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On December 4, 2008, Julie Sonier participated on a panel about using administrative data to inform policy at the Using Administrative Data to Answer State Policy Questions Intensive Workshop by presenting how Minnesota used hospital data to drive quality improvement. This is the text version of the event's slide presentation. Please select the following link to access the slides: (PowerPoint® File, 330 KB).
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Julie Sonier
Director, Health Economics Program
Minnesota Department of Health
December 4, 2008
The Minnesota Department of Health logo is located on the lower left corner throughout the slide deck.
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Specific examples of how data has informed policy debates and decisions
Four (not mutually exclusive) areas of influence:
Moratorium on hospital construction or expansion of licensed beds - in place since 1984
2004 law established a "public interest review" process to evaluate requests for exceptions
Examples from the 2 main reviews conducted since the public interest review law was passed
This slide contains a bar graph showing the projected population growth in Minnesota until 2030.
Source: Minnesota State Demographic Center
This slide contains a bar graph entitled "Hospitalization Rates by Age."
The number of hospitalizations per 100 persons in a specific age group is:
Sources: AHRQ, National Inpatient Sample.
This slide contains a regional map of Minnesota indicating the projected growth of inpatient hospital days from 2000 to 2020.
This slide contains a regional map of Minnesota indicating projected bed occupancy rates in 2020 as a percentage of available beds in 2003.
This slide contains a bar graph showing the occupancy rates at existing hospitals serving the Maple Grove Community from 1999 until 2015.
This slide contains a bar graph indicating the projected weekly occupancy rates for hospitals serving residents of the Maple Grove area. The annual average is 85.5 percent, the maximum weekly occupancy is 91.9 percent, and the number of weeks above the annual average is 29. The occupancy rates were calculated based on 2003 available beds.
This slide contains a bar graph indicating the ratio of potentially preventable hospitalization rates for the US compared with Minnesota for the following conditions:
Policy Outcome:
Julie Sonier
Director, Health Economics Program
Minnesota Department of Health
(651) 201-3561
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September 30, 2010
Reintroducing PECOTA
Aches and Pains
Any forecasting system is only as good as the inputs that go into it—once you get rolling from there you can certainly end up far worse than your data, but the quality and amount of data you have is a fundamental constraint.
So if you want to beat a forecaster, one fundamental question you can ask is, "What does the forecaster know and what doesn't he know?" You're far more likely to beat a competent forecaster on the second point than the first point.
One thing PECOTA hasn't traditionally known is who was playing hurt and who wasn't. Injuries can mean a number of things—sometimes you think a player who was nursing an injury is due for a bounceback season. Other times you think they're likely to do worse than you'd otherwise expect, due to lingering injury effects.
For this to be useful to PECOTA, there needs to be a way to systemically capture this sort of information, study it objectively, and quantify the effect.
So what we've done is taken a publicly accessible injury database, created by Josh Hermsmeyer of RotoBase, and worked on proofing it and improving it for incorporation into PECOTA. (Once we've finished updating the database, we will be releasing it at some point during the offseason, for other researchers to use.) This tells us when a player goes on the disabled list, how long he's there, and what he's on there for.
As an example, let's consider hitters who went to the disabled list with an injury to the lower arm (hand, wrist, or forearm). It's widely accepted in baseball that wrist injuries have a lingering impact on a hitter's ability to hit for power. This gives us 77 hitters to study, with 32,763 total plate appearances the following season.
Using the same method we used to look at Ichiro Suzuki yesterday, we can come up with an expected batting line for these hitters. As a group, weighted by playing time, they were expected to hit .266/.333/.427 the following year. Instead, they hit .270/.344/.439. So we can see that these hitters as a group tended to exceed their baseline forecasts.
Digging down to the component lines that form the "guts" of PECOTA, what we see is a significant effect on home runs on contact—projected to have a .039 HR/CON rate, they instead had a .047 rate. We also see an increase in unintentional walk rate (per plate appearance, minus intentional walks and hit by pitch)—from .083 to .086. That's, statistically speaking, less likely to be significant than the finding on home runs on contact. But given the significance of the home runs on contact, I'm inclined to think it's a result with practical significance. (My feeling is that the causal relationship is that pitchers are more likely to challenge hitters whose power has been sapped by wrist injuries.)
On one hand, this isn't a particularly interesting finding—it pretty much confirms our expectations. What is interesting is that now we have a way to quantify what our intuition tells us about player injuries, and incorporate it into the forecasts in a systemic way.
