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Did you know that switching the focus from treating chronic illnesses to preventing the diseases will not only improve the health of individuals and families all over the country, but will also rein in health care costs and strengthen the economy?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is applying this logic in its fight to lower the rate of preventable chronic illnesses, produce real savings in the health care sector, and recover lost economic activity at the local, state, and national levels. And it's doing it in the name of prevention through effective public health initiatives.
The prevalence of chronic health conditions in the United States is taking a huge toll on our citizens, our nation's health care spending, and our workforce. More than half of the people living in the United States have at least one chronic health condition, such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity, and cancer. Chronic health conditions account for 7 out of 10 deaths in Americaand rack up 75% of our nation's health care spending. The cost for treating people with type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and stroke, alone, amounts to $238 billion each year. In 2010, the United States spent almost $2.6 trillion on health care, meaning we spent around $1.9 trillion just last year on treating and managing chronic illnesses, most of which are largely preventable. Here in Illinois, more than 6.7 million people have reported being diagnosed with a chronic health condition, costing the state $12.5 billion in annual health care expenses.
What's more is that the cost of chronic health conditions goes beyond the money spent on health care services. The toll these illnesses take on our workforce productivity is telling. According to the Gallup Poll, 7 out of 8, or 83 percent of American workers either have a chronic health condition or are obese. The poll estimates that this prevalence of chronic illness and obesity in our workers could be costing our economy $153 billion a year in lost productivity due to increased sick days. Other reports that take into account other chronic conditions and factors like lost productivity from workers who show up on the job while sick estimate that chronic health conditions are costing the United States more than $1 trillion each year in lost economic activity. To bring these statistics home, chronic disease plaguing Illinois's workforce cost the state $14.3 billion in lost productivity. And the commonality of chronic disease is rapidly increasing. It is estimated that the number of Americans living with a chronic health condition will increase by 36%, or 46 million people by the year 2030, and that we could be spending $685 billion a year on medical treatment for chronic disease by 2020. Other sources estimate the total economic toll of chronic health conditions to reach $6 trillion a year by the middle of the century.
But it doesn't have to be this way. As the CDC states, "Access to high-quality and affordable prevention measures (including screening and appropriate follow-up) are essential steps in saving lives, reducing disability and lowering costs for medical care." And research has proven that for every dollar invested in effective prevention and public health initiatives, $5.60 is saved. The same study reveals that, if we invest $10 per person every year in effective community-based public health programs, we could save the United States more than $16 billion in just five years.
Fortunately, the Affordable Care Act recognizes the benefits to be had from investing in smart and effective preventive and public health efforts. The ACA established the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), made up of secretaries from various federal departments and chaired by the Surgeon General. The Council is responsible for developing our first ever National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy, which was released in June of 2011 and identifies four strategic directions for preventing disease and improving health nationwide. The four strategic directions are: creating healthy and safe community environments; expanding access to quality clinical and community preventive health service; empowering people to make healthy choices; and eliminating health disparities. The Council is charged with providing leadership moving forward with the National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy.
The ACA also established a Prevention and Public Health Fund, which is administered by the Secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, and provides financial support for state and community-wide efforts to prevent disease and promote healthy lifestyles. The Fund is a 10-year, $15 billion commitment to support prevention and public health programs across the country, like theCommunity Transformation Grants, which fund community-level programs geared towards reducing the prevalence of chronic disease and promoting healthy lifestyles. Already, $103 million in grant money has been issued to 61 different state and community programs across the country, reaching 120 million people.
So what does all of this mean for chronic disease in Illinois? Already, the State of Illinois has received $17.14 million out of the Prevention and Public Health Fund to support community- and state-level wellness and prevention programs aimed at preventing chronic disease and raising awareness about healthy living. For a breakdown of what programs received funding and for how much, visit HealthCare.gov online.
The Secretary of HHS will continue to issue funds for prevention and public health programs across the country to reverse the trend of chronic disease, so stay tuned as health reform continues to make a positive impact in our communities
. To find out what other kinds of initiatives the Affordable Care Act has taken to increase access to preventive health measures and decrease illness in America, visit the Shriver Brief online.


text: Muppetbrown 0 Posted August 5, 2012 After playing a bunch of quests and reading the others the base game quests put a high importance in mobility Grisban seems extremely underpowered. With 1 awareness he is always the target of tripwires, negating his movement, which he only has 3 to start with. His heroic ability will only ever trigger with disease, as immobilize will go straight away perform the ability triggers, stun is removed as an action, and poison is a strength roll to resist which he has 5. Disease doesn't even do much as his willpower is 3. The heroic feat is nice I will admit but does not negate the extreme downsides. If there was a quest where you only had to kill all the monsters and there was no time limit then he might be able to achieve something but I have not come across a quest like that so far. Very interested to hear any thoughts on any point raised. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites

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Johnson County Healthcare Center Administrator Sandy Ward reported to the Hospital Board at their last meeting that the financial report for November and December showed revenues above last year at the same time, and also above where they were forecast for fiscal year 2012.
Revenues are $24,000 ahead of projections so far this year, with $1.55 million gross revenue for November and $$1.45 million in December.
Gross revenues are $160,000 ahead of forecast for the year and $700,000 ahead of last year.
Collections are okay, according to Ward, due to a new electronic format for submitting claims to Medicare that had some problems but should be corrected soon.
Expenses are higher than projected so far, because of training new employees in addition to the regular salary/wage expenses and supplies are higher due to a periodic major drug purchse that was made last month, he said.
Ward summed up the financial situation, saying he thought "so far, it's been a pretty good year."
