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There should be more specialist headache nurses to help tackle the growing number of patients suffering from migraines, MPs have said.
There are a "mere" 11 specialist nurses in the field, despite the number of migraine sufferers in England hitting 6.7 million, said the All Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Headache Disorders.
They also called for more specialist clinics to deal with headaches, saying that so far there are only 37.
"There are large gains to be made by treating headache appropriately for the patient, the NHS, the economy, and wider society"
Jim Fitzpatrick
They said that the millions of migraine sufferers could potentially receive better care if the NHS followed a series of steps set out in their report, including a call for better headache training for health workers in the community.
In 2012-13 there were 19,000 emergency admissions for migraine and headache disorders – 12% higher than the previous year, the report says.
MP Jim Fitzpatrick, who served on the panel, said: "This inquiry has highlighted the huge breadth of associated factors and complex considerations that affect the provision of high quality care and the experience of headache sufferers who do, and do not, access clinical support for headache disorders.
"There are large gains to be made by treating headache appropriately for the patient, the NHS, the economy, and wider society.
"We have a significant way to go before the provision of services and support is sufficient to address the burden of primary headache disorders across England."
Wendy Thomas, chief executive at the charity the Migraine Trust, added: "There is an uneven geographical spread of specialist headache clinics in England. This means that patients across the country do not have equal access to specialist advice and treatment.
"Due to the nature of their condition they may not be able to travel to clinics easily and this can have implications for work and finances.
"There are often long waiting lists to see consultants and the clinics are overstretched and cannot meet the high demand of patients."
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I see that there are no responses to this ridiculous puff piece ... enough said?
Anonymous | 18-Jun-2014 0:31 am
I will respond.
The headline in the comments index read:
"MPs call for more migrane nurses"
can't help wondering whether this is in their own self interest since they have shown very little in all other areas of nursing! Maybe their job is getting altogether too much for them and they now acknowledge there is actually a need for nurses, and ones who will sooth their troubled brows!
Not sure there will be too many volunteers for the job! .-)
have to see the ironic side!
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(Reuters) - Gadget and gift chain Brookstone has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in five years, it said on Thursday, the latest U.S. retailer to succumb to a prolonged decline in shopping at malls.
Brookstone is also seeking a buyer for some of its stores while beginning a process to close its roughly 100 mall outlets, it said, confirming a Reuters report that it was exploring restructuring options including shuttering stores.
As shoppers increasingly flock to Amazon.com (AMZN.O) and other e-commerce platforms, brick-and-mortar retailers have struggled to grow demand, leading many household names including Toys 'R' Us and Radioshack to file for bankruptcy protection in recent years.
Brookstone's airport stores, popular for their luggage products, neck pillows and travel gear, will continue operating at 35 locations. Its e-commerce and wholesale businesses will also remain operational.
"Our airport, e-commerce and wholesale business divisions ... should prove attractive to a buyer with the financial resources and vision to carry our company into the future," Brookstone Chief Executive Officer Piau Phang Foo said in a statement.
Brookstone filed for bankruptcy and emerged in 2014 under the ownership of a consortium of Chinese investors but its U.S. business has struggled even as the brand has gained traction in Asia.
It retained 240 stores after emerging from the bankruptcy, but has shuttered underperforming locations over the years.
Brookstone has engaged Berkeley Research Group as its financial adviser and GLC Advisors & Co as investment banker.
Reporting by Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru; Editing by Sai Sachin Ravikumar

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Simon Says Challenge:Father's Day /Male Card
Very cute card, wonderful colors.
Fabulous card. Thanks so much for joining us over at The Crafty Pad this week
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Do You Feel Lucky?
There is an old Apache saying that says "The hardest thing to do in life is to know yourself." Understanding your inner self will create a successful life regardless of the endeavor. In the BaZi, knowing yourself is as important as knowing others. If you truly understand yourself, you have a better ability to understand those around you.
NIH funded study on the 50 ways.
Knowing yourself and knowing your energy means you can make the best of what is given to you by "the Destiny." This means you can change your destiny. The BaZi does not dictate you have only one 'fate.'
Destiny is not a game..but in this case, it is. Ask your children, (or grandchildren).
The BaZi establishes the parameters your potential destiny holds if uninterrupted. The problem with interpretations of BaZi charts may stem from mistranslations, misunderstood concepts or the lack of information on the basic fundamentals of the BaZi Suan Ming. If people embrace their lives by knowing more information about their unique profile, decisions can be made with more ease and more precision. Knowledge is power.
"Yes, I am here for a BaZi Consultation."
The Luck Pillars
One common misconception is the use of the word, "Luck." In American English, "luck" or " lucky" takes on many forms.
Good Luck. We are all counting on you.
Yes, they have 'the luck.'
The definition of luck in the BaZi, Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology and the overall pantheon of Chinese Metaphysics is not what we would think of as "luck" in societies based on Western European belief systems. How can I say this another way?
Our idea of "Luck" in the West is irrelevant.
Luck in an elevator.
Within the context of all things in Chinese Metaphysics, luck implies an unpredictable turn of events over which the individual has little or no control. As Thomas Aylward, scholar of Chinese Metaphysics notes that:
"…few terms can be found that are more antithetical than luck, (italics are mine), to describe the system of gods and demons of times and directions."
As 'Luck' would have it: Big Trouble in Little China.
Auspicious Times
Auspicious is another misunderstood concept. 'Auspicious' tends to remind us of either cryptic or potentially 'positive' aspects in understanding things in the world of Chinese Metaphysics.
Perhaps..an 'Auspicious' moment.
The Oracle Bones of the Shang Dynasty, (c.1500-c.1045 BCE), among other things, were used for divinatory purposes. In his majestic work, The Imperial Guide To Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology: The Only Authentic Translation from the Original Chinese, Thomas Aylward writes:
"Some oracle bones bear inscriptions of questions posed to ancestral spirits about auspicious times for performing a certain act….This concept can be rendered in English as 'timeliness' and it refers to the virtue of being able to perform the correct action at the correct time."
Auspicious + Luck = "correct action in an unpredictable event."
This is what makes the schematic of the BaZi both elusive and predictable. The variables ascertained within the Basic Disposition of the BaZi need to contain a certain amount of value. However, depending on the question and the event, those values may vary. The better the data, the better the conditions described within the BaZi, the better interpretation you will have.
