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Perhaps if you're learning to crochet, a blanket sounds like a daunting first project. Why not a pot holder? Because crocheted blankets are amazing! Just like the ones your grandma made half a century ago, they're artful and beautiful and timeless, much better than a pot holder and just as easy!
Our Learn to Crochet a Granny Square Blanket Kit is the first step to putting your own creative energy into this wonderful crafting tradition. You will learn everything there is to know about making a basic granny square, including how to wind a skein of yarn into a ball, how to work the necessary stitches, and how to sew your finished squares together into a blanket that will appreciated fifty years from now!
Our Kit comes in three beautiful palettes and includes all the Worsted Twist and Worsted Twist Heather you'll need to make a baby-size blanket, plus four crochet hooks, a tapestry needle, folding scissors and a step-by-step booklet designed for first-time crocheters.
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Welcome back?
San Antonio Coach Gregg Popovich, on returning Sunday to AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, where his team lost Games 6 and 7 of the Finals last season: "Uh, it'll be a horrible memory walking in that gym. If I said anything different, I'd be the biggest liar that ever lived. How could I say, 'Yeah, no problem, well, it was a tough night.' That's … We all know that."
The biggest loser
Hall of Fame point guard Gary Payton, addressing top draft pick Anthony Bennett, who is averaging 2.4 points and shooting 25.9% while barely playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers: "You came in overweight. You look fat. C'mon. Let's do it!"
Still a bunch of Bull
Cleveland forward Luol Deng, on his struggles to change his NBA app from the Bulls to the Cavs: "It's annoying when you get these [Joakim] Noah double-double updates."
Divine performance
Portland guard Mo Williams, on Kevin Durant after the Oklahoma City Thunder star scored 46 points in a victory over the Trail Blazers, extending a streak in which he has now scored 30 or more points in nine consecutive games: "The way he was playing, he probably could have scored on Jesus."
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When you use virtual servers you can offer companies or individuals domain names, IP addresses, and some server monitoring capabilities with a single installed server. For the users, it is almost as if they have their own web servers, though you provide the hardware and basic web server maintenance.
All virtual servers have an HTTP Listener specified. When a new request comes in, the Server determines which virtual server to send it to based on the configured HTTP Listener.
Server instances can have any number of HTTP Listeners, both secure and non-secure. You can have both IP-address-based and URL-host-based virtual servers.
Every virtual server can (but does not have to) have its own list of ACLs, its own mime.types file, and its own set of Java Web Applications.
This design gives you maximum flexibility to configure the server for a variety of applications. The following examples discuss some of the possible configurations available for Web Server .
After a new installation of the Web Server , you have one server instance. This server instance has just one HTTP Listener listening on the port you selected during installation of any IP address to which your computer is configured.
Some mechanism in your local network establishes a name-to-address mapping for each of the addresses to which your computer is configured. In the following example, the computer has two network interfaces: the loopback interface (the interface that exists even without a network card) on address 127.0.0.1, and an Ethernet interface on address 10.0.0.1.
The name example.com is mapped to 10.0.0.1 via DNS. The HTTP Listener is configured to listen on port 80 on any address to which that machine is configured ("ANY:80" or "0.0.0.0:80").
In this configuration, connections to the following reach the server and are served by virtual server VS1
http://127.0.0.1/ (initiated on example.com)
http://localhost/ (initiated on example.com)
Use this configuration for traditional web server use. You do not need to add additional virtual servers or HTTP Listeners.
See Configuring SSL for the Server.
A more complex configuration of the Web Server is one in which the server hosts a few virtual servers for an intranet deployment. For example, you have three internal sites where employees can look up other users' phone numbers, look at maps of the campus, and track the status of their requests to the Information Services department. Previously (in this example), these sites were hosted on three different computers that had the names phone.example.com, maps.example.com and is.example.com mapped to them.
To minimize hardware and administrative overhead, you can consolidate all three sites into one web server living on the machine example.com. You could set this up in two ways: using URL-host-based virtual servers or using separate HTTP Listeners. Both have their distinct advantages and disadvantages.
Intranet hosting using URL-host-based virtual servers
While URL-host-based virtual servers are easy to set up, they have the following disadvantages:
Supporting SSL in this configuration requires non-standard setup using wildcard certificates.
URL-host-based virtual servers do not work with legacy HTTP clients.
You can also set up the IP-address-based configuration with one HTTP Listener per address.
Intranet hosting using separate HTTP Listeners
The advantages of IP-address-based virtual servers are:
They work with older clients that do not support the HTTP/1.1 Host header.
Providing SSL support is straightforward.
The disadvantages are:
They require configuration changes on the host computer (configuration of real or virtual network interfaces).
They do not scale to configurations with thousands of virtual servers.
Both configurations require setting up name-to-address mappings for the three names. In the IP-address-based configuration, each name maps to a different address. The host machine must be set up to receive connections on all these addresses. In the URL-host-based configuration, all names can map to the same address, the one the machine had originally.
The configuration with multiple HTTP Listeners may give you a minimal performance gain because the server does not have to find out the address where the request arrived. However, using multiple HTTP Listeners also results in additional overhead (memory and scheduling) because of the additional acceptor threads.
Mass hosting is a configuration in which you enable many low-traffic virtual servers. For example, an ISP that hosts many low-traffic personal home pages would fall into this category.
The virtual servers are usually URL-host-based. For example, you can have one configuration that enables only static content, and another one that enables static content and CGIs.
Create and identify a configuration for which you need to create a virtual server.
Create a HTTP listener.
Identify the host(s) for the new virtual server.
Select the configuration from which you will need to add a virtual server. You can select the configuration from the list of configuration shown in the Configurations tab.
Click on the Virtual Servers tab > New button.
A pop-up wizard page appears to guide you through the Virtual Server configuration process.
From the wizard page, perform the following tasks:
Enter the new virtual server information:
Enter a name to identify the new virtual server. The name can be alphanumeric and can also include period (.), dash (-) and underscore (_) characters.
(Optional) Enter a list of hosts to be added to the new virtual server.
(Optional) Enter the document root for the virtual server.
Select an HTTP listener for the newly configured virtual server. You can either choose an existing HTTP listener or create a new HTTP listener.
The wizard summary page appears. To change the configuration, go back to the previous pages by clicking Previous. Click Finish to complete the new virtual server configuration process.
The Results page appears. If you see any error, Configure the virtual server again by going back to the previous pages in the wizard.
Using CLI
To add a virtual server through CLI, execute the following command:
wadm> create-virtual-server --user=admin --password-file=admin.pwd --host=serverhost --port=8989 --config=config1 --document-root=../docs config1_vs_1
See CLI Reference, create-virtual-server(1).
To configure virtual server's general settings, perform the following task:
Select the configuration from the configuration list. Click Configurations tab to get the list of available configurations.
Select the virtual server from the virtual server list. Click Virtual Servers tab to get the available virtual servers for the selected configuration.
Click General tab. Configure the following settings.
Enabled — Whether the virtual server is enabled at runtime.
Document Root — The document root path for the virtual server, where the virtual server's data will be stored. This includes exploded web application directories and log files.
Hosts — You can enter more than one URL host, separated by commas.
To duplicate a virtual server, perform the following task:
Select the configuration from the configuration list. Click the Configurations tab to get the list of available configurations.
Select the virtual server from the virtual server list. Click the Virtual Servers tab to get the available virtual servers for the selected configuration.
Click,Copy and provide a name for the new virtual server.
Using CLI
To duplicate a virtual server through CLI, execute the following command:
wadm> copy-virtual-server --user=admin --password-file=admin.pwd --host=serverhost --port=8989 --config=config1 --vs=config1_vs_1 copiedVs
copiedVS is the name of the new virtual server.
See CLI Reference, copy-virtual-server(1).
The Server accepts the HTTP requests via an HTTP Listener before forwarding the request to the configured Virtual Server. This page enables you to add and configure HTTP Listeners.
HTTP Listeners must have a unique combination of port number and IP address. You can use either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. Setting the IP address to "*" creates an HTTP Listener that listens on all IP addresses on that port.
You can create a new HTTP Listener for a Virtual Server for processing incoming HTTP requests performing the following steps:
Click theVirtual Servers tab under Configurations tab.
Click theHTTP Listeners sub tab to view the list of configured HTTP Listeners.
