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HIV/AIDS News
NIAID's HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN)
In an effort to reduce the worldwide spread of HIV, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) created the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), a global network of clinical trial sites that explores non-vaccine prevention strategies to reduce HIV transmission. The new network will test and develop both biomedical and behavioral intervention programs. Because HIV is transmitted via different routes in different populations, developing a variety of HIV prevention strategies will have a significant impact on reducing transmission rates and slowing the spread of HIV worldwide.
In addition to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), other NIH Institutes co-sponsoring the HPTN include the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute on Drug Abuse; and the National Institute of Mental Health.
The HPTN evolved from NIAID's HIV Network for Prevention Trials (HIVNET) program, which conducted Phase I, II and III clinical trials at U.S. and international sites. The HPTN will continue to expand the multidisciplinary research agenda established by the HIVNET as well as build on the HIVNET's many accomplishments. These accomplishments include the discovery of nevirapine as an effective, affordable drug used to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission in developing countries, and the establishment of the initial safety and acceptability of two new non-detergent microbicides.
Research through the HPTN is carried out through HIV Prevention Trials Units (HPTUs) located at 15 sites in the United States and 14 sites overseas in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. The HPTN scientific agenda is divided into six main areas of research, each carried out by specialized Science Working Groups (SWGs):
- Microbicide SWG - develops and tests topical antimicrobial agents, such as creams, gels and foams, that could be applied vaginally or rectally to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV.
- Perinatal SWG - evaluates a variety of strategies, such as antiviral drugs, antibiotics and therapeutic vaccines, that would lower viral load to reduce the risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission.
- Antiretroviral Therapy SWG - evaluates the impact of antiretroviral therapies in reducing the infectiousness of HIV-infected individuals.
- STD Control SWG - evaluates programs to control or reduce STD infections as a means of decreasing the risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV infection.
- Behavioral SWG - develops and tests new behavioral interventions, such as community education and counseling, to help people reduce their risk of exposure to HIV.
- Substance Use SWG - studies the effect of interventions to reduce injection and non-injection drug use, and alcohol and other substance use, as a means of slowing the spread of HIV through shared needles and sexual intercourse.
In developing its scientific agenda, the HPTN includes community members who participate in the discussion of important issues, such as study design, recruitment plans, incentives for trial volunteers, informed consent, risk-reduction interventions and dissemination of research findings. HPTN investigators involve their local communities to promote the exchange of information and ideas, and to ensure that social, cultural and political values are respected in each community where research is conducted.
The HPTN comprises a Coordinating and Operations Center at Family Health International in Durham, NC (Dr. Ward Cates, principal investigator), which manages the scientific aspects of the network from study design and development to analyses; a Statistical and Data Management Center at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington in Seattle, WA (Dr. Thomas Fleming, principal investigator), which manages the HPTN databases and guides protocol teams on the statistical components of study design and analyses of study data; and a Central Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD (Dr. Brooks Jackson, principal investigator), which collects, tests and reports results from biologic samples and identifies new technologies to advance the scientific agenda of the network.
The domestic and international clinical sites and their principal investigators are listed below.
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D.
- Los Angeles County Department of Health - Peter Kerndt, M.D., M.P.H. · University of California Los Angeles - Yvonne J. Bryson, M.D. · University of California San Francisco - Tsungai Chipato, MBChB
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore - Robert C. Bollinger, M.D., M.P.H.
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore - David Celentano, Sc.D., M.P.H.
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore - Laura Guay, M.D.
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore - J. Brooks Jackson, M.D., M.B.A.
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore - Taha E. Taha, M.D., Ph.D.
- Fenway Community Health, Boston - Kenneth H. Mayer, M.D.
- Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston - Wafaie Fawzi, M.D., Dr.P.H.
- Columbia University Health Sciences, New York - Wafaa El-Sadr, M.D., M.P.H.
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Robert Ryder, M.D.
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - David Metzger, Ph.D.
- Harborview Medical Center, Seattle - Connie Celum, M.D., M.P.H.
- Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre - George Liomba, M.D.
- South African Medical Research Council, Durban - Gita Ramjee, M.D.
- Muhimbili University, College of Health Sciences, Dar Es Salaam - Gernard Msamanga, M.D., D.Sc.
- Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala - Francis Mmiro, MBChB
- Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala - Nelson Sewankambo, M.D.
- Lusaka District Health Board and University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka - Moses Sinkala, M.D./Chewe Lou, M.D., M.Sc.
- University of Zimbabwe, Harare - Tsungai Chipato, MBChB
- National Center for AIDS Prevention and Control, Beijing - Yiming Shao, M.D., Ph.D.
- IHI/YRG Care, Chennai - Suniti Solomon, M.D.
- National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune - Sanjay M. Mehendale, M.D., MBBS, M.P.H.
- Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai - Chirasak Khamboonruang, M.D., Ph.D.
- St. Petersburg State University - Andrei Kozlov, Ph.D.
South AmericaBrazil
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janiero - Francisco Inacio Bastos, M.D. Peru
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima - Jorge Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H.
NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat infectious and immune-mediated illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, illness from potential agents of bioterrorism, tuberculosis, malaria, autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies.
Press releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID Web site at http://www.niaid.nih.gov.


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Russian Princess in Exile
The Russian émigrés were so influential after they fled the revolution. They brought different perspectives and new fashions west and east and helped people learn to think in a new way. They also knew a thing or two about how to stay warm. This hat would not be for those who brought their fortune with them – leave the fox and mink for them; this is for those who made it out with their lives and had to make a life how they could that meant wearing wool, but wearing it like a princess, which is what I suggest you should do too.
DIFFICULTY: Intermediate
SIZE: M[L] (shown in size L)
Around head: 20[24] inches
Crown to brim: 8[10] inches
Rowan Big Wool [100% wool; 87yd/80m per 100g skein]; color: Best Brown; 1[2] skeins
1 set US #17/12mm straight needles
Tapestry needle
7.5 sts/10 rows = 4″ in stockinette stitch

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Contact Barry Water Activity Centre
Please note the centre doesn't currently provide any activities or training to the public as we're only operating for the groups and organisations who have their own instructors and equipment. We'll be able to open up our facility once the purpose build facility is constructed of which we've just been granted planning permission for.
However The Ocean Watersports Trust has set up group, which permits the public to join the club and to use their own craft for sailing, on the Dock Waters. The times for use will be limited and co-ordinated with the other voluntary organisations and clubs. All users have to comply with the regulations laid down by Associated British Ports, as well as the activity centre rules and work under the supervision of the site Manager Mr Keith McIntyre.
For more information contact Keith on 07855 463 293.


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Tuesday 11 August 2020
Scheduled meeting of the IASB.
The meeting will take place on the 13 to 17 December 2012
Location: IASB Boardroom, First Floor, 30 Cannon Street, London EC4M 6XH
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NOTE: The Impairment Session which was due to start at 10.45am will now start at 10.15am
The following agenda papers were discussed at this, to access, click on the titles below.
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Carmabi Marine Research Station
To facilitate ecological research CARMABI, originally short for the Caribbean Marine Biological Institute was founded in 1955 and has remained the largest field station in the Caribbean. The field station still sits at its original, picturesque location at the opening of the Piscaderabay and reefs are found right in front of it. The number of visiting scientists has been increasing in recent years, which prompted the construction of a new water-side building with lab facilities and dormitories for up to 30 people. Researchers or students that want to study Caribbean coral reefs, terrestrial systems or geology can now use these facilities for their science projects. The institute is currently visited by approx. 250 scientists a year for research purposes and by various universities for courses related to coral reef ecology.


