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2011 Leaf – Muhammad Ali 2/26/11
Set to come out in late February / early March is a new product by Leaf Trading Cards, 2011 Leaf Muhammad Ali. This is exciting news for Ali collectors and boxing collectors in general.
This 100 card set will be released in packs (boxes), with each pack (box) containing 8 cards. The cards break down as the following: 5 base cards, 2 autographed (non Ali) cards, and1 Ali themed insert (which could be autographed). Each case contains 12 boxes with each case individually numbered to 399.
You are guaranteed two autographs per pack. The non Ali autographs include 'Fans of Ali' with signatures from people such as Donald Trump, Magic Johnson, and Nolan Ryan. 'Opponents of Ali' which include fighters that Ali faced like Joe Frazier. Also inserted are 'Associates of Ali' where you will find autographs of Angelo Dundee and the like.
There is a total of 200 Muhammad Ali autographs inserted into the packs, 150 cut signatures and 50 on card autos. All 50 of the on card autos are numbered 1 of 1's. So with this amount of Ali signatures, your odds of pulling one is one in every two cases.
The Ali insert could also be a Printing Plate (400 total), and event worn memorabilia. There will also be 'Fight Worn' memorabilia cards which include a piece of fight worn trunks from the Ali / Oscar Bonavena fight. This fight took place on December 7th 1970 in New York. Ali won this fight with a TKO in the 15th round. Unlike 'Event worn' cards of the past these were actually used in an Ali fight. While I don't like cutting these trunks up for cards, it is probably the closest most collectors would get to owning fight worn memorabilia. There are even autographed 'Fight Worn' cards.
This product has no official release date other than late February due to the fact that Leaf doesn't want to put redemption cards in their packs. This is a good thing.
Throughout the process of gathering information about this product, I exchanged emails with Brian Gray, President of Leaf Trading Cards. He was kind enough to answer the questions I had concerning this release.
He even took a few minutes to answer a few questions that I wanted to post for the readers of Aliautos.com.
AliAutos.com: How excited are you about this release?
Brian Gray: This is by far the most exciting release I have ever been involved with. We fully expected the item to be well received, but we are now completely sold out and continue to hear only positive excitement form our customers.
AA: I assume you met Ali. What was that experience like?
BG: I definitely had mixed feelings. I love ALI. He is truly "the greatest". I was deeply saddened by his health and felt very moved to support causes such as Parkinsons. It was very hard to see ALI like this.
AA: What are your feelings about cutting up fight worn trunks for this product?
BG: I am completely ok with this. To me, for 100's of collectors to get to enjoy this memorabilia, rather than just the one who owns the whole item. Soon, we will be cutting up a MUCH BIGGER item for one of our products.
AA: What does the future hold for Leaf - Ali products?
BG: Metal is our next set later this year. It is much like the cards most collectors call "Chrome". It is the most beautiful item I've ever produced.
We showed these cards off at our Atlanta show this week and people's jaws dropped at these stunning cards.
I would like to thank Mr. Gray for his help during this article and hope to see more great Ali related products released through Leaf.
The Numbers
Cases: 399
Total boxes in cases: 4,788
Total cards in boxes: 38,304
Base cards in boxes: 23,940
Total non Ali autographs: 9,576
Total Ali autographs: 200
Total Ali Printing Plates: 400
Total Ali memorabilia: unknown
Here are a few pics of the 'Fight Worn' autographed cards. These are the big hits of the set.
TTM Responses 7/5/08
Back when Muhammad Ali signed through the mail (TTM) and someone wrote him requesting an autograph, there were several responses that could be expected. It was almost guaranteed that you would receive a signed Islamic pamphlet even if other autographs were sent. It was common for Ali to sign the bottom or the back of the request letter, usually personalized and dated. He would also add one of his famous quotes most of the time.
If you requested a photo, there was a good chance that you would receive one of five different photos. There was the 3x5 photo of him in a black suit, this is the same photo currently being used for the autopen. There is also a larger version (8x10) of the same picture. Another photo in the black suit from a different angle could also be received in 8x10 format. A B&W photo of Ali from his boxing days was another option. This photo has a white border around it and comes in both 8x10 and 5x7. If Ali didn't have any photos at the time, he would sometimes add under his signature "Sorry, out of pictures".
Sometimes the requester would receive a nice treat, a signed note on Ali's own stationary. These autographs are a little more rare than the others but can still be found with some looking. Even more rare was the return envelope made out in Ali's own hand. Most of the envelopes weren't signed but some of them have Ali's signature in the return address area.
Although your chances of receiving a hand signed Ali signature TTM at this point are slim-to-none, I still believe that Ali signs several autographs for his fans but I have no proof of this.
GAI Authenticated Forgeries? 5/18/08
Recently a flood of (in my opinion) obvious forgeries which have 'authenticated' by Global Authentication have hit the market. Many of these have been selling on ebay for hundreds of dollars. There seems to be several different styles of forgeries, so they're not all from the same forger. How so many phony Ali autographs from different sources could be found 'authentic' by GAI is a mystery to me. What exemplars were used by GAI to examine these signatures? The answer has to be none.
One example is ebay item #300217636183. This auction was for a Muhammad Ali "signed" gloved complete with a COA from GAI, cert #GV322890. The only problem with this auction is that the glove was not signed by Ali, it is a forgery (see photo). This auction ended on April 30th with a final price of $565.89 with 16 bids. This is only on example from over 20 that I have noted in the last several months.
GAI cert # GV 322890 GAI cert # GV 336001
It doesn't take an expert to see that these are not authentic, so why can GAI? I understand that these companies are giving their opinions and nothing is 100% but over 20 mistakes showing up in such a short period? Either they don't know Muhammad Ali autographs or they don't care. How can they call themselves "The leader in authentication" if they can't tell the difference between blatant forgeries and the real thing?
