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I am very pleased to present my latest listing on lower Queen Anne, a 669 square foot, one-bedroom condo in the historic Seaview Condominium. The Seaview is one of Seattle’s finest Art Deco buildings and this unit is lovely! Renovated for 21st century living – yet retaining its Art Deco charm – this top floor, SW corner unit boasts panoramic views of the Space Needle, Seattle Skyline, Mt Rainier, Elliott Bay & Olympic Mountains. Truly spectacular water & mountain views from every room, including the bathroom.
This one-of-a-kind home is located in a stellar Uptown location, off the beaten path, yet just a short walk to shops, restaurants & theaters… and just minutes to SLU & downtown Seattle.
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What I considered fun or entertaining has changed as I have matured. Experiences that once gave me pleasure in my 20’s could send me over the edge of sanity in my 40’s. For instance, nowadays, being in a crowded club in Miami, listening to house music until 4am would be a technique to torture me if I were captured by North Koreans to get classified information from me! Whereas, BACK IN THE DAY… this was my definition of an evening well spent!
It has become of the utmost importance for me to reframe and give shape to what experiences are pleasurable and joyful in the life I have now. Being a mother of three, my time is divided. I often feel pulled in so many different directions, it leaves little time for fun. Those carefree moments are harder to come by in the hectic routine of my life. Yet consciously seeking out ways to nourish this aspect of my soul has become one of my most valued spiritual practices.
“IF YOU DON’T FIND WAYS TO SEEK JOY, JOY WON’T SEEK YOU!”
It is our sole responsibility to the most sacred part of ourselves to define and redefine what inspires us, encourages us, and gives us joy. If you don’t find ways to seek joy, joy won’t seek you! No matter how many valid excuses we make up in our minds, we are being neglectful or dare I say abusive to ourselves when give up that aspect of our lives. The result of this neglect can show up as depression or entanglement in unhealthy relationships. Bringing levity and light into your life is a solo job, it is no one else’s responsibility but our own. Take ownership in that. Hopefully as we are evolving, changing and expanding so are the experiences that give us pleasure. Finding ways to rejoice in the day that God has made is our thank you to Spirit for opening our eyes every morning. It may be as small as taking the time to watch the sun set or playing a game of cards. Creating these moments are vital to living a healthy life.
“FINDING WAYS TO REJOICE IN THE DAY THAT GOD HAS MADE IS OUR THANK YOU TO SPIRIT FOR OPENING OUR EYES EVERY MORNING!”
How will you rejoice in this day that God has made? No excuses. No delays. Let joy show up in and through everything you do! Find moments throughout the day to enjoy your life. And let’s talk about it!

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Sharp and intense taste.
Sharp and tangy taste. Ideal to be eaten solo or to be accompanied with jams and honeys.
Ingredients: raw milk, rennet, salt
Match: a classic is with jams or grated on pasta with tomato sauce. Try it also with 'Pesto'. The milk still present in the cheese and the basil are a perfect wedding! You can also dice it in fresh pastas.
If you want to go beyond, you can pair it with seafood. For example, you can cook ravioli stuffed with ricotta and semi-hard pecorino in seafood broth!
Important to know: recently some prices have been raised as the hand cut pieces are significantly bigger than the previous pieces. For future references, will try to vary the different sizes.

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Ive seen pics of the stock muffler cut open, but thats useless, what we really need is a pi of the performance exhaust.
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Not Quite Out by Louise Willingham
William Anson is done with relationships, thanks. He’s starting the second year of his medicine degree single, focused, and ready to mingle with purely platonic intentions.
Meeting Daniel, a barely recovered drug addict ready to start living life on his own terms, might just change that.
There are two problems.
One: William isn’t out.
What’s the point in telling your friends you’re bisexual when you aren’t going to date anyone?
Two: Daniel’s abusive ex-boyfriend still roams the university campus, searching for cracks in Daniel’s recovery.
No matter how quickly William falls for Daniel, their friendship is too important to risk ruining over a crush.
William is fine with being just friends for the rest of forever.
Well, not quite.
You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao
Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes.
Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his things, and tries everything to forget him and the tragic way he died. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces back memories. Desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls Sam’s cellphone just to listen to his voicemail.
And Sam picks up the phone.
In a miraculous turn of events, Julie’s been given a second chance at goodbye. The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam’s voice makes her fall for him all over again, and with each call it becomes harder to let him go. However, keeping her otherworldly calls with Sam a secret isn’t easy, especially when Julie witnesses the suffering Sam’s family is going through. Unable to stand by the sidelines and watch their shared loved ones in pain, Julie is torn between spilling the truth about her calls with Sam and risking their connection and losing him forever.
These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights #1) by Chloe Gong
The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery.
A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of criminals far above the law. Their only rivals in power are the White Flowers, who have fought the Scarlets for generations. And behind every move is their heir, Roma Montagov, Juliette’s first love…and first betrayal.
But when gangsters on both sides show signs of instability culminating in clawing their own throats out, the people start to whisper. Of a contagion, a madness. Of a monster in the shadows. As the deaths stack up, Juliette and Roma must set their guns—and grudges—aside and work together, for if they can’t stop this mayhem, then there will be no city left for either to rule.
Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Descendant of the Crane, this heart-stopping debut is an imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River.
Luz at Midnight by Marisol Cortez
Deeply embedded in the landscapes of South Texas, Luz at Midnight tells the story of an ill-timed love that unfolds in the time of climate change. Booksmart but naïve, Citlali Sanchez-O’Connor has just been hired to organize a San Antonio campaign against “gleaning,” a controversial new mining practice that promises a rapid transition away from fossil fuels. In the process, she soon encounters Joel Champlain, a journalist struggling to hide his manic-depression as he uncovers the corrupt politics that surround gleaning. During a chance trip together to Texas’s Gulf Coast, Lali is struck by a love as powerful and sudden as the electrical storm that birthed Luz, the unearthly canine trickster who has thrown them together. But Lali—married with a baby, poised to leave town for an academic job, and trained to think everything is explicable—finds she must decide what their connection means, if anything, for a path already set in motion.
A genre-hopping narrative that layers story with reporting, poetry, scholarship, and teatro, Luz questions the nature of desire and power, asking: What throws us into the path of those we love, and what pulls us apart? What agency powers the universe—and do we have any agency of our own to create a world different from the one powerful others have planned for us? Along the way of considering these questions, Luz is about the humorous (and not-so-humorous) inner workings of the nonprofit industrial complex; about Newtonian and Quantum theory; about birds and about dogs. It is also about what we call mental illness, and the possibility that love may be pathology, while madness may open some important window into the nature of reality.
The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle MiJung Kim
Waking Up to Our Capacity to Transform Ourselves and the World
As we become more aware of various social injustices in the world, many of us want to be part of the movement toward positive change. But sometimes our best intentions cause unintended harm, and we fumble. We might feel afraid to say the wrong thing and feel guilt for not doing or knowing enough. Sometimes we might engage in performative allyship rather than thoughtful solidarity, leaving those already marginalized further burdened and exhausted. The feelings of fear, insecurity, inadequacy are all too common among a wide spectrum of changemakers, and they put many at a crossroads between feeling stuck and giving up, or staying grounded to keep going. So how can we go beyond performative allyship to creating real change in ourselves and in the world, together?
In The Wake Up, Michelle MiJung Kim shares foundational principles often missing in today’s mainstream conversations around “diversity and inclusion,” inviting readers to deep dive into the challenging and nuanced work of pursuing equity and justice, while exploring various complexities, contradictions, and conflicts inherent in our imperfect world. With a mix of in-the-trenches narrative and accessible unpacking of hot button issues—from inclusive language to representation to “cancel culture”—Michelle offers sustainable frameworks that guide us how to think, approach, and be in the journey as thoughtfully and powerfully as possible.
The Wake Up is divided into four key parts:
Grounding: begin by moving beyond good intentions to interrogating our deeper “why” for committing to social justice and uncovering our “hidden stories.”
Orienting: establish a shared understanding around our historical and current context and issues we are trying to solve, starting with dismantling white supremacy.
Showing Up: learn critical principles to approach any situation with clarity and build our capacity to work through complexity, nuance, conflict, and imperfections.
Moving Together: remember the core of this work is about human lives, and commit to prioritizing humanity, healing, and community.
The Wake Up is an urgent call for us to move together while seeing each other’s full and expansive humanity that is at the core of our movement toward justice, healing, and freedom.


