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A federal court's November 13, 2013 ruling demonstrates that a hospital's compensation of physicians can violate the Stark Law's prohibition against paying for Medicare referrals, even when the physicians are the hospital's own employees and their payment pool is distributed in proportion to their personally-performed services.
The case, United States et al. v. Halifax Hospital Medical Center et al., Case No. 6:09-cv-Orl-31TBS, Fla. Middle Dist., arose when a whistleblower filed a qui tam action alleging that the hospital's compensation of its six employed medical oncologists violated the Stark Law because it rewarded the physicians for their referrals of Medicare patients to the hospital. The federal government agreed to intervene.
The basic charge was that the compensation arrangements violated Stark because they contained a bonus component that varied on the basis of the physicians' Medicare referrals to the hospital. The arrangement required the hospital to pay each physician, as a bonus, an "equitable portion" of a total incentive pool equal to 15% of the "operating margin" for the hospital's medical oncology program. The pool included not only the physicians' billings for the professional services they personally performed, but also the fees earned by the hospital for the physicians' referrals to the hospital. However, the pool was divided between the physicians in proportion to each physician's personal share of all six oncologists' total professional service billings.
The hospital's defense was that the arrangement satisfied the "bona fide employment" exception to the Stark Law. The hospital also pointed to a legal opinion it had received, which concluded (somewhat tepidly) that there was a "reasonable" argument that the bonuses complied with Stark. The court ruled against the hospital and gave the government summary judgment on the issue.
Under the court's analysis, Stark's employment exception "is itself subject to an exception" and the arrangement fell into that exception to the exception. The court was pointing to the element of the employment exception which states that the compensation of an employee cannot be determined in a manner that takes into account, directly or indirectly, the volume or value of the employee's Medicare referrals to the employer. In this case, the court ruled the physicians' individual bonuses varied on the basis of referrals because their net bonus was based on operating margin of the entire oncology program—including fees for hospital services—and that margin would be improved by the physicians' referrals in addition to the services that they themselves personally performed: the more referrals, the more operating margin, the bigger bonus. Each physician's portion of the pool was based on his or her own services, but the size of the overall pool, and therefore of his or her bonus, was determined in part on the basis of hospital referrals.
The Halifax case resembles another court's recent decision in U.S. v. Tuomey Healthcare System, which awarded $237 million against that health system for offering bonuses to part-time employed physicians that hinged in part on cash collections for outpatient procedures. In Tuomey as in Halifax, the courts ruled that the facility fee corresponding to a physician's personally performed professional service constitutes a "referral" within the meaning of Stark.
The first lesson of Halifax is that in negotiating and drafting physician employment arrangements, hospitals should be careful not to determine any part of the physicians' pay—whether directly or indirectly—on hospital facility fee revenue resulting from the physicians' referrals or the facility fees resulting from them. It's no longer enough to simply cap total compensation or compare it to industry surveys; employers need to pay attention to the structure of the compensation formula to ensure compliance with Stark.
The second lesson is really more of a reminder: when it comes to Stark, an experienced lawyer can help you interpret the law, but reliance on the lawyer's opinion is not going to help you if a court ultimately decides that you've violated Stark. Stark is a strict liability statute, and following a lawyer's advice is no defense.


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Pitaya is a hot fruit right now! It's vibrant fuschia hue has it all over social media. It's so pretty it's inspiring, like some exotic delicacy!
Pitaya (dragon fruit) is not only high in fiber, but it also acts like a prebiotic in the gut, helping good bacteria to thrive. Because of these tummy-friendly benefits, I like to make this Tight Tummy Pitaya Smoothie with other good-for-your-belly ingredients for breakfast in the morning to help reduce bloating during the day. Gut health is at the core (no pun intended…) of your overall wellbeing.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Libyan opposition group is asking the United States for immediate access to frozen assets of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to pay for humanitarian needs in rebel-held areas.
Ali Aujali, who resigned in February as Libya's ambassador to the United States and now heads Libya's most prominent rebel organization, in a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the humanitarian conditions have deteriorated in areas held by the rebels.
Rebel groups seeking to overthrow the Libyan leader have been fighting pro-Gaddafi forces in a civil war ignited in February when Gaddafi tried to crush pro-democracy rallies.
Aujali, in the letter dated Thursday, said his group, the transitional national council, "needs immediate access to the Gaddafi regime's frozen assets in U.S. financial institutions to meet the basic needs of the Libyan people."
The United States has frozen more than $34 billion in assets as part of sanctions against Gaddafi and his top officials.
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Drinking and driving aren't a good mix. The Bartlesville Police Department will be establishing safety checkpoints throughout the city to keep drunken drivers off the streets.
The department's goal is to ensure the safety of Bartlesville residents by checking motorists and their vehicles for valid driver's licenses and insurance verification, seat belt usage, valid vehicle registration or tags and defective vehicle equipment.
It is being held in conjuction with the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office's "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign.
"We need to make sure people are aware and to not get so caught up in the holidays. It's a time for celebrating but we need to be safe," Bartlesville Police Sgt. Jim Warring said.
Secondarily, the Bartlesville Police Department will monitor motorists during the checkpoint operations looking for signs of impaired or intoxicated driving, narcotics violations or wanted persons.
"OHSO's "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign is ongoing throughout the holiday season. Law enforcement agencies throughout the state and the nation are on high alert for impaired and intoxicated drivers," Bartlesville Police Department Capt. Rocky Bevard said. "We want to be extremely proactive during this time through increased manpower, utilizing checkpoints and saturation patrols of our roadways with the goal of keeping citizens and their families safe during the holidays."
Drivers, under the influence of alcohol or drugs, will no longer be able to utilize the Tipsy Tow service provided by the American Automobile Association. Disbanded early this year, Tipsy Tow provided intoxicated drivers free rides home and tow service for their vehicles.
The holiday safe ride program served its purpose, when the only alternative to a safe ride home, was a cab, AAA spokesman Mark Madeja said.
Now, Uber and other ride share programs give party-going drivers a safe form of transportation.
