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Med Alert Response is a Florida based corporation founded over twenty years ago. Since the day of inception, Med Alert has been driven to provide quality and compassionate personal care to our clients. Today, we share our passion far and wide serving our clients as far west as Alaska and as far east as Florida.
We still treat Med Alert like a family business. We still care about each client individually. We pride ourselves in maintaining an impeccable reputation for honest, affordable and professional service. Med Alert is A+ rated with the Better Business Bureau and 5 star rated by our clientele.
Maybe you heard about us from one of our clients? Perhaps you were directed here by a friend, or trusted medical provider. It's certain that you found us by someone who deeply cares about your well being – and so do we. If you're ready to take the next step in getting your medical alert system, please give us a call. We're here to help!
President, David Hmielewski
David has been involved in the alarm industry for nearly 20 years. First learning the ins and outs of the security world, he discovered the real beauty in alarm systems. The real beauty was in the devices that made a real difference by protecting the "things" we could never replace by insurance – our lives. David has dedicated himself to sharing his knowledge and compassion and often visits the local senior centers to share his big heart.
Vice President, Angie H.
Angie grew up with a super close relationship with her grandparents. At first, they took care of her – providing her the love and support she needed to fly into this world with an open mind and determined heart. In their later years, the roles reversed and Angie was glad to take care of them. Angie brings her protective and personal relationship skills to Med Alert. She looks after our clients like no other!
National Sales Director, Randy W.
Randy has been in sales for 40 years. He brings a wealth of sales knowledge to Med Alert Response. He lives in Mount Dora, Florida with his wife and
has 3 grown sons. Randy's mother-in-law is a Med Alert client so she and her loved ones can stay in contact at all times.
Client Support Manager, Matt B.
Matt has worked in the healthcare staffing industry for many years. Matt appreciates the science of matching the right care to the right patient. He understands how important the tools of the medical industry are and once he saw how our Med Alert two way voice system works, he was very interested in working with the clients on a more personal level. Today, Matt works with healthcare agencies around the country ensuring that all of their clients have Med Alert service available to them.
Life Safety Specialist, Carolyn S.
Carolyn is the face of Med Alert. Carolyn has spent the last 8 years meeting with our South Florida clients and their families in their home. Carolyn takes the time to make sure each client is completely comfortable using their medical alert system and understands how the system will work in the event of an emergency. Med Alert was founded by Carolyns brother and sister in law – she keeps the family business going.
Life Safety Specialist, Kyle R.
Kyle became a part of the Med Alert team after meeting Carolyn several years ago. Kyle caught the passion bug from Carolyn and she's been on a roll ever since. Kyle loves working with people! Kyle spends her time spreading the world about how important Med Alert is for our senior citizens to everyone and anyone. Afterall, doesn't everyone have an aunt, uncle, mom or dad that should really have a Med Alert?
Life Safety Specialist, Josh B.
Josh comes from a beach community on the east coast of Florida. He really knows how to make friends! Josh concentrates his involvement with Med Alert on sharing Med Alert's benefits with the unlikely subscriber. You see, there are lots of people who could benefit from Med Alert including those with temporary ailments steming from a planned surgery or accidental injury. People suffering from epilepsy, cerebal palsy, equilibrium debilitating ailments etc. could also benefit. Old or young, Med Alert is here to support you in the event of an emergency – and Josh is here to help.


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RGC star Sam Wainwright will start for Wales U20s in-front of his home crowd at Stadiwm Zip World on Friday (8.15pm).
The tighthead has been named in Jason Strange's side for their opening Six Nations clash against Scotland, which is expected to draw a bumper crowd to Colwyn Bay for the clash.
Leicester Tigers' Tommy Reffell, who captained Wales U18 to some notable victories last season, has the honour of leading his country once again. The core of that Wales U18 backline continues this Friday, with Ospreys trio Harri Morgan (scrum-half), Callum Carson (centre) and Cai Evans (fullback) all set to run out against the Scots.
Reffell leads from an all-new back row featuring Scarlets openside Dan Davies and Dragons number eight Taine Basham – the latter having made his full regional debut for the Men of Gwent earlier this month.
There is an element of continuity, with seven of the starting line-up having featured for the U20s last season, including second row partners Max Williams (Dragons) and Jack Pope (Bridgend).
The head coach, said: "We've got a lot of promising youngsters in there – many of them still eligible for U18s - but we had a very young squad last season too.
"Which means we can benefit from the return of players like Ben Jones and Rhys Carre.
"We saw what a lot of these new boys are capable of during their time with the U18s last year, so it's up to them to step up and show us what they can do in the U20s shirt in front of what is a terrific crowd in North Wales."
Wales U20 team to face Scotland: Cai Evans (Ospreys), Joe Goodchild (Dragons), Corey Baldwin (Scarlets), Callum Carson (Ospreys), Ryan Conbeer (Scarlets), Ben Jones (Cardiff Blues), Harri Morgan (Ospreys), Rhys Carre (Cardiff Blues), Iestyn Harris (Cardiff Blues), Sam Wainwright (RGC), Jack Pope (Bridgend), Max Williams (Dragons), Tommy Reffell (c) (Leicester Tigers), Dan Davies (Scarlets), Taine Basham (Dragons).
Replacements: Dewi Lake (Ospreys), Josh Reynolds (Dragons), Rhys Henry (Ospreys), Morgan Jones (Scarlets), Morgan Morris (Ospreys), Dan Babos (Dragons), Ben Thomas (Cardiff Blues), Tommy Rogers (Scarlets).

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Last month, Anglo-Norwegian trio Eyes Of A Blue Dog released their second album, Harmatia, after their debut "ambient dreamtronica" Rise in 2012. In the words of the band's own Rory Simmons, the release is, "kind of an alt-pop, experimental cross between Massive Attack/Little Dragon and Portishead." The band recently unveiled Blow off the album, a five minute glimpse into the world of Eyes Of A Blue Dog that'll leave you sure to demand more.
The track's strongest influence could be cited to The Cardigans, with vocals at times so similar to Nina Perrson's that you could be fooled in the difference between the two. Dreamy and lethargic, the electronica-sparkle laden track is the sort to entice you in gently, and before you realise the five minutes will have elapsed, and you'll find yourself so captivated you can't resist putting the track on again. Engaging and intriguing, it's promising offering.
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UKIP Leader and Member of the European Parliament Nigel Farage argued that jihadists have been able to gain a foothold in the West because "we as governments, we as nations, we as countries, are not being robust enough in defending our values" during an interview on the Fox News Channel's "Your World with Neil Cavuto" on Thursday.
"What I have seen in the UK, and I have some understanding that in America it's similar, is that much of this recruitment, to extremism, is going on within the organizations of the state. It's happening within schools, and especially it is happening within prisons, and one of the reasons it's being allowed to happen within the organs our state is we as governments, we as nations, we as countries, are not being robust enough in defending our values. We have been weak and they have taken advantage of us," Farage declared.
Farage further criticized multiculturalism for dividing the United Kingdom, saying "what I see in every British city and every British town, are ghetto areas, are divided communities, are people whose kids don't speak the same language, and a divided country, and that from the one country in Europe that actually had the best race relations of any of them."
"We must from now on be really careful about protecting our borders, about making sure those that want to come and live with us and work with us, are the right people" he added.
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Hi! I'm just barely beginning to get into the swing of things at school (classes, community service, clubs, singing, and sports just don't leave much free time...) but I wanted to let you know that I am still alive and updating this, despite my fantastic cold I've come down with.
Anywhoo, this is not to vent but to share with you this awesome dress my grandmother brought to me a few weeks ago. It has been in the family for ages and at least 80 years old. I required the aid of my mother to get it on, but this dress is fabulous and was so fun to wear. I can't really do much with it except keep it like an artifact. We are debating whether or not the thread is real gold, which is really interesting. And it was almost musty, my mom wanted to send these pictures to grams which is why I got in it in the first place. How cool is the matching belt? However, I wish people would dress like this more. What ever happened to these gowns and dresses? They are great.


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The Catalan GP did take place as the recent Moto2 round. It all happened at the circuit near Barcelona. Local boy Alex Márquez started from pole position. Italians Mattia Pasini and Lorenzo Baldassarri completed him in the front row.
Takaaki Nakagami, Thomas Lüthi and Franco Morbidelli started from the second row. In the third row there were Miguel Oliveira (who went his 100th GP), Jorge Navarro and Axel Pons.
