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No girl wins: three ways women unlearn their love of video games
My little sister just wants games to be for her exactly what they are for boys and men: easy to love. Why does that have to be so hard?
"Video games are a boy thing," my sister explains to me. "I feel like it's a known fact. GameStop is a boy store. The commercials are for boys. It's just something everyone knows."
My sister is 17. She runs a One Direction fan Twitter with 10,000 followers. She plans to major in fashion marketing. She's a cheerleader. She is as close as anyone can get to what gaming's sweaty fever dreams envision, desire, and shame as "Girl."
Like me, she knows from personal experience that girls play video games, and would hotly defend it if challenged. But a second tenet holds sway, as contrary as it is simultaneous: video games are for boys. The video games we've played don't count. They're concessions, scraps, snatches at the lucrative attention of little girls. It's not that my sister and I don't like real games; it's that the games we like aren't real.
I ask about Style Savvy, Cooking Mama, Super Princess Peach—games she played without fanfare, without self-doubt, surrounded by torn-out Tiger Beat posters. Weren't those fun? Didn't she spend hours with friends, swapping Nintendogs? Doesn't she remember the giggly hours she devoted to Club Penguin?
"Oh yeah, those were fun," she says. "I don't know. Maybe I didn't grow out of video games. Maybe video games just didn't grow up with me."
It would be easy to cast my sister and I as opposites. I received a book of essays on The Scarlet Letter for my 16th birthday. She received Our Moment, the One Direction branded fragrance. I went to a college where I devoted myself to post-war politics and anime screenings. She dreams of a higher education experience full of tailgating and adorably slouched cardigans. A teen movie would have a field day: she, the blue-eyed beauty in a LOVE PINK hoodie, blinking blankly as she holds an Xbox controller upside down. I, the frizz-headed harpy, explaining that my half-elf duchess of darkness uses water spells, not fire.
But I nod in agreement. "Yeah. Same."
I have a Steam account. I have a favorite Soul Calibur title. But fundamentally, we feel the same: not gamers, not welcome, and not interested in most of what we see at GameStop. Those years we spent swapping DS cartridges were, for the both of us, our only experience of games as uncomplicated fun. Then we grew up, and an avalanche of qualifiers buried us.
We're not gamers. We don't play real games. We should stay out. My proximity to nerdhood, her proximity to the mainstream—neither matters. Video games did not grow up with us; video games did not grow up for us.
I press my sister to explain how she knows games are a "boy thing," how everyone "just knows this." "I don't know," she answers tentatively. "Y'know, the commercials, and... everything. All of it. You know?" It's difficult to explain why and how she just knows, in part because parsing the roots of any sociological phenomenon is difficult, but also because it's just such an immutable fact for us.
For girls who do not fight to be a part of the club, who are not conversant in that world of quarter-circles and Konami codes, it's as codified as all the other gendered tenets of our lives. Video games aren't for us the way football and finance aren't for us: sure, there are girls who break in, and we applaud them for it at a comfortable distance. But where there is a welcome mat rolled out for men, there is only a bloodied stretch of briar for women. And it's just not something we have in us to brave.
There are girls and women who do not feel this way. Which is not to say they feel at ease in gaming, but they at least demanded a space there, and knew it to be theirs. I understand this: it's how I feel towards the world of comic books, where I am comfortably ensconced as both a fan and critic. I knew I was not welcome, but I fought for my right to be present, to master the lingo, to insist on entering the conversation. It was a truth I knew in my bones: comics were mine, and no jumped-up fanboy who'd never even heard of Jackie Ormes could obscure my truth.
When it comes to gaming, however, I am bereft of such confidence. I shrug and sound very much like the dozens of women I have known who protest that their love of Raina Telgemeier and Archie Double Digests does not make them a real fan. I don't get games, I argue. Don't pass me the controller, I'll only embarrass myself. It's not my turf. It's not for me. I'm a girl, ok?
This is our reality, and that of so many women, one that is silent, vast, yet largely unremarked upon wherever gaming is discussed. How did we learn this, I ask her again. How did our friends learn it? How did our mother? How do so many women, even today, learn that video games are not for them?
"It's everything," she says. There is a pause. "And everyone knows it. I mean, there are girls who game. But everyone knows it's not for them. But... yeah, it's everything." Over the following hour, we dissect "everything" as best we can. We find that, broadly speaking, there are three forces at work in teaching girls that video games are not for them.
The first force is disqualification: It takes into account the fact that girls almost certainly have played video games, but then carefully categorizes the games they're most likely to play as illegitimate. It's not hard to find this attitude wherever games are discussed. A mystery thriller like Her Story, a narrative exploration game like Gone Home, bestselling titles like Animal Crossing and The Sims, all manner of virtual pet sites: Not real games! Walking simulators! Boring! Easy! Dealing with women's emotions, not having guns, or simply being enjoyed by women en masse—all of these qualities act as disqualifiers. It's not just that women supposedly aren't interested in games; it's that the mere presence of femininity defines the games they like out of existence.
It didn't always feel this way, of course.
"All my friends had a Nintendo DS when we were little," my sister recalls. "I was really happy to find games related to my interests. Like, Style Savvy—that was my first step into fashion, really, as something I wanted to do." I remember her unwrapping a DS for Christmas, in fact, her eyes bright, the games beside it in a candy-colored stack. "Remember Elizabeth, across the street? I'd go up to her room when we were like, 9 years old. We'd play Nintendogs and Cooking Mama. All my friends did it. No one was shy about it."
My early relationship to video games was similarly untroubled. I played Purple Moon games on our stout little Gateway PC, Pokemon and Harvest Moon with a chunky, colorless Gameboy, Neopets during the hottest part of the summer. And for a while, it was something everyone did. A female friend painstakingly pieced together a Pokemon newsletter and disseminated it to our entire third grade class, all of us hungry for rumors of "Pikablu." Everyone got together for Math Blasters during free time. It was the late 1990s and my friends and I were just young enough, just high enough on Girl Power! to approach video games as we approached books, movies and TVs: as ours, inherently, and may the spirits of the Spice Girls damn anyone saying otherwise.
