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Child advocates recognize pediatric hospitalization as an issue of great concern because of the serious morbidity it reflects and the adverse psychosocial effects of inpatient experience on children and families. Accounting for almost 50% of child health care costs,1 estimated at $49.8 billion in the United States in 1987,2 pediatric hospitalization also represents a substantial financial burden. Studies of the variation in childhood hospitalization rates among geographic areas, however, suggest a large portion of these hospitalizations are avoidable.3-9 In individual level analysis, admitting pediatricians judged 28% of acute, general pediatric hospitalizations to be potentially avoidable had specified alternative services been available.10 Furthermore, evidence supports the safety of care in alternative settings for selected acute illness episodes.11-16 Hospitals share incentives for reducing inpatient services as they join managed care organizations that capitate hospital costs.17 At a time when health care cost reduction has become a
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LeSean McCoy missed the second half of Monday's Organized Team Activities (OTAs) with what appeared to be some sort of leg injury, maybe a knee injury. He was stretching on the sidelines before heading to the locker room.
Whatever the problem, it was minor. McCoy practiced with his Eagles teammates Tuesday at the NovaCare Complex. So did the four players (Patrick Chung, Jason Peters, Fletcher Cox and Cary Williams) and coach (Jeff Stoutland) who missed Monday's workout due to weather-induced travel delays.
It's been a tough few months for the 24-year-old McCoy. The fact that his knee is fine is positive news in a rocky offseason. McCoy engaged in an ugly Twitter war with his child's mother, is being sued for allegedly assaulting a woman on a party bus and then left practice on Monday. It's been one thing after another so far this offseason.
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The Miami Dolphins kick off their quest for the 2010 Super Bowl in Sun Life Stadium at 7 p.m. on Saturday night.
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The Dolphins host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their first of four preseason games lined up over the next month. This Saturday, Dolfans will get their first look at free agent acquisitions Brandon Marshall and Karlos Dansby, as well as the team's 2010 Draft class.
But before you get too excited over watching the Dolphins make their 2010 debut, remember, it's the preseason. In other words, it means absolutely nothing.
Coach Tony Sparano has already announced that he will play his starters for just one quarter on Saturday, leaving the rest of the game to youngsters and free agent hopefuls. So while the first team offense might look like the '08 Pats for that one quarter, remember that both teams will be utilizing only tiny portions of their playbooks, and blitzing will be at a minimum.
When you're watching this game remember that the 2008 Lions went 4-0 in the Preseason, and 0-16 in the regular season. Just let that serve as a reminder of how meaningless these games are as whole.
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Who needs payola? Last time out of the box, Starship allowed radio stations around the country to place their own call letters and some personalized patter right in the middle of the insipid We Built This City. By simply stroking disc jockeys' boundless vanity, the Bay Area group acquired its first No. 1 hit in 21 years of recording. Apparently, Starship liked their taste of success. No Protection is even more calculated than Knee Deep in the Hoopla was. On this record the band, now reduced to a quartet, has good instrumentation, a great singer (no, not Grace Slick, the Queen of Shriek, but Mickey Thomas) and fabulous producers (check out the scintillating surface Peter Wolf gives to Beat Patrol—it'll give your ears goose bumps). All they're missing are decent songs. That's a quandary, like being on a hot beach with a cooler full of icy beer and no church key. Like the previously released Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, a bathetic ballad from the sound track of Mannequin included here, the compositions all seem like contrived hackwork. Wed these commercial off-the-rack pop songs to a vivid studio sound, as on It's Not Over ('Til It's Over), and the result is catchy. But that's all it is. There is no genuine feeling on No Protection—an exception being the intermittently interesting Girls Like You, one of only three songs on which a band member collaborated. You can take this material, have producers like Wolf, Keith Olsen and Narada Michael Walden dress it in platinum raiment, and play it every three minutes on the radio. That may make it a hit, but it doesn't make it good. (RCA)
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Examine building merger
January 10, 2013
Officials from Warren, Niles and Trumbull County should spend some time in Youngstown to see how that city closed its building department and turned the duties over to Mahoning County....
Many departments the city's have could be handled at the county level. Issues come in to play when the cities want to have rules that are different from the counties. Most are ridiculous. I still can't rap my head around the idea that Warren won't let the county take over their health department. Another waist of money. Warren is not the matropolous it once was. Time to reduce wasteful spending and spend money were it is needed. Safety services. Use the tax that was voted for safety services ON SAFETY SERVICES.
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What would happen to the illustrious "Tanneyhill" if this were to happen, isn't he the main reason why many businesses refuse to come to the city of Warren, I know 2 past businesses that LEFT due to the hoops that Warren & Tanneyhill made them jump through, they moved and went to the county "outside the city limits".
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The building department is all about nothing anyway in this city. It actually does little good for the city. Just look around at all the falling down buildings and abandoned homes in our city that have had no action from the building department. Yes, combine this waste of money service with the county.
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While the Tribune has a right to express its opinions even ad infinitum; perhaps it could do better if local governments simply turned over their authority to the newspaper. Why? With so many outstanding insights into municipal and county government management, the Tribune could have already solved countless problems locally; or so it would seem.
