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PanFlu Essential Healthcare Services Tabletop
Summer 2009
The PanFlu Essential Healthcare Services Tabletop (TTX) was provided to six counties in the state of Indiana in June and July 2009, with over 200 participants. Our purpose in conducting this TTX was to assist hospitals and healthcare providers in the testing and evaluation of their Strategic Plan for Delivery of Essential Healthcare Services in the face of the demands associated with pandemic influenza. The project received support from the Centers for Disease Control through the Indiana State Department of Health. The exercise required participants to explore and measure their capabilities to sustain essential healthcare services during weeks 1, 3, and 5 of a simulated 12 week influenza pandemic wave. The participants identified their essential healthcare services that would be continued, discontinued, or altered in response to the ever-increasing patient loads experienced with each successive exercise module.
There were two pre-exercise scenario injects. The first inject, given 10 days prior to the exercise start date, provided a scenario and asked the hospitals/county participants to identify an appropriate Incident Command System (ICS) structure with qualified personnel and back-ups. The second inject, 7 days prior, increased the severity of the scenario and asked participants to review their plan(s) and share their plan(s) with appropriate healthcare service providers and community stakeholders.
On exercise day, the Module 1 scenario introduced confirmed cases of a novel virus in Indiana with a World Health Organization (WHO) Alert Phase of 5, and a significant number of worried well and sick reporting to the hospital emergency departments (EDs) and healthcare providers. Participants discussed surge triage triggers and implementation, traffic issues and security needs, and then based on these factors, the resulting impact on continuation of their essential healthcare services. After Module 1, the participants took part in a working lunch where they considered ethical issues surrounding three different scenarios. The scenarios focused on hospital visitation policies, staffing absenteeism, and ventilator allocation. Participants identified the primary ethical issues that would be considered in arriving at a recommended solution(s) and various other issues including who the decision-makers would be, and how decisions would be communicated to affected parties. Laws, policies, and regulations surrounding the ethical issues were identified as well, allowing the participants to recommend potentially beneficial changes.
The Module 2 introduced an increase to a WHO Alert Phase 6, a large increase in patients needing triage and hospitalization, an escalation of security concerns, and significant absenteeism among nursing staff. Participants determined their nursing staff demands/needs by completing an Excel spreadsheet that would reveal staffing requirements based on bed counts, patient:nurse ratios, and work shifts. Participants also identified supply strategies to include ordering, storing, reuse, and to respond to security issues in triage lines. Finally, they determined the impact of the scenario events on their essential healthcare services and identified what they would continue, discontinue, or alter.
The third module continued to increase patient loads exacerbating bed and staffing shortfalls, contributing to "community panic". Staff availability was reduced by 30%. Participants reviewed their ICS structure from the pre-exercise injects, and replaced members as controllers removed them from the exercise. Participants also identified community stakeholders and agencies that would provide assistance during pandemic efforts. Most importantly, participants again discussed what essential services would be kept unchanged, discontinued, or altered.
As participants worked through the exercise scenario, they could observe their nurse staffing needs as compared to their nurse staffing capabilities based on the decisions they made regarding bed counts, patient:nurse ratios, work hours per day/week, and number of part-time nurses they had available. The software used during the exercise allowed participants to quickly analyze their staffing decisions and make adjustments (charts on the left are examples of the visual depictions that were provided to show the impact of their decisions).Participants could also see the results of increasing the number of available hospital beds (surge beds) versus the number of patients who required hospitalization. Shortfalls for nursing staff or available beds could then be analyzed.Consequently, numerous ethical issues were raised and then discussed regarding courses of actions that participants suggested to help resolve these problems. While this exercise looked specifically at nurses and respiratory therapists, this exercise could be applied to any of the hospital staff positions.
The exercise planning team consisted of individuals from diverse backgrounds at Purdue University including the Purdue Homeland Security Institute (PHSI) and Healthcare Technical Assistance Program (HealthcareTAP), with helpful advice and recommendations from local planning committees, and staff members at the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH). The exercise was enhanced by several video clips depicting potential real-world situations. Assumptions for severity of the exercise pandemic were derived with help from ISDH and were similar to those occurring in the 1918 influenza pandemic. Additionally, methodologies from the CDC Flu Surge 2.0 models were combined with county populations to predict numbers of those who would be sick, those needing hospitalization and ultimately, death rates.
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DOVER, Del.—Denny Hamlin couldn't believe it. He finally had a Sprint Cup car that could beat most the competition at Dover International Speedway.
Hamlin appeared to have solved his issues with the track in the Chase for Sprint Cup that has haunted him the most as he led 39 laps and appeared on pace to finish second or third in the AAA 400 Sunday.
There was just one problem. Hamlin couldn't get the fuel mileage he needed to get to the finish. He wasn't alone. Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch, who led 302 of the 400 laps, also couldn't make it after pitting with 89 laps left in the race.
Busch relinquished the lead with 10 laps remaining and Hamlin then gave it up one lap later as they both needed a splash of gas.
Hamlin had to settle for an eighth-place finish and is now 16 points behind leader and race-winner Brad Keselowski.
After climbing from his car, Hamlin said, "I can't control all this fuel-mileage s---."
"If we weren't going to make it, we weren't going to make it so there was no sense in us gambling and going several laps down," Hamlin said. "It's just this fuel-mileage game sucks.
"I drove as hard as I could drive for 400 laps and look up and it's, 'OK, why are we eighth?'"
Keselowski was able to stretch his fuel for the win while two drivers who pitted with 81 laps remaining (Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin) finished second and third.
Busch wound up seventh.
"It's frustrating," said Hamlin, whose average finish at Dover had been 20th "They're not going to beat us on the track. That's plain and simple. We're just too fast right now and I feel like everything is going well.
"These strategy games and the way these cautions are falling, it's ill-timed. … I'm not too discouraged because we ran our asses (off) today."
JGR gets its engines from Toyota Racing Development in the first year of a program in which TRD took over most of the duties from the JGR engine shop.
"Thank you TRD," Busch said on his team radio after the race. "(Expletive) us out of another one. Piece of (expletive) (expletive)."
While the team gets engines from TRD, it does have some options on the fuel mix and whether to sacrifice fuel mileage for horsepower.
"I knew they had better fuel mileage than us, and I knew if it came down to a fuel-mileage race that we were going to be in trouble," Busch crew chief Dave Rogers said.
"We played our best cards and we came up short. … Every now and then you have a fuel-mileage race. I didn't think this was going to come down to it so we went full power. I'm not going to second-guess our call."
Hamlin said that is the right choice, although a frustrating one.
"It's like all the hard work that you do just doesn't pay off," Hamlin said. "We choose to have the horsepower over the fuel mileage.
"Some guys don't tune that way but when you have a race-winning car, you don't want to give up any of the horsepower. … I'll take good-handling racecars and good horsepower any day."
For Busch, who failed to qualify for the Chase, anything less than winning is a bad day, while Hamlin is in the championship hunt with seven races left in the season. Hamlin said that Keselowski's 16-point lead on him is not safe.
