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Removal + Facelift Q&A
Suture (Stitch/Thread) Remaining After Surgery is Ok?
After face lift, my surgeon took out suture (thread) and then I found out more sutures. So, my coordinator helped me visit and a nurse took care of.... READ MORE
Nylon Suture Here and There After Facelift on June 19th, 2012. Isn't It Harmful if It Remains over my Life? (photo)
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Will Post- Facelift Staple Removal Improve Skin Tightening?
Will Removeable of Staples After a Facelift Improve the Tightness in my Face READ MORE
When Are Sutures Removed with a Full Face Lift, Forehead Lift and Small Chin Implant?
When Are Sutures Removed with a Full Face Lift, Forehead Lift and Small Chin Implant READ MORE
I Had a Face Lift Six Weeks Ago and Staples Were Left in My Face? (photo)
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Facelift After Parotidectomy?
Can I have a face lift after a superficial parotidectomy for a benign tumor 6 months ago? READ MORE
Would a deep plane face lift remove fat graft overgrowth? (photos)
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Is it mostly true that any Facelift will not remove age related wrinkles on the face?
What can a male do when makeup is not an option? READ MORE
Can Anchor Sutures Be Removed at 8 Mo?
Can I have dissolvable sutures behind ears removed if causing tightness after 8 mo? I am tired of the banding affect I am feeling. READ MORE
What Should I Do About Old Sutures From Facelift?
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Can nasolabial folds be removed if my skin is thick?
I had face lift in order to remove nasolabial folds (I am 47) I also had fat transfer in face, forehead lift, upper lower eye lift, neck lift and chin... READ MORE
Should all filler be removed before facelift?
I had filler removed in cheeks and as a result cheeks have sagged and have a dip in them, im not suitable for threadlift as have fatty tissue under... READ MORE
Had Face/Neck Lift and Breast Implants in Mexico. The surgeon told me the stitches can be removed. Problem - no one will remove.
I had a face/necklift and best implants fine in Mexico. My surgeon said the stitches can be removed, but no one will remove them. My primary... READ MORE
How much skin will be removed at Facelift?
How much freedom doctor has at mini facelift? How stiff the result of the skin can be? What determines how much skin will be removed and tie up the... READ MORE
Can permanent sutures used with facelift be removed? (photos)
1+ year after a skin lift (redo) I have scars/mal-positioned earlobes. Revision is no option given lack of skin. But a long permanent suture is poking... READ MORE
Is it possible to remove cheek implants at same time as face lift?
I had cheek implants 5 months ago but they are too large & cause me pain & discomfort when I try to smile. I was told that they have stretched out my... READ MORE
Can a mid-face lift correct ectropion caused by too much skin removal during an upper and lower eyelid surgery?
I once had a facelift and eyelid surgery that left me with ectropion. I've had multiple surgeries to correct my ectropion without success. My e... READ MORE
Will a Facelift Help After a Jaw Implant Was Removed?
How to correct any soft tissue deformity that was created by jaw implant removed? Can I regain the original contour of my face by face lift ? READ MORE
What to do with unhappy facelift and cheek lift? I get married in four months. I am 3 months post op. (photos)
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What happens to jowl fat during a face/neck lift? Is it repositioned or removed or a combination of both? (Photo)
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1. On April 2 at 9 a.m., the only place you'll be able to find online 1940 census records for the entire country is 1940census.archives.gov. This website was made possible through the National Archives' contract with genealogy company Archives.com.
2. Shortly after the initial release, other websites will begin adding the records as fast as they can. Those include:
3. For the first week to several weeks after April 2, the only way to find your ancestor's 1940 census record will be to browse by enumeration district.
You can find out what an enumeration district is and how to pinpoint the right one by watching our free video on FamilyTreeMagazine.com.
4. Three separate projects to index these census records by name will begin ASAP after the records are released:
The 1940 Census Community Project is recruiting volunteers to do the indexing; Ancestry.com and MyHeritage are using paid contractors to do their indexing work.
5. Each site will add its index one state at a time, as states are completed. No site has specified the order in which states will be indexed, so at this time there's no telling when a particular site will add your ancestor's state. It could be weeks or months before a given site posts the index you need (so you'll want to check all the above sites periodically).
6. Ancestry.com is completing its index in two phases: a basic name index to be released first on a state-by-state basis, then a more-detailed index with additional information to follow. This means you may have access to a searchable basic name index for your ancestral state earlier on Ancestry.com than on another site.
7. Watch out for sites that try to charge for access to 1940 census records. There is no need to pay for 1940 census records. They'll be available online, free, at the sites mentioned in No. 2.
Get help finding your ancestors in the US census with these resources from Family Tree Magazine:
In an interview yesterday, MyHeritage founder and CEO Gilad Japhet called the 1940 census announcement "the first serious signal from MyHeritage that it is strongly entering the historical records market."
"MyHeritage has always been about family trees and photos."
For at least a year, plans have been underway to change that.
MyHeritage.com has invested half a million dollars into new hardware and a data center to build its new SuperSearch system, which will be released with the site's 1940 census collection in April. It also will be available on FamilyLink and WorldVitalRecords.com, which MyHeritage acquired in November 2011.
The company also made a personnel acquisition I'm not free to go into detail about, but you'll hear more soon.
MyHeritage has used SmartMatching, which Japhet says is a good way to search trees for matches, but less effective when it comes to searching on a last name "in any direction the user wants to go."
The new search system will do a better job of matching trees to records by employing data in approximately 1 billion profiles in MyHeritage.com family trees from around the world.
The SuperSearch will first compare your tree to other trees, find matches and "imply" information from those trees—but not add it to your tree, Japhet emphasized. But the search will include that implied information to find historical records that match your ancestors.
For example, if your ancestor's profile lacks a death date, SuperSearch could find the same ancestor in someone else's tree—using other details such as children's names to make the match—and use the death date from the other person's tree to locate the ancestor's will in MyHeritage collections.
"This has a low false positive rate. It's a match Ancestry never could have done. Their technology doesn't use the knowledge of all its trees," Japhet said. He described the Ancestry.com "shaky leaf" technology as "a bit naïve" because it requires more similar information, such as name spellings or birth and death dates—information the tree owner might not know—to find matches.
"Whenever new data are added, we compare them to all the MyHeritage trees, so you can sit back and do nothing," Japhet says. "If you have a person's family tree, you can do a lot of research on behalf of the person."
Due to the resource investment, using the new SuperSearch engine will require a subscription, says Japhet. But current MyHeritage Premium and PremiumPlus subscribers, who've purchased subscriptions to build enhanced trees on the site, won't need to purchase an additional subscription to use the search engine for finding trees, photos and free collections (including the 1940 census and the SSDI). Pay-as-you credits also will be available for those who want to view only a few records or just dip a toe into genealogy research.
The 1940 census index also will be free to search via SuperSearch.
Trees will remain an important part of MyHeritage.
"We think family trees are the most important thing. They're the core of family history. We would love for users to grow their trees on MyHeritage, so we have invested many resources in building tools and services that work with the trees." Those include the MyHeritage mobile app, printable family trees, family calendars and more.
"Other sites focus on research," Japhet says, but added that users might give it up when it becomes too time-consuming. "Users discontinue [a subscription] when they can't use it," he says, "but they'll maintain a tree for life."
Trees also have been helpful in making MyHeritage a site that supports multiple languages—38, to be exact. Because trees can be bilingual, developers have been able to build a store of information about name equivalents in a range of languages.