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Style Of Eye, the amazing swedish producer (he was voted the best Dj and producer in his country), hits back with his new EP called "Homeless". It has been released on Fool's Gold Label and it has several interesting remixes.
The Official.fm crew interviewed Style Of Eye so If you interested here's the link
Here you can check one of the "Homeless" Remixes (Even better: download it!) and there's also a Mix with some of his new tracks...There You GO!
Sky Ferreira – One (Style Of Eye Remix)
Style Of Eye & Slagsmålsklubben – Homeless
Mom & Dad – Judas (Dem Slackers Remix)
The Martin Brothers – Steal Drums (Riva Starr Remix)
Midnight Magic – Beam Me Up (Jaques Renault Remix)
MVSVM – French Jeans (Style Of Eye Remix)
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Tariff 2020
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Special rates are available on a first come first served basis to guests attending functions at the hotel. Please ask reception for details as these rates are not available online.
Dogs are welcome to stay in some of our rooms for £20 per room per night.
Please see our Offers page for late availability and promotions. You will not find our rates cheaper anywhere else.
Please note that a cancellation charge will be made if the booking is cancelled after 12 noon on the day prior to arrival. The charge applicable will be the full cost of the first night.
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Yesterday I took my MetroGuide associate producer Beth Archipoli to Little Italy to prepare for a television story. Our first stop was the nearly century-old DiPalo's Dairy. Louis DiPalo now runs the store his grandfather started. Louis is a true believer: He believes in the sanctity of Italian cheeses like Reggiano and Gorgonzola, and he believes in the sanctity of the American immigrant experience. When my friend and TV-show co-host Jeff Steingarten wanted to explore every nook and cranny of Parmigiano Reggiano in his typically obsessive way, he went to Louis to help him out. Of course, he also went to Parma, because in Jeffrey's mind you can't write about any food until you've eaten it in its place of origin. We disagree on this point and on quite a few others.
But I digress. Louis told me that there are four seasons for Reggiano, and that Jeff was partial to the fall cheeses, because they were the richest and biggest in flavor. I asked if he or anyone could really tell the difference between each season's cheese. He said that absolutely you could, and that when I brought my MetroGuide crew he would try to have all four seasons for me to taste. I tried to buy a pound of Montasio cheese from Louis. That's the cheese the Friulians in northern Italy use to make fricos, crunchy cheese fritters created by grating the cheese into a pile right into a fry pan. The fat from the cheese keeps it from sticking. Louis refused to sell me the Montasio he had on hand. "If you're using it to make fricos," he said, "Wait until I get the aged Montasio in. It makes a better frico."
Louis was looking forward to the shoot. "You know, there's not much left of the Italian-American community here. Most of them have made it and moved up and out. So, it would be good if you could show there's a few of us left still doing the same things our fathers and grandfathers did, in the exact same way they did it." He paused for a second before continuing. "You know, I'm not one of these people who resents all the changes around here," he says, pointing to all the Chinese stores and restaurants that now surround his store. "Because when I see all these people working hard, trying to do right by their families, I realize that me and my family were them 50 years ago. You could just replace their Chinese faces with the faces of the Italians from Naples and Calabria that settled here before them. That's the American immigrant experience." I nodded knowingly, because I knew he was right. After all, to whom was he telling this? An Eastern European Jew whose family had moved from Poland to the Lower East Side (my grandmother sold pickles out of a wooden barrel) to Brooklyn and the Bronx, out to Long Island, and finally back to Manhattan.
As I walked to the subway from DiPalo's, stopping at Balthazar (extraordinary lemonade, fruit focaccia, and baguette, lousy hot chocolate), Ceci-Cela (the best almond tuilles in Gotham), and Lombardi's (to look at the newly roofed outdoor eating area that's built right on top of the pizza oven), I realized that people such as Louis are what keep me searching for the good stuff, the real stuff, the honest stuff, all over New York, and the rest of the country, for that matter. Because the good stuff is not just the four seasons of Reggiano, or the aged Montasio cheese that will make the perfect frico. Louis DiPalo himself is the good stuff, too.


