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Hall of a catch
Astros pitcher Bud Norris summed it up with one word: "Unbelievable."
Right fielder Hunter Pence called it "one of the best catches I've ever seen."
In the second inning of a 4-3 victory against the New York Mets, Hall made a give-up-the-body catch of a Willie Harris foul ball. Hall crashed into the first-base wall, did a half flip and held on to the ball.
"It was a tough play," Hall said. "Unfortunately, I hit some unmovable objects."
Two innings later, Hall left the game with a sprained right ankle.
"I was more worried at the time about the breath being knocked out of me," Hall said. "It started to get tighter and tighter. I'm a guy who doesn't like to come out of games. I was trying to make it work, but I didn't want to hurt the team."
Astros manager Brad Mills said the status of Hall is day-to-day. Hall said he expects to be available for bench duty in today's series finale against the Mets.
Not to worry
Jose Valdez insists he felt perfectly calm, that his heart wasn't at all aflutter when he got summoned for his second major-league appearance.
Runners on first and third, one out, with the Astros clinging to a 4-3 lead in the eighth inning? No sweat.
"When I came in, I just had to be focused, be really aggressive and be sure where I had to make every pitch," Valdez. "That's it."
Valdez struck out pinch-hitter Justin Turner on a splitter. The ball bounced just far away enough from catcher J.R. Towles that the Mets' Angel Pagan tried to score from third. He tried, and he failed.
"I wasn't worried about the guy swinging," Towles said. "I knew he was out. I was just worried about not letting that runner get in. When I saw him coming, I was just hoping Valdez was going to be at the plate."
Numbers crunching
Astros manager Brad Mills could see it coming from Saturday.
Second baseman Bill Hall was getting a day of rest, and the Astros had a travel day Monday, and Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey was pitching on Wednesday.
Hall has only one multi-hit game this season and entered Wednesday with a .203 average. He came in 7-for-47 against righthanders and has only one career at-bat against Dickey.
Infielder Joe Inglett has two singles and two doubles in six at-bats against Dickey.
Hall got the start anyway.
"We're trying to get (Hall) going, and I'm going to hit him three of four games?" Mills said. "I know that's not the right way to get him going."
Man of steal
Center fielder Michael Bourn made it a point to keep the wear and tear on his legs to a minimum during spring training. Bourn, who led the National League in stolen bases the past two seasons, had only two attempts during the spring.
That approach is serving Bourn well, judging by his eight steals in eight attempts.
"So far," Bourn said. "It's just April, though."
Bourn has a stolen-base streak of 16 extending to last season. Asked if he could remember the last time he got thrown out, Bourn shook his head. Last Aug. 31, Bourn got thrown out by Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina.
"That's who usually gets me if he gets me," Bourn said. "I've got to get Molina back. He's the best out there, to me. I've gotten him once or twice, but he's gotten me more than I've gotten him."
A final X-ray for Barmes
The Astros are planning to send in Clint Barmes (broken left hand) for an X-ray on Monday with the expectation that will clear him to begin a medical rehabilitation assignment.
If that timeline falls in place, Barmes could be ready to join the team during next week's homestand.
The Astros have a two-game winning streak for the first time since they defeated the Reds 4-3 last Sept. 19 and the Nationals 8-2 the following day. The last time the Astros had beaten the same team in back-to-back days was last Sept. 13-14 against the Brewers. … Reliever Aneury Rodriguez was back in uniform from his two-game suspension from an April 10 ejection for hitting the Florida Marlins' Gaby Sanchez with a pitch.


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That song would soon morph from the jaunty clip of the light rail to the siren sounds of jazz.
The light rail line that links West Jerusalem with Israeli settlements in the east of the city has been trashed.
And light rail systems have sprung up or expanded in Houston, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Denver.
I left Damascus gate as well, and took the light rail towards the predominantly Arab Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem.
These opinions are based on certain cases in the colonies, where it was thought fit to adopt a light rail weighing about 18 lb.
Here they were laying a light rail from the beach up with trucks for carrying shells and parts of big guns.

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The main theme of Brooks's novel is religious tolerance and intolerance. In Sarajevo, people of different religions lived next door to one another. Their churches, mosques, and temples were built closely together as well. However, wars and invasions have changed the cultural climate, both physically and spiritually.
One of the symbols of this former tolerant attitude is the Sarajevo Haggadah, a lavishly illustrated Jewish text. Historically, the Jewish religion has not favored illustrations. Depictions of religious figures were more often used in Christian texts. The inclusion of the illustrations, therefore, is a melding of the two religions. Another form tolerance is the fate of the Haggadah. The sacred text is threatened several times, and it is not just Jewish people who save it. Muslims become involved, too. This makes the Sarajevo Haggadah assume the symbol of tolerance as well as survival—a symbol of Sarajevo itself.
In the flashback section of the novel, the persecution of Jews is paramount, from the fifteenth century up until the twenty-first. Jews are forced to leave Spain. They are prohibited from living in any part of Venice other than the Ghetto. During World War II, the Nazis annihilate thousands of Jews. Even in the twenty-first century, tension between Jews and Arabs is present. By the end of the novel, however, there is a hint of a return to religious tolerance in Sarajevo, at least between Muslims and Jews.
The theme of love is also apparent. First there is Hanna's love for Ozren. Love underlies Hanna's interest in being in and returning to Sarajevo. It is hinted that Ozren loves Hanna, but Ozren is so consumed and scarred by the loss of his wife and child that his emotions are not fully developed.
Hanna's love for her father is also explored. This, again, is not a fully developed love, as Hanna never knew her father. It is a love she wishes she had experienced, rather than one she enjoys.
In the flashback stories to earlier times, Lola has a very compassionate nature. She loves her little sister and wants to take her to the mountains to save her life. While living in the mountains, Lola expresses her love for the other members of the resistance group by washing their clothes to rid them of lice and taking care of them when they are ill. Lola also experiences maternal love for the infant in her care while hiding in the Muslim home.
Maternal love is also something the character Riti experiences. She helps deliver her sister-in-law's baby. She keeps decides to keep the baby boy as her own, rather than drowning the child as the mother wished.
When Isabella is sent to live with Nura, the emir's wife, the two form a loving bond. Both Isabella and Nura are being held against their will. Their love for one another helps the women fight for their mutual survival.


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Pardew quiet on Celtic link
Alan Pardew has refused to comment on reports linking him with the Celtic job.
It has been claimed that Southampton boss Pardew was recommended to the Parkhead hierarchy after they sought opinions from respected figures in the game about who should succeed Tony Mowbray as manager. Pardew declined to rule himself in or out of the running when contacted by Press Association Sport on Thursday afternoon.
He said: "It has been brought to my attention that my name is in one of the papers but I have no comment to make."
Caretaker boss Neil Lennon remains the bookmakers' favourite for the job.
The former Celtic captain this week said he had yet to hold talks with major shareholder Dermot Desmond or chief executive Peter Lawwell about being appointed on a permanent basis.
But the Northern Irishman is desperate to be handed the reins.
Pardew, 49, led West Ham to the 2006 FA Cup final, seeing his team beaten by Liverpool on penalties.
He was sacked less than halfway through the following season after a poor run of results and suffered the same fate at Charlton two years later.
But he has rebuilt his reputation at Coca-Cola League One Southampton, who are close to a play-off spot despite a 10-point deduction.
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Misery Pink
Shadows are f[C]allin' all over t[Gm]own [C7] Another n[F]ight and these blues g[G#]ot me down
[C] Oh, miser[A]y! [D7] I sure could use some c[G]ompany[Am] [A#dim] [G/B] Since he's
been g[C]one I ain't been the s[Gm]ame [C7] I carry w[F]eight like an old ball
and ch[G#]ain Guess its [C]all meant to b[A]e [D7] For love to cause me miser[C]y [F] [G7]
Oh miser[C]y! Oh mise[Gm]ry! [C7] tell me wh[F]y does my heart make a f[G#]ool
of me Seems its m[C]y destin[A]y [D7] For love to cause me miser[C]y [F7] [C]
And, [F]oh! I've been d[C]own this road before With a p[Dm7]assion that turns into p[C]ain
And [F]each time I saw l[C]ove walk out the door I sw[D7]ore never get caught up ag[G]ain[G5]
But ain't it tr[C]ue? It takes what it t[Gm]akes[C7] And somet[F]imes we get
too smart too l[G#]ate one m[C]ore heartach[A]e [D7] for me Another night of miser[C]y
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Oh! And oh miser[C]y! Oh mise[Gm]ry! [C7] Tell me wh[F]y does my heart make a f[G#]ool of me
Oh miser[C]y! Oh mise[Gm]ry! [C7] Tell me wh[F]y, why, why, why, why, why does this
heart make a f[G#]ool of [Gm]me Seems its m[C]y destin[A]y [D7] For love to c[G]ause miser[C]y, [A#] [A]oh
Misery Guess its [D7]all meant to be[G] For love to cause me m[F]isery[G#] oh [G7]no yeah Miser[C]y
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Santa is counting down to Christmas by bringing festive cheer to people around Spalding as he makes his rounds with his helpers from South Holland Rotary Club.