Partygoers are not the only ones who need to have a plan for holiday partying.
So do party hosts.
Uber, alternative places to sleep for the night and designated drivers are plans party hosts can implement for intoxicated party guests.
"If you overserve someone at a party at your house, and something happens, you can potentially be held responsible for that crash," said Madeja. "This millennial crowd seems to get it and we encourage that."
Back in the day, Madeja said someone might ask if a driver was OK to drive.
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Pressure is continuing to mount on the Adelaide Zoo to reverse its decision to dump a local ice cream company in favour of another supplier that includes palm oil in its product.
South Australia Senator Nick Xenophon has begun collecting signatures outside the zoo in an effort to force a special meeting.
The move is in response to the decision by Zoos SA to end a contract with local ice cream company Golden North, which spent a year eliminating palm oil from its products as part of a zoo campaign to avoid the ingredient.
It was replaced by Streets, despite its ice creams containing palm oil, which is widely considered a factor in the destruction of rain forests, the habitat of orangutans and other endangered species Zoos SA promotes.
Senator Xenophon had previously introduced bills into the Federal Parliament to require the labelling of palm oil in food products and last year worked with the zoo on its campaign.
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Senator Xenophon hopes to collect the signatures of at least 50 Zoos SA members to bring on a special general meeting of the Royal Zoological Society.
"I just hope that the management and board of the zoo understand that they've done the wrong thing and do everything possible to reverse this decision," he said.


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July 17, 2011
"It's all right to cry, Fowel," Tamarack whispered to the young otter.
They stood before Ripple's grave with most of Skipper's crew and a pawful of others. Raimun's marker had seen dozens upon dozens of beasts, but the very old were easier to bid farewell than the very young.
Tamarack touched Foweller's paw; he jerked away, rubbing it across his cheek.
"A sapper doesn't cry when he's doing his duty."
The vixen grasped the otter's paw firmly, and this time she did not let go. "No, but a friend does. And that ain't a coat you take off at the end of the day."
Tamarack smiled at him through her own tears, as much grief as exhaustion, and felt Foweller sag. She wrapped her arm around his shoulders for support, but the movement was awkward; they didn't quite match yet. The handle of his knife dug into her waist, and she shifted away.
Where was Bludd? She should be here. Foweller was more the kitten's friend, anyway, and she had loved Ripple, too. Hadn't she? Was Bludd still so afraid Rigg and Isidore would find her? The otter wasn't even there, though the rat hovered at the edge of the crowd, drawn by the rich perfume of death – more fly than bee. She had heard talk that Carter might have sent him; Duster would have no part of the Abbot of Redwall standing with his old crew for Ripple's funeral.
The young otter's tutor was nowhere to be seen either, but Tamarack had let the bat sleep. Aloysius would hate her, but she could not be the one to give him this, too. His heart still echoed a hollow place for Raimun.
As Skipper – Duster, he no longer held that title – went to stand beside Ripple's coffin, the passing bell began to sound. Just thirteen peals to celebrate Ripple's life. She had a memory for each of those seasons, though, ones that nobeast could steal away. Tamarack held tight to them and Foweller as Duster's crew began to sing, a loud, raucous sound that filled the graveyard, sweeping her into that moment with them. Ripple had taught her the words a very long time ago for his mother's funeral. She joined them:
"Ride 'em high, ride 'em low
Ride the course as the river flows
Hear the heart o' an otter beat
Filled with joy an' with defeat.
We lost a sailor here t'day
Guide him Fates as he's on his way
T' that forest 'cross the sea
Where Finnbarr waits fer you an' me
T' raise a glass or two or three
In a land where all's plenty!"
When they finished, she felt Cobb's paw on her back. She wanted to shrug him off, the weight too much when she was already dead on her paws from their adventure last night and the digging race with Foweller today, but it was a kindness.
"Oi think you'm should be having a loie down, Miz Tam. Zir Colm and Oi can direct beasts to th' refectory for th' reception."
It would have been nice to say yes, to collapse on the porch and forget about everything for a few hours. A pair of tall ears caught her attention, though, then a flash of silvery teeth beneath a masked face.
"That's a right kind offer," she replied, stepping back from Foweller as he shuffled over to pet and soothe Duster with the rest of the crew, "but this is my job. Sure as you like, I'll be doing it. Need to talk to Ms. Saskia, anyway."
She caught a glint of suspicion behind his tinted goggles. "Woi do you'm need to speak to her?"
"About Ripple."
"Oh." He deflated. "Oi'll just–"
The vixen hugged the mole; he matched right. "I'll tell you about it once I've talked to her."
A little of his digger's enthusiasm returned. "Of course. You'm just be careful about what you say."
"Yes, sir!"
"Ms. Saskia, do you have a minute," Tamarack called, catching up to the hare and her ferret companion before they could reach the refectory.
"Ms. Tamarack, you're certainly looking quite austere in that dress," Merritt exclaimed. "I have a few pamphlets that you might–"
Saskia's glare could have chiseled the ferret's epitaph.
"We'll talk about this later. I think I'll go check on poor Gabe, shall I?"
The hare sighed. "Sorry about that. Wot do you need?"
"I wanted to… It's about Ripple." Tamarack bit down hard on a bark of slightly-hysterical laughter as Saskia's whiskers and ears curled. "Not that. I wanted to ask if you know how this happened."
"No more than you, probably," the hare replied, smoothing out once more like a page in one of her books. "Terrible accident."
"It was the Abbot's fault!" the vixen challenged, but she was less sure of that now. In the graveyard, before she'd spoken to the old otter, there had been a sadness there, something more than the veneer he painted on each morning. But it was his fault. It had to be his fault, like Raimun and Andrew.
Saskia glanced toward the refectory where Tamarack could just hear the strains of another shanty beginning.
"I don't know about that. Jolly irresponsible for 'im to paw off a pair of pistols to some kits, but the way I 'eard it, that Virrel chap's more the scoundrel. I feel bad for Noel, really." Her smile was as faint as the music. "Can't choose your family, though."
