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AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Under increasing pressure from Gov. Phil Bryant and the state Insurance Department, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi said yesterday it would start paying in-network rates at four hospitals whose contracts the insurer had canceled. Mississippi's largest private health insurer said it would resume higher payments to Amory's Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center, Clarksdale's Northwest Mississippi ...Read More »
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HMA turns down Blue Cross' reinstatement offer to four Mississippi hospitals
JACKSON — Health Management Associates has rejected an offer from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi to reinstate four of 10 HMA-owned hospitals in Mississippi into the insurer's provider network. HMA says the terms were unacceptable. Blue Cross Blue Shield issued a news release Monday stating it would be willing to reinstate the four hospitals into its network as early ...Read More »
Heather Sistrunk appointed COO
Heather Sistrunk, RN, BSN, MHSA, of Brandon had been named COO of River Oaks Hospital. Prior to this role, Sistrunk served as the Southern Division director of quality and clinical implementation for Health Management Physician Network (HMPN). She has more than seventeen years of health care experience and began her career as a nurse in the Coronary Care Unit at ...Read More »
Ashley Hood named osteopathic association president
Dr. Ashley Hood, an OB/GYN, has been named the president of the Mississippi Osteopathic Medical Association (MOMA). Hood, whose practice is located in the Suites of River Oaks Hospital, began his two-year term with the association at the end of May.Read More »
Dwayne Blaylock named River Oaks Hospital CEO
Dwayne Blaylock is the new CEO for River Oaks Hospital in Flowood. Blaylock moves from his position as the CEO at Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center in Amory, where he has been since 2008. He is returning to River Oaks Hospital where he served as COO from 2002 through 2004. Blaylock received his bachelor of business administration from the University ...Read More »
Hospital recognizes workers
River Oaks Hospital "Associates of the Year" were announced recently at an employee meeting. Brad Farmer received the River Oaks Associate of the Year award. Since 1995, Farmer has been an associate at River Oaks where he currently serves as the laboratory's point-of-care testing supervisor. Farmer started as a student, was hired as a lab assistant, graduated from the Medical ...Read More »
New executives named
River Oaks Hospital in Flowood has two new executives. Tim Mitchell has been named the CEO of River Oaks, and is assuming this position in addition to his role as the CEO of Health Management Associates Jackson market. Mitchell assumed the position of CEO of River Oaks following the retirement of Denny Bruns. Mitchell has served in the healthcare industry ...Read More »
HMA recognizes Albin
Patricia Albin was one of five associates to receive the coveted title "Associate of the Year" by Health Management Associates. She was also named "Associate of the Year" at River Oaks Hospital, and was then nominated by River Oaks President and CEO Dennis R. Bruns and chosen out of more than 40,500 associates to receive this prestigious award from the ...Read More »
Sinclair named CFO
Brad Sinclair had been named CFO of River Oaks Hospital in Flowood. Prior to this role, Sinclair served as CFO at Crossgates River Oaks Hospital in Brandon and Riley Hospital in Meridian. Sinclair is certified public accountant with over 10 years of healthcare finance experience and received a bachelor's and master's degree in accounting from Mississippi State University (MSU) as ...Read More »
Q&A: Denny Bruns, River Oaks Hospital
Dennis R. "Denny" Bruns has served as president and CEO/president of River Oaks Hospital for more than three years. Bruns earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry and a master's in health care administration degree from Indiana University. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Prior to joining River Oaks, he served as president and CEO of ...Read More »


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Section properties calculators
to calculate cross section area, second moment of area, section modulus, radius of gyration,
center of gravity of the cross section and mass of a beam or column for standard profile types
and geometric shapes. Profile types and geometric shapes which can be calculated with the
calculators are rectangular hollow and solid structural sections, round hollow
tubes and solid bars, I,
T, C beams (channels), wide flange I beams, standard I beams, American standard
steel channels, steel angles with equal legs and aluminum I beams and channels.
The formulas and parameters used in the
section properties calculators are given in
the "List of Equations" sections
of the calculators.
In stress analysis of a member such as torsion of a shaft, bending of a beam,
compression of a column, etc., cross sectional properties are usually used to
calculate stress and displacement distributions. Following calculators can be
used to find section properties of the profiles and sections.

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Our Keynote speaker was Jennifer Donnelly, a New York Times Bestselling author, who spoke of her writer's journey. It was inspirational to hear how long and how hard she worked on her first novel (over 10 years!). There's hope for all of us!
She also hosted a workshop on writing historical novels and discussed how her research led to traveling as she wrote her first novel, A NORTHERN LIGHT, winner of the Carnegie Medal, the LA Times Book Prize, a Printz Honor, and named "One of the 100 Best Young Adult Book of all Time" by TIME Magazine.
We broke for a delicious Panera's lunch, networking and bookstore.
In the afternoon, Meredith Mundy, Executive Editor at Abrams
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Our closing speakers were Susanna Reich, an award-winning author, and Gary Giolo, a New York Times Bestselling author on writing biographies for children and young teens. They discussed primary and secondary sources for research, different methods of research and not leaving the writing behind. They closed out the session with music and song.
Additional manuscript critiques were done by Sarah LaPolla and Barbara Paulding.
Check out #CWHV for my tweets during the conference.
A special thanks to our faculty, Bess Cozby, Jennifer Donnelly, Gary Golio, Sarah LaPolla, Meredith Mundy, Barbara Paulding, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Susanna Reich; our book seller, Merritt Bookstore; the CWHV team and Kara Cerilli, an attendee who showed up with her camera and took pictures.
