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A pediatric dentist is a dental specialist who is well-trained to treat infants, children, adolescents and children with special needs. A pediatric dentist must complete an advanced post-doctoral course, accredited by the American Dental Association, of at least two academic years in the specialty of pediatric dentistry to obtain the skills required to be considered a specialist in the field. This extensive training provides pediatric dentists the knowledge to treat children's dental and many orthodontic needs, provide a positive dental experience and to educate children on the importance of maintaining good oral hygiene.
We have tailored our dental practice to specifically cater to children. Our dentists and staff have years of experience treating children of all ages with the highest level of care. During their first visit, our staff will use comforting words, asking younger children if they want to have their teeth "counted and brushed" rather than asking if they are ready for a "dental cleaning".
We know that for very young children visiting the dentist may be scary at times. We strive to minimize any anxieties or fears. We use phrases such as "put your tooth to sleep", "put vitamins on your teeth", or "take pictures of your teeth" to explain such procedures as numbing teeth, applying fluoride or taking X-rays. Our staff uses the "Tell, Show, Do" method to help pediatric patients understand what is happening dung their appointment. We carefully word the use of fear provoking terms as we explain the procedures your child is about to experience during each visit. If you feel the need to "prepare" your child for their dental visit you should avoid projecting your own anxieties about dental care. If uncertain about what to say, tell your child that "Dr. Coppe will explain it all to you." Most often, the less you explain to them with specifics and details and the more you place the onus and opportunity on our team to explain the specifics and details of the treatment your child will receive, the more positive and enjoyable your child's experience will be. In addition, it will send a subliminal message to your child about your desire to have your child accept their dental treatment and the confidence you have in our team to treat your child.
Children enjoy, and expect, to be with other children. This social interaction is what they see at school, in playgroups, and the sports they participate in. To expand on that idea, we have three dental chairs in a large, single room so your child doesn't feel alone during their dental procedures. The added benefit is that your child will see other children being treated, and this can be reassuring to them during their own visit.
To help put children at ease and feel comfortable with our staff, staff members will often play games with your child, sing or let them get out of the dental chair to explore the treatment area. We make your child's dental visit interactive, and we will be sure to talk to you and your child to decide what treatment methods will be most successful.
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I can hardly believe that last night's episode of The Hills was the season finale?! How will I ever occupy my Monday nights? At the very least, three things made me very happy; Justin finally confessed his love to Audrina, Heidi and Lauren were able to re-connect, and Spencer and Heidi decide to wait and have the wedding of their dreams. Not the tech-filled season finale I was hoping for, but still some fun gadget good cameos. Now let's see how well you were paying attention with my quiz and don't forget to head on over to CelebStyle to get last night's looks!
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The Hills Tech Quiz: Episode 20, "I Heidi Take Thee Spencer . . ."
What model of cell phone was Spencer spotted with?

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text: The artist, Theaster Gates, kept the floodlights in the gallery low so it would feel either like a lounge, he explained, or like a living room after the kids have gone to bed. His new installation is on the occasion of his winning this years Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Fellowship for African American artists doing great work, and it also happens to be the same month hes landed on the cover of Art in America. Goodness. In The Listening Room, you can sit on a handmade chair, play records salvaged from the late Dr. Wax record store in Chicago, and wonder why strips of decommissioned fire hose are arranged in panels on the walls like abstract paintings. Theyre in honor of Birmingham, 1963and these actual hoses were decommissioned after they could no longer handle the water pressure anymore. (First Thursdays and Sundays, a DJ spins.) (Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave, www.seattleartmuseum.org, 10 am5 pm, $15 suggested)


text: I was talking with a buddy over the course of the past few weeks about our beloved Texans. He shared many of the same concerns/complaints that I did---and some of the same ones I've read hundreds of times on the MB. I'm not a big "blamer," so I'm not going to really say whose "fault" it really is. A single loss is rarely any ONE persons fault...but a conglomerate of failed efforts. I suspect that if we were able to effectively ascertain and analyze the situation seperate from emotions--we'd be able to see that there were many poor to downright crappy decisions made on all aspects of the past few weeks. But if we were emotionless, devoid of human intellect, pure bandwagoneers--well, we'd be Cowboys fans and not Texans fans! There are so many guys on this board that have infinitely more Texans FB knowledge than I do...so I am I anxious to hear your feedback. And you can feel free to flame me if you like--but this is anything but "just another rant" about the Texans. I was a lifelong Oilers fan and attending home games from the time I was old enough to go--the family had season tix. I want SO MUCH to catch the Texans spark and be a rabid fan...but there's really been so little to get excited about. I've been to numerous games and have had a blast! When I go out into public, I'm ALWAYS repping my Texans...and when the week after gameday is a bust, I don't hang up my Texans cap and stride out into the community wearing my XYZ hat. I am a TEXANS FAN...PERIOD! Win, lose or draw. Most of us know and are willing to acknowledge that Kubiak is unlikely to ever take us into the upper-escalon of NFL caliber teams. For the first several years, fans on this mb used the "well, give it time--we're still an expansion team" excuse. From year to year the excuses of why we're not a team in contention seem to change...but the problems are still the same, imho. Kubiak is not and never will be a "go for the throat" kinda guy. Let's just come to grips with it...and most of us have. But the fact is, he's the HEAD FOOTBALL COACH and the accountability for SUCCESS as well as the responsibility for FAILURE, lies with him. Why do CEOs get bonuses for success and fired for their failure? Because the buck stops with them! CEOs make millions of dollars in bonuses because they hire good VPs & Asst. VPs that hire good Managers that hire good Supervisors that hire good Workers! The guy at the top of the ladder gets cred and catches heck for it. Problem is, we can't fire the owner--so you can choose to blame the GM if you like, but imo the on-field operations belong to Kubiak. Beyond Kubiak--I lay MUCH of the blame at the doorstep of ownership. I'll refrain from getting into a loooong drawn out analysis of the times we've dropped the ball in the front office--the lists are endless, and sadly we all know it. Too painful to rehash. But now for the piece de resistance--why it's not really Schaub's fault. Now please realize that I've gone from a Schaub Hater to a Schaub Sympathizer to a Schaub Fan to (now) someone that just doesn't think that he's got "it." Most of us would admit (emotionlessly--not a word, I know) that Schaub's "numbers" have been impressive for the past few years. But my thought on why his numbers were so good (aside from Foster & AJ) are this: THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE LINE! He had nothing to play for. There wasn't any "buzz" or "hype" and the Lord knows that there wasn't any "playoff talk" for Schaub to live up to. The Offense WAS the only lifeline that the Texans had for the past few years. But with each additional piece that was added--culminating with Wade and pretty good defensive play, a little more pressure was added to Schaub. Schaub is a good quarterback, but not a GREAT one--and never will be. An elite QB is more than just somebody that calls plays and throws the ball. He's not an emotional leader--which is what's needed for a playoff push. The guys on the field need to know that when the chips are down, their guy is gonna go all "Brett Favre" and do what it takes to win the game. And Matt just doesn't have it. I think that it's evident to anyone with eyes to see, that Matt just isn't a pressure guy (I know, I know--I win the "Capt. Obvious Award" for today). But the only way to figure out whether somebody can handle the pressure is to put them under pressure. And now we have...and now we know. My fear is that because Houston has such an insatiable need to be "the good guys" that Bob will never hire a Gruden or a Cowher type. Even though the city loved the BUM Phillip's and the Glanville's and the Buddy Ryan's that brought attitude and swagger to Houston...Bob's just not that guy. I am incredibly fearful that when Bob finally gets enough pressure from wherever his "pressure" comes from, he's going to just look for the next "comfortable choice" for HC--and that's gonna be Wade. Wade is a terrific DC but has no business ever being a HC again. I apologize for being so lengthy in my thoughts--but I don't often post in the TT forum and I wanted very much to be respected for my thoughts outside of the NSZ--so I wanted to be thorough. I await the responses of the peers I respect, for their FB acumin.


