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As the shiny new Parkland Memorial Hospital takes shape on Harry Hines Boulevard, its aging predecessor across the street is starting to look more attractive as well.
In recent months, officials at the county hospital are reconsidering whether they should abandon 1 million square feet of space deemed too obsolete for medical use.
The oldest parts of the hospital, which date to the mid-1950s, seemed poised for demolition until Parkland administrators realized they should convert some of the space to new uses.
"The old hospital rooms are too small for patients but would make pretty nice offices," said Lou Saksen, Parkland's senior vice president for hospital development.
As the new hospital nears completion later this summer, it's becoming clear that the old Parkland buildings will continue to play supportive roles.
The new $1.3 billion public hospital may be twice the size as the current facility — about 2.5 million square feet — but there's still not enough space to meet every need.
"Everybody wants everything to be across the street eventually," Saksen said of the new campus. "But it could take 10 to 20 years. That's a guess."
Several significant parts of the old campus will continue to operate as they do now.
Parkland's massive laundry will stay in its current location beneath the old emergency department parking lot. The operation cleans about 10 tons of linen annually, and it's too big and too complicated to move.
Two of the hospital's newer buildings on the old campus, dating to the 1980s, will continue as outpatient clinics. Some of the clinics were upgraded in recent years and their staffs do not want to move anyway, Saksen said.
Parkland's largest recycling project would be the conversion of about 250,000 square feet on the oldest hospital wards into offices. No decision is expected on this plan until next fall.
Inadequate space has been a problem at Dallas County's public hospital for decades. Parkland rents several floors of office space at a bank building about a mile from the campus. They house the legal, public relations and marketing staffs, among others.
April Foran, a hospital spokeswoman, said the arrangement requires staff members to drive back and forth to the hospital to attend daily meetings or perform other tasks.
"It would be nice to be closer," said Foran, who recently moved her office back to the old hospital to handle media queries.
Saksen said reusing the old buildings could be the cheapest way to add more space.
"We're working on the cost estimates for keeping this side of the campus open," he said during a recent tour of the hospital's oldest buildings.
"It's really cost-effective and easier than building something new."
Parkland's oldest corridors, now crowded with patients, staffers and medical equipment, are hard to imagine as a peaceful office setting. Pausing the tour outside a patient room, Saksen noted how relatively few improvements would be needed to convert the space into something else.
"You remove the nurse's call button and the oxygen," he said. "It would be nice if you repainted it and added new finishes, but you wouldn't have to do much to make it a functional office."
Each patient room offers 140 square feet of space, perhaps too large for a one-person office but big enough for two.
"Ted and I broached the idea to the other administrators last fall," Saksen said, referring to Ted Shaw, the hospital's former chief financial officer. Shaw departed in January to head the Texas Hospital Association.
"We put all our money in patient-care space," Saksen said of the construction project.
The new hospital started smoothly in 2008, when Dallas County voters overwhelmingly approved a $747 million bond election. The remaining $500 million would come from private donations and the hospital's cash reserves.
Construction of the 862-bed facility began in the fall of 2010. After two years, Saksen had to break the bad news to the hospital board.
"We don't have the money to build all these new buildings on the new hospital campus," he told the board in early 2013. "We have to come up with Plan B."
By the halfway point of construction, the project had not realized an anticipated $100 million in savings. It meant Parkland's board of managers had to consider eliminating, downsizing or delaying parts of the project.
The new hospital project also suffered in recent years when Parkland was forced to spend more than $75 million to revamp patient-safety practices throughout the facility. After failing a series of government inspections in 2011, the hospital made necessary but expensive changes to assure its future funding.
As a result, the board was forced to halve the size of a new outpatient clinic building, which will be completed in 2016. The board also scrapped a separate office building that would house staffers not involved in direct patient care.
And, suddenly, the aging facility across the street became much more attractive.
"An old hospital may not be fit for continued in-patient occupancy, but it can work for something else," Saksen said.
While recycling an outmoded medical facility appeared to be a new idea for Parkland, it wasn't new in the hospital industry, Saksen said. He recalled how physicians eagerly snatched up patient rooms in an old Depression-era hospital in New York City when the new Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital was completed.
"Their offices are still there," said Saksen, who oversaw that 1980s construction project. It opened in 1990.
Parkland's old and new campuses will be connected by a $13 million pedestrian sky bridge. Construction of the 870-foot span begins next month and will be completed before the new hospital opens in May 2015.
Last year, the hospital board rejected a more expensive design for the bridge that featured an arch costing an extra $5 million. (The arch could be added later if a donor provides the funds.)
Revamping the old campus, however, will require patients to walk farther than they do now, Saksen said. It's about a quarter-mile or longer trek from DART's light-rail station on the new campus to the outpatient clinics on the old campus.
Saksen said that distance was not unusual for a major hospital spread over multiple buildings.
"If people can walk a mile in 12 to 15 minutes, a third of a mile is five minutes," he said. "There's many, many urban medical campuses where you walk much farther."


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We've all been there. The loud cries and occasional screams, the pounding spoons on wooden tables, the spread of food and spilled drinks, and even the occasional knocked over chair. You know, that stressful activity that most parents dread? The one that some of us would do anything to avoid? Yes, that one: Dining out with kids.
But here's the thing: We don't avoid it in our house. I guess you could say we embrace it. In fact, sometimes, we even enjoy it.
As restaurant owners, my husband and I always knew we didn't want to give up enjoying the occasional meal out once kids came into the picture. We certainly knew things would change (and boy, was that an understatement!). But having children doesn't mean you have to sacrifice the activities you enjoy: We decided our kids would simply have to adapt and join us on our eating adventures.
From the days of infant seats and baby carriers, we've always brought our kids with us to restaurants. Most times we took them out to places with a casual environment and a laid back feel, but on certain occasions, when we felt like living on the edge, we attempted fine dining. The way we saw it, the kids would never learn how to dine out if we didn't jump in headfirst and expose them to restaurants of all kinds.
The biggest lesson we have learned through these adventures—and through the experience of having kids eating in our own restaurant—is that in most cases, the parents are the only ones who are really stressing out about it. And the wait staff? Well, I can tell you from the perspective of a restaurant owner that they usually don't mind. (Honest!) In fact, they tend to find children entertaining and some even love entertaining the kids themselves.
But what about the customers sitting next to you? Won't they get annoyed? In our thirteen years of restaurant experience I can only think of one time when a customer actually complained about kids. I would say those statistics aren't too bad. Most often, we see customers that are understanding and sympathetic. Keep in mind; they have probably been in similar situations. You certainly can't please everyone, but you can take a few measures to make the experience pleasant for all.
Come prepared.
Don't rely on the restaurant to entertain your children. We always carry a "survival backpack" designed just for these types of outings. It's filled with coloring books and workbooks, crayons and pencils, paper, small toys, a deck of cards, flashcards and always, always, wipes.
Be attentive.
Give the restaurants a heads up. When making your reservation mention that you have children. This will help the manager when it comes to seating. Do you really want to sit next to the romantic couple that left their kids at home to celebrate their anniversary? If you're bringing a baby and know you'll need to nurse you may want to ask for a booth or table that offers more privacy.
Set expectations.
For older children, it's okay to tell them what type of behavior you expect out of them. It's not okay to scream and use outdoor voices, but it is okay to laugh over a game of war or tic tack toe.
Rewards are welcome.
If we make it through the evening without any major crises, then I say, why not give everyone a little treat. And that means adults too! Since we don't eat out too often and we don't splurge on desserts at home, I never feel guilty saying yes to ending the night with some sweet treats.
