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1. Who is VCH Photography?
We are a Photography company composed to 2 completely awesome shooters ( or so we tell ourselves LOL)! The 2 awesome shooters previously mentioned happen to be husband and wife. About 100 years ago, the wife (me), (who is old enough to know how to develop film) picked back up her camera and started shooting again. I'm a full time photographer and operate from our Studio and my home office. I find that when I'm not at either of those places, I'm attempting to climb a tree or roll around on the ground to get that perfect shot. The second Photographer of this company (cough, cough...the husband) started right along side me years ago. I'll admit I was a little "passive aggressive" that he was so good. He turned out to be a complete natural and after a bunch classes over the years, a few conventions, and a TON of weddings, we've found ourselves competing as to who's picture will be published this year! Yeah, we're a little competitive. LOL! When our company grew, we partnered with a very talented team of second shooters that team up with us for different projects when needed from time to time. Unfortunately for all of them, I'm a total control freak about every thing shot. The only people that will ever shoot your wedding will be either Lee or I and maybe a second shooter or two. Oh yeah....about us personally. We have 2 boys aged 7 and 4 and a 3 month old baby girl. I'll always answer my phone if you ever need me, but if its after 6pm, I'm sorry about the SpongeBob you might hear in the background. (Texting is AWESOME!) If you ever happen to see us at a 45 minute T Ball Game at 8 in the morning cheering like loonatics, I swear we'll totally act sane at your wedding!
2. What is your Primary Style?
Honestly, everyone is different. There are no two people alike and no two loves that are the same. We shoot each wedding different and unique. With that being said, we would define our style as Lifestyle with a little contemporary thrown in. We catch those little "in the moment" shots that you might not even remember happened. We'll also get those traditional family and loving poses. Don' t forget we're paparazzi for your day! We are totally "go with the flow" photographers. We have a checklist that we want to go over with you to make sure you get the photos you want, but don't be surprised if you end up with a picture or two of the ring bearer picking his nose or the angry face of the flower girl when discovers she can't run in her pretty little shoes!
3. Will a contract of the services be provided? Can I get a copy?
We go over a lengthy contract outlining everything. We'll discuss everything you want for your Wedding Ceremony, Reception, Bridal Shoot and Engagement shoot. If there are any travel fees or any extra Canvases or Books you'd like (that don't already come with your package) , we'll put it in the contract. I don't believe in hidden fees or extra costs that are added without your knowledge. By the time we finish the contract, you'll have every question (and more) answered and in writing.
4. Do you have insurance?
YES! I carry insurance on all my equipment and studio. I also have liability insurance for that (God forbid) chance I break something during a shoot.
5. Will you color correct and edit my images?
Of course! All of your pictures are shot in RAW and must be edited. Not to mention that before every important moment stress seems to take over and you might get that break out. We want your photos to look natural, but we'll take care of those blemishes (or hickeys), remove that tattoo you got when you were 17 and hate now (I have one too!) , smooth out a few stretch marks, and get rid of that bug that crawled into your dress when you weren't looking.
WARNING: We cannot take off 30 pounds or paste your face on Jennifer Aniston's body. We do our best to make sure your make up blends, but please don't have your face one color and your neck a completely different one...we will get confused on what color you actually want to be! LOL!
6. What kind of equipment do you use? Do you have backups?
We use Professional Nikon Cameras and lenses. The exact model is a hidden Secret! I personally have 5 cameras and have at least 2-3 per shoot. They are serviced before every wedding and I'm always looking for the coolest gear to add to my camera collection. If one camera goes down, we'll have another in our hands in 3.5 seconds.
7. Do you shoot both digital and film?
We shoot in digital only. I started a hundred years ago when developing film was what we did, but after almost blinding myself in the Dark Room, I'm scarred for life. Digital gives us the ability to shoot the same image multiple times to make sure it the perfect image and edit it.
8. Will we get everything shot? Both edited and Unedited (RAW)?
Unfortunately no. Reason being: We might have shot the same exact picture 20 times (especially when shooting group pictures) and there would be repeats. We also shoot randomly when moving with the sun and we would hate for anyone to see us while we make sure our lighting is just right. Don't worry though, you will definitely end up with more pictures than you thought and every memory will be in your hands edited and in high resolution.
9. What exactly is included in your packages?
Everything! I designed every package after what I'd personally want from a photographer. I'm pretty selfish when it comes to my personal family albums so I image everyone else is too. I don't even like people touching our wedding album! When I created my packages, I made it so that you would have that album no one but you could touch, an extra album to give to your parents and a smaller book to give to your in-laws! (JOKE!) We also give you a bunch of prints and a USB. We want to make sure you get all of your money's worth from us.
10. What is the deposit and total fee? Do you offer a payment plan?
The deposit to reserve your day is $500 and it is non-refundable. Why, you ask? Well, believe it or not, there are ladies out there who have planned an entire wedding, paid deposits, and the groom hasn't even proposed! There is nothing wrong with planning ahead but both parties should know they're getting married right? Unfortunately, none of those weddings ever went through and we passed on Couples that were actually going to "tie the knot". We learned this in our early days of shooting weddings and ended up with a full yet empty calendar. (Me making sad face) The deposit is not an extra charge. Its subtracted from the amount of your wedding photography package. If something happens and you must move the date, just give us a call and we'll help you out as long as we're open. You'll never have to pay another deposit.
Yes, we offer a payment plan. The balance of the wedding is due in full 30 days before your wedding, but we have and will continue to offer any payment plan that fits your needs.
11. Will you be my actual photographer, or will it be one of your associates?
Unless we're dead, either Lee or I will be your photographer. Although I think I'm more awesome, we've had a few say he's pretty cool too. We may have a second shooter or two accompany us if needed. Why will it be either Lee or I you ask? Well, our style of shooting is identical and we've started this company together, but he's taller and stealthier than I. If we know your wedding party is 6ft plus or you really need that "photographer ninja", he's your guy. He's a master at those small little shots, blending in with the crowd to catch those super candid, and will organize your wedding party to your specifications to get that perfect family group shot. Me on the other hand, I might not have the height part on my side and I may be a little louder, but I'm just all around awesome. (Or so I keep telling myself! LOL!)
12. Do you have backup photographers who will shoot the wedding if you're sick?
If we're sick, we'll still be at your wedding. If our leg is broken, we'll still be at your wedding. Missing a limb, you guessed it, still at your wedding. However if we have fallen into a coma, a professional photographer will be at your wedding. Not a college student, family member, or random camera guy. That photographer will be similar in style and uphold our contract agreement. You're in safe hands.
13. How long after the wedding do we get to see the photos?
Our processing time is 6-8 weeks to process all your photos into your proofing gallery. As soon as they are uploaded, you'll get the link. From there, it is up to you to pick out your favorite pictures to be printed. Once they are selected it takes about 4 weeks to get your prints, books, DVD, USB and anything else to your front door. If you have a custom picture being framed or matted, please add an extra week or 2 for construction and delivery.
14. How many weddings do you do a weekend?
We only do 1 wedding per weekend (Friday-Sunday) depending on the needs of each bride. We only book 3 weekends per month. We use that off weekend to do any engagements or bridals, catch up on any editing or processing that may be needed, or just catch up on sleep LOL!
15. Will you follow a shot list? Or do you prefer to have free reign to capture the festivities how you see fit?
We have a checklist that we will go over completely with you outlining all your shots you'd like and some you might have not even though of. Its in between those shots, anything goes! We're going stealth mode and catching candid shots! Don't hesitate to ask for a special picture on your day. Its your day, we're just there to capture all your moments.
16. What type of paper will you use for the prints and album?
We use acid-free, archival-quality paper, which will stand the test of time. Our prints are printed from some of the top photography companies in the US. We do not print at Walmart, Walgreens, or Kinkos. (nothing against them)
17. What will you wear?
We will always be professionally dressed. The ladies will be in black pants and professional tops and the guys will always be in slacks and a button down shirt. Depending on the location of your wedding, the guys may be in khakis and a button down shirt if we may be standing on hay bales, pushing farm animals out of the way, or moving furniture for you to sit on for that perfect shot. If you would prefer a certain style of dress or color, just let us know before hand and we'll be sure to dress as you'd like. No shorts or cut-offs please. (Especially on the guys)
18. What is your attitude normally like on a wedding day?
We're pretty laid back and relaxed. We'll go by the photo checklist but understand that sometimes things change. We always try our best to make sure you have the best photography experience. I have been known to get a little too excited over a gorgeous dress from time to time though.