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A Southern California woman faces the prospect of relinquishing a little girl she has been trying to adopt for 18 months while an Ohio court considers the biological father's custody claim, according to a court decision Friday.
A teleconference between judges and lawyers in Orange County, Calif., and Montgomery County, Ohio, determined that Ohio has jurisdiction in the case, said Stacey Doss, 45, of Rancho Santa Margarita.
Doss, a public relations consultant, has raised 2-year-old Vanessa since just after the girl's birth and has been trying to adopt the toddler for the last 18 months.
An attorney for the case and Doss said they have begun the process of filing an appeal. If an appeal fails, the girl will be taken to Ohio on July 16 and placed in foster care.
A July 29 hearing will determine whether the child can then be placed with her paternal grandmother.
Montgomery County Juvenile Court Administrative Judge Nick Kuntz says the California judge agreed to remove an order that the child remain in Orange County.
Messages left for the biological father and his attorneys were not immediately returned.
Doss said she believes her own rights and her biological father's rights are superseded by Vanessa's needs.
"I have until the 16th to save my daughter," she stammered, teary-eyed after the hearing.
Doss, who is divorced, said Vanessa's birth mother contacted Doss' adoption agency in 2008 to give the child up for adoption. The women "clicked" and the child was due on Doss' father's birthday, which was another reason Doss thought they were a match.
The birth mother signed a document under penalty of perjury asserting that the biological father was out of the picture, Doss said. The mother said the child was the result of a one night stand.
On June 13, 2008, Vanessa was born and Doss flew out to meet her the next day. But the birth father filed a motion seeking custody of the newborn in Ohio before the adoption was completed.
In September, the father asked for a DNA test and the results came back positive. Since then, the issue was about jurisdiction, Doss said.
She said the man had four other children. Two children from a previous marriage were in his mother's custody and Vanessa's birth mother had custody of the other two.
"A blood relative does not make a parent," Doss said. "Her mother gave her to me for a reason."
Doss said she hasn't seen any effort to parent from the child's biological father either. In June 2009, she flew him out to California to see Vanessa but said he was more concerned with sightseeing than spending time with his daughter.
"He said he'd never been to California and wanted to go the beach," she said. "I thought he would want to take Vanessa to the park."
Doss has even sought studies by behavioral psychologists to see how being separated from Doss would affect the curly haired toddler.
Doss' family and friends have set up a website and Facebook page to ask for donations. More than 20 supporters picketed outside the courthouse during the conference call Friday.
Her mother, Carolyn Doss, 70, of Dana Point, said her daughter has dipped into her savings repeatedly to finance the custody battle and was threatened with foreclosure on her townhome twice.
"(Stacey) has to choose between paying her mortgage and paying her attorneys fees," she said.


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The American tribal love-rock musical comes back to Broadway.
Show us your albums, Andrew Kober, Lauren Elder, Kaitlin Kiyan, Bryce Ryness, Briana Carlson-Goodman, Sasha Allen and Michael James Scott!
The cast and composers of Hair celebrate the release of a vinyl album version of their Grammy-nominated cast recording.
Photographer: Jenny Anderson,
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Richard Bostwick Reminiscences
Welfare Office Stories
Cab Driving Stories
Prohibition Stories
The Prodigal Son
The time was 8:30 p.m. The weather was still in the mid 80's and I had not turned a wheel since coming on duty. Our cab office was located in a local public garage. This garage, besides offering repair service and storage to the general public, also maintained a car rental service. The charge for the rental of one of their cars was .30 a mile, or $3.00 an hour, which ever was greater. This charge was the same as our cab rates, only in our case we included a driver.
I was standing by the front entrance of the garage this particular evening when a young fellow came in and told the attendant he wished to rent a car. But to his disappointment, all of the rentals had been taken. As he came out of the garage he asked me if there were any other car rental firms in town. I told him I knew of none, then asked him where he planned on driving to. He told me he and his roommate had planned to take their girlfriends to a dance at a lake resort which was some 40 miles from town.
I told the young fellow that he could hire one of our cabs for the same price as he would pay for one of the rentals. He readily agreed to hire my cab. He explained that he had just graduated from the Concordia College. As a graduation gift, his father, who he claimed was a minister in a small town upstate, had told him to rent a car and take his roommate and their girlfriends to the lake resort for an evening of dancing. The only hitch to the situation was that the boy said he would have to send the bill to his father, who in turn would send me the fare.
My boss said to go ahead if I wanted to, but I would be held responsible for the collection of the bill. The boy was an honest looking kid and I guess the fact that he said his father was a minister was enough for me to take a chance, so away we went.
After picking up his roommate and their girlfriends, I proceeded to the lake resort where they spent the next three hours dancing. This dance hall was a beautiful open-air pavilion right on the edge of a lake. After the orchestra played ōGoodnight Ladiesö I loaded the two couples into my cab and drove them back to town. The cab bill came to $24.00, which the young fellow said he would send to his father and that I should receive that amount within a few days.
Well a few days came and went but no word from either the boy or his father. I began getting a lot of ribbing from my fellow drivers for being a sucker in trusting the young man. I checked on the address he had given me and was told he had moved some time ago and had not left a forwarding address. My next step was to visit the Concordia College to see if they had any record of his present address. The person I talked to said they had no knowledge of the boy's whereabouts-he had been expelled from school 2 or 3 months prior to graduating due to poor grades and improper conduct.
Now I really felt I had been ætaken'. Boy! What a sucker I had been.
While at the college I obtained the address of the boy's father. As it turned out, the father really was a minister. I wrote to the father, enclosing the bill for his son's cab fare. Several days had passed, and just when I was about to give up hope of ever getting paid, I received a letter from the boy's father. He apologized for the delay in caring for my bill, but most important, the letter contained a check covering the debt.
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text: Eagle Jeff 146 Report post Posted November 10, 2012 All of you arm chair, Jack Daniels drinking Internet scouts. When you're scouting that college quarterback who you want to lead your football team to the promise land he needs to possess three qualities: Smart, tough, and accurate. All other skills are secondary. Smart, tough, and accurate boys and girls. End of story. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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I have a question regarding how to hardsub. I am converting my MKV files to MPEG-2 format prior to hardsubbing as was recommended. I was also recommended to try hardsubbing using VSfilter (so I can keep my styling and positioning of subtitles), but I can't figure out how to use it? Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't appear to be a program you open to run it. Do I need another program to work alongside VSfilter? How do I use it? I'm seeing things being mentioned about the VsFilter.dll file, but I don't know if any of them pertain to me since I'm working with MPEG-2 format. SO, how do I use VSfilter to hardsub my .ass text onto the video? I used Subtitle Workshop for editing and positioning and it appears to have the styling already included in the .ass file. Other than that I couldn't find any advice on how to work with my MPEG-2 file.
I was also recommended to use a tag on my subtitles to help prevent mosquito noise. Do I include this tag to each individual subtitle?
I'm so lost and any help would be great!
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There are three ways, the first one is via Avisynth,
the second one is via VirtualDub (rename VSFilter.dll to VSFilter.vdf) + an external encoder,
the third one is via an application that supports DirectShow input (e.g., ye olde TMPGenc Plus) ---
--- i.e., after installing VSFilter as a DirectShow filter, place moviename.mkv and moviename.ass in the same folder,
and then open the MKV file in the video converter.
Okay. I couldn't figure out the avisynth method, so I'll try the next one. So, basically I need to have VirtualDub and Vsfilter on my computer. I'll need to find the file named VSFilter.dll and rename it to VSFilter.vdf) and then use an external encoder? Where could I find one? Any recommendations? And after all this, I can author and burn it to DVD?
DarrellS is the VirtualDub guru in this forum , but while he doesn't chime in,
you could take a look at http://forums.virtualdub.org/index.php?act=ST&f=3&t=18840
For MPEG-2 encoding from VirtualDub, you won't have many choices besides ffmpeg and Mencoder : - /
Authoring DVD-Video a different story though, and you must begin by creating standard-compliant streams,
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And after all this, I can author and burn it to DVD?
Write a .avs script like:
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files\AviSynth_258\plugins\vsfilter.dll") DirectShowSource("C:\v\aa.mkv") TextSub("C:\v\aa.ass")
(Actually I use a renamed version of xy-VSfilter.dll as vsfilter.dll)