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Ah... a few games were not updated properly to the new gameplay. I corrected the remaining ones by hand so you should not see any more of this
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(proud member of the Occasionally Wrongly Banned)Army of GOD wrote:the term heterosexual is offensive. I prefer to be called "normal"
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'The Walking Dead' "Infected" Sneak Peek: Walkers in Cell Block D!
At last, our long national nightmare is over, and AMC's 'The Walking Dead' has finally returned with season 4 premiere "30 Days Without An Accident." Sure, there's our review and comic-to-TV comparison to dissect the episode, but why wait an entire week for fresh footage when we've got the first look at next week's tense "Infected" right here?
When last we saw Carl's friend Patrick, the boy had collapsed in the prison showers and reanimated as a walker, though it seems he's been busy in the meantime. Carl and Rick share something of a tense moment while outside farming, as Carl nervously asks his father to return his gun, before the conversation is interrupted by the sound of gunshots within the prison! Could Patrick have turned the tide of humans against the living in such a short time?
Elsewhere, 'The Walking Dead' season 4 features 'The Wire' star Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. as comic character Bob Stookey, and will introduce 'Southland' vet Michael Cudlitz as Sgt. Abraham Ford, Josh McDermitt as Eugene Porter, 'Twilight' vet Christian Serratos as Rosita Espinosa, and Alanna Masterson as a new mystery character. The returning David Morrissey's villainous Governor has been upgraded to series regular, though beyond this season his involvement seems unlikely.
Well, what are you waiting for? Get your first look at next week's all-new 'Walking Dead' installment "Infected" above, and give us your predictions in the comments! Will the mysterious disease spell the end for our heroes before walkers can even get to them?


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Watching the stock market these days can give you whiplash.
Every day seems to bring more jitters on Wall Street. Stocks plunge 360 points in hours, another financial powerhouse tells investors that it is going to take bigger losses than expected, CEOs lose their jobs and more Americans can't keep up with their mortgages.
To top all of that off, oil keeps hitting record highs, the dollar is plunging and retailers are moving sales earlier in the year, hoping to jump-start the holiday spending season.
So is our economy in shambles?
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke came to Capitol Hill this morning to try to answer that question.
His message: The overall economy has performed well since March but will slow in the coming months because of rising energy costs and weakness in the housing, financial and credit markets. Bernanke said that he expects the housing market to hit bottom in the coming months, with the economy starting its recovery in the spring.
Bernanke said the Federal Reserve sees growth "as remaining sluggish during the first part of next year, then strengthening as the effects of tighter credit and the housing correction began to wane."
Bernanke went as far as to say that today's problems will ultimately help the economy.
"The recent developments may well lead to a healthier financial system in the medium to long term," Bernanke told the Joint Economic Committee. "Increased investor scrutiny of structured credit products is likely to lead ultimately to greater transparency in these products and to better differentiation among assets of varying quality."
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, asked the question on many minds: "Is a recession out of the question?"
Bernanke wouldn't make a prediction, saying "economists are extremely bad at calculating turning points." But he said that by the spring he expects that the "housing market begins to find a bottom."
As the housing market stops its fall, Bernanke said, the other, growing parts of our economy would lift the overall economy in the long-term.
The Fed chairman did not give any indication that the central bank had plans at this point to further cut interest rates. That news drove the market down by midday.
The Energy Crunch
This week has seen oil climb to a new intraday high of $98.10 a barrel, with many analysts saying that $100 a barrel -- a once unimaginable thought -- is on the horizon. It's no longer a question of if it will hit $100, but when.
Oil has been driven up in recent days by fears of political instability in the Middle East, a pipeline bombing the other day in Yemen, a storm shutting down North Sea oil platforms, production issues in Mexico and a fire at a Texas refinery. None of these factors alone drive up the price of oil, but they make traders jittery about the availability of next month's crude.
Further compounding this is the falling value of the dollar. Oil is traded in dollars, and when the dollar falls, oil generally rises.
This has ramifications for all segments of the economy.
Most Americans are already seeing the impact through higher gas prices. In past years, gas prices have declined coming off the peak summer driving season.
That never happened this year and in the last few weeks, gasoline prices have started to tick up rising 14 cents in the last week alone. The average cost of gas across the country now stands at $3.01 a gallon with motorists in California paying $3.23 a gallon, on average.
The rising prices will also hurt Americans who have to heat their homes this winter.
The Energy Information Administration this week predicted that the average household would see their heating bill rise $97 or 11 percent over last year. Only a month ago, the government agency had only predicted an $88 or 10 percent climb.
Those hit hardest this winter will be residents of the Northeast, who primarily use heating oil. People who use propane will be hit hard too, followed by those who use natural gas and then electricity, primarily those in the South.
The airlines, which have only recently returned to profitability, could be dramatically hit by spiking oil prices.
United Airlines on Thursday become the second airline in a week to announce that they will raise ticket prices to help offset the rising cost of jet fuel. American Airlines announced a similar hike last week.
United also yesterday said it could ground up to 100 or more of its airplanes if soaring fuel prices ultimately cause consumers to buy fewer tickets.
The increase in oil prices will also affect the cost of transporting the millions of everyday products from their factories to our local stores, as well as the cost to move the raw materials to make those products.
The Good News
Bernanke said that while there are weaknesses in parts of the economy, the overall labor market is strong, as is the country's export level..
Last week, the government released the latest data on the overall economy, as measured by the Gross Domestic Product. The report showed that things were doing a bit better than expected during the July to September time period, with the GDP increasing at a pace of 3.9 percent -- the highest quarterly growth rate in a year and a half.
Two main factors drove up the GDP. First Americans continued to shop. Second, exports grew at the fastest pace since the last part of 1996. American exports are flourishing because the dollar is so weak -- everything we make is effectively on sale to the rest of the world.
Schumer questioned Bernanke if declining house prices would affect this growth in spending.
Bernanke said, yes but with a big caveat.
