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Are you struggling to care for a loved one? Looking for professional, dependable, in home care from a company you can trust? Harmony Home Health is a family owned, in home care company serving Tampa Bay since 2004. We help seniors and their families to stay happy, healthy and safe at home or wherever they call home.
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At Harmony, we realize that home care is about supporting the whole family, not just our clients. Linda Burhans has been the Caregiver Advocate at Harmony since 2010, and helps achieve our mission of supporting caregivers. Linda provides support groups and workshops throughout Tampa Bay – all free to the public.
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Harmony's here to lend a friendly ear or a helping hand around the house. We can help with some of the little things around the house like changing linens, light housekeeping, meal preparation, and doing the dishes. We're also there to play games, head out to your favorite lunch spot, or sporting event. Perhaps you need someone to watch your loved ones at night to make sure they don't fall in the middle of the night or provide some to oversight while you are out at work. Whatever you need – Harmony can help! Give us a call!
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Mark Vernick is a financial planner with whom Harmony Home Health has a close and personal relationship. In this testimonial, he speaks to the financial impact and the emotions changes he sees in clients that he refers to Harmony. Not only have we worked with Mark professionally, but he also utilized our services to care for his mother.
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Elder Law Attorney Rick Kantner discusses his positive experiences when he refers clients to Harmony Home Health. Rick is recognized as a leader in our community and is the go-to person for families looking for assistance with their long term care planning and options.
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Rebecca Weitzel, with Seasons Assisted Living and Memory Care in Pinellas County provides extra 1 on 1 attention at their assisted living facility, when home heal care is not enough. It's our pleasure to work 'hand in hand' with Rebecca.
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"Pete with No Feet" is one of our most beloved clients. Pete is the perfect example of someone who would not be able to stay independent in his own home without the assistance of Harmony Home Health. Thank you so much for your kind words. We love being a part of your life, you are an inspiration to all who you touch.
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Harmony helps our clients stay happy, health, and safe a home by providing a wide variety of different services. In this instance, our client's children both lived out of state, and it gave them tremendous peace of mind to know that we were there watching out for their mom's well being.
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Braes of Glenlivet was founded in 1973 by the Chivas and Glenlivet Group. Lying in the prime pastures of the Livet Glen, at the heart of Speyside, the young distillery sits in close proximity to The Glenlivet. To avoid confusion, the distillery dropped the Glenlivet suffix in 1994 to become Braeval. During the 1970s the still capacity was increased dramatically, with a final still added, to total six in 1978. At an altitude of 350m, Braeval stands as the highest distillery in Scotland. Braeval was built on a mountain ridge, sharing its water source, the Pitilie Burn, with the highland based Aberfeldy. No official bottlings have been released, but there are two Braeval whiskies available as part of Aberko Ltd's Deerstalker range. The distillery closed in October of 2002, following Pernod Ricard's acquisition of Chivas Brothers the previous year. After renovation and refurbishment the distillery was reopened in July of 2008 - a year when Chivas reopened several silent distilleries in their portfolio. A thoroughly modern distillery, despite its old-fashioned, classic aesthetics, Braeval can be operated by just one worker, though nonetheless the capacity is quite substantial at 3.8m litres per annum.
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The Chivas and Glenlivet Group founds Braes of Glenlivet, the name which will be used for the first 20 years. The Glenlivet, Tomintoul and Tamnavulin are the only other distilleries situated in the Livet Glen valley. Production starts in October.
Three stills are increased to five.
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The Milyn Project is building Open-Source Java components for XML and non-XML Processing.
Smooks is a Java framework for managing and performing Fragment based Data Processing (Transformation/Analysis) using existing technologies such as XSL, StringTemplate, pure/raw Java and Groovy.
Smooks gives you more control when performing XML Transformations and Analysis by giving you the freedom to use the tools and programming languages most appropriate to the type of transformation in question (or your skillset).
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Nobody does Myth Busters the way ZAGG does Myth Busters. Just ask Drew and his Gorilla Glass scratch test. You need only Google Gorilla Glass Scratch Test, it's a YouTube video.
Reporting from CES in a recent article, CNN posted that Gorilla Glass is thinner than ever. But it's still…
Not any less resistant to breakage than the current Gorilla Glass, which may be disappointing news to anyone who has had to put up with a cracked screen after dropping a phone.
