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The following words and phrases represent some of the most common equipment, pharmaceuticals and conditions associated with the discipline of anesthesia medicine. This list is not intended to be comprehensive, but it will help you to understand much of the basic terminology. Hopefully, these definitions will be a useful reference to those learning about opportunities in the anesthesia field.
Familiarize yourself with some of the terminology commonly used in the anesthesia field. Look through our glossary of anesthesia terms to find the definition you need.

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Joubert Park is the city's oldest park, granted by the Volksraad in 1887. It is named after the town's first mining commissioner sent to investigate the claims of gold rush fortune seekers.
Wolmarans, King George and Twist streets border the park and it provides flatland residents with a quiet and tranquil place. It is one the busiest and most vibrant parks in the city centre, with about 20 000 people using it each month. Joubert Park is also home to the Johannesburg Art Gallery and the Conservancy.
It offers insights into inner city life, has a lovely fountain and large-scale chessboards, and maintains some the city's innovative environmental developments on its grounds. It can handle groups of 500 or more people, and is good for photography, filming commercials and small corporate events.
Facilities/features/events: Small concerts, photography, exhibitions and photography.
Getting there: The park is in the city centre and can be approached from a number of directions.

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text: This 4.2x zoom is something that no demanding photographer should miss. With a focal length range equivalent to 90 - 380mm (35mm format) and a constant f/4.0 aperture the smc PENTAX DA* 60 - 250mm is truly outstanding in a range of situations, including portraiture, sport or landscape photography. Other high-end details like seals against dust and humidity and inner focusing underline the suitability for challenging outdoor use. A speedy and silent ultrasonic motor easily handles the focusing demands. This new lens is also compatible with cameras without SDM technology.

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On any given day there are 200 billion emails sent and received. That number grows significantly larger during the holiday season.
• How often do I send email to my audience?
• What days and times should I send?
• What days during the holiday season are most profitable?
• When are my customers most likely to open and clickthrough our emails?
Our Email Marketing Holiday Data Report will answer these questions and more for all marketers finalizing or looking to spot-check their email campaign schedule before Black Friday. Based on the performance analysis of more than 475 million ecommerce emails, this must-have report will also shed some light on the data-backed email trends every marketer should be looking at well into 2015.
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All of my doors, railings, windows and other fixtures are 100% custom and are handmade.
Architectural and structural steel projects.
Custom sidewalk storefront for a building renovation in San Diego.

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Gallup says today that doctor-assisted suicide is the “most controversial cultural issue” in its recent poll. Why? Because it’s the issue where opinion is divided most closely. I’m not sure that’s really much of a proxy for “most controversial,” but I guess it’s their poll, not mine.
What struck me about their list, though, was how few of these things I object to. Out of 17 issues, there were only four I objected to, and even there my objections depend on circumstances. There really wasn’t a single one that I just flatly, always think is morally unacceptable. I’m not sure what this says about me.

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Section No nos cuentes películas ¡Házlas!
Synopsis This documentary, shot half in Asturias and half in Madrid, reveals the world of graffiti from a genre perspective. Do women play a part in this adventure? Spanish Bombs answers this initial question. The documentary casts light on the dark side of this art, in which female graffiti artists analyse their role in the adventure, why they do it, what they express in their works and their worries. However, the most important thing is that they face the camera to explain how they have managed to bite into a field traditionally considered masculine.
Tags FIC-48 edición, Don't tell us about movies, shoot them!

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text: One of the most important persons in an A/E organization is the PM. There may be one or many, but they are the lifeblood of the firm. How are PMs trained, or are they? What directions are given to them on their first assignment? Do they even know the basics? Probably not. The PM is usually given an assignment because of his or her previous acceptance of responsibility, experience in similar work, and the quest to rise in the company. Training for the framework of project management in many companies is nonexistent. A philosophy on the approach and helpful hints for project management are usually given after the fact or not at all. Young PMs can learn the process from a variety of sources, but hopefully not after an embarrassing situation has arisen. This guide is designed to assist any PM who is given an assignment without proper instruction, education, or supervision.


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God supplied the precious blood of Jesus, but we must apply it with our mouth to the door posts of our lives.
If they had not applied the blood of the lamb to their doorposts, any first-born in that house would have died that night.
Today is Nissan 5 on the Hebraic calendar. Nissan 14 will be the annual remembrance day of the Passover recorded in Exodus 12. But don’t limit the powerful protection of the shed Blood of Jesus to an annual holy day (holiday) of Passover, Resurrection Day or Easter.
In other words, the blood gave them boldness to stand in the gap when protection was needed.


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The Allahabad University Admit Card will be release 1 week before LAT for the Allahabad University Law Admission Test (Allahabad University LAT) in its official website. The applicants who need to download the admit card have to be ready with their application number and date of birth. The Allahabad University has also released the examination date for all the courses. Allahabad University LAT examination will conduct to check the aptitude of candidates for the admission to the 3-year three-year LLB program. The details realted to the Allahabad University Admit Card 2018 are mentioned on this page. Candidates can simply go down to this page to find the link to download the admit card. So aspirants can stay tuned to our website for the further updates of the Allahabad University Admit Card 2018. Candidates can visit official website of the Allahabad University to get the full information.
The interested and responsible candidates have to apply for the Allahabad University LAT on or before May 2018. The application process or registrations will start from April, 2018 and ends on May, 2018. After the completion of the registrations then the management of Allahabad University will release the status of the Allahabad University Admit Card 2018. Applicants while filling the application form need to fill carefully because the details whatever the candidates entered will print on the admit card or hall ticket. After the completion of registration applicants need to note the application number. The further details about the Allahabad University Admit Card 2018 are quoted in the below sections of this page. The examination date of the Allahabad University LAT will be in the month of June 2018 and the results will be declared on Last week of June 2018. After the declaration of results counselling will be conducted by the officials of Allahabad University for the qualified candidates.
Applicants who applied for the Allahabad University LAT need to download the admit card or hall ticket before the examination. The download date for the Allahabad University Admit Card 2018 has released by the body of the Allahabad University. So applicants can stay tuned to our website to download the admit card. To download the admit card applicant need to submit the details like application number and date of birth to view the admit card. The date of birth should enter whatever was entered while filling the application form. After downloading the admit card applicants need to verify all the details which are printed on the hall ticket. If any misprints are found candidates need to inform to the body of the Allahabad University. Admit card contains the details like personal details of the applicant and the examination details like address of the examination center and name of the examination. The Information which is printed on the Allahabad University Admit Card 2018 is given below. The documents to be carry along with the Allahabad University Admit Card 2018 are mentioned below. For more entrance examination Admit Cards.
Go to the official website of Allahabad University allduniv.ac.in.
Search for the Allahabad University Admit Card for various positions.
Click on the Allahabad University Admit Card link.
Allahabad University Admit Card will appear on the screen.
Download the Allahabad University Admit Card.
Submit Allahabad University Admit Card at the examination hall with any identity.
For any entrance examinations admit card or hall ticket plays an important role. Candidate without the Allahabad University admit card 2018 is not allowed to write the examination. Along with admit card some more documents need to be carry to the examination hall by the candidate. The details printed on the hall ticket or admit card and the details on the documents need to be same. If any faults are found then the applicant need to face problems at the time of examination. So candidates need to check all the documents before going to the examination. Admit card mainly used to find the false candidates who are appearing to the examination without registration. While going to the examination, at the examination hall officials will cross check all the documents of the candidate. The signature of the candidate need to be same in both the admit card and in the documents. Candidates who are registered are only allow to download the admit card. After downloading the admit card candidates need to save the admit card. Candidates need to save admit card up to the results was declared.
From the above mentioned article, we gave all the information related to the Allahabad University Admit Card 2018. We hope it is useful to all the applicants. Candidates who are having doubts can leave a reply below in the comment box. For more updates like recruitment, syllabus, previous papers, results visit our website Sarkari Recruitment.

