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Table of Contents
- Terms to Know
- The Campus
- VU ASL Program
- Dorm Life
- Parking
- Classes
- Tips, Facts, and Other Minutia
Terms to Know
Stands for Vincennes University, however most people who are in some way associated with the program refer to it as "VU." These people include students, staff, interpreters, and Deaf and hard of hearing people.
Indiana School for the Deaf provides the location for the Vincennes University American Sign Language Program. More about the history and grounds of ISD is located within this booklet.
Big VU/Main campus
These two terms are used interchangeably to reference the main institution of Vincennes University located in Vincennes, Indiana.
The Aviation Technology Center is another satellite campus of Vincennes University in Indianapolis. Located on the grounds of the Indianapolis International Airport, students at the ATC receive training in flight and aviation maintenance
"The Jasper Campus" is a satellite campus of Vincennes University in Jasper, Indiana.
Deaf vs deaf
The difference between these two words stands as one regards a cultural aspect to Deaf people versus the condition that one is deaf.
The Campus
Indiana School for the Deaf
The Indiana School for the Deaf was founded in 1843 by William Willard, the first Deaf person in America to establish a state school for Deaf people. It was at first a semi-private school that offered free instruction to any Deaf person in-state or out-of-state that sought an education. The following year, the Willard School formally became the Indiana School for the Deaf, the first state-sponsored school in America that offered free education to any Deaf student. From that beginning, ISD has developed into one of the leading Deaf Schools in the nation, rich in heritage yet always striving to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
ISD is a fully accredited school for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students in nursery school through high school. It provides services to approximately 370 students enrolled on campus and over 650 students through outreach services. About 60 percent of the students live on campus during the academic year. ISD offers a full range of social activities, including sports, clubs, and organizations.
Points of Interest
ISD Campus Police (20)
The Indiana School for the Deaf Campus Police Department became a State certified Police Department in 1976. Since the start of the Campus Police Department, all of the officers have had to attend the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy.
Raney Building (#1 #2)
The Raney Building contains the Outreach Program, Preschool, YMCA Youth Program, and VU ASL Program.
Alumni Hall (6)
Alumni hall contains the middle school, high school, administration offices, auditorium, and ISD Library.
Willard Building (4 & 5)
This building contains the Willard Cafeteria, elementary school, and elementary gymnasium.
Brown Cafeteria (10)
This is the main cafeteria on campus. Most ISD students eat meals here.
Student Dorm (8c 8a)
Fair Hall and Koob Hall make up the ISD boys' and girls' dormitory.
Kratzberg Recreation Center (KRC) (8b)
This medium gym is in the center of the school grounds and is attached to the Deaf students' dormitory wings.
Caskey Activity Building (17)
The Caskey Gym is the largest gymnasium including nantorium (pool) on campus which also houses athletic offices.
VU ASL Program
Our Facilities
Main Office
This area contains everything that keeps the VU ASL Program up and running, from the instructors and staff, to the student mailboxes.
ASL Classrooms
There are two American Sign Language classrooms in our facilities, but to ensure smaller class sizes, and better learning experiences the classrooms have been split in half providing us with four learning spaces. Each learning area is outfitted with a projector, projector screen, and dry erase board / whiteboard. The chairs and tables are separated for each student, and allow easy access up and down, and moving around.
"Hearing Classroom"
The "hearing classroom" as many students call it, houses our generalwhere an interpreter is used for communication. courses as well as courses with a Deaf instructor
Student Lounge
The student lounge is a small room off of the "hearing classroom" which has many chairs and tables, as well as laptop bars for students to use for study and waiting. Inside is a refrigerator and freezer for students to store lunches and food items. Just outside the student lounge in the hallway is a soda and snack machine. Soda costs $1.25, and snacks vary from $.50 to $2 in price.
Adjacent from the student lounge is our library holding books and videos for students to check out as a part of ASL class requirements.
Computer Lab
The computer lab has many workstations each complete with a webcam. Microsoft Office 2007 and Adobe PDF Reader is installed for printing purposes. All computers are connected to the internet.
Audio/Visual Lab
Our AV Lab provides three recording stations for students to record themselves for various assignments, quizzes, examinations, and tests.
Multi-Purpose Room (MPR)For dorm students, this is our kitchen. (Not pictured.)
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Dorm Life
The VU ASL Dorms house up to eight students. The dorms are suite style, having a common room, two bedrooms, and a private bathroom. The dorms are not carpeted, but can bring your own carpet should you want to have it.
You can paint the walls of the dorm to a color of your choosing. This allows you to feel more comfortable and less institutionalized in your living space. Each bedroom comes with a large (built-in) wardrobe, one Twin XL size bed, a desk, a chair. Some dorm suites have an additional stand alone wardrobe, or a small dresser, and suites may contain left over furniture.
Living in the dorms is much different than what many expect out of a "college campus" experience. It is more like living in an apartment versus a dormitory. There is no meal plan or cafeteria for VU Student use, and there is no cable television.
VU has a small bubble on the ISD campus, and we rarely interact with the goings about of ISD. Generally on weekdays, we should not venture around campus as to not disturb the Deaf students on campus. On weekends, however, most residential Deaf students go home leaving the campus to the Ball State University and VU ASL Dorm Students.
Do not let any of this discourage you from staying on campus in the dorms. Being at the center of the Deaf community in Indianapolis is a very great thing! You can meet many people by getting involved with volunteering activities on campus, and you are a stones throw away from the Greater Indianapolis Deaf Club as well as Deaf Community Services. You are also a ten minute drive from Broad Ripple, a local college hang out filled with shops, restaurants, and an assortment of peoples you can find no where else in the world.
