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The Answer Is
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Ballad of One Sad Young Man
Be My Love
The Blizzard
Blowin' in the Wind
Blue Side of Love
Born Free
Bound for Glory
Bridge Over Troubled Water
But Beautiful
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Cast Your Fate
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Christmas Donkey
Climb Every Mountain
Close to You
The Color of Snow
Country Roads
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Daniel Boone
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Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
Don't Blame Me
Dont' Give Your Love Away
Draw Me a Circle
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Erie Canal
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Fly Me to the Moon
Foreign Language Melody
Forgotten Dreams
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From Now Until Forever
Funny Girl
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Get Together
Give Me Back My Life
Glocca Morra
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Gonna Build a Mountain
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He Give Us All His Love
He'll Have to Go
Hello Lyndon
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Here We Are
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How Deep is the Ocean?
How Does a Man Become a Puppet?
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I'll Get By
I'll Never Fall in Love Again
I'll Never Let it Happen
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The Impossible Dream
In the Arms of Love
Inch Worm
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It Seems a Long Time
It's Magic
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I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
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John Henry
Joy to the World
Just a Little
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Let Me
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Lift Every Voice and Sing
Little Brown Eyed Doll
Little Drummer Boy
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Little Things Can Make a Woman Cry
Little White Donkey
Living Together
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Lost Horizon
Love Is
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Love is Here to Stay
Love of the Common People
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Love That Lasts Forever
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A Married Man
Mary in the Morning
Maybe You'll Be There
Monday, Monday
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My Ain't Hungry
My Cup Runneth Over
My Love is Gone
My Love is Yours
My Time of Day
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Nicole's Theme
No Biz Like Show Biz
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Old Dance
On a Clear Day
One Hand, One Heart
One Little Girl at a Time
One Two Soldier
The Other Man's Grass is Always Greener
Our Love is a Living Thing
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A Painted Rose On My Guitar
Pale Venetian Blue
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Pretty Is
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Proud Mary
Put a Little Love in Your Heart
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Rest of Our Lives
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See the Light
The Shadow of Your Smile
The Ship
Silent Night
Sing Away the World
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Six Words
Some Children See Him
Somewhere Along the Way
Somewhere My Love
Son of a Travelling Man
The Sound of Silence
Speak Softly
Strange as a Mountain
The Summer Knows
The Sun Comes Up
Sunrise, Sunset
Sweet Little Jesus
Sweet Reason
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That Lucky Old Sun
There's a Kind of Hush
There's a Time
A Thing Called Love
Think Summer
Thirty Days Hath September
This Guy's in Love With You
Three Good Reasons
The Time Has Come
Time, Time
Timeless Love
To My Sorrow
To Say Goodbye
Travelin' Band
Trolley Song
True Love
Try to Remember
Two Different Worlds
Two for the Road
Two Thousand one
Series 21. Work Titles: U's
Until It's Time For You To Go
Series 22. Work Titles: V's
Venice Blue
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Walkin' Happy
Waltz for Debbie
War Wagon
The Warmest Time of the Year
Watch What Happens
Weaver, Weaver
Welcome to My World
What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?
What Child is This?
What Color is a Man?
What Color is a Man?
What Kind of Fool Am I?
What Now My Love?
What the World Needs Now
What the World Needs Now
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When the World Was Young
Who Will Buy
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The Wind Will Change
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Neptune and evolution
Apr 04, 2012, 05:33 PM »
Hi Rad,
What are the Neptunian "emotions" that make evolution possible? Are they to be understood in a....
1. physical sense (crying, yearning),
2. symbolic sense (universal ocean),
3. or in context of one Soul desire to return to Source (complete surrender)?
I understand the water trinity is involved (and perhaps even the evolutionary stages), but my question specifically relates to Neptune.
Thank you.
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Re: Neptune and evolution
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Apr 05, 2012, 08:14 AM »
Hi Linda,
"What are the Neptunian "emotions" that make evolution possible?"
One of the core emotions that correlate with Neptune, Pisces, and the 12th House, and the Nodes of Neptune, and evolution is one of disillusionment. To be disillusioned means that the Soul had been creating a reality around 'something' in which a sense of ultimate meaning has been projected upon that something. In so projecting that sense of ultimate meaning into that 'something' when that something is not Goddess itself it means that that something has become a defacto Goddess. Thus, to be disillusioned from that something holding such ultimate meaning is then to be faced with a deep inner void when the disillusioning is occurring. The Natural Law behind this is make the Soul ask the question of what in fact constitutes the REAL ultimate meaning for it's life. And that then is intended to lead right back to the Source of the Soul itself: Goddess.
Of course most Souls don't do that even thought it's the intention. Most Souls will then try to find another 'something' to project that ultimate meaning into all over again. So round and round the Soul goes in this way until the Soul finally realizes what that ultimate meaning for life is, and to commit to this.
The most intense and difficult Neptunian emotion that manifests relative to disillusionment is one of hysteria.
Another natural emotion specific to Neptune, etc, is one of empathy where empathy allows us to truly understand the emotional realities and needs of others. And within this emotion to DESIRE to help others in the ways that we naturally can without any other motive or agenda attached to it: to give to others what they actually need in the best ways that we can. This then allows the Soul to evolve because it is one of the Natural Laws and 'commands' of the natural Goddess to do so. The deepest degree of this Natural Law and the emotion of it is to ALWAYS PUT OTHERS FIRST no matter what the consequences may be to oneself: think of Jesus here for example of an ultimate manifestation of this. And remember he did have 6 planets in Pisces, and Neptune conjunct his S.Node. His S.Node of Neptune was in Capricorn which is ruled by his Saturn in Pisces.
When a Soul has committed through desire to reuniting itself with it's own Source, and has inwardly realized that Source, then the natural Neptunian emotion of ECSTASY will permeate the Soul when that direct union with the Source takes place. Once any Soul has such an experience it will serve as the very basis and cause of it ongoing evolutionary journey back to the Source itself.
So these are examples of pure Neptunian emotions. There are others but I just don't have the time at the moment to write it all down.
God Bless, Rad
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Apr 05, 2012, 03:20 PM »
Thanks so much for taking the time to go into more detail about the Neptunian emotions.
Much appreciated,
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Re: Neptune and evolution
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Apr 05, 2012, 05:34 PM »
Hi Linda,
Thanks for asking this question, I find it interesting too.
I thought we could summarise what Rad has said, and try ourselves to list more of the feelings & emotions related to Neptune and then Rad could just confirm whether or not they are right.