Standards and guidance on the area of school buildings and grounds, and the number of pupil places available in mainstream school buildings.
The guidance in these building bulletins will assist building professionals, school sponsors and others who need advice on the appropriate amount of space for teaching and learning activities.
Version 6.2 of the Schedule of Accommodation (SoA) tool referred to in BB103 is available for new schools. Version 7.3 is also available as part of the Output Specification 2017 and allows the list of spaces recommended to be compared with those in existing buildings.
The net capacity assessment method is still used as the standard method for measuring the number of pupil places available in any mainstream school.


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I made these cards for a trader who liked my Buster Keaton card. She asked if we could trade Lillian Gish cards. I’ve seen lots of her silent movies and find her face fascinating so I agreed immediately. I decided to use the trade as an opportunity to practice a little brush work and move away from markers. These cards were done with Ultramarine and Indigo watercolors.
Lillian Gish (1893-1993) made 119 movies from 1913 through 1987. Most of her films were silent. One of her more famous (or rather infamous) films was D.W. Griffiths The Birth of a Nation (1915).
My watercolor experiments continue. So far my favorite colors for portraits are:
a touch of burnt sienna
I mix scarlet lake and raw sienna on the palette for the base color. After that I go wet into wet and and apply an individual color on the painting moving it around to see how it looks. I let it dry for a bit and then apply another color.
I’m getting so excited about this medium! Do any of you have any favorite instruction videos to recommend? If you could leave them for me in the comments section I’d really appreciate it.
I was tagged by Mary at Artsy Musings and so to get back into the swing of things around here I thought I’d share six random things about myself:
I hate to exercise, but I’ve found that I like using a hula-hoop. I’m just so pleased that I can keep the thing going.
We got rid of our car a few years back. My husband pushes a wheelbarrow to the grocery store. I walk along with him to keep him company. I have been referred to as the “Wheelbarrow Lady.” But not often, thank goodness. I was worried that name might stick.
I’m totally addicted to making and trading ATCs. But then that is no secret.
I just completed my first portrait commission! My client loved it!
I failed drawing in college. I eventually ended up taking accounting. It was really more about attitude (mine) than talent. I’m glad I came back to drawing eventually.
I really can’t think of six things, how sad is that?
I just did an atc trade with a lovely gentleman that I know as “Coop” on my atcsforall.com trading site. We agreed to do a trade and asked me to draw the cult film director John Waters. I had a hazy memory of a guy with a big forehead and a cheesy little moustache. It seemed like fun so I agreed and set to work right away. I promptly fell in love with this face. Characters like this can be so completely absorbing. I loved building the eyes and working out the forehead.
My husband really loves this little card. I think he was a little sad to see it go into the envelope when I sent it on its way.
I’m finishing up my swaps for the year and that last one I completed was a self-portrait swap. It’s sounds so strange and big-headed to say that I enjoy drawing myself. But what can I say? I do.
I had to pretty myself up here for this drawing. I’ve been called sir far too often over the past few months. Not often, but just enough to bug me. Fortunately the culprits have all been women, so I’m not that worried.
I just completed my first portrait swap. Aside from a little nail biting it went great. My swap was with Ujwala from draw the line. We thought it would be fun to combine a portrait swap for the Portrait Party blog with an ATC exchange. Here is my entry. It took a lot of sketching to get what I thought was a good likeness from the photo that she forwarded to me. Then the challenge was drawing the final image on a 2.5″ x 3.5″ card and working out the tones on her face. I’m really proud of the result.
If you’ve followed Ujwala’s blog you know that she is all about trying new things and challenging herself. For her first ATC she made an acrylic painting. Wow! You can see her painting of me here. She’s inspired me to try painting a few cards myself, and to try a few new techniques to stretch myself more.
So thanks Ujwala! It will be so great to get my card. I’ll have another piece of art for my collection and a souvenir of a great experience.
I would love to do this again. If anyone would like to do a swap with me sometime, let me know.

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23Jesus answered them, The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Hundreds of New York City homes wrecked by Hurricane Sandy will be demolished after being deemed hazardous to the safety of the public and to nearby buildings. "About 200 homes will be bulldozed in the coming weeks and months, almost all of them one- and two-family houses on Staten Island, in Queens and Brooklyn," reports the New York Times. "That is in addition to 200 houses that are already partially or completely burned down, washed away or otherwise damaged; those sites will also be cleared."
The city is inspecting close to 500 other buildings which might need to come down. “We’ve never had this scale before,” said Buildings Department commissioner Robert L. LiMandri. “This is what New Yorkers have read about in many other places and have never seen, so it is definitely unprecedented. And by the same token, when you walk around in these communities, people are scared and worried, and we’re trying to make every effort to be up front and share with them what they need to do." (For a little comparison, thousands of buildings were razed in New Orleans post-Katrina, but this is still awful.)
All the demolition-marked homes were older and near water. A small number of homes in the Bronx may come down, while none in Manhattan appear endangered.
Some people may not even be contacted before their houses are demolished. Per the Times:
But, in some cases, where the danger is imminent, the department will issue an emergency declaration to bulldoze the buildings, even if the owners have not been contacted.
“This is not easy, in this case, because of all these displaced people, but we’re going to do the best we can, but we may have to move on it if we can’t find them,” Mr. LiMandri said.
And it gets worse:
Eric A. Ulrich, a Republican city councilman from Queens who represents Breezy Point, Belle Harbor, Broad Channel and some of the other affected neighborhoods, said that he had not been notified of the demolitions, but that the forced destruction of people’s homes would come as a terrible shock.
“My constituents have been through so much, and they are just so distraught, and if that were to happen and if they were told that the home that they grew up in or they bought has to be taken against their will, it’s just devastating news,” he said.
The issue of rebuilding — as well as who'll pay for the demolition — remains a question mark.


