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Steven A. Feinstein, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Health System Clinician, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Department: Medicine
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250 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, Pa 19087
Office: 6109025600
BS (Biology and Psychology)
LaSalle College, 1979.
Washington University in St. Louis, 1983.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1983-1984.
Resident in Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1984-1986.
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American Board of Internal Medicine, 1986.
American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, 1994.
Description of Clinical ExpertiseI have a specific interest in developing and monitoring cost effective utilization strategies for medications in the treatment of common human medical ailments. I have worked as the Chairman of a large local Medicaid and a national Medicare Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for several years and understand the complexities of maintaining a medication formulary that balances patient needs with cost constraints. The added element of Governmental regulations and expectations further adds to the challenges in this field. My active clinical practice of Internal Medicine also adds to my perspective in this area.
Description of Other ExpertiseI have an interest in Peer Review activities as pertains to the appropriateness and necessity of medical treatments provided for individuals who are sick or injured. I serve as a peer reviewer for Medicare, Tricare, a medicaid HMO, Medicare Part D, as well as for a number of national Insurance companies regarding work related injuries, automobile accident injuries, and liability issues. I am the Medical Director of a company specializing in peer reviews, medical record reviews, and independent medical examinations. Past experience also includes hospital and health system based utilization review activities.
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Uncertainty about Lofa Tatupu's future as a Seahawk
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RENTON -- Linebacker Lofa Tatupu has been present at the team's last two practices, but watched from the sidelines.
What's going on?
Well, there is a certain degree of uncertainty about his future with the team, and the reality is that he has been asked to adjust his contract.
Tatupu, 28, signed a contract extension in 2008, which calls for him to make a salary of more than $4 million this season.
He is the nerve center for Seattle's defense, its leader and a favorite of coach Pete Carroll. The game has also taken a physical toll on him. He played only five games in 2010, suffering a torn pectoral muscle that knocked him out for the season. He underwent surgery on both knees after last season.
If he does not accept a reduction in salary, it presumably could lead to his release.
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You might have heard about the Chinese proverb that says, "When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people."
And part of that training should be developing a backup plan.
You may have made the best-laid plans, but what if something unexpected happens? I can't emphasize enough how important backup plans are. You should always have a plan B and possibly a plan C and a plan D. The bigger the deal or event, the more detailed your backup plan should be.
As I was building my envelope manufacturing company, whenever we had a big event I would always ask everyone on my team, "What can go wrong?" And just as important, "What is our backup plan?"
Planning is time consuming, and let's face it, many people don't like to do it. But when you think about it, in business you don't put all your eggs in one basket. That would be regarded as rash or unprofessional. That's why you need a plan and, equally important, a backup plan.
I'm a big believer in being prepared. How many special events, meetings, weddings or businesses have been ruined because people didn't have backup plans? We live in an imperfect world. If we don't plan for something to go wrong, something inevitably will. Read more about this story on PBJ.com.
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Geography Alumni, 1980–1989
Mark Galough, 1980
Upon graduation Mark started working as a cartographer but then moved into economic development.
Richard Ruth III, 1981
Richard reports that his career has been rooted in geography since graduation. Today he is a New York State Licensed Professional Engineer and holds the title of Senior Project Engineer with a consulting firm in Kingston. He has also been senior project coordinator in environmental programs for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
Neil Heywood, 1982
Neil completed his M.A. at the University of Georgia in 1984 and his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado in 1989. He is currently on the faculty in the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. In this capacity he has received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to assist multiple Wisconsin Native American nations' environmental management coordination. He won an Excellence in University Teaching award in 1998 and has been very active in research, professional development and service.
Thomas Mason, 1982
Tom's career has been with the U.S. Air Force. As an intelligence analyst he has used his skills in remote sensing and earned awards as an imagery analyst. Much of his intelligence work has involved treaty verification and other security-type aspects. "I'm convinced that my success in this profession is liked to my studies at Plattsburgh." He is now a mid-level commander with the Air National Guard in Scotia that flies ski-equipped LC-130 planes about the Antarctic continent.
Sandra Ryan, 1983
Since graduation Sandra has earned a master's degree in geography from Oregon State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. Her work with the Forest Service started in Oregon in the Siskiyou National Forest and she moved to her current position as Research Hydrologist/Geomorphologist with the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station in Laramie, Wyoming. Her current research is on the impacts of wildfire on stream sedimentation, channel morphology, and aquatic habitat and she heads up a research team consisting of a Riparian Ecologist, Fisheries Biologist, Aquatic Ecologist, a few Hydrologists, and assorted technicians. Sandy says this about geography: "The study of geography has had a rather substantial impact on my life's work. What I've always appreciated most about the field is its integrative nature, combining elements of the physical environment within the human context. Given the nature of environmental issues facing the globe today, integrating knowledge from a number of disciplines is critical in developing workable solutions and the field of geography is the perfect arena where this can happen."
Peter Lorenz, 1984
Peter is currently Program Director, Navy Doctrine, Navy Tactical Development and Evaluation Program. He was a former naval aviator. During his career he has visited 65 different countries. Peter states: "Bottom line is the things I learned as a geography major have helped me succeed throughout my life both professionally and personally."
Glenn Fitchett, 1985
Upon graduation Glenn went to work for Grumman Aerospace Corp but in 15 months went to work for Topo-Metric Inc, a surveying and mapping firm on Long Island. He left this firm in 1993 to join the Fire Department of the City of New York where he is still employed.
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Education for Sustainable Development: National, Regional and Global Perspectives
This paper focuses on the correlation between education and sustainable development unveiling the human dimension of development process. In authors' opinion, success in revising unsustainable trends will, to a large extent, depend on the flexibility in understanding the type of education needed for sustainable human development. For the national level of analysis, it has been used neo-institutional mental models to interpret the environment in which education takes form. Knowledge acquisition is underlain by perceptions derived from the process of collective learning across generations, and is a cumulative process subject to social and cultural filtration. As learning incentives are also influenced by culture, there is nothing to guarantee that the amount of experience gathered by society can adjust the incentives so as to support the solution identification for sustainable development. The inertia of path dependence phenomenon much impedes the progress towards the implementation of the sustainable development goals. From a European perspective, education for sustainable development is a lifelong process and goes beyond formal education. By promoting essential social and civic values such as equality, tolerance, respect and active citizenship, education makes a significant contribution to strengthening social cohesion and thus mutually human cooperative actions. For the global perspective on the issue some incremental mentality and paradigmatic shifts toward global intelligence are needed. That is developing ability to understand, respond to, and work for what is in the best interest of and will benefit all human beings and all other life on our planet. The global intelligence presupposes a holistic mode of thinking, a transdisciplinary one, and also new kinds of knowledge emerged from intercultural cooperation. This is indeed a drastic change in the rhetoric of sustainable development, one that will bring viable alternatives for the unilateral economic logic.