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Thc Art Gallery.
Thc most imposing anti ornate of all
the structures is memorial hall, built al
a coot of $1,500,000, hy the state ol
Pennsylvania and the city of Philadel
phia. This is placed at the disposal ol
the centennial* commission, to be used
during the exhibition aa an art gallery,
after which it yt designed to make it the
receptacle of ?n industrial and art col
lection similsr to tho famous south Ken
sington museum, at London. It stands
on ti line parallel with, and a short dis
tance northward of, the main building,
and is in a commanding position, looking
southward across the Schuylkill over
Philadelphia. It stands, upon a terrace
ono hundred and twenty-two feet above
tho level of tho Schuylkill. Being de
signed for. an absolutely fireproof struc
ture, nothing combustible has been used.
The design is modern Itcnaissance. Jt
covers an acre and a half, and is three
hundred and sixty-five feet long, twe
hundred and ten feet wide, and fifty
nine feet high, over a spacious basement
twelve feet high. A dome, rising one
hundred feet above the ground, sur
mounts the center, capped by a colossal
ball, from which rises the figure of Co
lumbla. Tho main front of this build
ing looks southward, displaying a mail
entrance in the center consisting of thret
enormous arched doorvKvys a pavilion tu
each end, and two arcades connectin?
thc pavilions with the center. The cn
trance is seventy feet wide, to whicl
thorp, is a riso ot thirteen steps. Eacl
of thc huge doorways is forty feet higl
and fifteen feet wido, opening into ?
hall. Ilctween the arches of the dont
waysare clusters of columns, terminatinj
in emblematic designs illustrative o
science and art. Thc doors are ol iron
relieved by bronze panels, displaying th
coats of arms of all thc stales and tci
ritorics. Thc United States coat of arm
is in thc center of thc main frieze. Th
dome is of glass and iron, of unique d<
sign. While Columbia mes at the to(
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thc. base of thc dome, typifying thc foti
quarters of the globe.
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dow, twelve and one-half feet by thin;
lour feet. There are altogether eight <
these windows, used for thc display i
stained glass paintings, cte. Tito arcadi
designed to screen thc long walls of tl
galleries each consist ot five groini
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outward over tho grounds and in\va?
over gardens extending back to the mai
wall ol' thc building. Those garden plo
are each ninety feet by thirty six feet,ti
nainented in the center with fountain
and intended to display statuary. Tl
arcades aro highly ornnncnted, and tl
balustrades of them and of the* stairwa
arc abo designed for statuary. Tl
walls of the east and wost sides of t
structure display thc pavilions and t
walls of tho picture galleries, and t
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unlace. The rear or north front
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Union, and directly connect all important
points with Philadelphia, has made magnifi
cent preparations for conveying, with safety
and comfort, the inilliuns of jKioplo who in
tend visiting the Centennial Exhibition di
rectly to the Centennial ground.?. The loca
tion of the Exhibition made it impossible
for any other railway to directly reach thc
Exhibition buildings and grounds, and thc
management, ever since the site was des
ignated, has employed its gigantic equip
ments and unrivuled facilities to make the
Exhibition a success, by providing the
amplest accommodations at the minimum
price, for both exhibitors and visitors. It
was titting that a railway company,national
in its character and operations,should thu:
second thc commissioners in illustrating om
centennial history by demonstrating thc
high degree of excellent** attained by thc
railway transportation system of America
in making thc great thoroughfares muting
the Atlantic seaboard and thc Mississippi
valley, tho W?*?5 Northwest and Southwest
with theCenjiPninl Cityy-os r crfect as possi
ble in nil ha ewKJUials ? nd detaiis.
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uniting most of the larger cUio^?a vin.
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lantic harbors. li?? main road from New
York to Philadelphia though poising
througli the principal cl'?es ot New Jersey,
does not deviate six miles from an air line,
and this deflection is due to tho interposition
of navigable waters. These roui->d not only
excel in directness as well as in tl?., number
of important cities and towns Uiey'?jpimpet,
but they arc confessedly superior ii ^'Con
struction and equipment. Between Pitts
burgh and New "York. 4<M miles, the entire
linc is double track, laid witlydieavy steel
rails willi joints connected between..ties by
a process that gives the effect of .conihiuom
rail, on which there can bc no unpleasant
jarring. All bridges on thc line are of iron
or stone. A large portion of this distare0 --
provided with a third track, which enable*
freight trains to keep entirely out of I the
way of passenger travel, and permita thc
express trains to run their allotted d?8tAnct
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tances, been completed.
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most perfect safety has been adopted. Thc
company has built "200 elegant ears, willi
engines of thc first class ample to move all
trains that may possibly be required. *
.Centennial visitors will find die Pennsyl
vania road the only direct route from thc
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Exhibition, thu ratos as low as by any othei
route, thc time made by it thc quickest, MK
the accommodations for comfort, luxury
and safety unequaled. Careful agents, 01
all trains, will arrange for ihe prompt am
cheap delivery of all baggage, and, for ii ft j
cents, sell seats in a comfortable carriage tc
any point in Philadelphia.
Above all, these visitors will be landed a
the very doors of tho Exposition, in tin
beautiful Centennial depot of thc company
represented in thc above cut. It Htands op
positc the open space separating thu Man
exhibition building from Machinery hall
facing thc principal entrance gate and th*
Judge's pavilion, and in close proximity tc
several immense hotels and restaurants. I
is 340 feet in length by 100 in width, tw<
stories high, and surmounted hy six towers
In design it is tusteful and ornamental
comparing favorably with tho many beaut!
ful structures erected for thc purjioses of tb
Exhibition. Thc first floor contains a gen
eral wailing room, 130 by 100 leer, a lanie."
waiting room eighty-one by 100 fool, a ling
gage lonni forty-nine, liv 100 feet, a tickc
oilice thirty by forty feet, a package roon
ten by thirty feet, and a number of retiriii]
rooms, all bandsoinely finished, and pro
vidocl with every convenience. Thc loom
on tlie second floor aro for thc use of th
railroad officials and employees.
Tbis depot is readied hy a circle of Ihre
traeks sweeping from the main road wa;
four-fifths of a mile long, and the di amele
of the circle, they deserihe is OOO feet. Al
trains will enter thist circle heading west
ami depart from thc depot handing ea.if
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passengers in front of thu depot at th
same time, tlie entire tracks Innng HOOL
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trains may come or go, they can las movci
without confusion, delay or danger.
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constructed, connected with this circlet of :
length of 1,000 feet each, upon which wait
ing trains can be run and remain with cn
gincs attached, until thc time arrives f<\
them to enter upon tho circle, receive thei
passengers, and depart for destination
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novel, and a (lords facilities for thc transar,
lion, without detentio.v or confusion, of ai
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Medical procedures are often necessary. But do medical physicians ever suggest procedures that aren't needed? Apparently they do. Here's a list of medical procedures that cost Americans billions that aren't always needed. A list with more detail can be found at Choosing Wisely.
Unproven diagnostic tests such as immunoglobulin G (IgG) testing or an indiscriminate battery of immunoglobulin E (IgE) tests, shouldn't be conducted in the event of an allergy.
People shouldn't order sinus computed tomography (CT) or indiscriminately prescribe antibiotics for uncomplicated acute rhinosinusitis.
Patients with chronic urticaria don't need routine diagnostic testing.
Asthma shouldn't be managed or diagnosed without spirometry.
Replacement immunoglobulin therapy doesn't need to be recommended for reoccurring infections unless there are damaged antibody responses to vaccines.
Don't suggest immunoglobulin therapy for recurrent infections unless damaged antibody responses to vaccines have been shown.
Don't perform imaging for low back pain before at least six weeks unless there are red flags.
Routinely prescribing antibiotics for mild-to-moderate sinusitis shouldn't be done unless symptoms last for at least a week or if the symptoms worsen after initial treatment.
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) screening for women younger than 65 and men younger than 70 with osteoporosis isn't necessary unless risk factors are present.
Annual electrocardiograms (EKGs) or any other kind of screening for patients that are low-risk that don't have symptoms aren't needed and shouldn't be performed.
Pap smears for women under the age of 21 aren't or who have had a hysterectomy for an unrelated cancer disease shouldn't be performed.
Don't perform stress cardiac imaging or non-invasive imaging in the first evaluation on patients lacking cardiac symptoms unless there are red flags present.
Yearly stress cardiac imaging or advanced non-invasive imaging simply as part of a follow-up isn't needed for patients who are asymptomatic.
Don't conduct stress cardiac imaging or advanced non-invasive imaging as a pre-operative assessment for people who are going to have non-cardiac, low-risk surgery.
A follow-up echocardiography for mild, asymptomatic native valve disease adults isn't necessary unless there's a change in symptoms or signs.
Stenting of non-culprit lesions during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for uncomplicated hemodynamically stable ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) should not be performed.
People who are asymptomatic and have a low risk of coronary heart disease don't need to get screening exercise electrocardiogram testing.
Patients with non-specific pain in their lower back don't need to get imaging studies done.
Patients don't need to get a CT or MRI as the result of a simple syncope assessment and a normal neurological exam.
Patients with a low pretest probability of venous thromboembo- lism (VTE), should get a high-sensitive D-dimer measurement as the beginning diagnostic test. But they should not get imaging studies conducted as the preliminary diagnostic test.
Patients don't need to get a preoperative chest radiography without a clinical suspicion for intrathoracic pathology.
Don't get imaging studies done as the result of an uncomplicated headache.
Imaging doesn't need to be done for a suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) unless there's a moderate or high pre-test chance.
Ambulatory patients with unremarkable history and physical examination don't require admission or preoperative chest x-rays.
Computed tomography for children with suspected appendicitis shouldn't be performed until after an ultrasound has been considered.
Follow-up imaging for clinically inconsequential adnexal cysts doesn't need to suggested.
For pharmacological treatment patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease long-term acid suppression therapy (proton pump inhibitors or histamine2 receptor antagonists) should be titrated at the lowest level possible but enough for it to still be effective.
Colorectal cancer screening should not be repeated by any method for 10 years after a quality colonoscopy is negative in individuals with average risk.
Colonoscopy should not be repeated for patients who have one or two small (< 1 cm) adenomatous polyps, without high- grade dysplasia, entirely removed with a high-quality colonoscopy.
A follow-up exam isn't needed before three years for patients diagnosed with Barrett's esophagus who have had a second endoscopy confirming the lack of dysplasia on biopsy, according to published guidelines.
Patients with functional abdominal pain syndrome do not need repeated computed tomography (CT) scans unless there is some kind of change in symptoms or a medical change.
Solid tumor patients do not need cancer-directed therapy if they have the following characteristics: no strong evidence that supports medical value of more treatment fighting cancer, no benefits from previous cancer-based interventions, performance status of 3 or 4, and ineligible for a clinical trial.
At the staging of early prostate cancer, with a low-risk of metastasis, CT, PET, radionuclide bone scans shouldn't be conducted.
PET, CT, and radionuclide bone scans don't need to be done in the early staging of breast cancer with low-risk metastasis.
Asymptomatic individuals who have been treated for breast cancer with the intent to cure don't need surveillance testing or imaging.
White cell stimulating factors for the main prevention of febrile neutropenia for patients that have a risk below 20 percent for this complication, should not be used.
Dialysis patients with limited life expectancies without symptoms or signs don't need routine cancer screenings.
Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) shouldn't be given to patients with chronic kidney disease hemoglobin levels at or above 10 g/dL unless there are symptoms of anemia.
People with hypertension or heart failure or CKD from any cause, including diabetes, should stay away from nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS).
Stage III—V CKD patients shouldn't obtain peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) without first consulting nephrology.
Before patients start chronic dialysis, the decision should be discussed by the patients, their families, and the physicians.
Coronary angiography and stress cardiac imaging shouldn't be conducted in patients who don't have cardiac symptoms unless there are high-risk factors.
Individuals who are low-risk don't need cardiac imaging.
Asymptomatic patients don't need radionuclide imaging as part of a routine follow-up.
Cardiac imaging isn't necessary as part of a pre-operative assessment patients who are preparing for low or intermediate-risk non-cardiac surgery.
Methods to downsize the radiation exposure in cardiac imaging should be used as frequently as can be. This includes not performing such tests when benefits are limited.


