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'Fat Burning' supplements pose risk for liver meltdown
Any local resident taking a dietary supplement to lose weight is being urged by Dr. Fred Uhrle to consult their physician following a medical advisory issued this week by the Hawai'i Health Department regarding "potential liver damage associated with diet supplements for weight loss."
The advisory to healthcare providers in Hawai'i was issued Wednesday by the State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Y. Park, saying state health officials are investigating at least seven cases of severe acute hepatitis and fulminant liver failure, and the cases were presented to medical facilities between May and September this year.
"Currently, the only commonality identified is use of dietary supplements for weight loss and/or muscle gain. All are now hospitalized on Oahu," said Park.
The median age of these cases is 35 years, ranging from 22 — 54 years of age, and Hawai'i health officials are working closely with their federal counterparts in the investigation. "Our investigation is still in the initial stages and ongoing, so currently reported findings may evolve as more information is obtained and cases identified," said Park.
Uhrle, who received the medical advisory, said yesterday that many in the Hawai'i cases were taking more than one supplement so the specific product has not been identified; however, the suspect products are labeled "Fat Burners."
"Anyone taking dietary supplements to lose weight should consult their physician," said Uhrle, a U.S certified medical physician. "The safest way to lose is still to reduce the intake of sugars and processed foods and fats— and moving your body."
"It's very important that people need to be aware of the dietary supplement they are taking and to always check with their physician before taking such supplements," he said.
In the medical advisory, Park asked healthcare providers in Hawai'i to advise patients who may be taking dietary or nutritional supplements for the purposes of weight loss and/or muscle gain "to use these products with caution" and under a physician's supervision, while the state investigation is ongoing.
In June this year, Uhrle cautioned local consumers about the use of HerbaLife, an increasingly popular dietary supplement, saying that some people think it can do more than its intended purpose, which is to aid in weight loss.
There have been reports of some consumers buying HerbaLife to help with high blood pressure and diabetes. "Herbalife does not cure diabetes, hypertension or any other disease," Uhrle told Samoa News at the time and advised consumers to always consult their physician first.
Uhrle also says that Herbalife "is an expensive way to lose weight and carries potentially higher risk for those with diabetes, heart and kidney disease. Concerns have also been raised about the potential for acute liver injury."


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Arrest made in Colorado dog dragging case
"I don't get it," Steven Clay Romero said when ordered held without bond yesterday on charges of killing a dog by dragging it behind a pickup truck for two miles at the Colorado National Monument.
Here's hoping, if convicted, he does get it — and all else he might deserve.
Romero, 37, of Fruita, Colo., is scheduled for a detention hearing and arraignment Monday afternoon.
Upon Romero's expression of bewilderment, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Heldmyer rose from her seat at the bail hearing, walked toward Romero and tossed a copy of the charges on the table in front of him, according to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
Romero, who told U.S. Magistrate Judge Laird Milburn that he is a truck driver, expressed concern about sitting in jail over the weekend.
"So, in other words I'll be sitting in jail and probably lose my job, too?" Romero asked Milburn.
"Yes," the judge answered.
According to an arrest affidavit, after the dogs dragged body was found, a review of video surveillance at a park entrance showed a double-cab pickup entering the park early Wednesday with a dog and exiting 12 minutes later without one.
The affidavit said the dog, a shepherd-blue heeler mix named Buddy, had been stolen in Delta by an associate of Romero's and taken to a home in Fruita where Romero was staying.
A resident of Delta recognized the dog from a photo of his body online and contacted authorities. A witness to the dog's theft provided officials with a license plate number, which led them to a home in Fruita where Romero was staying. National Park Service rangers went to the Fruita home and found paw prints in the snow in the front yard and rope similar to that used to tie the dog to the truck.
The rangers interviewed Romero's sister, who told them Romero said he was going to kill the dog. "She stated he left with the dog late last night and returned home a half hour later without it," the affidavit said. The affidavit makes no mention of a motive for killing the dog.
A news release from monument officials said Romero was arrested Thursday morning at the Mesa County Justice Center after he appeared for an unrelated criminal case. He faces a maximum three years in prison, a fine up to $100,000 and a year of mandatory parole if convicted on a federal charge of felony cruelty to animals.
Romero was arrested six times in the past seven years by police in Montrose and Grand Junction on a variety of charges, including weapons offenses, traffic violations and drug distribution, according to court records.
(For subsequent posts and all of our coverage of Buddy, click here.)
Posted by John Woestendiek January 1st, 2010 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, arrested, blue heeler, buddy, colorado, colorado national monument, cruelty, delta, dog, dragged, fruita, i don't get it, jail, killed, park, pickup, shepherd, steven clay romero, surveillance, tortured, truck, two miles, video
Comment from Anne'n'Spencer
Time January 1, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Somebody's pet, and probably much loved. I'm so sorry for his owners, for the Park Service people (who deserve a lot of credit), and for Buddy himself–he endured so much. Let's hope this goon "gets it" during a long term in jail!
Comment from Shasta
Time January 2, 2010 at 12:42 am
I can't imagine what would cause a person to do something so horrible. I am glad the judge ordered him held without bond. Hopefully he will lose his job. With any luck, he will get the full punishment for this crime. I don't think a person like this will ever "get it"
Comment from montrose
Time January 2, 2010 at 1:42 pm
6 arrests in 7 years? Why wasn't this idiot already IN jail, where he wouldn't have been around to kill Buddy? What a sicko – at least the farmers here shoot dogs they want dead, they don't torture them … Amazing how this backwards rural area contains so many people with no respect for non-human lives …
Comment from karen
Time January 3, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Such a horrible act 🙁
Very thankful for the authorities and their good work in investigating and catching this person.
Comment from blondie0606
Time January 4, 2010 at 1:57 pm
so sad. the park personnel deserve so much credit for acting on behalf of the innocent animal even after the fact. I'm in favor of an eye for an eye for people who torture animals. i'd gladly drag that sicko for a couple miles behind my truck. May justice be served.
Comment from willie wonka
Time January 4, 2010 at 10:08 pm
I am one of Buddy's crew. We started the Facebook page"Demand Justice for Buddy" to show support to the US attorney for asking the maximum penalty for Romero .We hope by raising awareness of animal abuse and enforcing the the penalties, that we may begin to reduce it. Please join our 20,000+ fans and sign the petition to put him in jail for the longest possible time. Thank you.
Comment from t davis
Time January 5, 2010 at 9:11 am
Romero needs to "get it" ( a clue ) by having the full extent of the law handed down on him… and then some ! Thank you to everyone so far that has been instrumental on apprehending this cruel, clueless individual.
Comment from KM
Time January 5, 2010 at 5:18 pm
I think it's great that so many people went to such great lengths to find Buddy's murderer. I am sad for Buddy and his family but I hope this guy gets the book thrown at him.
Comment from holly
Time January 5, 2010 at 7:13 pm
please do the petition for the max penalty to romero. this is not his first offense and 8 of the others happened in 2009! just think if he gets away with this, who and what is next? your children? your pets? you? this is an awful crime and must be punished accordingly!!!!
Comment from Lisa
Time January 6, 2010 at 12:37 am
Poor innocent helpless dog!! How can ppl be so heartless? Romero will pay in the end!!
