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Telehealth Use in Rural Healthcare
Telehealth has great potential to increase access to and quality of healthcare in rural communities. Technology can now allow rural patients to see specialists without leaving their communities, permits local providers to take advantage of distant expertise, and improves timeliness of care.What is telemedicine?
Telemedicine is the remote delivery of healthcare services and information using telecommunications technology.What is telehealth?
According to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, telehealth is often used to refer to a broader scope of remote healthcare services than the term telemedicine. Telehealth includes remote non-clinical services, such as provider training, administrative meetings, and continuing medical education, in addition to clinical services. Although telehealth is broader in scope, the American Telemedicine Association and many other organizations use the terms "telemedicine" and "telehealth" interchangeably.
While one of the most common images of telehealth is of a patient speaking by videoconference with a remote physician, telehealth can take many forms. The Health Resources Services Administration defines telehealth as the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical healthcare, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration.
Telehealth technologies can include:
- Videoconferencing,
- Store-and-forward data, images or videos,
- Remote patient monitoring, and
- mHealth (mobile health) applications
This guide helps healthcare providers find information on telehealth services and highlights funding opportunities and initiatives to implement telehealth services. It also provides examples of telehealth projects as models for rural hospitals and clinics to develop and implement programs. The guide discusses challenges for providing telehealth services in rural areas including workforce issues, quality of care issues, reimbursement, licensure, and access to broadband services.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How does telehealth improve healthcare access in rural communities?
- For what types of care has telehealth technology been effectively used in rural communities?
- How do the Telehealth Resource Centers help rural communities?
- What are some telehealth funding programs for rural providers?
- What are the challenges related to telehealth services in rural communities?
- What facilities, technology, and staffing would our facility need to implement telehealth services?
- How can telehealth be used to reach patients in their homes?
- How does the use of telehealth impact rural healthcare providers?
- What financial impact could the addition of telehealth services have for a rural facility and community?
- Is telehealth usage widespread in rural facilities?
How does telehealth improve healthcare access in rural communities?
According to a 2012 document, The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment, telehealth drives volume, increases quality of care and reduces costs by reducing readmissions and unnecessary emergency department visits for rural communities. Telehealth allows small rural hospitals to continue providing quality care at low costs. Also, rural patients receiving care via telehealth can avoid driving long distances to access specialty care.
Using telehealth services is more feasible for rural healthcare facilities than staffing the facilities with specialist providers. Telehealth allows specialists to visit rural patients virtually. Specialties provided to rural communities via telemedicine include:
- Teleradiology
- Telepsychiatry
- Teleopthalmology
- Teledermatology
- Teledentistry
Specific examples of telemedicine improving rural healthcare access include:
- Intensive Care Unit Telemonitoring (e-ICUs):
A 2012 article highlights an e-ICU system in rural Alaska that has extended the reach of healthcare professionals located in urban areas. Rural providers can collaborate with tele-hub professionals to assist in monitoring and treating patients and provide "an extra set of eyes for the bedside nurse." These systems can also provide access to assistance during "tricky, and often lifesaving, procedures."
- Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO):
Project ECHO allows better chronic disease management in rural New Mexico. Primary care providers and specialists work as a team to manage chronic conditions of rural patients.
- The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) is part of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and has information on funding and resources for telehealth programs. Examples of their project partnerships include the First Health Homecare Services and the Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance.
Other ways that telehealth can be used to improve rural healthcare include:
- Telepharmacy services extend access to medications and medication counseling at rural facilities and community pharmacies.
- Monitoring systems can facilitate tracking of patient vital signs from their home, such as smarthomes that utilize home-based sensors to keep patients in their homes longer.
- Electronic communications can link providers that serve in isolated areas and create "virtual professional communities" to improve patient care.
- Healthcare providers' use of mobile devices, such as tablet computers and smartphones can improve communication to their patients as well as to other providers.
These and other telehealth-supported programs offer new methods for improving healthcare access and quality by extending the reach of healthcare services, improving the ability of rural providers to address a broader range of medical conditions, and facilitating collaboration between professionals with limited access to their colleagues.
For what types of care has telehealth technology been effectively used in rural communities?
Telehealth technology has been used effectively in rural communities for many types of care. Examples include:
- Audiology
- Behavioral healthcare
- Cardiology
- Chronic care management interventions
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Emergency care
- Gastroenterology
- Hepatology
- Home monitoring
- Intensive care units
- Long-term care
- Obstetrics
- Ophthalmology
- Pharmacy
- Radiology
- Stroke interventions
In the August 2013 issue of the Rural Monitor, there are several examples of how rural telehealth capabilities continue to grow including:
- The Georgia Partnership for Telehealth uses school telehealth to assess and treat students so that they do not need to travel to a clinic for healthcare. Schools and jails are among more than 350 Georgia locations where telehealth has replaced the traditional doctor's office visit.
- In North Carolina, telehealth is helping seniors remain in their homes longer. Hospitalization rates decreased for patients enrolled in the FirstHealth Home Care Chronic Disease model. Patients who had diagnoses of heart failure, diabetes or COPD and had experienced frequent hospitalizations were monitored by telehealth at home between skilled nursing visits. Response and intervention times improved substantially.
- In South Dakota, Avera Health's eCare telehealth services have expanded to include coverage for ICU, emergency departments, pharmacy and long-term care. They now serve more than 165 hospitals and clinics in South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming.
How do the Telehealth Resource Centers help rural communities?
The Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) are funded by the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth to assist healthcare organizations, healthcare networks, and healthcare providers in the implementation of cost-effective telehealth programs to serve rural and medically underserved areas and populations.
There are a total of 14 Telehealth Resource Centers which include 12 regional centers and two national centers. The national centers focus on areas of technology assessment and telehealth policy. Their website includes a national map, which shows the region served by each center.
The Centers provide technical assistance on developing and implementing telemedicine services. The Telehealth Resource Centers' website provides modules on staffing and recruiting specialists, credentialing and licensing, creating protocols, billing, evaluation and more.
On the third Thursday of every month, the Telehealth Resource Centers present a webinar on a topic related to telehealth. Past webinars can be viewed online at the national telehealth webinar series webpage.
What are some telehealth funding programs for rural providers?
There are several telehealth grant programs for rural providers including the following:
Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program
Loans and loan guarantees to provide funds for the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide service at the broadband lending speed in eligible rural areas.
Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP)
Funding to show how telehealth networks can improve access to healthcare services in rural, frontier, and underserved areas. Eligible applicants include rural or urban nonprofit entities that will provide services through a telehealth network. Applicants are encouraged to develop innovative proposals that meet new and emerging needs in a changing healthcare delivery system with a focus on value and improved healthcare outcomes.
