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METUCHEN – The American Stroke Association (ASA), a division of the American Heart Association, will be honoring Metuchen resident, Martin S. Gizzi, MD, PhD, chairman of the JFK NJ Neuroscience Institute located inside of JFK Medical Center in Edison and the chair of the Stroke Advisory Panel for the New Jersey Department of Health, with the Founders Affiliate American Stroke Association Community Conscious Award for his public work with improving stroke care in New Jersey.
The award will be presented at the 7th Annual Summit of The NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium (NECC) at the Westin Boston Waterfront on Oct. 18-19. The awards reception will be held on Thursday, Oct. 18 from 5 – 6:30 p.m. in the Galleria Hall at the Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, Mass.
The American Stroke Association Community Conscience Award is given annually to an individual or group that has been an advocate for policy change supported by the AHA/ASA to improve stroke systems of care including: prevention, treatment and rehabilitation for stroke patients within the northeast region. This award was formerly presented to Greater Boston area recipients and this year has been expanded to the Founders Affiliate Region of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Dr. Gizzi is chairman of the JFK NJ Neuroscience Institute located inside of JFK Medical Center in Edison and is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neuroscience for Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences in South Orange. He holds an MD from the University of Miami and a PhD from New York University.
Dr. Gizzi received fellowship training in neuro-ophthalmology and completed a residency in neurology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He is board-certified in neurology with added qualifications in vascular neurology. His research has been funded by the NIH, NASA and industry. Dr. Gizzi founded the residency program in neurology at Seton Hall, which now has fellowship programs in vascular neurology, neurocritical care and interventional surgical neuroradiology.
Dr. Gizzi has been active at both the state and national levels in advancing stroke care. In 2000 he worked with state Sen. Barbara Buono to write the legislation that created a statewide designation process for primary and comprehensive stroke centers. As the chair of the Stroke Advisory Panel for the New Jersey Department of Health, along with the Panel, they developed the comprehensive NJ Acute Stroke Registry. He has also served on the Stroke Steering Committee for the National Quality Forum developing core measures of stroke quality of care and currently sits on the Technical Advisory Panel for the Joint Commission's Comprehensive Stroke Center program.
Due in part to the efforts of Dr. Gizzi, New Jersey was able to implement a statewide stroke system of care and over 95% of residents live within 30 miles of a designated stroke center. His leadership has made New Jersey only one of a handful of states that designated Primary and Comprehensive stroke centers. Dr. Gizzi has also been involved for several years with The NECC and improving stroke systems of care across the region.
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PARIS, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Economic growth is showing further signs of firming in France, Italy and the euro zone overall, while growth looks to be easing to around long-term trends in the United States and UK, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said.
Trends are pointing more strongly to a loss in growth momentum in Brazil and China, meanwhile, according to the OECD's monthly leading indicator, a measure designed to flag turning points in the international economy.
Stable growth momentum is expected in Germany, Japan and India, while indications for Russia also point to stable growth momentum although below the long-term trend, the OECD said on Monday.
The indicator, a synthetic index where 100 is the long-term average, remained at 100.7 in the euro zone for the fourth consecutive month in June but continued to ease to 99.4 in the U.S. from May's 99.5, having fallen below 100 in February.
Britain's reading slipped to 99.8 in June, having dipped below 100 to 99.9 in May. The index rose month-on-month to 100.8 from 100.7 in France and was stable at 100.9 in Italy.
China's indicator continued its steady decline to 97.4 in June from 97.5 in May. Brazil slipped to 98.8 from 99.0.
The reading for Germany, the euro zone's biggest economy, was stable at 100.0. (Reporting by James Regan; Editing by Digby Lidstone)
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"If the Recession Is Over for Some People, I Must Not Know Them"
Readers aren't celebrating with Bernanke.
Ben Bernanke declared Tuesday that the recession is "very likely over at this point." He called the recovery technical, though, and said that it won't feel like a real recovery. Instead, Bernanke talked about the risk that the economy will grow too slowly in the second half of 2009 to create many new jobs or replace the ones that were lost. In which case, "unemployment will be slow to come down," Bernanke said. "It will come down, but it will take some time."
I askedSlate and DoubleX readers a month ago how they would know when the recession is over. Based on your responses, many of you aren't ready to celebrate Bernanke's vote of confidence in the economy. You have your own markers for the end of the downturn. They involve a turn for the better in your own fortunes. Much of the time, that means finding new or better work. So if you're toasting Bernanke, it's probably in the sardonic spirit of Slate columnist Daniel Gross: "The recession is over! Let the jobless recovery begin!"
Here's what the still-battered troops have to say. One reader, a Ph.D. student in the sciences in Pittsburgh, explains that the recession will be over for her "when I no longer worry about how I will pay my bills for the next year." She is a graduate student who suddenly found herself with only two-thirds of her previous annual stipend and unexpected extra taxes to pay because the source of the funding changed. That leaves her with an anticipated income of only $14,000 this year. She is teaching music to supplement that, but it's hard to balance that with the 70 to 100 hours a week she must spend in the lab.
This student has already given up almost everything she can think of (except the Internet) and taken in a roommate, and "I am still very concerned about how I will pay my heating bills this winter." She adds, "I can't go without food or electricity." No, I would say not. She has looked into food stamps and heat subsidies. But as a scientist, she earns an income that's just above the federal poverty level, so she doesn't qualify. She thought Bernanke's announcement might help by making Americans feel more secure. But she added, "Unfortunately, the people in the trenches do not feel any of the recovery. I think much of America, and definitely the people that I know personally, don't feel like any of the financial 'help' has hit the people who really need it, who could really use it."
I also heard from readers who are working but consider themselves recession-exploited, as their employers continue to wring more work out of them as they lay other people off. A library assistant at a D.C. white-shoe law firm recounts that in the past year, two co-workers have left her department. Their responsibilities are now hers. The firm gave no merit or cost-of-living raises last year, even though, she says, the partners cleared more than $1 million in profits. At the same time, this reader has been dealing with the financial implications of the end of a long-term relationship: "No more splitting the rent and bills, no more security of living with somebody with a bigger paycheck and savings account."
And so for her, the recession will end when her firm starts hiring support staff again and giving raises. "I think that the firm's management thinks that ice cream socials and casual Fridays will be enough to assuage its support staff, but it's frustrating and demeaning," she says. Of Bernanke's declaration, she said, " 'Very likely over' isn't exactly confidence-boosting, especially when delivered with the caveats that unemployment will remain high and weak economic activity will continue. For me, and I imagine for a lot of people, the recession's end in a very abstract sense will not mean anything until concrete changes in daily life are evident." And, she wonders, "what would have to happen for things to go back to bad and get worse?"
Other readers are more in step with Bernanke. They can see the sun through the recession's trees. Megan is about to begin a new job as a judge advocate general (a lawyer) in the Air Force, stationed in Anchorage, Alaska. This after graduating from Georgetown law in May 2008 and going to work for a New York firm that imploded. Her husband—"we got married Aug. 29!"—has been out of work since he graduated from Georgetown law at the same time as Megan. "He was hobbled by the fact that most employers weren't interested in him until after we got our N.Y. bar results, which happened in November of last year. By that time the recession had deepened and absolutely no one was interested in hiring anyone at all," Megan writes, reminding me of the sagas of other recent graduates with advanced degrees. "I'll know the recession is over when [we] both have gainful employment as lawyers and are able to start paying back our gigantic student loan debt and reactivate our Netflix account." She longs to organize her movie queue. If I were moving to Alaska, I'd want to bring Netflix along, too.
For another reader, Jennifer, the end of the recession will come when she and her husband can leave behind McAllen, Texas. (I've written before about how the downturn has forced people to move to or remain in cities they don't want to live in.) Jennifer is a lawyer, and her husband is in finance management. They met in McAllen (a city that came to stand for costly and wasteful health care this summer), where they'd moved separately for different reasons: Jennifer's clerkship with a judge and her husband's first rotational assignment for his company. "When our respective sentences were up, we were desperate to leave and vowed never to return," she writes. The couple moved to Maryland, near D.C., and then to London and back to Maryland, where they wanted to stay. But they hit a serious recession snag. Jennifer could find only temporary contract work and, increasingly, precious little of that. Her husband finished a three-year assignment and couldn't find more work.