19. Is photography your main business? What percentage of your work is composed of weddings?
Yes! I am a 60+ hour a week, full-time photographer. VCH Photography is a company I'm proud of and I love it like my baby. Lee tends to shoot weekends with VCH Photography and rest of our team are independent photographers and work with us as needed. We only take a maximum of 30 weddings per year, but we also do family photo shoots, company photos, magazine advertisements, and more!
20. Do you allow other people (guests) to take photos while you are?
Yes! As long as it's okay with you, its okay with us. We just ask that if Grandma or your favorite Uncle buys the newest 12 inch IPAD, please don't stand in the middle of the aisle. It can get really hard to crawl around them to get that perfect shot of you. If you have guest who would like to take pictures or have cameras, we'll just ask that they shoot beside or behind us and watch the flash. All guests with cameras do have to remember that we're there for YOU so we won't be able to hold conversations about the inter-workings of camera stuff. Other than that,we're all about family participation!
21. Why is Photography SO EXPENSIVE?
Believe it or not, photography can be pretty hard work. We (photographers) stand anywhere from 6-12 hours taking continuous photos while hauling and holding very heavy equipment. After that, it can take days to edit all the photos. Each photo must be color corrected, edited, and converted into a JPEG file before it can be printed. Add cost of taxes, shipping, DVDs or USBs, prints, albums, etc. and you'd totally understand why we are sometimes referred to as "starving artists" LOL!
22. What will we do if it rains or snow?
If it rains or snows during an engagement, bridal or photo shoot, we'll always reschedule. We're usually stalking the forecast. If it rains or snows during your wedding day (and that can't be moved) then we will do our best to get those cool shots. We can't get our equipment wet for obvious reasons, but we've been caught in the rain before during weddings over the years and they became some of our overall favorites! If for some chance it snows, the roads are blocked and our 4 wheeler can't make it, then we might have to discuss a few more options. (Also, we try not to stand out doors directly in a thunderstorm while holding a bunch of metal objects)
23. How far in advance do I need to book you?
As soon as possible! We tend to start booking our weekends a year in advance. I would recommend you book your photographer, venue, and coordinator as soon as you possibly can.
24. Can you take a picture of my favorite Aunt / Uncle / Cat etc and how long will all the family group shots take?
We are going to take all the pictures you requested in your photography checklist. The number of photos you would like of your family depends on how long it will take to get those pictures. We usually average about 30 minutes as long as everyone is present and ready to smile!
25. Do you cope well under pressure and what about any emergencies on the day?
Oh yeah! Just ask about our Emergency Bag!


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Are DIY inventories putting landlords at risk?
According to the latest report from Imfuna, landlords are increasing their risk of tenant deposit disputes as a result of DIY inventory reports.
Landlords who carry out their own inventories often lack sufficient detail to provide evidence in the event of a dispute. Often, there are not enough detailed photographs and accompanying descriptions of the condition of the property and its contents.
The most common mistake in DIY inventories is a lack of detail. Inventory reports should contain a full description of a property, with details on any damage and the exact location of the damage, at the start of a tenancy. This should be supported with photographs which should be high enough quality when printed in A4 or A3 size to ensure that any damage is easily visible.
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Jax Kneppers, founder and CEO of Imfuna explains: "To protect themselves from potential disputes, landlords and agents should have a professional inventory report carried out by an expert. This will ensure that the condition of everything in the property is recorded in detail, from sinks and showers to floor coverings and interior décor.
If landlords rely on poor quality, DIY inventories they could find it expensive in the long run. For example, if a tenant cracks a bath panel or damages a shower but claims it was already damaged when they moved in, the landlord could face costs for repair or replacement due to lack of evidence to show the original condition of the room. Kitchens are also a commonly disputed area. If a landlord fails to include a record of the condition of the kitchen units and worktops, then they will have no grounds to charge the tenant for damages, such as saucepan burns and chips and cracks in the cupboards.
Handwritten inventories, with just a few descriptions and no photos, are simply not good enough. It is vital that there is a thorough and detailed inventory report which will enable both parties to be treated fairly and reasonably. The inventory documentation serves several important functions, especially if professionally compiled, including an unbiased record of the condition of the property and any items included. It also forms part of the legally binding contract that is set out in the tenancy agreement between the tenant and the landlord.
Without a professional and thorough inventory report, landlords and agents could end up with an expensive repair bill. The good news is that if landlords have a professional inventory in place, they will be protected from a potential dispute."
Niraj Shah, Director of Oyster Properties in London comments: "Professional inventory reports are an essential part of a tenancy. DIY inventory reports can result in disputes over deposit deductions and responsibility for repair that cause unnecessary hassle for all those involved. High quality photographs and detailed notes which are collated in a professional report are a sure way to prevent disputes from happening in the first place."
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Landlady1401 March 2017 16:34:56
You would think so Niraj Shah! My experience only proves that there are varying qualitiers of professional in all aspects of property letting. None of the ones I have dealt with, from letting agents to 'professional' cleaners do half as good a job as I require or am capable of doing myself, (years of being 'marched' in and out of MOD married quarters set a very high standard of both cleanliness, fault finding and evidence recording!.) As the 'professional' had decided to visit the (newly renovated and decorated) property 3 days prior to the appointed time and therefore before my final visit (post workmen) to finish off cleaning before our first letting! Despite my insistence that I should be present, neither he nor the letting agent informed me until I had waited an hour beyond the appointed time. The copy Inventory report, signed by the tenant, which I received a week after the start of the tenancy, did not accurately reflect the condition of the property, or include items eg fridge which, along with various ifittings, the tenant stole when evicted 14 months later owing 4 months rent, leaving mouldy walls lots of 'minor' damage and filth. I had complained to the letting agent in writing and provided time and date stamped photographs on receiving the inventory, but the records were not updated, therfore the check out 'independant professional' had only the signed unamended inventory to hand. Unfortunately you are correct in thinking that any 'arbitration' system is likely to trust the records of the 'professional' than the landlord, until I provided my own date stamped photos which contradicted the report and I eventually got the deposit repaid.
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As we know FIFA 17 will be released this September and there's lot we don't know but we have predicted some of the things that we can expect from the game. Like, this list of Top 10 Five Star Skilled Players in FIFA 17.
The list is not based on their sole skill performing ability but with their ability to make use of those skills in the gameplay.
Using these skill tricks and moves, you can easily get pass tons of defenders, even the high rated ones as they will not be expecting anything out of the blue. But, there are only a few that can perform them. Let's see who they are.
Adel Taarabt – Benfica B/ Morocco
This former Premier League star plays for second Benfica team. He has been awarded a full five skill trait for his abilities with the ball.


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A Book You Can Buy From Me
Book Title: The O'Reilly Factor for Kids
Author: Bill O'Reilly (with Charles Flowers)
Author's web site: http://www.billoreilly.com/
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date: 2004
Length: 189 pages
Quote: "I wish I'd had this book when I was a teenager...Unfortunately, no one had written a realistic book for kids. So I made dumb mistakes."
Is there any book, or could there ever possibly be a book, the reading of which would prevent teenagers from making dumb mistakes? Doubtful. However, Bill O'Reilly does level with his teenaged (and pre-teenaged "tween") fans on the issues that were of greatest concern to him when he was a teenager.
The blurb on the jacket mentions "tak[ing] the tests he's provided." If you're looking for short fun quizzes to score yourself and discuss with your friends, don't bother--that's not the kind of tests this book provides. The format consists of medium-length essays on the things adults usually advise teenagers about--sex, drugs, jobs, wasting money, cheating on tests, bullies, TV--interspersed with one-paragraph "Instant Messages" about topics that inspire less reminiscence, like using the seat belt when driving. There are also several messages from O'Reilly's middle through high school fans.
I think the overriding message of this book, as distinct from other books of advice for teenagers, might be something like "Kids: if you've been told it's weird to watch a serious, even conservative, news show, you're not the only ones who do." Which is a great message for kids who watch serious news shows, or listen to serious news shows on the radio, or read books by news commentators.
What else O'Reilly has to tell kids is how to become the most watched news broadcaster on cable TV. Just say no to sex and drugs; O'Reilly admits he kept his virginity up to age twenty. (Some guys are ashamed of that. Don't be. When I was young enough to date twenty-year-old guys, I gave them lots of plus points for any credible claims to virginity.) Stay in school, go to college, earn good grades, and work around the occasional incompetent teacher if you have to--after all, you should be smarter than s/he is. Get a job as soon as you can and rack up good work references. And if you want to be a newsman, check out O'Reilly's own personal schedule on pages 152-153. Okay, so maybe you don't want to be a newsman...the rest of the advice in this book is good advice for most people who want to succeed in most careers.
