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Small Plant News: Volume 3, Number 1
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In This Issue:
- Validating Your HACCP System for the Control of E. coli O157:H7
- TB or Not TB?
- Food Safety Resources
- Identifying and Removing Lingual and Palatine Tonsils as SRMs: A Practical Guide
Validating Your HACCP System for the Control of E. coli O157:H7
By Denise Amann
Escherichia coli ( E. coli) is a bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of most mammals. Most strains of E. coli are harmless and function to assist with digestion in their host. This is not the case for E. coli O157:H7, which is a particularly virulent strain that can cause serious human illness or death in the elderly, very young, or immunocompromised.
E. coli O157:H7 was first identified as a foodborne pathogen associated with the consumption of undercooked ground beef in 1982. In October 1994, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) declared E. coli O157:H7 as an adulterant in ground beef and began a sampling program to test for it in federally inspected establishments and retail stores. More recently, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) expanded its sampling program to include all raw beef products that are to be further processed into non-intact products. All beef products that test positive for E. coli O157:H7 must be processed into a ready-to-eat product or they are deemed adulterated.
Cattle are a major reservoir for this bacterium. E. coli O157:H7 contaminates the hides of live animals when animals come in direct contact with infected feces. Contamination of the beef carcass during slaughter most commonly occurs when the hides are removed and during evisceration.
As part of your Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system, your plant must prevent, eliminate, or reduce carcass contamination with E. coli O157:H7 using antimicrobial steps that will reduce or eliminate the pathogen. Commonly used intervention steps include: knife trimming, hot water washes, organic washes, steam vacuuming, and chilling. A combination of antimicrobial steps is usually more effective at reducing surface contamination than the use of only one step.
FSIS' regulations require that you validate your plant's HACCP system's effectiveness in preventing, reducing, or eliminating E. coli O157:H7 (See "What's All the Buzz About Validation" in Small Plant News, Vol. 2, No. 12). In-plant validation will be unique to your plant's system and will provide you with scientific proof that your system is working as it was designed to control E. coli O157:H7.
In general, small plants do not have the resources larger plants have to validate their HACCP system by testing for actual pathogens or conducting challenge studies. For this reason, indicator organisms may be used to validate the performance of a plant's HACCP system.
Bacterial contamination typically occurs on the surface of the carcass. Researchers have identified similarities between the response of more commonly found surface pathogens and the response of E. coli O157:H7 to certain interventions. This link allows you a way to practically validate your HACCP system using certain surface pathogens as indicator organisms for E. coli O157:H7. With proper scientific technique and data collection, significant reductions in the numbers of certain indicator organisms seen before, and after, an intervention step may be used to validate the effectiveness of that intervention to reduce E. coli O157:H7.
The following six pointers are helpful to consider when validating your small plant HACCP system for the control of E. coli O157:H7.
1. Know the scientific documents you have chosen to support your HACCP decisions. This is critical. It's important to have supporting documentation that is pertinent to your system and be able to understand the general gist of how the information supports your HACCP decisions. Documentation should include scientific justification for the method and indicator organisms you have chosen to validate your system.
2. Indicator organisms should share similar characteristics to E. coli O157:H7. Linking the measured reduction of an indicator organism to a particular intervention requires that the indicator have similar growth and response characteristics to E. coli O157:H7. It's important to understand this connection. All pathogens found on a beef carcass during slaughter are not appropriate indicator organisms for E. coli O157:H7.
3. Validation sampling methods using indicator organisms can be easily performed in-plant by plant personnel. Sampling methods are similar to those already used in other testing programs. Techniques are non-invasive with no product loss. Results may also be used as an indicator of employee hygiene and general carcass cleanliness from start to finish.
4. Validation studies should include more than one indicator organism. Indicator organisms respond differently to varying in-plant conditions and product types. A more comprehensive picture of your HACCP system's effectiveness would be reflected using multiple indicator organisms.
5. Validation is not a one-time event. Your plant's HACCP system is fluid. Products change; vendors change; personnel and equipment change. Does it make sense that validating your HACCP system 4 years ago is an accurate depiction of your system today? You're required to control food safety hazards. Periodic, ongoing validation provides scientific data that your HACCP system is doing just that.
6. The presence of indicator organisms should not be used to determine the presence or absence of specific pathogens. Indicator organisms are analyzed to predict the distribution, number, and response of specific pathogenic organisms on a particular product as it travels through a HACCP system. Predictions should be made based on the scientific findings within your supporting documentation. To date, no direct connection has been found between the presence of indicator species and the presence or absence of pathogenic organisms.
Hopefully, these pointers will assist you in validating your HACCP system so you can continue to ensure your product's safety for the customers and business you care so deeply about into the foreseeable future. If you have any further questions about in-plant validation or using certain pathogens as indicator organisms for E. coli O157:H7, call the Office of Outreach, Employee Education, and Training at 1-800-336-3747.
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TB or Not TB?
By Denise Amann
FSIS inspectors are an important part of this country's first line of defense against tuberculosis. Tuberculosis, or TB, is a potentially fatal infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a group of bacteria called mycobacteria, which have thick and waxy cell walls that contribute to the bacterium's hardiness.
Today, the most common cause of human disease is Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Typically, the disease is spread by inhaling bacteria released into the air after a person with the active disease coughs near a susceptible human host. Human disease is characterized by a prolonged, productive cough and is most commonly active in those with a weakened immune system.
In the past, a major cause of human tuberculosis was Mycobacterium bovis, a bacterium found in cattle and swine that causes bovine TB. Humans were infected with the bacteria by ingesting unpasteurized milk. With the introduction of milk pasteurization, this form of human tuberculosis has become very rare in the United States. M. bovis remains a common cause of human tuberculosis in countries where milk pasteurization is not universally performed.
For these reasons, plant personnel are not at an increased risk of contracting the disease by handling potentially TB positive tissues. FSIS inspectors have been trained to identify the granuloma (a medical term for a ball-like collection of immune cells trying to destroy a foreign substance) lesions characteristic of the disease in commonly affected species. Samples of all cattle lesions resembling the disease should be mailed to USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa, for further analysis.
"Tuberculosis surveillance standards require inspectors to submit one granuloma sample per 2,000 cattle killed," said Dr. Leslie Bulaga, an area epidemiology officer of APHIS' Veterinary Services. "This allows APHIS and FSIS personnel to work together in USDA's efforts to eradicate TB from the United States."
Even with extensive surveillance and positive herd eradication, bovine TB has not been completely eradicated from this country. Recently, two bovine carcasses were identified as positive for M. bovis in Minnesota and Pennsylvania slaughter establishments. Granuloma lesions characteristic of the disease were identified in both carcasses as part of routine inspection procedures and mailed to NVSL for confirmation. The carcasses were traced back to herds in South Dakota and Indiana, respectively. South Dakota has been in "TB-free" status since 1976 and Indiana has been "TB-free" since 1984.
"This serves as a reminder of the importance of granuloma surveillance for TB at slaughter," added Bulaga.
Health officials in both States tested the herd of origin and closely tracked the movements of the positive animals as they traveled to their final destination. Under Federal guidelines, USDA classifies States based on the presence of bovine TB in their cattle population. No distinction is made in dairy or beef cattle when determining the State's status. If two TB positive herds are identified in the same State within a 48-month period, USDA is required to downgrade the State's TB status.
For more information about TB, visit www.fsis.usda.gov/OPHS/tbbroch.htm or call 1-800-336-3747.
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Food Safety Resources
By Sally Fernandez
FSIS developed the second edition of the "Compliance Guideline for Controlling Salmonella and Campylobacter in Poultry" in May 2008. This updated document includes recommendations for controlling both Salmonella and Campylobacter and describes concerns and validated controls for each step in the broiler slaughter process.
The second edition includes guidance for the control of Campylobacter, both at pre-harvest and during slaughter and processing, and updated information regarding progress on implementation of the Salmonella verification program. In addition, information is given on controlling Salmonella Enteritidis at pre-harvest. The guideline also contains information on current research by FSIS and USDA's Agricultural Research Service. Examples of case studies are given as additional ways of validating your food safety system.