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I'm the techy, geeky, computer-loving, iPhone-touting, invisibleSHIELD-Insisting, OCD one in the family. Obviously that means that for the most part everyone comes to me. However, last year my brother-in-law was told by a colleague at work that the iPhone used Gorilla Glass and would not scratch if he removed his Invisible Shield. So take it off he did.
A month later we were sitting at the dinner table, and he informed me that despite removing the phone from the shield, and constantly setting it on rough surfaces, it had not been scratched. He told me I should take the cover of my device, and enjoy it truly 'naked'.
Never again. Seriously. I'm the techy, geeky, computer-loving, iPhone-touting, invisibleSHIELD-insisting, OCD one in the family. How could he have forgotten that? How could I have forgotten that?
Within a week of removing the invisibleSHIELD from my iPhone 4, I found scratches all over the back of the device simply from setting it down on my desk. And the one time I accidentally put the phone in my pocket with my keys resulted in a very large scratch from the speaker at the top of the screen diagonally towards the volume buttons for more than an inch.
So, Apple posts that the iPhone 4 is 'ultradurable and more scratch resistant than ever", and consumers and even some tech bloggers trusted them.
The iPhone 4 has Gorilla Glass magic, right, and so can't be damaged by us mere mortals? Sadly not; Gdgt's Ryan Block has tweeted an image of a review iPhone 4 – apparently from the pocket of Josh Topolsky – that's gained a few unsightly scratches in the few days its been in the wild.
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Got these to shave weight. But I run two different wheelsets on the XC bike and change them over and back at least once a week. These skewers cannot handle that. If you intend to set them and forget them, they will be fine (if flexible) for a while. But if you need to undo and retighten them every week, they will die very very quickly. I used them for a couple of weeks and now they are off the bike as I lost confidence in them - knowing that if I kept using them and switching them, they'd be junked in no time. Tempted to return.Front is too flexible anyway imo. Go with cromoly there.Allen wrench sockets lack precision. My main set of Allen Wrenches seemed too loose, so I tried a brand new multitool, same thing. Tried a new allen wrench, no difference. It's not the tools, it's the skewers. Checked with digital vernier caliper.These will shave a little weight, esp if you're still running quick releases. But they come with a lot of downsides. You had better be prepared for them and the cost of replacing. If so, they are a fine product. If not, you will be disappointed. For my needs these are a 2*, but I appreciate that for others they will be just the ticket so I'll give them a 3. With a hard and precise insert for the allen wrench and no need for a spanner (like the halo skewers) these would be a 5* for everyone. Tabs like on the Halo skewers would make these 'heavier', BUT you wouldn't need the little spanner!.. One tab on each skewer would def weight a lot less than a separate spanner however tiny! They just needed to put a tab on the non-bolt side's nut. Would have been a free 3mm cubed of scandium instead of a separate alu spanner. Grrr.
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"...a glass can only spill what it contains..."
My putter still doinks harder than yours!
I emailed the park director today for an update. Not great news for now but hopefully just on hold until the state budget is passed. Here is our conversation (start from the bottom email and read up):
Thank you for the update. Although disappointing to hear, I am hopeful that we will be able to put a course into Tom Sawyer when the time is right and with very little impact on your budget allocation from the state. Hopefully seeing that the club intends to pay for everything that we possibly can will help expedite their decision when the time comes. We have a list of volunteers that are excited about the opportunity to install a new course and will be waiting to hear the outcome. I think that we are both on the same page that a disc golf course will be an addition to the park's already established list of great family activities. If there is anything that I can do, please let me know and I will ensure that it will be taken care of. Thank you again for the opportunity to work with the park on this project.
Jason Van Over
"Head, Chris (PARKS)"
RE: Disc Golf Course proposal
Jason Unfortunately, the current state budget situation has stalled any process for facility development. I, like you, am anxious to see how this proposal could possibly work but am at the mercy of the passing of a state budget. It looks like we will be in wait mode until the passing of a budget or July 1st deadline. I will email you when I hear something. Thanks!!
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I just wanted to check in to see if there had been any progress on the project. If you need any more information from me please let me know. I look forward to hearing from you.
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I hope the budget plan goes well because they say that state parks will be the first thing cut if it doesn't. I am keeping my fingers crossed and hopefully we will have this course.
