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Well TORWarriors, the latest in Star Wars: The Old Republic news that comes from the devs has hit the presses and it looks like we're getting new and interesting things in update 2.0.1. With the new Vice Contraband Packs that will coming with update 2.0.1, you can run around looking as sexy as Bastila Shan or as rugged as The Red Blade (yikes!). There will be mounts and gems galore, titles and Jawa grams, companion gifts and crafting materials as well as a new mini pet or two.
Behold! The new Wookie Shaver vehicle. Complete with shaved wookie!
Vice Commandant's Contraband Pack
The Vice Commandant's Contraband Pack features ten new gear sets worn by iconic figures from The Old Republic™ universe, including those of Bastila Shan, Thana Vesh, Jolee Bindo, House Thul, and The Red Blade. Four newly introduced mounts include the holo-canopied Cartel Decadent Skiff and the holo-stabilized Gurian Lightning. However, the gems of the pack are two new toys, each with abilities not found anywhere else in the game! The first is the Revan Holostatue, which acts as a summonable Commendations vendor. The second is the Music Therapy Probe, which triggers a fantastic group rest ability. Put on your Relaxed Uniform and get your move on with surrounding characters! You'll also find all the other types of rare goods you'd expect: weapons, minipets, emotes, color crystals, and, for the very lucky, a return of the Rascal's Toothpick. Sold individually or at a bulk discount in convenient Hypercrate packaging.
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I was only 9 years old, but remember that day as if it was today. We left very early one unusually cool morning on January 29, 1962. It was dark and we were supposed to meet with my father, Capitan Eduardo Valladares at the airport. My mother (Roxana), brother (Angel Eduardo) and I piled along with my grandparents in a car. I don't remember much of the ride; but I can't seem to erase the image of all of my grandparents staring and crying from inside a glassed room. We three sat essentially motion less in a large waiting room as we waited for my father to join us. Later I was told that the glassed room was called "la pesera" where loved ones and relatives were allowed to say goodbye to those fleeing the island. Now it was time to board and all of our belongings were being rifled through by men dressed in green outfits. When they finished "looking" through the entire "luggage" I was told I could only bring my little doll not my big baby doll. My mother became upset that her neatly packed duffle bags were now just piles of clothing stuffed into each of the "gusanos." The luggage was called that because those people fleeing their homeland during this period of time were considered to be cowardly "gusanos." The "gusanos" also had a weight restriction and if it went over you were not allowed to bring it with you at all. Soon as we began our walk up the stairs of the plane, my father joined us and for the first time since we had left our home; my mother seemed calm. Once the plane took off and we were in the air the entire plane erupted in the Cuban National Anthem. Some sang through sobs, others just cried and still some simply sat numb. I sat with my mother and my brother sat across the aisle with my father. Who I thought seemed to be singing (off key) the loudest. My mother encouraged us to sing, because she said it would be the last time we would sing our anthem over Cuban skies.
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Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for April 17
Charming Kitten, Falling Sky, Frac Daddy, and Tiz a Minister are the additions to this week's Derby Watch top 20 list, the bottom of which is increasingly influenced, at this stage, by where horses stand on the points list towards the May 4 Kentucky Derby. Charming Kitten and Frac Daddy are both 30-1 on the future line set by Mike Watchmaker, Daily Racing Form's national handicapper. Falling Sky and Tiz a Minister are both 50-1. Java's War, the Blue Grass winner, and Overanalyze, the Arkansas Derby winner, are both down to 15-1 after being 25-1 a week ago. Blue Grass runner-up Palace Malice also saw his price fall sharply, from 40-1 to 20-1.
Owing to performance or confirmed defections from the Derby trail, four horses - Den's Legacy, Rydilluc, Uncaptured, and War Academy - were removed from the top 20. Den's Legacy is not yet officially out of the Derby, so he could work his way back onto the list next week if his connections surprisingly decide to press forward. He likely will have enough points to run, but what's the point? There is - news flash! - life after the Derby. Watchmaker raised the prices on a handful of horses: Vyjack went from 12-1 to 15-1, Oxbow from 20-1 to 30-1, and Black Onyx from 30-1 to 50-1.
The Lexington on Saturday at Keeneland is worth 20 points for first, so the winner could conceivably have enough points to get into the Derby, and thus would merit inclusion on next week's list. Cerro and Sunbean are among the leading candidates in that race. The Illinois Derby at Hawthorne, also Saturday, was conspicuously cut out of the Derby points list by Churchill Downs. The Derby Trial at Churchill, April 27, is also worth 20 points for first, and Titletown Five - co-owned by Louisville resident Paul Hornung - is heading there. Like Den's Legacy, both Code West and Super Ninety Nine are unlikely for the Derby, but both could have enough points to run. If their connections decide to run, and they are in the top 20 on the points list, they would go back on Derby Watch, but hopefully sanity prevails.
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I pray for the people who can say what horses are hot and who's are not..... I hope the owners of Den's Legacy and super ninetynine press forward into the derby and try to win this damn race.....super 99 is a pretty good mudder and no one knows what the weather will be like come may 4th at CD.So Jay, i really appreciate you giving the owners of those horses two chances, slim and none...so whats your pick super handicapper? they all have a shot..thats why they run the race...good luck to all racing fans come the first saturday in May................PEACE
Whoever draws the 1 hole is a toss. I don't care where they are on this list.