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China's biggest and oldest outdoor musical festival MIDI has invited Yin T'sang to headline this year on their hip hop stage and Xiao Bizzle will be a featured guest, supporting Sbazzo during the 15 song set. Our homeboy from Taiwan 满人 Manchuker will also be performing and will be doing a live premier of the song "Raindrops" with Sbazzo at the festival.
The full line up of MIDI and more information is available here.
Be on the look out over the next few days for pics and news from MIDI.
Oh and on the rumor tip: word has it Dame Dash is in town and is hanging out with DJ Wordy. Tonight I've been invited to perhaps meet, chill with, (maybe interview?) them both. I will report more info when I have it!


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Re: st: Multicollinearity test
Maarten buis <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Multicollinearity test
Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:34:52 -0800 (PST)
--- On Fri, 5/2/10, Rosie Chen wrote:
> I have two models: one is to run the model
> with x1, x2, and x3 predictors, and the other is to take
> x3 out and run the model with the x1 and x2 only at the third
> level. In the first model, only x2 is statistically
> significant, but in the second model both x1 and x2 are
> significant after x3 is taken away. The second model's results
> make more sense than the results in the first model. I did a
> correlation test, and found that x3 highly correlated with x1
> (r coefficient >0.5 and p<0.01). But the VIF test of the first
> model (linear one-level model) does not show multicolinearity
> problem of the x3 variable (VIF value <2).
> My question is: should I use VIF test or the correlation
> test to identify the possible multicollinearity problem, if
> the two tests results are not consistent, as indicated above?
Neither. The real issue is whether you believe that x3 is an
intervening or a confounding variable. Consider a simplified
version of your model: a dependent variable y is influenced
by two variables x1 and x2, and that you are mainly interested
in x1.
x2 is an confounding variable when it also causes x1.
A classic example of that is that when one tries to explain
the birth rate in various areas with the number of storks in
these areas you will find a possitive effect if you don't
control for the degree of urbanization (rural areas have both
more storks and higher birth rate than urban areas). The
degree of urbanization is thus a confounding variable and
you will have to control for it regardles of whether that
results in a multicolinearity problem or not.
x2 is an intervening variable if it is caused by x1. A classic
example (in sociology) is that parental status influences the
education of the offspring, which in turn influences the
offspring's status. If we want to know what the effect of
parental status is on the status of the offspring, then we
would want to include this indirect effect through education.
This is the part of the effect of parental status that we can
explain, so we are double sure that that effect really exists.
If we control for education we would take away the part of the
effect that we understand and are left with only the unexplained
effect of parental status. So in case of intervening variables
we do not want to control for the intervening variable (unless
you want to decompose the total effect into direct and indirect
effects). Moreover, you don't want to control for intervening
variables regardless of whether there is a problem with
multicolinearity or not.
Hope this helps,
Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
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Clarins The Essentials Palette
As far as make-up goes, Clarins strength is in their lip products – they don't do eyes nearly as well as they do lips. But, this palette genuinely does spring to life if you use it as a wet application. As a dry palette, it's unremarkable really – I like the fact they've included a purple shade but otherwise, the shades are all conventional nude spectrum colours.
Here we are dry….
And now wet!
It took me a little while to find the right consistency – wet is all very well, but how wet makes a good application? You need a very tiny amount of water to spring these into action; I'd definitely recommend having a practice on your arm first because it's well worth it to get these dramatic and moody neutrals absolutely perfect on the eye lid. There is, as you can see, a mix of matte, satin and shimmer in the palette and once you've got the wet consistency right, there are some intense eye looks to be had.
In terms of quality, the shimmering golden shade is very soft – do NOT dive in hard with your brush.. it needs gentle treatment not to kick up a storm of shimmer. Clarins is really having a charitable moment right now – this palette offers (unspecified) proceeds from the £35 price tag to Povos de Floresta which is a reforestation project aiming to plant 7,000 fruit trees to help Ashaninka Indians maintain their culture and economy.
When I first looked at the Clarins The Essentials Palette I thought it was a bit apologetic – but I absolutely love the shades when they're wet. It launches on October 1st.Model'Bust
While I was having a little look to see if the Essentials Palette had had a sneaky early launch on the Clarins site, I discovered this! The Model'Bust. So. Many. Questions. Apparently, it's made up of three rotating showers – you attach it to your shower head – once you've placed it over your boob (and how do we know what size this will accommodate?) you switch on the cold water and have the worst shower of your life. The theory is that by massaging your breasts with rotating showers throwing out freezing water, you'll get a little bit firmer and 'healthier' skin. You'll probably also get a cold and I can't even think what would happen to nipples…. AND I'm wondering how long it would take for your breasts to warm up again and go back to where they were. This just sounds like an avoidable torture to me that a nice bra could replace, and not turn your nipples into walnuts for a week.
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I had a make over years ago at a Clarins counter – bright green eyeshadow and coral lips (I was a pale skinned blonde) which so horrified me I've never considered their make up since. That palette could change my mind. Pretty!
on Model' Bust: what those would do for beauty
The boob thing is hilarious – please if you can force Simon to try it for his pectorals!
I am in love with the wet look of the shadows. They're so beautiful.
I think that bust thing is very French. My mum and grandmum (both French) had something similar, a plastic cup which you had to place on your breast with a rubber hose attached to the cup which you had to place on the cold water tap. My mum insisted it kept her bust firm and perky. I was never convinced though!
I've nearly spat out my tea reading about that Model'Bust!! We all know a quick, cold shower is good to "perk things up", but to actually come up with a device for that sole purpose… And how much are the kind Clarins people selling this for?
