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ArthritisUpdated 10 months ago
While the NeuroMD device does not cure arthritis, it can help alleviate the pain. NeuroMD's uses NMES technology which applies electrical stimulation to motor nerves which causes the muscles to contract and relax. It used for people with arthritis to strengthen the muscles that support weakened joints.
Some studies show NMES can help offset the muscle weakness found in people with knee OA.
OA Knee study link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22952305

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Diamond Welcomes the Town of Ponoka, Alberta
June 11, 2012
Diamond Municipal Solutions is pleased to welcome the Town of Ponoka to our growing family of public sector clients. The Town of Ponoka boasts a vibrant, rural lifestyle in the heart of central Alberta. Ideally located along the thriving Calgary-Edmonton Corridor, and nestled in the picturesque Battle River Valley, Ponoka is about 100 km south of Edmonton and 200 Km north of Calgary. Ponoka is home to some 6,700+ residents, and is still one of Alberta's 'best kept secrets', representing gradual and sustainable growth. Ponoka is a town with an old west charm and a progressive attitude. Ponoka's strong community appeal and ideal location for industry offers opportunities for all.
The Town of Ponoka had been using a DOS based ERP system for over two decades and began making inquiries for a new financial system when they realized they needed a more intuitive and user-friendly solution to meet their growing business needs. Their current solution lacked the ability to provide flexible reporting, provide users across the organization with fast and relevant access to information using familiar Microsoft tools and provide an integrated solution for managing and sharing data with other departments. In addition, they wanted a solution that had the ability to streamline the training of new staff and increase overall efficiencies. “We were in need of a complete financial system overhaul”, said Betty Quinlan, Director of Corporate Services. These challenges were all driving factors in the Town of Ponoka’s search for a new, more robust and integrated financial management solution.
It was the combination of user-friendly interface, product functionality and local market experience that convinced the Town of Ponoka that Diamond was the optimal solution for their needs. The Town of Ponoka is looking for improved access to information, drill-down reporting capabilities, and a system that will grow with them as their financial reporting needs change. “The software is intuitive and will most likely pay for itself in a few years - we are all really looking forward to the conversion”, said Quinlan. The town is hoping to gain significant functionality advantages through their partnership with Diamond so that end users can perform day-to-day tasks more efficiently and source information themselves with the built in reporting, business intelligence tools and office integration tools that are available.
Diamond looks forward to a long and productive relationship with the Town of Ponoka and welcomes them to our growing family of municipalities.
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Diamond Municipal Solutions delivers integrated financial and revenue management applications to the public sector, based on the Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP platform. Since 1994, Diamond has helped over 270 public sector customers to deploy scalable & full featured computing solutions that increase employee productivity and better serve the needs of stakeholders and constituents.


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RECEPTION 2022: Transformed By the Spirit
We are vessels who desire to be filled all the way to the top. There are many things that offer temporary satisfaction and station, yet none can provide the sustenance that will enable us to never thirst again. Only the Living Water that is Jesus can do this. We receive a measure of filling when we receive Jesus yet when we are filled our fears and terrors become easier to vanquish under the presence of the Holy Spirit.

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Nadine Shah Live
19 March 2023
Reporter: David Upton
Nadine Shah stars on stage at Live Theatre Newcastle in her own play marking ten years since the release of her debut album.
Shah has turned her hand to playwriting in a theatrical collaboration with writer Jackie Thompson (The Girl is Mime) that takes a dive into the themes of her debut Love Your Dum And Mad.
Named after one of the album's signature tunes, To Be A Young Man will run at Live Theatre Newcastle from May 4–20, before heading to Brighton Festival (May 24) and London’s Southbank (May 26).
- To Be A Young Man - Nadine Shah and Jackie Thompson

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Past the wall of wood, the strawberry patch, and the summer chicken coop under the maple-bough arch is the land of the jolly green giants. Twelve-foot-high sunflowers look down on rows of tomatoes (seven varieties), ferny asparagus, and potatoes. Pole beans clamber up a fantastic pine-branch trellis to make a fringed green wall between peppers and low-growing buttercup squash, onions, garlic, edamame, celery, carrots, leaf lettuce, spinach, and mesclun. Cucumbers dangle like ornaments from the back fence and fragrant herbs—basil, parsley, sage, and thyme—decorate the borders. A flash of graphic black and white interrupts the late afternoon sun on the humid greens, round reds, and swaying yellow and gold. That would be one of the five chickens that percolates with busy contentment in this bucolic scene.
St. Paulite Matt Reller goes in the front door of his neat, brick Cape Cod and emerges in the back forty. Forty meters, that is. It’s a standard city lot, flanked on three sides by similarly sized yards. Matt and his wife, Kristine Miller, an associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Minnesota, feel they’re living in the best of two worlds. “We both love being outside and gardening,” says Kristine, “yet we’ve always lived in the city. We can walk to the grocery store, and the bus stops right in front of our house. We wouldn’t want to give up that convenience.”
Even before Michelle Obama’s White House “victory” garden made headlines, urban farms were springing up like, well, like beans after a summer rain. Courtney Tchida, student program coordinator at the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, started teaching a series of classes in urban farming three years ago. In 2009, there were three classes with 60 students per class; by 2010, the series grew to five classes with 80 students each. “The economy may be a part of it,” she says. “But mostly the trend has to do with people wanting to connect with how their food is grown.”
Whether it’s a reaction to a string of commercial food scares or simply wanting a sense of control over their own food, more urbanites are eyeing their spot of lawn as an under-productive ¼ acre. Tchida points to author/activist Michael Pollan’s books, Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, as seeds of urban farming. As the local food movement gathered steam, she says, more people have decided they want to participate on the front lines of
the food system.
“There’s also some nostalgia there,” says St. Paul’s Egg/Plant Farm Supply owner Audrey Matson. “People are looking to do things their grandparents did, like canning and preserving.” As manager of a garden center, Matson took note when sales of herbs and vegetables doubled from 2008 to 2009. Stats like that, plus a 25-percent increase in the sale of Ball canning jars—and the fact that she had nowhere in St. Paul to buy supplies for her own backyard chickens—led Matson to open Egg/Plant in April 2010. The shop has exceeded sales
predictions in most months and has a popular schedule of seminars and events.
Master gardener Barb Gasterland sees her Bryn Mawr urban idyll from a design perspective, the perfect marriage of form and function. “I view vegetables as beautiful, worthy of display,” she says. “The color and shape of an eggplant? Beautiful. Of course, they’re practical too: I have a hard time justifying annuals unless I can harvest something from them.”
To Gasterland, chickens also fall into the useful and beautiful category. Black Lace Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red, White Crested Polish—their names are as compelling as their rich patterns and colors. “It wasn’t really about the eggs,” she says. “It was my attraction to chickens, the way they look, their happy sounds. It’s like having an aquarium—the Zen of chickens. We’ve had them for over a year, and I still laugh when they run.”