But something changed during those latter elementary school years, as the boys started huddling together to talk Starcraft and Grand Theft Auto—as their masculinity began to ossify around ideas of not-like-girls, our femininity limited by ideas of not-for-girls. The rules changed as we learned to mold ourselves into pleasing shapes, as the boys began to look at us less like people and more like objects to spurn and/or pursue. We were not they, and our entertainment became as segregated as everything else. And as with everything else, anything on the side of "girl" fell beneath anything on the side of "boy" in worthiness.
"Girl games," like my sister played—games explicitly intended for that audience, often marked by glitter and pastel colors—are the sole province of those young years, before the chasm between "girl" and "boy" rips open. And in this new light, we learned to look back at them and shrug. They didn't matter. They weren't real games. We left them behind as artifacts of childhood: loved, but ultimately relinquished.
Games grow up with boys from that point forward. We are welcome as long as we don't drag anything that might exclude boys along—as long, essentially, as we are assimilative and quiet about it. And even then, that variety of game—Mario Kart, Angry Birds, Bejeweled—are roundly derided as barely being games at all. Anything without the requisite genuflection to the almighty god of Boy's Interests is not a real game, it turns out.
"Girl" becomes incompatible with "video games," just as "boy" aligns with them. "Everyone knows it," my sister repeats. What about the girls who do play the games that "count," I ask? Surely she knows they exist.
"They exist," my sister ventures. "But it's way harder for them."
This is the second force that teaches girls video games aren't for them: the social hierarchy of the gaming community, and the narrow, deforming spaces it offers to the women who do persevere. "They have to become one of two types. There's the one gamer boys think is really hot, and they want her around, and they want to play games with her. But they're still going to make her uncomfortable and say really explicit shit. I see it happen. If she's cute, they tell her, 'oh, I want to fuck you,' and if she says no, she's a bitch. She can't complain."
And the other type? "The other type," she says, "is the 'weird' gamer girl who sits alone in the cafeteria with her DS while the gamer dudes call her fat and ugly. Both girls get put down by guys. And anyway, gamer boys try to own gaming. They claim it as theirs, as a boy thing. They automatically think girls are doing it for attention. No girl wins."
My sister's insight is startling to me. She's never seen the way online harassment of women in games often centers around a woman's sex life or looks. She doesn't know about projects like Feminist Frequency, and the way even its most basic critiques of overt misogyny inspire firestorms of hatred. She doesn't know about "fake geek girl" jokes. She doesn't know that something called "Gamergate" swamped everything having to do with games in virulent hatred for months, destroying careers and too many people's peace of mind, and leaving me reluctant even to write this piece. But she doesn't have to know these things. The collision of gaming and misogyny is apparent to her from a few cafeteria tables away.
She has come to understand that gaming is obsessed with her as a fuckable object, but not a human being. "It's all about women's bodies," she says. "It's gross." Women's bodies. Not women's words, women's feelings, women's dreams, women entire.
What of those gamer boys, unto themselves? "With the really serious ones, you feel like you don't even know enough to begin talking to them." There is the implicit understanding of this litmus test, and of it being exclusively imposed upon girls. "Guys get older and think they're superior and there's just this whole other boundary put up. The older you get, the less acceptable it is for girls to play video games."
My sister pauses thoughtfully. "But it's not like girls grow out of games, exactly... It's that can get away with it. Growing up, I stopped feeling like I could take my DS anywhere, because boys would judge."
She goes silent. When she speaks again, her words are tentative. "But it isn't like those games stopped being fun. I didn't age out of games. I... gendered out of them, I guess?"
I describe games like Journey, Transistor, Life is Strange, and Portal to her: games with female protagonists, created by women, resistant to dominant norms of sex and violence. "I don't see commercials for those, though," she demurs. "I see those Kate Upton commercials instead."
This is the third force: marketing. "There aren't really any games that seem positive to me," my sister explains. "They're all about violence and nudity. I don't like how the female body is made out. It makes me really uncomfortable. All of the commercials are for guys."
She doesn't know about Never Alone. She doesn't know about Gone Home. But she knows about Kate Upton in a strategically knotted bed sheet. She knows about Booker DeWitt and his face-shredding skyhook. Anything beneath that top stratum of blood and jiggle is invisible to her. So why would she go spelunking into gaming with no clear purpose? Why would she assume there's anything worthwhile out there for her to discover? Without me, she'd never have heard of all the progressive indie titles I rattle off, and would have no reason to believe they exist. She doesn't know about Steam; she doesn't even really know about PC gaming period.
For my sister, and so many girls and women like her, the gaming marketplace begins and ends with these mainstream visions of gaming, and the mainstream stores like Game Stop that sell them. "It's obviously for boys. The nudity of course, but even the colors. From what I see, they mostly hire boys." We discuss the posters and cardboard stand-ups we've seen in their windows: stubbly white men cradling bricks of oily black weaponry, or half-naked voluptuous women with pouting, glossy lips inviting the onlooker to ogle. Be the hero, over and over again, in a million monochrome worlds: crush the bad guy, fuck the woman, do a whole lot of shooting in between. Games are fantasy and fun, the marketing tells us. Fantasy and fun built upon our backs.
Our phone call falters, mired by my sister's sad insight. How could the industry and community make this right, I ask? What would make you feel welcome? What could have kept me from a lifetime of fearful distance from gaming—even the games I love?
"Maybe if they developed games for all interests," she says tentatively. "Stuff like the games I liked when I was little, but... grown up. Games about everything. And if the stores especially were just more friendly? And less sexual. Less violent." She pauses. "You need to make people want to come in, you know? Girls want to be comfortable there. They don't want to go in and be surrounded by that kind of female nudity."
I agree, and we discuss what changes we'd make. We remember breeding Nintendogs, not-quite-swear-words on Club Penguin, Princess Peach's magical parasol. The fun we had, the adventures we shared, the friends we made. "Cooking Mama!" she exclaims. "I loved Cooking Mama. It was so much fun." I agree, recalling the tricky stylus technique one mastered over the course of many digital omelets. I can nearly hear her smile travel through the phone. "That's what I want," she says, wistfully. "More Cooking Mama games."
And that's certainly what we need: more games featuring women, made by women, willing to tell stories about pop stars, witches, and queens, willing to work in palettes beyond army drab. But that will be meaningless if our understanding of what a game is and who a gamer can be does not expand wide enough or visibly enough to reach and include my little sister.
