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Denville, New Jersey – Super Lawyers®, a division of Thomson Reuters, has selected 13 attorneys from the law firm of Einhorn Harris to be included on their lists in 2014.
This year, members of Einhorn Harris have been selected for inclusion on the 2014 New Jersey Super Lawyers list, the 2014 New Jersey Rising Stars list (for attorneys who have been in the practice of law for less than 10 years), the Top 50 Women Attorneys in New Jersey list, and the Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers list.
The Einhorn Harris 2014 New Jersey Super Lawyers ® honorees are (in alphabetical order):
- Michael R. Ascher (Criminal Defense),
- Patricia M. Barbarito (Family Law),
- Andrew S. Berns (Business Litigation),
- Gary R. Botwinick (Estate Planning and Probate),
- Theodore E. B. Einhorn (Land Use/Zoning),
- Bonnie C. Frost (Family Law),
- Stephen P. Haller (Family Law),
- Linda Mainenti-Walsh (Family Law)
- Thomas J. Snyder (Family Law) and
- Mark Wechsler (Family Law).
In addition to being included in the 2014 New Jersey Super Lawyers® list, both Patricia M. Barbarito and Bonnie C. Frost were selected to the Top 50 Women Attorneys in New Jersey list. Bonnie C. Frost was also chosen to be included in the Top 100 Attorneys in New Jersey list.
Further, many of the above attorneys have been on the New Jersey Super Lawyers® list since its inception in 2005.
The Einhorn Harris attorneys selected for the 2014 New Jersey Rising Star list are (in alphabetical order):
According to their website, "Super Lawyers® is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations."
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Grade School Boys Suspended for Staring at a Girl
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Two grade school boys were suspended recently for playing a staring game. They were staring at a girl. She was also staring back at the boys.
Reason reported:
Kids can get in trouble for smooching. They can get in trouble for touching. They can get in trouble for chewing, playing with toys, and making sugary snacks. They can get in trouble for waving their hands the wrong way (don't even get me started on pencil-twirlers). And yes, they can even get in trouble for staring.
According to WLWT.com, the principal at St. Gabriel Consolidated School—a private institution—suspended a pair of 12-year-old boys for a day for playing a staring game with a female student:
Tolbert believes her son and another student at St. Gabriel were unfairly punished.
Tolbert said the boys got into a staring match with a female student last school year.
"He was playing a game with her. He said she was laughing. They were engaged. When she finally giggled and said stop. He stopped," Tolbert said.
The female student was cited in court papers as saying she also stared at the boys.
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April 1, 2014
Brian Atnip and Eric Miller combined their nearly 50 years of Surveying experience to purchase Mj Survey, LLC. at 214 S. Main in Joplin.
November 22, 2013
The Chamber of Commerce had their ribbon cutting ceremony for MJ Survey on November 22, 2013. We had approximately 25 people show up for this event. We appreciate the Chamber and everyone who came out to see us.
August 15, 2013
MJ Survey hire Brian Atnip former Land Surveyor with the Missouri department of Transportation.
May 13, 2013
MJ Survey has hired Justin Faucett a Land Surveyor in Training with the State of Missouri. Justin has worked for MODOT for 7 years and has extensive experience in Boundary surveys and Route Surveying.
Justin will sit for his Land Surveyors test in April of 2014.
November 13, 2012
MJ Survey has been hired to conduct the construction staking for the LTC Nursing facility at 32nd and John Duffy roads in Joplin.
November 9, 2012
MJ Survey has been hired to conduct the construction staking for the Empire District Electric Company service facility at 32nd and Kodiak road in Joplin.
November 7, 2012
MJ Survey has now completed the construction staking on the Longhorn Steakhouse. This is just another step in the rebuilding of Joplin.
August 7, 2012
MJ Survey is providing the construction staking for the new Longhorn Steakhouse at 20th abd Range Line Road in Joplin. Please view the photo gallery for updated photos.
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The Conservatives and Labour launch their party manifestos, with housing a key policy
As the Conservative Party and the Labour Party launch their manifestos, it is clear that housing has become a key policy in the 2015 General Election.
The question of affordability for a generation of aspiring homeowners has put the problem of home ownership firmly at the centre of the political agenda. Leaders Ed Miliband and David Cameron are both keen to point out that solving the UK's housing crisis will be a key part of their term.
At the launch of the Labour Manifesto yesterday, Mr Miliband made clear that his party would put the interests of working people ahead of vested commercial interests, promising to raise the minimum wage to more than £8 by 2020 and requiring the wealthiest in society to pay more in tax.
This would include the so called 'Mansion Tax' on properties worth over £2m, which Mr Miliband says will bring in a significant proportion of the £2.4bn of funding they have pledged for the NHS.
Other housing policies Labour have drawn up include a pledge to build 200,000 new homes by 2020 and greater protection for tenants by introducing a 'ceiling' on rent rises and introducing guaranteed three year tenancies.
Current Prime Minister Mr Cameron is set to put forward his pledge on housing at the launch of his party manifesto in Swindon this morning.
Mr Cameron will make clear that a Conservative government will extend the 'Right-to-Buy' scheme, enabling up to 1.3m housing association tenants to buy their own home at a discount. The move would be funded by new rules forcing councils to sell properties ranked in the most expensive third of their type in the local area, once they become vacant.
The Conservatives say every house purchased will be replaced "on a one-for-one basis" with more affordable homes and no-one will be forced to leave their home.
The party said 15,000 homes would be sold and replaced every year as a result, and that the proceeds would also cover a fund to help councils bring derelict land back on brownfield sites to use.
Mr Cameron will say 400,000 new homes would be built over five years as a result and that "the dream of a property-owning democracy is alive".
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The Baseball America archives go all the way back to 1983 for their annual Top 10 prospect lists and I thought it would be fun to take a look at what those players became. We will first look at the Mets Top 10 from 1983, seeing where BA missed and the ones they were right about.
Here is the Mets Top 1-5 Prospects from 1983 according to BA:
1.) Darryl Strawberry – The Mets selected him 1st overall in the 1980 draft out of Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles California. He made his spectacular Major League debut at the age of 21 in 1983, hitting .257/.336/.512 with 26 homeruns and 74 RBI. He was the National League Rookie of the Year and then went on to make eight straight All-Star teams (7 with Mets) and won two Silver Slugger awards.
He was a crucial piece of the Mets World Series Champion team in 1986 but had his best individual season in 1987 when he hit .284/.398/.583 with 39 homeruns and 104 RBI. He finished sixth that year in MVP voting and would finish in the top 10 voting four times in his career.