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy plans to offer the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) again in early 2016.
USAC Rural Health Care
Telecommunications Program
Discounts to rural healthcare providers to obtain internet and telecommunications access.
USDA Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program
Funding to construct, enlarge, or improve essential community facilities for healthcare, public safety, and public services in rural areas and towns of up to 20,000 in population. These facilities include schools, libraries, childcare centers, hospitals, medical clinics, assisted living facilities, fire and rescue stations, police stations, community centers, public buildings and transportation. Funds may be used for telehealth initiatives.
USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program (DLT)
Financial assistance to improve telemedicine services and distance learning services in rural areas through the use of telecommunications, computer networks, and related advanced technologies to be used by students, teachers, medical professionals and rural residents. Applicants must operate a rural community facility directly or deliver telemedicine services to another organization that operates a rural community facility.
The USDA Office of Rural Development plans to offer the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) again in early 2015.
What are the challenges related to telehealth services in rural communities?
Some of the challenges include the following:
The issue of Medicare reimbursement is commonly cited as a major challenge for telemedicine. Some criticisms of the current Medicare reimbursement model for telehealth include:
- The level of reimbursement in the fee-for-service system
- Limitation of reimbursement to rural and health professional shortage areas
- Limitation of reimbursement to certain types of care settings
- Limitation to certain current procedural terminology codes
States have various standards by which their Medicaid programs will reimburse for telehealth expenses. Refer to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) State Coverage for Telehealth Services to learn which states have Medicaid reimbursement for telehealth services.
More information about Medicaid reimbursement for telehealth is also available on RHIhub's Medicaid and Rural Health topic guide.
There is no single widely-accepted standard telehealth reimbursement for private payers. Some insurance companies value the benefits of telehealth and will reimburse a wide variety of services.
In addition, the Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law has information about telehealth reimbursement.
According to the 2013 article Streamlining Telemedicine Licensure to Improve Rural America, the current licensure system places burdens on physicians who want to expand their practice to rural areas. The licensure of healthcare professionals is a function of a state's professional licensing board. Physicians who wish to practice across state lines must be licensed in each state where care is given.
However, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is distinctive, and VA physicians have license portability which allows them to practice across state lines to wherever the patient is receiving care.
Affordable broadband is needed to support telehealth and health information exchange, in order to increase access to quality care. Many rural communities do not currently have access to internet connection speeds which support the effective and efficient transmission of data to provide telehealth services.
What facilities, technology, and staffing would our facility need to implement telehealth services?
While technological issues, such as baseline connectivity and the interoperability of data, can impact the implementation of telehealth services, successful programs realize that the technology has to be implemented in the right care processes to get the best outcomes.
Issues to consider include:
- Identifying an appropriate payment model
- Training to develop a positive culture among staff
- The standardization of processes; and
- The use of care coordinators to implement telehealth programs
Facilities should carefully analyze what equipment is needed to provide telemedicine consultation services, as well as options and services available from each vendor. Low-cost equipment consists of simple, web-based videoconferencing. More costly equipment includes large screen, high-definition videoconferencing equipment. The specific equipment depends on the services being provided; for example, teledermatology usually requires a higher resolution image than telepsychiatry.
When setting up a facility for telehealth, having adequate space within the facility for the equipment is a priority. The videoconferencing equipment should be well secured at all times, even when it is not in use. Data services such as picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) will require heavy use of the facility's network. The universal format for PACS image storage and transfer is DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine). DICOM is a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting medical information. PACS has the ability to deliver timely and efficient access to images, interpretations, and related data.
Within your facility, it is important to train your staff on the technology and develop a positive attitude to telehealth services among staff. The California Telehealth Resource Center developed a telehealth training module with success tips.
For assistance that is specific to your facility, contact your regional Telehealth Resource Center.
How can telehealth be used to reach patients in their homes?
Telehealth can be used to reach patients in their homes through remote monitoring where personal health and medical data is collected from a patient in his home. The data is transmitted to his provider in a different location for use in care and related support.
Mobile health, referred to as mHealth, can be used by providers and public health units to communicate to patients and citizens in their homes. It can also be used for remote monitoring, where personal health and medical data is collected from a patient in his home. The Rise of mHealth: 10 Trends reports that mobile devices and apps are becoming an integral part of telemedicine.
Telecare is a term for offering remote monitoring to elderly or disabled people, providing the care and monitoring to allow them to live independently in their homes.
How does the use of telehealth impact rural healthcare providers?
There are many ways that telehealth systems impact providers including:
Provider Retention
A report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Using Telehealth to Improve Quality and Safety, highlights the positive impact of telehealth systems on provider retention in rural areas. These systems can reduce rural isolation and provide a "network of peers from other rural and urban communities."
Providers are able to receive health education through telehealth such as lectures and computer-based training programs. This includes teleconferencing with other healthcare professionals to share knowledge and experiences.
In the article, Telemedicine: Changing the Landscape of Rural Physician Practice, Dr. Wilbur Hitt reports that telehealth reduces rural practice isolation.
"Telemedicine fosters a collaboration that reduces the feelings of isolation that physicians may experience when they go to practice in a small town. With telemedicine, it's like having one foot in the city but being able to live and practice out in a rural area. It's also reassuring to know that you're on the right track with the treatment plan and are staying current."
The introduction of telehealth systems in the healthcare workplace has created a need for new training for practicing professionals and students. The national network of Telehealth Resource Centers provides information related to training programs on telehealth systems.
What financial impact could the addition of telehealth services have for a rural facility and community?
The financial impact of implementing telehealth services in a community can vary, depending on the type of service and the patient population. However, previous experience has shown that individual facilities and providers can increase revenue by seeing a higher volume of patients.
Additionally, more states have started to consider legislation such as telehealth parity laws, which would require insurers to cover services provided via telehealth technology at the same rate as for services delivered in person. The American Telemedicine Association's website includes a map of states with parity laws for private insurance coverage of telemedicine.
Hospitals that use teleconsultation and telementoring services have also been able to retain revenue when they are able to treat patients in the local facility, instead of transferring to another facility for specialty care.
A 2011 report titled Estimating the Economic Impact of Telemedicine in a Rural Community, describes a study of 24 hospitals in four relatively rural states in the Midwest including Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas. All of these communities have hospitals that use some form of telemedicine. The authors of the report conclude:
- Each community recognizes an economic impact of at least $20,000 per year in savings or other economic opportunities generated by the hospital's telemedicine equipment.
- The average annual community impact is around $522,000, and the maximum impact is over $1,300,000.
