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My working life has been spent with organisations, in one way or another. (And of course my life before that: schools and universities are organisations too…) I love exploring the way organisations work – what makes them tick. That is why, believe it or not, I loved auditing: auditors dig into organisations, discovering the real processes and structures that enable to them to function. (Clue: it isn't what managers tell you. And it doesn't have anything to do with shareholders!)
When talking about organisations – something I do often – I repeatedly find myself describing them as dysfunctional. I don't think that I have come across or worked in an organisation that couldn't work better in one way or another, from multinational banks to small, two-man operations. I have long wondered why this is. It isn't that people in the organisation don't know this: one thing consultants learn very quickly is that what they tell their clients is very rarely news: organisations know what's wrong, even if they need someone from outside to help them articulate it.
Their processes could be better, their communications could (almost always) be improved, their structures changed to help the business. Hierarchy and structures get in the way rather than enable, and people in organisations know the work arounds – big and small – to get things done.
(A caveat: "could be better" is a value statement: the corollary has to be "better for whom?" Customers? Employees? Managers? Owners? The wider population? The environment? These groups may not be exclusive, but better for one may very well not be better for all.)
Organisations could be – well, better organised. They are dysfunctional.
I have only one answer. Organisations are made up of people, not processes; people make the organisation work. And people are dysfunctional.
Despite the idea that organisations are separate from people, it is people that are the organisation. We pretend they aren't. We even pretend that organisations are people!
The thing is that whilst some organisations behave as if they were psychotic, most large organisations' dysfunctionality works in peculiarly non-human ways. (Small organisations' dysfunctionality is just like the people behind the organisation!) The veil of incorporation lets everyone in an organisation hide behind the processes, hierarchy and bureaucracy that lets the organisation continue to believe they are "rational".
Liam Barrington-Bush started a campaign to counter this and humanise organisations, "#morelikepeople", and he's developed some of his ideas into a book, "Anarchists in the Boardroom". (I should declare an interest: I've known Liam for quite a while, we've discussed his ideas many times, I was involved in focus groups around his book, and I read early drafts of a couple of chapters; he and I agree on much, and probably disagree on more!)
Liam's focus is on not-for-profits and social enterprises, but I think his ideas are relevant to all organisations. Broadly, Liam reckons (amongst other things) that new media – particularly social media – can act as a counter to the rigid hierarchies and management processes that twentieth century industrialisation created. This is a topic has interested me for a long while – Benjamin Ellis covered it particularly well in a one day conference at Cass Business School three years ago.
Using collaborative tools to develop self-organising structures and flatter structures would clearly have an impact on the nature of work and business; if large organisations were able to embrace them, they might become flexible and responsive.
More likely, I feel, is that small organisations – already more flexible than large, and often unencumbered by rigid structures and processes – that are likely to adapt faster to social media, perhaps becoming more openly networked rather than hierachical.
(Liam is using crowd sourcing to publish his book – itself an interesting example of the changing nature of business in a new, social and collaborative world; he is still looking for supporters.)


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The Truth About Trans-Fats
By Dr. Harold Gunatillake - Health Writer
The World Bank has urged Sri Lanka to bring laws to encourage good food processing practices and control trans fats content in food in the fight against rising non-communicable diseases (NCD) like heart attacks. A recently released bank report encourages Sri Lanka to adopt population-based and individual patient-based approaches to reduce unhealthy behaviours in the general population and control heart disease, diabetes, cancers and other NCDs. (LBO — Feb. 24, 2011)
"These efforts, such as more effective legislation on the use of trans fats and tobacco as well as public education to reduce salt intake would help delay the onset of these diseases," the report said.
This report issued by the World Bank is an eye opener, especially focusing on middle and upper classes of people patronising the super market chains in Colombo and provincial towns. This report should not apply to the people in rural areas, mostly cultivators and farmers who grow their own fresh foods for consumption and the lifestyle is more basic and relaxed, living under difficult conditions.
How do you differentiate between unhealthy Trans-fats and Good Fats?
All fats including, (1) saturated (2) unsaturated — further classified as mono and poly unsaturated, and man made unhealthy (3) trans-fats, are all carbon chains linked with hydrogen atoms on either side of carbon atom. These individual chains are called "fatty acid" chains.
Meat (beef, lamb, pork ham and bacon), lard, dripping fast foods, meat pies, sausages, dairy products (butter), whole milk, cream, cheese, ghee, contain similar fatty acids containing saturated fats. The fats in them are converted to triglycerides — the fat that accumulates in the body are responsible for obesity. They are stable at room temperature and do not become rancid. In addition, triglycerides and cholesterol are bio-synthesized in the liver from saturated fats. They cannot be converted to trans-fat as there are no vacant "C" atoms in the chain. Coconut oil, also a saturated oil, contains medium chain fatty acids (about 12 "C" atoms in one carbon fatty acid chain), and is metabolised in the liver without synthesizing cholesterol and triglycerides.
Fats in coconut oil are mainly in the form of mono-glycerides such as Lauric, Capric and Myristic acids, and considered harmless and not converted to triglycerides in the body. (Mother's milk also contains Lauric acid which boosts your immune system and has anti-microbial properties). So, one can explain why coconut fat or oil consumed does not add on weight in spite of consuming large quantities. Today, in the US there are coconut diets recommended for slimming. All other saturated oils and fat help to make cholesterol in the liver and are fattening.
Good Fats
Unsaturated Fats are classified into two major classes — mono and poly-unsaturated fatty acids. Some "C" atoms are without "H" atom links in both mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids: when one pair of "H" atoms is missing in the carbon fatty acid chain, then you refer to such carbon chains as mono-unsaturated fatty acids, while when more than one pair of hydrogen atoms are missing, then you refer to them as poly-unsaturated fatty acids. Popular examples of mono-unsaturated oils are olive, avocado, peanut and many other oils.
Poly-unsaturated fats are further classified as Omega-6 type and Omega-3 type. These are essential fatty acids (EFA). Your body is incapable of producing the EFAs; they need to be derived from food.
The main fatty acid in Omega-6 is Linoleic Acid (LA). It is found in sun-flower, cotton seed, corn, sesame, soybean, evening primrose oil, vegetable seed oils, grape seed oil and others.
Mainly vegetable seed oil and corn seed oil are used to make trans-fat through a process of adding hydrogen vapor under pressure. This is referred to as 'hydrogenation' of oils. Trans-fats are also referred to as 'man-made fats.'