Federico Fuligni made another wild card appearance with Forward Junior Team.
Luca Marini had some health problems with his shoulder so during Saturday he withdrew from the race weekend.
On Friday the riders were going at a new track when new chicane in turns 13-14-15 was added. But MotoGP safety comission then decided (after MotoGP riders were complaining about it) to change it back to 2016 modification. So from Saturday they went the track layout like in 2016.
It was quite a special weekend for the Marc VDS team as it was their 250th start in the intermediate category. And their rider Alex Márquez had a perfect start and went into the lead immediately. His team mate Franco Morbidelli came second and Mattia Pasini was third.
Márquez was in a great shape and pace as he was increasing his lead from the very first lap. In lap number 5 he had more then 3 seconds of difference in the lead.
But behind him there were some battles. Franco Morbidelli and Mattia Pasini switched their positions a few times but then Pasini was able to pull away. Later Morbidelli was fighting with Lüthi and Oliveira. The Italian had a moment when he almost lost his front and since then he started to lose some time and positions.
Márquez was going on the first place with a comfortable lead, Mattia Pasini was second and Thomas Lüthi moved to third.
There was quite an interesting fight for P8 among Nakagami, Vierge, Quartararo, Schrotter and some others. Time to time it was so close there!
Alex Márquez made it from the start to finish and he won his second home Grand Prix of the year. Good team's 250th GP anniversary celebration.
Mattia Pasini celebrated second podium finish in a row as he was second and Thomas Lüthi came third.
Miguel Oliveira was 4th, Lorenzo Baldassarri 5th, Franco Morbidelli 6th, Jorge Navarro 7th (best rookie in the race), Fabio Quartararo 8th, Xavi Vierge 9th and Hafizh Syahrin completed top 10.
On points were also 11th Takaaki Nakagami, 12th Simone Corsi, 13th Isaac Viñales, 14th Francesco Bagnaia and 15th Andrea Locatelli (his first Moto2 point ever).
Yonny Hernández, Dominique Aegerter, Brad Binder, Axel Pons, Remy Gardner, Xavier Simeon, Augusto Fernandéz, Edgar Pons, Jesko Raffin, Iker Lecuona, Khairul Idham Pawi, Tetsuta Nagashima and Federico Fuligni finished outside points.
Tetsuta Nagashima crashed already in the lap 1 but then he re-joined the race and finished it.
Tarran Mackenzie, Sandro Cortese and Marcel Schrotter crashed (Schrotter in the last lap) while Stefano Manzi retired due to technical issues.
Franco Morbidelli keeps the Championship lead but it starts to be close. Morbidelli has 123 points while Thomas Lüthi has 116 points. Alex Márquez is behind them with 103 points.
The next race weekend will be from 23rd to 25th June in Assen, the Netherlands.
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Playing in an outing a few years ago that supported my high school's athletic department, I hit a duck hook that landed in a parallel fairway. There were few trees, very much open, and the fairways were essentially connected with the same cut of grass. No difference between them, really. Since the course will filled with players from the outing, there was another group that was basically approaching my ball in the middle of their fairway, which they promptly picked up.
Two of my playing partners were headed that way, but I told them I'd go over and handle it. I just pulled up and said,
"You guys just picked up my ball that was laying here in the fairway".
"What kind is it?"
"What number?"
"I'm not sure of the number, but it has my name printed on it."
The shady picker immediately went to his pocket and without saying another word, grabbed it and tossed it back. If he had a tail, it would have been firmly planted between the cheeks of his ass.


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2000 Photo of the Year
Photograph: Good Morning Starshine
Location: Sawhill Ponds, Boulder, Colorado
Date taken: November 24, 1999
Equipment used: Nikon F100, Tamron 28-200, Provia, Bogen tripod , no filters. (Exposure information lost in the excitement of the moment.)
Web site: Colorado Photos and the Field and Forest Members Gallery
As the sun rose through the mist that lay in a blanket over the pond, I positioned it behind a stand of trees, Suddenly, it was like shafts reaching into the water of the pond. It was as if the fog was on fire. I scrambled around to find the right place where enough of the shore with the beautiful, new fallen snow in the foreground and the reflection of the trees in the water. It was 10 degrees and I could barely feel the shutter release with my fingers. My breath fogged the viewfinder but somehow I kept clicking with no idea if what I would see on film would be anywhere close to the golden sunlight as it streamed toward me. I was breathing hard as I tried to take it all in.
What makes this more of a miracle for me is that this is in an unlikely place with tangles of wires in the background and a wire fence along a dirt road. In the distance is the noise of early morning traffic. But not this day. This morning, it was still and silent and all the workings of the world were hidden in a blanket of gilded fog. in a moment, it was melted off by the warming air. The world crept back in. Now, I have this to remind me of the beauty that is always around me and invisible for most of the time.
Interview with Greg Summers
© 2001: David Leeson/Field and Forest Company
Field and Forest:
What inspired you to pursue nature photography?
Greg Summers:
It was nothing more than a wish to get out more - at least, that's how it started. I began with an Olympus D600L and wanted some photos for a brochure for my Insurance Agency. I went out one early November day in 1998. It had snowed the night before and the sun came up on a clear blue sky morning. When I saw the grandeur of the Flatirons (west of Boulder, Colorado) printed out on my inkjet, I was in love. I suddenly saw the world through my own eyes and I was surpried to find such beauty as I had never imagined. From that point on, I began to go out every day to find little piece of beauty. Each day, my love of nature grew. I really had no choice but to continue.
Field and Forest:
How has your nature photography effected your life?
Greg Summers:
Seeing such beauty for the first time in my life made everything look different. I noticed details, I noticed colors in the sky and every day has become an exciting voyage of discovery. I was at the stage of life where I was beginning to ask "Is that all there is?" The answer was a profund no! I woke up at before sunrise and knelt in the snow waiting for first light. I waited for the Canada geese to stir on mornings the cold made my fingers ache. In the evening I went out and watched the sunset. I learned more patience than I wanted to learn and I began to learn the rhythms and cycles of nature and thus, my own.
Field and Forest:
You have spent a great deal of time photographing this locale - Sawhill Ponds. Why do you feel a passion for this subject instead of others?
Greg Summers:
Sawhill Ponds is located just east of Boulder, Colordao in the middle of gravel pits and cement factories. Two miles west, a steady stream of small planes buzz ino the air from the Boulder County Airport. In this one place, Sawhill Ponds, is a sanctuary that is home for 100's of different birds and other wildlife. In the summer, the ponds are glassy smooth and reflect the colors of the sun as it sets over the Continental Divide. It's an oasis of peace and tranquility. The patterns of shape and color in the clouds mesmerize me. In the morning, the time when "Good Morning Sunshine was taken, a thick fog hung over the ponds. In a moment I can only describe as magic, the world was blotted out and streaks of light and color flooded in. My yeart raced as I hurried to record the show. I could go on, but you get the idea.
Field and Forest:
What are some of the difficulties you've had to confront since you began documenting this area?
Greg Summers:
My biggest problems were total lack of knowlege of natue, it cycles and rhyhms, and photography. I was a beginner in every way. It was like my classroom. Along with my lack of knowledge was lack of patience. I learned to stay still and wait far longer than I ever ad before. I waited through mornings and evenings of disappointment to get the few gems that keep me going back.
Field and Forest
: What do you hope to accomplish in the coming year which you were unable to accomplish thus far in documenting this subject?
Greg Summers:
I hope to get closer to its essence. Considering I have no idea what exactly that is, I don't know how to do it. I want to redo Good Morning Sunshine, but that would take a miracle. I'd like to capture one of the Bald Eagles on film, but that would take an even bigger miracle.
Field and Forest:
Lets talk about your winning photo entry, "Good Morning Starshine" for a moment. It's a stunning photo. What were you thinking when you raised your camera and saw this image in your viewfinder?
Greg Summers:
I was thinking, Oh, Oh, how do I do this? It's so beautiful. What should I do? Where do the trees go? Will it look like that? Where do I take a light reading? What's happening next? And then it was over and I was laughing out loud. I had no idea what was in the camera.
Field and Forest:
Photographers are often their own best or worst critic. We want to know, how do you feel about your winning photo?