"You can type in a Russian name and get an English match," Japhet says. "Or you could type in Alex and the site 'knows' Sascha is the translated Russian nickname, and it pulls up a newspaper article in Russian," he says.
The site translates between alphabets, too, such as the Latin alphabet English uses and the Cyrillic alphabet Russian uses.
To encourage the site's internationalism, MyHeritage focuses
on hiring bilingual individuals. They maintain blogs and provide
customer service in several languages.
The 1940 census is just the beginning of new content for MyHeritage. Japhet didn't name any specific collections coming to the site, but he emphasized the global nature of records to be added and said the site would employ crowdsourcing to acquire content. Those who assist with crowdsourcing efforts will gain SuperSearch privileges.
MyHeritage, a company based in Israel and with a US office in Provo, Utah, will provide the 1940 census free at myheritage.com/1940census, www.worldvitalrecords.com/1940census and www.familylink.com/1940census.
(MyHeritage acquired FamilyLink and its WorldVitalRecords site last November.)
As on other websites planning to offer the 1940 census, you'll be able to browse the record images by place as soon as they're added to the site.
A searchable index will be added throughout the year, as data from each state are transcribed. The MyHeritage 1940 census index will be created separately from both the FamilySearch/Archives.com/brightsolid 1940 Census Community Project and the Ancestry.com index. A company that specializes in historical transcription will develop the index, which Japhet says will be highly accurate.
Once MyHeritage has launched the index for a given state, you'll be able to search it by multiple criteria using the MyHeritage SuperSearch, a fast and sophisticated new search engine to be released in April. All searches will take less than half a second, Japhet told me.
The search engine will support 38 languages, the only 1940 census site to offer this feature.
You'll also be able to search the records using the MyHeritage mobile app.
If you have a family tree on MyHeritage.com, the site will automatically match it to 1940 census data as indexes are added and notify you about relevant results. This reduces the need to constantly repeat your searches to see if the index for your ancestor's state has been added.
The 1940 census is the first of additional historical content to come on MyHeritage. "This is the first serious signal from MyHeritage that it is strongly entering the historical records market," Japhet says.
Japhet shared a lot of detail with me, so I'll write another post about MyHeritage's plans for introducing new, global content and a sophisticated way to search it.
For more 1940 census information, including a free video on using Stephen Morse's One-Step tool for determining your ancestor's 1940 enumeration district, see FamilyTreeMagazine.com/info/1940census.
I was inspired to become a census preparedness expert 10 years ago, after seeing woefully underprepared genealogists try to use the 1930 census. Why, so many of them were waiting in line at the library without basics like tents, Bunsen burners or crossword puzzles. And watching them scroll microfilm without Dramamine—well, it was downright painful. You'll need different supplies for the 1940 census, as this release is entirely digital and you'll be examining the records on a computer. Under no circumstances should you start your 1940 census research without these nine absolute must-haves:
I was inspired to become a census preparedness expert 10 years ago, after seeing woefully underprepared genealogists try to use the 1930 census.
Why, so many of them were waiting in line at the library without basics like tents, Bunsen burners or crossword puzzles. And watching them scroll microfilm without Dramamine—well, it was downright painful.
You'll need different supplies for the 1940 census, as this release is entirely digital and you'll be examining the records on a computer.
Under no circumstances should you start your 1940 census research without these nine absolute must-haves:
1. An atomic clock to precisely signal the 9 a.m. ET release of the 1940 census records.2. Extra batteries for your mouse. Be sure to practice changing them fast, the way they change the tires on race cars. You don't want to lose census time on silly things like dead batteries. 3. A Netflix account for the kids. You can get 99 episodes of Sponge Bob on Netflix. That's 99 half-hours of uninterrupted census work. You can always smarten them back up later with some books or something.4. A cardboard cutout of yourself to keep your spouse company while you're spending quality time with your computer. This is the kind thing to do.5. A hands-free helmet hydration system. No need to pause in your scrolling to pick up a glass of water. 6. Peanut m&ms for sustenance (peanuts = protein).7. An alarm clock to remind you to eat the m&ms.8. No-Doze (it's not just for college students anymore). Stock up now before your local drugstore is overrun with census-checking grannies. You don't want to have to knock over those grannies.9. Vitamin D pills. Let's face it: You're not going to be seeing the sun anytime soon. That's okay, though. Vampires are very "in" these days. You're like a census vampire.
Um, thank you, Ida. I'm sure readers are rushing to the store right now.
Next up, we offer phrases you'll want to memorize in case your boss catches you searching the 1940 census at work.
And visit FamilyTreeMagazine.com for serious tips on finding your ancestors in the 1940 census—including a free video on using Steve Morse's One-Step 1940 ED tool.
We're hosting a free webinar next Tuesday about one of the most talked-about photo-preservation tools in genealogy: the Flip-Pal mobile scanner.
Presenters Thomas MacEntee and Diane Miller will show you:
Registered attendees will get access to the webinar to view again as many times as they like (we'll e-mail instructions after the webinar).
Plus, all registrants will receive a special product offer!
The free Flip-Pal webinar is Tuesday, March 27, at 2 p.m. Eastern (1 p.m. Central, noon Mountain, 11 a.m. Pacific).
The presentation is about 45 minutes, plus 10 minutes for Q&A.
Click here to register for our free webinar Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner for Fabulous Family Photos.
Gates, a Harvard history professor who's hosted previous genealogy shows for PBS including African-American Lives and Faces of America, will explore the roots of 24 well-known Americans including Harry Connick Jr., Barbara Walters, Kevin Bacon, Condoleezza Rice, Sanjay Gupta and Martha Stewart.
Here's the twist that makes this show different: Each episode will feature a pair of celebrities "bound together by an intimate, sometimes hidden link." DNA testing takes over where paper trails leave off.
The staff of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and Johni Cerny, co-author of The Source: Guidebook for American Genealogy, contributed research to the series.
You can watch several clips on the show's website, including this extended preview:
Watch Extended Preview on PBS. See more from Finding Your Roots.
We've gone over how to pinpoint your ancestors' 1940 census enumeration district(s) so you can zero in on their record.
Now, as a public service announcement to genealogists, we're carrying this important guest blog post from a noted expert in genealogical medicine regarding the 1940 census and avoiding research-related injury. Take it away, doctor:
Hello, I'm Dr. I.M. Enumerator, N.O.T.M.D. Significant clicking, scrolling and dragging will likely be required when you look for your ancestors in the 1940 census. And unfortunately, too much mousing can lead to a painful condition called 1940 Census Clicker's Wrist.
Hello, I'm Dr. I.M. Enumerator, N.O.T.M.D.
Significant clicking, scrolling and dragging will likely be required when you look for your ancestors in the 1940 census.
And unfortunately, too much mousing can lead to a painful condition called 1940 Census Clicker's Wrist.
Because the 1940 records constitute the first digital census release, we doctors aren't sure what to expect. But those of us familiar with the condition's close relative, 1930 Census Scroller's Elbow, believe it could cause a sore wrist and forearm, stiff "trigger finger" and inability to uncurl the fingers from a computer mouse.
Uncontrolled, 1940 Census Clicker's Wrist could sideline your census search and require professional extraction of the mouse. But there's no need to suffer. You can avoid the problem if you start this simple, three-step census training program now.**
Uncontrolled, 1940 Census Clicker's Wrist could sideline your census search and require professional extraction of the mouse.
But there's no need to suffer. You can avoid the problem if you start this simple, three-step census training program now.**
1. Perform two sets of 10 reps each, twice a day, with one of these:
2. Follow with three minutes of stretching.
2. Follow with three minutes of stretching.
3. Become ambidextrous. For optimal census searching speed and performance, remember to taper your training program during the last few days before Census Release Day.