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It is National Poetry Day this Thursday!
“When I heard the music ……” in the comment box below. The best comments will be printed out and made into a poster for the music room.
To help inspire you listen to the wonderful Bobby McFerrin and write down what comes into your mind when you heard his music!
Thank you pie that is a nice thing to say I hope 5H Says that too.
I have posted my post as a comment and i would like you to put me as a blogger.
I love your musical poems. Have you performed these yet?
Thank you so much we really appreciate it …By the way we havent preformed these.
My feet move with the beat.
My whole life travles back to Tukey.
My heart moves with the beat.
I never knew i could have so much fun.
It made me want to skip all around like I was mad all along.
What a great image Sudheha! I love the idea of your shadow sneaking away!
When I heard the music, my spirit took me back to Canada. But when I wake up in my bed, i am back home. Home sweet home. Hot chocalate leads me out bedroom and in the warm living room where the fire burns continuously without stopping for a breathe.
when i heard the musicmy feet start`s to dance to the beat.
and swish away back to Colombia,and go away to my family in Cuba.
All of a sudden my whole body moved along!
I see the stars glowing bright.
when i heard the music……..
stars coming from the sky i was overflowed with joy and happieness when the sun came up again the music started agian.
Everything was beautiful as can be.
as the angels from heaven lit up Christmas.
What a great poem Sonny. Music can bring on strong memories can’t it?
I think of a magical kingdom with mermaids,unicorns and fairies living in one peaceful harmony as the huming birds hum collecting necter on a quiet Sunday morning.
That would make a fantastic painting Olamietan!
i feel like i’m on stage in front of millions of people,just playing the guitar.
I feel like i’m going to exploed with joy.
i feel like i’m going to sing.
When you say “It makes me like In a story” I know exactly what you mean!
i felt a chill going down my spin.
I felt sparks fly inside of me as my toes tingeled with excitement.
I felt my hair stand on end, and do a repeated dance on my head.
My eyes squinted and my brain stiffened, as I tried to pick out what instruments were being played.
The dimple on my cheek raised as I smiled and enjoyed the beautiful sound.
My body feels in action.
It makes me think of my life which I can see is joyful.
the trees bending in the wind.
The cars racing like a tiger.
The stairs squeking like a mouse.
I heard a lot of birds chirping.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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18. Today I spent the whole morning in the vestry, to procure a quiet season. This has now for some time been the only way, on account of the multiplicity of engagements, to make sure of time for prayer, reading the Word and meditation. July 19. I spent from half-past nine till one in the vestry, and had real communion with the Lord. The Lord be praised, who has put it into my mind to use the vestry for a place of retirement!
August 5. When all our money was gone today, the Lord again graciously supplied our wants. August 6. This afternoon, from two till after six, brother Craik and I spent in the vestry, to see the inquirers. We have had again, in seeing several instances of blessing upon our labours, abundant reason brought before us to praise the Lord for having sent us to Bristol.
August 13, 1832. This evening one brother and four sisters united with brother Craik and me in church fellowship at Bethesda, without any rules, desiring only to act as the Lord shall be pleased to give us light through His word.
August 14. This day we set apart for prayer concerning the cholera, and had three meetings.
September 17. This morning the Lord, in addition to all His other mercies, has given us a little girl, who, with her mother, are doing well.
September 21. On account of the birth of our little one, and brother Craik's intended marriage, it is needful that we change our lodgings, as they will now be too small for us, because we shall want one room more. Just when we were thinking about this, the house belonging to Gideon chapel, which had been let for three years, was unexpectedly given up by the tenant, and it was now offered to us by the church. We said we could not think of going into it, as we had no furniture, and no money to buy any. The brother who proposed our going into that house, however, replied that the brethren would gladly furnish it for us, to which we objected, fearing it would burthen them. When, however, the matter was repeatedly mentioned, and when it was particularly expressed that it would be a pleasure to the brethren to furnish the house, we began to consider the subject in prayer, and we saw no scriptural objection to accept this kindness, provided the furniture was very plain. This was promised. The house was furnished, yet the love of the brethren had done it more expensively than we wished it.


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Alcohol and travel insurance: How does drinking impact your cover?
Too drunk to insure. How much is too much when it comes to alcohol and travel insurance?
Having a few drinks while on holiday could leave you with more than just a sore head.
We will not pay for claims arising directly or indirectly from any conduct engaged in by you whilst under the influence of alcohol or drugs, unless prescribed by a doctor and taken in accordance with the doctor’s advice.
This guide looks at what "under the influence" means and in what circumstances insurers will pay alcohol-related claims.
Is there travel insurance that covers alcohol?
A common question travellers have is, "Will your travel insurance cover you if you're under the influence of alcohol?" Normally insurers will have a general exclusion that prohibits claims where alcohol was the root cause, which can be a nasty shock.
Insurers see a lot of claims that are related to alcohol consumption, which is why this exclusion is designed to not only encourage you to be mindful of how much you're drinking while you're on holiday but also limit the risk to the insurer. The question of whether you're covered for drinking alcohol really comes down to how each insurance brand interprets its own exclusion.
How do different travel insurance brands treat alcohol and drug use?
How do insurers generally treat alcohol?
Many travellers have asked the question (and rightly so): "How does an insurer know you were under the influence?" Unless you're drug-tested or breathalysed, an insurer can't know for certain how much you had to drink.
While some insurers have been accused of using the alcohol exclusion to outright deny claims, most are fair and reasonable and assess each claim on its own merits. Generally it comes down to whether alcohol contributed to the incident, rather than simply whether alcohol was involved.
Some use the yardstick that applies to all aspects of insurance: "Was the incident unexpected?" This simply means would a reasonable person expect their actions, in this case drinking too much, lead to an incident that could have negative outcome such as a claimable event? If the answer if yes, then the incident was not unexpected and would therefore not be covered.
Southern Cross Travel Insurance. The "reasonable person" test. SCTI cite having a few beers and then slipping over as an example of a reasonably unexpected event. Southern Cross contrast this with drinking all night and then jumping off a seawall, not realising the tide is out, as an example of an event that is not unexpected. Because a reasonable person could perceive an injury risk, no claim would be paid in this instance.
Cover-More. Cover-More take a slightly different tact and determine whether a claim is payable IF alcohol contributed to the incident or not. This means assessing the nature of the incident and if it would have occurred if you had consumed alcohol or not.
Travelinsuranz. Travelinsuranz goes a step further and determines the extent of liability by the degree to which alcohol contributed to the incident. Rather than flatly denying the claim, Travelinsuranz will decide how much of the claim it will pay, based on how much the consumption of alcohol played in the event.
Methanol poisoning occurs when someone consumes homemade alcohol containing methanol, a pure form of alcohol similar to ethanol. Not normally present in commercially produced spirits, methanol is converted by the body into a toxin called formic acid. This can build up in the blood and cause kidney failure, heart problems, liver damage, blindness, nerve and brain damage and ultimately death and as little as three teaspoons is all it takes.
Travellers to South East Asian holiday destinations such as Bali and Thailand are considered most at risk of methanol poisoning due to widespread home brewing of spirits and substitution of drinks by disreputable bar owners. Authorities warn that the best way to guard against methanol poisoning is to be wary of offers of free or discounted drinks and not to drink anything unless it comes from a sealed bottle or can.
Treatment for methanol poisoning involves seeking medical assistance as quickly as possible. At a hospital, a doctor will administer ethanol or a drug called fomepizole, both of which will inhibit the formation of formic acid in the body. Prompt treatment can reduce many of the toxic effects of methanol poisoning, but the trouble is those who drink several methanol laced drinks often go to bed drunk, allowing the more severe symptoms of methanol poisoning to develop over the next 12 to 24 hours.
As well as exposing yourself to the risk of methanol poisoning, drinking to excess at any time in a foreign country with different laws to our own is not considered wise. It can lead to accidents, assaults and robberies; all of which will not be covered by your travel insurance if your alcohol intake was a contributing factor. And with medical evacuation back to Australia capable of costing over $100,000, travel insurance is not something you want to be without.
Most insurers look at alcohol related claims on a case-by-case basis, so if you consume one methanol laced drink and suffer methanol poisoning, you would normally expect to be covered. But most travel insurance policies contain a blanket drugs and alcohol exclusion and it is up to the individual insurer as to how this is interpreted, so far better to play it safe and drink with caution when holidaying overseas.
Insurers have been known to refuse claims from people who've had their drinks spiked or suffered methanol poisoning from dodgy cocktails. So be careful what you drink.
How does travel insurance work when it comes to drug use?
A common exclusion listed in every travel insurance policy is that your claim will not be paid if it arose because you were under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, unless the drugs were prescribed by a medical adviser and taken as directed. Unfortunately, many travellers are completely unaware of this exclusion and the many ways it can affect their cover.
Medical claims that arise because you are under the influence of or addicted to drugs will not be covered. For example, if you smoked marijuana in Thailand, hopped behind the wheel of your hire car and were then involved in an accident, your travel insurer would not provide any cover for your medical expenses, legal liability or rental vehicle insurance excess costs.
The drug use exclusion can even apply to people who aren’t even travelling with you. If you are forced to cut your trip short and return home following the serious illness or death of a relative as a result of drug use, your insurer may not provide any cover for cancellation or curtailment costs.
Having a drink can be an enjoyable part of any overseas holiday, but if you want to be covered by your travel insurance, you should understand your insurer’s attitude to alcohol before you take out your policy. If they have an alcohol-related exclusion that is not clarified in the policy, it would be worthwhile talking to one of their representatives to see exactly where you stand. Otherwise your drinks overseas could turn out to be very expensive indeed.
Budget Direct Comprehensive Travel Insurance offers you smarter cover that you can rely on while on your travels to include all the protection you need at low premiums.
Why do volunteers need travel insurance? Who should provide it? What should it cover? This guide looks at volunteering in general and doing overseas volunteer work.
Find travel insurance policies for your next trip to Thailand. Learn the risks of travelling in Thailand and what you should ensure your policy covers you for.
What is marijuana tourism? What happens to my insurance if I visit the Red Light District in Amsterdam? This guide takes a candid look at how travel insurance works when you venture away from the postcard tulip fields and windmills.

