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Disease Reporting Requirements
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Reporting Forms:
Lyme Disease
Comm. Dis. Case Report
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NYS Health Provider Network (HPN) Information and How to Apply Brochure (.pdf version).
Physicians, laboratories and school nurses are required by NYS NYCRR2.10 to report communicable specific diseases to the local health department.
The Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health's Communicable Disease Control Division conducts surveillance and investigation of reportable communicable disease, and can provide diagnostic and treatment guidance. Partner services including patient location, education and prophylactic treatment of persons exposed to communicable diseases are also available.
Mandated communicable disease reporters may report by faxing a case report form to the DBCH-CDC Division at (845) 486-3564.
High Priority disease reports highlighted in red on the back of the NYSDOH reporting form require an immediate phone call to (845) 486-3402 whether suspected or confirmed.
Routine reports may also be called to the same number.
Table 1 (Table 1 in .pdf format)
+ Animal Bites - Health care providers must immediately report suspected rabid animals and persons exposed to them to the Environmental Health Services Division, DBCH at (845) 486-3404. The full name, age, address and telephone number must be provided of any person under care, observation or who has been exposed to any animal suspected of having ++ rabies. All pertinent facts relating to such exposure must be provided.
++ Syphilis - Report by phone any non-treponemal test ≥1:16 or any positive prenatal or delivery test regardless of titer; all others may be reported by mail.
Confidential and Anonymous HIV Counseling and Testing DBCH offers HIV counseling and testing by appointments at 29 N. Hamilton St, Suite 109 Poughkeepsie by appointment. Please call (845) 486-3401 to schedule an appointment.
Partner Services Program (845) 486-3452 DBCH assists HIV-infected patients and their healthcare providers in contacting persons who may have been exposed; and will contact and counsel contacts regarding their potential exposure. Training is also available for healthcare providers.
Contact the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health to report all cases of HIV/AIDS by calling (845) 486-3452 or (845) 486-3479
This includes:
Initial/New HIV diagnosis - First report of HIV antibody positive test results.
Previously diagnosed HIV infection (non-AIDS) - Infection previously diagnosed (including repeat/confirmatory test) but patient has not met criteria for AIDS. (Applies to a medical provider who is seeing the patient for the first time.)
Initial/New Diagnosis of AIDS - Including <200 CD4 cells/µL or opportunistic infection (AIDS-defining illness).
Previously diagnosed AIDS - (Applies to a medical provider who is seeing the patient for the first time.)
Physicians and laboratories are required to report HIV infection upon initial diagnosis that a person has AIDS or HIV- related illness to the AIDS Epidemiology Program at the State Health Department and to the local county Health Department. To report to the NYS Health Department medical providers must complete the NYS Medical Provider HIV/AIDS and Partner/Contact Report Form (PRF) (DOH-4189 revised 8/05) for all reportable cases and submit to the NYSDOH as instructed on the form. Blank forms are available from the NYSDOH (518) 474-4284.
In order to protect patient confidentiality, faxing of reports is not permitted.
Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health can assist with supplying and completion of forms to assure that legal reporting requirements are met, please contact us at (845) 486-3452 or (845) 486-3479.
SEXUALLY TRANSIMITTED DISEASES (STDs) - Effective prevention of disease transmission begins with infections that are properly diagnosed, appropriately treated and fully reported to the local health unit in a timely and complete manner in accordance with the established laws and regulations.
Sexually Transmitted Disease Partner Notification A Public Health Advisor will conduct a STD interview/counseling session without delay after the confirmed infection is reported to DBCH. The rationale for this activity is:
The sexually transmitted diseases listed below should be reported:
Phone: (845) 486-3401. After hours messages can be left at (845) 486-3452
Confidential Fax #: (845) 486–3557
Mail to: DBCH Att: CDCDC 85 Civic Center Plaza- Suite 106., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
For reporting the sexually transmitted diseases listed below utilize the DBCH Sexually Transmitted Disease Reporting Form (.pdf). These forms are also available by calling (845) 486-3401.
It is a requirement of New York State Sanitary Code that all suspects and active Tuberculosis cases be reported within 24 hours. Tuberculosis reports are mandatory if any of the following criteria are met::
Positive AFB smear (culture pending)
Clinically suspected pulmonary OR extrapulmonary case when isolation or treatment is initiated.
Tuberculosis reports should be called in to (845) 486-3505.
After-hours - (845) 431-6465.
Treatment for Active TB and LTBI
The DBCH provides free chest X-rays, physician exams, medication and lab work for persons with LTBI or active TB who are uninsured or under insured at the monthly pulmonary clinic, by appointment.
Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)
Currently the standard of care, Directly Observed Therapy is available for all cases of tuberculosis. DOT is also provided free of charge for patients diagnosed with LTBI who are determined to be at high risk for non-compliance. Included in the standard of care for all active cases is to provide DOT free of charge.
Mantoux Skin Test Clinics Free clinics are available
CONSULTATION SERVICES for Communicable Disease or Suspect Bioterrorism Exposures (845) 486-3402 - Private physicians are strongly encouraged to consult DBCH regarding the collection, processing, and shipment of communicable disease specimens and/or clinical specimens from persons exposed to suspect bio-terrorist agents.
Bacteriologic and viral specimens for such agents as West Nile Virus, Salmonella sero-typing, e coli 0157 confirmation and others will be referred to the NYSDOH Wadsworth / Griffen Labs for confirmation.
Clinical and environmental suspect bio-terrorist agent samples will be referred to Westchester Medical Center Level 3 laboratory.
Under the Provider Based Immunization Initiative (PBII), DBCH will review a medical practice's immunization procedures and offer suggestions for increasing immunization rates. Program is voluntary. DBCH can provide the latest information on recommended immunization practices.
DBCH provides the following Immunization Clinics
Assessment, Support & Coordination
Physicians may request Public Health assessment and follow-up for pregnant women, mothers, and young children who are at risk. Risks include:
|• Age 16 or under
|• Poor nutrition
|• Low birth weight
|• Mental illness or retardation
|• Lack of parenting, coping skills
|• Diagnosis requiring nursing follow-up
|• Poor prenatal follow-up
|• Post-partum depression
|• Under 32 weeks gestation
|• HIV positive
|• Substance abuse
|• Asthma
|• Physical difficulty affecting parenting
|• Lack of support system
|• Inborn metabolic disease
|• Known fetal anomaly
|• Child-Protective involvement
|• Immunization delays
|• Gestational diabetes
|• Preeclampsia
|• Failure to thrive
Maternal/Child Home Visiting
Home visiting services include:
Children in Foster Care
The Department of Social Services refers all foster care children under the age of 3 to Public Health Nursing for developmental surveillance. This surveillance program ensures the healthy development of foster care children and support foster care families.
Newborn Screening
Each newborn in New York State is tested for metabolic diseases, HIV infection and hearing. NYSDOH and local hospitals refer those newborns that have positive or incomplete results to Public Health Nursing for follow-up. The Public Health Nurses locate these families and arrange for re-testing and medical follow-up.
ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD LEVELS REPORTING (845) 486-3419 - Confirmed venous BLL greater or equal to 15mcg/dL to receive environmental management services. Venous confirmation is required of all BLL greater than or equal 10mcg/dL. All children under the age of eighteen who have a BLL greater than or equal to 45 mcg/dL, must be reported to DBCH with in 24 hours of laboratory notification.
Environmental Health will investigate to identify sources of lead exposure and follow-up to ensure corrective action has been taken. Public Health Nurses will provide:
DBCH has the authority to enforce its recommendations.
The Health Emergency Response Plan helps Dutchess County to prepare the community for possible public health emergencies including those caused by natural or intentional emergencies.
Healthcare providers play an important role in the detection and response to a public health emergency. Early detection of clusters or unusual illnesses is often found in a healthcare provider's office, making providers the first "responders" to inform the health department, giving an early start to the investigation process.
Healthcare Provider Preparedness Recommendations:
|A. K. Vaidian, MD, MPH
Commissioner of Behavioral & Community Health