The vixen crossed her arms and hunched her shoulders in her best imitation of the campballing weasel. "The Abbot's the one what gave them the guns in the first place. He should've known better than to let Ripple aim a stick, let alone a pistol."
"That doesn't mean 'e killed 'im."
"A beast's got to pull the trigger, is it?" Tamarack only realized she'd growled that bit when she noticed Saskia's raised eyebrows and the thin line of her mouth. The vixen quickly retreated, covering her bared teeth and forcing her hackles to a more neutral position. "I just don't want Noel – Mr. Noel to feel…"
"I'm sorry, Ms. Saskia." Tamarack cringed, gaze fixed on the grass below the hare's footpaws. "I been up all night and all day. It's catching up to me."
"That 'all night' where you earned that lump on your snout?"
The vixen's paw leapt to her muzzle. "It was an accident."
"Does that excuse ever work?" Saskia snorted and scrunched up her nose.
"With Papa sometimes."
"Forgive me for saying, but in that case, your father's about as thick as an Aulkner novel."
The hare smirked and the vixen couldn't help grinning back. It hurt a bit, but the good kind. "He one of them 'moral' fellows?"
"Moral enough that Merritt keeps well clear. 'Is works provide excellent 'iding places. But you're cleverly avoiding my question. What makes a gel grow lumps in the night?"
"I…" She stopped herself short. Case had told them to speak to nobeast about this. She'd already broken that promise with Grannie. "I can't tell you."
"Wouldn't 'ave to do with that tunnel Noel found?" the hare pried.
"Noel told you about the tunnel?" Tamarack demanded. How many beasts knew? Cobb had done his best to hide it, but without filling it properly, there was always the risk that somebeast less friendly than Saskia might find or find out about it.
"Aye. I played a bit of lookout for 'im. What did you find?"
Lying wouldn't help anything at this point. Saskia knew more about the beasts than she did, at least. "Julian Case. And Cassius."
"Wot?" The hare's eyes widened.
"Ms. Selendra was with them. And a pair of otters, and a haremaid. That's where I got this." She motioned to the welt. "Right tetchy about her bosses being called murderers."
"Well… who wouldn't be?" Saskia sounded like she was about to throw up. Tamarack took a precautionary sidestep.
"You all right, Ms. Saskia?"
"I'll be fine. I just… wot in all of Mossflower is going on?"
"That's what I'm trying to find out." The vixen shook her head, weariness returning – a mosquito that nagged her with its tinny whine. "There's the Society of Martin, Ms. Selendra sniffing around Brother Tompkins, and then Mr. Case and Mr. Cassius being set up by Abbot Carter for the murders. I don't even know what they're expecting us to do for them."
That caught Saskia's attention. "Do for them? You're a kit. You shouldn't be doing anything for them!"
Tamarack bristled. "I buy Mr. Merritt's pamphlet's; I ain't a kit no more."
"Tamarack, Merritt's a bloody git. 'E'd sell those pamphlets to a beast 'alf your age if 'e thought 'e'd get a return customer."
"But…" The vixen wilted. "I'm still helping. I'm treading light, but I won't stick my head in a grave and let the seasons turn around me. What would you do? The Abbey ain't going to believe me without proof. And Mr. Cassius said this Society's running Redwall anyway."
"I don't know." The hare pinched the bridge of her snout. "Bloody blast it to 'Ellgates! I don't know. You need to be careful. That's what you need to do. I wouldn't trust Carter, or Cassius and Case."
"No, ma'am," Tamarack assured. "I don't trust them, but I got to believe something. You weren't there. I ain't never seen two beasts more determined. And at least they're the sort who'd tell you afore sticking a sword in your back."
Saskia just shook her head.
Sunsets always reminded Tamarack of the soil after a rain, the red, orange and yellow light running down the tree trunks and buildings in rivulets of color to pool amongst the shadows. They smelled thick, heavy, even in the winter, like the whole of Mossflower had breathed out at once.
"What do you want, lad?" Papa's growl cut through the younger vixen's musing.
"Asylum?" Noel replied. The weasel was leaning against the graveyard fence, nonchalant defiance in the face of suspicion.
They'd only just seen Duster and his crew out of the refectory and into their beds to sleep off Ripple's wake. Papa had let her dance with Foweller, linking arms with the younger otter and twirling with him while Duster's crew hollered out 'Let Martin Lead a Lad'. She'd wished it had been Noel, but Duster wouldn't have him at the funeral any more than the Abbot.
"You'd best be finding that in the Abbey proper," Papa rumbled, plowing forward. Noel stepped aside without complaint, and the fox paused. "What're you really up to?"
"He's here to help me and Mr. Cobb, Papa," Tamarack interjected. "Thought we'd need… a bit of muscle moving… moving…"
"The shed," Grannie supplied. Noel, Cobb, Tamarack and the rest of the Coffincreepers turned to look at the old vixen. "I asked the lad to help them pulling down that rickety old thing."
Papa's face furrowed into a map of hard-cut ravines and daredevil peaks. "Mum, we been working all day. That shed–"
"That shed will come down tonight, Emmerich Coffincreeper," Grannie snapped, ears tilting forward as she drew herself up to match the dogfox snout-to-snout.
"It's all right, Papa, I'll help, t–"
"No!" Colm might have staggered at the force of four voices hitting him all at once had Ida not been there to support him.
"We'm told Miz Althea we'm would take care of it…"
"Yesterday! Ain't that right, Mr. Noel?"
"Expect so." The weasel scratched his chin.
Mumma sighed and flapped her paws at Papa. "Leave it Emmerich. I'm tired. Let the kits run themselves ragged. You'll be up with sun, though, Tam, or it'll be old Slagar moving my paw across your tail come the light."
"Yes, ma'am." The younger vixen winced, paw moving to cover her rump. Another late night would be some trouble, but better asleep on her footpaws than awake over Mumma's knee.
"Naow just hold it there," Cobb commanded, voice muffled by the slats and mat above Tamarack and Noel's heads. They each pressed up, extra support as the mole filled the hole in the graveyard. "You'm holding?"
