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Index of Can Such Things Be?
frequently addressed to the ear of the suddenly dead.
silk into their pigtails. Kwaagh."
"They are swiping my dust!"
the Gulch two years before.
hymn. In the pauses the silence was dreadful.
the goggles that glowed like lamps.
ashes and smoke in all directions, for a moment obscuring everything.
its silence was no less than hideous!
laid hold of the revolver.
chimney as if drawn up by suction.
strangled in the desert, or a lost soul borne away by the Adversary.
It may have been the coyote.
between you and your correspondent. It is a law.
however, he had inherited enough to put him beyond the reach of want.
entered by an open door into the lighted square room of the tower.
him dispelled any sense of his inhospitality.
disappointed in me--non sum qualis eram."
don't know: your Latin is about the same."
gentle tapping, which appeared to come from the wall behind my chair.
communications than we should care to relate. I glanced at Dampier.
my leave. At this he seemed to recover himself.
"Please be seated," he said; "it is nothing--no one is there."
"Pardon me," I said, "it is late. May I call to-morrow?"
from which the sound seemed to come. "See."
was nothing but the sheer blank wall of the tower.
Dampier closed the window and signing me to my seat resumed his own.
explanation. His silence was irritating and made me resentful.
are still in the flesh."
while I tell you the story."
single word from beginning to end.
gravel walk from gate to door.
I had never before observed. My hope was vain; she did not appear.
attention. Nor did I take any action toward making her acquaintance.
bring about my own awakening?
"The course dictated by all this sense and sentiment was obvious.
the fool's paradise in which I lived.
signal. That was all I could elicit, but it was enough--too much.
spoken of the girl with less of reverence than I thought befitting.
not care to hear any. The manner escaped her observation.
with signs and portents, hints of memory and presages of doom?
Necromantius. There is no more to tell."
he passed into the Unknown.
hopeless. I could only be sure that at least it was not love.
me to resolve my psychological doubt.
the while their bodies go fore-appointed ways, unknowing."
of Prague, on which he had urged me to accompany him.
turned a leaf in his book without removing his eyes from the page.
"Doyle," I repeated, "did they save HER?"
thought me but half awake.
"Her? Whom do you mean?"
tell me after a while."
A moment later I asked: "What ship is this?"
Liverpool to New York, three weeks out with a broken shaft.
to pitch the latter overboard."
weeks a passenger on this steamer?"
"Yes, pretty nearly; this is the 3d of July."
"Right as a trivet all the time, and punctual at your meals."
be serious. Was I not rescued from the wreck of the ship Morrow?"
"First tell me what YOU know of her?"
before us, and the poor girl will not know where to go."
"Doyle, what book are you reading?"
gave it to me; she happened to have two copies. Want to see it?"
knew her name and that of the ship she sailed in."
"You talked of her in your sleep," I said.
witnesses who have had ocular proof, and that of the house itself.
but facts within the observation of all are material and controlling.
the manner of its kind its disapproval of dwelling without dwellers.
direction of the dwelling--"this is the place."
a trick, and it looks to me as if you were in it."
left to the other side. Of course if you are afraid of spooks--"
there which were not a part of the structure.
upward turn at what would otherwise have been the point of contact.
others, who stood apart, there was apparently no kindly feeling.
They avoided looking at each other.
everything is right. Are you ready, Mr. Rosser?"
"You will be pleased to remove your outer clothing."
looking bowie-knives, which he drew now from their leather scabbards.
and tested the strength of blade and handle across his lifted knee.
light, "you will place yourself in that corner."
whatever the cause, the effect was startling.
you will not move until you hear the closing of the outer door."
adventure. But the privilege remained without a claimant.
The events that led up to this "duel in the dark" were simple enough.
its correlative mental and moral defect."
for life and should have made her so."
of more liberal views she escaped with a parted throat."
middle toe of the right foot."
"Damn his impudence!" muttered King--"what ought we to do?"
gentlemen is evidently an unfamiliar situation to you."
done nothing to deserve such language."
and the time there could be but one outcome to the quarrel.
to represent me in this matter."
such encounters were possible we shall see.
Adams and two other men who had come out from Marshall to look at it.
alacrity in obedience to the command.
passage into which it opened, a confused heap of men's apparel.
preservation, albeit somewhat defiled by the dust in which they lay.
his own hand, not another object was in the room.
we were dealing with, murderer and coward that he was!"
disturbed intelligence could not rightly comprehend.
which they ended they did not return; they pointed all one way.
in an attitude of rapt attention, horribly pale.
stood. "The middle toe is missing--it was Gertrude!"
been spoken and he had left the stage.
down upon the face of John Mortonson, deceased.
the glass was shattered to bits by the concussion.
forepaw, then walked with dignity from the room.
"I beg your pardon," I said; "I did not see you, sir."
I had heard it. I was not particularly well pleased to hear it now.
"You are Dr. Dorrimore, I think," said I.
"Which I extend with all my heart."
That was not altogether true.
the town, when we reached it, cheerless, forbidding, and desolate.
light in any of the houses nor a living thing in the streets.
discovery that Dr. Dorrimore was living at the same hotel.
to the verge of lunacy."
"For example, how?" asked another, lighting a cigar.
silken ladder into the air, mounting it and disappearing."
"Certainly not: I have seen them too often."
have my own word for it."
my seat I saw a man in evening dress who had just entered the room.
describe only as disagreeably engaging.
rose and put on his overcoat.
"Mr. Manrich," he said, "I am going your way."
going?" Then I said, "I shall be pleased to have your company."
to this dreadful object now so conspicuous in the white moonlight?
white tie, the broad expanse of shirt front pierced by the sword.
white expanse of sidewalk, unbroken from street to street.
though weak and trembling in every limb.
Margaret Corray and her mother, from Oakland.
to my perfect enjoyment of those golden days was the presence of Dr.
Dorrimore, whom I had felt compelled to introduce to the ladies.
a calumny on the dead, a blasphemy against God.
been a gravel path, I saw emerging from shadow the figure of Dr.
his arm. It was Margaret Corray!
"Are Mrs. Corray and her daughter still here?" I asked.
"Nobody of that name has been here."
that I am all right now; tell me the truth."
no guests of that name."
asked: "Where is Dr. Dorrimore?"
since. It was a rough deal he gave you."
Such are the facts of this case. Margaret Corray is now my wife.
chose to submit himself to the experiment, by merely looking at him.
exempted), making all entertain the most extraordinary illusions.
from time to time suggest, is a trifle disquieting."
where he stood and said, "Thank you."
joined me at the hearth, as tranquil as ever.
cutting it short without ceremony.
to give me your attention and you shall hear all about the matter.
ancestor's arrest one night in his own house by a party of Mr.
him up forever. Not the slenderest clew to his fate was ever found.
his disappearance. He had disappeared, and that was all."
"What is your view of the matter--of the justice of it?"
grandfather. I am wearing that watch."
expression, such as is sometimes observed in cases of dementia.
nay, the experiment itself might be a step in his restoration.
certainly. Do you mind showing me the watch?"
in vogue during the eighteenth century.
painting on ivory was a lost art."
is said to resemble me; do you think so?"
in every feature, line, and expression."
years of a wiser, graver life.
him replace it on his person.
resent my pursuit of proof, you will look at it now."
