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His videos for "Flo Fashion� and " Up your speed� were played on MTV base and Channel U. His Mixtapes have reportedly sold over 10,000 copies, which is unheard of. Mixtapes normally sell in the hundreds. The underground hype grew like wild fire, then culminated in Sway being nominated for the MOBO awards in 2005 as best Hip Hop act.
"Play close attention, ladies: there are many great black men out there. Do not buy into the lies that all the good men are already married or gay. These are lies sold to our community so that we don't forge strong family or personal You could be forgiven for haven't not heard of Sway, a young, bright rapper from London. That's because he has been eluded by the big major record labels. But that did not stop him doing his thing.
He and a cousin created a label, called dcypha records, then merged with another record label who shared the same vision as theirs. That label was Alliance Records—together they embarked on what would seem like a daunting task of getting their music to the masses. They also shot a video for their single "Flo Fashion� and got lots of hype from it. "But at the same time because we didn't have any associates in the music industry, we couldn't really take it any further. I mean, with the mixtapes, we was just selling them on road, we didn't have any access towards any major distribution,� Sway clarified.
However a meeting with Dan Greenpeace from all city records, provided additional armor for the fledgling rapper/producer. "He felt what we were doing and wanted to help us with marketing and distribution but in terms of the music, we're releasing from Dcypha/Alliance Productions,� he added.
Born Derek Safo, Sway has been producing and rapping since he was 13, as part of a collective called One. He crafted his skill through free styling and battling other rappers in venues in London. "Back then, battling was a stepping stone for me. I lost some, I won some, but the ones I lost I didn't really lose, 'cos I still got something out of it. But looking back at it was something of a lost cause. My career really started taking off when I stopped battling and started making songs.�
In 2005 Sway recorded 2 mixtapes, "This Is My Promo Vol 1 & 2.� But he had to do a lot of roadwork to get his mixtapes out. He sold on the streets, Internet and independent record stores. His mixtapes started to generate a buzz in the streets. He was supported by BBC1 Xtra Internet radio station and some of the pirate radio stations. His videos for "Flo Fashion� and " Up your speed� were played on MTV base and Channel U. His Mixtapes have reportedly sold over 10,000 copies, which is unheard of. Mixtapes normally sell in the hundreds.
The underground hype grew like wild fire, then culminated in Sway being nominated for the MOBO awards in 2005 as best Hip Hop act. Sway fended off challenges from 50 cent and Game to win the MOBO award for best Hip Hop act of 2005. This came as a surprise to many observes, even Sway himself. "Mix-tapes effectively provide a diary of my life," says Sway. "They feature skits and interviews of me on radio. When people follow your story, they feel closer to you - it's like a soap opera. People want to know what's going to happen next." This is why, he says, he was successful at the Mobos. "Everywhere I went people on the streets said they had voted for me. In the UK people like to support their own and they come together to make things like this happen.�
Sway is now in a good position to negotiate a deal that would suit him with a major record label. He insists that he would want to retain full creative control when getting a deal. Sway has released his first album "This is my demo� on February 9 and is currently on tour to promote it. This album was released on his own label, but Sway knows that he will have to answer a call from a major label in the future.
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There is increasing evidence of big flows of money into equities and leaving bonds. This is being seen at all levels in the market, including among institutional investors such as pension plans. The Wall Street Journal just published an article discussing this shift called Are Mom and Pop Heading for Wall Street? Mutual fund flows suggest that investors are finally returning to equities, after selling in droves over the past several years. This article summarizes the issue:
From April 2009 through now, mutual-fund investors sold a quarter trillion dollars in stock funds, according to recent data from the Investment Company Institute.
Ironically, that selloff coincided with a period of stellar performance in stocks—when the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 60%.
Ouch. Mutual fund investors have been busily pulling money out of equities even as the market has risen 60%. And now investors are returning to the equity market and buying shares at a hefty premium to what they could have purchased them for if they had invested consistently over the last several years.
It is exceedingly hard to achieve decent returns in equities if you miss a 60% rally. This is, of course, why individual investors have so badly under-performed the long-term returns provided by the equity markets. Over the twenty-year period through 2011, the S&P 500 has averaged 7.8% per year but the average equity mutual fund investor has averaged a return of 3.5%. While some of this under-performance is due to the mutual fund fees and fund management, a range of analysis suggests that bad timing by individual investors probably reduce long-term returns by as much as 3% per year.
The problem is simply that our emotions drive us to make absolutely the wrong decisions. When the economy is doing well and the market is rising, we become more bullish. We are more enthusiastic about buying when we see that prices have risen substantially over the past year. Conversely, we become more bearish when prices have fallen. In other words, investors tend to be more enthusiastic about buying when equities are expensive and vice versa. The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII), among others, has documented that investor sentiment is an excellent contrarian indicator. In other words, investor sentiment consistently tends to be bullish when it should be risk-averse and risk-averse when it should be bullish.
To be clear, I am not predicting that the market is about to decline on the basis of the fact that individual investors are finally putting money back into stocks after shunning this asset class for several years. The positive sentiment can carry the day for quite some time and there are a range of demographic factors that are also important here. With bond yields at record lows, people living on investment income are being forced to seek yield in higher risk asset classes and equities currently provide more attractive yields than many types of bonds. In addition, as the Boomers are reaching retirement en masse, there is a growing population of income investors. Even considering these factors, I cringe when I read that investors who have stayed out of equities during the rally of the last several years are now shifting back into equities.