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Barring an epic meltdown in the season's final week, Craig Kimbrel is almost certain to take home the National League Rookie of the Year Award, and rightfully so -- he's been the best reliever in baseball this year. However, the picture is much more crowded over in the American League, where Mark Trumbo, Ivan Nova, Jeremy Hellickson, Michael Pineda and Jordan Walden all lead AL rookies in at least one category, and all will likely get support when the ballots are cast.
While those five each have counting stats that stand out from the crowd, none of them has made the same impact as Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Desmond Jennings. Because the Rays opted to keep him in Triple-A until July 23, Jennings has played in just 56 games. However, that isn't even the fewest ever for a position player who won Rookie of the Year. In 1959, Willie McCovey hit .354 with 13 homers for the Giants in 52 games and won ROY. Like McCovey, Jennings has been one of the best players in the game since his promotion, and his output has helped push the Rays back into playoff contention.
At the plate, Jennings has posted a 147 wRC+ (weighted runs created plus, meaning his offensive performance was 47 percent better than league average), second-best among AL rookies. That mark trails only Toronto's Brett Lawrie, who managed to play just 43 games due to injuries. For comparison, Jacoby Ellsbury is going to get MVP votes, and he's posted a 148 wRC+ this season. What Jennings lacks in quantity, he has made up for in quality, performing at the same level as most of the game's superstars.


