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Until a few decades ago, people believed that progressive blindness was an unavoidable consequence of aging. Not anymore. With easy cataract operations and other advances in corrective surgery, vision is no longer such a big problem for most senior citizens.
Similarly, in today's world, most elders believe non-specific joint pain is inevitable. This, again, need not be true. While many of the underlying reasons for joint pain such as arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis, loss of muscle, and stiff and brittle tendons and ligaments cannot be completely reversed with medication or surgery, appropriate footwear, seats and cushions, orthopaedic support devices and supplements can help alleviate joint pain to a large extent.
Take for example, one of the most common pain areas – the knee. A lot of strain is put on the knee during the acts of sitting down and getting up – especially in the toilet. A lot of relief can be got by using simple devices such as toilet raisers and appropriately fixed grab bars which can ensure reduced pressure on the knees. Similarly, knee supports and braces can go a long way in reducing pain and deferring knee replacement operations. Also, Collagen peptide supplements have been shown to reduce joint pain especially for people with acute pain.
Another common problem for many people is back pain – especially in the lumbar region. A wide variety of cushions, back support devices, belts and corsets are available that can relieve such chronic pain. In addition, minor adjustments in lifestyle and choice of chairs can lead to perceptible reduction in pain in a short period of time.
Similarly, regular exercise, massage and yoga can help you regain your flexibility and even muscle tone to an extent.
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Earth is ours to steward and protect but we don't control it, it controls us. From pleasant days to natural disasters we study our planet in hopes that we can anticipate what will happen next.
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Engineering powerful turbine engines for all weather.
Aside from some of the best beer in Indy, Bier Brewery offers a cozy spot to sip quality brews and chat about all things SCIENCE (at least for purposes of this event). While Bier Brewery does not offer a food menu, they welcome their guests to bring something tasty to eat. We love partnering with Bier Brewery! Not only do they serve up an amazing product but they are also open special on Monday just for taste of science. Doors open at 6:30 at 5133 E. 65th St.; talks start promptly at 7.
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The imminent birth of an heir—Prince William and Duchess Kate's baby due within a few weeks—recalls the potential of royals to (re) set expectations about birth.
When anesthesia was pioneered in the nineteenth century, its appeal in obstetrics was obvious. Chloroform, applied to a cloth and held over the nose and mouth of the laboring woman, could bring pain-free birth. But in the 1840s controversy swirled around its use: did removing pain from labor disrupt the natural order of things? Or was it an impious violation of God's order, since women from Eve on had been consigned to bring forth children in pain (Genesis 3:16)? Edinburgh obstetrician James Young Simpson, a leading proponent of obstetric anesthesia, insisted that, "The very fact that we have the power by human means to relieve the maternal sufferings, is in itself sufficient criterion that God would rather that these sufferings be relieved and removed." After all, Simpson further observed, God had used a similar pain-relieving method in "the first surgical operation ever performed on man," when Eve was made from Adam's rib. Anesthetized birth had defenders and opponents on both sides of the Atlantic, who disputed not only the safety of the treatment (since mothers and babies alike sometimes suffered harm, even death, from overdose) but also the meaning of pain and birth. Leading Philadelphia obstetrician Charles Meigs viewed labor pain as "a most desirable, salutary, and conservative manifestation of life-force," and would "feel disposed to clothe me in sackcloth, and cast ashes on my head for the remainder of my days" if the use of drugs to mask instead brought death to a patient.
What eased the way for broader use of obstetric anesthesia was not resolution of this argument but a royal gesture, Queen Victoria's use of chloroform at her eighth delivery in 1853. Several years later Victoria recommended it to her daughter, famously expressing relief at its use in the delivery of her grandchild: "What a blessing she had chloroform." (Donald Caton borrowed this apt expression for the title of his fascinating book on pain relief in birth).Whatever the Duchess does next month to manage her labor, its evaluation will likely be made in terms of medicine or fashion rather than theology. But approaches to childbirth with emphasis on the devotional or Providential are common across many cultures and eras. Both the mystery of child's formation and the potential dangers of delivery freighted birth with religious meaning. Cotton Mather, one of colonial Massachusetts' most famous ministers, cautioned the expectant woman to be careful of her soul and prayerful on behalf of her child, since "you may have conceived that which determines but about nine months at the most, for you to live in the world."
With birth in western countries currently construed as a medical event, what sort of religious response to birth is appropriate?
Since the royal baby-to-be also is tracked to become the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, it is worth recalling a thanksgiving from an early edition of the Book of Common Prayer, to be read at the "churching of women," the service receiving mother and baby formally after the blessed event:
O almighty God, which has delivered this woman thy servant from the great pain and peril of childbirth: Grant, we beseech thee most merciful Father that she through thy help, may both faithfully live and walk in her vocation, according to thy will in this life present, and also may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord.


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Red Wing Ignite kicked off a new chapter in its five-year history by branding a new outreach effort called "Ignite Minnesota" on Feb. 27.
After recently being named a Smart Gigabit Community by US Ignite, and becoming the first rural community to join this international network, Red Wing Ignite has spun that energy into the Ignite Minnesota effort.
Four part-time technology ambassadors have been hired in Winona, Rochester, Red Wing and the Twin Cities to help maintain connections with businesses, entrepreneurs, investors and technology builders. Funding for these positions is being provided by grants from US Ignite and the National Science Foundation.
Ignite Minnesota puts Red Wing at the center of the technology conversation for our state and places the city among the ranks of San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Adelaide, Australia to evolve technology and unite business leaders across boundaries.
"What's unique is that we're trying to represent rural America. We can focus on the intersection of agriculture and technology," said Executive Director Neela Mollgaard. "We also feel like we have a model that we've implemented that's successful that could be replicated elsewhere in the nation."
Eighty-five people attended the launch of Ignite Minnesota, which included video messages from Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith. This effort is receiving resounding support, not just from the capitol, but from stakeholders, academics, businesses and the community as well. Members of Ignite Minnesota's intellectually diverse and varied steering committee are working together to help impact the region and the state.
Red Wing Ignite will continue to function locally, as well, and accelerate businesses in our region. Mollgaard said this greater connectivity will add value to area entrepreneurs and startups.
"The main reason why we're being looked at from a statewide perspective is that we're so diverse in geography and population," said Shannan Harris, program coordinator for Red Wing Ignite. "Just looking at Red Wing, compared to the size of the other US Ignite communities, in order for us to play equal in the sandbox it was necessary to take a statewide approach."