3. Become ambidextrous.
For optimal census searching speed and performance, remember to taper your training program during the last few days before Census Release Day.
If 1940 Census Clicker's Wrist should strike you, stop mousing immediately and apply ice.
If 1940 Census Clicker's Wrist should strike you, stop mousing immediately and apply ice.
Don't let 1940 Census Clicker's Wrist stall your search for ancestors. Start your training program today!
**Consult your physician before beginning any census training program.
Thank you to the doctor for this crucial information. Next, we'll talk about important supplies to stock up on so you'll be ready on Census Day.
The Genealogist's Census Pocket Reference is now available. Learn more about it in ShopFamilyTree.com.
You're probably getting the gist by now: For the Amazing Deals Sale at ShopFamilyTree.com now through Sunday, lots and lots of genealogy how-to books, print back issues, CDs, article downloads and more are at least 50 percent off.
Click here to see everything included in the sale. Remember, in ShopFamilyTree.com you get free shipping on orders over $25 (and digital downloads count toward the total).

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A teenager in India has been convicted of rape and murder following the gang rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi.
The defendant, who was 17 at the time of the attack, has been sentenced to three years in a reform home, the maximum sentence he could have faced, his lawyer Rajesh Tewari said.
The attack, which left the victim with such extensive internal injuries that she died two weeks later, sparked protests across the country and led to reforms of India's sexual violence laws.
The victim's father said the family was deeply disappointed with the verdict.
"This is completely unacceptable to us," he said. "We are not satisfied with this outcome. He is virtually being set free. This is very wrong."
The convicted defendant - who cannot be named for legal reasons - was one of six people accused of tricking a 23-year-old woman and her male companion into boarding an off-duty bus on December 16 after they had seen an afternoon showing of Life of Pi" at a shopping centre.
The men raped the woman and used a metal bar to inflict massive internal injuries to her. They also beat her male companion. The victims were dumped naked on the roadside, and the woman died from her injuries in a Singapore hospital.
Four of the other defendants are being tried in a special fast-track court in New Delhi and face the death penalty. The sixth accused was found dead in his jail cell in March. The court is expected to hand down the rest of the verdicts next month.
The convicted defendant was tried as a minor on charges including murder and rape. The time he spent in a juvenile home since he was arrested in December will count as part of his three-year sentence, Mr Tewari said.
The attack set off furious protests across India about the treatment of women in the country and led to an overhaul of sexual assault laws.
The victim's family called for the teenager to be tried as an adult, accusing him of being the most violent of the attackers.
"He should be hanged irrespective of whether he is a juvenile or not. He should be punished for what he did to my daughter," Asha Devi, the mother of the victim, said soon after the verdict was announced.
A government panel set to suggest reforms to sexual assault laws rejected calls to lower the age at which people can be tried as adults from 18 to 16.
On July 17, India's top court also refused to reduce the age of a juvenile from 18 to 16 years. However, it later agreed to hear a new petition seeking to take the "mental and intellectual maturity" of the defendant into account and not just age.
S.K. Singh, a lawyer for the victim's family, said they would challenge the juvenile court's verdict in a higher court.
"We will also seek a review of the man's age by a medical panel, since we believe he was not a juvenile when the incident took place," Mr Singh said.
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WorldStart Tech Tips 2013-05-10
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In The News - 5-10-2013
XP users refuse to let go.
With the official retirement date Windows XP on April 8, 2014 inching closer and closer, the number of people using XP isn't dropping. According to Net Application the number of XP users dropped by only half a percentage point in April. XP accounts for 41.7% of all Windows systems worldwide, barely down from 42.2% in March.
The adoption rate for the highly controversial Window 8 inched up only by half a percent in March to 4.2% of all Windows users.
Adobe Says Goodbye Software, Hello Cloud.
Adobe announced big changes to its Creative Suite software line that includes Photoshop and Illustrator. The company will no longer sell individual licenses to program. It will instead offer only subscription services to the its Creative Cloud.
The company recently said it will stop selling physical discs of its Creative Suite programs. The creative cloud costs $50 a month for individuals and $70 a month for teams.
Senate Passes Internet Sales Tax Bill
The Senate voted 69 to 27 to pass a bill that allows states to collect taxes from purchases made over the Internet, from catalogs and via radio and television ads. The bill would require businesses with over $ 1 million in sales to collect sales tax from customers and then remit that money to the state in which the customer lives.
Smaller businesses complain that the administration costs of collecting taxes at different rates for each state would be crippling.
The bill is expected to face a fight in the House.
~ Cynthia
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How Do I Block WiFi Intruders?
Luis from Puerto Rico writes: How do I block an intruder in my WiFi?
Great question Luis! It's very important to secure your home WiFi network and it's equally important to make sure you are secure when you use a public WiFi network. This is the perfect opportunity to toot our horn here at WorldStart. Did you know we have thousands and thousands of articles on our website full of useful information? If you have a question, consider going to worldstart.com and searching the topic.
That's what I did and I found some great articles to help you out.
Here's one from the archive on Securing Your Wireless Network. It details the steps you can take to keep that home network safe and secure.
Here are some suggestion for staying secure on a public network.
And this article has some great points about why it's so important to have a firewall and how you can detect attempted intrusions.
And there's this helpful tip about how renaming your router can provide more security. Hope these article help, Luis. If you have any more questions, let us know.
~ Cynthia
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Nook Adds Google Play Store
Nook owners rejoice! Barnes & Noble has added the Google Play store to the two latest versions of the Nook tablet. The Nook HD and Nook HD + will now have access to the extensive Google Play library of 700,000 apps, including the Google Chrome Web browser.
"By adding Google Play to NOOK HD and NOOK HD+, we are offering our customers even more great entertainment on our award-winning tablets," said William Lynch, chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble. "Now with access to more than 700,000 apps and the best reading experience available, NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are must-see products for entertainment lovers looking for high-quality tablets at incredibly low prices."
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You just tap the PrtScn (print screen) button. The real function of this key is to make a "snapshot" of your screen. If you have some imaging software like Adobe Photoshop (or a good word processor), you can then paste it into there and crop, etc. In fact, this is how we do our snappy screen shots.
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Steep It
Fancy a cuppa tea? My roommate got me hooked on a white tea from Teavana and I drink it all the time now. It has sparked a curiosity in me to try other teas as well. The one thing I've noticed, especially about loose leaf tea, is that they all have different amounts of time they require to steep. What do you do if you've lost the packaging, can't find it, and want to brew the perfect cup of tea?
Well, I'd recommend bookmarking this handy site. It has a chart of the time you should steep your tea by tea type and a handy built in timer!
When you get to the site you'll notice the tea timer text field on the left and the chart on the right. Beneath the text field (which by default reads 3 minutes) you'll find examples of the different ways you can input text into the timer. Or if you're using those specific examples (3 minutes, 2minutes30seconds, 34, black, green, or herbal) you can just click them and they already have a timer linked to them that will begin with your click.
We store our loose leaf tea in airtight tins so we often can't put our hands on the instructions for that tea. This site has eliminated our need to hunt for them and made enjoying a cup of tea easier.