"Damn you! it is two minutes to eleven!"
He shut the case with a sharp snap and put the watch in his pocket.
when John Bartine rises we shall all rise.
knowledge I cannot say if that was true.
Heaven forgive me!--my victim for eternity, there is no more to say.
indeed, they are two souls.
motionless, and the room being small, not very far from the table.
his arms at his sides. He was dead.
evidently men of the vicinity--farmers and woodsmen.
man's effects--in his cabin, where the inquest was now taking place.
The coroner nodded; no one else greeted him.
done with this business to-night."
account of what I suppose I am called back to relate."
probably, from that which you will give here under oath."
as you please. I used manifold paper and have a copy of what I sent.
may go as a part of my testimony under oath."
"But you say it is incredible."
"That is nothing to you, sir, if I also swear that it is true."
his eyes and said: "We will resume the inquest."
The men removed their hats. The witness was sworn.
"What is your name?" the coroner asked.
"You knew the deceased, Hugh Morgan?"
"You were with him when he died?"
"How did that happen--your presence, I mean?"
purpose, however, was to study him and his odd, solitary way of life.
jest in the death chamber conquers by surprise.
"Relate the circumstances of this man's death," said the coroner.
"You may use any notes or memoranda that you please."
passage that he wanted began to read.
looking for quail, each with a shotgun, but we had only one dog.
in the bushes, which we could see were violently agitated.
Morgan's side, cocking my piece as I moved.
as attentive to the place as before.
voice was husky and unnatural. He trembled visibly.
thrown against me with great force.
the hand--at least, I could see none. The other arm was invisible.
position would bring it all into view again.
and fury as I had never heard from the throat of man or brute!
The coroner rose from his seat and stood beside the dead man.
were dreadful lacerations; the skin was torn in strips and shreds.
better view repented their curiosity and turned away their faces.
thing that was new to them being Harker's testimony.
"Gentlemen," the coroner said, "we have no more evidence, I think.
wish to ask you may go outside and consider your verdict."
The foreman rose--a tall, bearded man of sixty, coarsely clad.
asylum did this yer last witness escape from?"
asylum did you last escape?"
rose and solemnly filed out of the cabin.
Harker started to leave, but paused, with his hand on the door latch.
testifying. May I see it? The public would like--"
toward the centre, and again he would stand still, barking furiously.
with images of the thing that emitted them? . . .
all that were within a degree or two of the crest were blotted out.
outline. Ugh! I don't like this." . . .
if they are fanciful I am mad already.
house, MY land. God hates a coward . . .
if he thinks me mad.
night--suddenly, as by revelation. How simple--how terribly simple!
warning or command, high and shrill above the din, but by me unheard.
cathedral are stirred by the bass of the organ.
scale.' I am not mad; there are colors that we cannot see.
"And, God help me! the Damned Thing is of such a color!"

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index of can such things be?
frequently addressed to the ear of the suddenly dead.
silk into their pigtails. kwaagh."
"they are swiping my dust!"
the gulch two years before.
hymn. in the pauses the silence was dreadful.
the goggles that glowed like lamps.
ashes and smoke in all directions, for a moment obscuring everything.
its silence was no less than hideous!
laid hold of the revolver.
chimney as if drawn up by suction.
strangled in the desert, or a lost soul borne away by the adversary.
it may have been the coyote.
between you and your correspondent. it is a law.
however, he had inherited enough to put him beyond the reach of want.
entered by an open door into the lighted square room of the tower.
him dispelled any sense of his inhospitality.
disappointed in me--non sum qualis eram."
don't know: your latin is about the same."
gentle tapping, which appeared to come from the wall behind my chair.
communications than we should care to relate. i glanced at dampier.
my leave. at this he seemed to recover himself.
"please be seated," he said; "it is nothing--no one is there."
"pardon me," i said, "it is late. may i call to-morrow?"
from which the sound seemed to come. "see."
was nothing but the sheer blank wall of the tower.
dampier closed the window and signing me to my seat resumed his own.
explanation. his silence was irritating and made me resentful.
are still in the flesh."
while i tell you the story."
single word from beginning to end.
gravel walk from gate to door.
i had never before observed. my hope was vain; she did not appear.
attention. nor did i take any action toward making her acquaintance.
bring about my own awakening?
"the course dictated by all this sense and sentiment was obvious.
the fool's paradise in which i lived.
signal. that was all i could elicit, but it was enough--too much.
spoken of the girl with less of reverence than i thought befitting.
not care to hear any. the manner escaped her observation.
with signs and portents, hints of memory and presages of doom?
necromantius. there is no more to tell."
he passed into the unknown.
hopeless. i could only be sure that at least it was not love.
me to resolve my psychological doubt.
the while their bodies go fore-appointed ways, unknowing."
of prague, on which he had urged me to accompany him.
turned a leaf in his book without removing his eyes from the page.
"doyle," i repeated, "did they save her?"
thought me but half awake.
"her? whom do you mean?"
tell me after a while."
a moment later i asked: "what ship is this?"
liverpool to new york, three weeks out with a broken shaft.
to pitch the latter overboard."
weeks a passenger on this steamer?"
"yes, pretty nearly; this is the 3d of july."
"right as a trivet all the time, and punctual at your meals."
be serious. was i not rescued from the wreck of the ship morrow?"
"first tell me what you know of her?"
before us, and the poor girl will not know where to go."
"doyle, what book are you reading?"
gave it to me; she happened to have two copies. want to see it?"
knew her name and that of the ship she sailed in."
"you talked of her in your sleep," i said.
witnesses who have had ocular proof, and that of the house itself.
but facts within the observation of all are material and controlling.
the manner of its kind its disapproval of dwelling without dwellers.
direction of the dwelling--"this is the place."
a trick, and it looks to me as if you were in it."
left to the other side. of course if you are afraid of spooks--"
there which were not a part of the structure.
upward turn at what would otherwise have been the point of contact.
others, who stood apart, there was apparently no kindly feeling.
they avoided looking at each other.
everything is right. are you ready, mr. rosser?"
"you will be pleased to remove your outer clothing."
looking bowie-knives, which he drew now from their leather scabbards.
and tested the strength of blade and handle across his lifted knee.
light, "you will place yourself in that corner."
whatever the cause, the effect was startling.
you will not move until you hear the closing of the outer door."
adventure. but the privilege remained without a claimant.
the events that led up to this "duel in the dark" were simple enough.
its correlative mental and moral defect."
for life and should have made her so."
of more liberal views she escaped with a parted throat."
middle toe of the right foot."
"damn his impudence!" muttered king--"what ought we to do?"
gentlemen is evidently an unfamiliar situation to you."
done nothing to deserve such language."
and the time there could be but one outcome to the quarrel.
to represent me in this matter."
such encounters were possible we shall see.
adams and two other men who had come out from marshall to look at it.
alacrity in obedience to the command.
passage into which it opened, a confused heap of men's apparel.
preservation, albeit somewhat defiled by the dust in which they lay.
his own hand, not another object was in the room.
we were dealing with, murderer and coward that he was!"
disturbed intelligence could not rightly comprehend.
which they ended they did not return; they pointed all one way.
in an attitude of rapt attention, horribly pale.
stood. "the middle toe is missing--it was gertrude!"
been spoken and he had left the stage.
down upon the face of john mortonson, deceased.
the glass was shattered to bits by the concussion.
forepaw, then walked with dignity from the room.
