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December 22, 2010
ARLINGTON, VA — Sixty-six vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's TOP SAFETY PICK award for 2011, including 40 cars, 25 SUVs, and a minivan. TOP SAFETY PICK recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover, and rear crashes based on good ratings in Institute tests. Winners also must have available electronic stability control, a crash avoidance feature that significantly reduces crash risk. The ratings help consumers pick vehicles that offer a higher level of protection than federal safety standards require.
Last year the Institute toughened criteria for TOP SAFETY PICK by adding a requirement that all qualifiers must earn a good rating for performance in a roof strength test to assess protection in a rollover crash. The move sharply narrowed the initial field of 2010 winners. At the beginning of the 2010 model year, only 27 vehicles qualified for the award, but the number grew to 58 as auto manufacturers reworked existing designs and introduced new models. Now another 10 vehicles join the winners' list for 2011. Two discontinued models drop off.
Large car Mercedes E class coupe Midsize cars Kia Optima Volkswagen Jetta sedan Small cars Chevrolet Cruze Scion tC Volkswagen GTI |
Large SUV Volkswagen Touareg Midsize SUVs Ford Explorer Hyundai Santa Fe Mercedes GLK |
Front-runners: Hyundai/Kia and Volkswagen/Audi each have 9 winners for 2011. Next in line with 8 awards apiece are General Motors, Ford/Lincoln,
and Toyota/Lexus/Scion. Subaru is the only manufacturer with a winner in all the vehicle classes in which it competes. Subaru earns 5 awards for 2011.
"Safety is a priority among this crop of winners," Lund says. "From the start these manufacturers set out to design vehicles that would earn TOP SAFETY PICK, even though we've made it harder to win."
One of them is Ford. For 2011, the automaker is rolling out a new design for its popular Explorer midsize SUV, which until now had never earned TOP SAFETY PICK. Ford also upgraded the roofs of 2 other midsize SUVs, the Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT, along with the Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2 midsize cars that missed the initial round of 2010 winners because they lacked the required roof strength. The all-new Ford Fiesta rounds out Ford's winners and is the only minicar to earn TOP SAFETY PICK this year.
Large cars Buick LaCrosse, Regal BMW 5 series Cadillac CTS Ford Taurus Hyundai Genesis Infiniti M Lincoln MKS Mercedes E class sedan Mercedes E class coupe Toyota Avalon Volvo S80 Large SUV Volkswagen Touareg Minivan Toyota Sienna |
Midsize cars Audi A3, A4 Chevrolet Malibu Chrysler 200 Dodge Avenger Ford Fusion Hyundai Sonata Kia Optima Lincoln MKZ Mercedes C class Subaru Legacy, Outback Volkswagen Jetta sedan Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen Volvo C30 Small cars Chevrolet Cruze Honda Civic Kia Forte, Soul Mitsubishi Lancer Nissan Cube Scion tC, xB Subaru Impreza Toyota Corolla Volkswagen Golf, GTI Minicar Ford Fiesta |
Midsize SUVs Small SUVs |
General Motors's new Chevrolet Cruze broadens the number of award-winning options for consumers looking to buy a fuel-efficient small car. GM built the Cruze, which has 10 standard airbags, including ones for the knees, to outperform the government's minimum roof strength requirements and touts the achievement as a selling point.
The redesigned Volkswagen Touareg is the only large SUV to earn TOP SAFETY PICK for 2011. The Institute doesn't normally evaluate SUVs this large, but Volkswagen requested crash tests to demonstrate the Touareg's crashworthiness.
None of the small pickups the Institute has evaluated qualified for this year's award, and large pickups haven't yet been tested.
The Institute awarded the first TOP SAFETY PICK to 2006 models and then raised the bar the next year by requiring good rear test results and electronic stability control as either standard or optional equipment. With last year's addition of new criteria for roof crush the Institute's crash test ratings now cover all 4 of the most common kinds of crashes.
More than 12,000 people died in frontal crashes of passenger vehicles in 2009 in the United States, more than 6,000 died in side impacts, and more than 8,000 died in rollovers, many of which also involved a front or side impact. Rear-end crashes usually aren't fatal but result in a large proportion of injuries. Neck sprain or strain is the most commonly reported injury in two-thirds of insurance claims for injuries in all kinds of crashes.
Vehicles rated good for rollover crash protection have roofs more than twice as strong as the current federal standard requires. The Institute estimates that such roofs reduce the risk of serious and fatal injury in single-vehicle rollovers by about 50 percent compared with roofs meeting the minimum requirement.
Quick strides in occupant protection: When the first roof crush results were released in March 2009, only a third of the SUVs tested had good roofs. Since then about 113 vehicles have been tested, and the majority are rated good for roof strength.
Hyundai is a case in point. The Tucson and the small SUV's twin, the Kia Sportage, earned a poor rating for roof strength in 2009, with the weakest roof among all of the small SUVs evaluated that year. A redesign helped the 2011 models secure a good rating and TOP SAFETY PICK. Hyundai also improved the roof on another SUV, the midsize Santa Fe, and redesigned the Sonata, a midsize car that had earned a marginal roof rating the first time around.
The outlook for side impact protection has brightened, too, Lund notes. Many cars failed the side test the Institute began conducting in 2003, but now most vehicles ace the test thanks to stronger side structures and standard side airbags that protect the head and torso. It's an important improvement because new Institute research shows that the risk of dying in a crash is sharply lower for people in vehicles that earn good ratings in the Institute's side test.
Chrysler added torso airbags to the redesigned Jeep Grand Cherokee to bolster side crash protection and earn a good side rating. The previous design relied on head curtain airbags to cushion occupants in side crashes and only rated marginal for side protection.
