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I wanted to at least visit Mother!
Friday, March 20, 2015
Friday in Fort Worth!
I wanted to at least visit Mother!
17 comments:
- Linda said...
Linda, these photos of you and your mother resting together side by side are just priceless.
- March 20, 2015 at 11:21 PM
- Deanie W said...
Thank you for coming, it was fun. I loved that you tricked Andie, she was worried for a minute❤
- March 20, 2015 at 11:34 PM
- Ginny said...
What fun pictures! I love the ones of Andie, very nervous that you would SING! I hope your mom feels better, she must be miserable if she is staying in bed. I think you are like Phil...you can sleep anywhere anytime. I love your tiger jacket!!
- March 20, 2015 at 11:37 PM
- Wsprsweetly Of Cottages said...
what a loving family you have, Linda! Great pictures of you and your mother. I miss mine. Always will. Her phone calls..I can still hear her voice...
How great of her Dad to get up and dance with her. So cute! Good for them. Next time get up and there and sing your little heart out.
- March 21, 2015 at 1:16 AM
- Penny said...
Lovely photo's and your night out looked like lots of fun Linda. Louis Dean's biscuits look delicious, is that what we would call scones in uk? X
- March 21, 2015 at 2:26 AM
- FABBY'S LIVING said...
Oh Linda, you cracked me up...going to visit your sweet mom and than end up sleeping together, such a cute and adorable time together. I'm so glad she's better too. You had such fun with that cutie. Precious times my friend.
Enjoy your weekend.
- March 21, 2015 at 2:57 AM
- Sandra said...
this might be hard to believe that there was no damage control.. and biscuits i would be happy with every single night. i love biscuits. now i want one... love the pics of you and your mom sleeping. so sweet and glad she felt better. that dance looks like everyone was having a blast.
- March 21, 2015 at 5:47 AM
- Kathy said...
You have a good day every day no matter what you do. I love the pictures of you sleeping with your mom. So cute. And you should have sung at Andi's Sock Hop. That would have been fun.
Those biscuits look amazing. I can hardly believe there wasn't any "damage control." You are training him right! LOL.
- March 21, 2015 at 6:29 AM
- Vee said...
I loved seeing you both napping! When my mom was ill, I'd say, "move over and let me in." She would laugh, but she didn't. Glad that your mom is feeling better.
Andie is so cute and I am glad that you honored her need to be more reserved than you might otherwise have been. LOL! She's so cute and I love that pic of her dancing with her dad.
Is Louis Dean just getting too good or what?! =D
- March 21, 2015 at 6:32 AM
- Susie said...
Linda, So sorry your mother was ill. But that was a blessing for you to nap with your mommy.I sure miss mine. What a fun time at Andie's school hop. I love seeing dads and daughter dancing together. What a great surprise coming home to those wonderful biscuits and the house clean....kudos to LD. What a man !! Blessings to all there, xoxo,Susie
- March 21, 2015 at 8:32 AM
- Linda said...
What a great day! I am glad you had a nap so you'd be rested up for the sock hop. Have a great weekend.
- March 21, 2015 at 9:09 AM
- Cheapchick said...
The first thing I thought when I saw those biscuits was "damage control" lol. What a sweet man. I hope your Mother is feeling better!
- March 21, 2015 at 10:33 AM
- Jan said...
Sounds like a great day! How wonderful that you have your mom to visit and nap with! The sock hop looks like lots of fun!
- March 21, 2015 at 1:55 PM
- Diana Ferguson said...
Hope your mother is feeling better. Yay to sock hop fun!
- March 21, 2015 at 3:07 PM
- Carole said...
I had to google what a sock hop was! Sounds like a lot of fun. Cheers from cArole's Chatter
- March 21, 2015 at 5:43 PM
- Debby said...
What a day. Love the picture of you and your mother napping. Watching movies holding hands. You are blessed to have such a wonderful mother. I still have my mother but our relationship is far from yours. The sock hop was cute. So wonderful that anyone can go. I love those pink glasses. Your little great niece, I am assuming, looks a little red faced. I bet you will sleep good tonight.
- March 21, 2015 at 6:14 PM
- Carla said...
How'd you get so lucky to get out of damage control. Such a cute picture of you and our mom asleep.
Cute pictures of Andie
- March 22, 2015 at 1:10 AM


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A few months back IT Business Edge contributor Loraine Lawson predicted, "We're about to see a run on health care IT that will make the Oklahoma Sooners look like deferential ladies at a tea party." She cited technology vendors' newfound interest in this sector after the federal government's announced plans to spend some $20 billion updating the country's medical records and other IT systems.
As Loraine notes, hospitals and other health care facilities making the migration from paper to digital health records will do much of the spending. But insurers will need to spend some big bucks as well if they want to comply with new requirements introduced under health care reform, such as a ban on denials of coverage based on pre-existing medical conditions.
The law calls for $240 billion in taxes and Medicare cuts on insurers over the next decade, which will force insurers to update their aging IT systems (one word: mainframes) in hopes of cutting costs and boosting efficiencies, according to several experts interviewed in a Bloomberg News item published on SFGate. The article cites IDC Health Insights' prediction that insurer spending on data technology will jump 24 percent by 2013, to $11.3 billion.
Many smaller insurers are nonprofits that haven't been able to invest much in IT, while large companies have multiple, redundant IT systems thanks to mergers and acquisitions. When Gartner surveyed 60 insurers in December 2008, it found 70 percent had at least two back-end claims systems while 32 percent had four or more. Gartner analyst Joanne Galimi says many health insurers rely on manual processes, paper records and workarounds.
Insurers must also comply with ICD-10, a federally mandated system for classifying patients' medical conditions. The change will add thousands of disease codes in late 2013, which will require insurers to change "virtually every core application," says Maureen O'Neil, another Gartner analyst.
Hopefully these IT upgrades will result in improved customer service, such as faster claims processing or more self-service capabilities.
However, it sounds to me as if process improvements, not just IT upgrades, are in order. Perhaps insurers could improve efficiency and cut costs by using continuous performance improvement, a methodology successfully employed by a growing number of hospitals. The basic premise behind CPI (often called lean) is to look for opportunities for continuous small improvements that will cut waste and improve customer experience. Employees and often customers are encouraged to contribute ideas. Standardizing processes is a key focus
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This law stipulates that a property manager who denies a rental application because of the prospect's credit history must inform the applicant of this decision in writing. The names and addresses of the screening agencies should be included in the letter.
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This course provides information about federal laws essential to conducting property management activities. Screening laws are part of the Fair Reporting Act and USA PATRIOT Act. Upon course completion, you will have the information needed to keep in compliance.


