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George W. Bush once famously and eloquently asked, "Is our children learning?" In one North Carolina classroom, the answer is that they are trying, despite the ignorance of their social studies teacher, who warned her students last week that "as a teacher, I'm not supposed to allow you to disrespect the president of the United States." After all, being mean to the president is a crime. "People were arrested for saying derogatory things about Bush," she insisted.

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I've been busy this week getting ready for the start of the new school year which starts next week. A lot of my time has been spent looking at math related things and decorating my classroom however I am making sure that I still make room for other interests this year. Maybe this week's Friday Five will give you some insight on some of my upcoming project ideas!
- Decorating snail mail envelopes
- 10 Peanut Butter Smoothie Recipes
- Mason jar herb garden
- Washi Tape iPhone Cover
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- this new purse
- craploads of office supplies
- a whole bunch of pens because I must have all the pens
- a hole puncher for my Filofax planner (more to come about this)
- a whole bunch of pink hemp string and beads from Hemp Craft to make 100 Bracelets for Relay For Life
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- the start of the new school year
- finding out who is in my classes (hey, all teachers want to know!)
- all the regular instructors are back at the gym
- my meal planning
- hopefully my Erin Condren teacher planner finally arriving (or I will either be sad or angry – I haven't decided yet)
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- crock pot tomato soup again because Josh love it
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- I wish Josh would stop eating a kilo of cherries every day because it stinks in here
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I went to a really emotional wedding the other day. Even the cake was in tiers.
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Posted: 11/12/2008 - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Doctors may be able to determine which women will be helped by the powerful breast cancer drug tamoxifen.
Posted: 11/12/2008 - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Doctors may be able to determine which women will be helped by the powerful breast cancer drug tamoxifen.
Posted: 11/04/2008 - Henna Tattoos are popular during tourist season but they could leave tourist with a bad permanent reminder of their visit to the beach.
Posted: 10/29/2008 - Tom P. Haney Technical Center Director of Nursing, Evelyn Simmons, RN, BSN, recently was notified that every one of the 31 graduates from the January 2008 class passed the National Certification Licensure Exam for Practical Nurses.
Updated: 10/09/2008 - Robot assisted surgery expands to include kidney surgery.
Posted: 09/10/2008 - A store in Panama City is giving hope to those cancer patients in more ways than one.
Posted: 08/28/2008 - A local hospital is taking part in a study involving a new type of topical antibiotic; one that's even showing promise in treating so-called super bugs. Many different strains of certain diseases are becoming resistant to conventional antibiotics. Some of the so called super bugs such as MRSA are spreading because there are very few drugs that can stop it. However, a new topical drug may be the answer and you could be a part of the study.
Updated: 08/08/2008 - The cost of living keeps going up but very few paychecks are doing the same, so we're all looking for ways to save money.
Posted: 05/22/2008 - The National Cancer Institute estimates that approximately 10.8 million Americans with a history of cancer are either living with the disease or have been declared cancer-free. Not very long ago two Bay County friends and co-workers became part of that statistic.
Posted: 05/01/2008 - Chances are, you or someone you love has had breast cancer. It is after all the second most common form of cancer among women. Starting on Wednesday, in this area, we have yet another potent weapon in that ongoing fight against this dreaded disease.
Posted: 05/01/2008 - For more than 20 years, researchers have been trying to come up with ways to treat malaria, to no avail. Vaccines for the illness have been unsuccessful and for years, no one has known why. Now, a local professor has made a major discovery in treating the illness.
Posted: 03/20/2008 - Do you have constant sinus trouble with all the facial pain, pressure, drainage and nothing seems to relieve it? You may be a candidate for image guided sinus surgery.
Posted: 03/18/2008 - One year ago the Bay County Commission unveiled a discount prescription drug card program aimed at reducing the cost of prescription medications for Bay County residents. As of February 2008 the cards have saved citizens more than $375,000.
Updated: 03/13/2008 - Did you know if you neglect your teeth it could affect more than just your mouth?
Posted: 03/07/2008 - Surveys have shown that only one in 10 women think heart disease is their greatest health threat.
Updated: 02/14/2008 - A local woman gets a wonderful Valentines gift today, a beautiful baby boy. However as soon as he was born the baby was wisked off to surgery to save his life.
Updated: 02/13/2008 - Nearly 2,000 cancer patients from 43 countries were encouraged to put their emotions on canvas. This week you can see 150 of those paintings right here in Bay County.
Updated: 08/05/2008 - February is Heart Month and the American Heart Association is hoping you study up on the risk factors for heart attack and stroke. A local woman didn't know the risk factors and became one of the 730,000 people in the United States to suffer a stroke last year.
Posted: 12/19/2007 - As the temperature drops, Panhandle residents are starting to use their heaters, maybe for the first time this season.
Posted: 12/10/2007 - Luciana Da Silva explores the new blade-free lasik surgery.
Posted: 12/10/2007 - Luciana Da Silva learns about new blade free lasik surgery.
Updated: 10/30/2007 - Health Council statistics show the number of uninsured residents in Bay County is growing substantially. And, for the uninsured facing non-emergency needs, the possibilities for medical care may seem slim to none. As Newschannel 7 learned, the uninsured reality can be especially tough for the young.
Posted: 10/11/2007 - Six major cold medicines for infants are being pulled from store shelves today. You'll recognize the names: Tylenol, Pediacare, Triaminic and others.
Posted: 09/13/2007 - Health care in rural areas has always been more of a challenge then in Florida's more populated cities.
Updated: 08/23/2007 - Oral cancer kills one person every hour in the United States. Your best defense is regular screening. It's especially important now since oral cancer is showing up in young women who've never used tobacco.
Updated: 08/23/2007 - South Walton County's Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast has a new arrival.


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In the Fall of 2010 Aviation Cinemas installed a few upgrades to the already impressive architecture of the Texas Theatre. One of most important ones is our full service bar. Keeping with the original architect's century modern aesthetic, while providing contemporary convenience for our patrons, the classy bar is a perfect fit for this historic landmark.
Our focus is to offer quality ingredients with an emphasis on smaller batch boutique products – all the while, offering cheap tasty Texas and Mexican beers as well. The lounge area is open during screenings for patrons who'd rather enjoy a drink than take in a movie, although guests are encouraged to take their refreshments with them into the theater when they do catch a flick. We have a fantastic list of custom cocktails inspired by cinema. These will be rotating specials certain to hook a few regulars into making the Texas a destination bar for years to come.
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Stützer, B; Simons, K; Lutz, H; Majzoub, M; Hermanns, W; Hirschberger, J; Sauter-Louis, C; Hartmann, K (2011). Incidence of persistent viraemia and latent feline leukaemia virus infection in cats with lymphoma. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 13(2):81-87.
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Goldman Sachs Has Some Thoughts About the Olympics
It's not looking good for Algeria.
From time to time, Goldman Sachs likes to remind people that it is not just a stuffy, austere investment bank where Serious Finance People do Serious Finance Things.
So it's delightful, though not altogether surprising, that the bank has put out a primer handicapping the London Olympics.
