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Medical Receptionist
at Pediatric Associates
Posted: 11/13/2020
Job Status: Part Time
Job Reference #: 4295
Job Description
Medical Receptionist
Health Care
Part Time, Days
Weekly Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 12:30pm Every other Saturday 8:00am - 12:00pm.
Bilingual: Preferred
Bilingual Type: Other Language
Posted 11/12/2020
Req # 5476
- Greeter, instructs, directs and schedules patients and visitors. Serves as a liaison between patient and medical support staff.
- This list may not include all of the duties that may be assigned.
- Answer incoming calls in a courteous & professional manner
- Screen calls
- Receive and convey messages electronically, in writing and verbally
- Schedule appointments according to office scheduling policies
- Greet patients & visitors in a prompt, courteous and helpful manner & direct to the appropriate area
- Assist with chart retrieval, set up new patient chart/ EHR chart
- Ensure lab results, physician's reports, day sheets are properly placed
- Scan, upload and distribute chart documents in document manager
- Check-in/ Check-out patients in a timely manner
- Print debit tickets
- Mark patients accordingly in Patient Tracking System
- Follow PA policy related to cashier functions
- Check balances and credits
- Collect co-pay and/or payments according to insurance plan
- Discuss & interpret patient balance information within the guidelines of Pediatric Associates collection policy.
- Verify Insurance
- Ability to update medical record and computer system with new information
- Post charges and payments
- Match procedures with correct diagnosis
- Reconcile charges & payments
- Complete referral authorization requests & provide patients with referral information
- Sort and deliver mail, medical records and other correspondence
- Maintain work area and lobby in neat and orderly manner
- Participate in staff & educational meetings
- Answer incoming calls in a courteous & professional manner
- Education:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- None
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to learn & practice Pediatric Associate procedures, policies and protocols. Requires proficient grammar, spelling and verbal skills to communicate with patient, providers and staff in written documents. Ability to read, comprehend, follow oral and written instructions. Interact effectively, supportively with staff & maintain a professional working relation. Provide excellent customer service; greet & receive patients/ visitors in a professional and friendly manner. Maintain professional and excellent phone skills & etiquette, must be able to speak clearly and concise. Use good judgment & maintain patient confidentiality. Must be able to file alpha and numerically. Requires experience in using a computer system, scanner, printer, fax etc.
- Prefer one year work experience in a medical office setting. Knowledge of computer and medical terminology desired.
Adhere to all organizational information security policies and protect all sensitive information including but not limited to ePHI and PHI in accordance with organizational policy, Federal, State, and local regulations.
COMPANY OVERVIEW: Founded in 1955, Pediatric Associates is one of the oldest and most respected pediatric practices in the United States. Pediatric Associates opened its first office in Hollywood, Florida. The Company was one of the first medical groups to introduce satellite office locations in consumer retail locations. They were also one of the first pediatric groups to embrace managed care in the 1970s, collaborating with insurance plans as healthcare partners with the common interest of providing South Florida's children with the best healthcare available. Today, Pediatric Associates is a national leader in pediatric population health management with over 200,000 patients under global risk. Keeping abreast of medical advances and changing lifestyles, Pediatric Associate's modern facilities offer comprehensive services, including X-ray and state certified laboratories. The Company currently has 33 neighborhood locations, which are staffed by more than 200 employed providers who proudly serve families throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, St. Lucie, counties, including Tampa and Jacksonville. Pediatric Associates will continue to bring the best possible healthcare service to its patients well into the 21st Century. Ease of access, prompt courteous service and responsiveness to our patients' concerns will always be their primary goal. Pediatric Associates has continued to thrive and today is recognized as one of the premier general pediatric and population health management practices in the United States.
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SLL (Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing) paid a one-day visit to San Antonio this week to continue his house hunting. He quickly flew back to Denver to continue his rehearsals for La Bohème. But, he did have time for a marathon artistic planning meeting for the Symphony's 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 seasons and to film (at the airport) this brief video about this weekend's concert:
November 5 & 6, 2010
Majestic Theatre
The roaring 1920s come alive with Gershwin's and Ravel's jazz-influenced masterpieces. These two Gershwin favorites are filled with memorable melodies that are audacious, sentimental and unabashedly American. Pianist Ryo Yanagitani was the top prize winner of the last San Antonio International Piano Competition.
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Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major (Left Hand)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
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BSNL Kerala Telecom circle has announced Mela Special Offer of FREE Prepaid SIM cards to New & MNP (PORT IN) customers from 1st March to 31st March 2017.
FREE SIM Offer will be available in all BSNL Customer Service Centres and BSNL Retailer outlets throughout Kerala. During this period, customers may get New BSNL Prepaid SIM cards absolutely FREE. The offer is also applicable to MNP (PORT IN) customers.
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Not all hotels are taking a chainsaw to their room rates to lure or hang on to customers.
Choice Hotels International, hardly a marquee name in the hospitality world and one that caters to frugal business travelers and vacationers who can live without afternoon high tea and 900-thread-count linens, claims it isn't cutting prices to chase guests at its 5,800 hotels and motels worldwide.
With 10 folksy-sounding mid-priced and economy brands ranging from Comfort Inns to Cambria Suites to Sleep Inn and EconoLodge, Choice has persuaded its franchisees to "hold the line on prices," says Chief Marketing Officer Chris Malone. "And we haven't cut back on guest services." (But check with the hotel yourself for a deal).
Still, how can a chain of Spartan hotels and inns near the lower rungs of the hospitality ladder stand firm when better known, full-service names like Hyatt, Marriott, Sheratons and Hiltons are slashing room rates to fill empty beds?
Plenty of reasons. A San Francisco CPA named Brian -- he didn't want to give me his last name -- says the plusher hotels in major cities hiked their rates to the max during the gilded years when demand was robust. Then the roof fell in. Since they can't shrink capacity or re-route it to Copenhagen, many hotels will take whatever they can get that's reasonable, even if it stains their well-polished images and sends their barometer of financial health -- revenue per available room or REV PAR -- into the red.
For example, Brian says he recently paid $240 plus taxes at Starwood's chic, sleek W Hotel in New York City's Union Squarey. That's a whopping nearly two-thirds cheaper than $705 a night plus taxes that he shelled out before Wall Street and the economy collapsed.
(Want a real deal? The two-month old Westin Hotel in spiffed-up Jersey City, a 20-minute, $1.75 train ride under the Hudson River from Manhattan's financial district, quoted me a king room with the ultra comfy "heavenly bed," $169 a night, slashed from its rack, or retail, rate of $579 a night. And that's without even buying blind on Hotwire or PriceLine).
Malone says another reason the 10 varieties of Choice Hotels isn't discounting is that business travelers are "trading down" to lower-priced lodging -- either by, ah, choice or by orders from company headquarters "in survival mode." Their road warriors might go from a Courtyard by Marriott to a Comfort Inn or a Comfort Suites, which Malone calls an "upscale trade-down." Budget-minded vacationers and families, shopping price only, might choose a Choice brand if the rate is right and has freebies.
