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Transgender Love: When Husband Becomes Wife
Diane Daniel reveals why she stood by her man, who became a woman.
Aug. 15, 2011 -- When Diane Daniel met her husband Wessel, she was attracted to his smile, quiet humor and gentleness -- "and of course his Dutch accent." Though it shocked her, she dismissed the occasional cross-dressing as they dated and lived together as just part of his nerdy nonconformity.
But two months into their marriage in 2004, her husband revealed at dinner that he wanted to live as a woman, and the couple embarked on a long wrenching jouney to stay together.
Wessel is now Lina, and at 47, she has transitioned publicly from male to female.
Diane, now 53 and a freelance writer living in North Carolina, describes in a recent story in the Boston Globe, "Goodbye Husband, Hello Wife," how her life was turned on its head when she learned her husband was transgender.
"I detached emotionally and physically," she writes. "I cried every day. I wondered what else he hadn't told me. I feared something was wrong with me to attract this kind of mate. I was angry and ashamed."
Lina was in exactly the opposite place psychologically.
"For me, it was a big, 'phew,' --- I had finally made a choice and a big burden was off my shoulders," said Lina, who works for a medical diagnostics company. "But her whole world collapsed."
"Diane needed to grieve and say goodbye to the old me and the things that were left behind," she told ABCNews.com. "I had the strange realization that I was at a birthday party and she was at a funeral."
The turning point for Diane was when Lina told her, "What I fear most is that you will see me as a monster or some kind of a freak. That everyone will, but mostly you.''
Slowly, Diane was able to open her heart, and their story illustrates the complex world of sexuality and gender and the power of love.
But it is also a call for acceptance for the 750,000 Americans who identify as transgender -- about .3 percent of the population, according to the Williams Institute, an LGBT think tank at the UCLA Law School.
A 2011 landmark report, "Injustice at Every Turn," concludes that "nearly every system and institution" in the United States -- education, employment, housing and healthcare -- discriminates against transgender Americans.
The report was conducted by The National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, which surveyed 6,450 Americans who were transgender or non-gender conforming.
An estimated 45 percent of those surveyed said that their relationship with a spouse or partner ended because of their transgender identity. Surprisingly, 55 percent, stayed on or their relationship ended for other reasons, according to that report.
But those like Diane who have gone through transition with a loved one, say it is a long and painful process -- and most spouses leave the marriage.
Helen Boyd, author of the 2003 book, "My Husband Betty," had a similar experience to Diane.
When her theatrical husband went from dabbling in drag to asking to wear an ordinary denim skirt, she thought, "This isn't fun anymore."
"I was shellshocked. I took a bath and just cried," said Boyd. "I knew that I would lose my male husband."
Boyd stayed with Betty, whom she had married as a man, "because I love her," and the couple just celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary.
"She is still as charming and still the person who can make me laugh when I don't want to laugh about anything," said Boyd. "We still share the same world view and she knows me better than any other human being."
She said not enough partners and families of loved ones speak out about the experience, one that can be like "walking through fire, but once it's done...can be a deep bond."
Boyd, a professor of gender studies at Lawrence University in Wisconsin, said her work in the field indicates that far more partners split.
"I would not wish transition on anybody," she said. "All major life changes are difficult, but the lack of understanding is triple -- dealing with all the prejudice and bias, and even the sensationalism and prurient interest."
Such was the case with Diane, who said the six years leading up to Lina's living as a woman were gut-wrenching.
"One hour I was processing one thing and the next something else," said Diane. "It would start with what does this mean for our relationship and how will you look and what will the neighbors say, and will we be legally married?"
They were, and according to Diane, no state reverses a marriage between a man and a woman, even after transitioning to a different gender.
"In the trans world there's a saying that 'one person's transition is everyone's transition,'" she said. After the initial shock, Diane and Lina went into therapy.
Transgender Couple Viewed as Lesbians
In 2007, Lina began hormone treatment. The following year, they began to tell friends and family, all of whom were supportive. Finally, they picked a day when Lina would "leave work as a man and return to work as a woman."
Then, just last November, after telling all her co-workers, Lina officially transitioned to a woman.
Lina said she will likely "complete the picture" and have genital surgery, but international medical guidelines require that she live for at least a year as a woman. There are also financial considerations.
By June of this year, the couple stopped seeing their therapist because, said Diane, "we no longer had anything to talk about."
Their worries about public acceptance never materialized.
Sometimes co-workers slip their pronouns, but immediately correct themselves, and most have been supportive. "I am basically the same, with a few improvements," said Lina.
Both say that not having children has helped them cope better with the transition. They also don't have religious beliefs that would be in conflict with Lina's choice.
Today, Diane and Lina say they are more guarded in public, where they are often perceived as lesbians, even though Diane is straight.
"But if I really want to hold hands, then I do," said Diane. "I think it's a little easier for me than for Lina, but that's mostly because she still feels awkward about drawing any attention to herself."
As for their sex life, Diane said, "We don't talk about with anyone but us… We are a romantic and affectionate married couple. We don't live as siblings."
"I am very attracted to men," said Diane. "Does this mean I look at men and feel sad? No, because I love Lina."
Lina said that even though her gender identity female, she is not attracted to men.
"My attraction to women hasn't changed," she said. "Mine is a gender issue, not my sexual orientation."
But, it's hard to let go of the gender notions and Diane said Lina still makes some male accommodations.
"She still kills the roaches and carries the heavy stuff, but same-sex couples have those divisions of duties as well," said Diane. And Lina's "essence" is still there.
As for Lina, she said, "I feel like I can be more myself than I have ever been and enjoying every minute of that at home or at work. I am embracing life to the fullest."