"Certainly as consumers see their home values decline, it will affect their long-term thinking toward spending," he said, noting that decline would probably be offset by a generally strong labor market.
And what about reports yesterday that China might start shifting its investments away from the U.S. dollar?
"I don't see any significant change in broad holdings of dollars around the world," Bernanke told the committee. He said the dollar will be strong "in the medium term" and that he expects it to continue as a standard around the world because of the overall strength and security of the U.S. financial markets.


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Though some may disagree, black bears are one of the most sought after of all the big game species. Who hasn't desired a black bear rug? Next to whitetail deer, there is an argument to be made that black bears are the second most popular big game animal to hunt.
Popular to hunt they may be, but easy to field judge, they are not, and yet, in spite of the high degree of difficulty, everyone who hunts black bears wants a big one. A "meat bear" won't do. To whit, in all the many years I've outfitted for black bears, not one of my client-hunters has told me that his dream was to shoot a small bear for the freezer. It hasn't happened and it never will. The fascination we hunters have with big bears is ancient and primal; a combination of "fear" and "facing fear," another black bear dichotomy. It's akin to climbing up onto the roof of a building and looking over the edge, the higher the building (the bigger the bear), and the deeper the fascination.
Taking all this into consideration, why is it then that so many hunters have small or medium-sized black bear skin rugs on their wall? And more to the point of this article, why do they have small bear skulls in their dens? Why indeed. Ask them and virtually every one of them will say something to the effect of, "he (or she) looked huge to me." It is a standard and a fair evaluation of black bear hunting. Without doubt, the toughest part of taking a big black bear is knowing what "big" looks like. What follows in this article will hopefully help you correctly make what will be your toughest judging call of all.
First Things First
When my hunters ask me, and they all do, how to judge black bears, they invariably throw in what they know about judging black bears, the one or two tips they've read in some bear article, things like "look for small ears" and "big bears have small-looking heads." My pat response is that they are way ahead of themselves, looking at the size of a bear's ears or head isn't necessarily wrong, it just isn't the right thing to be doing first. The first thing they should be looking at when they see the bear they want to judge is the location of that bear.
Big bears live, eat, and hang out in the best living, eating, and hanging out areas. Find the best looking bear habitat in whatever hunting area you are in and odds are, the bear you see there will be big, especially during prime evening hours. Small bears usually live in marginal habitat for their own safety, as well they should, since big black bears eat small bears. Often I hear hunters tell me that they spied an especially large bear right up near the edge of the timber, near the big trees. And they may well have, but odds are, the reason that bear is up there near all those good escape trees, is that the bear itself is small and the very tops of those nearby trees are the best insurance against ending up as a bear breakfast.
Of course, location is a relative thing. In my guiding area on Vancouver Island, a "good location" is a grassy meadow along a creek in the bottom country or a reclaimed road seeded to clover in the high country. In other areas, a good location may be a bait pile or oat field. Because of the huge diversity of black bear habitat across North America, good location is relative and impossible to qualify. Know your hunting area and you'll know what to look for, but remember, if there's a bear feeding on a prime spot at prime time, odds are it's a bear worth judging.
Big bears are the toughest, meanest sons-of-a-guns in the valley and they act it. Watch a human bully walk down the street, he walks with a swagger and an attitude. A big bear walks the same way. He doesn't fit and start at every sound like a small bear will. A big bear doesn't have to; he believes he's got nothing to fear. Once you've spotted your bear on the prime feeding spot during prime time, it's time to get serious about how that bear is behaving.
It is important to note that long before you judge the size of the bear, you must judge the sex of that bear. A big, old sow will have all, or more correctly, almost all of the physical characteristics of a big, old boar. She'll have the nasty looking face that's seen one too many years in the ring, the potbelly and the sway back. The one thing (besides the obvious) that she won't have, except in exceptional cases, is the "I'm the biggest and baddest son of a gun in the valley" behavior that determines sex more effectively than if that bear was wearing a bikini.
Watch to see if the bear stands on his hind legs and rubs his back on a tree, that's a boar. If it walks along and straddles small trees, wiping its scent on that tree, it's a boar. If it stands up and breaks saplings over its shoulder, it's a boar. If it encounters another bear and gives chase, it's a boar and if it is following a smaller bear, it's a boar.
Believe it or not, if the bear has attitude, meaning if it displays any of the above behavior and is feeding on the best food source during the best part of the day, I will have already made up my mind for my client to take the bear. No looking at ears, head, belly or tail, if we're close enough, and the bear is about to disappear. I'll call the shot and live with the consequences. That's how important "location" and "attitude" are.
The simple fact of the matter is, no matter how much longer I look at that bear, I'm still not likely going to be any surer about the size of the bear's skull than I was when I first determined it was a boar! It isn't like judging any of the horned or antlered game—there's nothing to look at, and it's like judging the size of a whitetail buck's antlers when those antlers are inside a burlap sack. It can't be done, or at least not accurately.
There is one last general appearance tip to judging black bears that makes the top three in importance, and that is scale. A big bear looks big . . . but so does a closer, smaller bear. Here's a quantitative example of this. If the bear is 150 yards away but the hunter thinks the bear is 200 yards away, the hunter will overestimate the bear's relative size by somewhere near 25 percent. In other words, the hunter is in for a serious case of ground shrink when he walks up to his bear. Get as close to the bear as you can. The closer the bear, the less chance there is of misjudging the distance to the bear, and thereby misjudging the bear's relative size.
Specific Tips for Judging Black Bears
When I'm guiding, if the bear my client and I are judging fails any one of the above general conditions, then I will normally let the bear walk. It's tough and I've been wrong before, but at least there isn't a dead small bear lying on the ground. Call it a personal aversion to profuse apologies. If it does pass all the above criteria, and there is time to get fancy on the judging, I'll use every second I have to confirm what I already know. Normally I'll tell my hunter to be ready to shoot because at that particular instant I believe it's a big bear worth tagging, but the longer I can look at the bear the higher the odds that I'll be right.