This post really cracked me up! (Model'Bust) I shudder to think of it!
Why? Why, why, why? Someone really thought this was a good idea?
The palette is interesting with the inclusion of a purple shade. But the breast thing????!!! Seriously? I can't even……
Jane you made me laugh so much with that walnut comment – epic! x


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Andrea Bouch
Executive Director
Executive Director
Andrea has spent her career exploring social impact and sustainable development while working in microfinance, impact investing, philanthropy, education, and tech. Andrea traveled with Rustic Pathways as a high school student in 1997 and has since visited 50+ countries. She holds an MBA in nonprofit management and international development from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, where she was also an adjunct professor in social entrepreneurship, and a BA from UC San Diego. A California native, she has lived in Chile, Guatemala, and Switzerland and considers travel a central component of her happiness.


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Cultivating Space: When Routine Becomes Ritual.
Routines are just routines: something you do on a regular basis with the same sort of energy around them. They don't have to be super health producing or put you on a spiritual path, but in order for them to have a positive impact instead of a negative one, your routines should involve something that makes you feel good.
Negative routine: Never making that payment on time.
Positive routine: Calling an old friend on Sunday evening.
Negative routine: Eating too much sugar at Easter (guilty every year)
Positive routine: Giving your bike a spring tune up.
Routines in of themselves make up the minutia of our lives, often without even thinking about it. We go through them and the routines produce for us the emotions and reactions that carry us through our day. But, we have an opportunity to take it a little deeper, and this is when we add an element of ritual around our positive routines. I'm not talking about chanting and feathers or anything of that sort, but just a thoughtful way to carry out a task that is done with some regularity.
Ritual, defined: A detailed method of procedure faithfully or regularly followed.
When we practice rituals during our daily life we actually create more time for ourselves, rather than sucking it away. When we develop rituals around our routines it is more likely that we complete them with compassion and that the experience allows us to be present and thoughtful for a few moments. Instead of rushing from one thing to the next, we create space in this process and approach our next activity or interaction with more calm. In my experience, creating small rituals in my day actually makes me feel like I have more time, not less.
Lately, upon waking up, the first thing I do is have a glass of water, then I go about watering the plants and pulling up the blinds. Maybe a "good morning" is exchanged, but otherwise no noise–just me, hydration and sunlight. It's simple but I am fully in it and in just a few moments I have started my day with a sense of peace and completed a necessary task (that previously had no intention behind it) at the same time. I start the day already ahead of the game. And my plants are doing great.
Do you have a daily routine that you can turn into more into a ritual and create a bit more space for yourself?


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As part of this year's Sunnyside St Pat's For All Parade, we have asked
anyone fostering a dog to bring it, with an 'Adopt Me' jacket, and march
with SUDS.
Here are a few of the dogs that will be there. If you are interested in
adopting any of these cuties, please contact Phyllis Taiano of Four Paws
Sake @ firstname.lastname@example.com
See bios below. In order by pic.
We will be meeting on 44th Street and Skillman Avenue @ 145pm to march for
the 12th straight year!
*Mikey *
I'm a 2 year old Shih Tzu
Let me be your friend, let me walk by you
I need someone to love, and hopin that you do too.
Let me be your friend, I never let you down
When times are ruff you can count on me, I will always be around.
I just need someplace of my own, where I belong.
And who knows, you can use a friend like me!
I'm a Yorkie -VHavanese Mix
I'm a young man, well trained. Faithfull who also possess
an affectionate disposition. I enjoy my walks, sit for treats
And will let you know when someone's at the door J
I'm a Schnauuuwzer Mix
I enjoy ice cream, cartoons, and long
walks in the playground.
I'm fun and spontaneous and very outgoing.
I love to hang with friends and go for walks.
I like meeting new people too.
Maybe, I am right for you?
*Sperry* -licious!
I am 7 months young.
I like warm laps and long walks J
An owner with a good reputation,
who can cook,
appreciates classical music
and talking, without getting too serious;)
I'm a West-ese (Westie mix with Maltese)
I am a mature, independent 5 year old with a youthful appearance
I've never been married and have no dependents. Currently seeking
a male or female companion, fun, youthful and athletic!
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Some light at the end of the Tunnel!
My XYL has been steadily improving and hopefully we expect her release from the nursing facility in about a week or two. That means I can get back to heating up the iron and continuing with this project. I have not had any comments regarding those who forged ahead and started work on the transmitter stage and so that either means there is a complete loss of interest or the project is dead. I sure hope not as I think given what I have observed from the receiver performance this project could rival some of the currently popular homebrew radios.
The basic transmitter board had 4 elements including the microphone amplifier, the carrier oscillator, the SBL-1 and the IF Amp/Filter block. The output is of course at 12.096 MHz which is the filter frequency and just so we all are on the same page the Zout is 50 Ohms. The block which will follow the basic transmitter board is the frequency translation board which performs some very specific functions. The 12.096 MHz SSB signal must be mixed with the local oscillator so that one of the resultant frequencies is on the band of choice. From our earlier discussions the mixing process results in sum and difference frequencies and a second effect is depending whether the Local Oscillator is above or below the filter frequency there may be a sideband inversion. We certainly do not want the case where we have the receiver on LSB and the transmitter is on USB.
