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Texas Prompt Pay Lawyers Take on HMOs
Health insurance carriers are notorious for delaying payments to healthcare providers, paying clean claims slower even than Medicare. In Texas, it came to a point that healthcare providers particularly doctors lobbied the legislature to enact a law that would compel these Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO) and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO) to pay on time. In lieu of legal protection against significant caps (some as long as 180 days) between the service rendered and service payment even for pre-authorized treatments. As a result, many doctors have refused to renew their contracts with these insurance companies or limited their services. Because these HMOs and PPOs lose nothing from limiting healthcare services, it is mainly the patients who suffer from this boycott.
There was clearly a need to curb these delay-and-deny tactics. The Texas Prompt Pay Act (the Act) was thus enacted in 2003, which penalized insurance carriers that withheld payment longer than necessary. But despite the urgent need and popular support, healthcare insurers managed to delay enforcement for several years in legal wrangling. Now, however, healthcare providers are finally given the legal backing to protect their right to be paid for clean claims of services rendered in a timely manner. However, like most things that deals with the law is not at all a simple process. In most instances, doctors, hospitals, and now pharmacies require the help of Texas prompt pay lawyers to take on these health insurance companies.
Unfortunately, many healthcare claims remain unpaid past the reasonable waiting period mostly because doctors, hospitals and pharmacies do not know how or choose not to enforce their rights under the Act. Health insurance companies will only grow bolder if the aggrieved parties do not file a claim.
If you or your company has been subjected to unreasonable delay or denied payment for a legitimate health care claim by an insurance company, you may be eligible for a prompt pay claim in Texas. Contact a prompt pay lawyer in your area for more information.
Federal Agencies and Laws Aimed at Minimizing Truck Accidents
Big rigs or 18-wheelers play a huge role in this nation's economic growth by keeping businesses operational and, the economy, alive. However, drivers of these huge commercial vehicles are often required to drive for as long as 11 hours, picking up and delivering tons of important cargo within specified schedule, despite driver fatigue and regardless of road and weather condition. Thus, in the event of an accident, due to their enormous size, trucks can easily wreck smaller vehicles in their path as well as seriously injure or kill their drivers.
There are many different federal agencies and laws, such as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA), and the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, aimed at keeping everyone involved in the trucking industry (manufacturers of truck parts, truck operating, drivers and traffic enforcers) adhere to laws and standards that will help keep US roads free from trucking accidents.
Some of these laws specifically require that:
- Drivers undergo a special training, possess the special skills necessary for operating a truck safely, and pass the test prepared by the (FHWA) before being issued a commercial driver's license
- Drivers do not drive for more than 11 hours straight and that they should have 10 consecutive off-duty hours following their 14-hour duty
- Trucking company owners keep a record that show regular schedule of truck check and truck maintenance
- Drivers perform a complete check on the brake shoes to ensure that these are in good condition and operate properly plus make sure that there are no air leaks in the brake chamber
- Manufacturers of truck parts produce quality parts only by making sure that every part made, especially of the breaking system, follow the minimum standards required by the government.
Brakes contribute a lot to a truck's performance, especially during emergency cases. Based on records from the US Department of Labor, many truck accidents are due to brake failure, usually a result of brakes suffused with oil or grease, thin or worn out brake pads, overheated brakes or sub-standard break parts.
Accidents involving trucks can very well be the result of someone failing to perform his/her job properly; a clear act of negligence that usually results to personal injuries. The Williams Kherkher law firm says on its website that many truck defects get known only after the truck figures in an accident. Acts of negligence that result to accidents and injuries, the law firm states, give the victim the legal right to seek compensation from the party who can be identified as truly liable for the accident.
The Problem with Talcum Powder
Women like to feel fresh and dry, and one of the time-honored ways that this is accomplished is by using talcum powder in intimate areas after drying off from a shower or bath. After all, if it's safe enough to be used on babies, surely it is safe enough to be used anywhere on the body. Apparently, that's not precisely true.
There have been concerns from way back (1971, in fact) supported by empirical research about the effects of using talcum powder in the genital areas. This may be because it was around this time that the health dangers posed by exposure to asbestos fibers were discovered, and it was its size and persistence that made it so dangerous.
Talcum powder has uncomfortably similar properties which prompted studies primarily about its effects on the lungs and reproductive system of women, who were the ones most exposed to the product. Back then, talc particles were found in the cancer tissue of women who had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. This suggests that talc particles may have contributed to the activation and growth of cancer cells. The results from studies then and now that consider the link of genital use of talcum powder and ovarian cancer strongly suggest that there is an increased risk of developing the condition from regular use of talc in these areas.
This is a serious concern because it is estimated that as much as 40% of women in the US use talcum powder in this manner. According to information on http://www.williamskherkher.com/practice-areas/talcum-powder-lawsuit, more than 20,000 women every year are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and 15,000 die from it.
If you have been using talcum powder as part of regular feminine hygiene and have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, ask your doctor to have your tissue tested for talc particles. If they are found, show the test results to a talcum powder lawyer in your area who may be able to help you get compensation for your medical and other expenses.
The Polar Ice Caps are Melting and You Should Care
Whether or not you're convinced climate change is a real thing, the fact remains that the polar ice caps are melting, shrinking, cracking to bits, and otherwise degrading into nothingness. This is major, but no one seems to care!
The global effect of melting polar ice caps is a serious cause for concern. The ice caps do a lot to maintain the globe's climate. This is not a disputable comment; it is a fact. The ice caps reflect a significant amount of sunlight away from the ocean underneath. This helps maintain ocean temperatures. No polar ice caps means all that sunlight instead penetrates the oceans and increases their temperature, slowly over a long time.