Scorpion, Ancient tech Sniper Rifle is a sniper weapon with the highest damage in the game, very strong and has unlimited ammo, a very powerfull weapon to hit enemy body armor as it has high Pierce damage in it.
First things first to get this weapon, you must activate the Legacy of the Ancients DLC in the game.
To unlock The scorpion ancient weapons research, you need to do a blueprint mission.The Scorpion blueprint missions will be unlocked after you do The mattoc, The shard gun and the Rebuke blueprint mission.
To manufacture this weapon you need to combines all three of the exotic materials and also have all three different processing sites.In order to obtain these materials, you need to collect them from the Ancient Site.
By building Archaeology Lab facility, you can manufacture and launch archaeology probes to find the location of the ancient site, then do Excavate the Ancient Site by spending some resources and start taking control of it. Be careful the ancient site is one of the most difficult missions in the game, make sure all your soldiers if fully prepared.
There are up to 12 ancient sites divided into 2 different categories which is resource collection sites and processing sites
- • Resource collection sites have 3 different types such as Living Crystal Quarry, Orichalcum Mine and Protean Mutane Field.
- • Processing site also have 3 different types such as The Living Crystal Lapidary, The Orichalcum Forge and The Protean Mutane Refinery.
After you can take control of it, you can start to collect resources, it should be noted you need to have manned aircraft there for some time, so having multiple aircraft is highly recommended.
Once you get enough resources and have all three different type of processing sites, now you can start manufacturing the Scorpion, Ancient tech Sniper Rifle.


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Guitar Body Blanks for Luthier Projects. Blanks are 480mm x 335 mm x 44.5 mm perfect for most guitar body shapes. These are perfect for clear finishes or oils as well as solid colour finishes including nitro and acrylic lacquers. The blanks have been sanded ready for you to machine to shape. Grain will vary. Special sizes available.
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Technology s negative effects on society
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Technology s negative effects on society
No, technology does not have a negative effect on society and to think that it does is absurd advanced technology is allowing people to live longer, happier, fuller lives which have a myriad of ways of staying connected to those one loves. Impacts of information technology on society in the new century the impact of information technology on the rms’ cost structure can be best illustrated. However technology has also had extreme negative effects on the marketplace and on society it has dramatically decreased the need for social interaction words 731 - pages 3. It’s funny as well astonishing to see as to how a century can change our lives all thanks to technology however, there are some negative effects of technology and some positive effects.
News examining the effects of a technology society as daily news of cyber crimes, such as bullying, sextortion and pornography, and other forms of fraud are reported, deciphering good from bad websites is key to navigating the internet in today’s fast paced technological society according to communications professor pavica sheldon, phd, at the university of alabama in huntsville. Technology has more negative effects on today’s society than positive due to technology in the past few decades canine shock collars have been increasingly popular students in school pay more attention to texting than they do their classes violent addictive video games have made their way into . Negative effects of technology on children not only can the chronic use of technological devices have a negative impact on the development of social skills, it can also affect a child’s .
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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has underlined Iran’s achievements made in ditching the US dollar, citing its use of barter system to ease up pressure caused by illegal US sanctions.
Speaking at an open parliamentary session on Sunday, Zarif said ditching the dollar in economic trade with other countries is one of the options to ease the sanctions pressure.
“One of the issues that reduces the pressure of sanctions is the elimination of the dollar from transactions, which we were pursuing through the use of the barter system and many countries have joined it,” he said.
In his address, Zarif said the US is waging an “all-out war” against Iran because the Islamic Republic is an “emerging power”.
“In this all-out war, the US wants to do several things, the most important of which is to conceptualize Iran as a security threat” and then use its influence in the UN Security Council or international financial institutions to harm the Islamic Republic.
The US, Zarif noted, is also exerting pressure on Iran’s friends and targeting the country’s interests in the region.
“The most important goal that the United States is pursuing is to separate the people from the government and portray the Islamic establishment as inefficient and delegitimize it,” he pointed out.
The top Iranian diplomat further referred to four UN Security Council meetings held over the past years with the aim of pressuring Iran.
“In all the sessions, the US was isolated as UNSC member states insisted on preserving the JCPOA and stressed that the US was pursuing a wrong approach.”
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Iraklion (Heraklion or Herakleion GR: Ηράκλειον) is the largest urban centre in Crete, the capital of the region and the economic centre of the island. The first European civilisation, the Minoan civilisation, flourished on this land 5000 years ago. Currently the population of Iraklion is approximately 150.000 people. It is a very dynamic and cosmopolitan town, particularly during the summer period when thousands of visitors can be seen shopping in the market or visiting the museums and other places of interest. Today Heraklion is the top choice for tourist destinations in the Mediterranean. The city is also the commercial and scientific centre of the island. During the last 20 years the city has made remarkable progress in the academic and technological fields...
Hania (or Chania GR: Χανιά) is the capital of the Prefecture of the same name and the second biggest town in Crete, with a population of 60.000 inhabitants. It lies (Coordinates 35°31' N 24°1' E ) along the North coast of the island, about 55 km west of Rethymnon and 140 km west of Iraklion (Heraklion). Hania's old town (although it was heavily bombed by Germans in World War II) is considered as Crete's most beautiful urban district, especially the Venetian harbour with its 16th century lighthouse and the Mosque of the Janissaries ("Giali Tzamissi", built 17th century). Many of the old buildings have been restored as hotels, restaurants, shops and bars, making the old town a lively and colourful place, especially during the tourist period.
Rethymnon (GR: Ρέθυμνον) is the capital of the Prefecture of the same name and it is built between the two other large cities of Crete. The town still maintains its old aristocratic appearance, with its buildings dating from the 16th century, arched doorways, fountains etc. The Fortezza castle, at the top of a low hill named "Palaiokastro" dominates the town. It was built in 1590 to protect the city from the pirates raids and the Turks.
Agios Nikólaos (GR: Αγιος Νικόλαος), with 9.500 inhabitants, is the capital of the Lassithi province of Crete. It is built around a picturesque lake at the north-western side of the Mirabello bay, the biggest bay in Crete. Major administrative, cultural and communications center, Agios Nikolaos is one of the most developed tourist areas, not only in Crete but in Greece in general. Thanks to the beautiful coasts, the great sights and the cosmopolitan life, this lively city hosts every year thousands of visitors without losing one bit of its tranquility and traditional hospitality.
The famous Palace of king Minos and the centre of the Minoan civilisation 5km south of Iraklion. The Great Palace covered an area of 20.000 sq. meters and had 1.400 rooms. Every section of the Palace had a specific use. In the west side of the Palace were the chambers of the ceremonies, of the administration and of the public storehouse...
The archaeological site, the palace, the findings - The Festos Disc. According to mythology, Phaistos (or Festos) was the seat of king Radamanthis, brother of king Minos. It was also the city that gave birth to the great wise man and soothsayer Epimenidis, one of the seven wise men of the ancient world.Excavations by archaeologists have unearthed ruins of the Neolithic times (3.000 B.C.).
The most magnificent collection of Minoan art and culture in the world, unique in beauty and completeness is housed in this museum. The exhibiton of the museum is organized in chronological order, ranging from the Neolithic period to the Roman era (4th century A.D.) and geographically, according to the provenance of the finds.
The Samaria Gorge is one of the longest ravines in Europe (with a total length of 16 km) and offers one of the most spectacular hiking routes in Europe. Its width ranges from 150 m (widest part) to 3 m (narrowest part). The walk from Xyloskalo in the plateau of Omalos to the shores of Libyan sea at Agia Roumeli, takes 6 to 8 hours. The Samaria Gorge has been designated as a national park in order to protect its flora and fauna. It is one of the last shelters of the mountain goat of Crete (Cretan Ibex, common name : kri-kri). The flora is extensive, ranging from high cypress trees to flowers and herbs. The walking path follows the river which flows to small lakes and waterfalls. The Gorge is open to visitors from May to October.
A sea side village, 40 km south from Rethimno, with 237 permanent residents, built at the cove of the bay of the same name on a wonderful sandy beach, 1300 m long, between the capes Stavros and Kako Mouri, that is ideal for swimming and sea sports. The natural beauty of the place helped Plakias to become a renowned tourist resort now providing all the facilities that a visitor could wish. It belongs to the municipality of Finikas.
The island of Spinalonga (Gr: Σπιναλόγκα), officially known as Kalydon (Καλυδών), is located in the Gulf of Elounda in north-eastern Crete, in Lasithi prefecture, next to the town of Elounda. The official Greek name of the island today is Kalydon. Originally, Spinalonga was not an island, it was part of the island of Crete. During Venetian occupation the island was carved out of the coast for defense purposes and a fort was built there. A popular name for the island since Venetian rule is Spinalonga. During Venetian rule, salt was harvested from salt pans around the island. The island has also been used as a leper colony. Spinalonga has appeared in novels, television series, and a short film.