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This is the second time we've heard something like this now with Charlestown State Park being the first. We offer to pay for the course, and they tell us they don't have the funds for it. I'm I missing something?
At any rate, Chris sounds fairly positive about the whole thing so hopefully it will work out when the time's right.
Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves. Carl Sagan
I feel very good about our relationship with Chris. He has been positive about having a course there from the first time I spoke to him and then every time that I spoke to him or Dave and I met with him after that. He asks very thorough questions and takes what we are doing serious. He is ultimately responsible for what happens at the park and I don't think he wants to be known for putting in something that doesn't benefit it.
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I hope they say yes.
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Hanson Named DTA Winner; Ransom FinalistPosted Oct, 25, 2011
By Anne Dudley
More than 560 faculty members were nominated for this year's Kent State University Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). Ten finalists were chosen, two of which represent CCI.
JMC Professor Gary Hanson and VCD Associate Professor Chris Ransom were chosen as finalists. Hanson learned last week that he is one of the three university-wide winners.
According to the Alumni Association website, the Distinguished Teaching Award "is the university's most prestigious honor in teaching. The award is presented annually to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and a devotion to touching the lives of students."
"I was pleasantly surprised to be included in the list," Hanson said. "In terms of JMC, we've had three DTA winners including our dean, Stanley Wearden, Ph.D., and professors Barb Hipsman and Tim Smith, so I'm joining good company. I'm honored to be in that company, as I am to be in the company of fellow CCI nominee Chris Ransom."
Five CCI faculty members have been recognized in the Distinguished Teaching Awards in recent years. In addition to the three JMC faculty, VCD's Jerry Kalback received the award in 2001 as well as SLIS Professor Carolyn Brodie, Ph.D., in 2005.
Hanson has been a part of the JMC faculty since 1999. Prior to joining JMC, he worked in television news management.
"This [award] is a testament to the school's tradition and basic mission," Hanson said. "That tradition carries over to the college where CCI has a very strong teaching tradition in addition to the research and scholarly activities we do here."
Hanson continued, "JMC is a professional school so we teach in an informed way. We recognize that fact in CCI and [the award] is a testament to how much value we place in working with students and helping them develop. It is really an honor."
Ransom joined the VCD faculty in 1996. He has been a part of CCI since its inception in 2002.
"When I received the email from Nancy Schiappa, (Associate Director of Kent State's Alumni Association), I was very touched and, of course, quite honored," Ransom said. "It has been such a pleasure to work with so many creative and appreciative students over the years. I feel very fortunate. Our mutual search, in the name of truth, has been extremely rewarding."
Upon learning that two of the finalists were from the CCI, Ransom responded: "That is fantastic! Gary's candidacy as a finalist does not surprise me in the least, and I wish him the best. When you stop and consider what has happened, it is remarkable: 562 nominations, 10 finalists and two of these hail from the CCI team! That's pretty satisfying and quite a 'hat tip' to innovative curriculum design."
CCI recently developed college-wide awards that are similar to the Alumni Association's DTA. The CCI awards honor a distinguished scholar, distinguished teaching, outstanding teaching, service and advising. Six faculty, staff and advisers were recognized at the fall 2011 faculty retreat.
"The new college awards program is a very positive endeavor," Ransom said. "The fact that this is now part of the initial ceremonies that introduce a fresh academic year is a great idea. In my view, insightful advising and teaching are more important than ever, especially given the recent dynamic increase in enrollment. The creation of a college-level awards program that recognizes the unique service, efforts and contributions of dedicated individuals, all working within the context of communication, I think is terrific."
Three of the 10 finalists will be honored at the University Teaching Council Conference luncheon on Friday, Oct. 28. Hanson is among this group.


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I would first like to talk about the institution of justice: from feudal regimes, in which justice was personified by an absolute monarch who possessed legislative as well as executive and judicial power, to the modern Western capitalist states, which upon adopting the separation of powers devised by Montesquieu subsequently divided up those three aspects of domination and made them independent. The institution of justice, as repository and executor of the law, represents one of the fundamental pillars of domination as well as one more institution of unfettered exploitation and oppression.
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It would be fitting for the last action of Occupy Oakland to be a return to Oscar Grant Plaza and the planting of one tent. But the slogan on the side of the tent should mourn our dead friends and Occupy Oakland itself.