The bottom line? You never know how dining out with kids will go until you get out and take them with you. From experience, I can say you may be missing out on some serious family fun. Leave your fears at home, pack your patience and come prepared to enjoy the evening. Oh, and don't forget to tip your servers for their hard work!
Elizabeth Jacob is a freelance writer and Copy Editor for Babiekins Magazine. You can also find her documenting the small details of her life on her personal blog, Yellow Finch. She is a writer, an amateur photographer and, first and foremost, a wife and mother of three beautiful children. Her day-to-day details include writings on simple living, positive parenting, travel, food and more. You can follow her on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and her blog.
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Lighten Up East Texas, a weight loss contest that urges East Texans to lose at least 5 percent of their body weight, is back. The contest is one of a few initiatives established by the Fit City Challenge Coalition.
The 2014 event will resemble last year's challenge but with some new twists.
"The new spin is that we're starting it after the New Year so it ties in with people's New Year's resolutions," said Terrence Ates, coalition member and community transformation grant project coordinator at Northeast Texas Public Health District. "So if you start in January and finish in May, you'll have a healthier lifestyle going into the summer."
The five-month challenge will kick off at 5 p.m. Friday at Broadway Square Mall, and then from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. There, East Texans can weigh-in and get registered for the contest.
Also new this year is the location. Booths will be set up at Broadway Square Mall on Friday and Saturday.
"Having it at the mall allows us to reach people who may not have even known about LUET," Ates said.
Weigh-in locations and booths will be set up in five places throughout the mall, including the carpeted areas in front of J.C. Penney, Sears and center court.
Entrants who visit booths for health assessments and information will be eligible for door prizes, donated by businesses within the mall. There will be a follow-up wellness fair on Feb. 1 at the mall, which also will present another opportunity to weigh in.
Additional weighing in locations and times are posted at www.lightenupeasttexas.com/registration .
A randomly selected entrant will win a car, with taxes already paid by the sponsorship. A 2014 Dodge Dart is donated by Allen Samuels Tyler.
"People didn't believe it until they saw it," he said.
Sara McShan, of Nacogdoches, is proof of that. She was overwhelmed when it was announced that she was the grand-prize winner of a 2013 Dodge Dart during Lighten Up East Texas' Lighten Up and Play, an event last year.
Mrs. McShan, 63, dropped 14 pounds, representing about a 5 percent weight loss. She was one of the top 10 entrants eligible for the drawing of the grand prize.
She would go on to lose another five pounds, but she also gained five back over the holidays.
Mrs. McShan aims to lose another 20 pounds and will put sign up for the challenge again this year.
She began her weight-loss journey by participating in Curves Complete, which includes an exercise plan, nutrition counseling and an online program for meal planning and motivation.
She credits exercising four times a week and eating whole foods as the key to her 14-pound weight loss.
"I already had made some changes or I was in the process of making some changes as far as portions and the types of food," she said.
To get back on track and for the contest, she'll return to those habits.
"I have to make myself go back to the way that I know is healthier and is effective," she said. "It worked for me the last time so I'm going to go back and do the same thing again."
For others thinking about registering for the contest, she said it begins in the mind.
"No. 1, you have to make sure you want to do it," Mrs. McShan said. "You do it for yourself. You don't do it for anyone else. And it has to be both exercise and food. You have to a food plan and you have to get away from your high sweets, high carbs, and exercise."
Mrs. McShan was among several participants from Nacogdoches who found success in the contest last year. Most were in teams. This year, teams are limited to a minimum of two and maximum of five people.
Organizers hope to either recruit 5,210 East Texans into its newest weight loss challenge or garner a combined weight loss of 5,210 pounds.
The 5-2-1-0 represents another initiative of the Fit City Challenge, which encourages East Texas children to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables, limit screen time to two hours, get one hour of physical activity and drink zero sugary beverages each day.
Kick-off event/initial weigh-ins: 5 to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday at Broadway Square Mall
Weighing-in period: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Jan. 10 through March 31, various locations
Weighing-out period: May 19 through May 31, various locations
Visit: www.lightenupeasttexas.com or www.facebook.com/LightenUpEastTexas for more information on rules, weighing-in locations and updates.
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44,321.65: Pounds lost throughout the contest
3,197: People who weighed in for the contest.
578: People weighing out, with a return rate of 18.08 percent
473: People, representing 81.8 percent of those weighing out, who recorded a weight loss


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As its title suggests, Balkin's ""Original Meaning and Constitutional Redemption" is in various places suffused with religious rhetoric. Balkin presents his interpretive theory of "text and principle" as a "theory of redemptive constitutionalism" that addresses "the question of our faith in the constitutional system, which is also … a faith in its redemption through history." We must have "faith in the redeemability of the Constitution over time," he tells one advocate of living constitutionalism. In rather mystical language, Balkin presents the Constitution not just as "basic law" and "higher law" but as "our law":
"The Constitution is our law when we feel that it reflects our values sufficiently well that we can identify with it as ours; or, because we feel [we] have a say in what the Constitution means, we have faith that it could and will come to reflect our values better over time…. [T]he idea of constitution as our law … requires an identification between ourselves, those who lived in the past, and those who will live in the future. And it requires faith that the Constitution is either good enough as it is to deserve our respect or that it eventually will redeemed."
I find this religion of living constitutionalism puzzling. Why must the Constitution be reinterpreted by each generation to reflect that generation's own values? Why isn't it enough that the Constitution leaves broad play to each generation to enact its own values through the political processes?
Balkin maintains that living constitutionalism (including his theory of text and principle, which he maintains is simultaneously originalist and living constitutionalist) is needed to ensure that the Constitution "is more than the dead hand of the past" and "is a continuing project that each generation takes on." But this claim is doubly defective. First, it ignores the broad play that the Constitution, properly understood, gives to the democratic processes to adapt policies to new conditions. There was never, for example, any "dead hand of the past" that would have prevented legislative enactment of permissive abortion laws. Second, insofar as it is used for its primary modern mission—the creation of new rights (rather than, say, the conferral on Congress of greater powers)—living constitutionalism entrenches the current generation's policy preferences in Supreme Court decisionmaking in a manner that deprives future generations of the very adaptability that Balkin and other living constitutionalists say they favor. In short, the "living Constitution" approach isn't needed to deliver what it promises and it in fact delivers the opposite.
But in another respect Balkin's embrace of the religion of living constitutionalism may be less puzzling, even if his own conscious intentions are (as I will assume) entirely innocent. Who, after all, are the self-anointed high priests of this religion whose stature and power increase as it spreads? Activist judges and constitutional theorists like Balkin, as it happens. Whose power concomitantly diminishes? The very citizens whose constitutional "perspective" Balkin's theory supposedly makes "primary".


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Ever since his brief introduction in Bran's vision at the beginning of Season 4, the Night King, leader of the White Walkers, has inspired terror in the hearts of Game of Thrones viewers everywhere.
A 12,000 year old force to be reckoned with, the entire series of Game of Thrones is leading up to a battle between man and the White Walkers, a fight that we got a taste for in Season 5 when the battle of Hardhome was fought.
After the resulting massacre at Hardhome, it would be easy to believe that there's almost no way the humans could triumph over the White Walkers, especially with such a powerful leader as the Night King. But who is this blue-eyed humanoid who leads the army of the dead, and was he always this way? Read on to find out:
A former First Man intended to protect
In Season 6, Episode 5 (yes, it was that episode, sorry to bring it back up), it was revealed that the Night King was actually created by the Children of the Forest. The Children didn't create the Night King with total evil intentions, but more as a reaction to the First Men killing their kind and also chopping down their sacred weirwoods.
