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(from Ch. 73, par. 937)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2015)
Sec. 325.
Officers bonds.
The officer or officers of the association entrusted with the custody of
its funds shall within thirty days after the effective date of this Code
file with the Director a bond in favor of the association in the penalty of
double the amount of its benefit account, as defined in the act mentioned
in section 316, as of the end of a preceding calendar year, exclusive of
such amount as the association may maintain on deposit with the Director,
(but in no event a bond in a penalty of less than $2,000)
with such officer or officers as principal and a duly authorized surety
company as surety, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or
their duties and the accounting of the funds entrusted to his or their
custody. If the penalty of any bond filed pursuant to this section shall at
any time be less than twice the largest amount in the benefit fund of the
association not maintained on deposit with the Director during the
preceding calendar year, a new bond in the penalty of double the largest
amount in the benefit fund during said preceding calendar year, with such
officer or officers as principal and a duly authorized surety company as
surety, conditioned as aforesaid, shall be filed with the Director within
sixty days after the end of such calendar year.
(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03. Repealed by P.A. 98-969, eff. 1-1-15.)
(from Ch. 73, par. 938)
Sec. 326.
The association shall charge all applicants for membership a membership
fee of not more than six dollars nor less than one dollar and shall place
at least one dollar of such membership fee in the benefit fund of the
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 696. Repealed by P.A. 98-969, eff. 1-1-15.)
(from Ch. 73, par. 939)
Sec. 327.
(1) An association shall maintain a benefit fund which shall
be used
solely for the payment of claims of members and no part thereof shall be
used for defraying the expenses of the association. Such fund, any portion
of which may be deposited with the Director, may be held in cash or
invested in securities of the United States Government or of the State of
Illinois, and not otherwise. All moneys or other assets of the benefit
account, as defined in the Act mentioned in Section 316, of any
association shall upon the effective date of this Code be deemed
transferred to and become a part of its benefit fund. The minimum amount of
such benefit fund at all times after one year from the effective date of
this Code shall be $1,000, plus the sum of $200 for each 100 members in
excess of 500. If the benefit fund of any association at any time after one
year from the effective date of this Code shall be less than the minimum
amount required by this Section and is not increased to such minimum within
90 days, the association shall be deemed insolvent and the Director shall
proceed against it under Article XIII. The Director may release any required
benefit fund deposit
upon receipt of
an order of a court having proper jurisdiction or
upon: (i) certification by the association
that it has no outstanding member creditors, member certificates, or member
obligations in effect and no plans to engage in the business of insurance; (ii)
receipt of a lawful resolution of the association's board of directors
effecting the surrender of its charter and articles of incorporation for
administrative dissolution by the Director; and (iii) receipt of the name and
forwarding address for each of the final officers and directors of the company,
together with a plan of dissolution approved by the Director.
(2) Whenever the association shall have been notified of any loss under
its certificate of membership, which exceeds in amount the benefit fund of
the association, the president shall convene the directors of the
association who shall levy an assessment against all members for an amount
sufficient to pay all such losses of the association at the time said
assessment is made and for an amount in excess thereof sufficient to
maintain the minimum amount of the benefit fund as provided in this
Section. Assessments provided for in this section shall be distributed
equally against all members of the association except for children under 16
years of age. The board of directors shall assess each such child an amount
not to exceed one half of the amount levied against each other member.
(3) In order to provide for an unexpected number of deaths, an
association shall have the right to levy additional assessments whenever in
the discretion of the board of directors the same shall be deemed advisable
except that no assessment may be levied if the amount in the benefit fund
exceeds, or if such assessment will increase the amount of the benefit fund
in excess of a sum equal to $25 per member in good standing. The entire
proceeds of all such additional assessments shall be placed in the benefit
(Source: P.A. 92-75, eff. 7-12-01. Repealed by P.A. 98-969, eff. 1-1-15.)
(from Ch. 73, par. 940)
Sec. 328.
Every mutual benefit association shall keep an expense fund out of which
all salaries, fees, taxes, costs of defending or prosecuting suits and all
other expenses relating to the management of the association shall be paid,
and for the purpose of maintaining such fund each member may be assessed
not to exceed 50 cents per month except on benefit certificates on lives of
children under 16 years of age. The expense assessed against each such
child shall be not more than one-half of the amount assessed against each
other member.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 619. Repealed by P.A. 98-969, eff. 1-1-15.)
(from Ch. 73, par. 941)
Sec. 329.
Record of assessments.
A record of all assessments provided
for by this article shall be entered in the minutes of the meetings
of the board of directors and such record
shall show the amounts assessed for the benefit fund and the expense fund
(Source: P.A. 83-343. Repealed by P.A. 98-969, eff. 1-1-15.)
(from Ch. 73, par. 942)
Sec. 330.
Whenever any assessment shall have been levied, it shall be the duty of
the association to notify immediately each member of such association by a
notice, mailed to each member, setting forth the amount of his share of
such losses and expenses separately. Such notice shall also state that such
assessment is to be paid within thirty days from the date of the notice and
the name and address of the association to which the payment is to be made.
