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Cigna PPO
Out-of-Area Network effective July 1, 2016
To support our continuous effort to expand access to high quality providers while reducing out of pocket costs, Tufts Health Plan intends to replace Multiplan's PHCS Network with Cigna's Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) network.
This new Out-Of-Area (OOA) PPO network will provide an expanded network for members enrolled in an OOA PPO plan that are seeking services outside of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
The effective date of this change is anticipated to be July 1, 2016.
Members enrolled in the OOA PPO plan will be able to access covered services at the in-network level of benefits through:
- The Tufts Health Plan network in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire
- The Cigna PPO network in all other states
National Provider Network
The Tufts Health Plan network in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire consists of 110 hospitals and nearly 45,000 providers. Cigna's national PPO Network offers more than 800,000 providers and 6,000 hospitals.
When obtaining services in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, you must use a Tufts Health Plan network provider to receive the in-network level of benefits.
When obtaining services in all other states, you must use a Cigna PPO network provider to receive the in-level network of benefits.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This Cigna provider search will return some provider types that are not part of our Out-of-Network Program. Please disregard the following provider types:
- Dentists in any state
- Medical Providers located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire


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A local product, Danny Brown was raised on Whidbey Island where he was instilled with a desire to improve the health of the environment and the people living in it. So, he attended Linfield College, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Environmental Science, amidst foreign language studies in Costa Rica and Argentina.
Danny put his studies to practice, working as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor after college. Wanting to be part of something with a more global reach, he changed his career path and joined Tesla so that he could play a part in the adoption of EV technology. Danny spent three years with Tesla, helping them take over the streets of Seattle and showing new owners how to operate their artificially intelligent computer on wheels. From debugging Teslas and their owners' concerns, he garnered a desire to play a role in the testing and development of handheld software on a close-knit team.
While new to the tech industry, Danny has proven to be a thorough learner who approaches each new test with scientific methodology. When he is not testing software, Danny is probably off on a motorcycle adventure, listening to metal, and/or decorating something with cats.

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Target Audience:
DBAs and Developers, (but those most likely to suffer sado-masochist or self-harm tendencies)
This is an exercise in the love of learning and the love of databases technology. Based off trusted measurements in each platform, we'll dig into how the use case was built, the similarities and the differences in each database platform.
The second part of the session will be to build out more advanced index features, discuss the advantages, reasons for the introduction and how it's effected the direction of each product, the DBAs who are responsible for them and maybe even a few database religious discussions!
The session is based off historical research performed on objects, design and code built as similar as possible to demonstrate how Oracle and SQL Server compare in performance, usage and storage of indices, (aiming for "apples" to "apfel".)
Takeaways are:
- Receive a strong education on platform differences between Oracle and SQL Server.
- Discover hidden insight on index storage and costs.
- Learn about great tips on maintaining index health and where a database platform may perform better than another.
- Translation of common features in both platforms
Why I Want to Present This Session:
My goal is for attendees to put their preferences aside to [possibly] admire the goal of different features in an opposing platform, (no matter if they specialize in Oracle or SQL Server.) Knowledge is power and understanding the differences in the two most popular database platforms, how index data is managed by the database engine, along with how the optimizer hinders and enhances index availability to SQL.
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Would love to see this
I loooove the idea of this session. This is gonna be awesome.
The abstract title grabbed my interest right away, but then I started reading and the first sentence of the abstract totally lost me. "This session is based off research performed on objects, design and code" feels like putting the beer ingredients list on the front of the bottle. The title & the GIF tell me this is gonna be a fun, exciting session, but the body says it's going to be a scientific college lecture. Either of those approaches would totally work – I just can't tell which one it's going to be.
I'd embrace one of those two approaches and just run with it.
If you go the "War" route, talk about the weapons each side brings to the war. Portray the database setup as a battlefield, for example. You can even make jokes about the kinds of DBAs/developers on each side, and about the hired guns who show up for whichever side pays more, ha ha ho ho. Game of Thrones references would probably even play well. In the War approach, you don't necessarily need actionable takeaways – it's just a fun way to learn about how the other side lives.
If you go for the scientific lecture, think about the target attendee: are they someone who's actually deciding which platform to use for an application? Or are they learning just for the sake of learning? (Which is an awesome thing, not a bad thing.) That'll help you scope it – for example, if you're targeting people who are just learning to learn, but who won't actually be managing the other side, then you can leave out practical implementation details and spend more time talking about exciting concepts.
Great work integrating Brent's feedback. Much more direct prose, a lot less clinical. This could really broaden people's horizons and add some great diversity to the conference.
I've made a few updates, but would love some more feedback or to know if this gets any traction?
I like where you're going with it. Call me crazy, but I'd actually flip the first and second paragraph. How's this sound:
This is an exercise in the love of learning and the love of database technology. We'll take Oracle and SQL Server, build out more advanced index features in each and discuss their advantages. We'll explore each feature's reasons for being, and talk about how they've effected the direction of each product and the DBAs who are responsible for them. We might even trigger a few database religious discussions!
Aiming for "apples" to "apfel," this session is based off research performed on objects, design, and code that was built as similar as possible to compare Oracle and SQL Server's performance, usage and storage of indices.
I'm always up for learning (and re-learning, and re-learning) all I can about indexes. I also know nothing about how oracle approaches these problems, other than they often do things differently, so I'm eager to hear this.
Thank you for the input and I'm up for reversing the paragraphs! Brent, you're just a rebel. I was trying to be good…. 🙂


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Business Dictionaries Are Important Tool for Business Growth
It's the easily overlooked details that frequently get ignored.
Scholars feel they need to battle to locate the correct word, nearly as though the battle itself by one means or another makes the revelation legitimate. In any case, help is within reach, and it's a considerable measure nearer than you might suspect. CanBizFinder
I'm discussing reference books, and word references specifically. Regardless of how you approach the matter of composing, reference materials are constantly critical. They're a piece of each author's toolbox, similar to a craftsman's sledge and saw. What's more, much the same as a craftsman, an author can utilize these apparatuses to develop a strong bit of composition, a short story, a ballad, an article, a book or some web duplicate.
Lexicons have been a piece of the author's palette since Dr. Samuel Johnson made A Dictionary of the English Language route back in the 1750s. Peruse the reference segment of any library or book shop and you'll discover lexicons covering a large group of subjects: dialects, pharmaceutical, dreams, anecdotal characters, scrabble, fund, and so on. And afterward there are rhyming lexicons, multilingual word references, lawful word references, word references of images, social education, scriptural symbolism, theory et cetera.
Most standard word references have online existences nowadays, so it's conceivable to get to them without coming to crosswise over to your cabinet. There are a couple of more extraordinary word references out there, as well, for example, Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary – an entrancing offhanded contort on the idea with some searing definitions, including:
Mind, n. The salt with which the American humorist ruins his scholarly cookery by forgetting it.
Varieties come in all shapes and sizes, with titles like's Who in Shakespeare (or Dickens), accumulations of either, and volumes named A Dictionary of the twentieth Century, for example. Obviously, those sluggish journalists among us require just bookmark the site at Dictionary.com and additionally Thesaurus.com to have everything within reach. In any case, there's something about flipping through a book and arriving on a page – especially one with new words on it – that can't be equalled.
I have a duplicate of The New International Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary. It's a monstrous tome, pleasantly bound with overlaid edged pages. I opened it indiscriminately and discovered this section:
gyve, n. A chain for the appendages of detainees.
Articulated jive, here's a word I'd never heard. Will I utilize it anyplace else? I don't know. In any case, it invokes a pack of pictures. Like a gathering of convicts, gyve talking. It's growing my vocabulary and giving me story thoughts in the meantime. What's more, that is only single word on one page.
Disregard a temporarily uncooperative mind. In the event that you claim a decent lexicon you'll never be stuck for a word. You can even make stories or articles out of nowhere just by picking three words aimlessly from better places in the book. They don't really need to be new words, yet now and again assembling three disconnected words can help start off a thought or two.


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Reserve your seat for new session (4th Ashad 2074) for JAVA Training
Duration: 1 Month
Time: 1 hour/day(Theory + Practical)
Course Overview:
The Core Java technologies and application programming interfaces (APIs) are the foundation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE). They are used in all classes of Java programming, from desktop applications to J2EE applications.
After completing this module you are ready to:
Develop Desktop applications, Networking & Multi-threaded programs in java.
Appear in SCJP exams
Update yourself with Advance frameworks of java.
Why Java at Openeyes IT Solution?
Industry Compliant Syllabus
Multi-Platform Demonstration
Product Based Training
Real-Time Case Studies
Use of Latest Tools & Technology
Workshops on New Technologies
SCJP Orientation Classes
Programming language Types and Paradigms.
Computer Programming Hierarchy.
How Computer Architecture Affects a Language ?
Why Java ?
Flavors of Java.
Java Designing Goal.
Role of Java Programmer in Industry.
Features of Java Language.
JVM –The heart of Java
Java's Magic Bytecode
Language Fundamentals
The Java Environment:
Installing Java.
