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How you treat candidates for your jobs really matters. Sending a candidate rejection letter to the applicants who were not selected for the job is an extra, but positive step, your company can take to build good will with candidates and establish yourself as an employer of choice.
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A phone call to the candidate is the first step after you have decided that he or she is not the most qualified for your open position. During the call, you thank the candidates for their application and interview time. State clearly that you have determined that you will offer, or have offered, the position to another candidate.
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- Remember, the candidate rejection letter is your last opportunity to build a relationship with the candidate that will cause him or her to think favorably of your company. Your reputation as an employer is affected by this candidate and the people affected by this candidate's opinions and treatment at your hands. Don't ever believe this is unimportant for your reputation as a potential employer.
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- See another sample, simple rejection letter sample for applicants whom you reject without an interview.
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Niagara County Sheriff's deputies said the white m ale was believed to have taken several pieces of jewelry before exiting the store around 4:30 p.m. He was confronted in the parking lot by a store employee and gave back a silver necklace valued at $70, but then shoved the man and fled on foot.
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Girls from ninth grade to college level are welcome to skate.
The cost will be between $60 and $80 for the season depending on how many girls play.
Players from Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, Tupper Lake and Malone as well as Clinton County are welcome to play.
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ROUSES POINT — The North Country Skating Club of Rouses Point is actively seeking qualified coaches for its 2013-14 season.
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PORT KENT — The 2013 SAANYS Tournament is scheduled for July 14 at the Harmony Golf Club in Port Kent and is slated for noon.
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Congrats on being voted Farmer of the Day again!
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Congrats on Farmer of the day!
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I admire your bravery - I'd be too scared to raise bees! Voted.
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Great pics. Beekeeping is very interesting, wish I had more time to look into it. Keep up the good work!
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Congratulations on being named farmer of the month! Share the wealth, vote for me.
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SUFFERING FROM A TOOTHACHE, a South Carolina woman headed to her local emergency room a few months ago. The doctor there responded by administering Dilaudid, a powerful intramuscular narcotic typically reserved for cancer-related pain. Why, his nurse queried, was he killing a flea with a sledgehammer? Afraid of malpractice? No, the doc replied, Press Ganey. "My scores last month were low."
Press who? The little-known company has become a hated target of hospital physicians, outstripping even trial lawyers. Utter its name in an emergency room and you'll likely unleash a cloud of four-letter words. Based in South Bend, Ind., Press Ganey is the nation's leading provider of patient satisfaction surveys, the Yelp equivalent for hospitals and doctors, and a central component of health care reform. Over the past decade the government has fully embraced the "patient is always right" model–these surveys focus on areas like waiting times, pain management and communication skills–betting that increased customer satisfaction will improve the quality of care and reduce costs. There's some evidence they have. An ObamaCare initiative adds extra teeth, to the tune of $850 million, reducing Medicare reimbursement fees for hospitals with less-than-stellar scores.
Accordingly, hospitals kowtow to Press Ganey. In November nearly 2,000 administrators spent $1,100 or more each to attend Press Ganey's glittery client conference–a closed-to-the-public affair in Washington, D.C., with keynotes by Jeb Bush and astronaut Mark Kelly and his wife, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Press Ganey is helping hospitals fulfill their mandated obligation. Some have taken an extra step, tying physicians' compensation to their ratings.
That may sound like a good thing. Why shouldn't you grade the quality of your medical care, the way that you pass judgments on other services, whether hotel stays via TripAdvisor or contractors via Angie's List?
The short reason: The current system might just kill you. Many doctors, in order to get high ratings (and a higher salary), overprescribe and overtest, just to "satisfy" patients, who probably aren't qualified to judge their care. And there's a financial cost, as flawed survey methods and the decisions they induce, produce billions more in waste. It's a case of good intentions gone badly awry–and it's only getting worse.
FOR ALL THE DOCTORS OUT THERE CARPING about these surveys, a message from Press Ganey CEO Patrick Ryan, a veteran health care executive: Suck it up. "Nobody wants to be evaluated; it's a tough thing to see a bad score," he says. "But when I meet with physician groups I tell them the train has left the station. Measurement is going to occur."