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All inclusive vacation charter with the Love City Country Music Festival.
But what if I just want to take an all inclusive vacation on a yacht in the Virgin Islands, perhaps go to 1 or both days of the Love City Country Music Festival, but not do all the other stuff that either the H2O Trips Exclusive Pass or the Ultimate Fan Package gets you.
Well thats simple, we have select boats that may not participate in all the other festivities. Some are available by the cabin,
They will still be taking you on a week long vacation cruising the virgin islands.
They will be going to both festival days.
They will be going to the soggy dollar beach party.
You will be going to the BBQ dinner at Foxy's with Levi Lowrey and Travis Meadows playing after dinner.
A 2 day pass to the Love City Country Music festival per person is included and the swag that comes with the tickets.
Large tender access will be available to you to ferry you to and from the festival.
and a H2O Trips representative at the festival to help you out.
This will keep the price per person down some, It may still look to be a hefty whack but I can guarantee you that It will be by far cheaper than renting a hotel in the islands, then paying for restaurants, drinks, a rental car, festival tickets etc.
Then on top of that, with a charter yacht vacation, not only is everything except (gratuity and scuba diving) included, you also have access to much quieter beaches, snorkeling, water sports and so much more.
The following is a list of the boats set up for those wanting the "festival Only" experience. If however you see another boat either within our Love City Country Music Festival pages or directly from our H2O Trips search engine that you are interested in, that does not have a festival only price then please contact us and we can price that particular yacht for you. These other yachts though, will only be available as a whole boat booking.
Mango is available for $12,225.00 for the full 6 passenger booking. Or $4,3075.00 for a cabin of 2. Thats as little as $291 per person per day!
Contact us for more information or booking!
Guiding light is a "captain only" yacht. That is, its like renting a bus with a driver. He will drive the boat, Make sure your safe, co ordinate all you need to do enjoy a fun filled vacation, hitting the spots you want to hit and make sure you do not miss the festival. It is however up to you to provision the yacht and cook your own meals. You will also be responsible for the fuel cost for the week. This is an ideal choice for those who either want to do a lot of meals at restaurants, or are looking for a vacation that is not 5 star full service vacation and are happy to make sandwiches for lunch instead of a crew making a gourmet lunch and breakfast each day. This yacht is available for $7100 for the week for 3 cabins, 6 people or $169 per person per day. Do remember though that as captain only this only gets you the yacht and captain and entry to the festival, foxys BBq with Levi and Travis, and the soggy dollar beach party.
Food, fuel, and booze is on top (and gratuity to the captain).
Contact us for more information or booking!
Nadiya is a fully inclusive Festival only yacht. She takes 6 guests in 3 cabins. The whole boat is available for $15,112. or on a per cabin basis at $5,337. per cabin.

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Home of the 2009,2010 NCAA Basketball National Champions
Home of the 2013 BCS National Champions
Home of the 2006-2012 BCS National Champions
Home of the 2012 NCAA Basketball National Champions
Home of the 2009-2011 NCAA Baseball National Champions
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Virginia Tech-Maryland Preview and Prediction
Maryland at Virginia Tech
Thursday 7:30 PM
Line: VT -3
This is a big one in the ongoing ACC race as Maryland travels to Blacksburg hoping to maintain their lead in the Atlantic Division. The Hokies are the only team that controls their own destiny in the Coastal Division.
Keys to the Game:
1. How will Cory Holt play in the spotlight?
Va Tech is down to their third string QB after injuries to Tyrod Taylor and Sean Glennon. It is a lot different for an inexperienced player to come into a game knowing they will start vs having to come in unexpectedly. Holt has had all week to think about him starting this game. Hokies fans hope he isn't over thinking this one.
2. Can Maryland Run Against Hokie Defense?
The Terps are averaging a healthy 167 ypg on the ground. VT is giving up just 118 ypg on the ground. Something has to give here.
3. Turnover Battle
Both of these teams have been good in the turnover margin. The Hokies especially rely on them with their sometimes anemic offense. Actually most of the time it is anemic. Can the fast Hokie defense create turnovers? Can the Terps rattle the young Holt?
The Terps have gone onto the road three times in 2008 and lost two of those. This will be the toughest environment they have faced on the road this season. This Hokie team lost a 10-0 lead last time out against FSU after Taylor and Glennon went out. I have a hard time thinking Holt can come in against an improved Maryland team and win his first start without a bunch of help from the defense with turnovers. I like Maryland and their run game to be able to upset the Hokies.
Maryland 20 Virginia Tech 17
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Last Week: 0-4 ATS, 1-3 SU
Season: 23-13-2 ATS, 24-14 SU
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SINGAPORE (05/31/2000) - Asian former monopoly telecom carriers Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd. and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) have found a new area in which to compete with each other -- Internet portals.
The two regional giants have both announced plans this week to expand the geographical reach of their portal offerings, SingTel through its Lycos Asia joint venture with Terra Lycos Inc., and C&W HKT with its wholly owned Netvigator brand.
Hong Kong-based C&W HKT launched Netvigator in Malaysia today, adding to its Hong Kong, Taiwan and Canada portals. The portal offers a mix of news, entertainment, lifestyle, travel and career information.
The merger between Lycos Inc. and Terra Networks SA which formed Terra Lycos has left Lycos with a war chest of US$3 billion, which it will use in part to fund significant investments in Asia, according to a report by Malaysian news agency Bernama citing Lycos officials.
Lycos Asia has recently set up in China, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan after initially establishing its presence in Singapore and Malaysia. The immediate future markets for Lycos Asia will be India, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia, Bernama reported.
The carriers, along with the ubiquitous Yahoo Inc. portals, face competition around Southeast Asia from a variety of smaller portals.
Singapore-based Catcha.com Pte. Ltd. has formed a network of localized portals in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. These offer more targeted local content than the large generic portals, Catcha.com CEO Patrick Grove said in a recent interview.
Malaysia has its own popular home-grown portal, Skali.com, which plans to set up representative offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Indonesia by end of June to aggregate partnerships.
C&W HKT can be reached at +852-2888-2888 or online at http://www.cwhkt.com.
Singtel can be reached at +65-838-2740 or online at http://www.singtel.com.


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Delaying clamping of the umbilical cord after birth can benefit newborn babies, a study shows.
While the practice in most high-income countries is to wait less than a minute after birth to clamp the umbilical cord, the La Trobe University study found that waiting at least a minute after birth increases a baby's blood and iron levels.
The study also found delayed cord clamping might also slightly increase the risk of jaundice, which is treated by light therapy.
Lead author, Professor of Midwifery, Susan McDonald, said the benefits of delayed cord clamping needed to be weighted against the small additional risk of jaundice in newborns.
Other benefits to waiting include higher haemoglobin levels a few days after birth, babies are less likely to be iron-deficient three to six weeks after birth and birth weight was also higher.
The La Trobe University study reviewed 15 international trials involving nearly 4000 women and their babies.
The review supports the World Health Organisation recommendation of cord clamping between one and three minutes after birth.


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Bungie is finally going to release the hot fix update that will bring balance to all the weapons in Destiny among other changes.
The weapons have either been over or underpowered and to fix it; this new hot fix has been deployed to bring down the damage of Auto Rifles and Shotguns, whereas Scout Rifle's base damage will be increased by 6%.
Apart from the weapons' balancing, this update also brings in changes to a couple of game's classes.
Unbreakable: Fixed an issue with the perk granting more agility than intended
Brimstone: Perk can now activate if player is airborne
Furthermore, it nerfs the second loot cave that was helping a lot of players in getting engram treasure. This update also fixes few issues with perks of Destiny, which you can check out below!
Metal Detector
Fixed a bug that prevents this perk from actually providing additional ammo
Fixed a bug that allowed additional agility to apply even when a weapon was stowed
Bungie promises that they will release a new update very soon, which will address the underpowered exotic weapons of Destiny.
To read the full patch notes of this recent hot fix, head over to Bungie's official website.


