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Joining us today is Jeff Kalwerisky, Chief Security Evangelist at Alpha Software. Jeff has specialized in information security and risk management for more than 20 years.
DDJ: Jeff, is cloud computing really safe for the enterprise?
JK: Not yet. And the devil, as usual, is in the security details. Cloud computing is now the archetype for Software as a Service (SaaS) and on-demand computing with offerings from, among others, Amazon, Google, IBM, Dell, and Microsoft. Yet, despite the good old "paradigm shift" hype, there are absolutely no standards for how the data is stored.
So, storage on, say, Amazon's "Simple Storage Service" (S3) is incompatible with IBM's Blue Cloud (a.k.a., New Enterprise Data Center), or Google, or Dell. This means trouble for an end-user who wishes or is forced to move from one cloud vendor to another. Obviously, not an appealing prospect.
Let's look at the CIA model of information security: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. First, the customer needs to know her data is encrypted so nosey sysadmins at the cloud data center can't troll through the data for interesting tidbits. If the information is encrypted, who controls the encryption/decryption keys, the customer or the cloud vendor?
Integrity relates to the integrity of the data, in that it changes only in response to duly authorized transactions. So we need standards to ensure that. But they don't exist -- yet.
The last nagging security issue is availability: Will the data be there whenever you need it? The answer here is an unqualified "maybe." In February of this year, Amazon's S3 went down for almost four hours, wreaking havoc on several companies that use and depend on the S3 Cloud. Amazon ascribed the cause to an unexpected spike in customer transactions.
This unfortunate outage has turned out to be a positive event (although not necessarily for the customers concerned). Besides reducing the overall cloud hubris, Amazon has reacted sensibly by enhancing its resilience to data spikes and by providing new software tools for customers to monitor system uptime.
DDJ: Are there best practices for organizations wanting to protect private data?
JK: Certainly.
1. Ensure that the data is encrypted both ways across the Internet using SSL, as well as at rest in the cloud vendor's storage pool. Be sure that you, the customer, control the encryption/decryption keys, just as if the data were still resident on your own servers.
2. Be sure to have clauses in the cloud contract that the data always belongs to you, that you can reclaim it any time with short notice, and that the cloud vendor may not disclose any of your data to any third party. On the last point, there have been some disturbing issues raised where certain cloud vendors have included weasel words in the contract to the effect that they could freely disclose the data to all and sundry. Here the unwary customer does not even have the protection of the Courts: Ari Schwartz, Deputy Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology, recently pointed out that data stored online in the cloud or handed over to a bank does NOT have the same Fourth Amendment protections from unreasonable government search and seizure as data stored on a personal computer in one's home. So be sure to have your attorneys eyeball that cloud contract before you sign it.
3. If possible, have your users provide two-factors to be authenticated to the cloud systems. That is, don't depend on just a password, the much-maligned and weak single factor. In addition to their secret passwords, require the users to present either a physical token, such as a smart card, or a biometric, such as a finger print. Make it as hard as possible for the unauthorized to gain access to the cloud system and then to your data.
DDJ: Where are the security risks related to software development?
JK: Strangely, some of the software development risk goes away! By using the SaaS offering in the cloud, there is much less need for software development. For example, using a Web-based CRM offering eliminates the necessity to write code and "customize" the vendor application. Where you plan to use internally developed code for the cloud, it becomes even more important to have a formal Secure SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).
In particular, your development tool of choice should have a security model embedded in it to guide the developers during the development phases and restrict users only to their authorized data when the system is deployed into production. The immature use of mashup technology -- which is fundamental to cloud apps -- is inevitably going to cause unwitting security vulnerabilities in those apps. Let's not make all those same mistakes again!
DDJ: Is there a website you can point readers to for more information?
JK: This is a big topic, but here's a good site at CIO Magazine: http://tinyurl.com/4s2djf. Both Gartner and Forrester Research have produced papers on cloud computing.


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There is little doubt that diabetes is a serious disease. There is also little doubt that people with diabetes can live long, healthy, happy lives if they keep their diabetes under control. But do you know that how well you manage your disease on a day-to-day basis can have a dramatic impact on your degree of risk for the complications of diabetes?
The complications of diabetes are both numerous and serious. The most common include:
Heart Disease and Stroke
Diabetes is one of the major, modifiable risk factors for heart disease and stroke. If you have other risk factors, like high blood pressure and high cholesterol, you have an even higher chance of developing problems with your blood vessels. A clogged or narrow vessel in your heart can lead to a heart attack, while the same problem in your brain can lead to a stroke. This means that people with diabetes must not only keep their blood sugar levels under control, but also effectively control their blood pressure and cholesterol levels as well.
Vision Problems
Type 2 diabetes damages the small blood vessels in the eyes. This can put you at increased risk for 3 types of vision problems: glaucoma, cataracts, and retinopathy (a general term for disorders of the retina caused by diabetes). Retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness. Fortunately, most diabetes-related vision problems can be slowed or stopped if caught early and can be prevented with good blood sugar and blood pressure control.
Kidney Disease
High levels of blood sugar cause the kidneys to overwork. This excess strain can cause the kidneys to function poorly. Eventually, needed protein is lost in the urine and waste products build up in the blood. If diagnosed early, there are several treatments that may prevent your kidney disease from getting worse. If caught later, this can result in permanent kidney damage and kidney failure. People whose kidneys are no longer working need to have dialysis, a procedure which filters the blood by machine. A kidney transplant may also be needed.
Neuropathy (Nerve Damage)
Diabetic neuropathies are a family of nerve disorders caused by diabetes. Neuropathy is the most common complication of diabetes and can be both painful and disabling. Over time, diabetes can damage the nerves throughout the body. This may lead to numbness and sometimes pain and weakness in the hands, arms, feet, and legs. It may also affect other organ systems, such as the digestive tract and the cardiovascular system.
A common type of neuropathy is called peripheral neuropathy. When the nerves of your foot are damaged, for example, you may not notice ulcers on your foot. These ulcers may take a long time to heal, which can lead to gangrene and amputation.
Glucose control seems to play a role in neuropathy. This means that the longer a person has diabetes, the greater their risk of developing nerve damage, particularly if they have difficulty controlling their glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure levels. Fortunately, maintaining good blood sugar control seems to help prevent or delay neuropathy.
Skin Conditions
Diabetes can also affect the skin. Indeed, skin problems are sometimes the first indication that a person has diabetes. Common, diabetes-related skin disorders include itchy skin, bacterial infections, fungal infections, and diabetic dermopathy (patches of brown, scaly skin). Fortunately, many of these conditions can be either prevented or easily treated if caught early.
Gum Disease
If you have diabetes, you are at higher risk for gum disease than people who do not have the disease. To make matters worse, gum disease also raises your risk of heart disease and stroke. This is because diabetes may weaken your mouth's ability to fight germs. And while it's true that anyone can get gum disease, having diabetes can make it worse and make it more difficult to control. Proper oral care and regular dental visits can help keep gum disease under control.
Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis)
Frozen shoulder can affect people with diabetes. A frozen shoulder, technically known as adhesive capsulitis, often begins as tenderness or soreness in the shoulder joint, usually following a bout with another musculoskeletal condition such as tendonitis or bursitis. As the shoulder becomes stiffer and more painful, people tend to use it less and less. Unfortunately, this adds to the stiffness and pain, creating a vicious cycle in which the shoulder's range of motion decreases while the pain and stiffness increases.
Researchers aren't sure exactly why diabetes is a risk factor for frozen shoulder. One theory is that uncontrolled levels of glucose in the blood may contribute to abnormal deposits of collagen in the cartilage and tendons of the shoulder. Collegen is a major part of the ligaments that hold the bones together in a joint. This buildup can cause the affected shoulder to stiffen.
Other joints may be affected.
How Can You Lower Your Risk?
In addition to the above complications, there are many other conditions that have been associated with diabetes. While thinking about your long-term health may feel overwhelming, there are steps that you can take today to reduce your chance of future health problems:
- Have regular checkups and contacting your doctor if you notice any new symptoms such as a sore on your foot
- Strive to keep your blood sugar under control
- Strive to keep your blood pressure and cholesterol levels under good control
- If you smoke, talk to your doctor about how you can successfully quit
- Get the recommended vaccines, such as the flu shot and the pneumonia vaccine
- Exercise regularly and maintain a healthy weight
- Ask your doctor if there are any medications that you should take to prevent complications
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- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Michael Woods, MD, FAAP
- Review Date: 09/2017 -
- Update Date: 11/18/2013 -

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So I just wasted too much time trying to get my computer up and running again after my hard drive committed suicide, and it got me thinking.
I work on a HP Pavilion desktop PC running Windows 7. Many of my peers have switched to Macs, and while I understand the appeal I've also spent time in Apple stores at the genius bar lamenting iPhone issues. If you use electronics of any kind, there are eventually going to be issues. The key is to try to head off as many problems as possible, mitigate them as needed, and get things back to normal quickly.
Which brings us to back ups.
I'm a bit obsessive about back ups, dating to the time I used a Brother word processor with floppy disks and a power outage killed 3000 words.
Hopefully, you're part of some sort of cloud. My goto is Dropbox. I've got MS Word configured to automatically save a back up copy, and to save an AutoRecover every 5 minutes, directly into a Dropbox folder.
I also save different versions of the same manuscript. As I revise, I'll add 1.1, 1.2, etc, so even if I mess up in some gigantic way (like deleting the whole story and saving it) I've got earlier versions I can go back to.
But let me share how I screwed up. When my HDD began to fail and my files became corrupted, I restored my Dropbox files to my son's computer while I reinstalled Windows on a new drive. Besides writing, I have a lot of music and movies (about a terabyte's worth) and it took up all of my son's space. Since I'd only downloaded stuff to his system to make sure the restoration worked (I'd never done one before), when he asked me if he could delete the files, I told him sure.
Since it was my Dropbox account on his computer, when he deleted the files, he deleted them from my Dropbox account as well as from his computer.
Dropbox has a feature where deleted files can be restored. But since I was restoring my files on one system while they were being deleted on another, I created a gigantic mess that required the fine folks at Dropbox Customer Service to roll back my entire account to several days earlier.
Even with a decent Internet connection, restoring a terabyte takes a long damn time.
But that got my brain working. I was able to give up CDs in favor of mp3s, forsaking a hard copy for a bunch of ones and zeroes. But why do I need to keep those ones and zeroes on a personal hard drive? Isn't data fine in the cloud without having to be on my computer too? Why restore at all?
Streaming is becoming the norm. Subscription services, online storage, and the growing ability to access anything anywhere has really borked the concept of ownership.
Google Docs is a great example. I've used Google Docs on many occasions while collaborating; it makes it much easier to share a file than emailing back and forth, or even Dropbox. But why should it only be for collabs? Microsoft Word Online is exactly that. and it's free (though you can buy GBs of online data through OneDrive). Apple is now allowing users to store their music files in the cloud via iTunes Match and the iCloud. Amazon gives you unlimited cloud storage for sixty bucks a year.
We've come a long way since Netflix began shipping DVDs via snail mail in a paper sleeve.
The good news is, as writers, we create data and there is a much smaller risk of losing that data.
The bad news is, as writers, we create data, and the way people consume data is so radically different than it was just ten years ago that our future may be uncertain.
Don't get me wrong. Paper still sells. Ebooks still sell. Some people want a hard copy. Some people like owning an ebook collection. At this moment in time, sales (not rentals or subscriptions) are how most of us earn the majority of our cash. And the sales market will likely continue for many years.
But, as I've said before, the rules of supply and demand don't apply to digital media that can be copied and delivered for practically free. The artificial scarcity of storage space is quickly becoming obsolete. Why pay extra for more GBs on your phone? Your tablet? Your PS4? Streaming eliminates the need for it, and for ownership.
To put it in simpler terms; there is no need to own a book if you have access to that book whenever you want.
Say what you want about Kindle Unlimited, Amazon is simply giving readers what they want. This is where the market seems to be heading. No one owns, everyone rents.
So what does that mean for writers?
Right now, through KU and Scribd and Oyster, writers are lessors. We have the ability to lease our work exclusively, or non-exclusively, for a limited time. Publishers--once essential middlemen who connected us with readers via paper--are being replaced by companies who connect us with readers via ones and zeroes. It's still about distribution.
My sketchy history of technology doesn't reveal many examples where proprietary formats win. At least, not for very long. Distribution channels, even newly created ones, inspire competitive innovation.
I believe the advance of technology follows similar rules to natural selection, but it isn't survival of the fittest. It's more akin to Lamarck's soft inheritance; namely, tech evolves because it wants to. It doesn't accidentally improve due to random mutations which make some innovations likelier to succeed. Rather, technology has a will to power because it is fueled by humans with that will. Better, faster, bigger, more--it will inevitably happen. And that can't be contained or controlled by a single company, or even a handful of companies.
Ebooks managed escape velocity from the printing press. There is no going back.
As the technology of distribution inevitably evolves, so to will our ability to reach readers. As long as people want to read, there will be avenues for writers to connect with readers, and there will be ways to monetize these avenues. Maybe with subscriptions. Or advertising. Or taxpayer dollars. Or profit sharing. Or subsidiary rights. Or something that hasn't been thought of yet.
If you're dwelling on how to sell books, you're playing catch up. It isn't about selling. That's so 2014.
It's about monetizing the writer/reader connection.
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Global solar photovoltaic market is forecasted to grow significantly with new grid connected photovoltaic capacities rising and propelling the global solar photovoltaic capacity to a considerable extent. There are significant growth opportunities for solar photovoltaic (PV) industry in North America due to increasing demand from consumers and financial support from governments of various countries.
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Now you can celebrate the season of the Panta with your very own Christmas Panda! The winner will get my Panta hoop plus one of my favorite crafty books that inspires many of the silly things I make, Aranzi Cute Stuff!
Giveaway #2!
The winner of giveaway #2 will receive a knit headband, also known as a panta! It won't be this exact one but it will be nearly identical. In addition to the headband, I'll also send the knitting book, One More Skein, 30 Quick Projects to Knit.