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The Politics of Judicial Public Reason: Secular Interests and Religious Rights
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This paper seeks a better understanding of the role of public reason in alimenting or defusing religious conflicts by looking at how courts apply it in deciding cases arising out of them. Recent scholarship and judicial decisions suggest, paradoxically, that courts can be biased towards either the secular or the religious. This risks alienating both religious majorities and religious and secular minorities. Judicial public reason is uniquely equipped to protect minorities, and its costs to religious majorities may be mitigated by accepting religious morality and identity claims in the political and legislative realm. Despite the political fragilities of judicial public reason, it is not intrinsically hostile to religious claims. It ought in fact to be fully equipped to recognize the equality and religious freedom rights that religious groups and individuals might assert in pursuing exemptions from general secular laws. Judicial public reason does have the potential to defuse religious conflicts, however much it falls short in practice.
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Fashion Merchandising Mgmt Courses:
|FBM115 - Principles of Textiles
Catalog Description: Examines natural and man-made fibers, yarns, fabric construction, color application, finishes, performance and maintenance. Spring only.
Lecture: 3 hrs.
Course Student Learning Outcomes (CSLOs):
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate each of the following skills through written papers, tests, projects, and oral reports:
1.Identify a minimum of 15 different fibers, weaves, bonds, knits and knots and understand important factors when selecting textiles for various uses by completing all of the assignments presented.
2.Define the general characteristics of fiber families, yarns, fabrication methods, color applications, fabric finishes, care of textiles, and how each relates to fabric appearance and the ultimate use by scoring at least 70% competency on EACH unit test.*
3.Create a hands-on product, following specific project directions, that demonstrates an understanding of textiles.
4.Identify textile legislation as to the selection and care of textile products, and environmental and human rights issues by scoring at least 70% competency on EACH unit test.
5.Explain the uses of textiles within and outside the clothing industry and job opportunities in this field by writing 5 video review critiques.
6.Write weekly journal entries and complete Internet research assignments related to the topic discussed in class.
7.Participate in one committee, as assigned, in the annual college fashion show.
8.Write thank you notes and required reports for special projects as assigned.
9.Students will identify and apply the introductory use of sewing equipment, software and tools of Fashion Industry.
* This course objective has been identified as a student learning outcome that must be formally assessed as part of the Comprehensive Assessment Plan of the college. All faculty teaching this course must collect the required data and submit the required analysis and documentation at the conclusion of the semester to the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment.
Content Outline:
I.Overview of the Textile Industry
C.Economic Contributions
D.Influencing Factors
II.Indepth Study of the Production Generic and Trade Names
Characteristics, Uses and Care of the Numerous Fibers.
B.Man Made
III.Production, Uses, Characteristics, and Effects of the Various
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Many Americans incorrectly believe that the Battle of the Little Bighorn left no survivors, but there were countless men and women who survived. They were able to recall details of a battle that remains a quintessential moment in American history, but they were Indians. One Lakota warrior recalled that the fighting had lasted no longer than a hungry man needed to eat his lunch. In historical context, June 21, 1876, the day that George Armstrong Custer and nearly 300 soldiers and scouts of the Seventh Calvary were killed in battle with Indian warriors led by Sitting Bull, was as significant in its time as was September 11, 2001.
Still, today there is far more unknown about the battle than known. Was Custer foolish, unlucky, or betrayed by fellow officers? Did he die immediately, or did he fight courageously? Did the battle last minutes or hours? Questions abound and answers are few. Perhaps that explains why the life of George Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn remain fertile ground for historians and writers.
Nathaniel Philbrick, author of MAYFLOWER, SEA OF GLORY, and IN THE HEART OF THE SEA, has shifted his focus to the American west with THE LAST STAND. Recounting the battle in a clear and neutral account, he adds to the rich history of the battle and the participants. Custer, Sitting Bull, Major Marcus Reno, and Captain Frederick Benteen are portrayed as neither heroes nor villains. Each made decisions in the fog of battle that were closely examined in 1876 and continue to be debated to this day. Students of the Little Bighorn may find some new information in the book. For example, Philbrick reports that Sitting Bull did not physically lead his troops in battle but exhorted his minions a distance from the battlefield. Generally, THE LAST STAND offers no "smoking gun" to those seeking answers to the mysteries of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
George Custer is the focus of THE LAST STAND. While Philbrick spends little time on Custer's Civil War battle experience and its influence on his military career, he offers readers insight into the enigmatic soldier who is certainly one of history's most recognized military figures. Custer was obsessed with cleanliness. He washed his hands constantly and carried a toothbrush on him at all times. He was a gambler and a womanizer, but did not drink. While known to the Indians as "yellow hair" for his long flowing locks, he fought his final battle with his hair closely shorn. Custer had lived an incredible life when one considers that he died in battle at age 36.
Philbrick focuses his historical writing on the role that major events have in shaping the American experience. The portrayal of the battle shifts among the Indians, Custer's troops, and Benteen and Reno. Each of the four sum of the parts behaved in a fashion that led to the final conclusion of the battle. Had any of the four behaved differently, the battle may well have ended with a different outcome. A victorious George Custer may have influenced American history in a far different fashion than did the martyrdom of his death.
The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the life of George Custer remain one of history's mysteries and myths. Custer has been portrayed in movies as an idealist, madman, and tactician who made fatal errors in June 1876. THE LAST STAND is a worthy addition to Custerology, an unsolved mystery that historians seek to solve today and certainly will continue to do so in the future.
Reviewed by Stuart Shiffman on December 30, 2010
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and The Battle of the Little Bighorn


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An Augusta man was arrested Friday on charges of contributing to the deprivation of a minor.
According to a Richmond County sheriff's report, an officer responded to a call early Friday morning that three children were home alone.
The officer went to an apartment in the 2200 block of Rosier Road shortly before 2 a.m. and knocked on the front door. When no one answered, the officer checked the front door and found it unlocked. He entered and identified himself as being with the sheriff's office. When no one responded, he checked and found the children in an upstairs bedroom.
The officer asked the oldest child who was watching them and she said her stepfather. The officer found out that the mother was at work. She came home when she was called and said that she had left the children with the suspect and gone to work.
The Department of Family and Children Services was notified, and the children were turned over to their mother.
Mack Ishamil Godbold, 26, of the Rosier Road address, was arrested on three counts of contributing to the deprivation of a minor.


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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- French forensic experts arrived in the West Bank to oversee the exhumation of Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat's body, officials said.
The process began Nov. 13, and Abbas legal aide Hassan al-Arouri told the Palestinian Ma'an News Agency testing on the body will begin Monday.
The testing will be overseen by French and Palestinian experts, but it will be closed to media and family members.
French authorities initiated an inquiry into the PLO leader's death this year after high levels of radioactive material were found on some of his personal belongings.
