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Finally updating on my first EU trip this year with my sis (and mom joined halfway after!!)
Took a long flight from SG > Doha > Brussels!
Arrived in Brussels in the morning and My sis came to pick me up! 😀 😀
super duper happy to see this stupid face after 4ish months! We finally reunited and we were so happy T_T <3
We stayed at Courtyard Mariott- super convenient and near the train station, also train station to other cities!
After settling down and getting changed at the hotel we headed out to the city centre to explore our one & only day at Brussels… hehe
WHAT IS VISITNG BELGIUM WITHOUT HAVING BELGIUM WAFFLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg everything looks so good and FYI i got a very sweet tooth so THIS is like heaven to me!
Find someone who looks at you like how I look at waffles :-))))
^this is the speculoos with white choc and banana!!!!!!!!!!! i really love it a lot tho it's too sweet for my sis after after. Anything with banana/ white choc is BAE. (AND speculoos is like a basic flavour/ spread in europe- super good too)
Us being tourists…… eat waffles also gotta have a pic with it
And of course, we visited a few places of interests such as, the Grand Place at the City square.
Such scenic and beautiful buildings. But so swarmed with people!
It was chilly in Belgium when i arrived and am so not used to the cold weaather!!! Kept craving for hot stuff and bought myself a cup of hot chocolate to keep myself warm.
Photobombers in all my photos 🙁
WE ALSO HAD THE FAMOUS BELGIAN FRITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sis queued for it outside while i found seats inside and waited in the warmth…
looks damn yummy but it actually tasted pretty norm. BUT I LOVE FRIES SO IT'S STIL YUMMY TO MEEEEEE 😛
We walked past another waffle shop and it was packed with people and there was a queue, sis said it is one of the "famous ones" so we decided to get another waffle also, HAHA
Belgium is also very known for beer….. especially craft beers i think? There's a whole range of craft beers in everywhere!! Fancy!
Also went to see the Manneken Pis, just for the sake of it- and a selfie together just for keepsake, haha!
Belgium can be easily toured within a day, although we didnt exactly cover everything but we did complete most of the main attractions and the MUST-EAT(s). Belgium chocolates included!!!
FOR DINNER, we had MUSSELS!!! (I mean of course right!!!) It was a day of non stop eating. We had dinner early because we didn't make any reservations and we were afraid it will get crowded if we go later. Also because I was starting to feel tired (jetlagged)
We went to Leon's, which is very famous/ popular, it was yummy, but not the best I think? Also, it's quite expensive and the service isn't great :/
(P/S. really on point eyelashes much thanks to @diownbeauty. (I've been going to them for YEARS…)
Seeing all these photos now makes me miss traveling with my sister 🙁
Fun fact about me: I am a pescatarian for years, but never loved a lot of seafood, I eat mainly fish and prawns (if i dont have to peel them). I hardly eat shell fishes, never really liked or enjoyed clams/ mussels/ crabs/ oysters. But ever since this trip to Europe, I fell in love with mussels. (I SPECIALLY LOVE WHITE WINE GARLIC SAUCE/ BROTH, even when i didnt use to love clams- i.e. vongole, HAHA)
After our early dinner, we went to Delirium Cafe for beer! 🙂
Funny because we only have super big notes, cos i changed 500 denominated euros 🙁 And the bar did not have change, so we tried using our cards, but was unable to get through that time for some reason, tried numerous times and the nice guy at the bar decided to give us the beers for free! Half pint each for us, yay.
We ordered craft beers, but it didn't taste very good, a bit weird. I prefer my lager beers 🙂
Was still bright outside when we made our way back. Both of us were tired, since my sis traveled late the day before and woke up early to fetch me from the airport.
We bought 16 piece of chocolates back since Belgium is flooded with chocolate stores, hehe. This was so good too. LOVE IT. (I am a chocolate fan by the way :))
This post sums up our one & only day in Belgium!!!! Coming up next would be my post on Paris 😉


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MSDN CodeCamp for Australia
Written on February 12, 2005
Code Camp Oz I found this out from Charle's Sterling's blog. I'd heard that something was being planned when we went to the VS.NET 2005 training at Kaz earlier this year. They have these kind of camps in the US. This camp is in Wagga Wagga, which isn't that convenient if you live in Adelaide. We're waiting to hear if we can get funding to fly over (but our priority is TechEd in August, so if there is a choice, then TechEd will be our preference). Another option would be to drive over, but that's a good 10 hour drive!
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WREXHAM defender and captain Brian Carey could face a lengthy spell out of action if, as is feared, he needs a hernia operation, following injury during Friday night's 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion.
The prognosis from manager Brian Flynn added to the sense of disappointment and frustration at the Racecourse as the Dragons threw away the hard-won advantage provided by a first goal of the season from Welsh under-21 international, Steve Thomas, and allowed their opponents back into the match, much to the delight of striker, Bobby Zamora, whose two second half goals took his tally for the campaign to seven.
Thomas, too, picked up a knock that forced him to retire 12 minutes from the end, leaving the Wrexham boss with an anxious wait over the weekend.
"Steve Thomas got a kick on the ankle and Brian might have a hernia. Hopefullly it might settle down but we'll see what it's like on Monday," he said.
But he confirmed that new loan signing Willie Miller has a good chance of making his debut against Chesterfield at Saltergate tomorrow. The 31-year old right back from Scottish Premier League side, Dundee, has agreed a three-month stay and looks set to replace youngster Dave Warren as Flynn bids to plug the holes in his leaky defence.
"He'll most certainly be in the reckoning," he said. "He's fit and he's played three games this season so far."
Both Flynn and his Brighton counterpart, Mickey Adams, were in agreement that it was a game the home side could and should have won, but that was little consolation for the former, who criticised his side for a lack of concentration that allowed Zamora to cancel out the Thomas goal within two minutes, turning home a Paul Watson free-kick.
"What can you say about that?" he said. "We got the goal that our play deserved and then we had a total lack of concentration in the middle of the defence.
"That's a free-kick we work ourselves with Craig Faulconbridge and Darren Ferguson so we got caught with something we practise and which we are aware of."
Zamora's second goal came from the penalty spot after a handball from Dennis Lawrence and the big defender was punished for a similar offence late in the game, although Kristian Rogers saved Zamora's second spot-kick.
Said Flynn: "As for the penalty, it was a case of whether it hit his hand or not. It probably did but again we did not pick up the initial run because we were not alert enough.
"Some referees don't give it and if he's given the first one, he's definitely going to give the second one. Whether it was intentional or not only the referee can decide."
The Wrexham manager said he had been delighted when his side got their noses in front after dominating the game for long spells. "It was a Premier League goal, it was top quality and that's what we had been looking for.
"As I said it gave us the lead we deserved so it was very frustrating. We played well, we created chances, although if we were ultra-critical we could say the 'keeper did not have many saves to make in positions where we should have done.
"A lot of the players played well and the team did well too. Brighton got back into it in the last 10 minutes of the first half when they started to create things, but that was mainly due to our indecision. We started brightly second half, we were always attacking and always looking to get at them."
Adams, delighted with a first away win of the season admitted that his players had ridden their luck, saying: "I'm not sure it was the right result, but we'll take it.
"We didn't get going for about 35 minutes and Wrexham were by far the better team. That was the talking point in our dressing room at half-time.
"I picked a side I thought would battle because I'm fed up of going away and people saying how well we've played but got nothing from the game, as we did at Northampton.
"We showed a lot of spirit and resolution in the second half, because Wrexham again started well and we had to weather that storm.
"But once we got in our stride, we created a number of chances as we had in the first half and we eventually came good," he added.


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HTML5 has been a hot topic for us this year, but there's actually a lot more to the new and improved version of Moonfruit that we've been busily beavering away on.
The main (and most talked about) benefit of Moonfruit v6 is that your site will look as it should across different devices, including tablets. There will inevitably be slight variations in some cases depending on which browser version your site is viewed on – older browsers may display the layout and design slightly differently – but your website will essentially look the same on an iPad or Samsung Galaxy Note as it does on a PC or Mac.
But as we said, the new release isn't just about HTML5. Moonfruit v6 also provides faster rendering, more options for formatting text, smoother scrolling in the blog, new menu widgets and numerous other feature improvements.
What exactly is the Early Access Preview (EAP)?
It's an early release of v6 that allows users to test performance in the real world, giving us the chance to gather feedback and give our development team time to apply the finishing touches for the next version.
The preview is available to Moonfruit customers who join via the link below and build a new site (the ability to upgrade existing sites will come at a later date – expected by January/February 2013).