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Ulster Project Cincinnati Friends and Families,
Mark your calendar and get ready to March!
The St. Patrick's Day Parade is Saturday, March 12, and we want our teens, siblings, parents, families, friends and supporters to join the celebration as Ulster Project Cincinnati proudly shows its Irish roots. It is a great opportunity to come together, share stories and raise awareness of UPC in our community. The parade begins downtown at the corner of Mehring Way and Central Avenue at Paul Brown Stadium, and winds several blocks before ending at Rosa Parks Street near the Freedom Center. The weather will be perfect and the crowd will be lively!
If you have not RSVP'd you can still just show up. I will arrive a bit before 10 AM, but you can gather a bit later, as the parade doesn't start until noon. However, the later you arrive, the harder to park. We will meet in the Mehring Way Staging Area. We are Number 120. Our group is the 20th group in the 1st Division (St. Patrick Division). The Mehring Way Staging Area and surrounding streets will close at 10:00 AM. All must be ready to march no later than 11:30 AM. Port-O-Lets are available. More info is at www.cincystpatsparade.com.
Wear any Ulster apparel you have, or any green is also good. We have 2 banners, so if anyone has 1 or 2 …8-9 foot poles to carry them, please reply or call me.
Call my cell (213-7771) if you have any trouble or questions. Thank you all for your support and hope to see everyone there.
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We believe in supportive collaboration as the most fundamental element of excellent work.
The Clinic for Science and Health in Artistic Performance (SHAPe Clinic) is a place where injured performing artists at Ohio University can be evaluated, treated and receive health and wellness advice from licensed athletic trainers who have the specialized equipment and knowledge to treat their injuries. The care is provided with no out-of-pocket costs to the patients, who include dancers, musicians, actors, and members of OHIO's Marching 110. In addition to the clinic, SHAPe provides on-site healthcare coverage for dance concerts, physical theater performances, and Marching 110 football game performances, along with a variety of research and educational activities.
The facility is a unique collaboration between the College of Health Sciences and Professions and the College of Fine Arts. It was launched in August 2013 with the help of faculty and administrators in both colleges, along with a grant from Ohio University's 1804 Fund.
Each year, a specific trainer is designated as the on-site trainer for the Division of Theater. To ensure the health and safety of the theater community, trainers attend rehearsals and are back stage for all main stage performances.
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Presented by Bath Spa University Theatre Society
"Don't you think it'd be better sometimes? Just to end it?"
Punk Rock by Simon Stephens is a play about the stresses of modern teenage life and the nature of society and friendship. In a Grammar School library eight A-level students are preparing for their exams. With stress mounting and relationships straining, something will have to give.
Bath Spa University Theatre Society is a platform for theatrical creativity for students regardless of their academic discipline.
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Career exploration is probably one of the most interesting classes you take at the high school. It is the one that will definitely bring you considerable usefulness, because it will give you the skills that will play considerable role in your adult life. Sometimes it may be difficult, though. If you face difficulties with completing some of the tasks, you would be better consider the possibility of Career Exploration homework help.
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Environmentally friendly speakers? That qualifier is a bit hard to justify given the number of non-recyclable components contained in a speaker. However, Focal's new Aria 900 speaker series shows that innovation can be environmentally friendly. Its membranes are made of a natural material: flax. The flax used comes exclusively from France, Europe's top producer of this fiber, and is mostly grown in the north of the country (in Flanders, Picardy, Normandy, and Pas-de-Calais). This innovative material has remarkable acoustic properties, and, by using it in the Aria 900 speaker series, the French brand is proclaiming its commitment to an environmentally responsible model of production.
The membrane: at the heart of innovation
The membrane is a speaker's most sensitive organ. It is the last link in the chain of sound that runs between the speaker and our ears. Indeed, it is the membrane that sets the air molecules to vibrating. The faithfulness with which sound is reproduced therefore largely depends on the properties of the material used to make the membrane. Many years ago, Focal developed W composite sandwich cones, which are included in some of its speaker models. Within the cone, the membrane is "sandwiched" between two sheets of fiberglass. As a result, the cone is both light and rigid, as required by the role it plays in sound reproduction. However, this membrane sandwich is exclusively found in the brand's high-end models because it is impossible to automate its production, which greatly drives up the price.
In the case of the Aria 900 series, the innovation lies in the development of an F sandwich cone, where the F stands for flax. At the cone's heart is a soul composed of very high-quality flax fibers; this material is two times lighter than fiberglass, rather rigid, and naturally abundant. Furthermore, its production can be automated, which means that manufacturing costs are much more reasonable. The light weight of the material promises to yield good sound dynamics and a well-behaved bass. The rigidity of the flax fibers and their damping qualities should result in neutral and natural sound. Lastly, according to the manufacturer, flax fibers have remarkable properties when it comes to the sound's speed and definition. When I touched the membrane, I could feel how it was supple, rigid, and light all at the same time.
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Last June, when this new speaker series was revealed in Paris, Gérard Chretien, Focal's CEO, stated that his company "is trying to develop a variety of products that will draw in new consumers." He indicated the direction that product development will take by announcing that "we are at the end of an era of overabundant disposable products, which is actually good news. It means that we will be turning towards quality, sustainably produced products that are available to a large number of people and we will be turning away from cheap, throw-away products." The release of their speakers incorporating flax-fiber membranes is therefore the perfect opportunity for Focal to remind the public that it is striving for an environmentally conscious manufacturing approach that uses local, environmentally friendly materials. The depletion of the world's petroleum reserves is having a serious impact on the price of synthetic fibers, which are manufactured from petrochemicals. As a result, eco-textiles, such as those made from flax, should have more and more of a competitive advantage on the market. What's more, there are no disadvantages to using a natural material that is produced here in France.
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This new series adopts a more classical design; the speakers have a conventional look as a result of their simplicity and efficiency. The goal was to offer a reasonable alternative to cheaper starter models (the 700 series) and the excellent, but very high-end, Scala and Utopia series. Gérard Chretien himself has said that Utopia speakers cost an unreasonable amount of money, with a price tag of more than 40,000 € per pair. Nonetheless, 1,500 units have been sold over the last four years; the Utopia speaker set is an exceptional product that is completely handmade. Chretien reminds us, "These products are showcase models. They are also guinea pigs, with which Focal engineers test innovative new technologies, some of which will be incorporated into future models."
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My debut novel, first published in August 2013. It follows a group of final-year students at Cambridge Uni, including the beloved Laura. It's a coming-of-age story and a love story. It's a tale of desire, of decision-making, and of the certainty of youth being reborn against its will into the confusion of young adulthood.
It has been called "impressive", "sharp and intelligent" and with "an engaging, deceptively simple narrative style".
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To be honest I always thought Laura Cassady was a top girl, the best. I met her at Cambridge Uni, where a whole group of us hung out together. She was the eldest so slotted smoothly into being a surrogate mother to us when we were all unsure how to live our first freedom. Here was this bronze-haired maiden who dressed in rose-gold Grecian gowns and was cinched in with serpent belts, wore copper torques. She was a Classicist, and I still think she was a statue made flesh, with her rounded hips arching up to wobbling settling breasts. No wonder we followed her, she had a wit that cut right into you; and through those green marble eyes you saw deep down to her interior soil, and it was so good. And oh man her smell. Oh that smell it's the smell of home, it just wraps you up and makes you feel full.
She is James' though, but that's no big deal.
We are starting our final year now, me and Laura. James has graduated into an admin job in Parliament. Those two are moving in together in Cambridge for this year, and he's commuting down to London while she and the rest of our lot study. And then? Who knows. We'll have to see how this year goes first. Existing physically nearby someone is the easiest thing, but keeping your sanity meanwhile let alone your dignity is the most complex of human achievements. I'm still in University halls.
One evening in late September, just before term starts, I'm on my way to Panton Street for Laura and James' house-warming. I get a safe Pinot Grigio from Co-op and wander down Coronation Street and Union Road. You know the rough bits of Cambridge because they sound like strippers' names: Princess Court, Cherry Hinton, Chesterton, Perse Way.
'Alright mate,' James says at the door.
'Wotcha,' I say.
He extends a hand and I proffer the Hardy's or Jacob's Gooch or whatever the hell it is.
'No no,' he smiles as he shakes my other hand. 'Friends not businessmen.'
'Oh, right, orful good of ya, guv,' I say taking off my shoes. I stand, and my eyes rise like magnets from my laces up to a glowing orison all domestic. Oh dear I've forgotten how she takes my breath away: Laura is scrutinising tomato sauce from a teaspoon. She's in this snug black dress, with sinopic hair rolled up and pinned loosely with pencils, kitsch apron tied taut to her waist.
'Hello stranger,' I say, and she turns stunned out of her own little reverie.
'Oh hello you!' she beams and totters over kissing my cheek with her lips the deep tomato-red of plums, not cherry, never buffalo, but yes sometimes a santorini smile. 'I was off in my own little land then; but you'll thank me later when you try this!—it just needs a little lemon juice or lime or some doody like that. A lifter, you know? A lifter!' and she spins back to the kitchen dispersing a gust of parfum d'opium like glitter.
'This looks mega,' I say, 'who're you trying to impress?'
I sit down at the table with bowls bulging with artichokes, olives, huge architectural crisps, homespun dips.
'You, my sweet!' she goes, 'he's already a convert—'
James muffles 'Hallelujah!' through a mouth full of baba ghanoush and honey flatbread.
'—You're my guinea pigs, all of you. Has he told you? Oh, well it's just, I know it sounds lame, but . . . I want to write a recipe book. But a proper one, for other people to use, to read, ordered by seasons and occasion, and by what veg and fruit comes through at what time. So tonight you're having the last of the tomatoes, olives, and then there's just a little bit of cheating season-wise with some chillies and garlic and—well, I don't know yet but it needs . . . a lifter,' she trails off.
'There's a book in that,' James goes, eyes down: 'The Last Of The Tomatoes.'
'How was the move in?' I say.
'Torturous,' she goes. 'But it always is, isn't it? I think people should be allowed to just stay in one place, like we used to, or else live like proper nomads, like we used to. We're such . . . second-class citizens, students, being ferried about from place to place.'
I don't think I've ever seen her do one thing at a time; she is always chatting and making and thinking and shopping and eating and laughing, never or.
James gets up and kisses her cheek. He grabs her peachy bum and I shoot to decant more ginger beer.
'Plus,' Laura says, 'I've just moved into a house which absolutely reeks of boy—'
'—I added extra puppy-dogs tails or however that shit goes,' James snorks.
'And—quiet you—and which had an inch of dust all over like it was a desert, and the toilet-seat was up!'
'Boy oh boy, how quickly stereotypes have become us, my dear,' he says.
And then they're both looking at me. I feel ashamed, all transparent and papery. But in a bit our mates Beth and Emma arrive all full of jazz and that straightens me out.
She's done a grand job with the place, with all these flowers in de simone vases, photos of us all perched smiling out at us—a little idiot-like admittedly—but boy she's just mistressed this thing of turning life into art. Do you know what I mean? It's like a living archive of her hottest ambitions, this place. That's true interior design.
But now the fungi pâté's spread thinner, the crispy-secco grana padano tops it all off wickedly, the aubergine parmigiano all-in-all's a winner, and the amaretto is the best Sicilian stinger. Dinner goes on and flattens out.
You know when you're in regular company: after two drinks the night descends into shared anecdotes? Well we've got this joke about Laura because she's the only one of us who cares about her subject; I mean I've never known anyone so passionate about Roman history, Greek literature, all this stuff. So James has kicked the wasp-nest because he says, though I can't remember the context, 'The only history relevant to our lives is post-holocaust, even post-nine-eleven,' he speculates.
Oh and she's bitten. 'Irrelevant?' Laura's eyes widen, blood flushes her cheeks as we titter a bit. 'Don't be ignorant James, and yes I do know that you're just trying to wind me up but that's not the point, because you know that it's not irrelevant that half the words you use have Latin and Greek etymologies, that you only went to uni because of Classical theories on education, that Roman military tactics are replicated to the tee today because they're the only ones that work, that the British bloody Empire was just a template from Rome's reach to Asia, Africa and yes James even your precious bloody England.'
'They used to bum boys, didn't they, the Greeks?'
James is utterly astounded by passion. He looks at it like an astronomer at an alien planet, through a telescope, studiously. It's just a game to him, the intense expression of passion; it ain't intuitive.
'Oh damn,' I say. 'I just remembered The Game.'
'Oh,' Laura tuts.
'What?' Beth says.
'The Game,' Laura says.
'You know The Game?' I say.
'Yeah, it pisses me off. Especially when people who are bad at it drag me down with them.'
'I'm not bad at The Game,' I say, 'not normally.'
'Wait!' James says. 'What the fuck is The Game?'
'The Game,' Laura sits back, 'is to forget The Game.'
'Right . . . ?'
'That's it. If you wake up tomorrow and never remember The Game ever again, then you've won The Game.'
'But,' I say, 'if you remember The Game then you have to tell everyone around you at the time.'
'It's fucking stupid,' Beth says.
'It is when you play with amateurs,' Laura winks at me.
'I like it,' James narrows his eyes in a way he thinks is pensive and attractive. Now you will see, he has his own humours, saline not blood or bile: 'It's like the Greeks and Romans, Laura. A sort of shadow you live under in ignorance, a foundation you thrive upon. They gave us our civilisation, our mentality even, and The Game gives us a benchmark of our thoughts. Only, I'm too aware that channels of influence are frivolous beasts. I'm all for rhizomes, not structures, but—' He has an odd pseudo-intellectualism about him; I think he'll end up like Julian Barnes. 'But . . .'
But weariness has fallen on us. How quickly we sag from the corners. It's 12.45 am. She is twirling the neck of her glass, watching the wine lapping at the crystal sides. Her eyes rise wearily to his fading words and she smiles softly at him. What a lovely weird boy.
Beth's fallen asleep chin to chest.
I can see Laura dreaming of the cool linen of her bed, wordlessly with him, and plumbing the depths of sweet sweet oblivion.
I leave. Wandering back to my mildewy student digs I can't think of anything else. For now, I am most in love with her gorgeous witty smile. I think of how close we are, only ten minute's walk after a whole summer apart, and I look up at the pearlescent sky and smile.
Cambridge is full of bits of magic like this. I once saw two baby deer munching through the botanic gardens one evening.