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V008 - summary video of courses
Budjetti $30-250 AUD
** Project for Art **
** Also please don't try to contact me with messages for people that are not Art, I just don't have time for that, and I'll automatically reject your offer **
So this is to be the final video in the series, yes I know the previous video was, but this is the summary video to promote the range of courses.
It's critical that the video be exact at 45 seconds, as the request from those seeking to promote the video are wanting this video at that time frame.
Everything is included in the brief, only one 3D model is required, that is of a musket rifle, image included in project brief.
quote the usual price, though I suspect you'll just be using existing work for large sections of this project.


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Apparently I fucked up my hand and for a moment I thought it was broken but then I saw that it really wasn't. Now, i really don't know why I wrote that stuff but I know just that there's only one day left to your birthday and i think you're the most beautiful person i've ever known even if you don't think of yourself that way.
So now i'm thinking that everything is so fucking fragile and there's only one minute to fuck up everything and it takes a lot of time to pull things back together, in general. So i'm just thinking about how much we really need to appreciate every minute we get because we have no idea what might happen in the next one. Whether it's an earthquake that might destroy and kill people or having a car accident, anything that might come to one's harm. That's why I'm thinking about how I really want to appreciate every minute I get to have with you. Every single one.
I love you so much and I wish you know it everyday really.


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Whether its for business or enjoyment, vehicle rental is sometimes a essential component of traveling and if you have any encounter with hiring vehicles then you are most likely well conscious of the cost. Although it can be extremely expensive, intelligent travelers know how to conserve big. With a small work you can save as a lot as 30%25.
Translate believed into action. Your strategy can become more complex and unpredictable--and effective--once you're in the warmth of battle. Just keep in mind to think on your ft and keep in mind all that you learned in your "training." For instance, if you know that the vendor has other products for sale in addition to your target, agree effortlessly to one of these other buys. Go for the easy 1 first. That will entice them into trusting you and providing you an easy pass on long term, and much more essential, deals.
Sometimes payments may be past the reach of those investing all of their time learning rather of working. Instead of paying for it themselves, some college students might be fortunate sufficient to make a credit score card from their mothers and fathers with such a plan connected. One way that mothers and fathers may educate their school-age pupil to handle cash is to put them on a spending budget with the credit score card. As long as they do not exceed the parent-established limit on investing each thirty day period, they may be permitted to use it as required for college living costs. This will not only relieve the mothers and fathers' concern that their son or daughter is not consuming well or cannot pay for college publications, but it assures them that the young adult is studying how to manage cash even when they don't have any.
Just ask any hockey fan out there. The recent lockout and cancellation of the 2004-2005 NHL period is a ideal instance of bad negotiating. Both the gamers' union and the league proprietors broke all of the guidelines when it arrived to brokering an arrangement on participant contracts. The outcome are hockey rinks across North The united states that are so quiet that you can hear a pin drop--sadly, not a puck. In greenback phrases, expert hockey is missing out on television contracts, marketing charges, and tons of ticket revenue.
Let's see what online deals I have made recently for my memorabilia collection. Yesterday, a packaged arrived for me that contains a film prop from an old John Wayne western (I was so surprised that no one else would buy it), furthermore the distant control vehicle that was used in Ocean's Eleven. And last week I purchased a guitar pick that was once utilized by David Cook dinner on American Idol; I also purchased my 2nd Anakin Skywalker mild saber from eBay. And at a discount price, too! Correct now, though, I am scouring weblogs, forums, and buy-and-promote web sites for any Batman products on which I can get my hands.
This is especially true throughout the vacations and if you are like me who waits until the final possible second the crowds are brutal creating each shopping task unbearable. It all begins when you arrive at the shopping mall; you battle for a parking space. Then with your luck you get stuck at the sign-up powering the shopper that picked up that item that has no SKU and you wait till a salesperson retrieves the exact same item from the floor. To make matters more info even worse the cashier turns out to be a temp or new employ that has entered something incorrectly and to leading it off you squander much more time waiting for a Manager overwrite. Conserve yourself the hassle and just store on-line.
Textbooks are needed for nearly each class taken in any college. Some courses might require a number of publications each, such as two or four. The price of these might be quite high, up to $100 or much more for every.
Start with the nicely known and respected bookmakers and then consider your time including types you have fully checked out to your portfolio. Don't just dive in on the whim of a special offer.


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Matthew 4:4 , "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY WORD that proceeds from the mouth of God" [RSV].
Each of our mouths can act as a mouth of God. To do so, we have to understand something the wonder of God. And we earn and understand this through the study of our Holy Bible.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could have it within our ability to speak one word and completely change our lives? To be able to create exactly what we want?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if God looked at each one of us and said, "You can have all the health, wealth, happiness and all the desired outcomes you want in your life."
God said this, and yet many do not take advantage of this spiritual offer. Many repeatedly say, "No thanks. I'd rather not."
The real food of God is spiritual not material; it feeds our soul and then our mind, and then our body.
Deuteronomy 30:14 says, "But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it." In this part of scripture, the Lord is speaking to Moses, haven given him a commandment and instructions on how to live a spiritual life. These instructions are very plain and simple. The word and the power ARE IN YOUR MOUTH and in your heart.
This word of God is not just locked up someplace in a Bible. In fact, when these words were spoken in Deuteronomy, the Bible as such didn't even exist.
So what did they mean when they said "the word of God"? They were actually talking about the living presence that would spiritually come through the human voice that people could experience and feel. Just like what we receive during a prayer time and meditation – a spiritual experience in our hearts and in our minds; a living presence will fill us, and then we will be able to express it through our mouths and into our lives.
God is actually busy expressing His Word through us, through life, and through the very planet earth itself. The Bible says that humans were given dominion over ALL life; we have that added gift of God's power. All that God has created, we'll listen to His word, and if this power from God is used in the right way we can speak new spiritual worlds into existence. In this very deep perspective, we can say whenever we speak rightly that God CAN speak through us.
Sometimes we hear people ask the question "How can there be so much misery in this world?" The answer is through the misguided, misused use of free-will through humankind.
If things aren't exactly the way we would like it to be, all we have to do is look around at each other, and look inside of our own hearts and minds to find out why. It can be very difficult because it places the responsibility on us, instead of blaming our wrong concept of a vengeful God. But, if you contemplate this even a moment, you see that it also places incredible opportunity on us as well.
We have it within our own God-given power to speak the Word of God, creating by what proceeds from our mouths and hearts. Each of us, literally, is a co-creating channel of God's good.
Words are the most powerful agents of the mind. Every time we speak we cause the atoms of the body to tremble and change their places. Not only do we cause the atoms of our own bodies to change their positions, but we raise a lower rate of vibration, and otherwise affect the bodies of others with whom we come into contact.
A scientific experiment took place in which a handful of iron filings were placed upon a thin metal sheet. Then a certain musical note was struck and those iron filings formed themselves into a star pattern. Then a different musical note was struck and they formed themselves into a snowflake. (You probably have seen this done.)
This was a literal experiment that demonstrated how a certain kind of vibration, a certain sound vibration, literally demonstrated itself into the physical world in a different pattern. So it is with every word that proceeds out of our mouths. Those sounds have specific vibrations that affect the patterns of matter in this world.
Commit today to speak only positive words about yourself, about others, and about your world.
It is not only prayer that affects a change—it's whenever we speak. In fact, whenever we think positive thoughts , we are causing good vibrational changes in our lives and in the world.
There has often been some kind of lost word of power, that if we could just recapture it somehow, we could recreate for ourselves the power of God. The Hebrew people believed that this lost word was hidden in the word Yahweh, out of which the word Jehovah came. They believed this word was unpronounceable and yet had that kind of power.
"Sow a thought; reap a word. Sow a word; reap a deed. Sow a deed; reap a habit. Sow a habit; reap a character. Sow a character; reap a destiny." From the simple, seemingly innocent sown thought grows a lifetime of destiny, and influencing future generations. As Jesus Christ said, "As you sow, so shall you reap."
The seeding process begins with the thoughts we think. Words are formed based on the thoughts that we hold in the incubator of our mind. Words are powerful and formative.
One of the chief delusions of this world we live in is that talk is cheap. We say that because in this modern age, fewer people keep their word. Promises are broken more frequently. In today's world sadly nobody really expects you to keep your promises anyway, UNLESS you sign your name and somebody has a lawyer. Just try to buy a home, or even a car, by just giving your word. And yet a human's word used to be a respected bond. Our words should always be a respected bond.
There is often an ignorance of the relationship between talk and deeds. "As we sow, so shall we reap." We sow our thoughts; we reap words. We sow words; we reap deeds. Eventually we have habits, character, and destiny.
Look out on the road you're driving on sometime this week, and see all the cars out there. Just ask yourself this question: "What is it that is driving those cars?" You might say, "Well, human beings, obviously." But what's driving those cars? What's driving those people? Thoughts. Thoughts are driving those cars; thoughts like "I am hungry! I can hardly wait to get to lunch," or "We should visit Grandma today; we haven't seen her for a long time," or "I'd better cut the lawn this afternoon before it rains again."
Thoughts like that are driving those cars. Distracting thoughts like that can drive our lives also. Think about it. It's true, but we don't usually remain conscious of it.
Jesus wants us to wake up our words; he admonishes us to pray constantly, using words.
In the East, the yogis speak about words having great power also. They have special names for these words—"mantras". "Mantra" is a Sanskrit word which means power or protection. It also means that which brings the experience of the subject directly to the speaker.
You must become awake, and aware, of the words proceeding from your mouth, and their cost to you in what they are creating in you, and others around you. Others judge you more on the words coming out of your mouth than on the clothes you wear.
For the next thirty days do not allow ONE NEGATIVE THOUGHT TO PROCEED FROM YOUR MOUTH. Only positive uplifting life creating words proceed from your mouth for the next thirty days. If you are a couple, help each other in this transformational exercise that will literally change the rest of your life as you form new habits of speech. This may change your communication forever!
Start with your new thoughts and words, but those new thoughts and new words have to translate into new deeds. And those new deeds have to be sown so that new habits can be reaped. And those new habits will create new character. And that new character will change your life.
So to repeat, , start with your new thoughts and words, but those new thoughts and new words have to translate into new deeds. Use your life to make a positive difference in the lives of others. Those new deeds have to be sown continually so that new habits can be reaped. And those new habits will create new character. And that new character will change your life, and the lives of countless others that witness your life whether you are aware of it or not.
Change your words; change your life!
God Bless You!