Darryl signed with the Dodgers as a free agent in 1990 ending his career with the Mets. He finished as a career .263/.359/.520 hitter in eight season with the Mets. He also had 252 homeruns (most in Mets history), 187 doubles, 30 triples, 733 RBI, 191 stolen bases, and 1025 hits in a Met uniform.
2.) Jeff Bittiger – The Mets selected the right handed pitcher in the 7th round of the 1980 draft out of Montclair State University in New Jersey. He never pitched in the Majors for the Mets as he was traded in 1986 to the Phillies with Ronn Reynolds for minor leaguers Rodger Cole and Ronnie Gideon.
Jeff made his debut in 1986 with the Phillies going 1-1 with a 5.52 ERA in three starts. He pitched in the Majors the next three seasons with his best being for the White Sox in 1988 when he was 2-4 with a 4.23 ERA in 25 games.
Never returned to the Majors after 1989 but did keep pitching professionally until 2002 with the last six seasons coming exclusively in Independent ball for the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks.
3.) Ron Darling – He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1981 draft in the 1st round (9th overall) out of Yale University in Connecticut. The Mets traded Lee Mazzilli for Darling and Walt Terrell in April of 1982. Darling made his Major League debut for the Mets in 1983 making five starts.
In 1984, he went 12-9 with a 3.89 ERA over 205.2 inning and was fifth in Rookie of the Year voting. The next season he went 16-6 pitching a career high 248 innings and was voted to his only All-Star team.
Ron had his best season as part of the 1986 championship team, going 15-6 with a 2.81 ERA, 1.198 WHIP, and finished fifth in Cy Young voting for the National League. He was also 1-1 with a 2.78 ERA in four postseason starts including starting games 1,4,7 in the World Series.
He won a career high 17 games in 1988 and his only Gold Glove Award in 1989 with the Mets. He was traded by the Mets on July 15th, 1991 with Mike Thomas to the Montreal Expos for Tim Burke. He made only three starts for the Expos before being traded to the Oakland A's 16 days later, whom he would end his big league career with.
Overall in his Mets career he was 99-70 with a 3.50 ERA and 1.288 WHIP while also hitting had two homeruns (back-to-back games in 1989)and knocking in 19 runs. He would finish with 136 career wins and 1590 strikeouts in 2360.1 innings.
4.) Dwight Gooden -The Mets drafted Gooden as the 5th overall player taken in the 1982 draft out of Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida. Doc burst onto the MLB scene in 1984 as a 19-year old kid going 17-9 with a 2.60 ERA. He led all of baseball in strikeouts (276), FIP (1.69), WHIP (1.073), H/9 (6.6), and SO/9 (11.4). He was named the ROY, was an all-star, finished second in Cy Young voting, and 15th in MVP voting.
He followed up his incredible rookie season with what is considered one of the greatest seasons ever for a pitcher and became the youngest (2o years old) ever to win the Cy Young Award. He went 24-4 while leading the Majors with 1.53 ERA, 268 strikeouts, 229 ERA+, and 2.13 FIP. He also had eight complete game shutouts and eight more complete games.
His 13.2 wins above replacement in 1985 is still the highest in modern baseball history for any player and the 20th highest of all-time. Only two players (Walter Johnson, Babe Ruth) had season with a higher WAR in the 1900's.
He left the Mets after the 1994 season and missed was suspended for the entire 1995 season after testing positive for drug use as a repeat offender. He returned to the Majors in 1996 with the Yankees but was never the same pitcher ever again.
In his 11 seasons with Mets he was 157 wins (2nd most in Mets history) with a 3.10 ERA, 1.175 WHIP, and had 1875 strikeouts (2nd most in Mets history) in 2169.2 innings. He also hit seven homeruns, batted .197, and knocked in 65 runs for the Mets. He was a four time all-star and won the silver slugger in 1992.
5.) Rick Ownbey – The right handed pitcher was taken by the Mets in the 13th round of the 1980 draft from Santa Ana College in California. Made his MLB debut for Mets in 1982 making eight starts, had a 3.75 ERA despite walking more hitters (43) than he struck out (28).
He will be best known from Mets fans as one of the two guys (along with Neil Allen) that were traded to he St. Louis Cardinals for Keith Hernandez. Finished his big league career walking 91 hitters compared to 83 strikeouts in 146.2 innings.
This has to be one of the best Top 5 prospect years in Mets history producing one of the best hitters and best pitchers in team history. Not to mention, Darling, who is currently fourth on the Mets all-time win list and has the fourth most innings pitched as well.
Ownbey never did much with the Mets but his prospect value was useful because he helped bring Keith to New York. Strawberry, Gooden, Darling, and Hernandez all helped to bring the Mets the World Series trophy in 1986.
Notable names from other teams Top 10 lists include John Elway (#1, Yankees), David Cone (#6, Royals), Sid Fernandez (#3, Dodgers), Tim Teufel (#6, Twins), Kevin McReynolds (#1, Padres), and Ron Romanick (#5, Angels).
For more minor league coverage head over to MetsMinors.net and here you can read the recap of the 6-10 prospects from 1983.


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Week 29
Monday started like any other morning on base, an early start combined with a high calorie breakfast to fuel the day ahead. The week ahead, however, was a culmination of the previous twenty eight weeks of training, live firing or FFX1. Although not as physically intense as next week when our Commando tests would be beginning, this week is designed to test recruits and ensure that basic firing, teamwork and awareness skills are at a level befitting a future Royal Marines Commando.
Upon arrival in Dartmoor we jumped straight into zeroing, running through dry drills to kick start muscle memories from back in Week 12 and prepping weapons for firing. It was an enjoyable and easy afternoon, allowing everyone to get back into shooting live rounds without too much worry. Energy was running high after the day and everyone was looking forward to the rest of the week. Even the cramped, dorm style accommodation wasn't complained about too much.
Day two was fire pairs and fire teams and with the sun in the sky the day proceeded smoothly. A new type of range of course requires new rules and a slightly different mind-set from the static lanes that we were used to but the Troop took it in their stride. Attacking multiple targets which dropped when hit was entertaining and having to retreat whilst fire manoeuvring after being 'contacted' by a large enemy force mixed things up a little to stop the attacks being too routine. Safety is of course an issue when any kind of live rounds are used but the Troop was praised in this respect also.
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I grew up eating my mother's delicious homemade Korean food almost every day. Her cooking is authentic; my mother is from Masan, near Pusan, where the food is known to be salty and spicy. My paternal grandmother is originally from North Korea, resided in Seoul most of her life, and taught my mom to cook – a beautiful combination! Needless to say, having my mother's version of this familiar sauce is what I tried to replicate when creating K-Mama Sauce.
