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The apartment is located in the Orange Hill Cluster of Rockley Resort, a 67acre golf/residential development. ground floor apartment in gated community with full use of communal pool facilities. Two bedroom with en suite bathrooms fully air conditioned with ceiling fans throughout and full security grills on all windows and doors.Fully equipped kitchen with oven,hob,microwave,dishwasher,fridge-freezer,coffee maker and blender. Full Internet access ADSL ,multi-choice TV ,surround sound music system and a safe. Includes full linen,towels,beach towels,iron,ironing board and hair dryer.
Spacious patio with comfortable patio furniture including 2 reclining. Included in rates free golf on 9 hole course - par 35 (18 tee) with professionally staffed pro shop,bar and restaurant. Golf clubs, trolleys and carts available for hire. Within 15mins walk is the beautiful Accra beach,numerous top quality restaurants and bars,2 large supermarkets,post office ,an international bank and 24 7/11.
Maid service one day a week.
We didn't get to meet John or the cleaner in the week that we was there which was an pity but not the end of the world. We had an wonderful time no complaints
Had a very enjoyable stay in this property it was well maintained clean and well stocked. Lovely view across the golf course the location was perfect and peaceful would highley recommend to anyone a great place to stay and relax.
From the moment we set foot through the door of this lovely apartment we just knew we had made the right choice. It was well appointed and tastefully furnished and provided many of those additional items which helped to ensure we had a wonderful time - which we did.
The apartment had a lovely, well furnished balcony which provided some respite from the heat and mid-day sun. We much enjoyed a long cool glass or two here at the end of the day and watched golfers, joggers and walkers alike.
The pool area caught the sun all day long and it was meticulously kept by a resident maintenance guy (Matthew) who, like all of the resort staff we met, was so friendly, polite and helpful. There were also plenty of loungers at the pool, as well as tables, chairs and sun umbrellas.
The apartment was only about 3-4 minutes from the golf clubhouse and my husband took full advantage of the free golf included within our rental. A further 5 minutes walk brought you to a very large supermarket (a Waitrose franchise I think) which had just about everything you would need for any self catering holiday and it provided a free shuttle bus so there are no heavy shopping bags to struggle back with should you opt not to rent a car.
The popular St Lawrence gap area is about a 15 - 20 minutes walk from the apartment and is an ideal spot for bars and restaurants. In fact, Rockley itself has some really good bars and restaurants and therefore the apartment could be said to be ideally situated for just about everything.
There are about 3 beaches within walking distance, the nearest being about an 8-10 minute walk from the apartment.
The owner (John) always responded most promptly and courteously during our negotiations and the managing agents who looked after the apartment were close by and were incredibly helpful and efficient. The apartment was spotlessly clean upon our arrival and we also had a weekly maid service, which was a bonus.
We stayed 16 days and the only downside was that we had to come home! Would we recommend this apartment to family and friends - you betcha.
We hope to return next year and stay for a little longer.
Sandra and Terry (Sidcup, England)
My stay was great. The area is safe yet not in the centre of the town but within a 5 min drive to the beach. The apartment was lovely, the balcony was nice and the bedrooms were luxurious. The beds were so comfy. The tv was a nice size and the pool was pretty big. The free golf was very useful and the views from the apartment were great. Overall I had a great stay and would definitely stay here again.
We have just returned from spending two lovely weeks in a 2 Bedroom apartment in the Orange Hill Cluster at Rockley Resort. This is our first visit to Barbados for a holiday and I am glad we chose this complex. The grounds are beautiful, well kept and quiet. We loved watching the monkeys and birds from our verandah while enjoying our late afternoon drinks.The apartment had everything we needed and was home away from home.
The grocery store was within walking distance and they had a great free shuttle back to the apartment with your groceries. We did rent a car so we could explore the Island but next time we will just use the bus.
We would definitely recommend 803 Orange Hill to our family & friends and we hope to return again next year.
Thank you John.
Located in Orange Hill part of Rockley Resort comprising 67 acres of golf course/residential development.Very well appointed Ground floor apartment in fully gaited community with communal swimming pool and ample parking.Two large bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms. Fully airconditioned with ceiling fans and security grills throughout. Fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher, washer/dryer,fridgefreezer, oven,hob, microwave, ADSL,MultiChoice TV, Safe. Spacious patio with beautiful view of 9 hole par 35 golf course with Pro shop and restaurant.Maid service one day a week. Close proximity to beach, restaurants, supermarkets and Banks.
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Housing supply and demand may be drawing level
Skyrocketing house prices in Australia can be blamed at least partly on an imbalance between supply and demand which has long been out of kilter. Thankfully it looks like the supply side of the equation may be catching up as more and more homes are being built throughout Australia.
As record dwelling approvals begin to change the landscape of the Australian property market there are also other forces in play. While populations increase so too does demand for property causing the equation to balance out again.
How are these two basic forces affecting the Australian property market right now and what affect are they likely to have in future? Is new construction keeping up with demand fuelled by population growth? Let's have a closer look at the property market to extract some answers.
Dwelling approvals
Over the 12 months to December 2015 190,072 dwellings were constructed nationally.
Over the 12 months to December 2015 CoreLogic RP Data shows that 190,072 dwellings were constructed nationally. This is a record-high that shows developers are taking note of the rampant demand increases building at a faster rate than ever to keep up.
This is only the tip of the iceberg though. A summer 2015 report by Commbank revealed that at the end of last year there were over 180,000 residential dwellings in the planning, marketing or approval stages of development. This number reveals that the staggering construction numbers recorded last year will most likely continue through 2016 and perhaps 2017.
Movements in Sydney and Melbourne
The report also revealed that Sydney's development may not be keeping up with demand while Melbourne's might. Metropolitan Sydney accounts for 38 per cent of Australia's expected population growth up to 2017 yet only 33 per cent of dwelling approvals.
The median house price in the city are already sitting at over 1.1 million in Sydney.
The median house price in the city are already sitting at over 1.1 million in Sydney according to CoreLogic so further increases may cause (more) problems particularly for younger first home buyers.
Melbourne's dwelling completions on the other hand account for 46 per cent of the national total. While the Victorian capital's population is growing by a rate that is 0.4 per cent faster than Sydney's, the huge number of developments should far outstrip any demand driven by this growth. This might allow Melbourne's property supply to draw level with demand.
Interestingly Melbourne's dwelling completions are focused on the CBD, with 25 per cent total located there. This is the highest percentage nationally.
Population vs dwelling construction
The Australian Bureau of Statistics found that the national population increased by 326,073 over the 2015 year. This number represents a lower rate of increases down from the heights of 2008 where the population increased by 459,504.
The national population increased by 326,073 over the 2015 year.
Coupled with incredibly high construction approvals last year, might this slowed rate of increase help to level demand?
Assuming the ABS reported Australian average household size of 2.6, more homes are being built than required by the population growth. While these are incredibly simple measures of a very complex market, they are still promising signs going forward. Rates of dwelling completions compared to population increases show this, sitting at 2.4 in NSW, 1.9 in Vic and 1.6 in QLD.
What does it mean?
