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PROMISE FULFILLED: Here's How Many VA Officials Trump Has FIRED Since Inauguration…
President Donald Trump has fulfilled another promise he made on the campaign trail — his desire to crackdown on the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Specifically, rebuild the organization after hundreds of horror stories and thousand of veterans died in the care of the VA.
And he's doing just that.
On Saturday, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that more than 500 officials have been fired due to misconduct since the inauguration in January, according to data posted online.
CBS reports:
In an effort for more transparency and accountability within the VA, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin announced that a public list of employee "accountability actions" will be posted online and updated weekly.
The list outlines a total of 747 disciplinary actions including 526 employees who were fired since January 20. The actions affected a myriad of positons ranging from a tractor operator to VA attorneys. The list does not include employee names due to privacy reasons but does note the employee's position and VA region.
"Veterans and taxpayers have a right to know what we're doing to hold our employees accountable and make our personnel actions transparent," Secretary Shulkin said in a statement.
This announcement comes less than a month after President Trump signed the Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act which strengthened the ability of Secretary Shulkin to discipline VA officials. President Trump said that previous laws "…kept the government from holding those who failed our veterans accountable."
In addition to publishing the list of accountability actions, Shulkin said in a press release that he is requiring approval by a senior official of any monetary settlement with an employee over the amount of $5,000.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars praised this new VA decision and said the organization is "…very, very hopeful that the Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act will continue to heal the VA, which will definitely help restore the faith of veterans in their VA."
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SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER is a book, a curriculum, a project, and a global initiative to educate and empower young people to fight against human rights injustices.
Now, Speak Truth to Power will enter the video documentary world with a contest challenging middle and high school students in New York to create a film based on the experience of courageous human rights defenders around the world.
The contest invites students to create a 3-6 minute video about a human rights violation and the defender(s) fighting to stop it. The project is aimed at demonstrating the capacity of each individual to create change.
This contest is sponsored by the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
For more information, visit www.speaktruthvideo.com.

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In this second post about words related to the recent controversy over Rob Bell and his book Love Wins, I examine the word "hades" in the NET Bible. (See the first post on sheol in the NET Bible here.) Again, my goal is to get a better sense for what we are doing with these passages so we can be sure the NET Bible is helping the church with our translations of these key passages.
In contemporary English when we hear the word "Hades," we often equate this with the traditional concept of "hell," that is, a fiery place of punishment for those who reject God. This perceived similarity is in some ways incorrect, as the Greek term had its own meaning and history. From the time of Homer it was used as a proper name to refer to Hades, the god of the Underworld, as well as to the realm of the dead over which he ruled. In this sense the word has many similarities to the Hebrew term sheol. This connection is strong enough that in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures completed during the third century B.C., the translators used the Greek term hades to translate the Hebrew word sheol almost every time it occurs (61 out of 65 times). However, because of the ideas about the afterlife which developed in between the testaments, concepts of blessings for the righteous and torment for the wicked were attached to this word, and hints of these developments can be seen in the New Testament.
The word hades (ᾅδης) only occurs ten times in the New Testament: Matt 11:23; 16:18; Luke 10:15; 16:23; Acts 2:27, 31; Rev 1:18; 6:8; 20:13, 14. All of the references except one can be well understood to mean the equivalent of the Hebrew concept of sheol, that is, the dwelling place of the dead. This is especially so with the passages from Revelation; in each one death and Hades are used in parallel, without any idea of eternal torment or suffering. In the last occurrence in Revelation, for example, death and Hades themselves are thrown into the lake of fire, which many theologians would argue is this book's representation of hell. The passage that is slightly different is Luke 16:23, found in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. Here the passage states, "And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side." This is the only New Testament passage that explicitly connects hades and torment or punishment. (The following verse explains this torment as the result of fire.) So here one could properly speak of Hades as what we presently understand by the concept of hell. As far as our translation is concerned, we translate hades as "Hades" nine out of the ten occurrences. It is only in Luke 16:23 that we translate this word as "hell." In most every location (except for the last three references in Revelation) we have a note explaining that the Greek term hades is equivalent to the Hebrew term sheol.
As I look at what we have done in the NET Bible, I think we have done a good job. The one place where this word is used in the context of torment and punishment, we translate it as "hell," which is quite appropriate given what the contemporary reader understands from that term. The question in my mind is, what does the contemporary reader understand when they read the word "Hades"? We explain the term most of the time it occurs, which is helpful, but I wonder if a different translation would be more understandable. Frankly, though, the problem with changing "Hades" to something else would be the poetry of the passages. Take for example Matt 11:23:
And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.
This passage has great rhetorical power with the juxtaposition of the two phrases in the first half. There is a great parallel between "exalted" and "thrown down" and then again between "heaven" and "Hades." If we were to change "Hades" to "the place of the dead" or "the underworld," the rhetorical power of the passage would suffer. So I am not inclined to change anything at present. This is a very similar issue to the use of sheol, but it is slightly different in one respect: My impression is that a contemporary reader would more likely understand "Hades" correctly than they would "Sheol." So I would argue for some changes in the Old Testament with the use of that term, but I would not argue for changes in the New Testament with the use of "Hades."
Let me know if you agree or disagree in the comments.
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Who is assigned to Hades?
I am all in favor of leaving the word as "Hades" in the translated text and then clarifying it, if necessary, in a footnote. We see far too much incorporation of interpretation into the biblical text these days, even though the selected interpretations may not be correct.
I am a bit confused in the case of Matthew 11:23, because the NET notes say: "In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside." Yet I see no evidence in your post that you would restrict Hades to the unrighteous dead. So, I think there is sometimes more confusion over who is assigned to these various named places than there is over whether the names should be transliterated or replaced with a descriptive phrase. Could you say a little about that issue?
Thanks for your work on explaining all these terms!
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Nellie Musson, a Bermudian born in 1926, is recognised as a major contributor to Bermuda's awareness of the local trailblazers of her era. Her accomplishments include her self-published books entitled Mind the Onion Seed, A Bermuda Trail Blazer: The Legendary Marjorie Louise Bean, Children of the Enterprise and Missing Mr. Read. She was also an entrepreneur, opening LaNel Beauty Salon after studying hairdressing in New York in 1957.
This award was established by the Department in 2007 to fund original historical research on Bermuda.


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We're closed to bed and breakfast guests, but open for the family, who gather here every year in various numbers and combinations.
Right now I'm getting ready. Here's the Christmas tree in our private sitting room, known by the Wordsworths at "the West Library" apparently. The tree is in a lovely bay window from which you can just see Rydal Water. The lights are reflected in the angled windows, and this year I've created a vision of red and gold .I'm pretty pleased with it anyway!
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By the way, over 2,500 have viewed my Traditional Sherry Trifle recipe this week! I'm making it on Friday to serve on Boxing Day.