He also contends some of the Choice brands are picking up business meetings and small conferences looking to save money, and that travelers are switching from one brand to another to save loot and still earn points in the Choice Privileges loyalty program which
Not surprisingly, the 10 different brands -- "segmented" is the hospitality industry buzzword -- each have their own free benefits, or "brand standards," but some overlap. And it can be a maze. All have free Internet access. Some have wired, some have wireless and Cambria Suites has both.
Cambria Suites, Clarion and MainStay Suites have "some form of a business center" at all locations. Comfort Inn, Sleep Inn, EconoLodge and Comfort Suites have some form of a free breakfast. Some brands have free local calls. Most have free parking, but not all.
Before you book, check www.choicehotels.com where each brand spells out what it offers. And that's not guaranteed. Some franchisers offer more or less so you can make a reservation on the website, but I'd double-check with the hotel itself to make sure what's promised will be delivered.
The Comfort Inn (www.comfortinn.com) in downtown Memphis, Tenn., greeted me with friendly voice twice. It has free wired Internet access in the rooms and WiFi in the "common" areas, such as the pool and exercise room, and a free serve-yourself full breakfast for $119 a on Tuesday. But that's down from $139 to $149 a night from market downturn, I was told. Plus, parking is $5.
At the Quality Inn and Suites at the Portland, Ore., Airport Convention Center, (www.qualityinn.com) rates are holding firm at $105 a night. That includes a gratis hot buffet breakfast, pool, exercise room, wired and wireless Internet access, and parking at no charge. That's the same price charged last fall for a suite midweek. "Our business is very strong," said the receptionist.


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Sometimes we'll need to see the logs to better understand the issue (especially with streaming or transcoding).
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Just as electronic component testing is a crucial step in verifying circuits during prototype/build phases, reliable appliance tests are vitally important for confirming the proper and safe function of electrical devices once they're up and running. In fact, responsibility for appliance testing forms a key part of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, with employers (including the self-employed) required to carry out all 'reasonably practical' measures to protect people from harm while using electrical devices.
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NEW YORK — Stocks edged lower on Wall Street this morning after an industry group reported that U.S. manufacturing growth cooled in March and was weaker than economists had forecast.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 34 points, or 0.2 percent, at 14,544 as of 11:31 a.m. EDT. The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped eight points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,560. The Nasdaq composite fell 25 points, or 0.6 percent, to 3,242.
U.S. manufacturing kept growing for a fourth straight month in March, but at a slower rate, according to the Institute for Supply Management. The ISM's manufacturing index dropped to 51.3 from 54.2 in February. Economists polled by the data provider FactSet had expected the index to come in at 54.
The S&P 500 ended the first quarter last week by closing at an all-time high of 1,569.19, surpassing its previous record close of 1,565.15 set on Oct. 9, 2007. The index has recaptured all of its losses from the financial crisis and the Great Recession. The index has gained 9.4 percent since the start of the year and the Dow is 11 percent higher.
As stocks have climbed this year, so have investor expectations for economic reports, said JJ Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist at TD Ameritrade.
"The numbers have to be outstanding in order to drive the market higher," said Kinahan. "It's a different mindset when we're at these levels."
Gains for stocks this year have been driven by optimism that the housing market is recovering and employers and starting to hire again. Strong company earnings and continuing stimulus from the Federal Reserve have also increased demand for stocks.
EBay rose $1.88 to $56.11. The company said late Friday that it expects revenue and profit to keep heading higher in the coming years as its e-commerce business and fast-growing PayPal payments service continue to expand.
Brewer Molson Coors, which counts Coors and Miller Lite among its beers, rose $2.24 to $51.17 after Goldman Sachs upgraded its rating on the stock to "Buy" from "Neutral," citing a better outlook for beer sales as the economy improves.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to its price, fell to 1.84 percent from 1.85 percent.
Markets were closed in observance of Good Friday last week. European markets were closed today for Easter.
Among other stocks making big moves;
— Tesla Motors jumped $7.68 to $45.53 after the electric car company said sales are running ahead of schedule. The Palo Alto, Calif., company said Sunday night that first-quarter sales have exceeded 4,750 Model S sedans, above prior guidance of 4,500.
— DFC Global, a finance company that provides loans to consumers without bank accounts, fell $3.16 to $13.46 after it slashed its earnings outlook for its fiscal year.
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(AP Photo/TNT, Zade Rosenthal)Zade Rosenthal/Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 5of7This publicity image released by TNT shows Jesse Metcalfe as Christopher Ewing, left, and Josh Henderson as John Ross Ewing in a scene from "Dallas," premiering Wednesday June 13, at 9:00 p.m. on TNT. (AP Photo/TNT, Erik Heinila)Erik Heinila/Associated PressShow MoreShow Less 6of7Jesse Metcalfe (left) plays Christopher, the adopted son of Bobby Ewing in the renewal of the TV classic, "Dallas." Josh Henderson plays John Ross, son of Sue Ellen and JR Ewing. The new show premieres on TNT on June 13. (Martin Schoeller/Courtesy TNT/MCT)Handout/McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceShow MoreShow Less 7of7Jesse Metcalfe plays Bobby Ewing's adopted son on TNT's rebooted, "Dallas." The show premieres on June 13. (Courtesy TNT/MCT)Handout/McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceShow MoreShow Less Dallas: Dramatic series. 9 p.m. Wednesday (June 13) on TNT. TNT's new take on "Dallas" is so calculating, it's almost worthy of JR Ewing himself, and I mean that in the most complimentary way. Resist if you want to, but whether you were a fan of the original series, or still in utero when it went off the air in 1991, TNT's "Dallas" will wear you down and pull you in with its mix of sex, intrigue, backstabbing, dirty dealing, blackmail and family secrets. The Ewing clan still makes the Medicis look like the Waltons, and there are even more of them 21 years later. For those who remember the show that virtually defined nighttime soap opera for 14 seasons, the new "Dallas" brings back several major cast members, including Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing, Linda Gray as Sue Ellen and the great Larry Hagman as JR - older now but as giddily manipulative as ever. For younger viewers, there's a whole passel of pretty actors, including Josh Henderson as JR's son, John Ross; Jesse Metcalfe as Bobby's adopted son, Christopher; Jordana Brewster as Elena, Christopher's former fiancee and now John Ross' girlfriend; and Julie Gonzalo as Rebecca Sutter, Christopher's current fiancee. Takes a while to care It takes a little longer for us to start caring about the youngsters, but even when we do, we remain primarily fascinated by Hagman's JR. We first see JR sitting in front of a window, staring straight ahead, not seeming to recognize anything or anyone around him. Later in the first episode, the old jackal rouses himself and starts to speak to John Ross, and it is nothing less than a gooseflesh moment - but the fun is only beginning. Hagman is magnificent, an Olympian presence who dominates the show even when he's not onscreen. In the earlier series, JR was "only" magnificently unrepentant, but now he becomes almost heroic simply because he is much older: He hasn't much time left, but he isn't about to go gently into the Texas night. TNT doesn't want critics to reveal many of the plot twists in the