Arafat's widow, Suha Arafat, lodged a formal legal complaint for murder. She told CNN she wanted her husband's body exhumed so investigators could be "100 percent sure" the radioactive substance was present.
Other family members have not been as supportive of the exhumation.
"We say openly that our leader, our founder was assassinated by Israel with poison. The overwhelming majority of the Palestinian people is convinced of this," Nasser al-Kidwa, Arafat's nephew and a senior official in Abbas's Fatah group, said Saturday.
Arafat was 75 when he died in a Paris military hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage and slipping into a coma.
Just before his death, Palestinian officials said he had a blood disorder and digestive problems. Suggestions he had been poisoned had circulated at the time but then-Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Sha'ath said he "totally" ruled them out.
A Swiss doctor later said investigators had found high levels of toxic polonium-210 on some of Arafat's belongings, CNN said.
A body fluid stain indicated 180 mega-becquerels per liter of polonium-210; a typical sample would contain 5 mega-becquerels per liter, the doctor said. The fabric of Arafat's clothing, without body fluid, contained less than 10 mega-becquerels per liter. (A becquerel is a measurement of radioactivity.)


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FARMINGTON - When Wesley Irwin decided to build the first convenience store and gas station in the Oconee County community of Farmington, his decision was based on the idea that this stretch of U.S. Highway 441, between Bishop and Madison, didn't have enough gas stations - especially considering the 12,000 times a day cars pass through the micro-town.
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"I used to commute from Watkinsville and Madison for work every day, and I just noticed that there was almost no where to stop in between Bishop and Madison," Irwin said.
"It always just seemed that there should be a gas station there, and it was just luck that we found this lot."
What didn't affect his decision was the state Department of Transportation's not-quite-finalized plan for four-laning the 16.6-mile stretch of U.S. 441 that runs through Oconee County, said Irwin. The plan calls for widening U.S. 441, which also is designated as U.S. Highway 129 and Georgia Highway 24, all the way from the Madison bypass in Morgan County north to the Watkinsville bypass in Oconee County.
Fast Phil's of Farmington, the second in a chain of gas stations that Irwin either has or will open, can't wait around for the DOT to make up its mind on the exact route the road will take, he said.
It's certain that the DOT will be widening the highway and building a bypass around Bishop, said Mike Leonas, director of the Oconee County Public Works Department. However, neither the path this bypass will follow or what the widening project will knock out of its way for growing room has been finalized or released to the public, Leonas said.
DOT officials will release that information at a town hall meeting set for 4-7 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Oconee County Civic Center, said Teri Pope, a DOT spokeswoman.
A similar meeting was planned for a date earlier this summer, but was scratched when DOT officials found environmental impact problems with the projected path of the bypass, Leonas said.
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Rudy Barientos, left, gets some instruction from Frank Martinez at the future site of Fast Phil's, Farmington's first convenience store.
When building a road, the term "environmental" concerns encompass everything from federally protected wetlands, old unmarked gravesites, noise concerns and even dilapidated, but historically significant old barns, Leonas said.
It was a combination of these factors that scrapped the DOT's first plan for the U.S. 441 bypass around Bishop, first drafted in 1995. For the last 10 years, the DOT has been surveying sites for the bypass, trying to find a suitable route that swings west around Bishop and reconnects with the Watkinsville bypass. The southern point at which Bishop's bypass will split from the current site of U.S. 441 has not been released yet.
"They've had a lot of trouble with this alignment," Leonas said of the DOT. "They keep running into historically, archeologically and environmentally (vulnerable) sites."
However, while the DOT searches for a safe path for the bypass, business owners, like Irwin, have been left wondering whether the Bishop bypass will decimate their traffic counts or if the widening project will simply decimate their physical storefront.
Anything the DOT does once it finalizes its plans is at least five or six years down the line, Irwin said. So whatever happens, Fast Phil's will be in Farmington for at least that long, he said.
"The deal is, that whatever they decide to do with the road - if they decide to widen this road and it takes away from my business or takes away the building - they'll compensate me for that," Irwin said. "If the road bypasses me and that takes away from my business, they'll have to compensate me for that or offer me a space along the new road."
Other business owners, who thrive off of the cars streaming up and down U.S. 441, are not ready to even consider those options yet.
Tom Griffith, owner of the Athens-based Golden Pantry convenience store chain, isn't making any plans for his store on U.S. 441 in Bishop until he sees the final plans for the new road at the information meeting on Aug. 15.
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artichokes with roast capsicum and sun-dried tomato sauce
This recipe was submitted by Arly Littleone, who swears by this dish to impress last-minute company. It's not superhero, but looks like a pretty dish to serve guests.
Prep time: 1 hour | Cook time: 25 minutes | Total time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings: 4
- 1 artichoke, peeled and quartered
- 1 capsicum, halved and seeded
- 1/2 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup of sun-dried tomatoes
- 1/2 cup of tomato passata
- 1 teaspoon of vegan brown sugar
- 1 cup of mushrooms, finely chopped
- 1 dash of red wine
- 1 package of angel hair pasta
- 1 teaspoon plus one tablespoon of vegan butter
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Boil large pot of water for pasta and cook pasta to desired tenderness.
- While water boils and pasta cooks, roast the capsicum, artichoke, garlic and onion with olive oil at 350 degrees until corners are just browned.
- Peel the burnt edges of the artichoke off and set the quarters and the baking tray aside
- In a medium bowl combine the roasted capsicum, garlic, onion and sun-dried tomatoes.
- Blend the mixture to taste and add in the passata, the vegan brown sugar and the leftover oil from the baking tray, stirring and seasoning to taste. Once you are happy with the flavors set the mixture aside.
- Heat one teaspoon of butter and some olive oil over high heat in a frying pan. Fry the mushrooms until they start to become crispy.
- Once the mushrooms are crispy, add in the capsicum mixture to the pan with a dash or two of wine and let simmer long enough for the wine to cook off.
- Once the pasta is cooked, drain it and stir in one tablespoon of butter
- Serve the pasta topped with the sauce and a slice of the artichoke.
What's your favorite recipe to serve guests in a pinch? And what the heck is capsicum? Tell me in the comments below! I've never heard of it before.
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Cardinal Health today announced plans to acquire privately held AssuraMed, a leading provider of medical supplies to patients in the home, for $2.07 billion, or $1.94 billion, net of the present value of tax benefits. The acquisition will be financed with a combination of $1.3 billion in new senior unsecured notes and the remainder in cash. The transaction is expected to close by early April 2013.
"AssuraMed is a natural extension of the Cardinal Health businesses and of our mission to be essential to care. The acquisition of this industry leader allows us to serve the growing number of Americans treated in home settings – particularly those patients recovering from acute episodes and those suffering with chronic diseases. This is a platform opportunity for Cardinal Heal th products and services which will be increasingly important as the delivery of care migrates to more cost-effective settings," said George Barrett, chairman and chief executive officer of Cardinal Health.