So far Rad identified these ...
a) Projected meaning onto something => disillusionment =>
=> compassion (selfless desire to help)
c) Realisation =>
Further suggestions....
d) A feeling of
=> sacrifice
e) Sense of void/emptiness => feeling of
deep loneliness
f) Sense of spiritual separation => feeling of uncaused
g) Naivety => being deceived, duped => feeling
h) Sense of having done wrong (against one's inner timeless judgement of what is naturally right) => feeling of
inner repulsion
=> masochism
Not sure if these all apply, but Neptune is a bit elusive and I'd like to understand it's emotional manifestations further. It would seem obvious that different feelings & emotions would manifest depending of the evolutionary stage of the individual.
- I'm not sure what that really is, just how it physically manifests in a person? Do you have any ideas on that?
blessings Upasika
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Apr 06, 2012, 04:16 AM »
Hi Upasika,
Continuing here with some additional insights into Neptunian "emotions."
I am calling it an emotion, but it is a mixture of self-deception, hiding from the truth, convincing others (Sag), wearing a mask, and blocking out reality. These weak points could originate from past life actions that are unbearable to face, so guilt, remorse or shame are pushed down deep into the unconscious and replaced with a false persona. Breaking down of the false to reveal the truth should lead to disillusionment and then to atonement dynamics (Virgo).
Indistinct fears
These can be an array of subtle, intangible or indescribable fears, illusions, delusions, delirium, confusion, figments of the imagination, false impressions or distortions of inner or outer reality. The individual can be terrified of "something," but not know what it is. Miraculous Grace flushes out the specters, leaving a feeling of being cleansed.
What is fear?
It is only a thought.
If there is anything besides the Self
there is reason to fear.
(Ramana Maharshi)
The Jesus complex
Not sure what emotion is generated here, but thought I'd include this archetype and call it spiritual arrogance. Creating an illusion that one is God-like beyond any imperfection. Examples: cult leaders, spiritual subversives, monstrously inflated egos.
Hysteria (somatisation disorder)
– the most extreme Neptunian emotion
Wiki – Unmanageable emotional excesses and loss of self-control due to an overwhelming fear caused by events comprising severe conflict. What would drive a Soul to the stage of hysteria? Some causes could be: keeping secrets; suppressing fear; or the unconscious mind's attempt to protect from psychic stress. The pressure would have to be so great that the explosion of emotion would serve as a crisis or release point.
Ecstasy might be considered the opposite of hysteria. Where hysteria is the uncontrolled build-up of panicky emotions to explosion point, ecstasy is a peacefulness exceeding the imagination. It could be described as Divine union, expanded spiritual awareness, transcendence of normal consciousness, a trance-like state, or bliss during meditation. Ecstasy can be deliberately induced through meditation, chanting, music, dancing, creativity, sexual intercourse or psychotropic drugs.
Blissful chant - Om Namah Shivaya (Krishna Das)
Meditation experiences
When I meditate I feel a certain bliss at times. On such occasions, should I ask myself, "Who is it that experiences this bliss?"
Ramana Maharshi: If it is the real bliss of the Self that is experienced, that is, if the mind has really merged in the Self, such a doubt will not arise at all. The question itself shows real bliss was not reached. All doubts will cease only when the doubter and his source have been found. There is no use removing doubts one by one. If we clear one doubt, another doubt will arise and there will be no end of doubts. But if, by seeking the source of the doubter, the doubter is found to be really non-existent, then all doubts will cease.
Spaciousness, Beingness, Surrender
I'm calling these emotions, because they can be perceived. The Original Nature is beyond words, and perhaps the emotions are too. An attempt at describing this could be having no boundaries, infinite, love, peace, bliss, joy, freedom, tenderness.
Last Edit: Apr 06, 2012, 03:49 PM by Linda
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Apr 06, 2012, 07:17 AM »
Hi Upasika and Linda,
What you have both listed here are not emotions as such other than restating hysteria, disillusionment, esctacy. What you have listed are a variety of psychological archetypes and manifestations that correlate with Neptune. On that list there is one that does connect to a pure emotion that correlates to Neptune, Pisces, and the 12th House that very, very few people understand or know about. When you listed feeling 'duped, naive, stupid" that is a psychological dynamics. Yet the pure emotion of it that can lead to that psychology is one wherein the Soul ASSUMES THAT ALL SOULS SIMPLY WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING, ASSUMES THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE WHOM THEY APPEAR TO BE, ASSUMES THAT ALL OTHER SOULS DO NOT DO HARMFUL OR BAD THINGS TO IT'S OWN SELF. This archetype here is one of EMOTIONAL ASSUMPTIONS. These kinds of emotional assumptions emanate from the natural psychological purity or innocence contained within the Pisces, Neptune, 12th House archetype. And it is this kind of emotion that can then lead to feeling stupid, duped, naive, disillusioned and so on.
God Bless, Rad
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Apr 06, 2012, 04:47 PM »
Hi Rad,
For evolution to take place through the emotions, is it essential that
all three
types of emotions pertaining to the "water trinity" (Pisces, Scorpio, Cancer) be activated?
Thank you.
Last Edit: Apr 06, 2012, 10:25 PM by Linda
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Apr 06, 2012, 04:57 PM »
Hi Linda & Rad,
Thanks for extending the list Linda and the quotes from Ramana. I had also been thinking afterwards of the various positive Neptunian "emotions" such as: "gratitude" for the beauty and goodness of the universe, "awe" at the vastness of creation, "peace" and "bliss" that arise from meditating. I did feel however that in places I was possibly describing psychological states, or simply feelings (which are different to emotions) rather than emotions as such.
So thanks for re-aligning us with the essential basics of Neptune emotion Rad.
So we're down to core Neptunian emotions of: disillusionment, hysteria, empathy, emotional assumptions and ecstasy - all of which are either derived from various psychological states associated with Neptune, or will lead to various psychological states associated with Neptune. I take it this is closer to being correct...
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Apr 06, 2012, 05:29 PM »
Hi Upasika,
It's great having you here more actively again!
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Apr 06, 2012, 10:18 PM »
Thanks Linda !
When I get the chance I also really enjoy being involved again.
Nice too, to connect you with
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Apr 07, 2012, 06:59 AM »
Hi Linda,
Yes .........
God Bless, Rad
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Apr 07, 2012, 07:08 AM »
Hi Upasika,
I would like to say too that it's wonderful to have you back and participating on our mb. You have always been a great contributor when your health situation has allowed. Whatever your health situation is about I certainly wish that you can be healed to the maximum extent that is possible.
God Bless you,
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Apr 07, 2012, 05:29 PM »
Hi Rad,
Thanks so much for your deeply healing support, I'm very touched by it...