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14 Feb Follow THEIR Rules
So, let's think about this: all big payers–Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross, Aetna, United, Cigna, Harvard Pilgrim, etc–have their own reimbursement rules. So, why do you bill them all according to Medicare's reimbursement rules? And please note, payment rules are NOT billing rules. But that's another article…
Medicare doesn't care how you bill other carriers so long as you don't bill Medicare more than anyone else. Medicare pays outpatient claims based on CPT codes and in general, doesn't care what revenue code you use.
Pub 100-04 Chap 4 states:
20.5 – Clarification of HCPCS Code to Revenue Code Reporting
(Rev. 1487, Issued: 04-08-08, Effective: 04-01-08, Implementation: 04-07-08)
"Generally, CMS does not instruct hospitals on the assignment of HCPCS codes to revenue codes for services provided under OPPS since hospitals' assignment of cost vary. Where explicit instructions are not provided, providers should report their charges under the revenue code that will result in the charges being assigned to the same cost center to which the cost of those services are assigned in the cost report."
Other carriers, however, have very different payment rules. Many pay based on what revenue code you bill, regardless of CPT code. It seems to me, that billing other carriers according to what you think are Medicare's rules and expecting to be paid appropriately according to the carrier's rules, is like trying to force a square peg into a round hole.
How many of you have taken the time to look at a UB Editor lately? There are numerous revenue codes that are suggested for individual CPT codes. And, there are NO suggested revenue codes for other CPT codes. So, where does all of the "you CAN'T do that" come from? I have no answer to that question. But I do know that, back in the 90's, United Healthcare bought St. Anthony's Publishing–the bible of hospital billing. I don't know what has happened since, but I've always been leery of anyone's interpretation of regulations ever since that happened. I prefer to go directly to the source documents. That's what you will get from us.
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Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is an intriguing guy...[he] asks great questions and answers others with style, flair, reason and wit. On the blogroll he goes. Make him a part of your regular blogospheric reading. I certainly will.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Common Sense Junction: Misha @ Anti-Idiotarian never ceases to amaze me. He keeps finding other good blogs. I went over to A.I. this morning for my daily Misha fix and he had found this guy named Morgan Freeberg in Fair Oaks, California, that has a blog, House of Eratosthenes. Freeberg says its "The Blog That Nobody Reads" but it may now become the blog that everybody reads.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
The Heat Is On: From House of Eratosthenes comes yet another enlightening piece on liberals. All I can say is "Dayum, does this guy have libs pegged or what?" Excellent work, Morgan. Here's to ya!
Jaded Haven: Good God, Morgan, you cover a topic from front to back with a screwy thoroughness I find mind boggling. I'm in awe of your thought proccesses, my friend, you're an exceptional talent. You start by throwing in the kitchen sink, tie in someone's syphilitic uncle, bend around a rip tide of brilliance and bring it all home in a neat, diamond dripping package of an exceptionally readable moment of damn fine wordsmithing. I love reading you.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
Pajamas Media: Over at The House of Eratosthenes ("The blog nobody reads"), Morgan Freeberg is taking a candid look at one of America's most indulgent habits.
Philmon: When Morgan meanders, stick with him - he's got a point and it'll be worth it in the end. He's not a hit-and-run snarky quip kind of guy. The pieces all fall into place like tumblers in a lock and bang! He's opened a cognative door for you.
Rightlinx: Morgan at House of Eratosthenes is one of the best writers out there. I read him nearly every day because he manages to provide an interesting perspective, even though I don't always agree.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Jonathan Brink was pretty impressed, last week, with something Sen. Obama had to say about sacrifice.
If we pretend like everything is free and there's no sacrifice involved, then we are betraying the tradition of America. I think about my grandparents generation, coming out of a depression, fighting world war 2. They've confronted some challenges we can't even imagine. If they were willing to make sacrifices on our behalf, we should be able to make some sacrifices on behalf of the next generation.
And I agree with every single word of what Obama said. That's what makes Obama's remarks truly despicable.
You see, in my eyes this is just another example of liberals using words loaded with deep meaning, in such a way that they look like they're saying something that's the opposite of what they're really saying. Notice how I put my response together: I agree with every single word. With the text as written, I have no quarrel; I'd even agree with it. Enthusiastically.
Trouble is, you have to inspect Obama's behavior to figure out what he really means by this. And with our most popular leftist policies, lately, I can't help but notice: Just when we're about to get a payoff for our sacrifices, a payoff that will help the people we intend to be helped when we're making our sacrifices — that's exactly the point at which our left-wing politicians lose interest.
I was a little bit more wordy on this point when I replied to Mr. Brink:
The question that comes up with that word "sacrifice" is a divisive one, and is seldom explored: Is sacrifice the point?
It seems people like Barack Obama never directly address this, and from that, it seems like they cannot afford to. T[o]o many rhetorical questions have the potential to expose the platitude as the empty promise it is.
You mention abortion. Would that not be a virtuous sacrifice, if the Supreme Court were to overturn it? Sacrifice the convenience to people who want to exercise this "choice"…for the sake of the future generation being allowed to live, and have opportunities. That might be the best example possible. But Obama says it's above his pay grade. How about affirmative action with quotas in hiring and college admissions? Sacrifice grudges and personal crusades for tit-for-tat nonsense…to finally realize this equality everyone says they've been wanting for decades, and really make racism a thing of the past, at least, institutionalized racism.
How about sacrificing the global warming campaign? Sacrifice millions of dollars to be made by Al Gore and other holders of stock in fraudulent carbon-exchange mercantiles…so that the future generations can realize their opportunities in full, and the message can be sent to other countries that they need to stop being jealous of America's prosperity. Or…sacrifice that guy who raped and killed little kids, to make sure he can't ever do it again. We used to call it executions, we could just call them sacrifices.
I could go on like this all day.
The point is — it seems with people like Barry O, whenever there's a real payoff to the sacrifice that would be meaningful, and precious to the people who would be in a position to benefit from it, inevitably, that is the point where they stop believing in it. And that leads me to my conclusion: The sacrifice is the point. They don't want an exchange of lesser-for-greater. They just want pain.
Last month, I droned on about this for quite some time, exploring how this fit into the treatise about the virtues of sacrifice, as discussed by John Galt in that dreadful speech of his.
I think liberals like Carl are confused on the concept of sacrifice. There are two definitions to it: There is the outcome-based sacrifice, in which the "sacrifice" itself is just a negligible and unpleasant side effect in the process of upholding what truly matters. The narrower definition, in which the pain is the point, is what John Galt was talking about in that monstrously long speech of his:
Sacrifice is the surrender of value — of a higher value to a lower one, or of the good to the evil.
The code is impossible to practice because it would lead to death, and thus moral perfection is impossible to man.
The Doctrine of Sacrifice cannot provide man with an interest in being good.
Since man is in fact an indivisible unity of matter and consciousness, the sacrifice of "merely" material values necessarily means the sacrifice of spiritual ones.
The self is the mind, and the most selfish act is the exercise of one's independent judgment. In attacking selfishness, the Doctrine of Sacrifice seeks to make you surrender your mind.
The Doctrine of Sacrifice commands that you act for the good of others but provides no standard of the good. And it requires only that you intend to benefit others, not that you succeed.
The Doctrine of Sacrifice makes you the servant and others your masters –and adds insult to injury by saying you should find happiness through sacrifice.
Somewhere in there Galt made a mention of the mother who went without eating so that her infant could eat; that would not be a sacrifice, according to Galt who was using the pain-based definition of "sacrifice." That mother would be upholding an ideal important to her system of values, simply paying a price necessary to acquire it. Sacrifice, Galt said, would have been giving up her child for the sake of something not important to her…That is what is meant by surrender "of a higher value to a lower one." It entails a net loss, because the pain is the point of the exercise.
This is why [liberal] ideas are unfit for implementation in the real world. Out here, if you have a job to do, and you get it done but it didn't cause you pain, that's a success. If it was such a painful experience that it injured you, it's still a failure if you didn't meet the stated objectives. Reality says it's all about getting the job done, not what you give up to do it. Our liberals don't agree. They think, if you're suitably diminished that you can't do anything else, and your intentions were noble, then that's all that matters. Whether the job got done, is just a side bunny-trail to them.
And a couple of weeks later I had applied this to — as an example — the "climate change" issue.
It's supposed to be all about cause and effect, but nobody ever puts it that way. As in, "if we make these sacrifices the temperature will go up 0.6 degrees over the next fifty years instead of 8.5 degrees and here is why 0.6 degrees will be manageable…"
In fact, nobody comes out and says we're going to LIVE if we make these sacrifices. They say "we can do this" all the time. It's the "this"; nobody says what exactly that is.
[Tom] Brokaw speaks for perhaps hundreds of well-known luminaries in his prattle. He doesn't think "anyone doubts that we have to make some profound changes in this country," and yet he has to throw out his meaningless bromides about self-sacrifice four times. Why repeat it four times if everyone already understands this is the case?
Getting back to Obama's verbiage: It is powerful. His voting record has very little potential to win converts to his side, especially from the conservative bloc — this is where he makes up for it. Our country is filled with folks who nurture and labor to reinforce traditional values, and we are sick to death of the overly-materialistic, narcissistic, borderline-hedonistic culture that threatens to consume all of us. Obama mixes his honeyed words with bile, and it sounds like when he talks about "sacrifice" he's talking about caring for each other instead of for ourselves.
He never actually comes out and says that, though; it isn't what he means. When he talks about "sacrifice" he's talking about that narrower, pain-based definition. The one that has to do with getting rid of ourselves, and the things upon which we place priority. About working ourselves into a state of non-existence. He doesn't really want us to do what people of our grandparents' generation did. That would be: identifying evil; saying to oneself "dammit there's gotta be something I can do about this!"; marching down to the recruiter's office; shipping out to Iraq, and killing as many evil people as possible, until our country won the war. That is what our grandfathers did. And Obama will have none of it.
No, he means what Tom Brokaw meant about climate change. FORGET the goal. Just coming together as part of a crowd, forgetting about your hopes and dreams as an individual. Report to your post and await your orders; leave it to your village elders to define what is important to you.
It is these two definitions of sacrifice that are critical to the method by which Obama seeks to confuse. There is sacrifice for an ideal, in which a commodity representing a lesser value is given up in exchange for a commodity representing a greater value. I throw out a disc in my back to pry a car off my girlfriend or my son, so they can live. I take a bullet for someone.
And then there is sacrifice of the ideals. The sacrifice not only of body, but of mind as well. The sacrifice that brings a human being, as a guardian of objectives and principles, to an inglorious end. That, it has been shown, is what Obama really has in mind when he talks about sacrificing "on behalf of the next generation."
This is proven, easily. Let's put a proposal on the table that all spending in the federal government be brought down, across the board, to 1985 levels. Just find a way to get along with that. Sacrifice! For the children. After all, we don't want the next generation to inherit a government chock full of debt they'll have to pay. If you take Obama's comments at face value, he'd be all in favor of that wouldn't he? Surely, he'd have to be?
But no; that inference is far too logical. He means the opposite. When he talks about sacrifice, he's talking about increasing taxes.
Too many among us throw around that word "sacrifice" — not as the exchange of a lower value for a higher one, but rather, as the forceful expulsion of individuality. What the rest of us need to keep in mind, is that for them, this isn't a sacrifice at all. Individuality carries with it some heady personal responsibilities, and a lot of us aren't in any hurry to take them on. The conundrum they face is that in order to expurgate individuality from their own lives, they have to do the same for everyone else.
And with Obama now the presumptive nominee, that's become one of the most central issues to the election this year…sadly enough. Obama's hope is that most of the voters will never figure this out, and he has reason to maintain high hopes.
Cross-posted at Right Wing News.
I'd love to know specifically how Mr. Obama thinks we should sacrifice. He certainly doesn't believe we should have gone to war against tyranny and terrorism. Why do I think he would have been touring with Charles Lindbergh to oppose America's entry into the very war he mentions?- chitownmom | 08/25/2008 @ 17:49
Damn, you have really matured as a writer. Have you considered doing talk radio?- JohnJ | 08/26/2008 @ 18:45
I like much of what you wrote about how left/liberal pols view "sacrifice", but I think you're off the mark in one respect.
When libs call for sacrifice by the electorate, I don't think they *want* the voters to experience pain. Rather, the leftist knows (as did Rand) that most people feel good about themselves when they believe they are doing something noble. You're certainly right that it's not a sacrifice if we do something good that costs us nothing, but I don't thing that's part of leftist calculus. Instead, the point is that if a pol can *convince voters* that by following the politician's directions they will be making a sacrifice, the voters will feel good about themselves.
Which is a hell of a good way to win votes.- sf4 | 08/27/2008 @ 10:19
Mmm, hmm. Well, I agree with everything you said there. We don't really disagree, I just see some other facets in play there, and chose to highlight something different. While what you describe certainly has merit, and I agree with it, it is not the totality of what's going on here.
And I can prove that quite easily. How If it was fooling the voters into making a sacrifice again and again, and nothing else, why then do we have these liberal legends being celebrated and lauded for their lifetime achievement, such as Ted Kennedy, Vic Fazio, Sam Rayburn, Robert Byrd…etc. Every election these guys win, they're more popular than they were during the last election they won. If it was a simple matter of deceiving people into sacrificing, then goin' back, Jack, and doin' it again, that wouldn't work. No, they have to appeal to people who are actually doing the suffering — or imagine they are — not just working with third parties experiencing guilt over it.
Which, in turn, must mean they want people to suffer. You have a plan to get jobs to more people, that plan won't resonate quite so much if the unemployment rate is 2.5%, as it will if it's more like 9.5%. Republicans have started heading down that bunny trail a little bit, this year, with the gas prices (you bitch about what the democrats are doing to keep the prices high, it doesn't work as well if premium is 3.995 as it would if it was more like 4.995). But if you really want to debate whether pain is "part of leftist calculus," the issue I would choose to inspect with you is gun control. If I'm a leftist politician recycling Michael Moore talking points about "gotta do something about all these guns lying around," you're not going to be as sympathetic to my argument if you're in Mayberry USA, getting your news from Floyd The Barber's shop, as you will be if you're in New York City, eyeballs bleeding from reading about the latest string of homicides last week. Pain makes democrat policies look good, and the democrat party knows this.
However, I would agree with you that when & where pain is missing, guilt is a suitable and plausible replacement because the guilt is nothing more than an admonition that if you aren't experiencing pain, someone else must be. I could test that theory by taking a look at how much this guilt rhetoric would be used, during times of economic revival, when the pain condition is in a state of recession…like a beach being exposed by a waning tide. It's an interesting experiment to think about conducting; thanks for giving me that idea. Of course, I would start with right now, when the economy seems to be in a state of slow recovery and of course Obama's words speak for themselves. So my theory has survived its first step of validation.- mkfreeberg | 08/27/2008 @ 11:10
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This one fits firmly into the too little, too late category. RIM's finally showing off its BlackBerry PlayBook apps for email, contacts and calendar. Shame no one's bought the PlayBook, and neither will they now.
The BlackBerry fanatics at BlackBerry Cool describe the email client as "simply awesome", "feeling like the smartphone experience". Apparently it'll do email, and I'll bet that if you're a BlackBerry user, you'll feel right at home. The contacts and calendar app also look equally functional, but considering none of them will launch till February 17th, 2012 -- does anyone care? [BlackBerry Cool via N4BB]