You can use this resource to improve management practices in your plant. For easy use, some sections of the guideline begin with best practice recommendations, and then explain controls and concerns specific to that step.
To order your free copy, complete and submit the online order form at www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/HACCP_Resources_Order_Form/index.asp . You can also fax the order to (202) 690-6519. For more information, call 1-800-336-3747.
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Identifying and Removing Lingual and Palatine Tonsils as SRMs: A Practical Guide
By Jane Johnson
As cattle slaughter plant owners and operators already know, the removal of specified risk materials (SRMs) is an important part of the slaughter dressing procedure. SRMs are the tissues in cattle that have been determined to carry the highest risk of infection when they are harvested from cattle affected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Scientific and epidemiological studies have linked the fatal human disease variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) to exposure to BSE, most likely through human consumption of beef products contaminated with the BSE agent. SRMs are defined in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 310.22 (a) [9 CFR 310.22(a)].
Among the trickiest SRMs to remove are the palatine and lingual tonsils. Removing these tonsils may be more difficult when dealing with beef market heads, as opposed to ensuring their removal from the tongue alone. Beef market heads are typically sold as whole beef heads with the tongue included. Just as a reminder, heads can only be saved from cattle less than 30 months of age since the entire skull and non-meat components of cattle 30 months of age and older are considered SRM material. The palatine and lingual tonsils must be removed from all cattle, regardless of age.
The two palatine tonsils are located at the four and eight o'clock positions of the oropharnyx (opening into the mouth cavity) when looking at the back of the head, as you would see it in a typical tongue-in head presentation (see figure 1 in PDF version). They are adjacent to the soft palate, below the mucosal surface and the opening of the sinus of the palatine tonsil. The sinus of the palatine tonsil looks like a hole on each side of the soft palate. The palatine sinuses contain the palatine tonsils. The palatine tonsils tend to be more congested and inflamed at the time of post-mortem, making them easier to see. The congestion decreases as the length of post-mortem increases.
The lingual tonsils are located at the base of the tongue behind the last, or most rear, vallate papillae (the large bumps at the back of the tongue), and in front of the sinus of the palatine tonsil (see figure 2). In other words, the lingual tonsils are between the last large bumps at the back of the tongue and the two holes on the sides of the soft palate.
Two methods may be used to remove the palatine and lingual tonsils, whether the tongue is being saved alone or as part of a beef market head. The simplest is to make a transverse cut just behind the last vallate papillae of the tongue (see figure 3). All tissue must be removed from the tongue at the site of, and caudal to, the cut. This should be sufficient to remove both sets of tonsils. The second method involves removing the epithelium and underlining muscle to a depth of at least 5 millimeters (or roughly ¼ inch) behind the last vallate papillae (see figure 4). Again, all tissue caudal to the "skinned area" must also be removed. All tissue of the palatine and lingual tonsils must be completely removed to be in compliance with FSIS regulations.
For more information and pictures depicting removal of the palatine and lingual tonsils, visit the following links on FSIS' Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Beef_Market_Head_SRM.pdf (PDF Only); www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Notice_Images/index.asp; and www.fsis.usda.gov/Frame/FrameRedirect.asp?main=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OFO/TSC/removal_of_tonsils.htm . If you need assistance, call the Office of Outreach, Employee Education, and Training at 1-800-336-3747.
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Temperatures have dropped and places that saw snow and ice earlier Wednesday could see that slush turn to icy roads.
Local district engineers with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation department said after Tuesday's winter storm, the roads have actually dried up some.
Engineers said they will be monitoring the changing road conditions.
"This is something this time of year we can expect at anytime," said Joe Shipman, a district engineer with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department.
"We had an event back in Christmas that people are familiar with, but since then our crews have been out several times on weekends and at night," said Shipman.
The highway department said its district offices are staffed overnight to help dispatch crews and update everyone on the changing conditions.
"With the event earlier today we've had the participation stop. Many of the roads have dried out and at this point we don't anticipate having crews out this evening, but the supervisors in the various areas will keep an eye on the situation and respond as necessary," said Shipman.
The highway department operates several forward maintenance facilities in the counties.
Trucks at those facilities are loaded up and ready to deploy if road conditions change.
As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, the Arkansas State Police said no reports have come in so far of any new accidents.
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During this past Super Bowl, one of the dishes I made was described as a Cherry Balsamic Duck with Spinach & Goat Cheese Panini. It was far & away my favorite dish out of the many that I made that day. The dish actually walked away with the coveted MVP Award and it did get to go to where it was honored with a parade. I placed the recipe in my hall of fame never to be deleted file and then proceeded to obsess about it all last week. It got so bad that I had this conversation yesterday with my wife.
One Track Mind Me: "So since tomorrow is Valentine's Day and I won't get home in time to cook you dinner, what can I make you for dinner tonight ? You name it, I'll make it."
My Extremely Better Half: "Really ? You are going to cook dinner for me tonight ? You would do that ?"
Feeling Pretty Good About Myself Me: "Of course I will cook dinner. I always cook a Valentine's dinner for you. Last year it was either Lobsters or Stuffed Turkey Burgers, I can't remember. So what can I make for you this year?"
The Woman of My Dreams: "Oh thank you honey. I would love your fish tacos."
Not Hearing The Answer I Wanted To Hear Me: "Fish Tacos ? Really ? What about the Duck Paninis from last weekend ?"
The Love of My Life Who Didn't Catch My Hint: "Ooo – those would be good too but we haven't had your fish tacos in a while and I LOVE your fish tacos."
Hearing Nothing But Those Would Be Good Too Me: "I will check to see if ShopRite has any duck breasts and then you can decide what I should make. Do we still have any of the dried cherries ?"
(As you can see, communication is key to a successful relationship)
So with my shopping list in hand (with both Duck & Fish Tacos ingredients on it) I headed for the store. I bypassed the produce & seafood departments like they were yesterday's news as I made a beeline straight for the duck. Last week I had been thwarted by a sale on duck breasts and had to settle for duck legs. This time however, the culinary gods were smiling on me and there were 5 duck breasts just sitting there waiting to jump into my basket. I circled back to the front of the store, once again completely avoiding the seafood counter for fear that I might see a great sale on mahi mahi or snapper or grouper & get sucked back into the fish taco vortex, and grabbed a box of organic baby spinach leaves, a Vidalia onion, a bag of dried cherries, a big slab of goat cheese and a bag of Portuguese Rolls because nothing flattens in a Panini press better than those rolls. I also grabbed a Red Velvet Cake to be used as a shiny distraction for when I got home with bags of groceries that obviously did not include the fixings for some Pre-Valentine's Day requested By My Wife Fish Tacos.
(As a complete off topic aside, did you know that February 13 is also known as "Mistress Day" since Valentine's Day belongs to the wife ? I didn't know that little fun fact until I was sitting on the couch with my beautiful bride while we were watching the Grammy Awards and let me just say, that it is also one of those bits of information it is always good to know AFTER the fact.)
As I did work around the house the rest of the day, I started to feel a little guilty (not really but my lovely wife might be reading) for ignoring the request that was made by my adoring wife for fish tacos. I also got to thinking that maybe Paninis really weren't "classy" enough for a Valentine's Dinner so, even though I had a bag of those great Portuguese rolls, I would sacrifice them for a more elegant plated dinner that played off the Panini ingredients. I also decided that we should have sweet potato fries because the orange color would look great on the plate and I also knew that we had a bag of Ore Ida Sweet Potato Fries in the freezer (another thing I learned from the Super Bowl – quit trying to make them myself). My vision was now clear, a Cherry Balsamic Duck & Spinach Salad for my wife and Cherry Balsamic Duck with wilted spinach & sweet potato fries for the kids.
