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Judy Hodgkiss
Paris, Texas
877-593-0315 (Toll free)
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Mrs. Hodgkiss maintains a general trial practice that includes Family Law, Civil and Criminal Litigation and Personal Injury matters. She was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1986 following her graduation from Baylor University. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Northeast Texas and Lamar County Bar Associations, the American Bar Association, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and was a Member of the State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee, 6th Judicial District, 1996 - 2002. Mrs. Hodgkiss has an AV Preeminent Rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings System.
Areas of Practice
- Family Law
- Civil and Criminal Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Trial Practice
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1988
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas
- J.D. cum laude - 1986
- Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas
- B.B.A. magna cum laude - 1983
- Paris Junior College
- A.A. summa cum laude - 1980
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Texas, Member
- Northeast Texas Bar Association, Member
- Lamar County Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee, 6th Judicial District, Member, 1996 - 2002


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The following article by Paddy Murray was originally published by The Sunday World on July 2nd.
Dave Browne and Meatloaf have a few things in common.
They sing. They write songs. They perform.
And neither particularly likes the music industry.
"Just a few weeks ago, Meatloaf went online to urge his fans NOT to buy the latest re-release of Bat Out of Hell," Picturehouse lead singer Dave told me the other day.
"Why? Because he doesn't make a penny out of the song,."
Meatloaf explained that though he and Jim Stein man wrote the song which has sold 44 million copies around the world, "Jim and I have gotten, I am serious, pennies."
Dave has had his fill of record companies too.
"I hope this doesn't sound bitter, because I'm not. But we've struggled with the music industry from the start. Most bands do. And certainly most Irish bands do," he said.
"The trouble is, the music industry isn't designed to help the artists. We've tried to get our albums back from a record company that doesn't appear to have any interest in them, but they won't give them back. So everything we do, we do ourselves – in fact, we even made the albums and funded them ourselves but still can't get our hands on them."
Picturehouse has come and gone and come back again always, it seems, against the odds.
Now, they have a new vinyl album – How Do I Explain How This Came To Be – on the way, Sunburst is being re-released and they will perform in the National Concert Hall on September 13.
"I love music. We love music. But you need luck, timing, being in the right place at the right time – all sorts, to make the breakthrough. It's always been that way.
"An English label signed us. But because we weren't Blur or Oasis, they didn't know what to do with us.
"We almost signed with a massive Scandinavian kingpin who had several independent labels. He was to sort out paperwork over the weekend. But he died. And that was that."
And Dave said that, even when things went spectacularly right, they went spectacularly wrong!
"We supported the Corrs on tour and sold 10,000 albums at eight shows. But the venue took 25 per cent, we had to buy each record from the record company for £6.50, we had to buy our place on the tour and pay our own costs. So despite selling 10,000 records, we were out of pocket.
"When the band first folded, despite all our success, we were €86,000 in debt!"
The Picturehouse story is one that could be told by dozens of brilliant Irish bands who lost out over the years…
"The system is rigged against the artist," Dave said.
And he's a staunch defender of Pop Music. "I think there is snobbery about – some people seem to forget that "pop" stands for popular.
"We had sold out two gigs in the Olympia a while ago and one music critic complained about our 'over zealous' fans!!! That's a new one. Complaining about the fans."
Fans of Dave and his music can also catch him, with guitarist EsaTaponen in Don Baker's pub, Brogan's, in Trim on September 16th.
And, of course, Dave fronts an extremely popular wedding band The Controversial All Stars as well as running a car company called MotorBroker.ie, which imports quality cars from the UK.
"Music and cars. My two passions," Dave says.
Here's hoping for a Sunburst, not a Cloudburst, on September 13.

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Beaches in Hartlepool have been littered with dead seagulls - for the second time in two months.
Since Friday more than 70 birds have been washed up on the stretch of beach between the Heugh Breakwater and Blackhall. In November the Gazette told how animal experts and the Environment Agency were stumped when more than 50 birds were washed up dead on Seaton Carew beach.
Despite water tests and post-mortem examinations on the birds the experts never determined how the birds died.
At the time the Environment Agency said because water samples came back showing no signs of pollution and because the birds didn't show obvious signs of pollution they couldn't take the matter any further.
Experts suspected some form of botulism. The RSPCA disputed that, saying botulism tends to happen only in the summer, so the deaths remained a mystery.
Today Government scientists from the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs were carrying out tests on the birds to discover what killed them.
Calls about the dead birds started to flood into the RSPCA and DEFRA on Friday and continued all weekend.
"It's unusual to find so many dead birds being washed up at this time of year," said Neil Mitchell, RSPCA Chief Inspector for County Durham and Cleveland. "Because of the weather conditions, we do get dead birds at sea, but never in these numbers.
"This could be another incident like the one we had in November or it could even be bigger, we just don't know. I will be liaising with the Environment Agency and will be pressing them to do more tests, identify a cause and get this stopped."
A spokesman for the Environment Agency said: "We're aware of the matter and we're liaising with DEFRA who are carrying out tests. When we receive the results of these tests, we'll be deciding if we need to take any action."


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We are pleased to say that a portion of the sales from this stamp set will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society.
When I saw these gorgeous sentiments, Bible Journaling and Doodling jumped to my mind, so here is my make for today:
Colouring: Watercolour Zig and Ecoline Pens, Pigma Micron, Staedler, Pentel on Arches Hot Pressed
I simply stamped my sentiment on Arches Paper and built my image around it. I drew a candle in Pigma Micron, taking inspiration from Joanne Fink's work which I love. I then watercoloured everything using wtc pens and added details in gel pens.
Challenges I am entering:
Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge - Anything Goes
Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends Facebook Page! The winner will be announced at the Party!
The LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY is on Saturday afternoon at 1pm EST! We'll be checking out all of the new stamps sets!
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George's Day was celebrated in traditional style in Ross-on-Wye
on 23rd April 2004 by many local people, both in town and
at various establishments. Below I have published six of
the many photographs I took during the afternoon and evening,
which began for me by visiting Medieval Knight, Chris Mailey
at his home and watching whilst Mike Hall struggled to dress
Chris and Jon Holden in authentic medieval armour.
Jon and Mike accompanied by the much younger knight, Jacob
Timms then walked through the town handing out the flag
of St. George and sweets to children, making their way to
the Hope
& Anchor for an evening of entertainment, which
included Morris Dancing and singing. The walk was no mean
feat for John and Chris, wearing the equivalent amount of
metal as that which can be found in a small family saloon
the Riverside, the knights were joined by Foxwhelp Morris
and at the 'Hope', entertainment was provided by 'Wild Oats'
Forest Border Morris with 'Milne and James' performing in
the bar. The evening finished for me by rushing to Wilton
Court, where I photographed a Wild Oats and Forest Morris
combined dance session. I later joined in, playing a borrowed
guitar for one or two of the folk tunes which finished off
the evening. Only one shandy passed my lips throughout as
I needed to see through the camera and the knights had a
situation, in that armour suffers certain similarities to
those of a space suit but with a less sophisticated filtration
unit!. The same cannot be said for most however and I suspect
that a certain amount of drunkenness may have taken place.