And then the finance V.P. dangled a high-level opportunity near McAllen—at the company's manufacturing plant in Reynosa, Mexico, which is just over the border. Why? Because no one else wanted to move to McAllen. "We struggled with the decision," Jennifer says. "I suppose it is a testament to how bleak our prospects in Maryland seemed that we even took the offer under consideration."
They moved with a promise—two years, and the finance V.P. would bring them back to Maryland. But he has since been laid off in a round of downsizing. "We are now here indefinitely, until we can find our own way out," Jennifer writes. "It is fair to say that we feel we are, in a way, in exile."
Exile isn't misery, exactly. Jennifer found a job in McAllen that she loves, doing appellate work. Her husband's job is secure, though the violence over the border in Reynosa is scary. The cost of living is low. But "the closest people we know are a six-hour drive away, through desolate scrubland and a Border Patrol checkpoint." The weather goes from hot to "holy crap is it hot." Most of the population is Hispanic, and Jennifer and her husband don't speak Spanish, though they're trying to learn. "Family is an important part of the culture, and without our own family network to rely on, it can be very lonely."
Until she can move back to a bigger city near her family and friends, or at least a major airport, Jennifer will feel caught in the recession's grip. "If the recession is over for some people, I must not know them," she says. When the real end of the downturn comes, Bernanke won't need to tell us. We'll see it for ourselves.
This article also appears in DoubleX.
I've had a great time reading all of your e-mails, and talking to some of you, for these pieces on how the recession has affected you. I'm ready for a new project, so I'm going to put the series on hiatus for now. But I'm not reassured by the recession's technical end, either. So if you have ideas for future questions I should ask about the jobless recovery, or whatever happens next, please do send them to firstname.lastname@example.com. And thank you for all the thoughtful, candid responses!


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The last years of the area's only amusement park weren't much fun, its former owner said.
Joseph Filoromo, who purchased Angela Park in 1985 from the Barletta family, said a combination of rain, insurance rates and some bad banking advice combined to end the roller-coaster ride that was his tenure at the facility that opened in 1957.
"The park, should have never closed," Filoromo said in a recent interview. "It had everything going for it."
Filoromo — who at 33 years old took over park operations — said its location, near the intersection of interstates 80 and 81, was one of its biggest assets. And the condition of the facility was great, he said.
Mirthmaster, the corporation Filoromo formed with his mother, purchased the park for $1.2 million. He said it was appraised at almost
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"We brought the park and had the mortgage and more than $400,000 in escrow," he said. The escrow fund, he said, was money that would keep the park going in the event of a bad year.
"In 1985, there was an insurance crisis," he said. "And the next year it got worse."
Filoromo said rising premiums put a dent in his financial condition. In 1987, he said, insurance costs skyrocketed to $45,000 from just $7,000 three years earlier.
Then the rains came.
"It rained almost every weekend in 1986," he said.
The park couldn't open when it was wet, and that put more of a downward spin on his cash flow.
He said he lost more money when area companies started dumping their special promotion days and picnics.
"We were really in a pinch," Filoromo said. "I was behind on the mortgage payments, and the bank told me to use the escrow."
Filoromo said he needed about $50,000 of the money to get his payments up to date.
"I was going to pay enough to make it to the next season," he said. "But then, the bank changed its mind."
At that point, he said, the bank said the rainy-day escrow funds was to be used only for collateral.
"I had almost half a million dollars to use, and now I couldn't." Filoromo said.
Not being able to do that, he said, forced Mirthmaster into bankruptcy and closed the gates on the park.
Debt on the park was approaching $1.4 million and growing at a rate of more than $400 a day.
Had he been able to wait another year, Filoromo said chances were good that he could've have turned things around.
"The next season, the weather was great," he said.
The former owner said that when he owned the park, he had an option to purchase about 100 acres in the area of what was the baseball field that would have made the park nearly four times larger that its original 33-acre site.
He said he envisioned installing water rides in that area.
Filoromo, who lived on the property when he owned the park, said he did as much as he could to keep it open.
"I was married to that park," he said. "I'd be outside at four in the morning, fixing things, I ran off a lot of girlfriends."
Filoromo said safety was one of his biggest concerns.
"I wouldn't compromise public safety," he said. "I had rides closed down because I knew they needed some things done."
He said it was that concern for safety that steered him into his latest career as supervisor in the state Department of Agriculture's Amusement Ride Inspection Division.
"On the day of the auction the director of the rides in the (Gov. Robert) Casey administration kept following me around, asking me to take a job," he said. "So I decided to give it a try."
Looking back, Filoromo said starting a park like Angela these days is almost impossible.
"That was one of the last family-run amusement parks," he said. "To go into that business today, you'd have to be a big corporation."
Nevertheless, he said that in his time as the owner, he did everything in his power to keep the site open.
He said he often thinks about what could've been.
"It's just horrible," he said. "There's so much we were trying to do, and they were running me out."
This story originally appeared in the May/June 2007 edition of Senior Scene.


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Then and Now: Passing Down the Key
Remember the days when we used a rotary phone versus a cell? When we mailed hand-written letters from a post office versus e-mail and wireless internet? When we called up our friends to say hello and Happy Birthday versus a text message or e card? When we sat down as a family at the dinner table and said grace without the interruptions of cell phones, televisions or iPods? I recollect those days gone by and I treasure the memories. Some of those very things help set a foundation for the man, and father I have become today. It taught me family values that I strive to pass on to my children in hopes that they will one day pass it to their own. We are able to obtain growth without losing our principals. We can advance without losing focus of who we are as an individual and remember those people, places an events that brought us to where we are today.
I enjoy and profit from the advancement of technology and like to watch it take each idea we ever thought we've mastered to a completely new level. As an entrepreneur and business man, I enjoy the advantages of having a global market at my fingertips and enjoy having the ability to reach out to the entire world with a few clicks of the mouse. We attempt to keep interaction alive with our families friends and target groups despite our demanding schedules and curve balls society throws in our path. Digital communications helps make that task simpler and more convenient but there are some natural free marketing tools and social conventions that have withstood the sands of time and for a reason. They are given to us at birth and intended to be used no matter the generation, time or decade to remind and teach others of their power and their meaning. They are gifts from the heart . the inner fire that's built within us to have a impact on other individual's lives as well as our own. Have we got so caught up in automation that we've perhaps lost target the power of what human interaction has to offer? Have we reminded ourselves that we are not robots spitting out mass production but that we are indeed humans with a singular DNA and come equipped with gifts that are supposed to be shared and passed on. Are we allowing the power of a hand-shake and a smile to be outdated or outsourced by generated emails, scripted marketing and social media ads? If we do not teach today's generation about maintaining a balance with human and digital interaction, one day the future leaders of tomorrow will be playing on an emotional desert no longer aware or curious about the perception of their gifts as human beings but simply just going through the motions of what they are programmed by society to carry out.
We are at the crossroads of two different paths here. We will get positive and negative expansion in either direction but we must find and keep a balance of both. We must remember who we are, our purpose we have been been created to carry out before we can appreciate where we are heading. We must not lose focus of our gifts. We are given a drive to succeed: A built in trigger for aspiration and determination and a strong will for persistence . Once we learn and choose to tap into all those natural power giants, we can become unstoppable . However, we are not made to be creatures without emotion, feelings or habits, whether good and there is no need to sacrifice one for the other. We are able to find a solution here to embracing all this amazing technology advancement and growth without losing the individual that was built long before it came into existence. We are what we think. We become what we create.