I do love being able to particpate with all the beautiful souls here, it's so nourishing and I've missed not being more involved. Health is slowly improving so hopefully in a couple of months or so I will be able to jump in more with everyone - I'm really hoping so, to me this community is a special gift, a real oasis.
many blessings,
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Apr 08, 2012, 04:27 AM »
Hi All,
The emotional purity/simplicity Rad describes reminds me of the healing power of animal therapy. A few examples that come to mind are things like volunteers bringing dogs/cats and various animals to visit residents of nursing homes and similar institutions. Another example would be the cat adoption program that is utilized in some prisons where inmates can earn the privilege of adopting a cat, who then lives with the inmate in their cell (this is so emotionally healing for many inmates). Also there is the profound influence that animals tend to have in drawing people out of their social shells..its amazing how readily people let their guard down when and because an animal is present--strangers readily approaching other strangers to connect in a spirit of good will, when they might otherwise just look the other way and pass each other on the street. The emotional purity of animals seems to have a very powerful resonance in the human soul. It seems to reflect the One Spirit that is conscious in all living beings, and as humans encounter the emotional purity of animals there tends to be an unspoken, unembellished connection which becomes emotionally accessible within the human..and thus why so profoundly comforting and therapeutic to the complex human emotional structure.
Music is another example I think of that resonates with the emotional simplicity of neptune/pisces..it can also be deeply healing and emotionally affirming by connecting on this level.
Would the experience of emotional desperation be a neptunian emotion or psychology?
While not an actual neptunian 'emotion', I thought it would be relevant to mention the phenomenon of emotional hypersensitivity, where one unconsciously osmoses emotional content from the external environment and then feels, experiences, and/or assumes the osmosed emotion as one's own...necessitating conscious self-reflective emotional discernment.
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Apr 08, 2012, 07:24 AM »
Hi Stacie,
Thanks for posting those comments. In the spirit of your comments I ran across the below article on Orangutangs at a zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It reflects the very spirit, and purity of emotions, of which you write. God Bless, Rad
Milwaukee Zoo arranges iPad 'play dates' for oragutans in other zoos
By Agence France-Presse
Friday, April 6, 2012 14:15 EDT
The young orangutan reaches his hand through the cage and rubs his knuckles over an iPad, drawing wide colors across the screen with his favorite app.
A few minutes later, Mahal presses his face up against the mesh, stretches out his long tongue and taps the screen to make it light up and play his favorite song, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
Soon Mahal and the two other orangutans at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin county zoo will be able to use their iPad for something even more exciting: "play dates" with orangutans at other zoos and wildlife preserves.
They're already fascinated by videos of orangutans they've watched on the tablet. Their keepers are hoping a live video feed will be even more engaging.
"We're excited to see where that goes," said Trish Kahn, the zoo's primate coordinator.
"It could be they don't care at all, but, from what I understand of them, I think they're definitely going to be able to understand this is real time and they're looking at another orangutan."
Nearly a year after the zoo introduced iPads as a form of enrichment, the primate building is being rewired for wifi so the orangutans can have their play dates and the public can watch them on a webcam.
Several other zoos have also introduced tablets to primates with the help of the non-profit Orangutan Outreach, which launched the "Apps for Apes" campaign after seeing how much the Milwaukee orangutans enjoyed playing with the iPads.
The goal is twofold: to bring a powerful new enrichment activity to the orangutans and to get zoo visitors engaged in the fight to protect an endangered species.
"It's really important for the public to connect with these animals because we're losing them in the wild — they're facing extinction," Kahn told AFP.
"For me the most important thing is for people to recognize these are sentient beings that are so incredible, that have all these wonderful adaptations and a profound brain."
So in addition to the playtime in their private feeding area, the zoo also offers iPad enrichment in the public viewing area, where volunteer Scott Engel shows them videos through the thick glass.
Crowds of people are drawn to Engel and pepper him with questions about the orangutans and the iPad.
They laugh when he tells them that Mahal likes to watch penguin videos while his adoptive mother MJ hankers for BBC nature shows by David Attenborough.
They lean in to take pictures when MJ taps on the glass to get Engel to start the next video.
And they listen when he tells them how orangutans are losing their natural habits as rainforests in Indonesia are burned to make way for palm oil plantations.
Engel, a freelance photographer who has been visiting the zoo to hone his craft for years, got the program going as a bit of a lark after a doctored photo of a gorilla playing with an iPad made the rounds online.
He made contact with the Milwaukee zoo's gorilla keeper over Facebook and offered to donate his old iPad after he upgraded to the iPad 3.
Now, he's coming to the zoo several times a week to show the orangutans videos — many of which he shoots himself.
"It's just amazing to make a connection with an animal," Engel said. "They can brighten your day."
Mahal will raise his hands and clap when he sees Engel and likes to play peek-a-boo by bending under the window frame.
MJ taps her forehead to get Engel to show her the top of his head, or points to her eyes to get him to wipe his face for her.
The most special moments, Engel said, come when the zoo's introverted and somewhat anxious 30-year-old male orangutan comes out of his corner to say hello.
Tommy used to spend most of his days out of sight or with his back to the window.
But he's excited about the iPad, and having Engel stand outside his window seems to have made Tommy more interested in watching other people as they lean in to get a look at his long orange fur and flat black face.
"To see him out and about and engaging and not hiding in his corner is wonderful to us," Kahn said. "He's incredible, and we want people to see him."
Orangutans watch a video on an iPad held up to the glass of their enclosure at Milwaukee County Zoo. Zoo keepers have been using iPads as enrichment tools for nearly a year now and is retrofiting their building with wifi so the playful primates can soon have 'playdates' with orangutans at other zoos using livestreaming video applications like FaceTime. (AFP Photo/Mira Oberman)
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WWE Superstar Titus O'Neil is this week's guest on Turnbuckle Weekly with Chuck Carroll.
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"I have a lot respect for him anyway. He is, obviously, dealing with some neck issues. So, my first concern would be are there any ramifications or health issues coming from that? I want him back just like the rest of the WWE Universe wants him back. He's a very fun person to watch and he's a really really good person and performer. He's different. And unless you get a chance to be around him on a daily basis, you won't understand and be able to appreciate how great his differences are to most people."
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"It's coming along excellent… I talked to him last week because a couple of my friends went to a concert with him and his partner, Nicky. It was a Maxwell concert. He's doing well and he'll comeback, I'm sure, very motivated. Hell, he may even come try to beat me and Heath's (butt) for partnering up. We might have to have the Prime Time Players rejoin."
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The full interview can be heard at the top of the page.
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Maurice Douse thought football was over for him when his playing days ended at Ohio State.
