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If you turn on the news you hear people talk a lot about what's wrong with Chicago. Politicians, pollution, crime etc.. but one problem that plagues this great big beautiful city more than ever goes unspoken about. This kills thousands of Chicagoan's every year and yet I hear very little talk about it. You know it. I know it. Why are we scared? Why don't we speak up and provide the very simple solutions to this epidemic.This one CAN be solved. Okay maybe I'm being a little hard on us here. I think people do understand what a major problem this is in my city. According to the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity 62% of Illinois' adults are overweight or obese. The epidemic that is a silent killer in the Chicagoland area is fat. Bulging belly fat and protruding waist lines are slowly killing the people of my city.
Now am I fat shaming? No, not at all. I've spent most of my life in a body that was heavier than normal. I was a fat little girl and I have my moments as a grown adult when I am heavier than I would like to be. That is how I can speak first hand on how devastating this epidemic in our city is. I was fortunate enough to leave home at the age of 17 and start my collegiate career in the beautiful city of Atlanta, GA. 300 days of beauty, more college campuses in a metropolitan area than I can count and a bustling economy were all so welcoming to me. I was in love, until…..it was 101 degrees during the dog days of August and I was walking around campus in jeans and t-shirt. I had beautiful clothes but I had never seen so many people in one place with gorgeous and lean bodies! I mean seriously, everyone from the college students to the locals were slender and in good shape. No one was walking around with their bellies hanging out of their shirts or wearing super tiny shorts with not super tiny legs. This was the first time that I realized that it was not "the everyday normal" to be large and unhealthy.
Perhaps obesity is such an epidemic in Chicago because we don't see it as a huge problem. Of course those of us who carry around health complications as well as extra weight feel the repercussions in their lives daily but for the people who are in fairly good health there is no constant warning or flashing yellow lights about the damage we are doing to our bodies. (I have a spectacular weight loss story to share at the end of this post but I will forever refer to "us" because this is a community problem and it effects us all.) Had we lived in a climate like Florida, the warm weather and necessity to shed layers of clothing would be a constant physical reminder to us of our extra weight. Perhaps if we lived in New York or L.A. the demanding fashion and business worlds would keep us on our physical toes; but we live in Chicago. A place that gets about 100 days of summer…on a good year, the middle of the heart land where growing crops and raising cattle were our forefathers' past times. If weather and geography effect the mind in terms of happiness, drives and desires its no wonder we are packing on the pounds.
So? What are we going to do? You all know my motto, it's the little things. Royal Diva will be contributing her .02 cents to the greater good by bringing you FUn, EASy and HEALTHy ways to fight diseases like heart disease, diabetes and fat, and giving you healthy recipes and meal choices. Chi By Design is about to change your life, one. blog. post. at. a. time. No worries, we are still going to bring you the local news and events around the city but we'll do it with a flair. Stay tuned, Stay healthy and Stay Blessed!
P.S. My Weight Loss Success Story!
This January I was Blessed to give birth to a beautiful, pink, smiling baby girl. She has truly been amazing and brought so MUCH joy to our family. However she brought on the pounds too! For 3 months of maternity leave I and ate slept all day with my baby. In April I was headed back to work but I couldn't fit any of my work clothes! I was throwing pieces together here and there just working with anything I could fit. I got back working, I got back active. I was feeling good. Then my grandmother began her decent from this side of life and I was thrown through a major life change again. My life got flipped, turned upside down (fat shouts to Fresh Prince) and I decided then that I would live like my grandmother. My grandmother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Cancer at the age of 71. At the age of 73 my grandmother had defied the odds and kicked cancer's butt! She completely changed her diet, limited her meat intake to 1x a week, ate all organic, fresh fruits and vegetables, got physically active (at 71 WITH cancer!) and 2 years later with the grace of God and the help of her choices her life changed and she was cancer free. In this spirit I began to detox, to push all of those nasty toxins out of my body and began to fill up with the glorious and wonderful foods naturally provided to us. I lost over 30 pounds in 5 months! I hope you can join me in changing YOUR life.
Try my Health, Wellness and Peace Workshop in Chicago on October 11 for a 3 hour session on natural homegrown ways to reduce stress, eliminate toxins and reverse effects from common diseases like diabetes, obesity and various cancers.
Join Royal Diva and her team #Kisses4BreastCancer October 25 as we walk for a cure! If you can't walk with our team, please consider donating to our fundraising goal here! $1, $2 or whatever you can spare, we'd certainly appreciate it.
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Export display is quite important for people that work in data center since it is impossible to put every server with a monitor, well actually you can do it with KVM switch, but then you still have to walk to get them. With this way you don't have to do it, the requirement is only good network connection and strong computer to handle all the GUI 😀
In the case where your server doesn't have any VGA card, so it's impossible for you to plug in your monitor and all you can do is to connect by terminal server using COM port, you can try to export your Server's Desktop into your desktop using export DISPLAY. This also will be useful if you employ a tight security option in your server, for example all of the port in your server is closed but port 22 or 23, then to make a remote desktop connection you can try this option.
In my environment I'm using a Windows PC but then I want to Remote Desktop My Solaris and OpenSuse, but I only have PuTTy and Xmanager as my communication tools with them. So what I can do is make a little modification in PuTTy configuration by enabling X11 forwarding, by going to category, connection, SSH, Tunnels, in X forwarding part tick enable X11 forwarding.
Before you need to turn on your Xmanager, by clicking Xmanager – Passive. Xmanager works as the one who receive export command from your Unix box, and turn it into GUI in you. After that click session and put your destination's IP address, put some credentials. When you already able to login;
- For OpenSuse to start KDE as desktop, just type startkde
- For Solaris 10 to start JDS as desktop, just type gnome-session
- For the other operating system I haven't try it 😀
For any application that has GUI and you want to display it in your desktop, you just need to type the comment, for example
- If we want to start Mozilla browser from Solaris 10 in our Windows Desktop, in PuTTy just type /usr/sfw/bin/mozilla
- If we want to start FYast2 from OpenSuse in our Windows Desktop, in PuTTy just type yast2
- It will apply to any application that has GUI, just type the command to start it.
Anyway we can also do it from our OpenSuse PC, we don't need any tools to do it. To do it go to console type this in your PC:
- xhost + #it will replace the function of Xmanager, I think it came from X windows packet
- ssh -X user@comp # it will replace PuTTY function, already built in the system
When you already in the remote computer type:
- set DISPLAY your-ip-address =:0.0
- export DISPLAY
- type anything to start the GUI of the application
For Solaris you can do the same thing 😀
Anyway there are something that you have to know if you want to remote desktop an OpenSuse with KDE and your computer is using KDE also your Desktop won't be displayed, it does display something, it just too many error in it, for that I don't know how to fix that 😀

