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Ive never come across anyone in my 24 years as a numerologist with a name like Ellen DeGeneres. Talk about needing her freedom.
First a little about her blueprint.
Ellens Destiny is to be a leader and her Life Purpose is Master Number 22 the Master Architect Number. A sense of urgency will always run through her life. This is because shes here to do something special. Often it takes years for things to run smoothly and years to get the knowledge and skills necessary to construct whatever needs to be built.
Shes obviously hit her stride with her talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. But what about that name.
She was born Ellen Lee de Generes. Alll I see are 5s when I see her name. 10 letters out of 17 represent the number 5. Thats unreal. Never have I seen nearly 60 percent of a name be represented by one number.
So what does it all mean.
With this many 5s Ellen is restless in nature and craves variety. Shes very unconventional and can sell most anything from the stage. She can be critical of others. Best career for someone with this many 5s is one where theres variety because she gets bored easily and allows contact with the public.
Great humor and a quick tongue are signs of a strong 5 person. Shell want to take risks a hallmark of great comedians. Shes very communicative, extremely witty, talkative, and has tons of enthusiasm. Plus she benefits from a strong magnetism with the public.
Plus there are the 5 senses to consider. Shell want to explore everything. This means there can be an addictive quality with the 5. So controlling the 5 senses is key.
Its amazing to see how well Ellen has embraced her strong 5 presence. Shes really helped by her 22/4 Life Purpose and 8 Destiny Numbers both are very grounding. Otherwise she could be overdoing it, be a daredevil of sorts and crave change to the point of getting nothing accomplished.
What also helps her are the names of her two successful TV shows.
Back in the 90s there was Ellen, adding up to a number guaranteeing advancements and honors in her life and career. It also represents victory after a long struggle.
She certainly knows about struggling. Before her fame, Ellen worked as a waitress, house painter, sold clothes at a chain store, was a bartender and a hostess. Then she quit her attempt to work at a 9 to 5 job, something she would have never, ever enjoyed with this many 5s anyway – and started performing stand-up comedy.
Since 2003 shes been the host of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, a hugely successful daytime talk show. That number also adds up to an incredible vibration the SAME one has Ellen does.
Unlike astrology, where you cant change the time and place of your birth, in numerology YOU have control over the name you use right now. Believe me, it DOES affect your life in a big way. From movie titles, to book names, to business logos names are activators.
Your name is either helping you or making your life more challenging. Something thats totally unnecessary.
So make sure you have a Good name. Two ways to do that.
Go and sign up for your Personal Numerology Blueprint which includes the Is My Name Fortunate report.
Or get the Is My Name Fortunate? report now.
Warmest Regards,
Tania Gabrielle
Ive never come across anyone in my 24 years as a numerologist with a name like Ellen DeGeneres. Talk about needing her freedom.


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The State intends for citizens and their businesses to be able to determine where broadband services exist and to what level these services are provided at their home, business, or community institutions. These maps will be kept up to date to show the expected evolution of broadband services across South Dakota in the coming years.
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Vocations to the priesthood are a key area of concern for Catholic bishops across the nation, with some dioceses having an ample number of priests and seminarians and others struggling. Our Sunday Visitor recently spoke with vocations directors from four dioceses that have either been strong for vocations or have shown significant improvement in recent years to ask them about the components that make for a successful vocations program.
The Diocese of Santa Rosa in Northern California serves a Catholic population of 178,000. Vocations were scarce several years ago but have since improved, with an average of eight to 11 men in formation annually. Father Frank Epperson, director of seminarians, said that a good candidate for the seminary "is a man who is psychologically and spiritually mature, who is disciplined and who has a strong prayer and devotional life."
He stressed the importance of "good liturgy" in attracting men to the seminary, "offered with the reverence, dignity and the solemnity that it deserves. ... This is what draws a man to want more — to want to enter into a deeper relationship with the Lord and his Church."
Recognizing the supernatural dimension of the priesthood is essential, Father Epperson believes. "If a man sees the priesthood as nothing more than an occupation whereby he can help people, as a sort of social worker, he will eventually say to himself, 'Why give up everything for this? I can get a degree and do this as a layman!'" A culture that has lost the sense of the supernatural will inevitably have fewer priests, and "without a sacrificial priesthood, there is no Eucharist (Jesus), and if there is no Jesus, there is no salvation."
Father Greg Ihm is vocations director for the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, which serves a Catholic population of 280,000 in the southwest part of the state. The diocese has 24 seminarians and hopes to ordain three priests in 2018 and five in 2019.
Father Ihm has observed that a man who comes from a strong family does "extremely well" in the seminary, as does one who "knows who he is, knows responsibility and is willing to sacrifice for the sake of others."
He believes the diocesan bishop plays a key role in encouraging vocations, and noted that Madison's Bishop Robert C. Morlino exudes a "love for the priesthood, and has made vocations a priority in the way he does evangelization."
Since becoming bishop in 2003, Bishop Morlino has appointed a full-time vocations director and "put solid priests in college Newman Centers to have good, strong witnesses teaching solid faith where young people are trying to figure out what to do with their lives."
Every diocesan priest needs to be a vocations director, Father Ihm continued, encouraging and guiding young men he meets in the parish. The challenge in the culture, however, is that young people are reluctant to give up their freedom and make commitments and often have the example of parents "who haven't made sacrifices for the Faith."
Father Daniel Barnett is director of vocations for the Diocese of Spokane, Washington, home to 115,000 Catholics. He is also rector of the diocese's Bishop White College Seminary. He was appointed to his role two-and-a-half years ago by Spokane Bishop Thomas A. Daly in an effort to revive the diocese's vocations program. His "marching orders" included fostering vocations. The diocese has since gone from having three to eight seminarians.
He's frequently on the road promoting vocations, and he has launched the website spokanevocations.org. He believes his job is to help create a "culture of discernment" in Spokane, in which individuals reflect on who they are and where God might be calling them.
A good candidate for the seminary, he said, is one open to formation.
"I tell the guys that the presence of problems in one's life is not a problem," Father Barnett said. "Everyone has something to work on. We're all growing."
Men who don't ask the tough questions concern him, he said, as "he's a man who thinks he has nothing to learn and is not open to growth. That's deadly."
What the diocese is looking for are "normal" men, he added, those men "who have a desire to be holy, do good to others and allow themselves to be docile to the Holy Spirit so they can collaborate with the Lord."
The Archdiocese of San Francisco has 470,000 Catholics, and has remained steady in the area of vocations over the past decade, with between 15 and 20 seminarians. Currently, there are 16.
Father Patrick Summerhays, director of vocations, said that a "love for Christ in the Eucharist and his Blessed Mother" are common characteristics of the men drawn to seminary, as well as a desire "to serve something or someone greater than himself."
He continued by saying, "A 'culture of vocation' in which young men know that vocations to the priesthood are valued and encourages praying to know God's will for one's life are also attributes of dioceses or parishes that are nurturing priestly vocations."
The men who persevere in San Francisco's seminary are "all are men of prayer. They are able to surrender to the process of seminary formation, realizing that Christ works to form his priests slowly and he can even work in those occasional trials along the way."
Conversely, he continued, if a seminarian "carries with him a sense of entitlement for the priesthood, he will make himself miserable and have difficulty being formed."
To promote vocations, Father Epperson said, the laity's role is to "constantly pray" and offer encouragement to those young men in their lives who might be considering the priesthood. He also stressed the importance of the laity having large families, noting "if a family has several sons, they would be less inclined to discourage a son from becoming a priest, knowing that the family line will be carried on."
Father Summerhays especially encouraged family prayer, as "vocations are born and nurtured in families that are centered on Christ and model lives of service and sacrifice."
Father Ihm asked the laity to live "good, holy lives according to what the Church asks, which requires a deep faith, spiritual life and dependence on the Church and sacraments."
"As a priest, I feel built up when families ask for my blessing and expect me to lead a holy life," Father Ihm said.
"The Church of Jesus Christ is going through a tough time," Father Epperson added. "To regain its rightful place as center of the life of society, strong, fearless men are needed to lead it and to recatechize the lost generations of the past 50 years."
Jim Graves writes from California.
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ROSSFORD, OH (Toledo News Now) - Penn National Gaming, Inc. presented a check for $200,000 to the city of Rossford Monday to help it underwrite personnel costs for the Rossford Police and Fire Departments, in conjunction with the ongoing operations of Hollywood Casino Toledo.
Rossford Mayor Neil MacKinnon accepted the grant at Rossford City Council's meeting. Presenting the check on behalf of Penn National were President and COO Tim Wilmott, and General Manager of Hollywood Casino Richard St. Jean.
"This grant reflects our ongoing commitment to being a good corporate citizen in both Toledo and Rossford," said St. Jean. "We know that Hollywood Casino serves as a gateway to downtown Rossford, and this grant fulfills the commitment we made to the city during our successful 2009 ballot initiative, that we would help address the potential increased burden on local fire and police services from the increased visitation to the area."
St. Jean acknowledges the impact - both positive and negative - the casino has on the city of Rossford.
"While the city of Toledo has first-responder responsibility for our casino, and has constructed a new Fire Station nearby, we know that many of our customers choose to travel through Rossford. And while this can have a positive impact on the local Rossford businesses and city hotels, we want to help the city handle increased volume on its roads, which is typical of any major new economic development project," St. Jean said. "As Penn National has experienced in other jurisdictions, we fully anticipate Hollywood Casino will serve as an economic catalyst and a magnet for additional growth and opportunity within both Toledo and Rossford."
The $320 million Hollywood Casino Toledo, which is located on Miami Street just west of Interstate 75, opened May 29. It employs approximately 1,200, with at least 90 percent of the permanent jobs held by residents of the Toledo metropolitan area. The 290,000-square-foot casino includes approximately 2,000 slot machines, 60 table games, a poker room with 20 tables, structured and surface parking, plus food and beverage amenities, including Epic Buffet and an entertainment lounge.
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WANTED: Quality car images for our Old Cars 2015 calendar
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The hearty Nebraska wind that blew across the 507 cars collected by Ray Lambrecht of the defunct Lambrecht Chevrolet Co. in Pierce finally carried the cars across the world following the auction of the collection on Sept. 28-29.