Comment from michelle wilson
Time January 6, 2010 at 1:54 am
I think that anyone who "murders an animal should get the same punishment you get for murdering a person as far as I am concerned my dog is as important to me as my son is and if anyone caused her any harm I would want the same thing to happen to them if they caused harm to my son. this man is a waste of space and considering his past record he is damages beyond rehabilitation and we should just tie him up behind a truck and drag him until he is dead, that way he wont be a drain on the tax payers of our country. why should he get a warm bed to sleep in food to eat and free cable tv to watch that is more kindness then he showed this poor dog.
I use to drive a truck so I am confused how someone with so many convictions on his record got a job driving truck in the first place you have to have a clean criminal record in order to drive a truck for a living.
Comment from Carolyn
Time January 6, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Hope you all are keeping up with the news. The supposed "loving family" seems to be involved with having this guy "get rid of the dog". All parties should pay equally.
Comment from Andrew
Time January 7, 2010 at 2:15 am
I just don't understand how anyone could do something so cruel to an innocent animal. I hope he spends a long time in jail for what he did. Maybe someone should drag him behind a truck.
Comment from Danni
Time January 7, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Anybody know what company this moron works for? Be sure his employer knows so they can dump him if they haven't already. Remember the guy in the 90's who sat on his girlfriend's basset hound and the dog smothered? There is just no end to this.
Comment from Cody
Time January 9, 2010 at 2:11 pm
This is why the 3 strikes law is necessary – to stop these people from committing crime over and over. Next time it could be your child this nut grabs and drags!
Comment from jeannettemarsland
Time January 9, 2010 at 3:10 pm
please visit Buddys page on FB and sign the petition to DEMAND JUSTICE FOR BUDDY
Comment from PETEY
Time January 13, 2010 at 12:54 am
Let him out, let him go. Send him to Georgia. I will kill that f ing lowlife. Send him here. PLEASE. I have fought thru wars to 'protect' this country but not for f—s like that.
Comment from Elsa Rosa Latheef
Time January 13, 2010 at 2:38 pm
What is it that Romero doesn't get??? That he mercilessly dragged a poor animal to death and he is not going unpinished??? That sick bastar deserves to be dragged by his balls until he dies. I am ashamed to share the planet with "people" like him; he doesn't even deserve the oxygen he breathes
Comment from Ravzie
Time January 16, 2010 at 2:28 pm
People who torture and kill deserve nothing less than what they have given.
Comment from Anonymous
Time January 24, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Maybe this despicable cretin would "get it" if he were sentenced to being stripped naked, tied to a horse, and dragged through the cactus and sage for a minimum 5 miles. No snow or road to cushion his worthless ass.
Comment from simon
Time January 25, 2010 at 1:08 pm
so did Steven Clay Romero get the death penalty? anyone know his fate?
Comment from K9Guardian
Time May 9, 2010 at 4:48 pm
I know they were indicted on Federal charges back in Feb. Does anyone know when the hearing or their next court appearance is? Also, are they still sitting & rotting in jail (One can only hope)? I hope they not only lose their jobs but a whole lot more. Total losers & absolutely a waste of human flesh.
Comment from Annabelle
Time July 10, 2010 at 5:27 pm
let's not 4get this moron shouldve been on parole/probation when this happened. maybe, he can get an habitual offender label on his arse….my hope is he becomes someones longtime jail biotch for a long time.

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The demolition of the Algo Centre Mall could being as early as mid-December.
Elliot Lake CAO Rob deBortoli prepared a proposal for mayor and council after he and another city staff member met with the contractor that would be doing the demolition work.
"It is expected that the city will have in its hands a demolition plan, waste audit report and hazardous substance report by (Friday) for review," the proposal said.
It continues by saying that once the review process is complete, a demolition permit will be issued and work will commence on the dismantling of the structure.
The start date could be as early as two weeks depending on all necessary conditions/approvals being met.
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Dr. Carolyn Paine Miller, 61, was elected President of SIL International.
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As it announced plans last week to lay off 11% of its work force, Gillette cited strong September numbers for the new razor in the U.S. and said it continues to sell every Mach3 it can make.
But Gillette's overall third-quarter razor shipments aren't up by as much as second-quarter shipments were, leading some analysts to wonder whether the brand is failing to meet lofty expectations created by a $750 million research and development budget and $300 million marketing campaign.
"While [Gillette] didn't release all the numbers regarding the third quarter, they certainly led people to believe that the blade and razor numbers were going to be weaker in the third quarter than previously anticipated by most analysts," said William Steele, an analyst with Buckingham Research. "That's got to be part and parcel with what's going on with the Mach3."
John Darman, Gillette's VP-business management for male shaving, insisted the Mach3 rollout is at or ahead of expectations.
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In the first four weeks of September, Mach3 had a 45% unit share and 58% dollar share of the razor category and was selling six times more units than any other razor, Mr. Darman said, citing ACNielsen Corp. figures.
Overall, razor sales have doubled to about $20 million a month over last year's levels, he said, thanks in large part to the Mach3 introduction.
In the period since Mach3 advertising from BBDO Worldwide, New York, broke Aug. 10, sales-already driven by pre-launch publicity-have risen 70%, Mr. Darman said.
In replacement blades, the key moneymaker for Gillette, Mach3 had an 18.5% dollar share in September, Mr. Darman said, even though most consumers haven't needed to buy replacement blades as yet. Mach3 blades are priced 50% higher than the marketer's Sensor Excel blades.
The real test for Mach3 may be in November, when men who bought razors return to buy blades. Although Gillette won't start measuring conversion rates until then, Mr. Darman said early results for refill blades are encouraging.
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For the 52 weeks ended Aug. 16, Schick actually gained share on Gillette in both razors and blades despite effects of the first six weeks of the Mach3 launch, according to figures from Information Resources Inc.
"My rough estimate of all the people I've talked to is that it's about 50/50 between people who like it and don't like it," Mr. Steele said.
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Grass fed beef is meat from a whole different animal compared to most meats available at the supermarket. It is harder to find and it is far superior to other beef for many reasons. This article will focus on the health benefits, and leave out the environmental benefits.
Man's body has evolved through the years (thousands of years) living on among other things animals who ate grass. The same goes for the cattle, they have existed forever eating grass, not grain. As you will see, the benefits of eating beef raised from the pasture as opposed to the feedlot are significant and beneficial.
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Our bodies need Omega 3 fats. These essential fatty acids are vital to a optimal and healthy body for brain function and an overall healthy body. Grass fed beef has the ideal ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fats which is 3:1. Grass fed beef leaner than grain fed beef, and the meat has 7 times as much Omega 3s comparatively.
Another beneficial element contained in high amounts within grass fed beef is Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA). This fat cuts your risk to cancer down. CLA reduces risk of obesity and diabetes as well. It also improves the immune system.
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In addition to having more good fats, grass fed beef has a higher mineral and vitamin content. An essential vitamin that grass fed beef is abundant in is Vitamin E. Most grass fed beef will contain up to 7-8 mcg/gram of Vitamin E compared to 1-2 mcg/gram for grain fed.
Grass Fed vs Organic
Everyone who is health conscious knows that meat needs to be void of steroids and growth hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, synthetic additives and GMO feed. Organic cattle are indeed fed with organic food. They are not given antibiotics or growth hormones. This is good and your family will thank you for the tasty healthy steak dinner. But, the majority of beef that is organic is fed or finished on grains like corn feed. Corn helps put weight on cattle and make them ready for market faster.