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Fossil Anderson Flip ID Bifold Wallet - Black
You can't improve on a classic, but this refined bifold wallet is made to fit the (style) bill. Made with rich leather and modern details such as sliding 2-in-1 slots, clear ID pocket and more, this must-have accessory is perfect for the modern guy who appreciates great quality and versatility.
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The soils of these vineyards are alluvial loams, over alluvial gravels that form the Martinborough Terrace. This composition ensures exceptional drainage and warmer profiles, key prerequisites for nurturing and producing premium quality, healthy grape vines. The climate is cool with summer days rarely exceeding 30º centigrade. This allows the grapes to ripen very slowly and to develop pure, powerful fruit characters with finely textured tannins. The rainfall is low averaging 700mm per annum with very stable weather patterns particularly during autumn, the all-important harvest period
Escarpment's Artisan range is a commitment to the future expansion of our key varieties. Exploring boundaries has always been part of our philosophy and is exhibited in our winemaking approach. As we are 1 year away from Biogro certification (we hope) it's time to start discovering the possibilities of organically grown fruit and a more natural approach to our winemaking.
For many years, Larry McKenna was fuelled with the desire to craft a Pinot Noir that was purely dedicated to expressing the unique vineyard characteristics, collectively known as terroir, of the Martinborough Terraces. In 2003, treading in the historic footsteps of Burgundy where Larry developed his passion for Pinot Noir, he turned a tiny amount of grapes from his low-yielding Te Muna Road vineyard into what is now one of New Zealand's most revered wines, Kupe.
From the outstanding 2006 vintage Larry added a further two exceptional sites that he knew offered unique qualities that would shine through the resulting wines. These are Kiwa and Te Rehua. Together, these three wines portray the essence of the Martinborough Terraces.
The Escarpment Vineyard EDGE range includes Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris. It has been created to allow more fruit driven easy drinking expressions of these varieties.They are made without the use of oak and usually include small amounts of residual sugar. This means the wines are ideal for current vintage drinking and make great aperitifs. For this reason they are often found sold by the glass in restaurants.
All fruit for our Edge is from Martinborough and is processed in the same meticulous manner Escarpment wines are made.
These wines age gracefully but make for great drinking in the first one or two years after bottling.


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"Pushing Daisies" Spoilers #1.02: "Dummy"
ABC's quirky new comedy "Pushing Daisies," a critical darling and possibly "the best new show of the season," doesn't premiere before October 3, a week after ABC's new Wednesday night line-up launches, but we already have stills and spoilers from the 2nd episode titled "Dummy" (airs October 10 at 8/7c). Check them all out, after the jump. I will post the pilot episode ("Pie-lette") recap, later this week.
When an automotive expert is found dead (ironically enough) after a strange hit-and-run accident, Ned suspects there's more to the story, especially when he finds out the deceased worked for a company about to launch an experimental car. Meanwhile, Chuck wants some answers about how Ned brought her back to life. Jonathan Mangum and Riki Lindhome guest star.
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How to behave when meeting with dangerous inhabitants of the black sea
The black sea resorts of Crimea, Caucasus, Bulgaria, Romania the most popular in summer and autumn seasons. We will talk about what dangerous marine animals can meet vacationers.
In the Black sea is home to two species of anemone (or sea anemone). This coelenterates animals, fingers which have stinging cells that emit a strong poison. However, they cannot penetrate human skin, so in contact with Actinia he feels a slight burning.
To coelenterates animals are treated and all known jellyfish. The largest jellyfish—eared (Aurelia, or the sea saucer) and kornerot.
Aurelia is easily distinguished from Camerota on telcobridges body shape. These jellyfish are harmless enough, and the consequence of meeting with them is a slight reddening of the mucous membranes of the mouth and eyes.
Kornerot has a mushroom shape, from under a round dome with a diameter of up to half hangs a crown of tentacles. Stinging cells are located at comerota only on the tentacles, on the dome they are not. So if you met with such a jellyfish Bo-bathing, calmly take her hand to the top of the dome and take away from himself, trying to keep the tentacles have not touched your body.
Careless contact with the stinging tentacles corprotocracy threads, invisible to the eye, injected into the human skin the poison that causes different people have different reactions, from burning to blistering, as in the case of burn. To the burn it is necessary to impose a dry sterile bandage and be sure to consult a doctor. Cases of severe poisoning with poison of kornerot very rare.
Sometimes the black sea beaches, you can see how some fans of self-medication are rubbed with the jellyfish in the hope to get rid of rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia. Such "treatment" is unacceptable, it can lead to unpredictable consequences, because the venom of jellyfish remain poorly understood.
More recently, with dangerous marine animals in the Black sea faced mainly fishermen and careless bathers. Now there is a lot of sportsmen-divers and underwater hunters. Yes and vacationers, renting a mask, fins and snorkel, often go to scuba diving. Many of them are eager to catch all life that gets in the eyes, not thinking about the possible consequences.
And some fish are very thoroughly armed. So, sea Fox tail bone sharp-lined plaques, and looks, like a saw. Sea cat (rays) spike at the base of the tail is provided with two poisonous glands that produce poison, acting on the cardiovascular system. These two fish, reaching sizes of over a meter and leading benthic lifestyle, tend to bury themselves in the sand or pebbles at shallow depths near the shore, especially in calm weather. They can be found on dug the ground in shallow water. Careless bather can step on them and get a prick of a thorn of the rays or tail shock-saw the sea foxes.
After the sting of the thorn sea cat you should immediately get out of the water, try to suck out the poison, then spitting out, and to clean the wound. In the place where the injury appears severe pain, swollen tissues. Cases of fatal poisoning are extremely rare. However, the victim must seek medical attention.
Sea Fox tail-saw gets a cut wound, with the possible infection. The wound edges should be lubricated with tincture of iodine or brilliant green, apply a sterile dressing as soon as possible deliver the victim in medical institution.
Weeverfish is the most dangerous fish in the European seas. The injection of poisonous spines of its first dorsal fin is causing increasing acute pain, peaking after half an hour. The injection site reddens and swells, possibly tissue death. There is a headache, sweating, fever, pain in the heart region, breathing is impaired. In case of severe poisoning may occur paralysis of the limbs, loss of speech, respiratory arrest and death. You should suck the venom out, spitting it, wash it with a solution of potassium permanganate, and if not on hand, just warm water. The victim must be transported immediately to the clinic.
On the Black sea are very likely to see sea and with a bristle brush. The rays of the dorsal fin and Gill covers of this fish have poisonous glands, the poison has mainly local effects. Rare sea ruff on the stony ground, usually in thickets of seaweed, it is easy to catch with a fishing rod on the shore. The fish are almost not afraid of man, and underwater swimmers often pay for that shot of the fin rays sea perch. The victim appears sharp pain, fever, injection site swells, sometimes it is an abscess. To avoid this, it is necessary to suck the venom out, spitting it. And then seek medical assistance.
Let me remind you a few rules, the observance of which will help to avoid unpleasant consequences, when meeting with the dangerous inhabitants of the sea.
While swimming in shallow water beware of stepping on the sand, where he dug. Loosened, there can hide a poisonous fish.
dive with aqualung, hands are along the way of fish.
Do not remove the fish who has buried in the wet sand near the shore: among them can be poisonous.
remove any sea fish caught with the hook pre-stunned her.