"It has been a central component of our strategy to help enable the health care system by serving patients throughout the continuum of care. This acquisition further aligns us with key trends including demographic shifts and increased consumerism," Barrett noted. "AssuraMed has an outstanding management team, a mission closely aligned with ours, and a track record of extraordinary customer service and outstanding financial performance. We will be very excited to welcome the AssuraMed team to the Cardinal Health organization."
Assuming the transaction closes by early April 2013, Cardinal Health expects accretion of $.02 - $.03 to its existing non-GAAP fiscal 2013 earnings per share guidance range. For fiscal 2014, the company estimates no n-GAAP EPS accretion of at least $.18 per share, including the cost of an incremental $.08 - $.09 per share of interest expense associated with financing the transaction. The company did not provide the preliminary estimates of the impact of the transaction on fiscal 2013 and 2014 GAAP EPS since the impact is dependent on the timing of the closing and final valuation of intangible assets. Cardinal Health expects the amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, which are excluded from its non-GAAP EPS, to be a significant expense in fiscal 2013 and 2014.
With annual sales in calendar year 2012 of approximately $1 billion, which includes the sales of the recently acquired Invacare Supply Group, AssuraMed currently serves more than 1 million patients nationally with more than 30,000 products. The company operates through two separate businesses, Independence Medical and Edgepark Medical Supplies. In addition to broadening Cardinal Heath's reach into the home, AssuraMed's expertise in products for specific disease categories and small parcel logistics will significantly enhance Cardinal Health's ability to service customers across the broad ambulatory care channel, including care sites such as physician offices and in support of home health agencies. This will also allow Cardinal Health to provide a comprehensive solution for integrated delivery network, retail pharmacy and medical equipment provider customers, who are currently delivering services to the home. The AssuraMed acquisition will also bring additional value to these customers through medical billing expertise and a comprehensive set of relationships with commercial and government payors.
"We are very excited about becoming part of Cardinal Health. Cardinal Health has a long and successful tradition in providing health care solutions to its customers and we know this expertise will enable AssuraMed to move even farther and faster in building out o ur home care business," said Michael Petras, AssuraMed CEO.
After the transaction is complete, Cardinal Health will supply the home health care channel with product lines including ostomy, diabetes, insulin therapy, urological, wound care and incontinence. The company also expects to use this acquisition as a platform to begin offering a variety of its current product offerings in the direct-to-home channel.
Cardinal Health today announced plans to acquire privately held AssuraMed, a leading provider of medical supplies to patients in the home, for $2.07 billion, or $1.94 billion, net of the present value of tax benefits. The acquisition will be financed with a combination of $1.3 billion in new senior unsecured notes and the remainder in cash. The transaction is expected to close by early April 2013.


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Last anthracite photographer
DONALD R. SERFASS/TIMES NEWS Tamaqua native Scott D. Herring of Red Oak, Texas, stands in front of an image he presented this week to Tamaqua SOS as part of the launch of the Hardcoal Chronicles 40th Anniversary, a compilation of almost 150,000 images Herring captured since 1973.
A Tamaqua native who spent four decades capturing on film the legacy of the anthracite coal region arrived in his hometown this week to announce plans for an unprecedented 40th anniversary presentation to be launched in Tamaqua.
Scott D. Herring, 52, of Red Oak, Texas, unveiled his Hardcoal Chronicles 40th Anniversary by donating one of his unique pictures to Tamaqua Save Our Station. The oversized photographic print can be seen hanging inside the dining room of the Restaurant at the Station.
The image, taken July, 1975, shows the Lehigh and New England train, which served the Greenwood Breaker at Lehigh Coal & Navigation's No. 14 Colliery, meeting the westbound Reading Railroad freight train at the 1874 Tamaqua train station.
The image is a representative shot from a rich body of work that documents an era that has quickly faded.
Herring's priceless collection consists of almost 150,000 images that depict the mines, railroads, people and towns that not only forged a heritage and solidified a culture, but essentially built America.
A few thousand of those pictures showcase scenes in the Tamaqua and Panther Valley area.
Those images, he says, belong to the people whose pride, work ethic and rich heritage have made the project special and meaningful.
It is only by making the collection a valued public asset that the yeoman effort will have reached its goals, he says.
"The pictures have no value sitting in my files," says Herring, a Dutch Hill native.
Herring has strong Tamaqua roots. His grandmother was Dorothy Hassan of Pine Street, an early proponent of animal rights who worked side-by-side with Miss Ruth Steinert in creating the Tamaqua SPCA.
His grandfather, Quentin C. Hassan, operated Hassan's Cigar Store at the Five Points.
Herring is the sixth man in the past 150 years, and undoubtedly the final, to thoroughly document the coal regions of northeastern Pennsylvania. It is doubtful anyone can follow in his footsteps to the extent of his mission and accomplishments simply because the subject matter has been depleted; the assets and resources have largely disappeared.
Gone are the towering coal breakers, prolific strip mines and bootleg coal holes, and a once-burgeoning railroad industry that carried the black gold to market.
In fact, due to the loss of the legendary anthracite railroads - fully one-half of the cultural and industrial story - and the rapid disappearance of anthracite cultural landscape evidence, it has been sadly impossible since 1976 for there to be another true anthracite photographer to follow Herring in succession.
The Hardcoal Chronicles is the formal name of the body of work and has been in continuous use, along with the German name 'Starkkohlenfelder of Pennsylvania,' since January of 1975, 13 months after the first image was made.
References to Herring as 'The Last Anthracite Photographer' emerged in various elemental forms in the late 1970s, later formalized by Dominic Keating, president, Anthracite Heritage Museum and Iron Furnaces Associates, and Dan Perry of the Anthracite Museum Complex and Iron Furnaces, in the early 1990s.
The term was used during the lead-up to 'Through Cultural Eyes' - a Twentieth Anniversary Retrospective of The Hardcoal Chronicles exhibit beginning with initial lecture presentations on November 9, 1995, and later displayed continuously at the Anthracite Heritage Museum's Hennemuth Gallery. About 210 images were presented throughout four specially-constructed rooms until January 8, 1997. At that point, the Commonwealth insured and stored the presentation for over a decade.
A story about Herring, his Hardcoal Chronicles 40th, and plans for major showings in 2013 will be detailed in an upcoming TIMES NEWS feature story.


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Back in the summer, I did a post mathematically comparing two routes to campus, one with a small number of traffic lights, the other with a larger number of stop signs, and looked at which would be faster. Later on, I did the experiment, too.) Having spent a bunch of time on this, I was thinking about whether I could use this as a problem for the intro physics class. I decided against it last fall, but something else reminded me of this, and I started poking at it again.
