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Sri Padmavathi College of Education (SVCE) proffers B.Ed course. The college imparts practical training to its students that helps them to understand better, improve their demonstrative skills, eliminate hesitation and in this process strives to mould them into industry ready professionals. Sri Padmavathi Educational Institutions, run by Lords Auxiliary for Rural Development Society, founded by Dr.P.MOHAN RAO a noted veterinary surgeon in 1986 with the sole objective of providing quality education in rural areas at Rayalaseema Region. Now under the Dynamic leadership of Smt.P.SULOCHANA is one of the top institutions in rayalaseema region. Sri Padmavathi Educational Institutions has the credit of bringing Nursing & Pharmacy education as premier institutions of rayalaseema region in earlier 1997 and have started MCA & B.Ed. Sri Padmavathi School of Pharmacy is ranked among No.5 in Andhrapradesh and 1st in Rayalaseema Region has growing exponentially .Renowned for it academic excellence, progressive management innovative of teaching staff supportive,industry interaction and holistic training. The modern teaching methodology assists the students in getting an all around view of engineering, technology and the entrepreneur world. The diligent faculty team of the college possesses hands-on experience and up to date knowledge of their subject and area of expertise. The infrastructure and facilities of SVCE consists of spread-out campus alongside various amenities in the form of library, computer center, classrooms with proper teaching and learning aids, medical facilities etc. The institute seeks to place each of its students in an organization/company of great repute.
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Heres an event thats certain to be up your alley as long as youre a fan of local musicians (particularly local musicians whove broken out nationally) or a supporter of childrens issues or a celebrity hound. And that basically covers just about everyone. Tonight from 6 to 11 p.m., Flobots.org will present the first annual Bring It On Bowling Ball, which benefits music programs for youth at the Denver Childrens Home, among other worthy causes.
Flobots.org, of course, is the non-profit organization created by the Denver-based Flobots, even before the group hit it big nationally, that has since hired former Westword music editor Laura Bond as its director. Shes the brains behind this event, which she promises will be a star-studded, action-packed showdown to see who really rules the lanes in D-Town. At the Ball, the Flobots will take on that other local group thats hit it big nationally, the Fray. The battle of the bands will take place at Lucky Strike Lanes at 415 South Teller Street in Belmar, and teams will compete for the chance to bowl with stars that include not just these musicians, but members of the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Mammoth and the Colorado Rapids. There will also be Guitar Hero competitions; music by DJ Musa; a live auction featuring a guitar signed by the Fray, the Flobots and Flogging Molly; plus raffles and the chance to go diving in the tank at Denver Aquarium with Flobots.
Strike! Tickets range from $100 for individual admission to a $1,000 team package; to find out how you can roll with the Fray and the Flobots, call 303-945-2191 or go to www.flobots.org.
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Gift suites back in force at Oscars. Uggie's not buying
By Zorianna Kit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - You know you're in Hollywood when Uggie, the spunky dog from Oscar nominated film "The Artist" gets invited to an Oscar gifting suite -- and turns it down.
The popular Jack Russell terrier received an invitation to Debbie Durkin's annual Eco-Oscars Music, Celebrity and Pet Style Lounge where he would have been photographed in the Red Carpet Pets area, designed a dog bowl for charity, munched on some treats and walked away with a luxurious Minky Couture blanket.
Alas, Uggie was too busy taping Oscar predictions for late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and had to decline.
But many others are showing up to the suite, one of about a dozen in Los Angeles catering to celebrities in the lead-up to Sunday's Academy Awards. Gift lounges, also called swag suites, have become key marketing tools for companies seeking exposure for products because star endorsements often draw customers.
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One glorious week off.
I can hike!
I can read magazines!
I can blow dry my hair!
Anyone feel like getting together for a jam session? We can just eat jam if you want.
One week off.
One glorious week off.
I can hike!
I can read magazines!
I can blow dry my hair!
Anyone feel like getting together for a jam session? We can just eat jam if you want.
Posted in Family Ties, Just For Fun
Tagged family band, kazoo, kazoo band
Last week, I spent a few days in New York City, watching many months of work come to fruition. As a project manager in the pharmaceutical industry, my colleagues and I had been planning a bioethics-themed symposium for ages. Finally, the event had arrived.
The symposium took place on the 40th floor of 7 World Trade Center. The views were spectacular.
Things were going well on our first day, but I was anxious. There was a "networking lunch" at noon. Trying to pretend I knew anything about
anything compassionate use of medicines for an hour and a half, among some of the country's foremost ethicists, seemed daunting.
For the first few minutes during lunch, I checked my email in the hallway, doing my best to look busy and important. When I glanced up, I noticed an exit sign.
"I could do a little exploring," I thought. "Stretch my legs."
There wasn't any indication that this was an emergency only exit, so off I scampered into the obviously post-9/11 constructed stairwell. The stairs were wide and well marked with fluorescent tape.
As I descended, I noticed each floor bore signs that read, "Nearest re-entry on floor 36."
The floors in between had only locked doors, not even a pad to swipe your badge – if you had a badge.
The 36th floor did have a pad, but I decided onward and downward was the way to go. Also I had no badge. No doubt some floor would have public access, and if not, I could piggyback off of one of the people I was bound to see.
And I did see someone. Around floor 20. By then, I was determined to see this thing through. Because surely -surely- I could exit on the ground floor.
The final floors were daunting. There were no doors at all, and large, brightly lit ticker tape signs announcing, "EXIT THIS WAY >>>>>>>>>."
I finally made it to the ground floor, wobbly-kneed and decidedly damp, only to see this:
Knowing there was a red 'call if you're a moron' phone back on the 11th floor, I turned around and began my long ascent.
When I reached the 4th floor, a tall, brunette man in a fleece jacket appeared.
"Can I help you?" he asked suspiciously.
He looked like Brody from Homeland.
"I'm trapped!" I blurted.
"Yeah. You're supposed to be on the 40th floor."
Which is when it hit me. Nicholas Brody had been watching me for forty. Floors.
"Come with me," he said, leading me to the 5th floor. He looked like he knew 17 ways to kill someone with a rubber band.
When he opened the 5th floor door and I saw it wasn't an interrogation room, I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Bless you."
He found someone to babysit me on the way to the proper elevator bank, and when I eventually made it back to the 40th floor, I ducked into a bathroom stall and desperately swabbed my head with toilet paper.
When I felt fairly certain I'd stopped sweating, I emerged from the stall and washed my hands. I looked up to see my entire forehead covered in toilet paper bits.
Have you ever gotten stuck in a compromising position?
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Some of you may already be familiar with my
obsession with my Labradoodle dog, Uncle Jesse.
He's a model.
He eats lying down.
He answers to ridiculous commands.
He's the inspiration behind my inaugural blog post.
Recently, I began to notice something even more incredible than the fact that he turns his snout up at the sh*tty knock off Milk Bone biscuits from the local bank teller.
I noticed he learned a command entirely unintentionally.
Because he's the most amazing f%$&*@ dog in the world.
Happy Friday!
What's the best pet trick you've ever seen? (Links to videos STRONGLY encouraged.)
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Tagged dog tricks, labradoodle
Hi Chipmunks! I went to the zoo on Saturday.
Jealous? You should be. Here's what happened.
Happy captioning!
