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77 Meetup Groups match "Asian" near Vienna, VA
Asians and Asian Americans for One City, 3rd Sundays, 12:30PM to 2:30PM, meet in Chinatown, Wash. D.C. and connect with friends, old and new! EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED! Asian American professionals of DC's Friendship Archway Network are actively bridging cultural, digital and other divides in downtown Washington DC by coming together, working together and succeeding together! You are invited to join Asian American professionals and people of all backgrounds interested in Asian Americans, Chinese la …
The Baltimore Asian-American Social Club is a group of young, active Asian-American Professionals that come together to promote cultural awareness and appreciation of Asian cultures, traditions, festivals, films, music, and cuisines. This is a social group where you can share your rich traditions, culinary dishes, as well as your friendship, so even if you are not Asian, but hold respect and curiosity for Asian Cultures you are welcome. Diversity is a wonderful thing and we need you to add to o …
The Asian American Chamber of Commerce sponsors business referral sharing meetings, organized and hosted by our Business Referral Group (BRG). On a regular basis, BRG meets for business referral purposes and networking events. We welcome new members to the chamber and BRG, and seek to create a welcoming social community to assist in our developing business for each other. We meet every other week at the Asian American Chamber of Commerce offices, at 8300 Boone Boulevard, Suite 450, Tysons Corner …
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Are you a single professional Asian man or Black woman in search of your soulmate? Are you open to dating outside of your race in your search for a life partner? The Black Women & Asian Men Interracial Dating Meetup is focused on increasing the interaction between Black women and Asian men. ***This group is accepting single men at the current time. Women will be place on a waiting list pending membership.***
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Are you a single professional Asian Woman or Black Man in search of your soulmate? Are you open to dating outside of your race in your search for a life partner? The Asian Women & Black Men Interracial Dating Meetup is focused on increasing the interaction between Asian women and Black men. There are so many Asian Women and Black Men who are looking for each other in this area I felt the need for this meetup group. It is just so hard to meet that special person when we are all so focused on …
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AscendNAAMBA is an organization with global reach aimed to propel Pan–Asian leaders to new heights through mentoring, professional development, and career advancement opportunities. AscendNAAMBA is the MBA component of Ascend, and will offer robust development programs designed to cultivate Pan–Asian talent and professional advancement. We are: An organization with global reach An organization that is truly Pan-Asian An organization that strives to create a critical mass of Pan-Asian professio …
We are the 2nd largest Asian Meetup group in the world! This social group is for Asian-Pacific Americans (or anyone who appreciates and enjoys being part of the APA / API community) mostly in their 20s and 30s who enjoy dancing, dining, karaoke, clubs, dim sum, outdoor activities, road trips, and other local activities (APA films, dragon boat, lunar new year). This group is for married people, single people, new-in-town, and people who have been in the Washington DC area for a while and are sim …
Asian American Young Professionals DC/MD/VA is a social-networking group that studies Asian languages, plays games (Mahjong, Chinese Chess, go, etc.) and contributes to the Washington DC area community via volunteer and charity events. We practice the "3 Fs"- Fun, Friendship, and Filanthropy. We also do club nights, happy hours, outdoor events, museum trips, dining out at Asian restaurants (dim sum, sushi, Korean bbq, pho, etc.)- pretty much anything fun. Our goal is to have a fun, productive, a …
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The Asian Dining Group is a group who adore all kinds of Asian Cuisine e.g. Chinese, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Indian, Japanese, Taiwanese, etc. Folks that like to dine out and try new things. Then this group is for you! Learn about Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese, Cantonese culture, et. al. No shows will be documented and removed from the group. Late drop is considered a no show. Please read the group rules: http://www.meetup.com/Asian-Dining/about/
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Our group provides a mutually supportive environment for Asian women in business, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, through training, education, and exchange of ideas.
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Hello, everyone! Welcome to the "Asian & Eurasian Men and Caucasian Women That Love Them" group. Here, we will hold monthly meetings where members can mingle, network, make friends, learn from each other, and perhaps even find someone. This is a great opportunity for this very low profile interracial combination to prosper. We are located in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Please feel free to join and we will see you at the next meeting. :)
There are a lot of great authors to come out of South Asia and it's diaspora - R. K. Naryan, V. S. Naipaul, Jhumpa Lahiri, Monica Ali, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, the list goes on. There a lot of great stories... Let's meet once every other month and discuss a book by a South Asian author or a book with South Asian themes! You don't have to be from Annapolis to join! And you don't have to be South Asian, either! All are welcome!
South Asian (DeSis) Friends, If you are in your 30's and 40's Desi single, divorced.... Bored or too busy with work? Live around the VA/MD/DC area? Make friends or find a soul mate if something like that really exists ??..:-) Enjoy movies, outdoor activities, picnics and like to try new things ... Reasons to join this group Most Important --- If you just wanna have fun ... Some others are 1. Most of your friends are married or in relationships 2. where every you go someone want to hook you up wi …
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Korean Asian Exchange... An exciting Meetup group.. hosting events at various venues all through the Washington DC area. From nightlife events, sporting events, to bowling, movies, and dining... this is where you need to be. We also have the added feature of Language exchange . Learn Korean or practice your English. We'll have meetups devoted solely to learning Korean or ESL, and eating of course. This is the group that you've got to join. All are welcomed.
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Welcome to the Asian Cultures meetup. Explore the cultures of asia, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, and more.
This group is for young Asian professionals or anyone who enjoys being part of the group in their 20s and 30s. If you like dancing, drinking, socializing, going out or love taken pictures, please join and we will keep you update on our monthly plans. We plan happy hours, events and activities in many of DC popular clubs, lounges and locations for people to meet, make new friends and a change to network. This group is open for single, married, new comers, college students, foreign students and an …
SAEC is a network of meet-up groups around the world that bring together South Asians on amazing long distance trips. Skiing, the beach, hiking, European cities or safari's in Africa - we'll plan any trip thats a unique opportunity to see the world and meet great people. Come join us to travel, get info, or organize international group trips!
Looking to meet some South Asian girlfriends in Baltimore? Meet women to connect with who are interested in sharing ethnic interests in all things Desi! My hope for this exclusive group restricted to women only is to plan for social events at local upscale lounges/bars, dining out at eateries, trips to South Asian things going on in and around the DC/Baltimore area, and then some!!
WHAT: Friendship Archway community networking event on 3rd Sundays 12:30PM to 2:30PM You are invited to join Chinese Americans for One City! Join members of the Friendship Archway Alliance to bridge cultural, digital and other divides and strengthen harmony and unity in Washington D.C. EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED! Once a month connect with friends, old and new, at this free community event in Chinatown, Downtown Washington D.C.! Meet Chinese, Asian, Pacific Islanders, multi-cultural and people of all …
Chinatown is a Great Place. We will bet you have eaten at some of it's tasty restaurants or strolled the streets getting to know the culture. And we want it to last for many years to come. It is a hub of culture where Chinese, Americans, Chinese-Americans and people from all over the world visit as part of their visit to Washinton D.C. It represents what can be some of the best ideas for our ONE city. Join us as we discuss the future of CHINATOWN and our ONE CITY, Washington D.C. We hope to mee …
Find the Indo-American Community in your town! All are welcome: American, International culture, Expats, Immigrants, Kids of Immigrants, ABCDs, partners of Indian folk? Anyone with some feeling of connection to the Indian subcontinent. We try to meet once a month (tbd), and get together in between for happy hours, movies, or other activities. New members are especially encouraged to join in!! Here are some suggestions made by existing members for the types of fun they want..(email me to add your …
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Calling all South Asian women in the DC/MD/VA area! Whether you're new to the area and looking to make some new girlfriends or whether you've lived here forever and just want to expand your circle of Desi female friends, this group is for you! We'll get together for local events, happy hours, dinners, movie nights, wine tastings, and more!! Have an idea for an event? Let us know! Join our Facebook group too! https://www.facebook.com/groups/151554851715407/
Welcome! This group is for anyone interested in exploring Vietnamese culture and making new friends. While many of our events will have a focus on Vietnamese culture, we will also explore other Asian cultures and have a variety of social and volunteer activities within the Vietnamese community. The main components of this group are: 1. Cultural Exploration 2. Social/Fun events 3. Event Volunteering 4. Community Service Please see the "About" tab at the top of this page for more informat …
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if you are Asian American who live in DMV area for long time or new in town and like to hang out to meet new friends, this group is for you. I try to conect Asian American together for our culture and community. We will to explore our culture beside doing regular meetup.