Safety equipment is increasingly standard. Ninety-two percent of 2011 model cars, 94 percent of SUVs, and 56 percent of pickups have standard head and torso side airbags. Electronic stability control is standard on 92 percent of cars, 100 percent of SUVs, and 72 percent of pickups.
"Automakers deserve credit for quickly rising to meet the more-challenging criteria for TOP SAFETY PICK," Lund says. "Several already have requested tests for new models due to ship early next year, so we expect to add even more winners to the 2011 list."
The Institute groups TOP SAFETY PICK winners according to vehicle type and size. Lund advises consumers to keep in mind that size and weight influence crashworthiness. Larger, heavier vehicles generally afford better occupant protection in serious crashes than smaller, lighter ones. Even with a TOP SAFETY PICK, a small car isn't as crashworthy as a bigger one.
How vehicles are evaluated: The Institute's frontal crashworthiness evaluations are based on results of 40 mph frontal offset crash tests. Each vehicle's overall evaluation is based on measurements of intrusion into the occupant compartment, injury measures recorded on a 50th percentile Hybrid III male dummy in the driver seat, and analysis of slow-motion film to assess how well the restraint system controlled dummy movement during the test.
Side evaluations are based on performance in a crash test in which the side of a vehicle is struck by a barrier moving at 31 mph. The barrier represents the front end of a pickup or SUV. Ratings reflect injury measures recorded on 2 instrumented SID-IIs dummies representing a 5th percentile woman, assessment of head protection countermeasures, and the vehicle's structural performance during the impact.
In the roof strength test, a metal plate is pushed against 1 side of a roof at a displacement rate of 0.2 inch per second. To earn a good rating for rollover protection, the roof must withstand a force of 4 times the vehicle's weight before reaching 5 inches of crush. This is called a strength-to-weight ratio.
Rear crash protection is rated according to a two-step procedure. Starting
for the ratings are measurements of head restraint geometry — the
height of a restraint and its horizontal distance behind the back of the
head of an average-size man.
Seat/head restraints with good or acceptable geometry are tested dynamically using a dummy that measures forces on the neck. This test simulates a collision in which a stationary vehicle is struck in the rear at 20 mph. Seats without good or acceptable geometry are rated poor overall because they can't be positioned to protect many people.
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is the country's 3rd largest insurer of both personal lines passenger automobile and homeowners insurance, and also provides a wide range of other insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across all 50 states through the efforts of over 50,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 24,000 employees.
Farmers is a trade name and may refer to Farmers Group, Inc. or the Farmers Exchanges, as the case may be. Farmers Group, Inc., a management and holding company, along with its subsidiaries, is wholly owned by the Zurich Financial Services Group. The Farmers Exchanges are three reciprocal insurers (Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange), including their subsidiaries and affiliates, owned by their policyholders, and managed by Farmers Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information about Farmers, visit its Web site at www.farmers.com or at www.Facebook.com/FarmersInsurance.
Contact: Adrian Lund 703/247-1500 (office) or 703/898-6618 (cell)


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Hey to any and all fans of the TV series "So You Think You Can Dance?"... I could use a second opinion on something I spotted recently.
I was sitting on my butt being a lazy couch potato, spacing out to the Disney Channel, when the music video for the Hannah Montana song "The Other Side of Me" came on. Suddenly I spot something that seems a bit strangely familiar. I can't place it, so I keep watching, closer this time. There it is again... there's something about one of Hannah's background dancers. One of the guys... he looks familiar, but I'm having trouble placing where I might have seen him before.
I saw the music video again a few hours later, and that's when the lightbulb clicked. (-->)...
You guys tell me. I have here two pictures: a video capture I pulled from a YouTube.com video, and a picture from the "So You Think You Can Dance?" website. I know the youtube one is low-quality, but it's the only pic I could find from the music video. Here's a link to the video too, in case you want to see the whole thing. http://youtube.com/watch?v=UafS4oy7ybM
Is Hannah's backup dancer on the left...
...Ivan Koumaev, the "hip-hop specialist" from SYTYCD? season 2?
-Don-Your heart can just take wing,You can live out all your dreams......it's time to Remember the Magic!Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pilot's Life for Me...
That is the same person.
- I think
I'm only happy in Disney World
I am still a proud pod person
Keep on babbeling
It looks like Ivan to me!
"Almost everyone is mad here. You may have noticed that I'm not all there myself." - Chesire Cat
"You have spirit for one so small, and that spirit deserves a fighting chance." - Shere Khan
Aha! Found it!
According to Wikipedia:
Koumaev was born in the Far East of Russia. He has one younger sister. He moved to the United States when he was 7, and grew up in Seattle, Washington. During a September 2006 interview on the U.S. program "Ellen, Koumaev stated that he had become interested in dancing at the age of 11, when he watched the movie Breakin', after which he went to a studio and sought training in hip-hop style.
He attended Aliso Niquel High School though he left in his senior year to pursue a career in dancing. While at the school, he was a member of the school's selective dance-related club, "Dance Appreciation". He has also been a member of "Cruz Control," is the captain of the "Team Boogiezone Breed Company," and has appeared in a Disney Channel Hannah Montana music video, along with local Seattle programs such as "Battle of Seattle" and "Sign of the Times."
I thought I recognized that face from somewhere!
-Don-Your heart can just take wing,You can live out all your dreams......it's time to Remember the Magic!Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pilot's Life for Me...

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- The Title IX Compliance Office monitors and evaluates campus efforts to meet requirements of the 1972 federal legislation which prohibits all forms of sex discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding.
- Berkeley Campus Policy on Sexual Harassment and Complaint Resolution Procedures
- Gender and Equity Resource Center provides information and resources for faculty, staff and graduate students, on sexual harassment, stalking, sexual assault, rape or other gender discrimination.