What we can do from there is take the component batting lines, as well as the projections, and come up with the difference. We then regress those differences to come up with a set of adjustments to the baseline projections.
We can also use this record of how much time a player has missed to injury to figure out what players are most likely to miss playing time with an injury down the road. Let's face it, some injuries are a product of circumstance, but there are some players who are more likely to get injured than others. And now we have the data to see who those players are.
This is also something we can deploy in-season; when a player goes on the disabled list, we can search for players in the database with similar injuries. We can then use that information to estimate how long he'll be missing and update his rest-of-season forecast accordingly, using data of how players with similar injuries have been affected upon their return.
PECOTA week continues Friday with our final article, and then at 1 p.m. Eastern I'll be fielding your questions in a live chat. That's not the end of the discussion, though—we'll be talking about PECOTA more leading into the offseason and all the way through to the start of next season.
Colin Wyers is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @cwyers
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Taking this one step further, it will be interesting to see the variations and expectations after different injuries to pitchers, such as the statistical difference between having Tommy John surgery and the repair of a torn labrum.
Sep 30, 2010 04:52 AM
I remember Will saying once that the reason he didn't offer an injury database was because there were player privacy issues that prevented it. Has this changed, or have I just gotten it all wrong? Because it would be a great addition.
Sep 30, 2010 06:34 AM
Yes ... my convos with Will around this issue always came down to HIPAA
Sep 30, 2010 07:09 AM
I don't know what Will's data source was or what restrictions it came with, so I can't speak to those issues.
Sep 30, 2010 09:20 AM
Randy Brown
Sample size question: how many of a particular type of injury do you require before deciding that an observed difference in the statistics is significant?
Sep 30, 2010 06:40 AM
I don't like making a binary distinction between significant and not significant when it comes to sample size. Larger sample sizes are obviously more useful than smaller sample sizes, of course.
Sep 30, 2010 09:35 AM
I take you're going to employ a dummy variable with information about specific injuries and apply them to projection totals. That seems like a great approach, but would it be conceivable to not just capture injury as a dummy with a constant but rather integrate the injury data into all player data and let injury comparables play out on an individual basis? I don't know if what you're doing so cloesly resembles ols, but if you are including a dummy variable for injuries, one problem is that the effect of the injuries on past players that is captured in the dummmy is already (but in a hidden way unless you're marking it) included in the data. That is, guys like jose reyes who are super speedy have comps that had hammy issues that affected their performance. The system knows that they declined. It doesn't know why, but this info is already a factor in projecting jose reyes. It always was a factor, and the system is already capable of noticing his reduced playing time which looks a lot like old comparables. But if you gave it the full set of data on injuries, it would be able to (if there was enough data) make inferences about how different sized and skilled players were responding to their different injuries. Even your non significant information about walk rates should get included under that scheme, and it won't introduce bias.
Sep 30, 2010 06:54 AM
and apologies if setting up the system to include injury information like i proposed is just ludicrously hard. you guys do great work.
Sep 30, 2010 06:55 AM
For me, Ordinary Least Squares and similar techniques are tools of last resort. This isn't to say that last resorts don't come around from time to time or that it's not useful when they do, but I try to avoid them when there are clearer alternatives.
Sep 30, 2010 09:50 AM
"1) We only have injury data going back about 8 years. That's not enough to do the historical comps for the full career path adjustment."
Sep 30, 2010 10:24 AM
I'm confused. Wrist injuries hamper power numbers. Old-PECOTA didn't know about injuries. Shouldn't their old-PECOTA projected numbers therefor be higher than their actual numbers?
Sep 30, 2010 07:13 AM
The numbers shown were for the season after stats. i.e. the stats based on the season that was hampered by the injury.
Sep 30, 2010 07:56 AM
Oh man, forgive me if I'm missing the obvious here, but I'm still not getting it...
Sep 30, 2010 08:21 AM
We're not looking at the season where they dealt with injuries, we're looking at the season after. In other words, during the season they were hampered, they put up lower power numbers due to the effects of their wrist injury. PECOTA sees those lower power numbers and, not knowing the reason for them, projects that player to have less power.
Sep 30, 2010 08:41 AM
Ok thanks a lot. I was confused by "the season after". I thought I had remembered from Will's Teachings, that the effects of a wrist injury can often extend into the next season. I was imagining a player who was injured late in season Y, and was feeling the effect on his numbers in season Y+1, rather than being injured and realizing the effects in the same season, Y, and then rebounding in Y+1.