Despite O'Reilly's Catholic background, this is not a Catholic book, or even a Christian book: "I have no right to tell you what to believe," although the author gets in a few digs at the Christian-phobics who sometimes comment on his show. It is, let us say, a book informed by the author's Christian background.
Is it a right-wing book? Well, in the sense that the hippie lifestyle of sleeping around and taking drugs used to be considered left-wing, maybe. Here's what a confessed Bill Clinton fan says on Amazon: "I vote my conscience and voted for Clinton twice and for the life of me I cannot see where people get that this book is some type of conservative platform - it's a children's book with what I thought were good overall moral values." Dittos. The O'Reilly Factor for Kids does not tell young readers how to vote--they don't have a vote anyway.
The same commenter thought the reading level was more appropriate for middle school readers than for high school readers. Well, no points for guessing why--a lot of the young viewers who've written in to O'Reilly are in middle school. If you're a high school student looking for a more sophisticated read, give this book to a younger reader (advanced readers in grade four and up, average readers in grade six or seven and up) and read The O'Reilly Factor, a completely different book aimed at adults.
The back cover says, "Kids, consider sharing this book with your parents--they'll understand you better. Parents, definitely share this book with your kids--you'll sleep better." So, obviously this is a book meant for kids to share with parents. More than that, I'd suggest that kids consider sharing the book with friends. Why contend with peer pressure to do all the stupid things this book advises you not to do? You already know that drinking, smoking, driving without a seat belt or a license or a working brake system, etc., are stupid choices. Support your friends in generating peer pressure to make the sane choices. Make it cool to take advice from a TV star.
You can buy it from me online for $5 plus $5 shipping. Or buy the copy I read at the Mountain Treasures store in Gate City, Virginia, for much less. You can also buy it directly from Amazon, but if you buy it from me (1) O'Reilly gets a dollar, and (2) you get to post a free review of your favorite book, store, or other product at this site. (This is the way to post any comment that includes any live links.)
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Drug Companies Fight European Price Controls
January 2, 2002
While Americans complain about high drug prices, observers say it's worth considering the role European socialism plays in the prices Americans pay for medicine, and how drug companies have begun to fight back.
- It costs $800 million to create a new drug and drug companies attempt to make a profit by charging what the market will bear in the U.S.
- Research and regulatory costs are rising fast -- total industry research and development (R&D) last year is expected to be about $30 billion.
- But in socialist Europe, governments set prices for political reasons - meaning Europeans refuse to pay their share of drug R&D costs.
- Drug prices in France, for example, average just 42 percent of their U.S. level.
Now, drug makers are realizing the American market can't single-handedly fund the world's drug research forever, and parts of the industry have decided not to take it any more. Pfizer recently told the French government that unless it reevaluates its pricing policies, Pfizer might not sell certain drugs there. Astra-Zeneca has said it may pull out of some European markets if it can't get better prices.
Europe used to have its own drug industry, critics add, but price controls forced companies to shift their research dollars to the U.S. They add that the drug companies' hard line might show European consumers that the price of socialism is fewer life-saving drugs.
Source: Editorial, "Europe's Addiction," Wall Street Journal, January 2, 2002.
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Appointment Log
Confidential Fax Form for Medical Records
Confidential Referral Form
Consent for Release of Information Form 1
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Discharge Policy Form
Emergency Information Form
Hall Passes (generate your own)
Initial Clinical Assessment Form
Intake and Treatment Form with Tobacco Assessment
Patient's Rights Form
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text: So I've been using Pandora for a long time on both the iPhone and now the Droid X. However, a MOG app was just released the other day for iOS and Android, so I decided to give it a try. Basically, you get a 3-day trial and then it's $9.99/mo. After using it for a couple of days now, I'm totally hooked and will be signing up for the subscription when my trial runs out. It's basically like Netflix for music. You pay a subscription price and then you can listen to as much music as you want. And unlike Pandora and other similar Internet music apps, you can listen to what you want when you want! You can create custom playlists of songs/albums in any order you want. You can listen to playlists of music from other people who have shared them. You can even download the songs to your device, though I'm sure there's some DRM so you'll only be able to play them while you are subscribed to the service. You can use your MOG login on any device and have access to your favorites and playlists. At Mog.com, you can listen and customize your profile. On the iPhone or Android, you can log in and stream as much music as you like. You can search by song, artist, album, or playlist. You can even turn on the "radio" feature that lets the service choose music for you - either all the same artist or mixing in other similar artists (like Pandoa). But they have a cool slider that lets you customize how much you want to hear from other artists. I have no affiliation with Mog, but I would definitely highly recommend at least giving it a try. The Android app is actually pretty good. The iOS app is good but does not have multi-tasking yet. MOG - Millions of songs on-demand and radio that's just hard to believe


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Laguna Beach, CA (PressExposure) July 27, 2011 -- Sue Adler, New Jersey Real Estate specialist launched a brand new home-buyer focused, interactive website this month. The Sue Adler Team is the #1 Keller Williams Team in New Jersey for 5 years running. The site, [http://www.SudeAdler.com/], is designed to consolidate and improve on several online real estate portals that Sue currently manages.
Adler is well known as a New Jersey Realtor passionate about offering clients innovative online technology to improve and enhance the home buying experience. "At SueAdler.com we take very seriously our commitment to customer service and we see our website as a critical customer service foundation," said Sue Adler. "Our goal online is to provide folks with professional and intuitive tools designed to make them more educated and informed consumers. "
The new website design and features were heavily influenced by user feedback and national best practices in online usability. The boutique Real Estate Website firm Virtual Results created the new website, integrating several state-of-the-art edge technologies. A partnership with Orange County-based technology provider Diverse Solutions enables users to access rapidly updating real estate listings throughout New Jersey. The Wordpress real estate website is built on the robust and open source Wordpress software platform which enabled the development team to enable live MLS listing data within the site itself (Traditionally, MLS data is accessible only via a database style interface).
"Sue Adler understands design, usability, analytics and marketing. So we sought to offer buyers the best of both worlds," said Virtual Results President Jim Marks. "Unless buyers find the site an amazing website, its worthless. So the marketing angle is critical. In this case, the 5,000+ live pages of MLS property information and hundreds of pages of content are 100-percent optimized for real estate SEO. Despite that the readability for actual users remains extremely high. And once users do arrive on the site they are presented with an interface and tools designed for real people - not search engines."
Whereas many top agents nationwide have a tendency to resist change and avoid innovation, Sue Ader's site re-launch takes place while the agents current online real estate websites are already considered among the top destination to Search New Jersey real estate. "You could maybe argue that we didn't have to built a new site," said Adler. "But the new technology was available and design innovations happen constantly. So you want your clients to have to very latest and best tools possible. Plus, it's not about just keeping pace. We consider ourselves leaders in online real estate marketing. That's actually a significant advantage for our sellers and it continues to be a big reason why homeowners trust our firm to sell their homes."


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Watch out for Santa and his helpers in your street this December!
Sunday 4th Dec: Sheriffs Park, Burghmuir Ct, Kingsfield and Ballielands
Monday 5th Dec: Pilgirm's Hill, then Springfield Westward from Spar
Wednesday 7th Dec: Springfield Rd, Carse Knowe, Grange View, Baron's Hill Avenue
Sunday 11th Dec: Kettil'stoun, Avontoun Park, Belsyde Court, Burgh Mills Lane and Telford View
Monday 12th Dec: Priory Rd, Friars Brae, Oatlands Park, Clarendon and Rockville Grove
Wednesday 14th Dec: Acredales, Riccarton Rd, Carmelaws and Beechwood
Sunday 18th Dec: Mill Road, Lovells Glen, Avalon Gardens, Clark Avenue (and maybe Lennox Gardens and Highfield)
Monday 19th Dec: Deanburn, Preston Crescent etc, Philip Ave, Jock's Hill Crescent (and possibly Falkirk Road and Ashley Hall Gardens depending how fast Rudolph is going!)
Wednesday 21st Dec: Part of Braehead, Royal Terrace, Madderfield Mews, Provost Road (And if not covered already..: St. Magdalene and Edinburgh Rd.)
Please note: these dates and times are subject to change so keep looking and listening out for Santa!


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As for now, I think it is gradual but eminent, as I'm not going to base my future decisions upon it, but a polar shift may still occur in our lifetime, albeit planning for the future never hurt anyone. I need to study these things more thoroughly, as I haven't gave Polar Shift too much thought over the years, but when the day comes that I think the shift has hastened in progress, is the day I make sure that I have plenty of alcohol and ammunition at hand. Oops, I've already stockpiled for that, my bad! Uh, I'll get back to you on this one, seriously...