Such notice, in case of benefit assessments, shall include the name of the
deceased member, the name and address of such member's beneficiary, and the
amount due on his certificate. Upon failure of any member to pay any
assessment levied upon him pursuant to the provisions of this article,
within the time named in such notice, the association may declare the
certificate of such member cancelled upon a further notice sent by first
class mail addressed to such member at his last known post office address
stating that his certificate will be canceled if payment is not made to the
association within ten days of the mailing of such cancellation notice.
(from Ch. 73, par. 943)
Sec. 331.
Payment of
All claims filed with the association shall be approved or disapproved
within sixty days after receipt of due proof of death or disability and if
approved, shall be paid within sixty days after such approval. If a claim
is disapproved, the association shall forthwith notify the beneficiary or
person filing the proof of death or disability of the reasons for such
disapproval. The Director shall proceed under Article XIII to liquidate
any association which shall conduct its business fraudulently, or is not
carrying out its contracts in good faith, or shall be sixty days or more in
arrears in payment of claims after the same have been allowed by the board
of directors, or has violated any of the provisions of this article.
(from Ch. 73, par. 944)
Sec. 332.
Amount of
death benefit.
The benefit which shall be payable by an association upon the death of a
member under a certificate issued after the effective date of this Code
shall be the benefit for the age at entry of such member into the
association, as set forth in the standard certificate form prescribed by
section 333.
(from Ch. 73, par. 945)
Sec. 333.
Membership certificate.
(1) Every association shall issue a certificate of membership to each
member. The form of certificate shall be submitted to the Director for his
approval before same shall be issued. Each certificate issued on and after
January 1, 1950, shall contain the following provisions and no others and
shall be printed in clear readable type of uniform sixes, except that the
words in capital letters in the following form may be in larger type, and
in the case of an association issuing certificates granting only death
benefits, the provisions with regard to disability may be omitted:
(A Mutual Benefit Association)
..................., Illinois.
IN CONSIDERATION OF the membership fee, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged and the facts set out in the application executed by the
member, and the further payment of all assessments required to be paid
under the conditions of this certificate, on or before the time payable
during the continuance of the certificate, the .... agrees to pay to ....,
herein called the beneficiary, if living, or to a duly substituted
beneficiary, otherwise to the estate of the member, upon receipt at its
home office in the City of ...., Illinois, of due proof of death of ....,
herein called the member, during continuance of this certificate in full
force, subject, however, to the conditions and provisions hereinafter set
forth, in accordance with the amounts scheduled below based on the age of
the member at the time he or she became a member.
In no case shall the association be liable for an amount in excess of
$1 per member paying the assessment levied for a single claim,
except to the extent of the amount in the benefit fund.
Upon receipt of satisfactory evidence at the Home Office of the
Association showing that the member has lost be severance, BOTH HANDS or
BOTH FEET, or ONE HAND AND ONE FOOT, or has permanently lost the ENTIRE
SIGHT OF BOTH EYES, through accidental means, independently and exclusively
of all other causes, within 90 days from the date of the accident,
during the continuance of this Certificate, then the sum set forth in the
table of benefits herein provided to be paid and upon the same terms as
above provided for a death benefit, will be paid to said member, subject to
the provisions and conditions hereinafter set forth in lieu of all other
benefits; and should the member lose by severance ONE HAND or ONE FOOT or
permanently the ENTIRE SIGHT OF ONE EYE, through accidental means,
independently and exclusively of all other causes, within 90 days from
the date of the accident, during the continuance of this Certificate, then
1/2 of the sum set forth in the table of benefits herein provided will
be paid to the member, subject to the provisions and conditions hereinafter
set forth in lieu of all other benefits. Severance shall mean, in case of a
foot, severance at or above the ankle; in case of a hand, severance at or
above the wrist.
Age at
Nearest Birthday
0 to 15 yrs.
$ 500.00
Members in this class
upon attaining the age
of 16 automatically become
members of the next
succeeding class.
16 to 40 yrs. $500.00 for first four
months increasing $25.00
per month to
41 to 45 yrs. $400.00 for first four
months increasing $20.00
46 to 50 yrs. $300.00 for first four
months increasing $10.00
51 to 55 yrs. $100.00 for first four
56 to 60 yrs. $100.00 for first four
months increasing $5.00
The member who holds his or her certificate is subject to assessments for
the payment of death claims of the association and to assessments for the
payment of expenses of the association as provided for by paragraph 13 on a
following page of this certificate.
THE PROVISIONS under the heading "Additional Contract Provisions" (upon
the following pages hereof) are a part of this contract as fully as if
recited over the signature hereto affixed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the .... has caused this contract to be executed at
its home office in the City of ...., Illinois, on (insert date).
............... (President)
............... (Secretary)
1. Health and Age. The applicant for membership in this association
must be in good health, of sound mind and must be between the ages of 0 and
sixty years, nearest birthday.
2. Misrepresentations. This certificate and the application therefor
shall constitute the entire contract with the member. All statements by the
member shall, in the absence of fraud, be deemed representations and not
warranties, and no such statement shall void this certificate unless
contained in the written application, and a copy of such application
attached to or copied on this certificate when issued, or unless the fact
misstated contributes to the loss.