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Events for June 29, 2014
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Eyes Upon Waking Fundraiser
Fundraiser & Silent Auction to bring awareness to Suicide & Depression Bands Featured Michael P. Russell The Les Baxter Factor Rhythmistics Garcia Brothers The Usual Suspects The Clam Tostada Wound2tight Keli & The Big Dream A Soul Affair Jeremy Jordan The Fury's Santa Pachita Machete Sauce Guest MC's: D.J. Odious, Cheryl Whitmer, Andrew Horneman Suggested $10 Donation at the... Read more »Find out more »
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KXCI Kid's Summer Class Broadcast
Tune in this Sunday when our newest batch of young broadcasters "graduate" with their own half-hour shows over the airwaves at KXCI. Music old and new and definitely a few things you've probably never heard at KXCI before!Find out more »
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TROT Fundraiser at the Maverick
On Sunday, June 29 from 2 pm to 7 pm, TROT is teaming up with the Maverick, Tucson's #1 Country Music Nightclub for an afternoon of live country music and dancing. The Maverick is located at 6622 E. Tanque Verde. $10 cover at the door will go entirely to TROT. Food and beverages will be... Read more »Find out more »
3:30 pm
Modern Hatha Yoga
This workshop will cover the various styles of modern hatha yoga and how they have evolved in the past several decades. Learn how yoga made its way to the west, and the rich history of teachers and traditions that have made yoga what it is today. Open to all levels of students. This will be... Read more »Find out more »
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Hacienda Del Blues: The Incarnations
Marty Kool of The Blues Review on KXCI hosts The Incarnations this Sunday for the Hacienda Del Blues series. The Incarnations is a band consisting of Michael P on guitar & vocals, Larry Lee Lerma on bass & vocals & Ralph Gilmore on drums & vocals. All three are Arizona Blues Hall of Famers. The... Read more »Find out more »
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Benefit Concert for the Mountain View Neighborhood Tree Planting Project
The Boondocks Lounge is hosting a musical benefit to assist with the cost of caring for the new trees planted near the popular bar and grill. The Mountain View Neighborhood Association is working towards creating a "green belt" for future farmers markets and community gatherings. Boondocks owners Cathy Warner and Bill Shew have owned the... Read more »Find out more »


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Katrina Kaif's Chikni Chameli is going to be served as Pizza from now onwards. Yes, that's true since the makers of the film have inked a deal with a Pizza company for launching a pizza after Chikni Chameli song.
Kaif's item song has been making the bigger waves in the media generating much oomph for the song and in particular for the actress. Katrina has now turned the item number specialist as all of her item songs have been creating bigger buzz in the industry. The film in which she does an item number, it turns a hit rather a superhit. Wow is the word for this biggest bombshell of the Hindi film industry.
Chikni Chameli has been done for Karan Johar's upcoming flick, 'Agneepath' starring Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt in the main leads. Let's check out the previous item songs of Kaif for Tees Maar Khan and Bodyguard, they really turned out to be the crowd pulling and super chartbusters.
Besides the item songs, Katrina's star power makes her the top notch actress of Bollywood.
Karan Johar, the producer of the movie, is quite excited on the response of the song and happy that the song has been rated as the best Katrina's item number so far. Thus he is leaving no stone unturned to make it more popular by inking a deal with a famed Pizza company to launch a pizza after Katrina Kaif's Chikni Chameli song.
Kaif is utterly happy too and shows her excitement. The song's popularity was not swallowed by some, as Rakhi Sawant, the loud mouth item girl, blasted on Katrina alleging her of copying her dance moves. But this did not stop Katrina to go up and up since the world knows the fact that Rakhi just wants publicity no matter from where it comes.


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BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said today they are investigating two men suspected of planning terrorist attacks using model airplanes, and authorities in Germany and neighboring Belgium conducted a series of searches.
No one was arrested in today's raids, which were carried out to gather "evidence for possible attack plans and preparations" and information on terrorist financing, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
Prosecutors said the investigation involves possible charges of "preparation of a serious, state-threatening act of violence," but not membership of or supporting any terrorist organization.
In all, nine properties were searched in the Stuttgart and Munich areas of southern Germany, in eastern Germany's Saxony state and in Belgium.
The two men of Tunisian origin are suspected of "procuring information and objects to commit Islamic extremist explosive attacks with remote-controlled model airplanes," prosecutors added.
Authorites did not give any further information on the two men, and they were not identified.
The apartments of four acquaintances of the men, suspected of financing Islamic extremism, were searched in Germany. The investigation also targets a further acquaintance suspected of money laundering. None of the suspects was identified.
Last November a U.S. man, Rezwan Ferdaus, was sentenced to 17 years in prison over a plot to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.
Germany has seen only one successful attack by an Islamic radical — the fatal shooting of two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport in 2011 by a Kosovo native who grew up in Germany and became radicalized on his own by watching jihadist propaganda on the Internet.
However, there have been several attempted attacks in the country, which is a major contributor to international forces in Afghanistan.
Separately today, French authorities said police detained six people in the Paris region on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks in France.


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PeopleSoft Seeks A New Place In The CRM Sun With Release 9.1
Posted by William Band on October 30, 2009
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Since the acquisition of PeopleSoft by Oracle in 2004, the PeopleSoft CRM solution seemed to go underground. Relatively little has been heard about the product since that time. However, Oracle has been continuing to invest. PeopleSoft CRM 9.0, a major step forward, was released in August 2006, and the company will soon announce PeopleSoft CRM 9.1.
My take on Oracle's PeopleSoft CRM in the past has been that the product line has a significant base of loyal customers who value the usability and benefits of integration to PeopleSoft's HR and ERP suites. It offered a broad range of functionality across all the major components of CRM, with particular strengths in sales, customer service, and analytics. It had less robust, but sound, capability for marketing, field service, eCommerce, and customer data management.
Although, the solution does not offer a SaaS deployment option, it provided unique support for specific industries such as the public sector, particularly education. It also provided strong support for the financial services, utilities and telecommunications sectors. All-in-all, PeopleSoft CRM was well-suited for existing PeopleSoft customers who need a broad-based CRM platform to build on.
The release of 9.1 demonstrates Oracle's commitment to deliver an up-to-date solution for its steadfast PeopleSoft customer base. And, it will to capitalize on the industry sectors for which the solution is particularly well-tuned. The most notable improvements include features to improve user effectiveness such as a "Web 2.0" user experience, new collaboration tools, and reduced clicks and page transfers. The product has enhanced functionality in the marketing and customer service areas. And, it offers added additional capabilities that deepen already strong support for the Higher Education and Telecommunications sectors.
Mindful, of the growing popularly of SaaS CRM solution, the PeopleSoft 9.1 release also targets reducing the cost-of-ownership. For example, it features greater ease of application configuration than past releases. And, it has been tuned to improve system performance, and offers greater interoperability with expanded web services.
In an interesting twist for a CRM product, Oracle is taking advantage of its strong presence in the HR community and will offer "CRM-like" capabilities for this audience. PeopleSoft CRM delivers two products targeted at the Human Resources community: HelpDesk for Human Resources for workforce service delivery and the new Workforce Communications. HelpDesk for Human Resources was introduced in 2004 with integration to PeopleSoft HR. Workforce Communications was introduced earlier this year. And in 9.1, both of these products will provide delivered integration to eBusiness Suite HR release 12.1.
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Comment from John S (not verified) on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 15:16
"The release of 9.1 demonstrates Oracle's commitment to deliver an up-to-date solution for its steadfast PeopleSoft customer base"Sorry Bill, I don't buy it. 3+ years for a point release doesn't show commitment. Paco Aubrejuan and crew should be ashamed of themselves for the length of time it took to develop and release 9.1. And all that effort for what? A product line that's eventually going to be scrapped and sunsetted? What a waste of what was once a solid product.
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Comment from crm services (not verified) on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 01:25
Very nice & useful post.Thx for sharing the information.