The fist thing I tackled was the sauce that I would eventually cook the duck in as well as use as a dressing for the salad. The ingredients were as follows:
½ large Vidalia onion sliced thin & chopped
½ cup dried cherries – chopped
2 TBS olive oil
¼ cup cherry balsamic vinegar
½ cup white wine
1 cup chicken stock
Salt & Pepper to taste
While this was cooking & reducing, I set the oven to 400 degrees (mainly for the sweet potato fries) for the finishing touch. I also fired up my grill pan while sprinkling some red Hawaiian sea salt (I always go to the crutch ingredients I can't live without) & cracked black pepper on the scored duck breasts. When the grill pan was hot enough, I laid the duck breasts skin side down and listened to them sizzle. After a few minutes I turned them over so the breast side would also start to cook. Another few minutes and it was a quick transfer to the sauce pan. Turn & Turn to coat both sides and then it was straight into the oven, skin side up, to finish.
While those were in the oven getting a little color & some crispiness on the skin, I quickly rinsed the on sale organic spinach and set it aside. I also got the plates out. Small plates for the non-salad eaters and low flat pasta bowls for the salad eaters. I also got some crushed pecans out of the cabinet because I would hate to have one of the pompous judges from CHOPPED condemn my salad because there wasn't a "crunch" to offset the "texture of the meal".
When the skin was golden brown and the duck looked ready, I pulled it from the 400 degree oven and let the breasts rest on a nearby cutting board. I threw a couple of handfuls of spinach into the pan with the sauce and stirred it all together until the spinach was well cooked and then placed it onto the non-salad plates with some of the cherries & onions from the pan. In the other bowls, I just put the raw uncooked spinach into the bowls in anticipation of the sliced duck breasts. Then I thin sliced the duck breasts and tried to fan them out as artistically as possible on the plates & beds of spinach. A crumble of goat cheese, evenly distributed atop the duck slices in the salad bowls, was followed by spoonfuls of the hot cherry balsamic sauce drizzled over the top. The sauce slowly started to melt the goat cheese. A sprinkle of pecans for garnish & crunch and Voila ! - the forgotten fish tacos were a thing of the past.
Ridiculously simple. Ridiculously elegant. No leftovers. Not even a duck scrap. My lovely easy to please no high maintenance wife afterward commented that this could be a dish that we could serve at a dinner party. I think I scored.
Now if you did want to make Paninis instead, the only real change comes in the plating. Last Sunday all I did was take the duck, spinach, goat cheese & sauce and stick it all between halves of a Portuguese roll and then press it flat. In this case, you get to eat the serving plate instead of washing it.
Come back next time when we talk about something else entirely different. I think.


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Newt Gingrich may have surprised a lot of folks with his announcement that he wants to put a permanent base on the moon. But maybe they shouldn't have been surprised. After all, the original Men in Black film revealed to the world that Gingrich is actually an extraterrestrial.
Thanks to eagle-eyed readers Jared and Tim for spotting Gingrich's mug in the MIB's alien monitoring screen. So what plans does alien Gingrich have his lunar base? Is it a way to get around the MIB's pesky customs agents? Or will it be a launching point for Gingrich to return to his home planet?
I suppose there's no use asking for his long-form birth certificate, though. I imagine MIB has a crack forgery division.
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And then did you ever take an even bigger step back and think "I can't believe I'm talking about what I'm wearing instead of talking about the 4 week old baby in my arms?"
Well, along those lines, this is why I'm having so much trouble writing a blog post, when so much of my life and thoughts revolve around this little guy. But I always wonder how much a reader would get out of learning exactly how much Mattias' double chin grew in the last 24 hours.
So I'll write briefly about our triathlon on Sunday (hence the title). You see, if I were actually good, I would never mention the fact that I won (like mmmonyka, who won a big triathlon and hardly mentioned it! Congrats, mmmonyka!). But this was probably the one chance I'll have in my life to say it, so there it is, in the title. And now I will ever so briefly and smally mention the fact that there were only three female participants...
So our Herlufsholm Club Championship Tri was an interesting distance: 600 meter swim, 20 km bike and 6 km run.
SR and I both participated and my mom came along to watch us, Mattias and this guy...
The Lorax has developed a fascination with playing with toy eyes that has developed completely unrelated to my job as an ophthalmologist. It's a little weird.
That's SR with the Orca suit, which he repaired from me ripping it while pregnant with neoprene sealant (actually I wasn't pregnant with neoprene sealant, but with a baby. Sorry about the confusion). He's so thrifty. And he looks good in skin-tight foam neoprene.
That is actually me - the woman already in the water.
The swim went okay for me, though not super as I had gone on a long swim the day before. SR actually beat me - for once. So either he had a good swim or I had a bad one. Neither of us knew our swim times, unfortunately. I was the first woman out of the water, though!
My transistion was not without hindrance. I got to my bike and I was huffing and drying off and struggling to get the wetsuit off as my mom said, "SLG, can you help me find a nuk for Mattias?" Well, how can you say no?
Anyway, I found the nuk and got on my bike. It does appear that I'd lost some of my competitive drive at that point.I felt awesome on the bike and could see from my Garmin pace that I was booking it. I passed the one woman who had gotten ahead of me in the transition zone (our club captain, Anette) and then as I was ascending a hill in front of her, my chain fell off. Øv. Too much hyper-shifting on my part. But I put the chain back on and ascended the rest of the hill. After about 2-3 minutes, I repassed her. I love biking like a bat out of hell down big hills with sharp turns in traffic. This used to scare me, but these days I embrace it.
I saw all the men coming back after the turn around and figured I should turn soon, but missed the turn around and went over 1 km in the wrong direction. Øv. By that time I figured I had missed something. I biked back as fast as possible to maybe, maybe catch up to Anette again. And with 1km left of the bike, I passed her.
22 km + chain falling off in 44:45.
I don't wear bike shoes, so my transition to running is always fast.
The Lorax looked to be doing okay, driving an eye around on his police car.
And I was ready to run! That's my iPod I'm fumbling with.
I was happy with my running pace and felt good on a hilly route. I just wished I would have had a woman near me to push me a little bit. But as it was, I got a good 6km training run out of it in 26:50.
Here is SR, feeling great, and like all three disciplines went well for him, though he had not kept track of time during the race. He ended up taking 3rd for the men, which he was pleased with.
For those of you who don't regularly hang out with triathletes, our male club champion. Søren's bike is pictured below (plate wheel). It cost 65,000 kroner. That is about $12,000. I imagine it is a fast bike. And I also have to say he is a very cool guy and a talented triathlete. But new triathletes, don't be scared: I got my bike for $600 and I love it.
Afterwards the tri club grilled and ate a wonderful lunch. Even my mom said she had a really fun time, despite not understanding more than 1% of what was said the entire day. And I, well, I'll enjoy my little victory while I can. Thanks, HG Tri!


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Monday, May 23, 2011
Blog Exposure!
I had an interesting encounter with a patient a few weeks ago. Let's call her Mrs. Wrench. I asked her the same series of questions and got a response I was not expecting. She told me that she was looking for an "honest" dentist that was not a "shyster." She was searching the internet and found the Daily Grind blog. She started to read the posts and liked what she was reading. She said she felt like she got to know me a little and said it made her want to come on in. She also told me her mother told her to be careful coming in to see me because I might write about her and use her name in the blog. I told her not to worry, there are a few laws that will protect her from that issue. I told her I was going to write this blog about our meeting and I hope she gets a kick out of reading this post.
I was really surprised by this encounter and her finding the blog. When I write blog posts, I forget that this gets sent out into the cyber world wilderness. I have kind of incorrectly assumed only dental professionals read this stuff. I figure any other person would have no interest in reading about our trials and tribulations or joys of the profession. Well, she had read them and seemed to really like reading them.
She has been a great patient, very understanding and serious about improving her oral health. She does not have insurance, but doesn't hesitate to have the necessary treatment completed. I have enjoyed helping her and need more patients like her.
I know that patients want to feel like they know the doctor and staff. If they can make some level of connection with the office on a personal level, everyone is happier. We really strive to make patients feel welcome and cared for. I know all kinds of little details about many of our patients that I try to file away in my limited data bank so I can have real conversations with them. I feel this is what separates many of the small private offices form the big corporate clinics. I know they are not all this way, but from my experience, people are willing to pay a little more and drive a little farther to receive this sort of care. This sounds like some old-fashioned business model, but I believe in it.
