed to approach the facility.
The academy is also being used for the re-trial of Morsi's predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, whose 29-year regime was toppled in a 2011 popular uprising. Mubarak is charged with failing to stop the killing of some 900 protesters during the 18-day uprising.
Several hundred Morsi supporters gathered outside the police academy, carrying posters of the ousted president and banners depicting an open palm with four fingers -- the symbol commemorating a pro-Morsi sit-in that was violently cleared by security forces in August. They also chanted slogans against Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the military chief who led the July coup.
Across town, several hundred Morsi supporters also rallied outside the Supreme Constitutional Court and the capital's main court complex in the downtown area.
"I came here to witness this farce," Gamal Azab, a Morsi supporter, said outside the police academy. "I am not afraid of the police, but I am worried about my country."
Since his detention, Morsi has had little communication with the outside world. He will likely represent himself in the trial, the first public figure to do so in the host of trials of politicians since Mubarak's ouster, Brotherhood lawyers have said.
Morsi will also likely use the platform to insist he is still the legitimate president of Egypt, question the trial's legitimacy and turn it into an indictment of the July coup, further energizing his supporters in the street.
During four months of detention, Morsi has been extensively questioned by prosecutors and has not been allowed to meet with lawyers. He has spoken at least twice by telephone to his family and received two foreign delegations. Brotherhood supporters have called the detention an outright kidnapping, and Morsi has refused to cooperate with his interrogators.
Morsi will face charges along with 14 other Brotherhood figures and allies -- including top leaders Mohammed el-Beltagy and Essam el-Erian -- in connection to clashes last December outside his presidential palace that left at least 10 dead.
In those riots, Morsi supporters set upon peaceful protesters camped outside the Cairo palace. Day-long clashes followed and video clips posted on social networks showed Morsi supporters detaining and torturing opposition protesters outside the walls of the palace. The Brotherhood claims that most of the victims were Brotherhood supporters, but that assertion is disputed.
Unlike Mubarak's first trial, the proceedings against Morsi are not likely to be aired live. After Monday's session, Morsi will probably be taken back to the secret location he has been held at, instead of being transferred to a normal prison, for fear his supporters would turn the prison surroundings into a "focal point of endless protests."
The judge in Mubarak's retrial has ruled that those hearings would not be televised, a move seen as a reaction to the chaos that defined the first trial, when Mubarak and his security chief received life sentences.
After the July coup, Egypt has witnessed one of its worst bouts of violence in decades. On Aug. 14, security forces violently cleared protest camps set up by Morsi supporters, sparking days of unrest that left more than 1,000 dead.
Since then, violent incidents have multiplied: a suicide car bomber tried to assassinate Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim in September, and dozens of members of the security forces have been killed in a string of drive-by shootings, explosions and car bombs. Churches have been torched, and in an attack in Cairo last month, four Christian Copts and one Muslim were killed in a drive-by shooting outside a church.
Both government officials and Morsi's supporters forecast bleak scenarios for Monday, with each side accusing the other of plotting killings, including that of Morsi himself. There were no reports of violence by late morning.
A Brotherhood-led group has called for mass rallies, while the interior minister has ordered the deployment of large numbers of security forces to guard the trial venue. Ibrahim, the interior minister, has warned that any breach of security by Morsi supporters would be harshly dealt with.
Cairo's traffic was lighter than usual for a Monday morning, suggesting that some of the capital's estimated 18 million residents have opted to stay home for fear of violence. Some private schools told parents to keep their children at home Monday, but state schools, government offices and banks were operating normally. Security was beefed up at vital installations across the country in anticipation of violence.
Meanwhile, a newspaper known for close ties to the military published on Sunday what appeared to be the first pictures of Morsi in detention.
The daily el-Watan published a transcript of remarks it says were made by Morsi and captured on video, describing him as being "in total denial" and saying, "I am the president of the republic, in accordance with the constitution." Later in the day, it posted a video showing Morsi wearing a blue track suit, sitting on a chair and speaking calmly.