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Pontiac Grand Prix Traction Control/STS/ABS
bubbaman999 Posts: 54Marc,
I saw this at the nhsta TSB site. Does this sound like it?
Hope it helps,
Make : PONTIAC Model : GRAND PRIX Year : 2006
Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Service Bulletin Num : 050525009 Date of Bulletin: OCT 01, 2005
NHTSA Item Number: 10017755
Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK
bubbaman999 Posts: 54Here you go
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garuda Posts: 1Hi
I was told the cleft front ontrol arm bushing separated on my 2003 Grand Prix, but I have not feeling anything abnormal while I am driving except when I press brake I can feel some vibration like ABS.
Should I repair it immediately ? what's the consequence if I delay the repair?
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johnnymm Posts: 1Changed the rear wheel bearing with no issues. Since then, the ABS light is on and my traction control is off. I cant turn it on. I have rechecked the sensor connection on the bearing hub, it seems to be ok. Unplugged the battery for 4 hours to reset the computer, hoping that would work but it didnt. Steering also feels sluggish - any idea what to do short of going to a garage? I have heard about an over the counter ABS "computer" but not sure if that will work.
tempala Posts: 1My 2005 Grand Prix GT just turned 41000mi and now intermittently displays "service traction system/service variable effort steering/service ABS" (never says anything about basic brake system, no brake light ever comes on). Anyone experience this or have a clue what is going on? All 3 systems couldn't have gone bad simultaneously! I hope this isn't a bad computer module.
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jjj11 Posts: 1Hm...
I think I also have a same issue.
On end of January, I bought 06 Grand Prix GT with 16,000 mi ( at that time it was great, my best car ever). I have nothing problem with it before the mechanic replaced the intermediate steering shaft. They said it was recall thing and of course it was under the warranty. After that, tapping and knuckling started through the steering ( actually the vibration also came up while braking).
When I took in, the mechanic replaced wheel baring because it worn out ( this really did not make sence). the vibration was gone but the tapping remain.
I had taken my GT 4 times for tapping issue. Last week, they finally fixed. What they have been done is re-adjusting steering intermediate shaft, and injected grease which is the newest version.
The ABS service light still on, after replacing the wheel baring, However, it still needs to be fixed.
Hpe it helps to anyone.
for me steering var, tapping was really anoying because I could feel while accelating and braking. -
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morty72 Posts: 1
tuckerminden Posts: 1
jklightner Posts: 10Most likely a bad wheel hub assembly which holds bearings and ABS speed sensor. Jack up the wheel off the ground. Grab it at 12 and 6 position and shake it. Any movement equals bad bearings. This will cause the wheel speed sensor to move around and be read as a faulty ABS/Traction Indicator. Then grab it at 3 and 9 and shake it, movement will most likely be worn outer tie rod ends. Same part for either side. Pontiac recommends using 3 new bolts for the hub to knuckle mounting. If asked about plastic or steel clip, they are talking about the clip that holds the ABS wire to the mount. NAPA part came with both.
Jim -
cnancgo Posts: 1I have a 2008 Grand Prix GXP and have had it in to the dealer 14 times in 11 months for the TC/ABS service lights coming on. I take a regular trip, approx. 1 hour 15 min, almost every weekend to the coast of OR. After the car has been driving between 45 min to 1 hour the service TC/ABS light comes on. It resets when the car is turned off and then it happens again on the way home. The dealer gets the same error message each time it is taken in. They have sent 2 specialists from out of town to look at the car and actually drove it the same route to see the error for themselves. They also hooked up a monitor so I could record the error when it happened. The computer says the car is at a dead stop when the TC/ABS light comes on, I was driving 65 miles an hour. Why can't they figure this out? Will the traction work when I am on ice? Is the car safe to drive? They have replaced sensors, wiring, etc. Anyone have any idea?
lin_b Posts: 2I have a 2001 grand prix with a 3.8 V6 in it. Just yesterday I got it back from the shop. My traction control would not come on and my ABS light was on. The mechanic replaced my cam sensor and the traction control is now working and my ABS light has went off and stayed off... so far. The service engine light is still on and it is giving a code for a cam shaft position sensor this is very costly though so it is going to have to wait.
mnpossum Posts: 1I bought my 05 new and it started doing this almost the day my 36K warranty was up. I'm at 95K now and it still regularly occurs. The errors will go away for months and then pop back up. Sometimes it kicks in going down the road, other times it comes on as soon as I start the car. I've also had issues almost from the beginning of grinding noices like the ABS is trying to activate when turning into a parking space. Early on when the problem started I was told until the lights came on and stayed on that it would be difficult to pinpoint the problem. When it occurs intermittantly, they might fix something and then just because the lights aren't on, assume that was the fix until two months later and they would pop back on again. For the person who asked if their traction control would work on ice when their car was doing this - NO. When the lights are on and the error messages are on your control panel, the traction control is disabled.
christiaanl Posts: 1I have a 2004 Grand prix GT. Sometimes when im applying the brakes and turning at the same time, my abs kicks in. and sometimes the abs light, trac control light and the service brakes lights all come on. They are all related to the same sensor and in my case of course it ended up being a faulty sensor. its a 150 dollars or so if you can just replace the sensor, but on some models you have to replace the whole hub with the sensor built in costing 500 to 600. Hope this helps you.
ranki1 Posts: 3I have an 04 Grand Prix GTP Comp G with similar problems at 50,000 miles. Soon after I start the vehicle I get messages to service the Traction System, then a Service the ABS message. Sometimes there is a Traction System Off message. If I turn the vehicle off and restart, the messages don't reappear. I haven't noticed any handling issues or brake noises etc. Also I haven't seen any other massages like Parking Brake or other lights on yet.
gjw466 Posts: 2I just had my 2007 Grand Prix, I think, fixed for the same problem. Fix they replaced the hub bearing and a week later the had to replace the speed sensor harness. I have 47,000 miles on the car and now that I'm reading that this is very common with the Pontiac to me it seems it should be addressed by GM. The dealer themselves say its a common problem.