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In Ruppelt v. Laurel Healthcare, the Court of Appeals of the State of New Mexico determined that the use of an arbitration agreement that a nursing home required patients to sign as a condition of admission was unconscionable under New Mexico law. The attorneys at our firm have long discussed the need for those affected by these agreements to fight hard in court to protect community rights.
The Case
The lawsuit in this case was filed by Celeste Ruppelt against Laurel Healthcare for the wrongful death of Theodore Lendeen, Ms. Ruppelt's father. The lawsuit arose from the care provided to Ms. Ruppelt's father while he was a paient of Laurel Healthcare.
Under the terms of the Arbitration Agreement, signed by Ms. Ruppelt's father as a condition of accepting him as a patient, both parties gave up the right to have any and all disputes associated with the relationship created by the patient's admission resolved by lawsuit. Essentially, any disputes needed to resolved through arbitration. However, the Arbitration Agreement contained two very important exceptions, arbitration was not required for either disputes over collections or discharge of residents.
When Ms. Ruppelt filed her lawsuit, Laurel Healthcare filed motions to dismiss and motions to compel arbitration, pursuant to the Arbitration Agreement. Ms. Ruppelt opposed Laurel Healthcare's motions, alleging that the Arbitration Agreement is unconscionable.
Striking Down the Nursing Home Arbitration
The trial court found that the Arbitration Agreement was unconscionable because it was extremely one-sided in Laurel Healthcare's favor. In short, the agreement forced a patient to bring their most common claims through the process of arbitration, but it allowed Laurel Healthcare to bring its most common claims, collections and patient discharge, in a court of law. Laurel Healthcare appealed this determination to the Court of Appeals.
On appeal, Laurel Healthcare argued that the Arbitration Agreement was not one-sided, because it allowed either party to bring a lawsuit regarding collections or patient discharge in a court of law. The court noted that while on its face the Arbitration Agreement allowed a patient to bring a lawsuit about collections or patient discharge, it would be very unlikely for a patient to do so while it would be much more common for Laurel Healthcare to bring such a lawsuit. The practical effect of the Arbitration Agreement is to force a patient to bring his or her most likely dispute, negligent care, in arbitration rather than in court. As such, the court found that the Arbitration Agreement was unfair and unreasonably one-sided.
Laurel Healthcare then argued that even though the one portion of the Arbitration Agreement was deemed unconscionable, the unconscionable portions should be stricken and the rest of the Agreement should still be enforceable. The court declined to follow Laurel Healthcare's reasoning, and struck the Arbitration Agreement in whole, finding it unenforceable.
Hopefully more state and federal courts across the country will follow this model. It is simply inapproproate for facilities to take advantage of families at these times, when there is usually little opportunity to understand the specifics of the legal agreements. Big companies often try to roll over the rights of regular community members. We are proud to fight on their behalf in these cases to ensure full accountability following nursing home mistreatment.
See Our Related Blog Posts:
Court Refuses to Enforce Nursing Home Binding Arbitration Agreement
The Problem with Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Contracts


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Study to Improve Aid Effectiveness in Infrastructure
There is currently a global debate with the development community regarding the relative merits of project type assistance vs budget support. As part of a wider study aimed at demonstrating the importance of project type assistance in conducting ODA funded infrastructure development, Mekong Economics Ltd. was responsible for carrying out a survey designed to investigate the effectiveness of JBICs (formally OECF) assistance in the rehabilitation of National Highways 1 and 5. The effectiveness of the two projects was assessed using the five pillars of the Paris Declaration as a framework (Ownership, Alignment, Harmonisation, Managing for Development Results and Mutual Accountability). The study was created by combining the results from government and stakeholder interviews with existing data in order to provide an insight into the effectiveness of carrying out the two projects through project type assistance.