The Olympics and Economics 2012 [PDF], which came out this week from Goldman's global research department, is a "light-hearted look" at the world's most popular athletic event through the lens of economics geeks who ponder questions like "What is the relationship between GDP per capita and whether or not the Spanish pole vaulter sprains his ankle in practice?"
Goldman doesn't answer our real questions about the Olympics — questions like, will the uniforms be made in China? And how is Michael Phelps going to get his bong through customs at Heathrow?
Instead, the 44-page document is filled with banal Q&As with athletes ("At GS, we stress teamwork in everything we do. From your own experience of running in relays, what are the main things that can contribute to a team's success?") and charts like this:
That said, we wouldn't bet against Goldman's medal count. The bank crunched the relevant economic statistics for the top 50 countries, built a model correlating them with past Olympics results, and came up with a prediction that the U.S. will win 37 gold medals and 108 overall medals, while China will come in second with 33 golds and 98 medals total. (Iran, Colombia, and Algeria come in last in the overall medal count with a pathetic three apiece.)
The funniest thing about Goldman's Olympics breakdown (besides the fact that an Irish publication defines coming in next-to-last on the list as a "profitable return") is that a team of busy, highly paid Goldman analysts convinced their bosses to let them spend a few weeks looking at ESPN.com all day.
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Imagine stepping out of your classroom onto a grassy hill overlooking the Bosphorus, the stunning strait that runs through Turkey's largest city.
In Istanbul, the beautiful Boğaziçi University campus becomes your second home, along with the many cafes, bazaars, and winding streets of this history city!
By directly enrolling at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul becomes your classroom.
The University offers a multitude of course offerings, with particular strengths in social science and engineering, and attracts students from across the globe. As you settle into your courses at the University, our on-site IES Abroad staff are there to give you support when you need it.
We also want you to feel at home in Istanbul, so we do everything we can to help you integrate into life in Turkey, and organize events to help you make the most of your time.
After you are admitted, refer to the Travel Dates section of the Predeparture Information in your MyIESabroad account before booking travel.
Arrive at the airport between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. in order to be picked up by IES Abroad staff. You will need to make your own way to the IES Abroad Center if your flight lands outside of these times.
Please note: Following the completion of our three-week intensive course, there is a week-long break for a religious holiday from September 12-16.
Final exams at partner universities in Istanbul occur through early January, but early exams or proctored at-home exams can usually be negotiated to accommodate a December 19 departure. After the semester starts, you will finalize your registration to include only classes that will accommodate a December 19 departure (most classes do). If your schedule permits, you are free to remain in your housing into January at no additional cost in order to take the regular university exams.
Our mission is simple: to provide you with the best study abroad program possible—which includes the highest quality academic and cultural experiences. That is why we partnered with Boğaziçi University.
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Originally founded by American missionaries in 1863, Boğaziçi University, then known as Robert College, was donated to the Turkish government in 1971. The University is now the most competitive in Turkey, and enrolls about 12,000 students. Sitting on a hill overlooking the Bosphorus River, the campus is just a short 20-minute bus ride to the centrally located Taksim Square.
As part of IES Abroad orientation, you begin the semester with a three-week IES Abroad Turkish language course worth 2 IES Abroad credits, taken alongside an IES Abroad Turkish culture and society course, worth 1 IES Abroad credit. After your first three weeks, you begin your courses at the University.
Visit the University's Faculties and Schools site to learn more about disciplines and potential course offerings. The University offers particularly strong offerings in social science and engineering. You can also continue to take Turkish language courses at Boğaziçi through their School of Foreign Languages.
All course instruction is in English.
Courses are offered in the following disciplines:
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The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
The Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Engineering (accredited by ABET)
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The School of Foreign Language
The Department of Fine Arts
*All fine arts courses are given a pass/fail grade at Boğaziçi. Students who are art, theater, music, or dance majors may take multiple courses in this department with permission from their home school. Students who are not one of these majors are permitted to take one course in this department.
The Department of Physical Education
*All physical education courses are given a pass/fail grade at Boğaziçi.
Even though you're directly enrolling in one of our partner universities, there's something IES Abroad wants you to know: we're here for you if you need us.
Choosing and directly enrolling in courses abroad can be confusing and overwhelming. This is why we offer you predeparture advising that's specific to your needs. Our goal is to provide support and guidance throughout your application and enrollment process.
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We want to make sure that your greatest challenge is deciding which landmarks to see first or discovering the best café—not finding a place to live where you feel comfortable. We do our best to locate housing that is reflective of how the local students are living. Our goal is that when you leave Istanbul, it will feel like home.
Residence Halls - Live with local, international, or IES Abroad students in Boğaziçi's on-campus dormitory. You live in a single room in a two-, three-, or four bedroom suite with a shared kitchen, bathroom, and WiFi. The Superdorm offers a reception area that is staffed 24/7.
Part of making you feel at home in Istanbul is doing our best to help you feel safe and cared for. Whether it is an orientation program that makes you feel prepared, your housing that is well-located and comfortable, or the field trips that take you to places off the beaten path—we're all about our student services. This is just one of the things we're known for.
The IES Abroad orientation program takes place in Istanbul, and is designed to orient you to the program, your fellow students, and to the city.
As part of orientation, you spend your first three weeks in Istanbul taking an IES Abroad Turkish language class (beginning or intermediate), worth 2 IES Abroad credits, and an IES Abroad Turkish culture course, worth 1 IES Abroad credit.
Additionally, CORE™, IES Abroad's Comprehensive Orientation & Re-entry Program, begins during orientation and continues through the semester with activities focusing on academic and cultural adjustment, goal achievement, and preparing for the return home. Detailed information about academics, housing, public transportation, cultural adjustment, health and safety, and other important topics will also be covered.
In addition to IES Abroad activities and events, we encourage you to get involved at Boğaziçi!
Boğaziçi University has more than 30 student clubs, ranging from Aviation Club to Mountaineering Club to Turkish Classical Music Club. You can also get involved by joining extra-curricular sports groups like aerobics, basketball, rowing, sailing, and more. The University offers a major sports complex with a soccer field and exercise equipment, too.
Even though your adventure starts in Istanbul, our field trip takes you beyond the city to discover the culture and traditions of the surrounding area. All of our partner universities in Istanbul also offer inexpensive field trips within Turkey.
Amman, Jordan—included in the program fee and required for all students5 Days | Fall & SpringBegin with an orientation by a well-known Jordanian academic, visit the Roman city of Jerash, climb the stairs of the medieval castle of Ajloun and/or Kara Castle, walk in the corridors of Petra (the Rose City), enjoy lunch at a traditional Middle Eastern restaurant, and take a swim in the Dead Sea.
This field trip is subject to change, and more information will be available on-site.
About the Center
The new IES Abroad Istanbul Center is located in the thriving, modern Bomonti neighborhood, just a 15-minute walk from the Istanbul Metro, providing easy and quick access to the central shopping district, the Historic Peninsula, and the rest of Istanbul. In a bright and modern building, the IES Abroad Istanbul Center is on the same floor as the student apartments.