Even beyond the beautifully colored fresh eggs they produce, chickens are great community builders—keeping them requires getting neighbors’ signatures on the poultry permit, and they entertain curious passersby. For Gasterland, chickens are a good way to care for the land: They eat food scraps, produce fertilizer to help grow vegetables from which the scraps come, and so on. And the chickens helped her get through the long winter. “I had a routine of letting the chickens out in the morning and shutting them up again at night. It wasn’t a chore. It gave me a reason to get out and experience a cold day.”
Jason Paschall and his family are also city dwellers with a yen for tending a plot of land. They moved from San Francisco to south Minneapolis because they could afford enough yard to produce food while still getting around by bike. “It doesn’t take all that much yard space to plant a vegetable garden or to house chickens,” he says. “It may take some creative thinking, but that’s pretty fun. We are considering a green roof on a garage remodel and putting the garden up there.” In an environment about as urban as it gets in Minnesota, Paschall has four chickens, tomato plants, raspberries, strawberries, herbs (his concession to ornamentation), beets, carrots, onions, and potatoes. He has a root cellar, he cans, and he makes salsa and ketchup. “I like producing what we eat, both for the local and the organic aspects,” he says. “It’s empowering to provide food for your family.” He combined urbanite with farmer easily. “If you already plant flowers, it’s not a big leap to vegetables,” he says. “And if you already have pets, chickens are not much different.”
Many urban farming converts are tempted rather than limited by their ¼ acre. “‘Can I do it?’ is the question that got me into this whole thing, and still keeps me going,” says Matt Reller, back in St. Paul. “Can I keep chickens over the winter? [Yes]. Can I grow hops from seed? [Yes]. I tried a peach tree and that didn’t make it, and neither did the peas, but the rookie of the year is these tomatillos,” he says, peeling the papery husk from a bright green fruit.
The dense foliage rustles and a Rhode Island Red darts by, followed closely by four-year-old Emmett, Reller’s son. Miller brushes a strand of hair from her eyes and studies the garden with the ever-forward eye of a farmer, wondering about next year’s rookie of the year. “I’m thinking of putting a bench right in the middle there, so you can sit and be surrounded by plants. Like a separate world.”
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• Deliveries to customers rise 14.5 per cent in first three months
• Prof. Dr. Heizmann: “Volkswagen Group* China will continue to set the standard
as we deliver a diverse range of innovative products and reliable services”
• Volkswagen Group* China and its joint venture partners are backing green
technologies in China
Volkswagen Group China has again achieved its targets for growth: With its two Chinese joint ventures, Shanghai Volkswagen and FAW- Volkswagen, the Group delivered over 880,700* vehicles to customers from January to March this year, realizing growth of 14.5 per cent over the same period of last year. “We have made a good start this year with double-digit growth in the first quarter.
Volkswagen Group China is fully committed to achieving the highest customer satisfaction in China. We will continue to set the standard for the Chinese automotive industry as we deliver a diverse range of innovative products and reliable services, expand capacity, and commit to greater sustainability in this fast growing market.” said Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft as well as President and CEO Volkswagen Group China.
“As part of our investment of more than 18 billion Euros in the Chinese market from 2014 to 2018, Volkswagen Group China and its joint-venture partners recently signed joint declarations to closely cooperate in the fields of new energy efficient models, green technologies, and environment-friendly plants,” said Prof. Dr. Heizmann. “We see new growth coming from third- and fourth-tier cities, as well as the still strong demand for individual mobility. We will reach new heights in this market and responsibly drive forward the sustainable development of China’s auto industry.”
In the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, Volkswagen Group China and its two joint ventures, Shanghai Volkswagen and FAW-Volkswagen, handed over 880,700* vehicles from January to March, including around 54,500 imported vehicles (47,900, + 13.7 per cent). In the month of March, Volkswagen Group China delivered 316,900 (262,600, + 20.7 per cent) new vehicles to customers.
With a total of 682,700 units delivered, the Volkswagen brand experienced solid growth of 14.1 per cent over the same period last year (January-March, 2013: 598,100). This strong performance was supported by the success of the Lavida and Santana as well as of the New Jetta and Sagitar.
In the best first quarter of Audi’s history in China, 124,500 customers decided to buy a car with the Four Rings – an increase of 21.1 per cent compared with the prior-year period. With the A3 Sportback, another locally produced model in the premium compact segment was launched in the Chinese market this March. Production of the A3 Sedan will start in the summer. Together with the Audi Q3, which entered the market in 2013, Audi offers the broadest range of locally produced cars in the compact premium growth segment. March was an especially strong month for Audi’s full-size models: The A6 L, A7, Q7 and A8 achieved combined growth of 38.3 per cent.
ŠKODA achieved growth in its strongest individual market, China. In March, deliveries increased by 10.1% to 20,300 vehicles (March 2013: 18,400). In the first quarter, the brand grew by a total of 7.5% to 62,000 vehicles delivered (January to March 2013: 57,700).
In the luxury segment, Lamborghini handed over 51 cars, and Bentley delivered 548 units. The sports car manufacturer Porsche delivered a total of 9,900 cars. SEATbrand delivered 179 vehicles to customers in the first quarter in China. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles reported robust growth in the first quarter of 34.5 per cent, delivering over 788 units in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong.
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Hundreds in Cash Stolen from Purse, False Tax Return Filed: Police Blotter
Burr Ridge police reports, Sept. 5-11.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 9
A thief took between $500 and $600 from a woman's purse after she left it on a chair at Subway, 112 Burr Ridge Pkwy, around 5:13 p.m.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 8
Tax Fraud Discovered
A complainant from the 0-100 block of Oak Creek Drive reported at 11:52 a.m. that personal information had been stolen from the complainant's business and that the person's tax refund had been paid to someone else.
Police said the case is pending investigation. No dollar amount on the tax refund was provided.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 6
Credit Card Fraud
A complainant from the 10 block of Old Mill Lane reported at 11:42 a.m. that several unauthorized purchases were made using his Master Card information.
Police said the purchases took place over a three-month period. The case is pending investigation.
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text: This article analyzes the return of the past in three of Marseille-based crime novelist Maurice Gouiran’s novels: La Porte des Orients perdus (2004), Et l’été finira (2012), and Les vrais durs meurent aussi (2015). Lead investigator Clovis Narigou travels far and wide in his quests to solve the murders of those in his community, and he frequently includes pedagogical asides to educate readers on the historical contexts that brought these victims to Marseille. In the three novels considered here, Narigou investigates Marseille’s historical relationship to the French Empire and how the end of this era continues to resonate in Marseille. As he emphasizes, past injustices continue to shape the present and can only be resolved through recognition and acknowledgement of earlier traumas. In these novels readers see the power of the polar genre both to uncover Marseille’s unique history regarding population migration and mobility and to propose an alternative, inclusive social model.


