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Big Bear Lake, CA, September 7, 2012 – On Tuesday, September 4th, guests at Snow Lake Lodge had their car burglarized and the only items taken were a pack of gum and a camera from the glove box. But the camera contains photographs of the owner's husband, who is dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. Photographs on the memory card include the man's last birthday, Christmas photos, and photos of the family. The owner doesn't care about the camera, she just wants to get the memory card back. No questions will be asked. The memory card can be mailed or dropped off anonymously to Snow Lake Lodge, across from Alpine Center. The mailing address is Post Office Box 1146 Big Bear Lake, CA...Read More


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You may be able to prevent cold exposure by having emergency equipment with you if you do outdoor sports or activities. Your equipment may include:
- 2 or 3 fire-starting kits and a cigarette lighter.
- A pocketknife.
- A wire saw, to cut large pieces of wood for an emergency fire.
- A space blanket, to be used as a windbreaker and heat reflector.
- Large plastic leaf bags, to wrap around you and over your backpack for quick rain and wind protection.
- Low-temperature electrician's tape, for general repairs to space blankets, clothing, tents, or boots.
- An Ensolite pad, to sit or sleep on.
- A headlamp, to allow you to use both of your hands. Remember extra bulbs and batteries.
- A map and compass.
- Extra clothing, drinking water, and food.
- Sunglasses and sunscreen.
- Snow shovel on trips where snow is expected.
- Signaling equipment, such as a whistle, mirror, flares, or a parachute cloth to float in the air.
- A first aid kit.
- A thermometer.
- Chemical hot packs.
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Shiloh United Methodist Church Rev. Mike Wadley was looking out on the Almon Ballfield and saw a vision.
ATLANTA (AP) - An Atlanta megachurch's board of directors said Wednesday that it is moving forward in a campaign to buy a private jet.
A Native American student wore an eagle feather that he considers sacred to his high school graduation ceremony Thursday night after resolving a court fight with a California school district.
When Glenn Yontz, Jr. and Kenny Murphy met through a mutual friend, both were men with a passion for showing God's love in the community. The two hit it off. And at the same time, Yontz was looking at what to do with his family's restaurant, Glenn's Bar-B-Que.
For many Christians in the western hemisphere, including Roman Catholics, the Sacrament of Confirmation is a celebration of their coming of age. In many Protestant churches, the rite of Confirmation is seen as a mature statement of a person's faith. This is why many western Christians are confirmed between the ages of 12 and 15, when they are on the cusp of adulthood and capable of fully realizing the importance of professing their faith.
When more than 2 billion Christians around the world begin observing Lent next week, they will do so in a variety of ways.
Most people may see pancakes as a delicious flat cake that we devour with some syrup, but did you know that it has some religious significance to it? Shrove Tuesday, or known as Pancake Day, uses pancakes to celebrate the last day of Carnival, Mardi Gras and preceding Lent. Pancakes are usually associated with Shrove Tuesday because it was a way for people to give up certain foods like eggs, milk, flour and sugar for Lent.
It was during the peak of the civil rights movement that the cultural holiday of Kwanza was born. Unlike other similar holidays such as Hanukah and Christmas, Kwanzaa is not based upon religious association. This holiday was created to celebrate the life and the heritage of African culture seen in African and Pan African communities around the world.
The Jewish celebration of Hanukah is often associated with the Christian holiday of Christmas, but that association has little to do with the significance of each holiday and more to do with the timing. Each is celebrated at the end of the year when the holiday season has hit full swing. But much like the story of Christmas, the story of Hanukah is a rich one.
Today, Good Hope Baptist Church is honoring Pastor E.J. Tomlinson and his dedication to the ministry for over 32 years. Coming into the ministry at the tender age of 25, Tomlinson says he was a young boy who has grown with this ministry. His long time wife of 28 years, Stephanie, and their dear son, Cornelius, have stood by Pastor Tomlinson as he has watched the face of his congregation transform over the years. Tomlinson has been noted as the 3rd longest person to pastor over a single congregation in Newton County.
Newly appointed Pastor George Lanier shares the rich history of Grace United Methodist Church. Grace Methodist has been a part of the Covington community for more than 150 years. A predominately African American church Grace United Methodist knows what it takes to survive in the 21st century church.
New on the scene and ready to impact the community of Newton County, Connexion Church is here to stay. Under the leadership of Pastor Andrew Covington, this progressive ministry is proud to announce that they are under a new roof. Kicking off its first service Nov. 9, Connexion church is building a legacy.
Participating in Penance, also known as Reconciliation, is a significant part of the growing process for Christians across the globe.
Serving in the community for more than 150 years, First Presbyterian Church of Covington is still standing strong. Established in 1827, originally as a garden, this ministry has always made its mark in the community. The roots of this ministry go so deep into the community; one of its forefathers, Dr. Hayes, was one of the very first pastors of the church, and still has living family members who are active in the ministry.
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Lord Shiva is considered as the destroyer of the Universe as per the Hindu Mythology. Shiva is one of the most popular gods of the Hindus. Lord Shiva is a complex god like goddess Kali, being destroyer and restorer at the same time.
Shiva is also known as Bhole Shankar, the innocent god, who gets appeased easily. Shiv Shambhu is also recognized as an ascetic, as he resides on Mount Kailash in meditation. God Shiv is worshipped usually in his phallic (Lingam) form. Special Worship of Shiva can be seen during the month of Saawan (July-August) of Hinduism. Lord Shiva is known by many different names. This list contains 108 names of Lord Shiva with their meanings:
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Surprise your dear ones in India on any occasion or festival by sending this kaju and Fererro Rocher hamper. This hamper comes with 250 Gram Kaju and 3 pieces Fererro Rocher . These palatable food items are arranged in a round shaped handmade tray. Your loved ones will definitely be enthralled to receive this dry fruit cum chocolate tray. So send this tray with other Gifts to India through us.
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In Haskell, data type declarations, Parsec parsers, and HughesPJ pretty-printers very much resemble each other; supplying all three is virtuous, but involves a large amount of code duplication. syntran is a code generator designed to reduce the amount of duplication. Its source is similar to a Parsec LanguageDef-using parser, annotated with the unique information from the data type declaration and the pretty-printer which would normally not be found in a parser. It separates this information out to generate pure Haskell.
AMLET is software designed to estimate multinomial and mixed logit discrete choices models, which are increasingly popular in econometry. The software supports cross- sectional and panel data, and offers various optimization methods, including the new variable sample-size approach.
Spike Asset Manager (SAM) is a cross-platform framework for probing a system for components and reporting them. It includes a driver file that probes for components commonly found in a LAMPJ stack (Apache, MySQL, PHP, Tomcat, etc). It can find multiple versions that are installed, query the RPM database, and indicate whether components are running.
cstor is a cross-reference compiler and reverse engineering tool. It compiles one text file (database) from multiple source modules (currently reads C, C++, and Perl). The tool combines reverse engineering capabilities, code validation, and an HTML documentation generator. The database can then be reused from own scripts and programs, e.g. to implement cross-compilers, validate coding conventions, build statistics etc. The builtin documentation generators are actually an application of the database.
Spike PHPCoverage is a tool for measuring and reporting code coverage provided by the test suite of a PHP application. It can instrument and record the line coverage information for any PHP script at runtime. It also provides an extensible reporting mechanism with a standard HTML report implemented out of the box. The default report displays the summary information about the code coverage for an application and also shows the detailed information about a file including which lines were actually executed and with what frequency. It is possible to specify the directories and files that should be included and/or excluded from a coverage measurement.
