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Weight Discrimination and the Law
No federal laws exist to prohibit discrimination against obese individuals. With the exception of a few jurisdictions that address discrimination on the basis of weight or appearance (for example, Michigan has a state law), most people who experience weight discrimination must use other legal categories or fight their battles alone. In particular, overweight individuals have depended on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Most cases involving weight are employment discrimination cases, and many of them are unsuccessful.
Whether obesity qualifies as a disability under the ADA has caused much debate. Overweight people who are not "morbidly obese" but who experience weight discrimination cannot file claims under the ADA because they are not considered disabled. These unresolved issues, along with public perceptions that blame obese people for their own negative experiences, result in inconsistent court rulings and deter other overweight people from seeking legal recourse at all.
There is a strong need for legislation to extend the options for obese individuals beyond the RA and ADA.

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Imagine being married for 78 years!
One Las Vegas couple reached that milestone....a milestone so special even the President took note.
Matt DeLucia has their story.
Looking through old photos, Wilbur Faiss can't help but smile about his wife and best friend Theresa.
"You're in love, and that's all you think about, you know."
Theresa wasn't feeling well enough for this interview, but Wilbur doesn't mind doing the talking. He's 100 years old and learned recently that the worldwide marriage encounter bestowed a very high honor.
"I just had no idea of us ever winning the oldest, the longest-married couple,"
Wilbur and Theresa married on April 14, 1933. Their oldest son bob entered them into a contest.
"I nominated him, and he did all the rest with my mom."
It was so special that even the president offered to mention the 78-year marriage during a recent stop in Las Vegas. Wilbur couldn't believe it.
"How often does an ordinary guy get such recognition by the president of the United States? It's one of these things that are once in a lifetime."
But there was a slight problem on the day of the President's speech.
"You must understand that I am over 100 years of age, and I'm a lot slower than I was at 90,"
They were late. Too late to be allowed in and the president dropped the mention from his remarks.
"We tried to get there, and we fought the crowds and all... "
The couple was disappointed, but not deterred. The white house has promised to return, and give the Faiss' the recognition they deserve.
"For a president as busy as he is, and with the pressures he has, to take time to salute a couple, and through them, salute the solidarity of marriage in the United States, I think it's remarkable."
As for the 78 years of wedded bliss, Wilbur offers a tip.
"It's very simple... It's give and take, and compromise."


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Brooks-Coulson Relations 'Strained' Over Beckham
Rebekah Brooks has told of how her relationship with ex-lover Andy Coulson became "complicated" as they each chased David Beckham stories for rival papers.
Brooks began editing The Sun in 2003 while co-defendant Coulson took over from her at the News Of The World, jurors at the hacking trial heard.
Giving evidence for a fourth day at the Old Bailey where she is standing trial for conspiring to hack phones, Brooks told how she had lunch with Victoria Beckham as the stories about her husband's alleged affair were afoot.
"The two papers were rivals and pretty strong rivals. I think Andy and I had been very good at keeping the Chinese Wall," she told the central London court.
"It was a hostage to fortune discussing what we were working on. He was on the weekly, I was on the daily with more opportunity to publish.
"Beckham is a good example. So Andy would have known that I knew the Beckhams a little socially, we are not close friends but would see them occasionally for dinner. I was also trying to get Victoria or David to do things for the paper.
"He would know I had direct access to them so if he is working on a story and there is something afoot as the paper was working on the fact David Beckham was allegedly having an affair with a woman, to even mention that to me could be fatal to his paper.
"He would not know the day he mentioned it I had lunch with Victoria.
"So he may say on Thursday 'we will have the Beckham story this weekend' and I may respond 'sorry we are doing it tomorrow'. It was too complicated. Things were difficult, it was strained for a while."
The 45-year-old, from Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, denies conspiring to hack telephones, conspiring to commit misconduct in public office, and conspiring to cover up evidence to pervert the course of justice.
All seven defendants on trial deny the charges against them.
The court also heard Brooks had a "strong professional relationship" in 2004 with then home secretary David Blunkett after the pair worked together on campaigns.
Asked if she knew whether his voicemails had been hacked that year, Brooks replied: "Absolutely not."
She told the court Coulson contacted her the night before the NotW published a story on Mr Blunkett's alleged affair with a woman.
Her team at The Sun went "full steam ahead with the full name" of the woman as Kimberly Quinn in an exclusive story the next day, the court heard.
The trial continues.
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10 Healthy Thanksgiving Desserts
by Dana Angelo White in Thanksgiving, November 9, 2012
Planning your turkey day menu? We've got something for every kind of sweet tooth, all filled with fall flavors.
A lower-fat cheesecake that's not low on flavor. If you've never tried this combination before, now's the time.
Recipe: Pumpkin Cheesecake
Cut the calories on apple pie with this lightened pastry.
Recipe: Apple Cranberry Phyllo Turnovers
A bite-sized treat, filled with pumpkin goodness.
Recipe: Pumpkin Caramels
Chocolate-Dipped Fruit
These are always a crowd pleaser – a balance of healthy and decadent.
Recipe: Chocolate Dipped Clementines
Oatmeal Crisps
Light, crunchy and perfectly portioned; serve these cookies with a platter of fresh fruit.
Recipe: Ginger Pecan Oatmeal Crisps
Serve this chutney with a cheese platter for a different spin on dessert.
Recipe: Cranberry Apple Ginger Chutney
Vegan Tart
Make pie crust without the butter! This vegan dessert will please everyone.
Recipe: Vegan Pear Tart
Cranberry Cookies
Those berries aren't just for the cranberry sauce; they add natural sweet-tart flavor to cookies.
Recipes: Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies
Puff pastry might not be the lowest calorie choice but a little goes a long way in this recipe. Each twist has less than 250 calories per serving.
Recipe: Cinnamon Pecan Twists
Roasted Grapes
Another one for the cheese platter – serve these grapes with a sharp cheddar or a full-flavored blue cheese.
Recipe: Sweet Roasted Grapes
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Kadlec Earns National Award for Top Leadership Teams in Healthcare
Nashville, TN, August 22, 2011. The executive team at Kadlec Regional Medical Center has earned prestigious national recognition by HealthLeaders Media, as one of its Top Leadership Teams in Health Care for 2011.
The Top Leadership Teams in Health Care award program is in its eighth year. The program is designed to celebrate the outstanding teamwork that occurs in health care organizations each day, to share what makes top leadership teams successful, and to encourage other health care leaders to learn more from the best practices of top leadership teams. This year, HealthLeaders Media recognized outstanding leadership teamwork at three hospitals and one medical group practice.
"The Top Leadership Teams program was founded on the premise that the core value for every successful health care organization must be teamwork—this year's winners certainly demonstrate that concept," says Gienna Shaw, a senior editor at HealthLeaders Media, who oversaw this year's program.
The 2011 winners are:
• Banner Health, Phoenix, AZ, for Large Hospitals and Health Systems
• Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Tri-Cities, WA, for Community and Mid-Sized Hospitals (hospitals between 100 and 500 beds in size)
• Johnson County Community Hospital, Mountain City, TN, for Small Hospitals
• ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP, Tarrytown, NY, for Medical Group Practices
"Everyone involved in selecting this year's winners was so impressed with the hard work that these leadership teams did to make significant changes at their organizations. Each one has a compelling and unique story—but their experiences also hold lessons for all health care organizations that want to improve their patients' experience, the quality and patient safety of their clinical care, and their business operations," Shaw said.
Winners are judged on the team's overall leadership culture, its ability to overcome challenges, and its ability to demonstrate successes that result from outstanding leadership teamwork.
"It goes without saying that this is a tremendous honor for us," said Davidson Wood, board chair of Kadlec Health System. "Led by Rand Wortman, Kadlec is blessed to have a terrific team of leaders, as well as a highly-skilled staff. This honor is a tribute to everyone who is a part of the Kadlec family."
Only one winner per category receives this national honor each year. This year, the categories included:
- Large Hospitals and Health Systems (500 or more licensed beds)
- Community and Mid-Sized Hospitals (100–499 licensed beds)
- Small Hospitals (fewer than 100 licensed beds)
- Medical Group Practices (physician-owned, single- or multi-specialty groups employing 25 or more physicians)
The winning organizations will be profiled in the October issue of HealthLeaders magazine. For more information about the winners, go to: http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content_redirect.cfm?content_id=269808
About Kadlec
Kadlec Regional Medical Center is the referral center for southeast Washington and northeast Oregon offering a comprehensive scope of health services including open heart surgery, interventional cardiology and neonatal intensive care. Other key services provided at Kadlec include neurosurgery, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, an advanced breast care center and one of the northwest's most advanced digital outpatient imaging centers.
Kadlec is a locally owned, locally governed not-for-profit health system serving patients of the Tri-Cities and surrounding region.
HealthLeaders Media
HealthLeaders Media, a division of HCPro, is a leading multi-platform media company dedicated to meeting the business information needs of health care executives and professionals. As an integrated media company, HealthLeaders Media includes HealthLeaders magazine, HealthLeadersMedia.com, the HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Unit, HealthLeaders Media Rounds events, HealthLeaders Media Breakthroughs reports, and California HealthFax. All entities may be found online at www.healthleadersmedia.com.
The HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Unit is the premier source for executive health care business research, and is powered by the HealthLeaders Media Council, made up of select members of the HealthLeaders Media audience of more than 240,000 health care executives. HealthLeaders magazine, awarded 2010 Magazine of the Year by the American Society of Health Care Publication Editors, is the premiere resource for information on management trends, innovations, market strategies, and organizational development for more than 40,000 health care executives and senior decision-makers every month. Award-winning HealthLeadersMedia.com is the health care industry's destination of choice for online news and analysis.
HealthLeaders Media is the winner of 16 awards in 2011 from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) and the American Society of Health Care Publication Editors (ASHPE) including:
- 2 Gold Awards for Breakthroughs (Best Digital Magazine)
- Best Original Research: HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey
- Best Feature Series: HealthLeaders Service Lines