Being Involved on Campus
Do not be afraid to get involved with activities on campus. There are many, many volunteer opportunities in which you can become involved. Dorm students have helped with sports teams, run concession stands, sold tickets to sporting events, and filled in many other volunteer positions.
Volunteering will not only put your face out into the community, it will also allow you to develop your receptive and expressive (understanding and signing) skills. You can also use volunteering as Deaf events (you'll read more about these later) for your ASL class.By volunteering, you will inevitably meet the Ball State University students who also run their practicum program on campus. BSU has a required amount of volunteer hours they must complete each month as a part of their program.
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These classes are small and are very involved with activities, demonstrations, and practicing different elements of American Sign Language. There are quizzes, a midterm, and a final in each of these classes. Homework assignments include an assortment of video papers, one book reaction paper, Deaf event attendance, and other miscellaneous assignments. Quizzes are both expressive (recorded signing) and receptive (written). Be prepared to let loose of your inhibition and become involved in the class. The first thing you work on is gesturing, and can prove to be difficult for many students as you are not allowed to use ASL.
ASL Grammar
The goal of this class is to increase understanding of the grammar involved in American Sign Language. The book for this class is very straightforward and explains all the concepts thoroughly. Usually taken with ASL 3, this class is really helpful to those who pick up vocabulary relatively easy. One learns word order, Non-Manual Signals, and how to transfer sign to paper through a technique called "gloss."
Linguistics of ASL
This is an advanced ASL class with the lecture given in ASL. Applying Linguistic Theory to American Sign Language, students develop and understanding of morphology, phonolog, syntax, and semantics in ASL. There are quizzes (usually weekly) and homework assignments given, a midterm and a final. A project is assigned to students who must then present the project in ASL.
Careers in ASL
The goal of this class is to discover the many careers which one can use American Sign Language. You are required to give a small presentation at some point during the course, and do two observations outside of class. There is only one final in this class, and the students submit questions to be included on the final which the instructor then drafts.
Deaf Community
Deaf Community is a informational class about the history of the Deaf community in America, the origins of American Sign Language, what actually defines the Deaf Community, and brings in guest speakers from the community to speak with you about their experiences being involved in the Deaf community.
Deaf Culture
This class is a survey of American Deaf Culture. You will learn about five different areas: Values, Language and Tradition, Rules of Social Behavior, Group Norms, and Identity. It incorporates both lecture, student presentations written assignments, a midterm and a final. Be prepared for the student presentation you are required to do over one of the above areas. You will, essentially, be teaching the class about that topic.
Introduction to Ethics
This course provides an overview of different ethical perspectives. The book for this course is very dense, and is tough to get through, but it is worth the effort when it comes to the midterm examination and final. Each week there is an article report due, and you have the option to do extra credit via more article reports. There are two speeches each student is required to give throughout the semester.
English Composition 1 & 2
English Compositions are your run-of-the-mill writing classes. There are various quizzes over the readings, and papers due many of the weeks in the class.
English Grammar
English like you've never seen it before. English grammar provides a detailed account of the various aspects of the English language. There is a quiz each week, no midterm, and the final is matching, and fill in the blank covering everything from the beginning to the end of the semester.
Introduction to Public Speaking is just that. Throughout the semester you give various speeches including an introduction, demonstration, persuasion, and informative speech. There are quizzes in this class over the text material.
Introduction to Multicultural Studies
Description pending. Check back for updates.
General introduction to psychology class. Can be taken on campus or online.
Elements of General Linguistics
General linguistics is a very interesting class for those who are interested in language and its production. There is one large project which you must complete during the semester, but you have choices regarding the topic and type of project. The class contains quizzes, a midterm, and final.
Fitness/Wellness & Lab Science Elective
These two courses vary in subject matter as they are given online from professors at Big VU.
College Algebra
You must take a placement test to get into this class, and it is also given online from professors at Big VU. There is no mathematics instructor at the VU ASL Program.
Tips, Facts, and Other Minutia
The VU ASL Program is designed to take people of any level of signing, even those who have no previous experience, and teach them the language from the ground up. Your receptive skills will come very much before your expressive skills. This meaning, you will be able to understand what others are signing to you before you will be able to sign back to them easily.
This is normal. Do not be discouraged with your expressive ability early on. It matures as you move through the program building your vocabulary and grammar knowledge.
Fingerspelling is one of the most difficult aspects of ASL to grasp. Think of learning to read fingerspelling by not looking at each individual letter. Look instead at the word as a whole. This is much easier to read.
Think about how you read a book. You do not read the word "apple" as "a-p-p-l-e," do you? No. You read the entire word as a whole. The same concept applies to fingerspelling in ASL.
You can practice your fingerspelling reception at http://asl.ms – This site allows you to practice your receptive skills by choosing how many letters each word contains and adjusting the letter speed (faster or slower).
For ASL 1 students, you'll be required to recognize up to three letter words in various assessments.
Deaf Events
When entering into the program, know that Deaf Events out and about in the community are a requirement for ASL classes. However, do not attend these events with the mindset that you are only coming for class. These external events comprise 90% of your language acquisition. The classroom only teaches you 10% of what you need to know!
I found throughout this past year, students only go to Deaf events to "get the credit" for class, and that is the end of it. While they may seem intimidating because your signing ability is low, Deaf people at the events will usually accommodate their signing style and speed when conversing with you. View Deaf Events as a part of your classroom learning experience.
Your best friend to finding Deaf events to attend in the Indianapolis area is the bulletin boards located in the hallway just outside the main office of the VU ASL Program. Another great way to easily be notified of Deaf events is to have them emailed to you in the IAD twice weekly email newsletter. This newsletter contains Deaf relevant news and a list of various events you can attend. To sign up for this newsletter, look in the right column at http://iadhoosiers.org/
VHS - Video Tape
You will need to have access to a VHS player throughout the program. The library has many required videos which are only formatted on VHS tape. The AV Lab has many VHS/DVD combo players which you can use at any time during program operation hours.