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Customers often ask DIECUT about the different steel grades and steel strength. This article provides an overview of some steel grades and links to more detailed information on steel grades from DIECUT's steel suppliers.
Mild Steel Grade 250
Grade 250 Mild Steel is a medium strength structural steel plate product with nominal yield strength of 250 MPa.
Typical uses include:
- General Fabrication
- Structural members
- High-rise buildings
- Bridges
- Storage tanks
Often referred to as: MS, MS 250, Mild Steel, or simply Grade 250
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Mild Steel Grade 350
Grade 350 Mild Steel is a medium Strength structural steel plate product with nominal yield strength of 350 MPa.
Typical uses include:
- General Fabrication
- Structural members
- High-rise buildings
- Bridges
- Storage tanks
often referred to as: MS 350, or simply Grade 350
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Duraflex K1042 or K1045 – Steel Grade 1042 or Steel Grade 1045 Steel
Is a heat treatable plate grade for general engineering applications. Grade 1042 is the Australian and/or New Zealand Duraflex and Grade 1045 is any overseas type of Duraflex.
Typical use:
- General Engineering parts
- Profile cut gears
- Wear or abrasion applications
Often referred to as: Dura, Duraflex, K1045, or K1042
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Boiler Plate (AS 1548-7 460 NR)
Is a fully killed, fine grained, carbon-manganese steel with a guaranteed minimum tensile strength of 430 MPa.
Typical uses include:
- Boilers
- Pressure Vessels
- Vessels where welding is required (plate is Weldable)
often referred to as: Boiler Plate
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Bisalloy – Steel Grade 80, 400 or 500
Bisalloy is a steel plate is a high strength, low alloy steel plate with a yield strength three times that of carbon steel and featuring low carbon, excellent notch toughness, good weldability and formability.
Bisalloy is a quench and tempered plate that has various Tensile strength dependent on the Grade of steel;
- Bisalloy 80 has a typical tensile strength of 830 MPa
- Bisalloy 400 has a tensile strength of 1320 MPa
- Bisalloy 500 has a typical tensile strength of 1640 MPa
Typical uses include:
- Lining equipment
- Transport equipment
- Mining equipment
- Excavator buckets
- Bridges
- Dump truck wear liners
- Deflector plates
- Earth moving Buckets
Often referred to as: Bis, Bis 80, Bis 400, Bis 500
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Floor Plate (AS/NZS 3678-250)
Is a plate that is hot rolled and has minimum yield strength of 250 MPa and has a raised checkered surface on one side.
Typical use: Floorplate
Often referred to as: Floor plate
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Steel yield strength is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before failing or breaking
Stress vs. strain curve typical of structural steel
1. Ultimate strength
2. Yield strength
3. Fracture
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Your Ohio State Buckeyes just had a phenomenal 2014 NFL draft. The Scarlet and Gray led the conference with six players taken and ranked sixth overall in picks among schools in the draft. Not too shabby. Not too shabby at all.
Unfortunately, we've seen the last of Ryan Shazier, Bradley Roby, Carlos Hyde, Jack Mewhort, Corey Linsley and Christian Bryant in Columbus but the six left behind a bevy of highlights. In order to celebrate their achievements, I've compiled what I believe to be their career best play as a Buckeye.
By nature, the term "best play" is a subjective one. It's important we all understand that going in. With that said, the filter used to select these plays was simple: did the play physically eject me out of my seat in jubilation?
Viewed through that lens…let's get to it.
Ryan Shazier
In 2012, the Ohio State Buckeyes were 10-0 and looking to get their eleventh win in Madison before heading back to Columbus to take on the Wolverines with a shot at an undefeated season. With roughly three minutes left in regulation the Buckeyes found their hopes of a perfect season in serious jeopardy. Up by a touchdown, the Scarlet and Gray defense faced a fourth and one at the goal-line with all-beast-everything, Montee Ball, licking his chops in the Badger backfield.
Ball took the hand-off and went airborne, but Shazier let him know he wasn't cleared for take-off. The jarring hit kept Ball out of the endzone (for what would have been his 79th career touchdown, good enough for first all-time in CFB), caused a fumble and helped preserve the Buckeyes' undefeated season.
Bradley Roby
Roby made a habit of getting into punters' crankshafts, so it was hard to move this play to the back-burner, but from a sheer "WOW that kid is a shut-down corner" perspective this snap against Penn State has to take the cake.
Up 28-10 in the ninth game of the 2012 season, the Buckeyes were looking to put the Nittany Lions to bed. On a third and 8, quarterback, Matt McGloin dropped back, pump faked, then found receiver, Allen Robinson, wide open in the endzone.
It was a sure-fire touchdown…until Roby Roby'd. Call it luck, call it talent, or call it instinct but this is one of the finer plays you'll ever see a college cornerback make.
Carlos Hyde
Carlos Hyde is a man. Seemingly any one of his runs during the 2013 season could be considered a career best. I'm hard pressed to remember a back that rushed with more purpose on every carry than Hyde did last season.
So, if goosebumps are what you're looking for, feel free to watch his entire 2013 highlight reel But, for our purposes we have to narrow it down to one. There's no doubt that "one" is his #beastmode run against Iowa.
In a way-too-close-for-comfort game, the Buckeyes found themselves tied with the Hawkeyes early in the fourth quarter. On first and ten from the Iowa 18 yard line, Hyde took the hand-off, sliced through the Hawkeye defense, took the full-brunt of an Iowa defender's tackle, then signed his name into the big book of Buckeye lore.
Jack Mewhort
Jack Mewhort is everything you'd want in a football player. He's versatile (can play all five positions on the offensive line), he's a leader and he anchored an offensive line that set a number of offensive records in 2013 including total yards (7,167), rushing yards (4,321), points scored (637), total touchdowns (83) and passing touchdowns (38).
Offensive lineman highlights aren't always sexy, but wow do they help others make plays. In his last game as a Buckeye, Mewhort was handed one of his toughest assignments: block Clemson defensive end Vic Beasley. The second team All-American (who led the ACC with 13 sacks) was gunning for Braxton Miller all-night. Mewhort made sure he didn't get a piece him on this play, leading to a go-ahead touchdown just before halftime. This is hog-molly football. Well done Mewhort.
Corey Linsley
Much like Mewhort, Linsley was a huge part of the Buckeyes' offensive success. The Youngstown native started all 26 games at center over the past two seasons leading to an All-Big Ten selection and a captainship.
Corey's contributions to the team are too numerous to name, but none stands out more than a play he made back in 2012 against the University of Central Florida.
With roughly ten minutes to go in the second quarter of the Buckeyes' tilt against the Knights, Miller's protection broke down and he was forced to scramble to his left. UCF defensive lineman, Victor Gray, gave chase but Linsley wasn't having any of that. Taking off on a dead sprint, the 6'3'' 298 lbs Linsley covered ten yards and committed a crime.
Christian Bryant
Christian Bryant played just five games in 2013 and he was still selected in the draft. That should tell you all you need to know about Bryant's abilities.
Bryant started for three years as the Buckeyes' safety recording 171 tackles, 2 interceptions, 23 pass break-ups, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. Seemingly every week, Bryant and Shazier competed to see who could knock more snot out of an opponent. Much like any of the players on this list, Bryant made a number of amazing plays as a Buckeye, but none showcased what he did best quite like this hit on Denard Robinson from 2012.
Up by just two points in the third quarter of The Game, the Buckeye defense was in need of a momentum changing play. Following a 30-yard pass from Devin Gardner to Jeremy Gallon, Robinson came in (which meant RUN). Sure enough, good ol' Shoelace kept the hand-off and tried to slice up the middle. Bryant recognized the play immediately and blew it up getting his helmet on the ball and forcefully ejecting it from Robinson's grasp. The fumble was recovered by Nathan Williams and effectively killed any momentum the previous play generated. From that point on, the Wolverines never scored again. Game. Blouses.
There's no doubt fans could debate the best career play of these Buckeyes. If you're headed to the NFL, you've got an impressive highlight reel to choose from. However, every one of the plays outlined above was a game-changer that showcased what these players did best. Good luck to all six as well as the other Buckeyes taken as undrafted free agents. You earned it fellas.