Hello! This successful international culture group in Washington DC, Maryland & Virginia (& Korea!), founded in 2006, has over 1300 members. We celebrated our 7th anniversary in 2013! Korean Waves ™ in 2012 & 2013 went GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) in DC, VA, & MD! The Korean cultural sensation - Korean singer Psy - and now international star inspired many of us with his hit song (oppan) Gangnam Style. Join a group that includes its own stars... our members! And yes, we do have stars at some of our …
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This meetup group is about connecting with the children roots. We are fun group of mommies and daddies who enjoy outdoor activities, movies, food, playgroups and many other activities.
This group was created to gather all the South Asian (Desis - Indian, Pakistani, Nepali, Bangladeshi, Sri Lanka….etc) people, friends and family in DC Metropolitan(MD/DC/VA) area to share and enjoy their time watching movies, attending music show, dancing, clubs, sing songs, desi events, bollywood night life, picnic, karaoke night, dining, food testing, potluck, public events, community events, festivals, outings, local events, holiday events, out of town trips, birthday parties, house play, nig …
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This is a play group for school age children adopted from China (or other Asian countries). I would like my 6 year old girl (from China) to meet other kids who share a similar history. We can meet at my house in great Falls or at local parks. We can plan other fun activities as well. Parents can have an opportunity to bond and support one another as well.
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Looking to connect with local area Fil-Am moms/ladies for friendship and fun or just simply want to expand your social circle? Join us and we'll do some 'girls just wanna have fun' time! We will have family get togethers as well as playdates with our kids at other times.
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This group is to meet other folks interested in the Cantonese/Chinese culture. In this meetup we will do events where people can get to know other people better like dining out. We will try to do events in Virginia, DC, and Maryland. Inactive users will be deleted. Users with too many no shows will also be deleted.
Come meet other asian food lovers and make new friends while you dine out and have the best asian food in the area! We love asian food!!!!! Who has the best sushi? Is your Moo Goo as good as my Moo Goo? Had a memorable Pad Thai? Got Orange Beef? WTF is a bubble drink? Balut anyone? Tom Yum Talay! How about some "Sqeezel?" As an added bonus we can party after and get VIP passes to "Fly", "Public", "Current", "Midtown", "Park", "Shadow Room" and "Lotus". This is THE meetup to be in! From tuesday t …
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This group is designed (in spite of the catchy title) to allow black women and men of all races and backgrounds to be social and mingle. While dating is encouraged, it is not necessarily an inter-racial dating group – its broader purpose is to provide social venues for fun people to hang out and have FUN! While we love our black men, one of the group's purposes is to give black women more opportunity to meet men of diverse backgrounds, whether it is a new or common experience. To join, you mus …
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I'm not a Francophile. I like France, but I've never fantasized about living here. I don't idolize French food, or the language, or fashion. I decided a few years ago (with Matt, of course) that it would be a good idea to try to live in France, because the comics industry is so strong here, because we have professional connections, because Matt speaks very good French, and because I really need to finally learn to do so too. There are other reasons we wanted to move, but they're less specific to France: we want our kids to know multiple languages and to have an international perspective. We feel that living abroad, anywhere, is a really good idea for artists. We were trapped in an ongoing stress-fest life in Brooklyn, where we did (a lot) more comics-related work than on actual comics, and we needed to go somewhere cheaper and simpler (this factor does not really point one to France, of course). (More on our decision-making process here.)
So the last few days of August 2012 saw me and Matt and our two kids get on a plane with way too many suitcases and arrive in Angoulême, France.
People say to me, "oh, that just sounds so fan-TAS-tic" in this dreamy voice…you can tell that my story plays into their more-or-less developed fantasy of escape to a romantic other life, where things are simpler and slower and a hell of a lot prettier. I have this conversation with friends and family over and over: Is it great? Are you happy? When are you coming back? Does socialism work?? Continue reading

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When it comes to a location shoot there many special effects and optical illusions that can be created. You can take pictures that amaze, so those who see these images are really asking. For some of these things in photography, you will have some specialized equipment, others require only a good photo editing software and some basic components. 1. Reduce and put the camera on a miniature scale is truly remarkable. This is done by using a rotation angle control goal or point of view. Anyone who feels like a giant that contemplate the scene and few realize that the objective of the work is ' a picture taken. 2 combine multiple images into a single image with a high dynamic range. This allows you to take more than one photo and combine all together, so there are more and better lighting and shading. 3 increase the brightness and the cut in the shadows with long exposure techniques. This can help to emphasize the brightness and the climax of the scene where some elements such as ' water seem to move. This technique can give your photos a look that is very dramatic and surreal when you learn the photo, especially if used in the foliage and natural outdoor scenes. You can see false color images in black and white may be a ghostly character that is unusual. 5. Add a second flash to show movement and illuminate the background of ' image. This helps to create paths of light and also adds detail to the background with no blur in the middle of injection. 6 vaccine products that have a high contrast, deflecting the ball and the color of the shadow twisted ' that is very popular. This is Lomography, and a number of followers incurred due to special effects that occur. 7. Zoom during exposure to get ' a ' optical illusion and a unique look, which is probably interesting. This adds a series of lines that seem to be in the focusing of the image and ' is rare, but very interesting. 8. With panoramic techniques that can create the Visual effect of ' photo subject is moving. The background is out of focus, meaning that it will do so, and the subject is very bright and clear decision approach. This is achieved by moving the camera to follow the subject. 9 for photos with vibrant colors or shapes that have well-defined movements, while taking the photo, you can add some unusual special effects and illusions. Shooting, dance and movement, in other words, during the capture of the ' image. Some of them may not be like others, but you can capture amazing scenes that are lively and attractive. 10. a little blur ' can go a long way. Using some techniques and different exposure times, you can capture a stage with many details, while the ' adding certain lack of definition that suggests movement in still frame. Watch this interesting video, I'll show you some amazing things ,.


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Union Rags was the favorite to win the Kentucky Derby at 9/2.
When they were off and the race began, Union Rags fell to the back of the pack.
Trinniberg was off to a good start and led for a little while before Bodemaster took the early lead, racing steadily at about 35 MPH.
Bodemaster had the lead at the far turn, even leading by five lengths in the home stretch.
Then, out of nowhere, I'll Have Another started gaining ground from the far outside.
100 yards away from the finish line, Bodemaster and I'll Have Another were battling it out for the lead. But Bodemaster tired out and the horse named after a cookie obsession took the lead.