The Luck Pillars: 天命 (Heaven Luck), 地命 (Earth Luck), 人命 (Man Luck)
In the BaZi, there is a reminder that we are not alone. 聽天由命, "Ting Tian You Ming" or "trust the luck" or "submit to the will of heaven," is what the BaZi tells us. The "Luck Pillars" are the columns that are written down in the BaZi. Each column represents a "Pillar of Luck." See the example below, illustrated are the "Four Pillars," along with their respective headings of Year, Month, Day and Hour.
Jack Russell's BaZi
Whether BaZi consultants describe their interpretation as "The Four Pillars of Wisdom," "The Destiny Code," "Four Pillars School of Feng Shui," and/or "Four Pillars of Destiny" or any other mutation of words that involve Chinese Metaphysics, Astrology or Qigong, what they are really talking about is the same thing: The BaZi "Basic Chart."
I don't know who invented this nightmare of calling the notations of the Heavenly Stems 'Stars.' The information in the BaZi are notations defined in an almanac set to the agrarian solar calendar of East Asian antiquity. When you read, "the stars you are born with" in the realm of Chinese BaZi, Feng Shui, etc., this typically refers to climatic periods of the year. This does NOT refer to stars in space or other forms of Astrology, particularly Western Astrology.
These are stars.
In order to play well with others, students, teachers, consultants, masters of esoteric teachings of East Asian Metaphysics have all succumbed to the vocabulary battle. Essentially, we relegate ourselves back to the language usage of 'stars' even though at the end of the day it still means something completely different.
This is rather poetic. I mean why not? If our concept of Luck is irrelevant in the West, then why would any designation of calling algorithmic notations 'stars' be in any different? Let's just thank the universe whoever started this language confusion didn't start calling the Heavenly Stems and Earthly branches something else- Like "Bilious Vomiting in a Newborn."
These are not stars.
Luck By Design
Here is the really short version on the guide to the Luck Pillars description with a chart shown as an example below.
Starting from the "Top" below the column headings of "Yin Fire, Yin Metal, etc." the chart reads as follows:
天命 (Heaven Luck) = the first row aka "The Heavenly Stems"
地命 (Earth Luck) = the second row aka "The Earthly Branches"
人命 (Man Luck) = the basic data that is extracted from the interactions of the Stems and Branches.
Well there you have it. I know, there is a lot of real estate spread out in this blog post, but I hope this helps in our adventure of our understanding on the basic mechanism underlying "Chinese Metaphysics and the Fate Sciences. "
You Tell Me. Do You Feel Lucky?


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If you are not able to please your women, then it may create many differences in between you and her and it may lead to separation too because sex is now a days, a necessity of a strong relationship.
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- It is much easy to use.
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- Website offers you money back guarantee too.
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We found many people curious to know about the working and results of this device, so here are the details of the use of this device.
Basically, Peyronies device puts strong pressure on penis when you use it without any pain or harm, and the pressure of the device on your penis will cause the internal tissues to divide and stretch and eventually you penis will be increased.
The tissues are the one, which stops the penis to increase in length or girth. But, when it will be resolved, then your penis will start getting increased day by day.
Fibrous scar tissues that lie beneath your penis are also labeled as "plague". The pressure of the device will cure this plague that causes you pain and irritation and in result, your penis will start becoming straight and large.
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This device is not just a machine but it also leaves a soothing effect on your body, and it will let you to enjoy your sex. Vitamin E oil has been used by the manufactures for the making of this device.
The only disadvantage of this device is that it will not provide you with comfort and results in a blink of an eye, you have to be patient while using it.
Secondly, you can only but this device from the official website because it is not available at local markets.


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Great magazine designs are all great in their own ways, but crummy magazines are all the same—or at least make many of the same visual mistakes as lots of other crummy magazines. Young Money, a case in point, is dropped onto campuses every Fall in staggering quantities in the hopes of inducing students to join the In Charge Foundation, an organization that claims an interest in helping young adults learn to manage money and become intelligent consumers. Strangely, all their ads are for credit cards, and their articles are about buying things. Go figure.
Arted up with stock art and handouts, The magazine makes a few design mistakes endemic to lazily-produced publications, but most fundamentally, It's a hodgepodge of visual ideas—you can see half-baked DNA from better glossies scattered around YM's pages, including a little bit of Esquire's signature cover type, stray brackets and chevrons, stripes and boxes of various thicknesses and directions and inconsistent signage. All of this makes the magazine graphically "surprising" as you page through it but not in a good way, because all the changes are stylistic, not substantive. They serve only to undermine the publication's identity–they don't provide the graphic information or visual delight that the predictable imagery lacks.
While a low budget explains some of the shortcomings it can't forgive them all—even with a paucity of resources a good designer can hit target some of the time. More probably, a disconnect between the magazine's stated mission and the articles it seems to run contribute to the visual fuzziness. Not even the best designers can make clear design out of a mixed message.


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In memoriam: Glenn Chambon
Mr. Chambon was born Feb. 13, 1928, in Colorado Springs, to Lewis and Elizabeth Chambon. One of three brothers, he grew up on the Westside and attended Buena Vista Elementary, West Junior High and Colorado Springs High School.
Mr. Chambon worked for his brother Clarion at Chambon Sales Company (later named Surplus City) for 32 years. From 1980 to 1990 he had his own business, Glenn's Army Surplus, on Mill Street south of downtown. From 1990 to 2008, he owned and operated Chambon Wholesale out of his Westside house.
According to his obituary, Mr. Chambon "was a successful businessman and was a mentor to many just starting out in the surplus business."
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Katherine Chambon; his daughters, Glynn and Nancy; his son Dennis; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Clarion and Bill; and his son Barton.
On-line condolences are at bluntmortuary.org.
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March 27, 2011
As I write, a guitar strums in the background. The air is warm and I am filled with bbq'd pollo and the best mint helado ever (with pieces of mint leaves!) The food has been amazing: chilies, pozole, guacamole, and tortillas in an incredible number of forms. Art galleries, mercados, and museos are around every corner. I have actually been meeting other travellers, and no longer feel like the only foreigner in town!
I met Grace at a cafe and we set out to the Sunday mercado in Tlacolula, about 30 minutes out of town. The aisles were pleasantly wide and endlessly long, filled with vendors selling modern tshirts, traditional woven fabrics, carved bowls, coconut-cinnamon juice, chocolate, coffee, vegetable seeds, frutas, grasshoppers spiced with salt and chili, honey, and the list goes on. Especially fun was sampling all the different kinds of mezcale (liquor made from the agave cactus)!