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The activities of the X-Corporation ended upon the Decimation event which eliminated 90-95% of the Mutant population who had their X-Gene's removed making them powerless as normal humans. This led to a number of X-Corporation locations such as the Paris branch being bombed by anti-Mutant factions. Thus, in order to protect these facilities as well as the depowered former Mutants, Cyclops ordered all X-Corporation offices shut down in order to all for the empowered Mutants to regroup. Due to small Mutant population left in the world and strict controls placed on them by the government, the X-Corporation served no further purpose and thus it reached its end as it was dissolved.
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Car Seat Safety Tips
According to SafeKids.org 3 out of 4 carseats are used incorrectly. Following the manufacturers' specific directions for usage is vital, but understanding correct carseat usage in general can help keep your child safe.
For children age 0-2 years old this means:
Automobile accidents continue to be a danger to all of us but by following the car seat manufacturers' installation directions and by remembering these tips, you can keep baby safe as best you can.
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5 Ways to Soothe Reflux
Reflux is a backward flow of the contents of the stomach into the esophagus that causes heartburn. It's one of the most common conditions newborns face and is often caused by the esophageal sphincter valve not being fully developed. This causes milk to come back up the esophagus through the throat and causes baby to spit up and vomit. When the contents of the stomach come back up, it is usually mixed with some stomach acid, which creates a burning sensation.
Over the counter medicines may be prescribed by baby's pediatrician but it's important to remember that while they may help soothe the burning sensation, they do not "cure" reflux and are not always recommended for babies under 1 year of age.
Here are 5 Tips to Help Your Reflux Baby:
1. Keep baby elevated while feeding. Gravity helps hold contents in the belly, and reduces the amount of spit up. Do not place baby where he/she can easily slide down or be in a "scrunched up" position.. This puts pressure on the belly and force contents up.
2. Burp frequently during feeding. This helps keep air out of the belly. Air bubbles can force milk back up the esophagus, causing pain and discomfort. After each ounce of feeding or even more often can be considered frequent.
3. Have smaller and more frequent feedings. When baby is too full, it can put pressure on the sphincter valve forcing the baby to spit up. This can cause pain and also lead to choking.
4. Fill the bottle nipple with fluid. If baby is bottle-fed, make sure the entire nipple on the bottle is filled with fluid to avoid swallowing excess air.
5. Try Coleif drops. Some babies have reflux not only due to immature sphincter valves, but because they have trouble digesting lactose in milk. This can lead to bloating, gas, discomfort, and a lot of crying. . Coleif is a natural lactase enzyme that helps to break down lactose in an infant's breast milk or milk-based formula . (To find out more about Coleif, see www.coleif.com)
For more helpful tips on soothing baby, visit Top 10 Ways to Calm Your Baby.
Top 10 Ways to Calm a Fussy Baby
Baby is fed, his diaper is changed, but s/he's still crying! While it's important to remember that sometimes babies cry because that's what babies do, there are soothing methods we can try.
Here are our Top 10:
1) White noise: Make some noise…white noise that is! The rhythmic monotonous whooshing sound reminds baby of what she heard in the womb- it can lull her into sleep and even help her stay asleep. You don't have to spring for a machine, try a white noise app on your smartphone. Even the sound of a fan or a humidifier will work. Due to recent studies, make sure the noise is not too loud. See this great article in Science News for more information.
2) Exercise ball: Hold baby in either a cradle hold or up on your chest, sit on an exercise ball and gently bounce. Rhythmic motion is soothing to baby.
3) Baby-wearing: Babies, especially newborns love to be held constantly. However, many parents worry that they won't ever be able to use their hands again! Try a baby carrier or sling- to keep baby close while leaving your hands free. We promise you won't spoil baby - spoiling a baby is impossible, you're just following baby's natural need to be close to another human when you wear baby.
4) Swaddling: Babies like to be tightly swaddled because it reminds them of being snug inside the womb. If you want to learn to swaddle like a pro, watch our step-by-step demonstration YouTube.
5) Skin to skin contact: In the NICU this technique called "Kangaroo care" and is employed not only calm babies, but to help them grow and develop. Get your baby down to her diaper, open your own shirt and snuggle in close and get as much "skin to skin" contact as possible. It calms, reassures, and is great for bonding.
6) Take a bath with baby.Taking a bath with baby can be a relaxing experience for both baby and mom. First, test the temperature of the water to be sure it's not too hot. Then get in the tub and have baby lay chest to chest with you. Gently hold him and relax. This is also a wonderful opportunity for mothers to breastfeed, if baby would like to.
7) Try the "colic hold." The "colic hold" has been known to soothe many fussy babies. Lay baby face down on your forearm and gently rock him back and forth. Pressure on baby's tummy is soothing and may help relieve gas.
8) Massage. Massage can be a useful tool in calming your baby. Lay your little one on her back on a changing table or other flat surface. Gently massage the top and sides of her head, the face and jaw muscles, then the arms, tummy and legs.
9) Calm your heart rate. As nerve-wracking as the crying can be, try to take some slow deep breaths with baby up against you. Focus on slowing your heart rate. Often, baby will follow suit.
10) Turn down stimuli. Too much stimuli is frequently stressful for babies. It's easy for parents to overlook the daily barrage of lights and sounds we're all accustomed to. Your newborn baby was in darkness for nine months; his nervous system is still immature and all these new stimuli can be overwhelming. Trying turning off the TV and dimming the lights. Sometimes, bringing baby to his dark, quiet nursery will also help him relax.
It's important to remember that sometimes babies just cry. They just do no matter what you try. If baby is not hungry and not injured or in need of medical attention and you feel like you might be reaching a breaking point while baby is crying, it is okay to place baby in a safe place like the crib and walk away for a few minutes. Are there other soothing techniques we missed here? Let us know here!
How to Burp a Baby - Video
Many parents report that their baby is gassy or uncomfortable after feeding, or just plain fussy. While this is normal, one of the most common reasons we see babies exhibit fussy behavior is not enough burping happening during feeding.
This video shows several effective burping techniques. View more like this at youtube,com/letmommysleepusa
On WJLA-TV, Registered Nurse Liz Hawkes and mom Julie Stanbridge share how to know the difference between typical hormonal shifts after giving birth called "baby blues" and postpartum depression.
By knowing the signs of PPD in new mothers, partners, friends and caregivers take the first step to help.
Postpartum & Partners
Did you know postpartum mental health issues are the most common complication of pregnancy? Postpartum Depression (PPD) and Anxiety in mothers is finally getting talked about, but postpartum depression in men* called Paternal PostNatal Depression, or PPND, is just as common.
What is PPND?
Depression in mothers happens because of the biological and hormonal changes experienced after childbirth. According to studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and National Institute of Health however, depression can affect up to 25% of new fathers -especially if their partner is experiencing depression. The condition is called PPND, or Paternal PostNatal Depression, and with the amount of depression reported in men as a whole typically about 5%, PPND is very real. Hormonal and emotional changes happen in men too.
*We're using male pronouns here because the study data is for male partners, Awareness of postpartum issues is relevant to female partners as well.
Who is at risk?
PPND can happen to any father but there are also risk factors to know about before baby arrives:
For more information, watch RN Rachel Wolf on CBS South Florida..
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Expectant moms can easily get caught up in the baby buying, the reading, developing the perfect birth plans, and taking hospital classes on the birth process and taking care of baby protocols. Sometimes expecting moms enjoy baby preparations without considering their own psychological health during the prenatal and postpartum period.
"A happy mom, means a happy baby" as they say, and yet, hospitals fail to emphasize the expecting mom in developing a mental health postpartum plan. Christina Schultz, former Postpartum Support Virginia volunteer and current Counselor at New Directions Counseling Group, has developed a seminar to support expectant moms to create a mental health postpartum plan and build resilience.
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Families with newborns have unique and special needs that no other families have. After researching references and background checks, here are 5 questions you may also want to ask.
1. Do you have your flu shot?
Babies cannot receive a flu shot before 6 months of age so they are especially vulnerable to influenza. Parents should know that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) calls the "mandatory immunization of all health care personnel an 'ethical, just, and necessary' means to improve patient safety."
2. Are you up to date on all other vaccinations?
Hepatitis B, MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) and TDaP (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis, also known as Whooping Cough) should all be current and documented in your child's caregiver. According to the Centers for Disease Control, TDaP "is especially important for...anyone having close contact with a baby younger than 12 months...Infants are most at risk for severe, life-threatening complications from pertussis." Even if an adult has had the TDaP vaccine as a child, whooping cough booster shots are recommended for adults.
3. How will you support my feeding decisions?
While your doula or newborn caregiver may be experienced, you are the parent and decide what's best for your family. Asking how your feeding decisions will be supported is a great conversation to have before baby arrives to be sure you are comfortable. If breastfeeding is a priority for example, you may want someone who is comfortable troubleshooting potential challenges. If formula is an option, you may want someone who's also comfortable giving formula.
4. What kind of Experience, relevant Certifcates or Continuing Education do you have?
We try to stay away from saying what parents and caregivers should or shouldn't do, but the one exception to this is in safety. For babies 0-1 year old, caregivers should demonstrate thorough knowledge of basic safety, carseat safety and reducing the risk of SIDS. If you'd like to be sure your caregiver understands how to reduce the risk of SIDS, the AAP offers a comprehensive, free online course, which issues a certificate after completion.
First Aid and CPR Certification should also be a given for every caregiver. Other continuing education and safety courses offered by regulated agencies show a caregiver's commitment to their profession and an understanding that recommendations for baby care can change over time. Experience is another excellent indicator of commitment though, and there are many wonderful night nannies and newborn care providers without certificates and formal training. Just because someone has taken a newborn care training class doesn't mean they have ever held a real baby.
On the same note, it may be important to you to know that your doula or night nurse is accountable to a state or other governing body.
It's important to note that only professionals who have completed Registered Nursing, Certified Nurse Midwife or other higher level Licensed Nursing degrees should be called "nurse" or "baby nurse." Without these licensures, is actually illegal to use the term "baby nurse" in many states.
5. What is your philosophy on care and how will you soothe my baby?
Caregivers who understanding how to support philosophies and goals such as attachment parenting, sleep training, a baby-led approach and other early care intentions create a partnership between families and caregivers, not just a "babysitter" relationship.
On this note, you may wish to ask your night nurse or doula how s/he typically soothes baby. Someone who can explain many safe ways to comfort babies is not only demonstrating experience, but also that they understand that each little child has different needs.
As you search for the perfect caregiver, we hope these questions will help.
This article was written by the staff at Let Mommy Sleep, the Industry Leaders in Newborn Care.