This is in theory problematic because all that warm water can lead to more severe storms, which have been an ever-growing danger to coastal areas.
Regardless of how you feel about global warming or climate change, these photos from NASA show the evident reduction in the area of the planet's northern polar caps.
BP Claim Appeals
Four years after the April 2010 BP oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, issues of claims settlement are still not over, as so many legitimate claimants, and applicants who say that their claims are legitimate, are still yet to be paid.
In 2012 British Petroleum (BP) made a commitment in helping restore the environmental condition through clean up plus financially assist those who have suffered economic losses, due to the spill, through payment of full and fair compensation.
In view of the settlement process, the court appointed a settlement claims office which would gather all claims and have each paid. The only big problem is, the office approved and paid many claims for financial losses not traceable to the oil spill tragedy (and hundreds of claims of the same cases are still to be paid) – an act that BP is making a protest against.
Where payment is the issue, BP has shown its intent to settle everything fairly, but with the condition that losses will have to be traced to the oil spill. The system of payments used by the claims office, however, has had many lawyers, individuals and businesses feasting on the fact that they have a chance to get financial bonuses for something that none of them are legally entitled to – and all at the expense of BP.
Despite the decision of the New Orleans' Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to support a previous U.S. District ruling which allowed payment of claimants and which removed all injunctions that would prevent such payments, the US Chamber of Commerce made a bold announcement that those who receive payment from BP for losses not traceable to the oil spill are committing a great act on injustice. Despite the ire of its members over the logical and fair stand of the U.S. Chamber, the former seems to be committed to pursue its position.
The amount that BP has already shelled out has reached billions of dollars, the biggest amount, so far, released by any oil firm involved in an oil spill. Many legitimate claimants are angry due to the long wait for payment to be made (and they have a valid reason to be angry), but with proof that losses are really connected to the spill that BP in now re-requiring, who can blame the oil company? The only probable real issue is: legitimate payment for legitimate claims. And if a claimant has the necessary proofs, then surely, he/she will be paid.
On its BPClaimAppeal.com website, Williams Kherkher states that having a good and experienced lawyer can help expedite the processing of application for claims of legitimate claimants. He also states that if the settlement amount is immediately necessary, then claimants need not wait for so long; having a good lawyer can be the only factor missing in the legal negotiations.
Qualifications for the Social Security Disability Benefits
The introduction of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program in 1956was a momentous day for certain private employees in the US as this was intended to provide for them the financial benefits highly needed in the event of non-related work injuries (for job-related injuries and illnesses, workers can avail of the financial benefits offered through the Workers' Compensation Insurance program).
Permanent disability, which is specifically covered by the Social Security Disability Insurance, refers to a condition that is serious enough that it can render a person incapable of performing his/her former work, or any kind of work, and can last for a year or more, or even result to the person's death.
According to the website of the Hankey Law Office, P.C., to be considered a qualified applicant for Social Security disability benefits, an employee should have earned the necessary number of credits required by the SS Administration. These credits (a maximum of four are earned annually), are earned through payment of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) or SS taxes during one's employment; these taxes are automatically deducted from the employee's monthly paycheck. Credits are acquired based on how much is deducted from your pay in these taxes, up to that maximum of four. Generally, holding a part time job making minimum wage should be enough to get the maximum four credits annually.
The application for SSDI is a complicated process to many, however. This is why, despite being qualified to receive the benefit, many applicants are denied, often due to technical issues, such as lacking vital information, a missed signature, submission of documents beyond the required period, and so forth.
Even if an application has been denied (or if the amount of benefits approved is way below what has been expected by the disabled employee), SSA gives the applicant a 60-day period, wherein he/she could appeal the arrived at decision.
Some applicants decide to go through the whole application process on their own, not realizing how complex the whole process really is, besides all the documents that need to be prepared. Many, however, make the wise decision of acquiring the services of a qualified attorney to help them have their applications approved, as well as get the amount they legally deserve.
Factors that Make Trucks Greater Threats on the Road
One of the worst mistakes committed by a number of drivers of smaller motor vehicles, when sharing the road with an 18-wheeler truck, is tailgate or drive too closely behind the huge vehicle. First, in the event that the truck makes an emergency brake, the tailgating driver can end up in a fatal accident; second, by tailgating, the other vehicle puts itself in a "no zone" area or at the truck driver's blind side – this could, likewise, result in a fatal road accident.
The huge size of a truck alone is enough to make it a threat on the road. It usually weighs about 40 tons and extends up to 70 feet long; thus, when breaking, a truck needs extra road length before it can make a full stop.
According to the US Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), one of the most dangerous causes of truck accidents is defective truck parts. These include poorly manufactured or very low quality brake parts and truck tires that will never pass the standards set by the FMCSA. Despite this, these parts are still able to find their way in stores.
The FMCSA, though, also holds trucking companies responsible in making sure that regular maintenance and repair on trucks are made and that all parts are in good condition before making a long delivery drive. Besides checking the parts, trucking firms should also observe safe loading of cargo and equal distribution of weight of cargo. Over-loading can cause the brakes to fail, while unequally distributed weight can cause the cargo to fall off to one side; either of which is a grave threat to the safety of other vehicles, especially smaller ones.
Trucking firm owners and/or manufacturers of truck parts can be held accountable in the event of a truck accident. Other than damage to property, personal injury (that is, injury resulting from the negligent, careless or reckless act of the manufacturer, who produces poor quality truck parts, or of the trucking firm owner, who fails to replace defective parts) or the untimely death of an accident victim will have to be faced legally by the liable party.