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The main reason why I am writing about this is because I had found about a couple of friends of mine who had to deal with bullying.
It's no secret that I was bullied as a kid. I was told that "stick and stones may break your bones, but names never hurt me."
Whoever said that is a bold faced liar. The truth is that names do hurt. And they can cause an emotional trauma. To this day, there is a particular nickname that I will never repeat where if I heard it, I will lash out and lose it. That insult cut me deep. But the name calling got so bad that I would never go outside to play because once one person started, so did everyone else. Staying indoors wasn't that bad, since I had a Nintendo to play with.
It go so bad that I started taking karate lessons to defend myself. And that was something that was instilled in me. I learned to stand up for myself and not take it. I never attacked anyone, but when someone would insult and attack me, I was ready.
You'd think that if I ignored the bullies, they'd leave me alone. Nope. That would give them cause to keep up with the insults that would lead into physical altercations. After defending myself a few times in school, it died down.
In high school it got worse. I was always called Steve Urkel, and I hated that because that was not me. I got into screaming fights over it. People started to back off because they saw I wasn't a timid, pushover kid. I was mad as hell and I wasn't taking it anymore.
Then that fateful day happened.
I got in a fight with someone who called me that one name I hated. I chased him into a classroom and fought him. I won't get into details, but watch this clip here from A Christmas Story as an example:
Since then, I was left alone.
In today's world, we have anti-bullying laws and programs to mentor, teach, and change bullies. These things don't always work. What's happening is that these laws and programs are continuing to keep our kids in the dark about what going on. Seriously, if you're being bullied, don't just tell a superior, stand up for yourself. All ignoring does is adds fuel to the fire. Most bullies won't back down unless you confront them. Sometimes you have to.
So the next time you're being bullied, stand up for yourself. Use your words to fight back. But don't throw your fists up unless the bully does first, and remember to defend yourself if it comes down to it.


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Yes... that's spaghetti sauce on his chin... :)
I'm so thrilled. I have been dying to make a tooth pillow.
The tooth fairy came as planned, although she fell asleep first and woke up in a panic...
William was one happy little guy to find a whole dollar bill and some beautiful gold fairy dust all over his bed.
He even told me he saw her....
let's hope not. :)
We used the new release tooth from Planet Applique. What good timing and only .99.
I made the pocket really big. William was worried that the tooth would get lost if he took it out of the ziploc baggie.
What a cutie.
A cutie that's about to have big boy teeth... they grow so fast.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Our First Tooth Pillow
Posted by Cole's Corner at 9:42 AM
Labels: family, holidays, milestones, tooth pillow
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- Just Jo said...
Cute tooth fairy pillow. Love that applique, too! Yes, they grow TOO, TOO fast!
- August 23, 2010 at 11:45 AM
- BConky said...
Cute Cole.
- August 23, 2010 at 1:06 PM
- sordanuts said...
I LOVE William's tooth pillow! The pocket you made is perfect -nothing will get lost in there. Would you consider doing a tutorial for the sewing challenged (like me)?
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Tool drummer Danny Carey joined Primus onstage for their New Years Eve show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA.
The YouTube uploader wrote:
Part 4 of 5 for Primus' annual New Year's Eve show at the Fox Theater.
00:00 — Mrs. Blaileen
****Please excuse the language that starts around the 4min mark. Some guys came down during Mrs. Blaileen and stood right in front of all the people sitting next to and behind us.
They started talking — strike that — yelling crap about all the people sitting, "Man, I go to so many shows and I never sit, who can sit for Primus?" "Of all the shows I've been to and never once have I sat! Who sits at a concert!?!?!?"
This was going on while the song was playing and continued on after it ended. I sat there for a good ~30 seconds after the song giving them time to wrap up their conversation and move on, but they just kept going and going.
So again, excuse my language/mocking them for what they were talking about. Like the guy behind me chimed in with, people paid good money for SEATS in that specific area. The fact that "security" was letting anyone into the area didn't bother me one damn bit, as many people were coming/going and not bothering anyone. These two guys were talking shit *and* standing in front of people. Again, apologies 🙂 ****
05:25 — Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
11:17 — Southbound Pachyderm (w/Danny Carey)
Part 5 picks up roughly 20 seconds after this as my phone died and I had to switch to my other one. Apologies.