3. When Certificate Takes Effect. The association assumes no
liability until the certificate is issued and actually delivered to the
member during his or her lifetime and while he or she is alive and in good
health and of sound mind.
4. Not More Than One Certificate to a Member. Only one certificate of
membership may be held by a member. Should any member have more than one
uncancelled certificate only the earliest dated certificate shall be
effective and all other certificates shall be void. All assessments paid on
such void certificate shall be repaid to the member.
5. Agent Cannot Waive Contract Provisions. No agent shall have
authority to make any alterations or modifications in the conditions or the
provisions of this certificate of membership, to extend the time of payment
of assessments, to waive any forfeiture provision or to bind the
association by any promises.
6. Assignment. No assignment of this certificate shall be binding on
the association, and the association assumes no responsibility for the
validity of any assignment.
7. Change of Beneficiary. The member may, by written notification to the
association, change the beneficiary without the consent of such beneficiary.
8. Change of Address. The member, when changing his or her address,
shall at once notify the association of such change, giving the new
address, and such change shall be noted upon the records of the
association. Notice mailed to the last known address of the member, as
shown by the records of the association, shall be considered in all
respects as due and sufficient notice.
9. Residence and Travel. This certificate is free from restrictions
or limitations as to residence and travel.
10. Incontestability. After this certificate shall have been kept in
continuous force, during the life of the member, for 2 full years from
date of issue, it shall be incontestable if assessments have been duly
paid, except as to the limitations and exclusions set forth in paragraph
eleven hereof. If the age of the member has been misstated, the amount
payable under this certificate shall be such as the member would have been
entitled to at the true age. If the age at entry is over sixty years the
amount payable shall be the full amount of assessments paid in by the member.
11. Limitations and Exclusions. If death results by the intentional
act of any beneficiary of this certificate, the benefits hereunder shall be
payable to the insured member's estate. No benefits will be payable under
this certificate if death occurs as a result of any of the following: (1)
Military or naval service in time of war; (2) Self-destruction while sane
or insane, if within two years from the date of this certificate; (3)
Violation by member of any criminal law.
12. Reinstatement. After default in payment of any assessment this
certificate may be reinstated at the discretion of the board of directors
upon the member furnishing to the association satisfactory evidence of good
health and paying the delinquent assessment. In case the certificate is
lapsed for 30 days or more a one dollar reinstatement fee shall be
charged in addition to any delinquent assessments. No certificate shall be
reinstated nor a new certificate issued to any member within one year after
this certificate is lapsed, except upon the payment by such member of an
amount equal to all intervening assessments levied by the association.
13. Assessments. The association shall establish a benefit fund to be
used exclusively for the payment of claims of members and the board of
directors shall levy assessments against all members of the association
which, together with any balance in the benefit fund, shall be sufficient
in amount to pay all claims in accordance with the schedule set out in this
certificate. The association shall also keep an expense fund out of which
all expenses of the association, including salaries of officers, shall be
paid, and for the purpose of maintaining such fund each member may be
assessed not to exceed the maximum amount provided in Section 328.
14. Failure to Pay Assessment. Each assessment is due and payable at
the principal office of the association at .... within 30 days from the
date of the notice of the assessment. If the member fails to pay the
assessment within the 30 days or fails to remit said assessment by
depositing the amount thereof in an envelope properly addressed to the
association in the United States mail by 12 o'clock noon on the
30th day after the date of such notice, his certificate
may be cancelled by the association by the mailing to such member of a
cancellation notice as required by the Insurance Code of the State of
Illinois. If the member fails to pay the assessment within 10 days from
the date of such cancellation notice or fails to remit said assessment by
depositing the amount thereof in an envelope properly addressed to the
association in the United States mail by 12 o'clock noon on the 10th
day after the date of such cancellation notice, the member shall cease to
have any further rights under the certificate issued to such member on
which the assessment is levied, and said certificate shall then and there
be regarded and accepted by the association and the member as cancelled,
terminated and void, but such certificate shall be in full force until the
expiration of the 10 day period following the cancellation notice.
15. Notice of Death or Disability. The association shall be notified
of the death or disability of a member within a reasonable time after such
death or disability. The association shall immediately furnish a form of
proof of death or disability to the beneficiary or other interested party.
The information required by the proof of death or disability shall be
given and it shall be returned to the office of the association. The board
of directors shall approve or disapprove a claim within 60 days after
the receipt by the association of the proof of death or disability. If the
claim is approved the association shall pay in full the amount due
according to this certificate within 60 days after approval of the
claim. If the claim is disapproved, the association shall forthwith notify
the beneficiary or person filing the proof of death or disability of the
reasons for such disapproval.
16. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the members of this
association shall be held in the Home Office of the association in ....,
Illinois, at .... o'clock ... m., on the .... day of .... of each
year, unless such day falls on Sunday or a legal holiday, and in such event on
the next business day succeeding, for the purpose of electing directors and
the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the meeting.