The important thing to know is that cattle evolved eating grass, not corn. Even if cattle are eating organic corn, they are still not eating the nutritional grasses that their bodies were made to process. This means that the cattle are not living up to their complete nutritional possibility.
The trick is to find a reliable and honest ranch that raises premium grass fed beef without the use of antibiotics and hormones. A good example of this is Teton Waters Ranch, who has a commitment to sustainability and to quality beef. For example, their beef is not organic, but the cattle are raised in Idaho, in a natural setting grazing assorted native grasses and are never put into a feedlot and never dosed up with synthetics or antibiotics. In this case one would have the best of both worlds. Premium grass fed beef that is both healthy and nutritious.
Remember that what organic defines is what isn't in the product (drugs, GMOs etc) not what is in the product (vitamin and mineral levels). For example, organic grain fed beef is still deficient in beta carotene, approximately 1/8th as much as grass fed beef.
In addition to grass fed beef being a more complete nutritional product, someone is less likely to get a sick from E Coli. This is because the grains in the cattle's G.I. tract is much more acidic than grass fed cattle. This higher acidic environment breeds acid resistant bacteria. When passed into your G.I. tract, this bacteria provides a higher risk of infection.
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To walk in the best of both worlds would be to buy organic grass fed beef. This beef is the most expensive because the price of maintaining organic certification is pricey and is passed onto the consumer. To avoid the high prices, one should seek out a ranch that has committed itself to a natural pastoral setting where synthetic fertilizers are not used, and where growth hormones, and antibiotics are not used. In this case the savings of non organic certification can be passed onto the consumer while still getting both the health and nutritional benefits of grass fed beef.


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Social media marketing is a key component in an effective inbound marketing strategy, but its important to capture the right voice on your social media sites.
Sure, you want people to know that you are a serious professional with all the expertise necessary to help them with their financial decisions, but that is not all that you want to accomplish. You also want potential clients to get to know you personally and feel that they can trust you. Social media offers an opportunity to do both, but only if you strike the right balance on each of your sites.
Here are three guidelines to help you grow and sustain a social media following:
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2. Post something, somewhere, every day. Dont let even a few days go by without adding fresh content to your sites, or people will simply stop coming. There are many ways to schedule posts and tweets in advance so that you dont have to think about it several times a day. And remember that you can link to one article, video or other piece of content in a variety of posts and tweets.
3. Focus more on relationships than sales. Social media is a place to build relationships; your office is a place to conduct business. Use social media sites as a forum for conversations, as a place to showcase your unique personality and style, and as a reference center where followers can always find an interesting fact or a thoughtful quote or article. In this low-key environment relationships will flourish and business will be an inevitable result.
Inbound marketing involves disseminating valuable information through several channels to a well-defined market that attracts prospects and inspires them to reach out to you. The more savvy you are about your social media sites, the more successful you will be in building lasting relationships with your followers.
Craig Faulkner is CEO of FMG Suite, offering a complete inbound marketing solution for financial professionals, from websites to email newsletters to a customized mobile app. Check out his free online video courses, The Art of Digital Marketing and follow him @fmgsuite on Twitter.
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Prior to switching to their new 90,000 square foot finishing e-coat and powder line – which includes over five miles of conveyors and several HMI stations — Deere completely assembled their products and wet-sprayed them their famous John Deere green. This included plated fittings, cylinders, hoses, and all other external surfaces.
While wet spraying worked for many years, John Deere Welland Works knew it needed to update its finishing process to deliver the quality, long-lasting products they'd grown famous for. Unfortunately, they had little experience with e-coat and powder coat at the facility — or the masking technology needed to keep specific surfaces from being coated.
E-coat & powder coat; a steep learning curve
Utilizing e-coat and powder forced the Welland facility to completely revamp its production process; suddenly, they had to finish their products first, then assemble them. In addition, some components needed to have their finish applied by the company's suppliers – an example being the plated oil lines used on the loaders.
From the Welland facility both Ed Kaczmarczyk and Darryl Schneider had been assigned the responsibility for the development of all the new hang methods and masking requirements. Ed put the magnitude of the change succinctly: "We had to reengineer the product assembly lines, and in some cases we reengineered the products themselves to better suit the new paint system."
The only experience Deere's Welland plant had with e-coat and powder was their six-wheel Gator utility vehicle, which was finished at a location outside the plant.
Overcoming masking hurdles
One of the major hurdles to overcome was a process that was entirely new to Deere: product masking. Kaczmarczyk admitted that "To me, masking meant tape. I had no idea what was involved at the start of the project."
Masking involves keeping e-coat and powder away from surfaces that should not be coated – despite the fact that e-coat and powder coat are "all-over" processes that attempt to coat every accessible surface. Tape-based masking products – which are often die-cut to special shapes – are a common masking method, as are three-dimensional plugs and caps which protect holes, threaded areas and other surfaces. In many cases, custom molded masks are needed to fit specific masking requirements and unusual sizes or shapes
After reviewing several masking suppliers, John Deere Welland chose to work with Shercon, a Santa Fe Springs, CA-based producer of custom molded masks and standard, off-the-shelf masking products and accessories. According to Kaczmarczyk, Shercon was chosen because they were willing to allocate significant engineering resources to Deere's project
"We had less than a year to transfer everything over. We leaned on Shercon pretty heavily for expertise."
Some of the problems confronting the team were wholly unexpected; for example, during testing they discovered that some bolted connections on two powder-coated surfaces tended to work loose, so a lot of surfaces that weren't on the original mask list suddenly needed masking. Other surfaces required advanced masking techniques – some of which have lead to new products being developed for Shercon's line of "standard" masking products.
Collaboration the key to success
Shercon assigned Design Engineer Ruben Dominguez to the Deere project. Dominguez remembered his first meeting with Darryl and Ed in June of 2001. "Deere supplied us with drawings a week before the meeting. When they arrived, we had a large, very detailed proposal waiting – along with a custom molded mask they could test on their Gator utility vehicle, which was still being coated by an outside vendor."
In what was to become a highly collaborative process where both sides learned a great deal, Shercon provided a lot of the initial expertise. In one case during the evaluation of mask cleaning methods, Dominguez actually traveled with Deere representatives to look at tumblers designed to remove finish from masks before re-use.
Another excellent example of the power of collaboration was Deere's initial estimate that over 150 custom-molded masks were needed on their line. Shercon suggested using a standardized "barb" on their two-piece plugs, and looking hard to standardize plug coverage wherever possible. At Deere's end, they even reengineered product updates to accommodate new masking needs.
"The initial design process included consolidation as a goal," said Kaczmarczyk. "At one point we grouped all our proposed masks and plugs into families, and looked for instances where the same mask or plug could serve several purposes. In some cases, we did this months before the product was scheduled for transition to powder paint"
As a result of this focus on standardization, the number of unique custom masks needed by Deere were cut by more than half, cutting development time and inventory costs for all parties involved.
Deere pushes for cutting edge solutions
According to Kaczmarczyk, one of the benefits of having little experience in e-coat and powder was the willingness of the team to challenge commonly held assumptions. The ability to challenge the Shercon design team resulted in several innovations for both sides, including a two-piece plug designed by Dominguez that precisely masked wash areas on both sides of a thin sheet-steel surface.