If we fail to teach today's generation of imminent business men and women about their history then they are going to have no appreciation or understanding of what real success is. We are building them to be the leaders of tomorrow, so we have to be the example today. We have to pass them the key to unlocking their potential. Teach them their roots and give them that foundation. Inspire them to find their own motivation and they will listen. You're example of success and strength will give them the heart and grit to reach bigger heights and change the world. I remember that heart and backbone I had as a small boy. It has carried with me throughout the years and still remains within my dedication and drive. I didn't learn those traits via web or on Facebook, they came from within. We teach the best leaders by being the example and allowing them to watch us in action and sharing our those same gifts with others. We do not learn or have knowledge of that in which we're not given or taught. We can not fully appreciate the value of today's accomplishments if we haven't any notion of where our history brought us from. If we build a house without a foundation, everything we try to build above it will ultimately crumble. Gandhi once wrote, "be the change you wish to see in the world". We have within us the motivation to make a difference . Technology is an amazing and valuable tool but it can not teach you about those natural gifts and abilities given to you at birth. The biggest difference between humanity and automation is the gift of life so make the most of it every single second!
During our journey , we will have many opportunities to take different paths . We can choose to make the journey our own or we can choose to make it about what we think others expect us to do. I hope that at the end of the day, when my journey is almost through, I can look back on life and say, "I have made a difference." It's important to not forget about human interaction and the impact your choices make on others lives . The majority of people that you will cross paths with as you travel your journey will not remember generated emails or scripted monologues, the text messages or tweets. They won't remember the dates and times of every deadline or marketing campaign. What they will remember will be the man or woman , whether stranger or friend who took a moment to shake their hand , give a hug and offer a smile; They will remember the one who attended recitals and football games and tucked them in at night; They will remember the one who took the time to say "you matter" and showed them importance. Most of all they will never forget the way you made them feel.
"We were young, but we had good advice and good ideas and lots of enthusiasm." – Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corporation
Smile and a Handshake gone Digital Growth is inevitable.
The circle of life will keep on turning regardless of our opinions one way or the other. However, we do have the choice in which paths we choose to go down and which ones we decide to pass on by. Advancement is necessary an can be an amazing marketing tool if we remember to think like humans and not machines. Global marketing and digital media have expanded business growth and profits to all time record breaking margins . We are seeing entrepreneurs come forth and achieve success like never before and oyster is theirs for the taking. Technology keeps advancing. The same amazing discoveries that put the man on the moon could one day carry our children to Mars. Things we never thought possible even 20 years ago are taking place right this very second. However, regardless of the day and age there's some timeless treasures that need to be preserved. Despite what advanced digital society teaches and our kids try to convince us of, there is more to life than the internet and cell phones. We have to give and relieve human interaction and touch. We get those needs from each other, not from microchips and satellite signals. We have been given our own unique stamp to place on this world.
There is nothing wrong with the grand power of technology and social media being used for communication so long as we're not sacrificing our human gifts to society or hiding them behind a computer screen.
For today's group of young entrepreneurs and potential business owners , do not allow mass digital media and the latest marketing tool void yourselves of the warmth and personalization that comes from the handshake and a smile. There is a huge impact that the sound of the voice and the value of touch will have in any business if you allow that balance of automation and human interaction. You will not only build stronger customer relations but motivate a more productive work team, stronger work ethics and company morale. Positive emotions and thoughts are contagious. You lead with a smile, others will follow.
There was a brilliant man named Dale Carnegie , one of the most successful Entrepreneurs and motivational speakers of all time . I'm sure many of you are familiar with his impact on the world. He knew the power of motivation and inspiring the minds and the spirit through hard work, speech and positive thinking. His methods and courses were the catalyst for many successful business men and women of today. He taught about setting goals, living your dreams and speaking positive things into existence. His human touch on society did more for the growth of young minds than any electronic device could ever accomplish. What would he think about today's growth and change in marketing and campaign strategies? Speaking of growth, Mr. Dale Carnegie's famed best seller, The grandfather of all self-help books has just been given a digital makeover. Seventy-five years after Dale Carnegie wrote How to Win Friends and Influence People, his associates have added "in the Digital Age" to the title to make it relevant to the Facebook and Twitter generation. I doubt Carnegie ever would imagined how the path to meaningful collaboration with your target group would become an autobahn of emails and tweets. I was a little dismayed that the authors did eliminate some of Carnegie's valuable advice in order to make it suitable for today's age in which social networking rather than a handshake might be the more common way to make contacts. But the core of Carnegie's advice on how to communicate, lead and work efficiently still has been retained . It's lesson has remained priceless across the ages . One sure way of starting a dialogue, says the book, is to smile. For, research has shown smiling gets you an average of one extra friend, which is pretty good considering that people only have about six close friends on average. That means, if you smile and your target group connects then you are more likely to keep their attention and focus. That relates on a professional level as well. At a time when more and more of our communication takes place across wires and screens, anybody who communicates with their voice, and a smile along with their own dialogue has a significant advantage in grabbing eyeballs. We do that by reaching out and making them take notice that we are real, we believe in their goals and we care about their opinions.
Clearly, the human proclivity towards misunderstanding is high. Throw in technology and it becomes all the more inevitable. So how would you overcome the obstacles to exhibiting friendliness across the digital space? It may be easier than you think . There are things you can do that will allow your cyber contacts still feel important and needed. We cant possibly go out and handshake everyone's hand that we come in contact with unless we were able to fly around the world at our own disposal and cost. However, we can choose the way we "speak" in our correspondence and contact. We still have the power of our "voice" . We can utilize the digital media for the good and benefit of others and not just for our own personal gain.
For the past decade, since email and texting have supplanted oral communication, we have been seduced by the notion that we live in an world void of emotion? It doesn't have to be that way,despite the evolution and advancement of technology we are still in fact human beings. In many ways, texts and emails of today are like the telegraph messages of the old days that had their own share of troubles. A reporter once telegraphed actor Cary Grant about his age: "How old Cary Grant?" the message read. The actor replied, "Old Cary Grant fine. How you?" However, use these amazing electronic devices as a tool not as an identity. Dare to be different than the majority realm of digital marketing stereotypes with scripted monologues and campaigns that leave out that human factor. The human mind is a complex, beautiful gem to treasure so allow it to be used as it was intended. Do not waste what has freely given for you to achieve your destiny and live your dreams. No electronic device will give you that. The power of your mind is given to you by the Man above not created in a lab. A robot is only as smart as His creator. Think about that and about Your Creator and explore those depths of knowledge.
Allow your touch, your "smile" to be conveyed even in your digital communications. Opt to keep your personal touch on all your correspondence. Outside of emoticons and emojis, there is only one medium through which you can convey that digital smile and handshake and that's with your voice, whether written or spoken. Let that voice be your handshake when you can't be there in person . How you write an email, the tone you use and the words you choose are critical tools of friendliness. Smile through your written words and you convey to others that their well-being is important to you. You and your message will have the best chance of being received. Frown through your words and others will often frown on the message and the messenger.
The smile and the handshake represents our welcome to the world. In the hearts and minds of our forefathers and great leaders of yesterday who taught us and those before them, they are rare gems needing to be preserved and passed on to serve their full purpose. They are the key to that allows you personal growth . They are your personal gift to the world and separate you from all other species. We usually have one chance to make a first impression so choose your actions wisely. The human touch will never expire or become outdated unless we choose to allow it . Our voice, our smile and our touch will always remain amongst the single greatest tools for success. The smile and the handshake are indeed timeless treasures and have not disappeared, just a little further buried amongst the vast digital treasure chest of knowledge we exist in today. Preserve your treasures , keep them safe but not hidden. Program them in your laptop if you must but never forget the password that allows you access: HEART.
Mr. Carnegie better summed it up when he quoted: "There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it. "
~ Eric Caprarese


text: DigitalWatch Obama's Complete Google+ Hangout with America [Video]By Neil Vidyarthi|January 31, 2012ShareBy Neil Vidyarthi|January 31, 2012SharePresident Obama completed his first live Google Hangout on Monday, and the results were pretty good. Google has put up the video, and you can see that whether you agree with the answers or not, the overall effect of having Americans from all over the country asking live questions to the President is a very effective way to see the President in a variety of situations. Unfortunately, for this particular interview the questions were strongly moderated and the questions were a bit too vague — the whole interview had a positive vibe and some tough questions weren't addressed.The video is shown below, and it starts with a rapid fire section where the five people chosen to ask him questions just check in to say hello. This is kind of what a real Google+ Hangout feels like, with various people chiming in at all times. However, after a few minutes of introductions, Obama fields more serious questions with long answers of up to fifteen minutes each.The whole time he's speaking, you can see the other listeners in the bottom of the screen responding to his answers. It's impressive to see people clapping and reacting to some of his rhetoric, and I can't help but think we'll see more of these kinds of interactions with Presidential candidates in the years to come. Live feedback on people's opinion of a given speech is a powerful tool and helps people get a little vision into the context and atmosphere around a given issue. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2kq26Jb copy Adweek Adweek


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DRAMA CLUB: Love Around Episode 12 (3/4)
Episode 12 of Love Around was heartbreaking. I know I completely predicted from the beginning that Zhen's dad was involved with Xiao Shu's brother's death, but it didn't make the situation any easier for me to handle. I just hate to see Zhen-Shu's romance interrupted by an external force that wasn't either of their faults.
