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Thanks to the rise of debit cards and electronic payments, a lot of economists and tech writers have begun to advocate for a world without cash.
But if one writer's experience is any indication, it's going to be awhile before that happens. Seth Stevenson, a writer for Slate, is trying an experiment: seeing if it's possible to live life totally cashless. As of his last entry, it had been 44 days since he'd used cash. From the story (which I highly encourage you to check out at Slate.com/articles/business):
My worst moment came when an out-of-town friend asked me to welcome two of his pals who'd recently moved to New York. They were a young couple, and didn't seem to have a ton of dough. So after we'd downed a few drinks and appetizers, I excused myself and surreptitiously approached the waitress -- planning to take care of the whole check before the couple could offer to pay their share. "We only take cash," said the waitress. "Why??" I asked in dismay, as though it might somehow change her answer. "That's just our owner's preference," she replied (with a tone that conveyed the exact opposite of sympathy). Mortified, I returned to the table and asked these broke youngsters if they could cover my portion of the bill. They did so without a peep. But they weren't on PayPal, and I still haven't paid them back.
Isolated fiascos aside, the worst part of this stunt has been the everyday inconveniences. Say I'm in a hurry, and hope to buy a soda at a corner bodega to drink while I'm walking: There's inevitably a $5 minimum to use credit cards, so I forgo the beverage. Or, say I'm at a bar, and I order a single beer for six bucks. I'm informed there's a $10 credit card minimum, and I really don't want a second drink, so I end up tipping 67 percent to round out the bill. (I notice some commenters on my previous entry theorized that it would be easier to live cashlessly in a big city like New York. But a colleague with parents in Ohio swears that it's when he's back home that he never needs bills -- big, modern chain stores proliferate there, while New York is packed with mom-and-pop shops lacking credit card readers and hipster taverns evading their taxes.)
Stevenson hits on a big reason why the death of cash is a long way down the road. First off, there's a premium involved in taking cards that many businesses are unwilling to pay, despite whatever help they're getting from the Durbin Amendment's cap on debit processing fees. And as Stevenson notes, there are some businesses that are willing to put up with the fees they'll pay to banks, but only if you make a purchase over a certain limit.
Another barrier to a cashless existence is finding a way to make the kind of informal person-to-person payments that a lot people use cash for, e.g., paying the baby sitter or settling the dinner bill with a friend. Electronic person-to-person payment systems created by banks and third parties have attempted to solve that problem, creating smartphone apps that would allow users to transfer funds back and forth for a small fee.
The problem with many of them, besides needing a smartphone to make them really useful, has been that the person receiving the payment would have to have an account capable of accepting it. With the plethora of financial institutions and different P2P standards, the odds the person you needed to pay would have such an account were low, as the writer above found out.
There are a couple of new developments that could solve the problem. Fiserv, a financial services tech company, acquired the company that owned Popmoney and is combining it with ZashPay, its own P2P service. Together, the network will connect 1,400 financial institutions and reach 35 million customers. The ubiquitous PULSE network is also pushing into P2P, partnering with Obopay, a popular international P2P provider. The new network will allow any financial institution on the PULSE network to offer P2P payments to its customers.
Between the two, along with PayPal and the clearXchange partnership set up last year between Bank of America Chase and Wells Fargo, at some point we'll see electronic P2P payments become more common. Eventually, I'd bet every mobile banking app will have some kind of P2P offering that will be widely compatible with other mobile banking apps.
And that will be one more step toward getting rid of cash altogether.
What do you think? Will Americans ever stop using cash? Do you use P2P payments?
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Samsung SSD Global Summit 2014: 845 DC Pro with V-NAND, SM951 with NVMe Supportby Kristian Vättö on 7/4/2014 2:00 PM EST
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tspacie - Friday, July 04, 2014 - linkIt's massively frustrating that Samsung makes a great product in the XP941 (and presumably the SM951) and just chooses not to sell it to the broader market. Reply
Minion4Hire - Friday, July 04, 2014 - linkIt is frustrating, but not unexpected. Frankly it's a niche product. It can't be installed in most current laptops, so as an aftermarket upgrade it isn't realistic. Even with a PCIe adapter card system compatibility will vary and offering support for such a product is a pain. I'm am not the least bit surprised that they are solely targeting manufacturers and system integrators. They will make more money do that than they would selling to consumers since they would also needed to cover the costs of packaging, advertising, technical support, warranties, etc...
...but I feel your pain. I want one too. Reply
hung2900 - Saturday, July 05, 2014 - linkThe reason behind of providing for OEMs only is avoiding high inventory (basically low inventory with high turnover with B-2-B, while the niche retail market is uncertain) Reply
Guspaz - Friday, July 04, 2014 - linkI'm really looking forward to an 850 EVO. TLC will reduce cost, while V-NAND will increase reliability due to bigger process size... Reply
Mr Perfect - Friday, July 04, 2014 - linkI don't think they have TLC V-NAND. The article reads like the Evo has traditional TLC and the Pro has V-NAND. Reply
Minion4Hire - Friday, July 04, 2014 - linkThey only said they were looking forward to TLC V-NAND, not that it was in use. But it shouldn't be difficult to do. It's just the number of discrete voltage states that are configured for use in each cell. My guess is that they won't introduce it for a little while because it performs worse than MLC and because it offers better scalability down the road. As a new technology people will be willing to pay a premium. Once that subsides, TLC swoops in to save the day with higher density and/or help lower prices. Reply
Gigaplex - Sunday, July 06, 2014 - linkPay a premium for the EVO line? It's supposed to be the value line Reply
457R4LDR34DKN07 - Friday, July 04, 2014 - linkSM951 sounds killer. 4x pcie 3.0 & nvme. I now see the benefit of the asrock extreme 6 & 9. I just hope now that asus uses pcie 3 on their maximus formula impact VII pcie combo IV. Reply
457R4LDR34DKN07 - Friday, July 04, 2014 - linkYou didn't mention SM953. That looks like a overprovisioned version Reply
8steve8 - Friday, July 04, 2014 - linksm951 looks exciting. m.2 NVMe, why don't they market this to consumers? If it's shipping now, it'd be unquestionably the top drive. Reply
frenchy_2001 - Sunday, July 06, 2014 - linkBecause m.2 is still cutting edge and only win8.1 supports nvme out of the box.
It may be the future, but in the present, it is still quite rare...
We are also back into a format war, with next gen storage coming in m.2 (up to 4x pcie gen3), SATAexpress (up to 2x gen3, although most are gen2) and direct pcie (up to 16x pcie gen3 although storage so far tops at 8x gen2 or 4x gen3).
So, sata is still king and it will take a bit to sort through the new contenders.