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Before Plan for a Trip Book Your Accommodation In Milan Milan is a city of lavish wealth and almost frightening elegance. Think bankers in bespoke shoes that cost more than your computer, wealthy donnas with Prada handbags and professionally blow-dried hair, elderly ladies walking toy poodles down the Via della Spiga. It's all very pretty...Continue reading


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Climate Change in The Hudson Hills and Highlands: What Can we Expect?
World leaders recently gathered in Copenhagen to debate how humankind should respond to a warming planet and changing climate. Optimists concluded that progress was made in Copenhagen, but from my perspective the results were more hot air than political resolve. This lack of commitment tells me that collectively people don't fully understand the climate change issue: what we know and how we know it; what is likely to happen and when; and how will a warming planet affect us locally in our daily lives. Luckily, there is much information available online. As a starting point, I recommend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the National Council for Science and the Environment's websites Climate Solutions and the Encyclopedia of Earth.
In the last century, the Earth's average surface temperature increased by over 1oF. The warming has been greater at the poles, already significantly reducing polar ice and changing weather patterns and sea level heights worldwide. The Earth is now warmer than it has been in 650,000 years – and is expected to climb another three to ten degrees this century!
Scientists tell us that a rising temperature of just a few degrees, surprisingly will cause a cascade of detrimental climatic changes (e.g. in precipitation patterns causing both droughts and floods, and in sea level heights) and biological changes (e.g. in geographic ranges of wildlife and rates of species survival). In the last decade, a broad scientific consensus has emerged that global warming and climate change are due to increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. While volcanoes and other natural events release greenhouse gases, it is the human-driven emissions of carbon dioxide over the last 150 years from burning fossil fuels for energy, as well as released gases from deforestation and our agricultural practices, that are responsible for a warming Earth.
Global warming and climate change are global and local issues. Globally, never before has a pollutant released anywhere had a worldwide impact. The flip side is, regardless of where greenhouse gases are reduced, the world benefits. However, despite the global nature of the cause of global warming, the specific consequences to people (e.g. losses or gains of arable land and more or less flooding) will vary greatly from place to place. Adjusting to these shifting geographies will be a key challenge for people everywhere.
Hudson Valley's Future Climate
Will Hudson Valley winter scenes like this one be in our future? Maybe not, as climate change already is evident in New York's Hudson Valley. A Columbia University study in 2001 found that over the past 100 years, temperature in the New York Metropolitan Region warmed nearly 2oF, double the global average, and precipitation increased 2%. The Union of Concerned Scientists reports that since 1970, the Northeast United States has been warming at a rate of nearly 0.5°F per decade. Winter temperatures have risen even faster, at a rate of 1.3°F per decade. This warming has been correlated with many other climate-related changes in the Northeast, including: 1) more frequent days with temperatures above 90°F; 2) a longer growing season; 3) less winter precipitation falling as snow and more as rain; 4) earlier spring snowmelt resulting in earlier peak river flows; 5) rising sea levels; and 6) increasing storms with flooding.
Naturalists in the Hudson Valley also have made observations consistent with climate change predictions. Thirty years ago, for example, the Carolina Wren was rarely seen at Teatown, now this once southern bird species is common. Some botanists suggest that vines and poison ivy are increasing dramatically along our roadways because of their special ability to utilize rising levels of carbon dioxide for growth. One recent study estimated that 30% of species in the United States have responded to changing climates by shifting home ranges or adjusting their timing of seasonal events. Biologists fear that because species have different abilities to respond to climate change our natural communities are under considerable flux. Within the context of an already stressed environment, climate change might lead to damaged ecosystems, many species extinctions, and loss of ecological services.
While it is agreed that our weather is changing, do we know what our future Hudson Valley climate will be, say in 2100? The answer is "somewhat," but the ultimate outcome depends on our current and near future actions. There is a lag between our actions and the consequences to global warming. Our past greenhouse gas emissions, for example, have already determined our fate for the next 20-30 years, but the actions the world takes starting now will set the climate in the Hudson Valley in 2100. Also, just how well Valley residents are able to cope with their climate in 2100 will depend on how wise our preparations are over the course of this century. A storm is coming, preparedness is key.
Last year, The Nature Conservancy's New York Eastern Chapter in collaboration with a diverse group of 160 stakeholders initiated "Rising Waters," a project to help Hudson Valley communities prepare for climate change. Assuming mid-level amounts of emission reductions, the project provided a hint of what our Hudson Valley climate might look like in 2030 and 2100. The project also presented four scenarios that describe different outcomes based on differing types of preparedness for the Hudson River Estuary Watershed from 2010 to 2030. These scenarios help us imagine the future — hopefully to take action today. One variable among the scenarios of special relevance to environmentalists is how much will we try to control nature versus working with nature. For example, will we try to control flooding along rivers with engineering solutions or "give rivers room" by increasing the size of regulated flood plains.
Predicted Hudson Valley Climate, 2030 and 2100. Baseline for all variables is the average of 1961-1990 values, except for temperature, sea level, and snow, where the baseline is the average from 1970-1999 (adapted from the Rising Waters Project, Nature Conservancy, Mt. Kisco, NY).
|Climate Variable
|Average Annual Temperate
|Average Winter Temperature
|Sea Level Rise
|+ 2.8 inches
|+ 16.5 inches or more
|+ 0.6% More intense storms
|+ 8% More intense storms
|More rain and less snow
|Even more rain and less snow
|Heat Waves
|22 days per year over 90°F and 3 days over 100°F
|54 days per year over 90°F and 16 days over 100°F
|Timing of Seasons
|Growing season 5 days longer
|Growing season 35 days longer
Responding Locally to a Warming World
Our local responses to global warming in the Hudson Hills and Highlands will likely fall into two broad areas: 1) reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and 2) preparing for the human consequences from climate change. Lowering our share of the world's greenhouse gases will primarily come through the same actions that ought to take place everywhere: improved energy production and conservation; more efficient cars and transportation systems; more efficient industrial and agricultural practices; more mindful consumer purchasing practices; and new land use and smart growth policies.
Based on current climate predictions, preparations for climate change in our Hudson Valley region likely will focus on the expected extreme weather and the inevitable detrimental affects to human health. We will need to improve our adaptations to flooding and heat waves. Physicians will need to be alert to new patterns of disease. Sea level rises are especially problematic for Manhattan and along the Hudson River, because the most recent data suggest that our current estimates for rising seas, which already are bad, might be understated. Climatologists now believe that the Northeast United States will suffer some of the greatest sea level rises in the world! Destruction of private property from storm surges, frequently flooded roads and rail lines, and even seeing southern Manhattan underwater are possibilities. These consequences, of course, will bring huge financial implications with them to the Hudson Valley and New York. We need to be preparing now for these events through improved regional planning, changes to infrastructure and climate-realistic policies. Unfortunately, in the midst of an economic crisis, local preparations largely have stalled.
Conserving Nature Will Be Key to our Children's Survival
From an ecological perspective, a necessary third response to global warming in the Hudson Valley (and everywhere) is needed: help nature prepare for the consequences of climate change. While it is understandable that civic leaders focus first on human interests (e.g. flooding, food production and transportation), ultimately, if our natural foundation is broken our human communities will fail. Nature is the ultimate cornerstone of our economic prosperity and well-being. Healthy levels of biodiversity and functioning ecosystems are necessary to build a sustainable world for our children and all future generations. Therefore, part of the solution to climate change is to help species survive across broad regions – to keep landscapes living and ecological services in tact.
Four actions to help nature survive climate change in the Hudson Valley are: 1) reduce other environmental stressors, such as habitat lost, invasive species, and pollution; 2) work with nature whenever possible, rather than trying to control nature; 3) conserve more land, especially around and between already protected parcels; and 4) make private land more nature-friendly. Conserving land, building corridors between parks, and adding more nature-friendly private land will make it easier for animals and plants to respond to climate change when they move north and need to adjust to new ecological communities. Scientist would say, "we are adding resilience to the system." Conserving land will be especially important because it both helps nature survive and it helps reduce greenhouse gases. For example, 16% of our country's carbon emissions are currently offset by open space. All of us can contribute to these four actions. Together we can make a difference!
Note: This article first appeared in Teatown Lake Reservation's Winter 2010 Trails magazine.