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Quotes from library practitioners regarding policymaking for library Internet use. Gathered by Linda Braun, editor.
Balance is key. Instead of re-wording a sample policy, write an original one to reflect the needs and concerns of your community while keeping the ALA Bill of Rights and statements about intellectual freedom at the forefront of your mind as you compose. The policy should include regulations for Internet use at the library as well as a policy statement.
Beth Gallaway, Trainer/Consultant, Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System, Waltham, MA
I am happy with our policy because of the PROCESS we went through--all the stakeholders had a chance to weigh in:
* Admin. went to workshops on the issues with COPA, CIPA, filtering, etc. All staff and trustees were made aware of issues throughout the process.
* Senior staff from adult, teen, and children's services discussed and drafted the policy over several meetings.
* Board of Trustees reviewed the policy, discussed all the issues, finalized and approved the policy based on our recommendations. They took all of our recommendations except one-- several trustees insisted on filters in the children's dept.
* Posted the policy in the library, no concerns from our users-- so far.
Elaine Winquist, Director, Duxbury Free Library, Duxbury, MA
The key to a successful policy is knowing the law and knowing your community.
Elaine Winquist, Director, Duxbury Free Library, Duxbury, MA
The most challenging aspect of the Acceptable Use Policy is its enforcement.
Quoted from Empowering your acceptable use policy by Jerry Crystal. Technology & Learning, November 15, 2000. 21(4), 26-27.
To smooth out the policymaking process:
* Involve an attorney.
* Choose a representative group.
* Provide background information on the Internet, libraries, and the law.
* Know your community.
Quoted from Creating an Internet Policy by Civic Engagement by John Alita. American Libraries 32 no:11 48-50 December 2001
Policy is about choice. Policies are deliberate choices or decisions that guide actions and influence outcomes.
Quoted from Becoming digital: policy implications for library youth services.(Children and the Digital Library) by Virginia A. Walter.
Clearly, parents have to pay attention and be active in their children's lives, but paying attention to the Internet takes more time and attention than monitoring other in-home activities, such as TV viewing. The many Internet dilemmas for parents will continue, and many new ones will no doubt emerge.
Quoted from Ten Years Ten Trends published by USC Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future. See http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/site_content.asp?intGlobalId=22
A large majority of Internet users age 18 and under say the Internet is important for their schoolwork; more than 60 percent of students (61.6 percent) say that the Internet is very important or extremely important for their schoolwork.
Quoted from Ten Years Ten Trends published by USC Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future. See http://www.digitalcenter.org/pages/site_content.asp?intGlobalId=22
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No: S-38
Date: July 27, 1980
Authority: UWM Administration
A student who has satisfactorily completed all of the degree requirements established
by two different schools or colleges for graduation and the requirements for
completing a major in those two units may receive two different diplomas for
one graduation period. The transcript will show that the person has completed
the two majors and has been awarded the appropriate degrees. This policy does
not interfere with the rules and regulations existing in a given school or college
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Warner Road resurfacing project.
Warner Road nominally has Bike Lanes.
Major changes at intersection of Kyrene.
This is westbound; this was formerly a "dropped" BL… now a nice/spacious 6′(or so) BL to the intersection with a RTOL to the right of it.
I HOPE they are going to install the "optional" dotted BL stripes as seen in figure 9c-4.
I also HOPE/assume they are going to install an R4-4 "Begin right turn lane yield to bikes".
Warner Road resurfacing project.


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I've spent the better part of my adult life (I know, I know, that still isn't that many years) working with small businesses to help them leverage the Internet in creative ways so they could compete with much larger competitors. One of the points I try to pound home again and again is you don't need more money, you just need to do it better. While it isn't an Internet marketing story per say, John Jantsch has an excellent post today that shares the story of a little company outlasting a global brand most small businesses would run in fear from.
You'll want to read the whole post, but here's a quick summary:
There is a small coffeehouse in Kansas City's Westport District called the Broadway Cafe. Broadway is in all ways local. Lots of character and characters, a very sweet, personable owner, homegrown from the tile to the ceiling. About 10 years ago a storm surrounded the store when Starbucks announced the location of their first store in the Kansas City area would be right next door, like, sharing an internal wall next door.
John then links to a story from this week's Kansas City Star that reports:
Starbucks on Tuesday confirmed that it would close its store at 401 Westport Road in late winter.
Yep, after ten years of being side by side, the local place has stayed in business and Starbucks has chosen to close its doors.
Why? Well, I'm sure there are a lot of reasons, but I have no doubt one of them is the local community and their attachment to a business they see as one of their own.
This is exactly the type of thing your business should be working to do online. Whether it's via blogging, social media, viral marketing or simply through good content and good customer service, you need to be looking for the things that set you apart from your bigger competitors. Small businesses tend to have less money, but more flexibility. The companies that play that to their advantage often find themselves doing quite well. It's essential to connect with your local community, even if that community is virtual. Just look at Zappos and you'll see a perfect example of a company who should be struggling to survive against much larger competitors, but who does quite well based on the way they've treated consumers.
Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, the Social Media Faculty Chair for MarketMotive and offers small business social media strategy & consulting. Jennifer enjoys the challenge of finding unique and creative ways to connect with consumers without spending a fortune in marketing dollars. Though she now prefers to work with small businesses, Jennifer's clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children.
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Having lost my mojo I started to think perhaps I should try something different to get inspired again. I bought a couple of embossing folders at a time when I was very inspired but haven't really used them until today! :)
Here is my card!
I used Versamark Embossing Ink on the embossing folder, ran it through my Big shot and then I poured sticky embossing powder over the inked areas. I heated it with my heating gun and then I poured blue fine glitter from Stampendous and heated it again. I totally love the effect the glitter gives the embossed snowflakes!
Happy Crafting!
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Unique Rose Bathroom Accessories Sets for Stylish Look
The first elements you need to focus on are the basic things like the faucets, the sink, the towel racks and the mirror. They need to match the style you've chosen for the room and they'll set the tone for the rest of the accessories. Aside from the basic elements there's a whole range of small accessories every bathroom needs. These include things like the soap dish, toothbrush holder, shower curtains, toilet paper holder, etc. don't just pick them randomly. They may be small but they can have a great impact on the overall decor. Take everything into consideration including color, shape, texture, size and material. You might also want to add a few purely decorative items like a vase for example.


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June 2018 Artist Meet & Greet
7406 N. Greenview Ave
June 2018 Artist in Residency:
Michael R. Nuccio
June 10th & 23rd 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
June 16th & 30th 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
I began painting late in life at the age of 19 just shortly after accepting Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior in 1999. I quickly put together a portfolio over 6 months and received a scholarship to the Kansas City Art Institute. Based on these early experiences with both Jesus and painting I believe any ability to paint comes from Him. My paintings are an abstract expression and representation of my inner thoughts and emotions past, present and even future. My paintings are very improvisational in nature like some of the best music. The content is defined by the actual process of "doing" the painting itself. This process often includes building up several layers and organic shapes of paint and implementing an additive and subtractive element to those layers over and over until I emotionally feel the content has reached its' completion. Once I "feel" it has, the process is over and the painting is complete. During this painting process I make it my objective to emphasize both color scheme and texture.


