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MEMPHIS - Not long after the 76ers traded former first-round draft choice Marreese Speights to the Memphis Grizzlies for two second-round picks, coach Doug Collins said he wished Speights well and hoped he excelled in Memphis.
And that's what he's doing.
Speights, who couldn't get on the floor in Philadelphia, went into Monday night's game against the Houston Rockets on a roll. Starting at power forward, the 6-foot-10 Speights had averaged 16.0 points and 10.9 rebounds while shooting 61.1 percent from the floor in the three previous games. In the last seven, he had averaged 12.9 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 31.4 minutes.


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The Hart varsity softball team wanted to win its own Hart varsity softball tournament after entering the final day with a semifinal matchup against Camarillo High.
But more importantly, the Indians wanted to continue to get playing experience for a pitching staff with few innings under its belt.
So, despite 7-3 losses in both the semifinal to Camarillo High and the third-place game to El Camino Real of Woodland Hills, the Indians are happy to have had the experience.
"This year, you always look to try to win a tournament," said Hart head coach Steve Calendo. "But this year, the preseason for our team is to try to find a rhythm. The last six years, we've been more of an accomplished team ... Offensively, we're there, but on the other side of the field were trying to piece it together."
The Indians fell behind early to Camarillo in their first game of the day, as the Scorpions jumped out to a 6-0 lead off Hart pitcher Blake Lewis.
Lewis pitched three innings, with four earned runs and two strikeouts.
Katie Reed threw one inning, with two walks, a strike out and one run.
The Indians' Juli Strange hit a 3-run home run in the fifth inning to try and pull Hart back in it, but defensive lapses and timely hitting by Camarillo proved too much to overcome.
"It was a combination, the defense made a couple miscues, but that happens in softball," Calendo said. "It was more Camarillo being efficient in what they do."
It was a similar story in the third-place game with the Conquistadors.
Lewis started the game again for the Indians, and El Camino was able to take a 2-0 lead early on.
But unlike game one, the Indians came back to take a 3-2 lead on a triple by Tracy Chandless in the fourth inning.
The Conquistadors responded with five runs in the bottom half of the six to take a 7-3 lead and hung on for the victory.
With the loss, the Indians finished the Hart varsity tournament in fourth place, after reaching the championship game last season.
Despite the loss, the experience was informative, Calendo said.
"I think we're finding out more and more about our club, and the offense is there," Calendo said. "So, that's not doing to bad, and the defense and pitching is coming along. And hopefully we'll make a good run in league."
And Lewis' performance this season in the circle could go a long way in determining how successful Hart is.
But she won't be the only one that needs to provide Hart with some solid innings.
Hayley Miller pitched well in relief for the Indians against El Camino, throwing four innings.
She allowed three runs in the fifth on a home run and two singles.
Katie Reed pitched the sixth inning giving up two runs on a hit and two errors.
"Miller threw very well today," Calendo said. "If she can come through and Blake can stay consistent, we should be OK this season."
Entering the day, the Indians' offense had averaged 13 runs per game.
Before posting just three runs in each game on Saturday, Hart's lowest offensive output had been 12 runs in a first-round victory in the Hart tournament over Newbury Park.
Hart will return to the diamond on Wednesday, when it hosts San Marino in a doubleheader.
Until then, the Indians will continue to learn from Saturday's experience.
"I thought both games were very similar in that Camarillo and El Camino took advantage of a lot of situations with their speed," Calendo said. "It was a good experience for our team, but it was the speed of the other teams that made the difference."


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By Oct. 25, 2011, all applications were in for this year's Piccolo Spoleto Festival. A theater company from Beaufort wanted to send a one-woman show about Harriet Tubman, a local filmmaker wanted to premiere his silent film about Charleston, and Chicago's Motown Madness itched to perform for a third time.
All three were selected for the 34th festival, along with organists, poets, dancers, improv comedians and opera singers.
"The variety is one of the things I love about overseeing Piccolo," said founding director and head of the Office of Cultural Affairs, Ellen Dressler Moryl. "Since day one, we've brought in vibrant artists from all over the country."
Moryl's vision for the festival always has been that it complement Spoleto Festival USA, with performances often less expensive than the larger festival. Although this year's schedule included out-of-towners like bugler Jari Villanueva and opera singer Morris Robinson, most artists were regional.
"Becoming Harriet Tubman" performer Natalie Daise and her director, J.W. Rone, drove in from Beaufort for each performance.
"Piccolo is a great venue to launch a show or performer into the spotlight," Rone said. "I'm happy to make the drive in to see Natalie share her work."
The Office of Cultural Affairs oversees the coordinators of each category of the festival, which are dance, theater, young artists, special events and several different music genres. Each series has its own guidelines for costs and compensation.
When Moryl heard Villanueva discuss the bugle on National Public Radio, she felt compelled to bring him to the festival as a Piccolo-produced special event. This required that the festival arrange for his accommodations and a fee of $1,000 for his appearance.
Theater companies cover their own production costs, which include everything from rental fees to props, with selected companies receiving the opportunity for a local theater to co-produce.
To ensure accessibility, tickets are restricted to the $12-$25 range, and Piccolo Spoleto retains 25 percent of gross ticket revenues.
The Collective Collaborative Players of Charlottesville, Va., estimated that the trip for its three-person cast would cost $7,000, and through the fundraising website Indiegogo they raised more than $2,500.
Each series has its own set of rules for the productions. For the theater series, performers must be volunteers, and as shows share stages, sets must be minimal to allow for a quick changeover.
"We could only paint so much of the picture," said Judy Heath, co-playwright and designer of "Perfectly Normel People," which premiered at the Footlight Players Theatre. "I started saying in my curtain speech that the audience had to use their imagination to fill in the details."
Piccolo is only the beginning for "Perfectly Normel People," as the show's sold-out run led to discussions of taking it to other parts of the country.
For some, the centralized logistics and ticketing requirements mean less autonomy, a disadvantage that might outweight the benefits. Several years ago, Jazz Artists of Charleston struck out on its own after it offered a two-week series as part of Piccolo for three consecutive years.
At the time, Piccolo was using Ticketmaster for its box office, and that was "an absolute disaster," said Leah Suarez, executive director of Jazz Artists of Charleston.
"We had no control over the box office," she said. "And (Piccolo) couldn't tell patrons anything about our organization or shows." The arrangement was too limiting and the cost-sharing unjustifiable, Suarez said.
"If we're going to pay them 25 percent, we need to get our money's worth," she said. "It wasn't worth the time and energy when we could just do it on our own and reap the benefits from it."
Other Piccolo participants, such as PURE Theatre, are able to leverage the festival to extend performances that already are part of their season, making these shows available to new, transient audiences, Moryl said. Although companies are required to self-market, when Piccolo presents a show it tends to draw numerous festival-goers from Spoleto as well, she said.
Moryl expressed satisfaction with the Piccolo system and experience.
"It's never been a competition," she said. "This festival is about the art and bringing people together. And this year has been filled with so many wonderful artists, I couldn't be happier."
Lauren Smart is a Goldring Arts Journalist from Syracuse University. Staff reporter Adam Parker contributed to this story.


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Six local Anglers have earned the right to compete against other top teams with the hopes of claiming the title as the best B.A.S.S fishing club in the world.
Salt City Bassmaster's team finished fourth at the ESPN/BASS BASS CLUB World Championships Eastern Regional on Lake Champlain. The team battled high wind and waves on July 24 and 25 to weigh-in 75 lbs and 4 ounces of largemouth and smallmouth bass.
"This was a total team effort, we battled the worst Lake Champlain could throw at us and we battled back," said Randy LaManche, the team's captain."
The team consisted of LaManche, of Marcellus; Michael Cusano, of Clay; Howard Krause, of Baldwinsville; Craig Terpening, of Lafayette; Patrick Grady, of Baldwinsville and Charles Pritchard of Brewerton. (Len Potts, of Syracuse, was the alternate.)
By finishing in the top eight, Salt City will move on to the World Championship which will be held Oct. 9-11 on Fort Gibson Lake in Wagoner, Ok.
The six-angler teams will compete for a top prize of six Skeeter/Yamaha boat packages valued at $50,000 each, one for each winning team member.
The first two days of competition will feature a full field, with only the top seven teams moving on to the final day. Practice days for the event will be Oct. 6-8. Daily coverage of the event, including live, streaming video, can be found on Bassmaster.com.
The team has worked several years to earn the right to represent Salt City Bassmaster's at this competition. First, the angler must finish near the top of the 80- member club to make the club's New York Bass Federation Nation Club Team Championship team. That team then needed to finish in the top six in order to automatically qualify for the Bass Club World Championship Eastern Regional.


