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Oak galls are fab! Wait till you see them full size! They're like Maltesers! Don't eat them! Caused by a sort of parasitic wasp ( not the usual big stripy one ) and as fidgetbones says, they won't harm the tree. Oak galls can be used to make INK.
Hmmm....the 'bamboo' and 'grass' description put me off a bit, but could it possibly be horsetail? At this time of year it's beige, with a strange seed head, then the leaves appear....green and slender. Hope that's NOT what it is, it's a nightmare to remove.
Steve...the pets HAVE to come first. Unless you can keep them indoors till the weed-killer has become less harmful. Dig out the dandelions and thistles and re-sow the grass. And KEEP MOWING. With luck, they'll eventually give up.
Too much competition, not enough gardening. I think it's shallow. They may be reasonably good gardeners, but there's nothing in this programme about REAL gardening and growing. It seems to be all about winning....won't be watching any more of the series.
If it's a poppy I'd be horribly tempted to leave it just where it is and see what nature gives you! Might be candy pink double, could be single red....or purple...live a little! Enjoy! Whatever...poppies are gorgeous!
Mind your skin! Euphorbias are lovely, but the sap will have you screaming if it gets on your skin! Wear gloves and long sleeves when pruning.....white sap...vicious!
Greater Spotted Woodpecker, no doubt! I reckon we always think they're going to be much bigger than they actually are! They're a bit bigger than a blackbird. Lovely bird. If it has a red neck patch at the back of it's head it's a male. The female doesn't have one of these, just a black neck.
Ah, Mister Rat! Opportunist, intelligent and forever with us! We had a huge outdoor rat problem after our last cat died....within three years the rats had colonised the garden shed ( by digging under it ). When I saw one ON the bird table, eating the bird food ( our cats never bothered with birds - too many feathers, too little meat ) I decided enough was enough. The new cats have put paid to any sign of Mister Rat, and the only mice and voles I've seen ( we live in an agricultural farming area ) are the regurgitated ones.
And yes, Mister Blackbird and his ladies are happily in residence and unmolested in the beech hedges!
A few years ago we had a blackbird who sang, as part of his repertoire, a very convincing 'Trim-Fone' trill. Goodness knows where he'd learned it, probably from someone's ringtone, but it was unbelievably accurate. He was with us for about three years but sadly I've not heard that distinctive warble for a few. And no, he disappeared BEFORE the new rat-catchers arrived!
Paul, when was this photo taken? JK won't be growing yet and certainly wouldn't be that height in March, no matter where you live in the UK. Gardeners are allowed to treat it, and should if it's on their land - glyphosate. Treat in summer when plant is in flower, cut back stems ( they're hollow ), pour in recommended dosage of glyphostae and plug top of cut stem with cotton wool.
I don't think this is JK, by the way!
I was 60 on Christmas Eve and I have half an acre of garden and arthritis. I didn't want any plants for my birthday. What I wanted was a couple of hardy perennial gardeners.....
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Mountain View, CA (Aug. 6, 2013) -- For the next five Saturdays, harness racing fans will have their time to shine with a chance to compete for cash and prizes in the exciting new Big 5 Harness Handicapping Challenge. �Be crowned the challenge champion and take home bragging rights and the ultimate prize of $2,000 cash.
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(NEW YORK) -- The Cleveland Indians have agreed to a contract with free agent outfilder Nick Swisher, according to the player's Twitter account.
According to an ESPN source, the deal is for four years and $56 million with a $14 million option for a fifth season.
Swisher has played the last four seasons with the New York Yankees, batting .272 with 24 homeruns and 93 RBIs.
"Wow! What a crazy few weeks. Hey Cleveland! Are you ready? Because I'm coming home! #RollTribe," Swisher tweeted on Sunday. He played his college baseball at Ohio State.
The Indians have been looking for an outfielder after trading Shin-Soo-Choo to the Cincinnati Reds earlier this month.
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Judging by the datamined and announced gear from Firelands, it looks like there will be a large emphasis placed on Mana Regeneration - 2-sets returning % mana and trinkets providing large amounts of Spirit. Will Firelands fights be heavy on healing and / or will we find ourselves spamming our most effective heal, WotLK style?
with the increase of healing crits does that mean that some future encouters will rely on us getting lucky and critting at the right times, or has the increase in crit healing been made seperate to the content making process?
Are there any plans for adding new class with healing talent tree in future expansions?
Healing seems to scale very well with INT: with a lot of INT, your efficient spells heal for a lot more, so you can use them instead of the emergency heals, you have a larger mana pool to start with, and replenishment and spirit regen are more effective, whilst healers with low INT are challenged by mana, because they have to use their large heals to keep the throughput up, and can't use very many of them, and don't have much SPI either.
In a world where healers have the levels of INT and SPI on T12 raid gear, how will you keep thoughtful mana efficiency part of playing a healer? Or will reaction times, twich healing and raw throughput overwhelm efficiency again as they did in WotLK? |
When on a boss fight, where there is a lot of AoE damage going around, shamans are kinda bad, since the relay on people being close to each other, if not hugged. Are there any plans to change that? Since neither Healing Rain, nor Chain Heal are that good when people are not stacked.
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Druid healers are currently #1 HPS healers and they claim it is their right for lacking a mitigation cooldown. Is this your design? If so, across a tier, how much ahead of the other healers do you think is acceptable before you need to re-balance?
Why are restoration shamans only being nerfed in mana efficiency rather than raw healing output. Resto shaman mana efficiency is not an isse in pvp (drinking is relatively easy for a shaman thanks to his healing tools) and in pve this will force the creation of crutch set bonuses to retore the mana longevity you have removed.
Raw healing output in PVP is ridiculous at the moment and it is only going to get worse with the increase in healing crits (exacerbated by the fact crit is already a decent stat for shamans, and tidal waves gives a significant crit boost to one of their heals). I do not pve but it seems to me that buffs to shamans AOE heals such as chain heal and healing rain would have relatively little affect on PVP but allow a healing nerf to go through on their dirct heals. Thanks for reading, please rate this up pvpers, and to the resto shamans who do PVE, my intent is not to nerf you, just to re-distribute your strength.