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"If Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) has occurred within six weeks of receipt of a prior influenza vaccine, the decision to give Flublock should be based on careful consideration of the potential benefits and risks," explains a section of the vaccine’s literature entitled "Warnings and Precautions." Other potential side effects include allergic reactions, respiratory infections, headaches, fatigue, altered immunocompetence, rhinorrhea, and myalgia.
According to clinical data provided by PSC in Flublok’s package insert, two study participants actually died during trials of the vaccine. But the company still insists Flublok is safe and effective, and that it is about 45 percent effective against all strains of influenza in circulation, rather than just one or two strains.
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This list includes operational staff who have sustainability and environmental services as part or all of their current job responsibilities. Academic units, degree plans and their supporting staff can be found in our Academic Directory.
Office of Sustainability | Division of Housing and Food Service | Environmental Health and Safety | Facilities Services, Facilities Maintenance | Facilities Services, Support Services | Parking & Transportation Services | Intercollegiate Athletics | Recreational Sports
Karen Blaney, Program Coordinator, Operations
Karen serves as the program coordinator for the Green Fee Committee and helps to advance the approved Green Fee projects each year. Other areas of focus include the Longhorn Recycling Roundup tailgate recycling program, staff engagement initiatives and institution-wide sustainability reporting.
Alice Gerhart, Program Coordinator, Academics
Alice maintains the Academic Directory and coordinates several other events and initiatives including the annual Sustainability Symposium, an undergraduate lecture series and a faculty learning community.
Jim Walker, Director of Sustainability
Jim collaborates, tracks and reports on sustainability initiatives throughout campus. This includes facilitation of the President's Sustainability Steering Committee, the campus masterplan, waste reduction, energy conservation, and projects initiated through Green Fee funding. Jim responds to external queries about campus initiatives, and provides information to national sustainability reporting systems like AASHE's STARS.
Hunter Mangrum, Environmental Specialist
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Scott Meyer, Director of Food Service and Environmental Initiatives
Scott is responsible for local and sustainable food purchasing, pre- and post-consumer food composting, reusable container options, and ensuring that vegetarian, vegan, and allergen-sensitive food options are available throughout campus.
Dennis Nolan, Assistant Director Biological and Lab Safety
Dennis oversees lab inspections and coordinates the Green Lab Initiative. He represents EH&S on campus-wide sustainability working groups.
Amanda Berens, Energy Steward, Engineering, Pharmacy and Geoscience Labs
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Meagan Jones, Energy Steward, Natural Sciences Labs
Meagan focuses on improving energy and water efficiency in some of the largest energy consuming buildings on campus through a combination of building operation improvements and education programs for building occupants.
Stephanie Perrone, Energy Steward, Classrooms and Auditoriums
Stephanie works with building occupants in public assembly, facilities, and office and academic buildings at the university. Conservation strategies she implements for her clients include holiday scheduling, conservation workshops and presentations, and hosting events to support the Energy Stewardship program. In addition, she is the liaison between building occupants and the building operators and controllers to ensure that the buildings are performing optimally.
Matt Stevens, Energy Steward, Classrooms, Offices, and Multi-Purpose Buildings
Matt works with building occupants in academic, office, and multi-purpose buildings. Conservation strategies he implements for his clients include holiday scheduling, conservation workshops and presentations, and hosting events to support the Energy Stewardship program. In addition, he is the liaison between building occupants and the building operators and controllers to ensure that the buildings are performing optimally.
Ana Thiemer, Manager, Energy Resource and Conservation Program
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Jim Carse, Assistant Manager, Landscaping
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Jennifer Hobson, Sustainability Coordinator, Recycling and Sustainability
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Markus Hogue, Program Coordinator, Landscaping
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Ben Reid, Manager, Central Services
Ben leads the Central Services unit, comprised of 52 employees in five areas: the university's Furniture Shop, Lock and Key Services, Surplus Property, Solid Waste and Recycling, and Event and Moving Services. In his role, Ben supports sustainable efforts like ensuring that trash and recycling services are provided to the university and managing the final disposition of all university property at Surplus Property. The University’s Furniture Shop refurbishes material goods from all over campus, preserving their value and preventing unnecessary contributions to the landfill.
Lauren Lichterman, Administrative Associate
Lauren supports the Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director of Facilities, Events and Operations. She also assists with sustainability and customer service initiatives within the Athletics Department, including the department’s Green Team and stadium recycling programs.
Merrick MyCue, Assistant Athletic Director, Special Events and Stadium Operations
Merrick oversees the North End Zone and Specialty Events Department operations, new project construction, sustainability, and other special projects. The North End Zone was the first area to stage full waste management stations during home football games with compost, single-stream recycling, and trash bins available in the same locations. Since then, composting and recycling services have continued to expand inside and outside the stadium.
Sam Cortez, Bicycle Coordinator
Sam coordinates the university’s bicycle program. He works closely with University departments and the community as a whole to create a more bicycle friendly campus. From maintaining the bicycle registration program, operating the university bicycle shop, The Kickstand, to developing plans for new and existing bicycle infrastructure, he strives to build a more viable sustainable mode of transportation.
Blanca Juarez, Alternative Transportation Manager
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Allison Van Leeuwen, Sr. Assistant Director, Facility Operations
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Irrigation and Leaf Removal Effects on Polyphenolic Content of Grapes and Wines Produced from cv. 'Agiorgitiko' (Vitis vinifera L.)
Keywords:anthocyanins, defoliation, irrigation, phenolic compounds, tannins
Vitis vinifera L. cv. ‘Agiorgitiko’ is one of the most important red grape varieties of Greece, cultivated almost exclusively in the region of Nemea in north-eastern Peloponnese. This work aimed to study the influence of some commonly applied viticultural practices on the polyphenolic composition of ‘Agiorgitiko’. Leaf removal at veraison, irrigation, and a combination of both, were applied and the phenolic content of the grapes and of the produced wines was compared. The results showed that leaf removal decreased berry size, enhanced total anthocyanin, total phenol and malvidin 3- O -monoglucoside accumulation in skins and increased the amount of extractable anthocyanins in the juice. The combination of irrigation and leaf removal caused a significant increase in total phenols in the skin and in the amount of extractable anthocyanins in juice. As far as the produced wines were concerned, color intensity, tannin content and total polyphenols were increased due to leaf removal. Both irrigation and leaf removal resulted in wines with the highest concentration of malvidin 3- O -monoglucoside, although neither practice resulted in any significant difference in anthocyanin concentration of the wines. Vines where only irrigation was applied produced berries with reduced extractable anthocyanins, increased seed total phenols and lower wine total tannins. The study showed that increasing cluster sun exposure of ‘Agiorgitiko’ vines may be, overall, beneficial to the quality of the produced wine.
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- Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence
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Halloween is as pure and undiluted as its title. In the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a teenage baby sitter tries to survive a Halloween night of relentless terror, during which a knife-wielding maniac goes after the town's hormonally charged youths. Director John Carpenter takes this simple situation and orchestrates a superbly mounted symphony of horrors. It's a movie much scarier for its dark spaces and ominous camera movements than for its explicit bloodletting (which is actually minimal). Composed by Carpenter himself, the movie's freaky music sets the tone; and his script (cowritten with Debra Hill) is laced with references to other horror pictures, especially Psycho. The baby sitter is played by Jamie Lee Curtis, the real-life daughter of Psycho victim Janet Leigh; and the obsessed policeman played by Donald Pleasence is named Sam Loomis, after John Gavin's character in Psycho. In the end, though, Halloween stands on its own as an uncannily frightening experience--it's one of those movies that had audiences literally jumping out of their seats and shouting at the screen. ("No! Don't drop that knife!") Produced on a low budget, the picture turned a monster profit, and spawned many sequels, none of which approached the 1978 original. Curtis returned for two more installments: 1981's dismal Halloween II, which picked up the story the day after the unfortunate events, and 1998's occasionally gripping Halloween H20, which proved the former baby sitter was still haunted after 20 years. --Robert Horton --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Clyburn wins election to 16th term in Congress
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn will return to Congress for his 16th term after Tuesday’s election victory.
“I am grateful that the voters of the 6th district continue to express confidence in my efforts to make America’s greatness accessible and affordable for all,” Clyburn said in a statement Tuesday night. “Providing good paying jobs and educational opportunities for our children; controlling the costs of healthcare and putting broadband in every home and business; and protecting Social Security and Medicare will remain my focus in the 118th Congress.”
Clyburn, the state’s only Democrat in Congress, was leading Republican attorney Duke Buckner with 63% of the vote as of 10 p.m., with 54% of precincts reporting.
The Associated Press called the race for Clyburn
The 6th Congressional District is a majority-minority district that extends from Charleston to Columbia.
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The F2P (free to play) is not a genre but a model of distribution of video games that are currently highly acclaimed by gamers. Discover all the details about the free to play meaning and its most peculiar characteristics
The term F2P, free to play, is associated with free games for users without any charges. The users can play these F2P games on their computers, smartphones, tablets, or consoles. This modality implies that everyone can try the game, and if they are interested, they will end up paying for extras.
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It’s not often we hear from Yasiin Bey these days, but whenever we do it’s pretty much guaranteed to be a treat. After debuting a new track with BADBADNOTGOOD recently, as well as jumping on a new track from A Tribe Called Red, the artist formerly known as Mos Def has returned to his collaborative output with Ferrari Sheppard as Dec. 99th. The duo have been quietly dropping a number of promising tracks over the past few months, and “Hymn” might be one of their most hypnotic yet.
Released via Tidal, “Hymn” features Yasiin rapping sluggishly over a minimal beat that does his lyrical prowess wonders. Sheppard’s production, however simple it is on “Hymn,” provides the perfect backing for Yasiin’s rapping. The two have been rather mysterious when it comes to what they’re up to as a duo, but as long as they keep providing tracks like this, we really can’t complain. Here’s hoping that this results in a bigger release of sorts, because it’s clear that they work well together from what we’ve heard so far.
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Shanieka Thomas is the fifth individual national champion in the program's history
By Go Aztecs
June 12, 2013 (San Diego)--San Diego State junior Shanieka Thomas won the national title in the triple jump to lead the 23rd-ranked Aztecs at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Friday in Eugene, Oregon. She became the fifth individual national champion in program history and second straight, joining Whitney Ashley, who won the discus throw at the 2012 championship meet.
Thomas, who finished runner-up in the event at both the 2013 indoor meet and 2012 outdoor meet, beat the other 23 entrants with a best of 46 feet, 4 ¾ inches (14.14 meters).
The mark, which came on her fourth attempt, easily defeated runner-up Andrea Geubelle of Kansas (44-08.75 (13.63m).
"We knew early that Shanieka was going to do great things here," head coach Shelia Burrell said. "She has worked hard since last year and she just keeps getting better and better. To have a national champion again shows how far this program has come. The best part about Shanieka is that she wants to get better. (assistant coach) Carjay (Lyles) has her in top form."
"It feels so good to be an NCAA champion," Thomas said. "I knew I couldn't underestimate the competition, considering how talented of a group they were. I just tried to stay focused and get to 14.20 (meters). We've worked hard since the fall and I owe a lot of that to (assistant coach) Carjay (Lyles). I want to keep getting better."
Thomas, who was seeded first heading into the event with her school record, Mountain West record and MW meet-record jump of 46-05.25 (14.15m) at the MW Championships on May 11, went 44-04.50 (13.52m), foul and 44-09.75 (13.66m) in the first flight.
She then posted the winning leap of 46-04.75 (14.14m) on her fourth attempt and followed with 46-02.50 (14.08m) and 45-07.75 (13.91m) on her final two jumps. Four of her six attempts would have won the competition.
Senior Alex Evans finished 24th in the event in 40-06.75 (12.46m).
Other Aztec accomplishments
In the heptathlon, junior Allison Reaser set a school and Mountain West record with 5,813 points en route to finishing in eighth place. The mark broke freshman teammate Nicole Oudenaarden's best of 5,774, which she set at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 17-18, and would have finished fifth at least year's NCAA Championships.
Lindsay Vollmer of Kansas won the heptathlon with 6,086, edging Makeba Alcide of Arkansas, who totaled 6,050. Oudenaarden came in 23rd out of the 24 entrants with 4,971, despite failing to clear a height Thursday in the high jump and getting zero points.
The second day began with the long jump where Oudenaarden finished 12th with a leap of 19-04.00 (5.89m) for 816 points. Reaser was 15th at 19-00.00 (5.79m) for 786 points.
Next up was the javelin throw, where Oudenaarden continued her rally with a third-place showing in 143-04 (43.68m) for 738 points. Reaser came in 14th with a season-best toss of 124-00 (37.81m) for 625 points.
The grueling seven-event heptathlon ended with the 800-meter run as Reaser ran a personal-best time of 2 minutes, 12.08 seconds to place third of the 24 competitors for 934 points. Her previous fastest 800 was 2:16.54 at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. Oudenaarden finished 15th in in 2:20.29 for 820 points.
"Reaser was incredible today," Burrell said. "She worked her tail off from start to finish and ended up getting her school record back."
"I had high expectations coming into the meet," Reaser said. "I wanted to PR and get my (school) record back. I am pleased I did both of those things. I just tried to focus on my best events — the 100 hurdles, 200 and 800 — and take it from there. There is still a lot of room for me to improve."
The four-day NCAA Championship meet wrapped up Saturday in Eugene.
"We just had a fantastic day," Burrell said. "To have Oudenaarden no-height the high jump yesterday and come back strong, Shanieka, obviously, win a national title and Allison to break the school record was amazing. We are doing good things here and it feels great to represent San Diego State University on the national stage."


