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Herb Alpert, with 28 of his albums just reissued and 3 new ones, busy as ever
Like Bob Dylan and the late Miles Davis, trumpeter and former Tijuana Brass leader Herb Alpert prefers to look forward, not back.
"I never listened to my albums after I made them, except for maybe a cut here or there," said the 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and 2012 National Medal of Arts recipient.
But Alpert made a recent exception when no fewer than 28 of his albums were re-mastered prior to being reissued this year. His assessment?
"I was surprised by how good they are!" he said, laughing.
Could Alpert elaborate?
"I always try to make music out of passion and I loved the process," said the trumpeter, who performs a Bayside Summer Nights concert here on July 6, with his wife, singer, Lani Hall, their band and the San Diego Symphony.
"You know my story — I started playing when I was 8, so I'm hooked on music. I'm seduced by the whole idea of recording. And I met some great mentors in my day."
One of those mentors was the late, great vocal star Sam Cooke, whose 1960 hit, "Wonderful World," was co-written by Alpert.
It's a relationship that had a major impact on the then-fledgling trumpeter, who was barely 22 when he began working as a staff songwriter at Keen Records in Los Angeles in 1957. It was there that he met Cooke, the former gospel singer-turned-pop-sensation.
"When I started playing trumpet, i was inspired Harry James, Louis Armstrong and Clifford Brown," Alpert recalled. "But when I met Sam Cooke, he was a mentor — and he didn't know it — by example. He came out of the gospel field and had this soulful quality that was infectious. He said: 'Herbie, people are listening to a cold pice of wax; it either makes it or it don't.'
Alpert laughed as he described watching Cooke walk around with a notebook filled with song lyrics, including the yet-to-be-recorded "Having a Party."
"Sam came up to me one day, and said: 'Herbie, what do you think of this lyric?' It went: The cokes are in the icebox, the popcorn's on the table / Me and my baby, we're out here on the floor...
"I thought I twas corniest thing I'd ever heard! But I didn't tell him that. Instead, I said: 'What does this song sound like?' He picked up his guitar and turned this corny song into something beautiful, with his passion and his great voice.
"That's when I got it — it ain't what you do, it's the way you do it. What I learned from Sam was to listen to myself as an audience would. When I record something and hear it played back, I'm not listening to the trumpet player, I'm listening to the overall feeling. When I hear something I've done that makes me feel content, I stop."
From Cat Stevens to Janet Jackson
The success of Cooke's "Wonderful World" in 1960 came two years before Alpert and Jerry Moss launched A&M Records with just $200 between them.
Their independent label went on to become the home for everyone from The Carpenters, Cat Stevens and Quincy Jones to The Police, Amy Grant and Janet Jackson. Alpert and Moss sold A&M in 1989 for $500 million.
Alpert still contends that singular West Indian singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, who signed with A&M in the 1970s, should have been a much bigger success than she was. he also recalled one of his earlier signings, a brother-sister duo that faltered before clicking with radio programmers and record buyers in a very big way.
"When I signed the Carpenters to A&M, their first couple of records didn't do well," Alpert admitted.
"People in my own company said: 'Why are you recording these kids? Their music is too soft.' Then 'Close to You' came out, and bang! They are one of A&M's biggest artists, to this day."
In ealy 1977, A&M signed budding English punk-rock provocateurs the Sex Pistols, then dropped them six days later.
Alpert has no regrets about cutting the band loose so quickly, even though A&M forfeited the advance payment it had given the band. The relationship soured the day A&M signed the Pistols, whose members then went to A&M's London offices, where they cursed at employees, destroyed a toilet and generally wreaked havoc. The fact that the band's singer, Johnny Rotten, threatened to kill a close friend of the head of A&M's English operations didn't help matters.
"I was never crazy about them, right from the get-go, so it didn't hurt my feelings that we let them go," Alpert said of the Sex Pistols. "I didn't like their negative energy."
But the first artist to put A&M on the map was Alpert himself. His worldwide album sales withe the Tijuana Brass and as a solo artist now top 72 million.
He and his band scored 13 Top 40 hits in the U.S. between 1962 and 1967, including "The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro)," "Taste of Honey" and "Tijuana Taxi." Alpert went solo in 1968 and quickly scored his first No. 1 song with "This Guy's in Love with You." He topped the charts again with "Rise" in 1979. In 2014, he won his ninth Grammy Award.
Tijuana inspiration was no bull
"The Lonely Bull," incidentally, was inspired by Alpert's annual visits to Tijuana, as he recounted in a 2015 Union-Tribune interview.
"I used to go to bullfights in Tijuana for about three years, during the spring, and I liked the sound of this little band that was used to announce the different fights," Alpert explained.
"It wasn't a Mariachi band, it was a brass band, and I was trying to get the feeling of those afternoons that I spent there with 'The Lonely Bull.' Then, Jerry, my partner, came up with the band name, Tijuana Brass. We later did a TV special, and part of it was filmed in that bullring in Tijuana."
By the time 2017 ends, Alpert will have released three new albums this year alone — including "Music Vol. 1" — and completed a national tour wife Hall with their band. He is also very involved with the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA, now the home to the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz.
A native of Los Angeles' Boyle Heights neighborhood, Alpert chortled when asked if he now felt a sense of urgency to do as much as possible.
"An urgency because the end is near? Have you spoken to my cardiologist?" he said, laughing again.
The 82-year-old trumpeter grew more serious.
"I'm not kicking back; I'm kicking it forward!" he said, speaking from his Los Angeles home. "I wake up each morning, excited about painting and sculpting and playing my horn. Doing these concerts gives me a lot of energy and pleasure.
"I know I can make a lot of people happy with my music, and I will do that as long as I can. I've been very blessed, beyond my dreams."
But those dreams hit a major road block in 1969.
While going through an emotionally wrenching divorce before he married Hall, his wife of 43 years, Alpert found he could no longer play his trumpet. That made his sold-out European concert tour "really torturous," he recalled.
"It was emotional; I was not in touch with myself. I was thinking: 'I have the American Dream come true.' I was famous, rich and miserable. That was a real eye-opener for me. I had to see who the heck I was, what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and whether I wanted to be a musician or not."
For his performance here with his band and the San Diego Symphony, Alpert plans to cover a lof of musical ground.
"We have specific charts for playing with orchestras," he noted. "Lani and I have been playing with the same band for the past 12 years and we have big back-log of songs. I try to make it iinteresting for myself, my wife and our group.
"We scramble it up — it's not cookie a cookie-cutter concert. It's very loose, with a lot of jazz, a Tijuana Brass medley and Lani does a Brazil '66 retrospective. And, around that, it's just stuff we lke to play and it's very loose, with a lot of improvising. It's been very successful; we've had standing ovations."
As the conversation drew to a close, Alpert's interviewer noted that some musicians are just getting to bed at 9 a.m., not doing press.
"Those were the old days, man, I can't do that anymore!" he said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, them were the old good days."
Veteran Herb Alpert band keyboardist Bill Cantos is a former San Diegan."He's a brilliant musician," Alpert said, "and I've told him."
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When: 7:30 p.m. next Thursday, July 6
Where: Embarcadero Marina Park South, 200 Marina Park Way., downtown
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1. Wall Drill Stand close to a wall or barrier.
Place the nub of the bat against your belly button and the barrel of the bat against the wall. Using only that distance, execute your swing without the barrel of the bat striking the wall or barrier.
2. Tee Drill Kneel with a standard batting tee parallel to your body. Place the nub of the bat to your belly button and the barrel against the tee. Using only that distance, execute your swing without the barrel of the bat striking the tee or knocking the tee down.
3. One Hand Off Tee Kneel parallel to the tee. Take 25 swings with the forehand and 25 swings with the backhand. Work on keeping the hands in and drawing a line across your chest as you take the bat to the ball.
4. One Hand Toss If your right handed, hold the bat in your left hand in the ready position. Toss a ball up with your right hand and draw a line across your chest as you drive the ball. This forces you to keep your hands in and execute a proper swing. Reverse for left handed hitter.
5. Knob Of Bat To Tee (follow though) - Place a ball on the tee. Set up properly with stance and hands. Take the nub of the bat to the ball on the tee. This again emphasizes proper hand movement and a short compact swing. Repeat 25 times.
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According to Companies House documents obtained by The Sun, Cara doubled her earnings last year and made £21,594,838 in 2018, compared to £12.46million in 2017.
The accounts for her company Cara & Co, which looks after her modelling and promo work reveal that the catwalk star took home just over £59,000 per day last year. PER DAY.
The English model and actress surpassed rivals Kate Moss, 45, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, 32, who earned £9m and £8m respectively.
Meanwhile, most of her money were not made from the modelling world, she's also a director of her family's property empire called Harvey White Properties Ltd, along with sisters, Poppy and Chloe, and father, Charles.
In 2018, the company made a profit of £5.4 million and their investment portfolio was worth nearly £44 million.
Despite her rich status, Cara has previously said money doesn't make her happy.