The big fat fella has already been out in his sleigh in all weathers bringing a smile to the faces of adults and children alike as he tours Spalding and the surrounding area's streets.
The cash collected by the Rotary Club will go towards its general charity fund, a third of which is generally spent locally on good causes such as the town's gym club, swimming club and food bank, to name a few.
Fundraising chairman and founder member John Atkinson said: "It gives us a buzz to see the children's faces light up when they see Santa on his sleigh and we have had a fantastic response so far and look forward to carrying on over the next few days in the run up to Christmas.
Santa's itinerary from today:
l Today (Thursday), Santa will be visiting St John's Road, Lancelot Way, Bellfield Close, Beechams Mews, Pulman Court, Apeldoorn Gardens, Victory Court, Hawthorn Bank, Ambleside Drive, Floriade Close, Hoekman Drive, Parkway, Aalsmeer Rise, Limburg Drive, Heren Place, Breda Court, Haarlem Court, Rembrandt Way, The Wyke, Amstel Close, Amsterdam Gardens, Leiden Fields, Daffodil Close, May Blossom Walk, Horseshoe Road, Delft Court, Hague Court, Van Gough Drive.
l Tomorrow (Friday), Santa and his helpers will be outside Sainsbury's before setting out in the evening to visit Wygate Park, Mariette Way, The Hayfields, Heather Court, Chamomile Way, Clover Way, Claudette Way, Claudette Avenue, Georgette Gardens, Grevel Close, Nicolette Way, Annette Close, Paulette Court, Lucetta Gardens, Saltern Drive, Julias Mead, Charlette Way, Estella Way, Avignon Road, Sorrell Drive, Wintergold Avenue, Algers Walk, Akita Close, Belcanto Court, Maytime Close, Wintergold Avenue, Harlequin Drive, Snowdrop Place, Hobsons Green, Belisana Road.
l On Saturday, Santa will be with his sleigh and reindeer in Hall Place in the town centre before making his way to Chestnut Avenue, Marine Drive, Rowan avenue, Acacia Avenue, Redthorn Close, Beech Avenue, St Paul's Road, Cherry Tree Grove, Laburnum Grove, Queen's Road, Royce Road, Dawson Avenue, Fulney Avenue, Cook Avenue, Queens Avenue, Cook Way, Coronation Close, Atton Avenue, Banks Avenue, Acklam Avenue, Thames Road, Seven Road, Medlock Crescent, Telford Court, Halmer Paddock, Culpins Close.
l On Sunday 16th December Santa will be with his helpers outside Sainsbury's store.
l On Monday, Santa and his helpers will be visiting Priory Road, St Thomas's Road, Regent Street, South Parade, Beaufort Drive, Thompson Close, Havelock Street, Green Lane, Knipe Avenue, Cross Street, Henrietta Street, Spring Street, Spring Gardens, Gamlyn Close, Water Lane, Welland Close, Cygnet Court, Britton Close, Magellan Way, Grosvenor Court, Mallory Drive, Hudson Road, Shackleton Close, Columbus Close, Armstrong Road, Raleigh Court, Cook Drive, Livingstone Drive, Henson Close, Drake Close, Franklin Drive, Hilary Close, Burton Road, Tasman Close, Dias Close, Aldrin Close, Bruce Close, Macarthur Court, Cortez Close, Piccard Drive, Bonnington Court, Palin Court, London Road.
l On Tuesday , Santa and his reindeer will be in Hall Place in the Town Centre.
l On Wednesday, Santa will be outside Sainsbury's before visiting houses in Pennygate, Abbots Crescent, Woodrow Place, West Parade, Thistle Gardens, Tollgate, Sherwood Drive, Fern Drive, Rowan Way, Gorse Way, Rose Leigh Way, Flinders Way, Beckett Drive, Fleur Drive, Tulip Walk, Riverside, Law Court, Westerly Avenue, Sorrel Drive.
l On Thursday and Friday, December 20 and 21, Santa and his helpers will be at Morrison's Store.
l On Saturday, December 22, Santa will be at Hall Place in the town centre.
l On Sunday, December 23, Santa and his sleigh will be at Morrison's Store before he departs to Lapland to prepare for his journey around the world in two days' time with a sleigh laden with presents for everyone.


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Biggest release this week: "Transformers: The Complete Series." 98 episodes, 16 discs. Geek heaven.
Plenty of re-issues: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Curse of the Golden Flower," "House of Flying Daggers," "The Towering Inferno," "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer." On TV, there's "American Gladiators," "Bewitched," "E.R." and "Leverage." And an interesting looking import, "Arab Labor."
As usual, blurbs are taken from the press releases; snarky commentary is free of charge. Preview links go to Apple.com.
American Gladiators – The Original Series: The Battle Begins
Shout! Factory, 840 minutes, 3 discs, $29.99
One of the original reality TV series makes its DVD debut. Watch Blaze, Gemini, Gold, Lace, Laser, Malibu, Nitro, Sunny, Titan and Zap pummel those people crazy enough to get in the ring with them. Thankfully, I was stationed overseas when this show was a hit. Extras: booklet, commentaries, interviews.
Arab Labor
Alive Mind, 300 minutes, 10 episodes, 2 discs, $34.98
Billed as the "Israeli 'All in the Family,'" this imported TV show tells the story of Amjad, a Palestinian journalist and Israeli citizen who has to deal with the dual realities of such an existence. It's creator, Sayed Kashua, has been labeled "The Palestinian Seinfeld." Extras: interview with Kashua, behind-the-scenes featurette.
Beach Kings
MGM, 97 minutes, PG-13, $26.98
Cameron Day (David Charvet) is a former college basketball star who disappears for 10 years, then reappears on the pro beach volleyball circuit, determined to win his shot at greatness and sexy Mia (Torrey De Vitto). Personal hardships to overcome abound. No extras listed.
The Beatles: Rare and Unseen
MVD Entertainment, 90 minutes, not rated, $19.95
Documentary about the Liverpool, England origins of the Fab Four. Rare footage abounds, shot in Liverpool, Scotland, Bahamas, Newquay, Paris. Interviews with John Lennon, Phil Collins and many others. No extras listed.
Bewitched: The Complete Eighth and Final Season
Sony, 676 minutes, 26 episodes, 4 discs, $39.95
Final season of the 1960s-70s sitcom with Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha and Dick Sargent as Darrin. No extras listed.
The Butcher
Vivendi Entertainment, 113 minutes, not rated, $26.99
Merle "The Butcher" Hench (Eric Roberts) is a mob hitman with 20 years of bad luck and gambling debts. When he's set up as a fall guy, he decides to show them why he has such a nickname. No extras listed.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Curse of the Golden Flower
House of Flying Daggers
Sony, 343 minutes, 3 discs, $92.95 (BD box set)
BD release of these three modern day martial arts blockbusters. Julian's got the set; he should be turning in a review shortly. "Crouching" has a making-of featurette, commentary and interview with Michele Yeoh. "Daggers" has a making-of featurette and storyboard gallery. "Flower" has no extras listed.
The Doors: From The Outside – CANCELLED
MVD Entertainment, 139 minutes, not rated, $19.95
New documentary is run panel style; includes Jim Morrison's widow Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, Billy James, Richard Goldstein and Mark Benno, along with numerous rock journalists and writers. Includes rare footage of the band. Extra: "Conversation with the Lizard Queen" featurette interview with Patricia Morrison.
Image Entertainment, 111 minutes, not rated
The poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys) loves two different women in WWII's bohemian London underground (Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley) until a lost soldier husband (Cillian Murphy) shows up. Chaos ensues. No extras listed.
ER: The Complete Eleventh Season
Warner Bros., 1,023 minutes, 22 episodes, 6 discs, $49.98
More changes and challenges for the doctors and nurses of County General, culminating in the departure of Dr. Carter (Noah Wyle). Extras: outtakes, unaired scenes.
Grey Gardens
HBO, 104 minutes, $26.98
Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange star as "Little Edie" and "Big Edie" Beale, two eccentric relatives of Jackie O (Jeanne Tripplehorn). Expands on the original 1975 documentary. Extras: commentary, comparison featurette between the film and the documentary.
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Sony, 101 minutes, R, $28.95 (BD)
Sequel to the original has Ben Willis going after the two teens (Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr.) that survived his murderous rampage, plus any others that get in his way. This week's Dead Teenager Movie. BD debut. Extras: making-of featurette, music video from Hewitt.
Leverage: The First Season
TNT/Paramount, 584 minutes, $39.98
Insurance investigator Nate Ford (Timothy Hutton) turns on his former employers when an insurance company allows his young son to die. Now he goes up against corporations and governmental influences that hurt honest citizens. Where was this guy when Wall Street crashed last year? Extras: commentary, additional and deleted scenes, five featurettes.