Have a great week.
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This post is a great testament to the power of blogging. Writing a regular blog - one with worthwhile content like The Daily Grind - may at times feel like a thankless task. Most bloggers wonder whether people are getting value from their work or are the posts they worked so hard to craft disappearing unread in cyberspace. Your story proves that good, serious blogging is well worth the effort.
- May 23, 2011 at 1:24 PM
- Colorado Springs Anderson Dental said...
I definitely think the conversational tone of your blog helps to convey the "cared for" nature that your office strives for.
Our dental office has only now begun to use social media to reach out to our current and prospective patients. We found your blog looking for an example of what we are striving for. Keep it up - we bet your office is as welcoming as the blog. Cheers...
- May 23, 2011 at 11:49 PM
- gatordmd said...
All I know is that I have blogged for three years and haven't got a single patient from it.
This guy writes three posts and he is getting patients.
It just doesn't seem fair does it?
I am not bitter I swear.
- May 25, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Some of us patients are curious of what dentists really think. In my case part of the reason is that I had an unfortunate bicycle accident about 10 years ago. Because of that incident, I ended up going the long path with a second molar. When, I say "long path", I mean four failed composite fillings => failed RCT => failed resection => failed extraction and finally an implant. BTW, the implant isn't loaded yet.
When, I say that the extraction failed, I refer to the fact that the surgeon accidentally (???) extracted not only the tooth but also a gold onlay from the neighboring tooth. He also damaged a saliva gland in my tongue so that I developed a painful ranula.
In retrospect, I believe that some of the treatments that I have received were pretty questionable. I also resent the fact that the dentists failed to present me with different options.
To put it short, because of my unique experience I simply demand to be the key decision maker when it comes to my own teeth. Of course, I want to hear the dentists opinion as well but if he can't back it up with hard data, then I may very well choose to ignore it.
Also, in some cases I have found that I have a different opinion regarding what is an acceptable level of risk or what variable should be optimized to what degree (risk, aesthetics, cost, pain and time).
Another interesting topic is whether one should optimize for the worst case or the average case.
If I would live my life again with that fractured tooth. I would probably demand that it is restored with a gold crown instead of several attempts with composite fillings. If the cold crown thing would fail, that is the tooth would still be sensitive, then I would have demanded extraction + implant right way instead of doing the RCT on a tooth that has suffered a hard mechanical impact and only The Almighty knows how many subgingival microfractures it has.
- June 5, 2011 at 3:02 PM
The statements expressed on this blog to include the bloggers postings do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), nor do they imply endorsement by the AGD.


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Amazon Germany have posted a listing for "Call of Duty 10", the not yet announced game most likely set for release at the end of this year.
OMFG no way i would have never guessed COD would be releasing this year man i have to tell all my buddies and the world.
Oh yea if you can't tell i'm being SARCASTIC!
Actually excited for the next COD. Don't really like Treyarch CODs, next generation, wonder who is developing it (IW, Slegehammer or Neversoft)


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No deductible: Operating on yourself
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. Is DIY ("do it yourself") surgery ever done? –J.D. Aller
A. Necessity mothers much, as they say, including the recent case of the 27-year-old mountaineer forced to amputate his own arm with a pocketknife after being trapped five days under an 800-pound boulder in a remote desert canyon. He eventually went back to climbing. Oddly, the climber as a kid was reportedly so squeamish during a biology dissection that he opted for the hard sciences.
Most of the self-surgery literature involves amputations, says Columbia University surgeon Allan Stewart. This is not unique to humans; coyotes caught in a trap will bite off an extremity to avoid capture. In a rare case, a 40-year-old woman in Mexico performed a crude C-section on herself when she went into labor and ran into trouble, according to the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. She had previously lost a baby in childbirth and feared this might happen again. After three glasses of hard liquor, she cut through skin, fat and muscle, reached inside and pulled the baby out. She cut the umbilical cord, then passed out. Amazingly, both Mom and baby survived.
In a very different case, a surgeon at the South Pole out of necessity did her own biopsy, made a fateful diagnosis and wrote a book about it.
"I have in fact sutured a laceration on my hand," says San Francisco surgeon Carlos Corvera. "Of course I used local anesthetic. Once you get over the issue of cutting into flesh, I doubt it matters much that it is your own."
Q. You love playing baseball, but your batting average hovers around .200. You go for an eye checkup, reading letters off the chart: "20/15, better than average," the doctor pronounces. So it's not your eyes, right? –A. Popkin
A. Maybe wrong. For starters, a standard eye chart will check "static" visual acuity but not "dynamic" visual acuity, which is the ability to see moving objects.
Batters with good dynamic acuity can see the spin on the ball right away, a vital source of information, says A. Terry Bahill in American Scientist. This occurs within about the first 1/7th second of the pitch: Is it a 4-seam fastball, a 2-seamer or something else? The fascinating thing is that the ball has really only one long continuous seam of 108 stitches that can appear as multiple seams and "flicker rates" as the spinning pitch approaches.
To get a feel for this, try reading the label on an old 33-rpm phonograph record. Most of us are taxed to our limit trying to do this. The great Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams could read a record at 78 rpm, vision that no doubt helped propel him to record-breaking feats and to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Q. Imagine you suddenly find yourself with X-ray vision like Superman. Fun, but one big catch: Now instead of seeing faces, you see skull bones! How will you ever be able to tell people apart? –B. Karloff
A. Everybody's skull is a little different– overall shape and size, eye sockets, nose holes, says zoologist R. McNeill Alexander in Human Bones. Then there's the mouth, important in forensics– patterns of dental fillings, crowns, missing teeth. For real specificity, there are the patterns of sutures between the skull bones, showing telltale wiggles. Some skulls have a clear suture down the middle of the forehead, most are fused.
"It would take us some time to become familiar with the details of skulls, but I am confident we would soon learn to distinguish our friends."
At an X-ray bar, you could tell men vs. women, especially age 20-55. Male skulls are larger, with marked eyebrow ridges, plus larger, squarer lower jaws and more prominent chins. Forensic experts can peg a male or female skull about 85 percent of the time. With the pelvic girdle, the figure jumps to 95 percent, even higher with stature bones. Super! Now if you could just turn off those X-rays to see that attractive face, the real fun might begin.
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Bonus Question: Will the Celtics trademark defense return this season? With the departure of Tom Thibodeau to coach the Bulls, the Celtics have lost their defensive mastermind. Stepping in to fill Thibodeau's shoes will be Lawrence Frank, who is a very good coach in his own right, but the Celtics will still miss Thibs'. Also affecting the defense will be the absense of Kendrick Perkins who has been the anchor of the defense for the past 3 seasons. The O'Neals will add more offense to the mix, but they can't come close to Perk's ability to shut down opposing centers. The answer to this question will unfold as the season goes along and we get to see how the team's identity develops with the new pieces and without the old ones.


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Higgs Boson (messenger particle of Higgs field) accounts for inertial mass, not gravitational mass.
So, how could it account for formation of universe as we know it today? I think, gravity accounts for such formations.. not inertia.
Is there a relation between both in Standard Model? Or, is there another way with which Higgs Boson contributed in the formation of everything?


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The IUF Global Coca-Cola Workers Alliance
On May 22/23, 2008, the 2nd Coca-Cola Workers's Unions Global Meeting took place in Oberjosbach, Germany.
Delegates of the meeting with overwhelming majority supported the proposal to take a new step in order to improve coordination and cooperation among unions uniting Coca-Cola workers, and set up the IUF's Coca-Cola Workers Global Alliance (see the report about the conference on this site).
The Alliance aims to at least share information and experiences and seek to identify and
unite around common goals.
Membership of the Alliance is free to IUF affiliates. Only a commitment to be active in the Alliance is needed. The Alliance will be the key organization to carry out information and solidarity activities on behalf of Alliance members.