On a positive note for this episode, though, Ying Ying finally realized and accepted her feelings for Zhe Xuan. After doing her best to force him to eat lunch with her, she got lighted headed and started falling over. Zhe Xuan, being the motherly-type that he is, decided to spoon fee her so she could regain her energy. Now, I like a cute rescue story just as much as the next drama fan, but the feeding just felt awkward to me. If my boss/co-worker was light headed and fainted, even if they were attractive, you can best believe that I would not be spoon feeding them. At this point, how could he not be interested in her also?
But the important story in the episode was the introduction of the Zhou and Liang families. It all started with Xiao Shu visiting the Zhou household.
First of all, the Zhou's house is very big and over-the-top. Pretty much everything is gold or has gold accents. It's like a house that a poor person decorated imagining how a rich person would live. Well, I'm poor so I guess I don't really know what a super rich person's house looks like either, but, from watching MTV's Cribs back in the day, I don't think it looks like this.
The best thing about Xiao Shu's visit was when Zhen and her were left alone in his room which Nainai was secretly heating to encourage their "affection." As the two innocently sat on Zhen's bed and practiced guitar, Nainai walked by and overheard some slightly suggestive phrases which made her believe she'd be getting her great grandson soon. I just love that rascally little grandmother.
After her visit, Xiao was delivered home safely before 10PM by the chivalrous Zhen. Honestly, I feel bad for Xiao Shu, though. She has to be around the same age as me, in her early/mid twenties, but she has a curfew of 10? One time when I was 18 my dad asked me to be home before 2AM, and I threw a HUGE fit. Anyway, I guess her dad was a cop and it's a different culture they live in, but I just can't even imagine having a curfew at this point in my life. How can a woman handle all of her business before 10PM?
Also, just the site of Zhen's bare shoulders caused her to cover her eyes. Girl needs to realize how lucky she is to have that view and act her age. How can she run a radio station but act like she's 15? I love your kindness and heart Xiao Shu, but I would also love to see you grow up a bit and gain some more independence.
The biggest event of the episode happened towards the end when the Liangs met with the Zhous and realized that Zhen's dad is the gangster who killed their son 14 years ago in a car accident. The flashback scene of papa Zhou being shot by papa Liang and then running the kid over is so strange to me, and I have so many questions. Why was Mr. Liang stupidly shooting at a gangster who was driving down a street where his family was standing? Was he so determined to catch the criminal that he would risk the lives of his entire family? What did papa Zhou do as a gangster that made papa Liang so determined to catch him?
I can understand why papa Liang is upset with papa Zhou because his direct actions did result in his son's death, but he must realize it wasn't solely papa Zhou's fault. Even though it seems bad now, I predict that papa Liang, at the very least, can come to not hate papa Zhou by the end of the drama. I'm still hoping for a Zhen-Shu wedding in episode 15!
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Aycock softball team bounces back
By Rudy Coggins
Published in Sports on April 24, 2010 11:09 PM
A good bounce-back game.
Three Charles B. Aycock hurlers combined for a one-hitter in a 13-1 conquest of Eastern Carolina 3-A softball rival Eastern Wayne on Friday evening.
The Golden Falcons (12-5 overall, 6-2 ECC) rebounded from a disappointing loss to South Johnston earlier in the week, and remained within striking distance of league-leading Triton. The two teams meet Tuesday in Erwin with first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m.
"Aycock is a very good team ... (always) top in the conference and in the state," said third-year Eastern Wayne head coach Tony Parrish. "I commend coach (Brad) Matthews for what he's done because they've got a good offense, a good defense, good pitching ... a good all-around game."
Aycock hurler Autumn Pittman (4-2) held the Warriors hitless through four innings. A second-inning error prevented the senior right-hander from leaving the pitcher's circle with a perfect game.
Sophomore right-hander Brooke Bell benefited from a fifth-inning double play after throwing two questionable illegal pitches. Junior righty Ashley Shingleton tossed the sixth, and gave the up the game's lone hit and run to Eastern Wayne senior Lani Fricks.
The trio combined for seven strikeouts.
"We did a good job locating (pitches) in and out, and that gave them fits," said Golden Falcons head coach Brad Matthews. "We played good defense, at times. I wanted all my pitchers to throw tonight to get ready for Tuesday because I'm going give everything we've got, so I wanted everyone to get a little bit of work in tonight."
Fricks held the Golden Falcons scoreless through two innings despite allowing four base runners. The right-hander induced two ground balls which led to outs and concluded the second inning with a strikeout.
Aycock exploded during its third at-bat.
Bell (3-for-5) singled to right field, stole second and scored on Sarah Beth Marquis' double to right center. Pittman (3-for-4) put runners on the corner with a single and Marquis tallied the game-winning run when Rachel Jordan reached on an infield error.
The Golden Falcons sent nine batters to the plate during the outburst and gave Pittman a 5-0 lead.
"It took us a little while to get used to (Fricks)," said Matthews. "The second go-around (through the lineup), we started to hit the ball hard and really good."
Matthews substituted freely and the reserves added to the advantage in the final three innings. Courtnei Gilbert (two RBI) and Amber Rose contributed two hits apiece, while Jessica Hare supplied a pair of RBI groundouts.
Overall, Aycock pounded out 17 hits including two doubles from senior Cara Frederick, who ended the night 3-for-4.
Other Local Sports
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- MOC track
- ACC men's golf championships
- Minor leagues
- Prep baseball boxes
- Rosewood remains unbeaten in Carolina 1-A baseball
- Wayne Christian girls boot Flora MacDonald, 4-0
- Aycock's McGee, Quinn sign national letters-of-intent
- Easley, Souza, Rombaut, Czerski cop top athlete awards
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Congratulations to Vibiana Bowman, reference librarian at the Paul Robeson Library, who was selected
by Library Journal as one of the "Library Movers and Shakers for 2005." According to LJ, this annual
list profiles "emerging leaders in the library world... who are innovative, creative, and making a
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2005 issue of Library Journal.
"How to Avoid Plagiarism," an information literacy tutorial created by the reference department of
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The next library faculty meeting will be held on Friday, March 4, 2005 in the Teleconference Lecture
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Healing Energies
This article takes
some explanation. The five of us - Catherine Bird and Tanya Nolte
of Australia, Lyn Palmer of the UK, Patti Duffy-Salmon from Tennessee,
and I, Maggie Moyer, from Pennsylvania - all previous contributors
to Natural Horse - have written it together. We have a network where
we communicate via the Internet to discuss case studies from our
individual careers, and combining our efforts provides us with more
tools for our clients. The following is a case study we each took
a part in last winter.
The horse is a five-year-old WB mare named Ruby, 16.1 H chestnut. Ruby is a client of Maggie's and boarded with Maggie last year. This young mare has a history of rambunctious pasture behavior and attention difficulties while being ridden. A consistent work schedule works best with this mare, whose owner also started her with TTeam.
Maggie had been working with Ruby on a regular basis. She is a big-moving mare who had some balance issues especially when going through a growth spurt. The mare had been doing well, scored well in her first dressage show, and was beginning to school the next level when her canter became strung out, her departs labored, and while on the lunge line had an intermittent four-beat canter. It was also noted Ruby became grumpy during her work and reluctant to walk up small slopes. The veterinarian was notified but could not come for a few days. Maggie was asked to look at the mare.