RIB is a software package for creating WWW metadata repositories. Metadata, from RIB's perspective, is information that describes reusable objects, such as software. RIB allows the user to enter metadata into a Java applet, which then sends the information to an RIB server via HTTP. The information is then stored in an SQL database, where it is automatically made available in a fully functional Web site (catalog, search page, etc). Repositories that use similar data models can use the XML processing capabilities to share information via the Internet.
Quality Objects (QuO) is a framework for providing quality of service (QoS) in network-centric distributed applications. These applications range from embedded applications to wide area network applications, including many military and commercial applications. QuO bridges the gap between the socket-level QoS being specified, researched, and provided by a number of organizations and the distributed object level where many distributed applications are best written. QuO adds QoS to CORBA and Java RMI in a manner which is appropriate for creating applications that can adapt to environments that are unpredictable or have strict resource constraints.


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We are passionate about food and food growing and are working for a stronger and more localised food economy. Organic horticulture produces quality fruit and veg whilst also protecting and enhancing the natural environment!
Welcome to Cultivate
Cultivate is a social enterprise linking food and community. We aim to address many of the issues associated with the modern food system, and working towards sustainable local food solutions.
We have developed three community gardens in Powys during three years between March 2012 – 2015 as part of a Lottery funded project called Get-Growing. These gardens are based in Newtown, Llanidloes and Llanfyllin.
We also run several micro businesses: a plant nursery specialising in edible, ornament and native plants; as well as a food hub and shop in Newtown offering local and Welsh fresh and preserved goods. We also run courses and training, to encourage more people to get involved with growing and environmental awareness.
The gardens have cropping areas for fruit and vegetables, communal growing areas, individual plots and areas to spend time and have fun. We have regular volunteer days on each site , with our Newtown hub providing free local produce lunch on our regular Wednesday volunteer day.
One of Cultivate's aims is to assist people in gaining access to land. We build wooden raised beds that can be placed on any surface for an instant garden, many can be found around the town such as at the railway station. Each of our community garden sites provides micro allotments for people that want their own space. Small pieces of land that enable individuals to have a go at growing a small amount of food for them selves, without the daunting mass of weeds on a standard size allotment. We also allow access to land for growers that want to grow to sell, seeking larger plots of good growing land through land share. Each of our sites provide access to tools, seeds, plants and advice.
Horticulture for an abundant future
Here at Cultivate we are trying out new ideas constantly, looking for ways to produce organic food affordably and easily as well as in a way that is good for the environment. Low carbon and even carbon negative ways to produce food could be a key factor in achieving a sustainable future. Below is our first set of Hugl beds, made by burying rotten wood in the ground and stacking them on top with turf, soil and compost. This produces a long term stable and very fertile growing space that retains water and is very low in maintenance. We believe that these kind of ideas and strategies will be of increasing importance in the years to come.
We run regular long and short courses throughout the year. Teaching and demonstrating organic horticulture, permaculture and traditional crafts.
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Lessons in Structuring Derivatives Exchanges
The global deregulation of financial markets has created new investment opportunities, which in turn require the development of new instruments to deal with the increased risks. Institutional investors who are actively engaged in industrial and emerging markets need to hedge their risks from these cross-border transactions. Agents in liberalized market economies who are exposed to volatile commodity price and interest rate changes require appropriate hedging products to deal with them. And the economic expansion in emerging economies demands that corporations find better ways to manage financial and commodity risks. The instruments that allow market participants to manage risk are known as derivatives because they represent contracts whose payoff at expiration is determined by the price of the underlying asset -- a currency, an interest rate, a commodity, or a stock. Derivatives are traded in organized exchanges or over the counter by derivatives dealers. Since the mid-1980s the number of derivatives exchanges operating in both industrial and emerging-market economies has increased substantially. What benefits do these ex- changes provide to investors and to the home country? Are they a good idea? Emerging markets can capture important benefits, including the ability to transfer risks, enhance public information, and lower transaction costs, but the success of a derivatives exchange depends on the soundness of the foundations on which it is built, the structure that is adopted, and the products that are traded.
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- Gerard Gennotte and Hayne Leland., 1991. "Low Margins, Derivative Securities, and Volatility," Research Program in Finance Working Papers RPF-211, University of California at Berkeley.
- Sean Becketti, 1993. "Are derivatives too risky for banks?," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, issue Q III, pages 27-42.
- Louis O. Scott, 1992. "The Information Content of Prices in Derivative Security Markets," IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 39(3), pages 596-625, September.
- Tsetsekos, George & Varangis, Panos, 1998. "The structure of derivatives exchanges : lessons from developed and emerging markets," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1887, The World Bank.
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Fitness activities, eating tips offered by OP Rec.
OCEAN PINES—The Ocean Pines Recreation and Parks Department is inviting the public to start the new year with fitness activities and healthy eating habits.
Beginning on Jan. 7, tennis consultant Frank Marshall will teach a six-week "Quick Start Tennis" program for 5-7 year olds. The sessions are designed to provide young participants with a fun introduction to tennis in a non-competitive environment. Players will learn the basics using special age appropriate equipment on a smaller scale, according to the event's organizers.
The weekly tennis classes will be conducted on Tuesday nights from 6-6:45 p.m. The classes will be held at the Ocean Pines Community Center. The cost is $45 for residents and $55 for non-residents.
For adults, the department will sponsor a seminar with instructions on ways to "Lose Fat, Improve Your Health," on Jan. 20. The seminar will be conducted from 6:30-7:45 p.m.
During the interactive seminar, an instructor will provide guidance and tips on: how "healthy" foods make people fat, why grains and sugar are so addictive, and which foods help in the goal to achieve permanent weight loss.
"You will leave with strategies, ideas, and tips so you can turn your body into a fat burning machine," according to the seminar's organizers.
For additional information of the children's tennis classes or the healthy eating seminar, contact Katie Goetzinger at 410-641-7052.
Future activities the department plans to sponsor include a day-long CPR marathon on Feb. 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and several bus trips. The bus trips include the:
Philadelphia Flower Show on March 6. The cost is $70;
Washington DC Cherry Blossom River Tour on April 3. The cost is $60;
Virginia International Tattoo on April 27. The cost is $85;
Million Dollar Quartet bus trip on April 27. The cost is $100.
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President Barack Obama speaking on the recent 2016 Oscar/Academy Award nominations and backlash is evidence that the Oscars have has created quite an impact in the conversation of diversity and inclusion. Speaking at the White House on Wednesday, President Obama briefly spoke on the importance of inclusion in Hollywood and how the state of California in general is a big part of that.
"I think that California is an example of the incredible diversity of this country," Obama said, according to ABC News. "That's a strength. I think that when everyone's story is told then that makes for better art."
"It makes for better entertainment it makes everybody feel part of one American family, so I think as a whole the industry should do what every other industry should do which is to look for talent, provide opportunity to everybody. And I think the Oscar debate is really just an expression of this broader issue. Are we making sure that everybody is getting a fair shot?"
In Iowa, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke on the Oscars controversy as well, echoing President Obama's sentiments on the Oscars controversy.
"I think it is overdue, but the Academy announced that they are going to be making some changes, as they should," Clinton told AOL. "Just think of the great films that not only display the diversity of America, but the diversity of the human experience. The Academy has to catch up with our reality."
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April Reign, Managing Editor of BroadwayBlack.com and Editor at Large of NU Tribe Magazine, is the originator of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag and has built a large following on social media. The nominees for the 2015 Academy Awards were also ignoring artists of color, specifically Selma director Ava DuVernay and star David Oyelowo. Reign tweeted the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag and it went viral, with media outlets like The Huffington Post touching on the Oscars controversy.
Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson have been well aware of the Oscars controversy. The two recently spoke with the Hollywood Reporter, revealing their reasoning for the changes in the Academy voting process.