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"In 1932, in a small town in Eastern Tennessee named Maryville, the GYPSY MOTORCYCLE CLUB was born. At this time several adventurous souls were beginning to venture out on the public roads on their two-wheeled machines. One of these brave souls was a young man named Lee Simerly "Happy Jack", Papa Jack's father. Happy Jack would get several of his friends and acquaintances together and do some serious riding through the mountains and towns of Tennessee. As this group of daring young men grew they took on the name of the "Gypsies" and formed a club with Happy Jack being its first President Thus, the GYPSY MOTORCYCLE CLUB was born."
We're proud to hold regular meetings each month that are open to the public. You're more than welcome to join us!
Our St. Valentine's Day Massacre rally is a 3-day event that we hold every February to help raise money for the charities we support.

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Editor's note: Dr. Bilimoria is the Director of the Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center of Northwestern University, which focuses on national, regional, and local quality improvement research and practical initiatives. He is also the Director of the Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement Collaborative and a Faculty Scholar at the American College of Surgeons. In the second part of a two-part interview (the earlier one concerned residency duty hours), we spoke with him about quality and safety in surgery.
Dr. Robert M. Wachter: Surgeons have always cared deeply about their quality and safety and their outcomes, but they have tended to embrace the traditional, "It's all about the individual performance and virtuosity" mantra. How has life changed over the last 10 or 15 years in terms of systems thinking, and how do you and surgeons think about improvement now?
Dr. Karl Bilimoria: It has evolved from the individual blame game to thinking about how to improve systems of care to achieve safe care and good outcomes. The M&M [morbidity and mortality] conferences across the country have changed from blaming the presenter to thinking about how do we prevent this from ever happening again. It has certainly moved to a nonpunitive environment. The best evidence for how our culture has changed in surgery has been that whenever we now put forth public reporting initiatives, there is almost no pushback. Surgeons are used to this. They realize that it's better when we do it ourselves rather than having it pushed upon us. We definitely have evolved in both the safety and quality areas and hopefully to some degree are perceived as leaders in the area.
RW: I think you are. As people accept the idea of measurement, do they buy that the methodology is good enough—both in the sense that you're measuring the right things and that you've captured the frequent perception that "my patients are older and sicker"?
KB: I think it depends on the data source. Our confidence in claims data continues to be very poor. They are fairly terrible for measuring postoperative complications. And most of today's claims data are focused on the inpatient stay, but length of stay has decreased a lot. For complex operations, we discharge people after a day or two, so most of their complications are occurring in the outpatient setting.
But when you move into registry data like the National Surgery Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) data—that we have much more confidence in. They're collected in a standardized fashion across 600 hospitals in the country. They collect a number of demographics and comorbidities about the patient and what was done in the actual surgery, which allows us to faithfully risk adjust and level the playing field among hospitals and surgeons. So that is where our future is.
RW: What are the other megatrends, as EHR adoption has gone from 10% a decade ago to 90% now? How does the work of registry data collection and analysis change, and where is that going over the next 5 or 10 years as the systems get better?
KB: We have perfected manual data abstraction—it's as good as it's going to get for now, using standardized definitions, audits, and whatnot. But it's clearly not sustainable. It only gets us a sample of the cases at each hospital because we don't have the manpower to collect every case. At this point, we are not very good at pulling data out of the EHR in an accurate, reliable way. We can get the easy variables: the demographics and their lab values and even some of their comorbidities. But what really becomes challenging has been to identify postoperative complications from the EHR using standard definitions. We've had projects with various EHR vendors putting their best and brightest to work trying to figure this out and that really hasn't panned out. I have faith that we can do it. Especially as systems move to unified EHRs, we'll see more and more standardization. We clearly have to do it. Otherwise, we will not succeed in having high-quality data for all of our patients.
RW: If you had a family member who needed surgery in a distant town (and you were not a doctor who knew who to call), what would you do to figure out what the best place was for him or her to go and who the best surgeon would be?
KB: The publicly available data for patients are still fairly weak. Most of it is based on that flawed administrative data and nonstandard, unaudited data. So that is challenging. I don't think there are great data sources out there for assessing empirically where you should receive care. To be honest, the thing you would do is to talk to your referring doctors in the local market and talk to family and friends and hear about who they have had good experiences with to get some of that information.
The other place that seems to have good face validity because it collects that data for you through a somewhat systematic survey is the US News and World Report rankings. Through their reputation survey, they essentially do that work for you of asking people, "Where do you think I should go for this type of care?" A lot of us fault the reputation survey and dislike it for a number of reasons, but it is filling a void right now. It is probably reflecting things like the services and specialists available, the trials, the research, and a variety of things that are done at those specialty centers.
It's embarrassing to say as somebody in the measurement field: I wish we could provide better information, but we don't have that type of information available yet. We're starting to make progress in publishing registry data, but not all of the hospitals in the country participate in these registries. The Society for Thoracic Surgeons National Database is a great example of where most hospitals participate, but not all of them are willing to publicly report yet. That trend is starting to change. As we can provide better data to the patients, I think they'll use that data over the recommendation of family, friends, and their referring doctors.
RW: There is an interesting tension there because of NSQIP and other efforts. We've gotten better at internally knowing who's doing well and who's not and learning from it. But we collectively have decided not to open that data spigot for patients. Grappling with the ethics of that and also the practicality of that—would there be less engagement with these systems if you knew it was going to be public—are really complicated questions.
RW: Talk about the Birkmeyer trial from a few years ago and the evidence for differences in technical skills among surgeons as they relate to meaningful outcomes. What do you take from that in terms of what we need to do about training and certification of surgeons?
KB: John Birkmeyer's study was brilliant. The fact that technical skills are associated with outcomes comes as no surprise to any surgeon—and probably no surprise to anybody else. Certainly, the technical maneuvers in the operating room are important, particularly in a highly complex procedure like laparoscopic bariatric surgery. The skill set for that is pretty complex. Birkmeyer set us up well to think about how do we get surgeons to study their own skill when they are out in practice, and improve upon it. There are several initiatives looking at video coaching. I lead a state-wide collaborative of 56 hospitals here in Illinois. We have implemented a program where surgeons record their laparoscopic colectomy; they score each other so they get a score sheet with comments and standardized scores about their procedure. Then they get together, pair up, and review their peer's operation. I watch yours and you watch mine, and we talk about details of the case. It's fantastic to watch. They flip over a piece of paper, and they're drawing and trying to explain their point of how they would do this differently or some other trick they learned.
The feedback has been heartwarming. We have surgeons who have said that it has been a transformational, life-changing experience to finally have somebody to give them feedback about their technical skills once they're in practice. I mean nobody watches us operate except maybe the residents, or if you're out in the community, some nurses and maybe your partner. It then spills over into nontechnical issues, which is really interesting. Like how do you get set up for the operation? What do you make sure you have in the room? How do you talk about which experts you need on backup? How do you deal with your scrub nurse who you've never worked with before and make sure she can help you through this complicated operation? The goal now is to figure out how we move that forward. How is it scalable? It is complicated to get two busy surgeons together to watch videos. We're looking at trying to do this more broadly for many more procedures across the state of Illinois and working potentially with the American Board of Surgery to try to understand whether this could have potential for a more meaningful maintenance of certification approach.
RW: Back to the question before about transparency for patients versus creating a safe environment for improvement. When I read Birkmeyer's study, I thought: if I needed a surgeon for my dad I would want to know his or her video score. I imagine if that were made generally available from the work you're doing or Birkmeyer did, your participation rates would plummet. What's the balance between this work and the patient's right to know whether their surgeon has technical skills?
KB: It's a fair point. I don't think we're there yet. We're still pretty early in this journey of trying to evaluate technical performance. We have no risk adjustments for this sort of measurement right now. Right now, it's purely an improvement activity. The bigger thing to keep in mind is that this is one piece, and it shouldn't be overshadowed by other aspects of surgical care. I would argue that even more important, and more nuanced, than the technical maneuvers in the operating room are the decisions about whom to operate on. The aftercare is important, too. You could do a technically beautiful operation, but if you did not give them optimal VTE [venous thromboembolism] prophylaxis and surgical site infection prevention approaches, or if it's a cancer operation and you don't give them the right adjuvant therapy afterward or recommend that they go meet with the medical oncologist… There are so many other aspects beyond technical skills that may be more important. What I'd like to see is a bundled approach where we have valid, reliable measures in decision-making, best practice adherence, and technical scores. And patient experience measures added to that. Then, we have a more robust comprehensive package by which to evaluate surgeon performance.
RW: In terms of trying to make this work scalable, is anybody working on analyzing the videotape through machine learning? I went to golf camp a few years ago and my swing got compared to Tiger Woods and Ernie Els. I didn't do very well, but they've devised an automated way to look at the mechanics of my swing and overlay them against a gold standard. All to tell me how bad my swing is!
KB: I have not seen that. Some groups have started to put biosensors on surgeons to be able to track, for example, how much they use their nondominant hand. How do you get that nondominant hand more involved in the operation to make you more efficient and safe? But anything more sophisticated than that with machine learning, it may be happening but not that I know of.
RW: It's probably still true that when someone applies for a surgical residency, nothing in the process of interviewing and applying tests whether they have the aptitude to have the technical skills to be a surgeon. When you compare that to the way people interview for a job to fly planes or other complex technical skills, does that seem right?
KB: It's true. We still don't do any technical skills assessment. There is probably some technical skills assessment that happens as you're a medical student. If there really is some phenomenal failure of your potential to be a surgeon, it would come out in your letters. But beyond that, it's also likely that we can train most people to be a competent surgeon. Some surgeries require really gifted technical skills, and a large number of other surgeries are much less complicated. I think people self-select once they're in residency. If you don't have the skills, you're not going to do hepatobiliary surgery. You're going to go do something more straightforward.
RW: Sometimes when I speak, I'll show Birkmeyer's videos of the good example and the bad example. The question is always: Can that bad example person be trained to be at least good enough?
KB: Yes, again we are pretty early in this, but we believe that we can get those people to improve—to be competent enough to do those surgeries safely.
RW: What does the training of surgeons and the measurement of surgical quality look like 10 years from now?
KB: I hope that we can have a transformative moment where we are able to get great data out of the EHR in a standardized fashion across all hospitals in the country and be able to provide really high-quality data. And then to give it back to ourselves to be able to analyze performance and identify opportunities for improvement. Give it to the public so they can assess quality in a way that we all believe in and has good face validity. I would love to see individual surgeon performance measures be available to the public as well as transparency around all aspects of hospital care. Patients want detailed data on every type of condition and every type of operation and want to know how their hospital and surgeon do at that specific condition. I would hope that in 10 years we've made considerable progress to getting standardized data to be able to provide that. Right now, it's simply a data abstraction and an analysis issue. If we can get that data in a more systematic fashion out of the EHRs, we will be able to provide good information.