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Tagged talking animals, Turtleback Zoo
"I can't wait to rent a boat in Long Island!" my first husband, Peppermeister, said several times before we headed east last week.
Once again, my aunt and uncle were generously letting us stay in their vacation home for our anniversary. We had fond memories of relaxing bay side, playing mini golf and
binge drinking waterfront dining.
The house was just as we'd left it. (BUT NOT FOR LONG! STAY TUNED FOR PART TWO OF MY VACATION ADVENTURES!)
"Let's scope out this place, The Station," Peppermeister said. "They serve food and rent boats."
While recreating one of the menu photos…
…we noticed an entertaining boat name:
"Do you think that's the boat they rent?" I asked.
"Nah, that one's too nice," Peppermeister replied. "They probably rent those."
He pointed to the glorified row boats on either side of Butthead. I quickly let go of my mai tai drinking, bow bathing fantasies.
"We'll come back on Monday – the weather's supposed to be beautiful."
And the weather finally WAS beautiful, on Wednesday. The young man preparing our boat barely put down his sandwich to attach the motor. Knowing nothing about boats, I brushed off my first thought: "Is that from a lawn mower?"
At 10:15am, we were finally ready to hit
the open seas Shinnecock Bay.
In between bites, our boat hand, who shall henceforth be referred to as "Boris," explained where to fish for fluke, and gave us a map with the emergency phone numbers on it.
We didn't even make it out of the marina before the motor stalled and we drifted into sand. We shoved ourselves off with our one sturdy oar, and Peppermeister got us going again.
The weather was so flawless, I paid little mind to the hiccup.
We cruised steadily west while Peppermeister grabbed a beer and we tried to pick out our own marina.
About 45 minutes into our cruise, the motor cut out again.
When it happened for the third time,
we Peppermeister spent 20 minutes trying to start it.
"I'm just going to call the guy to come get us. This is a waste of time." He fished out his cell phone from the Ziploc bag in his backpack.
Here's a summary of how that went down:
"Landmarks? …Yes, there are buildings nearby! THERE ARE HOUSES EVERYWHERE!"
"We're IN THE DUNES. DRIVE by the DUNES."
"WE'RE DUE SOUTH OF TIANA BAY! DUE SOUTH! We're IN the DUNES on the OTHER SIDE of the BAY. We've DRIFTED SINCE WE HAVE NO ANCHOR AND ONE OAR!"
"Like I said, we're to the LEFT OF THE BRIDGE. DUE SOUTH OF TIANA BAY. We're THE ONLY BOAT HERE."
I tried to help, too.
One hour and five phone calls later, Boris arrived in none other than…
He, of course, managed to get our motor going, and told us to follow him back. The motor stalled a minute later, and it took him three minutes to notice we weren't following. He circled back to tow us.
He tangled up his lines in his motor, and then attached one line to the front of our boat.
"He's doing it wrong," Peppermeister muttered. "You're supposed to tow with two lines."
We lurched forward, and Boris started swerving Butthead left to right, right to left, while we tipped from side to side in our boat.
I leaned forward and backward in the opposite direction of his swerving, trying to keep the boat level.
About halfway to the marina, the water grew increasingly choppy, as did Boris's driving, and gallons of water sloshed into our boat. We tried bailing it out with our one bucket, a bleach bottle with the bottom cut out.
Peppermeister whistled loudly. Boris, who'd never once looked back to check on us, raised his eyebrows in mild surprise.
"Every time you turn, more water comes in! We've been trying to empty it this whole time!" Peppermeister shouted. "Will this boat sink?"
"No," he replied, and kept driving, staring straight ahead.
The water rushed past our calves, almost as high as the seats.
Peppermeister whistled again and Boris stood there gawking.
Everything next happened in slow motion.
Peppermeister yelled, "You need to get off!"
With my brain still saying, "This boat's not actually SINKING," I grabbed our precious cargo -the backpack- and held it above my head. Suddenly, half the boat was under water. Good call on the Ziploc bags. As it capsized, my left leg got pinned beneath, allowing me to appreciate its sturdiness. Wow. No. I kicked off my flip-flops and paddled away, shouting,
"Here! The backpack! Get it on Butthead! Get it on Butthead!"
Because I'd be DAMNED if I was losing my cell phone and car keys over this little snafu.
Peppermeister threw the backpack at Boris, who let it hit his chest and slide to the floor. I swam for a second or two, watching the contents of the boat drift south (due south! Of Tiana Bay! Towards the dunes! In case you were wondering).
"Don't worry about the boat! Don't worry about it! Leave the stuff!" Boris called, finally looking rattled.
"Get a life jacket!" Peppermeister cried, and I grabbed the only one still within reach, passing it to him, confused.
Ooh, the water feels nice. It's not as hard to swim in a denim jacket as I thought it would be. Bet I could swim back pretty fast. Great exercise.
"Do you need it? Put it on!" Peppermeister said frantically.
I took one look at his face and his next statement answered my unspoken question, "I'm freakin' out a little."
"It's fine," I replied. "It's fine. We're in a bay. You know how to swim."
"I know, I know," he said. "You get on first."
Shouldn't we get the stuff?
"Don't worry about the stuff!" Boris called again.
"Go! Use our boat!" Peppermeister urged.
Our overturned boat was creating, I realized, a handy step up onto Butthead. Boris grabbed my arm firmly, "I got you, I got you."
Man, I always thought that would be impossible, I thought as I tumbled onboard.
Once Peppermeister and I were safely seated, we began our 45-minute slog back to the marina. I didn't realize why it took so long until much later.
Boris was towing our boat.
Upside down.
The Station owner was waiting for us on the dock when we returned.
"A 'small' problem?" he asked, glancing between Boris and his sodden passengers.
Boris stared at the ground while Peppermeister and I disembarked. Moments later, he handed us a full refund and two t-shirts.
"I'm so sorry about this," he said.
He walked away, shoulders slumped, and I looked at Peppermeister.
"That. Was. AWESOME."
Have you ever had any vacation mishaps?
Posted in Family Ties, Just For Fun, Marriage, PSAs
Tagged humor, Long Island, sinking, The Station, Titanic
What day is it again? Where am I? Who are you? (Just kidding – I'll never let go, Chipmunks.)
I've been living it up vacation style, and just wanted to pop in to let you know that both my liver and I are still alive and kicking.
How do I know I'm doin' this time off thing right?
For starters, leisurely breakfasts have consisted of no fewer than 3 of the following: Croissants, coffee, champagne, cheese, fresh fruit, and/or BACON.
I've stopped to smell the roses (or whatever the hell these are) on my morning walks.
There's been double rainbow ogling.
Stops at the bank when I've run out of singles for the strip club.
Or, you know, the local farm stand.
I've loaded up on all the fresh seafood I can get my claws on.
I've done my new Fitbit (pedometer) proud and hit the trails with Uncle Jesse. (Note: Your own vacation success should not ride on this particular activity.)
I've spent an inordinate amount of time in the kitchen, making things like homemade mid-east feasts.
And of course, there's been booze. Lots and lots of booze.
But the real reason I know I'm on vacation? I've only turned on my computer once.
The very best part? It's not over yet! Today First Hub, Peppermeister, and I celebrate our 5th anniversary, and have another week of this to look forward to:
But just so ya know, it's not all smooches and sunsets. We like to exchange meaningful gifts, too.