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eddie71 Posts: 10Hello everyone. My 05 GXP just started doing the same thing. It either does it soon as I start the car or after driving for some time but does it everytime either way. My warranty just expired, days ago I will continue to research & try to get to the root cause of this failure. I will share my findings with all.


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7 But this precious treasure -- this light and power that now shine within us -- is held in perishable containers, that is, in our weak bodies. So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God and is not our own. | 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. |
8 We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don't give up and quit. | 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; |
9 We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. | 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. |
10 Through suffering, these bodies of ours constantly share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies. | 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. |
11 Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be obvious in our dying bodies. | 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. |
12 So we live in the face of death, but it has resulted in eternal life for you. | 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. |
13 But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, "I believed in God, and so I speak." | 13 It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, |
14 We know that the same God who raised our Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself along with you. | 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. |
15 All of these things are for your benefit. And as God's grace brings more and more people to Christ, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory. | 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. |
16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. | 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. |
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Bulls Pitch 'Melo With United Center Welcome
Carmelo Anthony is in Chicago for the first day of of his first free agency, talking with a team many feel has the best chance to steal him from the Knicks — despite New York's ability to offer him $33 million more and an extra year. Now we've got pics of their recruiting welcome with a message to 'Melo adorning Chicago's United Center. Read More »


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Sixteen UO journalism students are on a six-week internship program in Accra, Ghana. The group includes two graduate students, 14 undergrads and several professors.
During their first week in Accra, the students spent time getting acclimated to their new surroundings, taking long bus rides all over the bustling city of 4 million people. To acclimate them to working in Accra's emerging media industry, they attended lectures by faculty at the University of Ghana School of Communication Studies.
Leslie Steeves, the program director, sent students' resumes and cover letters to the University of Ghana prior to their arrival. The school then connected students with various media-related internships that corresponded to their area of study.
Internships began the second week of the program, and are wide-ranging in both topic and location. Internships run full-time, and in addition to their assigned work, students are expected to keep a daily media blog and submit a research paper at the end of the program.
Internship locations are wide-ranging, and include companies such as Stratcomm Africa, a communications and reputation management organization and Joy FM, a popular radio station. At the end of every day, students commute from their various corners of the city to retire together in East Legon. They must be diligent about not getting ripped off by cab drivers. In advertising major Kinsey Bagwell's blog post, she explains the "Obruni price," or the price that people from overseas often pay because they are taken advantage of.
On the Media in Ghana blog, students reflect on their experiences in the country so far. A consistent theme in their posts is the appreciation for all the United States' amenities, that are often considered commonplace and taken for granted. Students are also excited about the real-world working experience they are receiving. "The biggest misconception is that we came to Africa to help people," says senior public relations major Julia Vipiana, who is interning at The New Crusading Guide online newspaper. "We aren't here to help people. We are here to learn and work with Ghanaians in a professional setting."
In addition to working hard, the students are taken on culturally enriching trips on the weekends. So far they have travelled to Cape Coast and Kumasi, where they had the chance to walk through castles that once housed tens of thousands of slaves. "It was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I am so fortunate to have experienced," Vipiana said. In two weekends they will be going to the Volta Region, at the southeastern edge of the country.


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on November 01, 2010 Source: Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship
This month, millions of people around the globe will participate in the world's largest celebration of entrepreneurship. As thousands of events take place in more than 100 countries during Global Entrepreneurship Week, Washington, DC, is planning on making its mark through a number of policy events.
Now in its third year, GEW brings together aspiring and inspiring entrepreneurs, helping them embrace imagination and ingenuity through local, national and global activities. With endorsements and participation from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and many others, GEW has grown exponentially since its inaugural event in 2008; more than 10 million people in 102 countries will participate this year.
A number of events are scheduled for Washington, DC, including the following:
Other events throughout the US can be found on the Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA website.
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Join us in Mexico City, Saturday September 28th for the Latin Premiere of BEyond Hope and Conference.
For an extraordinary one day event with Al Diaz, in Mexico City, Mexico.
Do you know that you have seeds of greatness within you?
Are there natural born gifts and talents you have yet to release?
Would you like to know what your unique purpose in Life is?
How would you like to increase your ability to receive and BE blessed even more so to have a fulfilled Life?
Are you ready for the clarity you so richly deserve?
This is an event that has new standards that other events have yet to achieve.
What you will receive during this powerful event:
An amazing change and shift for your Self and for your Life.
Knowing the value you bring into your own Life, for your Loved ones, and to our world.
Opening your Self to a multitude of new possibilities, with improvements and enhancements that allows an amazing Life, and discover an inner happiness that seemed impossible.
Having the ability to take on any creative challenge or opportunity.
Discovering the true nature of your existence in relation to all that is.
Understanding how humanity co-exists with the universe to have the desired lifestyle you require.
This is an event with practical aspects and focus on understanding and enhancing the human condition, consciousness, existence, reality, and all that it encompasses.
Guidance from one of the most prominent and well-respected guides for you to remember the answers you already have.
The respected and revered wisdom, concepts, and methods shared will exponentially enhance your level of understanding with exciting up-to-date material, to help you lead a more successful and fulfilling Life.
You deserve to remember your own answers you have been waiting for…
Join us!
"Beyond Hope"- 'Mas Allá de la Esperanza' un drama inspirador y lleno de suspenso.
La protagonista es Michelle, una terapeuta que utiliza el yoga para tratar las asuntos más dolorosos de sus pacientes, quién a su vez, lucha para seguir adelante después de su propia tragedia sufrida recientemente.