She wants to play games where women make the world beautiful, save the day, make friends, or romance boys. She wants to play games without killing, without rape, without weaponry. She wants to play games that don't assume you grew up on GameFAQS or have hundreds of dollars to shell out on hardware upgrades. She wants games on her phone. She wants game in her browser. She wants to live in a world where games are just as aligned with girlhood as boyhood, and where no one bats an eye at a girl like her loving video games alongside One Direction fanfiction and scented candles.
In a way, it's simple; she just wants games to be for her exactly what they are for boys and men: easy to love. Why does that have to be so hard?
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Two-time GRAMMY award-winning duo for KING & COUNTRY have released their highly anticipated third studio album, Burn the Ships, via Curb/Word Entertainment. This record is especially meaningful for the group, as for KING & COUNTRY tapped into their own feelings of forgiveness, desperation, and hope to produce their most heartfelt and personal record to date. Songs from the album have brought Joel and Luke Smallbone to unprecedented heights, with lead single "joy." becoming a multi-week, multi-chart, international No. 1 hit with over 20.6 million streams. Burn the Ships is already Top 5 in six countries, including the U.S., Canada, and Australia.
Today, for KING & COUNTRY also premiered the stunning music video for the title track "Burn the Ships," which visually displays the meaning of the record. They filmed the video on Lady Washington and you may recognize the ship as The Interceptor from the film Pirates of the Caribbean.
"Years ago, we learned about an explorer who arrived in a foreign land with his ships and men," Joel explains. "After they proved too afraid to explore the new territory, the explorer called his men to shore and ordered them to 'burn the ships,' so they could only move forward. So many of us are bound by shame and guilt from our pasts, but there's hope! Let's step into a new day together as we share with you our journey, Burn the Ships."
Burn the Ships is an 11-song collection that adeptly dissects the human condition, utilizing the Smallbones' own personal experiences of hardship and redemption. From the soaring, up-tempo jubilation of "joy." to the profound and tender message of self-love in "God Only Knows," it is apparent that for KING & COUNTRY have mastered creating diverse worlds within their music. Their incredible live performance is a mirror of this fact, as is evident by multiple sold-out shows on their current tour, including major markets like Seattle, Denver, and Nashville.

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William A. Grimsley, DO has been selected as the 2015 Physician of the Year at Carteret Health Care. He was honored during a celebration on Friday, March 27th at Bistro by the Sea, during a celebration of National Doctors Day.
Dr. Grimsley grew up in Dillon, South Carolina. He and his wife Diane have two sons, Ryan and Todd. He has four grandchildren.
Dr. Grimsley has been the sole pathologist for Carteret Health Care's Clinical Laboratory, and member of the CGH Medical Staff for over 26 years. He received his bachelor's degree from Clemson University, SC; a Ph.D from University of Oklahoma; and his medical degree from Michigan State University. He is bound to have a winning football team from one of those, he tells his staff.
Dr. Grimsley completed his residency at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. He is certified by the American Board of Pathology.
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Dr. Neil Vining has been appointed Medical Director for a new Orthopedic Hospitalist program at Carteret Health Care. As the Hospital Department Medical Director, Dr. Vining will promote the effective delivery of emergency hospitalist orthopedic services to the hospital and the community of Carteret County. Dr. Vining received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and is fellowship trained at Seattle Children's Hospital and Medical Center. He is American Board certified in Orthopedic Surgery.
Dr. Vining, along with two other board certified surgeons, Alfred Cardet, MD and Joseph Zucker, MD, began seeing emergency patients needing orthopedic services as part of the new program on April 1st. Carteret Health Care partnered with Delphi of TeamHealth to provide this team of dedicated orthopedic surgeons who will evaluate emergent patients, perform surgeries as needed, provide follow-up care and in-house consults and support the medical staff.
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Cindy Jones, Vice President of Patient Care Services, presented the Nursing Excellence Award to Ms. O'Neal in front of peers from the radiology team members.
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Another letter from the community! but will they listen?
» by Leila Galloway May 26th, 2011 at 10:01 am » Comments (0)Dear Sir, As a long-standing and active resident of this community and [as is the case with the majority of people in our community and communities everywhere] I lead a very ...more »
Another letter asking for transparency from parents
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Save-the-Day Soup
"I created this pureed vegetable soup from what was left in the refrigerator before we went on an extended vacation," writes Agnes Davis of Las Animas, Colorado. "I kept the mixture in the freezer of our RV, so it made supper a snap to prepare at the campground."
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Cook: 30 min.
Makes10 servings (2-1/2 quarts)
- 6 cups chopped fresh broccoli
- 6 cups chopped cauliflower
- 4 celery ribs with leaves, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 3 medium carrots, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 medium onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each ) chicken broth
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 2 cups half-and-half cream
- Shredded cheddar cheese, optional
- In a 6-qt. stockpot, combine the first 14 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 15-20 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Remove soup from heat; cool slightly. Process in batches in a blender until smooth. Return to pan; stir in cream. Heat through. If desired, sprinkle with cheese.
Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth or water if necessary.


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Research Identifies Marketing Mix Strategy for Pharmaceutical Firms and the Short and Long–term Impact of Marketing Initiatives
Model depicts that detailing, relationships between sales representatives and medical doctors, is an extremely effective long–term marketing tool, while sampling has a stronger, short–term effect
NEW YORK — August 30, 2011 — Research in Marketing Science by Professor Kamel Jedidi, John A. Howard Professor of Business, Marketing, Columbia Business School; Professor Oded Netzer, Philip H. Geier Jr. Associate Professor, Marketing, Columbia Business School; and Professor Ricardo Montoya, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, reveals how pharmaceutical managers can maximize the return on marketing investments — by determining the physicians to target as well as when and how to target them. The researchers investigate the effectiveness of detailing — salesforce representatives visits to the doctor office to discuss specific drugs, and sampling — free drug samples of the drug offered to the physicians to promote the drug, on the pharmaceutical firm's long–term profitability. The researchers find that both detailing and sampling have an enduring effect. The effect of these marketing actions can last up to 10 months after the marketing effort. The researchers' framework provides implications for customer management and maximizing long–run profitability.
The researchers aimed to determine if marketing actions, specifically detailing and sampling, influence physician's behavior, and if they had a short or long–term impact. To reach their findings, the team used an econometric model that accounts for dynamics in customer behavior and the short and long–term impacts of marketing actions. The study's data comprised of physician–level new prescriptions as well as detailing and sampling activities doctors received over a 24–month period after the launch of a new drug used to treat a medical condition in postmenopausal women.