Members may vote at any annual meeting in person or by proxy. This certificate
shall be considered sufficient notice of such meeting to all members.
17. Election of Benefits. The filing of a claim for disability
benefits and the payment thereof by the association shall constitute an
election by the insured to accept such disability benefits in lieu and in
full payment of all other benefits in the certificate provided.
(2) Prior to January 1, 1950, every association may at its option
adopt and use the certificate of membership hereinbefore set forth
upon first submitting the form to the Director of Insurance and
securing his or her approval thereof.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99. Repealed by P.A. 98-969, eff. 1-1-15.)
(from Ch. 73, par. 945.1)
Sec. 333.1.
Each assessable certificate issued or delivered in this State
after the effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1967 shall have the
following statement printed in bold face type on the face of the
certificate: "This is an assessable policy".
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3544. Repealed by P.A. 98-969, eff. 1-1-15.)
(from Ch. 73, par. 946)
Sec. 334.
certificate to a member.
No association shall issue to any member more than one certificate and
the certificate together with the application therefor, a copy of which
application shall be endorsed upon or attached to the certificate and made
a part thereof, shall constitute the entire contract between the
association and the member.
(from Ch. 73, par. 947)
Sec. 335.
(1) No association shall use any certificates or applications, unless
the forms thereof be submitted to and approved in writing by the Director.
No such association in any printed matter, stationery, circulars,
certificates, applications, advertisement or other literature shall make
any statements tending to create the impression or from which it may be
implied or inferred, directly or indirectly, that the financial condition
of the association or the payment of its claims is guaranteed by the State,
by the United States Government or is secured by Government bonds; nor
shall such association in any such advertisement or other printed matter
use the name of the Director or the Department in such a way as to give the
impression that such Director or Department approves or endorses the
association or guarantees in any way its financial condition or the payment
of its claims.
(2) Any association or officer or agent of any association who violates
any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a petty offense
for each such offense.
(Source: P.A. 77-2699. Repealed by P.A. 98-969, eff. 1-1-15.)
(from Ch. 73, par. 948)
Sec. 336.
Does not
apply to industrial associations.
This article shall not apply to any mutual benefit association that
limits its membership to the employees of a designated person, firm or
corporation, or of a designated corporation and its subsidiaries and
affiliated corporations.
(from Ch. 73, par. 949)
Sec. 337.
Application of other code provisions.
Unless otherwise provided in this article, every mutual benefit
association shall be subject to other applicable provisions of this Code.
Sec. 337.1.
Data exchanges;
administrative liens.
(a) Any benefit association governed by this Article XVIII shall
encumber or surrender accounts as defined in Section 10-24 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code held by the
benefit association on behalf of any responsible relative who is
subject to a child support lien, upon notice of the lien or levy by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly
Illinois Department of Public Aid) or its successor agency pursuant to Section
10-25.5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, or upon notice of
interstate lien from any other state's agency responsible
for implementing the child support enforcement program set
forth in Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act.
(b) This Section shall not prohibit the furnishing of information in
with the federal
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Any benefit association governed by this Article XVIII shall enter into an
agreement for data
exchanges with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
provided the Department of Healthcare and Family Services pays to the benefit association a reasonable fee not to exceed its
actual cost incurred. A benefit association providing
information in accordance with this item shall not be liable to any owner of an
account as defined in Section 10-24 of the Illinois Public Aid Code or other
person for any disclosure of information to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid), for
encumbering or surrendering any accounts held by the benefit association in
response to a lien
or order to withhold and deliver issued by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid), or for
any other
action taken pursuant to this item, including individual or mechanical errors,
provided the action does not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.
A benefit association shall have no obligation to hold, encumber, or
surrender the accounts or portions thereof as defined in Section 10-24 of the
Illinois Public Aid Code until it has been served with a subpoena, summons,
warrant, court or administrative order,
lien, or levy.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07. Repealed by P.A. 98-969, eff. 1-1-15.)
(215 ILCS 5/Art. XIX heading)


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Emmett J. Cable (1877-1964). Papers, (1910-1963), 1.25 linear feet.
Emmett J. Cable was a distinguished, long-time member of the faculty of the University of Northern Iowa. He was born in Eldora, Iowa, on November 12, 1877. He graduated from Hubbard (Iowa) High School and then received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Cornell College in 1894 and 1895, respectively. He studied at the University of Chicago and then received his Ph. D. from the University of Iowa in 1917.
Professor Cable taught in rural schools and was superintendent of schools in Albion, Iowa, before joining the geography faculty of the Iowa State Normal School in 1905. In 1917 he became head of the Department of Natural Science. In 1935 he became head of the Department of Science, which combined the natural and physical sciences. He served in that capacity until he assumed emeritus status in 1948 and became Curator of the Museum on a part-time service basis. He resigned from that position in May 1963, due to poor health. He died in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on February 20, 1964,
Professor Cable was a productive scholar, who published books and articles on a wide range of subjects. His area of specialization was Iowa geology. He also presented popular science programs on the radio for many years.
