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Iron is used to make healthy red blood cells, which carry oxygen and nutrients throughout the body
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What is this medicine?IRON SUCROSE (AHY ern SOO krohs) is an iron complex. Iron is used to make healthy red blood cells, which carry oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. This medicine is used to treat iron deficiency anemia in people with chronic kidney disease.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for infusion into a vein. It is given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?It is important not to miss your dose. Call your doctor or health care professional if you are unable to keep an appointment.
What may interact with this medicine?Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:
This medicine may also interact with the following medications:
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or healthcare professional regularly. Tell your doctor or healthcare professional if your symptoms do not start to get better or if they get worse. You may need blood work done while you are taking this medicine.
You may need to follow a special diet. Talk to your doctor. Foods that contain iron include: whole grains/cereals, dried fruits, beans, or peas, leafy green vegetables, and organ meats (liver, kidney).
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
Where should I keep my medicine?This drug is given in a hospital or clinic and will not be stored at home.
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K-NET Limited, one of Ghana's leading network solutions provider operating throughout Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa brings first-time mobile voice and data connectivity to rural communities
ACCRA, Ghana, November 21, 2012/ -- Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Communications, today inaugurated 10 mobile communication towers in rural areas in Ghana, built by K-NET Ltd (http://www.knetgh.com) and providing service on the Tigo network. Speaking at one of the sites in Botoku in the Volta Region, Mr. Iddrisu commended both K-NET and Tigo for their initiative, together with the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC) who funded the project. Mr.Iddrisu also said that he expected that the advent of these facilities in the rural areas will attract investors and open up more business opportunities and enhance teaching and learning in schools.
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K-NET Limited, one of Ghana's leading network solutions provider operating throughout Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa, together with strategic partners Altobridge, Ameresco Solar, iDirect and Tigo, is bringing first-time mobile voice and data connectivity to rural communities in Ghana and beyond. K-NET and its partners have developed a highly innovative solution which is optimised for rural applications and reduces the total costs of ownership by up to 65% compared to a conventional solution, meaning that rural communities with relatively low population densities of less than 1,500 people may now be served profitably by the mobile network operators. Each communication tower can serve an area of up to 300 Km2, potentially covering several townships. Currently 143,000Km2 (60%) of the land area and 5 million of the population (20%) of Ghana have no mobile coverage.
The 10 rural communication towers implemented to date by K-NET have experienced substantial levels of traffic and very strong growth of more than 25% since the last one was completed at the end of July 2012. Some of the towers are now carrying more than 250,000 minutes of voice traffic each month, and more than 15,000 SMS messages.
The K-NET- led partnership to develop the low-cost solution includes the provision of a 2G or 3G Base Station Subsystem by Altobridge, the provision of a Solar Power Solution by Ameresco Solar, the provision of satellite communication equipment by iDirect, together with the mobile network operator Tigo. In addition to the turnkey system integration, K-NET uses its state-of-the-art Teleport at McCarthy Hill in Accra to provide the communication links between each remote site and the central switching network of the mobile operator, Tigo. K-NET provides the network management and the operations and maintenance services for the network. The advanced BSS equipment from Altobridge optimises capacity for the rural environment and reduces power consumption to less than one twentieth (5%) of a conventional implementation. This enables a highly-efficient solar-based power system from Ameresco Solar to be used, which offers substantially lower running costs than a conventional power system with diesel generator backup.
Speaking at the inauguration in Botoku, Mr. Michael Darcy, CEO of K-NET said, "K-NET is proud to be working with GIFEC, Tigo and its other partners to bring mobile services to rural communities such as Botoku, to enrich the quality of life for individuals and to enable small businesses to operate more efficiently."
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K-NET (http://www.knetgh.com) is an international telecommunications provider headquartered in Accra. K-NETspecialises in the provision of highly-secure and highly-reliable B2B network services for government, large corporate and small/medium enterprise clients. K-NET's main Network Operation Centre (NOC) and Teleport are located at McCarthy Hill in Accra, which has diverse connections to multiple international POPs. K-NET provides last-mile connectivity to customer locations based on one of several access technologies, including fibre, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint microwave, WiMAX and VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) broadband satellite communications. The state-of-the-art McCarthy Hill Teleport, with capacity on the SES Astra 2B satellite, provides ubiquitous coverage over all West and Central Africa.K-NET also provides Ghana's main TV uplink facility from its McCarthy Hill teleport, providing services for 20 TV channels, both Direct To Home (DTH) and contribution feeds for terrestrial broadcast channels.
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Rookie starter can't stop Reds' losing skid, which reaches six
CINCINNATI -- Having returned home from a poor road trip, the struggling Reds placed a couple of challenges in front of freshly called-up spot starter David Holmberg on Thursday.
No. 1: Pitch well enough vs. the Braves to keep his team in the game and try to halt a losing streak.
No. 2: Work deep enough to give a beleaguered bullpen a chance to catch its breath.
Holmberg, up from Triple-A Louisville, could not meet either objective as he lasted only 2 2/3 innings, while the Reds were handed an 8-0 defeat by Atlanta. It extended their losing streak to six games with losses in nine of the last 10 games and 11 of 13.
"We were hoping for a few more innings there and it didn't work out," Reds manager Bryan Price said.
Just how bad did the night go for Cincinnati? The ninth inning was pitched by position player Skip Schumaker, who moved over from left field to take the mound. He worked a scoreless inning with one walk.
"Whenever you're in the game as a position player pitching, it's the worst-possible scenario because you know you're getting your butt kicked," Schumaker said.
Holmberg matched the length he provided in his other 2 2/3-inning spot start in a callup on July 8 against the Cubs. This time, the left-hander gave up six earned runs, five hits, four walks, two hit batters and one homer while striking out two to raise his two-start ERA to 18.56.
In that short amount of time, Holmberg faced 19 batters and threw 86 pitches. By contrast, Braves starter Julio Teheran threw 87 pitches through his six scoreless innings with only four hits allowed.
"Definitely not what I wanted to do," Holmberg said. "The team needed a good start. They need to win ballgames. I wanted to go out and try and win a ballgame and didn't execute pitches. Once again, they took advantage of it."
Cincinnati's rotation has a 6.39 ERA during the losing streak and has seen only one starter work seven innings in that span. Because of the water-main break that postponed Saturday's game and created Sunday's rescheduled day-night doubleheader at Colorado, the Reds were short a starter and summoned Holmberg.
Atlanta took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Andrelton Simmons hit a 1-2 pitch to the left field seats for a homer.
