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3. Know Your Medical History
Go through your family tree and look at what diseases and conditions run through it. If you don't know, ask your relatives. Conditions like cancer, heart disease, even depression and anxiety have a genetic component, says Caroline Abruzese, MD, president of Personalized Healthcare in Atlanta.
4. Bring in Your Medications
You want to make sure you're taking the correct medicine at the correct dose. "Over the years I've seen some unusual things with medications, including the wrong pill in a bottle," says Cutler.
5. Describe Your Symptoms, but Don't Conclude
Abruzese says she coaches her patients to illustrate the experience they're having. "If you have ear pain and tell your doctor, 'I have an ear infection,' you're excluding other causes of ear pain, such as TMJ or tooth abscess, and your doctor may do that as well," she says. Better to keep a wider path and let the doctor entertain all the possibilities. "Accurate but incomplete information is better than definitive but potentially wrong," says Abruzese.
6. Be Specific About Your Symptoms
Try to get as precise as you can about what you're feeling. If you've got a pain, is it a shooting, sharp pain or a dull ache? Does it come and go after eating? How long does it last? A few seconds? A few minutes? How long have you had it? A week? A month? A year? Does anything decrease the pain?
Also, turn subjective data into objective. If you feel feverish, for example, take your temperature for a week nightly and write down all the information.
This way when you see your doctor you can say, "I've had six headaches in one month, they weren't relieved by Tylenol, they lasted four hours, and I had nausea with them." Then give your doctor time to ask questions.
7. Ask Your Doctor What to Expect
If your doctor does make a diagnosis, ask what you should expect and any red flags you should be looking for, says Gordon Schiff, MD, associate director of the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. In other words, if you have a viral respiratory infection you should be better in seven days. If you suddenly develop a high fever or feel neck pain, that's a tip-off that something isn't right, says Schiff.


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Breckenridge Ski Resort is calling out uphill-access users after reports of misbehaving dogs accompanying their owners on excursions before the ski area opens.
Resort employees said many owners are failing to clean up after their dogs when skinning up the mountain in the mornings or to keep them under control.
"I have witnessed dogs chasing skiers, snowmobiles and snowcats," Breckenridge ski patrol director Kevin Ahern said in a statement to members of the skinning community recently. "This is an accident waiting to happen. As an avid skinner myself, I would hate to restrict our policy any more or lose the privilege all together."
The ski resort's uphill-access policy requires all dogs to be on a leash or under voice command at all times. Owners must also clean up after their dogs, the policy states.
"A lot of work goes into getting our mountain prepared for our guests each day with a limited amount of time to do so," Ahern stated. "Please be respectful of our employees trying to get their job done at night and early morning."
Dogs are not allowed on ski area terrain at all when the lifts are running, Breckenridge's policy states.
The ski resort allows people to skin, snowshoe or hike up the mountain for free before the lifts open and in the evenings after ski patrol has finished its final sweep for the night. Many skiers and snowboarders take advantage of the opportunity to get early morning runs.


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69.I often tell my students a joke which, it is claimed, was told by Jews in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. An ardent Nazi was giving a speech in which he accused Jews of the worst crimes against Germany. As he reached the crescendo of his diatribes someone cried out from the audience "and the bicyclists." The Nazi turned to the person and asked, "Why the bicyclists?" The person responded, "Why the Jews?". In learning about antisemitism, students must understand the nature of all prejudices: they are irrational sentiments.


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Definition of bombardier in English:
- After World War II begins, Zinn decides to enlist in the Air Force as a bombardier even though his navy yard job would have provided an exemption.
- Here we were subjected to another physical and now had to take a battery of tests to determine whether we would be pilots, navigators or bombardiers.
- Rather, the aircraft dropped it as a normal bomb, then the bombardier guided its steep descent by radio remote control.
- Equivalent ranks in the Royal Artillery are lance-bombardier and bombardier, harking back to the ancient rank of bombardier, a species of trained artilleryman.
- Mr Hornby, a bombardier in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, was ordered on a perilous mission while acting as a dispatch rider in Italy.
- Harold Ings, 86, a bombardier with the Royal Artillery was one of the soldiers whose unit was surrounded by Germans in occupied France.
Mid 16th century (denoting a soldier in charge of a bombard, an early form of cannon): from French, from Old French bombarde 'cannon' (see bombard).
bomb from late 17th century:
In terms of origin, a bomb goes boom (LME from a Germanic root)—the word probably goes right back to Greek bombos 'booming, humming'. The first bombs, in the late 17th century, are what we would call 'shells'. Soldiers ignited their fuses and fired them from mortars. Before they were dramatically unexpected events or sexy blondes, bombshells were originally the casings of such devices. Bombs as we know them came to prominence in the First World War. It was not until after the Second World War, though, that to go like a bomb began to be used for 'to go very fast', or cost a bomb for 'be very expensive'. See also atom. A bombardier (late 16th century) gets his name from an early gun called a bombard (Late Middle English), which came from the same source as bomb.
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The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) facilitates the sharing of experience in addressing the societal dimension of radioactive waste management. It explores means of ensuring an effective dialogue with the public with a view to strengthening confidence in the decision-making processes. The time when exchanges between waste management institutions and civil society were confined to rigid mechanisms is coming to a close. A more complex interaction now involves players at national, regional and local levels. A broader, more realistic view of decision making is taking shape. The FSC contributes to these trends.
The FSC celebrated its 10th anniversary in Sept. 2010. The regular meeting and a colloquium entitled "Looking Back, Looking Forward in Stakeholder Engagement" were opened to all interested parties. It was the occasion to take stock of achievements, conduct a multi-stakeholder discussion, and gather guidance on new directions for the FSC. Download all the presentations here to learn about governance, relationship-building among stakeholders, and partnership arrangements in radioactive waste management.
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The FSC convenes a series of alternating meetings and workshops. The regular meetings include lectures and topical case study sessions to share experience. At each national workshop and community visit, a wide spectrum of stakeholders from the host country express their views on the process by which they are involved in waste management governance.
Surfing the FSC – An Oxford scholar's view of the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence
Seeking to make its lessons learnt more easily accessible, the FSC offers two-page flyers in various languages. In the case of Japanese, the FSC proposes bilingual English-Japanese versions of the flyers. In the case of English, the flyers can be downloaded in either European A4 format or US letter format.
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Sunday, 7 September 2008
Hugh has described the United States as "that Thidwick-the-Big-Hearted-Moose of countries". If so, will Sarah Palin eat it for breakfast? Or will she take a back seat once McCain is elected, as now looks increasingly likely?