So, I played around a bit with some numbers, and came up with the following possible framing for a question. I'll throw this out here, to see what people think, then I'll post some solutions in a few hours.
A car starts from rest at the beginning of a straight 1km course, accelerates up to some speed, cruises at constant speed for a while, then decelerates to a stop at the end of the course. A second, identical car does the same course, but decelerates to a stop at the halfway point. It then immediately accelerates back to its cruising speed, and then decelerates to a stop at the end of the course.
How much faster does the second car have to go in order to complete the course in the same time as the first car?
Obviously, this requires some assumptions about the speed and acceleration of the car, which might make for some useful discussion. You can find the necessary math at the first link above, if you want to work it out. For a class using a clicker-type response system, I'd turn it into a poll question like so:
So, we'll leave this up for a while, and then this afternoon, I'll post some analysis. Feel free to share your thoughts about appropriate assumptions, etc. in the comments. Or to suggest ways to re-cast the problem that might be more useful. This is classical physics, though, so you don't get to choose more than one option.


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Google Reveals What We Lie About the Most
Google was built for the user to find information about the world. However, what we search for on Google gives the world a lot of insight into ourselves.
And it turns out we all have a dirty little secret: We ask Google weird questions, and we lie a lot. Especially about sex!
A 2002 study by Robert Feldman of the University of Massachusetts, found that on average, people told two to three lies in a ten-minute conversation.
So what happens when people fill out surveys, anonymously and unwatched in the privacy of their own home? People get honest. Big data has made surprising revelations about hot button topics like human sexuality.
For example: "Is my husband gay" is significantly more likely to be typed in to a Google search than is my husband "cheating," "an alcoholic" or "depressed." Another surprising find was that men are just as likely to withhold sex as women. Who knew!? The number one relationship search complaint women had by a large margin was "My boyfriend won't have sex with me." Looks like women aren't the only ones who aren't always in the mood.
The biggest revelation with big data might be that Americans simply are not having as much sex as they claim to be. Also, 11 percent of women ages 15 to 44 say they get busy regularly, but don't use protection. Scientists say that technically, 10 percent of them would get pregnant a month. Given that only one in 113 women of childbearing age gets pregnant in the US... the numbers just don't add up. While American culture seems sex-obsessed, it looks like they would rather rather fib than admit they're on dry spell.
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Harlequins have announced that Samoa back-rower Maurie Fa'asavalu has agreed a two-year contract extension that will tie him to the club until the end of the 2013-14 season.
The 31-year-old is currently on international duty at the World Cup, and started Samoa's Pool D games against Namibia and Wales. He joined Quins from Super League side St Helens at the start of last season, and made a big impression as the London club went on to win the Amlin Challenge Cup.
And director of rugby Conor O'Shea is keen to see Fa'asavalu back in a Quins shirt once his commitments in New Zealand are over. He said: "Maurie has made a huge impact on both players and supporters alike and his example as a professional in everything he does is one which all young players should follow.
"He is a delight to have around. There is no doubt he brings something different and will help us develop further as a group. We look forward to having him back after the Rugby World Cup."
Fa'asavalu added: "I am really excited to have re-signed with Harlequins, from the end of this season, for another two years. It's great to be part of a squad that is continually growing and where everyone is working hard to achieve our goals to bring silverware to the club.
"My family has really settled in down here and we enjoy the lifestyle, and the welcoming and inclusive nature of Harlequins makes it a great all round."
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Flapjack festival reveals foibles
An organizer for the Fargo Kiwanis Club Pancake Karnival said the group "made a major, major mistake" in not having enough grills, sausage cookers or coffee machines at Saturday's event.
The Kiwanis will meet today to examine the event to avoid the mistakes from Saturday's event and plan for next year, said Richard Solberg, the group's Guinness Book of World Records contact.
The Kiwanis set the Guinness record for most pancakes served in an eight-hour period in 2008, but the Lubbock (Texas) Lions Club vows to break it this week.
Organizers for the Fargo Kiwanis event said Monday they were battered by a huge turnout and crowd control problems, and extra electric grills bought for the 51st annual feed couldn't crank out the cakes fast enough.
On the flip side, the 16,590 people served at the Fargodome were nearly 5,000 more than the event's previous high, they said
"The crowds just kept coming. It was huge," said longtime Kiwanis member Rick Stern.
"It's a great problem to have though," said event co-chair Shara Fischer. "The community really supported us. ... It was a huge success."
Foot-weary pancake lovers differ on that point.
In a chat on the InForum Web site, Susann of West Fargo called it her worst experience in two decades.
"Two hours in line, only to find out they had cut the sausage limit to one per person to speed up the line. Guess what ... It didn't work. ... This will probably be my last year attending. You owe me a sausage!"
Last year, the Kiwanis served 34,818 pancakes in eight hours. But grill and supply problems sank any shot at a record this year, he said. In all, 32,667 pancakes were served in the eight-hour record window.
"Our plan for next year is to double the production capabilities," to cut waits to less than 30 minutes, said Solberg, adding that the shortage of equipment was a "major, major mistake."
Stern said organizers had put on a marketing blitz, figuring Valentine's Day would make it tough to get 10,000 to show. Instead, it pushed attendance nearly 70 percent above last year's 10,198, he said.
The Kiwanis and Fargodome had long agreed there wouldn't be gas grills on the dome floor. That's why the Kiwanis bought extra electric grills. But those grills didn't cook fast enough, said event co-chairman Arday Ardayfio.
"Whatever we need, we're going to do it," he said. "We have to adjust our process to accommodate our customers."
The president of the Lubbock Lions Club said her group's event this Saturday will grill 50,000 or more cakes.
"We plan to do so many pancakes, that they can't even touch our record," she said.
Solberg said the record may end up in Texas, but he says they shouldn't get too attached to it.
"We definitely blew it this year, but they better not plan that we're going to blow it two years in a row," he said. "If they do break it, we're confident the Guinness World Record plaque will be back in Fargo."


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Groceries have been exempt from the state's 4 percent sales tax since the early 1990s, the largest of dozens of exemptions on the state books.
People buying cars from friends and neighbors would also have to begin paying sales tax. Purchasing cars from dealers has always been taxed.
And the council is calling for a 60-cent hike in the tax on cigarettes. It's lower than the $1-per-pack that anti-smoking advocates have wanted in recent years, but it will bring Georgia's tax up to the average of surrounding states. Council chairman A.D. Frazier has said he didn't want to change the tax to create a disadvantage for retailers on the Georgia border, like those in Augusta, Savannah and Brunswick.
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I was thinking about making some powered by linux mint stickers to help out everyone.
I use to make powered by ubuntu stickers before, but the problem is i cant remember what size to make them so when i print them i can print a whole page of them
So can anyone tell me what size the stickers should be in pixexls????