Omega-3 fatty acids: in the plant foods Omega-3 fatty acids are usually in the form of the shorter chain Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA). Marine Omega-3 in fish is present as longer chain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Rich sources are: mustard seed oil, canola oil, wheat-germ oil, soybeans, baked beans, red kidney beans, mushrooms, green beans, spinach, leeks, lettuce, seaweed, mustard, cumin and fenugreek seeds, flax seed, nuts and legumes, sea food and fish.
EPA and DHA are important to prevent and treat heart disease, reduce inflammation, and prevent cancer.
These oils lower the bad LDL cholesterol, and elevate the good HDL cholesterol, and also help brain growth and development
Among the popular good sources of Omega-3 oils from fish, are sardines, herrings, mackerel, bluefish, tuna, salmon, pilchard, butterfish and pompano. Organ meats such as brain and bone marrow, lean meat and eggs are other sources.
Foods fortified with Omega 3, such as eggs, milk, yoghurt and bread, as well as fish-oil supplements, are other sources.
Bad Fats – Trans-fats
This comes from a Latin word, meaning Trans, which is 'across.'
The body cannot differentiate between foods with trans-fats and normal saturated fats. Our cells become saturated with this artificial fat taken in the diet when consumed excessively and replaces the saturated fat. This interferes with the normal metabolic activities of the cells, and toxic material may accumulate within cells and you can become sick. These fats also harm the immune system and may lead to cancer, heart disease and other chronic diseases.
One of the worst foods consumed by most families is margarine, a trans-fat made from poly-unsaturated vegetable oils such as sunflower, safflower, soybean, corn, among others. Poly-unsaturated fats become rancid at room temperature within days, due to its unstable quality. They have to be hydrogenated to be preserved to increase the shelf life. This process of hydrogenation preserves and solidifies the oils. This man modified oil is referred to as a trans-fat, as mentioned above, which is hardly available in nature, other than in small quantities in meat.
The first process in the manufacture of margarine is the extraction of the oils from the seeds, and this is done using petroleum-based solvents at very high temperatures, as much as 160 degrees celcius. Similar solvents like benzene, known to cause cancer was found in Perrier mineral water and it went off the market. Perrier waters are now available, perhaps without cancer producing solvent content.
The oil goes through many processes – neutralization, de-gumming, deodorization, emulsification, hydrogenation, etc.
Nickel, a metal that used to cause cancer is used as a catalyst in the process.
When margarine goes through all these processes, it is nothing but natural goodness. The label carried is "poly-unsaturated and cholesterol free, natural goodness."
Hydrogenation ruins the nutritional value of vegetable oils! The purpose of hydrogenation is to solidify oil, so that it can be made to resemble real foods such as butter. This process improves the spread-ability, texture, "mouth feel," and makes it simple to use immediately taken out from the refrigerator, unlike butter needing to be kept out to warm up for hours before it is soft enough to spread.
Beware of the health benefits derived from margarines made from olive oil and others. Olive oil per se is good and not when converted to trans-fat to make it look like butter.
Today people eat more food made with hydrogenated oils and not fresh vegetables, fruits, and other whole foods, and this unhealthy eating is causing many health problems.
Most of the trans-fats in the diet come from commercially prepared baked goods, margarines as mentioned earlier, snack foods, and processed foods, along with French fries, and other fried foods prepared in restaurants and fast food franchises.
Trans-fats are worse for cholesterol levels than saturated fats because they raise bad LDH and lower good HDL. They also fire inflammation, an over-activity of the immune system that has been implicated in heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other chronic conditions.
Even small amounts of trans-fat in the diet can have harmful health effects.
For every extra 2 percent of calories from trans-fat daily — about the amount in a medium order of fast food French fries — the risk of coronary heart disease increases by 23 percent.
All Sri Lankans eating foods cooked in oil should understand that the oil being used in most cooking would be the popular vegetable oils. Coconut oil, though the most suitable for Asian cooking, is used sparingly due to the fear of having high cholesterol. These vegetable oils, extracted from sun flower; corn, etc., are poly-unsaturated Omega-6 type of oils. These oils boiled at high temperatures become trans-fats. Moreover when the cooked oils are used repeatedly to save on costs, more free radicals are produced in the oil and make it worse for your health.
Just look at the way-side cooking places along any public road in the towns and suburbs in Sri Lanka: hopper outlets have become very popular and our people enjoy eating them at dusk till morning hours. Other foods relished by our people are the rottis, godas, thosai, wadei, and others, all cooked in fried oil which turns into trans-fat at high temperatures.
Then, there are those pastry food shops opened up close to schools. Every food item in the show cases displayed is fried in trans-fat, including the baked cakes. Most school going children leave home at about 6 am on an empty stomach, travel by vans to schools far away to the main towns known to be having better schools. By 8 am most children are seen in these pastry outlets for their breakfast. Some even have their lunch until the vans arrive for transport back home. These children have no time to play ball as the tuition masters wait at home preparing to give tuition invariably on all subjects.
This is the future generation we are creating — living on hot foods with no play. No wonder obesity among school children has become the worst health problem and needs to be looked into.
So, does the increasing incidence of cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other chronic diseases in our paradise, surprise you?
• Educate through the mass media on health topics.
• Health subjects including nutrition, to be incorporated in school curriculum.
• Provide guidelines to the parents for foods to be included in school children's lunch boxes.
• Frequent checks on foods sold by school tuck-shops.
• People to read the labels of processed foods they purchase from the super markets and elsewhere. Beware of purchasing packeted frozen foods from the super-market refrigerators.
• All cooking oils have added trans-fat to increase their shelf life. Stick to coconut oil for all cooking purposes, containing no added fats.
• Purchase your vegetables fresh from the vegetable markets.
• Purchase fresh chicken from outlets in the main cities. They are frozen but have no added Trans–fat.
• Lowering salt content in cooked food and daily exercise, are other important aspects to consider in your "Health Package."

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[...]Each summer for the past five years, the small nonprofit has delivered paperbacks to people living on the streets of Portland. Staffers pedal two custom bicycles around the city to spread books and conversation.But now, with the number of homeless people in Portland swelling, and with camps increasingly visible, Street Books is growing.This summer, its number of paid librarians has doubled, bringing the total to six. Street Books is covering more ground, too.