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I wanted to let the readers know about FranklinCovey CRM, they have 3 editions with several different feature sets. They all feature the FranklinCovey Planning Methodology in a planner like interface that combines Tasks, Calendar, Notes and Email from the Home Page. Powerful Weekly Planning Tools will assist in prioritizing your most important tasks and goals. Great Question, have you heard about Franklin Covey 's Business CRM its not Free but close to it .The Contact Management tools will keep you organized. Team collaboration and Task delegation features will take your teams effectiveness to new heights. With all that said, it provides CRM functionality with the ability to configure the CRM to track your business process's. It's technology with FranklinCovey's proven methodology that users are able to quickly adopt and use to prioritize their daily activities. - As you are probably finding out there are numerous hosted CRM systems that provide you with a variety of features and services which may provide a full solution or a partial solution for every business.The following link will allow you to create a VIP account for a test drive without having to enter a creditcard . Let me know if I can answer any additional questions about becoming and affiliate . You can earn 10% to 30% a month as an affiliate I have heard there are more than 190 CRM solutions on the market today— (which I have never validated ).Cheers,A CRM technology which integrates Business Process Management (BPM) through easy to define automated engine should be a serious consideration when looking for a solution. Its your definition and allows you collaborate with decision makers in the process ie. customers, partners, affiliates, investors, etc.MikeMore importantly you build the process and the application does the work and keeps you and your team on track.What else I found was that to be a great CRM / technology it needs to have Productivity Methodology applied to it. ie FranklinCovey's time tested millions of customers approve. Tracking your Goals, Values and Priorities you get more done in both your personal life and professional life. This will not only empower you but your team as well . You have to have good proven Methodology with Technology for your team to know what their highest priorities are for the day, week and month without having to ask :)With that said, you should look @ FranklinCovey 's CRM PlanPlusOnline for business's.Franklin Covey is a worldwide leader in organization effectiveness. It's technology with Franklin Covey's proven productivity methodology that users are able to quickly adopt and use to prioritize their tasks, mission statement, values, goals, top priorities, and daily activities.You combine that with typical CRM applications such as Sales, Support, Marketing, and Projects, and you end up with a solid online application that is customizable for any business process, including non-profit companies.The following link will allow you to create a VIP account for a test drive without having to enter a credit card.Cheers,MikeLinks:http://tinyurl.com/franklincovey-softwarehttp://www.planplusonline.comhttp://www.completexrm.com
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Defined as 'post-conceptual', Saâdane Afif's work is about interpretation, exchange and circulation. It takes multiple forms (performance, objects, sculptures, text, posters and works in neon) with the exhibition as a pretext for production or activation. For an exhibition in Essen in 2004, he asked Lili Reynaud Dewar to write a song inspired by his artwork; this was the beginning of the series called Lyrics for which he displaces his authorship and collaborates with other artists or writers. The texts or statements are often transferred to the walls using holographic self-adhesive paper. Afif's practice is rooted in music: scores, instruments, speakers, microphones, concerts and posters are part of his vocabulary or media. Other recurring interests include the passing of time (skulls, clocks), appropriation, remakes or repetitions and the displacement of meaning, and the critique of institutions. In 2010 Afif wrote: "My work today does not rely on the object: it is developed through the accumulation or interweaving of elements that can be more or less visible."
Saâdane Afif (b. 1979, Vendôme, France) lives and works in Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions include Là bas, Kunsthaus Glarus (2014); Ici, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum, Düren (2014) and Blue Time, Blue Time, Blue Time…, Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne (2013). His work was included in Documenta 12 (2007) and in the 56th International Exhibition of the Venice Bienniale (2015). The artist won the Prix Marcel Duchamp in 2009, which led to an exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2010) and the Prix Meurice pour l'art contemporain in 2015.
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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger is confident that Arsenal can "climb two stairs" and reach the summit of the Premier League this season.
The Frenchman saw his team complete their pre-season schedule with a 6-5 win at Legia Warsaw on Saturday. The scoreline was rather baffling but it did complete an unbeaten summer record of five wins and a draw.
Wenger will be without a number of first-team stars this week as international friendlies briefly take centre stage but he will look to fine-tune his squad as much as possible ahead of Sunday's Premier League opener at Liverpool.
Arsenal's last title challenge fell away in the final weeks of last season but Wenger is convinced his team can go all the way this time around if they believe in themselves.
"I believe we have a good chance," he said.
"The most important thing is that we have that belief. We finished third last season, so we have two stairs to climb and I am confident that we can do it."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Chancellor Guy Bailey featured in dialogue on UMKC's relationship to Black Kansas City community"Building the Future: UMKC and Black Kansas City" is the title of an upcoming public dialogue featuring UMKC Chancellor Guy Bailey and numerous Black leaders in Kansas City, including Mayor Pro-Tem Alvin Brooks and Councilman Troy Nash.
UMKC annually holds a Black Studies conference to examine the current status of the Black community in Kansas City and discuss ways in which the university might enhance its active urban engagement role. Currently, UMKC is engaged in numerous projects that target the urban community, including the Institute for Urban Education, the Ivanhoe House mentoring project in the Ivanhoe neighborhood, and research studies on ozone levels and asthma in the urban core.
UMKC holds diversity, inclusiveness and respect as one of its strategic core values.
The "Building the Future" dialogue will be held Friday, April 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at UMKC's African American History and Culture House, 5245 Rockhill Rd., with a reception and entertainment to follow at the Belger Center Art Gallery, 2100 Walnut in Kansas City. Cost is $15 per person, $5 for students and seniors.
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MELROSE PARK, Illinois (Reuters Life!) - One by one the Kiddieland amusement park's 27 rides were shut down forever on Sunday, giving the highest bidders in an online auction a final spin, splash or crash on their favorites.
Memories at the park that opened in 1929 flowed like the free soft drinks at the suburban Chicago attraction.
"We're just going to take it one ride at a time. I think it's going to be tough when we get to the end of the day," said Mary Rynes, a member of the family that has operated the park since it began.
A tearful Bonnie Parker, of nearby River Forest, who paid $100 for her family of four to take a final spin on the Ferris Wheel, had been coming to the park for 40 years.
"I just had to be here the last day," she said.
Ironically, small, family-owned U.S. amusement parks like Kiddieland, have done a booming business during the economic downturn, said Craig Burda of the National Amusement Park Historical Association.
Reasonably priced and often close to home, the parks are an alternative to a vacation trip for recession-hit families.
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Hollywood Tells Us, "The Kids Are All Right." (Reality Suggests Otherwise.)
posted at 9:20 am on July 10, 2010 by Diane Suffern
If art imitates life, the movie The Kids are All Right would have us believe exactly that— a familial role can be filled by anyone who assumes it and children conceived by sperm donation are in as much danger of being maladjusted as any average American teen.
Glowing reviews in both the New York Times and Slate hail the film as a refreshingly honest, intelligently humorous view into a non-traditional "family." While the movie explores some of the children's attendant emotions involving the search and discovery of their donor father, the larger scope of the film is about marriage itself. Well, same-sex marriage.
The movie presupposes societal acceptance and legal right of same-sex couples to marry. Dana Stevens of Slate can't help but get caught up in the progressive fervor:
More than anything, The Kids Are All Right is a film about marriage. Not about gay marriage in particular, though the portrait of this couple's decades-long bond underscores the absurdity of the debate about what to call same-sex unions.