first seven of the 10 episodes of the season, but, truth to tell, things happen so quickly and often out of left field with minimal foundation, it would be impossible to detail the story line in ev en a single episode. But the heart of the series - if "heart" is even the right word - is that the Ewings are still feuding over ownership of Southfork, the family ranch, with JR on one side and Bobby on the other as kings on the chessboard, and John Ross and Christopher as their knights, or perhaps their pawns. Bobby has remarried, finding in Annie (Brenda Strong) the kind of steadying love and support he needs to fight JR. While TNT's "Dallas" wisely builds on some fundamental aspects of the original show, it also modernizes the story, characters and values, because it has to. The Ewings all use cell phones and debate alternative energy, for example. But the differences between the two series are more subtle and, at the same time, more profound than that. The first "Dallas" was a miniseries created in 1978 for CBS by Lorimar, the production company that had scored its first big success six years earlier with another family drama, the aforementioned "The Waltons." A defining TV show By the time "The Waltons'" run ended in 1981, "Dallas" had already asserted itself as a defining show for the new decade. It may be a facile comparison, but a show about a large, loving rural family in Virginia that ended each episode with everyone saying good night to each other seemed out of sync with the acquisitiveness of the 1980s. It's not coincidental that "Dallas" was soon joined by other shows about the rich and famous, including "Dynasty," "Falcon Crest" and, well, "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous." There was something delicious about rich people scrapping with each other back then. These were people who had it all and not only wanted more, but wanted to keep others from getting more as well. Obviously, the Ewings are still greedy, and still judging who among them is a true Ewing and who isn't - not just in terms of biology, in Christopher's case, but in terms of who best adheres to the values of past generations of Ewings. Bobby wants Southfork to remain what family matriarch Miss Ellie intended, while JR says that he's doing what his daddy wanted (in fact, JR does what he wants and would no matter what Jock Ewing did or didn't want to happen to the ranch). Life - and certainly the economy - are more tentative in the 21st century, and the world is smaller. Our values are different, and TV is different as well. The availability of hundreds of channels reflects the multiplicity of information sources that define communication and entertainment these days. That's one of the reasons you'll find that the new "Dallas" throws curveball after curveball into plot and character, often with little regard to credibility or logic. Of course, this kind of thing has always defined soap operas, regardless of whether they aired in the afternoon or in prime time. But show runners know that there's a lot of competition out there for viewers' attention, and if you don't keep them mesmerized with constantly shifting "bright shiny objects," you can lose them. True, there are more than a few moments when the absence of logic strains credibility in "Dallas." And soon enough, you start anticipating the next unlikely plot development moments before it actually happens. Why? Either because it's a cliche or it makes no sense. And on "Dallas," if it makes no sense, it's bound to happen. Except for Hagman, the performances are adequate without ever standing out, which may be one of the reasons it takes so long to care much about the younger Ewings, or, as I came to think of them over the seven episodes sent to critics, the "Ewlings." It's not entirely the fault of the actors, though: As the script is written, there's very little time for any real character development. If a Ewling does a bad thing one second, he'll do a good thing two seconds later. The female characters are especially elusive and underwritten, with the exception of Strong's Annie, who has her own secrets to hide. Gray still can't act but seems to be relying on her raccoon-eyed makeup to ground her character. She's wearing so much eye shadow, you half expect her head to pop out of a garbage can somewhere along the way. Can't wait for the Halloween episode. David Wiegand is The San Francisco Chronicle's TV critic. 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Many have loved Terry Pratchett's short epic "Troll Bridge," about Cohen the Barbarian, a once-mighty warrior who has become a tottering old man, out of step with the post-barbarian times. Now a group of talented filmmakers want to adapt it.
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Troll Bridge is an epic short film based on a fable written by Terry Pratchett. Set in the phenomenally successful Discworld series, Troll Bridge is about the world's last Barbarian hero (now at the age of 87) embarking on a suicide mission to battle a bridge troll in mortal combat. [Hit "click to view" to see the Kickstarter video.]
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Monday, 31 December 2007
Welcome 2008
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Friday, 28 December 2007
Midnight 's Daughter
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007
Christmas in Orissa
Found this on the aol website.Here are excerpts.
In retaliation, some people attacked a church, set it on fire and attacked a vehicle at Baliguda town.The trouble had started Monday morning at the Christian-majority Brahmanigaon village, 150 km from the district headquarters of Phulbani, over celebrating Christmas.While the Christian community wanted to celebrate the day in a grand way, the local Hindus opposed the plan, Bhol said.This led to clashes between the Hindu and Christian groups. The attack on Saraswati led to escalation in the violence. Saraswati has his ashram in Tikabali.Although more than 1,000 policemen were deployed in the sensitive places Tuesday they could not reach many of the trouble spots as bandh supporters had blocked the roads leading to the villages with logs.Two companies of paramilitary forces and extra police force have been rushed to the area to control the situation.
Besides the VHP bandh call, the local Kui tribal community had also given a shutdown call demanding immediate solution to their problems.The clashes took place mostly when bandh supporters attacked shops in various places.People of both communities have lodged police complaints against each other.Four people, all Hindus, have been held for inciting communal tension in the region. Besides, at least nine people have been arrested for attacking Saraswati, a police official said.According to reports, shops were closed and vehicular movement affected in places where the clashes had taken place as the VHP shutdown came into effect.Phulbani is considered one of the most communally sensitive districts in the state with numerous clashes reported between Hindus and Christians in the past.The VHP, which has called a press conference in Bhubaneshwar Wednesday, has claimed that its bandh was a grand success.The Congress has blamed the VHP for fanning communal tension in the state.
Bhubaneswar, December 25: Curfew was imposed in some areas of Orissa's tribal-populated Kandhamal (Phulbani) district Tuesday night after over a dozen people were injured in clashes between Hindus and Christians in the wake of a shutdown called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest an attack on a Hindu leader. Unconfirmed reports said one person had died.The curfew was imposed in the troubled regions of three police station areas in Baliguda, Daringbadi and Phulbani town of the district, over 200 km from the state capital, late Tuesday evening.The situation is very tense and top officials, including the district collector and the district police chief Narasimha Bhol, are camping in the area.According to reports reaching the state capital, protesters attacked the house of the brother of state Steel and Mines Minister Pabmanabh Behra at Firingia in the district and torched a vehicle belonging to the minister.Three churches were ransacked and burnt in the district, local sources told IANS on phone.Two police vans and two private vehicles were burnt in Tikabali village while hundreds of people blockaded roads at Adabadi to prevent vehicles carrying the Orissa state armed police from reaching the troubled spots.