Im going to use gimp to edit the stickers but i need to know what size to make them for printout.
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I'm not sure what you mean, since you can fit as many on a page as you want.
I think the size should be determined by what the image is.
Can you post an image or at least describe it?
I think the size should be determined by what the image is.
Can you post an image or at least describe it?
I am old and senile (I think) please be nice.
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it wont let me attach the file but the one i have is 25x370 pixels and when i print it out its pretty big
i want to print smaller ones and fit about 12 on one page
i want to print smaller ones and fit about 12 on one page
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typically:- it's about 5X2 or about 10 - to a A4 sized page. ( 210 x 297mm).
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Now is that 5x2 pixels or what?
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This article is a guild information page for Honorable Assassins of Daggerspine US.
The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Guild pages must comply with the guild page policy.
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- Server: Server:Daggerspine US
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Honorable Assassins is a Guild on the Daggerspine(US) Server. The guild consists of a great group of members that are currently in pursuit of the new level 70 cap that was released with The Burning Crusade Expansion. We look to run instances together and help each other out with items and mats for professions.
This guild was formed on Daggerspine by a group of real life friends looking to get deeper into the game and progressing farther together. We like to have fun but are serious when we need to be. We will look to raid once we have enough people at level 70 and we will do it consistently. For more information you can contact Talorian, Theronkegan, Furios, Xanz, or Suren in game.
Guild ProgressEdit
Currently we are not raiding as everyone is pushing to get to level 70. Once we have a solid group at 70 we will start the new end-game.
This guild was originally formed by Cognito and a group of Real Life friends including current Guildmaster Talorian. The basis of this guild was to have fun in a more casual setting and treating it's guild members fairly. After a few months of recruiting and getting the core group to 60 the guild teamed up with Latter Day Solders to start cooping Zul'Gurub. After about two weeks of coops and some hard core recruiting HA broke off and started Soloing Zul'Gurub. Very quickly HA had up to Raptor on Farm and continued to push forward through Tiger and Panther finially downing Hakkar the Soulflayer on November 11th, 2006.
At this point there was much interest in the guild about trying Molten Core. After a couple of offers it was decided Honorable Assassins would team up with Equilibrium and B L A C K W A T C H to start a consistent running of Molten Core. After two good runs both stopping at Shazzrah on the third try the Coop Team breached Shazzrah and went onto down Majordomo Executus. This Cooping continued till we had a good consistent and stable group and in early December the Coop Team faced Onyxia in her lair and defeated her. The Team continued to push forward through the down time of the holidays and continued to Farm Onyxia and all but Ragnaros in Molten Core.
As of 1/16/2007 the Honorable Assassins has entered the Dark portal and has started the hard push to level 70.
Unfortunately after WOTLK was released the guild encountered an immense amount of drama that resulted in all of the guilds core members to leave. Solathan, Vickinator, Dagdalan, Mavryk, Braykyoself, Unholycross (AKA Deadlyknight), Runeloth, and Kemet tried to stop the drama, but failed in the end. Solathan, Kemet and Dagdalan started raiding with other guilds trying to find a new home for HA's core members. It wasn't long before they found Divide et Impera lead by Nyla. Members of HA were hesitant to leave at first. Solathan was the first to leave followed by Dagdalan which resulted in a chain reaction until all of the core members were gone. Most of the core members joined up with Divide et Impera while others joined up with other guilds and some even changed realms. Deep into the WOTLK raiding content something happened in Divide et Impera (I wish I knew I was on a break from WOW at the time) that caused many of the members of DeI to leave and separate. Members either went to Ascendancy, some went to Imperius and others remained in DeI. Honorable Assassins was never disbanded and still has one active member to this day.
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Nick Vujicic: You Can Overcome Any Form of Bullying with God
Born without arms and legs, evangelist Nick Vujicic shared his own experiences of being bullied as a child and how he was able to overcome the trials during a webcast Thursday focused on countering the bullying epidemic in the U.S.
"Not only did I look different, but I had a lot of unwanted attention," said Vujicic, of his elementary school days, as he began the webcast. "People were looking at me, laughing at me, calling me names. And obviously I couldn't be involved in a lot of the things that everyone else was doing."
Nick, founding president and CEO of the non-profit organization Life Without Limbs, said the free webcast from a classroom at the Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, Calif., was in connection with the release of his book, Stand Strong, coming out on April 15.
The book is meant for teenagers, but everyone will benefit from it, he said.
During his youth, Vujicic began to wonder, "Who am I? Why am I here?" He said he eventually found the answers. "But there are times when circumstances do not change because of your prayers," he said. A believer should seek "the perfect will of God."
He explained that when a person can't change their circumstances, "you have to change your inside, your mind, your spirit, you heart... your values."
A person's values do not depend on what they have or what they do not have, he explained. "There's never been another you, and there would never ever be another you… You are here for a reason, and God indeed does have a mighty plan for you," Vujicic said.
The biggest bully in the world is the devil, the Australian evangelist, 31, said. "He's nothing; he just tries to get us down. I just want you to know this, you can overcome ... any form of bullying."
To stand strong against bullying, the first thing one needs to do is know the truth of one's value, he stressed.
"I was looking for my identity; I was looking for my place in the world. I was ready to do whatever it took to fit in," he recalled, adding he failed to recognize his identity as a child of God. It was difficult, he said. He was the only child in a wheelchair, and of course the only one without limbs. "No one knew what was going on, and no one could really understand me... or help."
While trying to deal with bullying, his first hope came with the realization that, he says, "I'm weak but He is strong; my Dad, my Heavenly Father has a plan for me... I don't need to change anything about my physical appearance; I need to change who I am."
Vujicic readutload one of the questions: "How did you hold onto God and His truth when people bullied you and said bad things about you?"
"Whatever is planted grows if there's soil, water and sun," he explained. "Different seeds are planted in our lives, and if we nurture them, they'll grow. If a bad seed comes in, a seed of lie, and if we don't eradicate that seed out of our heart and mind, then it will grow and grow, he said. If you don't know what truth is, how will you know what a lie is?
"Don't get swayed by people's judgment of you," he advised. "Do not think you need more money or you need to be smarter in your pursuit of happiness," he added.
Vujicic said he believes there needs to be a bully defense system for young people suffering from abuse. The system includes a group of people who love, encourage, and remind the victim of the truth of who they are.
"If your bullies see it's not working you, they may actually give up on picking you," he said.
During the webcast, another person asked, "How can I get away from bullying when it seems everywhere?"
"We cannot eradicate evil, but it's a kind of temptation to believe in a lie, to get discouraged," Vujucic said. "Resist that. Ask God to help you every day, "to be a light and a beacon of love" for all the people around you to know there's so much more to this life than bullying or being picked on it. "It starts with us, be the change that you want to see."
