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National clinical leads (NCLs)
National Clinical Leads have been appointed to strengthen clinical authority within the national services and applications.
GPs | Hospital doctors | Nurses | Allied health professionals | Pathology | Paediatrics and child health
Dr Manpreet Pujara - NCL for GPs
Dr Manpreet Pujara practises at the Thorndike surgery in Rochester, Kent. He trained at Southampton University and became a GP in Carshalton, Surrey.
He became an EMIS user in 1990 and was elected to the National User Group (NUG) committee in 1994 and was NUG chair between 2001 and 2007.
During this time he represented EMIS Users at the Joint GP IT Committee (JGPITC), as well as the NHS Connecting for Health's GP Pan User (GPPUG) and GP System of Choice (GPSoC) groups.
In recent years, he has been involved in a number of issues including EPS, Choose & Book and GP2GP. He became an NCL in January 2008.
"Having worked on a number of NHS Connecting for Health issues relevant to GPs, as well as on GP Choice, I am pleased to have been appointed as one of the GP National Clinical Leads. There is a great potential to bring many benefits to both patients and primary care." - Dr Manpreet Pujara.
Dr Peter Short - NCL for GPs
Dr Peter Short practises at the Stewart Medical Centre, Buxton, Derbyshire. He trained at Doncaster and around the West Midlands, after he qualified from Birmingham Medical School in 1983.
Peter describes himself as enjoying the challenge of being a "GP generalist" two days a week, with additional work in community hospitals covering GP beds and a minor injury unit, in addition to Clinical Commissioning Group involvement.
Until his appointment as GPs' NCL for NHS CFH in January 2008, Peter was Deputy Chair of Derbyshire Local Medical Committee and NPfIT Clinical Lead for Derby City and County.
"The many challenges for General Practice require effective and reliable IT support, and increasingly the linking of information from multiple sources. The lifelong record held in GP systems is likely to remain the key for patient centred care, but to be increasingly made available to other authorised clinical users, with patient consent."
Hospital doctors
Dr Charles Gutteridge – National Clinical Director for Informatics
Charles has been the medical director at Barts and the London Trust since 2002 and a consultant haematologist there and at Newham General Hospital. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists.
As a member of the London review acute group, Charles was involved in providing clinical advice to Lord Darzi's review of health provision in London. He also chaired the Association of UK University Hospitals Medical Directors.
Charles has been strongly involved in patient safety, confidentiality and informatics issues at Barts. He was the Caldicott Guardian for Barts, led the Safer Patients Initiative 2006-8 and chaired the Clinical Informatics Design Authority which gave clinical advice about improving the use of Cerner Millenium at the Trust.
Charles took up this appointment in January 2010. He said: "This is an exciting time to be at the cutting edge of delivering informatics to improve patient care.
"As recent events have shown, there is a sea change in clinical attitudes to informatics and the NHS IT Infrastructure. My colleagues know that good, accessible information enormously raises the quality of treatment and diagnosis we can provide to the public.
"My work with medical under-graduates confirms that these expectations are strong amongst the next generation of doctors. I hope to contribute to encouraging those attitudes and enabling dialogue between clinical staff, patients and informatics providers."
Dr Simon Eccles - Medical Director
Dr Simon Eccles is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Homerton Hospital, London.
Simon's current and previous roles include:
- clinical advisor to the NHS National Workforce Project, tackling the impact of the European Working Time Directive;
- clinical advisor to the Health Insight Unit of the Department of Health;
- past chairman of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee and secondment to the Modernisation Agency, as the medical advisor to the Hospital at Night project which is now being implemented nationally.
Simon has interests in plain-speaking communication; making sure clinicians, managers and planners are all using the same routine information to improve care for patients and in helping clinicians have ownership of improvements brought about by better health informatics.
Dr Susan Hamer – National Director of Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions
Susan graduated in nursing in 1980 working as a district nurse in London before moving to the University of Hull as a lecturer. Since then she has held a variety of academic and practice based posts and in 2004, became Director of Enterprise and Knowledge Transfer for the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Leeds. Currently, Susan is seconded from the University of Leeds where she is now Director of Organisational and Workforce Development at the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network.
Susan has published widely, and is the co author of two books: Achieving Evidence Based Practice and Leadership and Management: A 3 dimensional Approach. She is also co editor of Practice Development in Health Care, a journal which aims to promote scholarly debate in the field of Practice Development. She has been involved in the establishment of over 150 practice development units and continues to be an active coach and mentor. Her doctoral studies were in the field of post compulsory education. She is a fellow of the Queens Nursing Institute.
Susan is passionate about the possibilities for technology to enhanced practice and to support innovation in the development of patient led services. As a member of the Clinical team Susan is keen to ensure that new and effective models of professional practice are shared rapidly across the health system.
Anne Cooper - NCL for Nursing
Anne started her career in nursing, working in cardiology and chest medicine where she was a ward sister before moving into general management, focusing on complaints management and developing approaches to deal with feedback from patients.
Later, at NHS Direct, Anne worked as part of a team setting up the service in West Yorkshire before specialising in IT system development in a national role at NHS Direct. During her time, Anne developed an IT skills competency framework for nursing.
This was followed by a role as regional programme manager to support local healthcare providers to develop diabetes services in line with the National Service Framework requirements for care.
Anne has been involved in informatics since her time at NHS Direct. As a result, she accepted a post working with the Summary Care Record programme team, providing clinical advice, design input and clinical leadership.
Other areas of interest include, information governance and in particular, ensuring that patient confidentiality is protected throughout the introduction and long term use of technology to improve clinical care.
Anne currently holds the post of national clinical lead for nursing, providing clinical leadership in the development of informatics policy and works across the health and education sectors to build relationships with strategic partners.
Victoria Hughes, NCL for Nursing
Victoria joined the nursing team in April 2012 she is currently seconded on a part time basis and works within the Clinical Division Department of Health Informatics Division – NHS Connecting for Health.
Victoria started her career in nursing in 1987 and has worked in NHS secondary, primary and community care settings. She has also worked with private sector. Victoria's main areas of interest are in the fields of respiratory and female health nursing.
Having trained at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Victoria moved to Oxford working at the Oxford Radcliffe hospital for 5 years prior to moving into primary care as a practice nurse. After 2 years she left the NHS to join a contract pharmaceutical organisation as senior nurse advisor, performing clinical audits in the fields of Osteoporosis, CHD and COPD.
Victoria joined NHS Direct as Nurse Manager where her interested in informatics and passion for how technology could assist with patient care grew. After 2 years she was approached and moved back into private sector as a nurse manager covering half of the UK and supporting a team of nurse advisors.
Victoria moved back into the NHS in 2003 working in Northampton within the clinical informatics field. In 2006 she opened an indoor play area for children, maintaining clinical practice and registration with bank work. In 2007 she was asked to work part-time on temporary basis for East Midlands Strategic Authority looking at clinical engagement in the field of informatics and development of clinical systems. The post was made permanent and she was successful in securing the role. She gave up the play area and continues to work it that role for 3 days per week.
Other areas of interest include clinical governance, nursing leadership and clinical safety (broadly and in relation to information technology). She is keen to ensure information is shared and improve understanding of how technology can help improve clinical and patient care.
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Allied health professionals
Yvonne Pettigrew - NCL for allied health professionals
Yvonne Pettigrew is Associate Director for Allied Health Professionals and Head of Therapy Services at the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHBFT).