In fact, Dominguez designed more than 20 two-piece masking systems that operated with enough tension to protect wash areas even during Deere's punishing 9-stage wash and e-coat process
Another technical triumph was the creation of an innovative block mask that allowed e-coat to penetrate and cover a surface, but kept powder coatings out. Several design iterations were required and several prototypes were tested before the "ideal" mask design was completed.
The mask used tiny "feet" to create a standoff space that was large enough to allow e-coat and washes to enter, but kept powder coatings at bay.
"It's a great example of how Shercon and Deere kept pushing each other to come up with a better way to mask – both from their standpoint and ours," said Dominguez.
Another custom mask was created for use over grease zerks (grease fittings), which are typically installed after finish has been applied. The assembly line people asked for this mask to simplify production; Shercon developed it and now lists it in their "standard" products catalog.
Focusing on mask longevity
While Deere and Shercon were overcoming technical hurdles and creating innovative masking solutions, Deere was also focused on the long term picture – mask longevity.
Kaczmarczyk and Schneider also studied the economics of masking and decided that spending a little extra up front for mask features like thicker plug walls and improved pull handles would pay off with longer mask life. Their conclusions seemed well founded. "Our original goal was to get 25 uses out of a mask before it wore out, but our masks are lasting far longer – they're easily doubling their expected life, and some last as long as 200 uses."
In another example of vendor/customer collaboration, Deere went beyond design innovations and asked Shercon for improvements in the compounds used to produce the masks.
Many of the custom masks were ultimately molded from Shercon's Ultrabake masking material, which provides excellent tensile and tear strength, and exceptional compression set properties. (Compression set refers to a material's resistance to acquiring a permanent set after exposure to high temperatures).
Summary: the partnership mattered
Revamping the entire production line involved huge changes for John Deere Welland Works; they essentially turned production upside-down by finishing before assembly, and had to deal with a steep learning curve involving every element of e-coat and powder coat.
Kaczmarczyk said that getting Shercon's Dominguez out on the shop floor was key to the project: "It's one thing to design a mask when you have a part on your desk – but when you see how the part is oriented on the line and see that the worker's ability to move the part or install the masking may be limited, it makes all the difference."
"We appreciated having a masking supplier who worked with us," Kaczmarczyk said. "Both groups were willing to try new concepts and think outside the box, and everybody benefited as a result."


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How I Became A Whistleblower
My mum was a nurse; both parents wanted me to be a nurse so despite also being told I could be anything I wanted to be, so I became a nurse. I began while still at school with work experience as an assistant at the local hospital. I had become a vegetarian (and eventual vegan) at aged 10 but somehow had always seen alternative medicine as 'witchcraft' – something that would haunt me decades later as ironically, I was lampooned as a witch by various church members and doctors alike; the latter usually during hospital visits where I would be invited to come and help with a patient (funny that even doctors who ask for your help turn on you when your efforts rouse the patient out of that coma or off psychotropic drugs…)
Life Long Illnesses Gone After Holistic Help
During my official training and afterwards, I began to question – a lot. My friend worked for a naturopath and after doctors could not find out the cause of my own worsening health, I tentatively sought other advice. In 10 minutes, without examination or a single invasive test, she advised me what to eat, what to take and what to do. Within a month I had turned lifelong issues around. I'd always been a sickly kid – meningitis, kidney stones, depression, major endocrine issues, ENT problems, always in and out of hospital – 10 major operations by the age of 16. That became a thing of the past. The medications I was taking just to get to work and through a day, were now out the door never to return.
Questioning The Industry Brought Me Trouble
I began to question doctors – vocally. I was shocked at how many nurses used alternative medicine, how little they thought of the doctors we worked alongside. I also questioned the motives and manner in how we were taught to bully parents into agreeing to certain procedures or treatments for their kids. I questioned why the same kids would be rushed in like clockwork with seizures, respiratory arrests or neurological decline with each vaccination. What was increasingly obvious to me, seemed to be invisible to most of the people around me. As more and more of us became 'alternative' we were shunned as traitors. I repeatedly received reprimands, "If Nurse Langford wants to wear a white coat she should do the appropriate study course or learn to know her place."
I'm Going To Save A Life
My training was something that is now obsolete – we were trained on the job, with schooling in between. We became orientation leaders for university-trained peers who could recite a manual back to front but could not be relied on in an emergency and refused to get their hands dirty. In fact one memorable day, in the wake of a multiple vehicle incident, I was prepping the special rooms for them to be wheeled in from ER; the student I had tagging along was picking everything I did to pieces, reminding me what the nurse's manual said. I stopped and calmly said, "I have set up two units while you have tagged along hounding me about with your OCD tendencies. Kudos – you know your manual better than me. Now, go back to the treatment room, lay out your shiny trays and make sure they are all in line, all gleaming and exactly like the diagrams. In the meantime I am going to save a life or two, if that is okay with you."
My Training Allowed Me To Be Multi-Faceted
No matter my eventual pathway, my initial training allowed me to be multi faceted and have a profound understanding and for that I am grateful. It was old school – and totally absent from medicine as we know it today. The transformation from old boys' back slapping clubs that took over traditional medicines and moulded it into a rigid blinkered unit, unable to see the body as a whole, is complete.
Nursing Training Decades Ago Far Different To Today
While most nursing training today focuses on one aspect (common for a nurse to complete her training and not know how to deliver a baby or administer an IV or even suture a wound) we did the lot. In my just less than 10 years in and out of medicine, I worked in as many fields as one could imagine. And being naturally curious I was the one who got to scrub more in theatre, who got to drive the ambulance, do house calls, administer treatments that only doctors were supposed to. And for the most part I miss it. I just don't miss being in the control of a system that has no heart and no common sense.
First Whistleblowing Incident – Racism In Hospital
My first whistleblowing incident came in a personal format. My brother had lost his leg and a nurse on duty at the time came to me, advising that the doctor on call that night had been drunk and it had taken too long to get a replacement. I had seen this doctor at work before and had witnessed an Indigenous patient die through his negligence simply because he saw her as less worthy of his care than the Caucasian (non emergency) case in the next bed. That poor nurse lost his job over his involvement. I left the hospital and as usual, the profession closed around its own and no one was liable.
Second Whistleblowing Incident
In that time, I was involved in surgical, theatre, CSSD (sterilisation unit), psychiatric, aged care, Silver Chain, Pathology and phlebotomy, pædiatrics, burns unit, oncology, head trauma, maternity, general and ambulance duties. As a remote area nurse, imagine a 4WD ambulance bouncing out in outback WA to pick up the most varied cases you could imagine. And our little hospital had it all – we took care of everything from consultations, the occasional birth, surgical procedures, emergency work, pædiatrics, pathology and phlebotomy – and it was here that my second whistleblowing incident occurred.
Doctor Prescribing Unapproved Drugs To Use On Aboriginal Patients
One of the other nurses, who like me was also studying alternative medicine by then, called me into the dispensary, which doubled as pathology. The doctor had a stash of unapproved drugs that he was 'prescribing' for Indigenous patients. It was also commonplace for nurses to 'get rid of' vaccine supplies by offering them to anyone around, until all gone – at his request.
Parents Told: Babies Will Die If I Don't Give Them This Medicine
This doctor would tell parents their babies would die if he didn't give them the medicine. One night during a flood emergency, where dozens of patients lay in beds, on the floor – anywhere we could fit them. A 3 month old baby came in, flat and dehydrated. He insisted on a lumbar puncture and a trial medication even though there was no need for anything other than IV fluids.