But what exactly are Press Ganey and its two main rivals, the Gallup polling company and the publicly traded National Research Corp., measuring? Customers know what they want when they review spaghetti carbonara for Zagat. But giving patients exactly what they want, versus what the doctor thinks is right, can be very bad medicine. Last February researchers at UC Davis, using data from nearly 52,000 adults, found that the most satisfied patients spent the most on health care and prescription drugs. They were 12% more likely to be admitted to the hospital and accounted for 9% more in total health care costs. Strikingly, they were also the ones more likely to die.
Why? The UC Davis authors posit that the most satisfied patients have a higher mortality rate because they receive more discretionary services–interventions that carry a risk of adverse effects. Even routine screenings for diseases like prostate cancer can lead to unnecessary drugs and operations with allergic reactions and surgical complications that leave patients worse off. (While the report controlled for age and health status, critics have challenged its methodology and claimed its findings are overstated. But other studies also confirm that patient satisfaction is not always a reliable index of good care.)
"Numerous studies have found that patients are consistently highly satisfied with one of the most common downsides of medical care–false-positive test results and the downstream events that follow," wrote Dr. Brenda Sirovich of the VA Outcomes Group in White River Junction, Vt., commenting on the UC Davis study. "Almost any unnecessary or discretionary test has a good chance of detecting an abnormality." Such testing "is a double-edged sword," explains Dr. H. Gilbert Welch in his 2011 book, Overdiagnosed, often leading to "the detection of abnormalities that are not destined to ever bother us."
Our health care system already suffers from a "more is always better" fallacy. "Practicing physicians have learned–from reimbursement systems, the medical liability environment and clinical performance scorekeepers–that they will be rewarded for excess and penalized if they risk not doing enough," says Sirovich. An overreliance on patient surveys, she says, only inflames the problem of overtreatment.
Press Ganey's Ryan points the finger elsewhere: "If there's anything going on that's driving somebody to test more, it's the fear of malpractice." For the past few decades that's certainly been true. Money drives professional behavior for doctors, as it does for virtually everyone else, and the soaring insurance premiums that come with a malpractice suit have surely affected decision making.
But as hospitals and other employers increasingly tie physicians' compensation to patient wishes, doctors are pushed even further down the dangerous path of overtreatment. Nearly two-thirds of all physicians now have annual incentive plans, according to the Hay Group, a Philadelphia-based management consultancy that surveyed 182 health care groups. Of those, 66% rely on patient satisfaction to measure physician performance; that number has increased 23% over the past two years.
I would agree with the lack of scientific rigor to these surveys having my patients being victims of these at my institution. I disagree with the notion that you need to over drug and over test to succeed in this environment. I have one of the lowest "prescribing rate" and "testing" rate in a large university hospital yet have been in the highest P-G percentile for the last 6 years. Its the relationship you develop with the patient, not the amount of drugs or tests you order that matters most. Excessive testing and drugs are just excuses. Time spent explaining the "why are we order this test" and "what did the useless test show" is better spent tending to evidence based medicine and what really matters to the patient's health.
Thanks Heart MD for doing what is right. But for every one of you there are 20 docs who can't or won't do what you do because of the pressure put on them by hospital administrators to "improve their scores" while increasing ED throughput, decreasing door-to-doctor time, decreasing admit order-to-bed time, and so on.
And thanks Kai for writing this. It is a huge issue. People count on doctors to help them; inadvertently turning them into a narcotic addict with that one dose of Dilaudid for a broken bone that warranted an ibuprofen is not patient-centered care. I have story after story- the 26 year old who has had 50 CT scans already as he seeks pain meds, the 45 yr old who died from endocarditis by purposefully manipulating her dialysis catheter to get admitted, knowing her doctor would prescribe Dilaudid if she got admitted, and on and on.
Wow. You really have an issue, don't you? You say doctors don't have time to communicate, and then support physicians who won't give pain medication for a broken bone. Seriously, I don't need to fall down my stairs and break my foot to get pain meds. There are at least 10 ways that are both easier and far less painful for me to get pain meds if I wanted them. I'm very thankful for my primary care doctor who has known me for several years, been with me through the last several years of issues caused by that surgeon, and recognizes when something is necessary.
Thank you HeartMD. You hit the nail on the head. over-prescribing is just an excuse. It all comes down to compassion, communication and comfort.
I broke my leg and didn't need narcotics. I tore tendons and ligaments in my ankle and didn't need narcotics. I had my wisdom teeth out and didn't use narcotics. Narcotics are something that are definitely over-prescribed.