The real trouble for Holmberg began in the five-run top of the third as his first five batters got on base. Following a blooped single and a bunt hit, a Freddie Freeman walked loaded the bases. Justin Upton hit a two-run single to left field before Chris Johnson's RBI double and Evan Gattis' sacrifice fly added two more runs.
With two outs, Holmberg intentionally walked eighth hitter B.J. Upton to get to the pitcher's spot. The move backfired when Holmberg hit Teheran with a 1-2 pitch to reload the bases. Jason Heyward's walk followed to force home a run to make it a 6-0 game and end Holmberg's night.
"I thought when guys got on base he was reaching back to try to force velocity when he went to his fastball," Price said. "He had a nice changeup but after a while, they figured out when he needed to make a pitch, it would be with the changeup and they put the barrel on a couple."
Pedro Villarreal, also called up from Louisville before the game, took over and allowed two runs and three hits over 2 1/3 innings. Logan Ondrusek worked two scoreless innings.
"It did save our bullpen a little bit but we were hoping to be in the game a little longer," Price said.
The only real shred of good news to come from the game for the Reds was the healthy return of closer Aroldis Chapman with a perfect eighth inning. Chapman hadn't pitched since Sunday's four-walk debacle in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Rockies, when it was revealed he had an achy shoulder. The lefty struck out his first two batters and got a fly ball to center field.
With Chapman and Schumaker working the end of the game, tired relievers like Sam LeCure, Manny Parra and Jumbo Diaz could stay idle.
"We could pitch Chapman today as we did and he can pitch [Friday] if he comes out of it OK," Price said. "If we would have used [Jonathan] Broxton, LeCure, Diaz or Parra, most likely they would have been done for [Friday]. It just made sense to use Chappy there. It served two purposes. We got a chance to see that he's healthy as well."
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Hattiesburg, Miss., April 30, 2013 - William Carey University's Dr. Frank Baugh, assistant professor of psychology and behavioral medicine, dean of the School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, and graduate dean, and Courtney Lauren Daley of Carson, a senior psychology major, are among 68 outstanding faculty and students from 34 Mississippi public and private universities and colleges to receive special recognition from the Mississippi Legislature during the Higher Education Appreciation Day – Working for Academic Excellence (HEADWAE) program.
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Courtney Daley graduated from Prentiss Christian School in 2009 as class valedictorian. She was also named a Star Student, and elected into Prentiss Christian's Hall of Fame. Since her freshman year at WCU, Daley has received a number of scholarships and awards, and been extremely active on campus. She received four endowed scholarships, was named to the President's List for four consecutive years, is a member of Alpha Chi National Honor Society, and was named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
Daley also received the Jenkins - Chastain Citizenship Award at WCU's 2013 Honors Convocation on April 24. The highest honor given by the university, the Jenkins –Chastain Award recognizes students who have made the most significant contributions to student and campus life in exemplifying those qualities of citizenship upheld by the university. Daley served as a Carey Connection Ambassador, as president of pre-SOMA (Student Osteopathic Medical Association), as senior representative for Student Government Association, and held various officer positions for the Student Foundation Program and Gamma Chi Sorority. She is also very active in the community, serving as an assistant Sunday school teacher at Santee Baptist Church and participating in various community service projects. Daley plans to attend medical school upon graduation.
HEADWAE was established in 1988 by the Mississippi Legislature to recognize outstanding students and faculty in Mississippi's colleges and universities. The 2012 – 2013 Appreciation Day, hosted by the Legislature in Jackson, was held on February 26. The honorees were welcomed by Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves, recognized by both the Mississippi House of Representative and the Senate, and recognized by name at a luncheon attended by institution leaders, corporate sponsors and legislators.


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Steve Spurrier has seen enough of Alabama to draw a surprising conclusion:
"Alabama, gosh, they look like they could beat a couple of those NFL teams that I've watched on Sundays," Spurrier said on The Dan Patrick Show. "I think a lot of the oddsmakers out there, that usually know what's going on, I'd guess Alabama would be favored by a little bit."
Spurrier was of course referring to Saturday's game when Alabama goes on the road to LSU. But, it might be a stretch to claim the Tide could line up with even the weakest of NFL teams.
This season, Alabama has one clearly identifiable award winner, and that's versatile offensive lineman Barrett Jones. There's no lock for any other player. However, it's safe to say that the Tide have as many as 12 players on their team who are NFL-ready today.
But, 12 players do not make an entire team. Alabama's Nick Saban has been an NFL coach, but not even that would indicate the Tide would have the strength, depth and talent to line up on Sundays against a pro squad.
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Considering the way the first round takes FOREVER instead of having a bye I think they should take the 9th seed in the west and plug them into the vacant spot.
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Considering the way the first round takes FOREVER instead of having a bye I think they should take the 9th seed in the west and plug them into the vacant spot.
I guess the Seahawks shouldn't have made the playoffs in the NFL this year either...
I also really dislike your signature...Noone here really gives two ****s about who you have on ignore, nor would we go out of our way to not "quote" them. Stop being so fickle, and stop being a Bucks fan...
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How would we know who she has on ignore?
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
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Another game where the Pacers didn't get any respect from the refs: 6 FTAs for our starters. Plenty of contact that went uncalled for the hometeam. Don't care how you call it, but call it both ways, guys.
Nothing much out of the ordinary to add, except that Rodney Stuckey for whatever reason really hates Darren Collison....he attacks him like nobody else.
Biggest drama guy on the team and more the reason to feature him and his 25 shots per, hope that he averages 20 plus per game, and trade him quickly. The team related thing, IMO, is all Danny related.
I think I've read every post in this thread, but no one has mentioned the most significant thing in the game. Collison was essentially bench for the last 18 minutes of the game after a horrible stretch of play to start the third.
You know things have to be really bad to bench darren and go with AJ who has not played very well himself lately - I get the sense that Vogel feels he has no where to turn at the point guard position
Rush motoring in the lane in the second half and not camped at the 3 was even more impressive than his shots falling. Nothing else to say but truly impressive.
Price and Josh do that play at least once a game..It's like, the only play the second unit is capable of..other than 3 pointer.
I will say about Josh...as cute as it is that he likes to dribble the ball up the court..he needs to stop.
btw..you know you are in a shooting slump when....the other team's commentators feel bad for you and start giving pointers on how to break the slump...
is this grace person even a pacers fan?
because they never insert some kind of bucks talk and always talk garbage about the pacers on a pacers forum with real fans
In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana!
this team makes me want to punch someone
they are a bunch of chickens. i mean our 7'2 center is scared of his own shadow out there
this team needs to learn the true blue collared hoosier way of basketball
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In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana!