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Poor Little Pluto
From Plank Road Publishingby John Riggio
In 2006 the definition of a planet changed, resulting in Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet. "Poor Little Pluto" takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the issue and declares, "You're still a planet in my heart." Though it's not a particularly scientific song, it does make a great cross-curricular tie-in to study of the solar system.
The song is mostly unison, but the optional Part 2 makes the tune a call and response in the second ending. (from Music K-8, Vol. 17, No. 5)
(Run time: 2:36)
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text: I have been working on created surveys for 2 types of insect collection. Each insect will have one survey form for a trap establishment and another survey for trap inspection. For the trap inspection surveys, is there a way to have a drop down menu for the site name that is updated automatically every time someone establishes a trap? This way if they go back to a site to inspect a trap, all they need to do is select the site name from a drop down versus typing in the site name every time they do an inspection?


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Opposition parties and unions on Tuesday called for Transport Minister Marios Demetiades to resign over the many problems that have arisen at Limassol port since its operation was taken over by the private company, Eurogate.
The minister drew the ire of workers' unions and opposition parties following his claims on Monday that machinery at the port had been vandalised prior to January 29, the date of the handover to the private operator.
Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC on Tuesday, Demetriades stood by his earlier statements on vandalism, which, he said, were based on information from the management of the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA).
This, however, does not mean the delays of the last few weeks since Eurogate took over are justified, he added.
"I do not in any way justify the company for the delays. We expected that it would deal with the problems sooner," Demetriades said.
As regards the alleged vandalism, Demetriades said he has already asked the CPA to investigate.
Commenting on reactions against his statement, he said that he was only "making a general comment to show that some things happened, one of which was this". The acts of vandalism were made by some employees of the licensed porters, he added.
Demetriades said the damage would not cost millions to fix but meant that "one or two machines were not operable".
"What's important now is for the service of ships," he said. Eurogate, he added, has set as a goal 1,000 containers per day by the end of the 30-day transitional period agreed on Saturday, following President Nicos Anastasiades' intervention. During the CPA's administration, the average number of containers processed was 600.
The company, he said, has ordered additional machinery and is fixing the existing ones.
Diko head Nicolas Papadopoulos, during a visit to the port on Tuesday, called for the resignation of Demetriades over the mess following the handover.
"If I were the transport minister, I would have already resigned," Papadopoulos said. He added that the government chose to exclude the competent authority, the CPA, from negotiations with private investors.
"They chose direct negotiation of contracts and the result of this decision is chaos, delays and losses in the millions," Papadopoulos said.
The administrations of former presidents Tassos Papadopoulos and Demetris Christofias, he said, had managed without any problems "the more complex cases of the airports", while the current government has managed to "close the port through mismanagement and wrong handlings".
The head of Edek affiliated workers' union Deok, Diomidis Diomidous, dismissed Demetriades' statements on vandalism and said that the equipment the government bought from the licensed porters, for €28m, and which Eurogate was called to operate "was like scrapyard junk".
He said when he asked the minister following the purchase why he paid the porters €28m for the scrapyard junk they sold him, he received "no serious answer".
The government, he added, paid the 32 licensed porters €28m for that equipment while it gave the around 60 employees of these porters, in total, €1.5m in compensation.
"Today, without a second thought he (Demetriades) is slandering employees of the porters who are now mostly unemployed, saying they have vandalised [the equipment]. No one has the right, not even a minister, to voice such accusations against a group of workers, instead of reporting names to the police," Diomidous said. "As long as he does not do this, we have the right to call him a slanderer".
Diomidous said that Demetriades made a mess at the port and ought to hand in his resignation to the president.
He added that the workers had previously refused several times to operate the equipment, which due to its bad shape, was considered as dangerous.
Representative of the licensed porters Andreas Prastitis refuted Diomidous' claims about the equipment. The machinery was sold to the CPA in August 2015, he said. "That 'scrapyard junk' was fully operable until January 29".
Akel parliamentary spokesman Giorgos Loukaides called on the government and Demetriades to assume their responsibilities and stop the blame game.
Operations at the port are slowly returning to normalcy following the agreement achieved on Saturday between Eurogate and other stakeholders for a 30-day adjustment period to allow the former to introduce measures to help resolve problems. A committee has also been set up to monitor daily progress and which will update the president.