At its most basic increasing dwelling numbers relative to population growth shows that the balance between demand and supply will improve. Basic economic principles dictate that this will reduce upwards pressures on prices and may eventually contribute to their decrease.
Those looking to buy real estate may lament the lesser capital gains, but in future if this continues it should create a more affordable and accessible property market for all.

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Jeff White provides counseling and dispute resolution advice for manufacturers and distributors. He is chair of the firm's Manufacturing Industry Team and regularly represents clients throughout the United States and globally. Mr. White is significantly involved with industry issues through his participation with groups such as the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the American Bar Association's International Expansion and Cross-Border Transactions Subcommittee. In 2013, he created and launched the widely read Manufacturing Law Blog, which was one of the first blogs in the country to address legal issues facing manufacturers and distributors.
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Mr. White has represented several Fortune 50 manufacturers that sell products globally, including in the aerospace, chemicals, and consumer product markets to name just a few. He has experience in a wide variety of matters, including product-related class actions, product liability prevention and litigation, supply chain disputes (including with long-term agreements (LTAs) that range from hundreds of thousands of dollars to several billion dollars), intellectual property disputes, and environmental matters. Mr. White routinely uses his litigation and business experience to counsel companies that wish to assess and/or resolve business to business disputes with suppliers, vendors and other business partners without resorting to litigation.
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Mr. White is past chair of the firm's Appellate Practice Group, which was honored in 2014 as Connecticut's premiere appellate group by the Connecticut Law Tribune. He has been involved in over 50 appeals and has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the state appellate courts in Connecticut, New York and Maryland. Most notably, Mr. White successfully argued before the Connecticut Supreme Court in an antitrust case arising out of a proposed $1 billion waterfront project.
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"I'll tell you this, "we're not gonna get beat up. Our kids are big Midwestern boys, they're tough. They won't get beat up."
Joe Glenn
If life were a cartoon, the Oregon football team would take the field at Autzen Stadium on August 30th to face the South Dakota Coyotes with roadrunners on their uniforms rather than ducks.
Unfortunately for the visitors, this one's likely to end like all those Warner Brothers animated classics — with a "beep-beep" and a puff of dust, leaving the bemused coyote grasping nothing but air.
No, the outcome of this one is hardly in doubt. But I thought it might be fun to get the coyote's perspective. South Dakota's gracious head coach, Joe Glenn, was kind enough to give me a call the other day and fill me in.
Coach Glenn appears to be a genuinely nice guy. He sounds exactly like what he is — a Nebraska boy, Midwestern through and through, with a ready laugh and a refreshingly candid perspective on his job, and life generally.
Fridays find him down at the local pub, listening to swing music pumped out by "some old hippies." A South Dakota alum, he went back to Vermillion, a town of 10,000 tucked into corn and bean country just north of a bend in the mighty Missouri River – an hour from Sioux City and light years from Eugene – in 2012 to help rebuild the program. He seems a man comfortable in his own skin, a football guy through and through, a man with a solid sense of perspective.
Glenn has been around a couple of 'coaching' blocks, in the process carving out a career that includes two NCAA Division II national championships at Northern Colorado (1996, 1997), and an NCAA Division I-AA championship at Montana (2001). In short, he knows a thing or two about winning football games.
When I asked him recently how he intends to bring the sort of success he enjoyed at Northern Colorado and Montana to South Dakota, he responded, "It's going to take time. We have to recruit. Identify the recruits we want, get 'em to campus, get 'em to buy in, get 'em to work hard, on the field, in the weight room and in the classroom. Get a couple of the right guys and you can turn the corner.
"When we went to Division I a couple of years ago, we knew we weren't the destination lots of Midwestern players they were looking for. But we feel if we can get 'em here, we've got a chance. SDU's the state's flagship school, the medical, business, and law schools are all here. We've got some really nice facilities, the campus has a sort of Ivy League feel to it. The Dakota Dome was built in the '70s, but it still works just fine."
The Coyotes (that's pronounced "Kai-yotes" as opposed to "Kai-yotees," by the way) have a ways to go. They finished 1-10 in Glenn's first year behind the helm, and are coming off last year's 4-8 season that saw them finish seventh in the Missouri Valley Conference.
When we talked about his coaching style, Glenn underscored the need for flexibility.
"I don't think you can take the same approach with you wherever you go," he explained. "You have to see where you can fit the players you can get, you have to be flexible. I'm not a defensive-minded or offensive-minded coach. I'm not a throw-it-all-the-time, or run-it-all-the-time sort of guy. Balance is important. You gotta be able to do both, one makes the other better. If they load the box, take it outside. If they place seven men in there, run it inside and make an ugly four."
When our conversation turned to that coyote vs. the roadrunner scenario, Coach Glenn chuckled, then said, "Our kids will never have another experience like going into Eugene and playing the Ducks in their careers. Playing on the road against what might be the best team in the country. What are they, ranked No. 4 right now? We're going to make it the best experience we can. We have to give it everything we've got. Then we'll come home a better team."
Luckily for Glenn and the Coyotes, things get a whole lot easier the next week, when tiny William Penn visits the Dakota Dome.
"We had an empty slot there, three months ago," said Glenn. "It was play William Penn or play nobody."
A statement that made me think about the Ducks' first two games — South Dakota followed by the mighty Michigan State Spartans. Could there possibly be two teams with larger strength of schedule chasms for those first two tilts than Oregon's and South Dakota's?
After we chatted a bit more about how loud and raucous it can get at field level at Autzen, Glenn finished our conversation with a little shot of confidence.
"I'll tell you this," he said, "we're not gonna get beat up. Our kids are big Midwestern boys, they're tough. They won't get beat up."
Ah, but are they quick enough to catch a roadrunner? Guess we'll see on August 30th.
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"Shadows Of The Summertime"
Welcome to John-Ralston.com where you can find all my music..
Welcome to John-Ralston.com where you can find all my music..
I live in Lake Worth, FL and always have, mostly. When I haven't been there, I have been traveling around and around North America playing music. I have played at the dregs and at the pearls. I have played at places long-gone but not forgotten: Places like the Fireside Bowl in Chicago and CBGB's in NYC. I have played at places with names soon forgotten and I have played at MSG. I have played basements and I have played outside in the winter cold after shows. I have played to no one and I have played to sold out shows.
My first album, Needle Bed, was made with the help of some friends in 2005. Then I re-released Needle Bed on June 6, 2006 with Vagrant, with whom I also partnered for my second album Sorry, Vampire. White Spiders EP and a UK tour came next. Since then, I have been battling. Winning and losing. But, in the end, I was able to make a beautiful album with some of my closest friends in the world. That album is called Shadows of the Summertime. Life is beautiful like that. In the words of Beckett, "I can't go on. I'll go on." I also just released a vinyl single "Jesus Christ" b/w "A Marigny Xmas" with some new friends at 24 Hour Service Station. Wheels are turning. Good vibrations.