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Do you ignore Quality Control?
Every now and again, we receive emails along the lines of:
"When should I start to Quality Control my gas operatives?"
"What's the point of Quality Control, it's just a money pit?"
"I'm tendering for work and they've asked for information on our Quality Control system?"
"The company is having a Gas Safe inspection and they've asked to see the QC Forms and current trends!"
so, we've decided to give it a mention this month.
Why Quality Control?
Speaking from a personal perspective, if you have access to Quality Control Forms, visit your employees and want to measure the standard of their knowledge and technical ability then a well scripted form should supply this information to you.
The words "Quality Control" seem to instil inadequacy fears into operatives and overheads worries into business owners.
The reality is that if you have a good relationship with your employees and explain that this is a useful tool to help highlight knowledge shortfalls, then they will be better engaged to fill those gaps to ensuring they are better equipped to carry out their job when inspected by Gas Safe (as long as we help fill those knowledge gaps).
It's common sense to always operate a Quality Control procedure as it pre-empts potential business issues (and risks) and is considered a pre-requisite as a competent business grows.
If your company has an incident, how would you explain the following:
- How are employees checked by the your company as regards competence and compliance to current requirements?
- How many times are your operatives checked on each area of work annually?
- What are the top 3 areas of non compliance you are working on and what were the three before that?
- How are your operatives updated with new technical information (e.g. Gas Safe bulletins) and do your QC Forms reflect any changes posing risk.
- Do you have evidence of coaching in the field?
- How have you reduced recalls to jobs by using your quality control data?
So, although this is a brief look, you've got to ask why not Quality Control. My experience is that you can drive a great business forward through this data which you can collect whether the operative is on the premise or not.
It's a greater cost to sail blind and run a business on 'Gut based' information rather than fact based knowledge.
Over 150 companies have downloaded our free Quality Control Procedure template which will give you a good idea of a basic package which you are free to tailor to suit your requirements.
As you grow your business, the process is scalable so if you start it when you are small you can take it on your journey without reintroduction of new systems.
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About Me
Joan W. Stableford
1206 Franklin Crossing
Franklin, MA 02038
Profile: Talented versatile Web Content and Promotional /DM Writer, Marketing/PR Manager with a background in Business Journalism and Travel. I have helped clients, both business and nonprofit, create buzz and generate leads and sales for their products or services. I create concepts, focusing on targeted customers and goals, and executing online and offline integrated marketing campaigns. I am known for exceptional writing, superior interpersonal skills, client management, high energy and being a team player.
I also own my own jewelry company: joanstableford.mialisia.com. Mialisia, founded by Annelise Brown, has invented a totally new design concept in jewelry where a woman can change her look with 1-3 pieces of VersaStyle jewelry. This jewelry is well-made, affordable and allows me to have fun, meet new people and make a part-time income.
Exciting news! Mialisia became part of Youngevity this summer and now I can offer my customers organic and wellness products, such as 90ForLife vitamins and minerals, totally pure mineral makeup, essential oils, and Heritage Makers for online scrapbookers. Go to reinventyourstyle.youngevity.com to learn more.
My travel and personal blog!
Saving BIG on Promotional Gifts
I optimized all of the resource articles and photos for this e-commerce site. In addition, we sent out email blasts, announcing new products, as well as discounts on products.
Web Site Copy
The Franklin Universalist Society in Franklin redesigned its decade-old website, switched from html to wp format and created all new pages in Fall of 2015. I chaired a team of volunteers which accomplished this feat in less than four months. I continue to edit and update site as a member of the team.
This web site for the state's dentist association was completely re-designed and written to appeal to their targeted base – student dentists and new dentists. On-site learning is available via webinars for members.
We completely re-designed and re-wrote this web site for more clarity with its B-to-B members. Its European sister site, www.bindomatic.com was re-written for organic SEO.
PPC Ads
Ted Hurlbut is an accomplished retail consultant and writer. We helped him with SEO phrasing and wrote the original PPC ads for him to boost targeted traffic to his site.
Flash and Multi-Media
The Health-e-Link multi-media flash presentation for a major national conference targeted its prospective client base – regional health organizations, state agencies and public health agencies.
Print Work & Branding
Connell & Curley, an insurance company, continue to use this website design that was created for them. I was one of the team that helped with copy and design elements.
Enewsletters & email alerts
http://partylite.com – For more than a year and half, I created and wrote their newsletters to their direct sales force. Contact me for examples.


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I Love Lamp: Before and After, My Office
There's nothing like two coats of white paint. BEFORE:
Steven's and my studio in Brooklyn was all white-- even the floors-- and I loved that. So the first thing on my To Paint List up here was my office.
We've shared a workspace for the past five years, so having our own rooms is quite the change. On the surface of things, while I love having my books around and easily maintaining the cleanest of desks, the place feels shockingly feminine to me without all of Steven's stuff mixed in.
I find that in retrospect, new places always look stark, unfinished, and proportioned wrong. I'm sure I'll wind up moving things around. It takes time to settle in. In the mean time, there are more rooms to cross off my To Paint List!
(What is I Love Lamp? This is I Love Lamp.)


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live: Paper Flower Wall
If I could afford a flower arrangement curated by the one and only Taylor Tomasi Hill, I would buy a bouquet everyday. Alas, I am poor so I have to settle for a cheaper alternative: paper flowers. I am constantly in awe of art that uses paper in unexpected ways. From origami to a freakin' … Continue reading
live: Quote Wall
My inspiration for this suggestion came from a somewhat unlikely source: Washington Redskins' backup quarterback Kirk Cousins (off topic, but how handsome is he?) He has a wall of handwritten quotes that he sticks to his wall and over time, it has become a collage of inspirational quotes. It can be as simple as writing … Continue reading
live: Hardwood Walls
A popular trend in home decor that won't be going away anytime soon is hardwood floors, but what if you switched it up and decided to have hardwood walls instead? Decided to have a wooden wall can give the home either a sleek or rustic look, depending on the coat of paint or wax you … Continue reading
Live: Chalkboard Painted Walls
When I was a kid, I used to draw all over our house's wall with crayons and markers. I'm pretty sure my dad did not appreciate having to paint over all my little creations. If we had known that there was such thing as chalkboard paint, it would have saved my parents a lot of … Continue reading


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text: Share: Comments Print July 24, 2014 at 12:09 PM President Obama honors Seattle architect Posted by Melissa Davis Architect Johnpaul Jones/Alan Berner, The Seattle Times Seattle architect Johnpaul Jones is one of 10 winners of the National Humanities Medals, the White House announced. The medals will be presented at the White House on Monday, July 28. Jones was singled out for "honoring the natural world and indigenous traditions in architecture. A force behind diverse and cherished institutions, Mr. Jones has fostered awareness through design and created spaces worthy of the cultures they reflect, the communities they serve, and the environments they inhabit," according to the announcement. He drew national attention for his work (and that of his firm, Jones & Jones) on the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., but his work is also an integral part of the regional landscape. Among his many projects: Woodland Park Zoo Gorilla Habitat; Gene Coulon Park, Mercer Slough Nature Park and Environmental Ed Center; University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture and Native Longhouse; Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort; and the Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Exclusion Memorial. Comments | More in Arts news | Topics: architecture, Johnpaul Jones, National Humanities Medals


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It was a case of congratulations all round to the Year 12 students at Dunluce School for achieving an "outstanding set of Key Stage 4 results".
A school spokesman said: "The 2018 performance is beyond question the best recorded in the school's history with 94% of our pupils achieving 5A* - C grades or their equivalence.
"Eight subject areas returned 100% pass rate at A*-C and specific congratulations must go to both the English and Mathematics departments who each realised 62% A*-C grades.
"The pupils have worked so effectively as individuals but also as a team to support each other through a challenging set of new GCSEs and other courses. Their achievements are a testament to their hard work, effort, resilience and determination to succeed. Their perseverance and commitment to their own learning has been impressive and they have achieved results which reflect this.
"Not only have our students achieved a great set of results but we have had the pleasure of seeing each student grow and develop personally during their time at Dunluce School. We are very proud of each and every one of them.
"We would also like to thank all of our staff in providing a first class education delivered with passion and dedication in order to prepare our students effectively for the challenge of key stage 4 courses and just as importantly to our parents for their continuous support of the school."