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A taste of Italy – 3 Italian authentic dishes each paired with a glass of Scalzi Estate wine and a take-home bottle of Scalzi estate excluding Prosecco and Rose Prosecco. $129 P/P
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We cater for dietary requirements, please advise when making your booking.
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For more background on the history of the Catimor group of coffees, see T8667.
High yielding plant adapted to lowest altitudes. Requires high fertilization.
Quality Potential at High Altitude
Coffee Leaf Rust
Coffee Berry Disease (CBD)
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Recently, IHCAFE 90 has been confirmed through scientific evaluation to be susceptible to coffee leaf rust in Honduras and maybe possibly also be susceptible in other areas of Central America. Highly susceptible to Ojo de Gallo.
High yielding plant adapted to medium altitudes. Resistant to coffee leaf rust and some nematodes.


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“The Kitchen” Lounge & Restaurant at Metro Hotel Dublin Airport offers outstanding cuisine combined with the very best of traditional hospitality and friendly efficient service.
After a long flight or a day spent exploring visitor attractions in Dublin City, our lounge & restaurant provide the ideal ambience to relax and unwind. With a complete refurbishment having just taken place, we offer the best in contemporary design & decor with an extremely cosy and rustic feel.
Our dining options are designed with you in mind and our head chef Samuel and his team strive to offer a top class culinary experience for all of our guests and customers.
Start the day with a hearty breakfast where you can choose from traditional cooked or continental options. You may wish to opt for a wholesome breakfast special either, our menu has a wide array of delicious items to choose from.
Enjoy a relaxing lunch in our lounge and a delicious dinner in our restaurant. From business lunches to pre-dinner drinks and everything in between, the options at Metro Hotel Dublin Airport are catered especially for you.
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Have a great start to your day with a lovely breakfast from our Breakfast Menu. Our floor to ceiling glass windows in the dining area are ideal to give you that morning fresh feel and our delicious breakfast will energize you to take on the day. Be it just a morning meeting over coffee or a filling breakfast before your flight out from Dublin Airport, we are sure you will find our setting at the Metro Hotel Dublin Airport ideal.
Our bar & lounge is the perfect place for a light meal whether you have just arrived from the airport, have a meeting with a colleague or you’re simply enjoying a leisurely afternoon.
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The WEKO liquid supply unit provides the exact amount of liquid. The integrated pump transports the liquid from a storage tank to the rotor carrier. The rotor disc spindles and forms pre-defined jet stream of micro droplets. These micro droplets spray evenly over the web, and create therefore a uniform liquid film. Unused liquid returns to the liquid storage tanks.
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Brandon Straka, the leader of the #Walkaway movement, which encourages people to leave the Democrat party, has been holding rallies lately in cities across the country including Washington DC last weekend, the day after the Million MAGA March.
Today, he is holding one in Atlanta, Georgia with a group of supporters gathered in front of CNN’s headquarters. A video by Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGontheScene) shows the group at one point chanting, “CNN Sucks!”
Another video shows the crowd chanting “Shame on you!” Later in that video, Straka explains that “the evidence speaks for itself” and he had decided to walk away “largely because the fake news in this country cannot be trusted, cannot be trusted, and they’ve got to go.”
Straka added, “It’s time for the fake news to go. How about that?” He then leads the crowd in a chant of “It’s time for you to go!”
Yesterday, at a White House press conference, Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany refused to call on on CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and instead told her that she doesn’t “call on activists.”
Collins attempted to save face by tweeting, “It’s understandable why someone who hasn’t done their job — taking questions from reporters — in weeks would confuse someone else doing theirs with activism.”
It’s understandable why someone who hasn’t done their job — taking questions from reporters — in weeks would confuse someone else doing theirs with activism.— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) November 20, 2020
Conservatives are busy this morning in Georgia, including Marjorie Taylor Greene who tweeted that she has a “Great group of volunteer door knockers for Super Saturday in Northwest Georgia! Turning out the vote for @KLoeffler and @Perduesenate on January 5!”
Two weeks ago, the night after the election, Straka was involved in the rally held outside the Maricopa County elections office in Arizona as election counters inside tabulated the county’s ballots.
The Daily Beast attempted to downplay the gathering, calling it a “MAGA clown show” and suggesting that Straka was in it for the money.
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- ‘Are You Freakin’ Kidding Me?’ Tucker Carlson Scoffs At Geraldo Rivera Calling Concerns About Illegal Immigrants Bringing COVID In a ‘Xenophobic Reaction’ - July 30, 2021
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Title: Etched on Me
Author: Jenn Crowell
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Pages: Paperback; 336
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart
Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with vivid characters dealing with tough issues.
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On the surface, sixteen-year-old Lesley Holloway is just another bright new student at Hawthorn Hill, a posh all-girls'; prep school north of London. Little do her classmates know that she recently ran away from home, where her father had spent years sexually abusing her. Nor does anyone know that she's secretly cutting herself as a coping mechanism...until the day she goes too far and ends up in the hospital.
Lesley spends the next two years in and out of psychiatric facilities, where she overcomes her traumatic memories and finds the support of a surrogate family. Eventually completing university and earning her degree, she is a social services success story—until she becomes unexpectedly pregnant in her early twenties. Despite the overwhelming odds she has overcome, the same team that saved her as an adolescent will now question whether Lesley is fit to be a mother. And so she embarks upon her biggest battle yet: the fight for her unborn daughter.
Etched on Me deserves a round of applause. Honestly, it does. It deals with situations that most of us shy away from talking about, but it does it in a blindly honest and raw way. Things like childhood sexual abuse, depression, self-destructive behaviors, and just plain loneliness are all touched on. Lesley Holloway's story may be fiction, but the book speaks to those who know these feelings are real. Jenn Crowell shows that traumas like these have both the power to break us down, and to push us into the arms of the people we need to build us back up. It shows the reality of the long, hard climb back into the light.
In terms of the fictional side of it all, Lesley was a brilliantly written character. Sexually abused from a young age, we meet her as she has finally had the courage to escape from her abuser, and find the help she needs. What I loved about Lesley was how realistic her character felt. She isn't perfect. She's petty, jealous, loving, confused, hate-filled, and every other emotion there is out there. I eagerly followed her journey as she fought to make a life she could believe in. I cried with her, laughed with her, and felt all the bumps along the road as if I were her. Jenn Crowell has written one amazing character in Etched on Me.
In fact, that's what I loved about this whole story. The raw, gritty feel that it has to it. Lesley's recovery is brutal. It's filled with people who both lift her up, and dash her back down to the ground. She makes mistakes, stumbles and falls, yet still manages to pick herself back up. Everything about her journey made me feel like I was right there with her. This story shows us how much strength we all possess inside us. It reminds us that hope is out there. That help can be sought if you know where to look. That no one is perfect, but we can damn sure try to be our best selves. That fighting your way out of the darkness isn't easy.
