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Just over half of the doctors who took part in the study said they would be in favour of charging patients who do not turn up at their surgeries.
However, the research also showed that the number of missed appointments had fallen by 500,000 on the previous year.
The results were released at the start of the "Keep It Or Cancel It" campaign.
It includes new guidance for GPs to help them manage missed appointments, as well as posters to remind patients to cancel unwanted appointments.
The survey was conducted among 707 GP surgeries throughout the UK - including 49 in Scotland - between 1 July and 1 August.
Doctors said that about half of patients forgot their appointments and 40% thought they "felt better" so simply chose not to turn up at the surgeries.
It has been estimated that Scotland's no-show patients cost the health service at least £16m.
The figures were drawn up by the charity Developing Patient Partnerships (DPP) and the Institute of Healthcare Management.
Dr Mary Church, of the British Medical Association (BMA), said: "Many GP practices are doing all they can to improve access for patients but still a high volume of appointments are being missed.
"This forgotten million missed appointments leads to unavoidable inefficiencies in GP services and wasted opportunities to provide care for patients who need care. One million missed appointments is a terrible waste to the NHS and patients."
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DPP spokesman Dr Terry John added: "Consistent reinforcement of the 'Keep It Or Cancel It' message is crucial.
"Most practices believe public awareness campaigns can help combat the problem, which could explain why almost a third of practices said they have seen a reduction in missed appointments over the last two years.
"There is no reason why this figure can't climb, especially with the new guidance that highlights simple measures that practices can take to address the problem."
Most dentists charge for missed appointments, and just over half of the doctors surveyed said they would support similar measures at their surgeries.
The Scottish Executive said it was piloting new schemes to combat the problem - including one where patients are reminded of their appointment by text message.


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Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Tuesday January 29.
CEO Interview: Rick Goings, Tupperware (NYSE:TUP). Other stocks mentioned: Herbalife (NYSE:HLF), Avon (NYSE:AVP)
Not all direct sellers are scams. Many people might shy away from the concept in the recent scandal over whether Herbalife (HLF) is a pyramid scheme, but Tupperware CEO Rick Goings explains why the classic direct seller is different from an MLM scheme (he did not mention any company by name). Basically, the latter are "wholesale buying clubs," in which most of the customers are the salespeople. Goings thinks that many other companies have the scheme of recruiting loyal customers who sell a few products now and again. He pointed out that only 10% of Tupperware customers are actual salespeople; 90% of Tupperware customers do not sell the product themselves.
Tupperware reported a strong quarter with a 2 cent earnings beat and revenues up 5.2%. The company saw strength in Europe and powerful growth in emerging markets. "We are a cash generating machine," said Goings, who recently increased the dividend by 72% to 3.3% and instituted a buyback. The company now has a health and beauty division to take market share from Avon (AVP) and has seen great success with sales of time-saving kitchenware.
Skepticism, Not Cynicism: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Merck (NYSE:MRK), Home Depot (NYSE:HD), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Alcoa (NYSE:AA), 3M (NYSE:MMM), IBM (IBM), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), General Electric (NYSE:GE), Sony (NYSE:SNE), AT&T (NYSE:T), Verizon (NYSE:VZ)
While the averages have surged since January, Cramer doesn't think a sell-off is necessarily imminent. Although stocks are reaching the highs reminiscent of 2000 and 2007, the levels were artificially high then, and Cramer thinks many major players are actually undervalued. Even though Bank of America (BAC) has doubled, it is still not expensive compared to its book value. Pfizer (PFE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Merck (MRK) have stronger cash flows than their share prices would indicate. AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) are not up significantly. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) declined 44% on the lagging PC, but Cramer doesn't think, even with the poor prospects, that HPQ deserves to be as low as it is. Home Depot (HD) is going to continue to ride the wave of the housing recovery, and Cramer is buying the stock for his charitable trust. IBM (IBM) may seem high, but its earnings have doubled, and it should see $20 by 2015. Alcoa (AA) is unfairly low, given its decent cash flows. 3M (MMM) is a strong company with an innovative product portfolio, but is cheap and General Electric (GE) has become increasingly profitable.
Cramer took a call:
Sony (SNE) is going to be helped by the direction of the yen, but the company doesn't have earnings momentum. Cramer would sell SNE on any lift.
Can the S&P 500 Go Higher?
Scott Redler, technical analyst at RealMoney.com, predicted the S&P 500 would rise from 1350 in February 2012 to 1700 by 2014. Now it seems the index may reach that level ahead of Redler's prediction, since it has crossed the crucial 1500 level. Looking at charts of the S&P 500 from the 1970s until now, Cramer pointed out that there have been entire decades (the 1980s and 90s) when the S&P 500 went higher and higher. Since 2000, the S&P 500 has been range-bound, but its recent breaking of the 1474 ceiling to 1500 was significant. Redler points out there is very little resistance for the index between its current level and 1700; however, if it does not stay above its 8 and 22 day moving averages, it could drop back down.