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Gold Rush Campout & Games
York District
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Friday, October 27 to Sunday, October 29, 2017
at Westminster Park
400 India Hood Rd, Rock Hill, SC 29732
- Family Camping on Friday and Saturday nights
- Gold Rush Games on Saturday
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- Campsites assigned to our unit by Gold Rush Committee
- ONE OF THE MOST FUN events your son will attend this year!
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Gold Rush is an annual event that brings together most of York District's pack units for fun, games, and camping. The event is for the entire family and may be attended for all or part of the weekend. Some only come on Saturday for the legendary Gold Rush games. Scouts and young siblings will mine (pick up) gold nuggets (painted stones) that will allow them to pay to play each game. After each game they will receive a piece of candy. After they run out of nuggets, they will return to the mine to find more. If they are caught attempting to take more than the limit of nuggets, they will get some "jail time" on the sidelines.
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Pack registration is due by October 7th. Camping registration is closed. Register to attend Saturday event only, email the cubmaster.
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
I recently spoke with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy about her Academy Award winning film Saving Face and of course—coffee, at the Women+Film Festival in Denver. She's an avid coffee drinker and although I believe she would very much enjoy Novo's San Sebastian from Huila, Colombia, that is not the coffee that I believe describes Sharmeen the best.
Sharmeen is the type of filmmaker who I have the utmost respect for. She is adamant about making films that give a voice to marginalized populations such as women and children and has a spirit of determination and perseverance that I find incredibly inspiring. Much like the Hartmann Geisha coffee that comes from Panama, Sharmeen has extraordinary character and is incredibly bright. In addition to a similar complexity and uniqueness, Sharmeen is undoubtedly of the Geisha coffee caliber that coffee connoisseurs drool over.
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Easter Special by BradshawsCloset on Polyvore.com
As if the promise of chocolate eggs wasn't enough, this year Easter Sunday is going stylish with big flowers, baskets and bunnies to boot!
Become a Basket Case. Enjoy country chic at it's best with this adorable floral basket from Accessorize. Although Easter Sunday is an excellent excuse to use it, it is the kind of item that is cute enough to last you all summer long. It's made from 100% straw to give you that authentic rustic look and will only set you back £10.00.
Get Creative With Corsages. Carrie Bradshaw may have been responsible for the corsage revival but fashionistas are increasingly finding new and inventive ways of using them to set off an outfit. Pin several corsages around the collar of a blouse, to a handbag or to the hem of a skirt for an instant customised look! Corsages are currently on sale in every size, shape and colour but we particularly like this over-sized blue version from Johnny Loves Rosie. It will cost you £50.00 but it will also last you a long time because all of their items are very well made. If you're on a budget you can pick up smaller corsages at Primark, H & M and New Look at more reasonable prices.
Follow the Pink Rabbit. Playboy Bunny jewelery is tacky and we're not going to deny that but in the spirit of Easter Sunday we've hunted down the perfect Playboy bunny bling ring. It comes in pink and is so sparkly, it's the only item of jewellery you will need. Wear it with your tongue firmly in your cheek in the Bradshaw I-wear-gangster-style-jewellery-for-fun fashion and you will totally get away with it. The ring costs just £18.00 from Littlewoods making it the perfect guilty pleasure!
Monday, 6 April 2009
The Fashion Feed: Follow the White Rabbit - An Easter Special!
Posted by Single Lady at 13:48
Labels: Accessorize, Baskets, Corsages, Floral, Jewellery, Johnny Loves Rosie, New Look, The Fashion Feed
12 comments:
- Lisa Lectura Creations said...
Hi Helen! I really enjoyed visiting your adorable site.
Thanks for coming to visit! Have a wonderful week!
Lisa :)
- 6 April 2009 at 21:01
- Cupcakes and Cashmere said...
ooh i love easter and all of these things get me so excited!
- 7 April 2009 at 07:02
- Lisa Lectura Creations said...
Hi again Helen! To answer your question: I am not working on any art quilts at the moment but I do plan to create more in the near future. Thanks for your interest!
Lisa :)
- 7 April 2009 at 12:33
- A Spoonful Of Sugar said...
Thanks for the low down on what is hot this Easter! The playboy bunny ring is so cute.
- 7 April 2009 at 15:28
- Lea said...
I love that blue dress
cute blog
- 7 April 2009 at 17:56
- Abby said...
Ugh. Playboy... lol... good post!
- 8 April 2009 at 06:47
- Jill said...
I love the blue floral dress in your collage. I wish it were in my closet. :)
- 8 April 2009 at 08:15
- Fashion Personality said...
I love them, especially the basket... so feminine.
- 8 April 2009 at 08:26
- Dream Sequins said...
I want to wear a giant corsage on my head or wrist for Easter. With little short gloves. :)
- 8 April 2009 at 10:54
- Helen Cox said...
Abby - Re: Playboy Hahaa I know! But sometimes I just love to wear outrageously tacky stuff like that just for the hell of it!
Dream Sequins - That's a fabulous idea! Gloves and a corsage on the wrist, so decadent!
- 8 April 2009 at 13:26
- Louisee x said...
Hey :)
Thanks for visiting my blog!
I love your blog, i love the little collages you make of images to go with the posts.
Would you like to exchange blog links?
- 9 April 2009 at 01:32
- The Cottage Cheese said...
I love that straw bag and blue flowery dress!
- 10 April 2009 at 17:00


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Holiday has been beautiful, extremely beautiful.
As much as it was only a month long semester break, it was a productive and inspiring one. Even before the last submission, my family and I left for the perfect (A.C) weather in Hong Kong. It was good wandering back and forth streets from day to night, stopping by small dessert shops for a drink and a snack or two only because our feet were begging for a break. All we really do in Hong Kong was basically eat and shop. Even when we were in ocean park or victoria peak, we snacked from the hair raiser roller coaster ride to the crazy galleon, from watching couples do their wedding shoots to admiring the sparkling skyscrapers.
But the eating was only a warm up for the Taiwan trip.
You see, the family prefers Taiwan cuisine to Hong Kong's. We like almost everything that was along the street market including the smelly tofu. In fact, that is my favorite Taiwan dish. It's almost like, four squares of smelly tofu for everyday keeps the doctor (and everyone) away. Similar. We ate from day to night, starting the day with the best oyster noodles(蚵仔麵線) hidden in a corner near Taipei 101, and ending the night with a bowl of hot dessert. Of course, along our way while traveling, sightseeing and visiting, we saw food carts which we always stopped to do something we consider as "tasting" before we continued. I mean, don't you agree that mountains are greener and skies are more blue with a snack in the hand. Double happiness!