"I would say more importantly that we could not be silent," Boone Isaacs said. "And we had no reason to be silent."
The #OscarsSoWhite movement would not be where it is right now, or even exist at all, if it weren't for April Reign, yet none of the major media outlets seem to be acknowledging her presence in this discussion. The hashtag was originally created out of he frustration she felt with the lack of inclusion and diversity in Hollywood. In an interview with Nu Tribe Magazine, she brings up the fact that the indie film Tangerine, starring two transgender women of color, was overlooked for The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne, even though Tangerine garnered more critical acclaim.
The Oscars award ceremony this year will be hosted by comedian Chris Rock. Chris tossed out his original material and began writing a new monologue after the nominations were announced. It's to be expected that the comedian will call out the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their nomination choices and voting process. Oscars producer Reginald Hudlin says Chris Rock will be doing just that.
"You should expect #OscarsSoWhite jokes," Hudlin told ET Online in an exclusive interview. "And, yes, the Academy is ready for him to do that. They're excited about him doing that. They know that's what we need."
Some have called for Chris Rock to boycott the Academy Awards and refuse to host, but that no longer seems to be an option. The Oscars ceremony is going to air live on February 28.
The #Oscars. The White BET Awards. https://t.co/8qjLR0uysI
— Chris Rock (@chrisrock) January 15, 2016
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With fifty islands now under its care, the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge stretches along the state's entire coast, and yet few Mainers know that this important sanctuary for endangered seabirds even exists.
Why was the late Andrew Wyeth so revered by the general public and yet so reviled by major art critics? To assess the legacy of America's most popular painter you must start with his self-imposed exile.
At the Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield, singer Carol Noonan created the kind of venue musicians love -- and lured a bevy of big-name performers to Maine as a result.
In Boothbay Harbor, children and adults alike get in touch with one of man's greatest fears.
I am kneeling in the sand, canoe paddle upside down in my grip, rotating my upper torso, as instructor Paul Faria explains various elements of the proper stroke. We are alone on the beach at Moose Pond in Bridgton on a gray and blustery June afternoon, and I am getting in a bit of private instruction before the twenty-third annual Maine Canoe Symposium (MCS) officially kicks off.
Some Maine businesses begin under the best of circumstances, others under the worst.
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The last thing my over-scheduled life needs is another distraction, and yet somehow my family convinced me to join Facebook. I was immediately "tagged" to participate in the New York Times-noted phenomenon "25 Random Things About Me," the object of which is to create a list of candid disclosures you've had the good sense to keep to yourself. It got me thinking that maybe this magazine should unburden itself of its accumulated trivia. Here are "25 Random Things About Down East":
Where in Maine?
Your February mystery photograph shows gorgeous Sand Beach and little Newport Cove in the southeast corner of Acadia National Park. It is everyone's dream of the New England coast: a quiet sandy beach looking out over truly blue water, embraced by spruce-covered hills that tumble right down to the shore, all on an intimate scale.
Looking down into the cove, one has the feeling of being its first discoverer. Not quite.
Down East editors discuss Popham Beach, Sebago Salmon, the ladybug invasion, and more.
Maine needs foreign tourists but does little to woo them.
Editorial opinions from across the state.
Take classes at a Maine lighthouse.
With tall windows overlooking Portland's Exchange Street, a just-slightly-upscale atmosphere, and a menu that includes everything from a Kobe beef burger to an oxtail and scamorza spring roll, Walter's is an Old Port standby. It's the kind of place where you can seal a deal over a leisurely lunch or get a few details nailed down and be back at the office by one. Indeed, if you're out on an expense account, there are few better places to go: you'll enjoy entrees that actually require the use of utensils, and the bean counters at work won't throw a fit about the tab.
The owners of Cleonice (112 Main St., 207-664-7554, www.cleonice.com) in Ellsworth, Rich and Cary Hanson, are taking local to the next level. They've converted several acres of their own property in Bucksport into an organic farm called Artisana. Fresh vegetables, eggs, and pigs are making their way from the farm to the restaurant's menu. Some of the pork products from the farm that are being used in dishes include homemade coppicola, pancetta, and prosciutto, along with smoked and cured jowls.
Fried seafood is one of summer's guilty pleasures. And thanks to the Stefano family of Steep Falls, you can make your own fried clams, shrimp, scallops, oysters, calamari, or fish. You don't even need to trek down to the local lobster shack to indulge your cravings. Their Maine Lobster Pound Seafood Batter & Fritter Mix (Gramma Mill's Gluten Free Foods, 13 Jodies Way, Standish, 04084, 207-675-3001, www.grammamills.com, $5.99) is cheap, simple, and delicious.
You don't need to live in Maine to know that the state is — in at least one corner of the popular imagination — a cure-all: the peace of a summer by the lake or a day at the beach suggests year-round contentment, a life lived honestly and purely, far from Internet connections, failing financial markets, and stressed out opportunists. Katharine Davis' East Hope (NAL Accent, New York, New York; paperback; 352 pages; $15) charmingly reinforces this conventional — albeit somewhat clichéd — wisdom.
Down East Contributing Editor Edgar Allen Beem has a new book. Backyard Maine (Tilbury House, Gardiner, Maine; paperback; 212 pages; $15) features local essays by the Yarmouth resident, most of which have previously appeared in his column, "The Universal Notebook" in the Forecaster, a Greater Portland weekly newspaper. From Americans' reluctance to truly combat global warming to the fate of his backyard bird tree despised by his wife to the unexpectedly emotional loss of his dog, Beem ruminates on every aspect of life in Maine.
Author of Suburban Safari and The Secret Life of Dust, Hannah Holmes, of South Portland, ponders what it means to be human in The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself (Random House, New York, New York; hardcover; 356; $25). The book explores Homo sapiens in depth, providing a plethora of interesting, little-known facts, such as: the brain consumes 20 percent of daily calories and that our so-called personal beliefs are greatly determined by DNA.
Originally ran as "Markers amid life's transience." August 8, 2008, in the Boston Globe
These are the summer days when the island is overrun with gifts. The raspberries are still ripe, and the first of the blackberries have arrived bearing their sweet intimations of fall.
Food is there for the picking. To pass up this generosity would be a supreme act of ingratitude. So I head out this morning with my small bucket.
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Online marketing campaign is not just about creating a business website. It also involves competing with millions of other sites for the top spot in search engine results pages (SERPs).
Given that, how can you develop an edge and stand out from your competitors?
Well, you need SEO.
Then again, several other Web experts say that you can increase the likelihood of ranking first by using social media.
So, which of these two is ideal?
Now, if you wish to obtain the best possible results, you need both. You can actually combine them to come up with social media optimisation (SMO) strategies. And since you are catering to a specific market, here are eight techniques for your local SMO.
1. Create various social media accounts
You can boost the possibility of appearing in local search results by having multiple channels online. So other than establishing a website, you need to sign up on leading networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn.
Do not forget to claim a business listing on Google Places too. This way, your target consumers can find you on Maps, Google+ Local, and search results.
After knowing that, take note of the next tip.
2. Present a consistent brand
There are several ways to do this.
First, always put the same location and company name for all your social pages. Other than avoiding confusion among your possible customers (due to different addresses or trade name), it helps the spiders index your site easily.
Second, use a similar logo, colour scheme, and design. Remember that familiarity is one way to earn your customers trust and keep their loyalty.
Third, convey the same sales pitch using a unique voice or approach. The more you communicate with them through this, the more they will identify with your company and interact on your pages.
3. Join trending debates in your local community
There will always be hot and increasingly popular topics online. You do not necessarily have to initiate them, but it can be helpful to participate in discussions that bring up such matters or to mention these in your updates.
Why should you?