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Settle the beige mushroom Smoke amidst soft, tonal blues to add a gentle neutral to tame the scheme. Together, the colours will form a coastal look, so add bleached woods and shabby chic furniture to complete the style.
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Tasked with promoting the "monster suction" of the extra powerful Miele S8 vacuum cleaner. Mayer McCann Erickson, Bratislava, Slovakia created an online video that shows how the machine can vacuum absolutely everything.
They turned a well-known tunnel in Slovakia into a pipe of the Miele S8. The pipe indeed vacuumed everything – even cars and trucks.
As a PR stunt, this viral video worked beautifully as many wondered online of the stunt had actually taken place…
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it is official - my sister & brother-in-law are having another boy!!! we are all so excited. there is something about finding out the sex that just seems to make things "official"(at least for those of us who aren't actually carrying the baby).
i can't wait to see how this little boy loves his new brother
crosby nelson, we can't wait to meet you!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
we're having a(nother) nephew!!
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Durability, modularity and light weights make the MT Series a simple choice.
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Welcome to Sunny Education International.
Our mission is to recruit qualified ESL teachers for academic institutions in China and to equip the applicants from North America and UK to teach ESL.
The primary objectives of Sunny Education International Inc. are to recruit English-speaking teachers for job placements in China, and to train ESL teachers in the US, Canada, UK and China.
We offer long-term placements (one year to two years), as well as two- to three-week summer camp programs, where you will either teach English directly or train Chinese teachers to teach English to Chinese students. We also offer basic training in cultural compatibility techniques, where we explore how to teach English to Chinese students for whom English is a second language.
In addition to our teacher-oriented services, we also advise and place Chinese students interested in applying to high schools and universities in US and Canada. We also place Chinese students in summer camps in the US, Canada, UK and Australia to study English.
Sunny Education International is committed to quality, reliability and excellent services in the areas of the special TESOL training and in the placement of our teaching applicants. We have offices in San Francisco, and China.


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In 1923, a lawyer from Columbia University named Robert Lee Hale wrote the charmingly titled "Coercion and Distribution in a Supposedly Non-Coercive State" to argue that there is a significant gap between the theory of a how is supposed to work and how it actually gets applied in practice. It was Hale's work, along with the Supreme Court opinions written by justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, that helped give rise to a school of philosophy called legal realism in which you focus on the real-world effects of laws rather than regarding laws as self-executing principles that get properly applied as intended.
A similar shift is taking place in the field of investing as The Dalbar Institute has led studies showing that investors actually reap returns of 3-4% over 20+ year measuring periods in which the stock market delivers 9-10% annual returns, providing data ammunition that confirms behavior economics and … Read the rest of this article!


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Ageing has many challenges and one of them is losing your teeth. None of us likes saying goodbye to our pearly whites. Teeth are lost through grinding, decay, infection, smoking, diabetes, and other lifestyle-related causes. More often than anything, they fall out due to gum disease.
Fortunately, dental researchers are constantly finding ways to improve available techniques and, in the 21st century, the use of new materials and techniques has made dentures more lifelike and easier to wear.
Dentists throughout the country offer dentures and if you live in Farnham, one dentist that offers this invaluable service is Elmsleigh House Dental Clinic.
What Are Dentures?
Dentures are removable false teeth. They are used to replace missing teeth and gums. Partial dentures replace just a few teeth, while complete, or full, dentures replace all the teeth.
Dentures Then and Now
Over the years, dentures have become better fitting, more comfortable and more realistic looking, but they still have quite a reputation for problems based on old technology. Dentures in the past did not look very realistic: the gum bits were too pink, the teeth too white or nowhere near the same shape as the wearer's original teeth. As if that wasn't enough, dentures could be embarrassingly badly fitting, seeming to have a life of their own in a person's mouth, not to mention the whistling and speech problems they could also cause.
Fortunately, these days dentures are no longer another problem you just have to grin and bear in old age, but a solution that brings you a healthier mouth.
What Makes Dentures So Much Better These Days?
New improved resins, stains and custom-made artificial teeth make a beautiful, natural smile much more possible to recreate.
But new materials are not all that's important. Over the decades, dentistry has vastly improved its understanding of the science involved in managing different mouth and jaw shapes, as well as the muscle skills of the patients receiving the dentures.
The methods for making dentures have also advanced. Dentures can now be made with injection moulding techniques that improve accuracy of fit. Also, denture makers are far more skilled in creating dentures that look natural. It is an art in itself.


text: It has long been known that to increase strikes on a trolled streamer jerking your rod forward quickly and then letting it sink back is an effective technique for triggering salmon and trout to strike. Over many decades this technique has been used by expert fishermen. But it doesn't take long when hand jigging 100-200' feet or wire or lead core line to get a tired arm. And you are never sure if the minute you stop hand jigging you troll past an aggressive fish that could be triggered with a wounded bait impression. In the 1970's a few companies came out with jigging boxes that were mounted on the gunwale of the boat that you set your rod into. Very effective tools but also put quite a drain on your battery and rod flex diminishes the action. In 1995 Cee Dee tackle introduced the Downjigger, the first water powered jigging device. Later we developed the G2jigger a more compact and easier to use jigger and after a few years of trial and error and many prototypes we came out with the Skijigger, the ultimate trolling device to trigger the instinct and make fish aggressive. More than once we have sen salmon race to the skijigger and jump over or beside it. The thumping action of the propeller will draw fish to the surface from as deep as 25'. These jigging systems will jig all day every day in every condition. With a little practice and perseverance you can expect an increase in strikes of 4-8 times more than with static trolled streamers and lures.


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Cacace, Tusch & Santagata, a law firm serving the State of Connecticut, is proud to announce Attorney Michael P. Nemec has joined the firm as an associate. Michael's practice will focus on land use and zoning, and civil litigation.
Before his association with Cacace, Tusch & Santagata, Michael served as a staff attorney for the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services in Hartford, CT. There, he provided legal advice and representation to the statewide agency in all phases of employment litigation. Michael graduated with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he carried a GPA of 3.56. While attending law school Michael served as a Moot Court Board Member and completed several internships with state administrative offices. As an intern for the Office of the State's Attorney, he prosecuted a criminal jury trial, including witness interviews and testimony preparation. He also served as an intern for the Office of the Governor's General Counsel's Office, where he drafted executive orders and reviewed legislation awaiting gubernatorial signature. After earning his degree, Mr. Nemec served as a Legal Action Project Fellow with the Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence in Washington, DC, where he researched legal issues for the pre-eminent national advocacy group. Michael also served as a litigation intern with Shipman & Goodwin.
Michael has served on the Stamford Zoning Board of Appeals. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Stamford Family YMCA.
"We are thrilled to welcome Michael to the practice. He is an experienced attorney, having spent years representing the State of Connecticut as an employer," said partner, Mark Santagata. "Mike's service on the Stamford ZBA also provides him with a unique and detailed understanding of the Administrative Appeals process."


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The Transitory Nature of the Estate Tax Exemption Amount
With $11.18 million of cover under the unified credit under the 2017 tax act, more estates than ever are exempt from federal estate tax. This is especially so for married individuals, who have double this amount and the benefits of portability to help make effective use of both spouse's exemption amounts.
Clients need to be reminded that this exemption amount is NOT permanent. Come 2026. . .