Shadows Of The Summertime LP NOW AVAILABLE on VINYL for $15 USD PPD Additional Charge For International Shipping
I teamed up with the good folks at 24 Hour Service Station to release a new single: "Jesus Christ" b/w "A Marigny Xmas" Dan Bonebrake and Deric Dickens provide the rhythm section here. Pressed on white and red vinyl just in time for the holidays. Purchase the vinyl and receive the digital versions of both songs via email as well as a demo version of "A Marigny Christmas." Pressing is super limited to 300 total copies; 150 red and 150 white. Order your copy of Jesus Christ | A Marigny Xmas 7 Inch Vinyl Record
LosingToday.com 'Jesus Christ' is a bit of gem all said, the draping of looping drone chimes endow it with an enchanting quietly epic demeanour that sounds for all the world as though through the silent flurry of blurring snow drifts an oncoming cavalry is navigating the frost tipped landscapes homeward bound whilst despatched amid a sonic coda that not for the first time (and I suspect not the last) in this missive loosely coils itself delicately around a melodic motif subtly threaded from 'little drummer boy' - that said we here are thinking that long time admirers of Cheval Sombre and the like should lap this up. Flip the disc for the utterly adoring and disarming honey toned countrified traits of 'a marigny Christmas' - a softly tendered swaying strum drilled nugget tempered and turned with just the right requisite amount of smoked and stoked homebound and heart heaving warmth as to have you stopping dead in your tracks and sparing time for a moment of reflection. May break hearts.*Photography by Monica McGivern
I made a beautiful album with some of my closest friends in the world. This new album is called Shadows of the Summertime. Pressed on Vinyl, hand numbered, limited to 500 copies, and comes with a digital download of the entire album. Price includes shipping.
If The Blood Wasn't Tainted Before, It Is Now June 25, 2008 Words by Sean Moeller Illustration by Johnnie Cluney Sound engineering by Patrick Stolley Not quite sure what's worse, are you? Dealing with a life as it stands or the anticipation of pre-birth, when there's this naivet that there's a 50-percent chance of good or bad things there to greet you with a cookie bouquet and an energetic slap on the ass that, after the sound has died down, takes on a crisp sting. You're here and there's no going back. No one's been put back in yet. Florida songwriter John Ralston takes us into the birth canal, into the waiting room, on "When I Was A Bandage," one of the numbers from his 2007 released Sorry Vampire and gives us a snippet of that "waiting to be born," that "can't wait to be born" perspective that's been utterly lacking for far too long. He doesn't stop there though, deciding to chronicle the entire way, like the man who started a journal when he was a day old and entered something meaningful every day on like clockwork, whether he had anything to write or nothing. Some find it extremely difficult to write anything when they've got starry light in their eyes and their heart's filled with cheery laughter. The good times are rotten for prosing productivity. They're just good for eating cake - as much cake as you'd like - but writing songs or passages for the printed page takes an extra dimension, some dark matters. Ralston finds them, pinpointing them and then finding good uses for them in his straight-ahead rock and roll. It's rock and roll that should be emanating from the Heartland, not the swampy marshes and sandy beaches of Florida. It's all worn out lumber and rusty nails. It's about driving over one of those rusty nails with a car, not once, but twice in the same week, cussing under your breath as you patch another one in the work shop. He probably hasn't bothered to memorize all of the commandments or the Bill of Rights, but I'd bet the farm that Ralston could recite all of Murphy's Laws. Those are the ones he's intimate with. They are code and there's honor in surviving them time and time again. On "Fragile," the first song of this session, which was recorded late last year, he uses the line, "Little baby birds are weak and dumb," and we're immediately given the privileged view into a gloomy outlook that doesn't even stop at the things that people have to deal with. It's okay to not think on the lighter side of things. It's easier too. He never comes across as being heavy or depressed, just jilted by a world that maybe was promised as something more there in the delivery room or when he was first learning to walk. It's okay to be tepid when it comes to optimism. Ralston admits later on Sorry Vampire - (and is that title supposed to be an apology to a Bela Lugosi-type for there not being any or enough blood in him for a meal or a snack?) - his thesis: that it's hard work being a human being. He uses those works exactly, so you know exactly where he's coming from. It's hard work for the birds, for the people, for masses. It's just the way luck has us - in a noose. That's perverse, but Ralston might nod and what would make the response so interesting is that we couldn't be positively sure if it was agreement of just his way of coping. If he had a guitar in his hands while doing the motion, it would just be his way. It's how he gets by. THE SESSION: 1. Fragile 2. When I Was A Bandage 3. Lesson 1 and 2 4. White Spiders Daytrotter's Site
I was asked by my friends at 24 Hour Service Station to record a song for their project, Ceremony - A New Order Tribute, released February 20, 2010. I covered "All Day Long" for the 32 track double CD honoring the music of New Order and dedicated to Tony Wilson: A portion of the proceeds from record sales will benefit the Salford Foundation Trust's Tony Wilson Awards, established in memory of Tony Wilson, the founding father of landmark independent record label Factory Records, who died of cancer in 2007. The trust will benefit children and young people who can demonstrate a special talent or ambition in the arts or creative skills. Available At: NewOrderTribute.com iTunes Amazon
Salford Star: "John Ralston flips "All Day Long" into a classic ballad format wallpapered with shimmering guitars" Whiskey Dregs: "John Ralston's similarly rootsy interpretation of All Day Long, another highlight, driven by electric piano, Hammond organ, and acoustic bass guitar, sounds like The Band in 1973 backing a low-key singer from mid-1990s Madchester." Popshifter "The best offerings from Ceremony are the rockier tracks, which owe more of a debt to Joy Division than to New Order. The standouts include John Ralston's version of All Day Long (off of 1986's Brotherhood) which has a country tinge to it"
My first album, Needle Bed, was made with the help of some friends in 2005. I then re-released Needle Bed on June 6, 2006 with Vagrant Records.