Apart from her "pro-life" stance - whose life, for God's sake? - Sarah Palin appears to be a good egg. And somebody needs to help keep out the suspiciously pro-Muslim Obama. But she is a little cheerleaderish for my taste. "Jolly hockey sticks", as we say over here. And over here, when we say hockey we mean hockey. Americans seem to mean ice hockey. Janice Turner in The Times:
What exactly is a hockey mom? Despite my obsessive viewing of PalinTube clips, bingeing on Palin blogs and gazillions of Palin words, watching and rewinding the actual Palin speech for two hours just to see that cute bit again where PalinChild4 uses her spit to smooth down the hair of PalinBaby, I still require transatlantic clarification. "A pitbull with lipstick," says Sarah Palin herself, which judging from the whooping and waving of carefully placed, faux-naïf placards in the convention hall is somehow an admirable type of woman to be.
An American friend tells me that the hockey moms of his youth were so loud, aggressive and partisan that his own mild-mannered mother rarely dared to enter the rink. I know who I'd back in a face-off between hockey moms and Britain's raucous, competitive, are-you-blind-ref, sporadically violent football dads.
Hockey moms don't sleep because most of the stadiums are half a state away and kick-off is at 5.30am. Hockey moms don't take holidays - certainly never lovely weekend mini-breaks - as their kids are welded year-long to the league. Hockey moms watch the soft, tender bodies of their tiniest darling children thumped with wood and pounded on ice without ever tearfully bundling them from the rink. Hockey moms certainly don't slope off to Starbucks for a shifty latte - as I would - but sit through every minute's practice in the miserable stadium half-light, clad in unflattering polar fleece.
Mrs Palin might seek to deny abortion even to a girl raped by a relative, but she has done one thing for women - she has unearthed a strong and powerful female archetype that wasn't immediately showered in misogyny and derision. Perhaps a hockey mom looks better placed for vice-presidential office than the big job, as she is essentially a helpmeet and enabler, cheerleader and washer of others' dirty linen. Then again, she sends the team into battle, rallying them through victory and defeat and, whatever the weather, is up front driving the bus.
Sarah Palin looks lively, which is more than can be said for the ghostly and desperately dull McCain. It is astonishing that, out of the 300 million plus people in America, its voters must choose between McCain and Obama. There must be somebody better. In the UK it's even worse - at least American politicians don't kowtow to masters in Brussels. Gordon "Islamic art enriches our lives" Brown is a dhimmi disgrace, and wasn't even elected. David Cameron shows no understanding of Islam. Even Boris Johnson, who understands it better than most, is playing the diversity game for now.
Where are the leaders?
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WHEELING - Sen. Joe Manchin has made it clear that he may be looking to seek a different political office in 2016. And while many - including Manchin - are pondering a return visit as West Virginia's next governor, Michael Weber sees a different course.
"I think he should be president," Weber, a New Mexico resident, said.
As in president. Of the United States.
Weber has been the strongest supporter of such a national run by Manchin, starting the "Draft Joe Manchin" Twitter campaign in June. Since then, the original page has spawned a number of state pages - about 30 total - with handles such as "WV 4 JoeManchin 4 Prez 16" and "Iowans 4 Joe Manchin."
Weber worked for Manchin in 1994-95, during his first gubernatorial run. He said the senator has a unique set of leadership abilities that make him the logical choice to be the nation's next president.
"I think he's an exceptional leader ... and I think he would make a great president," Weber told the Sunday News-Register. "His personal qualities, his problem-solving abilities, his character ... I don't think there's anyone quite like him in national politics today."
Much of the attention to date has focused on Hillary Clinton as the Democrat Party's 2016 nominee. Weber sees another term or two of divided government in America if Clinton wins the White House.
"With Hillary Clinton, we would see more divided government and political polarization. It may not be her fault, but there's a lot of history with the Clintons," Weber said, noting 40 percent of independents have said they would never vote for Clinton.
Manchin, on the other hand, would bring the country together, Weber added.
"Joe Manchin is so unique when it comes to politicians today. Who else can go on Fox News or MSNBC and be equally comfortable?" he said. "Forty-three percent of the legislation he has introduced has been co-sponsored with Republicans. He's centrist in his thinking, he's from the South, he's Roman Catholic. His personal qualities are so unique in today's political environment - he's empathetic, he has great communication skills, he's willing to work with anybody to get things done."
And 2016 may be the opportune time for his candidacy, according to Weber. Twelve of the first 26 Democrat primary states are in the South, which could assist a centrist candidate such as Manchin. His campaign also would unite centrist Democrats, Weber added, noting that sector of the party currently doesn't have a leader.
"I predict he would carry 40 states or more. It will be a landslide if Sen. Manchin runs," Weber said. "He will lead, he will have both Republicans and Democrats working with him at the White House, and in one year he will balance our budget and solve many other national problems. Things are queued up more for a centrist and southern candidate in 2016 than people might realize."
The various Manchin for President Twitter pages have about 1,600 individual followers - 61 percent male and 39 percent female, according to Weber. Manchin's strongest support is coming from the South - West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Arkansas - along with growing backing in Ohio, Minnesota, Arizona and Utah.
Manchin, for his part, downplayed the campaign talk during a recent stop in Wheeling.
"You know, it's very flattering that this is getting some traction, but I'm focusing right now on what we can do to make America better, and to get government working for the people," he said during his visit to the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival.


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TUSCALOOSA | A group of interior design students from the University of Alabama sat around a table Thursday playing games with veterans who live at the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center's new skilled nursing care cottage.
But for the students, playing games with the veterans, handing out popcorn and singing carols to them during the holidays is just a small part of the group's partnership with the Tuscaloosa VA. The students are using the experience to learn about the veterans' special needs and what they may require in the interior design of senior centers, nursing homes and hospital environments.
"It was so beneficial for me to come and see them and spend time with (the veterans) when designing," said Kayla Pendly, a UA junior majoring in interior design.
As part of the partnership, the design students worked with VA interior designers to learn about the design process and come up with their own designs for the interior of the new skilled nursing care cottage, which opened in the fall. Later, the students were able to come back and see how the cottage was actually designed and work with the staff to help unpack furniture and stage the home, where 10 veterans live.
As part of their experience, the students also volunteer their time by helping host events like a "fiesta" night for the veterans, a movie night and ice cream socials. They also play chess and other games with the Tuscaloosa VA residents and have assisted with a patient dance.
During one of their visits, the UA students were required to get around solely by wheelchair.
"We learned a lot about the special needs population, the ADA requirements and how much space is actually needed," said Lauren St. John, a junior from Hoover.
Fellow student Kaitlyn Hall agreed.
"It was very cool to see the whole (design) process after working with them, and to help put it all together," Hall said.