Hess (NYSE:HES), Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Hain Celestial (NASDAQ:HAIN), Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Deckers (NASDAQ:DECK), Fortune Brands (NYSE:FBHS), Masco (NYSE:MAS)
With shares of Hess (HES) rising 10% on news of a potential splitting of assets, Cramer thinks the stock may return to its $86 level. He discussed other companies that need to make positive changes. Alliant Techsystems (ATK), a defense contractor and bullet maker, would be a good takeover target. Manitowoc (MTW) should split its food service division from its crane segment. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is pruning divisions that aren't working and is likely to split itself up. Hain (HAIN), while a good company, has seen its share price topple. Carl Icahn owns 15% of Hain and might insist on some kind of reform; either a buyout or taking the company private. Deckers (DECK) has stumbled as its flagship brand, Ugg boots are not as hot as they used to be. Cramer thinks a company could buy Deckers and turn it around. Fortune Brands (FBHS) could be bought by Masco (MAS) to take advantage of the housing comeback, but FBHS is also doing well on its own without a takeover.
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By Steven Martens
CLINTON — The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended the law license of a retired Clinton County attorney for 30 days after ruling that a fee agreement he had with a client was unethical.
The charges arose from Bill Vilmont's representation of Scott Halverson of Waukee, Iowa, on a state charge of enticement of a minor.
Vilmont could not be reached for comment Friday.
Halverson was arrested in Clinton in January 2010 after traveling there with the intention of having sexual contact with a person he believed to be a 14-year-old girl with whom he had been chatting online. The girl actually was an undercover Clinton County's Sheriff's deputy.
Halverson retained Vilmont to represent him and agreed to pay Vilmont $225 an hour, plus a $2,500 retainer, according to court documents. The $2,500 retainer was placed in a trust.
The agreement between Halverson and Vilmont also included a minimum fee of $2,500.
A few weeks after his arrest, the Clinton County District Court dismissed the charge against Halverson after a federal charge was filed, and Halverson retained a different attorney to represent him in federal court, according to court documents.
Shortly after the state charge was dismissed, Vilmont withdrew the $2,500 from the trust without notifying Halverson, according to court documents.
Halverson's father, Keith Halverson, asked Vilmont several times to return the retainer, but Vilmont ignored the requests until June 2010, a month after he closed his Clinton law office, according to court documents.
Vilmont provided an accounting to the Iowa Supreme Court Disciplinary Board and to Keith Halverson showing he worked 3.7 hours on Scott Halverson's case, including one hour to provide the accounting, according to court records.
The court ruled that the minimum fee contract was "clearly unethical" and that Vilmont had failed to provide timely accounting.
Halverson later pleaded guilty in federal court and was sentenced in December 2010 to 10 years in federal prison.


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November 2, 2011 by staff
Most Expensive IPad 2, Apple iPad line may be the most popular consumer tablets in the world, but for the world's richest individuals, the iPad 2 in its elegant and simple design (pictured) is simply not enough. For those people, luxury afficianado Stuart Hughes is here to help, and his company has created what is undoubtedly the most expensive tablet history. It's called History iPad 2 Gold Edition, and while it may not be able to pay, the fact that there still should be enough to drop the jaw.
To make the tablet ridiculously expensive, Hughes starts with 2 iPhone 3G equipped. The new aluminum panel is replaced with a standard form 24CT solid gold, weighing about 70 oz. The default black Apple logo is a kick to the curb in favor of the gold version covered with 53 diamonds 24CT separately.
Turning his attention to the front of the device, the bezel around the screen is swapped with one Ammolite fact, one of the rarest stones on earth. Ammolite was done for millions of years from the remains of prehistoric shellfish called ammonites. The Ammolite produces a bright, rainbow-colored sheen that gives the pill a unique of its kind, but Hughes is not over yet.
To really set the History Gold Edition, besides luxury boards, the company takes real Tyrannosaurus rex thigh bones and shaves them in the final. To make matters worse, the iconic home button iPad renewed. The small black sphere is replaced with a platinum base studded with 12 diamonds outside and a single 8.5ct centerpiece.
The Gold edition of History is not the first gadget incredibly luxurious that the company has produced, and golden iPads are available in a number of producers. However, it seems far away you took to make this new offering will stand out from the rest of the pack – and it shows in the price escalation and 8,000,000. If you are one of the lucky few who have that kind of money burning a hole in the vault of a bank, you better hurry, only two of the prodigal tablets are produced, and are first come, first served .