I'll Have Another finished a length and a half ahead of Bodemaster and won the 138th run for the roses.
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New York is the kind of city that always surprises me. In fact, it almost overwhelms me with the sheer volume of new and interesting things to do! A lot of people who live here don't even take advantage of the great seasonal events, shows, museums and tours that are on offer 365 days a year. Many assume these things are just for tourists, but I think if they did a bit of research they'd find that living in one of the most exciting cities in the world is pretty pointless if you don't experience it to the fullest. And just because you're a New Yorker – doesn't mean there isn't more for you to learn and love.
When I'm not doing journalism-type activities, I work in the travel business and as a result am lucky enough to see some of the best attractions up close and personal. This week I attended an event that took me from the USS Intrepid to the brand new 9/11 Memorial by Water Taxi. Here's what I thought:
Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
I have to admit that I knew very little about the U.S.S Intrepid before I visited the museum. In a stereotypical way, I had these pre-conceived notions of it being a "boys place" with big ships, planes and guns. However, once our tour guide Daniel started to show us around, my opinion completely flipped. The Intrepid Museum is for anyone with a passion for history and a love of fascinating machines. Daniel only had a short period of time to squeeze in a lot – but I've never seen a guide with so much enthusiasm for his subject! He was constantly sharing little known facts about US naval history and making the huge amount of information he had extremely accessible to our small group.
The museum space is set out in an attractive way with plenty of places to sit and take everything in. It also has lots of different interactive exhibits including a 4D experience! In addition the museum has a British Concorde plane and is soon to be home to a US Space Shuttle.
One thing I learned was that the U.S.S Intrepid is still vital to the US military. Directly following the September 11th attacks, the aircraft carrier was called back into duty and became the base of the FBI in New York as it carried it out its counter terrorism operations.
At $24.00 for adults and either $12.00 or $19.00 for kids (depending on their age) the price tag is a bit steep. But you could easily spend several hours in this museum and not tire of the educational, historical and heroic snapshot its gives.
For more info see: http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/
The NY Water Taxi
I'm no stranger to the NY Water Taxi and spent a whole summer ferrying large groups of senior citizens on and off these boats! I can therefore vouch for my experience on more than one occasion. But in a city where quick and easy transportation is king – these boats sure do come in handy!
We were ferried from the U.S.S Intrepid Museum down along the Hudson river, which allows you to take in every facet of the New York skyline in all it's glory! There is no better way to check out the city than from the top deck of a boat with the breeze in your hair. Especially when you compare the experience to a cramped, dark and sweaty subway carriage. It took us no time at all to reach the Brooklyn shore and the newly revamped Brooklyn Bridge Park for lunch.
We were then ferried back across the river to lower Manhattan and Battery Park. You can get a Hop on Hop Off day pass for $25.00 and see the city at your own pace. The NY Water Taxi docks at Pier 84, West 44th Street, Battery Park Slip 6, Pier 17, South Street Seaport and Fulton Ferry Landing, DUMBO.
And now, the Water Taxi has partnered with the new 9/11 Memorial offering passes and packages on its website: http://www.nywatertaxi.com/
9/11 Memorial
It's hard to believe that ten years have passed since the attacks on September 11th, 2001 but sure enough, time has flown by and a
few weeks ago the 9/11 memorial opened to the public. As someone who was in New York on that fateful day ten years ago, I was eager to see what kind of tribute would be put in place and I can tell you, I was not disappointed.
Passes to the memorial are available from its website http://www.911memorial.org/ (or the water taxi website above) and are issued in timed intervals. This system works really well and once you're there on time with your pass you should have no problems. Lines moved quickly and security went very smoothly despite the huge numbers of people going through the metal detectors. Once in side the Memorial itself I was surprised at how open and airy it was. There weren't too many people crowded into one space and this left each person more than enough room to breathe and thus take a moment to reflect.
The two pools of water located on the original Twin Towers sites are breath taking. Cool waters flow from all around square imprints where the towers once stood and are surrounded by engravings of the victims' names. The metal surrounding the giant pools is such that it will always be cool, even on the hottest New York day. Also visible from the sight is the Freedom Tower – currently under construction and only at half it's final height.
While we were making our visit, we were overwhelmed by the respect ordinary visitors showed to the FDNY, NYPD and military officers who also attended. It is truly a touching and fitting tribute to what happened that day.
This is sure to be one of the most visited tourist attractions on the planet – especially when the 9/11 Memorial Museum opens up next year. Passes for the site are free (but a donation is suggested) and must be reserved in advance. Definitely put this one on your to-do list.


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It is an important day to say the least for pitching great Roger Clemens he is facing some very damaging testimony in his perjury trial clemens' former Yankee teammate.
Andy -- arrived back in federal court in Washington.
He's expected to face more cross examination today.
Yesterday he said that Clemens admitted to using steroids which Clemens as you now has denied.
Under oath.
-- a bit of a discrepancy there and it's an important one community -- he joins us now from Washington heading Clemens used to be teammates did that seem to affect you know anything about the proceedings yesterday.
Martha Andy -- was very uncomfortable yesterday he said he's sad about where all that stands and even -- Clemens is good friend but they never even made eye contact in court.
And -- the prosecutor asked him to -- the seven time Cy Young award winner by then.
The damage was done because -- said that in 1999 or 2000 quote.
I was working out at Roger's house and don't remember if that was in the gym or outside the gym but Roger had mentioned to me that he had taken H -- committee could help with recovery.
That's really all I remember about conversation but.
Pettit and said he was flustered a few years later the congressional hearings into steroids in baseball -- started saying quote.
I asked him that if anyone had asked him if he'd use performance enhancing drugs and he just said.
What are you talking about and I said well didn't you tell me that he said no I told you my wife used it he just said that my wife had used it.
Andy Pettitte is making a Major League comeback this season his last outing in the minors wasn't so hot he gave up five runs on Monday the Yankees manager Joseph Girardi says -- sure.
This trial was on his mind.
-- So how are clemens' lawyers defending him against that contradictory statement that you just read -- -- -- pet.
Well Roger clemens' lawyers are trying to remind the jury that he was nicknamed the rocket for -- reason -- pointed out that he struck out twenty batters in 1996 and 1998.
Before he ever met his alleged 58 supplier and the defense team had had it.
Help a lawyer you see here act Al how effective Clemens was at pitching inside to batters.
And the impact of the split fingered fastball Clemens learned a pro later in his career.
Pat on his success and Clemens as we speak right now actually -- -- it is back on the stand.
The cross examination continues.
Very dramatic and clearly a tough day -- those two former teammates thank you very much Peter good to see you.
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How the light gets in
We had a phone call from The Institute of Arts and Ideas (IAI) recently and we have to admit, they were not a body we would have intuitively linked with our strategic efforts here in PwC on diversity. However, reading their brand statement 'realising the potential of the 21st century intellectual landscape' gave us pause for thought; as part of our diversity strategy is undoubtedly about realising the potential of our PwC intellectual and talent landscape.
So it turns out, some of their team are avid readers of our Gender Agenda blog (which is always nice to hear) and they wanted to bring our attention to their upcoming How the Light Gets In festival, which it turns out it is the world's largest philosophy and music festival, and appears to have a wonderfully eclectic programme of thought-provoking debates, music, and comedy.
As diversity practitioners we keep ourselves informed of current research, legislation, best practice and dialogue on all things diversity.