- Most communities tend to obtain the majority of their savings from increased lab and pharmacy revenues, due to additional work performed locally.
Is telehealth usage widespread in rural facilities?
The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Analysis completed a report in 2014 titled Extent of Telehealth Use in Rural and Urban Hospitals. Data from 4,727 hospitals in the 2013 HIMSS Analytics database found:
- Two-thirds of the hospitals had no telehealth services or were only in the process of implementing a telehealth application. One-third of the hospitals had at least one telehealth application currently in use.
- Hospitals that were more likely to have implemented at least one telehealth service were academic medical centers, not-for-profit institutions, hospitals belonging to integrated delivery systems, and larger institutions.
- Rural and urban hospitals did not differ significantly in overall telehealth implementation.
- Urban and rural hospitals did differ in the department where telehealth was implemented. Urban hospitals were more likely than rural hospitals to have operational telehealth implementations in cardiology/stroke/heart attack programs, neurology, and obstetrics/gynecology/NICU/pediatrics.
- In contrast, rural hospitals were more likely than urban hospital to have operational telehealth implementations in radiology departments and in emergency and trauma care.
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Can You Guess the Celebrity in This Yearbook Photo?
How adorable is this little girl? She's a famous singer now… Can you guess who it is?
Although she's smiling in this yearbook photo from her childhood, growing up wasn't easy for the songstress. On top of dealing with problems in her personal life, she didn't have the easiest time in school either, since a lot of kids bullied her. These struggles would manifest later on in life as this songstress admitted to battling an eating disorder and self-mutilating as a means of coping with her emotional pain.
However, she's now recognized these problems and has sought help for them in her young adult years. Although she still struggles on a daily basis, she's learned healthier ways to channel her energy, and her music has been very cathartic for the former child actress.
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LIMBAUGH: Well, let me ask you a question. What is your opinion of the way Issa has conducted the committee so far?
CALLER: I think it's taken far too long. I think the results have been -
LIMBAUGH: Wait, though. You just asked me if I thought there was going to be a lot of political theater. Now, you could, on the other hand, credit Issa for delaying this until an election year when more people are paying attention, when it'll have more impact. I don't know that he's doing anything of the sort, I'm just suggesting that if you want bang for your buck, there's going to be more for it this year than if he gotten this done last year.
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London Broncos have been getting into the Movember spirit.
Several players along with assistant coach Ben Fisher visited "The Best a Mo Can Get" barbers in London yesterday for a moustache trim.
The players were joined by the co-founders of Movember as they enjoyed the 1940's styled barbers in the heart of London.
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Target: San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Goal: Provide renewable energy to residents of San Francisco that are willing to switch from traditional power sources
There's no denying that renewable energy is a good thing. It is clean, affordable, morally defensible, and, as the name states, renewable. Across the country people are making efforts to sever their ties to traditional power sources such as coal and natural gas. These resources take a damaging toll on the environment and people who work with them, and are finite. The consistently rising energy costs that the nation has been seeing should be evidence enough of the last point. As gas and oil have become more expensive and as their environmental impact has become more apparent, more people have turned to alternative energy sources. Solar panels, geothermal power, wood-burning stoves, and wind turbines have all become common sights.
Embracing this trend, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is currently considering legislation that would allocate over $19 million to be used in securing a contract with Shell Energy North America that would provide the city with clean, renewable energy. The change would not be compulsory for residents (the program would be slightly more expensive than power is now); only those who wished to pay for it would receive the energy at this point. Furthermore, a portion of the money would go towards investigating potential local power source options.
The program, called CleanPowerSF, would dramatically curb San Francisco's carbon emissions. San Francisco is already on the forefront in terms of being a green city, having already made significant investments in solar and wind power, and in doing so cutting their carbon emissions. CleanPowerSF has the potential to again slash the city's emissions tenfold.
The costs of CleanPowerSF will level out over time, and in the meanwhile the switch to renewable energy can only be a good thing. This program, if successful, is one that any major city could emulate. Sign the petition and tell San Francisco to give this program a shot.
Dear San Francisco Board of Supervisors,
Soon you are going to vote on a piece of legislation that would mark a major reallocation of funds. You will have the chance to take $19.5 million and invest it in clean energy and your city's future. I am writing to encourage you to take that step.
The program, CleanPowerSF and the contract with Shell Energy North America would drop your already low carbon emissions even lower and make San Francisco a model of American energy efficiency. As the cost of traditional energy sources continues to soar, as our dependency on foreign oil increases, and the toll that they take on the planet and local environments grows ever more critical you are faced with a chance to take a stand against all that.
Your city has already made a remarkable move towards solar power, and now it is time for you to take that next step. Continue down the path towards energy independence and 100% renewable energy. Sooner or later we will be at a place where we no longer can or need to use gas and fossil fuels. If you vote to bring CleanPowerSF into existence you will truly be on the cutting edge of public power policy.
The cost of CleanPowerSF is significant, but so are the dividends it will pay, as the costs of renewable tend to even out over time. The environmental impact this would have would also be tremendous: imagine having to see fewer oil derricks and pipelines marring scenic landscapes. Finally, the precedent that this would set for America and the world would be truly remarkable; the residents of San Francisco deserve access to good, clean energy as a matter of policy. You have the chance to give that to them. Please make the right decision, vote for this proposed legislation to become law.
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By Christina Brown
Northern Cheapskate
Summer is here, and hotter temperatures can mean higher bills if you're not careful. Stay cool in the summer heat and stick to your budget with these tips:
Be strategic with your landscaping. Plant deciduous trees that provide shade in the summer and when they lose their leaves in the fall, help let the sun shine in during the winter months.
Use fans to circulate the air through your house. A cross-breeze is ideal. Put some ice water in front of the fan to blow cooler air around.
Don't heat up your kitchen. Use your slow cooker, eat cool meals like salads or sandwiches, or use your grill. If you absolutely must do baking, be sure to use your oven late at night or early in the morning when the temperature is cooler.
Stay hydrated. Drink plenty of water. Put cool washcloths on your pulse points (back of the neck, wrists, back of the knees and ankles) to cool yourself off.
Take advantage of the cooler evenings. Open all the windows and use fans to circulate the air. When you get up in the morning, close up the windows, close the shades and curtains and keep the house shut up tight and cool. If you open the windows and shades during the height of the afternoon, you'll heat up your house pretty fast.
Go swimming, hang out in a kiddie pool, or dash through the sprinkler. You could also take a cool shower. Get your head wet and you'll feel noticeably cooler.
Head indoors. Go to your local library or shopping mall and take advantage of their air conditioning. Just remind yourself not to spend anything or the free A/C could get pricey!