He insisted – the trauma the lumbar puncture and 'treatment' caused on an already dehydrated baby was obvious and it took some effort to keep her alive. I called him a butcher to his face – the fluid extracted was clear – there was no meningitis (of course there wasn't, as there were no symptoms of meningitis). He reported me, so I reported him.
For Questioning – I Lost My Job – Doctor Remained To Practice Medicine
I was struck off. He remains a 'leading light' in Indigenous medicine. And the unapproved drugs? All approved on the quiet, thanks to his glowing 'studies'… How dare I question the almighty god-doctor, right? Seeing him push enough drugs to kill a horse onto an immune compromised individual just because he could, I don't know how anyone could keep silent.
Won Case – Registration Reinstated
I argued my case and my registration was later reinstated. But that was just me, trying to prove a point. I had no intention of going back to nursing. I applied for medical school and got through. But was told in no uncertain terms that if I had ideas of trying to change the culture I was in for a surprise. So at the 11th hour, I returned to my natural therapy studies.
I had seen the most amazing healings take place as a remote area nurse, where I often smuggled patients out in the night to protect them from the butcher. The bush medicines were being eroded – deliberately and unknowingly by various parties. I wanted to know more. I wanted to know every traditional medicine.
How I Became Qualified In Herbal Medicine
All the years I had pleaded with doctors when they had said there was no hope, to find hope elsewhere, now it was my turn to prove them wrong. I travelled to the UK where I began studying herbal medicine. I was swept away with what I was seeing and who I met. I kept meeting homœopaths and was torn between thinking it was rubbish, and how sincere, sure and dedicated they were in general.
I was even talked into trying some instead of my usual herbs for a case of sinusitis/hay fever (oh joy) that no medication could shift. I actually took the drops back demanding a refund – as in how dare they advise me to take Arsenic? Once that embarrassing and ignorant situation was out of the way, off I went with the bottle, took just 2 doses and was cured for good. Hmm, a kid that was treated for sinus/endocrine issues from birth, cured?
Herbal medicine had piqued a huge interest so I moved onto organic farming and gardening to understand just how to grow what I was using. That included everything from soil science to permaculture to biodynamic farming (which I later found out, was my granddad's greatest hobby, long before it was popular).
But I wanted more. I didn't want to be 'just' a naturopath – I wanted to know everything. So rather than doing a standard naturopathic course I next moved into homœopathy. It took me 3 months to get past the first chapter of my course. I just could not equate all that I had known and loved, with the polar opposite. It just didn't make sense. I would plead with the Dean and he would be patient. He advised that I just start collecting remedies, making remedies and testing them.
After all, there is no way they could cause harm so why not? And a whole new world opened. Family issues, pets, friends, all became willing and unwilling guineapigs. The thing that amazed me the most were the 'difficult' issues, the health problems people had never been able to rid themselves of despite even specialist and surgical intervention – all corrected with just a few doses of the correctly chosen remedy.
Homeopathy College Collaborated With Medical Sector – Then closed Down
When I finished my final exam, I discovered that not only had the Dean of the college died but the college had sold out. Gone broke. I should have known as it was sending out alarms by collaborating with the medical sector – always dangerous. And it was gone – including records. So after sending me a certificate instead of an advanced diploma in their final days, I had no way of finding my records, results, nothing.
I had also studied smaller courses such as colour therapy, reflexology, massage, natural nutrition and iridology but had no way to prove it aside from my textbooks. But I had qualified so went to visit my friend, a GP.
My Consulting Career Began
Even though I had done consultations in the past, this was a whole new kettle of fish. What if I don't know something? What if I don't have a clue what they are talking about? His words held me in good stead then and they still do today. Along with a loud laugh, he replied, "Do you think I know everything? Do you trust your knowledge? When you hang your shingle out, it's all about bluff. They have to believe that you know everything even if you don't. If it's something you don't know, you will find a way to question them further to find out. If you don't know the treatment, give them what is safe and helpful, then find out the right treatment and ask them back to give it to them."
Those words never failed and in fact most of the time I didn't need to call them back because I had the knowledge and experience to pick right the first time. Even though around half of my patients were nothing more than undoing medical error and iatrogenic damage, I managed to find a way to get it right.
Doctors Can Attend A one Day Course And Receive A Degree
Interestingly, this same doctor used to laugh, when discussing my ongoing treatment by the AMA and some members of the public, that I had to study twice as many years to be considered half as good as him. He showed me his obstetrics and gynæcology degree on his wall. I asked how he had the time – he had attended a single class one day a week for a few weeks, after doing the rest by correspondence so he could continue working. He finished with, 'And voila, a degree!'
One Week At A Conference Opened My Eyes To So Much
Then I was invited to an international medical symposium. To say I became a sponge that week is an understatement. Doctors and various traditional practitioners from all over the world – 700 of them – all willing to share their knowledge and skills. It could have gone on for a year and I would not have tired of it. I made lifelong friends there but more than that, I learned more in those 7 days than in 10 years of formal study. I was shocked at the sheer depth of health and anatomical knowledge held by Indian, Sri Lankan and Chinese doctors especially. Things simply out of the range of any western expert to explain.
I Saw Ancient Medicine Heal People Like Magic
Like the practitioner who could stop a heart long enough to be operated on – without using a single medication or even touching the patient.
Like the practitioner who inserted acupuncture needles in the spine, so that a massive facial/neck tumour could be surgically removed.
Like the practitioner able to insert just 3 acupuncture needles and anæsthetise a patient long enough for a tooth extraction. We saw it with our own eyes. The patient who'd been crushed in an industrial accident, and after being in a wheelchair for 8 years with a morphine drip post surgery to reconstruct and sever his nerves to stop the pain had failed – 3 days of treatment shared between any practitioner willing to step in; that man walked out of that hospital, upright and pain free for the first time.
Not one of these practitioners were deemed 'qualified' to register or work in Australia despite seeing more patients and doing more miracles alone than an entire medical team could hope to do in a lifetime together.
Hundreds Of Vaccine Injury Cases In One Room – ' Just A Small Portion Of Injured Community' Not Allowed To Speak About It
Oh yes, it was held at a hospital. We had to sign confidentiality waivers, demanded by hospital administration because there were things we were legally not able to speak about outside. Like the auditorium full of vaccine injured patients and vaccine-death bereaved parents. Bear in mind this was 1991 – and we are talking about hundreds of cases in one room. And we were told by their speaker that they were just a small portion of the vaccine injured community in Perth alone. Most had it on record that it was (either by coroner or doctor) indeed vaccine injury but were still not free to admit or discuss it publicly. Many had been awarded damages – in silent courts, free from admission of liability.
3 Major Work Opportunities Came From This One Week
I could write a book on that week alone, as I could with my time as a nurse and separately as a remote area nurse, but the summary is this – we had WHO representatives present and providing input at that symposium. Most people would not believe what was discussed or what went on. I still am in awe of what I saw. But in that week alone I was offered 3 major opportunities – to work at university hospitals in Hyderabad (India), and in Beijing, and one with the WHO as part of a roaming research unit, across what is now the EU.
Natural Health Professionals Were Once To Be Registered On Par With Doctors
Sadly, family commitments prevented me, something I have always regretted. The WHO representative advised us at the closing ceremony that natural health professionals worldwide, would be registered on par with doctors – some as specialists – by the year 2000. It's no mystery as to why to this day, that has not happened.