Edited by Rhaktor on 20/06/2011 16:14 BST
Will we be seeing a mouseover healing UI with mouse assigned spells anytime soon? With the current skill requirements of content an addon to fulfill this is absolutely essential and whilst the well known add-ons are great it must be only a matter of time before you great guys at Blizz decide to implement it!
With Druids relying on HoT's for the majority of thier healing and being the only healer with a resurection that can be used in combat it is prefreable to have at least one resto druid in a 10 player raid as you lose the least from them taking the time to cast the battle resurection compered to dps Death Knights, Warlocks and Druids who have to take time off from dpsing and possiable move into range to cast and when tanking its not a good idea for a druid to shift out of bear form to cast.
So are there any plans to spread in combat resurections to other healing classes/specs as they are best suited and most able to use it and with the fight limit it makes far less of a diffrence how many more than the limit you have. |
Paladins have solid tank/raid cooldowns - AM & HoSac (LOH to a lesser extent)
Disc Priests have solid tank/raid cooldowns - PS & PW:B (DH toa much lesser extent) Holy Priests have a solid tank CD and meh raid CDs - GS & Lightwell/DH Druids have a solid raid CD - Tranq Shamans have a solid raid CD - SLT You said previously that lacking CDs would be a cause for balance - but is the discrepancy in power a problem? I really think Druids/Shamans could use a Tank CD and Holy Ps a much more useful raid healing CD. |
I personally liked the move away from spamming certain spells in V4 - so good work there, and I have seen the changes coming for druids mastery and appreciate the difference this will make. Are we expecting the amount of mastery to be the scaling factor for later patches while we are still lvl 85?
As we cant get more "powerful" heals, is this how you intend to allow us druid healers (or Shaman as I believe they get more powerful heals the less health a target has through mastery) to maintain a suitable throughput on fights where tanks and raid members are taking even more damage? OR are you going to scale Int and make our spell power go through the roof and also giving us stupid amounts of mana? I would vote Mastery. Right now, Nourish and Healing Touch can been like a band aid on a bullet wound where a tank has 220K health. ( spell power of about 7700 and mastery at 18) If it doesnt scale smoothly things could get very scary. |
Paladins are fairly often generalized as the tank healers in cataclysm, although we have access to Light of Dawn and Holy Radiance. These spells seem a lot more useful in 25 man where more people are grouped up and with the slight buff to Holy Radiance (10 second less CD) it seems we might be a bit more useful for raid healing. Are there plans to make paladins a stronger raid healer, or will we still see a lot of the tanks health pools?
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"I predict Chakra is going to be the reason players play Holy priests. It's going to be the kind of thing where you try out Disc for a few nights but decide you miss Chakra too much and go back. It's just not there yet." As designers, do you think it is there yet? If not, do you have plans to make it more interesting? Remove the CD would be a start to allow HPs the ability to stance dance would be a lot more iteresting, imo |
With sites like raidbots, stateofdps, WOL how accurate do you find the data and how does it compare to internal data sets you have at Blizzard?
If people make arguments based on this data (admittedly, hard to interpret accurately) do you immediately brush it off as inaccurate? |
Have you ever considered creating a 'link' spell for all healers to join / combine healing output or access new spells? .... yea I know... but everyone's asking the obvious questions so thought I'd throw it out there! It'd be great to have a real 'team' feeling for healers within a raid / PvP / etc environment and it'd rock being able to do something like provide 100K direct heals when linked or something :P
Will Holy Priests ever be Arena viable - or with Disc/Shadow ok for that area is it something that you are happy to not waste developer time on?
I can understand that if you dont - but would be nice to play the spec in Arena succesfully at some point. |
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Seattle council curiousities
It's been a very quiet time in the races this year for the Seattle City Council. Some perspective on why from the Stranger Slog, this from a short but provocative post today:
Share on FacebookDid you know that this is the first Seattle City Council race since 2005 in which not one incumbent stepped aside and left his or her seat open to all comers? It's true!
And did you know that at this time in 2005, three of the four incumbents trying to win re-election were trailing their challengers in the money race? Yep. (Way unlike this year.)
And, did you know that since 2003, just two incumbents have pulled off the rather impressive feat of holding their seats while facing challengers who out-fundraised them?
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The current paintings and drawings in this Adventureland Gallery exhibition involves a newly developed re-cognition between the two elements of color and desire. These elements are not new, yet my recent work has brought them together with new realizations of their direct inseparability. Claude Monet's well quoted, "Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment", bears this out and is revisited and renewed in my contemporary and urban landscape. The innate striving to make sense of my surroundings is connected from my eyes to my hands to create a manifestation of thought and action. My environment is not taken for granted, but rather, the literal building blocks of my color. The elements of paint in works such as Gold Monkey and Grown Out of History are found objects both in color and graphics as with Still Time and No Memory of the Liar. Any industrially manufactured plastic from toys to disaster barricades are not only my palette, but also my graphic hand to be worked with a saw instead of a brush. The landscape is collected as color in materials, and revealed as formal abstract poetry in intuition and desire. I have not been removed from nature, I am nature. Color is absorbed. I see paint as a piece of color and color as a piece of aspiration as well as inspiration. Desire is not connected to materiality as a state of having, desire for me is created and defined by the actualization of ideas with materials, thinking and making. My color is a presentation of nature and desire, both internal and external, turning my world, neighborhood, studio, and head inside out, not as a disruption but rather a revelation. The expression of this exhibition is a give and take of an instinctual cultivation and transformation. My life and surroundings are my process and my materials, my color and my desire.
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The meteorological department forecasts the next two days will be hot and uncomfortable, with the maximum temperature touching 41 degree Celsius.
Peak summer days are over. But for the city's residents, there was no respite from the blistering heat on Tuesday. Residents experienced another gruelling day as hot winds blew across the city, until well into the evening.
Though the maximum temperature dropped by one degree Celsius, this did not make much of a difference. In Nungambakkam, the mercury level was 41.8 degree Celsius, while Meenambakkam recorded 42.3 degrees. Weather stations in suburbs such as Avadi and Poonamallee also registered around 42 degree Celsius.
Chennai experienced 12 hot days in May, with the temperature soaring above the 40-degree mark. Last year, the number of hot days was only five.
Monday was the hottest day of this month, with the temperature in Nungambakkam 42.5 degree Celsius and 43 degree Celsius in Meenambakkam .