Features include:
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Dr. Vehbi Baysan is an Assistant Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies at Yeditepe University, where he has served as Director of the International Office. He received his B.A. from Istanbul University, his M.A. from Yarmouk University in Jordan, and his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in Middle Eastern Studies. He has taught both History and Turkish language at the University of Manchester; Turkish, Arabic, and History at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London; and Turkish at the London School of Economics.
Vehbi is also a frequent guest on international radio and TV, and has appeared on Al Jazeera, France 24 Arabic, Russian TV Arabic, Al Hurra, and Al Iraqiya to discuss Turkey and the Middle East.
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How to Make Your Monkey Diet More Energy Efficient
Ok, so thereãs an enormous waiting list for fuel efficient cars, the light bulb has been re-invented to be more energy efficient, but what have you done for your diet to maximize the energy output from the fuel you give it? We are not just talking about eating less, but making sure what you eat is actually giving you energy. Remember, food is the fuel for our bodies, and we want to put in the right fuel to give us the most amount of energy. ãTo have more energyã is the number one goal of most patients we see here for the Hauser Diet program. For various reasons, their energy just seems depleted. It is an effort to make it through the day, and no matter how ãhealthyã they feel they eat, they feel tired.
Letãs review the basics of ãenergy efficiencyã on the Monkey Diet:
Smart fat intake
Before you start thinking about switching over to ãfat freeã sour cream, salad dressing, cream cheese, and the like, we should set the record straight. The Monkey Diet is about eating low fat, naturally. While fats are necessary, the real thing should always be eaten, and in small amounts. A diet too high in fat slows a Monkey down. This means oils, bacon, high-fat meats, cream and cheeses are limited. Brisket smothered in a cheese sauce served with French fries is no Monkey fuel! If you are tired, look at your fat intake.
Go bananas for plant-based foods
Monkeys, you may not realize how the vitamins and antioxidants from fruits and vegetables can really make you feel great. Often we have people who just do not feel they can cook vegetables to make them taste good. Hence, they do not eat a lot of them and continue to eat a lot of meat instead of switching to more vegetarian-based meals. Want to grill tonight? Try some large colorful veggie kabobs, lightly brushed with olive oil and rosemary. Serve with a small piece of lemon-pepper fish or a tofu kabob- yum!
Remember to eat
Monkeys tend to be busy people with not a lot of time to think about food. Hence, many of our patients who are Monkey Diet Types tend to not look at their diet when they question their lack of energy. Often we find that Monkeys only eat once per day, and while some Monkeys feel ok doing this, others donãt- especially those who exercise! Having a veggie-based snack, such as a salad can add a nice boost of energy to your day. One of our favorite vegetables is arugula, a salad green. Tossed in just a little olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt, it is the tastiest snack. Add in some black beans, tomatoes and shredded carrots and youãve got a great little salad pick-me-up!
Dumping those processed foods
The Hauser Diet is all about bringing fresh, whole foods back to the table. It is amazing the difference we often see in patients after getting them to drop the processed diet foods: ãmeatlessã meats, ãfat-freeã foods, frozen and boxed meals, and get them to start cooking more from scratch. We are talking simple meals that take the same amount of time to cook as it would to wait for the pizza delivery guy. Now, we are not saying a Monkey canãt enjoy a nice veggie pizza now and thenãwho doesnãt?! But eating pizza 4 times a week, along with canned/boxed, and pre-made meals is not conducive to an energy efficient Monkey Diet.
Lastly, one of the key tests for any Diet Type that we do here in our office is a blood test for Food Sensitivities. This is often done as a part of Hauser Diet Typing, because eating foods that you may not even realize your body is sensitive to will only deplete your energy stores further. So, while all Monkeys should take action on the above diet recommendations, an individual should find out what specific foods are going to make his or her body more efficient and, in essence, healthier. Simply call or email us to learn more and schedule an appointment for your individualized Diet Typing.


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In real life, a player puts a tiny figurine of Captain Jack Sparrow on a pad that's wired to an Xbox 360 or other gaming console.
Virtually, the pirate springs to life inside the game. The player controls Sparrow as he rides Dumbo the flying elephant to the top of the giant sphere inside Epcot. There, he disembarks and starts a sword-fight with Mr. Incredible.
This mashup is among the many possibilities players could encounter while exploring Disney "Infinity," the entertainment giant's most ambitious gaming project to date.
Disney leaders previewed the video game in Los Angeles on Tuesday and said Infinity will go on sale in June.
The video game, designed for gamers age 6 and older, offers players a virtual toy box of sorts, where they can ride in Cinderella's carriage or strap on Buzz Lightyear's jetpack in an open world that changes at a child's whim.
"Think of it like your parents' living room floor," said John Vignocchi, executive producer of the new game.
The pirate ships of "Pirates of the Caribbean," the superhero world of "The Incredibles" and the school from Disney's upcoming summer Pixar flick "Monsters University" will be among the worlds available at launch across major gaming platforms. More worlds will be added.
To play requires buying a starter pack, which includes the first three worlds and related Disney characters for $75. To expand the game, players can spend more to add high-tech collectibles that unlock more worlds, characters and power-ups within the game. Figurines to unlock new playable characters, for example, will cost $13, and power-ups packs will cost $5.
Each item includes wireless technology that allows characters to warp in and out of game-play.
The project is a cross between Activision's highly successful "Skylanders" franchise, which lets players buy figurines that battle virtually, and "LittleBigPlanet," which offers Sony's PlayStation 3 gamers robust tools to create and customize everything in their virtual worlds.
"When we think about Disney and the number of brands that they own, it's only reasonable for Disney to take a similar route" to "Skylanders," said Jesse Divnich, vice president in charge of analysis at video game research firm EEDAR. "The opportunity in front of Disney is one of the biggest in the video game industry."
Like "Skylanders," the Infinity figurines can develop stronger attributes through game-play and can travel with a player to a friend's house.
Like "LittleBigPlanet," "Infinity" players can shape the way they play, turning a world into a racing game of their own design or a melee free-for-all.
"I'll always look at it like a tool chest for creativity that we're giving everybody," said John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios.
"What's so staggering about this is not what's happening with it right now but the potential of what's going to happen in the future when it gets in the hands of kids and adults and creative people and (they) just start getting lost creating stuff – creating stories and juxtapositions of things we can't even imagine right now."
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Week 3 was one for the ages, as the Sunday slate was crammed full of overtimes, injuries, and big time fantasy points. The following performances were of note on Sunday, as we saw some strange backfield splits and week 2's top running back performers both go down to injury…just as we planned, of course. Let's start this rundown with the brightest of week 3 stars, the Big Chief himself…
Jamaal Charles: In a performance that was equally as exciting as last week's performance was depressing, Jamaal Charles barbequed the Saints on Sunday and looked like the Charles of old. After the smoke settled in New Orleans, Jamaal Charles stood tall with 288 total yards (233 rush/55 rec) and most importantly, a healthy knee. Charles is sitting at 5.9 yards per carry on the season, lining up nicely with the running back we all adored before that awkward step last season in Detroit. Let the knee and Peyton Hillis concerns exit your mind…
Ben Roethlisberger: Large Ben threw the ball 49 times on Sunday, as the Steelers were busy losing to the Raiders. With the Redman/Dwyer/ghost of Jerome Bettis backfield stinking it up, Ben will be forced to throw and throw often, as he did on Sunday. Ben finished with 384 yards and 4 touchdowns, and has had a solid start to the 2012 season as Pittsburgh heads into the always enviable week 4 bye.