"i beg your pardon," i said; "i did not see you, sir."
i had heard it. i was not particularly well pleased to hear it now.
"you are dr. dorrimore, i think," said i.
"which i extend with all my heart."
that was not altogether true.
the town, when we reached it, cheerless, forbidding, and desolate.
light in any of the houses nor a living thing in the streets.
discovery that dr. dorrimore was living at the same hotel.
to the verge of lunacy."
"for example, how?" asked another, lighting a cigar.
silken ladder into the air, mounting it and disappearing."
"certainly not: i have seen them too often."
have my own word for it."
my seat i saw a man in evening dress who had just entered the room.
describe only as disagreeably engaging.
rose and put on his overcoat.
"mr. manrich," he said, "i am going your way."
going?" then i said, "i shall be pleased to have your company."
to this dreadful object now so conspicuous in the white moonlight?
white tie, the broad expanse of shirt front pierced by the sword.
white expanse of sidewalk, unbroken from street to street.
though weak and trembling in every limb.
margaret corray and her mother, from oakland.
to my perfect enjoyment of those golden days was the presence of dr.
dorrimore, whom i had felt compelled to introduce to the ladies.
a calumny on the dead, a blasphemy against god.
been a gravel path, i saw emerging from shadow the figure of dr.
his arm. it was margaret corray!
"are mrs. corray and her daughter still here?" i asked.
"nobody of that name has been here."
that i am all right now; tell me the truth."
no guests of that name."
asked: "where is dr. dorrimore?"
since. it was a rough deal he gave you."
such are the facts of this case. margaret corray is now my wife.
chose to submit himself to the experiment, by merely looking at him.
exempted), making all entertain the most extraordinary illusions.
from time to time suggest, is a trifle disquieting."
where he stood and said, "thank you."
joined me at the hearth, as tranquil as ever.
cutting it short without ceremony.
to give me your attention and you shall hear all about the matter.
ancestor's arrest one night in his own house by a party of mr.
him up forever. not the slenderest clew to his fate was ever found.
his disappearance. he had disappeared, and that was all."
"what is your view of the matter--of the justice of it?"
grandfather. i am wearing that watch."
expression, such as is sometimes observed in cases of dementia.
nay, the experiment itself might be a step in his restoration.
certainly. do you mind showing me the watch?"
in vogue during the eighteenth century.
painting on ivory was a lost art."
is said to resemble me; do you think so?"
in every feature, line, and expression."
years of a wiser, graver life.
him replace it on his person.
resent my pursuit of proof, you will look at it now."
"damn you! it is two minutes to eleven!"
he shut the case with a sharp snap and put the watch in his pocket.
when john bartine rises we shall all rise.
knowledge i cannot say if that was true.
heaven forgive me!--my victim for eternity, there is no more to say.
indeed, they are two souls.
motionless, and the room being small, not very far from the table.
his arms at his sides. he was dead.
evidently men of the vicinity--farmers and woodsmen.
man's effects--in his cabin, where the inquest was now taking place.
the coroner nodded; no one else greeted him.
done with this business to-night."
account of what i suppose i am called back to relate."
probably, from that which you will give here under oath."
as you please. i used manifold paper and have a copy of what i sent.
may go as a part of my testimony under oath."
"but you say it is incredible."
"that is nothing to you, sir, if i also swear that it is true."
his eyes and said: "we will resume the inquest."
the men removed their hats. the witness was sworn.
"what is your name?" the coroner asked.
"you knew the deceased, hugh morgan?"
"you were with him when he died?"
"how did that happen--your presence, i mean?"
purpose, however, was to study him and his odd, solitary way of life.
jest in the death chamber conquers by surprise.
"relate the circumstances of this man's death," said the coroner.
"you may use any notes or memoranda that you please."
passage that he wanted began to read.
looking for quail, each with a shotgun, but we had only one dog.
in the bushes, which we could see were violently agitated.
morgan's side, cocking my piece as i moved.
as attentive to the place as before.
voice was husky and unnatural. he trembled visibly.
thrown against me with great force.
the hand--at least, i could see none. the other arm was invisible.
position would bring it all into view again.
and fury as i had never heard from the throat of man or brute!
the coroner rose from his seat and stood beside the dead man.
were dreadful lacerations; the skin was torn in strips and shreds.
better view repented their curiosity and turned away their faces.
thing that was new to them being harker's testimony.
"gentlemen," the coroner said, "we have no more evidence, i think.
wish to ask you may go outside and consider your verdict."
the foreman rose--a tall, bearded man of sixty, coarsely clad.
asylum did this yer last witness escape from?"
asylum did you last escape?"
rose and solemnly filed out of the cabin.
harker started to leave, but paused, with his hand on the door latch.
testifying. may i see it? the public would like--"
toward the centre, and again he would stand still, barking furiously.
with images of the thing that emitted them? . . .
all that were within a degree or two of the crest were blotted out.
outline. ugh! i don't like this." . . .
if they are fanciful i am mad already.
house, my land. god hates a coward . . .
if he thinks me mad.
night--suddenly, as by revelation. how simple--how terribly simple!
warning or command, high and shrill above the din, but by me unheard.
cathedral are stirred by the bass of the organ.
scale.' i am not mad; there are colors that we cannot see.
"and, god help me! the damned thing is of such a color!"


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Economics is a very popular subject and has a very high up take A level. The department is situated on its own floor and teachers have access to a private common room and facilities. The school records outstanding results on a yearly basis and has the benefit of excellent resources that allow teachers to push their students above and beyond the national average.
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i am working with an outstanding boys school based in south east london that are looking to take on an economics teacher for september. this is a full time, temporary to permanent role for one term in the first instance with a view to extension after the christmas holiday.
economics is a very popular subject and has a very high up take a level. the department is situated on its own floor and teachers have access to a private common room and facilities. the school records outstanding results on a yearly basis and has the benefit of excellent resources that allow teachers to push their students above and beyond the national average.
the school are keen to meet with candidates and are looking to appoint as soon as possible.
if you are an economics teacher and would like to be considered for this role in education and training please submit an up to date copy of your cv as soon as possible.
this is a boys grammar school, with academy status and a coeducational 6th form and is one of the top performing schools in the borough having been rated as outstanding by ofsted in 2007 and again in 2012. it is heavily oversubscribed and boasts excellent facilities, with well-equipped classrooms and state of the art technology throughout.
the school's success is owed greatly to the determination of its staff and the ethos that they uphold. students are happy at the school and actively engage with their classes and are pushed by their teachers to go beyond the curriculum with excellent results.
reeson education is london's premier recruitment agency. established in 2006 by experienced teachers, education professionals and recruitment specialists, we have built our business and reputation on the cores values of honesty, integrity and excellence. we work exclusively with a number of london's best secondary schools across all areas of london, offer highly competitive rates of pay and an unmatched personal service.
reeson education will try to respond to all applications within three working days. however due to the volume of applications we receive we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. if we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. please apply for any other vacancies we advertise in future that you think you may be suitable for.