The Tuscaloosa VA is in the process of building up to a dozen 10,000-square-foot cottages for veterans who need skilled nursing care. The project also includes an expansive, 25,000-square-foot central community center that will have a barber shop, a coffee shop, a library and a game room devoted solely to playing Nintendo Wii video games.
The Tuscaloosa VA's first cottage, named Magnolia House, was unveiled in November. Instead of the traditional, hospital-like hallways with tiny rooms and a sterile, institution-like environment, the cottages and the newly renovated community living center at the Tuscaloosa VA have home-like environments that are designed around the special needs of the residents.
Having the students work with the veterans as well as the cottage space will hopefully help spread the idea of a homelike, patient-centered environment when it comes to nursing home and hospital facilities, said Teresa Tillman, lead interior designer at the Tuscaloosa VA.
"We feel like we are on the cusp of something new here, and this is a perfect model, where the focus is on the veteran and not the staff," Tillman said. "It will help further this idea, by the students working here."
Stephanie Sickler, assistant professor of interior design at UA, presented the partnership program recently at a regional VA leadership meeting and will present it at two national design conferences this year.
"The experiential learning is what we are going for, because it will make a lasting impression," Sickler said.
The partnership is beneficial both for the students and for the veterans, said Tuscaloosa VA spokesman Damon Stevenson.
"This collaboration with the university is one of several that we work with here at the Tuscaloosa VA," Stevenson said. "We want to continue to get the community out to the center and be involved with the veterans."
As part of the project this semester, students will continue working with the Tuscaloosa VA and will interview veterans about their lives, Sickler said. Then, students will use their design skills to create five displays, possibly incorporating recordings and video, to help veterans tell their stories. The story "booths" will be on display at the Tuscaloosa VA in April and May, leading up to Memorial Day.
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Taking the rivalry to a new level
Sunday's match between Roger and Rafael Nadal will be their 19th encouter as professional tennis players. But the final of the Australian Open will take their rivalry to another level. The two have never met Down Under before. And it is the first time that Nadal will enter the court as world number one.
Roger has been defeated 12 times in 18 career meetings. The question now is whether Rafa can beat Roger on hard courts. This will be the Spaniard's first major final on the surface he has found hardest to master and on which Roger has ruled for five years. Roger won both matches they played on hard courts so far: 2006 and 2007 at the Tennis Masters in Shanghai. Our champ has won eight of his 13 Grand Slam titles on hard courts and has certainly proved that he is in great shape with impressive displays in Melbourne.
Roger is moving forward in many aspects of tennis history. With this weekend's final he is just one shiy of Ivan Lendl's unprecedented 19 major final appearances. And a win would lift him into a tie with Pete Sampras for 14 Grand Slam titles. "It's an unbelievable opportunity for me, not being No. 1 anymore, trying to beat No. 1 in the world and getting the 14th Grand Slam," Roger said.
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In honor of the Star Trek/Green Lantern series, here are some other Trek/comic book team-ups, from Harley Quinn/Spock to "Batman '66"/"Star Trek '66!"
Joe Taslim, a martial artist who appeared as a villain in "Fast & Furious 6," has been cast in an unknown role for the third "Star Trek" film.
The series will introduce new characters to the Star Trek universe, while the "Star Trek" ongoing introduces the "Mirror Mirror" story to the current continuity.
As part of last-minute salary negotiations for âStar Trek Beyond,â its two stars agreed to an option for a fourth film in the rebooted franchise.
"Trek" fans have affected the franchise's destiny before, and now the fan-favorite actor has traction to push his Klingon-themed TV series forward.
The actress, known for her role as Lt. Uhura in "Star Trek: The Original Series," had a mild stroke in her L.A. home. UPDATED with a new statement on her condition.
"Spectrum War" writer Mike Johnson talks Hal Jordan and Captain Kirk's similarities and teases a team-up between Sinestro and General Chang.
The actress, best known for her role as Janice Rand on the original TV series and in four movies, has died at age 85.
Speaking at the Middle East Film & Comic Convention in Dubai, the "Star Trek" veteran revealed he's planning a book about his friendship with his late co-star.
The Green Lantern Corps and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise will meet for the first time in an upcoming miniseries from IDW and DC Comics.
The actor and writer chats about juggling the indie comedy thriller "Kill Me Three Times" and blockbuster franchises "Mission: Impossible" and "Star Trek."
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Game creators have memorialized the legendary Spock actor with two permanent statues in the virtual world.
In honor of the late Leonard Nimoy, follow along with the strange journey of Spock's skin-color design on "Star Trek."
"Star Trek" fan Greg Hatcher reacts to the sad passing of Leonard Nimoy, including the odd phenomenon where people also treat it as Spock's death.
As a tribute to Leonard Nimoy, who passed away Friday at age 83, it seems only logical to revisit his best big-screen moments as the beloved Vulcan.
Designers of the sci-fi MMO game will construct a permanent in-game memorial to commemorate the legendary Spock actor.
President Obama joined millions of "Star Trek" fans today paying tribute to the 83-year-old actor.
The beloved actor, who originated the role of Spock on the classic sci-fi drama, died this morning in his Los Angeles home. He was 83.
The "Star Trek" legend was taken to the hospital after suffering severe chest pains.
With "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston rumored to join the world of "Star Trek" as the next film's villain, who might the acclaimed actor portray?
The third "Trek" movie isn't the first to suffer production woes. From "Alien 3" to "Ghostbusters 3," check out some other notable troubled sequels.
The "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" director weighed in on his future involvement with the franchise, the cross guard lightsaber and more at the VES Awards.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Feel like having chocolate at Easter in Belgium? Well, send a letter and really lick that chocolate-flavored postal stamp.
The Belgian post office released 538,000 stamps on Monday that have pictures of chocolate on the front but the essence of cacao oil in the glue at the back for taste and in the ink for smell.
Belgian stamp collector Marie-Claire Verstichel said while the taste was a bit disappointing, "they smell good."
Easter is the season for chocolate in Belgium with Easter eggs and bunnies all over supermarkets and specialty stores.
A set of five stamps costs 6.2 euros ($8) but might leave a customer hungry for more.
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- laura said...
granted i am not in school for counseling so i have little expertise, however, i have found that this helps immensely! every now and then my fiance and i sit down and have a kind of "what's your beef" discussion where we talk about things the other person is doing that's bothering us. many times it's roommate issues and we laugh about it. like "i swear if i have to pick up one of your gross socks one more time..." and we giggle. sometimes it's "oh hai let's try crazier things in bed" other times it's more serious. regardless it helps communication and avoid the possibility of us stewing about things.
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- Jill said...