Movements come into existence and then recede or end. Somewhere in the U.S. there is undoubtedly an outpost of the Temperance Society, which was a world-wide movement for over a century, but is now meaningless . When a movement or organization doesn't recognize that it has reached its endpoint, it becomes as welcome as a rotting corpse. Smell one once and you would know what we mean.
The evidence of the end of Occupy Oakland is not this proclamation; others have already pronounced it dead before now. The evidence is that the real work of Occupy Oakland continues in spite of the public spectacle. The housing organizing, the labor solidarity group, the anti-repression group and others can no longer pretend to be under the control or direction of the General Assembly, because that body doesn't exist as a place where serious discussion or, more importantly, decision-making can occur.
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Transfeminism developed out of a critique of the mainstream and radical feminist movements. The feminist movement has a history of internal hierarchies. There are many examples of women of color, working class women, lesbians and others speaking out against the tendency of the white, affluent- dominated women's movement to silence them and overlook their needs. Instead of honoring these marginalized voices, the mainstream feminist movement has prioritized struggling for rights primarily in the interests of white affluent women.
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My coat was born in the Lebow Clothing Factory in 1985, shortly before the owner closed it down, firing several hundred seamstresses and quietly knocking away one of the last bastions of manufacturing that stood in the way of Baltimore's inevitable transformation into a post-industrial wasteland. The factory was closed, locked, and boarded up, and no one bothered to remove anything from inside. Endless rows of sewing machines sat rusting, great hay-bale sized rolls of textile lay collecting dust, and this coat, along with twelve thousand of its brethren, hung neatly wrapped in plastic, unseen and forgotten. Like the women who made it, it became redundant, unwanted, a discarded relic of a dying era...
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:50 pm
Post subject: Are your characters writing YOUR comic?
Do you have these moments when it seems like your characters are making the story and not YOU?
OK. I had this kind of moment today, after uploading my newest page. And NOT just today. It's kind of creepy, you see?
First, you write the script for the new page without very much thought, sometimes it's just something that you think fits into the story. Also, sometimes you make plans beforehand as to what the next page should be like and when you draw it and write it, it turns out to be a
little different
than planned. Then you read the page again and you find a new meaning to some of the lines, after you drew it and wrote it and never thought about it, as if the characters themselves thought them and not yourself.
So here's today's moment: After I drew my comic page/shaded it, worked on it for several hours, I uploaded it on my site and I realized that my main character was in a total negation. It was hilarious. I didn't intended it to be that way, but
did. I LOL'd and freaked out at the same time. Especially since her last line was also 'no.' about which I wasn't sure made much sense, but reading back it made a lot of sense and sounded funny as hell.
^ This is an example.
So, you guys with more experience in web-comics, share your first experience!
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One of my characters in Gilbert and Grim has fallen in love with another one. At no point did I intend it, but after rereading several pages with the two of them in I realised that's exactly what was happening in those pages.
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They don't write it, but every now and then a throwaway line from the past comes back in a different way.
One strip originally ended with a character commenting, "You're a braver man than I." As an afterthought, I had the first respond, "'Than I'? Dude, you start dating an English teacher?" (They're both math teachers.)
That summer, turns out, yeah, he is, and a minor character (who didn't even have a name up until that point) was elevated in the hierarchy.
Re-reading some old throwaway lines gives me ideas sometimes.
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Heh, I feel like my characters write my comic all the time XD;;
It's usually a bit of a trick making sure to get them into situations that will get them to react the way I want them to or do the things I want to draw them doing. :U And I'm constantly finding that I have to change my script around, since when I draw the pictures that go with my preliminary scripts often makes me realize that they'd respond to certain dialogue cues in different ways than I'd originally planned on...
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Oh God yes... All the time.
For example.
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Ended up with a character having died because of something like that.
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I think this is true of all writing. If you are doing your job as an author, your characters should definitely feel as if they are writing themselves.
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thegooddoctor wrote:
I think this is true of all writing. If you are doing your job as an author, your characters should definitely feel as if they are writing themselves.
My characters feel the endless lifetime emprisonment of author tyranny. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Oh God yes... All the time.
For example.
How did I miss your work?!
I'll be soft and say "awesome".