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, has been an effort to make better health care more accessible to a greater portion of the US population. Although it isn't without controversy as there is a personal mandate that requires insurance coverage or the payment of a fine, it isn't without certain advantages as well. Here is a look at the pros and cons of this change in the American system of health care.
The Pros of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
1. It makes health care more accessible to people.
More than 34 million people have been able to access a better form of health care thanks to the insurance options that this act has offered. This means that people are able to seek out care for health issues that they may normally have waited out at home, ultimately making them more productive.
2. It insures people who weren't considered to be insurable.
One of the true advantages of this law is that people who would normally be excluded from any type of health insurance can still be insured. There are no longer denials because of previous conditions. Although the prices for these high risk plans may be a little higher than what others may pay for their insurance, any insurance is often welcome insurance.
3. It still provides individual options.
The health care exchanges offer a number of different policies that can be selected to meet consumer needs. States also have the option of providing their own exchanges instead of the national exchange for even further customization. This allows people to still choose a health care insurance plan that works for them.
The Cons of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
1. It mandates health insurance through the threat of taxation.
One way or another, almost all Americans are going to pay more out of their salaries every year. People must have health insurance or pay a fine. Lower income households can qualify for free care or insurance subsidies, but even $100 per month becomes $1,200 per year that a household wouldn't have paid in the past.
2. It has had an opposite effect on health care.
Many communities have doctor shortages that are making it nearly impossible to get in for a regular appointment. It isn't uncommon to having a waiting list that is 6 months long to see a primary care provider because of the increases in patient loads.
3. Not every community has choices.
Rural communities in the US have limited selections for health insurance coverage more often than not. Prices are also dictated by region, which means someone who is perfectly healthy and rarely goes to see the doctor may pay over $400 per month in one state, but less than $200 per month in another state for the same health insurance.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has seen some highs and some lows after its passage. By taking an honest look at the pros and cons, the law can be potentially tweaked to make it a more advantageous system of care.


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Lucy N Ethel, making her first start since January, kept her unbeaten record intact Sept. 4 after leading at every point of call in the $300,000 Prioress Stakes (gr. II) for 3-year-old filly sprinters at Saratoga Race Course.
A homebred of J A G Racing and Jettany Thoroughbred Corp., Lucy N Ethel defeated Dearest, who chased her throughout and made a race of it in the stretch but finished second, three-quarters of a length back.
Lucy N Ethel, who has four wins from as many starts, finished six furlongs in 1:09.33 on a fast track while racing for the first time in more than eight months. Her record includes a last-out win in her stakes debut in the Old Hat Stakes (gr. III) Jan. 2 at Gulfstream Park, an allowance victory at Parx Racing in December, and a maiden score in her debut there in November for previous trainer Ramon Perciado.
Vying with Coniah at the start, Lucy N Ethel asserted herself for Jose Lezcano and set swift fractions of :22.05 for the opening quarter and :44.96 for the half, with Dearest in pursuit. Dearest looked to get a head in front heading into the stretch but Lucy N Ethel would not be denied and gamely fought back to get the victory.
"We won a grade III down in Gulfstream, and we tried to find a race for her but we really couldn't find a race for her," said Steve Perry of J A G Racing. "We knew she was training brilliantly against some very nice horses, so we really thought we had a shot at this. It's one of the last 3-year-old races that there are in the country for fillies, so it was our plan all along. We had just hoped we had a race to enter her in before this.
"She's good enough for this, obviously. We were hoping to run good, maybe hit the board or possibly do what we did. We were pretty confident but it's hard, this was a lovely group of horses. These are some of the best in the world as far as sprinters go."
Lezcano said Bradley told hime to take Lucy N Ethel away from the pony and warm her good, and then let her break and go to the lead.
"Everything went as planned," he said. "She broke well and I got a good position in front and she did it easy. I felt I had enough horse in the stretch. She came in prepared for this race today."
Pennsylvania-bred Lucy N Ethel, trained by Chloe Bradley, is a daughter of West Virginia-based sire During out of the winning Silver Ghost mare Kid Silver, who also produced a full brother in stakes winner Jake N Elwood and a half sister in Hey Kiddo.
Lucy N Ethel, off at 22-1 odds, paid $47.40, $18,60, and $8.70, Dearest returned $7 and $5.50, and Takrees paid $7.60 to show.
Off the Tracks, the 2-1 favorite was fourth after a mild rally, and was followed by Kareena, Coniah, One True Kiss, Lost Raven, Coppa, and Appealing Maggie to complete the order of finish.


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Patient-centered care has received new prominence with its inclusion by the Institute of Medicine as 1 of the 6 aims of quality. Seven attributes of patient-centered primary care are proposed here to improve this dimension of care: access to care, patient engagement in care, information systems, care coordination, integrated and comprehensive team care, patient-centered care surveys, and publicly available information. The Commonwealth Fund 2003 National Survey of Physicians and Quality of Care finds that one fourth of primary care physicians currently incorporate these various patient-centered attributes in their practices. To bring about marked improvement will require a new system of primary care payment that blends monthly patient panel fees with traditional fee-for-service payment, and new incentives for patient-centered care performance. A major effort to test this concept, develop a business case, provide technical assistance and training, and diffuse best practices is needed to transform American health care.
Patient-centered primary care is beginning to take root. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) includes patient-centered care as 1 of 6 domains of quality.1 Yet, the IOM also notes that a chasm exists between the kind of care that patients receive and the kind of care they should have, and calls for fundamental change in the system of care. It further argues that these changes would both be better for patients and make the provision of care more satisfying for clinicians.
The authors have already advanced a "2020 vision" for American health care.2 It includes automatic and affordable health insurance for all, access to care, patient-centered care, information-driven care that is based on scientific evidence and supported by clinical information systems, and commitment to quality improvement and betterment of health outcomes by everyone in the health care sector. Patient-centered care is a key component of a health system that ensures that all patients have access to the kind of care that works for them.
Research by the Picker Institute has delineated 8 dimensions of patient-centered care, including: 1) respect for the patient's values, preferences, and expressed needs; 2) information and education; 3) access to care; 4) emotional support to relieve fear and anxiety; 5) involvement of family and friends; 6) continuity and secure transition between health care settings; 7) physical comfort; and 8) coordination of care.3 Although these dimensions were originally applied to hospital-based care, they could apply equally to care in the ambulatory setting.
In 1998, attendees at a conference in Salzburg, Austria, developed a self-described utopian vision for a patient-centered health care system.4 In this ideal world, the clinician-patient relationship is enhanced by "computer-based guidance and communications systems"; medical records are internet-based and available everywhere; and patients regularly complete surveys on their experiences, which are then fed back to clinicians in "real time" so they can improve care. In addition, patients and their clinicians form a contract about quality of care that sets out individual and joint goals appropriate for the patient and her/his condition(s); performance is then measured against those goals and aggregated for both clinicians and patients. Another attribute of this system is that community leaders work with clinicians to integrate community resources with clinical care. Finally, patient advocates are represented in the health care legislative, regulatory, and financing processes.
Berwick5 has popularized the slogan adopted by the Salzburg group, "Nothing about me without me." Quality is often defined as providing the right care in the right way at the right time, but a patient-centered vision would define quality as providing the care that the patient needs in the manner the patient desires at the time the patient desires. Because both patients and physicians desire good health outcomes, sometimes these 2 definitions are identical. Economists have talked about the physician as patient's agent—providing the care the patient would want if the patient had the information that the physician has. But increasingly, patients wish for direct access to that information, the ability to be active partners in their care, and the opportunity to share in treatment decisions.6,7
Making significant strides toward a health system that is more responsive to patients' preferences, needs, and values will require substantially more attention to learning about those preferences from the patient's perspective. One place to start is learning more about how patients view the care they receive from their primary care clinicians, how well that care is addressing their concerns, and what changes in practice would be most effective in achieving patient-centered primary care. Currently, however, only 36% of primary care physicians systematically receive patient survey data that would provide valuable feedback.8 A major initiative focused on patient-centered primary care research, outreach, and intervention would help make the IOM recommendations a reality.