The Simpleceiver receiver used an LO at 5.0 MHz so that the one of the resultant frequencies is in the 7 MHz range. Here it is the IF- the LO result we want (12.096 - 5.096 = 7.0). But there also is a component where you have 12.096 + 5.096 = 17.192 MHz which must be filtered from the output. So following our frequency translation we must have another Band Pass Filter centered on 7.150 MHz so that only the subtractive mix is in the output. Given that we will also be using an SBL-1 for the frequency translation there will be a need for several amplifier stages to boost that signal to something directly usable on 40 Meters. A J310 based Dual Gate MOSFET would serve this purpose nicely for the 1st stage of amplification. Thus we can actually use the Simpleceiver RF amplifier stage as a circuit block following the Band Pass Filter. Again we stated that many of the circuit blocks built for the receiver could be simply reused for the transmitter and so this is what we will do.
I hope in the next week to post an amplified block diagram of the transmitter circuits that will include the follow on boards to the basic transmitter.
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A Stratigraphic Model Editor
by Jane Doe
Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
May 16, 2018
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The stratigraphic model editor provides a convenient and efficient tool for geophysicists manipulating the complex models used in ray tracing and other forward modeling techniques. The editor allows the user to build a model of the earth on a Symbolics Lisp Machine screen using the mouse. The earth models manipulated by the program represent a two-dimensional slice of the earth, typically extending three or four miles down and having 10 to 50 layers. The layers need not be flat, but can contain features such as reefs and salt domes. These models are important in exploration geophysics. The editor generates data files representing this model that can be used as input to a ray-tracing program. The description of the file format is written in a high-level declarative language, so that the editor can be easily modified to support other formats.
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The Amazon Alexa integration / PoC I've been working on has now undergone some UI makeover and I've also submitted a small technical architecture document to our beautification agents. The result is this:
Looks pretty nice – thx to our UX team and especially Uliana and Jose!
WTF do I need a UI for a Voice UI?
You're of course right, there is no normal UI required for this integration to work. You interact with the Alexa Voice Service and our Alexa Skill Set directly and uniquely via voice. The UI was created for showcasing / demo purposes. It follows along as you submit voice actions to Alexa. This can also quickly be seen in a recent Tweet which includes a small screencast.
Just finished a screen rec for #yalexa – integration between @SAPHybris YaaS and Alexa – it's a PoC and showcase. https://t.co/XIunA7KpOF
— Sven Haiges (@hansamann) June 29, 2017
On the technical side, I've added a few almost invisible improvements. For example, I am now using the Alexa Skill Builder and the Dialog system to ask for parameters that have not (yet) been understood. So if say "Alexa, ask hyrbris to add GNARF to my shopping cart", Alexa will now reply and ask "What would you like to add?". This repeats until you give up or Alexa finally understood the slot item.
So what's next?
I am putting the lid on this small Alexa adventure, but we've already received some interest from developers and partners to discuss our integration. From a showcasing perspective, we will likely first showcase this in our #hybrislabs showroom in Munich. We have a little bar and a fridge in there, which fits nicely to our story.
Let us know what you think in the comments or contact me directly on Twitter.


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New funding supports expansion of enterprise sales and marketing initiatives
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – January 25, 2017 – EmployeeChannel, Inc., a leading provider of mobile apps for employee engagement and communication today announced that it has secured $5M in Series A funding in a round led by Bill Ericson of Mohr Davidow Ventures and Gordon Ritter of Emergence Capital Partners.
EmployeeChannel comprises the former product team and investors of Navera, Inc., a company historically focused on employee benefits communication. Building upon its experience in enterprise HR technology solutions, the EmployeeChannel product team launched a new business initiative in stealth mode in Fall 2015, to build a best-in-class mobile app that would provide a dedicated channel for organizations to engage and communicate with employees. The EmployeeChannel team released its first product in April 2016.
In response to early market feedback as well as feedback from early adopters, EmployeeChannel has continued its product development and will use new funds to fuel the expansion of its enterprise sales and marketing teams.
"Our due diligence revealed a compelling need for organizations to move beyond older communication channels, such as email and intranets, as well as the new, popular employee-to-employee focused group chat, to a dedicated channel for organization-to-employee communication," stated Bill Ericson, General Partner at MDV and founding partner of Wildcat Venture Partners. "Our network of industry contacts confirmed the need for a channel that could cut through the clutter of bloated inboxes and multiple chat sessions and allow an organization to speak directly to its employees. One of the more exciting aspects of the EmployeeChannel solution is that it provides a way for organizations to have virtual, real-time, and personalized conversations with its employees — anytime, anywhere."
One of the more exciting aspects of the EmployeeChannel solution is that it provides a way for organizations to have virtual, real-time, and personalized conversations with its employees — anytime, anywhere.Bill Ericson, General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
"We're delighted to have the continued support of Bill Ericson of MDV and Gordon Ritter of Emergence Capital," stated Steve L. Adams, EmployeeChannel CEO. "When we began our new business initiative in 2015, HR and Internal Communications executives confirmed that employee communication is a top priority and that they are not satisfied with current channels of communication. With the unwavering support of MDV and Emergence Capital, we've been able to aggressively address this customer need and to deliver a mobile solution that re-imagines the way organizations engage and communicate with their employees."
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Renault is one of the world's earliest motor manufacturers, with a history now spanning 120 years. In terms of engineering, innovation and design the brand had its impact on the development of the motorcar and numerous other products. Apart from that, Renault's vehicles have always been accessible to a large audience, making many of the models become a part of the everyday life in large parts of the world.
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G-Dragon is donning yet again another image for his fans.
G-Dragon posted a picture of his new beard on his Twitter on July 29, with the words, " 12 o'clock done." He is presumably sitting at his car after having finished his work for the day.
He can be seen wearing a red snapback and shades, looking like a mischievous adolescent boy. Reflected on his shades was his tattooed arm, holding his phone.With a new patch of hair on his chin however, there was something more mature about his look.