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Democrats selling reform's immediate benefits to seniors -- Battle brewing over Berwick -- HHS staffs up -- Planned Parenthood's new campaign -- Small businesses wary of NFIB suit
SELLING SENIORS – The Hill's J. Taylor Rushing reports that Senate Democrats left Washington with a sales pitch to "spread the word that the healthcare bill is bringing immediate benefits." A packet distributed to members says: "In order to get the message out ahead of talk of health reform repeal, senators should talk with seniors about the benefits they are going to see immediately and those they will be seeing over the coming months and years. … Hold an event at a senior center to talk with seniors about all of the benefits they will receive this year and in upcoming years, answering questions from them and dispelling many of the rumors circulated by opponents of reform."
(The GOP has its own message. See the Berwick item below.)
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SELLING OUT SENIORS? – America's docs have a recess message for seniors too, from AMA president J. James Rohack, who blasts the Senate for turning "its back on seniors" by missing the June 1 deadline for that doc fix. "Senators are more interested in heading home for the holiday than in preventing a Medicare meltdown for seniors. …This is complete mismanagement of a health care program that America's seniors and the disabled rely on. Already, about one in four Medicare patients looking for a new primary care physician have trouble finding one, and congressional inaction will make it much worse."
A GOP health lobbyist tells Pulse: "They have been unable to articulate how fixing this formula is good for our health care system other than saying if you don't doctors will stop treating Medicare patients. They've never suggested a new payment system, just more of the same. Blackmail is not a good way to make friends….The only way to truly address the issue is to develop a new reimbursement system. The model is broken and this conundrum demonstrates that fact."
Good Tuesday morning, happy first of June (not so happy if you are a Medicare provider). "I like New York in June, how 'bout Pulse?"
RE-FIGHTING HEALTH CARE – POLITICO'S Carrie Budoff Brown reports: "President Barack Obama spent the last year insisting he doesn't want to turn the American health care system into a carbon copy of the government-run British system. But Obama's pick to run Medicaid and Medicare – Donald Berwick – is a pediatrician and Harvard University professor with a self-professed 'love' of the British system. … Now Senate Republicans are vowing to press their case against Obama's sweeping new health care law by challenging Berwick's nomination – just in time to resurrect the brutal year-long health reform battle ahead of the midterm elections. And given Berwick's long career and extensive writings, Republicans say they have a lot to work with."
** A message from the American Osteopathic Association: If 60% of physicians said they might stop participating in the Medicare program, would you be worried? We are. Read the AOA's independent Medicare poll data now. http://bit.ly/bWPe7r **
STAFFING UP AT HHS – Jay Angoff, head of the two-month-old Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, recently confirmed names of three new staffers who will play crucial roles in implementation and enforcement. Tapped are Maryland insurance commissioner Steve Larsen for the Office of Oversight, Georgetown professor Karen Pollitz to head the Office of Consumer Support and, for the Office of Insurance Programs (tasked with running the high risk pools), is reportedly Richard Popper. He now directs Maryland's high risk insurance program. This leaves just one OCIIO branch without a head: The Office of Health Insurance Exchanges.
What it means: They're a "foursome of longtime industry watchdogs," reports Kaiser Health News' Julie Appleby. "Their appointments suggest that insurers will continue to face tough scrutiny as the administration and Democrats -- with an eye to the November elections -- play up the benefits of the new law, while Republicans denounce it as a costly government intrusion."
STAFFING UP ON K STREET – WaPo's Amanda Becker reports: "There has been a flurry of spring hiring as law firms pick up attorneys with backgrounds in regulatory enforcement … Two weeks ago, Patton Boggs announced that veteran prosecutor John S. Darden was joining the firm from the Justice Department, where he investigated and prosecuted health-care fraud. The same day, Louis Ramos moved from King & Spalding to DLA Piper's litigation department, where he will continue representing pharmaceutical and health-care clients in government and internal investigations."
From a Patton Boggs attorney: "Environment, energy, health care, financial fraud … those are areas the government is taking a hard look at and we want to be well-positioned."
WORRYING THE HOSPITALS – Cary Gutbezahl of Compass Clinical Consulting blogs: "Mandated insurance coverage will change the game. Expanding coverage to currently uninsured people will cause an influx of new demand and revenue for hospitals. Although this sounds good for hospitals, there will be undesirable consequences. … First, the healthcare system will be challenged to meet the increased demand for services. … Since Medicare is a break even business and Medicaid is an unprofitable business, future reimbursement reductions will make it harder to break even."
POLL: "Americans' confidence in their ability to access and pay for healthcare bounced back in April after dipping in February and March, according to a new consumer sentiment index from Thomson Reuters. 'We're seeing a bit of volatility so far in 2010 - optimism tempered by uncertainty regarding the economy and the future of the healthcare system," said Gary Pickens, chief research officer at Thomson Reuters.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S NEW CAMPAIGN – The reproductive health advocates have launched a quiet campaign to ensure that health reform means access to free birth control. The subject barely came up in the health care reform debate, brushed aside by a more heated reproductive health debate over abortion language and coverage. Now, with little fanfare, Planned Parenthood has begun laying the groundwork for a birth control campaign that will ramp up in coming months.
N.Y. LEADS IN EXTRA MEDICARE PAYMENTS – So much for the Cornhusker Kickback. NYT's Robert Pear reports: "Members of Congress from Iowa, Minnesota, Washington and Wisconsin secured extra money in the new health care law to reward low-cost hospitals in their states, which they said had long been underpaid by Medicare. But it now turns out that New York will get more of the money than any other state, and some of the chief proponents of the bonus payments will not receive any. The Obama administration recently disclosed how it planned to distribute the money, $400 million over the next two years, and the result was not exactly what Congress or hospital lobbyists had expected. 'I'm sure it's a surprise to many of my colleagues in the Midwest,' said Daniel Sisto, president of the Healthcare Association of New York State. An analysis of the data by The New York Times shows that New York hospitals are in line to receive nearly 12 percent of the money ($46.3 million), which is more than hospitals in any other state."
N.J. SMALL BIZ COMMUNITY STEERS CLEAR OF NFIB SUIT – The Record's Carol Lawrence reports: "New Jersey business organizations are holding back support for a 20-state lawsuit seeking to overturn the new federal health care law though they agree with the suit's argument against mandated health coverage for all citizens. The organizations have said they are not involved in the lawsuit or are still reviewing whether to support the National Federation of Independent Business, which recently joined a lawsuit by governors and attorneys general who argue the new health care law is unconstitutional. … 'We're not at a point in time where we are prepared to jump on board,' said Jim Kirkos, president/chief executive officer [of the Rutherford Chamber of Commerce], 'because so far, the reviews have been mixed' on the law."
CALIF. REFORM UNDERWAY – AP's Cathy Bussewitz reports: "The debate over national health care reform has moved to the California Legislature, which this week will begin taking the initial steps to implement the complex series of overhauls prescribed by the federal government. More than 20 bills have been introduced and as many as a dozen might be voted on this week as lawmakers face a deadline to pass bills out of their house of origin … The bills seek to enact reforms signed into law by President Barack Obama in March. Among other changes, they would prohibit health insurers from denying coverage because of preexisting conditions and create an exchange through which individuals could buy insurance."
EFFORT TO OUST ANTI-REFORM N.C. DEM FAILS – WaPo's Philip Rucker reports: "A defiant move by one of the nation's most powerful unions to help oust Democrats who voted against the health care bill by establishing a third political party in North Carolina has failed because organizers did not collect enough signatures to qualify for the November midterm elections. The Service Employees International Union and its North Carolina affiliate did not gather the 85,000 signatures by Tuesday's deadline, meaning the third party, North Carolina First, will not be recognized on the general election ballot. But organizers said they are drafting an independent candidate to challenge Rep. Larry Kissell, a first-term Democrat from a swing district who voted no on health care."
SEBELIUS: REFORM GOOD FOR BUSINESS – She writes in the Kansas City Star: "There's help in the Affordable Care Act for America's biggest employers, too. Many of these companies operate early retiree insurance plans that have become a huge drain on their balance sheets. Beginning June 1, the new law will establish a temporary reinsurance program for these firms. This will allow employers to be partially reimbursed for excessive retiree health care costs while securing the health coverage promised to retirees. That's why I've been so disappointed to read some of the commentary inaccurately claiming that the new law will hurt American businesses. As any businessperson will tell you, health care costs have been a growing burden for years. Far from adding to this burden, the Affordable Care Act takes the most aggressive steps in years to help firms provide health coverage for their workers — something employers tell me is crucial for them to recruit and retain the best workers and be more competitive in the global market."
STOP COMPLAINING, START IMPLEMENTING – In the Louisville Courier-Journal, columnist Lesley Stedman Weidenbener writes: "Whatever your thoughts about the new federal health law, it appears here to stay. Even if Republicans have a huge election year - something that seems quite possible - it's highly unlikely they would gain the veto-proof majorities in Congress that would be necessary to repeal the law. … Certainly, the law is nothing [Governor Mitch] Daniels would ever support. It just doesn't match up with his philosophy about government. … But it's time to move on. It's time to figure out how to make the law work in Indiana."
PLAYING HARDBALL WITH HOSPITALS – The Boston Globe editorial board writes: "The failure of the state's insurers to hold down reimbursements to doctors and hospitals is a chief reason behind skyrocketing increases in health costs. The insurers' effort now to strike harder bargains with hospitals is overdue but welcome. The state left the insurers with no other option when it recently rejected many of the rate hikes that the insurance companies had submitted for the small-business pool, which is overseen by the state. Held to 2009 rates for these customers, the insurers cannot afford to continue the business-as-usual reimbursement hikes expected by doctors and hospitals. … The State Senate's health-cost bill would require insurers to offer lower-cost plans with limited networks of providers. The bill includes other useful measures for holding down premiums but has been put on a backburner in the House, unfortunately. That is one more reason the insurers have to play hardball with the providers — and earn their slice of the premium dollar."
PULSE CONTEST WINNERS – We asked Pulse readers to flag us to the most overlooked health reform provision. Congrats to the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems' Shawn Gremminger, who pointed out the Presidentially-appointed Public Health Service Ready Reserve Corps, a new program created in Sec. 5210. Members of the Ready Reserve Corps will " assist regular Commissioned Corps personnel to meet both routine public health and emergency response missions" and "be available and ready for involuntary calls to active duty during national emergencies and public health crises, similar to the uniformed service reserve personnel." The program is funded to the tune of $17.5 million per year through 2014.
John Hoff, of the Galen Institute, found a choice paragraph in Section 4205. The provision, which requires chain restaurants and vending machines to provide nutrition notices, instructs the HHS Secretary to "consider standardization of recipes and methods of preparation, in reasonable variation in serving size and formula of menu items, space on menus and menu boards, inadvertent human error, training of food service workers, variations in ingredients…" Considering recipes? Sounds more like cooking class, less like health reform.
** A message from the American Osteopathic Association: If 60% of physicians said they might stop participating in the Medicare program, would you be worried? We are. Read the AOA's independent Medicare poll data now. http://bit.ly/bWPe7r
The ongoing uncertainty associated with Medicare payment rates for physicians is contributing significantly to limited access to care for millions of Medicare beneficiaries and military families. The current and looming access to care issues were confirmed in a recent independent survey conducted on behalf of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). When asked specifically what actions they would take if the pending 21.3 percent cut in Medicare payments was realized; only 42 percent said they would continue seeing their current Medicare patients. Even more startling, only 30 percent of those physicians currently accepting new Medicare patients in their practice said they would continue to do so if the cut were implemented. These numbers are alarming and reflect the true impact of current payment policies. It is no longer a question of "if" physicians will limit or stop seeing Medicare beneficiaries; it is a matter of "when." **
** A message from UNITE HERE: We've all heard President Trump repeatedly speak about a need to bring drug prices "way down." And 77% of Americans agree that prescription drug costs are unreasonable. Trump also has gone on record saying that drug companies are "getting away with murder" – a point 73% of Americans agree with, saying drug companies make too much profit. Yet, Trump recently nominated drug company executive Alex Azar to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Azar's appointment would contradict Trump's pledge to "drain the swamp" and change Washington D.C.'s pay-to-play atmosphere, where a revolving door shifts federal regulators to high-ranking corporate execs, and back into government positions. Alex Azar's past as a pharma profiteer disqualifies him from DHHS. To learn more about Azar the Price Gouging Czar, check out this website, including a white paper examining his time at Eli Lilly. www.saynotoazar.org **