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The lightweight and versatility of a borescope makes it an ideal tool for all types of inspection tasks in the field or throughout a facility. And nothing increases a borescope's usefulness like a 38″ extension cable that lets you see further into walls and around larger obstacles. Best of all, you can get a cable free from All-Spec when you buy select Extech models through September 30th.
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Perhaps the most famous Christmas story ever written, authored by perhaps the most famous novelist who ever lived, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has had more adaptations and reimaginings than you can shake a sprig of holly at. While some will always cherish the olde worlde charm of the Alastair Sim classic (1951), Albert Finney's beloved musical (1970), the Muppets' frantic, family-friendly retelling (1992), Bill Murray's modernised comedy, Scrooged (1988), or Disney's Jim Carrey-heavy performance capture animation (2009), for me this 1999 TV movie starring the man who is Jean Luc Picard is the quintessential version. My dad and I habitually return to it in the lead up to every Christmas and I must have seen it in excess of fifteen times.


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Wills and probate solicitors can be very important to you if one of your loved ones is recently deceased. They are also important people to you if you want to have some control over what happens to your assets after you die.
What is a Will
A will is a formal legal document which sets out what a person would like to happen to their assets after they die. After debts and taxes are taken into account, assets will be divided as per the instructions of a will. A will can only be challenged in very rare circumstances.
If you do not have a valid will, then the state will use strict rules to decide where your assets will go after you die. Therefore, if you want control over the division of your assets, then you are advised to make a proper will.
In order for a will to be considered valid, it must meet certain criteria, including being formally witnessed and signed. These processes are designed to safeguard people, to make sure that they are not being forced into making choices that they would not normally want to make. Once a will has been formally created, it can only be altered by going through the official alteration (codicil) process. Unofficial alterations are unlikely to be recognized after your death.
Alternatively, you can make a whole new will, but it should be signed and witnessed in the same way that the original document was.
It is possible to write your own will, however you should seek legal advice before doing so, or else your will may be liable to misinterpretation. It is possible that what you believe to be clear instructions may not be interpreted in the same way by other people. A legal professional can help to ensure that you phrase each section clearly. If you do decide to write your own will, the Citizens' Advice Bureau may be able to provide you with advice. Alternatively, many people find it easier and less stressful to know that their will has been created, signed and stored by a solicitor who specialises in Wills and Probate.
Probate is the name given to the act of "proving" and fulfilling the last will and testament of a deceased person. Although probate is normally carried out by a qualified legal professional, anyone can apply for a "grant of representation" which allows them to execute the will.
Anyone who has probate for a will must follow certain rules and procedures to ensure that all legal obligations surrounding the will are properly met. Failing to meet these criteria is illegal, and therefore many people prefer to use a solicitor or any other person who is also licensed to provide these probate services.
The first step for anyone who has probate is to ensure that the will that they are reading is the latest version. The latest version is normally held by the solicitor if a will has been made by a professional. They must then calculate and pay any inheritance tax that is due. Failure to do this properly could mean that the beneficiaries of the will are struck with large tax bills later on. Any unpaid debts must then be paid out of the assets of the estate. This includes unpaid utility bills, rent or professional fees.
Finally, the remaining portion of the estate is distributed amongst the beneficiaries. It can be hard to distribute the estate if the estate contains any assets which are not liquid (i.e. assets such as property which can be hard to divide between multiple beneficiaries).


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At least 21 people died when a passenger bus smashed into a house crowded with mourners attending a wake for a relative, police said today.
Police in the southern Philippine city of Butuan said one bus passenger died instantly, along with the 20 people in the house.
The police report said workers were still searching for people apparently missing amid the rubble of the demolished concrete house in the town of Buena Vista, about 500 miles south east of Manila.
At least five other neighbouring houses were damaged but police said no one was injured in them.
Police said six people were in a serious condition in hospital. It was not immediately clear whether the injured were in the demolished house or the bus.
The report said heavy rains had made the road slippery before the crash and the bus driver apparently lost control while rounding a sharp corner.
Military spokesman Major Johnny Macanas said soldiers were helping in the clean-up after the accident.