Harp Magazine: "Brian Wilson's'teenage basement demos to God." Alternative Press: "..channels the spirit of the late Townes Van Zandt to create a piece of reflective folk-rock nouveau that even bests Bright Eye's I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" ReviewerMag.com: "Just bursting with great melodies; calling it an aural treat is not saying too much." "Imagine a twist between Brian Wilson and the late Elliott Smith and you'll get a general sense of what I'm talking about." Cover Art from Original Needle Bed Self-Released Version TRACKLIST: 1. No Catcher in the Rye 2. It's Not Your Fault 3. Hang a Sign 4. When We are Cats 5. I Believe in Ghosts 6. No One Said It Was Easy 7. Gone Gone Gone 8. Time for Me to Ruin Everything 9. Keep Me 10. Avalanche 11. Our Favorite Record Skips
My second album, Sorry Vampire was released on October 2, 2007 with Vagrant Records. Also Available On: iTunes Emusic Amazon$8 USD PPD
Pop Matters: "Sorry Vampire is a beautiful album full of color that allows for fresh interpretation and the discovery of detail with each successive spin. On some projects, such deliberation leads to an overwhelming number of sounds and/or an overly slick product, but no such errors befall this album. While Sorry Vampire is not quite to the level of being a masterpiece, the album proves that Ralston may just be the type of artist who has a masterpiece in him." "Sorry Vampire is an album for those who can appreciate the beauty that is found both in simplicity and in ornate design. Ralston is indeed a good songwriter but he is also one of those performers who really give meaning to the term recording artist. The skill and invention employed in the making of this record do not go unnoticed and place the music world on notice for what is to come from Ralston." Boston Globe Review/Interview: Ralston Becomes a Studio Monster on 'Sorry Vampire' Layered New Disc Explodes Boundaries of Earlier Work By Jonathan Perry The Boston Globe - February 22, 2008 Unlike the layers of mud caked on John Ralston's car windshield making it nearly impossible to see the road, and the scrape of wipers making it tough to hear anything else, the layered beds of sound on Ralston's latest album, "Sorry Vampire," allow you to hear more and more all the time. "There's tons of snow here, and a truck just blasted me with mud," the 30-year-old singer-songwriter explains en route from Wyoming to Colorado for a show. "I can't really see, so it definitely makes the drive a little bit exciting." Not wanting to contribute to a road mishap, I prepare to shed about five layers of questions from our chat. But Ralston is in a gregarious mood, ready to talk about why and how the opulent, lushly textured "Sorry Vampire" came about. "On 'Needle Bed,' I wasn't even really intending to make a record," Ralston says of his mostly acoustic 2005 debut. "The idea was to get out of town for a couple of days and record some songs with a friend of mine. I immediately became interested in [the recording process] and the question of how we can build on this sound, and spend more time on it, and really layer." Really layer is right. "Beautiful Disarmed," a sad, striking ballad that resembles some of the late songwriter Elliott Smith's gorgeously fragile work, is embedded with 20 vocal tracks. Floating together amid synthesized strings and accents of piano, they sound ethereal and endless. The tune eventually drifts and dissipates before a full, flowering bloom of electric guitars announces the next track, "No One Loves You Like I Do." Before "Sorry Vampire," Ralston claims, "I really didn't have experience in the studio." Working again with "Needle Bed" co-producer Michael Seaman and Grammy-winning mixer Charles Dye "really opened my eyes about what we could do in the studio. I realized that we could really push the boundaries of what I had done before and experiment." Hence the title of the latest album. "['Sorry Vampire'] was about ignoring the different things that can really suck the life out of a project, and keeping really focused on making something unique," says Ralston. "The goal was making something you could listen to over and over again, and you'd hear something new each time. I think we did that." Dye was stunned when he began working with Ralston again. "It was apparent to me really quickly that his whole vocabulary about engineering and mixing had increased tremendously," says Dye, who has mixed albums for Aerosmith and Lauryn Hill, among others. "It had been two years almost [since 'Needle Bed'], but I've never experienced somebody coming into the studio not really knowing much of anything and then coming back and knowing so much. I didn't expect it, but he had clearly done his homework." In keeping with his desire to experiment, Ralston recorded "Fragile," the track that leads off "Vampire," with ex-Wilco multi-instrumentalist and noted studio junkie Jay Bennett. "He's obviously a talent and a tireless worker," says Ralston. "There would be times when I would be exhausted and crash out at 2 or 3 in the morning and he'd keep going." Ralston has since become something of a studio junkie himself. He has built a home studio and is about to release an EP, "White Spiders," that marks the first time Ralston has written, recorded, produced, and mixed all of the tracks. But his newfound fascination being "behind the board," as he puts it, is merely a new twist on an old love. Ralston regularly sang at Sunday gatherings with his extended family in Florida. "Music was always around when I was growing up," he says. "It seems kind of antiquated when I talk about it now, but singing with a group of people was really fun. I remember listening to my mom's old records like Neil Young's 'Harvest' and the Byrds and the Band, but I didn't think about playing or writing my own songs until I was about 16. One day I had my mom teach me a few chords. She's a guitar player - she's still better than I am." Broward-Palm Beach New Times Album of the Year 2008: "There could have easily been a drop-off after his amazing 2005 solo debut, Needle Bed, but Lake Worth native John Ralston never succumbed to a sophomore slump. Instead, Ralston got to work immediately on what would become Sorry, Vampire, pairing up with ex-Wilco keyboardist/engineer Jay Bennett and even enlisting the vocal talents of fellow South Floridian Tim Yehezkely of the 2007 Best Album-winning the Postmarks. The result is a beautiful, endearing album that only gets better with each listen. Vampire is Ralston's dollhouse a winding, orchestral journey through the talented songwriter's psyche, powered by a staggering array of instrumentation and layering. From the angst-ey drive of "Fragile" to the potent imagery of "When I Was a Bandage" (Little bits of cloud, go on and bite your lip/I was just a bandage when you lost your tourniquet), each track feels dense and full of detailed mystery, the aural equivalent of a Wes Anderson film. Ralston might be Florida's best songwriter. And if Vampire is any indication, he's only getting better." Amplifier Magazine: "Studio geeks are truly a breed apart. These are the folks who find joy in toiling away in the control booth after the tape has rolled and the musicians have put away their instruments. Taking a near-perverse pleasure in agonizing over the minutiae behind the music, no album would be the same without these talented individuals culling away all of the dross that threatens to drown a song. And more than any other aspect of John Ralston's new album'Sorry Vampire,it's the production work that takes center stage. Entering the studio with a wide array of sound-making devices and a slew of catchy folk-pop songs, Ralston and co-producers Michael Seamen and Jon Wilkins carved out a rich, deep album that manages to avoid sounding overly ambitious or over-produced." Drive Far Off: "This intensely layered and meticulously crafted record is truly something to behold. The somber, swaying, gloomy melodies lend the perfect audio-backdrop for the commonly gray fall weather. Each track is its own intricate and developed work of art. I find it hard to imagine how Ralston will follow this up or how these songs will be performed live. Miami New Times: " Florida homeboy John Ralston builds on the strength of his critically acclaimed debut, Needle Bed. He has created something akin to a seminal milestone. Finding the perfect mix of attitude and ambiance, Ralston crafts a sound that begs an instant connection - rich, textured, atmospheric anthems imbued with brooding discontent...instrumental overdubs and an agitated underbelly give Sorry Vampire a heady mystique as affecting and provocative as its title implies." "reincarnated himself as a creator of mind-blowing, almost orchestral pop songs. Imagine Elliott Smith, perhaps, but happier, and often backed on a recording by a bed of, literally, 100 different tracks. Ralston must be a madman in the studio, but the songs are so strong that live and pared down to a regular band, they still work. "TRACKLIST: 1. Fragile 2. The Only Evidence 3. When I Was A Bandage 4. I Guess I Wasted My Summer Now 5. Lessons I & II 6. A Small Clearing 7. Ghetto Tested 8. 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Top teams to clash through weekend
Preview: Five matches between top-10 squads dominate slate
|DIVISION I (All times ET)
Oct. 28 -- 10 p.m.: No. 6 UCLA Bruins at No. 2 Cal Golden Bears
Oct. 28 -- 10 p.m.: No. 5 Stanford Cardinal at No. 4 USC Trojans
Oct. 29 -- 8 p.m.: No. 1 Nebraska Cornhuskers at No. 8 Penn State Nittany Lions
Oct. 22 -- 8 p.m.: No. 15 Minnesota Golden Gophers at No. 3 Illinois Fighting Illini
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Key Notes: Mancuso posted 4.1 kills, 3.3 digs and 1.0 block per set in No. 1 Nebraska's wins against Iowa and then-No. 1 Illinois. She recorded her 10th double-double of the season with 15 kills and 14 digs, adding five blocks and two aces to help the Huskers take down the Illini. She also had 14 kills, nine digs and two blocks against Iowa. Her efforts helped Nebraska earn its first win against a top-ranked opponent since 1990.