A.J. Green: Green caught a 73 yard bomb on the first play of the game and never let up, as he finished with 9 grabs for 183 yards. Green is a big bad receiver and has 311 yards already in what looks to be an impressive year for the young Bengal.
Chris Johnson: Still sucks…carry on.
Matthew Stafford: Just as Stafford was beginning to salvage his fantasy point total for the day, he left the game in the 4th quarter with a bad hammy. Stafford now has 3 passing touchdowns and 4 interceptions on the season in addition to the new injury concern. Keep tabs on the injury this week, but if Stafford is a go, you've gotta keep rolling him out there, no matter how much noise Joe Flacco is making on your bench. Tell him to pipe down.
Tony Romo: After Eli Manning threw for 9.2 million yards against Tampa Bay in week 2, Tony Romo thought it would be fun to check in with 283 yards, a pick, and a goose egg in the touchdown column. I can assure you, his fantasy owners didn't find the effort as enjoyable as Tony did. There will be better days for the Cowboy passing attack, but this makes back-to-back clunkers.
Matt Schaub: Schaub had himself a nice Sunday afternoon, chucking 4 touchdown passes and totaling 290 yards through the air. Don't get too excited, as Schaub still plays on a "play good defense and mash the ball with our sweet running backs" type of team, but this was nice to see if he's your backup or you play in one of those wild and crazy 2 quarterback leagues.
Maurice Jones-Drew: MJD did his thing on Sunday, torching the Colts for 177 yards rushing. Once again, the tales of his demise have been a little premature, as MJD is averaging 5.3 yards per carry so far in 2012. Those who feasted on MJD's lock out status in drafts are looking good. Goooooooood.
Mikel Leshoure: Well, it appears that the Detroit Lions have just been buying time until their savior Mikel Leshoure returned from injury/suspension/alien abduction. In the shocker of the week, resident Detroit ball carrier, and skilled pass catcher, Kevin Smith received ZERO TOUCHES IN THE BALL GAME. Those are my YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME caps. Leshoure was force fed the rock all game long, carrying the ball 26 times for 100 yards and catching 4 passes as well. For the moment, it appears Kevin Smith is toast, but give him another week or two to be sure and of course, pickup Leshoure if he is available.
Darren McFadden: Run DMC is awesome again and all is right with the universe. McFadden racked up 113 yards and a touch, and is still a studmeister5000. Exhale.
C.J. Spiller: The great C.J. giveth and the great C.J. taketh away. After electrifying the NFL in weeks 1 and 2, Spiller promptly left this Sunday's game with a shoulder injury. Luckily for Spiller's fantasy owners, he was able to scamper for a touchdown before he bowed out. An MRI will be conducted on Monday, but with the impending return of Fred Jackson and now a bum shoulder for Spiller, the Buffalo backfield is looking awfully messy. Week 4 may even turn into the Tashard Choice show, which I will choose to DVR and then immediately delete to make room for the latest episode of Honey Boo Boo.
Reggie Bush: Just when Reggie Bush was emerging as a top option at the running back position, the fantasy world turned yet again, and Bush went down with a left knee injury in the 2nd quarter after rushing for 61 yards. An MRI is upcoming for Bush and details should be released Monday. Daniel Thomas and Lamar Miller are Miami's other ball carriers, with Miller being the far more interesting waiver target.
Torrey Smith: Simply an incredible performance by Smith Sunday night, as the young Raven wide receiver had an amazing game after losing his brother in a motorcycle accident early Sunday morning. Smith finished the game with season highs in catches and yards (6/127) and chipped in two scores while Baltimore topped New England. A nice performance from a great young player, who will only improve along with quarterback Joe Flacco.
Larry Fitzgerald: Do you own Larry Fitzgerald? Go apologize to your fantasy football leaguemates for making them listen to your whining for the past two weeks. Fitz finally joined the 2012 fantasy football party, and did it in typical Larry Fitz style, catching every single target headed his way (9) and racked up 114 yards and a touchdown. The Arizona offense is still nutty, but they have apparently remembered they possess one of the best receivers roaming the planet.
Kyle Rudolph: Rudy came through in the red zone for the Vikings on Sunday, snaring a pair of touchdowns. Despite having great athleticism and catching ability, Rudolph is still more of a red zone target than a tight end that can stretch the field. His role can always change, and he is a solid player, but he's still on the lower rung of TE1 territory.
Tony Gonzalez: Leading all NFL tight ends in receptions was old Tony Gonzalez. The Falcons tight end caught 9 of 12 targets for 91 yards and what seems like his 927th career touchdown. Gonzalez now has 21 catches on the young season and gets the Carolina defense next week. Batter up.
Ryan Succop: Booted 6 field goals on Sunday. That's a lot of field goals. Get some ice on that foot.
Sydney rice was just cut in my 12 team league where recieving yds get lots of points is he worth goin after in that anemic offense
Got offered Leshoure + Morris for Fitz or Green. Team is as follows
QB- Brady
WR- Green
WR- Fitz
WR- Steve Smith (car)
WR – Britt
RB- M.Bush
RB- J-Stew
RB- K. Smith
RB- K.Hunter
TE- Gronk Jr.
TE- Hernandez
pull the trigger on leshoure+morris for fitz or green? I need the RB's badly….RB's on his team Rice, Matthews, Charles, Leshoure, Morris, Hillis, Ryan Williams or target someone else?
Need some input on my team (standard league). 0-3 after a bad start, but last week I traded Chris Johnson and Finley for Fitz and Lloyd so I'm starting to feel better about it.
QB: Romo
RB: Mathews
RB: S-Jax
WR: Fitz
WR: Marshall
RB/WR: Lloyd
TE: Pitta
Bench: Morris, Britt, Garcon, Rudolph, Jacquizz, D. Wilson, D. Richardson
Should I ride the Morris-train till the wheels fall off? Or do I try to package him with Fitz or Lloyd for Arian Foster? Any other suggestions? Feel like my WR depth is pretty solid, but I'd like to get a great RB.
I've been offered the following deal in my 16 team league.
I give: Ray Rice
I get: Andre Johnson and BenJarvus Green-Ellis
6 pts all TDs, 20 return yards per point
QB – Tom Brady
WR – Percy Harvin
WR – Randall Cobb
WR – Greg Little
RB – Ray Rice
RB – Mikel LeShoure
TE – Jermaine Gresham
W/R – Austin Collie
Q/W/R/T – Sam Bradford
BEN – LeGarrette Blount
BEN – Roy Helu
BEN – Stephen Hill
I'm currently 0-3. I feel like I need the roster depth from this deal to make my team solid. I hate giving up the best player, but this may be something I need to do. In a 16 teamer, sometimes depth is more important. I get a top 5 WR and top 15 RB in return, so both are still RB1/WR1 in this league.