Through the econometric model, the researchers segment the physicians into three prescription behavior states. Over time, physicians transition between the prescription behavior states. Detailing was particularly effective as an acquisition tool, moving physicians from the inactive state, whereas sampling is mostly effective as a retention tool, keeping physicians in a high prescription–behavior state. Professor Jedidi explains, "A possible explanation for this result is that when physicians are in the inactive use state, they are more receptive to new information about the drug. Then, as they move to the frequent state and are familiar with the drug, physicians can primarily benefit from receiving free samples to encourage them to keep prescribing the drug."
Furthermore, the study demonstrates that ignoring the dynamics in physician–buying behavior and the long–term effects of marketing activities leads to suboptimal allocation of marketing interventions, which has applications to marketers in other fields. Professor Netzer elaborates, "In this research we address key managerial questions, including what are the short and long–term effects of marketing activities and how a firm should target its marketing efforts. Companies spend more than $150 billion a year on direct marketing in the United States alone. To optimally allocate marketing efforts across customers, a firm needs to consider the evolution of its customers over time."
The study highlights the possible substantial financial implications from simultaneously accounting for the dynamics in consumer behavior and the long–term effect of marketing actions when allocating marketing resources.
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Among the above four channel, Soochna Seva Kendra (SSK) is the most used platform by public. This is so as these centers are situated in locations where there is dearth of information and absences of DS/DL. SSK provides these services in a location where these services are lacking and that's SSKs USP and is popular among public. Keeping this in mind, DEF has come up with new Centre as a channel, which is Oracle CIRC centre.
Two new Oracle CIRC centre were to be opened at West Champaran and one of them was to be opened at Bhitiharwah panchayat. Bhitiharwah panchayat (twenty thousand population) has six villages namely, Bharatwa(RV), Shrirampur (RV), Meghwali, Bhitiharwah (RV), Khohargadi (RV) and Marjadi (RV). All the villages are within in 5 km radius. Bharatwa, Shrirampur,Bhitiharwah and Meghwali consist of SC and OBC population whereas Khohargadi and Marjadi has ST population(Tharu).
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The Van Buren wrestling team have a trio of players with five or more wins in the last six outings for the team.
Austin Whitmore, Dillon Kinsey and Matt Gibson have accounted for 17 of 28 individual wins by Van Buren.
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Gibson (220) had four wins as he defeated Austin Dederick (Springdale), Tyler Sweeney (Vian), Garrett Butler (Northside) and Malik Jackson (Southside). Gibson also picked up a forfeit against Poteau.
Kinsey, competing in the largest weight class (285), defeated Eli Espe (Har-Ber) on a 9-5 decision. Kinsey had a trio of wins as he pinned David Garcia (Springdale), Carlos Aleman (Northside) and Dale Wright (Poteau). Kinsey also picked up a pair of forfeits (Vian and Southside).
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A ROGUE trader who lied that he was a certified stove installer left customers across Somerset fuming after leaving them with dangerous or badly-fitted appliances that they could not use.
Somerset Magistrates were told that Daniel Parks had pocketed hundreds of pounds from people living across Yeovil, Chard, Crewkerne and Shepton Mallet after claiming he held certification with various regulatory authorities.
On one occasion he even installed an appliance that was fitted so badly that it emitted the lethal gas carbon monoxide when it was lit.
When trading standards officials were called in by disgruntled customers they were unable to find any evidence that Park had ever been registered as a stove installer under a registered competent persons scheme.
He had also never registered with HETAS (Heating Equipment Testing Approvals Scheme) or undergone their training and was not permitted to use their logo on his business advertising.
He was also said to have failed to supply appropriate certification for installations he carried out, failed to rectify problems and failed to respond adequately to customers' attempts to obtain remedy or redress.
Park, 26 of Langmead Square, Crewkerne, pleaded guilty to 15 separate allegations spanning a period of 18 months when he appeared in the dock before the court at Yeovil.
He admitted that between July 3, 2017 and April 2, 2018 in Somerset, being a trader, knowingly or recklessly engaged in a commercia practice which contravened the requirements of professional diligence under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
He also pleaded guilty to multiple counts of making a misleading action by stating to customers that they would receive a certificate for their woodburning stoves when this was not the case.
He also admitted allegations that he falsely claimed he was a trader who had been approved by HETAS (Heating Equipment Testing Approvals Scheme).
Park also admitted doing a misleading action by handing a business card to a customer stating he was a "registered/certified installer" when he was not.
He further admitted doing a misleading action, namely stating to a customer that his business had ceased trading when this was not the case and sent her an email saying his business was no longer in operation, intending to make a gain of £1,759.23 for himself.
Park also pleaded guilty to being engaged in a commercial practice that contained false information and was untruthful by stating on his website 'Flaming Burners' that he was a registered installer who could sign off installations and give consumers a certificate when this was not the case.
Rachel Holden, prosecuting for Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards that Park operated under the names "Flaming Burners and "Flames and Flues", fitting solid fuel burning stoves and log burners.
"During his time operating the companies he carried out substandard work throughout Somerset and failed to issue the correct certification," she said.
"It is a legal requirement to have fuel burning stoves certified to demonstrate compliance with building regulations.
"This is important because the installation is checked to ensure that it is safe to use and has not damaged the fabric of the existing building. If it is not done then the homeowner can be liable."
She said that Park made statements on Facebook about having all the legal documents, however when customers had an appliance fitted the paperwork did not arrive and they did not receive any certificates.
One customer likened his log burner as like having a car and not being able to drive it.
He said the only way forward for him now was to get it signed off by building control and said that if he had known Park was not registered he would not have had the work carried out by him.
Another customer who was caring for her sick husband and had an autistic son had a video of the lit fire sent to her by Park after saying he had installed it and told her the certificate would arrive in three weeks' time.
A few weeks later she was told by another heating engineer that the flue "did not look quite right" and when it was lit it failed to draw and smoke was pouring out of the fire and a carbon monoxide alarm went off.
Park was asked to rectify the work but he never returned and a certificate was never received.
In a victim impact statement the customer said that Park had never tried to resolve the situation.