Medical Industry Starts To Deny Natural Health
Upon my registration (still not recognised in Australia) I was contacted by Medicare (equivalent of the NHS) to ask if I would be willing to take part in a pilot program of integrating natural health professionals into the system. Seriously? I jumped at it. And got a LOT of opposition from not just the medical profession, but my own peers. In hindsight I could see why – a new graduate chosen before them? And as with any great opportunity in this field, I received a terse letter from Medicare advising they would not be going ahead with the plan. And to this day it has not happened still.
Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine
I immediately began my first thesis while studying acupuncture, based on what I had seen at the symposium. As it was a 'post grad' course 3 years of information were condensed into a matter of months. No surprise then that only 3 out of 13 students graduated. A doctor, a podiatrist and me. Since then, I have met many graduates – doctors, an orthopædic surgeon, psychiatrists and other natural health professionals.
The course included traditional Chinese medicine and moxibustion (practiced heavily in India and Sri Lanka) – to say that course was the single most difficult course I have ever studied is an understatement.
From there, I studied cupping and actually prefer it in most cases over acupuncture, not the least because it can cover a wider range, and due the amount of needle phobia out there (no doubt just one legacy of forced vaccination as children).
My first thesis based on my experience providing acupuncture analgesia and associated therapies during hospital childbirth was rejected on the grounds that I did not want to use the research of anyone else. In the end I changed the entire pathway and chose an altogether different topic – cellulite. Laughed at by most people I discussed it with, they soon silenced when I pointed out that cellulite was merely a symptom of underlying illness and problems.
I Created My Own Homeopathic Range
Thankfully my homœopathic course included laboratory, research and development so part of my work involved the creation of contemporary medicines. Based on clinical presentations the range grew from a basic kit of 8, to one of 30 different remedies, each with hundreds of applications. These went on to be sold around Australia, with, thanks to visitors during the 2000 Olympics, interest from the US, Asia, West Indies, UK and South Africa. I simply could not get funding as usual – my first clinic opened with a $2000 credit card. No way could I raise the necessary $50,000 needed to establish export.
Had To Close Clinic – Yet People Turned Up At My Home Asking For My Remedies
For personal reasons I closed my clinic/laboratory and was only able to make enough stock up to last another year or two. No more being called into hospitals, no more miracles. Then people started turning up at my house – in the middle of the night, on Christmas Day, and calls every day for my medicines. To have to wind that down and focus on college writing and occasional lecturing was a huge life change. At least I finished my PhD thesis – only to find that the Australian govt does not recognise the university I studied through – even though hundreds of Australia's doctors have studied there.
Started Working in Medical And Pharma Research – A Soul Destroying Job
So I did what any self-respecting health professional would do – start a job as a transcriptionist in medical and pharma research. In short, it was the most soul-destroying job I have ever had. But it gave me even more proof of the corruption that has destroyed medicine.
Chemo drugs approved without a single life saved. The sheer number of deaths thanks to chemo – that a 'cure' only means survival of 5 years from the day of diagnosis to the end of the period. Even if the patient is comatose, wears a colostomy bag, has no organs left, gets through a day only with the help of anti rejection drugs or dies the following day – it still is a 'success'. Drugs fast tracked through approval. Medical kickbacks. And just how much money has been sunk – and continues to be sunk – into discrediting natural therapies and the doctors brave enough to jump ship.
Back To Natural Health Only To Find I Could Not Register
I took out a loan to set up again and discovered I cannot register. My ongoing stoushes with the AMA and TGA finally caught up with me. No company will insure me. Without insurance you cannot legally practice. Even panels and boards I have been part of for years' hands are tied. I have been informed that I am no longer welcome to practice in Australia.
I am, however, welcome to continue college writing and was even invited by a university to teach doctors about alternative medicine. I have been approached by pharmacy chains to teach their staff about how to shift product off shelves.
I Won't Sell My Soul
I wont sell my soul. There is so much more to tell. Today I write – I continue with my books but am yet to find a publisher for either my homœopathic study guide formulated from the Hom II course I wrote for my friend's college, or my vegan cookbook.
Self-publication is not an option financially. I have released a few ebooks. I freelance as a ghost-writer for other health authors and groups. My most interesting job offer – which I declined – was to complete a medical student's dissertation… And there are my facebook pages and activism.
And my blog. I plan to use my blog to create leverage to re-release the homœopathic range, which I know has the ability to change the world of medicine. Not because I am any better than anyone else, but because the time is right and along with my original plan to get it into every household to prevent symptoms worsening and even treat serious health issues clinically, it allows people to use it as their main form of medicine.
I will be publishing lots of information through Missecoglam.com, in the meantime please visit my site for a whole range of information I have written on many aspects of health.


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Product Round-upAfter a slight hiccough with its Cougar Point 6 chip-set, Intel's spiffy new Sandy Bridge Core i5 chips are finally starting to arrive in laptops from all the usual suspects. To herald their arrival Reg Hardware has donned its Phil Drabble cap and rounded up ten of the new breed, poked them with a benchmark stick or two and generally abused them to ensure they don't fall apart as soon as you get them out of the box.
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Android App of the WeekBought an iPhone or Windows Phone 7 handset but don't like the UI? Tough tomato. Bought an Android phone but don't like the UI? Change it. And what better app to help you on your way than Folder Organizer, one of the most versatile, stable yet unobtrusive applications you will ever download.
Server flash cache deathmatch: Bring it
CommentServers currently get flash caches as a branded supplier's retrofit or through special deals between a server supplier and an OEM source, like Fusion-io. This can't go on and server flash cache is going to become a standard fit item.
Hackers pwn PBS in revenge for WikiLeaks doco
Hackers aligned with WikiLeaks broke into and defaced the website of US broadcaster PBS over the weekend shortly after it had aired a less than flattering documentary about the whistle-blowing site.
CEOP announces 'record results' in child protection battle
Child protection net-cop quango the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre has announced what it describes as "record results" in its fifth annual statistics.
Daleks given a well-earned break
Doctor Who exec producer Steven Moffat has announced the Daleks are taking a well-earned break, and will be spared yet another confrontation with their Time Lord arch enemy for the foreseeable future.
Android Marketplace starts cleaning house
Google has been cleaning up the Android Marketplace, kicking out developers responsible for some of the most popular Android apps – without notice – and leaving customers scrabbling for an alternative.
Skype pushes gaming software down users throats
Skype has further irked its users, already put out by an outage last week, by pushing a Windows add-on that installed itself on users' systems whether or not they gave it permission to install.
Polaroid goes Gaga with instant printer refresh
She may have a strange sense in fashion, but as Polaroid's Creative Director, Lady Gaga must have picked up a thing or two about product development, with the latest addition to the company's range of portable printers appearing as the festival season approaches.
Ousted Egyptian prez fined £20m for net cut-off
Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been hit with a £20m fine for cutting off the internet during the popular revolt in the country earlier this year.
eBay calls for cheap 4G networks
eBay wants 4G radio spectrum to be cheap, claiming that mobile commerce is a lost opportunity in the UK, but the shopping portal's motives aren't quite as altruistic as they appear to be.