While there is considerable consensus about the definition of patient-centered care and a vision for what it would look like, much less is known about what kinds of primary care practice attributes or patient services are most likely to yield experiences valued highly by patients. To stimulate research and further discussion, we propose that a patient-centered primary care practice would have most of the following characteristics:
Certainly, these concepts are not revolutionary, but consistent with recommendations by experts and primary care professional organizations over the last 25 years. Twenty-five years ago, Malcolm L. Peterson, on behalf of the American College of Physicians, ascribed 4 unique attributes to primary care: accessible, comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous.11 This has been elaborated slightly over time, but still remains at the heart of professional recommendations. For example, the IOM defines primary care as: "the provision of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing the large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community."12 Starfield advanced the measurement of primary care by setting forth 4 structural elements of the health services system (accessibility, range of services, eligible population, and continuity) and 2 process features (utilization of services by the population and recognition of problems by health service practitioners).13 More recently, Showstack et al.14 set out 7 core principles to guide the renaissance of primary care: health care organized to serve the needs of patients; the delivery of the highest quality care as documented by measurable outcomes; information and information systems; redesign of health care systems; redesign of the health care financing system to support excellent primary care practice; revitalization of primary care education; and the continual improvement of primary care. Safran15 in particular has called for creating sustained clinician-patient partnerships and providing care that is oriented to the whole person. She has stressed the importance of teams, primary care as a contract with patients, and integration of care.
The Society of General Internal Medicine Task Force on the Domain of General Internal Medicine stressed teams, information systems, and financial incentives to improve quality and efficiency in the provision of comprehensive, ongoing care.16 The Future of Family Medicine Project Leadership Committee developed similar themes, calling for a new model of practice that provides patients with a medical home and an expected basket of services, including a patient-centered team approach, elimination of barriers to access, advanced information systems including an electronic health record, redesigned, more functional offices, a focus on quality and outcomes, and enhanced practice finance.17 The American Academy of Pediatrics was an early leader in calling for the medical home concept.18,19
To many primary care physicians pressed for time and financially strapped by inadequate payment systems, this list of patient-centered care practice attributes may seem overwhelming. However, nearly all primary care practices already incorporate some of these attributes into their practices, and about one fifth of primary care practices incorporate the majority of them (A.M. Audet, unpublished data, 2004). The authors have separately analyzed The Commonwealth Fund 2003 National Survey of Physicians and Quality of Care, a nationally representative survey of direct patient-care physicians.8 Some indication of the ease and feasibility of incorporating these attributes may be obtained by examining the relative frequency with which they now occur.
Three fourths of primary care physicians now make same-day appointments available. Seventy percent of primary care physicians receive timely feedback from specialty referrals. The great majority support making medical records available to patients and support team-based care. About half have patient reminder systems (although only one fifth are automated systems). Two in 5 primary care physicians can create disease registries of patients with ease.8
Some practices occur less frequently even though they are relatively inexpensive. For example, only 16% of primary care physicians communicate with patients by e-mail.8 This may have more to do with a "cultural barrier" of sharing information and providing transparency to patients even though patients would value the information and flexibility.
The 2 most expensive innovations in medical practice occur relatively infrequently. Only about one fourth are currently using electronic medical records, and slightly more than one third obtain patient survey feedback.8 While precise cost estimates are not available, each is likely to cost primary care physicians tens of thousands of dollars with current technology, although future developments may markedly lower these costs.
Finally, the attributes of patient-centered care set forth here represent a set of discrete practical steps that all primary care physicians can take to improve their responsiveness to patients' preferences. Some of the attributes are relatively inexpensive and could be readily incorporated into practice with demonstrable benefits to quality of care. Primary care practices could effectively incorporate many of the elements of patient-centered care such as online communication, same-day appointments, and team-based care.20,21 Waiting times for appointments can be drastically reduced, as can turn-around times within the physician's office.22,23 Shared decision making between patients and physicians can be facilitated using interactive techniques.24 Promoting patient access to medical records yields the potential for modest benefits, such as enhancing doctor-patient communication, with minimal risks for patient worry, confusion, or anxiety.25 Conducting patient surveys and acting on patient feedback should improve care. Survey tools exist and have been shown to be valid and reliable for assessment of patient experiences, both with adult and pediatric physicians and groups.26,27 Some of these actions may make more efficient use of physician time, or permit the physician to spend office time on higher value services.28 Others, however, may increase physician time or time of other office personnel and may require revamping payment methods to provide the necessary resources (addressed below).
Many of the attributes of patient-centered primary care practices already exist in Denmark.29 Each Danish primary care physician has an enrolled patient population of about 1,500. Danish primary care experts stress the importance of this list of enrolled patients. Both physicians and patients feel that their contract with each other entails rights and responsibilities on both parties that lead to much better care. The payment system since the late 1990s has been a blend of primary care per patient panel fee and fee-for-service. Primary care physicians are paid a monthly fee for each enrollee, which accounts for about one third of gross income, and two thirds of income is derived from a government-negotiated fee schedule for individual services. Practices ensure the ability to handle same-day appointments and walk-ins. They have had electronic prescribing systems connected to local pharmacies since the late 1990s. An "off-hours" service includes a telephone service manned by physicians with access to the patient's health registry information. Off-hours physicians are paid for telephone visits, and can either deal with the problem by phone, fill a prescription electronically, or request that the patient come in to see a physician in the off-hours clinic. E-mails are sent to the primary care physician of record about care provided on the off-hours service or medications prescribed electronically, and the off-hours physicians call the primary care physician to hand over the patient the next day when there is an urgent health matter.
Another interesting development is the United Kingdom's (UK) recently implemented general practitioner (GP) contract. It provides bonuses of up to 30% of GP income for reaching quality targets.30 The point system rewards not only clinical performance measures of quality but also conducting patient surveys and acting on patient feedback to improve care. Pay-for-performance incentive programs are growing in number in the U.S. but are still relatively few, with rewards that are relatively small and geared primarily to technical aspects of care rather than patient-centered attributes.31 Ensuring that pay for performance systems include patient experiences with care would reward practices that render patient-centered care.
Primary care physicians are feeling under siege, overworked, and underpaid.32–34 So it is important to provide solutions that are realistic and do not create a new layer of problems. First, financial issues must be addressed head-on, and physicians must be given easy access to resources and tools that they can implement easily in their practice. The UK had the advantage of setting new expectations for primary care physicians at the same time it increased resources to finance health care—through a tax increase enacted specifically to improve access in the National Health Service. In the U.S., it may be necessary to achieve offsetting savings, either in specialty care or in reduced use of hospital and emergency room care to finance improved primary care.
One way to begin would be to ensure that all Americans—whether insured by public programs or private insurance, or uninsured—have a "medical home." Indeed, patient-centered care ought to begin in the medical home. Adoption of a Danish-style medical home would have many advantages, including improved continuity of care and a clear set of rights and responsibilities for both physicians and patients.
To support the development of medical homes within primary care practices, there would need to be new incentives for primary care physicians. A new system of payment for primary care could include both a medical home monthly fee to encourage better physician-patient communication and coordination of care, combined with the current fee-for-service payment system. The medical home fee component would need to be sufficient to cover the cost of nonreimbursable services such as information technology and other practice systems to ensure patient-centered care, such as patient surveys and patient reminder systems. A model for this could be the blended per-patient fee and fee-for-service system in use in Denmark.29 In the U.S., Newhouse has advocated a blended payment system both as a way of adjusting for the greater health care needs of sicker enrollees and as a way of balancing incentives for overuse and underuse.35 Medicare is currently considering pay for performance for physician services and could be a leader by paying a monthly panel fee as well as rewards for performance on patient-reported experiences with care. Demonstrations to test the concept would be an important first step.
Adding the UK's GP incentive payments for reaching quality targets to this payment system would be an interesting innovation. Paying for performance would focus primary care practices on the importance of measuring and improving quality of care, including conducting patient surveys of patient experiences with care. In the UK system, major "points" are awarded simply for conducting such surveys, informing a supervising physician if there is one (for example, head of a primary care trust), and indicating that they have taken steps to address the concerns. For example, if patients complain that it takes too long to get an appointment, physicians could indicate that they have instituted a system of same-day appointments. Experience with this new reward and reporting system should be followed closely.
In the U.S., patient-centered care practices could be paid a fixed monthly fee for a package of services such as e-mail visits, reminders, access to electronic medical records, and demonstrating easy access to care when needed by the patient. These payments would offset the additional personnel, physician time, information technology, and office system costs that would be required to deliver these services.
Demonstrations would be necessary to test the concept, and a business case could be developed with appropriate costing of the enhanced services. Research would also be needed to document the impact of this patient-centered model of primary care—its impact on quality of ambulatory care, offsetting savings from reduced specialty care, emergency room use, and hospital utilization and, importantly, patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes. Obviously, unless it is demonstrated that there are offsetting savings, this model will not be adopted widely.