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14km run marks end of World Social Forum
25 January 2007
Nairobi, Kenya: A 14km run through slums in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, marked the end of the World Social Forum (WSF) on Thursday, after five days of meetings and demonstrations attended by about 46,000 delegates from all over the world.
"Organising activities outside the forum and trying to bring the forum to the people in the slums was our aim," a volunteer with Kutoka Network, a nongovernmental agency, said.
Kutoka Network organised the run with the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) and the Kenya Land and Housing Coalition to raise awareness of the conditions of Nairobi's slum dwellers.
Under the slogan "Another world is possible, even for slum dwellers", hundreds of people gathered outside St John's Catholic Church in Korogocho, the third-largest informal settlement in Nairobi, for two hours to register for the run, which attracted all ages.
"In the last 10 years, the slums in Nairobi have undergone a revolution," Daniel Moschetti of St John's Catholic Church in Korogocho, said. "The slum population has risen up to advocate for their rights, holding policy and duty bearers responsible for their actions and initiating programmes aimed at improving their political, social and economic wellbeing."
He added: "We thought the World Social Forum could be a great occasion to bring out their voices."
According to Kutoka Network, Nairobi's informal settlements house 2.5 million out of its four million people, crowded together in a mere five percent of the total urban area, living without basic services such as water, electricity and transport.
"We have all kinds of problems here," a woman in her 60s, queuing to register for the run, said. "Especially if you are female and old, life is not easy."
Charities working in Nairobi's slums have complained about slum dwellers being required to pay to enter the Moi International Sports Stadium in Kasarani, where the World Social Forum was taking place.
"The entry fee [Ksh500 or US$7] is an unrealistic amount of money for someone who – on a good day - makes less than Ksh100 [$1.50] per day," said one volunteer.
However, by staging their protest outside the stadium's gates, many slum dwellers managed to gain entry to the Forum and the organising committee eventually agreed to lower the fee.


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Sadaf Women's Group
Co-ordinated by Mid-Pennine Arts, Burnley, Lancashire
'The Sadaf women had only one proviso - they wished to do something which featured animals. Noah's Ark was suggested as a theme and was accepted. The fact that this and other 'Old Testament' stories were held in common by both Muslims and Christians was a bonus.' Group Leader
Samira Azad, Elaine Sagar, Farhat, Saide, Sughara, Thiare
Liz Rayton, Jacky Riddell
Peacock, Freedom, Animals
Embroidery, Mixed-media
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)-The Oakland Raiders have reached an agreement with Green Bay Packers director of football operations Reggie McKenzie to become the Raiders' general manager.
The Raiders will hold a news conference on Tuesday to discuss the hiring.
ESPN first reported the deal.
Raiders owner Al Davis had effectively served as the team's general manager until his death in October.
McKenzie played linebacker for the Raiders from 1985-88. He joined the Packers as a pro personnel assistant in 1994.


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R: Hi everyone, I'm Rosa!
E: ... and I'm Emmy. Since I'm the elder sister, I'll start first presenting my younger sister's work.
R: Fine! But I'll break in whenever I feel like it!
E: Ok! ...
R: Hi everyone, I'm Rosa!
E: ... and I'm Emmy. Since I'm the elder sister, I'll start first presenting my younger sister's work.
R: Fine! But I'll break in whenever I feel like it!
E: Ok! One morning some time ago, Rosa woke up and felt inspired to make whimsical jewelry! Little by little she added different materials and created impressive combinations.
R: Emmy loves to knit. Her technique is so good, that you can hardly tell it's a hand-knitted item. Somehow she manages to add the "handmade sense", though...
E: Rosa has brilliant ideas and exceptional skills when handling materials and colors. She creates beautiful and feminine compositions for the jewelry she designs. She experiments and succeeds in difficult combinations and new forms.
R: Emmy has an unlimited imagination. She adds passion to anything she does; she focuses on her work and does not stop until she reaches perfection.
E: Rosa is a master in organizing everybody's work and time. She offers the time and energy that are precisely needed â??never more, never less- to make well done, cozy and unique creations. Still, the most important "ingredient" she adds is her positive thoughts and her love.
R: Well said! This counts for Emmy as well! This is actually what we offer: all the things we love to make with our hands, with loving love from us to you.
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I designed this vest for my daughter Lydia, who is one of my most demanding "customers". She asked for a vest different from all the other vests. White and elegant and different and light and fancy. She actually tests my skills and my patients as well!
So, there she is, wearing her new entrelac vest.
It was a long time since I knitted entrelac and what I wanted to do is something simple and classy. Entrelac knitting is fancy anyway, so I thought of designing something that would reveal the beauty of this technique.
Lydia loved it!
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I often joke about MBA buzzwords — strategy, breakeven, decks, ambiguity, impact, intrepreneurship — but the one I hear most is "innovation." I tend to think of innovation as a new piece of technology or a scientific breakthrough. In actuality, innovation is any kind of change that leads to improvement. In my time with SEWA, I repeatedly observed actions that, although they seemed minor, actually made a huge difference in the lives of members. Two examples of the innovation coming out of SEWA spring to mind:
1) Mobile price monitoring. The biggest barrier to the financial independence of castor farmers was that they had no way to know the current price of castor. Without this information, buyers could easily rip off the farmers. SEWA saw this problem and utilized a ubiquitous technology to fix it: SMS. Each day, SEWA sends a text message to the farmers with the latest castor price so they are able to demand fair payment.
2) Making and distributing inexpensive sanitary napkins. As an American woman, I have never had to consider what my life would be like without sanitary products. For women in the developing world, access to these products can be nearly impossible, putting them at risk of infection and preventing them from attending school or going to work. SEWA is working to combat this by employing women to produce and package sanitary napkins to sell to women in rural areas. In addition to selling the products, SEWA also educates women about feminine hygiene and helps to reduce the stigma associated with menstruation.
I couldn't be more amazed by the work that SEWA is doing. The ingenuity demonstrated by the SEWA staff and sisters is proof that innovation and impact come in many forms – and that they are more than just buzzwords.


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Study guide for final exam
What are the differences between myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers, and where are each found?
a myelinated nerve fiber is protected with a sheath(myeline), allowing impulses to move much more quickly and to stay inside of the myeline(like electrical tape), and is in white matter, found in the brain and spinal cord. Unmyelated is slower, and found in the gray matter of the brain and spinal cord.
What cells are found in the peripheral nervous system?
Satellite and Schwann Cells. Schwann cells produce myeline for axons in the PNS.
What cells are found in the central nervous system?
Oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, microglia, and ependymal cells. Oligodendrocytes produce myeline for the CNS.


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What is the difference between the Deficit and Debt you ask? Wikipedia and the U.S. Department of the Treasury have good explanations.
At times my curiosity will get the best of me and I start trolling through the glorious amount of data available on the Internet. A while back I started using the awesome data published by the United States Congressional Budget Office to better understand the US Deficit and US Debt during the different presidential terms in recent history. I managed to coerce the data into a useful chart that satisfied my curiosity:
|USA CBO Deficit & Debt Since 1969, Projections through 2019
The top chart is the deficit and the bottom one is Debt held by the public. All numbers are expressed as a percentage of GDP as this seems to be the only meaningful value over time. As the legend shows the dark blue line is actual and the light blue line is projections.
The actual data comes from the Congressional Budget Office Historical Budget Data report revised on June 23, 2009 and can be found at http://www.cbo.gov/budget/historical.shtml. The projections data comes from "The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update published in August 2009. It can be found at http://www.cbo.gov/Spreadsheets.shtml.
All of this was done as a spreadsheet in Apple Numbers '09. The spreadsheet with the raw data and the chart can be downloaded by anyone here.