I don't think Dr. Hirsch's comments was saying that people will break bones deliberately to get narcotics. But do you know how many time's post-surgery..we are talking minor surgery like a knee scope or cataract removal…the only pain medicine that works for me is dilaudid? HUGE red flag. You don't need dilaudid for that. No surprise when you look at that patient's Kasper report and see it's a mile long.
Or the guy that had a HEADACHE post-surgery. No surgical pain, just a headache and said he "has" to get dilaudid every time he gets a headache. Um. No.
You may not have a problem with it, but it's a real problem.
> "THE MATH IS NOW SIMPLE FOR DOCTORS: More tests and stronger drugs equal more satisfied patients, and more satisfied patients equal more pay. The biggest loser: the patient, who may not receive appropriate care."
Really? That is a misrepresentation. 2 paragraphs later you give an example of an emergency room doctor where:
>"Between 5% and 7% of his compensation–some $10,000–is dependent on high Press Ganey scores"
That means 93% to 95% of his compensation depends on other factors – maybe things like appropriate care, prescriptions, testing, hospital admissions, death rate, etc. The above doctor could theoretically disregard Press Ganey, and make $200k, or try to score excellent in patient satisfaction, and make $214k. Except in doing so, his scores in other categories would go down. So the math is not so simple. It may be impossible to score high in every category.
I have heard of doctors being evaluated on things like their patients' blood pressures, cholesterol scores, body mass index… And many other things. How about a discussion on just how should doctors be evaluated? Although patient satisfaction surveys have their drawbacks, giving them a 5% weight in the process sounds reasonable to me. If a doctor is fired only for low patient satisfaction scores, something is broken.
In another post at Forbes, Paul Hsieh, MD complains: 'Government and private insurers will increasingly link payments to adherence to "comparative effectiveness" practice guidelines. Physicians will face significant conflicts-of-interest when their patients might benefit from treatments outside the guidelines'
Hmm. According to this article, doctors will be paid by patient satisfaction surveys (and by possible deviation from best practice), or according to Dr. Hsieh's article, doctors will be paid by adherence to practice guidelines. Which is it?
I'm really isn't for me to say how doctors should be evaluated. When I get surveys I usually don't do them. But I am a limited fan of "evidence based medicine". I don't care what is the best treatment for 99% of the population, only what is best for the individual, usually me.
The patient is usually wrong, and the patients family even more so. Yes, when giving care they should be listened to, but if they can diagnose themselves, why see a doctor anyway?
I hope you are being sarcastic.
There are a number of distinct threads in this article:
1. Patients don't know what's good for them.
2. Physicians are being rated on the wrong things.
3. Physicians give patients what they want even when it's at odds with best practices.
4. Some ratings agencies are not doing well with their analytics.
It is unclear whether you are suggesting that cost and quality control efforts embedded in health reform be abandoned because doctor knows best, or whether you would allow that these measures are needed, but must be improved in order to be more accurate and reliable.
I recently wrote, in a post about a Press Ganey white paper, that its data showed that "a patient-centered discharge planning process, built on clear communications with the patient, is likely to reduce readmissions." (See: Can Patient-Centered Care Reduce Hospital Readmissions? (HealthBlawg) – http://vsb.li/b7sBEw) It is clear to me that patients need to be recognized as equal partners in the care process, and not dismissed as they are by some of the folks quoted in your piece. (For more on that theme, I refer you to http://participatorymedicine.org.) The cost of patient education by clinical staff (not necessarily physicians) will likely pay for itself in avoided dings thanks to improved patient satisfaction scores and, more significantly, avoided readmissions that the feds will no longer pay for. (Costs for these readmissions will be eaten by hospital and likely shared with physicians.)
So improved patient education and communication, while it carries a real cost, comes with an even greater benefit. Giving patients what they want (e.g., the unnecessary z-pak) is extremely shortsighted, and institutions should not be using the metrics and tools at hand to incentivize such behavior. (Many are not.) The kinks need to be worked out of this system, and no doubt there are fortunes to be made and lost along the way (it is, after all, a $2.5 trillion sector of the economy we're talking about), but the goal of all this change is improved care, lower costs, and better health. Patient satisfaction is one of a number of important metrics to use along the way.