Although this preview version isn't feature-complete (no shop or blog yet), many of the core features have been improved, including what you're able to do with text, images, links, menus, the gallery (now 'lightbox'), and HTML snippet widgets.
The number of templates you can choose from to build a new site is limited at this stage. We'll be adding more as we continue to develop v6.
Join the Early Access Preview
If you're already a Moonfruit customer and you'd like to try out this preview, you need to join the v6 (EAP) and create a new site.
You could create a microsite to link to your existing main website. When we release the Upgrade Beta in January/February next year, you'll be able to convert your existing website to v6 (see previous post for details).
You'll only be able to create a new site if you haven't reached the maximum number of sites available for your account. Customers using our 'free' or 'lite' packages will therefore need to create a new free account if they want to have a go, or delete their site if they want to build one using the v6 (EAP) on their existing account.
Your feedback
As mentioned above, this preview gives us the chance to gather feedback from you and develop the product further where necessary before releasing the next version – the Beta.
To find out what other EAP participants are saying and leave feedback of your own, please go to our dedicated Moonfruit forum.
And if you don't want to build your own new site yet, you can see an example of one we've just built here.
Updates to look out for
See our previous post for dates to look out for and details on when you can expect certain features.
We'll also be launching a competition next week giving away an iPad mini for the best site created in our Early Access Preview. So keep your eyes peeled on our blog for details and, in the meantime, get thinking about what you might create and enter…
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The world's most exclusive hand-made glasses and sunglasses. Now available in the UK
Since 1919 Bentley has produced some of the world's most beautiful and discerning cars.
Now, more than 90 years after the first Bentley engine burst into life at New Street Mews in London, Bentley introduces the UK's most exclusive and expensive eyewear collection.
This is the opposite of mass production. This is hand-built beauty using the finest quality natural materials available.
The Bentley Eyewear collection has been developed by Estede of Austria, working closely with Bentley's design team at Crewe.
The range consists of a limited edition, high-end range of sunglasses and prescription frames featuring the famous winged emblematic 'B'.
Each individually numbered pair of frames is offered in a Bentley leather presentation box finished in a colour of your choice.
But what sets the Bentley Eyewear collection apart is the use of precious metals and innovative surface treatments, including silver palladium, 18 carat rose and white gold, and platinum.
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A few years back, Anthony Bourdain penned a rant against the James Beard Awards, calling the Beard Foundation a "private dining society, a high-rent memorial to a much disliked crank who-once a year, throws a lavish stroke-and-choke where corporate sponsors can 'honor' prominent chefs and restaurant folk at what remains-for better or worse-the 'Oscars of food' ceremony" (among other things, he criticized them for not acknowledging "the people who are actually doing the cooking in this country," i.e. Latinos, and also for not providing a proper kitchen for the chefs who cooked at the ceremony: "It has been decided that in favor of bigger and swankier accomodations for the self congratulatory nearly all-white attendees, that the cooks can take it in their collective poop-chute.") So has he lightened up now that his radio show with Eric Ripert has been nominated? Not a chance!
On his No Reservations blog, he calls the awards a "self congratulatory goat rodeo/awards ceremony/chef shakedown" and dismisses the evening's "Ultimate Melting Pot" theme ("I seriously doubt you will see an increase in the number of Mexicans present"), but does manage to admit he's "pleasantly surprised to find the Beardies even discovering the existence of a sense of humor," given that they nominated Ruth Bourdain in their new humor category. Does such a nomination "cheapen" the ceremony? Bourdain doesn't think so.
Coming from a profession whose vast majority spend their hours and days writing about "kicky new muffin recipes", " Pie: The Next Big Thing" or attending launches for bottled water, restaurant openings, and anywhere they can fill their plastic lined pockets with free food and swag-the whole notion of someone-anyone-"cheapening" the business sounds like a bunch of old hookers complaining about the new girl who kisses on the lips. When one of the "lions" of the food writing business-and I am NOT talking about Alan Richman-has been famously and openly shaking down the subjects of his "reviews" for free food, drinks, vacations and other things of value for years with absolute impunity, it's hard to imagine anyone "cheapening" anything about the business. When your gold standard behaves like a shady garbage contractor, and you are complicit in your silence, you can hardly complain.
Safe to say Bourdain is talking about John Mariani here, given the recent charges that Mariani has denied. Anyway, Suvir Saran of Devi, last seen jumping into the middle of the drama between Saveur's publisher Merri Lee Kingsly and Sam Sifton, gets a word in the comments here, too:
As much as I am happy to support the cause, I also feel it has much still left to do that would make it worthy of much more support and credibility.
There are too many issues in the food industry that need to be raised, discussed, highlighted, challenged, corrected and questioned that the JBF does not find the will to indulge into.
That is what makes it a farce for me at some level.
Meanwhile, Kat Kinsman, who writes for Eatocracy and others, also comments in defense of her fellow food writers: "Plenty of us have read our Britchky and Liebling, same as you. Plenty of us getting dirt under the nails — or at least reporting on the farmers, workers and cooks who do — doing what we can on teeny budgets."
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Give input for vision of the city's future
October 4, 2013
By Staff
The city of Newcastle's volunteer Planning Commission is reaching out to residents for feedback as it looks to update the city's Comprehensive Plan.
The Comprehensive Plan, effectively rebranded as Newcastle 2035 for the remainder of the update, is a document that outlines the city's vision and goals for the future.
Residents can offer their opinions about the city's future, and what they would like to see in the next 20 years in an online survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/DCGR99P.
A statute requires cities to update their comprehensive plans by June 2015. Newcastle last completed its Growth Management Act-mandated update in 2003.
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"The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen." — Lee Iacocca
The question asked is "Who am I?" Well, I'm a dad, a husband, and a biker. I'm a courier. I'm also a big fan of Dr Who and Seuss. I'm a loner. I drive all night and sleep all day. I struggle with being an adult, husband and dad.
Where am I? Puyallup Washington (pronounced pew-al-up). About 35 miles miles South of Seattle, right at the base of Mt Rainier. It's a beautiful place to live.
It is my hope, and my discipline, that this blog will open my eyes to the wonders of writing about the world, my joys, struggles and progress in towards my goals
I looking forward to the challenge and discipline of writing. I look forward to the guidance and help from the blogging community.
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Why You Are Not Losing Belly Fat…
If you are like most people with a weight problem,
you already know the answer. (Consuming more calories
than you burn).
And you probably know exactly what you have to do
in order to lose it.
Am I right? You probably have multiple books that
all work.
Then why aren't you doing it?
Most people will tell you that all you need is more,
"will power".
I am here to tell you that they couldn't be more wrong!
Here is why…
According to the latest research*, "will power" is a
limited resource.
When you "will" yourself to stay away from bad foods,
it takes away your ability to concentrate on even the
simplest of day to day activities.
For example, when subjects were told not to eat chocolate
chip cookies, their persistence in puzzle solving
deteriorated. And when they were told to suppress an
emotional reaction to a movie, they had problems solving
a simple anagram.
In short, any act of suppression is virtually unsustainable…
This is why once you start having to think about other stuff,
it becomes almost impossible for you to stay away from the
cookies, the burgers, the tacos, the beer, the chips, and the soda.
Even worse, whatever habits you have developed around eating
lie deep in your unconscious mind. This dictates your "default"
eating choices, and any changes to this using "will power" are
met with massive resistance.
And this is a battle you don't want to fight, because the
unconscious mind always wins.
So if you want to get trim, you have to change your unconscious
"default" eating choices. It is the only real way to get results
that stick – and it is a whole lot easier…
How do you work with the unconscious mind, you ask?
Sometimes repetition works, and establishing rituals one at
a time can help…
But the only method that is validated by current science and
mainstream organizations like The American Medical Association
is called medical hypnosis.
Hypnosis is basically the study of creating unconscious changes.
Over 80 years of clinical research have demonstrated that with
the aid of hypnosis, people are able to have control where they
had none before.
Get this; at the University of Iowa they are doing MRI studies
where you actually see the brain shutting off feelings of pain
in the brain. . . all under hypnosis.
If hypnosis can teach you to block pain, it certainly can
help you change your eating habits.
But make sure you get the real thing. You don't want help
from a "stage hypnotist" – you want to find someone with a
proven clinical track record. And finding somebody in
person with a proven track record for weight loss is
extremely difficult.
This is why it is sometimes better to find a home-use program.
And the program with the best track record in the industry was
created by Dr. Roberta Temes (author of a hypnosis textbook used
in medical schools).
Over 50,000 people have now used this program, and the
satisfaction rate is 92%.
This means that over 9 out of 10 people are able to change
their eating behaviors and get the slim body they deserve
using her hypnosis sessions.