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challenge a Native American person faces in reconciling his or her inherited history of lore and spirit with the coldness of postmodern civilization. Shapeshift is a collection of startling new poetry that explores the tensions between the worlds of nature and man. Through brief, imagistic poems interspersed with evocative longer narratives, it offers powerful perceptions of American culture and politics and their lack of spiritual grounding. Linking story, history, and voice, Shapeshift is laced with interweaving imagesthe gravitational pull of a fishbowl, the scent of burning hair, the trickle of motor oil from a harpooned logthat speak to the rich diversity of contemporary Diné writing. "Tonight, I draw a raven's wing inside a circle
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Lynn Magazine and Vision report earn CASE honors
Published Feb. 12, 2009
Two of Lynn's publications and two staffers in Lynn's Office of Marketing and Communication (Elizabeth McKey, senior writer/editor, and Andreia Brunstein, art director) earned honors from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III recently. Lynn Magazine was a Grand Award Finalist in the Magazine Publishing Improvement category, and earned a Special Merit Award in the Alumni Magazines category. Vision, the 2006-07 Progress Report, also was a Grand Award Finalist. District III is the second-largest division of CASE and includes member institutions in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi and Florida.


text: Posted November 30, 2012 I was born in 1965. The world population was less than 3.5 billion. Today, 47 years later, the world population is over 7 billion. Do you get the feeling that no matter how hard we work on spending and global warming and every other problem d'jour, we are just treading water while we breed ourselves into extinction? Me, too. The Republicans complain that there are too many freeloaders in this country and in this world. There are. The Democrats complain that we aren't taking care of the poorest among us. We aren't. How can we? There are only so many jobs. There is only so much food. There are only so many nice places on Earth to live. How do we get world population under control? Thoughts? Opinions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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For decades, Silicon Valley has been synonymous with innovation. It is difficult to dispute this claim given that it's the home to technology and Internet giants such as Apple, Google, and Facebook. While it hasn't lost its staying power, other hotspots for entrepreneurship and technology have emerged over the past ten years, in particular, New York's "Silicon Alley".
Although cities like Chicago, Austin, and even our own Research Triangle have produced a number of web-based businesses in recent years, New York's startup scene is growing exponentially. The amount of capital and seed funding continues to rise as well as the success of local companies like foursquare, Gilt Groupe, and Tumblr. The city's ecosystem also has the support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who recently appointed Rachel Sterne as the city's Chief Digital Officer along with Steve Rosenbaum, the city's first Entrepreneur at Large.
There's no shortage of debates in the blogosphere as to whether one coast has the advantage over the other. Regardless of what side you're on, many would agree that there's no better time to be an entrepreneur. Organizations and incubators like the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), Startup America, Y-Combinator and Tech Stars are providing an unprecedented level of resources and support. In a recent TIME article, the YEC's Scott Gerber even posited 2012 as "The Year of the Entrepreneur".
Interested in seeing the growth that has been present on both coasts over the last 5 years? Interact with the graphic below to explore some noteworthy companies in both Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley, quotes from stakeholders, as well as the rise in Seed Funding from 2009-2011.
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As I start a new year, I'm always a little nostalgic. I made lots of changes in 2011: new job, new house and new MBA program. One year ago, I hadn't even signed up for the GMATs. Now I'm in my third quarter of MBA@UNC.
Please join us in congratulating and welcoming the third MBA@UNC class! This new, stellar group kicked off the business studies with UNC Kenan-Flagler earlier this month.
So here I am, getting ready to start term 3 tonight and I am actually looking forward to class tonight. There is something familiar in the routine, plus I'm looking forward to catching up with my classmates (we'll see if the private chat stays up and running all term). It seems we really have become a "family" as we move through this adventure together and that fact makes prospects for 2012 even better.


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In the past 20 years, much has changed, and many a late-night hospoda colloquia has convened over the relative merits of Levy's bold claim. What is not in doubt is that Prague and Central Europe have grown a great deal since those heady 20th-century days.
Czechoslovakia no longer exists. The Czech Republic is part of NATO and the European Union. Flood waters have risen and receded, as have seemingly countless governments. One mustachioed Václav replaced another, and Škodas are in demand in Western Europe.
And while The Prague Post is two years older than the country itself, it too has changed, including a transition from a local newspaper targeting the expat community into a multimedia information source with global reach.
None of this could have been anticipated in 1991 when most Praguers were happy just to find a working pay phone. Much like the Golden City itself, The Prague Post has become thoroughly integrated in this globalized, still-young century and now counts paying subscribers in nearly 30 countries on four continents and is distributed in an array of digital formats – Web, PDF and Kindle among them. Our website is updated daily with news briefings and regular blog posts.