How do you justify Orb who ran two full seconds (about 12 lengths) slower than I Dream of Julia ran on the same track, just an hour earlier, and she isn't even the favorite for the Oaks????????????
Guess a lot already have their Derby picks, and it seems that Post position, track condition, pace, workouts or the fact that we don't even know at this point who all's even running is stopping some from picking the winner, some even have the Superfecta picked. At this time the only thing we can be sure of is the weight everyone is going to carry.
Revolutionary Normandy invasion ORB Goldencents Overnalyze are the top 5 in the derby just trying to figure out where to place who first second third fourth and fifth heard hear first everybody
Orb vs Verrazano, Please keep the rest out of the way and let the 2 best get their run in to make it a Derby and not a traffic jam.
Java War might run back to his top Blue Grass stretch run
When I calculated that TizAMinister ran the last 5/16ths of the San Felipe in 29 seconds, he became my Derby colt. But with that bomb in the S,A, Derby, what am I to do? Throw that race out? Why? It was on the same track under the same conditions, etc. only a stronger field that day.
Hey H C, Have you watched those horses run? Why run them if they can't win. There is life and money after the derby. Baffert has class and knows what he is doing. When is Pletcher going to lose his next horse? Getting to be an annual event and always throws things up in the air. Now the back end of the derby is sneaking in to fill the field. Still like Goldencents leading at the top of the stretch with Oxbow ( throw out last race) and then here come the closers. GC beats up the "Bridge" and sets up ORB.
I'm confused Jay. Charming Kitten and Tiz A Minister make your top twenty? This can only happen if Baffert does not enter Super ninety nine, Dens Legacy, and Code West. Life after the Derby? Not for Baffert. There is no way he refuses to run all three of those unless there in injury to one or all three. If you know something we don't then run that story and keep us up to date. Otherwise how can you take a horse out that's in, and count on those three dropping to add the other ones to the list. My guess is S99 runs as the rabbit, Den drops, and someone else drops to get Code West in, and if he gets in he runs. Bob considered running him in the Lexington so why would he drop him out if he gets in. Again, very confused. Also, 20 points from the Lexington would possibly get in, but only if total money is more than 390,000. Don't think that's going to happen so the 20 points go up in smoke. Unless again, there is something you know but not reporting.


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UTEP's 2014-15 men's basketball schedule is now complete with the announcement of the Conference USA schedule on Wednesday.
The Miners will play 18 league games for the first time since 2004-05, when they were members of the Western Athletic Conference. UTEP will face Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Rice, Southern Miss and UTSA twice each, and will play Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, FIU, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion, UAB and Western Kentucky once.
Three of last season's four C-USA co-champions - Tulsa is no longer in the league - will visit El Paso during the first month of league play. The Miners will host Louisiana Tech on Jan. 8, Southern Miss on Jan. 10 and Middle Tennessee on Jan. 31.
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This page describes the relationship between Google Cloud Platform Console projects and Cloud Storage resources. You can create multiple projects and use them to organize your Cloud Platform resources, including your Google Cloud Storage data, into logical groups. To learn more about Google Cloud Platform Console projects, read Projects in the Overview of Google Cloud Platform.
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12 DreamWorks Pics Get Dates; 'Dragon 3' Confirmed
Fox and DreamWorks Animation have set release dates for twelve features the studio will distribute in its new deal with the toon powerhouse. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the ... Continue Reading →
Nickelodeon Greenlights New Animated Series
Nickelodeon has greenlit over a dozen new live-action, animation and TV movie projects that will begin production this fall and into 2013. Among the new projects on tap are the CG-animated ... Continue Reading →
Cartoon Network, FOX Dominate Animation Emmy Race
Earlier this morning (Thursday) the nominees for Outstanding Animated Program were announced by the TV Academy. Fox scored big time with three nods for American Dad (really?), Bob's ... Continue Reading →
Consider These Careers Launched!
A look at the three animated winners of this year's Student Academy Awards. When the medalists at the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards gathered in Beverly Hills in June, their group ... Continue Reading →
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OSCE Special Representative calls for business community to step up efforts to eliminate human trafficking
( OSCE ) - The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, on 25 October 2013 told an international conference in Lisbon of judges and prosecutors that national laws criminalising trafficking in human beings must be fully applied to deter the crime of modern day slavery and ensure victim rights protection.
Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, speaks to the 11th High-level Alliance against Trafficking in Persons conference. Vienna, 20 June 2011. (OSCE/Susanna Lööf)
She noted that the crime of human trafficking has been introduced in the penal codes of most countries in compliance with the United Nations' Palermo Protocol, but that such laws are rarely applied fully, while indictments are often raised for less serious crimes.
"Too often, trafficking cases, especially for labour exploitation, are not qualified as such, and therefore criminal networks are not disrupted. It is time to be proactive, to bring landmark cases to court, and to promote innovative jurisprudence," Giammarinaro said.