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2010 Domaine Jean Luc et Jean Paul Jamet Cotes du Rhone Blanc
Producer: Domaine Jean Luc et Jean Paul Jamet
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: other white varietal
Origin: France
Region: Rhone
Appellation: Cotes du Rhone
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(made from 60% marsanne, 30% roussanne and 10% viognier, half raised in concrete and half in oak, almost all of it used): Light yellow. Fresh pear and nectarine aromas are complicated by smoke and herbal nuances. Juicy and precise, offering lively orchard fruit flavors and a touch of bitter lemon pith. Picks up richer honey and pit fruit qualities with air and finishes with good energy and lingering bitterness.


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Sandia Labs simulates Android network to study cyber security
More and more people rely on their smartphones for most of their computing needs. However, the ubiquity of mobile devices and their communications networks opens up new opportunities for rogue cyber behavior. In order to better understand security risks associated with smartphones, Sandia National Laboratories in the U.S. has created a simulated network of 300,000 Android smartphones.
Called MegaDroid, the project's aim is to create a software tool to serve as a template for other researchers developing similar environments, and also to study the behavior of such networks. The ultimate goal is to protect smartphones from hackers, viruses and any type of malicious activity, making them safer and less vulnerable.
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi sensors mean smartphones are location-dependent and this provides an opportunity for attacks. The researchers used a spoof GPS based on a simulation of a typical urban smartphone user's data. The information was then inserted into the GPS input of a self-contained Android virtual machine. Because the software on the virtual machine does not differentiate between location data and real GPS data, it creates a more accurate simulation environment.
The researchers have drawn on the expertise accumulated with previous, similar efforts for virtual Linux and Windows desktop systems. They are now planning on demonstrating the project to industry and government officials, in order to find possible collaborators. They say there is a need for the work because no one has previously attempted to understand smartphone networks on such a large scale.
The results of the project will be available for cyber researchers, and the technology could be extended to other platforms such as Apple's iOS.
Sandia also plans on looking into issues of data protection and data leakage, which could be of particular interest to American government agencies such as the Department of Defense and Homeland Security.
Source: Sandia Labs


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I liked the second Garfield movie, "A Tale of Two Kitties", was better than the first. In "While You Were Sleeping", the cat actually belonged to the ex-girlfriend of the comatose Peter (Peter Gallagher). Other movies that had key scenes with cats include "The Third Man", "You Can't Take It With You", "The Towering Inferno" and "Alien" (Jonesy).
Tom International
I'm told up to 20 cats were killed in the making of Milo and Otis. I wouldn't watch a movie described as abuse porn. I am wildly distressed this movie made your list. Yes, I am aware the Humane Society gave it's stamp of approval ... which is worthless since I'm also told they accept donations from the makers of the productions they certify.
Julianne Livonia, MI
I named my first cat Thomasina because I loved the movie so much. I was eleven at the time. If any one is looking for Rhubarb check-out Deep Discount or Turner Movies. I bought Gay Puree on dvd years ago and but haven't seen it any where recently. I'd love to see Mousehole Cat. Sandra Bullock's character in "While You Were Sleeping" has a beautiful long-haired kitty as a pet. Hallmark's "Nine Lives of Christmas" was terrific! And then there's Grumpy Cat's Christmas.
Miriam Louisville, KY
Our cat is the one below that's rescued by us from the Cattery in Northern NY on the border of Canada. He had been watching us type on our lahptop for two months so he has had time to watch us and now imitate us. He's now typing on our laptop. We uploaded the video that my husband made of him doing this on You Tube tonight: 1/1/2015 at around 7PM. Its's called "Sufi on the Mac". So please take a look at this funny video and watch his very bushy tail move back and forth in pleasure, as he types along.
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Learn to knit two beautiful lace shawls with Laura Nelkin as she sends you on a lace journey that is out of this world!
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What advice would you give someone starting this project? Listen when Laura suggests *not* using a dark yarn for a first shawl... but if you fall in love with one, go for it! I'm using a really strong light and occasionally using a white pillow in my lap so I can see my stitches more clearly. 8/30/13 Success! I finished the shawl and blocked it. Once I got into the rhythm of the shawl, working in black wasn't a problem. I looked at the Planet Stitch section and saw another arrangement, so I took the chart, did some cutting-and-pasting, and ended up with a gentle wave. Afterwards, I realized how lucky I was that I knit tight, because that section has more stockinette than the original, and I might have run out of yarn otherwise.
Zianessa, this looks great. Did you find it hard to work with the dark color?


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Sunquest Information Systems
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|250 South Williams Blvd., Williams Centre, Tucson, AZ, United States
|Roper Industries
Sunquest Information Systems Inc. is a leading company in laboratory and diagnostic information solutions with more than 1,700 hospitals and commercial laboratories using its solutions worldwide.[1] Sunquest introduced the concept of the Five Rights of Laboratory Testing(tm),[2][3] to establish the importance of the laboratory in healthcare.
In 2012, Roper Technologies acquired Sunquest.[4]
Sunquest markets various healthcare information solutions related to the diagnostic laboratory. Their customers are in the field of laboratory medicine and include such healthcare providers as Henry Ford Health System,[5] The Cleveland Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,[1] Geisinger Health System,[6] Public Health Authority (Bahamas),[7] Cancer Treatment Centers of America,[8] Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Department of Health and Medical Services [9] in the United Arab Emirates.
Sunquest offers a range of diagnostic laboratory information systems (LIS). In addition to providing services for general laboratory, the company addresses the need for managing workflow in the specialty areas of microbiology, blood bank, and pathology as well as sub-specialties of virology, molecular diagnostics, cytogenetics. The suite includes business solutions as well, to provide the laboratory and hospital management teams with actionable data (KPIs) to manage laboratory performance, adjust staff schedules, and justify changes in the list of tests that are offered by the laboratory.
The Sunquest portfolio includes Collection and Transfusion Manager. These barcode point of care (BPOC) solutions ensure that lab specimens are not confused and that blood units are transfused to the patients for which they are intended. Combined with the Blood Bank system, they form a Closed Loop Transfusion Management System(tm). Hospitals implementing the system report specimen identification errors reduce to zero while bringing significant workflow efficiencies for laboratory and nursing personnel.[10][11]
Sunquest purchased the Outreach Advantage(r) suite from Pathology Associates Medical Laboratory (PAML) in January 2009.[12]
Outreach Advantage was the second major acquisition to be completed during the first full year following Sunquest's re-emergence as an independent, privately owned company. The first, in November 2008,[13] brought the Sunquest ICE (Integrated Clinical Environment) solution set to the company's portfolio. ICE enables communication with all installed Patient administration systems (PASs), Laboratory information management systems (LIMSs) and RISs. Both product suites facilitate high levels of connectivity between hospitals and community physicians and patients. In the United Kingdom, ICE is used in over 90 acute national Trusts to meet ordering and reporting requirements.[14][15]
Sunquest Information Systems Inc. was founded in 1979, as a privately owned company by pathologist Dr. Sidney Goldblatt. In June 1996, the company began publicly trading on NASDAQ as SUNQ and also acquired Antrim,[16] a commercial laboratory and financial information system supplier. Sunquest itself was acquired in 2001 by UK-based public company Misys plc, and became the Hospital Systems Division of Misys Healthcare.[17]
In October 2007, the diagnostic information portion of the Misys business was spun off and acquired by Vista Equity Partners of San Francisco. Upon re-emerging as a privately held, independent business, Sunquest took its original name and was thus immediately recognized in the diagnostic laboratory market space based on its long-term success and established reputation.[18]
In 2012, Sunquest was acquired by Roper Technologies.[19]
Five Rights of Laboratory Testing[edit]
The Five Rights of Laboratory Testing is a concept introduced in 2008 by Sunquest Information Systems that emphasizes the importance of the role that diagnostic laboratories play in patient safety. It shares synergies with the five rights of medication administration,[20] which care providers are taught to ensure patient safety when giving a patient drugs in a healthcare setting. The Five Rights of Laboratory Testing can also be tied to the Patient's Bill of Rights.[3]
The Five Rights of Laboratory Testing says that patients have the right to know that they are having the right test performed, that the test being performed is meant for them (they are the right patient), it is being performed at the right time and for the right reasons (or indicators) and ultimately that those tests provide an accurate diagnosis upon which the patient and care team can make informed make therapeutic decisions.
Right test: Assurance that the test being performed is the one that the physician requested as part of the treatment plan.
Right patient: Busy hospitals and emergency departments[21] can mistake patient identity, usually due to manual processes that are executed - or bypassed - under stressful conditions. Technology solutions have proven to provide safeguards that prevent identification errors.[22]
Right time: Certain elements must be tested at an exact time in order to make effective diagnostic and treatment decisions, such as altering drug dosage amounts. Another facet of this concept is that the test is performed at the right juncture in the patient's life – at a point when the information created can be acted upon to maximize outcomes.
Right indicators: Patients and care providers should be confident that previously reported laboratory results are accurate and trustworthy. The care provider needs full access to prior results regardless of when or where they were performed. Both patients and providers should be certain that the test being considered or evaluated is pertinent to the actual or suspected diagnosis. These factors all play into indicating what confirmatory or follow-up testing needs to be performed.
Right diagnosis: Laboratory testing influences nearly 70% of diagnostic decisions[23] (although it accounts for less than 3%[24] of the healthcare dollars spent in the U.S.). Patients have the right to be given the right diagnosis in order to make informed decisions with their care providers about care and treatment plans. Increasingly, the complexity of laboratory testing in the form of molecular and genetic testing will drive a transformation in healthcare delivery as it is practiced in the U.S., creating a culture where pathologists and laboratory professionals are embraced by their clinical counterparts as vital members of the patient care team.[25]
- ^ a b Sunquest and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Expand Long-Time Partnership
- ^ http://www.sunquestinfo.com/Solutions/Pages/FiveRightsofLaboratoryTesting.aspx
- ^ a b http://www.darkdaily.com/ebriefings/five-rights-of-laboratory-testing
- ^ Roper Industries to Buy Sunquest Information Systems for $1.4 Billion
- ^ http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080122006126&newsLang=en
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS208083+03-Feb-2009+BW20090203
- ^ http://www.healthnewsdirect.com/?p=436
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS124359+16-Feb-2009+BW20090216
- ^ http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20090119060638/Sunquest%20Demonstrates%20Latest%20Laboratory%20Information%20System,%20Anatomic%20Pathology%20Software,%20and%20Business%20Management%20Solutions%20at%20Arab%20Health%20Conference%20/
- ^ http://health-care-it.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=194637
- ^ http://www.mlo-online.com/articles/0808/0808education.pdf
- ^ http://www.g2reports.com/issues/news/news/breakingnews/441-1.html
- ^ http://topnews.us/content/239-sunquest-information-completes-acquisition-uk-based-anglia-healthcare
- ^ http://www.patientsafetycongress.co.uk/page.cfm/action=Exhib/ExhibID=00042
- ^ http://www.worcestershirehealth.nhs.uk/npfit/anglia_OCS/default.asp
- ^ http://www.secinfo.com/dsvRr.87c.htm
- ^ http://msnmoney.brand.edgar-online.com/EFX_dll/EDGARpro.dll?FetchFilingHTML1?ID=784021&SessionID=0mJtWZMr9vva8L9
- ^ http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/sunquest-emerges-misys-shadow
- ^ http://www.roperind.com/roper-industries-acquire-sunquest-information-systems
- ^ http://www.mapharm.com/safety_guides.htm
- ^ http://wwwn.cdc.gov/dls/IQLM/2005Posters/Sandhaus-39-Frequency%20of%20mislabeled%20lab%20samples%20fm%20ED%20comapred%20to%20other%20hosp%20areas.pdf
- ^ http://www.antonio-aguilar.com/files/papers/hisi_paper.pdf
- ^ http://www.cap.org/apps/cap.portal?_nfpb=true&cntvwrPtlt_actionOverride=%2Fportlets%2FcontentViewer%2Fshow&_windowLabel=cntvwrPtlt&cntvwrPtlt%7BactionForm.contentReference%7D=cap_today%2F0109%2F0109_Presdesk.html&_state=maximized&_pageLabel=cntvwr
- ^ http://www.labtestportal.com/private_lab_testing_online.html
- ^ http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/186195413.html