Yvonne Pettigrew is Associate Director for Allied Health Professionals and Head of Therapy Services at the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB). Yvonne's previous roles include clinical work as an Occupational Therapist in the acute and community sectors as well as with social services. She has also spent a period of time in an American hospital in the Middle East. Most recently Yvonne has had senior management and professional leadership responsibility in multi-centre and teaching hospital environments.
Yvonne has always had an interest in the appropriate use of technology to improve clinical services and is especially keen to see Allied Health Professional (AHP) clinical and commissioning recording integrated meaningfully at patient and organisational levels. She commented: "In my role for NHS Connecting for Health, I will be engaging regularly with AHPs, helping to communicate the benefits of informatics in the workplace as well as finding out more about AHPs professional needs to feed this back into shaping policy and system development.
"Choose and Book is a great example of a tool that can enable GPs and patients to access AHP services, and we need to ensure that we maximise the benefits for practitioners by using their feedback to help develop a system which both reflects their needs and enables better inter-professional working.
"I will do this via our national conferences, existing professional networks and by responding to individual enquiry. I'm very keen that we get better at sharing good practice as there are so many exciting and innovative examples that could benefit our patients."
David Davis - NCL for allied health professionals
David is currently NHS Pathways Clinical Lead for South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) where he works as a senior clinical manager across the organisation's three emergency operations centres (EOCs) responsible for a team of senior nurses and paramedics who provide telephone clinical advice and supervision both within the EOCs and where required to ambulance crews.
David joined SECAmb in 2001, following an earlier career in sales, marketing and eCommerce. As a paramedic, he worked on the frontline responding to 999 calls.
David was appointed the UK's first Paramedic Stroke Lead after, in 2006, he raised concerns about provision for local stroke patients after discovering that no hospitals in the Trust's region of Kent, Surrey or Sussex offered thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke.
Over recent years, thanks to David's leadership of partnership and multi-disciplinary working, a unified pathway has been established so stroke patients can be FAST-tracked by SECAmb to specialist stroke services. This pathway has won regional and national recognition, with the FASTrack pathway work and David's contribution in Clinical Leadership highlighted in the Health Minister, Lord Darzi's report: Delivering High Quality Care for All: One Year On as well as the Stroke Association's Getting Better report; David's work and leadership in stroke care was also featured in the NHS 60th birthday publication.
In addition to teaching and providing talks on pre-hospital stroke care, David continues to work with the NHS Stroke Improvement programme as a clinical associate and with the Royal College of Physicians Peer Review teams.
David is also Director of Media Relations for the College of Paramedics and actively involved in the development of his profession, including close working with other Allied Health Professions.
Following involvement in the regional Clinical Leadership Network, David was successful in a place on the Clinical Leadership Fellowship programme, which sees him undertaking a Masters in Clinical Leadership (Management for Clinicians) in his spare time.
Visit 'Connecting with allied health professionals'.
Dr Gifford Batstone - NCL for pathology
Dr Batstone, became an NCL for pathology in March 2008. He studied medicine at St Thomas'Hospital, London before training in pathology in Bristol and Southampton.
He was a consultant chemical pathologist in Salisbury and then undertook a number of educational roles including that of postgraduate dean. Gifford has now returned to laboratory work at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals where he is also involved in teaching medical students.
Gifford has been involved in the implementation of Department of Health initiatives in clinical audit, medical education, and information technology. His wife is Chief Executive of Basingstoke and North Hampshire Foundation Trust.
Gifford commented: "Linking best evidence with laboratory requesting and reporting will increasingly enhance both the efficiency and effectiveness of pathology services."
Visit Gifford's pathology web page.
Paediatrics and child health
Dr David Low - NCL for Paediatrics and child health
Dr Low became the national clinical lead for paediatrics and child health in October 2008.
He has been a consultant paediatrician for 22 years at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, specialising as a Designated Doctor for Safeguarding for the last 15 years.
Dr Low is also a member of the NHS Connecting for Health Child Health Programme Board, which was set up to ensure child health systems within national services and applications were standardised and fit for purpose.
David has been involved in producing documentation that identifies the specific information needs of children in comparison to adults. He would like to use this for discussion with paediatricians and system providers as the basis for a unified child health record.
David is married to Carole, a clinical geneticist, and they have three grown up sons. When he is not safeguarding the health of children he keeps himself busy by gardening, supporting and listening to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and rowing – he has been a cox for almost 40 years - and appreciating Victorian architecture.


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Experience the world's oldest living culture in the heart of Sydney
The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney offers an opportunity for local, domestic and international
visitors to learn about the richly diverse history and culture of the Aboriginal People of Australia.
The Gardens were an important ceremonial site for many of the Sydney Aboriginal Nations, and home to the Cadigal people of the Eora Nation. Come along and experience Wogganmagule (Farm Cove) and its surrounds and learn about tradtional lifestyles including a diverse array of bush foods, the ample fresh water and a plentiful supply of seafood from the harbour. It was paradise for the local Aboriginal people for thousands of years.
The Aboriginal Heritage Tour offered by the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney enables visitors an opportunity to experience the rich culture and food sources of Aboriginal people within Australia. Meet with our Aboriginal guides in the heart of the city and get to know Australia's First Nations People & Country.
Where: Meet at the Garden Shop/Visitors Centre
When: Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 10 am (excluding public holidays)
Cost: $41 per person (children 7 years and under free)
Bookings: Bookings are essential online
Terms and Conditions: Full terms and conditions of booking available on our website
Groups: For groups of 10 or more or for private bookings please contact email@example.com
Does the tour run in all weather?
Yes, the Aboriginal Heritage Tour runs in all weather. If there is an extreme weather warning from the Bureau of Meterorology we will inform you as soon as possible and provide a full refund or transfer. We do not provide refunds if you choose to not attend due to weather.
Do you have a student/concession/child price?
The Aboriginal Heritage Tour is $41 per person. Children 7 years and under are free.
Where is the meeting point?
Please meet your guide at the Garden Shop/Visitor Centre in the centre of the garden behind the restaurant. Please click here to view the location on Google Maps.
Can I pay on the day?
Bookings are preferred online so that our guide can be ready to welcome you on the day. If you cannot book online we can accept Visa or MasterCard payments on the day only. We cannot accept cheques, cash or American Express.
Is there parking nearby?
Limited metered parking is available on Mrs Macquaries Road. Public transport is recommended.
As per our Terms and Conditions:
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3. Refunds and Cancellations
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All booked programs will go ahead in wet weather. In the case of severe weather warnings the BGCP may cancel and a change of date or refund may be offered at the BGCP's discretion.
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A request for a date change can be made in writing 48 hours prior to the booking commencement time. Approval of a date change is at the discretion of the BGCP.
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April 06, 2010, 02:53:03 PM »
While I was off doing other things, Pooka, Malcolm Craig and an unknown fella (sorry, I didn't get to meet you), playtested Hell for Leather. As I understood it, they were playing the roles of three war journalists escaping imprisonment during the Vietnam War.
When the game finished, Malcolm came over to me with a cheeky grin on his face. I knew there'd been gore. But how much? How far had they gone? Tonight I got some feedback, which I'd like to share with you guys.
Quote from: Malcolm Craig
So, over the weekend of Conpulsion, I got to play exactly one game. Luckily enough, that game was a playtest of Hell For Leather. The Game They Tried To Ban (and succeeded, to a certain extent), The Game Most Likely To Make Daily Mail Readers Have An Aneurysm.