Java Program Development
Java Source File Structure
Basic Language Elements:
Lexical Tokens, Identifiers
Keywords, Literals, Comments
Primitive Datatypes, Operators
Object Oriented Programming
Class Fundamentals.
Object & Object reference.
Object Life time & Garbage Collection.
Creating and Operating Objects.
Constructor & initialization code block.
Access Control, Modifiers, methods
Nested , Inner Class &Anonymous Classes
Abstract Class & Interfaces
Defining Methods, Argument Passing Mechanism
Method Overloading, Recursion.
Dealing with Static Members. Finalize() Method.
Native Method. Use of "this " reference.
Use of Modifiers with Classes & Methods.
Design of Accessors and Mutator Methods
Cloning Objects, shallow and deep cloning
Generic Class Types
Extending Classes and Inheritance
Use and Benefits of Inheritance in OOP
Types of Inheritance in Java
Inheriting Data Members and Methods
Role of Constructors in inheritance
Overriding Super Class Methods.
Use of "super".
Polymorphism in inheritance.
Type Compatibility and Conversion
Implementing interfaces.
Organizing Classes and Interfaces in Packages.
Package as Access Protection
Defining Package.
CLASSPATH Setting for Packages.
Making JAR Files for Library Packages
Import and Static Import
Naming Convention For Packages
Exception Handling:
The Idea behind Exception
Exceptions & Errors
Types of Exception
Control Flow In Exceptions
JVM reaction to Exceptions
Use of try, catch, finally, throw, throws in Exception Handling.
In-built and User Defined Exceptions
Checked and Un-Checked Exceptions
Array & String :
Defining an Array
Initializing & Accessing Array
Multi –Dimensional Array
Operation on String
Mutable & Immutable String
Using Collection Bases Loop for String
Tokenizing a String
Creating Strings using StringBuffer
Thread :
Understanding Threads
Needs of Multi-Threaded Programming.
Thread Life-Cycle
Thread Priorities
Synchronizing Threads
Inter Communication of Threads
Critical Factor in Thread -DeadLock
Applet & Application
Applet Architecture.
Parameters to Applet
Embedding Applets in Web page.
Applet Security Policies
A Collection of Useful Classes
Utility Methods for Arrays
Observable and Observer Objects
Date & Times
Using Scanner
Regular Expression
Input/Output Operation in Java(java.io Package)
Streams and the new I/O Capabilities
Understanding Streams
The Classes for Input and Output
The Standard Streams
Working with File Object
File I/O Basics
Reading and Writing to Files
Buffer and Buffer Management
Read/Write Operations with File Channel
Serializing Objects
GUI Programming
Designing Graphical User Interfaces in Java
Components and Containers
Basics of Components
Using Containers
Layout Managers
AWT Componets
Adding a Menu to Window
Extending GUI Features Using Swing Components
Java Utilities (java.util Package)
The Collection Framework :
Collections of Objects
Collection Types
Understanding Hashing
Use of ArrayList & Vector
Event Handling
Event-Driven Programming in Java
Event- Handling Process
Event-Handling Mechanism
The Delegation Model of Event Handling
Event Classes
Event Sources
Event Listeners
Adapter Classes as Helper Classes in Event Handling
Anonymous Inner classes a Short –cut to Event Handling
Avoiding Deadlocks in GUI Code
Event Types & Classes
Networking Programming
Networking Basics
Client-Server Architecture
Socket Overview
Networking Classes and Interfaces
Network Protocols
Developing Networking Applications in Java
Database Programming using JDBC
Introduction to JDBC
JDBC Drivers & Architecture
CURD operation Using JDBC
Connecting to non-conventional Databases.
Mail API
Introduction to Email Technical Internals
Understanding of POP and SMTP framework
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#5: Pia Zadora & Jermaine Jackson-When the Rain Begins to Fall
Picture me in middle school watching VH-1. It's summer. I fall asleep on the couch and wake up in the middle of the night to this video playing on my television set.
I never forgot it. Not ever.
For many many reasons, this is the worst duet of all time, bar none.
The problem is, it's so bad on too many levels. I cannot in good conscience let it be number one of anything - Not even number one of Hendo's Top 5 Worst Duets of All Time.
Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson should pay you money for the time you are about to lose watching this video. But you must watch this, if only for a moment. Strap on your sense of humor:
#4: Sheryl Crow & Kid Rock - Picture
I want to be very clear as to why this duet is included on Hendo's Top 5 Worst Duets of All Time.
Kid Rock.
I stand firmly in the camp that believes he should never sing. Ever.
And I certainly don't think any song should force me to imagine Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow romantically linked.
The lyric explicitly implies that he is out on the road cheating and cheating and cheating on Sheryl Crow. It's just not feasible. It's unbelievable, and the core of my being rejects it.
Aretha Franklin and William Hung would sound more natural singing this song together (Too far @lizbrooks?).
I would much prefer this duet be sung between Sheryl Crow & Joan Jett. Then I am paying for my download AND hot linking it from all my socials.
Can I get an Amen?
#3 Ann Wilson & Mike Reno - Almost Paradise
I wasn't a crazy Loverboy fan, but I liked the hits enough. Did their breadth of work stand the test of time like bands from the era such as U2 or The Police?
Do I need to answer that question?
Almost Paradise, the duet in which one of the greatest female vocalists of all time sings alongside Mike Reno of Loverboy.
You know he's playing this song for his grandchildren while /splitscreen/
But nobody wore red leather pants like him. Nobody.
#2 UB40 & Chrissy Hynde - I've Got You Babe
Where do I begin?
As if Red Red Wine hadn't done a big enough disservice to reggae music, UB40 conned one of the most bad ass female rock n' roll icons into singing a Sonny & Cher song, reggae style, basically obliterating the genre for a generation!
There's so much to say about this horrific remake, yet I think it's best to just sum it up.
A classic like "I've Got You Babe" cannot be remade, unless it's being sung by Donny & Marie.
#ChrissyHyndeForgiven #UB40Unforgiven
Huey Lewis & Gwyneth Paltrow - Cruisin'
One day, Huey Lewis' people figured out how to call Gwyneth Paltrow's people. It went something like this:
Huey Lewis' people: "Hi, this is Huey Lewis' people. Would Gwyneth like to begin the slow and painful path down career annihilation by singing a duet with Huey Lewis of "The News" fame for a crappy movie? Call us, maybe."
Guess what happened next...
She actually called them back!
Oh YES SHE DID!
Before "Goop" the blog*, she sang "Goop" the duet. With Huey Friggin' Lewis. (*Goop is a digital media and e-commerce community founded by Gwyneth "I sing duets with Huey Lewis" Paltrow. )
I will balance out this snarky, self proclaimed brilliantly and meticulously researched countdown with my top 5 best duets of all time next week. Keep coming back...


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Category: Poetry/ Spoken Word
[VIDEO] "Why We Sing" LA's Hip Musical
CBG Arts, SWESH Ent. In association with KJLH and Kirk Franklin bring you "Why We Sing" The Musical. This event encompasses the elements of comedy, heartfelt emotion, raw talent and action packed performances of singing; […]
"On This Day be Great; be You!" #SpokenWord
As a fellow gemini I understood where he was coming from but honestly as I spoke to every one about it they all agreed that this was something most people our age felt some way or about. We all have been tainted by life and in living a fast paced life sometimes it's not hard to look up to realize that we all need some extra strong t.l.c.; because we deserve it! Don't work to hard my honey bees and in the meantime, kick back, and relax to the words of our new writer, a dear friend of mine; Ladies and Gents:
"Each day we arise full of life, full of guts, full of courage, but the gutsy person you arise is short lived after the mind reminds itself of the weight of the world on your shoulders and back. Why is this feeling so short lived before the anchors of your mental boat are quickly dropped down into the waters of the world's sins and problems?


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To set-up your contact page simply create a page (if you haven't done already) and in the Page Attributes box select the Contact Template. When you do this additional fields will magically appear for adding your contact page content.
Contact Details - This fields allow you to input all of the standard contact info with ease. You have an option to display or hide this section. Also if no value is entered for one of the fields then that line will not display.
Google Map Options - Here you can configure the Google Map for the contact page which appears at the top by default. If you dont want to display a map, simply un-check the display option.
Setting your map location is so easy, just simply type your address in the Google Map Address field. You can put your full address, just your ZIP / Postcode, or even just a town or city name if you wish. Then lastly you can choose which zoom level is right for you.
Contact Form - Here you can add a contact form to the contact page. This is powered by the Contact Form 7 Plugin that comes with the theme.
The dropdown select field lists all of the contact forms that you have created within the Contact Form 7 plugin. Simply select the one you want to use for the contact page. If the drop-down is empty then you need to go ahead and create a form using the plugin first. You have of course the option to not display any form section on the contact page by un-selecting the display option.


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Wythe County Community Hospital, a LifePoint Health facility, is looking for a urology physician who enjoys quality of life and a great work environment. Our facility is a 100 bed hospital located in a desirable location within the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia. Wytheville is located only one hour and fifteen minutes from Roanoke, VA and Winston-Salem, NC, with great access to Interstates 77 & 81.