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Participating in the ILR/UCD Semester in Dublin Program has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. After I got used to the time difference, stores closing at different hours, drinking terrible coffee, and the unreliable Dublin Bus schedules, I began to thoroughly enjoy my time.
I chose to live on-campus. The on-campus housing was similar to an apartment, with 4-6 separate bedrooms, a kitchen, a common area, and a few bathrooms. Many international students live on-campus which allowed me to meet students from multiple countries, such as Germany, Malaysia, and Australia.
On the academic side, class structure was largely different from that at Cornell. Instead of attending classes 2-3 times a week, classes typically ran once a week for 2 hours. Each class was graded based on a research paper, a group project, and a final exam. The classes required for the program were very interesting and complimented the courses offered at Cornell nicely by showing a European perspective on both human resources and industrial relations. The Irish history course was a general overview of the country's history and provided insight into the rich background and culture in Ireland.
With classes only once a week, there was plenty of time to get involved in other activities around campus and meet a diverse group of students. During the first few weeks of class, clubs and sports teams all set out tents on campus to provide information and resources on joining the club/team. I joined both the International Students Society and the Canoe Club. The international students' society offered weekend trips at reasonable rates to many places around Ireland, such as the Cliffs of Moher, the Aran Islands, and the Blarney Stone. Through the canoe club, I made numerous unforgettable Irish friends while learning to kayak; friends who have invited me back to visit. I was also afforded the opportunity to take aerial silks classes (Cirque du Soleil) which were both fun and conveniently located on campus. The instructor was extremely friendly and highly skilled. I would highly recommend this program to all ILR students!
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Global consultancy firm KPMG has launched a new pension scheme service, Defined Contribution (DC), which will provide organizations with advices about the design of pension practices, platform provider options, communications among employees, and DC governance delivery and investment services.
KPMG's new pension scheme comes after Gordon Sharp, director of KPMG's pensions practice, commented on Chancellor George Osborne's reported secretive move to cut pensions for nurses, teachers, police authorities, and council workers, saying the rise in petrol cost has already been whipping hard the pensioners.
The new pension scheme will be headed by KPMG's pensions partner, Gurmukh Hayre, who has been in the pension industry with KPMG for 20 years. Among Hayre's DC pensions projects was the transition from defined benefit (DB) to DC schemes, creation of new plans, and the restructuring of existing pension schemes.
Hayre said no pensioner should pay for anything more than what he or she needs in the meantime, with the value for money being seen as "an enormous driver right now."
At present, KPMG's DC Solutions has 20 professionals coming from its pensions practice, but will likely grow thrice in number "in the short- to medium-term" according to Andrew Cawley, head of pensions at KPMG in the UK, as pension scheme is increasingly focused on DC Solutions.
By 2012, the savings generated by pensioners can be "used to enhance member support/education programmes," Hayre said, through advising them on how their pension scheme is structured and what delivery methods it employs.


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The song of songs : the most beautiful of songs / by Solomon ; illustration, calligraphy and binding by Konstanin Kalinovich
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Konstantine Kalinovitch was born in Novokuznetsk, Russia, in 1960. He received his training at the Ukraine Institute of Polygraphy. He specializes in highly-detailed small-scale etchings and wood-engravings, particularly book plates. In 1992 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers in Great Britain. His work has been widely exhibited from Toronto to Moscow. There were four showings of his work in London during the 1990s alone.


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The philosophy of chemistry has emerged in recent years as a new and autonomous field within the Anglo-American philosophical tradition. With the development of this new discipline, Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher's Essays in the Philosophy of Chemistry is a timely and definitive guide to all current thought in this field. This edited volume will serve to map out the distinctive features of the field and its connections to the philosophies of the natural sciences and general philosophy of science more broadly. It will be a reference for students and professional alike.
Both the philosophy of chemistry and philosophies of scientific practice alike reflect the splitting of analytical and continental scholastic traditions, and some philosophers are turning for inspiration from the familiar resources of analytical philosophy to influences from the continental tradition and pragmatism. While philosophy of chemistry is practiced very much within the familiar analytical tradition, it is also capable of trail-blazing new philosophical approaches. In such a way, the seemingly disparate disciplines such as the "hard sciences" and philosophy become much more linked.


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The size and shape of your table will be determined by the location the table will be set in and how many individuals you program on serving meals to. It is straightforward to be wrapped up in dreams of massive Christmas dinners hosted at your home, even restaurant furniture ahmedabad so if your dining space basically doesn't have the space you are far better off buying a table that is moderately sized and implementing card tables with beautiful table cloths to seat guests on the rare occasion.
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Paul Gregory is one of QA's principal technologists – specialising in delivering training around Microsoft Server operating systems, virtualisation and systems management. During a 29-year career within IT, Paul has helped many international organisations develop infrastructure solutions based on Microsoft technologies, as well as supply training services during the last 14 years. Paul has helped QA deliver numerous Microsoft partner training skilling programmes for Microsoft – particularly around the areas of Microsoft Server operating systems, virtualisation and System Center. Paul was also heavily involved in the recent Microsoft Windows 8 / Server 2012 TAP programme where he played a key role in the testing of core Windows Server 2012 technologies and positioning this information back to product specialists in Redmond. With the advent of the Microsoft Private Cloud solutions based on System Center 2010 & 2012 Paul have been responsible in helping Microsoft prepare the Partner channel both in the US and Europe for these technologies.
Often customers I come across install SCOM and panic the main reasons for this are:
1) Trying to do too much too soon
2) Not fully understanding their environment
3) Not understanding SCOM tries to predict issues
There are a few other reasons but we do not need to worry about them here. But this gets me to where I want to be the noise. Starting with item (3) it is important that SCOM tries to predict events so there is always a balance between being noisy and missing events which need to be reported to predict a future event and where that line needs to be drawn will vary from one organisation to another.
One area I see people struggle with this is managing basic hardware capacity issues. For example monitoring free disk space. The main problem is most systems today will have fairly small OS drives and much larger data volumes so different thresholds need to be set. However the default rules for managing free disk space apply to all drives in a computer. To be able to manage this correctly a number of things need to be put in place for best practise.
1) Standardize Server Builds – I often here that server builds are a bit random, it is never too late to standardize the build.
2) Create SCOM Groups for each drive (steps below)
3) Set Overrides for each drive group and for each OS type.
This model will then allow different disk space thresholds to be set for each group of hard drives.
SCOM Drive Groups
1) From within the SCOM administration console select the Authoring panel
2) Select Groups and choose Create Group on the right
3) Give the group a name and description and create a new management pack for storing Windows Server Hardware Monitoring Overrides in if one does not exist
4) Press Next until on the Dynamic Members page
5) Press the Create/Edit button
6) In the drop down box choose either "Windows Logical Hardware Component" or "Logical Drive (Server)". These allow you to select drives based on name or other properties. Press Add
7) In the table change the first Drop Down box to "Display Name" in the third box enter C: Press OK
8) Complete the wizard
9) Repeat to create any other groups for other Drive letters you wish to set separate rules for.


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... liver dis. i am so lost-- i need to order cook books on how to eat and more info on this. need to lose weight. i am at 204 pounds as of right now... any help would be great... and ideas would be great
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - I am 45 yrs old female- just found out I have non alco. fatty?
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I was diagnosed with the same thing, and my Dr. placed me on a "plant-based diet." This basically means no animal fats, but fruits, nuts, grains. Instead of milk, you drink coconut milk or almond milk (let me tell you from experience that almond milk is "think" so it's a gross consistency when you're expecting a milk replacement. Unsweetened coconut does a really good job of it. It's not necessarily vegan or vegetarian, but you do end up eating more that way due to the elimination of animal fats. Take a look at it online and let me know what you think! :) Meggie
Oops by think I meant thick!
When I first started showing signs of liver damage around ten years ago, I asked the ultrasound technician what it meant? She responded that she had seen worse livers on people whose only excuse was McDonalds (I was an alcoholic with hepatitis C at the time). I actually ended up becoming a vegetarian by accident but do well with olive oil over animal fats (presumably more complex fats) but still consume a degree of fat from full cream milk (3.9% fat); I love dairy.
Sorry, I should have qualified that with: when I got checked out I had fatty liver disease and enlarged liver; it progressed realy rapidly to cirrhosis from there. I could have done something while it was just fatty, but after that I figured it had taken years so I'd have years more. I was mistaken.
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I have a website and I'm employing Clean URLs to all of the links. I'm wondering what the opinion is about short, basic URLs versus longer, descriptive URLs.
For instance, if my website was about Georgia Bulldog football news, which would be better for SEO purposes?
I've read quite a bit, but I'm torn on the simple vs. descriptive factor. Can anyone give opinions based on SEO experience?


text: I just had an interesting idea i thought I would share with my friends at BHW. My apologies if someone has raised this idea before, but to me it is new. Basically the idea would be to run voice recognition software over podcasts (obviously ones that do not provide a transcript) - save the output back to rss and autoblog it. If this could be automated then you could have a source of fresh and unique content which would be pretty readable. Who knows maybe someone will program this and make alot of money.. Thoughts?