text: A recent article by Farrell et al. characterizes the phenomenon, mechanisms, and treatment of a local and severe hypoperfusion/hypoxia event that occurs in brain regions following a focal seizure. Given the well-established role of cerebral ischemia/hypoxia in brain damage and behavioral dysfunction in other clinical settings (e.g., stroke, cerebral vasospasm), we put forward a new theory: postictal hypoperfusion/hypoxia is responsible for the negative consequences associated with seizures. Fortunately, inhibition of two separate molecular targets, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and l-type calcium channels, can prevent the expression of postictal hypoperfusion/hypoxia. These inhibitors are important experimental tools used to separate the seizure from the resulting hypoperfusion/hypoxia and can allow researchers to address the contribution of this phenomenon to negative outcomes associated with seizures. Herein we address the implications of this postictal stroke-like event in acute behavioral dysfunction (e.g., Todd’s paresis) and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Moreover, anatomic alterations such as increased blood–brain barrier permeability, glial activation, central inflammation, and neuronal loss could also be a consequence of repeated hypoperfusion/hypoxic events and, in turn, underlie chronic interictal cognitive and behavioral comorbidities (e.g., memory deficits, anxiety, depression, and psychosis) and exacerbate epileptogenesis. Thus these seemingly disparate and clinically important observations may share a common point of origin: postictal hypoperfusion/hypoxia.