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Vietnamese Food Fest at DoubleTree, by Hilton
By Ayesha Singh
Published: 18th Nov 2012 10:57:54 AM
Get a taste of Vietnam at DoubleTree by Hilton Gurgaon that introduces its Vietnamese Food Festival at Asia Alive, the all-day dining restaurant, offering a theatrical culinary journey. The visiting chef from Hilton Hanoi Opera, Vietnam, Chef Tuan, will prepare savoury Vietnamese dishes for all his patrons.
On till December 2, guests will be able to savour delicacies like Shredded Skinless Duck Breast with Basil and Peanuts, Grilled Spring Chicken with Lemon Grass and Chili, Pan Fried Tiger Prawns with Tamarind Sauce, Vermicelli Salad with Prawns, Tomatoes and Red Onions, Crab Meat and Aloe Vera Salad with Vietnamese Herbs, Banana Blossom Salad with Chicken and Vietnamese Herbs, Fried Hanoi Spring Rolls with Minced Pork and Glass Noodle, Fried Hanoi Spring Rolls with Minced Pork and Glass Noodle, Black Mushroom Soup with Vegetables, Pan Fried Tiger Prawns with Vietnamese Mild Curry Sauce, Wok Fried bean Curd with Tomato Sauce, Sweet Mung Bean with Sesame, Sweet Black Bean with Coconut and a lot more.
"Traditional Vietnamese cooking is greatly admired for its fresh ingredients, minimal use of oil, and reliance on herbs and vegetables. It is also often ranked as one of the healthiest cuisines in the world. This is my first visit to India, and I am eager to present my food. The food festival will give everybody an exclusive chance to experience and relish a Vietnamese buffet consisting of soups, salads, live cooking station, main course and desserts," says chef Tuan. The lunch buffet has been priced at `1,150, the dinner buffet at `1,350 and the Sunday brunch at `1, 850. All rates are per person, excluding taxes.
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HERSHEY The pounding headache was a short-term reminder for South Williamsport's Griffin Molino on the endurance and guts it took to finish in the Top 10 during his first experience at the PIAA Cross Country Championships. His long-term reminder is a PIAA medal.
Griffin finished in 16 minutes, 36 seconds and placed eighth during the PIAA Class A boys race on Saturday.
"I just always want to do good and make people proud," said Molino, who was the top sophomore finisher. "I don't want to let people down."
The PIAA Cross Country Championships were divided into three classifications this season for the first time, resulting in six championship races on Saturday.
District 4 placed seven runners amongst the first 22 finishers in the boys Class A race and walked away with more than 25 percent of the 25 medals awarded. Northeast Bradford's Sam Williams and Curt Jewett placed third and fourth, respectively, and the District 4 champions won the team title with 96 points. Sullivan County's Kelby Mullen was 15th, Wellsboro's Jordan Jackson 17th, Canton's Emmett Watson 20th and Northeast Bradford's Brandon Devonshire 22nd.
"I was really happy with my race," said Mullen, who finished 20th at the 2011 PIAA Championships. "I wanted to get out and run with some of the kids in our district because we had a lot of good kids coming in here."
Jackson and Mullen were previous PIAA medal winners, but Molino was making his first PIAA appearance and running in just his fourth career high school race.
What Molino gave up to his fellow competitors in experience and training, he made up with guts and determination. He wanted to make those around him proud and the sophomore exceeded any of those expectations by working his way into the Top 10 before crossing the finish line with his one hand raised in triumph.
The agony on his face, after the initial adrenaline of his accomplishment wore off, illustrated the effort needed on the demanding course against the state's elite runners. He worked his way through the crowd and found an area on the grass to collapse. Those he wanted to make proud congratulated him and he eventually reached his feet, put on a blue sweatshirt and found a set of metal bleachers where he slowly began to recuperate as family, friends and coaches recounted Molino's 3.1-mile trek.
"It's pretty special," said Molino. "I'm glad I could finish that high."
Molino was running comfortably inside the Top 20 when he approached the final hill before the slight bend to the finish line. He knew he was close to the Top 10 and began grinding up the hill. As other competitors began to falter, Molino, who delivers newspapers in the morning while most of his classmates are asleep, dug deep and made his way into the Top 10 during a furious finish where sixth through ninth places were separated by 9 seconds.
"After the second mile is where I come alive, so we knew I had just had to be in a good position to make the podium," said Molino, who did have a bit of a mishap when he took a slight wrong turn on the course but quickly recovered.
District 2 swept the top two places with Rico Galassi of Holy Cross winning in 15:59 and Elk Lake's Luke Jones finishing a second back.
Lewisburg's Sean Walker was one of two District 4 runners to place in the Top 10 in the Class AA race. Walker ninth and Towanda's Aaron Valoroso fourth. Walker finished in 16:39.
"I knew that I was looking for a Top 10, so I kind of had my mind set on that," said Walker. "I heard
people yelling out places and it was 11th, 12th and right there I was at 13th. I was like, OK, I can push a little more."
Vinny Todaro of Big Spring won the race in 16 minutes.
The Green Dragons finished eighth in the team standings with 234 points. Pottsgrove edged Grove City, 96-99, for first place.
Williamsport's Chet Schwoyer placed 155th out of 219 runners in the Class AAA race with a time of 17:46. West Chester Henderson's Tony Russell won in 15:45 and his finish helped his teammates win the team title.