Flavor is everything! During the earlier formulations of K-Mama, we tried 40 times to replicate the flavor in my mother's sauce with a few friends who were local sauce makers. With their help we landed on a few possibilities. It wasn't until my mother came out to visit me three years ago, did I have a real Korean mom sauce. With my mother's stamp of approval and several blind taste-tests we launched version #60 to the public in March 2015.
During that first spring/summer of farmer's markets, we noticed some patterns. People loved the flavor! However, "hot" is not necessarily the most popular flavor in Minnesota with its Scandinavian and Northern European descendants. I've heard of people who think black pepper is hellfire! We did not want the spiciness to crowd out the sweet, savory, tanginess of the sauce. Conceding to local taste, we made a range of spiciness available: Original & Spicy.
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--]For example, take the use of cell phones while driving. I feel I know
--]when I can handle that and when I can't. If I'm on a busy road, I tend to
--]pull over to talk; if I'm on a busy highway, I call them back later. But
--]I was almost hit *twice* last week, while on my bicycle, by drivers using
--]cell phones. I don't know if the percentage of "dangerous" cell phone
--]drivers is 2% or 80%, but while I feel confident I'm safer than most of
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controls of behavior. Rather than take the time to make the cause and
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Cell phones, guns, computers, skate boards, expression...where is your
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historic extrapolations of your constrolistic leanings. The sure response
to any open research will lead you to the mirror from which you will see
the smiling skull of repression, regression and a restrictions.
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Ok. So I have survived thus far.
I don't think I'm any hungrier than usual (I'm generally hungry all day on a Monday as I pig out at the weekend), but I do have a headache. I don't know whether that's thanks to all the calculations I've been doing over the weekend (to work out food costs), or whether it's down to that sickly sweet lemon curd I had this morning...
Anyhow... onto lunch. Half a tin of sild, 100g pasta, two tomatoes with a little bit of thyme. I'll admit that I wasn't sure whether this one would work. Sometimes I have to be in the mood for tinned fish and I'd never had sild before. I did, however, know that it would fill me. It's actually larger, in terms of calories, than most of the lunches I have as I've been sticking to soup recently. It also provides a nice source of protein and as it's an oily fish, I'm getting a dose of omega 3 too. The two tomatoes give me a bit of vitamin C, but I'm pretty sure that I'll struggle to hit my five a day with lunches like this.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
European Adventures 2013: Paris!
We're having our second blizzard in as many weeks and I'm stuck inside so it seems a good time to write the last in a series of posts about our trip to Europe last summer. After a week in Malta, a week in Provence, and several days in Normandy, Husband and I boarded a train to meet up with our good friend, Kirsi, for a few days in Paris before flying home.
We rented a funky little 7th floor apartment in Montmartre for this visit. It was tiny but comfortable and, since there was no elevator, we got tonnes of exercise walking up and down the stairs!
It also had a couple of balconies with views of the streets below but they were so small we had to take turns sitting on them.
We chose to stay in Montmartre because we very much enjoyed exploring this beautiful and vibrant part of the city in 2012. However, I must confess that the noise from the street at night sometimes made me wish we'd rented in a quieter neighbourhood.
Since we only had four days in Paris this time and Kirsi loves modern art, we opted to spend most of our time exploring various art galleries and museums.
Our first day in the city, before Kirsi arrived, Husband and I spent the morning exploring the small but charming Musée de la Vie Romantique Paris. The artwork displayed in the gracious villa that houses the museum (and once hosted the french novelist George Sand on a regular basis) was engrossing, but my favourite thing about the museum was its location - tucked away, nearly hidden from the street, in a peaceful courtyard.
Our first stop with Kirsi was France's premiere modern art museum, housed at the Centre Georges Pompidou. The Centre itself suffers from a rather grand ugliness, but it at least offers fabulous views of the city...
and an impressive collection of art. We spent the better part of a day wandering in and out of its many galleries, stopping only once to catch our breath and have drinks in its stunning rooftop cafe. Nonetheless, we saw only a small percentage of the works on display.
It was thrilling to see original paintings by artists such as Chagall, Miro, Kandinsky, and Klee (amongst many others) "up close and personal"...
and to wander into exhibits featuring work by artists none of us had heard of before.
The appeal of some of the art was a bit difficult to fathom - even for those as knowledgeable and enthusiastic as Kirsi - but we all came away wishing we'd had more time and energy to spend at the Centre.
The next day started with a visit to la Place du Trocadéro, which among other things, offers terrific views of the Eiffel Tower, where Husband took this photo of Kirsi and me being silly.
Unfortunately, since it was so grey and dreary, I wasn't able to get any really good photos of the Tower but I rather like the way this one turned out when I converted it to black and white.
Our next stop was the fabulous Quai Branly Museum which features indigenous art and culture from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. Husband and I particularly enjoyed the art and artifacts from Papua New Guinea, where we lived and worked for a couple of years in the late 1980s, but all the displays were interesting and informative and many were stunningly beautiful.
Wandering around the city later that day, I did my best to capture more images of the Eiffel Tower. I'm not sure why I find the Tower so fascinating but suspect I'll feel compelled to photograph it every time I visit Paris.
Fortunately, we had better weather on our last full day in the city, which started with a wander to and through the Luxembourg Gardens...
where we stopped by the Orangerie to take in an exhibit of contemporary art...
before lining up for an exhibition of work by Marc Chagall entitled "Between War and Peace" at the Musée du Luxembourg. Though the gallery was packed, we thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition so I grabbed a few shots of some of the paintings (or rather parts of them) together with a catalog to savour when we returned home.
That evening, we met up with our old friends, Marc and Heather, for drinks and a delightful dinner before wandering back to our apartment in time to prepare for our flights home the next day.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention a few of the other things we enjoyed during this visit. Once again, the food and drink were highlights. From the coffee shop where we savoured croissant and coffee one morning...
to the work-a-day restaurant where we stuffed ourselves with lunch our first day in the city...
to the restaurant where we dined with Marc and Heather, Paris' restaurateurs never disappointed.
Then, there was the fantastic people-watching...
not to mention the beautiful and historic public spaces, filled with people from around the world, brought together by their appreciation for Paris and all it has to offer.
I can hardly wait for our next opportunity to return to this magical city.
For more of my favourite photos from our time in Paris, follow this link to a set on Flickr.
À bientôt!