I agree with this post a lot. My BF and I tease each other a lot, which I like. But once it gets serious and we're really arguing, I sometimes have to stop myself from saying hurtful things I don't mean. It's important not to belittle your partner or make them feel worthless.
- December 29, 2009 at 10:46 AM
- LiLu said...
One would hope this would be common sense, but unfortunately, that's not always the case. ;-)
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After seven years serving the local community the Southeastern Ohio Dental Clinic closed its Marietta office this month, citing the inability to find a full-time dentist as the main reason for the......
Geez, maybe all the area Dentist's should rotate and take turns to enable this clinic to remain open???
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Good idea Watchdog1, but none of them are stepping up to the plate.
It's a shame the program ended and that Dr. White left. He was a great dentist and the staff was wonderful too. They had a policy that didn't help them though and that policy was developed with the help of the County Health Board and Dr. Meckstroth. The policy was that if a person has two no-shows, they were permanently banned from the clinic. In the years I used the clinic I had two no-shows. Both were accidental and I offered to pay for the missed appointments so I could continue to be seen at the clinic. I even appealed to Dr. Meckstroth to allow this. She refused. So I appealed to the state who said Dr. M had the ability to make it happen, but she was choosing not to. Dumb policy and as far as I know it was changed when she left.
I hope that with Mr. Witschey administering the Health Department, there will be enough changes that the clinic can be reopened.
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The County Health Board has the power to make it happen. The make-up of the County Health Board needs to change. It needs to be made up of people who actually have knowledge of, and experience with, public health, instead of people appointed because they're cronies, or township trustees. Seems like a no-brainer to me.
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The reason for the two no-shows is that the dentist has huge gaps in his schedule and then the clinic isn't making money. The healthy smiles clinic in Caldwell has the same policy. Unfortunately the board has little control over getting a dentist. The older dentists are retiring and the younger ones want to stay in more metropolitan areas so that they can get bigger fees. A few years ago I had heard that the dental schools were limiting the number of students they were admitting. It's all about money.
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How about all the welfar people get a job and they can pay for their own dentist.
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the philanthropic view of others career investments and skillsets is not uncommon. it's always preferable to have others give up freely for anothers personal benefit. it is about the money. ones lack to pay for needed services and ones need for funds to cover training and ongoing costs. just for starters, consider that on average a dentist has invested ten years and accumulated a debt of about $200,000.00. along with this burden of debt and more than likely their own family to provide for, you have folks missing appointments and wanting you to volunteer for their benefit. given enough money (average for ohio is $198.000.00 annually) a dentist could be hired to provide the subsidized services that folks in your area desire. don't forget there is always a bottle of whiskey and a pair of pliars to get the job done if the dentist thing doesn't pan out. naturally i hope it does.
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New works been to a dentist lately? It's not cheap especially if you need work done beyond cleaning and X-rays. I've known people with jobs but without dental insurance to put it last on their list because of the price.
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This dental clinic needed a long term plan from the start. The board and its employees didn't effectively pursue a back-up plan for covering the dentists who were working in the clinic. I am sorry it closed, it was a very much needed service.
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If I had not worked for a living, had great dental care which I and my insurance paid for, and make an effort to keep my teeth healthy, I wouldn't currently have teeth.
Many, many people lack dental insurance, including those who work hard for a living. Dental health goes far beyond the mouth. Infected gums and rotting teeth can cause septicemia, heart attacks, and a number of other illnesses. It's really a part of our medical and should be treated as such.
Re: people not paying for missed appointments. I completely get that. Something has to be used to prevent people being no-shows. That's not my beef. I offered to pay for the missed appointments (I was in hospital for one).
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DANVILLE -- Two men wearing skirts walk into a bar and ... uh, wait.
"It's only a skirt if you are wearing something under it," cautioned Jason Hoschouer, the 40-year-old Danville motorcycle cop perched atop a tall chair in That Bar.
And if you get his drift, he's not wearing a skirt. It's a kilt.
Oh my.
It's this racy talk that pumps the fun into Kilted to Kick Cancer, an organization Hoschouer and 36-year-old paramedic Justin Schorr of Antioch founded last year to raise awareness of prostate cancer.
This past month, men in 32 states traded their pants for kilts.
They wear their manly kilts everywhere: The grocery store, Starbucks, the airport and even the shopping mall in the hopes their unconventional attire and straight talk will spark questions and send men to their doctors for a checkup.
One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, which is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men behind lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.
But the symptoms are, well, intensely personal and the physical exam is the subject of endless late-night comedy routines.
A guy who shares with his buddies details of painful urination or unusual testicular lumps won't be invited back to the poker game.
"Men don't talk about this stuff," a kilted Schorr said during an interview before the organization's recent fundraiser at That Bar. "But when you are wearing a kilt, people come up ask, 'What's up with the kilt?' It's the perfect opportunity to talk about male-specific cancers."
To prove his point, Schorr turned to a young law enforcement officer and asked, "Do you know how to check yourself for signs of prostate cancer?"
The young man's ears turned red but he listened.
"See, that conversation would never have happened if I had been wearing pants," Schorr said. "It happens all the time."
The pantless duo launched Kilted to Kick Cancer during a bout of kilt withdrawal. They wanted more of those breezy kilted days they enjoy during the annual Scottish Highland Gathering & Games in Pleasanton.
The pair also noted with interest the pink frenzy sweeping the country as the color has become synonymous with the campaign to raise awareness and money for breast cancer treatment and research.
Make no mistake, Schorr and Hoschouer embrace pink. They have mothers, wives and daughters.
But, they thought, why not marry kilts and a prostate cancer awareness campaign?
So far, Kilted To Kick Cancer is a 100 percent social media campaign, relying on www.kiltedtokickcancer.org, a Facebook page and Twitter hashtag #kiltedtokickcancer to spread the word.
It's working.
People in 32 states and a handful of other countries have volunteered as kilted spokesmen. Kilted To Kick Cancer doesn't accept money directly but has raised more than $20,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation and other groups.
They are pleased with their progress, Schorr and Hoschouer say. They've inspired numerous men -- sometimes with a little help from the women who love their men -- to get screened, and they have an excuse to wear a kilt anytime the mood strikes them.
But they have set their sights on the big leagues -- the National Football League to be precise.
In honor of breast cancer research, the NFL is planning a "pink" game day, in which players will wear pink accessories and wipe down that sweat with pink towels.
OK, we can see where this is going.
"We'll know we have really made an impact when we're on TV with football players and we're all wearing kilts," Hoschouer said.
Hmm. If the kilt dress code frowns upon underwear, what does it say about athletic cups?