The publisher provides you with a year to try the program,
and they even let you sample it for 28 days by just paying shipping.
So if you struggle with, "will power" – then this program
is truly a, "no brainer".
Here are some stories from some users of their programs:
"I am now down 20 pounds and still have not had any
problems with stress eating (my lifetime habit is to overeat).
I am into a size 16 from a 20/22 and people are finally beginning
to notice. I personally thank you for your program even though I don't
understand how it works. I amstarting to like who I see in the mirror."
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"I had an addiction to sugar and my weight problems were so severe
I was thinking of bypass surgery. I tried hypnosis programs in the past.
Some programs made me tense and uncomfortable; the power of others seemed
to fade away. Within the first week I was getting obvious results. Since
I started the program I've lost 30 pounds and I keep dropping them.
My addiction to sugar is pretty much gone and decisions to turn down foods
are easy."
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South Deerfield, Massachusetts


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"I enjoy the challenge of resolving family law problems and the sense of mutual accomplishment I feel with clients when they can move forward with their lives. I really appreciate hearing from clients and knowing how they are doing long after our work together has been completed."
David Littman, a Family Law attorney, who is a highly experienced litigator, believes in utilizing Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) techniques including Collaborative Law or Mediation, when possible, before turning to the courtroom to resolve family law disputes. These approaches generally lower the cost and shift the pace and control of the divorce and custody process from the judges and lawyers to the clients. Understanding that litigation is far more costly than negotiated resolutions, David is sensitive to the preservation of your family's financial resources.
Respectful and compassionate, he is a careful listener and an astute problem solver. He will help you explore your options and make the choices which will produce the best outcomes for you and your family. David's goal is to help you gain the knowledge and provide the advocacy you need to restructure your life after a divorce or other Family Law matters.
When litigation is required, he draws on his many years of federal and state jury and court trial experience to advocate persuasively and effectively for his clients. A former part time Magistrate in Denver and Jefferson Counties, he has special insight into the inner working of the courtroom process.
David's background in psychology and mental health counseling assists him in working with your complex family issues. He has recognized competency in dealing with extremely difficult matters, including those involving sexual abuse, substance abuse and mental illness. His concern for the unique issues military families face during their service has prompted his interest in working with these families.
David's pro bono work earned him the Foster Parent Association of Colorado Advocate of the Year Award, as well as recognition by the Colorado Supreme Court. He is a past Chairman of Colorado CASA Board and a strong supporter and participant with Metro Volunteer Lawyers.
David has been recognized by both his clients and his peers for his outstanding work as an effective and caring attorney. Martindale Hubbell has given him their highest rating of Preeminent Status (AV). Avvo has given him their highest rating (10.0) and has also awarded him the Client's Choice Award. He was recently honored by again by being named as a Colorado Super Lawyer.
Areas of Practice
- Divorce
- Mediation
- Pre-divorce Planning
- Collaborative Law
- Arbitration
- Parenting Plans
- Child Support
- Custody and Parenting Time
- Spousal Support/Maintenance
- Asset Preservation and Division
- Military Family Law Issues
- Child and Family Investigation
- Early Neutral Assessment
- Adoptions
- Post-Decree Matters
- Parenting Coordinator and/or Decision-Maker
- Juvenile Law and Adoption
Certificated Legal Training
- Annual Symposium on Domestic Violence, The Office of the Denver District Attorney, October, 2016
- Levels I, II and Advanced Collaborative Law Training
- Mediation Skills Training and Advanced Mediation Training Seminars
- Early Neutral Assessment
- Hastings College of Law Trial Advocacy Program
Bar Admissions
- Colorado, 1980
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1980
- Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri,
Honors: Moot Court, 1978-1980
Honors: Moot Court Board, 1979 - 1980
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts
Law Review: Washington University Law Quarterly, Member, 1979 - 1980
- Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
M.A. Ed. - 1973
Major: Counseling Psychology
- Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
Honors: Social and Behavioral Sciences Tuition Fellowship, Washington University
- Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
Honors: Chancellor's Award, 1968
Published Works
- Parental Responsibilities/Child Legal Representative / Child and Family Investigator/ Parenting Coordinator/ /Arbitrator. Domestic Relations Law and Orders, 2016
- Bench Bar Book, Family Law Section CBA [edited by Cynthia Ciancio and Angela Arkin, "Adult Guardian ad Litems," 2014 [with Ashley Emerson]
- Advocates for Children: "The CLR, CFI and PRE in Colorado Physical, Emotional and Sexual Abuse Cases," 2012 [with Natalie Simpson]
- The Colorado Lawyer: "Child and Family Investigator Standards in Colorado," 2006 [with Robert Smith and Lael Montgomery]
Sampling of Classes and Seminars Taught
- Co-Lecturer, Family Law Basic Skills Course "Professionalism in the Practice of Law, March 2018
- Lecturer, Collaborative Arbitration, Colorado Collaborative Professionals, June 2017
- Lecturer, Family Law Basic Skills Course "Professionalism in the Practice of Law, 2016 & 2017
- Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Courses: Domestic Relations Issues
- Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Courses: Children's Legal Issues
- Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Courses: Domestic Violence
- Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Courses: Including High Conflict Dissolution and Use and Interpretation of Psychological Tests and Representing Victims of Sexual and Ritual Abuse
- The Role of the Child and Family Investigator
- Alternatives to the traditional litigation model in family law cases
- Lecturer on Professionalism and the Law
- Lecturer on Representation of the Mentally Impaired Client
- Lecturer on Parenting Plans for Infants and Toddlers
Honors and Awards
- Best Lawyers, 2018
- Colorado Super Lawyers , 2012 - 2017
- AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale Hubbell
- Avvo 10.0 Rating
- Avvo Client's Choice Award
- National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2015 - 2017
- Colorado Supreme Court Pro Bono Recognition Award, 2013 - 2017
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Colorado Collaborative Divorce Professionals , Executive Board
- Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section Executive Council, 1997 - Present, Chairman 2008 - 2009
- Denver County Bar Association, 1980 - Present
- Colorado Supreme Court Standing Committee on Families 2015 - Present
- Colorado Bar Association, Ethics Committee, 2009 - Present
- Colorado Bar Committee on Client Competency Issues
- Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Council on Child Custody (MDICCC), Executive Council, 1997 - Present
- Academy for Collaborative Law Practice, 2004 - Present, Treasurer 2007 - Present
- Mediation Association of Colorado
- Colorado Collaborative Law Professionals, 2001 - Present
- Colorado CASA Board of Directors, 2001 - 2008, President, 2005 - 2007
Selected Past Legal Employment Positions
- Littman & McCahill, P.C., Partner and Shareholder, 1982 - 1990
- Jefferson County Court, Magistrate, 1981 - 1986
- Denver County Court, Magistrate, 1989 - 1994
- City and County of Denver, Special Prosecutor, 1991


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Eminem Reveals 'Revival' Tracklist Featuring Ed Sheeran, Beyonce, P!Nk, More
By: Scott T. Sterling
Eminem's new album Revival is almost here, and it features a who's who of who's hot including Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé and P!nk.
Sheeran is featured on "River," Bey is on the previously released "Walk on Water," and P!nk is on the track "Need Me." The two artists previously worked together on "Revenge" from P!nk's Beautiful Trauma and Em's "Won't Back Down" off of his 2010 album Recovery.
The rap icon made the big reveal on his Instagram, sharing the tracklist. Despite some high-level conspiracy theorizing, Revival is scheduled for release on December 15.
The 19-song record will also feature appearances from Alicia Keys, X Ambassadors, Kehlani, Skylar Grey and Phresher. See the full list of songs below:
Following his intense cypher targeting President Trump, fans of Slim Shady have been hoping to hear more from a new, seemingly more mature Eminem. We certainly got a taste of it last month when the album's first single "Walk on Water" was released. The track features Em listing out the reasons why he is not the rap god many fans have positioned him as. All together, it is a solid song, and one we hope will be an indication of what's in store for us on December 15.


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The Sun Valley Inn
Sun Valley's second oldest hotel, the Sun Valley Inn, has seen its share of history. It was inspired by the set of the movie "I met him in Paris," which was filmed at the resort in 1937. Luckily, it's had some updates since then, so the historic building has a modern, comfortable feel.
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The Last Earth: a Palestinian Story recounts the experiences of ordinary people who have lost their homes, their land, their businesses and yet their response has been resolution, determination and even optimism.
Ramzy Barouds collection of true-life stories gives voice to Palestinians to whom global super-powers appear indifferent.
This book enables Palestinians to tell their stories, spanning decades and encompassing war, mass exodus, epic migrations and the fight for national identity.
