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Tuesday June 5, 2012UF Women's Tennis' Joanna Mather Named one of three 2012 SEC Sportsmanship Award Recipients
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Joanna Mather was the Co-Female recipient of the SEC Sportsmanship Award
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
Joanna Mather was the Co-Female recipient of the SEC Sportsmanship Award
University of Florida senior tennis student-athlete Joanna Mather, University of Georgia junior soccer player Laura Eddy and University of Arkansas senior tennis player Matt Walters are recipients of the 5th annual SEC Sportsmanship Award, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive announced Tuesday. The winners will be forwarded for nomination to the NCAA for its national sportsmanship awards, to be announced in July.
The two were chosen by a vote of the SEC Directors of Athletics. Mather and Eddy are co-recipients of the female award and Walters is the recipient of the male honor.
Demonstrating good sportsmanship is something that will benefit student-athletes for years after their athletic careers are completed, said Slive. Participation in sports teaches lifes lessons that benefit all who takes part in it. I congratulate Joanna, Laura and Matt for showing good sportsmanship and earning this prestigious honor.
Mather was voted the recipient of the 2012 ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award and the 2011 Intercollegiate Tennis Associations Southeast Region Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award, presented annually to a player who displays inspiring dedication and commitment to her team, which has enhanced her teams performance and exemplified the spirit of college tennis.
The Duluth, Ga. native was team captain of the 2011 & 2012 Gator squads, leading both to NCAA Championships. She was the only junior on a 2011 team with no seniors yet played the No. 2 position just once and the No. 3 spot four times. On the nomination form, it states, Two sophomores and a freshman filled the courts in front of her, but not once did she complain and become upset with the coaches about their lineup decisions.
In all my years of coaching, there has never been a player more deserving of this award than Joanna Mather, UF head coach Roland Thornqvist said. She is one of the few people who can touch everyone in the locker room without saying a lot of words. She is a player on the court that will play the most out balls because shes unsure they are out. Ive never seen Joanna be confrontational in a match. Shes always a class act to her teammates, her opponents and to the umpires. Shes a great student who graduated on May 5, 2012. Shes a poster-child for this award.
Shes been our MVP for three years, Thornqvist continued. Im just very pleased to see that she was named the 2012 SEC Tournament MVP her senior year. It sort of rubber stamps her career I think. But shes been our MVP for three years. During her freshman year, even though we were decimated with mistakes and injuries, we established a work ethic and a mentality in 09 that fortunately stuck with us. We had to work hard. We had to work smart. We had to play with injuries just to field a team. That sense of urgency and hard-nosed, come-to-practice-everyday attitude stayed with us ever since. And its largely because of Joanna. Shes been the catalyst.
Despite being sidelined for the entirety of the 2011 season due to a preseason ACL injury, Eddy was a crucial element of this years Bulldog soccer team.
The Duluth, Ga. native, normally an on-field leader, learned how to be an off-field leader and a positive example to her teammates as she went through rehab. According to the nomination form, Laura is a model of the player and person we want representing Georgia soccer. She carries herself with class, grace and dignity. She is a tremendous leader for the team.
Walters was a team captain of the Razorback tennis squad and the team representative to Arkansas Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. This fall, during a tournament held at Rice University, he had his sportsmanship moment competing against LSUs Matt Zachary. With the score 4-2, Walters won the next point to make the score 5-2. However, Zachary thought the score was 6-2 and was set to concede the game. Walters had to convince Zachary that the game was indeed not over, and the two proceeded to finish the game. He subsequently lost the match to Zachary.
The Jonesboro, Ark. native was voted his teams Sportsmanship Award recipient for 11-12. According to the nomination form, Matt Walters is true Razorback and consistently exhibited this type of behavior throughout his career.
Last year, South Carolina track and field athlete Louis Day and the Ole Miss Softball team were recipients of the SEC Sportsmanship Award. Day went on to become the recipient of the NCAA Sportsmanship Award.
Below is a list of SEC Sportsmanship recipients:
2012 Matt Walters, Arkansas (Tennis); Joanna Mather, Florida (Tennis); Laura Eddy, Georgia (Soccer)
2011 Louis Day, South Carolina (Track & Field); Ole Miss Softball Team
2010 Rodney Scott, Ole Miss (Football); Sam Arbaugh, South Carolina (Softball)
2009 Dorian Ulrey, Arkansas (Track & Field); Alabama Womens Tennis Team
2008 Chris Lofton, Tennessee (Basketball); Jessica Yadloczky, Florida (Golf)
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Caption: The legend says: At the dawn of the First World War, a schoolteacher Nada and a Serbian officer Relja started having deep feelings for each other. They fell in love and made a commitment to each other. It was a love widely talked about, attracting the attention of all the people living at Vrnjacka Banja (Spa). But the war did break out with all the horrors it entails- Relja went off to war fought in Greece. He left never to return on account of a beautiful Greek woman he had fallen in love with, and therefore broke up the engagement with Nada. The legend does not say anything about his further fate, whereas, on the other hand, every inhabitant of Vrnjacka Banja is familiar with Nada's destiny. Owing to overwhelming sorrow, she faded away day after day and finally died, young and miserable. After the tragic Nada's fate, many girls, wishing to keep their own romances, started writing down their names along with the names of their lovers on padlocks that they bound to the railing of the bridge which used to be the favorite meeting place of Nada and Relja. And the keys were symbolically thrown in a small river under the Bridge of Love… This old story without happy end, obviously, inspire and today's young lovers :=)
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The annual awards ceremony for Camden County's bravest was missing its smallest hero Friday night: 6-year-old Dominick Andujar.
The Hero Scholarship Fund awards at Lucien's Manor in Berlin Township honored both uniformed personnel and civilians for acts of bravery in 2012. Among them was a posthumous award for Dominick, who was killed Sept. 2 as he fought off a man attempting to attack his sister in their South Camden home.