Using blood magic, Leaf drove a dragonglass blade into the chest of a First Man, turning his eyes blue and creating the first White Walker. Initially it seems as though the White Walkers were created to be used as a weapon against the First Men by the Children of the Forest, but somewhere over the last 12,000 years they turned against their makers.
The longest winter
Eight thousand years before Robert's Rebellion, and the resulting fall of House Targaryen and rise of House Baratheon, there was a period known as the long night. The winter lasted an entire generation, and during this time the White Walkers came south to Westeros, killing all who came before them and reanimating them to create an army of wights.
Thanks to men collaborating with giants and Children of the Forest, the White Walkers were eventually driven to the far North and the Wall and the Night's Watch was created to keep them at bay. In the centuries since the longest winter, White Walkers faded into the stuff of legends until reports of stirrings in the North came shortly before the War of the Five Kings.
A return south
At the very beginning of Season 1 came the first clues that the White Walkers were back. Deserters from the Night's Watch and wildlings told those in Westeros, but their words were dismissed. It wasn't until members of the Night's Watch were attacked by reanimated members that the stories were believed.
Finally, the Night King reappeared on screens in Season 4 when we witnessed him transforming Crafter's son, however it was Season 5 when shit truly got real at Hardhome. After Jon Snow began leading an evacuation of the village of Hardhome, the Night King appeared, leading his army of wights in a attack. As Jon and Tormund leave the Night King stands by, locks eyes with Jon and raises his arms, and with them, the entirety of Hardhome's casualties as wights join his army.
Finally, in Season 6, following the reveal that the Children of the Forest created the Night King and the White Walkers, Bran has a vision where the Night King sees him and grabs his arm, allowing him entrance to their hideout with the Children of the Forest. After running from his army of wights, escaping only thanks to Hodor (rest in peace, sweet prince), Bran and Meera make it away in nick of time.
With the Night King and his army getting closer to the Wall, and winter finally upon Westeros it seems only a matter of time until there's a battle similar to that fought 8,000 years ago. Jon Snow seems to have already laid down a challenge to the king, after slaying a White Walker with Valyrian blade Longclaw, but will he be able to take down the King as well? Only time will tell.
What do you think will happen when the Night King returns?
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Testimony from President George W. Bush's former surgeon general last week has fueled charges that his administration has trumped science in favor of its political and religious ideologies. The administration has been at loggerheads with scientists since it came to power in 2001 on issues ranging from stem cell research to global warming and the theory of evolution.
It stood accused again of putting ideology over science this week after the administration's former surgeon general charged that it deliberately quashed or downplayed several important health reports for political reasons.
Dr Richard Carmona, a Bush appointee who held the post as the country's chief health educator from 2002 to 2006, told a Congressional committee Tuesday that he was not authorized to discuss certain sensitive subjects in public.
They included embryonic stem-cell research, whose federal funding Bush restricted in 2001, the controversial morning-after pill and sex education.
Carmona admitted to lawmakers that when he had taken up his post he had been "still quite politically naive" but he was "astounded" by the "partisanship and political manipulation" he witnessed.
Health department spokesman Bill Hall rejected Carmona's accusations, saying: "It has always been this administration's position that public health policy should be rooted in sound science."
Michael Halpern, a member of the influential Union of Concerned Scientists, an advocacy group, said scientists believe the Bush administration is the "worst" ever in terms of political interference and censure.
"Information inconvenient to the administration's priorities is sidelined," Halpern told AFP.
In 2004, the Union of Concerned Scientists organized a petition signed by more than 12,000 scientists, including 50 Nobel prize winners and former senior science advisers to several US presidents, to denounce political interference by the Bush administration.
"Scientists believe that political interference is unacceptable," the petition said.
"If our policy makers are going to make fully informed decisions about our health, safety, and environment, they need access to independent science," it said. "Reforms can and should be put in place to insulate science from politics."
The petition has apparently had little impact on the White House.
In 2006, NASA's top climate expert, James Hansen, accused the administration in a New York Times interview of pressuring him to censure his research on global warming, notably during the 2004 presidential campaign.
His charges were confirmed by other staffers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, leading Democrats as well as Bush's own Republicans in Congress to call for greater scientific transparency in the agency.
A NASA press official, George Deutsch, who was close to Bush's reelection campaign, was forced to resign after being accused by Hansen for barring journalists from interviewing him.
In his book "The Assault on Reason," former vice president Al Gore said that Deutsch, who has no scientific education or university diplomat, wrote a memo to scientists saying that the Big Bang is "not proven fact; it is an opinion."
"This is more than a science issue, it is a religious issue," Deutsch wrote, according to Gore, the former Democratic candidate who lost the 2000 election to Bush.
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Senators grilled Holsinger on his willingness to deliver scientifically based health advice without regard to ideology.
Carmona told House lawmakers Tuesday that he was edited by the White House on a wide range of issues, including prison mental healthcare, contraception and secondhand smoke. Democrats were incensed by the testimony and Thursday introduced legislation designed to immunize the surgeon general's office from political influence.
"The Office of the Surgeon General has become a morass of shameful political manipulation and distortion of science," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Holsinger told senators he would discuss scientific facts with political operatives if they tried to color his public statements about medicine and health.
"Quite candidly, if I were unable to do that and I were being overridden, if necessary, I would resign," he said.
While that response seemed to please some of the administration's critics, Holsinger's nomination is still uncertain, mainly because of his writings on homosexuality.
Holsinger's nomination has run into difficulty because of a 1991 paper he wrote labeling male homosexuality as pathological. The paper, written for the United Methodist Church's judicial council, focuses on physical injuries that can result when men have sex with men.
Gay-rights groups have attacked Holsinger for basing the review on a narrow selection of scientific papers and for its implication that homosexual sex is, by its nature, unhealthy.
They also note that the paper makes no mention of dangers to women who engage in anal sex.
"This misuse of science gravely concerns me," Kennedy said during the hearings. "We need someone who can unite Americans and be trusted by all," he said.
Holsinger defended the paper as a non-scientific review for a religious organization. He also strived to assure lawmakers that he was not bigoted against gay persons.
"I feel it's part of my role as a physician to broker healthcare for all individuals," he said. "For a physician, it makes no difference what a person's personal characteristics are. We want to take care of him."
The American Public Health Association released a letter earlier this week saying it opposes Holsinger's nomination.
"While we have no doubt that Holsinger has made positive contributions throughout his medical and public health career, we believe his previously expressed views on sexuality are inconsistent with mainstream medicine and public health practice," Georges Benjamin, the group's executive director, wrote in a letter to Congress.
Holsinger, who is from Kentucky, served as the chief medical director of the Veterans Administration and was briefly Kentucky's top government health official. He was also chancellor of the University of Kentucky Medical Center from 1994 to 2003.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the Republican leader, said, "There can be no debate on the breadth or depth of Holsinger's experience in medicine and public health."
Holsinger told lawmakers his top priorities as surgeon general would include curbing smoking and combating childhood obesity.
He also said he favors boosting the capacity of the U.S. Public Health Service to respond to natural disasters and terrorist attacks. He said he favors higher cigarette taxes as a way to cut down on smoking, a view not necessarily popular in tobacco-growing Kentucky.
On Thursday, Holsinger appeared to surprise lawmakers when he said he backs laws banning consumer advertising of prescription drugs as a way to help curb medical costs.
"It puts an unconscionable pressure on America's physicians to prescribe the blue pill or the pink pill or whatever the pill of the month might be," he said.
Holsinger also said he supports White House limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
The committee that held the hearing is expected to vote on Holsinger's nomination sometime this summer.
Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Barack Obama, D-Ill. announced before Thursday's hearing they will oppose Holsinger's nomination. Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., another HELP Committee member, announced shortly after the hearing that he would also oppose Holsinger.