My prognostic is the death of SATAe as m.2 will rule anything portable and pure pcie will rule the datacenter (both already exist and are sought after). Reply
extide - Sunday, July 06, 2014 - linkm.2 and SATAe are basically the same just different connectors for different form factors. SATAe can go up to 4x PCIe 3.0 also. Reply
Smuggy - Monday, July 07, 2014 - linkSo existing motherboards etc will be compatible assuming you have an m.2 and windows 8.1? Reply
boogerlad - Saturday, July 05, 2014 - linkDoes the SM1715 use second generation V-NAND? Reply
Laststop311 - Saturday, July 05, 2014 - linksm951 is going to be an utter beast with 4GB/s of available bandwidth. Finally the bottleneck will shift back to the nand. Reply
frenchy_2001 - Sunday, July 06, 2014 - linkThe real bottle neck is the willingness to parallelize. Enterprise drives already saturate bandwidth for pcie x4 gen3 at large transfer sizes.
Small size (iops at 4k) is the real differentiator. And honestly, it is mostly irrelevant for client computers (server drives on pcie nvme can now reach several 100k iops). Reply
romrunning - Monday, July 07, 2014 - linkPlease let the price be $1.50 (or lower) per GB! If so, I would start buying these immediately for my servers!
It seems the 845 DC Pro would be a better long-term endurance choice than the Intel DC S3500 that I'm buying now, and a cheaper price would make it a more appealing option than the Intel DC S3700. Reply


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The Program in Global Oral Health is happy to announce recipients of Global Oral Health Fellowships for 2013-14.
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Kjeld Aamodt (Mentor: Maria Orellana)
Grace Chen (Mentor: Octavia Plesh)
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Says Dr. John S. Greenspan, Associate Dean for Global Oral Health: "I am so impressed by the enthusiasm and commitment of our student Global Oral Health Fellows. They juggle so many responsibilities yet maintain an amazing energy level. These fellowships represent an important part of our Global Oral Health program, because the students are exposed to unique opportunities and are working with dedicated, outstanding faculty mentors."
GOH Fellow Ivy Fua says "I've learned so much about global health, research, and myself, from this experience. I want to express my gratitude to Dr. John Greenspan, Roger Mraz, and to my mentor, Dr. Lilliam Pinzon, for always supporting and encouraging me. I am looking forward to continuing our project in Colombia, and to pursuing a career that involves research."
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Front row, left to right: Kjeld Aamodt, Triet Vuong, Grace Chen, Wendy Yang, Ivy Fua, and Dr. John Greenspan; back row, left to right: Azeem Mughni, Roger Mraz, Booth Haley, and Shoghi Fareid.


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Resident Evil 6 is scheduled to be released on October 2, but some people already have the game. Wait, what?
"Capcom is currently undertaking a thorough investigation into reports that Resident Evil 6 is being sold ahead of its official October 2 release date," said the company in a statement. "At this time, all we can add is that it would appear this unfortunate incident is limited to a small quantity of stolen copies of the German USK PlayStation 3 version of the game."
Word on Resident Evil 6 appearing weeks ahead of its release date first showed up on NeoGo, and various photos and videos have appeared to validate the authenticity of the original report.
Capcom's statement this morning backs that up, though adds the new wrinkle of stolen copies of the game.
As discovered by VideoGamer.com, Capcom senior VP Christian Svensson confirmed the company does not intend to change the release date, despite this incident.
"The NA [North American] date remains 10/2," said Svensson.
Capcom's biggest problem? It's not just that Resident Evil 6 shows up on torrent sites, it's that Resident Evil 6 shows up on torrent sites, people don't care for the game, and pre-orders disappear. Time will tell on that one.


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My gf will play some games. She loves playing Co-op Left 4 Dead 2. I've tried to get her into other co-op games like Dungeon Defenders or Lego Lord of the Rings. She mildly enjoyed them but I think she just likes killing zombies. I recently got The Walking Dead for her computer and we've hooked it up to my big screen and been playing it together as well. Any recommendations on a similar vein to Left 4 Dead would be appreciated.
20-04-2013, 06:49 PM #123Twitter! Occasional impressions on random sim games.
Have I posted in this thread? Can't remember. Hopeless alcoholic.
Anyway, the missus loves her DS, specifically Zoo Keeper, Layton, and Puzzle Bobble/Tetris. She also enjoys the Lego games on PC but due to the entirely singular setup of the "office", rarely gets the chance as I hog it. She's not that bothered.
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Some recent stats about gaming demographics across Europe: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...uropean-gaming
The split between male/female is apparently pretty even. Germany has the most players (30M), and the majority of them are PC/Mac users (24M). Yay! My fellow citizens know where it's at! :]
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I don't that's indicative of women have become "gamers" in the sense of devolving into a vegetative state in front of their console or TV playing the latest AAA title.
My wife was quite enamored with Plants Vs. Zombies for a month or so (she essentially beat the game multiple times in various ways until the game became "boring" for her and she declared how "stupid" it was and that it distracted her from other things she "needed to be doing"), but I wouldn't call her a gamer by any stretch of the term.
I honestly don't think that many women give a shit about videogames as a hobby. They'll dabble as a way to past time, or in between fucking around on Facebook; there are exceptions, but they're not the rule.
Open this hobby to inclusiveness, treat women characters in a mature manner, drag it out of the proverbial "mom's basement" (things that will improve the hobby as a whole), but I wouldn't be surprised if the demographics of "gaming" change much unless they include the worthless shit that floods App Stores in IOS/Android marketplaces, or the stupid viral time-gated bullshit that floats around on Facebook, not allowing you to progress unless you allow the app to datamine all your personal information and post ads on your friends list.
It'll just make it better for the women who happen to be weirdos already, like the rest of us male gamers.
hold on, germany has more gamers than china? I find that dubious.
Also, if you look at germany and how crap it is, you sortof understand why they game so much ;D- Tom De Roeck.
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So that strikes me as sexist. Not in a malicious way, but in the sort of "if men to it, it's this way, if women do it, it's that way.". Most men playing games, especially over about 30, are playing "as a way to past time" or "in between fucking around on Facebook". This includes people who were big gamers in younger years.
There are certainly more men who call themselves "gamers" than women, but that's a thorny issue, and not really to do with playing habits. My wife has played more games, more seriously, than 99% of men who call themselves "gamers", but she wouldn't call herself that, because it's become a loaded term, associated with a gamer culture that isn't hers. Or mine, for that matter - the lifestyle and interests I called "gamer" and associated with myself died by about 2005/6, replaced by a sort of XboxWoWCoDBro lifestyle which was centered around games and being a "gamer" but entirely different in it's interests and what it considered acceptable behaviour (trolling, rudeness, extreme racism/sexist being much more "okay", because they were "funny" on "teh internetz"). That culture is dying now, thankfully.