Ramona Wadi from Middle East Monitor puts, The Last Earth… is poignant on many levels. Based upon in-depth interviews with Palestinians, it paints the history which is regularly concealed. There is not one single page which does not elicit profound questions about Palestine and ones relationship to Palestine, through ancestral ties to the land, or affinity.
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Berlin Wall gallery under threat from developers
Some of Berlin's most famous artworks - the murals painted on what used to be the "death strip" of the eastern Berlin Wall - are under threat from land developers.
Shortly after Communism collapsed, artists from all over the world arrived and covered the remaining sections of the Wall with paintings depicting their ideas of freedom.
But the remaining Wall is on prime development land and one section has already been taken down.
Stephen Evans spoke to some of the people opposing the destruction and development.
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- 1 March 2013
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In 2012, Mayo Clinic physician Dr. Amit Sood told the New York Times that music stimulates the opioid activity in the so-called reward center of the brain, which creates feelings of pleasure much like eating a favorite food, viewing a beautiful sight or experiencing an enjoyable physical sensation, such as sex. Knowingly or unknowingly, escorts often incorporate music into their encounters. Clients become more relaxed, the melodies set the mood and the music theme helps an escort avoid distractions.
Escorts can't select just any music for their sessions. Planning and taste must are required to determine the "right" playlist for each client. Overall, though, there are some things you can do to ensure the music you play during encounters is not only appropriate, but perfect for the occasion. Use these top 13 tips for choosing the right music:
- Your favorite radio station may not be everyone's favorite. Even though you may thoroughly enjoy the music, on-air personalities or other features offered by a particular station, there will be part of its programming that will not be conducive to a great encounter. Whether one of the DJs is long-winded or weather updates interrupt the music, something usually breaks in to spoil the mood created by the playlist. News updates and advertising can cause distractions, along with self-serving promotions taking away from the time spent on music. Even if you think the music featured on the station is appropriate for your encounter, find it elsewhere than on your radio dial.
- Know your clients' preferences. Some clients are into rock and roll, while others are strictly country. You may have clients that like the hip hop scene. Regardless of whether your clients like classical concertos, opera, folk, bluegrass or jazz music, you will probably not be able to guess what they would prefer to listen to during their visits with you. But, you can find out easily by just asking them. Most men have strong opinions about the types of music they find romantic, seductive or good for intense lovin'. And, even if they don't give you specifics about what they want to hear, they will often tell you what they DON'T want to hear, which may be even more important. Most clients won't object if you don't select their favorite types of music; however, if you ask them to endure an hour (or two) of music they detest it may become a problem. Music that puts your client into a bad mood should be avoided at all costs.
- Consider instrumental arrangements without lyrics. Despite the genre of music, versions of many songs are available as instrumentals. Many experts suggest that people who use music as background noise when they work benefit most by music without vocals or lyrics. Studies indicate that lyrics are distracting, because the mind is interpreting them, and cause a worker to lose focus. It's possible to become lost in the lyrics and drift away from the situation at hand, especially during an encounter. On the other hand, instrumental arrangements of your favorite songs won't tempt your imagination as much because they don't put obvious verbal cues into your mind. And, another bonus is received when you use music-only versions of tunes: you don't have to worry about the messages told by the lyrics. The song can be about anything — heartbreak, murder, partying or revenge and it doesn't matter. Instrumental versions depend on the melody and not the words to evoke emotion.
- Plan activities with specific songs in mind. If you choose to leave songs with lyrics in your playlist, you can really take advantage of them. Not only can the music and rhythm evoke feelings, but the words can create a sensual mood, too. Many escorts incorporate songs that easily lead into a striptease or other elements. Popular songs for a striptease include: "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails, "Hot In Here" by Nelly, "Justify My Love" by Madonna and "Cream" by Prince. Many escorts perform steamy lap dances to "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Joe Cocker or "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC. Much like a workout playlist, different songs can be strategically placed throughout the list to encourage special moods or actions. Midway through a playlist, songs that are extra sexy or would be good (rhythmically) for sex may be programmed in. The songs toward the end of the playlist should be slower and less seductive, to encourage a "cool down" as a transition to the conclusion of the booking.
- Match your music selections to your image, unless your client requests otherwise. If you're a country girl from the heart of Texas, complete with the cowboy boots, you probably shouldn't break out your most recent hip hop playlist. Even though it's common for people to have vast ranging tastes in music, you should make an effort to stay true to your branding through your song selections, just as you do with the way you dress. (Of course, exceptions are easily made when your client requests you step out of your comfort zone to role play as someone different.) But, despite your image, don't feel as though you have to stick to only one genre of music. A girl-next-door type can easily like pop, blues, jazz and R & B types of music. A Goth escort might enjoy heavier tunes most of the time, but she could also enjoy classical music. Many genres easily cross over to others, and it's acceptable to like more than one type of music, as long as it doesn't seem totally out of character.
- Create a sexy playlist full of seductive, suggestive music. While your clients are very visual creatures, they also respond powerfully to music. Your song selections can help excite your clients and put them at ease for an exciting encounter. You may be quite a music expert and know a number of provocative tunes you want to include. But, if you're not well-versed about love songs (or other sensual music), don't worry about it. Many compilations and playlists already exist. Amazon features a number of MP3 downloads already organized into seductive playlists or compiled on CDs. iTunes and Rhapsody also have a wide selection of playlists and songs available for you to download. You may be able to find a perfect playlist already put together for you on either of these sites.
- Consider the rhythm and feel of the songs you select. Encounters with different clients have different grooves to them. Some bookings may be slow, seductive and sensual. Others may be about passion and urgency, featuring a much more rapid pace. After you've seen a client a time or two, you may have a feel for the type of music that will fit him best. A client who enjoys a faster paced encounter may thrive on dance, techno or rock music; but, an encounter that is based on taking your time will benefit from sultry blues, R & B or jazz selections. Perhaps a client is into a particular ethnic style; he might enjoy upbeat Latina tunes, reggae or Indian melodies. But, regardless of the ethnicity of music, ensure the rhythms and beats match the pace of your client. Fast songs aren't good for clients who want to take things at a more relaxed pace, and slower options don't fuel the desire of a client who operates more quickly.
- Use your music to drown out distractions and noises. Depending on where you are meeting your client, there may be noises that could cause you both to lose your focus during intimate moments. Horns honking, sirens blaring, neighbors talking and other sounds of many metro neighborhoods can ruin "the moment." Your music should help to disguise these sounds and help you focus on your client. And, if you are visiting with your client in an apartment, condo or hotel, you must be careful to avoid loud noises of passion, too, for fear that your neighbors will hear you. Your music can muffle your sounds of excitement and climax. Turn the volume up when things get hot and steamy.
- Consider both current and old hits when planning your playlists. Even though they may not have been as overtly obvious about it, many musicians from the 1960s, '70s and '80s sang about sex and getting it on. Older songs by Marvin Gaye, Donna Summer, George Michael, Roberta Flack, Rod Stewart and the Rolling Stones all have sexual messages and music that gets you heated up and ready for making love. Mixing up some old songs with current ones in your compilation can create a well-rounded selection that will appeal to a wider variety of clients. Some clients have never heard of Rhianna or Nelly, so they will be relieved to hear something recognizable from Rod Stewart. (Some of these older songs may even bring clients back to their younger years and other sexual experiences that make them happy.)
- Music must make you feel sexy. Even if your client makes special requests for specific types of music, you shouldn't oblige if anything makes you uncomfortable or if you really dislike it. For instance, if your client requests Marilyn Manson and similar music, and it's just not your thing, suggest something else or try to compromise on another artist. Most times, clients won't have their hearts set on an encounter full of trash metal music or anything else that you might find offensive. They are willing to bend in their selections. Going along with music that you really dislike will hinder you from being able to provide the level of service you are capable of. It's important to find music that both you and your client can appreciate.
- Choose music that you don't normally listen to in your personal life. Music can evoke emotions and memories, both good and bad. When you play songs during your encounter that you regularly listen to, it's easy to think about people and events in your daily life, which can distract you. Additionally, any experiences you have with clients (both good and bad) can be resurrected easily when you hear a song that played when you were with them. Keeping your music worlds separated can help you to clearly define your work life and personal existence.
- Program your playlist for the length of your encounters. If most of your encounters last for one or two hours, select songs that will play for the desired amount of time. Escorts often rely on their playlists to cue them when an encounter is half or nearly over. Certain songs signify special points of the encounter, which help an escort move things along so that a client doesn't miss out on anything special during his booking. Playlists that are created for time specifications aren't always perfect, but they perform double duty by being a timer and mood music.