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Sometimes, a residential solar power generation system can be owned by a third party, with the homeowner leasing roof space to the system owner. The system owner then either sells the system's electric energy output to the utility-owned electric grid or to the homeowner at a fixed price.
Regardless of ownership, small PV solar power systems give customers a way to potentially reduce their electric bills by owning an electric power generating source.
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City could turn Auburn Street into 33rd TIF district
By Jim Hagerty
Staff Writer
Rockford aldermen are considering turning one of the city's most blighted areas into its 33rd TIF district, according to talks at a special Tuesday, Feb. 18, meeting of the Rockford City Council.
The new TIF (Tax Increment Financing) district would cover the Auburn Street area, from Day to Kilburn avenues, in the Seventh Ward. There, the vacant Amerock building is flanked by other distressed properties that continue to bring the area down.
By making Auburn a TIF district, leaders say the area would again be desirable for existing and future businesses.
"I think the businessmen on Auburn, especially Auburn Street businessmen (are) going to be very, very pleased," Ald. Ann Thompson-Kelly, D-7, told reporters outside Council Chambers.
The council could vote on the matter as early as next week.
Meant to increase property values, TIFs can leave an area with even more blight and disastrous consequences if they fail to pay off. So is the case for almost all of Rockford existing TIF districts.
Of the city's 32 TIFs, 27 decreased in value last year. That means Rockford taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $7 million in losses when property value are sorted out.
While losses be attributed to declines in real estate values throughout the state, Thompson-Kelly said key buildings in her ward could spark growth and create jobs.
The Amerock building, at Central and Auburn, could anchor the 33rd TIF district, aldermen said.
In a TIF district, a municipality lends against projected increases in real estate tax revenue on properties before they are redeveloped. Funds are distributed to property owners within the district to finance improvements. As redevelopment occurs and values increase, the difference between the original tax revenue and new revenue generated after properties are improved, represents the Tax Increment. In short, a municipality recoups its investment in a TIF project by capturing the Tax Increment.
When property values fail to increase in spite of redevelopment, cities often turn to taxpayers to recover the losses.
The Rockford City Council meets every Monday in Council Chambers, inside City Hall. This week, aldermen convened Tuesday, as all government offices were closed Monday, Feb. 17, in honor of Presidents Day.