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Designed by gamers, the Zboard is the world's first PC gaming keyboard. It’s a keyboard with interchangeable keysets (Standard and Gaming), which folds up into a "Z" shape.
Built for First/Third Person Shooter and Action games, the Gaming Keyset provides a better gaming experience, advanced layout and built-in technology advantages. The patented butterfly keys are enlarged and sloped so they that keep your fingers comfortable. The dome shaped keys give gamers the responsive feel that you demand. And talk about technical advancement, you can register up to 7 simultaneous key-strokes! Jump, move forward, lean left, change weapons and shoot at the same time!
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Republicans narrowly maintained their majority in the Minnesota House in the 2004 election, squeaking through with a one-vote margin. Democrats picked up 13 seats, including five held by Republican committee chairs. The close headcount in the House could lead to more bipartisan cooperation... or greater gridlock.
St. Paul, Minn. — If the election results hold, Republicans will control the House with 68 seats, the bare minimum needed to pass a bill. Democrats won 66 seats. An automatic recount will be held in one close race, which Republican Rep. Judy Soderstrom of Mora won by 94 votes **on the initial count. If the recount changes the outcome, the House would be split down the middle.
DFL House Minority Leader Matt Entenza of St. Paul attributes the Democratic wins to a moderate agenda.
"We campaigned on a very clear message. That Minnesota communities want their schools taken care of, they want to be able to get to work on their roads and with transit, they want to make sure they have a good decent job, and we need to take care of health care," Entenza said at a news conference on the Capitol steps on Wednesday.
Entenza notes that Democrats picked up seats around the state, even in parts of Minnesota where President Bush did well, such as Rochester.
Some of the Republicans who were defeated say their losses were less about the issues, and more the result of negative attack ads. Six-term Rep. Jim Rhodes of St. Louis Park, who is considered a moderate at the Capitol, says he was hammered by campaign literature attacking him.
"That I was part of a Republican extreme agenda, that I didn't care about kids, that I didn't care about the city, that I should be fired," he recalled.
Rhodes says he didn't sign a no-new-taxes pledge, and isn't opposed to either tax increases or expanded gambling. The Democrat who will replace Rhodes, Steve Simon, says he wasn't happy about the attack ads, which came from the DFL caucus, not from his campaign. But Simon says Rhodes should be held accountable for Republican budget cuts to schools and other programs.
Republican House Speaker Steve Sviggum of Kenyon says he believes Republicans pushed a mainstream agenda in the last two years, but took the heat for not raising taxes to balance the budget.
"We couldn't say 'yes' to everything, we had to reconcile the tax-spend difference, and politicians don't get elected by saying 'no,' politicians get elected by saying 'yes,'" said Sviggum.
Sviggum also believes Republican incumbents were blamed for the partisan gridlock of the last legislative session, when work on virtually all major bills ground to a halt. He says House Republicans will reach out to Democrats in both the House and Senate to try to find common ground next session.
Gov. Pawlenty extended a similar olive branch to Democrats. "It'll require us with a closer majority in the Minnesota House to make sure that we work in close concert with the House - Republicans and Democrats - and we're going to need to make sure that we have support, and probably in many cases, bipartisan support for our initiatives."
But bipartisan support may be difficult to achieve, with the Legislature once again facing a budget deficit as high as a billion dollars. Pawlenty says he's sticking with his no-new-taxes stance, which Democrats argue has led to higher property taxes and cuts in services.
Pawlenty also plans to pursue new gambling agreements with the state's Indian tribes that could bring the state a share of casino profits. That's an issue that doesn't appear to have much common ground with many Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson of Willmar.
"The governor went the additional step and said, 'one, I want $350 million, if you don't, we're going to do all kinds of bad things to you, and oh, by the way, I want to become known as the governor who brought casinos and the mob and all the things attached to it from Las Vegas because I can't get my way with the Indians,'" Johnson said.
Johnson says the election results should send a strong message to the governor to review his agenda. He also notes that House Republicans' narrow margin means they can't pass a capital investment bill on their own. Bills that authorize borrowing by the state require a three-fifths majority.
Johnson says he, too, will extend an olive branch to Republicans, by offering to meet with the new Senate minority leader Republicans will elect this week. But with all this talk about bipartisan cooperation at the Capitol, there's still not much evidence that Republicans and Democrats have moved any closer to agreeing on the major issues.