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I am often asked how I can help clients operate more efficiently. My response to this is that it's quite easy to become efficient. The secret is in eliminating as much wasted time and effort as possible from the tasks that are being performed. Here are my top four areas where I tell my clients to focus in order to operate more efficiently:
- Workspace. A workspace that is free and clear of clutter enables not only efficiency, but productivity as well. Here are some things to pay attention to in relation to your workspace. Is the paper on your desk related only to the project on which you are currently working? Is your desk placed in such a way as to minimize distraction? Is your telephone placed on the correct side of your desk (on the right if you're left-handed, on the left if you're right-handed)? Is your computer in an ergonomically correct position? What is the condition of your chair? Is their "space" in your office? Overall, is your office esthetically pleasing such that even your mother would be proud to visit?
- Plan and Prioritize. At the end of each day, plan and prioritize your work for the next day. You may even wish to do this for each week. By planning and prioritizing your day, and sticking to your plan, you are less likely to get distracted by tasks that are unimportant, not urgent or time wasters.
- Self-Management. Adopt habits that enable you to perform your best all the time. Learn to handle procrastination, personal disorganization, socializing, taking on too much work, and delegating. It's the little things that compounded really derail efficiency.
- External Environment. Sometimes even when we have an efficient workspace, have the best plans and methods for prioritizing and are able to self-manage, the work environment may pose distractions for us. To control the work environment so that it doesn't impact your efficiency, learn to manage your telephone calls, email inbox, and drop-in visitors, manage disorganized meetings, and use superb communication skills to manage even the most serious inefficiencies.
At the end of the day, an efficient client is one that is able to contain resources and costs in relation to the amount of work that is produced. And assuming efficient practices are implemented in all the areas of client work, efficiency is just a short step to productivity (rate of production) and an increased bottom line.


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Has the WHO EMF Project been hijacked by ICNIRP?
From Lennart Hardell's blog:
Has the WHO EMF Project been hijacked by ICNIRP?
Recently the following appeal has been posted at http://olgasheean.com/who-emf/ .
Sign this VOTE of NO CONFIDENCE in WHO's EMF Project ….SNIP
[Commentary from Lennart Hardell and Michael Carlberg]
IARC as part of WHO evaluated radiofrequency (RF) radiation in May 2011 and concluded it to be a possible human carcinogen, Group 2B. However, in a fact sheet issued by WHO in June 2011 shortly after the IARC decision it was stated that 'To date, no adverse health effects have been established as being caused by mobile phone use'.
WHO has still not acknowledged health risks form RF radiation: 'No major public health risks have emerged from several decades of EMF research, but uncertainties remain'.
WHO plans to publish in 2017 an Environmental Health Criteria Monograph on RF radiation. It has been open for comments and parts of our letter to WHO is shown below: SNIPRead more →


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1. From Takayama to Shirakawa-go
Shirakwa-go is a village area in the north of Gifu prefecture.
95% of the area is forested and most of the nature around it has been undisturbed for many years. It has a lot of snow in winter, thus the Gassho style houses (wooden houses with steeply sloped thatched roofs) were created.
Shirakawa-go was registered as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995, and a lot of tourist come from all over the world to enjoy seeing the traditional Japanese houses of the Hida region. Night illumination events take place in January and February.
From Takayama, you need to take a bus to get there.
You can make a reservation at Nohi Bus terminal right next to JR Takayama Station.
From Takayama to Shirakawa-go
Travel Time: About an hour
Price: 2,470yen (One way) 4,420yen (Round-trip)
Bus ticket reservation/Bus Schedule: Nohi Bus
2. From Takayama to Hida Furukawa
It is a small town near Takayama city. Old wooden houses are preserved, and it is quieter and smaller than Takayama. On 19th and 20th of April, Furukawa Festival is held. Festival floats are displayed from 6:00am and traditional drums are played in the evening of the 19th.
On January 15th, Santera-mairi(pilgrimage of three temples in the area) is held.
About 1,000 Japanese candles are lined up the river.
Thousands of Koi fishes are swimming rivers of the area and you can enjoy the scenery and beautiful traditional architecture.
From Takayama to Hida Furukawa
・By Train
Travel Time: About 20min
Price: 240yen (One way)
・By Bus
Travel Time: About one hour
Price: 370yen (One way)
Bus ticket reservation/Bus Schedule: Nohi Bus
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Kaufman is a sleepy town on the outskirts of Dallas, but what should have been a tight-knit community was torn apart when three innocent people, including the county's top prosecutors, were gunned down in two incidents. A sinister message to police indicated more assassinations were planned. Was this the work of a white supremacist prison gang or was the terror closer than they could have imagined?Support Sinisterhood
Episode 43: The Kaufman County D.A. Murders
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The Codex Alimentarius Commission and GM Food LabelingEditors' Introduction:
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What is Codex Alimentarius?
The Process of Developing Labeling Standards for GM Foods in the Codex Alimentarius
The Labeling of GM foods—The Link between Codex and the WTO
Codex Alimentarius, Biotechnology, and Technical Barriers to Trade
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Analyzing Quality and Quality Assurance (Including Labeling) for GMOs
Consumers and GM Food Labels: Providing Information or Sowing Confusion?
Direct and Hidden Costs in Identity Preserved Supply Chains
Voluntary Labeling of Foodstuffs Derived from Modern Biotechnology
What Lies Behind the GM Label on UK Foods
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How to Cut Drywall Around a Fan
When you're installing a bathroom or kitchen vent fan in your home, you need to cut through the drywall because the fan rests inside the wall or ceiling. Cutting through the drywall is fairly easy, but you need to make sure that you place the hole in the proper location, and that you cut it to the proper size. Failing to do this correctly can leave you with a hole that is too big, forcing you to cut a second hole into the drywall and patching the first hole.
Locate the wall studs or ceiling joists in the area where you're cutting the hole with a stud finder, and mark their location. The hole for the fan must be placed between the framing for proper access.
Measure the diameter of the fan's intake port. Draw a square onto the drywall, with each side the same length as the diameter of the intake port.
Draw diagonal lines across the square in each direction. The point where the lines intersect marks the center of the square.
Draw a circle inside the sides of the square. You can do this using a compass placed at the center of the square, or by holding the fan housing against the drywall and tracing it.
Cut the drywall along the circular line with a drywall saw.
Things Needed
- Stud finder
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York Community Service Association, 45 Woodbridge Road, York, is a one-stop shop for the food pantry, fuel assistance and other needs. Call 363-5504.
York Community Service Association, 45 Woodbridge Road, York, is a one-stop shop for the food pantry, fuel assistance and other needs. Call 363-5504.
The York Food Pantry across the street at 38 Woodbridge Road provides food and puts together Thanksgiving and holiday baskets. Call 351-1928.
The association also has a York Community Thrift Shop for affordable clothing, household supplies and other items, 1320 Route 1 in Cape Neddick. Call 363-2510.
Leeward Landing, 90 Route 1, is another thrift store, with proceeds donated to local food pantries, heating assistance programs and other community organizations that provide services to working families that need help.
Toys for Tots is accepting people who need holiday gifts. Register at springvale-me.toysfortots.org.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Boardman-Ellis Post 6977 is holding a Christmas dinner from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25. The dinner is free with donations accepted. Registration is needed by calling 363-9827.
The Table of Plenty in York Village offers free weekly meals from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday at the First Parish Church Fellowship Hall on York Street. There's no paperwork and no questions are asked.
The American Legion Post 56 is holding a Toys for Tots fundraiser from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at the Ramsdell Rogers Hall on Hannaford Drive. There will be free admission to see the Smoke House Band with the donation of an unwrapped toy.
The American Legion is holding a Kids Christmas Party from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at the hall. Call 363-0376 for more information.
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NCAA approves kickoff rule change for upcoming football season
It looks like Lynn Bowden will have fewer opportunities to return a kick to the house this season, as the NCAA has announced a significant rule change to kickoff procedures in college football.
Effective immediately, the receiving team may now call for a fair catch anywhere inside the 25-yard line, resulting in a touchback.
Their stance? There is a significantly higher chance of injury on a kickoff that gets returned than one that ends in a touchback. (Mindblowing, I know.)
By incentivizing fair catches, the NCAA believes the total number of injuries throughout the season will decrease, making the game of football safer.
Back in 2010, former Rutgers Scarlet Knight Eric LeGrand was paralyzed from the neck down after making a tackle on a kickoff return. Concussions have been becoming more and more common, and with extensive research done on CTE, player safety is now the focus for both the NCAA and NFL.
Before the 2012 season, the NCAA moved the kickoff from the 30-yard line to the 35, along with touchbacks being moved from the 20 to the 25. The NFL made a similar change in 2016.