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1: My parents claim that I was made in France but born in Germany.
2: My zodiac sign is an aquarius & thus I love being in the water or at the beach listening to the soothing sound of the waves crashing on shore.
3: Being at the beach somewhere in the tropics is where I belong. But whenever I am not, I listen to sound of waves on my phone during meditation. It calms me down like nothing else.
4: My favorite animals are horses and dolphins (they’re also meant to be my spirit animal).
5: I look much younger than I actually am so might be shocked hearing that I’m this old! Honestly though I’m OK with my age and can’t wait to finally turn 27.
6: I used to be addicted to coffee but got off cold turkey last year in September.
7: I’ve loved tea all my life. I used to sip unsweatend fennel all day everyday when I was a baby. It helped my tummy bc I was born too early and my organs weren’t all developed yet. Now my favorite tea is camomile (nothing too fancy here).
8: I was only in love once before and he broke my heart.
9: I currently live in Germany.
10: My favorite color is and has always been blue or teal to be precise because it reminds me of the ocean.
11: I like to bake & cook but I hate cleaning up.
13: I love to read actual books (no ebooks). The smell of a new book is just incredible.
14: I’m a sucker for all things wellness and self-care. I constantly look for new ways to invest in my health and well-being.
15: I used to be an accountant for 3 years.
16: I’m also a certified translator.
17: Currently I’m an undergrad majoring in online marketing.
18: I’m also a yoga teacher & this is really what sets my soul of fire.
19: I do yoga everyday.
20: I used to be afraid of inversions but now I’m not anymore.
21: I have dark brown eyes, light brown hair and am 1,7 m (5’7”) tall.
22: I have two pets. They are rabbits and live on my balcony. They’re called Creamy and Ashley. I’ve shared them with someone before but now I have full custody.
23: By now I wish I was younger so I wouldn’t have to come up with so many facts about me.
24: I’m an introverted extrovert. I like being in public and interact with people but I NEED to have some me-time to charge my batteries. My brother is the total opposite. Whereas me, I don’t mind spending a day or two all by myself meditating, journaling, reading and all that good stuff... I’ve always been that way. But for some people that’s hard to understand.
25: I had a complete meltdown when I turned 25 thinking I thought I hadn’t done anything meaningful with my life yet. But I’ve calmed down in this department A lot.
26: I’ve had every color imaginable under the moon in my hair before. One week they were orange, then green, grey, white, red, black and blue until they fell out. Now I’m having my natural hair color with some highlights in.
27: I am beyond happy having come this far in my life. I enjoy sharing all of these things so much with you and I hope in the end of the day it inspires you too to be happy and to pursue your dreams. I’m so grateful I’ve found my dream job teaching yoga and having this online platform. And I hope there’s plenty more to come in the future.

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1: my parents claim that i was made in france but born in germany.
2: my zodiac sign is an aquarius & thus i love being in the water or at the beach listening to the soothing sound of the waves crashing on shore.
3: being at the beach somewhere in the tropics is where i belong. but whenever i am not, i listen to sound of waves on my phone during meditation. it calms me down like nothing else.
4: my favorite animals are horses and dolphins (they’re also meant to be my spirit animal).
5: i look much younger than i actually am so might be shocked hearing that i’m this old! honestly though i’m ok with my age and can’t wait to finally turn 27.
6: i used to be addicted to coffee but got off cold turkey last year in september.
7: i’ve loved tea all my life. i used to sip unsweatend fennel all day everyday when i was a baby. it helped my tummy bc i was born too early and my organs weren’t all developed yet. now my favorite tea is camomile (nothing too fancy here).
8: i was only in love once before and he broke my heart.
9: i currently live in germany.
10: my favorite color is and has always been blue or teal to be precise because it reminds me of the ocean.
11: i like to bake & cook but i hate cleaning up.
13: i love to read actual books (no ebooks). the smell of a new book is just incredible.
14: i’m a sucker for all things wellness and self-care. i constantly look for new ways to invest in my health and well-being.
15: i used to be an accountant for 3 years.
16: i’m also a certified translator.
17: currently i’m an undergrad majoring in online marketing.
18: i’m also a yoga teacher & this is really what sets my soul of fire.
19: i do yoga everyday.
20: i used to be afraid of inversions but now i’m not anymore.
21: i have dark brown eyes, light brown hair and am 1,7 m (5’7”) tall.
22: i have two pets. they are rabbits and live on my balcony. they’re called creamy and ashley. i’ve shared them with someone before but now i have full custody.
23: by now i wish i was younger so i wouldn’t have to come up with so many facts about me.
24: i’m an introverted extrovert. i like being in public and interact with people but i need to have some me-time to charge my batteries. my brother is the total opposite. whereas me, i don’t mind spending a day or two all by myself meditating, journaling, reading and all that good stuff... i’ve always been that way. but for some people that’s hard to understand.
25: i had a complete meltdown when i turned 25 thinking i thought i hadn’t done anything meaningful with my life yet. but i’ve calmed down in this department a lot.
26: i’ve had every color imaginable under the moon in my hair before. one week they were orange, then green, grey, white, red, black and blue until they fell out. now i’m having my natural hair color with some highlights in.
27: i am beyond happy having come this far in my life. i enjoy sharing all of these things so much with you and i hope in the end of the day it inspires you too to be happy and to pursue your dreams. i’m so grateful i’ve found my dream job teaching yoga and having this online platform. and i hope there’s plenty more to come in the future.


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Are you looking for Los Angeles cheap car insurance? There are certain terms that you need to be familiar with before settling with any car insurance company. Being familiar with these terms will help you understand different car insurance policies being offered, and you can criticize which is the better policy for you and your family. These terms are commonly being observed by many major auto insurance companies and applied to all states.
When dealing with car insurance companies, the term called three parties is commonly used. The first party refers to the customer, to you, the driver, or anyone who will be driving the vehicle. The second party is the car insurance company, while the third party refers to the one whom you have caused damage or collision.
Collision coverage is the coverage that your car insurance company provides you in case your vehicle in involved in a collision or accident. For example, you hit a pole or telephone booth while driving, and the tail light is broken. Generally, the car insurance company will provide you an amount that will cover the replacement value of the car’s broken parts. The amount that will be provided in claiming car insurance is just enough. On the other hand, you will receive your car insurance claim in Los Angeles if you, the driver, were not the cause of the collision or during the hit and run case the offending driver is not to be found.
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Uninsured motorist coverage is the kind of coverage, which is handy for anyone with auto insurance policy that has a minimum coverage required. It is handy for someone who got involved in an accident,and the other individual involved in the accident has inadequate or uninsured.
Minimum liability coverage is the minimum coverage that you should have in your policy to pay for the expenses in case of an accident – whether first or third party. This coverage covers all expenses like damage to third party property and including the medical expenses. This coverage is explained accordingly: the amount you have to pay for injury caused to another person, the amount you have to pay for injury caused to the rest of the individuals involved, and the sum you have to pay for all the damaged property. The minimum liability coverage varies from one state to another.
Although Los Angeles cheap car insurance is quite difficult to find, there are different types of coverage being offered in California.
Insurance premium is the sum of payment you need to pay annually to maintain your car insurance policy status. The payment can be made every month or twice a week, depending on what you and your company have agreed with. The payment method is different for every company, as some accept cheques, cash or automatic deduction from your credit cards.