Taken at the (unknown) Lake
Definitely the trip was not only about eating throughout the day.
It was about the wonders of the Greatest's creations and blessings which were showered on us through the locals. The other half of the trip was spent in Hualien and there we received so much love, care and knowledge about the tribes and cultures there. At the home which we stayed by the pacific ocean was almost perfect. The host and staffs treated us as though their own family and it felt more sincere and homely than ever in another country. We had steamboat and fellowship when they shared with us about the history and culture of their tribes. The Truku tribe(太魯閣族) reminded me of the Maoris where facial tattooing is/was an important cultural practice. However, both differs in the significance and design of the tattoos. To the Truku tribe it symbolizes adulthood, eligibility for marriage and is a pass for them to join the ancestral spirits after death. Whereas, the tattoos on the Maori tells the story of the wearer's family and tribal affiliations, and their social status.
These cultures never bore me and i guess it is what intrigues me most about traveling.
Till May,
p.s. Thank You, Dad & Mom<3


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It aims to showcase national as well as international sculpture and 3D projects. Since January 2009, Arte Istanbul has also been functioning as an Art Center. As of November 2010, a variety of events and activities, such as poetry readings, mini-concerts, and performances, have been bringing together artists and writers with art and literature lovers. They host different events every Monday, and you can follow the weekly schedule from their website. You can also attend their sculpture classes, geared towards both beginners and more advanced students.


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>From: Jan de Koning <email@example.com>
>>Yes, these "equations" do symbolize the concept of the God-World
>>relationship consistent with creatio ex nihilo. I have no desire to draw you
>>away from them, but for myself I must explore other theological approaches.
> meaning? "creatio" from something else?
If it is of God's essence to be in a loving relationship to a world, then
this particular universe might be but one particular manifestation (or
cycle) of that which at all times "lives and moves, and has its being in
> Is God created not sufficient?
I don't understand what is being asked here.
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Ty Nant
At Ty Nant, we have been supporting 5 individuals for roughly one year. Each service user presents as having Autism or Autistic traits, have complex needs and some individuals' exhibit very challenging behaviours. All were supported 2:1 at almost all times and now after a year they are usually supported 1:1 at home and 2:1 outside in their community. Social interaction between service users was non-existent before we began supporting them to participate in group activities and recently service users have begun to communicate with each other more readily even as far as celebrating a birthday together. Staff and service users are now planning BBQ's and Cake & Coffee mornings. Structured timetables specific to each individual, dedicated key-workers and an increased range of activities in and outside of the house have helped everyone to expand their participation in activities that encourage them to reach positive outcomes and develop their communications. Each service user had support from our Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) therapists to develop their own PBS support plans to help identify triggers and reduce challenging behaviours. As a result there has been a marked decrease in restrictive practices and incidents.
In particular one service user SC has been supported to manage his obsessions and challenging behaviours in regards to being out in the community and taking items from shops and people that did not belong to him. Since June 2015, staff have been working hard to implement a new PBS plan around shopping trips. Working with SC requires regular problem solving and strategising, and small adjustments to routines, activities, approaches are discussed between staff and with the manager, and other care professionals. SC was excluded from many establishments and would only access community spaces when there were decreased interactions with members of the public (park settings, Gym sessions). With improvements implemented over the last year that CMG became involved, SC now regularly visits pubs, fish and chip shops, the gym and goes shopping every week. Far from being excluded and not being able to visit shops without incident even when supported, he has gone shopping without incident 50 times in the last 52 weeks. Personalised support and the implementation of a focussed PBS plan in June has supported SC's positive outcomes.
Frequency of incidents:
Another individual being supported in our Ty Nant services had seriously aggressive tendencies and displayed incidents of violence towards staff. He had previously hospitalised members of his support team and was been supported to move into our Ty Nant services. Our assessment and referral teams worked very closely with the community social care teams to assess the suitability and sustainability of his placement and then worked hard to prepare the service to be able to support him. We developed an area of the service that we could adapt to his needs before he moved in. He moved into an annex that effectively meant he had his own flat with separate entrances and exits. Earlier this year he exhibited 14 separate incidents of physical aggression, in a month he had no physically aggressive outbursts. We continue to work with him to support his needs and provide a personalised approach to his care.


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Cindy Hutson is a self "taught chef who developed a passion for cooking at the age of nine. Inspired and amused by the Original television culinary genius of the Galloping Gourmet and Chef Tell, she would emulate their creations on Saturday afternoons. In her teen years she was exposed to Italian and Portuguese cuisine through her best friend`s father, a successful restaurateur from New Jersey.
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Norma`s was touted as the best Caribbean restaurant in South Florida by publications such as USA Today, New York Times, London Times, Chicago Tribune and Ocean Drive magazines. In 1996 they were awarded the coveted 5 Star Diamond Award for the fabulous dining at Norma`s on the Beach and has continued to hold that same prestigious award at Ortanique on the Mile.
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When asked Are you spreading yourself too thin? Hutson replies This culinary travel is what I thrive on teaching other chefs about our earths bounties, edible history and the indigenous ingredients that are regionally prepared being a chef has been an experience beyond imagination. There are no boundaries in cooking, only new opportunities and trends unfolding daily at my door.
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Tim Harford points to the work of David Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence Katz, Christina Patterson, and John Van Reenen which finds evidence that the declining share of labour in national output has been caused by business concentration across sectors. They analyse micro-panel data on 676 industries from the US Economic census since 1982 and international sources and find the causal chain running into the rise of "superstar firms",
If globalization or technological changes advantage the most productive firms in each industry, product market concentration will rise as industries become increasingly dominated by superstar firms with high profits and a low share of labor in firm value-added and sales. As the importance of superstar firms increases, the aggregate labor share will tend to fall. Our hypothesis offers several testable predictions: industry sales will increasingly concentrate in a small number of firms; industries where concentration rises most will have the largest declines in the labor share; the fall in the labor share will be driven largely by between-firm reallocation rather than (primarily) a fall in the unweighted mean labor share within firms; the between-firm reallocation component of the fall in the labor share will be greatest in the sectors with the largest increases in market concentration; and finally, such patterns will be observed not only in U.S. firms, but also internationally. We find support for all of these predictions.