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I've been buying quite a few books on fashion designers lately. I think its fascinating to see where fashion designers went to school and the places they draw inspiration from. Most of the big name fashion designers of today got their education from Parsons in New York. Its inspiring to read about the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte who graduated with non-fashion degrees from Berkeley. After getting their bachelors, they taught themselves to sew and put together a small 10 piece collection. Then they took a huge risk and took their collection to New York. There they had their pieces shown on the cover of Women's Wear Daily and had a meeting with Anna Wintour herself. The rest is awe-inspiring fashion history.
While I know most cases are not similar to the Mulleavy sisters' meteoric rise to success (they won the 2009 CFDA award for womenswear designer of the year and got to create the amazing costumes in The Black Swan), their story gives me the drive to keep pursuing fashion. Even if it isn't the degree I graduate with, no piece of paper is going to keep me from working hard and trying my best to get into this industry anyway.
The Mulleavy sisters sited the Monterey Bay Aquarium of their hometown in northern California as one of their greatest inspirations. After visiting the aquarium myself a few weeks ago, I can really see how the experience influenced their collections. There really is a whole other world that exists in the sea. Under the water lies bright colors only seen in these types of life, ghostly floating organisms unimaginable, and beautiful textures and lines usually hidden from human eyes.
I normally hate jellyfish from an experience I had on the beach in Florida once, but behind glass there are absolutely gorgeous. Jellyfish don't have brains. Literally. They only have a central nervous system so they can't consciously think, they can only react. Seems like a sad existence, but because they have no ability to comprehend, they don't hide from viewers in the aquarium. So visitors like myself can soak in their breathtaking beauty. Their tentacles floating by like intricate lace. Their bodies ghostly transparent and rhythmically moving. I can definitely see their influence on a stunning fashion line like Rodarte.


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There was an attempted armed robbery of Treasure Cay Resort staff after 10pm on Thursday, February 4 as a female supervisor, accompanied by a security guard walked to the Royal Bank Branch in Treasure Cay to make a deposit.
Police report that the female supervisor came into the Treasure Cay Police Station at 10:50pm reporting that as she walked along with the Chief Security Officer of the Resort to make the deposit they were approached by a tall, dark male in dark clothes and wearing a face mask brandishing a handgun demanding cash from them.
According to the police as they attempted to flee the scene the culprit discharged two rounds hitting the security officer in his right arm. The culprit then fled the scene escaping. Nothing was stolen.
As a result his injury the security officer was taken to the government clinic in Cooper's Town where he was treated for the injury to his arm. He was later airlifted to New Providence for further medical attention.
A team of uniformed and plain clothes detectives visited the scene to assist with investigation. Several persons were taken into custody and are assisting the police with the matter.
Active investigation continues by officers of the Central Detective Unit (CDU) into the matter. If you have any information that can assist the police please call 367-2560, 919 or 911.


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IT'S been a couple of weeks since my last column and a lot of interesting news has been circulating. Labour, once again, found itself in a mess, with Jeremy Corbyn ruling out maintaining our place in the single market and his frontbenchers instantly jumping up to contradict him.
Donald Trump and North Korea have been ramping up their rhetoric and making threats at every turn, while the Tories continue running in circles trying to clarify what Brexit means for Scotland and the rest of the UK. Scottish Labour also found themselves in hot water after making false claims about ScotRail's performance. Just for the sake of clarity, 93.7 per cent of ScotRail's trains hit the industry standard public performance measure… not 60 per cent.
One piece of news that I noted with great interest was the Registrar General's Annual Review of Scot-land's population trends.
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The number of pensioners in Scotland is projected to rise by 28 per cent over the next 25 years, which will leave us with a huge gap in tax revenues if we can't increase our working age populations. As our population continues to age and our working age population starts to dwindle, immigration is absolutely crucial to maintaining, and in fact, growing our economy.
The Registrar General's annual review shows us that EU migrants are the key players in Scottish population growth, so it is vital that we retain our place in the single market, including the free movement of people that comes with it, if Scotland is to continue to prosper.
The SNP are committed to this, whereas the Tories are still chasing after an ideologically driven hard Brexit which would put the health of the Scottish economy at great risk.
And Labour … honestly, I'm not sure what their position is these days. I don't think they are either but I'm sure there will be interviews from Labour MPs appearing soon where they insist that they have been "very clear".
Much of the language that surrounds the immigration debate is very concerning.
We must be sure the contribution that migrants make to Scotland, and the important and positive role they play economically and culturally is highlighted as we continue through this Brexit mess.
In more Brexit confusion, the Government couldn't decide if it was willing to pay a £36 billion bill to leave the EU this week. Sources in Whitehall told the Sunday Telegraph the Prime Minister would be happy to accept a settlement of £36 billion, then only a couple of days later the Prime Minister's spokesperson said Theresa May doesn't "recognise" the figure.
It shouldn't come as a surprise. From the day, the referendum result was announced the Government have flip-flopped, U-turned, backtracked, denied, confirmed, and disavowed on nearly every single issue relating to Brexit. The complete lack of consistency is just another show of the complete disarray inside the Tory Government. Agreeing on the settlement terms with the EU is one of the key parts of the negotiations with the EU and they can't even decide among themselves what their position is.
One simple solution to this culture of leaks and backroom briefings would be for the Prime Minister to lay out clearly her plans and strategy for Brexit to the public, but I fear, as I'm sure many of you do, that even she doesn't know what she wants Brexit to look like even at this stage in process.
Another bit of news I was really pleased to see is that a record number of children from disadvantaged backgrounds are now getting into university. The number of children from disadvantaged backgrounds getting a place at uni was up 20 per cent, UCAS revealed on Tuesday. It is great to see that we are continuing to progress towards a society where your ability to learn, and not your ability to pay, is the deciding factor on whether you get into higher education or not.
Further to this, the Higher Education Statistics Agency released figures on Thursday which showed that Scottish Graduates are the best paid in the UK three years after graduating. The average take home salary for someone leaving a Scottish Higher Education Institution was £27,000. The agency also found that 93.7 per cent of leavers from Scottish Higher Education Institutions were now in employment, further study, or a mixture of both. This is a great show of strength for the Scottish education sector, making clear that the Scottish Government's commitment to improving education is showing great progress.
Congratulations to everyone who got the exam results they were hoping for this week, and for those who didn't get what they were aiming for this week, there is a lot of information available when con-sidering your next steps at https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk.


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|Hey, at least this mask makes sense for
the story. I just don't know if they
had bedazzlers in Renaissance Venice.
- Originality: 4. A standard secret-society murder mystery. There were some plot twists I didn't see coming, but I never felt caught up in the mystery.
- Absurdity: 7. Laura is a nun one second, and a beautiful, secret-society-joining, falling-in-love young woman the next. HELLO, wouldn't there be a bit of a transition period? Please refer to The Sound of Music. These things take time.
- Level of
ParanormalRomance: 5. Ahh, yes, insta-love. Flavored by hunky Italian Renaissance painters. And ex-nuns. I guess Roberto is dreamy, but I was not convinced.
- Level of Harry-Potterness: 3. This is the real reason I didn't like this book. The 'historical fiction' dialogue seemed forced and silly. I can deal with magicians, but apparently I draw the line at historical fiction repartee. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED on The Gathering Storm. Vampires AND historical Russia? Ugh. (Yes, I actually read this. For shame.)