The Special Representative stressed the importance of interpreting and applying penal laws on trafficking not only when extreme violence has been used, but also when victims have been manipulated and compelled to stay in exploitative situations.
"We, prosecutors and judges, have to learn how people react in a situation of multiple dependencies, when for example they depend on their exploiters for food, water and accommodation. Even if they are not locked in a workplace or an apartment, they can think that there is no viable alternative but to submit to traffickers."
Giammarinaro underlined that compensation for unpaid wages as well as physical and emotional damage suffered by victims is an essential component of a strengthened criminal justice response to human trafficking, as well as a strategy aimed at the social inclusion of trafficked persons.
Portugal's Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Equality Teresa Morais, Attorney General Joana Marques Vidal, and the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, were among other key officials at the conference, which was concluded by the Minister of Justice Paula Teixeira da Cruz. The conference was attended by more than 100 members of the judiciary.


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
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Well, if the high cost of making it makes it prettier it certainly worked for you!! It is a gorgeous tabletopper. Those supplies do add up fast, don't they. You are good story-teller though and it made my day reading about it. Happy Christmas Season to you with your beautiful work.
Friendship is a knot
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Oh yes, I have had a money pit project. I call it my $100.00 pillow. It's not very big either and was determined I was
going to finish it and proudly display it on my bed which I do. But it ended up costing me about a hundred (it was done in silks). BTW; your runner is absolutely gorgeous. There's a class I wanted to take at my lqs, but it was going to cost 25.00 for a monthly kit plus 10.00 class fee each month and it's a 12 month deal. There's 420.00 not including backing and quilting and it's not even a quilt but a wall hanging for each month. I thought that was a little pricey.
I think it turned out well, tho a little expensive. A project I'd keep for oneself.
It is so, so pretty. I have not had a money-pit project yet and probably never will - I don't have a lot of money to spend...LOL. Your project may have cost you mega bucks, but at least you have a lovely work of art for all that $$$.
its beautiful...can't put a price on beauty..lol


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WSSU Center to Host Young Stroke Awareness Conference
Time: 1 pm
Summary: Amy Edmunds, founder and executive director of YoungStroke, Inc., will serve as the keynote speaker for a Young Stroke Awareness Conference presented by the Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Health Disparities of Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) on Thursday, October 31, from 1 until 5 p.m. in the McNeil Banquet Hall of the Anderson Conference Center on the university campus.
Since experiencing a stroke in 2002 at the age of 43, Edmunds has been a survivor advocate for the unmet needs for other survivors between the ages of 20 and 65. In 2005, she founded YoungStroke, Inc. as part of her graduate studies and, in 2010, joined the Coastal Carolina University faculty as a lecturer of health communications.
In addition to the education initiatives of YoungStroke, Inc., the nonprofit organization also is conducting a research initiative to document the experience of young stroke survivors within the 28 coastal counties of South Carolina.
On a national basis, the Center for Disease Control found that between 1995 and 2008, the number of Americans ages 15 to 44 hospitalized for stroke rose by more than one-third. Another study showed between 1993 and 2005, among individuals ages 20 to 54, the rate rose from 26 strokes to 48 for every 100,000 in the white population. Among African Americans, it climbed from 83 to 128 per 100,000.
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I Am Loving Large Pattern Wallpaper!
Full disclosure: I don't do wallpaper. After stripping a border in a single room, I vowed that I would never, ever hang wallpaper – no matter how much I loved it – because I did not want to sentence myself to someday having to strip it. So while I adore the large pattern wallpaper I'm about to show you, I can never hang any of it my house ever ever. To which I say *le sigh* but the memory of spraying the glue stripper and standing on chairs wielding the steam machine we rented from Home Depot is too fresh in my mind to change it.
What do you think of large pattern wallpaper? Too much? Or Just the right amount of much?


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Sri Lanka will look to bounce back after an embarrassing setback last week as Angelo Mathews' tourists begin a two-Test series against an equally inconsistent Bangladesh from Monday.
The Islanders were left red-faced when Pakistan chased down 302 in 57.3 overs on a fifth-day pitch to score a series-levelling win in the final Test in Sharjah last Monday.
Playing XIs:
Sri Lanka: Kaushal Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Mahela Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews(c), Kithuruwan Vithanage, Dilruwan Perera, Shaminda Eranga, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Shamsur Rahman, Marshall Ayub, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim(w/c), Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Robiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain


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Climate change: English country floods
The death toll in South Korea from the heaviest rain in 37 years rose to 40 on Monday as rescue workers sifted through the wreckage left by the downpour. The rain, which was most severe in the area of the capital, Seoul, followed months of unprecedented drought and triggered floods and landslides.
Disaster relief officials said 40 people were reported dead and 14 were missing after more than 300 mm (12 inches) of rain fell in two days. Most of the victims were electrocuted by downed hydro poles, while some drowned in their homes or were killed when their houses collapsed under landslides. About 1,300 people were evacuated from flooded homes and hundreds were moved from campsites along swollen rivers and the seashore, the National Disaster Prevention and Countermeasures Headquarters said. More than 30,000 houses in the capital and surrounding areas were flooded, officials said. Almost 3,000 soldiers were helping in the hunt for the missing and to clear away fallen trees and hydro poles and vehicles washed away in the storm.