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Lovely photos! It's clear you had a better time in Paris that we did. For us it was a train station. With a late train on the way out, and the way back. With a taxi strike. Wasn't impressed.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Keith. Glad you enjoyed the photos, and sorry you didn't enjoy Paris. We were very lucky to be able to stay with friends the first time we visited, which made getting comfortable a while lot easier. It also helps that Luke is fluently bilingual. Hope you get a chance to go back at some point and experience all the city has to offer.Delete
Beautiful pictures, Janice - thanks for sharing them, and your adventures, with us :) I love the black and white photo of the tower and fountain!ReplyDelete
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Of great interest to me lately has been becoming more productive in my writing life. For years the best advice I felt I ever got (mentioned in the post The Best Advice That I Can't Give) has been to make sure you write every day, at least a page a day, to complete the first draft of a book in a year. I've always treated that as a minimum and did more, but that hasn't been cutting it for me lately. So I've been trying to read everything I can find about ways to up productivity.
A lot of the stuff I found was about writing those very short non-fiction books that abound on Amazon, usually for about 99 cents. But because I am, to date, strictly a fiction writer, I didn't find much help there. I did buy a book for 99 cents on Amazon (me being one of the last big-time spenders) by a fiction writer, with a title that promised to increase your word count to 10,000 words a day. That sounded good to me. It used to be, in the dark ages when typewriters were used, that the average word count for a page was 250 words for a double-spaced page; 10,000 words would mean 40 pages each day. (Not that I use a typewriter, and it seems unlikely anyone else does either anymore. Well, maybe Herman Wouk still uses one. He's in his late 90s and still producing books, but then it seems I've read he was planning on e-publishing an indie book, so maybe even someone his age has switched to a computer-based word processing program.) I currently use Word set at 1.5 line spacing and that seems to average around 400 words a page, which would make 10,000 words a day yield 25 pages. Not bad.
The book wasn't bad either, the writing both straightforward and entertaining. But the secret to the 10,000-words-a-day success was basically outlining. If you have everything planned out beforehand, when you sit down to write, you'll be able to speed your way through your novel. She also suggested keeping track of your writing and notice at what times of the day your writing is most productive, and schedule your writing at those times.
It's not bad advice but it's not particularly useful to me. While I am very organized (almost to the point of OCD in some regards) in the rest of my life, I am more of a 'let's sit down and see what's going to happen today' kind of writer. My 'outline,' if you can call it that, for my current WIP consists of about four sentences (or phrases if I'm being honest). When I begin a book, I know where it starts, where it ends, and a couple major events in the middle. The rest — well, doesn't most of the fun of writing come from those moments when your character does something entirely unexpected, that you didn't even know he/she was going to do?
I do think I got a good take-away from reading that book, however. It made me examine my m.o. of having a page quota. I never extended it past that, in that I didn't estimate how long the book would be or how long it would take me to get there. This time I did. I knew the length I wanted it to be, and I knew when I wanted to complete it. Because I'd actually counted (or used Word's word count tool) to estimate the average number of words per page, I could calculate how many pages I needed to write each day to meet my time goal. Eureka! Doing that was something that had never occurred to me. While the number I came up with was over my standard two-page-a-day minimum, it wasn't that much over (about 3.5 pages) and so far has been achievable. It's by no means 10,000 words a day, but it's certainly more than I was producing before, and on days when both time and inspiration are with me, I try to surpass the minimum.
However, scheduling writing time in general won't work for me. The author of the book was a full-time writer. I don't think there are many people who can claim that distinction, and our schedules can't be worked around our muse. Even on days off that should theoretically give us more time for to write, there are always other obligations too. So I write when I can, and make sure I get my quota in — more happily now that I know there's a finish date I'm aiming for, and should make.
I will continue to read any helpful articles I come across. There's no telling what hints I might pick up and tweak to work for me. A combination of words and pages works for me, but time doesn't. It may be entirely different for you.
I'm happy to be coming to the end of this post. Something about the title I gave it has made Michael Bolton's old song, Time, Love, and Tenderness, start playing repeatedly in my head, and I can't wait to send it elsewhere!
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Conversion..."No we Can't"
are barely one month into the "Yes we can" administration
and we discover that when it comes to the Federal government
moving ahead to modern broadcast technology, "No
we can't."
Conversion to digital television broadcasting was solidly
underway. A media campaign had educated the public on
the process. If you were on cable or satellite–no problem.
If you had purchased a new television fairly recently–no
problem. And if you had an old television and only used
an antenna to access stations, there has been plenty of
time to get vouchers to purchase a converter.
Some folks procrastinated and the final rush for vouchers
exhausted some supplies. People who put the conversion
off to the last moment might need to go a few days without
TV—there is a price for procrastination. And true, digital
signals will not permeate as far into rural areas as analog.
But postponing for more months will not solve that.
Switching to digital signals is just a small baby step
toward eventually providing quality high definition broadcasting
that most of the developed world already has.
But the new federal administration got cold feet and postponed
the conversion until June 12.
All Kansas broadcasters were prepared to go ahead and
make the change on February 17 anyway. Good for progressive
Kansas broadcasters!
But the FCC has strong-armed some of them into backing
off and postponing their changeover. Threatened with not
fulfilling their public service quota if they lose some
unconverted viewers in rural areas, some Kansas broadcasters
felt they had a Federal gun to their head and decided
to postpone. But some Kansas stations are going ahead
with the February 17 conversion anyway. They, and not
the Feds, have the "Yes, we can" attitude.
As an teacher, I am dismayed by the loss of quality media
in schoolrooms these last 15 years. And modernizing broadcast
television is part of the driving force that could return
us to quality. When we had the old 16mm films, we had
infinite pixels and infinite color on big screens in classrooms..
Films were memorable. The conversion to videotape played
on televisions made classroom media terribly inferior
and forgettable. The more the U.S. drags our feet upgrading
media standards, the longer our students go without seeing
quality video or having world-class media in their classrooms.
There are still almost no high definition science DVDs
on the market. We have to go through digital to get to
universal high definition. This change is necessary. So
is change preventing any more competing platforms that
are not compatible, such as HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray, a repeat
of the Beta versus VHS fiasco. From media standards to
metric conversion, we will need dramatic changes to catch
up educationally with the developed world.
Seventeen years ago, the citizens of Japan and Europe
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in this new administration. Federal actions so far show
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Monday, August 10, 2009
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Hello Yumi! I haven't visited for a little while but I enjoyed catching up on your blog - especially feeding the fishies!ReplyDelete
My family used to have meat-free Fridays - it's quite an old fashioned Catholic tradition. I loved it because we had fish and chips for dinner - and that made it something to look forward to.