One of the great things about the game was the way it provoked acts of sheer gruesomeness. I'm not sure if this is actually 'good', but it was certainly entertaining. Having my irredeemably awful TV journalist Clyde Bumstead emasculated by an enraged thirteen year old Vietnamese boy was a moment of pathos, drama, and a man getting his cock cut off. And deservedly so. Bumstead was a dick. But he did carry his severed penis around in the pocket of his safari suit until he was blown apart by a T-34 tank. Dignity in death, that's what HFL is all about.
Then again, with Bumstead dying pretty quickly I was left hanging around with nothing to do in the game. I suggested to Sebastian that giving players whose characters die some scene framing abilities would be cool and help to keep interest. The game needs to do something about that eventuality.
And there was the tower of dice. I really like the tower of dice. Flicking dice at the tower and watching it wobble created moments of supreme tension. Great stuff.
Hang on. Severed cocks, 'towers', tanks? Subconscious phallic imagery, perhaps? Hell For Leather: The Game With More Genitalia Than An H R Giger Exhibition?
An extraordinary piece of awesome. Here's Pooka's response:
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At Conpulsion 2010 I had the privilege of facilitating a game of Hell For Leather. I wasn't overly familiar with the system, but I had so enjoyed the playtest I joined in the day before, I decided to (ineptly) run a game of it to infect others with my enthusiasm. There were no survivors.
In our session I really enjoyed the frustration that a character's unwillingness to resort to murder caused for me, as a player. Having participated in a game the day before with players perfectly willing to commit mass slaughter to reach their goals, having this one holdout that refused to cross that line was refreshing, annoying, and interesting, especially when seen in contrast to Bumstead, Malcolm's blustering pigfucker of an American News Anchor. Never has a character so deserved his emasculation as Bumstead, and never has a character deserved a happy ending as much as our little pacifist Lance Spanner. He got hacked apart with a machete.
The only snag we really hit with the game came to distribution of Story Pips. If players aren't free with distributing them and willing to be generous, the game can go slower than intended or sieze up. My advice: make sure you hand them out constantly.
And, as much as everyone says it, the tower of dice is fucking superb. Over the weekend I became somewhat talented at throwing that d10, but still when that thing taps a stack of eight dice, and the whole tower wobbles? It's breathtaking, literally.
And so there's gore, and castration, and people being hacked apart, shot up, and bludgeoned to death, and you cheer, and laugh, and clench your hands into fists at every wobble, having a great time. You sick fuck, you.
I'm really happy I wasn't involved in this one. I'm finally reassured that the game makes you do horrible shit.
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After describing the Backdrop, Pooka gets to donate a Story Pip to one of the other (alive) players. He slides a Story Pip to Eoin.]
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An experiment (don't you love experiments?)
I'm trying out some new software for this blog called Snap Preview which opens a window when you hover your mouse pointer over hyperlinks.
My curiosity is twofold.
1. Does this make my blog more fun/easier to navigate/cooler/better? Or does it add to the page loading times, become quickly annoying, and not work on all browsers?
2. If you think it is cool, are you going to put it on your site? Especially since it's free and super easy to install?
How quickly do good ideas spread? Do you adopt them once you're aware of them? Or are you more cautious? What makes something a good idea?
Let me know what you think of Snap Preview, and why you installed it or why you didn't.
I wonder if, within a few weeks, the blogs I visit will have Snap ability, or if it won't spread virally and die a quiet death. And by "viral" I mean viral ideas that spread through word of mouth, not trojan worms that eat your hard drive.
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Why does The Washington Post publish Anne Applebaum's columns?
Washington Post op-ed columnist and editorial board member Anne Applebaum [1] made an illogical comparison between electronic voting machines and automated teller machines (ATMs), suggesting that because people trust ATMs -- often refusing the option of receipts -- there is no need for electronic voting machines to provide paper records. Applebaum's most recent Post column is not the first in which she has exhibited flawed reasoning and logic.
From Applebaum's November 17 column:
When the ATM asks whether I want a receipt, I usually say no. When a Web site wants my credit card number, I usually say yes. When I pay bills online, there is no paper record of the transaction. In my failure to demand physical evidence when money changes hands, I am not very unusual. Most Americans now conduct at least some of their financial transactions without paper, or at least sleep happily knowing that others do. Yet when it comes to voting -- a far simpler and more straightforward activity than electronic bank transfers -- we suddenly become positively 19th century in our need for a physical record. It is, if you think about it, quite inexplicable.
But it isn't at all "inexplicable." Each of Applebaum's analogies is breathtakingly flawed. (1) ATMs offer receipts, while users of electronic voting machines have no such option. (2) Applebaum doesn't have to give a website her credit card number if she doesn't trust it, but has no similar choice to take her business elsewhere when it comes to electronic voting. Besides, there is a federal financial cap on consumer liability for credit card fraud. Where are the federal voting machine safeguards? (3) Finally, when Applebaum pays her bills online, it is highly likely, if not certain, that she is given the option of saving a confirmation number and printing a copy for her records. Whether or not she exercises that option, she would know the following month if her payment registered.
More from Applebaum's column:
Last weekend the New York Times published an editorial that found "no evidence" of vote fraud but called electronic voting "a problem" all the same. After all, the editorial noted, there is "no way to be sure" that votes weren't changed "by secret software" inside the machines. If you're tempted to believe that analysis is rational, just ask yourself this question: Are you really sure that your bank isn't using secret software to steal $9.72 from your retirement account every week? And if the answer is no, why aren't you up in arms about that, too?
As Daily Howler editor Bob Somerby pointed out [2] in response:
Could any comparison be less apt? No, you probably haven't checked this week to see if your bank is stealing your money. But duh! The reason you haven't checked is obvious-banks provide extensive paper trails, and a major bank would quickly be caught if it swiped that nine bucks every week. (As anyone except a "journalist" would know, many Americans do check their bank statements quite religiously.) And duh! Let's note another fact which would be obvious to anyone outside Applebaum's tribe. Here it is: If banks were allowed to run audit-free systems, many banks would of course steal your money! Only a fool would fail to know it.
People are not "up in arms about that, too" because it's an absurd comparison. We have no way of verifying that electronic voting machines record our votes correctly, but we have many ways to verify that our banks aren't stealing from us. We know how much money we deposit, we know how much money we withdraw, we know how much interest we accrue, we get bank statements, et cetera. It's pretty simple, really: if there's less money in our accounts than there should be, we know the bank is stealing from us.
Back to Applebaum's November 17 column:
Given our reliance on computerized accounting, the explanation for the American paranoia about computer voting cannot be rational.
It is Applebaum's argument that is not rational. "Computerized accounting" can be verified and corrected. You can look at the ATM receipt you have the option of receiving. But even if you don't look at that, you will surely notice when hundreds of dollars go missing from your bank account. If nothing else, a few bounced rent checks will likely alert you to the problem. But how will you know when an electronic voting machine that doesn't give you a receipt has recorded your vote incorrectly?
Applebaum suggests that she would have absolutely no clue if her bank stole $500 from her each year. Presumably, many Americans quite rationally want to pay closer attention to how their vote is recorded than Applebaum pays to her checking account.