Sep 30, 2010 09:07 AM
No. PECOTA predicted they'd slug .427 because they slugged .408 LAST season, when they were injured. Had they slugged their usual .430, then PECOTA would have maybe pegged them to slug around .430 again. but because PECOTA saw a decline in performance, it reduced the prediction. It didn't know that decline was from injury, not from skill degradation.
Sep 30, 2010 08:44 AM
JD Sussman
Colin, this is amazing. During implementation, will PECOTA have an understanding of the time frame of the injury, or just that it exists? My fear is that PECOTA will not understand the difference between a YApril injury and a YSeptember injury's effect on Y+1April's performance.
Sep 30, 2010 07:35 AM
I thought Nate Silver's comment in yesterday's was interesting:
Sep 30, 2010 08:28 AM
Mike Fast
The problem with that is that, as far as I know, the accuracy of the projection percentiles was never tested. Tango has, in fact, offered some good reasons to believe they were problematic. I don't know if Tango's right or Nate's right, but without evidence I don't have a lot of confidence in the percentile forecasts.
Sep 30, 2010 09:20 AM
So all this self-disclosure about PECOTA is interesting and all, but I've got to be honest, I'm still waiting for the article that says, "We realize you are paying $40/year for a subscription to our website. PECOTA is a big part of the value of a BP subscription and we are committed to providing you with accurate, useful projections and completed player cards by February 1st, 2011." Until you make such a commitment, the discussion of new features is just noise.
Sep 30, 2010 12:15 PM
Maybe it's noise to you. You are stepping up to represent one (probably very important) segment for BP; fantasy baseball players (I'm presuming here, but I bet I'm right). But there are other segments; some of which don't play fantasy baseball, and have been clamoring for PECOTA to be a more transparent, open system for years.
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Controlling blood-sugar levels (keeping A1c less than 7 percent) can delay or prevent complications of both insulin-dependent (type 1) and noninsulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes. However, many patients continue to have inadequate glycemic control and are at risk for organ damage. Providers often fail to intensify diabetes therapy appropriately when patient glycemic control is poor. Making A1c test results available during medical visits may help to counteract this "clinical inertia," concludes a study supported in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS09722).
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine compared intensification of therapy at an urban neighborhood health center for 596 patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes whose doctors received A1c results either during (rapid) or after (routine) patient visits. Rapid A1c results led to more frequent intensification of therapy than routine post-visit A1c results, when the A1c was 7 percent or greater at patients' baseline visits (51 vs. 32 percent), particularly when the A1c was over 8 percent and/or random glucose was in the 151-250 mg/dl range. In 275 patients with two followup visits, A1c fell significantly in the rapid group from 8.4 to 8.1 percent but not in the routine group (8.1 to 8.0 percent).
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I will criticize Tinsley for his play on the court, I will criticize him for his conditioning, I will even criticize him for doing the thing where you take your expensive cars and your entourage to a s***-hole club without thinking for a moment that a certain portion of the patronage might not appreciate your presence very much.
But the fact remains: Tinsley and many of his friends were fired upon by evil men (what else do you call men who fire automatic weapons at a group of people), and a pacers staffer was shot through BOTH of his elbows. I can't even imaging what his injury was like and how difficult it is to recover from something like that.
That clearly makes it NOT funny.
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looks familiar.
If said club is the 8-second saloon, then I absolutely agree. But the place he went to on the night of the shootout is supposedly a reputable establishment.
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Anyone willing to pay for this shirt and not a nice Adidas or other kind of officially licensed article of clothing promoting the team in a positive manner deserves to have their head examined.
I'd have to whole heartedly disagree with your point. Honestly, I don't care for the shirt, but to condemn someone for liking the shirt is a little ignorant.
...Still "flying casual"
If you aren't a fan of the team, go for it. But I really don't think it is a good call to waste money on something stupid when there are quality items that can be purchased that are officially licensed.
All in all, the shirt is dumb.
Do you work for adidas?
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but the way you're going on about this is making it seem you believe yours is superior, especially with the, "real fans shouldn't buy this" comment.
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You take too many of the goofing around comments to heart. It's offseason and a lot of us like to have some fun. It's not a competition for bestest fan in the whole world.
Plus don't even dare horn in on my campaign for Most Offensive Poster. I've already got my hands full with LG33's efforts.
And now....
I remember when we shot that clip outside of Lucas Oil Stadium. Good times.
[QUOTE=Naptown_Seth;784283]Good to see you over here Blahzay, assuming you are the same B-dub from Star. Duke, ease up, Blahzay is a long time, extremely big fan as I recall. He's just having some fun.