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Paneer Kulcha Recipe (with Step by Step Photos)
|For Dough:
|2 cups Maida (all purpose flour)
|3/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
|1/2 cup Luke Warm Milk
|1 teaspoon Sugar
|1/3 teaspoon Salt
|3 tablespoons Curd (Yogurt)
|2 tablespoons Oil
|1 tablespoon Ghee
|For Stuffing:
|3/4 cup grated Paneer
|1/2 teaspoon grated Ginger
|2 tablespoons finely chopped Coriander Leaves
|2 Green Chillies, finely chopped
|1/2 teaspoon Chaat Masala Powder
|1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
Directions For Making Dough:
- Sieve maida in a large bowl. Add baking powder, salt, sugar, milk, curd, ghee and 2 tablespoons oil and mix well.
- Add water as required and knead smooth dough. Place dough in a bowl and cover it with a wet cloth. Let it set at room temperature for 2 hours.
- After 2 hours, knead it again for 1-2 minutes and divide it into 9 equal portions. Give each portion a round shape of ball. Place them in a bowl and cover with a cheesecloth. Now proceed to make a paneer based stuffing.
Directions For Making Paneer Stuffing:
- Take grated paneer, grated ginger, chopped coriander leaves, chopped green chilli, chaat masala powder, black pepper powder and salt in a medium bowl.
- Mix well and divide prepared paneer stuffing into 9 equal parts.
Directions For Making Paneer Kulcha:
- Take one dough ball and roll it out into small puri like a circle (approx. 4-5 inch diameter) on rolling board using a rolling pin. If required, dust some dry flour over it while rolling to avoid sticking. Put one portion of stuffing (approx. 1½ tablespoons) in the center of the circle. Wrap and enclose it with all sides of the dough circle and seal its top merging point. This process will make a stuffed ball.
- Now, gently press it and flatten its surface from top and bottom (like pattie).
- Dust rolling board a little and roll it out into 6-7 inch diameter circle (like paratha).
- Heat tawa over medium flame. Once it's hot enough, place raw kulcha over it and cook on medium flame for 30 seconds. Flip it and cook for 20-30 seconds. Flip and cook until brown spots appear on the bottom side, flip again and cook until brown spots appear on another side.
- Take it away from heat and spread butter or ghee as per your preference. Prepare remaining kulchas in the similar way and serve hot.
Tips and Variations:
- Use wheat flour as a substitute of maida or use both flours (wheat and maida) in equal parts to make it healthier.
- Spread some black and white sesame seeds on one side of stuffed pattie while rolling it for variation.
- This recipe uses salt in both stuffing as well as dough. Make sure that you do not add too much salt in any one of the parts thinking it will compensate for other part.
- If you have a grill oven, you can make more delicious paneer stuffed kulcha in it. Pre-heat grill oven to approx. 400 degree Fahrenheit (200 degree Celsius), place raw kulcha in a baking dish and place it inside the oven. Let it cook until top side starts to get brown spots (approx 3-4 minutes). At that point, flip it upside down and cook another side for approx. 2 minutes or until it gets brown spots.
- You can also prepare it in gas tandoor as you would normally cook it in clay tandoor.
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I had a quick question about the paneer. Does it need to be cooked before combining with the other stuffing ingredients?
Thanks foe your help!
Response: No, it doesn't need to cook paneer before making the mixture.
Response: Sure, Bhavika and best luck for the recipe.
Response: Hi Jaishri, thanks for trying the recipe and I'm glad you loved it. We will try to upload the recipe of egg less ice cream.
Response: Yes Aasma, you can make a dough with only milk.
Response: Hi Pamela, if you are making this for only one person then I will suggest you to half the quantity of all ingredients in the recipe. Yes, you can store uncooked kulcha in ziplock bag in the refrigerator and consume it within 4-5 days.
Response: Hi Deepika, baking powder (not baking soda) is used in this recipe as a leavening agent (raising agent) to make the soft kulcha. You can add 1/4 teaspoon baking soda instead of 3/4 teaspoon baking powder in this recipe.
Very tasty
Response: Thanks, namrita.
Response: Lukewarm milk means slightly warm milk.
Response: Hi Annu, lukewarm milk is added to help accelerate fermentation process, so if you skip it then kulcha may not turn soft.
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A headbutt is a strike with the head, typically involving the use of robust parts of the cranium as the area of impact. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup final match, Zidane was sent off for violent behavior after "headbutting" one of Italy players in the chest in the 110th minute. Luckily, the attacked player, Marco Materazzi, rapidly recovered and even went on to score Italy's second penalty in the shoot-out, which Italy won 5-3, to win the World Cup.
The consequences could have been much different though if Materazzi had gone into cardiac arrest due to commotio cordis.
Ventricular fibrillation and sudden death triggered by a blunt, nonpenetrating, and often innocent-appearing unintentional blow to the chest without damage to the ribs, sternum, or heart (and in the absence of underlying cardiovascular disease) constitute an event known as commotio cordis, which translates from the Latin as agitation of the heart. This term was first used in the 19th century. However, the occurrence of commotio cordis was described earlier, in accounts of the ancient Chinese martial art of Dim Mak (or touch of death), in which blows to the left of the sternum caused sudden death in opponents.
Commotio cordis is a recognized cause of sudden death in young athletes in which a blow to the chest causes ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest.
In 70% of cases, the victim was struck by a projectile, which was most commonly a baseball or a hockey puck. In 30%, chest trauma resulted from bodily contact with another person or an object.
Survival after commotio cordis is unusual.
Zinedine Zidane, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Commotio cordis--a report of three cases. Int J Legal Med. 2005.
Commotio Cordis. NEJM, 2010.
Commotio Cordis. eMedicine.
Commotio cordis from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Zidane. The French Hero who was, ultimately, just a Man. WSJ.
Zidane the Web Game, via Google Blogoscoped.
Top Soccer Players Are Seen to Have Superior Brain Function - NYTimes, 2012 -- Good to know, NYT.
Related reading:
Commotio cordis: a case of ventricular fibrillation caused by a cricket ball strike to the chest. Lancet 2014, http://buff.ly/1mczuho
Lethal headbutt. AP, 09/2007.
Is the Superbowl Hazardous to Your Health?Once again, the New England Journal of Medicine has sunk to new lows in the interest of increasing its impact factor. Dr. Wes, 01/2008.
Commotio Cordis. Life in the fast lane, 2010.
"Headbutt" and Commotio Cordis
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"The manager of tomorrow will not be able to remain an intuitive manager. [S]he will have to master system and method, will have to conceive patterns and synthesize elements into wholes, will have to formulate general concepts and to apply general principles. Otherwise [s]he will fail" (p. 374).
In today's environment of rapid change, advanced technology, and big data, the above quote is certainly worth consideration. This is all the more reason to be amazed by the fact that it was written way back in 1954 by Peter Drucker, one of the most influential figures in the study and practice of management.
Back to Basics: The Practice of Management
The Study of Australian Leadership (SAL) suggests — among other things — that we should pay more attention to the fundamentals of management. This is precisely what Drucker does in his seminal book, The Practice of Management – a book that I would recommend to aspiring and experienced leaders alike.
Some people would argue that speaking of things like management-by-objectives is "so 80s and 90s", and that the Centre for Workplace Leadership really ought to catch up on the latest management fads—er—concepts (?).
I would first reply that management-by-objectives is not "so 80s or 90s"; it's actually "so 50s" (considering the 1954 publication of The Practice of Management), but could probably be dated earlier. However, like sliced bread, the wheel, and mathematics, many old inventions are worth keeping around.
Who cares about "Management" when there's so much out there on "Leadership"?
Drucker begins the book with definitions, but don't skip these bits. Anyone who tends to throw away literature relating to "management" in favour of literature (or listicles) relating to "leadership" are doing themselves a great disservice. The author is explicit in stating that the manager should not simply mean "the boss" or someone who "does his [or her] work by getting other people to do theirs" (p. 6).* Rather, he sees management as a necessary function in the organisation – encompassing much of what we "modern folks" would consider to be leadership. This is actually consistent with many modern views on how management and leadership are related, as explained in our SAL report (chapters 2 and 6).
Drucker then discusses what it means to manage a business, manage other managers, and manage workers and their work itself. However, what particularly resonates with me right now is a discussion that comes toward the end of the book, around "The Manager of Tomorrow". So I'll focus on that…
"The Manager of Tomorrow"
According to Drucker (pages 372-373), the manager of tomorrow will have seven new tasks…**
- Manage by objectives.
- Take more risks and consider the long term, and this will need to occur even at lower levels of the organisation.
- Make strategic decisions.
- Build an integrated team of people who can monitor their own performance and targets.
- Communicate information quickly and clearly to motivate others to participate responsibly.
- See the business as a whole and understand how one's own function is integrated. (Drucker is explicit in pointing out that it is no longer enough to simply know about more than one business function; managers must be much more holistic and proactive in their approach.)
- Similar to the above point, be able to relate one's product and industry to the larger environment, understanding how it might play a role in or be affected by things happening in other markets and countries. (Again, Drucker is explicit in acknowledging that many people know multiple products or industries, but that what will be required of future managers is substantially more than this.)
To equip the manager of tomorrow to complete these tasks, Drucker presents a few ideas about the education of future leaders (which, by the way, he suggests can begin at any stage of one's life).
What the Manager of Tomorrow Needs to Know
Drucker suggests that the manager of tomorrow will start with an educational foundation that is even more fundamental than things like managing by objectives. He emphasises the importance of "…the writing of poetry and of short stories. For these two courses teach a [wo]man how to express himself [or herself], teach him [or her] words and their meaning and, above all, give him [or her] practice in writing" (p. 375).
The author also emphasises the importance of being able to think logically and orally defend one's arguments, as one might do in defending a thesis at the end of a course of study, but on a continuing basis. Drucker then points out the importance of a "basic understanding of science and scientific method" (p. 375).
Finally, the author notes the importance of obtaining basic knowledge of history, political science, and economics to help understand the environment and the place one's work, product, and/or industry has in that environment.
This prescription of knowledge areas is deceptively basic. No single area comes across as particularly difficult to master. However, the important question is how many managers cover them all – how to express themselves; how to write; how to build and defend arguments; how to conduct scientific enquiry; and what is going on in history, politics, and the economy.
Getting Educated
Drucker explains that this type of knowledge acquisition can be integrated into virtually any area of training — from business to engineering. He notes that it may be accomplished through formal programs or on one's own. However, I would argue that many people (myself included) lack the discipline to do the latter, especially considering the prevalence of distractions like Facebook, Twitter, and superhero movies in today's world.
To finish up, I recommend that those interested in management and/or leadership (re-)visit the basics, perhaps even starting with Drucker's book.
And for further reading about the state of leadership in Australia, take a look at the SAL report. It discusses several topics relating to what I've discussed here, including a profile of the educational qualifications of leaders (chapters 5 and 9), their mastery of management and human resource management fundamentals (chapters 6 and 7), and their use of leadership development programs (chapter 10).
Drucker, P. F. (1954). The Practice of Management. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
* As a diversity management scholar, I'll go ahead and warn the reader of Drucker's exclusive use of male pronouns; it's 1954, remember? But I tried to fix them in the quotes, as you can see by the bracketed text.
** Okay, I'll acknowledge that this was probably the first good leadership listicle ever published, but I'll also note that it was probably the last good leadership listicle ever published. (Stop sharing listicles, please.) Also, I'll just remind you again that this was written in 1954! Fun idea: show those 7 points to your colleagues and ask them to guess where you got it from and when it was published. If they guess it was a recent Buzzfeed article, you should – at the very least – disown them (for other ideas on what to do with such colleagues, see Game of Thrones).