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Navarro Discount Pharmacy has teamed up with cancer awareness organization StopColonCancerNow.com to promote colon cancer screening during March.
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MIAMI – Navarro Discount Pharmacy has teamed up with cancer awareness organization StopColonCancerNow.com to promote colon cancer screening during March.
The Miami-area drug chain said Friday that, as part of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March, it will work with StopColonCancerNow.com to educate consumers about the importance of colonoscopy for those at risk for colon cancer.
Navarro will offer educational materials in its pharmacies throughout March as well as provide information on colon cancer screening in its advertisements and online.
Employees at each of Navarro's 33 drug stores also promoted colon cancer awareness on March 1 by participating in National Dress in Blue Day.
"Keeping our customers healthy is part of what we do, and there is no test more important for those who meet the screening guidelines than a colonoscopy," Albert Garcia, executive vice president at Navarro and president of Navarro Health Services, said in a statement. "This partnership is one more way that we are taking care of our customers and helping to make sure they live a healthy life."
According to the American Cancer Society, the five-year survival rate when colon cancer is detected and treated in the earliest stage is 90%. Screening guidelines advise that patients get a colonoscopy if they are over 50 years old (45 for African-Americans), have a family history of colon cancer or polyps, or are experiencing certain digestive symptoms.
"Colon cancer is the second-deadliest form of cancer in the United States, yet more than 80% of cases could be prevented with timely screenings," stated Simon Behar, M.D., medical director for StopColonCancerNow.com. "Through its commitment to wellness and broad reach in South Florida, Navarro is helping us to spread an important message: a colonoscopy can save your life."