Maurice Douse thought football was over for him when his playing days ended at Ohio State.
The 6-foot, 210-pound running back moved from New York in 2003 as a junior college player hoping to get a shot with the Buckeyes. When it didn't work out, Douse turned his attention to academics and gave up on football.
Things changed six years ago when a friend told him about the Columbus Fire, a minor-league football team based on the east side.
"I was actually out of football," said Douse, who lives in Pickerington. "I was just focused on going to school and wasn't worried about football anymore. Once I got out there, I met (team co-owners Jimmy Moore and King Drafton) and they gave me a new lease on life in football."
Douse's story isn't uncommon among former football players who suddenly find themselves one of the 99 percent that never make it to the NFL.
For those who still have football inside of them, there are six minor league teams playing this summer in central Ohio. Along with the Columbus Fire, there's the Central Ohio Spartans, the Columbus Gladiators, the Columbus Marauders, the Columbus War Eagles and the Mid-Ohio Jets.
The Fire are the only AAA team in that group. Some teams like the Jets are a highly competitive AA team. Others aren't as competitive. Some teams have players who value the recreation more than winning.
With such a broad range in the spectrum of skill level, there's bound to be a team for an interested athlete.
"Not all of them are competitive," Jets owner Same Hussein said. "You can go play for a team that's going to be competitive and be very good. The downside is you might not play as much. Or you can go to a team that might not be as good, but you can play both ways."
The Jets typically are a two-platoon team, although there is some overlap between offense and defense for exceptional players. Players and coaches for the Fire make it clear that it isn't sandlot football.
"Here you experience playing against Division II up to Division I and arena league players," said Clinton Wallace, an Eastside resident who is part owner of the Fire. "If you're just starting off, I don't think this would be the right place for you to come. This is the highest level (of minor league football) you can go."
A big difference between a team like the Fire and other semipro teams in the Columbus area is their start date.
The Fire opened their season last Saturday at Reynoldsburg against the Indianapolis Tornados, a fellow Mid-Continental Football League team.
The Jets, Spartans and War Eagles started their seasons in May. Those three teams belong to the Heartland Football League.
The Gladiators, who played their first game June 5, belong to the Gridiron Developmental Football League. The Marauders, a team of EMT personnel, firefighters and police officers, belong to the National Public Safety Football League. They started playing in March.
By starting later, the Fire get stronger commitments from Continental Indoor Football League players, who are paid in that league. Those players have a chance to play a full season with the Fire. The CIFL championship game was last Saturday.
"(The Jets) play too early," said Jimmy Moore, a coach and co-owner. "We have a lot of guys that play indoor football, too. You have to give them the opportunity to go somewhere else and play."
But with the more elite roster and a more competitive league comes increased costs. To keep games competitive, the Fire play in a league with other AAA teams from Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Getting rated by the American Football Association isn't an exact science. Voters take into account the number of Division I college players on a team's roster as well as the quality of the other teams in the league. The Jets won the AA national championship last year and the Fire were runners-up in AAA.
Douse considers the two teams rivals, but they never have played.
One reason is the Jets have an entirely different pool of players. The Fire have been around since 1997 and have earned a reputation for their high level of play. Some of their players have been through NFL training camps. Many are trying to be like Darnell Dinkins, who played semipro for a team in Pittsburgh before earning a Super Bowl ring as a tight end for the New Orleans Saints.
"Once we got locked into the MCFL, the talent started to come this way," Moore said. "We get submissions every day (through the team Web site). Some voluntarily turn themselves away once they see the competition."
The Jets are in their fourth year as a team and play home games at Grove City Christian. They play more of an Ohio-based schedule with occasional trips to West Virginia. The Spartans, who practice in Westerville, are in their second year. Despite the other teams, there was little apprehension that the Spartans would find enough players.
"Everybody loves football," Spartans coach Rod Allen said. "The amount of talent that's down here � there's so many high schools and there's so many colleges. There are a lot of players that want to play."


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Commissioner Georgieva welcomes the European Union's ratification of the new Food Assistance Convention
With a decision of the Council, today the European Union ratifies the new Food Assistance Convention. I welcome this news - together with the European Parliament's consent given on 25 October, this decision makes the EU a founding member of the Convention, an important international agreement on the fight against hunger and under-nutrition. This underlines the EU's continued commitment to address the food and nutrition needs of the most vulnerable.
By being among the first to ratify the Convention, the EU confirms Europe's solidarity with almost 900 million people in the world suffering from food and nutrition insecurity. Under-nutrition in young children takes a heavy toll on their development, as well as on national economies. Among the 171 million children under five that are affected by stunting, there are 55 million who suffer from acute malnutrition and 20 million victims of severe acute malnutrition.
I call again on all parties - first and foremost the EU Member States - to ratify the Convention as quickly as possible and make their full contribution to the global efforts in the fight against hunger. I also call on other donors to subscribe to the principles of the Convention and join it as soon as it enters into force.
One of the most important achievements of the new Convention is a fundamental shift in the approach to food assistance. I very much appreciate that the Convention signatories agree to distribute food only when strictly necessary to meet the immediate nutritional needs of the most vulnerable people. Otherwise, aid should come in the form of money so that affected people can buy food locally. This upholds their dignity and helps promote local markets, benefitting local farming and food supply systems.
This is why the European Union's humanitarian food assistance policy provides cash and vouchers to the most vulnerable, rather than in-kind aid such as food imported from afar. This helps communities rebuild their self-reliance more quickly after a disaster and creates conditions for reducing aid dependency in the future.
The Convention underlines the importance of linking short-term and longer-term food assistance interventions. This helps the most vulnerable to build up their resilience and be better prepared against the future negative impact of natural disasters or excessively high food prices.
The Food Assistance Convention is an international agreement that has been negotiated by the European Union and 35 countries (all EU Member States plus Argentina, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and the United States).
Its predecessor, the Food Aid Convention, was first negotiated in 1967 and regularly updated since then. The Convention defines global rules for food assistance by major donors: it requires members to provide a minimum amount of food assistance, demonstrating an important commitment among donor states to address world hunger.
The agreement is based on humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence. It is also based firmly on needs, which is a crucial prerequisite to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of the aid provided and thereby reduce the number of undernourished people in the word.
The Food Assistance Convention was signed by Commissioner Georgieva together with the Cyprus Presidency on behalf of the EU on 1 August 2012. The European Parliament gave its consent on the conclusion by the EU of the new Food Assistance Convention on 25 October 2012. So far, Japan, the US, Switzerland and Denmark have ratified the Convention. It means that by 30 November at least five of the signatories including the EU will have ratified the new Convention. Therefor it will enter into force on 1 January 2013.