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is a granulated activated carbon designed specifically for the purification of water. It is manufactured by steam activation and acid washing of a special Lignite material under carefully controlled conditions to produce an activated carbon most suitable for aquariums. Since it is extremely porous and positively does not leach phosphates that can stimulate the growth of algae. It has a very low ash content and therefore hardly affects pH. HydroCarbon 2 has a wide range of pore sizes and large pore volume that provide a rapid adsorption rate plus a high capacity for dissolved organic compounds. It has the highest capacity for removing water-yellowing tannic and humic compounds of any commercial water activated carbon, and adsorbs both large and small molecular pollutants, including defensive substances released into the water by soft and stony corals. The macroporous structure of HydroCarbon 2 also affords a high ability to resist clogging that can interfere with the adsorption of dissolved organic substances. The granules are the optimum uniform size for use in high capacity filters, allowing even-flow of water at high velocity with minimal back pressure. HydroCarbon 2 has a long useful life. After months of use it also becomes a very active biological filtration community full of beneficial bacteria and microorganisms. It can thus be used as a biological nitrification & denitrification media, or to seed new aquariums with active bacteria cultures.
Use approximately 250 ml (1/2 cup) of HydroCarbon 2 per 50 gallons. Entire contents will effectively treat 400 gallons. Pour the required quantity into a polyester or nylon filter bag. Carry the dry bag of HydroCarbon 2 outdoors and also bring a container partially filled with tap water that will be used to rinse it. When outside, immerse the closed bag into the container of water. The porous carbon sizzles a sit becomes hydrated, and carbon dust is released into the air and rinsing water. Do not breathe the dust! Shake the bag underwater and lift and immerse it again repeatedly in order to wash out most of the fine dust. The black water produced is safe to pour down a drain, or into the soil outdoors. Locating the HydroCarbon: For the most rapid removal of water staining organic and other pollutants, place the bag of pre-rinsed HydroCarbon 2 in a filter chamber where water flow is directed through it. Use filter floss before the bag to trap fine particulate matter that could clog the bag. May be used without a filter bag in external powerfilters by installing filter floss above and beneath the carbon to retain it. Important: When it is being used in a high-flow filter chamber, be sure to close the bag so that the carbon is kept tightly packed. This will prevent the granules from tumbling, which could liberate carbon dust into the water. HydroCarbon 2 can also be used passively, without filter floss, by locating it in a filter chamber in such a way that water flows over and through the bag but is not forced through it exclusively. Continuous use in this passive manner still effectively prevents the accumulation of yellowing substances, keeping the water sparkling crystal clear. Replace with new HydroCarbon 2 as needed to maintain the colorless water. Normally effective for several months.
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Double dosage of thyriod meds?
im solitary 14 and on the 29 i am goin to the drs. to get put on meds for an underactive thyriod. i need to lose counterbalance and quick but my thyroid is holding me back. i troop it takes about 3 months for the medican to work and highly developed and lower the meds. but i was wondering what would happen if i took double the dosage my dr tell me. will it harm me? or will it make me competent to lose weight quicker?
Answer: To be extremely blunt, you would be insane to do what you are contemplating. If your doctor with adjectives his experience and education thought that doubling up would be good for you, he would prescribe it surrounded by that manner.
Trust me.. it is not worth the consequences when you mess around with this sort of piece..
You will be messed up and feel like you're on crack or speed.
You won't be capable of sleep and you could get the shakes. You'll also become MASSIVELY dehydrated (which will NOT assist you loose weight.)
You might loose a couple extra pounds for a couple weeks but after that your entire adrenal system will be fracked and you'll be more unhealthy than when you started..
Don't do it. I took an extra 1/2 pill a week and It give me severe panic attacks and anxiety issues and hairloss. It takes give or take a few 6 weeks for the meds to kick in. Be merciful. I know it'll seem like a long time, but your first priority have to be you health not how good you look contained by an outfit. Good Luck! Stick to what your doctor tells you, I have hypo thyroid and on one pill a light of day. the pill is not meant to be used as weight control and might injure you if you exceed the dosage..
I used to be naturally hypERthyroid, it sucks and eventually the bad effects are impossible enough to make it not worth the weightiness loss.
But once I had that treated, I became hypo. For various years, that went untreated due to various reason. I piled on weight, and diet/exercise didn't do much (or so little that it wasn't worth the bother.)
Then a couple of months ago I finally got meds again. When I combined that near my first diet in years, 20 lbs. blew right off. 4lbs/week! Now it's trying to stablilize again (must be more wary with the diet part...).
So--the doctor's dose may show effects right away, even though it'll probably obligation tweaking before the "right" dose is hit. It takes just about 3 months for thyroid meds to show their full effects--but SOME effects are a lot faster. Also be warned that getting thryoid meds right is commonly a quite fiddly process...like a constant beta.
What's going on beside the initial weight loss, is that the hypo state makes the body retain extra hose. So with the meds, it triggers the release of that water (prepare to pee a LOT!). Once you bring rid of the water, that's where the work quantity comes in...actual fat is abundantly more stubborn, and it takes so much extra thyroid to "burn" it away that you'd end up beside all the BAD symptoms of hypERthryroid along with the mass loss.
Hyperthyroid symptoms include: Shaking hands (can be so bad you can't write near pen/pencil), faintness, being too speedy to sleep but too exhausted to do anything, and being boiling hot all the time. And, bulk loss to the point of ridiculousness. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a middle ground. And quantifiable experiments to invent a thyroid-based med that'd just cause the substance loss without the other symptoms, sadly, own failed.