According to Slate, director Lisa Cholodenko is well-acquainted with the topic:
Cholodenko, who has a donor child with her partner, isn't making a rah-rah commercial for alternative families—in fact, some gay viewers may bristle at the movie's less-than-orthodox take on lesbian sexuality and the complications of donor parenthood. What Cholodenko has aimed for, and achieved, is something bigger: a serious and funny film about the simple yet incomprehensibly fraught act of moving through time with the person you love.
Yet, the context itself—the children's origins—drives the interpersonal drama in the first place, providing a framework for the whole film. Regarding this as a mere subplot seems naive at best, if not a deliberate attempt to normalize the film's unconventional relationships.
I've not seen the film but if it's anything like the reviews or trailer suggest, I might enjoy it. I imagine it will be both heartwarming and "challenging," as many movies are. But does that make it either right or true?
Interestingly, Slate published a study on donor children (also referencing the movie) last month. I wrote a piece for Newsreal contrasting this and another study which I'm reposting here for your consideration. Given recent court decisions and the accelerated speed new technologies progress, it's an important discussion to have.
Gay Parents and Sperm Donors: Storks and Science Revisited
June 15, 2010
Last week, TIME reported on a study of children conceived by artificial insemination raised by lesbian parents. It was billed as the first longitudinal study of its kind, charting the development of 78 children from conception to the age of 17. The "conclusions" were surprising. According to TIME:
[…] they were surprised to discover that children in lesbian homes scored higher than kids in straight families on some psychological measures of self-esteem and confidence, did better academically and were less likely to have behavioral problems, such as rule-breaking and aggression.
Some have called this a victory for same-sex parents against nay-saying traditionalists. But are these conclusions the vindication they consider them to be? Can a parental questionnaire and data collected at ages 10 and 17 from only 78 children constitute an accurate longitudinal test? Is the sample large enough and perimeter wide enough to conclude strong correlation considering the unpredictability of human behavior? What about the issue of artificial insemination and biological heritage?
Slate magazine recently published a parallel study of children conceived via sperm donation which raised numerous questions about the procedure itself and the long term implications for offspring. Researchers Karen Clark and Elizabeth Marquardt reported:
Our study, released by the Commission on Parenthood's Future last week, focused on how young-adult donor offspring—and comparison samples of young adults who were raised by adoptive or biological parents—make sense of their identities and family experiences, how they approach reproductive technologies more generally, and how they are faring on key outcomes. The study of 18- to 45-year-olds includes 485 who were conceived via sperm donation, 562 adopted as infants, and 563 raised by their biological parents.
The findings were both enlightening and heartbreaking. Contrasted with peers of biological parents, donor offspring ranging in age from 18-45 are:
…twice as likely as those raised by biological parents to report problems with the law before age 25. They are more than twice as likely to report having struggled with substance abuse. And they are about 1.5 times as likely to report depression or other mental health problems.
Donor offspring are also reported to suffer more than children of adoptive parents:
As a group, the donor offspring in our study are suffering more than those who were adopted: hurting more, feeling more confused, and feeling more isolated from their families. (And our study found that the adoptees on average are struggling more than those raised by their biological parents.) The donor offspring are more likely than the adopted to have struggled with addiction and delinquency and, similar to the adopted, a significant number have confronted depression or other mental illness.
Nearly all donor offspring in the study reported myriad emotional and psychological issues such as:
- Scanning crowds for their father
- Resentment over the financial transaction made to create them
- Feeling like a "lab experiment" or "freak of nature," and
- Strained relationships with their parents.
Clark and Marquardt make it very clear that knowing one's biological roots is of incalculable importance to an individual. Furthermore, their research (albeit indirectly), yet again reinforces the notion that the nuclear family structure is the optimal environment for childhood development, defying the conclusions drawn from the first study highlighted in TIME. They suggest tighter regulation on sperm donation, at least comparable to the rigorous process parents undergo to adopt a child, and ending private sperm donation all together to help donor offspring in the future.
Contrasting the two studies underscores the inherent bias in so much of what passes for "research" in our culture. This is, of course, nothing new in academic circles (see Kinsey, '48 and '53), but when there is such a clear connection between substandard methodology and "fashionable" but anti-establishment findings, as in the TIME study, one wonders whether the cart is deliberately being placed before the horse. When "science" informs what is normative, and what is normal is perceived as good, our cultural mores shift. What should our response be to these profound ethical questions when even "objective" science is agenda-driven, at best? Furthermore, what is the distinctly conservative answer to the progressive re-engineering of the family structure while still protecting essential freedoms? According to the Slate study, the well-being of future Americans depends on our answer.


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Starbuck, Minnesota: Big Hobo, Starbuck, Largest Lefse SignFamous "starbuck" deer fountain, hobo statue and plaque, and pride in once creating a 70-pound lefse flatbread are all part of this town's vaguely unsatisfying travelscape.
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Putting the town of Starbuck and these three features on Roadside America must be someone's idea of a joke. I did a tour of the Great Plains states with 15 pages of over 90 Roadside America sites to see, and this is the only one that left me standing there scratching my head, "I drove out here to see this?!" It is definitely NOT Worth a Detour.[John & Sinbad the cat, 11/17/2012]
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There is a Starbuck and Hobo in Starbuck, MN. By the Hobo there is some sort of giant cooking pot like you would have over the fire for meals I suppose -- that giant hobo's gotta eat, right? But also not to be missed in Starbuck is the "lefse." Unfortunately, there is no fiberglass commemorative statue, just a giant sign that can be easily missed if not paying attention. In July of 83' apparently they made the World's Largest Piece of Lefse and the sign shows a picture of this process.[Holly Diestler, 04/27/2006]
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Indira Renganathan
A Day With The Lord - Poem by Indira Renganathan
Wake up o'Lord, it's winter's vernal shine
Dawning to be consecrated with mercy Thine
Whilst yet a darkling sky's in full moon shine
In tardy treads it's pinking too fine
As Thou asterism Arudhra is on to sign
Conjuring melodies of cooing birds pine
Invoked Margazhi-matins intensify to combine
Intending for anointed ablutions aromatic divine
Wake up o'Lord, wake up
Then it means to be sanguine more
Sacred bathing mounds in variety to pour
Shiva is fresh and feasted to score
Follow now His jaunt of cosmic chore
Prime at Dharukavan blissful, He dances to roar
Surrender the rishis, their nescience to implore
Repeats His cosmic dance, Pathanjali to adore
On Thai-Poosam for Vyagrapada once more
Illimitable expeditions has He all more
Vital, vigorous, fervent He's the cosmic force
Blest or blazed all from His source
Fiery that He seeks more a bathing course
Cool on Maasi- morn of a chathurdasi-repose
Ere full moon amid sacred ablutions He glows
Freshened Lord doesn't let us doze
Awakens the light in wide awake those
On a Maasi-night whole His blessing flows
Thence the trumpet of His marriage-grandeur blows
Watch the merry Lord ecstatic, samsaric
Performing to the core of our blood rhythmic
Reddened to be Ratnasabapathy dynamic
Refreshed of yet more ablution fantastic
On Thiruvonam in Chithirai bombastic
Noon -bathing rhapsodic naps to be melodic
That the Lord emerges to be characteristic
On Uthiram in Aani all majestic
Blessing us whole in evening symbolic
Now time for the slumber-surrender-darkness
Nescient night whilst seeking refuge vivacious
The Lord forbids its ignorance gracious
Bathed anew, aglow with effulgence
On Chaturdasi in Aavani propitious
Sequel- Poornima all with her godliness
While leering fledging cupid-arrows
Rapturous Lord resorts to further ambrosial ablutions
On a Chaturdasi in Purattasi nighttime magnificence
Shiva is all content with the whole cosmic force
Unto Him retires our woes and wishes
Unto Him Poornima wanes, waxes, wanes
Comments about A Day With The Lord by Indira Renganathan
Bharati Nayak (4/2/2017 9:03:00 PM)
Wake up o'Lord, it's winter's vernal shine
Dawning to be consecrated with mercy Thine
Whilst yet a darkling sky's in full moon shine
In tardy treads it's pinking too fine
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Unto Him retires our woes and wishes
Unto Him Poornima wanes, waxes, wanes
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Your knowledge and depth in Sanskrit and Hindu religious scriptures just awe inspiring.I am too short of words to praise this great poem. (Report) ReplyIndira Renganathan (4/3/2017 5:17:00 AM)
Thank you Bharati..God bless you
Dr.tony Brahmin (9/4/2015 5:54:00 PM)
this is a great poem. you seem to know a lot about Hindu Religion. you speak about Gods and their affinities and qualities. how much we all rely on a God figure in all the religions. we humans need God. thank you very much for your great poem (Report) Reply
Ramesh Rai (9/21/2014 7:23:00 PM)
Lord Shiva ! begining and end of creation. It is as much as infinite as lifes on earth. Any invocation for the lord is always less. (Report) Reply
Ramesh Rai (9/21/2014 7:22:00 PM)
Lord Shiva ! begining and end of creation. It is as much as infinite as lifes on earth. Any invocation for the lord is always less. (Report) Reply
Mehta Hasmukh Amathalal (3/29/2011 6:35:00 PM)
madame pse cct to read.... it is death of rajaram's son.. (Report) Reply
Nivedita Bagchi SPC UK (6/16/2010 10:04:00 AM)
'Unto Him retires our woes and wishes'…very wise and with Vedic verdict
Ms. Nivedita
PS Thanks for comment Ma'am …Please visit my page
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Randy Hogan (4/28/2010 10:24:00 PM)
How could I ever repay you? For your beauty.
