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More than 170 Best and Fresh WordPress Resources and Blogs, 2012 Edition
Seeing how WordPress has become the favorite of many when it comes to going through an easy-breezy process while designing a stunning site or blog, well, we decided to sum up the top 160 best online sources with the latest and most complete information on WordPress: resources, plug-ins, themes, trends, news, etc., so the next time that you come across a web design project on WordPress you have a listing to go to that's updated and useful (for real). Weather your thing is blogs on wp topics, following twitter accounts from hard core wp developers, or just getting a hold of any wp resource you can get your hands on, here you'll find it all just a click away. Please let us know in comments if we missed something.
Hall of Fame of WordPress Resources
WP Candy
Wp Candy wrangles all the important topics and contents on WP together for the blogging, creative, and developing WP community.
WP Shout
WPShout is a very complete blog about WordPress development that posts on a regular basis.
WP Lift
This blog helps people with WordPress by providing tutorials, theme roundups, plugin guides and general WordPress news.
WP Tuts Plus
Wptuts+ is a site dedicated to teaching people how to use WordPress, develop widgets, plugins and themes, successfully scale sites, find interesting WordPress resources, and build a freelance business around the platform.
WordPress VIP News
This blog is aimed at helping publishers and brands get the most out of WordPress.
WPMU The WP Experts
WPMU.org is a source for WordPress news, tips, plugins, and theme reviews.
Theme Shaper
ThemeShaper is a WordPress-powered site, home to the Automattic Theme Team, that launches WordPress themes that make WordPress.com, and provides follower with useful WP information.
WP Beginner
This this site provides quality tips, tricks, hacks, and other resources for the WordPress community, with a special focus on beginners in search of useful information.
WordPress Planet
This is an aggregation of blogs talking about WordPress from around the world.
Smashing Magazine WP
This extended category from smashing magazine features quality articles about developing clean, smart and fast websites with WordPress.
This blog specializes in SEO & Online Marketing consultancy, ranging from "simple" site reviews to full on SEO projects, and building WordPress plugins.
Digging Into WordPress
DiggingIntoWordPress.com is the blog for searchability, quick tips, and copy and pasteable code.
WP Recepies
Blog to post replies to WordPress questions, and quick but very usefull recipes about blogging platform.
Some other fresh blogs
Brian Krogsgard
Brian Krogsgard posts on all useful WordPress related topics for developers.
Justin Tadlock
Justn tadlock wp developer themehybrid.com provides followers with the latest in wp development topics.
WP Moods
At WP Mods they bring you the latest news and good advice about WordPress customisation.
Mark on WordPress
This freelance WordPress developer provides an useful blog for all things WordPress.
Theme It
Theme.it provides a centralized collection of unique WordPress Theme related tutorials, articles, files and videos authored by influential members of the WordPress community.
WP Engineer
WP Engineer shows new ways to make WordPress a little bit better, more convenient and flexible.
WordPress Code Snippet
Wpsnipp.com is a source for WordPress code snippets on the internet. They have 579 unique code snippets, with new snippets published everyday covering a wide range of WordPress topics.
WP Snippets
WP-Snippets is a website focused on creating useful content for WordPress developers, to help anyone build a WordPress website.
Binary Moon
WP Vote
This is a social bookmarking site dedicated to WordPress topics.
Perishable Press
Do it With WP
Bloggin Pro
Blogging Pro brings News, Plugins and Themes for Blogging Applications.
Dougal Campbell's
This Dougal the original WordPress developers, contributes features such as XML-RPC API support, Post Custom Fields, mass re-enabling of plugins, and Conditional GET support for feeds.
Pimp my WordPress
Through this blog you can 'pimp' your WordPress site or blog thanks to its posts on the latest free themes, hot plugins, blogging tips, tricks and tutorials on using WordPress.
Pippins Plugins
This site provides a resource for all levels of plugin development, with daily posts on tips and tricks, as well as weekly plugins for free downloads.
WordPress Tavern
WP Blogger
WP Design Blog
This blog is about WordPress themes & plugins, hacks and all that concentrates on WordPress.
WPin Me
WPin.me is all about geeky things from WordPress, social media, reviews, round ups and more.
Official WP Blog
This site offers paid a la carte upgrades for things like custom design and custom domains.
Weblog Tools Collection
WordPres News
Woo Themes
Blog OH! Blog
Hongkiat.com is a design weblog dedicated to designers and blogger that specialize in WordPress, they constantly publish useful tricks, tools, tutorials and inspirational artworks.
Cats who Code
Cats Who Code is a website dedicated to those who create and maintain websites: web developers, web designers, webmasters, and so on. It has very useful information WordPress related matters.
Six revisions WP
Six Revisions is a website that publishes practical and useful articles for designers and web developers on all WordPress related topics.
Theme Hybrid
TTheme Hybrid is a community of bloggers that share ideas on WP development matters.
CMS Wire WP News
CMSWire is a web magazine published by Simpler Media Group that focuses on intelligent information management, digital customer experience management, and the emergence of social business tools and practices.
Manage WP
Get the latest news on all WP topics at ManageWP, with their posts on tips, news, and cool ways in which people use this product.
Cozmos Labs
In this blog you'll find Random thoughts on web design and development on wordpress.
Develop Daly
Develop Daly is the blog, portfolio, and home of web designer, Search Engine Optimizer (SEO), and WordPress fanatic Patrick Daly.
Blog Perfume
Technically Personal
This blog brings quality information on WordPress development.
Solostream creates easily content, products and services that help small businesses, organizations and individuals use WordPress.
Ipstenu on Tech
This site is where Ipstenu talks about web development issues involving WordPress, and others.
Blogsessive.com is the place where you can find blogging tips, WordPress tools and plugins, themes and answers to your blogging related questions.
This blog brings WordPress resources, themes, plugins and news.
WordPress Force
This is Myurl
Were WP
Tammy Hart Designs
WP Community
Austin Passy
WP Lover
WordPress theme design and development.
All 4 WordPress
This blog provides the latest WordPress tips, theme reviews, and plugin news.
WordPress Jedi
WP Dude
This blog offers wordpress coaching services to people who need help with their blog.
Real Ultimate Waffe
Bob WP
One-on-one WordPress coaching, as well as online training and webinars.
WP Cayon
Wp Roots
WP Roots is dedicated to providing WordPress tutorials on the net.
WP Life Guard
Wp Theme Grounds
Themegrounds.com is your source for theme inspiration, tutorials and much more.
WP Teach
WP for Ministry
WPforMinistry is dedicated to promoting a more widespread and excellent use of WordPress by churches and ministries.
Jane on WordPress
Bainternet WP Consulting
Your Website Engineer
Voodoo Press
WP Insite
Wp tutorials, themes, plug-ins and more.
Best WordPress Tips
WordPress Blog on Software Tips, Tricks, & Tutorials.
WP Apprentice
This is WordPress Training for busy people that consults with clients on issues related to blogging, new media, and web publishing.
WordPress Tips and Tricks
This is an online home for work with WordPress. Not https://wordpress.com, but the self hosted wordpress that you install on your own server.
Clever WP
WordPress Customization and Development
WP Themes News
Throughout the site you can find WordPress tutorials, tips to help improve your blog's content, how to find inspiration for new blog content, ways to build your backlinks, and plenty more.
Dynamic WP
DynamicWP is a collection of free wordpress theme, to give beautifully designed for bloggers, smallbusiness, corporate, freelancer, and any one.
Philip Arthur Moore
Instant shift
Daniel Bachhuber
Simple Dream
At simpledream.net lance blogs on web design and development, web standards, WordPress, Mac, and other goodies.
WordPress TechCrunch
TechCrunch is a technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news, where you'll find extensive information on all WordPress relates topics.
WP Mayor
WordPress News, Articles, Hacks, Plugin Reviews and more...
Tricks Daddy
TricksDaddy is a tech blog that focuses on posts covering blogging, windows customizing, internet tips and tricks, latest trends, mobiles, social networking.
WP Theme Designer
WPThemeDesigner.com's objective is to create an active community on the web.
WP Topics
Here you'll find news, useful tutorials & influential voices in the WordPress universe.