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Weclome to our latest caption competition. The best caption will win £95 worth of shares in BrewDog and a BrewDog T-shirt. Good luck.
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- Bad bear beats bad beer noonskabobskie31.10.2011
- Don't drink it, it's a scam! email@example.com
- Even though I didn't meet the height requirement,Hogwarts should have let me in! HoustonBeerMan31.10.2011
- A victory of ease, is one not worth reveling in. MarkTryBeer30.10.2011
- Confronted with Brewdog, another one loses their bottle. srobertson30.10.2011
- "This pisses all over that greetings card gig my agent got me last week!" Nicky66630.10.2011
- Captain Sensible gets the inspiration for The Damned's 1979 classic: 'Smash it up, you can stick your frothy lager
Smash it up, and your blow wave hairstyles'Jonesian30.10.2011 - Multun, non multa Capdown129.10.2011
- Aw Shit!- I'm going to get that piss on my bear arse! mario8829.10.2011
- SAID WITH BEST DAVID ATTENBOROUGH NARRATOR VOICE: "The well-travelled BrewDog Meerkat helps to rid its native Namibia of shit beer... Great work!" Anthony29.10.2011
- "I'm fed up of that penguin hogging the limelight. Just cos he's 'nuclear' he thinks he's sooooooo special..." brewpunkben29.10.2011
- Sometimes breaking wind(hoek) is perfectly acceptable. suregork28.10.2011
- And he said: "The power of true brewing compels you!" (last time i forgeted to login..) Bebban28.10.2011
- With this Brewdog wand I command you to Levitate Windhoek....! Taaa-Daaa! Rimc28.10.2011
- Bewdog. More Special aross28.10.2011
- Wiiiiind-HOCK!
BrewBear versus BedBeer.jamestulloch28.10.2011 - you are no match for the power of the dark malts! um500028.10.2011
- We are NOT the 99%, we are BrewDog... HystrixCristata28.10.2011
- Smashing Beer-Pump Kings Bear Grills27.10.2011
- Yah-Peeee john27.10.2011
- Break the habit. Break the bottle. Drink Brewdog! Tiernan Duthie27.10.2011
- Brewdog: Bear Knuckle Brewing MW8127.10.2011
- Did anyone win the last EFP comp, where we had to comment on the various EFP videos? Only about 10 people entered so I thought I must have a chance but I never heard tell of it again. Wilson27.10.2011
- More like Wind-sock.This isn't special! It might be 'special'. I can't BEAR insipid beer. Is commercial beer bland? Do bears... no sorry I won't do that to myself. HackneyRed27.10.2011
- beardog to the rescue saddam hussain .......ssshhhhhuuuuuu!!!!!!27.10.2011
- Brewdogs' bear strength and high standard shatters weak competition! Blogandduck27.10.2011
- Brewdogs' bear strength and high standard shatters weak competion! Blogandduck27.10.2011
- the bear got beef, dawg!
adash27.10.2011 - You will not be able to Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised!!!!
I know its not my quote but still very relevant!! :P
hope all is going well guys!!!Chris Thompson27.10.2011 - Brewdog : Breaking the boundaries rkaboyle27.10.2011
- Nothing New Dog continue their groundbreaking revolutionary stance of denigrating others to justify their own importance.
The Emperor of this "new" Craft Beer Revolution has no clothes.Stone Cloner27.10.2011 - BrewBear Jihad klipp27.10.2011
- POW ! BrewDog Assassin annihilates substandard dross ! 4everpunk27.10.2011
- Smashed bottle reveals the hiding place of the T1000. Fezzles27.10.2011
- I asked for a beer, not piss water!
Suck on this bitch!bogboy8127.10.2011 - Get blown away by BrewDog! HorstDraper27.10.2011
- Cracking photo! Davros Mobius27.10.2011
- 'Reverse engineering: Take 168'. ACTION! Davros Mobius27.10.2011
- Putting the hard into Hardcore ScottG27.10.2011
- Namibia mourns its beer after another dismal Rugby World Cup exit!!, ColB27.10.2011
- This is my BOOMstick! scuzzmonkey27.10.2011
- Even BrewDog's cuddly toys are hardcore punks TrickyDicky27.10.2011
- After realising that Brewdog were alienating their shareholders and non-affiliated beer drinkers alike through the continued and uneccessary beatdown of CAMRA, they sent out their cuddly hamster with a branded surrender flag and tried to calm the crowd with promises of riches to remind everyone that they can still be fun. Furry Beer Lover27.10.2011
- Special my ass Stooart27.10.2011
- To improve on my last comment:
"Yet again a woodland creature helps BrewDog smash the competition"Rob M27.10.2011 - I serve as bottle holder only for the best! I serve for BrewDog! Grigorws27.10.2011
- None Shall Pass hophammer27.10.2011
- Infidelity among missionaries is considered as a good enough reason for execution. Jiimies27.10.2011
- The bigger they are the harder they fall alex5327.10.2011
- Here take your dust deserts ... Nic27.10.2011
- Windhoek Special I AM your father alex5327.10.2011
- Other beer just shatter at the thought being put in a taxidermed Namibian hamster Magnusmckay27.10.2011
- And he said: "The power of true brewing compels you!" Sebastian DC27.10.2011
- If a Bear can't Beer it, why should you! bender27.10.2011
- Flavor that shatters lesser beers. HorstDraper27.10.2011
- I am a BrewDog Sean J27.10.2011
- Brewdog: Craft beer so good, everything else just goes to pieces. Chris D27.10.2011
- Was this the only beer brand you dared ridicule for this one? Spam27.10.2011
- Seen here, Windhoek perfectly acts out that awkward moment when you prematurely blow your load because you finally got a BrewDog. Snatchmo27.10.2011
- Break on through to the other side.........to BrewDog! Snatchmo27.10.2011
- you might think your SPECIAL, but i know kung-fu! unclebario26.10.2011
- BrewDog, the FlagBearer for the craft beer revolution Rsgal26.10.2011
- Even though years had passed since he was replaced, Gordon still imagined every bottle to be Ed the Duck's face... Nacho26.10.2011
- I said Brewdog would smash the beer market, not the bear market! mumsspecial26.10.2011
- "I have decided to stick with BrewDog. Windhock is too great a burden to bear." - Martin Brewther King Jr
Tom26.10.2011 - Brewdog - smashing the "competition" one at a time. Laura M26.10.2011
- The force, with you may be... darn!
Oh well. I ain't no real Yoda,
but you ain't no real beer.HR26.10.2011 - Brewdog. Simply smashing. HR26.10.2011
- drat! there goes the urin sample I paid for. The pigs will surely get me this time! blank26.10.2011
- TODAYS HEADLINE! BrewDog claims another scalp! BrewDogBear: "aint nothing special about it, it had no taste, no smell, no nothing! I believe I did the world a favor." jdunder26.10.2011
- I challenge ye to a brew-off! Tis a draw? boomtown26.10.2011
- Bears who Stare at Beers. Hauzit26.10.2011
- I can't BEAR this shite! EuanDClark26.10.2011
- Wise bear: "To be truly special you must destroy yourself to be reborn anew as Brewdog!" Tonytoofast26.10.2011
- Why do I smell piss? bsavioli26.10.2011
- "Fit like min dog!" Kip Casper26.10.2011
- Win Back this rock, I claim this Brew Dog Rock. Rob Dunne26.10.2011
- Win back this Rock, I Claim this Brew Dock Rock. Rob Dunne26.10.2011
- Brewdog, smashing beers since 2007 inverse8726.10.2011
- Safari slurp - 0 Brewdog Bear - 1 Andy S26.10.2011
- Carling, You're next. LBesquire26.10.2011
- not so special
Vincet26.10.2011 - Carling, you're next. LBesquire26.10.2011
- Sorry, but special beer is only BrewDog !!! email@example.com
- shagged you proper Jack L26.10.2011
- As usual BrewDog smashing the competition! Rob M26.10.2011
- Even the stuffed animals prefer a proper beer Cadeus26.10.2011
- I REJECT THIS BOTTLED WATER Nightvision24226.10.2011
- Stop crying, it's nothing a pint of 5am Saint wouldn't fix Gusunger26.10.2011
- "STOP! Shatter time." Scott (dieselpower44)26.10.2011
- When he said pub golf I didn't imagine this
Photocal26.10.2011 - "Windhoek, not a bear necessity" says this bear, "I only drink with other animals, like a Brewdog." email@example.com
- "Damn, I almost bottled it..." Mr.2826.10.2011
- Never sneeze when you have a nose piercing. Kelly26.10.2011
- I'll swap you my spear for your beer! Ali O26.10.2011
- I destroy you with my mind! Muahahaaa! Adrian C26.10.2011
- "YO Brewdog, watch me I'm special....BOOM" CUBD26.10.2011