Click theNew button to open a wizard page that creates a new HTTP Listener.
Provide the following information in the wizard page.
Name — Name for the new HTTP Listener.
Port — Port for the HTTP Listener to bind and listen for incoming HTTP requests.
IP Address — A Valid IPv4 or IPv6 address. "*" implies that the HTTP Listener will listen to all IP addressed for the configured port.
Server Name — Enter the server name E.g. sales.mycomp.com
Default Virtual Server — Select the virtual server from the drop-down list. This action will associate the new HTTP Listener for the selected virtual server.
Description (Optional) — Enter a short description for your HTTP Listener.
Using CLI
For creating a HTTP Listener through CLI, execute the following command.
wadm> create-http-listener --user=admin --password-file=admin.pwd --host=serverhost --port=8989 --listener-port=18003 --config=config1 --server-name=config1.com --default-virtual-server-name=config1_vs_1 config1_ls_1
See CLI Reference, create-http-listener(1).
You can edit the existing HTTP Listener settings by performing the following tasks:
Click theVirtual Servers tab under a Server Configuration, for editing an existing HTTP Listener setting.
Click the HTTP Listeners sub tab to view the list of configured HTTP Listeners.
Under the Listener Name table column, click the HTTP Listener you need in order to edit its setting.
You can edit both the general and security related settings for the HTTP Listener.
Click the General tab to edit basic and advanced HTTP Listener settings. Configure the following options:
Name — Name for the new HTTP Listener
Port — Port for the HTTP Listener to bind and listen for incoming HTTP requests.
IP Address — A Valid IPv4 or IPv6 address. "*" implies that the HTTP Listener will listen to all IP addressed for the configured port.
Server Name — Enter the server name E.g. sales.mycomp.com
Select the Configure Advanced Settings option under the Advanced section to edit HTTP Listener advanced settings. Configure the following options:
Acceptor Threads — Number of threads dedicated to accept connections received by this listener. Accepted values are 1 to 128.
Protocol Family — The protocol used by the listener. Do not modify this value. Default is HTTP.
Listen Queue Size — Maximum size of the operating system listen queue backlog.
Receive Buffer Size — Size (in bytes) of the operating system socket receive buffer.
Send Buffer Size — Size (in bytes) of the operating system socket send buffer.
Blocking I/O — Determines if the HTTP listener socket is in the blocking mode. Disabled by default.


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Full TitleA Randomized Phase II Study of Hepatic Arterial Infusion With FUDR and Dexamethasone and Intravenous Irinotecan, 5FU and Leucovorin With or Without Panitumumab, in Patients with Wild Type KRAS Who Have Resected Hepatic Metastases From Colorectal Cancer
The liver is a common site of metastases from colorectal cancer. It is often possible to remove these tumors surgically; patients may then be treated with chemotherapy to reduce the risk of recurrence.
The chemotherapy being evaluated in this study will be given in two ways. It will be delivered directly to the liver (regional chemotherapy) via a pump that is placed in the abdomen during surgery. The pump is later filled with FUDR (floxuridine), a chemotherapy drug. Another drug called dexamethasone is added to protect healthy liver tissue from the side effects of the chemotherapy.
The second way to give the chemotherapy is through a vein (intravenous chemotherapy). It treats cancer cells that might be anywhere in the body. Irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil (5FU), and leucovorin are the drugs given intravenously in this study (as well as panitumumab for some patients).
Patients in this study will receive chemotherapy through the pump and intravenously. Patients will be randomly assigned to receive only this treatment, or this treatment plus the drug panitumumab. Panitumumab is a drug that may prevent a tumor from growing. It is a monoclonal antibody that attaches to a protein in tumor cell surfaces called the epidermal growth factor receptor. Researchers want to see if adding panitumumab — a drug already used to treat advanced colorectal cancer — to standard chemotherapy extends the time that a patient remains free of cancer after surgery for colorectal metastases in the liver.
Panitumumab is only active in patients whose tumors contain a normal version of a gene called KRAS, which may be associated with tumor growth. For this reason, patients' tumors must contain normal KRAS to participate in this study.
To be eligible for this study, patients must meet several criteria, including but not limited to the following:
- Patients must have had metastases from colorectal cancer that spread to the liver and were removed surgically.
- Patients tumors must contain a normal form of the KRAS gene.
- Patients may have had prior chemotherapy, but at least 3 weeks must have passed since the last dose and entry into the study.
- Patients must be age 18 or older.
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furever_pit wrote:Oh okay. I normally meet up with Ron and sometimes Butch when I head up there. I don't make it often enough to become a true club member but that's okay.
furever_pit wrote:Those are actually carhartt overalls, not scratch pants. But the cut is similar, yes.
furever_pit wrote::rolleyes2: As I've already clarified, what I meant with that comment on that picture is that there was no bite equipment on the decoy. That doesn't make overalls into scratch pants tho.
Also, as I have already said (and as many people have seen), Gigz will perform with no equipment present. No suit, no sleeve, no scratch pants, new decoy, new location, no harness, and no back tie. If you ever want to see it or to test it, you can meet me in NC, VA, or MD.
furever_pit wrote:For the third time, by the caption I meant there was no bite equipment ON the decoy.
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Consensus Report
Coal: Research and Development to Support National Energy Policy (2007)Board on Earth Sciences and Resources
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Coal provides nearly a quarter of U.S. energy supplies and is used to generate more than half of the nation's electricity. Although future use of coal may be impacted by regulation of carbon dioxide emissions, coal demand is expected to increase over the next 10-15 years. At the request of Congress, the National Research Council conducted a study to examine R&D funding needs to support such "upstream" aspects of coal mining as worker safety, environmental protection and reclamation, coal reserve assessments, and mining productivity. The report concludes that an increased R&D investment is needed in these areas and recommends that an additional $144 million should be allocated. This R&D effort should be coordinated through stronger partnerships among federal agencies, with involvement of states and industry.
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- Findings emphasize the need for a reinvigorated coal reserve assessment program using modern methods and technologies to provide a sound basis for informed decision making.
- Regardless of the precise levels of future coal production, the coal mines of the future will encounter a range of new or more difficult mining and processing challenges as more easily accessed coal seams are depleted and the industry turns to less accessible reserves.
- The coal transportation and electric power transmission systems are large and complex networks in which localized disruptions can have severe and widespread impacts. Weather and other natural phenomena, as well as societal factors such as sabotage and terrorism, impose a range of risks on these systems. These characteristics make it difficult to guarantee that there will be sufficient capacity to transport coal or coal-based energy (primarily electricity) reliably and cost effectively to the various end users, particularly in light of scenarios that predict substantially increased coal use.
- The committee concluded that rather than proposing a single mega-agency, improved interagency coordination to respond to specific R&D opportunities and challenges could be better implemented through cooperation among two or more federal entities in R&D partnerships, with involvement of non-federal bodies as appropriate.
- The environmental impacts of coal use, especially carbon dioxide emissions associated with global climate change, pose the greatest potential constraint on future coal utilization. Decisions to invest or not invest in coal based power plants will strongly influence future coal use, and these decisions will depend in large part on the timing and magnitude of any future constraints on CO2 emissions.
- These more difficult mining conditions will require improved methods to protect the health and safety of mine workers, careful environmental management of mined lands and waste products, and improved recovery to optimize use of the nation's coal resource.
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HIV: Just Another Chronic Disease?
Many people are fond of saying that HIV is a chronic disease these days -- comparable to diabetes. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
I was recently asked this question, and it made us both start thinking. What with the medical advances of the past decade, and the miracle of antiretrovirals (at least those of us who are blessed to be able to get them), we HIVers are living these days. I've heard of people who have been alive for the full 30 years of the known epidemic. Through my work, this blog, and reading I've been doing from people living with other chronic diagnoses, it seems that there are a lot of comparisons to be made. And yet ...
In terms of disease process, I have been reading lots of articles lately about the effects of long-term inflammation (caused by the HIV virus) on the body. I have experienced, myself, a slow and steady decline in my personal energy and stamina, and I've started to notice that when I get sick, it isn't really just a cold anymore. Often, other little buggies help themselves to my body at the same time. It seems that I have perhaps come to a place through faithfully taking my medications as prescribed where I am okay -- but slowly getting worse?