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TWINCO Solution ApS is a Danish owned business founded in 2016, based in Kastrup only 10 min. drive from Copenhagen Airport. Our warehouse and logistic is together with our forwarder Blue Water Shipping / DK-2670 Greve, from where we deliver a reliable supply of Scandinavian design products to our European customers.Our customers are leading companies in the office and data equipment business. We are a flexible organisation offering a high service level. TWINCO Solution ApS has own sales office and production facilities in China.
What can we do for you?
TWINCO develops office and data equipment for professional users. We can help you maintain and expand your customer contacts through quality products with attractive functionality and design. We are proud to be known in the market for delivery on time at the agreed place, quality and price. Service is one of our greatest strengths – for instance, it is easy to find dimension and assembly drawings at www.twinco.dk anytime, as well as HD photos of all products for printing or for use on your own website.
TWINCO operates only via a network of distributors, and we can ship your orders directly from our warehouse in Greve. In addition, we can also deliver container loads from our production facilities, which are mainly located in Asia. We offer flexibility in terms of both volumes and prices.
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Anonymity in Abu Dhabi
It is the end of February. I am new here. This is my first week. I am sitting on a public bench in front of 'Le Meridien' and 'Dana Hotel', enjoying the surprisingly cool breeze of the dying winters of Abu Dhabi.
The shade and the sun over here are starkly different. They do not seem to blend seamlessly into the other; there's no gradual integration there. You step into the sunlight away from the comforting shade and you realize how bad it's gonna get when summer arrives. in truth, I'm a little scared. I mean, me and excess heat just do not function that well. Add to that the three layers of clothes, tightly bound neck and a stifling suit, boy am I in for a shellacking.
The buildings around me are tall; cars around me slick; and the people around me confusingly minding their own business. Why is that? Why isn't anybody staring at me? I don't get it! I mean, I'm so used to it. All kinds of staring. Pakistanis love to stare. It isn't just women as some people profess, no! It's everything! Everything is our business.
It's as Ali Gul Pir would say, 'Bakri bhi taarunga, kutta bhi taarunga, building bhi taarunga, family bhi taarunga, gaari bhi taarunga'.
We are a genuinely curious people. Everyone is interested in everything that you do. You, unwittingly, are a goddamned celebrity! And when your business becomes unimportant, you long for that attention. OK, maybe just a little bit. So yea, I am struggling a little bit with this anonymity in Abu Dhabi. I liked it better when everything was everyone's business.
Za[Blac]k-mailed into giving
Blackmail is a very profitable venture to get your hands on something which isn't really yours. As for our community, let's just say we Pakistanis have got it fine-tuned to an art. Not just blackmail, every kind of deviously schemin' trick in the book, or even ones that are not in the book; we know them.
Maybe this is one of the reasons why an average Pakistani must think thrice before parting with its money. The sad thing is, whenever we do part with it for the benefit of others, it's for a lost cause. My target this time; Professional Beggary!
It's a thriving business in Pakistan and especially in a cosmopolitan city like Karachi, this profession has struck gold. At almost every other traffic signal, you're surrounded by a horde of 'in-needs' employing various techniques to get you to give something in their direction. They use efficiently memorized stories, verses, songs and ballads to move your supposed heart of stone and get you to have pity on them. Then you think what will become of these poor creatures in this mad bad world and thinking of it as saintly behaviour, you give them something. When you do give something, you are showered with praise. When you DON'T, Oh you should hear'em talking!
Let's talk about the situation specifically in Ramzan. Twenty times a day, different people come at your house and all of them are in dire need of financial aid. Father, mother, son … some one is always dying and naturally, the poor ones must come on the streets and beg for help (sarcasm). After every Namaz in the Masjid, someone would get up and describe his need to the meditating public. A long line of beggars would litter the entrance to the masjid, depicting sorrow and misery in the hope of earning some cash. Come Ramzan, and suddenly it's a free license to be out on the streets, spread your hands … and start begging!
I give an impression of myself as a cold-hearted toad that was found under a stone, I know … but let me explain why I dislike this practice so much. It's not rocket science to understand who is faking distress and who is not. People in need generally don't go around begging publicly for help, day after day, month after month. They don't appear in a sacred month like mice from their bills, knocking unashamedly at each door, hunting opportunities to earn like businessmen hunt clients. This is where the blackmail comes in. The problem is; we as a nation are so religiously confused about our responsibilities that we might just about believe anyone. The trump card that professional beggars hold is the ease at which our confused ideologies can be bent or changed. The Muslim part of our community becomes so religiously motivated in Ramzan (not a bad thing); we happily start spending money on fake 'in-needs', leaving it to God to credit us for our generosity. Zakat is such a burden that we get it off our chests under the smallest of religious blackmailing. We spend in the name of Zakat, Khairaat, Sadqaat … but it is none of it, if you understand the true essence of its purpose! This kind of giving is for a lost cause. We help people that aren't interested in helping themselves. Beggary is as much a profession for them as accounting/ engineering / medicine is to us. The non-Muslim community is not free from this plague either. They are emotionally blackmailed by questioning their sense of ethics and human empathy.
I am not against Zakat. I am not against social welfare. All I am saying is, there are a precious few resources to cater to a lot of people in our country. Let's not waste our sympathies and generosity on people who don't deserve it. All one needs to do is a little scouring to find people who really need help. Hard to believe, but there are people who still find peace in making an honest living, but lack the resources that could help them go on with their lives.
Providing food would only attract more spread-out hands. Showing them how to be in a position to buy their own food will help our community far more. We must adopt ways to TEACH, not to FEED. Tell me, why would someone in real need cringe and walk away when I offer someone a job instead of money when they beg? It's the most well known secret that a whole Mafia operates this network of beggars and their earnings per day are quite astounding; it is a well established business. It's infuriating and quite a revelation to see the preferred mode of aid is always cash. Rarely do they appreciate food, and NEVER a job offer! Most of them are shameless people who'd swear upon anything to prove their honesty, expose their infants to the cruel Karachi sun without clothes on just to portray a more miserable picture. What is worse is they subject their innocent children who are too young to even understand what they do, to this cruel way of life. Most of these children become drug addicts at a cringe-inducing young age. It's time we start doing a little hard work to help those who really deserve it. I say Hard Work cuz who really deserve charity are NOT on the streets. These beggars; their lives would start and end with the same business, and they will keep on polluting the society with dishonesty, deceit and the general lethargic attitude that has currently gripped the nation.
The beggary business only thrives because of gullible minds that are easy to trick, easy to religiously blackmail. A way out may be to increase social welfare work and direct it towards those who are more focused on self-respect rather than self-pity; who want to stand, not carried through life. People who just need someone to put them in a position where self-sustainability can be achieved. These are the people that could contribute to society and our country as well. They are more likely to be productive for our nation; they may go ahead to form true drivers of change … because hell yes, we need them!
And yes, let's not be Zakat[Black]-mailed into giving!