Think this is something I can pull the trigger on?
What are your thoughts on giving up Rodgers & Don Brown for P. Rivers & D. Murray?
I'm hesitant due to the downgrade at QB but I'm 0-3 and need to shake things up. I'm willing to stream QBs (ponder, locker, etc).
(12 tm, 0.5pt ppr)
0.5PPR, 16 team. I need a WR to plug in for Week 4, and maybe keep for the rest of the season, too. Pick your best 2.
Titus Young, Jerome Simpson, Brandon LaFell, Kevin Walter, Donald Jones, Brian Hartline, Mario Manningham, Rod Streater, Leonard Hankerson
Just picked up Simpson. LaFell still on waivers.
I'm in a 12 team non PPR and I was offered his Larry Fitz and Ryan Mathews for my Demarco Murray and Brandon Lloyd.
My team is:
QB- P. Manning WR- Nicks, Lloyd, D. Moore
RB- Murray, CJ Flex- SJax TE- Witten
K- Tucker D- Stream
Bench- Luck, Hillis, Ingram, J. Stewart, Hankerson, LaFell, Empty Spot (dropped Collie today)
Should I take this deal?
Plz rank for ROS alshon jefery titus young hankerson hawkins kendall wright
Is it time to bail om Cam? There is an owner with Ryan and Griffin. I May offer Cam for Ryan. Thoughts? I'm now 0-3 and its panick time. Probably will have to give up something else too, prob some wr depth. I have jennings, decker, smith (car), t. Young, k. Wright. Thanks,
Would you trade MJD, Romo and Moore for Rodgers and Dez?
Team with the trade Team right now
QB: Rodgers QB:Romo/Alex Smith
WR: Nicks WR: Nicks
WR: Bowe WR: Bowe
RB: McFadden RB: McFadden
RB: Trent Richardson RB: MJD
TE: Vernon Davis TE: Vernon Davis
Flex: Dez Flex:Trent Richardson
thanks Jeff
Have an 0-3 team consisting of Romo, MJD, D.Murray, Leshoure, ALf, Hillis, Wayne, Dez, S.Smith(car), Lloyd, Cobb Graham – standard nonppr…where do you suggest I look to strengthen? I would like to use maybe Alf or Leshoure + Dez to get stronger RB or WR…am looking to add Locker on waiver, dropping Hillis or Cobb…any thoughts…
Would you cut your losses on CJ0K and trade him for Benson?
im in a 2Qb league and looking to pick up Ponder to replace Cutler as my 2nd Qb. There is probably 2 or 3 guys aiming to pickup Ponder and Im wondering how much of a $100 budget would be a good bid to secure him.
I know it's early to be discussing keepers but what are your thoughts on Alfred Morris as a keeper? He would only cost me $6 since he was a free agent. We can only keep up to 4 players. I know it's early but which 4 would you keep for next season?
Cam = $11
Forte = $33
Cruz = $11
McCoy = $36
Percy = $18
S.Johnson = $12
Alf = $6


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How can I help my 3yr old daughter adjust to Preschool?
She just turned 3yrs old and has a speech delay and even tho she talks and interacts with her immediate family very well, she is very withdrawn with other children and teachers just because she does not know them and has had stranger anxiety since she was born. Her speech therepist is confident that she will catch up, but I don't want Preschool to be so stressful on her. The classes are 4 days a week 3 1/2 hours a day. I think it's a little much to ask of a 3yr old that is used to being at home with me all day, but at the same time don't want her to be behind when she starts Kindergarden. Not to mention that she is picking up a cold bug nearly every week. I'm thinking I should give her another year till she's 4yr and start her then when she's more comfortable. Any info would be helpful.
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Public CIOs have a new imperative: optimize systems and processes. What lies behind this emerging trend is a series of mounting challenges. First, CIOs are struggling with the management of government's ever more complex processes, multitiered forms, numerous legacy systems (and data), and time-based legislative and mandated policies. Second, they are dealing with internal pressures to enhance cooperation and collaboration across agencies. Finally, CIOs must achieve their technology goals with shrinking budgets.
To address these issues, CIOs are turning to business process management (BPM) technology. BPM is a strategy that combines management methodologies, business processes and technologies to help organizations operate more efficiently, improve customer service, meet regulatory requirements and perform other tasks using best practices.
Beyond Process Automation: BPM as a Management Discipline
The focus on BPM as an organizational discipline has grown rapidly. It makes sense that BPM is moving to the forefront of CIO agendas: Processes are the foundation of any organization, and business processes influence all of an organization's key performance objectives - customer service, financial performance, compliance, productivity and competitive advantage. How well these processes are executed ultimately determines an organization's success or failure.
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- map out an end state that maximizes the effectiveness of key business processes, intertwined with other enterprise assets, to achieve strategic objectives; and
- execute optimized, effective processes with cross-functional transparency and the flexibility to adapt and implement new ideas quickly.
Federal, state and local governments have been early adopters of BPM and BPMS for several interrelated reasons. Citizens demand satisfaction, and their expectations have risen dramatically. People not only want the privacy and security protections that are part of the government mission, they also have come to insist on the same efficiency, convenience and service orientation that they experience in their dealings with private-sector companies. Added to this are the internal pressures on government to break down informational silos and enhance cooperation and collaboration across agencies - sharing information, coordinating activities and presenting a unified view to the public.
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Departments and agencies can use BPM for a number of process-centric demands:
- streamlining operations by automating manual, repetitive processes;
- increasing efficiency and productivity of operations;
- using existing systems and data to provide Web-enabled solutions;
- improving cross-agency, citizen and employee services via online access;
- complying with legislative mandates to improve citizen access and reduce complexity; and
- tracking and managing correspondence to ensure action within mandated time frames.
There are several critical success factors in order to implement BPM as part of a CIO's overall IT strategy. First, CIOs need to procure the budget needed for implementation. Once this is achieved, they must determine the scope of process needs. Some questions to answer during this step:
- What are your most critical processes?
- How many of them are human-centric versus system-centric?
- What are your scalability requirements for the number of processes, number of locations and geographic deployment?
- How complex is your IT infrastructure? What platforms do you need to interoperate with to be successful? Is achieving a service-oriented architecture part of your overall strategy?
- What are your short-term versus long-term process needs?
CIOs must include people from both the business side and the IT side of their organization early on in the scope definition and in the BPM suite evaluation and selection process; both parties are critical to any BPM project's success.
Additionally CIOs should select an appropriate BPMS based on their scope of process needs. In choosing a BPMS, CIOs should understand what BPM "essentials" are needed in a BPM solution versus more advanced BPM features. First and foremost, a BPMS must address the human-centric and system-based processes critical to an agency. A BPMS should be able to:
- design and model a process in a graphical format that the process owner can own, maintain and easily publish for process execution;
- separate business rules, forms and roles from process flow for easier maintenance;
- create online forms that will flow through a process - helping eliminate paper; and
- monitor process activity, obtain instant visibility into process content and status, and generate reports to facilitate process improvement.