Applebaum's lack of interest in how her vote is recorded may stem from her lack of concern with whether voter fraud swings an election -- or from her apparent unwillingness to spend an extra day counting votes in order to ensure that the correct candidate gains office. From Applebaum's November 3 column:
The worst possible outcome [to the 2004 presidential campaign] would be, and will always be, a repeat of Florida 2000: lawyers, spin doctors, courts and protests that would drag out the result past last night. ... One disputed election [the 2000 presidential election] didn't destroy the majority's faith in that extended democratic process. But nor, arguably, would a few cases of voter fraud in Ohio yesterday, or a few examples of egregious voter suppression in Florida, however critical the districts in which they took place and however much they affected the result. Let's face it: If it's really that close, as it was in 2000, either candidate could plausibly be declared the victor. And the best outcome for the country would always be for the apparent loser to concede and for the nation to hand victory, quickly, to whoever the apparent winner might be. What would, over time, destroy the majority's faith in the process is a system in which every election was litigated or a system in which the result was regularly and doggedly disputed. [emphasis added]
Applebaum doesn't indicate who should decide on the "apparent" winner, if vote-counting doesn't make the winner clear on election night. Rather, she simply indicates that she wants a candidate to concede before her bedtime. To Applebaum, democracy is apparently something to be rushed through, rather than conducted correctly. Little wonder, then, that she doesn't mind her vote being crumpled up and thrown away like an ATM receipt.
Applebaum's recent columns about the 2004 presidential election are not the only testaments to the dubiousness of her claim on the Post's valuable op-ed real estate. MMFA noted [3] earlier this year her odd review of Bill Clinton's memoirs. And on September 3, 2003, she devoted an entire 780-word column to the proliferation of acronyms, which, she warned ominously, "isn't exactly democratic."
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In February 2011, Jim participated in a panel discussion, "From SVSU Student to CEO." Hear how about his experience at SVSU and how it helped him get to national politics.
Elected to the Michigan Legislature in 1976 at age 24, Jim Barcia went on serve the region for 34 years in public service. At the state level, he served as democratic majority whip (1979-1982) and was considered a strong advocate for working families, people with disabilities and senior citizens. Barcia was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983. In the House of Representatives, Barcia served on the Science Committee and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He left the House after being elected to the Michigan Senate, where he served until he resigned in 1993 to enter the United States House of Representatives. Barcia represented Michigan's 5th congressional district for five consecutive terms from 1993 to 2003.
After the United States 2000 Census, Barcia's congressional district was dismantled in 2002, and he ran for his old seat in the Michigan State Senate and won. He served as a state senator from 2003 to 2011. He announced his retirement in 2011.
A lifelong resident of Bay City, Barcia received his bachelor's degree from SVSU in 1975. As a student, he majored in political science and served as president, vice president and senator of the University's Student Government. In 1977, Barcia received SVSU's Distinguished Alumnus of the Year award. In 2001, Congressman Barcia was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws for his outstanding record of public service in both state and national government. In 2011, he was recognized with the Distinguished Service Award, SVSU's most prestigious award for a community member. He is an SVSU Board of Fellow, an advisory group to SVSU.
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Winnipeg made its first move of the off-season this afternoon by retaining Jim Slater's services for the next three years at 1.6M per annum. The 29 year old from Lapeer, MI. scored a career high 13 goals this past season as the Jets' third line center on the so-called GST line with Tanner Glass and Chris Thorburn. The former MSU Spartan was also a primary penalty killer for the club, averaging over 2 minutes a night on the PK, a total higher than any other Winnipeg forward.
Winnipeg's absence of depth upfront combined with some strategic choices by the club pushed Slater into a very difficult even strength role in 11/12, as he faced a 28.5 O-zone start percentage against the toughest competition Claude Noel could throw at him. As a result, his out-shooting numbers look about as one might expect, with Slater finishing 11/12 sporting the worst Corsi Rel of any regular player on the club. To be entirely fair, it would be somewhat unreasonable to hold him entirely responsible for those numbers, since that type of workload would trouble players superior to Slater. He was also compelled to undertake that very difficult role flanked by two inferior wingers carrying no pedigree at all of being able manage any sort of heavy lifting, since Glass and Thorburn are middling 4th liners under normal circumstances.
I'm still feeling slightly mixed about the deal, even with those caveats. Jim Slater would likely be a very adept 4th center/10th forward on a decent team, getting 7-9 minutes a night at EV, being the second C on D-zone draws late in periods, all while continuing regular PK duties. A player that was good at that role would certainly be worth more than the minimum, and Slater's 1M ticket last year was probably quite near fair value for a player in that slot. If Slater spends the next few years in that sort of position playing 10-11 total minutes a night, 1.6M might end up being pricey by about 400-500k a year.
That noted, it's possible that given both the Jets' stated desire to groom potential top-nine forwards from within and the shallow UFA pool at center this summer, they might feel that Slater was the best available option at the price to fill a role for a few years as a 3C while they wait for Mark Scheifele to reach the bigs. If that's the premise Kevin Chevaldayoff is operating under, the club will likely still be out-matched by deeper teams unless management can, at the very least, find better players to ride shotgun with Slater. Another season with the GST line facing tough comp has the very real likelihood of ending in roughly the same manner as 11/12, with the Jets looking up the standings at ten clubs or more in the East.
I don't doubt that he's a popular guy in the room, and he's likely a decent enough player if he isn't being buried with no help, but if Jim Slater could successfully carry mediocrities around against top nine forwards, he'd be worth a hell of a lot more than 1.6M, so his ceiling is pretty much where he currently resides. Again, I can't really hold his EV performance last year against him given the circumstances, so it may well be that Winnipeg's ability to scrounge up a couple of proper wingers to assist him might ultimately determine if he can manage against decent comp without getting torched. It would certainly be optimal to have matters unfold in that manner, because for the money the Jets have just guaranteed him, that's precisely the level of performance they'll need from Jim Slater over the next three seasons.


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This color image of Saturn was taken with the HST's Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WF/PC) in the wide field mode at 8:25 A.M. EDT, August 26, 1990, when the planet was at a distance of 1.39 billion kilometers (860 million miles) from Earth.
The color in the image is reconstructed by combining three different pictures, taken in blue, green and red light (4390, 5470 and 7180 angstroms).
Image reconstruction techniques have been applied to yield greater spatial detail in the planet's ring system and cloud belts than can be achieved with ground-based telescopes. Image resolution is 670 kilometers (419 miles) per picture element (pixel). Saturn appears much as one would see it if it were only twice as far away as the Moon.
A special mathematical technique, developed in 1974 by Dr. L.B. Lucy (European Southern Observatory), largely corrects the effects of HST's imperfect optics. This is possible because the WF/PC's orignal pictures are of high quality with little extraneous noise.
Because Saturn's north pole is presently tilted toward Earth (24 degrees) the HST image reveals unprecedented detail in atmospheric features at the northern polar hood, a region not extensively imaged by the Voyager space probes.
The classic features of Saturn's vast ring system are also clearly seen from outer to inner edge: the bright A and B rings, divided by the Cassini division, and the extremely faint inner C or crepe ring. The Encke division, a dark gap near the outer edge of the A ring, has never before been photographed from Earth.