How could I ever repay you? For all the love that you shown to others.
How could I ever repay you? For every tear you've dried from a child face.
How could I ever repay you my sweet sister?
I'm just a meek man, so the only way I could repay you
is to thank the LORD for the beauty He made when he made YOU.
~*~Randy (Report) Reply
John Oconnell (2/15/2010 3:54:00 PM)
a treasure from treasures, i feel mean i'm so economical with words
but in my heart i aim to at the treasure of meaning that is sublime in its truth.
thanks for your encouragement even though it was a very western poem.
john (Report) Reply
Ramin Chaman (2/12/2010 10:05:00 AM)
Hi Indira..
Thanks for your kind comment
and about your poem..it's very eloquent..have a good time with your lord..
, (Report) Reply
Prince Obed de la Cruz (2/3/2010 2:09:00 AM)
i think you should share this to as many as you can... rated this one 10 (Report) Reply
Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee (1/24/2010 2:44:00 AM)
Mystical feeling poetically expressed.... so simple yet so holy..
Please read some of my poems and comment on them. Ur divine feelings may inspire me in a new light
Ratan Bhattacharjee (Report) Reply
Mehta Hasmukh Amathalal (1/4/2010 10:23:00 PM)
Shiva is all content with the whole cosmic force
Unto Him retires our woes and wishes
Unto Him Poornima wanes, waxes, wanes.it is always divine power that takes our care and happiness...lovely piece to read..so high in language....10
read mine go back...pulled from deep sleep (Report) Reply
Mandara Pookal (12/18/2009 8:11:00 AM)
I need to send you a message. Pls let me know how. As for this poem, its power is unbelievable. Thank you for your lovely comments on my work. your pet too, mandara (Report) Reply
Chandrashekar A Posy Poet (10/16/2009 1:28:00 AM)
very spiritual and powerful verse................ (Report) Reply
Disturbed angel in a straight jacket (9/29/2009 11:04:00 AM)
I like your poem :) .......I can't message you so thanks for the comment and you are welcom to message me anytime you want to :) (Report) Reply
Yacov Mitchenko (9/18/2009 7:55:00 AM)
A really good poem about the Lord. It has the feel of classic epic poetry. Have you read much of the Upanishads?
Please have a look at 'Love Song of a Korean Woman'. (Report) Reply
Ahmad Shiddiqi (7/22/2009 5:57:00 AM)
what a gorgeous and humble words! ! !
Dear, poet friend.
I've already published my 20 poetry books on Lulu. Would you like to buy (to order) them, please? Open www.lulu.com, and on the top Search: Ahmad Shiddiqi, then click GO. On page 1 and page 2. Thank you very much. Have nice days. Take care.
Best regards,
Ahmad Shiddiqi (Report) Reply
Nikunj Sharma (7/16/2009 12:18:00 AM)
your poems wear a divine glow
to a poor man , easily they show
a path that he needs to follow
may you never run short
of words, phrases and verse
may never run dry the well of
ur poetic universe.......
I am delighted with your poems, hope gos gives me the wisdom to grasp their meanings fully well (Report) Reply
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Primate Community Dynamics in Old Growth Forest over 23.5 Years at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda: Implications for Conservation and Census Methods
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- Mitani, J.C., Struhsaker, T.T. & Lwanga, J.S. International Journal of Primatology (2000) 21: 269. doi:10.1023/A:1005477504728
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Few data exist regarding long-term changes in primate populations in old-growth, tropical forests. In the absence of this information, it is unclear how to assess population trends efficiently and economically. We addressed these problems by conducting line-transect censuses 23.5 years apart at the Ngogo study area in Kibale National Park, Uganda. We conducted additional censuses over short time intervals to determine the degree to which the temporal distribution of censuses affected estimates of primate numbers. Results indicate that two species, blue monkeys and red colobus, may have experienced significant reductions over the past 23.5 years at Ngogo. In contrast, five other species, baboons, black-and-white colobus, chimpanzees, mangabeys, and red-tailed guenons, have not changed in relative abundance. Additional findings indicate that different observers may vary significantly in their estimates of sighting distances of animals during censuses, thus rendering the use of measures of absolute densities problematic. Moreover, censuses conducted over short periods produce biased estimates of primate numbers. These results provide guidelines for the use of line-transect censuses and underscore the importance of protecting large blocks of forests for primate conservation.


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Mike Hodgson, President
Mike has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry and leads the Professional Training division of Career Step, which now includes Panacea. He served in various executive positions, including time with Medical Staffing Network, QuadraMed, and Mediclick, Inc., among others. In all of these positions, Mike was responsible for driving positive change in sales, operations, and finance. He is focused on improving productivity through strategic business planning and is committed to finding positive solutions that strengthen Panacea's position within the healthcare industry. Mike holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Illinois.
Frederick Stodolak, Executive Vice President
Frederick Stodolak formed Panacea Healthcare Solutions in September 2007 and RAC Monitor, LLC in 2008. He has been instrumental in establishing the company's vision and for implementing that vision in a way that has already begun to ensure Panacea's favorable position in the market. He successfully launched the company's many products and services including its CDMauditor suite and CLAIMSauditor technology, attracted world-class talent to the organization and conceptualized and implemented the company's business, product development and marketing strategy.
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Fred has actively identified and negotiated the company's business partnerships and merger in 2011 with Medical Learning, Inc. and is active in all aspects of the conceptual framework for its current and upcoming healthcare related technology and consulting services.