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A man wearing a kilt may walk up to you in the mall or the coffee shop and ask you, "Do you know your risk factors?" It's OK. He's not crazy. Well, he may be a bit off. He is wearing a kilt, after all.
No, the Kilted to Kick Cancer spokesman is talking about the factors that boost a man's chances of contracting prostate cancer. Here are several listed by the American Cancer Society:
Age -- Almost 2 out of 3 prostate cancers are found in men older than 65.
Family history -- Having a father or brother with prostate cancer more than doubles a man's risk of developing this disease. The risk is much higher for men with several affected relatives, particularly if their relatives were young at the time the cancer was found.
Diet -- Men who eat a lot of red meat or high-fat dairy products may have slightly higher odds but these men also tend to eat fewer fruits and vegetables. Doctors are not sure which of these factors is responsible.
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OAKLAND -- Even though the Warriors came up a victory shy of tying their all-time franchise winning streak, a strong case can be made that it was still the best sustained run in the club's history.
Reason? Road wins -- seven of them during the 10-game winning streak. The Warriors have gone entire seasons without winning seven road games -- three times since 1985-86, in fact. In three other seasons, they managed only seven.
A number of the seven wins during the streak weren't cupcake victories, either. The Warriors won in Denver, where they had been a nightmarish 2-16 since 2003. For the second straight year, they beat the NBA champion Miami Heat in its home building. They also beat Atlanta, one of six victories against teams with winning records during the 10-game streak.
Those accomplishments far outstrip the 1971-72 team's 11-game streak (five road wins, none against teams with winning records) and the 1975-76 club's 10-gamer (five road wins, also none against teams with winning records).
But it's the road wins that speak the loudest.
"I don't care who you play in this league on the road, those are tough games to win," said coach Mark Jackson. "For us to be able to do that, especially at a point where we were not playing our best basketball, it's pretty impressive. It's something for our guys to build on, and we're in a good place right now."
The Warriors have played 23 road games -- at least three more than any other team in the league -- and after Wednesday night's game at Oracle Arena against Denver, Golden State will play at Oklahoma City and New Orleans before a favorable stretch heading into the All-Star break -- 9 of 11 at home.
The Warriors are 13-10 on the road, and you only have to look at their ugly away-game history to understand how good that is. They had only seven winning records on the road in their 66 seasons of existence before this year. They have a shot at equaling or bettering the all-time best road mark established by the 1991-92 Warriors, who went 24-17.
"We expect to win on the road now," said Stephen Curry. "We go into other team's buildings with the mentality that if we play like we're supposed to over a 48-minute game, we should put ourselves in position to win. It shouldn't be a surprise when we win those games now."
That confidence on the road actually started last season when the Warriors went 6-1 on a seven-game trip. Curry said that confidence has grown since then.
"It's kind of funny, when you look at last year, we went into Miami expecting to play well and have a shot to win the game, but our celebration at the end of the game was like, 'Wow, we won,'" he said. "This year, we went down there and won the game and had a sense of this is what we're supposed to do."
David Lee said the team's road mentality is as strong as any team he's been on since he's been in the league. He thinks it's a function of the team's defensive abilities, which have improved with the additions of Andrew Bogut and Andre Iguodala.
"Defense travels well is a phrase a lot of coaches use, and it's true," he said. "You're going to have a lot of nights on the road when you're not going to shoot the ball as well. It's very difficult, so you have to play good defense and you have to rebound. That's why a team like San Antonio is so good on the road."
Jackson agrees wholeheartedly with the defensive theory.
"We are built on the defensive side of the basketball," he said. "When you are built on the offensive side, that will come and go. But when you have a mindset to get stops, when you take pride on the defensive end, that act travels, and we're able to get it done no matter where we play. I think the guys believe, too."
Iguodala knows how critical it is to bank road wins early in the season. He played on a Denver team last year that played 18 of its first 25 games on the road, managed to scrape out a 13-12 record, then capitalized on a favorable home schedule the rest of the way and wound up winning 57 games.
"Last year in Denver we probably had the worst road schedule to start a season in NBA history," he said. "So I can't really compare the two at all. The key on the road is taking care of business you should take care of, and we've done that for the most part this year."
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A little more than a year after the birth of "Linsanity," point guard Jeremy Lin returns to where it almost didn't begin.
He was buried on the Warriors' bench for 29 forgettable games two seasons ago. It was during that stretch when an elderly man with a special place in basketball history sat down and wrote him a fan letter.
"I figured he could use a little bit of encouragement," recalled Wat Misaka, now 89 and living in Salt Lake City. "So I sent him a note that said: 'Hang in there. It's sure to get better.' "
Things got better all right. Lin, now with the Houston Rockets, returns to Oracle Arena on Friday as an internationally known sensation playing on a three-year, $25 million contract.
A documentary that traces his unlikely rise to fame with the New York Knicks opened to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The 88-minute film, "Linsanity," makes its San Francisco debut next Thursday at the Center for Asian American Media Festival.
Lin's global fame means the world to Misaka, who in 1947 became the first non-Caucasian to play professional basketball in the U.S. The Japanese-American was a 5-foot-7, 150-pound point guard for the Knicks, even if his career only lasted three games.
To Misaka, the rise of another Asian-American wasn't "Linsanity." It was lineage.
"It really made me feel good that he was getting all the attention that he deserved," he said.
The two finally met face to face in January, one night after the documentary about Lin's journey from Palo Alto High to Harvard University and from D-League scrub to Knicks phenomenon was greeted by a standing ovation at Sundance. The Los Angeles Times called the documentary an "uber-inspirational tale."
Misaka was scheduled to attend the Sundance screening but a blizzard disrupted the plan. Instead, he attended the Rockets' game against the Utah Jazz a night later.
His reaction to finally meeting Lin?
"He was big," Misaka said of the 6-3, 200 pound guard. "Especially since I've shrunk four inches since my playing days."
The two didn't chat for long. "He's not a very talkative person. He's very quiet and he doesn't force himself on you," Misaka said. "We didn't really have much time other than to exchange a few pleasantries."
But Misaka had already heard from others that Lin was grateful to receive his letter of encouragement while languishing on the bench. That was among the part of Lin's experience that Misaka understood: He scored just seven points before the Knicks released him without explanation.
Misaka grew up in Ogden, Utah. His father moved there in 1903 to escape a life of farming. Misaka went on to become a star at the University of Utah and served in the U.S. Army as part of the occupation of Japan.
He led Utah to tournament titles in 1944 (NCAA) and 1947 (NIT). A New York Times article on March 25, 1947, put it this way after the Utes toppled Kentucky: "Little Wat Misaka, American born of Japanese descent, was a cute fellow intercepting passes and making the night miserable for Kentucky."