I will pick our winners a week from today on December 10th.
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Colcannon-Stuffed Cabbage Leaves with Irish Cheddar Sauce for St. Patrick's Day
So here's my ultimate vegetarian delicious menu item for St. Patrick's Day!
Colcannon (made from mashed potatoes and sauteed leeks and dino kale), stuffed into steamed cabbage leaves, with an Irish Cheddar Cream Sauce.
I have to admit, I've been musing about this recipe for a few days and the incredible result was everything I imagined. Forgive the "night time" photos, but I just couldn't leave the Nadal-Nalbandian match at Indian Wells.
Colcannon is a delicious combination of mashed potatoes and kale (see recipe link below). I made the mashed potatoes ahead of time and then sauteed a finely chopped leek and chopped dino kale in butter with salt and pepper. I steamed the savoy cabbage leaves until tender, then stuffed them with the colcannon:
I then wrapped the cabbage leaves around the colcannon into little bundles of veggie joy:
The cheese sauce was a simple roux of butter, flour, milk and Kerrygold Irish cheddar cheese (a sharp,dry cheddar). Poured this over the cabbage bundles and broiled for 3 minutes. Per two cabbages leaves, melt 1/2 TBS butter, 1/2 TBS flour and stir until well combined. Add 1/3 cup of milk and stir until there are no lumps. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in 1/3 cup grated Irish cheddar cheese.
The result was one of the most delicious dishes I've had in a long time and very simple to make. Need a further shortcut - buy premade mashed potatoes and this fab recipe can be completed in 20 minutes!
Happy St. Patrick's Day to you.
If this recipe doesn't tickle your fancy, here's some other St. Patrick's Day recipes from Albion Cooks:
Parsnip Pancakes
Cheddar & Chive Buttermilk Scones
Vegetarian Pot Pies
Irish Buttermilk Scones
Irish Chocolate Whiskey Cakes
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As a physical therapist and director of outpatient musculoskeletal services at Good Shepherd, I am always pleased when we can offer our patients a new treatment that can help them recover from a painful condition or injury. We've recently introduced our patients to the Graston Technique®, a form of manual soft tissue therapy involving the use of stainless steel instruments contoured to the body. The therapist uses the instruments to apply pressure to the affected area, breaking down scar tissue and promoting the healing process.
At first glance, the instruments can appear intimidating – they range from a few inches long to more than a foot – and patients may worry that the treatment will be painful. But our patients find the level of pressure we apply to be quite tolerable – the instruments are just an extension of the strength of the therapist, not a replacement. In the hands of a skilled therapist, the treatment helps to relieve pain and promote healing. In Allentown, Good Shepherd has specially trained Graston Technique® therapists who have completed the two levels of training to be certified in the use of the instruments.
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The New Mexico Rural Independent Telephone Company representatives were in Washington, D.C. recently to participate in the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association's Legislative & Policy Conference. The annual event hosts more than 600 telecom representatives from through out the country for educational briefings about the emerging rules and regulations and other pressing industry issues. Those from La Jicarita Telephone Cooperative were, Terri Mares and Michael J. Leyba.
6 p.m. — Mora High School graduation, Joseph Montoya Gym
3 p.m. — Wagon Mound High School graduation, Alfred Romero Gym
6 p.m. — T-Ball, A's vs. Orioles, Little League Field, Holman
6:45 p.m. — T-Ball, Angels vs. Cubs. Little League Field
6 p.m. — Little League A's vs. Yankees, Field # 1, Cubs vs. Rockies, Field # 2, Holman
11 a.m. — ECHO Food Distribution, Helping Hands Inc.
My fellow columnist, Art Trujillo, recently asked me if I ever ran out of ideas, stories I can write about. Obviously, the answer is "no" because things just pop up in my life and that reminds me of yet another tall tale or story.
Spring is here and all of the great activities that go with it are in full swing. It is a happy, exciting time especially at the Mora Schools.
Last Tuesday, there was the Annual Health and Transitional Fair at the Joseph Montoya Gym. Many people from the community and the school attended the fair. The Mora/Colfax Head Start Program, Mora Valley Community Health Services, Mora Valley Health Council and School Based Health Centers sponsored the event.
9:30 a.m. — Kindergarten graduation, Elementary Gym
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Customer Appreciation Day at Mora Valley Ranch Supply, hot dogs and refreshments
2 p.m. — VFW Auxiliary meeting, VFW Building
6 p.m. — T-Ball Cubs vs. A's, Little League Field, Holman
6:45 p.m. — T-Ball Angels vs. Orioles, Little League Field
A recent letter to the editor in the New Mexican (the Santa Fe daily paper) by Georgia Snead caught my eye. I have known Georgia and her family for a very long time and yes, she is closely related to our famed writers, S. Omar and Elliot Barker. She wonders why Omar Barker was left out of a collection written by Walter Skold, titled "Reviving Dead Poets."
Yes, we almost blew away in April. Those bitter and ferocious winds kept a lot of us indoors. Just going out to the mailbox on our road was a challenge. That translates into doing indoor chores, and it doesn't take much for me to get distracted.
8:30 a.m. — Dia de La Cultura, Mora Elementary Gym
TBA — Mora track team- at State Track Meet, Albuquerque
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. — First Nationalization Ceremony, Fort Union National Monument
5 p.m. — VFW regular meeting, VFW Building
6 p.m. — T-ball A's vs. Angels, Little League field, Holman
6:45 p.m. — T-ball Cubs vs. Orioles, Little League Field
Yes, basketball season is over as far as the high school schedule is concerned, but it is still there. They have the Amanda Serna Memorial Basketball Camp coming up during the summer months. Some of the Mora athletes are going to the big North/South competition. NBA is still showing on television. Mora students have been busy with baseball, softball and track now, but basketball has always been and will always be the king of sports in the Mora Valley.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
All I want for Christmas is... OBAMACARE?
By: Heidi Moseley, THL Contributor
I think not. Nancy Pelosi said that she hopes to get her monstrosity of health care "reform" passed by Christmastime for the American people. Strange… I don't remember sitting on Nancy Claus' lap telling her I wanted a 1900 page bill that will cost the taxpayers (you and me) over a trillion dollars. I actually told Santa that I wanted brown leather boots for Christmas.
Why do Nancy and the rest of her cronies think that they know what I need better than I do? Because they are "Progressives" who think that We the People are stupid and cannot make good enough choices for ourselves so they must step in and do it for us. Speaker Pelosi: I do not want what you're handing out for Christmas. My husband and I know what is best for our family, not you, Nancy. This is just one more example of Progressives thinking they know how to take care of us instead of letting us succeed or fail on our own.
Some people do make the choice to not have health insurance, but they still receive health care by paying for it themselves or using the emergency room as a Primary Care Provider. There is not a health care shortage. Yes, there are probably 8-10 million people out there who would like to purchase health insurance but are not able to due to pre-existing conditions, but not the 46 million President B. O. likes to tout.
When you take out those who choose not to have health insurance but can afford it and illegal aliens who should not receive taxpayer dollars, the numbers are much more manageable. Why would it take over $1,200,000,000,000.00 (that's a lot of 0's!) to cover 8-10 million people? It would be considerably more efficient, not to mention cheaper, to move those people onto the unconstitutional Medicaid program.