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When running two woofers in the dbk212, I have read through the forms that they are in a clamshell configuration. It seems that some have used panel B as the spacer between the two woofers but my woofers won't fit inside on panel B.
So is it ok to mount on the topside of panel B, cones facing each other, separated by a spacer. I made a ring from 3/4" MDF to use for this separation.
It seems that when running with two woofers you loose a great deal of tuning space within the cabinet. Does this present any problems?
It will not cause a problem. The insert is often place low in the enclosure for low tuning. With the insert being adjustable you can tune the enclosure for optimun performance. Just my two cents.

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After earning their first Big Ten conference win last Saturday against Rutgers at Williams Arena, the Minnesota Golden Gophers Men’s basketball team got their second win of the conference schedule Saturday.
The Illinois Fighting Illini came into the game 13-7 (3-4 in the Big Ten) and without several of its best players, including a new walk-on former manager. The Gophers (13-8 (2-6)) were able to treat the home fans to a 79-71 victory.
Gopher guard Carlos Morris started off hot, with 13 of the team’s first 17 points. Morris finished with 16 points on 4 of 4 shooting. The score at halftime was 33-30.
The Gophers pushed their lead as high as 15 in the second half as senior center Mo Walker upped his career high in rebounds with a 12-point, 13-rebound game. The defensive pressure put on by Minnesota coach Richard Pitino’s full court press didn’t result in too many turnovers for the Illini (10), but did lead to a shooting clip of only .377.
Andre Hollins has also upped his play recently, averaging nearly 27 points over the last three games. He scored 28 points Saturday after a streak of four single-digit scoring games earlier in the season. Hollins’ shooting from three so far in the season (.434) is a few percentage points higher than his total shooting percentage (.429).
With 10 minutes left in the game, the Gophers stole the momentum with a Charles Buggs dunk on a bounce pass on the fast break. Hollins hit one three-pointer with about five minutes left that seemed to seal the Illini’s fate.
Illinois made a final push in the closing minutes to tighten the score, but it wasn’t enough for an Illinois team that has been decimated by injuries. Guards Kendrick Nunn and Malcolm Hill led Illinois with 18 points apiece.
Gophers freshman Gaston Diedhiou came in for one minute in his second appearance of the season since gaining academic eligibility.
Halftime also had its own festivities as former Gophers center Randy Breuer’s number 45 was retired in a ceremony at mid-court. The 7-foot-3 Breuer was on the Gophers during 1979-1983 and spent 11 seasons in the NBA after averaging 20.4 points per game as a senior.
The Gophers next play at Penn State January 28.

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Dinner parties are great for a larger groups of friends, and Valentine's Day is the perfect time to get your single and coupled up friends together. Some couples skip Valentine's Day, which is perfectly okay. Others may want to pop in before heading out for a night on their own.
Atlus has recently launched a Persona 5 Valentine's Day page that will let you send game-themed messages to your sweetheart. Sweethearts? We're not judging. You can head here for the chance to do so. Persona 5 heads to the west, via PS4, on 4 April.