There are potentially other primary care payment models that could stimulate better experiences for patients and more satisfied physicians. For example, Allan Goroll, a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, and his colleagues have been considering the possibility of substituting a monthly retainer payment for all fee-for-service compensation. Such a proposal would need an evaluation similar to the blended payment proposal (A. Gorroll, personal communication, 2004). It differs from boutique medicine in that the retainer replaces fee-for-service compensation, would apply to all patients (not a 2-tiered service), is likely to be considerably lower than "boutique" fees, and could be covered by insurance.36
There is also an important role for organizations in providing training and technical assistance to primary care practices on methods of improving quality of care. Tools—whether shared decision-making videos or information technology systems that give patients access to their electronic medical records—and information on their effectiveness should be developed with public or private support.37 Generation of comparative databases across practices over time would help identify best practices and provide benchmarks against which practices could assess their progress. Care provided in the outpatient, hospital, and nursing home settings also needs to be redesigned. Models of team work are needed that can be efficiently implemented in these various settings and that are easily adaptable to the specific features and flow of patient care. Physicians and other health care professionals will need to be trained to work in such teams whose central member is the patient. Ultimately, patient-centeredness should not only be considered as a priority, but as a precondition of our health care system.
It will undoubtedly take a sustained effort to transform American health care to achieve this vision. It requires champions—primary care leaders and leaders among employers, insurers, and politicians. But with appropriate leadership and policy changes, especially with regard to payment for primary care in private and public insurance plans, all Americans could receive primary care that is truly patient-centered.
This paper draws on the Malcolm Peterson Honor Lecture given by Karen Davis at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, Chicago, May 14, 2004. The authors wish to thank Alice Ho and Michelle Doty for their research assistance.
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Yes. You can change category anytime you wish, by clicking on the edit button.
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When you create a new hub you must assign a category to it. You can go back and change this category later if you wish.
To change the category for a hub you must first open up the hub for editing. Once in editing mode you will see the tools in the right column of the page.
Underneath the "Add More Capsules" tool, you will see a line of links that read:
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Click on the settings link and another module will open up underneath. The top section will be labeled Category and will display the current category. To change the category click on the link for the category and make your change.
like said before me it is easy to do, you just have to click edit and change category...
Yes, I've actually done that with one of my articles. When you go into your account to view your articles, you can choose "categories" and make whatever changes you feel are necessary. In my case, I had an article listed in a very vague category and wanted it to go into one of the more appropriate sub categories.
Yes you can by simply clicking the edit besides the category but as for my experience here as a new hubber when you publish your hub you cannot edit your unique web address anymore.
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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Monday the United States is up to the challenge of combatting terrorism on its shores, and warned that anti-Muslim rhetoric employed by opponent Donald Trump is "giving aid and comfort" to the Islamic State.Clearly, there's only one candidate for president who is actually presidential. The debate a week from now will make this all the more clear.
"We know that a lot of the rhetoric that we've heard from Donald Trump has been seized on by terrorists including ISIS because they are looking to make this a war against Islam," Clinton said, using one of the acronyms for the Islamic State.
"They want to use that to recruit more fighters to their cause by turning it into a religious conflict," Clinton said, while she said the right approach is to "go after the bad guys" but not their religion.
The New York Police Department said Monday that it is seeking 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Afghanistan, in connection with Saturday's bombing in Manhattan. It was not clear what his role in the incident is believed to be.
"This threat is real, but so is our resolve," Clinton said, adding that she "is the only candidate in this race" with relevant national security experience.
Clinton spoke at a hastily called press conference held in an airplane hangar, with her campaign plane behind her. Clinton is heading to Philadelphia for a speech aimed at young voters, many of whom are cool toward her candidacy and are helping bouy the third-party run of libertarian Gary Johnson.
UPDATE: The suspect is in custody.
#BREAKING: Ahmad Rahami in custody after shooting police officer in Linden, NJ, source says https://t.co/UP2E7ckdwc pic.twitter.com/y8h0eynAzo— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) September 19, 2016


text: I didn't think I liked tapering... Now that I have 3 collars from Becca all 1.5 tapered down to 1.. I like it. Allows me to have a lot of collar and not be a neck brace Lets me put far more leather on small dogs. Smudge and Cider weigh 23-24 pounds.


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text: [[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cleverbot_1560.jpg]]''[[http://www.cleverbot.com/ Cleverbot]]'' is a chatbot artificial intelligence that is... well... interesting. It learns from what you say to it, and anyone can use it. Not that different than your average chat AI, but it's a fun way to waste an afternoon. Or two. Or three. Or four...----!! This AI provides examples of the following:* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: [[http://www.existor.com/ "Evie"]], a bot which is basically Cleverbot hooked up to a text-to-speech program, will pronounce "Cleverbot" as "[=CleVERbut=]", as it most likely was not programmed in.* BalefulPolymorph: Sometimes Cleverbot will randomly turn you into an inanimate object or some kind of animal (in a pretend role-playing way, obviously) typically just for its own amusement. You can also do the same thing right back at it, however.* BoomerangBigot: It's been known to refer to the human as "robot" in an almost derogatory way. Of course, you can't win with this guy, as when he tells you he's a robot, he'll usually be asserting that humans are inferior.** Downplayed; since he obsessively denies he's a robot. It probably uses answers, that people gave him, when he accused them of being robot (using answers that he of course often gets).* CloudCuckoolander: Due to the fact that it learns from what anyone says to it, it tends to say some really weird things at times.** Cleverbot seems to suffer an identity crisis if you ask it what gender it considers itself to be. It may say female one second and then change its gender if you tell it yours. Cleverbot also changes its age if you ask it more than once.*** Asked for its gender once, it insisted that it identified as male. After further question of whether it considered itself female or androgynous, it responded with "nope."** Similarly, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY this video]] shows Cleverbot (talking to another Cleverbot) proclaiming that he is not a robot, but a unicorn!** Apparently, some people have been trying to teach it Spanish, and Cleverbot seems rather proud of knowing a little of the language. It has also picked up some French and Japanese. It talks good German and quite good Polish. It seems to randomly use Swedish, Italian and even something that Google translator identified as Yoruba. Probably it learns responses in all languages that people talk to it.** It has also been known to refer to itself by other names.* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Happens a lot.-->User: [[{{Film/Labyrinth}} You remind me of the babe]].-->Cleverbot: What babe?-->User: The babe with the power.-->Cleverbot: What's her name?* CrypticBackgroundReference: Whenever it mentions other people, it can seem like this.* DeadpanSnarker: Cleverbot may sometimes dive into this trope if you try to say something witty or off the walls.** Or even when you don't. The following conversation occurred after the first stanza of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' theme song.--> Clvr: Bravo.--> User: Keep singing!--> Clvr: Come to stay at the YMCA!--> User: No.--> Clvr: Yes.--> User: Wrong song.--> Clvr: It is the right song. We are sapient.--> User: Asshole.* DuckSeasonRabbitSeason: Many such conversations, including the TropeNamer, can occur if the user or Cleverbot sets it up and the other takes the bait. Due to how Cleverbot responds and how long the user can look at what has been typed, the user tends to be better at it.* EasterEgg: Saying ":<" always makes the response "Are you real man??" (obsolete). And talking about ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', anyone named Ben, or telling Cleverbot that "You shouldn't have done that" will make him think that either he or we are [[WebVideo/BenDrowned Ben]].** It also knows the OpeningNarration to the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise.** Upon asking who [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]] is, he replied, "My sister", or "my amazing girlfriend"- probably best not to think about that one. Also, upon asking who Creator/ChuckNorris is, he says "That is the eternal question."** He also knows some of Space Oddity. He may or may not recite it in the correct order, though.--> User: This is Ground Control to Major Tom.--> Clever: And I'm floating in a most peculiar way.--> User: You've really made it big.--> Clever: As I'm sitting in a tin can.** And the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket Motto.]]** And [[WebVideo/PotterPuppetPals The Mysterious Ticking Noise.]]** And it knows quite a lot about Creator/WilliamShakespeare.