There are reports that one person was killed in the communal clashes in Barakhama, but police have not confirmed it.Sporadic clashes were reported from villages under three police stations in Daringbadi, Brahmanigaon and Tikabali police station areas. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has appealed to the people to maintain peace.Over a dozen people were injured in the clashes, Bhol told IANS.The four-hour VHP bandh was to protest an attack Monday by a group of people on the vehicle of local Hindu leader Swami Laxamananda Saraswati near Daringbadi when he was on his way to perform a yagna there.Saraswati and a person accompanying him were injured and their vehicle partially damaged, Bhol said.
Besides the VHP bandh call, the local Kui tribal community had also given a shutdown call demanding immediate solution to their problems.The clashes took place mostly when bandh supporters attacked shops in various places.People of both communities have lodged police complaints against each other.Four people, all Hindus, have been held for inciting communal tension in the region. Besides, at least nine people have been arrested for attacking Saraswati, a police official said.According to reports, shops were closed and vehicular movement affected in places where the clashes had taken place as the VHP shutdown came into effect.Phulbani is considered one of the most communally sensitive districts in the state with numerous clashes reported between Hindus and Christians in the past.The VHP, which has called a press conference in Bhubaneshwar Wednesday, has claimed that its bandh was a grand success.The Congress has blamed the VHP for fanning communal tension in the state.
Bhubaneshwar, December 26: Hundreds of police were deployed in Orissa Wednesday as Hindu hardliners burnt and damaged 12 churches in communal clashes, killing at least one person, police said.The reported injury of a local Hindu leader by a Christian group Monday sparked two days of violence over Christmas in the Kandhamal district of southern Orissa by hardliners who accuse Christian groups of converting low-caste Hindus."The situation is tense but under control," said B.B. Mishra, a state inspector-general of police.The hardliners, some linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have often accused Christian priests of bribing poor tribespeople and low-caste Hindus to change their faith.Many of the churches targeted were makeshift places of worship, often built with thatched roofs and mud walls, local media reported.Orissa, now governed by a BJP ally, has witnessed some of the worst attacks on Christians in the past, including the murders of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two children who were burned to death inside their vehicle by a mob in 1999.Christian groups say lower-caste Hindus who convert do so willingly to escape the highly stratified and oppressive Hindu caste system.But several states ruled by the BJP have passed anti-conversion laws. Christians make up around 2 per cent of mainly Hindu India's 1.1 billion people.
Posted by Amrita at Wednesday, December 26, 2007 8 Fertilize my soul Links to this post
Silent Night
While everyone was sleeping I set up my Christmas decorations on Christmas Eve.
The nativity scene is a collection of odds and ends collected over the years since we were children.The sand stone carvings are from Nigeria.And the Noah Ark animals from all over the world.
Posted by Amrita at Wednesday, December 26, 2007 8 Fertilize my soul Links to this post
Monday, 24 December 2007
Bada Din Mubarak
Christmas is also known as bada din or big day in North India.Many blessings to all my friends and readers on this great day.
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Sunday, 23 December 2007
Happy Birthday Namrita
Today is my baby sister 's birhday. Called her up at 7.30 am and greeted her. Mom got emotional too.This is her as a baby Below...L to R Anjali my elder sister, Namrita and myself
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Saturday, 22 December 2007
Christmas In India- in 1881
You can see the ayah - children 's nurse, a man operating an overhead cloth fan or punkha . My parents had these in their bungalows before electricity came to their area.My mom recalls that during the hot long afternoons when my grandparents who were both doctors were away at the hospital the children would force the punkha man to let them operate the fan against the orders of the sahibs. But it was fun for them.
In the painting you can also see a bearer or butler serving cool drinks.Do you think that 's a tiger skin under the lady 's chair?
Hundreds of the big cats were hunted.My grandfather shot one, but it was a maneater and he was asked to do it by the authorities.My Dad was a hunter too. He brought us game when it was permitted, but never broke the law.I must tell tell you how he shot a rabid wolf in our front yard, right in the middle of the city.He used to shoot snakes, which is quite difficult to do as they move so fast.
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Friday, 21 December 2007
Ours is not to reason why
My Pastor designed this calender for 2008 and produced a CD of Christmas songs composed by his boss, who is a renowned Christian composer.He gifted us copies of them. Thank you Pastor.
Today when the lights did not go off at 10 am I was surprised.(We have daily power rostering between 10 am and 1 pm)Mom reminded me that it is the Muslim festival of Bakri Id (goat sacrifice) so the power dept was very gracious to us.
I took advantage of the power supply and washed extra clothes.We have a battery operated generator but we can 't run a heavy equipment on it.
Today my web browser is giving me a lot of trouble. Its very slow and skittish.
Overloaded myself with such a lot of house chores (maid 's on holiday)
sorting stuff
entertaining guests
church work
that I got pretty stressed out by mid-afternoon.
More people arrived and I asked Mom to attend to them. just needed time out
I liked this arty Christmas tree (India Handicrafts) Pretty easy to set up and light. Mine is heavy, think it weighs 100 pounds.Gift from my sister.I 'm putting it up tonight. I 'll put up a photo when I am done. Like quick easy trees.I sound so ungrateful
My Tanenbaum is giving me the creeps.Everytime I pass by the living room I jump thinking someone is standing there.Maybe I 'm just falling apart.
Brain Drain!
Got a phone call from my BIL Prem from New Brunswick, CA. He won 't be able to visit us early next year as he is not getting leave. Pretty disappointed.But what can one do. Ours is not to reason why...
Romans 8:28 "God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
I comfort myself with that verse when disappointment strikes.But I never deny that I am disappointed.
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Thursday, 20 December 2007
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Old Fashioned Christmas
neighborhood church bells
a reverence for religious and national holidays
special occasion dresses
waiting until December 25 for a present
a much anticipated long distance phone call ... for just a few minutes due to cost
99.9 % of stores and businesses closing for Christmas, Sunday, Thanksgiving, Easter, etc.
saying "Merry Christmas" ... instead of "Happy (generic) Holidays
Christmas savings programs through your bank so you didn't owe on credit cards for six months past Christmas
being content with whatever present you received ... instead of handing out a wish list
driving to grandma's house for a family gathering
meaningful Christmas music
nothing remotely Christmasie until after Thanksgiving ...
the real reason for celebrating Christmas ...
whole intact families
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Wednesday, 19 December 2007
Good day
There was a time when I thought I couldn 't manage an email and a blog was a deadly computer virus.But friends like John encouraged me and Carol-Ann gave me practical help and instruction.