On topic, I feel sort of like Nostradamus, I'll script "and so x-y-z happens" and then I realise that one of my chars wants to do something else, or that the story works better if that isn't seen. My bit-cast want to talk more it seems...but they all die near the end!
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Hey, if my doodle, junk work and brainstorming blog is not your cup of tea, that's fine. If my methods of coming up with ideas bother you, that's cool too. So, if my shrink approves of me using art to exploit my delusions/hallucinations (yes I realize they're not real,) it works as a helpful coping mechanism, and it doesn't hurt anyone, why not keep it up?
Now, if you want to grab someone else's ankles and make yourself better about your own inadequacies, go for it. It's a free country. I'm doing research and laughing at my crappy drawings from college, so I'm kinda too busy to be dragged down.
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Do you know, I spent all day thinking of a coherent response?
vaslittlecrow wrote:
Yes indeed.
Hey, if my doodle, junk work and brainstorming blog is not your cup of tea, that's fine.
Well to be exacting I actually love your art style, I thought you were a blond woman at first though. Your blog is quite interesting, I do like your article on "being single" and found your experience living above a brothel very funny.
If my methods of coming up with ideas bother you, that's cool too. So, if my shrink approves of me using art to exploit my delusions/hallucinations (yes I realize they're not real,) it works as a helpful coping mechanism, and it doesn't hurt anyone, why not keep it up?
Personally I don't trust hypnotists, mostly after I read that it is possible to convince someone to kill themselves or to auto-terminate (it involves running water). None the less, I am actually interested in hypnosis, although my friend threatened to disown me if I ever mastered the art. She knows I would only abuse it. *sadface*. Actually I love the way you depicted yourself physically becoming your character, I find raw tablet art has a freshness that pencils cannot duplicate, but still have that raw emotion. I personally am very afraid of what I would summon under your circumstances although your husband is a star, I will give him that.
Also, your mind makes it real, therefore it is real. So don't feel ashamed.
Now, if you want to grab someone else's ankles and make yourself better about your own inadequacies, go for it.
You have the wrong end of the stick I think. Firstly, yes, I have a lot of things that need sorting out, I doubt any artist would say otherwise, but I am not putting you down! On the contrary, I favourited your blog, read your blog, admired your work, took to note some of your words-of-wisdom and you remind me why I should socialise more. You are an interesting woman...and as your post mentioned, you are fed up of people telling you your fetishes.
And I know that feel, despite not having sex since /0.
It's a free country.
You're an African American, don't cuss yourself, please. (As an aside, I'm some hyrbrid Carib-Indo-Brit mix, but last time I checked, self defence laws in London didn't mean I should be shot for walking down a white neighbourhood.)
I'm doing research and laughing at my crappy drawings from college, so...
Crap drawings...hmmm, I should flame myself or other webcomickers?
I'm kinda too busy to be dragged down.
I'M NOT THE ONE INSULTING YOU! Really, I'm not insulting you, you can ask anyone on the board who has been (un)fortunate to have met me IRL, I am quite a nice person who tends to use hyperbole and speak in metaphor, but I am NOT THAT GUY!
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It's a free country.
You're an African American, don't cuss yourself, please. (As an aside, I'm some hyrbrid Carib-Indo-Brit mix, but last time I checked, self defence laws in London didn't mean I should be shot for walking down a white neighbourhood.)
What the FUCK? There is so much bullshit in the above sentence that I thought I'd stepped into a high-density feed lot.
Casual Notice--commentary, comics and an appreciation for snappy hats.
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Minor "whatisnamethatgotshot" rant.
I'm ending that train there right though, and I apologise for being needless sar
. Lay off the chans methinks.
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I know, right. Isn't prejudice awesome?