So I think for my meat free day, I will make it super exciting by planning lovely vegetarian meal. Delicious! Love Emma
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i just watched all 9 parts.. An Amazing documentary. it made me cry. It made me want to do something..to make change.
And i have just discovered the magic of the ocean, learning to dive, so this came to me at the most perfect timing.
The Australian media have a lot to answer for too..the amount of times the news reports portray sharks to be evil..that is something that has always enraged me. But i had no idea how endangered sharks really were.. How brutal humans really were.


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MURRAY HILL, N.J. (CBS.MW) - Lucent warned of slower growth ahead as it posted stronger-than-expected third quarter profit and set plans for an initial public offering for its Microelectronics unit on Thursday.
Lucent Technologies (LU) posted pro forma earnings per share from continuing operations of $1 billion, or 30 cents per share vs. $732 million or 23 cents per share in the year-ago period.
The latest result beat a forecast of 29 cents per share in a survey of analysts by First Call.
Pro forma revenue from continuing operations increased 20 percent to $8.7 billion vs. $7.245 billion in the year-ago period.
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McGinn said Lucent expects that pro forma revenue from continuing operations will grow about 15 percent for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2000.
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Company spokesperson Bill Price said the results would mean lower-than-expected results in its fourth quarter, and first quarter of 2001, but he didn't say specify how Lucent would stack up against current Wall Street estimates in surveys by First Call.
A survey of analysts by First Call projects earnings of 42 cents per share in Lucent's fourth quarter. It appears likely that the company will miss that number.
The company said fourth quarter expectations reflect product transition issues associated with a faster-than-expected decline in circuit switching sales, which is not expected to be offset as quickly by the ramp-up of newer products; a longer-than-expected, full-volume ramp-up in optical networking; and the substantial reduction of a major long-term foreign project.
"We see our way clearly to 20 percent top line and bottom line growth for fiscal 2001," said Deborah Hopkins, Lucent Technologies executive vice president and chief financial officer.
In a separate news release, the company announced plans to spin off its $4 billion microelectronics business, which includes the optoelectronics components and integrated circuits divisions.
The company plans to sell up to 20 percent of the company in an IPO in the first quarter of 2001. The remaining shares expected to be spun off in a tax-free distribution by next summer.
"We've completed the quarter with strong growth in our data networking, wireless, professional services, optoelectronics and optical fiber businesses," said
Richard McGinn, Lucent Technologies chairman and chief executive officer, cited strong growth in its data networking, wireless, professional services, optoelectronics and optical fiber business.
"With today's announcement of our spinoff of the microelectronics business, we will create two vibrant new companies positioned to lead in the Internet infrastructure and communications semiconductor markets," he said. "The fact is, we are dividing Lucent in order to accelerate growth."


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Oklahoma High Point Hike
Highpoint 3. OKLAHOMA, Black Mesa, 4973 ft, 9/1/02.
Used Zumwalt's book for guidance. Hiked over 8 miles round trip. Took me 3 hours and 20 minutes on a hot day. Heard a coyote on the way back to the parking area.
There are no rest rooms at the trail head or the summit.
The nearest benchmarks are 0.4 milea away in New Mexico and are higher than this point.
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The history of the church is rich with details and interesting information. Some researchers have spent their lives studying religious texts and artifacts. The United States is a country that has long been dominantly religious. As of 2011, eight of the ten most religious states in the United States were located in the south.
Mississippi is the most religious United States state, with 59% of its residents reporting as very religious. Most cathedrals and great churches have a cruciform ground plan. While religion is incredibly popular, not everyone is well versed in the history of the Catholic church and church pews for sale. Here are some facts the history of church pews for sale:
A Brief History Of Churches and Church Pews For Sale
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The Goodbye Letter to Boss, as the name depicts, is written by an employee to his/her boss on the account of his resignation. This letter generally conveys the note of thanks to his/her senior for being so helpful during the working days. One also states some experiences through this letter, which help to grow his/her knowledge in a certain field of work.
To write a Goodbye Letter to Boss you need to have skill in sketching thoughts in a formal way. You can seek help from the format, which is stated below.
Sample Goodbye Letter to Boss
July 19 2014
J Perrin
UBA Group
Dear Mr Perrin,
As you know, today is the last day of my work for the UAB group, allow me to thank you for all your support that you have shown in fulfilling my official work. Without you, it would be difficult for me to carry out all my works. In addition, your friendly presence makes the official environment stress free. What I have learned with you in the office contributes a lot to enrich my experience with the knowledge.
Besides these things, your leadership quality made me happy always. The way you maintain a liaison among all the employees inspires me to be like you. Though I am leaving the company, the memory, which I take with me is the expensive one that in turn helps me in the future.
I would like to thank you again for adding confidence and courage to my skill that make me strong enough to face any challenge fearlessly. You let me work on my way that helped me to show my ability by both personally and professionally.
I would request you to be with me always. Thank you for giving me such a great experience.
My sincerest regards
J smith
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Given Below are a few goodbye letter samples for a clearer Idea.
Goodbye Letter to Coworkers
To write a Goodbye Letter to Coworkers, one needs to express his emotional thoughts in a formal way. It is different from other styles of writing as it deals with your personal and professional experience both.
Goodbye Letter to Employees
Goodbye Letter to Employee is written while one is parting from a company. This letter carries an emotional element as it expresses the note of thanks to one's coworkers for their support and encouragement.
Sample Goodbye Letter to Girlfriend
It is always hard to say goodbye to the loved ones, but for career purpose, or some other reasons, staying together is not always possible.
Goodbye Letter to a Friend
Writing a Goodbye Letter to a friend is not so difficult, but is different from other types of letter, as it expresses an emotional journey between two friends.
Sample Goodbye Letter to Boyfriend
Goodbye letter to boyfriend is such a personal letter addressed to a boyfriend to inform him that his girlfriend is leaving forever. It gives an opportunity to bid bye in a calm manner.


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It's party time in the Commons! Valentines is coming up, and some citizens have taken to organizing a party for all the happy couples of the town. Help them get set-up with a variety of daily unlocked content, quests, and turn-ins. On February 14th the party will kick off and you can join the partiers for dancing! This event will run until February 15th at Noon PST. Happy Valentines Day to all you happy couples out there, and good luck with the event!
Event MissionsEdit
Note: At the stations it will initially take 20 Hearts to complete 1 item at that station. Adding more friends reduces this ratio.
