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Wimmer was a highly partisan, no-compromise conservative lawmaker who was quick to lash out at his political foes and, in 2012, engaged in a fierce battle for the Republican nomination in the 4th Congressional District.
He lost at the GOP convention to Mia Love and later sent an email to former House colleague Steve Sandstrom criticizing him for supporting Love at the gathering.
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His epiphany touched me. I knew him when he was a confrontational and (as I perceived) somewhat-paranoid politician.
Now he seems to love everyone.
I think he even loves me.
Salt Lake City milestone •East High celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday.
Inducted into the school's Hall of Fame were former Utah first lady Norma Matheson, former Congressman Merrill Cook, theater community leader Pat Davis and special-education advocate Carmen Pingree.
Longtime journalist and University of Utah instructor Don Gale received his East High diploma 65 years after dropping out to attend the U. and 30 years after earning his doctorate.
PerhapsEast's most-celebrated graduating class was in 1951. Members included former U.S. Sens. Jake Garn and Bob Bennett, former Congressman Jim Hansen, the late Utah Supreme Court Justice Dan Stewart, former Dixie College President Doug Alder, former Salt Lake County Commissioner John Preston Creer, and first counselor in the LDS Church's governing First Presidency, Henry Eyring.
Speaking of Merrill Cook • Utah political history was made Thursday, March 20, at 5:01 p.m., when, without being tied up at home, serial political candidate Cook let a filing deadline pass without showing up at one of the filing offices.
"For this," a proud Cook told me, "I think some kind of congrats for me are in order from you."
That's probably because I have had great fun at Cook's expense poking fun at all his candidacies (a total of 12) through the years.
I will concede, he demonstrated unusual restraint this year. He has been a candidate for something just about every election year from school board to mayor to governor to Congress to county commissioner and won twice in the 2nd Congressional District.


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Republican Brown seeks second term in Kansas House
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I'm really tired this morning because I only got about five hours sleep. Why?
The reading slump is over…
It's a novella and it's both charming and intriguing…not from a suspense perspective, but from it's characters. Both of them are interesting and nothing like I've ever read before. I needed something short, something that wouldn't tax my brain (in a suspense/whodunit way), but was FRESH…and this was it! The way Courtney Milan wrote around novella expectations to craft an intense "slice of life" for her characters is a testament to her talent.
I happen to love novellas. I never, EVER think they are "too short" because, well, the length is precisely why I read them.
I think the romance community has a disadvantage in that there is not a deep history of short stories in our psyche. Horror, sci-fi, mystery and fantasy all have a long history of short stories and novellas that goes back centuries. But romance has been a construct of the full novel, from Jane Austen until today. Yes, novellas are increasingly popular, but readers expect–based on what they've read before–to have the same reading experience with a novella that they do with a novel. Readers that I've encountered seem to want full character arc, a windy plot and multiple love scenes in stories that are less than 40,000 words…and that's a pretty tall order.
When I was teaching high school, short stories were the bread and butter of my curriculum. My students could fully immerse themselves in the horror of the "Cask of Amontillado" without knowing the real reason why the narrator was walling up his rival and burying him alive. They could appreciate "Hills Like White Elephants" without the characters having names or even, to be honest, knowing precisely what they were talking about (abortion.) They could debate for hours over whether the hapless young lover in "The Lady or the Tiger?" lived or died at the end.
But for some reason, romance shorts and novellas have to conform to the exact same set of expectations as a full romance novel.
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Can I just "like" this post. I'm still kind of tired and it's so true. That's one thing I love about " compilation" novels.
I love shorter romance stories. Sometimes I just want to read a fun, happy book in one night. Sometimes, when it ends up being a great book, I am disappointed that it didn't last longer, but that's ok. I just move on to a larger book!
I concur! I am now a bit more awake.
There are times when I am very happy to read a shorter story. Maybe it depends on the talent of the author or what you are expecting when you read something shorter.
I'm so glad you were able to end your reading drought.
I'm so glad to hear about this novella, since I already bought it! Thanks!
I finished it last night…it was so good. The heroine is so complicated…I really appreciated the process she had to go through in order to accept her love for the hero. And he was yummy! So SMART and forthright…no game-playing, except in his bid to win his woman. A very different story, but just so engaging!
I love novellas. It is a quick fix on those evenings when I want a little something to relax me and take me away.
I don't read a lot of novellas or anthologies, but sometimes I am in the mood for some short reads. But yes, they must hold up to my usual standard, good storyline, likeable h/h.
:partygroup: Love a novellas every once in awhile for a change. Love hard back books if they are not to heavy, my hands will not hold a havey book. :flag: :flag:
One reason why I read with an e-reader…after typing all day, my hands can't "handle" holding a book open anymore…not even a paperback. :drama:
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pericardial effusion/hemopericardium help
Could someone please help me with the CPT coding on the following report? I am having problems finding the correct codes.
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1. Cardiac tamponade, pericardial effusion /hemopericardium.
2. Cardiogenic shock.
3. Coronary artery disease status post coronary bypass grafting.
4. Left pleural effusion.
1. Cardiac tamponade, pericardial effusion /hemopericardium.
2. Cardiogenic shock.
3. Coronary artery disease status post coronary bypass grafting.
4. Left pleural effusion.
1. Subxiphoid pericardial window/mediastinal reexploration.
2. Left chest tube insertion.
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient is a 61-year-old male who underwent
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fibrillation. The patient developed a hemopericardium and is in tamponade
with cardiogenic shock. The patient to the OR for emergency reexploration.