Tamarack and Noel exchanged a glance. The mole had been second guessing them ever since he'd crawled back up to the surface.
"Aye, Mr. Cobb."
"All roight. Oi be fillin' it in naow. Hurr… but you'm think Saskia really be a good beast to ask about Brother Tompkins, Miz Tam?"
"Already told her about Mr. Cassius and Mr. Case. Reckon she's our best bet unless Bludd can think of somebeast… once she quits playing at hide-and-seek with Mr. Rigg and Brother Isidore."
"Maybe. Oi'll ask her when we'm finish here."
"Best we finish, then," Noel piped up. "Me back's starting to hurt, Cobb."
The welcoming weight of the dirt on their shoulders was the mole's reply.
"You doin' all right?" Noel asked once the only things they could smell were the earthen walls and each other.
"Reckon I could lift anything you can," Tamarack proclaimed, supporting herself on one paw and grinning. She watched the shadows around the weasel's eyes deepen in the lantern light as he smiled.
"I don't doubt it. I meant about everything that's happened."
She'd hoped he would let it go, let the joke carry them on to campball and the tricky pawwork she'd been meaning to beg him to show her. "Right as a beast can be. I'm more worried about Bludd. She didn't show up for Rip's funeral. I ain't saying he'd cry over it, but it ain't him I'm worrying about."
Noel grunted, and for the first time, she noticed that the weasel's claws had gored the soil around his paws. Virrel had been the one to pull the trigger, the one Saskia blamed.
"Will you be all right?"
Noel started and stared at her, his brow furrowed. Then, he laughed. It wasn't hollow, just resigned. "Yeah… yeah, I think so."
Tamarack knew better than to press. He'd let her be 'all right', she'd let him.
"Anyway, you think he's finished yet?" Noel jerked a claw upward.
The vixen craned her head around, forcing her cheek flush with the mat and letting her whiskers sweep across it. She was no mole, but enough seasons digging graves, and a beast was bound to learn a thing or three. "Nothing coming down no more." The vixen smirked. "You ready to see if this here contraption we built holds up?"
"Drop on the count of three?" the weasel suggested.
"Sounds right enough. Been nice knowing you if this lot falls and suffocates us, sir."
"Nah, we'd get stabbed by the slats an' bleed to death first."
"Well, ain't that a comfort?" She stuck her tongue out at him, and he winked.
"One. Two. Three!"
Tamarack and Noel flattened themselves against the slope of the ramp. Nothing happened. A small part of her was disappointed. No heroic rescue, grasping the weasel's paw and dragging him to safety as the tunnel groaned and collapsed around them. Merritt's pamphlets were terrible lies.
"Huh," Noel articulated as he rolled over and sat up. "Cobb's a fine mole."
"The best." Tamarack nodded.
"Well, then, seeing as we're not dead… Head for the cellar?" He offered her his paw, leaning down to pick up the lantern with the other.
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You could have external hemorrhoids you will know right away. These types of hemorrhoids tend to be on the outside of the anus and are visible, swollen lumps and they are also very painful. Internal Hemorrhoid Symptoms are not as easy to identify. You might have pain with your internal hemorrhoids or you may not. If you don't handle them in the right way they can take a very long time in order to cure, if they heal at all.
Hemorrhoids are usually a painful swelling that occurs in and around the rectum and anus. They can occur because of straining when going to the restroom as well as when experiencing bowel problems. Other possible ways of getting hemorrhoids are moving intensely during childbirth as well as heavy lifting. If you think you have a hemorrhoid, first analyze whether or not you have the correct symptoms. If you do, then you can worry about finding a treatment.
- Increasing the amount of fiber which you take on a daily basis will make sure to keep your stools gentle and uncomplicated to pass.
- You'll be able to increase you fiber by consuming such things as fruits and vegetables.
- It is possible to also take a fiber supplement to be able to help with this.
- You will want to also remain active.
- Activity can help to increase blood flow to the anal location and will help to heal the internal hemorrhoid.
One of the Main Causes of Hemorrhoids is Constipation
This is a problem that is experienced by many although it should not be so. You know you have got hemorrhoids when the tissues in your rectal and anal region swell up and inflame causing an unpleasant burning experience. This even bleeds whenever you defecate. In most detrimental cases the affected tissues become so large that they project out o the body. Hemorrhoids are essentially of two types namely internal and external hemorrhoids depending upon whether they stay inside our anal sphincter or protrude outside.
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Hemorrhoids are a common health condition worldwide, which occur in both men and women. Anemia and also strangulated hemorrhoid are common complications of hemorrhoids. They are rare but may occur. Chronic blood loss through hemorrhoids may cause anemia, in which you do not have enough healthy red blood cells, resulting in tiredness and weakness. In the event that blood supply to be able to an internal hemorrhoid is cut off, the hemorrhoid may be "strangulated", that may cause extreme pain and lead to tissue death. Talking about hemorrhoids can be uncomfortable as well as many people are reluctant to see a doctor about the condition.
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Often times, they are so small that people can go all of their life without knowing they have a hemorrhoid. Other times, it's painfully obvious due to irritation experienced during bowel movement such as itching or pain. Hemorrhoids can be inner, meaning they are inside the rectum, or outside, meaning they lie underneath the skin around the anus. If you are going through hemorrhaging during your bowel movements, chances are you have an internal hemorrhoid.
You Have a Severe Hemorrhoid, Possibly that Surgery Might be the Best Answer
In this case, a doctor will use sclerotherapy and a rubber band ligation. These can be very expensive procedures. Rubber band ligation can be done in a doctors office and doesn't take very long. Sclerotherapy, on the other hand utilizes an injection of a chemical that is given to the area surrounding the actual hemorrhoid. This kind of chemical forces the constraint of blood vessels feeding the hemorrhoid. This kind of hemorrhoid treatment causes the hemorrhoid to shrink.
- Itching inside of the anus Bleeding-this may be during a bowel movement, after or even prior to.
- You may notice bright red blood vessels in the toilet bowel, on your a stool or on your makeup.
- Hemorrhoid banding can be uncomfortable and may cause bleeding, which can begin two to four days after the procedure but is rarely severe.