Maggie's hands-on contributions:
Ruby had always been sensitive over the right hip and had previously had a very small sacral iliac joint dislocation. However I found the entire hindquarter and back extremely sensitive to touch. When palpating the stifles she jumped away and if I persisted she kicked out at me. I could also hear a popping sound from the stifles. On the lunge line I could detect a funny hitch in the right hip and the intermittent four-beat canter. In questioning the owner I found Ruby was increasingly unpleasant while being mounted. She would stand but as soon as the owner started to swing up Ruby would bolt. The owner had not had an accident as she was fit enough to swing up before falling, but she realized it was a matter of time. She also suspected it was out of discomfort. It was revealed by the farm that Ruby had reared and fallen in the pasture a few weeks before, and the timing fell in with the time the symptoms appeared. At this point the owner stopped riding Ruby and was resigned to lunge her a few times a week.
I was present for the vet visit. At this point
the four-beat canter had resolved but there was still an intermittent
hitch in the right hip. When he palpated her stifles Ruby sank down
and had to be assisted back up. The vet felt she had injured the
sacral iliac joint again, which was causing her stifles to be uneven
and the hitch was because of the displacement. The vet prescribed
rest for one week, butazolidin, then hand walking progressing to
light riding. No schooling.
At this point, I presented this case to the group. I could not get through a massage/TTouch session without the mare kicking or sinking down. This was a change in the mare's behavior. I had gotten her to the point where her first reaction was not to kick. Instead she would either move away or sink down. Instead of antagonizing her by persisting I would check just enough to determine if this was still an issue. If she would permit it I would gently work on the stifles. This has always been a mare with many opinions and has never done well if "forced" to comply. She would only become worse. Having some experience as an animal communicator I found she had definite opinions as to whom she liked and whom she did not. If she did not like someone she would tolerate them but not be very gracious. She was also prone to hysterical temper tantrums, which were short lived, but explosive. When questioned about these her response was always an exasperated, 'I do not know'. She also had a sense of who and what was around her. The mare seemed to know she was insecure and sought control in her life. A well-timed TTeam technique often diffused a situation.
TTeam ground work seemed to work perfectly for this mare. Either the owner or I would take the mare out for "TTeam walks" using the Elegant Elephant Position. This is the strongest position. Later I would progress to Dingo and Cheetah but would return to Elegant Elephant. The walks would be interspersed with wand stroking and leg placement with the wand. Ruby was very receptive to this. A few observations were made. When backing, the goal is to have the horse back using diagonal pairs, i.e. left front and simultaneous right hind movement. There was a delay of the right hind leg movement when asked to back from the left front leg. This was assisted with tapping of the right hind to bring more awareness to that leg.
Ruby looked forward to these sessions. Since this mare also has a very active mind, challenges were added on the walks. Slopes, walking over poles, through mazes, etc. were all a part of the TTeam walks. When the weather turned icy the walks continued outside, as the indoor was often crowded. At one point I slipped on the ice only to have Ruby steadfastly maintain her position so I could regain her balance. Rather then reacting the mare was becoming a team player.
Patti's herbal contributions:
Ruby was already on Meadowsweet Acre Herbs' Mare Regulator Blend. The owner wanted to avoid the problems encountered with show mares, e.g. irregular cycles, tight backs, and difficult behavior, but did not wish to use pharmaceuticals. Instead she tried the Mare Regulator Blend and felt satisfied with the results.
In discussing the case with Maggie when Ruby was four, we decided to first try the Chamomile/Passionflower Blend (no valerian). Ruby was a show horse and the owner did not want to rely on valerian to calm her mare's nerves. However she did recognize that Ruby might need something to calm her busy mind, as she tended to become easily overwhelmed. While in work Ruby learned to remain focused but her rambunctious behavior in the paddock was a concern.
During her younger years, her heat cycles were more transitional and I remember I didn't want to put her on anything strong. We started out with the mildest blend, the Chamomile/Passionflower Blend. As she matured, we worked our way up to the stronger blend, the Mare Regulator Blend, which would actually balance her hormones and help with any cramping and pain. The Mare Regulator has the chaste tree berry and dong quai in it. Both regulate the hormones and will not prevent the mare from cycling but will limit the prolonged effects such as tight back, irritable behavior etc.
During the time Ruby was out of work and only
hand walked, I added extra chamomile to her blend. It was still
early enough in the winter that she was not ready to switch to the
Raspberry/Chamomile Blend, but once Ruby could be ridden regularly
we switched her from the Mare Regulator to the Raspberry/Chamomile
Blend from January to February. The raspberry leaf strengthens and
tones the uterus and therefore decreases the cramping and discomfort.
We also put Ruby on the Joint Blend. This contains glucosamine and other herbs to aid in the discomfort Ruby may experience during her work sessions. The goal was to not let the pattern of discomfort and hormonal swings become a part of Ruby's work pattern.
Why the concern for this mare's cycles during
the winter? The problem is not usually when they are in season,
but rather how they come out of season. If this mare, through the
stress of this injury and a change in schedule, did not go out of
a season this could have set her up for unbalanced hormones, which
could result in a tight back, mare-ish behavior, and an uncooperative
attitude. As it turned out, when the mare cycled the symptoms only
lasted 3-4 days and she showed only mild symptoms.
Lyn Palmer's aromatherapy contributions:
When Maggie explained to us the problems she was experiencing with Ruby, I knew that the mare was well used to essential oils, with Maggie choosing those she felt appropriate at each session, and checking with the horse before adding as a blend for final application. Ruby, like many horses where essential oils are part of their care routines, had a few oils that she would return to time and again - this often will give an aromatherapist a thumbnail sketch of the horse's personality, current state of mind and attitude toward work, when balanced against the daily care and work load the horse receives.
Ruby had, in the past, narrowed her choice of oils down to a variation on lavender, chamomile, patchouli, basil and vetiver. This gave me the picture of a horse who enjoyed her work and who was happy in her life in general, but who just needed a little help and support from the oils as she always seemed to ask questions with her attitude and body language - often finding it hard to keep her feet on the ground in all senses of the word! She always gave the impression of being full of life and energy with a little flightiness in mind causing a lack of prudence in how she used her body.
Lavender was probably chosen by Ruby for its cooling and calming effect on general aches and pains experienced due to high jinks in the field and as her training moved forward, and for a lowering of the nervous tension she created in her mind by always asking questions. Lavender is also very balancing and since Ruby is very much a 'mare-ish' mare with quite intense seasons it would also have helped with hormonal balancing especially when linked with her second favorite of patchouli. Patchouli is very much a mare's oil in my experience; also its earthy tones can be grounding and helpful with an overactive mind, creating focus. Fennel was another occasional favorite but Maggie discovered that the mare only chose this when she was in season so it was the estrogenic effect that was needed by the body at that time rather than the emotional clearing and stimulating effect. Chamomile has an anti-inflammatory effect on both overactive minds and muscles whilst I have found basil to be the classic oil of concentration for horses who are being asked for a little more in their training sessions. The vetiver has a very grounding effect.
We discussed Ruby's training and once the period of rest was over considered how the muscle weakness found in the right hindquarters could be improved. In collaboration with Ruby's trainer it was found that work in self carriage with an encouragement of slight engagement of the hindquarters by using spirals on both reins would be effective in strengthening the gluteal and hamstring muscle groups by encouraging the hind legs to step across and under, this in turn would stabilize the stifle click that was heard occasionally.
However after the first two days of work on the lunge, once off the butazolidin, we became concerned that Ruby was very sore and raised in her lower back and right hindquarter, and despite Maggie offering all her usual favorite oils, the mare refused them all and Maggie emailed me for some alternatives.
Ginger is an excellent oil for lower back problems, as it is warming and energizing. From the point of view of her emotional state it would also be helpful in encouraging Ruby to concentrate on the problems in her body and to become proactive in achieving improvement as often pain will cause the horse to disassociate the mind from the body. Lemongrass acts on deep muscle spasms, so when I am considering applying a massage blend where my hands feel there are problems but the horse doesn't respond to lavender, then that would be my next choice. Marjoram is also a useful sedative/antispasmodic for aches and pains and jasmine calms the nerves and would be a slightly deeper-acting oil than patchouli in the emotional sense, used where perhaps the horse is also a little fearful. Frankincense is another oil useful for a fearful horse where it finds itself in a situation that it doesn't quite understand; it helps clear mental agitation and calms the mind, making rational behavior easier to achieve.