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As the dust settled in the first of two state budget battles, it became clear there were far more losers than winners. In fact, the University of Georgia seemed one of the few to emerge from the fiscal fracas with major gains.
After weeks of intense negotiations and a flurry of cuts, the Georgia General Assembly approved the $16.1 billion midyear budget Monday to cover the remainder of this fiscal year, which ends June 30. To avoid raising taxes, legislators tapped into reserves and slashed spending in some areas to offset a $620 million shortfall.
Although it has endured incremental budget reductions like other state-funded entities, UGA scored two victories with the inclusion of $15 million to complete construction of Animal Health Research Center and $8.6 million to construct the Coverdell Building for Biomedical and Health Sciences. Given the state's declining revenues and rising Medicaid costs, it was uncertain until the last minute if both of these pricey construction projects would get funding.
Of course, in the tug-of-war over a finite amount of money, when one side gains another side loses. In the case of the midyear budget, the biggest loser was the state's greenspace program, which was drained of its entire $30 million budget.
We had urged legislators to leave a portion of the greenspace money so the program could function in some capacity until there was enough revenue for full funding. Unfortunately, they did not. While lawmakers offer assurances the program is not permanently barren, greenspace advocates need to maintain steady pressure to ensure future appropriations.
With the midyear spending plan now out of the way, the legislature has focused all of its attention on an even more challenging task - drafting a budget for the 2004 fiscal year beginning July 1.
''This is bad,'' House Appropriations Chairman Rep. Tom Buck, D-Columbus, said Monday describing the mid-year budget. ''(But) I think '04 will be worse, and I think '05 is going to be horrible.''
While the legislature dodged the tax-hike bullet in the midyear budget, such a maneuver may not be possible this time around. To balance next year's spending plan, legislators will have to compensate for a projected $1 billion deficit. State departments and agencies are already operating on skeleton budgets, so reducing costs with another round of spending cuts will be painful. The only other option is to increase revenue by tapping the state's ''rainy day'' reserves and/or raising taxes.
In his January budget address, Gov. Sonny Perdue proposed increasing taxes in three different areas - property, liquor and tobacco. In the ensuing political debate, only the tobacco tax was left standing as a possible option. Adding a tax to smokeless tobacco and increasing the levy on cigarettes from 12 cents to 58 cents per pack will generate an extra $348 million in revenue for the state.
Despite the budget advantages and potential for reducing use among youths, raising tobacco taxes has not been an easy sell for Perdue - especially to his own party.
To succeed, no tactic appears off limits; the governor has even added a dash of patriotic intimidation to the mix. According to news reports, during several recent appearances, Perdue said, ''The time for diplomacy is over. I want to know if folks are going to go with me or stay in the foxhole with the French.''
Not surprisingly, Perdue's analogy won admirers like a wedge of rotten Brie. We support the governor's tax plan, but if he wants the legislature to join his own version of the ''coalition of the willing,'' he needs to leave the hotheaded rhetoric to some of our national leaders.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Wednesday, March 26, 2003.
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Title: My Funny Valentine: America's Most Hilarious Writers Take on Love, Romance and Other Complications
Edited by: Lin Robinson and Karla Telega
Publisher: Bauu Institute (November 30, 2011)
So, I'm a total romantic except when I am not. I love presents, celebrating birthdays, giving and getting presents and of course going out for that one special romantic dinner when your spouse can keep his/her eyes awake after complaining they work too hard that day and need to be in bed before 6. Take a whole bunch of writers, authors, humorists, columnists, and some that even appear on the stage making people laugh for a living and what do you have, one hilariously funny book filled with stories that will definitely make you smile, laugh until you have tear rolling down your eyes and remind you that Valentine's Day is not just another day to remember. It's when we celebrate love, understanding, friendship and just being lucky enough to have someone in our lives. Karla Telega and Linton Robinson who managed to get so many writers to take on one of the hardest subjects around LOVE and create a book of stories that everyone should read edited my Funny Valentine. The first story, Married-So Very Married by Joan Oliver Emmer gets the reader's interest right away. Not remembering to get a card, nor caring about whether she remembers birthdays and hardly if ever remembering to buy or grab a card. When Gregg Podolski categorizes men into two categories this hits home. Explaining how to handle the two different types of men and when and why they buy their specific gifts.
Viewpoints, slants, jokes and much more and how people view Valentine's Day to appreciate their significant others and explain away why some remember some don't. There are so many entries but I will select the ones that I can identify with and the rest you have to read on your own. Imagine searching for Valentines that are not in boxes or packages of six. Learning the true history behind the name Valentine. Just read A Comedy of Eros to learn more.
There are stories about men who forget the day all together and pay the ultimate price and you can guess what that is. The story about Playing Valentine's Day by the rules and comparing it to a sports game was hysterical. The penalties alone should tell any guy that they need to read the play book before the starting whistle is blown. In this case, it's football and before the ref tosses the ball and decides who gets it, you better have your offense and defense planned or the final penalty could leave you out in the cold. The Candy Hearts are quite unique and I think I might have some slogans of my own. Twice a Year was my favorite since having been to the person she went to for the same thing I can tell you I feel the same way about this visit. Dorothy Rosby offers you some great verses to help create you own card for that special day. Of course the Valentine's Day Report Card says it all and the grading system is priceless. Remember: You do not want to be given a grade of needs improvement or worse: Below Level.
Let's continue with the "Be my Valentine": Let Us Count the Ways by Kate Heidel followed by More Effective than eHarmony by Sarah Garb which is definitely great. Giving love advice from the experts: Third graders. Now just listen and learn: Read the note she received from one of her students. Finally, Nip it in the Rosebud by one of our editors Karla Telega giving all of those men and women out there the warning signs to watch out for before plunging into a serious Valentine's relationship.
Forty authors and each story, poem or verse so funny you need to read them for yourself to appreciate the humor, sarcasm, straight talk and hilarity in this book. My favorite story is Five Things I will Not Be Doing on Valentine's Day to "Please my Man by Blythe Jewell. I won't be cooking an elaborate meal either. Nor will anyone get my chocolates. The cartoons, poems and biographies are great and enlightening allowing the reader to get to know the contributors but the one that I think is really the fantastic is Valentine Day's Hunk. Join the Hunk of the Month Club and I don't think you will be disappointed. Read the testimonials to learn more. This is one must read book for every guy that has ever forgotten: LOVE MEANS: DON'T FORGET THE DAY! This book is told straight from each and every author's Valentine Heart.
Fran Lewis: reviewer
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Saturday it would try to launch another long-range rocket later this month, as the country prepares to commemorate the death a year ago of its longtime ruler Kim Jong Il, and as his son, Kim Jong Un, works to bolster his credentials as a leader.
The launching, which North Korea said would take place between Dec. 10 and 22, is likely to prompt international condemnations and heighten tensions with Washington and its allies. Critics consider North Korea's launching of a Unha-3 rocket a cover for testing technology for intercontinental ballistic missiles that could eventually be used to carry nuclear weapons.
In a previous effort in April, a rocket blasted off from the launching site on the west coast near China only to disintegrate shortly afterward, failing in its goal of putting an Earth-observation satellite into orbit.
Saturday's announcement came at a delicate time in the region. South Korea is gearing up for a presidential election Dec. 19, and Japan plans parliamentary elections Dec. 16.


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With Pixel Comp, You can easily compare the pixels of two images by RGB values and can recognize any differences visually. Also you can alpha-blend the two images to detect any differences. And more, you can compose these images into one and can draw freehand notes on it.
Finally, you can export the composed image to photo album, application document, Dropbox, clipboard, and e-mail attachment (* Full version only).