1) Body Shape: Do you wear the same size pants as you did when you were in high school? Be honest, does your spouse poke you in the belly once in a while and tell you to cut back on the Twinkies? Bigger bears are older bears, and like most of us, they don't have the svelte bodies they once did. They tend to look "heavy" and out of shape. Remember, they monopolize the best feed and habitat, and therefore exert less energy to live.
2) Head Shape: A big bear (boar) will have a deeper, wider and longer snout than a smaller bear or a female. His ears will appear to be wide apart and small. If he is aware of you and looking your way, his ears won't stand up on top of his head like a dog's ears, they'll seem to be aimed out to the side of his head. A big bear will have well developed "bulging like Arnold," biting muscles on the top of his head.
3) Legs: A big bear will have massively developed front shoulders. His shoulders will look big and burly. A sow's wrist will pinch in directly above the foot. Not so with a boar. The lower forearm, wrist and the foot on a big boar are all the same width. A big bear often appears to have shorter legs because the body is so much thicker, but keep in mind that the best-scoring bears for the records book are often the lankier looking, longer-bodied bears.
Let Boone and crockett Sort Them Out
We've got a saying around my camp, "Let Boone and Crockett sort them out," and we live by it. There isn't a guide or hunter in the world who can accurately call the skull measurement of a black bear. It's impossible. There are simply too many variables that affect the final dried measurement. Sorry if it bursts any bubbles or offends other guides or hunters, but after outfitting for hundreds of black bears and seeing thousands upon thousands of them, I stand by what I said.
There are bears that have meatier heads; bears that look great and are great trophies, but that don't score well. There are others that have short skulls, block-headed beasts that look impressive, but that don't score well at all and there are lanky, skinny bears with donkey faces that score like the devil, but that a hunter seriously looking for a records book bear wouldn't walk across the street for. Black bear morphology is just too darn diversified to make a science out of judging. Trust me, I've been on both ends of the surprises when it comes to the actual score of the black bear I just told my hunter to take.
The best way to hunt for a records book boar is to simply shoot the bear that looks good to you and that hopefully you'll appreciate. If it's got a nice hide, be happy with your animal. If it has long claws and weighs a ton, good for you and congratulations. If it isn't as big as you'd like, don't fret, you're not alone and the rug on your wall will still look great. If it happens to be one of those rare few bears that has grown a skull that qualifies for the records book, thank your guide and your lucky stars and don't expect to repeat the feat in the near future. It won't be that bigger bears aren't around—they are—you just won't be able to tell them apart from the other bears in the area!
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Richmond Weddings: Sarah and JustinJanuary 27th, 2014
Everyone here at Historic Mankin Mansion is just swooning over Sarah and Justin's gorgeous wedding! We are delighted to share a few of our favorite photos, which we know you'll adore:
From the bridesmaids dresses to the programs, we love how Sarah and Justin chose to incorporate soft touches of blush throughout their Big Day. Congratulations and best wishes for the future to this lovely couple!
A big thank you to Mike Miriello Photography for helping us share Sarah and Justin's "I do's" today!
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Paula and Martin Ramirez are the proprietors of Historic Mankin Mansion, a wedding venue & resort just minutes from Downtown Richmond. They enjoy new restaurant finds, Virginia wines and discovering fun events and activities throughout the area for their guests.


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An early, and typically bad, example of a pure "consent is no defense" ruling is People v Samuels, a 1967 California decision. In that case, Martin Samuels was convicted of assault based on his conduct in a film of an apparently consensual BDSM scene. The court not only rejected the consent defense, but also appeared to hold the view that any such consent would be "some form of mental aberration":
Even if it be assumed that the victim in the 'vertical' film did in fact suffer from some form of mental aberration which compelled him to submit to a beating which was so severe as to constitute an aggravated assault, defendant's conduct in inflicting that beating was no less violative of a penal statute obviously designed to prohibit one human being from severely or mortally injuring another.
People v. Samuels 250 Cal.App.2d 501, 514, 58 Cal.Rptr. 439, 447 (Cal.App. 1967)
The Samuels decision was cited as recently as 2006, in People v Febrissy.
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By Cynthia H. Craft
Each week, Zack Pasillas hops behind the wheel of his car and drives off to seek the pleasure and satisfaction of teaching yoga to a group of adults he's identified as his very "best students."
Never mind that to reach them Pasillas must pass through barred, locked metal gates and several uniformed security inspectors demanding duplicate IDs. Never mind that he must cross a dismal, barren yard devoid of greenery, toward the building called C Facility, erected with all the architectural finesse of a massive, Third World concrete box.
Never mind that his prize pupils are a captive audience. Literally. This is yoga class California State Prison, Sacramento-style, with thin blue yoga mats and scratchy gray woolen blankets set out in rows to accommodate perhaps 20 students at a time. A prominent sign at the head of the gymnasium says: "WARNING: No warning shots will be fired in this area. Warden." The gym once brimmed with inmates and stacked bunks, with barely room to mingle. But prison-overcrowding regulations took care of that, and the cavernous room is now back to being a recreation hall.
Pasillas, 35, couldn't feel more fulfilled than when he's at the prison. Dressed all in black, he was accompanying yoga instructor Iwona, a Polish-born, British-accented teacher who would narrate and lead the inmates in a rigorous program of physically challenging poses. Pasillas was to stay by her side, demonstrating the poses at the front of the class.
"It's kind of exciting to have a role in trying to bring the right healing to the right group," he said. "These men here are having realizations in a really powerful way. It's really inspiring to see and it's convinced me that transformation is real."