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I Have a ten week old lab that sits on command and will retreive a bumper and a duck dummy. How do you teach the stay command. I have had a little luck by throwing the dummy and holding the pup in the sit position until he calms down then sending him on the retreive. I emphasis stay when I do this. Any Suggestions.
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Having placed ideas together on mood boards for each bedroom I put them to the family panel. The initial ideas were passed, besides bathroom 1 which at that point I had found a coral reef theme; I was clearly envisaging lying in ones' bath, snorkel bound and ready to spot the tropical fish darting around the walls. So I adjusted my mind spec and found the most beautiful blue print wall paper which suits fabulously as an original bedroom when the house was last in use, some 55 years ago was called the Print room and is clearly marked on the old servants bells! For the curtains a burst of colour and a speckled armchair fabric from Claremont, with brass reeded antique poles, mirror lights and a gilt framed mirror. It is going to look spectacular although the description sounds extraordinary, but I wish to create excitement and adventure within a room!
By mid-October all the fabric was ordered. Due to a serious worldwide cotton shortage the Chinese Toile which is going in the Victorian bedroom was delayed until February. I was not prepared for the abrupt response when I mindlessly queried why the fabric was delayed. The voice down the telephone started;'this is the second year that cotton yields have been in decline, because of this, mills in the midlands closed, moved to Thailand where there were then floods and all looms were destroyed plus lives lost.'
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I am sorry to hear about Tishka.
My name is Rebecca. I am a veterinarian, and will do my best to help.
Low appetite can mean many things: pain, being hot, nausea, internal disease.
Some dogs, when they become fully grown and mature, may start to eat less than when they were growing. However, at age 2, he has probably been finished growing for awhile.
If his temperature is normal ( can you take his rectal temperature? Normal is between 101 and 102) and he is not losing weight, I would not be too worried.
Some dogs just eat less in summer, when it is hot and they may be less active.
If he vomits, starts to lose weight, or if he is drinking more water than usual, then I would be concerned.
If you are concerned, the place to start is a good physical exam: feeling internal organs, checking anal glands, taking his temp, listening to heart and lungs, feeling pulses.
Is it just his food he is eating less of? Would he eat table food or treats like usual?
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Why do you give him Nutrical?
Is he eating any of his Royal Canin?
If he is not losing weight, he must be getting enough calories through the day.
At 15 pounds, he does not need much food to maintain his body weight.
What was his temp?
Nutrical is very calorie dense, so depending on how much you give him, he may be getting a significant number of calories from that and his dental treats.
If you can't see his ribs, if they are not sticking out or visible, he is getting enough to eat.
How much of the Royal Canin does he eat in a day now that his appetite is less?
You are very helpfull. His temp is 101.5, he eats only one greeny dental treat per day, nutry cal was suggested by his vet long time ago, but he hets only pinky nail size amt of nutry cal at AM, he is eating Royal canine usually once or twice a day about 3/4 of a cup. I can feel his ribs on palpation
I apologize, mistype, I ment 0.3 of a cup. Do you think I should stop nutrical? He also becomes hyper around 7-8 PM alpost daily.
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The driver, a man in his 60s, was taken to Worcester Royal Hospital by ambulance but was declared dead soon after his arrival. No-one else was involved in the incident.
The Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham, a community first responder and two ambulance crews attended the scene.
Spring Lane was closed until around 1.45pm while the incident was dealt with and collision investigators worked at the scene.
PC Lee Baker, who is investigating the incident, said: "Paramedics did all they could to help the man involved in the collision, but sadly there was nothing they could do for him.
"We are now looking at what may have caused the incident and I would like to speak to anyone who saw the crash and has not yet been in touch with the police.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Although foodborne illness is preventable, more than 56,000 people per year become ill in the U.S., creating high economic costs, loss of productivity and reduced quality of life for many. Experts agree that the home is the primary location where foodborne outbreaks occur; however, many consumers do not believe the home to be a risky place. Health care professionals need to be aware of consumers' food safety attitudes and behaviors in the home and deliver tailored food safety interventions that are theory-based. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to synthesize/summarize the food safety literature by examining the following: consumers' perceptions and attitudes towards food safety and their susceptibility to foodborne illness in the home, work, and school; common risky food safety practices and barriers to handling food safely; and the application of theory-based food safety interventions. Findings will help healthcare professionals become more aware of consumers' food safety attitudes and behaviors and serve to inform future food safety interventions.