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Raj Tarun to play a blind character in 'Andhagadu'
Chennai, Nov 20 (IANS) Actor Raj Tarun will be seen playing a blind character in upcoming Telugu romantic-comedy "Andhagadu", a source said.
"Yes, Raj is playing a blind character in the film. There's nothing emotional or tragic about the role. It's a fun film with a lot of comedy," a source from the film's unit told IANS.
Directed by debutant Veligonda Srinivas, the film also stars Hebah Patel and Rajendra Prasad.
"The makers have just completed the first schedule.
The film is being planned for summer 2017 release," the source said.
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One major proposal, however, wouldn't involve budget outlays: the president's call for a rise in the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9, with subsequent increases in line with inflation. The question we need to ask is: Would this be good policy? And the answer, perhaps surprisingly, is a clear yes.
Why "surprisingly"? Well, Economics 101 tells us to be very cautious about attempts to legislate market outcomes. Every textbook — mine included — lays out the unintended consequences that flow from policies like rent controls or agricultural price supports. And even most liberal economists would, I suspect, agree that setting a minimum wage of, say, $20 an hour would create a lot of problems.
But that's not what's on the table. And there are strong reasons to believe that the kind of minimum wage increase the president is proposing would have overwhelmingly positive effects.
First of all, the current level of the minimum wage is very low by any reasonable standard. For about four decades, increases in the minimum wage have consistently fallen behind inflation, so that in real terms the minimum wage is substantially lower than it was in the 1960s. Meanwhile, worker productivity has doubled. Isn't it time for a raise?Continue reading the main story
Now, you might argue that even if the current minimum wage seems low, raising it would cost jobs. But there's evidence on that question — lots and lots of evidence, because the minimum wage is one of the most studied issues in all of economics. U.S. experience, it turns out, offers many "natural experiments" here, in which one state raises its minimum wage while others do not. And while there are dissenters, as there always are, the great preponderance of the evidence from these natural experiments points to little if any negative effect of minimum wage increases on employment.
Why is this true? That's a subject of continuing research, but one theme in all the explanations is that workers aren't bushels of wheat or even
What this means, in turn, is that the main effect of a rise in minimum wages is a rise in the incomes of hard-working but low-paid Americans — which is, of course, what we're trying to accomplish.
Finally, it's important to understand how the minimum wage interacts with other policies aimed at helping lower-paid workers, in particular the earned-income
So Mr. Obama's wage proposal is good economics. It's also good politics: a wage increase is supported by an overwhelming majority of voters, including a strong majority of self-identified Republican women (but not men). Yet
For today's Republican leaders clearly feel disdain for low-wage workers. Bear in mind that such workers, even if they work full time, by and large don't pay income taxes (although they pay plenty in payroll and sales taxes), while they may receive benefits like
The good news is that not many Americans share that disdain; just about everyone except Republican men believes that the lowest-paid workers deserve a raise. And they're right. We should raise the minimum wage, now.Continue reading the main story