Stay tuned next week for the much-anticipated Peppermeister Roulette, where Rachel's Table and Peppermeister go head to head to see who can handle his hottest homegrown peppers.
What does vacation success look like to you? It wouldn't be a vacation without _____?
Posted in Booze, Just For Fun, Marriage
Tagged humor, peppermeister, Rachel's Table, vacation
Once upon a time, my mom, Babs, sent this email to my sister and me (click to enlarge):
After you get over Babs' adorable italics, you're probably feeling appalled. Or at the very least, wary. But that's a perfectly good waste of emotional energy. You should consider saving your disgust for things like global warming. Or cicadas.
Oh yes. I've read 50 Shades of Grey, and the only thing I'm ashamed of is not making it through more than half of the trilogy before growing tired of Christian and Ana's antics (or, rather, the author using ten words when only one was needed [usually "Ouch!"]).
In other words, I was totally game for
the blogging potential Spank!
If you think a 50 Shades of Grey theatrical parody might go over well with the more, ah, age-advanced female crowd, you're right. It was part musical, part striptease, part insanely impressive revenue-generator, thanks to the 50
Shades year old contingent.
There were only 3 cast members (to which I attribute much of its money-making potential): The author and the male and female leads. The author stood in as a couple of other characters, but mostly narrated the play as the dramatically under-sexed E.L. James.
The actor playing Christian was an understudy with vocal and guitar chops that only his abs could rival. Babs and my sister weren't as impressed with the actress playing Ana, but I think they're being unfair. A character so complex and riveting, well, even Meryl Streep would have struggled.
They had some audience interaction, wine with straws, and, all in all, a pretty funny script.
The only fail of the night was when my sister and I heard the word, "No." We desperately wanted a picture with the woman selling t-shirts, because her shirt was one-of-a-kind, and also because there's nothing I wouldn't do for you chipmunks. She politely declined, embarrassed.
So I thought I'd recreate the t-shirt here. You're welcome.
Do you have a favorite play? Anything you want to get off your chest? Like how many times you've really read 50 Shades?
Posted in humor, Just For Fun
Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, Spank! the musical
Several years ago, there was a
brief period of time when Peppermeister (Husband Numero Uno) and I would get sloshed and watch America's Funniest Home Video reruns. In our defense, we were kids during its pre-YouTube heyday, and Bob Saget's goofy mug and painfully corny jokes still make us feel warm and fuzzy.
For years -YEARS- following this, we've been quoting one particular video that we thought might, in fact, be: America's FUNNIEST Home Video.
We were never able to find the clip.
Until now.
I love you, Peppermeister.
ENJOY, Chipmunks! (I've built this up way too much, haven't I?)
Do you have any favorite viral (or should-be-viral) videos?
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Tagged America's Funniest home video, Bob Saget, humor
Unlike my mom, Babs, whose neighbors string up deer carcasses 30 feet from her back porch, Peppermeister (Husband #1) and I have a decidedly pleasant rapport with all of our neighbors.
We're pretty spread out here in western New Jersey, and there's a kick-ass balance between "what you do is your business" and "but I am curious about that package, so I'll help you carry it inside." Our next door neighbors, Dave and Judy, threw us a welcome party when we first moved in, complete with a homemade banner, and, more importantly, Sangria.
Our neighbor around the corner, Linda, dropped off a bushel of apples from her orchard this fall, while the ones across the street gave us a discount on our Christmas tree (yes, there's a Christmas tree farm across the street! It's amazeballs out here, Chipmunks, I'm telling you…even if you do lose power every time an owl sneezes).
As if that wasn't enough, then there's our neighbor, Jeff. He's close to our age, and lives behind us in a gorgeous house. He's the quintessential neighbor: He owns every power tool under the sun and knows how to use them all, helped us clear trees post Hurricane-Sandy, and leaves delicious food in the mailbox. Peppermeister doesn't even mind the pepper-growing competition, with Jeff's garden in plain sight.
This Valentine's Day, I thought it was time to show Jeff how I really felt. It started with my famous homemade double-chocolate cookies:
And ended with this note:
Dearest Jeff,
I must be quick, for Peppermeister does not know of this!
Your seafood sauce was the greatest thing I've ever tasted. Bestill my heart!
I'm slowly poisoning Peppermeister.
Happy Valentine's Day!
-Go Jules Go
Psst…between you and me, Peppermeister is looking a little worse for the wear. It's only a matter of time, Jeff.
What's the nicest and/or creepiest thing a neighbor has ever done for you?
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Washington, September 23 : An exhibition in the Vatican, which is displaying hundreds of artifacts, has suggested that the mysterious Neolithic people made optical art.
According to a report in Discovery News, the exhibition, which is being held at the Palazzo della Cancelleria in the Vatican, introduces a mysterious Neolithic people who are now believed to have forged Europe's first civilization.
Archaeologists have named these people "Cucuteni-Trypillians" after the villages of Cucuteni, near Lasi, Romania and Trypillia, near Kiev, Ukraine, where the first discoveries of this ancient civilization were made more than 100 years ago.
The excavated treasures - fired clay statuettes and op art-like pottery dating from 5000 to 3000 B.C. - immediately posed a riddle to archaeologists.
"We do not know the meaning of those painted symbols, and what is the significance of those zoomorphic and anthropomorphic statuettes. Everything seems to be wrapped in mystery," said Lacramioara Stratulat, director of the Moldova National Museum Complex of Iasi.
"Most of all, we do not know how these people treated their dead. Despite recent extensive excavations, no cemetery has ever been found," he added.
Before their culture mysteriously faded, the Cucuteni-Trypillians had organized into large settlements. Predating the Sumerians and Egyptian settlements, these were basically proto-cities with buildings often arranged in concentric circles.
They extended over 350,000 square kilometers (135,000 square miles) in what is now Romania, Ukraine and Moldova.
The Neolithic buildings often featured walls and ceilings decorated with drawings painted in black and red.
Inside, the houses were filled with pottery and statuettes whose quasi-modern design has become the Cucuteni-Trypillians's most identifiable trademark.
This unique artistic production, dominated by repeating lines, circles and spirals, amazingly echoes modern op art, also known as optical art, which is a genre of visual that makes use of geometric shapes and optical illusions.
The unusual art offers the best glimpse into this mysterious civilization.
None of the enigmatic statuettes seem fearsome or fearful. The rare male statuettes have faces often covered by masks, while the abundant female statuettes are gracious and mask-free, with tattooed bodies and long feet.
There are no chained slaves or sacrificial figures - a sign of a rather egalitarian culture, according to historians.
The pottery's obsessive spiral and circle patterns could also help explain another strange feature of this culture.
"We do not know why, but all of the 4,000 Cucuteni-Trypillians settlements were intentionally burned," said Sergiy Krolevets, director of the National History and Culture Museum of the Republic of Moldova.
According to Romeo Dumitrescu, president of the Cucuteni pentru Mileniul III foundation in Bucharest, "Getting to know more about this civilization is very important to us. We are proud to have brought the world's greatest Neolithic culture."