You take too many of the goofing around comments to heart. It's offseason and a lot of us like to have some fun. It's not a competition for bestest fan in the whole world. [\quote]
Plus don't even dare horn in on my campaign for Most Offensive Poster. I've already got my hands full with LG33's efforts.
It's okay. I was just inputting my opinion. Sorry it is so strong. I don't want to be offensive or anything but that is just my opinion.
And I've been goofing around a lot, too. This is just one of those rare times that it just snaps.
Sorry, and back to our regularly scheduled programming.
I think the shirt is funny, and have been wearing it since last season. Yes, I am a diehard Pacers fan, and no I am not a fan of Tinsley. Each his own...
Yeah Seth, it's me, same ol' Blahzay.
Good to see you on here too, I quite often get on here and read something, start to reply and then get interrupted. I'm gonna try and hand around a little more during the season though.
One size does not fit all!
You base so many assumptions about me on the fact that I like this shirt. Here's one I've made about you...
With a comment like this it appears that your life experiences are very limited. If anyone's "world ended" based on these events I'd say they're the people who need to "have their head examined."
One size does not fit all!
I personally woulden't wear it becase i am so friggen annoyed at people destroying my team, the franchise i love...
but having said that, if it was a Kobe or Moped Ellis top you know for the sake of it, i might wear it now n then to be a pain if i knew anyone from the Lakers or Warriors and they got what it means..
I doubt if you walked down any other street then in the state of Indiana.. most people woulden't even know what the shirt means..
now if it was an Artest version.. then i'd be annoyed.....
Ya Think Ya Used Enough Dynamite there Butch...
For the record, I haven't made many assumptions, just one.
With all that said, I now offically set this thread to ignore. Everyone please feel free to speak negatively about me. Because I have an opinion.
Guess what, you did that already, now you run. Ignore it, that sits perfectly fine with me. Apparently you wanna hit below the belt and have me fight clean, nice try.
Also, you assumed more than one thing...
A) I'm not a Pacer fan.
B) I need my head examined.
Wrong on both counts.
One size does not fit all!
i just found the shirt ironic. so it would be perfectly ok if you found it ironic. Otherwise you are a moron who deserves to revoke your fanhood and castrate your line of thinking.
It's a place where you can buy dip from the bar, or ride a machanical bull for their bigger concerts. They offer line dancing classes earlier in the evenings, like around 7pm.
I've been there many times, dressed typical college student. I felt so out of place the first few times we went, because it's all wranglers, cowboy hats, and boots. The place is hardly dangerous.
I suggest actually seeing the place for what it is before making a judgement on it, because it's one hell of a good time if you're into country music.
What you mean to be talking about is Tremors, which WAS a hip/hop club located on the backside of the building. Two different establishments that shared a building.
Actually, that shirt is not ironic at all.


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GULU - When Jennifer Akoko gave birth to her third child three years ago, like any mother, she was excited. However, the 28-year-old single mother's joy soon turned to anxiety when the boy became six months old.
"At six months, my son started to develop a deep voice, pimples on the face, pubic hair, enlargement of his private parts and he began having wet dreams," Akoko said on Tuesday.
The single mother who sells charcoal for a living resides in Pece division in Gulu municipality. She said despite the boy's developing of features of puberty, she continued breastfeeding her son and even decided to take him to a nearby nursery school.
She said he continued to mature faster than children his age, which forced her to seek help at St. Mary's Hospital Lacor. "When we went to the garden, he would dig like a mature person and never liked being told to stop. Even at home, he would not play with other children," she said.
For Bongomin (not real name), activities at school like singing and dancing were apparently childish and he would refuse to participate, especially so when his voice deepened.
"At school, he would hardly answer any question to the extent that he preferred being caned to singing or dancing with his peers," Akoko said. Incidentally, none of Bongomin's siblings or his parents' relatives bear any of these traits, according to the mother.
As New Vision tried to interact with Bongomin at Gulu Central Police Station where his mother had gone to seek clearance before soliciting for support from well-wishers, he looked calm, more like a teenager than the three-year-old he is. The Police, however, turned her away, saying her issue was one of nature and not criminal.
Bongomin was first taken to the hospital in 2012 but, not much had changed until March this year when his mother Akoko was referred to an endocrine doctor who works at Gulu for further management.
Dr. Beatrice Odongkara, an endocrine specialist and lecturer at Gulu University, said Bongomin was subjected to a test which revealed that he has very high levels of the male sex hormone testosterone — higher than those of an adult.