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Hello all. I am looking for US schools that offer short courses on interior design such as the ones I've listed below.
A short course could be anywhere from 4 to 12 sessions, with a study period of Protected content . If cost were no object, I'd pick NYC. I've been told I could get just as good quality education/experience in cities that would cost much less. Not looking for a certificate course or a degree. These classes would likely be classified as continuing education.
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As more and more computing moves into someone else's data centre (i.e. the Cloud), users and companies are losing direct control over their data and processes. The risks they used to be able to mitigate by using Free and Open Source software are starting to become apparent.
So what can be done to continue to enjoy the software freedom that we have come to appreciate in the desktop computing world? Just like the task of building a completely FOSS operating system in the 1980s looked like an impossible dream, having a completely free online life appears to be quite a big task. Thankfully, many people are now tackling this problem and starting to build freedom-respecting options, one service at a time.
This talk will discuss an approach to building free network services and introduce Libravatar, a Django based project to provide a federated alternative to the Gravatar profile image hosting service, a centralised web service used by a very large number of social sites around the world.
Read the Docs is a documentation hosting site for the community. It was built in 48 hours in the 2010 Django Dash. In January 2010 it had 100,000 page views, and increases daily. I will talk about all of the code to deploy and run a sizable Django site. We will go through the highlights and interesting parts of the code, as well as some of the lessons learned from the site being open source.
In this session we'll cover the fundamentals of scaling Django applications using the Mercurial hosting service bitbucket.org for real world examples. We'll cover how we moved the site from EC2 to our own hardware in a data center and scaled to meet demand. Topics will include deployment, caching, replication, load balancing, and monitoring.
Today's hybrid cars give you the best of both worlds, and hybrid web apps can do the same. We'll walk through how NPR's Project Argo quickly built a blogging platform by combining the strengths of WordPress and Django. Along the way, we'll cover the benefits and drawbacks of this approach, considerations and details of our implementation, and best practices for any hybrid web application.
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Previous column | January/February Contents | Gazette Home
The Health Systems Road to Recovery
Improving financial performance and preserving medical excellence. By Judith Rodin
Health care institutions across America
are encountering financial difficulties, and many academic medical centers,
in particular, are in financial distress. Cutbacks in government funding,
slow payments or claims denials by health insurance carriers, escalating
numbers of indigent patients, and other regional and national factors
have placed unprecedented pressures on teaching hospitals and academic
health systems.
Detroit Medical Center lost $106 million in 1998, and another $93.2 million in the first seven months of 1999. DMC has eliminated 2,000 jobs and closed one hospital so far this year.
University of California at San Francisco/Stanford lost $86 million in FY98. In FY99 it eliminated 2,000 positions, or 15 percent of its workforce, before announcing that the health system partnership between UCSF and Stanford would be dissolved.
CareGroup Inc., which operates Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, lost $100 million for the fiscal year that ended September 30.
Three major causes are contributing to this situation: 1) the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997, which severely reduced Medicare payments that historically
have been a vital source of revenue for academic medical centers; 2) reduced
reimbursements, increasing denials and extraordinarily long payment delays
by insurers; and 3) for UPHS, in particular, the increasingly heavy burden,
due to reductions in state assistance, of providing uncompensated care
for indigent patients. (UPHS provided $66 million in uncompensated care
and $40 million in under-compensated care in FY99.)
A workforce reduction of approximately 1,700 positions before the end of June 2000. The combination of this reduction and an earlier layoff in May 1999 will reduce the total number of health services positions at UPHS by approximately 20 percent and will save $40 million in FY00 alone.
Restructuring and consolidation of work processes in hospitals and physician practices to streamline flow and eliminate duplicative functions.
Development of a consolidated and standardized approach to purchasing equipment, supplies and services that will maximize UPHSs high-volume purchasing power.
In addition, UPHS is actively meeting with federal officials to seek Balanced
Budget Act relief, working with state officials to earmark a portion of
the multi-billion-dollar tobacco settlement to support research and indigent
care, and negotiating with HMOs to improve rates and payment schedules.


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The Sciences en questions collection is geared towards the wider scientific community and for readers interested in epistemology, and includes works covering philosophical, historical, anthropological, sociological or ethical aspects of science and scientific operations. This collection is directed by Raphaël Larrère et Catherine Donnars.
The author examines the strategies of pseudo-scientific arguments, from negationist creationisms to philosophical creationisms which call on the scientific community to participate in a "quest for meaning". Through the theory of evolution and its appropriation by the public, the book raises the issue of scientificity criteria.
Ignorance can go beyond lack of wisdom or being deprived of knowledge which others have access to: it can be overcome, but it can also be produced. What are the varieties and modes of ignorance, and why is it so essential to take these into account when debating environmental and health issues? This book covers the various forms and the dynamics of ignorance, the return to vogue of controversy and the influence of what are known as conspiracy theories. The author sets out his analysis using many widely-debated examples, such as endocrine disruptors, toxicity of chlorine, smoking, etc.
Interpretations have long been removed from modern science as they were seen as beliefs. Instead, deductions and generalisations have taken their place. Yet, as in any science form, there are concerns and worries, therefore leading to interpretations. According to Nicolas Bouleau, we need to have a more interpretative approach to the context we're living in. By expanding upon Hans Jonas' vision and Lacan's theses on knowledge, this essay takes another look at the environment using a full-blown scientific approach.
This book discusses how living resources are protected legally in France. It starts by tracing the history of intellectual rights and conditions for patenting inventions. It then focuses on how the processing industries have become interested in living organisms (from seeds to biotechnologies). Lastly, it looks into how the public authorities have intervened in the legal process, thus creating piece-meal systems on the right of living organisms.
Que signifie l'épreuve du labyrinthe pour un rat ? Le fait de chercher à comprendre le point de vue des animaux pourrait inciter les chercheurs à modifier leurs pratiques.
L'évaluation est à la base des nouvelles méthodes de management et d'organisation du travail mais aussi source de difficultés théoriques et techniques. Est-il possible de dégager les principes d'une évaluation rationnelle de l'activité humaine ?
Philippe Descola propose ici une écologie des relations entre humains et non humains : c'est en acceptant de renoncer à son anthropocentrisme que l'anthropologie pourra résoudre les débats toujours recommencés entre déterminismes naturels et culturels.
The author proposes a critical reflection on what he calls involved science. This refers to science which acknowledges its responsibility and is aware of consequences, science that entertains the possibility of questioning its aims and does not invoke axiological neutrality in order to assert its objectivity. Involved science seeks to share knowledge and the power stemming from that knowledge. The author takes on the challenge of providing science with a new democratic principle which, rather than free it from the social turmoil in which it appears to be entangled, allows it to think in the plural within the depth of its radical involvement in reality.
This work attempts to trace the links between neoliberalism and the restructuring of universities and research institutes. Having observed the numerous crises faced by higher education and research, the author shows how the neoliberal version of economics has been used to alter the means of undertaking and assessing public research, teaching and commitment. He describes the resulting transformations and argues his own position against them in this complex debate. Lastly, having paid particular attention to the ways that have not been taken, he concludes: for whom and why do we need knowledge? What type of future society do we wish?
This book highlights the limits of the ecosystem service approach to measure and assess in monetary terms the ecosystems and how the human race uses them. The author shows how this approach has boosted and multiplied the attempts at monetary evaluation of the biodiversity. Exploiting and then quantifying Nature through monetary assessment are part of a Nature merchandising dynamic with conservation strategies built on market logics.