Aliautos.com hopes that its readers keep this in mind, just because they call themselves "The leader" doesn't make it so.
Hologram Stickers and COA's 2/22/08
Recently forgers and unscrupulous sellers have found a new tool to help them pass their bogus autographs, hologram stickers. All throughout the internet you can find these holograms used on COA's and on autographed items from sellers you never heard of. Or worse yet, from sellers you know that you can't trust. Do a google search for 'custom holograms' and see what you find. There are hundreds of companies that will make you hologram stickers with any picture, name, or number you want, including those dual serial numbered stickers that you see on COA's and the item.
Quite a few times now I have received an email or spoke to someone who said that the item came with a hologram sticker and COA, which made them feel more comfortable with purchasing the item. (That's exactly what these sellers want you to think.) In all of these cases, the autographs that I looked at were fake. The fact is still the same; most COA's aren't worth the paper that they're printed on. Even if they now come with a shiny sticker on them.
Changes to the autopen 12/1/07
I'm not sure exactly when but sometime within the last couple of months, Ali's autopen has changed. All they did was make the existing signature smaller. I have already seen several for sale on the secondary market. Many uneducated collector's still believe that the autopen is a real signature and refuse to accept the facts. This recent change is the first alteration to the autopen that I have seen.
Below you can see the previous (large signature) autopen and the New (small signature) autopen.
Ali Photo File 8x10's 2/22/07
There are an alarming amount of forgeries on the market but there is one kind that we can avoid without question. Within the last few months Photo File, a large photo printing company has started to print licensed Muhammad photos. You can see the Photo File logo along with an ALI logo the second you look at them. The sellers will advertise clear, big signatures on these photos. Ali hasn't signed in the manner that these forgers are signing in years, let alone a lot of these fakes are terrible.
If you go to Photo File's website you will see the examples of photos that they sell. Also, go to the aliautos.com forums for more examples of forgeries on these photos.


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Olivia here, again – while Jordan is ruminating on the beauty she's seeing, I thought I'd come by and share an interesting POV; I met Jordan over ten years ago via her blogmates on NonSociety (fun fact: I designed the NonSociety t-shirts…weird) and when Jordan began Ramshackle Glam, I naturally journeyed over here and I've been a loyal reader ever since. There have been so, so many posts of Jordan's which have hit me in the feels, made me laugh, and taught me something; but, there have also been posts of Jordan's which have left me scratching my head or with my hands over my eyes. I'd thought I'd share some of my all-time favorite Ramshackle Glam posts, and a few which made me shake my head. What's your favorite post of Jordan's? Which Ramshackle Glam post made you laugh or cry? I'd love to know!
1. The Great Impossible is one of those posts I bookmarked on my computer and would read almost daily. I almost memorized these lines, "Because marriage is hard – so hard that sometimes it feels impossible. It's so consuming that when it isn't working, there's no lonelier place to be than next to the person you promised to spend forever with." It felt so nice to know other women were having similar thoughts, but also could come back from the thoughts and grow and learn. I feel similar about this post, too. At the time of reading both of them, I felt so seen and heard. Marriage can be tough, and it's okay to talk about the valleys as well as the peaks. In fact, Jordan talks about the fact that 'we don't talk about it' in this post – another fave.
2. When I was expecting my second son, I rarely remembered I was even pregnant. Oops. Jordan, whose second child is just a year older than mine had already addressed that topic, which was refreshing and very reassuring because #momguilt. Jordan wrote, "It rarely even occurs to me that I'm expecting another child. It's not on my mind at all, and it was a thing that was very much on my mind every second of every day the first time we did this. And that makes me feel terrible, because I don't want our second child to doubt for one moment how much we love him or her…" As always, Jordan says what we're thinking and don't say. Also, the ever famous Post You Must Read Before Having Your Second Child. Always tugs at my heart.
3. On a lighter note, I'm the worst baker ever, but have saved so many of Jordan's recipes to my phone because I find them approachable – and able-to-be-messed-up-and-still-taste-good – very Ramshackle, right? Some of my faves are her two ingredient Nutella brownies (yes, they're really easy and really that good), 4 ingredient chicken chili tacos (kids love these), spinach and salmon pasta (yum), and 5 minute chocolate banana cream pie (which is a favorite of my father in law's).
4. Now, as much as I look up to Jordan and consider her a dear, dear friend – we have the total opposite idea of personal and home decor style. Like, total opposite. Over the years, I've opened up Ramshackle Glam to some style posts and literally said, "No, Jordan, no" out-loud. Case in point: her Socks and Heels fascination. Why, Jordan, why?
5. Then, there was the fluorescent eye makeup trend. I can't get into it. Sorry, J.
6. Do we all remember the splatter paint sessions? I remember at the time squinting at these posts and really, really trying to like the trend, but all I can think is art project from summer camp in the Catskills. Not into it. Jordan however, was very into painting things neon. Maybe to match the eye makeup? Jordan will have to answer this one. However, I do love her kids' rooms in the new house (that map!), so it makes up for the splatter disaster sessions. And, in her defense, she got me into the Sputnik trend and when I texted her to ask if I should get a Sputnik light for my office, she responded, "Always go Sputnik," so I'll give her points for that one.
7. And, lastly, I'll leave you with some food for thought. Along with Jordan, I've been in the blogging and influencer world a long time, and I still can't wrap my head around a lot of the practices, and the fact that you can…make a living as a blogger – it all seems so odd to me – and yet, I've seen it happen! Jordan gives a lot of fantastic advice to bloggers, but this post about making money seems to always be a little controversial and poses the question, "is blogging a career?" What do you think? I think the marketing industry has shifted so much these last 20 years and I'm curious – and very excited – to see what comes next.