Greg Summers:
I left the slide to sit for almost a year before I submitted it to anything or showed it to anyone. I saw the grain in the darker areas and almost decided not to scan and yet, there was something about it. I decided it was about emotion and moment, not about technical merit. It was about awe and wonder, but I decided to submit it only after several other photographers on a feedback forum reacted to it. Even now, I am surprised every time I look at it.
Field and Forest:
What are your top three tips for shooting better nature photos?
Greg Summers:
Go back to the same places over and over again. Know them like you know your own face in the mirror. Notice where the sun comes up through the year, find good framing elements, and when you learn to be in the place like it was your home, relax, there's no need to look for anything. It will come to you.
# Practice a lot - treat everything like practice, take bad pictures and make lots of mistakes.
# Use a tripod as much as possible, even when it means struggling into silly positions.
Field and Forest:
Anything else you'd like to say?
Greg Summers:
Life is an illusion created by each of us. I really don't believe this, but I try to teach myself that every time I go to shoot. I try to see that lesson through my viewfinder. Nothing is as it appears.
Judge's Comments:
This was a very tough choice. Kim and I debated for several days about the merits of each photo which made it to our final round. We also consulted Mike Flood, of Illinois, one of our members at Field and Forest and an honorary staff member who has been instrumental in the success of Field and Forest through his friendly critiques, suggestions and support. Nonetheless, the selection for this year's winner became easier the more we discussed the merits of Greg's photo. We are so honored to present it as our 2000 Field and Forest Photo of the Year. Congratulations Greg!
We have been marveling at Greg's wonderful composition for quite a while since he first began submitting images to Field and Forest. In fact, we think his composition is so impressive we actually used his images for a discussion about the "rule of thirds" compoitional technique. For an explanation of how Greg uses composition in his photography Click Here. Without a doubt, "Good Morning Starshine" is another wonderful example of fine composition with its strong leading lines which frame the subject while at the same time serving as a visual entry into the image.
This image is entirely about light and speaks for itself. The early morning sunshine splitting through the branches of the tree as it is dispersed by the fog makes this a quintesential look at the use of wonderful light and its role in the success or failure of an image. Greg also managed to retain detail in the highlights without losing important shadow detail in the small patch of snow at the water's edge. His exposure is right on the mark.
Another powerful element of this image is the quality and color of light. Remove the warmth of this image and it would still be a strong image but would lose its contrasting elements of warm sunshine and snow. Combine this with the saturation on the water reflecting the scene and it requires little more comments as to why this is a winning photo.
Generic enough to fit all nature experiences and yet unique enough to qualify as one of nature's quiet moments of spontaneous worship. The power of this image beyond its technical quality and obvious beauty is its subtle suggestion that there truly is a power greater than ourselves which can not be explained in any manner or form beyond personal experience.
This factor is not ordinarily a criteria in our contests. It became a factor in the Photo of the Year judging primarily because of the minutiae of trying to determine the best photo among the many wonderful images we had to choose from. Generally speaking, images should be judged at "face value." Nonetheless, the difficulty factor in obtaining this image is clearly spoken by Greg himself as he describes his attempts to record the scene. Greg made many trips to this area before encountering this "chance" opportunity which was executed with precision.
It would be easy to classify "Good Morning Starshine" as yet another landscape image with a beautiful sunrise/sunset sky. We see images created by God far more than we see images created by photographers. What we mean by this is that Greg was fortunate enough to be presented an opportunity we would have considered a privilege to witness. But to record the scene with authenticity required quick thinking and creativity to include crucial elements such as the patch of snow in the foreground and make careful exposures for a truthful rendition of nature's gift to him on that cold morning.
"Good Morning Starshine" by Greg Summers
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At the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, Impact Film Festival showcased 14 socially themed documentary and dramatic films, followed by panel discussions with an engaging mix of filmmakers, entertainers, lawmakers and other civic leaders. The featured films were powerful, thought provoking, relevant to our times, exploring subjects on the minds of the activists, delegates, party leaders and candidates attending the Conventions. The films included:
Narrated by Annette Bening, this film follows female Senators such as Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton and Blanche Lincoln in the Capitol, on the road, on the campaign trail and even in their kitchen, exploring the issues, advantages and disadvantages of being a female politician in todays political climate.
When Claude Gerstle, a surgeon and athlete, suffers a tragic bicycle accident that leaves him paralyzed from the neck down, he and his daughter, Jessica (former producer, Dateline NBC), embark on a moving odyssey to track down the thinkers, politicians, crusaders and nay-sayers at the heart of the federally funded stem cell research quagmire. Featuring Michael J. Fox, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Orin Hatch, Sam Brownback. World Premiere.
IMPACT's featured narrative film, Battle in Seattle is an all-star, edge-of-your-seat glimpse at the 1999 WTO demonstrations in Seattle, told from the perspective of protesters, police, and city officials.
In a film that works as series of living portraits, twenty prominent African Americans of various professions, disciplines and backgrounds offer their own stories and insights on the struggles, triumphs and joys of black life in this country and manage to re-define "blacklist" for a new century in the process.
A comprehensive look at Lee Atwater, the blues-playing rogue whose rambunctious rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a household name. He mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush while leading the Republican Party to historic victories and transforming the way America elects its Presidents. Featuring Ed Rollins, Michael Dukakis, Tucker Eskew, Howard Fineman, Mary Matalin, Sam Donaldson and more.
Flow: For Love Of Water highlights the local intimacies of an emerging global catastrophe: African plumbers reconnect shantytown water pipes under cover of darkness to ensure a community's survival; a Californian scientist forces awareness of shockingly toxic public water sources; a Big Water CEO argues privatization is the wave of the future; a Water Guru in India sparks new community water initiatives in hundreds of villages; a Canadian author uncovers the corporate profiteering that drives global water business.
Ripped from the headlines, Freeheld is a touching and compelling story about one woman who fights for domestic partnership while struggling to survive lung cancer. Forced to leave her job because of her diagnosis with the disease after 25 years spent serving Ocean County, New Jersey, Lieutenant Laurel Hester is committed to changing state law and leaving her pension to her loving partner, Stacie. Acclaimed director Cynthia Wade weaves a gripping and tender documentary that is filled with courage and hope for all of the LGBT community in the struggle for equal rights. Academy Award winner for documentary short subject.
I.O.U.S.A. is a documentary film that explores the United States current economic situation, including the countrys ever growing federal debt, over extended entitlement programs and increased foreign competition. As the baby boomers prepared to retire, an economic disaster of epic proportions awaits. In this non-partisan film, director Partick Creadon demystifies the nations financial practices and policies. I.O.U.S.A. drives home the message that when armed with the facts and figures, the American public can hold accountable those entrusted with the grave responsibility of running the country.
It began in 2001 as a wild idea by a Scot and an Austrian -- to give homeless people a chance to change their lives through an international street soccer competition. The word went out on the streets. Five years later, 20,000 homeless people from 48 countries were training hard and competing to represent their country in the 4th Annual Homeless World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa.
Charles Guggenheim's portrait of Bobby Kennedy who gave voice to the aspirations of a generation and who continues to inspire with his message of hope and commitment to social justice. The film was originally presented at the1968 Democratic Convention forty years ago.
A 2008 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary, Trouble the Water is a riveting exploration of poverty in America as seen through the eyes of a couple trapped in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. This film received the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The New York Times says "Superb... One of the best American documentaries in recent memory."
The IMPACT ARTS + FILM FUND (IAFF) was created as a platform for artists and filmmakers to engage in the political and policy arena. IAFF is based in Washington, D.C., and was co-founded by Jody Arlington, Jamie Shor and Kimball Stroud, three veterans of the political and entertainment arenas. IAFF hosts screenings, panel discussions, promotional events, and book launches to educate and enlighten its audiences and creates a climate for meaningful social impact. IAFF launched at the 2008 Democratic & Republican National Conventions with the IMPACT Film Festival: "Where Film Crosses the Aisle".
IAFF's fiscal sponsor is New Venture Fund, a 501(c) 3 public charity. New Venture Fund was established in response to demand from leading philanthropists for efficient, cost-effective and time-saving intermediary services. NVF offers unobtrusive support and facilitation - focusing on enhancing our clients' ability to execute their visions.
IMPACT Arts + Film Fund partnered with Share Our Strength at the 2012 Republican and Democratic national concentions for screenings of HUNGER HITS HOME narrated by Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges. Bridges made appearances at both conventions in support of Share Our Strength, HUNGER HITS HOME, and the IMPACT Arts + Film Fund.