1) Treatment of female characters in the game, if they even exist, and/or lack of female playable characters.
2) Violence/macho-obsessed gameplay as the norm. Games which offer more freedom really lessen this. I know women who are definitely not gamers by hobbyist standards who play fairly serious games like Skyrim or Dragon Age.
So the demographics will change. If you made a game about empire-building and relationships, say, a sort of Civ/ME cross-over, as it were, and not about face-shooting, and to the same quality of production and gameplay polish as a good AAA title, I guarantee you'd see more female players playing it - they might not call themselves "gamers", but that's meaningless.
You sneer at iOS stuff and so on, and yeah, most of it is money-grubbing crap, but the subject matter does point the direction for more accessible games (and not just for female players).
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The best way to get anyone into gaming Imo is with nintendo products....almost all nintendo franchise games are universally fun and naturally intuitive....there is a reason they had wii's in retirement homes lol. but I have seen many of new gamers made by the magic of mario kart and the likes...and zelda just puts them over the fence into gamer town ...good luck! :D
Open this hobby to inclusiveness, treat women characters in a mature manner, drag it out of the proverbial "mom's basement" (things that will improve the hobby as a whole), but I would be very surprised if the demographics of "gaming" changed much unless they include the worthless shit that floods App Stores in IOS/Android marketplaces
Women don't seem to game much. I literally have never known any woman that "played videogames" as a past time. Not when I was growing up; not in high school; not in the Army; nothing. Especially in the military, you get introduced to persons from all walks of life. Still nothing.
In any case, I posted that statement not as a defensive rebuttal to the statistics, but simply asserting that the statistics aren't REALLY saying that "gaming" has split fairly even between males and females.
There was another set of statistics I really wish I could find that broke the genders down in a realistic manner, and reflected results that mirror what I've experienced in life.
After all, if gaming was REALLY split down the middle between males and females, why do topics like these pop up?
My wife is, to be honest, contemptuous and thinks I'm childish, and that I should be doing something "worthwhile" instead. Only a couple of my real world friends play to any great extent, and circumstances mean I don't see much of them these days. This doesn't bother me too much, except that I don't get many opportunities to just sit down with someone who knows the hobby, just have a long chat about games and share experiences. I wish I could find a way to explain to her what it is I get out of games that I don't get out of even a really good TV show, which is the thing I really struggle to articulate to people who don't game regularly.
My eldest son is only 3 1/2 but definitely showing an interest (tablet, PS3 and PC, he's cross platform hehe), so maybe in a few years I'll have a proper little gaming buddy ;-)
As an aside, about 7 or so years ago I was very pleasantly surprised when I joined a raid community in World of Warcraft and, via Teamspeak, discovered that at least a third of our regulars if not more were women, with a range of ages and backgrounds. This was the first online game apart from Unreal Tournament that I played, and certainly the first where I felt part of an in-game community and so it was the first opportunity for the nerdy-male-gamer stereotype to be challenged for me. I do remember seeing some stats somewhere later on (can't remember where) that showed something like 40% of WoW players were female, and there were 1 or 2 couples amongst our group who played together.There is nothing more powerful than a bad idea who's time has come...
On the other hand, before I got online I knew more women who played games than men (this was in the eighties and early nineties, even) and most of the women I've been in relationships with have played too. They didn't play many casual games either (I even met one of them on a BF1942 server).
I didn't really encounter the idea that gaming is a boy's club until I got online.
Maybe my experiences are unusual, I just don't know why they would be (I don't think I've done anything particularly different than other men).
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I think even if women do play games, they tend not to admit it. I mean, I also think they mostly play casual games, but they seem to feel more guilty about it, so they're not outspoken about it. Closet gamers, one might say.
Maybe that's it, Dan. My wife's description of games falls in line with Sproutmask's wife's description of games. I remember playing the first Mass Effect, and her only remark about the game was "Do all you do in that game is talk to other people?" lol.
My wife has also described her distaste in that you have to sit there and do nothing BUT play the videogame, versus watching an enthralling TV show where she's consuming multiple forms of media (surfing Facebook or whatever) or simply sitting there crocheting as she watches (which is her second job, making knit beanies and such that sell very well up here).
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Of the small subset of friends I have that are really, really into games ... about half of them are women.
I won't pretend this experience is representative ... but that some people who have the opposite experience WILL pretend their experience is representative really bothers me.
Unless we collect the data properly, we can't just assume that data consistently suggesting women are not vastly outnumbered in the gaming world merely represents an abundance of women who play "casual" games. The thing is ... a crap ton of guys play those games too. So if we have a lot of men and a lot of women all playing Plants vs. Zombies ... and the numbers are still looking similar across all of gaming ... well, it's silly to assume that we have any sort of clear signal that women are only playing Plants vs. Zombie type games.I think of [the Internet] as a grisly raw steak laid out on a porcelain benchtop in the sun, covered in chocolate hazelnut sauce. In the background plays Stardusts Music Sounds Better With You. Theres lots of fog. --tomeoftom
You ruined his point by putting it in context thats cheating -bull0
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Your experience is not "how it is".
What you're saying there, it seems is "unless it's the same as my experience, it's not realistic". That's obviously nonsense. I mean, the big question for me is, how old are you? If you're 40+, especially closer to 50, I could see your experience being the way you describe, but I'm 36, and my experience is starkly different.
Growing up in the '80s, every kid I knew of either gender, who had access to ANY kind of computer or console, played computer games. Now, in the teenage years, a lot of kids started drifting away from them - but that was true of both genders, not just men. They got other interests - sports, the opposite (or same) gender, getting seriously into music, clubbing, etc. etc. - but still, most people of either gender sometimes played games for fun. In our twenties, you got much more sneer-y/frown-y "Oh you STILL play computer games?" stuff - again, from BOTH genders. By our thirties, people had mostly gotten over that, and actually more people of either gender seem to sometimes play games, though with kids, jobs, etc. there's a lot less time for AAA-type 20hr+ epics or "play every day" shooters.
DanMan & dudebro: Personally, I know quite a lot of female gamers that play all kinds of games and are also outspoken about their hobby. Just like with other things in life we often automatically assume that our personal/anecdotal experiences are more representative of the overall state of things than we could possibly infer. Obviously, this holds true no matter from which perspective you look at things, so I'd be interested in whether there's some sort of survey data on this topic.
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Notebook: LSU deep at tailback
Published: Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 3:15 p.m.