Twitter forced to hand over user details to English council
Twitter has handed over users' details following a demand from a local council in North East England that took its complaint to California, forcing the micro-blogging site to comply with a US court order.
EU parks disk drive mergers ahead of competition probe
The European Commission has run up red flags over the competition implications of the disk drive industry's current game of musical takeovers.
Stealth hovercraft armada poised to invade South Korea
North Korea is assembling a powerful fleet of hovercraft to menace the South's northwestern islands, according to the Seoul government.
Linux 3.0 all about 'steady plodding progress'
Linus Torvalds has put penguins out of their misery by revealing that the next version number for the Linux kernel will be ***drumroll*** - 3.0.
Multinationals out themselves as big Aaas fans
CommentThe Artificial Intelligence guru Ray Kurzweil believes that technology, accelerating exponentially, is converging on a point some 20 years ahead when in a flash of universal illumination he calls "The Singularity". It will solve all the problems of mankind.
Government plans cyberweapons programme
Whitehall officials have revealed that work has begun on a range of offensive cyberweapons to add to its defensive capability.
Samsung Solid Immerse rugged phone
ReviewPhone manufacturers today are all too keen to tell us their phones aren't really phones at all, they're handheld computers with oodles of processing power and capability. Sometimes, however, a basic communications device is just what you need, especially if your life might depend on it.
'One size fits all' EU data law would undermine rights, says Clarke
New European data protection law proposals risk compromising freedoms and security, UK Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has said. He said that he opposed a 'one size fits all' approach to European data protection law.
Sony restores PlayStation Network in full
Sony has announced all PlayStation network functionality – including access to the PlayStation Store – will be fully restored by the end of the week.
Apple sues teenager for white iPhone conversion kits
Apple has thrown the book at a student who last year sold White iPhone 4 conversion kits to those sick of waiting for an official product to surface.
Official: Apple to float iCloud on 6 June
Apple's unwell CEO Steve Jobs will reveal details about the company's iCloud technology early next month.
Robot air fleet can launch mid-air from cargo plane's ramp
US manufacturers have carried out a flight test that might change the way air battles are fought. In future, rather than sexy jet fighters or massive bombers, the aircraft which crush an enemy dictator's air defences could be ordinary cargo haulers – each of which could launch a hundreds-strong armada of small robot planes into the fray.
Filesharers spread Allied Telesis networking 'backdoor' info
Updated"Backdoor passwords" for a range of Allied Telesis networking devices have been leaked online.
Dell boasts of cloudy server dominance
Perhaps more than any other major server-maker, Dell has benefited from the rise of hyperscale data centers and the cloudy service providers which build them. The company is boasting that it not only rules the clouds in the United States, but also in China. The question is, can it hold out against whitebox suppliers which are getting better at custom engineering and bending metal?
Depressed Scottish file-sharing nurse gets 3 yrs probation
Auxiliary nurse Anne Muir, 58, has become the first person to be convicted and sentenced for illegal filesharing in Scotland. The Ayr Sheriff's court has sentenced her to three years' probation after she admitted sharing a stash of more than 30,000 music files online.
Rumours confirmed: NetApp now supports tape storage
NetApp is supporting tape storage through an OEM deal with CommVault for Simpana 9 and SnapProtect.
MP headshot sex rating site: Gentlemen prefer Tories
British politicians and politics fanciers, if no one else, are wildly excited today by the appearance of a website which asks viewers to decide which of two randomly-selected MPs they would prefer to have sex with, and then uses this information to rate the Members of each gender in order of attractiveness.
Nokia gives up predicting sales
Nokia is predicting Q2 sales to be "substantially below" its previous estimates, and says it won't provide public targets anymore as the company tries to adjust to the new reality.
Activision calls for duty with premium subscription
Activision has spilled the beans on its premium Call of Duty subscription today, a service that seeks to enrich multiplayer experience and unite the CoD community. Oh.. and make a shed-load more cash for the games giant, which is rubbing hands at the prospect of breaking sales records again when the next instalment in the game's franchise appears later this year.
Opera extends Speed Dial with Swordfish beta
Opera has released a new beta of its desktop browser, adding "extensions" to the Speed Dial page that appears each time you open a new browser tab.
MIPS enters Android Honeycomb tablet race
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Malware from Google Market menaces Android users
Google has yanked more than two-dozen mobile apps from its Android Market after security researchers reported they were laced with malicious code that transferred user data to servers controlled by attackers.
Pentagon: Hack attacks can be act of war
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World Health Organization: Mobile phone cancer risk 'possible'
In a move that's sure to fan the flames of the ongoing debate about the safety of mobile phones, a panel of World Health Organization (WHO) experts has classified those ubiquitous handsets as "possibly carcinogenic to humans".
Zencoder serves HTML5 video freedom in spades
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Twitter slaps 'follow' button on third-party sites
Twitter has rolled out a "follow" button for third-party websites.
VMware eats Socialcast for collabware
Server and desktop virtualization juggernaut VMware continues to build out a stack of applications for the cloudy era. It has now snapped up Socialcast, a maker of enterprise-grade social networking tools, for an undisclosed sum.
Apple ships removal tool for Mac-menacing malware
Apple has updated its Mac operating system to protect against a malicious application that has been hoodwinked untold numbers of users by masquerading as legitimate security software that warns they have serious infections on their machines.
Wake up, Linux hippies: No one 'morally obligated' to give back
Open...and ShutFor years, open-source advocates – including me – have demanded greater open-source contributions from the world's largest beneficiaries, from Google to Morgan Stanley and the US Department of Defense. Now Amazon is on the firing line for not giving back commensurate with the benefits it receives from various open-source communities, and the thinking behind the arguments are as wrong-headed as they ever were.
Danes ban busty babes, Oz okays for teens
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Germany's rights-holders hit freetards hard
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HP issues annual exploding battery recall
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Apple nemesis sues iOS, Mac, and Android devs
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Anninos, Dionysios; Gaasbeek, Bram; Anous, Tarek; Barandes, Jacob Aaron; Denef, Frederik
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|Anninos, Dionysios, Tarek Anous, Jacob Barandes, Frederik Denef, and Bram Gaasbeek. 2012. Hot halos and galactic glasses (carbonado). Journal of High Energy Physics 2012(1): 3.
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Heversham Hotel is a beautiful pub situated between Milnthorpe and Kendal serving Samuel Smith's range of high quality British ale, lager, stout, fruit beer, cider and perry – offering unrivalled quality and value. Samuel Smith's is a small, independent British brewery offering beers and ciders made with the highest quality natural ingredients, no chemical additives or preservatives.
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The Heversham Hotel serves straight forward no-nonsense pub food at good value prices.
Accommodation is available from £80 per night for a double/twin room furnished to a very high standard. Our bedrooms can be booked via telephone or this website – you will not find our rooms on any "online travel agents" such as Booking.com because they charge 15% commission which the customer must ultimately pay for, and this makes for poor value.
Heversham lies at the head of Morecambe Bay – the picture on the hotel sign is a bird's eye view looking out towards Arnside railway viaduct and the bay. The building which is now Heversham Hotel has 16th century origins. It was for a time the vicarage and the lawns extended up to the church. It ceased to be the vicarage in 1842 and became a private house called Elm Lawn. In the early twentieth century the house was converted to Heversham Hotel. In 1927 the bypass was opened by the Prince of Wales, hence the name Princes Way, cutting through the hotel gardens. In 1966 the hotel was renamed the Blue Bell (the bell in the bar is the porter's bell from Heversham railway station and the name Blue Bell is a homage to another pub of the same name in the village which closed in 1952). After major refurbishment in 2016, the original hotel name of HEVERSHAM HOTEL was reinstated.