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Orrville gets steamed by Anna in Div. III semi
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COLUMBUS — Natalie Billing had 29 points and 10 rebounds and Cayla Bensman added 26 points as Anna had little trouble breaking the Orrville press for an 80-59 victory in a girls Division III......
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My guess is something with the Miis a demo channel would be hard considering the space of the Wii
of all the channels out the only good one is the internet and it's not even that great until they release an update for a wireless keyboard and mouse. The weather, News and Everybody votes channels are real weak. A music channel would be very strong and a Demo channel would be cool as well. Do people really like the Everybody votes channel? Is anyone looking forward to the Mii popularity channel? At least give us something better than these that is game related or something.
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My guess is something with the Miis a demo channel would be hard considering the space of the Wii
Spoiler Alert!Metric: Tiger, you're posts always make me laugh. Then they make me feel a bit sorry for you. =\
The_Next_Tiger: Thanks man I love to make people laughSpoiler Alert!SAVE A COW EAT A VEGETARIANSpoiler Alert!Blackjack: video games come out on tuesdays, Though they do make exceptions.
Spoiler Alert!Sarai_132: who fuking cares! calm downSpoiler Alert!Chicagoan: I have Pokemon Rangers game, and I beated it.Spoiler Alert!JoonKimDDS: Sometimes wiimote requires too much muscle work to perform a move.Spoiler Alert!Mushroomedmario: the moral is only trust wikipedia...for everything
I'd much rather have a demo channel than mii popularity....Oh well guess we'll have to just wait an see
I own :Wii. 2 wiimotes and 2 nunchucks
Red Steel
Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Rampage: Total Destuction
Madden 07
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How long do you think it really takes for 6 Devs at Nintendo to make one of these channels?? Compared to making a game?? Couple months tops... No
The sd card would allow users to play demos easily.. Since its a demo not much room is required plus developers can stream the game off the internet of just download it then remove when done.
Arguing Over The Internet Is Like Participating In The Special Olympics, Even If You Win You Are Still Retarded.
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my personal oppinion is that nintendo will give us really crappy stuff for a while then un anounced they will put out awesome stuff then tell no one and wait for someonet o discover all the eally cool crap they give us....or since they havent given an update yet for a while they wiill give one with all they crap on it and it will be frigging awesome....Originally Posted by laderer5
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imagine waking up and seeing your blue light and it turns out to be a Demo Channel and it includeds a tiny demo of SSBB and other future game.. Just a little demo like 2 characters, 1 level and maybe 2 weapons..... that would be cool
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Spoiler Alert!Yankees rock! and so does the Wii!
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Unless you work in the businesses on the east side of Hutchinson Square, most people probably don't know there is a 100-year-old water cistern behind the Summerville Dorchester Museum.
It has sat quietly since the early 1900s, watching the Town grow as its use became defunct, the concrete collecting dirt, grime and graffiti as years passed.
But Tuesday morning the cistern and those who use the surrounding parking lot got a colorful surprise: Around 30 students from four area schools came armed with brushes, pizza and designs to paint a mural on the cistern.
The art students hail from Ashley Ridge, Fort Dorchester and Summerville high schools and Rollings Middle School of the Arts. According to the teachers on site, the students – who range in age from 7th – 9th grade – are all members of the schools' respective National Junior Art Honor Society chapters.
The group started around 8 a.m., first sketching their collaborative design on the tank before applying paint.
"It's an evolutionary piece, a time thing," said SHS art teacher Steven Bailey. "Summerville's history is progressing throughout the painting."
According to Rollings art teacher Meg Skow, the schools each invited students to develop ideas before bringing the concepts together and creating the overall design.
"There were lots of similarities," she said. "When you have kids like we do, in the beginning it's always chaotic but then they take ownership of it and just fly."
The design starts with a pitcher of icy sweet tea, pouring out onto the white background and becoming a river, which winds through Summerville's history. First it addresses the Coosaw Native Americans who were native to the area, then the growth of the town as led by the railroad and the Best Friend of Charleston locomotive. Summerville's iconic pinecones and azalea blooms make way for a modern scene of the historic downtown, featuring Town Hall and Hutchinson Square. Images of students painting the mural end the piece, leaving white space to signify the future.
"It represents that there's still more things we can do," said Summerville High School student Ethan Bolt.
Although it was originally planned to be a one-day project, the group stopped painting early as the sun began to set and cloudy skies loomed. They are scheduled to complete the piece and finish it with an epoxy sealant this weekend, according to ARHS art teacher Catherine Ellis.
The mural will be complementary to its neighboring Summerville Dorchester Museum. Curator Chris Ohm said the students came in and out of the museum as they painted, checking historical pictures to make sure their drawings were accurate.
"The kids had such a good time, it would be nice if there are other places around town that the school kids could be involved with," he said. "These are the things that bring the town together, that teach the right values to our kids and it's just a bonus that they include history too."
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Two students from Williamsport and two from Hughesville placed at the Pennsylvania High School Computer Fair at Dickenson College in May and one student was the sole winner of a Harrisburg University of Science and Technology scholarship.
These four projects represented the BLaST Intermediate Unit 17 (Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan and Tioga) in the competition. IU 17 had the most winners at the state competition among 22 of the state's intermediate units for the second year in a row.
Cameron Perry, of Williamsport, won first-place in animation; Jay and Eric Hiller, of Hughesville, were first in digital movie; Crystal Vance, of Williamsport, was second in web design; and Sarah Hnatin, of Hughesville, was third in graphics.
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A 3-D hologram created with the software After Effects by Jay and Eric Hiller is shown. This is from their first-place project at the Pennsylvania High School Computer Fair titled "Cosmic Collision." Their first-place movie can be viewed on YouTube with a search term of "Jay Hiller."
Six area student projects competed at the Pa State Computer Fair in Carlisle with four area students placing in the competition, the most of any Intermediate Unit. Those placing pictured above are: Sarah Hnatin, Hughesville, Crystal Vance, Williamsport, Eric Hiller and Jay Hiller, Hughesville, and Cameron Perry, Williamsport.
The computer fair starts at the high school level where the best computer projects are selected to go to regional competitions at each of the IUs with students submitting projects in six categories: animation, graphics, programming, digital movie and web design. The first-place winners advance to the state level where the top three in each category are given cash prizes.
Perry, a senior, won first place with his animation "Scissorman: Episode 3," a creative Flash project that took four months to complete and was supervised by his art teacher Carrie Bosch.
Perry described his project as, "Scissorman and Paper Pal try to make some eggs!" He intends to follow animation as a possible career path.
Jay and Eric Hiller, juniors, placed first in digital movie with "Cosmic Collisions," a humorous look at space aliens combating a nerd completed in the applications Premiere and After Effects, which took hundreds of hours in learning and completion time.
As Jay Hiller stated, "It takes forever to do a 5-minute video with all of the special effects. It was worth it, definitely. It was fun and we sure were nervous after looking at some of the other projects. It made the awards ceremony that much better. "
The Hillers' movie "Cosmic Collisions" can be viewed at YouTube and a search term of "Jay Hiller" along with other projects they have completed.
Vance placed second in web design with "Playin' with Clay," a Dreamweaver project about her passion of working with polymer clay.
Her technology teacher, Debra Bair, said, "I am so happy for Crystal and proud of her achievements this year. Crystal worked extremely hard. Her motivation to continually take her project to the next level and increase her skills is inspiring."
Vance also was surprised to win a one-year scholarship to the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology that was awarded to an outstanding high school junior. When she attends college, she plans to study web development.
Hnatin, a ninth grader, placed third in graphics with a menu, brochure and gift certificate design for the restaurant "The Dragon's Lair" that was completed in a variety of programs including Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
Bill Frazier, her computer teacher at Hughesville, said, "Sarah is the best art student I have had through my program. Having been to the state fair the past 10 years, I have seen that it is very rare for a ninth grader to go to states let alone placing among the best. I can't wait to see what she does next year."
"Our region computer fair is so competitive that I know we have some regional projects that did not make the trip that would have done well at the state competition," said Scott Moll, the BLaST manager of information systems and head of the regional computer fair. "I want to thank all the teachers and advisors that assist these students throughout the year. It is a big task for them, too."