Some of the papers in this collection accumulated gradually over the years in the University Archives: administrative correspondence, some newsclippings, and personnel records. However, most of this collection came from the UNI Museum in 2010. This included correspondence between Professor Cable and Pauline Sauer, Cable's successor as head of the Museum; newsclippings; publications; material associated with his interests and research; and material associated with the composition of his publications. Among the material associated with his publications is a large collection of photographs used as illustrations in his published work. University Archivist Gerald Peterson decided to combine this material into one collection in order to enhance research possibilities.
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Rick Ross & Young Jeezy fight at the BET Hip Hop Awards
Am I the only one that has noticed that BET can never do anything that actually turns out well?
At their Hip Hop Awards that just passed, Rick Ross and Young Jeezy got into a backstage brawl that then moved to the parking lot and reportedly ended with gun shots being heard and an arrest happening. Funkmaster Flew, who was an eyewitness for the entire situation tweeted:
"Jeezy and Rick Ross just had words backstage!! Pushing and shoving!!!"
" Beef just spread to the parking lot!!!"
"Shots fired in parking lot!!! Gunman arrested!!! Back to the show and Club later!!!"
Due to the fight, the awards taping was suspended, and the place of the event was temporarily in lockdown, until everything was sorted out. Rick Ross performed shortly thereafter. Below is a video posted on TMZ showing the two rappers backstage altercation with the police trying to break them up, before they exited to the parking lot.


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Hehe, this phone mostly caters the android "enthusiasts"
This is a discussion on Nexus 4 Users in Cebu within the Android Devices forums, part of the Gizmos & Gadgets category;
na lalis na ang mga android fans
i want to buy GN4 but i already got HTC J Butterfly bayot kaayo ug name
How will you fill those up? Basically if mp3 files, d nimo mahurot paminaw same goes with movies, d nimo mahurot tanaw kay mag lobatt na ka. You'll fill it up with apps? Tapos you won't be accessing it all.
Again, having storage flexibility is BETTER than not having one at all. I don't understand why you keep pushing your opinion that having limited storage capacity is such a great idea. There's a reason why some people make storage capacity a big deal, and the reason to me, seems logical.
Like I said, if you are still one of the holdovers that carry their media library around, then this phone isn't for you. Unfortunately if you are one of those people, your choices are increasingly becoming limited. If you are uncomfortable with other people's opinion as obvious as the trends may be, then perhaps the Internet isn't for you as well. That to me is logical.
Hi mga Nexus 4 users! Ask lng ko kung pila jd ka hours mostly mag dugay inyong device? Kanang unrooted ha. Pila ka hours ang screen time if mag browse ra sa net? Unsa jd katinuod nga below average ra daw ang iyang battery life? Hehehe
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Jarrett Jack had 30 points and 10 rebounds, David Lee added 25 points and 22 boards, and the Golden State Warriors rallied past the San Antonio Spurs 107-101 in overtime Friday night to snap a 16-game losing streak in the series.
Stephen Curry finished with 18 points and six assists to carry the short-sleeve-wearing Warriors from 13 points down in the fourth quarter. Golden State, also playing without center Andrew Bogut, hadn't won against San Antonio since another overtime game at home - all the way back on Jan. 7, 2008.
Danny Green scored 20 points and Tim Duncan had 19 points and 18 rebounds for the NBA-leading Spurs, who had won five straight and 16 of 17 overall. San Antonio fell to 6-2 on its rodeo trip.
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Bigelow Aerospace is looking for an Asssembly & Integration - Technician.
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Physical Demands: while performing the duties of this job, the candidate is regularly required to stand, walk, bend, squat, use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The candidate must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. May work with toxic or caustic chemical. Knowledge of safety stands is necessary.
Assemble space mechanisms to drawing and specification requirements. Work from preliminary and released design drawings, detailed procedures, test specifications, manufacturing planning, oral and written instructions to determine the appropriate method of fabrication and assembly. Diagnose all malfunctions, misfits and make necessary corrections or modifications. Prepares mechanisms for the test department, improves hookups and equipment modifications as directed. Operates or has operational knowledge of mechanical and electrical height gauges, indicators, micrometers, sine plates, precision cleaning and weigh equipment. Able to perform all required bonding operations. Basic knowledge in wiring, crimping, splicing and soldering required.
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January 12, 2012, 6:28 pm
TGIF with Kel 1/13/2012: Using my Talents for Good not Evil
The secret, I believe, is the real reason I love to bake.
There are actually many reason and they are all true.
Baking is very calming to me. I have to focus on the ingredients and the precise measurements needed. Baking is, after all, a chemical reaction.
I love to treat others to my baked goods. I was met with disappointment last week as I walked into a meeting on Friday empty handed. What, no cookies?
I am really good at it. I can find a recipe, follow the directions, and come up with a delicious end product.
None of those reasons are the secret.
The secret is that I love to eat the foods I bake. Often, I eat too much of them.
December seemed like a never ending bake fest. I participated in two cookie exchanges; I had to try a variety of recipes, to see which was the best. Seeing which was the best meant tasting; you know, quality control and all.