I'm so glad I agreed to read Etched on Me. While I haven't had to deal with anything of this magnitude in my own life, I had no problem feeling everything Lesley felt. I honestly feel that Crowell's book has the power to change lives. To remind those out there who might be silently dealing with abuse, self-harm, or anything of that nature, that there is a voice for us all. Even if it's one told through fiction. Huge applause for this book. Highly recommended.
FTC Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. I was not monetarily compensated for my opinion.


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Prophecy Platinum (CVE:NKL) has agreed to extend the proposed acquisition of Ursa Major Minerals (TSE:UMJ) to Monday July 16, the company said Tuesday.
will issue one common share in exchange for every 25 outstanding shares
of Ursa. Based on the 79.7 million Ursa shares, Prophecy is expected to
issue 3.19 million shares.
The merger, which was first announced on March 1, will create a mid-tier resource company with a pipeline of Platinum and Nickel projects including the Shakespeare Nickel-copper mine near Sudbury, and the Wellgreen project, in Yukon Territory and Manitoba’s Lynn Lake.
Shakespeare has a probable reserve of 11.82 million tonnes grading 0.33% Nickel, 0.35% copper and 0.02% cobalt with 0.33 grams per tonne (g/t) Platinum. This includes 0.36 g/t palladium and 0.18 g/t gold.
Prophecy is a Canadian Nickel and Platinum
group metals exploration explorer with projects in Canada, Argentina
and Uruguay. In Canada, it holds the Lynn Lake project in Manitoba, as
well as Wellgreen.
The Wellgreen project in the Yukon has over 10 million ounces of Platinum-palladium-gold inferred resource. Active drilling is ongoing with a pending preliminary economic assessment study.
Manitoba's Lynn Lake Nickel-copper has over 262 million pounds of Nickel and 138 million pounds of copper in the measured and indicated categories.
Separately, the Vancouver-based miner revealed underground drill results from its Wellgreen project.
Drill hole WU12-523 hit significant widths of mineralization of 242.6 metres containing 0.47 grams per tonne (g/t) Platinum, palladium and gold and 0.24% Nickel and 0.13% copper.
This includes 18 metres grading at 1.05 g/t Platinum, palladium and gold, and 0.50% Nickel and 0.27% copper nested within 50.9 metres of 0.74 g/t Platinum, palladium and gold.
infill drill results of significant widths and grades continue to
define and enhance Wellgreen’s resource model,” Prophecy chairman John
Lee said in a statement.
“Production has been great and
additional rigs have arrived on site. We have started to drill several
exciting surface soil-anomalies to expand Wellgreen’s strike.”
Results of infill and exploration drillings will be published monthly throughout summer.


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At only about half as wide in diameter as a U.S. penny, the largest raindrops ever recorded, between 8.8 mm and 1 cm, were observed by scientists in the clouds above Brazil (1995) and the Marshall Islands (1999). It is unknown, however, if these bad boys ever reached the ground at that size. So why cant raindrops grow to arbitrarily large sizes?
To begin with, lets talk a little about how raindrops actually form. Raindrops are more than just water; the vapor in a cloud has to have something to condense around, without which there would be no rain. Called condensation nuclei, little particles in the air, from dust, smoke or even salt, sit at the center of the tiny droplets that begin to form in a cloud.
These tiny droplets, usually between 0.001 and 0.005 mm in diameter, at first form a nearly spherical shape thanks to the relatively strong cohesive forces between the water molecules. As the water drop is buffeted around in the air, it collides with other drops, and these small drops coalesce into larger and larger droplets.
Ultimately the water drop will become large enough to fall to earth. When this happens, the surface tension of the water that keeps the drop more or less spherical is partially overcome by the airflow pressure on its lower surface as it falls. This causes the bottom of the drop to flatten out, while the top retains its rounded shape.
Thus, contrary to the popular perception of a teardrop shaped raindrop, thanks to the various pressures the water drop is subjected to as it falls to the ground, the raindrop actually tends to look sort of like a kidney bean or the top of a hamburger bun. For very large droplets, it can even start to look something like a jellyfish bell, with this usually happening when a raindrop reaches around 4 mm across. When the droplets get larger than this (at around 5 mm), the air pressure will ultimately overcome the surface tension of the water completely and the raindrop will split apart.
As the drop continues to fall, it can continue to grow or shrink as it bumps into and absorbs or is broken apart by other droplets. Thanks to this process, the average raindrop that actually makes it to your head is only around 1 to 2 mm across.
That said, scientists began recording significantly larger drops in the 1980s while studying clouds. For instance, in 1986, cloud physicists, using the staple of all awesome science- lasers- recorded raindrops as large as 8 mm in a tropical storm over Hawaii, which was shocking since, at the time, there had been a kind of consensus that raindrops would never get bigger than about 2.5 mm.
Even factoring in that these large drops were buffeting about in the clouds instead of falling to earth, the scientists were surprised to find that they could last long enough to grow that big without being broken apart; rather, during that early research in Hawaii, they found that the average lifespan of a 5 mm drop was around a remarkable 20 minutes.
For the aforementioned 8.8 mm and 1 cm record-holding raindrops found in the clouds over Brazil, scientists opined that they were the product of relatively large ash particles from fires burning in one of Brazils rainforests- the larger the condensation nuclei, the larger the raindrop can potentially be, at least to a point.
As for the similarly sized raindrops observed in 1999 on a relatively clear day in the Marshall Islands, they hypothesized that these droplets formed around salt nuclei and that there must have been an unusually high content of liquid water in a narrow area of clouds which caused the droplets to collide more frequently, but without breaking, forming these mega-drops.
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Conservative Management of Carpal Tunnel Symptoms: A Comparison of the effectiveness of orthosis wear, kinesiotaping and paraffin treatment.
Kaplan, B. M., Akyuz, G., Kokar, S., & Yagci, I. (2018). Comparison of the effectiveness of orthotic intervention, kinesiotaping, and paraffin treatments in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: A single-blind and randomized controlled study. Journal of Hand Therapy, 32, 297-304.
The authors completed a randomized control trial with three groups to test the effectiveness of kinesiotape and paraffin for carpal tunnel syndrome (paraffin hand therapy). There were three groups in this study:
CON group (n = 36) – Control group with a fabricated nighttime orthosis which holds the wrist in a neutral position.
KIN group (n = 37) – This group was fabricated a nighttime orthosis which holds the wrist in neutral position AND kinesiotape was applied 2 times per week for a 3-week period.
PARA group (n = 37) – This group was fabricated a nighttime orthosis which holds with wrist in a neutral position AND paraffin treatment 3 times a week for a 3-week period.