If you have availed LA cheap car insurance yet unable to pay your premium on time, there are chances that the company allows for an extension. In the state of California, they charge an insurance premium higher by almost 23% of the national average.
The deductible is referred to the amount you are willing to spend from your own pocket in case of an accident. It is often suggested as an effective method to reduce the insurance premium. If you agree to pay about 60% from your pocket for the repair or medical expenses, then your premium will greatly reduce. However, it is not the best option if you want to reduce your bill for car insurance in Los Angeles, as you will not be able to determine the amount of your expenses during an accident. It could increase drastically and might affect your personal savings.
Proof of insurance is a certificate provided by the car insurance company to you, or anyone who buys car insurance.
The certificate states that you and your car are adequately covered on from and to the stated date. It is important for everyone with vehicles to carry with them their proof of insurance. If you are caught violating traffic rules and unable to show your proof of insurance, your license most likely may be cancelled, and the vehicle may be impounded.
These are the important buying terms to consider when you buy car insurance in LA. While shopping for car insurance or claiming for car insurance, you have the understanding and knowledge with different insurance policies and can aid you as a driver. Do not forget to enter your ZIP code in the provided area so that we can calculate the quotes for you to have cheap car insurance in Los Angeles. It’s fast and easy.

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are you looking for los angeles cheap car insurance? there are certain terms that you need to be familiar with before settling with any car insurance company. being familiar with these terms will help you understand different car insurance policies being offered, and you can criticize which is the better policy for you and your family. these terms are commonly being observed by many major auto insurance companies and applied to all states.
when dealing with car insurance companies, the term called three parties is commonly used. the first party refers to the customer, to you, the driver, or anyone who will be driving the vehicle. the second party is the car insurance company, while the third party refers to the one whom you have caused damage or collision.
collision coverage is the coverage that your car insurance company provides you in case your vehicle in involved in a collision or accident. for example, you hit a pole or telephone booth while driving, and the tail light is broken. generally, the car insurance company will provide you an amount that will cover the replacement value of the car’s broken parts. the amount that will be provided in claiming car insurance is just enough. on the other hand, you will receive your car insurance claim in los angeles if you, the driver, were not the cause of the collision or during the hit and run case the offending driver is not to be found.
comprehensive coverage on the other hand is the type of coverage that you will get for your car from your car insurance company due to fire, vandalism, or theft. when driving and you accidentally hit a stray animal, you could apply for such coverage.
uninsured motorist coverage is the kind of coverage, which is handy for anyone with auto insurance policy that has a minimum coverage required. it is handy for someone who got involved in an accident,and the other individual involved in the accident has inadequate or uninsured.
minimum liability coverage is the minimum coverage that you should have in your policy to pay for the expenses in case of an accident – whether first or third party. this coverage covers all expenses like damage to third party property and including the medical expenses. this coverage is explained accordingly: the amount you have to pay for injury caused to another person, the amount you have to pay for injury caused to the rest of the individuals involved, and the sum you have to pay for all the damaged property. the minimum liability coverage varies from one state to another.
although los angeles cheap car insurance is quite difficult to find, there are different types of coverage being offered in california.
insurance premium is the sum of payment you need to pay annually to maintain your car insurance policy status. the payment can be made every month or twice a week, depending on what you and your company have agreed with. the payment method is different for every company, as some accept cheques, cash or automatic deduction from your credit cards.
if you have availed la cheap car insurance yet unable to pay your premium on time, there are chances that the company allows for an extension. in the state of california, they charge an insurance premium higher by almost 23% of the national average.
the deductible is referred to the amount you are willing to spend from your own pocket in case of an accident. it is often suggested as an effective method to reduce the insurance premium. if you agree to pay about 60% from your pocket for the repair or medical expenses, then your premium will greatly reduce. however, it is not the best option if you want to reduce your bill for car insurance in los angeles, as you will not be able to determine the amount of your expenses during an accident. it could increase drastically and might affect your personal savings.
proof of insurance is a certificate provided by the car insurance company to you, or anyone who buys car insurance.
the certificate states that you and your car are adequately covered on from and to the stated date. it is important for everyone with vehicles to carry with them their proof of insurance. if you are caught violating traffic rules and unable to show your proof of insurance, your license most likely may be cancelled, and the vehicle may be impounded.
these are the important buying terms to consider when you buy car insurance in la. while shopping for car insurance or claiming for car insurance, you have the understanding and knowledge with different insurance policies and can aid you as a driver. do not forget to enter your zip code in the provided area so that we can calculate the quotes for you to have cheap car insurance in los angeles. it’s fast and easy.


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Note: This week, HIN reports live from the Disease Management Congress in Orlando, Florida.
Orlando — Electronic medical records (EMRs) for all Americans may be years away from fruition, but the recent Gulf Coast disasters have moved this issue up on the national agenda. With most medical records destroyed and many of the one million persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina in need of medical care, the Intel Corporation and other companies rapidly fashioned rudimentary EMRs from health claims databases.
Mark Blatt, director of global healthcare strategies, Digital Health Group for Intel, described the process for the 10th annual Disease Management Congress today. ????????????????We quickly scanned claims databases to put something in place. There were many individuals being moved from one rescue center to another without any medical records. Some individuals would receive a tetanus shot at each center. Things were so chaotic the individual did not know which shots they were receiving. After three tetanus shots, some were getting sick.??????????????? The EMRs helped give some order to the process, he said.
Broadband wireless—also known as WiMax— is another technology on the horizon that has been instrumental in improving communications in the aftermath of recent disasters. WiMax can cover areas of up to 35 kilometers (approximately 15 miles), he explained. Communications companies set up WiMax towers during relief efforts on the Gulf Coast and in the recent Indonesia tsunami disaster.
These disasters and the associated loss of medical records have been a wake-up call for both the government and the healthcare industry, Blatt continued. The movement toward a national health information network is accelerating; the federal government just six days ago announced the formation of a committee to develop standards for this effort. With public pressure on, Blatt expects that this network will be viable in the next five or 10 years, if not sooner.
Technological advances are also changing the face of healthcare delivery. We will soon see the use of ????????????????smart tools???????????????—wireless patient monitors, IV pumps, even hospital beds—that can talk to each other and provide a ????????????????closed loop feedback system.??????????????? This technology will change the way a hospital room looks and can be transferred to homes for continued patient monitoring, he said. We may even see these monitoring capabilities as a value-added offering at many hotels, Blatt predicts.
????????????????These tools can get real-time data and process the data into meaningful information for the patient, family and caregivers,??????????????? he said.
Some tools being piloted by Intel to improve quality of care and get and keep patients healthy include the ????????????????presence lamp???????????????—a light that goes on in one home when a friend or relative arrives at another home; ????????????????contextual caller ID??????????????? that provides a caller’s photo, background and even a summary of the last telephone conversation with the caller to aid recall for the elderly and early stage Alzheimers’ patients; and a ????????????????social health solar system,??????????????? a PC-based network to track family members’ contact with elderly parents.
In the face of rising healthcare costs, these monitoring tools are designed to allow the sick and/or elderly patient to remain in their home longer, limiting nursing home stays and the depression that may accompany it, he concluded.