All unions affiliated to the IUF with members or potential members employed in the Coca-Cola system can join the Alliance.
The Alliance is being guided by a Steering Committee. You can see a description of the Committee and a list of Steering Comittee Members here.
The Alliance calls on union to support the fight against outsourcing and casualisation by adopting, promoting, and realizing its "Charter of demands against job destruction".
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Category Archives: Nmap
Oracle query support in Nmap
I've just committed an updated version of the TNS library to Nmap, adding support for running Oracle database queries from Nmap scripts. I've put a considerable amount of work into trying to understand how the protocol works, due to the lack of documentation, and think that I've finally succeeded.
In addition I've posted two new scripts to the nmap-dev mailing list that make use of this new functionality:
- oracle-query – runs a given query against the Oracle database server and returns the results
- oracle-hash-dump – dumps the password hashes from an Oracle database server
In case you have the possibility to test this new code against Oracle 10g and 11g, please let me know how it works out. I'll hopefully commit the two scripts to Nmap within the next few days.
I've ported mbenum to Nmap
Thank's to some great effort put into the smb libraries by the folks over at nmap-dev, porting mbenum to Nmap wasn't as hard as I've imagined. A first version has been committed to subversion a while ago but I forgot to publish this blog post at the time. Feel free to try it out! If you haven't used mbenum before it's a tool that allows you to get a good picture of a network by querying a single system.
Mbenum or the Nmap script smb-mbenum relies on being able to query the master browser for a particular domain or workgroup. You can find the master browser by sending a netbios query for the __MSBROWSE__ name. The Nmap script broadcast-netbios-master-browser can be used to identify the master browser for your broadcast domain by sending a netbios query to the broadcast address.
Using Nmap for pentesting eDirectory
While doing a security review the other day I came across Novell eDirectory running on Windows. It's been a while since I looked at eDirectory and while it's a lot of LDAP, the servers were also running the Netware Core Protocol (NCP). I noticed that there wasn't any NCP support in Nmap so I decided that I would implement some basic support. I ended up writing a NCP library and the following two scripts:
- ncp-enum-users – enumerates eDirectory users
- ncp-serverinfo – lists some basic server information
The scripts should work against NCP running on both Netware, Linux and Windows. Here's some sample output from both scripts:
| ncp-serverinfo:
| Server name: LINUX-L84T
| Tree Name: CQURE-TREE
| OS Version: 5.70 (rev 7)
| Product version: 6.50 (rev 7)
| OS Language ID: 4
| Addresses
| 10.0.200.33 524/udp
| 10.0.200.33 524/tcp
| Mounts
| ncp-enum-users:
| CN=admin.O=cqure
| CN=cawi.OU=finance.O=cqure
| CN=linux-l84tadmin.O=cqure
| CN=nist.OU=hr.O=cqure
| CN=novlxregd.O=cqure
| CN=novlxsrvd.O=cqure
| CN=OESCommonProxy_linux-l84t.O=cqure
| CN=sasi.OU=hr.O=cqure
|_ CN=wwwrun.O=cqure
In addition to the NCP scripts I wrote a LDAP script (ldap-novell-getpass) that extract the plain-text password of a given user, in case the "Allow admin to retrieve passwords" option is enabled in the password policy. On success, the script returns the following result:
| ldap-novell-getpass:
| Account: CN=patrik,OU=security,O=cqure
|_ Password: foobar
All of the scripts have been committed to Nmap and are available through subversion.
Using Nmap to audit your MySQL database
I've been working on a Nmap script for auditing MySQL databases against the CIS 1.0.2 benchmark for a while. I haven't committed it to subversion yet, but it's available to download for anyone who feels up to testing it. While it isn't perfect nor does it contain all CIS controls, it provides Nmap users with the possibility to quickly scan a database to see whether it complies with the CIS recommendations or not.
Pulling Cisco configs with Nmap
A few hours ago I committed a new script created by Vikas Singhal to Nmap. It implements the functionality to initiate a tftp transfer of a Cisco configuration through SNMP. In order to do so, the device obviously needs to support this functionality, and you need to know the private SNMP-community string.
The script can either save the configuration to a file in a directory specified as a script argument or displays it on screen. In order to achieve this, I've contributed with a minimal tftp server, implemented as a Nmap NSE library. This eliminates the need to setup and configure a separate tftp-server as it's all being taken care of transparently by Nmap.
In order to try it out you can either update from subversion or download the tftp library and the snmp-ios-config script and place them in nselib and the scripts directory. For more information on how to run the script, check out the documentation.
Nmap mssql scripts feature boost
Chris Woodbury and I have been working on some new exciting features and enhancements to the ms-sql scripts and library in Nmap lately. We've been working in a separate branch which will hopefully get merged to trunk really soon. Chris work has been of high quality and very inspiring! It got me to pick up some of the stuff I meant to implement, but hadn't got to, and has brought a number of new great ideas. For a good summary of changes consult the following nmap-dev mailing list thread.
Among the many new features and enhancements I'm really happy to see are:
- Support for more precise version checking, by using the prelogin packet (same technique as SQLPing)
- Support for connections using named pipes, rather than tcp-sockets
- Support for integrated authentication (Ntlmv1) in addition to the existing SQL authentication
- Support for connecting to named instances in addition to specific tcp ports
- Support for running each of the ms-sql scripts against all instances detected by the discovery mechanisms
If you would like to give the scripts a run they're available from here, and will hopefully be merged to trunk really soon.


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Man, woman injured in hit-and-run crash on Dickson Street
Jones, 26, charged with DWI, reckless driving
A 26-year-old man is charged in connection with a hit-and-run accident that occurred on Dickson Street in Fayetteville around 2 a.m. Saturday Jan. 19, police said.
Fayetteville police said Charles Jones hit a man and woman who were crossing the intersection of University Avenue and Dickson Street. Police said the woman was struck with such force that she crashed through the windshield and into the car.
Police said they pulled over Jones, who was driving a black BMW, after noticing he was driving without headlights turned on and that the front windshield was completely shattered and falling into the car.
Jones told police a young woman, the hit-and-run victim, told him to call 911 after he let her out of the car.
Jason Truelove, who witnessed the accident, said, "I saw someone laying over by the dumpster in the fence I thought they were just passed out and I should go check on them, so I went over to check on her she wasn't awake, rolled over, saw he had been hurt, lacerations, and wasn't ambulatory so got her to wake up kept her talking to me, kind of stabilized her, called EMS, says she got hit by a car then it clicked who it was and what had happened."
According to the police report, Jones' blood alcohol level was 2.0, more than twice the legal limit.
Jones faces battery, fleeing the scene of an accident, reckless driving and DWI charges.
The victims of the hit-and-run were taken to Washington Regional Medical Center and have been released with minor injuries.


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Infinity G4
- Free WiFi and free parking
- Great for families
- Collect stamps
Popular amenities
COVID-19: Hygiene and cleanliness
Enhanced health and safety measures
This property advises that enhanced cleaning and guest safety measures are currently in place.
- Property is cleaned with disinfectant
- Property confirms they are implementing enhanced cleaning measures
- Property uses a professional cleaning service
From booking agency staff not being able to communicate via a telephone call to the fact that its not possible to get rest if you choose to stay in this unit. The after hour…
More great choices
What's around Infinity G4
- Bloubergstrand Beach - 7 min walk
- Sunset Beach - 43 min walk
- Dolphin Beach - 22 min walk
- SANCCOB Penguin Rehabilitation Center - 31 min walk
- Big Bay Beach - 41 min walk
- Robben Island - 2.1 mi / 3.3 km
- Canal Walk Shopping Centre - 7.2 mi / 11.6 km
- Table Bay Mall - 3.3 mi / 5.2 km
Getting around
- Cape Town Intl. Airport (CPT) - 33 min drive
- Cape Town Station - 18 min drive
- Cape Town Bellville Station - 19 min drive
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
The manager
Speaks: English.