Much is being made this week about how talented and deep LSU is at wide receiver. Well, the Tigers may be even deeper and more talented at tailback, where they are four deep, led by Jeremy Hill, who is second only to South Carolina's Mike Davis in rushing in the SEC.
Hill has been sharing carries with Alfred Blue, Kenny Hilliard and Terrence Magee.
Hill is averaging almost 120 yards a game and has rushed for 594 yards and nine touchdowns. The other three have combined to pretty much equal Hill's production: 593 yards and nine touchdowns.
It all adds up to 1,187 yards rushing and 18 touchdowns from one position.
"The challenge is they're all talented. All those guys do a great job," UF defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin said. "When you watch cut-ups from the tape, it's not like the offense is changing much when they're in there. They're running their offense because all those guys can do it.
"They can put a foot in the ground, break tackles, hit the big ones. They've all had big plays. And they can catch out of the backfield. The challenge is you've got a fresh guy in there running the ball (all the time)."
Chucky still lurking
Defensive tackle Dominique Easley may be out for the season, but his Chucky doll is not. It's been given life by sophomore defensive end/outside linebacker Dante Fowler Jr., who has unofficially taken custody of the doll.
Fowler took Chucky on the Kentucky road trip two weeks ago and he's planning to do the same this weekend when the Gators head to Baton Rouge.
"I'm not aware of what the formal handoff ceremony was, but (Fowler's) somehow got that," Durkin said. "I noticed it the first game when Easley was not there. Chucky was, and he was with Dante.
"Chucky's welcome in all our meetings and he's learning the defense."
At least one player apparently finds the doll a little bit creepy. Middle linebacker Michael Taylor said earlier this week that he thought Chucky was going to get up and walk on the team flight back from Kentucky.
"Mike's a unique guy," Durkin said. "I can see him saying that."
Easley around, recovering
Even though Easley is out for the season after undergoing ACL surgery, the senior is still spending lots of time with the team (and Chucky, of course).
"Dominique is a big part of our team even though he's not playing," Durkin said. "His personality and energy are contagious to all those around him. He's got great respect from the coaches and his teammates. He's a guy we want around. He's a part of the team no matter what."
Durkin said Easley is rebounding from the devastating injury.
"As good as we'd expect," he said. "He's got his spirits back. He's all smiles like normal. That guy will go rehab like crazy and get back to 100 percent as soon as anyone could.
"He's still got a great career ahead of him (in the NFL). I think we saw that in the snaps we were able to get out of him. He's a difference maker, a great football player and he'll have a great future."
Fowler's other side
In interviews, Fowler comes across as a big, happy kid. He even said that he's pretty much a big teddy bear off the field. But he's been a monster on the field with his strong play so far this season.
"He's a classic example of a nice guy, unassuming off the field," Durkin said. "But when he's out there playing, he plays pretty nasty.
"He's a very likeable guy. He always has a smile on his face, great guy to coach. You couldn't have a better guy around the locker room, around the field to coach. He's playing really well. We couldn't be happier for him."
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Who doesn't like Legos? I mean seriously people, EVERYONE likes Legos. Even though The Dark Knight Rises is out on DVD and Blu-Ray already, that doesn't mean it's too late to recreate the trailer for the movie. This holds true ESPECIALLY if said trailer is recreated in Legos.
ParanickFlimz did exactly this. The stop motion recreation of klThe Dark Knight trailer with Legos is masterly done. I personally enjoyed the part where the football stadium fell beneath the players. This just raises the question, is there anything Legos can't do?
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At Sutter Health, providing quality care is our top priority. We believe it's your right to know what we're doing to continually improve the care we provide and how we measure up against national quality benchmarks. We also believe that as an informed patient, you will be able to take a more active part in your care.
Because we treat so many patients throughout Northern California, experts within Sutter Health are able to study the effectiveness of our care, and share what works best with doctors across our network. Drawing from our own best practices and scientific proof of the most effective treatments, we're finding better ways of caring for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Below you can find out how the Sutter Health network, as a whole, stands up to some key measures of quality for certain medical conditions, in comparison to state and national standards.
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Four Sutter Health Physician Organizations Receive Quality Awards
Four physician organizations within the Sutter Medical Network were honored today by the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), a prominent industry leadership group that promotes and recognizes quality improvement and affordability in health care statewide. High Performance and Key Improvements Result in Integrated, Enhanced Quality Patient Care
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Ten hospitals affiliated with the not-for-profit Sutter Health network earned the July 2010 "Certificate of Excellence" from the California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Task Force (CHART). The honor recognizes exceptional performance in health care quality in 50 categories. Only 40 hospitals across California received the award – and Sutter Health facilities comprise 25 percent of those honored.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mayor Alvin Brown announced Wednesday that One Spark is headed for downtown Jacksonville on April 17th.
Brown said he is enthusiastic about the event.
"This is very exciting time for our city and especially for our downtown," said Brown. "With One Spark, there are a lot of words that come to mind; creativity, collaboration, energy and opportunity."
The event is an opportunity to showcase downtown Jacksonville during the five-day festival. Organizers are expecting over 100,000 attendees.
Brown said he also expects the downtown area to receive an economic boom.
"The first economic impact is heads and beds of people coming to Jacksonville," said Brown. "The second thing we want someone to come up with a great idea that we can all invest in, and I think the city will get a huge return on its investment."
Burrito Gallery owner Toni Allegretti hopes to cash in, in more than one way during One Spark.
"Burrito gallery is a venue. We have five creators in Burrito Gallery, but I am also a creator," said Allegretti. "My idea is instant beard cream. My idea is to have different color shaving cream. If your hair is black, you could have black shaving cream, see what you look like with a beard every morning."
As a downtown business owner, Allegretti thinks that One Spark will be the spark Jacksonville needs to ignite downtown.
"I think that it's going to bring a lot of business downtown," said Allegretti. "Lots of folks are going to open their eyes to how awesome our downtown is with this festival."
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MISSOURI CITY, Texas - A former Fort Bend County deputy died in an ATV accident in Missouri City.
Around 10 p.m. Friday, Houston police received a call from a woman saying her husband was missing and she hadn't heard from him. The couple owns a large property on Moffitt Lane near Landrum Lane, and the woman said her husband had gone out earlier in the evening on an ATV to check on their cattle.
Police searched the property. With the help of a helicopter, a family member found the man underneath his ATV.
According to police, the victim was turning around a feeder bayou when a chain dragging behind the ATV got caught in a crevice along a concrete area of the bayou.
When the chain caught, it jerked the ATV backward, flipping the man off and causing him to hit his head. Police said the ATV landed on top of him. He died at the scene.
According to HPD, the man was a Fort Bend County deputy and ran for sheriff about 20 years ago. His name has not been released.