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- Human Body
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Human Body is the next in the Scholastic Discover More Reader line. Kids love to find out about their body and this book gives them first information in a non-scary and sensitive way. It covers the essential body systems and processes (skeleton and muscle, heart, digestion, skin) and the five senses. Kids are thoughtfully introduced to key vocabulary, and infographics, and are challenged to think critically, in an age-appropriate way.
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text: Everybody's Green By Ahmina James • Sep 4, 2009 ShareTwitter Facebook Google+ Email Listen Listening... / High School student Ahmina James is tired of environmentalism being considered a "white thing." Her new passion is to make recycling, energy saving and consciousness about the earth, popular in the black community as well. She wants the world to know that green issues really do have a diverse movement behind them, and its time to hop on the bandwagon. Tags: EnvironmentFresh GreensRaceView the discussion thread.


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The Vegan Monologue
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author of the award-winning The Joy of Vegan Baking, has released a new audio cd, Compassion in Action: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan. The composition is an eye-opening, 70-minute monologue about the vegan lifestyle. Tedious, you say? Not at all.
Patrick-Goudreau is an inspirational speaker who has a way of thoroughly informing her audience without getting preachy. This cd appeals to both a hardcore vegan audience and a merely vegan-curious audience alike.
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Buyer Education
Home buyer education is a critical tool for the first time home buyer. These classes provide an overview of the home buying process and provide some helpful tips from area real estate agents, lenders, attorneys, home inspectors, insurance agents, and non-profits. Throughout the home buying process, you will have contact with individuals in each of these professions.
The overview provided at your home buyer education course will give you a sense of how each profession contributes to the process of buying a home. You may also meet a professional that you would like to work with when you are assembling your team of professionals to help you purchase your home. Home buyer education courses are provided at low to no cost. A typical course costs $50 or less per household. Some courses are held over a few week period, others are offered in a one day seminar format. Non-profits involved in Buy Holyoke Now, real estate agents, and lenders can help you find a course.We believe that educated home buyers are more successful homeowners. Part of sustainable homeownership is understanding the benefits and responsibilities of homeownership. Some lenders or loan programs require first time home buyer course completion. Sign up for a course and learn more about homebuying and homeownership!
Holyoke Housing Authority
475 Maple St # 1 Holyoke, MA 01040
(413) 539-2220
Homeownership Education Workshop Series
Helping residents realize the dream of owning their own home requires education and intensive one-on-one counseling. To provide this type of assistance the Authority has staffed a Homeownership Case Manager to assist those residents who are ready to make the move to homeownership.
To prepare residents for homeownership, the Authority is pleased to be able to provide, through a grant from the City's Community Development Block Grant program, first-time homebuyer educational workshop courses.
The purpose of the Holyoke Housing Authority's homebuyer counseling program is to educate and counsel prospective homebuyers to make informed, voluntary decisions regarding the homebuying process. The series covers such topics as: finding the right mortgage product, working with a Realtor, fair housing, home inspection and budgeting.
The three part educational series offered by the Authority has earned the Massachusetts Homeownership Collaborative "Collaborative Seal of Approval". The Massachusetts Homeownership Collaborative, a collaboration of non-profit homebuyer counseling agencies, lenders, real estate professionals, government officials and other key players in the homeownership industry in Massachusetts, was formed to recognize Massachusetts homebuyer counseling agencies that meet or exceed a minimum standard in providing effective pre-purchase, group homebuyer counseling and education to low and moderate income, first-time homebuyers.
322 Main Street Springfield, MA 01105
(413) 233-1500
PRE-PURCHASE WORKSHOPS: HAPHousing's educational course provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of purchasing a first home. Participants receive a Certificate of Completion that is necessary to access several special mortgage products. The course has received a Seal of Approval from the Massachusetts Homeownership Collaborative, has been approved by MassHousing, Massachusetts Housing Partnership and meets the standards of the Housing Partnership Network. It is available in Spanish and English. Please see our website, www.haphousing.org, for dates and locations or call 413-233-1616 to register.
HOMEBUYER CLUB: To meet the needs of those who face substantial barriers to homeownership such as poor credit history, the Club provides more intensive services through both group and individual sessions for a year or more. The Club focuses on credit repair, financial literacy, budgeting and planning, the pros and cons of homeownership, etc. Please contact Stephanie Ouellette at 413-233-1612 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
FINANCIAL FITNESS WORKSHOPS: Workshops cover getting and staying out of debt, basic money management, household budgeting, using credit appropriately, credit repair, establishing a banking relationship, maximizing income, creating wealth, insurance, identity theft, and avoiding predatory lending. Please see our website, www.haphousing.org, for dates and locations or call 413-233-1616.
INDIVIDUAL HOMEBUYER COUNSELING: Individual counseling is available to all and may include loan document review. It can help first-time homebuyers access various affordable financing options and special programs such as MassHousing loans, the Massachusetts Soft Second Loan Program, downpayment and closing cost assistance, and affordable bank financing. Individuals are also assisted in qualifying for purchase of properties from FDIC, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, USDA Rural Development, and the FHA 203K program. Please call 413-233-1616 for more information.
ACCESS TO THE AMERICAN DREAM DOWNPAYMENT INITIATIVE: HAPHousing administers the American Dream Downpayment Initiative Program (ADDI) for those who wish to buy in the City of Holyoke. ADDI provides direct financial assistance to help eligible homebuyers cover downpayment and closing costs. Please see our web site, www.haphousing.org for a fact sheet with eligibility requirements. Please call Marta Alvarez at 413-233-1615 for more information.
Springfield Neighborhood Housing Services
111 Wilbraham Road
Springfield, MA 01109
Established in 1978, Springfield Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (Springfield NHS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that transforms families and revitalizes communities through homeownership development, recycling of blighted properties and resident empowerment. This is done successfully through the following Full-Cycle Lending services provided to families in the city and region:
- Credit counseling and home ownership education for potential buyers;
- Technical assistance to borrowers from loan intake to closing;
- Flexible financing products that include property rehabilitation;
- Technical assistance with property inspections and rehabilitation services; and
- Post-purchase services that include foreclosure intervention.
Springfield NHS is a charter member of NeighborWorks® America, a national network of more than 240 community development and affordable housing organizations. In addition, Springfield NHS is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) certified by the United States Department of the Treasury. The Homeownership Center of Springfield NHS provides a full array of mortgage products to potential homebuyers located anywhere within the Commonwealth. Loan products include those for purchase, refinance and/or rehabilitation. Springfield NHS has helped hundreds of families achieve their dreams of sustainable homeownership. As part of its strategy to stabilize and stimulate development within its community, Springfield NHS acquires blighted and abandoned properties. It then renovates existing houses or builds new houses on vacant lots for sale to families. Wherever a family may be along the continuum of homeownership, Springfield NHS has products and services that add value.