Other Players to Watch this Weekend: Lillian Schonewise, Cal (Freshman, Middle Hitter), Colleen Ward, Illinois (Senior, Outside Hitter), Alex Jupiter, USC (Senior, Outside Hitter), Ariel Scott, Penn State (Sophomore, Middle Hitter), Carly Wopat, Stanford (Sophomore, Middle Blocker), Rachael Kidder, UCLA (Sophomore, Outside Hitter).
• Nebraska has the top spot in the AVCA Coaches' Poll for the first time since 2007. There is no time to celebrate. The Huskers face four-time defending national champion and No. 8 Penn State on the road Saturday, a night after they play at 23rd-ranked Ohio State.
• The coaches' poll could be shaken up considerably after this weekend. A total of five matchups on the schedule feature clashes between top-10 teams. Also, No. 9 Texas faces No. 14 Iowa State on Friday and third-ranked Illinois plays host to No. 15 Minnesota on Saturday.
• Speaking of the Cyclones, they'll likely be heading into their showdown with Texas feeling confident. Iowa State ended Texas A&M's perfect home record last weekend and Alison Landwehr cracked the 2,000-assist plateau in the victory.


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Purim is celebrated by the reading of the Scroll of Esther, known in Hebrew as the "Megillat Esther" which relates the basic story of Purim. Under the rule of King Ahashuerus, Haman, the King's prime minister, plots to exterminate all the Jews of Persia. His plan is foiled by Queen Esther and her cousin Mordechai, who ultimately save the Jews of the land from destruction. The reading of the Megillah is typically a rowdy affiar, punctuated by booing and noise-making when Haman's name is read aloud.
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The Basics of Coordinate Geometry
Lesson 1 of 4
Objective: SWBAT find midpoints, distance, and slope using coordinate geometry.
Big Idea: Moving Geometry onto the coordinate plane. Let's investigate midpoints, slope, and distance!
Handing Back the Unit Test
I am a firm believer in handing tests back during the following lesson. Sometimes it is definitely painful to get tests corrected so quickly, but I think it's important to provide prompt feedback to the students.
At the start of today's class I hand the Unit 1 Test back and provide students time to talk within their Groups about their answers (MP3). I then ask if there are any problems on which anyone would like more explanation. If so, I explain these on the whiteboard.
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In the previous unit we used constructions to find a midpoint. What about finding midpoints on the coordinate plane?
According to Math Open Reference:
If you know the coordinates of a group of points you can:
- Determine the distance between them
- Find the midpoint, slope and equation of a line segment
- Determine if lines are parallel or perpendicular
- Find the area and perimeter of a polygon defined by the points
- Transform a shape by moving, rotating and reflecting it.
- Define the equations of curves, circles and ellipses.
In this lesson we will explore a number of these topics, including midpoint, distance, slope, and the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines. This in turn will set us up for future lessons on finding area and perimeter, studying equations of lines, parabolas, and circles, and exploring transformations.
To begin today's foray into Coordinate Geometry, I have on hand lots of graph paper and I hand out one sheet to each student, along with a straight edge. I have the students fold the graph paper into quarters (as they would say, "Like a hot dog roll and then like a hamburger roll") and draw a set of axes on the top left quadrant of their paper.
I am not particularly picky about having the students fold their papers, label their axes, number the axes from -10 to 10 and so on; in fact, I know my kids have been coached in middle school, for developmentally sound reasons, to do all these things, and usually at least one student will ask about having to do them. I always respond, "These are your notes and you can choose how and what you write on your notes." I stress this because I want wean them away from relying on their teacher to tell them exactly what to do and how to do it; instead I'd like to help them move toward taking responsibility for their own learning.
My students (the honors or accelerated students) are pretty solid on which axis is which, the direction the numbers go, and so on, and therefore I don't feel the need to emphasize these concepts; I realize, however, that groups of students who are more diverse in ability and experience may, in fact, need a lot more practice on these skills.
Finding Midpoints
I have the students plot the points (6,8) and (8,10) and draw a connecting line segment, and then I ask: What is the midpoint of this line segment? My students are usually able to find it by inspection.
We repeat this process with (1,2) and (5,0), then with (-2,5) and (-6,1), continuing with more if necessary. At this point, I ask a series of questions:
- How can we get the coordinates of a midpoint?
- What does the midpoint represent?
- If no one mentions the words average or mean, I introduce the notion. If you have a grade of 70 and a grade of 90, what is your average? What does this number represent?
The most common error students make with regard to midpoints is confusing the Midpoint Formula with slope or distance (i.e., "Should I add the coordinates or subtract?") For this reason, I really hammer home the notion that finding the coordinates of midpoints is nothing more than averaging the x-coordinates and averaging the y-coordinates, because they all know how to average two numbers.
I give the students several more pairs of coordinates and ask them to find the midpoints without plotting the points, and, as we go over these, I constantly pose the questions:
- Does the x-coordinate of your midpoint lie right in the middle of the x-coordinates of your endpoints?
- Does the y-coordinate of your midpoint lie right in the middle of the y-coordinates of your endpoints?
- Does your answer make sense?
Finally, only after all this, do I ask what the midpoint formula might be. Most of the time, the students are easily able to volunteer this, particularly after the discussion relating midpoints to averages. I find it is helpful at this point to take the time to discuss and contrast subscripts and exponents, as there are some students who confuse them. And someone usually asks at this point, "Do we have to use the formula?" My answer to this question is, "No."
Finding Distance
Using the top right-hand quadrant of a sheet of graph paper, I have the students plot the points A(2,2) and B(5,6), and I ask them to figure out the length of line segment AB. I give them time to confer with their groups and, if they seem to be struggling, I remind them of the work that we did in the opening lesson on the isosceles right triangles.
How did we figure out the length of the hypotenuse?
Eventually, perhaps with some further suggestions from me if needed, the students should draw a right triangle with line segment AB as its hypotenuse and use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the length of the line segment.
This section of the lesson is a good opportunity to frequently remind students of the different notations used for the length of a segment and the name of the segment. As I write the length of segment AB on the board, I ask various questions about the notation I should use and, as I walk around the room observing the students' work, I watch for their use of notation.
Now, on the bottom left-hand quadrant of the graph paper, I have the students repeat the same process with C(-1,-2) and D(2,4), asking them to find the exact length of line segment CD. When students have successfully completed this, we discuss the triangle that they used to find this length.
- What are the lengths of the legs?
- How long is the hypotenuse exactly?
- About how long is the square root of 45?
- Is the hypotenuse longer than the legs, and does it have to be?
I'd like my students to think about their answers whenever they find length or distance, and to always ask themselves, "Does this answer make sense?" (MP1, MP6).