They found that while in the early 1980s, the largest four players in any given US manufacturing industry averaged 38% of sales, it had risen to 43% three decades later. In utilities and transportation, the share rose from 29% to 37%, while in retail, it rose form 14% to 30%. In the same time workers share of the economic value added declined from 66% to 60%.
About the reasons for such business concentration, they posit a few possible contributors,
One source for the change in the environment could be technological: high tech sectors and parts of retail and transportation as well have an increasingly "winner takes all" aspect. But an alternative story is that leading firms are now able to lobby better and create barriers to entry, making it more difficult for smaller firms to grow or for new firms to enter. In its pure form, this "rigged economy" view seems unlikely as a complete explanation. The industries where concentration has grown are those that have been increasing their innovation most rapidly as indicated by patents. One might be concerned that these patents are designed to thwart innovation and enshrine monopolies... A more subtle story, however, is that firms initially gain high market shares by legitimately competing on the merits of their innovations or superior efficiency. Once they have gained a commanding position, however, they use their market power to erect various barriers to entry to protect their position...
The rise of superstar firms and decline in the labor share also appears to be related to changes in the boundaries of large dominant employers with such firms increasingly using domestic outsourcing to contracting firms, temporary help agencies, and independent contractors and freelancers for a wider range of activities previously done in-house, including janitorial work, food services, logistics, and clerical work. This fissuring of the workplace can directly reduce the labor share by saving on the wage premia (firm effects) typically paid by large high-wage employers to ordinary workers and by reducing the bargaining power of both in-house and outsourced workers in occupations subject to outsourcing threats and increased labor market competition.
Business concentration has other implications. An OECD study found that the "productivity gap between the most productive firms and the rest is growing". It also squares up with the work of Jason Furman and Peter Orzag who find that the widening inequality in the US is "driven more by a widening gap in the average earnings of workers in different companies than by a widening gap between pay checks inside individual businesses", and that too driven by top-tier firms in healthcare, finance, and information technology.


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Joe Robertson | Few takers for free online classes
For all those wondering whether legions of families really would transfer out of Kansas City Public Schools if they had a free option, here's a way to find out.
Or at least get a hint.
An option already exists. And unlike the case with some of the charter schools, there's no waiting list.
It's the Missouri Virtual Instruction Program, or MoVIP. It's online and by law it's free for families in unaccredited districts like Kansas City and St. Louis.
But where's the rush?
The tuition-based, state-managed program ordinarily would cost between $300 and $450 per course per semester.
Last year, five KC students took courses, the district says. Eight have signed up so far this year, with five more going through the paperwork to get started.
Those numbers would hardly fuel the fear among area school districts that hundreds or even thousands of students would spill out of Kansas City if the Missouri Supreme Court were to unleash another existing law — one that would compel Kansas City to pay the tuition for students who want to transfer to accredited districts.
School district lawyers in St. Louis argued at the circuit court level earlier this year that the law was impossible to fulfill, and won.
Attorneys in Kansas City argued in a separate case that the law is an unconstitutional, unfunded mandate and got a partial victory.
In both cases, lawyers relied on surveys that suggested that a significant number of students would transfer, potentially bankrupting Kansas City and St. Louis and overburdening their neighboring districts.
While the cases are tied up waiting for the Supreme Court, why haven't more families taken the available online option?
Pam Kingsley, a Kansas City parent, suggests it's because hardly anyone knows they have the choice. While the state has promoted MoVIP, the state and the district have done little to publicize the free option.
"Kids are not getting this because they don't know about it," she said.
District parent Daisy Price isn't so sure.
She is going to try out a math course online with her seventh-grade daughter. But she wants to see how that goes before she judges the merits of the online option.
Statewide, MoVIP students' performance on state tests was mixed in 2012. The percentage of MoVIP students scoring proficient or better was 3.2 points higher than the state average in communication arts, but 17 points below the average in math.
For now, Price is using one course just to supplement her daughter's math education at Kansas City's Paseo Academy for Fine and Performing Arts.
"I do believe in public education," she said. "I am happy with Paseo."
As for MoVIP: "It sounds good, but I'm waiting to see how it plays out."


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Stamps: Elzybells
Ink: Soft Pool (HA)
Other: die (Impression Obsession); Swiss Dots folder (Provocraft); aqua bakers twine (Divine Twine); tiny hearts die (SSS); aqua promarker; vellum
Question: when does an idea cease to be original? This card is quite clearly a re-make of this card here, so does it count as an original challenge entry? I made them both, so it should be OK, but I'm not sure.
Anyway. To get the embossing on the trees only, I cut a second line of trees & chopped the tops off, then arranged these in the optimum place in the embossing folder & stuck them on top of the originals. I cut out the heart from one of these extras as well, & stuck the vellum behind it before adhering to the original too.
Completely terrible photo, but have tried all things & can't get one that does the card justice.
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Tim's Hip Resurfacing Story – Bilateral – 2/2/09 (R) 2/4/09 (L) Biomet Dr. Gross
February 25, 2009
I was not able to find anyone in Atlanta with a good track record doing
resurfacings — so a very big "Thank You" to SurfaceHippy.info and the
fellow surface hippies on this site.
I started having unbearable pain around November of 2008. I called Dr.
Gross's office in December after speaking with Mike from this site who had a
bilateral with Dr. Gross back in June. When I hung up with Mike I called Dr.
Gross's office and on the first call had tentatively scheduled the surgery
dates pending me getting the package together.
I got the package put together according to the protocol on Dr. Gross's
website and Dr. Gross called me to confirm I was a candidate. I drove to
Columbia from Atlanta on a Friday for my pre-op consultation and met with
Lee Webb and Dr. Gross (about 3-3.5hr drive). I drove back to Columbia the
following Sunday (Super Bowl Sunday '09) and got to the Courtyard Marriott
in time to watch the game and get a good nights rest before Monday's
Monday was very smooth at Providence NE. I went in a bit early and was in
pre-op in no time. The whole pre-op team was a lot of fun, the anesthesia
team, the nurses… it was a positive environment. The surgery was the
blink-of-an-eye kind of thing where I felt like I closed my eyes for a
moment and then I am coming to in post-op with the post-op nurses…. to
whom I am sure I owe an apology for some reason… and then after a while I
am being wheeled up to the room for recovery. I was late in the day so the
following morning the Physical Therapy team had me doing the exercises, and
walking the hall for the first time on crutches. Then the Occupational
Therapist showed me how to use the ADL (aid to daily living) kit. Those
OT/PT folks were a lot of fun and very helpful to get me started on the way
to recovery. The floor nurses were very helpful and good people, one of whom
is a fellow Dr. Gross resurfacer!