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It would be really cool if I could say this layout was about the time I scaled Mount Everest, but it's actually about our church's vacation Bible school that featured an Everest theme! I did feel, however, as if I were slogging up Everest as I scrapped these photos, because I just couldn't figure out what to do with them. Still not sure I'm entirely satisfied with the completed layout, but at least it's now past me and I can move on to other stuff.
Wonderland & Snowhaven Level 2 papers
Black, Twilight & White Daisy cardstock
Black, Crystal Blue $ Twilight ink
Black marker
Durables Triangle Studs - Silver
Snowflakes were cut using the Cricut Art Philosophy, Artiste & ARtbooking cartridges, and the Martha Stewart & EK Success punches
Cricut Artistry cartridge: Mountain, title
Challenges: Creating With Paper and More January mood board (I was inspired by the Let It Snow sign and the falling snow by the child's face, plus my colors are pretty close to the color palette shown)
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Everest Layout
Posted by Cheryl Even at 10:31 PM
Labels: 5 Photo, AP Cartridge, Artbooking, Artiste
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- Jennifer Earley said...
I love your LO! The snowflakes are too cute and love their placement. Great embellies and journaling too!
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Such a fabulous layout!
- January 10, 2016 at 4:43 PM
- Kelly said...
Fantastic layout and great ideas using the Jan Mood Board challenge! I love the snowflakes and colors. Thanks for playing along with the Scrappy Friends! :)
- January 13, 2016 at 7:57 AM
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The darker paper behind the snowflakes really gives them a lot of definition. They just pop off of the page! Great layout!
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Friday, May 16, 2008
Moscow 2008...The Fruits of 'Freedom' ?
The USSR had many many problems, but one thing that was widely acknowledged was that children were cared for and educated to an admirable standard, with the state intervening in families where either through alcoholism or abuse, parents were unable to cope with their responsibilities. When right wing free-market enthusiasts smirk over the triumph of 'capitalism' over socialism, they are cheering on the restoration of a system which is designed to force the weakest to the wall, watching this video shows just what that actually means in reality.
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- David Duff said...
Gabriel (if I may use the familiar), I would like you to take up a large glass of that stuff you make over there and call whisky, and then re-read slowly your following sentence:
"The USSR had many many problems, but one thing that was widely acknowledged was that children were cared for and educated to an admirable standard, with the state intervening in families where either through alcoholism or abuse, parents were unable to cope with their responsibilities."
On second thoughts, pour the 'whisky' away because I think you may have indulged too much when writing that line. On the other hand, perhaps, I just missed the irony in the phrase, "the state intervening in families" and it was just your puckish, Joycean sense of the absurd in bringing to mind the 30 million mums and dads with whom the Soviet State, er, intervened, in a terminal sort of way.
How very solemn of me not to get the joke!
- May 17, 2008 at 6:52 AM
- gabriel said...
I was not referring to the criminal excesses of stalinism as you well know David, which are well documented by the way.I was referring to the norms of social care and welfare especially in the field of education. It is easy to forget that when we are focussing here specifically upon the circumstances of the children,and self evidently from the video, which you fail completely to comment upon, these ARE children of 7 or 8 years of age living ferally in the Metro system in Moscow. I am simply observing that this particular situation would not, for all its faults, have been permitted to occur in the USSR. The world is not black and white David, and there were many aspects of normal Soviet life that were superior to the alternative ushered in by the equally inflexible dogmatic outcomes of free market economics. Incidentally, since it was the Irish who invented uisce-baugh,and the Scots who produced their harsher and much less palatable copy, I would if I drank alcohol at all, which I do not any longer by choice, adhere to the original of the product...but we won't fall out on that one.
- May 18, 2008 at 5:07 PM
My wife works with someone from the ex-USSR. She is middle class and quite anti-Soviet, but when you ask her about Soviet childhood, she is full of praise. Every ex-Soviet I've ever met says the same. Whatever else the USSR did, they really did look after their kids well.
- May 19, 2008 at 3:41 AM
- David Duff said...
"we won't fall out on that one"
Certainly not, er, so long as your paying, of course!
- May 19, 2008 at 11:43 AM
- Nicholas said...
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- May 19, 2008 at 8:44 PM
- Nicholas said...
Thanks for putting up the video. I could not resist and I see you could not either. I have to retort against Mr. Duff and his numbers which are clearly lumping too many dissimilar cases together, over-counting, misattribution, and blaming the system for problems outside of the systems control. This kind of counting was done by R. Conquest and is regarded as grossly inaccurate by many reputable scholars. This is not to deny great barbarity, mismanagement, callousness, and outright murder by the Stalinists-of Trotskyists first of all! But on the other hand we do not lose sight of the material and social gains created by the October Revolution which the bureaucracy was compelled to protect. Thus one needed to fight to defend the soviet Union as a degenerated workers state from internal counter revolution (1991-1992) and from external invasion(1918, 1941) but also seek to oust the corrupt bureaucracy that killed workers democracy.
- May 19, 2008 at 8:48 PM
- Renegade Eye said...
There has been some militant strikes recently in Russia. The Mafia capitalism can't stop the dialectic.
- May 20, 2008 at 7:59 PM
- David Duff said...
Nicholas, your argument is dangerously similar to 'Yes, I know about Auschwitz but Himmler loved animals, you know'!
For a typically dry, not to say downright astringent, summary of the way in which two political monstrosities, Communism and Fascism (the former winning by several miles in the murder stakes)have been dealt with by fashionable history, I urge you to read 'Deogolwulf's' post entitled "The Charmed Life of Communism" which finishes, thus: "with regard to barbarism, it matters more about which tribe you are in than about the degree of it. And, as I say, communism enjoys a charmed life."
- May 21, 2008 at 1:52 AM
- Nicholas said...
David's Nazi metaphor has absolutely zero intellectual merit. All it is is silly. As for the rest no real understanding of any of the issues, just simple, dogmatic anti-communism which attempts to prettify both imperialist murder and Nazism.
- May 21, 2008 at 5:30 AM
- David Duff said...
Er, sorry, Nicholas, could you say that again - "dogmatic anti-communism which attempts to prettify both imperialist murder and Nazism".
As you appear to be an expert capable of judging intellectual merit in others perhaps *you* would be kind enough to supply *your* estimates of how many people died under the USSR communist regime compared to Hitler's regime.
- May 22, 2008 at 4:43 AM
- Nicholas said...
So what ever I come up with you are going to say Hitler was less therefore better. This is pointless. Like Bill O'reilly's "no fact zone"
- May 22, 2008 at 8:13 PM
- David Duff said...
No, Nicholas, not "better", just different degrees of murderous inhumanity.
Anyway, I note that you refused the challenge so the "kind of counting [...] done by R. Conquest and [which] is regarded as grossly inaccurate by many reputable scholars" still stands.
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Lawyer tapped to run state's regulatory officeSACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named a lawyer Friday to run the office that reviews state regulations.
Edward Heidig, a Republican who was bounced from a regulatory job 10 years ago after Democrats objected to his appointment, most recently has been general counsel to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, was named director of the Office of Administrative Law.
He also ran the Administrative Law Office, known in state government as the AOL, from 1998 to 1999 under Republican Gov. Pete Wilson.
"Ed's accomplishments as an attorney and his history of public service make him uniquely qualified for this position," Schwarzenegger said in a written statement.