Los Angeles Lakers 2008-2009 NBA Champions
Warner Bros, $24.98
Championship video for this year's winners. The Spurs didn't meet them in the Western Conference Finals, which makes this a little more palatable. But most of us in San Antonio still support only two teams: the Spurs and whoever is playing the Lakers that day. Extras: slideshows, 4th quarters, roundtable, all-access to Boston and Cleveland games, player spotlights.
One Way
Vivendi Entertainment, 116 minutes, not rated, $26.99
Eddie Snyder (Til Schweiger) is blackmailed for his cheating ways by his firm. He provides a false alibi for an accused rapist and his life is turned upside down. Sounds like a low budget version of "The Firm." No extras listed.
Sony, 78 minutes, R, $24.96
TV reporter is doing an interview at a local fire station when a call comes in. A trip to an apartment building leads to a lethal terror that has local authorities sealing off the building, trapping everyone inside, including the TV crew. A sequel is in the works, and it inspired the film "Quarantine." Extras: making-of featurette.
Shark Week: Great Bites Collection
Image Entertainment, 356 minutes, 2 discs
Another collection of "Shark Week" programs from the Discovery Channel. Want to avoid getting bit? Stay out of the water when sharks are around. Problem solved. Extras: four featurettes.
The State: The Complete Series
MTV/Paramount, 514 minutes, 24 episodes, 5 discs, $69.99
1990s MTV sketch comedy show for Gen X'ers finally gets its DVD debut. Extras: commentaries, interviews, outtakes, unaired sketches, special appearances.
The Towering Inferno
Fox, 165 minutes, PG, $34.99 (BD)
Fire in an extremely high San Francisco office tower on its opening night means a lot of people get burned. First time for Steve McQueen and Paul Newman to star in the same film, even though neither really has that many scenes with the other. I remember seeing this in the theater when I was 10. BD debut has a boatload of extras: commentaries, 32 extended and deleted scenes, alternate opening sequences, 10 featurettes, storyboard galleries, promo materials, interview with Irwin Allen, photo galleries.
Transformers: The Complete Series
Shout! Factory, 2,220 minutes, 98 episodes, 16 discs, $140
This is the BIG HONKIN' SET. From what I can determine, it's only available through direct order from http://www.transformerscollectorsset.com Extras: interviews, featurettes, concept art galleries, original commercials, printable scripts, 60-page book and two magnets.
Van Wilder: Freshman Year (Unrated)
Tapestry Films/Paramount, 100 minutes, $29.99
Origin story of the college party animal (Jonathan Bennett). Don't know that it has much more of a plot than that. Plenty of topless co-eds, I would imagine. Not going to be bringing this one home to the wife. Extras: commentary, making-of featurettes, bloopers, short films.
The Wiggles Go Bananas!
Warner Bros, 86 minutes, $14.98
Kids' band from Down Under releases their latest disc, with 24 new original songs. Features Aussie singer Kylie Minogue (remember her?). Extras: two bonus "Wiggle and Learn" episodes, two songs, safety PSA, photo gallery, bonus "Dorothy the Dinosaur" episode.
Wild Pacific
BBC Video, 300 minutes, 6 episodes, 2 discs
More BBC documentary footage of the planet; this time the focus is on the South Pacific. Natural sights and unique wildlife aboud. Extras: behind-the-scenes footage.


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Saskatchewan is in a current economic boom, and expanding in population and GDP. It was relatively unaffected by the global recession and almost seems to be its own acclimatized economy. From the charts below we can see that we are the leading province in GDP growth, unemployment rates; resulting in good investments and a large labor pool (Stats Canada, 2012).
Saskatchewan's strong economic situation is directly benefiting our residential real estate industry. Both sales and dollar volume are up 8% since last year. Not to mention that selling prices have gone up 5 percent for the last three years consistently. This 5 percent is also reflective in our 6 month rolling average of sale price; essentially meaning that our market has little fluctuations with seasons.
Saskatoon is a rare city in which mortgage payments are usually less expensive than rent payments. Of course there is risk for unexpected expenses and repairs, but the potential for large earnings has increased the market demand for houses with revenue potential. Buyers should be aware that most homes with suites are usually not permitted suites; if mismanaged, the suites could be shut down by the city.
Interest rates are historically low, which has a major influence on real estate investments. Low interest rates results in more people qualifying for larger mortgages, driving prices up, because individuals are paying more principal than interest through each payment. Interest rates have a major influence on the size of monthly mortgage payments. Interest rates are not guaranteed to stay this way, and it is likely we will see small increases in the years to come. It's a good time for buyers to go and get approved and lock in a lower interest rate.
Social Factors
Saskatchewan saw a 2 percent increase in population in 2012, gaining 21,117 people in the short year's time, most of these people are moving to Saskatoon as well. When ages are split in to five year increments for Saskatoon's population, the two largest samples are ages 20-24 and 25-29; with over 45,000 people in that shared age group (Stats Canada, 2011).
I see Saskatoon as a balanced market; good for both sellers and buyers. Funding is available for mortgages, and there is opportunity in both selling and buying a home at this time.
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Only recently, advanced direct volume visualization techniques have been widely used due to the availability of low cost hardware accelerators; such techniques have a great potential of use for many applications of the virtual reality in medicine. We proposed and implemented a low cost system for interactive and stereoscopic 3D visualization of the full color visible human dataset. Potential use of the proposed system includes anatomical atlases and surgical simulators. A prototype of the proposed system is rendering full color volumes with 256x152x180 in real time (15-20Hz) with stereoscopy.
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A conscientious "wanted thief" left a handwritten note for police urging them to give the suspect a call.
Officers working a local beat for West Midlands Police tweeted a picture of the message they found taped to a door, with the comment that their persistence in tracing the individual appeared to have paid off.
Police working the Bushbury and Oxley neighbourhood patch in Wolverhampton said: "The team's persistence paid off with a little note left on a door from a wanted thief."
The letter writer also left a name and contact telephone number - both redacted in the image posted to Twitter.
The officers said the matter would be resolved by Thursday.
In the note, its writer stated they would like "to meet you, like before, OK?"
It continued: "A friend in the street said you had been (officers, anyway).
"Ok - call me and I will come down and sort whatever out!
"After I finish work is best."
It ended: "So yes, just call me. Thanks."


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Nintendo Shares Updated 3DS Specs
System takes battery hit when playing native 3DS titles.
Joining today's launch title lineup announcement, Nintendo has provided updated specifications for the 3DS hardware. The details come via the system's newly opened portal page off Nintendo.co.jp.
As previously announced, 3DS will be available on February 26 at ¥25,000. The system will be offered in two colors initially: Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black.
The major new bit of information about the hardware at the portal site is specific times regarding battery usage. The 3DS takes 3 hours 30 minutes to fully charge. Play time for 3DS games is 3 hours to 5 hours. Play time for DS games is 5 hours to 8 hours.
You can see the full spec list at Nintendo's 3DS spec page.
Nintendo also provided a final list of what's included when you buy the system. You'll find the following items in the box:
- Nintendo 3DS system
- Nintendo 3DS charging cradle
- Nintendo 3DS AC adapter
- Nintendo 3DS touch pen
- SD Memory Card (2 gigabytes)
- 6 AC Cards (for use with compatible software)
- Simple Start Guide
- Instruction Manual
- Warranty Card
The system comes with a variety of software built in. These are among the included titles:
- Nintendo 3DS Camera
- Nintendo 3DS Sound
- Mii Studio
- Street Pass Mii Plaza (Surechigai Mii Hiroba)
- AR Games
- Activity Log (Omoide Kirokucho)
- Face Shooting (Kao Shooting)
Most of these were introduced in September, but Nintendo 3DS Sound and Face Shooting are new.
Nintendo 3DS Sound lets you edit and combine sounds that you've recorded with the system's microphone. You can store up to 180 10 second sound clips on an SD card. 3DS Sound is also used to play back music files from your SD Card. It also has Street Pass functionality, allowing you to see the popularity of songs amongst the people you pass by on the street.
Face Shooting is a game that turns your friends' faces into enemies and your surroundings into stages. You start by taking a picture of a family member or friend. The program will judge the person's face, describing it as, for instance, "a young girl's face" or "an adult woman's face." The face will then appear in a shooting game. As the face approaches you, you have to throw balls it at to keep it away. The face's expressions will change as it approaches you.
Nintendo's spec page also lists Nintendo Zone and Internet Browser as built in software/services.
Visit Nintendo's 3DS portal for some promotional videos featuring jpop group Arashi sampling the 3DS.
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The marketing team at the Fruity cargo cult Apple has just announced a cheap and cheerful box which is designed for those who cannot afford Jobs' Mobs' more pricey offerings.