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In response to various blog posts and resulting comments on the Mark Avery Blog site
Philip Merricks, Chairman Hawk and Owl Trust
20 Jan 2015
'You will be aware that the RSPB formally announced last year that, although they supported a Hen Harrier brood management scheme in principle, they would not support it in practice until forty pairs of Hen Harriers had become established on the moors of Northern England.
This was a good idea as it would have required grouse moor managers to demonstrate that they had stopped persecuting Hen Harriers. But, to get to forty pairs would have taken a long time and as the Hen Harrier is a colonial nesting species, this would have meant that it is likely that in time significant numbers of HHs would have nested on just a few moors and most other moors would have no nests. Which might not have been helpful in getting HHs widely established. And as one MP unhelpfully said at a meeting in the House of Commons, that postponing a brood management scheme trial until forty pairs were established, was similar to a doctor saying to his patient that he wasn't going to give him any medicine until he was well on the road to recovery.
Hence, the Hawk and Owl Trust Board of Trustees thought long and hard about how real and realistic pressure could be put on grouse moor managers and their gamekeepers to immediately stop persecuting Hen Harriers. The Trustees came up with two immoveable conditions that would need to be agreed to before the Trust would talk to Defra:
1) All Hen Harriers fledged within a brood management scheme trial would be satellite tagged so that their movements could be tracked. And the knowledge that they were tagged (and the fear that other HHs might be) would prevent any gamekeepers from shooting them in the sky.
2) Should any Moorland Association, Game & Wildlife Trust, or National Gamekeepers Organisation member be proved to have illegally interfered with a Hen Harrier nest or to have persecuted a Hen Harrier on their grouse moors, the Hawk & Owl Trust would pull out its expertise from the brood management scheme trial.
It was well understood, appreciated and accepted by Defra and others that these two conditions meant that it would then become in the interests of grouse moor managers to ensure that Hen Harrier persecution would cease – ie that these two conditions would mean that there would be an immediate overriding reason for grouse moor interests to protect Hen Harriers.'


text: RM 1N Zoning!! Excellent multi-family development potential with assembly of adjoining lots, or potential to build duplex (Buyer to verify with City). GREAT HOLDING PROPERTY. Fully renovated, with 3 bdrms up and separate 2 bdrm suite below. Note: suite is above ground, with full ceiling height. Stainless steel appliances, new cabinetry, floors, bathrooms, among the many updates. Convenient shared laundry. Gated & secure rear yard with open parking for at least 3 vehicles plus functional garage for vehicle/ storage/workshop.


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I am an amateur baker and chef. Extremely amateur. I often find a recipe, make it right the first time and then tweak it every other time. Grant you, this idea is all hinged on the concept that I made it right the first time. I am notorious for missing an ingredient or step in the process of looking at recipes. Example: I made mini whoopie pies for the first time yesterday evening and it wasn't until I started tasting the batter that I realized I missed an ingredient and read my spoons wrong. Yup, that was me. I fixed it, and they came out fine, but that's just how I roll. I also didn't read the whole part about adding ingredients in parts, but that's another story.
The reason I cook as much as I do (besides the awesome women in my family) is because I get bored. The process goes with starting with something simple and then getting bored so instead wanting to try something a little more difficult or that I've never tasted before. Example: Wednesday was Pi Day and in celebration I contemplated making a chocolate pie. In the process, I stumbled upon mini chocolate whoopie pies on Martha. Hmm, this satisfies both requirements – pie and trying something I've never made before. Check! I think I also want to wow folks if I ever have kids.
I'm not sure what I'll do with my cooking knowledge right now. I mean besides cooking for myself. Before I could bring the food in to be gobbled up by the boys at work. Now, not so much. I should open up a fakery. Sometimes I wish I could have a virtual fakery, but then people wouldn't be able to walk in and mmmm at the smells and I wouldn't be able to decorate. Yes, decorating is important.
For now, I'm destined to be a secret baker I think . . .


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I need some aluminum trim rings for my TR6. I am restoring my TR6 and need some aluminum trim rings in new condition.
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I need some aluminum trim rings for my TR6. I am restoring my TR6 and need some aluminum trim rings in new condition.
I have some original TR6 trim rings but they are not "new" and most of them would require a good polishing to get out any surface scratches. If interested I could take some pics for you.
Central PA
1976 TR6 White/Biscuit interior SOLD
1973 TR6 Damson Plum / Biscuit interior, HVDA 5-speed, Good Parts Hubs
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
Thanks for your offer, but I am trying to locate ones in new condition with the anodized finish still in tact. I guess I am one of the few who prefer aluminum. The anodized finish has worn off one of my trim rings quite a bit, and it is a pain to always polish it just so that it somewhat matches the other rings.
I have a set of 4 rims that came with the car when I bought it 21 years ago. It has wire wheels. May have been a conversion. They look like new and have been sitting in my cellar for lo those many years. I am about as far from Washington State as you can get - SW CT. I can take pictures if you wish.
Yes, I am interested. if you could send pics that would be great. Let me know what you want for them too. Thanks.
They have some light surface scratches from being stacked that could be buffed out but one rimRim2.jpg has a couple of deeper scratches that might also be buffed out. Picture herewith. (Close-up picture would not upload).
Sorry for the delayed response. Thanks for sending the pics. Are you sure these are aluminum? I have a set now with the anodized finish, but once they are scratched, there is not much you can do.
A very strong magnet would not stick to the shiny side of these but did stick to the back side. How can I tell if these are aluminum?
I posted your question on the forum. The aluminum has a satin, brushed aluminum finish. One person mentioned using th Mohr hardness test by making a small scratch on the back, but the finish is what stands out the most to me.


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In the top of the second inning, Albuquerque Isotopes infielder Erisbel Arruebarrena took offense to being thrown at by Aces pitcher Mike Bolsinger, and both benches cleared without major incident. Upon striking out a few pitches later, Arruebarrena shoved Aces catcher Blake Lalli and threw his helmet at a member of the Aces who charged at him. The benches cleared, Arruebarrena was tackled by several Aces and the players wound up pushing into the netting behind home plate and into the first row of the crowd.
The Aces are affiliated with the Diamondbacks, and the Isotopes are affiliated with the Dodgers. The game comes on the heels of the Isotopes' 16-7 rout of Reno on Friday night.
Reno wound up winning 7-3 behind Bolsinger, who gave up two runs on nine hits in 5⅔ innings. Bolsinger is 1-6 with a 5.50 ERA in two stints this season with the Diamondbacks.
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1. About a month ago, a street choir specifically reminded me of how much they prefer cash over credit cards. As if the inconvenience that I face in my daily shopping as well as in my paperwork payments is not annoying enough! As much as I enjoy the whole combination of melody, style and colour of this performance, it hit me (when I listen more carefully to the lyrics) that the whole cash-loving thing has been my biggest dislike about Germany. But my sense of humour and I survived it anyhow, so sit back and enjoy, just like I did…
Here in Germany, my Visa card is not as powerful as it used to be.
2. If you are a book lover who wants to read anywhere at any time, or a selfie addict who needs something original for your new Facebook post, there is an idea right here: a mini library in a random bus!
Warning: This doesn't make any sense if you're troubled with motion sickness, like me!
3. Last Sunday, I went to the famous Hamburg Fischmarkt and I literally got lost in a paradise of FRUITS. Yes, you read it right, it was FRUIT, not FISH. Check out what my roomie got:
10 euros for EVERYTHING you spot on the table! (Coconut, mangos and papaya… and that basket too, I know!)
Seriously, it should be called "Fruchtmarkt" at a certain hour. It was a good catch to be honest and I liked it, but I had imagined fishermen shouting out prices from behind their lump of raw fish freshly caught the night before. I was quite upset to have found lots of fruits, candies, garments, and fast food stands instead. To be fair, there were some fish stands but they were far fewer compared to my expectations to be mentioned here! It was my fault to have gone there at 8 AM now that I think about it. If you want to see more fish, be up and ready at 5 AM or even earlier!
4. Hamburg has a special way to convey the message "Life is not just about work and sleep (and parties)'". It's also about SHEEP! I couldn't help taking a stroll along the seawall as I came home from a long day at work yesterday. All of my tiredness suddenly vaporised upon seeing these cuties tardily having dinner on the slope. I am certain that not everyone has the 'privilege' to see sheep running freely across the street from your apartment on a summer night, somewhere near the centre of the second largest city of Germany!
What a great view for contemplating the meaning of modern life: CARS on one side, a herd of SHEEP on the other!
Which one would you rather have? Tough call, isn't it?!
It has been a month and a half into my internship in Hamburg, and this port city keeps surprising me in its own way every once in a while. I am happy that the nostalgia for Paris is wearing off a little bit more every day. What about you, have you recently moved to another city and it hasn't stopped amazing you? Share your experiences with us on Lexiophiles!