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- St Cloud, MN
- CentraCare - St. Cloud Hospital
- Nutrition
- Full-time, Day/Evening
- Varied shifts between 5:00am-8:30pm; every 3rd wknd
- Min $13.80/hr + DOE
- Support Services - Nonpatient Care
- Career Band: O2 Operational Support 2
- Req #: 201906608-49666
- Posted: May 29, 2020
Now Hiring for a COOK/BAKER to join the St. Cloud Hospital team! If you think you'd enjoy working in a kitchen setting while providing an incredible experience for patients and guests this could be the job for you!
The COOK/BAKER prepares food and bakery products for hospital patients, guests, employees, Home Delivered Meals, and catered functions according to standardized recipes and established policies and procedures. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to gain experience in the culinary arts or a current kitchen professional who is tired of the late-night schedules. The COOK/BAKER supports and demonstrates Family Centered Care principles when interacting with patients and their families and with co-workers.
- 5 - 8 hours shifts/week; every 3rd weekend & rotating holidays
- Incredible Job Security - Restaurant that will NEVER close!
- ServSafe certified or Food Safety Training accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-Conference for Food Protection (CFP), or Food Manager Certification by the state of MN required within 18 months; must be renewed at minimum every 5 years or Certified Food Protection Professional (CFPP) Vocational
- Post high school specialized training in volume and/or institutional cooking.
- Minimum one year of quantity cooking/baking experience.
- Technical or cooking school certificates.
- Knowledge of sanitation/HACCP
- A valid Minnesota driver's license and a driving record in good standing may be required.
CentraCare Health and Carris Health have made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare Health and Carris Health are EEO/AA employers.


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232BRC - Baud Rate Converter
Each side of the RS-232 baud rate converter can be individually configured to suit the device connected to it. The module supports any data rate up to 115.2 kbps and all standard data formats. Each side can also supply or accept hardware or software handshaking, allowing the higher speed device to be located on either port.
A PC is used to configure the Model 232BRC, but once configured, the module may be installed on any system. Non-volatile memory maintains all parameters when power is removed. Each port buffers 16K bytes of data. LED indicators on each port signals when data is present in the buffer.
The connectors are DB9 female on port A, DB9 male on port B. Model 232BRC requires 12 VDC@100 mA. Power supply is not included. Model 232PS is well-matched to this unit. Module dimensions are 5.8 x 3.6 x 1.2 in (14.6 x 9.1 x 3.0 cm).


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That's great you love AE3 so much! AE3 isn't currently available in bulk (but check back soon!) and because we believe you deserve the freshest, best tasting products we recommend that you buy just what you need for (3 weeks). The shelf life is limited to 1 month and that's because we use nothing but the best ingredients with no artificial preservatives, flavours or artificial sweeteners. Research shows that these commonly used additives are harmful to health, and because we want the best for you, we simply refuse to add them to any of the AE3 products. Natural preservatives such as cinnamon and naturally occurring sugars in the apricots, raisins and banana spears help keep the pucks fresh and tasty but our best advice is to eat up!
Yes! All AE3 products are suitable for vegans. We have carefully selected plant based protein sources to enhance recovery and support the most rigorous of training programs.
Functional foods are ones that deliver specific benefits when it comes to either health or performance. AE3 believes that everything you eat should contribute to health as well as taste amazing! As athletes we are always putting our bodies to the test and AE3 believe that to support best performance, then we need to provide our pbodies with the best. That's why we have packed all the products with functional superfoods and you can just focus on your goals.
How much fuel you require before, during or after your training or competition will depend on many factors and is also very individual. Our recommendations are based on the latest sports nutrition guidelines, but should be used as a guide only. If you have any questions we are happy to try and help! You can also check in with a qualified sports nutritionist who should be able to guide you and create a more personalized plan.
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Born on 26th August 1966, is a four times National Award-winning Indian film director, producer and script-writer best known for making hard-hitting realistic cinema that not just has the critical acclaim but also has the best commercial success rate in the country. He is best known for his film such as Chandni Bar (2001), Page 3 (2005), Traffic Signal (2007), Fashion (2008), Jail (2010), Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (2011) and Heroine (2012). He has been written about many times as the Indian answer to Hollywood filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. He has been conferred with Padma Shree, fourth highest civilian award from the Govt. of India in 2016.
After his first National Award for Chandani Bar, there was no looking back for him. Success of Chandani Bar was followed by another critically successful film, Satta (2003) which won him the All India Human Rights Association Award, New Delhi. Bhandarkar roped in actress Konkona Sen Sharma for his next film, Page 3 (2005). The film was a box office hit, was also favored by the critics, and made him a recipient of National Award for the second time. His next release was the movie Corporate (2006), exposing the dark side of business world, was a critical success with box-office hit. Bhandarkar then made the movie Traffic Signal (2007) based on the lives of the people below poverty line who earn their living at the traffic signals in India. This movie again won the hearts of the critics and the audiences. The 54th National Film Awards Jury had chosen him for Best Director award for Traffic Signal, giving him his third National Film Award. Corporate was chosen as a case study for the business school IIM Ahmedabad and Traffic Signal as a case study for the Students of Ranjit Singh College, Indore, India. 2008 saw the release of his expose of the Fashion world in India, Fashion (2008), starring actresses Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Mugdha Godse in lead roles. Both Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut won Best Actress and Best Actress in a supporting role awards respectively at all the major award functions including National Awards for their roles in Fashion.
Bhandarkar then dwelled with a completely different topic in his next film, Jail (2009). The movie, which starred actor Neil Nitin Mukesh, was about an innocent man being framed for the wrong crime. It is needless to say that the movie was critically acclaimed. Bhandarkar then took a break from all seriousness and made his first romantic comedy, Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (2011). The movie was a slice of life comedy and was a commercial success. The movie starred actors Ajay Devgan, Emraan Hashmi and Omi Vaidya. In July this year, Madhur was awarded another Presidential Award. The Ministry of Human Resource Development, India wanted to acknowledge Madhur's contributions to Hindi language cinema under the Hindi Service Awards Scheme. The filmmaker was awarded with the Presidential Award, Gangasharan Singh Award, by now-former President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
His next was much talked about 'Heroine' (2012) with Kareena Kapoor in lead role that revolved around the life of a film actress and her struggle in life and in film industry.
Bhandarkar's last release was film Calendar Girls (2015) starring five newcomers. For the first time, five new female leads were cast together in a film. As the name suggests, the film was about girls who become popular after posing for famous calendars.
Madhur is currently busy with his next titled 'Indu Sarkar' starring Kirti Kulhari, Tota Roy Chowdhury and Neil Nitin Mukesh, that is about a stammering poetess who rebels against system during emergency.
International Acclaim:
Chandni Bar, Best Film at Zimbabwe International Film Festival 2003 and Technical Award for Best Background Music Score at Moscow International Film Festival 2003.
Page 3, Official Selection at the Raindance Film Festival, London 2006 and IFFLA Los Angeles 2006. Corporate, Official Selection at the Berlin Asia-Pacific Film Festival 2006.
Fashion, Official Selection at the 31st Moscow International Film Festival 2009, Festival de Festivals, St.Petersburg 2009 and Norway Bollywood Festival 2009.
Retrospective of Page 3,Traffic Signal and Fashion with Russian Sub-Titles held by the Ministry of Culture, Russia and SOVEXPORTFILM in Moscow 2009.
Retrospective of Chandni Bar, Page 3, Corporate, Traffic Signal, Fashion and Jail at the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival 2009.
Honored by The Office of Public Advocate, City of New York in May 2013.
Sophia Award at the Syracuse International Film Festival in October 2013.
Creative spirit and Visionary Director's Award at House of Commons, UK (2013 – 14).
Rafi Peer Memorial Award in Lahore, Pakistan in February 2015.
National Acclaim:
Padma Shree by Govt. of India in 2016
National Awards
Chandni Bar – 4 National Awards(Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress) conferred by the then President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Page 3 – 3 National Awards (Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Editing) conferred by the then President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Traffic Signal – 2 National Awards (Best Director, Best Make-up) conferred by the present President of India Smt. Pratibhatai Patil.
Gangasharan Singh Award (2009) – Awarded by the HRD Ministry of India, this Presidential Award was given to him for his contribution to Hindi Cinema.
Appointed on the Steering Committee of IFFI 2013 by the I&B Mnistry, Govt of India
Shri Bhandarkar has been awarded by Kalaranjani Awards – (2005), Mayor of Mumbai – Excellency Award (2006), Pride of Nation Award, Kesari Gaurav Sanman, Lions Gold Award (2005-06) (2008-09), IMPPA Awards, Asian Film Foundation Award (2008), Farsa Award (2009), P L Deshpande Award (2010), Raj Kapoor Smriti Award (2014), Iconic Man of the Decade by Women Economic Forum held in Goa in 2015, Honorary Doctorate Degree in Arts by a Gujarat based Rai University in 2016, Nominated as Member of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata by Information and Broadcasting Ministry in 2017.
Trishakti (1999), Chandni Bar (2001), Satta (2003), Page 3 (2005), Corporate (2006), Traffic Signal (2007), Fashion (2008), Jail (2009), Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (2011), Heroine (2012), Calendar Girls (2015)