This festival made us think we need to start thinking in more broad and diverse terms as to how we keep abreast of developments in such areas beyond our usual sources. So when Zoe Willox Dunant of the IAI encouraged us to look at the programme for How the Light Gets In festival because she thought some of it may be of interest to us, we couldn't have agreed more.
The programme includes a number of relevant philosophy sessions: The World after Men, Revolutionary Women, More than Equal, After Feminism, United in Difference. And one that particularly piqued our interest entitled Thinking Differently.
This Thinking Differently debate brings together a diverse mix of experts including Scottish feminist linguist Deborah Cameron, feminist psychologist Carol Gilligan and Cambridge philosopher Simon Blackburn as they embark upon a quest for new ways of thinking.
A rather enticing session description is outlined…
Thinking differently
Have we made a mistake in the way we think? Some believe our very
language and thought are inherently male, and that this is a serious
shortcoming. Can we create a new way of thinking that is not masculine,
and as a consequence create a new world, or is this a misguided fantasy?
Encouraging new ways of thinking is part of our role. We aim to get leadership, management, the whole talent population of our organisations to think in new and different ways, including thinking about diversity itself differently. To understand that diversity is a business issue with a clear business case, and harness the creativity and innovation of our workforce.
The importance of language and thinking differently was at the crux of Dennis Nally's recent PwC CEO Insight's blog entitled Stop talking about diversity. Dennis shares why he believes that discussing diversity implicitly at the global level (as opposed to explicitly) will sustain momentum in the face of uncertain markets and help tap into talent.
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It is time to move on. XP was fantastic for 10 years...but Windows 7 is so much better, let go of your security blanket and join the big boys.
Yes! Artificially. They don't allow OEMs to sell it any more. Without any more copies being sold after 2008, it is holding on to 52% market share today. And clearly if you think can you can an unpatched Windows machine with internet access, then you have no idea of good security. Might as well forget about Windows 7. There is this stupid thinking that moving on is compulsory for fear of getting left behind. Windows XP is an OS with a more productive file manager, taskbar and Start menu than the broken desktop in Windows 7.
"artificially"??? What kind of redneck thinking is that? First, you don't need security updates to run XP. BUT, you will need common sense to move on. Do you still drive a car that the tires have fallen off? LOL!
XP has been artificially obsoleted. I can't happily keep running XP on my existing PC. Once it stops getting security updates in April 2014, my PC will get infected so in a way Microsoft always forces users to upgrade.
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Wednesday. March. 9th 1763.In yesterdays lecture I explaind to you how a system of liberty came to be established in Britain after the fall of the nobles, not indeed immediately after it but about 100 years after the race of the Tudors had become extinct and the Stewarts came to the throne. There were two great causes which contributed to bring about this change.—The 1st and chief was the situation of the kingdom, which made a standing army be thought unnecessary. The want of this made it impossible for the king to establish laws or levy taxes without the assistance of the Parliament. The kingdom had indeed been ruled by Chas 1st for 16 years by proclamations and edicts; these under Henry the eights time also had very nearly tho not | altogether the authority of an Act of Parliament, and were sufficient to keep the people in awe. Dissobedience to them would have been highly punishable, but this was not then the case. The other cause which had a considerable effect also was that the ancient and ordinary revenues of the crown had been more dissipatedl in Britain than in any other country. The remains of the ancient demesnes lands had been intirely alienated by Elizabeth, who, seeing she was to have no issue, becoming careless in what condition her successor should receive the government, engratiated herself with <the> people by decreasing the expences of the govt., particularly in the end of her reign in the war against Spain, by the money procured by the sale of these lands, as is particularly explaind by Ld Bolingbroke.68 In this manner a greater defalcation of the revenues of the crown had been tried here than any where else. As the king also had no standing armies he could of himself raise no taxes or subsidies, and was altogether dependent on Parliament. The House of Commons had also the ascendency over the House of Lords asm at this time. The number of voices | in that House was much greater; they consist of about 500 members, whereas the Lords are not much above 200; and of these 500 there are perhaps 200 possessed of as great property or greater than the Lords. But besides this personall influence, they had a still greater one as being the representatives of the whole body <of> the people both in the burrows and the country, and in this light as it were the weight of the whole people. The nation in generall also trusts them much more than the nobles. The nobles, it may be feared, will have respect to the aggrandizing of their families and fortunes as it is from them that they derive their influence. The Commons on the other hand must have a respect to the voice of the people and the good will of their constituents, which they must endeavour to maintain as their authority depends on it; they therefore have the compounded weightn of their own weight and that of the people also.o They have also a considerable influence from the old custom that all money bills should take their rise from them; and money bills now | make the greatest and most important part of any. The members of the House of Commons are also much more accustomed to debate and deliberation than the Lords, so that on the whole the far greater part of the bills take their origin from them, and generally pass of course before the Lords. The Lords would now have hardly any business were it not for the Scots appeals, at which there are ordinarily not above 4 or 5 present,p unless it were on deliberations on the concluding of a peace or other such important transaction. In all other cases the Commons have by far the greatest and most considerable share. The Commons also endeavoured to establish a custom which would have put all bills on the same footing with money bills, and given the Lords no more power than that which the king has, viz that of assenting to or refusing a bill without altering it. This they attempted by what they called a tack, that is, a clause join'd to a money bill in which some thing of a different nature was included, and saying that this was a money bill theyq demanded that the Lords should have only the power of refusing etc. it as a money bill. But this they never would agree to, as every law would have | been put into the form of a money bill. Liberty thus established has been since confirmed by many Acts of Parliament and clauses of Acts. The system of government now supposes a system of liberty as a foundation. Every one would be shocked at any attempt to alter this system, and such a change would be attended with the greatest difficulties. The chief danger is from the Civill List and the standing army (as above).69 One security for liberty is that all judges hold their office[r]s for life and are intirely independent of the king. Every one therefore is tried by a free and independent judge, who are als<o> accountabler for their conduct. Nothing therefore will influ<en>ce them to act unfairly to the subject, and endang<er> the loss of a profitable office and their reputation also; nothing the king could bestow would be an equivalent. The judge and jury have no dependance on the crown.—The sheriffs indeed in many counties of England as well as in Scotland are appointed by the king, but this office is also for life, and is not attended with great dignity and no profit,s so that many pay a fine of 500£ to be excused from it. | The disposall of it can give no influence to the king, nor can he greatly over rule them, ort act contrary to law and justice. One who levied any tax which was not authorised by Parliament may be tried of robbery, and that too in the way of appeal, which the king can not pardon, tho he can those on indictment or information. So that no one will readily be influenced by the king, his protection or orders not being able to screen one from justice. Another article which secures the liberty of the subjects is the power which the Commons have of impeaching the kings ministers of mal–administration, and that tho it had not visibly encroached on liberty. This power still remains, tho it has not been exercised since the time of William 3d. This priviledge as well as many others favourable to liberty we owe to that tyrannical prince, Henry 8th. The ordinary method which they took to get free of any of his ministers of whom he had become jealous was to get him impeached by his servile House of Commons, and from this time they have still retaind it. The king can not pardon an | appeal, that is, a prosecution at the instance of a private person; he has that power only with regard to indictments, that is, when the grand jury finds the bill to be true, or what we call the relevancie, and afterwards delegates the particular case to the committee or lesser jury. These he can pardon as well as ordinary informations, but not appeals; nor for the same reason can he pardon impeachments, as they are at the interest of another body.—The fear of disgrace and loss of reputation, as well as this of capitall punishment, from which they can not appeal or be pardoned, serves to intimidate the ministers from attempting any <?> against the commonwealth, and secures the liberty of the subjects and establishes those great rights which they have now obtained. The Habeas Corpus Act70 is also a great security against oppression, as by it any one can procure triall at Westminster within 40 days who can afford to transport himself thither. Before this Act the Privy Councill could put any one they pleased into prison and detain him at pleasure without bringing himu to triall. Now no one can be imprisoned anywhere but in the county gaol or the nearest to it where the crime is said to have been committed; he cant be sent out of Britain to Jersey, | Guernsey, or the plantations, that is, alway<s> within the extent of the Hab. Corp. Act.