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The chili turned out great! I always have difficulty with cornbread and this turned out dry. Next time I will add a can of creamed corn and a little more sugar. 3 forks for the chili!
WOW !!! delicious!! And the topping would be great made into biscuits, hace to try this very soon.
I love this recipe. My wife and I have made it for the Super Bowl every year since we first saw the recipe in Gourmet back in 2001. The beef is really tender and flavorful and the cornbread topping provides a great textural contrast.
This recipe has flavor that never quits. My whole family loved it and I can't wait to make it again. I substituted ground chicken for beef, Anaheim peppers for jalapeno chiles, extra corn and added chopped red pepper for color in the cornbread. I cannot say enough great things about this recipe!
Holy tamale pie! We made this last night and we both plowed through it. But this is another reason that I love it: I used 1-pint souffle ramekins for two individual servings and after topping them, there was just enough left over for a 6-pack of muffins so now I have leftover chili and cornbread to go with it! The recipe worked fine for muffins; I just kept them in the oven at the same time. This reaches new heights with a little sour cream as an accompaniment. I didn't have enough beef to do the whole thing, so used some pre-cooked carnitas and the meat from leftover ribs from the freezer to supplement and I preferred the pork to the beef, as it was already fall-off-the-bone tender and the beef never got there, even with extra cooking time.
very very tasty.
I use coarse ground beef to save time. I omit the green olives, too. Easy to prepare. It's chili, so the ingredients and proportions can vary and it still turns out great. A very tasty and satisfying comfort food. The best part is watching hungry teenagers inhale it.
Since I don't know what Tamale pie is really supposed to taste like, I can only rate on how I liked it. The pie came out perfect and tasted good. I did increase the seasoning, however, as I felt it was not enough. The topping was also ok and made the whole dish look exceptional.
Since I don't know what Tamale pie is really supposed to taste like, I can only rate on how I liked it. The pie came out perfect and tasted good. The topping was also ok and made the whole dish look exceptional.
Took a lot of prep time. Spicy and flavorful, a bit too much for a lot of people. If I make again, I will reduce the amount of cilantro called for.


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Mississippi State forward Arnett Moultrie's ability to score inside and out has helped make him a hot commodity for Thursday's NBA draft.
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Mississippi's first-round drought in the NBA Draft will likely come to an end Thursday night.
Mississippi State power forward Arnett Moultrie will make sure of that.
The All-SEC forward is projected to be selected in the middle or late first round, giving the state its first, first-round selection since Al Jefferson (Prentiss High) was picked 15th overall in 2004. ...


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NASA has postponed the award of its $20 billion Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V contract until September, according to the agency.
The delay is primarily due to the large volume of proposals the agency received, which required a lengthy review and selection process, according to NASA spokeswoman Sonja Alexander. There are about 70 contractors on the SEWP IV contract.
She said the delay was also partially due to a bid protest against the contract. IMPRES Technology Solutions, Inc., Metis intellisystems, LLC, Futron, Inc., Patriot Comm and Ideal System Solutions, Inc. said NASA has unreasonably determined their proposals exceeded the allowed page limit. But the GAO denied the protests in a ruling Aug. 5.
SEWP's delay no cause for worry
Jennifer Sakole, prinicpal analyst for federal information solutions at Deltek, said in a blog post on Federal Times that the NASA SEWP IV contract has seen a high volume of spending activity and task order awards over the last few years.
From fiscal 2010 to 2013, there have been on average 12,000 task orders awarded every year with an average task value order of $196,000., according to Deltek.


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As with all paranormal incidents the best strategy is to first explore the rational. Is your Father suffering from any illness, or medical condition. Is your Father taking any medication, this is important as certain medications can cause visual/audio/olfactory disturbance, and can bring on vivid dreams/sleep disturbance.
There is also the emotional/psychological issue, what I mean by that is you gave the impression in your post that you no longer live with him, and the possibility that these symptoms are the manifestation of him missing having you around.
I am not suggesting that these happenings are not real, nor am I suggesting that there is anything wrong with your Father, rather I am advocating as I said above that it is best practice to rule these things out first.


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Skyline golf team comes in third in state
May 28, 2013
The Skyline High School boys golf team placed third at the 4A state golf championships May 21 and 22.
The team came in third 65.5 team points. Its leader, Brian Mogg, also took third, shooting 149.
Finishing the first round with a pair of birdies and coming back to birdie three of the four final holes on the second day, Skyline's Kelley Sullivan ended in a six-way tie for 12th place with 154 strokes.
Brian Mogg tops state's best young golfers
May 14, 2013
The boys golf state championships may not kick off until May 21, but Skyline High School junior Brian Mogg has already bested Washington's top 116 players.
Mogg shot a 73-73 May 3 to win the invite-only Bill Egbers Memorial Golf Tournament, which featured the state's top 116 boys 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A high school golfers.
Issaquah freshman golfer Zack Overstreet nets silver medal
October 23, 2012
A handful of local golfers from Skyline and Issaquah high schools played a lot of golf in a relatively short span last week, but were rewarded for their endeavors when they showed up among the top 10 finishers of the Sea-King 4A District golf championships Oct. 16 and 17 at Willows Run Golf Course in Redmond.
The most consistent local to burn up the links was Issaquah freshman Zack Overstreet, who in the qualifying rounds Oct. 16 carded 36s on the front and back nine (72), which is par for 18 holes at Willows.
The next day, which proved a bit more playable weather-wise, the exceptional frosh newcomer to the tournament again played well for the Eagles. He outdid his earlier par score, by managing four birdies to fire a 68 and finished districts two strokes off the frontrunner, Eastlake's Li Wang's 138, with a two-day bottom line of 140 for 72 holes, winding up as the tourney's silver medalist.