Simple, doing these things will get you noticed. As your brand appears consistently in top online communities, you will gain a reputation for being timely or up to date with the trends. Plus, if you provide insightful opinions and ideas on the subject, your followers will see you as a reliable entity in your field.
4. Blog about local issues
If you do not have a blog yet, now is the best time to set up one. And while you are thinking over a suitable design, ensure that the theme and layout relate to your business. Otherwise, the readers will consider it irrelevant, which in turn makes your blogging efforts fruitless.
When it comes to your articles, try to write about important topics within the community. Doing this lets you use targeted keywords, which increases the chances of ranking for location-based queries.
Lastly, make sure that blog domain is the same with your company name and fan page username.
5. Create a list of local search terms
Whenever you post an update on Facebook, tweet on Twitter, or share your latest success on Google+, never forget to incorporate related keywords.
But before that, you need to find out the phrases your customers will likely use in their searches. To do this, you can use Google tools like Insights for Search or Trends. You can also employ Local Keyword Research Tool, WordTracker, and 5Minutes.
Once you already have a considerable amount of terms, you can integrate these with geo-tags, which are generally location modifiers. Most of all, you can use geo-tagging on your social pages, especially when you are planning an event or stating your address.
This is an example.
6. Participate in Q&A forums
Websites like Yahoo Answers, Answers.com, Quora are trusted sites, where you can join in on the conversations of people with the common interests.
However, do not just participate in any topic. Choose a subject that is relevant to your niche or you have knowledge on. This way, you can present yourself as an authority in your industry and entice the other users to find out more about your company.
Additionally, you can take part in forums within your geographic location, so you can appear in local searches.
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Again, make sure you choose those sites within your geo-target or niche.
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It is important that you do not forget what social media is—conversation. It is the perfect medium for you to access the people in your industry, learn from them, and disseminate information about your enterprise.
Therefore, always take time to log in to your accounts and let your customer base know that you are interested in communicating with them.
Social media is about interaction and not just about pushing sales and traffic for your business website. By using it to promote your content and marketing strategies, you can benefit greatly. To top it off, you can achieve your SEO goals.
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Revised Beta Examination Essay by The Research Group
Revised Beta Examination
Describes and evaluates an intelligence test for the illiterate, non-English speaking and language-impaired.
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The Revised Beta Examination (Beta II) is evaluated in this research. The findings of the evaluation are presented in relation to (1) test description, (2) purpose of the test and population target, (3) test norm population, (4) factors measured by the test, (5) test strengths and weaknesses, and (6) test reliability and validity.
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The Revised Beta Examination is designed as a group test, although the instrument can be administered on an individual basis (Kellogg & Morton, 1978, p. 3). The Revised Beta Examination is a nonverbal general intelligence test.
The basic revision of the Beta Examination was performed by C. E. Kellogg ..."
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I am my biggest critic, I can be hard on myself at times and that drives me to be better at what I'm doing.
I love movies, anything with a good plot, drama, or comedy...I don't care for scary so much...but at the theater or at home with good company, movies are good times.
There are some great TV shows I watch as well...NCIS, BlackList, Burn Notice, Chicago Fire, Criminal Minds, Bluebloods...all good shows.
Music I like anything really that isn't too Hard, Least fav would be Heavy metal, I prefer older rock or country, though it all has a place that varies by surrounding and company.
Italian is my fav food type.
Beliefs and Dreams
Football Season & Fantasy Football
Family & Friends
Cell Phone
Decisions I've made in the past and how they affect me today.
When did parents and teachers stop teaching common sense?
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Aldermanic President Bernard S. Deutsch on his return yesterday from a month's stay in Mexico, expressed indignation at the manner in which, he said, he had been misinterpreted concerning his commendation of Mexican governmental policies, as reported in dispatches from Mexico City.
He also disclosed the details of his encounter with Mexican Golden Shirts and declared that he had been assured by highest Mexican officials that anti-Semitism in Mexico, financed by money from Germany, was being used to "build up" certain politicians who saw political capital in its advocacy.
He was also assured, he said, that the Mexican government would shortly quell the movement and stamp it out.
"Upon my return from my vacation in Mexico this morning, I was informed that some remarks which I was reported to have made in the course of an address delivered in Mexico had become the subject of severe criticism by the Catholic Press," Mr. Deutsch said.
"I examined some of the critical editorials, and I find that they are all based upon inaccurate reports of my purported remarks.
"The only statement which I made in Mexico praising its progressive attitude, followed an inspection trip to public works which have recently been initiated and completed, or are in the course of completion. I called attention only to the progress made in connection with these public works and improvements. The whole context of my address was directed to the public improvements which I had just inspected and had no bearing whatsoever upon the attitude of the Mexican government, either in the past or at the present time, as to religious freedom.
"My activities and efforts for tolerance and religious freedom during the past decade ought to be sufficient assurance that I would not, for one moment, condone any effort on the part of any government to discriminate against any part of its people because of religious belief, and that I would not for one moment be party to any attempt to minimize religious persecution."
Discussing his meeting with the delegation of Golden Shirts, Mr. Deutsch said that he had had a long conference with General Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexico's "strong man" in which he discussed with General Calles the Jewish troubles in Mexico, among other things.
"It was after I had told newspaper men that the General assured me that certain political elements were endeavoring to lift themselves up by the boot-straps through anti-Semitic agitation — and that such agitation would shortly be nipped in the bud—it was after that that I received my visit from the Mexican fascismo— if they can be called that.
"They called at the hotel where Mrs. Deutsch and I were staying and sent up word that a Mexican commission awaited me in the lobby.
"I came down and was confronted by six or seven big Mexicans who told me that they represented the Golden Shirts.
"Who are the Golden Shirts, I asked?
"I was told that they represented the Mexican people who were opposing the Jewish element in Mexico.
"Why do you oppose the Jews? I asked, after they told me that I was meddling in Mexican affairs and that they resented my statement that the anti-Semitic movement was political.
"I was told that the opposition to the Jews was not based on their religion but on the fact that the Jews controlled the industry of the country.
"How long have the Jews been here? I asked, and how many are there?"
"I was told that the Jews had only been there ten or twelve years and that there were about 125,000.
"This was absurd and I told them so, pointing out that actually there were only about 12,500 Jews in the country and that ten or twelve years ago the country had practically no industries.
"I then told them that they were wasting their efforts on behalf of the Mexican people and might do much better to champion the cause of the Mexican worker and Indian in the back-country than to fight a non-existent Jewish menace.
"They then asked me to pose with them for pictures and observing that we were already being photographed, I told them that if they wanted to pose with me after me telling them some homely truth, I was willing."
While Mr. Deutsch's remarks on Mexican treatment of minorities was the subject of high praise in editorial comment by the newspaper La Prensa in Mexico City, it provoked a storm of resentment on the part of Catholics and Jews in this country.
In a front-page article in last week's issue of the Brooklyn Tablet, Catholic newspaper, the Catholic attitude toward this remark and another, in which he was quoted as saying that "during my three weeks' visit here I found no persecution of any class here," was crystallized in the following comment:
"Mr. Deutsch, it will be racalled, was one of the most active opponents of the present government in Germany because it persecuted the Jewish people. He has denounced intolerance loudly and regularly, insisting upon liberty and fair play. It was not necessary for him even to visit Germany," the newspaper sarcastically wrote, "before rushing to the defense of liberty."
"Recently," the Tablet continued, "he went, ostensibly on a vacation tour, to Mexico. Arriving there, where Catholics have been subjected to the worst persecution in modern times—far worse than that accorded Jews in Germany—Mr. Deutsch in a public address pronounced Mexico 'forward looking.'