The information given in an article posted in the website of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ®, a firm based in Madison, states that the compensation truck accident victims are legally entitled to receive from the individual or party at fault should cover lost income, cost of medical treatment and all other present and future costs associated with the injury.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services Stipulations on Immigrating Foreign-born Family Members
For so many individuals, being reunited with their families in the US is a very important matter. Even being able to get in touch with them every day through the use of the latest in communication technology is not enough to totally eliminate the worry regarding their actual condition. Well, the very good news is, the U.S. immigration law can be requested to allow the foreign-born members of a person's family to come to the US . . . but under certain conditions. The person will either have to be a citizen of the United States or a green card holder, that is, a permanent resident of the US.
The whole process required in having one's family immigrate to the US, which starts with having to prove familial relationship, can take years, though. The number of years is also actually affected by the sponsor specific relationship with the members of his/her family. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) states that:
A - For US citizens and their immediate family/relatives [By immediate relatives, this means spouse, parents and children below 21 years old (minors) who are unmarried.]:
- A.1 - Citizens of the United States at least 18 years old can sponsor their parents, who are their immediate relatives.
- A.2 - Citizens of the United States aged 21 years old or older can sponsor their spouse and minor, unmarried children. Due to the closeness of family ties, the processing of visa for immediate relatives is much quicker than for members of the Family Preference categories.
- A.3 – First Preference relatives or First Family preference of U.S. citizens is for their adult children (above 21 years old) who are unmarried. The visa processing usually takes six to seven years.
- A.4 - Third Preference relatives or Third Family Preference of U.S. citizens is for their brothers and sisters. The waiting period for the visa to be processed can take nine to ten years.
- A.5 – Fourth Preference relatives or Fourth Family Preference of U.S. citizens is for their married children. The waiting period is usually more than 12 years.
B – Second Preference relatives or Second Family reference, is for U. S. permanent residents or green card holders. This has two divisions: 2a and 2b.
- 2A Category - This is for the green card holder's spouse and minor, unmarried children. Visa processing may take four to five years.
- 2B Category – This is for the green card holder's unmarried children (any age). The waiting period for the visa to be processed is usually seven to eight years.
The Law Office of William Jang, PLLC, a firm based in Austin, says on its website that the US immigration laws have a humanitarian nature, allowing families to be reunited through the granting of green cards. However, the firm also knows that an application for a green card, despite family ties, can never really be given approval certainties. Seeking the assistance of an experienced immigration lawyer, though, may make a difference, as he/she can help make sure that all necessary legal requirements imposed by the USCIS are correctly in place. He/She also has the legal capability to defend the sponsor's (and his/her family's) interests and rights to merit the approval that he/she so desires.
Why Concealment of Criminal Records Matters
A criminal record is one factor that can alter the course of lives of people. It can deter them from active participation in civic activities, cause them to lose their job or be denied employment, make finding an apartment to rent difficult, limit their international travel opportunities, negatively affect the outcome of a divorce and child custody case, and so forth. This is because in almost any professional (and sometimes, even personal) undertaking the question of a possible criminal record is always asked.
Officials in both state and federal governments know how difficult it is for those who have been arrested (regardless of the type and severity of the crime committed) to reintegrate in the society; some even suffer ostracism, especially those who have spent a long time behind bars.
To enable those who have been arrested or convicted in the past to legally say, "No," to any inquiry pertaining to criminal records, the ability to seek an expungement was passed into law. Though expungement laws vary from state to state, its purpose is common: to hide past arrests or convictions from the public.
The concealment or expungement of a criminal record (for non-violent offenses) was part of the proposed amendment of the federal criminal code made in 2011. The proposal, called the Second Chance Act, was intended to help bring back to those with past records all the wonderful opportunities in life. This also means that they can legally deny ever having been arrested or convicted of anything.
The expungement law, however, is not recognized by all 50 states and in those that recognize it, the stipulations are state dependent. Thus, there are states that: allow many types of crimes to be concealed; allow concealment of any criminal record; allow only arrest records to be concealed; or, allow only the concealment of a conviction (severity of the crime, though, will still greatly determine the possibility or non-possibility of expungement).
Having a past criminal record expunged requires paperwork, knowledge and understanding of the state's specific guidelines, court procedures, and, sometimes, a waiting period (for some types of crimes). Being represented by a strong and well-informed Austin criminal defense lawyer, whose experience in expungement procedures is extensive can truly bring in lots of benefits, especially since the matter of concern is the rebuilding of a person's present and future life. People trust their futures to their attorneys, so it's crucial defendants find one who will work hard on their behalf.
Transvaginal Mesh and Low T Side Effects
Since the 1950s, women suffering from a condition called abdominal hernia were treated through the use of surgical mesh (also called screen or patch), a very thin, yet extremely strong and sturdy synthetic plastic-like woven material. The mesh, which is used to keep an organ from pushing through the tissue or muscle that keeps it in place, is flexible and soft to enable it to adjust to the body's size and movement easily.
In 2002, a product called surgical or transvaginal mesh (TVM) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat Pelvic organ prolapse (POP), a condition wherein a pelvic organ, such as the bladder, vagina, uterus, cervix or rectum, falls out of place and pushes against the vaginal wall.POP is common in women, especially after childbearing. It could also be due to aging, repetitive intense physical activities, menopause, increased pressure in the abdomen or, in a few cases, heredity.