On another note, you should read up at StopThyroidMadness.com . The "Madness" they're referring to is some of the idiocy found contained by the endocrine profession. You might be able to save yourself greatly of hassle...I wish I had read that when I be diagnosed!


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King of Queens star Kevin James and his wife, model Steffiana De La Cruz, are expecting their second child – another daughter – this summer, the proud papa tells PEOPLE.
"We're very excited," James, 41, said Saturday night at Boulevard3 in Hollywood, where his CBS sitcom celebrated its final wrap after nine seasons.
Of the impending arrival, James said, "It's another girl. [Steffiana]'s due July 1st. I just love being a dad and spending time with my wife and child, and now we're having another girl. It's incredible."
The couple's first child, Sienna-Marie, was born Sept. 30, 2005.
James and De La Cruz tied the knot in June 2004 at a Catholic church in Dana Point, a beach town in Orange County, Calif., before 180 guests that included Clint Eastwood and Ray Romano. (James's King character, Doug Heffernan, originated as a recurring role on Romano's Everybody Loves Raymond.)
As for James's professional plans now that King is off to syndication heaven, he tells PEOPLE, "I'm just looking forward to doing a little drinking and a little napping. And also it's going to allow me to work on my golf game. I'm hoping to kick Ray Romano's ass on the golf course. Can I say that?"
Besides, he also notes, "I have the upcoming film with Adam Sandler, called I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, so we'll see how it goes."
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McKeon, the top Republican on the Education & Labor Committee and a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, crafted H.R. 2474 in response to reports that veterans would face an unfair reduction in benefits in California under the post-9/11 GI Bill.
"I'm glad to see everyone coming together on this issue, because starting in August, I think hundreds of thousands of student vets will be unpleasantly surprised to find they don't have the education dollars they were expecting through the post-9/11 GI Bill," McKeon said. "I know this means a lot to the state, the California delegation, and our nation's veterans. It needs to be addressed quickly."
Earlier today in a House Education & Labor Committee hearing, McKeon pressed Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for his thoughts on the issue. Duncan immediately proclaimed that fixing the problem is a "no-brainer."
Under California law, public institutions of higher education may not charge tuition to in-state residents. Because the state's public colleges and universities charge no tuition, their fees are often considerably higher than the amount of fees charged by private institutions that are permitted to levy a tuition cost.
The post-9/11 GI Bill calculates a veteran's educational benefits based on the public tuition and fees charged to an in-state resident.
For example, based on the amount charged by public institutions to in-state residents, the Department of Veterans Affairs has determined the maximum tuition benefit for California veterans to be $0, while the maximum fee benefit can equal up to $6,586.54.
Thus, in California, veterans receive no tuition benefit and are often only allowed to use a fraction of their fee allotment at a private institution of higher education, where fees are lower.
The McKeon-Thompson legislation would ensure California veterans can benefit from the full amount - up to $6,586.54 - to which they are entitled.


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Garmin Forerunner 305, Navigator staff , has a backlit LCD display type to landscape whose dimensions are respectively 3.3 cm long and 2.0 cm in height (about 1.5 inches ). The black and white monitor has a resolution of 100 x 64 pixels. Thanks to the SiRF Star III receiver can receive the satellite signals even in difficult conditions, such as between tall buildings in a street or in a forest or the trees. The device uses 20 parallel channels with continuous trace to calculate and update the position.
Garmin Forerunner 305, in 95% of cases, has a position accuracy of less than 10 meters RMS at a speed at a constant rate of 0.05 meters per second. This is subject to a decrease of accuracy up to 100 meters 2DRMS in case of implementation of Selective Availability by the U.S. Department of Defense. The maps are updated continuously, every second, the acquisition is completed in less hot of 38 seconds, cold in less than 45, highly placed in about 5 minutes.
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Per TSN's Darren Dreger and the CBC's Elliotte Friedman, Marian Hossa has signed with the Chicago Blackhawks.
More to come, obviously.
Update 2:01 PM: TSN's Darren Dreger says that it's a long-term contract, and that the Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning were in the running. Somewhere over $5 million per year in cap hit, says Bob McKenzie.
Update 2:05 PM: ESPN's Pierre LeBrun says it's a $5.2 million cap hit for 12 years.
So he took another $12 million over what the Wings were offering. When you're already being guaranteed $40 million, I have no sympathy for you going for more bucks.
Update 2:19 PM: TSN provides a linked story, and Sportsnet's Mark Spector confirms.
July 1, TSN: After signing big-money free agents like Nikolai Khabibulin, Brian Campbell and Cristobal Huet over the last few summers, the Chicago Blackhawks have kept the momentum going by signing star winger Marian Hossa to a 12-year contract averaging $5.2 million a season.
The contract is front-loaded with about $53 million paid out over the first seven years, and little less than $9 million total for the final five years.
Update 2:33 PM: Per the Globe and Mail's Eric Duhatschek:
July 1, Globe and Mail: The Chicago Blackhawks landed Marian Hossa today today with the free-agent push in Chicago once again coming from team president John McDonough, who was the driving force behind last year's two prominent free-agent signings, Brian Campbell and Cristobal Huet, neither of whom provided good value for the money.
Hossa should be a much better buy - less money against the cap and a far better track record than either Campbell or Huet who, one year after the fact, are problems for the team going forward.