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"I met him and he looked like he was seven feet tall," says Tania Castroverde Moskalenko, executive director of the Germantown Performing Arts Centre, which is presenting Steps in Time on Saturday. The show is an intimate, all-singing, all-dancing, all-storytelling celebration of Tune's 50 years on the Broadway stage working with artists such as Ann Reinking, Barbra Streisand, Carol Channing, Ben Vereen, Gregory Hines, and with Gene Kelly, who gave Tune the best advice he'd ever received: "Tommy, dance better."
Tune, who is by his own admission "5 foot 17 and three-quarters," did just that. He also sang better, acted better, and directed better, racking up nine Tony Awards for shows like The Will Rogers Follies, Nine, and Grand Hotel. He proved to be a versatile artist able to create zany choreography for musicals like The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine then work on edgy experimental comedies like Caryl Churchill's time-bending Cloud Nine.
Moskalenko describes Steps in Time as a chance for audiences to really get to know the artist, comparing it to the venue's recent evening with Marvin Hamlisch.
Tune, now 73, will take viewers on a step-by-step tour through the musical moments that made him one of Broadway's brightest stars, performing songs by George and Ira Gershwin, Leiber and Stoller, Cy Coleman, and Irving Berlin.
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Another Good Reason Not to Have Sex With A Donkey
Word originally came from a Lebanese website and has begun to spread from there, like a fungus growing under the cover of night. The story of a Saudi man, a Sheik, who went out to the desert one particularly lonely day with his 4×4 and a donkey. A day later he's found by the police who are presented with the following: a man lying dead on the ground, a donkey tied to the 4×4 and the man's pants still in the 4×4. The dead man appears to have sustained several kicks to the head and chest from the donkey, resulting in his death. A mystery? No. The man depantsed in an effort to make sweet, desert love to that donkey. The donkey, on the other hand, wanted no part of this non-PETA sanctioned activity and fought back. Donkey won.
The tale has been picked up and spread around Middle East news outlets until it inevitably hit the English-language news and so here we are. Here we are in the desert with a corpse and a donkey.
Did the man go to the desert specifically to have donkey sex? Where did the donkey come from? Did he drive it there himself? If not, whose donkey was it? Just some errant donkey? If it was his own, was there no place safer to try this than the middle of nowhere? Look at that picture, this happened nowhere. How did police even find him? Or is there just a sprawling city on the other side of the photographer and this super weirdo was doing it where he could be seen?
Is that sort of powder bluish vehicle in the right foreground the Sheik's car? It doesn't look like the sort of vehicle you could pack a donkey into, although that may be a flat bed in the back, like some manner of cut off pick up truck. Does this guy just drive around with his donkey looking for a place to bone?
Back in 2005, a man in Washington died after having sex with a stallion that perforated his colon. The man knew he had received internal injuries (if you've ever seen what a horse looks like when he's, ya know…happy, this story is terrifying in so many ways), but refused to seek medical treatment for hours due to the embarrassment. The result of his death was a criminal investigation into the others involved (he had friends who taped it) and a law making sex with animals in Washington illegal.
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In 2008, a 43 year old Irish lady met a man online in a bestiality chatroom and agreed to go to his house to meet him. There, she and the man and his Alsatian dog all got to know each other in a way that's not how anyone really needs to know a dog, especially this woman, since it was later determined that she experienced a severe allergic reaction to the dog's semen. How severe? It was the coroner who determined it as her cause of death.
The owner of the dog was put on trial for buggery, which is an actual crime in Ireland even though apparently no one had ever been charged with it since it went on the books sometime in the 1800s , so this case seems to be full of historic and memorable firsts.
So there's three cases of people getting too close to animals in a way that didn't pan out. Remember this, anyone out there who may be considering the same – animals are for petting, sometimes riding, sometimes eating. Never for sexing.


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Rincon, Puerto Rico Surf Instructors
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Head Surf Instructors at Puntas Surf School
Melissa Taylor
Melissa was born in Cocoa Beach, Florida to a family full of surfers. She grew up in St. Augustine, Florida where her parents ran The Eastern surfing Association for many years. After graduating from college in 2002 with a degree in Psychology, she moved to Rincon, Puerto Rico. The Taylor family owns a home along with a group of rental villas nestled in the heart of Puntas. Melissa grew up surfing, swimming, and lifeguarding, and now applies her knowledge and skills to share the art of surfing with the world.
Melissa has been teaching students how to surf for over 14 years in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Florida. She is also an excellent coach in helping intermediate surfers reach their next level of surf performance.
Melissa's surf travels include Costa Rica, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Panama, Hawaii, Nicaragua, California, Maine, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.
Nolan Kascha
Nolan has lived and taught surfing lessons in Rincon, PR during the winter seasons since 2008 and now happily resides in Puntas with Melissa and their daughter Anala. He is originally from White Lake, Michigan and surfed the great lakes before moving to Rincon. Nolan is always stoked to be in the water and getting people riding their first waves here in Rincon. He is an enthusiastic and attentive surf instructor with a passion for surfing and sharing his knowledge of the art of wave riding. You will rarely see him without a smile on his face!
Melissa and Nolan started a family in 2012 and are now running Puntas Surf together. They have a daughter, Anala Rose, and a son, Kekoa Lee.
Seasonal Surf Instructors
Puntas Surf School also employs additional surf instructors from around the world during our high season, from November until June, every year to meet additional seasonal demands. We always have 5 solid instructors staffed though out the year. 1-2 female and 3-4 male. So we always have availability no matter what time of day, month, or year!
Rod Roberston
Rod Robertson first came to Rincon in 2006. He has taught six winter seasons here and has been working with Melissa at Puntas Surf School since 2009. Rod grew up in a little beach town on Lake Michigan where he first learned to surf. Also with a background in snowboard instructing, he has spent most of his life sharing his stoke and teaching people how to shred! Rod now lives in Rincon 6 months out of year, with his wife Toni.
We always have 5 solid instructors staffed though out the year. 1-2 female and 3-4 male. So we always have availability no matter what time of day, month, or year!


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After attending my first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway, I made an observation about the empty seats at the track. Other sports organizations such as NFL and MLB have been seeing an increase in viewership and attendance. So, why is there a decline in attendance at the race tracks and viewership on TV? I speculate that the recent economical crisis has had a significant impact. In this financial environment, people have been lucky to keep their roof over their heads since money is tight. One thing is for certain: it becomes clear that what one wants and what one can do financially may not be the same. I also speculate that the interest of NASCAR is declining due to the lack of rivalries among the NASCAR drivers and the lack of rear car bumping leading to spinouts and accidents, which really draws attention and gets the adrenaline flowing. How many times this season have you notice feuding among drivers? I'm pretty sure you can count them on one hand.
Another thing that is rarely seen in recent competition is the bickering among drivers and the pushing and shoving while on the track. Maybe having good sportsmanship or not wanting to cause conflict has taken all the action away. Another speculation of why the interest of NASCAR has declined is the fact that Jimmie Johnson has won the "Race for the Chase Sprint Cup Series" for the last four consecutive years. The fact that Jimmie Johnson has won the Chase have some wondering if the Chase is rigged, if he has an advantage over everyone else, or if he's just that good. People are tired of the same old same old results occurring; they want change, but not too much change. Finally, the alternative ways of tuning into NASCAR is another speculation as to why popularity is declining. NASCAR no longer has to be watched on TV; it can be watched online through computers or other electronic devices, listened to on the satellite radio, recorded on DVR or TIVO, or watched by catching the recap of ESPN SportsCenter when it airs. It can be speculated that all of these factors are impacting the declining interest of NASCAR. So, what can be done to get the adrenaline running again in NASCAR? CB