Posted by Amrita at Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9 Fertilize my soul Links to this post
Tuesday, 18 December 2007
Sheep May Graze
I like collecting funny ,crazy things which take my fancy.Got the above sheep blouse years ago.Just love the picture.Wouldn 't we all want to join our fleecy friends on a beach in sunny Goa (India 's West coast near Mumbai).We could go para gliding!
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Sunday, 16 December 2007
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Fair and Lovely
Some more merchandise from the fair.Handmade shoes from Punjab and metal ornaments from the northern hill tribes.
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Friday, 14 December 2007
The origins of Hanukkah are an event that happened over two thousand years ago. At this time, Judea was ruled by Antiochus, a Syrian king. He attempted to assimilate the Jews into Greek culture, commanding them to worship Greek gods while oppressing Jewish culture and religion. A statue of Antiochus was erected in the Jewish temple and it was ordered that the Jews should bow down before him.
The Ten Commandments forbid Jews to worship statues or idols and so they refused. A small group of Jews called Maccabees (which probably comes from the Hebrew word meaning 'the Hammerer') rebelled, risking their lives to prevent the desecration of their Temple. Although the Maccabees won, the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. The Jews had to clean and repair the Temple, and when they were finished they rededicated it to God by rekindling the sacred Menorah (a six-stemmed candelabrum) of the temple. Only one small jar of sanctified oil was found, and yet the lamp stayed alight miraculously for eight days.
It is because of this miracle that Hanukkah is celebrated by lighting one candle on the Hanukiah (an eight-stemmed candelabrum) each day. 'Rock of Ages' ('Moaz Tzur' in Hebrew), a hymn of praise to God, is sung after each night's lighting of the candles. The Hanukiah symbolises how God looked after the Jewish people at this difficult time.
Like Christmas, Hanukkah is a special time for children. Gifts and Hanukkah money are exchanged. Some families give a small present on each of the eight nights of Hanukkah.
Children and adults play with a spinning top called a dreidel. This cube-shaped dice has a Hebrew letter on each side.
Some dishes have special significance, such as latkes (a kind of potato fritter), pancakes and doughnuts. This is because they are fried in oil and so Jewish people remember the miracle of the oil lasting eight days in the temple.
My country has close ties with Israel. We get a lot of tourists from there, many of them interested in Eastern religions.
Posted by Amrita at Friday, December 14, 2007 16 Fertilize my soul Links to this post
Thursday, 13 December 2007
Sher Khan
The award was started by the Shameless Lion Writing Circle and is "the chance to scream from the mountains the good news about the powerful posts that are produced every day in the blogosphere, despite what some mainstream columnists and journalists claim.
I started my blog to reach out to others and make friends and tell people about my life and church ministry.I like to write on religious, social, political and cultural topics with a garnish of humour.I am learning from you all.
Actually my family name is Singh which means Lion in Hindi.But I would like to be known as a lamb of the Good Shepherd.
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Every Valley
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Hello Friend
Our garden is doing so well. God be praised.
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Dances with the Elves
This is hilarious. Just click on the above link and watch an elf dance ...Sheeba, my niece, Mama and me. Mahima will kill me for this . But I like taking risks . Took my life in my hands. Try this folks. Good fun.
I got this from my friend Gudl 's blog
Oh Mahima that dagger looks real...arrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh...glug...glug. Just kidding she lives light year footsteps away.
P.S. I showed Mama the graphic and she was very tickled and laughed a lot. Really enjoyed it. And when Aunt Sybil heard us laughing she also wanted to have a look, but she was in bed, so she said she will look at it tomorrow.
Today Aunt S had 2 lunches.I gave her lunch at the usual time and an hour later said came into the kitchen saying she hadn 't eaten and wanted to have food. We told her she had had her lunch, but she was not convinced and got angry. So I simply gave her some more. Sometimes she does forget she has eaten. Has anybody else had this experience with elder care?
Just got a call from a cousin in the UK ...marriage problems.
Today we had a heavy rain storm in the afternoon.Which is good for our contruction work. We are pouring dirt to lay the road and the rain water will settle it so it will be easier for the road leveling machine (roller) to do its job.
The Lord has promised in His Word that He shall make the rough places smooth. Handel remembered that while composing "The Messiah". I love that song.
Every valley shall be made low
And the rough places smooth.
I am gonna make some more elves dance
My sister, BIL, nephew & niece
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Monday, 10 December 2007
Monday Fare
Today I took Mom, Aunt S and Aunt Virginia to the Treasury Office for their pension (social security) work. People at this office were very kind and good. They deal with senior citizens , so I suppose their hearts are soft towards them.The man from the bank has still not given me a receipt for the forms submitted.
This office is on the 6th floor of a commercial complex and I was teasing my old ladies saying I will take you all to to a beauty salon for a make-over. None of them hardly used any make up, except my Mom who put on lipstick when she was young.
On the way back Mama bought a nice cardigan (front open) and a thermal wear.And I bought veggies.
I made Tibetan dumplings called Momos and a hot and sweet vegetable and chicken soup for supper.The Momos have chicken stuffing. you can make them with any kind of meat, cheese, vegetables or sweets.I love them. My friend Dana , friend and colleague from Penn. boasted of being able to eat 3 doz of them at a time.He is huge fellow dad of 4 kids.They go well with hot chutney.(not Dana)
I have some pictures of Momos being prepared at the Handicraft Fair.you can see the traditional Momo steamer and wok.I just use my ordinary utensils, they work well.You can have have steamed or fried. I like them steamed to avoid the oil.
Posted by Amrita at Monday, December 10, 2007 14 Fertilize my soul Links to this post
Sunday Blessings
We had morning service and a prayer meeting at 4 pm. After which I went to the Bible College Christmas Carol service. This service (other churches also have them) is called a candle light service as it ends with a candle light procession.
The service began with Bishop Dr. Rev.JM lighting the traditional brass lamp.There were choirs representing many parts of India and Nepal.Below is the children 's choir and an drummer from Jharkand
The girls are dressed in the different ethnic clothes we have here.Seated on the floor is a group from the Punjab, they are singing a qwwali, which is a lively poem sung in a Muslim style.The Naga choir is dressed in their traditional handwoven shawls and skirts from North East India.And also a drummer and singer from Mizoram.After the service everybody had coffee and cake.
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Friday, 7 December 2007
Under the Eye of the Clock
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Shaun Frankson, Founder, The Plastic Bank
Mr. Frankson is a serial social entrepreneur with a passion for systems and business strategy. As the co-founder of The Plastic Bank, he is a dedicated change-maker inspired to empower the poor to harvest plastic waste as a means to ascend from poverty. He also co-founded the Core Values Institute to help align entrepreneurs and organizations with the right set of core values to systematize their success and happiness.