I ended the bake fest with the Christmas Holiday. After that, I stopped baking.
Yeah, right.
I cannot stop baking, for the very reasons I first mentioned. I simply love to do it.
I was able to recognize that what I was really doing in my baking was self-sabotage.
I could go through an entire day with a log the lovely shade of green. A stressful day at work, and before I had even started dinner, I was taking out the butter to soften, making sure I had enough sugar and vanilla, and cranking up the oven to 350.
Dinner would be prepared, in between whipping my butter, measuring my flour, and fingerfuls of cookie dough passed my lips.
Dinner would be eaten, cookies would be baked, and quality control would be performed. Over. and over.
The next day at work Herculean efforts had to take place to not eat any more cookies. I had eaten enough the night before! However, they sat at my desk and greek yogurt just didn't seem to satisfy the sugar addiction that was calling out to me.
Having addressed what was really happening, the self-sabotage, I had to ask myself how can you have your cake and eat it too? Really, how can I bake yet find a way not to sabotage my day?
If I was going to bake, it was going to be foods that Ben and I need as opposed to treats.
In November, I had discovered this this English Muffin recipe. I loved the idea of making something that I already loved to eat that represented an adventure and even a challenge. Remember those ball jar lids I mentioned last week? They were put to work in this recipe!
Ball jar lids and an electric skillet are special equipment needed for this recipe.
This recipe does not have a dough that I have a want to put my finger in!
This is no chocolate chip cookie dough here people.
I have now made several batches of english muffins. This weekend I used this same recipe, yet after several different recipe alterations, I have arrived at a cinnamon raisin bran english muffin.
I replaced the flour in the recipe with 1/2 spelt flour, 1/2 wheat flour, 1 tablespoon of vital wheat gluten flour, and 3 tablespoons of wheat bran. The final steps, after proofing the dough, is to add 2 teaspoons of cinnamon and about 3/4 cup raisins.
You end up with a delicious cinnamon raisin bran english muffin, and one with stats I can be proud of:
For the record, while I am not here to compete with The English muffin everyone buys, compare the stats;
My goal was not to make an english muffin with less calories. I do not use sugar substitutes, but will add higher fiber flours!
Check out the ingredient list too. My english muffins have no preservatives. I combat that by keeping them in the freezer.
Having conquered the english muffin, I added pita bread to my challenges this past weekend.
Watch them rise!
Tasty stats too!
I love that I still get to bake, I control the ingredients, and it is food that Ben and I can easily incorporate into our day! For the record, no one at work has had any english muffins or the pitas.
This weekend? Bagels! I can't wait!
Think about how you may be sabotaging your own efforts, and find the way to do what you still love without wreaking havoc on your health!
Thank Goodness It's Friday!
Oh, and my coworkers? Nope, not empty handed tomorrow. But, quality control only required one!
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Knoxville (WVLT) - New developments in the unsolved murder case of Johnia Berry are raising new questions.
Knox County Sheriff's investigators have asked Peninsula, a local mental health services provider, where Johnia worked, to release the names of some male patients.
And that's raising both legal and ethical concerns.
The Knox County Sheriff's Office has obtained an investigative subpoena asking Peninsula to identify all men who were patients from October to December 2004, who could have left easily and returned to the hospital, a total of 108 patients.
Johnia Berry was stabbed to death in December of 2004.
Blood from an unidentified white man was found at the scene, but her killer's never been caught.
"We just have to basically make them understand that we wouldn't be there if it wasn't important. We're not trying to violate anyone's rights. We want to follow the law," Knox County Sherriff JJ Jones said.
Baptist Hospital Privacy Officer Brenda Ellis, who is not connected to this case, says the request is too broad to meet the requirements for exceptions. "Exactly, because, you know, the majority of people are not going to be the person you're looking for."
According to published reports, information from a forensic psychologist and FBI profiler suggests Berry's killer could be someone she'd met socially or professionally and who has mental health or substance abuse problems.
Berry's mother, Joan, has said Johnia worked at Peninsula assisting other staff members with patients.
"They actually are much stricter than what a regular hospital would be," Ellis said.
Peninsula continues to resist, out of concern for patient confidentiality.
Now, the Sheriff's Office has presented its case to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, in an effort to obtain those patients' names.
"So, when we ask to kind of bend the rules a little bit, we're there saying, look we need your help on this one. It's very important. We wouldn't be here if it wasn't important," Sheriff Jones said.
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By Jim V. from Merrillville, IN on May 18, 2007
First, the light seems to be of high quality, with a great dark finish. If installing to shine upwards, you should encounter no problems at all. The light does not work well when mounted downwards without additional solutions. The light shades droop down, leaving a sizable gap at their base. This is made more obvious by the extra detail of metal at the base of the fixture.
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By Karen K. from Alto, NM on Jul 31, 2007
This fixture looks absolutely wonderful in my guest bathroom. I got the old bronze finish & it's got contemporary elegance with a touch of rustic charm. I have it in a downlight mode & it works very well. My husband says the installation instructions could've been a lot simpler. We got it installed, but it took quite a bit longer than expected. I'm seriously considering getting the same fixture in brushed nickle for our master bathroom.