Gear You May Need
There is an assortment of materials I recommend you invest in whether you are living on or off campus. This list is just some of the things I found myself constantly needing.
- Tech
- Flash drive / Thumb Drive
- To transfer documents from one computer to another, also to bring pictures into school to use for ASL classes, as well as saving documents you may be working on in the computer lab.
- You can also use an online storage service like Google Drive or Drop Box to move files back and forth between home and campus.
- Laptop Computer
- While having a laptop can be an expensive investment, you will find some classes are very note-heavy (e.g. Intro to Ethics). Having a laptop computer makes things a lot easier on you as far as bringing documents to and from school. There is no way, however, to print wirelessly. So you may still need the first item.
- Printer Paper
- Should you find yourself needing to print a document while at school, VU does not supply printing paper to its students. You must bring your own paper in, or purchase paper from the secretary. (It is recommended, however, you bring your own paper as the secretary may not always be there or available.)
- Microsoft Office (2007 version preferred)
- All computers at VU have Microsoft Office 2007 installed. This means, Microsoft Office 2010 or 2013 editions documents may not be able to be opened from the school computers. You can save your MS Office 2010/2013 documents in a compatible format to solve this problem.
- Supplies
- Three-ring Binders
- For this program, I find myself using three-ring binders as a way to organize the assortment of materials from each classroom. One binder for each class every semester. I re-used the binders from the first semester for my second semester classes and filed the papers away.
Wireless Internet
VU has wireless internet. To connect, adjust your computers settings to the "Vincennes University" network. You'll need to cotnact the front office to get the password for internet access.When prompted for a password, type "1111111111" (that's ten (10) numeric ones in a row no spaces or quotes).
Soda and Snacks
VU provides a public fridge and freezer located in the student lounge for students to store food for lunch/dinner when needed, and a microwave is also provided for reheating. Feel free to bring your own food!
There is a soda machine and a snack machine located in the hallway directly outside of the student lounge. Snacks range anywhere from $.50 to $1.00, and soda is $1.25. The snack machine is unfortunately not refrigerated, so if you're purchasing chocolate be prepared for a possibly melted snack.


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Common Ailments of the Circulatory System
- Hypertension. or high blood pressure. It is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is elevated. High blood pressure can be caused by several factors like over-eating, worry, anxiety, and tension. The common symptoms are headache and dizziness. With the help of instrument called sphygmomanometer, we can measure our blood pressure. This instrument measures two pressures – the systolic and the diastolic. Systolic pressure is the highest pressure the heart produces as it pumps blood into the arteries. Diastolic pressure or low reading is a measure of the pressure that remains in the arteries just before the next heartbeat takes place.
- Low Blood Pressure. Low blood pressure, or hypertension, is a disease caused by poor diet or by some chronic disease. Symptoms are weakness, headache, shortness of breath, dizziness, inability to concentrate, and digestive disturbances.
- Coronary Heart Disease or heart attack is the number one disease that causes death and invalidism. Too much cholesterol in the blood and uncontrolled high blood pressure are the cause of these disease. These happens when the supply of blood to parts of the heart is cut off. The blood cannot reach the heart. The arteries that carry blood to the heart are clogged. Cholesterol is a normal part of the tissue and blood of the body.
- Anemia. Anemia is mainly due to iron deficiency or a person lacks hemoglobin in the blood. This may be caused by a diet that does not contain enough iron. Certain foods like raisins and liver are rich in iron. These foods may be included in the diet to prevent this type of anemia. Another type of anemia is pernicious anemia. In this type, the digestive tract does not absorb enough vitamin B12, which is essential to the formation of RBCs.
- Leukemia. Leukemia is also known as cancer of the blood. An abnormal increase in the leukocytes (WBC) of the blood causes these disease. In leukemia, there is an uncontrolled production of leukocytes either in red bone marrow or in the lymphoid tissue. The WBCs count is high but nonfunctional. The person with leukemia is prone to infections.
- Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a hardening of the arteries caused by the buildup of a fatty substance (cholesterol) on their walls. Such buildup is called plaque. As they develop, they tend to protrude into the blood vessel and interfere with the flow of blood. Atherosclerosis begins in early adulthood. This develops progressively through middle age. Symptoms may not appear until an individual is 50 or older.
Care of the Circulatory System
- Avoid drinking alcoholic beverages and avoid smoking.
- Regular check of blood pressure.
- Eat balance diet.
- Enough rest.
- Avoid unnecessary tension and worries.
- Exercise regularly.
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Height: 5-9 Weight: 201 lbs.
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|Toasterus blanco
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"Gentlemen, I have seen the future. And the future... is toasters."
A toaster is a small land crustacean. It is generally shiny and box-like, although this can vary from species to species. The toaster has an aluminum exoskeleton with up to four slots that make up the mouth; protruding from the outer shell is a lever that is pushed down to consume prey. Also present is a dial determining how much of the prey is to be consumed, or in layspeak, "toasted." The toaster's natural habitat ranges from deciduous to evergreen forests. A ferocious predator, toasters have nevertheless been domesticated extensively by humans of nearly all walks of life.[1]
Toasters in Nature
On the evolutional tree, toasters are very closely related to other appliances, especially microwaves. Toaster ovens are not as close to "true" toasters as you might think, but nonetheless share much of the same DNA. Also related to toasters are appliances such as refrigerators and stoves. Toasters are ferocious predators, and are hunted only by the occasional dire wolf, and of course, man. The prey of a toaster may include but is not limited to sliced bread, loafed bread, bagels, waffles, Pop-Tarts, pancakes, English muffins[2], and occasionally paper money.