So Nancy Claus all I really want for Christmas is freedom. Freedom to choose my insurance provider. Freedom to choose to not have insurance. Freedom to choose if and when and how to be charitable to those less fortunate. Freedom to live my life as I see fit and deal with the consequences of my actions.
And I still want those boots too.
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Great article! I totally agree. I want to keep freedom also. They can shove their Obamacare tyranny in boots and boot themselves in the butts as far as I'm concerned.ReplyDelete
- Brad WarrenNovember 19, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Good article Heidi! I'm too tired right now to think of anything witty to say about Nancy Claws so I'll just rest in the fact that we've got people like you to carry the torch. Keep it up!ReplyDelete
- Jeremy MoseleyNovember 20, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Good article, and btw I will do my best to make sure that Santa gets you those boots!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 24, 2009 at 3:27 PM
This is a fantastic article that I very much agree with! I've been sending it to a lot of my friends!ReplyDelete
Hey thanks for all the kind words, folks! We are working really hard here to get the message out about Obama and ever-growing state.ReplyDelete


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Hiring the right third-party administrator (TPA) to handle an organization's claims, and then working with the vendor in a productive partnership, are two of the most critical responsibilities many risk managers face.
The first step in any successful TPA relationship is for risk managers to do some serious due diligence in order to ensure they're contracting with a reliable partner. That begins with a thorough self-assessment of the organization's own needs.
When Dale Lindstrom, risk manager at energy-company Vestas Wind Technologies, was scouting a few years ago for a new claims administrator (with help from his broker, Marsh), Lindstrom's TPA checklist included the vendor's experience level, its approach to claims management, and its having a deep knowledge of the specifics of managing employee health care and Workers' Compensation issues.
Additionally, because Vestas employs 1,250 U.S. employees in 28 states, Lindstrom needed a partner with a national reach and familiarity with dozens of local health-care providers. It ultimately decided on Gallagher Bassett Services.
Then, in 2010, Vestas joined Columbus Captive Insurance, a heterogeneous group-captive insurance program consisting of 70-plus members. Coincidentally, Columbus also uses Gallagher Bassett.
And this use of a known TPA vendor was important to Lindstrom—as he knows how easy it is for serious issues to arise via problems caused by a TPA's execution.
During one claim three years ago, before Vestas partnered with Gallagher Bassett, "a breakdown in communication between our TPA and the plaintiff delayed getting the final settlement [to the plaintiff]," he recalls. "The claimant's attorney was planning to take it back to the legal realm and impose fees on us, instead of the TPA responsible, for not responding to the final arrangement."
Once the problem was identified, the TPA stepped up and indemnified all fees and penalties. But the lesson was learned: When a third party is handling your claims, they'd better be on the ball—and for risk managers, it's best to stay in regular contact with their TPA, regardless of reputation or perceived effectiveness.
It's a sentiment shared by Sarah Perry, risk manager for the City of Columbia, Mo., who says she feels a lot more comfortable having some serious oversight of the process: "Personally, I want a TPA that has the ability and willingness to give us [in-depth] access to claims information."
That desire for involvement comes from experience: Perry saw firsthand two very different examples of how TPAs can handle their work.
On the poor-performance side, Perry relates a story in which the city's third-party administrator at the time was handling the case of a city employee who had a Workers' Comp claim.
The individual was approved for medical treatment that was later deemed by the TPA to be too costly. The treatment was halted and replaced with a cheap alternative. The story got out, and the resulting public-relations fallout fostered negative perception of how city-employee claims were being handled.
"It looked bad for the TPA and the city, and the lack of trust rippled through the department and posed a challenge for us for a while," she says.
Conversely, Perry tells of how 10 years ago a contractor was killed on city property, and a claims adjuster and inspector from the city's TPA (the same one it uses now) were on site within 24 hours even though their presence was not explicitly requested. The TPA, Corporate Claims Management Inc. of Chesterfield, Mo., investigated the circumstances surrounding the event and expedited the settlement of the resulting claim.
Be Specific on Service, Pricing Expectations
Being as specific as possible with the services required of the TPA—and what the organization is prepared to pay for them—helps greatly in weeding out some prospective partners.
For example, the City of Waco, Texas' most-recent request for proposal for a Workers' Compensation Claims and Cost Containment partner (released in September 2010) was a voluminous 40-page document that called for detailed submissions highlighting a vendor's experiences and references, qualifications, pricing, and overall responsiveness.
Gary Urban is director of general services for the City of Waco, which employs 1,600 municipal employees staffing water-treatment plants, the fire department, utility services and other city businesses.
Five years ago, Urban notes, the city was paying $1.2 million in annual claims for Workers' Comp. After switching to a new TPA, Tristar Risk Management of Long Beach, Calif., his yearly payout is now down to less than $700,000.
Urban says those cost savings are due to increased accountability between his office and Tristar's staff regarding ground rules for claims administration, including interdepartmental cooperation in injury management; early claims reporting; timely return to work; and thorough claims evaluations that include police reports, photos and witness statements.
Urban recalls a time prior to his job with the City of Waco when he was in a risk-management position at another public entity in the state—and made a surprising discovery about the claims administrator it was using.
"During an audit I discovered that our TPA was overbilling us for review of claims and medical costs—they were paying two different companies to do the same job! This may either have been mismanagement of business between offices, or it could have been collusion. However, I wasn't interested in the reason—I wanted to get our money back!"
Urban stresses it's important to stay connected with the TPA during the claims process, in part because at the end of the day, the organization knows its own operations and culture best.
For example, the City of Waco's risk-management approach includes an on-site health clinic staffed by medical professionals who can work immediately with patients to treat on-the-job injuries and oversee the back-to-work process.
"We have the responsibility to actively oversee our claims since we may know facts about a claim that are not apparent to the TPA," he adds. "In our case, we have a health clinic, and lots of relevant information is known by our [own] doctors and nurses."
Michael J. Tilley, vice president of Workers' Compensation for Kelly Services Inc., a global provider of workforce solutions, agrees that taking regular and deep dives on a claims-administrator's services and processes is always a good idea.
Kelly Services Inc. has been using its current TPA, ESIS, since 2005. Besides Workers' Compensation claims processing, ESIS handles Kelly's General Liability, Auto, U.S. Life and Health claims as well as a few rare foreign-liability claims.
One of the ways in which Tilley gauges the quality of his company's TPA is to visit the vendor's office and talk to all levels of staff, from claims adjusters to the vice president, conducting the trip as an interview.
Come renewal time, one of his queries is the TPA's capacity to take on new cases, given a forecasted new claim volume—and making sure there are no surprises when it comes to the price of certain services.
"Many times [the TPA's] claim-service fees will be subsidized by pricing in other areas in order to 'remain competitive,'" he says. "But if you measure firms in total, the shell-games that might be played disappear. For example, how are you being charged for medical-bill review? Is [service charged] on a percent-of-savings basis, or on a per-claim basis? The answers can be revealing when comparing competitors."