As for the most recent NCAA rule changes made this week, it also extends beyond kickoffs.
According to the official release, "the offense will not be allowed to block below the waist when the block occurs more than 5 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. Additionally, other than the interior linemen, all blocks below the waist must be from the front."
Players are also no longer to leap over opponents on field goals and extra point attempts to help protect the safety of offensive linemen.
After touchdowns and kickoffs, the play clock will be set at 40 seconds to "restart play more quickly."
For the entire list of NCAA rule changes, take a look here.


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Protection jewellery is something I have always specialised in, whether its protection from people, work environments or to support you if you are an empath I offer a wide range of protection crystals and jewellery as well as spell blends. Feedback I receive from my protection jewellery has always been amazing and is why I continue to make protection jewellery. I can also tailor make any protection jewellery. Some of the protection crystals I use is black tourmaline, obsidian and labradorite, all depends on your personal needs. All my jewellery is made with love and intention, placed on charge grids , with mantra and also at various moon cycles. The jewellery is then blessed and charged with healing and reiki healing.
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I love back to school shopping! For starters, I have a slight obsession with school supplies. I love all the fun back to school backpacks, the notebooks, the water bottles, the pens, the markers, the pencil holders….so many things I love! And then there's the back to school fashions. I love shopping for that perfect first day of school outfit. When my kids were littler, back to school shopping was much easier. They wore whatever I suggested and were happy with whatever character backpacks I found for them. As they've gotten older, back to school shopping has gotten more challenging. Thankfully, Justice has us covered with stylish back to school backpacks, clothes and accessories. Seriously, if you're looking for backpacks for girls, Justice has THE CUTEST!!!
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house 8 bedroom, Karlovy Vary
This Empire style villa is a memorable palace built in 1844 - Villa Lützow in Carlsbad is now being offered for sale. The villa has been completely successfully renovated. Current owner collector made no mass additions, cooperated with historians and preserved interiors that are historically outfitted in the style of 50th-70th years of the nineteenth century. The property is a fully restored monument at the best level. The villa with the basement has 400 m2. The ground floor consists of the central hall, a welcoming living room and a conservatory with access to the terrace with one of the best views of Karlovy Vary. In the left wing is a dining room and kitchen, and the right wing has a stately office with a bedroom and bathroom. On the upper floor is resting/living room with a ceiling 5.1 meters high and 3 additional bedrooms. The villa includes a signature rotunda with a statue of a cat, a terrace with staircase and the views of the city skyline. The garden with statues from the Berlin sculptor August Kiss offers a pleasant sitting in the gazebo. On the plot of 2 681 sq.m. is a garage for 2 cars. The entire facility is fenced and secured by CCTV. This is a very presentable property. We highly recommended a personal visit.
The energy label of the building is being issued at the moment and for that reason, we classify it as level G - highly inefficient.
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M*Modal's Revolutionary CDI Solution Suite Validated in Broad Production Use
Distinctive approach underscored by the KLAS CDI 2015 Solutions report citing strong results including a 30% reduction in queries & 10-15% increase in Case Mix Index (CMI)
FRANKLIN, TN – September 25, 2015 — M*Modal, a leading provider of clinical documentation and Speech Understanding™ solutions, today announced the company's innovative Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) solutions have been successfully deployed in clinical use at various healthcare organizations. Furthermore, the M*Modal CDI solutions were recognized by KLAS in its CDI Solutions 2015: Moving Closer to Documentation Completion Report published on September 17. Featured in the Early Data Vendor category, M*Modal received favorable comments from clients reporting measurable gains and noteworthy support from the company.
"The timely and relevant feedback delivered by M*Modal is critical to physician engagement as it helps physicians work smarter and faster, not harder," said Dr. William Melahn, MD, CMO, VPMA at St.
Claire's Regional Medical Center. "The M*Modal CDI solution not only helps monitor and improve physician behavior through strong reporting capabilities, it gives us unprecedented insight into what physicians are thinking naturally, not when merely checking a box. M*Modal bridges the gap between physician minds and where EMRs should be."
M*Modal uniquely addresses the issue of physician engagement and buy-in – identified as crucial success factors by the KLAS report. By delivering real-time, automated, high-impact CDI and ICD-10 documentation assistance and education to physicians as they create the clinical note, M*Modal makes CDI an integrated and continuous process rather than a separate, disruptive event.
The effectiveness of this original approach is verified by an M*Modal client comment in the KLAS report that said, "70% of our physicians are responding to messages triggered by the computer-assisted physician documentation."
"We are proud of our clients' continued support and confidence in us and are excited to have earned this recognition from KLAS for our CDI solutions," said Scott MacKenzie, CEO of M*Modal. "Our CDI solutions take an innovative approach to address the increasing documentation burden on physicians and providers by embedding CDI into existing workflows, leveraging current IT infrastructure, and delivering context-specific information in real time for improved quality, productivity and sustainability."
The M*Modal CDI solution suite uses proprietary Natural Language Understanding technology to automate and streamline CDI processes while meeting clients at their state of readiness in three ways:
- M*Modal CDI Engage uses Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD) to combine document creation, CDI and ICD-10 training into one seamless workflow for continuous improvement in the accuracy and timeliness of the note without compromising on physician workflow or productivity.
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There has been a lot of discussion recently about rights and while I love that people are acknowledging there's such a thing as rights, I'm also disheartened that it's clear people have absolutely no logical concept of what they are. For instance, when people demand people respect for gay rights, or claim they have a right to health care, or scream for "more rights from the government!", it seems people are just conflating rights and wants—whatever I want is a right and society must provide! This is a horrifically arbitrary view of rights and whenever there's a great deal of importance placed on the topic, it's bound to devolve into a violent, might-makes-right melee.
Dictionary.com defines right as "a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral." But that doesn't really clear things up—it just raises the question of what a just claim is.
St. Thomas Aquinas does a little better. He sees one's right as "what is due to each man," and that conversely, "one should do harm to no man." Centuries later, John Locke built on this foundation with his Natural Rights theory in his two treatises on government. He says that reason dictates that "no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions." He continues that, "every Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands, we may say, are properly his."
But even with the the Scholastic and Enlightenment explanation of rights, there still may be confusion. I'd like to attempt to clarify the concept of Natural Rights by providing three characteristics of them from a logical perspective, which should dispel any notion that the philosophy is arbitrary.
1. Rights are Inalienable
As Thomas Jefferson most eloquently wrote in the Declaration of Independence, "…All men are created equal and they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights…" This is vital to the concept of rights. It means that someone cannot take away said rights. It means that if someone tries to do so, you have the authority to use force to ensure they do not succeed.
An example would be that Bob has the right to life. Adolf doesn't think so and pulls out a gun to kill Bob for no reason. Bob has the authority to use force to ensure his right to life isn't violated. Thus, it would be legitimate for Bob to pull out his own gun and shoot Adolf's gun out of his hand (Bob is an expert marksman). Bob has the authority to use whatever force is necessary (proportional to the threat) to defend his right. If a thief takes your money, you can take it back.
This brings up an apparent conflict. If you use violence to defend yourself, doesn't that violate the criminal's rights? No, and here's why: Once someone violates the non-aggression principle and initiates violence on someone else, they automatically abdicate their own rights. This is an important distinction here. No one can take away your rights but if you initiate harm on someone else, you give up your own rights.
Rights don't come from the bureaucrats with American flag pins on their suit jackets—they come from "our Creator" and are inalienable meaning no one—not even said bureaucrats can take them away. This is something that even legislators who swear an oath to defend the Constitution forget and that ignorance tends to rub off on their constituents. The unfortunate result is a government that tramples rights constantly. As a great man once said, "No one can take away your Natural Rights but they can do great damage making you think they can."
It also logically follows that we don't have rights to things that are dependent on technological advances or a certain amount of wealth because those things don't always exist in any given situation. Saying you have a right to a cell phone, for instance, is like saying you have a right to a personal cold-fusion jet pack. Another example is that I have the right not to be shot by someone; I don't have the right to an emergency appendectomy to save my life. If no one around is capable enough to do the surgery, all of the sudden that "right" disappears, thus it is not inalienable and is not a true Natural Right.
2. Rights are Concurrent
Another mistake people make when discussing rights is to confuse negative and positive rights. Negative rights are those that do not require action or property from another. An example is the right to my life. No one has to do anything to let me continue living. Positive rights, on the other hand, are those that require something from someone else, for example, health care. In order for me to ensure my so-called right to health care, a doctor must treat me even if he doesn't want to.