Wednesday was basically a repeat of Monday. They wheeled me down to pre-op
and started with the prep and again it was a very positive experience with
the anesthesia team and the nurses and "vampirella" the vampire lady who
loved my veins. Then in what seemed like a few moments I was coming to in
post-op — and probably saying things I shouldn't have been — and then I
was wheeled back up to the room. The PT/OT team had me exercising and up and
walking on Thursday and then we did a little group PT session and practiced
stairs on crutches and walked the hall a couple of times. I was able to
shower on Thursday evening, standing up on the new joints.
Friday after breakfast I did a little PT and then was discharged by 11am. I
rode home to Atlanta and got out a couple of times to walk around a rest
stop and stretch a bit.
The one thing I would do differently is wear the provided ice packs on the
way home. It was cold the week I was in the hospital and some nights that
ice felt pretty cold so I was not to fond of the ice. So I didn't use the
ice on the way home.
Well I got very swollen. This is probably the one thing I was not prepared
for from doing my research. Dr. Gross told me I would probably swell up and
I didn't really know I would swell up so bad. I believe it may be normal,
maybe not, but the entire length of my legs were enormously swollen starting
on that Friday and increased through Sunday. So Saturday, Sunday and part of
Monday I spent with legs elevated by a couple of sofa cushions with the ice
packs running, laying on my back (for the most of the time) working to get
the swelling down. I called Lee Webb on Sunday and she told me to elevate
and ice and that the swelling was probably at its worst on that particular
day — she was right. On Monday (5 days post-op) the swelling had already
started to decrease rapidly and I was feeling so much better.
Crutches: I was doing my exercises as prescribed and walking on two crutches
until 9 days post-op when I felt like the crutches were holding me back at
that point. I had shifted to one crutch at 8 days post op and it was a bit
awkward so I decided to get a cane.
Cane: I shifted to a cane 9 days post-op and it felt more natural than the
crutches. I was glad to be rid of them.
Ten days post-op: Armed with a cane, I went to the Kiwanis Club's pancake
breakfast fundraiser and was amazed how well I could stand up in a very long
pancake breakfast line inching around an elementary school cafeteria. I am
sure most folks with hip pain can relate — this would not have been
possible pre-surgery. I would have had to sit down every two or three
minutes to ease the pain. This is when it first clicked with me how well the
surgery/recovery was going.
Then I walked around Wal-Mart behind a shopping cart and picked up a couple
of items. Then we stopped by Lowe's for a few things and I was able to walk
fine with the cane. I just had to take it easy and slow getting in and out
of the car so as not to break the rules prescribed by the PT team.
Eleven days post-op: Went to church. Walked in with a cane and everyone was
wowed that I had bilateral hip surgery and was walking so well. I have to
admit I have been pretty wowed by how well everything has gone — and I
thank God for all of it. And I thank Pat and all the helpful people on the
surface hippy website and everyone on Dr. Gross's staff that were so
welcoming and hospitable, and all of the folks at Providence NE hospital
that were part of the process.
Day 13 post-op: Getting in an out of the car is getting easier. I still have
this pain that last about 20 seconds when I stand up after having been
seated for a prolonged period of time. I believe this will pass with time
and it is so minor compared to the pre-op pain I was having.
Day 19 post op: Walked 1/2 mile without the cane. My first walk without the
cane. I could tell I had healed considerably so I took the cane along in
case I might need it, and did not use it.
Day 20 post op: Walked the same 1/2 mile loop without using the cane. My
stride feels natural and I was able to move at a bit faster pace. I have
been doing the prescribed phase 1 exercises a minimum of twice per day. I am
cautious about not overdoing it — i.e. I would really like to go to the gym
and start my exercise routines again — but I am waiting for the appropriate
6-week release date. Getting up is getting a bit easier and the pain that
shoots down the front of my legs for about 20 seconds on start-up is gone
for the most part. I still have to loosen up in the morning and it helps to
start with the exercises first thing. I am still a little stiff on start-up
after sitting a while. The worst of the pain I have now is negligible
compared to the pre-op joint pain. Most folks on this site know what I mean
about that nasty joint pain.
I am 34 yrs. old and am in pretty good physical shape. I exercise at the gym
a minimum of three times a week. That is until the pain hit me really bad. I
remember the last time I was going to the gym and was in the parking lot. I
walked up to the door to go in and the pain was so intense I knew I could
not exercise so I swaggered back to the car.
I It turns out I had worn a large hole on my right femoral head
approximately 3 cubic centimeters. Dr. Gross told me that if I had waited
much longer I would have had to go with the THR — thank God I called in
time! He was able to graft the hole and "achieve an excellent press fit."
Thankfully, I have really strong bone density and that made for a successful
I hope writing this will help someone else benefit from my experience –
since I received so much valuable help from folks on this site. Please let
me know if I can help with anything.
June 12, 2009
Today I am 128 days post-op. I have done so well that I
have been quite slack on updating this beloved group where it all started
for me. I have no pain whatsoever in the hips. The "clunking" is very few
and far between nowadays. I have a 5,000 s.f.+ garden that I have been
actively working in every evening without any pain at all. Yesterday I
strolled easily up the middle of a long flight of concrete steps to enter a
building (without touching the rails)! If that sounds like a miracle to you
then you are a surface hippy or a potential surface hippy! I have been back
in the gym at a low to moderate level of activity as I wait for the six
months to pass. I feel wonderful !!! I could go on and on about the things I
can do with ease…
When I read the Wall Street Journal article on last Thursday June 4th, 2009
"Doubts Raised Over New Type of Hip Surgery" by Anne Tergesen, I was a bit
disappointed with the negative tone of the article. Naturally, I fall into
the "perfect" candidate for the resurfacing being young with strong bones,
but I have heard prevailing positive messages from "less-than-perfect"
candidates on this site and other places.