The paper quoted him as saying: "I will represent myself in front of any court ... I am not involved in killings of the protesters ... I will tell judges that."
A military official said the video was leaked to the paper in order to give his supporters a first glance of the former president to lessen the impact of the shock of his first public appearance.
International rights groups have called for a fair trial for Morsi.
In a Sunday statement, London-based Amnesty International said Morsi's trial is a "test" for the Egyptian authorities, who must grant him the "right to challenge the evidence against him in court," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty's Middle East director.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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On the Stone floor there are four pairs of stones, two being Derbyshire grit stones and two French Burr stones. We currently grind flour on one of the French Burrs stones but hope in the near future to have another stone turning.
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How to do a Sexy Twist Out on Natural Hair
How to do a Twist Out on Natural Hair Introduction
Doing a twist out on natural hair is not hard. There are a few techniques that make a great twist out, but once you get the basics down there is nothing to it. Once you learn the foundations, you can tweak what you have learned, and add to it. You never know, you could make it better. With that said, let's get started.
Make Your Own Hair Product from Scratch
Twist Out on Natural Hair Technique #1--Make Sure You Have the Right Product for Your Hair
Natural hair can be manageable if the hair is kept moisturized. Therefore, before you start your twist out, make sure you have a product that you like, and that is good for moisturizing your hair. I cannot stress enough how the right product for your hair can do wonders. If you want a product that does not have bad ingredients for your hair, does not leave build up, keeps your hair soft, and enables your hairstyles to come out flawlessly, you are going to have to do one of two things: do some deep research on the best natural hair products, or make your own hair product from scratch.
I recommend you learn how to make your own hair products if you haven't already. A great product can have your twist out come out fierce. Secondly, If you have not washed your hair in a while (for example, if you have not washed your hair in a week), I suggest you co-wash it.
Co-Wash Your Hair
Twist Out on Natural Hair Technique #2 -- Make Sure Your Hair is Clean
Co-washing is when you wash your hair with a conditioner. If you want your hairstyles to last, and to be super fresh, it is best to have clean hair.
However, if you have just co-washed your hair, or if you are planning on co-washing your hair before you do your twist out, be sure your hair is either dry or damp. You do not want to do a "twist out on natural hair" that is wet. Personally, I like to wait until my hair is damp. If you wait until your hair is damp or dry, then your hair will set faster. However, if you try to do a twist out on wet hair, it may take a while before your hair sets.
Question: What Kind of Twist Out do You Want?
Do you want a big wavy twist out, a curlier more refined twist out, or a curlier refined twist out that is big? If you prefer bigger wavier hair, than you will part your hair into bigger sections. If you want a curlier more refined twist out, then you will twist your hair into small sections. You can leave them as is once you untwist them, or you can take each strand, and split it into two. If want a curlier refined twist out but bigger, then follow the method of the curlier more refined twist out above. This time, instead of splitting them into twos, split or separate them into threes and fours.
Your next thought may be, "I wonder how many twists?" How many twists are up to you, it is your preference. Just remember, the bigger the twists the wavier and bigger the hair. The smaller the twists the curlier and more refined.
Tip: If you know you want a bang, strategically part and twist your hair where you want your bang, or concentrate on making twists in the area you want the most emphasis. In short, literally make a bang of two strand twists across your forehead.
Twist Outs Done with Smaller Twist and Then separated
Let's Get Started
Now that your hair is either damp or dry, begin parting your hair into sections. For a sexy "twist out on natural hair" part your hair into four or six big sections, or just part as you go. If you want a wavy twist out, part out a nice sizable piece of hair, if you want a curlier twist out, part out a smaller section of hair. Once you have determined the size of your twist, take the section of hair you have chosen, and separate them into two strands:
1) Apply product on hair starting from the end of the hair to the scalp. (Just dipping your fingers in your product will be enough.)