Thousands of government workers and police were also called out to help as people dug out their homes and offices flooded with water and mud. A bridge across Seoul's Han River reopened on Monday after flood waters topped the roadway on Sunday. Subways, highways and roads across the capital were also flooded. The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry reported almost 1,600 hectares flooded.
The rains hit South Korea after its worst drought on record, during which more than 100,000 soldiers were deployed to provide emergency water supplies to farms and to help transplant rice seedlings. From March to June, South Korea had just 30 percent of the its normal rainfall during the crucial spring planting season, the meteorological agency said.
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Deal sealed to start Noquochoke Village
Recent action by the Board of Selectmen gives the green light to construction of the long-discussed Noquochoke Village affordable housing complex off Route 177 about two-tenths of a mile from the intersection with Route 6 across from Montessori School of the Angels.
The Board of Selectmen last week voted 3-1 to approve a purchase and sales agreement for the 50-unit project that will be developed by the Boston-based non-profit The Community Builders Inc. (TCB). Of the total 50 units, 40 will be set aside for occupants earning less than 80 percent of the Westport median income. That is considerably more than the 30 percent minimum the town had sought in its initial solicitation for proposals.
The vote was cheered by the Westport Affordable Housing Trust which has worked toward the project for a decade.
Vice Chairwoman Liz Collins said the development will put the town closer to a state requirement that at least 10 percent of housing in town meet affordable guidelines. She called it a "fantastic project … I'm delighted to finally be at this point." The only thing that might have made her happier would have been for the Selectmen to have been unanimous in their decision, she added.
And Brian Corey praised the per-unit price cost as being well below what a for-profit developer would have charged.
But Selectman Michael Sullivan, who cast the only no vote, said the town could have struck a better deal.
He noted that the town purchased the 27 acres with $750,000 provided by the Affordable Housing Authority yet will get only $58,000 in return.
Under terms of the project, TCB will also repay a $206,000 Massachusetts Development Finance Agency loan to Westport for cleanup of the property.
Selectmen Antone Vieira Jr., Richard Spirlet and Craig Dutra voted in favor of the agreement. Steven Ouellette was absent.
Ms. Collins said she believes that Westport residents will be pleased with the look of the development.
"TCB does excellent work, they are very highly regarded," she said.
The deal with TCB, worked out "over a long period of time and in a very open and transparent way" was, Ms. Collins believes, "the best we could have achieved." She said other developers came down for a look, praised the concept, but ultimately said it was not financially feasible. One proposed getting local Community Preservation funds to help with construction costs, a suggestion that was not embraced.
Ms. Collins said the need for affordable housing in Westport is considerable. While the state requires that 10 percent of housing be affordable, "In Westport it was about 3.7 percent awhile ago and has been falling from there," she said.
The former farm property is bounded by woodlands to the west, the Noquochoke River to the south and east and Route 177 to the north. It is within an area that is primarily residential but also close to retail shopping.
Although the Affordable Housing Trust has shown a rendering of what the project will look like, members said that the illustration is outdated. The actual appearance, as planned by TCB, should be available later this summer. At that point, a construction timetable is also expected.


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El Camino Hospital officials and the nurses' union have signed off on a 2013 contract that provides better health benefits, increases in the hospital's contribution to retirement plans for longtime employees and a bumps in the total amount of paid time off nurses may accrue.
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el camino is a really old hospital. be attentive to the needs of patients. is obamacare around or do patients become indigents and bankrupt if they are treated? the advertising for el camino hospital is all over. is this a good place to go to?


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I shance in the car to my favorite music.
by AJMo March 18, 2011
To shit in your pants while doing a dance. This happens when you hear an amazing song, like "robot rock" from daft punk, for example.
I just shanced to daft punk's music!
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Australia at Expo 67 slideshow
Australia's Expo 67 Montreal theme was the 'Spirit of Adventure'. Here, official government photographers and those who worked in Montreal, have captured images from the Australian pavilion. The slideshow also includes images of some of the objects on show in the National Museum of Australia's Expo 67 Montreal display.
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The Expo 67 Montreal site, with the geodesic dome of the United States of America pavilion, designed by Richard Buckminster Fuller, in the distance. Photo: Rosemary Sinclair collection.
One of the young attendants at the Australian pavilion, Ian Robson of Launceston, Tasmania, explains a model of Canberra to two Canadian visitors. Photo: National Archives of Australia, AA1982/206 32.
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Former Miss Australia titleholder and Expo 67 Montreal Hostess Supervisor Rosemary Fenton. Photo: Rosemary Sinclair collection.


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PBN Live in the Studio!
PBN is live in the studio with a world exclusive first play of his brand new single Zaalma, plus Canadian singer Raghav shares another one of his Desi Island Discs. Tommy has a mid week test for all you bolly brains in Hey Kya Bolta Tu and another listener picks the music in Choose One Get One Free.
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Protection insurance customers have a better chance of a payout if they have inadvertently omitted information about their health when applying for a policy, following rule changes by insurers.