Likewise, inmates at this Level IV facility near the famous Folsom Prison respond to the lessons with authenticity, respect and an earnest devotion to absorbing what Vinyasa yoga has to offer.
"Wow," responded Richard Robinson, when asked his thoughts. "I get so much out of it. I get a sense of peace. Having a prison yoga program is way outside the box. The more I got into it, the more I found peace and calm.
"What I am learning is that everything starts from the inside out, instead of outside in." Robinson said. "It's not living in the past or pining for something in the future. It's learning to live in the moment. Life works the same way. The more you practice these new things in life, the more you benefit."
Robinson, 39, is an introvert, he said, serving a life sentence for attempted murder, a crime he did not commit, he told the state parole board. "The application of yoga and meditation is really grounding. The fact that I'm in here for something I didn't do used to bug me. Now I have inner peace. I can accept we are where we are. Everything happens for a reason."
Robinson, it turns out, is one of the lucky ones. As an African American from Compton, he's able to attend both twice-a-week yoga classes. Others, namely opposing Latino gang members of the rival Northerners and Southerners factions cannot occupy the same gym or a bloody melee would erupt. So the Northerners take the class only on Tuesdays, and the Southerners on Thursdays.
Pasillas is a founder and the outreach director of the nonprofit Yoga Seed Collective in Sacramento, which is devoted to sharing the practice's benefits with under-served populations, such as veterans, diabetic American Indians, LGBT community members, inmates and patients at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry. He also teaches at California State Prison, Solano.
Pasillas' bona fides include 200 hours of yoga teacher training and high school classroom management. He's currently working through a 500-hour yoga therapy program, so he can tap yoga and mindfulness for those who've suffered trauma.
Teacher of the Year in 2009 at Heritage Peak Charter School, Pasillas also offers yoga to students at Sierra School and hopes to expand his yoga-in-the-schools program. This fall, he'll teach at Da Vinci Charter Academy in Davis.
"I've seen some of my favorite students end up in prison, incarcerated, because they don't have the same resources and support as others," Pasillas said. "I'm really driven to try to break that cycle."
But back to C Facility. The class here is an offshoot of the Prison Yoga Program founded by James Fox at San Quentin State Prison, where inmates have been learning yoga and mindfulness practices since 2002. Pasillas, Iwona (whose last name is withheld for her personal security) and other teachers he recruits have all been trained in the Prison Yoga Program system.
The ancient art of yoga is decidely different on the inside than it is on the outside. Prison Yoga Program teachers, Pasillas said, "are less open-ended in what we do as a group. In the prison, we're addressing nonviolence and impulse-control, not patronizing our customers. We have to be completely aware and attuned to the gang culture for safety reasons. In extending our leadership, we acknowledge that nature may have led them to this path that they don't want to be on any more."
Ninety minutes is quite awhile to keep up with the fast-paced, challenging cycle of positions called out by Iwona on a recent day. But these inmates, buff, tattooed, physically fit, moved with military-like precision. Iwona led them through downward facing dog, uncounted planks, side planks (supporting themselves with just one arm), cobra, child and warrior I and warrior II poses, among others.
"Part of the yoga practice is to be with what is, practice being present and allowing things to be as they are," she told her students. "There's a saying in yoga that what goes around, comes around. I'm offering this time to you to support you." And, always, the emphasis on breathing. "Yoga is the process. It's not the destination. It might take many practices before we have our moment. If your intention is there, this will carry you."
Pasillas explained that the sequence of poses were meant to challenge the inmates. Take warrior I and II, for instance. "These are physically demanding poses that give the students that element of distress tolerance that's good for impulse control," he said.
"The state you feel in the pose is the same kind of state you feel when something upsets you. Then you can use those skills, with breathing, to give yourself a little buffer time when something triggers you."
Already, after more than a year and a half at California State Prison, Sacramento, Pasillas has noticed change in some inmates. Kevin Lewis, 45, of Oakland is one of these inmates. Lewis was found guilty of second-degree murder and has been locked up for 20 years.
"Yoga gives me a way to combat the things going on in The Yard," Lewis said. "If you can relax through the painful positions, you can relax through painful situations in life. It also helps spiritually and keeps you calm and tolerant."
Once class has ended and all the Northerners have been escorted out, a 112-pound coach escorts Christopher Salazar, 43, into the gym to give a testimonial about yoga and its transformative nature. "I'm definitely into yoga," said Salazar, who had covered up his elaborate Southerner gang tattoos with a white T-shirt. "Maybe because we are in prison, we do yoga because we're looking for an outlet, anything that can give us peace of mind. For an hour and a half, we forget about The Yard and all the madness out there."
He added that he's from Orange County, was convicted of second-degree murder, and misses the ocean at Huntington Beach more than he can say. "I've been in here since I was 18. It's been a hard journey."
Salazar is one in whom Pasillas said he's seen a change for the better. When Pasillas first met him, the inmate had the gaze of a predator. These days, Pasillas said he sees calm instead, as in a yogi's eyes.
(c)2014 The Sacramento Bee


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Alex Cobb had a good bullpen session. It didn't carry over into the game.
Drew Hutchison won his first start in almost two years, Adam Lind homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Cobb and the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Tuesday night.
"Pregame, I felt great," Cobb said. "I was really commanding everything. Got into the game and it didn't translate."
Cobb gave up four runs, five hits and four walks and had three strikeouts in five innings.
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"I wasn't sharp early at all, kind of grinded through that one," said Hutchison, who is from nearby Lakeland, Fla. "I think coming out of spring training I was just ready to go, so it was a good start. I'm glad we got the win and I'm ready to get going."