Cooking class with chef Alberto: Rachel and I learned how to make mole rojo (a red mole sauce), flores de calabaza sopa (squash-blossom soup), and stewed guavas. In Oaxaca, there are 7 different kinds of moles, each one a complicated mixture, traditionally made for special occasions. Chili peppers, sesame seeds, hazel nuts, plantain, onion, and of course chocolate are just a few of the ingredients. After frying everything together, we were sent on an excursion to follow one of the cooks carrying our bucket of mole. Completely clueless as to where we were going, (because the class was all in Espanol!), and still wearing our aprons, we end up at a shop with machines that blend it all into a smooth paste. It was fried again, thinned with broth and poured over chicken. Then we ate our 3-course creation.
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Brian has just emailed me to let me know about a new feature that Alexa have just added to their site whereby they are selling T-Shirts with a website's web ranking on them.
When you go to your blog's Alexa ranking page (here's mine) and scroll down you'll see at little area like this:
Click on the 'More Tees' link and you're taken to a page with a variety of other T-Shirt options like this (click to enlarge the thumbnail below):
Click one of the T-shirts and you're taken to a Zazzle page with the ability to buy your own T-Shirt where you can customize your T-shirt and then buy it for $16.45.
Ok – so two responses spring to mind:
1. Cool! This could be a bit of fun and while the T-Shirts that they offer are not the coolest designs I've seen they could be adapted with a site logo etc to make them better.
2. Are Alexa making money from our domains? Brian who sent the email alerting me to this was anything but happy about it. Personally, I'm not sure how many people are going to be ordering these T-Shirts except for sit owners themselves – but I wonder if perhaps others might share Brian's concerns.


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Jessamyn Pedersen & Kayleigh Bakocs
July 7, 2018
Kayleigh Bakocs is a 14 year old who has been involved in music since she was little.
She hails from Ennismore and started her music endeavours in the Chemong Public School choir. She eventually wanted to learn an instrument so chose to play the trumpet.
Upon moving to the town of Campbellford, Ontario, she joined the Westben Wind Ensemble, a group lead by Nancy Elmhirst. Here, Kayleigh began learning the alto saxophone.
Over the last year, she has started lessons in guitar and occasionally uses Youtube Videos to choose songs to learn piano. She has been spending much of 2017 and 2018 playing and singing with friends and was a Junior player in the Campbellford District High School Jazz Ensemble on Saxophone. She has a love of many styles of music from country, to rock and roll, pop and hip hop. She will continue to pursue music for enjoyment and eagerly shares her gifts with others.
Click here to see the Kayleigh and Jessamyn perform RIPTIDE
Jessamyn Pedersen is a 14 year old local musician, born and raised in the town of Campbellford, Ontario. Jessamyn has been very involved in the musical community since an early age. As many musicians do, she spent her very early years learning to sing songs and by 7 years old, she was ready to join the Westben Youth Chorus under the direction of Donna Bennett and Brian Finley. Her natural singing abilities and strong sense of musicality has lead her to begin her journey as a professional musician. She has, over the last 7 years, acquired certificates in the Royal Conservatory of Music in Vocal training, with her instruction from Donna Bennett, and in piano, under the training of Nancy Elmhirst. Jessamyn has also had piano training and vocal training from local musician and teacher, Janet Jeffrey, and in 2017 has achieved success as a Junior, invited to accompany the Senior Campbellford District High School Jazz Band. This band has gone on this year, as in many years previous, to achieve a Gold Award in the Nationals Music Fest. Jessamyn accompanied this band by playing piano and vocally. Some of her past experiences have been singing O'Canada for several local community events, including at a dinner for a group of local and other MP's. At the ages of 8, 9 and 10, 13 and 14, Jessamyn was one of few children who joined the likes of local musician, Ken Tizzard, in offering up her singing and piano playing for the Variety Shows and MS Fundraising shows to raise money for the community and Multiple Sclerosis. As part of the Westben choir, she has participated in many premier performances of Fiddler On The Roof, The Pencil Salesman, Joseph and The Technicolour Dream Coat, Oliver and several Christmas shows.
Whenever possible, Jessamyn has offered her abilities to share with the public. Currently, she has joined with her father, Brian Pedersen, a local guitar, mandolin and saxophone player, to start playing local shows. She has been learning guitar from Brian and plans to spend the summer of 2018 learning to play the saxophone from him as well. The shows she has coming up will be at the Churchkey Pub and Grindhouse, I AM COFFEE cafe, and Caper's Tap House. These shows will take place over the summer of 2018 and onward. Jessamyn will be starting on her Grade 6 level of Royal Conservatory Piano in September of 2018 and is mid-way through her Grade 8 Level Vocal Conservatory. Jessamyn is classically trained and is pursuing musical interests in R&B, Jazz and Funk. Please check on her links to past performances. For information of booking her for private or public events, she can be reached by contacting Brian or Kyla Pedersen at [email protected] . Please watch for future updates with a Facebook Page link to her business profile in the coming weeks.


text: zuriati mohamedDecember/18/1978Female You are Yellow Lion, who looks cheerful, straightforward and precise, but at the bottom of your heart, you are very cautious towards other people and do not take your guard off so easily. You are always thoroughly on your guard. You hardly express your emotions, but can act in line with the others. Although this make you look sociable, you are not truly coming out of your shell. You tend to be rather a lonely person, and work hard without taking notice of the surrounding situations. You dislike being interfered, and do not depend on or show your weakness to others. You tend to endure your struggle all on your own. You are very responsible person, and puts great effort in improving traditional things. You don't go rushing into things on your own, but try to work by keeping well balanced with others. You have perseverance, and carry things out with determination to finish it. You live your life actively and are reliable person. Your ways of thinking is sound and reliable. This sometimes gives you an impression of being too serious and strong-minded. You don't possess emotional dependence and obsession. You have a very straight forward atmosphere, and can tackle things calmly. You don't brood over as well. You can look after and take good care of those younger than you and those who are weaker than you. They depend on you greatly. You will keep your career even after the marriage. It will be important for you and your partner to respect each other.


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Plot Summary:"Nina and her friends spend Graduation night setting up pranks in each of their teachers classrooms, only to find a scissor happy psycho in a Harlequin outfit waiting for them inside."
Heavily influenced by the success of 'Scream', this German made for TV slasher movie (which was apparently the most graphic thing ever shown on TV there) is somewhat enjoyable.
The premise sees Nina and her friends spend Graduation night setting up pranks in each of their teachers classrooms, only to find a scissor happy psycho in a Harlequin outfit waiting for them inside.