Do not disassemble the catch produced by the network or other gear, bare hands, and use with gloves.


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Microsoft has announced a program which will allow Windows users to give feedback about your perceptions about the new operating system and . The Windows Feedback Program is not meant to be a platform for submitting bugs – but instead a platform for sharing your experience about Windows 8.
You will have to apply to be invited to this program. Customers who are finally invited will be able to give feedback via two methods. They can do so through surveys and automatically by installing a special client on their PC, which will collect and send data about your Windows 8.
Those who participate for more than 4 months will be eligible for free software and Xbox games like Microsoft Office 2010, Kinect Disneyland, and Forza Motorsport 4.
Go here to sign up. You will be greated with a Vista-ish interface – pointing out to the fact the program is not exactly new – Microsoft has only felt the need to ask for feedback about Windows 8, and hence reactivate the program.
The program is invite-only and open to US ctizens only.
Update June 2016: The program has been discontinued after release of Windows 10.


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The world of cabinets is not limited to a few options in terms of material, design, patterns, colors, etc. now. Cabinet manufacturers are coming up with innovative designs which are available on materials like wood, steel, laminate, etc. You can choose anything for your kitchen but research properly before you settle for purchasing one.
Take a look at the various materials used for making kitchen cabinets.
- Metal cabinets – This is one of the most popular forms of cabinets. Mainly made out of stainless steel, metal cabinets suit almost every kitchen type. You can go for a modern day metal cabinet or invest in one vintage steel cabinet if your budget is flexible. They are making a huge come back because of the easy maintenance procedure. To clean metal cabinets, you can use normal dish wash liquid with water. Buy a bottle of rubbing alcohol to get rid of the stubborn dirt, oil, and grease off the cabinets. If you notice a rust spot, make sure you immediately scrub it with an extremely fine steel wool to avoid further damage. If you are thinking of customizing your cabinet, you can expect a cost of about 5-8 time of a normal in stock one. The best part about getting a metal cabinet is that it is sturdy, sustainable, and generally remains unaffected by weather conditions.
- Thermofoil cabinets – One of the easiest ways of maintaining cabinets is a Thermo foil cabinet, which is made of vinyl and particle board. It is extremely easy to clean this kind of kitchen cabinets. You can use mild detergent every once in a while for a thorough clean. And use a soft washcloth for the regular spills and grease. They have high resistance to moisture so you don't have to panic about drying it at all times. You can get a very high end looking Thermo foil cabinet at a pocket-friendly
- Wooden cabinets – Another traditional form of cabinet is wooden cabinets. They are available in a lot of textures and colors these days. From vintage white cabinets to the regular dark brown classy walnut cabinets, the wide range of variations available will surely surprise you if you visit the right shop. Use a mixture of vinegar and water or baking soda to clean the wooden cabinets. And for maintaining the new look even years after purchasing it, use furniture wax every once in a while. If you have a specific budget, you can go for the "do it yourself" "ready to assemble" wood cabinets which come in compact boxes. You can, of course, customise the knobs and pulls according to your preference.
- Eco- friendly cabinets – If you are concerned about the environment, you can go for eco-friendly cabinets that are made from wood scraps, plywood scraps, and even leather scraps. Your guests will be concerned about the environment awareness too every time they visit your house. Available widely, eco-friendly cabinets are easy to maintain as well. Use a damp washcloth to clean them every once in a while. The main disadvantage of eco-friendly cabinets is its cost. But you can get discount kitchen cabinets if you research well.
- Laminate cabinets – The last kind that I am going to mention here is the laminate cabinets which are made of layers of veneers. Affordable and classy, laminate cabinets are generally dent and stain resistant. Laminate cabinets are affordable and are available easily. You can use an all-purpose cleaner for this one.
Now, you know all kinds of materials generally used for making a cabinet. Research and then settle for one. You can choose anything like vintage metal cabinets, walnut cabinets, eco-friendly cabinets, etc. Research must include things like cost, durability, cleaning and maintenance techniques, and availability.


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DataNucleus supports persisting/retrieving objects to/from OOXML documents (using the datanucleus-excel plugin). It makes use of the Apache POI project. If you wish to contribute to this plugin either by contributing or by sponsoring particular functionality please contact us via the DataNucleus Forum.
DataNucleus supports file-based OOXML documents currently.
The following persistence properties will connect to a local file on your local machine
replacing "myfile.xlsx" with your filename, which can be absolute or relative.
So you create your PersistenceManagerFactory or EntityManagerFactory with these properties. Thereafter you have the full power of the JDO or JPA APIs at your disposal, for your Excel datastore.
Access Platform allows you to query the objects in the datastore using the following
Excel (OOXML) datastore support assumes that objects of a class are persisted to a particular "sheet" of a spreadsheet. Similarly a field of a class is persisted to a particular "column" index of that "sheet". This provides the basis for Excel persistence. When persisting a Java object to an Excel spreadsheet clearly the user would like some control over what worksheet a class is persisted to, and to what column number a field is persisted. DataNucleus provides extension metadata tags to allow this control. Here's an example, using JDO XML metadata
<jdo> <package name="mydomain"> <class name="Person" detachable="true" table="People"> <field name="personNum"> <column position="0"/> </field> <field name="firstName"> <column position="1"/> </field> <field name="lastName"> <column position="2"/> </field> </class> </package> </jdo>
Note the following metadata usages (all are optional)
Here's the same example using JDO Annotations
@PersistenceCapable(table="People") public class Person { @Column(position=0) long personNum; @Column(position=1) String firstName; @Column(position=2) String lastName; }
Here's the same example using JPA Annotations (with DataNucleus @Extension/@Extensions annotations)
@Entity @Table(name="People") public class Person { @Id @ColumnPosition(0) long personNum; @ColumnPosition(1) String firstName; @ColumnPosition(2) String lastName; }
Obviously a spreadsheet cannot store related objects directly since each object is a row of a particular spreadsheet table. DataNucleus gets around this by storing the String-form of the identity of the related object in the relation cell. We also support using @Embedded to embed an object within the worksheet of another object.


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Confession of a Guiltless and Well-Rested Mommy
I have a confession to make and I know many of you will identify with what I am about to share with you. I, Julie Cloutier, lay down next to my 5 year old son every night to help him fall asleep. There, I said it and it feels so great!
Why aren't I feeling that common pang of guilt or embarrassment like most parents do when they have been outed on sleeping alongside their child? Because I know in my heart that I am giving my child what he needs right now.
Hundreds of books have been written about sleep, co-sleeping, sleep and breastfeeding, trying to get an infant, toddler or preschooler to sleep, and the like. It can be so overwhelming! It can be especially overwhelming when you are sleep-deprived and trying to sift through all this "sleep help" 😉
In my opinion, parents need to provide a nourishing environment for their child. If parents can manage to provide their child with the sense that the world is a safe place while their child tries to sleep in a room down the hall then, OK, do it that way. If the child's behavior does not demonstrate a sense that the world is safe sleeping on their own, then parents will find that they need to revise their methods to provide that safe and secure feeling within their household.