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Eurobodalla – the Narooma Community Garden
Final Report – March 2012
As a result of our SOT involvement, the following has occurred:
1. The Narooma Community Gardening association was formed
2. The local public school offered the association land on which to develop a community garden
3. That development is underway and the remarkable garden enclosure is visible from the ocean road and from the Narooma Golf Course
4. The gardeners are gradually taking on the decision making with respect to what is planted and when it is harvested
5. There has been a series of articles in the local press about the community garden
As a result of these changes, there is an increased community awareness of the potential for urban food production in Narooma and surrounds.
We don't preach sustainability but we do talk about growing potatoes, recipes using kale, and ways of protecting crops from possums. Involvement of the school kids is currently limited to their bringing their lunch scraps to our compost bins and our taking our garden waste to their chooks. But it will grow, as will the amount and variety of produce we produce and our ability to share it with others.
Our beautiful geodesic garden enclosure (to keep out possums, footballs and birds) is visible from the Narooma golf course and I'm told that visitors ask what it is (and locals know the answer).
We are thinking of selling choko chutney at the Narooma Oyster Festival. Yes it's controversial, but it might be a way to explain sustainability, gently dolloped on an oyster.
AGMs and chokos!
14 December 2011
This evening we held our first Annual General Meeting of the Narooma Community Garden. Now I've been to AGMs of political and business organisations and they usually consist of reports and more reports, followed by questions about income and expenditure and policy.
So I was a bit taken aback when the first questions at our AGM were about chokos. Are we growing them? Would there be enough to make choko chutney next year? Wouldn't it be good to have choko chutney tastings at the next Narooma Oyster Festival and sell jars of it to bolster the finances? Talk then drifted to the best way to peel chokos, how important it is to harvest them when they're small, and where else around town chokos might be found if we run short. Plans are now afoot to have choko chutney preparation and bottling get-togethers at the end of summer in time for the Oyster Festival in May.
This is of course the aim of a community garden – to share information, learn new skills and work together with friends. From a sustainability perspective the humble choko is an ideal food source. It has few pests and diseases and produces prolific crops. It can be eaten raw or boiled, stuffed, mashed, baked, fried or pickled. Both the fruit and the seed are rich in amino acids and vitamin C. Young shoots and leaves are used as vegetables in some Asian cuisines. Lastly it provides bulky waste material which can be chopped up for the compost or dried for mulch.
Makes me think that choko should be discussed at more AGMs.
20 September 2011
This is a photo of the amazingly beautiful geodesic garden enclosure that is emerging at the community garden.
Isn't it wonderful!
Many thanks to Barry Sorrensen (who has done the design and is driving the project) and the volunteers.
Progress will continue next Sunday.
30 August 2011
Greetings! The Community Garden in the Narooma Primary School grounds is in production.
The bed that we were building and filling back in April has been producing leafy greens and broccoli over winter and we can't harvest it fast enough. The legume bed is just starting to produce peas, and the third bed has onions, garlic, radishes and beetroot underway. The fourth bed is being prepared for the summer fruiting veg and the seedlings are appearing in the seed trays.
The orange plastic 'fence' is about to be replaced with a wood and wire garden enclosure to protect the harvest from possums, parrots and footballs. The holes for the supports were dug last Sunday and the white support posts in the photo will be concreted in next week. The temporary possums screens (recycled fly screens from the local tip) might just last long enough.
We've learnt a lot over the last 4 months, including that:
- It's possible to use too much mulch in a raised garden bed, especially if you get 110mm of rain and the soil gets water logged (but problem solved by adding sand)
- Growing comfrey to add to the compost bins is EASY
- A primary school's winter lunch scraps consist of bread, apples and mandarin skins – and they make great compost if you add enough straw and comfrey leaves
- Possums are messy eaters
- A 4 bed rotating system reduces the need to debate what to plant in any one bed by 75%
- Most people don't know what to do with kale but they like Krispy Kale (see recipe below).
Krispy Kale
- 6-8 cups chopped fresh kale, hard stems removed
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 tsp. coarse salt or sea salt
- Place a rack on the lowest shelf of your oven. Preheat oven to 170 degrees C.
- Spread kale out on a sturdy baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and apple cider vinegar. Toss to coat completely.
- Place on the lowest rack of the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and stir so that kale can get crispy all over.
- Bake another 8 to 12 minutes or until kale is crispy. It should be just lightly browned and crispy to the touch. If kale still bends, rather than crackles, when you touch it, it isn't done yet. Return it to the oven. Turn down the heat if it is getting too brown. Continue cooking until crispy.
- Remove from oven, and sprinkle with sea salt and serve immediately.
Previous update of Eurobodalla Project
Thursday 28 April 2011
Greetings everyone, the Narooma District Community Gardens SOT project has had to adjust its project description. It now reads:
"The Community Garden at the School Project will establish community gardening in the Narooma District, commencing with the community garden in the grounds of the Narooma Public School, where land has been made available for community food production in exchange for some involvement of the students."
Our third working bee at the school will be held on 1st May (everyone is welcome). Some photos of previous working bees are below. We are also busy preparing for our stall at the Narooma Oyster Festival on 14/15 May where we will promote community gardening and hopefully find new gardeners, members and supporters.
Regards to all other community project members, Carolyn
For more information on the project
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She left her hospital room for a few minutes to take a shower. Her baby was sleeping peacefully and she wouldn't be gone long. But when she came back, the baby was gone!
Berkley and Net Galley allowed me to read this book for review (thank you). It will be published June 27th.
When the reporter was looking for general interest stories, she ran across a small article about baby bones being found at demolition site. That sounded intriguing and she began digging into it. What she discovers will change her life.
The body is found in an area that has been deteriorating over the years. It has been acquired for new development but finding a body slows it down a bit.
Kate is a bulldog about her stories. She has contacts all over and utilizes them to find out how many babies were reported missing forty years ago or so. She finds three and decides the most recent might be her baby. She finds the mother with more inquiry and goes to visit her. Soon she's convinced the baby must be Alice but why would someone murder a baby?
The story gets more complicated. With a woman obsessed with a man, sexual predators and drugs, a grieving family and another mother grieving a dead baby there's lots going on. As the story plays out, you begin to realize no one is innocent.
The final twist at the end is what makes the story unforgettable. The story twists and ties around itself but at the end there are no secrets. Now everybody has to pick up the pieces and move on.


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This just in! Temecula Valley brings home multiple medals from the 73rd Annual Los Angeles International Wine Competition! Nearly 3,300 wines were entered, tasted by a 72-member panel comprised of international judges.
Judged in May 2012, there were many strong contenders, varietals and price ranges represented. For 73 years, the Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition has showcased the finest domestic and international vintages through a wine-tasting event that is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious in the United States.
The competition is the platform for an extensive wine education program available to the nearly 1.5 million visitors at the annual L.A. County Fair. With the L.A. International Wine & Spirits Competition committed to educating the public about wine, the Fair's wine education program features industry experts with extensive knowledge about wine growing and selection, wine tasting as well as wine and food pairings.
Congratulations to Best in Class winners Van Roekel and South Coast Winery for their Viognier and Riesling, respectively.
Full list of Temecula winery winners are below —
DANZA DEL SOL WINERY www.danzadelsolwinery.com
- BRONZE MEDAL Gewurztraminer, California 2011
- BRONZE MEDAL Viognier, Temecula Valley 2010
- BRONZE MEDAL Syrah, Temecula Valley 2009
HART WINERY www.hartfamilywinery.com
- BRONZE MEDAL: Zinfandel, Huis Vineyard, Temecula Valley 2010
KEYWAYS VINEYARD & WINERY www.keywayswine.com
- SILVER MEDAL Viognier, Estate Reserve, Temecula Valley 2011
- BRONZE MEDAL Moscato, California 2011
- BRONZE MEDAL Riesling, California 2010
- BRONZE MEDAL Sauvignon Blanc, Fume Blanc, Temecula Valley 2010
- BRONZE MEDAL Late Harvest Roussanne, Dessert Roussanne, Temecula Valley
- BRONZE MEDAL Charbono, California 2008
MAURICE CARRIE WINERY www.mauricecarriewinery.com
- SILVER MEDAL Sauvignon Blanc, Temecula Valley 2010
- BRONZE MEDAL Sweet White Blend, Heather's Mist, Temecula Valley
- BRONZE MEDAL Riesling, Temecula Valley 2011
VAN ROEKEL WINERY www.mauricecarriewinery.com
- BEST OF CLASS, GOLD MEDAL – 91 Points Viognier, Estate, Temecula Valley 2010
- BRONZE MEDAL Zinfandel, Estate, Temecula Valley 2008
- BRONZE MEDAL Sparkling Raspberry, Raspberry, California
MONTE DE ORO WINERY www.montedeoro.com
- SILVER MEDAL Zinfandel, Estate Grown, Galway Vineyard, Temecula Valley 2008
- SILVER MEDAL Cabernet Franc, Estate Grown, DePortola Vineyard, Temecula Valley 2008
- BRONZE MEDAL Merlot, Estate Grown, DePortola Vineyard, Temecula Valley 2008
- BRONZE MEDAL Cabernet Sauvignon, Reserve, Estate Grown, Temecula Valley 2007
- BRONZE MEDAL Syrah, Estate Grown, Reserve, Temecula Valley 2007
VINDEMIA WINERY www.vindemia.com
- SILVER MEDAL Syrah, Estate, Temecula 2009
WILSON CREEK WINERY www.wilsoncreekwinery.com
- GOLD MEDAL – 90 Points Red Sparkling, Cuvee Rouge, Temecula Valley
SOUTH COAST WINERY www.southcoastwinery.com
- BEST OF CLASS, GOLD MEDAL – 97 Points Riesling, Temecula Valley 2011
- GOLD MEDAL – 93 Points Sauvignon Blanc, Musque Clone, Temecula Valley 2011
- GOLD MEDAL – 92 Points Sweet Red Blend, Romanza, South Coast
- GOLD MEDAL – 90 Points Brut, Temecula Valley
- SILVER MEDAL – Blanc de Blanc, Blanc de Blanc, Temecula Valley 2008 Sparkling Gewurztraminer, Temecula Valley Port, Black Jack Port, South Coast Sparkling Pinot Grigio, Temecula Valley Muscat Canelli, Temecula Valley 2011 Sparkling Syrah, Ruby Cuvee, Temecula Valley Extra Dry, Temecula Valley Rhone Style White Blend, GVR, Temecula Valley 2010
- BRONZE MEDAL – Sparkling Muscat, Spumante Diamante, California Rose, Merlot, South Coast 2011 Portuguese Style Red Blend, Penrose, Carter Estate, South Coast 2009 Chardonnay, Wild Horse Peak, South Coast 2009 Rose, Tempranillo, Carter Estate Vineyard, Temecula Valley 2011 Merlot, Wild Horse Peak, South Coast 2007 Late Harvest Riesling, Temecula Valley 2009
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Sharing the bounty: Fairfield kicks off food drive for 375th anniversary
One of the first official events celebrating Fairfield's 375th anniversary began with a shout Friday when a "Town Crier" issued an official proclamation.
With a commanding voice that carried across Town Hall Green, Walt Matis, who is also program and volunteer coordinator with the Fairfield Museum and History Center, made the proclamation as the start of the town's birthday officially began with a townwide food drive for people in need.
Organizers of Fairfield's 375th Food Drive hope to collect enough to supply four major food distribution centers for a full year, including Operation Hope, Bridgeport Rescue Mission, Thomas Merton House in Bridgeport and A Project from the Heart, a local group that sends care packages to troops.
"Our event is going to culminate with an actual brick-and-mortar collection on April 26 and 27 at Fairfield Ludlowe High School," said Diane Auray, executive director of the drive.
"I think it's a phenomenal way of commemorating the 375th anniversary," said Eleanor Gonzalez of Fairfield, who was on hand to watch Matis in a Colonial-style costume, read the proclamation as he rang a bell and then posted it at the message board by Old Post Road.
"Since its settlement, Fairfield has prospered more by the character of its people than a richness of location or natural resources," Matis read. "That quality is never more evident than when our citizens turn their generous nature to helping our neighbors in need."
"The food drive was the brainstorm of Judge Dan Caruso," said First Selectman Michael Tetreau, "to provide an event that everybody in town could participate in, and I can't think of anything more symbolic of our town's character than that we're providing goods to those in need."
"I'm delighted to be a member of the committee" organizing the good drive, said Susan Barrett, a former state representative. "We're hard at work and everything is falling into place."
For more information about the food drive or to volunteer, visit: http://bit.ly/1dBfbEz