"At RNC film fest, Jeff Bridges supports hunger campaign" - Tampa Bay Times
To learn more about the IMPACT ARTS + FILM FUND, please contact Kimball Stroud or Mary-Morgan Limperis at
(202) 543-9700 or email@example.com
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Nancy Nicolas, CNA, October MVP
Nancy Nicolas has been with us at Park Avenue for over 20 years. Nancy says she loves Park Avenue and is extremely dedicated to her floor and the Residents she serves. Nancy seldom takes a lunch break, and is a true patient advocate working right through her shift. Nancy always places customer service first and foremost. It is our pleasure to be able to make Nancy our October Employee of the Month at Park Avenue.
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The usual queue problem of getting into the show is always a challenge each year, but as people already had tickets, it should not have been the problem this year. Unfortunately 3 lanes of traffic going into one really doesn't
work!, so the queue problem still existed, perhaps it should be called Trax!
Having arrived, we found our stand next to XROC (as requested) beings
it was the XR Owners Club National Day. A bit of a turn around for this show
as Wicksteed park decided to put us in a different section of the park which
was supposed to be a bigger plot. It felt smaller and more cramped then in
previous years. We only just managed to get all the cars on the stand as a few people were added to the stand at the last min. Its a good job Caz has size 4 feet as it was a struggle for her to guide Chris C with his Merkur XR4Ti in between our members cars. However, we managed to squeeze him in.
Even with a few members cars out of action this year, we still managed to
get 11 cars. Well, done to those that worked hard to get their cars going,
esp Pete 'Doh' who managed to 'squeeze' the V8 engine in his XR4i, taxed and
Mot'd in time for this show!
There are always lots of cars to see and lots of visiting clubs but with
that amount of walking, one builds up an appetite and it was somewhat
disappointing to see only one food stall!. It seems that this venue like to
get every one to 'queue'!
The trade stands were also a bit thin on the ground. At least the weather
held out and it didn't chuck it down else it would have been a mud slide.
Our 4x4 lot would have made a pretty packet towing people out!
On the + side the turnout for the XR Owners Club National Day including our members was very pleasing to see. Our boys managed to pick up some trophies from the XROC concourse categories below.
1st place for Modified XR4x4 went to Simon Stephens aka Gengis.
2nd Place for Standard XR4x4 went to David Ashmore.
Congratulations to you both.
Talking of trophies, Sharky managed to pick up a giant 'Crazy Frog' and a
'Tigger' from a giant grabbing machine from the amusement park. How he
manages to do it is anyone's guess although his bank balance is probably
trying to recover now !!
That's another FITP show gone not quite to the same standard as in previous years but still one for our calendar. Whilst some of you are recovering from this show, some of us (2 of us) are burning the candle at both ends to get
the pics and write up on here!.
The Show
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Cook Time8 mins
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- 2 pouches Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix
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Now Ecuador may seek a third party to mediate with British lawmakers, foreign minister María Fernanda Espinosa told Associated Press.
Julian Assange obtained global protection in August 2012 from the Ecuadorian Government at the time.
The British Foreign Office turned down a request to grant diplomatic status to Julian Assange, who has lived at the embassy since 2012.
A spokesperson for the Foreign Office denied that the government was in talks with Ecuador over Assange receiving diplomatic status, emphasisng that the government wants him to face justice - even if the crime in question is far less severe than it was 12 months ago.
Julian Assange was likely granted an Ecuadorian ID card that might be paving the way for a passport, fueling theories that he might be leaving the London embassy soon.
Ecuador's Foreign Ministry in a statement said it was seeking to resolve Assange's situation, without making reference to the citizenship issue. Sweden dropped the case, but Assange has remained in the embassy because he is still subject to arrest in Britain for jumping bail. However, Metropolitan Police say he still faces a charge related to failing to surrender to a court and might still be arrested on those charges, BBC reported.
Cleveland Browns officially announce front office additions of Eliot Wolf, Alonzo Highsmith
The same can also be said for the Browns' 2 current vice presidents of player personnel Andrew Berry and Ken Kovash. Owner Jimmy Haslam will surely be hoping Dorsey and Wolf can lead the Browns back to respectability with haste.
He set a spider on fire. But the spider got even
The fire wasn't enough to completely destroy the apartment, but the extent of the damage has forced the residents to move out. Residents did attempt putting out the fire with a garden hose but were unsuccessful, AJC.com quotes fire officials.
Future Man: Hulu Orders Second Season of Seth Rogen Time Travel Comedy
It isn't clear when production will begin on this new season, or when the production will announce any new Runaways cast members . It is the story of six diverse teens who can barely stand each other but who must unite against a common foe-their parents.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted a passport for Ecuador after taking asylum in the country's London embassy since 2012.
The UK's rejection of a diplomatic pass comes after Assange tweeted a cryptic picture of him dressed in the colours of Ecuador. While Swedish prosecutors dropped extradition requests related to sex crime allegations in May 2017, Assange fears that if British police detain him, USA prosecutors will immediately issue an extradition request over Wikileaks' decision to publish troves of secret United States military documents.
Despite Trump's campaign rhetoric about his "love" for WikiLeaks after it released internal emails of the Democratic National Committee exposing its corrupt bid to rig the presidential nomination process to ensure the victory of Hillary Clinton, administration officials have since made clear that Assange remains Washington's "public enemy number one".
Ecuador's newly elected president Lenin Moreno has warned Assange that he must respect asylum conditions and refrain from getting involved in the affairs of other countries. However, he still finds himself facing many legal battles should he walk out of the embassy. He was granted asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy.
He also said that the risk of Assange being prosecuted in the US has increased "in recent months under the Trump administration's war on WikiLeaks".
Assange also offended potential supporters in the Democratic Party by allowing WikiLeaks to become the conduit for emails hacked by Russian Federation from the Democratic National Committee that were meant to harm the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton.
Nintendo Direct Mini January 2018: Every Nintendo Switch Game Announced
After releasing on the PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, and Xbox One, this co-operative multiplayer shooter graces the Nintendo Switch. The highly stylized and artistically rendered Action RPG will even come with a new scenario that delves deeper into the story.
Facebook testing new feature to host city-specific local news
Social media platform, Facebook , on Wednesday announced its new feature aimed at disseminating local news to its users. It will include community updates, group discussions and local events, along with a local news component.
Most People Who Try Cigarettes Once Become Habitual Smokers
Of the respondents, 60.3% said they had tried a cigarette , with 68.9% of those admitting they had progressed to daily smoking. The data ranged from 2000 to 2016 and examined the smoking habits of adults in the USA , the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand.
Mark Wahlberg paid 1500 times more than Michelle Williams for movie reshoots
Apparently, the film had all the money for star Mark Wahlberg , but not for his co-star Michelle Williams . The only thing to do in this situation is sending Williams a check for the same amount Wahlberg was given.
Gerrit Cole reportedly not traded to Astros: 'False rumor'
Right now the Yankees have Luis Severino, Masahiro Tanaka, Sonny Gray, CC Sabathia and Jordan Montgomery in their rotation. In five years with the Pirates, Cole has a 59-42 record with a 3.50 ERA, averaging 156 innings a season in 127 starts.
Winter flu outbreak hits Hong Kong, with ten reported deaths
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) reported the state's first pediatric flu death of the season. Up to December 30, 1,050 influenza-associated hospitalizations had been reported and 34 deaths.
More snow, more cold + Montana road conditions
The National Weather Service has released information about a winter storm that will soon hit southeast Missouri and southern IL . The strongest winds will be found from west central to south central Minnesota where winds could gust to 40 miles per hour .
Overwatch League Partners With Twitch In Two-Year Broadcast Deal
The core addition of the patch is an entirely new menu accessed via the Overwatch League button on the main screen. For the first two seasons, Twitch will be the exclusive worldwide third-party provider for Overwatch League.
Kia Niro EV shows brand's electric future
Kia envisions owners using face recognition and voice control to "log-in" to their cars in the future. Inside the Niro EV features an entirely new minimalistic interior with new technologies.
BlackBerry Motion coming on January 12 in the US
TCL Communications further broadened their portfolio with the introduction of the BlackBerry Motion . BlackBerry released the KeyOne and Motion smartphones in 2017 to positive reviews.