Clearly Apple is still wrestling with this concept, but it has a long way to go before the world "budget" will actually mean something. The price of a new iMac will be $1,099 which is $200 cheaper than the previous lowest spec machine, but a long way to go before it will be considered "cheap."
The chip is a dual-core 1.4GHz Intel Core i5 processor and a 500GB hard drive. In comparison, the $1,299 flavor comes with a quad-core 2.7GHz Core i5 CPU and double the hard drive space. It is not as if Apple is providing you with the same spec at a cheaper price. But hell we would not expect that.
However it still won't be as cheap as Windows-based all-in-one PCs, with a similar spec. We saw some going for about £550 and you do not have to buy into the Apple walled garden. Apple is hoping that its lower-priced version of Apple's iMac will do well in the back-to-school market. We can't see why any kid would want a computer that slow or any parent pay that much for it.
Graphics wise the thing is also rubbish. It actually uses use of Intel HD Graphics 5000, whereas the $1,299 system uses Intel's superior Iris Pro Graphics. Still not as good as having a proper graphics card though.


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Web Exclusives: Inky Dinky Do
a PAW web exclusive column by Hugh O'Bleary
March 13, 2002:
Buying in
An old alum comes to terms with Princetons New Deal
By Hugh O'Bleary
My old poker pal Stu is in a snit (we like to say hes "all
Stu-ed up") over Meg Whitman 77. Stu (Class of 72,
engineering major-turned real estate developer, weekend golfer,
tends to bluff the full when hes only got two pair) is one
of those sons of Old Nassau who clearly are less than thrilled with
the fact that there are daughters of Old Nassau. "Why dont
they just turn it into an all-womens school and be done with
it?" is one of his frequent refrains.
Needless to say, for a fellow of Stus enlightened outlook,
Whitman offers a full, rich sampler of galling realities. Not only
is she a Princeton graduate, she also happens to be the president
and chief executive officer of eBay, the online auction powerhouse.
The womans net worth? Somewhere north of half a billion dollars.
The announcement last month that Whitman is giving $30 million to
Princeton to pay for a new residential college, one that would be
called Whitman College and would per force house women Tigers, sent
Stu into a fresh round of grumbling.
"Thirty million?" he said over a hand of high-low stud
last week. "Couldnt she have gotten it cheaper on line?"
I said that I thought that was an ungrateful attitude to take and
suggested he was just touchy because he hadnt even paid his
class dues. "Hah!" he said and raised me a quarter. It
was going to be one of those nights.
The next morning I ran into Stu on the train. I figured hed
be in a good mood considering hed finished 17 bucks ahead.
But he didnt want to talk poker. He had the paper in his hand
and it was clear something had caught his interest. "Now shes
gone and done it," he said. I didnt have to ask who "she"
was. "What?" I said. "Has she bought the naming rights
to the stadium?"
He gave me a long look. "No, but its almost as shameless.
Shes going to give the Baccalaureate address. Isnt that
a coincidence, after she just happened to give the university a
few million dollars?" "Maybe," I said, "the
students are interested in hearing what an incredibly successful
dot-commer has to say at this particular point in history."
I shrugged. "And, after all," I added, "she is an
alumna." We rode in silence for a while, but Stu wasnt
ready to give up. "Im telling you," he said, as
we chugged through New Brunswick, "this is going to come back
to bite Princeton right in the baccalaureateif you get my
drift." I must have looked as lost as I felt, because he leaned
very close and whispered, "One word, OBleary: Enron."
"Enron?" I said.
"Enron," he said. "There are universities all over
the country who took money from Enron to endow programs and chairs.
And now what have they got?" "The money?" I said.
"Well, yeah," said Stu. "But the thing is theyre
stuck with the name, too. Do you know theres a Kenneth L.
Lay professorship of political science at the University of Houston?
An Enron professorship in economics at Nebraska? A Kenneth Lay chair
in international economics at the University of Missouri-Columbia?
A Ken Lay Center for the Study of Markets in Transition at Rice?
Its a disgrace!"
I pointed out that some of the countrys finest universities
had long been funded by some of historys most infamous robber
barons. "Leland Stanford built his fortune on exploited railroad
workers," I said. "Even old Andrew Carnegie remember
his vicious suppression of the Homestead strike?" "Ancient
history," barked Stu. "Im talking about tales of
shame and infamy ripped from todays headlines. What university
wants to be associated with that?"
"But eBay?" I said, incredulous. "Thats the
nations garage sale. What could be more wholesome?"
"Mark my words," he said. "We cant be too careful."
We spent the rest of the ride in silence. Two days later the phone
in my office rang. It was Stu. "Its starting," he
said. "Whats starting" I asked.
"Man Sought in eBay Scam," he said.
"Man Sought in eBay Scam! Its the headline
in todays paper." As it turned out, he was right. According
to news reports, the FBI and the Oakland county sheriffs department
were looking for a man accused of bilking nearly 100 buyers on eBay
out of as much as $500,000 money they had sent him for
Wee Forest Folk figurines. I tried to explain to Stu that eBay
and by extension his bete noire (et orange) Meg Whitman was
in no way responsible for any figurine finagling that took place
on its site. "I just dont trust her," he said and
hung up. Since then Ive been pondering what I can do to make
Stu see things differently, to embrace Princetons not-so-new
era, and finally to celebrate the success and prominence of one
of his fellow alums. I think Ive come up with it. I invited
Meg to our next poker game.
You can reach Hugh O'Bleary at "Hugh O'Bleary" firstname.lastname@example.com
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by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News & Reports
VA's integrative pain initiative shows early positives in limiting opioid dependency
The US Veteran's Administration recently sent a media release announcing that VA Initiative Shows Early Promise in Reducing Use of Opioids for Chronic Pain. The article notes that the comprehensive initiative includes "an emphasis on patient education, close patient monitoring with frequent feedback and Complementary and Alternative Medicine practices like acupuncture." Robert Petzel, VA's Under Secretary for Health is quoted: "The Opioid Safety Initiative is an example of VHA's personalized, proactive and patient-centered approach to health care. We are also using a full-range of support treatments for Veterans, including Complementary and Alternative Medicine. We are delivering health care with the patient's long-term personal health goals at the forefront."
by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News & Reports
Integrative Centers
VA's integrative pain initiative shows early positives in limiting opioid dependency
The US Veteran's Administration recently sent a media release announcing that VA Initiative Shows Early Promise in Reducing Use of Opioids for Chronic Pain. The article notes that the comprehensive initiative includes "an emphasis on patient education, close patient monitoring with frequent feedback and Complementary and Alternative Medicine practices like acupuncture." Robert Petzel, VA's Under Secretary for Health is quoted: "The Opioid Safety Initiative is an example of VHA's personalized, proactive and patient-centered approach to health care. We are also using a full-range of support treatments for Veterans, including Complementary and Alternative Medicine. We are delivering health care with the patient's long-term personal health goals at the forefront." The program includes a pain monitoring app.
Comment: This is evidence that, as integrative health policy leader Janet Kahn, PhD has suggested, the military may be the change agent for patient-centered policy on integrative health and medicine even as the AIDS activists changed FDA approval timelines to better reflect the interests of the individuals the agency is to serve. (Thanks to Jud Richland, MPH for the heads-up on this story.)
Is a major threat to integrative medicine practice rolling south and west from Nova Scotia's medical board?
Chris Foley, MD, a long-time leader of both health system-based and community-based integrative centers sent an alert about a new Policy and Guidelines on Complementary and Alternative Therapies. The paper was issued by the Council of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia. The 3-page guideline requires "ethical physicians" to:
- Carry out appropriate and conventional examinations and investigations in order to establish a diagnosis and basis for treatment;
- Prescribe or recommend an effective and proven therapy not delayed or supplanted by the choice of a complementary or alternative treatment;
- Not expose patients to any undue risk from a complementary or alternative therapy; Not misrepresent the safety or efficacy of any therapy or procedure, whether conventional or unconventional;
- Not exploit the emotions, vulnerability, or finances of patients for personal gain or gratification;
- Respect the autonomy of patients in choosing from available treatment options.
The guidelines go on to allow a physician to "discharge" a patient who does not consent to these guidelines. The Nova Scotia group worked off a document prepared by their colleagues in British Columbia.
Comment: Such guideline writers need to ask what to do if one has first rate evidence on how to suppress the symptoms of a disease but only impressionistic evidence on how to get at root causes and create health. In this context, how then does one respond as an "ethical physician" to the second bullet on delay of suppression? And how ethical is it to decisively suppress symptoms if we have some evidence that the problematic causes may altered if one only takes another approach? Foley wonders what will become of integrative medicine if the guidelines embraced in Nova Scotia are widely embraced across Canada and sweep through the U.S.