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HP Envy 7100 Unboxing Setup
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Reconfigure all your devices:
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Step 1: Switch OFF all the devices
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Step 2: Switch ON all the devices
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Enable Printer's Web Services
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Recall the now infamous Tax Policy Center study that guesstimated Mitt Romney's tax plan would a) cut taxes for high-income earners by $86 billion in 2015 and thus b) require an $86 billion tax increase on the middle class so as to not increase the deficit.
There have been roughly a kajillion Obama ads based on the TPC study.
But here are three simple reasons, via commentary by AEI's Alex Brill in The American, on why the whole criticism is fiscal hogwash:
1. More base-broadeners are on the table. TPC originally claimed that the Romney plan would raise taxes on the middle class by $86 billion. After a critique by AEI colleague Matt Jensen, who pointed out additional opportunities for base-broadening, TPC downgraded its estimate considerably.
Specifically, Jensen pointed out that the exclusion of interest on state and local bonds and the exclusion of inside buildup on life-insurance products could yield more revenue. TPC then acknowledged that repeal of these provisions would raise approximately $45 billion from high-income taxpayers, reducing any need to tax the middle class by the same amount. The result: A purported $86 billion tax increase on the middle class shrinks to $41 billion.
2. The TPC revenue baseline assumption is inflated. TPC assumed that the baseline against which Romney is seeking revenue neutrality includes a 0.9 percent surcharge on "earned" income and an additional 3.8 percent surcharge on "unearned" income of high-income taxpayers that were adopted in the healthcare law. Romney has proposed repealing these taxes, but has not suggested that the cost of repeal would be paid for by tax reform. Instead, the budget effect of repealing these taxes should be analyzed in the context of the repeal of various other healthcare provisions.
Despite TPC's assertion that adjusting its baseline assumption "does not alter our primary conclusion," the revenue consequence of repealing this tax in 2015 is a full $29 billion, all of which falls on high-income earners. Correcting the baseline by removing this provision means that more of the revenue raised by broadening the tax base on high-income taxpayers can be used to finance tax reductions for the middle class. The result: A $41 billion tax increase shrinks to $12 billion.
3. Even modest economic growth makes a difference. TPC also misconstrues analysis on the relationship between tax reform and economic growth. Not only does the TPC model assume zero economic growth, but the Center's analysis (subsequently echoed by many other commentators) points to research I published with AEI colleague Alan Viard to argue that economic growth is not possible from revenue-neutral income tax reform. This conclusion is a false interpretation of our research.
An increase in labor supply is one means by which an economy can grow; as Viard and I pointed out, revenue-neutral tax reform is indeed unlikely to yield gains on that front. But tax reform can also grow the economy by encouraging capital formation and promoting the proper allocation of capital across the economy. Romney's plan will do just that.
Based on Table 3-1 of the "Analytical Perspectives" report by the president's Office of Management and Budget, I compute that if the economy were to grow just 0.1 percentage point faster per year as a result of the reform, the additional revenue in 2015 would be approximately $13 billion. The result: A $12 billion tax increase on the middle class actually becomes a tax cut.
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If you have had RA for any length of time and did research on it online, you have undoubtedly seen a link for the term RA Lung. I know I have seen it many times, and breezed right past it. I believe I had clicked on it once as I know it refers to RA affecting the lungs, and is not extremely uncommon. That was about the depth of my knowledge on this issue though. That all changed over the last couple of weeks.
I had my routine Chest Xray a few weeks ago, if you have RA and are on treatment for it you really should have one at least yearly to keep abreast of any sort of side effects, infections, etc. I had my appt with my Rheumy, stopped at the lab to have blood drawn, zipped down the hallway to the infusion suite to get my Orencia infusion and on the way out of RA wonderland stopped for my chest xray. This was on a Tuesday, on Wednesday my Rheumy called me personally to inform me that I had "Shadows" in my lungs on the xray and I needed to get a CT scan asap to ascertain what was going on. NOT the kind of phone call you want to get, I was worried, my wife was a train wreck, my CT scan was scheduled for Thursday and it seemed like a year away instead of the next day.
Thursday I got the CT scan, all 5 minutes of it, and settled in to wait a week for results. The diagnostic lab said it would take 24-48 hours to read the results and notify my doctor. THANKFULLY my Rheumy called me at home again Friday morning to report I DO NOT have lung cancer. He said I had RA Lung and we would discuss it at an appt he was setting up for me. You can imagine it felt like the weight of the world fell off my and my wife's shoulders, but I was still somewhat worried. My doctor had said NOT to worry, but that is much easier said than done.
I dug into the internet, investigating RA Lung much as I had RA when I was first diagnosed, tons of open windows, notes all over my desk, bookmarks flung about all willy nilly. What I found did put me much more at rest. RA Lung is not uncommon, though it does not show up very well in Xrays. Roughly one percent of RA patients show signs of pulmonary rheumatoid nodules in conventional X-rays, according to the Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center. However, high resolution computed tomography (CT) scans reveal signs of nodules in roughly 22 to 28 percent of patients. And an article I found published by the AF found that if all patients with connective tissue disorders had a chest CT scan, probably more than half would show interstitial lung issues. Somehow, knowing I was not alone made me feel better about it. Of course the type of lung disease and severity, much like RA can vary widely.
I had my follow up visit with my Rheumy. He informed me that the nodules in my lungs, are much like the ones on my forearms. They show no signs of being cancerous, and are more than likely caused by inflammation. I will need a follow up CT scan every 6 months to follow them, making sure they are not growing, causing further inflammation or stiffening the lungs themselves. I have one in the midline of my right lung and one in the lower lobe of my left lung. Although they are benign, that does not mean that they cannot cause problems on their own. Here is a list from the Mayo Clinic of the common problems associated with RA Lung.