Chans, huh? Been there, done that, done there and kind of figured... Thank you for your kind comments, your stupid comments and your sarcasm, all the same. I will take them for what they are:
your opinion
Clarification about me being "African American"
: Technically, I am not African American. Yes, I am part Mandinka, Yoruba and Moor (the latter technically could be considered Arab or European Black, rather than African.), However, if you feel the need to slap an ethnic label on me in order to assign stereotypes, I suggest you get it right first. I am Puerto Rican. My ethnic heritage also includes Irish, Genoan, Calo Rroma, Spanish (which is my predominant ethnicity) and Taino (I actually speak the language, though in a dialect that died out with my grandfather so, I have no one to speak it with.) In my Native American tribe, we have a saying: "Aji Aya Bombe!" It means, "death before slavery." If people want to adopt the identity of slave or oppressed, that's their problem. I personally choose to reject that label and as a result I live free. That's the warrior's way, my friend. I am rather disappointed that you brought up a very tragic incident where a HISPANIC (read: predominantly of Spanish descent) man who was assumed to be white, shot an African American and benefited from a horrible "self-defense" law, to explain why I am not a free person. It really doesn't convince me that you are not THAT person.
In the future, I ask that you refrain from expressing opinions on what you assume my supposed ethnicity's influence on my life is, as your prejudices really are none of my business, especially since they are entirely unrelated to the topic of comic art.
As for your comments on hypnotism, thanks for sharing them.
Yes, I was looking at my crap comics from college, and yes the blog I posted was my dump. Am I ashamed of that work? No. Do I laugh at it and learn from my mistakes so I can actually apply it to my real work? Yes. Is it fun to share my goofy moment and silly roughs, even when it's not my best work? Of course, and especially since I don't have to worry about annoying advertisers or viewers. I find it liberating to share my uninhibited work. Even when I make junk art, I love it, I own it, I rock it and I am proud of it. Shameless is my way of being. Also, the art was done with brush pen on Bristol board, not a tablet -- electronic or otherwise. And just because I experienced anything, it doesn't mean that I should be gullible enough to believe without critical analysis.
And actually, I was modeling at a studio above a brothel not actually living in it. But thanks for reading that article, it was a pretty crazy experience.
Thank you for acknowledging the end of your train of thought. Better late than never.
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Understanding Anemia -- the Basics
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What Is Anemia?
Anemia is a condition that develops when your blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a main part of red blood cells and binds oxygen. If you have too few or abnormal red blood cells, or your hemoglobin is abnormal or low, the cells in your body will not get enough oxygen. Symptoms of anemia -- like fatigue -- occur because organs aren't getting what they need to function properly.
Anemia is the most common blood condition in the U.S. It affects about 3.5 million Americans. Women, young children, and people with chronic diseases are at increased risk of anemia. Important factors to remember are:
Understanding Anemia
Find out more about anemia:
- Certain forms of anemia are hereditary and infants may be affected from the time of birth.
- Women in the childbearing years are particularly susceptible to iron-deficiency anemia because of the blood loss from menstruation and the increased blood supply demands during pregnancy.
- Older adults also may have a greater risk of developing anemia because of poor diet and other medical conditions.
There are many types of anemia. All are very different in their causes and treatments. Iron-deficiency anemia, the most common type, is very treatable with diet changes and iron supplements. Some forms of anemia -- like the anemia that develops during pregnancy -- are even considered normal. However, some types of anemia may present lifelong health problems.
What Causes Anemia?
There are more than 400 types of anemia, which are divided into three groups:
- Anemia caused by blood loss
- Anemia caused by decreased or faulty red blood cell production
- Anemia caused by destruction of red blood cells
Anemia Caused by Blood Loss
Red blood cells can be lost through bleeding, which often can occur slowly over a long period of time, and can go undetected. This kind of chronic bleeding commonly results from the following:
- Gastrointestinal conditions such as ulcers, hemorrhoids, gastritis (inflammation of the stomach), and cancer
- Use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirinor ibuprofen, which can cause ulcers and gastritis
- Menstruation and childbirth in women, especially if menstrual bleeding is excessive and if there are multiple pregnancies
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Benghazi questions fuel fierce partisan debate
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The deadly military-style assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, has raised numerous foreign policy and national security questions and fueled a fierce, partisan election debate over the Obama administration's handling of the attack.
The strike that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans is either proof of President Barack Obama's leadership failures or a tragic event that occurred despite the administration's best efforts to protect the compound and respond in the aftermath of the attack, according to highly charged arguments on both sides.
Administration officials have warned against drawing conclusions from individual documents that have leaked into the public sphere. They maintain that a full picture of what happened and any assessment of blame can only be determined after a complete review of all the evidence. But as documents continue to surface in the final days of the presidential campaign, the intensity of allegations of administration impropriety or incompetence has risen.