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The aim of this UNU International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) programme is to enhance health delivery systems in developing countries with the goal of achieving universal coverage. Development of an effective and efficient health financing system to ensure access to health services for high-risk populations is a priority. Capacity building through the development and deployment of a customized case-based payment using the Casemix system will be made available by UNU-IIGH in conjunction with its collaborating partners. Developing countries with limited manpower and financial resources will be able to use tools developed through this programme to deliver accessible, quality and efficient healthcare services. The Casemix Online Training Programme, launched in 2011, will provide greater access to UNU-IIGH capacity building programmes. Policy research on health biotechnology in developing countries is included to generate information on efforts to exploit domestic resources to sustain local health care industries.
The Accessibility, Efficiency and Quality of Care in Health Systems Programme will be led by UNU-IIGH Senior Research Fellow Professor Syed Aljunid.
The overall aim of the programme is to support developing countries in achieving universal coverage through delivery of efficient, effective and accessible healthcare services.
The programme will undertake collaborative research and capacity development activities with local and international partners. Workshops, seminars and conferences will be organized at local, regional and international levels, supplemented by e-learning package.
Women researchers will be encouraged to participate in the various projects to ensure gender balance in the programme.
The stakeholders in the programme will include national health policymakers, local communities, community leaders and local and regional authorities international donors, other UN Agencies including World Health Organisation, the United Nations Development Programme and UNICEF.
Impact: Influencing policymaking at the international level
Target: Sharing of information and experience on the use of casemix system in countries in the region
How: Publications, regional seminars and conferences.
Impact: Influencing policymaking at the regional level
Target: Interactions with Senior officers of Ministry of Health and Social Health Insurance Agencies in each country.
How: Meetings, seminars and policy dialogue with national level leaders
Impact: Capacity development in developed/developing countries
Target: Health workers in public and private health care facilities and staff of social health insurance agencies.
How: Capacity building workshops and the Casemix Online Training Programme
Implementation of the Casemix system has been shown to improve efficiency and the quality of healthcare services. Health information systems were the first to benefit from the Casemix system, and the accuracy of clinical information on patient diagnosis and procedures is shown to improve with its use. Clinical pathways developed during the implementation of Casemix have been proven to reduce the variation of care and improve the outcome of services. The coefficient of efficiency in hospital services was shown to increase between at least 1% to 1.3% per hospital unit/department per year with the use of the system.
Data on the benefits of the Casemix system to social health insurance schemes is emerging. Experience on the gain in efficiency, quality and improvement to health information systems for effective decision-making will help to support policy on implementation of prospective payment methods for reimbursement of health providers funded by social insurance programmes.
Universal coverage and efficient management of health financing systems are important targets set by health-related UN agencies. Through this programme, UNU-IIGH provides an affordable tool to be used to improve performance of health financing systems. This programme will enhance accessibility, efficiency and quality of health care in developing countries by providing inputs to existing policies and building human capacities.
Outputs of the programme include research reports, paper presentations at national and international conferences, journal publications and capacity-building of local expertise. The output will be disseminated through presentations in local and international seminars, workshops and conferences and publications in scientific reports and journals.
Activities in this programme will be conducted throughout the two-year period covered under this biennium.
Activities will be evaluated by assessing changes in knowledge monitored to ensure progress through meetings, workshops and progress reporting.
The challenges include the lack of health infrastructure necessary to taking on the new approaches developed in the programme, lack of human resource capacity and financial constraints.
Title: Implementation of the Casemix System in Developing Countries Report
Author(s): Syed Aljunid, Amrizal M Nur, Zafar Ahmed and Shariffah Ezzat
Publication/Output Type: Report on project implementations and journal articles describing the experience and impact of the Casemix system implementation on health systems of selected developing countries.
Dr. Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin, Director
United Nations University
International Institute for Global Health
HUKM Complex
Faculty of Medicine
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Jalan Yaacob Latiff
56000 Cheras
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


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Only three problems: (1) finding one in good condition, (2) finding one in the color family I desire (aquas, of course), and (3) price. Of course, it is to be expected that (3) increases exponentially the more that (1) and (2) apply. I've found some lovely vintage/antique chandeliers in this style from time to time on eBay, but the good ones run into the high hundreds to thousands of dollars. I even took a trip to Bountiful -- no, not Bountiful, Utah! the antique store in next-door-to-me Venice (California) -- and was astounded to find an empire style chandelier in moderate condition that was marked at $6,000! (BTW, is that store even open any longer? I don't know how they could stay open in this economy! When I visited one Sunday afternoon, there was no one besides me and two staff people in the store. Their prices are OUTRAGEOUS, but then again I guess it is the elite, not "real" people like me, that shop there ...)
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So, in order to obtain this look, I have so far purchased three (yes, THREE) vintage birdcage stands! These things can also get very pricey, but I managed to accumulate three of them off eBay, and the only reason I even bought any of them is because they were relatively inexpensive, all things considered, even with shipping included.
The other was given to me by a friend, in addition to a very cute shabby chic drop leaf dining table his mom actually went dumpster diving for (a lady after my own heart!), in exchange for my slip covering a sofa for him (trust me, he got the better end of that deal!). I could see the potential in this pretty fixture he was going to give to Goodwill. It had a brass finish that was not to my taste, but otherwise it was quite pretty with its leafy detail. Interestingly, I later learned that this style chandelier is called a "birdcage" chandelier, and I managed to Google it and find an image that is of my exact chandelier:
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I disassembled the thing and painted the metal part an heirloom white color, and am considering distressing it rather heavily to show some of the brass finish. Because I am the world's worst procrastinator, it is currently shoved inside an extra large plastic storage bin, completely unfinished (I sure as heck hope I haven't misplaced any of the crystals!). I need to get an electrician to cut the cord and hanging chain WAY down (they are currently something like 25 feet in length!) and add a plug to the end and an in-line switch to turn the thing on and off.
All that said, the problem with THIS particular chandelier is that it is quite large -- 23 inches in length, not including the crystals at the bottom, and not one of my three (yes, THREE) birdcage stands is large enough to hold it. Also, I REALLY REALLY REALLY want a French empire style chandelier!
Because my favorite color is aqua/turquoise, I've been coveting a chandelier like this one (LOVE the "beach glass" look of this one!):
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or even this one (which is lovely, but admittedly my least favorite of the three):
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All of these chandeliers are too big, so none of them would fit in any one of my three (yes, THREE) birdcage stands, not to mention that they are all prohibitively expensive (like in the thousands of dollars). I suppose if I had a posh beach house, I'd also have the wherewithal to purchase one of these fixtures for it, and you bet I would be placing an order for one of them! However, I'm just a girl renting an apartment in West LA, so something different is in order.
Stay tuned to see what I have up my sleeve. I have a rather large project ahead of me in my quest for an aqua empire style chandelier, and hopefully my procrastination will take a back seat and let me get started on it!