But there is a problem with positive rights because they necessarily infringe on others' negative rights. You cannot have a right to health care without infringing on the doctor's right to liberty and free association. The modern health care system gets around this obvious clash of rights by introducing a bureaucratic middleman. People can have their right to health care and we'll pay the voluntary doctor with money we've taken from people against their will through taxation. But this also is a violation of negative rights—just once removed.
As Bastiat wrote:
M. de Lamartine wrote me one day: "Your doctrine is only the half of my program; you have stopped at liberty [a negative right]; I go on to fraternity [a positive right]." I answered him: "The second half of your program will destroy the first half."
Bastiat understood that true Natural Rights do not contradict others' Natural Rights—they are concurrent.
Rand Paul clearly understands this as Bernie Sanders misses the point completely:
3. Rights are Universal
Most of the political discussion regarding rights recently include modifiers like "minority," "gay," or "women's." This is an immediate red flag because—and I'm going to shock a lot of people here—there is no such thing as minority rights, gay rights, or women's rights. There are only human rights. That is, all humans have rights and all rights apply universally to all humans. When you add modifiers like black, gay, or women's, you imply that there are different rights for different groups of people. Some dastardly rascals throughout history have also made the same claim. Slavers said that they had the right to liberty but that their slaves did not and Nazis claimed that they had the right to life but that their Jewish captives didn't. Looking at it like this makes the distinction clear—modifying "rights" is illogical.
You can tell that certain so-called rights do not apply to everyone and thus is not a true Natural Right. Reproductive rights, for example, only apply to women, and thus are not true Natural Rights. Social security only applies to the elderly past a specific (and arbitrary) age, thus fails the test too.
Some people may claim that calling for minority, gay, or women's rights is not to set out unique rights for those groups but to ensure that those groups are included in human rights and that's a fine goal. But it would be more effective to make the argument that there are certain rights that apply to all humans and that indeed these groups consist of humans. Who could argue with that?
With these three principles as the standard for rights, you can easily see which ones pass and which ones do not. For instance, the right to a living wage is universal but it's not concurrent since it requires others to pay for that living wage potentially against their will and it's not inalienable because there just may not be a job for everyone, thus no one has a right to a living wage. On the other hand, the right to property is inalienable—no one can take it away; it's concurrent—it doesn't infringe on anyone else's rights; and it's universal—everyone can have property so it is a true Natural Right.
Accepting these logical standards will go a long way in clearing up the discussion on rights and rational discourse in general.
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This pdf has 3 levels of titles, I will only care the first 2 levels.
The particular feature of this pdf is that the first 2 levels of titles have the same font style and size, so we have to add additional regex condition to differentiate them.
Below is how I did it using "generate bookmark from page text"
- There is a bug, although I checed "title case". The first level is not "title case", the letters are all uppercase
Besides the bug I mentioned, I also have a suggestion. You know you can't generate a perfect bookmark as you like in a single step, you have to try several times to make things right. Evermap's autobookmark tool has a handy option called "insert bookmarks replace existing bookmarks". While in Editor, I have to select all previous wrong bookmark and deleted them first, then generate new. This is kind of inconvenience.


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Spotlight on Graduate Medical Education
There's an old joke that gets passed around teaching hospitals: don't get sick in July. Why? July 1 is when the new residents arrive on the floors of the hospital, fresh from medical school and with limited patient care experience under their belts.
Television medical dramas like to portray residents as bumbling indentured servants at the mercy of eye-rolling nurses and demanding attending physicians. While the role of the resident has evolved, they continue to walk a fine line between being a student and an employee, but the residents' primary purpose or reason for participating in the program is to further his/her education, skill, and ability in the practice of medicine. They provide a service to the hospital, and in return, receive an education from patients, faculty and staff. They dedicate most of their young adult lives to a rigorous training program, which lasts from three to seven years.
Somewhere along the way, they become the teachers, mentoring medical students and younger residents. The system of "see one, do one, teach one" has endured for 100 years, but Vanderbilt's Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME), first under the direction of Fred Kirchner, M.D., who led it for 20 years, and now Donald Brady, M.D., MD '90, who succeeded him in 2008, has raised the standard and has implemented a number of innovative programs to support, nurture, educate and graduate the next generation of physicians.
Boot Camp
Jokes about new residents aside, it is true they don't know the vast majority of what they are expected to do their first day on the job. They arrive at Vanderbilt from numerous medical schools and with varied clinical experience.
"When I was an intern, I didn't know how to do anything," recalls fourth-year General Surgery resident, Kyla Terhune, M.D., who remembers being overwhelmed during her first rotation, which was in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit in 2004. "Although I love the ICU now, every time I walk into the ICU, I remember that gut-wrenching experience of walking in that first day."
To help ease the transition from student to physician, Terhune, along with Arna Banerjee, M.D., assistant professor of Anesthesiology, conducts a two-day "boot camp" for incoming residents. Boot camp orients interns to the unstable patient (managing an airway, performing CPR); the stable patient who has medical issues (decreased urine output, change in mental status); and basic skills (placing chest tubes, obtaining vascular access, knot tying for Surgery residents).
"Residency relies on a system of sequential teaching: attending physicians teaching senior residents who teach junior residents. Boot camp just adds a little more structure to the system," Terhune said. "I felt like there were certain skills I'd rather not use for the first time on a patient. Every experience during internship is a new experience. You can't predict what all the new experiences will be, but you can try to figure out the most important ones and address those."
The Department of Emergency Medicine offers a month-long didactic orientation for its 12 first-year residents. Before they treat their first patient, they attend lectures, classes and hands-on labs where they learn suturing, splinting and placing lines. The orientation serves as an important bonding experience for the Emergency Medicine residents, who rotate throughout various services in the hospital for the first year and often don't cross paths with each other for months at a time.
Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Working 80 hours a week and spending every third night on call, residents have unique access to every department and division in the Medical Center, see it at its best and worst, both day and night, and have a great perspective on what works well and what doesn't. No one is in a better position to offer suggestions for improvement than residents.
All second-year Medicine residents and third-year Medicine-Pediatric residents participate in an eight-week quality improvement (QI) seminar that meets for two hours every Thursday. G. Waldon Garriss III, M.D., oversees the seminar and the 135 residents who participate in it.
"We start with why quality improvement is important and make a case for that. It has to do with things like medical errors. The U.S. health care system is three to eight times as deadly as a handgun. If you really want to do someone in, put them in a hospital," Garriss said.
A group of 10-12 residents agree on a case that had a bad outcome, or could have had a bad outcome, and they have eight weeks to find a solution.
"We've all had one case that's gone really sour, but if it rarely happens, we might not want to spend a lot of time and energy to fix it. However, if it's a minor problem that happens over and over again, it's a huge problem," Garriss said. "We want residents to realize that they are so close to the teeth of the gears, where the rubber meets the road, they know better than anybody what's going on and have great insight."
The residents have successfully implemented several key changes, among them the timeframe in which patients with community-acquired pneumonia are given antibiotics.
"This hospital is judged on whether people with community-acquired pneumonia get antibiotics within four hours of coming through our door. We had some cases a few years ago when Vanderbilt was lagging behind peer institutions with that one thing," Garriss said.
A team of residents tackled the problem and now there are prompts when a pneumonia diagnosis is suspected. When residents review chest X-rays, there is a reminder that the clock is ticking for antibiotics. In addition, the ER physicians have been authorized to start antibiotics rather than waiting for a Medicine resident to write the orders.
"It's important for our residents to understand that medical care is no longer them and a patient behind a closed door negotiating what's going to happen. They practice within a system. It's a team sport," Garriss said. "There is still some individual responsibility to make it happen. I have a message written on the resident room: 'There's no "I" in team but there is one in QI.'"
The Department of Emergency Medicine began using the Kaizen Toyota model, an online quality improvement system, two years ago. Since then, 1,100 suggestions have been submitted, and 80 percent have been implemented. Every suggestion is sent to Corey Slovis, M.D., chairman of the department, and he assigns it to the most appropriate person who can affect change. At every stage, the person who submitted the suggestion receives feedback. The program started with residents, now includes faculty, and is being rolled out to nurses.
"We have new intubation equipment to allow our residents to visualize a patient's airway and project what he or she is seeing onto a screen so the attending can see it, too. I received a message from a resident before I went to work one morning that the screen wasn't working," Slovis recalled. "I sent it to the trauma coordinator who contacted the manufacturing representative who was in the hospital that day. He was able to fix the screen before he left at noon."
Checks and Balances
Helping residents develop and tailor training to their own individual needs while achieving competencies to be board-certified pediatricians is the goal behind individual learning portfolios used in the Department of Pediatrics.