A look at what is known, what is still unanswered and who is investigating the incident that has called into doubt Washington's ability to predict such events, secure American personnel in dangerous places and track down those responsible.
At 9:40 p.m. local time on Sept. 11, the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States, organized, well-armed attackers stormed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. The attack occurred within hours of demonstrators in neighboring Egypt scaling the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo to protest an American-made, anti-Islam film. Those protests spread in the following days across the Muslim world from Morocco to India, with 50 people killed.
The attackers breached the Benghazi consulate's perimeter and set fire to parts of the compound, including the building where Stevens, his security guard and State Department information officer Sean Smith, took refuge in a safe room. Diplomatic security agents on the site notified Washington, the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli and a nearby CIA office of the attack. They tried, unsuccessfully, to repel the assault. Reinforcements arrived from the CIA annex to evacuate those on the compound, but Smith was already dead and Stevens could not be found. The group fell back to the CIA annex, which later came under well-aimed mortar fire, killing CIA contractors Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, both former Navy SEALs. The bodies of the victims and the survivors of the attack were evacuated from Benghazi.
National Security Adviser Tom Donilon advised Obama of the attack at about 5 p.m. in Washington (11 p.m. in Libya) while he was meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey. Obama ordered that the U.S. begin moving military assets into the region to prepare for a range of contingencies. Those didn't arrive until the fighting was over at 4 a.m. Libya time, or 10 p.m. in Washington.
Q: Was there an intelligence failure? Did the Obama administration know about threats to the Benghazi consulate that could have allowed it to either prevent or turn back the attack?
A: Multiple senior administration officials have said there was no specific, credible threat information about a planned attack on the consulate on Sept. 11 or any other date. U.S. officials have said that while they now believe the attack was planned, it appears that it was planned a few hours in advance, not days or weeks.
However, those officials also have noted a serious deterioration in the security situation in Benghazi in the months leading up to the attack, including several previous incidents at the consulate itself, the office of the International Red Cross and an attempt on the life of the British ambassador to Libya.
Former Libya-based security officials have said the threat environment was extremely dangerous and Stevens himself had written cables back to Washington stressing the worsening conditions and heightened extremist activity. And documents found at the site six weeks after the attack indicate that consulate employees noticed a local Libyan police officer taking photos of the consulate from a building across the street on the morning of Sept. 11, according to Foreign Policy magazine.
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Bridget Gamble - Patient/Caregiver Scholarship 2014
Q: How would your participation serve the greater good during and after the conference?
A: The communities on the West and Southwest Sides of Chicago, where Sinai Health System is based, endure immense challenges to all aspects of health. Limited access to quality healthcare, safe neighborhoods and legitimate employment opportunities are just a few of the trials that my fellow caregivers help our community members to navigate, and to overcome.
As the sole communications specialist for a health system that includes three hospitals, a community institute, a medical group and a research institute, I have an abundance of important messages to relay. The socioeconomic disadvantages in our neighborhoods often limit our ability to communicate with individuals and their families. Frequent relocation, for example, can leave us with outdated addresses and disconnected landline numbers. Despite these challenges, Sinai has found that a majority of our community members have smartphones and are active on social media.
With that in mind, I spend a great deal of my time relaying information and building a community presence on social media. During the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act, for example, I took to social media to inform users of upcoming deadlines and promote enrollment events at Sinai. Thanks to the determination of my fellow caregivers, Sinai was one of the top enrollment agencies in Illinois in 2013.
Working in healthcare is highly fulfilling. Still, one of my favorite parts about Sinai is the stories of resilience, community and compassion generated daily by two phenomenal groups of people: my fellow caregivers and the community members we serve.
Online, I do everything I can to give these stories life, while also informing our communities of the medical information they need to lead healthier lives. I live-tweet events from @SinaiChicago and host Q&A sessions with healthcare providers to spread the wealth of knowledge from within our institution; highlight the work and accomplishments of our community health workers, physicians, nurses and other caregivers; discuss national health observances on Sinai Health System's Facebook and urge users to make appointments, etc.; create digital newsletters for the community to raise awareness about Sinai's events and news; and craft custom, informative content for local newspapers, to name a few.