I'm sure you know how these things work in word-of-mouth: the old rule of
thumb in business is "a bad experience gets talked about 11 times where a
good one gets talked about 3 times". I believe it is the same with online
reviews and ratings – many times we only make the effort to put the bad
ratings and reviews up so as to help prevent anyone else from having a
similar negative experience. With this in mind I believe hip resurfacing's
strengths outweigh the weaknesses or we would have a considerably more
negative feedback on this site and others.
I felt like the article's title and subtitles set a dominant negative tone
and the positives of the article were mediocre in comparison. Oh well…
That article is why I said I better log back in and keep folks updated a
little better.
Please contact me if you have any questions about the surgery or Dr. Gross
or anything else I may be able to help with. In my case it became "no news
is great news!!!" over the last few months, but know that I remain happy to
help wherever possible! Do not hesitate to contact me!!
December 29, 2009
I went in for my "one year" follow-up today. I did this because I have paid all deductibles and out of pocket maximum for this year (2009). Dr. Gross said that the implants were "perfect". That was great news for me. I have not had any pain and it was comforting to know that everything was grafted in nice and tightly. I am highly satisfied with the results and now I can get to working off the 20 extra lbs I have gained since the surgery!!


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Call for Concept Submissions
Auburn University's SACS Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
Auburn University invites you to make a Concept Submission outlining your suggestion for a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). Development of a QEP is a required component of the reaffirmation of Auburn's accreditation by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, scheduled for 2013. SACS defines the QEP as a "carefully designed and focused course of action that addresses a well-defined topic or issues directly related to improving student learning." Plans should be part of the university's ongoing planning and evaluation process. Auburn's QEP project will commence in 2013, with a full report due to SACS in 2018. While the budget for the QEP is yet to be determined, the project is expected to have a significant scope and must be supported by a workable plan, including adequate resources.
Concept Submissions should provide a brief description and rationale for a specific QEP project connected to a theme or area that will enhance student learning. Broad themes that have emerged during the work of the QEP Exploratory Committee include: 1) Critical Thinking; 2) Communication; 3) Global Learning/Issues; 4) Applied and Engaged Learning; 5) Interdisciplinary Learning; and 6) Undergraduate Research. The Committee is particularly interested in submissions related to one or more of these broad themes, but submissions focused on other themes that can be supported by data are also welcome. For more detailed information, including summaries of data reviewed by the Exploratory Committee, see the QEP website: http://www.auburn.edu/qep.
Contributors: Auburn faculty, staff, students, parents and alumni
To submit, click the link "Submit a Concept" at http://www.auburn.edu/qep. Submissions are due no later than 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2011.
NOTE: The submission form requests two short paragraphs: 1) a description of your concept and 2) a rationale for why your concept is appropriate as the QEP for Auburn. Each paragraph is limited to 1500 characters (about 250 words).
Criteria: To be selected for further development, Concept Submissions must show potential to:
- describe a focused project capable of having a direct and significant impact on student learning
- identify goals, including goals for student learning, and a plan to assess their achievement
- support the mission of the institution and be appropriate to Auburn University
- lay the foundation for a full plan that can be implemented, sustained, completed and evaluated
Process: The QEP Exploratory Committee will review the Concept Submissions and determine which ones should be developed into Project Plans. All submitters will be notified by March 25, 2011. We anticipate selecting 4-8 Concept Submissions for further development into Project Plans. Project Plans will provide a more thoroughly developed rationale and description of a specific project that will enhance student learning. Project Plans will provide additional evidence about why the project is appropriate to Auburn, will outline resources needed, and will include a draft outline of an implementation plan. It is likely that developing the Project Plan will require collaboration with others who have offered Concept Submissions on similar themes. A $1500 stipend per plan will be available to assist those selected to develop the Project Plan. Project Plans will be submitted by April 22 with 3 finalists determined by the Exploratory Committee by April 29.
For additional information contact Dr. Sushil Bhavnani (844-3303) or Dr. Drew Clark (844-4765).


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The San Antonio Spurs and veteran big man Pau Gasol have agreed to terms on a two-year deal.
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The San Antonio Spurs and veteran big man Pau Gasol have agreed to terms on a two-year, $30 million deal with a player option for the second season, reports ESPN's Marc Stein.
Gasol confirmed he would be joining San Antonio in a tweet on Tuesday.
"After many days of a lot of thinking, I've decided to join the @Spurs!" Gasol wrote. "Looking forward to this new chapter with the best aspirations!"
Gasol, 35, reportedly had discussions with multiples teams, including the Raptors and Timberwolves, before ultimately deciding to head to San Antonio.
He joins a Spurs team that finished 67–15 last season, the best record in franchise history. However, reports are that Tim Duncan, the longtime centerpiece of the organization, plans to retire this off-season.
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After many days of a lot of thinking, I've decided to join the @spurs!Looking forward to this new chapter with the best aspirations!— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) July 5, 2016
Gasol averaged 16.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in 72 games last year, his second season with the Chicago Bulls. Chicago struggled overall, failing to make the playoffs.
San Antonio will try to take a step forward after being eliminated in the second round of this year's playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder.


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V. Stiviano had grown accustomed to being the glamorous companion of Donald Sterling, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Once a catering truck operator from Boyle Heights, now she lived in a house Sterling bought her, drove a red Ferrari that he gave her and sat courtside at Staples Center.
In early April, though, their relationship became strained. Sterling's wife, Shelly, had sued Stiviano in March, charging that the 31-year-old had extracted four luxury cars, $240,000 in cash and the $1.8-million house from her 80-year-old husband.
Shelly Sterling also put a lien on the house that her husband had given Stiviano. Six days later, on April 9, Stiviano got a text from a Clippers employee: Donald Sterling had ordered the tickets, parking pass and luxury suite access he had given her for that night's game to be sold.
Stiviano texted that it didn't matter — another regular had given her tickets. The employee texted back: "Mr. Sterling said to let me know if you need anything. We don't want to have any issues at the game."
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The voluntary program to reduce the libidos of high-risk sex-offender convicts is under consideration in Glasgow by the Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership. Participants would take medication and be subsequently monitored by law enforcement.
If the program is successful and further attacks are prevented, it could be expanded to the rest of the country.
"If sex offenders are volunteering to go through with his and willing to change to stop other people being hurt then they should be offered every support possible," Margaret-Ann Cummings, whose eight-year-old son Mark was murdered by a pedophile in 2004, told the Daily Mail.