"The fact that Mexico has closed every Catholic school and charitable institution; seized hundreds of churches and expelled their occupants; permits only one priest for every 100,000 people; has arrested and jailed hundreds who sought to exercise the freedom of worship which every country but Russia tolerates; prohibits the wearing of the clerical collar; fosters the vilest type of legislation, including laws in the State of Tabasco which compel any priest to marry, and carries on a militant campaign to make atheists of every child, does not impress Mr. Deutsch."
The Tablet then said it had received many letters about Mr. Deutsch's conduct which it promised to withold until such time as he had returned and was able to answer them.
In many Jewish quarters, as well, Deutsch's remarks were severely criticized as highly improper and ill advised. It was pointed out that his speeches would do injury to the common cause in which Catholics and Jews were bound, to wit, opposition to Nazi persecutions. Mr. Deutsch's position as president of the American Jewish Congress, which is active in fostering the boycott, was also pointed to as giving to the statement a semi-official character.


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Author has written 17 stories for Naruto.
I'm trying to write as much as I can.
Please bear with me.
I am terribly sorry for the late updates but I am truly, truly thankful for those who are still supporting me up to now.
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The best way to compete in today's NFL is to have quality drafts and sprinkle in free agent signings to fill the remaining holes. When Jerry Reese first took over as General Manager of the New York Giants, he had a great draft in 2007. A draft that included immediate contributors in Aaron Ross, Steve Smith, Jay Alford, Zak DeOssie, Kevin Boss, Michael Johnson and Ahmad Bradshaw. Reese hit the jackpot, but injuries and free agency tore that draft class apart, with the exception of DeOssie and Bradshaw. Since then Reese's drafts have had a lot of misses, and have left the team with a ton of holes. Why have his drafts fallen so far off the map?
"There are a few cases where we took a chance, knowing we were taking a chance, knowing if we hit on this guy maybe we would knock it out of the park and if we missed, we missed. And we missed entirely," co-owner John Mara said recently. "That's going to happen. There's no question over the past few years we've missed on some of them for whatever reason."
Injuries are one major factor, and the Giants have had a string of bad luck on draft pick injuries. Kenny Phillips and Terrell Thomas looked like they were on their way to be perennial Pro Bowlers, but injuries diminished their skill set. Chad Jones was a phenomenal athlete that looked like a perfect fit for the Giants defense, but a late night car crash ended his career before it started. Even before he left to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles, it was unlikely Steve Smith would have returned to his once Pro Bowl form.
The Giants have also had a propensity for drafting potential instead of more finished projects. An example of this is in 2009, when the New York Giants drafted wide receiver Ramses Barden, while passing up on cornerback Ladarius Webb. Barden is essentially a street free agent, while last year Webb ranked second in Yards Per Coverage Snap, giving up only 111 yards on 185 snaps.
They also took chances on high ceiling players like Clint Sintim and Travis Beckum — both who really did not have positions at the NFL level. Given the questionable status of their offensive line, the New York Giants decided to trade up to take Ryan Nassib, while passing up on guard Barrett Jones a year ago. Past drafts are littered with project offensive line man that never panned out, so player development could be an issue as well.
It's no secret that Tom Coughlin and his staff prefer to play veterans over young players; we saw it with Kenny Phillips and Hakeem Nicks who both took half a season to get significant playing time despite veterans who couldn't get the job done. With practice time limited under the new CBA, the best chance for players to improve is by playing in game situations. That isn't easy to do when trying to compete for a Super Bowl, but there were moments this season that the Giants could have played guys like Damontre Moore in blowouts.
Did it make more sense to play Curtis Painter after Eli Manning's ankle injury in Week 17 or to have Nassib active and see what he has? The cynic in me thinks that if by some miracle the Giants ended up with Jadeveon Clowney, it would take until Week 8 for him to see significant playing time. There is a long list of offensive line picks that either failed to materialize or played but didn't improve. Are they just drafting bad players or are they not developing them properly?
Being successful is also part of the problem, as the Giants have not had a loosing record in the last decade. As a result, the Giants haven't picked in the top half of the draft. The Giants finally are picking in the top fifteen of the draft this year, with the goal of not being in this same spot next year. They absolutely need to hit home runs in the first four, possibly five rounds. The window to win with Eli is slowly closing, it's time to start collecting more talent and less projects.
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We Have Fans … Boxes, Canes & Eclairs(!)
'Fans can express desires, at times even speak themselves; and what beauty does a fan give in the hands of a Lady who knows to employ it fitly! It can wind like a snake, flutter, point, unfurl, move up and down, according to the situation and circumstances.' Louis-Antoine Caraccioli, 1757 […]Keep reading
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On the festivities front it may be the wrong time of year for it, but we have recently been discussing how to display The Crucifixion. This wonderfully detailed ivory group will feature in one of our displays looking at Catholicism and, whilst others are deciding how to display their nativity scenes, we have been deciding how […]Keep reading
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Many of the 1000+ objects are going in to the new Europe Galleries will require support in order to ensure they are displayed safely. This support will be in the form of custom-made mounts. Mounts can be required for a variety of practical and aesthetic reasons: To support fragile or weak objects To enable objects […]Keep reading


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Photos of George Clooney With Elisabetta Canalis in NYC
George Will Break From Awards to Host a Haiti Telethon
George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis took last night off from their dedicated award show attendance to attend a private reception for his film Up in the Air at NYC's Monkey Bar. They'll be back on the red carpet Sunday for the Golden Globes — make sure to fill out Buzz's ballot before the big day! In their downtime between events, Elisabetta has apparently been patiently teaching George Italian. He's set to use a few of his free hours next week for the more philanthropic cause of helping Haiti, like his friends Brad and Angelina; George is set to host a telethon on MTV next Friday to raise money for the people affected.
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Japanese Studies
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Program Director
Christena Turner, Associate Professor, Sociology; Director, Program in Japanese Studies
Germaine A. Hoston, Professor, Political Science
Daisuke Miyao, Professor, Literature; Hajime Mori Chair, Japanese Language and Literature
Ulrike Schaede, Professor, International Relations and Pacific Studies
Stefan Tanaka, Professor, Communication; Director, Center for the Humanities
Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy
Joji Yuasa, Professor Emeritus, Music
Assistant Professors
Joseph Hankins, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Wendy Matsumura, Assistant Professor, History
Megumi Naoi, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Minori Inada, Lecturer, History (Japanese Studies)
Mayumi Mochizuki McKee, Lecturer, History (Japanese Language)
Kayoko Ross, Lecturer, History (Japanese Studies)
Kyoko Chen Sato, Lecturer, History (Japanese Language)
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WA - Minimum Wage Increase
Washington's minimum wage for next yearwill likely climb to over $9 an hour when the figure is...
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No Oregon Sales Tax Or Labels On Genetically Modified Foods
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers don't appear to be interested in asking voters to create a sales tax or requiring labels on genetically modified foods. Those bills and dozens of others failed to clear a key deadline in the Legislature last week. Plenty of other ideas are still alive, including gun-control bills, a bill allowing marijuana dispensaries and one banning suction-dredge mining.


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David Wright has a fractured pinky finger
Mets third baseman David Wright has a fractured pinky finger. Although surgery won't be necessary, the team doesn't have a timetable for his return at this point.
Mets third baseman David Wright is out indefinitely with a fractured right pinky finger, CBSSports.com Insider Jon Heyman reports. Wright doesn't need surgery, but he will have the finger placed in a splint and his timetable for a return is unknown at this point.
Wright underwent X-rays on Tuesday after injuring the finger diving back into a base Monday night.
While it's obviously ridiculously early, this is bad timing for both Wright and the Mets. Wright is hitting .583/.647/.833 with a homer and four RBI as the Mets have stormed out of the gates to a 4-0 record.