Skyline alumnus wins Bellingham Amateur golf tournament
September 11, 2012
After a weekend on the links at Lake Padden golf course, Jake Webb, a 2008 graduate of Skyline High School, took first place at the Bellingham Amateur golf tournament.
Webb, a redshirt senior for the team at Western Washington University, was the only golfer out of the tournament's 33 Division I players to play all three rounds under par. The first day out, he shot a 70 and improved that score by one stroke the following day with a 69. Webb finished the final round Sept. 3 at 71 to bring his tournament total to 210.
This was not the first time he shot a 210 at the Bellingham Amateur. Last year, Webb ended with the same total. However, it was still one stroke behind the lead and he went home in second place. But this time around, he secured the victory with a four-stroke lead over fellow Western Washington player and second-place finisher Craig Crawford.
Freshman Zachary Overstreet leads Eagles with third at state
July 31, 2012
Going into the final round July 27 of the Washington Junior Golf Association, Zachary Overstreet was leading the 14-15 boys division by two strokes.
This was the Issaquah High School freshman's fourth appearance at state but the first time he made it out of the second-day elimination round.
"Going into the third day was an accomplishment itself," he said. "But being the leader the third day was shocking and exciting at the same time. It felt really good."
Out of the gate July 25 at Meridian Valley Country Club in Kent, Overstreet was pulling ahead with a birdie on the third hole. Having finished the first nine with three bogies he was able to make up for it by birdying holes No. 15-17 and finish the round in first place at 72 strokes.
When he finished the second round July 26 at Renton's Fairwood Golf and Country Club he still had a tight grasp on the lead after shooting 75. Even though Overstreet still has not tried out for his new school's team, he was walking both courses with an Issaquah Eagles golf bag.
Issaquah, Skyline high school golfers hit the links for WJGA Districts
July 27, 2012
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Dozens of local area golfers hit Sahalee July 16 and 17 for the Washington Junior Golf Association District Two tournament.
Among them, Skyline High School standout Brian Mogg shot a two-day total of 149, good for third place in the boy's age 16-17 division.
"It went pretty good until the last five holes," Mogg said. "I bogeyed four of the last five holes, but other than that I did pretty good."
Mogg's coach at Skyline, Michael Fleming, loves the WJGA and what it's done for his golfers.
"It's a huge positive," Fleming said. "In fact, I have more kids than ever partially inspired by Brian. He's played a whole slate of these obviously since he was a kid."
Brian Mogg wins Bellevue Classic
June 26, 2012
Skyline High School's Brian Mogg was not only one of the youngest players at the Bellevue Classic but he also proved he was one of the best.
With a score of even par 142 June 10, he became the second high school student in the tournament's 40-plus-year history to win the Classic.
Mogg bested first-round leader Sean Packer by three strokes to win $300 in prize money. He now joins the likes of Fred Couples, PGA contender and former winner of the Bellevue Classic.
A rising junior at Skyline, this was Mogg's first nonjunior tournament.
Issaquah Eagles' golfers top Skyline Spartans
October 18, 2011
The top five Issaquah High School players, led by Weston Mui, shot in the 30s Oct. 3 as the Eagles defeated rival Skyline, 186-189, in a KingCo Conference 4A golf match at the Snoqualmie Falls Golf Course.
Mui shot a par 36 on Issaquah's home course to share medalist honors with Skyline's Brian Mogg and Kelly Sullivan.
Sid Raman, Bryan Jung and Brian Batt all shot 37s, and Fletcher Martin had a 39 to round out Issaquah's top five scores. However, Taylor Swingle and Evan Ko also shot 39s. Danny Baumer just missed the group with a 40.
"It's been that way all season. All the guys have been so close. I have to pick six players for district and it will be really tough to pick our top players," Issaquah coach Tom Bakamus said.
Spartans earn No. 4 spot at district golf tourney
October 18, 2011
The Skyline High School boys golf team finished fourth Oct. 12 at the Class 4A District 2 Golf Tournament at Redmond's Willows Run. Skyline had 27.5 points. Issaquah was sixth with 22 points.
Kelley Sullivan, of Skyline, was fourth with a two-day total of 152.
Issaquah High School volleyball team wins again
October 14, 2011
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It took a while for the Issaquah High School volleyball team to get the knack of winning but the Eagles captured their second straight match Thursday by defeating host Eastlake 3-1.
Issaquah dropped the first set 25-19 but bounced back to win 25-18, 25-10, 25-18.
Sam Rogers led the Eagles with 21 kills and 10 digs. Lindsey Ferguson contributed 21 digs and Mckenzie Bostic had 42 assists. Kirsten Fischer gave the Eagles a strong game up front with 14 kills and Leanne Scott had 10 digs.
The victory was the second of the week and of the season for Issaquah, which is 2-5 in KingCo Conference 4A competition and 2-7 for the season. Eastlake dropped to 3-4 in league play and 4-6 overall.


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Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the fraternity at the center of a hazing scandal at Salisbury University, has announced it has eliminated pledging nationwide.
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The fraternity at the center of a hazing scandal at Salisbury University has announced it has eliminated pledging.
The change affects all of Sigma Alpha Epsilon's 226 chapters and 15 colonies nationwide, the group said in a statement. The new policy goes into effect today.
The fraternity said it will treat all members "equally and fairly" regardless of tenure. It is implementing a new program, called the True Gentlemen Experience, that it hopes will "eliminate a class structure between our new members and our active members" and instill leadership skills. ...


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Smaller than other stoves but works harder when it comes to heat output.