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How to wind cord onto spring loaded retractable cord reel for a Kenmore canister vacuum. There is a metal 'U' shaped, spring loaded, piece that fits over the outer aspect of the wheel. If cord needs to get wound on under this metal band I can't figure it out and the band is like factory sealed onto the wheel. Also. I don't know which direction to feed the cord onto the wheel
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How to wind cord onto spring loaded retractable cord reel for a Kenmore canister vacuum. There is a metal 'U' shaped, spring loaded, piece that fits over the outer aspect of the wheel. If cord needs to get wound on under this metal band I can't figure it out and the band is like factory sealed onto the wheel. Also. I don't know which direction to feed the cord onto the wheel
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on the Camry that Sheila used to drive. The car goes to Courtney in a
couple of weeks. As I sit here and ponder the thought that Courtney,
my oldest daughter is beginning to drive, what could be going through
the mind of a teenager in this era of super technology. Facebook,
Myspace, Blogging, Texting...whatever it is; are kids doing this while
driving? I have researched many publicized events in which teenagers
texting while driving causes much grief for family and friends. If
Nancy Grace ever gets a hold of it, never mind the family grief, but
drag the entire continent through the grief as well. The likes of
Oprah, local TV, 60 Minutes and many other outlets have explored the
texting and driving phenomenon. The reason I sat down to write this
blog was not driven politically, out of frustration with rules, or any
other reason other than just simple love for my girls. Don't get me
wrong, the texting and driving laws should be an effective way to
deduce the likelihood of a catastrophe, but is texting all that kids
do? What about rushing to school? What about eating breakfast? What
about friends in a car? What about a bad day at school which pro-
generates homeward bound frustration? What about the iPod connection
failing? What about the assignment they missed and all they could
think about was just finishing it and not the red light they just ran?
What about the billboard marketing a new Disney movie that they just
had to go and see? What about the wind that blows so hard it jostled
the car? What about the accident they just got in because......?
There are many questions that any normal parent would think the moment
their own child takes the keys to the car. You can only hope that you
don't get a call from authorities asking you to come and identify your
child's body in a debris field caused by an accident that occured with
them in it.
Some simple steps to help avoid a mishap can simply start with wide
open communication. Know what your child does. Know what their intent
is when they go somewhere. Know what their destination will be. Know
who their friends are and who they hang out with. Know their frame of
mind prior to them leaving. Triggering on Rushing is a trademark item
that I teach as a result of Safestart, but do kids do it? Are they
under tremendous amount of pressure? Yes! Have frequent discussions
with your child to better understand their frame of mind. You can
only hope that it won't be your last conversation.
In exactly two weeks Courtney takes the keys to the old family Camry.
She will be 16....where did the time go? With all my will, I have to
restrain fear and hope that Sheila and I have done a good enough job
for Courtney to think on her own. I think a tall tale sign is when
she constantly points out my distractions while I drive myself. It
sounds funny. But seriously, I get a bit defensive, but I know she is
absolutely right! So I just (mostly) bow my head and say alright,
alright. But she has been able to communicate like this because we do
it with her, but it is only fair that we behave as we want our kids to
behave, because the last thing we want is to have our kids peer
through the windshield and the last thing they see is a debris field.
I love you Courtney! Please take the wheel to your car and know that
your mom, sister and I love you and always want you to return home
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Headache - Causes for Concern
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Wednesday, Feb 11 2009
The physician should be especially concerned if the patient has any of the following (Silberstein, 1992; Edmeads, 1988): (1) a new-onset headache in a patient over the age of 50; (2) a sudden-onset headache; (3) a headache that is subacute in onset and gets progressively worse over days or weeks; (4) a headache associated with fever, nausea, and vomiting that cannot be explained by a systemic illness; (5) a headache associated with focal neurologic symptoms or signs, such as papilledema, changes in consciousness or cognition (such as difficulty in reading, writing, or thinking), or a stiff neck (other than the typical aura of migraine); (6) no obvious identifiable headache etiology; and (7) a new-onset headache in a patient with cancer or human immunodeficiency virus (Tables 2-7, 2-8).
If a cause for concern exists, neurologic consultation, neuroimaging studies (magnetic resonance imaging or computerized axial tomography), or lumbar puncture may be indicated.
Most patients who see a physician for a headache disorder have an acute exacerbation of a recurrent primary headache disorder or a headache associated with an acute febrile illness. However, all headaches should be taken seriously, and a diagnosis based on the new IHS criteria should be made, prior to instituting treatment if possible.
Successful treatment of a patient with headache often depends on the care and sympathy the physician gives. Cures should not be promised. Patience and perseverance on the part of both physician and patient may be necessary.
Diagnostic alarms in the evaluation of headache disorders
The physician may find that his or her therapeutic suggestions have not achieved the desired result. It is important, then, not to become angry at the patient. Sometimes simple structuring of the environment will help the patient to modify some of his or her life goals. At times, the patient will demand a type of practical office psychotherapy, an informal program directed toward guidance and re-education of his or her emotional responses.
With careful attention to the whole patient, some resolution of the problem can be achieved in the majority of patients with headache complaints. If the physician suspects a serious thought disorder, psychiatric consultation is mandatory. Headache patients are generally easily treated. Many do not require medical assistance, and those who do usually respond to standard treatments.
They are anxious to return to their endeavors and aggravated by the annoyance that headache invariably produces. Of course, there are exceptions, e.g., persons with migraine or cluster headache, or even tension-type headache, who need more careful management of their headache problems. Here again, most patients respond to appropriate therapies, and the vast majority can be helped by a knowledgeable physician.