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I rarely, if ever, make New Year's resolutions. Even more rare is a resolution that I keep (except for one I made last year to make $1000 in the stock market - which I did, several times over).
This next resolution is actually practical, I am going to improve my Unix skills this year. Working at Microsoft, sharp Unix skills have never been necessary. I know the basic commands like grep, sort, cp, mv, etc, but next on the list are powerful stream editing tools like sed, and then next on the list would be awk.
I have an iBook now (bought it used) but it has a Unix-like OS window shell on there. I think it will be much easier now to develop my Unix skills on my own time.


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A couple of days ago at the Mediapost OMMA Behavioral Insider event, I presented to the audience about what should be the best friend of behavioral targeting networks: site optimization and site targeting.
I took the stage immediately after industry legend Dave Morgan, whom Steve Smith, the host of the event, called "Mr. Behavioral Targeting." Dave's larger-than-life history includes founding Real Media and then Tacoda, selling to AOL, and becoming their SVP for Global Ad Sales. I have long admired Dave, and have met with him a few times over the past 5 years to discuss how behavioral targeting and Web analytics could work closely together. From the first cup of coffee we shared in New York 5 years ago, we agreed that both the ad side and the site side were co-dependent.
So, being careful not to offend the media buying and advertising-centric crowd that was sure to make up this event, we talked about the need for the online advertising folks to not only realize that the site is a critical component of every campaign, but to start evangelizing for integrating site optimization to increase campaign success as part of their efforts.
As the total interactive ad spend grows from its current $20 billion to the $61 billion that Forrester estimates will be spent by 2012, we are beginning to see smart marketing executives realize they must invest more in the site. After all, ads funnel visitors to the site — without a site that hums, nothing is sold, and no meaningful relationship is built.
That means that the ads actually depend on the site for ROI. But currently, the money in interactive spend still skews much more towards the ad-spend side than the site side. If you consider that the typical web site for a company receives the majority of its traffic from non-paid sources, one could argue that the spend is weighted on the wrong side for strategic value. Some may say that this is because marketers are still learning how to market using this new channel, and buying traffic is a relatively easy process — easier, at least, than tackling the multi-dimensional strategic design, voice, flow and usability of a web site.
Think of an iceberg: the tip of the iceberg, which represents ad spending, is more visible and easy to focus on. The tip is also what is easily seen, and what therefore first engages a new audience. However, the mass of the iceberg, as we all know, is 90% below the water. In other words, 90% (or more) of the process of turning a visitor into a customer happens on the site.
The iceberg is a single entity — the 10% above the water and the 90% below are indelibly connected to each other. From the visitor's point of view, the ad starts a brand impression that is continuous, from view to click to site visit to conversion to repeat visit. Visitors don't view the ad impression as a single step from the media team which then hands off the site to the site team. They view the whole encounter as an iceberg, a single brand experience with you.
Customer expectations are on the rise with the Web Channel, and when they see an ad that is relevant, their anticipation grows that the next click will deliver even greater value. When the next experience leads them to a place where the conversation is forgotten or worse, where the conversation goes completely sideways and is disjointed, the anticipation leads to disappointment and the visitor leaves. We call this unfortunate series of events "anticipointment." Today the chasm of anticipointment is great for most companies, and the real costs in low conversion rates, lost brand value add to the poor customer experience in still to be tackled efficiencies of the Web channel for marketers.
To offer solutions to the problem of anticipointment, we have been working hard to build out our online marketing suite over the past 18 months. There is a concept called the Online Marketing Value Chain that we are discussing quite a bit. The idea is similar to the iceberg metaphor. The visitor sees a message whether it's in the form of a behaviorally targeted ad, a targeted email, or a search result, and they decide whether there is enough value in that message to engage in the next click. If they do, and they arrive on your site's landing page or home page, they are looking for more value with each click they make, as they 1) engage deeper in the site, 2) make their way through the conversion opportunity, and 3) become a loyal customer.
Companies today are investing in a host of technologies to deliver more value to the customer and enhance their experience and engagement in the site, from efforts such as landing page optimization using MVT or AB testing, or on-site targeting, or on-site search, widgets, customer reviews, surveys and recommendations. These applications have the right intent but need to be part of the logical customer dialogue and not just another example a one-way disjointed conversation from the company talking outward. To make this a dialogue with each customer that makes sense, a common customer dataset must be shared across all of the applications so each application knows what level of engagement the customer had with each other application and takes that into account as it is invoked, so it continues the same conversation and doesn't change course or start it all over again.
We used the iceberg analogy, and talked through the Online Marketing Value Chain at the OMMA event, and the audience seemed engaged the whole time. They seemed to agree that they were ultimately dependant on the site itself for conversion and ROI success. Still, it was clear that most of the folks don't have responsibility for the site — so while they agree, they feel they aren't really in a position to do much about it.
As a digital industry, we can't accept this state of affairs. We need to go farther than nodding our heads and then going back to the same conversation we had yesterday. Digital industry folks need to start internalizing and evangelizing that the site is A CRITICAL component in every campaign, and we need to plan, buy and execute every campaign with both owners in the room working together. The site needs traffic to hit its growth numbers, and behaviorally targeted traffic has been proven time and time again to be among the highest yielding traffic an advertiser can drive. That same traffic needs a site that continues the conversation in a relevant manner, from landing page through to conversion, which in many cases takes a few visits to occur.
At the end of last year, a group called the Corporate Executive Board came out with a report called "Identifying the Drivers of Digital Effectiveness", in which they evaluated the four major areas of digital investment in marketing: display advertising, email marketing, search marketing, and the web site itself. They found that the most strategic area for investment for most companies should be the web site. The report didn't get much media attention, probably because the media that report on digital love to talk about the sexy side of the business — which tends to be ad-centric rather than site-centric.
So all in all, we were really pleased with the warm welcome we had at the conference, and we look forward to continuing the conversation with the online advertising industry in future events. But we believe there's still a lot of work to do. Every professional in the digital industry needs to begin breaking down the silos between the ad side and the site side, and realizing that silos are a huge prevention to the age-old mantra we all learned about in our first jobs: integrated marketing.