In the mesozoic era, toasters ruled the earth. These prehistoric hunting machines, called Tyrannotoasterus (Tyrant toaster), used brawn and stealth to take down their massive prey. The toasters of millennia past were huge, flying, radioactive machines[3]. Fossil evidence from Mongolia has proven their existence.[citation needed] Toasteropaleontology is the branch of science dedicated to the study of these majestic appliances. Currently, the great debate in the toasteropaleontologist community is whether toasters used Alternating Current, Direct Current, or possibly both.
Eating Habits
In the early 19th century, toasters were still a mystery to mankind. In 1823, George Washington Carver set out on an expedition to the California redwoods to study toasters. Over a period of ten years, Carver studied the eating habits of toasters.
When a toaster first spots prey, it will immediately drop into a crouch[4] and stalk the unfortunate bread slice until it stops to drink or eat, usually at a cheap diner or greasy spoon. The toaster pounces at once, crushing the hapless slice. The bread immediately will struggle violently, often throwing off a less determined toaster and escaping. In order to subdue the bucking prey, a toaster will use its poisonous plug at the end of its cord, or tail, to stab the prey into submission. However, the electrical surge often takes nearly thirty seconds to take effect, and an off guard toaster can be hurled away and seriously damaged before its prey is fully subdued. Once the bread slice has stopped thrashing, the toaster will use its cord to drop it into one of its slots. Then something occurrs that continues to befuddle scientists today. As the toaster consumes its prey, it will become excited and produce an electric reaction, called "heat." This amazing reaction is called toasting. After forever, the newly toasted toast is regurgitated as waste or a meal for juvenile toasters.
Courtship and Mating
There comes a time in every toaster's life when it will feel the need to reproduce, to start a family. First he will seek out a prospective mate, which can usually be found at singles bars. If a suitable mate can be found and if the male is not rejected at first sight he will begin an elaborate courtship dance. This dance consists of seven parts, three of which are too vulgar and/or disturbing to be included in this article. In the first part, the male will capture a piece of prey. Uncommon preys, such as waffles or bagels, are valued more to females than common preys like bread. The prey that has been captured must be alive. Second, he must offer the prey up unto his mate. The third part gets into the actual dancing. Dance moves can vary from the electric slide to a tango. Fandango dances are prized among females. The female will often join in, and, taking the prey from the male, will not toast, but blacken it, in a flurry of excitement. Once the male has sufficiently wooed his mate, they will retire to a secluded area to, ahem, procreate. Sometimes during this labor of love, the female will rip off the head of the male, but only if he's really good.
Toasters and Man
Man and toasters have had a long and illustrious history, often near-symbiotic creatures, each depending on each other for survival. The first ever domestication of a toaster occurred in Ancient Rome, where on a mosaic in Vesuvius there is shown a man and his pet toaster. As the industrial revolution brought about the destruction of many habitats of different animals, the toaster habitat one of them. Toasters dwindled in the wild, until there were no more left. However, toasters were saved from extinction by an Englishman named L. Ron Hubbard, who preferred toast in the morning with the butter side down. An enterprising man, L. Ron saw the potential in the toaster as livestock. He quickly set up a toaster ranching empire. This not only saved toasters from utter doom, but humans of all walks of life could now own a loving pet.[5] Toaster ranches were a lucrative way to make money, and in the frontiers of America from 1800 to 1850 self-styled toasterboys tamed the ole' west. Now, toasters are raised in Texas alone, which make its chief export. Movie directors saw the glory in that old way of life, and "toaster westerns" make up a principal part of American culture.
Toasters are somewhat hard to
confine keep in captivity. Numerous circuses, zoos, and teacher lounges have had an instance of a runaway toaster. One of the more famous incidents involved all three places at once. A traveling circus was visiting a zoo, along with a teacher and her lounge in the year 1927.[6] A toaster that was being forced to jump through a hoop saw another toaster of the opposite gender (quite a looker, too, as toasters go) inside the zoo cage, and well, you know. The zoo had to be closed for six months, the circus went bankrupt, and the teacher was given a quiet funeral in a private ceremony at Hidden Hollows cemetery.
See Also
- ↑ Except for those emaciated black kids in Africa, who are so poor they can't afford a latrine.
- ↑ Only the species Toasterus angleterri preys on these.
- ↑ Duh, they're toasters.
- ↑ Not that toasters can crouch at all, anyway...
- ↑ Toaster-related deaths claim at least 43.4% of American lives each year, but toasters are still lovable. Trust us.
- ↑ What didn't happen in that year?


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How do you breathe after VO2max is reached?
During yesterday's ride, as I was doing zone 5 intervals, I began thinking about my breathing technique. Before VO2max, breathing is pretty much self regulated, I don't think much about it. However, after VO2max, I feel I need a technique to maximize O2 intake.
I experimented with short quick exhales, but found that I quickly reverted to long deep breaths, followed by gasping. I couldn't figure out what felt right.
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It's Christmas time again. My human put up a tree with ornaments for me to look at. Most of the ornaments have my picture in them.
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Hey Ali
You give some sage advice my furend.
Dad was going to put up a small tree fur us with those same requirements and now we are snowed in. Looks pretty but...
I am glad he has the cat food stocked up. MOL
Purrs and Happy Holidays right back atcha!
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I know that I almost never draw a full body drawing. But I'm trying my best to improve myself. And it's just that I love drawing and coloring hair and faces a lot. I usually pay much attention to these parts, so when I get to the other parts, I tend to do a sloppy job and I hate that.
What I want to say is, just enjoy drawing what you like best! No matter how bad you are at it, the most important thing is just to enjoy yourself while doing it. A hobby is supposed to be fun~~ just take your time to improve yourself. You'll get there one day.
p.s: this is just a reminder to myself. Lately I'm not enjoying drawing as much as I did before.