OPERATIVE FINDINGS: The patient had a clotted hemopericardium, some free
flowing blood, but a lot of it was just clot. Mostly it was down on top of
the diaphragm and behind the left ventricle.
OPERATIVE NOTE: The patient was brought in the OR, placed on the table in
supine position. Appropriate monitoring devices were placed. He was
intubated emergently. Femoral art line and central venous line were placed.
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xiphoid. We opened it up, we had some bloody fluid coming out of the
pericardium. We carefully evacuated clot down off on top of the diaphragm.
This is where most it seemed to be located. Much of it was clot and had to be
carefully removed. There was a vein graft down in the PDA and this area also
had to be carefully avoided. There was not much clot up between the RV and the
chest wall. I cannot find much clot out by the right atrium. I also used a
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the wires. Once I was satisfied with removal of the clot, I placed two Blake
drains, one over the diaphragm and one anteriorly. We irrigated out with a
copious amount of warm saline. A left pleural chest tube was then placed at
about the seventh interspace in the mid axillary line. This returned some
blood tinged fluid. We then closed the wound with a #1 Vicryl for the muscle
layer, 2-0 Vicryl subcutaneous tissue and Monocryl for the skin. Dressing was
applied. The patient was unstable at the beginning of the case but seemed to
have improved by the end. At the beginning of the surgery, he was on
high-dose dopamine and also started bleeding and started on neosynepherine.
At the end, he was on 2 mcg of epinephrine only. Blood loss from the actual
surgery was minimal. No specimen was sent.
I'm going to assume this is the same provider who did the CABG, and I would go with 32120-78.
I'm not actually seeing where they made a pericadial window, they say there is bloody fluid coming from the pericardium but I don't see them cutting into it. Unless I'm reading it wrong. Pericardial window for drainage is 33025 and based on my claim scrubber both codes can be billed together but based on what I am reading I would only go with the thoracotomy.
Laura, CPC, CPMA, CEMC
Since this is post-op hemorrhage and they went into the chest through the original incision, I would code 35820-78.
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I have to agree, I would use 35820-78.
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Microsoft's newest browser offering, Internet Explorer 9, is poised to make a huge impact in the world of online software. IE9 is currently offered as a publicly-available release candidate, in essence a high powered beta version of the software that users can test out while Microsoft makes last minute changes and tweaks based on their feedback. IE9 includes many interesting new features such as a high-security download list (including options for pausing and restarting downloads,) a redesigned user interface that integrates the Windows 7 task bar, and an improved scripting engine modified from previous versions to take advantage of multi-core processors. IE9 takes full advantage of HTML 5, the popular markup language's newest version, and improves dramatically over previous versions where rates of malware detection are concerned.
Most users have taken the plunge and upgraded past IE6, but some may be holdouts, still hanging on to a favorite software version as the net changes around them. In truth, while upgrading may be a bit worrisome at first, nothing but benefits await those who decide to update to the latest software version. IE9 offers much more than a simple cosmetic update: better security, more usability, and tight integration with other related software are all available for no cost.


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Ireland's Best 19th Holes
In Ireland, the two Gs (Guinness and Golf) have long gone hand-in-hand. Though the Black Stuff may still reign supreme, a burgeoning domestic craft beer movement is offering golfers a number of alternative 19th-hole drinks. With post-round opportunities and options growing and with St. Patty's day just around the corner, a pub and golf tour of the Emerald Isle is now more enticing than ever.
To The North
No longer racked by political troubles, Northern Ireland is the heart of Irish craft beer. In Belfast, the Hilden and Whitewater breweries are both pouring world-class cask ales. These delicate beers are served at approximately 55 degrees Fahrenheit—perfect after a cold and wet 18 holes. For the latter, head just south of the breweries to the private Royal County Down Golf Club, where, at select times each week, visiting golfers brave the gales and fog to tee up on one of the country's most legendary and historic courses.
To The West
In contrast to Royal County Down, which has more than 100 years of golfing history, Doonbeg Golf Club, on Ireland's southwestern coast, is a mere infant. Regardless of age, the Greg Norman-designed course is as exciting an Irish golf experience as can be had. After a round, head into the club's Darby's Pub and look out over the first tee box, just two yards outside, as the sun sets. The Guinness is poured and songs are sung until the wee hours of the night, so show up prepared with the booklet of pub songs and toasts from the Lodge at Doonbeg. In the nearby town of Ennis, the Biddy Early Brewery (Ireland's first pub brewery) serves an indulgent Blonde Biddy Lager with a light malt flavor and crisp hop finish.
To The South
South of Doonbeg, it helps to be carrying a golf ball from your home course, and not just because you're sure to lose a few off the 300-foot cliffs at Old Head Golf Links. At the Killeen House Hotel in County Kerry, a recommended pre-Old Head destination, logoed golf balls can be tendered as payment for a pint of Guinness (and then displayed on a wall with thousands more). From there, it's just an hour and a half's drive to Kinsale, where the Old Head course juts out into the Atlantic on a 220-acre promontory. After the round, drive north to Cork to the Franciscan Well Brewery for a chilled imperial pint of Rebel Red, a classic Irish red ale.