Teacher handcuffed at school board meeting after bringing up salary
Ms Hargrave did not appear to be raising her voice during the meeting. "You're making our jobs more hard ", she said. A city marshal on duty at the meeting approached her as she continued to speak and directed her to leave the room.
CES 2018: Project Linda Turns Razer Phone Into A Laptop
I for one can't help but feel like this project is a bit of extra justification for the Razor phone's shortcomings and existence. As with many of Razer's CES reveals over the years, this is a prototype for the time being and may not make it to the market.
Ibuprofen Use Linked to Compensated Hypogonadism in Males
The condition arises when the body has to boost levels of testosterone because normal production in the testes has fallen. The men were then divided into two groups, 14 in an ibuprofen group and 17 in a placebo group.
Leonardo Jardim Hints Liverpool Target Thomas Lemar Could Leave in January
Thomas Lemar fits the bill, he is one of the most sought-after talents in Europe, and has the potential to become one of the worlds greats.
Khloe Kardashian Workouts Trigger Critics
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OIG Finds Medicare Payment Problems with Two-Midnight Policy
OIG identified several Two-Midnight policy vulnerabilities, including about $2.9 billion in Medicare reimbursement on potentially inappropriate short inpatient stays.
- Hospitals may face more Medicare reimbursement audits on inpatient and outpatient claims after the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently found several vulnerabilities associated with the Two-Midnight policy.
Using hospital and provider claims from 2013 and 2014, the federal watchdog revealed that the Medicare reimbursement rule modestly decreased short inpatient stays and increased short outpatient stays as intended.
However, Medicare still reimbursed hospitals about $2.9 billion in 2014 for potentially inappropriate short inpatient stays.
The policy's other vulnerabilities included Medicare spending on similar inpatient and outpatient stays, large numbers of long outpatient days, and limited skilled nursing facility care access. OIG also found that hospitals were still inconsistently using inpatient and outpatient stays, even though the Two-Midnight Policy aimed to increase care consistency in hospitals.
CMS implemented the Two-Midnight policy in 2014 to combat hospital billing vulnerabilities associated with short inpatient and long outpatient stays. The federal agency found that a large portion of Medicare reimbursement for short inpatient stays was improper because the services should have been billed as outpatient.
READ MORE: AMGA: Align Medicare Reimbursement, Measures for High-Value Care
In addition, CMS created the policy to counter long outpatient stays that were more expensive for beneficiaries, but would have been cheaper as an inpatient stay. Beneficiaries not admitted as inpatients also could not qualify for Medicare coverage for skilled nursing facility services following hospital discharge.
To make inpatient and outpatient care more consistent, the Two-Midnight policy clarified that inpatient Medicare reimbursement is appropriate if providers expect a patient's care to last at least two midnights. If not, outpatient payment is appropriate.
The time-based Medicare reimbursement policy, however, stirred up controversy among hospitals. In August, over 120 general acute care hospitals filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services because the policy was "confusing, ambiguous and internally inconsistent."
In the recent report, OIG indicated that provider confusion over the policy may have contributed to Two-Midnight policy issues, especially with identifying appropriate stays under the policy.
Inpatient stays may have decreased by 2.8 percent in 2014 as the Two-Midnight policy intended, but 39 percent of short inpatient stays may have been inappropriate for Medicare reimbursement under the policy, OIG reported.
READ MORE: AHA: Post-Acute Care Medicare Reimbursement Reform Needs Time
As a result, Medicare reimbursed hospitals nearly $2.9 billion for potentially inappropriate stays in 2014.
OIG stated that medical record reviews are key to determining if short inpatient stays are appropriate for Medicare reimbursement. But CMS only allowed contractors to review small medical record samples, not individual claims, from 2013 to 2014 to determine if hospitals followed the policy.
The report also showed that Medicare paid more for some short inpatient stays than for short outpatient stays, even though the reason for the stay was similar. Both short inpatient and outpatient stays shared the most common reasons for care, including coronary stent insertion, fainting, digestive disorders, and chest pain.
Despite similar reasons for care, Medicare paid about 3 times as much for a short inpatient stay than for a short outpatient stay. For example, Medicare reimbursement for coronary stent insertion during an inpatient stay was $13,269 versus $8,364 during an outpatient stay.
"These payment differences raise concerns that Medicare is paying differently for similar care," wrote OIG.
READ MORE: AMGA Backs CMS Proposal to Limit 2018 Medicare Encounter Data
Similarly, beneficiaries ended up paying more for short inpatient versus outpatient stays for the common reasons for care. Beneficiaries generally paid about 2 times more for inpatient stays.
OIG also found that hospitals continued to bill Medicare for many long outpatient stays despite the Two-Midnight policy's intention to decrease the service. Long outpatient stays only went down by only 3 percent in 2014.
The federal watchdog expressed surprise at such large numbers of long outpatient stays because the stays probably met the Two-Midnight policy's time-based requirement for inpatient admission. Providers are also financially incentivized to admit beneficiaries as inpatients because Medicare reimburses hospitals more for short inpatient stays versus outpatient stays.
"That providers did not admit these beneficiaries may indicate that other factors caused them to continue to bill for a large number of long outpatient stays," the report stated. "These factors may include an inability to safely discharge beneficiaries, delays in care, or confusion about the Two-Midnight policy."
In addition, the Two-Midnight policy may have limited care access or increased costs for skilled nursing facility services. Beneficiaries faced skilled nursing facility challenges because they were admitted as outpatient rather than inpatient.
From 2013 to 2014, about 6 percent more of hospital stays did not qualify for skilled nursing facility Medicare coverage because the stay did not include 3 inpatient nights.
Hospitals also still varied how they use inpatient and outpatient stays, OIG reported. While roughly 3 percent of stays were short inpatient stays nationally in 2014, short inpatient stays ranged from 1 to more than 5 percent of stays at individual hospitals.
In 2013, the range of short inpatient stays also varied. Hospitals had between 2 and 8 percent of their stays considered short inpatient stays.
Likewise, 6 percent of all stays were long outpatient stays in 2014. However, the percentage varied from 2 to 11 percent among hospitals. Hospitals had similar long outpatient stay percentages in 2013.
Additionally, some hospitals increased their stay use despite the Two-Midnight policy's goal to decrease use. About 18 percent of hospitals upped their short inpatient stay use, while 51 percent boosted their long outpatient stay use.
To resolve Two-Midnight policy vulnerabilities, OIG recommended that CMS improve hospital billing oversight and improve beneficiary protections. The federal watchdog also suggested the following for CMS:
• Perform routine hospital billing analysis and target hospitals with high or increasing short inpatient stay numbers that may be inappropriate under the policy
• Using claims data, pinpoint and target for review short inpatient stays that may be inappropriate under the policy
• Consider using time spent as an outpatient, not just inpatient, toward the three-night requirement for skilled nursing facility services
• Explore ways to protect beneficiaries in outpatient stays from higher costs, such as capping beneficiary payments for the whole outpatient stay at the inpatient deductible level or reimbursing for self-administered drugs
In response, CMS concurred with the OIG recommendations and noted that Quality Improvement Organizations are currently conducting initial patient status reviews of short hospital stays. The organizations will decide if inpatient Medicare reimbursement is appropriate for short stay hospital claims.
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now encounter a chapter which has caused some trouble to Christians over the
years. This is largely because Paul is trying to draw a picture for the Romans
– a word picture, an analogy of sorts. Like other analogies, it's possible to
draw conclusions that aren't really implied. We shall see if we can sort it
Romans 6:1-4 NIV
shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? (2) By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in
it any longer? (3) Or don't you know that all
of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? (4) We were therefore buried with him through
baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead
through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
heart of antinomianism is the idea that the Christian is freed from the Law –
or any kind of moral law. This ideal runs through church history, and its
nature has provoked a great deal of argument. At this time, however, the issue
was rather clear. The antinomians argued as follows:
was sometimes restricted to sins of the flesh and the world, as these are
temporal sins as opposed to pride, a spiritual sin. Paul dismisses the
argument in "By no means!" It's clear to him that to state this argument is to
prove its fallacy.[1]
The appeal, however, is not gone. Throughout Christian history this idea has
arisen many times, usually in a more complicated formulation. Watch for it.
must take a detour to understand Paul's argument. Let's take this in three
Paul gives us the symbolism used for baptism: it is first a symbol of death,
by identification with the death and burial of Christ. In so doing, we say that
we are like him in "dying" – and therefore benefit from the effects of death.
also say we will rise as he rose. Baptism proclaims, symbolically, the
resurrection of the dead, and our participation in it.
folks, is serious stuff.
and Sin
now takes the symbolism and applies it to our lives. The argument is by
analogy, but nonetheless an answer to antinomianism.