"Equally, a bone test indicated that he is 9-10 years old, meaning that he is more mature by almost seven years," Odongkara said. Bongomin now weighs 27kg.
Jennifer Akoko, 28, the mother of the boy, is a very worried mum. PHOTO/Arnest Tumwesige
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Currently, Bongomin is being treated with hormones used in contraceptive which, according to the doctor, are not enough to slow down the rapid growth despite registering successes in the reduction of adult body odour, aggressiveness, pimples and the entire body growth rate.
For better results, Odongkara said Bongomin might need a Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues (GnRHa), which is given every after three months to stop the rapid growth.
She said if not stopped immediately, Bongomin will continue growing taller very fast and later stagnate in growth because his bone plates will have stopped growing.
At the moment, Akoko needs at least sh1.1m for both MRI and CT scans, which she cannot raise given her limited income.
According to Odongkara, in case the boy's current medication fails to check excessive growth, Bongomin will have to undergo surgery in India which may cost not less than sh40m.
To offer support, contact Odongkara or Akoko on 0779-262714.
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Dr. Beatrice Odongkara, an endocrine specialist, explained that in boys, sometimes the gonads or testis can be stimulated to produce a lot of sex hormones whose control centre is in the cerebral cortex, which is part of the brain.
"It's possible Bongomin could be having non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia. This is a situation where there's decreased production of the cortisol hormone whose end product is channelled to the production of testosterone which stimulates pubic hair development, among others," she explains.
Odongkara, one of the two endocrine specialists in the country, said the hamartoma tumour which grows in the brain is also notorious for disorganising the brain censors and causing what Bongomin is going through.
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I bought Sam and Max, season 3 for 34 dollars. I look at "My games" and theres only one title. Back to the future. "There must be some mistake" I thought. If anything Sam and Max shuld show on there. But how could this be. I wondered.
I didn't buy the back to the future game. Yet it clearly shows myself when I click on "my Games" as the back to the future logo. I click on the game, and download. It prompts me to a screen where I quickly put in my user id and password and there an icon appears.
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I'd like to cover-up PART of the existing design with another image.
I have an English biker-type cutoff shirt (NOT A T-SHIRT) with a rather lewd image on the back. It's a 7.5 oz., garment-washed, 100% cotton denim shirt with a large screen-printed image on the back. I'd like to superimpose another permanent screen-printed custom design, ~12" x 6", 2-3 colors, over part the existing design. Can this be done if I sent in the shirt, marking where the new image would be placed, and a paper-printed, or computer file, of the new image? Where?
Thank you Cher.
I have just one final clarification. I have a simple design I'd like to overlay on part of the original, just text and a frame, 2-3 colors preferred or even one. You've mentioned transfers, screen-printing, embroidery (perhaps), and a patch. The shirt's only worth $40, and I was hoping to fing some solution not exceeding that price. However, it must be permanent, and I've been told a transfer wouldn't work.. What do you recommend.
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In its self-proclaimed drive to make the world a better place, Google has immersed itself in far more than Internet search and online ads. But driverless cars and a wind energy farm in the Atlantic Ocean?
It may not always be immediately apparent to frustrated investors — they wish management would be more frugal and focus more on the stock price — but there's usually some calculated logic underlying Google's unconventional strategy.
Google's brain trust — founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, along with CEO Eric Schmidt — clearly think differently from most corporate leaders, and may eventually encourage more companies to take risks that might not pay off for years, if ever.
The time is ripe for long-term thinking, with memories still fresh of the financial meltdown — a byproduct of Wall Street's demands for companies to deliver ever-higher profits every three months and meet earnings targets set by analysts.
"Everywhere you look in this country, it seems that we are suffering from the consequences of too much short-term thinking," said longtime Silicon Valley forecaster Paul Saffo, managing director of foresight for Discern Analytics.
"Google doesn't have this disease," he said. "It is one of the few lone bright spots we have in that regard."
Even so, it might be difficult to fathom how Google can justify paying for the development of robotic technology that has driven cars thousands of miles on California roads and committing potentially hundreds of millions of dollars to help build a wind farm hundreds of miles from the Eastern Seaboard.
With a little imagination, it's easier to see how Google might benefit. For instance, Saffo surmises that the driverless technology could be implanted into a fleet of vehicles used for car sharing.
Google then could use a camera to take new pictures of streets and highways that appear in its online maps, another example of a service that once seemed like a diversion from its Internet search engine but is now an indispensable tool that helps the company sell advertising.