People I know who have diabetes describe their diagnosis in a similar way. I have heard it described as a "slow death," a falling apart of the body in little pieces. I hear people describe the depression that comes from dealing with all the little, sometimes imperceptibly small changes in health. The struggle of daily taking medications, of fighting with insurance companies, of attempting some kind of life. I have heard from people who deal with the financial difficulties a chronic health problem causes. Like HIV, diabetes left untreated is fatal. Really, we can all relate to one another. Our stories share a common thread -- we speak the same "language" of the sick. In these ways I think that HIV is just like any other disease.
And yet, it is still very difficult to tell people that we have HIV. People assume things about me based solely upon my diagnosis -- things that are not true. I did contract this virus as a consequence of my own choices. But these same things can also be said about people who live with diabetes. The difference is that with HIV we are dealing with more morally charged choices than those that lead to diabetes or heart disease. Or are we?? And really, does it matter how we got sick? Do we have to blame the sick people?
It seems to me that in some ways we WANT HIV to be different. Historically this epidemic has carried with it political fights, human rights issues, and great stigma. Being of the age, sex, and geographical place I am in, I know I do not fully appreciate these realities (although I do try through listening to others, reading, etc., to gain some understanding). I know that we walk a thin line -- trying to educate others to make smart choices and thus stop the epidemic, while at the same time trying to create compassion for people who are truly sick, suffering, and dying. Perhaps that is the challenge in attempting to prevent ANY disease.


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Monday, November 03, 2008
Brought to tears
My doctors office is located in a medical building next to a senior community (Laguna Woods). As you would expect most of the doctors in the building specialize in treating the elderly. Sitting in the waiting room amongst much wiser and experienced patience, it was nice to be the youngest!
Most of the patients were escorted by a care-giver or who I assume was their adult child. I watched a woman (probably 60-something), with grey overly permed hair and those weird beige, plastic looking shoes that old people wear, trying to escort her mother out of the waiting room. Her mother was probably in her late 80's, with thinning white permed hair and the posture of someone who once stood much taller. (She also wore the same lovely beige shoes.)I thought how much patience it took on the part of the daughter to follow next to her mom as she slowly, ever so slowly scuffed along with her walker.
How interesting it is that our roles reverse as we age.
I finished scheduling my next appointment and headed toward the parking garage. I could hear beautiful opera music playing loudly from another building. It was unmistakeably Italian, deep, powerful, full, emotional, beautiful. The sound was traveling into the parking garage and as I approached, I could hear it echoing like a concert hall. It was so moving, so overwhelming I actually stopped walking so I could hear it clearly over the clicking of my heels on the pavement. I stood there listening, actually feeling goosebumps form on my arms. The music got louder and more impassioned. I thought I must have been heading toward the car playing this music.
The vibrato of the woman's voice vibrated through my bones. Such power. Such a gift. I wondered what it must feel like to be able to sing with such perfection. Where was this music coming from? Just then, I turned to see the tiny little old lady who had been in the waiting room with. There she stood, propped against her walker, serenading the parking garage. It was the most unbelievable sight. This tiny frail woman with this enormous gift. Her voice brought all who were walking through the garage to a halt.
She sang two songs. We applauded and everyone went on their way. I tried so hard to hold back the tears. I could feel my chest tighten, tears welling in my eyes. It was just the most beautiful moment, the most beautiful reminder of how precious life is. I literally stood there in the middle the lot with tears of joy streaming down my face. She finished and her daughter went about helping her climb into their giant Oldsmobile. I walked to her car and asked I could give her mother a hug.
Her daughter told me that as a young immigrant, her mother supported her large family by singing in restaurants. She said her dream had always been to be an opera singer. "Now," she said, "she lives for her doctor visits so she can sing in the parking garage. Not for anyone in particular. She just loves the way it sounds."
I thanked this tiny woman with a giant voice for making my day, my week, my month. She smiled, patted my hand and assured me, "God gives all of us blessings. May God bless you."
What a beautiful moment.
20 comments:
- Br!tt said...
Awwww... That must have been so awesome to see! That sweet old lady, bless her heart. :)
- Renee said...
how inspiring...thanks for sharing. :)
i miss you...i need to get back in the workout routine...since our boys came home 5 months ago i have only worked out a couple times...eeekkkk ...i feel gross too!
love ya
What a beautiful story.
Wow--that is beautiful. I love to sing, but could never do opera justice, so I have a huge appreciation for anyone with a great voice. How wonderful of that woman to share her gift, for the sheer joy of the parking garage acoustics! :)
I would have hugged her, too. Thanks for sharing, Chalene!
- Iza-Zulkifli said...
this entry brought tears to MY eyes!
- Liz said...
What a beautiful story! Reading even made me tear up. My mother worked for retirement homes while I played the part of the granddaughter to all the elderly people there. Even when I was older my first job as 16 was a respite care worker for one woman. I was basically her friend everyday for 4 hours after school because her family didn't like to visit so instead they would pay me ($8/hr) to sit a talk with her.
I believe there are too many people in the world that dismiss the elderly but they have such great gifts to share with all of us if we would just take the time to listen.
Thank you for this story!
- mum1228 said...
Wow, you brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for sharing. Your Turbo Jam does the same for us who love your workouts. It may not move us to tears, but it moves us!! :)
- Naptress said...
WOW! Chalean...thanks for sharing that..simply beautiful!...oh and by the way I have lost 30 pounds doing turbo jam...I'm completely addicted to it..I talk it up on Twitter all the time...I will be getting Chalean Extreme when it comes out no matter what, I'm unemployed right now but I will make that happen lol..
- deedmeyer said...
Oh wow...what a moment. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Beautiful...
I just finished reading your recent blog: Brought to Tears. I just want to say, "Welcome to my world." I don't know if you know this or not but I work with the elderly. I am a speech pathologist and I work in the Rehab department of a nursing home. I work primarily with stroke victims and head injury patients. My specialty is working with patients with swallowing disorders, and I help to wean them from their tube feeds, and get them eating orally again.
I've been doing this for more than 20 years and I have always considered my job more of a calling than a profession. I take what I do quite seriously, and I think that shows in my patients. Over the years I have met some of the most incredible men and women—people who exhibit such courage and determination that I often am in tears. I fall in love with each and every one of them and when they "graduate" from therapy and get to go home, it's such a triumph for all of us.
I teach my children to respect their elders. I've taught them to give their seat to a Grandma or a Grandpa if there is no extra seating in a waiting room. I teach them to look adults in the eyes and converse with them. I've often taken my girls to the nursing home so they can see that old age is not a disease, it's a fact of life, and that there is much beauty in it, if you look closely enough.
I often see Jesus walking the halls of the nursing home. I see Him in the toothless grins of those who are wheelchair bound. I see Him in the labored rise and fall of a heavy bosom, and I see Him in the surprising strength of someone who is determined to beat the affliction and go home to their families.
I know that Turbo is your life and that you are hard-wired to do it. I feel the exact same way about speech pathology. I have found my passion and I am one of the lucky ones who gets to live it out on a daily basis. Thank you for noticing that little woman singing in the parking garage, and thank you for approaching her with love and appreciation. I'm sure it meant the world to her.
You are a very special woman.
Cindy Nirenberg
- Jenn said...
Hi Chalene,
Before my wellness journey sent me back to nutrition school to become a wellness coach in East Hampton NY, I was a geriatric social worker. Every single day I had moments like the one you described. These beautiful beings who may not stand as tall as they once did are so amazing. Aging and disease cannot touch the human soul. I am so glad that your day was blessed by this woman's gifts. Each morning as I work out to Turbo Jam I thank God that you stepped into your light, that you embraced your gift. I am so glad you got witness another's gift. You deserve it for all the light you bring into so many lives each day. Many of whom you will never ever know. I hope to one day come out of a doctor's appt and find you doing TJ in a parking garage. May God continue to bless you. Thank you for reminding us that every day holds many gifts if only we take the time to recognize them.
In gratitude,
Jenn Taylor
- RawFitMama said...
OMGosh...that was beautiful. I felt like I was there with you. My daughter has Autism and was in a talent show a few weeks ago with all of her friends who also have disabilities. it was a beautiful afternoon of instrument playing and singing from the soul. it IS indeed those moments that remind us that there is a MUCH bigger picture in life. I'm happy you got to experience that moment.
- Alice said...