Fred has over 30 years of financial, accounting, software development and marketing experience in the healthcare industry. He was founder and CEO of Healthcare Design Systems, a national health care software company, which was acquired in 1995 by QuadraMed Corporation (QMDC) to establish a strong foundation for its initial public offering (IPO). Fred became a key officer and member of the corporate management team. QuadraMed went public in a successful IPO and secondary offering in October of 1996 and 1997 respectively. Fred played a vital role in establishing the company's product vision and subsequent earnings success leading up to and during its initial and secondary public offerings. During his term, the company's stock rallied from a price of $11 to $36. Fred left QuadraMed in November 1997 and afterward remained on board as a consultant to the company. Fred has been actively involved in the establishment of six successful companies all of which have become the foundation for or have been acquired by companies trading on NASDAQ. Prior to forming Panacea Fred formed Innovative Health Solutions in 2002 and in less than four years grew the company to national prominence, before the company was acquired by Accuro Healthcare Solutions (acquired by MedAssets). Other companies Fred founded or co-founded today are owned by Nuance and CBIZ.
In the late seventies to early eighties he held positions for a total of five years including Director of Budget and Reimbursement and Acting CFO in the hospital setting where he was instrumental in every instance in substantially improving each of the organizations bottom line.
As one of the nation's leading experts on hospital pricing, Fred spoke at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's annual institute in San Diego June 2007 with his session being among the top ten in attendance. Fred also spoke in May 2009 at the Oregon HFMA conference and at the HFMA annual institute in Seattle in June 2009. Additionally, the September 2008 HFM published a feature article written by Fred on Hospital Zero-Base Pricing and another article named Uncovering Pharmacy Risks and Opportunities he co-authored was published in 2011 and in August of 2014 HFM published another article on Avoiding Revenue Loss Due to Lessor of Clauses in contracts. Fred is a graduate of Stockton State College where he majored in Accounting. Fred for more than ten years sat on the Board of Directors for Ocean's Harbor House, a non-profit organization that assists thousands of runaway, troubled and abused teens every year.
Rebecca Stodolak, Senior Vice President, Operations
Rebecca is a co-founder of the Company and was instrumental in establishing a strong financial, operational and marketing base from which the Company operates today under her direction. Rebecca has over 18 years experience in business analysis, operations, and marketing. Her expertise includes business strategy development, project management, database management, product fulfillment, and strategic partnership development. Rebecca played a vital role in spearheading the launch of the company's popular RACmonitor.com and ICD10monitor.com news and information web sites visited 50,000 times per month by healthcare professionals nationwide.
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Rebecca's most recent experience was among the executive management team at Health Resources Publishing, a company with which she continues to enjoy a professional relationship with today. She also has worked for such well-known publishing brands as Scholastic Inc., Maxim, Blender, GolfServ, the Boston Ski and Sports Club, American Golf Player's Association, The Week Magazine, and the Managed Care Information Center. As one of the original employees Rebecca became the Executive Director of the Golf Society of the US, a golf membership club and magazine with more than 140,000 dues paying members. At the Golf Society Rebecca was responsible for its daily operations including financial management, membership marketing, customer retention, magazine publishing, strategic partnership management, and ancillary program development and marketing.
Rebecca has an MBA from Babson College and her undergraduate degree from Hamilton College.
Gregory M. Adams, Senior Vice President
Greg Adams has over 35 years of experience in the field of healthcare including 20 years experience as a hospital CFO and 10 years as the partner in a healthcare consulting company. His experience includes financial operations, managed care contracting, physician practice management, patient accounting, patient access, medical records, materials management and real estate development.
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Greg served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, New Jersey. Prior to his employment at Holy Name, Greg was an Executive Director in the consulting practice of KA Consulting, Cranbury, New Jersey. He also previously served as the Chief Financial Officer at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Wayne General Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital, Passaic.
Greg received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Seton Hall University and an MBA in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is a Fellow of the Health Care Financial Management Association.
Greg is the Past Chair of the National HFMA, having served as the Chair of its Board of Directors in 2011-12. In that role he oversaw the services the organization provides to its 40,000 members. Greg speaks extensively on healthcare reform and the transition to a value based payment system. His speaking engagements include national, regional, and state programs. He has previously served as a member of the National Board of Directors for the Healthcare Financial Management Association from 2002-2005 and as President of the New Jersey chapter in 1997-98. He has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Finance Committee at St. Ann's Home for the Aged, Jersey City, New Jersey.
Steve Blackburn, Vice President, Finance
Steve Blackburn has over 30 years of experience in healthcare finance in hospitals and physician practices. His experience includes financial operations, financial reporting and physician practice management. Steve's most recent experience was as Practice Administrator at the Eye Care and Surgery Center in Westfield, New Jersey. Prior to employment at ECSC, he was Vice President of Finance at Premier Pain Centers. He also served as Assistant Vice President of Finance at Monmouth Medical Center. Steve received a MBA in Healthcare Management from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Business from Pace University in New York, New York.
Mitchell Phillips, Vice President, Technology
Mitchell is both an entrepreneur and technology expert with more than thirty years of experience developing, implementing, supporting and maintaining a wide array of platforms in the healthcare, banking and other industries as the co-founder of two successful technology companies. Prior to joining Panacea, Mitchell for ten years was the President of the Florida Information Technology Group, Inc. where he developed state-of-the-art systems for clients.
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While at FITG Mitchell developed a chargemaster coding and compliance maintenance system for use by the Charge Description Master Services Group, Inc. that today is among the many chargemaster companies rolled up by Medassets. He later, prior to joining Panacea, developed the nations first CDM synchronization system for health systems for Panacea. Mitchell possesses programming skills in .NET, VB/Visual Studio, MS SQL/database, queries, stored procedures; C, MASM, Macro-11 drivers, interrupt routines; Fortran, BAL, RPG, and Cobol. Mitchell also has extensive experience working in the PC and mainframe operating environments.
John Anderson, Senior Vice President, Sales
John has over 20 years' experience in the healthcare industry with eight years working in the clinical setting and more than twelve working in healthcare financial audit, consulting and technology sales. Prior to joining Panacea Healthcare Solutions, Inc., John was the Healthcare Business Development Director at McGladrey where he successfully expanded their regional healthcare footprint to a nationally recognized practice.
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While at McGladrey, John consistently generated new relationships and sales each year in the multi-million dollar range. Between 1998 and 2008 before joining McGladrey John was a National Services Manager for Panacea's Medical Learning Inc. division and Panacea is delighted that he has re-joined the company in a Senior Management role, January, 2014.
John earned a BS in Pre-Medicine / Biology from Winona State University.
Suzanne Lappen, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Suzanne has more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing for publications, consulting and online services and has been with MedLearn, a Panacea Healthcare Solutions Company, since 1994. Her responsibilities have included publication sales, marketing director and publisher with her current focus on Corporate Development. She is responsible for generating, building, and strengthening relationships with corporate partners throughout the nation such as Wolters Kluwer, Abbott, Novation and more. Suzanne also played an important role in building the relationship between Medical Learning, Inc., RAC Monitor, LLC and Panacea Healthcare Solutions, LLC before the three entities merged to become Panacea Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
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Senior Vice President, Revenue Capture Services
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Senior Vice President of Coding and Documentation Services
Kathy is a proven leader in healthcare revenue cycle management with extensive experience in management, project implementation, coding, billing, physician documentation improvement, compliance audits, and education. She has trained and managed Health Information Management (HIM) professionals in multiple environments. She is currently Vice President of Coding & Documentation for Panacea Healthcare Solutions. Kathy has provided compliance auditing and documentation education to hundreds of physicians and coders throughout her career and is currently focusing on preparing physicians and other providers for the transition to ICD-10.


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