Since writing her story, Diane has received more than 300 e-mails, many from readers who say they have never written before.
One praised her for helping her better understand in "a more real and compassionate way."
"I am an educated person and quite liberal, but while superficially being accepting, have found the transsexual issue rather difficult to absorb," she wrote. "I am sure it took a lot of courage, and I applaud you and want you to know that you most certainly contributed to the world in a very positive way."
Diane said she feels a "deep gratitude" for how they have sustained their marriage, but would never suggest their decision be right for everyone.
"You have to be open-minded and not fixate on what other people think," said Diane. "And have a strong sense of self, and some degree of flexibility."
"Look at the person who is transitioning as a human being and try to understand their side of it and don't look at them as a monster," she advised others in a similar situation. "If I had love in the beginning, I still have it."
For more information and support go to:
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund.
National Center for Transgender Equality


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Because you may have seen this book everywhere lately, you might be wondering about it and I felt a responsibility to address it.
It amazes me that booksellers are shamelessly promoting 'Fifty Shades of Grey' as a powerful bestseller. Normally it would be lurking on a back shelf somewhere with a warning attached. The cynic in me suggests that publishers saw $$$ signs in their eyes with this one and went for it, publishing immediately in paperback with a classy looking cover, and launching a bold marketing campaign.
Now don't get me wrong, I am not a prude. I am not against a trashy beach novel with a few steamy scenes now and then, but this one goes too far and has no literary merit whatsoever. The writing is poor, with a thin plot line and undeveloped characters providing only a stage for the erotica. I couldn't finish it.
Sex is not a spectator sport and a book like this undermines the beauty of sex in committed relationship. So should there be any sex in novels at all?
Sex and violence are part of human story and therefore do belong, unless they are gratuitous. Some authors hint at sex and others are far more explicit, making it a matter of style for the author and matter of taste for the reader. If sex is handled well by an author it can naturally flow from the narrative and add to the story. Author skills vary in this area but we do recognize those who capture a moment well and those who do not. The purpose of the author in any case, is to produce good literature and depict human story. The purpose of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' however, is to titillate and stimulate, not to educate, appreciate or acculturate.


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The spirit of the women who manufactured the munitions used in World War II — nicknamed "Rosie The Riveter's" — appears to be alive and well in Ypsilanti Township, where a fierce rush of 11th hour donations saved the Willow Run Bomber Plant. Plans are in the works for making a portion of the property into a museum.
The contributions of the women on the home front who built so many of the instruments of war should never be forgotten. One of my grandmothers, who died in 2009, worked at Consolidated Aircraft while her future husband stomped his way through Germany with the US Army toward the end of WWII in the European Theater.
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ALTON, Maine (AP) � Maine State Police say the deaths of a man, his estranged wife and his friend were a murder-double suicide, and that the husband underwent a mental health evaluation two days before the violence occurred.
Authorities previously said 43-year-old Scott Reed stabbed his 39-year-old wife, Danielle, then shot himself. Their bodies were found in their Alton home on Nov. 19, along with that of 41-year-old Daniel Young of Bradley.
State police spokesman Stephen McCausland told the Bangor Daily News (http://bit.ly/RuOtHM) on Sunday that investigators have determined Young shot himself. He says Young and Scott Reed had made a suicide pact.
McCausland says Reed was sent to a hospital for the mental health evaluation on Nov. 17 after damaging his wife's car and telling police he was suicidal. But he was released later that day.
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Minister Goodyear Launches New Learning Resource at Perimeter Institute's BrainSTEM Festival Français
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WATERLOO, ON, Sept. 30, 2013 /CNW/ - To help equip students with the skills they need for success in the 21st century, Perimeter Institute released today its new "Career Moves" educational resource, made possible by support from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for FedDev Ontario, officially launched the new resource, titled Career Moves: Skills for the Journey, prior to a public lecture at Perimeter, an independent research, training, and outreach centre in Ontario, Canada.
"We know that future prosperity for southern Ontario depends on an economy that is responsive to market needs and is able to promote and implement innovative practices. We want to ensure kids are choosing the STEM fields when they go on to post-secondary education, and eventually their careers," Minister Goodyear said to a full house at Perimeter Institute's Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas. "I know Career Moves will help achieve this. I know it will be another great example of the Perimeter Institute's outstanding work in showing youth what can be achieved through science and innovation."
The Minister's announcement, as well as observations from Kitchener-Waterloo Member of Parliament Peter Braid, preceded the first of three public lectures as part of Perimeter's BrainSTEM: Your Future is Now Festival. The weeklong celebration of science and innovation, running through October 6, shares the same goal as the Career Moves resource: to ignite students' passion for the cutting-edge subjects that can help them realize their full potential and contribute meaningfully to society as a whole.
Career Moves: Skills for the Journey is a classroom resource designed to connect 21st century skills—creativity, critical thinking, entrepreneurial spirit, and imagination—to the STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math).
Specifically tailored towards students in Ontario's Grade 10 careers course, Career Moves is part the result of extensive collaboration between Perimeter's Outreach Department, experienced guidance counsellors, and classroom teachers.
"Our goal is to give students the best tools possible to fuel curiosity, exploration, and innovation," said Greg Dick, Perimeter's Director of Educational Outreach. "Students who are passionate about STEM subjects will now be ready to face the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Our resources are designed to inspire students to build a smarter, more prosperous future for the world."
Monday's special announcement of the new in-class resource from Perimeter Institute was one of the many events, lectures, exhibits, and facility tours designed to enthrall and inspire visitors at the BrainSTEM: Your Future is Now Festival. For more information, schedule and free tickets, visit the BrainSTEM Festival webpage.