Thank you for sharing this story Chalene.
- Tiff Gatten said...
Wow! Thanks.
- MelanieB said...
Gosh, I LOVE when moments like that happen. You were lucky to get to be there to experience it. Thank you for sharing.
- Austin said...
Thank you for sharing that story. Reality Check!
- Amy J and Scotty said...
Oh my goodness! That is so amazing! I wish I was there to hear it:) You are so inspiring, and that woman was so inspiring:) I would have cried too. Thank you so much for sharing this story:) It is always nice to be reminded of how precious life is:) I hope to be more like you one day:) I wish I had the strength and the courage to hug more people, more often:)
- Munchkin81 said...
Just by reading this story, my eyes filled up with tears and my chest tightened. This story is beautiful and reminds me to appreciate every moment of my life. Thank you Chalene for sharing this story with us; it makes my heart smile! (I'm corny, i know! :) )
What a blessing that story was to me...I have told it many, many times since reading it. Life is so short, and although we often get lost in the "stuff" it is the "moments" like these that remind us of what a blessing it is just to be alive. Thanks for sharing!
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The drought of 2012 was an extraordinary event, and extraordinary events create extraordinary circumstances. With planting just weeks away, corn and soybean prices are displaying extraordinary inverses ($2 per bushel and more) from today's price to the price quoted for new crop delivery next fall. In the next five months, these inverses will be resolved. This means that nearby (old crop) and new crop prices will morph together into one price.
There are two ways to resolve this inverse. One way is for new crop prices to rise and meet the higher nearby prices. This is how the inverse was resolved last year, as drought blanketed the Corn Belt. This scenario would be good news for Minnesota farmers. Minnesota, in general, fared better than most Corn Belt states in last year's drought, and a number of Minnesota producers still hold last year's crop in storage.
The other way to resolve the inverse is for old crop prices to collapse toward lower new crop values. History and the productive capacity of the Corn Belt suggest this is the more likely course of resolving the inverse in prices from old to new crop values. There is a double risk in the "normal crop" scenario. Not only could old crop prices collapse, new crop prices could sink even further. This does not bode well for the value of grain in storage, nor does it bode well for producers who have not started to price 2013 corn and soybeans.
Minnesota producers concerned about drought in 2013 seem to have that base covered. Crop insurance is in place, old crop grain is still in storage, and little action has been taken on pricing 2013 corn and soybeans. It may be time to consider the normal crop scenario. Today, new crop pricing opportunities remain at or above production costs. There is no guarantee that this will be true next fall. New crop sales are needed to balance the risk of a "non-drought" scenario.
I took a look at past years with similar inverses (1996, 2011 and 2012 in corn, 1997 and 2004 in soybeans). Analysis of the data offers more information about the resolution of old and new crop prices. Visit the University of Minnesota Extension website at www.extension.umn.edu/go/1135 for details.
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The Warfare of the Weak
Author Max Boot discusses his new book, "Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present," with WSJ weekend Review editor Gary Rosen.
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... I ... a remarkable thing about the world we see today is that nowhere is there a conflict between ... two uniformed military is but our world is hardly peaceful we see all sorts of lesser conflicts ... involving militaries and ... different sorts of the regulars unconventional forces Grillo Warriors where I'm here today with Max ... Max is the author of the new book invisible army is an epic history of guerrilla warfare ... Systemax ... guerrilla warfare it seems like it's something that is really become a focus of attention ... over the last century or should sell its Shake Rivera its Mao Zedong ... I'm ... it's a relatively new thing yes ... well it certainly got a lot more attention in recent decades with the ... triumphs of the ... Mala sunroom which demands and shake of errors ... but in fact ... the rule of warfare ... has the most ancient form of warfare ... its been around as long as mankind has been on this earth ... because tribal warfare in the very first kind of warfare ... is essentially guerrilla warfare ... within run tactics and ... no conventional military is in uniforms ... of battling around five mines ... so Grohl warfare is actually been around forever it's not only ... the ancient it's also ... the predominant form of conflict ... most wars ... not only today but fraught history ... have been ... on conventional wars ... which suggests that the very way we think about these things ... is all screwed up ... Grohl warfare ... does not unconventional it's not a regular that is the norm ... the exception is ... war spinning to uniformed always against one another ... so grows also I think and develop ... a formidable reputation over the last entry or so it seems like anytime a power even a great power ... gets involved in a grilled wore it ends badly so so what are we to make of this matchup it seems the grill is usually when he is that the case ... they don't usually when they are formidable and they are very hard to defeat ... but the reality is ... just as most ... business start ups don't become helpful Micra soft ... most insurgent groups ... don't become the Chinese Red Army for the Viet Cong and in Vietnam ... a good example of that is one of the most storied Kuril warriors of all time ... should do better ... he was obviously very successful fighting with ... Fidel Castro against the Batista dictatorship in Cuba ... in the nineteen fifties when he tried to exporters Roche and elsewhere ... he was unsuccessful ... and he was killed in Bolivia ... in nineteen sixty seven by Bolivian Ranger unit trained by the U S military ... so even an iconic role warfare like shade of Era Cafe on The and ... that can happen to anybody and it does happen any body ... that so long that it's quick or easy ... cruel workers' contract on for decades even if ... unsuccessful ... so one thing you emphasizing the book is that ... of course grill warfare is ancient it goes back ... to two ancient times it goes back to our own revolution here in United States but certain things about have changed in the last entry so what what's been the biggest change in how the realists fight their wars and in how ... conventional powers have to deal with the rail is ... the biggest change over the centuries has been the rising importance of the two peas ... politics and propaganda ... and how thousands of years ago ... Grohl warfare was often practiced by nomadic warriors like the Mongols were the ones ... who don't worry too much about ... our issuing communique is or or ... or getting their message out onto the people they were targeting ... they got the message out by killing and raping and ... then we can carnage ... in the last couple of hundred years however with the growth of literacy ... the spread of mass media democracy of international organizations ... all these factors ... have placed more and more emphasis on ... propaganda ... as a tool of the rule of warfare ... in fact the song the money went so far as to say that the media war ... was ninety percent of a hole ... in the battle for jihad ... not so important ... of propagandists gone in recent years and it's really a leveling off force one that allows ... written relatively weak on ... insurgent groups ... hard to sometimes succeeding into trying for a very powerful commercial military's ... five undermining the support of a house ... on the home front ... so in talking about how these historical lessons might be applied to policy choices we have to make today ... it seems like one of the key things that policymakers military leaders that make a mistake about it thinking they can ... when the grill war quickly so so why is that not the case why is it so hard to conclude one of these things in a few years ... will ... politicians and the military's are always looking for a quick fix ... when you see it today of the drone strikes were hoping that if you push a bun ... and call it terrorism or on the other side of the world ... will suddenly when the war against al Cato ... or some other group ... now sadly I was that were the case but it's not ... because these groups usually have a tremendous power ... to regenerate themselves and in fact if you try to use too much firepower to eliminate them very quickly ... I can backfire because if you wind up killing a lot of civilians ... what you can do is you can create more enemies ... than your taken off the battlefield ... and so when militaries of trying to get included in a quick fix to an intractable insurgency whether in ... Vietnam Iraq ... the result is usually been disaster ... the only one armed forces have adopted a longer term mentality understanding ... that they're not going away and by killing Gorillas ... they're gonna win by securing the population ... the chains that was made in Iraq in two thousandseven ... it's only when it off longer term mindset that they can have greater success ... so ... it's it's a it's a mistake to think that you can somehow ... on the end of an insurgency with the snap your fingers you have to be patient if you try it ... and if you if you like that patients ... you're not going to be successful ... very good well Max thank you for joining us as a lively book with lots of lessons for policy makers today again it's called the invisible army is an epic history of Grillo warfare by Max boot ... I'm Gary Rosen for Wall Street Journal weekend Revue ...