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Job description
This is a rare opportunity to join one of the most exciting start-ups of recent times; a consultancy created by top names in journalism, PR and advertising that already has an eye-catching client list and is carving a reputation for creative, integrated and no-nonsense campaigns.
One of the agency's flagship clients, a media giant with interests in TV, radio, music and talent needs a dedicated SAD/Associate Director to spearhead campaigns across entertainment publicity, music, politics and broad stakeholder relations. It's a diverse brief and one which will require someone with a breadth of expertise spanning both consumer and corporate worlds. The pace is fast and the environment is fun and supportive.
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In Los Angeles, NFTE currently works with 42 teachers and youth development professionals to reach over 2,000 middle school and high school students with our in-depth, award-winning entrepreneurship program. Students participate in a 65 hour minimum NFTE curriculum (led by a NFTE Teacher and overseen by NFTE Program Staff) either as a class during the school day, as an out-of-school-time program, or as a summer immersion program.
Position Summary
The NFTE Greater Los Angeles Program Manager is responsible for assisting to support our roster of 42 active NFTE teachers in developing and implementing our youth entrepreneurship programs. The Program Manager will work in tandem with our Program Director to troubleshoot program implementation, manage volunteers, develop our alumni program, create large-scale business plan competition events and further local relationships and partnerships to benefit our program goals.
Program Manager Responsibilities
Program Implementation and Support
The Program Manager is responsible for taking on case load of programs and providing ongoing teacher support:
- Work with program site's administration to ensure program support.
- Conduct frequent school site visits.
- Provide individual teacher support via in-person, phone and email consultation.
- Conduct outreach and maintain communication with new teacher candidates.
- Analyze student outcomes and teacher performance while implementing initiatives to improve program and teacher performance.
- Manage three levels of business plan competitions: (1) classroom (2) semi-final (3) regional and ensure quality and consistency amongst each of the levels.
Volunteer Management
The Program Manager is responsible for conducting our volunteer management efforts:
- Create and manage list of volunteer opportunities over the course of the school year.
- Collaborate with staff to coordinate volunteer opportunities related to Adopt-a-Class matches with corporations and strategic partners.
- Manage a Volunteer Coordinator who is charged with volunteer training, placement, and appreciation.
- Assist in cultivating volunteers to become future financial supporters.
Alumni Program
The Program Manager will build and maintain our Alumni Program:
- Communicate with NFTE program graduates to develop on-going alumni supports and opportunities.
- Organize coaching and mentoring opportunities for top students pursuing their businesses.
- Create a calendar of alumni meetings over the schools year with relevant content to assist students in taking their business plans to the next level.
Administrative Responsibilities
The Program Manager will:
- Input and monitor data through Salesforce.
- Track program and evaluation data and keep teachers informed of their progress.
- Document qualitative and quantitative program features for reporting and development purposes.
- Process teacher and student fund requests.
- Participate with national program initiatives and represent the Los Angeles office in program and alumni related collaborations and best practice sharing with other NFTE offices.
- Bachelor's degree required; an advanced degree in business, education or social welfare is preferred.
- A minimum of 2 years experience in a school environment as a teacher and/or previous experience working with teachers is strongly preferred.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and an ability to interact effectively with various constituents including teachers, school administrators, and district staff.
- A demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically to build new NFTE program sites.
- Must be able to work independently and collaboratively, display leadership and organizational skills, and be able to manage multiple projects.
- High standards of excellence and a willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
- Strong passion for improving public schools and for increasing the opportunities for low-income students.
- Strong organizational and time management skills and detail orientation required.
- Strategic planning and implementation as well as project management experience.
- Familiarity with business concepts.
- Customer service orientation desirable.
- Reliable transportation and a valid driver's license required, as Program Manager is frequently at school sites and regularly visiting with multiple teachers each week. Mileage reimbursement provided.
The Program Manager position is full-time and reports to the Program Director.
Salary: Competitive. Comprehensive benefits.
Please send cover letter, resume and writing sample to firstname.lastname@example.com with LA Program Manager in the subject line.
NFTE is an equal opportunity employer. In order to ensure equal employment opportunity for every applicant, all hiring decisions will be made without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, veteran status, or disability. The Company is firmly committed to a policy and practice of non-discrimination in all areas of employment, and the Company will fully comply with all applicable federal, state, and local statutes pertaining to employment.
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The 2013 spotlights lineup:
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The son and I are getting ready to assemble a Brinkmann Trailmaster, we picked up at the Home Depot.
Over the years, I have occasionally read about the use of Automotive High Temp Silicone to seal gaps between the cooking chamber and side fire box. When I change a thermostat or water pump on my Cherokees, I use the red Permatex product, which smells funky. I can't see how that stuff would work in a high temp situation such as a fire box, without producing some harmful/toxic fumes, even after it cures.
Can anyone offer some advice and the pro and cons of using this product.


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I'm planning on doing some more work on this when/if I get the time and motivation.
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POLICE officers in Nelson are appealing for witnesses after a 73-year-old man died following a collision in a supermarket car park yesterday.
The man was driving a blue Honda Jazz car into the Nelson Morrisons car park at around 10:45am on Monday when his vehicle collided with a fixed billboard.
The driver was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital where he sadly later died.
Police are investigating the circumstances around the driver's death following this minor collision.
PS Dave Hogarth from East Division Road Policing said: "At this time, we are trying to establish what has happened to the man that has proved fatal and so I would ask anyone who may have witnessed this accident to come forward and speak to us."
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NORTON'S former Miss England Georgia Horsley is planning a church wedding near her home town this summer.
Georgia, 27, who grew up in Norton, is marrying McFly singer Danny Jones in August, pictured right.
In an interview with Hello! magazine, Danny revealed they would be getting married near Georgia's home town.
He also said he would be having all three bandmates – Tom Fletcher, Harry Judd and Dougie Poynter – as bestmen, out of a total of six.
"We're like brothers," he said. "Our backgrounds are so different but we all get on amazingly well.
"We have a connection on another level to everything else."
He also told how he kept procrastinating when it came to popping the question, originally having the idea of putting the engagement ring on the keys to a new house, then thinking he would propose on his birthday.
"Then I was like, 'What am I waiting for?' I knew I wanted to do it," he said
"She is just the happiest person to be around. It's so effortless. And she understands my banter."
Georgia said she was really excited about her forthcoming wedding but was unable to do any interviews about her big day.