Use a programmable thermostat. Use a programmable thermostat with your air conditioning to only cool the house when you're home. And remember, if you're wearing a sweater in July in your house, you could turn up the thermostat and save a few bucks.
Check with your local utility company for other money-saving options. For example, Lake Country Power has a program that allows them to cycle your air conditioning off and on during periods of peak energy use. The house still stays cool, but you'll spend a fraction of what you would normally pay to cool your home.
Summers in northern Minnesota are short. So enjoy them to the fullest and try to remember those hot days when it's 30 below zero this winter!
Read more frugal living tips and money-saving ideas at http://www.northerncheapskate.com.


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Real Madrid come in to this match on the back of a nine game unbeaten run in the Champions League (W8 D1). The last CL game they lost was the SF first leg in Dortmund last April.
It's been nearly three years since Real Madrid failed to score in a Champions League game (27/04/2011 v Barcelona) and they have scored in 33 successive CL matches.
Dortmund have lost only one of their last five Champions League meetings with Real Madrid (W2 D2 L1), but this defeat was away in the Bernabeu last season (0-2).
Dortmund have won their last three Champions League quarter final ties, including a victory over Spanish side Malaga last season (3-2 on aggregate).
Robert Lewandowski has scored five goals in his last four Champions League appearances against Real Madrid; more often than against any other opponent.
Polish striker Lewandowski has scored or assisted 20 (50%) of Borussia Dortmund's 40 goals in the Champions League since the start of last season.
Of sides left in the competition, Real Madrid have let their opponents have the most shots on target (41).
Cristiano Ronaldo has already netted more goals this season (13) than ever before in a single CL campaign. The record for goals within a single CL campaign is 14 by Lionel Messi in 2011-12 (excl. qualifiers).
Ronaldo has scored 48 goals and assisted 11 more in 47 Champions League appearances for Real Madrid.
Ronaldo has attempted the most shots at goal (41) and on target (27) in the Champions League this season.
No player has more assists in the Champions League this season than Real Madrid duo Karim Benzema and Angel Di Maria (5).


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Airways Hotel Victoria, London Общие сведения
Проверить цену номеров и возможность бронирования в Airways Hotel Victoria, London
Airways Hotel Victoria, London Детали
Airways Hotel Victoria Обзор отеля
A great value London hotel within walking distance of Victoria Station and Westminster Cathedral.
Обмен валют, Карты городов, Сейф в отделе регистрации и обслуживания гостей
Услуги прачечной, Круглосуточный отдел регистрации и обслуживания гостей, Врач по вызову, Звонок-будильник, Отглаживание одежды, услуги факса, Камера хранения, Туристическая информация
Бесплатная парковка рядом с отелем.
Wi-Fi бесплатно во всех номерах и общих помещениях (холл, приемная и т.п.)
From Heathrow Airport: Take the Piccadilly Line to 'Earl's Court' and once there interchange to the District Line towards 'Upminster' and get off at 'Victoria' station or if you prefer you can get off at 'Pimlico' station . The hotel is within walking distance from both stations.
Walking from Victoria station: Take the Wilton Road exit (near platform #1), then turn right and walk straight down Wilton Road, turn right on the Warwick Way and at the second set of traffic lights turn left on to Saint George's Drive. The hotel is building no. 30 on the left.
Walking from Pimlico station: Walk down Lupus Street and turn right onto St George's Drive. The hotel is building no. 30 on the left. If you are coming from Vauxhall Bridge Road, turn onto Warwick Way and at the third sets of traffic lights turn left on to Saint Georges Drive.
Airways Hotel Victoria, London Информация об отеле
A short walk to the south of Victoria railway and tube station, Airways Hotel Victoria London occupies a convenient city centre location. Victoria Coach Station is also very close, in addition to Victoria Place shopping centre, Apollo Victoria Theatre and Westminster Cathedral. For access to further attractions, nearby Pimlico tube station is on the Victoria Line and Victoria Station itself is additionally on the Circle and District lines.
Offering excellent value for money in the capital, Hotel Airways is a family-run establishment that provides a personal service. The hotel is set in an elegant 19th century building that is centrally heated and includes complimentary wireless Internet access throughout. Services and amenities include an airport shuttle service, concierge, laundry and ironing, and tourist information. Guests can also relax in the television room and reading lounge.
All of the rooms in Airways Hotel Victoria London have a simple and elegant decor combined with a homely furnishing. Each room features a colour television, a fan, free tea and coffee making facilities, and a hairdryer. The rooms also have en-suite shower and toilet facilities.


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A five-year-old girl has died after an horrific crash in the United States which saw five children trapped under water in a suburban pond for up to 45 minutes, as passers-by desperately tried to reach them.
The girl's stepmother was driving the car when it veered off a highway ramp and into a frigid pond in suburban Minneapolis about 6am on Thursday. St Louis Park city spokesman Jamie Zwilling said the children were unconscious and unresponsive when pulled from the vehicle. Police are still trying to work out how the car ended up in the pond. There was no ice on the road and relatively light traffic.
The driver, a 23-year-old woman, was the of mother three of the children and the stepmother of two. She made it out of the four-door sedan on her own and one witness described seeing her in the pond, screaming for help.
For nearly 20 minutes, the car remained immersed in the pond, with passers-by and emergency workers unable to reach the children until the car was partially towed out of the pond.
"I ran out to the balcony the second I heard the woman screaming," said Jeffrey Robertson, 40, whose apartment overlooks the pond. He made the 911 call at 6.16am.
"Even in the darkness, I could see a woman standing in water up to her knees. Looking back, everything about her screams told you she was the mother of a child in trouble."
The driver, Marion Guerrido, had her sons aged 7 and 5 in the car as well as her one-year-old daughter. Her partner's two daughters, aged 6 and 5, were also in the car.
The cause of the accident is unknown. No alcohol was detected, according to the Minnesota State Patrol, and state records show Ms Guerrido has no driving violations. Despite the mist, the roads were relatively dry and ice free, authorities said. At that hour, traffic is light.
The car skidded off a highway ramp and landed in water that was "quite deep", and was "incredibly cold", Lieutenant Eric Roeske said.
One man scaled a fence and went into the water in an attempt to rescue the children, to no avail. He "jumped in the water, was standing on the roof of the vehicle and the water was up to his neck", Lieutenant Roeske said.
The children were taken to hospital with serious injuries. Ms Guerrido was not hospitalised.
It was unclear why the car went off the ramp and how fast it was going. There is no guardrail between the road and the pond.
It was uncertain as to where the car was headed. Nor was it clear on Thursday how Ms Guerrido escaped, whether through a door or window. Witnesses told police that she got out of the vehicle as it was sinking.