The very close similarity between the transvaginal mesh of 2002 and the surgical mesh that has been used since the 1950s made the former the "substantial equivalent" of the latter. In the US, "substantially equivalent" products can resort to using the 510(k) process of the FDA. This means that since the imitated product has already been tested and made available on the market, the new product can, therefore, be exempt from the required safety tests and be made readily available for use – a great risk that was manifested in the use of TVM not long after its introduction.
Between 2005 and 2010 close to 4,000 reports of malfunction, various injuries and deaths, involving the use of TVM were sent to the FDA. The more common vaginal mesh defects included recurrent prolapse, urinary problems, mesh erosion, infection, vaginal shrinking, vaginal scarring, organ perforation, bleeding, pain, and so forth. These injuries resulted to hospitalization, surgical treatment or, sometimes, death of the patient. But the adverse effects of TVM comprise only a small percentage of the total number defective medical products and devices. So many other types of medication have proven to be more dangerous to patients, causing more harm rather than the one cure that patients seek.
One further example of a harmful drug is the testosterone supplement, which was intended to increase testosterone production. Testosterone is actually a male hormone that enhances the growth of male hair, sex drive and other sexual functions. Testosterone supplement was supposed to be an effective solution for males suffering from Hypogonadism, also called low testosterone or low T. It was, however, linked to dangerous side-effects, such as heart attack, stroke or worse, death.
Low T supplement side effects and injuries caused by the use of TVM products definitely only make the lives of patients more miserable. Doctors should observe the greatest precaution when recommending these to their patients; they should also face accountability if ever these products prove to be more harmful than curative of patients' illness.


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If the day of Eid coincides with Friday, then who (more)
If the day of Eid coincides with Friday, then whoever prays Eid with the imaam does not have to attend Jumu'ah (it is not obligatory on him); in his case it becomes Sunnah. If he does not pray Jumu'ah, he has to pray Zuhr. This is in the case of people other than the imaam. As for the imaam, he has to be present for Jumu'ah and lead those Muslims who attend the prayer. The Jumu'ah prayer should not be forsaken completely on this day.
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I currently have a grid-intertie 48v PV system using sun extender AGM batteries that are now 9 years old. The batteries are arranged as 4 parallel strings of 4 PVX-12255 8D type. My signature contains more specs. Recent testing shows 4 of the batteries seem to have died and sit at 8-9 volts.
My guess is that the others may fail before too long as well but it's hard to tell since they all test at 12.9-13v after charging and in a rest state. Concorde says some well designed systems have gone 10 years or a little more. I haven't done a full load test yet to determine capacity of the remaining banks since I have taken my system completely offline (using grid now). A recent heavy electrical storm and close lightning strike seems to have blown out some trace inverter components and they aren't functioning properly. My wind generator had lighting protection. My guess is the strike cause a severe overvoltage on the grid-tie line.
I know it's not recommended to mix new and old batteries but does anyone have experience in knowing if any real damage can be done to a new string if I remove the 4 bad ones and rearrange the batteries ending up with 3 old and 1 new string? Should I buy a new set of 4 and trickle charge them until the remaining 3 strings go bad then remove the 3 bad strings and install the single new string?
I don't want to wait until they all die before replacing the whole system due to the way the economy is going.


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Process shots start at the bottom of this post - below.
After removing ink in a subtractive process to produce my little newspaper reader. |
The ink covered plate is now ready for a little drawing, scrapping and blotting. |
Rolling black, oil-based etching ink onto a copper plate. |
Studio & Art happenings in between posts |
I did all sorts of things. I purchased a goose from which I made a picture. I made a sheep picture. I became the owner of a sheep. Do you know anything about a lone, solitary sheep? Well, I will tell you something - that while a flock of sheep is the personification of peace, docility and all that is quietude - from my (unscientific) study, I have come to the conclusion that one sheep has none of the qualities of a flock of sheep - no, not one. Except maybe their stupidity. One sheep is not "sheepish", no, he is a most stubborn, balky, run away, befuddled animal you can imagine. I have had other animals to serve as models, but never an animal that furnished as many alarms, by day and night, as that "peaceful" sheep. He was escaping from his stable (stable by courtesy), breaking his tether, trespassing in neighbor's gardens, and eating down the very things they prized the most, or the contrary of all activity - refusing to be lead to pasture and causing a giggling crowd to collect - as if by magic. To the question of those on the outside who could not see what was going on - it was "Oh! It's Henry Tanner's sheep. "
In spite of the difficulties, I got a sheep picture and finally traded it for a pair of antlers worth ten dollars. I was happy to trade it for anything. It seemed to me that everything but pictures had a certain market value. I was sure I could sell the antlers for five dollars - at least. I doubted very much whether I could sell the picture. It may be that I should have refused to sell the picture for that sum, but after having traded it, I should have been glad to sell the object which I had acquired by trade for five dollars. I had been saved, at any rate, the depressed feeling of selling a picture for 10 per cent of what it had actually cost me.