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A decade-old legal dispute over a 29-second YouTube clip featuring a baby dancing to a barely audible Prince tune may not have its day before the Supreme Court, at least if the nine justices take the suggestion of the Justice Department. [More]
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Tips for wiring an unfinished basement
I wired the newly constructed apartment on the second floor of my house and now I feel ready to tackle wiring my basement (I'm not turning this into an apartment). The thing is my basement is open & unfinished and will remain open & unfinished for the time being, but the space is used. This means obviously routing the electrical wires through the ceiling joists and, I guess, letting outlet boxes drop from the ceiling where I want power.
I know this isn't normal or to code, but any tips running electrical for this situation? Or is there a better way to provide power outlets for a stud-less, wall-less, open & unfinished basement?
Thanks in advance
P.S. - Finishing the basement will be done in a year or two when the budget allows it. For now, I still want to use the space.
I suggest yo use conduit and steel boxes---simply run around the walls at whatever elevation you like.
Attach the boxes to the wall with short nails shot from a .22 cal stud gun.
Remove from the walls when you do the remodel.
one or two circuits would work
After you get the initial bending down a couple of times, you will be a pro.
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You could use pvc. It's easy to bend with heat
If so then you shouldn't need more than a few lights and a few receptacles down there. This wire (romex) can easily be run through the joists to device boxes. Those boxes (lights or receptacles) can be mounted to the joist.
If you need more than just a few lights or receptacles or if you want to plan your homeruns to meet the future plans... that's good too.
I can't see any reason to use conduit unless you're in Chicago.
Consider this a 'throw away' temporary set up--
When you do finish the basement--no boxes should be hidden behind drywall--so unless you are planning on using a drop ceiling---I'd suggest using the shortest route--
Boxes can be gunned to the concrete wall--or tapcons---buy a conduit bender or borrow one from a friend--conduit is cheap-- oxes are too---just plan on ripping it out when you do your build--Mike--
Why do you say you can't see any reason to use conduit outside of Chicago?
I am from a conduit area---I like the protection that conduit offers on an exposed surface like a basement wall--
How would you prevent damage to the Romex on an open area like this?
I see lots of junk stacked against walls in basements---
I thought just about anywhere (not just Chicago) required conduit in unfinished basements for any wire dropping below the ceiling joists. (unless it is protected within a wall.)
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In today's article we are going to discuss Yelp for business, and give you everything you need to know to start marketing your company on Yelp.com today!
Click Here to get our FREE Google advertising guide and discover the 6 steps you can use to show up #1 in Google search
Step 1: Analyze your current Yelp situation
The first step to Yelp Marketing is to search Yelp for your business, and see what shows up. Even if you have not setup a page for your business on Yelp, one of your customers may have done it for you. You will likely have one of three outcomes here:
- No listing or listing with no reviews.
- Listing with reviews and a positive overall rating (Above 3.5 stars)
- Listing with reviews and a negative overall rating (below 3.5 stars)
Assuming there is already a Yelp page for your business, then you will also want to do a google search for your business name, and see if that page is showing up in Google's search results. If it is then you also want to take note of how highly the Yelp page is ranking in Google's search results.
Step 2: Decide on a Plan of Attack
If your business is already listed in Yelp and has a lot of solid 4 and 5 star reviews, then you are going to want to do everything you can to boost the visibility of your profile on both Yelp and other search engines like Google.
If your business is listed and has a lot of negative 1 and 2 star reviews, then you are going to want to try and reduce the visibility of your Yelp page, until you can get your overall star rating up. We show you how to do both in the steps below.
If your business is not listed, or is listed but doesn't have any reviews, then the call on whether or not you want to try and get reviews and boost your Yelp page's visibility is going to depend on two things:
- Whether or not you have happy customers. If you do not get compliments during your normal day to day of doing business, then you are unlikely to get positive reviews on Yelp. Therefore you should not try and boost your Yelp page visibility.
- Whether or not customers look for you on Yelp. If you have happy customers then how much time you want to invest in Yelp is going to depend on how often your potential clients use Yelp when searching for businesses like yours.
While there is no way to know this exactly, we can get a good idea by looking at the percentage breakdown of reviews that Yelp has for different business categories below:
Source: Yelp 10K Report
As you can see from the above chart, if you are a restaurant or shop owner, then regardless of what you found in step 1 of this guide, a lot of your potential customers are using Yelp, so you need to pay a lot of attention to Yelp as well.
Step 3: Claim and/or Setup Your Yelp Profile
If your business already has a profile, then you can claim it and begin the profile setup process here. If your business is not already on Yelp, then you can set your profile up from scratch here.
Setting Up Your Profile to Maximize The Visibility of Your Yelp Page
To get your Yelp page to rank as highly as possible when people search businesses that offer the types of products and/or services you offer, you want to make your profile as complete as possible. This means:
- Making sure your business name and address information is filled out correctly and follows the exact same format as you use on your website and other sites like your Google Plus and Facebook Page.
- Adding at least 5 Photos to your profile (location, staff, menu items etc.)
- Filling out your business hours
- List all relevant categories for your business.
- Give a detailed description of the business and the business owner, keeping in mind keywords that customers use when searching for your business. This process is exactly the same as I outline in step 2 of how to rank your small business website in google.
- Offer a discount on your page. Users often filter Yelp search results for pages which offer discounts.
Setting Up Your Profile to Minimize the Visibility of Your Yelp Page
If you fall into the category of needing to work on your business before you increase the visibility of your Yelp page, then you want to do the exact opposite of the above. This means reducing the amount of information and keywords on your Yelp page. If you fall into this camp then you can stop reading here.
Step 4: Beat the Yelp Review Filter
Now that your business page is all set up the next thing you are going to want to do is start getting some positive reviews. The natural inclination here is to ask your friends and family to sign up for a Yelp account and leave some positive reviews of your business. The problem here is that Yelp has a pretty sophisticated algorithm that decides what reviews are posted on your page, and which reviews are filtered off the page.
Here is a list of the types of things that triggers Yelp to filter a review which I took from this article by Trevor Sumner from LocalVox.com.
- someone who has only written 1 review
- someone who has no profile info (profile photo, additional info, link to Facebook, etc.)
- Reviews strongly slanted both positively and negatively
- Reviews are short and lacking details
- Reviews from a location other than where the business is located
Here is a great list of how you can make the profiles of your friends and family look legit which I got from this video by Brian Patterson at GoFishDigital.com.
- Complete all the information on profile and upload a profile photo.
- Link Yelp profile to their Facebook account
- Leave a few positive and negative reviews for other businesses before reviewing your business.
- Add friends
- Download the Yelp Mobile app and Use the "Check In" feature
Assuming you have your own Yelp profile and have followed the above steps (minus reviewing your own business which will be obvious to Yelp and could get you penalized) then do the following to your friends and families to make their Yelp Profiles look more legit:
- Friend them
- Follow them
- Like their reviews
- Send them a message in yelp.
Keep in mind that you don't want to get too many reviews all at once as this will look unnatural to Yelp. If you do not have any reviews currently, then 3 to 5 a month is plenty at first. Also the Yelp filter is constantly updating so reviews that are filtered may become unfiltered as Yelp sees those profiles as more legit and vice versa.
Lastly, make sure you never try and pay for reviews, for more on why go here.
Step 5: Get Yelp Reviews Naturally
By far the best way to drive customers to your small business using Yelp is for them to come in naturally. Here is a comprehensive list of ideas on how to do just that:
- Post a Yelp badge linking to your Yelp Business Page on your website
- Print out and frame your best Yelp reviews and position by your cash register or other places where customers are likely to see them.