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Quote:Okay...we hear it a lot...that martial arts can be good for the character. Lots of 'ideas' in people's heads when they sign the kids up in the local dojo. But looking around, the reality is...there are a lot of jerks in the martial arts...so whatever possible 'character building' aspects can be absorbed in training...might have more to do with what the MAist brings to it to begin with.My question is this: what is the difference between 'ethics', 'morals', 'values' and 'character building'? I see many threads, here and elsewhere, that touch on this subject, only to be derailed by these terms. Are they interchangable...synonymous with each other?What are your thoughts/experiences on this subject?
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Diabetic Foot Ulcers:
Diabetic Foot Ulcers:
In a patient with diabetes mellitus, a small, untreated blister can easily develop into a full-thickness ulceration. A diabetic ulcer, whether of neuropathic or ischemic origin (Figure), is potentially limb-threatening, because it can easily progress to sepsis or gangrene and eventuate in amputation. The outcome depends on timely assessment and initiation of optimal treatment.
Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent each year for the direct care of foot-related pathology in diabetic patients.1,2 Approximately 15% to 20% of the estimated 18.2 million Americans with diabetes are hospitalized because of a foot complication.2 In many cases, these complications—whether the result of infection, ischemia, neuropathy or a combination of these factors—lead to lower extremity amputations. Approximately 82,000 amputations unrelated to trauma are performed on patients with diabetes each year.2
Prevention of diabetic foot wounds is the ultimate goal. The key components of multidisciplinary foot disorder and amputation programs are early detection of foot ulcers and appropriate management of risk factors associated with foot wounds (Table 1). The main risk factors associated with ulceration and eventual amputation are neuropathy, vascular disease, impaired immune response, and structural deformities.3-5 Once a manageable lesion is detected, prompt and aggressive treatment is essential to prevent an exacerbation, thus reducing the risk of amputation. Identification of the cause is crucial to prevent recurrence.
In this article, we discuss the components of a diabetic foot examination, the principles of wound care, and strategies for prevention.
A thorough, systematic lower extremity examination is crucial to the initial treatment of a diabetic foot ulcer4,5 and may provide valuable clues about whether the cause of the wound is mechanical, thermal, or chemical. A stepwise approach that addresses key areas—skin, blood flow, sensation, muscle strength, and pedal deformities—is vital (Table 2). Equally important is the inspection of the patient's shoes for appropriate fit, foreign objects, and patterns of wear. The examination findings help determine the risk level for each patient.
Dermatologic assessment. Inspect the skin and interdigital areas of both feet. Pay particular attention to skin quality, integrity, atrophy, and callus formation, as well as ulcerative or pre-ulcerative changes. Skin color changes that are associated with petechial rashes, small eschars, or heel fissures may indicate a critical level of ischemia or autonomic neuropathy. Toenail changes and subungual drainage or paronychias may be sources of more proximal infection. Thickened or dystrophic onychomycotic toenails may cause subungual pressure ulceration. Close inspection of such nail pathology, especially when the nails are loosened from the nail bed, often reveals lesions that might otherwise be missed.6
Wound assessment. Clinical evaluation includes description and measurement of the wound.7 A tracing of the ulcer on a transparent film or plastic sheet can facilitate this process. Record the tracing and remeasure at subsequent visits to evaluate treatment progress. Digital close-up photography is another option; the photographs can be easily incorporated into the patient's chart or electronic medical record.
Explore the depth and extent of the wound with a small, sterile blunt probe. Check for hidden sinus tracts and deep abscesses, as well as for tendon, muscle, bone, and joint involvement. Palpable bone in the depths of diabetic foot ulcers strongly suggests osteomyelitis.8
Clinical signs of infection—such as purulent drainage, odor, cellulitis, fever, and leukocytosis—must be recorded. Fever and leukocytosis are not always evident, even in the presence of osteomyelitis. Aerobic and anaerobic cultures should be obtained from curettage of the ulcer base; such cultures are more reliable than a superficial swab in elucidating the true pathogens.9,10
Order radiographs to detect osteomyelitis; however, bear in mind that radiography has a low sensitivity and should not be the sole determinant of the need for further interventions. Other imaging modalities can aid in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis. Technetium bone scans, indium- and technetium-99m HMPAO-labeled leukocyte scans, monoclonal anti-granulocyte antibody scans, CT, and MRI are all useful; each has its own advantages and limitations. However, it is unclear whether patients for whom these expensive imaging tests are ordered have better outcomes than those who undergo empiric surgical and medical therapy.11


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The Dark Side of The Heart on "The Playlist" This Week
A week after Valentine's Day, hopefully all went well in the department of love, and that the Heart felt fulfilled from your loved one's efforts on a day that your florist and the greeting card companies are counting their profits (and I know I contributed to their cause with my girlfriend). Now on the other side, you may have been a Lonely Heart, feeling black inside, breaking from the pain of the past. The Heart gets a 2nd look this week on "The Playlist".


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Why am I receiving this error: "unable to verify existence of name server"?
If you are trying to modify your name servers and you receive the error "unable to verify existence of nameserver", the name server you are trying to use has not yet been registered with the same domain's Registry.
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A BRAVE Leasowe teenager who was given just hours to live has had the honour of opening a Wirral hospital's newly refurbished main entrance.
When fragile newborn Joshua Welch first entered the world in 2001, it was doubtful he would live.
Born at just 24 weeks, weighing just 1lb and 7oz and no bigger than the palm of an adult hand, the brave tot was given a mere 12 hours to survive.
Yet in January, the Foxfield School pupil celebrated his 13th birthday and last week, was cutting the red ribbon on Arrowe Park Hospital's new entrance – the very hospital where he was born.
It was that same hospital that helped Joshua on his road to recovery and after seven months in the hospital's special care baby unit, he was allowed to go home.
Recognising his amazing journey, David Allison, chief executive of Wirral University Teaching Hospital, said there was no better patient to help mark such a proud day in Arrowe Park's 32-year history.
He said: "Joshua is representative of what our hospitals offer the community they serve – committed, caring and compassionate professionals providing world-class health care.
"This trust has a great deal to be proud of, and despite the very real challenges we know the NHS is facing, it remains as important as ever to have a hospital that showcases to our patients, visitors and staff that we are a caring, competent healthcare organisation providing great clinical outcomes"
Joshua – who was described by mum Erica as a "loyal, loving little boy" when the Globe covered her son's 13th birthday – now suffers with globement development delay, is partially sighted and has recently been diagnosed as being deaf.
Despite this, Joshua and his battling nature have been a constant source of astonishment and inspiration for everyone who knows him, including his three big sisters – Katherine, Megan, and Amy.
"We were absolutely over the moon that Joshua was asked to open the entrance and we're all so proud of him," said mum Erica.
"Joshua was so made up with doing it.
"Thank you so much to Arrowe Park Hospital for just giving us our precious son and saving him."