If this is true, this tells us as much about what he thinks of Lance as a PG as well.
He'd rather go with AJ for that period of time then try a bigger ball handler on Stuckey.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Lance has done little to show he deserves playing time.
Not really...Who doesn't know at this point how inconsistent Brandon has been his entire career? He is constantly up and down, which in and of itself is the problem with Rush. I'm not at all surprised he had a breakout game.
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"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
Or maybe I should word it this way...name a Pacer that is more consistent and back it up with comparable stats. I think Brandon is an easy target because he is passive, but every other Pacer gets a pass on the criticisms of Brandon.
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It was humiliating and angering.
Not at all, there are a lot of inconsistencies across the board. I only singled Brandon out in response to the bolded quote. For me though Brandon's struggles have been the hardest to figure out. He has all the talent and athleticism in the world, but has yet to put it all together and sieze the opportunities presented to him. Also from what I have heard many of the coaches who have worked with him have a hard time figuring him out as well.
"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
What's the bridge look like?
You need to keep in mind that looming thing called a lockout. Teams don't pay players during a lockout. If after the season is over Posey gets traded, the team who trades for him might not have to pay much of his salary, depending on how long the lockout is. If the lockout lasts half a season, the team would only owe him half of 7 mil, and then they have a 7 mil expiring contract to trade to a team looking for an expiring.
Dahntay's contract at only 2 years vs the previous 3 years at 2.5 mil will be easier to trade. Same scenario on the lockout applys as well. 2.5 mil for a player isn't that much salary to take on to fill out a roster or a rotation with an experienced vet of decent quality.
Got any pics of that bridge?
I bet Granger will ask to be traded after the season is over.. Doesnt look like he wants to be out there. He has shot at a horrible percentage for awhile now. ( 9 of his last 16 games have been below 37% and only 3 were 45% or better )
Outside of Price playing poorly I thought Vogel left McRoberts in a few minutes to long in the 4th. I probably would liked to have had Tyler back in the game around the 6 minute mark IMO.
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This time of year, May Vu's farm in Sanger should be carpeted with blooming flowers and a bounty of vegetables. But a failing irrigation pump and a nearly empty well have dried up Vu's farm and with it, her source of income.
The 58-year-old Vu knows she is up against major obstacles as California struggles through one of the worst droughts in its history.
Still, she carefully walks the trellised rows, hunting for vegetables to harvest. The summer heat and lack of water have shriveled her crop of bitter melon, turning the Asian vegetables from a bright green to a yellow-orange color.
"This is not what it should look like," Vu says, plucking the vegetable and tossing it on the ground. "You get no money for this, no money."
Across the state, the drought has put tremendous pressure on large and small farmers such as Vu, who increasingly are relying on ground water to sustain crops. The spike in ground water use has caused water levels to drop below the reach of irrigation pumps.
"We are in our third dry year and with little surface water, ag, cities and rural residents are all drawing from the same water table, and that water table is dropping," said Gary Serrato, general manager of the Fresno Irrigation District. "And as it continues to drop, wells are going dry."
Agriculture officials and small farm advocates are not sure how many farmers in the San Joaquin Valley are without or have very little water. The Fresno-based National Hmong American Farmers estimates that at least 30 farmers have called their office seeking help.
"People are pumping, but all they are getting is sand," said Chukou Thao, executive director the National Hmong American Farmers. "There are a lot of people who are feeling very stressed right now and we are very concerned."
Adding to the farmers' problems is the backlog of requests for new wells.
Vu said she was told that it would cost at least $8,000 to deepen her 60-foot well and fix her pump. But even if she could afford it, the well company couldn't get to her for at least six months, if not, longer.
Kim Hammond, a co-owner at Arthur & Orum Well Drilling in Fresno, said her customers have at least a one year wait for a new well.
"We have a lot of desperate people calling up, some women are even crying on the phone," Hammond said. "But we can only do so much. We are already running some of our crews 24 hours a day."
Hammond recommends that those in need of a new well put their names on as many lists as possible.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture also has some financial help available, but it will take some time to receive it. The USDA's micro loan program offers farmers up to $35,000. But the program takes at least 30 days to process the loan.
So far, about two dozen farmers have applied for micro loans at offices of the Fresno County Farm Service Agency.
"We know there are wells going dry all over the Valley and we have had lots of different farmers contacting us," said Russ Friend, executive director of the Fresno County Farm Service Agency office. "But even if we could get the money to farmers tomorrow, they may have to wait until January to get a new well."
Vu has applied for the loan, in hopes of trying to salvage the rest of her season. She also is debating whether to find a new piece of property and start all over. Her three-year lease on the 11-acre Sanger farm is up next year. She shares the farm with two other families.
For now, with her pump pulling out just a fraction of the water it normally provides, she is doing what she can to keep her plants alive. She has seen a severe drop in production. Instead of 125 boxes of vegetables a week, she is harvesting about two boxes a week. She estimates she has lost thousands of dollars in sales.
Her flower garden succumbed to the dry conditions about two weeks ago.
A field that once was blanketed with lilies, daisies, tulips, dahlias, sunflowers, carnations and peonies is dry. Stubborn weeds have taken over, choking out what few flowers remained.
Vu, known for her flowers, sold them at several farmers markets including Hanford, Clovis and Fresno. She grows them in honor of her husband who died in 2006.
"The flowers always made me feel happy," Vu said. "But now, there isn't a lot to be happy about."
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Your skin is the body's first line of defense to the world around you. From infection to heat, the skin is responsible for keeping your body protected. But, skin also requires its own protection. There are multiple conditions, including cancer, that threaten the wellbeing of your skin each day. However, through simple screenings and lifestyle changes you can look out for not only your skin but for your life, too.
One in five Americans will develop skin cancer during the course of their lifetime, and this risk increases as the body ages. In fact, 40 to 50 percent of people over the age of 65 will be diagnosed with at least one type of skin cancer. As we age, the amount of damage from ultraviolet (UV) radiation absorbed by the body accumulates. UV radiation is part of the energy released by the sun and artificial sources such as tanning beds. There is a strong relationship between skin cancer and accumulated UV exposure. As a result, most skin cancers appear after the age of 50. Although skin cancers are occurring in younger and younger patients, melanoma is the most common form of cancer in young adults age 25 to 30 years old. Limiting your exposure to UV rays is a powerful step towards avoiding skin cancer and achieving healthier skin.