Another point of interest for Tilley is the TPA's rate of claims denial. "Accepting virtually all reported claims signals a sure lack of aggressiveness on [the administrator's] part, and money will be leaking out of your organization from day one," he notes. "On the other hand, arbitrarily denying a fixed percentage of all claims is foolish and simply invites fines, penalties and applicant attorneys."


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Riddle me this, Bat-fan: If you've seen one superhero movie, haven't you really seen them all?
All guano aside, the formula -- with a few exceptions -- is tiresomely well-trodden: Tragic circumstances transform a mere man into a troubled myth, pitting him against an over-the-top villain harboring a lustful greed. That greed ends up being the villain's eventual undoing, and the guy with the cape gets the girl.
Ho-hum, pass the batcorn.
Not so fast, true believers.
With "The Dark Knight," director Christopher Nolan's follow-up to his well-received 2005 franchise reboot "Batman Begins," Nolan has assembled a film that not only surpasses that earlier film -- previously considered the high-water mark of movies about the Caped Crusader -- but one that magnificently transcends the superhero genre.
With all its thoughtful layers, with all its action, with all its artistry, "The Dark Knight" is, in fact, the finest superhero film ever committed to celluloid.
Avoiding many of the superhero cliches that peppered even his earlier Batman film -- most notably the predictable one-liners, such as Gary Oldman's "I gotta get me one of those" when his character first sees the Batmobile -- Nolan's "Dark Knight" is a film that boasts gravity without being brooding, action without being hyperactive, humor without being campy, and contemplation without being insincere.
Yes, it's "only" a comic-book film, but Nolan proves here that such films can carry serious, heartfelt meaning. Beneath the familiar horned cowl and the gadget-filled utility belt also lies a taut crime film -- specifically, a vigilante film -- that functions equally well as a psychological drama as it explores satisfyingly complex, and surprisingly relevant, themes about good, evil and the frailties of human nature.
As he did with "Batman Begins," Nolan wrote the screenplay for "The Dark Knight," this time with his brother and frequent collaborator Jonathan Nolan, and they pick up where that earlier film left off, with Batman (Christian Bale) teaming up with police Lt. James Gordon (Oldman) and white-knight district attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to battle organized crime in Gotham City.
With the crackdown, however, residents of the city's criminal underworld grow increasingly desperate, setting the stage for a new villain to step in as their leader: The Joker.
It's talk of that role, specifically the performance of Heath Ledger -- whose prescription overdose in January elevated whisperings of a potential posthumous Oscar nod to open discussion -- that has dominated the buzz leading up the film's release. Every word of it is warranted.
Tweaking and ticcing his way through Nolan's richly composed frames, Ledger steals almost every scene in which he appears, but with a level of menace that was mostly missing from previous incarnations of the iconic villain. With Nolan's guidance, Ledger's gleefully anarchic Joker becomes a villain who isn't nearly as interested in the vaulted millions he swipes from Gotham banks as he is in being an agent of pure chaos.
"Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money," Bale's character is told by faithful butler Alfred (Michael Caine). "They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."
Ledger's Joker, it turns out, is one of those men. That, coupled with his realization that Batman sees himself as above taking the life of even the lowliest of criminals, makes him the most dangerous man in Gotham.
The laudably unpredictable script and the film's top-notch performances aside, Nolan and company also display a mastery of technical filmmaking -- and compelling storytelling -- that help make their film among the best released this year.
In addition to the authentic sets and chest-rattling sound effects that help ramp up the intensity, Nolan wisely relies on old-school special effects rather than the computer-enhanced whizbangery that less disciplined directors use as a crutch -- and that unfailingly take audiences out of their films -- to tell his story. As a result, when he does use computer-generated images, the ghastly-but-in-a-good-way results pay rich dividends.
There are a handful of self-indulgent moments when it's hard not to wonder if the filmmaking cred Nolan won with the success of 2005's "Batman Begins" might have earned him a little too much latitude in the editing room. As good as "The Dark Knight" is, 2 hours 32 minutes might be 10 minutes too long.
But it's hard to take issue with his vision. Unencumbered as it is by genre conventions and hackneyed imagery, his "Dark Knight" is as close to a masterpiece as any superhero film is likely to come for some time.
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When: Saturday, April 26th from 10am-2pm
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Dear Carl, Very many thanks to you and all your team for a superb job in giving us our new kitchen. From the original advice to the fitting, you and all the craftsman you engaged with were first class in every aspect.
We would not have wished for a better experience.
To you all a big big thankyou for our fabulous new kitchen.
We love it and so does everyone else that has seen it
To Carl and the team, Alan and I would like to thank you for the lovely kitchen you have put in for us. Your team work and follow up was perfect.
You deserve every success. Once again, thank you
Dear Carl, Just like to say a big thankyou for designing my kitchen and bathroom . I am so pleased with it and the fitters were brilliant answering all my questions and left everything clean and tidy. Thank you once again and I am already recommending you to other people.
I just thought i would write a big thankyou to everyone for the excellent way in which you created my wonderful kitchen from planning to installing.
Nothing was to much trouble and the finished kitchen is everything i wished for.
Dear Carl, after the splendid job you did on our kitchen, it is a pleasure to write and thankyou for the re-vamp on our bathroom and on-suite. It has turned out as well as we had hoped.
Special thanks to Gary who did a super job, always with a smile, despite the hidden snags along the way


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I believe that we are all masters in the making, we are each an artist of the Spirit and can become a mystic of the 21st century. It is my hope and prayer that by me expressing the depth of love within me – in whatever forms offered here – that you shall be engaged, encouraged and become more inspired and open to the God-given gifts and talents within yourself.
May you experience peace, healing and serenity.
Have a beautiful day!
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|New "Smart Snacks in School" proposal to ensure vending machines, snack bars include healthy choices
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013 – USDA today announced the public comment period has opened on proposed new standards to ensure that children have access to healthy food options in school.
"Parents and teachers work hard to instill healthy eating habits in our kids, and these efforts should be supported when kids walk through the schoolhouse door," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "Good nutrition lays the groundwork for good health and academic success. Providing healthy options throughout school cafeterias, vending machines, and snack bars will complement the gains made with the new, healthy standards for school breakfast and lunch so the healthy choice is the easy choice for our kids."
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 requires USDA to establish nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools -- beyond the federally-supported school meals programs. The "Smart Snacks in School" proposed rule, to be published soon in the Federal Register, is the first step in the process to create national standards. The new proposed standards draw on recommendations from the Institute of Medicine, existing voluntary standards already implemented by thousands of schools around the country, and healthy food and beverage offerings already available in the marketplace.
Highlights of USDA's proposal include:
The public is encouraged to review the proposal and to provide comments and information for consideration by USDA. The text of the proposed rule is available at http://www.fns.usda.gov/cga/020113-snacks.pdf. Once the rule is published in the Federal Register, which is expected next week, the public will be able to provide feedback through www.regulations.gov. USDA will seek public comment on the proposal for 60 days.
Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a report that analyzed state policies for food and beverages served outside the school lunch line which noted that 39 states already have a state law, regulation or policy in place related to the sale or availability of snack foods and beverages in schools. In many cases, local level (district and school) policies and practices exceeded state requirements or recommendations. USDA's proposal would establish a national baseline of these standards, with the overall goal of improving the health and nutrition of our kids.