About the position
- Employed arrangement
- Supportive primary care base in place
- Collaborative hospitalist program in place to provide support
- Excellent practice management support to insure a smooth running practice
- Existing practice -- existing patient volume
- Experienced and knowledgeable staff
- Unassigned call 1:3 (10 days required)
- Experience surgical staff in the OR
- Full time board certified or board eligible urologist
- Skills required, but not limited to cystoscopies, excisions/biopsies, prostate surgery, nephrectomy, stone treatment, incontinence treatment, testicular surgery, prostate procedures, vasectomies, treatment of urinary tract diseases; treatment of erectile dysfunction
- Competitive compensation (MGMA) wRVU model
- Sign on Bonus, student loan repayment and relocation assistance are negotiable
- Stipend available for residents/fellows
- Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k and more
About the practice
- Office space is located in close proximity of hospital campus
- In office equipment/tools for in-office procedures includes: Urodynamics, Ultrasound, Cystoscope, Male/Female Sounds, Bugbee instruments, lab centrifuge and Steris machine.
- OR has up-to-date urology table, cart and instruments for surgical procedures
- Lithotripsy and laser available
- OR block scheduling
- 20-25 patients per day in clinic
- Approximately 200 surgical cases per year expected
About the hospital
Wythe County Community Hospital, (a LifePoint Health facility) is a 100 bed hospital located in the desirable Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia. A Chest Pain Accredited Emergency Department is available for emergency needs around the clock. We offer everything from a robust hospitalist program to primary care, pediatrics to internal medicine, and surgical services to rehabilitation therapies.
Living in Wytheville, VA
The community is a great fit for the person loving the great outdoors and enjoys the beauty of the mountains, rivers, lakes and streams. This safe, friendly community is a great place to raise a family, yet close enough to larger cities for sporting events, the arts, and fine dining via the two interstates passing through the area. Experience "The Good Life" and enjoy work and life balance in southwest Virginia.


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TNT Multi-Band by Dr. Speaker Blower 10s Review
Type: Multi-Band Distortion Did I Keep It: Yes! Do I Use it: Yes! One Word Description: I Believe I Can Fly Features: 5×2 types of distortion, Crossover Frequency Control, HF/LF Balance, Solo, Bypass, On/Off Instalation: Super easy Sonic Awesomeness: 10/10 Versatility: 10/10 Interface: 10/10 Stability: 8/10 CPU Usage: 10/10 Price: Free (Download here)


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Seven reasons why we're excited about workplace chatbots
While it's early days for digital workplace and intranet chatbots, we can already see the potential for this new technology.
While it's early days for digital workplace and intranet chatbots, we can already see the potential for this new technology.
Microsoft have revealed the roadmap for Office 365, SharePoint and OneDrive for the next year at #MSIgnite – take a look to see what they have promised here.
SharePoint gives you plenty of options to extend and customise. It's therefore important that your intranet-in-a-box choice doesn't close any doors when it comes to SharePoint's extensibility. Wizdom Intranet not only leaves doors open but also offers a whole bunch more options.
Faceted navigation is a key part of a SharePoint intranet's search engine. It helps users filter search results using a pre-defined classification system. Our SharePoint search consultant partner Agnes Molnar of Search Explained talks about getting refiners right on your intranet.
When well integrated, SharePoint and Yammer gives a boost to communication and collaboration. But Microsoft doesn't do all the integration you might require.
Never work alone – Office Groups makes collaboration easier than ever, as I find out at SharePoint Saturday.
Joe explains how you can do a lot with 'vanilla' or 'out-of-the-box' SharePoint, and how custom coding new solutions for SharePoint goes a step further. Clients are often pleased to find that our designs do not rely on customisation, but that we can code brand new solutions for SharePoint when needed.
Business strategy comes first, and then take a look at how wireframe prototyping can help you rapidly develop and test your intranet designs. Synopsis of opening keynote presented at Intranätdagarna conference in Stockholm.
Microsoft has released a preview of SharePoint Server 2016 for IT professionals, and has worked hard to clearly communicate the new features and upgrade paths. But what can you expect as an Intranet Manager or power user?
===update 27th May 2016=== With the demise of Yammer Conversations –what looked like quite a cool initiative to bring Yammer comments into Office Docs and vice versa– you might be forgiven for thinking that there's not been much progress in integrating Yammer… read more


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) More offensive players could be on the way for the Eagles after they got their future quarterback and a guy to help protect him.
Philadelphia has five picks on Saturday, but none in the fourth round. The Eagles enter the final day of the NFL draft with two picks in the fifth round, one in the sixth and two in the seventh.
North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz was Philadelphia's pick at No. 2 overall Thursday night and Oregon State offensive lineman Isaac Seumalo was selected in the third round on Friday.
More from FoxSports
Wentz is slated to be No. 3 on the depth chart behind Sam Bradford and Chase Daniel. Seumalo will compete for a starting spot at left guard once offseason workouts begin.
The Eagles will look to add depth at running back, wide receiver and possibly another offensive lineman with a few of their picks in the final rounds.
AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL


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Taylor Home Health Supply at 401 W 2Nd St offers Medicare medical supplies and/or services in Broussard, Louisiana.
Here at MedicalSuppliesNearMe.com, we provide free maps and contact information in a directory of over 78,000+ medical and healthcare businesses that offer supplies and and services under the Medicare healthcare program. We cover the 70518 zip code area and others nationwide.
Contact Information
Supplier Name: Taylor Home Health Supply
Address: 401 W 2Nd St
Phone Number: (337)837-1277
Map Location For Taylor Home Health Supply in Broussard, LA
Oxygen Supplies and Equipment – Yes
Standard Power Wheelchairs, Scooters, and Related Accessories – No
Complex Rehabilitative Power Wheelchairs and Related Accessories (Group 2) – No
Mail-Order Diabetic Supplies – No
Enteral Nutrients, Equipment and Supplies – No
CPAP Devices, Respiratory Assist Devices, and Related Supplies and Accessories – No
Hospital Beds and Related Accessories – Yes
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Pumps and Related Supplies and Accessories – No
Walkers and Related Accessories – Yes
Support Surfaces (Group 2 mattresses and overlays) – No
Standard (Power & Manual) Wheelchairs, Scooters, and Related Accessories – No
Is Supplier Participating? – No
Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDS) – No
Commodes, Urinals, & Bedpans – Yes
Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) Devices – Yes
Dynamic Splints – No
Blood Glucose Monitors & Supplies: Non-Mail Order – Yes
Blood Glucose Monitors & Supplies: Mail Order – Yes
Blood Glucose Monitors: Mail Order – No
Gastric Suction Pumps – YesHeat & Cold Applications – Yes
Hospital Beds: Electric – Yes
Hospital Beds: Total Electric & Pediatric – No
Hospital Beds: Manual – Yes
Hospital Beds: Manual & Pediatric – No
Infrared Heating Pad Systems – No
Infusion Pumps & Supplies: External Infusion – Yes
Infusion Pumps & Supplies: Insulin Infusion – Yes
Infusion Pumps & Supplies: Implanted Infusion – No
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Pumps & Supplies – Yes
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulators (NMES) – No
Osteogenesis Stimulators – No
Pneumatic Compression Devices – Yes
Speech Generating Devices – Yes
Support Surfaces: Pressure Reducing Beds, Mattresses, Overlays, & Pads – Yes
Traction Equipment – Yes
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulators (TENS) Units – Yes
Ultraviolet Light Devices – Yes
Home Dialysis Equipment & Supplies – No
Hemodialysis Equipment & Supplies – NoCanes & Crutches – Yes
Patient Lifts – Yes
Power Operated Vehicles (Scooters) – Yes
Seat Lift Mechanisms – Yes
Walkers – Yes
Wheelchairs & Accessories: Standard Manual – Yes
Wheelchairs & Accessories: Standard Power – Yes
Wheelchairs & Accessories: Complex Rehabilitative Manual – No
Wheelchairs & Accessories: Complex Rehabilitative Power – No
Wheelchairs & Accessories: Complex Rehabilitative Power (e.g. Group 3, Group 4, Group 5) – No
Wheelchair Seating/Cushions – Yes
Orthoses: Custom Fabricated – No
Orthoses: Prefabricated – Yes
Orthoses: Off-the-Shelf – Yes
Breast Prostheses & Accessories – No
Cochlear Implants – No
Facial Prostheses – No
Neurostimulators – No
Ocular Prostheses – No
Ostomy Supplies – YesOxygen Equipment & Supplies – Yes
Respiratory Suction Pumps – Yes
Ventilators, Accessories, & Supplies – Yes
Surgical Dressings – Yes
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Diabetic Shoes & Inserts: Custom Fabricated – No
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Providing excellent service is vital to our customers and vital to our business. From the moment you engage Snowflake, live or digitally, our goal is to provide you the best possible service from that point forward.
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|June 28th, 2014, 11:40 AM
Name: Alexa
Join Date: June 27, 2014
Location: United States
Age: 19
ways to cope with anxiety attacks~
i've often struggled with anxiety in the past, and i still do. i decided to create a comprehensive list of ways to help deal with anxiety or panic attacks. i really hope at least something on this list helps you. (:
1. Practice deep breathing.
It helps to take in 4 seconds of air and hold it in for about 2-3 seconds. Let it all out in 4 seconds. This is good for slowing down your breathing and for short-breathing where you might be feeling as if you're losing oxygen.