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FireHouse is an American hard rock / heavy metal band formed in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1989. The band reached stardom during the early 1990s with hit singles like "Don't Treat Me Bad" "Reach For The Sky" and "All She Wrote", as well as their signature ballads "I Live My Life for You", "Love of a Lifetime", and "When I Look Into Your Eyes". At the 1992 American Music Awards, FireHouse won the award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock New Artist. They were chosen over Nirvana and Alice in Chains.
Steelheart is a rock band based in Norwalk, Connecticut. Formed in 1990, the band is fronted by vocalist Miljenko Matijevic.
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The National Weather Service indicated a minimal chance of thunderstorm activity around the Red River tonight for the past week, but all the latest model runs showed that to be hardly worth mentioning. Now as of 12:40am CDT, an Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for Denton County, just north of the Metroplex. Gotta love that [read more...]
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The latest damage surveys conducted by the National Weather Service confirm 8 tornadoes from around north Texas on May 24. This includes one tornado in Denton County which affected Argyle, Denton, and Corinth. Read below for details. …Damage survey update for the may 24th storms… National Weather Service crews spent the day conducting additional damage [read more...]
I created a map of approximate mesocyclone tracks based off high res radar data in Fort Worth. I will continue adding tornado damage reports in as the National Weather Service conducts it's damage surveys. Click here to view the complete map. So far there have been two tornadoes known to occur within the Metroplex. One in Irving, [read more...]
PDS Tornado Watch # 356 has been issued for all of central Oklahoma and parts of north central and north west Texas. Storm initiation is expected by 2 – 3pm CDT, and move ENE at 25-30kts. This means the DFW Metroplex and I-35 corridor is likely to be affected by 5-8pm CDT. URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED [read more...]
Hey group… its been awhile but the weather conditions today merit an email… By now we are all aware of the heavy rainfall affecting the region, but may not be immediately aware of the flash flooding occurring around the region. Right now, several flash flood reports have come in from the area, including Plano, Dallas, [read more...]
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for parts of north central Texas, including the DFW metroplex, expiring at 10pm. Thunderstorms are developing inside a destabilizing air mass along a cold front moving eastward. The storms arrival now brings it through the region within the next 2 or so hours, or before 5:30 to 6:00pm. [read more...]
February 11, 2010 broke the all-time snowfall record for any calendar day and any 24-hour period with 11.2 inches of snow, as of midnight. This surpasses the previous daily record of 1.4 inches on Feb 11, 1988. This also exceeds our 24-hour record of 7.5 inches on Feb 17, 1978 and Feb 25, 1924. Lastly [read more...]
The latest from the National Weather Service, snowfall today now shatters the previous record at DFW Airport. A whopping 7.9 inches 11.2 inches of snow has fallen today 2/11/10, surpassing the previous single calendar day record of 7.8 inches set on 1/15/1964 and 1/14/1917. The real kicker, snowfall is set to continue for a few [read more...]
Several Flash Flood Warnings are issued for Tarrant, Denton, Collin, Grayson, Cooke and other counties around the area. A band of very heavy rainfall has fallen creating flooding conditions most notably around Fort Worth where several high water rescues have been taking place after motorists get stranded in high waters. Additionally the Trinity river at [read more...]


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There's not a huge amount of depth to Claustrophobic but it is, at least, quite entertaining in its own simple way. Channeling Endless Runner mentalities, Claustrophobic calls itself an Endless Roller as the game is all about rolling around the arena for as long as possible, without hitting the walls around the outskirts.
It's a relatively well thought out game. Relying on tilt based controls, things could have been very frustrating but Claustrophobic calibrates the controls seconds before starting meaning that it's theoretically possible to play from any angle, i.e. sitting or laying. This ensures that it's one tilt based game that's possible for the commuter or sleepy gamer to play just as easily.
Things start out pretty simply, merely requiring players to keep in the middle of the screen while rolling around to pick up the various points icons that boost the player's score. As things progress, however, the walls tend to move nearer before stretching back out. This change in size makes things a little trickier, adding to the challenge. Power-ups such as extra points and lives smooth things out, while giving players the means in which to boost their score further. There's also the intriguing addition of video recording functionality, making it possible to share videos of completed sessions. Something that I, frustratingly, only noticed after gaining a high score I was proud of. It's a neat idea and one that I'd love to see in other titles.
Ultimately, though, Claustrophobic's gameplay is a little on the shallow side. There's the prospect of new updates at a later date but, for now, it doesn't quite have the longevity of other Endless Running games. The addition of challenges could have helped this significantly, so hopefully that will be one such update. For now, though, Claustrophobic is an interesting idea but one that lacks that "just one more go" factor.
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Tooth decay in early childhood occurs most often in the upper and lower front teeth (incisors) and can be a serious problem.
Bottle mouth; Bottle carries; Baby bottle tooth decay; Early childhood caries (ECC)
Your child needs strong, healthy baby teeth. These teeth help your child chew food, speak, and have enough space in his or her jaw for the adult teeth to grow in straight.
Tooth decay can happen when your child's teeth come in contact with too much sugar. This sugar helps bacteria grow. Acids that the bacteria make cause the teeth to decay.
Many of the liquids that your child drinks contain sugar, including milk, formula, and fruit juices. Eating snacks with sugar also places more sugar on your child's teeth.
How often your child drinks liquids containing sugar, and how long the sugar stays in the mouth are also important. When children sleep or walk around with a bottle or sippy cup in their mouth, sugar coats their teeth for longer periods of time, causing teeth to decay more quickly.
Breast milk by itself is the healthiest food for babies' teeth. It tends to slow bacterial growth and acid production. However, when breast milk is alternated with sugary foods or drinks, the rate of tooth decay can be faster than with sugar alone.
Feeding tips to prevent tooth decay:
Tips for caring for your child's teeth:
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Dental caries. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. . 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 304.
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Electronic Arts (EA) today announced that the Sims 3 game for PlayStation 3, Xbox and Nintendo DS will start shipping this week in both the United States and Europe.
Number one seller
The much anticipated version of the franchise was released on the PC in June 2009 and has already sold over 5 million copies and become a number one best selling PC game with over 180 million downloads of player created content. The Sims 3 fan website gets up to seven million unique monthly visitors with the Sims 3 YouTube channel having more than 37 million video views.
Console features
The console version will have specific new features for each platform with achievement based game-play, special "Karma Powers" and the Nintendo DS version will have the first full life simulation. EA say that gamers will be able to "play with life like never before." PlayStation 3 and Xbox users will be able to post achievements on their Facebook and Twitter accounts and share their creations with other players from around the world.
The Nintendo DS version will enable gamers to use the stylus to create a home for their sims and control nearly every aspect from walls and floors to decor and textures. The stylus will also enable players to "sculpt" faces, choose hair and clothing and decide the kind of personalities their sims have. A story mode allows you to control many sims with a sims family.
Executive Producer at EA, Ben Bell, said of the latest release "The Sims fans have been anxiously awaiting the next generation release of console and handheld games for the series, and we've been working hard to give them the most robust The Sims experience to date,"
Sims franchise
The Sims franchise has been going for around ten years and has sold over 125 million units in 22 languages in 60 different countries. It centers around the simulation of daily life with players being able to control one or more characters as they progress through various stages of life, love and happiness. The game is already available on Windows PC, Mac, iPhone and iPod touch with a 2011 release for the Nintendo 3DS.
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SXSW Film Reviews: 'Go For Sisters'
Go for Sisters
Narrative Spotlight, North American PremiereD: John Sayles; with LisaGay Hamilton, Yolonda Ross, Edward James Olmos
In a run for the border as gripping and complex as his 1996 Lone Star, writer/director Sayles propels two old friends – a parole officer and an ex-con – deep into the Mexican underworld on a desperate search for the former's missing son. By-the-book Bernice (Hamilton) taps fresh-from-prison Fontayne (Ross) for leads among her shady associates, dropping the two down the rabbit hole of drug and human trafficking, where Fontayne grows concerned with upholding the law while Bernice bends it to her will. As the estranged schoolmates – so close they could "go for sisters" – are drawn back together, the actresses achingly convey the pain of their pasts and needs of their present. With help from a gruff former cop with failing vision, masterfully portrayed by Olmos, the hunt is fraught with tension, though Sayles – as always, keeping the action at street level and vividly filling the screen with a culture's sights, sounds, and rich, distinctive characters – makes us as concerned for the fate of two women's friendship as for a man's life.
Thursday, March 14, 1:15pm, Violet Crown- SXSW Film Reviews: 'The Act of Killing' Death squad leaders are lured into their victims' shoes in this unsettling documentary
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Bananas says:
im thinking of getting another horse but hes due to make 17hh maybe more - we have only just got a new horse box its an ifor willams 505 so could i fit him in if we take the centre partition out? ty x
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email williams they could tell you
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greyandbay says:
We used to have a 505 - they take horses up to 16.2 I think, and as ours were 15hh we were fine!
Getting another one depends when your youngster is due to get to full height I guess, but you'd need a 510 or a 511, they take up to 17.2.
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equi says:
I got my 16.1 and 15.2 in it and the 15.2 weighs more than my 16.1 by a rather large amount so yes i think weight wise it will be okay, just make sure you use poll guards for height though.
the horse is standing at 17hh at the mo the breader thinks he will make 17.1 no more iv seen people going around with horses in a 505 with out the partision hummmmm i might just try him in it at see ??????
Well try him and see, but the partition being out won't make the trailer any higher, and height is what you need.
If you do try him make sure you put a poll guard on him as equi said, and watch carefully as you load him to see what clearance there is for his head - if it looks like there's not enough room, DON'T load him as it could freak him out totally.
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melxvengeance says:
no a 505 will not be high enough. you will need a 511.
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Gulaal New Show Replacing Bidaai From 15th November
It's never happened before in the history of Indian television that a serial doing well and garnering high television rating points (TRPs) is going off air.
But Star Plus is set to bring in a new wave, as it draws the curtains on Sapna Babul Ka Bidaai and ushers in a new show Gulaal, to start on November 15th. Bidaai has had a great run past three years, being the number one show on the TRP charts a very long time, and the decision to wrap it up was a tough one, admits CEO of Star India, Uday Shankar.
But there's a positive thought behind it. "We want to leave fond memories in our viewers' minds. They watched this show because they were emotionally connected with it, not out of sheer habit and that's remarkable."
Shakar adds, "We at Star believe that a show doing well should not be the reason for it continuing. If we feel we don't have an interesting dimension to carry on then we should have a dignified exit. People should be wondering why, rather than why not," says Shankar, who promises a grand bidaai for this show with a two-hour special maha-episode tonight from 7 to 9 pm.
"It's truly an iconic show and deserves a dignified farewell," he adds. Producer-director Rajan Shahi is upbeat too. "Bidaai has not only given a strong foundation, recognition and a fresh lease to everyone associated with it, be it the producer, actors, technicians and channel, it has truly become a landmark, a trademark and a benchmark in every sense. The channel and I unanimously agreed that whenever the show ends, it should on a high and it does so being among the top five shows today. Our entire team is happy and proud to end as winners."