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Please let me know if there are any other ideas you all may have.
Thank you very much. After reading a recent post about passing the 5 second test I think I should add my phone number to the home page to make it easier to find.
Yes Luckiest, that sounds right. Did you have some advice or resources I could use?
You definitely need a business plan and a marketing plan if you don't already have one. If you are looking for something there are templates online that you can use as a guide.
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I tried to go to web address listed in you email address but it was under construction. When do you think it will be back up and running? I would like to hear from other people you have helped in the past and what their results were. I will also be looking on-line to see what I can find. Please let me know if maybe I was trying to access the wrong address.
Sorry about the site. I'm reviewing several pages but it will be back up in a couple of days. In the mean time, I have a strong and experienced staff but the company is newer so based on the services that you are looking for I would like to provide them to you for no charge or at a discounted rate. If you would like to email me your email address I can send you a list of services.
Yes Zack, I DO. I write about SCORE. SCORE is FREE both in person and online.
Thank you both for yuor input. If anyone else has more to add please do!
Luckiest, I will use those resources!
Ranks Intl, I will take you up on your offer. We will be in contact!
It seems you are doing the right things. The trick with marketing is to keep making changes to dial your message in. It may not be your marketing channel but could be your message. many in this economy are cutting back - that means doing their own landscaping or just letting it go. Your message might want to relay that you are a low cost provider or can work your own stimulus deal that lets them make payments or let them customize what services they want and when.
You have to constantly tweek your channels and message - this is the key to marketing and also what makes it a pain.
Find a small business development center (SBDC) that serves your area - they can help you research and develop a marketing plan based on your potential customers and your budget.
I would also suggest you try very hard to work with your local media (print and TV). You could write articles or provide tips to them (that they will either print or put on TV for free) that sho people how to get by with less water, which plants, etc are better in the summer months, better seed quality or even tips and tricks. This could get you publicity as well as may become a regular segment.
This is great advice from phanio. It may not be the medium but the message. I was kind of confused when I first arrived at your site because the image is a living room but your name sounds more industrial.
I know that everyone thinks your name is the most important thing but it isn't - your message is. Think about adding a strong headline to the homepage that communicates your message.
Now, about SCORE and Luckiest. A lot of what you are asking could have been dealt with if you had known about and used SCORE. A lot of people get an attitude because Luckiest is constantly referring people to SCORE but it is a free service and you can get detailed answers and information to your particular situation without someone trying to sell you something. It may not be the answer you want to hear but it is an answer you might need to hear.
I think it is important that you get your name out there, think about hosting some informational courses for churches where you give out landscaping tips. You can also do home owner associations. You could even host a best lawn contest. Look into partnering with Habitat for Humanity on their builds. Think creative about things. Offer a free cleaning to show the quality that you offer. Think about designing a direct mail piece that includes a really interesting leave behind piece. Contact local businesses and offer to prove how great your service is. Offer to start gardens and flower beds at schools. Clean up an eyesore.
I can go on but I think you get the picture. No matter how good your website is, most people select landscaping businesses by actually seeing the work. Get out there. Good luck.
AWESOME! What great input, I expecialy like the tips through media idea. I have seen this before but had completely forgotten about it. Thank you both very much for your input, these are great suggestions. I will definately be using these ideas. I will also give SCORE a try as well. Thanks again!
I sent you a response on you website that I think will really help. Check it out.
I rerommend get listed in the local directories, Google, Yahoo and MSN local, using the correct keywords. We provide this service.
1. Place stickers on all your vehicles.
2. Make T-shirts and wear them.
5. Talk to your local banks and ask them if they have any forclosures or other properties with yards that need fixing up since there are so many out there.
Also, I just noticed that you did use godaddy's web site tonight, great website!
IBUZZ is the answer, this is software that you can use to find customers for your business and take your marketing system to the next level.
If you don't have it yet, get it now! It is simple and easy to install.
website is defnitly good idea. but without search engine optimization. which is the most cost effctive way to get new customers, the website is useless.
i think yellow books ads are waist of money, they will probbly only cover your ad costs.
move your advertising online, you will see return on your investment!
There are various ways that you can market your business, my older brother actually runs a successful landscaping business. I myself am a marketing consultant and I'll be willing to help you, you can give me a call and I can give you a few ideas that may help. 425.213.0923. Talk to you soon!
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your life factors and who is sucking the life out of you. It is time to foster positive interactions and eliminate those who wear you down.
Think of it this way: Have you ever seen kids at the mall who are determined to go up the down escalator? They climb and climb and end up in the same place. Then the trouble begins. Older folks yell at them. Their parents yell at them. Security yells at them. What seemed like fun turns out to be a lot of wasted energy, a lot of effort, and no forward progress. If they had just gotten on the escalator that was moving in the direction they wanted to go, they would have gotten there with far less effort and far fewer problems.
Our relationships are like that escalator. They can either move us forward or hold us back. Which would you prefer?
Put yourself in this scenario: A person approaches you on the street and offers you a large, life-changing sum of money if you can quickly answer two personal questions. No strings attached. Provide the answers, and the money is yours. If you can’t do it, the person will just take the money and try to find someone else. The only rules are that there is no hesitation allowed—no “ums” or “I don’t knows”—and taking time to think isn’t allowed either. Your answers must be clear, concise, and quickly stated. Sounds like it’s at least worth a shot, right? After all, it is a life-changing amount of money. You should be able to do this, shouldn’t you?
Here are the questions: Declare your values and state your ethics. All you have to do is succinctly list what you value the most, describe the standards you hold yourself and others to, and explain how you choose to act toward people. Could you do it? Does your mind go blank? Would you be able to find the right words in that brief moment?
When you graduated from high school, it was time to determine where to go next. There were so many roads to choose. They all had the appeal that the first taste of freedom and impending adulthood promises. Which road did you take? Did you choose college, military/public service, a trade school, or going right to work? It is very likely the decisions you made are not the ones that are going to lead to your ideal future. Somewhere along the way, what you thought you wanted turned out to be far from what you needed now. When you made your choice, did you really understand the impact it would have on your future?
Regardless of the choice made then, there are always opportunities to grow and learn something new. To develop personal leadership, you must establish patterns and habits for yourself through many forms of learning. You have to come into alignment, plan for the ceiling, and embrace lifelong learning. You have to find what works for you and what will help to fulfill your vision of an ideal future.
It seems like there is always something keeping you from getting ahead. It may be a medical bill, a car repair, an unexpected home improvement, or any other unforeseen expense. The financial balancing act takes so much time and energy. The stress builds and builds, and you find yourself wishing for more money. If you had more, then you really wouldn’t have to worry.
problems. In most cases, however, money isn’t the ultimate answer. The majority of people will have to make do with what they have or what they can realistically expect. While you can have a goal of accumulating all the money you could ever want, this goal is often overly lofty and rarely obtainable, leading to disappointment and financial dysfunction. The ultimate goal needs to be creating a leadership approach to your personal financial element.
Most people don’t think of their career as a launchpad, but it is the final piece of the life element factor. After all, unless you’re independently wealthy, you need to work for the income. The idea, though, is to look beyond the paycheck. You spend a good portion of your adult life and waking hours at work. Your career has an economic, social, emotional, mental, and even physical impact on your world. If you aren’t on the right trajectory at work, it becomes nearly impossible to be on the path to your ideal future.
Your ideal future should be a lofty destination, and the journey there should be filled with happiness, joy, and pride. Now think of your career: What do you feel? Have you aimed high? Are you enjoying the benefits of reaching those heights, or are you are going nowhere because you’re in an endless cycle of being unfulfilled, unhappy, and uninspired?
Think about a recent phenomenon that has taken hold not only in our country but also in many parts of the world. It is something that has spread across people of all ages, economic backgrounds, and cultures. There are even products that have been introduced as a direct result of this movement. If you haven’t guessed yet, we are talking about the selfie. From presidents to celebrities, from the Pope to average people, it has become commonplace to turn the camera toward oneself. It goes beyond just taking the picture—selfies are then shared across many outlets. It has become a new form of communication with its own applications, such as Snapchat, to encourage the use of self-images.
When people post a selfie, they are posting an image they are trying to portray. Oftentimes it is a reflection of how they have been influenced by the media and the entertainment world. They are trying to give the audience a view of how they fit the cultural norm. In the end, however, it is just an image, and probably doesn’t reflect true reality. In posing for the perfect shot, what they are really doing is hiding the twenty other pictures they took while trying to get the perfect one. In looking at the reality of you, we have to view all of those pictures. The real you is the picture of you with your eyes closed or hair that isn’t strategically placed. To determine what your ideal future should be, you have to determine who you are and what is even realistically possible.
It’s time to turn the camera around from selfie view to look at the reality of others. It can take a great deal of time to nurture relationships to the point where the real person comes through. Success in life is built on relationships, and it is important that we try to know others as much as we try to know ourselves.
Consider this: You are a sitting at a large conference table with your peers, your friends, even your family. It doesn’t matter who is there, as long as they play a part in your world. As you’re sitting there, an outsider comes in and puts a colorfully wrapped package in the center of the table. Everyone starts to wonder what is inside. One person might think it is a set of keys for a car he desperately needs. Someone else imagines it to be the diamond engagement ring she has waited so long for. The group all starts to talk about how sure they are it is something they want or need. Even you join in and begin to consider all the possibilities that are close to your heart. Heated discussions might even ensue as all assembled want that package to be for them.
People become convinced that the gift contains their want or wish, and they have little regard for the reality of others. It can even get to the point where hostility takes hold and feelings are hurt. But here’s the secret: until the wrappings come off, everyone is right. We are all allowed to have our personal opinions. Real leaders accept this and help the group see that all viewpoints are valid. When we reverse the selfie and look at others, we see their value as unique individuals.
Chances are, if you watch any programs on television, you’re aware of “reality shows.” Maybe you watch some of them and perhaps even enjoy them. Many of these shows focus on careers, lifestyles, or family dynamics. Every network seems to have its own version, which it runs over and over. However, if you really look at these shows from a leader’s perspective, you know there is nothing real about them.
In developing your personal leadership, you need to understand that leaders don’t subscribe to the philosophies depicted in the context of a program designed to draw viewers in, with the intent to increase ratings and personal wealth. Your real focus needs to be on finding fulfillment in the development of your own personal ideal future. As personal leaders, we find that our lives and actions are often the exact opposite of what is portrayed in reality television. To live in the world of a leader’s reality, we must act by building others up instead of tearing them down. We must avoid acting with vengeance or self-pity; we must act with generosity, not greed.
In accepting these conditions, we must also be aware that it is very likely the many people we come into contact with will have their view of reality skewed by what they have been watching day in and day out. For far too many, the unreal world has been adopted as the real world. It is time to put a stop to it. Begin by changing the channel to Leadership TV.
Who do you picture when someone mentions the word entrepreneur? Do you think about super successful and highly visible businesspeople like Steve Jobs, Sir Richard Branson, Mark Zuckerberg, or anyone else who started with very little and built a vast empire? Maybe your mind recalls something about the teenage entrepreneur who became a millionaire from a problem he wanted to solve or small-business owners who have achieved local success. All of these represent facets of entrepreneurship and are valid references. Usually, these individuals have managed to make something out of seemingly nothing. Yet there is one more type of entrepreneur that hardly ever comes to mind: you! Have you ever considered that you, yourself, are the entrepreneur of your own life?
When you’re asked to think of a brand, do you think of Apple, Nike, Starbucks, or another of the millions of commercial brands in the world today? Whichever you just chose, chances are you are attracted to it because the company has spent countless hours and dollars developing and promoting a particular message. It has cultivated a certain appeal that is drawing you to name that particular brand.
Can you articulate your personal brand as well and as clearly as those commercial companies? How much time and effort have you spent cultivating it? Managing your personal brand is strikingly similar to managing a large commercial enterprise. In actively managing your personal brand, you are creating a magnetic force with positive and negative components. You must embrace the concept that a brand is a powerful change agent that will help you reach your ideal future.
How often do we see children who have experienced pain become terrified of the source afterward? It may be something as simple as soap in their eyes from a bath, a bee sting, or a shot at the doctor’s office. Anything that causes injury, no matter how big or small, becomes a source of anxiety and stress. Because of the fear that has built up, the smallest pinprick becomes inflated to the point of absolute hysterics. After much cajoling, many bribes, and even a few threats, the injury is over—usually with the parent saying; “See, that wasn’t so bad!” The child shuffles away, usually sniffling, refusing to acknowledge that it was anything but complete torture.
As we grow into adulthood, while the lingering memory may remain, we have learned that pain is fleeting because we understand the cause. As we matured, so did our understanding that a little pain from a shot prevented us from a much more serious illness. Even more ironic, as grown-ups we become the ones who end up saying, “See, that wasn’t so bad.” Unfortunately, the same may not be said about the more complex situations we face as adults.
The more we experience in life, the more it impacts our perspective. It is very natural for us to take something bad that may have happened once and project it forward to something that will always occur. It becomes a trap from which we cannot escape.
Even more alarming is that we allow this negative energy to get more and more swept up in the issues of those around us. As we complain and gripe, they feel open to do the same. Their wars become our battles and vice versa. The more we allow ourselves to be caught up in the tide of negativity, the more it takes our focus away from our ideal future.
In chapter 4, you began the process of taking a reading of your financial life element. Now, as promised, it is time to put it to use and develop stepping-stones as a financial change agent. Your financial health has major implications for your ability to reach your ideal future. This aspect of personal leadership is a powerful change agent you must employ to reach your fullest potential.
Let’s make an important distinction about the journey. The goal is not to become rich. The end result is about becoming financially well. Get used to hearing the term financial wellness.” Based on the number of apps, devices, and health food stores popping up everywhere, our society has become far more focused on the importance of physical wellness. Now the time has come for us to reach the same level of engagement with our financial wellness.
Have you ever seen the daredevils who walk tightropes across canyons, waterfalls, or even skyscrapers? Something within them says to step out on the wire, and they know they will make it to the other side. They have a confidence that isn’t arrogant, and many times they don’t even view themselves as daredevils. This is just something they do. It seems so extraordinary that these tightrope walkers can accomplish these feats while some people fear climbing a ladder.
What makes them so different that they are willing to take such risks? They believe in themselves. They believe in their equipment. They believe in their support team. Some have even publically stated just how much they believe in a higher power. As a personal leader, one who is striving for an ideal future, you too must allow yourself to believe.
Unlike the tightrope walkers, many people are locked in a trench of self-doubt, self-deprecation, and cynicism. Being trapped in this mind-set doesn’t allow the development of a personal sense of purpose. The sense of purpose, which stems from our beliefs, will guide us to where we need to let ourselves go. It allows the broader perspective of the higher power of faith, hope, and love to shine through. While not everything you want in life may be obtainable, consider how little you will achieve if you don’t even try to believe it is possible.
There is a huge difference between simply leaving something behind and giving the world exactly the gifts you intended. Your legacy should be founded on intentions: your intentions. Should it be your intention to simply leave behind what you have left over from your life, money, and material possessions? Would it not be better to be proactive and have the intention to gift yourself to the world as you live each day?
As you answer these questions, legacy actually becomes a change agent, but this is unique in that you can use all the other factors to create it. Managing your legacy allows you to fully understand the course you set for yourself and how you will be able to view your life when it is time to leave it.
When people have meaning, people have joy. Think about the life you will live as your legacy; it’s not just what you will leave behind. A legacy is about you, those close to you, and even your impact on the greater world.
Throughout this book, we have pushed you to look inward at your life elements, realities, and change agents. In the end, however, changing your equation comes down to not only finding the joy, meaning, and purpose in your life but also activating it and putting it into real action.