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Nektan To Offer Konami Slots
Nektan, one of the largest providers of B2B services and solutions for online casinos in the world, has signed an agreement with Spin Games LLC of North America, the company said in a statement.
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Spin Games is the holder of the rights for the hugely popular series of virtual slot machines based on the Konami product catalogue.
"We are hugely excited to be the first provider to bring Konami titles to European regulated markets, and this agreement with Spin Games will allow us to expand our excellent range of content with an industry leading partner," said Claire Osborne, Commercial Director at Nektan.
Spin Games To Take Advantage Of Nektan Platform
For its part, Spin Games expressed excitement at being able to see its worldwide leading content being used on Nektan's leading B2B solution. Nektan is well known for offering online casinos the ability to maximize the data they collect from games, something that could indirectly help Spin Games to improve its own offerings moving forward.
"We are thrilled to have signed a deal to bring our exceptional range of games to Europe for the first time. We have been very impressed with the power and flexibility of Nektan's platform, and we look forward to working closely with them as we continue to build on our potential," said Kent Young, Spin Games' Founder and CEO.
Collaboration Increasingly Important
Notable in the deal is the ever increasing importance of collaboration between companies in the online casino space. As the industry becomes increasingly competitive, any time content creators can get their products out there in a known and respected place is considered a huge win.
To that end, this new partnership is a natural fit, and should serve to see both companies increase their bottom-lines in the near future.
"This deal represents a major step forward as we continue to deliver a B2B gaming platform offering unique and bespoke content," Osborne said.


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Any school of thought, philosophy or paradigm that does not encourage you to look at and study another is incorrect from the start. Our ideas must be able to be tested. The thing that makes us most distinctly human is the power of choice. We all have the power to choose to study, learn and practice anything that inspires us. If you see value in the practice then keep it. Continue… If you do not see value in the practice then simply discard the idea.
This…in my mind, is true science. It is the practice of trial and error. It is the same way that the light bulb was discovered. We all make mistakes. Myself included. My wife reminds me all the time… Could it be that some of the things we have accepted as truth are actually not true at all?
The old paradigm of health and wellness calls for us to drink 8 glasses of water each day… lol. As you get educated on the truth you see the major flaws in the old ideas.
Have you ever tried to drink the recommended water intake? Lol… I did for 30 years. For 30 years i ran desperately back and forth to the bathroom to relieve myself… Lol. What a change this has been for me. Just not being so desperately filled with urine has been a blessing. Although this ridiculous practice was actually leaching my body of important minerals and vitamins and contributing to my pain and poor health I continued it because it's what I thought I was supposed to do.
You see the more water you drink the more your body releases vasopresin. A hormone that actually dehydrates your body. Lol… so silly. You can't get effective hydration from water.
To hydrate your body your body properly you need electrolyte balancing foods. The best being super high fluid fruits and natural fruit juices… lol. Again… I was always told to stay away from fruit juices. Hahaha. So silly…The fruit sugar is exactly the sugar my body needed. What a process of unraveling what i thought I already new.
Stop being so worried about the calories and especially the fruit sugar which is fructose. We have all been sold on these ideas. Jumping on the scale to measure our health. Hahahaha… Again. I lost 30 pounds of mucous, puss and inflammation over the last 12 weeks. Do you know what you are measuring when you jump on the scale? You're measuring all your SH#T. We definitely need to stay away from the man made sugar. Any unnatural sweeteners. High fructose corn syrup is poison but the glucose, glycogen, grains and starch are not helping your health either. You actually need to reduce all of these to a minimum.
Eat your food raw as much as you can. As you transition to the new physiology of health you will be drawn to your cooked food. It's only a bad habit. You can overcome this… Don't force it however. Let it happen as your body starts to detoxify. As you begin to eat properly and fast you will begin to see and realize the truth.
Fructose is digested in the liver. Totally different than glucose, disacharides, polysaharides and starch. Fructose won't affect your insulin like glycogen and glucose will. Protect yourself from hypoglycemia and diabetes by getting educated and making this switch.
Your raw food will contain live enzymes and high energy to support the most evolved being in the cosmos… YOU! Lol… if you're still involved in cannibalism then make sure you eat your animals raw. As cooking the decomposed flesh will eliminate it's nutritional value and contribute further to your pain, illness and disease.
Pain in your body means you've got inflamation. The process of Inflammation requires water. Reducing your water intake will actually reduce your inflammation and pain. You won't belive what will happen to your body and life as you make the switches i am suggesting. You need a new healthy life and a new you.
What you really need to do is eat the foods with the highest astringent effects.
For 30 years I followed the leaders in my industry. I learned what my teachers taught me in university. I read books and went to seminars to listen to what the top coaches in fitness and wellness said. I learned from my world of bodybuilding and personal training that we should reduce fruit and fruit sugar in our lives to a minimum.
This is one of the most fatal flaws being shared in the world today. It's stealing your health and your joy. Make this switch. Begin to learn the new physiology of health and wellness. Your mind is naturally going to think of all sorts of reason's why what I'm saying is wrong. I understand that. I know because my mind did the same thing. I want to encourage you never the less to continue listening to what I'm saying here. It is totally different than the conventional wisdom.
Contrary to what you have been told you are not an omnivore. You are actually a Frugivor like your closest animal relatives. Look at the nutrition of the great apes. The 2nd most evolved beings in our known dimension. They eat fruit.
Your body needs fruit to heal. It's the only food that contains the acids that you need to bust up all that mucous, puss and inflammation you've got in your body. The fruits highest in astringent effects will aid in creating physical contractions in your tissues. Precisely the actions you need to remove the toxic elements from your body.
A simple confirmation of the fact that human cadavers contain 10 to 15 pounds of poisonous waste in the form of human fecal matter was enough proof for me to drop the old paradigm of health and wellness. Why would I benefit from holding all that waste in my body again? That is health? Huh… how come? Says who? How does holding onto fecal waste benefit me? Do you think that may contribute to a host of pain, diseases and illness? Listen guys… You need to change what you are doing nutritionally to prevent yourself from getting sick and dying of disease.
Do you think holding fecal waste in your belly contributes to your health? I say no way! I've got to get the shit out of my belly, out of my head and out of my life.
I lost 30 pounds in 12 weeks making the switch to a raw food diet based on fruit. My belly literally disappeared over night. Along with it went the pain, foggy head, sleep issues and all the focus on food in general. I got control back in my life and now I want to spread the good news!
The old idea of health and wellness focuses on nutrient provision to the body… lol. This is what everyone will tell you. "You need b12" "fruits aren't always in season so this can't be right" "that diet is lacking in this or that. The list of reason's why you can't do this will go on and on. Disregard the opposition and try for yourself. Everyone will tell you why you can't do it. Everyone including yourself will tell you what's wrong with what i'm saying. Everyone of us will always try to preserve our ego and our lives as we know it. We all do this. It's human nature. The truth is that we need to change our minds. We need to challenge all the things that we think we need.
It's only human nature that's keeping us all trapped. It's resistance to change. Stop listening to the conventional wisdom. It's killing you and stealing your joy! Begin to make a change today. Try for yourself and decide.
Eat the fruits highest in astringent effects. Stop poisoning yourself with the wrong thoughts, words and actions. Begin today to learn the truth about your health and wellness. Get educated on the new information. It's always a wrong thoughts at the root of any problem.
Message me this week to discuss your personal situation. Let's begin with a conversation. I'll be leading a 30 day fruit detoxification program starting up September 18th. It will be an online program so you can participate from anywhere in the world. I will be sharing all the new physiology. I will provide you with a simple solution and support you as you make the change. Send me a personal email if you are ready to discuss making some changes in your life or if you want to register for my upcoming detox program.