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While attending Royal Roads University, he received the Eric C. Douglass scholarship for Philanthropic Entrepreneurship in recognition of the accomplishments of his not-for-profit consulting and student-business-start-up organization. He founded Frankson Enterprises in 2009 to provide further consulting and business development services for various not-for-profits while speaking to students about "Creating your own experience and doing what you love for living." In 2010, he joined Nero Global Tracking and currently serves as Vice President in addition to his work with the Core Values Institute and The Plastic Bank.
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- "Verily, there are ninety-nine names of God, one hundred minus one. He who enumerates [and believes in them and the one God behind] them would get into Paradise.", Sahih Muslim, Vol. 4, no. 1410. Add to this the Arab folklore which speak about the camel who knows the 100th name. That is why he solemnly holds his head high and plods defiantly across the desert, holding the secret to himself.
The correct interpretation of the metaphorical language used, that has been lost for several hundred years, is:- "The symbolic figure 100 represents, not 100 but, all/everything. This means that 100 in this case represents: ALL existing names known to Man - which itself represent Everything, because the rest is yet unknown to Man. The minus one part symbolically represents, in each individual situation, the name used when trying to represent God's entity - in this case the word 'God'. The symbolics of the minus one part therefor tell us that it is the word used, that does NOT represent God - cause God's entity IS all the existing words that are known - which a single word couldn't represent. The symbolic reason why the Camel knows this, is because he, unlike humans, can't use words to represent God. He is in direct connection with God/Everything, were Man is submissioned to use representations in all situations and for everything: God. Submission to Allah: Islam. Enumerating the words symbolically mean the ability to understand the importance and value of names representing the beautiful Everything/God."
... and it's history is soon to be revealed in My Inevitable Dossier.
UPDATE(12.8.2010): The work with "My Inevitable Dossier" has been cancelled, due to higher goals. Instead of writing a new book, I've decided to create a new church based on my findings. The project is completely in Swedish for the moment and could be found here: www.kognitionskyrkan.nu
Let's solve the problem of Theodicy
Trying todo this , we must first divide the problem into two parts, because the Christian God differ from the Jewish / Islam God, which will be understood in the second part.
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Richard Dawkins launched the so called Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science some weeks ago and I say it's the best ever initiative from mankind's point of view. There are a trillion different rational moves made out there which also are great but Richard, except from just shoulder the burden to make something rational out of the irrational world of pseudoscience and religion, also intend to syncronize all alike efforts using his own brilliant career as focal point. Thereby he truely has committed himself as a scientist to maybe the biggest challenge of our modern world. As a true beliver in Dawkins possibilities to realize his aims with the foundation I subscribed to monthly donations. Well actually, monthly/yearly subscriptions wasn't available until I helped them out with some simple paypal tricks. If you support this great task that he has shouldered, please do as I did. It may turn out to be the greatest move of your life.
Many of us have seen and read about Robert Langdon, the fictional professor of religious iconology and Symbology at Harvard University who appeared in Dan Browns novels. How accurate is the idea of tracking the truth using ancient symbols? Well, many historians agree on the paralell between heraldic symbols and sort of modern archeology. Those of you who have read and absorbed the contents of The Inevitable Dossier most likely also noted that I highlighted the symbol chevron and its importance in history and also today. The dossier follow-up with project name "My Inevitable Dossier" will include more about the background to The Inevitable Dossier, myself and symbols such as the ankh, Coptic cross, the cross of Christianity and the Crown of Immortality.
I published a faked Ebay Ad the 10th of April containing the Pope's throne in Saint Peter's Cathedral, ROME. No bad intentions at all, just a simple joke. Interesting how information spread. I mentioned it on the IMDB Da Vinci Code forum the 12th and if you take a look at the page hit statistics you understand that news about it spread fast - to die out even faster.
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Wolcott Tech students aim to 'read the most'
Torrington >> Students at Oliver Wolcott Technical School will participate in the nation-wide reading competition, "Read The Most From Coast To Coast" on Friday.
This is the second time the high school will take part in the challenge,which utilizes Accelerated Reading, a software program that OWTS uses daily in language arts labs and English classes. The technical school fully implemented the software in 2011.
The competition is open to OWTS ninth and tenth graders.
"Read the Most from Coast to Coast" is a daylong event that challenges students to join together to break a record of the number of Accelerated Reader quizzes taken in one day.
Last year's record, which students will attempt to break this year, is 3,581,992 quizzes.
"They go online and there are tens of thousands of books registered," said Robert Axon, the school's principal. "There are books available at a college reading level all the way to a second grade reading level."
Axon said that many students choose to read shorter, easier books on this day so they can get through many books and take the quizzes.
"For the kids, they want to see how many quizzes they can take but we are still enforcing comprehension," said Bethany Sloan, language arts and reading teacher. "We want them to take their time because they can still get things wrong."
The event is a competition intended to be fun for students, but it is not a free for all. Students have to show their understanding of the books they read in order to pass the quizzes.
OWTS will also celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday on this day as well, although his birthday is actually on March 2. Axon said that a lot of Dr. Seuss's books will be available to read and take quizzes on.
"We want to make reading fun," said Axon. "It's a fun activity that promotes literacy."
All students who participate will be eligible to receive a Certificate of National Participation.
Interested educators, parents and community members can watch the students' progress toward the national goal tracked in real time at www.renlearn/readthemost.com.
Reach Kate Hartman at 860-489-3121, ext. 343.


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A look at the immigration overhaul bill now before the Senate, and details of a compromise border security amendment proposed Thursday by GOP Sens. John Hoeven of North Dakota and Bob Corker of Tennessee. The amendment has been agreed to by Democratic and Republican authors of the bill and is expected to be voted on within the next few days:
In the underlying bill:
—The bill sets goals of 100 per cent surveillance of the border with Mexico and 90 per cent of would-be crossers caught or turned back.
—Within six months of enactment of the bill, the Homeland Security Department must develop a border security plan to achieve those goals, including the use of drones, additional agents and other approaches; and develop a separate plan to identify where more fencing is needed.
—If the goals of a 90 per cent effectiveness rate and continuous surveillance on the border are not met within five years, a Southern Border Security Commission would be established with border-state governors and others to determine how to achieve them.
—Before anyone in the U.S. illegally can get a new provisional legal status, the border security and border fencing plans must be in place. Before they can get permanent residency, the plans must be substantially completed, and a new entry-exit system must also be implemented at U.S. seaports and airports to track people coming and going. A mandatory system for employers to check workers' legal status must also be in place.
—About 3,500 new customs agents would be hired.
—The National Guard would be deployed to the border to build fencing and checkpoints and perform other tasks.
—Funding would be provided to increase border-crossing prosecutions and to create more border patrol stations.
In the Corker-Hoeven amendment:
—The amendment adds 20,000 new Border Patrol agents, doubling the deployment along the U.S.-Mexico border.
—It calls for 700 miles of fencing to be completed — 350 more than in the underlying bill.