—This sufficiently secures the liberty of the people; for tho many could not afford the expense, yet it is not such who will be in greatest danger from the king. The rich and powerfull are most obnoxious to his displeasure; tis rich and not poor folk who are sent to the Bastile in France. No judge can oppose the Habeas Corpus Act; infamy and a high penalty are the punishment which attend it. No influence of the king could ever induce them to make any such attem<p>t. And so strict is this Act that in the time of rebellions or other exigencies of the state, when it is necessary to imprisonv without such speedy triall, it is commonly taken off for 6 months. But it will never be allowed to be reppealed, as that would destroy in a great measure the liberty of the subject. The frequency of the elections is also a great security for the liberty of the people, as the representative must be carefull to serve his country, at least his constituents, otherwise he will be in danger of | losing his place at the next elections. In an absolute government favours are bestowed and all publick offices conferred on the favourites of the king. But in a country like this publick favours are generally bestowed on the active, bustling, important men; such are most bold to demand any favour for their constituents, and are in this manner naturally more distinguished than the others; and it is not a bad way that power should be conferred on those who have naturally the greatest influence. The more frequent these elections are, the more dependent are the representatives. It was for this reason that the Parliaments were changed after the war <of> 1715 from trienniall to septenniall ones,71 as it makes them less dependent on their constituents and diminishes the democraticall part of the government. The voice of the people for the same reason is of less importance towards the beginning of a Parliament than towards the end, as they are then nearer the time of their next election. The minister therefore generally contrives to get any important business, as the making of a peace | and such like, done in the beginning of Parliament, as if it were near the end an opposite party might raise a faction which would be very troublesome.—The method of elections is also an other security peculiar to England. The elections of members for the burrows were formerly on the same footing in England as they are in Scotland; they were in the hands of the aldermen and common councill men. But before Ch. 18w times there were some burrows where the elections were in the whole body of the people, and in the Parliament of 1642, who were very democraticall, it was orderd that all elections should be in the hands either of the freemen of the burrow or of every inhabitant of it, every one as they say who has a boiling pot. This manner is altogether democraticall. It is impossible <?but> that the person chosen should be one whose character is agreable, at least in the town where he is chosen member. But in Scotland they are altogether oligarchicall, so that one who is most obnoxious and disagreable to the body of the town may be chosen | if he has interest enough with the magistrates, which money will procure; but no bribe will settle a mob who has once taken up a prejudice against one, so that he must have at least a tollerable character in the town. It is the same way with the county elections. No one has a vote here who does not hold of the king, and has a considerable yearly rent above £600.72 But in England every one who possesses land to the value of 40sh, whether it hold of the king, of a subject, or be only a lease for a life or for lives, if he can swear he makes 20 sh of yearly profit from it.73 The numbers are here much greater and 3 or 4000 will be much more formidable to him than 30 or 40.74 Our government is therefore much more aristocraticall than that of England, and we see that when we had a seperate Parliament it really was so. The House of Commons also has the sole judgement in all controverted elections, and is onx them very nice and delicate, as their interest leads them to preserve them as free as can be had.y These laws and established customs render it very difficult | and allmost impossible to introduce absolute power of the king without meeting with the strongest opposition imaginable. This of the length of the Parliaments, and the great extent of the Civill List which may bribe both the electors and the elected, is the only things which appear to be dangerous to liberty, and this too will not probably go far; it may indeed influence them so far as to obtain the passing of bad laws <?but> would not be sufficient to obtain any law to be passed which should evidently take away the liberty of the people. They must evidently perceive that the money they get to pass such a law will be the last they will ever receive, if they put it in the kings power to raisez a summ of money. They will therefore never agree to pass a law which should supersede the necessity of calling a Parliament. Another thing which tends to secure liberty is the form of the courts of justice. The kingdoma <?>. Formerly the kings courts were in the same form as the justiciary courts in Scotland before the year 1745. The judge in them or president | was the bailey of the lords courts, who was not only in this manner justiciary but also factor or stuart to the baron. He both collected the rents of the estate and judged of all matters within it. The justiciary under the king were in like manner also the collectors of [of] the revenue due to the king. This connection was very naturall. The sheriff or county officer was the person to whom all fines, amercements, and compositions for crimes were payable, and these made a very considerable part of the revenue along with the feudall emoluments. No property could be given from one to another either by volunt. transf. or succession without a fine to the king and such like, and as the sheriff was the collector of all those fines, it was naturallb to constitute him judge in them also. {The sheriffs used to keep accounts of this which they called sentence money which was given up to the king.} The Chiefc Justiciary was the same at this time with the chief officer of the exchequer or receiver of the revenues. His power soon came by this means to be near equall to that of the kings himself from this two fold office, and he became an | object of jealousy to the king. The Parliament and the exchequer seem at this time to have had the same members, only when they considered any matters relating to the revenue they met in the exchequer chamber, the table of which was covered with a chequered cloth, from which it got the nam[am]e of scaccarium, exchequer.75 The chief officer or Justiciary in this manner came not only to be the judge of causes but also the collector of the revenues, as he who gathered in the rents was appointed also to determine causes in his court. This bailey was generally some writer or such like who had but a very imperfect notion of law.d The Magnus Justiciarius in this manner became very powerfull, and so much on a level with the king that Edward the 1st, who could not brook a rivall, took away his power. This court had a littlee time before three severall powers, that of judgement in criminall causes, of common pleas, and | fiscall causes. But the Court of Common Pleas was seperated by John, as it was found inconvenien<t> to have the court which tried those causes removed about with the Kings Court, as it often introduced discontinuances. Edward however took away this office entirely and divided this court into four, that of the Common Pleas; 2d, that of Kings Bench; and 3dly, that of the Exchequer; and the Court of Chancery, which was at first only an office of briefs.76 [l]Reading doubtful [68 ]Remarks on the History of England, Letters 13 and 14 (Works (1841), 369 ff.) for general praise of Elizabeth's economy; for the sale of demesne lands, Hume, History, IV.729. [m]Reading doubtful [n]Numbers written above the last two words indicate that their order was intended to be reversed [o]'are generally the body from which all laws begin' deleted [p]Illegible word deleted [q]Illegible word deleted [69 ]iv.179 above. [r]Replaces 'independent' [s]Sic [t]Reading doubtful [70 ]31 Charles II, c. 2 (1679). The period is 20 days. Cf. ii.129 above. [u]'self' deleted [v]Reading of last three words doubtful [71 ]1 George I, st. 2, c. 38 (1716). [w]Reading doubtful [72 ]400 pounds Scots, by Act, 1681, c. 21 (A.P.S. VIII.353, c. 87). [73 ]8 Henry VI, c. 7 (1429) gave the county franchise to those possessing a freehold worth 40 shillings a year. [74 ]Dalrymple, 274: 'While there are above 30,000 voters in some particular counties in England, there are not above 3,000 voters in the whole kingdom of Scotland, freeholders and common councilmen included.' [x]Reading doubtful [y]Reading of last two words doubtful [z]Reading doubtful [a]Several illegible words deleted [b]Replaces 'necessary' [c]Reading doubtful [75 ]T. Madox, History and Antiquities of the Exchequer (1711), 109. Scaccarium is medieval Latin for a chess–board. [d]The words 'This is not exact the following lecture explains it' are written vertically in the margin opposite the last two sentences [e]'that' interlined and deleted [76 ]Briefs: the Scots term for the English writs. Cf. G. Gilbert, Historical View of the Court of Exchequer (1738), 7; Hume, History, I.411. |


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Patrick Kavanagh was the fourth of ten children of James Kavanagh, a shoemaker, and his wife, Bridget. The Kavanagh home was in Mucker, a townland of Inniskeen, County Monaghan, near the Armagh (and now Northern Ireland) border. The boy attended Kednaminsha National School until he was thirteen, when he was apprenticed to his father's trade. Later, he worked a small farm purchased in the nearby townland of Shancoduff. His first literary influences were the school anthologies that featured Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Kingsley, William Allingham, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Thomas Moore, and his earliest poems were written in school notebooks. As he worked on his small farm, he nurtured his taste on magazines picked up at fairs in the town of Dundalk. His keen observations of country life, its customs, characters, and speech patterns, together with his growing awareness of his sensitivity that set him apart from his peers, are well set forth in his account of his early life, The Green Fool. Many of his early poems appeared in the 1930's in The Irish Statesman, whose editor,Æ (George William Russell), was the first to recognize and cultivate the peasant poet. Æ introduced him to modern world literature, providing him with books, advice, payment, and introductions to the Irish literary establishment. Of the books given him by Æ, Gil Blas of Santillane (1715, 1724, 1735), Ulysses (1922), and...