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CIPP guide to RTI: Your first submission
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Has anyone seen this letter yet? 2 thanks
Most employers will now have received a letter from HMRC telling them to start operating PAYE in real time from 6 April.
100+ payroll clients, not a single one will confess to having seen this letter yet...
@Constantly Confused We have had a few ring up / email asking what to do........
Lucky you! Ours must be at the bottom of the mailing list... :(
The letters that we and some of our clients admitted to receiving were RTI204 letters dated 8th October 2012. They were just printed on plain white paper.
The current RTI205C letter that we and our clients have been receiving has a big red label saying "Real time PAYE starts in April - act now!" printed on it and is dated 16th February 2013. It is this letter which includes as standard the following two paragraphs:
"Our records show that you have a history of missing or taking a long time to make PAYE payments to us. Reporting PAYE in real time will tell HMRC how much you should pay each month. This will make it easier for you to pay us the right amount each time and help you to avoid making late payments and incurring penalties.
As reporting PAYE in real time happens as part of your routine payroll process, you should expect to see a reduction in time spent in administration."
Needless to say, we and the clients have always paid on time - something which we have confirmed on the HMRC website which, rather oddly, displays as the date of receipt 3 days earlier than the 22nd or 21st or 20th on which we have set up the DD payment. The second paragraph is the one which prompts payroll clients to say "So, you will be reducing your fees, then!".
PAYE/NI Payments under RTI
Under RTI, will an employer be able to set up a DD and have the correct amount of PAYE/NI taken at the correct time by HMRC automatically once the relevant FPS/EPS Returns have been done (as you can with a VAT Return/payment now)?
I can't find anything that says this can happen, but it is the one thing about RTI that would make life EASIER.
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This has been raised with HMRC on a number of occasions now and their response is that there are no plans at the moment to introduce a direct debit system for the collection of PAYE/NI.
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If we decide - for whatever reason - to make another salary payment before 5th April what happens then? Can 'The System' handle it? What steps do we take?


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Children's Preventive Care Use under Two Mature Medicaid Managed Care Plans in California
Lo Sasso, Anthony T., Gavin, Norma I., Freund, Deborah A., Health Care Financing Review
The Santa Barbara Health Initiative (SBHI) and the Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM) are two of the longest-running 1915(b) waiver programs in the United States; the SBHI was initiated in 1982 and the HPSM in 1987. As such, they provide a unique opportunity to investigate children, s preventive care use in mature Medicaid managed care (MMC) programs.
Most studies of MMC have focused on cross-sectional program effects from newly enrolled Medicaid participants or have explored pre/post program effects in early implementation years. In addition, previous studies could not always reliably gauge the impact of MMC because enrolled populations differed in systematic ways from non-enrolled comparison populations.
In this article, we examine preventive care use among infants and toddlers continuously enrolled in the SBHI and HPSM programs for 6, 12, and 24 months since birth during the years 1989-92. In particular, we investigate the extent to which children in two county-organized managed care health systems were compliant with national guidelines for the receipt of health supervision visits and childhood immunizations and whether improvements in preventive care use were realized as the programs matured.
Furthermore, we broke out the analysis by Medicaid eligibility category. In particular, we stratify between Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) enrollees and all other non-disabled enrollees to examine whether MMC differentially affected these groups. Because children enrolled under the poverty-related expansions are likely to be from families with higher income on average and because of the increased enrollment of immigrants in Medi-Cal (California's Medicaid program) during the early 1990s, the composition of other eligibility groups has changed over time. The greater diversity in background and the possibility for differential health status among different eligibility categories are potentially important distinctions that have not been examined for children in other research.
A recent study of the preventive care use of children enrolled in California's traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medi-Cal in 1989 and 1992 found virtually no improvement in either the percentage of children who had any recommended well-child visits (46-47 percent in both years), the percentage of well-child visits that were made (44 percent in both years), or the percentage of recommended childhood immunizations received by these children from 1989 to 1992 (48 percent in 1989 and 50 percent in 1992) (Gavin et al., 1998; Herz, Stredl, and Albers, 1996).
The only significant improvements seen in these measures occurred among infants (less than 12 months old at the end of the year), but the rates of compliance with national standards remained very low. The percentage of infants enrolled in the FFS Medi-Cal program who had any well-child visits increased from 51 percent in 1989 to 62 percent in 1992, the percentage of recommended visits made by infants increased from 35 percent to 41 percent, and the percentage of recommended immunizations received by infants increased from 44 percent to 48 percent (Herz, Stredl, and Albers, 1996).
Other studies have found equally low rates of preventive care use among Medicaid children (U.S. Government Accounting Office, 1993; Gavin, Farrelly, and Simpson, 1998). One study of immunization coverage rates among 2-year-olds continuously enrolled in the Tennessee Medicaid program from birth found that the proportion who were up to date in their basic series of childhood immunizations peaked at 50 percent for those born in 1982 and 1983 and decreased to 44 percent for those born in 1989 (Griffin et al., 1995).
MMC presents opportunities for increased use of preventive care among Medicaid children. The assignment of a primary care gatekeeper under these plans is designed to enhance access to routine primary and preventive care. …


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Moms of 3 or more kids: how drained and frustrated are you? Is this normal?