Special Event MissionsEdit
Missing Pets MissionsEdit
One of the four missing pet missions is available every 20 hours
Nate's Dates MissionsEdit
*This quest is repeatable every 20 hours
Heart Token RewardsEdit
Decoration ItemsEdit
Valentine's Snack BagEdit
After all other items are bought, you can get an Valentine's Snack Bag.
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|Party Planning Committee
|Help each table at least once.
|Party Planning Leader Achievement
|Party Planning Leader
|Help each table 50 times.
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|Nate's Date
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Dscaff Mannequin Challenge 2017
Dscaff Merdeka wish- 2017
Astro Awani Market Talk – The scaffolding entrepreneurs
About Dscaff
Dscaff Group of Companies is a premier supplier of engineered scaffolding and construction equipment solutions supplying the world. Our Head Office is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with our manufacturing facilities being located within the surrounding areas. We operate throughout Malaysia and South-East Asia with representation and distributors in many other locations around the world. Along with our […]


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Tips and Walkthrough: Candy Crush Level 2966
Candy Crush Level 2966 Tips
- Clear all 31 jellies and reach 32,000 points to complete the level.
- You have only 31 Moves.
Level 2966 guide and cheats:
This level has hard difficulty. For this level try to play near to grill and make special candy. Combine special candies with each other or play near to jellies to break them all.


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Known for its lenient application guidelines, this provider offers competitive premiums — even if you have health conditions.
Life insurance is a competitive industry, and it can be hard to determine what company or policy is right for you. It's even harder when you have existing health conditions — many insurers are picky about who they'll cover.
Fortunately, Protective claims to offer coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions, cholesterol ratios and age. Not only is Protective more lenient in these high-risk areas, but rates are often below the industry's average.
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- Financially sound. Protective offers comprehensive policies backed by more than a century of timely death benefit payouts. According to Protective's president and CEO, the company paid out more than $2 billion in claims in 2013 alone.
- Competitive, comprehensive rates. Customers claim Protective offers competitive rates on a wide range of policies.
- Flexible health guidelines. Every year, thousands of applicants are approved for Protective life insurance policies despite pre-existing conditions like diabetes and heart disease.
- Approval can take awhile. Customers complain about long approval times that can bleed into a month or so.
- Low tolerance for smoking. Underwriting guidelines prefer those who haven't smoked in more than five years, barring casual smokers from the best rates.
Protective gets high marks for flexibility and lenient underwriting, with not much to report by way of drawbacks.
Protective financial stability and credit ratings
Life insurance plans are an expensive investment, so you want to be sure that your insurer is able to pay out the death benefit when the time comes. An insurance rating is an assessment of an insurance company's financial capacity to meet the obligations of its insurance policies. This is done by four major agencies: A.M Best, Standard & Poor's, Fitch and Moody's. There are six secure ratings, including B+, B++ (Good), A-, A (Excellent), A+, A++ (Superior). Here's where Protective falls on that scale.
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What do customers say say about Protective?
Protective isn't accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB), but it holds an A+ rating based on BBB's internal criteria.
Recent customers complain of monthly premiums that nearly tripled over the course of 15 years as well as claim processing that extended well beyond Protective's advertised seven to 10 days. In Reddit's Insurance forums, you'll see Protective recommended as a low-cost provider with lenient underwriting.
Talk with a Protective agent about your specific needs to determine if it's right for you.
How can I get the best life insurance rates at Protective?
Insurers consider many factors in underwriting that influence your rate — which can be hard to estimate. With Protective's online quote tool, you can get a general idea of how much you can expect to pay.
But for the best rates, you'll need to meet eligibility across factors that include:
- History of tobacco or substance use. The best rates go to applicants who haven't smoked in the past five years and have no history of substance abuse. Protective does allow for six "celebratory cigars" if you admit to them on your application.
- Your driving record. Your history should be free of DWIs, DUIs, suspensions and other convictions in the past five years. If you've had more than two moving violations in the past three years, you may not be eligible for preferred rates.
- Your blood pressure. Preferred rates go to those with blood pressure at or below 135/85 if the applicant is under 60 or 140/85 for ages 61 to 70.
- Cholesterol. Protective focuses on the ratio of good to bad cholesterol, so you might be eligible for preferred rates even if with cholesterol number as high as 275.
- Family history. Preferred rates are given if you have no parental history of or death from cancer, heart disease or any cardiac-related condition prior to age 60.
What life insurance coverage does Protective offer?
Like most well-established insurance providers, Protective offers a strong lineup of insurance policies that cater to a variety of demographics. It strives to provide simple, affordable and comprehensive coverage. Its website is easy to navigate and provides information to help you choose a plan that suits your lifestyle. There's even a learning center tab with additional learning tools to better prepare you to make the right decision.
Traditional UL
A universal policy that offers cash value with fixed interest rates, flexible premiums and lifetime coverage.
Custom Choice UL
Offers low premiums and coverage for life — with steady payments from 10 to 30 years. If your policy needs changing, convert to permanent coverage without another medical exam or change to your death benefits. You'll even get coverage beyond your initial level benefit as long as your policy is active.
Indexed UL
A permanent policy that offers cash growth potential tied to the performance of an index. With this policy, you can expect adjustable premium payments, flexibility in access to cash value and, ultimately, flexibility accessing your death benefit.
Choose from two options:
- Fixed Account. Any premium allocated here earns interest at a specific rate.
- Indexed Account. Credits interest to your policy based on positive performance of a specific index, which means you're able to build up a higher cash value while keeping in mind market fluctuations.
Can I add riders to my policy?
Yes, all plans with Protective allow you to extend your protection through riders that vary by your needs, your age, and your policy.
A few that Protective offers include:
- Accidental death benefit rider. Pays an additional death benefit if you die as a result of an accident.
- Accelerated death benefit rider. Provides an early payout if you're diagnosed with a chronic, critical or terminal illness.
- Waiver of premium rider. If you become disabled or unable to work, this rider waives your premiums while your policy remains active.
- Disability income rider. Provides a percentage of your face amount as a monthly additional income benefit if you become fully disabled.
- Guaranteed insurability rider. Allows you to purchase additional life insurance later without proving your insurability.
- Term insurance rider. Adds fixed term insurance on top of your current coverage for a specified period.
- Children's term rider. Adds coverage for a child without taking out a separate policy.
Some of these riders are automatically included in your policy for free, while others require an additional premium. A few riders require that you add them when you sign up for your policy.
How do I file a life insurance claim with Protective?
Protective provides an easy claim filing system — and it all starts on its homepage.