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June 8, 2019, 1PM, Mariachi's Restaurant, Rehoboth Beach
Annual Summer Fundraiser
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising
June 8, 2019, 1PM, Mariachi's Restaurant, Rehoboth Beach
Annual Summer Fundraiser
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising
First, let me wish everyone a joyous and gay holiday season and best wishes for 2019.
Since we have restructured we are looking to expand our Board so if interested contact me at 302 827-2811, so we may discuss what role you might want to play on the Board. We are particularly interested in making sure all constituencies are included.
1 – The annual meeting of the Delaware Stonewall PAC (Political Action Committee) will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2019, at All Saint's Episcopal Church, 18 Olive Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, noon to 2 pm. We are expecting the newly elected endorsed members of the State Legislature to be there and we will discuss the legislative issues we think will be of importance to the LGBT community this coming legislative session as well as electing leadership.
In order to be a member of the PAC, you may sign up
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Peter Schott,
President, Delaware Stonewall PAC
Stonewall is pleased to announce that we will be honoring John Brady at our June 25 summer fundraiser. John is the only openly gay elected official in Sussex County, the most conservative of all of Delaware's counties. As the current Clerk of the Peace he is responsible for conducted same sex marriages and has always been in the forefront on that issue. The previous Clerk vehemently opposed and threatened not to conduct those marriages, even after the law was passed. Please help Stonewall continue the fight towards equality by supporting our efforts.
Purchase tickets or become an event sponsor!
Since its inception on February 1, 2003, with passage of its by-laws and election of a Board, Barbara Gittings Delaware Stonewall Democrats has been committed to its goals of electing equality-friendly legislators, working with the Democratic Party to assure that members of the LGBT community are included at all levels, and seeking passage of legislative measures which would enhance the rights of our community.
We quickly were recognized as a political force in Delaware as the Party Chair gave us a seat at the table at the Party's Executive Committee, and elected officials sought our support.
Our summer fund-raisers, beginning with the first one where we were able to get Congressman Barney Frank to attend, have been must-attend events in which every elected Delaware Democratic State and National office holder has attended. About 90% of the money raised at this event goes to electing those committed to our mission. Over the years we were able to play a significant role in turning a reticent Legislature into one which voted for hospital visitation rights, non-discrimination, civil unions and finally marriage equality, as well as granting us gender identity rights.
But, our work is not done. We have work to do on anti-bullying and we need to make sure none of the rights we fought for are taken away as we know there are some who are still fighting us.
This work cannot be done without your help, so I am urging you to support our 13th annual summer event to be held at Mariachi's Restaurant at 14 Wilmington Avenue in Rehoboth Beach, on June 25, beginning at 2 PM. As this is an election year, we are expecting most of the candidates to be present, and as time goes by we will let you know who we will be honoring.
Please become a sponsor or just buy a ticket.
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To just buy tickets visit http://delawarestonewall.org/events/purchase-tickets/
Peter Schott
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Kinloch was most recently SVP of finance at Ripple Foods, which is known for a non-dairy milk made from peas. Kinloch also held senior roles at solar power company Sunrun, file sharing firm Box and Netflix.
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Bulletproof also brought on Brian Watkins, formerly of Nordstrom and Blue Nile, as VP of e-commerce.
— Chris Pirillo, the man behind geek culture hub LockerGnome and the Gnomedex conference, joined Intel Graphics as chief community advocate. Pirillo said he wants to be a voice for consumers within the Intel group responsible for engaging with the gaming community.
"For the longest time, I've fought to change the tech industry from the outside in — but now have a chance to help change the industry from the inside out," Pirillo wrote on Facebook.
Pirillo said his job would be to "listen and engage with tech enthusiasts, PC gamers, and content creators like me to help guide product decisions."
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— Live-event tech company Eventcore snagged David Beckett to be SVP of professional services. Beckett, who started working with Eventcore last year as an advisor, previously served as SVP of operations and client services at event company Experient, where he worked for 17 years.
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"[David is] a strong strategic thinker and an enthusiastic addition to the Eventcore family," CEO Mark Johnson said.
— Sarah Bird, the CEO of Seattle-based search engine optimization company Moz, joined this year's cohort of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute. The program selects an annual class of around 20 entrepreneurs and seeks to develop them into community-oriented leaders.
"Executives are often criticized for building successful businesses, but not giving back to the communities that helped them along the way. But it's our responsibility to be as impactful a leader in the community as we are in our businesses," Bird said in a statement.
Bird took over the role of CEO at Moz in 2013. Last October, the company made its largest acquisition to date, purchasing Vancouver-based STAT Search Analytics.
— Hybrid cloud security startup ExtraHop brought on Aron Digumarthi as VP of customer success and Corey Bodzin to lead product management.
Bodzin honed his digital security acumen through senior project management roles with Tenable Network Security, RSA and Qualys.
Digumarthi comes to ExtraHop from marketing analytics startup Beckon. He also led software-as-a-service teams at Hewlett Packard and data management firm Iron Mountain.
"With decades of combined experience leading product management and customer success teams for major security and IT players, Corey and Aron have the deep industry expertise and vision to help ExtraHop not only build market-leading technology, but also turn our customers into the world's most advanced security and IT organizations," ExtraHop CEO Arif Kareem said in a statement.
ExtraHop recently added former F5 CEO John McAdam and former Secureworks CEO Michael Cote to its board. The company surpassed $100 million dollars in customer contracts last year and said it could go public in 2020.
— HNTB Corporation, the national civil engineering company, promoted Jim Thomson to president of the company's newly created Northwest region. Thomson, who has been with the company for more than 30 years, will oversee HNTB's work in Washington, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Alaska.
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I had an unforgettable experience during a mission trip to Thailand in June 2016. During a visit to a tribal village, the children were singing a Christian song in their own language. I didn't understand a word, but I felt the Spirit touching me through the song. As emotions welled up within me, I knew I was holding back a torrent from flowing out.