Until now, some insurers have refused to pay claims even if the policyholder has innocently failed to reveal relevant medical information. But now the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has changed the way in which it wants insurers to behave in the event of a claim on a protection policy - critical illness, life insurance or income protection - in a way that could see some policyholders receiving partial payouts or refunds if they have failed to disclose fully the required information.
Claims involving 'non-disclosure' at the application stage will be judged as either deliberate, negligent or innocent. 'Deliberate' cases, where the policyholder holds back information he knows would be relevant, will not receive any payout, but may have the premiums returned unless he can be shown to have acted fraudulently. 'Innocent' cases, where the customer makes a genuine error or omission, perhaps because they suffered a childhood ailment they have forgotten about or the question posed by the insurer was not clear enough, should receive full payment of a claim.
Where claims are found to fall in the 'negligent' category (where the policyholder has 'failed to exercise reasonable care', anything from an 'understandable oversight' to 'serious negligence'), the new rules say a proportionate payment must be made by the insurer. This means that if the insurer would have charged an increased premium had it known about a medical condition that the policyholder has failed to disclose, it will pay out a reduced amount in line with the premium paid. If the insurer would have refused cover altogether, the claim may be rejected but the premiums would be returned.
Matt Morris, policy adviser at brokers Lifesearch, says: 'This new structure is welcomed by the industry as it will be fairer for those who act honestly and clearer for those who don't.'
The second part of the ABI's announcement outlined changes to the ways in which insurers can get hold of medical information. In future, when an insurer sends off for medical records it must confine its requests to relevant information. 'This means insurers can't go fishing around trying to find a reason to turn down the claim, like stress or a bad back,' says Morris.
Although insurers are guarded when it comes to the number of refused claims, figures from Lifesearch estimate that 16 per cent of critical illness claims are declined - half of which are for non-disclosure. 'Non-disclosure has always been a problem, though it has been slowly improving,' says Morris. 'Critical illness payouts increased by 3 per cent from 81 per cent in 2006 to 84 per cent in 2007 - but the ABI's announcement is likely to see further, more significant rises.'
This is fundamentally good news for the consumer, but the extra cost must be funded from somewhere, warns Louise Cuming, head of protection at Moneysupermarket.com. 'Where insurers are spending more in one area, they will be looking to claw it back from another. This could be either by tightening policy criteria or, more likely, by hiking up the cost of premiums.'
But there are ways to mitigate premium hikes without resorting to a cheap protection deal. Prudential, for example, offers a critical illness scheme called PruProtect that prices premiums according to your health, which is measured on a 'Vitality' scale. You can earn Vitality points by going to the gym, eating well and taking regular health screenings. The initial 2.25 per cent reduction given to customers who enrol for the Vitality programme can end up reducing premiums by 50 per cent over a typical 25-year policy term.
Virgin Money's Cancer Cover presents the option of tailoring your insurance to cover just cancer. It also pays out a lump sum if you contract any terminal illness, but this is only on the condition that you have a prognosis of 12 months to live.
The new rules only apply to ABI members (94 per cent of the market) and apply to all existing and future protection policies with immediate effect.
·To see the full ABI guidance document, go to abi.org.uk and click on the media centre link.


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Marion, Locker Room Bacteria, Jan 08
A Locker Room Lurker
By Marion Webb
With the excitement of the playoff games, American football fans will be glued to their television sets clamoring for their team to make it to the Super Bowl.
Supporters of ACE's home team, the San Diego Chargers, are no exception. Charger fans are celebrating their Bolts first post-season victory in more than a decade. What they may not be aware of, however, is that their team has had a long-standing battle with a potentially serious health threat lurking in the locker room. This enemy strikes unknowingly and hard, because it is an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
"We have had suspected cases of MRSA," says Matt Summers, the assistant athletic trainer for the San Diego Chargers.
MRSA, dubbed the "superbug," doesn't just attack the Chargers or other athletic teams. Enclosed gyms, with their sweaty and bare-skinned participants, make for a particular breeding ground for the aggressive bacterium. Therefore, doctors urge gym devotees everywhere to take more responsibility to protect themselves and others from the threat.
Though a person with a strain of staph on their skin may never get sick, he or she can still pass the bacteria to others by direct skin-to-skin contact, sharing towels, razors, uniforms and equipment, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sharing of personal items and equipment are the primary reasons for the rise of MRSA infections.
Sadly, despite such warning, the number of MRSA cases has gone up in recent years, not down, said Dr. Steve Green, chair of the department of family medicine at Sharp Rees-Steely Medical Group in San Diego.
"We rarely used to see these types of infections, now we see one (case of MRSA infection) every couple of weeks," Green says. "Most of them are not life-threatening, but the usual way we see them is as boils or deep, painful abscesses that require surgical draining."
Because MRSA is resistant against many antibiotics, doctors tend to prescribe tetracycline or sulfa drugs, which are different categories of antibiotics from the ones usually used for skin infections.