Web Training Wheels
Noel Tock Blog
Konstantin Kovshenin
This blog is mainly about tech stuff, like code snippets, links, videos and quotes, short tutorials, tips and tricks and more.
From the core contributor to the open source WordPress project, creator of plug-ins comes this great blog that specializes in all WP topics.
This blog is made to help you fine tune your WordPress themes with design and development tutorials, screencasts, freebies and more.
WordPress Development Updates
This is the official blog for the core development team of the WordPress open source project. Follow their progress with weekly meeting agendas, project schedules, and the occasional code debate.
Make WordPress UI
This blog gives followers the latest info to create a better user experience, it also gives you the option to subscribe by email and receive notifications of new posts by email.
WP Journo
This is blog about WordPress, journalism and publishers using WP as a CMS.
Various Useful WP Resources
WordPress Security
WPSecurityLock isteam of Security Experts that specialize in website security, repair, installation and maintenance.
WP Mail.me
A service that provides a free WordPress Newsletter, once a week (every Thursday), with a round-up of WordPress news and articles NO SPAM, also your email address is safe and it's easy to unsubscribe.
The WP Candy Stream
This is the WP Candy Podcast source on WordPress that derives from the popular site on all WP topics related.
WordPress TV
This is a Visual Resource for All Things WordPress.
Live WP
LiveWP is an online video podcast that features news, tips, and add-ons surrounding the WordPress community.
This is a live chat help on the IRC network irc.freenode.net, where you can seek WordPress related help, or just hang out with fellow WordPress users. This page seeks to be a quick rundown of what IRC is, and how to log in to the #wordpress channel.
WordPress Tutor TV
Site dedicated to post Fresh video tutorials on all WP topics related.
Theme Sorter
There are thousands of premium WordPress themes by hundreds of designers. ThemeSorter catalogs these themes so you can sort through them in one place.
Total Bounty
Buy and Sell HTML, WordPress, and PSD Templates.
WordPress Planet
This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many pages like this one or sub-pages as you like and manage all of your content inside of WordPress.
WordPress guerilla
This site provides a great way to submit your WP projects.
WordPrezzie spreads WordPress, giving away free tutorials, sharing theme designs, and helping to nurture WordPress community.
WP Slideshow Plug-In
Wordpress slide show plugin allows you to create cool and customizable slideshow images for your blog just in few seconds.
WP WorkForce
Web design, web development and mostly wp jobs.
WP Coder
Site that provides WP coding services.
Alex King
WP Hacks
WPKube provides the best WordPress tutorials, hacks and guides, amongst other WordPress Services.
This site is for all WordPress users from beginners to advanced users.
WP Designer
Wpdesigner.com is a blog focused on developing WordPress themes and improving your blog's performance through code and design tweaks.
Wordpress TV
This site brings help and tutorials for beginners and expert alike on wp related topics.
Make WordPress Themes
Theme Lab
Theme Lab is a source of quality free WordPress themes for WordPress bloggers all around the world.
Word Camp Central
WordCamps is a free and open source personal publishing software that powers over 25 million sites on the web.
Pro Blog Design
Pro Blog Design makes websites that make your vision come to life on the web.
WP Engine
Alltop Wordpress
Feed directory
WordPress Tips
Mostly on themes, html, formatting, tweaks and workarounds.
Padd Solutions
WP zoom
WPZOOM is a web-studio specialized in creating themes for WordPress.
WP Theming
WP Related Twitters Worth Following
WPLift is a blog all about WordPress, that covers tips & tutorials, theme & plugin reviews and everything else related to our favourite CMS.
They post WordPress, Multisite & BuddyPress plugins, themes, news and reviews and special offers from the team at WPMU.org
Wordpress Jedi
Wordpress Geek
WordPress Beginner
WPBeginner offers tips, tools, resources, and suggestions to #WordPress Users, to keep them updated with tweets.
WP Snippets
Useful Hack, tips and tutorials to create a better WP theme.
Learn how to use WordPress through their video tutorials.
WP Arena
The account of WPShout.com, a WordPress blog. Follow for the latest news in the WordPress community.
WordPress Answers
Best Wordpress Daily
Blogging, SEO, Marketing, Traffic, Social Networking and Making Money Online Tips
WP Hosting Support
World Class Hosting for WordPress, Joomla, Drupal & other CMS Solutions
Richard Jecks
twitter account on Premium Themes Analyst.
Michael Fields
I am a Theme Wrangler at @automattic. Do not click follow unless you totally geek-out on WordPress :)
Collecting all the best #WordPress Jobs, Links, Themes + Resources for Designers, Developers + Bloggers.
Twitter account with all WordPress related links, news and new WP Themes.
WP Mayor
WordPress Hacks, Tutorials, Plugin Reviews and more.
Free Wordpress Sites
Twitter account that brings you Hundreds of Free Wordpress Themes.
WordPress for iOS
Official account for the WordPress for iOS app.
Premium WordPress
The Best Premium WordPress Themes
Oliver Schlöbe
Official account for the wpseek.com website with both internal and developer-relevant WordPress info.
Jamie Northrup
twitter account from the creator of WordPress of the Day website.
WP Themes Plugins
Find the most popular & high quality premium wordpress themes, plugins, templates, wordpress modules, widgets, tutorials.
WordPress Beginner
WPBeginner offers tips, tools, resources, and suggestions to #WordPress Users.
WP-Snippets provides useful hack, tips and tutorials to create a better #WordPress theme.
Andrew Nacin
Make managing multiple WordPress blogs easier with ManageWP.com.


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St. Marina (or Margaret) was born and lived in Antioch of Pisidia, in Asia Minor, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Diocletian (from a.d. 284-305). Although born to pagan parents, she converted at the age of twelve when she heard about Christ, and devoted her life to Him. Her father disowned her as his daughter at the age of 15. When the imperial governor Olymbrius tried to get the beautiful Marina to marry him and also sacrifice to idols, she rejecedt him completely, and then was subjected to many tortures.
Raked by iron combs, tied to a board, beaten mercilessly, and then thrown into prison, God healed her wounds through an angel. The Devil appeared three separate times to St. Marina when she was in prison, trying to tempt her, but she was so strong in her faith, that she at last beat him with a hammer while she held him by the hair. Some of her icons show this. When St. Marina was brought out again before the governor, she was entirely well. She was then burned and drowned, but was healed before the crowd, and many converted by this obvious miracle and confessed Christ. Finally, St. Marina was beheaded and went to Christ in a.d. 304.

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Morgan Lewis has one of the largest interdisciplinary teams of lawyers in the United States dedicated to advising companies, private equity groups, lenders, and fiduciaries involved with employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). Our team is composed of lawyers with extensive backgrounds in the various legal disciplines—corporate, tax, insurance, financial institutions, employee benefits, securities, labor, litigation, and antitrust—that come into play in advising ESOP companies and in transactions involving ESOP companies.
The group is led by corporate lawyers who advise clients on mergers and acquisitions of ESOP companies and companies using ESOPs for shareholder liquidity, and counsel boards of directors of ESOP companies on their fiduciary duties. Regarding the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), our team members advise companies and fiduciaries on regulatory matters affecting an ESOP, and counsel boards of directors of ESOP companies and fiduciaries involved in US Department of Labor (DOL) investigations or litigations.
We work to deliver strategic and creative ideas and solutions to complete ESOP transactions, resolve disputes, and address specific issues our clients face. Lawyers on our ESOP team are well versed in the rules and bodies of law that affect ESOPs:
Our team is very active in the National Center for Employee Ownership, The ESOP Association, the Employee-Owned S Corporations of America (ESCA), the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), and the Family Firm Institute (FFI). Team members hold leadership positions in these groups and participate in educational and lobbying efforts.
Morgan Lewis counsels a variety of clients:
Our team advises on mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs of divisions of ESOP companies, private equity firm purchases of or co-investment in ESOP companies, and acquisitions made by ESOP companies both in the United States and internationally. We handle shareholder liquidity transactions and management buyouts and recapitalizations, and counsel clients on hostile takeover bids and third-party sales. We also assist boards of directors in satisfying their corporate fiduciary duties, and counsel on ownership succession transactions and fiduciary insurance coverage review and recovery.