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Patrick Kavanagh (KAV-uh-nuh) is recognized as an important post-Yeatsian poet, one who is credited by both critics and fellow poets with having freed Anglo-Irish poetry from the inhibiting shadow of William Butler Yeats. Kavanagh chose to reject the tradition generated by the Irish Literary Revival and sought his own poetic identity with its simple, courageous faith in a personal comic vision. As an autodidact with an Irish rural background oriented more toward the nineteenth than the twentieth century, Kavanagh is to a considerable extent unique among modern poets, and his poetic voice is an unusual and original one.
Kavanagh was born in Inniskeen Parish, County Monaghan, Ireland, on October 21, 1904, the fourth child and first son of James Kavanagh, a shoemaker and farmer, and his wife, Bridget Quinn. He attended the nearby Kednaminsha National School, where he was a disinterested student; he ended his formal schooling at age thirteen but not before schoolbooks had introduced him to poetry. His father apprenticed him into the shoemaking trade, and in 1926 Kavanagh's parents bought for him a small farm in nearby Shancoduff. His interests in reading and writing continued to grow, however, and they drew him away from cobbling and farming.
Kavanagh began writing verse when he was twelve, recording in rhyme interesting local events. In 1927...
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Students may have their Junior or Senior concerts recorded by assigned EMARS staff recording engineering students. The recordings will be made on stereo digital audiotape, and one cassette tape will be included.
The recording fee is $75 and must be scheduled with Prof. Filadelfo at least two weeks in advance of the concert date and paid IN ADVANCE.
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The Cherokee County School District is expecting 164 additional students this school year over last year's enrollment figures.
The Cherokee County School District has 42 school campuses, including 24 elementary schools, seven middle schools, six high schools and an intermediate school, as well as an ACE academy, a head start center, a preschool center and an educational center.
The ending time of the school day will be extended by eight minutes to ensure that state instructional time requirements are met, according to a news release from Dr. Frank Petruzielo, Cherokee County school superintendent.
CCSD is the county's largest employer, with 4,468 employees, including 2,698 certified staff.
The 2012-13 budget reflects one of the most financially challenging budget years with which the CCSD has ever had to cope, Dr. Petruzielo said in the release. Despite a $22.8 million shortfall in state and local funding for 2012-13, CCSD has retained all full-time instructional staff eligible for contract renewal, the release said.
CCSD will open its first Fine Arts Academies and its first Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM, Academies at six elementary schools for 2012-13. Hasty Elementary and Oak Grove Elementary are designated fine arts locations, while Ball Ground, Canton, Clark Creek and Holly Springs elementary schools are STEM locations.
A number of schools have walk-throughs and open houses scheduled this week and students can get their class schedules and assignments at the events. A list of all open houses is available on the school's website.
Parents can download and complete back-to-school student information forms prior to the start of the school year. These forms are posted on the CCSD website. Hard copies are provided the first week of school for those without computer access.
As a supplement to existing communication avenues for parents and employees, CCSD'S Office of Public Information launched a Facebook fan page for the school district last fall and also activated a Twitter account.
These social media outlets allow the school district additional ways to disseminate information quickly to a receptive audience, at no additional cost.
In less than a year, the Facebook page garnered more than 3,000 fans and the Twitter account has more than 500 followers.
For more information parents and students can visit the school district's website at www.cherokee.k12.ga.us.


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Hi, I'm looking for a new Sound card and a new set of 5.1 speakers. I'm coming from an Audigy 2 I'm considering a Xonar D1 or a Creative Extreme music And Speakers, I use a 5.1 set and coming from a set of T5900 i would like a upgrade in terms of quality rather than sound level I'm considering a set of Microlab FC730,FC360 or a set of creative or Logitech Budget is £100 maybe $150ish absolute max I'm open to suggestions and would really like some insight from others
Xonar D1, DX Creative X-fi Titanium Have both, both sounds great, especially if you find them cheap. I think you mean Xtreme Audio instead of Xtreme Music, avoid them, they are outdated. Avoid also the Recon 3D series if you care about sound quality, because it's barely better then onboard audio.
Thank you I think I'll go with the xonar in that case! as that creative card is more than double the price!! Now Speakers! How is Microlabs as a brand??
I don't know, i use headphones, speakers are not my strong point. If you go for the Xonar, and if you have problems with the stock ASUS drivers, use the Unified drivers. http://brainbit.wordpress.com/
Ah yes, i heard about those ones, I'm using modded drivers for my Audigy 2 right now. For it's never really been to much of an issue
Microlab considered very nice price/performance speaker maker ,their solo7c series speakers were legend , also quite populer in my country i did not use personally but in my radar with edifier .Model based info search will be better for you fyi i concentrated 2.0 and 2.1 speakers atm
I've had a look and i've not seen anything in relation to the 5.1 setups plus reviews are Extremely hard to find, all i've heard are good things but since i had never heard of them i was really skeptical!
Youtube sometimes best place to look ,you may find usefull videos and user comments .Go to youtube search for model you are thinking you may find a review Edit : I forgot a part of last sentence it should be '' i concentrated 2.0 and 2.1 speakers atm and cant help more to you ''
Found another set of speakers it's now between the O-Tone Stilo 5.1 or the Microlab FC 360 5.1 I'm Having difficulty picking!!
Hoıw much is O-tone ? Amazon shows 169£ for stilo 5.1 , if it is than it is not fair to compare them i think .But if you raised budgetto 170£ look at this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Edifier-DA5...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1359326322&sr=1-1
I just pulled the trigger on the OTONE it was £169 with free next day delivery from their website, it looks like a very solid unit. Heard some good things about it I wanted to stay closer to £150 as i'll need some cash for the sound card


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Health officials cited three Massachusetts hospitals in the past six months for wrongly sending away patients from their emergency rooms, in one case resulting in the death of a patient while en route to another facility.