- When someone pays you a compliment in person or via another method, ask them to review your business on Yelp.
- Reach out to people who have left positive reviews in other places such as your Google plus page, and ask them to leave a review for you on Yelp.
- Add a "find us on Yelp" link to your email signature.
- Send an email to your email list letting your subscribers know you are on Yelp.
- Do the same on your social media accounts such as Facebook, and Google Plus.
- Create a Yelp Deal
- If you have a bar or restaurant contact your local Yelp elite community manager and ask them about hosting an event.
- Offer customers Free wifi and send them to your Yelp page by default when they login.
Step 6: Deal With Your Negative Yelp Reviews
No matter how good your business is, you are bound to have an unhappy customer or two. Keep in mind that If you deal with negative reviews quickly and in the proper manner then you have a chance at getting the reviewer to revise or remove their review.
Here is how to do that:
- Do not get angry and into an argument with the person who left the review. While you may be in the right, this will do nothing but fan the flames.
- If the customer leaving the negative review has a legitimate complaint, respond to the review publicly on Yelp, apologizing for the problem and state what you are doing to improve so it does not happen again.
- Once you have responded publicly, message the person privately, apologize again and offer them something like a meal on the house.
- If the person responds and seems happy with the resolution, then ask them if they would either alter or remove their review. If they do not respond do nothing else.
- If a customer attacks your establishment with a negative review that has no basis then do not respond as this will simply fan the flames.
- Check and see if the review violates Yelp's content guidelines. If so then you can login to your business account, click "view reviews" and then flag the review for removal.
If you follow this plan you should put your business way ahead of your Yelp competition. If you have questions which were not answered in this guide please leave them in the comments section below, we respond to all comments personally. Also be sure to stay read the next article in this series where we talk about mobile marketing.
More Great Articles on Yelp:
Bright Local: Their 2013 Consumer Review Survey.
Local Visibility System: Yelp Ranking Factors
Bosshi: Why Yelp Sucks, A Yelp Survival Guide
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The ECB talks tough on the euro
The president of the European Central Bank may superficially have little in common with Dirty Harry. But his statement to investors in London this week that the ECB would do everything within its mandate to keep the euro together – "and believe me, it will work" – was the financial equivalent of "go ahead, make my day".
Investors were suitably impressed by this injection of machismo into a debt crisis made worse by eurozone indecisiveness. Italian and Spanish sovereign bond yields dropped immediately. Stock markets made up for losses earlier in the week. But Mr Draghi has stuck his neck out. If he is bluffing, his bluff will soon be called.
Across town from the ECB, the Bundesbank on Friday poured cold water on the two policies that would be the most likely game-changers: relaunching ECB bond purchases or granting a banking licence to the European Stability Mechanism – the monetary union's taxpayer-backed rescue fund. If Mr Draghi is to match his words with actions, he may have to face down Jens Weidmann, the Bundesbank's man on the ECB governing council.
There are signs that the council is indeed edging towards renewed activism. This week Ewald Nowotny, head of Austria's central bank, expressed sympathy with the case for an ESM banking licence. If the support is shared by Mr Draghi, it would be very good news.
A banking licence would enable the ESM to post the bonds it buys to obtain ECB liquidity – like any private bank. This could in principle give it unlimited firepower, as is the case for bond purchases by the ECB itself. Both would, if pursued with conviction, eliminate the markets' worry that existing eurozone commitments to "do what it takes" will expire before the problem is solved. That in turn could reduce the need to use ECB funds, directly or as an ESM backstop.
But the ESM is superior to direct ECB bond-buying along two critical political dimensions. One is vis a vis the beneficiary states whose bonds would be supported. The ESM is set up to impose conditions in return for aid in a way that the ECB cannot. The other is vis a vis the ECB itself. Putting the central bank's balance sheet directly at risk threatens its independence. In contrast, the ESM is capitalised by member governments who take the credit risk on their shoulders.
Opponents of an ESM banking licence consider it a covert form of illegal monetary financing. But the EU's ban on credit lines to governments explicitly exempts state-owned credit institutions. And private banks are free to turn their sovereign bonds into ECB cash, even with capital ratios in the single-digit percentages. To stop a 100 per cent capitalised bank, backed by the collective political commitment of the monetary union, from doing the same is perverse.
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Janina Gavankar (born Janina Zione Gavankar on November 29, 1980 in Jolet, Illinois) is an American actress and singer. Throughout her career, she's appeared on a wide range of TV shows, from The L Word to The Vampire Diaries. She's perhaps best known, however, for playing shapeshifter Luna Garza on HBO's True Blood. Trained in both piano and voice, Janina released her first single in Aug. 2012.
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This is one of the largest scholarly works on demonology in decades. It has been reviewed by and given the imprimatur of former Bishop Elden F. Curtiss of the Diocese of Helena, Montana.
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text: Brunilda Torres, LICSW Director, Office of Multicultural Health Massachusetts Department of Public Health Strategies for Protecting Patient Safety September 12, 2003 email@example.com Office of Multicultural Health To promote the optimal health and well being of immigrant, refugee and racial and ethnic minority communities statewide To ensure that Massachusetts' public health frameworks are inclusive of and responsive to the needs of these communities Goals • • • • Background from my perspective Health Disparities CLAS Interpreter Services History: improving health of population • 1789- 1st mortality tables: Rev Wigglesworth • 1900 Life expectancy: 47 years • 1900 main causes of death identified • 1950's life expectancy 68 • 1960's and '70's research: improved knowledge about predisposing conditions • These occurred throughout our national history that included slavery and Jim Crow– "separate but equal" History Civil Rights Act of 1964 "No person in the United States shall, on ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." History • OMB directive 15 1977, revised in 1997 to include sub populations • Healthy People Initiative: improve health of country – 1979: Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention--national goals – improve data infrastructure – 1980: Promoting Health/Preventing Disease: Objectives for the Nation-- identified disparities – Healthy People 2000: reducing disparities among populations revised History • Our understanding around vulnerability has changed • Federal supports: legislation and guidance • Frameworks develop to assist creation of local actions to addressing the needs of populations made vulnerable by race and limited English language capacity Health Disparities RACE • Not biologic construct reflecting innate differences • IS a social construct capturing the social classification of people in our raceconscious society • Race-associated differences in health outcomes may in fact be due to the impacts of racism AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP STATUS & HEALTH EXPERIENCE FROM 1619 TO 2001 TIME SPAN CITIZENSHIP STATUS -YRS PERCENT U.S. EXPERIENCE STATUS 16191865 246 64.40% Chattel slavery 18651965 100 26.18% Virtually no citizenship rights 19652001 36 9.42% Most citizenship rights 16192001 382 100.00% The struggle continues HEALTH & HEALTH SYSTEM EXPERIENCE Disparate/inequitable treatment poor health status & outcomes. "Slave health deficit" & "Slave health subsystem" in effect Absent or inferior treatment and facilities. De jure segregation/ discrimination in South, de facto throughout most of health system. "Slave health deficit" uncorrected So. med school desegregation 1948. Imhotep Hospital Integration Conf 1957-1964, hospital desegregation in federal courts 1964. Disparate health status, outcomes, and services with apartheid, discrimination, institutional racism and bias in effect. HEALTH DISPARITIES/ INEQUITIES Source: Byrd, WM, Clayton, LA. An American Health Dilemma, Volume 1, A Medical History of African Americans and the Problem of Race: Beginnings to 1900, New York, NY: Routledge. 