Worried about releasing these offenders back into the public, Cummings added that, "it is vital that authorities are not using the public as guinea pigs in an experiment here. Everything must be tightly controlled."
In England, a similar program of chemical castration was tested at Whatton Prison in Nottinghamshire with 100 volunteers. Researchers involved with monitoring the situation found the results to be "encouraging."
Unlike physical castration, the chemical process does not remove organs, and is not a form of sterilization. It is usually reversible by discontinuing treatment.
Chemical castration is currently a legal sentence for some of the worst sex offenses in the US states of Iowa, California, Louisiana, and Florida.
I doubt very much chemical castration will have any sort of long-term lasting impact. To fix any problem we have to look at the root cause obviously. Concerning paedo, I am not going to go into it in any great detail. But in my opinion based on over 500 hrs of research, What causes paedo? MAN
It is WITHOUT DOUBT a 100% MAN-MADE problem. PAEDO MAKES PAEDO
*NOT ALL* abused children grow up to become abusers. But out of all the thousands of paedo I've come across.. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was abused as a child. I am yet to find one paedo that wasn't abused. Not always, but a lot of it tends to be generational & runs in families Nurture not Nature.
I have no idea what percentage of abused become abuser. I can make an educated guesstimate of about 50%. MAYBE. But I could very easily be wrong. I genuinely don't know & before I can work it out, I'd need to know how many paedo & how many abused there are & to my knowledge we just don't have that information. Not to a reasonably accurate standard anyway.
Chemical castration WILL NOT solve any of the above. BUT, It's worth trying. At best it may stop some paedo/sex offenders for a period. & if that's the case, well, If it stops even 1 raping bastard then well, that makes it worthwhile no? At worst it may just act as a very slight deterant to a few. Look at the Justice System, realistically there is no deterant now, or certainly not enough of one. so anything is better than nothing.
But as for long term..
COMPLETELY USELESS, TOTALLY WORTHLESS & UTTERLY POINTLESS. So therefore it amounts to nothing more than HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION.
But they are paedo & it's better than using children or normal people or monkeys. All of which we know they do.
Yeah, i'm not exactly gonna lose sleep over them experimentating on paedo.


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pro se Social Security Zombie fails to persuade Maryland District Court
This case is another in the recent set of zombie credibility issues in Social Security appeals at US District Courts. Decided last week Sept 12, 2012 in Maryland. Again the expression is "feel like a zombie".
2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130556
Decided and Filed September 12, 2012
Opinion of U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm:
The ALJ also noted the state agency physicians' opinions that Claimant could perform a full range of light work, however, the ALJ ultimately found that the medical records did not fully support these opinions. The ALJ did determine that the Claimant had greater limitations than those found by the state agency physicians and therefore found that she was restricted to pushing/pulling only occasionally. (Tr. 25).
Claimant also alleges that the ALJ erred in determining the disabling effects of her pain, and failed to consider the pain medications she takes. Review of the ALJ's decision and the entire record, however, undermines this contention. The ALJ recognized his obligation to give consideration to all subjective allegations in accordance with 96-7p, 1996 SSR LEXIS 4.(Tr. 21). FN4
— Footnote #4 — SSR 96-7p, 1996 SSR LEXIS 4, in relevant part, states: in addition to the objective medical evidence when assessing the credibility of an individual's statements: 1. The individual's daily activities; 2. The location, duration, frequency, and intensity of the individual's pain or other symptoms; 3. Factors that precipitate and aggravate the symptoms; 4. The type, dosage, effectiveness, and side effects of any medication the individual takes or has taken to alleviate pain or other symptoms; 5. Treatment, other than medication, the individual receives or has received for relief of pain or other symptoms ; 6. Any measures other than treatment the individual uses or has used to relieve pain or other symptoms (e.g., lying flat on his or her back, standing for 15 to 20 minutes every hour, or sleeping on a board ); and 7. Any other factors concerning the individuals functional limitations and restrictions due to pain or other symptoms.
The ALJ stated he found Claimant's statements regarding her impairments and their impact on her ability to work were credible, but only to the extent consistent with the residual functional capacity assessment. (Tr. 22). Importantly, the ALJ's analysis did not end there. Rather, the ALJ stated that his finding was based, among other things, on the Claimant's statements to her own health care providers about her pain levels, and the conservative nature of her treatments, her reported daily activities, and all of the information contained in the documentary reports. (Tr. 21-22, 276, 627).
In addition, the reports of the treating and examining physicians were discussed in the ALJ's decision. For example, in December, 2005, Ms. Black was examined by a neurologist, Dr. Naeem Ahmad, who noted that Claimant exhibited a normal gait full strength in all her extremities. Dr. Agha Kahn reported on July 21, 2006 that her neck pain had clinically improved with treatment. (Tr. 23, 480). The ALJ also noted that Ms. Black started taking flexeril, Tylenol with codeine, and her testimony that her medicines made her feel like a zombie. (Tr. 22).
After carefully reviewing all the medical records, I have determined that the ALJ's findings are substantially supported by the evidence of record. In sum, the ALJ's finding that the Claimant's statements regarding her pain and it's effect on her ability to work were not entirely credible is supported by substantial evidence, and is in compliance with SSR 96-7p, 1996 SSR LEXIS 4.
Because the ALJ's decision is supported by substantial evidence, the Commissioner's Motion for Summary Judgment will be granted and the Claimant's Motion will be denied. A separate Order will issue.
So this zombie argument that has been persuasive in other jurisdictions recently, did not persuade Judge Grimm and the denial of benefits is affirmed.
Nevertheless, Judge Grimm has now used the word, he cited to the transcripts but no quotes. Besides, Judge Grimm is already a sort of zombie judge in another way because his nomination to be promoted to District Court judge is currently languishing in Congress. President Obama nominated him back in February, maybe he can get confirmed by the Zombie Congress.
Finally, one wonders if the zombie argument was less successful here because the applicant was "pro se". It's always so hard to know exactly who deserves the credit or the blame for a legal zombie.


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Amarnani created St. Pete is for Tech because he has a genuine interest in drawing attention to the growing tech/startup scene in St. Petersburg. Having the experience of formerly opening up a business himself, Shaun understands some of the struggles that it takes for any startup. This is why he has great appreciation for what the doers do in St. Petersburg's startup community.
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