The tough question, of course, is what investors who have sat on the sidelines for the rally of the past three years should do. If you have decided that you don't want to try to time the market, the most prudent thing to do is probably to gradually rebalance your portfolio with an increasing exposure to riskier asset classes. There are also some 'transitional' asset classes that have some of the properties of stocks and some of the properties of bonds. An allocation into these asset classes provides exposure to equity risk and potential for gains, while retaining some of the downside protection of bonds. The key asset classes here are preferred shares (PFF is an example of a preferred share fund) and high-yield bonds (perhaps with funds such as HYG or JNK). Another asset class that may make sense for this purpose is convertible bonds (an example would be CWB, VCVSX, FCVSX, and CNSDX).
The best lesson overall, however, is simply how challenging it is to time the market. You need to be right when you buy, when you sell, and when you subsequently re-enter the market. A steady and consistent asset allocation—as unpopular as that seems to be—makes a great deal of sense. For investors who still want to 'time' their exposure to different asset classes, the best approach is to invest on the basis of fundamentals and to maintain strict rules with regard to when to increase and decrease allocations. The most successful fundamental variables have historically been dividend yield, bond yield, and price-to-earnings ratio. An asset allocation strategy based on fundamentals can under-perform for quite a long time, however, and there is no assurance that it will work in all circumstances. Buying bonds at low yields has historically been a poor strategy, but the Fed intervention with Quantitative Easing (QE) has allowed bonds to continue to deliver stellar returns for years, even in the face of low yields. This type of 'anomaly' cannot persist indefinitely but it can last a long time.
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I've been tinkering with the colors and wanted to get your thoughts because I am really torn. It's also an interesting view into how much color modifications can really change the feel of a design.
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#2: So then I tried mixing up the colors and making some of the chairs yellow and some dark grey but keeping the light grey background. Better, but not perfect...
#3: So then I tried swapping the light and dark grey and really not loving this at all...
So I'm left with a dilemma. I can keep tinkering with lighter and darker shades of grey which would probably make some impact, but frankly, what I really want is the one with the yellow background that I started with! But since that's not an option, of these 3, I am probably leaning towards #2.
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Do I go ahead and kill the yellow chairs design and just launch the collection with 4 patterns? Or do I replace the yellow chairs with #2 above? Or do I keep tinkering with different greys?
My gut tells me that none of them will have the feel that I'm after (because I want the yellow background!) and that I should just put that design on a back burner for now and go with the 4 in the collection instead of 5. Aaargh!!! What do you think? Your feedback would be MUCH appreciated!
p.s. Heather and Ashley: You ladies asked about other color stories for this collection. :) I am thinking of aqua and orange but am still tinkering... Feedback from all encouraged of course!
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Ratner Steel, Roseville, MN, has ordered a pair of stretcher levelers from Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, IL. The units will upgrade two existing processing lines—one will handle steel to 65 ksi and 0.375 in. thick, the other will process steel to 75 ksi and 0.5 in. thick. Stretcher leveling exceeds the yield point in all of the material—top to bottom and side to side—to produce flat material with no trapped internal stresses, say Red Bud officials, eliminating springback.
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One of the biggest changes in this years Benchmarks is the addition of the ridge running along the response guts to reduce string to yo-yo friction, similar to the ones featured on the Vanguard, Gradient, Markmont. Classic, and Top Deck. This helps with keeping the yo-yo on plane, assisting you as you work on your most intricate elements and transitions. Take a look into the cup and you'll notice that we've lowered the drop step slightly compared to the previous models and with this set up, you're really going to feel the yo-yos snap as it hits the bottom of the string and soars into your combos. Like the previous Benchmarks, all four of them share the same specs. This year the diameter is the biggest of all of the series coming in at 56.7 mm. The shipping weight is 66.6 grams which is the heaviest of the series but with the addition of Side Effects, you can easily change that to your liking! The width is also the widest at 43.65 mm.
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Judge ousts defendant twice from Guantanamo court
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The military judge presiding over the Sept. 11 war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo ejected one defendant from the courtroom twice Tuesday for speaking out of turn, adding a bit of drama to an otherwise dry pretrial motions hearing at the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
Ramzi Binalshibh, one of five Guantanamo prisoners charged with orchestrating the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, refused repeated warnings to stop trying to address the judge about what he claims are efforts by guards to keep him awake at night with banging sounds inside his cell.
But the judge, whose courtroom was repeatedly disrupted when the defendants were arraigned in May 2012, was having none of it. Army Col. James Pohl ordered troops to remove Binalshibh and place him in a holding cell.
Then the same scene repeated itself in the afternoon session, and the judge warned it would happen again if the defendant tried again on Wednesday. "If he is disruptive he will be escorted from the courtroom," Pohl told the lawyers for Binalshibh.
He also said he was concerned that the prisoner might shout out classified information, prompting courtroom censors to cut the sound. "I don't know what he'll say," he said.
Both removals occurred as the judge asked Binalshibh if he understood he has the right to be absent from the remainder of the pretrial motions hearing this week. The four other defendants also answered in the affirmative.
Binalshibh used the question as an opportunity to repeat claims that prison authorities use sounds and vibrations to keep him awake at night inside Camp 7, the high-security section of Guantanamo where he and the other defendants in the Sept. 11 case are held. Prosecutors say they have looked into the matter and were assured that no noises are being made.
The prisoner became more agitated as the judge attempted to silence him. Speaking in a mixture of English and Arabic, he referred to the "secret CIA prison," and said his life was in danger. As he was being led out, he shouted to the judge "You are a war criminal."
The conditions of confinement are a major issue in the proceedings since Binalshibh and his four co-defendants were held in CIA prisons overseas, and subjected to treatment that their lawyers say amounted to torture, before they were taken to Guantanamo in September 2006.