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I am a vibrant woman, 73 yrs old and put this pantry together on my own. Directions were very easy to follow and I will enjoy this piece as it is of quality that I expected.
This piece works out perfect for my needs, it holds all my baking stuff with room in the bottom for my kitchen aid mixer and another larger kitchen appliance. It's great to have everything at your fingertips and the middle drawer is perfect for rolls of foil, plastic wrap etc. The distressing is obviously machine done, but the piece is nice and solid, I'm very pleased.
I ordered this because it was the perfect size for our laundry room while still adding a lot of storage space. I was a bit skeptical when I realized that I had to assemble it - it looked pretty overwhelming coming out of the box. But the assembly was really a breeze and the cabinet is very nice and quite solid. It took me about 2 hours to put together on my own - I assembled the bottom, put it in place; then I assembled the top and connected the two. No problem and I'm a very petite lady, so if I can do it you can too. I highly recommend it!
Great product overall. There were a few missing drilled holes when we put it together, but it wasn't that big of a deal. The middle drawer catches when it is opened/closed. BUT other than that, it is a great product and looks great.
We received the pantry in the expected time frame and everything was in the box; nothing was broken. We got it up and the only problem we had was that we could not get the doors to exactly align. This does not keep the doors from opening and closing, just a cosmetic issue. I was a bit disappointed with that aspect. However, in general I am pleased with the product. It is a nice looking pantry for the money.
This pantry was exactly what I had expected. It was fairly easy to assemble, and the wood is sturdy enough to hold heavier items. I like that it's just slightly distressed, and it isn't a shocking bright white.
Another great product we overstock.com samurai fast in tack and solid wood which was extremely happy about not cheap MDF cardboard but this was solid wood grain to sign
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We are so happy with this piece and we've had countless compliments from friends and family. Lacking storage space, this was the perfect solution. Had an initial issue with the hinges; contacted the manufacturer and two replacement parts later, we're in good shape. Rather simple to build; I'd say 2-3 hours. Please know that it is not truly white.
love this used it for a linen cabinet in my bathroom much cheaper here than homedepot just wish it had so close doors
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With completely natural ingredients, this moisturiser is sourced from a New Zealand company and is supposed to be one of their more moisture intensive lines. I don't think it's overly moisturising, it seems average in that respect (though I'm sure you can slather more on), but I prefer that because I was worried it would be oily due to the amount of natural oils and butters in it. There is none of that and it absorbs very well. Overall quite a decent moisturiser considering it can be difficult finding good, natural ones that don't either break me out or do nothing.
Some people might have issues with the scent. It is quite strong when you first apply but fades away. Personally I find it lovely, although I read online somewhere that someone had compared it to chlorine.