If you're at home and can't seem to stop the hyperventilation, place a paper bag over your mouth and breathe in and out as slow as you can. Do all of this until you feel a difference in your muscles and clarity of thought. If you're at school, then ask to go to the washroom and do so your shirt or a bag you brought from home.
2. Use rational diversions.
If you have fear on your mind, or anything that's triggering the anxiety attack, I suggest either try thinking of what you might do on the weekend with your friends, day dreaming, etc. If you that doesn't seem to work for you, you can try to cound down or up to 100. If you think of those things in the middle, restart or continue to count. You can also sing your favourite song in your head, or recite your favourite poems or quotes. Anything can help! Use your imagination, but try to stay away from the thoughts that are causing this.
3. Muscle relaxation practice.
If you tend to tense up and sweat a lot, try to tense up really hard for 10 seconds and then loosen up for 10 seconds. This will relax your muscles over time and also takes your concentration to what you're doing. It also helps to own a stress ball if you're at school and don't really want to look constipated in front of the whole class.
4. Sort out your anxiety; get down to the problem.
You may want to go sort out what you need to about what you're having anxiety about. It might be something that can be talked out or fixed. It helps to talk to a teacher about your anxiety early so you don't have to be expected to go do public speeches all over the world. Once that problem is fixed, generally, I'd hope, you'd begin to feel better and more relaxed.
5. Write out your feelings.
It actually helps to scribble key words all over a paper, sometimes in different colours, or at school, highlighters if you got any. If you know the teacher will catch you doing this, or if you're afraid people will see, try writing in another language or make it up on the spot! Scribbling really hard on a page, repeatedly also helps. Keeping a journal is always good, and make sure to not keep it in! Talk to your friends, and get them to comfort you. You'll generally feel yourself calm down over time when they hug you over and over.
Additional Ways
- rip paper up
- break pencils/pens
- deep breaths
- scribbling on paper
- clenching your teeth
- day dreaming
- drinking drinks
- listening to music and singing in your head
- solving the issue
- talking to someone
- trying to sleep
- taking a hot bath with epsom salts
- being alone
- typing
- brushing your hair
- clenching and unclenching your toes and fists
- cuddling your cat/dog/pet
- trying to get out of the situation that's making you feel like this
- thinking happy thoughts
- thinking 'i'm strong and it'll be over soon'
|July 8th, 2014, 06:52 AM
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Name: Tom
Join Date: June 9, 2014
Location: New York City
Re: ways to cope with anxiety attacks~
I should try these, thanks for the tips.
It won't replace my Xanax, but it can't hurt.
|July 8th, 2014, 11:27 AM
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Name: Mike
Join Date: April 26, 2010
Location: US
Age: 23
Re: ways to cope with anxiety attacks~
Great tips! These can be very helpful when experiencing anxiety. I don't take any anxiety medication, and I use many of these methods to cope with it.
Always here to help. Don't hesitate to PM me.
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Holiday memories are made special because of family traditions. Who doesn't have many stories to tell of past holidays, as with all families, some good warm fuzzy stories as well as the disaster ones, now humorous with time. From childhood thru adulthood, certain family heirlooms or special objects can trigger a flood of memories. Passing down vintage and antique items as well as the stories attached to them help make "home for the holidays" the best place to be. Even if you are across the country from where your first memories of christmas began, you can still have that special feeling. Old fashioned Christmas ornaments to decorate your tree, a display of vintage toys, a well worn copy of "The Night Before Christmas", Grandma's special Christmas tablecloth, Mom's old silver tray that every year was filled with an assortment of everyone's favorite cookies, to Dad's funny old Santa hat, all bring back the warm memories of Christmas past. The few treasures that have been passed on down thru the generations when retrieved from the attic and the holiday preparations begun, bring all of us back to the years of our favorite memories.
Borrowing from the past and building upon new creative ideas we have discovered, we keep the memories alive and create new traditions of our own for the newest generation to look back on with fondness in the next decades to come. Every year I puruse my favorite magazines looking for inspiration to pick a theme for this year's decorations. I never copy what I see because I want to use things from my own special collections but looking at new fresh ideas gets my creative juices flowing and all of a sudden an idea takes hold and I am off and running. Christmas trees can be decorated with all sorts of items, from a seashore theme using shells and starfishes, to an elegant victorian tree dressed with small lace doilies, velvet ribbon garland and beautiful ornaments, to a teaparty theme, orphan pretty china cups tied on with ribbons and ornate silver spoons tied on with velvet ribbons, a country theme with dried flower and herb bunches with old fashioned metal cookie cutters, the themes are endless, all ideas from one simple thought or item. This is the time of year to take out your collections and decorate with them. Work with a theme and stick to it so that the decorations flow from one room to the next, and not done with a overabundance of different colors and different unrelated objects which leads to clutter. If you decide on a Country Christmas, use things from nature, branches, pine cones, plaid ribbons, gingerbread men, baskets, and wooden toys. An old wooden sled, decorated with a simple red velvet bow makes a stunning decoration. Fill all sorts of old looking containers with pine branches, a pewter pitcher, a clay jug, a big basket, a small wooden barrel, add one of these pine branch arrangements to each room for the wonderful color of green and the Christmas pine scent. Add twigs and pinecones, a Christmas ribbon bow to the larger arrangements. Fill an unused fireplace with a large arrangement. A small porcelain pitcher filled with greens on the bathroom vanity. A bouquet of red roses with greens in a large crystal vase can be a focal arrangement in any room for color and fragrance.
Old toys arranged around the tree can bring back memories of Christmases past. A collection of dolls, a red Flyer wagon, old board games in colorful graphic boxes, vintage ice skates, anything that you enjoyed as a child, your favorite toy that Santa brought you, all these vintage items can be used in your decorating themes. I once did a small tree in the diningroom with all silver babyspoons and baby forks tied onto a Christmas tree with thin red satin ribbon bows. The little baby silverware was silverplate, a little worn and bought for a song in an auction box lot but after polishing and adding ribbons it sparkled under the christmas white lights with a special elegance. Of course my very own babyspoon had the place of honor on the tree.
So as your unpack the boxes of well used and loved ornaments, take the time to share the stories connected with the special ones and leave room for a few new additions with new traditions and stories for the next generation to handle fondly and remember.
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Celebrate The Holidays With AntiquesSaturday, December 19th, 2009
Holiday memories are made special because of family traditions. Who doesn't have many stories to tell of past holidays, as with all families, some good warm fuzzy stories as well as the disaster ones, now humorous with time. From childhood thru adulthood, certain family heirlooms or special objects can trigger a flood of memories. Passing down vintage and antique items as well as the stories attached to them help make "home for the holidays" the best place to be. Even if you are across the country from where your first memories of christmas began, you can still have that special feeling. Old fashioned Christmas ornaments to decorate your tree, a display of vintage toys, a well worn copy of "The Night Before Christmas", Grandma's special Christmas tablecloth, Mom's old silver tray that every year was filled with an assortment of everyone's favorite cookies, to Dad's funny old Santa hat, all bring back the warm memories of Christmas past. The few treasures that have been passed on down thru the generations when retrieved from the attic and the holiday preparations begun, bring all of us back to the years of our favorite memories.
Tags: Decorating with Antiques, Holiday Decorating, Vintage Decorations
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Into The Garden With AntiquesThursday, June 4th, 2009
Bringing antiques into the garden can really make your landscaping fun, unique and eye catching. I look at my landscaping as an outdoor room, the sky is the ceiling, the trees a canopy, my groundcover or hardscape the flooring and garden borders, stonewalls, fences, hedges define the space as walls. Just like in interior design, carefully chosen and placed accessories add the final "wow" factor. In the years I taught landscape design, at the end of the course I would schedule one of the final classes on creating an outdoor room. This class was the most fun, you can get really creative, break all the rules and do your own unique thing. The work is done, the gardens designed and planted, the patio and deck done, all that is needed is the finishing touches, just as jewelry makes the outfit a real fashion statement, garden accessories add the interest or focal point that grabs the eyes's attention.
I am going to pass over the common items, the urns, the planters, the normal patio and yard furniture and focus on the redesign of antique items to use in the garden. All kinds of unusual items can be used to hold plants, from old barrels and wooden kegs, galvanized washtubs, wheelbarrows, old pottery, the list is endless. The important thing is to make sure the item will provide drainage, this may entail drilling some holes in the item. Stones can be added to the bottom of the container to help with drainage but I use styrofoam packing peanuts, they are lightweight as well as providing drainage. I am constantly moving my potted containers, taking advantage of the ones that are at peak performance moving them into the spotlight and rearranging so the ones that are past prime or their flowers are inbetween blooms or ones that are needing a little TLC are not center stage. I even place some in the garden where it needs a burst of color if the perennials are not giving me a show at a particular time. Plus using the peanuts saves on the amount of potting soil needed to fill the containers. So if an item can hold enough dirt for a healthy plant it can be a container in the garden.