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Design and Analysis of Algorithms. Instructor: Prof. Madhavan Mukund, Chennai Mathematical Institute. This course will cover basic concepts in the design and analysis of algorithms: analysis of algorithms; searching and sorting; algorithms on graphs; data structures - union-find and heaps, divide-and-conquer, search trees, greedy algorithms; dynamic programming; linear programming and network flows, intractability. (from nptel.ac.in)
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Coming Soon! - "Ringing In Christmas" Ornament Series
Christmas will be upon us before we know it, so I thought it would be fun do a Christmas ornament series. I have designed a set of Christmas ornaments that are made by crocheting around a 2" plastic ring. Below is a photo of the package of the type of ring I'm talking about. The kind I usually use are by either Susan Bates or Boye. And if you want to get your other supplies around and ready beforehand, I'm also using a size G (4.25mm) crochet hook and Caron's Simply Soft yarn in regular Christmas colors, like white, red and green, but there might be a little yellow and blue thrown in there too.
My plan is to release one pattern each week, beginning on Nov 1st. I've had a lot of fun designing these and I hope you'll join in on the fun! :)
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Cupcake Pincushion Ring
I recently saw a cupcake pincushion ring online somewhere (can't remember where), and it got me to wondering if I could make a crochet one using my
"Cupcakes To Crochet" Pattern
. This pattern can be made using either worsted weight yarn, sport weight yarn, or size 10 crochet cotton thread to make different sizes of cupcakes.
First I needed to find a ring that would work, and I found just the right thing at Hobby Lobby. And it was 50% off to boot!. Next up, I made the cupcake using size 10 crochet cotton thread and a size 7 steel crochet hook. Then all I had to do was glue the cupcake to the ring and I had myself a Cupcake Ring Pincushion. :) It was a fun little project. :)
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A Yarn Swap
Recently my blogging friend
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Thanks again Miek, I love all of it and it was so much fun swapping with you! :)
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The galaxy NGC 4993 is located about 130 million light-years from Earth. On August 17, 2017, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory detected gravitational waves from a neutron star collision within this galaxy. The event also resulted in a flare of light called a kilonova, which is visible to the upper left of the galactic center in this Hubble Space Telescope image.
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LOS ANGELES — Three weeks after signing an agreement to sell seven of its nine clubs, the Sports Club Co. released its third quarter 2005 financials, which showed increased revenue.
The company had delayed filing second quarter 2005 financials due to accounting issues related to reporting of landlord incentives under operating leases, assets held for sale and initiation fee revenue. However, the company is now up to date on its financial reports, said Tom Martin, treasurer for the Sports Club Co.
In late October, the company signed a binding asset purchase agreement for seven of its facilities to be sold to Millennium Partners for $65 million, subject to post closing adjustments. The properties involved in the deal are in New York, Boston, San Francisco, Miami and Washington, D.C. The properties reflect locations where Millennium Partners owns luxury hotels and condominiums. If Millennium elects to also purchase the company's Rockefeller Center location, the sales price would increase, the company said. Proceeds from the sale will pay off part $100 million senior secured notes that are due in March 2006.
Through its affiliates, Millennium Partners is the largest shareholder in the Sports Club Co. and had been the landlord for many of the facilities. Details on the close of the deal could not be released yet, said Martin.
Millennium Partners hired Dr. Art Curtis as CEO of its new sports club operating company, which will be based in Boston. Curtis has been in the fitness business for 25 years, most recently serving as COO of Wellbridge.
The Sports Club Co. reported that third quarter 2005 revenues rose to $11.9 million, an increase of 8.4 percent or $925,000 from the same period last year. Revenues from continuing operations for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2005 increased 9.4 percent to $35.6 million compared to the same period last year.


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Chapter 1 - Administration
Publication Date: October 21, 2008
Responsible Executive: President
1.01 Administrative Officers
Chief Administrative Officer
The Chief Administrative Officer of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is the President. The President's duties and responsibilities are set out in Regents' Rules and Regulations, Series 20000, Rule 20201, Section 4.
The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (Provost) is the chief academic officer who provides the President guidance and leadership for all of the university's academic community. The Provost is directly responsible for overseeing seven Colleges, Undergraduate Studies, Graduate School, Honors College, Faculty Support, Academic Accountability, Institutional Research, Office of Information Technology, the Library, Executive Vice Provost, Vice Provost for the DT campus and many student and community related initiatives. The Provost is charged with ensuring the quality of academic programs offered; supporting the hiring of faculty who are top in their field and facilitating the growth of the university
Vice President for Business Affairs
The Vice President for Business Affairs provides the President with advice and counsel on fiscal affairs and has direct responsibility for the business operations of the university including facilities maintenance, operations, and capital construction, accounting, disbursements, bursar operations, budgeting, payroll, human resource management and development, security and emergency preparedness, environmental health and safety, business contracts processing, procurement, and business auxiliary services.
Vice President for Community Services
The Vice President for Community Services provides the President with advice and counsel on outreach and community engagement. The Vice President is responsible for extending the university beyond its campuses and into San Antonio and South Texas through public service, extension, outreach, and community education.
Vice President for Research
The Vice President for Research provides the President with counsel, assessment and oversight on research and technology commercialization. The Vice President for Research is responsible for research administration, including all sponsored programs and external activities with agencies that are collaborators. The Vice President for Research also has jurisdiction over the administration of research institutes at UTSA.
Vice President for Student Affairs
The Vice President for Student Affairs is responsible for overseeing student life; financial aid; admission; registration; athletics; student services, including counseling and health services; and for providing advice to administrators on all aspects of student activities at UTSA.
Vice President for External Relations
The Vice President for External Relations serves as UTSA's chief development officer and provides the President with advice and counsel for all areas of advancement. The Vice President is responsible for supervising development, communications and alumni programs. The Vice President for External Relations also serves as an executive-level representative of the President in the community; and is responsible for the development of new plans and programs to produce and promote the university's identity as a premier public university for the South Texas region.
Academic Deans
The Deans of the several Colleges report directly to the Provost. They have the authority and responsibility for the operation of their respective Colleges and are expected to provide the leadership necessary to ensure first-class academic programs, both undergraduate and graduate, and high faculty and staff performance.
Department Chairs
The Chairs of the academic departments of the colleges report directly to the Dean of the College. They have the responsibility under the Dean for the operation of their departments and are expected to provide sound organizational management, actively seek input from the department faculty, effectively interact with students, colleagues, subordinates, and staff, engage in external fundraising and outreach appropriate to the department as needed, engage in strategic planning, provide leadership in faculty and staff recruitment and development and engage in academic program development.
Chief Legal Officer
The Chief Legal Officer provides legal advice and counsel to the President and other university officials on a variety of issues, and advises on all applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. This Officer coordinates the university's response to lawsuits, various claims and demands, settlement proposals, government agency filings and subpoenas, legally reviews policies in the university's Handbook of Operating Procedures, and legally reviews contracts and agreements prior to final approval by the Vice President for Business Affairs or other designated university official. The Chief Legal Officer oversees the Office of Legal Affairs and the Office of Equal Opportunity Services. The Chief Legal Officer also serves as the University Ethics Officer.
Executive Director, Audit, Compliance and Risk Services
The Executive Director for Audit, Compliance and Risk Services is responsible for the Office of Auditing and Consulting Services and the Office of Institutional Compliance. The Office of Auditing and Consulting Services shall be accountable to the UTSA President and the Institutional Audit Committee to provide assessments on the adequacy and effectiveness of the organization's processes for controlling its activities and managing its risks. The Office of Institutional Compliance shall promote compliance with applicable laws, regulations, agreements and internal policies and procedures and provide assurance to the UTSA President and the Executive Compliance Committee that compliance risks are identified, prioritized and managed appropriately.
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Neither White House invaders nor a team of aging comedians could expel "Monsters University" from the top of Rentrak's DVD sales chart.
The prequel to Pixar's hit computer-animated family film "Monsters, Inc." was the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray title in its second week in release, coming in ahead of newcomers "White House Down" and "Grown Ups 2."
"Grown Ups 2," the sequel starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James and David Spade, received overwhelmingly negative reviews and made almost $134 million in U.S. ticket sales and came in second in the disc derby.
ON LOCATION: Where the cameras roll
In third place was "White House Down," the action thriller with Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum, which made $73 million at the domestic box office.
The Nov. 5 release of an extended edition of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" shot sales of the title up to No. 4, after the film based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien had already spent 34 weeks on retail shelves.
The buddy cop comedy "The Heat," starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, followed in fifth place.
PHOTOS: Cable versus broadcast ratings
"White House Down" took the top spot in rentals.
Here are Rentrak's rankings for the week that ended Nov. 9 for sales and Nov. 10 for rentals.