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These Help Sessions are free to the public on a first come, first seated basis. Please be aware that the Animal Hospital of North Asheville will be seeing patients while the Help Session is in progress so some of our parking will be reserved for the families of patients needing care. Thank you for understanding.
In case of inclement weather, the class will be canceled. If you have any doubt about whether the class will be held, check our Facebook page or call Animal Hospital of North Asheville at 828-253-3393.
Join Kathy Link and the Four Seasons Pet Loss Grief Support Group for their March Pet Loss Grief Support Monthly Meeting. Losing a pet friend and companion can be heartbreaking. Whether it is a sudden or planned goodbye, it is an emotional time. We understand the strength and specialness of the animal-human bond. The Pet Loss Grief Support Group is also for families that are getting near to the time to say goodbye to a beloved pet.
Who: Anyone who has lost a pet, preparing to say goodbye, or grieving and needs further support.
Where: Four Seasons Buncombe County Office,(373 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, near Doctors Park and Mission Hospital).
For respect of the group, please leave pets at home.

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I have 450 stories published in 12 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 282630 times and 236 of my stories have been cherry picked.
The water looks black, but when you hold it the palms of your hands it’s completely clear....lovely.
had learnt that it paid..
Rivita with butter and Marmalade, Strong coffe and a cracking little story, what a great Sunday morning.
Hello lovely, Good to read you again.
This is a tale not only of two (102) cities but also two halves. It didn't grab me quickly enough and I think you need to revisit the top third.
Forgive me for lurching in after months away and posting...I promise to come back and do some reviewing.
maybe she was and cold…maybe she was cold.
As good a dream sequence as many. Some nice description.
This reminded me of the song, War wihtout Frontiers (I think that's what it's called something about frontiers) Beautiful stark reality and the way most of us feel.
Imagine that, a couple so perfect they synchronize murder.... love this line.
Can't beat agood old tale of darkness and wierdness. Enjoyed this, welcome.
Pretty words, sad yet hopeful.


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Beacon Power, a maker of storage devices that help the power grid , goes the way of Solyndra, drawing more scrutiny to the Energy Department's loan program.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Another alternative energy company that received a loan guarantee from the U.S. government has filed for bankruptcy.
"This latest failure is a sharp reminder that DOE has fallen well short of delivering the stimulus jobs that were promised," Florida Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns said in a statement Sunday night. "Now taxpayers find themselves millions of more dollars in the hole."
"Protecting taxpayer dollars remains the top priority for Secretary (Stephen) Chu and the Department, which is why we were careful to include many protections for the taxpayer in the loan guarantee for the Stephentown project," LaVere said in a statement.
Beacon's facility in New York is one such plant. It can store 20 megawatts of power, about one-50th the output of a nuclear reactor.
But Beacon's finances came under pressure thanks to low rates government regulators forced it to charge utilities.
As a regulated industry, utilities were only allowed to pay a fixed rate set by government regulators for Beacon's services, the DOE said. The rate was not high enough for the company to survive.
Even if the government doesn't lose money on the Beacon bankruptcy, it's unlikely to silence critics of the DOE program.
Stearns and other critics say the Solyndra guarantee was made improperly. They say the Obama administration put private creditors ahead of the government when it comes to being paid back, and that the loan may have been made due to political connections between one of the company's main backers and the administration.

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War of the Rebellion: Serial 014 Page 0683 APPENDIX.
I. Brigadier General Charles S. Winder, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, is assigned to the command of the brigade now commanded by Colonel George B. Anderson.
II. Brigadier General D. H. Hill is assigned to the command of the division now acting under his orders.
The whole militia of the State having been called into service by proclamation of the Governor of March 10, 1862, such volunteers as refuse to re-enlist and are discharged from service fall at once into the militia, and must be immediately drafted into service at the points of rendezvous where such volunteers are discharged, and, if practicable, into the same companies to which they lately belonged.
INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE, DEPT. NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
GENERAL: I am instructed by General Johnston to say that he wishes you to march as many of your artillery command by land to the Peninsula as you can possibly get off. The demonstrations of the enemy in that quarter are such that he deems it imperative to hurry your artillery down at once. All that you are obliged to leave can go by water.


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This is the most realistic street novel that I’ve ever read!
It’s like the pages come to life in your mind like a movie. Every street hustla has an Irvin in their life.
This book is a non-stop page turner that keeps you wonderin’ what’s next and wanting more! I love the real prison convict feel of the book, I’ve walked those compounds and lived in those same musty cells.
Real talk…come on wit’ part II!
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GREETINGS: What’s kickin’ chicken? What’s up pup? What’s shakin’ bacon?
MOVIES: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Illusionist. Team America – World Police.
DINING: Subway – parmesan cheddar bread, roast beef, provolone – toasted!