Snowpeak GigaPower Stove with auto ignition is an incredibly small, lightweight, and convenient canister stove. Its 3.75 oz weight and nifty push button ignition helped the Snowpeak GigaPower with auto ignition win the Editor's Choice Award from Backpacker Magazine. This powerful little stove produces 10,000 BTUs (most camping stoves are 8-9,000 BTUs). Use this backpacking stove with Snow Peak fuel in temperatures as low as 14°F (-10° C). The Snow Peak Giga Power Stove is designed to stow with a fuel canister in a Snowpeak Solo Combo Cook Set. The Giga Power backpacking stove burns 45 minutes at maximum gas output (10,000 BTUs) with the GP-110 fuel canister. This lightweight, compact camping/backpacking stove comes in a high-quality plastic carrying case. Also available in a titanium version (our item no. SNO0004). **DOES NOT INCLUDE FUEL CANISTER.
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Auto ignition is great!
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
This is a really nice stove: its elegance and great performance bring a smile to my face every time I use it.
I've had good experiences with this stove (using regular MSR canisters) from sea level up to about 3000m (10K feet) and in a range of temperatures down to about -5C -- definitely boils a lot faster at lower elevations, but that shouldn't come as a surprise.
So yeah: all in all, this is one of my all-time favorite pieces of gear. Packs small, igniter lasts a long time, and works great. Highly recommended!
Ben Rabinowitz, Gearhead
Solidly built and always lights up
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
I used to have the MSR Pocket Rocket but I didn't like it's bulky dimensions. I then happened upon this stove at an REI Garage Sale and i haven't turned back.
Great craftsmanship, doesn't guzzle gas, and nests very well with a few different cooksets that I use.
It's always lit up for me and I've never wanted anything about this to change. I really do *love* this stove.
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Very basic... But good.
I find it is basically On or it is Off. The flame intensity is very consistent.. Consistent in the fact that it doesn't give you much of a simmering option when it is almost shut off or a real blast furnace when it is on full either.
The little white plastic box that you store it in is a cool feature and the auto igniter is super useful. Works every time with mine. I was also pleasantly surprised how compact it folds up and yet how stable it is when opened up, screwed down on a fuel canister and has a pot on it.
I have to admit I got mine used because yet another REI member decided to use it and return it. How do you go wrong at $4.97..? You can't. This thing will be used as my teapot stove at the job site this winter.
The stove to get.
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
All through high school while backpacking with my dad, we used this stove. Always worked, always lit easily, and boiled water quickly and efficiently. It NEVER once let us down. Now, 8 years later, I'm finally backpacking again, and I've bought my own. It's the same stove, same design, same miniscule package and ease of use, and same dependability. It just works, and it works well. I'll be using it for a long time to come. I prefer it to analogous MSR stoves for reasons of stability of the pot, simplicity, and build quality. Try it out, you won't be disappointed.
However, only runs on isobutane canisters, so if you need another type of fuel, it's not the most versatile.
Everything a canister stove should be
- Familiarity:I've put it through the wringer
This is the light stove I never worry about (the heavy one is a whisperlite international by MSR). If I'm just heading out overnight or car camping, I'll throw in a large partially used MSR canister, a small gigapower fuel canister, and a pot or two. Hasn't rusted in the NW or NE or Europe or parts of Asia with questionable fuel. Lighter always works, even in the cold. A couple years ago on a three week trip to the Tetons with 5 others, I failed to pack the big gas two burner, and we cooked on this. A big fry pan is tricky to balance, but almost everything else can be cooked on the the giga power.
Is it normal for the pot supports to glow...
Is it normal for the pot supports to glow orange when the stove is running?
mine does.
I am not able to compare this stove to any others as I have not owned any others but this one is very nice. The pot sits firmly on the four arms and the ignite is nice so I don't have to worry about using a lighter or matches (even though I carry them just in case). I have not 'needed' to use the windscreen yet but still use it to focus the heat, works very nicely. Boiled my two cups of water quickly. I have a GSI dualist set and the stove and fuel fix nicely inside.
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great stove, well worth the money. this stove is really compact and really strong. it proformed well past my standards
great stove, well worth the money. this stove is really compact and really strong. it proformed well past my standards
Great stove
This stove is the epitome of lightweight and packable. Super hot yet easy to control the flame. The Auto ignition could be a little more reliable. after a few trips it became a test of perseverance to get it ignite :) However, before my next trip I cleaned the igniter and did some "service burns" and this helped out tremendously. If you dont use it you lose it :) Anyway. This is much better than having to use a separate refillable fuel bottle. Great product! Oh yeh......get the windscreen!
Great stove, particularly with the windscreen disc
Ill preface this review with my cut and paste statement that I work as a backcountry backpacking guide in Yosemite National Park. Nearly all of the products I take the time to review have seen at least a half a season, if not more, of use... and Im committed to not bothering to write a review until I feel like Ive really gotten to know a product. I never thought Id bother to write reviews, but Ive recently decided that since Ive spent so much time over these last many years reading reviews, and finding a tremendous amount of value in articulate and well-informed opinions, that I wanted to give back to the community. So, with that being said, here we go...
I still own this stove, and the disc windscreen that goes with it, but I've retired it for the most part, and have turned to the Snow Peak LiteMax. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses, but they are similar enough that either one is a great choice. My preference is with the LiteMax, only because I'm a gram weenie.
This stove is bit better at getting to a boil more quickly, and using fuel more efficiently, mainly because of the available windscreen. I wouldn't bother going with this stove if you're not going to buy (or make) a windscreen. But, for God's sake, if you're going to make one, please know what you're doing. Isolating heat from the fuel can is key. Just buy the Snow Peak screen for this and you're good to go.
The auto ignition is convenient, but shouldn't be an excuse to not pack a lighter or matches. I've never had an issue with it, but I've never had it down to anything below the low 20s or high teens.