2) Grasp each strand at the top close to your scalp.
3) Begin twisting them around one another keeping a hold of one strand with your pointer finger and your thumb.
4) One hand holds the strand firmly with the pointer finger and thumb while rolling and twisting it at the same time, the other hand delivers the other strand to the other hand once it is done twisting the other strand.
5) Repeat. Basically, with the two strands, you are twirling or twisting one strand as you are wrapping it around the other strand, and then doing the same thing to the other strand.
6) Keep doing this and remember to twist the two strands around each other as firmly as possible. The firmer, the tighter and better your "twist out on natural hair" will be.
How to do a Twist Out on Natural Hair provided by 4mySisterz
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Hi Dignified:
Do you mind giving out any recipes for making your own hair products?
I disagree. I think that you should have your hair wait for a successful twist out. Obviously not soaking wet, but if it's damp to dry, your twist out will be frizzy, in addition, it will be hard to detangle. Towel dry your hair a bit, put the product in there, seal the ends, and comb through it. Once you have done this, then start your twisting. Yes, it will be wet but this will really allow the product and moisture to seep through.
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this twist-out style is real cool. the fellows are not as inventive with hair as women,so it sets the stage for a very ecentric look for me..trend setter in the north west
Great tips! I wear twists and twist outs all-year round. I do medium-sized twists to give my hair more volume.
Great hub on Black hair, I voted up and bookmarked! I too twist my hair but I do small twists, takes longer but I like it!


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LAS VEGAS — FCC chairman Julius Genachowski tried to assuage broadcasters' concerns about aspects of the National Broadband Plan Tuesday, repeatedly assuring attendees at the National Assn. of Broadcasters confab that the commission's effort to reclaim some broadcast spectrum from local TV stations is entirely voluntary.
"These auctions are voluntary. Period. Participation is up to the licensee and no one else," Genachowski told the packed ballroom in his keynote address at the Las Vegas Hilton.
The broadband plan the FCC presented to Congress last month proposes that the FCC auction off chunks of spectrum to wireless broadband providers (with stations sharing in the proceeds) to spread the availability of high-speed Internet service across the country. The NAB has raised red flags about language in the 377-page plan that suggests the FCC would take back some spectrum now allotted to broadcasters if there was not enough voluntary participation by stations.
Congress ultimately will decide whether the FCC will hold auctions of reclaimed spectrum as it reviews aspects of the plan that require legislation. And broadcasters have strong doubts about whether solons will actually allow stations to profit from the sale of spectrum that they never paid for but are licensed by the FCC to use to serve the interests of the public, particularly by providing local news and information.
NAB prexy Gordon Smith decried the spectrum reallocation proposal as "not voluntary as originally advertised" in his remarks to the confab Monday.
But Genachowski called that one of several "myths" circulating about the broadband plan in his 40-minute speech.
The FCC chief sounded the alarm about a looming crisis in broadband service for the country as more consumers use data-heavy devices such as iPhones and wireless laptops. Genachowski cited projections that demand for mobile broadband services will increase 40-fold over the next five years, but the amount of available spectrum to service that demand will only grow three-fold.
"On our current trajectory, the demand for spectrum for mobile Internet access will outstrip the supply. By a lot," he said.
Genachowski cited the U.S.' lagging status in broadband usage and availability as an issue of competitiveness, and he repeatedly stressed the economic benefits of broadband growth.
"If we wait for the crisis to hit, it will be too late to act without significant cost to our economy and global competitiveness," he said.
Genachowski laid out a few options for broadcasters to give back some of the 6 megahertz of spectrum that is now licensed to every full-power local TV station.
Stations could simply give up a portion of their spectrum, or seek a spectrum-sharing arrangement with another station in the market. Genachowski also suggested that Congress would set a floor price for spectrum that would allow stations to pull their inventory back if that price wasn't reached in an auction.