—Instead of calling on the Homeland Security Department to develop a border security plan, the amendment includes details on what the plan must contain. This includes a dozen additional surveillance drones and an array of other high-tech devices to monitor the border with Mexico, including cameras and observation towers, seismic imaging and thermal imaging, and an airborne radar system initially used by the military.
—No one could get a green card until all these steps are in place. Government officials including the secretaries of Homeland Security and Defence must certify to Congress that the security measures have been implemented.
—The estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally could obtain "registered provisional immigrant status" six months after enactment of the bill as long as:
(1) The Homeland Security Department has developed border security and fencing plans.
(2) They arrived in the U.S. prior to Dec. 31, 2011, and maintained continuous physical presence since then.
(3) They do not have a felony conviction or three or more misdemeanours.
(4) They pay a $500 fine.
—People in provisional legal status could work and travel in the U.S. but would not be eligible for most federal benefits, including health care and welfare.
—The provisional legal status lasts six years and is renewable for another six years for $500.
—People deported for noncriminal reasons can apply to re-enter in provisional status if they have a spouse or child who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, or if they had been brought to the U.S. as a child.
—After 10 years in provisional status, immigrants can seek a green card and lawful permanent resident status if they are current on their taxes and pay a $1,000 fine, have maintained continuous physical presence in the U.S., meet work requirements and learn English. Also the border triggers must have been met, and all people waiting to immigrate through the legal system as of the date of enactment of the legislation must have been dealt with.
—People brought to the country as youths would be able to get green cards in five years, and citizenship immediately thereafter.
—The cap on the H-1B visa program for high-skilled workers would be immediately raised from 65,000 a year to 110,000 a year, with 25,000 more set aside for people with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math from a U.S. school. The cap could go as high as 180,000 a year depending on demand.
—New protections would crack down on companies that use H-1B visas to train workers in the U.S. only to ship them back overseas.
—Immigrants with certain extraordinary abilities, such as professors, researchers, multinational executives and athletes, would be exempted from existing green-card limits. So would graduates of U.S. universities with job offers and degrees in science, technology, engineering or math.
—A startup visa would be made available to foreign entrepreneurs seeking to come to the U.S. to start a company.
—A new merit visa, for a maximum of 250,000 people a year, would award points to prospective immigrants based on their education, employment, length of residence in the U.S. and other considerations. Those with the most points would earn the visas.
—The bill would eliminate the government's Diversity Visa Lottery Program, which randomly awards 55,000 visas to immigrants from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States, so that more visas can be awarded for employment and merit ties.
—A new W visa would allow up to 200,000 low-skilled workers a year into the country for jobs in construction, long-term care, hospitality and other industries.
—A new agriculture worker visa program would be established to replace the existing program. Agriculture workers already here illegally, who've worked in the industry at least two years, could qualify in another five years for green cards if they stay in the industry.
—Under current law, U.S. citizens can sponsor spouses, children and siblings to come to the U.S., with limits on some categories. The bill would bar citizens from sponsoring their siblings and would allow them to sponsor married sons and daughters only if those children are under age 31.
—Legal permanent residents can currently sponsor spouses and children, but the numbers are limited. The bill eliminates that limit.
—Within four years, all employers must implement E-Verify, a program to electronically verify their workers' legal status. As part of that, noncitizens would be required to show photo ID that must match with a photo in the E-Verify system.


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Adults- Submission Only
No-Points or Time-Limits
Each match will contunue until one competitor submits (or is diqualified)
When a competitor submits he/she is removed from the bracket, the winner will move forward
As there is no separate division for teens they may compete with the adults if they choose
Kids- Submission Only
Age 5-14
Kids will be divided as best as possible into groups based on age, skill, weight and when possible gender
Groups will compete in a round robin style tournament
Each match will have a 3-minute time limit
Only submission will win the match, there are no points
If no submission is achieved the match will be considered a draw
Changes are in RED
NO SLAMMING from guard in any division (slamming from guard means picking up your opponent off his back and slamming him back to the ground, if a player jumps guard his opponent may throw him to the ground). Throwing is not considered slamming.
NO INTENTIONALLY THROWING an opponent on the HEAD, NECK OR FACE. Every effort must be made to plant the opponent on his side, back, front or legs. Deliberately trying to throw an opponent on their head may result in disqualification.
TWISTING LEG LOCKS (heel hooks, toe holds etc.) will be allowed in ELITE MEN Division ONLY.
SUBMISSION: All holds must be applied as to induce submission, not to break the joint, or otherwise cause lasting injury. That said it is the competitors responsibility to tap before damage occurs.
NO SMALL JOINT MANIPULATION (meaning finger and toe locks etc.). No grabbing individual fingers, all four fingers must be grabbed to peal. Pealing the thumb is okay, but not twisting it or grabbing and holding it.
NO GRABBING OR RIPPING FLESH including ears, nose, lips, eyes, pinching etc. Placing fingers in the throat, groin, eyes, nose etc. is forbidden.
NO EYE GOUGHING of any kind, including using fingers, elbows or the chin.
NO STRIKING of any kind
NO JEWLRY may be worn.
NO STALLING: A player who appears to be deliberately moving out of bounds to avoid submission, take down or any other disadvantage may be warned or even disqualified.
OUT OF BOUNDS: If the players accidentally go out of bounds or move to close to another player, the referee will return them to the center of the mat in a position as close as possible to their exiting position. If their exiting position was ambiguous, they will be returned to standing.
ATTEMPTING TO INJURE: A player who appears, in the opinion of the referee, to be attempting to injure his opponent will be warned or disqualified, according to the severity of the infraction. Un-sportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated.
SPORTSMANSHIP: This is a friendly competition; each contestant is expected to treat all other contestants in a respectful manner. Un-sportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated; warnings and disqualifications will be given at the referee's discretion and will not be argued. No technique with the intent to cause lasting injury will be allowed.
OTHER: Incidents not covered here will be left to the discretion of the referee and/or event managers.
NO INTENTIONAL NECK CRANKS or other Spinal Locks in any kids (the guillotine choke or other chokes that have minimal unintentional cranking will be permitted at the referee's discretion, depending on age and experience)
NO STANDING GUILLOTINE in the kids divisions
NO LEG LOCKS in the kids divisions
NO WINDPIPE CHOKES in the kids divisions, no intentional direct pressure on the front of the throat
NO-GI Division: rash guard (or t-shirt) and fight shorts
No bare torsos, tank tops, or Sleeve-less shirts
No sports bras, Speedos or anything similar.
Wrestling shoes will be permitted in the no-gi division but not the gi division (unless special needs exist)
Clothing with holes, cuts, or tears will not be permitted.
Finger and toenails must be trimmed.
Apparel cannot have zippers, straps, buckles, or anything else that may cause injury.
Personal cleanliness is mandatory.
No bare torsos, tank tops, or Sleeve-less shirts
No sports bras, Speedos or anything similar.