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The company announced Tuesday it would buy a 37.5 percent stake in the Atlantic Ocean wind energy project, investing in a network of deepwater transmission lines to bring power from still-to-be-built offshore wind farms.
That makes more sense when you realize Google already sucks up massive amounts of energy from the power grid and expects to consume even more in the next decade.
Google eventually could even sell its stake for a tidy profit.
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Most articles on home business and start-ups focus on the strategies and tasks required to get a business up and running. But sometimes the struggling entrepreneur needs to be boosted -- and bolstered -- by the reminder of the rewards that come when you're finally successful.
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Trying to raise a family with both parents working full-time jobs outside the home is quite a challenge. Is self-employment the solution?
If you are one of the ever-increasing number of individuals who are fortunate enough to be able to work at home, you have a golden opportunity that your corporate office counterparts probably do not – to prepare tailor-made healthful meals and snacks throughout the day that can increase your alertness, memory, concentration and performance.
There's a perfect storm brewing for people who work in a home office. Don't bother to check the skies outside your window; if it hits, it'll most likely strike inside. We're talking about on the job injuries - in your own home.
Home business scams each year rob unsuspecting victims of millions of dollars. Con artists employ deception, misrepresentation and fraud to get you to part with your hard earned money. Use these guidelines to differentiate between the legitimate employment opportunities and the scams.
Tired of driving your teenager to work? Tired of picking them up from the mall at 11 PM because they had to stay to help "close"? Wish they could get a job where they could gain skills they can use all through their life? Help them start a summer business. Here's how one Dad is doing it.
All companies love growth. Growth is a primary goal of a business, just as growth is essential to kids and young plants. Not all growth is desired, however, and it certainly comes with its own disruptions.
Most home businesses and microsized businesses have limited equipment resources and a limited number of people available for work. And that can throw a wrench into your business if something goes wrong. Here's how one person coped when a few things went wrong at one time.
Think there are no office politics when you work at home? It might look that way at first, but you'll soon discover that your spouse, your kids and even your dog have opinions about how your business should be run.
You have a successful business you operate from home. Now you'd like to sell it. How do you determine how much it's worth?
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Working for yourself in a home business often means working odd hours to meet deadlines. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, when you consider the alternative.
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Tutorial – Teal-Blue
This tutorial is for a darker teal/blue look – it's a very bold, vibrant look, so if you prefer soft looks, this isn't it. 😉
Skill Level: Beginner-Moderate
This tutorial is for a darker teal/blue look – it's a very bold, vibrant look, so if you prefer soft looks, this isn't it. 😉
Skill Level: Beginner-Moderate
This is a tutorial for a dramatic eye that features a soft gold with emerald green to really bring out the shape and color of the eye.
Skill Level: Beginner
The following tutorial is for a very dramatic smokey eye that is basically black. It is considered sultry, sexy, and some might refer to it as the "Victoria Secret Model" look.
Eyeliner is often considered essential in finishing eye makeup or accenting the bare eye. You would be surprised at how much of a difference adding a touch of black eyelilner on the lower rim of your eye can be. There are many different types of liner–from gel to kohl to liquid to pencil–and nearly infinite shades and colors. Even textures vary from brand to brand and certain types of liner have a specific texture.
Eyebrow tutorial with photos & text-only "tutorial" of how I apply my face makeup and powders.
Skill Level: Beginner
What is it?
Blending is the art of mixing different colors (whether still similar in hue or on completely opposite sides of the color wheel) to create a gradient of color, not a muddying mess that obliterates the vibrancy and trueness of the individual colors used to create a particular look.
Why bother?
Using a single wash of color can be perfect or even ideal for some situations, like running out the door to make a few errands or for a simple workday, but in general, people who utilize makeup want to use more than one color, and of course, there are several good reasons behind this. Using multiple colors creates a sense of depth and dimension to the eyes, especially when used correctly. A darker color in the crease gives the appearance of a deeper, more pronounced crease; just as darkening the outer portion of the lid often defines the natural eye shape. By contrasting this dark shadow with a lighter color, the artist will open up their eyes while still allowing for an emphasis on accenting the shape of their eyes.