"The plan could allow broadcasters to set a reserve auction price below which their licenses wouldn't transfer. The mechanism could lock in a payment for broadcasters, while allowing for participation in upside above that level," Genachowski said.
That suggestion raised eyebrows among station operators in the room, who anticipated that the process of determining such a floor price would be "a nightmare," in the words of one indie station owner.
Alan Frank, prexy of Post-Newsweek Stations, said flatly that his company "would not be interested in auctioning spectrum." Frank said that Post-Newsweek stations, which include NBC and ABC affils in such markets as Detroit, Houston, Miami and San Antonio, are focused on developing mobile TV and other services that will use every bit of spectrum allotted to each station.
Frank emphasized that in general broadcasters are supportive of the goals of the National Broadband Plan, as stations stand to benefit as they roll out next-generation services like mobile broadcasting.
"We're all in favor of it — the issue is how do we achieve it," Frank said.
Genachowski also touched on another hot-button issue for broadcasters — the push by cable, satellite and telco operators to revamp retransmission consent legislation.
In response to a petition filed last month by cablers and sat-TV operators, the FCC is seeking comments on the issue of a potential overhaul of the nearly 20-year-old retransmission consent laws.
"Some ask: is 'free TV' really free when cable rates go up because of retransmission fees? As we move forward, I'll be focused on making sure we have a framework that is fair to consumers, as well as each of the businesses involved," Genachowski said.


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In a bowl combine the ground beef, salt and pepper and the onions. Form into 4 to 6 burgers.
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By Penny Egan –
Apparently there is a brain drain of bright young students to the USA.
This seems to be the storyline that the British media has taken ever since the Laura Spence affair, where the former comprehensive school student accused Oxford of elitism for not admitting her despite being qualified and happily accepted a place at Harvard. Despite many efforts to get the other side of the story aired, the UK's 'third estate' doesn't seem inclined to print a more balanced view of the situation.
Running a trans-Atlantic organisation, I can see the flow of students in both directions across the ocean but feel that the person in the street, not privy to the information that I see, is getting a rather one-sided view.
It is indeed true that there is heightened interest from British students to study in the US. Anecdotally we can see this interest manifesting itself in the numbers of enquiries we get at the Fulbright Commission, our website hits on the pages of information about studying in the States, attendance at our undergraduate and postgraduate events, and the huge interest in our annual College Day Fair. This year we had 170 US universities exhibiting and over 4,500 attendees pass through the fair over one and a half days. This compares to 89 universities and 2,500 attendees over one day in 2008. Why this increased interest? Firstly, £9,000 tuition fees begin to make some of the US state universities seem eminently affordable. The Ivy league institutions and other leading US universities have often more generous financial aid packages and scholarships to offer than their UK counterparts. Sometimes British students studying in the USA can come out of a four year degree with hardly any debt. Our new collaboration with the Sutton Trust on a social mobility-focused form of the US Programme has been enormously successful in obtaining significant undergraduate funding for state-educated, low to middle income British undergraduate students at top US universities1. And then there is the attraction of the American liberal arts degree and the increasingly persuasive research which demonstrates that study abroad enhances your chances of securing a good job.
So there is no doubt that there are more British students heading to the States to study. The figures bear this out, last year 9,467 British students went to the USA, this includes the greatest year on-year increase in undergraduates (5%) for the past 10 years. But what the figures – from HESA and UCAS – also bear out is that there are many more American students coming to study in the UK. The total figures include 16,233 US students who actively pursued full degrees in the UK in 2012-13, plus a whopping 34,600 Americans who came to these shores for a short-term exchange. These figures are understandable, the population in the US is much bigger and so there are many more students and so proportionally you would expect that in overall figures. However the trend for US undergraduates studying here also shows an increase of 4% in academic year 2012-13. Furthermore UCAS are reporting an 8% increase in US applicants for 2014-15, showing a significantly growing upwards trend. The UK is the top destination for US students pursuing a full degree abroad 2 and the top destination for short-term study abroad. But I bet the American press isn't running stories bemoaning the brain drain to the UK!