Orlando — With more than 8 million members, Kaiser Permanente has been lauded for raising the bar of excellence in care management. But these days, Paul Wallace, MD, the executive director of Kaiser’s Care Management Institute, is thinking a lot about Kaiser’s own employees and the type of healthcare they receive. Respecting the different perspectives of value of each healthcare stakeholder—patients, providers and payors—and finding common ground is key to improving the overall healthcare experience, he says.
Dr. Wallace offered a three-part strategy for ????????????????Encouraging the Spread of Innovation to Make the Right Thing Easier to Do,??????????????? which formally opened the 10th annual Disease Management Congress. His presentation underscored the theme of this year’s congress, ????????????????Innovation ?????????????????? Driving Change to Achieve Sustainable Outcomes.??????????????? In addition to respecting stakeholders’ definitions of value, Dr. Wallace recommended making the right things easier to do by focusing on service delivery and information technology. ????????????????And if you make something easier to do,??????????????? he said, ????????????????Makesure it is the right thing to do.??????????????? It’s easier to identify the ????????????????right thing??????????????? when you employ evidence-based clinical practices, identify successful practices, and offer member-centered and culturally competent care.
????????????????The patient should be at the center of care, with the patient’s home as the hub,??????????????? he continued. ????????????????We need to make the best use of the patient’s time.??????????????? He called upon providers to re-think traditional physician-patient contact. Instead of scheduling a finite number of 15-minute patient visits each day, he suggested increasing the number of daily ????????????????patient contacts??????????????? by utilizing U.S. mail, email, phone contact, and group visits. ????????????????By thinking outside the box, this might enable a provider to schedule several 45-minute office visits a day for needier patients,??????????????? he said.
The United States needs to move the focus from ????????????????sick care??????????????? to ????????????????health care.??????????????? Employers, too, are in a prime position to improve workers’ health while they are at the office. ????????????????The average patient spends about two hours annually with their doctor, 2,000 hours in the workplace and the rest of the time at home. We are betting everything on this two hours in the healthcare system, when we really need to do more in the workplace.???????????????
DM Outcomes: Is That Your Final Answer?
It was billed as the ????????????????DM Reality Show,??????????????? but was actually an exercise in behavior modification. This entertaining session used technology—web-based surveys and electronic voting tools—to gauge and then sway public opinion. Attendees were asked to electronically respond to questions on disease management—its economic value, future, validity of ROI measurements, and whether improved DM outcomes are due to changes in clinical practices or in patients’ own behavior. As they entered responses on individual electronic keypads to the strains of the Jeopardy theme song, real-time results were displayed on conference screens.
After two industry experts debated the pros and cons of each issue, audience members were asked to vote again. In several cases, the results showed that debaters managed to influence a sizeable percentage of neutral responses. While primarily entertaining in nature, the session afforded a lively discussion of a hot industry topic and left no doubt about the role of IT in the healthcare marketplace.
Orlando — An aging population that is driving healthcare spending to new levels and impacting worker productivity and the gross national product is not a concern unique to the United States. That’s why representatives from nine countries have gathered at the first annual International Disease Management Summit to share strategies for implementing disease management programs worldwide.
????????????????There is lots of confusion around the world between the prevention of disease (wellness), and true disease management,??????????????? said Warren E. Todd, the executive director of the International Disease Management Alliance (IDMA), which is sponsoring the summit. ????????????????But the dual world crisis of chronic disease and obesity is forcing countries around the world to investigate the benefits of disease management.???????????????
Despite the positive impact disease management has had on ROI in the United States, the variety of healthcare programs, differences between physician- and patient-centric programs and the confusion between wellness and disease management worldwide has made many countries resistant to the idea of disease management, he continued.
Four factors that determine a country’s receptiveness to disease management are that country’s political agenda, healthcare market, IT maturity and readiness to accept the concept of disease management, according to Simone Christiane Seiter, MD, of Germany who is leading a CapGemini-sponsored effort to increase awareness of disease management. ????????????????Some regions of a country that are autonomous may be better prepared than the country as a whole,??????????????? she stated.
Based on these factors, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Sweden have been designated ????????????????fast movers,??????????????? she said. In England, the National Health Service has launched several pilot initiatives that test the efficacy of pay for performance and quality improvement efforts. ????????????????The results have not been very well publicized, but there has been a lot of work in this area,??????????????? according to Dr. Rick Botelho, who has conducted training for UK-based doctors. Dr. Botelho, a frequent speaker on the effect of behavior modification in disease management, has presented at several Healthcare Intelligence Network-sponsored audio conferences.
Because the European Union has ruled that it is up to individual member countries to regulate healthcare, the idea of a union-wide program is a long way off, said Dr. Seiter. ????????????????But we hope to introduce the idea of a healthcare card that can be used in several countries to access patient healthcare information.???????????????
????????????????There is also the NIH—Not Invented Here—syndrome that exists in Europe,??????????????? contributed one participant. European countries are often skeptical of concepts developed outside their country.
During the daylong summit, which is co-located with the 10th annual Disease Management Congress, participants will share how they have adapted and expanded upon successful DM models to address the unique needs of their countries.
Health coaches appear to be the MVPs of healthcare these days, supporting physicians in management of chronic illnesses and helping selected members devise a self-management plan. It would seem to be a win-win situation all around—healthier members and reduced costs for chronic care.
However, I’ve heard a couple of gripes from the peanut gallery. Two people I know have recently been contacted by health coaches, and neither of them was pleased. One woman barely out of her twenties was identified as a potential candidate for a healthy lifestyles program after her insurance company reviewed her medical records—including her weight. And not too long ago, a family member diagnosed with a chronic condition several years ago received a letter from her health plan’s health coach. The coach said she was now available to answer any questions about this condition, and would contact this relative whenever new information in the treatment of this illness became available.
So far, so good, right? In the younger woman’s case, she was somewhat embarrassed to be contacted about her weight issues, but ultimately agreed to participate in the program. My family member, however, found the contact worrisome. She is proactive about her healthcare and has a great relationship with her doctor, who sees her immediately whenever her condition flares up and monitors her medication intake.
This relative is concerned that the health coach will ultimately become the first line of defense, putting her doctor-patient relationship at risk. She’s fearful that if she establishes a rapport with a coach, her insurance company may one day refuse to cover some of her doctor visits, something she’s not willing to risk. She also believes she is knowledgeable enough about her condition to know that changing her behavior is not going to make her condition go away.
She feels she’s become a name and an illness on a list somewhere, and is being unfairly targeted for her health condition. She is scared and angry and for now has decided to ignore the letters from the health coach. But she’s worried about the future ramifications of this new approach.
I admit I hadn’t really thought about it from this perspective??????????????????how it feels to get a call from the coach. Health coaches are doing a wonderful job of recruiting that 20 percent of the population who generate 80 percent of healthcare costs, often by refusing to adopt healthy lifestyles. You’d think most people would be happy to have an additional line of support. But if the patient is succeeding as a free agent, must we force them to be a team player? I’m interested to hear how coaches—and health plans—are reassuring members about this issue.