Residents, who expected the temperature to drop to near-normal on Tuesday as it was cloudy in the morning, were disappointed. Within a couple of hours, the heat became intense, and the sun shone relentless and bright, through the rest of the day. Many motorists kept off the streets for most of the day, as the heat was unbearable.
The overcast sky early in the morning was due only to high humidity levels. When these levels drop, the temperature shoots up.
Officials of the Meteorological department said the delayed and weak sea breeze was leading to uncomfortable hot days. On Tuesday, the sea breeze set in only around 3.30 p.m. Those areas close to the coast such as Chepauk, Triplicane and Thiruvanmiyur are relieved of the heat about an hour earlier than the rest of the city.
Normally, the sea breeze blows up until 11.30 p.m. But as it has been weak this week, the breeze has not sustained into the night, making them uncomfortably warm.
"Chennai normally receives rainfall around this time of the year. But this year, the southwest monsoon is yet to set in neighbouring states and the temperature continues to soar," said Y.E.A. Raj, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai.
The prolonged dry period in the coastal region has also led to many uncomfortable days, he added.
The meteorological department forecasts the next two days will be hot and uncomfortable, with the maximum temperature touching 41 degree Celsius.
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Orbit Garant Drilling Inc. Reports Fiscal 2012 Third Quarter Financial Results
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Orbit Garant Drilling Inc. Reports Fiscal 2012 Third Quarter Financial Results07:30 EDT Thursday, May 10, 2012Revenue increased 25.0% to $41.7 million from $33.4 million in Q3 FY2011Record third quarter meters drilled at 396,525, up from 368,144 meters in Q3 last yearAdjusted gross margin (excluding amortization expense) increased to 29.4% from 25.7% in Q3 FY2011EBITDA increased 37.9% to $8.3 million, compared to $6.0 million in Q3 last yearEarnings per share increased to $0.10 (basic and diluted), up from $0.07 (basic and diluted) in Q3 FY2011Expanded drill fleet to 226 drill rigs, up from 180 drill rigs at the end of fiscal 2011Capital expenditures of $3.2 million to sustain growing business activityVAL-D'OR, QC, May 10, 2012 /CNW/ - Orbit Garant Drilling Inc. (TSX: OGD) ("Orbit Garant" or the "Company") today announced its financial results for the three and nine-month periods ended March 31, 2012. Orbit Garant's fiscal 2012 third quarter ("Q3 FY2012") and first nine-month financial results reflect the Company's transition from Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Canadian "GAAP") to International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), effective July 1, 2011. The Company's fiscal 2011 third quarter ("Q3 FY2011") and first nine-month financial results have been restated accordingly. All dollar amounts are in Canadian currency unless otherwise stated. Percentage calculations are based on numbers in the financial statements and may not correspond to rounded figures presented in this news release.Highlights($ amounts in millions, exceptearnings per share)3 months ended March 31, 20123 months ended March 31, 20119 months endedMarch 31, 20129 months endedMarch 31, 2011Revenue$41.7$33.4$111.3$86.7Gross Profit¹$10.0$6.8$26.0$18.3Gross Margin (%)¹23.920.423.321.2Adjusted Gross Margin (%)¹29.425.729.126.8EBITDA$8.3$6.0$22.3$16.7Net Earnings$3.5$2.3$9.0$6.9Net earnings per common share - Basic$0.10$0.07$0.27$0.21 - Diluted$0.10$0.07$0.26$0.20Total Meters Drilled396,525368,1441,087,532986,807¹ In accordance with IFRS, reported gross profit and margin include certain amortization expenses. For comparative purposes, adjusted gross margin is also shown excluding these amortization expenses. "We achieved solid revenue, gross margin and earnings growth in the quarter, driven by increased business activity, higher revenue per meter drilled and a full quarter contribution from Lantech Drilling's operations. We drilled a record number of meters for our third quarter, despite unseasonably warm temperatures in March, which resulted in an early break-up season and premature suspension of drilling activitiesat certain project sites in Quebec and Ontario," said Eric Alexandre, President and CEO of Orbit Garant. "Demand for our services remains strong. We will surpass our capital expenditure forecast for the manufacture of 18 new drill rigs at the outset of fiscal 2012. To date, we have manufactured 16 new drill rigs. We expect to manufacture an additional five drill rigs in the fourth quarter, each of which will feature our computerized monitoring and control technologies. Our greatest growth constraint continues to be a shortage of experienced drillers, which we are addressing through our driller training program.""The integration of Lantech Drilling has progressed very well. Our employees, customers and partners have responded positively to our business combination. We are actively engaging with current and potential customers to identify new business opportunities both in Canada and internationally," added Mr. Alexandre. "Looking ahead, we will remain focused on improving productivity, driving organic growth and evaluating additional acquisition opportunities to further strengthen our market presence."On December 16, 2011, Orbit Garant acquired all issued and outstanding shares of New Brunswick-based Lantech Drilling Services Inc. ("Lantech Drilling"), which specializes in exploration and geotechnical services to mining and mineral exploration companies, and engineering and environmental consultant firms. Orbit Garant's fiscal 2012 third quarter results reflect a full quarter contribution from Lantech Drilling. The Company's results for the nine-month period ended March 31, 2012 include results of operations from Lantech Drilling from December 16, 2011 to March 31, 2012.Third Quarter ResultsOrbit Garant added five drill rigs to its fleet in third quarter of fiscal 2012 and sold one, bringing its fleet count to 226 drills at quarter end. The Company's fleet drilled a total of 396,525meters in Q3 FY2012, compared to 368,144 meters in Q3 FY2011. The average revenue per meter drilled increased to $101.68 in Q3 FY2012, up from $87.94 in Q3 FY2011.The Company's fiscal 2012 third quarter revenue increased 25.0% to $41.7 million from $33.4 million in the third quarter a year ago.Domestic surface drilling revenue increased 48.7% to $22.7 million in Q3 FY2012 from $15.3 million in Q3 FY2011, reflecting increased meters drilled, higher revenue per meter and the contribution from Lantech Drilling activities.Underground drilling revenue stabilized at $11.5 million in Q3 FY2012, in line with the third