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about DNA," she said. "We weren't trained adequately about the emerging science of DNA and neither were the defense attorneys. There were a few hired experts who helped them, but that was just here and there. And the judges were as ignorant as everybody else."
The lab now has been accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board. The Bromwich reports touted recent progress, but how much have things improved?
"It's really not clear. It's probably too early to tell," said Stephen Saloom, policy director of the Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal clinic dedicated to exonerating the wrongfully convicted. "I would think with appropriate leadership, staffing, training and management you could change the culture there, but the leadership will be critical, and the follow-through."
Accreditation is a step toward accountability. There are a series of on-site inspections; the proficiency testing of lab workers is reviewed; procedures are reviewed to assure the lab has a quality control system in place. "We do an extremely thorough review," said Ralph Keaton, executive director of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board, which accredited the HPD lab.
The lab is required to do an annual assessment and report any instances of noncompliance. Of course, accreditation doesn't mean a lab is suddenly exempt from problems. "The HPD lab is and has been accredited for a while," Keaton said. "A lot of the issues occurred prior to its accreditation, and they keep resurfacing."
Rios, the new lab director, said it takes time to change an organization's culture, but that change is under way, along with systemic changes to assure quality control. She added that it's a constant battle to instill in employees the mission and purpose of the lab. "If you're an independent private lab, independence implies having no conflict.
However, there have been issues even at private independent labs," Rios said. "There's no guarantee that a member of an independent lab won't engage in dishonest behavior. There are still issues."
For example, the Illinois State Police recently canceled a contract with one of the largest independent labs in the country because of the lab's poor quality.
One way to improve lab performance is to increase salaries, improve the quality of staff, supply more training and obtain better equipment. Rios said all of that has been done with the help of $3.4 million in grants.
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In January 2008, the HPD lab's DNA supervisor, Vanessa Nelson, resigned after an internal investigation concluded she had helped crime lab analysts pass DNA skills tests by improperly giving them test answers. Within weeks she was hired by the state crime lab as DNA chief, prompting State Rep. Kevin Bailey, D-Houston, to call the hiring "shocking."
Thompson said it was that inherent team culture that prompted Nelson to cheat. "The same kind of pressures that existed before existed again," he said. "Why would this brand-new head of the DNA unit cover up a cheating problem on proficiency tests? Because she's under the same pressure they were under before."
Of course, crime labs across the country are facing DNA backlogs, are underfunded and understaffed and are tied to law enforcement, which contributes to their ineffectiveness. All agree a more independent model would benefit the justice system.
"A key is good professional leadership," said Steve Hall, project director of the StandDown Texas Project aimed at organizing a moratorium on executions.
"An independent model definitely helps foster that. Anytime you have people essentially working where they feel like they're on the same team, you've got the potential for a culture that turns a blind eye to problems."
Thompson pointed to New York and California as states that have oversight bodies - forensic science commissions that oversee the state's labs. Thompson serves on the new California commission. "It's hard to say how that's going to go," he said of the California commission, which he said is dominated by law enforcement members.
The New York commission is aided by Innocence Project founders Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld as commission members. That's at least a step in the right direction, but not one that will return the years Josiah Sutton and others lost in prison.


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DAVIDSON – Scott's Tree Farm has been selling trees all December, contributing to the Christmas traditions of families all over Lake Norman.
The lot, located at 602 Griffith St., also sells garland, wreaths, tree stands, tabletop trees and bows. Selling until Dec. 21, prices range from a $15 wreath to a $120 tree.
Scott's Tree Farm exports trees from Sparta to all over the state. However, Scott's Tree Lot returns to Davidson every year for the Christmas season.
"We chose Davidson because there's always so much traffic down here," employee Matthew Harless said. "It's a great place to sell trees. Plus there's so many businesses surrounding this area, which also makes it a great location."
Scott Smith has hauled trees from Sparta to Davidson every winter for 15 years. After two weeks of paperwork, cutting and hauling trees, Scott's Tree Farm sells Christmas trees, rain or shine. This dedication has had success, for the business is now selling its ninth load of trees from Sparta.
"When it comes to meeting people, every experience is just so different." Harless said. "My favorite part is seeing all the different cars people bring to take the trees with them. Once there was a Mini Cooper, and the tree was bigger than the car itself."


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President of Azerbaijan inspects expansion of polymer products plant in Sumgait Technologies Park, inaugurates heavy machine-building and precise processing centers factories
Baku, April 24 (AZERTAC). President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today inspected expansion of polymer products plant in Sumgait Technologies Park (STP), inaugurated heavy machine-building and precise processing centers factories.
The Head of State was informed that consisting of 17 plants STP manufactures high quality products, including various types of cables, transformers, high voltage equipment, hydroturbines, water pumps, electrical engines, pipes, and technical gases.
President Ilham Aliyev was informed on a tower where high-voltage cable isolation lines would be built as part of the third stage of STP Cable factory construction. The construction of the tower started late 2009 and is expected to be completed till the end of the current year.
President Ilham Aliyev toured the area of the STP.
The Head of State inspected expansion of polymer products plant. The water and gas, sewerage as well as multi-layer polyethylene pipes with aluminum cover and other types of pipes are produced in the factory. The facility covers a total area of 2.8 hectares. It employs 400 people currently.
Azerbaijan`s President also inaugurated heavy machine building factory of STP.
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Funeral services for Mr. George Edward Daniel, 80, of Toxey will be held Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 2 P.M. from Red Springs Assembly with Rev. Jerry Turner, Rev. Kendall Turner, and Rev. Jimmy Vance officiating. Burial will follow in the Red Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 6 to 8 P.M. at Bumpers Funeral Home and Saturday one hour prior to the service at the church.
Mr. Daniel passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Rush Hospital in Meridian. He was retired from the Choctaw County Road Crew.
Survivors include children Glenda Ruth Seeling (Dave) of Kenner, LA; George Edward "Eddie" Daniel (Lisa) of Butler; Lena Runette Presley (Roger) of Gilbertown; Ezra Ray "Ezie" Daniel of Gilbertown; and Kimberly "Kim" Lynn Wilson (David) of Gilbertown; brother Billy Ray Daniel (Yvonne) of Gilbertown; sister Wilma Tyson (Wayne) of Toxey; 8 grandchildren Morgan Etheredge (Jeff), April Mitchum, Will Daniel, Misty Presley (Justin), Jill Daniel, Sarah Beth Presley, Adam Wilson, and Aaron Wilson; and 10 great grandchildren Bayleigh Etheredge, Haley Presley, Britney Presley, Conner Carter, Dylan Daniel, Alexis Daniel, Madison Daniel, Catherine Presley, Parker Daniel, and Juliet Cooper.