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(Santa Fe) -- The New Mexico Department of Health confirmed today a case of plague in a 78-year-old man from Torrance County who is currently hospitalized in stable condition. This is the first human case of plague in New Mexico this year and in the United States. An environmental investigation will take place at the mans home to look for ongoing risk to others in the surrounding area.
The Department of Health takes action when a plague case occurs to ensure the safety of the immediate family, neighbors, and health care providers, said Department of Health Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Catherine Torres. We inform neighbors door-to-door about plague found in the area and educate them on reducing their risk. We determine whether individuals close to the patient may also have been exposed to the plague and recommend preventative treatment when necessary.
Plague is a bacterial disease of rodents and is generally transmitted to humans through the bites of infected fleas, but can also be transmitted by direct contact with infected animals, including rodents, wildlife and pets.
Plague activity usually begins to increase in the spring and continues into the summer months, so people need to take precautions to avoid rodents and their fleas which can expose them to plague, said Dr. Paul Ettestad, public health veterinarian for the Department of Health. Pets that are allowed to roam and hunt can bring infected fleas from dead rodents back into the home, putting you and your children at risk.
To prevent plague, the Department of Health recommends:
Avoid sick or dead rodents and rabbits, and their nests and burrows.
Keep your pets from roaming and hunting
Talk to your veterinarian about using an appropriate flea control product on your pets
Clean up areas near the house where rodents could live, such as woodpiles, brush piles, junk and abandoned vehicles.
Sick pets should be examined promptly by a veterinarian.
See your doctor about any unexplained illness involving a sudden and severe fever.
Put hay, wood, and compost piles as far as possible from your home.
Dont leave your pets food and water where mice can get to it.
Symptoms of plague in humans include sudden onset of fever, chills, headache, and weakness. In most cases there is a painful swelling of the lymph node in the groin, armpit or neck areas. Plague symptoms in cats and dogs are fever, lethargy and loss of appetite. There may be a swelling in the lymph node under the jaw. With prompt diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic treatment, the fatality rate in people and pets can be greatly reduced. Physicians who suspect plague should promptly report to NMDOH.
In New Mexico, there were two human cases of plague in 2011, no cases in 2010, and six human cases of plague in 2009, one of them fatal.
For more information, including fact sheets in English and Spanish, go to the Department of Healths website at: http://nmhealth.org/ERD/HealthData/plague.shtml
Department of Health Announces Fatal Hantavirus Case in Rio Arriba County Resident (May 25, 2012)
Ninety cases have been reported since 1975 with 40 percent of them have been fatal. Since it was first diagnosed* in 1993, New Mexico has had a total of 91 lab-confirmed HPS cases with 37 fatalities, the highest number of cases for any state in the nation. The news release provides information on preventing infection and a map is provided at the link shown below.
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* - cases prior to 1993 were reviewed and included in the count if symptomology met Hantavirus criteria.
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Guess it's time to spray my woodpiles, and run off the squirrels. I haven't had a mouse problem sense my two cats moved in.
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By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $1.5 billion on Monday in a joint push with the United Nations to improve the health of women and children, while launching a lobbying effort to get governments and other non-profit groups on board.
The program aims to cut across the "silos" of health initiatives focused on one thing -- AIDS, for example, or nutrition -- and get broader initiatives into place.
"That is in addition to grants that we already make in vaccines, diarrhea, malaria," Melinda Gates told reporters.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he would try to focus the Group of 20 meeting in Toronto later this month on the subject, adding the goal is to raise $15 billion.
"We may need an additional $45 billion by 2015," Ban said.
Ban and Gates described a comprehensive approach through 2014 to help women deliver babies safely and plan healthy families with access to contraception, while incorporating current vaccination and nutrition programs.
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The other post position, however, is still up for grabs.
"I still do not know who I'm going to start," Williams told reporters on Thursday. "I really don't… I'm waiting for someone to step up and say, 'I'm going to deserve that.' "
Sophomore Desmond Hubert started in the scrimmage against Shaw on Oct. 26, but was outplayed by freshman Joel James. The rookie scored 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds in 17 minutes, while Hubert scored two points on 1-of-4 shooting and pulled down three rebounds in 15 minutes.
Freshman Brice Johnson and sophomore Jackson Simmons are also in the mix.
Williams has a track record of selecting a starting five and sticking with it throughout the season, but even he acknowledged the lineup could change throughout the course of the nonconference schedule.
"I think it's because they're so inexperienced or so young," Williams said. "Desmond was here last year, but Joel and Brice were not. And Jackson was here last year, but like Desmond, didn't play very much. So all of them just give you different things on [whichever] day.
"I wish I could evaluate it and say that Desmond's great on Mondays and Joel's great on Tuesdays and that's the way we would start people, but it hasn't been quite that clear cut."
Williams also provided some insight into UNC's potential small lineup options this season. It would be sophomore P.J. Hairston or freshman J.P. Tokoto, not Bullock, manning the four spot in those situations.
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Before we know it, winter will be a distant memory and everyone will be gearing up to spend time outside on their deck or patio. In one of my posts last week, I talked about sprucing up our deck décor. We've been in the house twelve years. It's definitely time for a makeover.
I love reading on the deck on Saturday afternoons, relaxing with a glass of lemonade. I never seem to know what time is though. Yes, I could bring out my cell phone, but who wants to be bugged by a phone ringing in the middle of reading?
Taylor Precision Products Mosaic Butterfly Combo clock and thermometer would match so well with the floral mats in front of each atrium door leading into the house. This 14" poly/resin clock is made to withstand the elements.
If I decided to give the deck a more elegant look, I might opt for the Taylor Precision Products Copper Finish Clock that also includes a thermometer. Made of injection molded resin with a painted copper finish, it features quartz clock instruments. The glass lens prevents clouding and it has a fade resistant dial, all enclosed in a weather resistant housing.
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5 comments:
- CelticLady said...
Interesting...I like the second one...
- March 2, 2012 at 6:56 PM
- Katie McCurdy said...
Ohh, that first clock is really pretty. Love the butterflies!! :-D
- March 3, 2012 at 5:32 PM
- Mayra Calvani said...
The one with the butterflies is really cute!
- March 4, 2012 at 12:28 AM
- Meg, Caitlin and Laurie T said...
Hi Cheryl,
I understand the need to update your house. I'm doing the same! I love the second clock--gorgeous. The first one is pretty too. Interesting post. Never thought about a clock for the deck before.
- March 4, 2012 at 10:01 AM
- Tribute Books Mama said...
Very pretty butterfly clock.