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There are three broad categories of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas are the most common types of skin cancer; in fact, two million people are treated for basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer each year. These cancers are highly curable, but they are malignant, meaning that they relentlessly and progressively enlarge, destroying the normal tissues and structures around and below the cancer. Squamous cell skin cancers sometimes spread to other parts of the body; however, it is rare for basal cell cancers to spread. To learn more about skin cancer in general visit the NetWellness Skin Cancer Overview.
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It is generally recommended that adults should undergo a full body screening by either a primary physician or a dermatologist at least once a year. During this visit it is important that your dermatologist give your body a full scan in order to look for suspicious spots, freckles or moles. However, if you have a family history of skin cancer, have had skin cancer in the past, are very fair skinned, or have undergone x-ray treatment for acne, seeing the dermatologist once a year may be insufficient. Ask your doctor how frequently you should schedule your visits. It is also crucial to visit your dermatologist if you find a suspicious mark during a self-exam.
Self-exams are one of the best ways to catch skin cancers early. They should be conducted about once a month, and they should be thorough. The best practice is to stand in front of a mirror and examine all areas of skin from head to toe, including underarms, between fingers, between toes and under the finger and toenails. Often, a magnifying glass or another mirror will make the examination easier. A comb is also important to move hair in order to clearly see the skin located on the head. A significant other or family member can help with difficult-to-see areas.
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We give Foster, Tinsley and #13
We get Mike James, Songaila and #5
Keep in mind that James' contract ends next season and Songaila's contract is just as long as Tinsley's. The 5th pick could help us get Evans or even Holiday.
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Registering with a notification service
To send push notifications, you will need to first register your app with the push notification service that corresponds to your app's platform (Apple APNs, Google GCM, or Microsoft WNS). Once you've registered, the service will provide you with a certificate or key that you will need when you create an API BaaS notifier. (See Creating notifiers for more information.)
Push notification services are gateways controlled by platform services (such as Apple and Google). These gateways ensure that push notifications are delivered securely and originate from trusted apps.
To send push notifications to your app on iOS devices, you'll register the the Apple Push Notification service (APNs). For Android apps, you'll register with Google Cloud Messaging for Android (GCM).
Before you can send push notifications to your app on iOS devices, you'll need to get set up so that Apple knows you'll be sending notifications. To do that, you'll need to do the following:
- Generate an SSL signing certificate you can use to generate a .p12 certificate.
- Create an Apple App ID through which you can associate push notifications support with your app.
- Generate a .p12 certificate you can use to create an API BaaS notifier. The certificate will be sent to APNs with push notification requests.
For more information see "How the pieces connect" in Getting started with push notifications.
Generating an SSL signing certificate
First, you'll create an SSL signing certificate that you can use to generate a .p12 certificate. To generate an SSL signing certificate, do the following:
- On your development machine, launch the Keychain Access application.
- From the Keychain Access menu, select Certificate Assistant > Request a Certificate From a Certificate Authority.
- Enter a contact email address and a name you will use to sign your apps.
- Select Saved to disk, then click Continue.
- Select Desktop from the Where drop-down, then click Save to download the .certSigningRequest file.
- Click Done once the download has completed.
Creating an App ID
Next, you must create an App ID for your app. The App ID uniquely identifies your app and provides a way for you to configure the app for push notification support.
- Log in to Apple's iOS developer portal.
- In the iOS Apps section, click Identifiers, then select App IDs.
- Click the + icon to create a new App ID, and enter the following:
- App ID Description - Name: A unique name that identifies your app.
- App BaaS: Select Push Notifications.
- App ID Suffix: Select Explicit App ID, and enter your desired App ID in reverse-domain format. For example, com.apigee.pushapp.
- Click Submit to create the App ID, then click Done. You will be returned to the App IDs page.
Generating a .p12 certificateFinally, you will generate the .p12 certificate using the App ID and signing certificate you created in the previous steps. The .p12 certificate will be sent by Apigee to Apple APNs with all push notification requests. A unique .p12 certificate is required for each app. In addition, you should create separate .p12 certificates for development and production versions of your app.
- On the App IDs page, click your new App ID, then click Edit.
- In the Push Notifications section, under Development SSL Certificate, click Create Certificate.
- Click Choose File, select the .certSigningRequest file you saved to your Desktop in the previous section, then click Generate.
- Click Done. You will be returned to the App ID settings window.
- In the Push Notifications section, click Download to save the certificate (aps_development.cer file) to your Desktop.
- Double-click the .cer file to install it in your keychain. The newly installed certificate will appear in your Keychain Access application under My Certificates with a name similar to "Apple Development iOS Push Services: <bundle identifier>".
- Control-click the certificate and select Export.
- Save the certificate to your Desktop as a 'Personal Information Exchange (.p12)' file. (You'll need this file when you create a notifier. For more information, see Creating notifiers.
- In the password dialog, leave the password field blank, then click OK.
- In the next dialog, enter your system password, then click Allow.
To create a notifier for sending notifications, you'll need a Google API project and register your app as part of that project. The project's identifier (project number) will become the sender ID your client code will send when registering. Registering your app will give you an API key you'll use to create a notifier. (For more information see "How the pieces connect" in Adding push notifications support.)
The following is an abbreviated version of the steps described in the Google documentation on getting started with Google Cloud Messaging.
To generate a project number and API key, do the following:
Go to the Google API developer web site and log in with your Google ID.
Click Create Project, enter a project name and ID, then follow the steps required to verify.
In the left nav, click Overview to view the project number. Note this number for later use in client code.
Click APIs in the left nav area, then click the button to enable Google Cloud Messaging for Android.
In the left nav, under APIs and auth, click Credentials.
Under Public API access, click Create New Key.
In the Create a new key dialog, click Server key. Take care not to choose "Android key," though you might be tempted to. Remember that your push notification requests will be received by Google from Apigee's server (via the notifier your code sends to Apigee), rather than directly from the device your app is installed on.
On the Create a server key... dialog, enter the IP address of the server that will be sending the notification request to Google.
Click Create.
On the Credentials page, under Key for server applications, copy the API key value for use when creating a notifier to request push notifications from GCM. (For more information, see Creating notifiers.)
To register your app with Microsoft WNS, you will need to generate the following with your Window Store Developer Account:
- Identity values: These will be included in the
elements of your app's manifest file (package.appxmanifest), and includes
- Package security identifier (SID) and secret key: These will be needed when you create your API BaaS notifier, and will authenticate requests from your app to WNS.