"We can handle that, no problem," Hamlin said. "There's nothing we can't handle on the racetrack. I think our performance today is a testament to where we're heading."

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An abandoned vehicle set off a massive police search near The Breakers hotel and golf course in Palm Beach Tuesday morning.
Several officers including K-9 units and SWAT teams responded to the area to search for at least one person, who is connected to a fatal shooting in Miami, WPTV reported.
Streets were closed off and nearby residents were urged to stay indoors.
Officials said the people being sought are considered dangerous.
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Girls Basketball: Goodhue cruises past River Falls
In the first game of the 2012-13 season, the Goodhue girls basketball team was pressing.
Goodhue wasn't panicked, but the Wildcats' frantic pace offered all sorts of anxiety for its opponent: River Falls.
Ranked second at the end of last season, Goodhue showed no slowdown in its season debut Friday, blowing out River Falls 71-36 in the first round of the Red Wing Tip-Off Tournament.
Jumping to a 50-24 halftime lead, Wildcats head coach Josh Wieme was surprised at how strong his team came out.
"A lot of those players have done a lot of (pressing)," Wieme said, "but we were a little sharper than I thought we would be."
The junior trio of Mikayla Miller, Mikayla Tipcke and Kali Ryan helped the Wildcats jump out to a 14-6 lead before River Falls scored the next seven points, capped off by a 3-pointer from Lexi Knotek to cut the score to 14-13.
That would be the closest River Falls would come to the lead, as Goodhue scored 11 of the next 13 points. Meridith Watson ended the first half on a high note for the Wildcats with a three-pointer at the buzzer.
Miller sparked the Wilcats' surge, scoring 17 of her game-high 21 points in the first half. Ryan wasn't far behind with 10 first-half points.
"She should be that second scorer for us that we can rely on consistently to score in double digits," Wieme said of Ryan. "She was fantastic today. ... I think Kali can be our 'Miller light,' so to say."
Tipcke chipped in with nine points, all in the first half. She narrowly missed a double-double in the season opener, adding nine assists and six steals.
While River Falls tried to adjust to Goodhue's press, Wieme said his team worked just as hard to stop the counters, resulting in 15 steals.
"I thought they adapted a lot of different ways and we would adapt to that," Wieme said.
The Wildcats' press proved to be just as suffocating in the second half, as Goodhue went on an 18-3 run, holding onto a 68-27 lead following a layup by Shelby Hinsch.
"The press and the pressure wear on a team," Wieme said. "Their heads started hanging at the end of the first half."
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WES BROWN insists Sunderland's players will not be throwing in the towel despite Monday's 2-1 defeat to West Ham leaving the club's Premier League status hanging by a thread.
The Black Cats are four points adrift of safety with eight games remaining, but with Tottenham, Everton, Manchester City and Chelsea lying in wait in the next three weeks, the situation could have worsened considerably by the time the final four matches begin with the visit of relegation rivals Cardiff City.
Even Gustavo Poyet was forced to admit that Sunderland's survival prospects had been severely dented by Monday's failure to beat West Ham, but Brown is adamant that all is not lost.
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The experienced centre-half points to the quality of the Black Cats' last two home performances as proof of the talent within the squad, and claims his team-mates will travel to White Hart Lane on Monday confident of turning things around.
"We've got to stick with it, that's all we can do," said Brown. "You can't give up. We've just got to keep going and battling on. If anything, we have to give even more.
"There are some tough games coming up, and on paper, it suggests they'll (Sunderland's opponents) be the favourites. But we've got to keep going with the same sort of attitude we've had.
"We've played well, but we've not won so it doesn't matter. As long as we can keep going and give everything we've got though, at least we can say we've done that.
"The last couple of games at home, we've actually played okay, we've just not put the ball in the back of the net. At the moment we need points, and we're not doing that. We're playing good football, but it doesn't count if you're not getting the points."
Sunderland's lack of success in front of goal has clearly been a major factor in their malaise, with Adam Johnson's second-half strike against the Hammers making it just two goals in the club's last five league games.
However, things have been no better at the other end of the field either, with the Black Cats shipping at least two goals in six of their last seven matches in all competitions.
Only three sides have conceded more home goals than Sunderland this season – Aston Villa, Cardiff and Fulham – and despite boasting extensive experience in the shape of Brown, John O'Shea, Phil Bardsley and Marcos Alonso, the Wearsiders have struggled to keep clean sheets.
"It's our (defence's) job to stop the goals, and we can obviously do more on that side of it," said Brown. "Both goals we conceded were disappointing. We had a pre-match strategy (of how to deal with West Ham striker Andy Carroll's aerial threat), but both the goals happened from it."
Sunderland's last two defeats have witnessed a switch to a five-man defence, with Santiago Vergini coming into the backline as an extra centre-half, enabling Bardsley and Alonso to push further forward as wing-backs.
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville was extremely critical of the switch during his punditry appearance on Sky Sports on Monday, claiming it was exceptionally difficult for full-backs in particular to deal with the changes involved in the move to a five-man defence.
However, Brown claims it would be wrong to cite the new formation as an excuse for Sunderland's failure to pick up any points against Liverpool and West Ham.
"Except for the two set pieces where the goals came from, I thought we managed pretty well," he said. "I don't think there were many shots on target from West Ham, and if anything I thought we created more.
"We had a couple of training sessions practising it before we went to Anfield, and we all sort of knew what we were doing.
"It can get better with time, but I thought it worked pretty well, especially when we played Liverpool. Strategy wise, we did very well against a team that are on fire at the moment."
This week's defeat means Sunderland have now played 19 successive Monday-night games without recording a victory, a run that stretches back 12 years.
With that in mind, the fact the trip to Tottenham has also been switched to a Monday does not augur well, but while the Black Cats could potentially be seven points adrift of safety by the time they travel to White Hart Lane, Brown does not believe that playing after the rest of the clubs in the bottom half of the table creates extra pressure.
"I don't think it's a pressure," he said. "We just need to keep going. The way we played, I wouldn't say we were under a lot of pressure – maybe in the last third, where we could probably do better.
"Other than that, we did okay, but staying in this league is all about winning games and getting points and that's what we've got to do."


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My sister recently got a new computer with Windows 7 and has switched from DSL to Cable. How do I go about helping her manually configure the WRT54G v5? She cannot find the setup CD. Support tells me that this model is no longer under warranty and eligible for chat support. Support also said the setup CD is not compatible with Windows 7; however, the Window 7 compatibility page says "This product installs automatically without extra software." Any help would be greatly appreciated. I guess there will be two steps: getting the wireless router to work on her new desktop and then how to allow a laptop to connect wirelessly. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, John
Welcome to the linksys forum, please follow the instructions below.