Sometimes, an unexpected interesting result can be seen by composing images, that is not a primary purpose of this app though. I hope please try various things and enjoy it.


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PLEASANT HILL — A car crashed into an office store early Monday morning, and the person driving it appears to have fled with some of its property, police said.
The mayhem occurred at 5:42 a.m. at a Staples store at 2120 Contra Costa Blvd., when officers responded to a store alarm and found an unoccupied green 1997 Honda Accord crashed through the front door of the store, Master Corp. Steven Dexheimer of Pleasant Hill police said.
The car was reported stolen from Berkeley on Sunday, police said.
A search of the store showed that some property was taken, but police did not release specific details about what was stolen and were determining the value of the store's loss, Dexheimer said.
A security camera was rolling when the theft occurred, and police are reviewing some of it, Dexheimer said. Police also interviewed witnesses who were working in nearby businesses when the robbery happened, Dexheimer said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the investigations bureau of the Pleasant Hill Police Department at 925-288-4630.
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HelpMeSee Helps Create Cataract Backlog Free Zone in India
Historical Achievement in Chitrakoot Proves Unprecedented Program Outcomes
Jul 29, 2014, 15:18 ET from HelpMeSee
NEW YORK, July 29, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HelpMeSee – a global campaign to eliminate blindness due to cataract – and Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya (SNC), Shri Sadguru Seva Sangh Trust (SSSST; founded by Param Pujya Shri Ranchhoddasji Maharaj) – one of the largest rural eye care organizations in India - partnered together in with one goal in mind – to implement an evidence-based approach for eliminating blindness due to cataracts. Nearly three years into the partnership, and with the generous support and direction of HelpMeSee, SSSST has successfully achieved India's Chitrakoot District (with a population of over one million people) as a Cataract Backlog Free Zone.
"The success of the HelpMeSee campaign is dependent on enabling remote and austere communities to access high-quality surgical services on a sustained basis," said Mohan Jacob Thazhathu, president and CEO, HelpMeSee. "We expect to have a cataract surgical clinic available for every 250,000 population - capable of delivering 2,500 surgeries every year. We estimate this is the surgical saturation required to eliminate cataract blindness and address visual impairment due to cataracts."
Thazhathu added that this approach is being replicated in 2 more districts (one district in Uttar Pradesh and one district in Madhya Pradesh) with significant results expected by the end of 2014.
Started in November 2011, the SSSST and HelpMeSee partnership was built on the guiding philosophy of bringing the best quality patient care, surgery and follow-up into the region's most remote areas – serving those living in dire, austere conditions and suffering from curable cataract blindness.
The SNC has reported major achievements directly attributed to the HelpMeSee's evidence-based approach and surgical quality assurance programs. By implementing high-quality surgical care protocols including examination & screening, surgical quality standards and post-operation patient care, more than 60,000 MSICS (manual small incision cataract surgeries) have been performed with a post-surgical follow-up rate reaching 90 percent.
"Through this noble approach, we are bringing the dream of our founder, Param Pujya Shri Ranchhoddasji Maharaj, to a reality. With a deep sense of gratitude, we embrace the remarkable contribution of the HelpMeSee campaign, which without, this would not have been possible. Our convincing results may inspire many to come up with similar approaches, for the benefit of underserved," said Dr. B.K. Jain, Trustee & Director, Shri Sadguru Seva Sangh Trust.
Additionally, a separate cloud-based patient management database and has been implemented to record each patient's profile (both pre and post surgery) and follow-up details as part of HelpMeSee's commitment to quality assurance, program transparency and donor visibility.
"As a part of our organizational and programmatic transparency promise to donors, we know the name and location of each and every patient serviced under the HelpMeSee campaign," added Venkat Sambandhamoorthy, Chief of Programs and Field Operations for HelpMeSee. "Converging the latest technologies available such as Global Information Systems (GIS) to find those living with treatable cataracts is just one element to serving people living in the harshest conditions and suffering needlessly from cataract blindness."
The heart and soul of HelpMeSee's Surgical Partner program are the local surgeons in the developing countries. 99% of all of the surgeries we sponsor will be performed by local surgeons in local hospitals. By empowering local surgeons to set up their own practices and supporting local hospitals, we will be building self-sufficiency in very poor, but very proud communities one surgery at a time. This is the only successful route to sustainability.
To learn more about HelpMeSee and to join us in eliminating cataract blindness, please visit www.HelpMeSee.org.
About HelpMeSee
HelpMeSee (www.HelpMeSee.org) is a global campaign to eliminate cataract blindness endemic in developing countries. The HelpMeSee mission is make the sight-restoring surgery available to millions of poor through financial support and the training of thousands of highly skilled specialist cataract surgeons recruited from within their communities. HelpMeSee has designed and is now producing a virtual reality surgical simulator and training program to be implemented worldwide, adapted from extensive experience in simulator based aviation training.
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Popular Nigerian artiste, Davido has once again proved why he is one of the highest earners in the Nigerian entertainment industry.
This time, the 21-year-old award winning singer has been photographed wearing a 24-carat gold-plated headphones.
According to a post on Dele Momodu's ovation international official instagram account, the 24-carat gold-plated headphones was specially customized for the Aye crooner.
Commenting on the expensive asset, Dele Momodu said: "The current rave of African Music DAVIDO is seen here wearing a 24-carat gold-plated headphones; he's hardworking and blessed!"
Meanwhile, the 24-carat gold-plated headphones put on by Davido is already receiving mixed reactions from some of his fans.
* Davido wearing his 24 carat gold plated headphones
While some of them are of the opinion that the musician could have used the money to better the lives of the poor people in Nigeria, others say he works hard for his money hence he should be the one to decide how to spend it.
Also, some critics believe fortune smiled on Davido on the strength of the financial muscle of his father, unarguably, Davido has also worked his socks off.
* Davido
With his musical abilities, doggedness and ingenuity, He has worked his way to the top not only in Nigeria but also on the African continent.
Few weeks ago, Davido won double MTV awards.
No wonder he was recently ranked 5th among highest paid in Nigerian music industry.
According to the ranking, apart from managing his own HKN label, the Aye crooner was said to pocket nothing less than N3 million per show.
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Britain will feel the repercussions of Syria and the rise of Islamic extremism within its own borders for "many years" to come, a top counter-terrorism expert has said.
Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan Police's assistant commissioner who recently failed in her bid to become PSNI Chief Constable, warned that Britain would feel long-term consequences of the conflict.
She was speaking as Sunni militants captured two border crossings, one with Jordan and another with Syria, as they press on with their offensive in one of Iraq's most restive regions.
Iraq officials said the militants yesterday captured the Turaibil crossing with Jordan and the al-Walid crossing with Syria after Iraqi forces pulled out.
Ms Dick said Islamic extremism represented a terrorist threat to the UK, and that young British Muslims who had travelled to war-torn Syria to fight might commit violence when they return.
It is estimated that around 500 Britons have travelled to Syria and Iraq.
Ms Dick told BBC Radio 4: "I'm afraid I believe that we will be living with the consequences of Syria – from a terrorist point of view, let alone the world, geopolitical consequences – for many, many, many years to come."
Her warning came after footage emerged online showing several young British jihadists in Syria in an Isis recruitment video in which they urged UK Muslims to join insurgents there and in Iraq.
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Christian Rich - The Decadence
Artist: Christian Rich
Up-and-coming duo Christian Rich have hooked up with Clinton Sparks, Mick Boogie, Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream to drop The Decadence, a new mixtape which finds brothers Kehinde and Taiwo Hassan tossing out old concepts to bring fans a new musical sensation.
Created in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Miami and the Neptunes' Hovercraft studio in Virginia, the project comes complete with DJBooth-approved tracks "Hello Virgin," "Lady of the Night" and "Famous Girl."