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After over a week of red carpets and star-studded parties, TIFF is starting to wind down. Join QMI writers @markhdaniell, @JaneCStevenson as they cover some of the final red carpets of the festival tonight. Tweet them and don't forget to use the hashtag #SUNTIFF12. Read more
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Call for Testimony from B37 Riders
You can help local seniors, people with disabilities and students, who have struggled to get downtown without the B37, to secure a safe, reliable one-seat ride 24-7.
The MTA NYC Transit and Bus Committee is meeting at 10:30 AM on Monday, January 27 at MTA Headquarters, 347 Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Local political club Bay Ridge Democrats is recruiting B37 riders and advocates to come to the meeting and tell the MTA why the full restoration of the B37 route matters to people in Bay Ridge.
Email club president Justin Brannan if you want to go to the meeting and testify in support of restoring the full B37 route. Free transportation will be available to and from 347 Madison Avenue.
What: MTA Transit and Bus Committee Meeting
When: Monday, January 27, 2014 at 10:30 AM
Where: 347 Madison Ave., NY, NY 5th Fl Conference Room.
To the district's confusion, the campaign to restore the full B37 route has broken out along partisan lines, with the Republicans and Democrats, although their positions are identical, hosting separate rallies and pressers.
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Renal artery stenosis also occurs in about 1 out of every 100 people with NF. This is a narrowing of the renal artery in the kidney and this narrowing changes many chemicals that regulate blood pressure throughout the body. It is identified in children and young adults with unexplained hypertension by special studies that show the blood vessels in the kidneys. There are several ways to try to treat this narrowing, but they do not always solve the problem, particularly in those who have NF1.
Even when not including pheochromocytomas or renal artery stenosis, high blood pressure is very common in people with NF1. In young children or pregnant women, pheochromocytoma or renal artery stenosis should be ruled out as a cause of the high blood pressure. Even so, most people with NF and high blood pressure will have what is called "essential hypertension," meaning that we do not have a specific cause. Researchers are trying to discover why high blood pressure is so common in people with NF1 and how the genetic changes of NF1 can alter the properties of the blood vessels. There is some evidence that the blood vessel disease in people with NF1 might be caused by abnormal inflammatory cells or a change in the way that the blood vessels respond to oxidative stress and free radicals. For now, the most important thing is to identify and treat high blood pressure early to avoid the long term damage of high blood pressure that can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
What should you do?
- If you have sudden onset of the worst headache of your life, crushing chest pain, or sudden onset of trouble seeing in one eye, trouble talking, or trouble using your arm or leg, go to your local emergency room immediately. This may be the sign of a severe and life threatening vascular problem.
- See your primary care doctor and/or neurofibromatosis doctor at least once a year.
- Make sure that you are getting your blood pressure checked at least every 6 months. If you see multiple doctors, it is good to keep a notebook with your readings and share those with your primary care doctor and/or neurofibromatosis doctor.
- Inform your primary care doctor and/or neurofibromatosis doctor if you are having new headaches, dizzy spells, pain in the limbs or fatigue.
- Do not start smoking. If you do smoke, then discuss options to help you quit with your primary care doctor and/or neurofibromatosis doctor.
- Check with your primary care doctor and/or neurofibromatosis doctor first and then start a regular exercise program that involves aerobic activity.
- Have your cholesterol and lipid levels checked at least once a year if you are over 20 years old. Discuss the results with your primary care doctor and/or neurofibromatosis doctor.
- If you are over 45 years old, discuss with your primary care doctor and/or neurofibromatosis doctor whether or not you should start taking an aspirin a day to prevent heart attack and stroke.
- If your doctor puts you on medication for your blood pressure or for high cholesterol, make sure that you take it as directed. If the medication is giving you side effects or if you are having trouble affording your medications, discuss that with your doctor. He or she may be able to make changes in the medications to help.
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I am a physician, grieving as I witness to the slow death of my profession.
First I read this article, which says that this year, the cost of insuring a family of four now exceeds $20,000/year. Who can afford that in these times? And what are they getting for all that money? 13 minutes with a frustrated, rushed, overworked doctor who doesn't have time to listen?
Then I read this article that says that the United States spends more than any other country on health care but only has the eighth-lowest life expectancy. Japan, on the other hand, spends significantly less and has the longest life expectancy. More health care expenditure does not equal better health care. Period.
Then I read this article about how the Supreme Court may overturn President Obama's far-from-perfect-because-its-not-universal-health-care reform policy. And it breaks my heart, because if that happens, after Obama sacrificed so much political capital to try to do something, the message to politicians will be "Don't go there. You'll never make change and you'll ruin your career in the process."
Then I read this article about how 9 out of 10 doctors would not recommend becoming a doctor. And it's no wonder. Several of my full-of-integrity physician friends just declared bankruptcy because they insisted on spending time with their patients, rather than churning through 50 patients a day, and they couldn't even pay their overhead, much less pay themselves a salary.
My heart aches because we have officially lost our way.
It begs the question of how bad will it have to get? What will make us stop the madness? With all this political rhetoric, all these profit-hungry managed care insurance companies trying to suck every last dime out of consumers, doctors, and hospitals, every greedy pharmaceutical company trying to score the next Viagra so they can please their investors, all these ambulance-chasing malpractice attorneys driving up health care costs, all these third parties getting in the way of the sacredness of the doctor-patient relationship- how are we going to heal our health care system?
Will it take having health insurance premiums and pharmaceutical costs rise so high that only the elite can afford to be insured or take prescription drugs? Then, when all those uninsured people get sick and show up at hospitals unable to pay their bills, will the doctors and hospitals be forced to quit and close their doors because they'll be unable to cover their overhead without insurance reimbursement? Will doctors start becoming baristas at Starbucks, warning young, idealistic, coffee-drinking pre-med students to steer far, far away from the practice of medicine, and if so, who will take care of us when we get sick? Will we wind up with a serious shortage of physicians? And then, when that happens and politicians, leaders of managed care insurance companies, pharmaceutical CEOs, and lawyers get sick and have to drive four hours to the one remaining hospital, where they're forced to wait three days in order to be treated for their heart attack, will they finally call off the wolves in Washington and demand change?
Will health care go down like the real estate industry? Will it go down like the banking industry, when everybody just decided to stop paying their inflated mortgages? Will Washington then be forced to bail out the health care industry like they did Wall Street and Detroit?
How bad is this going to get before it gets better, before we remember that health care is not real estate or banking or auto sales? Health care is about life and death. It's about quality of life. It's about healing and wholeness. It's about being spirits who live in bodies that sometimes get sick and need loving attention.
As a society, we've decided that while preventative health care is available only for those who can afford it, emergency health care is a right, not a privilege, so if any of the currently 46 million uninsured people show up in an ER having a heart attack, they'll get treatment. But Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia suggests that perhaps we need to rethink this agreement, that perhaps if someone uninsured comes into a hospital suffering, we just kick them out or watch them die.
Really Justice Scalia? Is modern medicine going to go the way of veterinary medicine - only those who can afford treatment get it and we just put everybody else to sleep?