The apartment
About the manager
Speaks: English
Key facts
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Elevator
- Near the beach
- Non-smoking
- Heating
- Fan
- Sitting area
- Bed sheets provided
- Premium bedding
- Crib/infant bed (surcharge)
- Separate shower and tub
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Towels provided
- Kitchenette
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Oven
- Stovetop
- Espresso maker
- Electric kettle
- Toaster
- Cookware/dishes/utensils
- Separate dining area
Entertainment and recreation
- Flat-screen TV with satellite channels
- Access to outdoor pool
- Barbecue grill
- Furnished balcony
- Outdoor furniture
Other amenities
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Safe
- Weekly housekeeping
- Airport shuttle
- Laptop workspace
Fees & policies
- Check-in time 3:00 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is 10:00 AM
There is no front desk at this property. To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 48 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. If you are planning to arrive after midnight please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions. The host will greet guests on arrival.
Required at check-in
- Credit card required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID may be required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Pets not allowed
Mandatory fees
Breakage deposit: ZAR 1500 per stay
Optional extras
Housekeeping is offered for an extra charge of ZAR 633 per week
Cribs/Infant beds are available for ZAR 50 per day
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of ZAR 500 per vehicle (one-way)
- Guests must contact this property in advance to reserve cribs/infant beds.
This property advises that enhanced cleaning and guest safety measures are currently in place.
The property is professionally cleaned, and disinfectant is used to clean the property.
Contactless check-out is available.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Also known as
- Infinity G4 Apartment
- Infinity G4 Cape Town
- Infinity G4 Apartment Cape Town
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FAQs for Infinity G4
What are the cleanliness and hygiene measures currently in place at Infinity G4? This property confirms that disinfectant is used to clean the property. Please note that this information has been provided by our partners. Is parking offered on site at this apartment? Yes, there's free self parking. Is there a pool at this apartment? Yes, there's an outdoor pool. Are pets allowed at this apartment? Sorry, pets aren't allowed. What are the check-in and check-out times at this apartment? You can check in from 3:00 PM to midnight. Check-out time is 10:00 AM. Contactless check-out is available. Are there restaurants at or near this apartment? Yes. Nearby restaurants include Catch 22 (3-min walk), Homespun (3-min walk), and News Cafe (4-min walk). Is airport shuttle service offered by this apartment? Yes, an airport shuttle is available. The charge is ZAR 500 per vehicle one-way. Is there an onsite casino at this apartment? No, this apartment doesn't have a casino, but GrandWest Casino & Entertainment World (15-min drive) is nearby.
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2011-12: Placed fifth in the 100 yard backstroke at the Northeast Conference Championships with a time of 58.01...Swam a 2:04.97 in the 200 yard backstroke at the NEC Championships for seventh place...Finished 12th in the 100 yard butterfly at the NEC Championships with a time of 1:00.08...Helped the 200 yard medley relay team earn third place in the dual-meet against Vermont, the team finished in 1:52.28...Tied for third in the 100 yard backstroke against Vermont with a time of 1:01.57...Placed third in the 200 yard medley relay at UNH, the team finished in 1:52.43...Also finished third in the 200 yard backstroke at the Blue Devil Duals, swimming a 2:10.78.
2010-11: Placed third in the 100 and 200 backstroke events at the NEC Championships… Finished 13th in the 100 butterfly.
2009-10: Placed second in the 100 and third in the 200 backstroke…Finished eighth in the 100 butterfly at the NEC Championships.
Before Central: Packer swam at Manchester High and the OAK club team. She will make immediate impacts in the backstroke events in 2009-10.


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WHISTLER — It was a disappointing day on the slopes for Vernon's Josh Dueck, who finished 14th in the men's super-G sitting race at the Paralympic Games.
Dueck, 29, finished 5.68 seconds behind Japan's Akira Kano, who won gold in a time of 1:19.98. Martin Braxenthaler of Germany won silver in 1:20.63, with Japan's Taiki Morii third in 1:20.98.
Dueck won a silver medal in slalom earlier in the Games, while finishing fifth in the downhill.
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Para-alpine skiing is taking place at Whistler Creekside.
Alpine ski races for athletes with a disability have been held since the late 1940s. The invention of the mono-ski — a seat fixed on single ski — opened the sport to athletes who could not stand to ski. Mono-skis are equipped with short outriggers (forearm crutches with shortened skis attached at the base for balance and steering). Slalom and giant slalom were introduced at the first Paralympics Winter Games in Örnsköldsvik in 1976. Downhill was added to the Paralympic Games in 1984 in Innsbruck, and Super-G was added in 1994 at Lillehammer. Mono-skiing became a medal event at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Games.
In Paralympic alpine skiing, athletes are classified as standing, sitting or visually impaired and compete against other athletes with a similar disability. Skiers with a visual impairment use the same equipment as able-bodied skiers, but ski with a guide. Skiers with locomotive disabilities may either use the same equipment as able-bodied skiers or a prosthesis (an artificial arm or leg) and stabilizers in place of ski poles (stabilizers are a type of crutch with a small ski at the end). Sitting skiers use a mono-ski.
Alpine events for men and women are downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super combined and super G.
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A No. 2 seed is at stake on Tuesday, as the Liberty women's soccer team travels to Farmville, Va., to take on Longwood. The Lancers currently sit in second place in the Big South standings with 24 conference points, while Liberty follows closely behind in third with 22 tallies. Game time is slated for 7 p.m. Liberty leads the all-time series, 6-4-3. The two squads met in the 2012 regular season finale, last season, resulting in a 1-0 victory for the Lancers on Liberty's East Campus Fields (Oct. 23, 2012). Four days later, the two teams met in Farmville for the 2012 Big South Championship quarterfinals. The contest ended in a 1-1 tie with the Lancers advancing in penalty kicks. How to Follow the Lady Flames A live video stream will be available on the Big South Network and LibertyFlames.com, by clicking the appropriate link on the women's soccer schedule/results panel. Live stats will be provided by the Longwood media relations office.
A Look at Liberty The Liberty women's soccer team picked up a key win on Senior Day, defeating Coastal Carolina, 1-0, Saturday afternoon, at Osborne Stadium. With the victory, the Lady Flames clinch a top four seed and home game in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Big South Women's Soccer Championship on Nov. 3. For the second straight contest, Liberty's Rebecca Smith scored the Lady Flames' lone goal off a Brittany Aanderud assist. With both teams scoreless in the 83rd minute, Aanderud fired a shot at the Chanticleers' net, ricocheting it off the far post. Smith cleaned up the loose ball, blasting it into the back of the net from six yards out. The marker was Smith's third of the season, while Aanderud's assist ties her with Julia Delgatti for the team lead with four. Liberty improved to 12-5-1 overall, marking the third time in program history the Lady Flames have recorded at least 12 wins in a single season and the first time since 2005. That year, Liberty captured its third and most recent Big South Championship. The Lady Flames' seven Big South victories marks the program's largest single-season conference win total. In addition, Liberty concludes the regular season with a 7-1 home record and perfect 5-0 mark in conference matches held at Osborne Stadium. Liberty goalkeeper Holly Van Noord added to her single-season program record, earning her conference-leading 11th shutout on the year. Van Noord concluded the afternoon with six saves. Along with her shutout total, the redshirt freshman now leads the Big South with a 0.64 goals-against average. Prior to Saturday's contest, Liberty honored its three seniors – Elmers, Casey Norris and Megan Warner. Norris' appearance marked the 79th contest of her collegiate career, allowing her to surpass Liberty Athletics Hall of Famer Nancy Davis for the most games played by a Lady Flame. Aanderud paces the Lady Flames with 14 points on five goals and four assists, while Crystal Elmers closely trails the fellow sophomore with 12 points on five goals and two assists. Alanna Dunkle has four goals in 2013, followed by Warner, Jaime Bouffard and Smith, who each have three markers. Longwood at a Glance The Lancers are coming off a solid road win, Saturday, defeating UNC Asheville, 4-0. Kelsey McDonald, Lilly Payne, Gina D'Orazio and Amanda Spencer each posted goals for Longwood. Spencer, Longwood's leading scorer, is second in the conference with nine goals, while teammate Kelsey Pardue is fifth with seven markers. D'Orazio is tied for first in the league with six assists. Goalkeeper Shelby Hall has appeared in all 18 games for Longwood. The netminder is currently second in the Big South behind Van Noord with seven shutouts and is fourth in goals-against average (1.10). Looking Ahead Liberty returns to Osborne Stadium on Sunday to host a Big South quarterfinals matchup. Game time and opponent are to be determined.