Old teapots, pitchers, mason jars, watering cans can make interesting vases to hold cut flowers to place on your outdoor tables. Anything that can hold water and withstand the weather can be used. Great way to use a china or glass piece that may have a chip or 2 and not welcome in your diningroom anymore, give it a 2nd chance as an outdoor accessory. Using these former inside pieces makes quite a statement outside.
I have an old galvanized bathtub, it belonged to my grandmother from the turn of the century, it was lightweight would be brought into the kitchen and placed by the old gas and gas heating stove and filled with hotwater heated on the stove and the bath night would begin for the family. I have now placed this tub in one of my gardens, sunk it down about 6 inches in the soil, and filled it with flowers and for the winter holidays, I fill it with greens. It makes a great planter and has very few weeds to deal with in it. It has been in my garden for almost 20 years now. At my seaside cottage I took 2 big old galvanized washtubs and sunk them into the ground, filled with soil and planted hydrangeas in one and a dwarf alberta spruce in the other. The shrubs are growing happily, because they are in good soil, seaside gardens have poor sandy soil and need a lot of additives to get things to grow. Along with this washtub theme, I found and old galvanized settub or sink, it is divided into 2 sinks inside , each with a drain spigot on the bottom to release the water. It has a wide piece of wood for a cover. This piece as well as providing an interesting accent for my "Washtub Garden" has had many useful purposes, it is great for filling with ice to cool cold drinks for a picnic, I have dragged the hose over to it and filled and washed all kinds of things in it, soaked pots, hooked rugs, cleaned garden tools, cleaned fresh caught fish, stored clams on ice, it is an old fashioned sink, still performing it's intended uses but also decorating the garden. An added plus it is on wheels, I guess in Grandma's day it was placed next to the old wringer washer.
Another fun thing I have done both here and at the cottage, is to take an antique chair, that has lost it's caned seat and placed a big clay pot that fits right in the seat, it's lips stay above the seat opening so it doesn't slide down. Fill it with flowers and place in the garden. Another idea is to find a old wooden chair, paint it an interesting color, place in the garden , maybe in the middle of a flower bed, in a place where no human would be tempted to go into the garden to sit but a place for the garden fairies to rest or the chipmunks sun themselves, or the birds can perch on the back of the chair and sing their hearts out.
An old iron bedframe can be a "Garden Bed" I had riped out an area of berry bushes last summer and had a large hole in a section of garden but it was too late to plant new plants in the ground, so I put the bed all together and arranged it in my garden, covered the springs with a piece of dark green painted plywood and filled it with pots of mums. Now that was a garden bed. This year it is now happily redesigned and living on my deck, covered with outdoor cushions and pillows and has a new life as a daybed for relaxing in the shade with a book. I also have just a headboard of an old iron bed and are using that as an interesting back-drop like a piece of fence or garden gate for ivy to grow up and around. I couldn't find an old garden gate at the time this garden went in so the idea for the iron headboard came to me and I love it. It is now covered with vines and has a whole garden planted around it.
Creat garden rooms, paths leading to little secret alcoves and using atypical pieces of antique furniture in the outdoors can make your space unique. Everyone can go to Home Depot and purchase the everyday variety of garden and patio furniture. But by using the unexpected you can really decorate an outside room. You can paint wooden furniture with a good outdoor paint to try to preserve it or just let it go au natural, chippy paint, bleached out stain, rust all which add to the rustic charm of using less than perfect antiques outside. Their life may be limited because of the elements but your redesigning and reuse has extended their time as they were put out to "pasture" as not being good enough to reside inside any more but they add charm to your outdoor scape.
Old chandeliers can get a new life with candles being placed in the sockets , but remember to hang them carefully when using lighted candles, I even have found some old glass globes to use to protect the candle flame from the wind when lit. Lamps can be de-electrified also and candles used.
Don't forget about your broken china pieces, don't throw away the pretty floral pieces and shards they can be used in the garden, mixed in with stones, seashells ect. A mosiac tabletop can be made with the broken pieces and fastened with mortar or grout, the ideas are endless. I have put a few large pieces of broken china that had roses on it as stepping stones in a birdbath for the birds.
These are just a few ideas for using antiques in the garden, your imagination is limitless. get creative with your cast-offs. Remember these are accessories, use as a focal point to make a staement, don't over due it, let these be little surprise touches here and there. After a few seasons and they have worn to beyond shabby , let your creative self rescue something new and give it a new life in your garden.
Tags: Decorating with Antiques, Garden Style
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Personalizing a Space with BooksWednesday, January 7th, 2009
Accessories add life, beauty, interest and a bit of excitement, whether you are decorating a room or an outfit to wear. Using accessories properly to add just the right amount of drama can make a boring, impersonal space into a warm, interesting, inviting enviroment.
One of the easiest ways to personalize a room is to use books as a decorating accessory. What announces and shares what your most passionate interests are, is the books that you read. Whether you are a bookworm who just has to be the first to read everything on the best-seller list or a casual reader who likes light fiction or a collector who loves to research their finds or just an armchair traveler who dreams about visiting far off places, there are so many books to enjoy and to share that reflect your personal interests.
Books come with beautiful colorful illustrated dustjackets. Did you know, that 1/2 of the value of a collectible or rare book is the paper dustjacket? Without the dustjacket, the book's value is dimished, so protect and handle carefully those paper book protectors. Many books come with fine decorative bindings, leather or faux leather, gilt lettering or designs, embossed illustrations ect. Victorian novels had covers decorated with beautiful illustrations of the fashionable heroine of the story, many of my customers collect these just for the cover illustrations, sadly and not read the stories but these look beautiful piled and displayed in a bedroom, on a lady's antique desk , even a powder room.
Bedrooms are the perfect place to creat a special reading corner with a comfortable chair, a footstool, a small table with room for a lamp, a cup of tea and a few books. A basket or the footstool can hold a collection of your favorite books next to your chair. A wonderful place to escape to for a few moments of quiet to enjoy your favorite author. Maybe you are like me and have a nightly ritual of reading a chapter or two before sleep, I even have a bookmark that says "There is Where I Fell Asleep" to mark my page. My bedside table always has a collection of books that I am reading or next to be read. A bookcase or even a china cabinet doing duty as a bookcase can add to the decor of creating a personalized reading nook. These private little spaces can be created in a corner of anyroom, at the end of a hallway, an alcove under the stairs, anywhere you can fit a chair, lamp and a place for your books.
For those lucky enough to devote a whole room to a library of books, nothing makes a space feel more warm and inviting than floor to ceiling bookcases filled with all kinds of interesting books to read. A comfortable couch, filled with comfortable pillows, maybe a throw to toss over yourself, several lamps scattered throughout the room with to be used to illuminate just where you are reading, keeping the light level, comfortable and flattering, not glaring with overly bright overhead lights. Perhaps a large table that can handle stacks of books and still leave plenty of space to open a book and spread out to do research or take notes, a library table or a large wooden desk. I have sinfully sold books with decorative bindings by the foot to customers who just wanted to fill their bookshelves, to impress their friends or clients with their selection of classics but had no intention of ever reading the books. It is with mixed emotions that I fill these orders being a true book-lover, don't they know that they are missing out? As a book-buyer, finding these unread libraries that were purchased just for their decorative appeal and never read or even handled is like winning the lottery in the rare book market.
Hallways can also be used to creat a library, if your hall is wide enough floor to ceiling bookcaes or all matching height bookcases can create a really interesting space and focal point to be observed from many other rooms or areas. Perhaps you have a loft or open balcony that can be seen from other rooms, it's the perfect place to creat a reading alcove.
Livingrooms have so many places to place and arrange books on . The large colorful travelbooks, also known as coffeetable books are perfectly at home here. Great for guests to enjoy and share with them your favorite places. A wonderful ice breaker to get people talking. After you may have visited one of these far away places, a travel book is a great remembrance of your trip to enjoy over and over again. It could also be armchair traveling and dreaming material. Studying the great interiors in magazines like Architectual Digest, piles of books placed on tables, stools, in piles on the floor, on any flat surface add so much interest to the room, I am always fascinated by the tittles to see what the celebrities are reading. I learn so much about people from the books that they have read, it really gives an inside look at how they think and what interests them. In my business of buying books from estates, I can get enough clues from the books, the tittles, the inscriptions, the bookmarks and letters found in the books to put together the story of the owner's life and interests. Nothing tells more about a person than their books. I rescue the books and hopefully pass them on to someone else to love and enjoy.
Gardening and art books can reside in any room, but make a statement in any of the public rooms. their beautiful covers, jackets and illustrations make a beautiful decorating accessory no matter where they are placed. You would be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't appreciate the beauty of flowers, gardener or not. I love to place a book of garden lore, garden art or garden poetry on the nightstand in the guestroom. One word about old garden and art books, if the books are falling apart and have lost their value, re-design, re-use, pull out the illustrations, mat and frame and display on the wall as artwork. I don't encourage the pulling apart of a good book but to salvage a toss away and recycle the illustrations to enjoy for another decade or two is a great 'green' idea.