"Our problem is that MRSA infections tend to be more stubborn and need to be drained with a scalpel," Green adds. "If someone had a few of these abscesses, we take a culture from their nose to see if they are colonized with MRSA, which means they need to be treated more aggressively and take longer courses of antibiotics. In some cases, it can be life-threatening when the infection gets into the blood stream or internal organs."
With the majority of people, Green says, the cause of the infection remains unknown. But in athletes, Green has seen the most cases of MRSA in wrestlers. He finds that athletes in sports requiring close contact are especially at risk for contracting MRSA.
The best way to guard against infection is to practice good hygiene. It is vital to take immediate action at the first signs of infection; red bumps that resemble pimples, boils or spider bites and quickly grow into deep, painful abscesses.
The Chargers certainly take the threat serious. Summers outlines multiple precautionary and educational steps the team has taken to prevent its players from getting sick.
"We have placed soap dispensers in the showers filled with pHisoHex, which is an antibacterial skin cleanser. In addition, we have placed antibacterial hand sanitizers in each position meeting rooms as well as various locations around the building. We have brochures posted in the locker room and we stress the importance of bathing and using the antibacterial soap when they shower. We also stress the importance of not sharing towels, washcloths, etc. Gatorade has also helped in the prevention by providing us with towels that we use on the field that have a chemical dyed into them that helps prevent the spread of MRSA," Summers says. He notes that when an athlete shows symptoms, he is treated with aggressive prescription oral antibiotics and antibacterial cream.
"We educate the athletes about the prevention of MRSA and the importance of reporting cases very quickly so precautionary measures are taken to reduce the risk of spreading the disease," Summers explains.
All of these measures are doctor-approved. But you don't have to play in the NFL to guard against MRSA. Gym goers everywhere can do their share by practicing good hygiene with these specific actions suggested by ACE Chief Science Officer, Cedric X. Bryant, Ph.D.:
- Always wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer before and after workouts, which is the best defense against becoming infected.
- Keep all cuts, scrapes, and wounds clean and covered with an appropriate bandage.
- Avoid all contact with the wounds and bandages of other individuals.
- Never share personal items, such as razors or towels.
- If the gym does not provide antiseptic disposable towels, disinfected sprays or wipes to clean equipment, bring your own and wipe down before and after use. Note: According to Green, using a towel alone to remove perspiration from equipment does not protect against infection.
- Bring a towel to use as a barrier to your skin and any contact surface on shared equipment. Always place the same side of the towel face down on the contact surface of the equipment. Use a different towel to wipe sweat off the body.
- Use liquid soap dispensers instead of bar soap when showering.
- Sit on a towel in a locker room or sauna to avoid direct contact with the benches.
- Cover any exercise mat with a clean towel or bring your own mat.
- Never touch your eyes, nose, or face during a workout, since most germs are transmitted that way.
- Make sure the health club is clean and well-ventilated.
- Ask the staff to outline the facility's cleaning and disinfection policies and procedures.
- Avoid exercising at the gym when you're sick to prevent spreading your germs to other gym members.
Taking immediate action is key.
"When you see pus on your skin, have it checked by a doctor early. Don't watch it for four or five days, because that way doctors can treat it better," Green advises.
At the same time, people shouldn't let fear and possible infection become another excuse to avoid exercising. If they practice good hygiene their risk of infection is extremely low, offers Bryant.
"After all, numerous studies show that, in addition to their many other health-related benefits, regular exercise and proper nutrition boost your immune system to help you better fight infections and other illnesses," Bryant said.
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Beautiful quilt and quilting. Great job.
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This life is the only one you get - enjoy it before you lose it.
I love basket quilts.
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I like this quilt. I'm also making a quilt, white en bleu with baskets. I hope it will be as nice as this one.
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Debbie Wollin and Travis Moore of Vandalia were united in marriage at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2011, at Bethel Baptist Church in Vandalia, with the Rev. Bruce Sassee officiating the double-ring ceremony.
Soroptimist International of Vandalia presented a number of awards at its annual awards banquet last month.
Augsburg communion service Saturday
Immanuel Lutheran Augsburg Church will hold a communion service this Saturday at 6 p.m.
The church is located at the intersection of 900 N and 1300 E, four miles east of U.S. Route 51 on the St. Peter Blacktop.
For more information, call the Rev. Bruce Milash at 846-8383.
First Pentecostal Church has website
First Pentecostal Church of Vandalia has launched a new website. The site is: www.fpcvandalia.com.
For more information, call 283-0714.
By Panzi Blackwell
A community worship service, previously scheduled for the lawn of the Vandalia Statehouse, was held Sunday evening at First Baptist Church of Vandalia, because of the threat of rain.
By Joyce Mueller
May, the month of the rich green emerald birthstone, is all about starting new projects and participating in various events.
This first week, as you know, includes May Day, as well as the Kentucky Derby. Beulah Brown, leader of the day, reminded us of the lovely May flowers, which are now in full bloom.
As a pastor for several years, I've had the pleasure of sharing a cup of coffee in kitchens, cafes, job sites, vehicles, parks and other places too numerous to mention.
Monday, May 9 – Choice of cereal, Pop Tarts.
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Parents are asked to provide at pre-registration: current physical information; immunization records; Social Security card; a certified birth certificate from the county courthouse; verification of chicken pox or vaccine; diabetes check; current dental exam information; and current vision exam information.