When asked about how someone can stop caring about what others think, he said that when he was a child and people were teasing him, he never thought he would get married or have a job. "But that was not true. Let your faith override the fear of what others think of you," he said. He encouraged listeners to read Psalm 139 and other passages from the Bible. "Take time to pray to God," he said.
When a young person thinks they can be harmed physically in any way they must tell an adult and get out of that situation, Vujicic said. "If it's a verbal, emotion, mental or spiritual attack, sometimes – not always – it helps when you tell the bully to stop because it hurts," Nick said.
Nick answered the question with a question, "Does it help?"
He was asked, "Do you believe in giving bullies a second chance? If they changed their ways, would you be their friends?"
"Absolutely," Nick replied. "Don't I fail God every day? When we do something wrong in God's eyes, it is as bad as bullying."
Nick was also asked about the most important piece of advice he'd give to someone being bullied. "Jesus loves you, and He knows how you're feeling... Take one day at a time," he replied.
According to Vujicic's publicist, his new book will help readers learn how to: create a safety zone within yourself; establish strong values that no bully can shake; deal with cyber bullies; develop a spiritual foundation to stay strong against bullying; monitor your emotions and control your response to them; and help others who are being bullied.
Vujicic, a motivational speaker who has shared with hundreds of thousands of people around the world his story of hope, shared recently with an "Oprah's Lifeclass" audience that the power of faith in action is what has helped him persevere despite his physical limitations.


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The high relevance of sleep for improving violin performance must be indirect and related to the need to recover from effortful activities such as practice.
In the context of sports, we take this for granted: physical training is tiring, and you have to recover from it. What this data reminds us that it's not just the physical exertion that tires us out. To become very good at something, you have to practice hard, and that processes is both physically and mentally exhausting. Getting adequate sleep isn't a luxury; it's a choice you make if you want to be at your best.


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Recently, I was privileged to talk with a customer that implemented Arbortext in 1999: Greg Johnson at Medtronic. Greg heads up what his executives have told him is "the most successful project Medtronic had ever done."
Greg was responsible for bringing a dynamic information delivery system into Medtronic. When you talk to him, he'll say that "you don't want to do how/what we did. It's 10 yrs later. But I want to encourage you. There are vast savings and vast reductions in cycle time and vast improvements to do in this field, if you do it smart, build your vision, and go be passionate about it."
He says that believing the stories is hard, but he's the first to tell you not to be faint of heart. "There are a lot of people finding their own way and finding their own wins." He wants more companies to join the conversation. "Spend a day, tour, spend time with management teams. See the exotic things [that other people have done]. They will encourage you along the way. Keep slogging ahead, and you can get there."
Greg knows that talking with others can really informed the decisions you make. He shared with me some of the amazing results they've seen the last 10 years.
Here are the trends they're seeing:
- increasing product complexity
- increasing # languages
- increasing volume of documentation
- increasing product overlap
- shorter product life cycle
They've seen these trends the last 10 years and he doesn't see these trends changing. In the face of these trends, his group has shown dramatic changes and savings in a very visible project.
All the divisions at Medtronic use the same internal translation center based in the Netherlands. About 7 years ago, the director there hit on a way to collect and track cost data across all the projects that come through. In the last 7 hears, he has done it the same way every time. The data is broken down by business unit, then by content translated within a business unit. He's got inside and outside real world data on what it costs, per page, to generate these results.
Medtronic is now publishing this as a trend line internally. The data is so staggeringly better within the dynamic information delivery system when they compare it to other BUs that are using traditional publishing tools.
Here are the stats.
The average cost per page to translate a 200 word page (including QA and everything):
– Other BUs: $47
– Their BU, groups not using the system: $38
– Their BU, using the system: $5
Over the last 7 years all the trends are downward but the 10:1 cost reduction is monumental. $47 can trend down, but $5 will trend down, too. And it's a lot harder for $47 to catch $5.
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Yarbrough: Soldiers in Iraq helping to build infrastructure - and trust101405 opinion12Athens Banner-HeraldCAMP TAJI, Iraq - Camp Taji, south of Baghdad, is headquarters of the 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment. Comprising mainly Georgians, the regiment has myriad responsibilities, including overseeing various construction projects in and around Baghdad, gathering intelligence about the bad guys in the area and "targeting" them. In layman's terms, "targeting" means getting the terrorists to the virgins awaiting them in paradise a little earlier than they had planned.--> Yarbrough: Soldiers in Iraq helping to build infrastructure - and trust | | Story updated at 10:12 AM on Friday, October 14, 2005 CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Camp Taji, south of Baghdad, is headquarters of the 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment. Comprising mainly Georgians, the regiment has myriad responsibilities, including overseeing various construction projects in and around Baghdad, gathering intelligence about the bad guys in the area and "targeting" them. In layman's terms, "targeting" means getting the terrorists to the virgins awaiting them in paradise a little earlier than they had planned.
I walked into the operations room and thought I had stumbled onto the Iraqi campus of The University of Georgia. Guarding the door is a concrete bulldog painted the appropriate red and black. Georgia flags are on the wall. There are UGA bottle openers, pompoms, photographs and computer screen savers.
A group of soldiers from Savannah and Jesup were hunched over tables, putting together maps in preparation for Saturday's constitutional referendum. They will act as a liaison between Iraqi military police and civilian police in monitoring the vote. "We want to be sure that every Iraqi has a chance to vote," says 1st Sgt. Bruce Oliver, a former Sylvania police officer now on the staff of the Georgia Department of Corrections. "Whether they vote for the constitution or not is up to them, but we want to be sure everybody has the opportunity."
Oliver did three tours of duty in Vietnam. He sees similarities in that war and this one, in that we are fighting a "hit-and-run" enemy. "There is no geographic line that you can cross and declare victory," Oliver says. "You have to take away their support by the local people."
Yet he and the other soldiers also see a marked distinction between the two wars. Groups like the 118th are showing Iraqi citizens there is more to be gained from cooperating with Americans than with the terrorists. They are building sewer systems - and trust - with the Iraqis.
Major John H. (last name is omitted for security reasons) is in charge of the various construction projects in this part of Iraq. His biggest is a sewerage project in Husseniyia, a city of 500,000 people crammed into less than six square miles. Half a million people, and no indoor plumbing.
The major's team hires Iranian construction firms, who then hire locals to do the work. This gives Iraqis the opportunity to make good money at honest work, and lessens the temptation to blow up people, places and things for a few bucks. It also lessens their chances of getting killed by either side. Not a bad bargain.
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People like Russell Dinkins, 35, of Darien, work to make the Iraqi workers self-sufficient. Many Iraqis don't have the skills or equipment to do many of the jobs necessary to put an infrastructure in place. It's Dinkins' job to teach them. Currently, he is helping them with a pump house on the Tigris River leading into Husseniyia.