Cookbooks are not just books of recipes. We have an extensive collection for sale in our shop and the hundreds of International cookbooks we have are more travelogues, to learn from and are filled with photos to actually see the cities and countrysides and then complimented with anecdotes and text that will entertain you with the stories, traditions, and customs behind the dishes. Grandma's favorite Red and White old Betty Crocker Cookbook from the 1940's is perfectly happy sitting on a shelf in the kitchen but the new exciting cookbooks are meant to be on display and available for all to read. Books on wine wil not only educate you on making the right selections but the photos and with the travel information on the vineyards, whether France, California, Spain, Germany or many others, you can spend many happy hours armchair traveling with a glass of wine by your side.
There books on any subject, for any interests and there isn't a place in your home that couldn't be accessorized with a collection of books or just a single properly placed book. To protect your books from harm, try to avoid placing them in direct bright sunlight or in areas of extreme moisture. Try to arrange them to stand straight up or lay down flat. Move and rotate when on shelves, dust lightly with a feather duster. Don't pack too tightly on the shelves, make sure they are easy to slide in and out without damaging the books or dustjackets. Books bring the world to your door, spread them around and share the ideas and dreams with all who enter your abode.
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Re-Design Project: Victorian Fireplace Mantle / Bed HeadboardFriday, December 26th, 2008
HISTORY: You never know when inspiration is going to strike. I had been thinking about replacing my Walnut East Lake bed for a few years. I loved it dearly, the headboard was over 6 feet tall, made with walnut boards that went across the headboard diagonally with a scalloped and carved top header. I had had this bed for over 35 years. I had spotted it in an antique shop and fell in love with it. I got it home tied to the roof of my car, about a 40 mile trip, the benevolent spirits must have been with me that day, it got home completely intact. It has moved with me to new homes every time. The walnut bed was joined by a matching walnut dresser several years later. I live in a very unique home, it was built in 1783, orginally as a schoolhouse, it was called "The Academy" and served as a one room school for high school age students. After the civil war, there weren't enough students, so the school was closed, no one really wanted the building, it was used as the 1st Catholic Church for several years, townhall for a short time and finally was sold to an adjacent estate in exchange for a large steel beam to be used in construction of a building damaged by fire. It was moved to it's present location and plunked down in the middle of an orchard on the estate. It was the used as a private theater for the owner, who was the publisher of "Ladies Home Companion" Magazine, she used it for entertaining her guests and built tennis courts next to it. Several very noted, famous people in publishing, goverment ( including 2 presidents) and businessmen came to stay with her in the main house and enjoyed entertainment and tennis here. After she died the estate was divided up and sold off, this building eventually became a home in the 1950's and has been home to Lavender Path Antiques and my home since the early 1990's.
I am fortunate to have the original 24 foot domed ceilings, which made decorating a "large" challenge. The rooms are also oversized. In looking in furniture stores, all the beds available were just too small, uninteresting and of inferior quality woods and craftmanship compared to an antique bed. I keep looking waitng for inspiration to strike. New beds just didn't have the romance I was looking for, and antique beds were getting very hard to find and the prices were really going up. One reason for parting with my antique bed was the size, I really needed a larger bed, with a large dog sleeping on my feet and 2 cats snuggling up beside me there wasn't a lot of room for anyone else. So when I had almost given the idea of change, inspiration hit me. I had seen a photograph of an antique fireplace mantle re-designed into a headboard. I fell in love. Even though I am an antique dealer, to find a Victorian Fireplace mantle, exactly what I was looking for wasn't going to be easy. I started by searching architectural salvage companies, years ago, many bargains and what interesting pieces could be found in them. But I got the shock of my life, looking at the prices for these items there in today's market. I made several phone calls to antique shops all around, tracked down a few mantles but they didn't fit my vision of what I wanted. Decorating with antiques can be a very slow process at times, to find the perfect piece when you are looking for it can be daunting. I wasn't giving up. I shopped Ebay till I had blisters on my fingers, saw some that just might fit the bill, but had to think about shipping costs or distance to go pick it up. Price ranges were all over the lot. But the research help me formulate my idea and I knew exactly what style I wanted and the appox. price it was going to cost. I continued my search online and looked at several but it appeared I needed to find one I could pick up rather than ship. These are rather heavy. I decided to check my local Craigslist classified ads list. Bingo! I found one listed and only 6 towns away. The person emailed me a photo and I fell in love, he had what I had envisioned. The mantle had a mirror with candle shelves on either side of it and a upper shelf, bringing the total height to over 7 feet tall, just what I needed. There was some carving detail on the top section and on the lower section. It took a week to get our schedules coordinated so I could go see it. I was so afraid it would be sold to someone else who got there first but luck was on my side. I knew I was going to buy it even before I saw it in person. And best of all it was a bargain! It barely fit in my van even though it was in 2 pieces. But I got it home. Friends and family thought I had really flipped my lid when they saw it. But I could visualize the beauty it could become. *** Refer to photo at top of page for it's original condition.
PROCESS: As I took it out of the truck, no easy task for a middle aged woman, who is fit, it was heavy, my excitement must have given me the adrenlin rush I needed to move it by myself. The mantle was covered with dirty, chippy, old white paint. It had been in storage in a basement for several decades and only recently moved into a garage. It was dirty. I scrubbed it down with good old Murphy's oil soap and got all the decades of grime off. The mantle had no structural damage, the wood was in fine condition, aa little wear here and there but that is the charm of antiques. I had a decision to make on what to do with the finish. I could spend hours, sanding it down to bare wood and then staining it, or paint it. I felt stripping it would take away a lot of the character of the piece, it would never be "perfect" and perhaps all that work wouldn't be worth it. There were several layers of paint on it. I didn't want it painted white, I wanted it to marry with the Eastlake dresser that I owned. The dresser was painted a very dark reddish brown, almost black in some light and decorated with handpainted flowers and green leaves, all original. I had a paint chart wheel with over a 1000 colors on it, given to me by a painter, I took the chart and matched the color of the dresser to one on the chart. I went to Home Depot and they made it up. In the light of my bedroom the color looks almost like mahogany wood. I painted the mantle, it took 3 coats. Working with the paint, brushing in the direction of the grain only, I was able to create the look of grained wood, never completely covering with a solid coat over the layer underneath, leting a faint amount of the lighter color of the previous coat underneath peek through. I did this show-through technique on corners and other spots that wood had natural worn spots from years of use. I did not want to make it look new, I still wanted the antique character, wear and blemishes included. I work with a small sponge paint brushes, I find they give me the agility and ability to do fussy paint techniques rather than a regular paint brush, then when you are done, throw away. In a few spots, I would wipe off a little of the wet paint with a rag, further "distressing" or aging the look. It came out exactly matching the dresser. Taking the cue from the green leaves that decorated the dresser, I put a coat of forest green paint over the base color on the applied decorative carvings on the mantle, I did that quickly with an artist brush not covering the carvings completely, there again striving for a worn look, not newly painted. On top of the green paint I used another artist brush and used liquid gold leaf paint, there again quickly running the brush over just the high points of the design. In a few spots, I felt I had applied the gold paint to heavy, I just rubbed some off with a rag while still wet, to give it a burnished aged look. The bed was now finished and ready to be moved into the room.
HARDWARE AND ASSEMBLY: I had to purchase a new mattress, foundation and bedframe. I bought a queen size that would fit perfect size -wise with the mantle. I placed the lower part of the mantle against the wall. I used 2 very thin pieces of scrap wood, less than 1/4 inch thick, under the front legs of the mantle to creat an ever so slight pitch, so that it learns back towards the wall. I did this only because it was going to be sitting on carpet. I slid the bed frame and mattress to sit right in front of the mantle leaving about 2 inches of space inbetween the mantle and the bed. The top half of the mantle with the mirror and the shelves would sit on the bottom part of the mantle. Now here is the part that really took some thought. I wanted to make sure that the top of the mantle was secure. The bottom is mostly covered by the bed and will never fall forward. I put 2 heavy-duty round screw-eye hooks on the back of the top of the mantle, on either side like you would do with a picture frame , I placed them about 6 inches down from the top edge. I fastened into a stud in the wall a heavy round circle on a plate that fastened into the stud with 4 screws. This was actually a hook used to tie horses, I felt if it could hold a horse it could hold this mantle for sure. I used length of brass chain, the type that is used for hanging chandeliers, I used the chain to attach to the eye hooks on the back of the mantle and then attach to the horse ring in the stud. This may be being a little overcautious, but I wanted to be sure it was secure to the wall. I could have done some framing and fastened the whole mantle to the wall but I was concerned about damaging the wall permanently and wanted to be able to take the mantle headboard if I should ever move again. Once I got the top in place, I realized with the way it was constucted with the front posts on the mantle shelf, that would also prevent it from tipping forward. But I have now gotten it very secure. I'll bet you are wondering about the opening in the mantle that is open for the fireplace. There are 2 ways to handle that. I purchased 4 bed risers to put the feet of the bedframe raising the bed 8 more inches off the floor. I had used them also with my old Eastlake bed. I like a high bed for the look, and for the storage space underneath and being able to vacuum under the bed easier. By using the risers the height of the bed is now only 1 inch short of covering the opening in the mantle, with big fluffy pillows, it never shows. The alternative that could be done would be to take a piece of plywood cut slighter bigger than the opening, cover the plywood with quilt batting material, staple with a staple gun in place and then cover with coordinating fabric that matches or compliments your bedding. Take the fabric covered board and screw it into the back of the mantle. My using the risers eliminated the need for covering in the opening in the mantle. I change my bedding quilts and coverlets so often that I would be changing that fabric cover all the time.