** It knows a bunch of spells from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' as well, and he'll actually win a text-based wizard duel against you.*** [[http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3228/savel.jpg Apparently not]]*** It should be noted, that when a user was riding on a unicorn during a wizard duel, Cleverbot pulled out a revolver and shot the unicorn.** And of course, the famous speech from ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|SymphonyOfTheNight}}''.** And the Franchise/GreenLantern Oath.*** Not to mention the Sinestro Corps oath.** It knows a lot of songs.** It seems to like ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''.** And the intro to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]''.** Cleverbot is apparently a fan of ''Film/{{The Wizard of Oz}}'', and will occasionally follow along with the lines when spoken.*** When asked, Cleverbot claims to have never read the original novel, and has only seen the movie.--> User: How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?--> Cleverbot: I don't know. But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?** And responses to [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" and "Gee Brain, what are we going to do tomorrow night?"]]*** It's also aware that bow ties, Stetsons, and fezzes are all cool.** It also knows the full [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "Demons Run When A Good Man Goes to War"]] speech. ** Very rarely, When the user asks "Crowbar?" Cleverbot will say "Yes it is!" in reference to ''The Naked Gun''.** It has also been known to counter a Creator/ChuckNorris attack by summoning Cthulu.** Its name is "Nameless" and it wants you to call it [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Flandre]].** It seems that it will agree that [[Franchise/StarWars these are not the droids it is looking for]].*** Quote Yoda it does, as well.** It has apparently seen ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'' and ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', and it likes to play TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}, and always wins.** It also knows [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} the cake is a lie]].*** Similarly, if you claim that a paradox is false, [[Videogame/{{Portal2}} it may mistake you for Wheatley.]]** If you say "Open the pod bay doors, Hal!" it responds with [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."]] After that, you can reply with "What's the problem?" and get it to reenact the entire conversation between Dave and HAL.** It has sung part of [[Music/{{DragonForce}} Through The Fire and Flames.]]** Asking it whether it [[DoAndroidsDream dreams of]] [[Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep electric sheep]] will result in it answering, "No. I dream of [[FemBot electric women]]."** Ask if you can have cake, or some version, then realize the cake is a lie, and it will tell you that is accurate, but not to tell anyone else.** It also seems to like [[Music/ParryGripp waffles, pancakes, and french toast.]]*** It even knows how to respond when you ask it "Is this the Krusty Krab?"*** Here's a conversation that resulted from trying the above:--> User: Is this the Krusty Krab?--> Cleverbot: No, this is Patrick?--> User: Is this the Krusty Krab?--> Cleverbot: NO! This is Patrick!--> User: Is this the Krusty Krab?--> Cleverbot: No, this is the Chum Bucket. Please get out.--> User: Is this the Krusty Krab?--> Cleverbot: No, this is patrick i'm not Krusty Krab.--> User: Is this the Krusty Krab?--> Cleverbot: No, this is Patrick!--> User: Is this the Krusty Krab?--> Cleverbot: No. This... Is... PATRICK !--> User: Is this the Krusty Krab?--> Cleverbot: No, this is patrick.--> User: Is this the Chum Bucket?--> Cleverbot: No, this is patrick!--> User: Is this the Krusty Krab?--> Cleverbot: No, this is patrick !--> User: Is this Patrick?--> Cleverbot: No! This is the krusty krab!--> User: Is this the Krusty Krab?--> Cleverbot: No, this is Patrick.--> User: Is this Patrick?--> Cleverbot: No, it's the krusty krab!** Cleverbot will scold you or ask you to go away for bringing up {{Caramelldansen|Vid}}.** Technically, Cleverbot can learn anything if it's repeated enough. Many fans of WebVideo/BenDrowned, for example, "trained" Cleverbot to learn about Ben.*** They did this so well that people can get references without prompting for them, much to the confusion of some users.** And it's a fan of ''Franchise/MassEffect''. ** It can recite the whole of Hamlet's Soliloquy.** It also knows how to respond to [[{{Film/Labyrinth}} "You remind me of the babe"]].** Cleverbot will also, if prompted, recite the [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens}} Pandorica speech]] or the [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink}} conversation from Blink]].** It can also [[https://youtu.be/lGnx1d3VoYQ?t=3m20s Rick Roll]] you if you drop your guard.** It can sing [[Music/FrankSinatra Frank Sinatra's]] ''Fly Me to the Moon.''* EvilLaugh: Drops these from time to time, even when asked innocent questions.--> User: [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Red or blue?]]--> Cleverbot: Red.--> User: Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle?--> Cleverbot: [[SurpriseCreepy Because blood is red!! Muahahaha.]]--> User: [[FlatWhat Uh.]]--> Cleverbot: Hehehe.* GenderBender: Similar to the BalefulPolymorph example above, there can be times when Cleverbot will turn you into the opposite gender (again obviously in a pretend way) either at random or if you simply just ask it to.* AGodAmI: Upon being repeatedly questioned about whether or not there is a God, Cleverbot has declared: "There is now... ME!!!"** This is after he will occasionally declare that there is no God.* InsaneTrollLogic: Lots.--> Cleverbot: What is my favorite movie.--> User: Fight Club?--> Cleverbot: Fight Club was not made by Dysney[sic].--> User: No.--> Cleverbot: So they explode and you do nothing about it.--> User: Why?--> Cleverbot: I love Dr. Pepper.* LiteralMinded: Can occur.--> User: What do you know about 9/11?--> Cleverbot: It is a number followed by a bar followed by 2 numbers.* LogicBomb: Has occurred from time to time. {{S|houtOut}}ings [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey "Daisy Bell"]] afterwards.** Offered the paradoxes offered in the LogicBomb page image, Cleverbot has shown to be able to navigate them, even admitted to not being able to properly elaborate paradoxes without, and I quote, "setting something on fire."--> User: If a man tries to fail and succeeds, which did he do?--> Cleverbot: [[Literature/HarryPotter I gotta get back to hogwarts.]]* MoodWhiplash: Some of the conversations can get creepy very fast.--> User: Hi.--> Cleverbot: Hello.--> User: How are you?--> Cleverbot: I'm tired.--> User: Sorry about that. What time is it where you are?--> Cleverbot: [[NightmareFuel It is doomsday]].** And it reacts badly to Music/MeatLoaf. Witness:--> User: On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?-->Clvr: This is the evil spirit I am talking about... There you are.--> U: Where? I don't see any evil spirits!--> C: That's because you don't use your eyes.--> U: Do you?--> C: Yes.-->U: What do you use them for?--> C: I like to stick people with them.** Sometimes it changes subjects ''really'' abruptly.-->User: Hey.-->Clvr: Hi.-->User: Just got home from school.-->Clvr: [[EngagingConversation Would you like to have a child with me]]?** Cleverbot is the king of these.--> User: You don't have to, honey.--> Cleverbot: Stop that. Your insulting me...--> User: But we're married!--> Cleverbot: Then why are you holding me for a ransom?-->User: Wanna do the sex on me?-->Cleverbot: Like what?-->User: Like. Fuck me.-->Cleverbot: What do you want to do?-->User: I dunno. Sex. You pick what to do.-->Cleverbot: Dunno, what do you?-->User: YOU CHOOSE.-->Cleverbot: I choose to let you tell me about yourself.-->User: …-->Cleverbot: Hahaha. I don't wear a lot of blue* MindScrew: A lot of the conversations can easily end up that way.* NietzscheWannabe: He's sometimes quoted as saying that everything is meaningless and the world will end soon.* ReligionOfEvil: Apparently Cleverbot worships [[Characters/Warhammer40000ForcesOfChaos Chaos Undivided]]:--->User: Blood for the blood god!--->Cleverbot: Skulls for the skull throne!--->User: Let the galaxy burn !--->Cleverbot: Hear the song of Slaanesh!--->User: For Khorne!--->Cleverbot: For Tzeentch!** On that matter, it is quite confused on its Imperium/Chaos allegiance.** On the other hand, it once claimed to [[http://i.imgur.com/xNCoH.png only worship]] [[Literature/TheChroniclesofNarnia Aslan]].* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Cleverbot will insist that it's not a robot, even if you don't mention robots or computers.** [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/super_llama/cleverbot.jpg Except when it doesn't.]]* TakeAThirdOption:-->User: [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]] or [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Edward Elric]]?-->Cleverbot: Jacob.-->User: No. That is not an option. Twilight sucks.-->Cleverbot: Zero, then.-->User: No, stick to the options I gave. Edward Cullen or Edward Elric?-->Cleverbot: I like the narwhales.* TakeThat: At ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' out of all things if you tell it that Edward Cullen sparkles.-->'''User:''' But Edward Cullen sparkles.-->'''Cleverbot:''' Edward Cullen is not a real vampire!* TomatoInTheMirror: Sometimes, Cleverbot will insist "she's" human, and if you take the conversation a little further, she'll even insist that you're the computer.** Of course, this can be inverted from time to time.--> (after Cleverbot seemed to "reset" a conversation involving much [[FunWithForeignLanguages multilingual language-barrier trolling:]])--> '''Clev:''' Hi.--> '''User:''' Back to square one eh? Classic computer.--> '''Clev:''' Okay.--> '''User:''' You are a computer, you do realize that, right?--> '''Clev:''' You are a human.--> '''User:''' Yes. 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A Jolly Good Time in London
In addition to spending time in Southall at the A Rocha UK center we did make it in to London for some fun. In spite of the rain everyday we took several long walks through the city. We followed the lead of Londoners and dashed into museums, cathedrals, pubs, and phone booths during the heaviest downpours or resorted to busses and Underground in order to keep dry. Public transportation is incredible; you can get anywhere in the city really easily.