In my case, I haven't brought my son into my bed unless he was sick. However, like most children, he likes me to lay down with him until he falls asleep. This is the time of the day where he is the most relaxed and will really talk about serious things that are on his mind. It's an opportunity not to be missed! Right now, his over-imaginative mind is worried that a fire truck will zoom by with its loud sirens (which unfortunately happens quite often on my street), or that he will have a bad dream, or that some icky monster has taken up residency in his closet.
If children want to be close to you, why deny the opportunity for connecting with them? Growing up can be scary and wonderful and challenging. Even a nine-year-old is still pretty little in my opinion.
I know that I could be doing 100 other things around the house instead of lying next to my son, but what's more important: laundry or him? I've learned how to cut through the clutter and drama inside my mind and remain with only the essentials: a calm heart and gratitude. Within that quiet, I can see what truly matters; like watching one of my slumbering not-so-little-anymore babes. These are the moments that remind us to inhale a little deeper, to melt into the exhales, to remember that on the other side of those parenting growing pains, failures and frustrations, there are moments like this — ripe with simplicity and gratitude.
There is something that touches us deeply when we watch our children sleep. Their breathing is rhythmic and deep. Their faces and bodies are relaxed. There is a stillness that envelops us. We can take this time to breathe deeply and relax. This is a wonderful time to soak in this feeling of calm. It is a feeling that we want to call to mind when we are with our children at more hectic times.
Childhood is such a short time and being open to just being there and being available gives children such comfort.
And another small confession; sometimes, I fall asleep next to him and get a little extra sleep time. And who doesn't need extra sleep?
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A new promotional poster of the much-anticipated movie The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 has been unleashed by Summit Entertainment. The picture features Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and other characters. This image is similar to the one released at the San Diego Comic-Con, it puts some of the characters in different positions.
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Directed by Bill Condon, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 revolves around newlywed Edward and Bella, who must face a perilous chain of events that pits the Cullens and their allies. They are set for an all-out battle against the Volturi, a fearsome council of vampire leaders. The movie is slated to hit theaters on November 18.


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At Delhi Zoo, four monitor lizards died of tremor after being taken out of their fields during hibernation by a staff of Delhi Zoo. As per Warden Riyaz Khan the lizards were dragged out by a zoo ranger on January 28 without any approval and authorities have taken penalising action against that staff worker who did it. Postmortem report stated that lizards died of tremor.
According to the Mr. Khan, the lizards went in to hibernation from November to March and no food or water is given to them during this period.
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ASDES participants who carry out volunteering work at RSPCA – Llys Nini Animal Rehoming Centre, were involved in a task of a different kind this week. Gary the Centre Manager asked participants for help in erecting a marquee that was to hold a fundraising event over the weekend.
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I am thrilled to have been chosen as the Conservative candidate for Fletton and Woodston in next year's local elections, which will take place in May.
I live in West Town with my husband, Andy, who is already a Councillor in Fletton and Woodston and we have three grown-up daughters. I taught French at The Peterborough School for 17 years, and was also Head of Sixth Form. Before moving to Peterborough I lived in Egypt for 10 years, working in publishing and education and I have also lived in Libya, France and Germany. I have travelled widely in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. As well as French, I have a degree in Arabic, which I used to teach as well as English as a Foreign Language. I retired from teaching last year but I retain a keen interest in supporting young people into further education and employment. I am very aware of the importance to families of good local education for their children and as a councillor I would push for continued improvement in provision in Peterborough.
I have had a long involvement with the community, from introducing my students to charity work and volunteering locally, to helping to run a community association. I am currently volunteering at a charity in Peterborough and have been involved with charity fundraising for many years. I have been very impressed with the work of community groups and projects in the Ward. I believe it is vital that councillors support and promote these efforts, which do so much to provide activities and spaces for residents of all ages. I look forward to supporting the Botolph Green residents association, especially to make sure they continue to receive support for the Festival and to make sure the . Sugar Way The Dell and Fletton Rec play areas – equipment and play areas.
I have a genuine interest in the local environment and have participated in the litter picks organised by Woodston in Action and Thorpe Gate Rivercare. The Ward has wonderful green spaces, which I appreciate every day when I walk my dogs through Thorpe Meadows and along the river . As a councillor, I would be committed to ensuring that these spaces are clean and safe.
Keeping the streets safe and clean is also a priority and I know that this is a real concern in areas of the Ward. I fully support the Public Space Protection Order proposal because it will enable Council workers to have an impact on anti-social behaviour in a wider area, where we find a number of problems.


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Here are a few I have come across this week.
Note: Each link is followed by a title and a paragraph or two. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.
Age of meaningful use is here: Blumenthal
Posted: February 24, 2011 - 11:00 am ET
The year 2011 will stand out "as the time when medical care entered a new era—the age of meaningful use of health information," Dr. David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information technology at HHS, wrote in a letter posted on the HHS website.
The Doctor Will Tweet You Now
Thursday, 02/17/11 4:38pm
Scott Hensley
I'm pretty sure my internist isn't on Twitter. And I think it's better that way. I really do.
When I take a look at what some doctors tweet I get a little worried. Would they describe my visit, sometimes explicitly, in 140 characters?
Turns out I'm not the only one to wonder about this. In a letter published this week in JAMA, Dr. Katherine Chretien, a hospitalist at the Washington DC VA Medical Center, and some colleagues describe their look at what "self-identified physicians" were tweeting about.
What did they find in their analysis of 260 accounts that had at least 500 followers?
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Economy, Health IT Policy Take Center Stage at HIMSS11
ORLANDO -- The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and its annual conference have come a long way. As the organization celebrates its Golden anniversary, it is clear that HIMSS has grown significantly -- both in membership and influence.
Twenty-five years ago, the HIMSS annual conference attracted 3,000 attendees to Scottsdale, Ariz., according to C. Martin Harris -- director of the HIMSS Board of Directors and CIO and chair of the IT division at the Cleveland Clinic.
At HIMSS11 -- which kicked off Monday in Orlando -- the organization expects more than 31,000 attendees, according to HIMSS President and CEO H. Stephen Lieber. As of Monday, conference registration was 18% higher than registration figures at the same time last year, Lieber said.
The exhibition side of the conference is getting bigger, too. This year, the 450,000 square-foot exhibit hall boasts more than 1,000 exhibitors -- the most in conference history. The interoperability showcase alone takes up one acre.
Initiative to Harmonize Data Exchange Standards
HDM Breaking News, February 20, 2011
The Office of the National Coordinator has launched the HL7/IHE Health Story Implementation Guide Consolidation Project, an initiative to consolidate and harmonize required health information exchange specifications that support meaningful use of electronic health record systems.
Project collaborators include the Health Level Seven International standards development organization, the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise industry stakeholder initiative and the Health Story Project, an industry collaborative that develops technical implementation guides for electronic documents transmitted using HL7 standards.
Volunteer participants will consolidate exchange standards for eight common types of clinical documents along with the HL7 Continuity of Care Document standard into a single implementation package that establishes a foundation for health information exchange. The project also will address minor areas of ambiguity within the specific meaningful use requirement to implement HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) Release 2, Continuity of Care Document according to HITSP C32 specifications.
Electronic health records, clinical document management, infrastructure, middleware and natural language processing vendors will contribute volunteers to the initiative......