In 1995, Wilson nominated Heidig to head the Integrated Waste Management Board, but Senate Democrats refused to confirm him after raising questions about his integrity. Attorney General Bill Lockyer, then a state senator, said Heidig had improper private meetings with people who did business with the board.
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The new appointment pays $123,264 a year and requires Senate confirmation.
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Doug Heller, of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, which has criticized Schwarzenegger's freeze of certain state regulations, expressed concerns about the controversy from Heidig's past and said it's extremely important that the agency be beyond reproach.
"Because this position is the filter for all the state's regulations," Heller said, "it's very important that we have someone ethical and truly unbiased in this job.
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In a prepared statement issued by Schwarzenegger's office, Heidig said he was "honored" to get the appointment and that he shares Schwarzenegger's "commitment to enacting regulations of the highest quality that better the lives of the people of California and our economy."
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'Our engine is better for designers than Unreal,' says Call of Duty 5 dev
The developer of the next Call of Duty, Treyarch, has been fleshing out the work on its new game and collaboration with original developer Infinity Ward in the latest Developmag.com Q&A - and has also been discussing the use of the shared Activision technology and how it compares with current middleware top dog Unreal Engine 3.
New title Call of Duty: World at War will be built on the Infinity Ward-developed engine used to make recent blockbuster Call of Duty: Modern Combat - and according to Treyarch's senior producer Noah Heller the technology is better than Epic's offering when it comes to serving designers.
He told us: "I've worked on plenty of engines in my career, including Unreal. And I'd say the big difference with this engine is how close it allows designers to get their vision into the game. You'll be startled to see how close the concept art is to what was replicated in the game. If an artist wants to make a bottle in the game, he designs it and hits a button and a minute and a half later it is in the game."
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We now know the list of titles that will be hitting PlayStation Plus members in Europe for the month of May. The list will probably be the same for the North American region, since both offers usually never differ.
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- Ether One (PS4)
- Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
- The Unfinished Swan (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)
- Race the Sun (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)
- Murasaki Baby (PS Vita)
- Hohokum (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)
To give a short description for each offering; Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition is a 2D brawler and platformer, which includes the El Inferno DLC add-on pack that introduces a series of challenge rooms.
Ether One will find you solving puzzles in first-person. The Unfinished Swan is designed as a blank coloring book where players must splatter ink in the background to reveal the world around them.
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Definition of the noun acousma
What does acousma mean as a name of something?
noun - plural: -
- illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds
- lexical domain: States - nouns denoting stable states of affairs
- synonym of acousma: auditory hallucination
- more generic word: hallucination = illusory perception
Alternative definition of the noun acousma
- [pathology] Auditory hallucination
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Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions - Australian & New Zealand Edition (2014)
by Peter Harris, Sue Nagy, Nicholas Vardaxis
acous -, acus-, acust-, acousto-, combining form meaning 'hearing': acoustic, acousma.
A Dictionary of Hallucinations (2009)
by Jan Dirk Blom
Acousma. see Akoasm.
A type of subcortical dementia that occurs in over A Acquired Synaesthesia 50% of individuals suffering from late-stage Aids 5 References Acoasm Acoenesthesiopathy Acousma Acoustic Hallucination Acoustic ...
The Dictionary of Psychology (2016)
by Ray Corsini
See ACOUSMA, TINNITUS. otohemineurasthenia A unilateral deafness for which ...
Mosby's Medical Dictionary (2016)
by Mosby
acousma /əkooz′′mə/ pl. acousmas, acousmata [Gk, akousma, something heard], a hallucinatory impression of strange sounds. acoustic /əkoos′tik/ [Gk, akouein, to hear], sound or hearing. Also acoustical. -acoustic, -acoustical, 1. suffixes ...
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions (2016)
by Mosby
acousma /əkooz′′mə/ pl. acousmas, acousmata [Gk, akousma, something heard], a hallucinatory impression of strange sounds. acoustic /əkoos′tik/ [Gk, akouein, to hear], sound or hearing. Also acoustical. -acoustic, -acoustical, 1. suffixes ...
A practical medical dictionary ... (1914)
by Thomas Lathrop Stedman
acousma tamnesia (a-kooz-ma-tam-ne'sl-ah) [G. akousma, something heard, + amnesia, forget- fulness ] A loss of memory for sounds acoustic (a-koos'tik) [G. akoustikos.] ...
Concise Pocket Medical Dictionary (2015)
by UN Panda
Acousma An auditory hallucination in which indefinite sounds such as ringing or hissing are heard. Acoustic Relating to hearing or the perception of sound. Acousticophobia Fear of sounds.
Mosby's Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions - E-Book (2013)
by Mosby
acousma pl. acousmas, acousmata , /9kooz'ma/ [Gk, akousma, something heard], a hallucinatory impression of strange sounds. acoustic /.;kfis'tik/ ...
Australian Nurses' Dictionary (2016)
by Jennie King, Rhonda Hawley
acousma (ə koosmə) the hearing of imaginary sounds. acoustic (ə koostik) ...
Dictionary of Psychological Testing, Assessment and Treatment (2007)
by Ian Stuart-Hamilton
acousma acoasm. acousticophobia A phobia of noise. acquiescence acquiescent responding.
Pocket Medical Dictionary (1999)
by B. Jain Publishers Staff
Auscultatory percussion Acousma, ak-ooz'-mah. The hearing of imaginary sounds. Acousmatagnosis, ak-oos-mat-ag-no'-sis. Mind-deafness. Acousmatamnesia, ak-oos-mat-am-ne'-ze-ah. Inability to recall the memory of sounds. Acoustic ...
Dictionary of Hearing (2013)
by Maryanne Maltby
acousma/acouasm npl acousmas/acousmata; acouasms [Gk akousma a thing heard] An illusory auditory perception of nonverbal sounds, e.g., buzzing or ringing.
The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1915)
acousma (ak-oos'mah), pi. acous'mata [ Gr. Sjtovapa]. An auditory hallucination or imaginary sound. acousmatagnosis ( ak-oos-mat-ag-no'sis) [Gr. S.Kovopa hearing + a neg. + yvwoi* recognition].
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology (1992)
by Christopher G. Morris, Academic Press
acoasm see acousma. Acoela Invertebrate Zoology, an order of small (less than 2 mm), primitive marine ...
Macmillan Dictionary of Psychology (1991)
by Stuart Sutherland
acousma. A synonym for AKOASM. acoustic. Pertaining to sound waves. acoustic coding. Remembering an input (e.g. a spoken or written word) in terms of its sound, thought by some to be the basis of short-term ...
Bailliere's Nurses Dictionary for Nurses and Health Care Workers, 1st South Asia Edition (2016)
by Annu Kaushik
acousma the hearing of imaginary sounds. acoustic relating to sound or the sense of hearing. acquired ...
Bob's Dictionary of Big Words (2016)
by Robert Sungenis
acousma, n. the hearing of imaginary sounds; an auditory ...
Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary (2009)
by Robert Jean Campbell
acousma See akoasm. acoustic nerve See auditory nerve. acoustic neuroma Vestibular schwannoma; neurofibromatosis (q.v.). acousticomotor epilepsy See reflex epilepsy. acousticophobia acquired immune deficiency ...
DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL TERMS,6th ed. (2012)
acousma, hallucination that strange sounds are heard). acoustic nerve (a-kO—O'S'Eik) N. See AUDITORY NERVE. acquired (e-kwtrd') ADJ. resulting from outside factors; not ...
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We are happy to have such an experienced Principal Race Officer as Klaus Lahme on board for the J/24 World Championship 2015. Klaus has been a very successful Laser sailor and is international Race Officer as well as international Judge. He has been named as official coach for Germany at three Olympic Games and has been very successful as trainer in the Laser, Opti, Europe and 49er class.
In the past years, beside several other regattas, he has been the PRO at the following World- and European Championships in Germany:
In addition to this Klaus is managing director of the hosting club, the Nordeutschen Regatta Verein, and is frequently teaching the Racing Rules of Sailing in rule seminars.
Principal Race Officer Klaus Lahme (NRV)