A key part of our service involves advising private equity companies in the purchase of existing ESOP companies, as well as advising ESOP companies buying out all or a portion of the ESOP through a recapitalization using senior, mezzanine, and private equity funds.
Our team defends ESOP companies and trustees in litigation involving governmental parties and/or private parties, including "stock drop" litigation (lawsuits involving losses tied to a fall in ESOP share prices), and claims of excessive plan fees. We have served as lead counsel in several landmark ESOP cases. We also counsel ESOP clients in response to audits and investigations conducted by the DOL and the IRS.
The breadth of our ESOP litigation experience lets us effectively advise clients in defending against claims, and enables those clients to reduce the chances of future litigation.
We help clients comply with various legal requirements, and conduct due diligence investigations of the business and legal affairs of corporations whose stock trustees are negotiating to purchase or sell. With our guidance, trustees review valuation reporting and obtain adequate consideration and fairness opinions from financial advisors.
Our team assists with conducting pass-through votes on major corporate transactions, and helps ESOP companies maintain effective corporate governance practices. We counsel on how best to respond to investigations launched by the IRS, DOL, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and our lawyers review ESOP plans and related documents to ensure they have been adequately prepared and are in compliance with current regulations—all of which lowers the risk of future litigation.


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cliff dwelling, housing of the prehistoric Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) people of the southwestern United States, built along the sides of or under the overhangs of cliffs, primarily in the Four Corners area, where the present states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah meet. These masonry dwellings are associated with the Ancestral Pueblo culture period known as Pueblo III (approximately 1150–1300 ce).
The first Ancestral Puebloans were nomadic foragers whose economy relied upon hunting and gathering wild foods. When they became sedentary and began to cultivate corn (maize), they also began to build circular pits as storage bins. Later they reinforced the bins with stone walls and covered them with roofs, and some individuals began to use the structures as homes. Once they had developed farming techniques adequate to the arid climate and were able to live completely on the corn, squash, beans, and cotton they grew, the Ancestral Puebloans established permanent communities and began to build their houses aboveground.
Cliff dwellings are the culmination of these architectural developments; the use of hand-hewn stone building blocks (the principal construction material) and adobe mortar was unsurpassed even in later buildings. Ceilings were built by laying two or more large crossbeams and placing on them a solid line of laths made of smaller branches. The layers were then plastered over with the same adobe mixture frequently used as mortar. Edifices several stories high were built with each succeeding story set back from the one below, creating a row of terraces on each level and giving the structure a stepped appearance.
Residential rooms measured about 10 by 20 feet (3 by 6 metres). Entrance to ground-floor rooms was by ladder; people used the ladder to climb to the roof of the room and then descended into the room through an opening cut into its ceiling; rooms on upper floors could be entered by doorways from adjoining rooms and by additional roof/ceiling entrances. Each community had two or more kivas, or ceremonial rooms, usually round in early times but later square.
Although earlier Ancestral Puebloan villages were built in the open, these people began to build cliff dwellings about 1150, perhaps as a defense against invading groups of ancestral Navajo and Apache. In addition to the natural protection provided by a cliff, the absence of doors and windows to the rooms on the ground floor left a solid outer stone wall that could be surmounted only by climbing a ladder; ladders could easily be removed if the town were attacked. Many smaller communities joined together to form the large towns built beneath the cliffs. Two of the largest, the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado and the five-story Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico, probably had about 150 and 800 residential rooms, respectively.
As the 13th century ended, the Ancestral Puebloans abandoned the cliff dwellings for other sites. An examination of tree trunks from that period using dendrochronology indicates that a severe drought occurred in the region between 1276 and 1299. Often referred to as the Great Drought, this climatic event probably occasioned crop failures and shortages of drinking water, creating difficulties in provisioning the concentrated population living in the cliff dwellings.


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16 Apr 1997 What the The Child Abuse and Neglect Enforcement Act (CANEA) Does
The following information has been provided by the office of Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY). At the time this document was prepared for this web site (April 22) the legislation had no bill number, as it had not yet been introduced. Rep. Molinari's office has said that the bill will be introduced on April 23, 1997.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 2,000 children die each year of abuse and neglect. In 1994, there were 992,617 substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect. Despite several federal initiatives, particularly CAPTA, the Child Abuse Prevention Act of 1991, incidents of child abuse and neglect are still tragically high.
We have seen it, all too many news reports that the tragedy of abuse crosses all social, economic and geographic lines. And now our urban centers are confronting another increasing tragedy — use of illegal drugs by pregnant mothers. In New York City, for instance, according to the 1994 Child Fatality Review Panel, a full 25 percent of the child fatality cases reviewed by the Panel occurred among children exposed to drugs while still in the womb.
While CAPTA as been an effective social services tool to help prevent child abuse, it is clear that enforcement mechanisms for dealing with child abuse need to be reformed and beefed-up.
The Federal government's proper role is to assist states and cities in their efforts without micro-managing the local response, CANEA offers common-sense solutions to help local authorities and social service agencies deal with child abuse, including: Paperwork relief for social workers who spend too much time filling out forms and not enough helping children; Expanded Child Advocacy Centers for more accurate questioning of alleged victims; making newborn drug testing a condition for receiving the Substance Abuse Block Grant to determine if the mother was using drugs while pregnant; and providing for a system to allow state child protective agencies access to crucial information such as prior criminal convictions. In addition, CANEA funds these and other local enforcement programs by amending the 1995 Local Law Enforcement Grant and increasing the amount available from the Crime Victims Fund, a non-appropriated source of money the courts get from judicial fines and criminals' asset seizures.
CANEA will provide helpful tools — common-sense reforms for social service agencies and prosecutors to use when it suits the best interest of the child through the following initiatives:
Reducing Paperwork
As we have seen in the past, the federal government often imposes burdensome and unnecessary regulatory requirements on local governments. It is important for Congress to determine exactly what is required of these agencies to help get more social workers out from behind a desk and out helping children. Rep. Jim Greenwood, himself a former social worker, spent at least one full day per week 20 percent of his work week — doing nothing but filling out forms. CANEA will direct GAO to study the paperwork required of local agencies in cases of child abuse, foster care and adoption. Based on the final report, HHS will be required to make specific recommendations to eliminate the unnecessary layers of paper-work
More Child Advocacy Centers
According to the New York State Commission on Investigation, multi-disciplinary teams are the most effective way of interviewing possible child abuse victims. This provision does not create an additional series of questioning for the child, but instead confines all questioning to one child-friendly location. Last year, Congress continued to recognize the importance of these centers by appropriating $2.5 million. Increasing this funding will mean increasing the seed money that states and localities have to open these centers.
Reforming the Victims of Crime Act of 1984
In 1984, Congress created a fund dedicated to compensating victims of crime solely from the seized assets of criminals and criminal fines. No appropriated money goes to this fund, but right now it has reached nearly $530 million. While money there is available for victims of child abuse, right now that amount is capped at $10 million, which was the 1984 level. Because incidents of child abuse have doubled since then, increasing that cap to $20 million is appropriate.
Improving access to all crucial information
A major problem facing child protective services is that they lack the ability to maintain current information about child abusers as they move from state to state, or even within the same state. It's ironic that today children use computers to communicate with people all over the world, but those protecting our children don't have access to similar technology.
Last year, Congress provided $50 million to states for upgrading their criminal background check systems. This amount is significant, but meaningless unless each state can take advantage of the information on their system. CANEA will direct states to put in place a system so child protective service agencies have access, through designated law enforcement agencies, to all criminal convictions from within the state and from other states. Those states that do not create such a system will be denied a percentage of their Byrne Grant that provides discretionary money to state and local government.
Amending The Local Law Enforcement Block Grant
CANEA will permit another use of the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant by including child abuse and enforcement as one of the stated purposes of the block grant. This grant program sends money directly to localities so they can decide the best way to prevent crime in their communities, and last year was funded by Congress at $571 million.