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The connection between most major candy bar manufacturers and child slavery is one of the world's best kept secrets. The US government is currently being sued by the International Labor Rights Fund for failing to enforce laws prohibiting the import of products made with child labor, and the chocolate industry has failed to meet numerous deadlines set by Congress for regulating. A few major chocolate companies have done a great job in the last year with some smoke-and-mirror campaigns . . . either offering an obscure fair-trade chocolate bar or making a show of giving to charities that support farmers. But these actions do not change the fact that they don't want to take the necessary steps to avoid the human rights abuse of children. But honestly, what concerns me even more is that we, as consumers, are not demanding that this be stopped. People continue to buy chocolate even after learning about the harm to children in Africa. I've heard excuses from people in my own life that sound pretty similar to the ones I made in the coffee post. We rationalize that we can't afford fair-trade. We joke about how addicted we are. We justify that we can't change everything. And I think secretly, we don't relate because these are kids in a far-off country, and not our own. It's okay as long as we don't have to see it happening right in front of us.
Well, I'm here to ruin it for you. Now you know. We can't keep looking away. If we choose willful ignorance on this one, then we are no better than the people who are directly forcing children to work. I've embedded a BBC documentary about this issue below. Even the first ten-minute segment is eye-opening, but the whole thing will wreck you . . . and you will be better for it. Bookmark this and watch it later. Watch it with your kids. Jafta saw this last year and despite his love of chocolate, he is the most fervent fair trade advocate I know after seeing this. Share it with your friends. Blog about it. We're breaking up with commercial chocolate, or buying fair trade. I hope you will, too.
In November of last year, the Louisiana Municipal Police Employee's Retirement System, a public pension fund with holdings in Hershey Co., filed a lawsuit against Hershey's. The suit claims that Hershey's board knew for as many as 11 years that its cocoa came from West African suppliers that used child slave labor to harvest crops. The fund accuses Hershey of ignoring domestic and foreign human trafficking laws. Whole Foods Markets announced it will stop selling Hershey's high-end Scharffen Berger brand chocolate products over the issue of child labor. On January 31st 2012, in what was likely a response to the growing bad press about child labor practices, Hershey's made an announcement regarding child labor in their supply line. You can read the entire statement here. Two points worth noting "Over the next five years, The Hershey Company will expand and accelerate programs to improve cocoa communities by investing $10 million in West Africa and continuing to work with experts in agriculture, community development and government to achieve progress with cocoa farmers and their families".
While $10 million dollars over the course of 5 years sounds like a lot of money, it is still a far cry from what has been recommended by the Payson Center for International Development at Tulane University's report on Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector, an independent international academic study that offered recommendations for reducing child labor in the chocolate industry. Hershey's claims they want to comply, but to do so it really should be closer to $8 million a year. Also, this is still not a commitment to going fair-trade, or any other third-party mechanism for assuring just labor practices. It's a step in the right direction, but I won't be buying Hershey's until I'm convinced that they are making real and drastic measures to cut out labor abuses, rather than trying to smooth over some bad press. "Later this year, U.S. consumers will be able to purchase Hershey's Bliss® products with 100 percent cocoa from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms. Rainforest Alliance Certified farms have met comprehensive sustainability standards that protect the environment and ensure the safety and well-being of workers, their families and communities." Again, it's great that Hershey's is creating a fair-trade line, but why not apply this standard to all of their products? Fair trade shouldn't be a specialty item, and many international rights groups are still skeptical. You can read more about that here. Now let's look at the strides Nestle made in 2012:
Nestle announced they were submitting to a study by the Fair Labor Association to determine if child labor actually did exist in their supply chain. This was a bit of a PR move since Nestle signed the Harkin Engel Protocol and vowed to remedy the child labor issues in their company over ten years ago. Very little effort was made by the companies involved which resulted in only about 5% improvement over the last 10 years. So I'm slightly unimpressed that they are now making a public show of "getting to the bottom of this", but again – it's a step. The findings of the Fair Labor Association? There is indeed child labor in the Nestle supply chain. Reuters reported: "Child labour is still widespread on Ivory Coast cocoa farms supplying Nestle, an investigation by a workers' rights group has found, prompting the world's biggest food group to pledge a redoubling of efforts to stamp out the practice." Nestle has made several public statements about their commitment to stopping this and their strategies include producing an illustrated guide to the supplier code and educating their farmers not to employ children. Still, Nestle is not willing to submit to fair trade certification, which would be the best way to insure compliance. The International Labor Rights Fund names Nestle as one of the top 14 companies behind the worst labor abuses. The bottom line is this: profit margins are likely going to take a dip if these companies really step it up, and it's likely that chocolate prices will go up, too. But I think that we, as a society, need to be willing to see this through, even if it costs us something. Because no bar of chocolate is worth robbing a child of their education and childhood.
If you are motivated to make your Halloween purchases more ethical check out this comprehensive guide to buying ethical Halloween treats over at Babble.


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Prior to her appointment with the Philharmonia in 2004, Emily spent four years as Co-Principal Second Violin with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. A highlight of this job was always the so called 'Highland Tours', where the orchestra travelled around rural Scotland playing to very small but highly appreciative audiences. In fact, Emily still has a handwritten letter from a six year old girl who came to one of these concerts, inviting her to tea at her house!
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Pistorius defense: 'Anxiety disorder' led to accidental shooting of girlfriend
PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius has an anxiety disorder that may have contributed to the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, an expert testified at his murder trial Monday, prompting the chief prosecutor to say the double-amputee Olympian should be placed under psychiatric observation.
The judge has not yet ruled on prosecutor Gerrie Nel's application that the court considers a period of mental evaluation for the world-famous runner.
Dr. Merryll Vorster, a psychiatrist called by the defense, testified that a series of events in Pistorius' turbulent life, including the amputation of his lower legs as a baby, his parents' divorce, his late mother's habit of sleeping with a gun under her pillow and his own fear of violent crime contributed to his "increasing stress."
"Overall, Mr. Pistorius appears to be a mistrustful and guarded person," Vorster testified. She said he has "many features of anxiety."
Vorster said Pistorius' anxiety combined with his physical disability may have caused him to act differently from other people when he shot four times through a toilet stall door in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2013, killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, 27, claims he mistook Steenkamp for a dangerous intruder when he shot her with his licensed 9 mm pistol in the pre-dawn hours. Prosecutors say he killed the 29-year-old model after an argument and shot in anger and not fear last Valentine's Day.