Some of the patients answering the surveys don't even understand what the survey questions mean… the language is not responder friendly. People who do not use English as their first language, older people, and those with lower education levels are queried with questions well beyond their ability to understand. The surveys are designed in such a way as to elicit specific responses easily. This places an even greater burden on deciding whether the data gathered is even worth it at face value, much less whether or not it should determine what measure of health care adjustments are required for better "satisfaction" results. Junk in, junk out.


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Over the past year, Wisconsin voters have gone to the polls to declare a winner in significant, and historic, state elections. As the Republican presidential primary approaches, state voters will once again play a decisive role — this time on a national stage.
After three months since the Iowa caucuses, the GOP primary has essentially narrowed to a two-candidate race between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. On April 3, 42 important delegates from Wisconsin will be up for grabs in a winner-take-all election that could significantly alter the complexion of the Republican primaries moving forward.
Santorum received a bit of a momentum boost on Saturday, with a resounding win in the Louisania primaries, where he took 49 percent of the vote to Romney's 27 percent.
But even with that victory, Santorum still has less than half of the delegates as Romney does. According to RealClearPolitics.com, Romney 565 to Santorum's 256. Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are trailing with 141 and 66 delegates respectively.
"The math is very hard for Santorum, if he doesn't win this state."
With such a huge lead for Romney, Wisconsin has become an absolute must-win for Santorum to have any hope of winning the nomination, experts say.
The last stand?
Political experts in Wisconsin say Romney can basically wrap up the election with a win in the Badger State. Maryland and Washington, D.C., also will hold primaries on April 3. A total of 56 delegates are up for grabs between the two.
"The math is very hard for Santorum if he doesn't win this state," said Charles Jacobs, an assistant political science professor at St. Norbert College in De Pere. "Not only is it more likely he will not have the needed delegates before (the GOP convention in) Tampa, if he doesn't win in Wisconsin, he will have lost in three important swing states in the Midwest."
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Romney defeated Santorum in Michigan, Ohio and most recently Illinois on March 20. Romney posted an 11-point victory over Santorum in the "Land of Lincoln" with 47 percent of the vote, and added 42 more delegates to his total. A loss in Wisconsin would be another stain on Santorum's resume in the Midwest.
"Because of his losses in the Midwest and potentially Wisconsin, he will look like damaged goods for those that contribute to his campaign, the media, and the public," Jacobs said.
Ted Kanavas, Romney's campaign co-chairman in Wisconsin, said a Santorum loss in Wisconsin could — and should — spell the end of his campaign.
"This election is a very significant election because people are getting close to saying that we need to just be done with the Republican primary and focus on Barack Obama," Kanavas added. "Pretty soon he's going to have to come to the realization that he's not going to be the nominee. Does he gadfly and continue? Or will he concede and turn the focus of the party onto winning in November?"
It's only halftime
However, it isn't all doom and gloom for Santorum. His campaign has been building momentum recently, and it could carry over to Wisconsin. Santorum picked up much-needed delegates with wins in Kansas, Mississippi, and Alabama. He also is entering the Wisconsin with a big win in Louisiana.
"Saying his back is against the wall is probably accurate. If he can't win in Wisconsin it becomes prohibitively impossible for him to get the needed delegates," said John McAdams, a political science professor at Marquette University.
Hogan Bibley, Santorum's communications director, said voters need look no farther than this year's Super Bowl for evidence that the competition isn't over until the second half is played. New York rallied in the second half of Super Bowl XLVII and defeated New England.
"The media is so quick to put timelines on this campaign. Louisiana is halftime. We have a whole other second half of football to play. Many in the establishment are saying this race is over just because one team has more first downs than the other," Bibley said.
"I think it's a little arrogant for any one side to call the race before it's over and not allow voters in the 25 other states to have their voices heard," he added.
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It possible that Santorum could open up the "second half" strongly in Wisconsin. According to two February polls from Marquette University and Public Policy Polling, Santorum had a 16-point lead over Romney in Wisconsin.
"The more you look at the delegate math, the more it looks to be daunting for Santorum."
However, a gave Romney a 13-point advantage.
The importance of Wisconsin hasn't been lost on Romney – at least in terms of spending. According to Politico, Romney's super PAC, Restore Our Future, has bought roughly $2.4 million worth of media airtime in Wisconsin outspending Santorum by a 55-to-1 margin. Santorum has purchased just $55,000 of ads in the state.