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By Casey S. from Puyallup, WA on Jan 11, 2008
I purchased this light bar to use in the master bath that we transformed into a contemporary spa. It's beautiful with our neutral colors. The amber color of the glass gives off a gental glow with 60 watt bulbs, but if you put 100's in there, it's plenty of light. I would recommend this product for sure.
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By Sheryl S. from Lake City, FL on Feb 27, 2007
We love this fixture- it is classic and beautiful. Much preferred it as an uplight. It was too low to hang otherwise. We have a dark vanity and bought a dark oxide faucet and it looks striking! The globes are lovely. they shade the lighting quite a bit, and we like it best with the maximum 100 watt bulbs.
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The finishing touch.
By Tim V. from Ovilla, TX on Jun 15, 2009
Practical, Stylish, Avid Do-It-Yourselfer
Well built and excepted the Flouresent bulbs just fine.
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dovecot problem - help please!
Greetings! I'm trying to configure dovecot on CentOS5.1, and here's where I'm hitting a wall. There are 2 machines: Windows and CentOS
1. I can telnet from CentOS machine to itself using either domain name or ip on port 110 and read all email, no problem. However, I can't do the same from the Windows machine.
2. Probably related to "1", but with a twist. I can't connect from Outlook client; "Test Account Settings" comes back with "Outlook cannot connect to your incoming (POP3) email server". However, test e-mail message from Outlook makes it to the test account and is viewable locally on the CentOS machine. In fact, it's viewable if I telnet to CentOS machine from itself on 110.
Closest setting in dovecot.conf that I found might be a suspect was "listen", it's currently set to default
listen = [::]
I tried to play with it and change it to all variables that would come to mind (ip, domain name, mail server name and combinations thereof) - without any result.
Any thoughts regarding the situation? Thanks.
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If you don't have access to a gym, don't fret. Body-weight exercises are great to do. Just you and open space. Here are my favorite body weight exercises:
Burpees. As that article points out, there are dos and don'ts to how you should perform them.* In one fluid motion while standing slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and keeping your back straight, crouch down to the ground then place your hands on the ground and brace yourself. Shoot your legs out and away from you then pull them back in and stand back up. That's one rep.
Push-ups. While kneeling on the ground, lean over and place your hands underneath you, fingers pointing forward. Keep your back straight and step your legs back and away from you. You should be on the balls of your feet. That's your starting form. Now tighten your core (mainly your abs and lower back) and slowly lower yourself until your chest is roughly an inch to three inches away from the floor. Push back up. That's one rep.
Body squats. For safety purposes, I recommend straddling a small bench while doing this. Your back should be straight throughout the entire exercise; your lower back and hips will naturally round. With legs shoulder-width apart, lower your body (as if you were sitting) while keeping your back straight. Squat until your quadriceps are parallel to the ground. Slowly raise yourself back up to standing position. That's one rep.
Jumping jacks. While standing straight and arms relaxed at your sides, jump out while simultaneously kicking your legs out to their respective sides and swinging your arms out and above you. While still in this position, jump and pull everything back to starting position. That's one rep.
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Variations are essential to keeping exercises and workout programs fun. Doing variations of any of the above exercises will help you work different muscles, help with toning and challenge you in new ways.
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In 2003, Gordon Smith and Jill Pell from the University of Cambridge, UK, published a thought-provoking paper in the British Medical Journal, on the effectiveness of parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge.
Despite an exhaustive search of the medical literature, they were unable to identify any randomised controlled trials of parachute interventions to avoid death as a result of plummeting earthward from a great hight.
Notably, the researchers pointed out (rather harshly, perhaps) that,
"As with many interventions intended to prevent ill health, the effectiveness of parachutes has not been subjected to rigorous evaluation by using randomised controlled trials. Advocates of evidence based medicine have criticised the adoption of interventions evaluated by using only observational data. We think that everyone might benefit if the most radical protagonists of evidence based medicine organised and participated in a double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, crossover trial of the parachute."
I remind readers of this paper in the context of two randomised controlled trials (one from the US, the other from Italy) on the effect of bariatric surgery on the resolution of type 2 diabetes recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Without going into details of the trials or their findings, it suffices to point out that both studies turned out to be overwhelmingly favourable to surgery.
Thus, at 12 months, the US study found a glycated hemoglobin level of 6.0% or less in only 12% (5 of 41 patients) in the medical-therapy group versus 42% (21 of 50 patients) in the gastric-bypass group and 37% (18 of 49 patients) in the sleeve-gastrectomy group.
Even more remarkably, the Italian investigators noted no 'remission' of diabetes in the medical-therapy group versus 75% in the gastric-bypass group and 95% in the biliopancreatic-diversion group.
Why do I compare the results of these two studies to the use of parachutes? Because, to anyone who is even remotely aware of the outcomes of bariatric surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes, these results are neither unexpected nor earth-shattering (pardon the pun).
Thus, I am as unimpressed by the results of these two studies, as I would have been, had they compared the 'remission' of obstructive sleep apnea in patients on CPAP versus bariatric surgery.