I love my kids but I literally get up each morning already tired and frustrated. I have three kids: 4yr, 18 months and 2.5 months. The entire day someone is crying or screaming or making a mess (hubby included). I feel like I'm dying by inches and my brain has become usesless. I LOVE my kids, they are smart, cool and funny. But sometimes I can't stand to look and them and I'd reather just leave them screaming and shut myself in another room. The BEST time of the day is 12 midnight: everyone is asleep, no one is demanding anything: food, cleaning, nursing, or sex. (Gotta face it, sex is great, but somehow it is another thing I have to get done along with changing the diapers and washing dishes). I'm so frustrated I yell at them, but I don't want to yell, and I try not to and all of a sudden I'm at the limit of my patience again and I'm scolding them. My husband is patient and loving, but he hates in when I start getting mad at one of them. ANYONE ELSE FEEL LIKE THIS??
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Hi I don't have 3 kid's but I do have a 4yr old and my fiancé has a 3yr old plus I am 5 months pregnant. I understand your frustration. Being a mom sometimes gets overwhelming especially when your babies are at the age that they rely on you solely to do everything. But the best way I have learned to cope is to dedicate a few hours in the day to myself. Everyday my daughter takes her nap at 2:00pm and she usually stays asleep for 2 hours. It is during that time that I relax and do an activity that I enjoy or take a nap myself. Or you can discuss a time with your hubby when he can take over and allow you some time to yourself. I find I have more patience and I am not so frustrated with my babies either. Because no matter how chaotic kid's can become we chose to have them and its not fair to them when we lose self control and men will never understand what mothers go through unless they experience it first hand. So we have to break it down to them how overwhelming managing the householdposted 05/30/2013 by La26
Yep, you are NOT alone! I just read an awesome book entitled I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids. :) The authors are Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile. It's humorous, but filled with GREAT advice and just stuff you can relate to. Basically, one of the chapters is about putting your needs first sometimes so that you can recharge and be the best mom you can be. I got the book at my local library. Hang in there and know that you are not alone.posted 06/26/2013 by katmc34
I have 5, I totally feel you. I have skipped potty training with 2 of them and have been ignoring it with #4, I did scream and bash my head into the wall when trying to potty train #3, I'm just not good at that. Get a break, some breathing time for you. Have some sort of headphones to pack around on you so you can drowned them out when being busy in the house. Need a break to get away from them when that option is not available? put the younger one/s down for a nap, and put on the older one/s favorite movie, make them a snack, now go sit in your vehicle, or on your porch and call an adult so you can get a breather and calm down. it might sound horrible but taking a break to calm yourself and take care of you is going to be sooo much better on your babies. I had to learn these when I had 3, I was ready to completely walk out and leave them all. Thankfully I have learned some de-stressing tips... I hope they help you tooposted 06/12/2013 by OakesAcornMama
I am having #3 in November. #1 is almost 3, #2 is 14 months, so we are a little crazy around here and will only get crazier. One thing that has helped me is having one night a week when my hubby gets home that I can leave for a few hours and relax, whether I go see a movie with a friend, go to the gym or just go run an errand without kids, its helps to just have some me time. I come back more ready to take care of the craziness that abounds in my house. I think as moms, we think about everyone else before we take care of ourselves. I think that is just a mom-thing. I have to consciously remember that I am a better mom when I am not totally fried...posted 06/06/2013 by lawademo
Can become. As much as our families like to consider us as Supermom at the end of the day we are still human and need some serenity in our our lives.posted 05/30/2013 by La26
Oh my goodness...this post sounds exactly like something I could have written by myself. I too have those days when the 4 year old is being defiant, the 2 year old is suffering from terrible twos and the 7 month old is mobile all over the house. These days when they're young only last so long and its hard to remember that but its also important to enjoy every moment, no matter how crazy life gets. Children grow up too quickly.posted 07/11/2013 by jwetter
keilahrose, it is JUST FINE to have those days where you stay in bed and eat sandwiches. Come to think of it, I think you've described many of our typical days! Have you gone to see a counselor about your post-partum depression? I had that, too, with my first-- I would have ups and downs big time all in the same day, and I'd convince myself that I'd be getting better / coming out of it... but I wasn't. Luckily my family made me an appt. with my doctor and then a counselor, and then, they made sure I went when I tried to cancel because I swore I was feeling "better". You need to take care of you!posted 06/26/2013 by katmc34
Hubby and I have worked out a (trial) system where we takes one of the girls (and hence half of the fight) with him for a couple of hours to work. I can then clean, make lunch even 30 minute workout with the other two and when he comes how 3 hours later, I'm ready to deal with the craziness again. I still get to the end of my rope before the day is over, but not as quickly, and I no longer feel like bashing my head against the wall. We are also trying out me running some of his work-related errands with the baby while he does paperwork at home with the other older girls. But the potty-training is still throwing us out of whack (I hate cleaning poop and wee off the floor....)posted 06/01/2013 by keilahrose
The fastest way I trained my little girl to go to the potty is by putting her on a long t-shirt with no bottoms or pull up. I know it sounds crazy but believe me it works. Believe it or not at that age they are real modest and can not stand the idea of being exposed to peeing and pooping in the open. My kid started going to the potty within that same day. Try and see if it works for you too.posted 06/01/2013 by La26
I think you have it just about as rough as me and my fiance do. We have a 3 1/2 yr old, 2 yr old and 6 month old. We are constantly taking care of kids....i can say it is most definatly overwhelming at times.posted 10/16/2015 by Shianna24
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Haydn: The Day Trilogy; Symphonies Nos. 6 "Le matin"; 7 "Le Midi; & 8 "Le Soir" / Le Petite Bande
1 CD / Accent / 2012-09-25Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 6 in D major ("Le Matin"), H. 1/6; Symphony no 7 in C major ("Le midi"), H. 1/7; Symphony no 8 in G major ("Le soir"), H. 1/8
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
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How do I get my mother-in-law to stop using a nickname for my son?
My mother-in-law insists on calling my son, Christopher III, 'Trey,' a Southern nickname for the third generation. I'm afraid that he'll get confused or even prefer the name Trey over his real name, and I hate the name Trey! My husband is very defensive of his mom, and I don't want to say anything to her that would hurt her feelings. What should I do?