The next step is to document the requirements and weigh priorities. After CIOs understand the BPM essentials and the advanced BPM features available in a BPM suite, they should note what's most important and outline a focused requirements document to drive the evaluation process. Include functional and company performance requirements in a document to ensure they look not only at the product, but also at the vendor that will be supporting the agency. They must also outline what's unimportant. This will remind the evaluation team not to get distracted by "cool" but unnecessary product features and extensive sales pitches. Stay focused during the evaluation.
Finally CIOs must identify a shortlist of vendors. BPM solutions from large infrastructure companies may depend heavily on installing that vendor's other applications, which could limit your ability to connect to other applications - so tread carefully. Small, niche BPM providers might not offer interfaces to your existing applications and data sets, making integration difficult. So it's important to find a provider that supports open architectures and standards, provides many prebuilt interfaces to enterprise resource planning and document management systems, and has a proven track record in handling government-specific BPM challenges.
After selecting and implementing a BPMS, the CIO should evaluate the project's success and determine its estimated return on investment. If the project was successful, then educational workshops should be held in other departments to educate personnel on BPM's value. This will help them identify processes that would be potential candidates for the technology. One can even establish a panel of key agency representatives and IT people who assess processes, aid business case development and oversee BPM projects to ensure they succeed. This panel can then use the ROI/benefits model to justify investment in the services, hardware and additional software that are needed for each new project.
The Bottom Line
Public CIOs must adopt technology that streamlines systems, improves processes and increases visibility and collaboration. Without these improvements, mission-critical government objectives will not be met.
Choose a proven, enterprise-level BPM platform that will enable you to better manage people, process, policies, data and existing systems, and quickly achieve measurable results.


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Charles Dickens is considered on of the greatest writers of all time. His novels about the English working class and society in the 1800s have become classics over the centuries. What may surprise some people is that Mr. Dickens was briefly a guest to the city of Louisville. In 1842 Dickens took a tour of America for six months, travelling the East Coast and the Midwest. The trip became the basis for his travelogue, American Notes.
While still a young man at this time, Charles Dickens was already an international superstar. When he stayed at the famous Galt House hotel, fans gathered to hear him speak and read selections from his novels. He wrote of his travels from Cincinnati to Louisville, and about the local people, whom he found uniquely charming and friendly.
Dickens also wrote of his meeting with a local celebrity when visiting the Portland neighborhood. After hearing tales of the Kentucky Giant, Dickens met the famous Jim Porter. Their meeting was brief, but Porter left a lasting impression with Dickens, who wrote this about him as he walked away: When he had shown himself and talked a little while, he withdrew with his pocket-instrument, and went bobbing down the cabin, among men of six feet high and upwards, like a light-house walking among lamp-posts.
His visit to Louisville was not a long stay, but the city made an impression on him. Dickens and his wife would visit the city again on their way back to England. Dickens also inspired the alias for one of Louisville's more interesting residents. William F. Norton, Jr was a noted philanthropist but was also a noted local eccentric. He took as an alias the name of a villainous character from Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop, using the name Daniel Quilp.


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refer patients to a Medicare Certified Home Health Agency:
1. Physician Certification (Billing Code G0180)
a. Physician Certification of Home Health Plan of Care is defined as physician
services for initial certification of Medicare-covered home health services
(Form 485).
b. Reimbursement for this service is typically what Medicare pays for a level-III
visit ($50 – $60)
c. Lorian Online includes an easy process for filing and tracking Physician
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2. Physician Re-Certification (Billing Code G0179)
a. Physician re-certification is used when the physician signs the Plan of Care
(Form 485) to re-certify a patient for home health services. A physician will
re-certify a patient after a 60 day certification period.
b. Reimbursement for this service is typically greater than what Medicare pays
for a level-II visit but less than a level-III visit ($40-$50)
c. Lorian Online includes an easy process for filing and tracking Physician
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3. Physician Care Plan Oversight (CPO) (Billing Code G0181)
a. Physicians can bill for 30 minutes of Care Plan Oversight that includes
supervision of a complicated patient and requires extensive review /revision
of care plans, review of laboratory or study results, phone calls to other
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2006 Trendsetters
Katie Curry's efforts to encourage others to recycle have made her a local hero. Plus, she gets to sit on her own hard-earned benches when she needs to take a break from bicycling around town with family. Photo: Mary Ann Carter/Black Star
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Rich Giani (seated, second from left), water-quality manager at Washington, D.C.'s Water and Sewer Authority, headed a research team that revealed how chloramines affect the leaching of lead into drinking water. Photo: DC WASA
Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association president Kathleen Holst is more concerned about road-related issues than she is about her status as the association's first female leader. Photo: IRTBA
Bruce Logan is using bacteria in wastewater to create electricity. Photo: Shaoan Cheng
Raymond Seed worked without pay to discover why New Orleans's flood control system failed during Hurricane Katrina. Photo: Jenni Spinner
At 35, Kris Riemann is the youngest public works director Gulfport, Miss., has had. Thanks to careful planning, the city was the first to restore services after Hurricane Katrina. Photo: Pat Sullivan
Diane Linderman asked Congress to allocate homeland security funds directly to public works as well as police and fire agencies. Photo: APWA
Joe Haworth (middle) urges public agencies to partner with each other to educate their customers about what they do. "Much of the public wants to help; they just need to be told what to do." Photo: LACSD
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter
As APWA director-at-large (public works leadership and management), she was a first responder to testify before Congress about the State of Interoperable Communications: Perspectives from the Field. Now director of urban infrastructure and development services for Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, she advocates change in transportation policy at the local and state levels.
The Pennsylvania State University environmental engineering professor developed an environmentally friendly method of producing energy while cleaning wastewater.
Executive director of the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio, which won a 2006 Excellence Award (Silver–Marketing Award) from the Solid Waste Association of North America. This summer, he initiated the Partnership for Industrial Ecology in Central Ohio, which seeks cost-effective ways of reducing municipal and industrial waste through sustainability programs. He hopes his initiative will provide a model for implementing industrial ecology through public-private collaboration.
The Orange County (Fla.) Water Reclamation Division plant manager worked with the Boy Scouts to increase awareness of water and wastewater infrastructure, watershed-based approach to pollution control, beneficial use of biosolids, and prevention of oil and fat-oil-grease blockages to control sewer system overflows, winning a number of regional and national awards.
This APWA board member (transportation) and chief administrative officer for the Port of Seattle met with Congressional staff to discuss public works needs, infrastructure issues, security challenges, global competition, and port efficiency. He proposes road and railway improvements to be the main priority. He also won the National Management Association's Silver Knight of Leadership award for excellence in leadership in 2005.