Now, this is about the time where the Internet Tough Guys come out of the woodwork and start calling Wright names because he's sitting with an injured pinky. Save it, guys. This is a matter of performance by a finely tuned professional athlete. Wright has to be able to grip the bat well enough to swing and grip the ball well enough to throw it across the diamond. And he has to do these things with precision at a major-league level, not a beer-league softball level.
Ronny Cedeno will man third base in Wright's stead.
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London - A man screamed abuse at Usain Bolt before throwing a plastic beer bottle onto the track shortly before the men's 100m final at the London Olympics, prosecutors said at his trial on Thursday.
The accused, Ashley Gill-Webb, 34, pushed his way to the front of an exclusive seating area without a ticket and shouted things like: "Usain you are bad, you are an arsehole," the court was told.
As the sprinters went up into the 'set' position on their starting blocks for the race on August 5, Gill-Webb threw the green Heineken bottle onto the track behind the athletes, prosecutors said.
Bolt went on to win the race in 9.63sec to retain his 100m title.
Gill-Webb, from South Milford, near Leeds in northern England, was confronted by Dutch judoka Edith Bosch, and then restrained by Olympic volunteers and arrested by police at the Olympic Stadium in east London, the court was told.
After the beer bottle was thrown, Bosch said she had confronted him saying "Dude, are you crazy?".
The judoka, who won a bronze medal at the Games, said in a statement read out in court that she had been "flabbergasted" because what Gill-Webb had done was "so disrespectful".
Gill-Webb has denied two charges of using threatening words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment.
Questioned by police, Gill-Webb maintained he had nothing to do with throwing the bottle but admitted he had been "quite hyper" at the time.
Opening the case at Stratford Magistrates' Court in east London, prosecutor Neil King said: "In the stadium, along with the many thousands who should have been there legitimately and were watching the race in hushed anticipation, was also Mr Gill-Webb who it is now accepted was unwell at the time.
"His conduct at the time however, the Crown (Prosecution Service) say, was one that was causing harassment, alarm and distress to those around him and his conduct was one that he intended to cause harassment, alarm and distress.
"He had somehow, without a ticket ever being found on him, made his way into very exclusive seats indeed.
"He was mingling with members of the Dutch Olympic team. Indeed he would be within striking distance of a bronze medallist Ms Edith Bosch.
"Whilst there he hurled abuse towards the athletes in the final, particularly towards the eventual winner Usain Bolt."
He said Gill-Webb "threw a green Heineken bottle in a lobbing motion that was captured on CCTV.
"This bottle landed extremely close to the athletes and it's probably luck rather than Mr Gill-Webb's judgment that it did not do anything far more serious."
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By Kay Bensing, MA, RN
While instructing students on a burn unit, after practicing as an RN for 7 years, I finally learned the scope of practice for physical and occupational therapists. Every morning during interdisciplinary walking rounds, I listened to these therapists discuss the short- and long-term goals for their patients and evaluate outcomes on a daily basis. If there was a duplication of services or a conflict about the care plan among the team members, these differences were discussed and changes made immediately - not days or weeks later.
From that time on, I made sure the students I taught on the burn and hematology units at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center became active members of these high-functioning interdisciplinary teams. They attended team meetings, shared their contributions, and learned much more than the diagnosis and treatment plan for each patient. They learned the roles and responsibilities of other allied professionals. They learned how certain patients shared information with some caregivers and not others - and how vital it was all team members had this information. They learned from team members about community resources they never knew existed. They even observed that these team members cared about their patients.
How many of you have a good understanding of the full range of competencies of your allied team members? Do you consult these professionals regularly when planning and providing care to patients?
No Longer Voluntary
Collaboration in healthcare no longer is simply recommended as a voluntary initiative or an ambiguous goal that appears in a healthcare system's annual report. As healthcare costs continue to climb, with millions of Americans among the medically uninsured and medical errors reported by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) as the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, there is a great need for teams of healthcare professionals to work collaboratively to find solutions to these critical problems.
After the release of the IOM's report, government and regulatory agencies such as JCAHO and IOM mandated that collaborative solutions be found to reduce these deficiencies within a 5-year period. However, in its 2003 annual report on the state of healthcare quality, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) reported there remains a "lack of widespread collaboration among healthcare agencies in addressing local and regional healthcare issues."1
Why Collaborate?
Collaboration allows organizations to achieve benefits and reduce duplication of services they cannot achieve as an individual entity. Yet, how many times have you seen several hospitals in the same community offering the same programs/services, with each acquiring its own high-tech, expensive technology? It doesn't take a degree in economics to recognize this practice drives up costs.
Why is it so difficult to sell the benefits of collaboration to healthcare organizations? First, groups are not homogenous in their structure; diversity exists among group members who have been named to teams or task forces. For example, convincing various groups, such as business, industry and labor unions, that their expertise can be valuable in working toward common healthcare solutions can take months or even years. Combining complementary financial and human resources and skills can be a powerful combination for getting things done - once everyone is on the same page.
However, progressing from the getting-to-know-you stage to a mutual trust level among policymakers requires skilled leadership. If this is not present, often the consensus by the majority of the group is that this is at best an academic exercise - and a waste of time for busy, talented professionals. To sustain a collaborative that eventually gets to a productive stage, all stakeholders must believe they are gaining something from the partnership.
Other prerequisites to successful collaboration include commitment to a common mission with everyone having a clear understanding of the process and a realistic idea of the amount of time and effort required to complete the project. The group must be given realistic timelines from the beginning, and each member must make a verbal commitment to be an active participant or the mission will be doomed - and much costly time wasted.
Visionary, Yet Pragmatic
Strong leadership is required to define, clarify and amplify the group's mission. Certainly, leadership can be shared once the group has set its ground rules for group maintenance - and as long as each person agrees upon the common goals and can help keep the group focused on the mission.
Participation by group members, who should be selected for their expertise and experience, can provide quality information and feedback, as well as the potential for higher-level decision-making. However, even when group member relationships have been cemented and mutual trust exists, the process still can be time-consuming.
Strong leadership is essential to establish ground rules related to problem solving as well as group maintenance. Leaders need to be visionaries, but they also need to be pragmatic. Conflict management skills can be the most difficult for leaders to teach to and model for team members. However, for leaders to help team members learn conflict can be a positive behavior and essential to team progress, the culture of the organization must sanction conflict as essential to team-building necessary in the growth of any team.
Leapfrog Group
As an example of a successful collaborative, let's look at an initiative that has resulted in healthcare providers posting positive outcomes in healthcare quality and safety as well as cutting medical costs. In 1998, a group of employers from a number of Fortune 500 companies across the country met for the first time to discuss the inferior quality and the high cost of healthcare services they were purchasing for their employees. The 1997 IOM report, related to medical errors, provided these business leaders with the impetus and data to move ahead with their mission "to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality and affordability of healthcare for Americans."2
A voluntary program now comprising 170 companies, the Leapfrog Group was established in 2000. Its aim simply is to mobilize employer purchasing power by alerting America's health industry there is an incentive for "big leaps in healthcare safety, quality and customer value." Healthcare providers complying with the guidelines set by the collaborative are rewarded with business from Leapfrog Group members.
In a relatively short time, this group has been able to identify and refine four major areas in hospital quality and safety practices:
1. computerized order entry by physicians;
2. evidence-based hospital referral;
3. ICU staffing directed by physicians experienced in critical care medicine (intensivists); and
4. the Leapfrog Safe Practices Score, based on the National Quality Forum-endorsed Safe Practices.
These quality indicators, based on scientific evidence, have become a frequently used benchmark to measure and compare performance by healthcare providers. A noteworthy point about this partnership is there were many differences and much diversity among the 170 Leapfrog companies, but the stakeholders recognized action was needed now to achieve the outcomes - and team-building trumped personal differences.