- Painful breathing. Rheumatoid arthritis can cause inflammation of the lining of the lungs (pleurisy). The inflammation can cause sharp pain while breathing.
- Shortness of breath. Fluid due to inflammation of the lining of the lungs may accumulate around the lungs (pleural effusion). This accumulation can cause shortness of breath.
- Lung nodules. Small lumps may form in the lungs (rheumatoid nodules), as well as in other parts of the body. Lung nodules usually cause no signs or symptoms, and they don't pose a risk of lung cancer. In some cases, however, a nodule can rupture and cause a collapsed lung.
- Scarring of the lungs. Rheumatoid arthritis can lead to scarring within the lungs. Signs and symptoms may include shortness of breath, chronic dry cough, fatigue, weakness and loss of appetite.
The one thing I found across the many sites I read suggested one thing over and over. If you have any sort of shortness of breath beyond anything normal for you (I have Asthma severe enough to be considered COPD) inform your Rheumy right away. Smoking, now or in the past is a big consideration in your likelihood to get RA Lung, so if you do smoke, here is yet another great reason to kick the habit! I quit 20 yrs ago myself.
All in all, I am much more at ease with this new twist to the RA puzzle, just another symptom to manage and keep an eye on. I would stress to all of you that if you do not get a yearly chest xray, ask for one! A baseline xray is a great thing to have in case of future issues.


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Rising carbon dioxide levels at the edge of space are apparently reducing the pull that Earth's atmosphere has on satellites and space junk, researchers say.
The findings suggest that manmade increases in carbon dioxide might be having effects on the Earth that are larger than expected, scientists added.
In the layers of atmosphere closest to Earth, carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, trapping heat from the sun. Rising levels of carbon dioxide due to human activity are leading to global warming of Earth's surface.
However, in the highest reaches of the atmosphere, carbon dioxide can actually have a cooling effect. The main effects of carbon dioxide up there come from its collisions with oxygen atoms. These impacts excite carbon dioxide molecules, making them radiate heat. The density of carbon dioxide is too thin above altitudes of about 30 miles (50 kilometers) for the molecules to recapture this heat, which means it mostly escapes to space, chilling the outermost atmosphere. [ Earth's Atmosphere from Top to Bottom (Infographic) ]
Cooling the upper atmosphere causes it to contract, exerting less drag on satellites. Atmospheric drag can have catastrophic effects on items in space — for instance, greater-than-expected solar activity heated the outer atmosphere, increasing drag on Skylab, the first U.S. space station, causing it to crash back to Earth.
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To see if the recent surge in carbon dioxide has made its way to the uppermost atmosphere, researchers analyzed changes in carbon dioxide concentrations at an altitude of about 60 miles (100 km) between 2004 and 2012 using the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer onboard the Canadian SCISAT-1 satellite. Since ultraviolet radiation from the sun can break carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen, the investigators also looked at carbon monoxide levels to get a better picture of what average carbon dioxide levels were over time, since levels of solar radiation can vary from year to year.
The scientists discovered that concentrations of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, which they collectively dubbed COx, rose significantly over the past eight years. Their findings suggest a global increase in COx by about 23.5 parts per million per decade is going on right now.
Current levels of carbon dioxide are about 225 parts per million at an altitude of about 60 miles (100 km), compared to the 390 parts per million concentration seen in the troposphere, the level of the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface.
"We now have direct evidence that a major driver of upper atmospheric climate is changing," study lead author John Emmert, an upper atmospheric physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., told SPACE.com.
This increase is 10 parts per million per decade faster than predicted by models of the upper atmosphere. Launching rockets into orbit does add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, but the scientists calculated that such launches would have deposited only about 2,700 metric tons of carbon into the upper atmosphere between 2004 and 2012, while levels of COx apparently rose by about 20,000 metric tons in the upper atmosphere during that time.
Instead, the researchers suggest this increase was due to an unexpectedly large amount of mixing and circulation between the upper and lower layers of the atmosphere. The investigators also noted this rise in carbon dioxide levels in the upper atmosphere might explain the surprising reduction they have seen in atmospheric drag on satellites and space debris.
"The next challenge is to understand why the observed carbon dioxide trends are bigger than expected," Emmert said. "This requires the application of sophisticated, whole-atmosphere models."
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The year is drawing to a close. What would you put in a 2012 "Time capsule"?
In 1990, when my son was in elementary school, they created a time capsule and included items like mini-skateboards, sand, Vans shoes, Airheads, Nerds ,Pop Rocks, and a surfing video, "Gleaming the Cube". The list of favorite songs (girls) included "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips and Madonna's "Vogue". The boys liked Bon Jovi and Guns and Roses. His favorite (and most annoying) saying was "talk to the hand".
If I wanted to communicate with the future (assuming there is one), I don't have a clue what to pack away. I'm embarrassed by our callous disregard for the environment, our children, and animals. I don't think that a box of things conveys my personal message to those who inherit the earth, (except of course for the assortment of my favorite seashells.)
My time capsule would be more of a plea or a wish list.
1. By this time, I hope you've learned to honor and respect animals.
2. I hope with all my heart that you never abuse or mistreat any living creature.
3. I hope you don't EAT animals anymore, and that you've created another nutritious food source that isn't based on death.
4. I hope you've figured out how to feed and house starving people everywhere.
5. Please look at the news for 2012 and realize that child abuse must be abolished.
6. I wish for every child to know a life of love and nurturing.
7. Take a look at this photo of the Arctic and vow to become global stewards and protect the world, not destroy it.
8. Read a lot of history books. Read the classics. Read a lot. Learn. Think. Care.
9. See the video I've included of injured and broken men and women in uniform?
10. Please end war.
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Hello everybody! It has been a while! I hope you enjoyed our April Fools' joke for 2009. I have to agree with the folks in our forum, though: Destiny of a Pikachu would have been a pretty fun Destiny of an Emperor mod to play. Perhaps I'm just a sucker for the series because I played it for years with a wonderful family? In cased you missed it, our Destiny of a Pikachu joke is still available for online viewing. It is the latest in a long tradition of April Fools' jokes here at Kongming's Archives.