- March 5, 2012 at 11:04 AM
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SSD's definitely makes live simpler as you will get a lot less trouble with impact from things like compactions. Just beware that Cassandra expands data a lot due to storage overhead (for small columns), replication and needed space for compactions and repairs. It is well worth doing some real life testing here before you order a lot of HW ! With our tuning and load, Java vm cannot really use more than 12GB for heap before GC falls apart, so probably 24GB would be a nice memory size per server. And yes, many small is better than a few large in most cases. Terje On Aug 31, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Maxim Potekhin wrote: > Plenty of comments in this thread already, and I agree with those saying > "it depends". From my experience, a cluster with 18 spindles total > could not match the performance and throughput of our primary > Oracle server which had 108 spindles. After we upgraded to SSD, > things have definitely changed for the better, for Cassandra. > > Another thing is that if you plan to implement "composite indexes" by > catenating column values into additional columns, that would constitute > a "write" hence you'll need CPU. So watch out. > > > On 8/29/2011 9:15 AM, Helder Oliveira wrote: >> Hello guys, >> >> What is the type of profile of a cassandra server. >> Are SSD an option ? >> Does cassandra needs better CPU ou lots of memory ? >> Are SATA II disks ok ? >> >> I am making some tests, and i started evaluating the possible hardware. >> >> If someone already has conclusions about it, please share :D >> >> Thanks a lot. >
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ITU will host a workshop to address international public policy issues on the migration to IPv6, as well as the economic aspects related to IP address allocation 4-5 September in Geneva.
With the massive deployment of Internet-related resources worldwide and the integration of IP-enabled consumer devices connected directly to the network, the issue of the depletion of IPv4 addresses is becoming pertinent. Indeed, there is wide recognition of the need for better awareness of the availability of IPv4 addresses and the deployment of IPv6.
Despite the use of network address translation (NAT) as a strategy for reducing the use of public IPv4 addresses, several experts forecast depletion in the next few years. In addition to other features, IPv6 with its 128 bit address space is aimed at addressing the current shortage of public IPv4 addresses. However the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 is going at a rather slow rate, with both versions being used in parallel. Many informed observers attribute this to market forces and other economic considerations.
There is growing interest in IPv6 especially among the organizations involved in its management. ITU is organizing this workshop in order to foster dialogue and international cooperation on IPv6 related issues.
The workshop will provide a platform for dialogue where key players in the field, including all ITU sectors, as well as other interested entities will be able to discuss and address international public policy issues on the migration to IPv6, as well as the economic aspects related to IP address allocation.
The workshop is designed to stimulate discussion and interaction with the audience, rather than offer a string of presentations and speeches provided by panelists and speakers.
A meeting of the world's leading ICT standards bodies has urged members to support the ITU-T Focus Group on ICTs and Climate Change. The ITU group formed earlier in July is working on the development of methodologies for the analysis, evaluation and quantification of greenhouse gas emissions from the ICT sector and the reductions that may be achieved through the use of ICTs in other sectors, and is open to any interested organisation.
A Resolution named ICT and the Environment from the Thirteenth Global Standards Collaboration (GSC-13) meeting asks that participating standards organizations (PSOs) share their views and experiences on this topic with ITU. The Resolution gives high priority to standards development related to ICT and climate change and encourages PSOs to closely collaborate on the topic.
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Malcolm Johnson, Director of the ITU's Standardization Bureau said, "This Resolution promotes a spirit of collaboration and mutual support in order that this globally important issue is tackled with the utmost efficiency. ITU gives all the world's standardization bodies the opportunity to work together to apply the power of ICTs to this greatest of all challenges".
The Thirteenth Global Standards Collaboration (GSC-13) was hosted by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) in Boston, Massachusetts. One hundred participants attended. They included representatives from the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) of Japan, the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) of China, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), the ICT Standards Advisory Council of Canada (ISACC), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) from the U.S., the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) of Korea and the Telecommunications Technology Committee (TTC) of Japan.
GSC-13 is the latest in a series of such events that commenced in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1990. The events provide a strategic opportunity for dialogue among senior officials from national, regional and international standards bodies. The next GSC meeting will be hosted by the ITU, the 13th to 16th of July 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Malcolm Johnson, Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU interviewed by Gareth Mitchell on the BBC's Digital Planet programme on ICTs and climate change. Podcast available here.
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along its northern and southern frontiers, from the role played by Jesuit missions in the subjugation of native peoples to the emergence of livestock industries, with their attendant cowboys and gauchos and threats of Indian raids. In this book, nine historians, three anthropologists, and one sociologist compare and contrast these fringes of New Spain between 1500 and 1880, showing that in each region the frontier represented contested ground where different cultures and polities clashed in ways heretofore little understood. The contributors reveal similarities in Indian-white relations, military policy, economic development, and social structure; and they show differences in instances such as the emergence of a major urban center in the south and the activities of rival powers. The authors also show how ecological and historical differences between the northern and southern frontiers produced intellectual differences as well. In North America, the frontier came to be viewed as a land of opportunity and a crucible of democracy; in the south, it was considered a spawning ground of barbarism and despotism. By exploring issues of ethnicity and gender as well as the different facets of indigenous resistance, both violent and nonviolent, these essays point up both the vitality and the volatility of the frontier as a place where power was constantly being contested and negotiated.
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Sodium Propionate is produced naturally in the body when certain fatty acids and amino acids are metabolized. It is used in bakery products to prevent molding. Mold poses a bigger risk to your health than Sodium Propionate.
Red dye isn't healthy, but it is used in almost anything red you'd buy from the store. Soda, Jello, Cereals, Nutri-grain bars, Ice cream, Yogurt, etc.
Sorbitol occurs naturally in apples, pears, peaches, and prunes. It is a commonly used sugar alcohol in gum and other diet foods.
(From Wikipedia) The compounds used to produce artificial flavors are almost identical to those that occur naturally. It has been suggested that artificial flavors may be safer to consume than natural flavors due to the standards of purity and mixture consistency that are enforced either by the company or by law.
Can anyone guess what the following ingredients are from?
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Contains < 2% of: Acacia, Beta-Carotene, BHT, Biotin, Boric Acid, Calcium Pantothenate, Calcium Stearate, Cholecalciferol, Chromium Picolinate, Citric Acid, Corn Starch, Crospovidone, Cupric Sulfate, Cyanocobalamin, FD&C Yellow No. 6 Aluminum Lake, Folic Acid, Gelatin, Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Hypromellose, Manganese Sulfate, Medium-Chain Triglycerides, Modified Food Starch, Niacinamide, Nickelous Sulfate, Phytonadione, Polyethylene Glycol, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Potassium Iodide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Silicon Dioxide, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Metavanadate, Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenate, Sorbic Acid, Stannous Chloride, Sucrose, Talc, Thiamine Mononitrate, Titanium Dioxide, Tocopherols, Tribasic Calcium Phosphate, Vitamin A Acetate, Zinc Oxide.