Editors: Silberstein, Stephen D.; Lipton, Richard B.; Dalessio, Donald J.
Edmeads, J. (1988). Emergency management of headache. Headache 28:675-679.
Groves, I.E. (1978). Taking care of the hateful patient. N. Eng. J. Med. 298:883-887.
Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society. (1988). Classification and diagnostic criteria for headache disorders, cranial neuralgia, and facial pain. Cephalalgia 8:1-96.
Silberstein, S.D. (1992). Evaluation and emergency treatment of headache. Headache 32:396-407.
Silberstein, S.D. and M.M. Silberstein. (1990). New concepts in the pathogenesis of headache. Part II. Pain Manage. 3:334-342.
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Vitiligo Treatment in Boca Raton, FL
Located in Boca Raton and serving the residents of West Palm Beach and all of South Florida, Sanctuary Medical Center offers treatment for vitiligo to those who would like to correct skin discolorations through medical dermatology.
What is Vitiligo?
Vitiligo is a skin condition where the body inhibits the pigment producing process to form white patches on the skin on any part of the body. In addition, for some patients with vitiligo, the inside of the mouth and nose as well as the inner layer of the eyeball and hair can turn white.
What Causes Vitiligo?
There is no known cause of vitiligo; however, research shows it may be associated with autoimmune disorders including hypothyroidism, Addison's Disease, and pernicious anemia although the association is not clear. In addition, other issues such as trauma and severe emotional distress may also trigger vitiligo.
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The symptoms of vitiligo typically show up on body areas most exposed to the sun, such as the face and lips, arms, hands and feet. For the areas affected by vitiligo, the most noticeable symptom is the lightening of patches of skin where the pigment decreases.
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Using the Ra Medical Systems Pharos Excimer Laser, we perform a series of laser treatments that are designed to dramatically reduce the re-pigmentation of the skin. The laser emits a narrow band of UVB light that has been shown to promote re-pigmentation. On top of treating vitiligo, this laser has also been shown to promote the re-pigmentation of stretch marks.
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Sunday Mornings
J.A.M. (Jesus and Me) – 9:30 am
J.A.M. is our Sunday ministry (Sunday School) for children and it takes place on the second, third, fourth and fifth Sundays of each month in Fellowship Hall.
Kids in preschool—5th grade begin the 9:30 am service in worship with their families. Before the service, you may check your kids in at the computer at the children's ministry office in the Sanctuary Lobby. Early in the service, children will be dismissed to Sunday School. Pick up your children in the Fellowship Hall after the 9:30 am worship service.
Children meet together to experience God's love through worship related to each week's theme. Following this activity, children then meet in age-appropriate groups with leaders to continue a more in depth study of these lessons.
We use Deep Blue Kids, a United Methodist Curriculum. With Deep Blue, children will make Bible stories, Bible people, and Bible passages a part of their lives. They will also come to know the Bible as THEIR book and find ways to let the Bible speak to them today! Deep Blue incorporates Bible stories, science activities, arts and crafts, animated video storytelling, and active games into a lived-faith experience that will help children discover what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ today. The Deep Blue kids—Asia, Edgar, and Kat—will lead the children through the Bible using animated videos that tell the story. The student resources-the Bible Story Stuff, the Kids Activity Stuff, and the Deep Blue Kids Bible—are colorful and engaging, encouraging the children to "dive deeper" into the Bible and explore their faith in fun and age-appropriate ways.
All children should check in at the kiosk no earlier than 15 minutes before the service. On your first visit, you'll be asked to fill out a registration form, or you can pre-register online.
There is no programming for preschoolers and elementary age students on the first Sunday of each month (Family First Sundays), in order for children to participate in worship with their families.
Nursery for children birth-36 months is available in the Sanctuary during the 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services. On your first visit, you'll be asked to fill out a registration form, or you can pre-register online. Pagers are available so you can be reached if your little one needs you! Of course they may also join you in worship.
Please check out our Weekday Play Day if you are interested in nursery care during the week.
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Warblers are some of the most exciting birds to see during spring migration. These colorful spring birds leave their warm wintering grounds south of the border in Central and South America and migrate up to the norther parts of the country. Although warblers are tiny, their brightly colored feathers make them stand out as they flit from branch to branch, hunting insects.
There are over 50 species of warblers in the United States and Canada, but most warblers don't visit backyards, because they aren't feeder birds and typically stick to forested areas. So, birders have to go to where the warblers are and one of the best places to see a whole bunch of different warbler species in one day is the Biggest Week in America Birding, a 10-day festival in early May in northwest Ohio at Magee Marsh. Warblers love Magee Marsh, because it's near the southern shore of Lake Erie. Warblers headed for Canada for the summer stop here to refuel and rest. Besides some truly excellent birding, there's plenty more to do at Biggest Week, including presentations, socials and expert-led birding walks.
We rounded up 10 warbler species you might see this spring, but there are many more warbler species out there to spot, like prothonotary warblers and yellow-rumped warblers, so make sure you keep your binoculars and field guides handy! (Read more: 5 Tips for Spotting Warblers During Spring Migration)
- photo credit: Steve and Dave Maslowski
1. Common Yellowthroat
It's worth a visit to a marshy area for a quick look at common yellowthroats. Although they try to remain out of sight, they flit in and out of reeds and cattails. Listen for the wichity-wichity-wichity song, and look for the male's distinct black mask.
- photo credit: Marie Read
2. Magnolia Warbler
This easy-to-spot warbler spends time in low shrubs and small trees. During spring migration, magnolia warblers zip through the eastern half of the U.S. on the way to their breeding grounds in Canada and in northern states like Minnesota and Wisconsin.