1. Visit Protective's site. Hover over Claims Center, and click Start a Claim.
2. Complete personal information for yourself and the policyholder. Then click Submit Your Notification.
3. At this point, Protective will take over and reach out for the next steps. After you've submitted all necessary paperwork, Protective forwards your benefit amount within a business day of claim approval.
What other services does Protective offer?
Protective specializes in life insurance products, so its selection is limited when it comes to other products and services:
- Annuities
- Survivorship plans
- Retirement plans
Bottom line
Protective offers some of the most competitively priced insurance policies in the country, without having to sacrifice your coverage. Their easy application process and high approval rates pave the way for flexible and affordable plans. If you are looking for an affordable provider backed by impeccable financial stability, Protective is a great option.
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As bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents has grown due to the increasing use of antimicrobial agents, we sought to evaluate the suitability of ceftriaxone usage (representative of third generation cephalosporins) at 10 university hospitals in Korea.
We prospectively evaluated the appropriateness of antibiotic usage in 400 adult patients who received ceftriaxone between February 1, 2006 and June 30, 2006. Drug utilization evaluation (DUE) methods were based on standards set forth by the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. The DUE criteria used in this study were modified to be more suitable in our hospital setting: justification of drug use, critical and process indications, complications, and outcome measures.
The average patient age was 64.4 years. The utilization of ceftriaxone was appropriate in 262 cases (65.5%) for the justification of use, while inappropriate use was observed in 138 cases (34.5%). Common reasons for inappropriate use of ceftriaxone included continued empiric use for presumed infections, prophylactic perioperative injection, and empiric therapy for fever. Most of the critical indications showed a high rate of suitability (66.5-98.5%). Complications occurred in 37 cases (9.3%). With respect to outcome measures, clinical responses were observed in 60.7% of cases, while only 15.7% of cases showed evidence of infection eradication via negative cultures.
Appropriate use (65.5%) of ceftriaxone was higher than inappropriate use (34.5%) at university hospitals in Korea. Inappropriate utilization, however, including continued empiric use for presumed infections and prophylactic perioperative injection remained high. Intensification of educational programs and antibiotic control systems for ceftriaxone is needed to improve the suitability of antimicrobial use.
Bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents due to the increasing use of antimicrobial agents has become a worldwide concern. Over the past several decades, the increased prevalence of known resistant organisms and the emergence of newly resistant organisms such as penicillin-resistant pneumococci, methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and imipenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli, have resulted in delays in effective therapy and the length of hospitalization, and have led to increased costs for patients [1]. Compared to infections caused by susceptible pathogens, those caused by resistant pathogens are associated with higher rates of morbidity and mortality [2,3]. Furthermore, antimicrobial drug resistance has been projected to add between $100 million and $30 billion annually to health-care costs [4]. During the past several years, the problem of antibiotic resistance has noticeably worsened in Korea [5]. With gradual increases in expensive antimicrobial agents, the cost of antimicrobial agents relative to total medical insurance expenses has reached 33.1% [6]. When considering that misuse of antimicrobial agents is the most important cause of antibiotic resistance, the logical first step is to evaluate the suitability of antibiotic usage.
Only one usage analysis of cephalosporins and aminoglycosides for surgical prophylaxis has been conducted at a university hospital in Korea, and most reports examining the appropriateness of antibiotic use have been individual studies [7-12]. Antibiotic use evaluations are a basic measure for evaluating the appropriate usage of antimicrobial agents; however, data gathered from individual hospitals have limited benefits for policy-making. For this reason, we examined antibiotic use status and evaluated the appropriateness of the antibiotic usage in 10 university hospitals in Korea. Specifically, in the present study, we evaluated the use of a specific antibiotic (ceftriaxone, a representative of third-generation cephalosporin) and attempted to compile basic data outlining the appropriate use of antibiotics.
The criteria used for antibiotic selection included the following: antibiotics with a risk of abuse, those that were being used in high amounts in Korean hospitals, antibiotics that were likely causing resistance due to increased usage, and those that were not being controlled by an antibiotic prescribing restriction system. Ceftriaxone, a broad-spectrum parenteral cephalosporin, was selected as representative of unrestricted antibiotics. A drug utilization evaluation (DUE) was conducted to determine whether ceftriaxone was being used appropriately based on the "Criteria for Drug Use Evaluation" of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists [13]. The criteria for DUE used in this study were modified based on their suitability in the Korean hospital setting: justification of drug use, critical and process indications, complications, and outcome measures. A DUE was performed prospectively by reviewing medical records for a total of 400 patients (10 hospitals with 40 patients each) who received ceftriaxone during hospitalization between February 1, 2006 and June 30, 2006, and these data were used in this study. Medical records were examined for the diagnosis, the reason for initiating and discontinuing therapy, gender, dose, frequency of administration, culture and sensitivity (C&S) results, renal function, and duration of antibiotic therapy. All medical records were examined for compliance to the clinical indicators listed above.
Indications for which ceftriaxone was deemed either acceptable or unacceptable are shown in Table 1. Any patients for whom therapy was deemed unacceptable were reviewed with criteria established at the onset of the DUE. Enrolled hospitals were Dong-A University Hospital, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Samsung Medical Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University Hospital, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Konkuk University Hospital, and Inje University Paik Hospital.
In total, 400 patients (247 men, 153 women) with a mean age of 64.4 years (range, 3 to 93; 95% CI, 32.4 to 96.4) were reviewed, with 10 cases at each of the 10 institutions. Most cases involved the department of internal medicine (58%); the remainders were in neurosurgery (12%), surgery (7.5%), orthopedic surgery (3.7%), thoracic surgery (3.7%), urology (2.7%), otolaryngology (2%), neurology (2%), and others (4.3%). Ceftriaxone dosing regimens are presented in Table 2. In 340 cases (85%), ceftriaxone was dosed as 2 g/day (range, 1 to 4). The mean duration of ceftriaxone use was 10.3 days (range, 1 to 61).
Justification of ceftriaxone use
The use of ceftriaxone was appropriate in 262 cases (65.5%), and inappropriate in 138 cases (34.5%; Fig. 1). The causes of inappropriate ceftriaxone use included routine perioperative prophylaxis (50%), inappropriate empirical therapy (>5 days) for presumed infections (34.8%), and systemic prophylaxis for infection or colonization (15.2%, Table 3).
Critical (process) indicators
Most of the critical and process indications showed high rates of appropriateness (84.2-98.5%), excluding inappropriate C&S tests prior to the initial ceftriaxone dose (33.5%) and inappropriate duration of therapy (42.8%, Table 4).