Mandatory toxicology tests for all newborns
This provision provides states the opportunity to use the Substance Abuse Block Grant to test all newborns for in utero drug exposure. States should be given the flexibility to utilize these funds to protect the health of its citizens. Results from a positive toxicology test would not require that the child be removed from the mother's care, but would alert Child Protective Services of the potential problem and give them the opportunity to contact the mother and monitor the family's environment. Hospitals will be able to test newborns for all drugs not prescribed by a physician. The health-care provider would be required to contact Child Protective Services and inform them that the mother was using drugs while pregnant and may be addicted. At a minimum, Child Protective Services would then be on notice about the mother and be able to monitor the family.
According to the New York State Commission on Investigation, in New York City between 1990-1994, 25 percent of all the child fatalities occurred among children who were exposed to drugs while still in the womb. Mothers who take illegal drugs while pregnant may need help caring for their child. While not mandating removal, this behavior should be a red flag for local Child Protective Services to begin an investigation. Congressman Tom Bliley introduced a bill that addressed infant drug testing in 1990, but it never reached the floor.
Camp-Kennelly Legislation
While not part of this package, legislation introduced by Congressman Dave Camp and Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly reforms the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980. The original bill sought to move children from foster care and into adoptive homes, and while it has been partially successful in moving foster children into new homes, some problems have arisen with adoption and foster care concerning safety of these children. Dave Camp's bill addresses these concerns by providing mechanisms to insure that the foremost concern is providing a child with a safe and loving home.
For more information contact:
Eugene Patrone or
Jennifer Prazmark
Office of Congresswoman Molinari
(202) 225-3371
(202) 226-1272 fax


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
do I need to connect it to de wan port or to one of the other 4 ports?
I can see the pluto admin but I dont have internet
Martin,Connect the "LAN" or "internal" port of the core to the "WAN" port of the router. (Make sure the router is set for dynamic addressing for its WAN port so that it picks up an IP address and DNS settings from the core.)
to add a new md all you need to do is to network boot. pluto will detect the new device and ask you what to do with it. you need to assign a new room for it, to avoid having 2 md's in same room, entertainment area.


text: Constant temperature during laser cutting and good cutting results even in thick steel. The CoolLine function sprays water coaxially onto the processing point through a special nozzle. Heat is drawn away from the sheet through the vaporisation energy of the water. Cooling is thereby achieved and the temperature remains almost constant during the cutting process. With this function, you can nest parts more closely, resulting in less scrap skeleton and more profit.


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OPI's polishes for fall 2009 are another destination-themed collection. This time it's based on the colors of Spain.
Ate Berries In The Canaries. Bright berry pink. Really pretty and surprisingly bright for a fall collection! It's a gorgeous bright pink-purple creme. The sunlight picture pulls out more of the warm tones in the polish while the indoor picture brings out the cool tones. It's in between the two. More pink than purple, a little bit similar to OPI I'm India Mood For Love. Same type of color.
Barefoot In Barcelona. Soft pinkish nude. Another spin on Rescue Beauty Lounge Grunge? This one is very putty-like. Odd color. I can't decide if I like it or not. In some lights it seems more brown, in others more pink. It's unusual, but we're seeing more of these colors lately, so I guess it's not as unusual now...
Bullish On OPI. Red-orange creme. This is more orange than red, maybe what I would consider 'brick'. This one feels more like fall to me. I don't get the name... maybe it's a play on words? The only thing I think of when I read "Bullish" is "Bullshit" but I don't think that's what they meant. Intentional or not, I got a laugh out of it!
Can You Tapas This? Red-brown creme. Like chocolate and red wine! Or maybe mole. Not the animal, the sauce. I really like this one, this one is also more of a fall shade.
Conquistadorable Color. Raspberry creme. Not really very interesting, I feel like I've seen this color a million times. It's bright, it's smooth, it's candy-like. Next!
Give Me Moor! Vampy eggplant shimmer. This is really very dark, almost black. Black cherry... Eggplant... A dark, vampy shade with a reddish-purple tinge. It also has barely noticeable shimmer. Applying this is strange- it's a sheer base with a lot of little dark speckles!
Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow. Very dark green with slight shimmer. WOOHOO!!! A real green! OPI did a green, I knew they had it in them! This is just a bit darker than I had hoped, but at least it's green. It does look almost black in most lights. It has a small amount of shimmer like Give Me Moor! but it looks like a speckled creme most of the time.
Manicurist Of Seville. Berry red creme. Nothing wrong with the color at all, but don't we have enough berry-colored cremes already? I'm getting a little sick of them, to tell you the truth... Moving on...
No Spain, No Gain. Red-purple creme. Wow, almost all cremes. I'm surprised! Anyway, this is mostly purple to my eye, but it's a very red based one. So red based, in fact, that it's also veering dangerously close to berry territory.
Pamplona Purple. Purple creme. This is gorgeous!! Absolutely gorgeous! Like I've said before, I can never get enough purple cremes and this one is especially nice. My picture makes it look way more blue than it actually looks in real life. It's not a Can You Dig It? dupe, I'd call it closer to that one from the France collection, the name escapes me at the moment...
Pink Flamenco. Hot blue-toned pink. Another love! And another odd choice for fall. Seriously, brights for fall? Has OPI been drinking too much Sangria? Well, I'm not usually happy about pinks, but I love this one. It's the only type of pink that looks good on me. It's only a couple shades off from Ate Berries In The Canaries, but this is more purple and that one is more pink. Same kind of I'm India Mood For Love cool pink shade.
Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees. Smoky dark blue shimmer. Very strange shade. It looks smoky. Crazy smoky blue. I really don't have many shades like this, this is definitely unique in my collection. The closest comparable colors I can think of are Orgasm Hard Day's Night and Carolyn New York Frankie Joins The Navy, but neither are dupes. So a smoky blue-grey base with barely perceptible shimmer, a lot like the other hidden shimmer shades in this collection.
The formula on these was top notch. Thin, smooth, flawless, super-fast drying, pretty much perfect. No complaints on the formula. Well... maybe... not really a complaint, but an observation... These are thinner than the previous collections. Not a bad thing, but unexpected. The pro-wide brushes in these have also undergone another change. They don't seem as wide and moppy, more flat and square this time. And a cool detail- the brush stem now says OPI! Very cool! One more observation, the labels on these have black text. Did I get a weird batch? Let me know if yours have black text or the traditional three-free indicating green text.
This was an odd collection. The promo pictures were pretty misleading. From the promo pictures I saw, I was salivating at all the pretty purples and vampy shades. I didn't expect these shades at all! And brights for fall?? I'm not complaining, I love brights, but OPI is usually so traditional when they do seasonal collections, I was surprised to see that these weren't all vampy fall shades.
I would have liked to see fewer berry and red shades and more browns or golds or other fall colors. I am craving fall colors right now, so brights aren't doing it for me. I was happy that the two pinks included were my favorite kind. This means I can actually wear them, unlike the unflattering warm pinks they seem to release every 15 minutes.
Overall, unexpected but not bad. I would wear at least half of these shades. This was a frustrating collection to photograph because berries and purples always do weird things to my camera. I'm a little disappointed at all the cremes and berry shades. I was hoping for another Black Cherry Chutney-type vampy fall shimmer collection. But from the looks of it, this will be a creme-filled fall. Haha, that sounds funny.
Official release date for OPI's Spain Collection (La Coleccion De España) is August 5th.
What do you think? Are you as surprised as I am?
Monday, July 6, 2009
OPI Fall 2009 Coleccion de España
OPI's polishes for fall 2009 are another destination-themed collection. This time it's based on the colors of Spain.
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Your swataches are beautiful as usual, but I can't help but be slightly disappointed with Espana. It's not what I expected.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 12:25 AM
maybe "bull" has to do with those red bullfighting cloths?ReplyDelete
Thanks to this post my Espana wishlist has diminished to about 3. My wallet and I thank you! lol.ReplyDelete
love it! thanks for the lovely pictures and awesome reviewsReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 12:39 AM
What pretty swatches, and nails you have! I can't wait for Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees and Ate Berries in the Canaries!ReplyDelete
Scrangie, would you be willing to swatch some more colors from Diamond? I LOVE Diamond but the colors are so hard to see on their site -- even harder than on other sites.ReplyDelete
I would be grateful!
lovin' Barefoot in Barcelona. Reminds me of Orly's Pink Chocolate, for some reason but that one is darker. Great post, Girl!!ReplyDelete
Love Here today... Aragon tomorrow.ReplyDelete
But Espana collection is little boring to me?