Campbell, at a $7.1-million annual salary-cap charge on one of the most expensive contracts in the NHL, is virtually untradable, as is Huet, at $5.625-million. Thankfully for the Blackhawks, they'll get one more year of high-end production for reasonable dollars from their young nucleus - Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane - and two more from Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook. When they all need to get raises, in the next 12 to 24, that's when the problems will ensue.
Swapping Hossa into Martin Havlat's place on the roster won't be quite the issue that the Campbell and Huet signings because Havlat knocked down a $6-million salary-cap charge last year. Hossa's number will come in just a shade over $5-million on the sort of 12-year contract that is becoming all the more common in today's NHL.
Update 2:48 PM: The CBC, Chicago Daily Herald, Canadian Press, Chicago Tribune, NHL, and Chicago Daily Herald all confirm.


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Karen Ruhl can do just about anything with flowers, that is.
Ruhl's flower boutique, Special Occasion Florals, located in the Hepburn Plaza, can help enhance any occasion or decorative motif with a unique flower arrangement or gift.
"We can do just about anything you want us to do," Ruhl said.
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Karen Ruhn examines some flowers ready for sale at Special Occasions.
The shop opened February 11, after Ruhl decided to expand the business, which she had run out of her home for the past six years.
"It was time to get out of the basement and turn it into a real business," she said.
The shop offers a wide variety of services, including arrangements for banquets, parties, funerals and home and office decoration; full wedding floral services; holiday decoration for home and office; and fresh designs sold out of the store.
Arrangements can be done using fresh, silk and dried flowers.
Ruhl said every piece the shop sells is a unique, one-of-a-kind creation.
"We pride ourselves on making every piece original and unique," she said.
Both Ruhl and her associate, Michelle Ronneberg, have degrees from Pennsylvania College of Techonology in floral design, which Ruhl said gives them a solid background for the business.
The key to creating the perfect arrangement, said Ruhl, is making sure the piece matches the room or vase it is meant for.
"We try to match colors and styles," she said.
And in today's floral market, special-ordering flowers is easy, according to Ruhl.
"We can get flowers from all over the world in a matter of 24 hours," she said.
Ruhl said these specially-ordered flowers come into the shop as fresh and new as anything picked right from the garden.
"Flower services now are so good," she said. "When they come in it's like they're fresh off the plant, it's amazing."
However, Ruhl said roses are still "the gold standard" when it comes to floral bouquets, and she likes to try to get such in-demand flowers and supplies from local retailers.
"I try to buy things local," she said.
Ruhl said that supporting the local economy is "very important" and helps develop a sense of connection in the community.
In addition to flowers of all kinds, Special Occasion Florals sells one-of-a-kind gifts made by a local artist.
The "Laura Lee Boutique" collection features "very pretty fine gifts," according to Ruhl, which will compliment any floral arrangement or act as a stand-alone gift.
The collection features fine china, dolls, sticheries and more, and is on display in the Special Occasion Florals store.
According to Ruhl, this unique gift collection matches the mission of the shop, providing beautiful, one-of-a-kind pieces for their customers.
"The things found in our gift shop can't be found anywhere else," she said.
Other gifts and keepsakes are available in the shop as well.
Ruhl said the best way to get an idea of what kind of gift or what type of floral arrangement to get is to come to the store and browse the available selection.
"(Customers) should come see what we have," she said. "We can talk about (arrangements), and we don't charge anything up front."
The store is open Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Walk-in customers are welcome.


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In gastric ulcer disease, the practical problem which confronts the surgeon is that of management. The complications of gastric ulcer, such as acute perforation, hemorrhage, and obstruction, are usually treated surgically, and this aspect presents little controversy. In the absence of these complications, the inability to differentiate a benign gastric ulcer from a malignant one dominates the clinical picture, and this often becomes the indication for surgical intervention.In general, the policy at this institution has been to recommend resection for any gastric ulcer which is not resolved completely on an intensive hospital ulcer regimen lasting no longer than 3 weeks. At times, this rather popular policy has been considered somewhat radical. This latter opinion led us to a consideration of the mortality, morbidity, and the natural course of gastric ulcer disease, in addition to its malignant potential. The purpose of this report is to review our experience with
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Drums sounded a slow, mournful cadence as hundreds of Civil War
re-.enactors marched in a funeral cortege Friday for 22 Confederate soldiers and sailors
whose bodies were found this year.
The remains were recovered during an archaeological dig at The Citadel's Johnson Hagood
Stadium, built over an old mariners graveyard. The stadium was erected in 1948, but
because of a clerical error, the dead were never moved.
It was the largest Confederate funeral in South Carolina in almost 130 years,
organizers said. The bodies of 86 South Carolinians who died at Gettysburg were brought
back in 1871.
About 300 re-enactors marched four abreast with rifles over their shoulders as the
procession wound from Charleston's historic district to Magnolia Cemetery on the outskirts
of town. Some were dressed in Confederate gray and butternut and a few were in Union blue.
The remains, in small wooden coffins draped in Confederate flags, were carried on seven
caissons drawn by horses and mules. About two dozen women, dressed in black with hoop
skirts, also walked in the funeral train.
At the cemetery, the coffins were lowered into a common trench. The congregation sang
"Dixie," a lone bagpiper sounded "Amazing Grace," and re-enactors
fired rifle and artillery salutes.