My fear of what the other team members would think of me finally gave out and I wept bitterly. Waves of energy spread through my body and my hands and feet were immobilised like stone. My fingers were curled up and according to my brother, he couldn't pry it open. I'm not sure how long it continued for but I could still hear the singing in the background.
For some time since the trip, I didn't know what to make of the experience. I didn't know it was a baptism of the Holy Spirit until I read Charles Finney's account.
29-year-old Finney was a lawyer but felt unsure of his salvation. He took a walk in the woods near his home and after some time of searching prayers, went to his office. Unexpectedly, he experienced what he later realised to be a baptism of the Holy Spirit as recorded in his memoir:
"But as I turned and was about to take a seat by the fire, I received a mighty baptism of the Holy Ghost. Without any expectation of it, without ever having the thought in my mind that there was any such thing for me, without my recollection that I had ever heard the thing mentioned by any person in the world, the Holy Ghost descended on me in a manner that seemed to go through me, body and soul. I could feel the impression, like a wave of electricity, going through and through me. Indeed it seemed to come in waves and waves of liquid love; for I could not express it in any other way. It seemed like the very breath of God. I can recollect distinctly that it seemed to fan me, like immense wings.
No words can express the wonderful love that was shed abroad in my heart. I wept aloud with joy and love; and I do not know but I should say, I literally bellowed out the unutterable gushings of my heart. The waves came over me, and over me, one after the other, until I recollect I cried out, "I shall die if these waves continue to pass over me." I said, "Lord, I cannot bear any more"; yet I had no fear of death.
How long I continued in this state, with this baptism continuing to roll over me and go through me, I do not know."
After this experience, Finney rejected his law career and secular success. He lost his desire for worldly pleasures and amusements and was only concerned with preaching the Gospel to save souls. This baptism of the Holy Spirit was not a one time event but occurred throughout his life though not regularly.
I see many parallels between Finney's and my experience. I hope that the spiritual after effects continue. I still have a long way to go in removing my sinful habits and motives. But the Lord helping me, I shall be a clean vessel to be used by Him.


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|Modeling and analysis of device-to-device communications and interference management in heterogeneous cellular networks
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|Afshang, M. (2016). Modeling and analysis of device-to-device communications and interference management in heterogeneous cellular networks. Doctoral thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
|Driven by the exponential increase in wireless data traffic, cellular networks are undergoing an unprecedented paradigm shift in the way that data is delivered to the mobile users. The high spectral efficiency and energy efficiency of short-range transmissions make small cell and device-to-device (D2D) networks as the key enablers of this shift. In this dissertation, we develop realistic and tractable analytical frameworks based on random spatial models (using tools from stochastic geometry) for modeling and analysis of the fundamental aspects of D2D networks and small cell deployments. In the context of D2D networks, this dissertation first develops a new spatial model in which the locations of D2D devices are modeled according to a Poisson cluster process. Using this model, we study the performance of a typical D2D receiver in terms of coverage probability and area spectral efficiency (ASE) for device-centric content placement. Here, the content of interest is available at the kth closest device from the typical device inside the same cluster. We discuss in detail the maximum and minimum gains, in terms of the coverage probability and ASE, achievable in the clustered D2D networks when such content placement is performed. The developed tools can be used to model various other smart content placement strategies where the content of interest lies closer to the typical device. Second, the proposed clustered D2D network model is used to develop a comprehensive analytical framework that characterizes the performance of cluster-centric content placement in cache enabled D2D networks. Different from device-centric content placement, cluster-centric content placement focuses on placing data in each cluster such that the collective performance of all the devices in the cluster is optimized. Using this model, we characterize the performance of the D2D network in terms of coverage probability and ASE under a variety of cluster-centric content placement strategies. Third, the cluster-centric analysis demonstrates significant improvement in the network performance when the device on which content is cached or device requesting content from a cache is biased to lie (or move) closer to the cluster center. Based on this insight, we develop and analyze a new generative double-variance Thomas cluster process model to incorporate such biased transmissions in the coverage and ASE analysis. Fourth, in the context of small cell deployments, this dissertation provides a baseline analytical framework to address the technical aspects of uplink and downlink communication in hybrid division duplex (HDD)-based two-tier heterogeneous networks. We propose coordinated interference management techniques that work in conjunction with uplink power control (in HDD-mode) to enhance the network performance. The effects of the proposed interference mitigation mechanisms on the whole network are captured by modeling the locations of transmitters as a Poisson hole process. The analysis shows significant improvement of the coverage probability under proposed dynamic interference mitigation.
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Joint Communique
Food Ministers Protect Public Health, Support Industry Innovation.
The Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council met in Melbourne today. The Ministerial Council, made up of Ministers from the Australian and New Zealand, State and Territory Governments is the body responsible for developing food policy for Australia and New Zealand.
The Ministerial Council discussed progress on a number of policy issues and projects related to food. These policies will have significant benefits for both consumers and the food industry.
Fortification of Food with Vitamin and Minerals
The Ministerial Council agreed to a Policy Guideline for the Fortification of Foods with vitamins and minerals. The policy covers both mandatory and voluntary fortification of food.
Ministers agreed that vitamins and minerals may be added to food where there is, for example, demonstrated evidence of a potential health benefit, and it is clear that the fortification of a food will not result in harm.
Ministers also agreed with FSANZ that mandatory fortification of food with iodine and folate, should be considered as a priority. Work on drawing up a standard will commence in the next two months.
Nutrition, Health and Related Claims
The Ministerial Council had further discussions on the appropriate approach to regulating the use of biomarker maintenance claims on foods (for example 'maintains healthy cholesterol'). Ministers thought it important to make a decision on this issue, at the meeting.
Ministers recognised that foods can have a positive impact on the public's health, and industry innovation in this area should be encouraged. The policy guideline of nutrition, health and related claims endorsed at the
Ministers also emphasised that the protection of public health and safety is a critical issue, and consumers must be protected from false and misleading claims, or claims that have the potential to distort diets.