Learn more about Career Moves and Perimeter's other educational outreach projects at Perimeter Institute's Outreach page.
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Last night I awoke and looked outside. A group of people were gathered around in the park below my building with lit candles. I could sense a profound ceremony. I wasn't part of it. But quietly observed from way above in the sky. Quietly. The tops of the trees swayed back and forth in unison although there wasn't any wind. Sensing Dementors nearby which were descending upon the group to disrupt their peace and love. I sent down the largest Patronus charm I could muster. Thinking about all that is good in life. Love. Light. Laughter. Alohaloha pumehana. Basically, I thought about you...
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Financial problems among workers are costing employers more than £600 million a year, according to research by Aegon.
The pension and investment provider estimated that 4.2 million days of work are lost each year due to poor financial wellbeing among employees, with a cost to employers of £626m.
The research also showed that only 50% of employers feel able to provide information to staff on debt issues, and 27% don't think they could give information on saving for retirement.
Despite the cost to businesses, employers are reluctant to offer financial support, with 51% saying employees' financial wellbeing is not personally their business.
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During high school I moved with my mother to Wiesbaden, Germany. She was working as a social worker in the hospital where American hostages were debriefed after captivity in Iran. Wiesbaden was a spa town captured by US troops during World War II. They used it as a base, bombing everything around it. Till today it stands pristine – the casinos, museums, lake, opera house and spa – all unscathed, a testament to Germany's pre-war Hoch-Kultur (high culture).
We were extremely comfortable in our turn-of-the-century apartment with its giant windows, and plaster cherubs staring down out us from the high ceilings. I understood how a Jew could get stuck and not want to leave such a place. The civility and decorum fascinated us. Despite all my new German friends, I could not help but ask myself: How could such a polite and well-behaved society have committed such atrocities only a half-century before?
How could such a polite and well-behaved society have committed such atrocities only a half-century before?
Every time I walked down the tree-lined streets, I had a question turning in the back of my mind: "What is the difference between being polite and being good?"
Rabbi Yitzhak Hutner, late dean of Yeshiva Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn, would relate a chilling story* that illustrates this point: When Rabbi Hutner was a young rabbinic student in pre-war Europe, one of his fellow students spoke admiringly about the polite and refined manner with which the German people treated him during a recent visit there. The student recalled that whenever he asked for directions, the Germans would end their statements with a polite "Nisht vaar?" – "Is it not so?"
A disagreement ensued among the students about whether it was proper to learn etiquette from the Germans who had no connection to Divine Law, but merely his own sense of proper behavior.
Fifty years later in America, an elderly man once approached Rabbi Hutner, and reminded him that they had been students together back in Europe. Overjoyed to see an old acquaintance, Rabbi Hutner grabbed the man's hand to embrace him. He was stunned to find a hook in place of the man's hand. The man explained: "I was one of the boys in favor of learning etiquette from the Germans," he said. "I realize now just how wrong I was. When I was in the concentration camp, a Nazi sawed off my hand. As he did so, he said, ever so politely, 'It hurts, nisht vaar?'"
Until moving to Germany I'd always assumed that etiquette was an expression of being good. If I was "acting nice," that meant I was nice. But now I saw that culture and civility were no proof of goodness. So what was the missing ingredient? How do you raise a person and teach him to be good?
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I discovered my answer as a father. One day, putting my year-old son on the slide, I saw he was frightened. I'll just give him a little push, I thought to myself. He'll like it.
So down the slide he went. In his panic, he bumped his head and was screaming. A month later he was still scared of the slide.
Hiding under my slick demeanor was a total lack of awareness of others.
As I held him crying in my arms, I felt like hell had just opened up before me. I wasn't really trying to build up courage in my kid. I was bored. I caught myself red-handed using my baby to amuse myself as if he were a toy. I felt like a monster. I wouldn't have behaved that way to someone who could answer back to me, but I was ready to amuse myself with a defenseless infant. Later I thought to myself: How would this horrible character trait have emerged if I was a Pole or German during Nazi Germany. I shuddered as I realized that hiding under my slick demeanor was a part of me that totally lacked awareness of the preciousness of every human being.
Once I became aware of this trait in myself, I was at once comforted and shocked to see that many other people shared it, too. A mother taking a picture of her daughter, ignoring the fact that her toddler son was wandering into the street; an uncle over-teasing his nephew and not noticing the child couldn't handle it; a grandmother forcing an awkwardly shy daughter to participate in a beauty pageant.
These people are polite and nice, yet somehow unaware of the pain of others. And then I thought about my own mother. She would never have pushed me into anything I wasn't ready for. Even as a toddler in Texas the only clothes she could get me into were jeans, boots and a cowboy hat. She never forced me to wear clothes I hated. She may have been embarrassed by my appearance, but she did not live by mere politeness alone. She had totally different criteria of how to treat people.
In Judaism we call it: derech eretz. This means is acting with deep respect toward others because they are "made in the image of God," a source of infinite and innate value. As a 3-year-old I felt that respect from my mother. She never embarrassed me or violated my sense of space by forcing me to do anything that was not for my direct good. She always dealt with me as a full person.
The Golden Rule
The first step to being "truly good" is to treat others with derech eretz. The Talmud (Shabbat 31a) tells the story of a non-Jew who learned the Jewish secret of how to apply derech eretz, and ended up converting. He approached the great sage Hillel and said: "Convert me on condition that you can teach me the entire Torah while standing on one foot." Hillel answered: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your friend. The rest [of the Torah] is commentary. Now go and learn it."