A coffin containing the remains of a child was also interred. The remains found under
the stadium are thought to be the child of one of the Confederates.
The soldiers and sailors were "young men who were willing to stand up and fight
for what they believed in, even when the odds were overwhelming," the Rev. C. Lynn
Bailey told about 1,500 people standing amid the gravestones.
State Sen. Glenn McConnell, dressed as a private from a South Carolina unit, said the
funeral culminated a long effort to recover the remains.
"It's very satisfying to all these re-enactors out here to re-create history this
weekend," he said.
The remains of four men thought to be crew members of the Confederate submarine Hunley,
the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship, were also found under the stadium.
They will be reburied in a funeral next year.
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I have always had a love for anything crafty!
I learned to crochet as a teenager, but had only made afghans. Then in 2006 I wanted to crochet my daughter the Lilliana shrug. Suddenly I understood ...
I have always had a love for anything crafty!
I learned to crochet as a teenager, but had only made afghans. Then in 2006 I wanted to crochet my daughter the Lilliana shrug. Suddenly I understood how to read those crochet patterns and finished that shrug in less than a week! After that, I crocheted more and more clothing projects.
I learned to loom knit in 2004 as I loved the look of knitting but did not know how to needle knit. I searched the web and found lots of helpful advice on looming and then started purchasing every loom and board I could. Soon after I started designing my character scarves. I have loomed socks, scarves, hats and purses and was just starting to learn to knit garments on the looms when I finally learned to needle knit!
That was in 2007 and I taught myself to knit watching the videos on www.knitting-help.com and have been having loads of fun knitting every thing in site and increasing my knowledge and skills.
The saying you are never too old to learn something new is so true. If you put your mind to it, you can learn anything and have loads of fun doing it.
I hope you enjoy my crochet, looming and needle knit designs as much as I did when designing them!
This listing is for the Knitting PATTERN and Not the finished item.
This is a simple cabled neck warmer that can also be worn as a head wrap. Photos show a few of the many ways it can be worn. It is a simple cabled design, perfect for your first try at knitting cables. It is a quick project that can be completed in a couple of evenings.
Each cable crossing provides a slit so that it can be worn many ways and will fit most teens to adults.
Approx. 8" wide by 32" long
You can use any type of bulky yarn, but I would suggest if using wool to be sure it isn't itchy!
You will also need a 1 1/2" diameter button.
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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
This Friday is the Winter Solstice, but undoubtedly, last Friday will be remembered as the darkest day of 2012. Over the past few days, like other parents around our country and the entire world, my wife and I have struggled with what to tell our second grade sons. Memories of September 11, 2001, when our daughter was in pre-school, were revived. How much can you shield those so young from the horrific details on TV and in newspapers? Last evening our older son came home from school with a barrage of questions. He had caught the headline of the morning newspaper at breakfast before he left but didn't say anything to us. At school, he talked with classmates and before long began piecing things together. The curiosity of an eight year old is insatiable. The job of our elementary school teachers could not have been harder than it was on Monday. How do you explain to growing minds that which is unexplainable? What can a teacher or parent say to make children feel safe when the events of the morning of December 14 in a small town in Connecticut have shaken any sense of security for adults? Mr. Fred Rogers offered these words at times like these:
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers -- so many caring people in this world.
Mr. Rogers' wisdom is both timeless and appropriate for all ages. Leave it to him to point us toward the shining light in our darkest moments, to see the good and courageous when we are tempted to succumb to fear and dwell on the evil. Make no mistake, we do have to deal with the evil; we must do more to prevent these tragedies. We need to work to change a culture that desensitizes the young and impressionable to violence and generally lacks basic respect for life. But we should point our children to the light – the heroes of that day – the administrators and teachers who protected their students (five giving their lives), the first responders, and all those who comforted the grieving. They provide the hope for the future. They are a beacon, like the Star of Bethlehem, pointing toward the path of salvation for our broken world.


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Students progress through Advanced Health Assessment using the metaphor of constructing a jigsaw puzzle. The metaphor is two-fold, as it also represents constructing a full patient assessment.
Using team navigation the students receive a new puzzle piece with the successful completion of each module. The series of team enrollments is begun with a pre-course discussion. Upon completion of the discussion they are enrolled in the first puzzle piece team. There after each module contains a crossword puzzle that enrolls them in the next puzzle piece portal, and so on.
Each puzzle piece links to the jigsaw puzzle where they see a new piece added as each module is completed. In addition a new active link appears, taking them to the next module of course material. This provides visual reinforcement of their progression through the material and it is thematic to the achievement of getting the big picture in evaluating clients holistically (body, mind, spirit).


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Up to 2012, the poverty statistics presented below come from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS), which is the source of official Federal poverty statistics. Individuals or families are defined as poor if their annual pre-tax cash income falls below a dollar amount, or poverty threshold, that is determined by the Census Bureau each year. For example, an individual with an annual cash income below $12,071 was poor in 2014. That same person would have been considered poor in 2013 with an annual cash income below $11,888. (See How Is Poverty Defined? for more about definitions and income thresholds used in determining poverty rates.) The 2014 CPS ASEC (2013 poverty income year) utilized a split sample to test a redesigned set of income questions (See Redesigned Questions). As a result, the source of the 2013 poverty income data is restricted to the portion of the sample that received the income questions consistent with the 2013 CPS ASEC. That included approximately two-thirds of the full CPS sample. For purposes of producing subnational and subpopulation poverty estimates, the Census Bureau now recommends using the American Community Survey (ACS), which has a much larger sample size.