quarter a year ago. International drilling revenue increased to $6.1 million in Q3 FY2012 from $5.6 million in the third quarter a year ago, primarily as a result of Lantech Drilling's revenues in West Africa.Orbit Garant's manufacturing division, Soudure Royale, generated revenue of $1.4 million in Q3 FY2012, compared to $1.0 million in Q3 FY2011. Soudure Royale manufactured drills, equipment, and performed maintenance services for the Company during the third quarter of fiscal 2012.Gross profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 increased 46.7% to $10.0 million from $6.8 million in Q3 FY2011. Gross margin for Q3 FY2012 increased to 23.9% from 20.4% in the third quarter a year ago. In accordance with IFRS, amortization expenses totalling $2.3 million are included in cost of contract revenue. Adjusted gross margin, excluding amortization expenses, increased to 29.4% in Q3 FY2012 compared to 25.7% in Q3 FY2011. Increased gross profit and gross margin in Q3 FY2012 reflects higher volumes of business, and increased revenue per meter drilled.General and administrative (G&A) expenses increased to $4.6 million (11.0% of revenue) in Q3 FY2012 from $3.3 million (9.8% of revenue) in Q3 FY2011. Higher G&A expenses in Q3 FY2012 resulted primarily from increased personnel, the Company's new branch office in Sudbury, Ontario, the acquisition of Lantech Drilling, and amortization expenses related to the Company's new head office and base of operations in Val-d'Or, Quebec.G&A expenses, excluding amortization expenses of $0.7 million, totalled $3.9 million (9.4% of revenue) in Q3 FY2012, compared to $2.7 million (8.2% of revenue) in Q3 FY2011.Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA")² for Q3 FY2012 increased 37.9% to $8.3 million, compared to EBITDA of $6.0 million in Q3 FY2011. EBITDA margin in Q3 FY2012 was 19.8% compared to 17.9% in the third quarter of fiscal 2011.Net earnings for Q3 FY2012 totaled $3.5 million, or $0.10 per common share (basic and diluted) compared to net earnings of $2.3 million, or $0.07 per common share (basic and diluted) in Q3 FY2011.Nine Month Results For the nine months ended March 31, 2012, Orbit Garant generated revenue of $111.3 million, an increase of $24.6 million, or 28.4%, compared to $86.7 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2011. Increased revenue for the first nine months of fiscal 2012 was primarily attributable to increased business activity in both Canada and internationally, and higher revenue per meter drilled.Gross profit for the first nine months of fiscal 2012 was $26.0 million, compared to $18.3 million in the comparable period a year ago. Gross margin for the first nine months of FY2012 was 23.3%, compared to 21.2% in the first nine months of FY2011. Adjusted gross margin, excluding amortization expense, in the first nine months of FY2012 increased to 29.1% from 26.8% in the comparable period a year ago. The increase in gross profit and gross margin is primarily attributable to price increases and higher overall business volumes, including increased international drilling activity, which is typically higher margin compared to domestic drilling projects.Net earnings for the first nine months of fiscal 2012 totalled $9.0 million, or $0.27 per common share ($0.26 per share diluted), compared to $6.9 million, or $0.21 per common share ($0.20 per share diluted) in the first nine months of fiscal 2011. Increased net earnings resulted primarily from greater business activity and higher revenue per meter drilled.EBITDA for the first nine months of FY2012 increased 33.9% to $22.3 million from $16.7 million in the same period a year ago. EBITDA margin for the first nine months of FY2012 was 20.1%, compared to 19.2% in the first nine months of FY2011.As at March 31, 2012, the Company had working capital of $61.0 million and 33,276,519 common shares issued and outstanding.Conference callEric Alexandre, President and CEO, and Alain Laplante, Vice-President and CFO, will host a conference call for analysts and investors on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. (ET). The dial-in numbers for the conference call are 888-231-8191 or 647-427-7450. A live audio feed of the call will webcast at:http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/detail/960997/1030477To access a replay of the conference call dial 416-849-0833 or 1-855-859-2056, passcode: 75753554. The replay will be available until May 17, 2012. The replay can also be accessed via the Internet at the above URL address.About Orbit GarantHeadquartered in Val-d'Or, Quebec, Orbit Garant is one of the largest Canadian-based mineral drilling companies, providing both underground and surface drilling services in Canada and internationally through its 226 drills and more than 1,100 employees. Orbit Garant provides services to major, intermediate and junior mining companies, through each stage of mining exploration, development and production. The Company also provides geotechnical drilling services to mining or mineral exploration companies, engineering and environmental consultant firms, and government agencies. For more information please visit the Company's website at www.orbitgarant.com.(2)Management believes that EBITDA is a useful supplemental measure of operating performance prior to debt service, capital expenditures and income taxes. 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Text of 2003 MERC Legislation
This page contains the revisions to the MERC statute(s) enacted by the 2003 legislature. These changes will be effective July 1, 2003.
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Minnesota Statutes 62J.692 Medical Education
445.11 Subd. 3. [APPLICATION PROCESS.] (a) A clinical medical
445.12 education program conducted in Minnesota by a teaching
445.13 institution to train physicians, doctor of pharmacy
445.14 practitioners, dentists, chiropractors, or physician assistants
445.15 is eligible for funds under subdivision 4 if the program:
445.16 (1) is funded, in part, by patient care revenues;
445.17 (2) occurs in patient care settings that face increased
445.18 financial pressure as a result of competition with nonteaching
445.19 patient care entities; and
445.20 (3) emphasizes primary care or specialties that are in
445.21 undersupply in Minnesota.
445.22 (b) A clinical medical education program for advanced
445.23 practice nursing is eligible for funds under subdivision 4 if
445.24 the program meets the eligibility requirements in paragraph (a),
445.25 clauses (1) to (3), and is sponsored by the University of
445.26 Minnesota Academic Health Center, the Mayo Foundation, or
445.27 institutions that are part of the Minnesota state colleges and
445.28 universities system or members of the Minnesota private college
445.29 council.