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I remember what finally made me do it.
I had just spent a week in the most beautiful place I had ever been: Alaska. Words can't really sum up the grandeur of the mountains or the vibrancy of the tidal inlets. It just is. And it was breathtaking.
But when I got back and started looked at the pictures, it wasn't the beauty that stood out most: It was me. I had become unhealthy. I gave into food in the previous three years in a way that was physically defeating.
I decided it was time for change.
This wasn't a vain, "I want abs" type thing. It was a, "I can't climb steps like a normal person." I had become a slave to my stomach. Heart problems and diabetes were rolling over the horizon like storm clouds.
But let me admit something: I'm cheap. Not frugal. Cheap. Always have been. My wife has helped me become a more generous person, but it's something I have to work on. So my decision to change wasn't going to come by filling up a gallon of water, hitting weights, and paying Sven money to yell at me while I became a sweating circus act in the middle of some gym floor.
No, I was going to do this the cheap way: Running. It doesn't cost anything. I can do it on my schedule. And if I picked the right path, no one would see me.
The first day, I barely made it a mile. I took my dog and, I'm not making this up, he passed me walking while I "ran." He's part Basset Hound, so his legs are about the height of popsicle sticks. I thought to myself, What a joke.
But I kept going. Day after day, I kept going. I ran in the Texas heat. I ran in the wind. I ran in the rain. I ran on consecutive days. I ran on Thanksgiving.
I logged all my calories. All of them. Every last stinking bite, I logged it. Even when I ate bad.
Something started happening. My clothes started fitting better. People started commenting not on my weight, but on how healthy I looked. I lost 12 pounds in the first month, 33 pounds in six months, and by a year I was down 50 pounds.
It was hard. So hard. I wasn't losing weight, I was changing my lifestyle. My habits. My comforts.
But it all started one day, with one decision. And then a series of similar decisions. I remember the first day I said enough was enough. I had to tell myself out loud that I was going to put on my running shoes and shorts and go. Out loud. Talking to myself. I literally had to motivate myself to take those steps. Small, deliberate steps.
Baby steps.
Yup, I totally just pulled that card. You've probably heard it a million times.
One foot in front of the other.
Take your time.
Don't focus on the insurmountable.
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Doesn't that all just tick you off sometimes, though? We just want to know the exact plan that will produce the exact results, how long it will take, and what it's going to be like along the way.
But that's not how it works. It takes baby steps. A series of good decisions outweighing the bad ones.
Ryan Hall is an Olympic runner. He runs distances that are greater than my age. I found something recently that he wrote that puts it well:
It's not exciting to make baby steps. I'm a dreamer. I always envision making giant leaps in training, but this has never been the case. The key to becoming great at anything is consistency over a long period of time. So this has become my goal. Constantly train year round, not trying to hit mega-miles or crazy workouts, just simple hard, smart, training that leads to gradual improvement rather than taking big risks in training for immediate gains.
In our culture today, myself included, we are constantly looking for the quick-fix or how to fast forward the process. We are high-achievers that want to climb the ladder faster and skip rungs if we have to, which leads to us slipping and falling down the ladder at times. I've learned not to rush the process, not to be greedy, but to keep my head down and baby step along towards big goals.
You know why I found that? Because even though I changed my lifestyle three years ago, I've again needed to be reminded how to do it. See, after I got healthy in 2012, it lasted about a year. Then I had shoulder surgery, which got me off my running routine. Slowly, gradually, I started reverting back to who I was in the pictures in Alaska.
It's hard to climb stairs again.
I got rid of all my "big" clothes. I'm buying those same sizes again.
I feel lethargic.
I find myself eating when I'm not hungry.
I'm back to that person I swore I'd never become. And now I need to remember how to change. How to make sure I'm around and healthy for my new, baby girl.
How exactly do I do that? Baby steps.
And you know what? Those two words apply to all types of lifestyle changes. Maybe you struggle with porn, maybe you battle alcoholism, or maybe it's anger. Whatever it is, start changing. Now. Today. Not tomorrow. Not next week.
Take that first step.
If you're ready to make a change that involves your eating and exercise habits like me, there are two great resources. First, join me in taking the I Am Second running challenge. It's four days. We can do that. It can be found in our app. That will ultimately lead to taking part in our I Am Second Run Series. I'm doing the Dallas ru , but there are plenty of options.
Second, I signed up for Calamity Gym, a way to do some workouts using my phone. I explained how it works last week in a post. It's pretty cool. And it supports some great causes at the same time.
Let me know of your successes and your failures. That's part of the walk. And remember, you have to get the walk down before you can run.


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Just over fifteen years ago, I was an obese person seeking a lost soul - that MIA soul was me. I had disappeared in a wave of emotional eating that included tubs of ice cream, jars of peanut butter and pounds of cheese. Submerged in that cloud of food, I forgot who I was, couldn't find any shred of my formerly bouncy, smiling self. Didn't even care anymore. Depressed? Indeed. My mom is visiting me this week and I asked her, "Mom, what was I like as a kid?" She told me I ran her off her feet, peppered her with questions relentlessly and needed loads of physical distractions to keep me out of trouble. It was when I got bored that she had to worry - then I would test her patience sorely. I was watching her face as she told me these things. She looked sad. My beautiful, nearly 80 year old mother, who knew starvation during her youth in Nazi occupied Holland, was never obese. For 6 years she and her family strove to find a meal. Afterwards when food was plentiful again, she became a student of traditional cooking methods. She wouldn't have approved of the disgusting eating habits I turned to in the secret sadness of my first marriage. It's disgusting to me that I let her down that way. When I discovered Eating Clean and followed it up with weight training, I became myself again, if not a better version of myself. It was not without struggle however. The early days were filled with challenge as my children rebelled, wondering where their old, comfy mom had gone. When you make change it scares the heck out of people, especially your family because they worry that things will be different, somehow unbearable because of your change. It also makes people think about themselves and whether or not they are "good enough" and if they need to change too. The process of your change frightens them BUT that can't be the reason not to follow through. I needed to heal myself. I needed to feel better, to shake the depression, the lack of will to live. I needed clean food to heal me so I persisted, quietly and stubbornly to Eat Clean and work my way back to health. It took a while before my daughters joined me in the Eat Clean lifestyle but they didn't do it because I made them. I didn't. I let them come to their own conclusions. What I did do was cook differently. Clean foods replaced processed foods. Clean foods were now the lifeblood of our meals. Small changes are always easier to swallow than hefty ones. One meal at a time, change was made. Most of the time I didn't even tell them I was feeding them clean foods. Why alarm them? Look, I'll be honest, I didn't love myself as I was. I think it's wrong to say we ought to love ourselves unconditionally when we know deep inside we are harming ourselves with our bad habits. Gorging myself was not loving myself. Gorging myself was not living to my highest potential. Gorging myself was not setting a brilliant example for my daughters. Gorging myself was snuffing the light out on my potential. Gorging myself was failing myself and my parents who had taught me better. Gorging myself was wasting the gifts God had given me. I had to stop because I wanted to love myself again. I was reminded of these things today when I looked into my mother's eyes and saw the joy in her beautiful blue eyes, that I had found my way to a higher place of self worth. I was reminded that she had taught me well and that following this Eat Clean lifestyle had brought back her daughter. Mom never judged me. I judged myself. Mom was my biggest supporter but I let her down when I took my eating to the edge. To sit with her today and hold her hands, to feel her respect, that fills me with love and gratitude not only for her but that I had the courage to change. I still remember how I felt the day I decided to begin my journey back to health, wellness and a lean body. I gave myself a stern talking to, thought of my daughters and the shining example I could become for them, and gave myself a Boost to get going right then and there. And that is just what I did. I didn't have a Boost program then but today I do and it was born out of that day, 15 years ago when I pushed myself out of the dark and into the light. I am always with you, listening, hearing and feeling what you are going through, ready to give you a Boost. I've been there. I'm still here. With you. For you. Love and hugs, Tosca
PS: Thank you to my beautiful daughter Kelsey-Lynn Corradetti for capturing this beautiful pic of Mom. I'm so blessed.


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The lead channel on my Sig X is really loud and the pot seems to not have much range in sweep. When its off - counter clockwise, I of course get no sound, but if I bring it up just a little it can get pretty loud quickly. At maybe 7:30-8 o'clock, its really loud. From 9-the rest of the pot's spectrum, it seems to be the same volume.
Is there someone wrong here?
The Clean and Rhythm channels don't do that.