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British photographer stationed in Moscow
As an enthusiastic but thoroughly inexperienced photographer, I knew that I would need an experienced photographer to help me if I were to make the most of my time in Bangkok, where I hoped to get off the beaten track. I could not have asked for a better introduction to 'real' Bangkok than Dennie and DK provided as they worked seamlessly as a team.
Dennie took the role of my teacher. He was warm and encouraging but also diligent. I think of myself as a relatively competent photographer and this was not my first photo tour. Yet through careful questioning Dennie was able to ascertain my level of knowledge very quickly and to my surprise, advise on how I could alter my technique and so improve my photos within minutes of our meeting. During the two days Dennie was always by my side, offering little nuggets of information to help me get the shot.
As a native Thai, DK provides a window into the local culture. She would step in to explain whenever I had a question about Bangkok, Thailand, the food or the people. With her charm and persuasiveness, she easily convinced passers-by, street stall owners and others to pose for my camera. Crucially, too, she got on so well with Elaine, my wife, who – though not a photographer - joined us for the first day of the tour. Elaine said afterwards that she had a fantastic time and regretted not joining us for the second day!
Dennie and DK's complementary skills proved to be perhaps the most unexpected benefit of spending time with a husband and wife team rather than a single photographer. I could ask questions on any aspect of photography and they not only responded expertly but could also offer different perspectives. Fascinating. (As an aside, you may note from the website that they teach everything from making the most of your point and shoot camera through professional lighting set-ups – you request it, they can do it).
So how do you spend two days off the beaten track in Bangkok with Dennie and DK?
Day one focused on Bangkok by night. We visited some fascinating local sites then headed to the river for sunset. We spent a snap-happy couple of hours making the best of a wonderful evening, before moving on to shoot some of Bangkok's sights by night.
Day two started at a floating market – just 15 minutes from where we were staying and not a single tourist! Sorry, you'll have to enlist Dennie and DK if you want to know where it is, as I couldn't find it again. Other sites included a Buddhist temple where people prayed for good luck to a two headed baby, the main railway station where we saw the Royal Train, an open air Chinese weight-lifting park where a tattoo covered, muscle bound film extra posed for us, and a Hindu temple where the friendly locals served us chai! What a day. And yes, some great photos to remember it by!
Overall, I cannot recommend Dennie and DK highly enough. Next time I am in Bangkok I plan to look them up again.


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2014 looks like its going to be shot down the tubes. I'm not getting much of a raise and my annual bonus was eaten by my tax bill. I thought that I wouldn't worry about money this year, but it turns out that I'm wrong.
To quell my anxiety, because I feel depressed today, and despite it being 15 below outside, I've decided I'm going to take a flight of fancy. I'm going to build a list of things I wanted to do in chronological/tangible order
– Get a dog (German Shepherd mix)
– Replace the windows in my house
– Buy a new phone.
– Buy a queen-sized bed
– Build a firepit in my backyard
– Buy microphones and recording equipment to record music
– Buy furniture for my bedroom
– Throw away the broken dishwasher (one of my roommates reminded me of its existence today)
– Convert the dishwasher space to cabinet space and tear out the cabinets over the refrigerator
– Buy a bigger refrigerator
– Cut down the dead branches on my tree and away from my power lines
– Buy a heater for the garage
– Replace the hot water heater
– Replace the bathtub
– Buy a newer car
– Replace my wardrobe
– Start going out/dating again
– Refresh my circle of friends
– Get married
– Learn to hang glide
– Take up archery
– Learn to cross-country ski
– Try a biathalon on a buddy's farm
– Perform a decathlon
– Breakdance in my basement
– Build a curling team
– Build a tree house in my front yard
– Build a woodshop in my garage and turn in to Norm from New Yankee Workshop.
– Travel to Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales
– Travel to India
– Travel to New Zealand
– Travel to Madagascar
– Go to Hawaii
– Go to Maine and Nova Scotia
– Celebrate Carnival in Rio de Janero, Trinidad, and New Orleans
– Ride horseback through Patagonia
– Climb the mountains of Chile
– Go to South Africa
– Travel to Cuba and Iran
– Go to Hong Kong
– Tour the world's second largest island: Papua New Guinea
– Go to Antarctica (Why? Isn't Minnesota enough?)
– Visit Iceland with my friend Charlie
– Enter myself, Lucas and Andrew in the World Series of Poker Main Event and see who goes furthest
I feel better now.
I had no idea I had so many dreams and aspirations until I wrote them all down!
Alas, time to return to my Minnesota winter, my desk and my work.


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Two nights ago I made a huge breakthrough in Dutch. When someone hears a language that they don't speak, they'll often think that the person speaking is doing so too quickly. More often than not, the listener's ears are simply not attuned to discerning the sounds in that particular language. For me, this is no longer the case with Dutch, as my listening comprehension is catching up to my reading: I can now understand the individual words someone is speaking in Dutch instead of just hearing a jumble of sounds. This is a huge step in the right direction, and it came nearly all at once. I was studying my Lonely Planet Dutch phrasebook outside of my calculus class two days ago and found that, when I had come home and started listening to Dutch music, I could pick out individual words. I may not be able to spell them or even know what they mean, but I can't complain!
I also noticed yesterday that this comprehension increase extends to Japanese as well for whatever reason, though not nearly to the same degree. I think the theory behind that is simply that I've been focusing on language a lot lately, and getting my uni mindset back has perhaps worked in my favor in this regard. I'll surely find out the true culprit with the next language! 😉


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Monday Message: On Holy Week from Pastor Andrew
Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly more than we can ask or imagine, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21
If we follow the liturgical calendar, this past Sunday marked Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. Led by his disciples, Jesus entered Jerusalem for Passover at the head of a parade. He was celebrated as the king of Israel who would save. It was a social and political high that would only make Jesus' crucifixion five days later all the more difficult to experience.
Imagine that you are one of the disciples. It is Monday after Palm Sunday. Your heart is full of the hopes that Jesus might just pull off a revolution. Perhaps the crowds would recognize Jesus for who you know him to be and you would all be swept into power with Jesus.
Of course, these hopes will eventually be dashed in the Garden of Gethsemane. Any potential of Jesus taking power will seem ridiculous when he is nailed to the cross. It would be easy to be swept up in the cynicism and unbelief of the world that Friday. Is it possible to believe when everything else in the world seems to point to unbelief? How can we hold onto faith when the rest of the world has no faith (and circumstances seem to show they are right)?
Perhaps you are familiar with this doubt in your life, in your work, or in your community. Perhaps the ways that you had hoped Jesus would break through in your life and circumstances have been disappointed. If so, be encouraged by the words of our text from the book of Ephesians. God's power is at work to the ultimate end of glory to Jesus and those who cling to him. It is able to accomplish abundantly more all you have asked for or imagined.
The doubt that was part of Holy Week would have been most overwhelming at the cross. Even at this point when all hope seemed lost, God was not done. He moved through cross and tomb to achieve abundantly far more than anyone would have imagined. Social and political victory in Jerusalem proved a goal far too small. Instead Jesus moved to break the power of sin and death over all of humanity.
This Holy Week, be reminded that Jesus is still moving in our world. Do not give up hope but cling to Jesus in faith. Then do not be surprised when Jesus moves in resurrection.
Jesus, remind us this Holy Week of the ways that you meet the doubts and expectations of your followers. Remind us that when all seems lost, you are not at an end. Rather, you are moving still for your glory and ours. We glorify you this Easter for what you have done and what you are still to do.