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Any Roku streaming device that you use may end up receiving an error message stating that the device is overheated. It's the common issue that arises if you are a Roku stick user. Resolve the Roku Stick Overheating error and we have a lot of tips and tricks to help you there
Once if your device gets heated up to a level more than the device can withstand, it's really tough to operate and your streaming will be interrupted
Just ensure you get rid of the issue first to enjoy seamless streaming at all hours
Do You See a Warning Message?
Once if you receive a warning or error message, it's an indication to start troubleshooting. For a few Roku gadgets, a red light will appear and it's easy to identify that your device is overheated.
Tips & Tricks to Avoid Roku Stick Overheating
Let us help you with a few instructions that can help you get rid of the Roku stick overheating error. Below are the common steps chosen by our Roku experts.
Power off your Roku Stick
Power off your device; remove the cables, disconnect the device from network and reconnect the cables back after a while. Do not allow your device to run for a long time as this can be a reason for the error to appear often
Device Restart or Reset
- As restarting your device will help get rid of most errors, recommend you perform a soft, hard or factory reset option
- Repeat the restart multiple times and this step can always help you to some extent
- Factory reset will help you to reset all the connections and settings on your device
Exposure to Daylight
- It's good if you avoid exposing your device to daylight. Hence suggest you place the device where no direct sunlight hits your device
- Also, perform a periodic temperature check for your device and shift your device to a perfect space where the temperature is compatible
Check the Device Software
If you have software that does not match with your device's operating system, try uninstalling the software and install the updated version
- Search for other invalid software's on your device and try removing it
- Select the option, Settings > System > System update and proceed with the settings for device software update
Use Another Device
The error can also occur due to a faulty device that you use. Hence replace the device with a new one and check if you can avoid Roku stick overheating error
Check the Device Connection
Sliding the device firmly to your Roku TV or other external device becomes another important parameter to check to avoid these errors
Use an HDMI extender
- Sometimes the error can occur if you connect the device directly to the TV, hence use an HDMI connector to connect your device. It's important to find a compatible one to use with the device
- Check out the reviews to find out matching products and accessories to connect your Roku stick
- Also, ensure that the hardware connection is always secure and active
Scan your Device
- Scanning your device with compatible software is always good to ensure that there is no malware that can affect your system.
- Start your search to find the compatible scan software to use with your Roku streaming gadget
- Fix your Roku stick properly and check if the power supply for your device is accurate
Disconnect your Device from the Internet
- Internet connectivity issues can sometimes affect your Roku stick and hence it's good if you disconnect all the network connections first
- Connect the streaming device back to the network after a while
- It's good to use an alternate network connection such as Wired or Ethernet that can help to fix the issue
Replace the Power Cables
The faulty power cables and adapters that you use can be one reason wherein, the only option is to replace the cable with a new one


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Bruce Hoppe: You need God in order to be rescued from what sin has done and is doing to your soul
March 3, 2019
In 2011 we lost a legend with the death of Steve Jobs. Steve's level of success was so high that it's been hard for most of us to find a recent standard of comparison. He was a visionary genius who revolutionized at least six different industries.
Among these, he changed the way we think about computers, phones, music, movies, and retail. The inventor or co-inventor of 340-plus patents or patent applications, he made technology cool, intuitive, elegant, and easy to use. So far-reaching was the impact of his life, at the time of his death The New Yorker paid tribute to him standing at the pearly gates being greeted by Saint Peter checking out the Book of Life, recently upgraded to the iPad of Life.
All kidding aside, the life and death of Steve Jobs recently got me thinking: How successful is successful enough? Most of us will never attain the influence of Steve Jobs on any level, and yet many of us live under the tyranny of trying to attain some self-imposed standard of success to feel good about ourselves and impress others. Some even try to live this way in their relationship with God. However, it's not only futile, it's totally unnecessary.
From God's perspective, God created each of us uniquely, and longs for us to rest in this reality and live life with meaning and purpose in a way that fits His design. He also longs for us to experience our relationship with Him with a rootedness of soul.
The central message of the Bible is that we're saved, accepted, forgiven, embraced, loved, declared to be whole, and welcomed into a relationship with Him by grace alone. Paul wrote to the church at Ephesus these stake-in-the-ground words: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)
We live in a "boasty" world, but Paul says real life is found in experiencing God's grace alone at the core of our identity. The ancient Greeks would use the word "grace" to describe somebody who was weak, needy or dependent, but then a strong person would give something helpful to them for no particular reason. That's grace. Grace is God's choice to embrace us and help us when we've done nothing to earn it.
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The alternative to grace in the Bible is described as "salvation by works" — "I'm going to bootstrap it. I'm going to earn my way. I'm going to be good enough by my own effort to show God how worthy I am of His love and forgiveness."
It's ironic that even people who don't believe in God often still try to attain some form of salvation by works. In our culture, it's just that we redefine salvation in secular ways. We all want to be saved from negative things and be in a good place. We all want to be delivered from those things that are destroying us and messing up our lives. We all want to be healed from life's wounds and the impact of traumatic experiences. We need these things and we know it. We just redefine them in ways that become largely economic or therapeutic. "Salvation will come if I can just be successful enough or happy enough or enough of my own person. I'm not there yet, but I'll keep running, I'll try harder, climb higher, and push through things just a little bit more."
I was thinking this week about what God would say in response to this approach. I believe He'd offer these words of encouragement:
"Stop! It's not that success is bad, but you don't have to be any more successful or climb any higher. It's sucking the life out of you, and keeping you from experiencing Me. And that uneasiness you have about not being successful is actually important to pay attention to, not something you ought to try to paper over or push away. It won't be cured by higher accomplishments, a stronger will, or a larger bank account. You need Me in order to be rescued from what sin has done and is doing to your soul. To that end I lovingly offered my Son on a cross, as a gift of radical, lavish grace. Choose to place your whole self (failures and all) in His hands, and begin walking with Me by grace. Relax. I love you just the way you are, but way too much to leave you that way. Trust me to address the issues of your past, the realities of your present, and your longings for your future."
Let these words settle in, my friends. And as you do, may you be blessed!
— Since 2004, Bruce Hoppe has been one of the pastors at Christ Community Church in Greeley (cccgreeley.org). Prior to coming to Greeley, he pastored four congregations in Illinois and Massachusetts, and was involved in inner-city ministry on the streets of New York City. He and his wife Patty have two adult children, and one adorable eleven-month-old grandson.