The World's Work; The Story of an Artist's Life ~ Walter Hines Page (1909), transcribing letters from the artist Henry Ossawa Tanner


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Hi, all, I am not too on the ball this year, but have finally decided to place an order for two David Austin roses, Jude the Obscure and Lady Emma Hamilton. However, I am having a hard time finding them online, especially Lady Emma Hamilton. The only two places that I have found that have both are David Austin in Texas and Hortico. I have heard that DA has a regular problem with RMV on its roses, and of course I have heard horror stories about Hortico, though recent experiences appear to be better. Does anyone have any recent first hand experiences that they can share about these two suppliers? Or can you recommend another supplier (I have found a few that have Jude but not Lady Emma). |
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I have ordered from DA in TX a number of times and have had no particular problems with any roses they sent me. My understanding is that modern roses almost everywhere have a good chance of being virused unless the nursery has gone to extraordinary measures to get non-virused roses. And most nurseries have not done that--which means you're playing a game of roulette with most nurseries you order from. I ordered again this year from DA in TX. Kate |
- Posted by squeakmommy Z6b Mid-TN (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 13 at 14:07
Kate, I have seen pictures on this forum of your DAs, and oh my! If you order from DA Texas, then I am convinced! Jill |
- Posted by squeakmommy Z6b Mid-TN (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 13 at 14:17
I have a follow-up question, please. What are the differences in performance (vigor, health, etc.) of own-root versus grafted in the DAs? Anyone noticed one or the other performing better? |
- Posted by lola-lemon none (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 13 at 16:26
I've ordered from David Austin and haven't had any RMV. Love my LEH and Jude both! The local nursery here gets their Austins from D. Austin, so sometimes it's all just the same. |
- Posted by squeakmommy Z6b Mid-TN (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 13 at 16:34
lola-lemon: So good to know! I have place my order with DA and am eagerly anticipating my plants next month! I had some other Austins previously, which I got from Pickering - Golden Celebration did not survive one season, Glamis Castle and Tradescant, which I gave plenty of opportunity to perform but each insisted on one cane per year, and Redoute, which was beautiful but blackspotted a bit. She died when I attempted to relocate her to a better location. LEH and Jude are supposedly more disease resistant, stay manageable in size, and have wonderful fragrance. We are re-working our front beds into a "cottage" garden style (as opposed to a nothing-in-them style - LOL!), and these two will be anchors, along with a hydrangea, and my Zephie rose (the only Pickering to survive!). |
I hope you enjoy your new roses. I love Jude, but he does get VERY large for some people. I don't mind this, but plan ahead for a big rose in your future. Diane |
- Posted by kittymoonbeam 10 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 14, 13 at 22:51
I had RMV show up in many of my DA grafted roses that I bought 2 years ago. In alkaline soil, some of the grafted roses perform better. William Shakespeare 2000 and Mary Rose both grew better in my soil grafted than own root for me. I bought own root WS 2000 as a band and grew it up to a nice 5 gallon size plant. In the ground, it started to decline so I decided to move it back to a pot with some azalea mix. Now it's recovering nicely. The grafted one never had any setbacks at all. So I think some of the DA own roots prefer acid soil. |
- Posted by vickysgarden 5 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 15, 13 at 8:53
Roses Unlimited seems to have both these roses listed, but you would have to call to determine whether or not they are in stock for spring. I am placing my first order with them this spring, and although I have no personal experience with them, they seem to be highly rated by other users. |
I ordered my Lady Emma from Regan Nursery. They were very helpful and the roses arrived in good shape! They are sold out now...but maybe next year! |
- Posted by ken-n.ga.mts 7a/7b (My Page) on Fri, Feb 15, 13 at 11:37
Do visit Roses Unlimited web site. They carry some great roses. I have several DA roses on their own root and they have grown and bloomed non stop for me. I just GREATLY amend their planting hole, 24"x24". My red GA clay turns into a solid block by summers end. Roses aren't to wild about trying to grow in that stuff. |
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As the holiday shopping season moves into high gear, police are beefing up their patrols around shopping centers throughout the East Valley and reminding those in the bargain fray to be alert.
Beginning this weekend, retailers are anticipating one of the largest shopping times of the year, but shoppers need to be alert more than ever as thieves target people parking in dark areas, walking alone or seeming preoccupied with numerous packages and roaming children.
During the holidays, the potential for thefts and robberies increases. More people are out and about, and they are carrying more gifts and money than during other times of the year.
Following tradition of past holiday shopping seasons, police departments throughout the East Valley — Mesa, Tempe, Chandler and Gilbert — are beefing up patrols around the Fiesta and Superstition Springs malls in Mesa, Arizona Mills mall in Tempe and Chandler Fashion Square as well as around nearby retail stores, such as Wal-Mart and Target, with sprawling parking lots.
Malls also plan to place more security officers in strategic areas during the busy shopping season.
In the month of December, burglaries, theft and attempts of assault increase in some parts of the United States by as much as 20 percent, according to statistics from Smith Publicity, a New Jersey-based public relations firm that conducts research and reports on trends.
"Theft always goes up around the holidays," said Sgt. Ed Wessing, a Mesa police spokesman. "Be aware of your surroundings. Pay attention to who's walking behind you and don't carry 30 bags. It's always best to take some of the packages to the car and put them in the trunk and maybe move you car so people think you're leaving. The more difficult you make it for them, the better it will be for you."
Following a 17-year holiday shopping safety tradition, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's posse consisting of hundreds of volunteers will be kicking the shopping season off at the Paradise Valley Mall on Friday.
Numerous posse members will be at shopping sites throughout the Valley to provide additional security and assist shoppers through Dec. 26.
Some dos and don't for holiday shopping safety
• Be aware of your surroundings and make eye contact with others you walk pass through the parking lot.
• Always lock your vehicle and don't leave gifts or valuables in the car but place them in the trunk.
• Always park in a lighted area.
• Remove any garage door openers from your vehicle.
• Never leave your purse or wallet unattended in a shopping cart.
• Keep you arm around your purse strap.
• Be aware of who is walking behind you.