To The East
No visit to Ireland is complete without a walk through the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin where you can drink Guinness just feet from where it was brewed. Sure, the classic Irish stout is great in the States, but there is no comparing the freshness you get directly at the source, where the Guinness hasn't sat on a container ship or been subjected to any temperature changes that break down its flavor compounds. Dublin is where you'll find the true essence of this remarkable beer, After the tour, golfers can play 20 of Ireland's best links holes at The European Club—yep, the site is so good that owner and course designer Pat Ruddy added two extra holes to the layout. Ruddy, a well-respected golf writer and course architect, is building an apartment above the clubhouse. Though he doesn't drink, he routinely talks golf with guests as they enjoy post-round pints at the club's no-frills restaurant and pub. "Our clubhouse is unostentatious by design", he says, "the whole emphasis here is on building the best golf course one can just because one wants to do just that. And then, to enjoy it and enjoy seeing others enjoy it as well." Now that's true Irish hospitality—the perfect complement to a round of golf and a good pint.


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On Friday, I posted a story about the "Search and Community Track at SES San Jose: NACA's Save The Dream Tour." It seems to have connected with readers of the Search Marketing News Blog on Search Engine Watch because there were 75 Tweets about it on Friday and Saturday.
Well, the YouTube video embedded in my blog post just won two TELLY Awards. The documentary video chronicles the background and success of a the Save the Dream events in cities across America, in which homeowners with unaffordable mortgages can renegotiate or restructure their home mortgages and keep their homes. The Save the Dream tour is being organized by a community advocacy and homeownership organization called Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA).
The video won a Bronze TELLY for Social Issues productions and another Bronze for Charitable/Non-Profit productions. No, I didn't have anything to do with the video's production. It was produced by Mont Fennel and Michael Kolowich of DigiNovations, filmed principally by the video production company's Director of Photography Bill Charette, and edited by Dan Roth and Michael Kolowich.
It features numerous stories of homeowners whose lives were changed by the Save the Dream process. You can watch "Documentary: NACA's "Save the Dream" - Mortgage Restructuring and Renegotiation Rescues Homeowners" on the NACAmedia YouTube channel.
Oh, and if you have friends and neighbors who are struggling to avoid foreclosure, restructure home loans, and reduce mortgage rates, let them know about NACA's Save the Dream events in Cleveland, Ohio, July 17 - 20 at the Wolstein Center; Chicago, Illinois, July 24 - 27 at McCormick Place; and St. Louis, Missouri, July 31 - August 3 at Chaifetz Arena.
If they go to NACA's website for more information or to pre-register for one of the events, tell them to hunt for and click on the Save the Dream Tour bar in the middle of the page. The information and sign up process appears in a pop-up window. Yes, this non-profit, community advocacy and homeownership organization could use some help with usability, design, copy, link development, and other technical issues that prevent their website from receiving high quality search engine traffic and visitor conversions.
I might suggest that they attend Shari Thurow's Express Search Usability Clinic at SES San Jose 2009. Or, I might just donate that advice myself -- because SES San Jose 2009 takes place August 10-14, after the three upcoming Save the Dream events.
Heck, I already seem to be involved in this cause. If there are other search engine marketers who want to get involved, just mention that in your comments below. Maybe this will turn into a search industry effort.


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Kindergarten Number Games
Easy to play kindergarten number games
Train Game Materials:
Wooden blocks (lots of the same shapes) or any set of objects that have a variety of sizes.
Ruler or something to make a starting line for each child.
Demonstrate first.
On the floor or carpet, place the ruler (not used for measuring) as the starting line.
If the number is 5, the children will make rows of 5 blocks, each time with a different color block until the teacher says "Stop".
Then they say which one of their trains is longer.
Wooden colored blocks are a great math resource to use when playing kindergarten number games. They are durable and can be used for a variety of teaching purposes.
Five of Each (change number)
If you are working with the number five, give each child a mat and make designs with pattern blocks using only five yellow blocks, then five blue blocks, then five green blocks.
Ready, Set, Go
This kindergarten number game is a timed game that adds excitement to counting sets of numbers.
A group of about 10 children sit on the carpet with a pile of Unifix® math blocks in front of them. Half of the students watch the second hand on the clock (assuming you have a large wall clock) and say "Ready, set, go - make 5!" (or whatever number you are working on). when the second hand points to the 12. I put a bright red sticker above the number 12 on the clock to make this easy.
The other 5 students have to build as many sets of five as they can before the second hand goes around the clock to the top again. The children yell "Stop!" and then they change places and the others build sets of 5.
Don't focus on how many sets each student made or who made the most sets. Help those who are making sets incorrectly. The important thing is that the children are practicing making sets of a certain number and developing their number sense.
Have the children push their blocks back to the center and quickly change places with the timers.
Unifix® blocks are another great math manipulative. They are inter-locking colored cubes that help children understand basic number concepts.
Bear Hike - Call this kindergarten number game whatever
goes with your story
5 bears, or cats, or dog counters
2 small different colored cards or mats for each child
Tap into the kids' love of pretending and they grasp the concepts of adding and subtracting at the same time. Just tell a story and have the kids follow with their toys.