In the Weeds
110 patients were selected for this study based on the inclusion criteria which included symptoms for less than a year, no previous carpal tunnel injections or surgery, no therapy that specifically targeted CTS in the past 6 months, no co-morbidities such as diabetes and no trauma to the wrist or its surrounding structures. When comparing hand strength, the KIN group showed a greater improvement than the CON and PARA groups at the 3 month mark. The KIN group also showed a significant decrease in pain through the use of the VAS scale from pre-treatment to the 3 month mark with a decrease from 7.1/10 to 2.1/10. Kinesiotape application: Tape was applied distal to proximal from distal palmar crease at 3rd, 4th, and 5th metacarpals to 5 cm short of medial epicondyle with paper off tension. Tape was applied across the wrist with 20% tension across the carpal tunnel with 0% tension on the ends of the tape.
Bringing it Home
The results found that the use of kinesiotape and a nighttime orthotic proved most effective in reducing pain scores in patients with CTS. This gives therapists an evidence based treatment option for conservative management of CTS with the use of the kinesiotaping and splinting. The daytime kinesiotaping allows for functional use of the involved hand without having to wear an orthosis during the day. It is worth noting that kinesiotape tends to stick differently to different clients and usually needs to be reapplied every 3-5 days. That makes this a short-term solution and an adjunct to the treatment rather than the primary method of management.
The treatment provided was very detailed, giving therapists the tools to re-create these methods in a clinical setting. When reporting their results, authors state an improvement in grip strength, but do not include these numbers in their article.. This may be an important statistical number to this particular population as many individuals who have CTS deal with a lack of grip strength. Overall this is a very well written article giving therapists another tool for their toolbox when treating individuals with CTS.
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Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan has given a cautious welcome to the latest Labour Market Statistics published today, which show a rise in the number of people in work in Wales and a continued fall in the economic inactivity rate and level in Wales.
Figures for the three months from December 2010 to February 2011 show the employment level in Wales rose by 2,000 from the last quarter to 1.334million.
Meanwhile, the economic inactivity rate in Wales fell by 0.5% on the last quarter to 25.7% and the economic inactivity level dropped by 9,000 on the previous three month, to 487,000.
Mrs Gillan said: “I welcome the rise in the number of people in work and the fall in the economic inactivity rate. However, the small rise in unemployment suggests the economic recovery remains fragile.
“We must remain cautious despite these promising signs, as the latest statistics show we need to redouble efforts to stop the rise in unemployment. That is why we must continue to work together across governments to address this. The UK Government and Welsh Assembly Government both have a responsibility to create the right conditions for economic growth, investment and jobs in Wales and we will continue to send a clear message that work pays.”

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Spectral measurements in production or production environment
Online measurements place high demands on the optical measurement instrumentation.
Common necessities are
- a high measurement speed
- resistant against mechanical stress, e.g. vibrations and collisions
- long-term stability
- insensitive against ambient light
- 100 % reliable data transfer
Such measurements are often done with sensors and filter devices due to speed demands. But there exist more and more online measuring applications where spectral data are necessary because they give additional information about the process or the product quality. Due to the fact that spectroradiometer became increasingly robust and fast, they can be used for such applications if all needed parameters are carefully checked.
Possible applications are
- the quality check of special light sources, e.g. constant Color Temperature lamps
- the adjustment of LED light sources
- the color coding of products
- the measurement of displays
The instruments of the specbos and spectraval series can be used for such applications.
Both instruments can be implemented into customer specific applications using DLL functions of the Software Development Kit (SDK, included in the device delivery). The radiometric calculations are done in the instrument and the results, e.g. special spectral values, the Color temperature or colorimetric values, are exported to the host PC.
- DWORD JETI_Measure (DWORD dwDevice)
- DWORD JETI_Photo (DWORD dwDevice, FLOAT *fPhoto)
- DWORD JETI_Chromxy10 (DWORD dwDevice, FLOAT *fChromx10, FLOAT *fChromy10)
- DWORD JETI_CCT (DWORD dwDevice, DWORD *dwCCT)
The list shows the DLL functions as an example for the measurement and the output of selected measuring values (the photometric value, the xy coordinates for the 10° observer and the Correlated Color Temperature CCT).
The standard models of specbos and spectraval are equipped with a USB interface. It is recommended to use a LAN interface for online applications due to its higher robustness and reliability. spectraval 1501 as well as specbos 1211-2 are offered optionally with additional LAN interface (spectraval 1501 LAN and specbos 1211-2-LAN). specbos 1211-2 can alternatively be delivered with a RS 232 interface (specbos 1211-2-RS).
The LAN versions are often used in online applications because the data transfer is more reliable, particularly in electromagnetically disturbed surroundings. It is especially recommended to use them in applications with many lamp power supplies, with motor driven parts and with long distances between probe and host computer.
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There was an extensive northward migration of Painted Ladies in southern Oregon from at least between April 21 to April 25, 2019. Three different observers recorded migration rates ranging from between 68 northward in 2 hours on April 23 to 300 northwestward in 15 minutes on April 25. These butterflies are likely part of a second generation that originated farther south somewhere in California. From other reports I've received, conditions in California and southern Nevada have been so favorable that two generations of Painted Ladies grew and thrived there on an abundance of nectar and larval food plants.
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BY SHAUNA NOSLER / PHOTOGRAPHY BY CAROLE TOPALIAN | MARCH 16, 2019
How the agbioscience industry is helping feed an imperfect world
“The agriculture industry is being revolutionized by our leading Hoosier entrepreneurs, institutions of higher learning and companies …” —Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb
Food. We all need it. And there’s more than enough, in fact, to go around. According to the USDA Economic Research Service, in 2010 (the most recent year for which data is available) the U.S. food supply provided 4,000 calories per person per day, yet the average American consumed far less at just 2,476 calories per day. Still, even with the excess production, which is estimated to be even greater today, more than 40 million Americans face hunger. So while some Americans are eating more and wasting more, in other words, many barely have enough to eat.
But all is not lost, thanks in part to individuals, educators, politicians, researchers, agbioscience companies and many others who are diligently working to transform our current food system. Right here in the Hoosier State, AgriNovus Indiana—a statewide initiative working to promote and accelerate the growth of the agbioscience industry— is pushing the envelope to foster a world where innovation and research come together with globally traded companies, family-owned businesses and entrepreneurs alike to create solutions and, hopefully, foster a healthier, more sustainable future for all of us.
But first… before we can feed the hungry… before we can make sure that the food we produce makes it to our plates and not a landfill… we have to take a long look in the mirror and recondition our minds to what constitutes edible food, and what doesn’t. We have to rethink the spots on our apples.
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and AgriNovus Indiana President and CEO Beth Bechdol at the 2018 National FFA Blue Room presented by AgriNovus Indiana and powered by Microsoft. Photograph courtesy of AgriNovus.
Yes, yes. We’ve all done it—used a filter to make our food photos closer to what we perceive as perfect: our salmon the perfect shade of red; our egg yolks the perfect hue of yellow; our greens, as green as they can be without making it obvious that we used a filter. Did she? Or didn’t she? But, I mean, why not? If magazines can airbrush humans, why can’t foodies do the same for their Instagram feeds?