Pohl suggested to Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Bogucki, a Pentagon-appointed lawyer for Binalshibh, that the prisoner may need a mental evaluation. The lawyer said his client is "not delusional" and the court should order an attempt to document any noise because the lack of sleep is inhibiting the 41-year-old prisoner's ability to attend court sessions.
"It's not that he doesn't want to be present," Bogucki said. "He wants to be meaningfully present."
The rest of the day's session dealt largely with arguments on a defense motion to dismiss the charges based on their claim that the capital charges against the five prisoners were improperly filed. The session, the eighth since their arraignment, is scheduled to run through Friday.
All five prisoners face trial by military commission, a special court for wartime offenses that includes elements of the military and civilian legal systems, on charges that include terrorism, hijacking and nearly 3,000 counts of murder for their alleged roles planning and aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. Prosecutors have requested a trial in early 2015 but a date has not been set.


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AS police investigators peel away the layers of the Boston Marathon bombing, there are two aspects of this unfolding story to which I want to react: the mind-set of the alleged bombers and the role of the Internet in shaping it. Important news about both was contained in a single Washington Post article on Tuesday.
"The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has told interrogators that the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan motivated him and his brother to carry out the attack, according to U.S. officials familiar with the interviews," The Post reported. The officials said, "Dzhokhar and his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev ... do not appear to have been directed by a foreign terrorist organization. Rather, the officials said, the evidence so far suggests they were 'self-radicalized' through Internet sites and U.S. actions in the Muslim world. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has specifically cited the U.S. war in Iraq, which ended in December 2011 with the removal of the last American forces, and the war in Afghanistan."
This is a popular meme among radical Muslim groups, and, to be sure, some Muslim youths were deeply angered by the U.S. interventions in the Middle East. The brothers Tsarnaev may have been among them.
But what in God's name does that have to do with planting a bomb at the Boston Marathon and blowing up innocent people? It is amazing to me how we've come to accept this non sequitur and how easily we've allowed radical Muslim groups and their apologists to get away with it.
A simple question: If you were upset with U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, why didn't you go out and build a school in Afghanistan to strengthen that community or get an advanced degree to strengthen yourself or become a math teacher in the Muslim world to help its people be less vulnerable to foreign powers? Dzhokhar claims the Tsarnaev brothers were so upset by something America did in a third country that they just had to go to Boylston Street and blow up people who had nothing to do with it (some of whom could have been Muslims), and too often we just nod our heads rather than asking: What kind of sick madness is this?
It's a double non sequitur when it comes from Muslim youths who lived and studied in America, where, if you're upset about something, you have many ways to express your opposition and have an impact — from organizing demonstrations to publishing articles to running for office. In fact, an American guy named Barack, whose grandfather was a Muslim, did just that. And he's now president of the United States, a job he's used to unwind the wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan.
Moreover, some 70,000 people, most of them Muslims, have been killed by other Muslims in the Syrian civil war, which the U.S. had nothing to do with — although many Muslims are now begging us to intervene to stop it. And every week innocent Muslims are blown up by Muslim suicide bombers in Pakistan and Iraq — every week. Thousands of them have been maimed and killed in attacks so nihilistic that the bombers don't even bother to give their names or make demands. Yet this does not appear to have moved the brothers Tsarnaev one iota.
Why is that? We surely must not tar all of Islam in this. Having lived in the Muslim world, I know how unfair that would be. But we must ask a question only Muslims can answer: What is going on in your community that a critical number of your youth believes that every American military action in the Middle East is intolerable and justifies a violent response, and everything Muslim extremists do to other Muslims is ignorable and calls for mostly silence?
As for the role that Web sites apparently played in the "self-radicalization" of the two Chechen brothers, it is yet another reminder that the Internet is a digital river that carries incredible sources of wisdom and hate along the same current. It's all there together. And our kids and citizens usually interact with this flow nakedly, with no supervision.
So more people are more directly exposed to more raw information and opinion every day from everywhere. As such, it is more important than ever that we build the internal software, the internal filters, into every citizen to sift out fact from fiction in this electronic torrent, which offers so much information that has never been touched by an editor, a censor or a libel lawyer. That's why, when the Internet first emerged and you had to connect via a modem, I used to urge that modems sold in America come with a warning label from the surgeon general, like cigarettes. It would read: "Attention: Judgment not included."
And that's why the faster, more accessible and ultramodern the Internet becomes, the more all the old-fashioned stuff matters: good judgment, respect for others who are different and basic values of right and wrong. Those you can't download. They have to be uploaded, the old-fashioned way, by parents around the dinner table, by caring but demanding teachers at school and by responsible spiritual leaders in a church, synagogue, temple or mosque. Somewhere, somehow, that did not happen, or stopped happening, with the brothers Tsarnaev.


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I spotted one of their newest cream eyeshadow colours, Ponderosa on ASOS at a discounted price:
If you keep an eye on ASOS you will find odd price fluctuations on cosmetics like I saw 20-30% off current season Nars a while back! Then…it just went back to full price!
I had purchased Nars Arabian Nights and the SA told me at the time that Ponderosa is the perfect base, even though it is brown and Arabian Nights is purple.
I guess it could work – both are deep rich colours with a jewelled edge.
Ponderosa is a deep dark rich chocolate brown black, it reminds me of flecks of gold and ashes. So pretty. And so so so pigmented, which you don't always get with cream eyeshadows.
But what is pretty if the formula is crap?
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So a friend of mine and I were discussing the long tradition of marking doors with Marinara on Holy Pastover in remembrance of His first touch, and I was wondering if anyone could shed some additional light on the tradition. Mainly, we're curious if any of the members know how the tradition started.