In recent years, headlines and news flashes on widespread outbreaks of foodborne disease caused by lapses in food safety or emerging pathogens have provided vivid reminders that food not only nourishes and sustains us, but if handled unsafely, can be a major threat to health and well-being. According to FoodNet, the United States' food safety report card, significant progress had been made toward decreasing foodborne illnesses caused by key pathogens, except Salmonella [
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Estimated annual cost per case per year in the United States of selected foodborne illness pathogens
|Annual Cost Per Case
|Annual Number of Cases
|Total Annual Cost *
|Hepatitis A
Many foodborne illness cases and their associated economic costs may be the result of preventable food handling mistakes in the home [
Although experts generally agree that homes are one of the primary locations where most foodborne illness cases occur [
There are many reasons why home is the location associated with significant foodborne illness risk. First, the greatest proportion of the food we eat is prepared at home, thereby increasing the opportunities for food handling errors to occur. The emphasis frequently placed on how often people "eat out" causes many to not realize that the home food environment provides 72% of the food, by weight, consumed by Americans and accounts for 93% of the food consumed by those who eat most meals at home [
Secondly, many people are in groups known to be at increased risk of foodborne illness [
Thirdly, many consumers—even those in high risk groups—do not perceive themselves or someone in their families to be susceptible to foodborne illness [
Additionally, food prepared in the home may be served to a wider community, such as at bake sales, church dinners, and school picnics, or even foods children trade at lunchtime or homemade snacks adults share with colleagues in the workplace. Food samples served at farm market stands also are commonly prepared in home kitchens [
Unlike commercial enterprises, home kitchens are multipurpose areas and are much more than just food preparation and storage places [
Even though food handlers—including home food handlers—are the last line of defense in the food safety chain, most have not had a food safety course recently or at all [
On the positive side, about 6 in 10 consumers recognize they are responsible for food safety and nearly all say they gave at least some thought to food safety in the past year [
The goal of "clean" is to prevent cross contamination—or the transfer of disease causing microorganisms from one food, object, or surface to another food—by washing hands, food contact surfaces, and kitchen equipment [
Almost all consumers report washing their hands with soap for a full 20 s before preparing food all or most of the time [
Little is known about how
Key pathogens found on frequently touched areas of the home kitchen
|Dishcloth, sponge, towel
|Sink, tap handles
|Refrigerator handle
|Cutting board
|Work surface
Dishcloths and sponges quickly become heavily contaminated with a diverse array of microbes, harboring and spreading contamination to hands, kitchen equipment, and contact surfaces [
Kitchen utensils and cutting boards also are key cross contamination routes [
Cleaning of food products prior to consumption and preparation is another important component of "clean". A recent study recommended that consumers use a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution (which is readily available at pharmacies) to wash cantaloupes prior to cutting [
A relatively new cross-contamination vehicle in the U.S. that has the potential to pose a significant risk of bacterial cross contamination is reusable grocery bags. One in three consumers report using these bags for more than just groceries [
"Separate", like "clean", is vital to preventing cross contamination. The goal of "separate" is to keep raw meat, poultry, and seafood separate from ready-to-eat foods like salads and cooked meat. About three-quarters of consumers report keeping raw meat, poultry, and seafood separate from ready-to-eat food products and nine in ten use different plates for raw and cooked meat [
"Chill" focuses on the refrigerator's critical role in temperature control. But, it is important to also think about "clean" and "separate" in this appliance. Studies indicate that refrigerators in many households are not clean. One study from Ireland reported that more than half of the refrigerators swabbed had at least one of these pathogens:
Many refrigerators are also not cool enough, with average temperatures exceeding the recommended 5 °C (40 °F). This problem has been noted in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia [
Another aspect of "chill" is keeping perishable foods out of danger zone temperatures. Most consumers (79%) reported leaving prepared perishable food at room temperature no longer than the recommended two hour timeframe and nearly two-thirds report thawing food in the refrigerator [
The greatest area needing improvement is "cook"—according to Healthy People 2020, only about 37% of consumers achieve the goal of heating foods, such as meat and poultry, to a temperature sufficiently high enough to kill harmful pathogens [
Many consumers report that thermometers are inconvenient and difficult to use, especially with small cuts of meat, which contributes to low rates of thermometer use [
Microwave ovens are nearly ubiquitous in home kitchens throughout the developed world and play an important role in achieving the "cook" goal. Many consumers report that they regularly follow cooking, flipping, rotating, stirring, and standing instructions and check to be sure food is fully heated before eating. However, few use a thermometer to verify food has been sufficiently heated in a microwave [
A fifth category of food safety practices that typically is not part of most food safety campaigns is eating "risky" foods. Substantial proportions of the population consume foods that pose a significant foodborne illness risk, such as undercooked animal flesh. For instance, more than half of U.S. consumers report eating raw cookie dough (made with raw eggs), two-fifths consume raw eggs, a quarter eat raw fish, one-fifth eat undercooked hamburgers, and an eighth eat raw oysters [
Medeiros and colleagues matched key pathogens with their primary control factor [
Foodborne illness cost annually by primary control factor
|Primary Control Factor
|Common Foodborne Pathogens
|Annual Cases
|Annual Cost
|5.6 million