For example, "The bears went for a walk. They came to a beach and a lovely green lawn (the mats). 4 went on to the sand (kids put four counters on the yellow mat) and the rest went on the grass. How many are on the grass?" Let the students just say the answers out loud. "3 of the bears ran away from the sand and went onto the grass. How many are left in the sand? How many bears all together?"
Keep the bear stories going until children lose interest. Let the children make up their own number stories. After a few play times guide the children into recording their thinking.
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Interacting with Different Cultures: Initial Surprise and Excitement
Student leaders from Georgetown University, Washington D.C., write about their first experiences leading the OWYP global education curriculum at Jefferson Middle School and their students' reactions to communicating with peers around the world. Contributors: Camille Squires, Daisy Franco, Christine Nichols and Annie Chen
After several delays, including the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Washington, DC, our first semester at Jefferson Middle School was full of both positive moments and challenges.
One of the most challenging aspects is addressing the students' lack of knowledge beyond the mid-Atlantic states. While the students can generally identify Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, they know almost nothing about the rest of the country. It is a struggle to discuss culture and people on a global scale when the students don't have a solid frame of reference to understand it.
Yet, it has been rewarding to make progress with them in this regard – we spent part of the first day bringing up world maps and having them find our partner countries' locations, then showing them pictures from the countries. The kids had a great time asking questions about each of the places and learned something at the same time. They noticed many details from differences in the architecture of the buildings to the realization that many of the people in the pictures in our partner country sites wore clothes similar to people here in Washington, DC.
The second day was even better as we played some Turkish rap music for our class – the students were quick to point out that while they couldn't understand the language, they could still enjoy the beat – and then we made the introductory video for our partner class in Turkey. The questions they wanted to ask about Turkey ranged from favorite foods to what school is like to what type of transportation do students use. We were very impressed with the scope of the questions and their genuine enthusiasm to learn.
A lot of the kids would truly try to do the activities, have fun with each other, and join in the discussion. So many of the kids wanted participate in the video that we had to hold rock-paper-scissor competitions to decide on the speakers. Perhaps the most touching element, though, was the letters the teachers had the students write to us. Some thanked us for coming to classroom, saying things like, "Thank you for letting me learn about other places" and "One of the things I liked when you all came to do was telling us about different cultures." Others said they wanted to know more about college and thought we inspired them to want to go to college. Whatever impact we have, no matter how small, is at least a positive one.
-Camille Squires, Daisy Franco and Christine Nichols
It has been interesting to see how our students responded to the different lessons, especially from a point of view of a foreign student like myself. During the first lesson when I introduced myself, I had to point on the map to explain where Taiwan was located. When the students realized Taiwan was right next to China, they asked if I spoke Chinese. Many of them subsequently started to burst out words, phrases, and sentences in Chinese. Every week since then, they would share the new Chinese words, proverbs, and traditions that they learned from their Chinese classes with me and asked me to further explain the culture. I was particularly touched with those moments, because despite that these actions were not related to our lesson, it showed that they were curious and humble to learn about a different culture.
Our group has been lucky to have a class of students that are mostly willing to share their thoughts. I was especially impressed when we facilitated Lesson 4 on observing identities of different famous people around the world. The students were able to observe qualities through small details of the photos. They used words and descriptions such as famous, fashionable, preachy, serious, authority, important etc.
When it was their turn to create their identity poems, they demonstrated their creativity and ambitions through the process of brainstorming their poems. As they shared their interests, dreams, and family, I felt lucky to have learned more about them and felt more intimately connect with them afterwards.
The biggest challenge has been creating the connection between our hub and our partner hub because of the delays that our partner hub in Kosovo has experienced. It hasn't come to our students' minds that we were actually communicating with another country's classroom because of this. However, as we finally introduced our students to their partner classroom in Kosovo this past week, the students became very excited. When they heard that Kosovo doesn't have Thanksgiving Holiday, they exclaimed in disbelief! This first cultural shock is a great step towards further exchanges when we go into the classroom next time.
-Annie Chen


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Snapshots: Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Offer Rates for Workers in Private Businesses
Most Americans receive their health insurance through their own job or the job of a family member; an offer of coverage at work is an important determinant of the likelihood of having private health insurance. This analysis examines the percentage of nonelderly, full-time adult workers (age 18 through 64) in…Issue Brief Read More
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Wednesday, Sept. 8, the Foundation held a policy workshop examining Medicare, health reform and the challenges facing people with disabilities. Younger Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities are much more likely than seniors in the program to report problems accessing and paying for needed medical services, Kaiser Family Foundation researchers report in…Event Read More
Full Steam Ahead: Implementation Opportunities and Challenges for Employers and Consumers
The new health reform law will significantly affect the way employers provide health coverage to their employees, and will transform many of the choices and protections consumers have in the marketplace. This briefing explored the major provisions in the law that relate to these changes. This September 8 briefing was…Event Read More
Health Reform and State Workforce Challenges: An Early Look at Five States
This report provides an early look at state efforts to prepare for health reform, examining the experiences to date in five states (Connecticut, Michigan, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Washington). The report finds that the state political environment and expected leadership transitions create uncertainties and are already factoring into state strategies…Report Read More
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The Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) held a 9:30 a.m. ET briefing on Thursday, September 30 to examine the challenges facing states as they continue to struggle with the lingering impacts of the recession and begin preparing to implement health reform. Three reports were released…Event Read More
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Health Reform Roundtables: Charting A Course Forward is a series of discussions among federal officials, state officials and outside experts that provides an opportunity to share insights and explore key issues related to implementing a significant expansion of the Medicaid program as part of the new health reform law that…Report Read More
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Six months since the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and a month and a half before the midterm congressional elections, Kaiser's September Health Tracking Poll finds the public remains divided on the new law. Public confusion over the new health law has risen to its highest…Poll Finding Read More
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The federal health insurance program for Social Security recipients is called Medicare. In traditional Medicare, the government manages your benefits, but you can instead choose a Medicare Advantage plan if you want an insurance company to manage them. Basic Medicare includes Part A for hospital insurance and Part B for medical coverage.