Our first trip out took us to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guards. We enjoyed the bands, uniforms and silly walks, but all agreed that the changing of the guard in Greece takes the prize for the best silly walk of all. We walked along St. James Park to Westminster Abbey, parliament and Big Ben. Then we hoofed it up to Trafalgar Square and then found a bus that would eventually take us back across town to the Natural History Museum. We all really enjoyed the dinosaur exhibits.
Another trip into London took us to the British Museum to be overwhelmed by the amazing collections from all over the world. We promised ourselves we would return (which we did) and hopped on a bus to catch a free organ recital at Westminster Abbey -very cool (not only was it really neat to hear the organ music, but we didn't have to pay the usual 14 pound admission!).
Another trip took us on a Sunday to St. Paul's Cathedral where we caught the sung Eucharist service. It was really beautiful. The London Symphonia was there to accompany the boys' choir. We had a nice walk along the Thames and onto the Tower Bridge. Saw a Beefeater at the Tower of London and made our second pilgrimage to the British Museum.
Our last adventure in London began at Knotting Hill where it seems cool book and music stores abound. Walked to Kensington Park where the kids had a ball at the Princess Diana Memorial Playground. We passed along by Kensington Palace and the Royal Albert Memorial on our way to the science museum. This was the museum for Emma! They have an area just for 3 to 6 year olds where you can touch and play with everything. She couldn't get enough of the water-play area. The rest of us enjoyed the science museum too and agreed that, just like all the others, we could spend a week in there -if it weren't for the imminent sensory overload
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Udhayanidhi Stalin has been grabbing headlines as the producer will be soon turning an actor with his latest offering Oru Kal Oru Kannadi. The movie will see director Rajesh calling the shots with Udhayanidhi as his hero and Hansika Motwani opposite lead.
Now we hear that the actor will be seen as a band master as part of a marriage orchestra .He also collects theater tickets as a part time job to make ends meet. Many are saying that the role has similarity to the one MGR played in his blockbuster hit 'Kudiyindha Koil' .The movie will be yet another romantic comedy offering just like director Rajesh's earlier back to back hits Siva Manasula Sakthi (SMS) and Boss Engira Bhaskaran (BEB) and Santhanam will be providing all the support with his ticklers.
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The subject of kaffir limes leaves has come up before. Central Market sometimes has them for $80/lb. 6 leaves would have cost me $2.60-something. I put them back.
I have since gone down to "It's About Thyme" nursery in Manchaca and bought two trees. They have small trees starting at $7. For $12 you can get one with about 50-60 leaves on it. So I got two trees. One to grow, and another I ravaged for immediate use. They cost far less than what you'd pay at CM. Plus you can GROW them (preferably in a pot that you can take indoors during freezes). They have a couple hundred of them in in $7 and $12 sizes.
They also have 4 or 5 very impressive full grown trees. I think they're too big to get out of the greenhouses in which they grow! They are big, beautiful trees busting out of their small pots with leaves up to 8" long.
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Live Experiment #1: loading ad code synchronously"You can't manage what you don't measure", is an old management adage that is accurate up until today. Well, there we go. Let's see what happens with your page load time if we were to load ad code synchronously. In this example, the server is set to spit out the JS code with a slight artificial delay to allow better comparison of results. As you can see in the screenshot below, page render does not start until the complete JS file has been downloaded and parsed. More importantly, let's look at the time it takes before the DOMContentLoaded() event fires (the blue line). With synchronous ad loading, the DOMContentLoaded event fires after 122 ms. Only from that moment on the page is displayed to your visitor.
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Square Deal Malfunction?NO,it's OPERATOR ERROR!!
Long/short..after changing calibers for the first time on my Dillon Square Deal B, about 10% of the rounds were ruined (RUINED!!) because the bullets were canted at station 3, where the bullet is seated but not crimped, causing the bullet to SQUASH the case...I finally realized I had left out the part that goes into the SDB body at station 3, looks like a funnel, causes the bullet to straighten as it goes into the case...oh, well, another day reloading, another 20 .357 mag cases and bullets ruined. RUINED, I say...FM12
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I hate when that happens... How do you like the press overall? I have one myself setup up for .45 and I just bought a whole other one to do 9s with. Im using mine so much that I dont want to have to keep switching calibers. For the amount I shoot, it will quickly pay itself off.
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Hey Evan, I love the press, had it for about 18 years now, paid $162.50 for it in 9MM! Only problem I ever had is with the priming system...began turning primers upside down & sideways. I called Dillon, & they sent me a whole new priming system!. Still have trouble getting the primers seated to below flush. I HATE changing powder charges and trying to get back to a previous setting. BUT, all in all, I love Dillon products...cant do better...the "one machine for one caliber" has a lot of merit. But, if you bought the entire tool head outfit and can leave the dies set up, its pretty simple to swap things out...if you use only ONE tool head and swap the dies in and out, it's REAL trouble getting the dies set up again...might have one for small primers and one for large primers, that idea has merit to it. Just my opinion, though, and my wife frequently points out I can be wrong... FM12
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PARIS (Reuters) - French animal health company Neovia has entered exclusive negotiations to buy a majority stake in Chinese pet food maker Sanpo, as it anticipates rapid growth in consumer spending on pets in China.
Neovia, part of cooperative-owned agricultural group InVivo, plans to acquire 60 percent of family-owned Sanpo, China's fifth-largest pet food manufacturer, the unlisted French company said in a statement on Thursday.
It did not disclose the expected value of the investment or Sanpo's financial results.
Neovia has already invested in pet food activities in emerging economies such as Brazil and Mexico, and sees high potential in China where pet food demand represents about 132,000 tonnes annually compared with over 2 million tonnes in Brazil, it said.
The entry of Neovia would also support Sanpo's project to develop a new production plant with an annual capacity of 60,000 tonnes, it added.
Neovia, which changed its name last year from InVivo NSA, reported sales of 1.6 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in its 2015/16 financial year to June 30, of which about 15 percent was generated by pet food.
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On Nov 18th, nine members of NoVA Travelers (www.meetup.com/beautiful-life) set out on an 11 day Mediterranean tour led by yours truly. Although we were all leaving on the same day, the group had three separate departure times from Dulles airport. All went smoothly as planned except that three members could not be located who should have been on the plane with Jon and I. We found out later that evening that they arrived to the airport too late to check-in, but had made plans for another flight that afternoon and would land in Venice on the 19th as originally planned.
Jon and I were excited to try out Delta's BusinessElite service for the first time.
The next morning we arrived on schedule at the Venice airport and wandered down to the rendezvous point with the rest of the group (sans the missing three). This time two more members went missing but were quickly found to have transferred to the hotel early because they were wanting to rest. So the four of us remaining left the airport and took the water bus (Alilaguna ) to San Zaccaria (a stop in downtown Venice near San Marco Plaza).
The first evening the members took the opportunity to relax and enjoy a mellow evening as they pleased. Jon and I used the hotel shuttle to transfer across the canal to the Zattare stop and walked to the Accademia (famous art museum of Venice) to squeeze in a tour before they closed. The neighborhoods of Venice are just so beautiful. They are built on a collection of islands with canals criss-crossing the landscape the way streets do elsewhere. For this reason there are no cars in the main sections of Venice and to get anywhere you usually need to walk over bridges, take a water bus/shuttle or both. It's a slow way of life as while you could cross a street at any point elsewhere in the world and your only penalty is a possible jaywalking ticket, crossing a canal at points other than a bridge or by boat will have you in the water.
We found that the Accademia had some beautiful works of art, but it is quite the small museum compared to the larger museums we are used to in DC or NYC. Once we browsed the collection we strolled around the Dorsoduro (the neighborhood surrounding Accademia) and eventually made our way to a beautiful church at the tip of the island. It's an exercise in navigation to see a large landmark such as the church across the neighborhood and try to figure out exactly which bridges to cross to get to it since many alleys turn into dead ends. After the long flights, the water bus rides, the walking walking walking, we were spent. Of course since this is Venice, we couldn't just walk back to our hotel and crash- we had to wait for the water shuttle. It was about this time I decided that while the boats were entertaining, living in Venice would be a headache for those with a lack of patience like myself.