2000. What are health disparities Differences in health that exist among specific populations in the: • Incidence • Prevalence • Mortality • Burden of disease HP 2000 • Blacks: ~50% poor or near poor which is 2X rate white of poverty – Represents >2/3 of Black children • Life expectancy: almost 7 years less than the average life expectancy for Whites. • AIDS: leading cause of death for Blacks aged 25-44 and >60 percent of new AIDS cases occur among minorities; 40 are Blacks. HP 2000 report African American T o tal C oronary deaths/100 K B lack 105 140 D M /100K 40 76 E S R D /10 00 4 .1 5 .5 fo r > 6 5 im m u n ization P n eu m o co ccal 34 23 Influ en za 58 40 Healthy People 2010 • Increase the quality and years of healthy life • Eliminate health disparities Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Within Medicare: Differential utilization based on race for: • Mammography (Gornick et al.) • Amputations (Gornick et al.) • Influenza vaccination (Gornick et al.) • Lung Ca surgery (Bach et al.) • Renal transplantation (Ayanian et al.) • Cardiac catheterization & angioplasty (Harris et al, Ayanian et al.) • Coronary artery bypass graft (Peterson et al.) • Treatment of chest pain (Johnson et al.) • Referral to cardiology specialist care (Schulman et al.) • Pain management (Todd et al.) Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care; IOM, 2002 Racial and ethnic disparities in health: • Exist within a broader context where discrimination is experienced • Persist when insurance status, age, income and severity of conditions are comparable • Are not explained by patient refusal to treatment Unequal Treatment, continued • Result from bias, prejudice, stereotyping and clinical encounter uncertainty on the part of the provider • Result because of the complex and fragmented nature of health care delivery • • • • • • • RECOMMENDATIONS public education campaign target providers: awareness, knowledge and skills address regulatory and policy development develop health systems intervention: access develop cross-cultural education improve data collection and monitoring increase research " [R ] a cia l a n d eth n ic m in o rities ten d to receive lo w er q u a lity h ea lth ca re th a n w h ites d o , even w h en in su ra n ce sta tu s, in co m e, a g e a n d severity o f co n d itio n s a re co m p a ra b le ." B ia s, th e rep o rt co n clu d es, fu n ctio n s a s a m a jo r b a rrier to th e p ro visio n o f eq u a l ca re. U nequal T reatm ent: C onfronting R acial and E thnic D isparities in H ealth C are; Institute of M edicine, 2002 "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character…" Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" address delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963 Racism • Institutional: regulations, barriers, etc.-necessary to identify to ensure access • Personally- mediated: bias; stereotyping, discrimination, prejudice--necessary to identify to develop provider training • Internalized: individual adopts/believes stereotype--necessary to debunk myths and develop appropriate patient materials – Camara Jones, MD, PhD at the CDC Summary • There is a significant body of evidence that has identified disparities in health care • Recommendations of the IOM have implications for changes in institutions and practice within healthcare settings • To eliminate disparities, partnerships and more comprehensive policy approaches will be required Massachusetts Disparities Race and Hispanic Ethnicity Total White Black AI/AN Asian/PI No race/more than one Hispanic (all races) 1990 6,101,425 5,405,374 300,130 12,241 143,392 2000 6,349,097 5,367,286 343,454 15,015 240,613 382,729 287,549 428,729 Percent of Persons Living Under Federal Poverty Level Race*/ Hispanic Ethnicity, MA:1999 50% Percentage 40% 30% 30% 21% 16% 20% 10% 9% 7% 0% White Black Asian/PI Hispanic Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000 SF3 Sample Data. * Race Alone MA Educational Attainment (Less than High School) by Race*/Hispanic Ethnicity, MA:2000 50% 43% Percentage 40% 30% 20% 24% 24% 15% 13% 10% 0% White Black Asian/PI Hispanic Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000 SF3 Sample Data. * Race Alone MA Persons with NO Health Care Coverage Adults aged 18+ years, MA: 2000 25% 22% Percentage 20% 16% 15% 10% 13% 8% 6% 5% 0% White, Black, Hispanic Asian, non non- non- Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic HP2010 0% Source: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, BRFSS. Health care coverage: Responded "no" to the question "Do you have any kind of health care plan". MA Deaths per 100,000 population All cause Mortality Age-Adjusted Death Rates by Race/ Hispanic Ethnicity, MA: 2000 1,200 1,000 992.4 816.5 816.2 800 596.0 600 418.5 400 200 0 White Non- Black NonHispanic Hispanic Asian/PI Hispanic Age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. Source: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Death certificates. MA Discharges per 100,000 population Age-Adjusted Rate of Hospital Discharges for Hypertension by Race/ Hispanic Ethnicity, MA: 1999 125 140 120 100 80 46 60 40 45 26 20 20 0 White Black Non- Non- Hispanic Hispanic Asian/PI Hispanic Age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. Source: Division of Health Care Finance and Policy's Hospital Discharge Data. MA Deaths per 100,000 population Age-Adjusted Death Rates for HIV/AIDS by Race/ Hispanic Ethnicity, MA: 2000 25 19.5 20 17.7 15 10 5 1.9 ** 0 White Black Non- Non- Hispanic Hispanic Asian/PI Hispanic Age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. Source: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Death certificates. ** Insufficient numbers HP2010 0.7 deaths/ 100,000 3.5 MA Minority Perinatal Health Reports: Populations Asian Hispanic Black Chinese Puerto Rican Cape Verdean Vietnamese Dominican Haitian Laotian Mexican Jamaican Thai Cuban Barbadian Other West Asian Indian Colombian Indian/Caribbean Korean Salvadoran African American Filipino Other Central American Nigerian Japanese Other South American Other African Pakistani Other Hispanic Cambodian Percentage of Preterm* Births by Race/ Hispanic Ethnicity, MA: 2000 25% Percentage 20% 12.7% 15% 10% 7.8% 7.4% 8.6% 8.3% Hispanic MA 5% 0% White Black Asian/PI Source: MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and Evaluation *Preterm = gestational age less than 37 weeks Percentage of Preterm* Births among Black Infants by Ethnicity, MA: 1997-2000 Percentage 25% 20% 15% 10% 7.1% 11.3% 11.5% 10.4% 10.2% 9.8% 12.7% 12.9% 13.6% 5% ig er ia n Ja W m es ai t ca In n di an /C a. .. BL A CK A fr , N ic an H -A m er ic an Ba rb ad ia n N ai ti an H A fr ic an th er O Ca pe Ve rd ea n 0% Source: MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and Evaluation *Preterm = gestational age less than 37 weeks Percentage Adequate Prenatal Care* by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity, MA: 2000 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 83% White 66% 67% Black Hispanic 72% Asian/PI 79% MA Source: MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and Evaluation *Adequate prenatal care is a measure of the timing and number of prenatal care visits. Based on Kessner Index. 