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An attempt to boot Councilman Frank Quintero out of office has more to do with his support of a recent ban on gun shows on city-owned property than a misinterpretation of a decades-old revolving-door policy, attorneys for Glendale contend in court documents.
Last month, two Glendale residents, John Rando and Mariano Rodas, filed a request with the state attorney general for permission to file a lawsuit that would seek to remove Quintero from his appointed seat because they contend the city is violating a 1982 provision that prevents council members from being employed by the city until two years after they leave the dais.
Quintero retired when his term ended in April but he was appointed a short time later to fill the seat left by colleague Rafi Manoukian, who was elected city treasurer.


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You're probably worried about this if you're an X-Com fan: the fabled "XCOM shooter." You know that the X-Com series is different from most. It demands a higher caliber of player and a more intense degree of punishment for failure. That's what makes it so rewarding — that's not what we get from most modern shooters.
Based on my conversation with 2K Marin, who is handling development on The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, I'm not too worried anymore.
"We're gonna treat our players hardcore — just like a classic X-Com game," The Bureau creative director Morgan Gray told GamesBeat. "There's no run-and-gun. If you can't use your brain — if you're not smart — if you're not using everything at your disposal up to and including the battlefield itself? You're gonna die."
You are going to die.
The fact that Gray knows how important that is to fans didn't convince me that The Bureau is going to live up to the X-Com name, but it did convince me to give 2K Marin a chance.
The Bureau, as the studio calls it for short, is due out for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on Aug. 20 in North America for $59.99. It'll hit international markets on Aug. 23.
The developer has put a lot of time into this title. 2K Marin's last release is BioShock 2 and the beloved BioShock 2 expansion Minerva's Den. As you're reading that, I bet you immediately started to paint a picture in your head of an X-Com game slapped on top of the BioShock 2 gameplay.
That's wrong.
"It's pretty much classic X-Com," said Gray. "But we wanted to move it away from the classic isometric god-view mechanics of the previous games. We wondered what it would be like to be the guys in the battlefield. So we're moving away from a military general watching the battle via predator drone back at home, and we're putting you in the boots of the squad leader who's down there ordering his men, under fire, with his own neck on the line."
The Bureau is a third-person tactical squad-based shooter. The team wanted to express the core tenets of X-Com in a real-time manner as opposed to the turn-based battles of Firaxis Games' recent XCOM: Enemy Unknown and previous entries X-Com: UFO Defense and X-Com: Terror from the Deep.
For Gray, the franchise is all about — as he puts it — "the 'T' words."
"X-Com is about team, technology, tools, tactics, terror, and tension," he said. "All those words describe the gameplay loop of the classic X-Com. With The Bureau, we are basically taking those ideas and filtering them through a real-time perspective."
In addition to the aforementioned brains required to play XCOM, 2K Marin wants to bring squad management, light base management, alien-technology research, and more. If it happened in Enemy Unknown, it probably has its place in this game, but you just might perform the action in a more direct and real-time manner.
One of the most important core mechanics, for Gray, is tactics.
"When I say tactics — that is with a capital 'T,'" he said. "Tactics. I underline it. I bold it."
The Bureau is essentially a squad-based combat game. Gamers can give commands in real-time to their computer-controlled teammates using a mechanic called Battle Focus.
"You're able to issue movement orders for things like flanking, covering fire, finding height advantages as well as ordering soldiers to fire off their specific special abilities that they'll earn through leveling up," said Gray.
One thing the game won't have, however, is multiplayer. The developer wanted to focus its efforts on the narrative and getting the single-player gameplay right. That is probably smart since that is what most X-Com fans love.
Learn the origins of the XCOM organization
One of the areas where 2K Marin plans to set The Bureau apart from Enemy Unknown is in the narrative.
The Bureau follows the story of intelligence agent William Carter in 1962. It's the height of the Cold War, and Americans are worried about Russia invading or starting a nuclear war.
To fight against that potential threat, the U.S. government covertly establishes an organization, called The Bureau, to take on the first line of defense against a hypothetical Russian invasion. The covert agency is also in charge of hiding the "dangerous truths" that could spark mass hysteria in society.
Of course, things don't go quite as The Bureau anticipates.
"The game is an origin story," 2K Marin associate producer Andrew Dutra told GamesBeat. "The organizations that make up The Bureau eventually become the XCOM organization. Instead of fighting the Russians, aliens come down instead. On its heels, The Bureau has to switch gears to combat this new threat."
That's when they reach out to Carter. As a field agent, Carter as a reputation for getting things done. The Bureau brings him on to lead a team into the field to fight skirmishes with invading alien forces.
"We like the conspiratorial aspect," said Gray. "Government conspiracies are great vibes to play with. You'll be there for the birth of XCOM, but you'll also get to be there for the coverup of XCOM. The world cannot know how close America came to defeat. Our enemies cannot know we were on the ropes."
"Picture a modern military, special-ops war game set in 1962 where you're fighting frickin' aliens with super-massive sci-fi weaponry, and you'll start to get an idea of what The Bureau is trying to accomplish," he said.
But I thought gamers didn't like difficult shooters?
In my conversation with Gray, I noted how proud he was when he revealed that the game, like its predecessors, will feature permanent death for your squadmates. He claimed it is one of the very few third-person action games to have something like that.
"It's super hardcore for the third-person space," he said. "Most third-person games don't have a concept of anyone dropping at all. In our game, you can lose a dude that you customized over the course of five hours that you've based all of your tactics on. You can lose him and still have a hell of a lot of game to go. You'll just have to get on to the next operation with a noob in his place."
This is very reminiscent of how Enemy Unknown lead designer Jake Soloman talked about that game before it came out. He knew that players found enjoyment in putting so much on the line.
2K Marin knows that also.
But a difficult turn-based tactics game is one thing. A skill-based punitive third-person shooter is something else. Specifically, it's not something that has lit up the sales charts lately.
I asked Gray how he planned to introduce the learning curve to players.
"Our goal is to slightly ease players into the difficulty, but we want to quickly teach them the rules and to respect our world," he said. "But there's obviously concern about doing something extreme on the difficulty curve, but I think what we're seeing, as this generation passes, is that the industry is going back to game-balance standards from decades gone by."
He pointed out recent releases like From Software's third-person role-playing game Dark Souls and, of course, Enemy Unknown as examples of titles that players love because the games demand so much more from them.
"Part of the thing that made [the original] X-Com amazing was that it demanded skillful play," said Gray. "It demanded that the player respect it. In turn, once the player was able to succeed, it was all the sweeter for it. Our hunch is that gamers of that same predisposition exist out there in the third-person space."
He also pointed out that some people prefer games like Rainbow Six over Gears of War because of the different skills that title promotes. He realizes, however, that his team is taking a risk.
"We know that by making a difficulty statement that it won't be everyone's cup of tea," said Gray. "That's cool with us because XCOM isn't supposed to be everyone's cup of tea. It's for a very specific type of gamer. The XCOM fan is a little more hardcore."
This isn't just the "XCOM shooter"
Like I said earlier, I'm not convinced this is going to be a great game, but I also shed a lot of my doubts in my chat with Gray and Dutra.
The development team is saying the right things, and this is a hell of a lot easier to swallow after getting a superb, classic-style XCOM game last year from developer Firaxis. Without that, I probably wouldn't be as open.
But we got Enemy Unknown, and it was great. Maybe XCOM has more to offer than just one style of play. I'm ready to give this a try.
"Our hope is that we're giving the classic XCOM fans a fresh vibe by going real-time and getting on the level with the troops," said Gray. "But this game is also for people who don't like turn-based games. We're going to give them an XCOM experience that is true to the roots of X-Com and hopefully turn them into XCOM fans. Then, hopefully, they'll try the original X-Com games."


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Clashes have broken out during the Hong Kong pro-democracy campaign after hundreds of masked men, allegedly backed by Beijing, stormed the protest at the Admiralty.
Nearly 500 unidentified men poured into the area as several taxi drivers continuously honked their horns in a show of support for the anti-Occupy men.
Police personnel quickly intervened, making arrests after the unidentified men attempted to bring down the barricades.
Several other anti-democracy protesters lifted the blockades and pulled down the tents on Queensway outside Pacific Palace.
"Your movement has affected many people's livelihood over the past week and lots of drivers have lost their jobs. Hongkongers hate you all," the members of the anti-Occupy and pro-Beijing group New Territories Association of Societies said, according to the South China Morning Post.
Earlier in the day, the police cleared the barricades erected by the pro-democracy protesters but allowed the campaigners to stay.