Top 10 DVD and Blu-ray sales
1. "Monsters University" (Disney). Week 2.
2. "Grown Ups 2" (Sony). Week 1.
3. "White House Down" (Sony). Week 1.
4. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (New Line Cinema). Week 34
5. "The Heat" (Fox). Week 4.
6. "R.I.P.D." (Universal). Week 2.
7. "Pacific Rim" (Warner Bros.). Week 4.
8. "The Croods" (Fox). Week 6.
9. "The Little Mermaid – Diamond Edition" (Disney). Week 6.
10. "The Conjuring" (Warner Bros.). Week 3.
PHOTOS: Billion-dollar movie club
Top 10 DVD and Blu-ray rentals
1. "White House Down" (Sony). Week 1.
2. "Grown Ups 2" (Sony). Week 1.
3. "Monsters University" (Buena Vista). Week 2.
4. "The Hangover Part III" (Warner Bros.). Week 5.
5. "The Croods" (Fox). Week 6.
6. "The Purge" (Universal). Week 5.
7. "After Earth" (Sony). Week 5.
8. "This Is The End" (Sony). Week 6.
9. "World War Z" (Paramount). Week 8.
10. "Iron Man 3" (Disney). Week 7.
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When family physicians at a hospital-owned clinic in Malden, Mass., found out they were being paid far less than their internal medicine colleagues, they weren't happy. In fact, three out of 16 quit.
Ajoy Kumar, M.D., alternate delegate from St. Petersburg, Fla., testifies during the Reference Committee on Practice Enhancement on the misuse of physician compensation data.
Not, however, Patricia Sereno, M.D., of Stoneham, Mass. She wanted answers … and change.
So Sereno went to her employer and asked why family physicians were making $15,000 less in base salary and were being paid less per relative value unit (RVU) than general internists. Hospital officials replied that compensation was based on data from surveys from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).
"I said, 'I want to see that data,'" Sereno said in an interview with AAFP News Now. "They presented it to me, and sure enough, the data said internal medicine physicians earn more."
But Sereno didn't trust the data. Why, she thought, would internal medicine physicians make much more than family physicians for providing the exact same services? Sereno, a delegate to the AAFP Congress of Delegates, decided to bring up the topic at the 2012 Town Hall meeting. At the time, she thought she was just one physician dealing with an isolated incident.
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- Some employers are using data from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) as a basis for physician compensation, exacerbating pay discrepancies for family physicians.
- Delegates referred a resolution calling for the Academy to engage with MGMA, the American Hospital Association and others to seek a solution that pursues equal compensation for equal services by primary care physicians, to the Board.
- Delegates also asked for help with ICD-10, other coding issues and payment for obesity-related services.
She wasn't.
In fact, the Florida delegation introduced a resolution on the topic during this year's Reference Committee on Practice Enhancement on Sept. 23 at the Congress of Delegates here. The resolution, which ultimately was referred to the Board of Directors, calls for the Academy to engage with MGMA, the American Hospital Association, the Federal Trade Commission and other stakeholders to seek a solution that pursues equal compensation for equal services by primary care physicians. The resolution also calls on the Academy to develop additional resources to educate members about this issue and help them in negotiations to avoid such discrepancies in pay.
According to Ajoy Kumar, M.D., a Florida alternate delegate from St. Petersburg, the Florida AFP sent the resolution forward after a member, who was being paid up to 34 percent less per RVU than general internal medicine physicians for performing the exact same services, brought the problem to the attention of the chapter.
"If the data is inaccurate," said Kumar, "how can you use that as the basis for physician compensation?"
In an attempt to help Sereno after last year's Town Hall meeting, Academy staff met with the MGMA, and Kent Moore, the AAFP's senior strategist for physician payment, then drafted a memo to AAFP chapters to make them aware of the issue and a letter template to use for negotiating with employers.
The memo points out several limitations in the MGMA data, including that specialty is self-selected by survey respondents, and it is possible that some internal medicine sub-specialists report themselves as general internists.
MGMA Data May Cause
In an attempt to clarify problems with how salary data distributed by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is being interpreted by employers, Kent Moore, the AAFP's senior strategist for physician payment, drafted a memo and a letter template on the issue earlier this year.
According to Moore, physicians may run afoul of antitrust laws if they compare compensation with competing physicians, and they should consult with their legal counsel. In addition, said Moore, employed physicians should be aware if employers are using MGMA data as a basis for compensation.
There are other reasons why general internal medicine compensation per relative value unit (RVU) may be higher than the corresponding family medicine compensation, said Moore.
- Many private payers use multiple conversion factors that vary by, among other things, types of service. If general internists provide a different mix of services than family physicians, they may be compensated more.
- The payer mix also may affect total compensation. For example, if family physicians treat a higher percentage of Medicaid patients, their compensation may be lower, even if they provide exactly the same services.
- Some medical groups are able to negotiate higher compensation rates from private payers than other groups; if general internists disproportionately belong to such groups, they may benefit from higher compensation.
Furthermore, MGMA has said that its reports are "presented solely for the purpose of informing readers of ranges of medical practice compensation, charges and revenue" and may not be used "for the purpose of limiting competition, restraining trade, or reducing or stabilizing salary or benefit levels." MGMA also notes that its surveys are not an attempt to provide "legal, accounting or professional advice that may be construed as specifically applicable to individual situations."
Sereno told members at the Sept. 22 Town Hall meeting here that, armed with information and support from the Academy, she went back to her employer, which raised her salary to the level of its general internal medicine physicians.
Coding Help
Delegates also adopted a resolution from the Reference Committee on Practice Enhancement that calls on the AAFP to request that HHS provide funding to CMS to contract with Medicare carriers to provide training to physicians and their staff members on how to use ICD-10-CM coding correctly before the Oct. 1, 2014, implementation deadline.
"ICD-10 is far too complex to expect compliance without significant investment in physician education," Virginia alternate delegate E. Mark Watts, M.D., of Vinton, testified during the reference committee hearing.
The AAFP already has developed resources to assist physicians with transitioning to the new codes, but the reference committee said in its report that physicians need as much help as possible with this difficult issue.
A resolution calling for the Academy to encourage changes in CMS determinations of coding so that all medical information entered by a health care team during a patient visit will be used to determine the submitted code also met with a favorable response from the COD, which adopted the resolution.
"Everything that happens with team care should count toward your final code," said Janice Gomersall, M.D., alternate delegate from Missoula, Mont., during the reference committee hearing.
Obesity Services
Delegates also adopted a substitute resolution that calls on the Academy to support payment for obesity-related services by all payers. Sarah Fessler, M.D., a delegate from Riverside, R.I., said the resolution was intended to reaffirm and strengthen existing Academy policy.
Earlier this year, the AMA House of Delegates, with support from the AAFP delegation, adopted a resolution that said obesity should be recognized "as a disease state with multiple pathophysiological aspects requiring a range of interventions to advance obesity treatment and prevention." (Then) AAFP President Jeff Cain, M.D., testified at the time that classifying obesity as a disease would help convince health plans to pay for treatment.
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text: Congressman Peter Welch will almost certainly be re-elected to a third term in November. Like many incumbent House members, Welch has built up a strong political organization with the financial resources to match. Welch's campaign has already raised more than $1 million. His campaign bank account is 100 times larger than that of any of the three Republicans seeking the congressional nomination in the Aug. 24 primary.


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Thirty-three years ago today, on August 1, 1981, MTV was born.
And where were Alan, Mark, Nina, Martha, and J.J. on that fateful night? They were in a basement in Fort Lee, New Jersey, huddled around a television set probably no larger than the one that was in your own home in 1981. According to the fantastic book VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave, Mark Goodman recounted that the launch party took place in an old restaurant called The Loft. Ironically, the cast and crew of MTV had to head over the Hudson to watch their debut because Manhattan cable didn't carry the channel!
Alan Hunter said: "We bonded that night. The rocket blasted off, and we looked at each other and realized we were the only five people on the planet doing what we were doing."
We all know that the first video played on the station was The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star", but what other videos helped to round out that first hour of broadcasting? Thanks to the VJ's book we can list the first 15 videos that aired on the network.