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Before I started writing professionally I was unaware of things like headline types. As a reader I didn't think about the psychology behind the title of an article and which ones grabbed my attention and the titles I scrolled right by. I've learned a lot about writing over the past few years; one of the most valuable lessons has been the importance of writing a good headline or title.
Why Page Titles are Important:
In a nutshell the title of your web page, blog post, video, article, or any other type of content is the most important element of the page for two key reasons:
1. The Reader:
Let's talk about the first and most important reason first – the reader. The headline or title is key; it's function is to get attention, select the audience, tell the reader what your they can expect from your content, and compel them to read the article. According to The Copywriter's Handbook by Robert Bly there's a formula for effective headlines – he refers to them as the 4 U's.
The 4 U's Formula for Effective Headlines
- Urgent – gives a reason to act now
- Unique – Say something in a new or different way
- Ultra-specific – teasers to draw the reader in (Best Time to ______, 3 Foods That Will_______)
- Useful – appeal to the reader's needs
2. The Search Engines:
If you're reading this article it's most likely because you're interested in discovering ways to improve the chances of having a link to your content show up in natural search results. The title of an article also "tells" the search engines what topic is covered in the main body of the content. The more relevant the title is to the searcher's intent the better the chances are that the search engine will display a link to your page.
The page title is the most important element on a page; it's what displays as the link on the search engine results page. Key words from the searcher's query are highlighted in bold. Google's been working hard to better understand the "intent" behind the search and has recently also started highlighting synonyms as well as keywords.
In this example, I searched for "why is my google authorship gone." As you can see, the top results include the words "disappeared" and "missing" in addition to "gone" and the synonyms for "gone" are highlighted in bold text. Google "knows" that disappeared, gone, and missing are synonymous in this particular context and so the search results are highly relevant even though they don't include the specific keyword I used in my search query. Pretty cool!!
Ten Basic Headline Types
Now that we've talked about why page titles are important let's dive into the various types of headlines and the how they can be used to capture the attention of your target audience. The key thing to keep in mind when writing a headline as well as your article is to think about who you are writing for. Learn, think about and know their feelings, beliefs, and desires. Most importantly determine what pain point is your content going to help them solve.
Without further ado, following is a list of ten types of headlines followed by an example of each one.
- Direct: Tell your prospect exactly what's coming
- Indirect: Use curiosity to raise a question in the reader's mind. Use this with some caution as you don't want to attract and then disappoint visitors. Example from Copyblogger : An article might have the headline Fresh Bait Works Best and yet have nothing to do with fishing, because it's actually about writing timely content that acts as link bait.
- News: If your product or service is newsworthy offer it in your headline
- How to: With over 7,000 book titles starting with 'How To' you can't go wrong with this one. If you ever get stuck, try adding 'how to' in front of your headline
- Question: Ask an industry or market specific question but be careful when using this one. You must know your market backwards otherwise you can blow your whole advertising campaign. The best types of questions to ask are questions which get your prospect involved.
- Command: this tells your customers what to do – encourage action by also offering a benefit
- Reason Why: give your prospect reasons why they should read your article
- Testimonial: use excerpts from testimonials to write winning headlines
- Benefit: Benefits sell, features don't. Know your market well so the benefits you are writing about resonate.
- Guarantee: State a desirable benefit and guarantee results or other benefits – be sure you can back up your promises
Examples of Headline Types:
- Direct: Learn How to Write Content Search Engines Can Find
- Indirect – Fresh Bait Works Best (Example from Copyblogger)
- News – Announcing a cure for…
- How To – How to Increase Conversions
- Question – Has Your Website Traffic Dropped?
- Command – Stop Wasting Marketing Dollars
- Reason Why – 25 Reasons to Eat Turkey
- Testimonial – Great Looking Proposals in Minutes
- Benefits – Drive Qualified Traffic at a Lower Cost
- Guarantee – Generate 100 Leads in 60 days or it's FREE
You can check out more copy-writing tips here.
I'd love to hear about what works for you in the comments below.
Happy copy-writing!


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Project Description
Collection name "Copper Fairy Tale"
The main emphasis of the collection is the use of copper decor and accessories that bring a certain charm and uniqueness to dresses.
The designer, inspired by her travels in eastern countries and cultures, has created a collection in a new color scheme. Suits and dresses are in more formal style. Cocktail and evening dresses carry delicate peach, copper, sapphire, and turquoise colors and shades. Most important, however, is that copper ornaments executed with modern technology are in harmony and follow the contours and colors of the collection. The new collection of colors are warm, pleasing to the eye and bewitching…Glitter eastern chiffon, lace and natural silk – give a sense of comfort and beauty.The accessories treat the body and the soul… A magical union of fabric and metal. An oriental fairy tale with a modern edge!


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- Departments
- Clinical Interests
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Juvenile mood and anxiety disorders
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Medical Education
- MD, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine
- Residency, Hadassah University Hospital
- Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital|Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Board Certifications
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Psychiatry
- Foreign Languages
- Spanish
- Hebrew
- Locations
- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Existing Patients
- Patient Gateway
- Insurances Accepted
- Aetna Health Inc.
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna Behavioral Health
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Behavioral Health
- United Behavioral Health - MGH
- Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
- Patient Age Group
- Pediatric and Adult
- Provider Gender
- Male
Dr. Biederman is Chief of the Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Director of the Alan and Lorraine Bressler Clinical and Research Program for Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Biederman is Board Certified in General and Child Psychiatry.
Dr. Biederman has been a mentor to more than 15 junior investigators in the field. He is on the editorial board of multiple journals, a reviewer for many Psychiatric journals, and has served as a grant reviewer in the Child Psychopathology and Treatment Review Committee of the NIMH. Dr. Biederman is the author and co-author over 800 scientific articles, 650 scientific abstracts, and 70 book chapters.
In October 2007, Dr. Biederman was ranked as the second highest producer of high-impact papers in psychiatry overall throughout the world by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The same organization ranked Dr. Biederman at #1 in terms of total citations to his papers published on ADD/ADHD in the past decade. In 2014, Thompson Reuters named Dr. Biederman on their list of The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds, as ranking in the top 1% by citations for the field of psychiatry. Dr. Biederman's work is supported by multiple federal and pharmaceutical industry grants.
Research & Publications
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It has become commonplace for proponents of new fossil fuel power stations to refer to the 'energy gap' - that is, the gap between our energy demands and the capacity of a renewable energy sector to meet them. Indeed, one of the arguments routinely wheeled out in support of E.On's application to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth is that new coal is necessary to 'keep the lights on'. Of course, it goes without saying that this gap must be closed by meeting the increasing energy demands of a growing capitalist economy - not by attempting to reduce our energy consumption and live within our ecological means.
There is, however, another notable gap - that between the scientific reality of dangerous climate change (conservatively estimated as requiring atmospheric concentrations of CO2e to not exceed 400 ppm - or approximately 2 degrees of climatic warming above pre-industrial levels) and the political feasibility of taking drastic and urgent action to prevent it. In the same week that the 100 months report appeared, the British Government demonstrated precisely how large this gap had become, as the chief scientific advisor to DEFRA Bob Watson warned that we should 'prepare to adapt to 4 degrees of warming', becuase 2 degrees was an 'ambitious target'
At 4 degrees above pre-industrial levels, "between 7 million and 300 million more people would be affected by coastal flooding each year, there would be a 30-50% reduction in water availability in Southern Africa and the Mediterranean, agricultural yields would decline 15 to 35% in Africa and 20 to 50% of animal and plant species would face extinction." (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/06/climatechange.scienceofclimatechange)
The idea that we could somehow 'adapt' to 4 degrees of warming is, as medialens pointed out, deeply irrational (http://www.medialens.org/alerts/08/080909_hawking_the_technofix.php). Of course, any discussion of 'dangerous' climate change is of course a value judgement about how many people we are prepared to sacrifice for the sake of our 'ambitious' targets. As James Hansen, the chief scientist of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies is keen to remind people, climate change is already dangerous.
But where there should be debate about the most effective methods of mitigating climate change, and averting ecological and humanitarian disaster, there are instead thinly veiled threats from corporate energy providers about 'keeping the lights on'. Where vast sums should be invested in decentralised and community based renewable energy generation, millions are poured into building infrastructure that will commit the country to a fossil fueled energy economy for decades to come.
The real gap, it would seem, is between the imminent reality of runaway climate change, and its savage human cost, and the weak, compromised clunking of a political system that openly concedes that a 50% reduction in water availability in Southern Africa is something that we just have to 'adapt' to.
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
August 2008 - The 'energy gap'
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It's been ages since I have just put on headphones and listened to music. I sing so much at school and while preparing for classes, services, and the High Holy Days that the last thing on my mind is music for recreation. I sit at the piano and hammer away my frustrations, I sit and learn new pieces on my guitar, but I never listen. I have closed off my ears in exhausted frustration.
I do chores to the soundtrack of NPR. I opt for TV when I need noise at home that doesn't require anything of me. I don't know how long I've been this exhausted, but it has become a fact of life. When I finally get to relax, my fuel tank is empty and I simply do not have the capacity to enjoy music outside of work and school.
Today, however, I broke out my headphones. On my way to Penn Station to catch a train to my pulpit in Schenectady it dawned on me that it has been so long since I have listened to music that I didn't know where to start. This time last year I made a playlist for the Days of Awe, the days of this season during which we look inward to take spiritual inventory of our year. Who were we, what did we do, whom did we love? Whom have we harmed?
The first song had me nearly in tears. It is a particularly heavy song, weighed down by memories of my days as a singer-songwriter. I sang it to open each set. I played and sang my heart out in bars and listening rooms hoping to find some kind of connection, but I mostly came up empty in terms of spiritual satisfaction. I felt a kind of numbness in my performance high that was not only confusing, but totally uninspiring. Today as the Days of Awe playlist continued, I remembered why I added each song to this list last year. I began looking at the time between then and now. How have these songs changed? How have I changed? How has my relationship with music changed?
I am going to stand before a congregation I love and pray with them during these Days of Awe. I am going to literally and metaphorically beseech G-d for guidance through the process of forgiving myself and others. I will stand on the bimah and pray through music for myself and on behalf of the congregation. This year, however, I am responsible for delivering a piece of liturgy that has both inspired me and terrified me.
Nina Simone's famous cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" came on next. Her fervent prayer that the good within her outlast the bad struck me. I have spent days, weeks, and months feeling the pressure of the upcoming holidays and I have mostly felt crushed beneath their weight. I have struggled to present a true version of myself to the world while hiding my feelings of inadequacy.
Baby, sometimes I'm so carefree
With a joy that's hard to hide
And sometimes it seems that
All I have to do is worry
And then you're bound to see my other side
I'm just a soul who's intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood.
I could not believe it. I'm on my way to do something that scares me to death and here is a song I have sung for years and finally understood. This feeling exists all around me, and I have never listened.
"Hin'ni," I will chant.
Here I am standing before this congregation asking You, G-d, to look past my shortcomings and accept the words in this room. If I should fall short, I ask humbly that you do not fault them on my behalf. Please give me the strength to do this to the best of my ability… I don't know what else to do.
I'm just a soul whose intentions are good. Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood.
I used to pray this every time I walked onto a stage. Now, finally, I pray this in a place where I belong, no longer performing, and no longer searching for fulfillment. Truly, hin'ni.
My Days of Awe were cloudy days in which I felt lost. I'm still a bundle of nerves and self-doubt, but I can say for sure that my heart and soul are in the right place. As we go into these magnificent, terrifying, and challenging days, we will find our own ways to stand and say Hin'ni. I offer my spiritual disclaimer in no uncertain terms: I am scared. I am still learning and I don't always feel like I know what I'm doing. But I am also a soul whose intentions are good, and all I can do is hope that my work and my intentions are enough for this season.
And when it's all done, I promise to listen to music again.
Blessed are you, Eternal Source of the Universe, who hears our prayers.
Shanah tovah.