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|"Thela Hun Ginjeet"
|Single by King Crimson
|from the album Discipline
|"Elephant Talk"
|September 1981
|Warner Bros.
|Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp and Tony Levin
|King Crimson, Rhett Davies
|King Crimson singles chronology
"Thela Hun Ginjeet" is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1981. Its tracks are from the album Discipline (1981). The song name is an anagram of "heat in the jungle", which is a reference to crime in the city. (The term "heat" is American slang for firearms or for police.)
While most of the instruments are in 4/4 time, Robert Fripp's electric guitar plays in 7/8 time during part of the song, creating an unusual effect. In the middle of the song, voice recordings are heard. Adrian Belew talks about his experiences with London Rastafarians and the police, while he was trying to get voice recordings for the song. [1]
Live versions[edit]
During their tour for the Discipline and Beat albums, Belew would tell the story while the song was being performed. During the Beat tour at least, the story-telling was somewhat improvised. In later live performances - as evidenced by the performance on Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal - the storytelling is dropped, leaving only the sung lyrics.
The storytelling re-appeared on the Double Trio tours (cf. Vrooom Vrooom) but it was in the form of a backing tape identical to the album version.
Cover versions[edit]
- Les Claypool's outfit, Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade have covered this song on their Live Frogs Set 1 album out through Prawn Song records, as well as playing it many times live, most recently at New Year's Eve 2009. In addition, Les Claypool's version kicked off the Bonnaroo 2002 DVD as the lead track.
Track listing[edit]
7" version[edit]
- "Thela Hun Ginjeet" (Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin)
- "Elephant Talk" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)
12" version[edit]
- "Thela Hun Ginjeet" (dance mix) (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)
- "Elephant Talk" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)
- "Indiscipline" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)
- Robert Fripp - guitar
- Adrian Belew - guitar, lead vocals
- Tony Levin - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Bill Bruford - drums
- ^ Adrian Belew. "elephant blog: Anecdote # 808". Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2010-11-13.


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Why rent an apartment rental from Best Apartments ?
1. We are trustworthy
We are a registered company in Estonia called Best Apartments PLC with registry number 12150207 and VAT certificate EE101474247 for 2 years we have served 10 930 roomnights so a lot of people have used our services and you can read the reviews on our website our FB page or our Google+ page we have also reviews on booking.com and airbnb.com
2. Flexible check in and check out times.
Early check in and late check out available for most customers who book well in advance and provide their check in and check out time.
3. Best Apartments offers a unique choice of Tallinn apartment rentals with a quick online search capabilities that fits a wide range of budgets and preferences. With that kind of a choice of apartments for rent in Tallinn, you can find a suitable space that perfectly suits your tastes and budget.
Staying in Tallinn for two nights or 5 months? Don't worry!
Whether you are interested in a short stay, medium term or long term accommodation, we will find an available Tallinn apartment for rent that will make your stay comfortable and cosy.
For short stays, our Tallinn apartment rentals are designed to function like any high end hotel operation, making these alternative vacation accommodations a very comfortable choice for someone looking to escape the cost and impersonal attitude of hotels.
4. Towels linen and hotel slippers are provided.
Towels and bed linen are included for all apartments and all tenants also single use hotel slippers are provided. Linen and towels are washed with ecological products made by Sonett and they have Ecogarantie label certificate.
5. Cleaning is done with Nordic Ecolabel products
Our cleaning company uses Nordic ecolabelled products (Products carrying the Nordic Ecolabel meet extremely high environmental and often climate requirements. A life-cycle perspective of the product is analysed, i.e., the product's impact on the environment from raw material/source to waste. Criteria
is also set with regard to quality, health aspects and performance/functionality.)
How to book a Tallinn apartment rental ?
1. Make an availability search through the blue box on the right side of the website by inserting your arrival date and the length of your stay then from the list of available apartments press the Book online now button.
2. Through the Booking Calendar tab of a particular vacation rental
3. If you want to book several apartment rentals for a group please use our contact form
All other vacation rental questions are answered in the Apartment rental FAQ section
Apartment renting in Tallinn made easy.
Here is how you get the keys to the apartment you booked.
A. You know your arrival details (flight nr, ferry arrival) and you have ordered a transfer to the apartment ( costs 20 EUR for 4 people and 30 EUR for 6 people )
– then you will receive the keys with all the necessary instructions with your transfer to the apartment
B. You don't know your arrival time but it is during office working times Monday to Friday from 11 to 17:30
– you can receive the keys and the instructions from our office which is located on Aia 3 in Tallinn (on the 3rd floor of WW PASSAŽ shopping centre)
C. Your arrival is at time when our office is closed or you don't know the arrival time:
– you will receive the keys from hotel Bern reception located on Aia 10 in Tallinn. Additional charge of 3 EUR applies
D. Meet and greet when our employee meets you at the apartment with the keys and all the necessary instructions and shows the apartment. The price of this option is 35 EUR.
Baby cots, extra beds and children in the apartment rentals .
Children stay free if they use existing beds (up to 2 children per booking)
We can provide a baby cot with blanket, pillow and linen costs 5 EUR per day. Choose this while booking your apartment from the additional services list or later through e-mail
I would like to know the exact address with the apartment number ?
The exact address with the apartment number will be written on your booking confirmation after your booking is confirmed.
What kind of payment methods do you accept and are they secure?
You can pay with bank transfer (IBAN transfers ) or with different credit cards through the most secure payment option PayPal (you don't need to have a PayPal account you can also pay directly with credit card). The payment options and are shown in the last steps of the booking. In our office you can also pay directly with credit and debit cards.
What happens after I have paid ?
For all of apartments you will receive an automatic confirmation to your e-mail after you have made the booking. The e-mails come from the booking system lodgix so if you haven't received the confirmation please check in your spam . On the confirmation you will have the exact address telephone number and arrival details and property specific information (like entry codes, WiFi password etc) .
What is your payment and refund policy ?
Our standard payment policy is 30% non-refundable payment during the booking and the rest 70% is paid 2 days before arrival . For very high demand periods we may require full payment 30 days before arrival (those periods can be found below )
High demand periods
24.12.2015 – 10.01.2016
Early check-in and late check-out policy
The usual check in and check out times are displayed during the booking process but if the apartment remains available then we allow early check-in or late check out but it has to be confirmed on the day of the arrival or departure. If you want a check out time after 17:00 then 50% of the apartments daily rate will be charged.
Late arrival to the apartment ? No problem !
You can get the keys from hotel Bern reception located on Aia 10 in Tallinn any time you want. (Additional charge of 3 EUR applies)
Need an Estonian visa ? No problem!
You can use our booking confirmation which is accepted in the Estonian embassy as a proof that you have made your accommodation arrangements.
The full information about visa procedures can be found from the Estonia Ministry of Foreign affairs
Here is a short information :
Persons who need to apply for a visa to enter Estonia ( Schengen territory) should consider that:
the passport must be valid at least three months after the expiration of the requested visa period
the passport must be issued within the previous 10 years
the passport must contain at least two blank pages
persons 15 years and older must possess their own travel document with photo
children 7 to 15 years of age, if entered into a parent's passport, must have his/her photo in the parents' passport. Children under the age of 7, if entered into a parent's passport, need not have a photo in the parent's passport.


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As racial tensions become impossible to ignore, American companies must proactively address these issues and create a supportive workplace culture.
Most Dunkin' Donuts locations still serve coffee in foam cups, despite the company's repeated promises to switch to an alternative material.
CVS Health halted the sale of tobacco products in 2014. Now, the company hopes a five-year, multi-stakeholder initiative can deliver a tobacco-free generation.
Join us in Ft. Lauderdale, Nov 30 - Dec 2, to learn about the solutions that will be business driven. Use code "T100TRP" for 15% off.Join Us!
Three years after launching a well-publicized sustainability campaign, Asia Pulp & Paper is building a $3 billion pulp mill without a sustainable wood supply, say five thought leaders from the NGO space note in this 3p op/ed.
BioLite employs 40 tenacious local sales agents in emerging markets who can captivate a crowd with their personalized pitches. Thanks to these in-person demonstrations, clean cookstoves can become a desirable, affordable and life-enhancing solution for tens of thousands of homes in India and sub-Saharan Africa.
Fossil industry woes continue as new satellite data linked strong earthquakes in Texas to oil and gas wastewater disposal wells.
SPECIAL SERIES: Sustainable Innovation: The Patience to Get it Right
Air travel connects people, creates economic opportunity and support sustainable urban development. But it isn't all pie-in-the-sky. Significant challenges remain if we are to meet the development and climate goals outlined by United Nations — and aviation will play a huge role in a low-carbon future.
A new Presidential Memorandum calls on more than 20 federal agencies to take the national security implications of climate change into consideration. This is a step in the right direction as evidence of the link between climate stress and conflict grows.
According to internal research documents obtained by Greenpeace under the Freedom of Information Act, both Bayer and Syngenta knew well about the negative impacts of neonicotinoid insecticides. Yet they still chose to sell the products widely, and even actively argued against independent studies connecting them to bee population declines.
From rural India to the favelas of Rio, recent advances in mobile health are helping to provide access to health care for communities that were previously completely cut off from established clinics.
At it's core, triple bottom line thinking ties the social and environmental impact of an organization's activities to its economic performance.
Employee engagement is a longstanding concept in business management. The theory is that when employees are engaged in the company's activities, they'll work harder and stay longer, which will reduce costs. Here we explore some popular ways to keep employees engaged.
Here we explore the many ways companies are reporting on their sustainability, from traditional GRI-indexed sustainability reports to visually dynamic websites that update in real time.
In this 3-part series is underwritten by C&A Foundation, we explore how cotton, supply chain transparency and bonded labor shape the apparel supply chain and influence the clothes on our backs.
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A goal that ended the crisis. After losing the first two matches, Monaco was able to win against Nantes today. Striker Falcao, who has been in the headlines of the transfer news scored the winning goal. Real is Falcao's dream destination while Juventus is monitoring the situation. The Colombian spoke to Canal + after the match:"Today's victory was an important one, especially since we were playing an excellent team like Nantes. The future? I hope to stay, I'm happy here"
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No need for needles: A better way for diabetics to check their sugar
Currently the method for measuring blood sugar (glucose) levels in people with diabetes, is to draw blood by pricking a finger. With 15 million diabetics in the US testing glucose levels each day, there must be a better way – and there is. The Glucose Eye Scanner, developed at UT is a non-invasive and easy-to-use scanner that looks at the liquid between the lens and cornea to give an instant read-out. Roquel Cunningham talks to the developer of the scanner, and experts from UT's College of Business Administration to explain the path from lab to store shelf.