For details, on generating these values, see the Microsoft documentation.
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My nurse informs me that it is now the autumn-time, which to every red-blooded American boy means the season in which the professional base-ball sporting clubs vie for a berth in the great Championship Series of the World. I predict that the Knickerbockers will give those accursed Red Stockings a sound thrashing. Of course, we can't count out the great Pie Traynor and his Philadelphia Peglegs.
Nothing is more American than the base-ball matches! I love the excited roar of the teeming crowd, the taste of the braunschweiger sandwiches and the scent of the wooden bleachers. When I see a group of immigrant boys playing a crude match of rounders in the streets of the village, I feel pride for the assimilating spirit of the sport. I have the constubalary arrest them for vagrancy, but I am proud nonetheless.
Sadly, however, the great base-ball is being threatened by a new amusement called hoop-the-ball. My nurse, for one, enjoys listening to the matches upon the small wireless she tries to secret from me in her vast skirts.
This game involves the placement of a large, inflated boar-skin sphere into a peach basket with the bottom cut out of it, which is suspended from a barn roof. Two teams of roughs, clothed in only their union-suits, attempt to wrest the boar-skin from each other's possession.
It is no wonder that hoop-the-ball, with its primitive objective, appeals to the criminal element. Base-ball consists of complex rules which require a strong intellectual and moral underpinning. But the confusing, unruly way in which the hoop-the-ball teams mill about the playing field only underscores the sport's moral and cerebral weakness.
What's more, the hoop-the-ball teams seem more interested in selling their crude footwear to the public than engaging in their lowly recreation.
If our base-ball players were to follow such an example, they might end up demanding to have their own personal galvanized steel buckets for tobacco-spitting and perhaps even their names and likenesses printed on small cardboard lithographs which accompany samples of chewing gum. Don't say you weren't warned, base-ball owners!


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Congressman Sander Levin joined representatives from Google Wednesday morning to congratulate Bloomfield Hills Andover High School senior Dakota Jones for being selected as the Michigan winner of the Doodle 4 Google competition.
Jones now has the chance to win a $30,000 scholarship and a $50,000 grant for her school.
The national contest to redesign the Google logo inspired by the theme "My Best Day Ever...." was open to kindergarten through 12th grade students across the United States.
�All 50 state winners selected from 130,000 entries will have their doodle displayed in a special exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York from May 22 through July 14.
Starting Wednesday, the public will be able to vote for their favorite doodle from the 50 state winners. The public vote will determine the five national finalists, one in each grade group.
Google the winners May 22 at an awards ceremony at its New York City office, which all 50 state winners will be invited to attend.
The winning student's doodle will be displayed on Google. This year's guest judges include Katie Couric, Brian Henson, and Chris Sanders.
The winning doodle of student Dakota Jones can be viewed at http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html#d=d5-3. Voting to pick the national winner is open from May 1 to May 10 on http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html.


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Still going strong in the Disney Theme Parks are their novel line of action figures that mashes up the likes of Mickey Mouse with the likes of Luke Skywalker. Now well off on their fourth series, the line has shown vast improvements since it began. Please make note that this action figure line is NOT made by Hasbro, but it is about the same scale. Hasbro HAS made one Mickey Mouse figure as a Jedi and is also available for purchase with his droid R2-MK for those wondering.
The Disney cartoon gang are all present and accounted for once again in this series of 5 figures.:
- Mickey Mouse as Luke Skywalker Jedi Knight
- Minnie Mouse as Princess Leia in Boushh Disguise
- Donald Duck as Han Solo in Carbonite
- Goofy as C-3PO
- Bad Pete as Boba Fett
Though these are all fun to look at and collect, I really do wish that Disney took more time in selecting which character plays which character. Currently we have Goofy playing the roles of C-3PO, Chewbacca, and Darth Vader (he also plays Jar Jar Binks, but let's ignore the prequels for now). Bad Pete would have been better suited to play Darth Vader, especially if his old rival Mickey Mouse is playing Luke Skywalker. It's also a bit strange to imagine Minnie Mouse hooking up with Donald Duck! But I digress.
Each of the figures are uniformly packaged in the card and bubble format with a design that harkens back to the Original Trilolgy Collection. If you've been collecting these from the start, everything looks exactly the same. What's different this time is the card is marked with a "Series 4" label on the front as the back shows each of the figures available in this series.
The sculpting on these figures are very well done for a no-named toy company. The likenesses are impressive to say the least and it's amazing to see that they didnt cheapen out on us when it comes to scale. Bad Pete hulks over everyone else as Boba Fett, and not hollow either!
Another impressive piece is Donald Duck as Han in Carbonite. Instead of giving us an empty shell of a carbonite for Donald to rest inside, Disney has given us two full pieces of fully sculpted figures. Meanwhile Minnie Mouse gets two head variations which is a nice touch.
Paint has significantly improved and there is very few to watch out for, but it wouldn't hurt to weed out the figures with scuff marks on them.
As far as articulation goes, theres still not a whole lot here. Legs for the most part are stationary while youll get the shoulders and neck articulation with the occasional wrist or cut bicep.
On the accessory front, some figures are better than others. Goofy/C-3PO comes with zilch. Mickey Mouse as Jedi Knight Luke comes with a lightsaber, Donald Duck in Carbonite comes with himself in Carbonite block and a skiff guard staff. Minnie Mouse comes with a swappable head, removable cape, thermal detonator (plugs into her left hand), and a staff. Bad Pete as Boba Fett is equipped with a removable helmet, jetpack, and blaster.
Priced at $8.95 each, these figures won't come cheap but are rather fun. They look especially cool with the Galactic Heroes vehicles. These are sold exclusively at the Disney Theme Parks. And as a reminder, the last day to ride STAR TOURS before it goes down for a refresh will be July 26th (Disneyland) and September 7 (Walt Disney World)!
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They say good things come in small packages. That's what's happening in the tiniest state. Rhode Island has several ambitious health IT efforts underway, and soon the CIO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute--the organization leading many of those endeavors--will have an opportunity to share the state's innovative ideas with other leaders across the country, while also tapping their brains.
Gary Christensen, COO and CIO of RIQI, recently was chosen by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as one of its 73 new innovation advisors. The advisors, chosen from 920 applicants, will work with the CMS Innovation Center-- part of the Obama administration's healthcare reform strategy--to test new models of care delivery in local communities and share ideas that can be replicated elsewhere. Another hundred or more advisors are expected to be chosen by CMS later this year.