The Ministerial Council determined that claims regarding the maintenance of a biomarker would be permitted on foods. They will be treated in the same way as enhancement claims. That is, manufacturers will be required to apply to FSANZ for approval of a biomarker maintenance claim, prior to releasing the product to market. This will ensure that claims are appropriately substantiated, and subject to public consultation, prior to their use.
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Review of the Labelling of Genetically Modified Food - Report
Australia and New Zealand were among the first countries in the world to introduce GM labelling. In
The report on this review was considered today. Ministers were very pleased to note that Australia and New Zealand's requirements remain amongst the most comprehensive in the world, and that industry compliance with labelling requirements has been very good.
Ministers requested that FSANZ continue to monitor international trends on GM labelling and report to Ministers on progress.
The final report of the Review of Labelling of Genetically Modified Food is now publicly available on the FSANZ website at www.foodstandards.gov.au.
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Mr. Jim McCormick, M. Ed., Head of School
"And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself." -Matthew 22:37-39
I believe that if the Christian school gets Jesus' ultimate commandment for believers right, that the Christian school will be exactly what God calls it to be. At FCS, we are about loving each other well. Then and only then, can the learning and the training of the next generation of Christian leaders take place most effectively. I hope you will partner with us!
I'm humbled to serve the FCS family as we support each other in the stewardship of our children toward effective Christ-centered education. I am a sinner saved by the grace of God through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and I'm a proud product of Christ-centered education, as is my wife. In fact, we are high school sweethearts from Canyon Creek Christian Academy in Richardson, TX. My parents are both Christian school educators; I've lived and breathed Christian education in almost all of its manifestations as a student, teacher, coach, athletic director, administrator, and parent.
At Faith Christian School, we believe that Christ-centered education is much more than simply being counter-cultural. The partnership between a Christ-centered home and a Christ-centered school can be the most effective way to obey God's mandate to disciple our children to be followers of Jesus, especially in times such as these, when many dads and moms have to work to provide for their families and may not be equipped to teach subjects such as: Cursive, Calculus, and Chemistry. If you feel called to partner with a Christ-centered school for your children, please come tour our facility. I look forward to meeting you."
Psalm 78:4
We will not hide them from their children,
but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
Respectfully in Christ,
Jim McCormick, M. Ed.
Below are links to my monthly publication "Thoughts on Faith"
January 24th 2017 "Thoughts on Faith"
Dec 12th 2016 "Thoughts on Faith"
Nov 22nd 2016 "Thoughts on Faith"
Oct. 19th 2016 "Thoughts on Faith" Mission Statement Pt. 3
Sept. 21st 2016 "Thoughts on Faith" Mission Statement Pt. 2
Sept. 2nd 2016 "Thoughts on Faith" Mission Statement Pt. 1
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Posts Tagged 'sustainability'
Special Bonus Sunday Reading: 'Keywords for an Age of Austerity'
On Twitter Adam Kotsko pointed me to a great blogging series from John Patrick Leary: "Keywords for an Age of Austerity."
1 – Innovation
2 – Stakeholder
2.5 – Learning Outcomes
Like the other words in this series—innovation and stakeholder—learning outcomes is a superficial concept that crumbles under even slight scrutiny. But its empirically verifiable meaninglessness conceals the zeal for empirical measurability that it demonstrates. And in the education world, these kind of measurements are only ever about cutting back.
3 – Nimble
4 – Entrepeneur
5 – Curator
The word's combination of moral purpose and creativity aligns it closely with the "innovator" and the "entrepreneur." In the most enthusiastic celebrations of each, marketing ingenuity and aesthetic imagination are scarcely distinguishable from one another.
6 – Conversation
7 – Silo
8 – Accountability
Measurement is key in enfocring the notion of accountability in schools, and it is what many critics of NCLB fixate on: the high-stakes testing regimes, teacher evaluations, school grades, and so on. And yet there is something persistently vague about its usage. In my cursory reading of the text of NCLB, the term is never defined more clearly than it is above, except to specify that it refers to common standards and enforcement provisions. The law at times also seems to conflate the sanctions for failure—that is, being "held accountable," or punished—with meeting the standard itself, or "being accountable," a big difference.
9 – Content
10 – Sustainability
As a lifestyle and marketing term, "sustainable" can paradoxically express the same capitalist triumphalism—of an ever-expanding horizon of goods and services, of "growth" without consequences—that the conservationist concept was once meant to critique. "Sustainable development," fuzzy as it is, was intended to remind us of the limited supply and unequal exploitation of natural resources. But if "sustainable" most literally means an ability to keep on doing something, its popularity as a consumerist value suggests that there is a fine line between "sustainable" and "complacent." We can "sustain" grossly unequal cities—that is, they won't fall apart utterly—with Lyft and Airbnb, rather than mass transit and affordable housing. For a while, anyway. Whether we will sustain our desire to live in them is another question.
11 – Civility
Thursday Links!
* Here Are the 55 Schools Currently Under Federal Investigation for Sexual Assault. Behind Focus on College Assaults, a Steady Drumbeat by Students.
* There have been violent threats, angry screeds, Twitter flame campaigns and an entire website predicated on the putative hideousness of Dan Kane's existence. Someone sent Kane an email wishing him a lingering death by bone cancer. Someone else tweeted him a photograph of a noose. Emotions can run amok when you take on something as sacrosanct as the athletic program at the University of North Carolina, as Kane, 53, has found in the last few years…
* All The Times Science Fiction Became Science Fact In One Chart.
* On valuing the Humanities at MIT.
* So if you're a college president overseeing a portfolio of lucrative, heavily marketed, largely unaccountable terminal master's-degree programs that offer little or no financial aid and charge market prices financed by debt, congratulations: You, too, own a for-profit college!