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Lakeland Union Nordic Ski Team history
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- The Lakeland Union Nordic Ski team started skiing the trails at Minocqua Winter Park 30 years ago. The team has grown since then. Only three members made up the team in the beginning and now they have almost 100 skiers of all ages. "The first 5, 10 years we had three girls a couple of boys and really hardly a team," said retired coach Ken Schoville. Since starting the Lakeland Union Nordic Ski team in the 1980's Schoville has seen an increase in skiers."We started to develop a ski program for younger grades and from that we have continued to develop again both types of kids that come to the ski program those that are what we call skiers that already have the tools necessary to keep moving on and kids that are brand new to the sport," said Schoville. The program has always skied at Minocqua Winter Park."They've been our home base for 30 some years and we continue to have good relationships with the foundation that operates it," said Schoville. Schoville handed over coaching to Mike Bolger last year. He says the team continues to bring in athletes- some who've never skied before. "Going into it, I knew we had some talented skiers, but I would have to say, it's the new kids who have come out for this sport, and really bought into the program," said Bolger. Bolger believes the program does more than just benefit the skiers. It benefits the community. "With 4-6 inches of snow weekend Nordic ski people come, and they stay in hotels, they buy gas, they eat in restaurants, so it's a boom to the economy," said Bolger. Schoville's glad Bolger wants to keep the ski team in the community. "To me that long term continuity and growth and thinking that when I'm gone and move on then it's going to be here, it's going to be a part of the north, "said Schoville. Last weekend the Lakeland Union Nordic Ski Girls team took first place at the Nordic Ski State championships in Rhinelander. They'll compete this weekend in Madison.
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This year was a pretty good one for me while nothing major happened I have felt really content the whole year through - and that sometimes can be the best thing in the whole world. As every year comes to a close I usually look back and can see there was a theme or a lesson of sorts that I needed to work through. In 2011 I think it was taking personal risks and believing in myself in a different way by starting my Etsy shop and this blog, working from home so I could continue to have my kids apart of all my moments and mostly just realizing that failure isn't nearly as scary as never having tried. All of that led to many good things for 2012: not missing a beat with my boys, a thriving shop and getting to know so many of you through your blogs and mine. It may sound corny but I work from home and raise little ones at home, so having this blog has really been more of a positive for me personally than I ever would have imagined. I am constantly inspired/amused/validated/moved/entertained by all of you and it truly has made 2012 a great year.
Do you feel 2012 provided you with any lessons or skills you can carry forward into the new year? I think my lesson for this year was working on understanding the true meaning of having boundaries for oneself as well as not losing sight of my goals.
Any big new years night plans? This is one night I like to just stay in and kick it old school watching the ball drop with a bottle of wine. Have a happy and safe new years eve friends!


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How to Store Makeup
An Easy, Creative Way to Store (and Display!) Your Beauty Products
Displaying your makeup can be just as chic as how you use it, and in today's Beauty How-To, we have the easiest DIY makeup stand, well, ever. It's a great lazy-day project, but stylish and convenient, too. So grab your glue gun, and get ready to channel your inner craftswoman. On Kirbie: Greylin top.


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Clarkson University's Lesyk Featured in Article on Greening of Commencement
Christina Lesyk, director of university events at Clarkson University, has been featured in an American School & University magazine article on "The Greening of Commencement." The article was a follow-up to Lesyk's presentation on sustainable commencements at the annual conference of the North American Association of Commencement Officers in Washington, D.C., in February.
"We started off like a lot of other institutions by greening the regalia after we came across information about biodegradable graduation gowns a few years ago," says Lesyk in the article. "It kind of snowballed from there as we thought, 'Okay, what else can we do?'"
Eco-friendly graduation ceremonies are not only environmentally intelligent, but can be cost-efficient. "Our primary concern is to continue to produce a quality product. Through sustainable practices, we can take what most colleges and universities consider to be their most important annual event and add value to it without sacrificing quality. Sustainable practices don't necessarily make the ceremonies any more expensive," continues Lesyk.
The greening of graduation is still a relatively new trend, but a growing number of institutions of higher learning are making a greater effort to integrate environmentally intelligent practices and products into their graduation events.
The full article is at http://asumag.com/sustainability-initiatives/greening-commencement-ceremonies .
Since 1928, American School & University (www.asumag.com) has been the information source for education facilities and business professionals, serving the nation's K-12 and higher-education administrators responsible for the planning, design, construction, retrofit, operations, maintenance and management of education facilities. AS&U's mission is to serve as the voice of the industry, helping to shape the rapidly growing and evolving education facilities and business market.
Lesyk has worked at Clarkson since 2005 and has been director of university events since 2009. She received designation as a Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP) by the International Special Events Society in January. This spring, she was nominated as a New York State Senate Woman of Distinction for the 47th Senate District, which encompasses Oneida, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
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1 Peter
- Chapter 1
The trial of our faith precedes salvation—Christ was foreordained to be the Redeemer.
- Chapter 2
Converts are newborn babes in Christ—He is the chief cornerstone—Saints hold a royal priesthood and are a peculiar people—Saints are in subjection to the laws of man.
- Chapter 3
Husbands and wives should honor each other—Saints should live by gospel standards—Christ preached to the spirits in prison.
- Chapter 4
Peter explains why the gospel is preached to the dead—Saints should speak as the oracles of God—The righteous will be tried and tested in all things.
- Chapter 5
The elders are to feed the flock of God—Humility and godly graces lead to perfection.


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Early Morning Police Chase Leaves Officer, Suspect Injured [VIDEO]
A South Dakota Highway Trooper was injured Wednesday morning as he tried to make a stop after a chase in Sioux Falls just after 2:30 AM.
Police Information Officer Sam Clemens says the chase ended on Western Avenue near Interstate 229.
"There was a traffic stop early this morning. A trooper was trying to stop a vehicle. That vehicle ended up stopping in the area of 57th and Western Avenue in Sioux Falls. At some point in time the suspect backed up and ended up running over the trooper before leaving."
According to Clemens the officer was taken to the hospital with "serious injuries." The extent of those injuries are unknown at this time. The officer was later identified as 34-year-old Andrew Steen, an 8 year veteran of the South Dakota Highway Patrol.
Sioux Falls Police Officer Sam Clemens Explains What Happened:
One witness stated that the chase reached speeds of up to 80 mph.
At some point during the situation, shots were fired by officers at the suspects vehicle.
"The suspect's car was disabled and stopped near 47th and Western Avenue," continued Clemens. "She was taken into custody and also taken to the hospital."
Attorney General Marty Jackley confirmed that the suspect is suffering from gunshot wounds.
The name of the suspect have not been released. Western Avenue was closed during the incident, but is now open for morning traffic.


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Judge: No sleepover but lawyers can spend 12 hours in Guantánamo's secret prison
They can't sleep over, but a judge has ordered the military to let defense attorneys spend 12 hours inside the secret prison at Guantánamo that houses alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his accused co-conspirators, attorneys said Thursday.
Prisoners like Mohammed, who was waterboarded 183 times in CIA custody, are kept in a clandestine compound called Camp 7 guarded by an elite unit called Task Force Platinum.
Defense lawyers wanted a two-night stay to assess conditions of confinement in the place where the Pentagon holds the five men accused of plotting the worst terror attack on U.S. soil.
In the military, harsh pre-trial conditions can create what lawyers call a mitigating factor as they argue against these men getting the death penalty if they are convicted. These defense lawyers say their clients were tortured in U.S. custody, and the Pentagon has lost the moral authority to execute them.
Prosecutors had proposed a two-hour tour that sounded like those given to members of Congress .
But Judge James Pohl, an Army colonel, ruled Tuesday that a 12-hour stay between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. would be sufficient.
Defense teams for each of the accused would be taken to the secret site, separately, and could speak to their client plus whomever the military designates as their escort. No more than three members of each team could go on the visit, the judge ruled, leaving it up to the lawyers to decide whether to use up one slot with a Pentagon-paid translator or mitigation expert.
Pohl refused their request to interview guards.
The ruling itself was still under seal at the war court Thursday but two attorneys who had seen the six-page ruling described its content.