Through careful thought and meditation we came to the conclusion that doors were not marked with Marinara on the first Pastover, but in subsequent Pastover's, perhaps as a reminder to our Drunken Lord so that He can easily spot the faithful and know who to touch with his appendage. But as with most traditions, there is probably an elaborate tale, perhaps one that's hardly even intelligible, which might explain the exact (or approximate) when and why this tradition began.
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Sounds like ye be the one tellin' the story there matey
Sounds like ye be the one tellin' the story there matey
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Meh, I'm not sure I like it anymore... But here it is anyways
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The Book of Thinly-Veiled Modern Practice Agreements wrote: 1 One day, as the Flying Spaghetti Monster hovered in the clouds and looked down upon the modern world after the great public revelation of Bobby Henderson (Pesto Be Upon Him), he noticed, yet again, the great lack of pirates. 2 This lack of pirates did make him quite peeved, and so he spake unto the believers "What's up with the lack of pirates? 3 Did I not tell ye that the free-spirited pirates are the most beloved unto me, and instruct ye to pass on a very strong suggestion to the people that they dress in the blessed clothing?"
4 And the believers, many of whom were big whiners, did respond "But it's hard to dress up like a pirate in these modern times! 5 There are many unbelievers in the world, who do laugh and scorn our accents and choice of clothing. 6 Their opinions would not matter but that their prejudices cause us great difficulty in keeping good work to put pasta on the table and not getting unnecessarily martyred."
7 "Hmm... I suppose a healthy diet of pasta is a pretty important observance in addition to the regalia, and that not getting killed is pretty important to you. 8 You must be able to work for the pasta you need, as I, like a forgetful fish owner, am not a terribly dependable provider of such things. 9 I understand that you must be respectful to societal norms in order to do that. 10 But there must be some way to recognize my followers, that I may bless them accordingly. 11 And how am I to know my followers if not by the omnipresence of flamboyant sea-faring style?"
12 The believers concurred with their delicious deity that the problem of how the deity may recognize the believer in hiding was very serious, and they promptly nominated members to a Divine Relations committee and accorded them task of solving it.
13 "We may have all true believers shave off their left eyebrows!" one committee member cried. 14 "Nay, such is crazy talk. 15 The believer may be recognized by a small calligraphic tattoo of another wench or pirate's name on their arse, as this clearly demonstrates he or she had acheived a drunken state of universal acceptance." said another. 16 And the third member spoke, "Well, that's awfully convenient for ye, isn't it Chuck?
17 Nay, the true Pastafarian in hiding shall don small symbols of their faith under mildly pirate-inspired clothing such that they may show the signs and share the style whilst not betraying mainstream society's tentative and volatile acceptance. 18 But let us also designate a day in each season specifically for the observance of that which is holy and wholesome as pasta and piratedom, since we are so hidden at other times. 19 Let us stew the sauce for days on end, and give a portion to mark the entrances of sacred halls in which we gather as a place of free, open-hearted love and acceptance, as well as the possible location of a really awesome party. 20 Likewise, whenever and wherever we congregate, the doors shall be with marked with a banner of sauce color as a declaration of intent to our lord and invitation for all others to join in our revelry. 21 What are all your thoughts on such an arrangement?"
22 This seemed like a suitable suggestion to the members of the committee, and many nodded approvingly. 23 The FSM suddenly then spoke, giving the committee quite a scare as they had forgotten that he was watching the debate. 24 "Okay, that sounds like a good plan. 25 Let it be so. 26 But before I go, I would have ye remember: Thou must be respectable in public, but amongst yourselves and I there shall be no shame nor deceit, nor scandal nor scorn. 27 When the time comes that every man is free, all shall party and revel with their full, unconcealed piratitude."
28 And as it is written, so did all this come to pass. 29 Give or take a few minor details.
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No it's not crappy. Verse 8 is great. Canonized.
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Liriano allows only one hit for White Sox
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Francisco Liriano took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Paul Konerko homered and drove in three runs Saturday, and the Chicago White Sox stayed on top of the AL Central with a 5-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Liriano (6-11) was tremendous against his former team, allowing only a two-out homer in the seventh to Trevor Plouffe. He walked two, hit a batter and struck out nine in seven innings.
Acquired from the Twins on July 28, the victory was Liriano's third for the White Sox and his first against Minnesota.
Liriano's bid for the second no-hitter of his career ended after hitting Justin Morneau with a pitch with two outs in the seventh. Plouffe then homered to left-center on Liriano's 96th pitch of the game.


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Understanding the concept of a half-life: simple... Recognizing its impact on those you lead: profound... Knowing it was birthed out of a parallel to radioactivity: ominous. The point? "Vision has a half-life of seven days!" A half-life of seven days means the potency of your vision in the minds and motivations of your people diminishes by half every week. It also means that in a mere 28 days what was originally powerful will be impotent.
We frequently talk and act as if the most important criteria of leaders is the ability to create and communicate vision single-handedly. We expect leaders to develop vision from scratch and then articulate it with god-like inspiration. As a result, scores of people devalue their capacity for leadership for the simple fact that they don't excel at this full-feature visionary role. This article attempts to redefine visionary leadership.
This unique challenge of politics is the territory that gave birth to the notion of a stump speech. Others have called it an "elevator speech." No matter what you call it, the point is simple: if you cannot communicate your central message in 30 seconds you won't be able to communicate it effectively in 30 minutes.