* On the other hand, Coursera's "Global Translator Community" offers a new model for corporations looking to expand their exploitation of uncompensated skilled labor, and perhaps ultimately replace nearly all paid labor with unpaid "volunteering": 1) The mission of the company, regardless of its for-profit status, is defined in exclusively philanthropic terms; 2) A gigantic blitz of media hype provided by sympathetic journalists and columnists leads the public to associate the company exclusively with its world-saving charitable priorities; 3) Workers are persuaded to contribute their labor to the company through an appeal to their desire to "change the world" and "become part of a global community" of similarly idealistic souls.
* Automated-grading skeptic uses Babel to expose nonsense essay.
* What if Everyone in the World Became a Vegetarian? Yes, fear not, Slate makes sure this is a Slate pitch.
If the world actually did collectively go vegetarian or vegan over the course of a decade or two, it's reasonable to think the economy would tank.
* "Smaller classes in the early years can lift a child's academic performance right through to Year 12 and even into tertiary study and employment," Dr Zyngier said.
* You can prove anything with facts: States That Raised Their #MinimumWage in 2014 Had Stronger Job Growth Than Those That Didn't.
* A not-so-brief history of LEGO's wonderful "Space" line of products.
* You may be done with the past, but… Waddington's pulls child's blood-stained tunic from auction gallery.
* Amazing what a little organized labor can accomplish.
* What we talk about when we talk about trigger warnings.
* Thomas Piketty and his Critics.
* Striking Down Wisconsin Voter ID Law, Judge Finds 'No Rational Person Could Be Worried' About Voter Fraud.
* L.A'.s Most Arrested Person Is a Homeless Grandmother. Execution nightmare in Oklahoma. Louisiana About To Make It Illegal For Homeless People To Beg For Money. Woman Loses Her Home For Owing $6.
* Lawsuit: Penn denied prof tenure for taking child-care leave.
* Area man changes opinion on Obamacare after it literally saves his life.
* This is a sad day for the Gerry community.
* Marquette recognized as green college by Princeton Review.
* They say he's a lame duck, but Obama is still out there, pounding the pavement, looking for things he could still make just a bit worse than they are now.
* The coming antibiotic resistant hellscape.
* The coming SyFy TV hellscape.
* Babies cry at night to prevent siblings, scientist suggests.
* Your close reading of the Star Wars Episode 7 cast photo.
* America is Hungry, Let's Eat.
* Springsteen's "Born to Run" First Draft to Be Displayed in Perkins Library.
* Even mice are terrified of men.
Wednesday Night!
* So many amazing things happened today, from the simultaneous implosion of both the Perry and Cain campaigns to Occupy Cal and Occupy Harvard to riots at Penn State in support of Joe Paterno (of all people). And I can't give proper attention to any of these amazing things because I spent 6 hours hanging out with John Hodgman on behalf of the Regulator Bookshop. Here's a nice interview with the man himself from Independent Weekly's Zack Smith.
* Not to pile on poor Rick Perry, but abolishing the Department of Energy doesn't make sense even on his own terms.
* Needing a weatherman to know which way the wind blows: Young adults agree that college is becoming increasingly unaffordable in today's economy even as it is becoming more important, according to a recent poll released on Wednesday by Demos and Young Invincibles, two research and advocacy groups.
* For people looking to transition #Occupy back into traditional electoral politics—and for people who want to make sure that doesn't happen—Occupy Des Moines is going to be pretty important.
* LGM celebrates Wake County's repudiation of de-integration.
* Some podcasts from the ASA, including my advisor Priscilla Wald's presidential address on Henrietta Lacks.
* Cormac McCarthy's Yelp page.
* A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage.
* Howard is one of the chief architects of the "Cleveland Model" — an effort to create good jobs in depressed urban neighborhoods by fostering for-profit cooperatives founded on a principle of environmental sustainability. The neighborhoods targeted by Howard's Evergreen Cooperative Initiative suffer from 40 percent unemployment, but he suggests tossing out any preconceptions one might have about whether or not desperately poor people care about the environment. Howard recounts one cooperative worker telling him, "I thought I'd have to move to Portland to become part of the green revolution, and now I can say that we lead the way in Cleveland."
* The bastards have stolen your honey.
* And some breaking news via Bitter Laughter: The odds that you'd exist at all are practically zero. So enjoy it! A wise man once said, it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive.
Thursday Night Linkdump
* I hope someday my admirers are moved to unearth my terrible college fiction: Wes Anderson's "The Ballad of Reading Milton" (1989).
* The true size of Africa. Also has the true side of Australia and the USA as a bonus.
* Liberal blogs are trotting out cell phone effect again. Looks like it's time to call November for the GOP.
* "In these challenging economic times, it's good to know you can get some financial protection for unexpected illness and injury to your pets," the e-mail reads before listing the many benefits. Federal Employees Can Purchase Health Insurance For Their Pets, But Not Their Same-Sex Partners.
* Running it up the flagpole: Wheel of Fortune's Pat Sajak argues at National Review Online that public employees shouldn't be allowed to vote in at last some state and local state elections.
* And in twenty years, we'll need another Earth to sustain us. Time to get building.


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Medical Necessity is a Necessity
By Definition
Effectively documenting the Medical Necessity of an ambulance transport to support billing has always been a central component of complying with all of the many rules and regulations, as spearheaded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, a.k.a "The Feds"). Enhanced Management Services has been a strong advocate of all things compliance and making iron-clad sure that medical necessity is expressly documented in words for each and every ambulance run our clients take, when intending to bill to any insurance source.
CMS provides a definition for Medical Necessity:
"Ambulance transportation is covered when the patient's condition requires the vehicle itself and/or the specialized services of the trained ambulance personnel. A requirement of coverage is that the needed services of the ambulance personnel were provided and clear clinical documentation (emphasis added) in the patient's medical record validates their medical need and their provision. The patient's condition, as well as changes in that condition and the treatment provided, must be in the record of the ambulance service (usually on the run sheet)."