• Retailers also are encouraged to take precautions with credit card users and require proper identification from them.
• If shoppers see any suspicious people groups or activity, they are encouraged to go inside the store and report it to store security.
• Carry a cell phone. If someone makes you suspicious or uncomfortable, notify security or call the police.
• Don't display reminders of high-dollar purchases while taking out the trash and recycling. Break down the boxes of TVs, stereos, computers, etc., and turn them inside out before disposing of them.
• If you are traveling for the holidays, make your home look "lived in". Have a friend or neighbor collect your mail and newspapers or have your service suspended while you are away.
• Use timers to turn lights off and on. Also, while leaving your home to go shopping, leave lights on inside and outside your home and make sure all doors and windows are locked.
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I created this site because I fell in love with Dijon after living there two years, from September 1999-August 2001. I have since returned for two visits: summer 2004, and summer 2009. My goal is to return every summer, with the dream to retire here one day. Dijon is an amazing city with inescapable charm, history, beauty and great people.
Dijon does an amazing job combining tradition and modernity in one of the best preserved centre villes in France. Dijon is ranked the second most desirable town in France in terms of quality of life. And in 2008, Dijon was awarded a 'Ville d'Art et d'Histoire' label. Wandering through the streets of Dijon is like a stroll through centuries of history. From the 12th century to the end of the 15th century, the Dukes of Burgundy bequeathed artistic and architectural treasures to the town. The centre ville of Dijon, France's third largest historical area of national heritage, covers an area of over 250 acres of churches built between medieval times and present day, town houses dating from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, and medieval half-timbered houses.
When I arrived in Dijon in the Fall of 1999, I didn't speak any French, and the only person I knew was my husband, Jeff. We were in Dijon so he could do research in the Dijon archives for his dissertation at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. This meant I was left to my own devices. I enrolled in classes through CIEF to learn French. And since my legs worked OK, I walked. And walked. And discovered. Dijon is so inspiring! Coming from a fairly new and sprawling city like Atlanta, I was in awe of France and the life the French are able to lead with their customs, their transportation system, their joie de vivre, their food. Dijon also fed my carnivorous imagination. I found myself drawing again, writing a 200 page journal, learning French to an intermediate level, and picking up my camera again and again. After two years of taking photos, I still found something new every single day. Now that's a city! It was this passion that led me to learn how to create a website to feature this city that came to mean so much to me. Thanks to J.P. Rhea, another Fulbright scholar in Dijon (my husband was the other---not me!), I learned the basics of website creation. And the rest is history!
We met the most amazing people in Dijon. Invited into homes to dine and drink fine Burgundy wine, we learned how warm and inviting the Dijonnais are. French culture is completely different from American culture. As it should be. That is what traveling is for: to expand your horizons. Be a gracious tourist, try to learn some French. Learn to slow your pace. Click here & read this. Revel in the joy of long meals surrounded by friends. Relax. When we were preparing to return to the U.S. in 2001, I wrote a letter to the Dijonnais that the Bien Public published. Click here if you'd like to read it.
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At either tourist office, you'll find a wealth of information including free maps and brochures. The knowledgeable staff also speaks English. At Place Darcy, depending on the time of year and day, you can also rent a Segway! The rue des Forges office is located in a particularly beautiful courtyard and the office is stunning as well.
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Virginia State University is coming on strong. Once considered part of Petersburg, Chesterfield set them off into a corner beyond Ettrick. But things have been changing; VSU has become a microcosm of Virginia Commonwealth University; spreading its wings and planning revitalization of the community around it.
Blocks of houses along Ettrick's Chesterfield Avenue, Dupuy Avenue and Second and Third streets have given way to bulldozers and dump trucks. Area residents seemed to be up in arms about the changes but have calmed down and are realizing that their town might just get a little bit better.
The expansion of VSU is due to an exploding student population. Currently the student enrollment is 6,000, but that could grow to 10,000 by 2018.
Katherine Busser, Director of Virginia State Board and Executive Vice President of bank operations at Capital One, said there are big things in the Chesterfield/Virginia State relationship like the revitalization project but also small things.
"We hope the Convocation Center will be a showpiece not only for Virginia State but for Chesterfield County," Ms. Busser said. "The level of support that Chesterfield County gave Virginia State when unfortunately we lost two of our freshman students due to the drowning in the Appomattox River was just unprecedented. I came to thank you."
The Urban Land Institute (ULI), founded in 1936 represent the entire spectrum of land use real estate development. In February the organization conducted a Technical Assistance Program (TAP) bringing together experts in the real estate and development communities. Murial Rodriguez presented the results, last week, of the TAP study.
"The enthusiasm from that team was very contagious and they would really like to build something very unique and something very special," said Matoaca District Supervisor Steve Elswick. "To be able to take a town and a college together is something they don't see every day. We have to move slow and methodical, but I think we're going to be very proud of what we do at Virginia State."
The student Convocation Center, which will be the first project that Virginia State will build will hold 6,500 people and will be used as a multipurpose facility for sports, concerts and graduations. It will be located between the current Second and Third streets and will anchor the rest of the development and revitalization of the Ettrick Village.
Both Chesterfield and Virginia State are excited about the improved relationship between the two entities.
"I don't have to talk about Chesterfield and its relationship with Virginia State. But what I will say is it's all about the people, the relationships that we have with each other, that's what makes the difference," said Dr. Keith Miller, President of Virginia State. "We're working well together; we get along well, we respect each other and we like each other. If there is anything we can do at Virginia State to help Chesterfield County, we're certainly willing to do that."