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Only In Texas Will You Find A Tent With An AC UnitWe really need a section of our website devoted to the category "Only in Texas."
These Celebrity Face Morphs Are Freaking Us OutIn the latest Jurassic Park film, Jurassic World, one of the big plot points involves the genetic splicing of dino DNA with other animals (and other dinosaurs) to create a powerful hybrid. And while this real world technology is not in practice (yet), one Photoshop artist is doing the next best thing, but with celebrity faces.
Actors Or Actresses That Make A Movie CoolThey don't usually get their names above the title, but they automatically make any movie they're in cool. Who is the coolest?
Video: 'Billie Jean' Performed By A One Man Ukulele Band
Coolest Parents Ever Recreate Movies With Cardboard Starring Infant Son
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Behind The Scenes Photos From Your Favorite Movies And TV ShowsCheck out these behind the scenes photos from your favorite movies and tv shows.
New Survey Shows Women More Likely To Text "I Love You" Than MenAccording to a new survey, women are more likely to send longer messages and type out "I Love You" while texting then men.
Has The Definition Of "Cool" Changed?This just in: you may not be as cool as you think you are, but you may be way cooler. Find out here.
UT Dallas Researchers Look To Give Your Smartphone X-Ray Vison
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HBO is bringing a bit of Russian punk stateside. The U.S. network bought the rights to Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend.
The music-centric documentary follows the three members of the feminist art-punk collective, who were arrested last year after a staged prayer demonstration inside a Russian church. They were later charged with hooliganism and were sentenced to two years in prison. The trial received international attention, putting the spotlight on Russia's legal system and Putin's stronghold over the country. The band garnered support from musicians and fans across the globe.
The film focuses on the first five months of their legal process, including the band's trial and incarceration. Never before seen footage includes the two harsh prisons they were detained in, as well as a number of interviews with relatives of the band, friends and their lawyers.
Directed by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin, the film also explores the themes of justice and the judicial system in Russia, as well as the role of patriarchy. In an earlier interview with Rolling Stone, Lerner noted that Pussy Riot's legal plight was "one of the stories of the decade. It's feminism on trial."
Band member Katya Samutsevich appeared via Skype for the movie's premiere. Samutsevich's sentence was suspended while the other two band members are still in prison, awaiting any possible early release.
Pozodorvkin translated Samutsevich's responses to questions that ranged from fear of safety since leaving prison to the punishment they received to plans for future music. In response to that question, Samutsevich said, "No, we reject commercialism of any sort, and we have no plans to release anything commercial. We will never commodify our art."
No premiere date for the film in the U.S. and Canada was released.


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Fourth match had Oregon Cricket Club up against Portland Warriors. A hat trick by Narinder of the Warriors pinned the Oregon Cricket Club back but some fantastic batting by Vikram and a good anchor role by Daniel lead them to a score of 178. A good opening partnership by Jayan and Thilak put Portland Warriors in a a great place and even though they lost some wickets they were able to finish of the game with 3 overs to spare. Portland Warriors won by 7 wickets.
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DEFINITION of 'Energy And Commerce Committee '
A established by in 1975 by the United States House of Representatives to oversee general national energy policy, public health, general interstate and foreign commerce, consumer affairs and consumer protection relating to the exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing and regulation of energy resources and development, and a host of other functions. The Energy and Commerce Committee is one of the oldest House committees.
BREAKING DOWN 'Energy And Commerce Committee '
The only other standing committees in the House that are as old or older than the Energy and Commerce Committee and have been in continual operation are the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Rules Committee.


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By The Camden Hospital for Animals | Mar 24, 2014
Just as in people, obesity is a growing problem in veterinary medicine. The prevalence of obesity within the general veterinary population is estimated to be around 25%. Contributing to the high prevalence of disease is the fact that many owners are not aware of the animal's weight problem or minimize their obesity as a problem.
Read more from Dr. Stacey Contakos on how your pets' weight can have an impact of their overall health.
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Published: February 3, 2011
Matt, Meg, Vaughn and Riley Manning of Nashville, Tenn., hang out on their porch during one of many snowfalls this year. Photo sent in by proud grandparents Phyllis and Don Manning of Canfield.
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My husband and I finally got to Bernie's Southern Bistro, and I have not been that disappointed in a lauded restaurant in a long time. I am hoping this was an anomoly, or perhaps a result of our son's presence, but here's our tale:
We arrived to dine early, were greeted promptly, and found the deck/patio is stunning and inviting. However, the look of disdain and shock aimed at us for daring to bring our 15 mo. old was unpleasant. We ordered, the service was perfunctory and not entirely hateful. The hushpuppy appetizer was ok, nothing special, nicely crispy, etc. The orange marmelade/jalapeno sauce had promise, but didn't deliver much beyond a little moisture to the somewhat dry little pups. I had the much lauded fried chicken, and while I am more than happy to try a new twist on an old favorite, this prep didn't do much for chicken. The skinless, boneless part is convenient, but the breast was I think a little overcooked, and there was no satisfying crunch to the breading. The flavor was good, however, and there was nothing overtly *bad* per se about it. It just wasn't very good. The sides, however, which are my favorite part of the southern meal, were horrendous. The greens were cold and overcooked, the garlic mashed potatoes cold and bland, and while the gravy was hot, it congealed quickly on the cold taters. My husband had the blackened catfish, found it very oily and not spicy, but did enjoy the sweet potatoes. We both found the cornbread dry and starchy--too dense, not fluffy, etc. Some of these complaints are a matter of taste, I know, and I don't want to initiate a round of what is and isn't southern cooking, but I was shocked at the things that were wrong according to any definition. I'm hoping we went on an off night, as I really wanted to like it--and I know, believe me, that the entrance of a toddler in a decent restaurant always makes the waitstaff twitch, so we'd be sure to get childcare if we return. We tried to go early to avoid bothering the bulk of the diners, and we left long before the squidlet made an impact on anyone else's experience (and cleaned his area, for the sake of the crew!). My question is--after this experience, should we bother to do so?
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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, North Carolina, pioneers in the implementation of a literacy-based curriculum, participated in the scientific-research, and assisted in creating the professional development materials.
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Research-based strategies for building vocabulary from pre-K to grade 3.
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STRATO: Hosting Firm Halves Price of Customer Operating Systems With Virtual Servers
Berlin-based web hosting provider STRATO - the second-largest web hosting firm in Europe - wanted to give customers a service on virtualised Windows-based servers to make its pricing more competitive. Previously, STRATO was only able to provision virtualised Linux servers, but demand for a cost-effective Windows-hosted solution was growing. STRATO chose Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V virtualisation technology and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 for manageability. Hyper-V guaranteed STRATO fast time to market - using a different solution would have taken three to six months longer. The company is now offering its 1.5 million customers a virtualised Windows Server OS for half the price of a dedicated server.


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Eddy Punch Clock wrote:donlever wrote:....I hear that the management team and ownership were staying at a resort outside of San Jose while the team was in town at a hotel.
Common or uncommon? I don't know.
A declaration of separation?
Making future plans while post season going forward when it is clear the team is badly damaged?
I was asking that yesterday.
Blake Price thought is was odd whereas Sekeres had no issue with it.
I'm leaning more towards the conspiracy theory side... keeps things more interesting that way.
The owners like to party - very hard. Not difficult to see why they'd be at a resort. This is not really a business for them, it's their entertainment.