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The brilliant acoustic duo, Moors & McComber will play an intimate concert at the Coaldale Schoolhouse Saturday June 10 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door.
These two world traveling singer/songwriters are a pair of the finest musicians you will come across. Their vocals blend seamlessly inspiring goose bumps, reminiscent of Simon and Garfunkel. Unique combinations of instruments include Violin, Cello, Bouzouki, Banjo, Guitar and Mandolin. Great original songs, a fine evening of music. Bruce Hayes will open and jam some too.


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James Quinn on our social, political and ethical state:
We seem to have entered a death spiral with little likelihood of pulling out. Our society has become so degraded and our populace so apathetic and willfully ignorant, that I think we are too far gone to recover. Honesty, truth and compassion have been soundly defeated by injustice, lying and greed. Our technologically advanced society has become a stinking cesspool, devoid of humanity, common sense and morality. Those with the power and wealth who control our country do not concern themselves with quaint concepts like good and evil, right and wrong, or moral and immoral. Sociopaths see no obligation to society, humanity, or posterity. They only care about themselves, their wealth, their status, their reputation, and their control of others. They are incapable of feeling shame or remorse. They blindly march forward towards their own and society’s self-destruction.
I urge you to read the full Quinn article, although must warn you that his piece uses Penn State as an archetype. For fans and admirers of Joe Paterno and the school, it will not be an easy read. So be it! His point is much larger than Penn State.

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I am grateful to my friend Savannah Mayfield Roberson for introducing me to the sandwich method. Originally, she recommended it as a way to break bad news to somebody. You start by saying something positive, then you put the bad news in the middle, then you finish by saying something positive again. The good news is the bread, the bad news is the filling.
I’ve learned that I can apply the sandwich method to a lot of situations in life. For example, when I teach a music lesson. We start by doing something fun, like playing through the songs the student has been working on, trying out some new songs, exploring a new technique or interesting problem, and answering questions that came up from practice. Then comes the work part – some music theory, some scales or exercises, specific critiques of technical aspects of playing. Then we go back to the fun, specifically showing how the topics we covered in the work section can be applied to making real music, something more interesting.
Similarly, when I practice at home I like to start off by having some fun – improvising freely, focusing on the sound of the instrument, trying some new ideas. Then when I’m warmed up I work on memorizing melodies, learning new tunes, playing in keys that give me trouble, or refining some aspect of my sound. Then I have some more fun at the end – soloing on some of the tunes I’ve learned, trying to put it all together.
I recommend that my students use the sandwich method in their own practice. When we don’t have any fun, we get sick of things and lose our motivation. If we do nothing but have fun, it’s hard to get any better. So the key is to combine the two. By having some fun first, we get excited to learn and improve. By having some fun at the end, we leave practice with a good feeling, looking forward to the next time.
As I said, the sandwich method is useful for many aspects of life. From our social interactions to our personal projects, it is good to ease into the difficult part and then try to end on a positive note. Give it a try!