Another advantage of this stove, aside from its efficiency with the windscreen, is its stability with slightly larger pots and pans. The LiteMax uses three very small folding arms. With anything other than a smallish mug you have to really watch it. This stove, having four arms that are slightly larger, means it accommodates larger pots and pans. I wouldn't plan on throwing a full size pot with a gallon of water on this, but you could conceivably cook for two on this stove. The LiteMax can't handle that.
In short, if you're just boiling water for you for some oatmeal or dehydrated meals, and are like me and count ounces, grab the LiteMax. If you want a little more stability and efficiency, and the capability to use *slightly* larger cookware... pick this up. You won't lose either way.
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I just bought a second one of these (first one remains with my equipment in the US, this one with my equipment in Russia). I just don't think there is a better stove out there. I have had problems in extremely cold weather (below -20C) getting the auto igniter to work. Obviously spark gap is affected by temperature and I couldn't keep my hands warm outside of gloves to adjust it properly. But I always carry matches and that solves the problem of extreme cold.
Best Stove I Know
I just bought a second one of these (first one remains with my equipment in the US, this one with my equipment in Russia). I just don't think there is a better stove out there. I have had problems in extremely cold weather (below -20C) getting the auto igniter to work. Obviously spark gap is affected by temperature and I couldn't keep my hands warm outside of gloves to adjust it properly. But I always carry matches and that solves the problem of extreme cold.
Best Stove I Know
I just bought a second one of these (first one remains with my equipment in the US, this one with my equipment in Russia). I just don't think there is a better stove out there. I have had problems in extremely cold weather (below -20C) getting the auto igniter to work. Obviously spark gap is affected by temperature and I couldn't keep my hands warm outside of gloves to adjust it properly. But I always carry matches and that solves the problem of extreme cold.
Test on Christmas morning
I wanted to see if our 9 year old could easily light and adjust this stove before he got out in the woods with it.
great product
this little thing is great, works every time(except when i dropped it in a puddle, but that was kind of expected) auto ignition is great and reliable. light weight cooks fast and never had a problem with it.
Best stove I have ever used.
I took my Snow Peak GigaPower Stove Auto Ignition
on a Search and Rescue mission in the Rocky Mts.
and it performed fantastic we were out for four nights and five days only used 1 canister of fuel.
The Auto Ignition worked everytime no need to
worry with wet matches or lighters, cooks really fast
and takes the chill out of the tent at the same time.
do all fuel canisters work with this...
do all fuel canisters work with this model/
I know the Jetboil ones do
Hi Carol,
Yes, all the major brands like MSR, Snow Peak, Jetboil, Primus, Brunton work just fine. The only requirement you need to worry about is that it has a Lindal Valve (EN 417 specs). No worries. If anyone, anywhere, carries any brand that meets those requirements, you have a compatible canister.
Are fuel bottles easy to find for this...
Are fuel bottles easy to find for this stove?
Most Outdoor Sporting Good stores do. Like REI, Dicks, Scheels, etc.
neat lil stove
This lil snow peak stove fits well in my gsi halulite minimalist pot with a small fuel canister, and still more room. I love the igniter and flame pattern, only down side is even in a light breeze the flame is cut down to almost half. When used with snow peak fuel flame controll and boil tome are both impressive, although when used with other fuels it becomes hard to dail flame down. Id reconmend this stove to anybody who wants a versitile canister stove that folds up tiny but has big performance.


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At a GlanceTo be effective, a professional fee billing operation requires the following elements:
The recent frenzy of physician practice acquisitions has created a sense of urgency for hospitals and health systems to complete these transactions quickly to remain competitive. As a result, these organizations have often focused their initial attention on negotiating contract terms, drafting legal documents, conducting asset appraisals, and assigning vendor contracts while deferring considerations on how to manage the revenue cycle aspects of physician practices.
Organizations that do not engage in thoughtful preliminary planning regarding revenue cycle operating standards for physician practices, however, can find themselves with a mixed bag of acquired practices that are both difficult to manage and unprofitable. In particular, inadequate planning and preparation can lead to poor performance in physician billing operations, as reflected in cash collections that are lower than desired, high accounts receivable balances, frequent write-offs, and patient and physician dissatisfaction. Such performance can necessitate major investments to right the physician revenue cycle ship.
Hospitals and health systems should take key action steps in the early stages of building a physician enterprise to ensure six essential elements of a well-run professional fee billing operation are securely in place.
As a health system's physician enterprise expands to include more practices across a variety of specialties and locations, the complexity of the billing operation increases significantly. This environment, in turn, requires a revenue cycle director with a level of management skill and sophistication typically not found in smaller, independent physician practices, where billing managers (assuming a dedicated billing manager even exists) may have little or no formal training or experience in larger organizations. In an era of reform, several areas related to physician revenue cycle operations require new skills. For example, a health system's physician practice revenue cycle director should be able to:
The person who performs these duties should be much more than an effective manager of the physician billing shop; he or she should be a leader whose opinion is sought and respected by physicians, peers, and executives. Without effective leadership from the revenue cycle director, it will be much more difficult to establish any of the other essential elements described herein.
Unfortunately, revenue cycle management is often a thankless role with an unclear career path and therefore does not always attract top talent. Consequently, as physician practices are rapidly consolidated under hospital or health system ownership, the demand for people with the requisite skills is almost certain to exceed the supply, and it will be common to find revenue cycle managers (and even directors) who struggle to see the way forward for their operation.
Exhibit 1
In an effective revenue cycle operation, activities are organized in a way that ensures the right skills are available where they are needed while allowing for effective oversight. Among the most important decisions are those addressing questions of centralization versus decentralization and insourcing versus outsourcing.
Centralization versus decentralization. If the acquisition is an early one and the hospital has never handled professional fee billing for physicians, decentralized billing operations—in which the practice sites continue with their legacy billing systems under a single tax ID—may be appropriate. Decentralized billing also may be warranted, at least in the near term, when the organization takes on a practice whose billers have specialty-specific expertise that does not exist elsewhere in the organization.