|$5 billion
|1.3 million
|$649 million
|Cook & Separate
|2.1 million
|$23.5 billion
|Avoid Risky Food
|$2.1 billion
Besides the home, work and school are places where most people spend much of their time. Home prepared meals and snacks are commonly eaten at these places. Many workers eat lunch at their desks. This poses a foodborne illness risk, with only 38% cleaning their work area weekly and a similar proportion of workers report rarely or never cleaning it [
Lunches children take to school may pose "chill" food safety problems because they are often stored at room temperature for several h and some schools require children to dispose of leftovers and packaging at home [
Reusable lunch bags and boxes create a "clean" food safety hazard as they are frequently cleaned by wiping with a dishcloth [
Those most likely to mishandle food are men, adults younger than age 30 years or older than 64 years, and those who have at least some post-secondary education [
However, consumers at all ages make significant mistakes when it comes to handling food safely—even those at increased risk for poor outcomes from foodborne illness [
There is some evidence that certain foodborne illnesses are common in some racial/ethnic groups than others due to cultural difference in food intake and/or handling practices [
There are many reasons consumers may mishandle foods. Some of the more common barriers to safe food handling are described below.
"When I make dinner, I have my routine. I really don't have to think about it too much." Food preparation, for many, is a repeated or habitual behavior [
"It's not my responsibility." Some consumers feel food safety is the responsibility of others higher in the food safety chain who control food safety risks prior to food being offered for sale [
"I enjoy eggs with a runny center." "I prefer the taste of rare meat." These consumers are concerned the new behavior will change the taste of foods and diminish their pleasure [
"That takes too much time!" "It's inconvenient." Some feel the time, effort, and resources needed to make the change are not reasonable or convenient [
"What would my family think if I checked their burgers with a thermometer?" Individuals with the primary responsibility for preparing foods in their household indicate that they take great pride in their cooking [
"It won't happen to me." Nearly 6 out of 10 consumers believe their chances of getting foodborne illness are low [
Most (90%) report their personal risk of illness from eating food
"We take the necessary precautions in my home." Two-thirds believe they exert high levels of control over safe food handling when they prepare food [
Health behavior change theories, such as the Health Belief Model, Theory of Planned Behavior, and Social Cognitive Theory, provide valuable roadmaps for identifying key constructs to address when aiming to effect behavior change. Although thousands of studies demonstrate the usefulness of these theories in designing effective interventions for a wide array of health behaviors, including food safety [
For behaviors associated with Clean, Separate, Chill, and Cook, many consumers are aware of the food safety basics [
Consumers are less likely to take protective steps when consumers place less importance on their own responsibility than that of others in the food safety chain or believe their risk of foodborne illness is controlled by fate or luck [
Engaging in health protective behaviors is associated with greater perceived susceptibility or beliefs in the likelihood of a negative health outcome and its severity [
Perceived behavioral control is a significant predictor of safe food handling intentions [
If consumers are worried about possible embarrassment of performing new behaviors, like using a cooking thermometer, improving attitudes toward the behavior and changing beliefs about how others in their social network perceive the behavior can build the confidence needed to motivate consumers to make changes [
Researchers have reported that consumers take food safety precautions only when they perceive a risk, such as when they handle raw poultry, fear they may give others food poisoning, or when others are watching [
Risk messages or handling instructions on food packages help cue some to change their behavior [
Adding food safety cues to food packages may be particularly effective given that nearly half of consumers indicate they commonly read cooking instructions on food packages [
Consumers—from middle schoolers to older adults—are interested in the safety of their food and have a positive attitude toward learning about food safety [
Some especially "teachable moments" identified by researchers are after publicized foodborne illness outbreaks or recalls, before major holidays, during the perinatal period, and after being diagnosed with an immune-compromising condition [
Of those who eat out, 9 in 10 Americans report they take leftovers home at least occasionally and 32% do so regularly [
Other frequently missed food safety education opportunities are food stand volunteers at fairs and other community events [
Health professionals often recognize consumers' need for food safety information and feel they have an important role in educating and counseling clients about home food safety, yet food safety typically is not a high priority [
Tremendous legislative, agricultural, industrial, and public health efforts have been devoted to improving the safety of the food supply, but these efforts are in vain if not matched by safe food handling at home [
This research was supported by ConAgra and in part by the
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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Whatta miracle! Miley Cyrus managed to prove that it's possible to dress up as a famous person of another race for Halloween — without resorting to blackface. Now we know why Miley was rocking that purple wig the other day — it's part of her Lil' Kim Halloween costume. Cyrus posted photos of herself dressed up as Kim in her infamous purple jumpsuit from the 1999 VMAs — which of course gave her the chance to bare one tit. The only thing that bothers me about this costume is knowing that Miley probably thinks of herself as, like, being as bad ass, rebellious and boundary-pushing as Kim, like they're kindred spirits or something, when she's not even close. Still, Kim was impressed — she tweeted her approval. [Concrete Loop; NY Daily News]


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Discussion in 'Draft Zone' started by Aliencowboy, May 10, 2014.