Seniors 65 or older are eligible for Medicare Parts A and B if they qualify to receive Social Security. A senior qualifies by working at least 10 years while paying payroll tax or by marriage to a person who qualifies. Some disabled people also can get coverage. People who do not qualify through a work record or disability can buy into Medicare Parts A and B by paying premiums. If Social Security does not automatically enroll you, you can sign up on the Medicare website.
Part A
Part A Medicare covers hospital expenses, skilled nursing care, limited home health care and hospice care. It only covers treatments, tests and services that are medically necessary and excludes custodial care at home. Some coverage is mandated by law, but not all services are covered for every illness or setting. Medicare recommends asking your health care provider whether Medicare normally covers a particular procedure. A Medicare Advantage plan must by law cover at least as much as original Medicare.
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Anyone who has Part A coverage normally can purchase Part B, which covers preventive medicine, outpatient care, supplies and some physicians' services. Examples of expenses covered under Part B include medically necessary doctor visits, ambulance services, wheelchairs and preventive health-care services, such as flu shots. Medicare recommends making sure services or medical supplies are medically necessary and asking your health care provider whether Medicare covers them.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Former Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine says she voted for Maine's gay marriage referendum.
The Republican known for moderate social views said Friday that views on same-sex marriage have evolved, largely due to initiatives in states.
In a statement, she told The Associated Press that "it is only natural for our representative government to be responsive to those changes." She said that's why she voted in support of Maine's referendum allowing same-sex couples to wed. The law went into effect in late December.
Snowe first announced her stance in a CNN interview.
Her successor, independent Sen. Angus King, also supports gay marriage. Maine's other senator, Republican Susan Collins, calls herself "a champion" on equal rights for gays and lesbians but doesn't openly support gay marriage.
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Global Priorities
The United States and International Aid
J. Brian Atwood is a prominent figure in the US Foreign Service, where he has served since 1966. He joined the State Department in 1972, first as legislative assistant for foreign policy and defense and later as assistant secretary of state in 1979. He became Dean of Professional Studies and Academic Affairs at the Foreign Service Institute in 1981. Between 1993 and 1999, Brian Atwood served as administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and directed the implementation of the United States' policy of economic and humanitarian relief. Mr. Atwood is currently Executive Vice President of Citizens Energy Corporation and Director of Citizens International, a new enterprise that offers private-sector development assistance to developing nations. He is also Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
HARVARD INTERNATIONAL REVIEW: Development aid does not enjoy a great deal of popularity in the United States. What was the motivation behind your decision to join the Foreign Service and dedicate yourself to international development?
I was stimulated to enter the field of international relations at age 16, when I was sent to Luxembourg as a field-service foreign exchange student. I was for the first time exposed directly to foreigners' views of US policy and I understood then the need for the United States to conduct itself in the international arena with more humility. When I entered Boston University I did a great deal of coursework in international affairs. I joined the Foreign Service in 1966.
I believe that every diplomat and anyone with an interest in diplomacy should be aware of the importance of international aid work. I became involved with it during my first tour of duty in [Africa's] Cote d'Ivoire, where I met embassy personnel and USAID field workers who were involved in the campaign for the eradication of smallpox. Back in the late '60s, this campaign attracted a great deal of support and was very successful. Later I dedicated most of my work to the development of democratic institutions. There is a general belief that democracy will always be fragile in poor countries; to that I used to reply that democracy allows for so many different approaches that there must be a way to help every country adopt democratic institutions. Over time, however, I learned that the issue facing developing countries is that the people living in emerging democracies always have high expectations of their governors, expectations that are usually unmet. This leads to the ascension of demagogues. I used to give as an example Alan Garcia of Peru who, two decades ago, won a presidential election on his campaign against capitalist corruption but was later driven out of office [in 1985] under corruption charges himself.
Speaking of corruption, it seems that this is a significant problem in most developing nations. Looking back, how successful has USAID been at preventing or eradicating corruption?
Corruption is certainly the cancer of the developing world because it inevitably limits or drives away private investors. It is important to keep in mind that, when talking of corruption, we are referring not only to individuals but also to institutions. For example, President [Olusegun] Obasanjo of Nigeria has made an honest and open effort to democratize the country and to attract investors, but because there is a general mistrust of the institutional framework of Nigeria, his initiative has not been successful. Speaking from an investor's perspective, as former administrator of USAID, I see the need for caution when making an investment. USAID would lose credibility if it turned out that the American taxpayers' money was misused by a foreign government. This is precisely why USAID uses so many institutional safeguards and employs its own auditors. But sometimes not even the audit process is sufficient, as proved to be the case in Indonesia, where corruption undercut the entire aid program. …


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Yes! What Toast said!!! I absolutely love this!!!