1. Make sure that the Cable Modem is connected to the router and computer:
* Cable Modem >> Linksys Router >> Computer
Step 1
Cable that comes into the home will get connected to the Cable Modem
Step 2
Connect an Ethernet cable to the back of the cable Modem
Step 3
Take the Ethernet cable from the Cable Modem and connect it to the "Internet Port" on back of the Linksys Router.
Step 4
Connect another Ethernet cable to Port #1 on back of the Linksys Router.
Step 5
Now connect the Ethernet Cable from Port #1 to the Ethernet port on back of your computer.
The Physical setup is now complete.
Being that you used the Linksys Router before with the DSL setup, you will need to "Reset" the Linksys Router. Locate the "Reset Button" on back of the Linksys Router and push it in for 30 seconds, this will set the router back to the factory settings. You will need a pen or paper clip to press down on the Reset Button.
Note: This factory reset will erase all previous settings.
Linksys Setup Page:
To access the Setup page, follow the steps below:
1. Open Internet Explorer and type 192.168.1.1 into the Address Bar at the top of Internet Explorer and press the Enter Key.
2. Once you type in 192.168.1.1 and press the enter key you will get a Linksys pop-up sign-in box.
3. Here are the default sign-in choices:
A) UserName = Leave this field blank (do not type in anything)
B) Password = admin
A) UserName = admin
B) Password = admin
You should now be at the Linksys Setup Page (Basic Setup)
Below are the settings for the Cable setup.
Internet Connection Type = Automatic Configuration-DHCP is selected.
Router IP = 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0
Note : Make sure that you now scroll to the bottom or the page and click on "Save settings".
4. Now click on the Mac Address Clone sub tab and:
A) Choose the Enable setting
B) Now click on "Clone your PC's MAC Address"
C) Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "Save Settings"
Close out of this page and try to connect to the Internet.
Wireless setup: (Access the setup page again by typing 192.168.1.1 into IE and type in the password "admin", Unless you have changed it).
Part 1
1.Click on the Wireless Tab and you will be at "Basic Wireless Settings. Please make sure that you have these 4 settings set-up.
A) Wireless Network Mode: Set this to the mode that your network is using = G, N, or Mixed
B) Wireless Network Name (SSID): Please choose a Name other than Linksys (which is the default), this will allow you to identify your network from your neighbors network.
C) Wireless Channel: Channel's 1, 6, and 11 are best but you can try others to see what works best for you.
D) Wireless SSID Broadcast: Please set this to Enable.
Now go to the bottom of the Linksys Setup Page and click on Save Settings.
Part 2
1. Now click on the sub-tab Wireless Security, here there will be 4 settings to setup as well.
A) Security Mode: WPA Personal = TKIP+AES
WPA2 Personal = AES
B) WPA Algorithms: If you choose WPA then choose TKIP+AES
If you choose WPA2 then choose AES
C) WPA Shared Key: Choose at least a combination of 8 or more letters/numbers.
D) Group Key Renewal: this will remain at 3600
Now go to the bottom of the Linksys Setup Page and click on Save Settings.
Once the above settings have been set and saved you can close out of the linksys setup page and perform a Power-Cycle:
Power Cycling: (Only if you are having a problem connecting to the Internet)
Step 1:
Shutdown the computer.
Step 2:
Unplug the router's power cable.
Step 3:
Unplug the ISP modem's power cable and wait for 30 seconds.
Step 4:
Plug in the ISP modem's power cable and wait for its lights to appear stable.
Step 5:
Plug in the router's power cable once the modem's lights appear stable.
Step 6:
Power on the computer and test the wireless Internet connection.
Have a good day and hope all goes well.


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WWE.com has new video footage up of John Morrison and Tommy Dreamer imitating The Miz.
Speaking of new video footage, WWE.com also has a post-RAW interview with last week's guest host "Big" Ben Roethlisberger. He talks about his experience hosting RAW and claims he'd rather watch the SuperBowl than WrestleMania. Check that out at WWE.com.


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Breaching the Path
Slay 20 Eclipsion Soldiers, 10 Eclipsion Cavaliers, and 5 Sons of Corok.
- Kill Eclipsion Soldier × 20
- Kill Eclipsion Cavalier × 10
- Kill Son of Corok × 5
We're going to need more time, <race>. I'm going to fly further ahead with some of the other gryphon riders. Hopefully, we can gather some more information. What I need from you now is to clear a path and more importantly, keep their arrows pointed away from us!
Call for a gryphon rider with the Wildhammer flare gun once you have thinned their numbers.


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Was that a double entendre, Mr President? At a fundraiser in Los Angeles, Barack Obama made a joke that some have interpreted as referring to matters best left in the bedroom.
The President was talking about how his wife, Michelle, was better at push-ups than him.
'Michelle outdoes me in push-ups as well,' he is reported to have said, having commented that she had taken some criticism on her technique 'because she doesn't go all the way down'. The report then comments that he let the line hang, 'naughtily, provoking laughter from the crowd'.
Mr Obama was referring to his wife's appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show in February, in which the First Lady challenged Miss DeGeneres to a push-up contest. Mrs Obama won.
The White House has not commented on whether Mr Obama went off-script and bungled the joke or if a reporter misquoted him. - Daily Mail


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ELM CREEK (McCulloch County). Elm Creek is formed by the confluence of Big Elm and Little Elm creeks a mile southwest of Fife in north central McCulloch County (at 31°23' N, 99°23' W). Big Elm Creek in turn has west and east forks. Its west fork rises four miles southeast of Pear Valley (at 31°16' N, 99°28' W) and runs north for eight miles to its confluence with the East Fork of Big Elm Creek (at 31°21' N, 99°27' W). Its east fork rises in Cottonwood Canyon in the Brady Mountains (at 31°16' N, 99°25' W) and runs north for nine miles to join the west fork. From that point Big Elm Creek continues northeast for six miles to join Little Elm Creek. Little Elm Creek rises a mile southeast of Lohn (at 31°19' N, 99°24' W) and runs north for 7½ miles. From the confluence of Big and Little Elm creeks, Elm Creek proper runs northeast for five miles to its mouth on the Colorado River, two miles northeast of Fife (at 31°25' N, 99°20' W). The local terrain is flat to rolling with local shallow depressions, surfaced by clay and sandy loams that support water-tolerant hardwoods, conifers, and grasses.
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The Appraiser Independence Requirements and its precursor, the Home Valuation Code of Conduct, changed the process for lenders ordering appraisals.
Since its adoption in 2010, AIR has certainly complicated the relationship between lenders and appraisers. Most lenders sought appraisers who were highly skilled, but now the ability to specify them as their appraiser of choice is gone.
Today, appraisals are generally ordered through an appraisal management company, substituting the AMC's judgment for the lender's experience. The certificate of non-influence provided by the AMC is a kind of safe harbor for the lender.
It shows that a third party has selected the appraiser and exempts the lender from keeping stringent records that show they are handling their orders on a rotational basis from qualified sources. Most lenders go the route of the AMC.
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4. Accurate neighborhood and market descriptions.