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Chris Britcher
Monday, February 25, 2013
You know you'll want one...but don't expect a bargain price tag
In just a few months the Christmas shopping rush will be upon us once more – a none-too-subtle blend of crass commercialism, supreme dollops of hype and an opportunity to see in the new year with some extra debt slung around our shoulders.
While most of us are praying for a glimpse of spring, and are positively ravenous for a long, hot summer, you can be sure the strategies for our festive spending are already well advanced.
And this year there will be a shiny new addition to the gift list of young and old alike – despite its remarkably underwhelming recent launch.
Sony's PlayStation 4 machine has plenty of weight piled on it shoulders; not least to deliver sufficient pots of money for its Japanese parent company in order to allow it to actually turn a profit again.
This in itself will be a challenge, by virtue of the fact games consoles are, traditionally lost leaders – the price of the hardware being sold for less than it cost in order to secure market share so you can flog them all the add-ons needed, such as games, controllers and all the other plastic items you will find littering a teenager's bedroom floor.
Perhaps more significant, is the fact it enters a market which has lost so much of the vim and vigour it once boasted.
The launch of a video game console ten years ago would have excited the masses - and not just the cliched gamer with an itchy trigger finger. Today, it raises an interested eyebrow among the mainstream but not the zip of yesteryear. Think Robbie Williams as a comparison.
Because ten years ago we all had the cash to splash out on something which was of no real value other than injecting some fun into our lives. And if we couldn't afford it, well, every shop was prepared to give us one and we could pay it back over the length of time of our choice.
Today, there's a slightly more pressing need facing everyone – namely paying the mortgage, footing the petrol bill and shelling out an ever-increasing fortune to feed and heat a family.
Splashing out a few hundred quid in order to kill some zombies in a slightly more realistic way than before is a hard sell. Or at least it will be until the price inevitably tumbles to a more consumer friendly figure. But to do that, it must first post sufficient sales. A tricky and potentially difficult Catch 22.
Sony's latest machine will, no doubt, ultimately be a big success. And it will inevitably be the must-have gift for Christmas 2013. Just be ready for a sharp intake of breath when they announce the inevitable £300-plus price tag and then join the queue to buy one.
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I love carrot cake and honestly -- if you're going to go to the trouble of making a carrot cake, who wants a low-sugar frosting? Like that's going to make any difference, as sweet as the carrot cake is, anyway.
Some cooks like to do a carrot cake in two layer pans, then fill and frost. In my opinion, that's too much work. I prefer using a standard tube pan (preferably a nonstick one with a removable bottom). I turn the cake out on to the bottom of my cake carrier, do a crumb coating with the frosting, let it chill, then frost the rest, just doing the top and sides. I then press chopped pecans into the frosting. It looks great and is not nearly as much work as dealing with a layer cake.


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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves
By Andrew Ross Sorkin | Viking | 600 pages, $32.95
"I must admit," Sorkin wrote us this morning, "I was completely bowled over by the turnout. It was quite incredible to reassemble so many characters from the book in one room all together. For a book that shows so many of these characters with their warts and all in the midst of the greatest panic of their lives, I am tremendously grateful that they came out to support me."— "Andrew Ross Sorkin's Book Party Was Filled With CEOs, Warts and All," New York magazine's Daily Intel blog, an item on a book party for Too Big To Fail at the Monkey Bar, October 21, 2009
Andrew Ross Sorkin's Too Big To Fail is an extraordinary work of reportage by a once-in-a-generation journalist. It is also something else: an example of access journalism par excellence. That's not a flaw, necessarily, but it is a fact that colors nearly every paragraph of this sprawling book. As such, Too Big To Fail demonstrates both the potential and the limits of the form.
Anyone who finds TBTF less than satisfying as a work of nonfiction, and I'm among them, must first acknowledge that this book places vast amounts of new information into the public record, information that probably only Sorkin could have gathered in such quantity. When it comes to fact-gathering virtuosity, TBTF is in a class by itself. What's more, the facts have held up. What more do you want from a journalist? It is a fair question.
A thirty-two-year-old New York Times columnist and editor, Sorkin burst onto the scene earlier in the decade via a series of blockbuster scoops on mergers and acquisitions. He followed that up with the creation of DealBook, a franchise within a franchise at the Times that breaks and aggregates financial news, amassing more than 200,000 loyal e-mail subscribers and many more regular readers.
For his first book, Sorkin and his team interviewed more than two hundred people, gathering anecdotes on most of the key players in the financial crisis: Paulson, Bernanke, Geithner, Fuld, Blankfein, Dimon (especially Dimon), and many more. The scenes are woven deftly together with previously reported and properly attributed material to form a streamlined chronology of the months leading up to Lehman's failure and AIG's rescue, as viewed from the executive suite. An instant best-seller, Sorkin's is the breakout book of the crisis. Early reviews in the financial press start at euphoric and go up from there. And there's a reason for that.
Without TBTF there would be many things we did not know. Who, for example, leaked the June 4, 2008, story about Lehman's last-ditch talks with a Korean government entity, imperiling a deal that could have been a critical lifeline? (Sorkin says Lehman brass believe it was Erin Callan, the company's CFO.) What does financial Armageddon look like? (Sorkin provides a deadly snapshot: "The Lehman board had already begun its meeting when the bankruptcy lawyers from Weil Gotshal, towing wheeled suitcases stuffed with documents, finally arrived.") And what did Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein say during a critical meeting at the New York Fed, on the very day the government decided to bail out AIG, sending billions of dollars to his own company? ("So, when is the money going to be paid out?")
(Disclosure time: Goldman gave the business-press section I run at the Columbia Journalism Review, known as The Audit, $25,000 last year. Sorkin was a big help in creating The Audit as one of several advisers to cjr before I arrived in the spring of 2007, and has since attended private breakfasts of funders and journalists hosted by The Audit to discuss journalism and financial issues. End of disclosure. Void where prohibited. See box top for details.)
The book even includes glimpses into the thoughts of various big shots. Want to know what Tim Geithner was thinking during a particularly tense 6 a.m. jog along the river in lower Manhattan?
This is what it was all about, he thought to himself, the people who rise at dawn to get in to their jobs, all of whom rely to some extent on the financial industry to help power the economy. Never mind the staggering numbers. Never mind the ruthless complexity of structured finance and derivatives, nor the million-dollar bonuses of those who made bad bets. This is what the saving the financial industry is really about, he reminded himself, protecting ordinary people with ordinary jobs.


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Steve Russell (Rite Publishing) talks to Brian Enguard (The Demolished Ones, Bulldogs!) about thier new Kickstarter Project: The Demolished Ones which will use the FATE system.
Our kickstarter hit threshold goal and we are now working on hitting our 1st Tier which will offer an addtional PDF deadline for helping fund the project is November 11th after that date the PDF will eventually be made available for sale on DrivethruRpg/RpgNow
Unfettered Development #008Steve Russell talks to Owen K.C. Stephens (Super Genious Games) about the Questhaven Patronage Project, The Free Product Wyrd of Questhaven (free till Owen's birthday the 28th), and what is going on with Super Genius Games. .
Follow the link above and read Steve Russell's blog about the nature of Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved and the Lands of the Diamond Throne.