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What Is An Event Recorder?
- An event recorder is a week-long recording of your heart rate and rhythm.
How Is A Event Monitor Performed?
- You will be required to wear a small monitor for the majority of each day, only to be removed to shower. The monitor has soft leads which attach to the skin on your chest. You will be shown at your appointment how to remove and re-apply the monitor.
What To Expect
- The monitor will hang around your neck over the week period.
- While you are wearing the monitor you will be asked to do everything as per normal in your day to day life.
- You won't be required to make an appointment to return the monitor. The technician will tell you the time and place to return your monitor the following week.
- Once you return the monitor we can begin to analyse the recording. You won't be given the results immediately.
- Once the monitor has been reported the results will be sent to your GP. The results can take up to a week to get to your GP's office. If there is anything of concern, your GP will be contacted sooner.
- If you have a follow up appointment with your cardiologist they will discuss the results with you at your next appointment.


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A key part of any corporate building is its staff restaurant. When the Royal Bank of Scotland's corporate institutional banking division moved to 2 Waterhouse Square in London's Holborn, the restaurant was part of the huge refurbishment project commissioned by the bank.
While the bank and café interiors were designed by architect TTSP, Horseman Cooke was asked to propose a name and create an identity and graphics for the restaurant.
The consultancy looked at a number of solutions, but `the Waterhouse Cafe seemed the obvious choice, along with the Waterhouse Deli for the cold food and sandwich section', says Horseman Cooke creative director Gary Cooke.
The restaurant interiors reflect a mix of influences, but the graphics had to be clear and simple. `We wanted to step aside from the interiors concept, rather than reflect it or move away from it, and we didn't want anything fussy like hand-written neon,' says Cooke. `When all's said and done, it is after all a bank, and we had to be sensitive to that. For the identity, he adds, `we chose to go for a bold statement which is quite simple and clean, but at the same time is fairly witty.'
The graphics incorporate a number of themes. The chemical symbol for water, H2O, is used not only because of the obvious water theme, but also because the café is unlicensed, and to pick up on its address.
Other graphics, based largely on a blackboard theme, are currently being designed for everything from signs and menus to sandwich labels. The restaurant, which opened last week, is currently being monitored `to see what else if anything it needs in the way of more graphics', adds Cooke.
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The fog was so thick that droplets condensed and fell from the visor on my helmet. Another rider pointed out that he might as well be riding the rollers and staring at the gray wall in his garage, the view was the same. Mother Nature didn't get the memo to turn off the fog machine on Saturday, when packs of cyclists headed down the coast in the seventh annual Best Buddies Hearst Castle Challenge.
Repeating this ride for the fourth year in a row, I fully appreciate what a fluke it was to have clear weather on my first ride in 2007. But it is a great cause and a challenging, well-supported ride, so I keep returning. Maybe we will get to enjoy the view next year ...
We start the century by heading east on Carmel Valley Road, making a u-turn through the tunnel at Robinson Canyon Road to head west to the coast. Our pace car this year was a white Audi R8 convertible, which led some of my fellow cyclists to speculate whether it was possible for that vehicle to run at a mere 15 miles per hour. When the driver reached the tunnel, he knew what was required. The incomparable sound of a 10-cylinder Lamborghini engine at play is a fine way to start the day.
At the first rest stop, a tall cyclist was blocking access to the food as he distractedly munched away. Eventually, he realized that he should move—and lo and behold, it was Anthony Shriver himself, founder and chairman of Best Buddies International.
At the second rest stop, a chatty guy on an ElliptiGO raced to a stop. His legs were amazing, nothing but skin stretched taut over a perfect musculature. Was this the power of the ElliptiGO? Uh, not entirely. I would later discover that he was no ordinary athlete, but none other than Ultramarathonman himself, Dean Karnazes.
My next brush with celebrity was a chance to pace for awhile with another respected Bay Area athlete, the weather anchor for the San Francisco CBS affiliate, Roberta Gonzales. She was completely charming, just another cyclist for the day, repeating the ride for the fifth time.
The new twist for me this year was the uncommon privilege to test ride a fabulous S-Works Amira bicycle for the entire length of the course. Thank you, Specialized!
I thought it would be fun to broadcast my location in real time on Saturday, but abandoned that idea when I realized that there would be no cell phone coverage south of Big Sur until we reached the outskirts of San Simeon. I did bring along a spare battery for my Android phone, though, which allowed me to run MyTracks long enough to capture the entire route. Unlike a woeful fellow cyclist, whose iPhone battery ran out of juice in less than five hours. Since he can't swap out the battery on an iPhone, I told him the solution was obvious. Ride faster. He thanked me with a playful slap on the shoulder.
The evening festivities included a bountiful barbecue and an engaging concert by Natasha Bedingfield. Fundraising is becoming a competitive sport in and of itself, which is all good news for this charitable cause. Seventeen riders raised more funds than I did, which earned me the yellow number "18" as one of the top 25 fundraisers this year. Following the concert, I was shuttled up to Hearst Castle to enjoy the final celebration of the day.
Above the marine layer on the Enchanted Hill, the skies were clear for stargazing as I soothed my tired muscles in the chilly spring water of the Neptune Pool. For that, I willingly traded my wool sweater and jacket for a bathing suit. There is nothing like the privilege to swim in that pool.
Thanks to the many friends who supported my ride for Best Buddies in 2010!
September 12, 2010
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Every year the Pro Bowl rosters are revealed at this time and every year I have a problem with the voting process. While NFL defenses get more hybrid players every year that don't have a clearly defined position, the league hasn't adapted the categories people can vote for. That leads to stand-up 4-3 linebackers like Anthony Barr being compared to 3-4 outside linebackers, who primarily get upfield, like Jadeveon Clowney, five-technique defensive ends in a 3-4 being compared to true edge rushers in fronts with four down-linemen and other stuff. My solution would be differentiating between interior D-linemen, edge rushers, stand-up linebackers, cornerbacks and safeties. This would make things easier in terms of comparing job descriptions and not tag players for one specific alignment and responsibility. Offensively I don't understand why there are only three running back and four wide receiver slots and we also need more depth on the D-line, but let's work on one issue at a time. Since these are the parameters to work within, I tried to make appropriate exchanges of one player at that position with another and then I listed a few other players I think deserve a trip to Orlando. So instead of just listing snubs, I actually tried to provide solution. I don't blame the fans too much for some of these mistakes because they are obviously biased for their team, but players and coaches contribute to this with a third of the votes each as well. So I would expect a more objective outcome.
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No matter if you like the AFC-NFC format or the Pro Bowl draft better, if the best four or six players at each position make the cut it, the results are just more accurate. Regardless of that, I won't take any respect away from the guys, who were selected, but instead I want to make a case for why the members of this list should have. For the most part, I thought fans got it right, but the NFL ballot makes it pretty hard to really put the best players on the respective conference's roster. Most importantly they should start differentiating between positions they way scouts and I do – interior defensive linemen, edge rushers and stand-up linebackers. You just can't compare guys like Von Miller and Anthony Barr. Their job description is just completely different and if you consider the Pro Bowl teams play with four down-linemen and no blitzes for the most part, what sense does it make having an edge-setting and rushing linebacker in the line-up playing off the ball when you already have two defensive ends? This is my take on the voting process. The fact I personally favorized the Pro Bowl draft is a different topic. Now here's who I thought deserved to go to Orlando:
Players deserving of a Pro Bowl berth:
Since it's the season of giving rather than taking I don't want to take anything away from the players who made the cut, but rather list the guys I think would deserve a trip to Orlando. The problem with the decision to split up AFC and NFC rosters again is that you have the same amount of players at each position respectively and if you have three great quarterbacks or running backs in one conference but another one would be deserving of a spot he can't get in even if less impressive fellows get chosen to the other conference's roster. Therefore I'm not going to simply tell you I'd take that guy out to put another one in. For the actual Pro Bowl rosters visit here.