In that episode, caregivers at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River failed to provide needed medical treatment before transferring the patient, who was unstable and in respiratory distress, state investigators concluded.
In a case at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, an on-call surgeon refused to come in late at night to perform an emergency operation on a patient with flesh-eating bacteria, investigators found. The patient was transferred to another hospital, and the surgeon no longer operates on patients at St. Vincent, hospital officials said.
Hospitals that break federal rules ensuring public access to emergency services can face especially tough sanctions. Flagrant or repeat violators risk losing their right to treat Medicare and Medicaid patients, which can cost a hospital millions of dollars.
Charlton, St. Vincent, and Lahey Clinic in Burlington - which turned away an emergency room patient in November - have been told they will not lose their Medicare contracts, but they could be fined. Federal officials said it is unusual to have three cases in such a short span.
"It's the very basic tenet of what we're all about in health care,'' said Dr. Mary Anna Sullivan, chief quality and safety officer at Lahey. "You take care of the patient who presents in the ED. End of story.''


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San Francisco Chronicle "Dead By Mistake" Articles Take On Issues of Deaths or Injuries Caused By Preventable Medical Errors
Monday, August 10, 2009, 01:37 PM - Federal Oversight, Medical Issues
The San Francisco Chronicle is running a series of articles under the caption "Dead by Mistake" that is an extremely interesting look at the needless deaths and injuries caused by preventable medical errors. Yesterday's article, "Secrecy Shields Medical Mishaps From Public View" discusses how little progress has been made since a 1999 federal study called "To Err Is Human" outlined steps the medical profession can take to cut the number of deaths by medical errors in half. It shows how the secrecy surrounding hospitals, the lack of compulsory reporting of mistakes, and the financial incentives given to hospitals, all combine to perpetuate if not encourage medical errors. The article states that "A national investigation by Hearst Newspapers, including The Chronicle, found that the hospital industry, the federal government and most states have failed to take the effective steps outlined in the report a decade ago. Consequently, over that period, as many as 2 million Americans have died needlessly of preventable medical mistakes." The idea is that hospitals can prevent medical errors by setting up protocols, systems, and procedures that provide safety checks and balances to keep patient's safe, much the way that years ago car manufacturers began to design cars with safety features (such as ignitions that won't start unless the car is in park) that can prevent accidents from happening.
Why wouldn't a hospital want to save lives and prevent accidents by minimizing the number of mistakes they make? According the the Chronicle's report, "Hospitals can actually lose money by providing safer care. For example, when Utah's Intermountain Healthcare hospital chain improved its system for prescribing heart patients the proper medications on discharge, rehospitalizations were reduced by 900 beds a year. As a result, the hospital lost $3.5 million in revenue. 'To my hospital administrators, there was actually a certain amount of whining about this,' said Intermountain executive Dr. Brent James, another "To Err Is Human" co-author."
Medicare has recently taken the approach of denying payment to hospitals for "Never Events" -- viz.,illnesses and injuries patients pick up in the hospital that are entirely preventable if proper procedures are followed. Included in the list of Never Events are pressures ulcers or bed sores, and post-surgical infections. The idea is that if hospitals know they will not be able to bill the patient's Medicare for illnesses caused by the hospital's negligence, the hospital will stop negligent practices that cause injury.
New reporting laws, such as a 2007 California law that require hospitals to report errors to the the California Department of Public Health, and which requires the Department to investigate the error within 48 hours, also can make a difference.
A companion article, Lost, Stolen, or Never Existed profiles patients who have been the victim of medical mistakes. By reading the stories of the victims of medical mistakes you can hopefully learn something that might might protect you or your family next time you are in the hospital.
To read the Chronicle's article, Click here.
The Chronicle has also set up a website that has lots of information on medical errors, www.deadbymistake.com.
Felicia Curran
Court Authorizies Federal Civil Rights Lawsuits For Elder Abuse Under Federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1983
Sunday, August 2, 2009, 02:55 PM - Federal Oversight, Lawsuits
Government-run nursing homes can be held liable for neglect and abuse of their residents under a federal civil rights statute, Section 1983 of Title 42 of the United States Code, under a recent ruling by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal. In Grammer v. Hazel the federal appeals court for the Third Circuit (which covers Pennsylvannia, Delaware and New Jersey) held that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act gives residents of state and county-run facilities the right to bring federal civil rights lawsuits over inadequate care.
In the Grammer v. Mercy case, the lawsuit was brought on behalf of Melviteen Daniels, a deceased resident of the John J. Kane Regional Center at Glen Hazel, in Pittsburgh. At the nursing home, Melviteen is alleged to have acquired pressure ulcers due to neglect; the pressure ulcers became infected, causing her death by septic infection.
Thanks to the lawyers (D. Aaron Rihn and Bob Daley, Robert Peirce & Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)who brought the case on behalf of Melviteen's family, for their creative advocacy for their clients.
The ruling is especially significant for nursing home residents who live in states that do not have laws allowing civil lawsuits for elder abuse or neglect, because such residents can rely on the Grammer v. Hazel ruling to bring elder abuse lawsuits, in federal court, or in state court under federal law. To read the 3rd Circuit's decision, click here.
One open question is to what extent this ruling can be made applicable to nursing homes that are not government-operated but which receive government funds, such as Medicare and Medicaid payments (which virtually all nursing homes do). The lawsuit in Grammer was brought against a county-operated nursing home, under Title 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, which authorizes lawsuits against state-entities for violation of federally guaranteed rights. It is an open question whether a nursing home resident can sue a privately-owned nursing home directly under the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FNHRA), but one which the law surely lends itself to.
Felicia Curran
Friday, July 11, 2008, 04:42 PM - Federal Oversight, Proposed Laws
Thought that you'd never be paying $4.79 for a gallon of gas? What if you are an elderly or homebound individual? Think the high price of gas doesn't affect you? Think again: What if you depend on Meals on Wheels or other home health support services for your very survival in your home?The sharp increase in the price of gas is having dire effects on the nations home health agencies, and in turn on the elderly and homebound individuals they help. According to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHCH), there are 12 million people nationwide who are so disabled that they cannot leave home without assistance, and who are able to live in their own homes, and avoid a nursing home because of the assistance they receive from home health agencies. Collectively, the NAHCH reports that home support agencies employees drive nearly 5 billion miles each year to care for homebound individuals.
Many home health agencies operate at break-even, and 44% of home care agencies reported that they LOST money during 2007, and the rising cost of gas was reportedly a big factor in their operating in the red.
The New York Times reports that employees of home health agencies, and volunteers of federal programs such as Meals On Wheels, who are expected to use their own cars and pay for their own gas, are also being affected. Katie Clark (pictured here), a single mother of two, drives 700 miles a week in rural Michigan to provide home care for Bill Harmon, 77, and his wife Evelyn, 85 (pictured here) who has Alzheimers and is unable to care for herself. Katie is paid $9 an hour, or $250 a week, to care for the Harmons, but has to pay for her own gas, which now totals a whopping $100 a week. Katie says that the Harmons are just like family to me but she may not be able to continue to care for them because of the high price of gas. Some weeks I have to borrow money to get here she is quoted as saying.
When Evelyn started to develop Alzheimers disease 8-10 years ago, her husband promised her "Dont worry, Ill take care of you as long as I can. Now he says that without Katies help, he would have to put his wife in a nursing home, and probably need to live in one himself.