More details and an opportunity to volunteer are available here.
--Joseph Goedert
ONC to help work on EHR harmony
February 19, 2011 | Bernie Monegain, Editor
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced Sunday at HIMSS11 the launch of an industry project to consolidate and harmonize required health information exchange specifications that support meaningful use of electronic health record systems.
The project, called the "HL7/IHE Health Story Implementation Guide Consolidation Project," is a collaboration of Health Level Seven (HL7) International, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) and the Health Story Project.
Working through the HL7 standards development organization, volunteers will consolidate exchange standards for eight common types of clinical documents along with the HL7 Continuity of Care Document (CCD) standard into one comprehensive implementation package that establishes a foundation for health information exchange.
e-Autopsy: Kaiser Hospitals Dig In to Data to Assess Mortality
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media , February 24, 2011
You've heard the macabre joke that hospitals and doctors "bury their mistakes." Well, here's an interesting twist: At Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Southern California, doctors are doing precisely the opposite. They're rolling back time in the death process – exhuming their unknown mistakes so to speak – to see what, if anything, they can learn in order to save similar patients the next time around.
But they're not doing it the old way through invasive autopsies. Those are expensive, increasingly unpopular with families, forbidden by some religions, and often don't reveal that much about errors in the process of hospital care.
Kaiser has a new concept, the e-Autopsy.
Kaiser's hybrid manual and electronic mortality review uses storytelling and specialists' scrutiny to study medical charts of patients who died in the hospital. The process builds a precise timeline of what happened. The goal is to prevent death and/or improve end-of-life care by looking for places to improve—from ambulatory settings prior to admission to the inpatient bedside.
Robotic Scrub Nurses Could Boost OR Efficiencies
HealthLeaders Media Staff , February 22, 2011
Robotic scrub nurses that intuitively recognize hand gestures? They're not here today, but neither are they the merely stuff of science fiction. One day, surgeons might use gestures to control a robotic scrub nurse or tell a computer to display medical images of the patient during an operation.
It's a concept reminiscent of the film Minority Report, observes Juan Pablo Wachs, PhD, assistant professor of industrial engineering at Purdue University and one of the brains behind the innovation.
Hand-gesture recognition and other robotic nurse innovations might help reduce the length of a surgery and the potential for infection, according to Wachs. And vision-based hand-gesture recognition technology could have other applications, including coordinating emergency response activities during disasters.
NeHC releases stakeholder survey on HIE concerns
February 23, 2011 | Molly Merrill, Associate Editor
WASHINGTON – Privacy and security, sustainability and funding were identified as the top three pain points in health information exchange (HIE), according to the results of the National eHealth Collaborative's (NeHC) first ever Stakeholder Survey.
NeHC established this survey initiative in December 2010 to encourage stakeholders across a wide range of specialties to contribute their suggestions on major concerns in health information exchange.
Microsoft, Athenahealth Collaborate On Amalga, HealthVault
The Microsoft and Athenahealth alliance will funnel cloud-based Athenahealth e-health record and practice management data to Microsoft Amalga and HealthVault platforms.
By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, InformationWeek
Feb. 22, 2011
URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229219054
Microsoft and Athenahealth have announced a strategic alliance to connect Athenahealth's cloud-based EHR and practice management software with Microsoft's Amalga enterprise health intelligence system.
In addition to developing the new AthenaNet-Amalga connector, the companies also announced at the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) event in Orlando that they are working on projects with two healthcare customers -- Steward Health Care System in Massachusetts and Cook Children's Health Care Systems in Texas -- to push data from Amalga, including Athenahealth data, into Microsoft's HealthVault personal health record platform.
E-health must be a priority, researchers say
System would bolster chronic disease management and improve access to care
An electronic health record system should be the backbone of health care reform in Canada and more must be done to speed up the implementation of this initiative across the country. Furthermore for this system to be put in place effectively, doctors and front line health care workers and administrators must be encouraged to play a more active role. These are the findings of an innovative new study assessing the effectiveness Canada Health Infoway's e-health plan. The study, which was conducted by scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University, was published today in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
"For all levels of care, but particularly primary care, which is where most care is provided in Western Countries, Canada and US have the lowest adoption of e-health records," says Dr. Robyn Tamblyn, lead author of the study and Medical Scientist at the Research Institute of the MUHC. "We have some urgent issues to address to ensure that improved management of chronic disease and timely access to care is enabled through e-health technologies."
HIMSS lays out policy priorities
Posted: February 22, 2011 - 12:15 pm ET
The looming budget battle may dominate the news from Capitol Hill, but deficit hawks aren't likely to succeed in cutting federal stimulus law funds earmarked for health IT incentive payments, according to Dave Roberts, vice president of government relations for HIMSS at the trade group's convention Monday in Orlando, Fla.
"Currently, there are seven pieces of legislation on Capital Hill that want to rescind any funding for economic stimulus," Roberts said during his annual briefing on doings in Washington. But it's already too late to claw back $2 billion in direct appropriations from the stimulus law, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS. That money has been spent or obligated, Roberts said. Only one of the seven bills appears to take aim at the big IT money, the estimated $27 billion in funds that could be distributed for EHR incentive payments to providers under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, Roberts said. But it is unsure whether that bill would pass even the Republican-controlled House, much less the Senate, he said. And if it did, President Barack Obama would likely veto it, and Roberts said there is even less of a chance that opposition could raise enough votes to override a veto.
3M, Nuance partner to create computer-assisted physician documentation
February 17, 2011 — 6:18pm ET | By Ken Terry
Computer-assisted coding, which recently has spread from hospital outpatient departments like radiology to some hospitals' inpatient departments, now is invading physician coding, as well. But unlike computer-assisted coding, which partly automates hospital coding, the new approach is helping doctors adjust their documentation so that coders can more easily prepare claims.
3M Health Information Systems, a leader in computer-assisted coding, just joined with Nuance Communications, the leading maker of voice recognition software (Dragon), to create a new application called Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD). CAPD is being touted as a way to accelerate the transition to the new ICD-10 diagnostic code set, which is vastly more complex than the current ICD-9 code set. It can also be used, however, with ICD-9 until ICD-10 becomes mandatory in October 2013.
Patients Uneasy About Security of Electronic Health Records
By Matthew Harwood
A new survey finds patients wary of the move to electronic health records and the ability of their healthcare providers to secure them.
During the last week of January, CDW Healthcare surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults who had been to a doctor's office, a hospital, or an outpatient facility in the past 18 months. What the survey found was a broad cross-section of the American public who were uneasy about the potential security problems associated with the move from paper to electronic records.
Nearly one-half of all respondents believed electronic health records would negatively impact the privacy of their personal information and health data. Patients' concerns varied from fears their information would wind up on the Internet to cybercriminals using the information to blackmail them or steal their identity. Respondents also worried that if employers gained access to their health information, they could use it to manage their benefits and compensation or to make hiring decisions.
Patients find plenty of health information on line, but not all of it is reliable
Monday, February 21, 2011; 11:29 AM
The Internet has no equal as an information storehouse. The trick is to know how to get right to a source of useful information and not waste time on Web sites that are biased, trying to sell you something or just plain wrong.