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A couple of weeks ago, Whittaker's released its new commercial for Dark Ghana Peppermint into the wild. It featured a naked couple swinging about in the jungle and frolicking in pools of chocolate and, as expected, it led to a few wowsers venting their visual metaphor-hating spleens. Forgetting about the fun-hating crepehanger minority for a moment, the vast majority loved the new ad because it was different, slightly risque and visually compelling. But an interesting aspect of the whole tale is the persistent rumour that the chocolate used in the shoot wasn't actually of the Whittaker's variety.
According to someone involved in the production, the Whittaker's chocolate wouldn't melt properly (must be that high cocoa content). So they had to use *dun dun dun* Cadbury instead. As with all these scurrilous rumours, it comes from a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend, who mentioned the 'great chocolate change-out' to someone at a pub, who then mentioned it to someone else. We met the f-o-f-o-f-o-f at the docks at 12 midnight, exchanged the goods, and they told us the old switcheroo was fairly common knowledge on the set. But Philip Poole, Whittaker's marketing manager, says the Chinese whispers are wrong.
"That's not true. We used Whittaker's," he says.
As for the ad itself, he says the response has been overwhelmingly positive so far (it's certainly been positive on the Whittaker's facebook page). But because it's a tiny bit risque and, with the racial element, potentially controversial (if you're looking for a sad indictment of society, check out the ridiculous comments under theYoutube Video"> YouTube video), he expected a few complaints and, as of this morning, eight of them had been made to the ASA.
"When you try anything a bit new, a bit different, you're always going to get some of that. We can't be all things to all people."
But what Whittaker's is to most people is a fiesty brand that's focused on quality. It debuted at fifth on the list of New Zealand's most trusted brands this year with Cadbury slipping to 36th and Poole says the Whittaker's 72 percent Dark Ghana block is New Zealand's highest selling single SKU chocolate variety.
"I think there's been a huge change in the last five to seven years, because consumers are demanding better tasting, better quality products. We've seen that in the chocolate market. People are just more interested in cocoa content. "
And as New Zealanders become more discerning and seek out more premium products—not just with chocolate, but across a range of different FMCG industries, Poole says—it seems as though Whittaker's still has the high ground in the great Kiwi chocolate war. In fact, it's probably fair to say that the rise of Whittaker's from what was a much loved local brand to what is now a much loved local brand that now has taken away significant market share from Cadbury is up there as one of the best marketing success stories of the last few years.


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Thursday, 5 September, 2002, 14:26 GMT 15:26 UK
Guinea make their return
Guinea v Liberia, Sunday (Conakry)
Get the score and full match analysis here first
Guinea return to international action this weekend after serving a two year Fifa ban.
Syli Nationale will take on Liberia in Conakry on Sunday in the first round of the Nations Cup qualifiers on Sunday.
It is Guinea's first competitive international since they were suspended by Fifa because of government intervention in the sport.
The world governing body was forced to act when the West African country ignored several deadlines to reinstate the national football association executive committee which was fired in January 2001.
Excitement is building in the Guinean capital for Sunday's match, which will be played in Conakry's September 28th stadium.
Coaches Papa Camara and Aboulie Keita, both former internationals, have assembled a squad of 18 players or which 12 are professionals.
The side played their first warm up match against Gambia last Sunday in Banjul and while Guinea lost 1-0 it was certainly no disgrace.
Keita said the team is feeling confident and ready to regain its place in African football.
"We have set ourselves the objective to qualify for Tunisia and since that is our objective,we will do all we can to honour that pledge," he said."
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He said he and his teamates are hungry both for a win in Sunday's match and eventual qualification for Tunisia.
The side also knows that they have a difficult job to restore confidence in the sport after so long in the wilderness.
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Place the black peppercorns into a mortar and pestle and grind. Add in the Sichuan peppercorns and papaya seeds, if using, and grind. Transfer the spice mix to a container.
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Heat a cast iron pan or skillet over high heat.
Press the Sichuan peppercorn spice mix into all of the sides of the steaks, coating entirely and ensuring the spices adhere to the meat. Add the vegetable oil to the cast iron pan, and heat. Season the steaks with salt, to taste.
Once the pan is smoking hot, add the steaks. Sear the steaks for 2 minutes or until golden. Do not move. Turn the steaks over, and transfer the pan to the preheated oven for 5 minutes, or until desired degree of doneness. Remove the pan from the oven, turn the steaks over, and set them aside. Allow the meat to rest for 10 minutes so the juices redistribute, before serving.
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"At the heart of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for OCD and related anxiety disorders is the process of "exposure therapy", during which we help clients repeatedly do the very thing that most terrifies them. For a client with OCD, this might mean purposely touching doorknobs without then washing. For someone with Pure Obsessional OCD, this could mean purposely thinking about being a pedophile or a murderer. A client with Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) may be asked to go out for a walk without the hat they usually wear to hide their face or to go to a brightly-lit restaurant with a group of friends. Someone with Panic Disorder exposure might mean driving on the freeway or taking a plane flight. And an individual with Social Anxiety may be urged to go to the mall to initiate conversations with strangers."
Friday, February 25, 2011
Exposure Therapy and OCD
Jane Rekas
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Last month, Stroom released a fine retrospective of work by one of Europe's most obscure experimental electronic outfits: 1980s Latvian combo NSRD. As that fine compilation outlined, the band produced impossible-to-pigeonhole music that sat somewhere between the electro-dub fusion of Mark Stewart's post Pop Group work, Greek new age ambient music, skewed new wave and the psychedelic electronic experimentation of Michael Turtle. That curious but exciting blend is evident throughout this "bonus 12" (the label's words), which features five cuts that didn't make it onto the compilation. Balearic sorts should definitely check the bizarre but brilliant "Nujorkas Taksometra Pa Manhetenu" and whistling downtempo shuffle of "Spilvens", though it's the epic and thrillingly melodious "Augu Nakti Kada Rita Sovakar" that arguably stands out.
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That point—a boon for exhibitors as well as attendees—has contributed to the growth of the biannual virtual trade show for e-commerce marketers, which has seen the number of exhibitors jump from 92 to 571 in the space of two years, said John Grosshandler, founder and director of the show.
"They're able to deliver most of the benefits of a physical show without the hassle," he said, pointing to real-time interaction, networking and the ability to present a range of content.
That logic has applications beyond trade shows, said b-to-b marketers whose portfolios include virtual conferences and seminars.
For example, when data storage and management company Network Appliance participated in a third-party Web conference that drew 800 attendees, Angie Hill, senior director of online marketing, said she turned to her events director and asked: "Aren't you glad you didn't have to feed these people?"
Generating leads
Network Appliance participates in third-party Webcasts for one key reason, Hill said: "I need new names in my database."
Yahoo! Search Marketing participates in eComXpo for a similar purpose. The trade show attracts small-business prospects who might not have the time or money to attend a physical show, said Patrizio Spagnoletto, director of marketing. "EComXpo is more about lead generation," he said. "It's about small businesses."
Virtual events allow companies large and small to cast a wide lead-acquisition net and then segment leads based on participants' registration information.
"They're able to reach them for maybe a tenth of the cost," said Marty M. Fahncke, founder of Conference Call University, a virtual-education company. "It's a great tool for small businesses to make themselves look big."
Savvy marketers will participate in third-party events where the hosts' audiences correspond to their own, said Hill, who oversees webcasts and webinars at Network Appliance.
She leverages her purchasing power by investing in events put on by one or two media companies. The relationship allows her to negotiate guaranteed live and on-demand rates, as well as the category of registrants who count as qualified leads. "By negotiating down to title, I bring down my cost per lead so I only pay for my qualified leads," she said.
The expense of a virtual event extends beyond the production and real-time interaction, as marketers manage leads, Hill said.
"I don't think that webcasts alone yield a high-quality lead," she said. "They're great for awareness, but we don't know what [participants] look like, we don't even know if they've lied on the registration."
The company takes leads from webcasts and begins to whittle, she said, first with telemarketing calls and then with an invitation to chat with technology experts. Participants who register for the chat have been 14% more likely to become qualified leads, she said. Once the chat takes place, another telemarketing call goes out to set a sales appointment, she said.
"You have to look at the cost of all of that," she said, putting the average cost per lead generated by webcasts and technology chats between $50 and $100—significantly less than a physical event.
Managing content
For Yahoo! Search Marketing, lead management at eComXpo takes a different form. The company provides content that connects attendees to existing lead channels, Spagnoletto said.
Third-party producers of trade shows have developed software that makes incorporating such content fairly simple.
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Titles also matter for marketers at Network Appliance, Hill said, where the industry has shown appreciation for peer-to-peer marketing.
The company benefits from working with third-party providers during lead-acquisition events, she said, but it produces 90% of its events in-house—an effort that calls for an integrated marketing approach that includes a dedicated Web group.
"The more the entire marketing organization wraps themselves around this, those events are going to be a lot stronger," she said.