The Wisconsin landfill is supplying Ocean Spray's Wisconsin Rapids plant with energy through a mile-long pipeline that carries methane gas from the landfill to the plant's steam boilers. This reduces greenhouse emissions from the landfill by 7000 tons a year, and cuts Ocean Spray's annual fuel costs by 25%.
Nominated as undersecretary for FEMA at the Department of Homeland Security. He has been acting director of the agency since September 2005.
Leader of the Sowing Green Collaborative, which proposes green reconstruction (energy efficiency, storm-resistant design, etc.) of Mississippi's Gulf Coast to decrease long-term reconstruction costs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The Minnesota governor signed legislation requiring 2% of diesel fuel to contain biodiesel, making his state the first to mandate the sale of biodiesel. With three biodiesel plants producing 63 million gallons a year, the state is the nation's leading producer.
This recently named Secretary of Transportation has spent more than 20 years crafting solutions to our nation's toughest transportation challenges. Most recently Federal Highway Administration administrator, she found new ways to invest in road and bridge construction, and advocated for public-private partnerships and new technologies.
As state equipment manager with the Virginia DOT, he developed the VDOT TRUCKS (Training Rewards Us with Competencies, Knowledge, and Skills) program. In 10 years, the program increased the number of ASCE-certified VDOT technicians from 300 to 3000. Potter received the 2006 Larry Goill Award from the National Association of Fleet Administrators Inc.
Owned and operated by the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, the $35 million facility was designed to extract and divert recyclables from the 4000 tons of garbage it processes every day. It has significantly reduced the amount of material going to the area's nearly filled landfills since it opened in July 2005. Received a Solid Waste Association of North America 2006 Excellence Award (Gold–Transfer Station Award).
Public works director of Gulfport, Miss. His fast work made Gulfport the first city in the region to restore city services after Hurricane Katrina.
Its Victory Over Vandalism program won the Graffiti Hurts National Award in December. In just one year, the outreach and enforcement program reduced the city's vandalism costs from $50,000 to $2500.
A professor of civil and environmental engineering at University of California, Berkeley, he was team leader of the Independent Levee Investigation Team (sponsored by the National Science Foundation), which studied the failure of New Orleans's flood protection system during Hurricane Katrina.
An associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia, he is a 2006 EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award recipient. He created a process for converting natural glycerin into propylene glycol that can be used to make antifreeze. The propylene glycol may eventually replace a toxic chemical currently used in antifreeze.
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New Berlin aldermen want more time on fate of dispatch center
Consultant recommends city disband its center
New Berlin - Aldermen on Tuesday night said they need more time to make a decision on whether to disband the city's police and fire dispatch center and use Waukesha County's consolidated dispatching operation.
They said they have to weigh saving millions by switching to county dispatch against the loss of local control over some emergency services functions.
But Ald. John Hopkins suggested that the council make its decision soon, perhaps at its June 12 meeting.
Tuesday was the first time the council discussed the issue, after earlier receiving a report from a consultant that advised the city to disband its dispatch center.
A decision is needed soon, Police Chief Joe Rieder and Mayor Jack Chiovatero told aldermen, out of fairness to dispatchers. Some are already looking for jobs elsewhere, Rieder said.
However, Ald. Dave Ament said he was not ready to make a decision Tuesday night. He said it is a big decision for the city to make, as important as when the city decided to switch in 2001 from a volunteer fire department to a municipal department.
Ament said the community just wrapped up three public information meetings that Rieder held on the dispatch issue and the council needed more time weigh information gleaned from those sessions.
In March, the consultant recommended the city disband its dispatch center and use the Waukesha County Communications Center, a move the consultant says would save New Berlin and its taxpayers nearly $9 million over 10 years.
The city has been looking for ways to save money and hired Springsted Inc. of Milwaukee to evaluate the city's options for dispatching police and fire calls.
The county's joint dispatch center began operations in 2004 and handles calls in 29 communities in Waukesha County. At the time the joint center was being created, New Berlin decided not to join, in part because the city had recently built a new public safety building that included a dispatch center.
Springsted noted in its 44-page report that although the city operates its own dispatch center, New Berlin residents also help fund the operation of the county's center through annual property taxes they pay to the county. This year, city residents are paying $458,823 toward the county's center, the study says.
The city would have to pay a one-time buy-in fee of about $400,000 to join the county dispatch system, but there are no annual fees after that.
The study noted that keeping its own dispatch center is a viable option for New Berlin. But it said the city will have to make a significant investment in the years ahead. In 2014, the city will have to spend about $830,000 for equipment, including the next-generation 911 system. The study projects the city having to spend slightly more than $1 million for upgrades in 2022.
The city has 12 dispatchers and has budgeted nearly $1 million this year for dispatching operations.
Rieder has been encouraging New Berlin to keep its local dispatch center. "Our officers and firefighters get a lot of advantage from our own dispatch center. Our dispatchers are able to look up names. They're able to farm information and do a lot of the administrative investigative work for some of the officers while they are out on the street," Rieder said in April.
The City of Waukesha also considered disbanding its dispatch center and merging with the county's to save money but aldermen. The Waukesha Common Council on May 15 voted to keep its police and fire dispatch services in-house for now, but to leave the door open to future collaboration with Waukesha County and its consolidated dispatch center.
Waukesha Police Chief Russell Jack had urged the council to reject consolidation.
He said a study, which included interviews with other county customers and with county dispatchers and a massive public records review, concluded that any saving realized by consolidation would be more than offset by the loss of local control and quality of services to city residents.
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Music is not the only thing Madonna is focusing on. According to the Hollywood Reporter on March 25, the pop diva is set to direct "Ade: A Love Story."
Madonna, who last directed the 2011 film "W.E.", will be directing another romance. "Ade: A Love Story" is an interracial romance adapted from the debut novel by Rebecca Walker. Joining Madonna behind the scenes of the film will be Bruce Cohen, Walker and Jessica Leventhal who will all be producing the indie film.
Walker is the daughter of "The Color Purple" author Alice Walker and civil rights lawyer Mel Leventhal. Growing up interracial, Walker's debut novel is about a central character similar to herself who falls in love with a young Muslim man off the coast of Kenya. The couple will have to battle both cultural and political forces as their romance blossoms into potential marriage.
The romantic climax of the film is something Madonna has experience with, but other themes within the film like sex, religion, race and lesbianism are subjects Madonna has touched upon in her music videos. As fans know, Madonna does not hold back when it comes to pushing the envelope.
CAA will finance the film. Madonna, who is also a big fan of the book, is currently on a search for a screenwriter to adapt the book. Along with "W.E", Madonna also directed the 2008 film "Filth and Wisdom."
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News24.com | Violence and murders around ANC positions about 'instant wealth' – VaviMoney is the root of politically motivated violence around leadership positions in the ANC, said former Cosatu general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, who added that the 'low intensity war' had nothing to do with the interests of the working class.
News24.com | Three die in Krugersdorp shack fireA mother and two children have died in a shack fire in Munsieville on the outskirts of Krugersdorp, while three more children survived the blaze.