Despite the relative smallness of Rhode Island's size, the state--through the work by RIQI and others-- will demonstrate how its lofty health IT goals can provide a model that can be implemented and scaled up in larger communities and states, said Christensen in a recent interview with InformationWeek Healthcare.
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For starters, Christensen said RIQI is the only organization in the country to receive HITECH Act funding for three of the act's biggest programs. That includes funding for RIQI to provide services as a regional extension center, to run the state's designated health information exchange, and also lead Rhode Island in its efforts as one of the nation's 17 Beacon Community programs.
"Rhode Island is an excellent Petri dish," said Christensen, a former divisional CIO at several companies in the financial services sector, who in 2009 joined RIQI. RIQI is a non-profit collaborative of healthcare leaders in Rhode Island, including CEOs from hospitals, health insurers, government, consumer groups, academia, and businesses. Its mission focuses on improving the quality, safety and value of healthcare in Rhode Island through IT innovations.
In his role as an innovation advisor--which will officially kick off in Baltimore later this month in the group's first meeting--Christensen hopes to share some of his experience related to those RIQI endeavors, as well as bring some inventive inspiration back home. "I hope to be exposed to interesting ideas that we can try to take a crack at implementing in Rhode Island," Christensen said.
As for RIQI, its work with the Rhode Island Beacon Community is focused on transitioning the state to a "patient-centered medical home" model for delivering healthcare with the aim of improving quality reporting.
RIQI's work as it relates to the Beacon Community and CurrentCare, Rhode Island's state-designated HIE, is focused on several goals. They include involving mental and behavioral health professionals in healthcare data sharing. These professionals for the most part aren't eligible to receive financial incentives in HITECH Act's Meaningful Use programs. However, Christensen thinks it's important for mental health professionals to be part of data-sharing efforts underway. In his view, they should be able to access test results, medication, and other data about their patients to help improve safety and quality of care of all patients in the state.
The goal is for healthcare providers to have more complete information about patients so that quality can be improved--whether it's helping a mental health professional avoid prescribing a medication that might interfere with a patient's heart drug, or reducing the impact of undiagnosed or untreated depression in patients. Having access to patient data also can reduce costs by avoiding the likelihood of ordering redundant or unnecessary tests and treatments--and that's another RIQI goal for the state, Christensen said.
"The healthcare industry feels like the financial services industry 20 year ago," said Christensen. "There is so much important information in doctors' offices, and they don't have a CIO," he said. RIQI's goal is to help make data sharing happen.
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TRENTON, Fla. — Demand and prices remain higher than normal as a tardy southeastern watermelon deal brings smaller early summer volume to the market.
A cold spring delayed production up to two weeks in all the growing regions from south Florida to Georgia.
In late May and early June, north Florida was beginning production as central Florida was winding down.
Georgia growers aren't planning to begin harvesting until June 12-15.
Raleigh, N.C.-based Etheridge Produce LLC began harvesting from Williston on May 29, later than northern Florida's typical pre-Memorial Day start.
In early June, Mike Caruthers, Etheridge's Immokalee-based salesman, said Arcadia was finishing harvesting and said central Florida should harvest until early- to mid-June before north Florida enters higher volume.
"Supplies will be tight," Caruthers said June 2. "There will be adequate supplies, but there won't be any oversupply. We couldn't get enough for Memorial Day and it will be the same for July 4. In another three weeks, there will be a transition period when north Florida finishes as Georgia starts to get going stronger."
Florida is producing higher supplies of the 36s compared to the shorter than normal smaller 45 sizings, he said.
In early June, Caruthers quoted f.o.b.s at 22-23 cents per-pound for 45s and 36s while Billy Smith, owner of Billy Smith's Watermelons, quoted 21-22 cents per-pound for the 45s.
That's similar to last year, which was also a later-starting season.
In early June last year, seedless 36s from south and central Florida sold for 22-24 cents a pound and 45s fetched 20-22 cents, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
In late June last season, Georgia seedless opened at 22-23 cents a pound for the 36s and 20-21 cents a pound for the 45s, according to the USDA.
Prices after Memorial Day usually average 18-20 cents a pound, grower-shippers said.
"Watermelons should be short overall and I think the market will be good," Smith said June 2. "It's natural for buyers to want cheap prices after Memorial Day, but it won't happen because there won't be a large supply. We haven't had a bunch of watermelons to sell."
Billy Smith's Watermelns started harvesting May 27.
Greg Leger, president and partner in Cordele, Ga.-based Leger & Son Inc., agreed supplies should be lower, but ample.
He said Georgia should begin volume in late June.
"At some point in Georgia, there will be volume, but I'm not sure if it will be before or after July 4," Leger said in early June. "We have balanced supplies now. The volume and demand are there for north Florida. Retail has been set at good pricing so everything has been cleaned-up or moving. That creates opportunity for people to make a little more money hopping in and out of the deal, so to speak, but with higher prices."
Leger said he expects Georgia to produce high quality fruit.
He said Plant City and Wimauma should harvest limited volume through mid-June.
Smith characterized north Florida quality as high but said rains delayed harvesting.
Through May 30, Florida districts shipped 9,136 40,000-pound units of seedless fruit compared to 5,775 units during the same time last season, according to the USDA.
Overall, Florida growers last season shipped 13,538 units of seedless melons, the USDA reported.


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DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens on Tuesday initiated a three-point plan to boost front-end performance as the company shifts its Balance Rewards customer-acquisition focus into second gear with a greater emphasis on redemption and rewards.
"While we are seeing several positive indicators in our Daily Living business, such as increases in customer delight, basket size and gross margins, our front-end sales and traffic are still not up to expectations," Greg Wasson, Walgreens president and CEO, told analysts early Tuesday morning. To that end, Walgreens is implementing a three-point plan — making adjustments to pricing and promotions; maximizing the value of the company's 75-million strong Balance Reward loyalty program; and enhancing store segmentation to better meet the needs and preferences of local communities.
While Walgreens outlined its strategy to improve the front-end, Wall Street reacted to lower-than-projected revenue expectations. Shares of Walgreens fell more than $3 to $44.75 per share in early morning trading. Walgreens reported earnings of $624 million, or 65 cents per share. Excluding items, Walgreens earned 85 cents per share, falling short of analyst expectations of 91 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
To help boost results going forward, Walgreens will be tweaking its promotional strategy to include more circulars. "We're applying what we're learning from our Balance Rewards program to ensure we have the items that are most relevant to our customers in both assortment and price to meet their daily living needs," Wasson said. Walgreens will also be highlighting the dollar value of points earned in both stores and circulars to help improve loyalty card utilization and customizing promotions to better serve communities on the local level.