Yes! What Toast said!!! I absolutely love this!!!
I'm envious of your painting skills
It's really awesome, and just as Demon I'm in envy. I feel like I should put some skill points in the "painting"-perk tree at my next level-up :P (that's how it works isn't it? O.o)
The structure in the distance, the black thing, is giant-nourmous. Since I guess it's really some kind of pier it looks strange, when you're picture extends so far back in space anything that's placed on the horizon should be too small to even see
nicee! so calm and relaxing..
something to note: with distance, there is more air between the viewer and the objects and distant objects appear lighter in tone, bluer in colour and with less defined edges.
helps to bring abt depth.
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Haha those were awesome x3 you should make it into a series or something?
Will you be posting up your animation here as well?
These were excellent and funny.
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I sketched this out this morning on le groupboard. I decided I'm going to work on it via photoshop which I never used before so it should be exciting!!
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After Cowboys gave him extension, Miles Austin's numbers down, drops up
Dallas Cowboys receiver Miles Austin burst on the scene in the fifth game last season, earned a starting job and then finished strong with 81 catches for 1,320 yards.
The opposite has happened this season. After catching 31 passes in the first four games, Austin has only 27 receptions in the last nine. He has eight drops.Five balls thrown to him have been intercepted.
Austin had 58 receptions while being targeted 96 times for a 60.4 catch percentage. Last year he was targeted 124 times for a catch percentage of 65.3.
Some of Austin's drop-off can be attributed to backup quarterback Jon Kitna throwing a lot of balls underneath primarily to tight ends and running backs.
"There are different quarterbacks and there are different players out there," Austin said. "So things are going to change. But I feel like we're going about it the right way, we're practicing the right way, we're moving the ball. I'm happy when the team's moving the ball, not necessarily if I'm moving the ball."
Austin has worked in practice on reducing the drops. He even experimented with shedding his gloves.
"Drops happen for different reasons," he said. "I'm working, I'm in practice. I didn't have any drops today. I've just got to take it one day at a time."
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Carol Blain, CT, left, along with Dr. Kay Miller, are surrounded by school supplies collected from their 2012 Back-to-School Supply Drive. This year's drive takes place from Aug. 5-16. Read details below.
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Students at Fond du Lac's new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (S.T.E.M.) Academy will be well-stocked when the new school year begins thanks to patients at Miller Chiropractic.
Dr. Kay Miller, DC, CCSP, ART, is holding the sixth annual Back-to-School Supply Drive Aug. 5-16, offering her patients a chiropractic treatment for just $20 and 10 basic school supplies. New patients to the clinic can receive their initial exam and analysis for $20 and 10 basic school supplies, and also receive their first treatment for an additional $20 and 10 basic supplies ($40 total).
The supplies collected are donated for classroom use, shared among students as well as filling the needs of individual students who may not be able to afford the complete list of supplies required by each student.
Patients are asked to bring inexpensive items like loose-leaf paper, crayons, markers, modeling clay or tissue and sealable plastic bags.
"We have great patient participation in this event," Dr. Miller says. "People seem to love shopping for school supplies - maybe it reminds them of going back-to-school." When Dr. Miller learned that very often, teachers will end up purchasing supplies for the classroom and even individual students; she began collecting supplies each August as a way of easing the need. "It's an easy, inexpensive way of giving back," she added.
Miller also recommends parents schedule a back-to-school chiropractic check-up for their children, along with their medical and dental checks.
A Fond du Lac native, Miller is a graduate of Marian University and Logan College of Chiropractic, and is a certified chiropractic sports practitioner, as well as a cer-tified active release techniques provider.
Miller Chiropractic is on the Web at www.well-adjusted.biz. It is located at 435 S. Main St.(11th & Main) in Fond du Lac.


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Family Torn
By © Jeff Shumate 2009
There came a time, I needed a home,
I was finally a man, out on my own!
I was a man, at least so I thought,
I was drunk and wild, with people I fought!
So I found a place, and rented a room,
Shared a man's house, in the city of gloom!
In the beginning, it was all so much fun,
We drank and we drank, till the ceilings were spun!
This type of life, went on for a while,
Until one darkened night, would end all our guile!
I was drinking all day; they say so was he,
The shoving began, he ran with my key!
This night was yet over, as soon we would see…
I walked through a dark alley, in furious rage,
I'll teach this man, who's king of the cage!
Up to his house, I met a locked door,
With one swift kick, it fell to the floor!
He stood in the room, with bat in his hand,
I charged without fear, in drunken command!
I lay on the floor, now painted with red!
The blood was a flowing; it appeared I was dead!
My eyes opened slowly, head foggy you know,
The bat raised above me, to send my deathblow!
Then something happened, a neighbor walked in,
He coaxed the bat down, and dragged me with him!
All too soon, the ambulance came,
But me and my uncle, were never the same!
Looking back, who was to blame?
We both lived in sin, in hate, and in shame!
I haven't seen him, in many long years,
Sometimes I think, and mask some deep fears!
Today I'm much different, I don't know about him…
If comes a day, we meet once again,
I wonder just what, I might say to him then!