These proposed standards are part of a bi-partisan package of changes passed by Congress in 2010 designed to ensure that students have healthy options in school. Other parts of that package include updated nutrition standards for federally-subsidized school meals that provide children more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; additional funding for schools to support improved meals; and guidance on stronger local wellness policies.
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20 Definitions of Give
The meaning of the word give, the definition of Give:
n. - To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
n. - To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.
n. - To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.
n. - To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.
n. - To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
n. - To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
n. - To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.
n. - To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given.
n. - To allow or admit by way of supposition.
n. - To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
n. - To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
n. - To pledge; as, to give one's word.
n. - To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.
v. i. - To give a gift or gifts.
v. i. - To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.
v. i. - To become soft or moist.
v. i. - To move; to recede.
v. i. - To shed tears; to weep.
v. i. - To have a misgiving.
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Shakira Sued for $100 Million by Ex-Boyfriend
Poor Shakira. The Colombian diva, who is expecting her first child with soccer star Gerard Pique, is being sued to the tune of $100 million by her former boyfriend and business partner. That's a whole lot of money to seek from his ex, but he claims to have good reason. He alleges that their business relationship soured after the romance died. Who needs this headache when there is a bun in the oven?
The 'Hips Don't Lie' hitmaker was in a relationship with Antonio de la Rua, the son of onetime Argentinian president Fernando de la Rua, for a decade. They split in 2010, but promised they'd remain friends and continue on with their business dealings. Things didn't go according to plan, as he has filed suit in New York accusing her of breaking her promise to continue to profit share with him, according to WENN.
De la Rua claims that he was asked to continue to run the business behind the singer's brand, and he even secured her $300 million deal with Live Nation. He says that the business relationship was in tact for about a year, but he was fired in 2011. Now he wants $100 mil for his troubles.
We hope this lawsuit isn't weighing too heavily on Shakira's mind, as she has her unborn son to worry about.
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Georgia Society for International & Comparative Law Speaker
Please join the Georgia Society for International & Comparative Law in welcoming Mr. Ashby Pate on February 25th at 12:30 in Room A. Mr. Pate is an Associate at Lightfoot, Franklin & White and newly appointed Justice to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau. Before joining the firm, Pate served as judicial clerk to United States District Judge U.W. Clemon in 2007-2008 and, most recently, as Senior Court Counsel to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau. In Palau, Pate contributed to legislation providing for Palau's first ever system of jury trials, drafted the Supreme Court's local jury trial rules, and organized jury trainings with United States Judge Consuelo Marshall of the Central District of California and Justice Alexandro Castro of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.
The talk, entitled "The Big Wet Now: Observations for Young Internationalists," will focus on his own career, and he hopes to impart some advice on pursuing a career in international law.
This event is co-sponsored by the Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy.
A light lunch will be served; please RSVP.


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Adam Levine Refuses to Duet With Javier Colon on 'The Voice'
Is there a rift between Adam Levine and Javier Colon, the winner of Season 1 of 'The Voice' under Levine's tutelage? It sure sounds like it, even though the men seemed so close after working together during the series' debut season in 2011. Apparently, Levine is refusing to take the stage with Colon and egos appear to be at play.
For tonight's elimination episode (May 1), last season's Final Four are returning to perform. Three of them will sing with someone famous – Dia Frampton with Kid Cudi, Beverly McClellan with Cyndi Lauper and Vicci Martinez with Cee Lo — but Colon will go solo. WTF?
Perez Hilton reports that Colon is singing a la carte because he wanted to partner up with Levine, who refused. An even bigger WTF, right?
A source claims, "Adam said he would only consider collaborating with Javier for the performance if it was a cover. Not his original song. Javier wouldn't budge and neither would Adam."
Guys, what's up with that? A few months ago, for his OUT cover story, Levine likened Colon to family. We are beyond bummed to hear this. We'll cling to some hope that the two will pull out a surprise performance tonight. One can wish, hope and dream, right?


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UTF-8 guide is now at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/UTF-8
Moved gentoo localization guide to https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Localization/HOWTO
finish x11-terms/terminal -> x11-terms/xfce4-terminal rename, bug 449002
Fix bug #427860 - Use /etc/portage for make.conf and make.profile. Old location (/etc) is still supported, this is a heads up (new default)
Fix bug #399833 - Update utf-8 document to inform users not to use UTF-8 on system configuration files
updated emacs utf-8 support, bug 357903
clean up unicode font section. there's some weirdness going on in Portage with cronyx getting masked, other alternatives recommended, and then the whole thing getting reverted. since cronyx-fonts is purely cyrillic (russian) characters, it's simpler to just remove the recommendation in favor of less limited font sets.
fix category for x11-terms/terminal, bug 328977
typo fix, no content change
What the heck is this reference to XFree86 still here? We haven't offered a choice between xfree and x11 in years, so we should quit pretending we do. punted.
forgot this one in the previous commit
#208082: don't use LC_ALL, prefer system-wide LANG, don't set LC_CTYPE when LANG is already set, advertise utf-8 a bit more...
Coding style
updated zsh to reflect unicode support, bug 174954
updated unicode guide per comment #3, bug 147062
changed LC_ALL to LANG recommendation per bug 148236
#145397, less doesn't need special handling anymore
#140098, locales-gen instead of userlocales
NetBOIS -> NetBIOS
Fixes for Bug #107011, thanks to Peter Weller <welp at 01welp dot co dot uk> for the patch.
typo fix, no content change. thanks to slarti for reporting via email
Updated irssi utf-8 command for bug 126776
Fixed the section on utf-8 & nano; thanks to grahl for reporting
Use wikipedia correct URLs
#116902, you don't need to configure mutt to use utf-8, it's enough to keep your configuration files encoded in utf-8 to make mutt use it
it's screen -U, not screen -u, thx to calculus for reporting
#112841 mrxvt does not support utf-8
Remove reference of 0.8.10, 0.8.9 has UTF-8 support as well, and .10 requires term_charset, not term_type. Sticking to arch version (0.8.9)
Irssi uses term_type, not term_charset
#99912 - Examples are examples
#99725 - Use update instruction instead of oneshot
Making code listing clearer. Thanks for Deathwing00 for reporting.
#97827 - Info on FAT + utf-8. Thanks to Sebastian Roeder for reporting, Marcelo Goes for the patch.
#96836 - Add more information on UTF-8 support for (X)Emacs
#95542, Removing -u for KEYMAPS variable due to baselayout 1.11.x going stable.
smithj forgot to bump, again
typo fix
forgot the version/date bump :-/
fixed a code listing which told users to use emerge --verbose --ask when it wasn't necessary
Removed forbidden tab
#96432, Added a new section on elinks and links. Thanks to Leonardo for reporting.
Minor typo fix, thanks to vanquirius for reporting.