5. Utility and private road concerns.
6. Best comparables are utilized.
7. Adjustments made correctly.
8. Bracketing of the subject to ensure no across the board adjustments exist.
9. Ensuring that the purchase agreement information is accurate on the appraisal.
10. All pertinent forms are properly filled out and meet USPAP guidelines.
These are just some important areas where appraisers have frequently failed to provide accurate or clear information in the report.
Lenders need to establish a review process that ensures all areas of the appraisal are properly addressed, completely described, and also meet USPAP Standards and especially 2-1, which states that each written or oral real property appraisal report must (a) clearly and accurately set forth the appraisal in a manner that will not be misleading, (b) contain sufficient information to enable the intended users of the appraisal to understand the report properly, and (c) clearly and accurately disclose all assumptions, extraordinary assumptions, hypothetical conditions, and limiting conditions used in the assignment.
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Date of Entrance Test is February 7, 2010
Admisison to Post Graduate Certificate in Oral Implantology and Post Graduate Certificate in Endodontics offered by School of Health Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University In collaboration with Dental Council of India
Cost of Student Handbook and Prospectus 2010: Rs. 500.00 by cash at the counter or Rs. 550.00 by registered post
Last date for submission of the Entrance Test form to The Registrar Student Evaluation Division (SED), Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068, by registered/speed post: As per advertisement
Date of Entrance Test: 7th February, 2010
1. The Entrance Test application form has been provided in the Student Handbook & Prospectus 2010. Please see the instructions for filling up the Form.
2. Hall tickets will be provided to the candidates ten (10) days before the entrance test. In case of non-receipt of hall ticket three (03) days before the entrance test, candidates can download hall ticket from IGNOU website (www.ignou.ac.in) and report to the examination centre for appearing in the entrance test.
3. The result card will be sent to the students three weeks from the date of the entrance examination. In case of non-receipt of the result card, please contact the Regional Centre of your area or SED for duplicate Result Card. The result card can also be downloaded from the IGNOU website. A separate form for admission will be sent to the qualified candidates alongwith the result card.
4. The selected candidates in the merit list will be sent an offer letter for a centralised counselling in headquarters, IGNOU Delhi. The date and time of conselling will be intimated in the offer letter.
The candidates should be registrated BDS doctors after completion of intership.The degree should be recognised by Dental Council of India.
There is no maximum age limit.
The minimum duration of the programme is one year. However, the students are given a maximum period of three years to complete the programme from the date of registration, after which the students have to apply for re-admission paying the pro rata fee for each incomplete course. Re-admission is valid only for a period of one year.
The selection will be done on the basis of a combined entrance test for the two programmes. The candidates are advised to mention the name of the programme they wish to opt for in the form. In case they fail to do so this, their application will not be considered.
In case a candidate wishes to apply for both the programmes, he/she will be required to fill two separate application forms, one form for each of the two programmes. He will however receive only one hall ticket. In case he qualifies for both the programmes, he will be called for the centralized counseling of both the programmes. He can however take admission in only one of the programmes. In case he deposits his fee in both the programmes, his admission to both the programmes will be cancelled.
A combined entrance test will be conducted at specific centres, to be decided by IGNOU on the basis of applications received. However, in case the number of applicants are less the University may decide to hold an interview on regional basis of short listed candidates instead of the entrance test.
The candidates selected in the combined entrance test or the interview will be called for a centralized counseling in the headquarter IGNOU, Delhi for admission and allotment of the PSC through an offer letter. It may however be noted that more candidates than the number of seats will be called for the counseling to be kept in the waiting list and hence all candidates called may not get a seat. The seats will be allotted on the basis of the choice, merit and after applying the reservation policy of IGNOU. The decision of the members of the counseling team shall be final.
The candidates who are offered admission are expected to deposit the programme fee and show their original certificates to the members of the centralized counseling to confirm their admission.Details regarding the above can also be obtained time to time from the IGNOU website ignou.ac.in in schools, school of health sciences, 'whats new'. or phone 29572813 or 29572804.
A sample of the questions in the entrance exam is provided in appendix VII. There will be 90 questions in the combined entrance examination. The questions will be drawn from 9 dental specialities and 8 medical subjects which are taught in BDS UG programme.
The entrance examination will be of 2 hours duration and consist of 90 multiple choice questions.
Candidates seeking admission to the dental programmes are advised not to pay the fees along with the filled-in application form. They will get a separate communication about their admission and for payment of course fee. The fee for Post Graduate Certificate in Endodontics is Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh) and Post Graduate Certificate in Oral Implantology is Rs.1,30,000/- (Rupees one lakh thirty thousand only).
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Ryan Gingerich - Ask the Behaviorist: My Horse Hates to Leave the Barn
March 29, 2009
I have a Quarter Horse, who, for the most part, is a very calm and not easily startled. He listens to me well on the trail, as long as I am riding with other people and their horses. Also, when I am riding at the barn, he's fine. But when I try to lead him away from the barn — let alone ride him away — he gets barn/buddy sour. He's blown up so big as to rear, spin, and kick out. His reactions scare me, and I'm sure he can feel that. How do I work with him in a safe manner, while also helping build confidence in both myself and my horse? I'd like to at least be able to lead him away from the barn property without a big blow-up. Help!
Mary McCourt
It can be frightening to have a 1,000 pound animal "check out" under saddle or at the end of a lead. You feel powerless, afraid, and don't know what to do. By following basic guidelines and then building on them, it's my intention to get you to understand your horse's behavior and provide you tools to change negative patterns.
Horses are herd animals; they rely on group interaction to give them focus, direction, and confidence. Some are fine without their herd; others exhibit behaviors like what you experienced, with rearing, kicking, spinning. Your horse hasn't learned to focus on you, nor has he learned basic controls. "Barn sour" behavior can cause huge grief, not to mention take away all the fun of being with your horse.
Start this process on the ground with a specific plan for each day. Don't make your plan impossible, however. Instead, "chunk" it down to achievable pieces. Small successes will build to big ones.
• Zones. Begin by working within specific zones. Green means go, yellow is slow, and red is stop. The Green Zone is a place where the horse is responsive and listening to you, and where you're successful.
• Basic controls. It's imperative that you work on basic controls: Go, stop, left, right, back, and stand still. These controls are the foundation for everything you do with your horse. Get them polished on the ground before trying them under saddle.
• Lightness. Once you have accomplished the basic controls, work on lightness. Lightness includes relaxation, flexion, and strength of all the responses.
• Rhythm. When your horse is under control and has attained lightness, work on rhythm. Rhythm includes going fast and slow, speed up, slow down. Actually, rearing has its roots here. When the horse stops going forward and begins to slow his front feet, the pressure is 'shot out' the front feet and the horse goes upward. This is why we need to work on rhythm.
• Keeping in line. This helps your horse to go and stay in the direction you ask. It sounds simple, but keeping a line is exactly what your horse isn't doing — he's doing everything to avoid keeping a line. This is a big problem with buddy-sour or barn-sour horses. The horse stops going where you want him to go. He'll do just about anything (buck, spin, rear) to get back to his buddies or the barn.