During Maggie's next treatment of Ruby, ginger and lemongrass were chosen by the horse and applied after the massage. Jasmine and Frankincense were also chosen and offered twice a day thereafter for several days until she no longer showed an interest in the aromas. No interest whatsoever was shown in the marjoram.
Catherine Bird's energetic contributions:
When we work as a group, I tend to focus on what energetic blocks are in the horse's energy field slowing down the healing or clouding the issue and making a solution difficult to find. Ruby had recently been moved from a boarding facility after it closed its doors to boarders. The move was uneventful, until a few months later when the new facility owner faced family and health problems resulting in the need to sell the farm. There were many secrets and power struggles among boarders and various trainers wishing to acquire the farm. The resulting power struggle had its effects on Ruby and her owner. Being a very sensitive mare Ruby was quick to pick up on negative feelings. I also discovered, aside from the farm sale issues, that there were some jealous feelings directed toward Ruby and her owner from fellow boarders at the boarding facility. Ruby herself was feeling this energetic tug-of-war and her owner's fears.
I used kinesiology to get a tone of the energy and a key statement that came up was, "I put myself in a position to be rejected." Ruby's owner was consistently in a mediating position over the lease issue, and although on the surface she seemed to be able to throw off the negative feelings she actually held them deep inside. Being a perceptive mare, Ruby absorbed her owner's negative energy. The unstable environment was a block to finding the key to helping Ruby discover a balance in her body and behavior, so I then chose spiritual rays and sacred geometry and used these to defuse the negative charge this was having on Ruby's behavior. I also set a new energy around Ruby so that her owner would have clarity with Ruby and "know" what next to do in her situation to avoid having her emotions whirling around Ruby and confusing the issue.
This helped Ruby's owner to utilize all the tools we had provided as a group and then to explore further the underlying cause of the issue. Due to the constant tug of war and behind the scenes activity surrounding the sale of the farm, Ruby's owner made the decision to remove herself and Ruby from the situation by moving again. I had cleared the way for Ruby's owner to make a decision without being affected by any ties. The move itself took place several months later.
Tanya Nolte's homoeopathy contributions:
After Maggie presented our group with Ruby's case, I asked her a few more questions to assist from a homoeopathic perspective. It was established that Ruby was affectionate except when her stifles were touched which initially resulted in her attempting to kick. While under saddle the mare was demonstrating a grumpy disposition.
I queried whether the vet had made any mention of gonitis (inflammation of the stifle), any suspicion of slight dislocation, or perhaps a dry joint. The vet had not discussed any of these conditions but did suggest the mare go on a joint supplement and have some acupuncture once she was back in work.
Ruby would move off normally for a brief period
but after about 5 minutes of trot and canter on the lunge she would
suddenly get worse and display a 4-beat canter. Maggie described
it as a funny upward hitch in her hip, and then the right hind was
slow to come through which produced the 4-beat canter. If Ruby was
pushed on it would disappear.
Being somewhat of an anticipator Ruby made it difficult to know just precisely where she was uncomfortable to touch around the hindquarters and stifle, touch was uncomfortable to her in any part of the area. There was a degree of neuralgic pain suspected. Tension was found towards her groin.
There were no apparent indications of weather preferences or aversions. However, it was noted that a similar problem had happened at the same time the previous year. The weather at the current time was cold and damp with some cold winds.
No obvious changes had been observed in Ruby's eating or drinking habits; bowel and urinary seemed in order, skin was clear, and there were no other health issues to consider at the time.
After some butazolidin treatment and a week off Ruby seemed much improved, however, she was still sore in the stifles with mild discomfort of the right gluteus and hip. The homoeopathic remedies Hypericum and Ruta grav were commenced.
The Ruta grav's chief purpose was to help rebuild cartilage and damaged tissues, strengthen the capacity for the stifle, hip and sacroiliac joints to maintain a correct position during and after Maggie's therapy, and assist with Ruby's general attitude and healing process. The Hypericum was directed specifically at nerve-related pain for the lower back and joints.
The leading symptoms for the selection of Ruta grav were: injuries to joints and tendons; sprained joints; joints as if dislocated; lameness of hip/stifle; sore, bruised pain; neck stiffness; worse touch; worse cold, damp weather, cold winds; worse ascending hills; worse motion but better continued motion, gentle motion or walking; restlessness and anxiety, anxiety with sudden stitching spinal pain (when rider attempting to mount); and irascibility.
This totality fitted with that of the energetic pattern of Ruta grav. It was also interesting to tie in the image of the Ruta grav individual who when feeling insecure, deceived, or even guilty as if they had done something wrong, can develop an inflexibility of mind and body. This leads to a lack of agility and a tendency to tearing or wrenching injuries. They can become defiant and defensive when they don't understand what is going on. Catherine's findings helped confirm this choice for me.
A week later it was reported that Ruby was having her good and bad days. However the bad days were not nearly as bad as they had been previously. Ruby enjoyed her walking in hand on the hills with less difficulty and was beginning to manage her TTeam maneuvers better. The impression was that she was better after her dosing of Hypericum. I was consulted as to whether she could continue on the Hypericum a little longer. As a response was being observed that healing was in place, there was no need to give further doses at this time. However, I did instruct that the Ruta-grav was to be continued as I felt its energetic influence was being burnt up at weekly intervals.
What followed was that Ruby improved significantly. She was no longer camped out and was traveling with her poll raised and not flat going to the right anymore. At last she could be collected on the lunge and do the spiraling exercises. It was felt that Ruby was ready to take on more work of this nature under saddle.
Where is Ruby now?
The first real ride on Ruby in about 6 weeks met with a co-operative, quiet horse with no head tossing as in the past. Some cantering was attempted with good result. A little difficulty was encountered on asking for shoulder in to the right so instead work was continued with just leg yielding which was much better.
Approximately 4 months later Ruby started to relapse with some muscle tightness through her right hindquarter again. Massage was not working it all out well enough. Maggie tried lavender and ginger essential oils in her massage work. Lyn reminded Maggie that a strong oil as ginger could negate the homeopathic remedies. It was decided lavender was acceptable. It was believed that the tightness was coming from the old injury and doing more work but certainly not as bad is it had been over winter. I suggested a short repeat of the Hypericum and Ruta grav, which worked well for her.
Causiticum and Colocynthis homeopathic remedies
were a consideration. Causticum for contracted muscles and spasms
and Colocynthis for contraction of muscle with pain of the hips
as if dislocated, amongst other indicated symptoms, matched Ruby's
symptoms. The problem seemed to resolve with the above treatments,
however, so these were not necessary.
It took the entire winter to get through much of the physical and emotional memory surrounding the injury. This case shows it is not just one modality that can turn the table when dealing with a problem. All were needed. The vet made his initial observation/diagnosis and prescribed butazolidin and rest then a gradual work program. Maggie and the owner recognized Ruby needed more support but did not want to continue with the butazolidin past the initial stage. Catherine cleared many energy blocks that would have prevented healing, Patti provided a base of support with the herbal blends for the hormonal and joint support, Lyn with her aromatherapy provided a safe use even with the homeopathics, which provided a healing state for Ruby. The TTeam work helped Ruby to learn a new and more efficient way of moving to prevent further injury and the repetition of poor body mechanics. The massage in conjunction with the aromatherapy eased the tension and helped soothe any distress between Ruby and her owner. Ruby still has her setbacks but overall the mare has been working well, had a successful show season and has advanced with her training.
This article is for informational purposes only and is not intended to replace veterinary care.
About the authors:
Maggie Moyer, TTeam Practitioner, ESMT from PA, has many years experience as a Critical Care Nurse and is also an active rider and competitor. To find out more about Brass Ring Horse Massage TTeam/TTouch visit www.brassringhorsemassage.com or e-mail Maggie at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Patti Duffy-Salmon of Shelbyville TN is Owner/President of Meadowsweet Acre Herbs for Horses Inc. and is a well-known equine herbalist. Meadowsweet Acres is dedicated to meeting the needs of today's horses with custom blended herbs at reasonable prices. You can visit Meadowsweet Acre Herbs at www.meadowherbs.com. This website also has the LARGEST collection of EPM information anywhere on the Internet today. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or phone during normal business hours (9-6) 931-684-8838.