All songs are written and produced by Christian Rich (with the exception of the "Famous Girl" remixes), and guest contributors include Pharrell Williams, Pusha T (of the Clipse), Shanell (of Young Money), Y-O (of U-N-I), Bjorn (from Peter Bjorn and John), DJ Benzi and Dstar, Clinton Sparks and more! As a bonus, the zip file downloadable below features this video drop by Pharrell.
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- An elderly central Tennessee man has died of West Nile virus less than a month after becoming ill with the mosquito-borne disease, officials say.
Marion Rogers, 82, of Murfreesboro, died Sunday after being diagnosed Sept. 19, Gannett Tennessee reported Monday.
The disease can cause inflammation of the brain. By the time Rogers died, he was bedridden, unable to speak and occasionally had to use a ventilator to breathe, his son, Guy Rogers, said.
Two residents of the Nashville area were diagnosed with West Nile last week, health officials in Davidson County said. Both patients have recovered.


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Waukesha Taxpayer's League asks candidates to sign the pledge
The Waukesha Taxpayer's League has posted the pledge they are asking each of the candidates to sign. They are not endorsing anyone pre-primary, but they are making it public whether a candidate has signed the pledge as well as the candidates' answers to their questionnaire. Great information for the voters in the City of Waukesha.


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JOS Buttler, on 92, stands between Durham and their first championship win of the season with Lancashire on 276 for eight, needing a further 64.
Buttler, always sharp between the sticks, stole a single to cover in the first over after lunch, which also resulted in an overthrow to take him to 50.
Stokes sent down the next over and was obviously bowling well within himself, concentrating on containment. After five dot balls he put a little more into the last one and beat Croft on 55.
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Buttler off drove Stokes for four to bring up the 100 stand off 119 balls and they added a further 29 before Croft was well caught at deep square leg by Gordon Muchall off Stokes for 72.
Tom Smith had little trouble taking up where Croft left off, reverse sweeping Borthwick's second ball for four when the leg-spinner returned.
Buttler knuckled down as Smith kept the score moving but after making 26 he pushed forward to the fourth ball of a Hastings spell and a thick edge was caught by his bootstraps by Borthwick at gully.
Glen Chapple's first 11 runs included an ungainly heave to cow corner off Borthwick and an inside edge of Hastings which just missed leg stump and also went for four.
When a misfield followed, giving him two more, it looked like being his day but again a bowling change did the trick.
Stokes returned for Borthwick and Chapple chased the fourth ball, which was short and wide, and edged to Mustard.
In the next over Kyle Hogg pushed tentatively forward and had his off stump rattled by Hastings. Kabir Ali is now in the Buttler, with only Simon Kerrigan to come.


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Dead Men's Path
"Dead Men's Path" by Chinua Achebe is a short story about modern vs. traditional beliefs. Throughout the years, the culture of different tribes or society has changed in a lot of ways that bring about harmful reactions from people and the approval from others. Cultures are set that even if changes were to occur, people keep value of the their traditional culture and add touch of new beliefs to the modern era. In "Dead Men's Path" the character, Obi, can be labeled both as the protagonist or the antagonist of the story because, he has a different way of viewing the beliefs of the priest from the village he lives in. In "Dead Men's Path," Achebe uses symbols and irony in the setting the expresses the theme of the story.
First, the main symbol that Achebe uses in the setting is the path. Achebe writes, "The path, (…) appears to be very important to them. Although it is hardly used, it connects the village shrine with their place of burial" (177). The path symbolizes the connection between the living and the dead, which represents the heritage of the village and their traditional way of life.
Moreover, even though Obi took away what was important to the villagers, I believe that in his opinion he was just attempting to improve the school. The irony of the "Dead Men's Path" is that even though Obi's intention was for the betterment of the school; his good intentions still led to a disaster. Often, people search to modernize people and the world around us based on our own thoughts of improvement and progression, but we cannot expect everyone's explanation of improvement and progression to match our own. Furthermore, even with his good intention Obi failed to realized that his ignorance caused him to overlook the beliefs that has been past on from generations to generations, that his ancestors were once part of (177).
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QPR seal loan signing of Wolves and Republic of Ireland international striker Kevin Doyle
QPR have completed the signing of Wolves striker Kevin Doyle on loan until the end of the season.
Rangers boss Harry Redknapp has been desperate to secure an experienced forward after losing top scorer Charlie Austin to a shoulder injury in the victory over Bolton Wanderers at Loftus Road on Tuesday night.
Doyle, who goes straight into Redknapp's squad for the crucial home clash with Burnley, is delighted to have joined the Super Hoops and is ready to play his part in the club's pursuit of promotion to the Premier League
"It was all agreed pretty quickly. I jumped at the chance to come here to be honest," he told the club's official website.
"The club's in a great position for a tilt at promotion and I can't wait to be part of it"Kevin Doyle
"The club's in a great position for a tilt at promotion and I can't wait to be part of it.
"It was a massive draw to know I'll be part of a promotion push and obviously the manger played a huge role in my decision to come here as well."
He added: "The squad here have enjoyed a really positive first half of the season and everyone is looking forward to tomorrow.
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A Highland Park man found dead Monday night in Wilmette was shot in the head, according to the medical examiner's office.
The Wilmette Police Department is investigating the death of Colin Nutter, 20, as a homicide.
A teen walking her dog found Nutter's body in some bushes along Briar Road near the Edens Expressway.
Nutter's neighbors described him as very well-liked in the community.
Police are still looking for the car Nutter was driving that night.
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call the tip line of the North Regional Major Crimes Task Force at 847-853-7580 or the Wilmette Police Department at 847-256-1200.
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Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Bosch Packaging Technology Announce Global Collaboration
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Goettingen | Crailsheim, Germany, June 20, 2012 / B3C newswire / – Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international pharma and biotech supplier, and Bosch Packaging Technology (Bosch), one of the leading providers of process technology and packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, today announced a long-term global partnership agreement. The agreement covers the mutual design and development of single-use filling solutions to be used on Bosch's aseptic filling equipment for final fill-and-finish operations of drug products. SSB will provide Bosch with pre-configured single-use filling transfer sets, consisting of bags, filters, tubing and connectors. Bosch will combine them with its aseptic filling and barrier isolation technology into new, innovative systems for aseptic filling, and exclusively market, distribute and service these new filling systems under its own brand name.
With the new product line PreVAS (Pre-Validated, Pre-Assembled, Pre-Sterilized), Bosch will supply its customers with highly cost effective, plug and play tools for aseptic filling operations that provide additional flexibility and come along with comprehensive validation packages. PreVAS will be launched at Achema 2012.
Joachim Brenner, responsible for Bosch's Pharma Liquid portfolio worldwide and Site Manager of the plant Crailsheim, stated: "By integrating SSB's single-use technologies into our aseptic filling systems, we are expanding our product and service portfolio in the area of fill-and-finish unit operations by an important component. With our joint expertise, we intend to develop configurable and customized single-use filling solutions and to provide strong validation and technical support."
Jean-Marc Cappia, Vice President of Marketing, Fluid Management Technologies, at SSB stated: "The partnership with Bosch promotes the implementation of single-use technologies into critical applications such as final filling operations and strengthens the confidence into single-use technology. Our customers from the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry are facing mounting cost pressure and time constraints. By integrating single-use technology into fill-and-finish unit operations, they can handle smaller batches and product change overs in a safe, economic and flexible way."
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A NORTH-EAST think tank is calling on the government to devolve powers to the region in a bid to get it out of the economic doldrums.
An independent report commissioned by IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research) highlights the need for the region to take control of welfare, housing and transport, to reverse its financial decline.