Once the horse is responsive and doesn't display any negative behaviors, push the zone farther away from his buddies or the barn. In writing down your plan every day, note where this zone is so you can keep expanding it.
You might want to pick markers that give you a visual goal, such as a row of trees. If you've accomplished your goals within the arena, for instance, then lead your horse away from that Green Zone to the first tree, then the second tree, and so on.
When the horse begins to act inappropriately, you'll know that this is where his Green Zone stops and his Yellow Zone starts. Train in this area. Get the horse under control using techniques mentioned above (basic controls, etc.) until you've created a new Green Zone. Then expand that Green Zone farther until you've moved outside of what was the Yellow Zone. This way, you and your horse are safely and calmly moving farther and farther away from the limited area, where the horse was initially comfortable.
If at any point the horse is becoming unsafe, take him back to the Green Zone where he is under control. Begin the process again, ever-expanding the zone area.
The longer you practice, the safer the horse should become. Right now, because your horse is comfortable only around his Green Zone, it's clear that the horse has trouble with basic controls. Make your plan and follow the lessons of my program; ultimately your horse will be under control without displaying any negative behavior, no matter where you are.
This Q&A format allows only an overview; more complete answers can be found on my Web site.
From boyhood on his grandfather's farm to his first job as an equine trail guide, Ryan Gingerich had a special relationship with horses. His desire to make horses his life's work led him to complete a national horse training certification program, then study with one of the world's top equine behaviorists. Years of further study helped Ryan, who is now deemed "The Behaviorist," to develop his own training program, Connective Horsemanship. At his National Equine Behavior Center in Missouri, Ryan continues to hone and expand his knowledge, which he shares weekly on his RFD-TV show. When not at home, Ryan travels the country, helping owners and their behaviorally-challenged horses. Visit Ryan's Web site at www.ryangingerich.com.


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Raw food has become very popular these days and for some very good reasons. Raw food is a vegetarian food which is not baked, cooked or heated over 48 Celsius, about 120 Fahrenheit, degrees. Raw food can be categorized into four main groups: vegetables and fruits, sprouts of all kinds, dehydrated breads and fruits, and fermented food with friendly germs.
It is a known fact that since 1500 BC famous people consumed raw food among them you can find: Leonardo de Vinci, Russo, Hippocrates, Tolstoy, and many more. Today many famous people follow their footsteps and consume raw food as a healthier way of life and maintaining great appearance as a bonus.
Before we start consuming raw food we need to better understand the biggest advantage in eating living food. In one word: Enzymes. When the food is heated over 48 degrees all enzymes died and we loose their blessed work. Enzymes are created by our body to support it in some of the most crucial tasks our body performs. They help in adjusting the food and consume less food but enjoy better feeding. Unlike heavy cooked food which is less nutritious.
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Sherwood Pictures: Big dreams in a small town
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I had the pleasure of being invited down to Albany, GA this week to visit the set for the new movie, Courageous. I got to check out the filming, meet some of the crew, preview some clips, make some new friends and spend some quality time with a lot of wonderful people. I also ate a lot of really good southern comfort food. It was southern hospitality at its best.
If you are unfamiliar with Courageous (the movie), I recommend checking out Tim Drake's blogs from earlier this week. He documented his similar experience on the set very well, so I won't recount it all here. But it's from the makers of Fireproof (the #1 independent film of 2008), Sherwood Pictures, the movie-making ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church located in the quaint little town of Albany, GA. And let me just say, from what I've seen, Courageous is going to be a great movie - surpassing all of their previous work. And this time focusing especially on fatherhood. I can't wait to see the film when it comes out next year.
Aside from all of that, one of the most fascinating aspects of Sherwood Films (makers of Courageous) and company is how much they have done with so little. It's a great story. And I think we can learn a lot from their unique model of making films. It's very impressive the way they have pulled together community resources, endless volunteers, a little bit of money, some big ideas, a lot of faith and some good, old-fashioned hard work to move hearts and change lives all over the world using the media and letting God work.
I had the chance to pick the brain of the pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church, Michael Catt, for a few minutes. He had some really good insights (video below):
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama departs on a two-day bus tour of Ohio and Pennsylvania on Thursday, defending his economic policies and his decision to rescue U.S. automakers while raising questions about Republican Mitt Romney's business record.1 comment on this story
Obama's 250-mile "Betting on America" bus tour is taking him through several northern Ohio communities where he received strong support in 2008. The tour also will take him into western Pennsylvania, with a stop in Pittsburgh.
Obama has released new advertising questioning Romney's commitment to keeping jobs in America while pointing to his decision to rescue U.S. automakers, a major employer in Ohio.
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Vicki Gunvalson, one of the original Real Housewives of Orange County, may not continue with the show after its fourth season concludes, while Lauri Waring Peterson, the original housewife who left during last night's episode, is regretting her decision.
Lauri, whose son Josh was arrested for possessing heroin last summer, said it was a "very, very, very difficult" decision and "I've already thought, 'What did I do?'" she told the New York Daily News. But she said Josh's situation helped her make that decision. "I felt that I really needed privacy. I really wasn't allowing the production company to film my son's situation for entertainment value. … I really feel that that's Josh's story," she said.
Lauri may return to the series eventually, but says she "want[s] to do more. … There's been so much more to my reality than what the cameras have captured. … It's given me great opportunities. I mean, we were on 'Oprah.'"
Meanwhile, when Vicki Gunvalson was asked by E!'s Marc Malkin if she'd be back, she said "No comment."
Part of that is the "embarrassing" nature of having her relationship problems from last summer play on TV now. While her marriage to Don is now "amazing," E! reports that Don "100 percent' regrets signing up for the reality show, especially after tonight's episode, in which Vicki complains on the show that her 'love tank is depleted' and she's unsure if Don 'can fill it up.'"
Vicki said, "He's a vice president of a company. He has to go to work the next day, and he has people saying, 'Wow your wife really trashed ya again last night.' For a man, it's horrible. All I could say to him is, 'Honey, I love you. I'm sorry. Let's get past it.' And he was like, 'You should have thought about that when you were blabbing about your stupid love tank.'"
One other source of conflict on the new season is Gretchen Rossi, the newest housewife who doesn't really like Vicki. However, last weekend at KIIS-FM's Jingle Ball concert, Vicki said, "We hugged each other and I said, 'Let's move on; we're big girls.' She agreed."
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I love this Gail! The colors just pop off the screen!!!!
Thanks for the info, libra. I've always thought of Jewish colors as blue and yellow, but in a more roundabout way ~ blue for Israel, and yellow for the yellow Stars of David that Jews had to wear during the Holocaust.
I subscribe to Oregon Jewish Monthly. While I'm Jewish and have read extensively on the subject, I haven't read much about current Israel, and the articles in there have been very enlightening to me. It's given me new insight into the current political issues there.