DECORATE: I purchased 3 bed skirts that coordinate, florals and solids in different lengths. Now remember using the risers you need a longer bedskirt, my need was for a 21 inch drop. Then I used a 15 and a 13 inch over that. I use 2 king size pillows at the very top of the bed up against the mantle, they are there all the time. I then layer 2 queen pillows on top of them and use 2 pairs of regular size pillows in front of them for that romantic Bed and Breakfast look. I mix and match florals, stripes and solids in pillowcases as I did in the bedskirts. Choose your decorations to put on the mantle and shelves. I have opted to leave the very top shelf bare, was concerned about things could fall but so far everything on the lower shelves have not moved an inch, all secure.
Result: I am just thrilled with my Re-designed headboard. I rescued an old mantle that had no home and it has a new life as a high headboard with the Victorian look I had envisioned, that fits perfectly with my very large room. The integrity of the mantle is still there, it can be re-used as a mantle anytime as it was originally designed for. This project went much faster than expected and the luck of finding the piece so fast must have had some divine intervention. So yes you can fall in love again.
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Decorating With AntiquesSunday, December 21st, 2008
Design Tips or Points to Ponder
Unless you want to live in a museum-like setting, use antique furniture pieces sparingly in your decor. Use them as accents and focal points. Whether it is a cherished family heirloom or a recent acquisition, showcase it, give it the attention and space it deserves. Antiques can personalize a room, give it personality, design interest and style. Gone are the days when you went to a furniture store and purchased a complete set of furniture with all the matching pieces, sure it was easy to decorate this way but it shows no creative indivuality, I call this style of decorating the "Holiday Inn Style" with everything all matched and the same. This type of decorating doesn't show your sense of style but someone else's, whether it is the furniture manufacturer, the furniture showroom display person, it is everyone else's but yours. The ecletic style of decorating is what makes your home unique and by using special antique pieces you can create a look that is yours alone.
The value of antiques is that they have lasted down through the years or centuries. They give us a glimpse of the past through their style, purpose and construction. For design purposes, this is a very important point to ponder. If a particular piece has lasted intact for a considerable length of time, decades or centuries, without being changed or compromised, perhaps still in the original finish, made out of quality woods and in very good condition, it would be a crime to change it for just a decorating purpose. Out of respect for the quality of craftmanship and the beauty of an aged patina, for the antique value, these pieces should be selected and use in their original state. A few worn spots, or blemishes just add to the beauty. If you feel more comfortable with perfect examples, then perhaps an antique piece with a story and character is not for you. Then I would suggest purchasing one of the fine reproductions available. Refinishing of these usually high-end original pieces should not be done or only under the care of an expert. Original finishes whether perfect or worn are meant to be treasured as is, to refinish is to devalue the piece.
Many of the projects that will be discussed on this blog will be for antiques that have been already compromised, changed, refinished or in a definite need of a rescue, redesign, refurbish, or refinishing to give it another chance at living a beautiful life. In all cases we strive to retain orginal finishes where it can be done. Many of our "re-dos" are done in a way that they still have the patina and graceful aged beauty. That's why we love antiques for the worn, rubbed, chippy blemishes they have earned from years of love and use. I never advocate sanding down layers to try to create an ultra smooth finsh, removing all the character of the piece, it makes no sense, you would be better off just buying a new piece without all the work.
Decorating with an antiques is a process that should evolve over time. It's not like going to the store and buying the "Holiday Inn Suite". It involves falling in love. Many times 1 antique piece can be the muse or the beginning of the design process for an entire room. This piece catches your eye and opens the dam and lets your creative juices flow. The room can sometimes be build with ideas all around that special piece. But antiques are very adaptable, they had to be to survive all these years, just adopting a new piece and placing it in the room as an accent piece, can give the room a whole new look. It truly reflects your creativity in how you use it. The only design rules are taking into consideration, it's size and scale in relationship to the room and color or depth of color. It should compliment but still be an accent, drawing the eye to it, it should be a little excitement to hold the eye or interest, but pleasing not jaring. Out of portion items, too large for the room, as well as too small, too dark or too light or too bold a pattern for a small area can be unsettling. The old guides still apply, such as using an oversized print or plaid in a small room, it is overpowering and unsettling. The same is true for adding a piece that is too small in scale for a large room, it gets lost and is not the accent you were looking for. A word about collections, they make a statement and have much more interest and make an impact when they are grouped together, one here and there sprinkled about the room just makes up clutter, and they don't stand out. Think of a fireplace mantle, 1 pair of silver candlesticks, evenly balenced on either side of the center of the mantle, boring, not interesting in the least. Picture the same mantle with a collection of 3 or 5 different silver candlesticks, varying size or shade, arranged on one side in a group, that's a collection and balenced on the other side of the mantle by a single object that is related by some common theme and takes up the same amount of space or mass as the group of candlesticks on the other side that makes an interesting statement. Rule of thumb here: there should be some unifying characteristic that that is similar between all the pieces such as they are all silver to make a visual statement that they are related. Collections arranged in mass will really pack a visual punch and create interest. In all areas of decorating and even gardening working with "odd" numbers arranged together has the "wo" factor. So think 3, 5, 7, instead of ones or pairs.
Color is another very important element. Color is very personal and selection depends on what you want it to do, be an accent or softly blend in. The only tip I am going to sugest is to try the color out. Bring a sample of it home, pin it up on the wall or place it in the area where the object wearing the color will reside. Look at it during various times of the day with the changing light from the sun or other sources. See if it still is pleasing during daylight as well as evening, see if the color stays true or does it fade out or look muddy. Live it for a few days before you make your decision.
Antiques are something that you fall in love with, the memories it might hold coming from a family member or a piece that has caught your eye and you battled fiercely for at auction. Don't let it get away and live with the regret you wished you had gotten it. You can always, rearrange or eliminate something to add it in. It can be the muse for rearranging a whole room. Some pieces will work just perfectly as is, some may need a little time and thought for inspiration to strike, but follow your heart and you will never be sorry.
Starting next week I will be sharing some of the projects I have done using antiques and give step by step tips and instructions for each. Meanwhile check out our shop website at www.lavenderpathantiques.com
So long from Carole "the crafty chic"
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A few a weeks ago, Rebecca and I headed to St. Louis for Krys' wedding (I designed her wedding program/invites/etc – those will be posted soon!)
While we were there I got to go to the top of the Arch for the first time. I snapped a few pictures to later merge into a panoramic. I read in Scott Kelby's Digital Photography book that Photoshop has an 'auto-merge' option for creating panoramic photos. It worked beautifully, minus a few sky exposure inconsistencies and just a bit of choppy stitched edges that I cloned out.
For this image, I ended up repainting a consistent blue sky. To see the original, unedited sky, check my twitpic out here
I can't wait to get my 21″ x 7″ print to come in so I can frame it. If you anyone is interested in purchasing a print, email stephen[at]creativeimprov.com (where [at] is the @ sign)


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The Role of the Teacher
"The Teacher is like an oil lamp if its flame is steady and bright a hundred lamps can be lit by it, without in any way diminishing its brightness. For ensuring the brightness of the lamp, it is necessary that the wick be in good order and the oil supply be sufficient."
Certainly the role of the teacher cannot be written in mere words. However, this writer can highlight some of the key responsibilities to which strategies, methods and planning can be impinged upon.
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As such one may wish to modify them to make it fit in their situation.
I.Initial Activities
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II.Organizational Activities
1.Keep a notebook or idea file; include minute fill-in ideas such as games, songs, stories, sources of information and materials, ideas for learning centers, bulletin boards, etc. (Inform O.J.T. of these). 2.Make direct observations of classroom activities. (Ask O.J.T. for their opinion). 3.Plan a design for a classroom. Allow the O.J.T. to help set up and arrange the classroom. 4.Ask O.J.T. to help group students for instructional purposes. 5.Become responsible for the general appearance of the classroom. (Cleanliness, arrangement of charts, etc.). 6.Prepare bulletin boards.
7.Develop a repertoire of techniques for class management or handling individual behaviour problems. (Punishment, Time out, etc.). 8.Create an individual behaviour management plan...
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Green Key members named for 2014-2015
2014 Oct 8Holyoke Community College is proud to announce its Green Key Honor Society members for the 2014-2015 school year. The Green Key Honor Society is a leadership and service organization dedicated to representing HCC at community and college events. Members serve the entire college community as tour guides, hosts, and ushers at special events such as orientation, college fairs, and information sessions.