Michelle se reúne con un joven paciente particularmente difícil, las tensiones aumentan, y de repente se encuentra en una situación que amenaza dramáticamente su vida.
A través de la cinta el público descubre que todo lo que ha estado observando no es exactamente lo que parece.
Después de tener un gran éxito en la Premier Mundial el pasado Agosto en Pasadena, California, ahora se lleva a cabo el estreno en América Latina en la Ciudad de México este sábado 28 de septiembre. La entrada es gratuita!!!
Además habrá una reunión después de la película de cerca de 80 personas para todos los que están interesados en conocer al creador de la cinta @Al Diaz. Será una experiencia poderosa, inspiradora y también gratuita!
Les pedimos que por favor comparta este evento.
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Al speaks from the Heart with his guidance and insights that provokes healing and empowerment that allows us to remember and recognize:
– Our own answers that we are seeking, and the opportunity to see and feel the "Truth" that is already within each of us
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– Our own fullest potential
– Giving and receiving to our own greatest capacity
– The sacredness in others and around us
– The knowing that we are sacred
– The gift, value, or purpose we bring to our world…and most importantly into our own Life
The knowing of any or all of the above raises our level of awareness and brings forth the consciousness for healing, blessings, and empowerment, triggering shift and change, ascension through Love, discovering newer dimensions that represent liberation, and the freeing of our Heart for our own personal greatness.
Bringing forth the desired Lifestyle that we uniquely require…
This extraordinary one day event with Al Diaz, in Mexico City, Mexico will be held at:
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Latin Premiere of BEyond Hope: 11am – 1pm
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Roy E. Covington, director of utilities for Chesterfield County, advises residents in the southern part of the county that the department will begin flushing water lines on Sunday, April 3. Flushing will take place in the portion of the system that lies generally south of Route 360 to Colonial Heights, Enon and the Matoaca-Ettrick area.
Flushing will take place from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday night through Thursday night each week through Friday, April 15. The flushing process involves systematically opening fire hydrants and creating higher-than-normal flows that will clean the interior of water mains. The flushing program is just one way the county strives to ensure high-quality drinking water for its customers. During the hours of scheduled flushing, customers may experience discolored water, low pressure and, in a few instances, short periods of no water.
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The Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center is seeking artists to take part in its annual community street art project this summer.
Three options are in place for artists to decorate, manipulate and re-create the dramatic eight-foot-long sturgeons that will populate the sidewalks of Sturgeon Bay. Artists may use one of the forms available from the visitor center as a base, create their own sturgeon or create a piece of functional garden art, defined as able to be viewed, utilized in and enhancing to a garden. The scale of the original eight-foot sturgeon must be maintained in all cases.
Fifteen to 20 artists will be chosen to bring their visions to the streets. The visitor center will require sketches or models of prospective ideas to be submitted for jury approval.
The sturgeon will be placed throughout the city beginning Memorial Day weekend and remain until the city's annual Harvest Moon Festival and evening street festival Sept. 22, when the art goes on auction.
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Mar 21, 2011AJ Michalka is a new style star we've got our eye on! A singer, musician and actress, AJ's been to her fair share of movie premieres and concerts so we can't wait to see how her style evolves as her acting career takes off this year!
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Mar 21, 2011Multi-talented jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding has a totally unique musical style and background! We've also noticed she has a strong sense of personal style too! Kidzworld investigates what else the talented musician has in her closet!
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We live in Western PA and have a 37 year old sugar maple tree. It budded in spring as usual, after the leaves started coming out, half of them begin to fall. Most were green for a few months, but now the remaining leaves have turned brown, but have not fallen off yet. Is there something to do to treat this for next year? Will it grow back as usual next year or will the same thing happen? |
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Does not look good. Are those maples behind it further down the block? And only yours is failing? If so, something unique to your yard is responsible. Do you have a lawn service? tj |
- Posted by toronado3800 Z6 St. Louis (My Page) on Tue, Aug 13, 13 at 23:15
I had verticillium wilt get one of my Japanese maples. To me the symptoms are: The tree leafs out Look for discolored branches with dark streaks. I hope it is something else. Last year was hot and rough on trees. All kinds of them are having it rough this year. |
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TJ, This is the only one in the area, there are many silver maples in the neighborhood that are unaffected. I do not use lawn service. David Tornado, After coming out in the spring, a couple of branches turned yellow and lost their leaves and then the entire tree turned slightly yellow and about half of the leaves dropped. Did not loose the remaining leaves but all leaves stayed on the tree and turned brown. Leaves after several weeks are still on the tree but dried brown. David |
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I have a small 10X10 plastic (peavy Mart) greenhouse. My goal is to move some seedlings out at the end of Feb or beginning of April. I think I will have to heat it for a moth or so at night. What are some of the options available to heat a greenhouse that size? The more economical the better. |
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I have used a Colman RV propane heater, ...then moving my plants later and later out in spring, hardly needed any heat, I just use a electric base board heater, put double plastic up for more insulation. |
I'm a long ways from moving anything out yet, but in the spring when I start using my greenhouse, I keep a 5 gallon pail of water in each corner to help keep the temp from dropping too low overnight. I've done pop can solar heaters as well, but they sometimes get too hot through the day. It'll keep the greenhouse 5-10 degrees higher than outside overnight. |
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Namibia Tourism Board Receives Prestigious Awards and Recognition
Posted on May 26, 2011 by Oliver Pierson, Resident Country Director,Namibia
The $304.5 million MCC Compact in Namibia is focused on improving the quality of education and training for underserved populations and use Namibia's comparative advantages to increase the incomes of Namibians in the northern areas of the country. As Resident Country Director for MCC in Namibia, I provide support and oversight for all aspects of compact implementation. I am also the MCC sector lead on the Tourism Project, one of the key components of our efforts to capitalize on Namibia's assets -- like its diverse wildlife and landscapes -- to raise incomes and create employment.