IHPC Brings 2706, CAHCIM and Allina to Congressional Briefing on "Easing the US Healthcare Crisis: The Role of Integrative Health Care"
On April 10, 2014, key staffers for numerous members of the US House of Representatives and US Senate were treated to unusual fare at a briefing entitled "Easing the US Healthcare Crisis: The Role of Integrative Health Care." Staff for over 17 US Senators, and 7 members of the House, together with representatives from10 outside organizations were among the roughly 70% of attendees who signed-in. Among those in attendance were staff members for the powerful US Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, as well as counterparts from Appropriations and the Special Committee on Aging. Janet Kahn, PhD, who organized the session on behalf of the Integrative Healthcare Policy Consortium (IHPC), shared with the Integrator that the audience "was attentive throughout the 70+ minutes of presentation – questions were thoughtful" and that "the Senate Q&A in particular went into some depth on 2706″ – Non-Discrimination in Health Care. Kahn's report continues:
Kahn/IHPC report-Chesney: I think the presentations built well. I was the set-up person, using material from the IOM Report "Shorter Lives, Poorer Health" to identify what the crisis is; distinguish between the contributions of prevention and those of health promotion/health creation; also the needed synergy between integrative health care and integrative health policy. Margaret Chesney, PhD, chair of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM) and integrative medicine leader at UCSF Osher Center, explained IM/IHC and used heart disease exquisitely to illustrate the problem, and the difference between usual care and integrative care. She illustrated the growth of IM/IHC through the increase from 8 to 57 centers in CAHCIM between 1999 and today; and the comparable growth in number of hospitals offering integrative healthcare services. She offered good cost data, including Ornish's work on both heart disease and prostate cancer – the latter showing telomere growth which is hugely important.
The Kahn/IHPC report continues-Baechler: "Courtney Baechler, MD, MS, a cardiologist, and Chief Wellness Officer & Vice President, Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, Allina Health, presented on Allina's growth from 2003-present. She gave the audience a good picture of the size and complexity of the Allina system; the decision to move from a single site – the Penny George Institute of Health and Healing – to ultimately seeking to integrate all 13 hospitals. The range of things Allina is doing – in-patient and outpatient, community-based programs, etc. is impressive – as is their data. Across these presentations people saw examples of IM/IHC in relation to chronic pain, heart disease, cancer, spinal fusion, and more. And the problem identified in the first presentation – that the US has been getting a horrible return on investment when it comes to health care $$ spent, was well-answered with a look at Allina's and Ornish's cost data.
Kahn/IHPC report concludes – Wisneski: Finally Len Wisneski, MD, IHPC's chair and faculty member at Georgetown University, George Washington University and University of Colorado, capped the presentations by focusing on the common sense of IHC, the importance of 2706 and use of the full healthcare workforce, importance of supporting the two active bills bringing IHC into the VA and DOD, and on IMPriME and the importance of training physicians for these times and this kind of team work, especially knowing when to refer to other kinds of providers."
Comment: Kudos to the Integrative Healthcare Policy Consortium for the time, energy and expense of organizing this meeting, and to the contributions of Chesney and Baechler and their respective organizations. For all the talk of health reform and "transforming" the medical industry toward health, very few in this community ever set foot in the nation's Capitol where the lever's get pulled that make new directions possible. Who knows which staffer in IHPC's briefing room might add just the right language in a bill? Notably, Kahn reports that she and Wisneski also pointed out to the staffers that as federal employees, they may be among the first Americans to benefit from Section 2706, as Blue Cross Blue Shield included in their pamphlet to federal employee plan participants that "we now cover any licensed medical practitioner for covered services performed within the scope of that license, as required by Section 2706(a) of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA)."
Doctors of chiropractic and naturopathic medicine on National Quality Forum
The quasi-governmental National Quality Forum has a good deal of clout in the emergence of the new system for medicine. The organization sets standards by which quality will be measured, and compared, between plans and systems. The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians recently chose to join the NQF and, according to CEO Jud Richland, MPH, "successfully nominated Christian Dodge, ND, to serve on the Musculoskeletal Measures Standing Committee." (To a query, Richland noted that there is also a chiropractor on the committee, John Ventura, DC, via NQF member the American Chiropractic Association.) Richland notes that the AANP has another nomination in for a second committee. "Our goal in joining NQF is obviously to influence the health system to place greater emphasis on whole person care and integrative medicine," explains Richland, adding: "We know that what gets measured gets done, and NQF is the most influential organization in determining what gets measured." Richland states that the AANP "certainly anticipates placing AANP members on a number of the measure development committees in the future."
Comment: Inside the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care, with which I work, we talk about the value in placing key representatives "of the values, practices and disciplines associated with integrative health and medicine" in every important healthcare dialogue. Kudos go to the AANP, and to the ACA, for having the foresight to be involved in this significant process.
American Academy of Pain Management calls on insurers to cover integrative approaches as part of multidisciplinary, team approach to chronic pain
American Academy of Pain Medicine has issued a release entitled Pain Physicians Say Insurance Coverage Falls Short. The media notice followed passage of a position paper entitled Minimum Insurance Benefits for Patients with Chronic Pain at the organization's 2014 annual meeting. The paper "called on insurance payers to provide adequate coverage for interdisciplinary pain care, including physical therapy, massage, yoga, acupuncture and other alternative therapies." The perspective lambastes a reductive approach to coverage that increases opioid dependency: "Patients with persistent, ongoing pain experience endemic barriers to care, many related to non-existent or insufficient insurance coverage and reimbursement for evidence and consensus based therapies. The result is a reductionist approach to pain management whereby the default treatments are prescription (often opioids) and procedural." Here is the key statement:
"In all tiers of the healthcare system, from the uninsured to those on public and private plans, coverage is needed for comprehensive, interdisciplinary modalities of treatment like CBT [cognitive behavioral therapy], physical therapy, stress management, rehabilitation, complimentary [sic] and integrative therapies (CIM) and alternative therapies and medications that are known to be effective and safer than usual care. At minimum, all payers should provide three months coverage for an interdisciplinary integrative pain evaluation and treatment program for people with pain that is severe enough to warrant ongoing therapy that has failed or is not expected to respond to first-line therapies and that is not expected to resolve in the foreseeable future."
Comment: The fit of this call for reimbursement change with the findings from the early VA work to limit dependence on opioids could not be better. Notably – and unfortunately – the paper does not specifically address the benefits that could flow from a broad interpretation of the Non-Discrimination in Health Care provision, Section 2706, of the Affordable Care Act. (See Sections on CAM and Integrative Health in the Affordable Care Act-HR 3590.)
American Academy of Neurology issues guidelines for CAM and multiple sclerosis – cannabis high on list
The American Academy of Neurology has issued a guideline on "CAM" and multiple sclerosis in which only cannabis is high enough on the team's scale to merit a recommendation. The March 24, 2014 release was entitled "Guideline: Medical Marijuana in Pill Form or Oral Spray May Ease Some MS Symptoms; Little Evidence Other Complementary or Alternative Therapies Work." An AAN Patient Summary notes "weak evidence" that supports use of Gingko Biloba, reflexology and magnetic therapy. This AAN page guides one to evidence and conclusions. The AAN has engaged a significant outreach effort to promote its new guideline.
IN-CAM Research Network announces 10th Anniversary Research Symposium: The Next Wave
The theme of the 2014 IN-CAM Research Symposium is "The Next Wave of Complementary & Integrative Medicine Research." The meeting will take place Nov 6-8, 2014 in Calgary, Alberta. Keynote talks will be offered by Dr. Rogers Prize-winner Sunita Vohra, MD, Georgetown-based IM-educator, Aviad Haramati, PhD, Rand Corporation cost-effectiveness expert Patricia Herman, PhD, ND, and University of Saskatchewan complementary medicine research leader Michael Epstein, PhD. Abstract submission deadline is June 30, 2014. IN-CAM's current acting director is Ania Kania-Richmond.
Comment: This Canadian network has done exceptional work in its decade of existence. We have nothing like it in the United States. The organization's co-founders and co-advisors Heather Boon, PharmD, and Marja Verhoef, PhD are international leaders in highlighting the need to expand our abilities and capacity to research whole practices and whole systems. One sample: Boon is among those on a panel that will be a "soap-box" on research methods at the International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health. The IN-CAM Outcomes Database is a gift to all interested in coming to understand the value of these practices and disciplines in the real world. An early congrats on 10 years!
Massage Therapy Foundation engages research project with Samueli Institute
The Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF) has selected the Samueli Institute to lead an exploration of the impact of massage therapy on chronic pain, and "to identify gaps in knowledge that can help direct future research" according to this release. To begin the work, the two organizations convened a round table discussion with leaders and subject matter experts in both massage and pain management in February 2014. The goal was to formulate a clear research question, namely: "What is the state of the science regarding the impact of massage therapy on function for those experiencing pain?" The project will also "develop criteria that will be beneficial for use in future research articles for integrative medicine." The project is funded by the Massage Therapy Foundation with the ongoing support of the American Massage Therapy Association.