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Big data/analytics and technical architecture skills are in high demand, however a majority of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in China and Hong Kong view skill shortages as one of the main challenges, the 2017 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey finds.
In its 19th year, the Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey is the largest IT leadership survey in the world in terms of the number of respondents. The survey of 4,498 CIOs and technology leaders was conducted between December 19, 2016 and April 3, 2017, across 86 countries.
According to the survey, as many as 84 percent of CIOs in China and two-thirds in Hong Kong highlighted skills shortage as a concern, higher than the average of 68 percent in Asia Pacific and 62 percent globally.
While big data/analytics is seen as one of the most in-demand technical skills in both China and Hong Kong, around 40 percent of China CIOs also highlighted that digital and mobile solutions skillsets are in high demand. Meanwhile, technical architecture (50 percent) and IT strategy (37 percent) are viewed as areas where there are skill shortages in the Hong Kong market.
Adam Stuckert, Director, IT Advisory, KPMG China, says: "Companies are well aware of the advantages of automation and digitisation. As Hong Kong has a high level of manual and paper-based business processes, companies are seeing digital labour as a pathway to enhance process efficiency by 30 percent or more."
According to the survey, 46 percent of CIOs in Hong Kong are already investing or planning to invest in digital labour, cognitive automation or robotic process automation, compared to the global average of 34 percent.
"The need for architects is critical. Enterprise and solution architects are necessary to pull together the different components of a new technology solution," adds Stuckert.
In China, the rapidly changing business landscape and technology advancement are increasing the strategic importance of CIOs in promoting innovation and digitalisation.
Harry Huang, Partner, KPMG China, says: "In order to capitalise on the opportunities arising from the new economic model in China, we see a number of companies diversifying their businesses in terms of industry exposure and geographical locations. Given the growing operational complexity and scale of businesses, creating synergy and effectively managing IT and innovation strategies across the firm has become a priority for CIOs. Exploring the opportunities with specialised solution providers is critical."
In addition, the survey finds that despite two-thirds of global CIOs acknowledging that their organisations are adapting their technology strategies due to unprecedented global political and economic uncertainty, 89 percent are maintaining or ramping up investment in innovation, including in digital labour.
Delivering consistent and stable IT performance, increasing operational efficiency and improving business processes are highlighted by global CIOs as top business priorities in 2017. CIOs in China and Hong Kong share this global view, and also highlighted cost savings as one of the key items on their agenda.
Meanwhile, cyber security vulnerability is at an all-time high, with more than a third of Asia Pacific IT leaders (36 percent) reporting that their organisation had been the subject of a major cyber-attack in the past 24 months.
Nick Marsh, Managing Director, Harvey Nash Executive Search APAC says: "Technological advances are occurring at an astonishing pace. Coupled with the ever changing political and economic landscape, we are living in very exciting, yet unpredictable, times. The 2017 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey highlights that many technology executives are turning this uncertainty into opportunity, and are becoming the driving force in making their organisation more nimble and digitally innovative. Technology leaders are becoming increasingly influential as CEOs and boards turn to them for help in navigating through these uncertain times."
Additional China and Hong Kong findings from the 2017 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey include:
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Big data/analytics remains the most in-demand skill:
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Big data/analytics remains the most in-demand skill:
Key business priorities for 2017:
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CIOs in Hong Kong find their jobs more challenging, but are increasingly likely to be involved at the Board level
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If it's a day that ends in "Y" then it's a good time for another Star Wars Episode VII casting rumor. Today's winner is Chiwetel Ejiofor, who's currently getting wide-spread acclaim for his lead role in the Steve McQueen drama 12 Years a Slave, and over the weekend an article suddenly linked Ejiofor to the latest chapter of the sci-fi franchise. But how true is it?
Let's lay the scene, a journalist with The Times named Rhys Blakely was in the Bad Robot offices interviewing director J.J. Abrams about an unreleated project. In the director's "waiting room" was none other than Chiwetel Ejiofor. Of course, Star Wars isn't the only thing going on at Bad Robot, but naturally, in that moment, one saw Ejiofor and Star Wars together in one, big, good looking and talented package. Let's let the Times article say the rest:
The Lost and Star Trek director thrives on mystery and surprises – which pits him against the Hollywood hype machine. Can he keep his plans for the most famous sci-fi franchise of them all under wraps?
The British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, front-runner in this year's Oscar race, is sitting in the lobby of J.J. Abrams' office. If you're a sci-fi fan, this might be very big news indeed.
I'm here to talk with Abrams about a side project – a book, called S., of which more later. But, really, if we're honest, there's only one thing any showbiz hack wants to know from J.J. right now: the skinny on Star Wars Episode VII, which he's going to direct.
Sadly the Times' paywall stopped most fans from snooping further than that, but Bleeding Cool took one for the team and got Abrams' quote about the actor's reason for being there:
He looks at me, dead-eyed. "I can't discuss casting," he says. "But he's a very talented gentleman."
Oh snap!
Okay, so that's not a confirmation, but Abrams would have to be crazy to not want a man of Ejiofor's immense talent on the Star Wars set. And bonus, the actor has tremendous sci-fi experience already with both serous science fiction roles (Children of Men) and parts in more popcorn-related fair (Serenity). But before we close out, let's at least get some feedback from the man all this is being written about. Flicks and the City asked Ejiofor on the red carpet Sunday night what he knew about Ejiofor being cast in Episode VII.
As always, all casting news is soft till it comes from an actual Disney press release. More news as it develops.
Source: /Film
Category: Film


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So now that my Run Analysis/support theory is up, it's time to finally tie in something I feel is important. And since I delayed this post for so long, I'm going to tie this into the final part of The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, tying in Butterfly to Save Me.
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[MV ANAYLSIS] BTS's Run
This post is super late and I apologize, but it's finally here. I've been really busy as of late and just hadn't found the time to sit down and analyze the video like I wanted to. But thanks to a recent bout of insomnia, I've had the chance to think and piece together my thoughts. There's a lot more I have to say, but that post will have to wait because I want to piece them together properly to make a clearer puzzle.
But not to overload anyone with a lot of information, this post will serve more as a theory support than the analysis of Run that I was initially planning. It still holds some deep looking at aspects of the video, but not the same way I did with the On Stage Prologue. And I will link the Japanese MV of I Need You, into this as well.
[MV Preliminary Review] BTS's RUN
I felt the need to put something up a little bit earlier than planned. If you follow me on Twitter, I mentioned I wouldn't be putting up anything about the video until this coming Sunday the earliest. I need the initial shock of the MV to settle in before I can repeatedly watch it for an analysis. But since the video has come out, my MV Analysis of the prologue has shot up over 1k views in one day, which has NEVER happened. So thank you! For that, this post has been paid.
I've now watched the video twice and there are some things I noticed and will go back and look into more. But for now, here's a list or even a small outline of what I've noticed during my two watches and will expand upon once I am able to sit down and piece together an analysis.
[MV REVIEW] Kris Wu – Bad Girl
Following Z.TAO and Luhan, Kris Wu has released a song called Bad Girl. The release was to be expected since people have been waiting for Kris and Luhan to produce music since their departure from EXO. It's funny to think about considering the time the three of them left the group. Kris left EXO first, followed by Luhan and TAO. Now with songs, it's Z.TAO, Luhan, and now Kris.
Please watch the video and then read the review.
[LYRICAL ANALYSIS] VIXX's Album – Chained Up
It's been entirely too long and you're coming back to a post like this. I know… but I am working on a personal post to make up for the silence.
In talking with the Seoulbeats family about VIXX and their BDSM concept, I wanted try and do an album review but more along the lines of a lyrical analysis, linking their lyrics to specific aspects of BDSM.
Now, BDSM is not something I know a lot about, in fact, I've heard of different kink terminology, but that's the extent of my knowledge. I'm going to try to make this work as best as I can. I want to run with their theme of BDSM, so we are going to be taking this very strange journey… together.
Thank you to fyeah-vixx for the translation of the lyrics and differentequals about all this terminology I mainly never knew about until now.
[MV REVIEW] Zion.T – No Makeup
Now that it is officially autumn, I find myself getting back into ballad and R&B artists. Pop and dance music season is over, see you late spring~ (says the person who went to BIGBANG's concert yesterday). Thanks to Infinity Challenge, I discovered Zion.T, whom I've talked about on my blog before with Artist Impression and Artist Review. Today (or last night depending on how you look at it), he released a new single called No Makeup.
[MV REVIEW & ARTIST IMPRESSION] iKON – My Type, Rhythm Ta, Airplane
YG promised us we would be ringing in the New Year with iKON. But VIPs and BlackJacks know that unless we see a solid teaser, the date that's announced isn't the true release. So the seasons passed and now iKON is finally here with the change of seasons, giving us a mini album, which is only half of the present for their arrival.
So far we have My Type, Rhythm Ta, and Airplane. I want to do a general review about these three songs and iKON as a whole. First how I feel about iKON and then, MV reviews. Thanks to Colorcoded lyrics for the translations and color coding the members' parts.
[MUSIC REVIEW] Live vs Recorded – Latest Infinity Challenge Music Festival (Part 3)
Welcome back to my final review of the Infinity Challenge Music Festival. Touching upon the last 3 performances and songs from the Festival.
[MV ANALYSIS] BTS 화양연화 On Stage Prologue Follow up pt.1
Within a couple of a days, the BTS 화양연화 On Stage Prologue has become one of the most viewed entries on my site. First of all, thank you fellow A.R.M.Y. and non-A.R.M.Y. for coming to read the theory and I hope it answered your questions about the video. Some have shared the post in other places, and for that, I thank you. Every little bit helps.
I have seen the search terms which brought many here. Sadly some of the terms that linked my site didn't happen to answer questions inputted in the search bar. So this post will be a follow up to some of the questions asked before the second part of the Most Beautiful Moment in Life happens in October.
[MV REVIEW] Z.TAO's CROWN
The teaser came first months ago, so I had been wondering what happened with all the scenes? They seemed out of place to be featured in T.A.O., but now, an answer has been given. The teaser Z.TAO published some time back was actually scenes from his newest song entitled Crown. The MV is less of a music video and more along the lines of a short film. Give it a watch and I'll spill my thoughts after.