Following the construction of the Convocation Center, phase two will involve the redevelopment of Chesterfield Avenue. Retail centers will line the street in a new urbanism style with retail establishments on the ground level and market rate apartment on the second level.
Two specific corners will be considered retail centers, and a pedestrian walkway will connect the University to the services along Chesterfield Avenue.
The large parking area that is needed for the Convocation Center will be visually minimized by liner buildings and landscaping. The apartments above the retail on Chesterfield Avenue will not be dormitories. According to Rodriguez, the dormitory phase has been completed, but as the campus community grows to 10,000, housing will be needed.
Rodriguez said, there is a hotel planned, a park and additional apartment development planned to be built by free market developers. And the current Ettrick train station is an integral part of the success of the overall project.
We do appreciate the relationship we have with VA State and see it as an integral part of the community and an anchor on the southern end of the community.
"As I travel the country I see how what you are doing is leading the country," said Jim Holland Dale District Supervisor. Dan Gecker, Supervisor of the Midlothian District added that he likes the idea of a "towns and gowns" approach to the revitalization project. Although not in Chesterfield, Mr. Gecker is a developer, as well.
But Ettrick Village will not be left out. An architectural pattern book, with guidelines for design and construction materials, to preserve the existing historic character and history will be available, according to TAP panel results.


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The 4.12.2 is a regular bugfix release so don't expect any new features. This version also updates the Plasma Workspace (the desktop environment) to version 4.11.6.
Mario Fux writes on the mailing list, "More than 20 recorded bugfixes include improvements to the personal information management suite Kontact, the UML tool Umbrello, the document viewer Okular, the web browser Konqueror, the file manager Dolphin, and others. Starting with KWin 4.11.6 there is a hint to exclude a window from the closing animation. KSnapshot can use this to ensure that it doesn't capture itself."
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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox says his nation is at "war" with
drug cartels, and he offered sharp criticism of the Obama
for failing to assist its beleaguered neighbor.
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV on Tuesday, Fox said
Barack Obama's administration has failed to grapple with the
deteriorating situation in Mexico.
*Obama is thoroughly mixed up with all these things he*s got," Fox
adding: "He*s got to solve Libya. He*s got to solve Afghanistan. He*s
everywhere. And this nation, I don*t know why it*s not showing the
leadership and capacity to attend different issues at the same time.*
Story continues below video.*
March 22, 2011 —U.S. drug
consumption is to blame for rise of drug cartels in Mexico and only
legalization of drugs can solve the problem, says former Mexico
President Vicente Fox. In an exclusive Newsmax.TV video, Pres. Fox
out the U.S. Congress for inaction on comprehensive immigration
The idea of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border is
he contends.
Asked if Mexico was entangled in a civil war involving the drug
Fox responded: *We*re undergoing a war, no doubt * 35,000, maybe
people killed, either members of the cartels or members of the police
force or members of the army. So yes, we*re undergoing a war, no
*Everybody*s trying to deny that we*re going through a war, but that*s
what it is. That*s why we have to move to a new paradigm."
Recently, Fox has called for legalizing and decriminalizing drugs in
United States to throttle the demand for narcotics, which he argues is
the root cause of his country's civil unrest.
"The United States has to think very profoundly how it is going to
this problem of excess in the consumption of drugs, excess in building
market that is very profitable to the criminals," he said.
He continued: *I think the best move is to take away the business from
criminals and put it in the hands of businessmen and producers,
He compared the situation with illegal drugs to Prohibition in the
United States, which enriched mobsters who provided alcohol just as
drug trade is now enriching the cartels.
*We are never going to eradicate drugs,* he added. *They will always
there. It is a free choice* to consume them.
Fox, who served as president from 2000 to 2006, also took aim at his
successor, Felipe Calderon, who has enlisted the army in the fight
against drug traffickers in Mexico.
*And this decision that President Calderon took, to bring in the army
trying to control drug trafficking cartels, I don*t think is the right
measure. It has created violations to human rights and additional
problems," he said.
*I think there are much better alternatives than that one. The army
should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the
responsibility of fighting the cartels."
Fox was also critical of both the wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and
Arizona law aimed at curtailing illegal immigration.
He stressed that he is *absolutely not* calling for an open border,
rather for the *wisdom and leadership" of this nation.
*There is [an immigration reform] bill in Congress, prepared by
Kennedy, Senator McCain, a bipartisan initiative, and it*s been
there for years, seven years, eight years. I discussed with President
Bush a strategy for an integrated immigration reform. And it*s been
sitting there without any solution.
*So if Arizona sees the federal government isn*t assuming its
responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping
security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it*s a federal
As for Obama's role in immigration reform, Fox said he *has not
to it. It was a campaign promise he*s not even trying to do it.*
Fox is visiting the United States as part of an effort to promote the
construction of the Vicente Fox Center of Studies, Library and Museum
near his ranch in Guanajuato, Mexico, which he says is the world*s
presidential library outside the United States.
Editor's Note: *To Visit the Spanish-Language Website for the Vicente
Fox Center of Studies, Library and Museum * Click Here Now
(c) Newsmax. All rights reserved.
Read more on Newsmax.com: Vicente Fox: Mexico at 'War,' Obama's
a Failure
Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now!