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Politicians failed to come to an agreement on a package to cut next year's budget deficit on Thursday. After hours of debate, the Czech lower house agreed to reconvene to discuss the proposals further on Friday morning. Politicians handed in tens of proposals to amend the austerity package, which would cut next year's deficit by up to 60 billion crowns (3.5 billion USD), the news website Novinky.cz reported after Thursday's parliamentary session drew to a close. At a meeting on Thursday morning, the two main political parties failed to reach agree on a common stance to the package. The Social Democrats said they would not support the cost-cutting measures if family allowances and unemployment benefits were lowered as proposed. The Civic Democrats, meanwhile, said that they were against any further changes being made to the set of austerity measures.
Finance Minister Eduard Janota has warned that without the package, the budget deficit will reach 230 billion crowns (13.5 billion USD) next year, which, he says, will have dire financial consequences for the Czech Republic for years to come.
Leader of the newly-formed party TOP 09, Miroslav Kalousek, urged MPs to 'shut up and support' the deficit-cutting package proposed by Jan Fischer's government in Parliament on Thursday afternoon. Mr Kalousek launched a scathing attack on those 'egotists' who, he said, 'were holding the austerity package to ransom'. The Civic Democrats applauded Mr Kalousek's speech, believing it to be targeted at the leader of the Social Democrats, Jiří Paroubek, who has said he will not support the package if a number of changes are not made to the bill. Mr Kalousek said that now that this series of cost-cutting measures had been drafted, the best thing that MPs could do for the Czech Republic was put aside their differences and support it.
Meanwhile, Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer has linked his government's future to the success of the deficit-cutting package. Speaking in the lower house on Thursday morning, the prime minister said that if politicians do not accept his cabinet's set of proposed austerity measures, he will take it as a sign that MPs do not have confidence in his government. In his address to the lower house on Thursday morning, Mr Fischer said that the only changes he would be prepared to make to the austerity package would be those which enjoyed support from right across the political spectrum.
Czech President Václav Klaus has reacted to reports that he has been in negotiation with leader of the British Conservatives, David Cameron, about joint action which could scupper ratification of the EU's Lisbon treaty. On Wednesday, British paper The Daily Mail reported that Mr Cameron had written to the Czech president asking him indirectly to postpone signing the EU reform document until after UK elections next year, following which the Conservatives have pledged to hold a referendum on the treaty. On Wednesday, the vehemently eurosceptic Mr Klaus confirmed that he had received a 'purely personal' letter from Mr Cameron in July, though the Czech president added that it would not influence his steps. Mr Klaus said he took the letter from the Conservative leader as proof the British Conservatives were 'serious' in their opposition to Lisbon. Mr Klaus has previously said that he wants to be the last head of state to put his signature to the document in Europe.
Three men were rushed to hospital in a critical condition in Zlín on Thursday morning, when a laid-off employee at a local printing company shot two of his former bosses. The man then shot himself. All three were taken to the town's Tomáš Bat'a Hospital where, according to the Czech News Agency, the attacker died of his injuries. According to doctors at the institution, the other two men were shot in the head and remain in an extremely serious condition. Reports suggest that the attacker was recently made redundant at the GRASPO printing firm, where the incident took place.
In his speech to the UN general assembly on Wednesday, Czech President Václav Klaus said that it was world governments, and not world markets, which lead to the ongoing global economic crisis. In his speech, the Czech president also drew attention to the fact that it was 20 years ago that the Iron Curtain fell, and that in this short time, Central and Eastern European countries had managed to transform themselves into stable political democracies, running on the basis of free-market principles.
In business news, the Czech National Bank left interest rates unchanged on Thursday, as analysts had predicted. The key benchmark interest rate remains at 1.25 percent, bank spokesperson Marek Petruš said on Thursday morning. The last time the bank lowered interest rates was on August 6 this year, to 1.25 percent, which at the time constituted a record low for the Czech economy. Analysts are predicting that a slight rise in interest rates may come at the start of next year, as European markets begin to stabilize.
Around 100,000 people, including thousands of priests, are expected to turn out for mass served by Pope Benedict XVI in Brno on Sunday, Czech bishop Václav Malý told journalists on Thursday. The pope will start a three-day visit to the Czech Republic on Saturday. On his last day in the country, September 28, which is a state holiday in honor of the patron saint of the Czech Republic Saint Wenceslas, the pope is set to serve a mass in Stará Boleslav, where Wenceslas was slain, to another 50,000 people.
Czechs place the most trust in the country's Constitutional Court, followed by President Václav Klaus and Prime Minister Jan Fischer's caretaker cabinet, a poll conducted by the SANEP Agency and published on Thursday revealed. Two-fifths of respondents said they thought the court was the most trustworthy constitutional institution, with one-quarter saying they trusted President Vaclav Klaus the most and a further quarter placing their trust in Jan Fischer's government. Only eight percent of Czechs said they believed in the Czech Parliament the most out of all constitutional institutions.
It will be rainy over the next couple of days, with clearer skies into the weekend, and temperatures ranging between 16-20 degrees Celsius.