445.30 (c) Applications must be submitted to the commissioner by a
445.31 sponsoring institution on behalf of an eligible clinical medical
445.32 education program and must be received by October 31 of each
445.33 year for distribution in the following year. An application for
445.34 funds must contain the following information:
445.35 (1) the official name and address of the sponsoring
445.36 institution and the official name and site address of the
446.1 clinical medical education programs on whose behalf the
446.2 sponsoring institution is applying;
446.3 (2) the name, title, and business address of those persons
446.4 responsible for administering the funds;
446.5 (3) for each clinical medical education program for which
446.6 funds are being sought; the type and specialty orientation of
446.7 trainees in the program; the name, site address, and medical
446.8 assistance provider number of each training site used in the
446.9 program; the total number of trainees at each training site; and
446.10 the total number of eligible trainee FTEs at each site. Only
446.11 those training sites that host 0.5 FTE or more eligible trainees
446.12 for a program may be included in the program's application; and
446.13 (4) other supporting information the commissioner deems
446.14 necessary to determine program eligibility based on the criteria
446.15 in paragraph paragraphs (a) and (b) and to ensure the equitable
446.16 distribution of funds.
446.17 (c) (d) An application must include the information
446.18 specified in clauses (1) to (3) for each clinical medical
446.19 education program on an annual basis for three consecutive
446.20 years. After that time, an application must include the
446.21 information specified in clauses (1) to (3) in the first year of
446.22 each biennium:
446.23 (1) audited clinical training costs per trainee for each
446.24 clinical medical education program when available or estimates
446.25 of clinical training costs based on audited financial data;
446.26 (2) a description of current sources of funding for
446.27 clinical medical education costs, including a description and
446.28 dollar amount of all state and federal financial support,
446.29 including Medicare direct and indirect payments; and
446.30 (3) other revenue received for the purposes of clinical
446.31 training.
446.32 (d) (e) An applicant that does not provide information
446.33 requested by the commissioner shall not be eligible for funds
446.34 for the current funding cycle.
447.1 Subd. 4. [DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.] (a) The commissioner
447.2 shall annually distribute 90 percent of available medical
447.3 education funds to all qualifying applicants based on the
447.4 following criteria a distribution formula that reflects a
447.5 summation of two factors:
447.6 (1) total medical education funds available for
447.7 distribution; an education factor, which is determined by the
447.8 total number of eligible trainee FTEs and the total statewide
447.9 average costs per trainee, by type of trainee, in each clinical
447.10 medical education program; and
447.11 (2) total number of eligible trainee FTEs in each clinical
447.12 medical education program; and
447.13 (3) the statewide average cost per trainee as determined by
447.14 the application information provided in the first year of the
447.15 biennium, by type of trainee, in each clinical medical education
447.16 program. a public program volume factor, which is determined by
447.17 the total volume of public program revenue received by each
447.18 training site as a percentage of all public program revenue
447.19 received by all training sites in the fund pool.
447.20 In this formula, the education factor is weighted at 67
447.21 percent and the public program volume factor is weighted at 33
447.22 percent.
447.23 Public program revenue for the distribution formula
447.24 includes revenue from medical assistance, prepaid medical
447.25 assistance, general assistance medical care, and prepaid general
447.26 assistance medical care. Training sites that receive no public
447.27 program revenue are ineligible for funds available under this
447.28 paragraph. Total statewide average costs per trainee for
447.29 medical residents is based on audited clinical training costs
447.30 per trainee in primary care clinical medical education programs
447.31 for medical residents. Total statewide average costs per
447.32 trainee for dental residents is based on audited clinical
447.33 training costs per trainee in clinical medical education
447.34 programs for dental students. Total statewide average costs per
447.35 trainee for pharmacy residents is based on audited clinical
447.36 training costs per trainee in clinical medical education
448.1 programs for pharmacy students.
448.2 (b) The commissioner shall annually distribute ten percent
448.3 of total available medical education funds to all qualifying
448.4 applicants based on the percentage received by each applicant
448.5 under paragraph (a). These funds are to be used to offset
448.6 clinical education costs at eligible clinical training sites
448.7 based on criteria developed by the clinical medical education
448.8 program. Applicants may choose to distribute funds allocated
448.9 under this paragraph based on the distribution formula described
448.10 in paragraph (a). Applicants may also choose to distribute
448.11 funds to clinical training sites with a valid Minnesota medical
448.12 assistance identification number that host fewer than 0.5
448.13 eligible trainee FTE's for a clinical medical education program.
448.14 (c) Funds distributed shall not be used to displace current
448.15 funding appropriations from federal or state sources.
448.16 (c) (d) Funds shall be distributed to the sponsoring
448.17 institutions indicating the amount to be distributed to each of
448.18 the sponsor's clinical medical education programs based on the
448.19 criteria in this subdivision and in accordance with the
448.20 commissioner's approval letter. Each clinical medical education
448.21 program must distribute funds allocated under paragraph (a) to
448.22 the training sites as specified in the commissioner's approval
448.23 letter. Sponsoring institutions, which are accredited through
448.24 an organization recognized by the department of education or the
448.25 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may contract
448.26 directly with training sites to provide clinical training. To
448.27 ensure the quality of clinical training, those accredited
448.28 sponsoring institutions must:
448.29 (1) develop contracts specifying the terms, expectations,
448.30 and outcomes of the clinical training conducted at sites; and
448.31 (2) take necessary action if the contract requirements are
448.32 not met. Action may include the withholding of payments under
448.33 this section or the removal of students from the site.
448.34 (d) (e) Any funds not distributed in accordance with the
448.35 commissioner's approval letter must be returned to the medical
448.36 education and research fund within 30 days of receiving notice
449.1 from the commissioner. The commissioner shall distribute
449.2 returned funds to the appropriate training sites in accordance
449.3 with the commissioner's approval letter.
449.4 (e) The commissioner shall distribute by June 30 of each
449.5 year an amount equal to the funds transferred under section
449.6 62J.694, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b), plus five percent
449.7 interest to the University of Minnesota board of regents for the
449.8 costs of the academic health center as specified under section
449.9 62J.694, subdivision 2a, paragraph (a).
449.12 Subd. 5. [REPORT.] (a) Sponsoring institutions receiving
449.13 funds under this section must sign and submit a medical
449.14 education grant verification report (GVR) to verify that the
449.15 correct grant amount was forwarded to each eligible training
449.16 site. If the sponsoring institution fails to submit the GVR by
449.17 the stated deadline, or to request and meet the deadline for an
449.18 extension, the sponsoring institution is required to return the
449.19 full amount of funds received to the commissioner within 30 days
449.20 of receiving notice from the commissioner. The commissioner
449.21 shall distribute returned funds to the appropriate training
449.22 sites in accordance with the commissioner's approval letter.