The Torah recognizes that we are self-focused. It therefore instructs us to focus inward, on how we feel when we are violated or treated with lack of dignity. Using that natural self-focus, we can train ourselves to recognize how much pain others may feel when we "treat them in a way we would not want them to treat us." By being sensitive to our own hurts, we can begin to recognize that others also share the human capacity to feel hurt.
This takes a lifetime of work. Till today I catch myself being not careful enough brushing my child's hair, or not careful that the bathwater isn't a bit too cold or too hot, or ignoring a request because I am too into whatever I am doing.
Often, the source of our pain is the recognition of how valuable we are. Deep down we all sense that we are created in the image of God. As we identify this in ourselves, we become careful to guard the dignity of others as well.
Here are three practical ways to begin practicing derech eretz:
1) Pick someone you love – a spouse, child or parent. Take a piece of paper. Write down five things that annoy them. For one week, try not to do any of these five things. Do it simply because you want "good" for the other person. You will see your relationship change.
2) Pick one person and before you speak, look at their facial expression. Before speaking, reflect on how they feel, and relate to them before expressing your own needs.
3) Smile at people for who they are (versus smiling out of politeness).
Surprisingly, the more we learn to see the value in others, the more we feel our own sense of value. May we all merit to discover how precious and invaluable we are!
(* story heard from Moshe Gewirtz, Partners in Torah)


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So many things can go wrong during a live newscast, especially when animals are involved.
On Wednesday, an 85-pound Argentine Mastiff named Max bit Denver news anchor Kyle Dyer in the face during a broadcast. Dyer was interviewing Max's owner and the firefighter who rescued Max from a frozen pond when the dog snapped at the anchor.
According to a story on the station's website, Dyer was not seriously injured.
Kyle was taken to Denver Health Medical Center. The hospital says she has gone through reconstructive surgery for injuries she sustained from the bite.
Kyle says she wants everyone to know she is OK and is concerned about the viewers who were watching the incident live on TV.


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Dr. John Natale of Illinois graduated with honors from Loyola University, graduated medical school from Northwestern University School of Medicine and went on to complete eight years of arduous postgraduate study to become a highly trained thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon. For over 20 years he practiced his specialty at a hospital in Illinois, doing extremely complicated cases, including treating ruptured aortic aneurysms. Although these cases have greater than 10 percent intraoperative mortality in the recognized medical literature, Dr. Natale never lost a patient on the operating table.
Yet today, Dr. Natale is in a federal penitentiary – not for monetary fraud, not for damage to the patient, not for inappropriate conduct, but for writing an operative report that may not have reflected exactly what he did in the case. Or perhaps more accurately, for daring to defy Uncle Sam's Medicare mobsters.
At first, the federal government, in the guise of the Medicare enforcement goons, charged Dr. Natale of falsifying an operative report with the intent to defraud Medicare by "upcoding" – charging for a bigger procedure than he actually performed.
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He denied and fought the charges, and a jury acquitted him of any Medicare fraud. In fact, it came to light that Dr. Natale had probably cheated himself, not Medicare, by charging less than the allowed amount.
But picking one report and one case out of the thousands that the surgeon had performed, the prosecution convicted Dr. Natale of falsifying an operative record.
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Now, I am not a vascular surgeon, so I do not pretend to be able to independently judge the truth or falsehood of the accusation. The problem involves the definition of "renal artery implantation." Suffice it to say that vascular surgery experts were found to support both sides of the argument, so this could not have been completely clear cut. But at the of the day, Dr. Natale lingers in jail – convicted … of what, exactly? Since when does it become a federal crime to write a bad operative report – even a fallacious one?
In all likelihood, Dr. Natale did not intend to write a fallacious op note, because that is really not in a surgeon's best interest. But no one is infallible, and bad dictations are made. I am a surgeon and have done thousands of cases, many involving complicated spinal implants and decompressions. I try to dictate my operative note immediately after the case, but sometimes that is not possible. I have been on call and been rushed into other emergencies before I could get a break to dictate. Sometimes I was up for nearly two days and just couldn't stay awake anymore (after the adrenaline rush of surgery was over) to dictate a coherent report, so put it off till the next morning.
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In the worst case scenario, but one which happens to every surgeon at some point, I dictated the note, and transcription lost it. This may be from my failing to push the right dictating button, or a clerical error, or a dictating system glitch. But whatever the reason, sometimes you will find yourself "redictating" a note months later, when the details are blurry.
But what can you do? Many hospitals will not note in the first line of the report, "This is a redictation of a previously dictated but lost operative note."
It is possible that Dr. Natale is inept or generally bad at the paperwork of medicine – but if so, how did he manage to stay on one hospital staff for 20 years? He couldn't have been too bad.
Even in the worst case scenario – that the doctor really did, for some unknown malicious purpose (and what could that be, since it was not financially beneficial?) purposefully falsify the operative report – how does that land you in federal prison? What exactly is the crime?
I suspect the crime actually is defying the Medicare enforcers.
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As graphically documented in "The Criminalization of Medicine" by Ronald Libby, federal Medicare agents don't like it when doctors fight the charges against them. To understand what is facing your physician, you need to understand the Mafia-like world of the Recovery Audit Contractor, or RAC, auditors for Medicare.
You may have heard that Medicare is out of money. One day, the big wigs at CMS – the Center for Medicare Services – decided to find where all the money had gone. Lo and behold, the money went to doctors and hospitals! So they set about a program for getting their money back: the waste fraud and abuse scheme.
For every office encounter and every procedure, doctors must choose a numerical code. Failure to choose the right code – and the right code can be very subjective – is by definition Medicare "fraud." Nothing is ever deemed an honest mistake.