Great swatches Scrangie :)
I love this collection - it has some great colors ! I know what you're talking about, 'cause I was expecting something different also, but still, there are beautiful color :-)ReplyDelete
And thank you for your gorgeous swatches as always !
Barefoot in Barcelona seems kind of interesting, though there has been that kind of shades around lately as you said.ReplyDelete
I rewarded you with the Adorable Blog Award in my blog, as I have found your nail pics extremely useful and informative (and beautiful!) for a long time. Thank you for keeping posting them! :)
I am loving Ate Berries In The Canaries and Pink Flamenco, really pretty shades of pink!ReplyDelete
wow my list of "buys" has gone down major status!!! I'm a bit disappointed w/this collection. I thought I'd luvvvv it :/ReplyDelete
i actually like 2 more colors than i expected! idk about all the lame berries and reds (AGAIN OPI?! really?) but i was originally going to only get aragon and pyrenes, but now i really like tapas and pamplona...maybe barefoot. not sure if it will be too pink for me. which are ur faves? ocelot1ReplyDelete
(apparently i had totally forgotten i had this google acct!i went to sign up and lo and behold... LOL)
barefoot in barcelona looks like tickle my france-y.ReplyDelete
where do you get all those not-yet-released polishes from?!
ref "Bullish on OPI" - Bullish is a stock trading term, it means favourable or positive on a stock/security, in this case OPI. The opposite is bearish. But also a play on the theme as Spain is known for its bullfighting.ReplyDelete
Beautiful swatches!!! I think "Bullish on OPI" means: first the red piece of fabric the matador uses in bullfightings, which Spain is famous for. And then bullish means something like successful buisness:)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 3:56 AM
Thank you for the swatches! I am quite taken with Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees, Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow and Give me Moor! I think these polishes are beautiful on your nails.ReplyDelete
Sort of disappointed with this collection, but given it's been ages since I've been truly excited by OPI that's not unexpected. I just wish there was a single color in it that I thought I needed as I've been obsessed with going back to Spain ever since I had the good fortune to visit Barcelona last summer. The colors are all pretty, but not terribly unique or craving-inducing. I had been excited by the prospect of Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow but I hate colors that are so dark they look black in most lights. I'm down with dark colors, but I want to be able to tell I'm not wearing black when I see my tips. Otherwise, why not just paint them black?ReplyDelete
I don't mind this collection at all but I'm a little disappointed that there are not many shimmers. The berry/purple cremes look great though.ReplyDelete
Here Today Aragon Tomorrow looked promising but for some reason I thought the green wouldn't be as dark. Oh well...
Also, Give Me Moor looks similar Lincoln Park At Midnight... but maybe it's my monitor?
Anyway, great swatches as always :)
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 5:28 AM
meh. i hoped for a cool dark green so much but this one is a bit to dark for me i think. :/ReplyDelete
as beeing not one of the classic pink/red girls, there is not much i need from this collection.
buuut barefoot to barcelona seems to be cool-odd :D
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 5:55 AM
Your swatches are great as always! My favourites from this collection are Suzi, Aragon and Give Me Moore. I also loved the formula! For the golden shades, I'm holding out for the holiday collection... =)ReplyDelete
I'm really disappointed in this collection!! The promo images looked so promising and now that I've seen swatches I don't think I want any of them, except for maybe that purple cream. The green one is a big let down, it's just too black. Overall I'm not feeling this collection at all - NEXT! ;)ReplyDelete
I guess I actually do need 3 or 4 of these though I do wish they were true to the original promo pictures.ReplyDelete
I'm surprised by Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees - it's the only one I like more than the promo pic. I thought this was going to be a really dark gray, which I have plenty of. This is different, I really like it!
Thanks for the pics Scrangie! Honestly there really isn't any shade that screams at me to buy it... I may end up getting the 2 hot pinks, Pamplona Purple and Suzi Skis but we'll see :)ReplyDelete
I have all twelve of these, but I haven't fallen in love with a single one of them... Think this collection is rather disappointing.ReplyDelete
My favourite collection for fall will probably be ChG Retro Diva. Loved your swatches!
I think I also would have liked to see more vampy colors (I can't get enough, no matter how many I own) but I do like some of these colors, especially Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees.ReplyDelete
And I agree on the berry-red cremes: enough already!
Great swatches; thanks for posting!
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 8:35 AM
I was most excited to see what the green one looked like on the nail, but it was a huge disappointment.ReplyDelete
Your swatches are superb as usual, but the green was way too dark. It's a pet peeve of mine when a colour looks black almost all the time. I don't want to have to put my hands up to a light bulb just to see that, oh yeah, there's a hint of green. Had OPI made the green a few shades lighter, it would've been a massive hit.
I definitely want Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees and maybe the Tapas one. Possibly Barefoot in Barcelona. You look great in them all as usual. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 9:45 AM
I just got back from spending two years in the canaries - they and mainland spain especially make a lot of wine and so produce millions of berries [the common person would more think that happens in France!]ReplyDelete
Anyway, I think Bullish is named so [and a red too] because bull fights are pretty popular in spain. Yeah, red.
so ... I really like "Can you tapas this?" Unfortunately, though, I don't get OPI here - and I'm banned from buying on the internet :(
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 10:02 AM
I am not so keen on this collection. Where are the vibrant oranges, golds and browns that are associated with Moorish Spain? What about the blues and greens of the Mediterranean? I agree with others' point that Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow is too dark. All in all, it looks dupe-ish to the Zoya collection, which I think I prefer.ReplyDelete
I think my wallet is pretty safe this fall...except for the RBL polishes to come :).
Oh goodness, I think I might just want every single colour. This is rare for me! I usually pick a few jems, but this one might bust my bank!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the beautiful swatches as usual Scrangie :) Can you Tapas this is my favouriteReplyDelete
for the most part these colors are really pretty. Though they don't all scream fall to me, but theres no rule to say you can't wear pink in the fall lol. i am kinda wanting here today..aragon tomorrow even though its almost black..i LOVE LOVE LOVE greensReplyDelete
Great swatches! It gonna be difficult to choose.ReplyDelete
Btw, I put some of your swatches on my blog, hope you don't mind (of course I mentionned you as the source).
I don't think that this colection is all bad, but you are right in that nothing is super original. I am one who really likes pink and berry creams, so these are right up my ally, not to mention that I am a super sucker for the ProWide Brush. I am glad to hear that it is less WIDE and more squareish. Makes for good application IMO!ReplyDelete
My favs are Ate Berries, No Spain No Gain, Pamplona Purple (gorg!), Pink Famenco, and Suzi Skis! I agree with everyone else that the green is too dark. I am on the fence about Give Me Moor - it looks to close to LPAM and Essie Damsel in a Dress. Thanks so much for the beautiful swatches!!
Wow...I usually want at least 1 or 2 shades from OPI fall collex but this one is a dud. I am totally passing. Hopefully, the holiday one will be better. BOO OPI!ReplyDelete
On these bottles http://lackoholic.com/page/2/ the text looks green.ReplyDelete
I was so excited when I saw the promotional ads, but the only one I really want is "Pamplona Purple." It reminds me of Collection de France's "Louvre Me, Louvre Me Not" without the shimmer!ReplyDelete
I really wanted "Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow" to be more green like in the promotional ads. What happened OPI?
I am very excited about these colors, there are a bunch in this collection that I want - more so now seeing your swatches. Can't wait for the release!ReplyDelete
I have been searching for a good emerald green since May. I settled for Sally Hanson's Insta-Dri in Jumpin' Jade. So excited that O.P.I. and Zoya are jumping on board! Which color - Envy or Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow - has a more emerald tint?ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for all the recent OPI swatches :)) The more I am looking at the spanish collection the more I am liking them - they all look great on your nails. I'm having trouble choosing my 6 favs!ReplyDelete
Also, p'ssion?? has mentioned OPI suede shades? Any ideas suede polishes are please? The shades look good but i've never heard of suede polish before.