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Rhea Perlman Allegedly Divorces Danny DeVito Over Wandering Eye, Should Probably Hire Matilda To Teach Him A Lesson
At this point, I'm starting to wonder if there's any point in continuing to sweep the pieces of my shattered heart off the floor. Not only am I still recovering from the news that Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito are divorcing, but now I'm forced to come to terms with rumors that he suffers from a wandering eye.
Of all the diagnoses I would have given this couple on WebMD, wandering eye would not be one of them.
According to Radar Online, a source close to the family (or probably now, formally close to the family) reveals that things haven't been well in paradise in about 10 years. Possibly due to the stress of fleeing the country and giving custody of their magical daughter Matilda to her emotionally-abused teacher who will need years of therapy to cope with her Aunt Trunchbull. Or maybe not. Maybe it's something not related the plot of the greatest movie they ever made together.
"Danny can be quite the flirt and because of his powerful status in Hollywood, he's not ashamed to abuse his position and chat-up young, aspiring woman looking to make it in the industry. Despite his reputation as a lovable, funny guy in movies and on TV, Danny's actually quite the womanizer. And, like a lot of red-blooded males, if he sees an attractive girl in a coffee shop or walking down the street, he will give her the eye. After years of turning a blind eye to it, Rhea finally snapped. She had enough of his bad-boy behavior and wanted an end to their marriage."
At least when Amy Poehler and Will Arnett drove divorce stakes into our hearts, they did it amicably. But with Rheanny, we have to hear about wandering eyes and womanizing and all kinds of horrible words that make me dislike Danny.
Does a good Hollywood marriage exist? Is anyone happy? Who's even left now that we care about?
I suppose Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy are our next great hope when it comes to relationships we can believe in, and that's pretty bleak.
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Ontario's universal influenza program reduces influenza attacks and deaths and is economically attractive
A universal program to provide free influenza vaccination to everyone in Ontario, Canada is economically attractive compared to vaccination programs in other Canadian provinces targeting people at high risk of influenza, according to an analysis published in PLoS Medicine this week.
Beate Sander of the University of Toronto and colleagues evaluated the health outcomes and health care costs of Ontario's program which since 2000 has offered everyone over six months of age a free influenza vaccination. Their appraisal follows a 2008 study also published in PLoS Medicine showing that after the introduction of the universal program in Ontario vaccination rates increased, deaths from influenza decreased and influenza-related use of health care facilities decreased in comparison with the provinces with targeted programs. Most Canadian provinces target free vaccination programs only at people aged 65 years or older, those with chronic medical conditions or health care workers - all groups that are at high risk of influenza complications.
The researchers compared vaccine uptake, physician visits, emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths from influenza in Ontario and nine other Canadian provinces between 1997 and 2004. Ontario's universal program cost about twice as much as the targeted vaccination program, but the researchers estimate that it reduced the number of influenza cases by two thirds and the number of influenza deaths by more than a quarter. The researchers calculated that the additional expenditure required to generate a year of perfect health - expressed as cost per quality-adjusted-life-year (QALY) - in Ontario 's universal program was approximately Can$11,000 per QALY gained, a figure that would be considered cost-effective in high-income countries such as Canada.
The researchers conclude that Ontario's universal program is economically attractive - reducing the number of influenza cases and deaths and reducing health resources used. They acknowledge that province-specific epidemiological and health care factors may have influenced the size of this effect. But given the findings, the researchers suggest that universal vaccination programs may be an appealing intervention in other Canadian provinces and in high-income jurisdictions with influenza transmission rates and health care costs similar to those in Ontario.
Citation: Sander B, Kwong JC, Bauch CT, Maetzel A, McGeer A, et al. (2010) Economic Appraisal of Ontario's Universal Influenza Immunization Program: A Cost-Utility Analysis. PLoS Med 7(4): e1000256. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000256
Funding: This study was supported by an operating grant from the University of Toronto Research Program, which provided fellowship support for BA, and by an operating grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada. JCK was supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship Award at the time of the study and is currently supported by an Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) Career Scientist Award and a University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine Research Scholar Award. This work was made possible with the support of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), which is funded in part by the Ontario MOHLTC. The opinions, results and conclusions reported in this paper are those of the authors and are independent from the funding sources. No endorsement by ICES or the Ontario MOHLTC is intended or should be inferred. The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. The researchers are independent from the funders.
Competing Interests: BS has served as consultant to F. Hoffmann La-Roche for economic evaluations of Tamiflu (unrestricted funding). BS has received travel grants and honoraria for speaking at meetings on pandemic influenza mitigation strategies from F. Hoffmann La-Roche.
Related PLoS Medicine study Kwong JC, Stukel TA, Lim J, McGeer AJ, Upshur REG, et al. (2008) The Effect of Universal Influenza Immunization on Mortality and Health Care Use. PLoS Med 5(10): e211.
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(UPDATED) Panasonic GH2 in Stock in Europe (France, UK and Germany)
Good morning and good news for us europeans folks! Thanks to our very observant readers we now know the GH2 is in Stock in some shops in France, Germany and UK.
Amazon France (Click here) has two GH2 in Stock. In UK Mathers of Lancaster already shipped a few cameras. In germany www.audiophilfoto.de has a few GH2 in Stock. A lucky german guy was informed by Amazon Deutschland that his GH2 has been shipped:
"Lieferung voraussichtlich: 7. Dezember 2010 – 10. Dezember 2010
Voraussichtlicher Versand dieser Artikel: 6. Dezember 2010 – 7. Dezember 2010
1 "Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH 2 Kit mattschwarz + 14-140 mm"
Elektronik; EUR 1.550,00"
UPDATE: Amazon.de has no GH2 in Stock yet. But at leats they shipped a few cameras to those guys that preordered it a few weeks ago. It looks like also Amazon France has no more GH2 in Stock!!!
For US guys. I was informed that Amazon US will start shipping the GH2 next week!
Help other 43rumors readers to find stores where the GH2 is in Stock by commenting this post! Thanks!
UPDATE2: The GH2 is REALLY in Germany (Foto Video Rutten in Wuppertal)


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A Benefit for NATE MembersWritten by Anonymous, 23 of October, 2011
Free professional development webinars are among the benefits NATE members enjoy. Our Consulting Group was delighted to be asked by the NATE Professional Development team to present a webinar on Blended Learning on Tuesday, October 25 at 1:00 pm Eastern.
NATE members will see how Modern Israel Online, the digital companion to the book Experience Modern Israel (grades 6-7), uses Google Earth to bring Israel alive at home and in the classroom.
Presenters Rabbi Mark Levine, Executive Editor at Behrman House, and Aviva Werner, Editor of Babaganewz.com and author of Experience Modern Israel, will demonstrate how these blended learning tools extend learning into the home, motivate students to learn about Israel, cultivate personal connections to the Jewish homeland, and involve families.
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Sarasota County is one of 20 finalists for the 2013 All-American City community by the National Civic League Sunday, June 16, in Denver, CO.
Sarasota County and the Patterson Foundation made a video that focuses on this year's criteria – honoring veterans and diversity in the community. The video tells a little of Sarasota's history and features North Sarasota Library, Institute for the Ages and the Legacy of Valor at the National Cemetery.
The National Civic League will pick winners based upon the application, the amount of likes on the youtube video and a 10-minute presentation the county staff and volunteers will put on in Denver.
"It's been referred to as the Nobel prize of community," Sarasota County spokesman Curt Preisser said. "It builds community moral, and inspires cohesiveness and community building. It also helps economically and adds to the luster and appeal of Sarasota County for businesses."
Sarasota County and the Patterson Foundation invite community members to join them 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11 at Riverview High School's Auditorium to show their support for the community.
Volunteers and Sarasota County staff will do a practice run of their 10-minute presentation set to be presented in Denver on Sunday. Sarasota County won this award in 2006 and hopes to do so again with the community's support.
Sarasota County encourages everyone to watch the video and like the link to help Sarasota County become the 2013 All-American City Community. "It's about everybody growing in the same direction," Presisser said.
Sarasota County is one of 20 finalists for the 2013 All-American City community by the National Civic League Sunday, June 16, in Denver, CO.