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I saw a question on Homes.com
Are we obligated to use the real estate agent that showed us the house that we want to buy??
I did not answer but this is what was on my mind:
Unfortunately most agents work for long hours and paying lots of dues, fees, association fees (local board and national). They are not getting paid for all the hours until they sold the home(s). I have been a buyer in the past (30 years+ ago) and I have not used the agent that showed me the homes that I did not like or want. Another agent stepped in and showed me another cluster of homes that I liked and ended up buying a home from her. I felt really bad until now. I have been looking and asked so many agents to take me out to look at homes, land and ranches in the past without buying from any of those agents. This also bothered me. I believe it is the nature of business. Now that I am an agent, I have had so many of these bad experiences happened to me. I had a few couples that I showed 100 of homes in the last 5 to 6 years.


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So, this is the first dress I have made for Wee O. Surprising? I'm probably alone in this but I think dresses look a bit odd on babies that are not yet standing up. They bunch up around their backs when they are lying down and get in the way when they try to crawl. Tunics are nice. I like tunics with leggings or shorts but dresses are wasted on little scrunched up babies. And just don't get me started on poofy skirts and tutus! Now though, Wee O has reached that lovely age where she is learning to walk and is spending most of her time upright so I decided to mark the occasion with a new dress.
There are some really cute dress patterns out there. A quick search on Pinterest throws up loads of options and many of them free too. I love that people put so much effort into designing and digitising patterns for anyone to use. It's a real sign of the generosity of the sewing community. This free pattern by Made by Toya is a lovely simple back-buttoning bodice with gathered skirt. It's available in two sizes – 18-24 months and 2-3 years and can be made as either a dress or a tunic. I chose to make the dress. Wee O is 12 months old but she is big for her age so I was sure that the 18-24 months would be fine.
I used some cotton fabric that I picked up for a bargain price in a lovely wee shop in Kirkintilloch called i Sew 2. I had no intention of buying fabric that day – I have mounds of the stuff at home – but sometimes you just stumble upon a shop you've never seen before and, well, you just can't help buying more! I just tell myself I'm spreading the sewing love. It's 100% cotton and has the weight of a quilting cotton. The bodice is lined in the same fabric as the outer and I lined the skirt in red cotton. This means that altogether it's probably stiffer than a baby dress should be but it holds its shape nicely and gives Wee O plenty of room to move.
Wee O wore her first handmade dress to a family party today and got a bazillion compliments so we're drawing up plans for more. Now that baby dress season is upon us it's time to experiment with all the weird and wonderful decorative stitches on my sewing machine. And why not?!


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HitomiAfter the last demented game wallpaper mashup, I am happy to announce that Alf the Helper is once again back on his medication and producing some fanmade Game Wallpaper that has some semblance to normality.
Having locked the little fellow in a room for a day without food or water, he hasn't let me down. The fact he's gone off and produced 16 of these is... well... proof that a tight employee regime always gets results.
Dead or Alive 5 is the soon to be released (25th-28th September) fifth instalment in the DOA series by Team Ninja (if we ignore the volleybobble outings). A debut for the series on the Ps3 and featuring guest appearances by members of Sega's Virtua Fighter Team.
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Ayane, Kokoro, Hayate and Akira DOA 5 wallpaper on Just Walls Blog
Kasumi, Christie, Tina and La Mariposa DOA 5 wallpaper on Beauty Re-rendered Blog
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Dr. Lori Baruth was appointed Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky in 2007. Dr. Baruth received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati (2010), her Master of Music degree from The Ohio State University (2004), and both her Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education degrees from The Ohio State University (1999) as a summa cum laude graduate. Her teachers have included Richie Hawley, Steve Cohen, James Pyne, Dr. Donald McGinnis, Dr. Kathleen (Gardiner) Mulcahy, and Randy Riffle.
Dr. Baruth has performed as principal clarinet with the Huntington Symphony Orchestra, Westerville Symphony Orchestra, the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra, the Heisey Wind Ensemble, and the Opera Theater and Music Festival of Lucca Orchestra in Lucca, Italy. She has taught at the 2011 Festival Nacional de Música at the Escola de Música e Artes Cênicas da Universidade Federal de Goiás in Goiañia, Brazil. She has performed in the Grandin Vocal Chamber Festival and the Music05 Contemporary Music Festival. She has given recitals and masterclasses at universities in Goiañia and Florianopolis, Brazil. Dr. Baruth is active as a chamber musician and recitalist with many performances throughout the United States to her credit. She is clarinetist with the Baird Winds woodwind quintet, director of the Morehead State University Clarinet Ensemble, and has coached and adjudicated many clarinetists in Ohio and Kentucky for OMEA, KMEA, and Youth Orchestra programs. Dr. Baruth is also an active clinician and performer in high schools and middle schools around the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In the summer, Dr. Baruth serves as clarinet faculty at the Lutheran Summer Music Festival and Academy on the campus of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. There, in addition to coaching clarinet lessons and chamber groups, she performs as a member of the Movére Woodwind Quintet, and gives recital performances throughout the four-week festival. She also teaches each summer at the Morehead State University Summer Arts Academy, a week-long festival for high school musicians from Kentucky and surrounding states. In August 2012, she presented her DMA research on Joan Tower as a semi-finalist in the International Clarinet Association's Research Competition in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dr. Baruth lives in Winchester, Kentucky with her husband of ten years, Mark, and their children Kevin and Regan. Dr. Baruth plays Yamaha Custom Series G II Hamilton-plated clarinets.