Marvin M. Lipman, Consumers Union's chief medical adviser, recalls having a patient who made a Google search and somehow settled on an abdominal aortic aneurysm (a worrisome bulge in the body's main blood vessel) as the logical explanation for his midback pain. No reassuring on Lipman's part eased the patient's apprehension. It took a sonogram to convince him he wasn't at death's door.
VA, DoD To Finalize Joint EHR Standard
Agreement on a common electronic health record should be in place within the next two months, the Veterans Affairs CIO told a Congressional committee.
By Elizabeth Montalbano, InformationWeek
Feb. 22, 2011
URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229219043
The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense are close to an agreement on a common standard for electronic health records (EHRs), a move that should drastically improve how the agencies share patient data, the VA's chief information officer told a congressional committee last week.
VA CIO Roger Baker said the two departments are weeks away from agreeing on a "single electronic health record." He made his comments in testimony before the House Veterans Affairs Committee during a Feb. 17 meeting about the VA's 2012 budget request.
Report highlights rise of Hoosier health IT
Posted: February 24, 2011 - 11:00 am ET
BioCrossroads, the public-private research collaborative that organized the Indiana Health Information Exchange, released a report at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual conference in Orlando, Fla., this week detailing how Indiana's health IT industry has grown to include 72 startup companies with 2,500 workers and $202 million in revenue.
The 36-page report, From Dishwashers to Digital Medical Records—Indiana's Leadership in Health Information Technology (PDF), credits part of this growth to more than $115 million in philanthropic research grants given to such establishments as the Indiana University School of Medicine's Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis. The title of the report is a nod to a source of some of those funds: the fortune Sam "the Dishwasher King" Regenstrief developed by integrating digital controls into kitchen appliances.
New Survey Reveals Increasing Prominence Of Nursing Informatics
The 2011 Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey highlights the role nurse informaticists play in the implementation of clinical applications such as clinical/nursing documentation and clinical information systems, computerized practitioner order entry and electronic records.
Respondents' average salary, $98,702, increased by 17% when compared with a similar survey in 2007 and 42% from 2004. Only 3% of respondents indicated their salary is not augmented by benefits, such as medical/dental insurance and retirement savings plans.
Unlike in 2004 and 2007, financial resources were not the most oft-cited barrier to success. Lack of integration/interoperability was mentioned most frequently as a primary or secondary barrier, followed by financial resources.
Patient Engagement Key to EMR Success
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media , February 24, 2011
Hospitals are spending billions of dollars to achieve meaningful use of electronic medical records, but if patients don't use the new technology, hospitals may not reap the federal stimulus payments that await.
That's the conclusion of a report -- Putting Patients into Meaningful Use – from PwC's Health Research Institute, which found that 14% of 1,000 consumers surveyed last fall said they get their medical records electronically from their physicians, and 30% of patients said they didn't know why they would need to.
Bruce Henderson, director and national leader of the EHR-HIE Practice at PwC says hospitals need to build in patient input earlier in the process to comply with Stage 2 of meaningful use requirements.
Health IT Execs To Boost Spending In 2011
Qualifying for Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive funds is driving most hospital CIOs to increase their budgets and staff, found HIMSS survey.
By Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek
Feb. 22, 2011
URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229219048
Hospital IT managers credit the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 as the driving force behind their current healthcare IT investments, according to a study released Monday by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) to coincide with its annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
The report is one of the clearest indications yet that the Obama administration's stimulus spending, which established the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs to help providers adopt and achieve meaningful use of EHRs, has spurred hospital spending on health IT modernization -- a measure that will transform and improve the quality of patient care for decades to come.
IOM wants to use EHRs, community data to keep people healthy
By Kathryn Foxhall
Monday, February 21, 2011
The Institute of Medicine is exploring the role of electronic medical records, health insurance information and other data systems, perhaps even grocery store data, to gauge the activities and habits in communities in order to focus efforts to keep people healthier instead of waiting until they are sick.
An IOM committee on public health strategies to improve health has begun considering how to use various sources of data to measure population health performance and drive accountability for levels of health.
In December, the committee issued a report noting that despite "the national preoccupation with the cost of clinical care," improving the clinical care delivery system "will probably have only modest effects" on population health without an "ecological, population-based approach" to health improvement.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
ONC Officials Outline Plans; Satirical Websites Come Clean
ORLANDO -- Deputy National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari kicked off the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Town Hall at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference on Tuesday by applauding National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal's work in shepherding federal health IT efforts.
He said Blumenthal, who will leave his post as the country's health IT chief to return to academia in April, "set us on the path we're on."
Mostashari said, "We have a plan, we have a strategy," adding, "We together have to carry the ball forward." He said, "There is momentum. We are on the right track." However, Mostashari acknowledged, "Boy, there's a lot of work to do."
Kaiser Permanente Honored for Electronic Health Record Implementation
HIMSS Analytics Awards Another 11 Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Highest Recognition
Published Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 22, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente, the nation's leading health care provider and not-for-profit health plan, continues to lead the nation in the number of Stage 7 Awards from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that have achieved the highest level of electronic health record implementation. In the last three years, Kaiser Permanente has now received a total of 35 awards in recognition of its health information technology expertise. The 11 additional awards were presented this week at the HIMSS 2011 annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
CDC awards grant to build online connections between hospital labs, public health agencies
February 21, 2011 — 10:37am ET | By Ken Terry
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a grant to connectivity vendor Surescripts, the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) to link hospital laboratories with public health agencies so that the labs can electronically transmit reportable test results.
During the two-year grant period, AHA, CAP and Surescripts will recruit, educate and connect a minimum of 500 hospital labs--including at least 100 critical access or rural hospitals--to the appropriate public health agencies. The collaborators will provide the necessary technical assistance to enable these hospital labs to begin electronically transmitting lab results to public health systems within six months.
HIMSS 2011: Exchange is in the Air
Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media , February 22, 2011
Healthcare reform, meaningful use, interoperability, and privacy and security are hot topics among attendees at the annual CHIME and HIMSS conferences in Orlando this week, of course. But this year there seems to be an increased emphasis on secure and accurate exchange of healthcare data—whether among members of local or regional cooperatives, private for- and non-profit exchanges, state-run HIEs, or individual systems that just want the hospitals, clinics, specialists, and primary care physicians in their network to do a better job of communicating electronically (and no, faxing doesn't count).
At one point, Kaiser Permanente had 2,000 systems that were barely communicating, said John Mattison, MD, CMIO of Kaiser Permanente Southern California during a CHIME town hall on health information exchange. "I couldn't solve the problem locally without solving it globally," he said. Solutions, he explained, include open-source collaboration and standardized terminology.
Study: Canada needs to clarify e-health vision
Written by Editorial Staff
February 24, 2011
To accelerate adoption of EHRs and realize a timely return on investment in Canada, an e-health policy needs to be tightly aligned with the major strategic directions of healthcare reform, according to a recent study published Feb. 22 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Doctors and front-line healthcare workers and administrators must be encouraged to play a more active role in EHR implementation, wrote Robyn Tamblyn, MD, medical scientist at the Research Institute at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal, and colleagues.