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Sunshine Powered Alibre Design Solar Car
Last week Alibre Inc. was visited by students from Byron Nelson High School to be trained on how to use Alibre Design Professional software. The goal was not just to learn 3D CAD software, which most of these students already had a firm grasp of, but to use their skills to design a solar power car for a real life multi state race.
The race is sponsored by Hunt-Winston Solar Car Challenge. The annual event invites students nationwide to build solar-powered cars and enter them in a race from Texas Motor Speedway to Golden, Colorado.
Since November, the Byron Nelson students have been using Alibre Design to draft and construct a solar-charged vehicle for the 700-mile race. Eighteen other teams will make the seven-day trek - divided into stages - with some traveling from as far as California and Connecticut to begin the race.
The race is split into 150-mile stages, driving Cat1 - the solar car is named after the high school's mascot, a Bobcat. Each member of the Byron Nelson team contributes something unique. Zack offers electrical knowledge, while Matt Klauser contributes mechanical assistance, and Austin Flickinger touts his design savvy.
The Race is in July but before that the Byron Nelson team has several hurdles before revving their engine, including deadlines for turning in schematics and other paperwork. With its entry application approved, the team joins others in receiving curriculum materials, on-site visits and workshop opportunities from Winston officials. Such evaluation is critical since the students are designing and constructing a full-sized automobile, not a miniature model. They must have a driver's license to operate the vehicle, as they would a conventional gas-powered car.
Chad Loving, Peter VanHouten, Taylor Douglas and Cliff Campbell also lend their talents to a vision that each boy hopes to achieve. "My role on the team is the design of the car," said Austin, 14, a ninth-grader. "The funnest part is definitely meeting with the team and going on to conferences and seeing other teams and learning how they do things." Austin is not alone in his enthusiasm.
"Ever since I was little, I've built cars out of stuff like cardboard and plastic," said Matt, 15, a freshman whose father Darren serves as team adviser. "It's just really fun."
But pushing the team's vision to reality requires money, a fact not lost on Matt. Realizing that building a solar car can cost between $10,000 and $15,000, the team looks to the Adopt-a-Solar-Cell program to fuel their dreams. Those contributing to the program help the students purchase supplies and pay other expenses pushing them closer to July competition.
That is where Alibre Inc stepped in, with individual design licenses and training for each of the students. "We gave each one of the boys a license of Alibre Design Professional and the training & support they need to get up and running with the software," said Mike Hayden, marketing manager for the company.
Alibre Technical Support Manager, Mark Mankiwicz said, "Working with the kids was much easier than expected, they picked up the software very quickly and it is exciting that our new generation is learning 3D CAD software at such a young age."
As they trade design ideas and continue building their solar vehicle at weekly meetings, the boys look forward to the race.
To help contribute or sponsor the team please visit their website at www.ByronNelsonSolarCar.ning.com


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ASHLAND, Ore. – Oregon has one of the highest homeless rates in the country, but an Ashland group is doing what it can to improve things on a local level.
The Ashland Community Resource Center opened earlier this year, and provides resume help, access to services, showers, laundry, and supplies. Organizers said the number of people seeking help at the center has doubled since it opened.
"We have over 135 individuals that we've provided anything from a tent, a sleeping bag, housing, it's just been miraculous," said director Leigh Madsen.
Best of all, the center is receiving positive word of mouth among the homeless community, which is leading to more people coming in.
Some homeless families have been able to secure full-time jobs since seeking help at the center, Madsen said. Others have applied for apartments and low-income housing.
A report by the National Alliance to End Homelessness said Oregon has 13,822 homeless people, with a rate of 35.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents. That rate is higher than the national average of 19.
Madsen said one of the keys to bringing down that number is providing resources to allow homeless people to improve their own lives. People who previously came into the center seeking sleeping bags or tends are now building resumes and applying for jobs.
"The news is out that we can actually provide services to people in poverty and homelessness," Madsen said.
The Ashland Community Resource Center is located at 572 Clover Lane, and is open Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Showers and laundry service is available Tuesdays and Thursdays.


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The FCP X update? It matters….is now the time to jump on board?
More Info About the Final Cut X Update(Sponsored by FMC)
By PVC News Staff | October 19, 2011
FCP X has caused quite a controversy in the video community; between massive changes in software design and a struggle for professional workflows, the new version (while amazing) has been a rocky release for Apple. This new update starts to address some of the criticisms from professionals.
Why Apple's update should matter for you:
The update for FCPX shows one thing very clearly: Apple is listening. Major "missing" keys have begun to be addressed. This update? XML and Roles.
Apple made it possible for developers to get XML in and out of FCPX - meaning projects soon can be imported in and out of FCPX. Legacy projects, workflows with other post production tools, now have the necessary hooks for developers to provide workflow paths. DaVinci Resolve, Cat DV and other third party applications are taking advantage of this.
Hand in hand with that, are the ideas of Roles - assigning a âtypeâ or role to a clip. Roles like: dialog, effects, music (and more) make it possible to export separate stems based on your tags. Additionally, These roles make versioning (such as based on language) a breeze, flexibly turning on and off the correct clips in a project.
Learning how to integrate these new features (or the shift in thinking necessary to edit in Final Cut Pro X) should be in your near future. FMC Training is dedicated to providing the most professional, comprehensive, certified training in the country and can recommend a customized learning path for you.
Why Apple's update shouldn't matter for you:
Perhaps you've decided that Final Cut Pro X doesn't work for you- Maybe you are a Final Cut Pro 6 or 7 user, who thinks Final Cut Pro X is a mistake.
If you choose not to go to Final Cut Pro X, the smart money is on switching to a different editorial system, knowing that Apple's development for anything other than Final Cut Pro X has stopped. That leaves the major players of Adobe with Premiere Pro and Avid's Media Composer.
What's most important, is being aware that your career shouldn't ever be defined as being locked to a single tool, being proficient with many applications including getting
certified may be your best choice to keep yourself relevant in such a fluid job environment.
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Trying to find the right way to dress up the windows in your home can prove to be a challenge. Material, texture, style, design and spacing are all key things to consider when deciding how to get the most out of your windows and keep a warm feel to your home.
How you treat your windows can sometimes depend on the season, especially here in the Great White North during the winter-time where the temperature drops 40 below zero on some days. Sure you can turn up the heat in your house to warm yourself up, but the way you dress your windows can help to insulate you from the elements.
When the weather outside is indeed frightful, you'll want to look at fabrics that are warm visually but can also serve a purpose by physically keeping the inside of your home warmer. That means using dressings like velvet or cotton to help control the temperature in your home.
If you know that your windows are properly insulated on their own and they are relatively new, you could probably get away with using silk to add more style to the room. The main downside about using silk is that it can be tough to deal with if it should happen to get wet, so if you're going to make that choice with style in mind, you've got to make sure that you're well shielded from the elements.
Once functionality and style are in order, the one thing people worry about most when it comes to windows is how to dress them so that the room looks bigger. A quick tip to manage that is to use window dressings that are longer in size. Anything that drops down really low forces the eyes to look upward making the ceiling appear as if it's higher than it really is.
If you want to create a warmer look and feel to your home and want to cover your windows in style, there's no better place to go than Bergsma's Paint & Décor in Georgetown. The team there offers custom window fashions in a variety of tastes that will really make your house a home. For more information or to book an in-home consultation with the team at Bergsma's Paint and Décor, visit their website at www.bergsmas.ca or call 905-877-4193.


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Manassas Democrat
September 15, 1910
Benjamin Sullivan, fourteen years old, died of typhoid fever Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of his uncle, James Sullivan, near Canova, where he had been visiting. He had been ill about two weeks. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from Woodbine church, the Rev. Carver (?) officiating. Interment was in Woodbine churchyard. He is survived by his father, A. L. Sullivan, and brother, Raymond Sullivan, of Washington. He was a nephew of G. W. Bell, J. M. Bell, J. S. Bell and D. P. Bell of Manasas; Mrs. H. P. Young and Miss S. C. Bell of Manassas, and Luther Sullivan, of Blandsford Bridge.