Uh uh. Not if I have anything to do with it.
Health care is about a sacred doctor-patient relationship. After all, medicine is a spiritual practice. Illness is a spiritual journey.
You can't legislate this stuff in Washington. Health care reform must be a grass roots effort. Doctors and patients must reclaim what is rightfully theirs. Corrupt politicians, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and lawyers aren't going to just set aside greed and the desire to win. As a society, we have to lead the way. Patients and doctors must reclaim what is rightfully ours.
Health care is holy - or it's supposed to be. Feeling whole and healthy is your birthright.
As patients on a sinking ship, what can we do?
You can learn how to make the body ripe for miracles, as I'm writing about in my next book Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself (Hay House 2013) and as I spoke about in my TEDx talk. You can ask your body what it needs to heal - truly, deeply, at the root - and then be brave enough to take action and make healing changes in your life. You can resist the temptation to close your heart when you face serial heartbreak, as we all do, because keeping your heart open is preventative medicine and harboring resentment, anger, and unexpressed grief makes you sick. You can live in alignment with your truth, which not only prevents disease, it can cure it.
We can reclaim the lost heart of the doctor-patient relationship. We can make room for the sacred in medicine. We can stop making science our only God, which only drives up health care costs without making people more healthy. We can get back to the root of what it means to be in a healing relationship with someone who loves you and has your back.
When we do this, health care costs will go down. Doctors will feel more in touch with their callings, which will bring them more job satisfaction. Happier doctors will make happier patients, and happy patients will be less likely to sue someone who truly cares about them, even if they make a mistake.
Perhaps the answers don't lie in Washington. They lie within us.
I'd love your feedback. Please, dish!
Ever hopeful,
Lissa Rankin, MD: Founder of OwningPink.com, Pink Medicine Revolutionary, motivational speaker, and author of What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend and Encaustic Art: The Complete Guide To Creating Fine Art With Wax.
Lissa ---
Thank you sooo much for coming to this realization, and for working to awaken others to it! If our system of medical training and medical practice is to survive, it will have to move in this direction. The reason it's collapsing now is precisely because it is not based on Reality! A system that does not understand the cause of disease cannot possibly heal anything.
I work with Reiki, Jourei, and Macrobiotics -- just 3 of countless pathways to real healing -- and I greatly recommend them to others. My take on the "health care" crisis and how to solve it is summarized in this article (written when the current "health care" law was just being created).
I think it's great that you're hopeful Lissa!!! Honestly, I've just quit reading, quit listening. I want to be a well informed person whether it's voting or healthcare, but as someone who is beginning to learn how to move out of victimhood, my status is too shaky to keep reading about the 99% against the 1% and Obamacare possibly being thrown out and everything else. I've started turning over every rock in paranoia wondering whose here to victimize the 99% THIS TIME so I've unsubscribed from nearly all political newsletters and the only reason I read this post was because you wrote it. I prefer to stand outside the fence of victimization and being that I have a tenous hold on that I'm avoiding all the bs whether it's about big pharma, or pink slime, or gun control or anything else. It's just to bloody overwhelming!!!!
Hopefully the prophets are absolutely right and on target and by December 21st 2012 this will all be irrelevant because some giant shift of consciousness will have come along and swept us up into a frenzy of personal change and growth and we can all sing happily together high-stepping through the tulips and then we can start pulling all this together.
Having spent the last two+ years navigating the healthcare system to get the help I needed for bacterial meningitis and it's nasty after effects and dizzying array of specialists and red-tape, I'm over it. TOTALLY OVER IT! I decided that for me to thrive, I have to help myself - listen to my Intuition and do as much research as I can on my conditions and what will help them. I'm reading books written by women like you and finding that, wow hey! green juice makes me feel better. Imagine that. Doctors have been shoving pills on me, but I'm not willing to take them forever and have been slowly figuring out how to get off them, and it's working. And I'm feeling better all the time.
We must be our own advocates but also seek out empowering doctors that look beyond what the drug reps tell them to prescribe and want to heal and practice medicine, not just be part of the problem.
Thank you for being that kind of doctor, Lissa.
Now is no exception! I am one of those uninsured patients and have been for the past several years. What I've learned from that is this:
1) I alone am responsible for the state of my health. I now eat healthier foods, I exercise and I've given up most of my unhealthy vices. Sure I still indulge once in a while but I'm healthier and more fit at 50 than ever before in my life.
2) I don't worry about whether the insurance company is going to get involved in my health care, it's now between me and my dr. I pay her to assist me then I do the work with her guidance. I don't have to worry about paying premiums on insurance just to have them deny my claims and I end up paying the dr's out of my own pocket anyway because I feel they do deserve to get paid for their services.
3) I don't take the handful of pharmaceuticals I did when I had insurance. I don't have the awful side effects from the plethora of pills to worry about either. I am mindful what I put into my body and if it has a mother or comes from the ground I know it's a much better alternative than that which comes from big pharma.
That said, I now have people willing to ask me what I've done to make such a profound change to my health that people are saying to me "You look fantastic these days, what have you been doing to make such a huge change in your life?" They are now asking me to help them make positive changes in their lives and following my example. So, thank you for shining the light in the darkness and showing me the way to a better life.
You ROCK Lissa!
Shining brighter every day, Ally
Thank you for your enlightened views.
I am grateful that I live in the UK where there is universal health care. It's not perfect but it is better than nothing.
I have learned in the past few years to take greater and greater responsibility for my health by following my own wisdom in nutrition and lifestyle despite prevailing media or government advice.
There are many doctors in my family and the wiser ones will readily admit that conventional medicine does not have all the answers.
It seems the US system of healthcare is poised for a rapid shift as medical professionals and patients awaken to the absurdity it has become.
You will find plenty of support!
I too have followed a path from working in conventional healthcare (on the operations/IT side) to Integrative Medicine (as a health and nutrition coach) and found myself not fitting into either world any longer. Im still working on listening to my inner guidance to find my best way to provide meaningful service and support my family.
Throughout this journey, I decided to take my health and well being into my own hands and to pay out of pocket for the spiritual and physical support I needed to be healthy and well.
All along I've struggled with whether or not I should have health insurance ... And after I got married and we decided we wanted to eventually have a family, I signed up for a plan with a high deductible, just in case I couldn't have the home birth I wanted.
Sadly I experienced two miscarriages and spent most of our savings on ER visits and tests and found myself unable to afford to work on my own and to try again for a healthy pregnancy without health insurance ... And it's not working well at all for us.
I often dream of a local wellness circle as an alternative to health insurance. One where you are rewarded and encouraged and supported to do the important things for health and well being: join a CSA, be a part of a positive, like minded community, be supported by practioners who are happy, thriving and who prioritize their self care, dance, laugh and have fun! Also midwifery services as it seems impossible to be supported well in pregnancy without tons of money or insurance/hospital birth these days. But also have the financial and communal/spiritual support needed should you need conventional health services one day. I have no idea how to help work towards making this dream a reality, but would love to find others who want to help bring it to fruition.