The final report of the 18-month long Northern Economic Future Commission will show that the north of England, which includes the North-East, North West, Yorkshire and Humberside, contributed just 20 per cent of the UK's economic prosperity.
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And they are calling for the creation of a Northern hub for international airports with flights coming in from across the globe to help improve business productivity.
The commission, comprised of business leaders, voluntary sector and local government leaders, will launch its findings on Friday (November 30) at a conference in Leeds, addressed by chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.
Ed Cox, director of IPPR North, said: "Far from lagging behind the rest of the country, if the north of England was to emulate its northern European neighbours, then it might just lead the UK economy out of its current lopsided doldrums and towards a more progressive and sustainable economy.
"Then, and only then, will the national debate move on and the nation as a whole will accept that northern prosperity is national prosperity."
The claims have been backed up by a report from the British Chamber of Commerce which says too many transport projects are caught up in the slow lane.
It maintains that of 13 key projects identified across the country, just three are going ahead, with two having some funding committed and eight delayed, cancelled or merely under consideration.
The BCC said one of the two projects given some funding allocation, but with no date for final delivery, is the so-called Northern Hub rail improvement scheme to deliver £4bn of benefits to the economy of northern England.
BCC director of policy Dr Adam Marshall said: "Transport infrastructure is critical to business growth but progress on the investment promised by successive governments continues to be too slow.
"Whenever key decisions to improve capacity on the country's rail, road and air networks are delayed, our businesses and economy are missing out."
However, transport minister Norman Baker said: "Our massive programme of investment - the biggest since the 19th century - in the current railway system includes substantial investment to increase capacity on the East Coast Main Line over the next two years as well as £240m for the industry to spend on the route between 2014 and 2019."


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2 Chronicles 25:18
18Then Jehoash sent his answer to Amaziah. Jehoash was the king of Israel and Amaziah was the king of Judah. Jehoash told this story: "A little thorn bush of Lebanon sent a message to a big cedar tree of Lebanon. The little thorn bush said, 'Let your daughter marry my son.' But a wild animal came and walked over the thorn bush and destroyed it.
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When things are out of your control...
August 08, 2009
Some of you may have been following what has been going on this week through Twitter and Flickr. I still can't understand what has happened so I have decided to write about it here in hopes that someone who reads my blog has experienced something similar.
It started early last Sunday morning, I woke up to a sharp pain in my upper arm. So intense that it made me jump up in tears. It felt like someone had stabbed me in the arm or what my brain thought it would feel like if someone stabbed me. I got up and shook my arm out a bit in hopes that it would go away. Max was sleeping in the bed with me and I didn't want to wake him. I layed down and tried to sleep but was unsuccessful. The day started and we got up to meet with family for morning play and lunch. I ignored the pain in hopes that it would go away. It did not. I endured the pain until the afternoon and I think sometime upon returning to my sister's apartment I passed out because of fatigue and pain. I woke up to the most intense pain I've ever felt. My arm was pretty much incapacitated and we decided to go to the ER.
After waiting nearly 4 hours to be seen due to other cases that were more serious, I was finally sent for a sonogram of my upper extremity and there they found that I had two clots. One in my internal jugular and another in a secondary artery. Both that run from my heart through to my arm. After that diagnosis, I was wisked away into a room and give medication and told to lay down. I suddenly became a priority patient. With in minutes, I was seen by a barrage of doctors and specialists and told that I was going to be admitted. All the while, I only knew they found a clot and that I needed medical attention asap.
Once I was admitted I was given a drug called Lovenox. Apparent this is THE DRUG to combat against blood clots. And the best one to take when you are pregnant. It does not affect the baby because the drug can't pass through the placenta. I was administered a shot in my belly and later learned that I would have to administer this shot myself twice a day until the end of the pregnancy and 6 week postpartum. And I learned that because of the proximity of the clot to my heart (it is located in my chest on the upper left side) they can not operate to remove it. The only thing that can be done is to take Lovenox to prevent the development of other clots and hope that the existing ones do not break off and go where they are not supposed to. Like to my lungs.
The OB/GYN specialist who followed me explained that it's highly rare for there to be a DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) in the upper extremity like the one I have unless I've had an IV port recently or a blood transfusion. Both of which I haven't had. The last time I had an IV was two years ago for the birth of Maximilien. I have blood drawn once a month to monitor for toxoplasmosis but that is usually in the other arm and the doctor doesn't believe that it came from that. And to my knowledge I know of no other member of my family that has had blood clots so the only other explanation is that pregnant women are higher risk for clotting due to the pregnancy itself. But the doctor didn't seem to really buy into that either because I would have mostly like developed a clot in my leg and not in my upper body.
All this scares the shit out of me.
So, this is what I know now....
- BB is just fine. She is active and growing and the blood flow through my placenta to her is exactly as it should be.
- I have to take two shots of Lovenox for the next 4 months and 6 weeks after birth. A shot that I have to administer myself in MY BELLY. I was scared of needles but not anymore...
- I will probably have to take some sort of anti-coagulant every time I fly now. The reason being that once your body clots like this it has a tendency to keep doing it. Sounds weird but the doctor explained it to me as like Girls Gone Wild, once one clot shows up and decides to hang around others follow suit.
- I am now considered a high risk pregnancy and probably won't have too much control on how BB will be born. But this is to be confirmed with my own OB/GYN in Paris. The American doctor told me that I would need to C-Section to birth this baby to make sure everything went alright.
- And the thing that scares me the most is that this clot probably won't go away. And it's in my chest and near my heart. The doctor reassured me that it's much more dangerous to have one in your leg then your chest. Because the risk of pulmonary embolism is much higher but still. It freaks me out that it's right there in my chest.
I did some quick research of giving birth while on Lovenox especially VBAC and found a thread on Baby Center that was interesting. I have a lot of researching to do on my part and am anxious to get home and see my own doctor which will entail getting on an international flight again. I am scared.
So, there you have it. Our vacation so far. Whoopee.
Anyone who has an experience on DVTs, giving birth on anti-coagulants or any word of support is very welcome. The power of Twitter is amazing. Someone sent me this tweet the day I was released. But for now I don't even know how to get my mind around all that has happened.


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E Pluribus Tucson: Uprising in Arizona
Liberals in Pima County, Disgusted With Their State, Prepare to Start a Better One
TUCSON, Ariz.—On the patio of a downtown bar here last Wednesday night, a handful of people gathered over pitchers of beer to plot the creation of America's 51st state.
With copies of the Arizona constitution before them, they debated how to turn Pima County—a liberal southern swatch of Arizona that borders Mexico and includes Tucson—into "Baja Arizona."
"What's the objective?" one member asked the group, Start Our State.
"Becoming our own state and making our own decisions," said organizer Paul Eckerstrom.
Baja Arizona (the working title) will almost certainly remain a dream, but it suggests the growing chasm between the state's Republican leaders and its frustrated liberal minority.
For decades, there has been friction between Pima County and its more conservative northern neighbor, Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix. Residents of Pima County (pop. 1 million) have often joked about forming their own state. The chasm yawned last year when Gov. Jan Brewer approved an immigration law that prompted a legal battle between the state and the federal government and made the state the target of boycotts. A new batch of immigration bills followed this year, along with a Republican-sponsored state Senate bill to let Arizona nullify specific federal laws.
Supporters of the nullification bill, which was defeated last week, said it was an attempt to curb federal overreaching. It was also the final straw for Mr. Eckerstrom, former Pima County Democratic Party chairman and an attorney in the county's Legal Defenders Office.