American Public Health Association's "CAM" group changes name
The co-director of the special interest group concerned with "CAM" within the American Public Health Association (APHA), Beth Sommers, LAc, PhD, has shared with the Integrator that the group, which has been called the Alternative and Complementary Health Practices group since being formed in 1994 has "officially changed our name." The change came through a vote among members. The winner: "Integrative, Complementary and Traditional Health Practices." States Sommers: "It's a mouthful, but our name expressed the comprehensive and global reach of our work. We use the term 'health practices' to signify the importance of self-care and self-help strategies as well the use of practitioner-based interventions."
Comment: In the move for "good medicine" – that is inclusive, respectful, and multidisciplinary our language must be continually re-adjusted. This looks an enduring handle.
AHA, hospital transformation and leadership from the CEO of Hospital Corporation of America: health creation?
The cover story in the American Hospital Association's Hospitals and Health Networks flagship magazine showed Jonathan Perlin, PhD, MD, CEO of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in pin-stripe suit, maroon power tie against a silvery-glass backdrop that evokes the fine interiors of high end hospitals. The title: "Toward a Healthier Tomorrow." Perlin, the chair-elect for the organization is characterized as welcoming "a powerful, positive, transformation of health care in America." Inside the feature, a subsection is entitled "From Sick Care to Health Care." Perlin speaks of how hospitals "have been honed to focus on sick care," adding: "It is a tough transition, but we have to learn how to move from sick care to health care." Then: "I'm not sure that any of us – big system; small, rural hospital; academic health center; government; or private sector – fully understands or knows the recipe." He believes the AHA can be a powerful convener for making the change.
Comment: First, it is a good thing that hospital leaders are distinguishing the two types of care. The humility – "I am not sure any of us fully understands or knows the recipe" – echoes the perspective of Don Berwick, MD when he called recently for a move toward "health creation" as the focus of the industry. Perrin's bio is intriguing, pairing leadership of the for-profit behemoth HCA with a leading role in the Veteran's Administration's transformation during the heyday of its early reform under the visionary leadership of Kenneth Kizer, MD. Notably, the same issue of H&HN included a feature on the money saving value in better linking medicine to mental health care (Mind+Matter=Health Care's New Math). These are birth tremors. The truly tough thing for hospitals is that we need to shrink them, in favor of outpatient models. Can Perlin and the AHA lead that? Still, this move away from merely "sick care" is an opportunity for leadership from integrative health and medicine.
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From Google Alerts: links to integrative medicine in health systems and communities -March 2014
This typically monthly Integrator feature reflects a quick capture of highlights from the multitude for links that flow in daily via Google Alerts for "integrative medicine," "complementary and alternative medicine" and "alternative medicine." While my focus is on integrative medicine in health systems, the later search term nets developments from around the world that I began to share for November 2013. Here are 15 selections related to hospitals and medical organization in integrative medicine and 8 from the community, for March 2013.
Chiropractor on integrative practice at the Casey Health Institute's patient-centered medical home
The headline in the Dynamic Chiropractic article is Collaboration for a Cause: Blurring disciplinary lines to benefit the patient: the new model of truly integrative health care. The article is by Sarah Potthoff, DC, the first chiropractor in the ambitious Casey Health Institute, founded in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in 2013. CHI has, besides primary care medical doctors, practitioners of chiropractic, psychology, acupuncture, naturopathic medicine, massage therapy, yoga, meditation, and Reiki "to achieve their vision of truly integrative health care," as Potthoff writes. She describes how collaboration is fostered at CHI, offers three case studies of interprofessional collaboration, and then gives some guidance to her chiropractic colleagues on qualities that will help them get involved in integrated environments.
Comment: This is a great little insider's view of a rare but emerging environment of an integrative patient-centered medical home. Notably for the chiropractic field, the most "preferred future" in a recent study of the field by the Institute for Alternative Futures, Chiropractic 2025: – Institute for Alternative Futures, is one in which a growing percentage of chiropractors are pro-actively part of PCMH and integrated care teams.
Attorney Michael Cohen offers insights into "fee-splitting" business strategies in integrative centers
Michael Cohen, has published a useful article entitled "Fee-splitting 101 for Medical Doctors, Chiropractors, Acupuncturists and Others." The topic regards the common practice in integrative environments of offering new practitioners a cut or split of any new revenues he or she generates as a portion, or all, of their compensation package. In his thorough accounting, Cohen notes, among other things, that "kickbacks and fee-splitting are related." He clarifies: "A 'kickback' involves the payment to or from a physician in exchange for a referral, while 'fee-splitting' involves splitting the physician's fee to the patient between the physician and a third-party." The posting is particularly valuable with the 7 links to related Cohen posts.
Comment: Michael Cohen, formerly at the Harvard Osher Center, is a practitioner and thought leader in the field, as well as an attorney. If you are engaged in such business practices, especially in California, grab a read!
Guarneri's Pacific Pearl La Jolla officially opens May 10 with top naturopathic doctors in key clinical roles
The website for Pacific Pearl La Jolla greets one with "Guarneri Integrative Health Inc", after clinic founder and former interventional cardiologist Mimi Guarneri, MD. Pacific Pearl features a multidisciplinary team including two other medical doctors, two chiropractors, a massage therapist, and three naturopathic physicians who were formerly leading the Bastyr San Diego campus: Moira Fitzpatrick, PhD, ND, Erica Oberg, ND, MPH and Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH. Guarneri, who founded the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, where she worked for 15 years, also serves, according to her bio, as the founder and director of the Taylor Academy for Integrative Medicine and Research. The official opening is May 10, 2014.
UCLArts and Healing advances leadership in the creative arts/health connection with series of grants and strategic collaborations
An organization under the umbrella of the integrative medicine consortia at UCLA, UCLArts & Healing, has recently announced a series of initiatives propelling its work in multiple directions:
- A grant from the Boone Foundation to develop a training program for delivery of "Dance for All", a therapeutic movement and yoga-based program for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities.
- Completion of the organization's first UCLA undergraduate course on 'Maximizing the Social and Emotional Benefits of Arts Education' (Art&Arc 101, here) through the Visual and Performing Arts Education program within the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
- Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre, which serves the entire Southern CA region, is offering a workshop of UCLArts & Healing's nationally known program, Beat the Odds: Social and Emotional Skill Building Delivered in a Framework of rumming,
to follow their assembly entitled, "Drummin' Up Peace," on conflict management.
- A local municipal connection is applying for a State of California Department of Education grant to bring various UCLArts & Healing programs to youth and families in its new comprehensive health and resource center for underserved populations.
- An active collaboration with the Jewish Family Service in which the agency sets up the UCLArts & Healing program and offers it in another part of Los Angeles, with the JFS covering all costs.
UCLArts and Healing "facilitates the use of the arts for mind/body wellness and healing in the community, as a vehicle for empowerment and transformation."
Comment: The arts-healing and integrative health and medicine movements are not typically considered in the same breath. Yet philosophically, the whole person, body-and-mind approaches tend to be fully aligned. I thank colleague Lucy Gonda for the contact – a decade ago – to this leading-edge organization for which I serve as chair of the board of directors.
Chiropractors form Consortium of Evidence-Informed Practice Educators; LeFebre named to head
All 16 chiropractic colleges have signed on to participate in a new initiative entitled the Consortium of Evidence-Informed Practice Educators according to this release. The initiative, led by Ron LeFebre, MA, DC, from the University of Western States, is to "provide leadership, training, and support to those chiropractic institutions and educators dedicated to preparing their learners with the skills, knowledge and attitudes which are necessary to deliver evidenced-informed health care." In addition, "the consortium offers a framework for inter-collegiate cooperation, scholarship, and the dissemination of information." The organization's website is in the works.
Comment: This initiative grew out of the so-called "reverse R-25" education grants from the NIH NCCAM that were established to help imbed evidence informed curricula in the so-called "CAM" schools. This initiative runs parallel to that of the Project to Enhance Research Literacy, led by Deborah Hill, MS, at the Center for Optimal Integration: Creating Health. (More soon on this initiative, with which I am involved.) Notably, comfort with, and competency around, evidence is core to Competency #5 of the multidisciplinary Competencies for Optimal Practice in Integrated Environments.
$5.5-million grant to bring Vanderbilt into the family of Osher-funded integrative medicine centers; Northwestern to follow
An April 9, 2014 release has announced that Vanderbilt's Center for Integrative Health is now the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt University. The announcement followed a $5.5 million donation from philanthropist Bernard Osher. The grant was given through the Bernard Osher Foundation and connects Vanderbilt with three existing Osher Centers for Integrative Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, Harvard Medical School with a clinical program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The release notes that the integrative medicine program at Northwestern University in Chicago also is becoming an Osher Center.
Comment: Power-up! The 4 locations will create a nice W, E, S, N grid of Osher connectivity in the US – UCSF-Harvard, Vanderbilt-Northwestern – with an anchor at the home of the Nobel.