Thanks for all you do - it is important work and gives me hope that I can play a part in cocreating something that serves us all much better!
Six weeks ago I started a new job at a cardiologist office. I still cannot believe that patients are scheduled every 10 minutes. No wonder the doctor's are always behind. 10 minutes is not long enough to spend with each patient. If I was one of the patients I would be so angry to spend more time waiting to see the doctor than actually speaking with them about my health. This job has shown me how ridiculous the American health care system is.
I have been pursuing a nursing degree but now am re-evaluating whether or not I want to become a member of this stupid system. There is no caring in it. It should be called: Patients Subsidizing Insurance Companies System. There a good doctors in office I work at, but everyday I see health care being delayed because of insurance company policies.
I believe it was the Rockefellers who decided that medicine should be a money game, and booted the chiropractors, the osteopaths and homeopaths off the island.
I agree with Lissa that we need a different model -- one based on patient care rather than $$$$$. Given how much the US spends on "healthcare" it's quite low on the totem pole of health. Other countries that spend less do much better. Not all the expensive technological wizardry that's being deployed is actually necessary. E.g., those shiny new robots used in prostate surgery don't perform better than surgeons, but cost more. And hey, all that prostate surgery the robots and the surgeons perform turns out not to be necessarily necessary either, but is being driven by a lot of testing that has been shown not to affect prostate cancer mortality = to be mostly useless.
Then we have medications that cost a lot and come with a list of side-effects as long as your arm and require a multitude of other medications with their own side effects to mitigate. Some of those medications actually kill people. And arguably most of them would not be necessary if people lived a healthier lifestyle and didn't consume so much pop and high fructose corn syrup. And so on and so on.
And it is the government that has to pay for this hoopla one way or another, and most of the money ends up in the coffers of the pharmaceutical companies.
Sorry to say, America is now officially insane. If we survive this, there will be a simpler future when kids will read about this in history books and ask their teacher "was this for real?"
The more I read about the health care system in the USA the more I appreciate the universal health care we have here in Australia. It isn't perfect but at least I know that should my kids or I become ill we will receive top level care and not be encumbered with a huge debt to go with it.
What on earth is the USA public afraid of....is there something truly fearful about Obama's healthcare proposal? Canadian (depending upon the area) healthcare is not always free, but a workable solution compared to what I see when I travel on business, the USA healthcare system of Hospitals, HMO's etc. which I see as taking first born Sons and House and Home for the profit of those who don't really care....I am of USA and Canadian parentage and certainly feel that I am free to comment on my observations. Not impressed by the current system and am sorely afraid of becoming sick or injured while within the USA borders....now that's pretty scary if i am observing on an international level without any vested interest...is it not? Wake up America (USA)....oh and by the way, there is another whole continent South of the Equator.
I am so happy to be part of Owning Pink - and I would like to say that I had a wonderful Dr. once upon a time. He once asked me did I want him to treat the symptom or the cause. I looked at him and just waited for the shoe to drop. I was having all sorts of health issues at that point in my life. He then explained that he felt that my illnesses were my body trying to get me to slow down and to take better care of me. He put me on a prescription that slowed me down - and I immediately started feeling less threatened and I was able to walk without pain, I started enjoying family interactions again. I have taken his advice to heart, and whenever I am feeling out of sorts, I look for the cause - and that may be as simple as stress over bills, or not wanting to be where I am at the moment. Our minds are so much stronger than we think - AND - we have to learn to talk to that brain - or listen to it, when it throws us a symptom. If we can do that we can pretty much live a healthy life. Right now I am off to take a walk before a weather change. I need to move and breath. Have a blessed day.
YES!!!!! It is so refreshing and hopeful to have a Doctor say what you are saying!
My husband and I are self employed in Clearwater, Florida. We have a wonderful Doctor who sees us without insurance and will RX over the counter vitamins instead of expensive drugs when we need them.
We have never been without insurance (10K ded) until this past Sept....it was the house payment or the health insurance payment...since we are both relatively healthy it was a no brainer choice. We are only 5 years from retirement and have ZERO assets............7 years ago we had $500K in assets........it is insane!
This is the craziest part about all of this...............I take synthroid every day and since I have had NO insurance it is about 1/2 the price.......Now how does that happen? No we don't have Medicaid either.
We still have our business, a machine shop, and are paying off our debt, but refuse to purchase health insurance because it is so obviously not there for our benefit....can't wait for your book....I want this Hashimotos disease to disappear and something tells me that it can with the right tools.
Thank you for your words which have come at a time when I am searching for validation for what I feel in my heart is true. I have been living in the world of Chinese Medicine for the past 10 years, being an acupuncturist myself, and so look at the body in a very holistic way and practice preventative medicine. I have what I consider a "healthy" life because I love my practice and what I do. However I have just been diagnosed with a rather large ovarian cyst which looks "suspicious"... of course the only way for the doctors to determine if it is malignant is to remove my ovary, fallopian tube, and possibly the other ovary, uterus and appendix!! To me this seems shocking; the idea of cutting me up to check if I really need the surgery or not.
My whole being is so resistant to this, it feels like carnage.
When I sit and am still I know that this isn't going to solve anything, it is not going to "cure" me. I know the changes need to come from deep inside.
I live in UK so am very blessed to have the opportunity of free health care, which I am deeply appreciative for. But that does not take away the discussion of mind over medicine, taking responsibility for our own health in every way.
I know this, I encourage my clients every day, yet somehow I have been ignoring the whisperings of my own body. Thinking that what I was doing was enough to ignore the callings, the yearning of my soul.
There is so much fear around the word "cancer" that I am so afraid of having to defend my true knowing of how to proceed right now. I feel I need support and understanding of the way I view our beings, and hence the direction I will choose to take, so that I can focus all my energy on being, feeling, healing.
I need to connect with like minded people in order to have the courage to look deeply into where, and how, I can open myself up to be love in all that I do. To drop all the resistances I hold, the conflicts I choose, and to feel the connection with all.
Love ..... creates the space for healing. Love is healing.
I found encouragement in your blog and also your TED talk, so heartfelt thanks to you.
I had two different cysts in the ovary and cervical area - but I have been taking turmeric or curcumin @ two 1000 mg capsules a day for ages. I credit this wonderful herb with keeping the polyps out of my colon (first colonoscopy netted three that were the size of golf balls) my gyno person thinks this may also be responsible for causing the other cysts to decrease in size to the point that I am now on just a wait and see list.
There are so many different remedies for what ails us and we just need to find the natural answers rather than paying for expensive drugs with some hefty side effects.
Thank you for your comments Sprite. Again, it is this reassurance that you offer that we are powerful beings, our bodies are miraculous and do know how to heal themselves when we truly listen and align ourselves. Even though I know this, I find your words such a great inspiration and support . Thank you. I step into my day with an added boost and allow the fear to dissipate as I reconnect to the divine and all around me.