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text: Friday, February 17, 2012 CMS Revises Interpretative Guidelines for Rehabilitation in Outpatient Hospitals In response to concerns raised by APTA and other associations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revised interpretative guidelines (Transmittal 72) to eliminate the requirement that rehabilitation services furnished in outpatient hospital settings be ordered by a practitioner with medical staff privileges. The new guidance issued to the State Survey Agency Directors on February 17 is effective immediately and includes the following language: Requirements for Ordering Hospital Outpatient Services: Outpatient services in hospitals may be ordered (and patients may be referred for hospital outpatient services) by a practitioner who is: responsible for the care of the patient; licensed in, or holds a license recognized in the jurisdiction where he/she sees the patient; acting within his/her scope of practice under state law; and authorized by the medical staff to order the applicable outpatient services under a written hospital policy that is approved by the governing body. This includes both practitioners who are on the hospital medical staff and who hold medical staff privileges that include ordering the services, as well as other practitioners who are not on the hospital medical staff, but who satisfy the hospital's policies for ordering applicable outpatient services and for referring patients for hospital outpatient services. Previous Guidance Superseded: This guidance supersedes the guidance for ?482.56(b) (Tag A-1132) and ?482.57(b)(3) (Tag A-1163) found in SC-11-28 (May 13, 2011) and State Operations Manual (SOM) Transmittal #72 (November 18, 2011). The hospital's medical staff policy for authorizing practitioners to refer patients for outpatient services must address how the hospital verifies that the referring practitioner who is responsible for the patient's care is appropriately licensed and acting within his/her scope of practice. Resolving this issue has been a high priority for APTA and its members. APTA believes that this language is a significant improvement. The Survey and Certification Policy Memorandum in its entirety will be available on CMS's Web site next week. Comments ok. great i think. question? What about md's working for hospital system choosing to refer to a non outpatient hospital physical therapy organization. Like a person who owns and runs a medicare certified orf, who is a pt in independent practice. In my region, the greater saint louis metropolitian area, the hospital systems expect all of their mds to only refer within their system.... even when the patient requests to see an independent pt , sometimes the md.... under scrutiny and direct pressure from her administration... states that she is required to keep this ancillary referral inhouse secondary to her agreement with the hospital. seriously.... this happens all the time. WHAT ARE YOUR GUIDELINES AND INTERPRETIVE PERCEPTUAL REALITIES IN THIS INSTANCE? When you get the chance check out to legislative bill I am working on in Missouri... UNFAIR HI CO PAYS AND EQUAL PAY 4 EQUAL SERVICES.(BILLS FOR BOTH PIECES OF LEGISLATION ARE IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE) Call me at 314.495.2209 for more info. Just to confirm I am a serious practitioner who is in alignment with the APTA on most issues. I will be surprized if this question/comment even receives a reply. Posted by shawn tucker on 2/25/2012 12:26 PM Amen, brother!! As a private practice PT, I work in an area facing the same problems as Shawn. I KNOW that the local community hospital has practices akin to those stated by Shawn, and MDs are "under scrutiny and with direct pressure" to refer their patients to the hospital outpatient department. I just worte a comment on another "headline", wondering why the hospital outpatient departments have different reimbursement guidelines; i.e. no caps until October. Hopital departments have had the best reimbusements AND the least restrictive guidelines for years!! Posted by M. Kovar, PT on 2/28/2012 2:34 PM I whole heartedly agree with the above. I am a practioner and own an orf. The hospital outpatient physical therapist have the same qualifications(usually have less experience than outpatient physical therapy owners) and yet are excempt from the laws that apply and limit non-hospital based outpatient coverage. The hospital physicians in my area are constantly under pressure to refer to the hospital. Why does the Stark law not apply to them. Why the reimbursement limit not apply to them? It is a shame that the hospitals can get away with this unfair, unjust practice and that the Government enable that. It absolutely does not make any sense. I have been an APTA private practice member for atleast 15+ years. Although, APTA has made strides, thia iaaue in my opinion takes precedence. Posted by Jaya on 4/4/2012 12:04 PM Keep in mind that to operate under hospital based OP practice you must follow all the joint commission rules and regs that the hospital must from all the safety standards, drills, infection control, HR regs, the monitors we do are numerous; as well as all the the Dept of Public health in our state (CA) must personally come in and do an on-site visit prior to opening doors; we have to maintain licensure along with hospital. TJC rules and regs definately come at come at a cost; I concur that hospital OP sites should not place any pressure on MDs to refer...I can assure, Since i work in administration for a hospital which has 5 successful OPs we do not- but our reputation in the community is why our MDs and patients come to us and we have an active Marketing department so we get lots of referrals from non hospital based MDs; our outcomes sell this for us. We do discuss ethics and stark laws; we are appropriate in our relationships and have monitors for this; We routinely audit our sites for compliance wtih not just COP for CMS but with TJC standards; CARF standards; and CDPH (Ca Dept of Public Health ) standards; all policies are reviewed with applicability to Outpatient services. All OP facilities that accept medicare must follow COP for Medicare...i see many smaller clinics that do not appear to follow the CMS guidelines and certainly do not follow or practice all the TJC standards - I have often heard our patients say at xyz clinic they only saw the PT for 15 minutes the rest was furnished by an aide. They are suprised when they come to our clinics that it's one per hour; Students who say they carried a separate case load etc etc...we follow the rules. So I ask you to be judicious in not throwing all hospital OP clinics under the bus -and i would recommend you review what is entailed in order to be a hospital based OP clinic. You would be suprised. MJ Posted by MJ Jacobson, PT on 4/10/2012 8:27 PM


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Sailing World College Rankings
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The first Sailing World college rankings of 2010-11 have been announced with the Harvard women's team ranked sixth in the nation and the coed squad ranked fifth.