All I know, is often I pray,
That if we meet, this I would say:
"Uncle, dear uncle, I no longer mourn.
I love you through Jesus, no longer I'm torn!"
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Geezer Marsh, 1062 Valencia; (800) 838-3006, www.themarsh.org. $20-50. Previews Thurs, 8pm; Sat, 5pm; Sun, 3pm (through March 27). Opens March 31. Thurs, 8pm; Sat, 5pm; Sun, 3pm. Through May 1. The Marsh presents a new solo show about aging and mortality by Geoff Hoyle.
M. Butterfly Gough Street Playhouse, 1620 Gough; (510) 207-5774, www.custommade.org. $20-28. Thurs-Sat, 8pm (also April 3 and 10, 7pm). Custom Made Theatre presents David Henry Hwang's award-winning play.
Free Range Thinking Marsh Berkeley, TheaterStage, 2120 Allston, Berk; 1-800-838-3006, www.themarsh.org. $15-50. Previews Fri, 8pm; Sat, 5pm (through Sat/12). Opens Fri/18, 8pm. Runs Fri, 8pm; Sat, 5pm. Through April 9. The Marsh Berkeley presents a new comedic solo show by Robert Dubac.
The Iliad Berkeley City Club, 1802 Fairview, Berk; (510) 698-4030. $12-24. Opens Fri/18, 8pm. Runs Thurs-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2pm. Through April 3. Inferno Theatre Company presents an adaptation of Homer's ancient tale.
As Always Eureka Theatre, 215 Jackson; www.AsAlwaysTickets.com. $25. Thurs-Sun, 8pm. Through March 27. Tracy Ward directs a new musical by Peter W. Tucker.
Caliente Pier 29, The Embarcadero; 438-2668, www.love.zinzanni.org. $117-145. Wed-Sat, 6pm; Sun, 5pm. Teatro Zinzanni presents a new production conceived in San Francisco.
*40 Pounds in 12 Weeks: A Love Story The Marsh, 1062 Valencia; 1-800-838-3006, www.themarsh.org. $15-35. Fri, 8pm; Sat, 8:30pm. Through March 26. "I hate assumptions," says Pidge Meade. In fact, her new solo show, about her experience as a young woman of size on a brutal crash diet, goes a long way toward unsettling more than one. Developed and directed by Charlie Varon (Rush Limbaugh in Night School, Rabbi Sam), Meade's multi-character monologue eschews easy sentiment for a sharply performed, consistently funny and genuine engagement with her younger, bigger self. Framed by a 20-year college reunion during which she suffers an unwanted conversation with an old roommate about her intervening dramatic weight loss, Meade recounts trying to lose 40 unwanted pounds to please her devoted but "harsh" father, an Olympic-level gymnastics coach shocked and appalled by her weight gain while at school. The father-daughter story comes interlarded with a few other encounters and characters measuring the variety of attitudes and approaches to weight among women in her Midwestern milieu. Meanwhile, Meade's problematic relationship with her demanding if ultimately responsive father finds an unexpected echo in her former roommate's pushy inquisitiveness (which, we learn, stems from her own desperate concern over a beloved but obese teen nephew). It's in quietly mingling awkwardness, fear, and love that Meade's piece can really surprise, and reaffirm that whatever else follows, it's the usual assumptions that need shedding first. (Avila)
James Bond: Lady Killer Dark Room Theater, 2263 Mission; 732-9592, www.brownpapertickets.com. $20. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Through March 26. Dark Room Theater presents an all-new James Bond adventure.
Lady Grey (in ever lower light) EXIT on Taylor, 277 Taylor; (800) 838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com. $15-50. Thurs-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 5pm. ThroughApril 10. Cutting Ball Theater presents the Bay Area premiere of three short plays by Will Eno.
*Loveland Marsh, 1062 Valencia; 1-800-838-3006, www.themarsh.org. $20-50. Fri, 8pm; Sat, 8:30pm. Through March 26. Ann Randolph's one-woman show extends its run.
The Oldest Profession Brava Thater, 2781 24th St; 647-2822, www.brava.org. $10-25. Brava Theater presents a play by Paula Vogel, directed by Evren Odcikin.
Out of Sight Marsh, 1062 Valencia; 1-800-838-3006, www.themarsh.org. $15-50. Thurs and Sat, 8pm; Sun, 3pm. Through March 27. Sara Felder's one-woman show extends its run.
Party of 2 — The New Mating Musical Shelton T8eater, 533 Sutter; 1-800-838-3006, www.partyof2themusical.com. $27-29. Fri, 9pm. Open-ended. A musical about relationships by Shopping! The Musical author Morris Bobrow.
*Pearls Over Shanghai Thrillpeddlers' Hypnodrome, 575 Tenth St; 1-800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com. $30-69. Sat, 8pm. Through April 9. Thrillpeddlers' acclaimed production of the Cockettes musical continues its successful run.
Regrets Only New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness; 861-8972, www.nctcsf.org. $24-40. Wed-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2pm. Through April 3. New Conservatory Theatre presents a play by Paul Rudnick, directed by Andrew Nance.
7 Sins...One More Time! EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy; (800) 838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com. $25-40. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Through April 10. James Judd's long-running comedy hit has a return engagement.