But the demand for blemish-free produce goes well beyond our social media requisites. Consumers rummage for that perfect piece of fruit before they’ll place it in their carts, grocers sort and discard before stacking it on their shelves, distributors do the same before packing it in their delivery trucks as do farmers before bringing it to market.
Why? Because here in America we’re programmed to not only want the best, but also to expect it and that mindset has led to an unprecedented level of food waste. This is where the innovators and industry leaders working in the agbiosciences don their superhero capes and swoop in to help us rethink the entire concept of perfect produce.
“Agbiosciences is the sector where food, agriculture, science and technology all converge,” says Beth Bechdol, president and CEO of AgriNovus. “Think about it as a simple addition equation: ag plus bio plus science,” she says of the term. The work being done within the industry, she explains, essentially merges modern, innovative agriculture—or what most people think of as farming or production agriculture—with biology (aka the life sciences, human health and nutrition) and other sciences including tech, engineering, coding and so much more.
And here in Indiana, the sub-sectors of innovation with the greatest strength and potential opportunity are plant sciences, animal health and nutrition, human food and nutrition and high-tech agriculture.
According to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation—a partnership governed by a board of directors focused on growing and retaining businesses in Indiana as well as attracting new business to the state—in 2014, the agbioscience sector contributed roughly $16 billion to Indiana’s gross domestic product (GDP). As a whole, agriculture contributes roughly $31.2 billion to the Hoosier GDP annually, and the agbioscience sector accounts for nearly half of that. A 2016 study on Indiana’s agbioscience workforce conducted by TEConomy Partners, LLC, shows the agbioscience industry is a significant economic driver of Indiana’s economy, employing just over 75,000 individuals, not including primary production workers (farming). Furthermore, the industry has seen robust growth over the past decade. From 2003 to 2014, Indiana experienced a 22% increase in agbioscience employment compared with a 3% growth rate for Indiana’s total private sector.
“There’s a wide variety of career and job opportunities from coding, to marketing, to engineering, to agronomy, to food science,” says Bechdol. “The sector is bursting with cutting-edge technology, science and research—from genomics and biologics to artificial intelligence, robotics, sensors and digital imagery. The industry is ever-changing and at an even accelerated pace because of technology advancements and the numerous connection points to other industries.”
But while the agbiosciences have seen a huge increase in job growth and experts agree the future looks bright, it’s not without its challenges.
“There’s a misperception that the food and agriculture sector lacks the innovation, ingenuity, creativity and technology that define other industries today,” says Bechdol. To that end, she says AgriNovus is working to correct misperceptions, accelerate early-stage companies and entrepreneurs and bring future talent into the agbioscience sector by partnering with colleges and universities, incubators, co-working spaces, start-up companies and entrepreneurial organizations—both locally and globally.
And Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb agrees.
“We’ve had the opportunity to proudly tell Indiana’s agbioscience story in a big way this year,” Governor Holcomb says.
“We’ve formed new local and global relationships, held major conferences and welcomed new business investment to our state. The agriculture industry is being revolutionized by our leading Hoosier entrepreneurs, institutions of higher learning and companies who are meeting the modern needs of the world with their exports, services and products. The agbioscience ecosystem is only going to keep growing, and Indiana’s own AgriNovus has been right in the center of it all.” And adds Bechdol, it’s advances in the agbiosciences that will serve to ensure we find solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges; one of those being food waste. What if we could eliminate hunger and nutrition issues and at the same time reduce food waste?
FROM FARM TO GARBAGE CAN
Most everyone—regardless of the era in which you grew up or where on the political spectrum you reside—can agree: Food waste is a problem. Not only here in the U.S., but globally as well. And the problem is much broader than simply tossing the crust from a peanut butter and jelly sandwich into the trash, or scraping the pickles and onions off a fast-food burger. Because when we throw away edible food in our homes, when grocery stores toss perfectly good-to-consume “ugly” produce, and when farmers let crops go unharvested (for whatever reason), we are not only wasting food, but we are wasting the valuable resources it took to grow it:
- 18% of U.S. cropland grows food that’s eventually wasted
- 19% of all fertilizer is used on food that’s wasted
- 21% of our freshwater supply is used to hydrate food that will be wasted
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that nearly one-third of the world’s food supply never makes it to human consumption. Here in the U.S., the percentage is even higher and according to the Environmental Protection Agency, Americans discard so much food that it has become the biggest single component in landfills and incinerators. And the EPA, among other agencies, believes that reducing food waste is one of the top ways to reverse global warming.
Yet there’s some good news. The people working in agbiosciences are discovering ways to use fewer resources while producing better crop yields and in turn, reduce food waste and protect our planet—case in point, brown spots on apples.
Here in the U.S., apples are one of 10 approved GMO crops. The technology behind the innovations specifically used for apples help farmers produce fruit with less browning. And less browning means fewer apples are being thrown away because, well, because they’re no longer part of the “ugly” produce club. And its advancements in the agbiosciences that have helped produce more aesthetically appealing apples—among other items—not only to the consumer, but to grocers and producers as well.
“Agbioscience innovation will allow us to feed the world, protect the planet and improve lives,” says Bechdol.


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One of the most enjoyable aspects of 3D printing culture is the devotion to the free flow of information. Whether through releasing STL files on Instructables or creating open source software and equipment, makers around the world are singularly dedicated to providing access to information, free of charge, to as large a segment of society as possible. This is a distinctly different model than advocated by protectionist sectors and, frankly, is a breath of fresh air during a time in which access to knowledge is increasingly only accessible at a higher and higher cost.
It was in this context that 3D Printing For Everyone (3DP4E) released their first 3D printing resource book last year. Their second version, only just released, has been updated to reflect the continued changes and exponential growth in 3D print. The founder and CEO of 3DP4E, Ron Rose, explained the reasoning behind the effort:
“It’s the manifestation of something I needed when I first started in 3D printing. There was so much information spread all over the Internet, that it was almost impossible to find my bearings. I needed just one resource I could consult with all of it,” said Rose. “I believe we’ve created that.”
The newest edition has over 220 sources for information in 3D printing ranging from fashion to services, from books to websites, and everything in between. And, of course, 3DPrint.com made an appearance as a superior news resource for the 3D printing and digital fabrication community (as well as an accessible point of entry for laypeople!)
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“Over the past year, 3DP4E has researched and gathered more of the best and most useful tools, and added them into the updated 2nd Edition of our 3D Printing and Digital Fabrication Resource Guide. The updated guide features over 220 entries that connect readers to free and professional 3D modeling software, model uploading and sharing sites, 3D scanning and printing services, resources for kids, and more. The 3DP4E’s 3D Printing and Digital Fabrication Resource Guide is the most comprehensive reference material for 3D printing today.”