449.23 (b) The reports must provide verification of the
449.24 distribution of the funds and must include:
449.25 (1) the total number of eligible trainee FTEs in each
449.26 clinical medical education program;
449.27 (2) the name of each funded program and, for each program,
449.28 the dollar amount distributed to each training site;
449.29 (3) documentation of any discrepancies between the initial
449.30 grant distribution notice included in the commissioner's
449.31 approval letter and the actual distribution;
449.32 (4) a statement by the sponsoring institution describing
449.33 the distribution of funds allocated under subdivision 4,
449.34 paragraph (b), including information on which clinical training
449.35 sites received funding and the rationale used for determining
449.36 funding priorities;
450.1 (5) a statement by the sponsoring institution stating that
450.2 the completed grant verification report is valid and accurate;
450.3 and
450.4 (5) (6) other information the commissioner, with advice
450.5 from the advisory committee, deems appropriate to evaluate the
450.6 effectiveness of the use of funds for medical education.
450.7 (c) By February 15 of each year, the commissioner, with
450.8 advice from the advisory committee, shall provide an annual
450.9 summary report to the legislature on the implementation of this
450.10 section.
450.13 Subd. 7. [TRANSFERS FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN
450.14 SERVICES.] (a) The amount transferred according to section
450.15 256B.69, subdivision 5c, paragraph (a), clause (1), shall be
450.16 distributed by the commissioner annually to clinical medical
450.17 education programs that meet the qualifications of subdivision 3
450.18 based on a distribution formula that reflects a summation of two
450.19 factors: the formula in subdivision 4, paragraph (a).
450.20 (1) an education factor, which is determined by the total
450.21 number of eligible trainee FTEs and the total statewide average
450.22 costs per trainee, by type of trainee, in each clinical medical
450.23 education program; and
450.24 (2) a public program volume factor, which is determined by
450.25 the total volume of public program revenue received by each
450.26 training site as a percentage of all public program revenue
450.27 received by all training sites in the fund pool created under
450.28 this subdivision.
450.29 In this formula, the education factor shall be weighted at
450.30 50 percent and the public program volume factor shall be
450.31 weighted at 50 percent.
450.32 Public program revenue for the distribution formula shall
450.33 include revenue from medical assistance, prepaid medical
450.34 assistance, general assistance medical care, and prepaid general
450.35 assistance medical care. Training sites that receive no public
450.36 program revenue shall be ineligible for funds available under
451.1 this paragraph.
451.2 (b) Fifty percent of the amount transferred according to
451.3 section 256B.69, subdivision 5c, paragraph (a), clause (2),
451.4 shall be distributed by the commissioner to the University of
451.5 Minnesota board of regents for the purposes described in
451.6 sections 137.38 to 137.40. Of the remaining amount transferred
451.7 according to section 256B.69, subdivision 5c, paragraph (a),
451.8 clause (2), 24 percent of the amount shall be distributed by the
451.9 commissioner to the Hennepin County Medical Center for clinical
451.10 medical education. The remaining 26 percent of the amount
451.11 transferred shall be distributed by the commissioner in
451.12 accordance with subdivision 7a. If the federal approval is not
451.13 obtained for the matching funds under section 256B.69,
451.14 subdivision 5c, paragraph (a), clause (2), 100 percent of the
451.15 amount transferred under this paragraph shall be distributed by
451.16 the commissioner to the University of Minnesota board of regents
451.17 for the purposes described in sections 137.38 to 137.40.
451.18 (c) The amount transferred according to section 256B.69,
451.19 subdivision 5c, paragraph (a), clause (3), shall be distributed
451.20 by the commissioner upon receipt to the University of Minnesota
451.21 board of regents for the purposes of clinical graduate medical
451.22 education.
Minnesota Statutes 62J.694 Medical Education Endowment Fund
451.25 Subd. 5. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is only in effect
451.26 if there are funds available in the medical education endowment
451.27 fund.
Minnesota Statutes 256B.69 PMAP Carveout
Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.69, 675.11 subdivision 5c, is amended to read:
675.12 Subd. 5c. [MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FUND.] (a)
675.13 Except as provided in paragraph (c), the commissioner of human
675.14 services shall transfer each year to the medical education and
675.15 research fund established under section 62J.692, the following:
675.16 (1) an amount equal to the reduction in the prepaid medical
675.17 assistance and prepaid general assistance medical care payments
675.18 as specified in this clause. Until January 1, 2002, the county
675.19 medical assistance and general assistance medical care
675.20 capitation base rate prior to plan specific adjustments and
675.21 after the regional rate adjustments under section 256B.69,
675.22 subdivision 5b, is reduced 6.3 percent for Hennepin county, two
675.23 percent for the remaining metropolitan counties, and no
675.24 reduction for nonmetropolitan Minnesota counties; and after
675.25 January 1, 2002, the county medical assistance and general
675.26 assistance medical care capitation base rate prior to plan
675.27 specific adjustments is reduced 6.3 percent for Hennepin county,
675.28 two percent for the remaining metropolitan counties, and 1.6
675.29 percent for nonmetropolitan Minnesota counties. Nursing
675.30 facility and elderly waiver payments and demonstration project
675.31 payments operating under subdivision 23 are excluded from this
675.32 reduction. The amount calculated under this clause shall not be
675.33 adjusted for periods already paid due to subsequent changes to
675.34 the capitation payments;
675.35 (2) beginning July 1, 2001, $2,537,000 2003, $2,157,000
675.36 from the capitation rates paid under this section plus any
676.1 federal matching funds on this amount;
676.2 (3) beginning July 1, 2002, an additional $12,700,000 from
676.3 the capitation rates paid under this section; and
676.4 (4) beginning July 1, 2003, an additional $4,700,000 from
676.5 the capitation rates paid under this section.
676.6 (b) This subdivision shall be effective upon approval of a
676.7 federal waiver which allows federal financial participation in
676.8 the medical education and research fund.
676.9 (c) Effective July 1, 2003, the amount reduced from the
676.10 prepaid general assistance medical care payments under paragraph
676.11 (a), clause (1), shall be transferred to the general fund.


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The U.S. Embassy in Colombo announced that the 2013 Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery Program, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will be accepting on-line applications starting on October 4, 2011.
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From the Mouth of the Sun's "Sitting In a Roofless Room," from the new album Woven Tide, released by Experimedia.