Defense teams will be allowed to take pictures and make sketches, diagrams and notes during their visit, the judge ordered. But they must submit those materials for an intelligence inspection to determine which part would be stamped Top Secret.
Either way, the judge forbade prosecutors from looking at it, as protected attorney-client work product.
Pohl issued the order a week after Camp 7 prison camp guards searched the cells of the Sept. 11 prisoners and seized a range of materials from a photo of the Grand Mosque in Mecca to a former FBI agent's memoirs to toilet paper with English words scrawled on it. The guards also confiscated some captives' privileged attorney-client documents, which a prison camp lawyer said were reviewed for appropriate markings and would be returned.


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amalie79 wrote:Ah, yes. Mine inhale, too, and we have to pause for a little hacking session. I like the Natural Balance rolls-- you can get sample rolls for $1 to try different flavors. I also forgot to mention that mine love LOVE LOVE Bil Jac liver treats and goobers-- if your guys like peanut butter, those are the ones. I buy the ones for small dogs, and then even cut those in half. They are tiny, and especially cheap at our local shop, but they're not terribly pricey at PetCo, either. I also buy the goobers for larger dogs to have when I need something Robin can nibble and nibble and nibble in my fingers, like when I want her to be eating a treat the whole time someone's walking by us.
Salami is a fan favorite, too, and you might be able to snag some leftovers form holiday party trays, or party trays on clearance.
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Loons, anti governments loons, why not call them what the really are? Incompetent assOs!! Why insult Loons…
Ralphie you might shoot your eye out!!! BB guns? Control BB Guns??
Gun grabbers lead by Dimwit LoonStein D-Ca want it all..All power to the State..None to the People…
Support Morgan!! Buy MORE guns!!!! Says he will leave, deport himself, if we don't change and I am not changing for some pontificating loud mouth from formerly Great Britain!!!
Laws for little people, no important politicians and their Public relations firms formerly called 'journalists!'…..
The armed snowball fighter…Needs this!!
Hmmmm this looks like fun….Powered Snowboard!!!
Piers Morgan: "Bible Flawed, Needs to be Revised" Flawed? This Morgan dude is 'flawed'!!
Hobby Lobby First Business to Openly Defy Obamacare Mandate Defiance. Is the next step.
Sen. Feinstein Wants Every Gun and Gun Owner Registered
I think she and everyone else in D.C. needs to registered. And then a wall built around the whole damn city…
Armed School Guards!!! HA!! Not for you peons!!
Only for us Elite Folks!!
Obama sinking the economy. On purpose..
Who are the Sons God?


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Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, announced Monday that he opposes U.S. military action against Syria.
President Barack Obama is requesting that Congress authorize military strikes against Syria in response to its use of chemical weapons.
Polis, in a written op/ed submitted to the Daily Camera that will be published in print on Wednesday, wrote that he was naturally skeptical of another war, but wanted to read classified briefings before making a final decision.
After reviewing those materials, he wrote, his opinion didn't change.
"The president has chosen to ask for the advice and counsel of Congress, and with my voice and my vote, I respond: do not attack Syria," Polis wrote.
He concluded that the use of chemical weapons in Syria deserves a response, but the reasons not to attack Syria and the risks of escalation outweigh the benefits from the proposed military action.
An attack on Syria doesn't make the American people safer, Polis wrote, and the possible death of innocent Syrian civilians as collateral damage from missile strikes may increase local and regional anti-Western sentiment — and risks increasing the ranks of terrorists.
"I hope that my opposition and others that are speaking up help the president and his advisers look at this in a different way, and find a way to make the world safe from chemical weapons without all the inherent risks in attacking Syria," Polis said in an interview.
The lack of a United Nations mandate in support of military action also undermines the United States' legitimacy to act, he wrote. He also cautioned that an American attack could inadvertently strengthen extremists, while undermining support for more moderate forces.
"The potential use of force should not be removed from the table, but it should be the last option considered after others are exhausted and a stronger international commitment exists," Polis wrote.


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WASHINGTON – In October, airlines improved their on-time performance while posting a lower rate of canceled flights and mishandled baggage than the same period in 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report released today. In addition, airlines reported no long tarmac delays or chronically late flights for two consecutive months or more, and consumers filed fewer complaints with DOT about airline service.
The consumer report also includes data on the causes of flight delays filed with the Department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by the reporting carriers, as well as disability and discrimination complaints received by DOT's Aviation Consumer Protection Division. The consumer report also includes reports of incidents involving the loss, death, or injury of pets traveling by air, as required to be filed by U.S. carriers.
Tarmac Delays
Airlines reported no tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and no tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in October.
The larger U.S. airlines have been required to file complete reports on their long tarmac delays for domestic flights since October 2008. Under a rule that took effect Aug. 23, 2011, all U.S. and foreign airlines operating at least one aircraft with 30 or more passenger seats must report lengthy tarmac delays at U.S. airports.
Also beginning Aug. 23, 2011, carriers operating international flights may not allow tarmac delays at U.S. airports to last longer than four hours without giving passengers an opportunity to deplane. There is a separate three-hour limit on tarmac delays involving domestic flights, which went into effect in April 2010. Exceptions to the time limits for both domestic and international flights are allowed only for safety, security, or air traffic control-related reasons. Severe weather could cause or exacerbate such situations.
On-Time Performance
The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 84.1 percent in October, up from both October 2012's 80.2 percent mark and from September 2013's 83.8 percent.
The reporting carriers canceled 0.6 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in October, down from both the 2.8 percent cancellation rate posted in October 2012 and the 0.9 percent rate posted in September 2013.
Chronically Delayed Flights
At the end of October, there were no regularly scheduled flights that were chronically delayed – more than 30 minutes late more than 50 percent of the time – for two consecutive months or more. A list of flights that were chronically delayed for a single month is available from BTS.
Causes of Flight Delays
In October, the carriers filing on-time performance data reported that 4.69 percent of their flights were delayed by aviation system delays, compared to 4.41 percent in September; 5.80 percent by late-arriving aircraft, compared to 5.81 percent in September; 4.46 percent by factors within the airline's control, such as maintenance or crew problems, compared to 4.45 percent in September; 0.22 percent by extreme weather, compared to 0.40 percent in September; and 0.02 percent for security reasons, compared to 0.03 percent in September.
Weather is a factor in both the extreme-weather category and the aviation-system category. This includes delays due to the re-routing of flights by DOT's Federal Aviation Administration in consultation with the carriers involved. Weather is also a factor in delays attributed to late-arriving aircraft, although airlines do not report specific causes in that category.
Data collected by BTS also shows the percentage of late flights delayed by weather, including those reported in either the category of extreme weather or included in National Aviation System delays. In October, 27.39 percent of late flights were delayed by weather, down from 28.09 percent in October 2012 and from 32.75 percent in September.
Detailed information on flight delays and their causes is available on the BTS website at http://www.bts.gov.
Mishandled Baggage
The U.S. carriers reporting flight delays and mishandled baggage data posted a mishandled baggage rate of 2.52 reports per 1,000 passengers in October, down from both October 2012's rate of 2.83 and September 2013's rate of 2.70.
Incidents Involving Pets
In October, carriers reported four incidents involving the loss, death, or injury of pets while traveling by air, up from both the three reports filed in October 2012 and the two reports filed in September 2013. October's incidents involved the death of one pet and three injured pets.
Complaints About Airline Service
In October, the Department received 857 complaints about airline service from consumers, down 33.9 percent from the 1,296 complaints filed in October 2012, and down 15.0 percent from the 1,008 received in September 2013.