In this regard, I am pleased to report that May 6, 2011 was a big day for the Namibia Tourism Board—they won two prestigious awards. The first, an award for Best Tourism Board, was received at INDABA, Africa's largest tourism fair. The Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) competed against over 315 nominees in 18 different categories; over 300 safari tour operators and product owners, along with about 50 media and press personalities, attended this event. Also on May 6, the NTB won the award for Best Website at the Travel Mole African Web Awards, sponsored by Tourism KwaZulu Natal.http://www.namibiatourism.com.na/
Formally established by an Act of Parliament in 2000, the NTB was formed to regulate the tourism industry and market Namibia as a tourist destination. The NTB is an implementing partner to MCC under the Namibia Compact, and MCC funds are being used to support the development of the award-winning and new NTB website in an effort to promote Namibia as a global destination. The NTB's new slogan, "Namibia – Endless Horizons," is setting the stage for this strategic push. The new website also gives consumers the opportunity to thoroughly explore what Namibia has to offer, including the Etosha National park, the Skeleton Coast, and the Fish River Canyon. MCC funds will also help NTB promote Namibian tourism by conducting destination marketing campaigns in strategic target markets and develop and advertise new tourism routes featuring community-based tourism products.
In addition to this marketing support, the MCC-funded Tourism Project aims to improve the management and infrastructure of Etosha National Park and develop the capacity of communal con¬servancies to attract investments in ecotourism and capture a greater share of the revenue generated by tourism. Through these efforts MCC also hopes to promote increased private sector investment in tourism enterprises in and around national parks and conservancies, increase tourist visitation to these sites, and also increase national tourism revenue to the Government of Namibia. Together, these activities will increase incomes and create employment opportunities for some of the poorest populations in Namibia, while conserving the natural resources that serve as the basis for the tourism industry. I'm proud to be a part of this effort, and I look forward to working with the government and the people of Namibia to make it happen.
Aid Effectiveness' Debt to Africa
Posted on May 25, 2011 by Patrick Fine, Vice President, Department of Compact Operations
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) was born out of these aspirations for more effective and authentic partnerships between wealthy and poor countries. MCC embodies a non-traditional approach to U.S. assistance that starts from the premise that aid works best in those countries committed to their own development. MCC is the first U.S. agency to rigorously apply principles of 1) country selection based on policy performance; 2) a primary focus on economic growth and empirical results measured in terms of beneficiaries' increased income; and 3) country ownership that makes partner countries responsible for defining investments and implementing agreed upon programs. These features have produced remarkable responses from African countries determined to demonstrate their willingness and ability to make good use of donor resources to reduce poverty through sustainable investments in national and social infrastructure.
When considering the role that African nations played in the movement for aid effectiveness and MCC's emergence as a practical manifestation of this movement, it should come as no surprise that Africa makes up over half of MCC's portfolio; two-thirds of MCC's $8 billion in investments is in good performing African countries. Already there are impressive results across the continent that range from policy reforms, to new ports, roads, and power systems, to an increased emphasis on gender integration and equality in development. We are proud of our partnerships in Africa and proud that our partner countries have shown that principles such as selectivity, country ownership, and accountability really do work.
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This Arkansas Medicaid waiver program is administered by the Division of Aging and Adults Services (DAAS). Its intended audience is elderly state residents that require nursing home level care. It allows individuals to receive care at home, in the homes of their family or in their community instead of in a nursing home.
The type of services permitted under the ElderChoices Waiver are specifically chosen to increase the ability of the recipient to live on their own or with family caregivers. Services such as adult day care and respite care enable the primary caregivers to work and avoid burn-out. Services such as chore and homemaker decreases the individual's dependence on family members.
Program beneficiaries are given a degree of flexibility in the selection of their care providers. While not nearly as much flexibility as in some states, in Arkansas, one may choose from a set of pre-approved providers rather than the state simply sending a caregiver without regards to the individual's personal preferences.
In addition to being at least 65 years old and an Arkansas state resident, applicants must require nursing home care and be willing to live at home and receive care and support there. There are also financial considerations with regards to eligibility. This is a Medicaid waiver and as such persons interested in ElderChoices must be eligible for Arkansas long term care Medicaid.
Arkansas Medicaid Income Limits - In 2014, the monthly income limit for unmarried or widowed applicants is $2,163. Married applicants can distribute a certain portion of their joint income which is over that amount to their spouse provided they are not applying for Medicaid as well.
Arkansas Medicaid Asset Limits - The 2014 asset limit is $2,000 for an individual. For a married couple with a single applicant, the non-applicant can have up to $117,240 in addition to the applicant's $2,000. Certain assets are not included when placing a value on their total resources, such as the home and vehicle.
Asset Transfers Considerations - under-market value asset transfers are reviewed and the applicant may be penalized if these occurred within 5 years of the date of application. This review was instigated to disincentivize individuals from giving away resources for the express purpose of Medicaid qualification.
Persons whose are financially ineligible to receive Arkansas Medicaid but cannot afford their cost of care might consider retaining a Medicaid planning professional to help them re-allocate their financial resources into trusts and non-countable assets to allow them to qualify for services.
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A returning starter at wide receiver and a recent University of Oklahoma commit. As a senior captain, Jordan is ready to lead the Trojans to the Gold Ball this year. He has had a great off season, providing a good example of work ethic and consistency. Jordan was also listed by the Tulsa World as one of the top 5 receivers.
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A returning starter at Inside Linebacker, Kent brings great passion and experience to the Trojan linebacker corps. Coaches are expecting great things from Kent during his senior campaign.