Romans 6:5-11 NIV If we have
been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united
with him in his resurrection. (6) For we know
that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done
away with,[1] that we should no
longer be slaves to sin-- (7) because anyone
who has died has been freed from sin. (8) Now
if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. (9) For we know that since Christ was raised from
the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. (10) The death he died, he died to sin once for all;
but the life he lives, he lives to God. (11)
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
you ever heard someone say that the only response to temptation is to give in
to it? If that's your guiding light, I have news for you: sin owns you. Sin
is what is guiding your life. You may think you're "doing your own thing," but
you are actually being controlled by something outside you. Don't think so?
Temptation comes, and whose direction do you follow? Temptation comes from
outside – so it's not your own direction.
tells us here that this is not so for the Christian. By this principle of
identification, we proclaim that we have died with Christ – so we are no longer
slaves to the body. It's dead, so to speak. We have identified with his
atonement, and therefore are no longer under sin's dominion.
was also raised – and as we identify with his death, we identify with his
resurrection. We are saying that not only are we free from sin, but the result
will be resurrection and eternal life. Your entire life is a walking symbol of
either death in sin or life in Christ – and we should know just what we are
Romans 6:11-14 NIV In the
same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. (12) Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal
body so that you obey its evil desires. (13)
Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but
rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to
life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.
(14) For sin shall not be your master, because
you are not under law, but under grace.
so just what are we to do about this? Remember that when you are baptized, you
are a new man in Christ. So you have taken on a new Lord (you do remember
taking him as "Lord and Savior?") If Christ is your Lord, then sin is not –
and therefore you should not let sin rule over you.
a test of that? Just what is your body doing? Paul doesn't mention "parts of
your body" idly. The most prominent example is in sex. It has been many years
since I have heard a sermon that even faintly mentions sexual fidelity in
marriage, but the principle is eternal. It's a test point.
issue is one of lordship. Just who's in charge? It isn't you; it's either sin
or Christ. Be sure you know which.
might object, "I am the captain of my fate and the master of my soul."[3]
But are you really? Can you really determine your fate? Can you really tell
God where your soul belongs? It is a grand point of hubris to think so. It is
the point of saying to God that I'm in charge of me – and that I can make my
own results. It's not that way in physics; you have no choice but to play by
God's rules. It's not that way in life either.
fact, you have no solo choice. To reject God is to select sin. If you think
not, look again at Invictus and see if you can read it with humility.
You are, in fact, going to be serving a master (as they would have seen it in
Paul's time.) It may be something – gold, sex, pride – or it may be Somebody,
but serve you will.
do I know? Because whatever you obey – whatever controls you – is that which
you serve – by definition. That you have no choice in. You just get to choose
which lord you take. Choose wisely.
Romans 6:19-23 NIV I put
this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you
used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to
ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness
leading to holiness. (20) When you were
slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. (21) What benefit did you reap at that time from the
things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! (22) But now that you have been set free from sin
and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the
result is eternal life. (23) For the wages of
sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[2] Christ Jesus our Lord.
is aware that there are limits to analogy, and that it's possible to press this
argument too far. So he lets us know that he's put this in human terms so that
we can understand it clearly. It is not wise, however, to press the matter
beyond our own understanding.
however, the more mature the Christian is, the more the analogy comes home.
It's a matter of spiritual growth. The beginner can't see sin as master, and
must be convinced by the analogy to slavery. The mature Christian is quite
well aware of the slavery of sin.
is a side effect of this principle in worship. It's the beginner who is
instructed in liturgical worship; the mature saint is blessed in it. Spiritual
things grow sharper in focus as you mature. If I might offer an example,
consider the hymn Amazing Grace. When you first become a Christian you
see little more than the title in it; but read it over some time. It is full
of sound doctrine that touches the emotional heart of the beginner – and the
mind of the mature. Think not? Consider the word, "wretch." To the beginner
it seems like poetic exaggeration; the mature Christian understands just what a
wretch really is. It's the difference between the beginner saying, "I'm not a
Hitler" and the mature Christian knowing just what a sinner he is. If the artist
gets the hymn right, the impact grows with the Christian. So too with liturgy.
the matter down to daily living, Paul tells us. Look at the results. What do
you think of the man you were before you became a Christian? (Remember, he is
talking to a church largely made up of adult converts.) Are you really proud
of what you used to do? No, you'd really rather not talk about it, right? But
afterwards you see the fruit of the Spirit in your life. OK, which lifestyle leads
to death, and which to life?
has been telling us how things work in this universe. You're a sinner, no
choice. You get to pick your lord – sin, or Christ. He ends with another fact
of the universe: for sin, you get the wages of sin – death. For repentance,
you get the gift of God. One you earn, one you don't. That's how the universe
is. Your work – or God's grace. You choose. No other options are available.
Physics students will remember the inevitable phrase, "It is intuitively
obvious to the casual observer that…"
It should be noted that our church is very proud of the fact that they have no
rituals. One wonders if this is one of the reasons the more mature Christians
tend to long for something more in worship than just a rock concert.
Invictus, William Ernest Henley.
Author: John Hendershot
Views expressed do not represent the teaching of any particular church.
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Library Nears Completion at Senga Bay
Senga Bay, Malawi… In the past two years the Malawi Project assisted with funding to build the building and Universal Aide obtained nearly 2,000 books for this public library in the area of Senga Bay, Malawi. It is the only library in the entire area where the public can rad or obtain reading materials. Click for more »
Faces and Hands and Hope
In the times of famine in the deep, silent parts of Africa there are painful visions suffering that cross your line of vision and never seem to go away. Such are the views of despair that keep crossing the paths of the people of the tiny nation of Malawi. Year after year the hapless inhabitants of this nation of 13,000,000, in what is considered to be the 3rd or 4th poorest nation on earth, struggle to raise their gardens only to have too much or too little rain near the end of the season. Crops die and despair, hopelessness, and death pounce on the unsuspecting people like a waiting lion in a patch of dry grass.
Letter from the director
Dear Friends,
Children are the future of every country, they cannot care for themselves, earn money or speak for what is right. Children cannot help the color of their skin, where they were born or their circumstances and also who their parents are.
My reason for being in relief is to make a positive difference in the lives of suffering children. I have traveled overseas many times and witnessed their suffering and hopelessness. To invest in the life of a child is to invest in the future of our world. They are the future.
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Saturday Night
The devil's a-wearing tap shoes
He's puttin' on a show like
You'd see in those movies
Hot damn, look at 'em go, just look at 'em!
You come here in the ev-en-in' time
When the sun's supposed to,
It's supposed to be down but,
It ain't any cooler, suckin' on ice cubes
But we've all got on white dresses
Still stickin' to our backs
Don't press your hand so close now
Oh, no, I've just got to keep on, keep on with that,
A-smi-a-lin', pretty little drawl,
You're such a fine dancer
With rough hands searching
Lower and lower
For that dry curve of my dress, it's just my dress
Hell, yes, hell is just right, mmm, right
Place for a momma don't know
Lights never go out won't
Dare send you home when you're
Two years too young and
Five beers too deep when
You've got men sayin' Thank-you-thank-you
Like that.
They tell you, when they
Push you onto the dance floor
Drunk brown boots on paint chipped
Fourth toenails, they tell you,
Better dance with the devil,
The devil you know,
But there's a couple demons
Just in the shadows, so
Bless-their-heart lonely,
Just sittin' in a metal chair
With jeans fittin' a-too tight and
I wonder if they want to feel that
Sweat soaked through my dress, white
Dress like those men
I know.