Victoria Allen
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I work in the Molecular Imaging group of Siemens Medical Solutions, where my colleagues and I develop and maintain software used to run Positron Emission Tomography (PET) medical scanners. These machines generate large amounts of patient data that our customers must archive for later retrieval and review, so our software allows customers to archive data to tape or Magneto-Optical (MO) disk. Using tape is very slow, so archiving to MO disk is generally preferred. Unfortunately, during the past few years, we've had a lot of problems with the MO hardware sporadically corrupting the MO disks, leading to expensive and tedious data recovery efforts and several replaced MO drives.
For many years, our customers have been asking for the ability to archive their data to DVD. DVD media is much cheaper than either tape or MO, and it can be read by any PC with a DVD drive. This would be useful to many of our customers, because there are free software tools they can use to read our data files on a PC. Because the MO drive vendor appeared unable to resolve our hardware problems, we decided the time was right to implement DVD archiving.
Unfortunately, we immediately hit a snag. The control consoles for our scanners are Sun UltraSPARC workstations running Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7 or Solaris 8. Customer hardware ranges from an Ultra 2 to a Sun Blade 2500. With so many different machines to support, we clearly needed an external SCSI DVD burner. But, we couldn't find a stable source for such a device, and Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 7 have little or no support for DVD burner hardware.
Because DVD burners are easy to get for x86 hardware and have been well supported by Linux for years, we decided the best solution would be to use a small Linux box with a high-quality DVD burner to do the work of reading and writing the DVDs. This would solve our hardware and OS-compatibility problems and make it easier to add support for new media types in the future. The Solaris workstations would communicate with the DVD reader/writer machine over the network, so we named our creation the NetDVD.
Because our business is building large medical scanners—not computers—the first thing we needed was a company to put the devices together for us and help select the hardware. I did Web searches to find appropriate companies and sent out several query letters. Few of the companies I contacted were interested in our project, and most required a guaranteed minimum number of units to work with us. We have about 700 scanners in the field, and it's likely we'll sell NetDVD devices to a few hundred of those, but I didn't have the authority to make any kind of commitment.
Thankfully, MBX Systems was very helpful. Their representative, Ed Jamison, quickly suggested some possible hardware solutions, including one using a mini-ITX motherboard in the C134 case from Casetronic, shown in Figure 1. This case is actually a bit smaller than the external MO drives we've been using, so it looked like the perfect choice. We eagerly ordered one with a 1GHz processor, 256MB of RAM, a 40GB hard drive and a laptop-size DVD burner.
Once we had the prototype, we had to decide what Linux distribution we would put on it. My fellow developer and Linux enthusiast, Dan Duckworth, had just been reading about how great this new Ubuntu distribution was, so we decided to give it a try. We downloaded the Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog CD image, and it installed beautifully. Ubuntu is based on Debian, which I've been using for several years, so I found configuring it very easy to do. It worked so well for us that we never even tried another distribution.
While we were picking out a vendor, hardware and a Linux distribution, I was putting a lot of thought into how client machines would talk to the NetDVD. The client computer must be able to read a DVD, write to a DVD and create a copy of a DVD to provide redundant archive backups. To manage this, I decided to combine a custom TCP/IP protocol with Network File System (NFS).
To use a NetDVD, the client machine connects to it using our custom NetDVD TCP/IP protocol. If the device is already busy serving another client, it will respond with a BUSY error message and drop the connection. This ensures that only one client can control the device at a time. If the device is not busy, it will send a brief message stating the highest version of the NetDVD protocol it understands. At the time of this writing, the only version of the NetDVD protocol is 0, but we may create new versions of the protocol later to add new features.
If the client connects successfully, it immediately sends an initialization command to the NetDVD. This command tells the device both the version of the NetDVD protocol the client will use to communicate with it and what the client believes the current time to be in Universal Coordinated Time. The NetDVD sets its clock to match the client, so the machines will be in agreement on filesystem timestamps.
Also during the initialization command, the NetDVD uses NFS to export an empty directory on its hard drive with read/write permission strictly to the client's IP address. This is a working directory for the client to fill with files it wants to write to DVD. It is on a large disk partition separate from the operating system, so filling it up will not cause the device to misbehave.
To read a DVD in the NetDVD's drive, the client sends a mount command. This causes the device to mount the media in its drive and export it via NFS strictly to the client's IP address. When the client is finished reading, it can simply unmount it or unmount and eject it using an appropriate command.
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To copy a DVD in the NetDVD device's drive, the client sends a special copy command. The device then copies the directory structure on the media to a special directory on the same partition with the working directory. Once the copy is done, the client may send a burn copy command to the device one or more times to write the copied directory tree to as many DVDs as it likes. This method will not make viewable copies of video DVDs, because the data on those disks must be written in a very specific order that we don't preserve.
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I planted water celery two years ago with my hostas etc..this year it is awesome!!!it looks like ferns in the garden..and it gets pretty flowers later in the season |
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What is water celery? |
- Posted by Karen_mcgaffney 5BOH (My Page) on Thu, May 19, 05 at 13:30
dont know theactual name..it does look like celery but is nice groundcover that flowers in summer..maybe someone else can answer your question better |
Here is a link to two water celeries including a variegated one. I have read that it takes over in a pond situation, not quite considered invasive in that setting, but close. Otherwise, it looks like Bishop's Weed to me- pleasant enough( until you have it taking over your universe!) |
Here is a link that might be useful: Link to Water Celery photos
- Posted by mainegrower Z5b ME (My Page) on Sat, May 21, 05 at 5:28
I think the original post more likely refers to yellowroot - xanthorhiza simplicissima. It does somewhat resemble celery, will grow well in even deep shade and spreads at a modest rate by suckers. Does need more than average moisture. |
Wow, that's so pretty. Am going to look for some. Thanks. |
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