Catherine Bird is an Aromatherapist, Medical Herbalist and Massage Therapist specializing in working with horses. She incorporates the use of spiritual kinesiology to help understand the whole picture when working with her clients. Catherine is based in Sydney, Australia and consults in person and via the Internet worldwide. Her second book, "A Healthy Horse the Natural Way", demonstrates how she combines these therapies and will be available March 2002. For more information on Catherine's books, courses and consultations visit www.happyhorses.com.au
Tanya Nolte, VN, DipHom, is a professional classical homoeopath and veterinary nurse who specializes in the treatment of horses. She has been a successful competitor, breeder and trainer of horses for over 30 years and is well acquainted with many of the outcomes that befall our equine friends as a result of competition, breeding complications, environmental stresses, accidents etc. Tan conducts homeopathic consultations for both humans and animals at a homeopathic clinic in Australia, at her home office, for animals over the Internet, and at the veterinary clinic where she nurses. Please direct any enquiries to "Whispering Horse Therapies", http://whisperinghorsetherapies.50megs.com, Phone 0266 897296, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lyn Palmer is based near Glastonbury, England where she owns a dressage schooling and livery yard with her daughter, Vikki. She works with both horses and humans using aromatherapy, massage and Bowen Technique, arranges aromatherapy clinics for horse owners and is the Equine Touch coordinator for England. Lyn can be contacted at email@example.com for equine aromatherapy email consultations.


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Wind Farm Consultancy
Wind farming is an important part of the energy supply mix of Ireland. In order to maximise the energy producing capability of windfarms they must be located in areas where they can maximise the wind resource. In many cases this is also where forests are located.
Forests can interfere with the efficiency of wind farms. Removing forests to faciliate a wind farm is challenging both in terms of legal requirements and cost. A balance must be found between the cost of removing the trees and the increased efficency that results. In addition, many wind farm developers have no knowledge of forestry. They know they must replant land taken out of forestry and they need professional forestry advice to fullfill their legal obligations whilst minimising the cost of doing so.
Veon (formerly FEL) is a leading supplier of such expert forest management services to the windfarm industry.
Our services include:
- Expert forestry knowledge input into legal agreements
- Forest valuations for compensation purposes
- Forest inventory of existing forests within and surrounding wind farm proposal
- Cost benefit analysis of removing forests to facilitate the wind farm
- Expert forestry advice on repayment of grants and premiums
- Felling licence applications and negotiations with Forest Service
- Sourcing new land to replace land taken out of forestry
- Replanting land and maintenance until new plantation established
- Ongoing management of the forest to maximise commercial potential


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The Conscious range has proven itself to be much differentiated from many other chocolate brands and has delivered some fantastically enjoyable bars thus far for me to review. This Yummy Mummy variant certainly offered something no other brand I have come across before and was formed of raw chocolate with spices, Yacon root and Lucuma. Now those of you who don't have a foggiest what Yacon root or Lucuma are, I can tell you that Yacon is a perennial plant and Lucuma is a subtropical fruit - fancy huh!? Still confused see HERE & HERE.
The bar came in a nicely sized 40.0g serving - of course I still was none to impressed with the packaging, which as you can see above was basic to say the least. The chocolate looked relatively unimpressive, though the small pieces of Yacon and Lucuma could be seen dispersed throughout. As with the rest of the Conscious range the smell of the product was a real strength, and the forthcoming cocoa scents really whet my appetite.
One thing that is consistent with all Conscious products is the quality of the chocolate - again here it was superb. It had a delightful set of flavoursome but not overbearing fudgy, cocoa tones that really left a longing taste in the mouth. As the melt of the chocolate progressed these flavours became increasingly strong, which is always a nice effect. To be honest as I wasn't able to distinguish the taste between the Yacon and Lucuma beforehand, I couldn't honestly tell you what sort of flavours each individually brought to the table. Combined the small pieces brought a sweet, apple like taste, that was fair but not overly inspiring. To be honest the smallness of the pieces meant they partially ruined the texture of the chocolate, and made it somewhat gritty. On the whole the rich flavours of the chocolate meant this was a largely satisfying bar.
Overall this was a nice chocolate bar, though I must admit the Yacon and Lucuma were hardly the best tasting fillings. Original? ... Definitely! ... Great tasting? ... Not particularly! It was not that they tasted bad, they had a sweet, fruity appeal but just really didn't seem to be that greater combination with the chocolate. Although I was hardly bowled over by this bar, I am all for companies trying different combinations of ingredients; for this reason I suggest if your curious you give this product a try.
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consumer promotion would be communicated through
a multi-media campaign - on TV, in print and on
ground activities like POP and tuckbacks, etc.
Pepsi has also released its new 40 second TV commercial
in Telugu with the young and energetic Pawan Kalyan,
which is being aired on all local channels. The
commercial shot entirely in Colombo was directed
by Gautam Menon of 'Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein'
fame. According to Ms Vibha Rishi, Executive
Director, (Marketing), Pepsi Foods Ltd, "Pepsi
and Pawan Kalyan are an ideal combination - both
being so youthful, energetic, fun loving, cool
and confident. With this campaign, consumers in
Andhra Pradesh can look forward to some really
exciting times in the coming days and weeks."
In recent months, Pepsi has done a series of
innovative consumer campaigns and events in Andhra
Pradesh. Pepsi has roped in the sensational international
pop group 'Venga Boys' to perform in the city.
Pepsi has also run a consumer campaign to coincide
with Pawan Kalyan's mega hit film 'Khushi'
which received an overwhelming response from the
public. In April last year, Pawan Kalyan had flagged
off the Pepsi van promotion in Hyderabad, which
saw hundreds of Pepsi vans visit every nook and
corner of the state. On the same occasion, Pawan
also presented a cheque of Rs 5 lakhs to fifty
year old Mahmood Ali, winner of Pepsi's Under
the Crown promotion "Mera Number Ayega",
which was launched in Hyderabad on a massive scale.
With big brother Chiranjeevi campaigning for
Thums Up and the younger one for Pepsi, it looks
like the cola war is really heating up with the
onset of summer.


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Report NEP-CMP-2011-04-09This is the archive for NEP-CMP, a report on new working papers in the area of Computational Economics. Stan Miles issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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- Mark Horridge & Ken Pearson, 2011. "Solution Software for CGE Modeling," Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Papers g-214, Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre.
- George Verikios & Xiao-guang Zhang, 2011. "The Distributional Effects of the Hilmer Reforms on the Australian Gas Industry," Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Papers g-213, Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre.
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- Joseph Francois & Olga Pindyuk, 2011. "Model Simulations for Trade Policy Analysis: the impact of potential trade agreements on Austria," FIW Research Reports series III-005, FIW.
- Ivan Breskovic & Michael Maurer & Vincent C. Emeakaroha & Ivona Brandic & Jorn Altmann, 2011. "Towards Autonomic Market Management in Cloud Computing Infrastructures," TEMEP Discussion Papers 201174, Seoul National University; Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program (TEMEP), revised Apr 2011.
- Eric BROUILLAT (GREThA, CNRS, UMR 5113) & Vanessa OLTRA (GREThA, CNRS, UMR 5113), 2011. "Dynamic efficiency of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) instruments in a simulation model of industrial dynamics," Cahiers du GREThA 2011-14, Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée.
- Nicola Cufaro Petroni & Piergiacomo Sabino, 2011. "Multidimensional Quasi-Monte Carlo Malliavin Greeks," Papers 1103.5722, arXiv.org.
- Rama Cont & Nicolas Lantos & Olivier Pironneau, 2011. "A reduced basis for option pricing," Post-Print hal-00522410, HAL.
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- Cobus Burger & Servaas van der Berg, 2011. "Modelling cognitive skills, ability and school quality to explain labour market earnings differentials," Working Papers 08/2011, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.