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Sadly REPUG (read Republican) voting masses buy the nonsense and lied fed to them by the #TeaPary and #GOP types. They bite the hand that wants to feed them and does ineed feed them. Instead of being grateful to the #Dems, they instead vote for the dastardly and dirty criminals who come veiled in the garb of priests, politicos, decent people and conservative minds.
Nasty, each one of them.
What say you, Ellen?
Read below the answer I got from Ellen Tarver, a very recent Republican who for 2 years has been a Democrat, after being awakened to the lies and utter rubbish that she had been fooled by in the name of religion and conservatism. I hope for the sake of our nation and Lincoln's Republican Party that we have more Ellen's and less Tea Partiers in our nation. One can hope!


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EXCLUSIVE: Other buzz titles on TF1 International's AFM slate include The Brass Teapot and Before The Winter Chills.
TF1 International has sold David Hayter's werewolf thriller Wolves into a slew of territories ahead of showing first footage at the AFM.
Early deals for the $17m film - currently shooting in Canada for summer 2013 delivery - include to Germany (Square One), Japan (CCC), Russia (Art Film Distribution) and the Middle East (Falcon).
The thriller is produced by Steve Hoban of Copperheart and executive produced by Benedict Carver of Entertainment One, which has Canadian rights and is also handling US, UK and Benelux sales.Paris-based TF1 International is selling the rest of the world.
X-Men and Watchman writer Hayter describes his directorial debut as "Twilight with a bit more bite, and without abstinence".
Lucas Till stars as an 18-year-old who wakes one night to discover his parents have been brutally murdered and he has transformed into a werewolf. The cast also features Jason Momoa and Merritt Patterson.
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I'll Give God Forever
I've wanted only one thing since I could braid my hair,
When playing with my dolls was just an art.
And now I can't dismiss it, or drive it from my heart.
How can I stop a thing I didn't start?
I'll give God forever to make me what I am.
Give my plans and give my dreams, give up all my fretful schemes. I'll give God this moment to fill my soul with cheer.
I'll give him forever more, and that will keep him near.
Of course, I've dreamt of drawing the lot one sacred day
And stepping forward straight and square and tall--
I pour the holy incense; the plume goes up to God!
I've known it, seen it, smelled it, felt it all.
I'll give God forever, but not to do my will.
Give my plans and give my dreams, Give up all my lofty schemes.
I'll give God this moment, and if it's not to be,
Giving Him forever means I'll wait and watch and see.
Zacharias and Elisabeth
I'll give God forever and then give one day more!
What are plans and what are dreams? What is what? Not what it seems! I'll give God this moment and let Him lead me on!
I'll give Him forever more,
Until my hours,
Until my days
Zacharias and Elisabeth
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November 11, 2012 – Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker clearly runs most corrupt elections office in the state of Florida
Stuart, FL – Today West for Congress campaign manager Tim Edson released the following statement in response to the sham recount underway in St. Lucie County this morning:
"Late yesterday, the St. Lucie County Board of Elections had agreed to recount all early ballots to address concerns stemming from their acknowledgement of technical errors late on Election Night in the counting of the first three days of early voting, as posted on their website.
However this morning, when observers arrived at the elections office for the 7:00 a.m. recount, they were told by the Supervisor of Elections only the final three days of early voting would be recounted, when in fact the data in question relates to the first three days of voting. During discussions about the recount, the canvassing board repeatedly tried to shoo away observers and prevent them from listening in on discussions. Apparently the have never heard of Florida sunshine laws
When questioned about counting the wrong three days of voting, the Supervisor of Elections and the canvassing board claimed the errors were in fact on the final three days, despite the record from Thursday's canvassing board meeting showing otherwise. In addition, the Supervisor has said transcripts from the earlier canvassing board meeting will not be released until the day before the votes are certified.
What was originally viewed as dangerous incompetence on the part of Gertrude Walker now appears more and more like a willful attempt to steal the election for Patrick Murphy. Nothing about this story adds up. If there is truly nothing wrong with the data from the first three days of voting, why will it not be released?
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I just received a message from a FLICKR Group dedicated to saving pink bathrooms with a request to add some of my pictures to their pool. I am honored to be a part of this retro home revival group and plan to check back often so I can take a peek into other people's homes. My voyeuristic interest in to where other people live is a sickness that started back in high school when I attended my first estate sale. It continues to this day, by an unseen force that draws me to spend a Sunday afternoon visiting open houses when I have no intention of moving. I love getting a look at how other people decorate their spaces and the fun of coming upon a time capsule of life from bygone eras. The chance to see how these homes were originally decorated is so interesting in contrast to how homes are often portrayed in movies and on television. It's weird, I know, but somehow very thrilling when you discover something in pristine condition. It's why I am also obsessed with shows like Leave It To Beaver and Mad Men. I cannot get enough of the rooms in the homes and buildings on these shows. I always end up annoying other TV watchers around me with quips about the neat couch or cool lamp in the background.
I recently attended an estate sale just down the street from my home and I wandered around looking in sheer amazement at the amount of wallpaper they had used. Their home is a split-level too, as are many of the homes in our 1950's-1960's neighborhood, and I really liked the layout of all the wallpaper coated rooms. One odd area that caught my eye, though, was the staircase to the upper portion of the home. It sat right by the front door and twisted at a strange angle toward the bedrooms. It seemed awkward when a straight set would have made perfect sense, but I believe the point was to give a more grand affect when viewed from the front entry. The funny thing about split-level homes is that "grand" was never a part of the equation for the interiors and it always cracks me up when the owners try to go that route in their decorating. ...But, I digress....what really caught my eye about the staircase was the flashy wallpaper that lined the stairs and then the upper hallway. It had a busy, almost life-sized bamboo print in shades of metallic browns. It was so out there that it had come back again and I have even seen similar patterns in new design mags lately. The best part about this was that the master bedroom had another version of bamboo wallpaper, top to bottom, all four walls and so did the BATHROOM! In fact, the over-zealous decorator had even created a shoji-screen style window covering to add to the Asian appeal, and they had continued the wallpaper right across the screens. It was so awe-inspiringly gross!
The ingenious decor continued with real bamboo molding. It had been cut in half, wrapped around the top edge of the tiled walls that are typical for that era, and they had been stained a dark brown to match the dark stained vanity cabinets. You could tell the remodel had happened in the 1970's or early 80's because of the colors and how over-the-top they had gone with the theme. Even with the dizzying pattern overkill, these areas of the home were still sort of cool and made me want to try to salvage some of what the owners had been trying to create. But, alas, the home has since sold and I am sure the new owners will rip out all remnants of this home's past coolness rather than working with the good bones and keeping some of the quirky decor. Maybe I should slip some of my design mags under their door with the cool wallpaper pages marked for them?
I really should not give anyone a hard time about ripping out and replacing anything in their older home. There are many aspects of ranch and split-level homes of the 1950's and 1960's that I love, but sometimes that love does not stay warm in your heart once you have lived with something kitsch for a while. Take for instance the room that got me the invite to the "save the pink bathrooms" group. Below is a before shot of my lovely pink bathroom, complete with the old owner's ruffled curtains and seashell wallpaper.
We lived with that window and the matching shower curtain (see it reflected in the mirror?) for almost three years before the final breakdown. There were other rooms in our home that definitely needed more work and were much harder on the eyes, so we gave them what I call "the mini makeover" treatment first. Basically, a thorough cleaning, new paint, switched out hardware and pulled up carpet to reveal hardwood floors. The easy stuff that makes an impact and helps you keep your sanity while living in a cosmetic fixer-upper.