When you think about it, what is the purpose of an ambulance?
In my mind an ambulance is for the transportation of an ill or injured person that cannot be transported safely by any other means. The use of an emergency vehicle, in theory, should be limited to the transportation and treatment of those persons who cannot be safely transported by any other vehicle given their medical condition without a threat to their life or at least their immediate well-being. However, we all know that isn't always the case.
So Why Should I Pay?
This is the million dollar question that the insurance companies ask. And they are asking this question with increasing frequency. Oh, and they are posing that question by using our least-favorite means— that little thing called the audit.
Really, when it comes down to it can you blame them? Do you spend dollars on things that you don't step back periodically and ask, why am I paying this? Or, can I continue to do life by paying a little less for this? It's a sound business question in a challenging economic climate. We cannot expect Medicare, Medicaid and commercial insurance payers not to periodically review the legitimacy of paying large numbers of ambulance-related claims.
Not Just Medicare
So this all boils down to our ongoing mantra… DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT!
Your patient care providers must develop the mindset that every single ambulance transport they are part of and subsequently prepare documentation for must be explicit regarding the medical necessity that's required the ambulance be used to move the patient. This is why the definition above stresses the words clear clinical documentation. Put another way, another buzz line easy for providers to understand is encouraging them to "paint a picture" in words concerning the ambulance transport.
On that note, allow me to issue one big warning.
Documenting medical necessity doesn't only pertain to Medicare. It never did. But, I think that our industry has been so keyed up and worried about Medicare that we fail to realize that other payers, especially Medicaid, commercial payers like Medicare Advantage Plans, Medicaid HMO's/PPO's and insurance plans with whom your service has a participating provider relationship all retain the right to conduct both post- and pre-pay audits. And they are conducting those audits with increased frequency.
Education is Key
To insure that your service hits the bullseye on meeting compliance and medical necessity guidelines, commit to developing a continual culture of education. This means that you must constantly educate and re-educate your staff regarding both positive and negative trends in their documentation.
Conduct regular in-house audits via your QA/QI process. Maintain continual education between you and your billing office- be it in-house or outsourced regarding what they are seeing overall in your documentation that may cause issues down the road. That ongoing dialogue will go a long way toward galvanizing you against a compliance problem with your trip documentation that may never be found by any other means.
Education also means you may want to provide education to your patient population. Disseminating communication either by presentations, meetings, website, mail pieces, facility interaction or whatever means in order to educate the residents of the response area you serve about when or when not to call an ambulance can go a long way toward controlling their expectations for you to provide services when those services may not be totally needed. The public only understands that ambulances are those vehicles with red lights that transport patients on stretchers. Most people don't understand that there may be other options such as a wheelchair van program or local taxi service who provide discount ride programs to the doctor's office for appointments, instead of calling for an ambulance. Now may be the time to help them understand and control your risk of taking requests for questionably medically necessary transports.
Use us as a Resource
How can we help? We stand ready to assist you with the deciphering of your medical necessity and compliance needs. Current clients can reach out to contact our knowledgeable and Certified Ambulance Coder trained Client Services representatives.
Not a client? Well then feel free to contact us for more information on how you can become one of our valued clients.


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I've managed to carve out a successful little design niche for myself over the past four or five years. I have chosen the projects that I work on quite carefully. As someone whose income is not primarily derived from my freelance I have the luxury of being able to choose to turn work down if it does not fit with "what I do". Now I have carved my niche folk come to me because of "what I do" and it's unusual for me to be offered anything radically different.
The piece below is therefore a rare example of something which does not easily fit in my current portfolio. It's a logo for my friend Nicky's production company. I chose to do it because I really enjoy working with Nicky and her brief was intriguing. She often works with with performers from London's burlesque scene but it rapidly became apparent to me in the early design stages that the kind of Victorian circus look I initially went for was not what she wanted. Thus we moved to this more contemporary comic-book aesthetic.
The technical process itself was interesting. The megaphone was actually built as a 3D model in Cinema4D and rendered in this cell-shaded style. I then used Illustrator's wonderful Live Trace function to turn the bitmap into a vector (I found that I could export it direct from C4D into a vector, but some of the lines lost their hand-drawn properties). I am very pleased with the text, which utilised Illustrator's awesome 3D Extrude & Bevel tool.


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Ferry's Lost Propeller Recovered From Cook Strait
KiwiRail confirms that salvors Seaworks have successfully recovered the ferry Aratere's propeller, which was lost from the ship when the shaft fractured on November 5, 2013 outside the Tory Channel.
"The propeller was retrieved from a depth of around 120 meters and approximately two nautical miles from Tory Channel using strops that were fitted around the blades of the propeller and part of the shaft via a remote controlled underwater vehicle. The propeller was then secured to the stern of the salvage vessel Brandywine and taken to Picton before being loaded onto the deck of the vessel by a crane," said ferry operator, Interislander, General Manager Thomas Davis.
"The propeller will be brought back to Wellington by Seaworks where it will undergo a comprehensive examination by both TAIC and Interislander," he added.
Seaworks used multibeam echosounder sonar equipment and a remote controlled underwater vehicle with cameras to locate the propeller, which weighs around 6 tonnes and would cost around $200,000 to replace.


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A few weeks ago I made mention of a book that I discovered thanks to one of my fave blogs. The blog I mentioned is one of my favorite blogs, but it was not the one that led me to the way cool book by Pete Burns. I made an mistake and credited the wrong blog. This is not cool as all bloggers know!
And, it got me to thinking — I really need to do all I can to show anyone who will follow the light that is being held up by The Grande Trashbender! …no one really knows what he looks like, but he likes to use the iconic image of Miss Hepburn in her way cool sun glasses to stand in for his picture. I suspect Trashbender is quite hot.