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Seasons for Planting and Seasons for Harvesting in Your RelationshipJackie Bledsoe
The most popular relationship article I've ever written detailed the different seasons a couple goes through in marriage. In the article, The 7 Rings of Marriage, I related each season to a different ring of marriage. After looking at my marriage and all we'd gone through — good and bad, I realized each season was common in many relationships. And the results confirmed this.
I think one reason it's been so impactful is because people could find their relationship within at least one of the rings, and most had gone through a few rings already. There was comfort in knowing this was normal and others go through this. There's also an added comfort seeing what is to come when you stay the course.
It's similar to seed planting. It's spring here in Indiana, well kind of. Indiana weather is notoriously unpredictable, so it could start snowing by the time I click "publish" on this post. But it is time for seeds to be planted. The ground is ready for it.
Although the ground is ready for the seeds, the ground will not immediately produce what it's supposed to produce from that seed. That will come later, maybe. It will only produce what is hoped for if we do something daily to help it grow.
If we don't water it regularly, let it get light, protect it from predators, or prune the things around it which can impact it's growth, then it won't happen. Does that sound like a relationship? It is just like a relationship. There is a season of planting, and a season of harvesting.
When your expectations are a harvest during the season of planting or nurturing, frustration will come. The thing about a relationship is it is always in a season of planting and nurturing. Some seasons, or some "rings," you'll do more seed-planting than others, but you should never stop.
Here are 3 seeds you can begin planting today to lead you to a season of harvest:
1. Kind words
Your words are a seed no matter if they are kind or not. But remember you can't get a pear from an apple seed.
2. Acts of service
Don't limit your seed planting to words. Show your love in action.
3. Give grace
Your spouse is not perfect. Don't treat them like they are. When they mess up show some grace.
What seeds are you planting in your relationship?
Read more from Jackie on his blog, JackieBledsoe.com. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, G+, Instagram, and Pinterest.
More on relationships from Jackie:
The Two Most Unappreciated Truths About Marriage
I Knew it! Marriage is Better Than Living Together — Research Proves It!
Losing the Fights in Your Relationship, but Winning the War


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Meet Your Merchant | Acupuncturist approaches holistic health from East and West
Ryan Summerlin December 3, 2013
More Info
What: Tahoe City Acupuncture, Tyler Lapkin L.A.c MTCM
Location: 925 North Lake Blvd., Ste. 207
Phone: 530-414-0394
Online: www.tahoecityacupuncture.com
TAHOE CITY, Calif. — "I don't see how sticking a few needles in me is going to do anything," said a young Tyler Lapkin.
When his mother suggested acupuncture to treat his back pain, the 16-year-old hesitated. But when painkillers and anti inflammatory medications didn't alleviate the pain caused by a skiing accident, he decided to try acupuncture — a component of Traditional Chinese Medicine
"With the first needle that went into my back I felt something go all the way to the top of my head," Tyler remembers of his first experience.
Tyler said exposure as a teenager "planted a seed."
"If I can get people back to their lives and maybe get people to think differently or with more awareness, then I'm doing what I'm supposed to do."
Tyler Lapkin
Tahoe City Acupuncture
Now Tyler is a California Board licensed acupuncturist and herbalist with an office in Tahoe City. A lot of Tyler's job, he said, consists of educating people about acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. In his practice, Tyler teaches patients about their own body, its ability to heal itself and bringing awareness to daily living.
"It's not just about putting needles in someone," he said. According to the Mayo Clinic website, www.mayoclinic.com, Traditional Chinese Medicine explains acupuncture as a technique for balancing the flow of energy or life force — known as qi or chi (CHEE) — believed to flow through pathways (meridians) in your body. By inserting needles into specific points along these meridians, acupuncture practitioners believe your energy flow will re-balance.
"What this medicine has taught me is that things are always changing and when you're not able to embrace change — that's when you see big problems."
In addition to being a graduate of Five Branches University in Santa Cruz, Calif. where he spent four years earning his Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tyler trained in Hangzhou China at Zhejiang Medical University.
"It's such a different experience," Tyler said of his time in China. "Just going to Chinatown in San Francisco doesn't really prepare you for it."
Tyler learned to ride his bike through the heavy traffic of Hangzhou and how to treat patients using needles and herbs. The acupuncturist said he learned much about China's philosophies and the differences between the East and West's ways of understanding the world. Tyler believes that both, especially in the field of medicine, can learn from each other. Lapkin incorporates both philosophies into his practice.
"We have a lot to learn from them in terms of possibilities," Tyler said. Watching a stroke patient be treated with herbs was one instance that surprised him and opened his eyes.
"China has a lot to learn from us," he said, adding Western health principles that are taken for granted here, such as hygiene and refraining from tobacco use, are less considered in China.
Outside of his office in Tahoe City, Tyler works with patients at the Gene Upshaw Tahoe Forest Cancer Center in Truckee. When he treats patients with acupuncture, Tyler said he isn't attempting to cure them of cancer, but trying to make their lives a little better during the treatment. On Tuesday evenings patients look forward to seeing Tyler and receiving acupuncture that minimizes the effects of chemotherapy and radiation.
"It's about connection," he said. "Just to be heard and have someone who is willing to hold that space for them. Their doctors may not have the time."
Tyler said working with patients in the Cancer Center can be emotionally taxing, but also inspirational. He works with patients with all types of cancer.
"It's amazing to hear their stories," he said. "It's a privilege for me to be able to work with them, even if it's just palliative care."
Hope Ortman, a patient at the Cancer Center, first began treatment with Tyler one year ago. Along with yoga, meditation, a change in diet and exercise, weekly massages and counseling, Hope said the holistic approach to health has helped her turn hers around completely.
"You want every tool in the tool kit you can get your hands on to move through and move on," Hope said.
Hope received 12 acupuncture treatments over a period of eight months and said she felt little nausea and no lethargy, both common effects of chemotherapy and radiation.
Tyler takes time with each and every patient, Hope said, describing him as "one of the most gentle men (she's) ever known."
Hope feels he is taking the "whole person into account, allowing you to be exactly who you are."
His work in Chinese clinics, a Balinese birthing center and now at the Cancer Center has allowed Tyler to help patients approach their own health from a different perspective.
"If I can get people back to their lives and maybe get people to think differently or with more awareness then I'm doing what I'm supposed to do," he said.
When the acupuncturist isn't working with patients he pursues many passions that "put me in my bliss and allow me to connect with my own heart."
Tyler is a musician, a writer and photographer, a cook and an avid free skier. He believes in getting out of his comfort zone daily and also is an avid traveler.
"I get inspiration every time I go out and meet new people and see new things. Sometimes it's new in an uncomfortable way and that makes you grow," he said. "…In health terms people who aren't fulfilled are the ones who are going to be in trouble."
Jenny Luna is a freelance reporter for the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza and Sierra Sun newspapers. She may be reached at email@example.com.
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