Complaints About Treatment of Disabled Passengers
The report also contains a tabulation of complaints filed with DOT in October against airlines regarding the treatment of passengers with disabilities. The Department received a total of 49 disability-related complaints in October, down from the total of 58 complaints filed in October 2012 and equal to the 49 complaints received in September 2013.
Complaints About Discrimination
In October, the Department received eight complaints alleging discrimination by airlines due to factors other than disability – such as race, religion, national origin, or sex – up from both the total of seven recorded in October 2012 and the five recorded in September 2013.
Consumers may file their complaints in writing with the Aviation Consumer Protection Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, C-75, W96-432, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590; by voice mail at (202) 366-2220 or by TTY at (202) 366-0511; or on the web at www.dot.gov/airconsumer.
Consumers who want on-time performance data for specific flights should call their airline's reservation number or their travel agent. This information is available on the computerized reservation systems used by these agents. The information is also available on the appropriate carrier's website.
The Air Travel Consumer Report is available in PDF format.
December 2013
Based on Data Filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by the 16 Reporting Carriers and Tarmac Data Filed by All Carriers
84.1 percent on-time arrivals
Highest On-Time Arrival Rates
- Hawaiian Airlines – 95.2 percent
- Delta Air Lines – 91.4 percent
- Alaska Airlines – 89.7 percent
Lowest On-Time Arrival Rates
- Southwest Airlines – 78.8 percent
- ExpressJet Airlines – 79.7 percent
- Frontier Airlines – 80.2 percent
Domestic Flights with Longest Tarmac Delays Exceeding Three Hours
*There were no domestic flights in October with tarmac delays exceeding three hours.
International Flights with Longest Tarmac Delays Exceeding Four Hours
*There were no international flights in October with tarmac delays exceeding four hours.
Highest Rates of Canceled Flights
- Mesa Airlines – 2.0 percent
- American Eagle Airlines – 1.7 percent
- SkyWest Airlines – 1.3 percent
Lowest Rates of Canceled Flights
- Delta Air Lines – 0.0 percent*
- Frontier Airlines – 0.1 percent
- Hawaiian Airlines – 0.1 percent
*Delta Air Lines canceled 18 flights in October.


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Das Horn Drinking Vessel
This is where we keep our drinkular wessels
- Holds 24 oz. of grog (or your libation of choice)
- Looks like animal horn but is actually BPA-free ABS plastic
- Perfect for Vikings or casual reenactors
When you attend a Renaissance festival, there are a few anachronisms that ruin a patron's well-meaning costume. Now, we are not the Garb Police. We're not talking about using a sewing machine for buttonholes and other such details that may be appropriate for castmembers or costume contests. And we're not talking about watches or phones. We're in the modern era, and both watches and phones are necessities for patrons. Watches tell you what time you need to be at which stage. And how are you expected to meet up with friends amongst 20,000 wandering fairegoers if you don't have a phone?
Our two pet peeves are
- Wearing athletic shoes. These folks go all out with the rest of the costume and hope that people will cut off their feet in the photo or something. Feet still count!
- Drinking out of the disposable cup. Many festivals are sponsored by a soda company, so you'll be standing in your gorgeous costume, a cup of Slurm prominently displayed in your hand.
We're here to help eradicate the second problem with the Das Horn Drinking Vessel. Drinking horns have been used by various cultures since antiquity. In fact, Wikipedia tells us that they're in a feast scene in the Bayeux Tapestry. Sure, bits of the Das Horn are modern: it's made from BPA-free ABS plastic with a stainless steel rim. Cheers to you for not using an animal's horn. It has a nylon neck strap, which can be easily replaced to hang from your belt. And if you just want it for around the house or for celebrating your Viking Berserker character's critical hits, it comes in a box reminiscent of a single malt with a clean plastic stand that sets it off nicely.
Product Specifications
- Das Horn Drinking Vessel
- Perfect for the Viking in your life or your casual reenactment enthusiast
- Comes with neck strap and display stand
- Display stand: plastic, 6 3/4" tall
- Neck strap: nylon, 15" drop, 32" total length, attaches with D rings
- Stainless steel rim is engraved with "Das Horn" - take it to an engraver to get it personalized
- Capacity: 24 oz. (!!!1!)
- Materials: BPA-free ABS plastic with a stainless steel rim
- Dimensions: 3 3/4" diameter, 13" long
- Not intended for use with hot liquids!
- Dishwasher safe (although we assume it should be a warm and not hot water cycle)


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LOS ANGELES- Los Angeles police say speed may be a factor in a deadly crash involving Salma Hayek's brother.
Lt. Andrew Neiman tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1kckrm2 ) that 40-year-old Sami Hayek may have been going too fast on a curvy stretch of Sunset Boulevard when he lost control of a high-powered Ford GT Sunday afternoon.
Neiman says the muscle car fishtailed, crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a pickup truck.
The crash broke Hayek's ribs and killed his passenger, photographer and Grammy-winning art director Ian Cuttler Sala.
The pickup driver suffered a broken foot.
Neiman says no drugs or alcohol were involved.
The actress's younger brother is a furniture designer. Efforts to reach him and Salma Hayek were unsuccessful.
According to his website, the 43-year-old Cuttler won a Grammy for his design of the "Johnny Cash: The Legend" music box set.


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Children's heart conditions can't be prevented, but a lot can be done to improve and often completely repair their hearts at any age. Thanks to advanced technology and the pediatric heart experts at the Nemours Cardiac Center (based at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children), most children born with a heart problem — even newborns only hours or days old — can be quickly diagnosed and treated right when it matters the most. At the Cardiac Center, we specialize in early detection and repair of congenital heart defects (also often called, "congenital heart disease").
If your child's been diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot (or "TOF," for short), we're here to ease your concerns, answer your questions, and give your child the best possible chance for a healthy future.
Tetralogy of Fallot is a combination of four related heart defects:
- ventricular septal defect (or "VSD," a hole between the lower chambers of the heart)
- pulmonary stenosis (a narrowing of the pulmonary valve which obstructs flow from the heart to the lungs)
- an overriding aorta (an aorta that can receive blood from both the left and right ventricles, instead of draining just the left)
- right ventricular hypertrophy (a thickened right ventricle)
The main problem in tetralogy of Fallot is the VSD which is what is called a "malaligned" VSD because the septum (the muscular part of the heart that separates the left and right chambers) isn't lined up properly. Instead, part of the septum is shifted toward the right side, which blocks the blood flow leaving the heart to go to the lungs (this is called "pulmonary stenosis"). This part of the septum also shifts the aorta (the main blood vessel carrying oxygen rich-blood to the body) from its usual position and the aorta can then get blood from both the left ventricle (oxygen-rich blood) and from the right ventricle (oxygen-poor blood).
Because the right ventricle, which is supposed to pump against the lower blood pressure in the lungs is, instead, pumping blood out the aorta to the body (which has a higher blood pressure), the muscle gets bigger, resulting in the fourth component of tetralogy of Fallot: the right ventricular hypertrophy.