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Look at that, pale as death and she's got her neck covered, betcha fifty she's a fang-banger
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Was this to be his last sight, then? These bloody-red gums, these rusty, iron teeth? Where were the Gods to defend him from Bloody Smile?
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There are things that go bump in the night. Things that will unnerve you. Things you should never meet. These are the things you are gaming.
"This? It is pretty isn't it? No it is not new. My mother had it."
Hideous creatures, they stand motionless and filled with intense sorrow at their existence.
Choke horrors are nightmarish creatures that give the most knowledgeable and adventurous pause. They are tall gangly bipedal creatures that have four whip like appendages instead of arms.
Come ye who HUNGER!
Below the surface of the Earth, dwelling in darkness and forgotten catacombs, the goat-headed Ghouls, dark spirits of murder, feast on the dead. Ghouls dwell in old, forgotten places, luring others down into the grasping claws of their evil tribes.
He had done it a hundred times, taken eyes. It was so easy by now, he rarely used a spoon or knife, but, with his own fingers, would pilfer those beautiful orbs from the skulls of the deceased...
Do you ever give ice ages a thought?
The Lord of Agony, He of Corpulent Pain
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They march, march forever. Eerie chanting fill the air. Death Cometh.
Before the honored dead are placed in their sarcophagi of alabaster, they come to the Villa of the Embalmers.
A second chance
Undead are, simply put, among the most horrific things one can think of. Can you imagine anything more frightening than a being which is dead and yet still walks? Can you imagine the horror of being faced by the hollow shell of being, a hollow shell which must feed?
She left me, I couldn't deal with it. I sat there with the barrel of the gun in my mouth for a long time before I pulled the trigger.
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"I do so wish that my work didn't make such a wretched mess. At least the worms clean it up."
The Earth shifts, revealing a horror beyond time and reason…
"Let their bodies be consumed, so that their souls may be healed" (Consumption 1-1)
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Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Colon
Primary malignant melanoma of the colon is very rare. In most instances melanomas of the colon are metastatic meaning the melanoma spread from a different origin. Early detection is key to successful treatment.
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Signs and Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of primary malignant melanoma include:
Rectal bleeding
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Unexplained weight loss
Abdominal cramps that are persistent
A change in bowel habits that lasts for more than a few weeks
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Risk Factors
The median age of patients diagnosed with primary malignant melanoma of the colon is age 60. Family history can play a roll. If the patient has a history of colorectal polyps it puts them at greater risk for developing colon cancer. Lifestyle choices can put patient's at risk for colon cancer as well such as smoking, obesity and use of alcohol. It is difficult to assess risk factors due to the fact these cases occur so rarely.
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If any of the above symptoms occur it is important to see a physician right away. As with any melanoma, early detection is key to treatment. Colon cancer can be diagnosed a number of ways. Your physician may perform a test known as a colonoscopy. A colonoscopy is done as an outpatient and requires no hospital overnight stay. It involves a physician using a long slender tube attached to a camera to view the patient's entire colon and rectum. If the physician sees any suspicious areas they can obtain biopsies to determine if the areas are cancerous.
Physician's can also use CAT scans to view the colon and look for suspicious areas. Another form of x-ray used to diagnose colon cancer is a barium enema. This involves the patient receiving barium dye in the form of an enema. The barium creates a silhouette of the colon and rectum so the physician can identify masses if they are present.
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There are several treatment options for malignant melanoma of the colon. Surgery can be performed to remove the cancerous tissue. This treatment is the one physicians utilize most often. Chemotherapy may be used alone or in conjunction with surgery. Chemotherapy is typically employed if the melanoma has metastasized. Chemotherapy uses strong drugs to kill cancer cells. Radiation therapy may also be used alone or with surgery. Radiation uses energy sources such as x-rays in a powerful way to shrink tumors and may be used in conjunction with chemotherapy as well.
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The prognosis for primary melanoma of the colon is better than most mucosal melanomas. Due to the fact primary malignant melanomas are so rare it is assumed that the prognosis is similar to that of melanomas of the colon. The survival rate for melanomas of the colon are:
Overall mortality 47 percent with one and five year survival rates of 60 percent and 33 percent.
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Primary malignant melanoma of the colon can be treated in many ways. It is important to see a physician if any of the symptoms develop especially if risk factors are present. The patient's physician will design a treatment plan suitable for their case if the diagnosis of melanoma of the colon is confirmed.
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Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/colon-cancer/DS00035/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs
NCBI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040702/
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We spent a lazy afternoon on a quiet alley in Old Town Dubrovnik sipping a cup of coffee. Some things are universal...like playing fetch. We spotted this curly-haired pup running repeatedly after a stick that his master would throw.
We used the opportunity to read up on the activities that awaited us the next day in Montenegro.
As the sun began to set, we graduated to an outdoor seat at nearby d'vino.
Taj Mahal. When we first saw the name, we nearly walked on by as Indian food didn't make a lot of sense to eat on a short trip to Croatia. However, we quickly learned that Taj Mahal was a Bosnian restaurant! I'm not sure how they came up with the name, it's all a bit confusing... After about a 20 minute wait (this place is really popular, particularly on the weekends), we were seated at an outdoor table under the eaves of an old stone building.


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Fitting that this is my first review, seeing how it was an Artemis book that inspired me to create the blog.
Author: Eoin Colfer
Summary: Young Artemis Fowl seeks to recover his family's fortune, using his vast intelligence to take his missing father's place as a crimelord. He finds himself in an incredible situation, though, when he kidnaps a fairy and holds her at ransom. His adventures with LEPrechaun officer Holly Short, dwarf Mulch Diggums, Foaly the Centaur and other mythical creatures from the world below continue for a total of five books, with a sixth planned for late 2007.
Two Cents: This series hooks you. I picked it up because it was a big seller and the fifth volume had just come out when my local store put hardcover versions of books 2-4 on sale for $7 each, as well as the first at a special $3.99 ($2.99 in the U.S.) price. It was a just in case I ever decide to read these kind of buy and I'm glad I did. The introductory book is a bit hard to get into at first, but as the series progresses the characters develop in wonderful ways and Colfer isn't afraid to put them in danger. The adventures are exciting and full of interesting concepts and technology, and the emotions the characters (particularly Artemis, Holly and Butler in the later books) go through are incredibly convincing.
Recommended For: 9-15s and maybe even higher. I've noticed that this is shelved both in the preteen and teen sections – good decision there. Fans of spy novels, adventure novels and even fantasy readers can get into this. Easy to read and impossible to put down.
Personal Rating: 10/10
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The article maps the process of research learning, that is, that domain of learning which novice researchers (such as doctoral students) experience in the complex process of becoming researchers. This exploratory qualitative study foregrounds the voices of the students and their accounts of research learning. The article questions the efficacy of the traditional �how to write a doctoral dissertation� guidebooks and suggests that there are no clear steps to be followed in the writing of the proposal and that the journey each student traverses is filled with obstacles, reversals, breakdowns and, yet, progression. What could be gleaned from this study is that research learning is even more complex than we anticipated, and that making firm statements about �the right way� to prepare doctoral students might in fact be the first error in seeking to improve the learning and support of novice researchers.
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Gwen Stefani looks great while on mommy duty.
The pregnant star was spotted walking her son Zuma to school in Los Angeles today, wearing a plaid jacket, blue skinny jeans and red high-heeled boots while also flaunting her growing baby bump.
Although she hasn't publicly talked about her third pregnancy, the No Doubt singer has showed off her new curve plenty of times since the news came out.
The "Looking Hot" singer recently made her first red carpet appearance with her baby bump on Thursday, Oct. 17, while attending the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Gala in Beverly Hills with hubby Gavin Rossdale.


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Making Docker for Mac Faster with the Overlay2 Filesystem
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The easiest task to do to get better filesystem performance in Docker is to switch to the
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May his life shine through our love, support and prayers, and may the work of Compassion help him become "The Brightest Little Star".
Danny and I received a call that we weren't expecting just a few days ago. A call that was yet another reminder of how life is precious. A sweet six-year-old little boy that we sponsor in Tanzania went to be with Christ on May 25, 2012. He and his family were in a tragic car accident and he was the only one that did not survive. We wanted more details, but unfortunately, this is all the information we received. We wanted to be right there with his family holding them and wiping their tears. We wanted to remind them that their precious little boy was in Heaven with his Creator.
This little boy was born on November 18, 2005. He drew us pictures and wrote us letters. We sent him a picture of our bulletin board with his work showcased so he would know that we thought it was special to us. We wanted him to know that we were proud of him as if he was part of our family.
He would tell us about his family. Some of the things he enjoyed doing was playing football (soccer), skipping and playing with cars. Another favorite thing he mentioned was fetching water on three different occasions (he really liked this activity). He mentioned that he spent most of his time with his Dad. Through him, I was humbled. He made me realize that you can be happy without a lot the stuff. He also reminded me of how blessed most of us are in this country. I think this picture is a drawing of him fetching water with his Mom. Danny thinks that it's his favorite activity because he gets to spend time with his mother. Or, playing in water as a kid is pretty universal.
We loved him even though we hardly knew him. The definition of compassion is "a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering." After reading this definition, feelings of guilt crept in. I should've done so much more for him. I should've prayed for him and his family more. I should've written him more letters. I should've told him that I loved him more. I should've visited him. I felt selfish. I didn't feel compassionate at all. Why do we feel this way after someone we love passes? Why don't we do the things we wished we had done while they're here so we don't regret the things we didn't do when they're gone. How many more reminders of this simple principle do I need to recieve before it's too late?
After the phone call, Danny and I made a commitment that the next life we bring into our family and the ones that are in it now will be cherished more. We will do our very best to comply with this definition of compassion even if they're across the world. We will do all the things that we wished we had done for this little boy and more.
Please pray for the father, mother and three brothers of this family. I don't want to reveal names for their privacy. Please pray for us that we make a conscious effort to love those with all that we have who are still here on this earth. Please pray that we cherish each moment and that we're continuously humbled during this life so we can be more compassionate.... Carpe Diem.
Jeremiah 1:5 says that God knew you before He even formed you in the womb. He thought of you and planned for you, specifically. He made you with a very specific set of qualities, skills sets and emotions. They may not be the qualities, skill sets and emotions that you would have chosen or desire but you were hand crafted with a purpose by the Creator of the Universe. The next time you feel like you're not good enough. The next time you feel worthless. The next time you feel unloved. Remember this, every single thing about you makes you the most qualified person in the world to do what God has called you to do. So you do have a purpose, a very special one in fact. Following this purpose that God has laid out for you would likely result in tremendous self-worth and confidence. God loves you so much and so do we! (Letter written by Danny to this sweet boy).