But the system is Orwellian. If I take out a tumor, code it benign and it proves on pathology to be malignant … voila! Medicare fraud.
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If I take out a tumor and label it malignant but it proves benign … voila! Medicare fraud.
I have to consider "level of severity" of the problem in choosing my office code. As a spine surgeon, what I consider complex is not what a Family Practitioner looking at the spine might think complex – yet we use the same subjective grading system. And someone a thousand miles away determines, somehow, that my office visit was not coded correctly. How?
And if your procedure is new and has no code, you are instructed to choose the closest. Yet in some cases this "closest" choice was prosecuted – even landing the surgeon in jail.
The auditors come to a doctor's office, look at a small sample of charts, decide he is "upcoding," multiply the upcoded percentage by total number of charts and extrapolate back to his enrollment date in Medicare, which may have preceded enactment of the regulation. They then add triple damages and charge the doctor with some outrageous sum of money – sometimes over a million dollars. Of course he doesn't have it, and malpractice insurance doesn't cover it, so they cut him a deal.
"Doctor, we'll drop your fine from a million to a cool 100K, but you have to sign this affidavit that you agree to keep silent as to everything that happened to you," the federal Medicare extortionists explain. "Of course we will print in the news that you paid us for defrauding Medicare, because that is public record. But if you speak out, the full fee goes back into force."
Ninety-five percent of doctors sign. The ones that don't often are slammed with criminal charges and some go to jail. The RAC income is strictly a percentage of recouped money. And, adding to the whole wise guy flavor of the thing, if your office manager has a beef with you and turns you in, he or she can be paid 10 percent of the reclaimed money.
Every doctor in America runs scared. Just like Stalin using random terror to cower the average Russian, this is a very effective technique for controlling costs. Many doctors, to be safe, tend to undercode to avoid facing the RAC.
So what happened to poor Dr. Natale? He is serving his sentence – a sentence longer than most criminals serve after being convicted for grand larceny. At least thieves are usually given the option for restitution. Maybe the court couldn't decide what restitution for Dr. Natale would be and didn't want to be in the absurd position of requiring him – after all the time and federal money spent on prosecution to … what? – just redictate the op note?
To the detriment of our society, and to the practice of medicine, when the admittedly imperfect but everyday behavior of well meaning citizens is criminalized, we all become criminals. Will we start imprisoning electricians who make mistakes in their wiring diagrams or mislabel a fuse box? How about the dog breeder who misidentifies a breed of dog? Everyone, not just physicians should take note. And then, free Dr. Natale!


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five seven people have been shot at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Western Psychiatric Institute, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Shortly after 2PM, the University alerted students and staff,
An active shooter has been identified at Western Psychiatric Institute. Several injured; possible 2nd actor in Western Psych. Lock-down recommended until further notice. If safe to do so, tell others of this message.
A Pitt police officer is reportedly among the injured. [Post-Gazette, AP, image via Radunzel/Flickr]
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"Stop Common Core," "Upstate Tax Relief" among lines created.
New York voters can expect new ballot lines this November next to the familiar Democratic and Republican parties.
State law allows candidates to run on multiple lines, allowing them to get their names on the ballot two, three, even four times.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo intends to run on the Democratic line, the Working Families Party line and two others.
His Republican opponent, Rob Astorino, will compete on the GOP line, the Conservative line and another he hopes to add called "Stop Common Core."
More lines are expected.
Democratic state Sen. Ted O'Brien announced Monday a new "Upstate Tax Relief" line for his race.
Michael Carey, an advocate for the disabled, wants to create another line for a new "Life and Justice Party."
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NEA President comments on back-to-school speech by President Obama
Van Roekel welcomes use of president's visit to school to shine spotlight on students
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President Barack Obama today spoke directly to students during his second annual back-to-school address. He said that parents, educators and policymakers have a shared responsibility to support student learning and empower them to succeed in a global economy. He also reminded students that they must take an active role in creating their own futures by studying hard, being responsible and staying in school.
The following statement can be attributed to NEA President Dennis Van Roekel:
"Urging students to take responsibility for their learning and their future is an important message, and we hope they will heed President Obama's advice. We're glad the president continues to emphasize the importance of education to our nation and to our young people.
"All students need great public schools that will prepare them to succeed and compete in the global economy. We know that educating students and preparing them for the 21st century is a huge task, one that requires the support of the community as well as the classroom teacher. We do need everyone—students, parents and grandparents, business and community leaders, elected officials and others—to support the work of creating great public schools for all students.
"NEA members across the country are rolling up their sleeves and doing their part. NEA's Priority Schools Campaign is the Association's commitment to transforming persistently low-performing, priority schools into great public schools for everyone."
NEA has developed and compiled resources to help educators get off to a great start for the school year. Resources are available at www.nea.org/tools/39920.htm.
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Palmetto Synthetics, a producer of staple fiber, consisting of polyester, nylon and other specialty polymers, announced today that it will expand its existing operations in Williamsburg County, South Carolina. The $1.1 million investment is expected to generate 20 new jobs.
Palmetto Synthetics will expand its current facility by adding a second recycling line. The company will also build a new 25,000 square-foot warehouse facility. The expansion is expected to be completed by April. The company most recently expanded its facility in 2008 and 2010. Since January 2011, South Carolina has recruited more than $850 million in capital investment and more than 2,200 jobs in the recycling-related sector.
The company is currently in the hiring process for the new positions. The Coordinating Council for Economic Development approved a rural infrastructure grant of $100,000 for property improvements.