The film is a little slow to start, and sees the characters make some really dumb moves and spout some awful dialogue 'wine in plastic cups is like a blowjob with a condom' (which I'm hoping was a result of the English dub) before kicking into all out slasher mode, as the kids meet their maker one by one in some well handled moments, before changing down a gear for the laborious conclusion.
The film has great locations to offer, such as a room full of creepy mannequins, a room full of taxidermied animals, a room full of tarantulas and a wonderful spiral staircase. Extra credit goes to Director Robert Sigl as he even manages to make a room full of maps scary (I even jumped at one moment).
On the downside, the characters are reminiscient of those found in 80's slasher movies, as they all talk about sex and do utterly ridiculous things, and this sadly lessens the film's impact.
The only other flaw if you like, is the tendency to rip entire sequences, and indeed the majority of the score, directly from 'Scream'. If you thought it was bad when they did it in 'Scary Movie' just wait until you see it done in a low budget German movie!!
Somewhat overshadowed by the domestic success of 'Anatomie', 'School's Out' has still managed to acquire a good enough rep amongst teen horror fans to acquire a sequel and a US DVD release. If you're a fan of 80's or 90's teen horror you should definitely find something in this to satisfy your blood lust.


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MINSK, 15 February (BelTA) – The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the decision of the European Union Council to lift most sanctions from Belarus, BelTA learned from Dmitry Mironchik, Head of the Information Office, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Dmitry Mironchik was quoted as saying: "We welcome today's decision of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union to lift the bulk of the restrictive measures from Belarus and to step up cooperation with our country."
The official went on saying that the decision represents an important step on the way towards full normalization of relations and opens up new opportunities for expanding versatile interaction between Belarus and the European Union in addition to advancing it to a brand new level.
"We are convinced that the decision meets interests of Belarus, the European Union, and the entire European region as a whole. The decision vividly testifies that dialogue is the most effective way of resolving differences. We hope that the decision will contribute to stronger regional stability and security. We are ready to make our own contribution to this process," said the spokesman of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Dmitry Mironchik went on saying that Belarus is open to continuing the constructive dialogue with the European Union and its member states on all matters of mutual interest.More about Politics


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This is not the baklava I brought home– the baklava from Güllüoğlu I'd wished to buy on that final day in Istanbul. Instead, my colleagues would have to settle for second best: a box of walnut and pistachio baklava from the baker up the street. They'd never know the difference. I would cautiously secure a kilo's worth of sweetness in my bag to weather the long journey home with me.
My departure that day was met with rain and June gloom, a partial reflection of my mood upon leaving. Today marks my arrival at another destination: day 30 and the end of my post-trip journey of creating a travel journal to solidify the memories. The postcards of images gave me creative boundaries within which to think and reconstruct my trip, where the stories embedded themselves within my being. This little project was more for me than for you, but without your eyes reading on the other end, I probably wouldn't have completed it. So thank you for traveling with me. It's day 30 and like my departure, feels a bit bittersweet.
After 23 hours of travel I walked through my front door and anxiously unpacked the baklava to see if it had made it home intact. I peeled back a wet canvas flap on the suitcase. Everything in my bag was soaked; the airline must have left my luggage out in the rain before loading. The bag of baklava and everything around it was covered in sticky syrup. The rain had melted the sugar and it had oozed out onto everything in the suitcase. Lucky for my colleagues, the baklava was still in tact. (There is so much sugar in that stuff that losing some was no set back.) My initial disappointment over the mess was then met with the realization that the trip had literally penetrated all of me, down to the objects I'd carried home. The sweetness would stick, long after the journey was complete.
A new moon has risen and marks the end of the month of Ramadan. May the fasters find their sweets!
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Title: The Elementalists
Series: The Tipping Point Prophecy (Book One)
Author: C. Sharp
Genre: Young Adult
Pub date: 10/28/2014
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Rising sea levels, droughts, earthquakes, tornadoes. Far below the earth's crust,
imprisoned in ancient slumber, the elemental powers of the land grow restless…
Meanwhile, in small town Virginia, Chloe McClellan's first day of sophomore year was
an epic fail. After she becomes the target of the fiery queen of the It-Girls in gym, she
gains instant notoriety when she's struck by lightning. That's when things start to get
weird.There are disconcerting gaps in her memory, and freaky weather seems to follow her
everywhere. She comes to believe that either she's going insane, or her accident has
awoken a terrifying creature from mythology, triggering the final countdown to the
extinction of humankind.
Chloe finds unlikely help from a trio of male classmates: the grounded captain of the
football team, the flighty stoner with a secret, and the enigmatic transfer student who
longs for the sea. All the while, she struggles with the growing realization that dragons
exist, and she, and her friends, may be the only ones who can stop them.
In the first book in the epic new Tipping Point Prophecy series, global dragon mythology
is reimagined against a backdrop of ecological disaster, high school angst, and the power
of the human spirit when working in accord with the elements.
The Elementalists, C. Sharp
Chapter 1
Bees and the Birds
Chloe lay in the grass on the side of a gentle hill, unmoving, as a honeybee hummed through the air only a few inches from her face. It landed on the yellow crown of a buttercup, and the thin stem bowed toward the grass with its weight. Its legs were already dusted yellow with pollen as its head busied about the stamen, the tiny flower bobbing with every movement it made. Her eyes tracked as it rose again into the air with the blurry triangles of its wings returned.
It hovered in place a moment, as if deciding which direction to go, and then came closer, landing on her elbow. She watched from the corner of her eye with her chin perched on her steepled knuckles. Her heart lurched as the tickle of its legs navigated the hairs of her arm, stepping closer to her cheek in a zigzag pattern. But she kept her cool, remaining stone still, knowing that there was nothing to fear if she didn't give it reason to sting.
Chloe's favorite teacher last year, Mrs. Greenwald, had told them that a disturbingly large percentage of the honeybee population had been dying off over the last few years and that the death of the bees had a domino effect that could disrupt the balance of nature. With no bees, there was no pollination of the flowers, and that meant far less of the fruits and vegetables that humans and animals rely on to survive. And of course, no more honey. Chloe loved honey.
Some of her classmates, like Kendra Roberts, the Queen Bee herself, had made a joke out of it, saying, "Whatever, less bugs is less bugs, right? My dad runs like a massive bioengineering company that totally knows how to pollinate flowers without bees. And I use Splenda anyway." Her drones had all giggled in compliance before returning their fleeting attentions to the latest texting exchange. But Chloe couldn't stop thinking about what Mrs. Greenwald had said then, noting that "some scientists and theorists speculate that the death of the bees is an early sign of the decline of Mother Earth itself," the beginning of the end.