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(NaturalNews) That certification stamp on egg cartons is supposed to be a sign of quality, but according to a new lawsuit, an egg industry trade group called United Egg Producers, was using the stamp of certification as a manipulative tool. UEP coerced egg producers to join as members of their cult and engage in price-fixing in order to receive the certification stamp. If egg producers didn't follow along, then supermarkets were less likely to accept the uncertified, unstamped egg cartons.
The lawsuit, filed by Indianapolis-based Marsh Supermarkets, accuses UEP of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act, unveiling a 20-year conspiracy of price-fixing that took from supermarkets and consumers. The lawsuit alleges that the egg industry trade group colluded with its member companies to reduce egg supply in the marketplace. Their elaborate price-fixing conspiracy included reducing the number of laying hens, prematurely molting the hens to restrict their output and delaying hatching. If UEP member companies didn't agree to the supply-reducing tactics, then they were practically shunned and not given their certification.
Egg producers were practically being forced to restrict hen and egg production to keep prices high, to ultimately pad the conspirators' pocketbooks.
The lawsuit alleges that United Egg Producers initiated the price-fixing maneuvers in 1994, under the direction of research economist Don Bell. Within four years, Don Bell saw the opportunity and expanded the UEP's membership structure, engulfing both corporate members and independent egg producers to make sure that small farms never reduced egg prices by increasing egg supply.
According to the lawsuit, the large group of UEP members officially colluded in 1999 to restrict egg supply. According to Courthouse News, the three-step process included a "5 percent molt of the flock, a 5 percent reduction in flock inventory, and a program to limit the number of new hens hatched."
If an egg company disagreed with the price-fixing maneuvers and became a whistleblower, then United Egg Producers would contact the dissenting company's major supermarket customers and convince them that their eggs are unapproved and not certified. For instance, when egg producer Sparboe tried to leave the UEP cult, the UEP "contacted Sparboe's customer, Wal-Mart, in an attempt to discourage the company from purchasing eggs from Sparboe." Left unaccountable and unquestioned, UEP was emboldened to continue their manipulative conspiracy against supermarkets and consumers. The deceptive strategy worked for many years. In 2008, UEP had successfully caused a 40 percent increase in US wholesale egg prices. Between 2002 and 2008, it's likely that US customers were paying an extra $2 for every $5 worth eggs. Now apply this to millions of US customers, and it's easy to see how the UEP and its cult were fraudulently raking in millions of dollars. When Marsh Supermarkets began asking questions, the conspiracy began to unravel.
With a total output of 75 billion eggs produced each year, the US supplies nearly 10 percent of the world's egg supply. The UEP's price-fixing greed is basically restricting the potential of America to feed many more people in the US and around the world. Since a laying hen can produce up to 300 eggs a year, the UEP's decision to restrict their production has caused not only higher prices but fewer meals for hungry people around the world.


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1. Cindy is the plant manager from Gemstone, and she has asked you to perform a sound level survey and noise dosimetry in the fabrication shop, which can get pretty noisy when all three mechanical power presses and the 12-foot shear are running at the same time for several hours a day. She also asked that you identify noise level exposures in the adjacent welding department. Your results indicate that the noise levels in the area are just above the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) permissible exposure level for an average day in the fabrication department.
After consulting with fellow industrial hygienists, it was determined that setting up a 12' X 30' noise barrier wall between the fabrication area and the welding area and adding noise absorption panels to both sides of the barrier wall and to the white-painted concrete walls in the fabrication department would decrease the sound levels in the welding area to several decibels below OSHA's Action Level.
However, eliminating the hazard and substitution have usurped engineering control's position at the top of the hierarchy although they have always been obvious best options, just not always included in discussions of the hierarchy of controls. Identify two examples where elimination of the hazard or substitution was, or might be, applied as a means of hazard control. Discuss some of the pros and cons of this option as compared to the other options in the hierarchy. You may also select examples from places you have worked or for which you have some familiarity.
3. Your organization, a company that manufactures fitness equipment such as treadmills and elliptical machines, is about to introduce lean concepts into its operations in order to be more competitive with foreign manufacturers. The foreman from the assembly department, however, does not think that his employees have the time to be involved with the lean initiative. Provide a convincing argument about why it is important for the assembly line workers to play a part.
4. A manufacturing facility that makes steel materials handling devices such as hand carts and an assortment of roller carts for moving heavy materials around in manufacturing facilities has decided to start making cantilever storage racking systems. This will require the purchase and installation of a 12-foot hydraulic press brake and a 12-foot shear in the fabrication department along with the necessary tools and dies to bend and punch holes in the rack components that will largely be manufactured from formed sheet metal. Employees have experience working smaller versions of this type of equipment, but room will need to be made and larger pieces of sheet metal will need to be cut and handled. The department will also need to continue to produce existing orders while the new equipment is installed. How can a management of change program be used to reduce risks in such a scenario?
5. Your purchasing department does not want to buy adjustable hydraulic pallet stands for the filter assembly line at a company that makes oil filters for cars and trucks. They state that the current process works just fine and that expensive, adjustable stands are not required in the Occupational Health and Safety Administration standards. The production employees in the facility are largely female and many have worked at the facility for decades. The current process for accessing filter parts entails having assemblers bend over to pick up arm loads of the various filter components from a pallet or bin and placing them on a table beside their respective workstations. The parts are assembled and pressed into place, and the completed product placed in a separate bin. Please provide a risk-based argument as to why the adjustable pallet stands would be the better choice.
6. What benefits can be achieved through benchmarking of safety and health training?
Your response must be at least 75 words.
7. What are some obstacles to successful benchmarking of safety training? Suggest some ways to overcome these obstacles.
Your response must be at least 200 words.
8. Describe how you would conduct formative and summative assessments of Environmental Health and Safety training. Who should conduct each of these assessments?


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Avoid long, boring, and non-useful narratives. I write only the facts to give you a quick and informative read.
Age. As I grow older, our throat becomes narrower, and the muscle tone in our throat shrinks, which can cause snoring.
The main concept behind anti-snoring pillows is the idea of once a snoring person is positioned on it, snoring stops. There are three major types of anti-snoring pillows: wedge, memory foam and cervical support. But I will also discuss a 4th type for CPAP, BiPAP and APAP machine users.
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Historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued in 1893 that democracy in the US was formed by the advancing western frontier. The process of forging and reforging the frontier line had an impact, not only on the pioneers of the time but on the way in which contemporary society operates. While Australia’s history is less well documented in popular culture, there was a similar process with explorers, but more often drovers and settlers, continually re-establishing the border between the known and the unknown.
This is why I teach. Every new semester with a group of fellow explorers, drovers and settlers I re-work the boundaries between the known and the unknown. As Cathy Davidson said in the connected courses hangout this week, the process provides “intellectual and emotional nourishment” for me, and my fellow travelers.
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So I’m curious about 19th century Australian fiction, Marj. I’m wondering if it’s more like 19th century American or 19th century British fiction. I ask the question because, of course, the Frontier. I have in mind the argument that Leslie Fiedler made in his (now classic) Love and Death in the American Novel (1966). The 19th century European novel had love and marriage at its center. But the 19th century American novel did not. It featured men against the world (Natty Bumpo on the frontier, Capt. Ahab on the ocean) and children (Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer).
Looking at those figures and their descendants in more recent times — and at the vulnerable patriarchs lumbering across the screens to die — we can see that to be an American adult has always been to be a symbolic figure in someone else’s coming-of-age story. And that’s no way to live. It is a kind of moral death in a culture that claims youthful self-invention as the greatest value. We can now avoid this fate. The elevation of every individual’s inarguable likes and dislikes over formal critical discourse, the unassailable ascendancy of the fan, has made children of us all. We have our favorite toys, books, movies, video games, songs, and we are as apt to turn to them for comfort as for challenge or enlightenment.
Y.A. fiction is the least of it. It is now possible to conceive of adulthood as the state of being forever young. Childhood, once a condition of limited autonomy and deferred pleasure (“wait until you’re older”), is now a zone of perpetual freedom and delight. Grown people feel no compulsion to put away childish things: We can live with our parents, go to summer camp, play dodge ball, collect dolls and action figures and watch cartoons to our hearts’ content. These symptoms of arrested development will also be signs that we are freer, more honest and happier than the uptight fools who let go of such pastimes.
I do feel the loss of something here, but bemoaning the general immaturity of contemporary culture would be as obtuse as declaring it the coolest thing ever. A crisis of authority is not for the faint of heart. It can be scary and weird and ambiguous. But it can be a lot of fun, too. The best and most authentic cultural products of our time manage to be all of those things. They imagine a world where no one is in charge and no one necessarily knows what’s going on, where identities are in perpetual flux. Mothers and fathers act like teenagers; little children are wise beyond their years. Girls light out for the territory and boys cloister themselves in secret gardens. We have more stories, pictures and arguments than we know what to do with, and each one of them presses on our attention with a claim of uniqueness, a demand to be recognized as special. The world is our playground, without a dad or a mom in sight.
I’ll read that article – I’ve been fascinated/puzzled by the appeal of YA fiction for old adults.
I love the way you visualise how and why you teach. I’m gate-crashing the course as a secondary school teacher librarian in Melbourne. Pleased to meet you, Marj.
Hi tsheko, Libraries are the hubs of connected learning. Great to see you here.
Powerful thoughts— the playing with boundaries of known and unknown– I appreciated too your reference frontiers and that influence on American society. Glad I’ve discovered your blog!
Sorry if this is a repeat. I was having challenges leaving a comment.
Love your frontiers analogy. Known and unknown. The mystical nature of the unknown is what drives me many days at school.
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