However, as the organization grows, so does the need for a centralized and functionally organized billing office to ensure each task is addressed and economies of scale are achieved. A centralized approach can promote increased expertise within the organization as a whole, reduce errors, provide flexibility for new payment methodologies, and minimize exposure to compliance issues.
Most organizations find success in deploying a hybrid strategy that leverages economies of scale while simultaneously locating functional responsibilities where they can be performed most efficiently, as is shown, for example, in exhibit 1.
The rationale for a hybrid model is that revenue cycle performance typically improves when all billing functions follow common guiding principles, which is most easily accomplished when these functions and the staff who perform them are managed as part of a single team. In a hybrid model, functions that do not require face-to-face patient or physician interaction are centralized, while locally managed clinical support staff are still expected to adhere to common revenue cycle policy. This reporting relationship ensures that financial matters do not become a secondary priority, particularly among staff who have other patient-facing duties, such as check-in.
Hospital-based organizations are often tempted to centralize operations further by merging back-office functions for facility and professional fee billing operations. Although this type of consolidation can be accomplished successfully within the customer service and patient collections functions, consolidation beyond those functions should generally be avoided. Professional and hospital billing operations are in some ways similar, but they are sufficiently specialized that billing staff rarely have the skills required to perform both effectively. More important, due to its high-volume and low-dollar nature, professional fee billing would almost certainly take a backseat to hospital billing if the two operations are commingled.
Insourcing versus outsourcing. Healthcare organizations that outsource portions of their revenue cycle operations typically do so to access advanced practice management capabilities more quickly or more economically than they could if they developed the operations on their own. When deciding whether outsourcing the revenue cycle is appropriate, organizations should consider three factors:
If two or more of these factors display significant weaknesses that cannot be strengthened quickly, then outsourcing may be the best option. Health systems also would have good reason to consider outsourcing the revenue cycle if the current in-house costs are higher than benchmarks or if collections percentages have deteriorated.
Nonetheless, outsourced billing is by no means a panacea, and the buyer should proceed with caution when selecting a billing agency. One of the most common misperceptions about outsourcing the billing operation is that it provides a turnkey solution requiring little involvement from the clinic or health system staff. Although less hands-on involvement is needed when the billing operation is outsourced (e.g., for staff recruiting and training), the requirement does not go away altogether, and the relationship with the billing agency demands ongoing attention.
Moreover, most billing agencies are paid a percentage of collections—an approach that would appear to align incentives, but may not always work in practice. Because the billing company keeps only a small fraction of what it collects, claims that are difficult to collect are actually money losers for the billing company, so the company has an incentive to write them off rather than make an effort for a small and uncertain return. Given these considerations, no healthcare organization should outsource billing functions without first having negotiated a sound, performance-driven contract that holds the vendor accountable.
The impact that IT decisions can have on the revenue cycle is also important to consider. Allowing acquired practices to continue using their existing practice management systems may be necessary in the short term, but this situation can quickly go awry. Maintaining disparate systems challenges economies of scale and the ability to monitor performance across multiple practices and promptly identify problems in the revenue cycle. The most effective approach is to transition all acquired practices to a single practice management system that facilitates, provides, or enables the following:
Maintaining a single system also enables an organization to efficiently navigate (or at least prepare for) the changing regulatory environment under the Affordable Care Act and other recent healthcare legislation. By contrast, implementing necessary regulatory changes across multiple platforms could pose a daunting challenge.
A key advantage of a large coordinated revenue cycle model is that it enables the division of labor and specialization of skills to a degree that is not possible at a smaller scale. For organizations to realize this benefit, they must carefully manage productivity, backlogs, processing time, and error rates. This point is true not only for the billing office but also for the clinics themselves.
Clinics should be held responsible for certain tasks, such as those shown in the top exhibit at right. Moreover, when possible, edits and denials related to front-office errors should be routed back to the clinic for resolution. Although this process may increase the lag time for correction, it ensures that the clinic staff know about their errors and resolve them, rather than becoming lax because "someone will fix it on the back end."
Similarly, appropriate standards and controls should be established for billing office staff. Establishing and enforcing productivity standards is among the most important management steps for physician billing office managers, yet it also is all too commonly overlooked. Standards are needed not only to ensure that workers are being fully engaged, but also to aid in personnel planning. Without productivity standards, there is no rational basis for determining how many staff members are needed and when to hire, other than a general notion that "everybody's really busy." Examples of controls that can be used in managing the back-end process are shown in exhibit 3.
Exhibit 2
Exhibit 3
In general, it is best to implement two to four key control measures for each function. Because these controls are so data-driven, they require a fairly sophisticated reporting and analytical infrastructure. Unfortunately, most practice management systems still do not have robust reporting capabilities, necessitating the implementation of "bolt on" business intelligence tools or the extensive use of spreadsheets to manage data. This issue is further confounded if the practice uses multiple systems.
A major challenge in running an effective revenue cycle operation is in engaging leaders throughout the organization in their roles regarding the revenue cycle. This effort requires periodic management reviews whereby leaders can track revenue cycle performance and identify where errors are originating and what is being done about them.
It also requires an effective reporting and analytical infrastructure to ensure that these review sessions are effective. The revenue cycle director's leadership in facilitating these sessions also is essential.
The professional fee coding process is no easy task: More than 7,500 CPT codes and 13,000 ICD 9 diagnosis codes are currently available, and myriad complex payer and regulatory guidelines must be followed. This complexity will only be exacerbated with the transition to ICD-10 in October 2014. Moreover, physician practices use a wide array of resources and processes to complete this work; some groups require physicians to select codes via an EHR or encounter form, while others use support staff to abstract directly from the medical record.