Happy Chanukah to you as well. L'chaim!
The Israeli colors are blue and white, like the flag.
Happy Chanukkah fron sunny Israel.
Thanks, Kirsten my dear, and the same to you, even though you're not Jewish.
Lovely puzzle Gail!! and Happy Chanukah!! :)))
Thanks, Barb and Rod. Actually, yellow and blue are the Israeli colors, but I figured this was close enough.
Very nice Gail - thanks.
Lovely, Gail! :-)


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Move over, Shakespeare.
East County students are making their move.
Six students from McNeal Elementary School recently earned special recognition during the 2013 Young Playwright Festival sponsored by Florida Studio Theater.
Only 15 playwrights who entered in the international competition, which received more than 3,000 entries, were selected to have a professional production of their play performed. Among them were three McNeal students: fourth-grader Clay Barone for "Pressed"; fourth-grader Blake Wood for "Tuna Trouble"; and third-grader Zander Moricz for "Rebecca's Sunday Secret."
Three of McNeal's writers — of 30 total chosen — earned honorable mentions. They included: third-grader Nathaniel Klein for "Hiccups! Noooo!!"; second-grader Mixon Rixon for "The Adventures of Captain Punch-You"; and fourth-grader Hannal Miller for "A Snowman Paradise?"
The professional production of the plays and an awards ceremony will be part of the Sarasota Festival of New Plays Saturday, May 11.


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VILLARREAL, SPAIN - New Villarreal coach Manuel Preciado died Thursday, just one day after he was hired by the Spanish club. He was 54.
Preciado had agreed to a one-year deal at Villarreal, which was relegated from Spain's La Liga last season, and was set to be introduced Friday. He suffered a heart attack in Valencia early Thursday morning.
He played most of his career with Racing and also coached the club in addition to stints with Levante and Sporting Gijon, where he coached from 2006-12, and other clubs.


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- Earl O. Skogley2
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Wheat (Triticum vulgare, L.), tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum, Mill.), and sunflower (Helianthus annuus, L.) were grown in the resin media, in a fertilized mixture, and in nutrient solutions. Plant yields were about equal from resin media and soils, but much less from nutrient solutions. The cation nutrient composition, including micro-nutrients, of plants grown in resin media was essentially the same as in soil-grown plants.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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Public Information Notice: IMF Concludes 2004 Article IV Consultation with Benin
November 12, 2004
|Public Information Notices (PINs) are issued, (i) at the request of a member country, following the conclusion of the Article IV consultation for countries seeking to make known the views of the IMF to the public. This action is intended to strengthen IMF surveillance over the economic policies of member countries by increasing the transparency of the IMF's assessment of these policies; and (ii) following policy discussions in the Executive Board at the decision of the Board.
On October 6 2004, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Benin.1
Benin's economic performance over the period 2001-03 was strong. Real GDP growth averaged 5.3 percent, driven by growth in the cotton and services sectors. Inflation was low, averaging 2.6 percent per year. The external current deficit, which increased in 2002 owing to the unexpected drop in the world price of cotton, narrowed in 2003 as terms of trade improved. The real effective exchange rate, however, appreciated about 4 percent on average per year since end-2000, owing mainly to the decline of the U.S. dollar against the euro, to which the CFA franc is pegged.
Overall fiscal performance over the period was satisfactory. Revenue collection strengthened, mostly reflecting improvement in tax administration, although weaknesses in customs administration remained. Expenditures were kept in check; however, spending for health and education, as well as government investment, remained broadly below targets. Efforts were made to strengthen public expenditure management, particularly by putting in place an integrated computerized expenditure management system and a mechanism for tracking poverty-reducing expenditure.
A prudent monetary policy, conducted at the regional level by the Central Bank for West African States (BCEAO), helped maintain confidence in the currency and keep inflation low during the period. Following a strong expansion during 1998-2001, broad money contracted in 2002 and remained stable in 2003, largely reflecting developments in the balance of payments. In response to the rapid expansion of bank credit to the private sector in 2002-03, the BCEAO increased the reserve requirement in February 2004 from 9 to 13 percent. The financial health of the banking sector has continued to be sound.
Progress in the structural area was mixed. The liberalization of the cotton sector was pursued, mainly by undertaking the privatization of the cotton parastatal, SONAPRA, and assisting sector stakeholders establish an autonomous agency (CSPR) for managing the commercialization of seed cotton and settling input credit. However, the privatization of SONAPRA incurred delays and was not completed by mid-June 2004 as scheduled. Furthermore, the CSPR experienced cash flow problems, stemming from the sales of inputs conducted outside the legal framework established under the reform of the sector. Progress in other areas was also slow. In particular, the implementation of the divestiture program of public utilities and the Port of Cotonou did not progress significantly, and the civil service reform stalled due to strong opposition from trade unions and the parliament.
Benin's sound macroeconomic policies over the period helped it reach the completion point under the enhanced HIPC Initiative in March 2003. Debt relief obtained under the initiative was critical in reducing the debt-to-export ratio to 157.5 percent at the completion point; the debt ratio is expected to decline further to below the threshold of 150 percent from 2005 onward.
Sustained economic growth over the last ten years allowed Benin's per capita income to rise and most social indicators to improve steadily. However, as indicated in the poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) completed by the authorities in December 2002, these achievements did not translate into significant progress in poverty reduction. Against this background, the PRSP presents the authorities' objectives and priority measures for consolidating macroeconomic stability, reducing poverty, and making progress towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Macroeconomic performance since the beginning of 2004 has suffered from a poor cotton crop and the tightening of import restrictions by Nigeria. In the circumstances, the target for economic growth this year has been reduced from 6 percent in the original PRSP to 3 percent. The external current account deficit is expected to widen by ½ percentage points of GDP, owing mostly to lower-than-expected export of cotton and re export to Nigeria. To compensate for the shortfall in government revenue arising from weaker-than-envisaged activity in 2004, the authorities decided to strengthen tax and customs administrations and cut total expenditure by 1.4 percent of GDP, while protecting priority spending to the extent possible.
As part of the Article IV consultation, an assessment of the Fund's longer-term program engagement in Benin was prepared by the staff and discussed with the authorities.2 The assessment concludes that, since 1993, Benin has made major progress in macroeconomic stabilization. It highlights that the diversification of the economy from cotton production has remained elusive. It underscores the need for Benin to increase the share of poverty-reducing expenditures in government spending, to accelerate structural reforms to raise productivity and improve service delivery, and to strengthen the judiciary system.
Executive Board Assessment
Executive Directors commended Benin's considerable progress toward macroeconomic stabilization over the past decade, which has helped sustain robust economic growth and placed Benin among the better-performing countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union. Directors noted that Benin's strong economic growth and low inflation during 2001-03 continued to be underpinned by a broadly appropriate stance of macroeconomic policies. Directors stressed, however, that greater efforts are needed to reverse the decline in Benin's external competitiveness and to lower the economy's vulnerability to external shocks. In this connection, they called for more determined implementation of structural reforms, especially with respect to the cotton sector, privatization and private sector development, the civil service, and governance.