Since 3D printing and additive manufacturing as accessible to a wide audience is still so new, there are few who don’t remember the difficulties of gaining the necessary familiarity and expertise to smoothly maneuver through its day to day operations. As a result, those who have been pioneers in the field are dedicated to helping those who come after them to make the plunge. This resource guide is a bit like having an instructor to lead you through the deep waters rather than having to invent your own scuba gear and draw your own maps. There’s simply no good reason not to take advantage of it.
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MEGAN Smith was officially the envy of the region’s beautiful babies as she toddled home with the Tiny Tots 2007 winner’s trophy.
The two-year-old’s mum Joanna Moores, 21, dad Andrew Smith, 26, and eight-month-old baby sister and fellow Tiny Tots rival Lexi, couldn’t be more thrilled.
Voters were so eager to send in their entries for the Congleton youngster that all the shops neighbouring the family home sold out of copies of the Macclesfield Express.
Megan, however, was more concerned about munching her way through a biscuit than celebrating the achievement, but beamed when she saw her huge silver trophy.
Full time mum Joanna said: "I can’t believe it! It’s brilliant that she has won, but it is such a big surprise – I really wasn’t expecting it.
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"I’ve been busy ringing everyone to let them know and they are all chuffed to bits. I also told Megan she was the winner, she seemed pleased but was more concerned with eating a biscuit at the time! I think she is perhaps a bit too young to understand.
"She is a happy little girl and has a lovely smile, she can be quite loud at times but is a bit shy around strangers."
In addition to their trophy – which is almost as big as little Megan – the family won £100 worth of Marks and Spencer vouchers and will get a framed portrait of the champion child, taken by photographer John Wood.
Megan’s doting great-grandma, Brenda Evans, said: "I’m thrilled to bits. She is beautiful to us, but I’m so delighted that other people think so too. Congleton ran out of the Macc Express because everyone had been buying all the copies!"
It was a fight to the finish for the runner-up positions, who also win a professionally-taken photograph. But after the floods of votes were counted, bonny Bollington lad Shaun Lewis Clarke – who was 16-months-old at the date of entry – came in second and cute Ebony Grace Stewart, eight months, of Allen Street, Macclesfield, was third.
Ebony’s parents Joleen, 20, and Ryan Stewart, 22, were delighted to hear their bouncing baby girl was the talk of the town. Joleen, a media make-up student at Macclesfield College, said: "I’m ecstatic that she’s a runner-up, she is very pretty and always smiling."


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Red Cross To Install Smoke Alarms, Teach People Fire Safety In Rothschild & Two Wausau Neighborhoods
Nationwide campaign aims to reduce the number of home fire deaths, injuries
Wausau, WI… (June 12, 2015) – The American Red Cross of North Central Wisconsin will be visiting the Longfellow and the Southwest Jones Neighborhoods along with the Village of Rothschild as part of its Home Fire Preparedness Campaign to teach people how to be prepared for home fires and install smoke alarms where needed.
Seven times a day someone in this country dies in a home fire. Countless others suffer injuries. To combat these tragic statistics, the Red Cross has launched a nationwide campaign to reduce the number of deaths and injuries due to home fires by 25 percent over the next five years.
The Home Fire Preparedness Campaign is happening all over the country and involves Red Cross workers joining with local fire departments and community groups to visit neighborhoods at high risk for fires. Those visits include educating people about fire safety through door-to-door visits and installation of smoke alarms in some of these neighborhoods.
Individuals, teams and community groups are asked to volunteer as they are needed to reach entire neighborhoods. “The Red Cross provides the training and materials, you just have to provide the enthusiasm and as little as one morning to make our communities safer. Installing smoke alarms cuts the risk of someone dying from a home fire in half, so each home visit may save a person’s life! That’s a powerful feeling,” stated Brian Cockerham, Disaster Program Manager.
Wednesday, June 17th Canvassing Event – 9:00a.m. – Noon
Volunteers should meet at the North Central Chapter office, 1602 N 2nd Street, Wausau, then we will proceed as a group to the Longfellow and the Southwest Jones Neighborhoods to distribute door hangers which notify residents we will return on Saturday to install alarms.
Saturday, June 20th Smoke Alarm Installation Event – 9:00a.m. – 3:00p.m; lunch provided
Volunteers should meet at the North Central Chapter office, 1602 N 2nd Street, Wausau for team assignments, supplies & fire education training session. We will visit the homes who received notifications the week before. Volunteers can register at: https://volunteerconnection.redcross.org/?nd=form__4402
Village of Rothschild: Residents are being asked to call the Rothschild Fire Department if they would like to have their existing smoke alarms checked or have new alarms installed at715-359-5100. Callers should leave a message with their name, address and phone number and must be home between 9:00a.m. -3:00p.m. on Saturday, June 27th. Volunteers should meet at the Rothschild Fire Department, 211 Grand Ave, at 9:00a.m. for fire safety education, supplies, team assignments, supplies and routes. Lunch will be provided. Volunteers can register at: https://volunteerconnection.redcross.org/?nd=form__4407
For either event, potential participants may also contact [email protected]
Simple Steps to Save Lives
The Red Cross is asking everyone to take two simple steps that can save lives: check their existing smoke alarms and practice fire drills at home,
There are several things families and individuals can do to increase their chances of surviving a fire:
- If someone doesn’t have smoke alarms, install them. At a minimum, put one on every level of the home, inside bedrooms and outside sleeping areas. Local building codes vary and there may be additional requirements where someone lives.
- If someone does have alarms, test them today. If they don’t work, replace them.
- Make sure that everyone in the family knows how to get out of every room and how to get out of the home in less than two minutes.
- Practice that plan. What’s the household’s escape time?
The Red Cross responds to nearly 70,000 disasters each year in the United States and the vast majority of those are home fires. In Wisconsin along, the Red Cross responded to nearly 1,000 home fires last year. You can help people affected by disasters like home fires and countless other crises by making a donation to support American Red Cross Disaster Relief. Your gift enables the Red Cross to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from disasters big and small. Visit redcross.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS or text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.


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More doc groups beg for shortened MU reporting period — Early lessons of comparative effectiveness research — CMS announces ICD-10 testing period
DOCS CONTINUE PLEA FOR SHORTENED REPORTING PERIOD: Another doctors’ group is begging ONC and CMS for a shorter meaningful use reporting period in 2015. The American College of Cardiology writes to Karen DeSalvo and Marilyn Tavenner that by requiring a full year reporting period, CMS and ONC are setting up providers and hospitals for failure. “While a certain amount of emphasis can spur on positive developments and encourage reticent participants, the pressure imposed on EPs and EHs at this point in time is inappropriate and largely outside of their control to address,” the heart docs say. “They are dependent upon the availability of vendors to upgrade their EHRs, assuming that their vendors have received certification for upgrades. If not, they have to select a new EHR and again, are dependent upon the availability of the vendors to implement the new EHR.” We’re not seeing any government movement toward a 90-day reporting period, but hope springs eternal.