Following Census Bureau recommendations, we now use the ACS in place of the CPS for subnational poverty statistics. The ACS, however, does not allow for the same historical perspective as the CPS. Therefore, we begin the ACS series in 2009 and continue to provide annual CPS poverty rates up to 2012. The two surveys should not be directly compared, though, given that the ACS survey design differs from the CPS in a variety of ways and may produce somewhat different poverty estimates. (See Differences between CPS ASEC and ACS and "Poverty and Deep Poverty Increasing in Rural America," Amber Waves, March 2014, for more information.) For example, in 2012 the U.S. poverty rate was estimated to be 15.9 percent based on the ACS, compared to 15.0 percent based on the CPS. Poverty estimates for the population living in nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) areas in 2012 were 18.2 percent for the ACS and 17.7 percent for the CPS. The metropolitan (metro) area poverty rates were 15.5 percent (ACS) and 14.5 percent (CPS). The ACS poverty rates for the most current year (2014) were 15.5 percent U.S., 18.1 percent nonmetro, and 15.1 percent metro.
According to CPS data estimates, the higher incidence of nonmetro poverty relative to metro poverty has existed since the 1960s when poverty rates were first officially recorded. In the 1980s, average poverty rates were 4.5 percentage points higher in nonmetro areas than in metro areas; in the 1990s, the average difference was 2.6 percentage points; from 2000 to 2009, the average difference was 2.7 percentage points. The difference in 2010 (1.6 percentage points) was the smallest on record and was only the second time since 1959 that the nonmetro/metro poverty rate gap had fallen below 2 percentage points (it was 1.8 in 1994). The uneven pace of the economic recovery following the 2007-09 recession has reversed, at least temporarily, the narrowing rural/urban poverty gap.
During the 1990s, the nonmetro poverty rate declined fairly steadily from a high of 17.2 percent in 1993 to a record-low rate of 13.4 percent in 2000. The decline in poverty during the 1990s was mirrored by growth in the economy overall. Between 1993 and 2000, the economy grew by 4 percent per year, significantly higher than the average growth rate of 2.7 percent during the 20 years prior to 1993. Nonmetro poverty rose during the 2001 recession to 14.2 percent where it remained for 3 consecutive years before increasing once again. The average nonmetro poverty rate from 2004 to 2007 was 15.0 percent. The nonmetro poverty rate grew by 1.9 percentage points from 2008 (15.1 percent) to 2011 (17.0 percent). In 2012 it increased again, to 17.7 percent, reaching its highest rate since 1986 when it was 18.1 percent.
In comparison, the ACS nonmetro poverty rate was 18.2 percent in 2012 and it peaked in 2013 at 18.4 percent. The ACS poverty rate is consistently higher than the CPS poverty rate due to a number of survey design factors, including: a larger rolling sample, a rolling reference period for income calculation and related Consumer Price Index adjustments, and differences in family composition and weighting. In 2014, the ACS nonmetro poverty rate was 18.1 percent. The metro poverty rate was three percentage points lower; the same nonmetro/metro poverty rate gap as in 2013.
An important indicator of the nation's long-term well-being is poverty among children, since child poverty often has an impact that carries throughout a lifetime, particularly if the child lived in poverty at an early age. As with the early 1980s recession, rural children have been disproportionately affected by the recent economic downturn. Child poverty is more sensitive to labor market conditions than overall poverty, as children depend on the earnings of their parents. Older members of the labor force, including empty nesters and retirees, are less affected by job downturns, and families with children need higher incomes to stay above the poverty line than singles or those married without children. Like the overall poverty rate, nonmetro child poverty has also been historically higher than metro child poverty, and increased to record high levels in 2012 (26.7 percent CPS). According to ACS estimates, the nonmetro child poverty rate peaked in 2011 (26.3 percent) and stood at 26.2 percent in 2012 and 2013, which was more than four percentage points higher than the metro child rate for the same years. In 2014, the ACS nonmetro child poverty rate was one percentage point lower (25.2 percent) than it was in 2013, but it remained more than four percentage points higher than the metro rate (21.1 percent).
"Deep poverty" is commonly defined as having cash income below half of one's poverty threshold. In 2014, that meant a subsistence level of about $1,000 a month for a family of 4. A total of 6.8 percent of the U.S. population experienced deep poverty in 2014. Unlike trends in the official poverty statistics, there is not a pronounced and consistent nonmetro/metro gap in the share of the population experiencing deep poverty over time. Nonetheless, the slow rate of economic recovery from the 2007-09 recession for nonmetro areas is evident in deep poverty trends. According to ACS estimates, the nonmetro deep poverty rate continued to grow post-recession, reaching a high of 7.8 percent in 2013. In metro areas, deep poverty peaked in 2011 (at 7.0 percent) and was not significantly different in 2013 (6.9 percent). In 2014 the nonmetro area deep poverty rate was 7.7 percent, compared to 6.7 percent in metro areas.