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Another video
Scott Coile took this video last evening and wanted to share it with everyone. It was a beautiful evening for flying and we took advantage of it!
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Weather permitting, we are going to fly the Jenny at our annual Vintage Day event at the museum.
You can see the schedule of events at www.peachstateaero.com


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Saturday, July 11, 2015
NEAL SCHON: "Vortex"
Label: Provogue/Mascot 2015
Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom
The ninth and tenth full-length solo album from Neal Schon (Journey, Bad English, Santana), the 2CD instrumental effort (thus why it's album #9 and #10 according to Schon) that features complex rock songs and a wondrously layered journey through the depths of Schon's psyche. And magical fingers, don't forget the fingers, since it's hammer time. Speaking of Hammer, the legendary keyboardist (Jan), a big part of the record, there's even the epic jam track entitled "Schon & Hammer Now" on disc two. Add to this drummer Steve Smith and his tribal work and you're all set for 18 tracks of classy instrumental rock, fusion, and the jazzy groove.
Hands down or up? I find it extremely hard or difficult to type down all of Schon's flashy moves and tricks on paper (okay, it's a computer screen). For instance. Take the opening track Miles Beyond as the perfect example and antidote to my shortcoming. The tone and control in the track is almost of an atmospheric degree, and there's something truly enthralling about the track. Less is more, but ever so bold and intriguing. It's a tribute to Miles Davis and his fusion sessions of the past.
Total control throughout the record as Schon uses his axe economically and doesn't resort to dull metal chords or riffing. The singing guitar is a joy to hear and you can tell that he's having a blast recording instrumental fusion. Crystal clear production and sound and basically perfect background music as you're watching Real Housewives on mute (you don't ever want to hear them bitch) or in this case typing on your PC. Sheer class.
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Do sickle cell anemia and malaria have a correlation? This question may be yours which have been popping in your mind for a long time. Sickle cell anemia is known as genetic disease. This disease modifies the structure of hemoglobin. The hemoglobin is the oxygen which carries protein the red blood cells. The altered hemoglobin which is not carrying oxygen may bunch with the deoxygenated hemoglobin. The deoxygenated hemoglobin deforms red blood cells and causes the blood to mass over the body. A specific gene HBB contains a protein which is known beta hemoglobin. The beta hemoglobin creates the sickle-shaped. This disease is commonly found in the America where the occurrence of malaria is high and it is caused by the sickle cell anemia.
When a person is ready to suffer a sickle cell disease. the red blood cell is more likely shape a sickle. This sickle cell leads to other diseases such as anemia, strokes, and lungs problems. In addition, when this disease leads to the sickle cell of anemia, it may have some effects to the malaria parasite. This disease is inherited disorder when a person has this disease from both his parents. The disease will develop gradually and die early. In contrast with the person who only gets the gene from one of both his parents. He may have a few of sickle-shaped of the blood.
How is the sickle cell of anemia and malaria linked?
Read More : How to Treat Sickle Cell Anemia
There is a correlation which shows that the sickle cell can reduce the growing of malaria parasites especially for the people who lives in the endemic area such as African. The epidemic is higher to the African lowlands than the highland. Here are the correlation of the sickle cell anemia and malaria.
- When the malaria parasite starts to live in the bloodstream of somebody which has sickle cell trait. The sickle cell breaks down and blocks the parasite. This condition makes the malaria parasite will be unable to continue its development. In other words, the malaria parasite is not able to survive.
- The hemoglobin is the need for the malaria parasite to grow. the sickle cell traits release the beta hemoglobin which prevents the growth of the malaria parasite.
- The malaria parasite needs potassium to grow. However, the less of potassium which is the result of the low oxygen of the sickle cell anemia and malaria parasite cannot continue its growth.
- Meanwhile, people with sickle cell disease has red blood cells with very low of the oxygen. when the malaria parasite enters the bloodstream. it reduces the oxygen even more. this condition leads to a destruction of its life.
The relationship between the sickle cell anemia and malaria is irrefutable. we also understand that the malaria parasite grows in the red blood cells. the sickle red blood cells are alleged to reduce and destruct the malaria parasite. Since, the sickle cells have beta hemoglobin, low oxygen, and do not produce potassium, and these things are the important things needed by the malaria parasite to grow up.!


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"Art SHOULD be one of the tools we use to improve our society. Art SHOULD be didactic."
Let The Memespiration Begin!
Pictures are more evocative than text, and I'm committed to reaching as many people I can with a message of hope through all of these crazy changes. The most profound truths require the fewest words – so internet memes, it turns out, are one of the best ways to spread this hope.
I'll be sharing more of these as they come to me. May they give you some perspective on a difficult situation and encourage you to be even more of a creative participant in the better world we're building together...
It seems to be working. This is my most-shared post of all time:
Help Me Win 75 Hours of Studio Time!
(According to ReverbNation, anyway. I live in the hometown of psychedelic rock, so this comes as a surprise to me...)
I'm a finalist in a competition by The Recording Conservatory of Austin to win 75 hours of studio recording time and $500 of music software! Please take ten seconds to vote for me (you don't have to sign up for anything) and SHARE THIS LINK with your friends: http://a.pgtb.me/cG4D
I've recorded over a dozen live albums in the last five years but need to put a studio album together if I am to be taken seriously by the music industry. This could really help launch my career – so if you want to get social with it, I've made a Facebook event page to spread around. Thanks in advance for helping me bring you a record worth sharing with your kids, someday...
Music For Yoga. Finally!
This Week In Manifestation: after so many of you told me my albums A Million Anniversaries and Golden Hour made for great yoga music, I had to find out whether it would actually work live during yoga classes. And then I moved to Austin, where – lo and behold – the increasingly popular Wanderlust Festival just opened a permanent live music and yoga studio!
Playing at Wanderlust Live is a dream come true. It took a couple months to line up our schedules, but I just did two classes there with vinyasa mama Gioconda Parker and the energy was awesome. People dug it. I suspect that these sets are even better for your flow and movement exercises than my other stuff, and will be making a point to share it with you as soon as possible.
If you're in or near Austin, Texas, then stop on in and join us! Your first class is free, so it's like going to a concert and getting world-class yoga instruction at the same time without having to pay. (Although I'll bet you want to come back...)
And while we're on the subject of yoga music...
FREE EP – Outtakes From
Love Scenes & Field Recordings
The love has been pouring in for my latest album, Love Scenes & Field Recordings, the chronicle of this summer's four-month, seventeen-state tour. But if you're the kind of person who can't scrounge up $11.11 and buy it, you can still taste the glory from my sets at Rootwire Festival, Desert Rocks Festival, and The Parish with The Nadis Warriors with this free EP.
I love these tracks, but there were minor glitches in the recordings – noisy cables and stuff like that – that disqualified them from the main release. Here's twenty minutes of total fun. Enjoy it!
You can pick up your copy on Bandcamp or ultra-cool underground site ListenerApproved. And if you like that album art, you can thank my man Geoglyphiks, whose work constantly inspires me.
Custom-Painted Hats
Don't think of them as painted hats; think of them as paintings on hats. Art you can carry with you wherever you go (you know, just like your human body). I love doing these and do my best to keep this work affordable. Hit me up if you'd like one of your own...
Anyone who's been reading this newsletter for a while knows how much time I volunteer to help out people in need of some support or encouragement – somewhere in the hundreds of hours a month. If this blog has inspired you, please consider visiting my homepage and making a donation.
Thanks for reading and have a fantastic day!


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Recently, Suntech's Half Cell Module successfully passed the damp heat and UV combined test, and obtained the certification report issued by the Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE).
It is well known that environmental testing required by IEC standards cannot provide sufficient verification support for photovoltaic modules installed and under operating. For example, Photovoltaic modules installed and operating in tropical climate are not only affected by high temperature and high humidity, but also subject to high ultraviolet radiation. While in the IEC standard test, the damp heat test and the ultraviolet test are two independent tests, unable to truly simulate the outdoor situation where high-temperature, high-humidity and the high-UV coexist at the same time.
Suntech PV Product Inspection & Test Center and VDE jointly developed the high temperature, high humidity and high UV test program, in which a moduleis not only tested at the temperature of 85 ℃ and relative humidity of 85% for 1000 hours, but also goes through the UV exposure of a cumulative 120 KWH/m2 in the process of the damp heat test. Therefore, the test program can better simulate the actual environment characterized by tropical humid climate.
The test results indicates that the power attenuation of Suntech's module fully meets the 5% attenuation as required by the standard of IEC 61215. The moduleis of excellent resistance to high temperature, high humidity and high UV, and it is the superior module capable of reliability performances. Suntech, who always focus on the principle of "quality first", strives for excellence in the quality of solar module. With heavy input in productreliability, the company is engaged in in-depth testing and research with an aim to provide customers with more secure and reliable products and services.