Next I ask the class about the legs of their right triangle. Why does one leg have length 3? Where does this 3 come from? Why does the other leg have length 6? In their answers to these questions, I'm expecting to hear that these values are the differences in the x and y coordinates, but, even better, I'd love to hear that the lengths of the legs represent the distance between the x-coordinates and the distance between the y-coordinates. I have found that finding the lengths of the legs of a triangle makes a lot more sense to some students when I say, "How far is it from -1 to 2 on the number line? How far is it from -2 to 4 on the number line?", particularly for those students who struggle with operations with signed numbers. I will model this line of thought often when doing problems involving distance.
Lastly, I ask the students what the formula for distance would be. I help set the stage for this by reminding them: What process did we use to find distance or length? How did we find the lengths of the legs of the triangle? I give them time in their groups to work on this, while I sketch on the board a line segment with endpoints (x1,y1) and (x2,y2). This helps to suggest notation for those who are struggling with it.
Once we have arrived at the Distance Formula and tried it out on sample coordinates, I take the time to remind the students again that they can simply ask themselves "How far is it? How far is it from one x coordinate to the other? How far is it from one y coordinate to the other?" This helps those students who struggle with subtraction, and helps those students who use subtraction make certain that their calculations make sense.
Finding Slope
My students have encountered slope in Algebra and in 8th grade, but, invariably, when I ask them what slope is, they respond mechanically, offering up either "delta y over delta x" or "y equals mx plus b." (Maybe this will change as students are exposed to the Common Core!) When I ask what these phrases mean, I'm almost always met with silence. So we go to the bottom right-hand quadrant on our graph paper and proceed similarly to my midpoint process.
- I ask the students to plot (1,1) and (3,5) and draw a line containing these two points.
- I ask what the slope of this line is, and toss out the phrase rise over run, inquiring if this might sound familiar.
- I ask what rise means and what run means.
- We relate rise to the change in the y-coordinates (their delta y) and run to the change in their x-coordinates (delta x), and talk about slope as a ratio. (This is also where I introduce m as representing slope.)
- I ask them to find another point on this line and to calculate the slope again, and we compare points and slopes, discussing the fact the slope of this line is constant, regardless of the points we chose.
- We run through this same process with (-7,0) and (-3,-3), and note the difference in the signs of our slopes. We discuss negative and positive slope in general (in terms of uphill and downhill lines).
Once we begin to make some progress, I ask the students to plot (3,-5), (6,-5), and draw a line. I'll ask, "What is the slope of this line?"
When we think rise over run, the change in the y-coordinates is 0 and the change in x-coordinates could be any number (other than zero), depending on what points they choose to use. What is 0 divided by a number equal to? We do the same thing with (4,2) and (4,-3). Here the change in the y-coordinates could be any number, but the change in x-coordinates is 0. What is a number divided by 0 equal to?
I ask the students why 0 divided by 2 is 0, while 2 divided by 0 is undefined. My experience has been that they have no idea, so I quickly run through a division by zero conversation. I think this is an important conversation to have with them in terms of number sense, and is also key in helping them to understand why horizontal lines have zero slope and vertical lines have no slope. Once they own this knowledge, they won't have to rely on memorization but will know conceptually what the slope of a horizontal or vertical line is (MP 2).
All of this leads us to the slope formula. Once again, I ask the students to figure out and tell me what the slope formula is. We practice using it on some points that I write on the board, and we revisit the notion that the difference in the x values and the difference in the y values is really just the distance between these values on the number line (MP8).
Lastly, I bring up the fact that someone had mentioned "y equals mx plus b" when I asked about slope. What is y = mx + b? At this point, they realize that the m represents the slope of a line and most recall that b is the y-intercept of a line. I explain that we will be working with equations of lines later in the course.
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Practice Problems
I hand out the Coordinate Geometry Practice problems. I also provide graph paper and small white boards and markers that have the coordinate grid drawn on them. Students can choose which of these tools (MP5) they would like to use.
In this set of problems, the students first practice the concepts of midpoint, distance, and slope. Then they apply their knowledge to two problems that require them to determine which of these concepts they need to use. These problems also require that the students begin to justify their answers.
The students work in their groups, discussing approaches and comparing answers. (MP3) Any problems that are not completed during the class period will be assigned for homework.
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Ticket Out the Door
With 5 minutes left in the class, I ask the students to complete the Coordinate Geometry Practice problems for homework.
I then hand out the Ticket Out the Door. In this short assignment, I am hoping the students will tie together one of the geometric definitions they have learned previously with the coordinate geometry that they learned in this lesson. It also asks them to justify a congruency relationship using a definition, which is a skill leading directly to the geometric proofs in a future unit.


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Brake and Autoglass team up on road safety TV campaign
Autoglass and Brake have teamed up for a national campaign promoting road safety.
Brake, the road safety charity, is partnering with Autoglass to launch a new national campaign promoting road safety.
The free Bosch wipers initiative urges drivers to consider the road safety implications of poor visibility and raises awareness of the essential role windscreen wipers play in allowing drivers to maintain good visibility.
The joint activity follows the news that the Department for Transports road safety publicity budget has been slashed from £19m in 2008/09*** to £3.9m in 2011/12. As a result, the Government announced it would no longer invest in childrens road safety TV advertising.
The change in the Governments spending priorities means there is an increased need for corporate organisations to work in partnership with charities to raise public awareness of life saving issues. This latest activity aims to reduce the 40 road deaths, and 600 serious injuries a year that are linked to poor visibility by highlighting the easy steps drivers can take to ensure a clean and safe windscreen, such as the regular checking of windscreens and wipers.
Autoglass, the vehicle glass repair and replacement specialist, and Brake began working together in 2010. Autoglass is already Brakes campaign partner for Bright Day, an initiative to raise awareness of the importance of good visibility, particularly in the darker winter months. Bright Day not only raises awareness of the importance of seeing and being seen, it also helps to raise essential funds for the support Brake provides to the victims of road crashes.
The new windscreen wipers initiative follows research released by Brake in August 2012 showing that a huge proportion of drivers are failing to conduct potentially life-saving vehicle checks. Nearly four in ten (39%) set off on long journeys without checking their tyres are in a safe condition with the right pressure, more than one in four (26%) dont bother to check oil and water and the same number (26%) dont ensure washers and wipers are working*. The consequences of this are severe - in 2010 (latest data available), 39 people were killed and another 2,178 were injured, some seriously, because of crashes where vehicle defects were a factor**.
The creative will also see a return to screen of technician Gavin, the famous first face of the Autoglass Heroes advertising campaign. The integrated activity will appear across TV, radio, online and social channels, featuring the hashtag #getfreewipers. The TV ad can be viewed at www.youtube.com/autoglass.
Sarah Fatica, general manager at Brake, said: We are incredibly proud of our partnerships with corporate supporters such as Autoglass, and are delighted to be working alongside it to raise awareness about the importance of proper vehicle maintenance. Advertising campaigns are a fantastic way in which we can ensure that crucial road safety messages are reaching drivers.
Matthew Mycock, Managing Director at Autoglass, said: With Government ad spends reduced, it is essential businesses get involved and support charities with which they have a strong synergy. Autoglass and Brake are both passionate about road safety. We have successfully worked together on Bright Day for Brake, and now we hope this initiative can make a difference. If just one pair of wipers we give away helps to prevent a serious road traffic incident, the whole activity will be worth it.