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Built-in Cabinetry Contributes to Green Construction and Contemporary Design of The New American Home 2009
Key Points:
- Timberlake Cabinetry is an official sponsor of The New American Home 2009, which features 11 rooms of Timberlake cabinetry
- The New American Home 2009 designed with cutting edge green construction technology to suit desert living
- Timberlake to host customer/media event at the home
After a four year stint in Orlando, Fla., The New American Home, the official showcase home of the International Builders' Show, returns to Las Vegas in style with the latest in green building technology and the hottest trends in outdoor living and interior design.
Timberlake Cabinetry, a leading supplier of cabinetry to the home building markets and the official cabinetry supplier and sponsor of The New American Home 2009, will be hosting a customer/media event and guided tour celebrating the completion of the home on January 20th from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. Customers and members of the media will have the chance to tour the contemporary green home set against Las Vegas' desert backdrop and meet with Timberlake's leading design expert Connie Edwards, CKD, CBD.
The New American Home 2009 combines aspects of the desert living lifestyle with the latest innovations in green technology, including active and passive solar design, an insulated concrete wall system and a revolutionary gas-powered mechanical HVAC system.
Timberlake® Yellowstone® Cherry Chocolate Glaze cabinetry will be showcased throughout the home including: the main kitchen, prep kitchen, hobby room, morning kitchen, formal dining space, office area, entertainment room bar, wine cellar and recreation room bar.
"Our brand is committed to providing beautifully designed, environmentally friendly products that provide our customers with quality cabinetry while protecting our natural resources," Don Repshas, vice president, marketing, Timberlake Cabinetry said. "The New American Home 2009 demonstrates a premium balance between aesthetic beauty and eco-friendly construction practices, which is what we strive for at Timberlake."
All Timberlake products are certified by the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA) Environmental Stewardship Program. To further promote the use of responsible environmental and business practices, 100% of Timberlake wood doors, drawer fronts and cabinet frames are sourced from sustainable forests within the United States.
Sponsored by the National Council of the Housing Industry, the Leading Suppliers of NAHB and Builder Magazine, this marks the 26th year The New American Home has been featured alongside the International Builders' Show.
About Timberlake Cabinetry
Timberlake Cabinetry is a division of American Woodmark Corporation, the third largest manufacturer of kitchen cabinets in the United States. Timberlake® cabinets are sold directly to major homebuilders through a network of builder service centers and distributors. With more than 190 cabinet styles and a full array of coordinating moldings and accessories, Timberlake brand cabinets combine style and affordability. The Company manufactures Portfolio Select® and Portfolio®, premier lines that deliver a full range of styles and upgrade options that make customizing homes easy, and Value-Built by Timberlake®, a line that offers well-crafted, affordable cabinetry. In recognition of their commitment to design, marketing, and communications excellence, Timberlake was awarded the 2008 Grand Award for Publication Excellence (APEX) for the November 2007 edition of Portfolio Magazine. All Timberlake products have received certification by the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA) Environmental Stewardship Program (ESP). For more about Timberlake Cabinetry and to view the full line of cabinetry styles and accessories, visit www.timberlake.com.
About American Woodmark Corporation
American Woodmark Corporation (NASDAQ: AMWD) manufactures and distributes kitchen cabinets and vanities for the remodeling and new home construction markets. Its products are sold on a national basis directly to home centers, major builders and through a network of independent distributors. The Company presently operates fourteen manufacturing facilities and nine service centers across the country. To find out more about American Woodmark, visit www.americanwoodmark.com.
About KCMA ESP
The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association, headquartered in Reston, VA, is the principal trade association in the United States for manufacturers of kitchen cabinets, bath vanities, decorative laminate products and suppliers to the industry. The KCMA is committed to excellence in manufacturing through continued quality, advocacy and leadership.
The Environmental Stewardship Program encourages industry policies and practices that benefit the environment and society. The voluntary certification program provides a tangible way for cabinet manufacturers to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability. For more information on the association, visit www.greencabinetsource.org.


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How much corruption costs to Colombia?
Is estimated that in two decades corruption has costs about COP189 billion, which represents 4% of the country's GDP of that time.
Corruption, the misuse of power in the form of money or authority to achieve certain goals, is one of the world's biggest and toughest issues that prevent a nation's political and economic operations to function properly, affecting the entire population.
In Colombia, corruption is a serious obstacle for the country's growth. Studies show that 56% of Colombians believe that corruption is one of the principal issues of the country. The government has try to eradicate this problem including in the Colombian Penal Code and the Anti-Corruption Act several forms to criminalize corruption, including active and passive bribery, extortion, abuse of office, gifts and facilitation payments; However, corruption figures haven't change much.
The Corruption Perception Index (CPI), published by Transparency International, places Colombia as the 87th of 168 countries evaluated. Colombia scored 37 points of a 100 (being 0 the largest corruption perception).
Is estimated that in two decades corruption has costs about COP189 billion, which represents 4% of the country's GDP of that time.
The Colombian Office for Transparency says that they rather not to publish official figures about how much corruption costs to the nation. Even though, is very difficult to quantify this amount, Edgardo Maya, the Colombian Comptroller General, estimates that corruption reaches the amount of COP 50 billion per year, that is almost a billion per week.
Those COP50 billion, would be enough to pay the 2017 Nation's debt, or to develop up to 3 metro lines in Bogotá. In other words, in a country with as many needs as Colombia, that amount of money could be used in several different sectors, education, health, infrastructure, social assistance, to name some. Figures as high as this ones, make it clear that is time to stop the massive wave of corruption that is holding down Colombia's development.


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NASCAR at Las Vegas: Odds, key stats, sleepers, fantasy drivers to watch
After being the beneficiary of Kevin Harvick's late speeding penalty in Atlanta, Brad Keselowski will look for consecutive wins as NASCAR heads west for a three-race tilt.
Keselowski is also the defending race winner at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which recently announced it will host a second race beginning in 2018. He took the checkered flag at the 1.5-mile track last season in a tight race in which five different drivers led 24 or more laps — Keselowski, first-place, 24 laps led; Joey Logano, second, 74; Jimmie Johnson, third, 76; Kyle Busch, fourth, 38; Kurt Busch ninth, 31.
Keselowski and his Ford teammates have enjoyed two race wins to begin the season and four of the top five drivers in the points standings through the first two races wheel Fords — 1. Harvick; 2. Kurt Busch; 3. Keselowski; 5. Joey Logano.
Those drivers are also among the race favorites for Sunday's Kobalt 400 (3:30 p.m. ET on Fox).
Who is favored to win the NASCAR race at Las Vegas?
Key stats to know for Las Vegas' Kobalt 400
— Jimmie Johnson owns the highest driver rating of 113.4 at Las Vegas and as well as the best average running position. He's looking for his fifth win in Sin City.
— Kevin Harvick, who has led more laps than any other driver (1,497) at 1.5-mile tracks since 2015, also owns the second-best driver rating at Las Vegas (99.6).
— Only three of the 19 Las Vegas races have been won from the front row: Kyle Busch, 2009 (pole); Carl Edwards, 2008 (second place); Brad Keselowski, 2014 (second place).
— Joey Logano leads the series in average finish at Las Vegas with a 10.75.
— Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the series (active drivers) with the most starts at Las Vegas without visiting victory lane with 17 races.
Which drivers are best for fantasy NASCAR at Las Vegas?
Martin Truex Jr., who led the Cup Series with 883 laps led on 1.5-mile tracks last season, was the runner-up in 2015 and owns an average finish of 14.27 at Las Vegas.
Ryan Blaney should provide salary relief and should be able to rack up fantasy points at a track where he has an average finish of 12.5 with the eighth-best fastest laps run.
After finishing fifth at Atlanta, Chase Elliott is heading in the right direction to score his first Cup win. It may not happen Sunday but we are expecting a top-10 finish.
Who are the sleepers to win the NASCAR race at Las Vegas?
In his last five races, Kyle Larson has finished third (Phoenix), second (Homestead), 12th (Daytona) and second (Atlanta) for an average showing of 4.75 — second to Joey Logano (4.25). Both should be in contention on Sunday.
Three-time Las Vegas Motor Speedway winner Matt Kenseth also has six top-five finishes at the track and has a 99.5 driver rating at 1.5-mile tracks since 2015.