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Revenue officers resent survey work amid pandemic
Even as the state government has issued guidelines for government staff to work from home with only 25 % attendance in offices owing to the massive surge in Covid cases, revenue and settlement officials posted in the districts are miffed over the latest directive from the revenue department to ensure land survey related work is carried out and completed as per targets set.
In a letter issued by the land revenue department’s land records and survey directorate on Wednesday, it has been instructed that all officials in districts would take part in the review meeting every fortnight by giving information about progress of ongoing land survey related work and other updates through online mode.
It has also been directed that district revenue and settlement officers would hold review meetings with officials posted at the camps in villages to take updates on survey work through online mode. The emphasis has also been that survey work should be carried as per targets.
“Though the department has asked us to attend review meetings through online mode, the survey work is continuing and we have make field visits to get updates Field officers are also working with great risk.At this point, when Covid cares are surging, is it feasible to interact with people at village level for different aspects of survey work to complete pending works in a targeted manner?” asked a settlement officer, seeking anonymity. He said the department should have suspended the survey work for the time being in light of Covid cases.
“In many districts, the survey work has progressed while in some districts in central and north Bihar, it is still in initial stages where camp officials are required to interact with villagers for map verification and boundaries. This will only expose people to the risk of Covid infections since cases are rising in rural areas too,” said another revenue officer, posted in Begusarai.
Reports said that in Munger, around 25% of officials engaged in survey work have been infected. “Even villagers are now refusing to co-operate in the survey work and asking us not to come to their villages. Many mukhiyas have given in writing to the department to suspend the work,” said another survey officer, pleading anonymity.
In Bihar, the special survey to update land records is going on in 90 circles covering 5,099 villages in 20 districts.
However, Jai Singh, director, land records and survey, said that the letter issued to district settlement officers was in context of holding review meetings through online mode. “ Yes, the survey work is going on and has to be completed as per targets set. But we are not insisting on people to take outdoor work right now . Things like uploading data and other documentary work can be done at office level,” he said.


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Which Physician Liaison Approach Will Grow My Referrals?
Quality vs. Quantity, the ongoing battle for doctors when it comes to the physician liaison marketing program for their practices. Physician referrals can be the lifeline for many doctor practices to generate new patients. Building and maintaining referrals from primary care and specialty providers in an area are essential to the growth of any medical practice.
But, often physicians face the dilemma of consistency and sustainability when it comes to growing referrals. This dilemma tends to lead back to the question of quality visits compared to the quantity of visits. Which approach is best for my practice? Are there Pros and Cons to both methods? In this post, we are going to put these two strategies head to head and break down the importance they have to your long-term physician liaison marketing program.
To get things started, we are first going to look at what the difference is between quality physician visits and quantity physician visits by your physician liaison.
What is the difference?
Quality Physician Referral Marketing Visit Defined
A quality physician liaison practice visit is measuring the practice visits by the value. This means evaluating the meeting by the relevance of the referring doctor to the practice, time spent at the practice, introductions that were made, the content of the conversation, and the follow up needed. Quality visits are applying an effective strategy based on benchmarks and goals for your referrals. This strategy is developed, at its core, by establishing extensive referral marketing analytics, trends, and tracking so you have benchmarks and baselines in place to monitor growth and results.
It is vital to have a comprehensive understanding of your current doctor referrals and an organized marketing plan out of the gate when using the quality physician referral method. This allows your physician liaison the ability to continuously measure results and increase patient growth without guesswork or “gut feeling.” It provides a consistent marketing strategy and marketing sustainability.
All too often in this approach, the measuring stick for its success is that the doctor has noticed that the practice is relatively busier or they heard a physician is now referring. That just will not cut it in the long run if you want to succeed with a quality approach because you need to be strategic and calculated and the only effective way to achieve this is through data, analytics, and a well thought out plan.
Quality marketing without tracking is like going to a gunfight without a gun. You are asking your physician liaison to market blind. It’s not good for them and detrimental to your practice in the long run. Organizing your referral-marketing program can help physicians grow their referrals and expand their practice.
12 Points of a Quality Physician Liaison Approach
- Knowledge of current referral status
- Establish benchmarks
- Develop marketing reports
- Identify referral trends
- Target high referring physicians and practices
- Research referring physicians in the area
- Create a marketing agenda
- Set up comprehensive analytics and tracking
- Generate workflow protocol
- Report interactions and conversations and Leads
- Highlight events, meetings, and follow up
- Pulling analytics and reporting ROI
Quantity Physician Referral Marketing Visit Defined
A quantity physician liaison practice approach is visiting all of the identified physician practices that could be a potential referral in a particular geographical radius surrounding your medical practice. After running a report and complying a list of all of the doctor’s offices that meet your criteria, a physician liaison visits every single one (if feasible) in a 30-day time frame.
The objective of this approach is to visit all of your neighboring physicians and to increase awareness of your practice in hopes of seeing a 5-10% referral response from your practice network. This can be a highly effective initial approach when a practice is in a “launch” phase having just opened its doors in a new area or recently brought on a new physician that does not have a book of patients in that area for one reason or another.
7 Points of a Quality Physician Liaison Approach
- Collect and order a large volume of referral marketing collateral
- Research all doctors in a 35-mile radius of the practice
- Assign a physician liaison
- Segment by territory
- Double or triple the amount of office visits in a day
- Visit all physicians within 30 days
- Brand awareness increase
The Pros and Cons of Quality & Quantity Doctor Office Visits:
Quality Referral Marketing Visits
- Organized marketing program
- Tracking & analytics
- Excellent customer service for referrals
- Professional and experienced physician liaison
- Significant increase in patient referrals
- Easy to keep track of office visits & follow-ups
- Provides liaison management tools
- Establishes more meaningful connections with referring doctors
- Creates consistency
- More sustainability with doctor referrals and physician relationships
- Boosts high revenue procedures
- Ongoing marketing
- Generates new and growing revenue
- Return on ROI
- Expands practice
- Involves set up
- More time with each practice visit
- Requires more time and energy for :
- Follow up visits
- Events and lunches
- Marketing time with the physician of your practice
- Marketing management and reports
Quantity Referral Marketing Visits
- Minimal to no setup
- Quicker “jumpstart” or uptick in referral marketing results
- Higher amount of practices visited in a shorter amount of time
- Does not require a skilled physician liaison
- Less time and energy
- Low physician requirements
- Low time commitment
- No tracking or reporting
- Difficult to measure ROI
- Lack of doctor referral sustainability
- Not as effective
- Hard to keep track of physicians, visits, and follow through
- Limits the ability to revisit and build relationships with referring physicians without the possibility of annoying staff
- Quickly oversaturate market
- Spotty marketing or on and off marketing efforts
Physician Liaison Strategies
The more, the merrier, right? In the case of referral marketing, this is not true. It is vital to remember that referring doctors are looking to build a relationship with a provider they can trust their patients will receive the highest quality care from. Quality referral marketing ensures you build a sustainable referral marketing program that can last for years.
It provides physicians with the top of line service and solid referral relationships. The most well-run physician liaison programs are those that understand building doctor referral relationships is a marathon, not a sprint. These are human relationships that you are building, and it takes time to establish a know, like and trust with your colleagues, especially the ones that may have never referred to you before. However, there can be a time and place for a Quantity approach to your marketing. Below are a few times it could play an important role:
- Immediate & necessary update of information for all providers in the area to not disrupt current referral patterns
- Change of office hours
- New address in the same city
- Large shift in insurance accepted
- Hire a new physician
- Bring on an important new procedure
Outside of these and a few other examples, it is not advised to implement a quantity marketing approach long term. It will oversaturate and can even end up being detrimental to what you are working so hard to accomplish in the long run.
The physician liaison program helps navigate and organize efforts to reach practice goals and build relationships. You can track trends, territories, high revenue procedures, and consistent follow-ups. Like anything worth building it requires experience, proper skill set, ongoing maintenance, consistent management, reporting, and lots of time and hard work. So roll up your sleeves and get to work building those new referral relationships!
Do any of these questions apply to your practice?
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On International Day of the Midwife (IDM) the Iolanthe Midwifery Trust announced the Iolanthe Award Winners for 2022, celebrating midwives and student midwives who are leading on innovative work to improve maternity care.
A new report from the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), published to mark the launch of its Commission on Health and Prosperity, warns that growing health inequalities and ineffective Government policies are resulting in people ...
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Supporting women to make decisions about their care that are right for them is behind a new briefing for midwives on informed decision making published today. There is a clear link between safer care and a maternity culture that listens to, and ...
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The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling on all its Activists to raise their voices on improving NHS pay on 1 April – and show that midwives are no fools.
Friday 1 April may be April Fool’s Day, but it’s also the day RCM members, and other ...
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Midwives and maternity support workers in Northern Ireland have told the RCM that that the recent 3% pay award they received was not good enough.
The feedback came following a survey of RCM members in Northern Ireland, with the overwhelming ...
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has expressed its ‘disappointment’ in response to The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announcement of its decision to back out of the collective NHS unions formal position on pay.
In January this year ...
By Colin Beesley on 02 March 2022
Government plans that mean many NHS staff will pay higher pension contributions have been delayed after being challenged by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and other unions.
By Colin Beesley on 01 March 2022
Proposed changes to NHS pension contributions in Scotland would see many midwives, maternity support workers (MSW) and other NHS staff facing higher pension payments – and possibly heading for the exit.
By Gemma Murphy on 24 January 2022
Decent pay should be seen as part of a solution for recruitment and retention issues. This, alongside the impact of understaffing in maternity services, and the current cost of living crisis faced by members of the Royal College of Midwives ...
By Colin Beesley on 12 January 2022
Proposed changes to NHS pension contributions for midwives, maternity support workers (MSW) and other staff could see people leaving the NHS, says the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).