The tone of modern media coverage for "Linsanity" could be similarly jarring, as San Francisco-born director Evan Jackson Leong discovered in making his well-received documentary.
Fortunately for him, he had access to Lin long before the cameras began to swarm. Leong began pestering Lin for permission to make a film while the point guard was still at Harvard.
Lin finally consented while with the Warriors, figuring the worst-case scenario would be having some cool footage of his basketball career to look back on later.
"We started it before I had ever gone to New York. That was the coolest part of it. We have the whole journey," Lin told ESPN.com at the Sundance screening. "We have me being cut, me getting waived, me going to the D-League -- the moments when I basically had to be dragged in front of the camera to be filmed, even though I didn't really want to. Looking back, it was one of the best things ever."
Leong laughs now when he recalls that he and his producers considered wrapping the project after Lin's stay with the Warriors.
"We knew we had this great story of this kid who made the NBA, but was kind of a bittersweet for a 'success story' because his career wasn't that great," Leong said by phone from the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. "It was kind of a sad ending.
"So we were looking for an ending, right? In February, he gave it to us ... and then he gave us another. And then it just got really crazy."
Linsanity began Feb. 4, 2012. On the verge of being cut for the third time since December, Lin came off the bench for the New York Knicks and promptly delivered 25 points, seven assists and five rebounds to lead a 99-92 comeback victory over the New Jersey Nets. That launched a seven-game winning streak and a brilliant month of play.
In some ways, the new film is a sequel. "Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story" debuted in 2009.
"That was really something because so many of my friends had forgotten that I played basketball or never knew in the first place," Misaka said this week. "It was really gratifying -- and kind of embarrassing -- that after all of these years that they talked about something that was so incidental as far as it's impact on the world."
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A new Irish start-up business, Irish Food Tours, is building a network of food tourism holidays around the whole island of Ireland, north and south. Started by Donegal Town chef Zack Gallagher and his business partner Wendy Kavanagh from Kildare, the guests on these culinary tours will learn the story behind the vast array of Irish artisan food products.
Irish Food Tours offer guided food tour holidays, by coach around Ireland, covering all 32 counties north and south of the Irish border. The tours include visits to the best food producers, restaurants, accommodation and food excursions that are available. Each Irish Food Tour includes a minimum of two visits per day to various artisan food producers, all lunches and dinners in award winning local restaurants and all accommodation. (Inbound flight costs and beverages are not included.)
At the recent Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards ceremony in Dublin, they were pipped to the post for the top new Food Start-up Award by no less than the giant county Meath tourist attraction Tayto Park.
The new business, started by the two chefs, has seen a gap in the tourism market to provide tour operators with a new product of itineraries tailored to international and Irish tourists who have a love of all things foodie and wish to see some of Ireland's artisan food producers in action on their farms and in their production units.
There are food "trips" offered by some other Irish websites, where visitors to Ireland can find details of food producers, but the travellers have to make their own arrangements. Irish Food Tours are the only Irish company to provide guided food tours by coach with all arrangements organised by the company in advance of your arrival.
The new business is currently promoting their product to travel agents via their international tour operator partners, the White's & Associated Hotels Group, who described the food tours as "The best new tourism product to come on the Irish market in fifteen years".
They are currently looking to partner with more US-based Tour Operators interested in food tourism.
The two food entrepreneurs have also, just this week, launched the first of their three-day Irish Food Tours and are starting off with a food tour of County Kilkenny, which starts on the 7th June. These short weekend tours consist of two nights Bed & Breakfast, two gourmet dinners, two lunches and four guided food and heritage visits to artisan food producers and cultural sites, all included. Details of how to book a place on this tour are on their website www.IrishFoodTours.ie.
Irish Food Tours are also the only Irish tour group that pay the food producers for their time, to talk to and describe their methods of production to the tour guests, giving demonstrations and tastings. In this way the tour guests get to hear the "story behind the food". This extra revenue will help the food producers to develop better visitor centres for guests and will hopefully enable them to employ more staff as their business grows.
Zack Gallagher, a chef and food-blogger from Donegal Town and one of the founders of the business said, "Over the last fifteen years or so, food in Ireland has undergone a massive transformation and the quality of the food now being produced here is absolutely second to none in the world!"
"Irish chefs are using these quality products to create wonderful menus and customers who are paying out hard-earned cash are demanding the best that they can get, " he added.
"There has been great interest in our business idea since we started putting it together last year. We have established links with Irish industry travel experts who regularly attend international Trade Fairs and they have come on board to use their contacts in the industry abroad to promote our Irish Food Tours abroad. We also have the support of the national tourism agencies."
He continued, "The future of food, as a tourism business in Ireland, is an excellent opportunity for us to grow our business and to help others to grow their businesses too. Small food producers, with localised markets work very hard at what they do but don't always have enough trade to employ more staff and grow. We are providing all the participating food businesses with an additional income stream and also the opportunity to build relationships with potential customers for sales and online sales into the future. We hope that our tours will increase revenue for the artisan producers, restaurants and accommodation providers. By doing so may help generate new employment in our industry."
Wendy Kavanagh, the other founder of Irish Food Tours is also a chef and food promoter. "The general consensus among our Food partners is one of great expectation for the future," she said. "They have the food products already on sale, the accommodation providers are operational, the restaurateurs are looking forward to new customers and we are the only company offering to amalgamate these products into a complete holiday package."


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Definition of isotherm in English:
1A line on a map connecting points having the same temperature at a given time or on average over a given period.
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- Humboldt used lines, called isotherms, to delineate regions of equal temperatures.
- Put differently, isotherms are as important as latitudes in determining what constitutes Arctic and Subarctic regions.
- The Curie isotherm is a temperature surface in the Earth's subsurface connecting depths at which Curie temperatures are reached.
1.1 Physics A curve on a diagram joining points representing states or conditions of equal temperature.
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- The corresponding surface tension isotherms in the case of high lipid concentration are presented in Fig.7.
- This is consistent with the S shape of isotherms in all numerical models simulating temperature evolution in subduction zones.
- All data points in the adsorption isotherm represent an average of three experiments.
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- These solid-solution mixtures were placed in Erlenmeyer flasks and agitated in an isothermal shaker for 24 hr.
- For many biological applications, it is equally relevant to consider the phase behavior at varying osmotic pressures under isothermal conditions.
- Transcription mediated amplification is also an isothermal assay that targets either DNA or RNA but generates RNA as its amplified product.
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- To eliminate the physisorbed water, the sample (5-6 mg in an Al pan) was initially kept isothermally at 25°C under a constant flux of N 2.
- Hedgecock and RUSSELL reported that well-fed animals migrate to their cultivation temperature and move isothermally and that this thermotaxis behavior is modified by two kinds of experience.