"We paid money for a service that never happened and we want him stopped so nobody else has to go through this," she said.
"We are left with a constant reminder of something which we cannot use, and what has affected me the most is that he is still out there doing work.
"We feel totally conned and fear that someone will get injured or worse eventually."
Miss Holden added that Park had failed to provide any explanation for the offences and he was also convicted for similar matters at Weymouth Magistrates' Court in November 2018.
Defending solicitor Jeffrey Bannister said that Park was suffering with mental health issues and depression.
The magistrates said the offences were so serious that Park must be sent to Taunton Crown Court to be sentenced.
They adjourned the case until February 15 when he must appear before a judge and in the meantime he was released on unconditional bail.


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To be completely honest, there was a time, early in my career, when I rejected the idea of establishing practice values and a practice vision. The whole idea struck me as being some kind of "hocus-pocus." "Don't waste my time!" and "Let's talk about what really matters," I told my first practice consultant. And so, like many of my colleagues, I avoided this seemingly meaningless exercise and instead went about the task of establishing manageable systems that I successfully micromanaged for my … [Read more...]
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A doctor was struggling with the realities of life. Having a family and a busy dental practice, he was feeling overwhelmed by the opposing demands of both. For the past several years, he has been experiencing a feeling that his life was spiraling out of control and that he no longer dictated the trajectory. Somehow, he had lost the sense of joy that he once experienced with his profession. He was becoming cynical and felt a sense of disillusionment. He found himself thinking, "This is not what … [Read more...]
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I often encounter doctor clients who are frustrated by their team's lack of ability to achieve a pre-defined, desired result. The scenario goes something like this. Coach: I hear that you are frustrated. Give me more detail. Doctor: Okay. Well, no matter how many times I tell my staff what I want them to do, they are unable to consistently get it right. Even worse, they are constantly coming to me with problems that they should be able to manage. It seems as if they can't make decisions on … [Read more...]
Maximizing our ROC (Return on Culture)
I had the pleasure of visiting with my friend, Jack Hadley, recently at the Endodontic Opinion Leader's Forum. Jack is a social media guru and owner of My Social Practice. We got into a discussion of branding in the healthcare industry, specifically relating to clinical healthcare practices. Jack made the point that many practitioners waste a significant amount of money on fancy marketing campaigns that have very little return on investment. He claims that simple, inexpensive marketing gets … [Read more...]
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Buffer Spaces
Buffer Spaces are comprised of unconditioned spaces that are part of the building system.
They include:
- Attics
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- Unconditioned basements
- Garages
- Mechanical rooms
A buffer space is interesting because it participates in the space conditioning loads of a building and complicates determination of building UA weaknesses. Buffer spaces should be assumed to be at a different temperature than either the conditioned space or the ambient temperature. Therefore heat and mass transfer through thermal, air and moisture barriers around buffer spaces is studied at times.
Buffer spaces can usually be studied using other test methods such as described in the walls, leakage and infiltration, temperature, and weather sections. Fortunately, the air in buffer spaces is not typically convected like the ambient air – this can lead to results with higher confidence levels.
One challenging space is a vented attic. A literature review cites several relevant field test reports. An informational sheet on attic ventilation is also available.


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"Weird Al" Yankovic announced that the Human Rights Campaign will be the recipient of profits from his Lady Gaga parody song, "Perform This Way."
The songwriter and parodist created the track months after Lady Gaga released her hit single "Born This Way" back in 2011. During a recent signing for his new book "My New Teacher and Me!," Yankovic told talk show Jeff 4 Justice that the money he made from the track will go to the HRC.
"'Born This Way' is such a positive song," Yankovic said. "I wanted to show that my heart was in the right place ... I wasn't making fun of the cause or anything like that, it was all in good fun. I felt that by donating to the HRC, that would show it was all in good fun."
When asked if he is a supporter of marriage equality, Yankovic firmly says, "Yes."
As the Huffington Post reports, Yankovic has discussed his views on marriage equality and the LGBT community around the time he released "Perform This Way."
"I was a little on the fence of doing a parody of "Born This Way," as I assumed it was very personal to Lady Gaga and it is a gay rights anthem and it had some important meaning to a lot of people," he told Pop Break in 2011. "So I thought if I were to donate all the proceeds from the single and the video to the HRC that would sort of take the onus off me a little bit. It was my way to justify making fun of a song that had a very positive message."
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This is a non-animated map of the fairgrounds with the locations of each commercial and food vendor on the midway including carnival rides. Come enjoy the shopping, sights, sounds and aromas of the Tulsa State Fair.
2019 State Fair Layout
2019 Grounds Map
Official Tulsa State Fair Map with legend. This map is also included in the Visitor's Guide and lists the approximate locations of the attractions, extreme rides, shows, exhibitor buildings, livestock, lost children, stroller rentals and other pertinent information.
2019 Grounds Map
River Spirit Expo
Is one of the largest clear span buildings in the world, a total of 448,000 square feet and 354,000 square feet of column free space. This facility has a Lower and Upper Level connected by side ramps, an elevator and stairs and is air conditioned. It is accessible from the parking lots, midway and River Spirit Expo East Gate Entrance. This building houses commercial exhibitors and food concessions. Come prepared to shop and experience some of the newest merchandise on the market. When visiting one of our many concessions, try something new, then sit and relax in one of our Food Court areas.
River Spirit Expo
River Spirit Expo Upper Level
The Upper Level has a north and south lobby entrance, several exits and entrances to and from the midway and parking lots. Located on this level are some of our larger commercial vendors, such as hot tubs, vehicles, RV's, pools, home entertainment, food and more, be prepared to shop and eat while enjoying the sights and sounds of the fair. The Food Court is located on the Upper Level overhang at the east end of the building, which also includes seating; please visit other food concessions located throughout the Upper Level.
River Spirit Expo Upper Level
River Spirit Expo Lower Level
The Lower Level has a north and south lobby entrance, an east pull apart door that leads to an outside Food Court area and is accessible from the midway and parking lots. Located on this level is entertainment, cooking demonstrations, food, shopping, Wine Garden with wine sampling and educational interactive exhibits for the whole family.
River Spirit Expo Lower Level
Exchange Center
This facility is a total of 58,500 square feet; it is one level; air conditioned and is accessible from each side of the building. Come and enjoy shopping with a variety of vendors, you will find some of the newest trends in the market, tantalize the taste buds with all the different foods offered and enjoy the Made in Oklahoma area featuring products made in our wonderful state.