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As a part of India's collaboration with Russia in the field of education, Russia is open to joint degree programmes on nuclear education with some Indian varsities.
"Nuclear education is the priority area for our partnership with India," said Valery Karezin, director, educational projects, human resources department, Russia.
"Nuclear education is very important, not just for nuclear power, but also for related industries like medicine, agriculture, space research, etc," he said. He added, "at present personnel at the Kudankulam in India are undergoing training, but this is not full cooperation." He added on having complete cooperation on nuclear education between India and Russian Universities.
He said, there can be development in two directions where students from India can go to Russia for education in nuclear degree and there could be cooperation between the universities of the two nations for a joint degree programme in nuclear education.
The plan is still at the beginning stage, he added.
He said, "some Indian universities have shown interest. A start to the programme can be made by some of our professors visiting the Indian universities and getting feedback."
Russia could also collaborate with India in another area where training progammes will be held for qualified personnel in the nuclear industry.
He also said, "Training programmes already exist, bit is not so complex. There is a need to make it complex and broad. They can come to Russia or they can have an intensive training in India."
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006 • 1 Comment on Better Than Best
Every year there are a couple of "best" erotica anthologies that are compilations of stories published in the previous year. I was privileged to be a part of one of those this past year, in fact. It's been interesting putting together my submission packages for this year's "best" anthologies. For one thing, I get the satisfaction of submitting my work without having to actually write something new. Always a bonus for us lazy writers. I'm also submitting stories that have already been published, so a rejection at this point is a mild sting instead of a crushing blow. Plus, it's nice to go over my publishing credits from the past year and feel a sense of accomplishment. Not all of my stories get submitted to these "best" anthologies, of course. Some stories, while publishable and even well-written, aren't unusual or unique enough to warrant reprinting. No, only my best gets submitted to the best.
The interesting thing is, it's not difficult to decide which stories to submit to "best" anthologies. There are always two or three stories that stand out in my mind as the best of my work. Stories that, even while I was writing them, moved me, excited me, motivated me to finish them quickly so I could send them out into the world. These are the stories I'll be mailing tomorrow, stories that are representative of my best work in 2005.
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Catching Up
Once again I'm very red-faced, as I've realised the number of emails I've been sent and not acted upon has gone onto Page Two of my Gmail. Sorry, folks, if I look as though I've been ignoring you. I'm not, I promise.
So I thought I'd catch up with a few emails in this post and chatter about a whole bunch of interesting/worrying/curious things…
Firstly I've been talking with Rod about the intriguing goings-on at the Hoy and The Duke. Both have been closed for some time (the Hoy 'by order', gulp.) Rod and Mrs Rod were walking by and asked the workmen what it'd be like when it opened on 6th – they said it would be cafe/bar concentrating on coffee but with some beer – 'something Continental.' I wasn't around on Monday. DID it actually open then? Did anyone test it? And was it all croissants and 1664?
There's much going on at The Duke, a bit further down the road, too. Christian tells me "The signage bills it as a Pub and Dining Room." When I passed some workmen were diligently smarming the outside with cement – it looked close to being finished.
Right up the other end of Greenwich, several people have been a combination of intrigued and concerned at the application for planning permission at Hardy's pub on Trafalgar Road to extend the basement, add three storeys of hotel accommodation and a penthouse. It seems like a very old building – much older, I suspect, than the buildings around it, but sadly, Trafalgar Road seems to be a no-holds-barred area. Hands up who remembers The Penny Black…
Talking of places being closed 'by order,' (which we were, about four paragraphs ago) and Trafalgar Road, I heard some disturbing gossip from Robert, which I can't verify for what will become obvious reasons. He writes:
"I walked past the Kerala Zone this morning and saw that it had a notice up in the window – can't quite remember the exact wording, but you'll understand why in a moment – but it was a notice from Greenwich Council listing various food hygiene issues with the Kerala Zone including a mice and cockroach infestation.
I wouldn't mention this to you except for the fact that by this afternoon this somewhat startling notice from the council had been replaced by a bland "Closed for catering equipment replacement" type notice. Clearly they've been obliged to put up the Council's notice and have done so for a matter of minutes before slipping their far more benign notice over the top as a fig leaf to hide their shame."
As I said, I can't verify this – I can't find any hygiene notices on the Council's website, and when I went past, I only saw the "bland" version. Does anyone have anything more on this? I LOVE Kerala Zone – I hope they can sort it out, whatever it is.
And finally, for those of you intrigued by Trident Hall, that mysterious old theatre built by the Navy and recently bought by Greenwich Inc to – well, to pull it down, actually, Scared of Chives sneaked in and got a tiny peek on his cameraphone of the interior. It's not particularly easy to make much out, but in the absence of anything else, it's intriguing indeed. I really hope there's at least some kind of serious photographic record made of this building before we lose it forever. Thanks, SoC…
I still have loads of mail to reply to, including new Trusted Tradespeople and Whats Ons – please indulge me – I'm trying to keep up, honest!
(Oh – and please don't stop sending me stuff – I love to read it, it just takes me a while to get round to it occasionally…)