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- Walt Disney Television Animation.
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- Cartoon Characters: Douglas 'Doug' Yancey Funnie, Patti Mayonnaise, Mosquito 'Skeeter' Valentine, Ned Cauphee, Mr. Dink, Porkchop, Roger Klotz, Boomer, Beebe Bluff, Elmo, Phil Funnie, Lamar Bone, Mr. Bluff, Willie, Chalky.
- Vocal Talent: Thomas McHugh (Doug), Constance Shulman (Patti Mayonnaise), Fred Newman ('Skeeter' Valentine, Ned Cauphee, Mr. Dink, Porkchop), Chris Phillips (Roger Klotz, Boomer), Alice Playten (Beebe Bluff, Elmo), Doug Preis (Phil Funnie, Lamar Bone, Mr. Bluff, Willie, Chalky), Becca Lish (Theda Funnie, Judy Funnie, Connie Benge).
- Produced By Jo Ellyn Marlow, Jack Spillum.
Executive Producers: David Campbell, Jim Jinkins.
Supervising Producers: Mark York, Marty York.
- Edited By Alysha Nadine Cohen, Meredith Watson Jeffrey.
- Cel Painters: Michael Lapinski, Vinh Truong.
- Dialogue Editor: Albert Height.
- Original Character Developer: Joe Aaron, Jim Jinkins.
- Story Editor: Cynde Clark, Steve Glanat.
- Voice Director: Kent W. Meredith.
- Talent Coordinator: Tsukasa Nakamori.
- Script Coordinator: Jim Rubin.
- Storyboard Supervisor: Siobhan Mullen, Christopher McCulloch, Siobhan Mullen.
- Storyboard Coordinator: Christine Spatafora.
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Doug wants to celebrate Christmas, but his mom is celebrating the arrival of the baby instead of celebrating Christmas.
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Drill Your Own PET Carboy
If you already have a PET carboy that you would like to use with Immersion, just follow the steps in this video and pick up a Blowoff Kit from the store for air release. If you don't want to drill, we also offer pre-drilled carboys for sale.
Making an ale with BrewJacket Immersion
While Immersion makes stellar lager beers, using it to control the fermentation temperature of ales can bring them to a whole new level. Check out the following video to see how to do it.


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Chiropractic Life Center is located at 3031 State Route 27, Franklin Twp, NJ. This business specializes in Chiropractic Offices.
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It is my honor to serve you and truly make this the very best experience possible. Folks from all over the community have found a happy home here.
If you are looking for a new Chiropractic home or just beginning to explore the wonderful world of Chiropractic, I invite you to come on down. If your schedule prevents you from...
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This workshop is focused on refining the foundation of effortless inversions in order to explore more advanced techniques. Irene will break down the stepping stones to a more graceful inversion and arm balance practice, starting with basic drills to build the strength and flexibility required to balance on your hands and upside down. Expect to focus on forearm stand and handstand- working on controlled entrances and exits. Don't worry, if you're not comfortable upside down Irene will give you steps to get there. All are welcome as long as you can do dolphin pose.
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* Our illustrious Mayor and his subordinates saw fit to blow umpteen millions of the taxpayers' money to move Yankee Stadium across the street. George Streinbrenner's hefty and underprivileged son who should have footed the bill, then went out and made the highest monetary offer ever to CC Sabathia, a pitcher who is so huge he may explode before his six-year contract is up. They already own or have owned the highest contracts ever for a first basemen, a third baseman, a shortstop, a relief pitcher and, possibly, a catcher. Can somebody please tell me why we have to pick up the tab for these guys? P.T. Barnum once said there is a sucker born every minute. Eighty years later there are eight million of them here in the naked city.
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* If The Boss were still the boss of the Yankees, there is no way he wouldn't sign Manny Ramirez. It doesn't matter what it costs, he's a difference maker, and the Yankees definitely need a difference maker.
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* Gunslinger Brett Favre came into Thursday's game leading the NFL in interceptions, but against the Patriots, he was close to perfect. He had to be. But whether it's a wild shootout or a more conservative, controlled game, Favre is always exciting. If the Jets make the playoffs, Favre is the guy who made it happen.
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* I know a championship team when I see one. And coupled with the back-to-back tandem of the two most impressive wins in Jets history – the 47-3 trouncing of the Rams and the thrilling 34-31 overtime "gut-check" win against the defending conference champion Patriots in their own home stadium – that's exactly what I see coming into focus. Led by first ballot Hall of Famer Brett Favre these are not – I repeat not – the "same old Jets" that have disappointed fans since the afterglow of Joe Namath's signature moment in Super Bowl III. With that in mind, I'm going to get out in front of this budding juggernaut and get to work on the lyrics to the 2008 Jets version of the "Super Bowl Shuffle."
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Theories behind "nice guys finish last"
Do you think nice guys finish last?
The stereotypical "nice guy" might appear to be a strictly social or cultural construct, but there is actually quite a bit of science behind the claim that they "finish last." Research on the topic ranges from studies of what women want; general perceptions of "nice guys"; and how "nice guys" shape up compared to proverbial studs and "real men"; all of these areas can be at least partially explained theoretically.
While society and culture are certainly vital to determining the validity and effect of the "nice guy" stereotype and how it was generated, biological and sociobiological theories are also worth considering. The biological theory maintains that biological characteristics between sexes shape gender differences (Wood, 39). An example of this can be found in a study of the links between the personalities of college males and the number of their sexual partners. A correlation was found between the amount of partners and the characteristics "sensation-seeking," hypermasculinity, physical attractiveness, and testosterone levels (Bogaert, 119). A link was also found between monthly number of partners, and dominance and psychoticism.
The role of sociobiology may explain female preferences for qualities in male partners by identifying which better indicate fitness and reproductive success. According to a study of dating and married couples and their preferences for ideal personality characteristics in mates, both women and men said they wanted a mate "who is kind, understanding, dependable, sociable, stable, and intelligent" (Botwin, 108). In the study, both sexes considered there to be a link between "agreeableness" and "commitment proclivities," and in order to secure a long-term mate, they sought others who were willing to cooperate and reciprocate (109). As evolutionary psychology would predict, women in the study selected men based in part on ability and willingness to provide for family, primarily offspring. The same study found that "[b]ecause men's resources are often closely connected with position in dominance hierarchies, women were predicted to place greater value on personality characteristics that lead to social ascendance and resource acquisition" (109-110). Thus, women indicated a preference for characteristics such as surgency and dominance in mates.
At the same time, altruistic, prosocial behaviors have consistently appeared in individuals who have proven successful professionally. Researcher and consultant Roslyn Courtney found that contemporary business leaders share certain altruistic characteristics, and that "'the ones who are the most successful are down-to-earth and approachable'" (Marquez). John Montgomery, founder of Bridgeway Capital Management, donates half of the management firm's profits to charity because life "should be about relationships" (Braham). It may also be important to note that, as of 2001, it was very important to 46 percent of the public that a company shows a high degree of social responsibility when they decide to purchase (Dawkins).
Nice guys finish last? Not with me!
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Bogaert, A. F., and W. A. Fisher. "Predictors of university men's number of sexual partners." Journal of Sex Research 32. (1995): 119-130.
Botwin, M. D., David M. Buss, and Todd K. Shackelford. "Personality and mate preferences: Five factors in mate selection and marital satisfaction." Journal of Personality 65:1 (March 1997): 107-136. Academic Search Elite. Gale. CSU San Luis Obispo. 19 Oct. 2008.
Braham, Lewis. "Who Says Nice Guys Finish Last? Fund manager John Montgomery cares about his shareholders, and it shows." Business Week 3837 (June 16, 2003): 90. Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale. CSU San Luis Obispo. 18 Oct. 2008
Dawkins, Jenny. "The Public's Views of Corporate Responsibility 2003." MORI Research. Feb 2004. 19 Oct 2008.
Holcomb, Harmon, and Jason Byron. "Sociobiology." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 21 Nov 2005. 18 Oct 2008.
Kurzban, Ray. "Evolutionary Psychology." Scholarpedia 2.8: 3161.
Marquez, Jessica. "Leading Indicators; Think nice guys--and gals--finish last?" Workforce Management 84.7 (July 1, 2005): 49. Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale. CSU San Luis Obispo. 18 Oct. 2008
Wood, Julia. Gendered Lives. 7th ed.
We live in a very evil World and a lot of people tend to be evil. The reason nice guys finish last is because they know the difference and choose good over evil. It may be that the World is far more evil today then in the past and this is a modern problem in terms of a greater propensity that life seems to reward evil. I have seen commentary on this subject telling good people to do evil in order to get ahead at a job etc. Never did the article care about the soul of the individuals or a concept of Heaven.
Glass, A very interesting article. I really think it is true that nice guys do finish last. it seems we women say we want a nice guy but in time he may become boring and we seek out the bad boy. The one who treats us like trash, abuses us and we still go back for more. Kinda stupid. i once had the best nice guy in the world and I let him go tochase the bad and cute. it is a decision I regret and am working on to mend. Beware, don't make the same mistake.
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This is interesting. Girls tend to go for the badder guys some times and the guy who is more of the alpha male. So do nice girls come last, me wonders?
I believe nice guys finish last, but at least they finish and usually end up marrying the girl. ON the other hand bad boys eventually lose their good looks and their persona gets old and eventually lose many of their friends too as they've matured and moved on.
I just participated in a seminar where it was noted:
Nice guys don't finish last, they finish with integrity.
In that manner I have determined to be a nice guy.
i quite agree with it a very nice article but i want u to know it the way u handle it that determines how it finishes be it first or last.guess giving definition to it matters alot thanks a lot for sharin ur mind
Good hub, and Shadesbreath, that's a great comment. You need to write a book somewhere in the vein of Dave Barry. LOL.
Seriously now. I consider myself a nice guy. And I've always finished first (or at least outran the nearest not-so-nice guy).
Finishing first, or last, depends on one's definition of those words. Some people feel they're first (with the competition laughing in unison). And others feel the same (while those around them cautiously shake their heads).
Interesting hub, and I am with you and viewing these things through an anthropological/clinical lens sometimes.
I think it still breaks down to the old Type A, Type B personality types. Type A's back in monkey times ran around spreading their seed with abandon, thus guaranteeing reproductive success through essentially a shotgun effect, raw numbers. Type B's (nice guys) (nice monkey-men?) ensured their reproductive success by investing time in one mate and set of offspring, bringing their genetic material forward through attention rather than wide dispersment.
Since both techniques worked, both personality traits (in all its mixed up variations now) survived. The girl monkeys have probably had to deal with these same issues the whole time.
(P.S. Aya, I know they weren't really "monkeys" but it's a funny word and takes the academic edge off :)
Glassvisage, a very interesting read, as usual. I'm not sure researchers have done a good job of defining "nice guy" in this context. A person could donate to charity and still be unfair to the people he works with. Some people see donating to charity as a kind of social marker of wealth.