Scrangie, I love your comment on "Here today... Aragon tomorrow": "OPI did a green, I knew they had it in them!"ReplyDelete
I just had to laugh. You are so sweet! :-D
And you are right ;-)
I really think I will buy most of these. Unless I get tired of looking at them on everyone's blogs. If I do than the color must not be that special. I wish the green wasn't so dark. They could've made it a shade lighter. Quit the berries and reds. Aren't there enough to go around.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 8, 2009 at 8:40 PM
The pics looked great! I am very excited about this collection. There are several I'd like to get...like the dark green and the blue. :) Thank you!ReplyDelete
Dear Scrangie, thank you for the great swatches! One question: Could you compare the following polishes: a) "No Spain, No Gain" - Zoya "Ciara" and b) "Pamplona Purple" - Zoya "Demi"ReplyDelete
How did I miss this post? I'm actually really excited with several of these colors, mainly because it seems that the matte polish by Essie tends to lighten things up a bit. I wonder how Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow would look matted? Would its green beauty show through a little more?ReplyDelete
I am betting that Barefoot in Barcelona would look beautious on darker complexions, especially matted.
I just about keeled over when I saw Can You Tapas This? This is a color that just screamed out to me. It looks great on your complexion, and it's definitely an appropriate fall color.
I just can't wait until I can get my hands on the Essie mattifier, because really, I'm obsessed with thinking about how colors I wouldn't traditionally wear would look mattified.
Thanks again, Scrangie, for your fantastic swatches!
I really like more of the colors than i thought. do you know when the collection will be in stores? I cant wait to start wearing dark fall colors again!ReplyDelete
Well, I'm gonna get Give me moor, Suzi skis in he pyrenees, here today aragon tomorrow and pamplona purple. other than that, I don't normally do any of the other colros,so I'll only go for the vampy ones.ReplyDelete
Scrangie, your swatches are beautiful! How did master painting your nails with such wonderful skill? I'm really looking forward to this collection, especially Barefoot in Barcelona, and Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow. I found someone in Singapore who's started selling the collection! Hurrays!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 2, 2009 at 6:43 AM
Aragon just to satisfy the need for green OPIReplyDelete
Aragon just to satisfy the need for green OPIReplyDelete
i love love here today aragon tomorrow!!ReplyDelete
they are pretty!! i love the pink/purple shades, but i'm so sick of reds and borderline black colors.ReplyDelete
do you know if Pamploma Purple is close to Sephora by OPI's What a Broad? If you have both do you think you could do a side by side comparison? thank you!
Is it me or Give Me Moor looks exactly like LPAD? i love this color, but i have LPAD already.ReplyDelete
i loved the Ate Berries in the Canaries, such a great shade. And the new brush rocks!
- AnonymousSeptember 30, 2009 at 4:47 AM
LOVE THEM ALL AND THEY ARE SELLING WELL...DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMPLAINTS ARE ALL ABOUT AND WE ALL NEED SOME BRIGHT COLOURS THIS TIME OF YEAR...AS FOR MORE BROWNS AND GOLDS WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THOSE AND THEY DONT SELL - GREAT COLOURS WE ALL LOVE THEM AT WORK AND WE USE THEM EVERYDAY SO WE SHOULD KNOW!!!ReplyDelete
Love the colors <3ReplyDelete
Barefoot in Barcelona is gorgeous - it looks like Sephora by OPI's Casting Call.ReplyDelete
Also wth with Pink Flamenco?? It looks exactly like India Mood For Love!
I guess this is the stereotyped vision OPI has of Spain. Lots of reds and pinks when we, as the rest of the blogosphere, have succumbed to the charms of the nudes, taupes, Paradoxals and the like.ReplyDelete
It kind of reminds me of the colour range most local brands here offer, seldom getting out of their comfort zone.
I found two tiny OPI displays here in Spain for the first time in my life and they had the Texas collection, as well as a small potpurri of others. Btw, retail price here for an OPI is 15.50 EUR (22.08 USD -talk about overinflating prices).
Btw, I only own 2 OPIs and one of them happens to be 'I'm india mood for love'.ReplyDelete
Ummmm you leave me wondering if it's a mix up in your copy that you think Pink Flamingo is more purple in hue than I Ate Berries in The Canaries??? I think the opposite - Berries has much more purple to it than Pink Flamingo does. I did not gravitate to this collection when it came out, but I have gone back to a few from it since then.ReplyDelete
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'Common Courtesy' Lacking Among Doctors-in-Training - 10/23/2013
'Common Courtesy' Lacking Among Doctors-in-Training
Johns Hopkins researchers say 'etiquette-based' communications needed to improve medical outcomes
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Johns Hopkins investigators have found that doctors-in-training are unlikely to introduce themselves fully to hospitalized patients or sit down to talk to them eye-to-eye, despite research suggesting that courteous bedside manners improve medical recovery along with patient satisfaction.
A report on the research, published online this month in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, calls for some simple adjustments to intern communications to make the whole experience of a hospital stay better.
"Basic things make a difference in patient outcomes and they're not being done to the extent they should be," says study leader Leonard S. Feldman, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and one of the associate program directors of the internal medicine residency program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. "These are things that matter to patients and are relatively easy to do."
For the study, trained observers followed 29 internal medicine interns - physicians in their first year out of medical school - at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical Center for three weeks during January 2012. They witnessed 732 inpatient "encounters" during 118 intern work shifts. The observers used an iPod Touch app to record whether the interns employed five key strategies known as etiquette-based communication: introducing oneself, explaining one's role in the patient's care, touching the patient, asking open-ended questions such as "How are you feeling today?" and sitting down with the patient.
Interns touched their patients (which could be either a physical exam or just a handshake or a gentle, caring touch) during 65 percent of visits and asked open-ended questions 75 percent of the time. But they introduced themselves only 40 percent of the time, explained their role only 37 percent of the time and sat down during only 9 percent of visits.
Worse, interns performed all five of the recommended behaviors during just 4 percent of all patient encounters, and were only slightly more likely to introduce themselves to patients during their first encounter than a later one, the researchers say.
"Many times when I sit down," Feldman says, "patients say 'Oh my God, is something wrong?' because I actually bothered to take a seat. People should expect their physicians to sit down with them, to introduce themselves. They shouldn't be taken aback when they actually do. It's part of being a doctor."
Feldman and co-author Lauren Block, M.D., M.P.H., a former general internal medicine fellow at Johns Hopkins, say one of the reasons internal medicine trainees may not be following such basic social protocols is that hospitalists, the senior doctors they often learn from, fail to use them. Previous studies have shown that to be the case.
In a follow-up study six months after the observational research was completed, the Johns Hopkins researchers surveyed nine of the 10 Johns Hopkins interns, asking how often they believe they used the five communication strategies. The interns estimated they introduced themselves to their patients and explained their role 80 percent of the time and that they sat down with patients 58 percent of the time - far more often than they actually did.
"Our perception of ourselves is off a lot of the time and that's why it is so important to have data," Block noted.
Block says follow-up care also suffers because of the lack of good doctor-patient communications. "It's no wonder patients don't feel connected to what we are telling them because many times we are not doing as much as we could to make that connection," she says. Other research, she says, has shown that only 10 percent of patients can name a doctor who cared for them in the hospital.
The researchers say hospitals and training program officials can take simple steps to improve things, such as providing chairs and photos of the care team in patient rooms and adding lessons on etiquette-based communication to the curriculum.
Feldman says that when he brings trainees into a patient room on rounds, he has everyone introduce themselves. Even if it's unlikely the patient will remember everyone, it creates a better relationship, he says, adding that modeling appropriate behavior for interns is a good place to start.
"The hospital is a dizzying place," he says. "It's a new crew all the time - in the emergency room, on the unit, the day team, the night team, the nurses, the respiratory therapist, the pharmacist. By introducing ourselves, we can go a long way toward making the entire hospital experience a little less daunting."
The Osler Center for Clinical Excellence at Johns Hopkins and the Johns Hopkins Hospitalist Scholars Program provided stipends for the observers and covered the transportation and logistical costs of the study.
Other Johns Hopkins researchers involved in the study include Lindsey Hutzler, B.A.; Albert W. Wu, M.D., M.P.H.; Sanjay V. Desai, M.D.; and Timothy Niessen, M.D., M.P.H.