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A child support hearing office or a judge of the Family Part of the Superior Court of New Jersey may order that a parent's child support may be paid via wage garnishment up to 55% of their net income for a child support order. This is one of many reasons that a parent should have a lawyer who exclusively handles family law and child support cases here in the state of New Jersey. The lawyers at our law firm know New Jersey's child support guidelines like the back of our hands. Following is this attorney's take on a recent decision regarding wage garnishment and child support.
In Tektas v. Covino, the parties were married on December 10, 1994. The parties had two sons born of the marriage, Brett and Brandon. On October 24, 2000, the parties separated and the mother filed for divorce on November 13, 2000. On December 10, 2001, the parties entered into a property settlement agreement ("PSA"), which divided the parties' assets and debts, as well as resolved other issues between the parties. The parties divorced in December 2001.
The father was a lieutenant in the Middlesex County Sheriff's Department and subsequently retired from the department. When the father was eligible for Social Security benefits, he chose to have Brandon, the parties' younger son, receive $1000 per month for twenty-four months from the benefits. Brandon received $1000 per month over a twenty-four month period from age 16 to 18. The father also paid child support for Brandon at that time.
The parties filed cross-motion after the divorce in the Superior Court of New Jersey Family Part. The court entered a consent order on June 1, 2015, which resolved the issues. The consent order stated that Brett, the parties' older son, was emancipated, meaning he was legally considered an adult. The order also required the father to pay $168 per week in child support for Brandon and required the father to maintain heath insurance for Brett. Also, the consent order recognized that the mother was receiving $1000 per month from the father's Social Security benefits on behalf of Brandon. Lastly, the consent order addressed issues of Brandon's college costs. Specifically, the order stated that the father was to be able to fully participate in the selection and financial aid process, and stated that Brandon must maintain a certain GPA or he would be emancipated.
The father asked the court to enforce the consent order on November 20, 2015 and the mother objected. The father then asked the court to determine that Brandon is emancipated, for documentation regarding the Social Security benefits paid to Brandon, and for termination of child support for Brandon, including college expenses. The father argued that the mother did not comply with the consent order because the father did not participate in Brandon's college process and was not given access to his financial aid information. The father also claimed that his Social Security benefits were being used by the mother and not going toward Brandon's college expenses. The mother filed a cross-motion with the court on April 6, 2016. The mother asked the court to impose sanctions on the father for frivolous litigation, require the father to pay half of Brandon's college expenses, reimburse the mother for out-of-pocket expenses for Brandon's college books and tuition, require the father to treat the mother and Brandon with respect, and require the father to pay attorneys fees. The mother claimed that the father did not try to contact Brandon to discuss college. She also stated that Brandon still lived at home and that Ocean County College is very affordable. Lastly, she stated that the Social Security benefits money that Brandon received went toward anything Brandon needed such as clothing and school supplies.
On April 22, 2016, during oral argument, the father requested an order to determine how his Social Security benefits were being used. He also requested a plenary hearing to determine Brandon's emancipation. The judge could not conduct a plenary hearing that day, but found that the parties were unable to communicate effectively to make decisions that were in Brandon's best interests. The judge also denied the father's request to emancipate Brandon and to hold a plenary hearing. Also, the judge found that the father was informed of Brandon's college selection and ordered that the father be given access to Brandon's financial aid information. The mother's request to have the father reimburse her for half of Brandon's college costs was also denied. Furthermore, the court denied the father's request to compel an assessment of the Social Security benefits and the mother's request for attorneys' fees. The judge also denied the father's request to terminate child support and any obligation toward Brandon's college costs. Instead, the judge recommended the parties attend economic mediation. Lastly, the judge ordered both parties to deposit $2,500 in the attorneys' accounts to be used for Brandon's tuition and other expenses.
The father then filed an appeal without participating in economic mediation. On appeal, the father claimed that the Family Part was wrong to deny a plenary hearing and that it abused its discretion by not enforcing the consent order. The New Jersey Appellate Division noted that the decisions of the lower court are binding when they are supported by credible and reliable evidence. Also, the Appellate Division stated that it should refer to the factual findings of the lower court because the lower court has particular expertise in the field.
The Appellate Division stated that despite that father's claims that the Social Security money should have been put toward Brandon's college expenses, the consent order required the parties to share that expense. The father argued on appeal that the lower court should have enforced the consent order; however, the Appellate Division found that the lower court did enforce the consent order by requiring the parties to deposit money into attorney accounts for Brandon. The Appellate Division reasoned that consent orders function like a contract, and as long as the contract is equitable, the court must enforce the agreement as the parties planned.
The Appellate Division agreed with the lower court's decision not to emancipate Brandon. The court reasoned that emancipation is not automatic just because the child turned eighteen. The court stated that the determining question is independent and has moved beyond the range of parental influence. The Appellate Division also stated that the parties voluntarily agreed to support Brandon beyond the age of eighteen. Also, the court stated that a parent cannot waive a child's right to be supported in a property settlement agreement. Therefore, the Appellate Division held that the provision of the PSA that emancipated Brandon for failing to maintain a certain GPA is unenforceable. The Appellate Division agreed with the lower court that the father did not show that Brandon was emancipated because Brandon was still living with the mother, attending college full-time and being supported by his parents.
The Appellate Division also found that the lower court did not abuse its discretion by denying the father a plenary hearing. The court reasoned that the father did not provide any evidence to show that he tried to participate in Brandon's college selection or financial aid process. The Appellate Division also found that there was no abuse of discretion because the court recommended economic mediation, which would have provided more discovery to the father. Ultimately, the Appellate Division affirmed the decision of the lower court.
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The Cancer Institute of Doylestown Hospital provides men in our community with the most advanced treatment options available for prostate cancer. Some men may require a combination of treatments, and we offer every option available. Treatment strategies depend on each man's individual circumstances, such as age and life expectancy, if cancer has spread or if it is contained to the prostate. Side effects from treatment are also a major consideration when determining a plan of care for prostate cancer, both in its early stages or when cancer has spread.
Doylestown Hospital offers the full range of treatment options for prostate cancer including the latest, state-of-the-art techniques. Not all men diagnosed with prostate cancer need treatment. Active surveillance or watchful waiting may be an option for cancers that are lower grade and slower growing, particularly in older men. Treatment of prostate cancer may include infusion therapy, radiation therapy, surgical methods, watchful waiting or a combination of different strategies.
The Outpatient Infusion Unit at Doylestown Hospital offers a spacious and comfortable environment for patients with prostate cancer to receive advanced infusion care such as:
Hormone therapy – This therapy blocks the production of the male hormone testosterone which fuels the growth of cancer cells in the prostate. When testosterone levels are greatly decreased, the prostate cancer cells go into remission. Hormone therapy in early-stage cancer can shrink large tumors so surgery or radiation can remove or destroy the cancer more easily. In advanced prostate cancer, hormone treatment may be effective in shrinking and slowing the tumor's growth. Sometimes cancer cells start to grow again without testosterone and this therapy becomes less effective. If treatment becomes "hormone-resistant," then other options, such as chemotherapy, are prescribed.
Chemotherapy – This treatment can effectively treat prostate cancer by killing the cancer cells, but cannot cure the cancer. Because chemotherapy has more side effects than hormone therapy, it is generally prescribed for men who have hormone-resistant prostate cancer that has spread beyond the prostate to other parts of the body.
Learn more about the Outpatient Infusion Unit at Doylestown Hospital »
Penn Radiation Oncology Doylestown is an outpatient radiation treatment program located in The Pavilion on Doylestown Hospital's main campus. As a Penn Medicine satellite location, Doylestown Hospital is equipped with the most advanced technology including a state-of-the-art linear accelerator, which is a computer-controlled device that delivers radiation therapies or radiotherapies.
Doylestown Hospital urologists work closely with board-certified Penn radiation oncologists to treat patients with prostate cancer using advanced, precisely focused, high-energy rays, similar to X-rays, to target cancer in the prostate. Targeted radiation therapies limit radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissue in the rectum and bladder to minimize side effects such as urinary incontinence, bowel problems or sexual dysfunction. We work as a team to offer our patients therapies such as:
External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) – This treatment comes from a machine that aims radiation at your cancer and rotates around you in many directions. The radiation is aimed specifically at the affected area, not the rest of your body.
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) – This treatment uses a 3-dimensional radiation therapy and computer-generated images to show the size and shape of the tumor. Thin beams of radiation at varying intensities target the tumor from many angles and to reduce the damage to healthy tissue near the tumor.
Proton therapy - Patients who qualify may be evaluated and referred to Penn Medicine's Roberts Proton Therapy Center. Proton therapy is a non-invasive, highly precise cancer treatment that uses protons at high speeds to destroy the DNA of cancer cells which kills them and prevents them from multiplying. The Proton Therapy Center is the largest and most advanced facility of its kind in the world and the only proton therapy center that is fully integrated with a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated comprehensive cancer center.
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Radical prostatectomy is the surgical removal of the prostate, a treatment approach used primarily for prostate cancer that is confined to the prostate gland. At Doylestown Hospital, our surgeons have extensive experience in the three major types of radical prostatectomy including: perineal surgery, retropubic surgery and robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery using the da Vinci® Surgical System.
Perineal surgery – Surgeons at Doylestown Hospital and hospitals nationwide have performed perineal surgery on patients for decades. This traditional surgical approach provides the most direct access to the prostate gland and includes methods for nerve-sparing. The perineal approach is less disruptive to the urethra and bladder and best for avoiding urinary problems. Lymph nodes cannot be removed during this surgery.
Retropubic surgery – This approach removes the prostate gland through an incision in the lower abdomen that runs from the navel to the pubic bone. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy surgery is replacing this approach in many instances.
Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery - Since 2008, surgeons at Doylestown Hospital have operated on patients using the da Vinci® Surgical System. Our surgeons are highly trained and experienced with this system, which removes the entire prostate. During the procedure, our surgeons have advanced abilities for visualization with a computer and more flexibility as they control a robot to make smaller incisions in the abdominal area to remove the prostate. Patients benefit from decreased blood loss, shorter hospital stays and quicker recovery periods.
Learn more about urologic surgery at Doylestown Hospital »
Prostate cancer is often diagnosed early. Men over age 70 often choose a treatment option called watchful waiting or active surveillance. This approach repeats prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood tests, rectal exams and periodic biopsies to monitor progression of the cancer. Men may choose this option if they are not experiencing symptoms, and if the cancer is small, confined and expected to grow slowly. Many men live normal lives without treatment. Often, prostate cancer does not spread or cause problems.
Learn about prostate cancer support and survivorship at Doylestown Hospital »