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Call her "Grandma Trey" it worked on my momposted 08/02/2013 by mberdion
to be honest a nickname is a nickname but not when its an actual name if you know what I mean ! his names Christopher so what's the sense of giving him a nickname like "trey" might as well call him Chris ! my situation is the same accept its my sister she wanted me to name my baby Shania but I named her na'khia. so now just to provoke me she would call her Shania. So one day I broke it down to her an let her know its not funny an that I would prefer she'd call her by the name I named her! so pretty much if you don't like be straight forward else it would never stop. an personally I believe the nickname should be made up off of the actual name!!!!!!posted 07/29/2013 by nakhiap
I'm so glad all these comments were here. I'm having the same problem except my baby isn't even born! I'm 6 months pregnant and my husband and I have decided to name our daughter Abigail, but his family keeps refering to her as Abby and sending baby gifts to the house addressed to Abby. It's really gotten on my nerves. I believe that a child should learn their true given name and be proud of it and if they should choose a nickname later in life that is up to them. But this whole nicknaming while still in utero is just annoying to me. At one point I considered changing the name to something that couldn't be abbreviated. I've decided to let my husband talk to his family about this because I'm so sick of it I don't know how to tell them to stop without sounding rude.posted 02/02/2007 by a BabyCenter Member
Nicknames can stick around forever if you aren't carefull! My brother-in-law earned the nickname Peekie when he was a wee baby and now everyone calls him that! Is your mother-in-law the typpe to give pet names to everybody? If so, have the group nicely talk it over with her. I have an Aunt who hands out cutesy baby names left and right, and many stick, and are downright innappropriate for an adult! You don't want to be called TinyMite when you're 6'4" and 26, or Wilbur if you're a grown woman!posted 12/29/2003 by Aven's Mama
Sounds like everyone else gave you cautious advice. I am one who speaks up, especially where my child is concerned. You should have no hesitation in correcting your mother-in-law. Too bad about hurt feelings - it's your child! Tell her the next time she calls him Trey to please call him Christopher - and correct her everytime until she gets the point. How upset can she get - really - she'll get over it.posted 12/29/2003 by lululeo
I too share your frustration. My son is named after my grandfather's middle name: Emrick. (His first name was Melville, and I didn't want to touch that!) The first time I told my grandmother what we were naming him she simply said: "Oh really? Just make sure you spell it correctly." The second time she asked and we told her, she replied: "Esh! Really?! Why would you name him that?" And now that he's born and almost two, she INSISTS that we named him Emrick so we could call him "Rikki" I HATE that name! So now we just tell her "His name is Emrick, if we wanted to call him Rikki we would have named him that." She still doesn't seem to get the picture, but it's the best we can do.posted 12/29/2003 by Jaryen
He probably won't get confused, but as soon as he is able to talk, have him start calling her by her first name instead of Grandma or whatever she prefers. When she starts to protest, just tell her you like it better. She should get the idea.posted 12/29/2003 by cfcek2
I think the parents have the birthrite to demand their child be called the name on the birth certificate. It is truly disrespectful if a grandparent disagrees and refuses to call the child by the parent's given name. I'm sure the grandparent has a name they prefer to be called. Make sure your child doesn't call him/her by the correct name. Then they will know how it feels.posted 04/02/2004 by GILLEYD
It s an endearment from your MIL to your son (her grandson). Let the bond grow. He will not be confused.posted 04/16/2011 by LoriB55
Please be up front, honest and just speak up; you will regret it if you don't. Remember this is your baby and 'your turn' and you can gently remind her that she had her 'turn' already.posted 06/13/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
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How can I get my toddler to start sleeping on her own instead of in our bed?
I have four children of my own but am raising my 1-year-old granddaughter, who doesn't like to sleep in her crib. She used to live with her mother and come to my home for visits and babysitting, and sleeping in our bed just became a bad habit. Now that she's with us full time, I'd like to hear from other parents about the pros and cons of bed sharing and get advice on the least traumatic way to help my granddaughter transition to her crib.