The Brownstown Board of Education will honor these school district retirees at a luncheon on Tuesday, May 31.
Together, these five employees have 163 years in public education. From left to right are: Harlan Beckel, high school math, 33 yearts; Mary Nelle Douglas, junior-senior high librarian, 27 years; Susan Smith, elementary eduction, 35 years; Diane Curll, high school English and speech, 35 years; and Doug Slover, superintendent, 33 years.
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With over 80% of internet users now owning a smartphone, more and more searches are being conducted via mobile devices. In fact, according to a study commissioned by Google, 42% of B2B researchers now use mobile for the purchase process. Suffice it to say, if you have a poor search marketing strategy for mobile then you might as well shut down shop and ferry your prospects to your competitors' doors.
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CMS Wirewww.cmswire.comThe CMSWire blog is dedicated to all things content management, as well as a few related topics, including Enterprise 2.0, web analytics, andmobile.
Conquer Information Chaoshttp://aiim.typepad.com/aiim_blogThe Conquer Information Chaos blog covers the latest data and trends on document management, records management, imaging, and ECM from AIIMpresident John Mancini.
Content Matterswww.contentmatters.info/content_mattersTackling topics that require business acumen and technical smarts, such as search marketing, website search, metrics, personalization, and more. Occasional ruminations on the convergence of content and technology, by Alacra's Barry Graubart.
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Protestors at presidential meeting
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - A number of protesters from different groups are protesting President Xi Jinping's visit.
From the seas of South Vietnam, to freeing Tibet, hundreds of people are trying to send President Xi a message.
"We want the people in Tibet to have religious freedom and human rights," said protestor Chaokyi Khanpa.
"I want peace, I want them to get out of my South Seas Ocean," said protestor Toung Tren.
"For them to get a better life," said protestor Rosanna Dai.
"This is our land," said protestor Giao Ong.
Protestors say China has illegally taken over the Seas of South Vietnam and violated human rights.
"China has been invading the land and sea of their neighbor, they have been violating the United Nation's common law of seas," said protestor Carly Huinh.
"The Chinese, they murder my people fishing. Every boat coming out to the sea, that is our sea, that is not the China Sea," said Tren.
Many of the people we spoke with are US citizens living in Southern California.
"Part of me is Vietnamese so even though I am a US citizen, I still look out for Vietnam," said Ong.
It was well into the hundreds in Rancho Mirage, but that isn't keeping away all of these protestors. They've gotten creative, putting up tents, using umbrellas, drinking lots of water to stay cool so they can get their message across
"It very very hot, like hell, so hot, but I don't mind it because I am fighting for my people, for my homeland," said Tren.
Most of the protests were against China, but there is a message for President Obama too. They don't want any US trade agreements without China acknowledging and stopping these human rights violations.
"It's better to stop them now," said Huinh.
The protestors say they will stay all weekend.


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Floating floor over cement
I am installing a floating floor over cement slab. The flooring has the underlayment attached to the back. Is there a product I could lay under the entire floor to form a vapor barrier or will the attached underlayment suffice? ~ Gwen :)
In Oregon I would apply 2 coats of concrete sealer and a membrane (VisQueen) with seams taped for the full length.
I will seal the concrete and a thin membrane will work for a barrier ~ PS I am in the desert ~ the sealer will help keep any previous animal odors from surfacing.
6 mil poly.
but you need to test to see how much vapor is actually occuring.
tape a square of 6 mil on all 4 sides and wait a day to look for condensation.
or get a moisture test from HD
try roughing up the floor if you are doing a membrane sealer. Also stay away from the acrylics from what I've heard they fail in a couple of years and you could have problems... the stuff I hear you should use is an epoxy... though it costs more. If moisture was your only concern, you could probably use a penetrating sealer.
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If you have any doubts about her sanity, this photo should confirm them. Her eyes are totally dead. She is either drugged to the gills or she has some very, very serious problems. If they let her out in less than 22 days, they are making a serious mistake. They should take a photo of her the day she is released and compare them. Her expression is scary beyond belief. Jail will not make the demons go away. Years of therapy and living a clean and sober life will do that. I'm not holding my breath. This photo is sad on many levels.


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DIY Halloween Curiosities: Skeletal Snake
Now that you've made some pug eyes, what to do with the tops? Answer: snake skeleton. Providing you with another addition to your Halloween curiosities.
Materials Needed:
- Acorn Tops
- Drill with {very} small bit
- White paint
- Paint brush
- Spray paint
- Wire
- Jar
- Label
- Printer
- Printer friendly paper with adhesive back (I used UPS shipping label {free!})
- Scissors
How To:
1. Drill a hole through each cap.
2. Paint caps white – 1-2 coats depending on your preference.
3. Sort out acorns from smallest to largest. You do not have to be meticulous about this. If there are some that are obviously smaller or larger make sure they end op on the appropriate ends.
4. Beginning with the smallest lid, thread point side down onto wire.
5. If there are any acorns with particularly large points {stems}, use needle nose pliers to snap the point off.
6. Once all caps have been strung, very lightly spray paint. I used a metallic champagne color to show 'aging' in the 'bones.'