A total of 14 coaches submitted rankings for the polls in which Boston College topped both. The top five in the women's poll are BC, Brown, Old Dominion, St. Mary's and College of Charleston. The Crimson women came in five points behind College of Charleston, with 136, in sixth place.
Following Boston College in the coed poll top five were Georgetown, St. Mary's, Brown and Harvard. Harvard fell one point short of splitting fourth with Brown, as the Bears earned 220 points to Harvard's 219. The Harvard coed team is coming off an impressive second-place finish at the ICSA Coed National Championship.
The sailing season for Harvard will begin the weekend of Sept. 11 and 12 when the Crimson will send teams to the Harry Anderson Trophy at Yale, the Women's Toni Deutsch Trophy at MIT and the Lark Invitational at Tufts while hosting an FJ Invitational.


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Out with the old and in with the blue…nail polish that is! If you're a little tired of black or red polish try one of the many blue polishes out that range from from dark metallics to lighter electric blues.
Last year Chanel Black Satin was all the rage and this year Chanel has introduced Blue Satin. Word on the streets is that this pretty blue bottle is selling out fast, so run to a luxury retailer or Chanel boutique near you before it is completely sold out.
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Trout's late homer not enough as Halos fall to A's
Outfielder's blast forces extra innings, but Angels drop second straight
ANAHEIM -- This was going to be the year when the Angels' bullpen would be deeper, and April would be brighter. But there was Joe Smith late Tuesday night, lamenting a second straight blown lead by a key reliever to the streaking A's and reliving a night when the setup man could do nothing right.
"I was absolutely terrible tonight; there's no other way to say it," Smith said after triggering the four-run top of the eighth that led to a 10-9, 11-inning loss and paved the way for a freak ankle injury to Kole Calhoun.
"That's as bad as I've ever performed," said Smith. "And it [stinks] to sit here and not only get a loss, but to watch one of your guys go down. If you just do your job, one, we win a game, two, you're another guy healthy. That [stinks]."
Smith -- with six consecutive scoreless outings in 2014 and a 2.42 ERA with the Indians the previous three seasons -- entered the eighth inning with a 6-5 lead, one night after closer Ernesto Frieri blew a save by serving up a ninth-inning two-run homer to John Jaso, and completely unraveled.
By the time Smith exited, five consecutive batters had reached and the A's had retaken the lead. Two innings after Mike Trout tied the game with a ninth-inning two-run homer, Yoslan Herrera gave the A's the lead again on an 11th-inning double by Josh Donaldson. And minutes after that, Calhoun -- 7-for-15 over his last three games -- caught his right foot on a divot just beyond first base, suffering the twisted ankle that will land him on the disabled list, right alongside Josh Hamilton.
"It's part of the journey of a season, and you have to absorb it," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said, his club 6-8 after losing at home to the A's for the 15th time in the last 21 games.
"As much as you hate to lose those guys, our challenge right now is really to get some chemistry in our bullpen," said Scioscia. "And that's the biggest impact that we have moving forward."
The Angels' bullpen, with power right-hander Dane De La Rosa and key lefty Sean Burnett both on the disabled list, has already suffered three losses this season while posting a 5.34 ERA and walking 21 batters in 42 1/3 innings.
"Obviously we have to get some stuff figured out, as far as the late innings go and our bullpen," Smith said. "It's no secret right now."
Smith started the eighth by walking Jed Lowrie despite starting out ahead, 0-2. The 30-year-old sidearmer then gave up a single to Donaldson, allowed the A's to tie the game when Brandon Moss' hard grounder ricocheted off the body of first baseman Albert Pujols, walked Yoenis Cespedes to load the bases, gave up a go-ahead single to former Angels third baseman Alberto Callaspo, and exited with none out and the bases loaded.
Smith remembers pitching this bad only one other time in his eight-year career.
"We were in Texas in 2011," he recalled. "I came in, gave up two of the starter's runs, and gave up three runs without getting an out. So, twice in my career. I'd say that's pretty uncharacteristic of me. It hurts."
Left-hander Jose Alvarez entered next, Bob Melvin countered by having the right-handed-hitting Derek Norris pinch-hit for the left-handed-hitting Josh Reddick, and the A's built their lead to three with a two-run single.
Trout did all he could to get the Angels back in it, hitting a towering two-run homer off Sean Doolittle to tie it at 9 in the ninth, then reaching on an infield single and stealing his first base of the season with one out in the bottom of the 11th.
But Lowrie singled to start the top of the 11th, then scored all the way from first on Donaldson's liner down the left-field line. And Jim Johnson, recently demoted from the closer's role, worked out of trouble in the bottom half, intentionally walking Pujols and then inducing back-to-back grounders by Raul Ibanez and Howie Kendrick to hand the A's their eighth win in the last nine games.
"The way I look at it," Donaldson said, "the longer we go, the better chance we have, because our bullpen's so deep."
The Angels can't say the same.
For the 11th, Scioscia still had Kevin Jepsen at his disposal. But he instead chose to go with Herrera, the 32-year-old Cuban right-hander who was pitching in independent ball last year and spent six years away from the big leagues.
Scioscia has a lot to figure out with the bullpen right now, not to mention his outfield.
"We need to get some sort of order down there," the Angels' skipper said. "If it means we're doing it by committee, which we're talking about now, with trying to get the middle innings matching up, we'll do it. Because it looks like we don't really have enough guys that are getting into their game and pitching well."