So what does attract them to the UK? Key factors include the strong reputation of British higher education, the shorter length of the degrees and increased competitiveness in the job market. Additionally, unlike their British peers, American students are able to use their US Government student loans to complete full degrees abroad.
So let us for a moment recognise that there is a good story to be told. And that if we don't consciously value what we currently have that makes our universities so attractive, we may not continue to invest, and our current position of second only to the US in global league tables, could well be in jeopardy.
So what should we be celebrating? Bahram Bekhradnia made a very convincing argument in the annual Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) lecture last year. He proved that research is probably the most successful aspect of our higher education system and one where the UK is indeed punching above our weight, as this graph used by Bekhradnia in his lecture illustrates.
As he said: "One of the reasons why we perform well is because of the presence in this country of gifted scholars from other countries. That is not to detract from our success – it is a tribute to the openness of this country's university system that we have been able to draw in so many gifted academics from overseas."
For those of you who have not read it, I commend its analysis as reason for some celebration, but also as a wake-up call to those who are either complacent or who would further hinder the sector through damaging immigration rules; lack of investment in research; lack of loan facilities beyond undergraduate study, lack of portability, and reduced teaching contact time, etc.
We have a wonderful export in UK higher education. Let's for once recognise our success and do a bit of crowing, I hope the media will help us.
Penny Egan CBE is Executive Director of the US-UK Fulbright Commission.
The Fulbright Commission was created by treaty on 22 September 1948. The Fulbright Programme aims to foster mutual cultural understanding through educational exchange between the US and the UK. It achieves this through a wide range of postgraduate and postdoctoral scholarships for US and UK citizens and through its Advisory Service. For more information visit www.fulbright.org.
- See http://www.suttontrust.com/students/us-programme for details.
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that "Google Inc. is close to unveiling its long-planned strategy to shake up the wireless market".
"People familiar with the matter" are attributed to providing this insider knowledge that sees Google's applications and services as accessible on mobiles are they are on the web on an "open" operating system.
The article says that Google wants to make it easier for "cellphone" customers to get a variety of extra services on their phones - from maps to social-networking features to video-sharing and says:
"Within the next two weeks, Google is expected to announce advanced software and services that would allow handset makers to bring Google-powered phones to market by the middle of next year."
It's known that Google has approached several handset manufacturers about the "gPhone" concept - strongly rumoured partners include HTC and LG.


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Harry Dean Stanton deserves a lofty place in the pantheon of great American character actors, specially when you consider the memorable roles he's played in nearly two hundred movies and tv shows over the span of half-a-century. A much younger character actor, the fifty-something John Carroll Lynch, makes his directorial debut with this valentine to Stanton. Lucky follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. Having outlived and outsmoked all his contemporaries, the fiercely independent Lucky finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration, leading towards that which is so often unattainable: enlightenment. Lucky is a meditation on mortality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection. "But," as David Ehrlich points out in IndieWire, "it's also the rare portrait of mortality that's both fun and full of life." As might be expected, the cast is rounded out with accomplished character actors like Tom Skerritt, Ed Begley, Jr., sixties dreamboat James Darren (of Gidget fame, for those who remember) and David Lynch who, in his seventh decade, finds himself as comfortable in front as well as behind the camera.
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Earlier this week I reported that Converse just did a colaboration in celebration of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, now Ana3Ana got a whiff of this great collaboration for summer!
Havaianas + Missoni = Summer Loving in style!
The collection brings four new fabulous designs that combine Missoni's famous Zigzag patterns, and Havaianas world renowned flip flops, in fresh and bright summer colours. Here I am showing only my two favorites… sorry but it's my blog!
Thankfully this collaboration will be available to most, through Missoni stores, in the Shoe Galleries Selfridges London, on net-a-porter.com, and at havaianas-store.com.
Now if only we could have temperatures hot enough to wear them ASAP!
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