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MIAMI: The Point-of-Purchase Advertising Institute held its annual industry conference at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa. Accepting POPAI's Industry Achievement Award were Nancy Bruner (2nd l.), purchasing manager for Kraft Foods, and William Smith (2nd r.), in-store presence manager for food and beverage, Procter & Gamble Co. Flanking the winners are Dick Blatt, POPAI president (l.) and Richard Winter, exec VP, Thorco Industries, and POPAI chairman.
NEW YORK: The American Jewish Committee hosted a dinner at the New York Hilton in honor of Cathleen P. Black (2nd r.), president of Hearst Magazines, who received the committee's National Human Relations award. Congratulating the winner are (l. to r.): Michael Clinton, senior VP-chief marketing officer and group publishing director, Hearst Magazines; Tina Brown, chairman, Talk Media; Frank A. Bennack Jr., president-CEO, Hearst Corp.; and Michael Gould, chairman-CEO, Bloomingdale's.
NEW YORK: Capital Publishing hosted a dinner for fashion advertisers at Daniel Restaurant, drawing attendees who included (l. to r.): Katrina Garnett, president-CEO, CrossWorlds Software; W. Randall Jones, CEO, Capital Publishing, and Camille McDonald, president-CEO, Parfums Givenchy.
BOSTON: SmartMoney hosted a wine tasting for advertisers at Mistral restaurant. Among those attending were (l. to r.): Roger T. Servison, senior VP, Tracy Curvey, senior VP-customer marketing and development, Stephen Cone, president of customer marketing and development, Personal Investing & Brokerage Group, all of Fidelity Investments; Steven Swartz, president-editor in chief, James Stewart, editor at large, Gale Murray, New England regional advertising manager, and Chris Lambiase, VP-publisher, all of SmartMoney; Fred Kobrick, president, Kobrick Cenent Funds; and Paula Polito; senior VP-marketing communications,