- While the shot causes little or no pain, it may be less effective than rubber band ligation.
- While coagulation offers few side effects, it's associated with a higher rate of hemorrhoids ever coming back than is the rubber band treatment.
- If additional methods haven't been successful or you have large hemorrhoids, your doctor may recommend a surgical procedure.
- Surgery can be done on an outpatient basis or you may need to stay in the hospital overnight.
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The hemorrhoids produce only mild discomfort, your doctor may suggest over-the-counter creams, ointments, suppositories or even pads. These products contain ingredients, such as witch hazel or even hydrocortisone, that can relieve pain and itching, at least temporarily. They can cause side effects, such as skin rash, inflammation and skin thinning. If a blood clot has produced within an external hemorrhoid, your doctor can easily take away the clot with a simple cut, that might provide prompt relief. For persistent bleeding or painful hemorrhoids, your doctor may recommend an additional minimally invasive procedure. These treatments above can be achieved in your doctor's office or other outpatient setting.
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When the tissue of one's anal canal becomes weakened in some way, and can no longer support the vessels appropriately, is when internal hemorrhoids can occur. The veins will enlarge as well as bulge in to the anal canal.
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- Medical terms piles or perhaps hemorrhoids are dilation of rectal veins in the anal canal.
- Veins have thin walls that are relatively weak.
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The only way to properly diagnose your internal hemorrhoids, is to have a doctor examine you. If you think you have internal hemorrhoids than you should make an appointment immediately. There are times you may not even know that you have them or you may have bleeding just once and then it heals.
- But it's a good idea to see a doctor any time you experience rectal bleeding, to make sure you don't have a more serious digestive disease.
- You can help your doctor by being prepared with as much information as possible.
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- Write down any kind of symptoms you're experiencing and how long you've seen them.
- Note down key personal information, including typical bowel habits and eating habits, especially your dietary fiber intake.
- Make a list of all medications, as well as any vitamins or supplements, that you're using.
- Write down questions to ask your doctor.
- Is very crucial to treat these types of hemorrhoids and take steps to make certain speedy healing of them.
- Should you drive too tough or possess a lot of straining with your bowel movements, it will take your hemorrhoids longer to be able to heal.
- You are able to even prevent them from healing at all and they will turn out to be a chronic difficulty.
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Some treatments are very affordable and very easy to come across. For example, you can pick up a creme which numbs the area at any pharmacy or local market. Other medicines can be used to shrink the actual hemorrhoid therefore it causes less pain and irritability. There's also prescription cremes and products which can be used in a more serious situation.
Your doctor may be able to see if you have outside hemorrhoids simply by looking. For internal hemorrhoids, he or she will place a rubber-gloved finger into your own rectum. Because internal hemorrhoids are often too soft to be sensed inside a rectal examination, your doctor may also examine the lower percentage of the colon and rectum with an anoscope, proctoscope or sigmoidoscope. Your doctor may want to do a more extensive examination if your signs and symptoms suggest you might have another digestive disease. Most of the time, treatment for hemorrhoids involves steps that you can take on your own, such as lifestyle alterations. But occasionally medications or surgical procedures are usually necessary.
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BeIN Media Group, the Qatari broadcaster, has hit out angrily at media reports suggesting beIN Sports channels are being blacked out in the Middle East and North Africa as a consequence of the Saudi Arabia-led economic blockade of Qatar. Frank Dunne and Robin Jellis report.
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Dubai plays host to more than 400 events each year and has a track record of delivering some of the world's most prestigious sports events. But the innovative emirate is constantly looking to the future and evolving its offering as a host to meet the changing demands of the world sports community.
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Dubai has a solid heritage as a short-break training destination for football clubs, but continued investment in facilities and infrastructure is enhancing its reputation as a training base in other sports.
UAE: Stadia and Facilities
Big, bold, brash and backed up with lots of cash. That is by no means a hyperbolic description of the UAE construction industry. This is, after all, home to man-made archipelagoes in the shape of palm trees or a map of the world. This is where the world's tallest building, the 830-metre Burj Khalifa, is located. Architects here are not known for their subtlety.
UAE: Sports Events
Given the stiffling summer heat in the Gulf region, most sports events take place between October and April. However, there have been attempts to stage indoor air-conditioned events, particularly the annual Dubai Sports World, which from June until August offers football, basketball, volleyball and tennis facilities to amateurs.
UAE: Sponsorship and Marketing
Deloitte estimates that the sponsorship spend for sports events in Dubai alone is about $100m per year, with 70 per cent of that figure attributed to the seven biggest events.
UAE: Sports Media
When it comes to sports broadcasting, you might say the UAE has lucked out with its time zone. "Around 2.2 billion people across Asia, Europe and Africa live in the four time zones either side of Dubai, making it ideally situated to capture a global television audience," Deloitte's Economic Impact of Sport in Dubai report states.
Still On Top Of The World?
Just over a decade on from the famous tennis publicity stunt atop a skyscraper in Dubai, Dominic Bliss looks at how the UAE sports industry has evolved and where it is heading.
From Russia with Love
Owen Evans asks the Paralympic Movement how it is planning on using lessons learned in Sochi to break down cultural barriers in the Middle East at the inaugural IPC World Championships in Doha.
Laying Down The Law
Owen Evans spoke to leading lawyers to get a behind-the-scenes look at the sports law sector, find out what major issues have come across the desks of major firms in recent months, and identify what areas of the sports industry are changing so fast that the legal sector is struggling to keep abreast.
Breakaway Specialist
Dubai is fast becoming a leading destination for professional cycling events. Kevin Roberts looks at why, and its aspirations for the Dubai Tour event.
Exhibition at Meydan Racecourse celebrates the journey of Dubai and its horseracing heritage
An exhibition which explores the shared development story of Dubai and its horseracing heritage, driven by the pioneering spirit of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has opened to the public at Meydan Racecourse.