Pistorius' chief lawyer Barry Roux said at the start of defense-led testimony that the double amputee's vulnerability and disability was at the center of his case of a mistaken killing. But prosecutor Nel questioned Monday if Pistorius was merely trying one of a number of defenses for shooting his girlfriend.
"There must be some reason why Mr. Roux decided to call this witness. It might be the third defense that we have," Nel said.
Pistorius, the first amputee to run at the Olympics, testified at his trial that he fired his gun accidentally at the toilet door. That appeared to contradict his initial statement in court documents last year that he shot in self-defense because he believed his life was in danger.
Nel said if Pistorius had genuine anxiety issues, Judge Thokozile Masipa should order him to be evaluated. Responding to a question from a reporter after the trial was adjourned, Pistorius said "Go read the law."
As the athlete sat in the Pretoria courtroom earlier Monday making notes and occasionally looking up at the witness stand, Vorster outlined his apparently unhappy childhood and a life story in contrast to the smiling, triumphant disabled runner who made history at the London Olympics in 2012.
Vorster's testimony raised the question of whether Pistorius was now claiming "diminished responsibility" for the shooting, Nel said, because of a possible mental illness. Nel also asked the psychiatrist if someone who was suffering from such an anxiety disorder, and had access to guns, would be a danger to society. Vorster said the person would, indeed, be a danger.
Vorster's testimony came at the start of the eighth week of the globally televised trial, and a day before Pistorius' defense had predicted it might wrap up its case. It now appears unlikely that the defense will rest Tuesday. The prosecution's cross-examination of the psychiatrist could continue on day 31 of proceedings after Nel asked for more time to look at her report on Pistorius.
Vorster reached her opinion after meeting with Pistorius on two occasions this month, and also from interviews with his family, friends and agent, she said.
Pistorius and his brother and sister "were reared to see their external environment as threatening," Vorster said, and this played a part in his actions on the night of the shooting.
Vorster said Pistorius was more likely to try and "fight" what he thought was an intruder than run away, because his disability meant it was harder for him to flee. Pistorius was on his stumps when he shot Steenkamp.


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Clinical Topic Overview
Type 2 Diabetes
Primary care physicians are on the front lines of a diabetes epidemic. Approximately 24 million people—8 percent of the U.S. population—have diabetes, and approximately one-quarter of these cases are undiagnosed. The costs of the disease, in both human and economic terms, are vast. In addition to being the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S., it is the leading cause of blindness and kidney failure and is associated with 60 percent of all amputations. Heart disease mortality and stroke risk are two to four times higher among those with diabetes than those without. In economic terms, diabetes accounts for $174 billion in direct and indirect expenditures, including lost work days and productivity in the U.S.1 As the prevalence in the U.S. and around the world continues to rise,2, 3 these costs will only continue to grow.
Primary care physicians most frequently see patients at risk for and with type 2 diabetes. As such, they are in the best position to improve diagnosis and management of patients with type 2 diabetes. However, a 2009 needs assessment of primary care physicians conducted by PennCME/BestPractice revealed the following gaps:
- Physicians often fail to screen patients at risk for diabetes to improve rates of early diagnosis and treatment.
- Inadequate glucose control as measured by regular administration of A1C tests and eye and foot exams to avoid and better manage complications of disease in type 2 diabetes patients.
- Inadequate lipid management, BP control, depression screening, smoking cessation, and weight management guidance to minimize CV and CKD risks and manage other comorbid conditions in type 2 diabetes patients.
- Physicians need to improve knowledge and understanding of treatment options, such as when to initiate insulin therapy and how to match patient needs and characteristics to the most appropriate antidiabetic agent.
- Physicians need to address systems issues in their practices in order to provide integrated delivery of care to patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Poor communication between patients and health care providers contributes to patient non-adherence to medication regimes, lifestyle changes and self monitoring.
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National diabetes fact sheet: general information and national estimates on diabetes in the United States, 2007. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2008. Accessed on May 23, 2010. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/ndfs_2007.pdf
2Wild S, Roglic G, Green A, et al. Global prevalence of diabetes: estimates for the year 2000 and projections for 2030. Diabetes Care.2004;27:1047-53.
3Fox CS, Pencina MJ, Meigs JB, et al. Trends in the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus from the 1970s to the 1990s: the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation. 2006;113:2914-8.
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Physicians in primary care practice, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other health care providers and clinical practice teams.
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ABCs: Clinical review of areas of basic competencies in primary care
- Starting Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes: When? Why? How?
- Noninsulin Antidiabetic Agents: When? Which? How?
- Screening for Prediabetes and Diabetes – Yes? No? Why? Why Not?
- Depression in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
- Eight Steps to Streamlining – and Improving – Management of Your Diabetic Patients
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- Common Errors in T2D Management: Problems with Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
- Common Errors in T2D Management: Picking the Right Oral Medication
- Common Errors in T2D Management: Misuse of Insulin Secretagogues
- Common Errors in T2D Management: Failure to Distinguish Between T2DM and T1DM
- Common Errors in T2D Management: Overuse of Premixed Insulins
- Common Errors in T2D Management: Delaying the Start of Insulin
- Common Errors in T2D Management: Metformin and Renal Failure
- Common Errors in T2D Management: Pushing for Weight Loss—But Not Too Much
Interactive Minicases: Based on real-life interactions between primary care physicians, the health practice team, and patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Initiating Treatment for a Patient with Type 2 Diabetes
- Managing a Depressed Patient with Type 2 Diabetes
- Practice Improvement Scenario
- An Angry Patient with Type 2 Diabetes
Simulations: Place physicians in the active role of problem solvers, learning critical skills in a practical setting.
- Two Patients Whose Type 2 Diabetes is Tangled with Co-Morbidities
Point of Care CME: Structured, self-directed online learning by physicians on topics relevant to their clinical practice.
Performance Improvement CME: Provides physicians with tools to assess their practice using evidence-based performance measures; feedback that compares their performance to national benchmarks; interventions based on the performance measures; and revaluation of performance in practice including reflection and summarization of outcome changes resulting from the PI CME activity.
Clinical Resources and References: Bibliography of cited evidence-based references and links to resources featured in this section.
Patient Resources: Provides patients with practical information and tools about their health and medical conditions to promote patient-self management and patient-physician partnerships.
Educational Goals and Objectives:
After participating in this educational initiative, learners are generally expected to:
- Improve timely diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
- Change practice patterns to reflect current guidelines and best practices.
- Minimize risk and improve management of comorbidities in patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Demonstrate improved knowledge and application of guidelines/best practices for treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Apply new knowledge to improve the organization of delivery of medical care in their practice setting.
- Better integrate with community resources provided to patients.
- Provide culturally competent care to improve patient's risk recognition and motivation to engage in positive health self-management behaviors.