So, please! I implore you to take my advice and visit his site because you're destined to discover something new or something from the past that will either give you a fond feeling or a really creepy one. Such as Trashbender's recent discovery of a horrific vid-clip from 1980 that explains why disco REALLY died. …Disco could do nothing but roll over and die when Liza Minnelli decided to belt her own version of Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" — it hurts, boy and girls. However, I know you're all secretly dying to see Liza warble her coked-up way thru the Donna's disco classic. …and, kill disco once and for all. I also do not think that there is anything that Trashbender does not know about 80's pop music. He is a must visit site! And, tell him I sent you, please! And, please request that he find the vid-clip for "I Eat Cannibals" — anyone remember that little gem of the 80's??!!?!? I need to see it!!!!
So — go and take a look at the
My bestest pal, Ing, has been begging me to give her a copy of my baby picture taken by The Baptist Hospital of Beaumont, Texas at approx 6am on November 12, 1966 just about 2 hours after my birth. I was removed from my mother's vaginal canal with the aid of forceps — which bruised my head. This probably explains a lot. Anyway, some odd nurse must have thought it would be cute to pose me. So my little hand was placed beneath my oddly (and thankfully temp deformed) head —- it looks like an evil little sprite silently judging someone. Actually, it is both scary and rather funny. The horrific photo was then placed in a seriously 60's announcement card to be mailed out to loved ones to announce the birth of me.
I found a stack of these cards when I was clearing out some things after my father died. I think my mother wisely opted to not send many of them out. Anyway, I thought it would be funny to send them out in 1997 — which I did. …to a number of friends. I only have one left. Ing wants it so she can show it to random people and tell them it is the baby she had — but "put down" due to the fact that "it" seemed to be judging her. Or some such. Quite funny. But, I couldn't stand the idea of parting with my only remaining copy. So, I had a color copy made for her personal use.
…I felt I should share the joy that my mother decided to hide from the world of late 1966. I do look rather evil. But, I'm not. I'm quite nice, actually.
Oh! And, run — don't just walk to the nearest indie record store and pick up a copy of the new CD by Men,Women&Children!!!! It is fantastic and a must own!!!! And, while you're picking it up — be sure to buy "Supernature" by Goldfrapp if you have still not picked that one up!!!! These are essentials for all record collections. Just like "The Power of Pussy by Bongwater! Everyone should own these records. It should be put into law! …think 90's indie rock smashed up with trash disco and you get the idea. It is pure magic!
I'm also really getting into this odd little band from the Land of Bjork! A big thanks to my 'secret admirer' who ever you are! You've exceptional taste and know just what I like! I am really enjoying this CD! Sigur Ros rocks! …well, in an ambient OK Computer kind of way.
Ing, Alan and I saw a wicked cool/good movie called SOMERSAULT from Australia! See it!!!!
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Oh my god! That baby picture is priceless… what a little imp! And your eyes are wide open! Old soul. Wise little baby.
Baby, why are you looking at me that way?
Who gave the baby a cleaver!? Ahhhhhhhhhh!
That's an adorable baby!
Eh?…another scorpio here. Nov 18.
Hmm, looks vaguely familiar. My oldest daughter was delivered the same way. She looked like a little mouse for months. lol. She had really long fingers and now that I think about it…looked a bit like ET.
matt you were so cute with your little dented head and satanic glance.
Meredith — I know! I look so evil. I guess we know why my mom opted to not mail them out.
matt — thank you!!!! wow! scorpio! tho, I don't think I am much of a scorpio. …a friend did my chart and I guess something is falling or rising which makes me more of a virgo. ???
debbi — I am sure she was/is a gorgeous baby! She must have looked better than me!!! I looked evil!
Oh, Tommy — I'm blushing!!! Kisses!
(Lol @ Me!) Re: Killing Music, anyone that plugs the Pipettes (my favourite group my a mile at the moment) is definitely good in my book. And your baby photo is so sweet! Although Thomas is right about the whole dent/satan thing …. but still cute!!
Is virgo compatible with scorpio? I used to date a virgo and a scorpio.
Tarot cards said both of these relationships were doomed. *sigh*
WAAAAAAAAAAAA aunty matty the evil baby is coming to get me! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Well that's what mummy said would happen if i didn't clean my room….
Mummy also says that scorpio's are great roots. I am not sure what that means.
Thank you for the plug, Matt. It really wasn't necessary to post the apology, but it's very much your style to be so sweet. Merci.
What's with the Trashbender anyway? I am Trashbinder, pronounced trash-bin-der which was a nickname given to me by my best friend. I think it's supposed to be my pseudo Indian monicker.
Oh, and by the way, I have ordered Men Women and Children on your recommendation.
PS Cute baby.
Did I fail to acknowledge the baby? I want to pick you up Matty and do certain thinks a man of your ilk just wouldn't like a whole lot at all whatsoever (no wheres near), but it's pouring rain and flashing lightening here and so off line I go (oh I go!).
Tim – Yes, someone in a book store (Ing's, actually) told me I had the Satan in me. …or was it me who told him that??? It's a bit of a blur I'm afraid. Killing Music rocks!!!
matt — well, I don't know. but, I don't hold much faith in the cards or the stars. I put my faith in my instinct, the kindness of strangers and Stevie Nicks.
Pixie! I've missed you! All your mommy means is that Scorpios are the salt of the earth. If she tells you "root" means anything else — just cover your ears and chant magik words. Evil baby won't come to get you! I promise!
Trashbinder!!! I can't wait to hear what you think of that band and their CD!!!! I've got to catch up on my blogging!!!!
Gina! I really can't wait to meet you! And, thanks! …I think.
Baby, baby, baby — you are not a virgo!
I remember I Eat Cannibals, the song. But I can't recall the video, except that I remember thinking it was super cool.