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ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AcuteCare Telemedicine (ACT), the leading practice-based provider of Telemedicine services for hospitals seeking stroke and other urgent Neurological care, and the Bon Secours Neuroscience Institute (BSNI) established a collaborative partnership earlier this year to enhance BSNI's "around the clock" neurological service. ACT and Bon Secours have developed a telemedicine model focused on improving the delivery of care and overall patient outcomes. The fourth largest and only faith-based health system in Virginia, Bon Secours Virginia offers a full range of services including cardiac, women's, children's, orthopedics, oncology, neurosciences and surgery at eight award-winning hospitals. Bon Secours established its teleneurology program 5 years ago with a goal of having all of its area hospitals joint commission certified. Patricia Lane comments, "Working with the AcuteCare Telemedicine partners feels like an extension of…
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Earth's tectonic plates are constantly moving, at times even colliding with one another. This produces a tremendous amount of energy in the earth's surface, creating huge vibrations, leading to earthquakes. Although we only hear about the worst occurrences, thousands of earthquakes actually take place each year.
Where do earthquake most often occur?
Earthquakes can strike anywhere but they are particularly likely to happen near a fault line (a place where two tectonic plates meet). The largest quakes will usually occur when two plates collide. For this reason, regions such as New Zealand, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Japan, the Americas and Indonesia are highly prone to earthquakes.
Is it safe to travel to destinations where Earthquakes occur?
Luckily, major earthquakes occur only a few times a year and the odds of an earthquake occurring during a short visit are unlikely. Additionally, modern technology continues to improve and has made it easier to predict when and where an earthquake is likely to occur. However, it's always wise to be prepared.
Does travel insurance cover earthquakes?
If an earthquake has occurred at your holiday destination either before or after you've left home, it's worth understanding the terms of your cover.
When you are covered
If the earthquake was not a known event when you bought your policy you would be covered for:
- Cancellation (before you've left): If you've not left yet, benefits will be paid if the earthquake forces you to cancel and claim for out of pocket expenses. Your accommodation provider would have to be no longer a viable option as a result of the earthquake.
- Cancellation (when already abroad): If you are within the earthquake zone you will be covered for travel and accommodation costs involved in moving to new accommodation (if your booked accommodation is deemed uninhabitable). If your flights have been cancelled you would also be covered for any additional flight costs.
- Medical costs: Should you incur any injuries as a result of an earthquake, benefits would be paid towards your treatment.
- Emergency medical evacuation and repatriation: In the event that you require emergency evacuation or medical treatment cannot be administered locally you would be evacuated to the nearest medical facility. Repatriation costs would also be covered In the event of your death.
When you're not covered
- Travel against warnings: If you intentionally put yourself in harm's way and travel to a country or region against governmental travel advice, you do so at your own peril. You will not be covered for anything that relates to the travel warning.
- Known events: Once an event is known in the mass media (i.e. big tremors have begun, a snow storm is forecasted or a volcano has erupted) you wouldn't be eligible to buy cover for any losses incurred, or claim to cancel your trip.
- Insufficient cover: Remember that Basic (or medical only) policies would cover for any medical claims in regards to earthquakes, but would not cover travel delays, lost luggage or trip cancellation as a result of an earthquake.
- Claim for any reason: There would be no cover if your existing travel plans were not directly affected by the earthquake or if you just had a change of heart about your trip.
- Accomodation cover: Your place of residence would have to be uninhabitable for you to make a claim (i.e. the hotel not meeting expectations or a broken pool would not suffice).
Natural Disasters Claim tips:
- Get it down on paper: If your flights have been cancelled or delayed due to an earthquake be sure to get any written proof of such events from your airline.
- Contact your insurer: Before you go ahead and pay for any extra accommodation or flights check in with your insurer that they will cover any added costs.
- Keep receipts: Your insurer will need some type of proof of payment in order to pay out your claim. Hold onto any boarding passes, receipts or credit card statements.
What should I do in an earthquake?
Whilst the odds of getting caught in an earthquake on holidays are unlikely, it's always good to prepare for the worst. With popular tourist destinations such as Indonesia, Japan or Nepal all bearing the brunt of sizable earthquakes it's important to have the facts and understand any necessary safety procedures.
Firstly, if you're travelling to an earthquake prone region you should buy travel insurance and get a good understanding of the fine print. As well, make sure you're registered at Smartraveller. Get to know the emergency phone numbers procedures for the region and keep your passport and photo ID secured or with you at all times. If you happen to be living overseas when an earthquake strikes an emergency back-up plan can be a very wise idea.
Earthquake survival tips will vary but it's worth understanding the local safety codes. For instance, in countries with modern infrastructure, it's thought that the best place to be during an earthquake is under a table in the middle of a room. On the other hand, in countries with structurally unsound buildings, the rule of thumb is to evacuate immediately. Brushing up on the area's safety procedures can make all the difference when it comes to your security.
Depending on the state of disaster around you it may be advisable to return home immediately. If you are safe but have found yourself stranded due to cancelled flights and damaged infrastructure, you may incur significant accommodation and travel costs. Although these would be reimbursed by travel insurance, it's advisable to keep any additional expenses to a reasonable minimum and hold on to your receipts.
World's Worst Quakes
The following earthquakes take precedence as some of the absolute worst of recent times.
- Lombok, Indonesia: (August 2018) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 has hit Indonesia's Lombok island, less than a week after a 6.9-magnitude tremor. The quake has displaced more than 154,000 people, with a death toll of 0300 and rising.
- Valdivia, Chile: (May 22, 1960) With a magnitude of 9.5 on the Richter scale, this disaster goes down as one of the worst quakes ever. It killed 1,655 people, injured 3,000 and caused up to $550 million worth of damage to Chile. It also spawned a destructive tsunami that destroyed parts of Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines and triggered a nearby volcanic eruption too.
- Sumatra, Indonesia: (December 26, 2004) The resulting Tsunami of this 9.1 rated earthquake killed 227,900 people and displaced a further 1.7 million. The earthquake is reported to have affected over 14 countries, with its effects seen as far away as Antarctica and North Africa.
- Sendai, Japan: (March 11, 2011) This colossal earthquake and ensuing tsunami is recorded as the costliest natural disaster of all time. In addition to triggering a meltdown at the Fukoshima nuclear plant (resulting in a radiation leak) over 15,891 people lost their lives and a further 2,500 are still reported missing.
- Christchurch, New Zealand: (February, 22, 2011) Closer to home, this earthquake came just six months after an even more powerful earthquake. Occurring on a fault line that was shallow and close to the city, this quake was especially destructive, killing 185 people and injuring several thousand.
- Anchorage, Alaska: (March, 27, 1964) As North America's worst earthquake (and the second largest ever measured) this magnitude 9.2 quake ripped apart Alaska's landscape. Despite the devastation, only 139 people died as the earthquake hit on Good Friday, when most people were at home or church.
No matter how experienced or conscientious a traveller you are, an unpredictable event such as an earthquake can turn your holiday upside-down. Making sure you've got travel insurance and understanding any significant exclusions can be the first step in managing a natural disaster.
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