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*PART 1 Are you ready to drive? Brake & Direct Line, 2012
***Childrens road safety TV adverts axed in England, 2012.
About Autoglass:
Autoglass is the UKs leading vehicle glass repair and replacement service, with over 80 branches and 1100 mobile technicians. Until 27 March 2013, Autoglass will be giving away free Bosch wipers with windscreen repair and replacement services. For details of the nearest centre call 0800 36 36 36 or visit www.autoglass.co.uk
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY — The deadline for Middlesex County social services agencies to submit Freeholder Support Grant applications has been extended to Sept. 13, due to the shortened Labor Day work week and the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. The original deadline for submission was Sept. 10.
"The purpose of these support grants is to provide assistance to Middlesex County's most vulnerable populations, including the homeless, low-income households and others, and we are pleased to be able to provide them," said Freeholder Blanquita B. Valenti, chair of the Human Services and Senior Services Committee.
Completed support grant applications are due no later than 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 13, at the Middlesex County Department of Human Services, Division of Social Work Services, 5th Floor Administration Building, 75 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Applications will not be accepted after the submission deadline.
Submission of a 2011 support grant application does not constitute a guarantee of funding for new or previously funded programs.
For an online application, go to: http//co.middlesex.nj.us/humanservices/index.asp and click on the "2011 County Support Grants" tab on the left side of the page. For a print copy, call Harriet Slonim at 1-732-745-4041, or Annette Olsen at 1-732-745-4519.
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Time for more Things! What could be better on a Thursday, other than if Burn Notice was still running new episodes?
Continue reading "Things My Eyes Saw and My Brain Thought: Week 6"
I'm upset with the loss yesterday, but not as much as I was after the Kansas City game. I think there were a few major positives which emerged yesterday, and generally, I was fairly happy with the performance of the defense for the second week in a row. Some thoughts....
I hate when the Broncos play in the early game, because it prevents me from channel-flipping like I like to during the busy part of the day. I watched our game on Sunday intently, and only had 3 games to flip through late.
Today, I cut out of work early, and came home to watch a bunch of football. Observations and thoughts follow. As always, I only comment on football I personally watched.
Continue reading "Things My Eyes Saw and My Brain Thought: Week 4"
I'm a day late with this, because it has been a busy week at the office for me. Here goes some thoughts, now that I have seen every game.
Continue reading "Things My Eyes Saw and My Brain Thought: Week 5"
Here are some thoughts, about yesterday's game, and the season at the 5 game mark.
I thought the use of the 30 front last week was garbage, and the Broncos got away from it quickly. Today, however, it worked very well, and they used it a lot. On the one hand the Broncos have the wrong kind of personnel for a 3-4 look. The linebackers and Elvis Dumervil are smaller than you'd like for it, and Dewayne Robertson is not really a NT, which is why we got him for a bag of footballs from the Jets. On the other hand, it's undoubtedly easier to find 4 good LBs on the Broncos than it is to find 4 good D-Linemen.
For one thing, Dumervil seems to be back. He dominated Jeremy Trueblood today. The LBs and Safeties also tackled much better today. The soundness of the defense and the patience of the offense combined to win today. I'm very pleased with what I saw.
As always, this is based 100% on games I watched....
1. Javon Walker looks finished. He got no separation all game long. Another former Bronco, Ashley Lelie, appears to be Oakland's best WR on a play-to-play basis.
2. JaMarcus Russell has serious accuracy issues at this point. I didn't see anything in his mechanics which led me to believe that there was a problem, but he's missing his targets a lot. Interestingly, the training wheels are being taken off a little bit for him lately, and it remains to be seen how he handles that going forward.
3. Jason Peters is supposed to be a big star at LT for Buffalo, but I don't see it this season. He's been getting beat by pass rushers, and he had a particularly long day matched up against Derrick Burgess.
Continue reading "Things My Eyes Saw and My Brain Thought: Week 3"
I'm still in the process of watching every game in its entirety (Directv's Short Cuts is well worth the 99 bucks.) For now, some notes on things I already saw and thought.
Continue reading "Things My Eyes Saw and My Brain Thought: Week 2"
OK, the Chargers got jobbed on the fumble call. No argument there, but if they had won on that play, it would have been because of a fluky, untouched fumble. In other words, it would not have indicated any semblance of Chargers superiority. Instead of losing on a weird fluky play, they didn't lose on another weird fluky play. By the way, the Champ Bailey play in the 1st quarter was not as clear to me as it was to Randy Cross. I thought that was very close.
The sequence following the fumble was really compelling. The key play-call to securing the win was the draw to Selvin Young on 3rd and Goal from the 10. Watching it, I thought it was brilliant, because I'd rather have one shot to score on 4th down, and leave 24 seconds on the clock, than I would take 2 shots into the end zone from the 10, with a minute to go. I think the probabilities are better, given the abysmal defense seen from both teams today. The call on 4th down was very smart, but really, par for the course of the game.
ESPN's Chris Mortensen is reporting that Lane Kiffin is expected to be fired as soon as Monday, regardless of the outcome of today's game in Kansas City. This would be a really sad day to be a Raiders fan, as I believe Kiffin to be the best coach they've had since Jon Gruden. They're still losing, but the direction of the team looked much better last season than it had since at least the Gruden days.
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For CAs: Introduction to a Rewarding Career
We would all like to thank Dr. Richard C. Schafer, DC, PhD, FICC for his lifetime commitment to the profession. In the future we will continue to add materials from RC's copyrighted books for your use.
This is Chapter 1 from RC's best-selling book:
"The Chiropractic Assistant"
These materials are provided as a service to our profession. There is no charge for individuals to copy and file these materials. However, they cannot be sold or used in any group or commercial venture without written permission from ACAPress.
Chapter I: Introduction to a Rewarding Career
To enter the health-care field as a chiropractic assistant is an adventure for the qualified individual. The nationwide trend in the primary care professions is not only to provide qualified health-care professionals but also to assure that assistants are qualified to carry out their duties and responsibilities in caring for the health needs of patients. To achieve this goal,
- chiropractic physicians are encouraged to use assistants to increase personal efficiency, and
- chiropractic organizations are encouraged to sponsor legislation establishing a nationwide accredited chiropractic assistants program.
All states and Puerto Rico have statutes recognizing and regulating the practice of chiropractic as an independent health service because the profession has proven its value as a public service. On foreign shores, the practice of chiropractic is officially recognized and regulated in Canada, Switzerland, Germany, New Zealand, Western Australia, Bolivia, and is acknowledged and accepted in the British Isles, South Africa, Rhodesia, Japan, France, Denmark, Belgium, Italy, and Egypt. Official recognition is being initiated in scores of other countries.
Note: While most doctors of chiropractic are males, the number of female practitioners is growing. Likewise, while the majority of chiropractic assistants are female, an increasing number of males are assuming the role of chiropractic assistant. For the sake of simplicity and not sexual bias, the pronoun "he" is used throughout this program when referring to the doctor of chiropractic, and the pronoun "she" is used when referring to the chiropractic assistant. This is solely to avoid the redundant "he or she" or "he/she" when referring to the doctor or assistant.