Arrowe Park Hospital's newly refurbished main entrance.
Arrowe Park sees thousands of patients, visitors and staff walk through its main entrance day in, day out, resulting in natural wear and tear.
Before this latest refurbishment, the main entrance changed little since the hospital first opened in 1982, with the last remodelling taking place in the late 1990s.
Wirral West MP Esther McVey, who also attended the opening, said: "Having young Joshua here to open the new main entrance is an inspiration. It makes you realise just how skilled and dedicated the nursing teams are at this hospital.
"It's important we support the first class service Arrowe Park Hospital delivers. Whether it's caring for premature babies, like Joshua, at the beginning of their life, or when we fall back and rely on the compassionate and caring nursing staff for those patients requiring the best end of life care available to them."
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T. Schreiber Studio & Theatre's Young Adult Conservatory for Theatre and Film to Begin in January
T. Schreiber Studio and Theatre (Terry Schreiber and Peter Jensen, Co-Artistic Directors) announced today that the studio will launch the TSS Young Adult Conservatory for Theatre and Film in January 2013.
The TSS Young Adult Conservatory for Theatre and Film is a two-term Conservatory for the beginning and professional young actor, aged 14 to 17. Creativity, imagination, and instinct along with the foundations of technique will be fostered in a noncompetitive yet rigorous environment. Through exercises and scene work, onstage and in front of the camera, the young actor will develop the craft and art of acting.
The first term begins January 26, 2013 and runs for eight Saturday sessions 10:30 am to 4:00 pm through March 16, 2013 at T. Schreiber Studio and Theatre (151 West 26th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues; Subway 1 to 28th Street or F to 23rd). The second term, which will culminate in a performance and presentation, begins March 23, 2013 and runs through May 18, 2013.
For over 40 years, T. Schreiber Studio and Theatre has been celebrated for providing excellent training by industry professionals in a positive, nurturing environment. Studio alumni include Oscar nominee Edward Norton, Golden Globe nominees Maria Bello and Peter Sarsgaard, Annabella Sciorra, Debra Jo Rupp, Conor Dubin, and Julie Halston.
T. Schreiber Studio and Theatre Artistic Director Terry Schreiber praised the newest offering from the venerable company, "It has been my life's work to train adult actors and help them develop their immense talents in a safe environment, and I look forward to the Studio providing the same excellent program to teen actors."
Admission is through an interview. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call T. Schreiber Studio and Theatre at (212) 741-0209. For more information, visit www.tschreiber.org.
T. Schreiber Studio and Theatre (TSS) has been a creative community for actors since 1969. TSS is acknowledged as one of the foremost professional theatre studios in New York City. TSS was named Favorite Off-Off Broadway Theatre two years running by the Back Stage Readers Poll. Its production of Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead won the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Production. The studio's high quality productions continue to reinforce a reputation for excellence among audiences and the theatrical community. Martin Denton of NYTheatre.com raves that TSS "has become one of indie theater's treasures, featuring first-class productions of classic and new plays with incomparable (and award-winning) production values." For more information, visit www.tschreiber.org.


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"Winterizing" sounds like a therapy term. I can picture it now. I'm sitting on the sofa and, across from me, an analyst with a calm, soothing voice says, "I hear what you're saying, Zane, but I want you to ask yourself if you're being 100 percent honest about your feelings…I think there's a danger that you're winterizing your emotions."
He probably would be wearing moccasins, maybe even a vest.
"Weather-stripping" sounds like a college prank. Like having to get naked against a flagpole during a blizzard while tinny speakers belt out the '80s Van Halen hit, "Hot for Teacher." But weather-stripping is in fact one of the key elements of winterizing—or "weatherizing," which is the act of preparing one's home for the extremes of summer and winter. If it sounds silly, rest assured, it is deadly serious. From the Homeowner's Association of America:
Unless you live in the tropics, the time to consider the annual ritual of winterizing your home is now—before it's too late and:
• a tree limb is blown down in a blizzard and shatters your picture window.
• a mailman injures his wrist when he falls on your slippery sidewalk—or even worse, seeing your wife or kids desperately trying to get up off the ground and yelling for your help.
• a cold snap freezes the water in your basement laundry room's pipes, making them burst.
• a friend comes over for a holiday get together and gets an unpleasant surprise. As she enters the house, accumulated ice over the entryway falls on her head, giving her a concussion.
• you open your heating bills and have a cardiac arrest—because they're so high.
That's right. Nobody's laughing about getting naked in the snow now. Well, maybe a little bit because this is the HAA's advice for Santa Fe where, unbeknownst to the group, very few people have basements or such distinctly chauvinist attitudes, let alone picture windows.
In all honesty though, the debilitating succession of cardiac arrest-inducing $300 utility bills I received last year didn't happen because of mysterious or even unseen forces. It was a conspiracy, but a conspiracy cooked up between my doors and doorjambs, where there are finger-sized gaps. Apparently my drafty chimneys, decaying thresholds and few remaining single-paned windows were another triumvirate bent on my financial destruction.
The final conspirator was my own laziness.
I had shelled out the big bucks for a hyper-efficient boiler to power my heating system, but then neglected to put a couple hundred dollars into keeping all that efficiently generated heat in the actual house.
I had put in double-paned, insulated windows during a remodel, but hadn't been able to afford to replace the doors that had glazing on them. A few bucks' worth of clear plastic could have made a big difference there. New thresholds and proper, yes, weather-stripping in all the doorjambs would have made a dramatic effect.
Here are the big figures that come into play, according to the United States Energy Information Administration: Approximately half of the total energy consumption in the US is used in buildings, with the remainder consumed by industry and transportation. Of the building usage, a full 21 percent is consumed in residential applications, ie, our houses.
Inside the average home during the winter, a full third of total heat loss happens through doors and windows. Thus making the effort and investment to insulate and seal wherever possible makes a considerable difference not only in terms of the utility bill, but in terms of overall energy conservation.
So, you see, if you fail to winterize your home and contain heating bills and energy use, you're not just lazy, you're a verifiable eco-criminal, a coal-sucking pawn of Big Oil and the energy establishment.
The problem is, it's not easy to find someone to help you out. There's nothing in the phone book under "winterization" and even the modern standard of a Google search leaves Santa Feans looking for local expertise high and dry.
The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority is a great resource for those unable to afford hiring a contractor to perform a comprehensive inspection and appropriate upgrades or temporary fixes.
In Santa Fe, the MFA uses Department of Energy and state of New Mexico funds to help support Los Amigos Educational Resource Center, Inc. Los Amigos performs "energy audits" and will help qualified applicants with winterization and energy optimizing services and supplies. This Weatherization Assistance Program is available to renters and homeowners alike who can't afford to hire professionals or are unable to do the work themselves.