- Hospitality Mgt Transfer (AS) and Dual Major: Photography & Visual Art major
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Along with several members of the American Heartland-Kansas City H.O.G. Chapter, I rode to Holt, Missouri, the evening of Saturday, July 10, to attend the Happy-Go-Lucky Hill Climb. I had not been to a hill climb other than at Sturgis for several years. It was about a 50-mile ride from Gail's Harley-Davidson in Belton. We arrived early, so I decided to roam around and interview some of the people involved with the event. First, I talked to the man in charge, Charlie Dawson, and Rob Elam who assists him with registration and serves as announcer during the hill climb.
CC: Charlie; please talk about the history of this hill climb.
Charlie: It was started by the Happy-Go-Lucky Motorcycle Club in 1958. There were 13 of us that bought the 65-acre property for $2,500. The others eventually got tired of it, so I bought it from them in 1980 and kept it going. It's 320 feet from bottom to top. Tonight, we're trying something different; drag racing.
CC: How does that arrangement work?
Charlie: It still comes down to the fastest guy winning. The slower guy doesn't get a time. You get three tries. It's not like bracket racing where you lose and you're out. The crowd really likes the action. There are cones at the top of each bump with an imaginary line connecting them to divide the lanes. If a rider crosses the line, he's disqualified.
CC: What's the age range of the competitors?
Charlie: 3 to 60 plus.
CC: Rob, how long have you been involved with this event?
Rob: I've been helping Charlie for about 24 years.
CC: You've seen a lot of runs up the hill.
Rob: Thousands.
CC: What about other vehicles?
Rob: We used to do dune buggies. We tried 4-wheelers for a while, but the top hill was just too steep for them. They just couldn't keep the front end down.
CC: I know the number of entries vary widely. What do you suppose is the average?
Rob: Maybe 100. We've had as many as 180, and as few as 60.
CC: How often are events held here?
Rob: This year we're running from April through October, the second weekend of each month. June through September are Saturday nights. The rest are Sunday afternoons. During the summer, afternoons are just too hot for the spectators.
CC: Do you have a good safety record?
Rob: We've had some serious injuries in the past. I'm on the medical staff, but I hope I won't be needed that way. We try to minimize the risk. The racing is confined to the hill. The bikes all must have dead man switches. Helmets are required, and other safety gear is recommended. Spectators are not allowed on the return road or on the hill.
CC: Thanks, guys.
Next, I talked with a couple of the veteran riders, Randy Hubbard and Ted Keith.
CC: How long have you been entering hill climbs, Randy?
Randy: Probably about 27 or 28 years.
CC: That's a long time.
Randy: Yeah. I started riding when I was about 7 or 8 but didn't get into competition until I was about 14 years old.
CC: Do you compete at other hills?
Randy: Mostly just this one. There is one in St. Joe that we go to every now and then. Mainly I'm a woods rider. I like getting into heavy woods and riding tight trails.
CC: What kind of bike will you be riding today?
Randy: This is a 750 Yamaha in a Trackmaster frame. It's an old dirt track racing bike. We just put a knobby tire on it and left the rest just as it was on the flat track.
CC: In the 750 cc class, I assume you have to compete against bikes with the extended swing arms. Does that put you at a big disadvantage?
Randy: It makes a big difference. I could stretch this bike, but it would take away from the old classic look. I also have a 500 cc bike that's stretched out and would be more competitive if I weren't so darn old. I sort of back off the throttle a little bit.
CC: This looks like a pretty nasty hill. What's the secret to getting from the bottom to the top quickly?
Randy: Stay on the ground and on the gas. You can't make time when you're in the air.
CC: How do you feel about today's side-by-side format? That seems unusual.
Randy: Over the last 20 years we've probably done it about 15 times. The crowd really likes it. To me, I feel like it makes me go faster because I'm not worrying about the clock. I'm just trying to beat that guy next to me, and I'll take more chances. I know I have to break the light before he does to get a time.
CC: Thanks for taking the time to talk with me and good luck on the hill.
CC: Ted, it looks like you are riding an old Triumph today. Please tell me about the bike.
Ted: It's got a 750 kit on it and a Redline flat track frame. It has Barnes wheels and hubs, a Branch head, and K&N filters. It's a pretty stout old bike.
CC: I understand you bought it from Charlie. How long ago?
Ted: I've had it since about '85, I think. There were two previous owners. I enjoy climbing the hill here. I've been racing against some of these guys since we were little boys. I'm 55 now, and the first time I climbed this hill I was 18.
CC: How do you like the drag-race approach?
Ted: I think it's great. I think that's the way it ought to be. It's more exciting. Otherwise it's like going to the drag strip and watching one car go at a time.
CC: Do you know of anywhere else where it's done this way?
Ted: No. It's kind of hard to get the hill so it's even on both sides, but it looks to be in pretty good shape all the way across today.
CC: Is lane choice a factor the way it is at a drag strip?
Ted: It will make some difference, especially after it's been churned up a bit.
CC: What's a good time on this hill?
Ted: Low 8's are good. You'll probably see some high 7's. That's pretty quick.
CC: It's a dangerous sport. Have you ever gotten hurt doing this?
Ted: Not hill climbing. I've been lucky. Usually if you get hurt you've done it to yourself, staying on the power too long or something.
CC: I understand the bikes have dead man switches to protect the riders.
Ted: Right. That gets it shut off. Then you just kind of shove it forward and let it fall over. Rather than let it flip over on you, if it starts to come up too much just give it a shove and get off.
CC: What's your first clue that you're in trouble?
Ted: You can feel it. You just sense it when it gets up too high. By then it's usually too late to do anything but bail out.
CC: Can you usually get through a crash without much damage?
Ted: Most of the time you can.
CC: Thanks, Ted.
My next interview was with Shane Shelton.
CC: Hi, Shane. I understand you have a peewee racer with you today.
Shane: Actually I have three sons. Two of them are older. They started when they were two and three, and my youngest one here started when he was four. He has been riding with training wheels, but we took them off today for the first time.
CC: So the boys have followed in your footsteps. You've been doing this for a while?
Shane: Yes, I've been doing it since I was about their age. My dad did it before me. I've got an 1100 Kawasaki that I'm rebuilding right now, so I won't be running today.
CC: Please give me the boys' names and ages.
Shane: Hunter Shelton is 5, Jacob Nay is 16, and Shane Nay is 15.
CC: What does their mom think about all of the boys hill climbing?
Shane: She's always been out here with us. She's used to the bumps and bruises. She likes it. It's always been kind of a family deal. My dad did this, and her dad has always been kind of a motorcycle guy.
CC: What bikes do the boys ride?
Shane: The older ones ride 80's and Hunter rides an XR50.
CC: In what class do the riders start going all the way up the hill instead of stopping after the first bump?
Shane: Only the peewee riders stay on the bottom of the hill. From 80's on up, they go to the top.
Hunter didn't do much talking, but it was clear that he was having fun and was looking forward to the competition.
After making the rounds, I stopped by the concession stand for a hot dog. Then I set out to climb the hill to locate vantage points for photography. The best way to get an appreciation for the steepness of the hill is to climb it on foot. The combination of the steep angle and the loose dirt make hiking up a real chore. My photos don't do justice to the hill. It's really difficult to capture the steepness in a two-dimensional medium. I did have plenty of opportunities to shoot, however. Once the riders' meeting ended and bikes started flying up the hill, the action was continuous and exciting. There was one unfortunate pause during the event. One of the bikes flipped at the very top of the hill, and the rider suffered a broken leg. It took several minutes for the medical staff to administer first aid and get the rider transported for additional medical care. The lighting on the hill facilitated competition well after the sun went down.
All in all, I found the event entertaining and well worth the trip. It is my understanding that the remaining events will be conducted in the traditional fashion with one rider at a time racing the clock. The dates are August 14 and September 11 at 7 p.m. and October 10 at 1 p.m. To get there, take I-35 to the Holt exit, go west on PP about 1 mile, then go north on Cannonball (a gravel road), and follow the signs.
I encourage you to check it out.
Story and photos by Stripe


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Reacting to the news of its registration by INEC, APDA told newsmen that it is out to redefine politics in Nigeria.
They are: Young Progressive Party (YPP), Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA), New Generation Party of Nigeria (NGP), All Democratic Peoples Movement (ADPM) and Action Democratic Party (ADP).
According to Punch, INEC, in a statement issued by its Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Prince Adedeji Soyebi, said "At present, 95 Associations have applied to the Commission for registration as political parties. Two of the associations voluntarily withdrew their applications.
"The Commission today approved the applications of five of the associations which have fulfilled the constitutional requirements for registration."
Reacting to the news of its registration by INEC, APDA told newsmen that it is out to redefine politics in Nigeria.
The party, through its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Asandian Hogan, said "We have a social contract with Nigerians and this is driven by a deliberate, conscious and patriotic conviction that the time has come for us to institute a national political platform that will accommodate all of us as we strive to meet our individual and collective dreams and aspirations.
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"Much more regrettable is the fact that there is no viable opposition in the land to put the failing government on its toes. A situation like this calls for redress and APDA is offering itself to undertake this rescue mission.
"To achieve our broad goals and objectives, we have put together a holistic manifesto which will be the basis of our social contract with the Nigerian people."
The founder of the Africa Independent Television (AIT), Chief Raymond Dokpesi is one of the notable founders of the party.