Exchange Center
Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex
The Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex at Expo Square offers first class, multi-use facilities that can accommodate regional to national shows and events, including our Premier Event the Tulsa State Fair.
The Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex consists of five permanent arenas:
Ford Truck Arena
Mustang Arena
Super Duty Arena
Ranger Arena
And six multi-use barns:
Expedition Barn
Explorer Barn
F-150 Barn
Super Duty Barn
Oklahoma Ford Dealers Barn
Bronco Barn
The Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex is located on the north half of the fairgrounds; air conditioning is provided in specific areas along with amenities such as restrooms, laundry mats and hand washing stations.
Please visit Livestock & Horse Shows section of our website for a list of the many activities in each of these locations during your visit to the Tulsa State Fair.
Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex
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On October 29th we will be having a Spoopy movie night where we show a spoopy movie and all wear costumes. If you want to you can bring snacks, a beverage, and something to lay on. But the most important part is the costumes! Make sure any costumes you wear are Scout appropriate.
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Red Velvet Wins "Inkigayo" With "Russian Roulette"; Performances By INFINITE, 2PM, Song Ji Eun, And More!
Congratulations to Red Velvet for winning first place with "Russian Roulette" on SBS's "Inkigayo"! Lim Chang Jung was placed second with "The Love I Committed," while BLACKPINK was third with "Whistle."
This week's performers include Red Velvet, INFINITE, 2PM, NCT DREAM, Song Ji Eun, DIA, Cosmic Girls, and more!
For this week's episode, B.I.G's Benji, Super Junior M's Henry, N.Flying's Kim Jae Hyun, ASTRO's Eun Woo, and DAY6's Young K. came together as "Melon 5″ to perform for "Inkigayo" Unplugged!
Watch the full episode below!
Link to video: www.viki.com/videos/1098583v-sbs-inki-gayo-episode-881
Winner announcement
INFINITE – "The Eye"
INFINITE – "One Day"
Melon 5 – "Love Yourself"
NCT DREAM – "Chewing Gum"
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Brad and I have been married for seven years, planning our wedding was crazy, stressful and yet so much fun. I loved picking out themes, flowers, dresses, cake and everything else. Even after we picked our May wedding date, I played out so many scenarios in my head. I planned several weddings for each season.
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We here at FW Towers have a thought, the interesting and amazing Oscar Night outfits need a Queen, (we also think that increasingly the best outfits on the red carpet come from those over 30 but that is another blog post) and for us there is only one possible Queen, Cate Blanchett, who we think without any doubt is the undisputed winner of Awards Night fashion at any event she turns up at. Always up to date, always beautiful, always stylish, always everything we could ever want. Not to forget she played Galadriel so she has previous experience of being a Queen.
Anyway enough with the gushing, Cate Blanchett, we love you and here are your best bits from the red carpets.


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Nokia N810 WiMAX announced
The new N810 will run on an upgraded version of the OS2008 with an enhanced e-mail client (something we didn't like in our review), support for Chinese characters in the browser, RSS feeds and improved software updates. Current N810 and N800 users would also be able to upgrade to it.
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I discovered the secret of the sea in meditation upon a dewdrop. Kahlil Gibran
I am so used to my days being either entirely insanely busy or entirely quiet. Either way, it drives me crazy, just the same. I have the hardest time sitting still and just meditating on a single drop of water. It seems like I am always waiting for the water drop to fall, fall off a tap in a kitchen, fall from the leaf of a beautiful flower, fall in the garden. Just simply fall. Sometimes, o.k. most of the time, I forget to just look at the drop of water. All my busy mind sees is a crashing rolling sea of salt water waiting to suck me under her eddy and tides. To wax and wane me at her will. My mind refuses to see the simple rounded drops of a single little drop of water presented to me as a gift. My mind refuses to see the reflections mirrored in reverse and completely upside down. It's like the saying that, "You can't see the forest for the trees." A different perspective, an entirely new perspective and my brain absolutely refuses to register this upside down "Alice" world and all it's gifts and beauty. This surrealistic world where dreams are reality and reality dreams. This is the biggest down fall in my search for Buddhism and peace. I Can Not sit still. I thought, foolishly, that as I got older I would somehow achieve some sort of plane of simplicity, some sort of simpatico with the universe, but I find, as I get older, I am busier than ever. I am more active than ever in such a different way. I was amazingly aware of things when I was 18 and 19, 23 and 24. My awareness has taken on a different panorama. It's as if my mind has become skewed and twisted. I still feel 24 in body and spirit, but it takes just one look in the mirror to make me realize I am seeing that dew drop that is waiting to fall off the leaf of the flower, that one mirrored drop waiting to fall off the tap, and it's as if I am seeing it for the first time. This is not a depressed blog, it's just a simple fact. I ride my mountain bike around without a care in the world, I see the beauty around me and it registers, I don't feel 42. There is still this part of my mind that sees all the beauty that surrounds me. I am constantly reminded how alive I really am. I am so fortunate to be able to ride a mountain bike, walk and hike, enjoy my day, create art, make music, love and live. I realize that that dew drop, albeit upside down and in reverse, is just a reflection of my life, only older and still waiting, waiting patiently to understand when gravity will take hold. Buddhism will find me and I only hope it finds me worthy. I hope it finds me strong enough, worthy enough, and lotus worthy. I hope karma looks at my life's journey and allows me the honor of coming back as a bird or a fish and doesn't choose to turn me into a toad stool, no matter how many fairy rings I created. Don't take this as a sad blog, it's not, by a long shot. It's simply an observation of my life and the life around me. It's pretty cool that I am aware who I am and where I am on the food chain.


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Augusta - a proven funder of smaller commercial claims
Promoted by Augusta.
Australian litigation funding has mainly been confined to large claims. Augusta has shown claims of less than $2m can be funded. This article describes obstacles to funding smaller claims, and how Augusta has overcome them.
Claim to costs ratio
Proportionality is key. Imagine a claim for $1m with costs and disbursements to trial at $300,000. A successful claimant could in theory recover $1m plus costs, which at around 65% is a further $195,000, so $1.195m overall. Losing, however, means liability for the opposing costs, also realistically $195,000, plus the $300,000, an unpalatable bill of nearly $500,000.