Directors noted that economic performance in 2004 has been adversely affected by a poor cotton crop and an intensification of import restrictions from a major trading partner, which has contributed to a revenue shortfall. They commended the planned introduction of revenue and expenditure measures aimed at limiting the deterioration of the fiscal position, while emphasizing that further measures may be necessary if weaknesses in revenue collection were to continue. Directors also encouraged the authorities to push ahead with their plans to strengthen the institutions in charge of seed cotton and input commercialization, and to pursue discussions with Nigeria to resolve outstanding trade issues.
Directors endorsed the authorities' revised medium-term macroeconomic targets, which they found to be in line with the PRSP's overall objective of raising economic growth in order to reduce poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. They stressed that achievement of this objective will require an acceleration of structural reforms and the continuation of prudent macroeconomic policies. Directors commended the authorities' efforts to strengthen the PRSP, and encouraged rapid completion of the first annual progress report on the implementation of the poverty reduction strategy. Directors welcomed the regular policy dialogue that the authorities have initiated with the donor community, which is an important step toward increased donor harmonization. While calling for the continued involvement of the donor community in Benin's development effort—including through the provision of appropriate technical assistance—Directors emphasized that the authorities need to address the weak implementation capacity that hampers the execution of social expenditures and undermines the potential benefits that could accrue to Benin from higher aid inflows.
Directors called for continued efforts in the medium term to boost revenue collection and increase the level and quality of poverty-reducing spending, while curbing nonpriority expenditure. In this regard, they urged the authorities to step up the implementation of the action plans to improve tax and customs administrations. They also underscored the need to ensure that budgetary allocations reflect PRSP priorities, to refrain from granting further wage increases before the introduction of a new compensation system, and to limit wasteful spending on public utilities. Directors stressed that public expenditure management should be strengthened so as to improve the monitoring of budget execution, streamline budget procedures, and enhance transparency and the tracking of poverty-reducing outlays. Directors encouraged the authorities to continue and deepen the decentralization process, while ensuring that it does not weaken central government accounts and that expenditure management at the local level is strengthened.
Directors emphasized the importance of accelerating structural reforms to make the economy more competitive and improve the delivery of services to the population. They urged the authorities to establish a credible agenda for the divestiture of public utilities, to adopt and implement a new administrative and civil service management reform, and to rapidly involve the private sector in the management of the Port of Cotonou. They also encouraged the authorities to start preparing the next steps of the cotton sector reform to ensure a transparent and successful transition to a fully competitive system. Directors also stressed the need to improve the business environment through determined implementation of the strategy to fight corruption, the strengthening of the judiciary system, and the enhancement of governance and transparency at the customs department. They emphasized that these reforms are essential to improve Benin's competitiveness in the context of the fixed exchange rate.
Directors noted Benin's high dependence on cotton exports and on trade with Nigeria, and encouraged the authorities to intensify their efforts to promote export diversification while maintaining a liberal trade and exchange system. At the same time, it was noted that Benin's poverty reduction efforts would benefit greatly from increased access to industrial countries' markets. Directors welcomed the conclusion of the debt sustainability analysis that Benin's external debt remains sustainable, and urged the authorities to take the necessary action to keep the external debt on a sustainable path, including by pursuing a prudent debt-management policy.
Directors welcomed Benin's commitment to strengthening the financial sector. They encouraged the continued efforts to ensure compliance with the regional banking commission's prudential ratios and to deepen financial intermediation, including through the strengthening of the legal and judicial system and addressing land titling issues.
Directors also welcomed the authorities' support for the rehabilitation of microfinance institutions and their commitment to intensifying the supervision of this sector.
Directors welcomed the candid exchange of views between Fund staff and the authorities regarding the ex post assessment (EPA) of Benin's longer-term engagement with the Fund. They concurred that the EPA provides useful lessons for future program design and implementation.
Directors agreed that Benin's prolonged use of Fund resources reflected the extensive and complex nature of the reforms required to reinforce the foundations for sustained private-sector-led growth and poverty reduction. They considered that Fund-supported programs since 1993 had appropriately focused on economic and financial stabilization, and on structural reforms essential to liberalize the economy and raise growth. Directors agreed that the Fund's involvement has helped the authorities build capacity, particularly in tax administration, and mobilize concessional resources from the international community. They expressed concern, however, that there has not been significant progress in poverty reduction. They also noted that while initial efforts to liberalize the economy and reduce government intervention were successful, further reforms, including the divestiture program for public utilities and the civil service reform, incurred protracted delays.
Directors concurred that the main challenge for Benin is to achieve sustained higher growth and reduce poverty, while preserving macroeconomic stability and reducing the economy's vulnerability to external shocks. They stressed that reaching these objectives will require continuation of fiscal consolidation, while increasing the level and quality of poverty-reducing outlays, and enhanced efforts to implement the reform agenda.
Directors agreed that a further PRGF arrangement with low access would help Benin to continue to address the remaining challenges that lie ahead, including through securing the necessary concessional financial support, and would provide a framework for a sound policy response in case of external shocks. Directors stressed that the program supported by any such arrangement should incorporate the lessons learnt from the EPA, should set out clear objectives on the structural front, and should integrate the PRSP into a sound multi-year macroeconomic framework. A broader aim would be for Benin eventually to exit from the use of Fund resources.
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'The Wayside': Guitarists Tyler Bryant and Graham Whitford Discuss the New Shakedown EP, Gear and More
Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown have been setting the music world on fire with their soulful writing and tasty guitar work—and for good reason.
Bryant, the band's singer and guitarist, spent the better part of five tours with Jeff Beck, often jamming with the legend during encores. Meanwhile, guitarist Graham Whitford is about as close to rock royalty as you can get; his father, Brad Whitford, is a founding member of Aerosmith.
On the band's new EP, The Wayside, which will be released November 13, we find Bryant and the Shakedown—which also features Caleb Crosby (drums) and Noah Denney (bass)—continuing their trend of penning roots-infused melodies and riffs, tightly woven with an alternative, psychedelic mystique.
I recently spoke with Bryant and Whitford about the new EP, their gear and more.
GUITAR WORLD: How would you describe The Wayside?
BRYANT: It's the first body of work I can say was a complete band endeavor. Every song was crafted by the band. Everyone brought their own personality to the songs and we took some chances we've never taken before. It's a more mature record than anything we've ever done. We crafted a record around the songs and a vibe we were all inspired by, which was edgy rock and roll.
What was the writing process like for the new EP?
WHITFORD: A lot of times it starts with a guitar riff, but sometimes we'll get together and one of us will have a general lyrical idea or a guitar part we think is cool, and we'll start to dig deep on it. It's always a different process. There's no one method to songwriting.