Tetralogy of Fallot Causes Decreased Blood Flow to the Lungs
Normally, the oxygen-poor blood in the heart flows from the right ventricle through the pulmonary artery, to the lungs to receive oxygen and then return to the left ventricle to be pumped back out to the body. The pulmonary valve connects the right ventricle to the main pulmonary artery. In children with tetralogy of Fallot, the path of blood from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery is narrowed ("pulmonary stenosis"). This narrowing may happen:
- at the pulmonary valve (this is called "valvar" obstruction)
- above the valve (this is called "supravalvar" obstruction)
- below the valve within the right ventricle, in an area called the "right ventricular outflow tract" (this is called "subvalvar obstruction," or "right ventricular outflow tract obstruction")
Because the pathway for blood to leave the heart toward the lungs is blocked, some of that oxygen-poor ("blue") blood can flow out to the body, so children with tetralogy of Fallot defect often appear bluish (this is called "cyanosis").
The degree or amount of pulmonary stenosis in tetralogy of Fallot varies between children — and this changes the amount of "blue" blood going out to the body. Some children with mild narrowing may not be bluish at all, while at the other extreme, the right ventricular outflow tract is completely blocked off. This is called "tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia" ("atresia" is the term for a valve that's so small that it has no opening at all).
Hypercyanotic or "Tet" Spells
Children with tetralogy of Fallot are at risk of having "hypercyanotic spells" or "Tet spells." These happen when the muscle of the right ventricular outflow tract spasms or tightens. Along with a sudden increase in the resistance to flow through the lungs from tightening of the small blood vessels in the lungs, this leads to a sudden decrease in the amount of blood going to the lungs.
More oxygen-poor "blue" blood flows out the aorta and the child's oxygen levels (or "oxygen saturation") decrease rapidly (this is called "hypoxia"). The hypoxia causes more tightening of the blood vessels in the lungs and a downward spiral can begin. Older children learn to squat in order to prevent or treat a spell. Although the exact mechanism isn't clear, squatting increases resistance to blood going out the aorta and forces more blood to go through the lungs — this increases the oxygen levels and ends the spell.
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Some children with tetralogy of Fallot are diagnosed before birth during pregnancy using a fetal echocardiogram (or "fetal echo"). Others may be diagnosed after birth, either because measurement of the oxygen levels in the blood ("oxygen saturation") show that there's "blue" blood going out to the body, or because one the baby's caregivers hears a heart murmur.
Occasionally, children with tetralogy of Fallot have very little obstruction to blood leaving the right ventricle. In this case, instead of "blue" blood flowing out the aorta to the body, oxygen-rich blood from the left ventricle flows out the lungs (as in a more usual ventricular septal defect). These children aren't cyanotic (bluish) and may develop heart failure symptoms just like a child with only a VSD. These children are sometimes described as "pink tetralogy of Fallot.
The diagnosis is usually made using an echocardiogram ("echo"), which also allows the caregiver to identify the specific type of tetralogy of Fallot. An echo is a completely safe and painless test that uses ultrasound (sound waves) to build a series of pictures of the heart. Most children with the simpler versions of tetralogy of Fallot won't need a cardiac catheterization, CT scan or MRI. But some children with more complex versions may need these additional tests before treatment.
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Unlike many congenital heart defects in which all or most babies with a particular defect will behave similarly in terms of developing symptoms and needing treatment, the timing and exact type of treatment for tetralogy of Fallot varies a lot from child to child. But all children will need open-heart surgery.
A "complete repair" includes closing the VSD with a patch and enlarging the pulmonary valve, pulmonary artery and the area below the valve in the heart muscle to allow blood to flow to the lungs. Enlarging the right ventricular outflow tract (the region from the right ventricular muscle to the pulmonary artery which allows blood to flow to the lungs) often requires an incision across the pulmonary valve and placement of a patch to widen the outflow tract (called a "transannular patch"). A complete repair causes the blood to follow the normal pathway through the heart.
The exact timing of surgery remains controversial, but most agree that children having hypercyanotic spells ("Tet spells") or with severe cyanosis (low levels of oxygen in the blood) need surgery. In nearly all children, surgery will happen between 1 month and 1 year of age.
When surgical intervention is necessary in a child who isn't a good candidate for complete repair (e.g., a very small baby, or one with tiny pulmonary arteries or other heart defects), a temporary procedure called a "palliative" procedure may be performed. A palliative procedure consists of placing a tube of synthetic material (a "shunt") from the aorta to the pulmonary artery to increase blood flow to the lungs. There are a variety of methods of doing this. The most commonly performed shunt today is called the "modified Blalock-Taussig shunt," in which a tube of the synthetic material Gore-Tex is placed between the subclavian artery and the pulmonary artery.
Children with tetralogy of Fallot do well in the long term, although many will require additional procedures later in life. In children with TOF, the pulmonary valve is abnormal and usually doesn't function properly after the repair. Children can tolerate a leaking pulmonary valve for many years, but many will eventually require a procedure to repair or replace the valve. This may happen in childhood, but may not be necessary until children are in their 20s or even later.
In order to determine when (or if) your child will need additional procedures, we recommend close follow-up with your child's pediatric cardiologist, including echocardiograms and MRIs to keep an eye on the function of the heart as your child grows.
If your child has tetralogy of Fallot, know that at the Nemours Cardiac Center we're here to give your child the very best, most comprehensive and compassionate care. Our goal is to guide your family, from start to finish, through your child's heart defect journey — and to help your child live the healthiest, most fulfilling life possible.
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~As the Vikings returned from a day off and gathered for a team meeting Wednesday, Nov. 28, coach Leslie Frazier asked his players if he should make a speech to explain the importance of this week's game.
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The Vikings know they can invigorate their playoff hopes with a win at Lambeau Field on Sunday. They can pull even with the Green Bay Packers for second place in the NFC North. But while a win would mean plenty to the Vikings' chances of extending a surprise season, Frazier also has made sure they know it would turn around a rivalry that means more to their fans than any other.
"(When) you've got so many new guys on your team, like we do, and so many young players, they don't know the implications of the rivalry," said Frazier, who also took part in a heated rivalry with the Packers while he played for the Bears from 1981-85. "They don't know the passion that our fans have for getting a win against Green Bay. I wanted them also to understand where we are in the standings and the importance of the game from that point of view, but also, the border rivalry. I think it's important they understand the history of the rivalry."
Lately, that history hasn't been good to the Vikings. They've lost nine of 12 games against the Packers since Mike McCarthy took over as Green Bay's coach in 2006, with their only wins coming on a missed Mason Crosby field goal in 2008 and a full steam of Brett Favre vengeance in 2009.
The rest of the recent ledger has been ugly. The Vikings lost 34-0 the last time they faced Favre in 2007, failed to beat Aaron Rodgers in his debut as a starter in 2008, fell 31-3 at the Metrodome in Brad Childress' last game in 2010 and got pummeled 45-7 on "Monday Night Football" in their 2011 trip to Lambeau.
As the Packers battled the Bears for the 2011 NFC title and the Vikings sunk to the bottom of the division last year, the Packers-Vikings matchup lost some of its meaning. But the Vikings are competitive for the first time since 2009, and there's real postseason significance attached to their meeting with the Packers on Sunday.
For the Vikings, a win would put some juice back into the rivalry.
"We know what this means to the state of Minnesota, what it means to this organization and what's at stake for this season right now," quarterback Christian Ponder said. "We're excited. We're 6-5 right now. We're in a great position. We're going into one of the biggest games of the year. We're ready."
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The incident last Tuesday occurred about 500 meters from the entrance of the Big Gossan Mine. Emergency crews have been combing the rubble, the company said, and pulled out bodies Monday.
The Indonesian government said a tunnel roof collapsed after a landslide.
"I have visited the accident site and met with our injured employees and the loved ones of those lost in this tragic event," said Richard Adkerson, president and CEO of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold.
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