For those feeling handy, local hardware stores with knowledgeable staff, like Big Jo True Value, will be able to provide the supplies, like weather-stripping, insulation, caulking and window film, as well as advice on how to do it yourself.
If you'd rather hire a pro, most local contractors will be glad for the work and, with new construction plummeting, good prices might be negotiated.
Remember, you don't want your concussed mailman to throw your icicle-covered children through the picture window. I've heard something like that can happen if proper preparations are ignored.
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One of my favorite Christmas memories as a kid was decorating the Christmas Tree—opening box after box of ornaments, delicately unwrapping each one and finding the perfect spot on the tree. To this day, it's one of my favorite holiday traditions. I remember my mother had these wonderful gingerbread ornaments that smelled heavenly. I say "had" because they were lost to a four-legged furry friend a couple of years back, so I went on a hunt to find a great recipe for making my own.
There are a few different ways that people have approached these type of ornaments. Some recipes involve several days of drying and others involve using craft glue as an ingredient. It really depends on how much you want to put into these and how much you want to spend on the ingredients. I am opting for the slightly more complicated version without glue. This is a great activity to do with children, though be aware it takes several days to go from dough to ornament.
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- 6 tbsp. shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup molasses
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 tsp. ground cloves
- 2 tsp. ginger
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 7 cups flour (white, whole wheat, gluten free, doesn't matter)
- 1-1/2 cups water
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In a large bowl, beat shortening and sugar; stir in molasses. Sift baking soda, ground cloves, ginger, cinnamon and flour together in a large bowl. Stir this mixture plus water into the sugar and shortening mixture, alternately adding the water and baking soda mixture to the shortening mixture. Stir until mixed thoroughly and refrigerate 6-8 hours.
Preheat oven to 350° degrees.
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Place cookies on racks to completely harden. Place racks in a cool, dry place and let sit for two to three days. Coat cookies with clear acrylic paint or varnish and allow cookies to dry thoroughly.
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Branch Immaterial -Warrant Officer World War II US Army
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'Warrant Officer History Net''
"The Legacy of Leadership as a Warrant Officer"
Part I - 1918 to 1996
| Dedication | Introduction | 1918 - The Birth of the Army Warrant Officer Corps |
| 1936-1949 | 1950-1974 | 1975-1983 | 1984-1988 | 1989-1991 | 1992-1996]
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This History is dedicated to Chief Warrant Officer Four Donald E. Hess, United States Army Retired, to commemorate his twenty-five years of continuous and selfless service to the U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association (USAWOA) during his tenure as Founder, first President, and later Executive Vice President. In October 1997 he was designated as USAWOA President Emeritus and in July 2007 he was designated as Historian Emeritus of the Warrant Officers Heritage Foundation and appointed as Advisor to the Board of Directors .
The rank of Warrant Officer has a long history. There is some evidence to suggest that Napoleon used Warrant Officers as communications links between his commissioned officers and the rank-and-file soldiers.
The military grade of Warrant Officer is one of the oldest in Western military systems dating back two centuries prior to Columbus, during the fledgling years of the British Navy. At that time, Nobles assumed command of the new Navy adopting the Army ranks of Lieutenant and Captain. These royal blood officers often times had no knowledge of life on board a ship, let alone how to navigate such a vessel or operate the guns. They would often rely on the technical expertise and cooperation of a senior sailor who tended to the technical aspects of running the ship and operating the cannons. These sailors, some times referred to as 'Boat Mates' or 'Bosun's Mates' became indispensable to less experienced officers and were subsequently rewarded with a Royal Warrant. This Royal Warrant was a special designation, designed to set them apart from other sailors, but not violate the strict class system that was so prevalent during the time.
Birth of the Army Warrant Officer Corps
July 9, 1918
1936 - 1949
In 1936, the Army was uncertain about what an Army Warrant Officer was and whether there was a place for Warrant Officers in the Army's personnel structure. although it had give the rank to such specialties as band leaders, marine engineers, field clerks, and pay clerks, it had also used the rank and the Corps as a reward for former commissioned officers who no longer met the officer educational requirements, and as a reward for outstanding enlisted personnel who were too old to be commissioned and who otherwise could look to no further advancement.
Also, in 1936, the Army held competitive examinations to replenish lists of eligible's for Regular Army appointment. The Army appointed Warrant Officers against vacancies from this 1936 list until the beginning of World War II.
In 1939, Warrant Officers who were qualified pilots were declared eligible for direct appointment to lieutenants in the Army Air Corps. This action caused a serious decline in the Warrant Officer corps. As of 30 June 1939 there were 775 Warrant Officers serving on active duty. Also in 1939 a memorandum from the Army G-1 to the Chief of Staff stated "The Warrant Officer grade continued to be used as a reward to enlisted men of long service and special qualifications rather than to fill essential military requirements."
[During World War II, prior to becoming an independent service in 1947, the US Army Air Force created the rank of Flight Officer, equivalent in rank and in the pay grade of "Warrant Officer Junior Grade" (today's WO1). Some of the first men who held this rank were Americans serving as Sergeant Pilots in the British Royal Air Force and were transferred to the US Army Air Force after the US entered the war. Most were later graduates of various US Army Air Force flight training programs, including pilot, navigator and bombardier ratings. A portion of each graduating class were appointed as Flight Officers while others were commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants. Once reaching operational units and after gaining flying experience, many Flight Officers were later offered direct commissions as officers. With the end of WW 2 in 1945, creation of Flight Officers ceased.] (Source: Wikipedia)


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HOUSTON, Texas - A family in north Houston is demanding further action after a teacher was accused of tapping their daughter and other students on their heads to get their attention.
The incident happened last Wednesday at Highland Heights Elementary School on Paul Quinn Street.
According to an HISD investigation, the kids were allegedly a little rowdy after lunch and the teacher, Ms. Cleo Preston, wanted to get their attention.
In a statement to Local 2, an HISD spokesman said, "The teacher had students lining up to go back to class after lunch and the kids got distracted. She tapped kids on their heads to get their attention. HISD police determined there was no assault. The teacher was admonished and it will go to her file."
But that's not enough for the mother of one of the girls.
"I'm not saying she should get fired," said Melissa Perales. "I'm saying she should at least be suspended while they do a thorough investigation. I think she should go to classes on how to treat these kids."
Perales said her daughter is now afraid to go to school, but they learned Tuesday the girl will be moved to another class.
HISD does not allow corporal punishment, which is described by the state as "the deliberate infliction of physical pain by hitting, paddling, spanking, slapping, or any other physical force used as a means of discipline."
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