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I am on day 6 of my conversion. I have so far used 24 bottles of 1.42 gallons of bleach and we are still green and not there. I am very discourarged but am knee deep in it now and cannot turn back. I am heading to the Wal of Mart right now to buy more and hope I am not accused of being a meth lab (again).
In the post by Jason on how to covert, the only level he said to watch was PH. Am I supposed to be watching the other levels (alkalinity, hardness, stablizier) too while this conversion is going and keeping them up to par? This is not stated in the directions and I have not been.
Also, my catridges in my filter are 2 years old. I have replacements for them when this is all over (fingers crossed) but since they are so old, they are barely filtering. So I took the "column" out and this has created a very fast current situation with barely any filtering. Is this okay?
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LAKE SUCCESS, NY -- In the interest of advancing patient safety and improving care, the North Shore-LIJ Health System today announced with GE Healthcare the $12 million purchase of 15 GE Low-Dose CT Scanners that will be installed at 10 locations throughout the New York area over the next year.
The GE purchase is part of a three-year, $50 million investment by North Shore-LIJ to replace or update all of its conventional diagnostic imaging systems with scanners that deliver lower levels of radiation while also providing high-quality diagnostic images. In addition to the new hardware, North Shore-LIJ is installing GE's first-of-its-kind monitoring software, called DoseWatch, which tracks how much radiation is emitted by each CT, creating a database that will enhance the ability to monitor levels of emission and enable radiologists to adjust their practices based on the latest clinical evidence.
"As one of the first health systems in the country to replace or upgrade all of its diagnostic imaging equipment with low-dose technology, North Shore-LIJ is setting a new, higher standard for patient safety," North Shore-LIJ President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Dowling said today at a news conference with GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt at the health system's Center for Advanced Medicine in Lake Success, NY, home to its Goldman Diagnostic Imaging Center. "By collaborating with GE and adopting this innovative approach to medical imaging, we will have more information and tools to ensure that patients receive the latest, most effective care possible."
"GE has provided low dose solutions for over 30 years, and the GE Blueprint for low dose furthers our healthy imagination vision of improving the cost, quality and access of healthcare. We are pleased to recognize North Shore-LIJ's vision and efforts already on this front," said Mr. Immelt.
In 2010, North Shore-LIJ Imaging Services initiated a review of the diagnostic imaging equipment housed at 14 hospitals and six outpatient facilities throughout New York City and Long Island. This resulted in the development of a three-year plan to upgrade or replace $50 million in equipment with lose-dose technology. A year later in August 2011, The Joint Commission issued a sentinel alert about the radiation risks of diagnostic imaging. "By installing new imaging technology that uses lower radiation doses for CT scans, the North Shore-LIJ Health System is addressing an important factor that can contribute to excess radiation dosing," said Mark R. Chassin, MD, president of The Joint Commission. "Eliminating exposure to avoidable radiation requires a comprehensive patient safety program that includes education for staff and patients about the potential dangers of diagnostic radiation and dosing in imaging departments. We salute North Shore-LIJ for its attention to these risks. Safely adopting new technology and making sure it operates appropriately and delivers lower doses of radiation are very positive steps toward reducing the radiation risks associated with diagnostic imaging." To see a full statement from Dr. Chassin re: North Shore-LIJ's initiative
With the help of radiology leaders from across the health system, all of North Shore-LIJ's imaging facilities are completing the American College of Radiology's (ACR) accreditation process. They also achieved 100 percent compliance with the ACR's "Image Wisely" and "Image Gently" pledges, whereby all staff promised to reduce radiation doses to the lowest effective level for all patients and to only utilize radiation when no clinically appropriate alternative exists, which The Joint Commission's Dr. Chassin says is a key component of a safe imaging program.
The switch to low-dose CTs is good news for patients like Barbara Greenberg of Roslyn, NY, an 18-year ovarian cancer survivor. Until this year, she underwent at least one annual CT scan to ensure that her cancer had not reappeared. First diagnosed in 1994 and treated successfully at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY, Ms. Greenberg said her physician, John Lovecchio, MD, chief of gynecological-oncology at North Shore-LIJ, advised her earlier this year to discontinue the annual screening. "As you start to gain more knowledge about cancer, you pay more attention to potential risks like CT scans," said Ms. Greenberg, who has become active in fundraising for cancer research since the onset of her illness.
Working toward system-wide, low-dose diagnostic capabilities, GE Healthcare and North Shore-LIJ will pursue extensive clinical and technical education, process and data analysis improvements, and cutting-edge CT technologies, including:
- Adaptive Statistical Iterative Reconstruction (ASiR*^), an advanced reconstruction technique that reduces image noise for outstanding diagnostic performance at lower dose;
- Veo*^, the world's first model-based iterative reconstruction product offering high-quality images at lower doses in CT imaging; and
- DoseWatch*, a monitoring tool providing additional assistance to providers to measure, track and optimize patient dose over time, with multi-modality and multi-manufacturer adaptability.
As part of the upcoming purchase, North Shore-LIJ will install 15 high-definition, low-dose CTs at 10 facilities: Forest Hills Hospital (two CTs), Glen Cove Hospital, Huntington Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center (three CTs) in New Hyde Park, NY, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset (two CTs), NY, Plainview Hospital, Staten Island University Hospital's North and South sites, Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, NY, Center for Advanced Medicine in Lake Success, NY, and Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY.
North Shore-LIJ and GE have partnered together previously on other innovative initiatives, including the 2002 development of North Shore-LIJ's corporate university, called the Center for Learning and Innovation in Lake Success, NY, which was modeled after the GE Leadership Institute in Crotonville, NY. During the first three years of the program, GE Medical Systems trained and mentored North Shore-LIJ staff in valuable process improvement techniques and change management skills, including Six Sigma methodology.
About North Shore-LIJ Health System
The nation's second-largest, non-profit, secular healthcare system, North Shore-LIJ delivers world-class clinical care throughout the New York metropolitan area, pioneering research at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and a visionary approach to medical education, highlighted by the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. North Shore-LIJ cares for people at every stage of life at 15 hospitals, long-term care facilities and more than 250 ambulatory care centers throughout the region. North Shore-LIJ's owned hospitals and long-term care facilities house about 5,467 beds, employ more than 10,000 nurses and have affiliations with more than 9,000 physicians. With a workforce of more than 43,000, North Shore-LIJ is the largest employer on Long Island and the third-largest private employer in New York City. For more information, go to www.northshorelij.com.
* Trademark of General Electric Company
^ In clinical practice, the use of ASiR or Veo may reduce CT patient dose depending on the clinical task, patient size, anatomical location and clinical practice. A consultation with a radiologist and a physicist should be made to determine the appropriate dose to obtain diagnostic image quality for the particular clinical task.
† Statistics from RadiologyInfo.org.
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Your new wood floor will arrive in a wooden crate or standard size pallet. You have the option of ordering your wood for Inside Delivery or Curb Side Delivery. If ordered Curb Side, your shipment will be dropped in front of your residence. You'll want to bring it into your home as soon as possible and stack it in an out of the way place, such as on the opposite side of the room from where the installation will begin, or in an adjacent room. If you are having your new wood floor installed by a Warren Christopher professional, our team will take care of getting your floor inside, and in the correct area.
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Diradour formally announces candidacy for City Council
Charlie Diradour formally announced his candidacy for Richmond's City Council 2nd district seat yesterday. From the press release:
The event was held in Richmond's Fan neighborhood in front of friends, family and campaign supporters. He made clear his objectives and said he "wants to restore pride in Richmond" by creating a results oriented plan that will move our City forward and change the dynamic in the City.
Senator Donald McEachin (D-9th district) introduced Diradour. McEachin said of Diradour, "Charlie has been at the forefront of many issues over the years. And in so many ways, has already been setting an example of what a good city councilperson should do…meet with people, discuss the problems, and find a solution."
Outlining his visions and concerns for Richmond, Diradour said, "We must strive to do all we can to make education, on all levels, the best it can be. We have sidewalks in disrepair, streets that remain unpaved, and lighting projects that have been funded and never completed. I believe that meaningful action is a vital tool toward progress. We all know there is waste in the City budget and irresponsible spending, in general. I intend to find that waste and eliminate it."
Diradour also addressed Richmond's public safety personnel, the first-responders – police officers and firefighters leaving for other cities where they are better appreciated and rewarded for their efforts. Officer Tony Paciello, Vice President of the Richmond Coalition of Police, said of Diradour, "He understands that a strong, successful community begins with cooperation and a willingness to work together." Officer Paciello continued, "Whether finding solutions to problems such as promoting safety awareness for citizens, or simply getting to know our personnel on a first name basis, Charlie has always made a point of relationship building between our officers and the community."
A life-long Richmond resident and businessman, Charlie stated his belief that "now is the time to come together to do all we can to make Richmond THE place people want to live, work and play. I hold to my strong belief that ideas and solutions should come from the voters to council, and not the other way around", he said. Diradour concluded by pledging to "work toward the best solution, worthy of the office and worthy of you, the voters. Sometimes all it takes is leadership."


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Community and Membership
The ANA wants to bring together the nanny community to support each other and represent the nanny sector across Australia as one community.
The ANA's interests are specific to our membership base which is broad ranging to cover the diversity of the nanny community and to recognise each stakeholders needs and circumstances.
Membership consists of Nannies, Families and Nanny Agencies. There are also non-voting Individual and Business supporters.
The ANA aims to inform people about the role of the modern nanny in Australia. We want to increase recognition that nannies play an important role in the care of Australian children.
ANA also advocates and supports its members as needed and within its ability to do so.
Lobbying has been a part of the ANA role since its inception in 2012. We have been engaging in talks with federal political representatives and key stakeholders in the nanny community. One of our main interests has been extending the in-home care scheme to all families. We are pleased to see the recognition of our lobbying and for the nanny sector with the Federal Government announcement of a subsidised Nanny Pilot programme.
ANA holds regular sector consultation within its own membership base and externally within the nanny community. ANA also hosts consultation with other peak bodies and stakeholders throughout the year.
Professional development and qualifications
In previous years there have been qualifications that recognised the skills of the home-based carer. The ANA would like quality Registered Training Organisations to re-introduce quality accredited and recognised qualifications that are similar to the current childcare qualifications but specifically cater to the in-home carer. Childcare centres and family homes are completely different environments and deserve different training streams.
We would like to see experienced nannies recognised for their prior learning and experiences. We would also like to see the profession of nanny recognised through the Industry Skills Council and potentially the development of a nanny specific award.
We provide information about upcoming short courses and educational sessions relevant to nannies, as well as hosting professional development sessions for our members.
Minimum standards
The Australian Nanny Association has set its own minimum standards as membership criteria for nanny and agency members. This will assist families in employing legitimate and qualified in-home care professionals, and promote the importance of quality in-home childcare.
Relevant and topical events tailored specifically towards nannies and nanny agencies to help improve the nanny community and create a fun, educational and rewarding career for nannies.
The ANA runs social and networking events throughout the year. Some of the events held annually are Easter and Christmas picnics, Nanny Convention and AGM, Safety training and First Aid. We will also be hosting a Nanny Charity ball.


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Food for the soul!!
Music has alaways been recognised for its calming effects on the human mind and for its ability to rouse and inspire the spirit. Do not forget to include it in your class!!
Remember it surrounds us constantly and it is employed to stir our senses. Use music at different stages: before teaching play some music - instrumental- to make students relax. It has been proved that it increases learning. Then you can not only work with listening activities like fill in the gaps; I also use music with my students to help them write better compositions. Select different pieces of songs and ask them to write the story of a person´s life - You can show a photo and tell them the music they listen represents different stages of this person´s life.
I am researching into the power of music in language learning and you would be amazed to learn how much they connect to each other!!
Remember that music promotes, mantains and restores mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health and facilitates contact, interaction, self-awareness and communication.
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Location: Buenos Aires. Argentina.
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