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Braden was voted as having one of the Trojans best off seasons. Because of his strong work ethic, he enters his senior season stronger and faster than ever. Braden is a returning starter at cornerback and running back and will see significant time on both sides of the ball.
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Jacob is both a gifted student and athlete, and will play on both sides of the ball. A returning starter on defense, coaches are looking for Jacob to have a big season in assisting the Trojans run for the Gold Ball.
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A tight end and a very intelligent young man, Coleman participated in several mission trips this summer. Coleman will be called upon to add depth to the TE position, and is a returning letterman for the Trojans.
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Voted as a Trojan team captain and another of the off season weight room award winners, Garrett has made tremendous strides in his athletic performance and will be an anchor on the Trojan offensive line at TE.
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The Lamborghini Reventón (Spanish pronunciation: [reβenˈton]) is a mid-engine sports car that debuted at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. It is the most expensive Lamborghini road car to date, costing two million dollars (~€1.5 million, or ~£840,000). Its top recorded speed was recorded in Dubai, UAE at 356 kilometres per hour (221.2 mph). The official press release stated that only 20 vehicles would be sold to the public, with one additional car (marked as 0/20) produced for the Lamborghini Museum. Although early rumors indicated the total number would actually be 100, each Reventón is clearly stamped with its number in the sequence of 20 between the driver's and passenger's seats.
Despite the exterior being new, almost all the mechanical elements (including the engine) are sourced directly from the Murciélago LP640. According to the official press release, the Reventón exterior styling was inspired by "the fastest airplanes". To emphasize this, Lamborghini staged a race between a Reventón and a Panavia Tornado fighter plane on a 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) long runway. The Reventón was in the lead for most of the race, but the Tornado caught up "in the last few feet" of the race.
The instrument panel in the Reventón comprises three TFT liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with two different display modes. The instruments are housed in a structure milled from a solid aluminium block, protected by a carbon fiber casing. The car's instrumentation includes a "G-Force-Meter" which displays the magnitude and direction of the g-forces acting upon the car. The seats of the Reventón are black leather and brown Alcantara.
The Reventón features an all-new carbon fiber exterior. All Reventóns have the same exterior color, described as "mid opaque grey without the usual shine."
Lamborghini has also picked up some of parent company Audi's design language. It is the first Lamborghini to incorporate daylight running lights into the headlamps. Seven light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at each headlamp flank the bi-Xenon main beam and stay lit whenever the car is in movement. Due to the high temperatures in the rear lower part of the car, special heatproof LEDs are used for the indicator and hazard lights, stoplights and rear lights with a triple arrow optical effect.
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Management Accounting Section Best Early Career Researcher Award
Award: An award in the amount of $2,000 will be presented annually at the Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association to the early-career researcher with the best overall body of research in management accounting. The award is sponsored by the AICPA. The recipient will be selected by an award committee comprised of three individuals.
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- Posted by maddie_in_ky (My Page) on Wed, Aug 10, 11 at 21:30
Hi! Yeah, me too. I like FB, but this will always be home--after posting here for 13 or so years, old habits are hard to break! :) So, how was weigh-in? I'm up about 3 pounds, which I'm not happy about, but I figure it cvould be worse. I'm having a horrible sweets craving. |
I came down 1 pound. I am pleased with that as I haven't been able to walk as far in this hot weather. I'm down 40 pounds now, but I had been down 42 and 1/2 I'd like to be down to 145, which would be another 7 pounds. maybe????? We'll see how it goes. |
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Tuesday 22nd March 2011 | 18:23
Tomorrow will rightly belong to George Osborne.
But today we've seen two quiet Lib Dem 'wins' over policy that underline just why the Lib Dems are in this Coalition.
First, on student visas Nick Clegg and Vince Cable have won a significant battle to overturn Tory plans for a cap on numbers.
The Lib Dem case was bolstered by universities - and businesses - arguing forcefully that it was economically bonkers to curb the £5bn/year income from international students.
As is now commonplace, this battle was largely fought out behind closed doors in Cabinet Sub-Committees, with some wins for Theresa May some days and wins for Cable and Clegg on others. The key argument was that a cap would undermine the Budget's key message of growth.
Of course, the Home Office has been allowed to save face with a rider that reserves the right to look again at a cap later. But the Lib Dems say that all of the spin this morning about numbers of students being slashed by 80,000 or 100,000 was "arbitrary" and based on dubious projections.
A senior Liberal Democrat source said: "Nick and Vince were absolutely adamant about this. The last thing we need to be doing when we are encouraging growth is to pull the rug out from under the feet of our great universities.
"We've got to get away from an obsession with numbers. Yes loopholes can and will be closed but Nick was very clear that we shouldn't have a Dutch auction at the expense of one of the most vibrant and thriving sectors of the British economy.
"The draconian restrictions originally planned by the Home Office would have been a slap in the face for British colleges, universities and businesses. This is a victory for reason over prejudice."
The second win today won't garner as many headlines or debates in the Dog n Duck, but it is significant nonetheless. The Home Office's decision to agree that the UK should opt-in to the EU directive on human trafficking is another Lib Dem policy box ticked.
The PM, the Home Sec and - yes, Nick Clegg - all defended the opt-out of the directive in the past year in the Commons. I'm told that Clegg merely went along with the Government line in public but was fully on board in private to get the change. The PM was not strongly of an opinion either way.
This isn't just a Lib Dem issue, and former Tory MP Sir Anthony Steen has been pushing for it for a long time. But the Libs feel it's another triumph for common sense and that a Tory Government on its own would still be caving to its Eurosceptic wing simply because the Directive comes from Brussels.
Then again, timing is everything. It may have helped that only last week we saw someone convicted for the very first time for the offence of human trafficking in the UK.