- photo credit: Johann Schumacher Design
3. American Redstart
Bright yellow plumage is common among warblers. But the male American redstart, covered in mostly black, breaks all the rules. Redstarts are among the most active warblers, showing off orange-red patches as they flit through trees. Be on the lookout for redstarts if you're birding on eastern forest edges.
- photo credit: Bill Leaman/The Image Finders
4. Hooded Warbler
Unlike many warblers, this species forages, and even nests, close to the ground. The male's black hood around a yellow face helps with ID when he's spotted in his ideal habitat—shady undergrowth in the southeast and northeast during summer breeding season.
- photo credit: William Canosa (B&B reader)
5. Yellow Warbler
It's hard to miss the brilliantly colored yellow warbler. One of the most common of the 50 warbler species, you won't have to go deep into the forest to see one. Yellows can be found near open woods, streams, orchards and even roadsides.
- photo credit: Johann Schumacher Design
6. Black-Throated Blue Warbler
The male's dark colors reflect this bird's favorite migration habitat: in the shadows of undergrowth in eastern woods. Females look completely different, with dull olive coloring.
- photo credit: Larry Ditto/KAC Productions
7. Chestnut-Sided Warbler
No other warbler sports its unique color combination. An olive-yellow cap and rufous sides make the chestnut-sided a showstopper. It passes through the eastern U.S. during migration, so be on the lookout for this beauty on forest edges.
- photo credit: Dave Welling
8. Yellow-Throated Warbler
The vibrant yellow throat is an important field mark. These warblers are early migrants and spend their summers in the southeastern U.S. They forage high in the canopy of swamp and pine forests.
- photo credit: Steve and Dave Maslowski
9. Prairie Warbler
Don't let the name fool you! These streaky-faced birds prefer dense thickets throughout the eastern U.S. Males have signature chestnut-colored marks on their backs. Females have similar, though subtler, markings.
- photo credit: John Gill
10. Black-Throated Green Warbler
Listen for the male's recognizable song, zoo, zee, zoo zoo zee, and then look up—way up! These birds stay high in coniferous or mixed forests throughout summer in the northeast. They are "green" because both males and females have olive backs.
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While DefCon has been known to have interesting conference badges, the 25th iteration had an unexpected explosion of intriguing unofficial electronic neck swag. The hunting for and gathering of coveted badges has become a new tradition and this year's #badgelife built on that tradition. While unforeseen circumstances caused this year's official badges to be rushed into production, attendees did have a nostalgic combination of throwback badges paying homage to conferences of the past. Fortunately, attendees had many choices to display custom badges that bling, communicate, and even fight from unofficial sources. Often these badges have secret competitions and groups to teach people how to deconstruct and find hidden achievements in their hardware. Although I was far from getting all of these unofficial badges at DefCon, there were three that caught my eye.
1. AND!XOR's Bender badge
My favorite badge! Last year I fell in love with my little Bender badge after being a winner of the grand elevator rush of DC24. This year's badge was a huge step up, and it features a full-color LCD screen, a host of LEDs and my favorite character from Futurama mixed with the cult classic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. This new badge was a huge step up from last year. The Bender badge has a host of unlocks available to get additional characters, screensavers and a wireless module to interact with other badge owners. They are also cross compatible with many other badges from the regional DefCon groups like DC801. If two compatible badges were near each other, they would flash each other's logos back and forth between screens. How freaking cool!
A much more well-known feature on the badge was the "Botnet" which allowed badges to fight each other as you develop exploits, patch your badge's services, and launch attacks. In particular, a successful attack would render the victim badge temporarily unusable as Clippy, BSOD, or a Rickrolling took over for a minute. Suddenly, badge owners were in a race condition with each person trying to hack the other guy first. The loser's badge sadly broadcasting their shame. The truly devious would launch another attack as soon as the victim cleared the first one.
One hidden feature of the badge is an actual botnet feature that allows the AND!XOR creators to propagate commands across the badges. For example, maybe AND!XOR wanted to start off a Hypno-toad dance party or maybe Rickroll a room. The problem was that DC801 took advantage of this "feature" to hijack the command and control architecture. They were able to infect one badge, which would wirelessly reach out to attack another's within range and so on. This cascading virus is exciting because there is an IOT mesh net architecture that a virus happily hopped along. Suddenly badges are attacked just by walking through the area! Even after reboot badges just started another iteration of the Matt Damon video clip disabling the user interface for a minute. I am seriously sick of him spinning around. Throughout the weekend AND!XOR and other groups dueled for the control of the botnet and our badges. Fortunately, this seems to have cleared as I got home.
Just take a minute to contemplate this. While users were busy trying to attack each other on an individual level, AND!XOR and DC801 were fighting to control the entire botnet infrastructure.
2. DC Darknet
The DC Darknet is a group of challenges based on the books Daemon and Freedom written by Daniel Suarez. At DefCon, agents of the Darknet fight to gain reputation points as they learn new topics and explore quests ranging from breaking ciphers to building simple exploits. The Darknet badge was one component of these quests.
This badge had a do-it-yourself element. The Darknet badges taught me how to solder, and now I bring a soldering kit to DefCon just to rapidly assemble the Darknet badge. There are a hundred stations in the Hardware Hacking Village but lines quickly form and who has time to wait for a soldering station? A quick 40 minutes after receiving mine it was assembled, flashed, and ready to start speaking with other agents.