In reference to Lois comments, my thoughts are with you and your sister; sometimes I think it is even harder to watch a loved one go through healing as we have no control. But just being there when they need your support is a great gift to offer someone. We all need to know that we are supported fully in whatever choices we choose to make. 2012 is an interesting time... there are many changes occurring and opportunities for growth, to unfold into our true beings, to reach our highest potentials, to just be able to be ourselves fully in each moment, in every single way. Although it can appear challenging at the time, it is a wonderful opportunity to shed patterns/ behaviours that we carry around with us that no longer bring us value. And in the end we will recognise the gift that it really is as we transform our lives. (Might your sister be willing to try some therapies to help with her side affects? I know many people that choose conventional treatment but also take chinese herbs or acupuncture to support the body and suffer no side affects. Just a thought.)
Most don't take responsibility for our lives because we are not taught to. We are taught that the "white coat" knows more about our bodies than we do. We are not taught to trust ourselves, and so we waver between living to be true to ourselves or living to be accepted, to follow the norm. And so there is a fear in trusting ourselves. I believe this needs to be taught to children in school. We need to learn that we are responsible ultimately for our health, our happiness, our reality. We need to communicate with our bodies, learn to understand them ...and there are so many ways that our bodies show us where imbalances are occurring, so many different systems of looking at the body. Then our children will grow up empowered, knowing that they can truly affect their health. This is a passion of mine to be able to bring such classes into schools where children can learn to discover and know their bodies, where a basic understanding of the how the mind and body is connected is offered, where movements, acupressure points are shown, so that they are given tools and empowered to regulate themselves. Where they re reminded that love heals. It would become part of them and their habits in life. And they know all of this anyway... it just gets lost because generally it is not supported.
Other options for taking care of yourself is the other half of the battle. We have so many MD's who don't believe in any of that "stuff" like chiropractic care, acupuncture, ayurvedic medicine. Our culture just wants to give us pills and do surgery and we don't even know how to listen to ourselves. I'm watching my sister go through chemotherapy right now for breast cancer. It scares me to watch her get a chemo therapy and then see a horrible allergic reaction. So the "experts" decide to give her another medication that can cause heart damage???? I'm really quote mortified about this.
But my real question, is why won't people take their health in their own hands.
The majority of us here in the US have been brainwashed into thinking that only a Doctor can cure us and that we must take expensive pills to be cured. We have gotten away from how our ancestors healed by using herbs or plants. We quit believing in ourselves. There are quite a few who are now studying and figuring out the wisdom that has been all but forgotten. I don't have medical anymore - so I have to go to the VA for my Dr's visits. I make sure that they know I would prefer not to take medications without good cause. I am 65 and the only thing I take is a thyroid replacement. I wasn't paying attention to my stress levels a couple of years ago and my body totally shut down my thyroid and adrenal system. It has been a labor to get myself functioning again.
I will think positive thoughts for your sister - I have friends that have gone thru chemo recently - it is tough - but hopefully it will take care of the cancer and she can be on the mend soon.
I couldn't agree more Lissa. Which is why after 20 years in a career in the film industry I'm working on my applications to post bacc schools in order to go into medicine. We need doctors who not only care but who are able to navigate the politics and advocate for the rights of patients and for the very existence of HEALTHcare not DISEASEcare which is what it's become with our procedure-based payment system and emergency only care model in this country.
I grew up in the era of HIV/AIDS and women's healthcare activism in NYC during the late 80's and early 90's. This is the next chapter - this broken system AND the exponentially growing AUTOIMMUNE crisis that is looming and which will bring us to the brink of disaster in trying to address how to treat the estimated 25-50 million Americans already living with (read DIAGNOSED and 8:1 females) autoimmune diseases.
It's so much bigger than any one piece of the puzzle that it's hard for people to wrap their heads around the ideas that so many things are inter-related. I have hope that with more people involved, more doctors and caregivers who are out there speaking the truth and acting with integrity, we'll steer this ship off the rocks and into deeper, clearer waters of preventive care, health based models.
I think of my future as a doctor as a future of being an advocate, a teacher, a role-model, a researcher, a supporter, a networker (with other healers) and finally, also a healer. I can't wait!
It'll just take time and determination and all the support it can get (both my journey through med school and the US in our transition to a more health-focused system).
Looking forward to being part of the solution!
Last week, I attended a training on the Affordable Care Act and heard people say that healthcare is our lifeblood, or our vitality to be well, etc. I did not know how to redirect their ideas on this issue. Yes, healthcare is essential and we need to fight for it. We also need to start taking responsibility to educate ourselves and others on the difference between being well and preventative care. Our physical health is wholly connected to our total being. Healthcare access can fix the physical symptoms or aid, but if we don't address the connection to our mind and body, the symptoms will keep showing up. It is a tough lesson to learn that our physical health is connected without placing blame on ourselves, so how can we teach this lesson to others? How can we introduce such a concept of personal responsibility in a compassionate, gentle way that encourages people to start opening our eyes?
I really feel for doctors. Notably, I'm a lawyer. Whereas we put in 3 years and change preparing for our careers, they put in 15 or so. The cost is unbelievable. I have a neurologist friend who earned his Ph.D. at Yale but cannot afford to teach. I don't know whether he has already paid his student loans, but he also has children he needs to raise. It seems to me that more is at stake than insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. The failure of the US to invest directly in the education of much needed professionals is also of the utmost concern. In Europe, persons receiving higher educations do not come away with exorbitant student loan debt and can focus on medicine (or law or science) without fear of bankruptcy.
Well said, but just a few more things to add. In our country we pay our doctors more than other countries pay their doctors. But doctors in our country come out of medical school owing huge loans for school and then they have to spend huge amounts of money on malpractice insurance.
Next, we have the huge expenses of hospitals and their employees. Yes, nurses are very well paid at least in California.
I recommend a book called "The Healing of America" by T.R. Reid. He has looked at other countries, some successful with their healthcare system and some not so much, but all of them less expensive than ours.
We treat health care as a privalege in our country not a right. We have to stop thinking of healthcare as another business to make a profit. Insurance companies are not as profitable as other companies (like tobacco companies which are in the business to kill people WTF??). Most insurance carriers (at least in California) are non-profit companies, so I guess that's a start.
I don't think we have to throw out the baby with the bath water, but we have to change our way of thinking for sure.
Thanks for a really important post. A family member served in Congress, voted yes on health care from a swing district, and lost his seat in 2010 in large part because voter turnout was too low. If a better health system matters to you, please, stay engaged and VOTE. It's so easy to become cynical and give up on our lawmakers, but if we give in to cynicism we also give up on those who do the right thing and are there to serve - not self-serve. We owe it to ourselves and our country to stay engaged in the political process at this critical time. Every vote truly does matter.