Given the desperate conditions in the southeastern part of the country, it is trite to grouse about rising gas prices. Paying $3 to $6 per gallon is painful, but a mere pinch compared to the despair and devastation engulfing our southern neighbors. However, we all feel powerless in the wake of conditions beyond our control. We are chastened as we watch the fallout from Hurricane Katrina, situated as we are less than two miles from the Atlantic Ocean and perhaps a nor’easter away from a similar catastrophe.
Most of us will be moved to contribute financially and maybe even personally to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. But perhaps there’s a little something more the average person can do in response to this disaster to send a message. Maybe we can leave the gas guzzler (which with current gas prices pretty much includes all makes and models) in the driveway, open our garages and dust off our bikes. Maybe we can turn off the computers and take our children for a walk downtown, to the park or just down the street. Maybe we can skip our daily latte or Friday night pizza and movie for the next month or two and throw the resulting savings in a jar to send to the relief effort.
A by-product of this effort might be just what the doctor ordered—some healthy lifestyle changes. With childhood obesity increasing at alarming rates, it’s the right time for everyone to up their daily exercise quota. Substituting a healthy home-cooked meal for that pizza can’t hurt, either. Perhaps healthcare organizations already offering incentives for healthy lifestyles can up the ante for those motivated to change right now—for example, by making a contribution to the hurricane relief effort in the name of each member who pledges to stop smoking and start walking.
And while we’re modifying our behaviors, we should take a moment to talk with the people in our lives—our children especially—about caring for their neighbors and the importance of knowing right from wrong, even in the most dire circumstances. We never know when disaster—natural or otherwise—is going to strike. Because after the loss of lives, the most devasting effect of Hurricane Katrina is the failure of the human spirit.

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note: this week, hin reports live from the disease management congress in orlando, florida.
orlando — electronic medical records (emrs) for all americans may be years away from fruition, but the recent gulf coast disasters have moved this issue up on the national agenda. with most medical records destroyed and many of the one million persons displaced by hurricane katrina in need of medical care, the intel corporation and other companies rapidly fashioned rudimentary emrs from health claims databases.
mark blatt, director of global healthcare strategies, digital health group for intel, described the process for the 10th annual disease management congress today. ????????????????we quickly scanned claims databases to put something in place. there were many individuals being moved from one rescue center to another without any medical records. some individuals would receive a tetanus shot at each center. things were so chaotic the individual did not know which shots they were receiving. after three tetanus shots, some were getting sick.??????????????? the emrs helped give some order to the process, he said.
broadband wireless—also known as wimax— is another technology on the horizon that has been instrumental in improving communications in the aftermath of recent disasters. wimax can cover areas of up to 35 kilometers (approximately 15 miles), he explained. communications companies set up wimax towers during relief efforts on the gulf coast and in the recent indonesia tsunami disaster.
these disasters and the associated loss of medical records have been a wake-up call for both the government and the healthcare industry, blatt continued. the movement toward a national health information network is accelerating; the federal government just six days ago announced the formation of a committee to develop standards for this effort. with public pressure on, blatt expects that this network will be viable in the next five or 10 years, if not sooner.
technological advances are also changing the face of healthcare delivery. we will soon see the use of ????????????????smart tools???????????????—wireless patient monitors, iv pumps, even hospital beds—that can talk to each other and provide a ????????????????closed loop feedback system.??????????????? this technology will change the way a hospital room looks and can be transferred to homes for continued patient monitoring, he said. we may even see these monitoring capabilities as a value-added offering at many hotels, blatt predicts.
????????????????these tools can get real-time data and process the data into meaningful information for the patient, family and caregivers,??????????????? he said.
some tools being piloted by intel to improve quality of care and get and keep patients healthy include the ????????????????presence lamp???????????????—a light that goes on in one home when a friend or relative arrives at another home; ????????????????contextual caller id??????????????? that provides a caller’s photo, background and even a summary of the last telephone conversation with the caller to aid recall for the elderly and early stage alzheimers’ patients; and a ????????????????social health solar system,??????????????? a pc-based network to track family members’ contact with elderly parents.
in the face of rising healthcare costs, these monitoring tools are designed to allow the sick and/or elderly patient to remain in their home longer, limiting nursing home stays and the depression that may accompany it, he concluded.
orlando — with more than 8 million members, kaiser permanente has been lauded for raising the bar of excellence in care management. but these days, paul wallace, md, the executive director of kaiser’s care management institute, is thinking a lot about kaiser’s own employees and the type of healthcare they receive. respecting the different perspectives of value of each healthcare stakeholder—patients, providers and payors—and finding common ground is key to improving the overall healthcare experience, he says.
dr. wallace offered a three-part strategy for ????????????????encouraging the spread of innovation to make the right thing easier to do,??????????????? which formally opened the 10th annual disease management congress. his presentation underscored the theme of this year’s congress, ????????????????innovation ?????????????????? driving change to achieve sustainable outcomes.??????????????? in addition to respecting stakeholders’ definitions of value, dr. wallace recommended making the right things easier to do by focusing on service delivery and information technology. ????????????????and if you make something easier to do,??????????????? he said, ????????????????makesure it is the right thing to do.??????????????? it’s easier to identify the ????????????????right thing??????????????? when you employ evidence-based clinical practices, identify successful practices, and offer member-centered and culturally competent care.
????????????????the patient should be at the center of care, with the patient’s home as the hub,??????????????? he continued. ????????????????we need to make the best use of the patient’s time.??????????????? he called upon providers to re-think traditional physician-patient contact. instead of scheduling a finite number of 15-minute patient visits each day, he suggested increasing the number of daily ????????????????patient contacts??????????????? by utilizing u.s. mail, email, phone contact, and group visits. ????????????????by thinking outside the box, this might enable a provider to schedule several 45-minute office visits a day for needier patients,??????????????? he said.
the united states needs to move the focus from ????????????????sick care??????????????? to ????????????????health care.??????????????? employers, too, are in a prime position to improve workers’ health while they are at the office. ????????????????the average patient spends about two hours annually with their doctor, 2,000 hours in the workplace and the rest of the time at home. we are betting everything on this two hours in the healthcare system, when we really need to do more in the workplace.???????????????
dm outcomes: is that your final answer?
it was billed as the ????????????????dm reality show,??????????????? but was actually an exercise in behavior modification. this entertaining session used technology—web-based surveys and electronic voting tools—to gauge and then sway public opinion. attendees were asked to electronically respond to questions on disease management—its economic value, future, validity of roi measurements, and whether improved dm outcomes are due to changes in clinical practices or in patients’ own behavior. as they entered responses on individual electronic keypads to the strains of the jeopardy theme song, real-time results were displayed on conference screens.
after two industry experts debated the pros and cons of each issue, audience members were asked to vote again. in several cases, the results showed that debaters managed to influence a sizeable percentage of neutral responses. while primarily entertaining in nature, the session afforded a lively discussion of a hot industry topic and left no doubt about the role of it in the healthcare marketplace.
orlando — an aging population that is driving healthcare spending to new levels and impacting worker productivity and the gross national product is not a concern unique to the united states. that’s why representatives from nine countries have gathered at the first annual international disease management summit to share strategies for implementing disease management programs worldwide.