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New Disability Claims Regulations Take Effect for All Plans April 1, 2018
As noted in our previous blog post, The New Disability Claims Regulations: They Don't Only Apply to Disability Plans, the Department of Labor ("DOL") issued regulations that revise the ERISA claims procedure regulations for all employee benefit plans that provide disability benefits (the "New Regulations"). These rules can impact not only short-term and long-term disability plans but also qualified retirement plans (e.g., a 401(k) plan), nonqualified retirement plans, and health and welfare plans. The New Regulations were published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2016, and are based on the Affordable Care Act's enhanced claims and appeals regulations for group health plans. Read More ›
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform | Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, claims, disability, DOL, EBSA, ERISA, regulations
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Recent Mental Health Parity Guidance — A Good Reminder to Review Your Health Plan for Compliance
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 ("MHPAEA") generally requires that the financial requirements and treatment limitations that apply to mental health and substance use disorder ("MH/SUD") benefits cannot be more restrictive than the financial requirements and treatment limitations that apply to medical and surgical ("M/S") benefits. Financial requirements include, for example, deductibles and coinsurance. Treatment limitations can be quantitative (e.g., limits on the number of days or visits covered under the plan) or non-quantitative ("NQTL") (e.g., requiring participants to obtain prior authorization before treatment).
The MHPAEA and its implementing regulations also require plan administrators to provide various disclosures upon request regarding MH/SUD benefits. Read More ›
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform | Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Cures Act, disclosure, DOL, investigation, Mental Health Parity, MHPAEA
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2017 HIPAA Enforcement – Appears Not To Be Slowing Down
To state the obvious, there has been some uncertainty regarding how the Trump Administration will affect federal agency enforcement efforts. However, at least, in regard to HIPAA Privacy and Security, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"), appears to be unchanging in its previous course.
In the first four months of 2017, OCR has already announced seven settlements with covered entities and business associates with fines totaling over $14 million. For some context, OCR assessed over $23.5 million in 2016, which was a record-breaking year. These settlements are in addition to Phase 2 of OCR's Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Audit Program, which started in 2016 and is likely still underway. Read More ›
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, HIPAA | Tagged audit, audits, desk audit, ePHI, health reform, HHS, HIPAA, OCR, phase 1, phase 2, phase 3, Severino, Trump
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HIPAA Checkup – How Good Are Your Policies and Procedures?
Although it is not a new requirement, it is important and therefore worth a reminder: HIPAA requires covered entities to establish and implement written policies and procedures that are consistent with its Privacy and Security Rules.
As discussed in an earlier blog, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") has begun its Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program. The Program will focus on the policies and procedures adopted and employed by covered entities and their business associates to meet the requirements of the Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. Furthermore, if a group health plan is selected for an audit, it would have a very short time to produce its policies and procedures (i.e., 10 business days). Read More ›
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans | Tagged audit, e-PHI, HHS audits, HIPAA, PHI, Policies and Procedures
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Will the ACA Stay or Will it Go?
After surviving two Supreme Court cases and numerous repeal efforts, the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") is in jeopardy again. Despite the law's uncertainty, employers may want to continue their compliance efforts because: (1) the ACA is currently the law and there are significant penalties for noncompliance; and (2) for the reasons stated below complete repeal is anything but certain.
First, we do not know whether the law will be repealed outright. Although Republicans control Congress, they do not have a supermajority in the Senate. This means that, unless current filibuster law changes, Democratic Senators could block a bill to repeal the ACA entirely. Read More ›
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform | Tagged ACA, administration, Congress, preexisting condition, repeal, Trump
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You Received a Health Insurance Marketplace Notice from HHS – Now What?
Take a deep breath. The HHS Health Insurance Marketplace Notice (the "Notice") may seem to be a nuisance, but it does not necessarily mean that you will be subject to employer shared responsibility penalties.
First, the IRS, not HHS, assesses employer shared responsibility penalties, and the IRS does so only after it provides employers with: (1) a "certification" that one or more employees received a premium tax credit; and (2) an opportunity to respond to the certification.
Second, an individual may have incorrectly reported on his application that he was eligible for a premium tax credit (or cost-sharing reductions) because: (1) he did not receive an offer of health coverage from you; (2) he did receive an offer of health coverage from you, but it was unaffordable or it failed to provide minimum value, or (3) he was in a waiting period and was unable to enroll in health care coverage. Read More ›
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform | Tagged Checklist, employer shared responsibility, HHS, Insurance Marketplace, Insurance Marketplace Notice, IRS, Notice, premium tax credit
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EEOC Final Rules on Wellness Programs and the ADA – Worth the Wait?
On May 16, 2016, the EEOC issued final rules that explain how the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") applies to employer sponsored wellness programs. Although some may welcome the guidance, others may be frustrated because the rules are somewhat inconsistent with the rules under HIPAA, inconsistent with the court decisions under Seff v. Broward County, 691 F.3d 1221 (11th Cir. 2012) and EEOC v. Flambeau, Inc., 131 F. Supp. 3d 849 (W.D. Wis. 2015), and do not ensure compliance with other federal nondiscrimination laws (e.g., Title II of GINA or other Sections of Title I of the ADA). Read More ›
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform | Tagged ADA, disability, EEOC, employee health programs, final regulation, final rule, flambeau, incentives, medical examinations, Seff, voluntary, wellness, wellness program
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Five Ways to Survive a Department of Labor ("DOL") Health and Welfare Plan Investigation
DOL health and welfare plan investigations are on the rise. There are best practices for plans chosen for investigation:
1. Get Employee Benefits Counsel Involved Early.
The DOL investigation process generally starts with a letter from DOL requesting a long list of documents that range from plan documents and disclosures to financial documents (e.g., trust agreements and bank statements). This letter can be overwhelming, not only because of the sheer quantity of documents that must be produced in a relatively short time period, but also because many of the requests may be broad, vague, or even inapplicable to your plan.
Working with employee benefits counsel from the beginning may help you respond. Read More ›
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans, Health Care Reform | Tagged audit, benefits counsel, closing letter, compliance, disclosures, document request, DOL, findings letter, HIPAA, interview, investigation, investigator, minimum necessary
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A Wellness Win for Employers, But Will it Last?
As explained in our April 21, 2015 and May 9, 2015 blog posts, wellness programs that are part of a group health plan are subject to the HIPAA nondiscrimination rules, and other state and federal laws including, but not limited to the ADA, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and GINA. Navigating the regulatory maze has been a challenge for employers, and the most recent struggles involve compliance with the ADA's "voluntary" requirement. On December 30, 2015, the Federal District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin in Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Flambeau, Inc., bypassed the ADA's voluntary rule and held that Flambeau's wellness program complied with the ADA under an alternative exception – the ADA's safe harbor. Read More ›
Posted in Employee Benefits, Health & Welfare Plans | Tagged ADA, ADA safe harbor, CBA, disability, EEOC, flambeau, Seventh Circuit, SPD, Supreme Court, wellness, wellness program
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Successful Season for Arizona Snowbowl
By admin on April 17, 2011 in Local News, Tourism
Arizona Snowbowl is closed for the ski season which lasted into April. There were 102 ski days and 266 inches of snow. During the recent closing ceremonies at the resort near Flagstaff, skiers and snowboarders celebrated the long season. "It has turned out to be a surprise season. We have been very fortunate with our […]