A breeze kicked up and the bee let go of its hold, carried away toward the pond at the bottom of the hill. Chloe watched it until she lost the receding speck among the dance of dandelion parachutes that pinwheeled through the air to land gently on the sheen of the water. Just then, a small fish jumped, no doubt investigating the slight disturbance on the pond's surface, hoping to find a tasty gnat rather than the wayward seed tuft. From high up she heard the cry of a hawk, and her eyes found its red-tailed form circling beneath the gathering clouds as it watched the flop of the fish far below… All of life's little movements, flowing in their natural cycles of cause and effect.
She loved this place—alone with her thoughts, at peace in a way she could not find at home or among her peers. Here it didn't matter that her mom was overworked and unlucky in love, or that Chloe had worn the same pair of running shoes every day for months and they smelled like something had died in them
Another fish jumped, and her gaze returned to the concentric circles that rippled out from that spot. Then another? Soon sunfish and perch were taking to the air with frantic tail-flapping leaps all across the pond before splashing down to the unremarkable looking water.
Chloe sat up to get a better look, amazed that so many fish could even live in this pond, let alone all decide to try to escape it at once. Over the summer, she'd spent most of her free time on this hillside, hiding from her mom and Brent and the struggle to be cool. She came here to read and watch the animals. To listen to the wind in the leaves and fantasize about all the places she would escape to when she was older. But she had never seen the fish act this way.
Maybe they could sense her anguish, offering their joined protest over her need to report to school again tomorrow. The tenth grade—the first day at Charlottesville High School.
A blustery wind whipped through the trees, and her unkempt, brown hair lashed her cheek. Being in the accelerated program had always seemed like a blessing throughout her three years at Buford Middle school. But now, as the other girls in her class laid out their competitively slutty outfits for the big day while gossiping over the phone about which boys they hoped to find in homeroom, Chloe was left wondering if her bookish ways and latest Walmart fashion wouldn't prove a horrible curse. She was not ready to face the morning.
She tracked the red-tailed hawk as it sailed into the clearing above the pond and fluttered to a graceful, wing-tucked perch on a branch overhanging the water. Still the fish were jumping, but the raptor only watched with jerky ticks of its head rather than going for the easy meal. Something about the scene didn't seem right. Then the mad squawking of a murder of crows raced overhead, and twenty or so of the black birds landed in the surrounding trees opposite the hawk.
Their chatter continued as they also seemed to watch the riled water. Smaller birds joined the odd vigil as well: sparrows and robins, chickadees and blue jays, more and more flapping to join the ring around the pond every second.
Chloe stood, blue eyes squinting in the wind as she put her hair in a ponytail with callused hands. Her nails were bitten short with nervous attention. The rain started a few moments later, tapping the leaves above her with a building rhythm. She looked up at the dark clouds above the branches as heavy drops spattered across her forehead.
"Where did you come from?" she asked the storm, as a jagged claw of lightning flashed across the sky. She counted, "One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three—" and the thunder roll followed. She wanted to continue her observation of the strange avian gathering, but a soaking sheet of rain descended, blocking her view.
Chloe ran, sprinting toward home, as lightning fell again with a deafening crack. Her feet carried her deftly through the woods without need of a path to guide her. She let out a merry yelp as the cold wet clung to her shoulders, but she didn't stop the liberating run until she'd reached her back door a mile away.
She did not see the muddy fountain of bubbles that rose in the center of the pond, nor did she glimpse
the silvery form that stirred beneath the surface and then was gone.
As quickly as it started, the fish stopped leaping, the birds scattered, and the storm moved on. In
moments, the water settled again into a glassy sheen.
Chris Sharp grew up in the suburban wonderland of Alexandria, VA, where he cut his nerd teeth playing role-playing games and making gore movies with his friends.
He studied English Literature and Anthropology at Brown University, and Mayan Archaeology at the Harvard Field School in Honduras. He then spent sixteen years in Brooklyn, NY, where he worked in film and commercial production by day, and was yet another wannabe novelist by night.
His first book was a 900 page epic fantasy novel that waits in the depths of a dark box. The Elementalists is his second novel, and he really hopes you like it. His third novel is a pulp fantasy/crime fiction hybrid and is coming soon one way or another...
Some of the films he made with his childhood friends have gained international distribution and won numerous awards at festivals around the world. Chris now lives in Concord, MA, with his wife, daughter and an insufferable cat named Goblin.
My review for The Elementalist
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Chloe has never been popular more like invisible, but after the holidays going back to school she knows it will be like all the rest just work hard and get good grades, but her first day turns out to be a mega fail the most popular girl hates her. She is know known for being struck by lightning during the holidays that's bad on its own, but other weird things are happening to with worldwide disasters like earthquakes and tornadoes happening all the time and on top of that the bad weather seems to follow her about like an oman along with some creature that she keeps seeing that, can't be real and the memory lose either the world is coming to an end or she is going crazy either way trouble is coming!
When I started this book I was not really sure what to expect if I'm honest, but within second of starting I knew that this book was going to blow me away and it did.
The storyline is phenomenal it was unlike any book I had read I loved that you saw the family drama with Chloe and her mum and getting a clear view of school life, but it was the prophecy and world disasters that got me the most. The author took so many things that I thought there was no way you could mix together, but the author did and made the book spectacular. The book made me think about things in real life about the way people flatten forests and put toxins in the water about how we are now and the book really made me think and I really loved that.
The Author added great detail to everything and I felt like I was seeing everything through Chloe's eyes and feeling everything she was. Chloe is a wonderful character she was likeable and down to earth. I loved the fact she was not popular or stuck up and struggled with the normal day to day things and was not the best at social interaction. She was kind and determined and I liked that about her.
The book was so easy to follow and it flows like water there was no patches that dragged or got boring the whole book had me glued and I found nothing that bugged me and for me it was perfect


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Jack Lew, US Treasury Secretary
The following Fox Business News segment with noted Obama hater Mario Bartiromo includes comment from Obama Administration Jack Lew, US Treasury, that is worth noting with regard to recent polling on the US economy. For some unfathomable reason, a recent CNN/ORC poll has a polling respondent group solidly indicating Donald Trump would be the present occupant of the Whtie House with regard to the US economy.