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Advances in Pediatric Liver Surgery
The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation (CLDT) in collaboration with pediatric surgery at NYP/Columbia is making noteworthy advances in the care of children with serious liver conditions, and is a national leader in this field. "Our superior outcomes are the result of unique surgical training, high patient volume, and unsurpassed multidisciplinary collaboration," says Jean C. Emond, MD, Chief of Transplantation Services at Columbia. "The CLDT brings together leading experts hepatobiliary surgery, hepatology, gastroenterology, oncology, radiology, diagnostic testing and pathology to provide exceptional patient care."
"We have an impressive list of innovations in many areas," says Tomoaki Kato, MD, Surgical Director of Pediatric Liver Transplantation. These include:
The CDLT is one of a few centers in the nation offering the full range of therapies for hepatoblastoma, the most common liver cancer in children. A multidisciplinary team consisting of oncologist Darrell Yamashiro, MD, PhD, liver surgeons Jean Emond, MD, Tomoaki Kato, MD and Adam Greisemer, MD, and pediatric gastroenterologist Mercedes Martinez, MD, has moved patient survival rates as high at 90%. Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital is one of a small number of centers in the world researching the genetics of this disease and creating personalized treatments through molecular biology.
After recurring fevers, one year-old Skylar had high platelet counts and infection. Later a golf-ball sized lump appeared under her sternum and imaging showed hepatoblastoma. Dr. Yamashiro provided neo-adjuvant chemotherapy to shrink Skylar's tumor and Dr. Kato was able to perform the surgery with fewer risks of complication. Through the Center for Comprehensive Wellness, Skylar's medical team integrated alternative therapies, supportive care, and survivorship wellness into her treatment. She is a healthy, cancer-free 5 year-old.
New Fibrolamellar Program
Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma is a rare liver cancer generally found in adolescents and young adults with no history of liver disease. The CLDT has launched a comprehensive multidisciplinary program offering expert surgical removal of these tumors and employing other therapies to shrink the tumors and slow the spread of this disease.
The Kasai procedure for Biliary Atresia
The CLDT team collaborates with Dr. Steven Stylianos and the division of pediatric surgery at NYP/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital for the primary repair of biliary atresia, a congenital defect that causes bile to back up into the liver, usually resulting in the need for a liver transplant within the first two years of a child's life. "Recent analysis shows that roughly 70% of children operated on for this condition at MSCHONY were jaundice-free two years after surgery, about 15 to 20% better than the national average," says Dr Stylianos.
Our pediatric surgeons are world authorities on the Kasai procedure, developed in Japan to treat this condition. While most children with biliary atresia require a liver transplant a year or two after birth, those who undergo the Kasai procedure at MSCHONY may not require a transplant until age 10 to 15. By then the donor pool is larger and these patients will not have been on immune suppression from an early age. Our pediatric surgeons and the multidisciplinary CLDT team provide exceptional care for these patients.
The Mesorex Shunt for Portal Vein Thrombosis
The CLDT is one of the few specialized centers in the country to offer the Mesorex Shunt to children with portal vein thrombosis (PVT). This procedure is considered the gold standard for PVT in the absence of cirrhosis. "The original approach was a shunt that caused some subclinical issues with memory," says Dr. Kato. "Yet the Mesorex shunt eliminates these side-effects, allowing us to restore the blood flow to the liver by bypassing the area of clotting." First described in the 1990s, this procedure is so technically demanding that only a handful of surgeons, including Dr. Kato, have perfected it.
Auxiliary Partial Liver Transplants
The CLDT has developed a partial liver transplant for pediatric patients, obtaining exceptional results. "In this approach, surgeons take a piece of the child's liver out then attach the remaining portion to a partial donor liver," says Dr. Kato. "The child's own liver regenerates and after a while, the transplanted liver shrinks and disappears. Once that happens, there is no more need for immune suppression."
Living Donor Transplantation
"For years, parents endured the stress of being on the UNOS waitlist while watching their babies get sicker, says Alyson Fox, MD, Medical Director of the Living Donor Transplant Program. "Now they can schedule a life-saving surgery with a living donor." ABC-TV recently featured a CLDT success story where a godmother gave a portion of her liver to save a child with biliary atresia. Friends and family members are often willing to step forward once they learn that the donor surgery is minimally invasive and recovery fairly fast.
Surgeons take the smallest portion of the donor liver—the left lateral segment—to implant in the child. The donor's liver quickly grows back to normal size while the transplanted portion continues to grow with the child. The CLDT's outcomes for pediatric living donor liver transplants are outstanding with a one-year survival rate of 100%. Emerging data also shows that children with liver transplants may eventually be able to go off immunosuppression medication, allowing them a better quality of life. This seems especially true for those with living donors. The CLDT is one of the largest living donor centers in the nation. Read more here.
Tumors Affecting Multiple Organs
The CLDT is able to help patients other medical centers turn away. Seven year-old Heather McNamara had a cancerous tumor entangled with her liver and other vital organs. Other hospitals refused to operate, telling Heather's parents she had less than year to live. Dr. Kato, a pioneer in multiple organ transplantation, removed the affected organs, resected the tumor, and replaced them. Heather is a normal, healthy child today.


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The central board of excise and customs (CBEC) said on Tuesday that the steps taken to improve tax collection has led to higherreceipts from units located in North East and hill states, some ceramic tile factories and makers of pan masala and gutka.
CBEC chairman P C Jha said here that the Board's focus is on improving efficiency in tax collection and tracking down tax evaders. "Because of these steps, tax receipts from pan masala and gudka has gone up four times this year from last year's levels.
We have also restricted tax refunds to units in regions including North East and Jammu and Kashmir to only the actual value addition achieved there. As a result, we have reduced tax refunds by Rs 900 crore in the first nine months of the fiscal", Mr Jha said on the margins of a function to confer Presidential awards to officials. He, however, declined to reply to a question on whether the government would meet the indirect tax receipts target.
While addressing officials at the international customs day function here earlier in the day, minister of state for revenue S S Palanimanickam directed customs officials to take swift and effective action against those who smuggle banned substances.
Noting that a fine balance needs to be maintained between facilitation and enforcement, the minister said, "Technology and skill need to be employed to ensure best services to those who comply with the law."
Palanimanickam said the customs department has helped in "checkingsmuggling of environmentally sensitive goods such as red sanders, star tortoises, ozone depleting substances, non-virgin plastic and municipal wastes." The Minister also underlined the need for increased international co-operation to combat the menace of illegal trans-border movements of offensive goods.
Speaking on the occasion, Revenue Secretary P V Bhide said the customs department should focus on fighting counterfeit, piracy and illicit trafficking in drugs in the same way as it focuses on revenue collection. It must work towards preventing smuggling in environmentally sensitive goods, he added.
Mr Bhide also said that the department must brace itself for effective and speedy grievance redressal and transparent governance. "It must engage in a continuous dialogue with all stake holders for speedy grievance redressal," he said.


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Student Spotlight
In their own words: Yareli Torres Rincon
"MESA has given me a lot of opportunities to see other people's inventions. When I go to MESA day, which I do every year, I get to see other people's ideas. This last year, I got to see two engineers from PSU who were trying to find out how they could prevent volcanic ash from spilling out over a general area, and if it does, what path it would take. That's a concept that I had never thought of, and it gave me a new perspective, like, 'hey, that doesn't happen to me on a daily basis, but what if it does for someone else?' And that gave me something new to think about."


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I want to simply download and install the software.
I want to enter the amount of RAM to allocate.
I want to assign a drive letter.
Then click OKAY.
Then I want to see the RAM Drive in My Computer.
Pretty simple, eh? But maybe the GUI isn't there yet?
So, I'm a dummy. What are the step by step instructions to do this.
Here's the idea:
Download the software from here: _(url)________
Place it on your hard drive here: _____________
Run it by doing the following: _____(double click icon?)___________
Enter the amount of RAM to allocate: __GB
Enter the Drive letter to assign: __
Click Okay.
Now look in My Computer to see your new RAM drive.
(Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit)
Here is another option: Click this button to completely deallocate / remove the RAM Drive.
The simpler it is the more people will use it and recommend it to others and hopefully donate to the cause.
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