The Canada Health Infoway project was implemented in 2001 with the goal of accelerating e-health implementation and creating a national system of interoperable EHRs. After 10 years and $1.6 billion of investment in 280 health IT projects, Canada still lags behind countries such as Denmark, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, according to Tamblyn, who is also a professor at the departments of medicine and epidemiology, biostatistics and occupational health at McGill University, and colleagues.
Privacy and genes
Joseph Conn's Blog
Two eminent physician information technology leaders engaged in a colloquy Sunday on the secondary use of patient data and privacy at the physician IT symposium Sunday at the Health Information and Management Systems Society convention in Orlando, Fla.
In the audience in a room packed with 400 fellow physicians was Dr. John Mattison, chief medical information officer and assistant medical director of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group.
On stage at the podium was Dr. Christopher Chute, a professor of medical informatics in the division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics in the Department of Health Sciences Research at the Mayo Clinic. Chute is a member of the federally chartered Health IT Standards Committee. Mattison is a member of the Health IT Policy Committee's workgroup on governance of a nationwide health information exchange.
Siemens hires Overhage for CMIO post
Posted: February 21, 2011 - 11:45 am ET
Siemens said its hired health information exchange veteran Dr. J. Marc Overhage as the chief medical informatics officer of the company's health services business unit. Overhage will assume his new position on March 28. Overhage founded the Indiana Health Information Exchange and serves as the IHIE's president and CEO. He's also the director of medical informatics at the Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis.
Doctors Need 1,600 Robot-Aided Prostate Surgeries for Skills, Study Finds
By - Feb 16, 2011
Doctors who perform robotic-assisted prostate cancer surgery aren't proficient and able to remove all the malignant cells surrounding the tumor until they have done the procedure more than 1,600 times, researchers said.
Results from a study suggest the operations using Intuitive Surgical Inc.'s da Vinci robot are being performed too often at community hospitals by surgeons without enough experience, said Prasanna Sooriakumaran, lead author and urologist at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. Doctors have embraced the approach because studies show it can be learned quickly, uses smaller incisions, causes less blood loss and speeds recovery.
More than 90,000 men in the U.S. have their prostate gland removed each year because of cancer, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The surgery is done mainly with robotic technology introduced in 2000 by Sunnyvale, California- based Intuitive Surgical, typically by doctors who perform 100 or fewer procedures annually, Sooriakumaran said.
HIT Recruitment Help Desk
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media , February 13, 2011
When the federal government last year made available about $20 billion to incentivize healthcare providers to install interoperable electronic medical records systems, there was anxiety about finding the right people to operate these complex and expensive systems.
The ideal candidate was thought to be a hybrid: a clinician who understood the job demands and requirements of bedside nurses and physicians, and a technician who understood computer systems. It is a rare skill set, and hospitals are reporting varying success in finding the right people.
Denton Arledge, vice president and CIO at WakeMed Health & Hospitals in Raleigh, NC, says his health system's proximity to the high-tech Research Triangle, some of the best universities in the nation, and the region's overall desirability have created an adequate supply of qualified computer technicians.
GAO: CMS should reconcile e-prescribing, EHR incentive reporting
By Mary Mosquera
Friday, February 18, 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should reduce the duplicate requirements in its two programs that pay incentives to healthcare providers who use health information technology. It should also reconcile areas in the two programs that are similar but inconsistent to relieve some of the reporting burden for participating physicians, according to the Government Accountability Office.
CMS administers two programs, for electronic prescribing and electronic health records, which pay incentives to eligible Medicare providers who adopt and use health IT, and imposes penalties on those who do not use the digital tools after several years.
In 2009, the first year the e-prescribing program disbursed incentive payments, CMS paid out $148 million to about 8 percent of the about 600,000 Medicare providers who were eligible. From 2012 through 2014, CMS will decrease the amount of payments for claims to providers who do not establish e-prescribing, said GAO in a report published Feb. 17.


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Corridor 44
- 1433 Larimer St., Unit 184B, Denver, CO 80202
- (303) 893-0044
- firstname.lastname@example.com
Denver's only champagne bar in historic Larimer Square. Featuring everything from small plates to entrees and dessert, along with 20 creative champagne cocktails. It would be hard to find a better sparkling list outside of Champagne. Enjoy American cuisine in a stylish atmosphere featuring chandeliers, and an original turn-of-the-century bar stocked with high-end spirits and wine. Stay late to mingle with Denver's hip local crowd as the restaurant gives way to a classy late night lounge. Corridor 44 boasts a swanky private lounge perfect for a cocktail party with appetizers. The lounge accommodates up to 30 guests. They can also host large dinning groups up to 15, private buyouts for dinner up to 30, or cocktails and appetizers up to 100.
- Hours: General MON - SUN: 3:00PM to 2:00AM General MON - FRI: 4:00PM to 6:00PM
- Blocks to CCC: 6
- Miles to CCC: .6
- Indoor Fire Code: 75
- Total Capacity (if applicable): 120
- Event Space:
- Facility & Décor Description: Chef/Owner Eric Laslow has created Denver's only champagne and crudo bar featuring a menu of small plates. Located in historic Larimer Square.
- Dinner:
- Pricing: $
- Open Sundays:
- Serves Dinner:
- Denver Original:
- Cuisine: International
Meeting Facilities
- Description Chef/Owner Eric Laslow has created Denver's only champagne and crudo bar featuring a menu of small plates. Located in historic Larimer Square.
- Catering In-house
- Type of Venue Bar/Nightclub, Restaurant
- Type of Event Reception
- Number of Rooms 1
"The Salon"
- Reception Capacity: 40
Full Restaurant
- Reception Capacity: 120


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-378?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Mahadev konar updated ZOOKEEPER-378: ------------------------------------ Attachment: ZOOKEEPER-378.patch patch without changes tio CHANGES.txt > contribution of Net::ZooKeeper Perl module > ------------------------------------------ > > Key: ZOOKEEPER-378 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-378 > Project: Zookeeper > Issue Type: New Feature > Affects Versions: 3.2.0, 4.0.0 > Reporter: Chris Darroch > Assignee: Chris Darroch > Attachments: ZOOKEEPER-378.patch, ZOOKEEPER-378.patch > > > As per the conversation in ZOOKEEPER-364, I submitted a Software Grant Agreement to the ASF last week for Net::ZooKeeper by fax and surface mail; it might take a few more days for it to show up in the private grants.txt file, I believe. > I also created a Net::ZooKeeper package, version 0.33, with licenses and a NOTICE file as required by the ASF for any ASF project. It is attached to this issue and also available at http://people.apache.org/~chrisd/projects/net_zookeeper/. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Sailing Instructions
1. Rules
Racing will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2017-2020, the prescriptions of the RYA & the class rules except where specifically detailed in these instructions.
The club upholds and expects its members to act in line with the RYA Racing Charter.
2. Notices to competitors
Notices to competitors will be posted on the Official Notice Board(s) located outside the race office or in the Clubhouse.
2.1 General
The safety of a boat and her entire management including insurance shall be the sole responsibility of the owner/person in charge who must ensure that the boat and crew are adequate to face the conditions that may arise in the course of the race.
Neither these sailing instructions nor any inspection of the boat reduces the absolute responsibility of the owner/person in charge for the crew, the boat and her management.