—Jessica Smarr


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Wind-up Workshop Robots
Creativity for Kids/Faber-Castell
Age: 7 years and up
MSRP (USD): $14.99View on Manufacturer's Webpage
A fun kit well-designed to make these cardboard 3D robot-making projects as easy and mess-free as possible. Parents love that no messy glue is needed. The robot shapes come pre-cut and with self-adhesive tape already on the connecting tabs. Even the colour-in detailing is pre-punched, as both stickers and brad-attached add-ons. And, the fun goes on even after the crafting. The completed fleet of five wind-up robots can be "raced" or guided through a maze of your own devising. NOTE: There are little pre-cut holes where the head attaches to the body, so if you plan ahead, instead of using one of the sticky foam pieces, you can attach the robot head to its body using one of the brads - giving you a robot that can turn it's head. NOTE: The markers do work to draw directly on the robot bodies, although it may smudge a bit if touched before the marker dries. And interestingly, you can wet the drawing slightly to remove a mistake, at least for a short while after.
I like the idea of being able to decorate your own robots. When you are done you can have a robot race. They are fun to colour and fun to make and they turn out really cute. I like that there are alot of different things you can put on the robots.
I like the idea of making the robots but I think you should have more ways to make it your own face and arms. I liked the colors and I liked making them.
This is very original, the robots have cylinder shapes, one looks like a mailbox . We colored the accessories with markers that where in the kit. There was enough colors to work with. We could have used a black or gray marker but that was OK. I like that there where metallic stickers to add to the body, it made them sparkly. The instructions where easy to follow and the pictures where helpful. I think one of the things I like the best were the googly eyes, they could have just left us with flat eyes but they added googly eyes, that was nice of them. I named my cylinder robots Rollie and Robie.
I give it a 5 because I like to play with the robot when it was done, I did not want to make it. I did not feel like coloring or sticking thinks together. My sister made it for me. I think it's funny to see the robots hit each other in battle.
It's fun, it's cool, it's amusing! I like that we put the wind-up feet inside the box of the robot and we can make it walk. I think it's fun that we could color the eyes and arms and stuff then attach then to the robot and they move. I had never seen the inside of wind-up toys before, it's was interesting to see. The only thing that I did not like about the kit was that there where only 5 robots to do, I wish there would be more.
I liked the robot, it was flat to start with then we folded it into a box and 2 boxes made a robot. I like that he moves when we turn the crank. It's fun to have 2 robots bang together to see who stays up.
Iwona V.
At first my oldest daughter (7) was not interested in this 'boy' craft, but Jessica (3) was intrigued. We read the instructions and began assembling the robots. I had to help with them a bit, but not too difficult for my oldest daughter. Once assembled, the girls had a great time colouring them and embelishing them with stickers. They turned out pretty funny, and the girls loved their creations. Each one was unique. The girls then had robot races, to see which one would win. The play value has disappeared pretty quickly, but I think they'll pick the robots up again and race them.
Joyce S.
The robots turned out cute and it's fun winding them up. While you can colour and decorate some aspects of the robot, one of my daughters wanted to do more herself. The other daughter was happy with what they supplied. Either way, it kept them busy and they enjoyed the outcome.
Marie-Lise H.
It's amazing how the littlest things can fire up the imagination of my kids. They all pitched in to create a house for their robot. They used a big box and cut out a door then drew rooms. They spent over 1 hour making it, then the got all the robots to walk into the house, like a little parade. It was really cute.
Manufacturer Description
With a little creative crafting you can make your own whimsical wind-ups. Embellish 5 wind-up mechanisms with colorful cardboard cut outs, retro-robot stickers, wiggly eyes and mini markers.
Model Number
Year Introduced
Mini brads (4 each of five colours: green, yellow, orange, purple, and light blue)


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Forget tea towels, mugs and Royal Mint coins, the only Royal Wedding memorabilia worth knowing about hit Hamleys toy store in London yesterday. Meet the Princess Catherine doll, styled to look exactly like Kate Middleton, right down to her glossy blow-dry. Seven British fashion and design champions have dressed and accessorised the mini Kate, who comes wearing an Issa-esque dress by Pussy Willow, Beatrix Ong heels and a gold Aspinal of London 'Eaton' clutch. Of course, no Princess Catherine doll would be complete without that sapphire ring. Step forward Babette Wasserman, who has added the finishing touch with a rose gold-plated amethyst and cubic zirconia rock. It's ok to spend £35 on a plastic doll when it's a collector's item, right? GG
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|John Lennon and Hare Krishna
Mukunda Goswami: Often times you speak of yourself as a plainclothes devotee, a closet yogi or "closet Krishna," and millions of people all over the world have been introduced to the chanting by your songs. But what about you? How did you first come in contact with Krishna?
George Harrison: Through my visits to India. So by the time the Hare Krishna movement first came to England in 1969, John and I had already gotten ahold of Prabhupada's first album, Krishna Consciousness. We had played it a lot and liked it. That was the first time I'd ever heard the chanting of the maha-mantra.
Mukunda: Even though you and John Lennon played Srila Prabhupada's record a lot and had chanted quite a bit on your own, you'd never really met any of the devotees. Yet when Gurudasa, Syamasundara, and I [the first Hare Krishna devotees sent from America, to open a temple in London] first came to England, you co-signed the lease on our first temple in central London, bought the Manoryoga-aSrama* for us, which has provided a place for literally hundreds of thousands of people to learn about Krishna consciousness, and financed the first printing of the book Krishna. You hadn't really known us for a very long time at all. Wasn't this a kind of sudden change for you?
George: Not really, for I always felt at home with Krishna. You see it was already a part of me. I think it's something that's been with me from my previous birth. Your coming to England and all that was just like another piece of a jigsaw puzzle that was coming together to make a complete picture. It had been slowly fitting together. That's why I responded to you all the way I did when you first came to London. Let's face it. If you're going to have to stand up and be counted, I figured, "I would rather be with these guys than with those other guys over there." It's like that. I mean I'd rather be one of the devotees of God than one of the straight, so-called sane or normal people who just don't understand that man is a spiritual being, that he has a soul. And I felt comfortable with you all, too, kind of like we'd known each other before. It was a pretty natural thing, really.
Mukunda: George, you were a member of the Beatles, undoubtedly the greatest single pop group in music hisiory, one that influenced not only music, but whole generations of young people as well. After the dissolution of the group, you went on to emerge as a solo superstar with albums like All Things Must Pass, the country's top selling album for seven weeks in a row, and its hit single "My Sweet Lord," which was number one in America for two months. That was followed by Living in the Material World, number one on Billboard for five weeks and a million-selling LP. One song on that album, "Give Me Love," was a smash hit for six straight weeks. The concert for Bangladesh with Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, and Billy Preston was a phenomenal success and, once the LP and concert film were released, would become the single most successful rock benefit project ever. So, you had material success. You'd been everywhere, done everything, yet at the same time you were on a spiritual quest. What was it that really got you started on your spiritual journey?
George: It wasn't until the experience of the sixties really hit. You know, having been successful and meeting everybody we thought worth meeting and finding out they weren't worth meeting, and having had more hit records than everybody else and having done it bigger than everybody else. It was like reaching the top of a wall and then looking over and seeing that there's so much more on the other side. So I felt it was part of my duty to say, "Oh, okay, maybe you are thinking this is all you need-to be rich and famous-but actually it isn't."
Mukunda: George, in your recently published autobiography, I, Me, Mine, you said your song "Awaiting on You All" is about japa-yoga, or chanting mantras on beads. You explained that a mantra is "mystical energy encased in a sound structure," and that "each mantra contains within its vibrations a certain power." But of all mantras, you stated that "the maha-mantra [the Hare Krishna mantra] has been prescribed as the easiest and surest way for attaining God Realization in this present age." As a practitioner of japa-yoga, what realizations have you experienced from chanting?
George: Prabhupadaacarya (spiritual master) of the Hare Krishna movement told me once that we should just keep chanting all the time, or as much as possible. Once you do that, you realize the benefit. The response that comes from chanting is in the form of bliss, or spiritual happiness, which is a much higher taste than any happiness found here in the material world. That's why I say that the more you do it, the more you don't want to stop, because it feels so nice and peaceful.
Mukunda: What is it about the mantra that brings about this feeling of peace and happiness?
George: The word Hare is the word that calls upon the energy that's around the Lord. If you say the mantra enough, you build up an identification with God. God's all happiness, all bliss, and by chanting His names we connect with Him. So it's really a process of actually having a realization of God, which all becomes clear with the expanded state of consciousness that develops when you chant. Like I said in the introduction I wrote for Prabhupada's Krishna book some years ago, "If there's a God, I want to see Him. It's pointless to believe in something without proof, and Krishna consciousness and meditation are methods where you can actually obtain God perception."