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Annabells117's review of Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter - Creme Brulee
135 reviews
59% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.1
Price: $$
Package Quality: 4.1
Price: $$
INGREDIENTSPolybutene, Bis Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate 2, Tridecyl Trimelitate, Octyldodecanol, Petrolatum, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Neopentyl Glycol Dithylhexanoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Polyethylene, Ozokerite, Cetyl PEG/PPG 10/1 Dimethicone, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Hexyl Laurate, Polyglyceryl 4 Isostearate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Zinc Ricinoleate, Squalane, Silica, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Tocopheryl Acetate, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Synthetic Wax, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Tribehenin, Sorbitan Isostearate, Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate, Fragrance, BHT, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2 Hexanediol, May Contain:, Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850:1), Yellow 6 Lake (CI 15985), Red 33 Lake (CI 17200), Carmine (CI 75470), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Red 6 Lake (CI 15850), Red 28 Lake (CI 45410)
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
Pale milky tan. Could've been named "Latte." I thought this would be a nice warm nude, but it's too brownish & frosty for me. If it was the same color base but had gold shimmers like Peach Parfait lip butter, I would love it.
Unfortunately it's 1 of my favorite lip butters. I own almost all of them. I have fair neutral, yellow tone NC 20 skin, blonde hair & blue eyes. Creme Brűlée looks like my skin color but frosty brown. With my blonde hair, it almost makes my lips green cast. That makes no sense, but I even noticed it in photos- which I untagged lol. Basically, it looks like I'm ill. I don't really understand it tbh. Normally, ladies with my coloring can wear virtually any nude lip shade. But I guess not frosty brown. I'm wondering if this looks better on tan or cool tone skin.
The texture of the Revlon lip butters is moisturizing. This one is streaky. It's not longwearing. You will need to reapply after eating or drinking. I don't mind that. It doesn't have a smell or taste. The price is good. I will say that you'll use it up quite quickly. Also, be careful as these are soft and will smush.
Overall, I don't like the color or the consistency of this particular shade, but it does have some of the nice qualities of Revlon lip butters. I don't feel they do a good nude, but I'd prefer Creamsicle over this 1 (if you have my coloring).
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PM's Science Prize announced
Life saving research into white blood cells, protein manipulation and the learning abilities of computers were rewarded last night at the Prime Minister's Prize for Science Dinner held in Canberra.
Emeritus Professor Donald Metcalf, of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, was awarded Australia's premier award for excellence in science - the $300,000 Prime Minster's Prize for Science - for his life-saving white blood cell research that is helping to treat millions of patients with cancer and severe infections.
Associate Professor Bostjan Kobe, of University of Queensland was awarded the Minister's Prize for Achievement in Life Sciences for his research into the shape of proteins. Professor Kobe's research will be invaluable in developing highly targeted drugs that can manipulate what a protein does, and as a result enable it to successfully fight off deadly viruses like HIV.
"This challenging work has immense practical implcations. For example, once the shapes of molecules that are essential for a particular virus to function are understood, chemicals can be designed to bind into these shapes and stop the virus," said Senator Minchin, when he presented the $35,000 prize.
Dr Peter Bartlett was recognised for his research into artifical intelligence with the $35,000 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Achievement in the Physical Sciences. Dr Bartlett's research, undertaken at the Australian National University, looked at how computers could do what so many living creatures do - learn.
"The applications are as diverse as understanding handwritten text to predicting which advertisements a web site visitor will find most appealing," said Senator Nick Minchin when presenting the award. This research is attracting international interest.
The Commonwealth Government's Science Prizes represent a national tribute to the excellent and dedicated work of Australian scientists.


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B**ch has alot of nerve! UPDATE
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Gonna call me at 11 at night. Knowing damn good and well SO is asleep and I won't wake him up. And try to tell me that I just need to step aside and let her have him back! Really? Cause for one he so wants you.
You! The bitch that couldn't keep her legs closed. Banged half the town while he worked his ass off for you. The one that has absolutely no clue how to care for a single person but yourself! The one that has constantly made his life hell for years.
Honey this is my family now! You may be able to make the calls on the fact I can't be around your DD. Which yes may hurt, But you will not tear him away from another daughter. We have a beautiful little girl and a loving relationship. Something you'll never understand.
But go ahead, keep calling, I will document and record everything, and let it slap you in the face in the very near future!
UPDATE: Well told SO this morning. And showed him everything. He called her and told her that if she didn't knock it off there would be a restraining order. Told her outside of their daughter, he wants nothing to do with her. This of course pissed her off, and she said if I did a restraining order he'd never see his daughter! So if I get the order, to keep HER away from ME, having nothing to do with him, She's gonna take his daughter away. How the hell do I protect myself, and not keep him from his daughter. I truly hate this bitch!
Quoting Anonymous:
Why does she think she even has a chance with your man anymore?
Cause he dealt with her crap for so long. But he never moved on. Never dated. This time he did. He found me. And is happy. She can't handle that and has it in her head she still has a pull on him
Let him deal with her. Remember how he treats the mothers of his children
Good luck.