May also contain < 2% of: Ascorbyl Palmitate, Maltodextrin, Sodium Aluminosilicate, Sunflower Oil.
Those are the ingredients from a Centrum brand multivitamin.
That being said, I'm not defending Hostess, I haven't eaten anything of theirs in years. But, artificial flavors aren't going to affect your long-term health like a high sugar/fat/sodium/cholesterol diet will.


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POCATELLO, Idaho – Northern Arizona volleyball lost at Idaho State, 3-1, in the first match of the Big Sky Conference season at Reed Gym on Friday. The Lumberjacks fell by sets of 25-14, 25-17, 19-25, and 25-20.
For the second straight year, NAU (4-7, 0-1 BSC) opened the Big Sky Conference regular season against the Idaho State Bengals. The Lumberjacks fell in last year's opener, 3-1, and also lost in four sets to start the 2010 conference season.
The Lumberjacks fell behind early in the first and second sets but fought back in the third to push the match to a fourth. NAU held a comfortable lead throughout the third set and kept the Big Sky's second best team in the non-conference season from mounting a comeback.
The Lumberjacks were down 18-10 in the fourth set before putting together a 7-2 run cutting Idaho State's lead to three at 20-17. The Bengals regained their composure to close out the match and earn their first conference win of the season.
NAU posted a .047 team hitting percentage compared to a .180 hitting percentage for Idaho State. Kobi Christensen led the Lumberjacks with 12 kills followed by Niki Small who collected 11 kills. Small led the team with a .241 hitting percentage. Kelli Dallmann had a match-high 34 assists for the Lumberjacks.
Idaho State's Haylee Thompson-Brock turned in a match-high 20 kills hitting .326 on the night. Jaclyn Hone totaled 12 kills rounding out the match's kill leaders.
NAU will look for its first league win on Saturday, September 18 as the team travels to Weber State. The Lumberjacks swept Weber State last fall and hold a 31-26 all-time record against the Wildcats. The match is schedule for a 6 p.m. start.


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The letter V is next in line as we cruise through the tail end of the alphabet in the Saturday Six. For those of you who are new to this, it's a simple idea: I ask six random questions — this week, they all have something to do with a keyword beginning with the letter V — and you answer them.
You can either answer in a comment here, or, if you're looking for something random to post on your own blog, you can post your answers there and then leave a comment here with a link to that post. The idea is that other readers who enjoy memes like this might just find your blog through the comments on this post.
Here are this week's "Saturday Six" questions. Either answer the questions in a comment here, or put the answers in an entry on your blog… But don't forget to leave a link to your blog so that everyone else can visit! Permission is not granted to copy the questions to message boards for the purpose of having members answer and play along there. Enjoy!
1. V is for VACCINE: Do you believe children should be required to be vaccinated before they're allowed to attend public schools? Why or why not?
2. V is for VALOR: Whom do you know personally that you consider to be particularly courageous?
3. V is for VALUE: Which store do you feel generally offers the best deals on things you want?
4. V is for VEGETABLE: Which single vegetable do you tend to use most when you cook?
5. V is for VERTIGO: What's the tallest building you've been inside?
6. V is for VULCAN: Who is your favorite Star Trek character?
Next week, six questions inspired by the letter W.


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Mailman (GitHub: vdemedes/mailman, License: MIT, npm: mailman) by Vadim Demedes is a module for sending emails that supports generators. It uses nodemailer for sending email, and consolidate.js for templates, which means it supports lots of different template languages.
Generators are used for sending emails, so you can do this:
var mail = new UserMailer({ to: 'email@example.com' }).welcome();
yield mail.deliver();
Mailman expects a specific directory layout for views, but the added level of structure might help if you've got a big mess of email-related code in your current projects.
trayballoon (GitHub: sindresorhus/trayballoon, License: MIT, npm: trayballoon) by Sindre Sorhus is a module for showing system tray balloons in Windows. You can set the text and image to display, and a callback that will run when the balloon disappears:
text: 'Unicorns and rainbows'
icon: 'ponies.ico',
timeout: 20000
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It also has a command-line tool which you could use to display notifications when things like tests fail. trayballoon works by bundling an executable called
nircmdc.exe which is called with
Given some "embed code" for sites like YouTube and Vimeo, unembed (GitHub: colearnr/unembed, License: MIT, npm: unembed) by Prabhu Subramanian will extract the markup and produce a JSON representation. This might be useful if you're scraping sites that use embed codes, like blogs and forums.
I've never thought of applying the tiny modules philosophy to scraping, but it seems like a great way of sharing all of those hacks we use to extract data in a more structured way.


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Many comedians have rejected the bro code and pushed back against resorting to bottom-feeder rape punchlines for cheap laughs.
The Canadian pop sensation has morphed from the fresh-faced boy next door into a 'bro'-spewing frat boy in the making.
Did you have any part in creating the bro clichés that are in these Game of bros videos?
Like a guy who will tell you that his favorite movie is Caddyshack is a bro.
bro, let me tell you, there was something seriously wrong with us.
Mr. bro'nsill he allus pulls my teeth, and dey nebber has been one what ached as bad as dis.'
This morning Sarah and I walked over the prairie two miles to bro.
Nearly one year has passed since my last visit here in company with bro.
It was through the workers in the holiness movement that bro.
It was in the springtime, in the midst of this beautiful weather, we called bro.


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Tutors may work during the school day between 9am-3pm or in an after school program from 3-5/6pm. Tutoring sessions may be with one child or in small groups of two or three children.
William Paterson University has undertaken this challenge and instituted the America Reads Program through the Career Development and Advisement Center and with the help of the College of Education and Financial Aid. This is a tutoring program for children in grades K-3 in several local school districts.
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- GPA of 2.5 or higher
- Federal work-study eligibility
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I just opened one of the most wonderful, whimsical Christmas cards I've ever received, and it's from one of our own, Catherine Perry. Produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the card features an illustration by American artist Arthur Rackham that first appeared in Clement C. Moore's book "The Night Before Christmas."
The front of the card is like an Advent calendar, allowing you to open a small square each day, revealing darling pencil sketches (an elf, a ballerina, a mouse).
The inside is fun too, showing pajama-clad children leaping for Christmas-morn joy.
I wasn't familiar with Rackham or Moore before I got this card, but I immediately flipped it over to read the details of this enchanting image. And then I ordered Moore's book. I know my nephews and niece will love it. (And so will I!)