Generations For Peace climbs to 32 in World Ranking of 'Top 500 NGOs'
Amman, Jordan: Global Geneva, a Swiss media outlet specialising in news from the non-profit and development world, has ranked Generations For Peace 32nd in its 'Top 500 NGOs in the World' list for 2015, making Generations For Peace the second-highest ranked peace-building organisation in the list and the only Jordanian NGO in the Top 100.
A Cool Legacy
FIFA seems to be edging towards a winter date for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. However, investment in stadium-cooling technology continues in the country regardless. Andy Fry looks at the concepts behind the systems.
Athletes' Paradise
Elisha Chauhan travelled to Doha to examine the Qatari capital's formidable 'athletes' city' concept, which will be introduced at its hosting of the 2019 IAAF World Championships.
Focus: Hamdan Sports Complex
Complementing Dubai Sports City is the Hamdan Sports Complex, another world-class and spectacularly flexible sports venue completed in 2010 at a cost of over $300 million.


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How the pro-Trump echo chamber has changed impeachment
A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.
As impeachment proceedings return to the forefront, so does the influence of right-wing, pro-Trump media. President Trump is hearing that he and his voters are victims of villainous Democrats. He is hearing (from fans like Lou Dobbs) that he is the greatest president of all time. And he is hearing (from Rudy Giuliani and other figures) that the "Biden crime family" is the real scandal.
Trump has been MISinformed every step of the way. So have his allies. They don't call it an "echo chamber" for nothing.
"I'm struck by the media feedback loop in these messages from Lev Parnas," the LAT's Chris Meregian tweeted Wednesday. "Everyone is sharing tweets by Charlie Kirk, clips of Sean Hannity, articles in The Hill."
Meregian is right. The documents from Parnas — one of Giuliani's indicted associates — revealed more about how Trumpworld "sought to meet with the Ukrainian President and members of his government as they sought dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden, worked to oust US Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch from her post and even apparently conducted surveillance of her in Kiev," as CNN's Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb wrote.
The headline on their CNN.com story poses a key question: "Democrats have new evidence in impeachment case, but do Republicans want to hear it?"
Parnas sits down with Maddow
"President Trump knew exactly what was going on" vis a vis the Ukraine pressure campaign, Parnas told Rachel Maddow in a taped interview on Wednesday. "He was aware of all my movements. I wouldn't do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani or the president."
Parnas brought up John Solomon, formerly of The Hill, currently of Fox News — repeatedly. Here is NBC's full story about the interview…
How the echo chamber works
Newly released messages show Parnas texting with Joseph Ahearn of the pro-Trump America First Action PAC… In March 2019, when Ahearn asked "what should I send don to tweet," apparently meaning Donald Trump Jr., Parnas sent links from Hannity, Laura Ingraham, The Hill, The Daily Wire, and other outlets. "Have jr retweet it," Parnas said. On March 24, Parnas sent a link to a Daily Wire story titled "Calls Grow To Remove Obama's U.S. Ambassador To Ukraine," i.e. Marie Yovanovitch. "That's a good article," Ahearn replied two minutes later. Another ten minutes later, Jr. tweeted out the story and said "We need more @RichardGrenell's and less of these jokers as ambassadors."
>> Jr. was on Hannity's show Wednesday night, but Hannity did not ask a single Q about Parnas…
>> Other texts from Parnas included content from the aforementioned John Solomon, Fox talking head Dan Bongino, OANN personalities, etc…
>> What's next: Anderson Cooper's interview with Parnas will air on CNN on Thursday…
Read more of Wednesday's "Reliable Sources" newsletter… And subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox…
BuzzFeed's new story about Hannity
This is brand new from Emma Loop and Jason Leopold, looking at how often Sean Hannity came up during the Mueller probe: The Fox host "is mentioned more than a dozen times in documents BuzzFeed News has obtained from the Mueller investigation so far." Hannity, who loves to claim that "journalism is dead," told the reporters that "I stand by my incredible investigative team and our great sources and reporting."
Thursday's front pages
Here are WaPo and NYT's Page One displays with the walk through the Capitol Rotunda:
"This is a very big night," Chris Cuomo said on CNN Wednesday night. "We've watched the impeachment articles literally be handed over, walked over, to the Senate. This impeachment has now set into motion a removal trial. The big question is, what about all of this new evidence emerging of clear wrongdoing? Can the Senate really choose to ignore it? And will the White House continue this 'did nothing wrong' argument?"


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An urgent email went out from Kathy Sargent, a member of St. Frances de Chantal Catholic Church in Wantagh, at 3 p.m. on Jan. 29. "I've got a funeral tomorrow for a Vietnam vet who was awarded the Purple Heart," her message said. "He died at the VA in Northport, and there will only be three people at his funeral, because he never married and had no children."
Hoping for a few more attendees, Sargent asked if John Sottnik, the email's recipient and the third vice commander of Wantagh's American Legion Post 1273, could share the news with his post's members. Sottnik agreed that the combat veteran, Fred T. Haag, 72, who also earned two Bronze Star medals, deserved a more fitting sendoff than an empty church on a Thursday morning. So he made some calls.
"I knew it would be difficult to get people there with short notice," Sottnik said, "so I sent out an email to all my contacts in the community and elected officials I would normally notify of our events." He also contacted the Wantagh Chamber of Commerce, whose second vice president, social media consultant MariLynne Rich, posted the notice on the chamber's Facebook page.
Joseph Ingino, Southern District director of the Vietnam Veterans of America New York State Council, got the news at around 6 p.m. Ingino, a member of the American Legion's Rolling Thunder motorcycle unit, wanted the bike contingent to be part of the ceremony, but the group had a commitment to escort another veteran on his final journey to Calverton National Cemetery the following morning. "But I can't ride anymore because of all my injuries," Ingino said, "so I decided to come and represent them myself."
Word continued to be passed among American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts in Bellmore, Levittown, Merrick, Rockville Centre and Wantagh. The Nassau County Police Department's mounted and motorcycle units got the word, and representatives of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, as well as members of the Wantagh Volunteer Fire Department, came as well. In the end, Haag's niece Tina Flaherty estimated that roughly 300 people came to pay their respects, including Ralph Esposito, director of Nassau County's Veterans Service Agency, Wantagh Chamber of Commerce President Cathy McGrory Powell and County Legislator Steve Rhoads.