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The opinion by Attorney General Robert Cooper Jr. outlines how school boards can't forgive past liquor taxes owed to them and how cities can pay those back tax revenues to county school systems.
Bradley County Board of Education Chair Vicky Beaty and the school board's attorney, James Logan Jr., have expressed differing views from Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland on what the official opinion means for the local liquor tax debate.
"Every issue that's in this opinion addresses what we have said so far," Logan said. "We maintain the position that the statute is clear. This reaffirms that the school board cannot forgive back revenue."
The recent attorney general's opinion was requested by state Rep. Gerald McCormick, who did so at the request of those in Chattanooga and Hamilton County who have been embroiled in a similar debate over previously collected tax money.
The notable difference, Logan said, is that Chattanooga students attend school in the Hamilton County Schools system while students living in Cleveland could potentially either attend the Cleveland City Schools system or Bradley County Schools system.
Rowland acknowledged the state attorney's opinion had a connection to Hamilton County and said he was in agreement with Cooper's opinion on what should happen in that county. However, he said the city of Cleveland maintained its position that it does not owe those back tax revenues.
"We still believe we are exempt in regard to all the legal rulings we have received," Rowland said. "I think it's two different issues."
State laws include the requirement that a 15 percent tax be charged on liquor sold as individual drinks. Tennessee Code Annotated 57-4-306, which concerns the "consumption of alcoholic beverages on premises," says "one half of the proceeds shall be expended and distributed in the same manner as the county property tax for schools is expended and distributed.
"According to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, any proceeds expended and distributed to municipalities which do not operate their own school systems separate from the county are required to remit one half of their proceeds of the gross receipts liquor-by-the-drink tax to the county school fund," it reads. That applied to counties with populations between 27,900 and 27,920 when that census was taken.
This state law has been debated statewide as county school systems try to determine what previously collected tax revenues may be owed to them by the cities within their counties.
During a Feb. 6 meeting of the Bradley County Board of Education, Gary Hayes of the County Technical Advisory Service explained that his organization had worked with other counties on liquor tax disputes throughout the state. He said it all started when a consultant with the Municipal Technical Advisory Service found a city he had been working with had not been properly distributing those tax revenues to the county school system there. Because of that, CTAS began looking into the matter as well.
Hayes said the amount that Cleveland owed the Bradley County Schools system was "right at" $725,000 as of the end of the previous fiscal year, which ended in June 2013.
The recent attorney general's opinion "reaffirmed" the county school board's views on the issue, Logan said.
"A county school board's claim for recovery of unremitted liquor-by-the-drink tax revenues is not subject to any statute of limitations," the state AG opinion read. "In seeking to recover tax revenues that should have been allocated to the school fund pursuant to state statutes governing education funding, the county would be exercising a sovereign function, and statutes of limitations do not apply to the exercise of such a function."
Additionally, "The county school board does not have authority to waive its statutory right to receive liquor-by-the-drink taxes under Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-4-306. ... A county school board lacks the authority to waive its right to liquor-by-the-drink tax revenue. Moreover, even if a school board's entitlement to such tax revenue could be waived, it would require the approval of the county commission, since it is the county commission that 'has the authority to appropriate the funds necessary to carry out the county education program.'"
The Bradley County Commission voted to name the school board the "party of interest" in the liquor tax issue during its Feb. 3 meeting. The school board was given the go-ahead to pursue any litigation deemed necessary.
Beaty said early this morning the state attorney general's opinion was "very encouraging," adding she feels the opinion "does reaffirm" the stance the school board and Logan had taken on the issue.
Logan has said in the past that he and the school board hoped to settle the issue without pursuing court litigation, though that has not been eliminated as a possibility.
"We would like to discuss this with the city to find a solution," Beaty said.
Following a discussion of Cleveland city government and Bradley County school board representatives, the Cleveland City Council approved a motion on Feb. 10 saying it would not yet take any action on the matter.
City Councilman Richard Banks, who made that motion, said early today he would not comment on the Tennessee Attorney General's recent opinion because he had not yet read it and would refer any questions about it to the city's attorney, John Kimball. Kimball could not be reached for comment before press time.
Beaty said the issue would be discussed at the next county school board meeting on March 13, and she would welcome any Cleveland officials who want to attend and discuss the issue with the board.


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Hospitalist Frances Horn joins Baptist Health Paducah staff
Hospitalist Frances Horn, D.O., has recently joined the medical staff at Baptist Health Paducah.
Dr. Horn is a graduate of Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she completed a residency in rural family medicine. She practiced since 1999 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Okla., where she served as chief of staff.
Baptist Health Paducah's hospitalist program began in early 2009. A team of hospitalists cares for hospitalized patients whose physicians are not on the hospital staff. The hospitalist returns their care to their primary care physician after they leave the hospital.


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Ribbon cutting
Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce President Diane Makamson (center) cuts the ribbon at the newly named Goody's department store. Store manager Virginia Roberson (fourth from right) and area Director Tawnya Dukes (second from right). Other Goody's employees included Shabram Sharmin, Rosemary Collins, Myrtle James, Cheryl Fausnight, Kelly Robertson, Deirdre Hollingswroth, Carolyn Coy and Denise Smith. Representatives from the Chamber included Mark Williams, Hannah Dreher, Linda Collins Brett Boykin, Arnold Luciano, Tevora Howard and Christy Montesi. Goody employees not pictured were Valencity Rogers, Samone Rogers, Monica Steward and Stacey Pitts.


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Oh Wow! Good for you. My son was brought up Disney and was hooked before he did his program in 2007-8 yet the college program sealed it for him. It was his best college experience and was fortunate that everyone he worked with were great people. They have had several reunions from that CP group.
Have fun.