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Suppose I have a string with lots of random stuff in it like the following:
strJunk ="asdf2adsf29Value=five&lakl23ljk43asdldl"
And I'm interested in obtaining the substring sitting between 'Value=' and '&', which in this example would be 'five'.
I can use a regex like the following:
match = re.search(r'Value=?([^&>]+)', strJunk)
>>> print match.group(0)
>>> print match.group(1)
How come match.group(0) is the whole thing 'Value=five' and group(1) is just 'five'? And is there a way for me to just get 'five' as the only result? (This question stems from me only having a tenuous grasp of regex)
I am also going to have to make a substitution in this string such such as the following:
val1 = match.group(1)
strJunk.replace(val1, "six", 1)
Which yields:
Considering that I plan on performing the above two tasks (finding the string between 'Value=' and '&', as well as replacing that value) over and over, I was wondering if there are any other more efficient ways of looking for the substring and replacing it in the original string. I'm fine sticking with what I've got but I just want to make sure that I'm not taking up more time than I have to be if better methods are out there.


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What are we prepared to do? Howsabout we take a page from Hobby Lobby — with its icky social conservative values, and embarrassing Christian pieties — and stand up for its liberty by simply denying the government and the courts their usurped authority?
"Hobby Lobby Defies Obama Administration with Civil Disobedience for Religious Liberty":
Now that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied Hobby Lobby's application for an emergency injunction protecting them from Obamacare's HHS Mandate on abortion and birth control, Hobby Lobby has decided to defy the federal government to remain true to their religious beliefs, at enormous risk and financial cost.
Hobby Lobby is wholly owned and controlled by the Green family, who are evangelical Christians. The Greens are committed to running their business in accordance with their Christian faith, believing that God wants them to conduct their professional business in accordance with the family's understanding of the Bible. Hobby Lobby's mission statement includes, "Honoring the Lord in all we do by operating the company … consistent with Biblical principles."
The HHS Mandate goes into effect for Hobby Lobby on Jan. 1, 2013. The Greens correctly understand that some of the drugs the HHS Mandate requires them to cover at no cost in their healthcare plans cause abortions.
Today Hobby Lobby announced that they will not comply with this mandate to become complicit in abortion, which the Greens believe ends an innocent human life. Given Hobby Lobby's size (it has 572 stores employing more than 13,000 people), by violating the HHS Mandate, it will be subject to over $1.3 million in fines per day. That means over $40 million in fines in January alone. If their case takes another ten months to get before the Supreme Court—which would be the earliest it could get there under the normal order of business—the company would incur almost a half-billion dollars in fines. And then of course the Supreme Court would have to write an opinion in what would likely be a split decision with dissenters, which could easily take four or six months and include hundreds of millions of dollars in additional penalties.
This is civil disobedience, consistent with America's highest traditions when moral issues are at stake. The Greens are a law-abiding family. They have no desire to defy their own government. But as the Founders launched the American Revolution because they believed the British government was violating their rights, the Greens believe that President Barack Obama and Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are commanding the Greens to sin against God, and that no government has the lawful authority to do so.
This issue of civil disobedience is never to be undertaken lightly. The Bible teaches Christians to submit to all legitimate governmental authority (e.g., Romans 13:1), and so a person can only disobey the government when there is no other way to obey God.
But here in America, the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land, and in its First Amendment it protects against a government establishment of an official religion and separately protects the free exercise of religion. On top of that, Congress passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) to specifically add an additional layer of protection against government actions that violate a person's religious beliefs.
The HHS Mandate is a gross violation of the religious beliefs of the Green family. The issue before the courts here is whether the Greens religious-liberty rights include running their secular, for-profit business consistent with their religious beliefs. In other words, is religious liberty just what you do in church on a Sunday morning, or does it include what you do during the week at your job?
The Greens are now putting their fortunes on the line to do what they believe is right. The courts should side with them, affirming a broad scope of religious liberty under the Constitution and RFRA. And the Supreme Court should resolve this matter with dispatch in their favor.
Millions of Christians across the country feel exactly the same way as the Greens. The Obama administration has issued a statist command that is a declaration of war on people of faith who object to abortion, and civil disobedience could break out all over the country unless the courts set this matter right—and quickly.
Of course, it shouldn't just be Christians. If the government can be so arrogant as to take away one basic foundational right from Christians — or at least attempt to trivialize it and put it into a box (think campus "free speech zones") — it will be only be emboldened should it be able to cast Christians as backward biblethumpers clinging to their religion at the expense of the Greater Good and "tolerance."
And that's been the attempt, aided in many ways by our own "side," many of whom so fear getting any of that Holy Spirit stain on their sophisticated, worldly J Crew blazers that they actively attacked their own party candidates when those candidates made too much noise about their religious beliefs.
Yet as I argued at the time, it is precisely those beliefs, assaulted so frequently by the secularists and statists and courts, that, defended against governmental overstep, provide the very blueprint to resisting state overreach.
Ironic though it may seem to our own bien pensant, it is their reluctance to stand with the bitterclingers that gives the left the aid it needs to beat back the limited government that same bien pensant "conservative" crowd claims to fight for.
Let me go on record here as saying, my own agnosticism aside, thank God for the true believers. Because they, along with the gun rights advocates, are standing in the way of the complete government takeover of everything we once understood about individual liberty and autonomy.
Bless their goofy, unhip piety, I say.
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Bess broke into a utility shed at 920 St. Mark�s Church Road and stole a 1999 Yamaha Timberwolf ATV, valued at $600. He also broke into a storage building occupied by Hillside Market and took a rotary tool kit, grout, cement and a putty knife, according to arrest warrants.
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It was a breath of fresh air to see a production where the intention is to try to stay true to the text and figure Shakespeare out. Too many of today's productions add in all kinds of distractions and modernizations in an attempt to make it entertaining and appealing. I am constantly reminded of the Hamlet that Michael Kahn directed at the STC, it was disgusting! There were so many distractions (ipods, Doritos chips, flashing cameras) that the play was completely lost. I cried, during Kahn's Hamlet, not because I was moved by the performance, but rather for the damage that they did to Shakespeare.
Joseph Haj as director & Graham Hamilton as Hamlet, just give us Shakespeare, and though it is not perfect, I am deeply grateful for their efforts. I plan to go back and see it again.
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The play was done really well. While they did use Shakespearan english, it was delivered in an American accent. I think I would have enjoyed it more if the accent was more authentic.
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By William Shakespeare
Directed by Joseph Haj
Original Music by Jack Herrick
What should fellows such as I do crawling between earth and heaven?_
Joseph Haj is Producing Artistic Director of PlayMakers Rep at UNC-Chapel Hill and was named by American Theater magazine as one of the artists who will shape the next 25 years of theater in America.
Tony Award-winning musician Jack Herrick, a member of the Red Clay Ramblers, will compose original music for this production.