Medium or Combination of Media Used
This educational initiative was developed using the following media:
- Interactive minicase studies
- Simulations
- Targeted search at the point of care using iSEEK search engine
- Internet-based enduring materials
- Evidence-based resources
- References to physician staff and patient education links
- Web-based registry for Performance Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
Method of Learner Participation in the Learning Process
1. Areas of Basic Competence (ABC) in type 2 diabetes present critical areas of knowledge in the disease in a highly organized, coherent pathway, along with practical approaches to achieving best practices. The goal is to engage the physician in "actionable learning." This section provides a foundation and reference base for other featured interventions.
2. Hot Topics in Type 2 Diabetes are short, focused articles in a specific area of clinical management in type 2 diabetes. These articles are designed to engage the participant in the topic area and lead them to content that provides the opportunity for more in-depth learning.
3. Interactive Minicases offer a valuable learning experience based on real-life interactions between primary care physicians, the health practice team, and patients with type 2 diabetes. This method of engagement allows participants to build their knowledge and competence as they simulate both the management of type 2 diabetes patients and clinical-based systems in their practices.
4. Point of Care Search CME (PoC) includes structured, self-directed online learning by physicians on topics relevant to their clinical practice. Learning for this activity occurs through a reflective process in which physicians document the clinical question, cite the sources consulted, and identify the application of the learning to their practice.
5. Simulations place physicians in the active role of problem solvers, learning critical skills in a practical setting. The Patient Simulator provides individually tailored learning, allowing physicians to Increase Competence by applying new knowledge to solving diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a non-threatening clinical environment.
6. Quality Circles supporting Performance Improvement (PI-QC) are clinical, topic-specific, faculty-led communities of learning, supported by web communication tools and focused on specific PI measures and the PI-CME process in one clinical area.
7. Registry-based Performance Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) guides physicians through PQRI using a series of questions related directly to evidence-based quality indicators in type 2 diabetes. Physicians can compare their performance against national benchmarks and qualify for an incentive bonus from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
8. Performance Improvement CME leads physicians through an integrated three-stage process of practice performance improvement comprised of assessment, intervention and revaluation.
Faculty, Authors, and Contributors:
Zalman S. Agus, MD
Associate Dean for CME
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr. Agus received his MD degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Maryland in 1965. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Maryland Hospital and a fellowship in renal and electrolyte medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and then joined the faculty at UPenn in 1973. He was named Chief of the Renal and Electrolyte Section and Director of the Renal Fellowship Training Program in 1979, became Emeritus Professor of Medicine in 1996, and joined UpToDate, Inc., as Coordinating Editor. He was appointed Associate Dean for CME at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2002.
Dr. Agus has published more than 120 articles and textbook chapters and has edited several publications. His scholarly interests are focused on acid-base and electrolyte disorders and mineral metabolism, and he is recognized as an international expert in the physiology and pathophysiology of calcium, phosphate, and magnesium transport.
Dr. Agus has served the American Society of Nephrology as Vice-Chairman of the Program Committee, Chair of the Nephrology Training Program Directors Committee, and Chair of the Informatics Committee. He has served on the Executive Committee of the National Medical Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of the National Kidney Foundation. He is a past Chairman of the Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease of the American Heart Association, was elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and has been a fellow in the American College of Physicians. He is currently listed in "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who in the World."
David K. McCulloch, MD, FRCP
Clinical Professor of Medicine/Endocrinology
University of Washington, Seattle
Medical Director, Clinical Improvement
Group Health Cooperative
Seattle, Washington
David K. McCulloch, MD, FRCP, obtained his MD at Edinburgh University, Scotland, in 1977 with additional postgraduate training at the University of Nottingham, England, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1991. He moved to the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1983, where he is now a Clinical Professor of Medicine.
Dr. McCulloch has worked in the field of clinical diabetes innovation for more than 30 years and has more than 80 publications on a wide variety of diabetes-related topics. He works as a diabetologist, leading clinical improvement efforts in diabetes with an energetic team at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, a managed care organization in Washington State with more than half a million enrolled members. The comprehensive and integrated approach implemented at Group Health Cooperative has resulted in improved health outcomes, increased patient satisfaction, decreased utilization of services, and reduced costs.
Dr. McCulloch has chaired national and statewide diabetes and cardiovascular disease collaboratives with a wide variety of health care organizations. Since 1998, he has been the diabetes chair in several national efforts to improve diabetes care in association with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Bureau of Primary Care, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He is a recipient of numerous awards and honors in the field; Seattle Magazine voted him one of Seattle's best doctors. Since 1995, he has consistently been included in "The Best Doctors in America: Pacific Region."
Mark H. Schutta, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Director, Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mark H. Schutta received his MD at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and completed his residency training at Jefferson University Hospital and a fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. He is a board-certified internist and has served as the Director of the Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center since 2003 and is also the Medical Director of the Penn Islet Cell Transplantation Program. His research is focused on, and he has published a number of articles relating to, islet cell transplantation, implementation of a comprehensive diabetes disease management program, patient errors in the use of insulin, the epidemiology of hypertension and diabetes, and insulin resistance.
Serena Cardillo, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Clinician, Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Serena Cardillo, MD, completed her undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University where she received a BA in Behavioral Biology. She received her MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001 and completed both a residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Endocrinology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She joined the faculty in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in 2006. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, and is also the Director of the Graduate Diabetes Education and Director of Ambulatory Medicine, Internal Medicine Training Program, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Cardillo's research has focused on the impact of dietary intervention on adipocyte-derived hormones in obesity and on the impact of specialized multidisciplinary care in T2D. Her clinical interests include diabetes management, transplant-associated diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. She recently participated in a program for the American Academy of Family Physicians that focused on the subtleties of using antihyperglycemic medications, challenges and considerations when introducing insulin, use of blood glucose monitoring to guide treatment, and the importance of CVD risk reduction. Her clinical practice is based at the Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center.