Quoting Anonymous:
Why can't you be around her DD?
He's not bio dad, but the girl is 8 and he's been her dad since she was 3 month old. But since he doesn't have rights he has to pick up DD and take her somewhere to spend time and abide by mom's rules so she doesn't take the little girl away. He's all she knows of dad. She has no clue about the bio dad thing.


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Teaser Gallery: Panini Opens Early Boxes of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Prizm
After a full month of absolutely intense build-up, release week has arrived. At long last, Panini America's highly anticipated 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Prizm trading card set arrives in stores this week packing a historic autograph checklist, a bevy of never-before-seen Prizm parallels and perhaps more potential than any other soccer trading card product ever made.
Officially, the product releases on Wednesday here in the United States and you can order it — as well as Panini's 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Sticker Collection — now at iCollectPanini.com. But as has become custom here on The Knight's Lance, we're going to bring you a little sneak peek by busting a few early boxes.
In the gallery that follows, we provide a pack-by-pack thrill ride through two boxes of the product — the first two boxes we could get our hands on this morning. Enjoy the experience, which delivers more Prizm parallels than expected and a stunning assortment of World Cup superstars past and present.
Enjoy the gallery and stay tuned to The Knight's Lance tomorrow for a must-see episode of Panini Unwrapped starring 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ Prizm.
Trevor G permalinkMay 5, 2014 12:57 pm
Awesome! Im very excited and cant wait to open some.
David P permalinkMay 5, 2014 1:13 pm
You have no idea how excited I am for this. Just completed my 300 card prizm hockey set and only need 6more of the panini Toronto spring expo set then it's off to build this set! Looking forward to collecting as many Greeks inserts and parallels as I can as well as building the full base set. Great job as always and I absolutely love prizm!
May 5, 2014 2:00 pm
Nice Drogba auto!
May 5, 2014 3:46 pm
will released in canada
richard sandanam permalinkMay 5, 2014 4:22 pm
Prizm is great, soccer is great, join the two and you have a match made in heaven. Not to mention the fact that the World Cup is the focus with the past and present stars signing away, this has the potential to be the breakout product of the year.
Tony permalinkMay 5, 2014 5:26 pm
can we get confiration on odds on auto's as well as prizm cards…
Robb permalinkMay 6, 2014 3:42 pm
I read on the blog a comment from Tracey that autos are at least one every two boxes. Odds could be right from the two boxes open. I just have to wonder how many cards were printed? It might be as many or close as in the 90s were always printed.
rishgoon permalinkMay 5, 2014 9:07 pm
Man they are so nice. Thanks Panini for bringing us this product.
Chasing any Fabregas cards folks, hit me up if you're moving some!
gerardo permalinkMay 5, 2014 11:01 pm
in what countries PRIZM will be released?
BermudaLife permalinkMay 6, 2014 3:40 am
I know the cards are available in Canada through major hobby stores. Can't wait to pick up my three boxes tomorrow!
Chris K. permalinkMay 6, 2014 7:25 am
That Drogba is sweet!
Sport Card Collectors permalinkMay 6, 2014 8:21 am
I think this product just scored a GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BJ permalinkMay 6, 2014 3:16 pm
How many autographs does a box deliver?
Adesalles permalinkMay 7, 2014 4:25 pm
Where can I buy them? Is it only only or can I find at local stores?
Gary permalinkJune 21, 2014 8:53 am
..can anyone explain the colors? Like green is numbered from 1-25 but I'm finding different cards with 1/25 (Ochoa, De Rossi, Emenike, Bradley, etc) and other numbers the same. I thought there would be 25 green cards. Are there checklists for the solid colors? Thank you…


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In a place he has come out a winner six times, Tiger Woods looks to be getting his old swagger back. Woods entered the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Golf Club a challenger and after 18 holes emerged with the lead.
The world's former number one shot a seven under 65 on Friday and tied Charlie Wi at ten under heading into the weekend. Last time Woods found himself out front heading into the final two rounds was all the way back in November 2009 at the Tour Championship.
On this Friday, Woods had seven birdies and hit every green in regulation. Outside of a few miscues, he generally hit the ball in the middle of the fairway and sunk several long puts.
Woods will tee off with Wi in the final pairing at 1:50 PM tomorrow. Two other challengers remain right behind the leaders. Graeme McDowell shot the lowest number of the day, a 63, and Jason Dufner maintained his steady play with a 69. Each is at nine under, just one shot off.
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