A particularly interesting feature on the badges is the IR and RF pairing. After you built your badge, it could be pairing with IR to other agents which would allow for you to send RF messages to them wirelessly. You could state "I would like a taco, " and that message would be relayed over to the agent of your choice(if they were within range). This feature adds a unique covert method to communicate with your new friends and fits in with the story extremely well.
The dialer aspect of the badge was a refreshing throwback. However, it was somewhat difficult in practice. I felt during one quest requiring a few key numbers (Emergency, Jenny) the touch capacitors would sometimes read incorrectly. Not having a backspace button can be incredibly frustrating when digits sometimes worked and didn't work.
The team beyond the badge was equally as impressive. The Darknet staff table easily had ten staffers there at all times helping agents trying to complete quests, re-solder badges, or get points from the scavenger hunts. Another particularly nice touch was the rechargeable battery that helped me cut down on AA batteries and the need to charge them.
Although I did not have as much time to devote to the quests, I was able to participate in the boss fight. Working together with a group of people in a hotel room to go through quests was certainly one of the high points of this year's experience.
3. Mr. Robot
DC Darknet and AND!XOR had both presented badges at DefCon, but the Mr. Robot badge was a cryptic newcomer. There were no official Kickstarter or starting quests to get the badge. Instead, you had to follow a minimalistic twitter page to find out where to purchase the badges and what they even did.
It was pretty amusing how they were handed out. The first batch was distributed out at skeeball which had a feeling that was similar to the show. However, I found out about the drop 4 hours later. I was luckily able to get a badge because I saw a tweet about a sale nearby Caesar's when coming back from a party. The tweet only stated they were at the Spanish Steps and I stepped it out to get there as fast as I could without running. They were easy to spot because a woman with a large purse was looking around nervously while sitting with three other people. Nobody else had bags large enough to carry the badge. So in what only could have seemed like a drug deal, I approached her, slipped her cash and received my badge.
This badge has a beautiful mask and looks amazing. On the outside, it does not look to be as flashy with LEDs and only had two games (snake and Tetris) on it. Even then the up arrow froze the game. While there was additionally tweets for an ARG, I did not play with them much. Therefore, I was shocked when I suddenly saw a group of open wifi signals while connecting to the network. Later I went back and logged onto these signals to discover a wifi network with https://www.linkedin.com/redir/invalid-link-page?url=192%2e168%2e4%2e1 being the only host. When I unplugged the batteries, the wifi signal disappeared, and suddenly I understood it was coming from the badge!
So I did what anyone at DefCon would do. I logged back in and scanned the network for more devices and open ports. It bizarrely only had one open port UDP 4096 that was open. Despite trying to netcat and run commands against the port, I got nowhere. More discouraging was whenever I saw someone with the badge they knew nothing about the port or how they were carrying around a wireless access point.
Warning FUD and conjecture ahead! There are some rumors that the Mr. Robot badge also had a botnet component to it that would use this port. Once one received the code, it would look for other badges to trigger their code and then launch deauth attacks against other wireless devices in the area. The badge wearers, unaware of they were transmitting wirelessly, would walk around deauthing devices and could be spreading the virus across the conference. Right or not, it sounds like a fascinatingly devious scheme.
But these are just toys?! What does this have to do with security?
The great influx of badges added an interesting IOT component to DefCon. It is easy to forget that these badge designers were able to do amazing things on a tight timeline with relatively cheap devices. As businesses are exploring how they can do more things with the IOT, we will see more and more professionals coming up with outlandish ideas to do many more elaborate things. These are quickly built use cases of how the IOT is both incredibly easy to implement and how the best of intentions could create a raging multi headed botnet if you are not careful.
It was incredible to see the different layers of people coordinating across the country to pull this off, and I am very excited to see what they will put out next year. Who knows, maybe next year I can get a Texas badge put together!
If you want more articles on badges I suggest this one and if you are looking for an audio book I suggest checking my book on Effective Threat Intelligence.


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Regardless of its negative impact on the environment, it is hard to imagine the automobile disappearing from our cities in the foreseeable future. In recent years there has been an increase in cycling as well as train travel, but the car is still the transport mode that keeps having the biggest impact on how cities are shaped.
And although modern-day economy relies hugely on vehicular transport (of either people or goods), the link between the two is often forgotten about. As a result, anything relating to traffic is considered in a perspective of maintaining, rather than improving. Cheaper is better.
This is true not least for structures like public parking garages – they are generally seen as a necessary evil, and built as cheaply as possible. Problem is, since they are by nature large structures located in central areas of cities, they often become an eyesore for the general public.
Poor But Beautiful is looking for solutions to this problem. How can a parking garage be integrated with the surrounding streetscape, as well as serving a greater purpose for all those not using it to accommodate their car? To be a welcome addition to an area, as opposed to a large chunk of nothing that you pass by as quickly as possible.
Sometimes it's the thing that receives the least interest that deserves the most attention. Rather than designing yet another concert hall or library, the main challenge here is to turn something neglected into something celebrated.
The challenge of the competition is to design a multi-storey parking garage in the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Area in Manhattan, NYC. The structure should house at least 250 parking spaces.
In addition to car parking, the design should also integrate a secondary function. This can be virtually anything, from a bowling alley to a house for abandoned dogs, but it should be clear how and why it contributes to the overall design and/or the surrounding area.
Being a parking garage, participants are asked to strive for excellence in design and function, without relying entirely on potentially expensive materials and solutions.
The design should benefit everyone - from a fictional client to the general public, via the actual user.
Manhattan has an extensive zoning legislation which dictates, among other things, heights and shapes of buildings throughout the city. For this competition we will apply a modified version of the regulations, which is described in the competition package.