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Radios are ready for Hunting !
Freq. 3580 KHz.
08 November, 2016
FOX Hunting radios
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15 September, 2016
Power Splitters for 144MHz
Calculate & making power splitters for 144MHz
144MHz. power splitters
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04 July, 2016
9A Spring VHF/UHF/SHF Cup
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30 May, 2016
Test Yaesu FT-991
Testing new Yaesu FT-991 in radio Club Marjan , 9A1CBM
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13 April, 2016
Icom IC-7300 Test
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26 March, 2016
Hapy Easter !
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23 February, 2016
Salt Water Dummy load
Salt Water Dummy load assembled of a plastic pail, about 10 liters of ordinary water, not more than 10 grams of salt & two copper wires.
It works perfectly and SWR is excellent throughout all HT band , 3.5 - 28MHz.
The PWR which can withstand is 1KW continuously from 10min.
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20 February, 2016
Rebuild battery pack
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2 meters emergency antenna !
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Create your azimuthal map !
Use this form to create an azimuthal map for any location on the globe.
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Lee Min Ho aged so much from Gangnam Blues that it shocked his friends
Lee Min Ho's Gangnam Blues is coming to DramaFever! Gangnam Blues is intended for mature audiences, and it contains adult content, drug use, graphic violence, nudity, profanity, and strong sexual content.Premieres Exclusively for DramaFever Premium users in the United States and Canada on April 18th. Upgrade Now!
Lee Min Ho recently said his friends were shocked when they saw him after he filmed Gangnam Blues for a few months. They asked why he had aged so much. What was the problem that even caused filming to stop for him?
We all know that Lee Min Ho wanted to bring his character to life when he portrayed a tough guy who grew up poor and became a gangster in the gritty movie Gangnam Blues (Gangnam 1970 in Korea.) For the 27-year-old actor who is adored for his handsome looks, the first thing to make himself look more tough appears to be toughening his facial skin. So he quit using facial lotion for 7 months. As he admitted during an interview on January 18 on MBC's Section TV"program, "After finishing filming the movie, I found my skin ruined."
Apparently it wasn't just the facial skin that was affected.
During the press conference for Gangnam Blues in December 2014, Lee Min Ho also admitted that he aged so much that even his friends were shocked. He said, "While I was filming Gangnam 1970, I met with friends after six months, and they all asked why I aged so much. I′m currently in the recovery period. I′m working hard to get younger again." Some of the problems he attributed to puffiness from late night eating and deficiency in his liver's function.
Lee Min Ho recounted a time when shooting had to stop due to his puffiness, and the culprit was simply that he ate some spicy noodles the night before. To reduce puffiness, he would play badminton in the morning. Director Yoo Ha added jokingly that he forced Lee Min Ho to play badminton to improve his handsome looks.
No wonder we saw these photos that made him look puffy:
Wow! His make-up artist must be the cream of the crop, as fans didn't comment about him looking old or haggard at all during his many events and appearances when he was filming.
See Lee Min Ho in the action romance City Hunter:
Here is a photo from his RE:Minho Tour last year. Maybe he was already on the way to recovery, as he looked really nice here:
Here is one of his most recent photos taken when he appeared at a Gangnam 1970 event in Korea.
Doesn't he look handsome all over?
Although it's awesome to see him transform from flower boy to handsome manly man, the potential health issue is more serious. However, he must have improved his health care, as lately he's looking quite youthful, lean, and energetic as he makes the promotional rounds.
I'm sure Lee Min Ho's fans (myself included) don't really care how soft his face feels (a lie!), as we only care about his health. I bet many fans will even find the new manly look and feel very, very irresistibly attractive.


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Citi Private Bank is adding muscle to its foreign exchange team.
The company announced Monday it hired foreign exchange trading expert Oscar G. Salem as director and foreign exchange investment specialist. In this newly created position, Salem will oversee the bank's currency business in the Southwest region, acting as a "direct point of contact for the bank's ultra-high-net-worth clients," the banking company said.
Salem, who is based in New York, reports to Francois Du Pasquier, head of foreign exchange and commodities for Citi Private Bank, North America.
With Salem, the team now has five foreign exchange product specialists and one analyst in North America, the bank said in an e-mail. Citi expanded the team in response to growing interest in foreign exchange trading among ultra wealthy clients, those with $25 million or more in net worth.
Since 2005, when Du Pasquier joined the team as its leader, revenues for its foreign exchange business have tripled, Citi said in an e-mail.
Salem joins Citi from Krieger Capital Management in Houston, where he was head of investor relations. Before that, he worked for Wells Fargo in Houston as director and foreign exchange specialist covering Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Prior to that, he held a number of foreign exchange sales and trading positions at HSBC and Banamex.
In an announcement, Du Pasquier said Salem's strong network throughout the Southeast and his track record of sales leadership in foreign exchange products made him a great asset to Citi Private Bank.
"[Salem] will play a key role in helping us continue to build our FX business, structuring solutions and offering advice to meet the sophisticated needs of our ultra-high-net-worth clients," Du Pasquier said in the statement.
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30 Rock Recap: It's a Jack-Off
Liz and Jack negotiate, and Tracy, Jenna, and Kenneth cycle through story lines from previous seasons.
30 Rock never hurts for jokes, and last night's episode had plenty of solid — even hilarious — moments and lines. But in the show's wink-wink insistence that "there's still room for growth in this friendship," it proved almost the opposite: The jokes themselves were new, but they were draped over a too-familiar framework that itself highlighted everything that's so terrific about the show, and everything that is ... less terrific. The Liz vs. Jack battles are still enjoyable, but the Tracy-Jenna story line and the Kenneth subplot just rehashed the same exact arcs we've seen before. The three threads didn't even overlap.
On the Liz-and-Jack front, Alec Baldwin's hair is starting to rival Martin Sheen's hair from late-era West Wing in terms of its ability to change and to baffle me. Is that ... auburn? If so, why? (Sheen got too blond, which did not seem very presidential.) Liz was trying to negotiate a new contract, so she fired her sad, wee little agent Simon and tried using Jack's own teachings against himself. After learning from one of Jack's leadership seminar videos that hair movement is a sign of weakness, a weirdly coiffed Liz faced off with her mentor, winning the who-speaks-first battle by wearing those revolting toe shoes. Eventually the "Jack-Off" led to Baldwin playing a negotiation scene against himself — which was reminiscent of the superior scene in the second season in which he played all the members of Tracy's family. Funny? Sure. New? No.
The Jenna-Tracy story line placed the two at their accountant's son's bar mitzvah, doing a terrible performance straight out of the third-season episode "Flu Shot." Tracy and Jenna have seen the light on their selfish ways at least a half-dozen times before: It happened in "Do Over," and sort of in "Cutbacks" — basta. The only redeeming factor was Jenna's vow to become more "hhhon-aayst."
Finally, Kenneth. Oh, Kenneth. 30 Rock fans are sort of divided on the character these days. Some of us still adore his backwoods whimsy, while others feel the character has completely run out of steam. I tend to fall in the former camp, but "Today You Are a Man" certainly demonstrated why one might think the Kenneth well is dry. The show has amply explored the theme of people not appreciating Kenneth. People don't notice or fully acknowledge his contributions? You don't say! Swapping in Kristen Schaal was a fun diversion, but we have seen other pages attempt Kenneth's Sisyphean job.
Comedies rely on a level of consistency for their character: Cliff Clavin is a know-it-all, Sue Ann Nivens is a faux-perky bitch, Lisa Simpson is an ambitious, brainy optimist. 30 Rock's characters aren't going to change anytime soon, and that's fine, but that means something else has to, at least sometimes. Do the stakes change ever? Do the circumstances? Do the pairings? Is there any kind of ongoing story line that can push an episode to be more narrative? How about more connected?
Complaints aside, it was still funny. The best moments:
— Kenneth describing times when there was "no dog milk for the babies."
— Tracy and Jenna have the same nemesis: Gina Gershon.
— Tracy says his house isn't a church, "although I do let children drink wine there."
— "I've only played this Japanese video game where you slap prostitutes to death."
— "To white men!"