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"The policeman said 'mind that hole, that's where the bomb was'. The metal was pushed upwards as if the bomb was underneath the train. They seem to think the bomb was left in a bag, but I don't remember anybody being where the bomb was, or any bag," he said.
OK, now is this true? If it is then there is NO WAY that a bomb on a person or in a bag would cause the metal in the floor of the train to blow upwards, can't happen. So, IF this story is true then it is a smoking gun.
Cambridge Evening News
Cambridge dancer Bruce Lait has spoken of his miraculous escape when a bomb exploded just yards away from him in a Tube train carriage.
The 32-year-old was knocked out by the blast and awoke to a terrible scene of devastation in the underground tunnel near London's Aldgate East station.
So lucky: Bruce recovers in hospital
Mr Lait, who teaches dance in Cambridge, believes he and his dance partner Crystal Main were the only passengers in the carriage who survived the blast without serious injury - even though they were sitting nearest to where the bomb detonated.
When he came to, there was a body lying on top of him and he was surrounded by the dead and injured. But incredibly, the only wounds the dance coach sustained were facial lacerations and a perforated eardrum.
"I feel extremely, extremely lucky," he said.
The explosion happened just after Mr Lait and Ms Main, 23, got on the train at Liverpool Street on their way to the South Bank for a rehearsal.
He recalled that the carriage had about 20-25 people in it, from all walks of life, and aged from their teens to over 60.
"I remember an Asian guy, there was a white guy with tracksuit trousers and a baseball cap, and there were two old ladies sitting opposite me," he said.
"We'd been on there for a minute at most and then something happened. It was like a huge electricity surge which knocked us out and burst our eardrums. I can still hear that sound now," he said.
The impact of the blast made him pass out. As he came to, he wondered whether he was alive or dead.
"We were right in the carriage where the bomb was. I was knocked out. I did not know what was going on.
"I wondered if I was dead or not. I said to myself, you can't be dead because your brain is having conscious thoughts, so concentrate hard. I was telling myself 'wake up Bruce, wake up'."
Royal visit: At Royal London Hospital
Disorientated, he only gradually realised where he was and what had happened.
"When I woke up and looked around I saw darkness, smoke and wreckage. It took a while to realise where I was and what was going on, then my first concern was for Crystal.
"She was okay but she was in shock because she was trying to deal with the person on top of her who had massive head injuries. We have just found out that this person died," said Mr Lait, who lives in Suffolk.
He too was afraid to move because there was a seriously injured woman lying on top of him.
"I realised someone was lying on top of me. I tried not to move her because I didn't know if she was still alive, or I could have made it worse. This person also died, while on top of me."
At the same time, he slowly tried to work out whether he or Crystal had been injured.
"I thought if I can wiggle my toes I'm okay, and I could, and I asked Crystal to do the same."
Describing the scene as they waited for help, he said: "It was just the most awful scene of death and there were body parts everywhere. There was something next to me. I was trying not to look. I couldn't figure out what it was."
When paramedics arrived, they confirmed that the woman on top of him was dead and carefully moved her body. Mr Lait said the middle-aged woman had blonde curly hair, was dressed in black, and could have been a businesswoman.
He and Crystal were helped out of the carriage. As they made their way out, a policeman pointed out where the bomb had been. It was like a huge electricity surge which knocked us out and burst our eardrums.
Tube survivor Bruce Lait
"The policeman said 'mind that hole, that's where the bomb was'. The metal was pushed upwards as if the bomb was underneath the train. They seem to think the bomb was left in a bag, but I don't remember anybody being where the bomb was, or any bag," he said.
They were led through the tunnel to the platform at Aldgate, which was just a few hundred yards away, and taken out of the station to wait for an ambulance.
Mr Lait was taken to the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, where he was visited by the Queen on Friday.
He said: "They asked would I mind if my name were put forward and I said I'd love to meet the Queen, even if the circumstances weren't ideal."
Sitting with his parents, Pat and Tom, Mr Lait told the Queen as she stood at his bedside: "I'm very thankful to still be here."
He said of Her Majesty: "She just seemed very nice and concerned, she seemed very genuine."
Now back at home, he has been trying to recover from the ordeal, with the help of friends and family.
Mr Lait, who teaches the Latin formation team XS, based in Cambridge, and the Cambridge Dancers' Club, said he has been moved by people's care and consideration.
On the floor: Bruce & dance partner Crystal, who was also on the train
"I've had people who know me phone me from all over the world and ask if I am alright. Those pictures of me and the Queen have gone all over the world."
And he said the terrible experience has given him a new outlook on life.
"It has made me realise how important life is, and that we only get one life, and we've got to be happy with what we've got in our lives."
Reflecting on the ordeal, he said: "Out of that whole carriage, I think Crystal and I were the only ones who were not seriously injured, and I think we were nearest the bomb.
"It makes me thank Him up there. I'm not overly religious but I'm not a disbeliever. I pray now and again. Something like this has just made me think, 'thank you Lord'."
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The number of lawsuits against Apple in China continues to grow: A Taiwanese man has sued the company, alleging that the FaceTime feature on its iPhone and iPad infringes on one of his patents.
A court in the Chinese city of Zhenjiang has accepted the case, and is informing Apple of the lawsuit, said a court staff member, who did not disclose his name.
The alleged infringement involves a patent that covers a technology using voice communication for personal digital assistants. Li Zhengdao filed for the patent in mainland China on behalf of his Taiwanese company in 2003, which was later granted by authorities in 2004.
Bu Lin, the lawyer representing Li, said on Wednesday his client noticed the alleged infringement after buying an iPhone in Zhenjiang during a business trip. He then filed the lawsuit. "Apple's FaceTime is infringing on his patent," Bu said, adding that they have yet to decide whether Apple should be asked to compensate for any damages. "We just want them to stop with the infringement," he said.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company's FaceTime feature allows users to video chat through applicable Apple devices when connected over a Wi-Fi network.
The patent lawsuit comes after Apple agreed to pay $60 million to a local Chinese firm to buy ownership of the iPad trademark in China. Two other Chinese companies are also suing Apple, one for trademark infringement over the Snow Leopard name, the other alleging patent infringement relating to Apple's Siri feature.
In neighboring Taiwan, a university has also filed legal action against Apple in the U.S., claiming that Siri infringes on one of the school's patents. The university filed the lawsuit to counter attempts by foreign firms including Apple to stifle the sales of Taiwanese electronic companies through patent battles.


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This is Page 5 of a 7-page glossary of types of salt. Some of the terms below include maldon salt, margarita salt and natural salt. After you've read up on sea salt, take a look at our other food glossaries—an easy way to get up to speed on almost different food categories.
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A sea salt with unique pyramid-shaped, flaky crystals that comes from the Atlantic waters near the Maldon region of Essex (specifically, the Blackwater estuary) in Essex, England, a salt-producing center since the Middle Ages. The salt is created when the waves from the sea wash up over the rocks and leave pools of water, which are evaporated by the sun, leaving the salt on the rocks. The salt crystals are used whole or ground for cooking seasoning and preserving foods. Maldon is considered to be a good finishing salt that provides a light, delicate flavor. It is also available in a smoked salt version.
A general term for a coarse ground salt, often kosher salt, used to coat the rim of a margarita glass. It should provide crunch but also dissolve quickly on the tongue. A piece of lime is rubbed around the glass rim to moisten the surface of the rim to enabling the salt to adhere. Margarita salts are available flavored with lime or other fruits such as mango; some creative mixes include chipotle. If you are not using a flavored salt, you can save on buying a special "margarita salt" and simply use kosher salt.
A salt that is slightly damp to the touch, like sel gris (grey salt).
A product made from salt water that has been evaporated in pans by sun and wind winds. Harvesting takes place once the water has evaporated, and it is crushed and ground as needed without further refining (i.e., an unrefined salt).
A salt naturally crystallized in cypress dishes, then set in pyramid-shaped solar houses located on Kyushu Island in Japan. Used as an accompaniment to sweet soy and scallions.
Per the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) of 1984, the FDA established certain regulations regarding salt content labeling. Based on these regulations:
For a normal diet based on 2000 calories per day, the recommended salt intake is 2500 mg per day. Salt-restricted diets include substantially less, based on individual needs and medical prescription. Directly-applied salt represents just a portion of dietary sodium: there is salt in prepared foods and salt occurs naturally in some foods.