Unit-Based Stakeholders
Collaboration in healthcare is not intended only for policymakers and healthcare administrators. Its benefits are far-reaching when the process is extended to treatment planning by allied professionals, on every unit, in every hospital or department within a healthcare organization.
For the past several years, ADVANCE has included a collaborative session at each of its Job Fairs & CE Events. Because attendees at these educational programs are not just nurses, but readers of other ADVANCE newsmagazines and varied allied healthcare professionals such as physical and occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, respiratory therapists and even health information professionals, to name just a few, we at ADVANCE decided this venue provided an excellent opportunity for simulated interdisciplinary team activities.
As moderator of many of these interactive sessions, I ask how many attendees have ever participated as a team member or leader on an effective interdisciplinary team - "effective" being the operative word. Rarely do more than 5-10 percent of participants indicate they had this experience either as a student or a practicing professional. Those individuals who have developed some interdisciplinary team skills report the experience was gained on specialty units such as rehabilitation, oncology and hospice, mental health and critical care. It's extremely rare to find interdisciplinary teams on general medical or surgical units within a healthcare organization.
Structured Events
When the ADVANCE Job Fair/CE Event participants arrive at the 90-minute collaborative session, our staff directs the attendees to form small groups. Ideally, we like to have at least one group member from each discipline represented. However, the demographic makeup at most of our programs is usually two-thirds nurse attendees and one-third from other professional groups. We have found that although some disciplines are not always represented in each group, it does not minimize the value of the activity.
A content expert/facilitator explains the format for the session and introduces the group to a specific case study related to the topic. The group then works together as a team for 45 minutes. The group identifies a leader and recorder, then discusses the case, calling upon each member's professional expertise and experience to formulate a treatment plan for the patient. For the remaining 30 minutes, the facilitator calls upon each group leader to share their plans with the rest of the participants. If there are differences in the plans, the facilitator guides the group in addressing the differences.
To date, the simulated interdisciplinary teams at ADVANCE programs have discussed ethical decision-making, cultural competence and a number of complex care scenarios where the sharing of information by the allied professional group members results in high-level treatment plans and interventions. It always is encouraging to observe group members teaching other group members and to note the nonverbal expressions of respect for colleagues they have just met. The feedback ADVANCE has received from those who have attended these sessions has been quite positive, with many attendees reporting they had no idea about the scope of practice of their healthcare colleagues.
Absent From Curricula
The strong need for healthcare professionals to work together on interdisciplinary teams was clearly identified in the IOM's report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, issued in 2001. In this seminal document, the IOM emphasized that if healthcare quality in this country was ever going to improve, collaboration among caregivers was essential.3 Greiner reported that the IOM and other researchers indicated it is becoming increasingly common to organize work groups into interdisciplinary teams to deal with the complexity of care, to coordinate and respond to multiple patient needs, to keep up with the demands of new technology, and to respond to the demands of payors and clinicians outside medicine and in some cases across healthcare settings.4
Following the release of Crossing the Quality Chasm, an IOM-sponsored Health Professions Summit was convened in June 2002 to consider how clinical education could be restructured for all healthcare professionals for the 21st century. During this 2-day meeting, 150 leaders and experts dedicated to health professions education met and concluded doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals were not being prepared adequately to provide the highest quality and safest medical care possible - and that there was insufficient assessment of their clinical proficiencies. The group noted that despite changes made over the years, the fundamental approach to clinical education had not changed since 1910.3
Examining the lack of interdisciplinary teams in clinical practice, Hall and Weaver concluded that the motivation to include this content in health professions curricula is lacking. These researchers noted that healthcare professionals are trained in isolation, and a certain hierarchy among professional groups has been allowed to exist over the years.5 The IOM report further noted that in addition to the lack of formal curricula, the culture or "hidden curriculum" in educational institutions serves as a barrier to this type of training.
"The culture of educational settings often emphasizes hierarchy, frowns up challenges to authority and discourages admitting fault; thereby undermining collaborative teamwork that can enhance patient safety and quality," the IOM concluded.
Mandate for Change
This Health Professions Summit of 2002 recommended major changes to the curricula of all healthcare professionals. The group strongly recommended that educators and accreditation, licensing and certification organizations ensure students and working professionals maintain proficiency in five core areas:
1. delivering patient-centered care;
2. working as part of an interdisciplinary team;
3. practicing evidence-based care;
4. focusing on quality improvement; and
5. using information technology.
The Health Professions Summit report concluded that initial action steps related to these core areas be initiated within 1-3 years. It also noted the hope that healthcare leaders would become catalysts and "go beyond organizational and turf issues to take the steps for the reform of health professions education."
Although the 2003 NCQA report noted collaboration in healthcare agencies still is not the norm, an increasing number of examples demonstrate organizations and accrediting agencies are stepping up efforts to require evidence of interdisciplinary teams in practice. In the recently released American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments, standard No. 2 describes the critical elements of the collaborative process.
AACN states its position on collaboration, saying, "True collaboration is a process, not an event. It must be ongoing and built over time, eventually resulting in a work culture where joint communications and decision-making between nurses and other disciplines and among nurses themselves becomes the 'norm.' AACN reports that 90 percent of its members state collaboration with physicians and administrators is among the most important elements in creating a healthy work environment.5
At the time of the Health Professions Summit meeting in 2002, educational accrediting agencies included interdisciplinary practice as a competency, but there was little interpretation or suggestion of how this should be implemented in training environments. In 2005, for the first time, the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) competencies included effective interdisciplinary team practice. However, NLNAC leaves the interpretation of this competency up to the individual program to include in its curriculum.5
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With the passing of amended bylaw 2566, Rossland now has a consistent guideline for developers looking to build multi-unit living spaces within city limits.
The potential Cook Avenue development was a catalyst for these guidelines, as concerned citizens started a dialogue for what is and is not preferable for large-scale structures in residential areas.
The original bylaw amendment under discussion was the Official Community Plan, with the addition of "Schedule K" (regarding multi-family units) tabled for final reading on Monday night.
The guidelines include considerations of aesthetics, environmental impact and effects on surrounding infrastructure. Such things as land grading and drainage, vehicle access and parking, preservation of existing landscaping, consideration of solar energy, visually-appealing facades, snow-load management and building material options are all covered within the document.
The complete document can be accessed on the City of Rossland website.
Women Creating
Change Presentation
Representatives from Women Creating Change (WCC) presented council with a project undertaken by a number of local women living in low-income or income-assisted situations in our area.
The project consisted of a series of photographs that these women took regarding their day-to-day lives, with voice-overs that explained the challenges they frequently faced.
The short film was followed by a presentation about the WCC's ongoing mission to empower local women by addressing some of the varied obstacles they face in attempting to improve their lives and the lives of their families.
The women's initiative is a collaborative effort between Greater Trail Community Skills Centre and the Trail Family and Individual Resource Centre Society (Trail FAIR) which has received three years of funding by the Status of Women Canada. Their current focus includes supplying bursaries for women who would like to undertake short-term training or skill expansion, and to develop a mentorship program to help bridge the difficult transition from trades education to sustainable employment.
The WCC's goal for the evening was three-fold: shedding light on the continued disparity between women and men in the workplace; requesting Council to add their names to the Lower Columbia Community Accord; and to encourage Council to take on issues affecting low-income families, such as affordable housing, nutrition and access to recreation.
The Lower Columbia Community Accord asks participants to recognize that 51 per cent of the population in our region is comprised of women, and that these women still struggle to find pay-equity and skilled labour in a still male-dominated economic climate.