Each approach has its benefits and limitations. In short, the "tug-of-war" that occurs as a result of trying to maximize revenue without crossing any compliance boundaries—while simultaneously trying to manage overall billing costs—can be daunting. Finance leaders are familiar with many of the challenges, as inadequate attention to coding has always tended to have costly repercussions, such as an increased billing lag and unnecessary denials. Yet new challenges have also been introduced with recent focus of the U.S. Office of Inspector General on evaluation and management coding, which signals the likelihood of greater scrutiny on physician billing in the ambulatory setting, thereby adding the high costs for audits and recoupment to the list.
Experience shows that better-performing organizations maintain coding programs that are designed to balance regulatory compliance with revenue maximization and take several key attributes into consideration, such as those shown in exhibit 4. In short, they make sure the documentation for each visit supports the coding submitted for payment.
Exhibit 4
Appropriate investment in coding and compliance (whether internally developed or outsourced) will ensure that the charge submission process is efficient, claims are billed and adjudicated appropriately, and risk and subsequent expense are mitigated. These enhancements also will improve patient and provider satisfaction.
Oct. 1, 2014, marks the compliance date for ICD-10. Given that professional fee reimbursement tends to be driven by CPT codes rather than than by diagnoses, many in the industry tend to underestimate the effect that ICD-10 will have on physician practices. However, accurate diagnosis coding is still a fundamental component of the physician billing process, and the transition to ICD-10 could significantly affect short- and long-term cash flow and overhead costs if not addressed appropriately.
by diagnoses, many in the industry tend to underestimate the effect that ICD-10 will have on physician practices. However, accurate diagnosis coding is still a fundamental component of the physician billing process, and the transition to ICD-10 could significantly affect short- and long-term cash flow and overhead costs if not addressed appropriately.
The American Medical Association has voiced objections to the 2014 implementation date, based on estimates that implementing ICD-10 will cost physician practices up to $80,000 per physician.a Implementation costs include the cost of training, business process analysis, IT system upgrades, increased documentation, and cash flow disruption. Some considerations—such as whether a practice's IT systems, vendors, clearinghouse, and payers will be able to support ICD-10—are well understood by administrators. But it also is critical for administrators to acknowledge less obvious effects, such as the impact that increased documentation standards are likely to have on physician productivity, particularly at the outset, and the subsequent impact on revenue and physician compensation plans driven by volume metrics.
In short, key considerations for establishing an ICD-10 implementation plan include the following:
Despite being given a three-year reprieve on implementation, many organizations—particularly small physician practices—have not made progress on their ICD-10 transition plans. There is no room for further delays: Preparing for the change to ICD-10 now is essential for creating a smooth transition.
Health systems that acquire physician practices often underestimate not only the challenges of developing an effective professional fee revenue cycle process, but also the consequences of not doing it right. Developing an effective physician practice revenue cycle requires sophisticated leadership skills, including strategic vision, organizational design, management discipline, and infrastructure development. Most important, developing a smoothly functioning revenue cycle process can have a profoundly positive impact on the bottom line of the organization. It therefore is well worth the time and attention it requires—not just after a practice acquisition has been finalized, but from the very start of the process.
Benjamin C. Colton is senior manager, ECG Management Consultants, Inc., Seattle.
David A. Wofford is senior manager, ECG Management Consultants, Inc., San Diego.
a. Bresnick, J., "AMA Continues Protest Against ICD-10 Implementation," EHR Intelligence, Nov. 14, 2012.
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Four Cumberland University students, along with officials at the college, can breathe a sigh of relief after learning the strain of meningitis the students have is viral and not the more deadly bacterial.
Four unidentified male students, who are all student athletes at Cumberland, tested positive for viral meningitis, according to Dr. Lorraine McDonald, regional health officer for the mid-Cumberland region, which includes Wilson County.
McDonald said the students don't live together. Three were treated at University Medical Center in Lebanon and one at TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage.
"There were some college-age students who showed some symptoms of meningitis," said UMC spokesperson Adam Groshans, who said the students were quarantined in the hospital's emergency room during treatment.
One student was admitted Sunday at UMC, and two were treated at the hospital on Monday. The fourth student was treated Tuesday at Summit.
McDonald said Wednesday the students' conditions were improving and she expected each to have a full recovery.
"They are all doing well," McDonald said. "We've been speaking with Harvill Eaton, and our public relations people are in touch. Fortunately, it's exam week, and people are dispersing.
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Cumberland University spokesperson Phillip Carter echoed McDonald's sentiments.
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Sewickley Council members gave the green light for the "pink house" to be turned into a fellowship center, despite objections by nearby residents over the location of a playground.
Council members Monday night voted 4-1 in favor of approving a land development and conditional use plan by The Presbyterian Church, Sewickley for the property at 202 Beaver St.
Members Susan Aleshire, Tom Defazio, Robert Glenn and James Morrill voted yes. Carole Ford voted no.
Council President Bob Hague recused himself as he is a member of the church.
Stan Ference, Bill Cornman and Charlie Driscoll were not present.
Among conditions council members approved by passing the resolution include access easements for parking and shared stormwater sewers, that parking not exceed 46 spaces on the unified lot, a landscaping plan that must be approved by the borough's tree commission and a lighting plan.
At issue among some residents living near the church is the proposed location of a playground.
Thorn Street residents Melissa Farlow and Randy Olson filed a lawsuit appealing the borough's April zoning hearing board decision to allow the plan to move forward. In testimony at a public hearing in May, Farlow said noise at the playground drives her inside her home.
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With pending litigation, church leaders can move forward with plans, but run the risk of penalties if courts rule against them, borough Manager Kevin Flannery said.