On another note the past year has been anything but uneventful here. The modding community in our forum, Scholars of Shen Zhou, has been thriving in particular. Numerous Legend of Cao Cao and Romance of the Three Kingdoms projects have been started, and some have even been finished. Look around to see if anything interests you. Also, our Destiny of an Emperor: Cao Cao Edition mod, a few years in the making, has entered the final beta testing phase. If you're interested in playing ahead of everyone else, you're definitely welcome to participate.


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If you're concerned with cleanliness, especially if you suffer from allergies and/or asthma, a steam washer is a no-brainer.
Why? Gaseous water molecules (aka steam) penetrate the tightly woven fibers of clothing more effectively than water droplet molecules — which are much larger — and lift out stubborn stains and odors and eliminate most allergens, leaving you with brighter whites and more vibrant colors than a standard wash cycle.
Steam also takes less time to do a better job, because it reaches higher temperatures more quickly. An internal steam chamber superheats incoming water into vapor and introduces it in the middle of a wash cycle for about 20 minutes.
I talked about steam dryers' ability to refresh clothes, but some models — like LG's TrueSteam — has a steam refresh cycle in the washer to reduce wrinkles and odor without actually washing the clothes.
The LG steam washer is also the first washer certified "asthma and allergy friendly" by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, because its Allergiene Cycle is proven to remove 95% of household dust mites and domestic animal dander.
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New local-dialect community radio stations in Bangladesh's coastal districts are warning residents about cyclones and helping farmers cope with erratic weather patterns.
The new radio stations are part of an initiative to reduce loss of life and damage to livelihoods from natural disasters and unpredictable weather.
"The radio [stations], run with the active participation of local people, have already gained popularity and are telling people how to adapt to climate change impacts," said A.H.M. Bazlur Rahman, chief executive officer of the Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication.
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Approval was given for 14 community radio stations in coastal and inland areas in April 2010, and six are now broadcasting from coastal districts. A further 22 applications have been filed with the government. The stations are mostly funded by nongovernment organizations and individuals.
The radio programs focus primarily on disaster risk reduction and climate variability, Rahman said. He attributes their growing popularity in part to programs being broadcast in local dialects.
"People in the countryside, most of whom are illiterate, can easily understand weather bulletins and other instructions" when they are provided in local languages, he said.
During a tsunami watch in early April, in countries bordering the Indian Ocean, including Bangladesh, the new radio stations transmitted national weather forecasts in local dialects, said Manir Hossain, station manager of Lokobetar community radio, based in Barguna district in the south of the country.
"Through our programs we advised people what they needed to do for their safety during the emergency," Hossain said.
Although no tsunami took place, heavy rainstorms have struck Bangladesh as the rainy summer season commences, claiming at least 20 lives in April in different parts of the country.
Eunus Ali Hawlader, a Lokobetar listener who makes his living fishing at sea, said, "The station suggests carrying a radio set with us so that we can hear weather bulletins and start returning in time to avoid any danger."
Lokobetar also broadcasts plays, songs, and talk shows to raise awareness about climate change impacts and issues such as education and health services, said Hossain, who strives to ensure that programming is relevant and approachable.
"We have also included community people, the fishermen, boatmen, farmers, and other locals in our programs," he added.
In Khulna district in the country's southwest, Sundarban community radio warns people to send women and children to elevated storm shelters immediately when cyclones approach, and to keep adequate stocks of dry food.
Tarun Kumar, head of Sundarban community radio, said the station plans to provide a free solar-powered radio to each cyclone shelter so people can receive government instructions during disasters.
Kumar is also concerned that climate change is causing rivers in the area to dry up, threatening the livelihoods of fishing communities.
"Through our programs we advise fishermen [on how] to find alternative livelihoods, and draw the attention of policymakers to take steps so that fishing communities do not remain unfed," he said.
Sharif Iqbal, station manager of Barguna's Krishi radio, said his station's main goal is to help people with disaster preparedness and risk reduction, but that offering agricultural advice is also important because of the difficulty of farming on land vulnerable to flooding from the sea.
"For the farmers we broadcast expert opinions on what steps they need to take, and when, to get a better yield," he said. "We suggest to them what types of seeds they should choose and which one will be suitable for saline-affected lands."
Real-time information is vital for farmers, according to Iqbal, because land in the area only allows for a single harvest each year.
"If they lose the crop, they will starve," he said.
Amal Babu, a farmer and listener of Krishi radio, has no illusions about the difficulty of making a living and believes the broadcasts could help.
"This area is prone to disaster. The crop yield is comparatively good here but salinity, drought, flooding, and cyclones destroy [it]," he said. "If the farmers can get advance information on calamity and advice about farming tools they will be able to get a good yield."
Babu has already taken the advice of a program broadcast on Krishi Radio about a salt-tolerant variety of rice paddy that can survive more than three weeks under water.
"Farmers have started to cultivate the variety and are now less worried about losing crops," said Babu.
The convener of Bangladesh's national climate change negotiation team, Quazi Khaliquzzaman Ahmed, agreed that community radio can play a significant role in explaining how to adapt to the effects of climate change and helping people improve their preparedness for disasters.
"In Bangladesh there are 45,000 volunteers ready to act when disaster hits. The community radios can inform them as well as [other] people ... what to do before and after the disaster strikes," he said.
• Syful Islam is a journalist with the Financial Express newspaper in Bangladesh. He can be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.com. This story is part of a series supported by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network.
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