Medical Editor
Lewis Miller, MS, CCMEP
Principal, WentzMiller & Associates
Darien, Connecticut
Medical Writers
Amanda M. Justice
Medical Consultant and Writer
Brooklyn, New York
Caitlin Rothermel, MA, MPHc
Medical and Health Economics Writer
Seattle, Washington
Program Directors
Chief Learning Officer
Mila Kostic
Director of Continuing Medical Education
Director of Continuing Medical Education
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chief Technology Officer
Lauren Patrick, MS
President, NetHealth
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Editorial Director
Laura Traynor, MA
Editorial Board
Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Family and Preventive Medicine
Director, San Diego Center for Patient Safety
Medical Director, Quality Improvement Education
Director, Quality Improvement in Correctional Medicine
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (USCD)
San Diego, California
Matthew H. Rusk, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Program Director, Primary Care Program
Staff Internist
Division of General Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dennis F. Saver, MD
President and Staff Physician
Primary Care of the TreasureCoast
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Florida State University
Vero Beach, Florida
Peter J. Ziemkowski, MD
Assistant Professor: Department of Family Medicine
College of Human Medicine
Michigan State University
Clerkship Director and Physician/Faculty
Michigan State University-Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Instructions for Obtaining CME Credit
To obtain Credit Certificate for CME-certified activities follow these steps:
- Review the topic- and activity-specific overview
- Complete the brief case-based pre-activity assessment
- Review the entire educational activity
- Answer all case-based questions in the post-activity assessment
- Complete the evaluation
- Proceed to view or print your certificate stored in your Personal Learning Center
Accreditation: The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit
These activities have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM.
Disclosure of Commercial Support
Supported, in part, by educational grants from Abbott Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Genentech, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly USA LLC, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
Disclosures of Personal Financial Relationships
It is policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania for individuals who are in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose to the learners all relevant financial relationships that they have with any commercial interest that provides products or services that may be relevant to the content of these continuing medical education activities. For this purpose, we consider relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.
The intent of this policy is not to prevent expert faculty with relevant relationship(s) with commercial interest(s) from involvement in CME, but rather to ensure that Penn CME-certified activities promote quality and safety, are effective in improving medical practice, are based on valid content, and are independent of control from commercial interests and free of commercial bias. Peer review of all content was conducted for all faculty presentations whose disclosure information provided to the Penn Office of CME was found to contain relationships that created a conflict of interest relative to the topic of their presentation. In addition, all faculty were instructed to provide balanced, scientifically rigorous, and evidence-based presentations.
The staff in the Office of CME at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Mila Kostic, and the peer reviewer, Zalman Agus, MD, have reported no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of these educational activities.
The following staff and consultants have reported no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of these educational activities:
Amanda Justice, Medical Writer
Lauren Patrick, President, NetHealth
Laura Traynor, MA, Editorial Director
The following staff members and consultants have reported the listed relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of these educational activities:
Lewis A. Miller, MS, is a consultant for Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America.
Caitlin Rothermel, MA, MPHc, Medical and Health Economics Writer, is a consultant for Covidien Pharmaceuticals.
The following faculty have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of these educational activities:
Faculty Name
David K. McCulloch, MD
Matthew Rusk, MD
Joseph E Scherger, MD, MPH
Peter Ziemkowski, MD
The following faculty have reported the listed relevant financial relationships with commercial interests related to the content of these educational activities.
Faculty Name Name of Commercial Interest Relationship
Serena Cardillo, MD AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb Research
Dennis Saver, MD Boehringer Ingelheim and Genzyme Consultant
First Consult Board Member
Mark Schutta, MD Sanofi-aventis Speaker
Princeton Technology Advisors Consultant
Merck Pharmaceuticals Spouse's employer
Relevant Financial Relationships: Financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (eg, stocks, stock options, or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received or expected.
Investigational and/or Off-Label Use of Commercial Products and Devices
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania requires all faculty to disclose any planned discussion of an investigational and/or off-label use of a pharmaceutical product or device within their presentation. Participants should note that the use of products outside FDA-approved labeling should be considered experimental and are advised to consult current prescribing information for approved indications.
The faculty reported that there will be no specific mentions of off-label and/or investigational use of products within their presentations.
Hardware/Software Requirements:
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For technical support, please contact email@example.com
For CME-related questions, please contact the Office of CME at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania at firstname.lastname@example.com
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:
- Counsel patients with type 2 diabetes about the importance of weight loss – but not necessarily excessive loss.
- Emphasize the importance of regular exercise in achieving weight loss.
Authors: Serena Cardillo, MD, CCMEP and Mark H. Schutta, MD
Editor: Lewis A. Miller, MS, CCMEPOriginal Date of Release: June 15, 2010 Last Review Date: July 1, 2011 Expiration Date: July 1, 2014
Estimated Time to Complete: 15 minutes
Amount of CME Credit: Maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Accreditation: The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit: The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Supported, in part, by educational grants from Abbott Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Genentech, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly USA LLC, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.


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Our arrival was unremarkable. Our check-in was vague. Our room(s) request was sent in weeks prior and was specific connecting rooms, in their most quiet buildings. My sister has a slight physical disability and I wanted a connecting room. When I asked the check-in Concierge the whereabouts of our rooms, he vaguely, but politely said, yes the rooms are close together but wouldn't tell me the Building number. I was hoping for the best and gave the entire situation the benefit of the doubt. Being accustomed to an extremely modern and new resort it was rather a shock to see the small and dated room. We were assigned a building spitting distance to another hotel with a view of the garbage bins. I went to the concierge and asked that our rooms be changed. The balcony is very narrow, nowhere to have a room service meal, rusty chairs & stained seat cushions. I covered them with bath towels that were never removed. The bedroom is tiny. The bathroom had no hot water. I reported this to the concierge, I was told that the matter had been fixed but that I would need to run the hot water tap for 5 or 6 minutes before hot water would flow. I ran the tap for 20 minutes then when I did shower, the water either scalded or went cold. Lousy water pressure and hand held shower heads. I thought about a bath, but when I stood in the tub, I thought the tub was going to go through the floor boards. Otherwise the bathroom was functional. Breakfast buffet is small by comparison. The person at the omelet station those days wasn't very good at making omelets. Not impressed with the breakfast buffet. The major disaster: lunch! I stood up, so did my sister, and we walked out of the dining room. Long story short: the manager of this restaurant more than made up for the disaster his staff created and the day was saved. Dinners were very good, most without events. We ate the first night at Las Ventanas which was very, very good; Palasso (Italian) was forgettable; Azia was outstanding. The last night we again ate at Las Ventanas, it was also forgettable. The Head Concierge came by my room to discuss a questionnaire that my sister completed. My sister and my opinions were talked about and the Concierge appeared to make an effort to show caring and understanding. She offered to "see what she could do" to make up for the many disappointments and said she'd get back to us later. On the last full late afternoon of our stay the building concierge told me that he had a call from his boss saying for all our disappointments they were happy to offer 25 minute massage. My sister calls the Spa; they tell her that their computer is down and they don't know their availability and to check again in the morning. We were leaving at noon the next day. No answer in the morning at the Spa. All in all, I was truly hoping to love this place, I really was. Except for the lovely lush landscaping everything else was almost a nightmare. Unfortunately, I will not be back.
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