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Former Shelby County Couple Indicted For Health Care Fraud Violations
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BEAUMONT, Texas – A Center, Texas, couple now living in Elgin, Texas, has been indicted and charged with health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
Bill Harvill, 59, and his wife, Cathy Harvill, 56, were indicted by a federal grand jury on Mar. 27, 2013, and charged with theft of government money. They were arrested on June 7, 2013, in Elgin, Texas, and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Zachary J. Hawthorn today for an initial appearance.
According to the indictment, from January 2007 to June 2010, the Harvills submitted false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid in order to receive more than $624,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services.
If convicted, the Harvills each face up to10 years in federal prison.
The Medicare Program (Medicare) is a health care benefit program which provides benefits to persons who are over the age of sixty-five and some persons under the age of sixty-five who are blind or disabled. The Texas Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) is a health care benefit program, jointly funded by the State of Texas and the federal government, and helps pay for reasonable and necessary medical procedures and services provided to individuals who are deemed eligible under state low-income programs.
This case is being investigated by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and the Texas Office of the Attorney General – Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (OAG-MFCU). Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathaniel C. Kummerfeld is prosecuting this case.
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Give your Holiday treats a much deserved surprise with some cute packaging via this template for a Chevron Gift Box. Simply print this pdf, cut it, fold it and glue it. Add one of my vintage tags and you've got yourself a super cute package worthy of anything you can bake. I made these delicious cake balls and put them in some equally as cute cupcake liners.
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This report from the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), MaineHousing, and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services is the first statewide cost of homelessness data collection effort in the nation to be conducted in a rural setting. By comparing the cost and frequency of services utilized by people who are homeless before and after they entered a supportive housing program, the report found significant cost savings once individuals lived in permanent supportive housing.
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MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Teen birth rates are at an all time low, but still remain a struggle in South Carolina.
The most recent data shows South Carolina as the state with the 11th highest teen birth rate in the country, according to the SC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
With an almost 50 percent decline in the last 20 years, experts say we still have a long way to go.
Tonya McKenzie, Nurse Practitioner at CCU, says numbers are still high in the Pee Dee area.
Marion County's teen birth rate is more than 50 percent higher than the national teen birth rate. Following is Florence County, and Horry with the lowest rates in our area.
More than half of high school students in South Carolina say they have had sex, and 98% of pregnant 15 to 17-year-olds say it was unintended, urging medical experts to promote education.
"Education is key to help battling teenage pregnancy- get educated, my thing is to be educated about the form of contraception you want to use and make sure you know how to use it and if you have questions, ask someone," says McKenzie.
The director of the SC Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy says the rates have declined because more teens today are abstaining or using contraceptives.
Overall, the U.S. pregnancy rate has fallen over the last decade, with the exception of women over 30, who's pregnancy rate steadily increases each year.
The morning after pill is a pregnancy prevention method but a recent study proves it may not be the best "Plan B," finding it may be ineffective for women who fit in that category.
About six million women used emergency contraceptive pills between 2006 and 2010 and researchers say that number is on the rise.
However, if you weigh 176 pounds or more- a recent study finds the morning after pill ineffective.
European company, HPA Pharma manufactures a contraceptive identical to Plan B one-step, commonly used in the US.
The company says for full effectiveness of the drug, you must weigh below 165 pounds.
"They think its because it takes longer for that pill to travel in a person that's obese compared to a person that's normal weight, and that could be an issue," says McKenzie. "They're also looking at the different receptors in the fat cells that people have that may contribute to that."
The average American woman 20 years and older is about 166 pounds.
Doctors recommend women who weigh more consider alternative methods such as an IUD.
Plan B one-step is now available over the counter to women of all ages, but the pill does not come with a warning label about weight.
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- Bangalore was home to some excellent cricketers and excellent cricketing facilities. Being in that city could help Navaneeth hone his cricketing skills.
- A course in nursing seemed easy to complete and also guaranteed some kind of a job for an academics-averse lad.
- Bangalore was less than 150 kilometers away from Puttaparthi, the home of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
That was Navaneeth's Vishukanni and how overwhelming it was!
In an instant, he was transported back to his boyhood when he had stood mesmerised in His presence. The feeling had not changed one bit and Navaneeth sat frozen. As Swami came gently towards him, Navaneeth could feel himself running towards Him like he had done as a 4-year old. The only difference was that in 1990, his body had rushed towards Swami while in 2005, his heart was galloping towards Him. In fact, he felt a strong tinge of jealousy as Swami accepted the letter from his neighbour and even touched him, finger to finger.
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|Navaneeth realized that however 'golden' it might appear, the world is just a railing between the Jeevatma and Paramatma.
The secret lies in going beyond the 'railing', close to God...
That was when February arrived and struck Navaneeth down with chickenpox. Alone, sick and away from his nursing college, Navaneeth faced an immense challenge. However, more than the physical pain, it was the pangs of separation from his Swami that threatened to tear his heart apart.
to be continued in Part 2 which is at the link below:
An addiction called God - experiences of Navaneeth Kumar_Part 2