A salt made form a combination of finely ground dehydrated onions (onion powder) and salt. It is used to add onion flavor to foods, but provides a much more subtle flavor than fresh onions.
While salt is not certified organic by the same standards as botanicals, agriculture or livestock, various organizations are setting up rigorous guidelines for the production of organic salt. They ensure the purity of the water, cleanliness of the salt beds and strict procedures on how the salt is harvested and packaged. Certifying organizations include Bio-Gro in New Zealand, Nature & Progres in France and Soil Association Certified in Wales.
If you have over-salted a dish, adding substances like potatoes to absorb excess salt generally doesn't work. Better fixes are the addition of sugar, lemon juice or vinegar to mask the salty taste. The best bet is to dilute the salted medium by adding more of, e.g., an unsalted stock or puree.
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Jet Lag, that scary of our internal organic clocks on every occasion we go away the comfort of our home time area, is real. All of us enjoy it, to a extra or lesser extent. Those people who tour every now and then are afflicted more violently than the ones of us who journey lots.
But even seasoned tourists can be laid low through the results of Jet Lag.
So, what's Jet Lag? As we circulate away from our domestic time sector, there may be a great change inside the day-night time cycle. As we journey east, the morning daylight comes at an in advance and earlier (to us) clock time.
As we journey West, the days seem to grow longer, and it takes "forever" for dusk to seem.
The reality is that once we journey East, we generally tend to want to sleep late, and to go to bed early.
The converse is proper for the ones of us who travel West.
This confusion among what the local clocks are displaying us, and what our inner clocks are telling us, is what we name "Jet Lag".
Jet Lag is so widely wide-spread that nearly any journey e-book you pick out up could have guidelines and nostrums to alleviate the results of Jet Lag.
Why is it known as "Jet Lag"?
Well, for one, if you journey a long distance on foot, your body's clock has time to adjust to the moving daylight as you stroll. Same is going for journey in motors, and additionally to a lesser quantity, whilst traveling in trains and boats.
But with the advent of Jet Airplane journey, your biological clock will become straight away overwhelmed.
Let's say, for instance, you intend a experience to go to Disney World in Florida. You fly from Los Angeles, California to Orlando, Florida. Your making plans was super and you arrive in Orlando at four PM (neighborhood time) within the afternoon. You get to you your lodge and set up store and now it is 6PM.
Time for dinner!
But you're not hungry, but: After all, in California it is only 3PM inside the afternoon!
The next morning, your resort alarm is going off at 6AM. Time to rise up, get dressed up, have breakfast and head out to Disney World. But your body screams in protest, "It's Only 3AM inside the morning! I want to SLEEP!!"
Your vacation is ruined unless you someway re-set your inner clock.
But How?
Good News!
When I became travelling to the Orient greater than I do now, we continually left the States round midday nearby time. When we arrived inside the Orient, it was generally early afternoon (their nearby time).
The first element we did when we were given situated in our lodge room changed into to drink a massive bottle of water (flying can be very dehydrating), close the room-darkening blinds, and go to bed. We might sleep until 6AM local time. This long sleep period appeared to constantly reset our biological clocks to the neighborhood time.


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Congenital Heart Defects
A congenital heart defect is a heart abnormality that you're born with. These defects can be simple with no symptoms or complex defects with severe side effects. Signs or symptoms of a congenital heart defect may not show up until later in life.
Some more common congenital heart defects that we treat in children and adults include:
- Atrial septal defect (ASD) – A hole in the wall between the upper two heart chambers where septal tissue is missing
- Patent foramen ovale (PFO) – A hole in the wall between the upper two heart chambers that can cause stroke or other conditions
- Aortic and mitral valve stenosis – Narrowing of the heart valves that restricts normal blood flow


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In "Warrior," Nick Nolte plays a man looking for redemption. In real life, he's already found it.
The 70-year-old actor looks like a man at peace. He's invigorated by his girlfriend, Clytie Lane, their 3-year-old daughter, Sophia, and a passion for storytelling that hasn't waned over his 40-year career.
A little Hello Kitty suitcase and plush Smurf doll sit near the door of the home that anchors his sprawling Malibu compound, where he keeps a private water well and an acre-sized organic garden that sustains his family.
He happily picks a few onions and peppers for a visitor to take home — and a handful of raspberries and tomatoes that they eat together off the vine — as his golden retrievers Socrates and Ginger faithfully follow him across the gated property.
In "Warrior," in theaters Friday, Nolte plays Paddy Conlon, a recovering alcoholic seeking forgiveness from his two sons, whom he alienated with episodes of drunken violence. Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton play the grown-up boys. They have grudges against their dad and each other, and each is training for the world's biggest mixed martial arts competition, where they become unlikely contestants for the title.
Nolte's character, who speaks volumes with his crinkled eyes, is the heart of the film.
"He's the heart and the problem!" laughs the actor, who sits on a sofa beside one of the living room's three fireplaces, occasionally puffing on a smokeless electronic cigarette. The room doubles as a drum-circle site. Half a dozen conga drums sit in the center, beside a grand piano, a stack of colorful pillows, a barrel of wooden rain sticks and a crow in a cage.
"Warrior" director Gavin O'Connor wrote the part with Nolte in mind. The two worked together for months on O'Connor's 2008 film "Pride and Glory," until Nolte pulled out three weeks before shooting began. He needed a knee replacement and couldn't continue.
"You would think a director then wouldn't want to have anything to do with you because you've walked (out) on his film, caused him a lot of agony," Nolte says. But they kept in touch — they're also neighbors in Malibu — and one day O'Connor called: "He said we're working on another piece and I'm writing you in it," Nolte says.
The writer-director called Nolte "a national treasure."
"I wanted to use him how he's best and hoped the role would remind everyone what he's capable of," O'Connor said.
And it's true — some audiences may need reminding; in recent years, Nolte has done only smaller parts and some voice work (including Bernie the gorilla in "Zookeeper").
Then there was his 2002 arrest on Pacific Coast Highway for driving under the influence of drugs. The booking photo from that arrest, showing an especially disheveled-looking Nolte, continues to circulate in cyberspace, but the actor himself has clearly moved on.
Now, he's generating early Oscar buzz as a central character in "Warrior" and has some solid projects in the pipeline, including Robert Redford's "The Company You Keep" and the Los Angeles crime story "The Gangster Squad." Plus he says he typically does one European film a year.
"For a while I was really hot with the French," he says.
After four decades on screen, half of it in independent films, Nolte says he hardly recognizes Hollywood today.
"There are so many outlets with television and cable, and in one sense that's very good, but in the other it's taken a lot away from movie houses, and they can only really afford the big films so they make the big cartoon film, which aren't unfun to make," he says, referencing some of the bigger-budget films he has coming up.
The independent film is endangered, he says. He anticipates that there will be fewer movie theaters in the future, and the only films shown will be mega-budget blockbusters — all in 3-D.
"I said to (Dreamworks Animation boss) Jeffrey (Katzenberg), 'Do you have (3-D) without glasses?'" Nolte says. "And he said no. I said, 'Well, I don't think it will work.' And he said, 'Well, you haven't been in the game in years. It doesn't matter what you think."
But Nolte still has so much more to say, and the acting is getting easier.
"What happens is you get into this rarified area of 70 years old, your work kind of comes to you in a very unconscious way," he says. "You don't have to struggle at it as much as you did before. You don't have to really fight for it much. Your emotions are pretty prevalent to you."
Even though his calendar is full, he would love to tell Hindu stories and try to make the many Hindu characters personally familiar to him "into some form for the American public."
"It would be really fascinating," he says.
He's also mentoring future filmmakers through his production company, Kingsgate. Nolte has taught his protégés to prepare for their film careers by studying the great writers.
"A good education, you need that in this business," Nolte says. "You need literature. You need a literary background."
You also need love. Nolte's given the subject a lot of thought, and lately he's had a lot of love in his life.
He loves his work, he loves his life, and he deeply loves his family. Any free time he has he spends with his young daughter.
His eyes get all crinkly as he says, "I don't think I'd be around much longer if it wasn't (for her)."