Front-end comparable store sales increased 0.4% in the third quarter, customer traffic in comparable stores decreased 3.9% and basket size increased 4.4%, while total sales in comparable stores increased 1.4%.
On the other side of the bench, "we're beginning to hit on all cylinders," Wasson said. "[Pharmacy comp sales were up] 7.1%, compared to 5.7% in the second quarter; we gained 80 basis points in marketshare, from 18.4% to 19.2%; 90-day prescriptions continue to grow, increasing 19% year-over-year while IMS [Health] continued to report slowing growth of mail," Wasson said. "All of this comes in an environment where physician visits are down 2.7% year-over-year in May, according to JP Morgan's monthly tracker, and this follows year-over-year declines February through April," he added.
Looking forward, Walgreens' pharmacy operations will benefit from the long-term contracts with predictable rates with many of the major commercial payors in the market. Walgreens is also expected to capitalize on a growing Medicare Part D business, especially as several states expand their Medicare rolls beginning in 2014. "Our increase in Medicare Part D volume has exceeded the market every month since January," Wasson said. "And with 10,000 people turning 65 every day and signing up for coverage, we have tremendous opportunity to continue growing our volume over time," he said. "With more and more folks coming into the Medicaid population that are conducive to 90-day supplies of chronic medications, there are opportunities for us to work with states [in ways] that we haven't in the past [to help] drive adherence."
Healthcare reform is also expected to be a positive driver behind pharmacy. "Walgreens, with our 8,000 locations and 70,000 healthcare professionals, is increasingly well-positioned to meet the growing demand for convenient, affordable non-emergency care," Wasson said.
During the quarter, Walgreens' Take Care Health division expanded its scope of services to include diagnosis, treatment and management for hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol and asthma. "With our leading role in three [Accountable Care Organizations] and our strategy to service many others, patients providers and payors are recognizing the value of community pharmacy as part of the solution to meet the triple aim of improving the patient experience, driving better health outcomes and lowering overall healthcare costs."
Walgreens posted a net earnings of $624 million for the third quarter ended May 31, a 16.2% increase. Third quarter sales increased 3.2% compared with the prior-year quarter to $18.3 billion, while sales for the first nine months decreased 0.5% to $54.3 billion.
Prescription sales, which accounted for 63.1% of sales in the quarter, increased 3.4%, while prescription sales in comparable stores increased 2%. The company filled 209 million prescriptions in the quarter, an increase of 8.7% over last year's third quarter. Prescriptions filled in comparable stores increased 7.1% in the quarter.
"This quarter we continued to see a strengthening in our pharmacy performance as we maintained strong margins and increased our retail pharmacy market share from 18.4% to 19.2% year over year," Wasson stated. "This, in combination with our focus on cost control, and the contribution from Alliance Boots and related synergies, resulted in adjusted earnings per diluted share growth of 18.1% [to 85 cents] in the quarter."
Walgreens joint synergy program with its strategic partner, Alliance Boots, is on track to deliver combined first-year synergies of between $125 million and $150 million, compared with the company's previous target of between $100 million and $150 million. Alliance Boots contributed 10 cents per diluted share to Walgreens third-quarter adjusted results, including a negative impact of 2 cents per diluted share due to reconciliation of International Financial Reporting Standards with GAAP. Alliance Boots is anticipated to contribute 8 cents per diluted share to fourth-quarter adjusted results, including a negative impact of 1 cent per diluted share from weakening in the British pound between February and May.
Notables over the course of the quarter included Walgreens' launch of No7 Men skin care products through both Walgreens and Duane Reade locations and the opening of flagship stores in Boston, New York, San Francisco and Washington. Walgreens now has 10 flagship locations across the U.S.
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Asia Society's Celebration of Asia Week benefit gala was the place to be Monday night as some of the biggest names in fashion, arts and business flocked to The Pierre in New York City for the exclusive black-tie event featuring honorary chair Jason Wu.
We sit down with Jason Wu, the first fashion designer of Asian descent to design for a first lady.
The First Lady's Jason Wu inauguration gown that enchanted the media last week was one of many outfits she has worn by Asian designers.
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Albert Einstein once said, "If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got." I've tried to adhere to this mantra throughout my life by embracing risk and thinking outside of the box.
American agriculture, too, follows this philosophy pretty darn well. Through innovation and thinking big, U.S. farmers and ranchers have transformed agriculture from mule and plow operations into one of the most tech-savvy and society-changing industries in the modern world.
Fail Big
There's a popular theory that goes something like this: Failure is not an option--it's a requirement. Fear of failing dooms us to repeat what others have done, therefore never finding innovation and change. So, if we are going to think big, we will certainly at some point fail big. But it's these failures that in the end make us better than what we were.
Without a doubt, modern agriculture has had its ups and downs getting to where it is today. In other words, it's failed big on an occasion or two. But because of that, modern agriculture is at the forefront in technology, leading to greater efficiency and safety. Recently, at AFBF's annual meeting, former astronaut Mark Kelly talked about the various satellites NASA uses. As he spoke, I couldn't help but think to myself that farmers also use satellites and other precision agriculture technologies in their line of work to increase yields and reduce chemical use.
American agriculture has employed science and technology to dramatically increase production and choice while lowering prices, but these changes have also altered the experience of farmers and the public in unexpected ways.
No longer are we just producing food for our families; each farmer now feeds 155 people. We are using innovative methods to meet the future global demand of feeding 9 billion people and we are finding breakthroughs in cancer research and eradicating other diseases through the groundbreaking uses of food we produce.
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Recognizing U.S. agriculture's role in the business sector, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is partnering with farmers, ranchers and American agri-business to build a collection that reflects modern agricultural practices. The initiative, called "American Enterprise," will be unveiled in spring 2015 and will celebrate precision farming, traceability, environmental practices, irrigation, biotechnology and hybrid seeds.
Agriculture has played a vital role in the development of America's business sector, from innovation and enterprise to the entrepreneurial spirit that has always been a major focus of America's farms and ranches.
Not only is Farm Bureau partnering with the Smithsonian on this exciting venture, the first donation to the exhibit came from Tennessee Farm Bureau member and dairy farmer Pat Campbell. Campbell gave the museum a selection of photographs, a computer cow tag and a reader unit to show the change in dairying from a hand-labor intensive process to a modern computer-run operation. The donation will also include his personal recollections about how changing technology has altered his work life and has led to greater efficiency and safety.