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text: |Thank you for visiting thesleepydragon.com. This site was my first domain, and its been the home for several sites over the years, but several of them have moved up to domains of thier own. Still one doesn't abandon a place that has become a home. And there are still sites hosted here. And there always will be since thesleepydragon.com will always be my personal nest away from the world and happily placed in the world of the internet. Please excuse the mess as all my sites in the way of web development are under construction - just more so than usual as I try to clean things up an make it look nice. In the meantime please enjoy - and come back as new things will b appearing all the time.


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Let's see what others in the genealogical history business have to say about the Medieval lines of ascent. I would strongly suggest reading the entire commentary by ProGenealogists the official Ancestry.com research firm. Their comments in part say, "The interest in tracing noble families has been high. However, because of sources that are difficult to use and the large number of people interested in these families, there is a lot of duplication and errors in this work" The site goes on to say:
When tracing medieval genealogies one should be aware of some areas where difficulties and errors are found. Difficulties and errors that you will want to be careful of include:Here is one last quote, "Most claims to the British noble class in America are unfounded and unsupported by evidence. If you have a connection to royalty through a colonial North American immigrant ancestor, you should look carefully at the documentation for that connection."
You should be especially careful in the following cases:
- Accepting undocumented pedigrees as truth.
- Separating fact from fiction.
- Unverified or incorrect pedigree links.
- False information.
- Genealogies back to Adam.
- Ancestry of Colonial American Families.
- Fabricated lineages.
- Lineages through illegitimacy.
The commentator is correct that the Richardson book is considered a mostly reliable source, however, that book points out that royal lines can only be established for about 185 individuals who emigrated from the British Isles to the Colonies in the 17th Century. The book traces the descents of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou who died in about 1151. By the way, here is the citation to the 2004 edition, the 2011 edition is just now for sale.
Richardson, Douglas, Kimball G. Everingham, and David Faris. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2004.
I will go back to one of my own posts in January, 2010 and re-quote an article in The Ensign Magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for February, 1984, Robert C. Gunderson, Senior Royalty Research Specialist of the Church Genealogical Department wrote a short article entitled "I've heard that some people have extended their ancestral lines back to Adam." He states,"In thirty-five years of genealogical research, I have yet to see a pedigree back to Adam that can be documented. By assignment, I have reviewed hundreds of pedigrees over the years. I have not found one where each connection on the pedigree can be justified by evidence from contemporary documents. In my opinion it is not even possible to verify historically a connected European pedigree earlier than the time of the Merovingian Kings (c. a.d. 450–a.d. 752). Every pedigree I have seen which attempts to bridge the gap between that time and the biblical pedigree appears to be based on questionable tradition, or at worst, plain fabrication. Generally these pedigrees offer no evidence as to the origin of the information, or they cite a vague source."
By the way, in my comment about Charlemagne in my last post I did not say that documenting a line to Charlemagne was impossible. However, any pedigree that goes beyond 1500 must be considered with caution. You might want to check out the International Society of Descendants of Charlemagne. They have list of gateway ancestors that will get you back to Charlemagne. Or if you still insist, try The Society of the Descendants of Charlemagne.
Boy, I am way off my point however. Back to the records. Inevitably, on every single line of your genealogy, you will run out of records sooner or later. Now, here is the point: Don't give up. Most genealogist's lines end long before the records run out. But on the other hand, don't get so caught up trying to latch onto royalty that you neglect your real family history.
When you reach an end-of-line, you just might want to check to see if it corresponds with some end-of-record situation. I recently did some research for a friend, which I probably already talked about, but the point was that his family tradition had the person born in a place and at a time before the place was even part of the U.S. It was still unsettled Indian Territory. Possible, but likely a mistake.
Now really, back to the records. But I will have to do that in Part Four.


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Walnut Shortbread
Makes 8
(recipe from Martha Stewart Magazine)
- 1/2 cup walnuts, toasted
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
- 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Pulse walnuts in a food processor until finely ground. Transfer to a bowl, and whisk in flour and salt.
Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla until pale and fluffy. Slowly add walnut mixture, and beat until just combined.
Butter an 8-inch round cake pan. Transfer dough to pan.
Place a piece of plastic wrap on dough, and use it to press the dough evenly into pan (this will prevent the dough from sticking to your fingers). Cut dough into 8 wedges using a paring knife. Prick all over with a wooden skewer or fork.
Bake until golden brown and firm in center, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack. Recut into wedges and prick again. Let cool slightly. Dust with confectioners' sugar.


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Brother Rugz D. Bewler gets another Sean Phazes directed video for "Woosah." The clip is part of a collaborative project with clothing brand RA-NYC, which includes the limited edition "X" t-shirt below. The song is the latest single from the Harlem rapper's #BAMN (By Any Means Necessary) project.
Watch the clip for "Woosah" below. "As long as we winning, I'm fine with playing Pippen." Real people going to win, again.
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Letter to the full House and Senate in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)
May 19, 2011
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the National Education Association's (NEA) 3.2 million members, we would like to express our support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) (H.R. 1397/S. 811). This bill represents an important step in addressing basic civil rights in the workplace.
NEA has a long-standing commitment to the elimination of discrimination in the workplace in all facets of society. We believe that all persons must have equal opportunity for employment, promotion, compensation, and leadership. Passage of ENDA will support the fundamental American ideal that individuals should be judged in the workplace by their ability to perform the required job rather than by prejudice and discrimination. Poll after poll of the American public demonstrates the overwhelming support, across party lines, for passage of such anti-employment discrimination legislation.
Some opponents of ENDA have argued that it may be inappropriate for Congress to extend protections to individuals in jobs that involve contact with children, such as teachers and other school personnel. We vigorously disagree. Diversity among educators is not a threat, but rather a great asset to the profession and the students they serve. Unfortunately, prejudice and harassment continue to plague many gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender educators who educate our nation's children with great dignity and skill.