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Catherine received her BSc in Biological Engineering from the University of Guelph and her MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. She worked for more than 4 years in the Human Neuromechanics Laboratory with Prof. Dan Ferris at the University of Michigan before joining the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago as a research engineer, where she studied walking rehabilitation after stroke or spinal cord injury with Prof. T. George Hornby.
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"You guys wanna hear a club classic?" is how Little Dragon's Yukimi Nagano launches into a cover of "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)." The track is in fact a club classic, inescapable over the past 21 years, and it's fitting hearing it sung by the voice of 2011's most inescapable club track, "Wildfire" with SBTRKT (and, for that matter, Drake). So below, you'll get Little Dragon covering Crystal Waters's 1990 classic and, as bonus, an MP3 of the Drumma Boy (feat. Shabazz Palaces) remix of Little Dragon's SBTRKT track. Seeing as Little Dragon is the nexus of this post, you can also head over to Modular for the band's eight-track Modcast, a mixtape they made for the Aussie label that will get you further in their headspace. (Or at least, their headphones.) Click on:
Little Dragon – Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee) (Crystal Waters Cover) (BBC Radio 1) by twelvemajorchords
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Here's that remix (via GvsB):
SBTRKT – "Wildfire (Drumma Boy Remix Feat. Shabazz Palaces)"
Little Dragon's Modcast Tracklist:
01 Alexander O'Neal – "What's Missing"
02 Joe Lewis – "Midnight Dancin'"
03 Elektrik Funk – "On a Journey (I Sing the Funk Electric)"
04 Mzee – "Africa Natives (Silly, Willy Mix)"
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One of the most widely available genetically-modified crops (I'll refer to them as GMOs from this point forward) is Corn. It might not have occurred to you that eating GMOs could make you fat, but the mechanism by which this works will become quite clear. If you read the label of nearly every processed food on the market, you will see some form of corn listed: high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, corn sugar. When it says just "sugar", the sugar is often processed from GMO sugar beets. While it isn't corn, it is also genetically-modified. Corn syrup is highly addictive. You may WANT to eat less, but it will make you eat MORE. Eating foods with corn syrup will cause cravings for more sugary foods. This in turn will affect your blood sugar and lead to major mood changes which could include anger, irritability, apathy, depression and even bipolar-type symptoms in those who experience the extreme highs and lows of blood sugar. When you start messing with your blood sugar, you can easily become insulin resistant which is a precursor to diabetes. You eat more food. You're body becomes resistant to it. Your body becomes unable to deal with it at all, and you begin to pack on the pounds.
Now, I'm sure some readers will want to argue at this point that it is not a GMO issue but a sugar or corn issue, but the reality is, unless you buy organic food exclusively, you will be exposed to GMO corn derivatives at nearly every meal and snack. Since it's a safe bet that most people are NOT currently eating exclusively organic food, I would assert that this IS a GMO issue. Many of the healthier options in the organic section of the supermarket will have less sugar than what you will find in a typical meal. The sweeteners may also be different. Typically you will find organic sugar cane or evaporated sugar cane juice as the sweetener.
I speak from experience when I say that GMO sweetened foods tend to be much sweeter. When you begin to add fresh fruits and vegetables into your diet and derive "sweetness" in your diet from their natural complex sugars, you lose the cravings for corn syrup sweetened foods and in fact may not even want to eat them at all. If you are experiencing any of the mood swings associated with a sugar addiction and sugar cravings, you may want to try a little experiment. I'm not even going to insist that you buy organic at this point. Just go to your local produce section and buy some fruit–anything you like. Apples tend to last longer than other fruit, so you may want to get a whole bag. Every day for a week, make sure you eat some fresh, whole fruit. Don't add any sweetener or sugar to it. You can sprinkle some cinnamon on the apple if you like. Don't cook the fruits or make them into a dessert. Just eat the plain, unadulterated fruit. Maybe make a note of how you feel after eating it. See if you feel any different. See if you still want as many servings of processed foods as you did before. This is the first step to breaking out of the cycle of sugar addiction precipitated by the omnipresence of GMO corn in the typical American diet.


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