Such a claim funded on a typical 3x cost multiple might net the claimant only $295,000 ($1.195m less $900,000), which is not even 30% of the claim.
Even this assumes that $1m is a valid assessment of quantum. However, Augusta's data suggests that claim figures tend to be optimistic, and that recoveries are generally about 60% of the sum claimed. So, a claimed $1m might yield nearer $600,000, and with costs at $300,000 it could prove a very unattractive venture.
Also, a narrow claim to costs ratio can mean less room for settlement. If a claim for $1m did prove realistically worth around $600,000, a settlement offer (reflecting litigation risk etc) might come in at 60%, inclusive of costs. But if that $360,000 was offered late, and when the claimant's costs were already $200,000, the claimant might well prefer to proceed, in the hope of a better award. This increases the incidence of litigation risk, and thus the chance of a loss for the funder.
Funders sometimes seek to meet that risk by requiring a claim (as made) to costs ratio of 10:1, but for a $1m claim that would mean that the costs could never exceed $100,000, which is unlikely for all but the simplest case.
Lower revenue and higher costs
In smaller claims, a funder's revenue is lower as their fees must be less than in large cases, and more modest individual returns mean that a higher win rate is needed, so due diligence here must be equally if not more robust. A smaller case funder also needs to invest more widely in order to deploy capital comparable to a large case funder; the former must invest in 10 times more cases if his average spend is $500,000 and the latter's is $5m; and a higher win rate must be maintained. Due diligence means appraisal, and so more lawyers, alongside the funder's increased cost of monitoring the higher number of cases.
Recoverability is another cost-related issue. Larger actions generally involve a well-resourced and recognisably solvent defendant. In smaller cases this might be a small or medium company, or an individual, so recovery prospects are harder to assess, inevitably increasing risk and due diligence cost.
Augusta has succeeded in this market
In the last three years in the UK, Augusta has invested in over 100 smaller cases.
It has achieved that by:
(i) creating a proprietary investment platform and optimising use of technology for greater efficiency;
(ii) largely leaving the instructed solicitor to manage the case;
(iii) a reduced success fee, to ensure that the claim to costs ratio remains feasible and structuring the finance to increase the likelihood of a workable settlement;
(v) a market leading adverse cost insurance policy (ATE) as part of the finance; and
(iv) a win rate of around 95%, based on the high quality of its investments.
Augusta has shown that funding smaller cases is possible. We will consider any reasonable-sized commercial claim having already partnered with over 60 law firms delivering them solutions to generate additional revenue streams. Last month it opened its Sydney office, and is ready to apply its proven processes in funding smaller claims in Australia. For more information visit www.Augustaventures.com


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The Union Civil Protection Mechanism aims to support, coordinate and supplement the actions of the Member States in the field of civil protection in improving the effectiveness of systems for preventing, preparing for and responding to natural and man-made disasters. The protection to be ensured by the Mechanism covers primarily people, but also the environment and property, including cultural heritage, against all natural and man-made disasters, including acts of terrorism, technological, radiological or environmental accidents, marine pollution and acute health emergencies, occurring inside or outside the Union. The Union intervention enhances prevention, preparedness and response capacity of Member States to face major disasters minimising human and material loss. The objective of this Decision cannot be sufficiently achieved by Member States operating alone and can be better achieved at Union level by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action.
This Decision shall apply to preventive and preparedness measures for all kinds of disasters inside the Union and in third countries such as:
The provisions relating to the support for transport under the current Instrument are amended and simplified and introduce revised conditions for financing increasing the co-financing rates up to 85% of the total eligible cost and up to 100% in limited cases when certain criteria are met.


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Hemp advocate Jason Lauve has a new endeavor: Team Hemp House, the goal of which is to build a hemp demonstration house in Colorado.
"The intent is to show that we can use hemp to build the foundation and the walls and the tiles, but also the furnishings in the house, including the food in the fridge," says Lauve, who's helped legalize the crop.
There's a bigger goal, too, he adds: "The Team Hemp House project is the foundation that we need to get the whole industry excited and get it off the ground."
On Monday, Team Hemp House launched an indiegogo crowd-funding campaign to raise $350,000 in sixty days. That money will go toward purchasing the approximately three acres of hemp needed to build the house (ideally, the hemp would be grown in Colorado); processing the hemp into building materials, such as hemp concrete; securing a building site, contractors and architects; and paying staff to oversee the project and make sure the house adheres to building codes.
There are a few hemp houses in the United States, and more in other parts of the world, including England. Lauve says hemp building materials have been shown to be more resistant to fire, mold and even termites than many other types. Furthermore, he says, the materials are known to keep houses warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
But the industry is still in its infancy, especially in Colorado. The Centennial State is, however, on the leading edge of industrial hemp production. Last year's pot-centric Amendment 64 directed the state legislature to "enact legislation governing the cultivation, processing and sale of industrial hemp" by July 1, 2014. Lawmakers beat that deadline in May when they approved a bill that requires the state Department of Agriculture to put in place a process to register hemp farmers by March 1, 2014. Once that happens, farmers will be able to grow vast fields of hemp, a variety of Cannabis sativa that contains little to none of the psychoactive ingredient THC.
Team Hemp House is being sponsored by a handful of local cannabis-related businesses, including the Hemp HoodLab, RiverRock and CannLabs. Lauve is working to attract more sponsors and spread the word throughout the traditional home-building industry. His goal is to start construction on the demonstration house next spring.
As for who will live in it, Lauve says he'd love to, but he doesn't want to claim it as his own. "The end of this project is to have a giant celebration with bands and food -- obviously, hemp food -- and really share that excitement," he says. "I see this house as a place where people continue to come to to see various features, like how a wall was constructed or how we dealt with code issues or how comfortable it feels to be inside the home."
Watch the Team Hemp House indiegogo video below.
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|Spice market in Istanbul
I'm lucky enough to live in New York City where ethnic diversity is the norm. I can wander city streets and travel through various ethnic neighborhoods, each with their own cuisine and spice markets. Chinatown has it's herbal pharmacies and food markets but just up the street is Little Italy. Beyond that is one of the city's Indian neighborhoods with fragrant spices spilling out. My favorite were the Greek markets on 9th Avenue in the 90's with containers of spices piled high into cone shapes. Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn is teeming with Middle Eastern markets with their potent spices.