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Are the makers of the Kony video naïve or is there a more sinister motive behind what they are doing? I am torn between thinking this is a great movement and knowing that it actually serves the interests of the corporate elites and their servant politicians, technocrats and bureaucrats. I've no doubt that most of the supporters are as well meaning as they are naïve but I reserve judgment on the movers behind the movement.
Vile, sociopathic, religious nut job that Kony is - he is NOT the world's worst criminal.
Vile, sociopathic, religious nut job that Kony is - he is NOT the world's worst criminal.
Kony is currently hiding out in The Congo and hasn't been active in Uganda for years. And the fact is that if the Uganda army wasn't so busy doing Washington's dirty work it could probably have captured or killed Kony years ago.
Look at the way propaganda works and we can see that the demonisation of individuals has the useful by-product of obscuring the role of political, industrial and financial institutions and diverting attention away from their activities.
This Facebook movement - great though it may be in awakening the consciences of the children of the world's privileged elite - is, ironically, doing USA Inc's dirty work by justifying Africom's role and expansion in the region. Are these people really so naive that they think the reason Obama sent in US advisers (remember Vietnam) is to help the Ugandan army capture Kony? Are they unaware of the role that Africom plays in the neo-imperialist scramble for Africa's mineral and oil resources - and in combating China's growing influence on the continent? Do they expect the Ugandan army to invade the Congo in pursuit of Kony?
In that very clever, tear jerking video there was not a word about the IMF and World Bank; not a word about the reasons WHY '99% of the world doesn't know who Kony is' - and not a word about the 4 million who have died in The Congo - for example - and how much blood is on the hands of the new imperialists who may not have wielded the pangas or fired the bullets but who created the conditions in which that has happened and will continue to happen.
Who sells Kony his weapons? Who manufactures them? Who funds their purchase? Most importantly - who benefits from the creation and perpetuation of a bloated, self-serving domestic elite in Africa?
Look at Nigeria - behind Libya, it has the greatest proven oil reserves on the continent. Lagos has the greatest concentration of billionaires in Africa but most Nigerians live on less than $2US a day; half of young Nigerians are unemployed and 80% of people do not have access to safe drinking water.
And take a look at the role of the IMF and its Structural Adjustment Policies which require 'austerity measures' such as currency devaluation, lifting of trade tariffs, the removal of subsidies and budget cuts to critical public sector services as a condition of loans.
Mugabe was OK while he played the game according to the rules but the moment he said no to the IMF and got into bed with the Chinese he became a dictator. We can see the same spin at work in the way the media portrays other 'dictators' - the Saudis may be dictators but they are good ones. Saddam and Gadaffi were clad in monster costumes the moment it suited the elites.
I despise all men of mindless violence - especially those who stay safe in their corporate HQs or seats of government or places of worship and send young men and women out to die. I reserve my greatest odium for the mega-monsters who directly create the conditions in which mini-monsters like Kony can exist. The mega-monsters would have us believe they are defending all that is good and true and are at great pains to hide the essential truth - their own cold, calculating, antisocial self-interest.
It's so transparent it's hard to believe that so many people fall for it – but they have been carefully groomed to do so.
Most first world people are addicted to immediate gratification. They have a belief in their own entitlement. They have a reduced attention span - so much so that even the dumbest reality TV show or doco requires a reprise of what happened before the incessant ad breaks. They struggle to deal with an unprecedented information and sensory overload. They live in conditions of social isolation and dislocation characterised by a breakdown of community and – critically - of belief and trust in communal action.
This is not accidental.
That this movement encourages a belief in the ability to make a difference and promotes the power of the communal voice, is a good thing. BUT the Kony video and the movement behind it does very little to shed light on what is actually happening in Africa – and more importantly, it does nothing tor challenge the international power elites which are profiting from it.
When they call for a similar movement to really challenge the corporate giants in order to further the legitimate demand that the peoples of Africa benefit from their own natural resources – I'll be impressed.
In the meantime - the hope is that some of those who have been awakened by this video will start to utilise the internet to find out the real whys and wherefores of the rape of Africa.


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For my choice of what kind of resource should be developed I would pick Biomass. We have been using this kind of energy long before the use of fossil fuels, in the past people used wood from the forest to build their homes and even to cook.
We define biomass as the energy from organic matter. The Earth is full of this natural and renewable resource of energy. If we learn how to develop this kind of energy, in a future not too far, we can substitute the use of fossil fuels with the use of biomass as a source of energy, but firs we have to learn how to explode correctly the use of any biomass such as wood from the trees, plants, residues from agriculture or forestry, and the organic component municipal and industrial waste.
Using biomass as a source of energy we can reduce dramatically our greenhouse gas emissions.
"Biomass generated about the same amount of carbon dioxide as fossil fuels, but every time a new plant grows, carbon will be zero as long as plants continue to be replenished for biomass purposes" . If we use the biomass feedstocks (energy crops, such as fast-growing trees and grasses), "we can increase profits for the agriculture industry" substituting the old tradition of the burning fuels industry.
Another reason why I pick biomass is the facility that it will take it to replace the use of fossil fuels. We can completely substitute the use of fossil fuels; we can develop the use of biofuels which is the use of biomass in liquid form for transportation, biopower burning biomass directly, or converting it into a gaseous fuel or oil, to generate electricity, We also can create bioproducts that is converting biomass into chemicals for making products that typically...