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Over the last few days I have been going back and finding some of the PA death certificates on Ancestry that I didn't look for when the group first came out. These are mostly certificates that I already had sent for so I kinda forgot about looking for them. Well this morning I remembered that I had not looked for the certificate for my Grand Uncle, "Baby" James. This was what my grandmother always called him when she talked about him. That was most likely because they had another son that they also called James(this was my grandfather's name). Anyway, I had sent for "Baby" James' death certificate when I found he was buried with his Gunther grandparents and that gave me his death date.
The citation for this certificate is:Pennsylvania Department of Health, death certificate no. 73682 (1922), James McCarry; Bureau of Vital Statistics, New Castle.
So on the search for this record another record shows up with the same parents. Surprise I see a Death Certificate for Bridget Marie McCarry. I always thought it was funny that my Nana never seemed to talk of this baby, it was my mother that told me about this baby that had the name Marie and that was why my mother's middle name was Marie. So I had not found anything on this baby before. According to the certificate she was premature and lived 2 days. And it said that she is buried in the same cemetery as James but she was not on the list as buried in that grave. I will have to look into that. the citation for this certificate is:Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924, No. 82841(stamped), Bridget Marie McCarry entry, died 5 Aug 1924; digital image: accessed 25 May 2014; citing Pennsylvania (State) Death certificates, 1906-1963 Series 11.90(1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. http;//www.phmc.state.pa.us/
But this was not the only surprise I found this morning. My McCarry great grandparents, James F. and Bridget had 6 children that I knew about. Last year I was finding Philadelphia birth records at the Family History Center. I found the one for their youngest, Francis, who was born in 1906. This was the first and only one of the records that I found that had the number of children the mother had and how many living. This certificate told me that Bridget had 7 children and 6 were living. So before I was doing this I had found a death record on Family Search that I had put aside. Everything matched up but it had the father's name as John McCarry instead of James, and I didn't know about the 7th child. But I went back and looked at this and thought this is most likely their first child not Margaret as I had thought. So this morning when I was pulling over the death certificate for Bridget Marie I see another record listed on the search for Mary McCarry with the my great grandparents listed as the parents? When I opened it I found they had an 8th child, Mary was stillborn in Sep of 1920, this was the month before my grandparents were married. Mary is also buried at Holy Cross cemetery so I think I need to make another trip to find out about these two graves. The citation for this certificate is: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924, No. 99899(stamped), Mary McCarry entry, died 19 Sep 1920; digital image: accessed 25 May 2014; citing Pennsylvania (State) Death certificates, 1906-1963 Series 11.90(1,905 cartons), Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. http;//www.phmc.state.pa.us
So I guess it will be another trip to Holy Cross Cemetery to check out where Bridget Marie and Mary McCarry are buried.
And once again I find, Start with what you have and keep on looking, you never know what you will find.


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The statement was originally made by premier Wen Jiabao in his annual work report of the government. However, a week later, he had swapped the word "stop" for "prevent" in an amended report.
"The modification means that China will continue to support the boom of wind power industry," said Niu Li, chief of the macro-economy division of the State Information Center. "With 'prevent', the Chinese government declares its stand more clearly, saying it will direct the wind-power sector to develop in a sustainable way."
Wind-power companies were relieved at the change of wording after suffering a bad year. Increased government regulation of the sector in 2011 aimed at making the industry more manageable and reduce China's grid-connection backlog put the industry under pressure and led to fierce competition between manufacturers.
Sinovel has already predicted that its net profits fell by over 50% in 2011 in an advance notice of its annual results. It blamed this on plunging turbine prices, sales revenues and gross profit margins amid ferocious market competition.
Chen Danghui, vice-president of Sinovel, said Sinovel installed 3.7GW wind turbines in 2011, down 16% from the previous year. It was the first time Sinovel saw its annual newly installed capacity fall.
To solve the problem of inadequate cash flow, Sinovel took on bank loans of CNY 26.9 billion ($4.2 billion).
In January, Sinovel issued CNY 2.8 billion bonds on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. It will use 89% to repay bank loans and optimise the debt structure and use the remaining 11% to supplement working capital.
Goldwind has met similar misfortune. In 2011, its net profits were down 73.5% to CNY 606.7 million. It also attributed this decline to slower growth in wind-farm construction and lower turbine prices. Its main 1.5MW turbine, sold for CNY 4.4 million/MW in 2010, down from CNY 5.3 milion/MW in 2009.
Goldwind also experienced cash-flow problems. It had CNY 6.843 billion operational cash flow in the first three quarters of 2011, down 262% year on year. It blamed reduced operating incomes, slower collection of accounts because of the economic environment, and storage of raw materials to prevent the rise in price of key components and to fullfil follow-up orders.
In 2011, the top three Chinese turbine makers accounted for 53.2% of the market share for new installed capacity in 2011 in China, down from 56.8% in 2010 (see chart). Foreign competitors have also suffered setbacks. In February, Nordex announced an 80% drop in turbine sales in China while Suzlon said that delays in connecting Chinese projects to the grid could cost it $600-800 million in lost revenue for its current financial year.


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Martin Kampmann's injury and subsequent withdrawal from this month's UFC on Versus 4 card has resulted in a lineup shakeup.
Kampmann's original opponent, John Howard (14-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC), now fights welterweight replacement Matt Brown (11-10 MMA, 4-4 UFC). And Brown's original opponent on the card, Rich Attonito (9-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC), instead fights welterweight Daniel Roberts (12-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC).
UFC officials announced the changes overnight.
UFC on Versus 4, which is headlined by Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story, takes place June 26 at
Pittsburgh's Consol Energy Center. The night's main card, including Brown vs. Howard, airs on Versus. Attonito vs. Roberts is slated for the preliminary card.