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Matt Lowton insists Villa's fortunes will soon turn.
Lowton was gutted after Villa went down 1-0 at Fulham, blaming the defeat on sloppy defending from the corner which led to the goal.
He's frustrated with the result because for long periods Villa both defended well and played creative, incisive football.
The right-back, who moved to centre-half in the second half, is confident that the tide will switch for Villa if they keep plugging away.
He said: "We have to keep our belief. We are not playing badly.
"We have had very tough away games. St James Park, White Hart Lane and Craven Cottage.
"We have gone to those places and played very well.
"It took a fantastic goal at Newcastle to peg us back. We should have gone ahead arguably against Tottenham and we were fantastic up until 84 minutes against Fulham.
"It's tough to take because the performances are there. We are just not getting the results.
"I thought we looked good throughout the game at Fulham. We created chances to go ahead before we conceded.
"But it's difficult accepting conceding a goal from a corner. It won't be the best corner he's ever taken by a long way. It was sloppy from us.
"We have to start turning it around and get more clean sheets.
"Up until that point we defended very well. We were winning our individual battles. We looked solid. We looked like we were going to get a point. But we switched off from a corner.
"Hopefully at home against Norwich we can get the crowd right behind us and get at them from the off. We were fantastic at home against Swansea so there's no reason why we can't replicate that."
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The tradition and meanings of the gestures used in the ATS Class "Prayer", Pranam, Centering Exercise or Moving Meditation,
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Hip Bump, Pivot Bumps, Shark and Arc Turn,
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¾, or Walking, Shimmy, both Full Time and Half Time, with diagonals,
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Cyndi Freiman delivered a paper at this years 53rd Venice Biennale. This is a book of her Venice photographs and is part of a set of three books. The other two are a catalogue of her experiences of the art at the biennale and a book on Florence and Padua.
My passion for pictures began as a child watching my father in his darkroom. I was mesmerised as images magically appeared onto printing papers submerged in trays of liquid chemicals. When I studied medicine I had no time to indulge this passion. Advances in my specialty of anaesthesia are driven by new technologies similar to photography's which have rekindled in me a fire for photography. Combining a love of travel with looking through the lens, I find myself transported into a wonderful world of creativity. I've been fortunate to learn from some renowned travel photographers. Nevada Wier taught me to wait for the defining moment. Seeing the light, finding patterns and colour are central to my style. Many years in medical practice taught me valuable communication skills. When photographing people, it's this skill that establishes the trust and connection essential to capture the uniqueness of each individual.
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What happened in the super-sized world of Jersey Shore this week?
- All eyes are on baby Lorenzo, who made his magazine cover debut this week. Snooki may still be in pain from labor, and she might have been lonely this past summer, but now? She's happy looking natural, losing the baby weight, planning her next pregnancies, and chatting about how Lorenzo takes after her. We think baby 'Enzo looks just like his mom!
- Deena Nicole looks gorgeous these days! We compared her head-to-toe makeover with Teen Mom star Catelynn's, and noticed how lovely she looks without makeup. Happy one-year anniversary to her and boyfriend Chris!
- Rumors flew that JWOWW and Roger got engaged, even though Roger denied it, and so did JWOWW. But we got exclusive details on the ring anyway! We took a look at their cutest moments of all time, and Roger celebrated by requesting sex with JWOWW's boobs via Twitter.
- The cast introduced the first trailer for Season 6, and we got to see these super-mature promo photos of the guidettes. Plus, a few artsy promos showcase what drinking and GTL mean at the Shore, and The Situation teased all the fights and stalkers to look forward to.
- Vinny dressed like a crazy person at the 2012 VMAs, and he kinda dissed his castmates. SamRon went for a convertible ride near their new place, and we took a look at all the ways Snooki has changed since Season 1 (and the ways she's stayed exactly the same).
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German bisque shoulder head (black speck on nose) incised 1894 A.M. under kid, sweet face with stationary brown glass eyes, dark multi-stroked eyebrows, open mouth with teeth, replaced brown long curl wig, original kid body (lower torso and upper legs recovered, old cloth replaced lower legs, antique dress and blouse (mends on sleeves). Blonde German china head with wavy hair and lovely painted features, replaced white cotton undies. Five cotton and two rayon doll dresses from the 1940s, and velvet bonnet. Along with an antique wooden swinging cradle. Nice lot from an attic!
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The photo above shows a layer of mid-level clouds and their shadows as observed from an altitude of approximately 8,500 ft (2,590 m). It was taken flying east to west somewhere over the desert of southeastern California -- the camera is facing northwest. Note the thin beams of light filtering through the altocumulus cloud deck. From this perspective, the picture seems as if it could have been snapped by a scuba diver. Shadows from the clouds projected upon the desert floor look much like undulations in sand in shallow water. In actuality, the dappled surface results from the interplay of nearly vertical sunbeams and cloud shadows -- crepuscular rays. The wavy appearance of the shadows is caused by uneven topography. Photo taken on October 12, 2007.
Photo details: Camera Maker: Canon; Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi; Focal Length: 34.0mm; Aperture: f/16.0; Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500); ISO equiv: 400; Exposure Bias: none; Metering Mode: Matrix; Exposure: program (Auto); White Balance: Auto; Flash Fired: No (enforced);
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I have a 1994 Ford Escort Wagon with the factory bars. These bars are kind of "domed". I would like a roof rack and am considering the Rockymounts and or the Yakima Raptor or Cobra( I have access to the mightymounts).
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Loud snoring, problems falling asleep, or often waking up feeling tired may be early signs of developing heart disease and other health problems. This information comes from a study conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. The participants, whose age ranged from 45 years to 74 years, were asked about their quality of sleep. Three years later follow-up information revealed these conclusions:
- The loud snorers were more than twice as likely as the quiet sleepers to have metabolic syndrome. (Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke that includes high blood pressure, high blood sugar, low "good" cholesterol, high triglycerides, and excess belly fat.)
- People who had difficulty falling asleep or woke up feeling tired were about 80% and 70% (respectively) more likely than others to develop three or more risk factors for metabolic syndrome.
- Of the participants, 14% developed metabolic syndrome.
This is the first study to follow people with these sleep symptoms over time and track the development of metabolic syndrome. The study also noted the possibility that obesity is also partly responsible for the link between sleep problems and metabolic syndrome.
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My husband is a cheese ball fanatic. He could pound an entire cheese ball all by himself. Crazy right? When planning out out New Years menu, I knew we needed a delicious cheese ball to make an appearance.
During the Christmas holiday, my amazing mother brought up the idea of a Jalapeño Popper Cheese Ball. I literally jumped with excitement at the idea. One of my favorite appetizers taking on a new form and shape was sheer brilliance. Thus, this beautiful cheese ball was born. It has the flavors you love from a jalapeño popper, made into a delicious spread for crackers. It combines the perfect hint of heat and cool. Your crowd will LOVE this recipe! Definitely put this on your New Years menu, you will be so happy you did!