7. Allow to dry.
8. While waiting download label {above}, save, print, and send thanks to the Graphic Fairy for the images used {snake and frame}.
9. Place spine in jar – bending wire so spine slightly spirals.
10. Place end of wire over mouth of jar to secure spine in place.
11. Screw lid on over wire, and cut excess off.
12. Adhere label to jar and you are done!
I hope this finds its way into your home as a curiosity that will last from year to year.
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(JTA) — The Rabbinical Council of America is standing behind Rabbi Avi Weiss of Riverdale, N.Y., in his dispute with Israel's Chief Rabbinate — sort of.
Last week, the Rabbinate for the first time offered its reasons for deciding several months ago that Weiss, an Orthodox rabbi and RCA member, wasn't kosher enough to affirm that a Diaspora Jew seeking to marry in Israel was indeed Jewish (Israel requires that such people provide a letter from their local Orthodox rabbi affirming they are Jewish and single).
The reason? Well-known American Orthodox rabbis, including members of the RCA, had told the Rabbinate that Weiss — spiritual leader of the Orthodox Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, founder of the liberal Orthodox rabbinical school Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and founder of Yeshivat Maharat, a yeshiva that ordains Orthodox female clergy — had a "questionable" commitment to Jewish law, or halachah.
Last Friday, the RCA – America's main Modern Orthodox rabbinical group — issued a statement saying it wasn't the RCA that had cast aspersions on Weiss: "Recent assertions that the Rabbinical Council of America advised the Chief Rabbinate of Israel to reject the testimony of RCA member Rabbi Avi Weiss are categorically untrue."
But the RCA statement did not contain any expression of support for Weiss or endorsement of his commitment to halachah.
So on Monday I phoned up RCA's executive vice president, Rabbi Mark Dratch, to ask him whether or not the RCA stands by Weiss.
"We stand by his letters," Dratch said.
But do you stand by him? I asked.
"He is a person who is committed to halachah, although there are many within the RCA that do not support every halachic position that he takes," Dratch said. "Rabbi Weiss has done many wonderful things and continues to do many wonderful things for the Jewish people, but not everything he does is agreed to by members of the Rabbinical Council of America and so this is an ongoing discussion and debate."
The debates, he said, concern Weiss' ordination of women, among other things.
"There's no official RCA position with regard to some of these matters," Dratch said. "A majority of RCA members feel that some of his decisions are pushing the halachic red line or beyond that."
Dratch called Weiss a "person of integrity."
As for the dispute with the Israeli Rabbinate — which involves about a dozen other Orthodox rabbis who over the last few months have had their letters suddenly rejected by the Rabbinate — Dratch said his office is in constant contact with the Israelis.
"We are hopeful that we will be able to come to an understanding in the very near future about how to process these letters," Dratch said. "Our goal is to be able to support the rabbis of the RCA, to be able to make sure that their letters are accepted by the Chief Rabbinate's office."
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Dirty Energy Industry Sues EPA Over Clean Air Initiatives
Farron Cousins | June 18, 2012
By Farron Cousins • Monday, June 18, 2012 - 12:56
In a blatant insult to the millions of Americans who would breathe easier under the EPA's air pollution controls, the dirty energy industry, along with other groups, has sued the EPA to stop regulating toxic industrial air pollution. The Center for American Progress has the story:
Two essential Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, regulations to protect children, seniors, the infirm, and others from air pollution are under attack from the coal industry and many utilities.
Last year the EPA issued two rules that would reduce smog, acid rain, and airborne toxic chemicals: the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.
On July 6, 2011, the EPA finalized the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution—two of the main ingredients in acid rain and smog—from power plants in upwind states that were polluting downwind states. An interactive EPA map demonstrates that pollution doesn't stop at state borders.
Then, on December 16, 2011, the EPA finalized the first standards to reduce mercury, arsenic, lead, and other toxic air pollution 21 years after controls on such pollution became law.
Today more than 130 coal companies, electric utilities, trade associations, other polluting industries, and states are suing the EPA in federal court to obliterate, undermine, or delay these essential health protection standards. A parallel effort is underway to block the mercury reduction rule in the Senate, which is scheduled to vote on it this week. This CAP investigation found that these utilities were responsible for 33,000 pounds of mercury and 6.5 billion pounds of smog and acid rain pollution in 2010 alone.
The industry has been actively working to undermine the work of the EPA for years, and this lawsuit comes on the heels of a package of legislation recently introduced by House Republicans that would gut the EPA of most of their regulatory authority over air pollution emissions, including mercury emissions.


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The Democrats need 60 votes to overcome a filibuster by Republicans.
No Republicans support the measure -- feeling it will hurt businesses and stall the recovery.
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon says the legislation would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. He feels the bump in pay is sorely needed.
"The vast majority of folks that will be affected by this are adults and more than half of them are women and this increase helps support 1 in 4 children. So it's not just women, but the children."
A recent report by the National Employment Law Project found that low wage industries like food services and retail are helping fuel the recovery. They account for 43 percent of the total job growth.
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