Early notice: July 2015 conference on the "Process of Integrating Evidence (PIE) for CAM Educators"
A multidisciplinary group of educators and researchers, led by Cyndy Long, MS, PhD, from Palmer College, is developing a conference entitled "Process of Integrating Evidence (PIE) for CAM Educators" that will be held on the Palmer College of Chiropractic campus in Davenport, IA, July 9-11, 2015. Among those involved are Beau Anderson, PhD, LAc, a leading researcher-educator at Pacific College Oriental Medicine, Ron LeFebre, MA, DC, from the University of Western States, and Deborah Hill, M.S., project manager for the Project to Enhance Research Literacy at the Center for Optimal Integration: Creating Health.
Comment: I like the title although I would guess that taking a slice of this is hardly the first choice of PIE for many integrative health educators. What this PERL group discussion shows is that taking a bite of this is to invite as much cultural change inside these institutions as insertion of integrative health and medicine asks of regular payment and delivery institutions.
AHMA exploring merging into new Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine
A recent president's message from American Holistic Medical Association leader Molly Roberts, MD describes steps being taken by that organization in is exploration of a merger with the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine into a new Academy of Integrative Holistic Medicine. The announcement is part of a planned roll-out of this change that, according to Roberts, will include a series of supportive columns from the organization's past presidents. Roberts characterizes the move as "an exciting time for our profession as we birth something that is greater than the sum of its parts." The Academy (AIHM), according to this release, is planned to be a broader, multidisciplinary organization with an international reach. AHMA, founded in 1978 to convene the pioneers in the holistic medical field, has become a more broadly integrative organization in recent years through changes in its membership guidelines.
Comment: I was honored to be pulled into the conversation about the emerging Academy through a call last October from long-time holistic leader and colleague Scott Shannon, MD. My excitement with the potential for the AIHM's big tent led me to pull a couple of my other colleagues into the dialogue and to recently accept a position on the Academy's board of directors. I'll be chronicling its activities.
Trends and "Tremors in the Massage Industry"
In an article in Massage Today entitled "Tremors in the Massage Industry", Pete Whitridge, president of the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education, provides useful trend data on the field. From a high of 1600 massage schools in 2008, the numbers today have dropped to 1300 since the crash. Student enrollments are down 18.8% since 2011 and down a full 50% since 2005. Of the schools, roughly 52% are sole-owner (versus corporate) proprietary, and of these just 20% have sought any form of accreditation. Overall, 60% have some accreditation. In general, corporate, university and "career training institutes" are drawing more students. Noting that many graduates "struggle to establish an economically viable practice," Whitridge asks: "How can we have so many schools and so few 'quality' therapists?" He concludes bluntly: "Growth within the massage education industry has ended."
Comment: The core health system issue not engaged by Whitridge in this article is the tough to estimate answer to this two pronged question: What would the massage workforce be in an optimal delivery system in the United States, and what level of training of these therapists is needed? Not mentioned by Whitridge but significant in the field's stuttering decline is that only roughly 7% of the 1300 have chosen to seek accreditation through the field's US Department of Education-recognized accreditation body, the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation. Single purpose accreditation is a unifying, powerful force in all healthcare professions. Massage may be exceptional. I doubt it. The field is shooting itself in the foot by not setting a higher and unified bar.
Transition at AAAOM: Jabbour steps down as president of national acupuncture association
Follow-up: The March Integrator Round-up featured the first of two investigative pieces from MP Media publisher Donald Peterson about the leadership of the American Association for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine ("National acupuncture association and president Michael Jabbour taken to task in 'AAAOM – Making Promises it Can't Keep'"). I supported Peterson's view that Jabbour should step down from this presidency of AAAOM. Peterson subsequently published "AAAOM-The Beginning of the End (Part II): Leadership was warned of the organization's incompetence long ago." Jabbour has since resigned. Now the question is: who in that field will pick of the pieces?
National Association for Certified Professional Midwives accepted into International Confederation of Midwives
The professional organization representing midwives most likely to be involved with out-of-hospital and homebirth, the National Association for Certified Professional Midwives, has had its application for membership accepted to the International Confederation of Midwives. The latter, according to NACPM, is comprised of 108 midwives associations, representing 95 countries across every continent. Together they represent more than 300,000 midwives globally. NACPM is pleased to have the opportunity to participate in the ICM alongside the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the Midwives Alliance of North America, both long-standing ICM members from the United States. In a note to members and supporting, NACPM noted that its president Ellie Daniels, CPM and executive director Mary Lawlor, CPM will be the first NACPM representatives to participate in the ICM Council of Delegates, which meets this June 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Maryland becomes 18th state to regulate naturopathic doctors
On April 14, 2014, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed a bill to enable naturopathic doctors in Maryland to become licensed to practice naturopathic medicine. Maryland becomes the 18th state to regulate naturopathic doctors. According to a joint release from the Maryland Association of Naturopathic Physicians and the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, the bill received strong bipartisan support, culminating four years of effort by naturopathic doctors in Maryland to gain licensure. The release notes that "after opposing licensure for four years, the Medical Society representing Maryland physicians dropped its opposition, largely because a growing number of MDs who strongly supported the bill." One strong supporter was Peter Beilenson, MD, of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and former Commissioner of the Baltimore and Howard County health departments, and current President and CEO of the Evergreen Healthcare Co-Op. The release notes that "a turning point" in the licensure effort came when Maryland's Health Secretary, Joshua Sharfstein, MD and leaders from the Maryland General Assembly visited the Casey Health Institute in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The policy makers were "impressed by the patient- centered, integrative approaches being used there to treat patients."
ACCAHC, a consortium of integrative health and medicine educators, posts free presentations, posters, papers, newsletters from 2005-present
The Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Care (ACCAHC) has created a new set of Useful Resources that can be freely accessed by the community. Included is some of the work-product of this interprofessional academic group, founded in 2014, with which I am involved. Included are 11 papers, 4 posters and 25 presentations, plus various media links, podcasts, and meeting materials for past Biennial Meetings. ACCAHC's core membership includes 17 national organizations and nearly two dozen individual colleges and universities linked to the licensed integrative health and medicine fields. The resources include significant work in interprofessional care, integration competencies, national policy, and promotion of whole practice/system research as a priority in research funding.
Comment: Renee Clugston did the work of putting these up. For me, this effort was a remarkable review of work engaged since the founding of ACCAHC, under the direction of Pamela Snider, ND, in 2004. Take a look. We hope it is useful to some of you.
Naturopathic Doctor News & Reviews releases free, online directory of 9 years of publications
The Naturopathic Doctor News and Reviews (NDNR) has announced the release of the Library, a free online directory of 9 years of back-issues in an e-version format. This clinician-focused monthly includes among its contributors the presidents of the accredited naturopathic universities, naturopathic associations, and leaders in a diverse range of naturopathic modalities. The Library can be accessed on any web-enabled device, such as a smartphone, tablet, PC, or laptop. E-version readers can perform keyword searches within individual articles, print, and access additional content found only on NDNR.
Comment: The NDNR, originally a labor of love for its founders, quickly lived up to its present self-description on its site: "Starting in 2005, NDNR is the leading clinical information resource for naturopathic physicians in North America. It serves as a dynamic voice for the advancement of naturopathic medicine by informing and educating physicians in the recent developments of the practice of natural medicine. NDNR includes current protocols, practice management, business development, marketing, clinical research, news and more."
ACCAHC's 2nd edition of heralded text on integrative health disciplines in team care era available in e-versions, books, and as free PDF
An integrative academic consortium has posted a release on the publication of the 2nd edition and e-version of its heralded Clinician's and Educators' Desk Reference on the Licensed Complementary and Alternative Healthcare Professions. The text, developed by the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC) in partnership with leading national organizations for the disciplines covered, was developed in the context of the mode toward interprofessionalism and team care. "Quality team care rests on quality information," notes Elizabeth Goldblatt, PhD, MPA/HA, the book's lead author, a member of the Institute of Medicine's Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education, and ACCAHC's chair. She adds: "We undertook this project to provide this platform to expand the kinds of integrative, team-based practice that increasing numbers of patients are not only choosing, but demanding." The book is available in multiple formats: as paperback, as a free downloadable
pdf, as an iBook (in the iTunes Store) for the Kindle, and as an ePub file. Read a recent review of the CEDR here. For comments from educators from over a dozen disciplines on the CEDR, please click here.
Comment: It is remarkable how guaranteed the response of even those imbedded for decades in this movement are to this text, with which I have been involved and am a co-author: I was surprised by what I didn't know – even about my own profession. My own fancy with this text is that all of the fields would realize that this is a book – because of its origin in partnership – in which every field can have say over their profession's portrait as it is encountered by others. Would it not be a good thing to given all health professions students a more elevated view than them seeing each field through the lens of a single author's biases.