Indeed, the question was never whether or not bariatric surgery can lead to short-term (or even longer-term) 'remission' of type 2 diabetes compared to medical treatment – the latter, is neither aimed at nor even expected to lead to remission of diabetes – conventional medical treatment merely offers to 'manage' diabetes, not 'cure' it.
That, however, is not at all the point.
No, the questions that are really of interest when it comes to surgery in patients with diabetes are very different indeed.
1) How long does the 'remission' last?
2) What happens to diabetes in those, where diabetes, despite surgery, does not improve?
3) Does remission really translate into reduced diabetes complications including premature death?
4) How do the long-term complications of surgery compare to the long-term complications of diabetes?
5) How much of this improvement in diabetes is simply attributable to weight loss and how much to other mechanisms that may not require any weight loss at all?
I especially raise the last question, as it (again) turns out that neither preoperative BMI nor weight loss predicted the improvement in hyperglycemia after these procedures.
But the real question is now for health systems.
Even if surgery turns out to be the only 'effective' treatment and thus perhaps declared by some to be considered as the 'first-line' treatment for type 2 diabetes, what proportion of the world's 300 million people living with diabetes would likely ever benefit from this treatment option? Even at 1,000,000 operations a year, it would only take about 300 years to do everyone.
Even if all bariatric surgery currently performed were limited to individuals with diabetes, current global capacity at perhaps 500,000 operations a year, addresses less than 2% of the annual global burden of this condition.
A 150% increase in availability of bariatric surgery will still leave 95% of people with diabetes untreated.
Thus, the real question for health services is to determine which 5% of people living with diabetes should be the ones to most benefit from surgery – a question left unanswered by these studies.
No doubt, for the fortunate few, surgery may provide some (temporary?) respite from diabetes.
But for those, who do not have the option of jumping off the troubled plane with a parachute, the only realistic option may be to hang on and hope for a soft landing.
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Hat tip to Francis Finucane for reminding me of the parachute study.
Schauer PR, Kashyap SR, Wolski K, Brethauer SA, Kirwan JP, Pothier CE, Thomas S, Abood B, Nissen SE, & Bhatt DL (2012). Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy in Obese Patients with Diabetes. The New England journal of medicine PMID: 22449319
Mingrone G, Panunzi S, De Gaetano A, Guidone C, Iaconelli A, Leccesi L, Nanni G, Pomp A, Castagneto M, Ghirlanda G, & Rubino F (2012). Bariatric Surgery versus Conventional Medical Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes. The New England journal of medicine PMID: 22449317
3 Responses to "Gravitational Challenge, Diabetes, and Bariatric Surgery"
DeeLeigh says:
April 10th, 2012 at 1:16 am
Are you suggesting that being fat is analogous to falling from a great height? What?
I'm going to be bold and suggest that you will never have every single fat person or every single person with diabetes clambering for weight loss surgery. Unnecessary surgery is dangerous and WLS can have some some pretty uncomfortable and inconvenient long-term side effects. Whether having diabetes or having had weight loss surgery is worse for your long term health and quality of life… it's not entirely clear, actually. At least diabetes isn't going to kill you within a year, and there are a significant number of people who die from short term complications of WLS. And not being able to eat properly (and by that I mean a balanced diet that includes lots of fresh produce) for the rest of your life strikes me as both unhealthy and very unpleasant.
In fact, if I were to develop diabetes, I would choose to manage it rather than to have weight loss surgery. This is partly because my dad's been fat since childhood and had diabetes for decades – managed poorly (I would do better) – and he still didn't get seriously ill until his seventies. In fact, he's almost 80 now and still alive and kicking. He's finally decided to retire this year and plans to do some travelling. Not a picture of perfect health, but still mobile and mentally himself. Even if I were to follow the pattern he has (and I've always been healthier than he was at any given age) I'd prefer that to the permanent forced starvation, nutritional deficiencies and and the torturous and disempowering experience of WLS. Come to think of it, am I the only person who find the idea of deliberately relinquishing control over her body absolutely repulsive? I hope not.
Anyway, your five questions are good ones. However, I'm going to be really cynical and say that I think the collective will is to eliminate fat people. Therefore, researchers and government officials aren't really interested in sorting out which fat people are healthy and wouldn't benefit from intervention or on how to help create healthier fat people. In fact, if the concern were really for our health, you and your colleagues would be focused on how to make fat people healthier without focusing on weight loss rather than on how to make us thin at any cost.
Bobbini says:
April 10th, 2012 at 6:11 am
I have another question–if surgery is an optimal treatment for individuals with diabetes, would it be prudent to treat people who have type 2 diabetes but a BMI below 25? If it's treatment for diabetes, why limit it to individuals with high BMIs?
Dr Sue Pedersen says:
April 11th, 2012 at 8:00 am
In response to question #3: Studies of medical therapy for management of diabetes have shown us the legacy effect – ie, better control of diabetes now prevents complications later in life. I agree – it will be interesting to see if a surgically induced improvement or remission of type 2 diabetes translates to a similar protective effect later in life.


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