"One of the changes that has happened in the last five to 10 years is that residency isn't just a set amount of time. It's the beginning of lifelong learning," said Rebecca Swan, M.D., Pediatric residency program director.The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires individualized learning plans, and Swan has taken it a step further to make it a tool that her 70 residents can continue to use after graduation. The portfolio is a self-reflective process by which the residents review their perceived strengths and weaknesses with their faculty mentors every six months.
"It's nice for them to have that one-on-one relationship with someone who is their mentor and not their supervisor," Swan said.
The portfolio tracks all of a resident's evaluations from faculty, medical students, parents, nursing and support staff.
"We used to only get evaluations from faculty, but it's incredibly helpful to expand that. Nurses, for example, see the residents in a whole different way than faculty. The faculty doesn't see residents talking to families in the middle of the night who call with questions and are worked up. Even our best residents get useful feedback from nurses."
Swan dedicates 70 percent of her time to educating residents and running the Pediatric residency program. While she precepts residents in clinic, she doesn't see any of her own patients.
"That's the big tradeoff to being an academic pediatrician as opposed to being in private practice. I was in private practice before I came here, and I miss that, but I love the education part. It's just fun to watch residents get confident in their skills," she said. "I recently worked with an ER resident who was doing his first pediatric rotation, and he did a great job. Yesterday, one of the patients he discharged asked me, 'Do you work with that really tall doctor much? Tell him I really liked him. He really listened to me.' Residents work so hard, and it's nice to pass that kind of comment along."
Emotional Support
Residents have a different lifestyle than their peers who opted for other careers. While their college classmates are working 40-50 hours a week, residents are dealing with life and death situations over the course of 80-plus hours per week.
"During residency training you don't have as much control of your schedule. You've moved to a new city, and may or may not have anyone you know. As a young adult, you're dealing with life issues like buying a car, raising a family, taking care of yourself and trying to do it around an odd schedule you can't control," Brady said. "Most residents become good at being resilient. They do get stressed. We try to have systems set up to share and talk about stress."
The House Staff Advisory Council, which Terhune and Chris Kuzniewski, M.D., co-chair, allows the residents to have representation on Medical Center boards and to have regular meetings with GME staff to discuss resident-specific issues ranging from cleanliness of call rooms, to duty hours and benefits.
The Vanderbilt House Staff Alliance, which has existed for more than 20 years, is a social and philanthropic organization of residents' spouses and significant others. It sponsors lectures, seminars and interest groups to engage the spouses and offer support. It hosts "Medical Marriages — Matters of the Heart," a series of talks hosted by Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, and his wife, Melinda, with advice on building a strong marriage that can withstand the stress of residency.
Mother Hen
At the heart of every residency program is the program coordinator. Betty Warner has been the Department of Otolaryngology residency program coordinator for five years. She likes to say she has 20 kids, all of them physicians.
Warner works 10-hour days and answers 75 to 125 e-mails a day, beginning when she wakes up until the time she goes to bed. She works nights and weekends for special occasions. She is responsible for making sure her residents meet all of the requirements set forth by the ACGME and Residency Review Committee. She organizes the interviewing process for incoming residents, oversees the graduation ceremony for outgoing residents and provides a healthy dose of TLC to all those in between.
"It's like being a mother to a bunch of people to keep them on task," she said with a laugh. "There is a lot of paperwork they have to keep up with, including their duty hours, compliance issues, vacation days, call and rotation schedules, keeping [ACLS/BLS] certifications current and making sure everyone has enough money on their I.D. cards to eat while on call."
Warner said she particularly enjoys bonding with the residents.
"You become a sounding board for them. I've had female residents talk to me about boyfriend problems, and male residents talk about problems with their wives/girlfriends or their wives leaving them. I've had residents sit in my office and cry because they've had to tell a parent that their child died in the ER," she said. "It's such a broad spectrum of things you hear. Being there for them is very rewarding."
First-year Otolaryngology resident, Mark Van Deusen, M.D., had been living in Nashville for just two weeks when he developed a temperature of 103.5 and signs of pneumonia. He had just moved from Syracuse, N.Y., to begin his residency and wasn't sure where to go for help, so he asked Warner.
"Betty referred me to Occupational Health. She was outstanding in helping to ensure that I would be able to make up any orientation that I couldn't attend. She even offered to bring me groceries while I was at home recovering. Fortunately, I was able to start my residency on time and even made all the orientation sessions," Van Deusen said.
The residents' study and sleep room is just down the hall from Warner's office, so she makes sure it is stocked with linens and academic journals and tries to overlook the mess.
"I don't, however, make their beds or change their sheets. That's on them. Like any mother, it drives me nuts to walk in there and see it a mess, but I just let it be their mess," she said good-naturedly.
In June she bade farewell to four graduating residents, and in July welcomed four new ones.
"When they first come here, they are fresh out of medical school and they have no specialized training, and then they leave to go into private practice or academic medicine and take care of patients on their own. It's incredible to watch them develop over that five-year period. My residents are amazing. I love them."


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Let me get this out of the way right up front: I'm not sure this episode actually deserves a B+. But the bunnies certainly do. Is there any chance of getting an all-bunny edition of The Amazing Race next season? Somebody run that up the chain of command over at Worldrace Productions. Of course, cute as they are, the obstacle-hopping rabbits aren't the only reason this episode turned out better than I thought it would. A surprise ending (and not a particularly unwelcome one) didn't hurt, either.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. First, it's time to fly from Africa to Copenhagen, Denmark, a city The Amazing Race has never visited before. Although they all start with the same reservations, teams are given free rein to find their own flights, and apparently there are many options. Laurence and Zac book a flight through London (a fact they don't exactly share during the uncomfortable exchange with Ernie and Cindy that gives this episode its title) and are the first to arrive at 8:30 p.m. The Dudez and Jeremy and Sandy take the ever-popular Cimber Air, arriving at 10:35, while Bill and Cathi and Ernie and Cindy take Norwegian Air and land at 11:00 p.m. None of this ends up mattering, of course, because their next destination is a tower that doesn't open until 7 the next morning.
What does matter is that Marcus and Amani are the only team to stick with their original reservations, sleeping through the night in the Amsterdam airport and waking up to find no other teams still around. Indeed, for most of the episode, Marcus and Amani look like a team determined to lose. No matter how many football metaphors Marcus pulls out of his playbook, they keep falling further behind. Fortunately for them, they're not the only team apparently playing for last place, as Jeremy and Sandy make their share of mistakes, as well. (Late in the episode, Sandy is hilariously oblivious of Jeremy's increasing frustration at her navigational ineptitude.)
The Roadblock is a Dancing with the Doofuses showdown, as one member of each team must dress like Medieval Times waitstaff and perform a series of jigs to lilting lute music. (Laurence, in one of his many just-shut-up-Laurence moments of the evening, claims he would have been good at this because he was once a frontman in rock band. So why is hapless Zac doing the footwork?) It's not a particularly exciting task—Andy in particular looks like he's been to enough Renaissance Faires to pull it off in his sleep—but as long as it irritates Laurence, it's all right with me.
The Detour is much more entertaining, and I believe I mentioned the reason: bunnies. Sure, the butter-churning had its moments, too—I'll expect at least a dozen humorous animated gifs from this task online by the time I post this review—but nothing beats Marcus cheering his rabbit through the course like he's coaching it in Pee-Wee Football. Two other teams are forced to complete the bunny hop as well, thanks to the Double U-Turn. Cindy and a reluctant Ernie U-Turn Bill and Cathi, which struck me as a strategic blunder. Yes, it ensures Cindy and Ernie a first-place finish for this leg, but I think they lost sight of the bigger picture. Don't they remember just last week, when Tommy and Andy hustled past them to the Pit Stop? Shouldn't they have taken a shot at knocking the Dudez out of the game?
Then again, if they had U-Turned Tommy and Andy, we might have been denied the satisfying ending to this week's episode. The U-Turned Bill and Cathi use their own U-Turn on Laurence and Zac, who then manage to get even more lost than Jeremy and Sandy. For the first time in ages, this show faked me out in the end, as I was sure Laurence and Zac would still beat the dating couple to the mat. Honestly, either outcome would have been fine with me, but I'm relieved to see the Laurence show come to an end. Yes, his absence will leave the show without a clear-cut villain, but he was a lame villain anyway, and his one-liners were all terrible. (Two "may the Force be with you" gags? Really?) Since Zac was just sort of boring, I won't miss them much at all.
Stray observations:
- Realizing they've been U-Turned, Laurence sputters, "This is bloody ridiculous!" What is? U-Turning a team that's actually still behind you?
- "Is that a rabbit? In our country, them are goats!"
- "We choose not to U-Turn." Actually, that choice was made for you, Amani, as there are no U-Turns remaining.
- Next week: Bill in a thong. Set your DVRs!