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This summer, I spent 6 weeks in Italy; eating lavishly, meeting wonderful people and seeing some really extraordinary sights. I lived mainly in Naples, and during my time there I went to Sorrento, Salerno, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Rome and Florence. But my favourite place to visit was an island I never knew existed – the island of Ischia.
I was in Naples with a student run organisation called AIESEC, teaching at a primary school whilst living with a loving and welcoming host family. My two travelling companions were fellow volunteers from Canada and Colombia who were also doing a similar program at other summer camps. We had heard about the islands off the coast of Naples from the locals and since we had no plans for the weekend, my Canadian friend and I decided to pack our rucksacks and leave for Ischia on Friday evening, with not much further planning.
Our journey there was an ambiguous one. We managed to get lost whilst looking for the port, only because we missed the gigantic sign that said "PORTO". We managed to get the last ferry to Ischia only to find everything closed once we arrived. We managed to find the nearest hostel, only it was about an hour and half away from the port (and not to mention the manager was rather creepy), the atmosphere of the hostel was eerie and the conditions were less than sanitary. But hey, not bad for 14 euros.
We decided to grab dinner and get out first thing in the morning; 8 hours in that hostel was enough.
We learnt of an ancient castle from a crepe vendor whilst we were having breakfast and decided to visit it after our beach session in the afternoon.
And what a wise decision going to the caste was. It was breath-taking; one of the most beautiful experiences either of us had ever had. The lift to the top of the castle was broken, so it took us about an hour to climb the castle and each time we got higher, the view got better.
"Oh My GOD. Is there any point going up there?!" shouted a lady with an American accent. "Uh… no! It's just an empty white room!" we yelled back. We continued to walk up to the top of the castle together with the American lady, whilst she told us the history of the castle and how it had not changed in the 35 years since she last visited. The three of us shared a weird sense of déjà vu as she told us that she too was a student when she had come to Ischia for the first time: 19, just two girls trying to survive the 39 degree heat – just like us. When we got to the top, she talked to us about how she stood exactly where she standing now and predicted her life, and how her perspective changed through the following years.
We left in a haste because we had to catch the ferry back, but when we looked back at the castle and from the bottom we could see her gazing out nostalgically. She didn't know it; but she too would become a part of our nostalgia.
Traveling is about getting inspired. It's about who you meet and what you see and what the adventure teaches you. My adventure taught me the beauty of discovery. I liked Ischia because it was obscure. Unlike Rome or Florence, I had never planned on going there, I had discovered it. If Naples had become home, Ischia became my escape – a place I may never have found if I was simply a tourist.


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Did you know that on average we lose 5 days a year waiting for our computers to start up?!
Often this is blamed on viruses and malware slowing our systems down, but this isn't always the case. The main causes of slowing systems can often be simple to resolve …
Keeping your systems cool is an essential tip for ensuring your computer runs to its full potential. Clean your unit with an air duster (compressed air) to ensure that air is flowing freely to all the essential elements.
We say it every time, but keeping programmes up to date will allow your computer to run up to speed as best as possible. Try setting your machine to update automatically to save you time. Of course saying this means that the best way to ensure you get the fastest systems is to upgrade to the most recent operating system, Windows 8 have the capability to run considerably faster than Windows 7 no matter how much cleaning up you do.
Still got that video editing software installed that you used once in 2008? Remove it! Having a spring clean of your software will free up hard drive space and speed up your processes significantly.
There are tools available within Windows that are there to help you keep your systems running fast, use them! Disk Cleanup functions in Windows could gain you a few Gb and the defragment tool could get things running even faster. Windows 7 users benefit from a feature called Windows Experience. This tool can help indicate which component is slowing down your machine. Your RAM, processor etc will be rated, the lower the number the worse the problem. Use these indicators to focus your clean up.
Another interruption for slow start up is automatically opening software. These programs are open ready to start loading before you've reached your desktop, stop this by changing the individual settings of each programme to not 'open on startup'.
All of the above tips could remove days off your start up wait.