I've discussed my (apparently controversial) attraction to cassettes. Besides being affordable, fun, pretty, and filled with interesting sounds and art, cassettes provide a direct and meaningful connection between artist and audience: The person releasing cassettes in 2012 is likely doing so out of passion, with a spirit for adventure, perhaps even a with a distaste for modern technologies and conveniences; the person purchasing cassettes in 2012 probably has similar motivations and interests.
I like cassettes.
Wow, look at all the pretty boxes.
Maybe I'll finally find that Nakamichi CD-1 cassette deck I've been waiting for.
The beast is now in the careful, capable hands of our copy editor, Richard Lehnert. I sent it to him last night, only six days after I began creating this latest collection of "Recommended Components" blurbsthe last six months of equipment reports, follow-ups, and column coverage distilled into 150-word gems. Six months squished into six days: less time than it took to create the universe.
Have I mentioned that I hate Las Vegas? My hatred for Las Vegas is juvenile and irrational and represents what is probably the last strand of my nearly resigned defiance for all things bourgeois, fascist, bogus, and generally lame. I've softened up a lot over the last 10 years, but Vegas hardens me anew. I hate Las Vegas.
(Before clicking below, please note that this video contains "sexual situations." It may not be appropriate for certain younger viewers, certain older viewers, those with heart conditions, or those who, I don't know, hate life and stuff. I, however, like it a lot and I hope you do, too.)
Sadly, I won't be able to get down to Princeton any time soon, but, if you're interested in 20th Century classical, experimental, avant-garde, drone, minimal synth, noise, and Fluxus-related stuff, now's the time to visit the Princeton Record Exchange!
On a perfect, late autumn morning, Uncle Omar and I made the short drive from Downtown Jersey City to meet with the Lalin family for a little tour and a lot of hi-fi.
In the January 2012 issue of Stereophile, I list my 15 favorite records of the year (p.52). Here is an expanded, slightly more detailed list.


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The Celtics aren't the only NBA team ShoreTel touts as a customer. In addition to the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Wizards, the Brooklyn Nets -- the Celtics' opponent for the evening -- also rely on ShoreTel for their voice and UC needs.
The Nets' Senior Director of Information Technology Mireille Verna, pictured here with Dan Hoffman, president of ShoreTel's cloud division, said the Nets use ShoreTel's cloud-based UC system -- also known as ShoreTel Sky -- and that the reliability has been rock-solid. The most recent testament to this, she said, was how well ShoreTel's solutions withstood the wrath of Hurricane Sandy.
"[The Brooklyn office] was intact," Verna said. "I attribute that to planning, to the stability of the system. ... We were pleasantly surprised it didn't go down. One less thing to worry about."
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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A coroner's report says former Kentucky basketball star Melvin Turpin died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The report Friday gave no other information about the investigation, including whether Turpin left a suicide note. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn had said Thursday that Turpin took his own life in his Lexington house, but didn't say how.
Turpin starred for Kentucky from 1980-84. The 6-foot-11 center helped lead the Wildcats to three consecutive regular-season Southeastern Conference titles.
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Q. You've made movie history by becoming the only actor to have a speaking role in all six Star Wars movies. When did you realise, when you first embarked on this 30 years ago, that you were going to be involved in something that was going to be iconic? A. It was actually the cover of Newsweek magazine that just blasted the whole thing, saying 'this is the best thing ever', because as you know Star Wars opened with no publicity. It was just audiences going in and coming out screaming and taking their friends in and so it built. Originally Star Wars for me was a 12-week gig and that was it. It's 30 years since I met George in an office down the road from here [London] and I didn't want to meet him, I didn't want to play a robot in a low-budget sci-fi movie. Can you imagine how I would have felt today, as being a shelf-stacker in a supermarket, going 'I could have been in that movie?' So I guess The Force was with me.
Q. What was good about being in a tin can for weeks on end? A. Not a lot, frankly, the costume was made to a mould of my body but in the manufacturing of it, it all kind of shrank and whatever. On the first day, it took two hours with six prop guys, squeezing me and pushing me and screwing me in there. My moment of joy came in finally stepping out of the tent - there was no Hollywood glamour, it was a tent in the desert - and seeing the whole crew, American, English, Tunisian, and whatever. The Americans were like 'gosh, that's incredible'; and the English were 'quite interesting, isn't it?' And then the Tunisian crew were like in awe, they really thought I was the second coming. So that was my moment of joy. The next moment, the assistant director said 'can you come over to the set' and I took one step in the costume and it broke and nearly cut my foot off. And I knew I was in deep doo-doo from then on.
Q. I imagine, therefore, that you couldn't even afford to put on a few ounces of weight? A. If you've met Rick McCallum, you know he's not about to make a new costume every time we do this thing. So I'm actually wearing the same costume and it's beginning to smell a bit. Like Hayden, I kind of work out a bit to stay a little healthy. But the bigger shock for me was talking to myself through most of these movies because R2-D2 is adorable but doesn't speak. And it's kind of hard to do a performance with actors who actually don't respond. I tried to get George to go 'beep' at the end of a line I'd said. You know, I'd explain to him 'it's difficult on my own, could you make a beep sound, could you...'. We were out in the desert and the camera was over there and I was yelling at him and he sort of said 'oh, sure'. So we did the scene again, [mimics C3PO voice] 'where are you going?' [Pauses] 'Oh, beep!'
Q. You get to say the opening line in the first film and the closing line in the last film, were you aware of that? A. I didn't realise that I had the last line in this movie because sometimes the script changes and so on. I had the first line of the first movie, which was 'did you hear that, they shut down the main reactor. There'll be no escape for the princess this time!' I didn't really know what I was talking about [laughs]. I'd never been in a film before and I thought 'this is weird'. But then George and I, 28 years later, walked into a sound stage in Australia and saw the same set and it was an extremely odd little jump. But the last line isn't the most Shakespearean of lines, it's 'oh no!' but what was great is that Jimmy Smits, who is such a gorgeous person, came up to me and said 'how can I say this, how can I say just wipe his mind like that, and have this droid's memory wiped'. I just replied, 'think of him as a washing machine, he's a house-hold object, he doesn't feel'.