The Accord represents a philosophy focused on the respect and understanding of women in the community. By signing it, council would pledge to keep the women of the Columbia basin in mind with each important decision brought before them.


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Self-Dosing Pain Medication Errors Too Common: Study
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FRIDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Allowing patients to control their own pain medication intravenously is four times more likely to cause the patient harm than other medications, a new study says.
The report, published in the December issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, shows that most mistakes involving intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) resulted from either human error, equipment issues or communication problems that led to the patient receiving the wrong dosage or drug. PCA errors also tended to be more severe -- harming patients and requiring clinical interventions -- than other types of medication errors.
"The entire PCA process is highly complex," lead author Rodney W. Hicks, the UMC Health System Endowed Chair for Patient Safety at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, said in a news release issued by the journal's publisher. "PCA orders must be written, reviewed, and then accurately programmed into sophisticated delivery devices for patients to be pain free. Such complexity makes PCA an error-prone process. Health care organizations should now plan to make the process safer."
The five-year study uncovered more than 9,500 PCA errors. Patients were harmed in 6.5% of these incidents, compared to 1.5% for general medication errors.
In PCA, a computerized pump with a syringe of prescribed pain medication is hooked straight into a patient's intravenous (IV) line. The patient can self-dose by pushing a button.
Hicks and his co-authors make three recommendations to reduce future PCA errors:
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BRISTOL Rovers and Salisbury City are in a two-way fight to land Shortwood United hot-shot Duncan Culley.
The 25-year-old front man hit the headlines in the Southern League South and West Division last season, bagging an impressive haul of 39 goals in league and cup competitions.
He spent a three-week trial at Cheltenham Town last month and has also played two trial games for Oxford United, scoring twice.
The Cardiff-based striker scored five for Salisbury on Saturday and four for his parent club Shortwood as a second half substitute at Brimscombe last month- taking his tally to 11 pre-season goals in less than 280 minutes of football.
The SNJ understands Salisbury boss Steve Claridge is keen to offer him a long-term deal deal but the much-admired striker held talks with Rovers on Friday and is training with Darrell Clarke's side this week.
He spent time on trial in America last January on trial with a number of MLS clubs and was being courted by Hereford United.
He caught the eye on a national stage during Shortwood's epic FA Cup run and played his part the Nailsworth club's journey to the first round proper in their live televised clash with Port Vale at Meadowbank- having scored in the surprise win against Conference Premier side Aldershot Town in the previous round.
He came close to a trial at Forest Green during the brief caretaker tenure of Academy boss Scott Bartlett last season, but due to Shortwood's FA Cup run a mid-season trial failed to materialise.
Culley joined Shortwood last summer having previously played for minnows Pontypridd Town in the Welsh non-league pyramid.


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By next month, the Richmond County sheriff's administration will be in new surroundings.
"We are as excited as anyone can be to get out of this building and in the one across the street," Sheriff Ronnie Strength said.
The crew at Potts Construction, which began work across from the current building at 401 Walton Way last August, is ahead of schedule.
In April, project manager Jay McClellan estimated the building would be ready in October, but now he says it could be mid- to late September.
The outside of the building is almost completed. Crews are working on the parking lot and landscaping, which are expected to be completed in one week, and finishing painting and carpeting installation indoors.
"We're really getting close to finishing it up," McClellan said. "There's some good looking things inside the building, but you're just going to have to wait to see it."
The current building, which was constructed in 1985, has been plagued with leaks and mold almost since its opening.
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Reloading ammo
I was just wondering, with the high price and scarce availability of 9mm luger ammo, if reloading would be the way to go. I used to reload shotgun shells but never handgun ammo. What would be the average price of starting out from scratch with good equipment? I notice Ruger, Glock, and probably a lot of other gun makers say their warranty would be voided by not using new factory ammo.
Does anyone know about how much per round reloading would cost?
I figured it out for .45acp casting my own bullets out of free wheel weights not counting brass or time it was I think around 5.3¢
from what i understand wheel weights arent made from lead anymore
Reloading Ammo
Yes, reloading is cheaper but you have to look at the whole picture. First, you need a bench and then the tools and components. These are not cheap and in order to break even on your investment, you need to load a lot of ammo. I've been reloading for about 30 yrs. but rarely do any more. If its just recreational shooting, just buy your ammo. Good luck, Dogwalk
A start-up reloading kit (including components) can run anywhere from a few hundred bucks to a few thousand. It really is that broad, depending on how elaborate of a setup you want. There are also opportunities to land used presses in auctions or classified adds.
If 9mm is the primary caliber, you're going to need a nice setup that really pumps out the rounds in order to feel like you're coming out ahead. That, or you've got to truly enjoy the reloading process. I don't think 9mm is a caliber it'll ever make sense for me to reload, even though I shoot quite a bit of it.
10mm/45acp? Most rifle rounds? Expensive revolver rounds?....reloading can make a lot of sense. For something as vanilla and affordable as 9mm, not so much for most folks.
I load 10mm in Gold Dots and XTP's for literally half the cost of diluted 10mm plinking ammo from the factory and I bought 500 new 10mm brass, still way ahead.
30-06, 300 WM, 243 in loaded with the best hunting projectiles for a fraction of the cost of premium loaded factory ammo.
That's kinda what I've been thinking. Sounds like I would be better off in time and money to just buy my ammo at Wally World. I'd probably only shoot a couple hundred rounds a week at most. Thanks for the info!
Well it's still a good thing to get into.....eventually it might be the only way you can get 9mm. Or having 9mm whenever you want might be worth the price of admission.....not having to deal with the droves of sheep buying stuff up because they are scared and all panicky…..I like reloading because my shelves are never empty…..cost aside this might make it wise in the near future. I couldn't imagine depending on Wal-Mart for my ammo and hoping the human herd of stupid hasn't bought them all out.
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Dragunov Legality
So i went to a local gun store the other day, looking for a Dragunov rifle, and not only do they not have any, the clerk tells me that some people from the government came by one day and asked for a list of people who purchased Dragunovs in the past because they were to be confiscated as they were no longer legal.
Does anyone know what the deal is with this particular rifle? Or is there some kind of umbrella law under which this rifle constitutes as illegal?
They were not dragunovs that F-Troop went after - they were Romaks/PSLs that had a technical issue. Century Arms had improperly assembled parts kits that were not correctly demilled and they were recalled. Real dragunovs are completely legal and sell for around $2500 in good shape, because they are no longer importable.
Secondly, there is a HUGE difference between a Dragunov/NDM-86 and a Romak/PSL. Just because a commie self loader has a thumbhole stock and a long barrel does not make it a dragunov.
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Bullseye catering to groups with banquet room
The Bullseye Bar and Grill has converted the former Verndale off-sale liquor store into a banquet room for medium-sized groups.
Owner Scott Werk said the transition on the banquet room was finished around Dec. 1.
"Dates are starting to fill in," he said.
Werk said the room, which seats up to 100 people, is suited for birthday parties, groom's dinners, small weddings, business meetings, purse parties, Tupperware parties and other events.
The room is also set up for wi-fi internet access and laptop plug-ins.
Construction on the banquet room included putting new flooring in and adding some walls.
The menu available to people renting the banquet room is buffet-style and separate from the regular Bullseye menu. There are different pricing options and choices of meat, vegetables, potatoes and salads, as well as appetizers available.
Bullseye Bar & Grill opened April 1, 2008.
"When the city of Verndale decided that they did not want to continue with off-sale, we decided we need to look at what business would be best suited for this particular area that we had, and there really isn't a lot for options for your medium-sized groups," Werk said.
The site used to be rented to the city of Verndale, which still sells liquor downtown.
Werk can be contacted at Bullseye at (218) 445-2855.