1. The Buggles, "Video Killed the Radio Star"
2. Pat Benatar, "You Better Run"
3. Rod Stewart, "She Won't Dance With Me"
4. The Who, "You Better You Bet"
5. Ph.D., "Little Susie's on the Top"
6. Cliff Richard, "We Don't Talk Anymore"
7. The Prentenders, "Brass In Pocket"
8. Todd Rundgren, "Time Heals"
9. REO Speedwagon, "Take It On The Run"
10. Styx, "Rockin' the Paradise"
11. Robin Lane and the Chartbusters, "When Things Go Wrong"
12. Splitz Enz, "History Never Repeats"
13. .38 Special, "Hold On Loosely"
14. April Wine, "Just Between You and Me"
15. Rod Stewart, "Sailing"
Man, TWO Rod Stewart videos in the same block. The '80s were a magical time!
Of course I know I'm not the only individual to ever look back upon that special day, and thankfully someone more enterprising that I has already grouped all of these videos together for our collective consumption on Youtube. So thank you, Youtube user Ronnie Forscgeb! You've made my life about half and hour easier and more entertaining than if I went and did this myself.
I notice that two videos were removed or unplayable from the playlist: Rod Stewart's "She Won't Dance With Me" and Cliff Richard's "We Don't Talk Anymore"; if you feel it necessary to see them in order to fully relive the first hour of MTV, I found them, separately, for you:
Rod is really rocking that asymmetrical pantsuit! Honestly, if I wasn't wearing my glasses, I would wonder when Kathy Lee Crosby took a detour into rock and roll.
This is definitely not the official video for the Cliff Richard tune, but it's such a good song, that I thought you should listen to it. Plus, the sound quality is really good.
Finally, here's Rod again, who is "Sailing"…in the Hudson River? Dressed like Popeye, this video is either an homage to "New York, New York" from On the Town, or maybe Rod was on his way to the MTV launch party.
For even more awesome footage from the first day of MTV, including the pre-recorded clips of the VJ's throwing to a new video or coming back from an old video, head over to Platypuscomix, which has amazing-quality clips from the first day, including the original commercials that aired between the videos (I always love to see old commercials on the VHS tapes that I kept from when I was a kid), and the original slight technical gaffes that the MTV crew experienced during the broadcast.
These days you can still hear Alan, Martha, Mark, and Nina on Sirius XM's "80s on 8" channel.
-DJ Darko, Your Pop Culture Mixologist
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How about an impromptu Power Line Video Contest for the election home stretch? No cash prizes this time—just some good conversation here on the site. I'm inspired by our faithful reader and frequent commenter Steve Litvintchouk, who reminded us about the famous collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940. Legend has it that one of the engineers who helped design the bridge offered the explanation, "Musta put the decimal point in the wrong place."
Anyway, watching the video of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster once again inspired the question: is the Obama Administration more like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge—a slow-motion disaster by the harmonic resonance of its terminal bad ideas, or more of complete sudden catastrophe like the Hindenburg? The Tacoma Narrows Bridge could stand in for the faltering GDP performance of the country. But the Hindenburg more closely conveys the catastrophe that is Obama's foreign policy. Compare and contrast, and then weigh in. (Or you can go for the World's Largest Skateboard Disaster, in the third video below; the scene resembles the Obama cabinet riding out of control.)
Or, we can do this with a second category: which feature disaster movie most begs for an Obama remake? Is it The Towering Inferno, about the conflagration of Obama's immense ego and self-regard? Or perhaps The Poseidon Adventure, where our mighty captain finds the world turned upside down? Titanic always works—the story of an up and comer named Jack Dawson Barry Obama whose titanic ego runs into the cold hard reality of the world.
Nominations are open in the comments section. (Extra credit for working out the story line and movie poster for Obama's remake of Gore's horror film An Inconvenient Truth.)


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2011 Division III football playoffs
December 16, 2011 UW-Whitewater finishes the three-peat UW-Whitewater held its five playoff opponents to a total of 38 points, including shutting down Mount Union in a 13-10 win in Stagg Bowl XXXIX.
December 17, 2011 Scaling the Mount If Mount Union can be overcome, certainly someday so can the Warhawks. Keith McMillan says there's hope for the rest of Division III.
December 18, 2011 ATN Podcast: Wrapping it up Pat and Keith wrap up the 2011 season and Stagg Bowl XXXIX, including handing out our player of the year awards in the Around the Nation Podcast:
December 16, 2011 Mount Union feels the heat The UW-Whitewater defense put Mount Union on its heels and forced the Purple Raiders into bad situations. Ryan Tipps has more from Salem.
December 18, 2011 The 2011 playoff bracket The final results -- how did the 2011 Division III football postseason shake out?
December 15, 2011 Looking to get back on top Jasper Collins and the rest of the junior class at Mount Union have yet to win a national title, finding themselves stymied by UW-Whitewater each of the past two years. A Road to Salem feature.
December 15, 2011 Our Stagg Bowl predictions A triple take isn't nearly enough for the Division III football championship game, so we pulled out all the stops and pumped it up. Here's the Sextuple Take. Who wins, UW-Whitewater or Mount Union?
December 14, 2011 Looking for redemption After spending the entire 2010 postseason on the sidelines, UW-Whitewater quarterback Matt Blanchard finally gets his shot in the Stagg Bowl. A Road to Salem feature.
December 10, 2011 Mount Union returns to Stagg Isaiah Scott caught three balls on defense and Jasper Collins caught nine on offense as the Purple Raiders defeated Wesley 28-21.
December 8, 2011 Making the Tommies tick The St. Thomas defense has been successful this season despite losing two key pieces to injury. What makes this unit tick? More in a Road to Salem feature.
December 8, 2011 Flip of a coin Charles Dieuseul whittled his college football choices down to two and left it to a call of heads or tails. The Purple Raiders' defense has been the benefit. A Road to Salem feature.
December 7, 2011 The men behind the man Levell Coppage is on the verge of becoming the NCAA's all-time leading rusher and leading UW-Whitewater to a third consecutive national championship. But this season's success has taken place with a mostly new offensive line.
December 8, 2011 Once more, with feeling Shane McSweeny and Wesley are headed to Mount Union for another semifinal, two years after a 24-7 loss in Alliance one round short of Salem. This time, they're inspired by someone who isn't able to make the trip with them.
December 2, 2011 We predict Saturday's scores Our Triple Take crew not only gives you their projected scores for this week's games, but they also break the games down. Get your look at Saturday's quarterfinals on the Daily Dose.
December 1, 2011 The last unranked team If you haven't taken a close look at the final eight teams standing in this year's playoff field, consider this -- seven are ranked in the top 10 in the country. And then there's St. John Fisher. A Road to Salem feature.
December 1, 2011 Running wild Shane McSweeny and LiDarral Bailey both can pull it down and run from the quarterback position, although Wesley and Mary Hardin-Baylor do it in significantly different ways. A Road to Salem feature.
November 30, 2011 Putting the clipboard down Tyler Burke got the surprise start at Wabash, where he came in to quarterback the Little Giants' win. Turns out coach Erik Raeburn took a page from the playbook of his uncle, Larry Kehres. A Road to Salem feature.
November 30, 2011 A different look Not only is the Salisbury/UW-Whitewater matchup unusual in the quarterfinals, it also features a different look on offense from the Sea Gulls. More in a Road to Salem feature.
November 14, 2011 Check your bracket! How did you do with your first-weekend picks? Log in and check the bracket challenge, run by the folks at d3photography.com.
November 24, 2011 We predict(ed) Saturday's scores Eight second-round games this week. How many did our Triple Take crew agree on? And how many did they get?
November 23, 2011 Coast to coast Linfield faces nearly a 3,000 mile journey and a 9 a.m. PST kickoff -- such are the sidelights to this unusual cross-country matchup in Saturday's second round. More in a Road to Salem feature.
November 23, 2011 Mirror images When North Central and Wabash line up against each other on Saturday, they'll see a lot of familiar things in each other. They both wear red and white and they'll both bring the pain on defense.
November 22, 2011 Defenses key for Salisbury, Kean Kean intercepted five passes in its first-round win. That might not help much against the triple-option Sea Gulls, however.
November 22, 2011 The ASC rematch The first meeting was interrupted by lightning and the game, and McMurry's season, was never quite the same afterward. What should we expect the second time around? A Road to Salem feature.
November 21, 2011 You gotta play the best In order to win the title, someone will have to knock off Mount Union or UW-Whitewater. Some teams complain about seeing purple on their road to Salem, while Franklin seeks them out. A Road to Salem feature.