NEA believes that America must take affirmative steps to end discrimination in the workplace and elsewhere. Therefore, we urge your support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Kim Anderson
Director of Government Relations
Mary Kusler
Manager of Federal Advocacy


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According to this GI story, PEGI's traffic light symbols are to go live in Europe this spring. The ratings body will tweak it's original design after the BBFC said it would take legal advise over the fact it all looked a bit "similar" to its own symbols. "PEGI has agreed those changes and they will […]
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2013 spring football dates for the entire FBS
A year ago, a true freshman named T.J. Yeldon put himself on the map by gaining 179 yards of total offense during Alabama's spring game. In January, Yeldon helped lead the Crimson Tide to a third national championship in four years by rushing for 108 yards and a touchdown in a 42-14 win over Notre Dame, giving him an Alabama freshman record 1,108 yards on the season.
Who is this year's breakout star – or which team is set to explode in 2013? While September stands far in the distance, the players and teams poised for a banner season will first make waves in February, March and April, when the FBS returns from a short break and begins spring drills.
Spring football commenced on Feb. 12, when Army took the field in West Point, and continues through the final Saturday in April. While all 125 FBS teams hold 15 spring practices – remember that Georgia State joins the FBS in 2013 – not every team holds an actual spring game.
Here are the spring dates for the FBS. Those listed "TBA" are still working out their dates; Massachusetts, for example, needed to hire a strength coach before planning its spring.
(NOTES: Teams still missing one or both dates will be updated once more information becomes available. Stanford has two sessions: Session I beginning on Feb. 25 and Session II on Apr. 1. Iowa is still deciding whether to holds its spring game on Apr. 20 or Apr. 27. Ohio State's spring game will be held at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati while Ohio Stadium undergoes renovations. Army has decided to hold its spring game in West Point rather than Hood Stadium at Fort Hood, Tex.)


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You raise me up so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas
I am strong when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up to more than I can be
I dont know when was the last time I truly felt this about someone in my life apart from God, ever since the time I went away from my grandparents and came to Delhi. I was barely 14 - left at my own to sail through the murky waters of life - without anyone to raise me up. And today when I look back, the very bonds that make a person who he is and raise him to become what he does - look all broken to me. A big question mark hangs when I try to recall parents, friends, relatives...
I'm sure it wasnt me who went wrong. I was only seeking something that this world wasnt ready to give - love. I've taken care of myself all this while - raising myself up on just one thing - an undying faith in love. But I'm so tired now of keeping undying faith in a dying commodity - my shoulders are so weak, that i wish someone were here to raise me up for a change.
What happened to us? Why did we all become so stone hearted? Why is all the love ( love not just between lovers, but in every sense of the wor(l)d ) out there busy playing ostrich - so afraid to stick its neck out and always afraid of being beaten back down?
Will anyone today say -
ab jaan lut jaaye
ye jahaan lut jaaye
sang pyaar rahe
main rahu na rahu...
Bah! Humbug.... love isnt worth dying for
One last question - what do all the above pics mean to you?


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Here are some suggestions from Bright Futures experts that may be of value to your family
Talk about and describe pictures in books and the things you see and hear together.
Parent-child play, where the child leads, is the best way to help toddlers learn to talk.
Read to your child every day.
Your child may love hearing the same story over and over.
Ask your child to point to things as you read.
Stop a story to let your child make an animal sound or finish a part of the story.
Use correct language; be a good model for your child.
Talk slowly and remember that it may take a while for your child to respond.
It is better for toddlers to play than watch TV.
Limit TV to 1–2 hours or less each day.
Watch TV together and discuss what you see and think.
Be careful about the programs and advertising your young child sees.
Do other activities with your child such as reading, playing games, and singing.
Be active together as a family. Make sure your child is active at home, at child care, and with sitters.
Be sure your child's car safety seat is correctly installed in the back seat of all vehicles.
All children 2 years or older, or those younger than 2 years who have outgrown the rear-facing weight or height limit for their car safety seat, should use a forward- facing car safety seat with a harness for as long as possible, up to the highest weight or height allowed by their car safety seat's manufacturer.
Everyone should wear a seat belt in the car. Do not start the vehicle until everyone is buckled up.
Never leave your child alone in your home or yard, especially near cars, without a mature adult in charge.
When backing out of the garage or driving in the driveway, have another adult hold your child a safe distance away so he is not run over.
Keep your child away from moving machines, lawn mowers, streets, moving garage doors, and driveways.
Have your child wear a good-fitting helmet on bikes and trikes.
Never have a gun in the home. If you must have a gun, store it unloaded and locked with the ammunition locked separately from the gun.
Signs of being ready for toilet training
Dry for 2 hours
Knows if she is wet or dry
Can pull pants down and up
Wants to learn
Can tell you if she is going to have a bowel movement
Plan for toilet breaks often. Children use the toilet as many as 10 times each day.
Help your child wash her hands after toileting and diaper changes and before meals.
Clean potty chairs after every use.
Teach your child to cough or sneeze into her shoulder. Use a tissue to wipe her nose.
Take the child to choose underwear when she feels ready to do so.
Praise your child for behaving well.
It is normal for your child to protest being away from you or meeting new people.
Listen to your child and treat him with respect. Expect others to as well.
Play with your child each day, joining in things the child likes to do.
Hug and hold your child often.
Give your child choices between 2 good things in snacks, books, or toys.
Help your child express his feelings and name them.
Help your child play with other children, but do not expect sharing.
Never make fun of the child's fears or allow others to scare your child.
Watch how your child responds to new people or situations.
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