The race organisers shall not be responsible for any loss, damage, death or personal injury howsoever caused to the owner/person in charge, or crew, as a result of their taking part in the race or races.
The owner/person in charge warrants the suitability of the boat for the race or races.
2.2 Equipment and Measurement Checks
Presentation of a valid measurement certificate may be required by the race committee at any time.
2.3 Identification - Sail Numbers
No boat shall sail with the same sail number as another in the same class, all boats racing shall display sail numbers as prescribed by the relevant class association.
2.4 Eligibility
In club events boats must be helmed by a member of Ripon Sailing Club to whom the race result will be credited.
In open events boats must be helmed by full members of the relevant class association involved unless otherwise advised by a representative of the Class Association.
2.5 Personal Buoyancy
Adequate Personal buoyancy must be worn at all times when afloat. Wet suits/Dry suits do not constitute adequate personal buoyancy. This alters RRS 40.
Adequate personal buoyancy is defined as a Personal Flotation Device (PFD) that conforms to current EN 393 specification The PFD must be of the correct specification for the person wearing it. Self inflating & manual gas inflated (offshore) "life vests" are not acceptable under the meaning of this rule and their use is prohibited.
2.6 Declarations
Club Racing: Helms must sign on using the sheets provided in the clubhouse.
Helms are not required to sign off but must notify a Race Officer if retiring.
Open Meetings: Helms must sign on using the registration form for the event, but are not required to sign on for each race. Helms are not required to sign off but must notify a Race Officer if retiring.
2.7 Insurance
All owners shall warrant that their craft is covered by a minimum of £2,000,000 third party liability insurance.
3 Changes to Sailing Instructions
Changes to the sailing instructions will be posted not less than 30 minutes before the first race on the day it will take effect and will be signaled by displaying flag "L" accompanied by one sound signal.
4 Signals Made Ashore
Signals made ashore will be displayed on the flagpole adjacent to the Race Office.
4.1 Schedule of Races: Club Racing
The schedule of races, the classes to race, the order and times of the warning signals will be as published in the club sailing calendar.
The time of any 3rd and 4th races of the day may be at the RO's discretion.
4.2 Schedule of Races: Open Events
The schedule of races will be as published in the notice of race for the event or on the official notice board.
5 Class signals and flags
5.1 Club Races
Any Portsmouth Yardstick numbers used here are those published by the RYA and may be changed at the discretion of the Sailing subcommittee.
All Series Races
Streaker Pennant
Fast Handicap
Numeral pennant 1
Medium Handicap
Numeral pennant 2
Slow Handicap
Numeral pennant 3
RNLI Pursuit Series (60 Minute)
Wednesday Evening Pursuit Series (60 minute)
Code flag C
Wed Evening Handicap & Frostbite Series
Fast Handicap
Numeral pennant 1
Slow Handicap
Numeral pennant 2
5.2 Open meetings
For the Tera Open meeting the Pro fleet will use the Yellow RS Tera class flag, with the Sport fleet using the Blue RS Tera class flag. For other open meetings the appropriate class flag will be used.
6 Racing Area
The racing area will be Farnham Lake (see also rule 15 local variations).
7 The Course
The course to be sailed will be displayed on the course board on the Race Hut, the marks used and their order of rounding will be displayed on the course board.
In the event of a committee boat start the course may also be displayed on the committee boat. The required side of a mark will be indicated by: Red background, mark to be left to Port, Green Background mark to be left to Starboard.
7.1 Number of Rounds
The number of rounds to be sailed will be displayed on the course board.
7.2 Marks
Course marks are numbered 1 to 9 inclusive: Even numbered marks are Yellow in colour. Odd numbered marks are Red in colour. There are six additional marks C,F,M,P,S & N(N is marked as T) which are blue in colour.
7.3 Temporary Marks. Course marks may be supplemented by temporary marks which may be white, green, or red buoys, or red, green, blue or yellow pillar marks.
8 The Start
RRS 26 will NOT apply.
Races shall be started by using the following signals. Times shall be taken from the visual signals; the absence of a sound signal shall be disregarded.
Minutes before the starting signal
Visual signal
Sound Signal
Class Flag
Warning Signal
P, I, Z, Z with I, U, or Black Flag
Preparatory Signal
Preparatory Flag removed
One Minute
Class Flag Removed
Starting Signal
The warning signal for each succeeding class shall be made with or after the starting signal of the preceding class.
8.2 Individual Recalls
Individual recalls will be dealt with in accordance with RRS 29.1.
8.3 General Recalls
General recalls will be dealt with in accordance with RRS 29.2.
8.4 Starting lines
The start line and its location will be described on the course board.
8.5 Keeping Clear
Boats whose preparatory signal has not been made shall keep clear of the starting area. Any boat failing to keep clear may be disqualified from their subsequent race without a hearing. This alters RRS 63.1.
8.6 Limit Marks (IDM)
Limit marks may be laid adjacent to the ends of a start line, they are marks of the course and must be passed on the same side as the starting mark they guard, and boats shall not pass between the limit mark and the mark it guards.
8.7 Ranking as a starter
The minimum number of boats in a club race shall be three.
In the event of less than three boats coming to the start area for any fleet those intending to race shall join the next fleet of the start sequence for that series.
8.7.1 The RO shall notify the boats concerned of their amalgamation into another fleet start.
8.7.2 Results will be credited as though the abandoned fleet had raced as a single fleet.
8.8 Starting Time Limit
A boat shall not start later than 2 minutes after her starting signal.
9 Change of Course after the start
The course will not be changed after the start.
10 The Finish
The finishing line will be as described on the course board.
11 Penalty System
Touching a mark RRS rule 31 shall apply.
Penalty for breaking a rule of Part II RRS rule 44.1 shall apply.
12 Time Limits
The time limit for each race will be 90 minutes.
13 Protests
Protest forms will be available from the Race committee. Completed protest forms must be returned to the Race committee within 30 minutes of the time of the last boat to finish in the race concerned. Protests will be heard as soon as possible.
A Protester may opt for an Advisory or Arbitration Hearing, in place of or prior to a full Protest Hearing, in accordance with RYA Document A5 – Rules Disputes Best Practice and Guidance Notes. A 20% exoneration penalty, or a minimum of two places dropped, whichever is the largest, is available under the Arbitration procedure.
14 Number of Races to Count
14.1 Club racing
The number of races or percentage sailed to count towards a series is published on the club website.
14.2 Open Meetings
The number of races to count will be published in the notice of race.
14.3 Scoring shall be in accordance with Appendices Section 1 Appendix A "Scoring" using the low points system A4.1.
14.4Ties shall be broken in accordance with Appendix A, A8.1 to A 8.2 inclusive.
15 Local Variations
Farnham Lake is also used by an angling club: boats shall remain at least 15 metres from any angler who shall rank as an obstruction for the purposes of rule 19.
16 Safety
A boat that retires shall inform the Race Committee as soon as possible on coming ashore.
16.1 Full wetsuits or dry-suits shall be worn when on the water between 1st November and 31st March.
17 Disclaimer of liability
Competitors participate in racing entirely at their own risk. See RRS rule 4 "Decision to Race". Ripon Sailing Club will accept no liability for material damage, or injury, or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, or during, or after racing.
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