In the U.S., being in poverty is officially defined as having an income below a federally determined poverty threshold. Poverty thresholds were developed in the 1960s and are adjusted annually to account for inflation. They represent the Federal Government's estimate of the point below which a family of a given size has cash income insufficient to meet basic needs. Any family/individual with total income less than an amount deemed to be sufficient to purchase food, shelter, clothing, and other essential goods and services is classified as poor. (For details, see "How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty.") The amount of income necessary to purchase these basic needs is set by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The 2014 poverty line was $12,316 for an individual under 65 years of age and $11,354 for those 65 years or older. The poverty line for a three-person family with one child and two adults was $19,055 in 2014; for a family with two adults and three children the poverty line was $28,252. For a complete list of poverty lines by size of family and number of children, see the U.S. Census Bureau's tables of Poverty Thresholds.) Income includes cash income (pretax income and cash welfare assistance), but excludes in-kind welfare assistance, such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and Medicaid. Poverty thresholds are set for families by size and composition, and they are updated annually to correct for inflation.
While metro-nonmetro comparisons of poverty rates are useful for determining areas where poverty is concentrated, some measurement issues that are worth bearing in mind. As one example, U.S. poverty rates do not make any adjustments for differences in cost of living across areas. If the cost of purchasing basic needs is lower in nonmetro areas, then the nonmetro poverty rate would overstate the actual level of poverty experienced by nonmetro residents. There are many other examples though, and the effect they would have on an area's actual level of poverty can go in either direction. For example, the poverty thresholds do not account for the possibility that basic needs and living standards will differ across areas. Transportation to work in nonmetro areas may be much more expensive than in metro areas where access to public transit is greater. Housing may be less expensive in nonmetro areas than in metro areas, but the quality of housing may also be lower with a higher rate of substandard housing units. Similarly, the measure of poverty does not account for access to other "public goods" such as health care, schooling, or communication networks, or "public bads" such as noise and air pollution, which also differ systematically across metro and nonmetro areas.
An alternative to the official poverty measure that accounts for some of the aforementioned nonmetro-metro comparison issues is the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). The SPM is a more complex statistic incorporating additional items such as tax payments and work expenses in its family resource estimates. SPM thresholds are derived from Consumer Expenditure Survey expenditure data on basic necessities (food, shelter, clothing and utilities) and are adjusted for geographic differences in the cost of housing. See Experimental Poverty Measures for more technical information on SPM.
Unlike the official poverty thresholds, SPM thresholds are not intended to assess eligibility for government programs, but rather, to serve as an additional indicator of economic well-being and to provide a deeper understanding of economic conditions and policy effects. (See "SNAP Benefits Alleviate the Incidence and Intensity of Poverty," Amber Waves, June 2012, for use of SPM in estimating policy effects.) SPM income and expenditure data are collected through the CPS; the ACS does not include the detailed income and expenditure questions needed for SPM estimates. This limits the use of SPM to summary statistics given that CPS does not provide the same geographic detail as the ACS. However, when used, SPM yields significantly lower nonmetro poverty estimates, leading to a reduction or reversal of the nonmetro-metro poverty rate gap. This is in large part due to the adjustment for geographic differences in cost of living. For example, the Council for Economic Advisers (see the analysis in Opportunity for All: Fighting Rural Child Poverty) found that for 2013 the SPM rural child poverty rate (14.3 percent) was lower than the OPM rural child poverty rate (23.0 percent) and that the corresponding SPM rate for urban children (16.9 percent) was higher than the rural rate. Another important factor in the lower estimates for SPM compared to OPM is the treatment of the earned income tax credit and other refundable tax credits, which lower both rural and urban poverty rates, but to a greater extent for rural. (See Federal Tax Policies and Low Income Rural Households, May 2011, for more on the effects of tax policies on rural income and poverty).
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Products/services provided: Education, job skills development and placement, residential and behavioral health services and support to more than 3,500 children and adults and their families meeting the challenges of developmental disabilities, delays, autism and mental health disorders.
Locations: Main campus in Erie, Pa. with facilities in Corry, Girard, Warren, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
Date founded: 1952
Ownership/management: John J. Barber, president & chief executive officer
No. of employees: 2,075
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2009 Highlights: We celebrated the most successful fundraising year in our history, developed a strategic plan for our organization and opened two new services for children with autism and their families.
2010 Goals: We will conclude Colelli's Challenge, a donor matching gift opportunity, and continue geographic expansion of services in Pennsylvania.


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Same as with normal chin-up progression. Start at the top and lower yourself with one arm, if that doesnt work put one foot slightly on the ground to take away some weight.
That being said its a stupid thing to train for as one tends to ignore the weaker arm to get to the goal faster and it doesnt get you anywhere concerning overall functional strength.


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Higher Education – State Universities Rival Ivy League?
When it comes to higher education, it appears it might well be time for students to give greater consideration to public colleges and universities. Three recent articles offer support for state schools, each wondering aloud if an education obtained at one of the elite private colleges is really worth the money?
Carol Hymowitz, writing for the Wall Street Journal, insists that when it comes to earning a degree 'Any College Will Do.' Hymowitz notes the words of some of the nation's top executives who insist that the "path to the corner office usually starts at state university."
Leadership Ability
In her piece, Hymowitz notes several very successful individuals who did not even obtain a college diploma. She notes the leaders of several high-tech companies who never completed college: Bill Gates who quit Harvard to start Microsoft, Michael Dell who quit the University of Texas-Austin to start Dell Computer and Steve Jobs who quit Reed College in Portland, Ore., to work at Atari before founding Apple Computer. None of these individuals ever returned to college to complete a formal degree.