#89367 - Explain .profile, .bash_profile and .bashrc better
Wrapping, no content change
#90208 - Only one var is sufficient. See also http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Locale-Categories.html#Locale-Categories
Fix typo (#94339)
#91777 - Adding sections on less/man thanks to Shyam Mani
16:12 <@slarti> SwifT: could you do something for me very quickly? there's two tiny tiny errors in utf-8.xml. I just need you to s/LOCALE=/LANG=/ and also to take out the leading space from # <i>source /etc/profile</i> so that it isn't indented
bug 90144: updated and verified patch, sorry for the hassel guys
restoring to rev 1.9. Please ignore rev 1.10!
bug 90144
#87985 Unicode is not a 16-bit char set
#84429 - ? marks in mutt are due to incorrect defined charsets
#84287 - Info on locales.build file
Inform user about presence of revdep-rebuild in gentoolkit
irssi's term_charset is only available on 0.8.10 too, fixed gnustep terminal package name
recode is only available on irssi-0.8.10 and above
Opera supports utf8 very well, too.
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text: PRICE, Robert Dale, a Representative from Texas; born in Reading, Lyon County, Kans., September 7, 1927; educated in the public schools of Reading, Kans.; B.S., Oklahoma State University, 1951; United States Air Force, 1951-1955; flew twenty-seven combat missions during the Korean conflict; awarded Air Medal; returned to Texas after honorable discharge in 1955; owned and operated a ranch in Texas; delegate, Texas State Republican conventions, 1964, 1966, and 1968; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1975); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; member, Texas State senate, 1978-1980; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988, to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990 and to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; died on August 24, 2004, in Pampa, Tex.; interment in Fairview Cemetery, Midland, Tex.


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Finally had a morning free to get out with the 2011 Kelt King, but at O'dark thirty I get the text that six inches of powder just dropped on the hill he opted for a day of tele and powder instead. Though too many knee surgeries have kept me from ever skiing, I understand just like in rivers that are in prime shape, you only have good opportunities a few times a year to ski on powder. So with that in mind and a warm body in bed next to me, getting out early went out the door. Hours later while attending to breakfast, I realized chores would again have to wait again for another day and finally got out the door to fish a local.
I do not fish solo much anymore in the Winter. If I am going to get out for some good casting practice, I might as well have a buddy tag along. But with a busy schedule these days, you sometimes got to take any opportunity to get out. This was one of those days that made it worth it. When approaching the run I wanted to fish, I ran into three guys about to fish the run I wanted to wet a fly in. After chatting it up for a while, talking about conservation issues and how the fishing was for them that morning I went upstream to explore new water. After working hard through a long run, I took a drive back down to where I ran into those guys.
Finding the run open was a signal to me that apparently there was not any fish to be bad in the run, at least that is what I thought to myself. The guys fishing the run were fishing both flies and jigs and already touched a couple fish that weekend. Working through the run and seeing a fish roll as I worked my way into the tailout, I finally at the end of a swing get a tug. After casting a few more time with nothing I switched to a darker fly and repeat with a similar tug. Minutes later I head back to the head of the run and start stepping again and a half dozen casts later I loose my loop and a tug of war began. This fish didn't run much, just sat there head shaking and moving back and forth in the current. As I brought it to the bank I realized this was the one. The one being if you have to land one fish a year, this is the one.
After bringing it to the bank in the fast current and bushes on the bank, I new it would be difficult to tail it. But after a few minutes, we shook hands and he went back on his way. A magnificent football sized buck. Though I thought the day could not get any better, I walked back to the head of the run and when I stood there casting and stepping, I started to notice fish after fish purposing and jumping in the run. A half dozen casts later I was in my backing with an acrobatic hen flipping me the tail in disgust of a hook embeded in her upper lip. This acrobat wore herself out in the air. I could not believe how many times she took flight, especially in 42 degree water. Minutes later she was on the bank and I had to end my day.
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What a great day and it goes to show you that sometimes luck and just getting out the door is a must. I really wish I could have shared that day with a good buddy, but it sure was better then getting chores done around the house. Man this has been a great Winter! Hope your flies are finding paydirt as well.


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DALLAS — Jeremy Lin didn't hesitate with an honest answer when asked if he feels like an All-Star.
"Uh, no," he said softly after another choppy performance Wednesday night as the Houston Rockets lost for a fifth consecutive time, unable to claw all the way back from 15 points down despite several chances late to go ahead.
Lin nearly redeemed a poorly played game with a 14-point fourth quarter, but he missed one of his two free throw attempts on two critical trips to the free-throw line in the final two minutes. A badly executed pass in the paint with Houston down three with 14.9 seconds to go for his fourth turnover essentially sealed a 105-100 victory for the suddenly surging Dallas Mavericks, who have won four in a row.
"If I could hit a free throw," said Lin, who was 6-for-10 from the stripe, "it'd be nice."
It's been that kind of season for Lin with the Rockets, who also happen to be the host for the Feb. 17 All-Star Game at Toyota Center. While it's James Harden — unable to salvage his own brutal shooting night with an aggressive fourth quarter that ended with two failed drives to the rim — who can make a strong case for consideration to be an All-Star starter (although he doesn't have the fan votes), it is Lin who is being afforded the possibility.
If enough Linsanity fans on at least two continents stuffed the All-Star ballot boxes in the final weeks of fan voting that ended on Monday night, the ex-New York Knicks player and the first American-born NBA player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent could be an All-Star starter for the West while bumping MVP candidate Chris Paul to the bench.
Starters for both conferences will be announced Thursday night (7 p.m. ET, TNT). At last count two weeks ago, Lin was in third place among West guards, well behind Kobe Bryant, but only about 46,000 votes behind the Clippers' sensational Paul. CP3 is averaging 16.8 points and ranks second in the league in assists and first in steals, while pacing his team to a 30-9 record.
"That's the furthest thing from my mind, to be honest, being on a five-game losing streak," Lin said after finishing with 19 points and four assists, numbers that blurred a five-point night on 2-for-9 shooting through three quarters. "I don't even care right now, I'm just trying to get a win."
The Rockets dropped to 21-19 after racing to a season-best seven games over .500 on January 8. They have a deficient defense, but a team-oriented, jet-pack offense that has challenged West-leading Oklahoma City all season as the league's top-scoring outfit.
Lately, the offense has sputtered and Lin, averaging 12.3 ppg and 6.3 apg this season — and shooting an abysmal 27.6 percent from beyond the arc — hasn't matched any of those numbers during the skid.
If Lin sneaks past Paul as a starter, the West coaches who pick the seven reserves will have CP3 at the top of their lists. But a deserving guard among a slew of them producing at an All-Star caliber — from Harden to Russell Westbrook to Tony Parker to Jamal Crawford to Stephen Curry to even rookie Damian Lillard — will unfairly be left off the 12-man roster.
Such is the risk of a fan vote, and especially one that draws from an international fan base.
"I would say I'm doing OK," Lin said. "But I know I'm capable of more, I know I'm better than what I've shown throughout the first half of the season."
Hardly the tone of an All-Star.
Which is why Lin never hesitated with an honest answer to the question.


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The dilapidated house, across from Bayou Terrebonne near the Roy Street Bridge, is still standing, though it's seen better days — nearly two centuries worth.