The US economy is fixed. If the nation could find the formula to increasing the national em-employment particiaptio0n rate, maybe (just maybe), informed Americans would grow to appreciate the real accomplishments of yet another US set of eight years in the White House.
Our specific focus comes in at the 2:28-minute mark. The first two minutes appear to have been consumed by the Fox News host in an attempt to sabotage the Obama/Kerry multi-national Iran Deal.
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Palin's glasses a fashion hit
TOKYO — The Japanese designer of the clear-rim glasses worn by Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is grateful for the attention she is drawing to his creation, but he remains politically neutral.
"She is very good-looking. She would look good in any glasses," Kazuo Kawasaki said Wednesday while visiting a Tokyo store for Masunaga Optical Manufacturing Co., which makes the glasses.
The clear-rim MP-704 glasses, made of super-light and non-allergenic metal called titanium, have become all the rage from their high-profile visibility atop the Alaska governor's nose.
Masunaga Optical Manufacturing, based in Fukui, usually makes 12,000 MP-704 glasses in a year and a half. Thanks to Palin, 44, it has already received 9,000 global orders, mostly from the United States in the last 10 days, says Masunaga store chief Akira Nagayama.
The glasses don't need screws, instead using a thin metal strip similar to a paper clip to attach the lens to the frame, offering a clearer view for the wearer, Nagayama says.
Masunaga, which racks up $19 million in annual sales, including glasses from other designers, sells Kawasaki's MP-704 in the United States through Italee Optics Inc., a Los Angeles distributor. They cost about $400 in the United States.


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Defying expectations and offering courageous, surprising, pure, extreme, heartfelt, and sometimes even beautiful expressions are some of the things we count on artists to do. The fact that Low was able to do them all in one 27-minute set at Rock the Garden I found remarkable. Others apparently weren't so thrilled with the extended version of the band's 1996 song "Do You Know How to Waltz?": Angry tweets and blog posts appeared, and before the band had even arrived back home in Duluth, Low's Alan Sparhawk was on the phone doing an interview about the set. (Listen to Low's Saturday performance and tell me you can't find dark, redemptive beauty there.) I guess the kind of riots that erupted in Paris after Stravinsky's premiere of The Rite of Spring in 1913 now happen online.
Rock and roll long ago transitioned from solely entertainment into an art form, one that often serves as a wake-up call to boot. When Low walked on stage, the deluge had just passed, dark clouds were still hanging low but beginning to break, and wet, straggling fans were finding their way back from the underground onto the wet field. At that moment, their decision to play an extended version of "Do You Know How to Waltz?" felt inspired — one that fit the unsettled day and our unsettled times. How does a band better create a transition from Dan Deacon's equally memorable underground parking lot digital throw-down to what would surely be more song-based, hits-oriented, high energy music coming later in the day?
Of course, strong artistic statements inevitably spark strong counter-responses, especially when presented to large, unsuspecting audiences. To my mind, Low's set was one of the most exciting moments in Rock the Garden history. Yes, it served as a jolt to some listeners who had expected something different. It introduced noise, distortion, and drone in an artful, low-keyed, actually rather peaceful manner — cascading, swelling layers of sound, floating electronic harmonics, and patience-inducing stoppage of time. Low chose to place themselves in the company of sonic renegades from rock's history: Hendrix, John Cale, Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Sunn O)))), Patti Smith, Sonic Youth, and dozens of others, including some of today's most popular rock artists — Neil Young, Wilco, and Radiohead, to name a few. They opened a dialogue with the avant-classical side of the aisle as well, represented by artists/musicians familiar to Walker visitors: Yves Klein, John Cage, La Monte Young, Tony Conrad, Philip Glass, Yoko Ono, Rhys Chatham, even Tim Hecker. The success of Rock the Garden has for some time brought commercial and broad-based expectations of accessibility to an event never intended to exclusively carry such, certainly not with all or even most of its chosen bands.
The Walker and The Current both strive for diversity and innovation in the RTG lineup. The event grew out of a 50-year old Performing Arts program at the Walker dedicated to new sounds, new movements, and new forms of theater and interdisciplinary art, where traits like innovation and audacity rank high. Equally, on the radio, The Current has helped open up the airwaves, forging a new model for public radio nationally, actively supporting independent artists from Minnesota's strong rock scene and far beyond. While I find some of the angry, closed-minded online responses to Low's set dispiriting, I remain thrilled with the debate that ensued — seeing directly what the power of art, in this instance a strongly made musical statement, can evoke. Low's set is in line with both Rock the Garden's roots and its ongoing efforts to champion innovators like tUnEyArDs, Yeasayer, Bon Iver (then an unknown with a brand new sound), Howler, Andrew Bird, The Bad Plus, Retribution Gospel Choir (Alan Sparhawk's last RTG appearance), and Calexico, all Rock the Garden performers in recent years.
Witnessing Low's set Saturday, I admit to my own initial confusion, which melted quickly into gratitude and then awe as the piece unfolded. So much so that when the set ended I rushed backstage to give Steve, Mimi, and Alan my thanks and my well wishes before anyone else could reach them, wanting to counter in advance any unhappiness or criticism I assumed — correctly, it turns out — was likely to follow.
Philip Bither is the Walker's Senior Curator of Performing Arts.


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Rahne and Shatterstar are having a lovely jaunt in the rain attempting to come to terms with Shatterstar's relationship with Rictor and her lying about the nature of her unborn demigod child who is due to pop out at any moment. Times of peace are fleeting in this series, so - of course - they have to battle a supernatural sin-eater that's just murdered the congregation at a Catholic church.
That's tame compared to what happens next. Rahne and Shatterstar - Rahne especially - are now being haunted by the ghost of former X-Force member Feral, who's being manipulated by otherworldly spirits to hunt Wolfsbane and her baby down. Suddenly they're being chased by multiple mystic Celtic ghost wolves and an Egyptian cat lord among other semi-domesticated breeds of God. After going to the team for help, Rahne is saved Terminator-style by a werewolf named Jack Russel. It doesn't get any easier for them as they're hunted by freaking Cerberus and the Fenris Wolf.
This builds into what has to be one of the best single issues of the series. Rahne is tricked into taking shelter by another Norse God (No, it isn't Loki,) who attempts to claim her baby and puts its fate in his hands. Finally, Rahne's child is spawned and it is not pretty. It is an absolutely shocking moment, unleashing a seeming horror upon the world... which David suddenly turns a 180 on, filling the reader with an incredible amount of sympathy. Then he plays on it again as other members of X-Factor arrive on the scene.