The Doctor of Chiropractic. The titles doctor of chiropractic (DC), chiropractic physician, and chiropractor are synonymous. A doctor of chiropractic is a physician concerned with the health needs of the public as a member of the healing arts who gives particular attention to the relationship of the structural and neurologic aspects of the body in health and disease. Being thoroughly educated in the basic and clinical sciences as well as related health subjects, the professional education of a chiropractor prepares him as a primary health-care provider. As a portal of entry to the health delivery system, the chiropractic physician must be well educated in diagnosis and case management to care for the human body in health and disease and to consult with or refer to other health-care providers.
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Steve Guthrie, airport security coordinator at Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN) in central Idaho, will be the first to tell you that small general aviation airports must contend with the same TSA directives as the largest commercial airports. Guthrie will also be the first to speak volumes about the time and effort his Category III commercial services facility has saved using some of the same security-specific computer systems as much larger airports.
Project: Security Regulation Compliance
Location: Friedman Memorial Airport, Hailey, ID
Physical Identity & Access Mgt. System: SAFE for Aviation
Vendor: Quantum Secure
Implementation: March 2013
Cost: Varies according to user volume
Key Benefits: Streamlines badging process; automates previously manual processes; eliminates multiple data entry
Computerized Security Training: SSi
Access Control System: Lenel
As SUN's security coordinator, Guthrie's responsibilities include badging, on-site security reviews and TSA compliance reporting and monitoring. He also serves as special projects manager, risk management specialist and executive assistant to Airport Manager Rick Baird at the leanly staffed rural facility.
"Because of the requirements that we are required to comply with by law, we had to either hire additional resources – which would have been more people – or we had to look for technical solutions," explains Guthrie. Together with the airport authority and Baird, Guthrie pursued a technical solution to eliminate double, sometimes even triple, data entry requirements and to automate previously manual processes.
Guthrie and Baird initiated a request for proposals and ultimately chose Quantum Secure's latest suite of software, SAFE for Aviation. Since last March, SUN has been embracing an array of physical identity and access management software products that eliminated the need for more personnel. The new system moved the airport's TSA-adjudicated Security Threat Assessment from an entirely manual process entailing multiple data entries to a streamlined and automated flow of relevant information between applicable systems. The result, Guthrie explains, is improved business processes.
Advantages of Automation
By using Quantum Secure's newest software suite to streamline its processes for issuing security badges and maintaining TSA compliance, SUN is taking the same approach as large Category X facilities such as Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Another product, Identix, then interfaces with a fingerprint biometric technology that enables SUN to electronically capture and transmit forensic-quality ten-print fingerprint records.
Saurabh Pethe, Quantum's project manager, explains that the company's baseline software includes everything relating to credentialing within two portals: one internal browser-based portal and one external portal that authorized signatories use to begin pre-enrollment entries from outside offices.
"The airport does not have to fill in any paperwork per se," Pethe notes. "The authorized signatory fills in a lot of information for the applicant and then prints the application form so they can sign it and submit it to the airport."
The trickle-down effect of SUN's new efficiencies include rapid movement, and, by default, greater ease for airport employees, he explains.
After using the system for about one year, Guthrie is enthusiastic about the timesaving Pethe describes. "Prior to Quantum, the badge issuance process would take up to an hour and a half, to include applicant interviews, data entry and badge issuance," recalls Guthrie. "Now, when an applicant comes in, he or she is out of my office within 15 minutes."
SUN also uses Quantum's Asset Manager, which assigns and keeps track of the assets (metal keys) that have been assigned to individual employees. In addition to the company's standard reporting, Friedman purchased the Security Reporter add-on product. Since deploying the new systems, Guthrie noticed a marked difference during the airport's annual badge audit process, which previously required multiple mailings, emails and phone calls. "The Quantum system allowed me to push audits up to my signatories, and it was all completed within two weeks instead of two months," he reports. "It has really helped in regards to compliance, because it takes the human factor out of it. The Credential Management System is automated and structured; compliance is followed to the tee."
SUN's Quantum software also connects to the Lenel's access control system it already had in place and interfaces with SSi computer-based training through a third-party system.
Guthrie describes SSi as a "fantastic partner" that has taken the airport's efficiencies to a new level. The company's automated system delivers required training to authorized signers, aircraft rescue and firefighting personnel, new Security Identification Display Area badgeholders and FAR 139 airport agents without requiring extra manpower to maintain and update training programs, he explains.
"As a brand-new employee, it can take an hour or two to take the minimally required training programs," explains SSi President Lorena de Rodriguez. At small airports, where employees are often hired a few at a time, providing staff to teach a small number of new hires can be a hardship, explains Rodriguez. Sometimes, she adds, it's just a supervisor and one new employee. "Having an automated approach allows employees to take the training when they are able and the supervisor to provide more dedicated training about specifics – after the basics have been covered," she relates. It makes more sense for a supervisor at a large airport to spend two hours presenting training information, because classes contain more people, she continues.
Large airports, such as San Francisco International, also benefit from SSi's customized computerized training products, she notes: "Friedman Memorial has standard training programs that deliver the same efficiencies as those sought after by big airports: immediate recordkeeping and the constant availability of training to students after they have been securely enrolled in the program."
Scaled Pricing
Guthrie was pleased to discover that both SSi and Quantum allow smaller airports like SUN to pay for their systems via a monthly subscription instead of purchasing all of the hardware and software licenses upfront. Quantum refers to it as "proportionately scaled" pricing.
"Our licensing is basically like any other enterprise solution, with costing based on the number of active card holders," Pethe explains. "If Friedman has 1,000 active card holders, our licensing is based on 1,000 active card holders. For larger capacity airports — if it is 25,000 IDs — then the licensing scales up."
According to Guthrie, the investment is well worth the outcome. "I have been able to eliminate 50 percent of my paperwork," he notes. "These efficiencies have allowed me to focus on overall compliance requirements, physical security and additional job expectations."
Long waiting times make airports look bad and upset passengers. Even worse, long queues make airports lose money; people that wait more, spend less.
The basis to tackle waiting times, move the passengers more smoothly through the airport and leverage customer satisfaction is an accurate and reliable system to measure waiting times.
The 3D sensors and software solutions from Switzerland based Xovis have established as the industry's standard to measure and predict KPIs such as waiting times, process time and passenger throughput. Today, more than 45 international airports in and outside the USA count on Xovis.
During the webinar, Marc Rauch, Managing Director Xovis USA presents the technology of the global market leader in passenger flow monitoring including the following topics:
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Breasts in sex scene; Episode: Mirrorball
Natalia has a hoarse voice and a sort of slightly exotic look. In the fifth episode of the second (and last) series, Natalie plays a college student who is driven to become sexually aggressive. She takes another student back to her room and yanks his clothes off, then rides him, clearly enjoying herself, yet not quite knowing what is going on. It's an unsettling but hot scene. You see a few decent glimpses at her breasts.
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Nice view of her breasts in the bath. She has committed suicide. Partial breast during attempts to revive her, in the hospital. I have not seen the whole episode. I have not seen episode 2.