The nature of Kampmann's injury wasn't disclosed.
Although one of the UFC's more exciting fighters, Brown currently rides a
three-fight losing streak following defeats to Ricardo Almeida, Chris Lytle and Brian
Foster. All of the losses came by way of submission. Prior to the skid, "The Ultimate Fighter 7" cast member won four of his first five UFC fights, and the lone defeat came via split decision to undefeated Dong Hyun Kim.
Howard opened his UFC career in impressive fashion with four
consecutive victories, which included knockouts of Dennis Hallman and Roberts. But the Ring of Combat veteran and Wai Kru MMA
team member since has suffered a TKO loss to Jake Ellenberger at UFC on
Versus 2 and a unanimous-decision defeat to Thiago Alves at UFC 124.
Attonito, meanwhile, is an American Top Team
product and veteran of "TUF 11." He encountered his
first UFC setback when he lost on points
to Dave Branch at The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale. Prior to the defeat, he owned a four-fight win streak, which included UFC victories over Jamie Yager and Rafael Natal. The former middleweight now heads to welterweight.
Roberts, a Cesar Gracie-trained fighter, opened his career with a 9-0 mark before signing with the UFC. He suffered a knockout loss to Howard in his promotional debut but then posted consecutive victories over Forrest Petz, Mike "Joker" Guymon and Greg Soto. However, the streak came to an end at UFC 129 when he suffered a decision loss to Claude Patrick.
The latest UFC on Versus 4 card includes:
- Nate Marquardt vs. Rick Story
- Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
- Matt Brown vs. John Howard
- Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft
- Manny Gamburyan vs. Tyson Griffin
- Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
- Joe Lauzon vs. Curt Warburton
- Rich Attonito vs. Daniel Roberts
- Charlie Brenneman vs. T.J. Grant
- Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira
- Matt Grice vs. Ricardo Lamas
- Edward Faaloloto vs. Michael Johnson
For more on UFC on Versus 4, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Vail Daily column: Interviewing the interviewer
Have you ever noticed that during a really compelling interview on television, the kind that really captures our attention, the person conducting the interview actually listens way more than they talk?
Anderson Cooper, Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Oprah Winfrey and other journalists and reporters all have this tremendous gift for getting people to talk and share their stories. I mean basically these folks have a great gig right? They get paid to combine their personalities with fantastic questioning skills.
And the things that they get people to reveal are truly incredible including life stories, tragedies, victories, heartaches, dysfunction and achievement. And all they did was ask questions that were relevant and connected to previous questions.
There are many times I find myself in the role of an interview coach. People looking for their next career move invite me to review their resume and help prepare them for their actual interview. And one of the first places I begin my coaching session is with this very concept of questioning.
Now you may say to yourself that I am just pointing out the obvious, of course the interview is all about questioning. But who is doing the questioning? If the hiring manager, recruiter, or interviewer is the one doing all of the questioning guess what? The interviewee loses.
Just as I pointed out that during those riveting television interviews the interviewer has the capability to get the other person to expose truths and other information not previously known or maybe it was known or assumed but now the interviewer gets the person to validate or dispel the rumors.
The same holds true when you are interviewing for a new position. Take the time to prepare a list of questions that you will ask the person interviewing you. Make sure they are researched, logical, and that you can connect them as necessary during the interview.
You see most people believe that they have to sell themselves in an interview. This is true, however it is the technique you use that will sell the potential employer more than any talk track that is used to brag or boast about yourself. We do much better when we remember that selling is not telling. Anyone can tell other people about themselves and all the things they have supposedly accomplished. But the game becomes so much more interesting when the interviewee becomes the interviewer.
Why is this position available now? How have you defined success for this role in the past? Can you provide an example of how someone has succeeded in this job function before? What elements of my resume do you believe matched what you are looking for? I can see on your website that the company just acquired one of your competitors – how will that impact this team or department? These are just examples, but I am sure you get the message and you will be amazed at just how much information that they will share with you. They will expose truths, losses, achievements, opportunities and so much more. All you have to do is ask.
Additionally, when you learn to make the conversation about them and their company, you will actually notice how much more are interested that they are … in you.
So if you have been in search for a new opportunity and the interviews are just not going your way, try something new and start interviewing the interviewer. I will just bet that you may have a different outcome next time. Now you still have to find the right time to share your story with more about your qualifications and experience, and that spot will become natural and obvious during the interview – just don't jump to it. Remember that we have two ears and one mouth and we need to use them proportionally, so ask questions and listen twice as much as you talk.
I would love to hear all about any times that you can remember where you had an opportunity to interview the interviewer and what the results were at firstname.lastname@example.com and let's make this another better than good week.
Michael Norton is a strategic consultant, business and personal coach and motivational speaker, and CEO of http://www.candogo.com. He writes a weekly motivational column for the Vail Daily.
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After having a card selected, signed and returned to the box you explain to the spectator the idea of being able to invert objects so they are permanently inside out. With a wave of the hand visually the card box is now transformed and now it can only be described as inside out. The inverted box is immediately handed out for examination. After you let that moment of amazement sink in and explain that not only did the card box turn inside out but the previously signed card is found to be inverted too.
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Thousands of Swiss travellers are blocked abroad due to travel restrictions imposed by states for the containment of the novel coronavirus. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) has therefore launched a large-scale repatriation action. The FDFA is dependent on reliable information to ensure that blocked travellers can return to Switzerland efficiently and safely. The Travel Admin App is a valuable tool for this purpose, allowing travellers to enter their journey and current whereabouts and thus share this information with the FDFA in an emergency.
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This holiday season has been a rough one for Netflix. Following a lengthy outage of its Internet video streaming service on Christmas Eve, the company has been hit anew with technical difficulties.