65% 67% 67% st an i A SI A N Fi l ip A in si an o In di an Ch in es e Ko re an Ja pa ne se ai Pa ki Ca m 77% 79% 80% 80% 76% 72% 45% 48% Th 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% bo di an La ot Vi ia n et na m es e Percentage Adequate Prenatal Care* among Asian Mothers by Ethnicity, MA: 1996-1997 Source: MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and Evaluation *Adequate prenatal care is a measure of the timing and number of prenatal care visits. Based on Kessner Index. Percentage Non-English Language Preference by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity, MA: 2000 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 47% 35% 12% 10% 3% White Black Hispanic Asian/PI MA Source: MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and Evaluation 82% 61% 29% 34% 41% 45% 67% 68% 47% 14% Pu er to Ri ca O n th er O S. th A er . H is pa ni H c IS PA N IC M ex ic an Co lo m bi an Do m in ic an O th er C. A Sa . lv ad or an 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Cu ba n Percentage Spanish Language Preference among Hispanic Mothers by Ethnicity, MA: 1997-2000 Source: MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and Evaluation Office Of Minority Health DHHS CLAS: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services OMH National Standards for Cultural and Linguistic Services • 14 standards: inform, guide, facilitate development of strategies • Three themes -Culturally competent care -Language access services (mandated) -Organizational support for cultural competence Standard 1 (CLAS definition--behavior and communication with patients) Health Care Organizations Should Ensure That Patients/Consumers Receive From All Staff Members Effective, Understandable, and Respectful Care That Is Provided in a Manner Compatible With Their Cultural Health Beliefs and Practices and Preferred Language • Protocols that are known to all staff on treating patients who are from different backgrounds are clear • Respect for patient values and beliefs are paramount • Clinical and administrative information must be presented • Use patient's language Standard 2 (workforce diversity) Health Care Organizations Should Implement Strategies To Recruit, Retain, and Promote at All Levels of the Organization a Diverse Staff and Leadership That Are Representative of the Demographic Characteristics of the Service Area • • • • • Diverse staff Reflective of demographics Value the journey Assessment of needs of consumers Proactive strategies Standard 3 (staff training) Health Care Organizations Should Ensure That Staff at All Levels and Across All Disciplines Receive Ongoing Education and Training in Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Service Delivery • • • • • • Communicates expectations Communicate policies and procedures Create environment for staff to be on the journey Organization and sub-contracts and affiliates CEU/CME Content: working across differences, effective communication, conflict resolution, work with interpreters, clinical differences by race Standard 4 (Interpreter Services mandate) Health Care Organizations Must Offer and Provide Language Assistance Services, Including Bilingual Staff and Interpreter Services, at No Cost to Each Patient/Consumer With Limited English Proficiency at All Points of Contact, in a Timely Manner During All Hours of Operation • Ensure effective communication to LEP (OCR guidance) • LEP: a consumer who cannot speak, read or understand English that permits effective interaction with clinical and nonclinical staff • Preference is face to face with: bilingual clinical staff , then trained interpreter staff then contracted then telephonic Standard 5 (notice of rights) Health Care Organizations Must Provide to Patients/Consumers in Their Preferred Language Both Verbal Offers and Written Notices Informing Them of Their Right To Receive Language Assistance Services • • • • • • The right to an interpreter at no cost Posted signage At all points of contact Policies and procedures Primary educational materials Translation of pertinent patient materials Standard 6 (Interpreter competencies) Health Care Organizations Must Assure the Competence of Language Assistance Provided to Limited English Proficient Patients/Consumers by Interpreters and Bilingual Staff. Family and Friends Should Not Be Used To Provide Interpretation Services (Except on Request by the Patient/ Consumer) • Assess and assure training of interpreter staff • Interpreters must be competent in both languages-source and target • Interpreters must be trained in the art and ethics of interpreting • Family and friends ought not to be encouraged (forbidden in ERIL) • No use of children Standard 7 (Translated materials) Health Care Organizations Must Make Available Easily Understood Patient-Related Materials and Post Signage in the Languages of the Commonly Encountered Groups and/or Groups Represented in the Service Area • • • • Effective language assistance program Written materials that are routinely provided to English speakers Identify language groups in area Policies and procedures relative to translations Standard 8 (organizational frameworks) Health Care Organizations Should Develop, Implement, and Promote a Written Strategic Plan That Outlines Clear Goals, Policies, Operational Plans, and Management Accountability/Oversight Mechanisms To Provide Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services • Identify how will target and reach out to diverse populations • Organizational values, systems, procedures identified and points of accountability/oversight for implementation and monitoring Standard 9 (Performance monitoring) Health Care Organizations Should Conduct Initial and Ongoing Organizational Self-Assessments of CLAS-Related Activities and Are Encouraged To Integrate Cultural and Linguistic CompetenceRelated Measures Into Their Internal Audits, Performance Improvement Programs, Patient Satisfaction Assessments, and Outcomes-Based Evaluations • • • • • Obtain baseline Inventory policies, practices and procedures Identify capacities, strengths and weaknesses Identify culturally and linguistic measures for QA Link to outcomes and quality efforts: survey must be appropriate Standard 10 (Data collection and analysis) Health Care Organizations Should Ensure That Data on the Individual Patient's/Consumer's Race, Ethnicity, and Spoken and Written Language Are Collected in Health Records, Integrated Into the Organization's Management Information Systems, and Periodically Updated • Legal and appropriate to collect data • Allows for identifying who uses and not uses organization • Allows for monitoring assessment with usage: where does outreach need to occur • MIS ought to identify language of parent in case of minor • Needs to be an up-front process Standard 11 (Community language needs assessment) Health Care Organizations Should Maintain a Current Demographic, Cultural, and Epidemiological Profile of the Community as Well as a Needs Assessment to Accurately Plan for and Implement Services That Respond to the Cultural and Linguistic Characteristics of the Service Area • • • • • Community profile Obtain a variety of baseline data Variety of data sources and information Quantitative and qualitative Involve consumers/community Standard 12 (Community partnerships) Health Care Organizations Should Develop Participatory, Collaborative Partnerships With Communities and Utilize a Variety of Formal and Informal Mechanisms to Facilitate Community and Patient/ Consumer Involvement in Designing and Implementing CLAS--Related Activities • • • • Responsive service delivery is collaborative Service delivery, policy and program development Formal and informal mechanisms Reciprocity and mutuality between community and institutions Standard 13 (Grievance policies and procedures) Health Care Organizations Should Ensure That Conflict and Grievance Resolution Processes Are Culturally and Linguistically Sensitive and Capable of Identifying, Preventing, and Resolving Cross-Cultural Conflicts or Complaints by Patients/Consumers • Structure must allow for avenue to air complaints when patients not accommodate or feel misunderstood • Vulnerable populations • Information on right to file a grievance • Ombudsman or intermediary (Patient advocates) Standard 14 ("report card") Health Care Organizations Are Encouraged to Regularly Make Available to the Public Information About Their Progress and Successful Innovations in Implementing the CLAS Standards and To Provide Public Notice in Their Communities About the Availability of This Information • Informing about progress • Develop own report card Interpreter Services Definitions • Interpretation: changing orally what someone says into another language for the listener • Translation: changing written material from one language into another while keeping the same meaning Definition: non-English speaker • A person who cannot speak or understand • OR has difficulty speaking or understanding English • Because uses a spoken language other than English Research Language Barriers and Access Extensive bibliography: Jane Perkins, National Health Law Program: Ensuring Linguistic Access in Health Care Settings: An overview of Current Legal Rights and Responsibilities found at: http://www.kff.org/content/2003/20030821/ Language Access • Latino pediatric access to care increased with parent ability to speak English • NES women cited inadequacy of translated materials as a factor in a decision to not obtain mammography (screen translated as fat) • Communication difficulty between patient and provider • A major reason cited by NES patients for their dissatisfaction with care Why are interpreter services important? Census 2000: Massachusetts Fastest growing communities – Latino by 49% (US 58%) – Asian-Americans by 66% Languages spoken: >140 (US >300) Language other than English: 18.2 % (US 17%) Language proficiency :7% speak English less than very well (US 8%) Why are interpreter services important? Workforce Issues – DMA identified language differences between providers and patients as primary barrier to delivering competent and effective services – Health care workers tend to be stable – Current workforce lacks language capacity – Poor graduation rates – Graduates not entering health fields Laws/regulations • Title VI Civil Rights Law 1964 (ensure language access) • Voting Rights Act 1965 (bans English only elections) • Food Stamp Act 1977 (written and oral assistance) • Older Americans Act (outreach) • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act(services) • Executive Order 13166: Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency Laws/regulations • Equal Educational Opportunities Act (accommodate language differences impede learning) • Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act (OMH to enter into contracts • • • • which increase LEP access) HCFA (CMS) regulations require evaluations to be in the language of the patient CA: requires adequate communication methods NJ: communication must be patient language for substance abuse MA : ERIL: interpreters in ED settings DOJ/DHHS Guidance:Language access must be provided: www.lep.gov Four factor analysis • Number or proportion of LEP persons served or encountered (lang assessment) • Frequency of contact with the program by LEP • Nature and importance of program to LEP • Resources available and cost considerations Guidance: One size does not fit all • Interpreter services is an evolving profession – Standards are evolving and limited # of interpreters • Hospitals have differing needs, resources, patient populations and community resources – Urban/rural – Multiple languages differ by region – Community composition • Many hospitals initiated interpreter services in response to federal guidance and requirements Massachusetts Hospital Based Interpreter Services Massachusetts • ERIL: Emergency Room Interpreters Law, 2000 • Massachusetts: Determination of Need requirements – 52 hospitals – Developed IS as a condition of the DoN • MMIA's Standards of Practice nationally recognized – Collaborating with other national groups – California Health Interpreters Association – Washington state ERIL requires provision of competent interpreter services • In acute care hospitals • For all emergency room services • To non-English speaking persons seeking ED care or treatment • As a condition for licensing Definitions Competent interpreter services are performed by a person who is: - Fluent in English - Fluent in the patient's language - Trained and proficient in the skill and ethics of interpreting - Knows the specialized terms and concepts used in medical care Linguistic Competence: Ensuring trained interpreter improves clinical quality • Bear down: push down, carry a weight, bend down, sit down, beard, chin • Bladder: liver, vagina • Seizures: kidnapping, cramps, stitches, lose consciousness • Lack vocabulary: Hmong The Hmong language has no word for cancer, or even the concept of the disease. "We're going to put a fire in you" is the how an inexperienced interpreter radiation treatment to the patient, who refused treatment. Anne, Morse. Language Access: Helping Non-English Speakers Navigate Health and Human Services, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2003 Delivery System Design • Coordination and Administration • Scheduling and tracking • Models of Oral assistance – – – – – staff contract employee language banks community language banks telephonic and remote simultaneous • Guidelines for translation: common written patient materials Translation: Use trained translator English to be translated Rheumatoid arthritis can be acute or chronic. Acute rheumatoid arthritis is more common during adolescence. The cause is believed to be due to an over-sensitive reaction of the joints to the Beta Hemoylic Streptococcous. The most common sites of infection are the throat and tonsil. Translation continued English to Chinese to English Wet Wind Style Joint inflammation has fast and slow type. The fast type sees more at small year type. The reason for its up believes to be the joint's over-sensitive reaction to the blood-dissolving chain-ball bacteria. And the affecting path is most frequently the swallow tube and the flactpeach gland. Source: Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare, Shani Dowd, June 2002 Key Issues • • • • • • • Policies and procedures Identification of a coordinator Notices and signage Access Training, education and qualifications Patient records Translated materials Structural elements Written policies and procedures • Available to staff • Identify timeliness of access • Identify circumstances for use of telephonic services • Monitor and assure quality Structural elements continued • Annual needs assessment • Coordinator identified to: -Conduct the annual needs assessment -Develop written policies and procedures specific to the ED -Assess interpreter skill -Develop institutional training -Ensure timely early identification of patient's needing an interpreter Structural elements continued • Coordinator (Con't) -Develop ongoing, documented quality assurance program as part of hospital QA -Develop and publicize grievance procedures for problems with access Structural Elements Monitoring and Evaluation • Users: patients, staff and providers and interpreters • User satisfaction surveys including the nonEnglish speaker • Process indicators: Is the system working in a way that everyone understands • Quality indicators: Are IS meeting user needs? • Outcome indicators: Are IS making a difference? Risk Reduction • Documentation in the medical record – Patient language preference – Interpreter's name – Declination of service: reason and interpreter • Provide timely and uniform communication • Ensure systematic data collection – access to IS to correct language and race fields – utilize this data for assessment Summary Hospital Based IS Hospital based interpreter services programs are most effective when • Structured rather than ad hoc • Comprehensive policies and procedures are developed • A community needs assessment and an internal resource assessment • Initial and ongoing training is offered • Competency protocols are established Closing comments • Perception: societal and experiential • Theories and research often fail to include racial, ethnic and linguistic minority subjects and have limited applicability • Lack of inclusion in research has rendered them invisible and assumed knowledge has driven the process of healthcare delivery • Vulnerable populations not monolithic Immigrant--multiple ethnicities, different immigrant experience • Minority groups--multiple ethnicities Summary • Experiencing the health system may be negative – disrespect – lack of language access – experience of health disparities • Acknowledging our limited understanding is critical • Asking about their experience is critical • Involving community consumers critical to the development of effective patient safety strategies


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China Molybdenum Co., the second-biggest producer of the steelmaking material in China, said a closely held Chinese investment company had displaced a government-backed company as its largest shareholder.
Cathay Fortune Corp. holds 1.8 billion shares, or 36 percent, of the company, overtaking the 35 percent stake held by Luoyang Mining Group Co., China Molybdenum said in a statement yesterday. Luoyang Mining, owned by Luoyang city government, doesn't plan to increase its holding to regain control, according to the statement. Shanghai-based Cathay Fortune wasn't immediately able to comment.
The change in control exemplifies how China is seeking to diversify ownership of state-owned companies. Pension funds, insurance funds and private equity funds are encouraged to invest in state entities, according to a government statement last month. Yu Yong, who controls Cathay Fortune and is on Forbes's list of China's 400 richest people, first invested in China Molybdenum in 2004, according to Cathay Fortune's website.
The increased holding "was a strategic investment made on basis of its business operation model and investment philosophy," China Molybdenum said yesterday. The group won't make any substantial changes to existing operations and development plans in the next 12 months, it said.
Yu made a bid in 2012 for Discovery Metals Ltd., an Australian copper producer, for A$830 million ($750 million) jointly with China-Africa Development Fund. The takeover was later abandoned.


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