The climax is something else. With the baby on the run, the client and villain from "Happenings in Vegas" emerges - the Norse Goddess of the Dead, Hela. I remember almost screaming "NO!" at the pages of this book when I read it the first time, completely drawn into the plot. It's a spectacular emotional rollercoaster that rivals any story in any medium.
David follows that up by hitting the reset button in "Super Unnatural," important artistically as it's an unofficial handoff from Valentine De Landro as chief penciller to Leonard Kirk. While previous events play a big part, this is not a direct continuation of "Hard Labor." Instead, the team is called to Jamie's hometown where they deal with a mysterious threat. More important, though, is Jamie - with Layla - visiting his old home and meeting the single mother and her child who live there. It's a civil visit... however, the woman ends up murdered and the child goes missing. We're off and running.
Finding the culprit plays a second-hand role at first to character dynamics. First, outside the series, Rictor had regained his power to create earthquakes. It has an effect on his relationship with Shatterstar. Second, after Strong Guy's seeming near-death, Madrox deduces the horrifying truth - Layla resurrected him, thus robbing Guido of his soul. As Madrox confronts Layla over this, they track down the villain(s) responsible for the murder of the single mother - and Madrox ends up getting stabbed in the chest. Normally I wouldn't mention a character's death, as it's a huge spoiler in most cases. Thing is, Madrox isn't dead... and his true fate fulfills a prophecy from much earlier in the series. It is a major "what the hell?" moment and sets up a bombastic volume 15 where we learn what has happened to Jamie and two major players from X-Factor's long past make their return.
Rating(s): 9/10 ("Hard Labor"), 7.5/10 ("Super Unnatural")


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What is a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)?
I decided to start this article by losing some words about what exactly a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is and what it isn't. Most of you have probably already heard about the MVP, but don't really know much about it in detail.
It's all about discovery and learning
First of all you must remember that an MVP isn't a minimal product you need to make, especially a scalable one, or thousand lines of code you need to write.
MVP is all about discovery and learning, not about execution. It's a small, very simple feature set, an experiment that captures your customer's value. It gives you the best possibility to iterate with your customers fast and helps you learn from them and define their real needs and problems.
Here are some examples for a MVP:
- landing pages
- paper prototypes
- sketches
- screenshots
- a pre-order page
- wireframes
- mock websites with fake functions
- and many more
Why I need to understand my customers problems?
The answer is simple – to make a desirable product that your customers really need, love and do pay for. You must find out what the market really wants.
You don't need a real functionality at the beginning to catch your customer attention. You can collect enough information with simple experiments and after that just measure your customer interest. You don't have to invest huge amounts of money for software developing, you don't need to be a geek or have technical know-how to reach your goals.
Don't pursuit a maximum viability. Make it simple!
The MVP isn't only about the solution, but it is also about your business model and strategic objectives. You must be creative, fast and communicate with your customers. Choose your early adopters clever and give them enough value so that they are willing to use and buy the features centered to their needs. But remember there is a big difference between talking and doing. Iterate more with your customers and put your product in their hands.
There are many tools and services which provide you with a lot of possible solutions you can use for validating your ideas.
Think thoroughly about what is the minimum thing you can do to validate your assumptions and discover you customer needs and learn from them as much as you can.
Now it's your turn again. What's your definition of MVP?
Further readings:
- http://www.svpg.com/minimum-viable-product/
- http://johnnyholland.org/2012/02/making-sense-of-minimum-viable-products/
- http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/04/validated-learning-about-customers.html
- http://blog.bizelo.com/blog/2010/09/27/minimum-viable-product-or-minimum-valuable-product/
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Technical co-founder of LEANHEROES, web developer, passionate java scripter and creative out-of-the-box thinker.
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That's one of my favorite designs. It's a pale yellow wrap coat that is ideal for apple and hourglass shape women.
The animal printed design is an ideal for those ladies who want to look fabulous at any event.
The stand up collar rich blue coat is great for those ladies who are searching for a staple that will flatter from every angle.
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A Guide to the Top Corporate Health and Wellness Companies
Companies are becoming increasingly aware of the demand for corporate health.
Healthy employees are good for business. They take less sick days, are often more productive in the office, and are genuinely happier. In addition, employees who see their company as concerned about their health and needs are more loyal to their employers.
That means companies aren't just doing this for the good publicity or moral benefits. They're seriously engaging with health programs to benefit their employees.
Here's a guide to some of the best companies in the world for health and wellness.
Google is one of the most powerful tech giants in the world. One of the ways they've reached this point is their ability to scale things to the individual needs of their customers.
So it should come as no surprise that they do the same for their employees.
The legendarily employee-friendly company boasts some of the best on-site benefits in the world.
Along with the usual on-site gyms and stellar health insurance, they offer physicians and chiropractors at many of their offices.
They also focus on flexibility as an element of employee health and take pride in offering vacation time and the ability to work from home or take flex-days.
So if you can manage to work for Google, you'll be well-taken care of.
Zappos is a purveyor in shoes and sneakers, meaning that athletes are a huge part of their customer base.
So it should come as no surprise that fitness is a big part of the company's corporate health agenda.
Zappos offers employees the opportunity to engage in on-site exercise courses ranging from self-defense to yoga. They even offer a fitness "boot camp" for employees.
In addition, employees are given stations on-site to check blood pressure, weight, and body fat percentage.
Overall, Zappos is a great place for employees looking to make improvements to their physical health.
Mars, Inc.
When you think about health, the creators of M&Ms and Twix probably doesn't come to mind.
But Mars, Inc actually has a stellar corporate wellness package that they offer to their employees.
Mars encourages their employees to eat healthily. They're offered healthy meals, and nutritional information goes on company menus.
They also encourage exercise with onsite gyms, company sports teams, and exercise challenges encouraging positive growth.
Mars is particularly remarkable in how they scale their health and fitness programs to the individual needs of their employees. Their corporate health agenda includes counseling services and rewards for making healthy like choices such as quitting smoking.
So while a candy company may not seem like the best place to get healthy, this one is actually pretty sweet.
Motley Fool
Finance company Motley Fool has been called "the healthiest workplace in Washington."
Their comprehensive packages offer great options for employees looking to get in shape and stay in shape.
Their plan starts with providing flexibility to their employees.
Motley fool employees get to customize their schedules and hours worked. That means they avoid the problems that plague overworked employees.
Employees are also encouraged to have a healthy commute. An onsite bike rack makes it easier to bike to work than drive, which is great for employee health.