BRYANT: When Graham and I get together, it normally starts with a riff. I also collect lyrical ideas every day and am constantly writing lyrics or thoughts that can turn into something. We jam, sing and talk a lot of trash to each other and before you know it, there's a song!
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Guitar World Interview: Tyler Bryant Discusses New Album and Performing With Jeff Beck
Some have called him a future guitar god, and with good reason. At the age of 21, Tyler Bryant's resume already reads like a guitarist who's been performing for a long time. Before he had even reached the legal age to vote, Bryant was awarded the Robert Johnson Foundation's "New Generation Award" and was also chosen by Eric Clapton to play at his Crossroads Festival. He was also recruited by the legendary Jeff Beck to be the opener for his 2011 tour and invited to play alongside him during his encore set each night. An almost unheard of event that put the young Bryant in the elite company of Stevie Ray Vaughn (the last opener Beck invited to play with him on-stage, in 1989).
Bryant and his band, The Shakedown have drawn comparisons to the emerging sound coming out of Nashville that includes bands like Cage The Elephant and the Black Keys. Comprised of Caleb Crosby (drums), Noah Denney (bass) and Graham Whitford, the son of Aerosmith's Brad Whitford (guitar), the band's album "Wild Child" is a 12-cut culmination of intense musical bonding, soulful writing and tasty licks.
I sat down with Bryant and asked him about his music, as well as his time sharing the stage with the legendary Jeff Beck.
Read the rest of my Guitar World Article Here


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Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Christian Caravia in its Orange County branch as assistant vice president.
Caravia will focus on building the nonprofit, hospitality and transportation niches for Heffernan in Southern California. His duties will include new business development and client service.
Caravia has financial services and direct sales experience. He spent five years as a financial consultant to high net worth individuals, and also has experience in the financial recruiting and medical device industries.
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan has California offices in San Francisco, Petaluma, Menlo Park, Los Angeles and Orange County, as well as in Portland, Ore., St. Louis, Mo. and New York, N.Y.


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(FT2) Photoradar says there will be three new PEN cameras (the first in April)
According to PhotoRadar "Olympus plans to release a high-performance PEN camera with touchscreen technology – possibly the PEN Pro reported earlier this month – as well as a mid-range PEN camera with a tilt screen and a PEN camera with flash in the original PEN EP-1 design." and they "were told we can expect an announcement of the mid-range PEN camera possibly as soon as April."
You already know that our sources told us there will be no(!) new PEN camera in April. We expect an Olympus announcement by end of May/early June. We are sure there will be new m43 lenses and there is also a fair chance to see he new E-P2 successor. That's why I post the rumor with a low FT2 value. Be warned!
I got some rumors about the future cameras and lenses and I am working on it. What I can say now is that there will be many new interesting Olympus products. More about that soon on 43rumors!
Reminder: Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
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Advantage Solutions was formed in 1987 on founder Sonny King's vision of building a national sales and marketing agency focused on unparalleled service, customized solutions, and outstanding results. Today we are the leading sales and marketing agency in the industry.
Our performance speaks for itself. Since our national alignment in 1997, Advantage has experienced accelerated growth. This success has fueled our vision of "Winning Together" with all of our associates, clients, customers, and shareholders. You feel the performance-driven spirit throughout the hallways of our offices and wherever we sit onsite with clients and customers. Driven by our mission, vision, and values, we are always willing to go that extra mile for our clients, and are never satisfied with delivering anything less than excellence.
Advantage was formed in 1987 in Southern California. By June 2004, 16 companies throughout North America had joined Advantage,
and our goal of becoming the leading sales and marketing agency serving the consumer packaged goods industry was achieved.
For 10 years, Advantage functions as an independent SMA in Southern California
1997 Advantage Solutions established as a national platform.
1998 Expansion continues to the Midwest and Texas.
1999 Formation of Diversified Channels Division.
2000 Expansion completed to the remainder of the US.
2000 With the launch of ARTS, Advantage is the first SMA with handheld technology, setting a new standard for field visibility and in-store selling.
2001 Launch of IN Marketing Services, a full-service shopper-centric promotions agency leveraging Advantage's data access and understanding of both customer and consumer.
2002 DRT's and Impulse Teams established to offer focused retail services to clients.
2004 SMARTeam launched to provide clients with a turnkey solution for insight procurement and analysis.
2005 Advantage Order to Cash launched to eliminate duplicate efforts with clients in Order Processing, Deduction Management, and EDI services.
2005 Acquisition of Superfridge platform gives Advantage an instant foothold in perishable promotional and merchandising programs.
2005 Startup division formed (initially RMX, later known as "Advantage Merchandising Services") to provide merchandising services using daily reporting and a flexible workforce.
2006 Acquisition of two marketing companies, TryFoods International (TFI) and Marketration, yields additional expertise in content development, publishing, and field events.
2006 Acquisition of B.I.N Sales and Marketing strengthens Advantage's commitment to the Natural, Specialty, and Ethnic class of trade.
2007 Advantage expands into Canada with the acquisition of CKN (Crombie Kennedy Nasmark Inc.).
2007 Campaigners acquired, giving Advantage entry into the CE channel and expertise in assisted sales and product demonstrations.
2008 Advantage deploys Sales Opportunity Explorer, the first component of its "Speed to Insight" analytics, insights & intelligence software, to help business managers analyze and apply syndicated data in the selling process.
2009 Integrated Marketing Services, Marketration, TFI, and Campaigners unite as IN Marketing Services, which immediately ascends to the top of the PROMO 100 rankings.
2009 "Winning Together" mission, vision, and values established.
2010 Surpassing $1B in annual revenue, Advantage completes the "March to a Billion" quest launched by Sonny years earlier.
2010 Advantage announces partnership with leading private equity group Apax Partners, offering global reach and a large network of relationships to drive value for Advantage.
2010 Advantage unveils new strategic plan with focus on 5 Pillars: People, Culture, Creating Raving Fans of Clients and Customers, Operational Efficiency, and Growth.
2011 Acquisition of Sarvis LLC gives Advantage 40 years of experience in the military channel across all commissary and exchange systems.
2011 Advantage Waypoint LLC formed from the consolidation of nine companies to become first ever national foodservice broker.
2012 Introduction of Causal Opportunity Explorer, a second component of Advantage's "Speed to Insight" software, to help Category Managers quickly analyze trade-promotion effectiveness and optimize distribution, pricing, and assortment.
2012 Innovative tablet technology and PitchBook application is deployed to retail teams for more effective and efficient selling.
2012 Advantage announces new executive leadership appointments. Tanya Domier becomes second CEO in Advantage history.
2013 Advantage increases presence in the Fresh and Perishable Categories with the acquisition of three key regional brokerages specializing in the meat, deli, specialty cheese, seafood, frozen, and dairy arenas.
2015 Advantage and Smollan group become the world's leading retail solutions company through a partnership that leverages each other's footprints and best practices to provide seamless global services for deeper, broader strategic partnerships with clients. This included the formation of Advantage Smollan as a unified solution for Europe.
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