News24.com | Business looting won't be tolerated – ministerThe looting of small businesses in Tshwane was unacceptable and would not be tolerated, Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has said, adding that violence aimed at foreign traders had no place in a democratic society.
News24.com | Limpopo ANC, premier mourn agriculture MECThe African National Congress in Limpopo will continue with elections programme activities in honour of Agriculture MEC Joy Matshoge.
News24.com | Methodist church slams pre-election violenceThe Methodist Church of Southern Africa has called on faith leaders to become the voices of reason after the spate of elections-related violence in the country.
News24.com | The youth need to prove they are ready to lead - ZumaPresident Jacob Zuma on Saturday said the youth should use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to woo young voters to vote for the ANC.
News24.com | 'Old guard' move over and let the youth lead - ANCYLPresident of the ANC Youth League Collen Maine has said the old guard of the movement should step aside and let the young people lead the country.
News24.com | Mashaba promises 24/7 clinics for JoburgThe DA's mayoral candidate for Johannesburg Herman Mashaba promised to keep the city's clinics open 24/7 if he was voted in on August 3
News24.com | Logistics to blame for failure to fill Kings Park stadium - ANCYLThe ANC Youth League has blamed the poor turnout at its Youth Month rally on logistics after it failed to fill Kings Park stadium in Durban.
News24.com | 'Poo protester' Lili allegedly held hostage by protesting Khayelitsha residents"Poo protester" and ANC Western Cape provincial executive committee member Andile Lili has claimed he was held hostage by protesting residents in Khayelitsha, Cape Town on Saturday afternoon
News24.com | You can't engage with the ANC through violence - ZumaPresident Jacob Zuma has said that if people wanted to engage with the party they couldn't do it through violence.
News24.com | 'Chiefs and madams' in government must remember ANC resolutions - ANCYL presidentWhen cadres get into government positions they are called chief and madam and they forget the resolutions of the ANC, the party's youth League president Collen Maine has said..
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News24.com | DA MP tackles 'racist' restaurant on TwitterDemocratic Alliance MP Phumzile van Damme has taken to social media to speculate whether a Durban restaurant turned down a booking from her because she is black.
News24.com | Oakbay confirms disciplinaries at ANN7Oakbay Investments, the holding company of television station ANN7, has confirmed disciplinary proceedings at the company, but would not say whether they were related to a confrontation involving ANC Youth League president Collen Maine and some staffers.
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There is an ongoing war, as well there should be, waged by the proponents of medical science against those who reject, demonize, deny or misuse it. The war takes place on many fronts and on many levels, and some successes include the continuing downfall of Andrew Wakefield and the pronouncement by the British Medical Association that homeopathy is "witchcraft."
Skeptics generally don't have much use for people who have rejected medical science, or "allopathy" as some of those people would have it. (A term, by the way, invented by the guy who made up homeopathy.) Such people are usually characterized as, variously or in combination, stupid, ignorant, denialist, uneducated, brainwashed, crazy, deluded, superstitious, and even dangerous, to themselves or others.
And some of them are. The homeopath who killed his daughter by refusing actual medical treatment for her eczema is dangerous and possibly crazy. Religious objectors to blood transfusions and chemotherapy are superstitious. The scared parents of autistic children who throw in their lot with the anti-vaccination movement are poorly educated on the topic of vaccines. And then there's people like the Health Ranger and J.B. Handley and so on, people who I won't dignify with a link, but to whom I am happy to apply some if not all of the above epithets — and worse.
But there's a certain population that I believe deserves greater compassion and understanding. People with long-term, incurable chronic illnesses may often come to reject science-based medicine because they themselves have come to actual harm from it, and sometimes repeatedly. I'm not talking about hypochondria or persecution complexes. I'm talking about people who have undergone actual trauma, mental or physical, at the hands of medical doctors. For example, this link is not from the most reliable site, but the incidents related are far from unheard of in the ME/CFS community — misdiagnoses, harmful biases, lack of understanding about the illness, and worse.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not giving anyone a pass. I went through a hellish time when I was diagnosed with Graves' and the incompetent idiot of an endocrinologist overdosed me so heavily on anti-thyroid medication, it took a year for me to recover from being seriously hypothyroid, during which time several other problems arose that have left me disabled. After that it took uninterested doctor after uninterested doctor before I found one who not only gave a crap that I was no longer able to function, but even cared enough to treat me! Oh yes, I was bitter. But rejecting science altogether because of your bad experiences is like never reading a book again because you thought Twilight was a piece of excrement. All of this taught me how to better evaluate doctors, and since then my experiences with physicians have improved greatly.
So this is not an apologia, but rather a plea for understanding. The people I'm talking about haven't simply slipped into a life of hippy-dippy naturopathy due to the toxins in the air and the mercury in vaccines. They have been physically injured, had their illnesses worsened, been humiliated and brushed off and laughed at and completely invalidated by physicians, all the while struggling to cope with being sick or disabled. Not only has science "failed" these patients (as they see it) by not having provided a cure or even a treatment for some of those illnesses, but its individual representatives have personally failed them as well. These people don't just imagine they've been done wrong by science, like the antivaxxers — they legitimately have been, just as my being overmedicated and spending months in "hypo hell" were not figments of my imagination.
If you put yourself into that position, I don't think it's too hard to see why someone might eventually give up on science, especially someone who has undergone years if not decades of these problems. Maybe they turn to homeopaths and naturopaths, who of course profess deep caring and understanding because they literally have nothing else to offer…but it's attractive to patients who have been routinely dismissed by "allopaths." Or maybe they glom on to what looks like science — such as a single, as yet unreplicated XMRV study — but refuse to let the actual scientific process take place before canonizing its researcher and creating a cult of personality, not of logic or evidence. Neither situation is positive and, again, I am not excusing people on the basis of what they've gone through. It is very hard to hang on to one's critical thinking in these situations, but that doesn't make it okay to give in to paranoia and superstition.
When it comes to winning back the minds of patients who have retreated from science as a reaction to their experiences, perhaps skeptics need to take a different tack. Some people go down the rabbit hole and never come back, of course. (And I always wonder about those anti-science converts and what's going to happen on the day that science produces a cure or treatment for their illness, the one that homeopathy will never come up with. Will they reject it on principle? Unlikely.) I'm not talking about them, because why fight a battle you can't win? But I truly believe skeptics need to stop lumping all these "denialists" into the same camp. Promoters of science-based medicine will occasionally throw a bone in the direction of "feeling sympathy for these people but…", a statement unlikely to reach someone who has heard this line zillions of times. True compassion, however, just might.
We skeptics constantly exhort people to stay open-minded and thoughtful about these subjects, but the same onus is upon us. Assumptions about the reasons and motivations behind people's rejection of medical science do nobody any good. Sick, exhausted, cognitively impaired patients do not deserve to be tarred with the same brush as those who actively seek the defamation and destruction of medical scientists. To people for whom there is no medicine other than Western scientific medicine, any rejection of that may seem intolerable, no matter what the reason. But the reason truly matters, because when you ignore that, you may be ignoring someone you could help, if only you hadn't written them off like they've been written off so many times before.