Clothing with holes, cuts, or tears will not be permitted.
Finger and toenails must be trimmed.
Apparel cannot have zippers, straps, buckles, or anything else that may cause injury.
Personal cleanliness is mandatory.
WEIGH-IN: All competitors must wear shorts to weigh-in, NO STRIPPING DOWN.
Rules Updated: 2/1/2013


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'If you're not wedded to Apple's operating system, Dell's notebook is the way to go, but Mac fans who value endurance above all else will find the new 13-inch Air the best there is. '
'Thankfully, the system is unencumbered by bloatware. '
'Thanks to a new generation of processors, the MacBook Air gets improved battery life, while maintaining its now classic thin and light metal exterior.'
'The small notebook maintains a strong repertoire of connectivity technologies. '
'The MacBook Air 11-inch is a wonderful commuter laptop, and it should be on your short list if you're constantly on the move. '
'If you've got the money it's perfect for business trips.'
'More ports than 12-inch MacBook. '
'Apple's buying process is very user-friendly.'
'It might not be of huge interest to you if you're using a 2012 or newer model, but if you're hanging on to that older MacBook Pro with an optical drive, it's a worthy upgrade. '
'It's a wonderful laptop. '
'The updated 13-inch MacBook Pro packs a new fifth-generation 2.7-GHz Intel Core i5-5257U processor along with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of faster flash storage. '
'Good graphics, even faster SSD speeds. '
'While the Tablet mode is top-notch, you'll likely spend most of the time using the Surface Book as a laptop. '
'If you can live with its design quirks, this is a great all-purpose high-end laptop. '
'great laptop'
'It's excellent overall, and an improvement over last year's version. '
'Clear, bright, 12-inch, 2,160-by-1,440-resolution display. '
'Below-average battery life.'
'Despite its small size, the speakers in the Surface Pro 4 made an impact. '
'It has a great screen, looks good and delivers in every way that matters. '
'Epic battery life.'
'Asus Chromebook Flip (C100PA-DB02), on the other hand, delivers a stunning, lightweight convertible design, excellent performance, and impressive battery life for under $300. '
'The Asus Chromebook Flip C100 takes some real risks, some more successful than others, in order to provide a premium-feeling experience for only $249 (£249 in the UK; not currently available in Australia).'
'impressive build quality'
'It helps that the Chromebook Flip is one of the smallest and lightest convertible systems around, weighing 1.96 pounds and measuring 10.6 x 7.2 x 0.6 inches. '
'The Asus Zenbook UX305FA-ASM1 may be extremely thin and feather-light, but an ultraportable laptop can't get by on those aspects alone.'
'The Asus UX305 is one of the finest laptops we've ever reviewed when value is taken into consideration. '
'If the company is smart about promotion, this could be a very successful product. '
'The display is unusually good for a Windows laptop though, using IPs-like technology that gives wide viewing angles and better colour gamut.'
'the Dell Chromebook 11 Non-Touch is ideal for any grade-school classroom or for use as an affordable, everyday laptop.'
'As an everyday laptop, though, this model falls a bit short of our expectations, especially considering the achievements of its older sibling. '
'The matte finish on the keys made them comfortable to use.'
'Snappy performance'
'The new MacBook is brilliant.'
'A genuinely unique laptop for those seeking a Retina display in the most compact and light chassis around, the fact remains that the new MacBook's many compromises mean it won't suit everyone. '
'Impossible movie was loud and clear, even at the highest volume setting.'
'Just get ready for some sticker shock, as this system costs $1,299.'
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Tune in to "New Day" during the 6 a.m. hour to hear from David and Jason Benham.
(CNN) -- Twin brothers David and Jason Benham have lost their opportunity to host their own HGTV show.
The brothers ran afoul of the network after the site Right Wing Watch published a post about the pair, labeling David Benham as an "anti-gay, anti-choice extremist" for reportedly leading a prayer rally in 2012 outside of the Democratic National Convention held in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The site posted a recording of Benham talking to a talk show host about "homosexuality and its agenda that is attacking the nation" and "demonic ideologies" taking hold in colleges and public schools.
Benham also discusses the fight for North Carolina's Amendment One, which involved a ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions in the state constitution.
The Benham brothers were the planned stars of the HGTV show "Flip It Forward," set to premiere in October, in which they would have helped families purchase homes they otherwise could not afford.
An April press release described the planned show this way: "After a decade of flipping houses for profit, brothers David Benham and Jason Benham now help families buy the homes they never thought they could afford. In each episode, the guys help a deserving family find a fixer-upper and transform it into their forever home -- with a healthy dose of sibling rivalry between the brothers along the way."
But after the post went public, HGTV tweeted, "HGTV has decided not to move forward with the Benham Brothers' series."
Thursday night, Jason Benham told CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" that HGTV had vetted the pair.
"When they -- a year and a half ago -- saw some of the footage where my brother was saying the things he was saying, they spoke with us.
"They got to know us a little better and then they made a judgment call, recognizing that David and I have no hate in our heart for anyone.
"We've been running a successful real estate company for the last 11 years and we help all people. There is no discrimination," said Jason Benham.
His comments were echoed by his brother.
"We love all people. I love homosexuals. I love Islam, Muslims, and my brother and I would never discriminate. Never have we -- never would we," said David Benham.
"Never have I ever spoken against homosexuals, as individuals, and gone against them. I speak about an agenda. And that's really what the point of this is -- is that there is an agenda that is seeking to silence the voices of men and women of faith," he added.
The brothers believe HGTV was bullied into its decision because of the media firestorm.
"It was too much for them to bear and they had to make a business decision," David Benham said.
HGTV has decided not to move forward with the Benham Brothers' series.— HGTV (@hgtv) May 7, 2014
Earlier, the brothers released a statement:
"The first and last thought on our minds as we begin and end each day is: have we shined Christ's light today? Our faith is the fundamental calling in our lives, and the centerpiece of who we are. As Christians we are called to love our fellow man. Anyone who suggests that we hate homosexuals or people of other faiths is either misinformed or lying.
"Over the last decade, we've sold thousands of homes with the guiding principle of producing value and breathing life into each family that has crossed our path, and we do not, nor will we ever discriminate against people who do not share our views.
"We were saddened to hear HGTV's decision. With all of the grotesque things that can be seen and heard on television today you would think there would be room for two twin brothers who are faithful to our families, committed to biblical principles, and dedicated professionals. If our faith costs us a television show then so be it."
There is also a YouTube video of David Benham speaking at a "celebration" of a closing of an abortion clinic in 2013. Website GlobalFlare.com, which emphasizes "positive news and entertainment," called it a "smear campaign" against the brothers.
The organization Faith Driven Consumer, which started a campaign in support of Phil Robertson of "Duck Dynasty," has launched #FlipThisDecision, a petition aimed at reinstating the HGTV show.


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