They also get ample time off and health insurance for $4 per paycheck. But the place Motley fool really benefits is the wide variety of wellness programming they give their employees.
Subsidized massages are offered for members of the company who deal with stress (which is a lot of members in any finance company,) and free in-house spin and kettlebell classes are also offered.
The company also has an annual health fair. At this fair, employees can get their health assessed for free. Even snacking is healthy, with a fridge and pantry constantly stocked with healthy food.
General Electric
GE is a lot more old school than a lot of the other companies on this list. But this is just proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks.
One of the corporate health policies that have attracted a lot of attention for the business giant is its vacation policy. 43% of GE's salaried workforce gets unlimited vacation time.
And while this may seem a bit unheard of, it's actually smart. When you let your employees take the time off they need, you get far more effective members of the workplace.
In addition, GE offers its employees some of the best health care there is. Employees can get a second opinion on health diagnoses at no cost, free preventative screenings, and more.
They also take a major step towards improving the health of employees by encouraging them to quit smoking. Employees who do not smoke get assistance in their efforts to quit, and also pay less in premiums than smokers.
Working for General Electric can be great for your general health.
Microsoft is one of the best companies to work for if you care about your health. And like many of the other companies on this list, they do this by understanding that the happiest employees are usually the healthiest employees.
The "campus social hub" offers on site retail and sports clubs. They offer social clubs for employees ranging from improv to kickball, and free food and beverages.
In addition, employees are offered highly flexible work hours and an informal office culture. Overall, this means that every employee is as happy and healthy as they can be.
Why Corporate Health?
Corporate health isn't just about making people happy and being nice. It's about your bottom line.
Healthy employees are more productive and cost you less money in the long run. And while we can't all have the benefit-heavy campuses of Microsoft and Google, there is more to be done than just providing insurance for corporate health.
Our proactive health management plan is one of the best add-on programs on the market. It can be scaled to the needs of your employees to build happy and healthy employees.
We are one of the most devoted companies when it comes to providing corporate wellness, and would love to help you out. Contact us to learn more about proactive health management.
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Megumi was just a timid high school girl trying to cope with life until the day a magic ribbon came into her life and a new hero was born!
December 7th, 2010, 6:13 am
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Reply Lord T Hawkeye, December 7th, 2010, 6:13 am
Ooh, Nanaka's not pleased!
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Reply swade wade, December 7th, 2010, 8:51 am
Oh shoot. Nanaka's old man is related to a mafia? Who knew? o.o *Hides in a bush*
Reply pensuka, December 7th, 2010, 9:56 am
now they done it!!!
ok now that is to far!!!
Reply HungryPaperweight (Guest), December 7th, 2010, 10:55 am
Mmmm... Carrots...
HP: "There's no way I'm letting Pensuka have all the fun!" *Grabs a flamethrower and a chainsaw*
Reply YRPOtaku169 from deviantART (Guest), December 8th, 2010, 12:39 am
Umm... Couldn't she just, you know, backtrack and find another way home?
Reply crinos (Guest), December 8th, 2010, 6:23 am
Ooh this is it, This is where she takes the step to becoming a full fledged super hero.
Reply pensuka, December 11th, 2010, 9:01 am
its personal
yo HP remenber to only keep some alive since we need to "negotiate" them anyway you take the ones on the left ill take the ones on the right *gets ready to chardge* time to kick some butt *smirks
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My I suggest the simple tomahawk or sniper rifle? Or if you want to get more BANG for your buck you could always us this.
Reply Crash (Guest), January 26th, 2013, 2:43 pm
Time To Pull Out The BIG FUCKIN' GUN*pulls out bfg9000*
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Alas there is a villain.
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The New England Journal of Medicine asked President Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to "describe their health care platforms and their visions for the future of American health care" and published their statements on the journal's website. The (roughly) 1,300-word statements released by the two presidential candidates are rather vague, do not address specific issues and sound like political campaign speeches.
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My opponent in this election, Mitt Romney, has a radically different vision for the future of our health care system — even if it means running from his past as the architect of health reform in Massachusetts. He would begin by repealing Obamacare on day 1. Your patients would once again be charged excessive copays for preventive care, and millions of Americans would be one illness or injury away from bankruptcy. He would undo the progress we are making toward a more coordinated delivery system. Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan, have proposed a budget that could force drastic cuts to investment in medical research, eliminating 1600 National Institutes of Health grants and slowing our progress on scientific and medical breakthroughs. They have pledged to turn Medicaid into a block grant and slash its funding by a third — plunging tens of millions more Americans into the ranks of the uninsured and leaving our hospitals and health care providers to grapple with an increasing burden of uncompensated care. And they are committed to ending Medicare as we know it by turning it into a voucher program, with insurance companies set to make millions while seniors and people with disabilities are forced to pay thousands more every year.
Mitt Romney's statement, on the other hand, does not directly address medical research, but instead focuses on criticizing Obamacare and wants the states to play a bigger role in providing healthcare:
Nor can our society ever turn its back on those who cannot afford the care they need. We will provide support for low-income Americans and those uninsured persons whose preexisting conditions push the cost of coverage too high for them to pay themselves. But my experience as a governor and the lessons from the President's attempt at a one-size-fits-all national solution convince me that it is states — not
— that should lead this effort. I will convert Medicaid into a block grant that properly aligns each state's incentives around using resources efficiently. Each state will have the flexibility to craft programs that most effectively address its challenges — as I did in Washington , where we got 98% of our residents insured without raising taxes. Massachusetts
I have to admit that I am underwhelmed by both responses because they just repeat the political rhetoric that we have already heard during the national conventions and other appearances. One problem is that the editors of the journal asked them for very broad statements instead of asking them to address specific questions and solutions. This is in contrast to, for example, the approach of Scientific American and ScienceDebate.org, who asked the candidates 14 specific questions related to science and technology.
The New England Journal of Medicine could have also asked very specific questions about the future of American healthcare. After all, the future of American healthcare does not just depend on health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid. Specific questions for the candidates could have included questions about how they will address the current crisis in the federal funding of medical research, how they want to deal with the growing problem of obesity and diabetes among children, how they intend to improve preventive healthcare for all, how we should facilitate translation of research findings into clinical practice, how we should curb the staggering cost of healthcare or how we can ensure adequate numbers of primary care healthcare providers, especially in underserved areas.
Such specific questions would force the candidates to focus on the same issues and allow the audience to compare and contrast their responses. I hope that in the future, the candidates will be asked more specific questions regarding their vision for American healthcare.


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