Many with no personal connection to the armed services gathered at St. Francis de Chantal, too.
As the hearse bearing Haag's body and the limousine carrying his nieces and nephew arrived for the 11:15 Mass, the honor and color guards and members of the uniformed services snapped to attention as the coffin was escorted into the church.
Haag, a native of Brooklyn, was 19 in 1966, when he was drafted into the Army and sent to Southeast Asia as a member of the First Battalion of the 58th Infantry Regiment, 197th Infantry Brigade of the First Division. A sharpshooter, he received the Purple Heart after being wounded in the arm.
Haag was deployed to South Vietnam during a period when U.S. troop strength was at its height, with more than a half-million soldiers and Marines stationed in the country. He took part in some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. His service coincided with the 1968 Tet Offensive, a major push by North Vietnamese regular troops and guerrillas known as the Viet Cong that at one point occupied more than 40 percent of the country, before American counteroffensives drove them back.
Despite the passage of more than 50 years, "he was never the same after he came back," Flaherty said.
Visibly moved, she thanked all in attendance for the respect they had shown her uncle.
As Haag's casket was moved to the waiting hearse for interment at Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn, Frank Conlon Jr., of Rockville Centre, a member of the Vietnam Veterans Association, played taps on his silver bugle. The clear, bell-like tones hung in the air over the somber assembly of veterans and serving military, police, firefighters and civilians.
Esposito said he was pleased by the turnout, but added that it is a "disgrace" that veterans like Haag received so little help despite years of suffering from service-related issues.
State Sen. John Brooks, who took over as head of the Senate Veterans Committee last January and is himself a veteran, has helped shepherd several initiatives through the Legislature, including measures to help veterans with Agent Orange-related health issues. Agent Orange was an herbicide widely used throughout the Southeast Asia theater to reduce vegetation and improve visibility for aerial attacks. It has long been linked with disorders including leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma and prostate and respiratory cancers, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Haag died of cancer, although it was unknown whether his illness was related to exposure to Agent Orange.


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About Us
Dr. Dana Laridaen D.C.
Dr. Laridaen was born in the small city of Mauston, Wisconsin.
During her second year of college, Dana suddenly found herself suffering from a debilitating low back injury. Dana sought treatment from a local chiropractor who helped her become pain free. This difficult trial inspired and motivated Dana to pursue the field of chiropractic.
Dana received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Science from St. Cloud State University, MN in 1999. She graduated with her Doctorate of Chiropractic in 2007 from Palmer College of Chiropractic West in San Jose, California.
Dana is currently licensed as a Chiropractor in the state of California where she is the owner of O2 Chiropractic & Wellness. Dr. Dana Laridaen has been practicing and helping patients live pain free, healthier lives in the Los Angeles area since 2007.
Devaunshi Tailor, L.Ac.
Devaunshi has a Masters degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the Institute of Traditional Medicine in Toronto, Canada and is licensed by the California Acupuncture board and is also a certified Acupuncturist by the NCCAOM.
Over the past several years Devaunshi has been practicing various modalities of Chinese Medicine including acupuncture, cupping, facial rejuvenation, cosmetic acupuncture and nutrition therapy. She incorporates these methods to overcome issues such as pain management, digestive health, allergies, anxiety, hormonal imbalance, female health support including fertility and stress to name a few. She also has additional certificates for her specialization in Facial and Cosmetic Acupuncture with a high success rate in collegen stimlation naturally. It is Devaunshi's goal to provide treatments that nourish, regulate and rejuvenate bringing a sense of balance to one's state of being.
Kat Farovitch, L.Ac
Kat Farovitch, L.Ac. has been working in the health field since 2002. Aside from her Master's Degree in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, she is also a Nutritionist, Massage Therapist, and has many certifications in other forms of Energy Healing modalities. She specializes in Pain Management, Mental and Emotional Health, and Digestive Wellness. Kat lives, works, and breathes health and self-improvement and loves helping others find their balance.
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Certified Personal Trainer, Pilates + Yoga Instructor, Running Coach
Krishna also joined the team last year and we couldn't be happier with the feedback from patients who have been taking her Reformer Pilates sessions and Pilates Mat classes. We've had reports of stronger cores, less pain, improved flexibility and improved posture! She's amazing at correcting issues that can be the underlying cause of ongoing pain and/or discomfort. Her classes and private sessions are a great low impact option for stepping up your wellness routine for your mind and body!
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Geno has been with O2 since 2017 and he's brought a wealth of knowledge and experience with him to share. Since 2004 he has earned 6 different fitness certifications ranging from personal training, to functional movement and yoga, as well as four certifications in nutrition and healing. Whether you're looking to get in shape in a safe environment with a personalized approach to long term wellness, get stretched out properly to regain full mobility, or rehab an existing injury- Geno is a great fit! Children and prenatal patients accepted.
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Alejandra's passion for Pilates is inspired by its ability to heal, strengthen, and transform ones body. After obtaining her bachelors in Molecular Biology at the University of Santa Cruz, she became interested in the restorative properties of Pilates and Physical Therapy. As a Physical Therapy aide, she witnessed the benefits that Pilates had in rehabilitation; as an athlete, she appreciated the whole body conditioning and body awareness Pilates brought her. Her interest drove her to complete her Pilates training through Balanced Body. Pilates is her medium to promote a healthy and fit lifestyle, and she truly enjoys seeing the transformation in her clients. If Alejandra is not in a studio, you can find her training for her next marathon or hiking through a forest.