- The SP - 2330 column was run isothermally at 180°C.
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LETTER: Cargo flights need scrutiny
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Dear Editor: The recent deadly UPS cargo airplane crash in Birmingham just outside the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, in which the pilot and co-pilot were killed, points to a growing problem in the airline industry. Cargo planes have significantly more crashes than passenger flights.
There could be a number of reasons for this. Cargo flights often use smaller, older aircraft, which are more prone to mechanical problems, often have inadequate navigation equipment and are more at the mercy of inclement weather and birds crashing into them. Also, they fly more often at night, which adds more danger to their flights. Hazardous or overweight cargo could also add to their problems.
And their pilots sometimes aren't as well-trained, which could lead to more pilot errors. In addition, their destination is often to out-of-the-way, smaller airports which don't have good take-off or landing fields or proper lighting and have more hazardous terrains, which could result in more crashes.
To help reduce crashes such airline cargo companies could acquire newer aircraft, better train its pilots and encourage airports they fly to to improve their conditions.
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ALAMEDA -- They may have changed the locks and warned her she would be evicted, but bank officials are still facing a fight from Jodie Randolph, who has enlisted the help of activists from Occupy Oakland in a bid to save her home even as she battles cancer.
Members of the group have been staying at the Craftsman-style house at 1624 Foley St. since Election Day, keeping a 24-hour vigil to highlight Randolph's plight. About 25 people are taking part and stay in shifts.
Randolph's furniture, photographs, DVDs and other belongings are still inside the house. But the chemotherapy sessions to treat her colon cancer leave her exhausted, so she mostly stays with her daughter in San Leandro, where she can rest more easily. She has never met some of the activists who have been staying on the property.
"It's healing," Randolph said as she sat in her living room on an afternoon this week. "I don't need to worry about my home being shuttered up. They're here. It's a comfort."
The house sits across the street from the parking lot that serves the Marketplace plaza on Park Street. As customers exit the lot, they can see hand-painted signs condemning the foreclosure displayed around the front porch. The activists also leaflet passers-by, hoping to drum up support.
"Our government is just wrecking people like Jodie Randolph," said Oakland resident Mindy Stone, who has been visiting the house on-and-off since the action started. "They are allowing a woman to be kicked out who rightfully deserves to be in this house. She has made every effort to reasonably resolve this situation."
Randolph purchased the single-story house in November 1999. At the time, she was working as an accounting manager with Mother's Cake & Cookie Co. in Oakland. But Randolph lost her job in 2003 when the company moved to Bolingbrook, Ill. A year later, she ran into financial difficulties, despite setting up her own accounting business.
Randolph said she decided to sell the house to a family member, which drew her into what she called a "quagmire of events."
In 2008, Randolph approached Saxon Mortgage, then the lien-holder, about modifying her loan, but that effort fell through. Then two years ago, Randolph learned the house was purchased by FV-1 -- a trust company under Morgan Stanley -- and that she was facing foreclosure and eviction. Randolph was diagnosed with cancer in March and had surgery in May. Her chemotherapy sessions are set to end in January.
"It's stress," Randolph said. "And one thing you don't need when you are undergoing chemotherapy is stress."
What's happening to Randolph reflects what many people are facing, Stone said.
Stone took part in Occupy Oakland protests last year before she decided to join its "Foreclosure Defense Group" at the Foley Street house.
A Morgan Stanley representative was not immediately available for comment on Randolph's case. But during an Occupy Oakland demonstration Nov. 5 at the company's Oakland office, Randolph said she met with a representative who told her he wanted to try and find a solution.
Legally, she no longer owns the house, Randolph said. Her goal now is to repurchase it. But Randolph said she fears time may be running out. Last month, a deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office and a real estate asset manager visited the house and changed the locks when she was having chemotherapy.
It led her to turn to Occupy Oakland for help. A manager also visited the house Nov. 7 and was surprised to find activists inside, Stone said. He threatened to call police and quickly left. No officers showed up, however
"You don't know from one day to the next what's going to happen," Randolph said. "It's been quiet here lately, but you don't know. I just hope that we can have a dialogue that will come to an amicable agreement. After all, what do they want with my home?"


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Princeton, NJ, March 3, 2014– Princeton Theological Seminary's Department of Speech Communication in Ministry will present Aeschylus's The Oresteia on Thursday through Saturday, April 10 through 12 at 8:00 p.m., and on Sunday, April 13 at 3:00 p.m. The performance will be in the Gambrell Room of Scheide Hall on the Seminary campus at 64 Mercer Street in Princeton.
One of the three still-performed ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.) was born and grew up in Eleusis, a city dedicated to Demeter, matriarchal goddess of fertility. As a teenager he was accused of sneaking in to watch the women's Eleusinian rites, forbidden to men. He began work as a boy in vineyards and legend has it he dreamed of Dionysus, god of wine and theater, telling him to write plays. Aeschylus produced more than seventy plays, only seven of which survive.
Greek tragedies were performed as trilogies; three plays performed successively on a single day. According to director Robert Lanchester, The Oresteia is the only complete trilogy "that we have, and [it] demonstrates the need for humanity to evolve from tribalism to a larger awareness of a divine order. On stage, Aeschylus shows us gods, Apollo and Athena, who are humanized to some extent, while Zeus, 'that Great Third,' remains distant and all-powerful. The play depicts archetypal family dynamics and domestic violence morphing into a larger world of justice with mercy and redemption."
The drama has been adapted for the stage by Lanchester, the Seminary's assistant in speech. Seminary students make up the cast. The production is open to the public and free of charge, but seats are limited and must be reserved in advance. For reservations and/or information, contact Marija DiViaio at 609.497.7963.
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VIENNA - Vienna City Council Thursday appointed a new fire chief.
"You have no idea what this means to me," Steve Scholl said. "The honor of being the city's first second-generation fire chief, I greatly appreciate this, thank you."
Scholl's father, George Scholl, also was a fire chief.
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Lee Goodwin, son of the late Fire Chief Danny Goodwin of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department, right, presented the newly appointed Fire Chief Steve Scholl with a bugle to distinguish his rank with the fire department.
Scholl became acting chief after Danny Goodwin died in January. Goodwin served a lengthy tenure as chief of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department.
Scholl will be paid a $50,000 year with benefits, Mayor Randy Rapp said.
Goodwin's son, Lee, presented the new chief with a bugle and gave him his blessing.
"In the fire service we designate rank with the use of a bugle," Goodwin said. "Also in the fire service when there's a transfer of command, it's done in a face-to-face formal setting."