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This hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and conference space. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include dry cleaning, free newspapers, and a garden.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This Wrexham hotel also offers a garden, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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Published 10:02 pm, Thursday, January 17, 2013
A former Jefferson High School dance team coach was ordered to permanently surrender her teaching certificate and serve seven years of deferred adjudication probation Thursday for having sex with an 18-year-old senior.
In a police affidavit, the youth also described a series of prior sexual encounters with the school's book and poetry club adviser, who he said he met at the end of his junior year.
Attorneys for Destini Michelle Munoz, the dance instructor, told state District Judge Melisa Skinner on Thursday that their client was 26 in March 2011 when she was arrested after a female student told San Antonio Independent School District police that the teacher confessed to her.
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While she very much regrets what happened and acknowledges she has destroyed her life, the encounters wouldn't have been illegal if the two had met anywhere other than school, attorney Louis Martinez said.
Munoz pleaded no contest in November to improper relationship between a student and a child. Under terms of the plea agreement, prosecutors recommended regular probation but opposed deferred adjudication, which if completed successfully will mean Munoz won't have a felony conviction on her record.
Adriana Biggs, chief of the district attorney's white collar crimes division, described the student as a "reluctant complainant."
"It's quite a challenge to get a case like this to court," Biggs said. "There is a different perception (among jurors) of a female teacher who is close in age to the student."
The youth told investigators he began flirting with Munoz via text messages and kissed her one day as she was eating lunch in her classroom. She went to his house for the first time the same day she was in court for her divorce, the student said.
"I remember right after I said, 'I can't believe I just had sex with my teacher,'" the student told police. "She got mad and told me not to say anything, and said that I had killed the mood."
Because the student was 18 during the encounters with Munoz, she will not have to register as a sex offender.
An investigation remains open against the other teacher, who has not been arrested, according to the district attorney's office. That teacher resigned the same semester that rumors of her inappropriate relationship surfaced, SAISD spokeswoman Leslie Price said.
The youth's father would sometimes see that teacher sneaking into their house late at night but told his son only, "Be careful," the student said.
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Limits to growth, sustainable development and environmental kuznets curves: an examination of the environmental impact of economic development
The nature of the relationship between economic development and the environment has been discussed since the 1960s, yet opinion remains divided. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation and begins by reviewing the largely theoretical discussions from the 'limits to growth' debate of the 1970s to the advent of sustainable development in the 1980s. The paper then examines the recent studies that have subjected the growth - environment relationship to a statistical analysis through the estimation of environmental Kuznets curves (EKCs). The extent to which these studies indicate a decoupling of environmental damage from growth is considered and reasons are suggested why some environmental indicators appear to improve with growth whilst others deteriorate. In order to illustrate the need to interpret EKCs carefully, forecasts of global emissions are made, for the period 1990-2020, for two pollutants that EKCs suggest are being decoupled from economic growth. Policy implications are then discussed. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
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- Cole, M.A. & Rayner, A.J. & Bates, J.M., 1997. "The environmental Kuznets curve: an empirical analysis," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 2(04), pages 401-416, November.
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The Public Art Wall project with the city of Brentwood offers local artists a chance to introduce their work to the general public and connect with regional art organizations.
Located at the Brentwood Community Center, this ongoing exhibition is designed to enhance community access to the Community Center and create partnerships between artists and the Brentwood Arts Commission.
The public spaces will showcase artists and art organizations in Brentwood. First preference will be for Brentwood residents followed by those from other East County cities and communities.
Application packets for the public art walls are now available from the Parks and Recreation department now through Oct. 12 and the exhibit will start on Jan. 1.
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For Bobby Marks, summer does not equal fun.
While most people are happy to take off their heavy jackets and long pants, Bobby can't even button his jeans or reach over his belly to touch his toes. Spending the summer at Rumson Lake is sheer torture.
This particular summer promises to be worse than usual. His parents can't stop fighting. His best friend, Joanie, goes home to New York City and won't tell him why. Dr. Kahn, a rich, stingy estate owner who hires him to manage an enormous lawn, is working him to death. And to top it off, a local bully won't stop torturing him.
Bobby is about to find out just how terrifying and exhilarating one fat summer can be.
This story of one boy's struggles in the summer of 1955 is a snapshot of 1950s culture. The boy must deal with low self-esteem and family relationships, in addition to racial prejudice. At age 14, Bobby weighs over 200 pounds. His best friend, Joanie, has a long crooked nose, and the two of them are very good at pretending that they do not hear the cutting remarks of their peers. Since Joanie has to be away for a large part of the summer, Bobby decides to get a job to keep him busy and to avoid the embarrassing swimming activities at day camp on Rumson Lake. While his lean, athletic father rides him about his weight and his mother coddles and protects him from everything, Bobbie dreams of being a writer. The book he is writing in his head will be called, The Secret Summer. His careful descriptions of his surroundings as he narrates the story reflect his talent: "The lawn spread out before him like a velvet green ocean it was so large." From the descriptions of his daydreams, his way of dealing with the extreme heat and exhaustion of the new job, to his real life encounters with bullies, this is a tale about being scared, doing the right thing, and doing something for oneself. Although his father shows confidence in Bobby's ability to lose weight, his father's anger over his mother's job outside the home is misdirected toward Bobby. He keeps his job a secret so that he doesn't have to hear his parents' constant worries. His older sister keeps his secret in exchange for his silence about her visits with her boyfriend. Bobby's perseverance in the face of continuous teasing by year-round roughnecks sets a good example for children striving to overcome feeling like a misfit. 1991 (orig.1977), HarperTrophy/HarperCollins, Ages 12 up.


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Protesters defy food-sharing ban in El Cajon
"If hep A was as big a concern as they're saying it is, they'd have bathrooms."
Dave Rice 9 a.m., Nov. 20
While growing up, I traveled with my family on numerous road-trips. There were trans-American excursions to reunions in Indiana, Ohio, and Texas. There were West Coast traverses to spend summers at our cabin in the woods of Oregon. There were, at least, monthly jaunts up the Southern Californian coast to L.A. and Ventura for get-togethers with kith & kin. Through all these many miles and many experiences, both good and bad, there was my mom's travel medicine kit.
It looked to be a typical travel kit, maybe yeah long and yeah wide, gray in color with white trim. It had two ordinary metal fasteners along the front, but this kit holds an esteemed spot in the banks of my memory. I don't remember a single trip without that kit sitting on the front seat of the station wagon between Mom and Dad. There it rode, quietly waiting, until its services were needed.
The smells of the kit, a combination of menthol deep-heating rub, semi-inexpensive perfume, and Wrigley's spearmint gum, were a subtle olfactory smorgasbord—with the lid closed. With the lid raised you had to be careful not to get caught by a direct hit from the interior; small aircraft and weather fronts were known to be driven off course by the contents!
I remember well the sound of the two snap fasteners opening, "clack," "clack," the hinged lid being lifted with a slow creak, the hard plastic handle succumbing to gravity, as the lid raised, and striking the case with a dull thud.
Because the kit contained all the standard remedies for all the standard maladies, the tastes it produced ranged from the delights of a Hersey Kiss to the jaw-dropping horribleness of various commercial cough syrups that shall remain nameless.
The sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of the kit are cherished childhood memories, but the kit represented so much more…
There was the coziness of leaning over the front seat while stretched out in my bed-roll, quietly asking Dad questions while Mom and my brother and sister slept around us. Rolling along with Dad marathoning into the wee hours, pulling over only for a quick pre-dawn nap before the four-wheeled attack continued. There was the certainty of coming to Mom with pretty much any problem, from a blistered heel to a lemonade/mud-pie bellyache, and she knowing the right combination of Bactine, TLC, and "get tough it's only a scratch" to get me back on my feet. There was, finally, the security of spending the night in a lesser known relative's home; of stumbling through the midnight darkness with a dream-clouded brain; of searching for the bathroom light switch and having order restored only when illumination revealed the familiar kit atop the counter.
As I work here in Scripps Ranch preparing our family home to sell, Mom and Dad are both gone and with its interior mirror cracked and its hinges giving out, so is the medicine kit. I find comfort though knowing that I can always take a sweet drive down memory lane where I never have to worry about gas prices!
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