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Jerry can say anything, you really believe that Will and Rod had no say about Hitchens? Haha
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oh, please tell me again about how great Hitchens is going to be as a backup and ST player:Fog bomb
go listen to the call when he was picked,jerry says bassica laid on the train track for him then bassica tells him that he was picked because he knows a guy that vouched for him
not only that, we had 3rd round grades on the board but they went with this guy with the 4th round grade going against their board cause bassica wanted him
Again do you think Rod and Will didn't have any input you are kidding yourself. They are in a room together talking about prospects, but yet this one was based solely on a guy that vouched for him......haha ya ok
keep drinking the kool aid and ignoring what you can prove
Be civil please
Drinking kool-aid, *** are you talking about. This conversation isn't going anywhere because if you really think that Cowboys coaches, scouts, owner or anybody else that helps in the war room didn't talk or mention this guy then you are just in denial
one coach stood on a table for this guy and told the decision maker to go against moths of preparations and take this guy when they've shown that they are willing to move up to get higher rated guys on their board that fall into a lower round. You are the one in denial.
Maybe you didn't understand, I'm not talking about where he was rated or even if they had him on the board. I'm saying when one person stood up was it just him that made the decision, took the phone from Jerry and made the pick? Or maybe just maybe other scouts and coaches was in the room heard what he said then they agreed? Hmm mm ya you in denial
Umm he's a thumper...
Terrance Mitchell was sitting in that Top ten of Mels literally all day and we got him in the 7th. Just switch where they were drafted in your mind and let it go. They both got drafted and may be able to help. Armchair scouts are so ridiculous. Grading guys they never watched any tape on prior to draft. And when they do watch it it's with an opinion they've already made on a guy so of course he looks bad. Stop listening to Kiper and Mcshay and "experts" that have never met these players.
Does Is a 4th rounder in the 7th negate a 7th rounder in the 4th?
Yep, in 1995 the Cowboys drafted the "best LB in college football" Dana Howard, winner of the both the Dick Butkus and Jack Lambert award and he couldn't play a lick in the nfl. The other ILB on his team, John Holocek was drafted by the Bills and played 8 years. Kevin Hardy and Simeon Rice were the OLBs.
I agree. Telvin Smith and Caraun Reid sitting there and they start Undrafted free agency early. Like the rest of the picks, but this one has 09 draft written all over it.
Couple of things:
1) There are multiple reports that both the Niners and Seahawks were willing to draft him in the fourth. If you think we could have gotten them later you are wrong.
2) People complaining about drafting ST players need to watch the post draft press conference. They said they were out of the business of drafting special teams players. They would find developmental prospects and position players taht could play special teams.
3) People fail to understand the concept of mutual exclusivity. Sure Bissacia liked him but that does not mean that the defensive staff did not like him. A player can be good at both teams and a position.
4) Our special teams have improved significantly since Bissacia came on board. Why on Earth would you belittle his input when his arrival has helped us to win games?
Carry on with your handwringing because Kiper whoever you have do your ranking for you did not rank him highly.


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It's a sin to kill a mockingbird," wrote Nelle Harper Lee in her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Even 50 years after its publication, the iconic story of racial intolerance in the American South and the loss of childhood innocence continues to resonate with readers of all ages.
Like the acclaimed mockingbird, Lee joyfully sung her heart out to readers, but fame left a sour note in her mouth. Since the mid-1960s, Lee has cloistered herself in the anonymity of a Manhattan apartment or with trusted family and friends in her home town of Monroeville, Ala.
As a matter of course, she shuns and resents interviewers, so much so that she has been quoted as saying, "I wish I'd never wrote the damn book."
Establishing a close relationship with a stranger would be out of character for the habitually reclusive Lee. Chicago journalist Marja Mills, however, formed an unlikely friendship with Harper Lee and her older sister Alice while working on an assignment for the Chicago Tribune in 2001.
In 2004, while on medical leave from her paper, Mills moved to Monroeville and became Harper and Alice's next-door neighbour. Over the next 18 months, Mills writes, the friendship deepened, and the Lee sisters willingly shared more stories of their private lives and introduced her to their close friends.