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My nine month old son sleeps with me, and I am trying to wean him to his room and own bed. I need help he will sleep for hours in my bed but in his own maybe 30 mins. He is a breastfed baby that is how this all startedposted 05/12/2005 by LaMikgo
Obviously none of you have lost a child due to sharing a bed with them. I am furious that anyone would alow these answers to be posted as actual advice!! I am sorry to offend all of you, But IT IS NOT OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is not worth the chance. I know this from experience and NOT ONE doctor can disagree with me. I used to think the same things and now I can only lay next to my child at the grave yard. DO NOT do it. Do NOT take the chance. Not a second goes by that I dont blame myself. Not ONE second that I dont think back to that night. Not ONE second that I dont miss my daughter with every ounce of my body and soul. Please, please dont sleep with your children.posted 07/09/2008 by tkaucher3
My 18m old has slept with us since day one, it started out as a worried, new, breastfeeding mom. We got into the habbit of laying down and nursing so we both got a nights sleep. I loved it at first and now thats she bigger she is all over the place she kicks me in the face or throws herself on top of me. We even bought a king size bed so my husband could sleep with us again and its still difficult, my husnband and I both sleep on our sides while shes spreds out and takes up most of the bed. I think in a few months I can move her to her own bed, then I can lay with her in it until she falls asleep, then go. I hope that will work.posted 12/16/2003 by a BabyCenter Member
My 20m old daughter still sleeps with us. My hub and I have had our share of kicks, dents and scrapes from her flipping. We had every intention of introducing the crib (located in the nxt room) when she came home from the hospital ... but, she was born jaundice, and underwent phototherapy. This made her very lethargic. We had to keep a close eye on her for 6 wks, strict feeding regiment, etc. So, I was able to sleep better when she was beside me. To introduce her to her crib from then on was difficult. She would wake up every 1-2 hours, sometimes 15-30 mins, in a panic. We tried numerous times with different tricks, consoling her then placing her back into the crib, and the Ferber method, etc. We moved the crib into our bdrm, which worked for 2 blissful nights, which then progressed into a broken sleep pattern. Our most recent attempt was 3 months ago ... the crib has now become a mini-playground. We also discovered that she likes to stomp, jump and roll-around on a dbl-sized floor cushion that we once used for a guest who had a bad back. She now sleeps either with us on our king-size bed, or this make-shift dble-bed on her own. She's a happy child, interacts well with other children, and is developing well physically and cognitively. She shows independence, eg prefers to feed herself, and shows determination when mastering a new skill on her own. Since, my daughter is happy and is learning and performing well, and that my hub & I still have good marriage ... shouldn't she be the gauge of determining the method for sleep?posted 12/29/2003 by Maria Faith
my 14 month old daughter falls asleep in my bed then i transfer her to her crib, but around midnight she gets up to have a bottle and im so tired i just fall asleep with her in my bed...yes we have gotton into a bad habit and i want her to fall asleep in her bed ALONE but my ex insist on waking her to change diaper and eat...how do i go about this without getting my ex upset???? my ex only does this when our daughter is with him......posted 01/02/2004 by jupiterfairygrl
I feel sorry for all of you who have your baby sleeping in your bed. Im sure your sex life is suffering! Our baby was put in her crib after 3 days in the bassinet. Yes, she cried a little, but that is what infants do. They dont know the difference between your bed and the crib. They do know that its warmer with you, but you have to get them into the crib because it will be harder later to transition them when they are 1 or 2.posted 02/02/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
I'm a single mother with a 15 month old daughter who still sleeps with me. Initially, her father had me convinced it was okay because it was a a bonding period for both of us. I work full time and once I get home and finish my daily duties I don't have much time to spend with her. I have tried putting her in her bed once she falls asleep but I can't get any sleep because I miss her because she is not in my bed. I can't wait for her to wake up because I will go get her out of that crib. There are days I want her in there and other days I want her with me. I don't know what the right decision is. My attitude is like Joyce's ~ when she is ready to sleep in her own bed she will go.posted 02/12/2004 by msramirez
My toddler has slept with us since the day he was born and we love it. He sleeps better and we feel that he is a very confident child because of it.posted 05/21/2004 by bunkymama
My 15 month son has been in the same room with my husband and I since we came home from the hospital. Now he has his own room and he wakes up around 5am every day. Everyone tells me to let him scream but I still get no sleep (and it breaks my heart).Now he is in the bed with us, just to avoid the screaming. I am now buying him his own bed like his mommy and daddy sleep in, cause I got him in the habbit of sleeping with us. So he might sleep in it. It is worth a try. If it helps I will post it here.posted 05/21/2004 by nyfinest714
I have rocked my baby to sleep since birth. he is now 13 months. How can I get him to just go in the crib and go to sleep with out me standing and rocking him? or sometimes I lay down in my bed with him to get him to sleep. I don't like laying down in my bed with him cause then I fall asleep also. any advice would help. Donnaposted 06/30/2004 by hersheydaley22
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You're going to need 2-8 yards of tulle, found in your local fabric store. Tulle seems to range in price from very cheap (I got mine for less than $1 a yard) to not really at all expensive for fabric (I saw some tulle for like $6 a yard - it was rather fancy looking). Two yards will suffice for a children's tutu. I doubt most of you are wanting to make one for a kid though. I used six yards for mine - my tutu is ridiculously poofy and has about a six inch gap with no material. One day, I'll fix that, but for now I just twist it to the side. Depending on how you cut your stripes and tie them on, you may need more or less fabric.
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First, you're going to need to cut the tulle into strips. My tulle just happened to be twice as wide as I wanted my tutu's length to be, so I decided it would be easiest to loop the tulle around the ribbon. I cut my stripes about 4 inches wide - the width of these stripes is going to determine the poofiness, so use my tutu to judge.
Step 2
After you have your strips cut, you're going to want to fasten them to a ribbon or elastic. If you use ribbon, make sure it matches the tulle - or at least compliments it. I forgot to buy ribbon from the fabric store and all I had laying around with some olive green piece. There are several methods for fastening the strips to the ribbon - you can sew them, tie them, or probably even use fabric glue. I opted to tie them on. Because my strips were twice the length I wanted, I just doubled them over and looped them around the ribbon.
Step 3
Because I am such a horrible explainer of what I mean by 'looping around the ribbon', I drew a picture. Unfortunately, I am also a horrible drawer. I opted to crop out the final result, which is what you achieve by pulling the ends tight, but I don't think it's a crucial element. Just know that in the drawing below, you are actually looking at what will become the inside of the tutu's waist. You want the clean part of the loop on the outside, as in the photo above.
You may want to play around with other methods of fastening the strips to the ribbon.
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I made one for myself. It turned out AMAZING!!! Thanks so much for the tutorial!!
Thanks, I made this for my daughter
I would say its more like a thin dress netting than tulle btu dress netting would work too
Great tutorial! I was wondering about which way the width of the tulle affects the poofiness. I'm looking for a less poofy,longer tutu, does that mean thinner strips of tulle?
I am making this today
do we have to wear inner (like shorts) under the skirt? tulle is a bit sheer-y
The thicker your strips of tulle are, the less transparent they'll be.
cool!! will it work if i do it with fabric?
i'm gonna try ;)
Looks great!
I love this I saw this on Flickr and I made one for my school sports day.
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