The Smithsonian exhibit will showcase to the public what farmers and ranchers have known for a long time: innovation and technology makes agriculture a leading business opportunity; we are an industry where failing big isn't bad (at least once in awhile) and our modern farming practices are changing the world in which we live. All in all, innovation on the farm is anything but business as usual.


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Our forefathers were so clever. Who knew they constructed homes on bluffs to take advantage of more than pretty views? Read the latest Remodeling of Blog Cabin 2012 article on HGTVRemodels.com to find out why our adorable high-posted cape and other homes of its era were built on hills and how today's homeowners can mitigate resulting backyard slopes.


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Topic: "The Secret"
Good News!!!! Dave had a paracentesis last week as he had developed fairly significant ascites. They drained 3 liters of fluid and sent it for pathology and it was negative!!! We are so relieved.
He will now be having a combined visit with an interventional radiologist and an ocologist at Mass General about the possibility of having SirSpheres to reduce the size of his largest tumor.
Now...the point I want to pass along is a suggestion that everyone read "The Secret" It is about the Laws of Attraction and how you can create your reality by how you think.
I have spent the past week concentrating every thought on Dave's pathology being negative and his being eligible to have the Sirspheres. I never let a negative thought slip in. I made it a mantra " we are one, we are healthy, we are joyous, and we are thankful that our love brings only good things from the universe". Some may find this silly but after today's results I am becoming a believer in the power of laws of attraction.
I am sending out only positive thoughts to all of you as well.


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Small updates. My first star Max is starting to get a little too worn (so I'll be adding another one to the bag) I find the grip on the KC rocs to be too slippery, not really what I wanted from pro plastics. I'll be giving rocs a final try, running mainly in DX, but for now I'm not really that happy with them. Guess I'm just missing a decent under stable midrange...
On the other hand I'm loving the Eagle-L / Eagle-X combo.
I also played my old home course, which is very windy. I figured that I should add some of my star wraiths back into the bag, as the pros wear in too fast to keep a decent stable one in the bag.
distance drivers:
3x 175g Pro wraith (very beat, beat, new)
2x 175g Star wraith (beat, new)
2x 175g Star max (beat, new)
fairway drivers:
2x 175g Champ eagle-l (beat, new)
4x 175g Star eagle-x (beat, getting beat, new, new)
2x 180g DX Roc (new)
1x 180g Star San Marino Roc (new)
1x 175g DX Roc (beat)
2x 175g SSS Warlock
2x 175g SS Wizard


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - To House Republicans, it's a plan to transform health care along the lines of Amazon.com. To Democrats, it's a missed opportunity, or in the words of one, a "dog and pony show."
But a GOP-dominated select committee Monday left little doubt that it is behind Speaker Will Weatherford in pursuing what is being touted as a free-market alternative to expanding Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act.
On a party-line vote, the select committee approved a bill that would offer $2,000 subsidies to targeted groups of uninsured low-income people, who would buy coverage through a long-discussed health marketplace. The plan would reject using more than $50 billion in federal funding that would otherwise flow to the state during the next decade for Medicaid expansion.
Also, the select committee rejected a Senate proposal that would use federal money to help low-income people buy private health insurance as an alternative to expanding Medicaid.
Select committee Chairman Richard Corcoran, R-Land O' Lakes, said House Republicans want to make dynamic changes to the health-care system that will allow people to get services they need and help reduce costs. Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, and Corcoran unveiled the plan last week.
"We're trying to build an Amazon.com of health care,'' Corcoran said.
Democrats, however, blasted the GOP for proposing a plan that would provide far less money and serve fewer people than the Medicaid expansion or the Senate private-insurance alternative. They also repeatedly said Florida residents have paid federal tax dollars that could flow to other states if lawmakers turn down the Medicaid money.
"We need to treat as many people as we can,'' said Rep. Dwight Dudley, D-St. Petersburg. "We have paid our taxes. It's our damn money."
The select committee, which has been studying the Affordable Care Act for months, voted 11-6 to approve the bill (PCB SPPACA 13-03), after voting by the same margin to reject the Senate proposal. One of the House bill's key architects, Orange Park Republican Travis Cummings, said the bill could go to the House Appropriations Committee on Friday.
The bill would target people whose incomes are at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty and have children or who are disabled and eligible for the federal Supplemental Security Income program. It would offer $2,000 annual subsidies for them to buy insurance and other health services through the Florida Health Choices program --- an online health-care marketplace that lawmakers created in 2008 but has not started operating.
Eventually, the plan is estimated to serve about 116,000 people, at a cost to the state of nearly $239 million a year, according to a House staff analysis. Participants also would have to chip in $25 a month and could use the subsidies, for example, to buy high-deductible insurance coverage. The plan is dubbed the "Florida Health Choices Plus Program."
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act or the Senate private-insurance alternative would offer coverage to roughly 1 million uninsured people whose income is up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Both would include offering coverage to childless adults, a group that is now largely shut out of Florida's Medicaid program and also would not be part of the House subsidies.
House leaders, however, say their plan takes into account people between 100 percent and 138 percent of the poverty level, because those people would be able to get subsidized coverage through a separate federal health-insurance exchange. As measuring sticks, a family of three with an income of $19,530 would be at 100 percent of the poverty level, while a family of three with an income of $26,951 would be at 138 percent of the poverty level.
Democrats raised repeated questions Monday about details of the House plan, such as questioning how extremely low-income people could afford high deductibles that would go along with the health coverage. At one point, Rep. Elaine Schwartz, D-Hollywood, said it was unfortunate this "dog and pony show is taking place."
But Republicans said they did not want to depend on the deficit-laden federal government to pay for the Medicaid expansion in the future. Also, some GOP lawmakers reiterated their longstanding criticism of Medicaid's growing costs.
"This program is totally, absolutely unsustainable,'' said Rep. John Wood, R-Winter Haven.
With the annual legislative session scheduled to end May 3, it remains unclear how --- or if --- the House, Senate and Gov. Rick Scott will be able to reach agreement on a health plan. The Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee is scheduled Wednesday to take up the bill (SB 1816) that would use federal money to offer private insurance and another bill (SB 1844) that is somewhat similar to the House plan.
But backers of Medicaid expansion tried to increase pressure on lawmakers Monday, holding a news conference and then going to Weatherford's office to seek a meeting with him. The speaker met briefly with members of the group.
"This is the 100 percent speaking, not just the tea party,'' said Wilson Barnes, 72, a Tallahassee resident who served as a spokesman for the group.
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