Goodwin said designating ranks through bugles has been a long standing tradition since the early days of firefighting. He said the first firefighters, since they did not have access to radios, used bugles to communicate.
Rapp administered the oath of office to Scholl and gave a few words of advice.
"I'm going to do something for you that was not done for me," Rapp said to Scholl. "I'd like to tell you three things."
First, not everything is what it seems to be, Rapp said. Second, don't take something at face value, he said. Third, the people who work in this city, Vienna, are amazing and know this city inside-and-out, Rapp said.
"If you ever get a call from these two men in the middle of the night, it's bad," Rapp said of Police Chief George Young and Craig Metz, the public works director.
Rapp called on Young and Metz to stand. He said if Young should call in the middle of the night he will first say "are you awake," but what he will say next will not be good. Then, he said if Metz should call, it will probably mean there is a broken water line or a maintenance issue, Rapp said.
"Well I've got a call from Chief Young," Scholl said.
"And it wasn't good, was it?" Young responded as the crowd laughed.
Rapp also thanked the Goodwin family, particularly Lee, with their participation in the confirmation of the new fire chief.
"Thank you for doing that for us and sharing your command," Rapp said. "I know Danny would be proud of you and the rest of the troop, he led us a long way and we've been very successful."
In other city business, the city code creating the Vienna Tree Commission was amended to state other organizations to be responsible for appointing members. Nominees for the tree commission will be presented at the next council meeting, Rapp said.
Councilman Paul Thornton said the city is working on a budget. Thornton was confident about half a million dollars will be put into street repairs and some will go to the city's park system to upgrade ball fields and playgrounds.
The Vienna Police Department will be given the money for new police cruisers and tasers, he said. A large amount of money will go toward employee medical and the city's liability insurance, Thornton said.
The budget will be presented on March 14, said City Finance Director Steve Black.


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Last Wednesday morning I turned on my iMac and opened up the Supreme Court blog page. I was awaiting a life-changing decision. The ticket counter on the front page told me at that moment 195,000 other people were doing the same thing.
It was D-Day. Looking at the screen I felt light headed and anxious. Beneath that I felt scared. Not the scared you feel when you're on a giant roller coaster, the scared you feel when you're life is in danger.
Because the simple truth is that it actually was. The ruling that was about to be handed down would change the whole course of my life, in a myriad of significant ways, for decades. That's the kind of danger that gets your attention.
It was a muggy June morning. I had made breakfast but found I couldn't touch it. My friends on Facebook and Twitter were contacting me from minute to minute, sometimes second to second, many of them as anxious as I was myself.
Unable to sleep I felt hollowed out. I simply didn't trust the court that just twenty-four hours earlier had struck down the signature civil rights era voting rights act. If they were claiming that the issue of blatant racism no longer needed to be addressed within the American voting system, what on earth would they say about gay rights?
It's hard to convey to someone who has not personally experienced the effects of DOMA just how invasive it was, what a daily affront it offered to your life and dignity. It's hard to explain what the prospect of its removal meant too. I was dumbstruck as I waited for word.
The minutes passed like hours. Ten o'clock arrived and the decision was handed out to the press in Washington D.C. It took a few more minutes for the news to hit the wires. But when I heard a mighty cheer go up outside the court my heart lightened.
"The Supreme Court of the United States has declared Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to be unconstitutional," a reporter announced. "It is a violation of equal protection principles, the court has ruled."
Like a lot of people, I was astonished to hear the court use this language. One of the legacies of DOMA is that for most of its long life on the books, there have been very few justices or politicians willing to explicitly say what DOMA so obviously is, one of the most egregiously bigoted laws ever enacted in the United States.
Allow me to call a spade a spade. I have personally lived under DOMA's cruel shadow for seventeen years. A law this discriminatory and pointless could take a lifetime to undo, I feared. I was startled to watch it swept away within minutes of the courts daily rulings.
In the majority statement, Justice Anthony Kennedy (the 76 year old Irish American appointed to the court in 1988 by Ronald Reagan) wrote, "DOMA's principle effect is to identify a subset of state-sanctioned marriages and make them unequal. The principal effect is to impose inequality, not for other reasons like governmental efficiency."
It's enormously important to understand how and why the court ruled as it did. Discrimination and inequality are unconstitutional Kennedy wrote, so they struck it down. Their ruling now places the decision of whether same sex marriage will be recognized into the hands of the individual states, which still define marriage within their own jurisdictions.
But we will no longer have a federal law that discriminates against a subset of citizens. As a member of that discriminated-against subset, I'm grateful. Having lived under DOMA for seventeen years it's nice to have my rights finally acknowledged at the federal level.
That court's decision doesn't mean that everyone in the country now supports the ruling, I realize. Conservative critics have already made their disapproval clear. Some claimed the court had overruled God. Others used very ungodly language to convey their shock and displeasure.
During the past week we have seen how hard it is for many in the religious right to come to terms with the notion that gay people are finally their equals under the law. That was the nightmare scenario they have feared the most. To prevent it they warned us that same sex marriages threaten opposite sex marriages by their very existence. If gay people can marry, heterosexuals could explode, their reasoning went.
This was always insufferable nonsense but their message permeated our cable news networks for almost twenty years. It was a claim repeated so often that many came to believe it.
But strong personal and religious beliefs are one thing, those who lament the court's decision can't do so on any constitutional basis. In America you are free to hold your own personal or religious beliefs, but that doesn't mean the nation should enshrine your beliefs into law. It is not the Supreme Court's role to arbitrate personal morality, it exists to determine whether or not the law being challenged is constitutional or not.


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hatinphonies wrote: the fact that u sleep around with anybody and everybody makes you a skank, whether ure a guy or a girl.
Dionysus wrote: hatinphonies wrote: the fact that u sleep around with anybody and everybody makes you a skank, whether ure a guy or a girl.
Is your dog a slut because he is willing to mate with anything on four legs, and some on two? No - it's just what he does - he's got instinct and hormones and does what feels good. Oh, but I'm a person, and my society has intellectualized all the spontaneity and fun out of the activity - and has given guidelines in which I am supposed to operate to retain my social status and respectability. I call bullshit.
Jesse wrote:
I don't believe in sluts. I don't like that word. It's thoroughly demeaning - it literally denotes worthlessness. Let's not pretend we ALL don't enjoy sex... so is our choice to avoid actually having it really the ultimate determinant of our personal worth?
MessiahCarey wrote: So if someone enjoys sex and pursues it, in accordance with the enjoyment they have of it - they deserve to be looked upon negatively? Bullshit.
RandomSurge wrote:
I didn't leave it like that
that's why I used the word SLAVE
and said that if you think with your dick ALL THE TIME
you can pursue sex, OF COURSE
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