Hepatotoxicity occurred in 16 cases (43.2%), gastrointestinal trouble in 12 cases (32.4%), cutaneous reaction in 6 cases (16.2%), bleeding disturbances in 2 cases (5.5%), and peripheral neuropathy in 1 case (2.7%, Table 5). Each case was managed appropriately.
The goal of antibiotic therapy is to achieve the best possible clinical outcomes while consuming the least amount of hospital resources. Health-care systems are under intense pressure to increase the quality of care and at the same time reduce costs. Pressure to reduce the cost of antimicrobial therapy is especially intense because these drugs may account for a large portion of a hospital's pharmacy budget. According to previous investigations on antibiotic use, antibiotics might account for 33.1% of the medical insurance budget in Korea, and 20-50% of these cases are suspected to have been abuse [6]. In many cases, antibiotics were prescribed for prophylaxis rather than for treatment [6,7]. Antibiotic abuse such as this in the community and hospitals fuels the crisis of antibiotic resistance, which ultimately results in virtually all pathogenic bacteria becoming resistant to older antibiotics. During the past several years, the problem of antibiotic resistance has noticeably worsened in Korea [5].
We performed a DUE for a specific antibiotic and attempted to gather basic data to examine the appropriate use of antibiotics. Furthermore, we sought to prevent antibiotic misuse and reduce unnecessary medical costs. The one limitation of previous studies for DUE is that most were retrospective and focused on a specific department. To overcome this problem, we prospectively evaluated the appropriate use of ceftriaxone usage (representative of thirdgeneration cephalosporins) at 10 university hospitals in Korea. Ceftriaxone is major drug that is used in the treatment of many important infections due to its high antibacterial potency, wide spectrum of activity, and low potential for toxicity. Its superior activity against Enterobacteriaceae, however, is being challenged by the increasing frequency of beta-lactamase-mediated resistance. Kim et al. [8] reported that 47% of cases met the criteria for justified use in a retrospective study at a university hospital in 1999. In contrast, our study showed that the appropriate use of ceftriaxone was relatively higher (65.5%) as compared to other studies. This difference may be attributable to the fact that the justification of use criteria were stricter and our study allowed more acceptable cases for empirical therapy. Although the appropriateness (65.5%) of ceftriaxone usage was higher than inappropriateness (34.5%) in tertiary care hospitals in Korea, unsuitable utilization such as continued empiric use for presumed infections and prophylactic perioperative injection remained high. Furthermore, appropriate selection of an antibiotic according to C&S was relatively low. Of the critical indications, a lack of C&S prior to initial ceftriaxone dose and an inappropriate duration of therapy were most common. Others showed quite high rates of appropriateness (84.2-98.5%, Table 4). Ceftriaxone is considered to be low in side effects. Among the complications, hepatotoxicity (16 cases, 4%) and GI difficulties (12 cases, 3%) were most common (Table 5). Each case was managed appropriately.
Outcome analyses showed a relatively high clinical improvement rate of 60.7%, while microbiological documentation by follow-up culture was poor (84.3%). These results show that ceftriaxone, when used empirically, should be reevaluated within 72 hours of initiating therapy and when C&S data are reported. Therapy should be discontinued if the C&S report demonstrates that the organisms are sensitive to equally efficacious, less costly antibiotics. According to data generated by this DUE, a combination of physician education programs and feedback control systems directed toward rational ceftriaxone use is suggested for proper medical treatment.
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2. Chow JW, Fine MJ, Schlaes DM, et al. Enterobacter bacteremia: clinical features and emergence of antibiotic resistance during therapy. Ann Intern Med 1991;115:585–590PMID : 1892329.
3. Holmberg SD, Solomon SL, Blake PA. Health and economic impacts of antimicrobial resistance. Rev Infect Dis 1987;9:1065–1078PMID : 3321356.
5. Chong Y, Lee K. Present situation of antimicrobial resistance in Korea. J Infect Chemother 2000;6:189–195PMID : 11810564.
6. Kim JM, Lee Y, Ahn H, Kim NJ, Kang MY, Hong SA. National survey of prescribing patterns and usage analysis of antibiotics in Korea. J Korean Soc Chemother 2001;19:105–195.
7. Rheem I, Pai H, Choi E, Oh T, Choi DO, Park WS. Usage analysis of surgical prophlaxis of cephalosporins and aminoglycosides in a university hospital. Infect Chemother 2004;36:24–31.
8. Kim JY, Bae S, Hong K, La H. Drug use evaluation on ceftriaxone. J Korean Soc Hosp Pharm 1999;16:48–51.
9. Yeun ES, Park JW, Kim SJ, Jang HK, Kim ON. Drug use evaluatioin of ciprofloxacin. J Korean Soc Hosp Pharm 1999;16:60–70.
10. KIm SH, Bae SM, Hong KJ, La HO, Kang MY. Drug use evaluation on vancomycin. J Korean Soc Hosp Pharm 1998;15:509–512.
11. Kim MS, Choi KE, Lee SH. Drug use evaluation of imipenem/cilastatin. J Korean Soc Hosp Pharm 2002;19:413–421.
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13. American Society of Hospital Pharmacist. Criteria for Drug use Evaluation. 1993;Vol. 4:Bethesda: American Society of Hospital Pharmacist.


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Worked out in the gym for the first time in over 7 months this week!
- Hours of sleep on weeknights: 5 (wake-up time: 3:30; out running by 6:00)
- Shoes: Altra Instincts 1.0
- Meals a day: 2
- Post-run: stretching, very light drill workout
Sun: Rest
Mon: ~3 mi, road, brisk (one of those days you just have to go out there and get the run in!)
Tue: 3.8 mi, road, moderate
Wed: 6.8 mi gym loop with half-hour workout in the middle of run
Thu: ~5 mi park loop, brisk to hard, late afternoon (no morning run)
Fri: Rest
Sat: 3.2 mi road and paved trail, very easy/slow


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Stocks Underhood Specialists is a National Award-winning service facility that takes vehicle service seriously. It has been said that automotive technology is not Rocket Science, or is it?
Lets take a quick look.
In 1980 we began putting computers in cars. By 1988 the computer power in cars had exceeded what took the Apollo 13 to the moon, and in 2000 the Cadillac rear-view mirror had that much computer power. In the mid 90s we began networking computers on cars.
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text: More flowers in Mum's Garden October 05, 2008 I know, I know, I'm obsessed with flowers... but another Orchid is in bloom! If these were in season when I got married I would have put them in my hair. We got married in Autumn.And a Waratah, these are quite difficult to grow. Mum has two in flower on her plant, I can't wait for it to open fully!