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Charms! Charms! Charms! We've got em' and you're gonna love em'! This week we have TONS of new charms in stock, as well as awesome new Melissa Frances goodies. The new glass domes have so much awesome Christmas potential!
In addition to the new goods, the general Christmas Section has over 600 fabulous goodies (all on sale) and our Coffee Break Design Christmas Section is sure to inspire.
Inspiration By Amy Nieman!
This fabulous Deer Mount Ornament is by Amy Nieman! I LOVE that she used a funky face on the deer head, and went with some non-traditional colors. This would make a fabulous Christmas ornament, OR anytime ornament! So creative Amy!
(She Also Used Our Tiny Brown Deer, Glitter Jingle Bells, Metal Roses, Christmas Word Paper Cuts, Bakers Twine, and Heart Lock Charm)
Inspiration By Linda Cain!
I absolutely adore this fabulous Primitive Angel by Design Team Member Linda Cain! The halo is gorgeous, and Linda definitely shows off her painting skills on this one. And check out the "make-up" on her sweet angel's face! You can find the full details including the complete supply list on Linda's blog here!
(She Also Used Our Sunburst Halo Cut Outs, Heavy White Gesso, White Art Sugar, Platinum Glass Glitter, Creative Paper Clay, Art Doll Face Mold, Mini Glitter Jingle Bells.)
Inspiration By Lynn Stevens!
Design Team Member Lynn Stevens definitely captured the magical and glittery side of Christmas with her stunning Votive Church Shrine. She's using our Church Shrines as a project for her art group so there will be lots more to come. This look almost good enough to eat Lynn! Gorgeous.
(She Also Used Our White Bottle Brush Trees, Glitter Snow, German Glass Glitter, and Battery Powered Votive.)
Inspiration By Laure Janus!
I was so excited when Laure Janus shared her adorable Tiny Fairy Shrines with me! She made them as gifts for her art group, and I'm sure they will LOVE them. Note how she turned them into pins! And using Mini Bottle Caps was such a brilliant idea. Even her backs are fantastic! These Tiny Fairies are a great little Christmas gift idea. Thanks so much for sharing Laure!
(She Also Used Our Tiny Fairy Head Paper Cuts, Diamond Glaze, Stickles, and Glitter.)
Baby It's Cold Outside!
Every now and then I like to pop in and say hi. The face behind the art supplies! I was winter coat shopping yesterday, and ended up with this bit of fluff, which was basically free (Horray for 50% off and Kohl's cash!). Anywho, I'm not sure what my face is saying, but my mind was thinking "Does this hood make me look fat?" Just making silly faces. I'm pretty much a goof ball most of the time. And now I'm a warm goof ball!
Speaking of bits of fluff, our 16 year old min pin, Zeus, is all set for winter too. He loves is "ugly Christmas sweater". For those of you that follow me on Facebook, I'm thrilled to report he's feeling much better! Nearly 100%!


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Skiing · Boulder, CO, United States
- 8 hours
- 1 - 5 people
- Moderate
$195Per Person
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The area around Brainard Lake, portal for the Indian Peaks Wilderness, is one of the more popular winter recreation spots for Front Range cross country skiers and snowshoers. The well-laid-out trail system offers all levels of difficulty. Choose between relaxing easy trails to strenuous backcountry trails in a remote environment.
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December-April, 7 days a week, full day ($195) starts 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, half day is from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm ($125) per person
Extensive experience backcounty tour skiing in Boulder County, I obtained my avalanche level 1 certificate and winter camping survival from the Eldora Ski patrol and Outward Bound
- Guide and hot tea.
- Ski gear and lunch
Emergency survival first aid kit, its windy at Brianard, bring lots of layers and a backpack with food and drink. Well behaved dogs welcomed, owners will be solely responsible for their dogs and dogs behavior, tour guide reserves the right to have dog(s) left in owners vehicle if necessary; Brainard Lake Recreation Area is among the premier destinations for non-motorized winter recreation along the Front Range. From here, the Waldrop Trail, Sourdough Trail, South Saint Vrain Trail and Left Hand Park Reservoir Road are accessible to cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. The Snowshoe trail is not restricted to snowshoers only, however it is not well-designed for skiing. The CMC Trail and Little Raven Trail are restricted to skiers only. Dogs are prohibited on all single track trails in the Brainard Lake Recreation Area except for Sourdough Trail and the Left Hand Park Reservoir.
Full refund 2 days prior to tour.
NW side of the Safeway Parking lot, Boulder Colorado
Day 1Brainard Lake is surrounded by sub alpine forest set in a glacially-carved valley. The peaks of the Continental Divide loom to the west. The CMC South ski trail (No. 814.2) is one of several trails that begin on the south side of the road just before the winter gate closure, all well signed. The trail, which is quite gentle with a few ups and downs, follows the blue diamonds and trail signs for 2.5 miles, where the trail joins the Little Raven Trail immediately before emerging from the trees onto the road. Drop down onto the road (often a windy spot) and continue northwest on the roadbed, following signs for Mitchell Lake. Take the left fork at the road junction at mile 2.9, then continue to follow signs to Mitchell Lake. Just before the road crosses another open area a sign on the right directs you to the CMC cabin, located about 50 yards off the road. Especially welcome on a cold, windy day is a stop at the Colorado Mountain Club cabin, owned and operated by the Boulder Group. For a suggested donation of $1, you can warm up in front of the wood-burning stove and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate. Or ski up 2.5 miles to Lefthand Reservoir Park on a double track and ski all the way back down to the parking lot's warming hut.
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Postcard. Black and white photograph of Eighth Avenue looking west from Centre Street. Buildings on the north side of the street are: Royal Bank Chambers, Ashdown Hardware, Osborne Stationary, Molsons Bank Chambers and the Clarence Block. Part of the photograph has color added to it. Cars and pedestrians included in the picture.
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Mrs. Carrie M. Brindisi-Greene, 65, passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at the Siegenthaler Center in New Hartford after a courageous battle with cancer.
Born in Utica on April 11, 1950, Carrie was the daughter of Flora M. (Barber) and the late Salvatore F. Brindisi. Graduating from T.R. Proctor High, she continued her education at SUNY Morrisville and the SUNY Institute of Technology, earning a bachelor's degree cum laude in Computer Science. In September of 1990 she married Brian Greene, with whom she shared a happy, loving union until his untimely passing in 1996.
Carrie's working career began as a computer operator at the former Upstate Computer Services in Marcy. She then accepted a programming position at Agway, eventually transferring to their Syracuse office in the late 70s. In 1993, Carrie took an administrative position with the Children's Cancer Unit at University Hospital in Syracuse. Her office was filled with pictures of the young patients she comforted over the years. She was a shoulder to cry on for many families who were going through a difficult time. Carrie was later promoted to Manager of Insurance Authorization and Medical Records - a position she held until her retirement in May of this year.
Carrie's home was her sanctuary. From decorating to home improvement projects to cooking, she brought a style all her own. Her family and friends came to know these many talents at the various parties she hosted. Venturing out for birthday dinners with her close friends also brought her much enjoyment. Carrie was a very self-reliant, independent person of strong character balanced with generosity and compassion.
Carrie is survived by her mother, Flora M. Brindisi of Utica; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Angelo and Robin Brindisi of Chadwicks, Charles and Carol Anne Brindisi of Springboro, OH, and Daniel and Sheila Brindisi of Whitesboro; her nieces and nephews, Sandra (Craig) Johnville, Lisa Brindisi (Chris Jones), Kim Rueb (Rob Comenale), Megan (Bernard) Hyman, Melissa (Christopher) Banas, Danielle Brindisi, Jessica Markle, Stephen Markle, Alec Brindisi, and Kaley Brindisi. Also surviving is her stepson, Brian Scott Greene as well as many cousins. She was predeceased by her nephew, Michael Brindisi, and a special aunt, Josephine Barber Kane.
The family appreciates the support and love provided by all of Carrie's friends throughout the years. Words cannot express how grateful we are.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, August 21, at 7 p.m. at the Eannace Funeral Home, Inc., 932 South St., Utica, NY 13501. Calling hours are from 4 to 7 p.m. prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial donations to the Siegenthaler Center. Inurnment will take place in Onondaga Cemetery on Saturday, August 22 at 10:30 a.m.
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EannaceFuneralHome.com Date of Death: August 18, 2015
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