Catherine's card confirmed a theory I've been developing for some time now: single Catholic women give the best Christmas cards. Hands down. They're much less likely to send those obnoxious, color-coordinated our-family-could-be-models photo cards and a whole lot more inclined to put in the time and energy to find a card with beautiful imagery of someone else.
That imagery is often religious, heeding the advice Father James Martin once offered NPR readers in an essay titled "More Virgin Mary, Less Virgin Islands":
Doesn't it strike you as weird to set aside the Holy Family in favor of your family? Does a photo of Cabo San Lucas trump the story told by the original San Lucas? Is Christmas really about you?
A few days ago I received one of the most exquisite religious cards that has graced my mailbox. It too came from a CatholicMatch woman! The Hallmark card features the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus boxed in gold glitter, surrounded by the Scripture passage from St. Luke telling of Jesus' birth. I've never seen such a lengthy (and well warranted) Scripture passage on a card cover, and it worked beautifully to frame the image of Mary and Jesus. I'm definitely saving this one. In fact, I didn't even have the heart to relegate it to my basket of cards. I've displayed it in my home as a bit of more personal Christmas decor.
Yet another dear friend (who also belongs to CatholicMatch) sent an absolute gem last year, which I've saved. It features "Mary Adoring Christ" (right), an oil painting done by Antonio Allegri da Correggio in 1522 that now belongs to Florence's Uffizi Gallery (as noted on the back of the card – don't you love flipping over a card and getting a little art history lesson?) It's one of my favorites of the Blessed Mother, who looks delighted and enthralled by her baby son, the infant King. I love how her hands are splayed in wonder. (It's one of five designs in this Barnes & Noble boxed set of Madonna & Child Christmas cards.)
Another fabulous friend, who is also a single Catholic woman and a contributor to the CatholicMatch blog, makes a point to keep the merry in Christmas. I always look forward to her annual Christmas card; it's one of the few-and-far-between cards that is actually funny. This year's (left) came from Colette Paperie and brought a big smile to my face. Don't you love it, my wine-drinking CatholicMatch ladies?
The best Christmas card I've ever given features an oil painting by Morgan Weistling called "Kissing The Face of God" (right). I found a box of 20 at Tuesday Morning in Mendota Heights, Minn. – the last one in stock. It looks like you can buy it through a Catholic goods store called Aquinas & More. I recently communicated with a Catholic woman named Fran who wanted to order and frame the card for her daughters and daughters-in-law as a Christmas gift. I referred her to this site, which was connected with the company that made my Tuesday Morning set. Fran reported back:
I went through American Stationery…cards are pricey ($40 for 25 cards) BUT that's many wonderful gifts for all the new moms in our family.
I was pleased to find more religious imagery on boxed cards from Tuesday Morning this year, including this set (left) of 24 by Punch Studio, which includes six different images, four of each.
I wholeheartedly believe in the power of beautiful religious imagery, and there's no telling what little miracle could result when we seal the envelope, add that 44-cent stamp and send off a holiday card.
I recently had the privilege of chatting with Brother Mickey McGrath, an award-winning artist whose joy-filled renditions of Mary are among my very favorite. Brother Mickey spoke of the spiritual impact of beautiful art, saying:
St. Francis De Sales says we pray best before beauty, because beauty puts us in the presence of the source of all beauty. It makes us more mindful of God.
Don't you agree?
In his 1999 letter to artists, Blessed John Paul II wrote about the inspiration behind beautiful art. This Advent I recently went back to that letter and found myself writing this passage on a Post-It, which is now stuck on my computer monitor, a reminder to relish this lovely, holy season:
"[Beauty] is an invitation to savor life and to dream of the future."
Here's to the beauty we capture and share this Advent – through the mail, through a paint brush, through a keyboard, through a camera lens and through a grateful heart.


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Boxing Result
Sosa retains WBC silver 112lb belt
By Gabriel F. Cordero
Photos: Pepe Rodriguez & Alma Montiel
Former world champion Edgar Sosa (46-7, 27 KOs) scored a ninth round TKO over Shigetaka Ikehara (22-3-2, 18 KOs) to retain his WBC silver flyweight belt on Saturday night at the Centro de Espectáculos de la Feria in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. After a one-sided beating for eight rounds, Ikehara's corner didn't let him come out for round nine.
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The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a not-for-profit organization formed in 2006 to work with African governments, farmers, donors, NGOs and the private sector to reduce hunger and poverty in Africa through agricultural development targeted at resource-poor farmers. AGRA has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and an office in Accra, Ghana.
AGRA is seeking to recruit experienced and exceptional individuals to fill the following position:
Communications Officer
AGRA's communications strategy aims to: raise awareness of food security challenges in Africa and position AGRA as the key organization to help resolve them; encourage greater commitment among African governments and the international development community to invest in African agriculture; promote greater understanding of AGRA's goals and programs; highlight the excellent work being done by African partners and grantees; and complement program activities in the field by facilitating the dissemination of information needed to promote the
adoption of new approaches, policies and institutional linkages.
This position is internationally recruited and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya, on a 3 year renewable contract and will report to the Director of Communications and Public Affairs. This position will require frequent travel to program countries across Africa, to grantee locations, and to donors and other partners.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the Director of Communications and Public Affairs to develop and implement a global communications strategy aimed at explaining the AGRA mission, raising the profile of the organization and generating support for the green revolution concept in Africa;
- Producing compelling messages that highlight the challenges facing African agriculture, at the same time creating an evidence-based optimism that those challenges can be overcome;
- Developing and implementing communications plans for key national programs to disseminate key messages for maximum impact;
- Drafting speeches for AGRA's senior management team and preparing effective public presentations;
- Managing production of key AGRA communications materials, including annual reports, newsletters and brochures;
- Supporting the communication team's efforts to build public awareness through outreach activities and coordinating production of success stories of key AGRA projects;
- Managing the updating of the AGRA website, and ensuring the effective use of social media channels;
- Liaising with AGRA's communications firms and consultants;
- Managing the Communications Specialist based in Accra as he/she organizes media activities in West Africa (including media round-tables, press conferences, media tours etc.);
- Assisting in the planning and implementation for various high profile events;
- Organizing appropriate networking visits with AGRA's key partners and high profile guests visiting AGRA and AGRA projects in the region; and
- Organizing grantee communications capacity building workshops to enhance grantees' media relations and general communications skills.
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- A Masters' degree in Communications, Journalism, Agriculture or equivalent;
- A minimum of 10 years' successful post-qualification experience in communications, at least 3 of which should have been spent working on issues related to African agricultural development;
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