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Felicia has been with O2 since the beginning as well and since then has perfected her skill set of acute or full body deep tissue and sports therapy massages. She works well with a wide range of issues and always tailors treatments to your specific needs per visit. Whether you're an athlete training or recovering, a desktop warrior with tight shoulders/neck, or just looking to get some deep tissue work done to relieve tightness, knots and kinks, this strong and versatile therapist is perfect for you! A great fit for both teens and adults
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Chad Strawn comes to us from Equinox where he achieved a Tier II trainer status. While working alongside celebrity trainers Tony Horton/Beachbody and being featured in P90x workout videos, he discovered his passion for fitness and overall wellness, soon completing his NASM certification in 2011. This led to great growth with Beachbody Corporate, where he developed and tested new fitness programs, furthering his knowledge and experience in the fitness and wellness world. Whether you're interested in pain management, performance based training or aesthetically pleasing, he will find a healthy balance of challenging you while putting your goals in reach. His passion lies in improving the overall quality of life of his clients while helping them challenge their body to attain the best version of themselves.
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A Love Triangle From Brazil to Brooklyn
By LELAND de la DURANTAYE
Thomas Pletzinger's first novel, "Funeral for a Dog," is about sex, love, Brazil, a form of ménage- à-trois, children's books, Finland, dogs, Ping-Pong, New York — in short, the good things. But more than anything else, it is about what happens when a thing is lost: a Brazilian police dog loses a leg, a German- Finnish love triangle loses a member, a boy loses his friend, a woman loses her baby, an ethnologist loses his calling, a journalist loses his way.
It is relatively rare for contemporary German fiction to be translated into English, and unreservedly rare for a first novel by a young and largely unknown German writer to be published with such fanfare. "Funeral for a Dog" is full of strangeness, but it is not satirical strangeness or magical strangeness. It is, instead, realistic, and its main theme is the strangeness of loss. Given that the book centers on loss experienced as figurative and literal exile, it is bound to call to mind for readers of German fiction the haunting works of W. G. Sebald. What's more, as in Sebald's books, "Funeral for a Dog" is interspersed with illustrations that depict not central scenes but enigmatic details like a children's drawing on a receipt. In contrast to Sebald's writing, however, there is a great deal of beer-drinking and a great deal of blood. This extreme element (there is also a fair bit of vomiting) led some European readers to group it with a work at the opposite end of the German literary spectrum, one published the same year as "Funeral for a Dog" (2008): Charlotte Roche's "Wetlands," a phenomenally explicit (and phenomenally popular) book about sex, sexual fluids, sexual hygiene and the lack thereof. Though a ménage-à-trois is at the heart of Pletzinger's novel, and though one narrator repeatedly mentions the dried menstrual blood he is unable to wash off, this is not done for shock value and does not feel gratuitous. In other words, the book has known such success not because it is in any clear literary lineage, nor because it discusses extreme states and epochal events, but simply because it is brilliantly constructed and finely written.
The novel's greatest success is its intricacy of plot — an intricacy that is revealed only gradually. After a thoroughly confusing first few pages, the narrative settles into a story that is easy to follow and that slowly and artfully arrives at the point where those first confusing words make rich and moving sense. A journalist in a troubled marriage is sent to interview a reclusive children's author, and learns secrets about the man's romantic life that help him understand his own. The plot is complicated, but the things at its center are clear: a wildly successful children's book called "The Story of Leo and the Notmuch" and a three-legged dog who will, as we can guess from Pletzinger's title, die. In the interim the dog is several things. It is both a mascot and a symbol of the love triangle that occupies half the novel. It accompanies the three lovers from their first night onward; it is an ideal observer, present at all points of the story — at a magnificently described cockfight in Brazil, in New York on Sept. 11, in Finland for a momentous New Year and many other places besides. The dog also presents a paradigm for loss. It has lost something crucial, and yet continues ("Dogs get used to any loss"). Dogs do what the writer of the children's book cannot — they "live in the moment." The children's author, on the other hand, lives in the past: he "collects fragments and assembles them into a world he can bear." (Here and throughout, Ross Benjamin's translation is stunningly fine, capturing as it does the wry wit, gentle despair and merry confusion of the original.)
The dog is indeed very much mascot, symbol and paradigm, but it is not much of a dog. It is kept supplied with beer and food, but the looks and leanings of a dog lovingly observed are nowhere to be found. It may seem petty to claim that the characterization of a dog is two- dimensional, but, well, it is.
The children's book that sets the plot in motion, and brings it full circle, is unique within the novel in that it addresses loss directly. It is also the solution to a riddle: What happened to these people? One member of the love triangle, a Finn — touchingly described as "not beautiful in the strict sense, but nonetheless the most beautiful" — has arrived with a child of uncertain parentage. Another member of the triangle has died tragically. The path toward resolution is found in another book. Two narrators tell the tale. One is the journalist (who, in his heart, is an ethnologist). The other is the children's author (who, in his heart, is in great pain). There is a mild doppelgänger effect between them — both are uncertain and inward, both bury their phones, both are confused by the women they love, both play Ping-Pong well. And there is another doppelgänger effect between the published children's book and an unpublished novel — or memoir? — that the journalist discovers locked away in the guest bedroom he occupies. The journalist violates his host's privacy, which may have been his host's wish all along, and reads the mirror book to "The Story of Leo and the Notmuch." Called "Astroland," it charts the love triangle from Recife to Brooklyn, Helsinki to Lugano. It is incomplete. And it takes the journalist some time to realize that although he thinks there is no ending, he has in fact had the ending all along. It has been hiding in plain sight, between the lines of the children's book.
As befits a book about loss, "Funeral for a Dog" does not end with the losing. There is a searing stage that is confusion, fury, despair, renunciation, flight — but it is not the final one. The novel's lesson for child and man, man and beast, is that loving often entails losing, and that is horrible, sickening and frightening. But it is not the end. For just when you think there is nothing left to lose, you find something, someone, somehow — and it makes all the difference.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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Student Spotlight: Kendall Billingsley
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Hometown: Southaven, MS
What other clubs or organizations are you a part of?
Honor Code Council, Mortar Board Honor Society, Reformed University Felllowship
What do you enjoy most about being at MSU?
I love how at home I feel when I'm on campus and in Starkville.
What is the most important advice that you would give students?
Don't procrastinate
Why should students go to SI?
SI is a great way to learn, but it's also a great way to meet people and make connections, which can sometimes be difficult in those huge freshman classes.