After much thought about what to do with this space, everything from a simple spruce up, to taking the seashell theme to new kitschy heights, to just ripping all of it out and starting over. We ended up deciding that it did not make any sense to rip out perfectly good tile and fixtures and a simple spruce up was all that we needed. I spent a week pulling down the wallpaper, resurfacing the marred walls, priming and painting in a subtle shade of gray, to pick up on the contrasting band of gray tile along the floor. We added a new, but vintage inspired light fixture because the old one did not cast enough light and we changed out the only broken element, the sink faucet. New towels, shower curtain, refurbished wooden shutters and a "frame" set around the mirror and we were in business for a fraction of the price that most people pay for a modern makeover. No, our bath does not have luxurious real stone tile, or a multi-spout shower head, but it does have a nice sized space, a more subdued palette and it still matches up with the rest of the home. Plus, after all these years of doing my makeup in this room I have realized that pink really is my color!
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by Paul Harris
"God is not accountable to us, but we are to Him. I know what may lie in wait for us....and yet I find life beautiful and meaningful."
Etty Hillesum who wrote these words in Amsterdam in 1942 was a young 28 year old Jewish woman and gifted writer who decided to write a diary during the German occupation of Holland. The diary portrays an inner transformation of an independent woman preoccupied with worldly pleasures and sensuality, into a person of great spiritual depth and wisdom. The diaries chronicle Etty's inner growth and have become an authentic classic of twentieth century spirituality.
In 1942 she voluntarily went to the German interment camp for Jews at Westerbork in Holland to serve those who were under arrest and detained. However on Sept. 8, 1943 she and her entire family were transported to Auschwitz. A letter written by an eyewitness describes her final moments on Dutch soil. This person says that as Etty stepped up to and into the dark car of the cattle train, crowded with men, woman and children, "she walked lightly, bearing the burden of these her people, yet caught in an inner calm. She had not been deserted by her God".
Another friend, who survived, saw her get on the train to Auschwitz and relates she was "talking happily, a kind word for everyone she met...full of sparkling humour. Then the shrill whistle when the train with a thousand victims moved out". She managed to throw a postcard out of the train, which a farmer found and mailed: "We left the camp singing," she said in the card. On November 30, 1943, she died at Auschwitz.
Her friends treasured her memory and after the war they tried to find a publisher for her lengthy manuscript which had been hidden for safe keeping. She had left careful plans for the survival of her diaries and letters but unaware that future generations would be able to read her testimony.
What do the diaries tell us? They begin on March 8, 1941 when Etty, a secular Jew, lives in Amsterdam and is going through a time of personal turmoil and emotional upheaval and feels she is in need of psychotherapy. She consults a psycho-therapist, a Jewish refugee from Germany named Julius Spier. Under the influence of Carl Jung, Spier believed that human well being and healing called for a spiritual dimension in one's life and to be healed one needed the courage to say "I believe in God". Spier introduced her to the Bible and St. Augustine and encouraged her to continue her readings on Dostoevsky and Rilke.
Etty falls in love with Spier. However in the process of her relationship she develops a religious sensibility which gives her daily diary entries an enormous spiritual dimension. The word "God" appears often in her entries and she develops an intense dialogue with the divine. But her dialogue leads her into meditation and prayerful silence. She records that in a conversation with Spier one day he said "you know meditation is beautiful". Etty then says "that sort of comment does not sound sentimental or mystical or extravagant when it comes from him, but serious and almost matter-of-fact. Next time I'll ask him, no doubt very childishly, "How does one meditate? Can I learn it too?"
In a diary entry of June 8th, 1941 Etty has begun to meditate. It reads as follows:
SUNDAY MORNING, 9.30. I think that I'll do it anyway: I'll 'turn inward' for half an hour each morning before work, and listen to my inner voice. Lose myself. You could also call it meditation. I am still a bit wary of that word. But anyway, why not? A quiet half-hour within yourself. It's not enough just to move your arms and legs and all the other muscles about in the bathroom each morning. We are body and spirit. And half an hour of exercises combined with half an hour of meditation can set the tone for the whole day.
But it's not so simple, that sort of 'quiet hour'. It has to be learnt. A lot of unimportant inner litter and bits and pieces have to be swept out first. Even a small head can be piled high inside with irrelevant distractions....the clutter is ever present. So let this be the aim of the meditation: to turn one's innermost being into a vast empty plain, with none of that treacherous undergrowth to impede the view. So that something of God can enter you, and something of 'Love' too.
However Etty's spiritual development through meditation did not lead her into a solitary withdrawal from life but into the thick of the world of activity and giving herself to others. She throws herself into concern for social justice, service to the suffering and oppressed and this continues until her death. She had made a conscious decision "to share her peoples fate".
Etty soon feels the need to free herself from the obsessive attachment to Spier. .However Spier dies in 1942 but Etty has already come to love the message more than the messenger. Eventually God becomes the most vital aspect of her life. In one of her diary entries she writes:
There is a deep well inside me, and in it God dwells...There are people who pray with their eyes turned to Heaven, they seek God outside themselves. And there are those who bow their heads and bury their faces in their hands. I think that they seek God inside.
Etty is one of the latter seeking God inside and she continues, "All that is left is the will to yield myself up to God...a desire to kneel down sometimes pulses through my body or rather my body seems made and meant for the act of kneeling. Observers point out that Etty lived and died a Jew but her insights into the teaching of Jesus are deep and incisive and played a major role in her spiritual development.
Here are a few excerpts from Etty's diaries that Canadian theologian Gregory Baum, editor emeritus of the Canadian journal The Ecumenist, says "are rare documents of religious faith and reflect a deep level of mysticism"
True peace will come only when every individual finds peace within themselves, when we have all vanquished and transformed our hatred for our fellow human brings into love one day. Perhaps that is asking too much, but it is, however, the only solution.
But I refresh myself from day to day at the original source, life itself, and I rest from time to time in prayer. And what those who say, 'you live too intensely,' do not know, is that one can withdraw into prayer as into a convent cell and leave again with renewed strength and with peace regained.
Truly my life is a long listening to myself and, to others and to God. And if I say that I listen, it is really God who listens inside me, the most essential and the deepest in me listening to the most essential and deepest in others. God to God.
And I know for certain that there will be a continuity between the life I have led and the life about to begin. Because my life is increasingly an inner one and the outer setting matters less and less.
I keep following my own inner voice even in this madhouse, with a hundred people chattering. There is a vast silence in me that continues to grow.
There is a really deep well inside me. And in it dwells God. Some-times I am there too. But more often stones and grit block the well, and God is buried beneath. Then He must be dug out again.
One ought to be able to live without books, without anything. There will always be a small patch of sky above, and there will always be enough space to fold two hands in prayer.
For once you have begun to walk with God, you need only keep on walking with Him and life becomes one long stroll.
I draw prayer round me like a dark protective wall, withdraw inside it as one might into a convent cell and then step outside again calmer and stronger and more collected again.
And isn't it true that one can pray anywhere, in a wooden barracks just as well as in a stone monastery, or indeed, anywhere on this earth where God, in these troubled times, feels like casting his likeness.
One must always carry a great silence within one, a silence, into which one can always withdraw, even in the midst of all the hustle and bustle and in the midst of the most animated conversation. One must always keep drawing fresh strength from within oneself...
On November 30, 1943, Etty died in a swirl of Zyklon B gas at Auschwitz. She had shared her peoples fate. The drop of water that had been Etty Hillesum fell into the ocean of love and returned to her God.


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Los Angeles' The Festival of Dead Deer flamed bright and hot, ultimately burning out as quickly as they appeared. Fortunately this document here came to light just after the band was pronounced D.O.A. This LP/ CD here consists of highlights from a live set on LA's KXLU. The drummer of the Dead Deer, Chris Hathwell, later was a founding member of Moving Units and Ground Unicorn Horn. Guitarist, Mike Crain, later went onto start Kill The Capulets and Retox. The CD version of this album has bonus tracks from the split 7″ EP with The Crimson Curse.
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