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I Was A Refugee tells the story of former asylum seekers now settled in Finland. A collaborative effort, initiated by a local publishing company and resulting in a book, gave ex-refugees the opportunity to recount their journey. Fourty-one portraits were set alongside personally written accounts of the refugees' experiences. All proceeds from sales of the book are donated toward refugee integration in Finland.
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graphic design Anna-Mari Tenhunen
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National Social Entrepreneurship Forum (NSEF), one of Sankalp's champion partners recently announced its flagship program; Authors of Change. NSEF is a youth led non-profit organization that aims to bridge the talent gap in the social enterprise sector through a number of initiatives including setting up centers of excellence at top institutes across the country; providing mentorship, connecting students to work with social enterprises and organizing conferences & competitions across the country. Since its inception in 2009, NSEF has undertaken social entrepreneurial activities in various universities & cities across India engaging & training thousands of youth and has supported numerous young social innovators & entrepreneurs.
The Authors for Change program seeks to engage students and provide them a challenging experience while working with social enterprises through an internship model.
Participants for this program are selected on the basis of past experience along with a clear career focus in the social enterprise sector. The program creates a network of young leaders who are provided access to mentors and experts from the sector. The internship encourages peer to peer learning through regular interactions and knowledge sharing platforms. Social enterprises benefit from easy access to skills of the brightest students coming from premier engineering, arts, and management schools of India. The program looks for social enterprises interested in seeking interns by offering short term entrepreneurial projects. In the past, authors of change participants have worked in premier enterprises run by Ashoka Fellows, Echoing Green Fellows and Ted Fellows.
NSEF is currently in the process of partnering with social enterprises that are looking to engage young talent. Interested organizations should contact February 6th, 2012:
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Wine Minini, Orvieto DOC, 2012
Tasting Notes
Wine brilliant straw-yellow color.
Taste wines - elegant, thin, dry, with a pleasant bitterness in the aftertaste.
Elegant aroma of the wine reveals a light fruity tones.
The wine goes well with seafood, served for appetizers, fish.
Interesting Facts
White wine from Orvieto Minini company created from three grape varieties - Trebbiano, Grechetto and Malvasia grown in the vineyards of the region of Orvieto (Lazio). Variety Trebbiano - this autochthonous Italian variety, also called Ugni Blanc, a record of which were first made in the first decade of the XIV century. Today, this variety with a huge number of subspecies is cultivated in Italy, France, as well as in many countries with moist warm climates. Sort Grechetto is one of the most popular in the region and brings in Orvieto wine a pleasant nutty tones. Malvasia - one of the oldest ever existed grape varieties, named after the ancient Greek port city of Monemvasia.
The history of the winery Franchesco Minini closely intertwined with the history of the family. Dates from the beginning of its post-war years of the First World War. Francesco Minin, at that time - a young farmer, who returned to their fields in the early 1920s, was elated dream to create a winery. And so, with little or nothing behind but a huge patience and desire, he was able to realize his dream. Today Minin is quite well-known figure in the Italian wine industry.


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Thanks to its modular design, the Telegea Smartbox can be used to run many different applications. One of the possible applications targeted at energy savings is the Smart Thermostat. Development is ongoing and a first prototype was implemented. It is currently being tested in a number of pilot projects.
The following features are currently implemented:
- Temperature control using up to 2 heat/cooling devices
- Programmable weekly schedule
- Manual and automatic temperature selection
- Manual season mode selection
- GUI on local or remote touch screen
- Current weather info on touch screen
- Android app prototype
As a first approach, an alphanumeric LCD screen was added to the Smartbox and a classical thermostat algorithm controls the fan coil in our lab.
As a next step, we replaced the enclosure with a nice looking box and put a touch screen inside. The mechanical dumb thermostat which was controlling the climate in our offices coffee room was substituted with this device. It's been making us feel comfortable during our coffee breaks for some months now.
The Thermostat GUI which runs on the Smartbox touch screen can also be displayed remotely in a Web browser on any mobile device or on your PCs desktop. So controlling the Thermostat from anywhere is really easy.
Even though the current feature set make this thermostat much easier to use than a classical device, what's still lacking is the smart part. This is what will be added next:
- Auto learning of weekly schedule
- Automatic season switch
- Automatic fan speed control
- Standby/away mode
Other "nice to have" features include the following:
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- 3 day weather forecast on touch screen
- Networkless operation
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From his earliest ventures, Hamdi Ulukaya's career has been defined by visionary thinking and courageous action. Raised in a small village in eastern Turkey, he came to the United States in 1994 to study English. Seeing the shortage of options for the wholesome foods of his native country, Mr. Ulukaya launched his now-famed yogurt company, Chobani, in 2007 with the help of loans from the Small Business Administration. Within five years, Chobani's sales exceeded more than $1 billion annually.
Demonstrating profound support for the betterment of humanity by promoting equality and inclusion, Ulukaya has been a committed advocate for the disability community. Serving on the International Board of Special Olympics, Ulukaya helps to raise awareness and encourage change in our perception of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He also sits on the board of the Pathfinder Village, a non-profit community where individuals with Down Syndrome and other developmental disabilities can discover and grow their talents and abilities.
As Chobani has grown exponentially, Mr. Ulukaya has remained committed to serving others and rethinking the role of the private sector in addressing global crises. Mr. Ulukaya travelled to the Greek Island of Lesbos in 2015 as the refugee crisis was just beginning to hit European shores. There, he witnessed first-hand the magnitude of need and immediately recognized the critical role that he personally could play in addressing the crisis. Shortly after returning Mr. Ulukaya established the Tent Foundation and Tent Alliance to bring together more than 40 businesses and NGOs to develop innovative solutions to what is the largest refugee crisis since World War II.
His commitment to refugees doesn't end with philanthropy. At Chobani, Mr. Ulukaya employs hundreds of recently resettled refugees and offers social support with on-site translators and English classes. As part of his efforts to tackle growing income inequality in the U.S., Mr. Ulukaya made waves this past year when he announced a ground-breaking profit-sharing program for Chobani's 2,000 employees. He is also an outspoken advocate for increasing the minimum wage.
Mr. Ulukaya signed the Giving Pledge in 2015, promising to give away the majority of his wealth over his lifetime to charitable initiatives. For his dedication to assisting refugees, Mr. Ulukaya was named an Eminent Advocate by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in 2015. He also sits on the board of the American Turkish Council. Mr. Ulukaya's trail-blazing efforts are why we are honored to present him with the Award for Individual Achievement.
Hamdi Ulukaya will be honored along with fellow Gibran awardees The Arc of the United States, former Executive Director of the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force Greg Simon, and Dean of the Columbia University School of Journalism Steve Coll at AAIF's 19th annual Kahlil Gibran Gala. We hope you will join us too. Purchase your tickets today.
19th Annual Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Awards
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Large, open plan hallway - 8'0" (2.44m) x 18'0" (5.49m)
With tiled floor.
Sitting room - 15'0" (4.57m) x 16'9" (5.11m)
Front facing with solid wooden floor, granite fireplace, cast iron surround and black granite mantle.
Open plan kitchen/dining room - 12'5" (3.78m) x 23'0" (7.01m)
Rear facing with tiled floor, maple modern style kitchen units with black counter top and extractor fan, leading to:
Spacious sunroom - 11'8" (3.56m) x 9'8" (2.95m)
Front, side & rear facing with tiled floor and side patio doors leading to enclosed back garden.
Side porch/utility room - 5'0" (1.52m) x 5'9" (1.75m)
With tiled floor.
WC - 4'10" (1.47m) x 5'1" (1.55m)
With tiled floor, wc and wash hand basin.
Understair cupboard
Pine staircase leading to:
Central landing - 6'6" (1.98m) x 13'1" (3.99m)
With laminated wooden floor.
Bedroom 1 - 12'6" (3.81m) x 9'1" (2.77m)
Rear facing with semi-solid wooden floor.
Bedroom 2 - 12'4" (3.76m) x 13'6" (4.11m)
Side facing with semi-solid wooden floor.
Bathroom - 9'8" (2.95m) x 6'2" (1.88m)
Side facing with tiled floor and halfway up wall, dual flush wc, bath and mains fed shower.
Master Bedroom 3 - 12'6" (3.81m) x 13'6" (4.11m)
Front facing with semi-solid wooden floor.
En suite - 4'6" (1.37m) x 6'3" (1.91m)
With tiled floor and halfway up wall with electric shower.
Bedroom 4/office - 10'8" (3.25m) x 9'1" (2.77m)
Front facing with semi-solid wooden floor and built-in wardrobe.
From Moville town centre drive out Malin Road, turn right into Riverwood development (directly across road from old Gulladuff Mills), drive up hill. Take second left into cul de sac, No 22 is first on right hand side.
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We are pleased to welcome you as our 'virtual visitor.'
Here, we offer you all information about the vineyard Schloss Westerhaus, about our wines, sparkling wines, our events and much more. At present, these information are only available in German language. But you may rest assured that we are working on the English translation of our website as fast as possible.
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