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice is lobbying congress to take the following steps to help home health agencies help the elderly stay in their own homes and out of nursing homes:
1. Preserve the annual inflation updates for home health and hospice as provided in Medicare law.
2.Reinstate the 5 percent rural add on for home health services delivered to patients in rural areas.
3.Exempt home health agencies, hospices and their nurses and therapists from paying Federal gasoline taxes.
4. Recognize home telehealth between trained nurses and patients as the equivalent of in-home visits.
5. Retract the Medicare regulatory cuts of nearly 12% facing home health care in 2008-2011.
6. Withdraw the Medicare regulatory proposal to eliminate the Budget Neutrality Factor in the hospice wage index.
7. Grant home health providers priority status to fuel and supplies through first responder status in cases of public health emergencies and disaster situations.
To learn more about the National Association for Home Care and Hospice proposals, click here.
You can do your part by contacting your Congressperson or Senator and demanding that they pass and support THe NAHCH proposals. Click here for contact information for Congress and the Senate.
The read the New York Times article, click here.
Felicia Curran
Sunday, October 7, 2007, 03:44 PM - Federal Oversight, Medicare
The chickens are coming home to roost as a result of President Bushs mistake in privatizing the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit. A New York Times article reviews audits done by the government relating to private Medicare plans, summarizing their findings by saying that tens of thousands of Medicare recipients have been victims of deceptive sales tactics and had claims improperly denied by private insurers that run the systems huge new drug benefit program and offer other private insurance options encouraged by the Bush administration.
If you or a family member have a Medicare plan provided by these companies:
Sierra Health Services
The Sterling Life Insurance Company
Bravo Health
I suggest that you read the article, which describes how these private companies have adopted unscrupulous business practices resulting in delaying access to medications urgently needed by Medicare patients.
For example, the article says that in March 2007, Sierra Health Services ended drug coverage for more than 2,300 Medicare beneficiaries with H.I.V./AIDS, alleging that the patients had not paid their premiums. In fact, according to the audit, in many cases, the premiums had been paid, and beneficiaries had canceled checks to prove it. Sierra Health Services had canceled their drug coverage to avoid having to pay for the costly drugs that the AIDS patients needed. The patients were reinstated on the Sierra drug plan only after repeated requests from federal officials.
Read the New York Times article online - click here.
Felicia Curran
Private Investor Groups Are Engaging in Takeover of Nursing Home Industry, To Detriment of Nursing Home Residents
Monday, September 24, 2007, 07:13 PM - Federal Oversight, Nursing Homes
The New York Times has a new article "At Many Nursing Homes, More Profit and Less Nursing." The article describes how consortiums of private investors such as Warburg Pincus and the Carlyle group are buying up nursing homes, and in the process, harming the residents of the nursing homes they acquire.These private investment companies are even more profit-driven than the large publicly traded corporations that sold them the nursing homes. The Times analysis of records collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows that at 60 percent of homes bought by large private equity groups from 2000 to 2006, managers have cut the number of clinical registered nurses, sometimes far below levels required by law. . . . During that period, staffing at many of the nations other homes has fallen much less or grown.
The first thing owners do is lay off nurses and other staff that are essential to keeping patients safe, says Professor Charlene Harrington, a professor of nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. Nursing home owners have made a lot of money by cutting nurses, but its at the cost of human lives, she says.
The typical nursing home acquired by a large investment company scored worse than the national averages on 12 out of 14 quality indicators that government regulators use to evaluate nursing homes. These privately owned homes also have far higher rates of citations and deficiencies than do homes owned by publicly held corporations.
One nursing home profiled by the Times is Habana Health Care Center in Florida (formerly owned by Arkansas-based Beverly Enterprises, Inc.). Within a year of being bought by a private investment group, the investors had cut the number of clinical registered nurses in half. They also slashed budgets for nursing supplies, resident activities and other services, and cut staffing and 48 other nursing homes. A former nursing manager of the home told the Times that the [new] owners wouldnt let us hire people. . . . We told the higher-ups we needed more staffing but they said we should make do.
One of the victims was Mrs. Alice Garcia (pictured here with her grand-daughter). Within months of moving into Habana Health Care Center, she sustained repeated falls. The staff would also reportedly leave her seated in wet adult-diapers, and ignored her daughters repeated complaints that they were neglecting her care. Five months later, her daughter discovered that her mother had a large bedsore on her back that was oozing pus. The doctor at the hospital to which Alice was taken reportedly said she should have been given treatment for the pressure ulcer much earlier. Three weeks later, she passed away.
When her daughter (Vivian Hewitt, pictured here) sued the nursing home for neglecting Alice, her lawyer found out that the private investment group had set up layer upon layer of corporate structures that insulated the investors from legal liability for the injuries to their residents. These corporate shell games unjustly protect investors who profit while care declines. The corporation who is listed as the owner with the licensing agency does not have any assets, so even regulators cannot collect fines that are levied at the nursing home.
Although only 10 percent of nursing homes nation-wide are estimated to be owned by private investment groups, this is an alarming trend that demands action from our elected officials. Most of these nursing homes are paid with government funds, by Medicare or Medicaid, and the government needs to demand accountability. In fact, the government pays nursing homes an estimated $75 billion a year, under Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to the article. If a company receives government money for care provided at a nursing home, the company should be responsible for paying any fines levied by the government regulators and for any court judgments entered on behalf of neglected residents and their families.
What can you do? If you or your loved one lives in a nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or assisted living facility, find out from the licensing agency who the owner of record is. Compare that with the names of the corporations on the door, the names of the corporations that manage the facility, and own the building or land where the nursing home is located. Ask the nursing home employees the name of the company that writes their payroll check. If there are multiple corporations involved, that tells you that a shell game may be going on to insulate the owners from liability. Corporations who feel that they have nothing to lose are more likely to cut corners on care.
To read the Times article, click here.
Felicia Curran
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Led by the world-class instructors, mountain guides and Ski Club Leaders.
Perfect for solo bookers.
This is an opportunity to experience skiing you'll never forget.
The Ski Club Freshtracks 2013-14 brochure is now available online, click here to view this year's full holiday programme.
To find out more about Freshtracks, take a look through our range of ski holidays to find out about the type of trips that we run. You may also enjoy watching the video below to see what we are all about and, if you are a member of the Ski Club, will be able to see lots of photos from previous trips.
All of our holidays match up skiers of a similar ability, which is the best way to get the most out of your time on the mountain. It's no surprise that over 80% of our valued customers rebook with us. The Ski Club Freshtracks programme is developed and run by experts. Our team of enthusiastic skiers will ensure you choose an exhilarating skiing experience which will exceed your expectations.
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- Family holidays – children ski with Leaders, parents ski with freedom
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Peak Experience – holidays for the over 50s
Peak Experience holidays are designed for skiers aged 50 and over, and are very popular indeed. Resorts are selected for their superb skiing and more sophisticated après, and holiday groups are naturally made up of like-minded people. Of course, you're welcome to go on any Ski Club Freshtracks holiday up to the age of 65, after which you'd need to join a Peak Experience holiday.
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Each holiday is designed around ski standards. You ski with others of a similar ability. Technique, speed and fitness all contribute towards your standard. Please select your standard using the information below. If in doubt, call Ski Freshtracks on +44 (0)208 410 2022.
Fitness is a key part of skiing ability. For maximum enjoyment it is important to have a good level of fitness for at least 3 months before your holiday.
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