Though those stories are compelling, the general consensus is that such a path is rare. To get to the top, a degree is clearly critical. In fact, nearly two-thirds of the CEOs of the top 500 companies have either an M.B.A., law, or other advanced degree.
But overall, roughly 90% of the CEOs of the top 500 companies received undergraduate degrees from a university other than one of the Ivy League colleges. In a great plug for the University of Wisconsin, more CEOs received their undergraduate degrees from that state college (10 current CEOs) than from Harvard, the Ivy League's top contributor (nine current CEOs).
A partial list of CEOs and their respective schools:
- Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway – University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- H. Lee Scott , Wal-Mart Stores CEO – Pittsburg State University in Kansas.
- Paul Otellini, Intel CEO – University of San Francisco.
- James Sinegal, Costco Wholesale CEO – San Diego City College.
- Bill Green, CEO of Accenture – Dean College and Babson.
- Michael Critelli, CEO of Pitney Bowes, University of Wisconsin.
Adding to the notion that any college will do, these executives, in the position to set the tone for hires, insist they don't favor job candidates with certain degrees. Having demonstrated themselves that leadership talent and a drive for success is far more important, these CEOs are not looking for potential employees based on securing an undergraduate degree from a prestigious university.
One Interesting Story in the Mix
Bill Green, the CEO of Accenture, represents a very interesting tale. First, the son of a plumber had no intentions to go to college; he simply didn't think he had the ability to pursue further education. He would ultimately change his mind after visiting friends at Dean College, a two-year community school near Boston.
Green cited a very appealing atmosphere at Dean, one that worked for him.
"… he got help from faculty members who devoted themselves to their students, not 'doing research and writing books like professors at four-year schools,' he says. Rather than post student-meeting times on their office doors, they posted their class schedules. 'All the other time, they were available to any student who needed help,' says Mr. Green, who worked part-time to pay for part of his tuition."
The school inspired Green to pursue further study in economics. He went on to Babson College where he would earn his bachelor's and M.B.A. degrees. But Green insists that Dean was the catalyst, teaching "him to think analytically, to gain confidence in his abilities and to learn to work with people."
Such a response is contrary to the typical public view, one that sees the education provided by community colleges as somehow of lower quality.
Public Colleges Lead the Way in Payback Ratio
In what is likely a restatement of Hymowitz's work is the recent Smart Money magazine article ranking the "best colleges for making money." The magazine utilizes a ratio it calls payback.
The simple calculation compares the average salary earned by a graduate to the actual cost of attending a school. The magazine's top five are not those one normally sees on top of the US News and World Report's school rankings.
Public colleges led the way with the University of Georgia having an average payback of 338%; Texas A&M (315%); University of Texas, Austin (306%); Georgia Tech (263%); and University of Washington (225%). In contrast, a review of the best Ivies yielded Princeton (132%), Dartmouth (131%), Yale (127%), Harvard (124%), and University of Pennsylvania (124%).
Those numbers led Smart Money to add a real jab at the liberal elite colleges, asking readers:
"Is an Ivy League education worth the money?"
Affordability vs. Quality
Smart Money rightfully acknowledges that its rankings do not address the quality of the education received – only the earning power as compared to investment. Hymowitz likewise does not ever insist that those attending state universities are earning a better education.
But Kiplinger's offers its list of best buys, the traditional Consumer Reports style rating system that examines quality of educational programming as compared to the costs. In other words, getting what you pay for is an important criteria.
Using this basis, state universities represent some of the best educational bargains available. Leading the way are the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Florida, the University of Virginia, the University of Georgia and the College of William and Mary. Moving further down the list, the next nine listed schools are state universities, with the University of Wisconsin Madison coming in at number 14.
This gets to the heart of affordability. Private college costs today average $33,000 per school year with several topping $40,000 annually and a few exceeding $50,000 a year. In contrast, the University of Florida costs in-state students less than $12,000 a year.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the school heading the Kiplinger top 100 best buys, has a sticker price of a shade under $14,000. With average after-aid costs totaling less than $5,000 per year, students at UNC can truly attend four years, earn a bachelors and still have the possibility of being able to attend graduate school financially.
Choice of College
With business leaders insisting that by the time someone has worked a few years it is their employment record that counts the most, not where that individual attended school, parents and students should give careful thought to the choice of college. The idea that any school will do is definitely too simplistic – in fact the story of Bill Green speaks to the opposite, the choice is truly important.
If one can truly afford the higher costs, it is hard to argue against the elite private schools. But with college costs rising beyond the means of the average American family, parents and students should take note: there are numerous quality options available at far more affordable costs.
More importantly, these schools are producing many successful graduates.
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- 1 Koichi { 12.30.08 at 7:44 pm }
Uh oh, better not let those Ivy League schools see this article
- 2 Mary Frances Rafferty { 01.19.09 at 7:09 am }
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- 3 Ahmad Ismail { 07.17.09 at 5:17 am }
Hi!, I'm a lecturer at one of the universities in Malaysia. I've often wonder how undergraduates at iv league universities perform academically. Is 90% of the undegrads got a GPA of 3.5 and above or just like any other universities where only about 30% of the undergrads achieved CGPA of 3.o and above. Where can I get this kind of data?
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