Welcome to Friday morning eHealth, where we have a whole new understanding of how technology is used in hospitals after checking out Children’s National Hospital with some folks from HIMSS yesterday. I even got to see a CCDA in real life, an important step in my growing health IT education. Docs in Children’s emergency department told us that meaningful use requirements were smoothly embedded in their workflows — how convenient! Can it be that easy for you other docs out there, too? Let us know! Ping us at firstname.lastname@example.org and connect with us on Twitter @ashleyrgold, @POLITICOPro, @Morning_eHealth.
WORK SUMMARIZES LESSONS OF EARLY COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH: A new paper published in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research summarizes key takeaways from $100 million in projects that use electronic data for research. The 12 projects were managed by the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality, funded by the 2009 stimulus package and provided the foundation for the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, or PCORnet. Among the lessons learned are the need to standardize commonly used terms and definitions and improve the quality of data, as well as the need for stakeholder engagement and the use of more analytic tools in diverse settings. Comparative effectiveness research, which compares the impact of different treatments for the same condition, can’t be conducted, in many cases, without health IT. “A close collaboration between the clinical informatics, clinical, patient, and [comparative effectiveness research] communities has the potential to rapidly and efficiently generate evidence to fill our large knowledge gaps, according to the paper.
CMS ANNOUNCES ICD-10 TESTING PERIOD: CMS has announced a testing period for ICD-10. April 26 through May 1, a sample group of providers will have the opportunity to participate in ICD-10 end-to-end testing. More info: http://go.cms.gov/1zFRw3y
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NEW INFO ON UNIQUE DEVICE IDENTIFIERS FOR MED DEVICES: FDA has announced the next two compliance dates for UDI compliance: September 24, 2015 for non-class III implantable, life-supporting, and life-sustaining devices and September 24, 2016 for class II devices. More info here: http://1.usa.gov/1zDEane
CAREGIVERS AND DIGITAL HEALTH DEVICES: According to new research from Parks Associates, 41 percent of caregivers use digital health care devices. Among US broadband households, 22 percent have a head of household who currently provides care for a family member or anticipates doing so in the near future. Of the 10,000 broadband households surveyed, 44 percent of current or future caregivers expressed an interest in a “panic button” or mobile personal emergency response system. And 27 percent use and own one or more connected health device, with eight percent using a watch to track the individual they’re caring for. More on that here: http://bit.ly/1z8PJ83
CERNER: BIG MONEY, BIG TAX BREAKS: According to a report from Good Jobs First, EHR giant Cerner is one of the most profitable companies to receive large tax breaks. Of 99 firms that have been awarded more than $19 billion in cumulative subsidies, Cerner ranked third at $1.7 billion. Neal Patterson, CEO of Cerner, is estimated to be worth $1.55 billion by Forbes. Good Jobs First argues: “Such subsidies — in the form of business property tax abatements, corporate income tax credits, sales tax exemptions, training grants, infrastructure improvements and the like — are supposed to promote job creation and broad-based economic growth. Yet they are often awarded to profitable, growing companies that do not need tax breaks to finance a project, meaning that the subsidies serve mainly to increase profits.”
PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS ON THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE: A new study from Booz Allen Hamilton shows both gaps and commonalities in patient and provider outlooks on health care. Two in five physicians recommend that their patients utilize apps, while only 22 percent of individuals who own a smartphone/tablet use those devices to manage their health care. Beyond that, there has also been a jump in the number of physicians using computers or mobile devices during patient visits, with one in five using a smartphone and one in six on a tablet. A strong majority of providers foresee their practice or hospital investing more in IT over the next five years. The research was conducted among 1,000 consumers and 400 primary care providers, specialists and administrators. More details: http://bit.ly/1sMMem8
NEW YORK BILL TO COVER TELEMEDICINE: A bill in New York that would require private health plans to cover telemedicine visits has been sent to the governor’s desk for his signature, the author of the legislation said Thursday. State lawmakers passed the bill in June. New York would be the 22nd state to enact a law that mandates private insurance coverage of telemedicine. The law would take effect Jan. 1.
HOUSE OVERSIGHT TO INCLUDE IT SUBCOMITTEE: Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who's set to take over the chairmanship of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee next year, is launching a new Information Technology subcommittee, according to POLITICO PRO’s Morning Tech. It will focus on federal IT procurement, intellectual property, cybersecurity, IT infrastructure and "emerging technology," an aide is quoted as saying. Troy Stock, currently a counsel in Chaffetz's personal office, will serve as staff director for the subcommittee, and Jonathan Nabavi, who was in Rep. George Holding's office, will be the new panel's lead counsel. Chaffetz was among the signatories of a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell on Wednesday asking her to slow the meaningful use program.
WHAT WE’RE CLICKING:
Consumer Watchdog is urging people in California to opt out of the Cal INDEX health information exchange, citing privacy concerns: http://bit.ly/1wpTkg6
Some insights from the Altarum Institute: How to make health care innovate like IT: http://bit.ly/1wpRN9U
Health IT Standards committee member Wes Rishel’s take on Wednesday’s contentious FACA meeting on electronic consent management: http://bit.ly/1wpSb8h
Moda Health looks to ease members’ minds of medical data theft, MedCityNews reports: http://bit.ly/1sJTfEr
SoloHealth raises $4.3M for biometric screening kiosks, MobiHealthNews reports: http://bit.ly/1sDQa2Q
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Our open, interoperable system provides a complete end-to-end solution to enhance the patient experience across care settings and improve coordination with VA and private sector care providers. Each patient has a single, consistent, and authoritative record spanning the military health system. This contributes to visibility on the patient from battlefield to bedside and supports safety and quality of care advances. Innovations like IBM Watson can help provide clinicians with advanced resources through evidence-based analytics and insights that represent the best medical treatment options.
We support the Defense Department's commitment to provide trusted care anytime, anywhere and deliver on the promise to those who serve and their families.
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October 21, 2015
Hillsboro, OR – Ruralite Services is pleased to announce Todd C. Munsey as its Communicator of the Year for 2015.
Munsey is member services director for Douglas Electric Cooperative, based in Roseburg, Oregon. Among his many responsibilities is providing content for Ruralite magazine, the cooperative’s monthly publication for consumers.
In selecting Munsey for the award, Ruralite editors cited his effective use of all available magazine pages, his participation in the biennial Ruralite Writer’s Workshop and twice yearly Ruralite Publications Committee, and his community involvement.
“Todd is one of those guys you just love to work with,” said Ruralite Assistant Editor Mike Teegarden, who coordinates production of the magazine for Douglas Electric. “He is always trying to do the right thing, to find ways to reach members and keep them informed about what is going on at Douglas Electric. He uses Ruralite magazine in a variety of ways to keep members engaged.”
Munsey has been at Douglas Electric since November 8, 1999.