"That's basically a secession bill," Mr. Eckerstrom said. "I just couldn't take it anymore. We actually want to stay in the union. It seems Arizona doesn't." In February, he suggested facetiously on his Facebook page that southern Arizona become its own state. Thousands of supporters answered his call.
Weekend: Divided We Stand
What would California look like broken in three? Or a Republic of New England? With the federal government reaching for ever more power, redrawing the map is enticing, says Paul Starobin. (June 13, 2009)
Some in Pima County are also upset about gun legislation under consideration and cite the shooting spree outside Tucson that killed six and seriously wounded 13, including Gabrielle Giffords, the Democratic U.S. representative whose district includes Pima. The legislation would allow guns on college campuses, which supporters say would make them safer. Another bill, already approved by Arizona's Senate, would enshrine a state gun, the Colt Single Action Army Revolver, which supporters say is central to Arizona's history.
Republicans say the separatists' effort is, at best, a publicity stunt. "It's their silly way of pushing back," said Lori Klein, a state senator and the nullification bill's chief sponsor. "It's Pima County. They fight us on immigration. They fight us on taxes."
"It's no secret that the Democrats took it on the chin this year," said Brian Miller, Pima County Republican Party Chairman. "So instead of regrouping and trying to convince people they are correct in their views, they want to secede." On the other hand, he noted, if Pima County does become its own state, "that would make me the state GOP chairman."
Jokes about the effort, and the liberal history of the region, abound. "The official state license plate would read: Baja Arizona: Your Welfare Is Our Business," wrote Roger Yohem, a columnist for "Inside Tucson Business. "The official state gun would be the Hasbro Super-Soaker."
Late last month, independent of Mr. Eckerstrom's effort, Democratic state senator Paula Aboud introduced separation of the south from Arizona as a "tongue-in-cheek" amendment to an existing bill.
"We don't want to be part of this state that continues to embarrass Arizona," she said when she introduced the amendment. It went down to defeat.
While acknowledging they are unlikely to succeed, leaders of the separation movement say it is a serious effort, complete with lawyer-drafted legal strategies, a bank account to accept donations and maps of the quixotic new state. The group's Facebook page has a small but growing following, currently at more than 3,000 fans.
The separatists point to Maine, which became a state in 1820 after residents lobbied for independence from Massachusetts. But it took them three decades, and as a free state Maine provided balance with the slave states. After the Massachusetts legislature approved the split, Congress and the President signed off as well.
Start Our State is looking to introduce a ballot initiative in Pima County next year, an election year and Arizona's 100th birthday.
It's unclear whether the county would allow it, never mind its fate with Congress and the president.
Other counties have been invited to join. In one scenario, northern counties would link to Pima, creating the nation's first doughnut-shaped state, with Republican Maricopa as the doughnut hole
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Well, this may sound unusual, but if you think about it again you will come to the same conclusion as I did:
So what is the real disease you suffer from?
Well, the simple answer is that you have an overactive immune system disease. Your immune system "freaks out" when it meets your joints and other healthy tissues and attacks them. The fact that you are diagnosed with Lupus is just because your immune system reacts in such a way as to create the Lupus symptoms. But you DON'T actually having the "Lupus" disease. You have anoveractive or blinded immune system disease!
What does this mean? This means you should be dealing with the REAL problem: Your "overactive immune system" is the problem we need to deal with. Taking drugs to kill the symptoms may temporarily help but they are NOT the real solution.
I used to give my patients Aspirin, Acetaminophen, known to most people as Tylenol®, NSAIDs like Ibuprofen (Motrin®), Naproxen (Naprosyn®), Indomethacin (Indocin®), Courses of steroid injections and Antimalarials, etc. but they offered no REAL help. They may have eased the symptoms but this is not the real solution and nobody claims it is.
|The sad truth is that the strong toxic effect of all these drugs gradually poisons the whole body, which at the end of the day, only makes Lupus attacks and permanent damage worse!
So , how can we heal an overactive immune system?
The healing process is done by using a simple step-by-step method that rehabilitates your immune system and boosts supporting body systems to get rid of all symptoms (and types) of Lupus PLUS it re-energizes and purifies your body for maximum health.
In my step-by-step Treatment System, you'll learn how my Directed Nutrition™ method plus a special vitamin regimen will significantly reduce your symptoms and eventually completely rid you of your current condition.
It shouldn't be any surprise to people that directed nutrition and simple plants and vitamins can be the basis for powerful cures. Contrary to popular belief, even prescription drugs aren't wholly manufactured from synthetics. Often a rare plant, available only in the rain forests of the Amazon, is the basis of powerful prescription medications. and don't forget that your body is MADE FROM natural materials and incorporates a system that uses natural products such as food to constantly rebuild and heal.
I followed this basic principle of pharmacology to find life-giving plants and herbs that could be the basis for reversing Lupus. This would not only give patients comfort and new hope, but give their bodies a way to build strength and coordination and promote a far stronger immune system.
How long will it take to get back to a normal life again?
The vast majority of people see a major improvement within just a few short weeks. It really doesn't matter how long you have suffered with Lupus or what else you have tried, the results are almost always the same.
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CALL FOR PAPERS The 27th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC 2008) (http://www.ipccc.org/) December 8-10, 2008 Austin, Texas, USA The International Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC) is the premier IEEE conference presenting research in the performance of computer and communication systems. For more than two decades, IPCCC has been a research forum for academic, industrial, and government researchers. PURPOSE AND SCOPE The theme of IPCCC 2008 is ��Computing for Emerging Networked Systems��. To capture the recent exciting innovations in the system research, IPCCC 2008 will explore and articulate (i) the challenges and opportunities as parallel and distributed systems are scaling large and networked over the internet; (ii) the challenges and opportunities as multicore processors are becoming the mainstream desktop processors and networked onchip; (iii) the challenges and opportunities as embedded systems are becoming ubiquitous and networked through wireless communication. We encourage submission of high-quality papers that address the thematic topics as well as other topics in theoretical and experimental areas of system research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Grid and cloud computing Internet Services and Network Management Network protocols Network Information Assurance, and Security Multi- and single- core processor architecture Cache, Memory, and Disk Storage Systems Workload Characterization and its Impact on Architecture Design Embedded Systems Ubiquitous computing Mobile ad hoc, Sensor and Mesh Networks Parallel and Distributed Systems Performance Evaluation and Modeling Performance Tools and Techniques In addition, proposals for panel sessions and workshops on relevant topics are welcome. Workshops may be for a full day or half a day. Workshop papers will be published in the conference proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES Workshop and Panel Proposal Due: August 31, 2008 Conference Paper Submission Due: September 9, 2008 Paper Acceptance Notification: October 30, 2008 Camera-ready Manuscript Due: November 15, 2008 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair Taieb Znati (Univ. of Pittsburgh) General Vice Chair Maggie Cheng (Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology) Program Chair Youtao Zhang (Univ. of Pittsburgh) Finance Chair Ullah Nasr (Freescale Semiconductor Inc.) Web Chair Neil Nelson (Freescale Semiconductor Inc.) Workshop co-Chairs Dharma Agrawal (Univ. of Cincinnati) Bing Wang (Univ. of Connecticut) Publicity Chair Sheng Zhong (SUNY Buffalo) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submitted manuscripts must have at least 11-point font size, and should not exceed 12 pages formatted in IEEE conference style, including the abstract, figures, and references. Authors should obtain company and government clearances prior to submission of papers. All papers will be reviewed by the program committee. They will be judged with respect to their quality, originality, and relevance. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, conditional upon the author's advance registration. Note that one full (non-student) registration fee must be paid for each paper published in the proceedings, and that submission of a paper entails a professional obligation to attend and present your paper at the conference if it is accepted. Authors MUST submit their papers electronically using EDAS (http://edas.info).