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Movie Review: 'Jack Reacher' by Kevin Carr
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Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
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Splash Brothers Light Up MSG, Warriors Dismantle the Knicks 126-103
All Star Stephen Curry and running mate Klay Thompson electrified the New York crowd, and led the Warriors to a dominating 126-103 victory over the reeling New York Knicks.
Just one year ago, Curry was thrust into the national spotlight with his phenomenal 54-point explosion.
On Friday night, Stephen Curry again lit up the MSG crowd and led the Warrior charge with his third triple-double of the season by posting 27 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Klay Thompson added 25 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the floor.
The Warriors offense was off and running right from the opening tip. The Warriors were able to use their up tempo style and built a 73-52 halftime advantage over the struggling Knicks.
The Warriors continued their dominance in the 2nd half, and upped their lead to as high as 27 points in the 3rd quarter. Due to the substantial lead, the Warriors were able to rest all of their starters for the entire 4th quarter, and coasted to the 23-point victory.
The 4th quarter became a little chippy between both teams as Knicks Center Tyson Chandler started to get overly physical with Warriors Forward Marreese Speights. Both players kept going at each other back and forth; this led to Chandler not being able to keep his composure and he was ejected from the game.
Carmelo Anthony was able to score 23 points and grab 16 rebounds in the 5th straight loss for the hapless Knicks.
The Warriors record on the road grew to 18-13, and has a 5-1 record since the All-Star break. The next game for the Warriors is an afternoon matchup at 1PM PT against All Star DeMar DeRozan and the upstart Toronto Raptors.
Notes: Stephen Curry's third triple-double places him in 2nd place behind Pacers forward Lance Stephenson for the league lead…. New NBA commissioner Adam Silver was in attendance at the game…. The Knicks played highlights of Warriors coach Mark Jackson as a member of the Knicks and St. Johns as a tribute in the first half over the Jumbotron…. The Warriors are currently 6th in the Western Conference Playoff standings.by


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Apple faces iPhone profit or market share dilemma
updated 12:15 am EDT, Wed October 10, 2007
AAPL target up by 30%
Following a slew of other upgrades, Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi, the top-ranked computer analyst according to Institutional Investor magazine, boosted his stock-price estimate from $135 to $175 and increased his forecast for 2008 cash earnings per share by 3.3 percent to $5; however, the firm kept the "market-perform" rating saying that Apple must decide between sacrifice its currently high profits to meet its iPhone sales goals for 2008. While some upgrades by other analysts focused on software such as Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and iWork as well as recent new Macs, Sanford C. Bernstein said that Apple's on-going revenue from iPhone sales may provide even bigger upside for the skyrocketing stock.
Sacconaghi, the top-ranked computer analyst according to Institutional Investor magazine, boosted his stock-price estimate from $135 to $175 and increased his forecast for 2008 cash earnings per share by 3.3 percent to $5; however, the firm kept the "market-perform" rating.
Last quarter, Apple said it plans to amortize revenue from sale of both the iPhone and Apple TV over 24-months, as it continued to fund software development and roll-out updates to customers during that time period. Analysts also predict that Apple has negotiated for a portion of its monthly subscriber revenues with its exclusive contract with AT&T and will likely have the same arrangement with other partners.
In September, Apple announced plans to bring the iPhone to several European countries through an exclusive distribution rights with different carries in the UK, Germany, and France. The company sold the right to distribute its four-in-one deice to Telefonica SA's O2 in the UK, Deutsche Telekom AG in Germany, and France Telecom SA's Orange.
"On the positive side, if Apple is able to secure what we believe are significant, near-100 percent margin payments from non U.S. wireless carriers that approach those we estimate from AT&T, and drive material unit volume of phones, there could be material upside to our earnings estimates and to the stock price," Sacconaghi wrote in his note obtained by Bloomberg.
The analyst, however, said that Apple would be unlikely to sustain the same level of profitably if it expects to sell 10 million phones in 2008, as its CEO Steve Jobs had hoped. Sacconaghi noted that carrier payments to the company could allow it "to pull some strategic strings" to drive up unit sales, but only at the expense of profitability.
Apple could earn about $14 from AT&T per month per subscriber, nearly double what rival Research in Motion -- creators of the Blackberry -- already receives from its carrier partners. In addition to its point-of-sale profit on the device, Apple could earn more than $330 per subscriber over two years in the US and could earn as much as $500 with its exclusive UK partner O2, the firm estimated.
"The iPhone's substantial revenue share potentially allows Apple to price the iPhone very aggressively - perhaps even selling the device at a loss - to stimulate sales," the analyst wrote in his note. "However, this comes at the expense of profitability, and unless the demand elasticity was high, our analysis indicates that it would be difficult for Apple to significantly move the needle on earnings."


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On Tue, 8 Feb 1994, Michael Durkan wrote:
> >| Excuse this son of the Welsh, but Patrick was a Welshman, be not so loose
> >| with your attributions, please.
> >
> > Patrick seems to have been from what is now Dumbarton in Strathclyde,
> >Scotland, at a time when this was an independent Brythonic-speaking
> >kingdom. Later many of these people fled to Wales. And Welsh is the
> >surviving tongue of the parent family which was spoken here. So in that
> >broad sense, one might say that Patrick was Welsh.
> Has Bannavem Taberniae, Patrick's birthplace according to his Confessio,
> been identified?
From my reading, I don't think that Bannavem Taberiae has been
identified. I suspect that it was south of Hadrian's Wall because,
Patrick's family obviously lived in a "Romanized" community. His father
was a decurion and Bannavem Taberniae is refered to in "Confessio" as a
vicus, which would be smaller than a "colonia" but neverthe less a decent
sized place. I'd place it in Wales, assuming close access to the sea for
those Irish raiders that attacked his home when he was a teen.
Dennis Doyle <[log in to unmask]>
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