- 2 (8 oz) blocks cream cheese
- 1 (4 oz.) can diced jalapenos, drained
- 1 (4 oz.) can diced green chilies, drained
- ¼ tsp. garlic salt
- ⅓ cup cooked and finely chopped bacon
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan Cheese
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- ½ cup panko bread crumbs
- 1 Tbsp. butter
- 1 Tbsp. parsley flakes
- In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, diced jalapeños, diced green chilies, garlic salt, bacon, Parmesan cheese and cheddar cheese.
- Form into a ball shape and chill for about 15 minutes in the fridge.
- While cheese ball is chilling, melt butter in a saucepan. Once butter is melted add panko bread crumbs and parsley flakes. Toast, stirring constantly, until golden in color. Take off heat and let cool completely.
- Once bread crumbs have cooled and cheese ball has chilled, roll and cover the entire outside of cheese ball with toasted panko crumbs. Cover and keep chilled in fridge until ready to serve. Refrigerate any leftovers. Serve with crackers.


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photographing the 4th of July fireworks display, New York
Braving the crowds (and insane traffic) in Hoboken tonight, I had a good view of magnificent 4th of July fireworks display on the Hudson River. From this viewpoint, Manhattan is to my right, and barely visible on the edge of the frame. I wanted to include the reflections in the water as well, since the surreal blend of colors helped anchor the intricate fireworks. The photography technique was simple enough – a slow shutter speed, a low ISO … and a tripod and remote release for the camera.
Camera settings for the image above: 1/2 second @ f5.6 @ 200 ISO
but I felt that for this image and several others, the streaks of light became too much. Too 'messy' and with less visual impact. So for the rest of the night, I changed my camera settings to:
1/4 second @ f5.6 @ 400 ISO
White Balance for all images: Daylight. Not all images worked since the brightness of the fireworks display varied a lot! But this is where shooting a large number of images, and then picking the best afterwards, really is the best method to ensure some successful images.
I was fascinated afterwards when the display had ended, by the pall of fireworks smoke shifting over Manhattan.
camera settings: 2 seconds @ f4 @ 400 ISO; Incandescent WB
As mentioned, the technique is simplicity itself. You do need a tripod to stabilize the camera, and then the camera should be fired with a remote release (or a cable release) so that the camera doesn't move even slightly during the exposure.
The technique extends further than this though. While I like these images, for they capture some of the magnificence of the display, what is lacking is the context – Manhattan. The classic shots of the 4th of July fireworks display, usually shows some New York landmark in the image, such as one of the easily recognized bridges. Or, the images show Manhattan's colored lights in the background.
For this, I was in completely the wrong place – Hoboken. Far too low down on the Hudson to get the necessary perspective against the Manhattan skyline. Weehawken would most likely have been a better choice here. Well, there is always 2012.
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The Alabama Department of Public Safety now offers computerized driver's license tests to the hearing-impaired. Instead of watching a videotape and taking a paper test, applicants use kiosks to pause the test, have questions repeated and alternate between a text and sign-language version of the test.
The Navy plans to build an $8.4 million research center in Florida for unmanned vehicles and systems that operate in the air, on the ground and at sea. The Jacksonville-based Haskell Co. received a $10 million contract to design, build and provide five years of maintenance for the warfare research complex. -- USA Today
Georgia agencies are developing a Web-based emergency alert system for use by key state agricultural agencies in a crisis, such as an animal disease outbreak or contamination of the state's food supply. CHAIN-EMN is a secure, two-way communication and alert reporting system that can rapidly disseminate information via a range of devices, such as telephones, PCs, PDAs and cell phones.
The Idaho Department of Agriculture partnered with the state of Washington's Department of Ecology to provide a field burning forecast for Northern Idaho and Washington on television. The forecast provides information on counties where field burning is likely to occur and how weather patterns may affect residents. The information also appears on the Web site.
Staff from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals' Office of Public Health developed a "Healthier Cajun Cooking" link on the department's Web site, which offers healthier versions of traditional Louisiana dishes. Site visitors can "Ask The Nutritionist" to analyze their recipes for fat, carbs, sodium, protein, cholesterol and fiber.
By next summer, New Hampshire transportation officials say motorists will be able to avoid traffic jams on Interstate 93 between Salem and Manchester. The state plans to install cameras, sensors and other gadgets to relay information about traffic speed, weather, road conditions, accidents and construction. -- USA Today
The University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center began a demonstration project to determine the economic viability and environmental advantage of generating power using a 30-kilowatt microturbine fueled with sour (impure) natural gas often produced with oil. Thirty kilowatts is enough to supply power to about six to 10 homes. The turbine can potentially produce 300 kilowatts. Researchers hope to generate on-site power for oil recovery while reducing emissions.
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PALM HARBOR — Christine Longley expected Florida Hospital North Pinellas' latest Healthy Happenings event to attract a crowd.
Maybe 500, or even 400, would be a solid, successful draw, the hospital's community outreach and volunteer services manager thought.
Apparently that was a low-ball estimate.
As of Monday afternoon, 842 people are registered to show up at Oct. 30's Healthy Happenings event, "Girl Talk: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask."
"I really thought about 500 would be a great crowd," Longley said of the first-of-its-kind event, which will be held at Innisbrook Golf Resort and Spa's Inverness Hall. "But we're excited about this turnout because it's just going to be such a fantastic event."
"Girl Talk" is a free opportunity for women of all ages to spend an evening focusing on female health issues.
A panel of five physicians, including specialists in gynecology, geriatrics and reconstructive surgery, will be on hand to lead a question-and-answer session that follows a sit-down dinner.
Prior to the dinner and panel discussion, guests are invited to spend 5–6:30 p.m. getting pampered by area salons and other health and beauty related businesses with booths set up on site.
Free health screenings are also available before dinner.
Men are welcome to attend, as many are scheduled to accompany their spouses or loved ones.
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UNDATED (USA TODAY) - Country singer Mindy McCready's personal battles continue.
The troubled star entered a treatment facility Wednesday on a judge's orders. At an emergency hearing, McCready, 37, admitted to drinking too much alcohol in the wake of her boyfriend David Wilson's death by self-inflicted gunshot wound three weeks ago, reports E! News.
Her two sons - Zander, 6, and Zayne, 9 months - have been removed from her home and are currently in foster care. Zayne's father was Wilson. Zander's father is singer Billy McKnight.
E! reports that McCready's father, Tim, filed the petition to have McCready enter rehab, saying that she "has been in bed ... Sleeps all day. Drinks all night and is taking prescription drugs. Not bathing or even helping take care of her 2 children."
McCready has had problems in the past, including attempting suicide, struggling with depression and addiction, and battling over custody of her children.
"The tragedy of David Wilson's death has been devastating and crippling to Mindy and her entire family," her rep Kat Atwood wrote in a statement, confirming the treatment.
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