But for Bibely, Santorum's message is worth more than gold in Wisconsin.
"It's winner take all. It's a big state. However, we're confident in Rick's message of manufacturing, lower taxes, protecting the family and repealing Obamacare will appeal well there," Bibley said. "The presidential campaign comes down to the fundamental freedoms that this country was founded on."
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Even if Santorum posts a victory in Wisconsin, experts agree that there's still a large uphill battle for him moving to the next round of primaries on the East Coast. Santorum will enter a favorable primary April 24 in his home state of Pennsylvania, where he has a double-digit lead in the polls. He'll have to post a few upset victories out east to keep hopes alive, however.
"Santorum would have to win in Wisconsin and somehow pull off an upset or two in the remaining primaries. The more you look at the delegate math, the more it looks to be daunting for Santorum," McAdams said.
New York, Delaware, Connecticut, and Rhode Island are also holding primaries April 24. A win in one of those states will be needed, but all four are likely Romney strongholds.
"If he can stay in the race through Pennsylvania and Delaware that might take him to the next primaries on May 8 in Indiana and North Carolina, which are state where evagelical voters could carry him," Jacobs said.
Are the recalls impacting the primary?
According to reports from NPR and the Huffington Post, the Republican primary in Wisconsin might be taking a back seat to the recall election of Gov. Scott Walker. There are currently 30 times more Republican activists working to support Walker in the state than there are supporting Romney, according to the Huffington Post report.
With all the political turmoil in Wisconsin, have voters become fatigued? McAdams doesn't think so.
"All this political stimulus tends to engage people and get them interested. Also, it's easier to vote if you've voted before," McAdams said. "You know where your polling place is and you've registered. Participation does tend to beget participation."
Dennis Dresang, a University of Wisconsin political science professor, said voters are likely tired of ads, robocalls and mailings. However, that doesn't seem to dissuade them from going to the polls.
Bibely said the recall elections will likely work to the advantage of the candidates as they pass through Wisconsin.
"Wisconsin is unique too in the fact that they are highly engaged right now," Bibely said.v"They have a political fight going on in the state, and it will bring awareness to the presidential campaign."


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As late November temperatures soar to the 50s and 60s, Mother Nature gives us this gift, but she extracts her price: ticks.
The calendar tells us to prepare for winter. The milder temperatures tell us to be wary of ticks. Any time the thermometer climbs above freezing, a tick can climb onto your pet, onto you, or onto you from your pet. Experience taught me to be more cautious.
On a warm Sunday in November, my husband and I explored the Beaver Brook Trail behind the Sharon train station parking lot. I wore a leather jacket with a scarf and my husband was comfortable in his long sleeve polo shirt. We took our dog and meandered along the brook, over the footbridge, and down the light dappled path that rose to a lovely elevated clearing.
When we returned home, we found six ticks on our dog.
We congratulated ourselves on our prudent choice of a white dog. Ticks stand out on him like jimmies on vanilla ice cream. My husband removed the ticks with tweezers, wielding them with the skill of a swashbuckler's sword. I fell in love with him all over again with each facile pluck of those leggy critters that scare the bejesus out of me.
We searched each other thoroughly for hitchhiking varmints. We were clean. The next morning, while I showered, I felt something on my shoulder. Blurry eyed and nearsighted without my glasses, I let my intuition and my terror inform me. I screamed for my husband.
Sure enough, a tick was clutching my shoulder.
Out came my husband's tweezers and a scalpel he keeps for such emergencies. I nearly swooned from fright and his gallantry. In a one-minute minor surgery, he removed the tick and the last leg particle holding fast to my flesh.
The small wound has faded, but my preoccupation with Lyme disease has not.
Immediately upon finding the tick, my muscles and joints ached. I felt feverish. Did I have Lyme disease or was this a case similar to my freshman year of college when I experienced every symptom of every major psychiatric illness described in my Psychology 101 textbook?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers these facts about Lyme disease:
- Lyme disease is spread by the blacklegged tick. The immature nymphs, most active during the spring and summer months, are so tiny they often go undetected. Adult ticks are larger, easier to find on the body, and are more active in the cooler months.
- In most cases, an infected tick must be attached to the skin for 24 to 36 hours in order to transmit Lyme disease.