????????????????there is lots of confusion around the world between the prevention of disease (wellness), and true disease management,??????????????? said warren e. todd, the executive director of the international disease management alliance (idma), which is sponsoring the summit. ????????????????but the dual world crisis of chronic disease and obesity is forcing countries around the world to investigate the benefits of disease management.???????????????
despite the positive impact disease management has had on roi in the united states, the variety of healthcare programs, differences between physician- and patient-centric programs and the confusion between wellness and disease management worldwide has made many countries resistant to the idea of disease management, he continued.
four factors that determine a country’s receptiveness to disease management are that country’s political agenda, healthcare market, it maturity and readiness to accept the concept of disease management, according to simone christiane seiter, md, of germany who is leading a capgemini-sponsored effort to increase awareness of disease management. ????????????????some regions of a country that are autonomous may be better prepared than the country as a whole,??????????????? she stated.
based on these factors, the united kingdom, the netherlands and sweden have been designated ????????????????fast movers,??????????????? she said. in england, the national health service has launched several pilot initiatives that test the efficacy of pay for performance and quality improvement efforts. ????????????????the results have not been very well publicized, but there has been a lot of work in this area,??????????????? according to dr. rick botelho, who has conducted training for uk-based doctors. dr. botelho, a frequent speaker on the effect of behavior modification in disease management, has presented at several healthcare intelligence network-sponsored audio conferences.
because the european union has ruled that it is up to individual member countries to regulate healthcare, the idea of a union-wide program is a long way off, said dr. seiter. ????????????????but we hope to introduce the idea of a healthcare card that can be used in several countries to access patient healthcare information.???????????????
????????????????there is also the nih—not invented here—syndrome that exists in europe,??????????????? contributed one participant. european countries are often skeptical of concepts developed outside their country.
during the daylong summit, which is co-located with the 10th annual disease management congress, participants will share how they have adapted and expanded upon successful dm models to address the unique needs of their countries.
health coaches appear to be the mvps of healthcare these days, supporting physicians in management of chronic illnesses and helping selected members devise a self-management plan. it would seem to be a win-win situation all around—healthier members and reduced costs for chronic care.
however, i’ve heard a couple of gripes from the peanut gallery. two people i know have recently been contacted by health coaches, and neither of them was pleased. one woman barely out of her twenties was identified as a potential candidate for a healthy lifestyles program after her insurance company reviewed her medical records—including her weight. and not too long ago, a family member diagnosed with a chronic condition several years ago received a letter from her health plan’s health coach. the coach said she was now available to answer any questions about this condition, and would contact this relative whenever new information in the treatment of this illness became available.
so far, so good, right? in the younger woman’s case, she was somewhat embarrassed to be contacted about her weight issues, but ultimately agreed to participate in the program. my family member, however, found the contact worrisome. she is proactive about her healthcare and has a great relationship with her doctor, who sees her immediately whenever her condition flares up and monitors her medication intake.
this relative is concerned that the health coach will ultimately become the first line of defense, putting her doctor-patient relationship at risk. she’s fearful that if she establishes a rapport with a coach, her insurance company may one day refuse to cover some of her doctor visits, something she’s not willing to risk. she also believes she is knowledgeable enough about her condition to know that changing her behavior is not going to make her condition go away.
she feels she’s become a name and an illness on a list somewhere, and is being unfairly targeted for her health condition. she is scared and angry and for now has decided to ignore the letters from the health coach. but she’s worried about the future ramifications of this new approach.
i admit i hadn’t really thought about it from this perspective??????????????????how it feels to get a call from the coach. health coaches are doing a wonderful job of recruiting that 20 percent of the population who generate 80 percent of healthcare costs, often by refusing to adopt healthy lifestyles. you’d think most people would be happy to have an additional line of support. but if the patient is succeeding as a free agent, must we force them to be a team player? i’m interested to hear how coaches—and health plans—are reassuring members about this issue.
given the desperate conditions in the southeastern part of the country, it is trite to grouse about rising gas prices. paying $3 to $6 per gallon is painful, but a mere pinch compared to the despair and devastation engulfing our southern neighbors. however, we all feel powerless in the wake of conditions beyond our control. we are chastened as we watch the fallout from hurricane katrina, situated as we are less than two miles from the atlantic ocean and perhaps a nor’easter away from a similar catastrophe.
most of us will be moved to contribute financially and maybe even personally to the hurricane katrina relief effort. but perhaps there’s a little something more the average person can do in response to this disaster to send a message. maybe we can leave the gas guzzler (which with current gas prices pretty much includes all makes and models) in the driveway, open our garages and dust off our bikes. maybe we can turn off the computers and take our children for a walk downtown, to the park or just down the street. maybe we can skip our daily latte or friday night pizza and movie for the next month or two and throw the resulting savings in a jar to send to the relief effort.
a by-product of this effort might be just what the doctor ordered—some healthy lifestyle changes. with childhood obesity increasing at alarming rates, it’s the right time for everyone to up their daily exercise quota. substituting a healthy home-cooked meal for that pizza can’t hurt, either. perhaps healthcare organizations already offering incentives for healthy lifestyles can up the ante for those motivated to change right now—for example, by making a contribution to the hurricane relief effort in the name of each member who pledges to stop smoking and start walking.
and while we’re modifying our behaviors, we should take a moment to talk with the people in our lives—our children especially—about caring for their neighbors and the importance of knowing right from wrong, even in the most dire circumstances. we never know when disaster—natural or otherwise—is going to strike. because after the loss of lives, the most devasting effect of hurricane katrina is the failure of the human spirit.


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a set of six coasters that represent what is unique about the state of oregon!
our coasters will add a touch of style to any room in your home, office, or wherever you decide to put them! they are the perfect balance between form and function. more than just a pretty picture, they work great too! a wet glass will never leave a permanent ring, nor will they stick to the bottom of your glass! they clean very easily with a dry or damp cloth, plus the face can be rinsed under running water, just no dishwasher please.
images are professionally printed on a state of the art, self adhesive photo material which creates a permanent bond when applied to the tile. as an additional layer of protection, a matte laminate is applied to the surface. this ensures the coasters stay water, scratch, stain, and heat resistant. we also take the time to round the corners of the images for a professional look and feel!
every tile we use is produced by a leed certified, green company that believes in earth-friendly sustainability. each tile is hand filed to remove any rough edges, then is backed with black eco-foam to safeguard against any surface abrasions and/or sliding. each coaster measures 4 1/4 inches square, perfect for just about any size drink container you can imagine.
they have been reviewed by the bees go buzz blog!
thank you for shopping house of six cats!
you can check out everything that we have to offer by going to www.etsy.com/houseofsixcats.
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the set of criteria used in the rts environmental classification (rts glt) is applicable to new construction and comprehensive renovation projects, as well as to changes of usage. the set of criteria and the required verification documents can be used to steer projects of different sizes and types, such as school and nursery buildings, residential buildings, office and commercial buildings, and accommodation buildings.
the decision on whether to apply for an environmental classification is taken in conjunction with the purchase of the rt environmental tool. projects with environmental classifications use the environmental classification symbol. the purpose of the symbol is to communicate the fact that an independent third party has inspected the project and the project meets the requirements. the symbol shows the environmental classification that was granted, from 1 to 5 stars. when a project has been certified, the project details and classification are shown on the map on this website.


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please call smpa billing services at 970-864-7311 to set up your budget billing account.