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From Chaos to Calm - Decision Making in Time of Crisis
By Linda Thompson
During the last five years, I've given workshops and lectures about life planning across Phoenix. And while I say it isn't all about death and dying, that's certainly a part of it. Even though I thought I had all of my ducks in a row, this is the latest chapter in a very long learning curve. In 1994, my then 79-year-old mother came to live with me. We've always had an easy, open way of communicating both the important and unimportant. We are planners; we like everything organized and in order. Right after the death of my father in 1969, Mom purchased a funeral plan that matched exactly what we had done for her soul mate. At that time, a dollar bought a whole lot more and for the large sum of $1,900; she paid for this plan over a period of 18 months. Although she's now in Phoenix with me, it is and always has been her wish to return to Denver to rest beside Dad. A few years ago, she wanted to make sure everything was in place for what was to come. We met with a local mortuary and found that there were some things that we were still missing to make a complete plan. For an additional $5,000, those things were taken care of. All I have to do now is pay for transport back to Denver when the time comes. But the real shocker of the meeting was when the mortuary representative told us her $6,900 investment was now worth approximately $26,000. Over the last couple of months, Mom has had a few mini-strokes. Although the residual effects are slight, each one gets a bit worse. Last week, Mom had another one and was comatose for three days. I thought I knew what to do, but I was in for the surprise of my life. A friend told me I had to contact Mom's primary care physician to get orders for hospice care. When I called her doctor, I was told that since she had not seen my mother for six months, she could not diagnose her as terminal; therefore, she would not issue hospice orders. Wow, the first roadblock. I then called one of the largest hospice organizations in Phoenix, only to be told that they couldn't help me without her doctor's orders. Another roadblock. Okay, here I am, at home alone with a comatose mother – what do I do? For the past four years, I have worked with the most marvelous non-medical home care group I could find. After one phone call and within two hours, I had a Visiting Angel here to help with Mom and stay with her while I was on the phone. Thank heaven for my Angels. They also gave me the name of a local hospice physician who, when I talked with him, told me to call Hospice of Arizona and they would take the case. Within another two hours, an assessment nurse was at my door. During the course of the day, we invoked Powers of Attorney, issued DNR orders in accordance with Mom's written wishes, another nurse brought supplies, and appointments were set for a social worker and spiritual counselor to visit later. What a turnaround. From chaos to calm, all because someone knew the right people to contact. Obviously, my plan was missing a few pieces. Fortunately, Mom has bounced back from this episode; but we both know the end is near. She's now lucid. With a lot of help, she can get to a wheelchair and out of the bedroom. She's eating, but getting weaker every day. She's old, she's worn out, she's ready to go. She's talked with me about what dress she wants to wear and how she wants her hair done. In other words, it's time and I will honor her wishes. I have been blessed with her presence for over 10 years and it's time to let her go on to the next stage of her journey. All of this has occurred partly because we had planned for it, and partly because I did not anticipate the roadblocks that were put before me. During the four hours of almost frantic phone calls and waiting for call-backs, I kept thinking about others in this same position and how frustrating, panicking and emotionally draining it must be for them. At least I had part of the puzzle in place. But no one told me what might happen when I tried to invoke care that was badly needed, but unobtainable. Her physician, or should I say former physician, couldn't seem to grasp the concept of her being comatose in her bed, not wanting to go to a hospital – meaning a call to 911 was not an option – and was totally unwilling to offer assistance of any kind. I wasn't prepared for a hospice agency to refuse care for any reason. In other words, I hadn't completed my homework. My passion for the past five years has been elder care education and, with this experience, I have even more information to share. The medical community needs to get a grip on what's happening with our elder loved ones. They need to bend the rules a little, they need to learn how to spell "compassion" so they can look up its meaning. In other words, they need re-educating on the purpose of their profession. It is to help – not to hinder. Some hospice organizations need to educate their staff on the same thing – think out of the box a little and try to help someone in need. Not everyone wants to be hospitalized, kept alive artificially, and fed every pill available in the pharmacy. Not everyone wants to be drugged, in a strange place, being bothered by people they don't know. In fact, I'd bet that a lot do not. What ever happened to personal dignity? Are we so afraid of the dreaded lawsuit that we can no longer help those in need without first checking the rule book? I keep wondering what would have happened if this case had been of an elderly couple and one of them was trying to get help. Who would they have called? Would they have panicked, called 911, and started the process of quantity over quality? Times of emotional and mental crisis are not when we make sound, logical decisions that are in the best interest of our loved one. It is my sole purpose in life right now to ensure that my precious Mother passes with as much dignity as possible, in her own bed, in the comfort of her own home, with people who love her close at hand. But had I panicked and called 911, she would now be hospitalized and subject to a very undignified and degrading process. That will not happen in our family. But it could happen to you if you are not educated, informed, and emotionally prepared to follow the previously determined wishes of your loved one. There are 78 million of us Baby Boomers waiting in the wings and none of us are getting any younger. Isn't it time you start planning for end of life realities? Don't put the burden on your family and friends to make choices for you. Know your and their rights. Know what things need to be in place. Make sure your wishes are in writing and that a family member, trusted advisor or friend knows what those wishes are. If you haven't already done so, now is the time to talk with your family and start the planning process. It's not easy, not comfortable, and certainly not a fun conversation, but it could be the greatest gift you will ever give. Once your plans are in place, get on with life, knowing you are prepared for the eventuality of end of life. You and your family will have a sense of security, balance and peace of mind. You should know that decisions made in time of emotional crisis are almost always regretted later. Don't, as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind used to say, "Think about it tomorrow." Your tomorrow is here today; do something!
Linda Thompson is founder and President of Life Path Solutions, specializing in intellectual wellness. She is author of Planning for Tomorrow, Your Passport to a Confident Future, a common sense approach to life planning. Linda can be reached through her Web site lifepathsolutions.biz
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Whether you are looking to enjoy a pleasant afternoon at a winery, spend a few days in wine country before you board your cruise, wind down after your trek in Patagonia, or kill a few hours while your spouse attends that quantum physics convention, Chile offers myriad possibilities for wine tourism.
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The collection consists of a ceremonial crown and robe, the Constitution, minutes of meetings, financial records and other papers related to the organization. The society's ceremonial crown and robe are in storage in the Collections Department of VCMHA, as of November 1996. Please contact Collections for further information on these items.
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