- Symptoms appear within 3 to 30 days. They include a red, expanding rash, and fatigue, chills, fever, headache, muscle and joint aches, and swollen lymph nodes.
- Lyme disease can be cured with antibiotics in the early stages and symptoms of the disease are treatable in the later stages. Post-Lyme disease syndrome is extremely rare.
- Wooded and bushy areas, and those with high grasses and leaf litter present the highest risk for contact with ticks.
- Domestic animals, such as dogs and cats, can be infected with Lyme disease and may develop arthritis as a result. These pets cannot directly spread the disease, but can bring ticks into your home and yard.
- Ticks can hide inside your clothes and crawl on to your skin when you come indoors. Tumble dry clothes at high temperatures after possible exposure.
Since my tick bite, I am on the lookout for a bull's eye type rash characteristic of Lyme disease. The tick was attached to me for less than 24 hours. It is unlikely I contracted Lyme disease even if the tick was a carrier. It is likely I'll be more neurotic than usual until a month has passed.
A seasonable weather cool down is predicted for the next week. If Mother Nature presents us with a future gift of warmer temperatures, beware of ticks when you're out for a spring in December walk in the woods.
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PORTLAND -- The Dalai Lama arrives in Portland Wednesday to participate in an environmental summit this weekend. The leader of a small Southeast Portland college made the visit possible.
Maitripa College is the first Buddhist college in the Northwest and one of just four in the country. It's just seven years old, but in that time the school has built a respectable reputation.
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Nduja is an ingredient worth trying. The soft salami works brilliantly in making a delicious potato hash.
300g/10oz new potatoes
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 onion, sliced
75g/3oz nduja (available from Italian delis and specialist online retailers)
1 red chilli, chopped
200g/7oz Serrano ham, chopped
1 tbsp capers
100g/3½oz butter
8 free-range eggs
4 slices French bread
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Place the new potatoes in a saucepan, fill with water and bring to the boil. Turn down the heat and simmer until the potatoes are tender. Drain and set aside.
Heat one tablespoon of oil in two heavy-based frying pans set over a medium heat. Divide the onion between the two pans and fry gently for 10 minutes, or until soft and golden-brown.
Add half the nduja and chilli to each pan and cook for three minutes. Stir in equal amounts of the Serrano ham, cook for a further three minutes.
Add half the potatoes, capers and butter to each pan. Let the potatoes brown - keep turning them every so often with a spatula until crisp all over.
Make two holes in the mixture in each pan. Crack two eggs in each hole, cover with a lid and cook for three minutes until set.
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Spoon the hash onto four plates, giving each person two eggs, and sprinkle over the parsley. Serve with the toast and chilli sauce on the side.
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- Free breakfast
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 11
- Number of floors - 1
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Complimentary reception
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in lobby
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Valet parking (surcharge)
- Room Amenities
- Complimentary newspaper
- Daily housekeeping
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Bathrobes
- Designer toiletries
- Desk
- Climate control
- Premium bedding
- Sofa bed
- Ceiling fan
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Turndown service
- Complimentary bottled water
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Shower only
- Cable TV service
- Down comforter
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Pillowtop mattress
- Plasma TV
- iPod docking station
- Sofa bed size
- Hydromassage showerhead
- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary toiletries
- In-room safe
- Free Wi-Fi
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Dining
A complimentary breakfast is served between 8 AM and 10 AM.
- Recreation
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
Ithaca of South Beach Hotel Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Special check-in instructions:
Special Instructions: Please contact the property ahead of time to make arrangements for check-in.
- Check-out
Check-out time is 11 AM
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Fees
- Unless otherwise indicated, the charges below are not included in the overall room price. If not included in the overall room price, they will be charged by the property at check-in or check-out. Charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book. This property told us they will charge you for the following:
Hotel resort fee inclusions (may be listed elsewhere in this description as complimentary or available for a surcharge):
- A 13 percent city/local tax will be charged
- Resort fee: USD 12 per accommodation, per night
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Breakfast
- Beach loungers
- Beach towels
- Newspaper
- Phone calls (may be limited)
- Faxes
- In-room safe
- In-room bottled water
- Concierge/valet service
- Self parking
- Valet parking
- Additional inclusions
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Valet parking fee: USD 28.00 per night (in/out privileges)
- Early check-in fee: USD 30.00
- Late check-out fee: USD 100.00
- Deposit: USD 100.00 per stay
- Additional Details
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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The Health Services office is located in the Sport, Recreation, and Fitness Center. Service is provided by a registered nurse, who also has a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology. The focus of the Health Services office is on health promotion, disease prevention and holistic health. Bellarmine staff, faculty, and students, both residents and commuters, may use any of the services offered. Wellness programs are offered during the academic year and may fulfill some of the EDGE Co-Curricular requirements.