November 21, 2011 Podcast: Surprises, top performances and more Keith and Pat break down the first round and preview the second round from every possible angle in this week's Around the Nation podcast. Listen in!
November 20, 2011 D3reports: Live from the playoffs A half-dozen playoff games have D3reports this week, including a handful of new faces and just a little bit of snow. Get a first-person take on these games by watching.
November 19, 2011 First round road warriors Few visiting teams fared well in the first round of the Division III football playoffs, but St. John Fisher, McMurry and Monmouth won their road playoff openers. The first-round wrap-up.
November 19, 2011 Pat Coleman previews the first round Executive editor Pat Coleman took a look at some of the first round games with Scott Roussel of FootballScoop.com.
November 18, 2011 We predict(ed) Saturday's scores How did we do on our playoff score predictions? They're still there in Triple Take.
November 18, 2011 Accounting majors bring toughness for Albion These three are on a mission to change the perception of accountants from pocket-protecting, pencil-sharpening, adding machine-punching, tax-preparing workers in a cubicle to tough guys who are smart, too.
November 18, 2011 Don't call it the Black Flag The Trinity (Texas) defense doesn't give itself that name anymore but the Tigers have certainly returned to their stingy ways, having allowed no more than 16 points in any game this season.
November 18, 2011 Upstate underdogs hit the road For St. John Fisher, getting in was a surprise. For Hobart, it was expected, but the destination might not have been. Andrew Lovell gives us the rundown on both teams in a Road to Salem feature.
November 17, 2011 Playoff picks, surprises, disappointments It's our annual Around the Nation predictions column, where we say who will surprise and disappoint on the road to Salem. And did somebody actually pick against a purple power? (Yes. We wouldn't tease.)
November 17, 2011 Getting new life The Blueboys of Illinois College had to receive special permission from the Midwest Conference to even hold practice last week. Read about one of the most unlikely playoff entrants in Around the Midwest.
November 17, 2011 A look in the mirror The similarities between Franklin and Thomas More run deep. There might not be a more evenly-matched first round game in this year's postseason.
November 17, 2011 Not ready to retire Illinois Wesleyan's senior-laden defense is making sure that its career doesn't end yet, helping the Titans make the playoffs. Now they face the all-time leading passer in Division III history to open.
November 17, 2011 Separate ways It seemed Cal Lutheran and Redlands were on a collision course for a first-round playoff meeting, but the two are headed in different directions. Jason Galleske talks with both for a Road to Salem feature.
November 16, 2011 First time magic Western New England and Norwich were once brought together by an early-season non-conference game. Now they'll also each be making their first NCAA playoff appearance.
November 16, 2011 2011 playoffs: Delaware Valley bracket From Delaware Valley to Albion, how the eight teams in the top-left bracket shake out.
November 16, 2011 2011 playoffs: Mount Union bracket From Mount Union to Benedictine, how the eight teams in the top-left bracket shake out.
November 16, 2011 2011 playoffs: Mary Hardin-Baylor bracket From Mary Hardin-Baylor to Redlands, how the eight teams in the top-right bracket shake out.
November 16, 2011 2011 playoffs: UW-Whitewater bracket From UW-Whitewater to Albion, how the eight teams in the top-left bracket shake out.
November 13, 2011 What a crazy bracket! And is it a stunner? Check inside. After a final day in which none of the top at-large candidates lost, the field of 32 was released. We're happy to be surprised by a bracket such as this.
November 13, 2011 Here's our projected bracket Endicott has had a week to wait. Will they get rewarded? Who's in and who's out? Here's our projected field of 32. We'll get the NCAA's opinion Sunday after 6 p.m. ET ... and theirs counts.
November 13, 2011 Two-loss teams need not apply We're sorry, but it's reality. History shows Baldwin-Wallace, St. Olaf, St. John Fisher, Wheaton and other teams with two Division III losses will get no shot at an at-large bid from this committee.
September 22, 2011 Stagg Bowl moves to Friday night The 2011 Division III football championship game will be in prime time for the first time in a decade.


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There was a farmer with ten sons. His land was small and rocky. As a result, even with the hard work of all ten sons, the family could barely eke out a living.
When the farmer neared the end of his life, he called his sons together. "Sons", he said, "because the farm is so small, I have decided to leave it to the eldest of you. The others can stay and help, or go off and seek their fortunes. But the farm is too small to split among you. If I did so, none of you could make a living and you all would starve."
So the farm was left to the eldest son.
There was a great musician with ten sons. He taught each of them how to play different musical instruments.
When the musician neared the end of this life, he called his sons together. "Sons," he said, "everything I know I have taught you. Now each of you can make a living as a musician. No matter how much you think you understand music, there is still more too learn. The more you study and practice the art, there more there is. There is no end to it."
So the musician's legacy was left to each of his sons.
There was a great Karate instructor with ten students. When he neared the end of his life, do you think he treated his Karate like a farm or an art? It seems to me that far too many "great" Karate instructors view their art as a small, barren field. Karate is an art, a skill, a limitless resource. There is no end to it.
There was another father who had ten sons, each of whom was born blind. Each day for many years, the father applied medicines and urged his sons to perform eye exercises. Finally, each of them could see perfectly.
When the father neared the end of his life, his sons gathered and asked, "So who gets the farm?"
Charles C. Goodin
Succession in Karate
There was a farmer with ten sons. His land was small and rocky. As a result, even with the hard work of all ten sons, the family could barely eke out a living.
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With its broken and disintegrating stones, and moss and lichen covered paths, the Victorian period cemetery of Mount Jerome in Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland feels like a place of loss. It serves as a stark reminder of the fact that all things pass away, even stone.
I spent just over seven hours in this cemetery on an early August day marked by very odd weather. In the morning (I arrived at 8:30 am) it was very cold, with strong gusting winds. At mid morning it was very wet, with rain lashing down for about thirty minutes. By the end of the afternoon it was very warm with bright crisp blue skies. Many sections of the cemetery have an autumnal feel to them because the ground is covered with dead leaves. It is as though summer has passed them by.
Opened in 1836 by Sir Robert Shaw of Bushy Park, Mount Jerome was the first privately owned cemetery in Ireland. Shaw established the General Cemetery Company of Dublin by an Act of Parliament in 1834. The newly formed company initially planned to open its cemetery in a section of Phoenix Park; however, this application was turned down by the authorities. Undeterred, the company bought the lands and house of Mount Jerome in Harold's Cross from the Earl of Meath, John Chambre, on 23 January 1836. Thus, the General Cemetery Company of Dublin became popularly known as Mount Jerome Cemetery.
Over 250,000 people of all faiths have been interred here over the last 170 years. Still in use, one is made aware of a funeral procession entering the grounds by an undertaker who pulls a thick rope to toll a loud and lonely sounding large brass bell which hangs near the front gate.
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Gossip Girl star Blake Lively knows how to keep a secret when it comes to her wedding!
Lively, 25, and Ryan Reynolds, 36, tied the knot in ultra-private, surprise ceremony with only 35 guests at Boone Hill Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina on Sept. 9. Now, they're ready to share some photos from the special day now — but none with their faces.
"While they remain protective of images of them on their most heartfelt occasion, they graciously let us share pictures of the elements we created together," Martha Stewart Weddings, who helped create their special day, explains in their new issue.
In one photo, the bride and groom offer a glimpse at their wardrobe while holding hands and showing off Reynold's wedding band by Jeweler Lorraine Schwartz.
Lively wore a Marchesa gown adorned with crystal and rose gold embroidery. To compliment the look, Weddings' style director Kate Berry made her bouquet of "pink jasmine, andromeda, dusty miller, and blushing bride hydrangea . . . [and] dipped select petals in subtle rose-gold glitter.
And the magazine made sure to help satisfy the bride's sweet tooth.
"An avid cook, crafter, and baker, Blake envisioned an abundant dessert table overflowing with their favorite treats," the magazine writes. In addition to their vanilla-and-sour-cream wedding cake with peach-apricot preserves, the table was filled with s'mores bars, espresso beans, blueberry cheesecake tarts, lemon tarts, fruit jellies and mini strawberry shortcakes.
For more photos and details from Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' wedding, pick up the new issue of Martha Stewart Weddings.
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