Sex and Death: A Night with Harold Pinter Phoenix Theatre, Suite 601, 414 Mason; 1-800-838-3006, www.offbroadwaywest.org. $35. Thurs-Sat, 8pm. Through March 26. The thing with Harold Pinter is you never know for certain whether he means for something to be funny or not. Take his most celebrated one-act, The Dumb Waiter, a rather tense dialogue between two hit-men waiting for their mark to show which veers into disarmingly surrealist territory once they start receiving mysterious lunch orders via a creaky dumbwaiter, despite not having any food, or indeed any gas to cook food on. Is this Pinter's attempt to lighten the mood in an otherwise joyless examination of two minor functionaries in the criminal underworld, or is it a way for him to interject more unease into their already intractable situation? In Off-Broadway West's staging they opt mainly for the latter interpretation, neither Gus (Conor Hamill) nor Ben (Shane Fahy) play up much of the sly humor tucked into their lines, and when the "surprise" twist arrives, it feels like a foregone conclusion. More deftly nuanced, the second one-act on the bill, The Lover milks the sex lives of the petty bourgeoisie for all the hidden wit and complicated innuendo that could possibly be excavated. Morphing from chilly society marrieds to shameless afternoon fling and "common garden slut" Chad Stender and Nicole Helfer play out a tightly-wound sexual fantasy with a cool edge, a satisfying end to a low-key revival. (Gluckstern)
Shopping! The Musical Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter; (800) 838-3006, www.shoppingthemusical.com. $27-29. Sat, 8pm. Open-ended. A musical comedy revue about shopping by Morris Bobrow.
Tenth Annual Bay One-Acts Festival Boxcar Theatre, 505 Natoma; 891-7235, www.bayoneacts.org. $20-32. Wed-Fri, 8pm; Sat, 3 and 8pm; Sun, 3pm. Through March 26. Three Wise Monkeys Theatre Company presents the tenth incarnation of the curated festival.
Death of a Salesman Pear Avenue Theatre, Mtn View; (650) 254-1148, www.thepear.org. $15-30. Thurs-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2pm. Through Sun/20. Pear Avenue Theatre presents the Arthur Miller classic.
Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Berkeley Playhouse, 2640 College; (510) 845-8542, www.berkeleyplayhouse.org. $15-33. Call for dates and times. Through April 3. Berkeley Playhouse presents a musical fantasy based on the C.S. Lewis story.
The North Pool TheatreWorks at Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefiled, Palo Alto; (650) 463-1960, www.theatreworks.org. $24-67. Tues-Wed, 7:30pm; Thurs-Fri, 8pm; Sat, 2 and 8pm; Sun, 2 and 7pm. Through April 3. TheatreWorks presents a psychological thriller by Rajiv Joseph.
Not a Genuine Black Man The Marsh Berkeley, TheaterStage, 2120 Allston Way, Berk; 826-5750, www.themarsh.org. $20-35. Thurs, 7:30pm. Brian Copeland's one-man show returns to the stage.
Romeo and Juliet La Val's Subterranean, 1834 Euclid, Berk; www.impacttheatre.com. $10-20. Thurs-Sat, 8pm. Through March 26. Bet you thought Romeo and Juliet was just a sappy love story at its beating heart. But as Impact Theatre's artistic director Melissa Hillman, fight director Dave Meier, and production "blood technician" Tunuviel Luv manage to remind us, R&J is known as a tragedy for good reason—full of escalating violence and a bodycount almost as high as Hamlet's. Before they snuff it though, Romeo (Michael Garret McDonald) and Juliet (Luisa Frasconi) fall in love in a meet-cute, after-school special way: Frasconi exhibiting the coltish excitability of a very young teenager, and doofy McDonald egged on by a pack of uncouth youth (Seth Thygesen as Benvolio, Marilet Martinez as Mercutio, Miyuki Bierlein as Balthasar) who pretty much steal the show with their crass deconstruction of Romeo's woes. Unfortunately, the Russian mafia angle is less fully fleshed out than the teen romance portion of the show. Yes, the mobsters all sport some great tattoos, carry mean-looking pistols, and occasionally deliver their lines in Russian thanks to language consultant Helen Nesteruk, but setting the show in the ex-pat Russian community "in the Bay Area" dilutes the extreme feudalism that setting the show in Moscow would imply, and allows the production to rely a little too heavily on familiar California-isms—phrases, behaviors, and fashions— rather than committing fully to exploring the vastly different world of the Russkaya Mafiya. (Gluckstern)
*Ruined Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison, Berk; (510) 647-2949, www.berkeleyrep.org. $29-73. Call for dates and times. Through April 10. Berkeley Rep presents Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer-winning play about the lives of women in Africa.
Singing at the Edge of the World The Cabaret at The Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston Way, Berk; (800) 838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com. $15-35. Thurs-Fri, 8pm; Sat, 5pm. The Marsh presents a one-man show by Randy Rutherford.
World's Funniest Bubble Show The Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston Way, Berk; 1-800-838-3006, www.themarsh.org. $8-11. Sun, 11am. Through April 3. The Amazing Bubble Man extends the bubble-making celebration.
Marga's Funny Mondays Cabaret at Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston, Berk.; 1-800-838-3006, www.themarsh.org. Mon/21, 8pm. $10. Marga Gomez hosts a Monday night comedy series.
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