Use of the health services office is completely voluntary. Bellarmine University follows HIPPA regulations. All health records are confidential and, except in cases specified by law, may not be disclosed except when authorized by the student. Health records are retained for 1 year after the student leaves the university. If not picked up by the student, they are then destroyed as per HIPPA guidelines.
Services offered are free or require a nominal fee only.
Bellarmine University | 2001 Newburg Rd, Louisville KY, 40205 | 502.272.8131 | 800.274.4723
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Can a grazing buyout program ease life for wolves and ranchers?
A fledgling effort in New Mexico's 'Yellowstone of the South.'by April Reese, Feb 24, 2014
A former energy company lawyer now fights for the other side
Attorney Lance Astrella represents landowners coping with oil and gas development on their doorsteps.by April Reese, Jul 29, 2011
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While federal public-land agencies dither, some Western states are cracking down on off-road vehicle problems.by April Reese, Jun 02, 2009
Conservation or cop-out?
A lack of participation could scuttle voluntary conservation agreements designed to protect species like New Mexico's lesser prairie chickens and sand dune lizards.by April Reese , Apr 15, 2009
Who'll clean up when the party's over?
There are efforts to reclaim oil and gas drilling sites, but many fear it's too little, too late.by April Reese , Nov 11, 2008
Home is where the guilt is
In Santa Fe, N.M., April Reese wrestles with the question of whether owning a new house is worth being responsible for the bulldozing of pinon and juniper trees.by April Reese, Jul 18, 2008
The leasing protest game
Conservationists can file formal protests when the BLM wants to auction off public land to energy companies, but the differences between regional management plans and styles make the protest game little more than a crapshoot.by April Reese, Apr 14, 2008
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Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., does an about-face and moves to protect New Mexico's Valle Vidal from oil and gas drillingby April Reese, Dec 11, 2006
As states ponder protection, roadless forests unravel
Western states debate the best way to look after their roadless areas even as logging, drilling and mining move in on formerly protected landsby April Reese, Jul 24, 2006


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A crew sets out to find the origins of man on a planet far, far away and finds thrills, frights and mammoth landscapes for the audience in "Prometheus."
Director Ridley Scott, of the first "Alien" movie and "Blade Runner," put together a great thriller here. Noomi Rapace (the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) plays an archaeologist who, along with her boyfriend, is sent to find what some believe are the origins of humans on a faraway planet. Their mission is overseen by shady corporate big wigs Guy Pearce and Charlize Theron, with most of the corporate experiments being conducted by scene-stealer android David, played by Michael Fassbender.
"Prometheus" is playing in East Cobb at the GTC Park 12 Cobb cinemas, 2595 Gordy Parkway, and at the GTC Merchants Walk 12 cinemas, 1301 Johnson Ferry Road, on both standard and HD screens.
The title "Prometheus" is the name of the spaceship and also refers to the Greek mythological god who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to humans. This, in a roundabout way, is what the movie is about. You see, it's hard to talk about the plot without giving anything away, and I'm not into spoiling movies. It's sufficient to say that scientists on this expedition find some black goo on the planet that does bad things to people who touch it or ingest it. When the ship's captain, Idris Elba, wants to scrap the mission he's held back by the evil corporate puppet masters.
The film does have connections to the box-office hit "Alien" back in 1979. For fans of that franchise you will definitely see it in the 3D "Prometheus." There are plenty of jumps and jolts to keep you on the edge of your seat for the two-hour movi. Theron and Rapace do a great job of making big turns in the film, not to mention Fassbender as the droid. He was great. The movie, however, does pull back a bit toward the end and left me without that crucial connection it should have concluded with…so the Flick-O-Meter gives "Prometheus" a four out of five.
I like the idea that this tale asks questions about the meaning of life, but comes up with some fairly poor answers in a script that screams…attention-deficit disorder. The ending could have been just a little bit better.
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