Former FDA official Daniel Fabricant, PhD named to direct Natural Products Alliance
In a case of classic revolving doors, the Natural Products Association (NPA) announced on April 8, 2014 that Daniel Fabricant, PhD, until recently the director of the Division of Dietary Supplement Programs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will be the organization's new chief executive officer (CEO). According to this notice from the American Botanical Council, prior to his FDA post, Fabricant was vice president of global government and scientific affairs for NPA, during which time he served as acting CEO for several months in 2009. Natural products industry maven Loren Israelson, head of the United Natural Products Association offered this perspective: "Dr. Fabricant knows the Natural Products Association and the industry well, and his skills will only be enhanced by his work at the Food and Drug Administration." NPA is the largest and oldest organization representing the entire natural products industry, with more than 2,000 members in all 50 states and internationally, accounting for over 10,000 retail, manufacturing, wholesale, and distribution locations of natural products, including foods, dietary supplements, and health/beauty aids.
Community acupuncturists respond to community stress from the Oso, Washington, mudslides
My colleague and friend William Wulsin, MA, ND, LAc, MPH included me in an electronic update on efforts in which he has been involved with Seattle-based acupuncturist Jordan Van Voast, LAc, founder of Communi-chi, to provide stress-reducing support services for the families and workers involved with the devastating mudslides in Oso, Washington. The acupuncturists, using the 5 point needle technique, served patients at the Oso Command Center and at community centers in Darrington and Arlington. The team found that shifts between 4:00-8:00 PM are the best. The group organized through a Facebook page here. The April 2, 2014 e-note from Van Voast and Wulsin concludes: "Over the past week, we have participated in an unprecedented coordinated action for Washington state acupuncturists." Over 40 deaths have been associated with the mudslides.
Comment: Good to see this level of integration into an incredibly important community horror story. I can only imagine the value that sitting in the chair with a few other nearby, getting needled, has had.
In Memoriam: Tanya Edwards, MD (1960-2014)
For nine years, integrative medical doctor Tanya Edwards, MD founded then directed the Cleveland Clinic Center for Integrative Medicine. Edwards died in early March 2014 a day before her 54th birthday. The Cleveland Plain Dealer article on Edwards notes that she developed group[ medical visits for acupuncture treatment, to keep community costs down, and more recently developed the Chinese Herbal Medicine Clinic. Edwards formerly led integrative medicine at Case Western Reserve University. A month before her death, the Cleveland Clinic renamed the Center the Tanya I. Edwards Center for Integrative Medicine.


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Ben, All, As I'm not at the office this week (due to our newborn ;), I have to send regrets for our tomorrow's telecon. However, I'd like to report on my action items in the following. Test Cases ========== Due to my action [1] I have now added three new TC, namely TC34 - TC36 [2], all about testing @src. All three new TC validate and Ivan's implementation [3] _correctly_ creates the expected output :) Please note that we still have six TC 'on-hold': TC02, TC03, TC04, TC16, TC17, TC28 Some of these TC I think I can prepare with our latest resolutions for final approval, others might need some support from the TF ... feel free to discuss any of them ;) uF - RDFa Wiki page =================== Regarding my action to create a Wiki page on 'Microformats done right' [4]: No Wiki page created, yet - though I had some discussion about this issue with DanC [5]. Cheers, Michael [1] http://www.w3.org/2007/08/16-rdfa-minutes.html#action10 [2] http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/wiki/RDFaTC#Approval_2007-08-30 [3] http://www.w3.org/2007/08/pyRdfa/ [4] http://www.w3.org/2007/08/23-rdfa-minutes.html#action06 [5] http://chatlogs.planetrdf.com/swig/2007-08-24.html#T19-39-38 ---------------------------------------------------------- Michael Hausenblas, MSc. Institute of Information Systems & Information Management JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH Steyrergasse 17, A-8010 Graz, AUSTRIA <office> phone: +43-316-876-1193 (fax:-1191) e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com web: http://www.joanneum.at/iis/ <private> mobile: +43-660-7621761 web: http://www.sw-app.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------Received on Wednesday, 29 August 2007 20:56:44 UTC
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Beautiful small apartment house "Bodmen A". In the district of Bodmen 150 m from the centre of Zermatt, in a quiet, sunny, elevated position, in the countryside. For shared use: children's playground. Private: terrace (30 m2), garden furniture. In the house: lift. Shopping centre 150 m, restaurant 100 m, railway station "Gornergrat" 200 m, underground station "Sunnegga" 600 m. Mountain railway 600 m, ski lift, ski bus stop 250 m, ski school 200 m, ice field 300 m. The apartment in the building "Haus Bodmen A" is accessed via a tunnel (50 m).
4-room apartment 110 m2, on the ground floor. Practical and comfortable furnishings: living/dining room with open-hearth fireplace, satellite TV and hi-fi system. Exit to the terrace. 1 double bedroom. 1 small room with 1 x 2 bunk beds, bathroom and separate WC. 1 room with 2 beds. Open kitchen (oven, dishwasher) with bar, dining table. Facilities: washing machine, dryer, sauna. View of the Rothorn, the small Matterhorn and of the whole resort.
12/05/2014 - 19/07/2014. Building work taking place near the property (30 m)
Included in price: • Allianz cancellation insurance
Compulsory extra costs, to be paid to the local service provider: • Breakage deposit: CHF 300.00 Payable in resort fixed price • Final cleaning: CHF 29.60 Payable in resort per person • Laundry (initial supply of bed linen and towels): CHF 29.00 Payable in resort per person • Local tax: CHF 2.50 Payable in resort per person/day • Local tax children: CHF 1.25 Payable in resort per person/day • Local tax children: Payable in resort • Local tax babies (0-2): Payable in resort
Additional services (optional): • Buggy: GBP 3.50 Bookable extra per day • Cot (up to 2 years): GBP 41.00 Bookable extra fixed price • Highchair: GBP 3.50 Bookable extra per day
All services (mandatory or optional) are for guidance only, ask for an accurate quote when booking your holiday.
•glacier skiing •high altitude terrain •stunning panoramic views •Swiss chocolate box architecture
Stay in the world capital of alpinism and ski beneath the Matterhorn - the greatest alpine town in Switzerland and quite possibly the world, Zermatt has the perfect mix of snow sure conditions on the Matterhorn glacier, a vibrant mountain town (with après from super chic to super lively) and some of the most jaw-dropping scenery on the planet.
Great for •Groups •Off-piste •hiking •heli-skiing
Snow Report: Top 340cm, Bottom 140cm
Snow Forecast: 5cm expected this week
Snow History: March average depth 179.83cm
Approx. airport transfer times depend on conditions:
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Zermatt lift pass price last reported as Zermatt: 371CHF
International lift pass (Zermatt-Cervinia) 423CHF (adult 6 day). Ask for a quote when booking Bodmen A.
Night skiing: Yes
Zermatt has N, S, E, W facing slopes.
Usually open for skiing November - April.
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Hey team! I know watching a video doesn't really count as a podcast, but while I was at work I was listening to this little video. The video is from last year's Altitude Summit when Ben Silbermann (creator of Pinterest) was the keynote speaker.I know its a whole year after he spoke, but it was beyond interesting to hear how the idea of Pinterest was conceived and how it all came to life…especially since the whole process has been hugely successful. You can watch it here.
Here's my two most important take aways from his speech.
1. Even if you don't have a detailed plan of what you want to do or who you want to be, surround yourself with like-minded people. It's sooo much easier to find clarity when your surrounded by a constant source of inspiration.
2. "Just stop talking about it and go do it!" Even if that means walking out on the best job you've ever had…in the middle of economic crisis. Thank you….amen.
I'd love to hear your thoughts about what he had to share. Did any of you get the opportunity to see him speak live?


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Women's Training Day
Jeff bringing home the gold medals!
Donny Shankle Weightlifting Seminar - Feb 2017
The Alameda Weightlifting Competition - Nov 2016
Male winners - 1st: Logan Dobbs, 2nd: Preston Rutherford, 3rd: Ryan Spencer
Neren's first olympic lifting meet - Nov 2017
Alameda Weightlifting Competition
Donny Shankle Weightlifting Seminar - May 2016
Ben going for a PR squat
Donny Shankle Weightlifting Developmental Meet - Feb 2017
One of the perks of being part of Donny Shankle Weightlifting - having our own members only USAW sanctioned meet! Great prep for the big competitions
Female winners - 1st: December Garcia, 2nd: Cassie Schmidt, 3rd: Michaela Xavier
PR Board
Karin PRs! Gets to change the board
Ya gotta eat!
Ces competition PR snatch
The Alameda Weightlifting Competition - July 2016
Donny @ Chikara CrossFit in Tokyo 2016
The Alameda Weightlifting Competition Women Winners April 16, 2017
1st - Cassie Schmidt, 2nd - Erin Parker, 3rd - Michaela Xavier
The Alameda Weightlifting Competition Men Winners - April 16, 2017
1st - Patrick Kern, 2nd - Donnie Douangchak, 3rd - Tyler Friedrich