Critical to the success of the rebuilding of Iraq is the not-so-surprising matter of security. Cpl. Roy Chalkley of Savannah works in military intelligence, tracking enemy movement and habits and helping ensure they don't disrupt the construction projects. Sometimes, it happens anyway.
A school in the town of Boob al Sham (I don't make this stuff up) was destroyed just after construction. Local leaders were told unless they find the bad guy and turn him in, all future projects there would be moved to other locations. I'm betting against the bad guy. You just don't mess with Boob al Sham.
One thing I have noticed since coming to Iraq is that most every office is chock full of fruit, candy, cookies, canned goods, peanuts and other assorted goodies from back home. Harry Campbell of Swainsboro, a postal clerk at the 118th, showed me his office and some huge boxes, about three feet high. "I usually get two of these boxes a day," Campbell says. "Sometimes, I get as many as six. They are filled with gifts and mail and are a real boost to our morale."
Candy is also a weapon in the war. Our troops enjoy sharing their bounty with local children. One child who got some goodies showed his appreciation by ratting out a bad guy.
"Sometimes we have more success with a box of candy than a box of bullets," said Sgt. Maj. Alfred Woods. Woods, of Fleming, is the top enlisted man among the 570 located at Taji. It is his firm belief the effort in Iraq depends on winning over the young generation. Most people I have talked to over the past several days agree that if Iraqis get a taste of democracy, they won't give it up. I pray Fleming and the others are correct.
Yarbrough, whose work is seen occasionally in the Athens Banner-Herald, is spending several days with the 48th Brigade in Iraq, and is filing columns during his time with the soldiers.
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Teresa Giudice Forces All The Real Housewives Of New Jersey to Have Mental Breakdowns In Napa
On this week's episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey we meet right back up with the gang at a gorgeous vineyard in Napa, California. Everyone is still hanging around the dinner table after the awkward/mean toast from Teresa Giudice. Everyone starts getting a little drunk, and that's when the shit starts hitting the fan. Kathy Wakile is the first to strike when she mentions that Teresa Giudice left her out of the toast. Sweet little Kathy is finally sticking up for herself. Yay! Teresa says it was unintentional and she wasn't even thinking about it. Kathy continues to go into it with Teresa, pleading to hash it out with Teresa. This whole group is so fixated on trying to make things like the "old times." They all need to realize that after you're on a reality TV show and talk enormous amounts of crap on each other, you're probably never going to get back to way things were, ever. That ship sailed, ladies.
The cousins begin talking about Caroline Manzo and all the fighting and "drama" that unfolded between her and Teresa. Probably because of the alcohol, they don't realize that they are talking loud and everyone can hear them. As Caroline listens, she is clearly annoyed but decides not to interject…for now. It seems that Kathy is trying to get through to Teresa and explain to her that there is no need to push all these people away, but there is no getting through. It's completely useless. Teresa knows that Kathy is a little more timid and soft-spoken and completely takes advantage of her.
The two call it quits and Kathy reports back to the other women on how the conversation went. If I was part of this group, I would be so emotionally and mentally exhausted by the constant rehashing that happens. It's ridiculous. These women give the phrase, "Same shit, different day," an entirely new meaning. Are they angry that this season has literally been all about Teresa? Are they just bored housewives? It's all so petty and childish. Teresa comes back from her hotel room to join the gang, and tensions begin to rise even further, and this is when it all gets good.
Caroline and Teresa start going at it. Teresa starts babbling some nonsense about how she loves Caroline and doesn't want to fight and yadda yadda, and Caroline ain't having it. I know when someone tells me they love me I GET FURIOUS. HOW DARE SHE? Granted, I realize that Teresa is 99.9% full of it, but still, Caroline is a touch for the dramatic, yes? Anyway, this sets Caroline off and heads start rolling in Napa. It all goes back to the conversations and fights about the tabloids, and Caroline starts calling Teresa a "liar" and a "disgrace." Who gives a flying you know what about these tabloids? The kicker for me about this whole conversation was when Joe Giudice was like, "Yeah, we put out fake articles about having baby boys to get money, whatever, NBD." While Teresa blames everyone else for her problems, she is the one who is drawing the negative attention to herself.
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A Poway neighborhood was turned upside down during a confrontation with deputies on Tuesday.
The incident on 1400 Tobiasson Road began at about 10 a.m., when deputies were sent out after a 911 call.
The entire block was taped off by deputies, and many neighbors were forced wait out the ordeal in their cars down the street.
"One of the neighbors reported that a man was in the street, yelling by himself for no apparent reason," said San Diego sheriff's Lt. Tony Giammarino. "Other neighbors were afraid of the male."
Deputies said that when they arrived, the man ran back inside his home and grabbed a box cutter. He later came out with a crossbow and pointed it at deputies. The officers fired at the man with bean bags and Tasers to no effect, according to investigators. He eventually came out on his own, however, after talking with crisis negotiators.
The man, who is in his late 40s, lives with his mother, according to neighbors. The woman was allowed back into the home after the ordeal ended.
A neighbor said the man suffers from schizophrenia and was apparently off his medication.
Deputies were pleased with the outcome.
"The last thing we want to do is for this kind of event to end in an injury to a suspect or have him be hurt or killed as a result of his actions," Giammarino said. "So I would say we're very happy we were able to get him to come out and get him into custody."
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We've already taught us the Worst Transformers of all time, but how could we call ourselves fair and balanced if we didn't tell the other side of the story?
Transformers Dark Side of the Moon and we cannot be more excited.
We figured its been a while since the last Transformers flick came out, and you might need a refresher course on who the coolest cats in the Transformers world are. Don't worry, Jack'll take care of ya.
Name: Bumblebee
Allegiance: Autobots
Transforms into: A freaking sweet car.
His name may sound cutesy, but he'll kick your butt then take you to the hospital in style.
Name: Sixshot
Allegiance: Deceptacons
Transforms into: A robot, a spaceship, a gun, a tank, an off road vehicle, and a winged wolf!
Tell me that isn't a useful guy to have on your team?
Name: Optimus Prime
Allegiance: He's the freaking leader of the AUTOBOTS!
Transforms into: An 18 wheeler
Optimus Prime is the autobot who made us think truckers were cool, because any one of them could without warning turn into an 80 foot fighting robot, and that's pretty cool.
Name: Unicron
Allegiance: Unicron just wants to destroy stuff, he doesn't really have any allegiance. Maybe Deceptacons…
Transforms into: A PLANET.
Unicron is the world destroying Transformer who was the villain in the original Transformers Movie back in 1986. He's as big as a planet, and generally spends his time trying to destroy the Universe.
Name: Megatron
Allegiance: Leader of the evil Deceptacons
Transforms into: A gun
The video above is of Megatron transforming into a gun and jumping into Starscream's hand. Definetly a good transformation for an evil villain.