Much of Mills' time was spent in the Lees' book-strewn house watching movies or chatting, over innumerable cups of coffee, about literature, family history and the joys and perils of small-town life.
However, if Lee thought Mills was meddling, she would say "Off the record," and the reporter's notebook was put away.
Sadly, then, we never have the opportunity to learn much about the inner mind and feelings of the private Lee. Mills tells us that Lee continues to write on her manual typewriter or by hand -- "no magic boxes" for her.
Before she dies, she wants everything destroyed so that "she wouldn't have to worry about her personal things falling into the wrong hands."
When not having a good old-fashioned chin-wag in the kitchen, Mills and the Lee sisters put a lot of miles on the Buick, taking in the sights of Monroeville and the surrounding area. Visiting friends, going fishing and supporting the University of Alabama football team, the Crimson Tide, as well as watching golf were favourite pastimes.
They could be found in the local eateries, particularly David's Catfish House. Often, Lee would be approached by a patron who wanted to say hello to the famous author, and might want her to autograph a copy of her book.
Even as her meal got cold, Lee, the Southern lady that she is, would graciously spend a few minutes chatting with the person.
Mills' superbly crafted 2002 Chicago Tribune feature A Life Apart: Harper Lee, the complex woman behind a 'delicious mystery' provided the backbone for the current memoir. The book is quaint but not really very informative nor interesting and is, arguably, 288 pages of padding.
Furthermore, when the publisher made a pre-publication announcement in 2005, the Lee sisters disavowed the book.
Remember, Ms. Mills -- it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.
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No visit to Duke's is complete without dessert and the Kimo's Original Hula Pie® is not to be missed.


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Performance versus power in capacitive touch sensing designs
Capacitive sensing has replaced mechanical buttons in a wide range of consumer appliances, including washing machines, music players, and mobile phones, to name a few.
This has been possible largely because capacitive sensors are durable, more reliable, and provide better aesthetics through their simple yet elegant user interface that supports multiple functionalities at literally the tip of a finger.
The quality of a capacitive sensing implementation, however, depends upon its response time and power consumption. Highly responsive systems give a real-time feel while reducing power consumption improves operating life in the case of battery-based devices.
In this article, we discuss some standard capacitive sensing elements and applications with a focus on balancing power consumption and response time for embedded engineers developing capacitive sensing interfaces.
Capacitive sensing: basic principles
Capacitive sensing can sense the movement of any conductor. The human body being a conductor, capacitive sensing can be used to detect the presence and absence of a finger or trace the movement of a finger. This gives an opportunity for designers to have human finger driven GUI (Graphical User Interface) menus, adding aesthetic value to their designs.
The change in capacitance due to the presence of a finger, or any conducting material for that matter, is measured using a capacitive sensor. A capacitance sensor would typically be a metal pad separated from the ground as shown in Figure 1 below. The Electric Field lines follow the path of least resistance which start from the sensor and end in the ground plane.
Figure 1: Electric Field Distribution in presence and absence of a finger.
As shown in Figure 2 below, the introduction of a finger would form a capacitor, the finger being one plate, the metal pad being the other and air serving as the dielectric. It can be termed as finger capacitance CF. Before the introduction of the finger there would be some parasitic capacitance CP between the metal pad and ground. The finger capacitance adds in parallel to CP and net capacitance becomes CP + CF.
Figure 2. Capacitance Model
Capacitive Sensing: Basic methods
There are many capacitive sensing controllers available on the market today using various sensing algorithms such as the relaxation oscillator method, methods based on switched capacitor(SC) front-ends, mutual capacitance sensing, phase delay and amplitude measurement, etc.
One important aspect for overcoming noise in capacitive systems is to have a robust sensing method which has low input impedance. The two most prevalent methods are:
1. Relaxation oscillator method (RO method) and its variants – The RO method contracts the oscillator using the capacitance of sensor and the variation in frequency is converted into counts.
2. Switched capacitance front-end (SC method) – The SC method converts the capacitance to counts by charging or discharging a reference capacitor with the sensor capacitance at a high frequency. Switched capacitor methods have a lower input impedance than relaxation oscillator methods and so provide better noise immunity.


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I got a few more pictures from my cousin of me at the Rocket City Marathon.
Here's me and my cousin's husband:
This photo was right at the start. I noticed my cousin off to the side and waved, and she was able to snap the photo at just the right moment. I'm not going to lie... I kind of like seeing the definition in my leg here. I feel like when you're in your body, you don't really get to see the effects of all the running the same way as an outsider. Photos kind of help you to step outside and take a look, and it's nice to see that my legs are looking strong.


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