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"We are experiencing some technical difficulty with the Netflix DVD Web site, which as a result may not be available for all members. Our engineers are working to address this issue," Netflix said in a statement, adding that streaming has not been affected.
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Well, hoop de hoop, finals are over for me and that means a lot of free time for me. Time I could spend studying, practicing my shakuhachi, basically improving and catching up with everything that's been lagging behind from an inability to focus on what is important and an incurable reluctance towards study.
Of course I went and joined another roleplaying community! :D
So, anyway, I used to be in it way back, and I decided to drop by again.
First of all, this is... yes... this is set in the world of the manga Naruto. Cringe cringe cringe.
But, thankfully, it's only using the setting, ignoring the original story.
It's got quite some complex rules, but it's enjoyable in its own way. There's a levelling system set in place, with experienced gained from the amount you write, with missions generally paying off a lot more than simple training, though unless you find people to group with, solo training's gonna be what you'll do for a while.
I'll warn you right away though, you tend to end up writing a lot. Several pages. But I see it as good practice.
Anyway, if you feel up for it, do check it out. It's got a helpful community, at least in my opinion. If there's something you're confused about rule-wise, I'll gladly help you out to the extent of my abilities.


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Ceramics: Nature/Structure
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In this class we will be looking to nature for inspiration. The natural world and its infinite structures, patterns, and phenomena are an inexhaustible source for visual artists. We will make use of this vast resource, bringing traces of what can be discovered and integrated into our clay work. Both form and surface will be studied and utilized and we will learn to fire a variety of kilns. There will be lectures on contemporary and historical art and design in clay. Required of all Ceramic Majors. Open to all.
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WHAT: the Happiness Challenge is straightforward: you have been challenged to cultivate joyful living and facilitating happiness in the life of 5 people, making a difference for them (WHEN:) by the end of Summer 2011. Do you take the challenge, and committ to be an happiness facilitator?
HOW: you can do this in many ways: helping family, relatives, friends, colleagues, strangers, etc. In same cases, it is important to make sure people know what you are doing for them: has your grandmother been waiting for months for you to pick-up that phone and call her more often? If so, then it makes a difference than it is you, and not someone else, calling her!
On the other hand, if you feel it is now time to act upon your feelings and donate your time or money to the local shelter, then just do it! You do not need to put a plate with your name on the building, and tell everyone you did it.
You can, for example, decide to facilitate joyful living for 5 people in one of the areas represented by AmAre:
* A – Aware and Accepting
* M – Meaningful and Motivated
* A – Active and Attentive
* R – Resilient and Respectful
* E – Eating properly and Exercising
And if you are in doubt, just ask! Do you see friends in trouble? You can speak with them, some times listening goes a long way, and for sure longer than talking. Is there anyone special, who made a difference in your life? Aknowledge it! Or maybe tomorrow you see a person you never saw before, and you will likely never see after, and you feel like sharing a genuine smile.
WHY: the self-help industry has been promoting for years the idea that you have to find time for yourself, pamper yourself, defend yourself, etc. While this works perfectly when it comes to selling self-help books and life-style products to people, this self-centered attitude is exactly what is devouring our earth.
Respecting, appreciating and embracing our personal strengths is powerful, as long as we also respect, appreciate and embrace other people's qualities as well.
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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
With nearly every "tele" in Great Britain – and around the world for that matter – dialed in for the latest "Royal Baby" news, on Monday, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, delivered a healthy, heavy baby boy, as the child third in line to the throne tipped the scales at 8 pounds, 6 ounces.
Showcasing impressive stamina, author Katie Nicholl joined "Piers Morgan Live" from Buckingham Palace at roughly 2 a.m. local time, offering the latest delivery details.
With Chris Cuomo filling in for Piers Morgan, the correspondent for "The Mail on Sunday" agreed with the guest host, admitting that Prince Harry may now enjoy some breathing room as his nephew will most-certainly steal all upcoming headlines:
"Prince Harry will be absolutely delighted this evening with the news he's an uncle, he's probably first shoo-in for Godfather," Nicholl told the "New Day" anchor. "But yes, you're right. It does take the spotlight off of him a little bit. He's very busy flying apache helicopters. There's talk of him going back on the front line, and one wonders whether this is just the distraction that he might need to pop off very quietly to Afghanistan at some point soon."
Pressed by Cuomo, Nicholl, who wrote "William and Harry: Behind Palace Walls," offered her predictions for names of the potential future king:
"I think my money's on George and Arthur somewhere in there. And probably Phillip, as a sort of recognition of the Duke of Edinburgh," she revealed.
Wondering about the name Piers as an option, Nicholl jokingly assumed the regular "Piers Morgan Live" host was likely behind her weighing in:
"I think he's discussing it with them at the moment, actually," she quipped.
To Cuomo, however, Morgan was remiss by not even phoning in:
"I'm waiting for him to call," he laughed. "It's getting a little rude, to be honest. It is his show. He should call in by now."
Watch the clip for more of Cuomo's interview with Nicholl, and for the next edition of "Piers Morgan Live," watch CNN every night at 9.
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Children's Art, Ceramics
Rose Van Tyne, who started as an adult student at the Creative Workshop, has been teaching here since 2008. She encourages the exploration of clay to express individual thoughts and ideas while building art vocabulary and skill.
Rose earned a BS in elementary education, SUNY Brockport and an MS in art education, Nazareth College. For five years, she has been a substitute teacher in the Rochester area.
She enjoys guiding her students through their exploration of clay to express individual thoughts and ideas.
Photo: Thomas Flint for POST Magazine.


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