There are spice markets all over the world,
each with rich and colorful histories.
|Parisian Spice Market
|Bzurya Market
|Market in Aix-en-Provence
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Doubtful Sound Cruise – Deep Cove Charters
Experience a unique overnight cruise on the beautiful and serene Doubtful Sound, set in the spectacular Fiordland National Park, one of our most scenic and awe-inspiring Sounds in New Zealand.
Our overnight cruises are small (maximum 12 guests in 6 private cabins), personal and friendly and catering for those who want something a little more 'personal' as opposed to the run of the mill larger commercialised tours.
Our company - Deep Cove Charter's - is Kiwi owned and operated and has been running Doubtful Sound overnight cruises since 2003. We (Diane and Chris Lemin) have lived in Manapouri for many, many years and as a result have a high level of local knowledge which will contribute towards a fantastic 'bucket list' experience for yourselves should you elect to treat yourself to an overnight cruise with us on our specifically designed boat SEAFINN.
Doubtful Sound Charters are also available - ideal for fishing, diving, hunting for personal and corporate groups.


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Singapore Flyer is a big rotating observation wheel. Singapore Flyer highest point is about 165m from the ground, which offers rider breathtaking, panoramic views of the Marina Bay, our island city and beyond. There's also a wide range of shops, restaurants, activities and facilities. Singapore Flyer was officially opened on 15 April 2008. Singapore Flyer is near Raffles Avenue; is near Raffles Boulevard; is near Ecp (w); is near Ecp (e); is near Temasek Avenue; is near Bayfront Avenue (uc); is near Rochor Road Exit; is near Ecp (e) Ramp; Singapore Flyer is geographically located at latitude(1.29 degrees) 1° 17' 24" North of the Equator and longitude (103.8634 degrees) 103° 51' 48" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of Singapore or JB.
The locations related to Singapore Flyer are represented by the nearest distances two points and may not be nearest by road. For example, Singapore Flyer is located 16 metres from Under the Flyer. Singapore Flyer is located 79 metres from Singapore Flyer Coach Bay. Singapore Flyer is located 95 metres from Singapore Flyer Waterfront Promenade. Singapore Flyer is located 118 metres from Singapore Flyer Carpark and Ticket Booth. Singapore Flyer is located 120 metres from Flyer Greek Theatre.
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|Under the Flyer is located 0 Kilometres away from Singapore Flyer. Under the Flyer - 2 Photo(s) Featured.
|Singapore Flyer Coach Bay is located 0.1 Kilometres away from Singapore Flyer. Singapore Flyer Coach Bay - 1 Photo(s) Featured.
|Singapore Flyer Waterfront Promenade is located 0.1 Kilometres away from Singapore Flyer. Singapore Flyer Waterfront Promenade - 1 Photo(s) Featured.
Ritz-carlton Millenia 0.4km, The Oriental 0.5km, Pan Pacific 0.6km, are places to stay (hotel, service apartment, inn) located near Singapore Flyer.
Millenia Walk 0.5km, Carrefour 0.6km, Marina Square 0.6km, are places to shop (shopping mall, shop houses) located near Singapore Flyer.
Singapore ArtScience Museum 0.6km, Fountain Of Wealth 0.7km, Singapore Sands 0.9km, are places of interest (attraction) located near Singapore Flyer.
Raffles Education Centre 1.1km, SMU Administration Building 1.4km, The Chinese Opera Institute 1.5km, are places of learning (school, college, university) located near Singapore Flyer.
Marina Channel 0.3km, Youth Olympic Park 0.3km, Singapore Sky Park 0.6km, are parks, playgrounds, open fields or commons located near Singapore Flyer.
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Singapore Flyer Waterfront Promenade
Singapore Flyer Carpark and Ticket Booth
Marina Bay Double Helix Bridge
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Singapore Flyer
Centennial Tower is about 0.5 km away.
Benjamijn Sheares Bridge is about 0.5 km away.
The Oriental is about 0.5 km away.
Singapore Sky Park is about 0.6 km away.
Singapore Hump is about 0.6 km away.
Floating Stadium is about 0.6 km away.


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Betty Mapes continuing legacy of helping senior citizens
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Betty Mapes is on her ninth year of volunteering for SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program). As the only volunteer in Sheridan County, Betty is vital in educating seniors and disabled individuals in our area about Medicare.
After her mother suffered a stroke in 2010, Betty was forced to learn about the different programs available to help seniors with their medical needs. Betty told her mom, "You know, if I ever get this down I'm going to volunteer, and I'm going to help people." True to her word, she began helping people navigate their Medicare Part D options in 2010, helping five people that year. Last year, in 2018, Betty saw 51 people and hosted five workshops. The State of Nebraska also informed her that she had helped save those people $32,000 combined.
Mapes is no stranger to dealing with government agencies for medical assistance programs. When her mother was in a nursing home, she was trying to get her signed up for Medicaid. After being run around in circles trying to sign up for the program, Betty took matters into her own hands and went to Lincoln to testify about the process to the Area on Aging Committee. She testified that the Department of Health and Human Services needed to treat people like real people, and that while she was able to get the help her mother needed, what about everybody else? After that testimony, DHHS changed how they handle cases, and people in nursing homes are now assigned one representative to help them apply for Medicaid.
Betty says the most rewarding case for her over the past nine years was an 85 year old woman she helped apply for Medicare Part D last year. She had never applied for the program as she never took any medications, but her new prescriptions would cost her over $400 per month. After applying for coverage, she would instead be paying $75 per month for her Part D coverage, which included a 10% penalty fee for applying after the age of 65.
Caryn Long, the Regional Representative for the Nebraska SHIIP, says that she and Betty have been trying to recruit new volunteers for the program in Sheridan County. Long also stated she wanted, "to recognize our only volunteer in Sheridan County and highlight what she has done for the community through her volunteerism with Nebraska SHIIP."


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Congratulations to Mícheál Reilly, Kildoon who scooped the top prize of €10,000 in the Pigeon House Lotto Draw on Monday night. The Second Jackpot of €6,600 now comes into play.
Please Support Kildangan GAA by buying a Lotto Ticket from any Committee Member. Tickets are also available at Friday evening Juvenile Training.
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