The dilapidated house, across from Bayou Terrebonne near the Roy Street Bridge, is still standing, though it's seen better days — nearly two centuries worth.
Built in 1822 — the same year the parish was founded — the 191-year-old Acadian style house, situated among houses and businesses on West Park Avenue, was home to Clarence and Sadie Hebert for nearly 90 years.
Sadie was 11 and Clarence was 5 when the Heberts moved from U.S. Sen. Allen Ellender's potato farm in Coteau to the house their great-grandfather Marselier Hebert built from cypress on leased land. Twenty-two acres then, the annual rent on the farm was $100.
The family lost the front part of its land in 1958 when Park Avenue was paved. In need of extra money, Sadie and Clarence also sold part of the land in the rear to the government so Alma Street could be built.
After the siblings' deaths — Sadie died in March 2008 at age 89; Clarence died in October at age 88 — several remaining family members inherited rights to the house and property.
There had been talks about preserving the house for years.
Terrebonne government isn't responsible for the house because it lies outside the historic district of downtown Houma, and it wasn't designated as a historical landmark by the state.
Still, parish officials and Houma Historical Society board members said they'd like the heirloom cottage to be given historic status and transported to a site where it can be preserved.
"We would be more than happy to have the home and we would refurbish it, but we don't have the money to move it," said Rachel Cherry, executive director of the Southdown Plantation Museum.
Pat Gordon, Terrebonne Parish zoning director, said the home was on the condemnation list for a while, but officials removed it because of its potential historical value.
"I'm hoping that they can try to preserve it," he said. "They can move it elsewhere and do something a little more productive with the property."
But nobody has been willing to put up the money it would take.
James and Roy LeBoeuf Jr., two of the Heberts' great nephews, said the property has been sold. They have until Aug. 16 to clear out what's left of the house before it's destroyed.
Even if the money became available to move the house, James says it's too far gone to preserve.
The roof is nearly gone, the interior walls are severely warped, and the flooring has all but bottomed out.
But the LeBouefs, who grew up across the street, remember a rich way of life at the old house that has disappeared from most places.
As cars and trucks roar past the old home on one of Houma's busiest thoroughfares, it's hard to imagine the way of life that Clarence and Sadie lived. Time practically stood still in that house, while the rest of the world changed.
They lived off the land as much as possible, doing without running water, indoor plumbing and other amenities. They grew their own food, cleaned clothes with a washboard and kept each other company.
They were the embodiment of a poor, French farming family who survived by their own labor, said James, 52.
"That's just how they wanted to live. It was simple."
Even as they watched their neighborhood change, the siblings continued drawing water from cisterns and using an outhouse.
When temperatures rose, all they could do was open windows, which had no screens to ward off insects.
"This is the place that forgot time," James said. "And not the other way around."
While the rest of the world was changing, Roy said Sadie and Clarence had no interest in being a part of it.
"I remember getting up on Saturdays and going over to watch them kill the pigs for the boucharie," Roy said. "I was too young then to help. But I watched."
Roy, 42, said this way of life didn't seem that unusual when he was a kid.
It wasn't until he got older that he realized the rest of society was much different.
"By then, you started appreciating the simplicity of the way they lived," he said. "Coming over here became like stepping back in time."
Debbie Chauvin, owner of a real estate business across the street, has a soft spot for the old house as well.
Chauvin said she remembers meeting Clarence soon after opening Weichert Realtors in 2004.
"I went over and brought Mr. Hebert a hot meal," she said. "He was so humbled. He just had to give me something in return."
That something was a bag of pecans from a tree in his backyard. When she worked late, she said she could always count on Clarence to keep an eye on her as she walked to her car.
James said he feels bad letting the house go, but on the bright side, he's bringing a lot of the remaining cypress with him to build a new home in Mississippi.
"It tears me up to have to get rid of it," he said. "But I have to take it in stride and go on with my life."


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Last Friday we held the premiere and party for our fourth edition of Skate & Create. This year's teams (Habitat, Creature, Dwindle, and Blueprint) were able to take the obstacles anywhere they want as the contest wasn't confined to a warehouse for the first time. After some tacos and cold ones, we premiered all four videos on our in-park movie screen. Everyone was impressed at how amazing yet different each team interpreted the spirit of Skate & Create. Next, MVPs were awarded to each team in the form of a framed photo from the shoot. Silas was the MVP for Habitat, Caswell for Dwindle, Emmanuel Guzman for Creature/Santa Cruz, and Danny Brady for Blueprint. Then it was time for the big announcement. Skin pulled out the oversized cover of Devin Appelo doing a Japan air over a hot rod revealing that the Creature Fiends had won it. Have a look at the photos from the night and stay tuned as we'll begin releasing the videos on skateboarding.com starting Monday, February 6. The March Skate & Create issue has Scanlife codes inside where you can watch all four videos with a smart phone, so if you subscribe or pick up a copy at your local skateshop, you'll be able to see them all first!
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Roy Andersson's comedy A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice Film Festival.
New work form Henrik Hallgren for C&A together with DDB Amsterdam. We have produced a serie of films and stills during the year.
In 2012 documentary director Erik Gandini signed to Henrik Henrik Film. One of the founders of the production company Atmo, famous for their award winning films. Since autumn 2013 he is partner in Fasad Films. Erik´s documentary´s has been awarded all over the world. His next documentary is planned to be released end of 2014. He divide his work between commercial projects and film projects.<br/span>


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Blind Dog Playing Fetch Will Melt Your Heart
Kellar is definitely not your average dog. The three-year-old English springer was born blind, but that has not deterred him from playing fetch.
He takes cues from his owners to help him locate the ball and scampers after it pretty quickly.
This is a pretty inspiring video that shows the endurance of the human – make that canine – spirit.


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Surrounded by historical sites, the resort is just minutes from Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown settlement, Busch Gardens, and hundreds of years of Americana. Spacious units with private whirlpools accommodate the most sophisticated travelers in grand style. The Colonial American charm of Williamsburg Plantation makes it the perfect spot for a family vacation. Plantation amenities include a clubhouse, indoor/outdoor swimming pool, whirlpool, exercise room, tennis courts, and tot lot.
Williamsburg Plantation Resort accommodations feature four bedroom floor plans designed for maximum comfort. Kitchen, living room and dining room in each suite are integrated for entertaining and enjoyment.
We offer individual living and dining rooms in all suites including ceramic tile and carpeted floors in living areas. The Kitchens are fully equipped with; full-size refrigerator with ice maker, microwave oven, coffee maker, and toaster. Some are also equipped with a stove and dishwasher. All units come stocked with necessary cookware and dinnerware.
- Conveniently located washers and dryers
- Whirlpool tubs and showers
- In-room fireplaces (gas, wood burning, or electric depending on unit assignment)
- Rollaway beds, cribs and highchairs available upon request and based on availability
- All linens and bath towels provided
- Televisions in living room and bedrooms
- DVD Player
- Cable television with HBO
- In-room WiFi available
- In-room safe
- Furnished balconies or patios
- Hair dryers
- Ironing board with iron
Fees for wifi in the units:
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Free wifi -There are computers located in the club house that offer free connectivity in case you just want to check emails once in a while.
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