Mukunda: Is it an instantaneous process, or gradual?
George: You don't get it in five minutes. It's something that takes time, but it works because it's a direct process of attaining God and will help us to have pure consciousness and good perception that is above the normal, everyday state of consciousness.
Mukunda: How do you feel after chanting for a long time?
George: In the life I lead, I find that I sometimes have opportunities when I can really get going at it, and the more I do it, I find the harder it is to stop, and I don't want to lose the feeling it gives me.
For example, once I chanted the Hare Krishna mantra all the way from France to Portugal, nonstop. I drove for about twenty-three hours and chanted all the way. It gets you feeling a bit invincible. The funny thing was that I didn't even know where I was going. I mean I had bought a map, and I knew basically which way I was aiming, but I couldn't speak French, Spanish, or Portuguese. But none of that seemed to matter. You know, once you get chanting, then things start to happen transcendentally.
Mukunda: The Vedas inform us that because God is absolute, there is no difference between God the person and His holy name; the name is God. When you first started chanting, could you perceive that?
George: It takes a certain amount of time and faith to accept or to realize that there is no difference between Him and His name, to get to the point where you're no longer mystified by where He is. You know, like, "Is He around here?" You realize after some time, "Here He is-right here!" It's a matter of practice. So when I say that "l see God," I don't necessarily mean to say that when I chant I'm seeing Krishna in His original form when He came five thousand years ago, dancing across the water, playing His flute. Of course, that would also be nice, and it's quite possible too. When you become real pure by chanting, you can actually see God like that, I mean personally. But no doubt you can feel His presence and know that He's there when you're chanting.
Mukunda: Can you think of any incident where you felt God's presence very strongly through chanting?
George: Once I was on an airplane that was in an electric storm. It was hit by lightning three times, and a Boeing 707 went over the top of us, missing by inches. I thought the back end of the plane had blown off. I was on my way from Los Angeles to New York to organize the Bangladesh concert. As soon as the plane began bouncing around, I started chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. The whole thing went on for about an hour and a half or two hours, the plane dropping hundreds of feet and bouncing all over in the storm, all the lights out and all these explosions, and everybody terrified. I ended up with my feet pressed against the seat in front, my seat belt as tight as it could be, gripping on the thing, and yelling Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare at the top of my voice. I know for me, the difference between making it and not making it was actually chanting the mantra. Peter Sellers also swore that chanting Hare* Krishna saved him from a plane crash once.
Mukunda: Did any of the other Beatles chant?
George: Before meeting Prabhupada and all of you, I had bought that album Prabhupada did in New York, and John and I listened to it. I remember we sang it for days, John and I, with ukulele banjos, sailing through the Greek Islands chanting Hare Krishna. Like six hours we sang, because we couldn't stop once we got going. As soon as we stopped, it was like the lights went out. It went on to the point where our jaws were aching, singing the mantra over and over and over and over and over. We felt exalted; it was a very happy time for us.
Mukunda: You know, I saw a video the other day sent to us from Canada, showing John and Yoko Ono recording their hit song "Give Peace a Chance," and about five or six of the devotees were there in John's room at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, singing along and playing cymbals and drums. You know, John and Yoko chanted Hare Krishna on that song. That was in May of '69, and just three months later, Srila Prabhupada was John and Yoko's house guest for one month at their estate outside London.
While Prabhupada was there, you, John, and Yoko came to his room one afternoon for a few hours. I think that was the first time you all met him.
George: That's right.
Mukunda: At that point John was a spiritual seeker, and Prabhupada explained the true path to peace and liberation. He talked about the eternality of the soul, karma, and reincarnation, which are all elaborately dealt with in the Vedic literatures.Vedas, predating the Bible and covering all aspects of spiritual knowledge from the nature of the self, or individual soul, to the Supreme Soul (Sri Krishna) and His kingdom in the spiritual world. Although John never made Hare Krishna a big part of his life, he echoed the philosophy of Krishna consciousness in a hit song he wrote just about a year after that conversation, "Instant Karma."
Now what's the difference between chanting Hare Krishna and meditation?
George: It's really the same sort of thing as meditation, but I think it has a quicker effect. I mean, even if you put your beads down, you can still say the mantra or sing it without actually keeping track on your beads. One of the main differences between silent meditation and chanting is that silent meditation is rather dependent on concentration, but when you chant, it's more of a direct connection with God.


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Tyson Fury was blasted yesterday for wearing a £9,000 chinchilla fur coat.
The 6ft 9in world heavyweight boxing champion sported the grey knee-length garment while leaving Italian restaurant San Carlo Cicchetti in Manchester.
The controversial coat is believed to have been made by top New York designer Marc Kaufman, the Sunday People reports.
PETA Associate Director Elisa Allen said: "Tyson Fury clearly wants to look like a caveman in that awful coat.
"No matter what he spent on that eyesore, the animals who spent their lives petrified in a tiny cage, before being painfully electrocuted and perhaps even skinned alive for their fur paid a lot more.
Read more: Tyson Fury mentor uncle was drug crime baron
"We encourage Fury to knock out cruelty to animals by swearing off fur and donating the coat to PETA so that it can be used in our educational displays."
Fury, who was crowned heavyweight champ when he ended the 10-year reign of Ukrainian legend Wladimir Klitschko in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history in November.
In December, protesters picketed the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony after he was shortlisted for the award.
They had been left enraged after he had earlier made a number of rants and inappropriate comments about women, homosexuality and paedophilia.


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i have a realy big problem with roster version 1.7.3.
The Roster deletet all Membersdata ...
For some time now i realized a strange behaviour in the memberslog everytime people joined or left the guild.
In the Memberslog there are always several entries for every transaction.
player Mike deletet .. player Mike added .. player Mike deletet .. player Mike added
added .. deletet .. added
And yesterday after a guild upload .. all members have been deletet.
And with the next update all members have been added new.
This is catastrophic because we rely very strong on the roster.
What could be the problem here?
We are updating the roster from 2 different pcs.
Could this be a part of the problem?
Thx in advance for any help!
P.S.: We are using Guild- and Charakterprofiler v2.3.1a for updating the Roster.


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Trump has given conflicting signals about whether he might support that will proposal.
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CNBC asked the White House for clarification on what might constitute a "no-bailout" deal for insurers.
In response, a White House spokesman, speaking on background, said that will for the administration to support legislation like the Alexander-Murray deal, the plan might have to provide immediate benefits to Americans. Those benefits might include relief through enforcement of Obamacare individual as well as employer mandates, the spokesman said.
The individual mandate requires nearly all Americans to have some form of health insurance or face a tax penalty. that will health coverage can be through a job-based insurance plan, an individual market plan, Medicaid, Medicare, or coverage through a military plan, as well as through several different sources.
The employer mandate requires employers with 50 or more full-time workers to offer its employees affordable health coverage, or pay a penalty.
The individual mandate, in particular, has been credited with helping add 20 million people to the ranks of Americans with health coverage from the years since the Affordable Care Act became law.
Insurers as well as Obamacare advocates might be strongly opposed to the suspension of enforcement of that will mandate because the idea could lead to an exodus of younger, healthier customers through insurance plans. If that will were to happen, the remaining risk pool of insurance customers might tend to be older, as well as sicker, increasing the cost of the health plans because of their higher use of medical services.
that will, in turn, could lead to a "death spiral" for Obamacare plans. In a death spiral, premium rates have to be raised sharply again as well as again to account for higher costs, which leads to departures of healthier customers who don't see the value of maintaining coverage from the face of those prices.
Earlier This particular year, the Congressional Budget Office, in analyzing a Senate plan that will might repeal both Obamacare mandates, said 16 million Americans might become uninsured over the next decade. CBO also projected that will individual health plan premiums might be 20 percent higher than they might be under the current law.
The White House spokesman said the administration also might want affordable health coverage options for consumers expanded in order to win support of a bill to restore the CSR payments to insurers.
As an example, the spokesman cited Trump's executive order on health care last week, which ordered federal agencies to explore loosening rules controlling short-term health plans, as well as association plans offered by groups of modest businesses.
Both types of plans might tend to be less expensive than plans sold on Obamacare marketplaces. yet they also might tend to offer fewer health benefits.
The spokesman said another condition of the administration's support of a deal is actually that will the idea includes flexibility for states to obtain waivers for their residents through compliance with Obamacare rules about their health plans.