I am always aware that I can do more to make life better for the people we serve. I recognize Social Media Week at Mayo Clinic as a huge opportunity for me to make an even bigger impact in our communities. With the knowledge I gain, I would like to host my own social media health fair in partnership with local organizations; launch a blog that recognizes remarkable patients and caregivers; and expand our social media presence to include even more community outreach and customer service practices.
As an institution that has historically provided quality healthcare to the uninsured, often at no charge, Sinai is unfortunately not in the position to expend the tuition fee for this educational opportunity. However, I am positive that my attendance would equip me with new tools I can use to tell others' stories and to teach my fellow caregivers how they can do so as well. With the solid intent of informing and empowering our communities, I promise to use every bit of information I absorb towards the better of the Chicago neighborhoods who need our support.
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Allen retirement opens Europe command slot
Wednesday - 2/20/2013, 9:10am EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is looking for a new candidate to lead American and allied forces in Europe after his first choice, Marine Gen. John Allen, bowed out Tuesday and announced his intention to retire for what he called personal reasons.
The move further clouds the picture for Obama as he repositions key figures on his national security team and in key military leadership roles. The White House is fighting for Senate confirmation of Chuck Hagel as defense secretary; a confirmation vote was stalled last week by Republicans but is expected to happen next week.
Obama also is switching commanders at Central Command, which is responsible for U.S. military operations throughout the greater Middle East, and Africa Command.
After meeting with Allen at the White House, the president issued a brief statement praising Allen's service. He called the 57-year-old Allen "one of America's finest military leaders, a true patriot, and a man I have come to respect greatly."
Allen appeared to be a shoo-in as the next top commander of allied forces in Europe. Obama nominated him last Oct. 10, but in November, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stunned many by announcing that Allen was being investigated for potentially inappropriate email exchanges with a Florida socialite, Jill Kelley. Panetta put Allen's nomination on hold.
Last month, shortly before Allen completed a 19-month tour as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced that Allen had been cleared of any wrongdoing and the White House said it was prepared to re-nominate him for the Europe job.
Even so, it was not clear that Allen would choose to go ahead with a Senate confirmation hearing, given the nature of the email probe.
Allen is held in high regard by Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee, which would have voted on his appointment, and he was expected to win full Senate confirmation. It came as no surprise to many on Capitol Hill when Allen was cleared of wrongdoing in the email probe, which several lawmakers had indicated was not as troublesome as some had initially suggested. The actual emails between Allen and Kelley were never made public.
One of Hagel's biggest detractors, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., showered Allen with praise Tuesday, saying the nation owes him a great debt and "his leadership in the future will be missed."
An Iraq war veteran with a reputation as an astute strategist, Allen took over in Kabul in July 2011, succeeding Gen. David Petraeus, who quit to become CIA director. Allen relinquished command Feb. 10 to a fellow Marine general, Joseph Dunford.
Allen said retiring from the military was "the only choice I could make." Although he did not explain his reasons in detail, he said "my primary concern is for the health of my wife, who had sacrificed so much for so long." He served 38 years in the Marine Corps.
In retiring, Allen passed up Obama's offer to promote him to the Europe job, which is one of the more prestigious jobs in the military. It carries the dual responsibilities of commanding NATO troops from allied headquarters in Belgium and heading the U.S. European Command, a separate organization based in Germany.
The U.S. has about 80,000 troops based in Europe.
It's unclear who Obama will nominate for that job. The current commander, Navy Adm. James Stavridis, had planned to leave last year, but was asked to stay on until Allen could take over. He is expected to remain until a successor is confirmed.
Army Gen. Carter Ham might have been a logical choice, in part because he previously served as commander of all U.S. Army forces in Europe. But he is scheduled to retire this year. He currently serves as commander of U.S. Africa Command.
In a written statement Tuesday, Allen he wants to focus on helping his wife, Kathy, cope with health issues. He was not specific about her ailments, but The Washington Post quoted Allen on Monday as saying that his wife suffers from a combination of chronic health issues that include an autoimmune disorder.
"The reasons for my decision are personal," Allen said in his statement. "I did not come to it lightly or quickly, but given the considerations behind it, I recognized in the end it was the only choice I could make.
"While I won't go into the details, my primary concern is for the health of my wife, who has sacrificed so much for so long. For more than 35 years, my beloved Kathy has devotedly stood beside me and enabled me to serve my country.


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