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I know fodmap diet is available in England but unsure if I could get any help or support with it in Scotland. My diet is already very restricted after food poisoning 3 years ago and suffered ibs ever since. Thinking of going back to gp as although I have symptoms under control I keep losing weight. Fodmap diet sounds like I would eat a lot more than I do now!
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NEW DELHI: Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, one of the prime accused in 2008 Malegaon blast case, had congratulated right-wing terrorists Lokesh Sharma and Rajender Chaudhary - who treated her as an elder sister - for killing RSS worker Sunil Joshi in ... Economic Times, 1 month ago
It has also been alleged by NIA in the chargesheet that Pragya Thakur (in photo) had held captive Anandraj Kataria, an associate of Joshi, in a flat in Indore for 10 days, after the murder. The 2007 murder case of former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ...India Today, 1 month ago
INDORE: Samjhauta Express blast accused Kamal Chouhan, a resident of Depalpur Tehsil in Indore district, was produced before Depalpur court on Monday to record his statement which ran into 15 pages. Pleading innocence, Chouhan in his statement ...Times of India, 2 months ago Samjhauta blast: Accused alleges NIA gave him third degree torture Times of India, 2 months ago
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Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and entertainer. Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993 to 1994. In 1997, Spears signed a recording contract with Jive, releasing her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , and established her as a pop icon and "bona fide pop phenomenon", credited for influencing the revival of teen pop in the late 1990s. Her next three albums also debuted at number one. In December 2008, her sixth studio album, Circus, was released.
Spears is ranked as the eighth best-selling female recording artist in the United States with 32 million sold albums certified by the Recording Industry Association of America. As of November 2007, Spears has sold over 85 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the U.S., Spears is currently the best-selling female artist of the decade and the fifth best selling artist of the decade overall. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_Spears


Add plunging state tax collections to a list of concerns that has recently grown to include a volatile stock market, rising interest rates, and increasing talk about when the next recession might hit.
Tax receipts for the month of December alone missed the monthly benchmark by more than half a billion dollars, erasing months of above-benchmark collections and leaving collections $108 million behind their targets midway through fiscal 2019, according to data released late Friday by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.
Income tax estimated payments totaled just $121 million for December, $542 million or 81.7 percent below benchmark and $575 million or 82.6 percent below December 2017.
“We underestimated the shift of estimated payments from December into January. Early indications are that other states may be having a similar experience,” Revenue Commissioner Christopher Harding said in a statement.
Other key categories of receipts such as withholding, sales, and corporate taxes are flowing into state coffers near benchmarks, said Harding, and estimated payments, which are not due until Jan. 15, are “likely to be stronger in January as a result of the shift,” Harding predicted.
“In prior years, many taxpayers chose to pay in December, to take advantage of the federal deduction for state taxes,” Harding said. “The 2017 federal tax reform reduced this incentive to prepay, by placing a $10,000 limit on the deduction for state and local taxes.”
Suffolk University professor of economics David Tuerck said the December numbers, however disappointing, “should come as no surprise.”
“After a very strong recovery in FY 2018, revenue growth is headed downward, in line with historical averages,” he said.
Tuerck, the president of the Beacon Hill Institute, said he stands by the institute’s prediction that fiscal 2019 tax revenues will grow by 6.6 percent but also noted the institute’s projection that tax revenue growth in fiscal 2020 will slow to 2.4 percent.
“The December numbers are just an early indication of this downward trend,” he said.
Total December collections were $440 million or 14.6 percent less than collections in December 2017. Revenue collections of $13.3 billion over the first six months of fiscal 2019 are $108 million or nearly 1 percent below the year-to-date benchmark and $387 million and 3 percent greater than the same fiscal year-to-date period in 2017.
The original benchmark for fiscal year 2019 was $28.4 billion, but state officials on New Year’s Eve, just four days before reporting the huge drop in December receipts, raised it to $28.5 billion, citing “current year-to-date revenues and economic data” and backing off the books an estimate of $63 million in marijuana tax revenues.
The estimate that collections midway through fiscal 2019 are running $108 million behind benchmark is based on the original benchmark, an administration official said.
House minority leader Brad Jones said on Friday night that the December revenue drop “shows that more people are realizing there are reduced tax benefits to paying estimates by the end of December, as the federal deductibility has been limited under the 2017 tax law changes.”
“This absolutely demands close daily scrutiny moving forward,” said Jones. “It also means the mid-January numbers may take on a little more importance than usual, and the numbers for the month of January as a whole certainly will. This should also serve as a reminder that the Legislature needs to continue to exercise fiscal restraint and not use the recent trend of rising revenues as an excuse for excessive spending increases that could prove to be “
December is the fifth largest month of the year for tax collections and revenues for the month totaled $2.6 billion.
Fiscal 2018 tax collections of $27.8 billion surged 8.3 percent above fiscal 2017 collections, following several years in which collections tailed off during the final six months of the fiscal year.
Governor Charlie Baker, who has opposed broad-based tax hikes while eliminating budget deficits and building the state rainy day fund, plans to file his fiscal 2020 budget proposal this month. If natural growth in tax collections erodes, major investments in priority areas like education, health care and transportation will become more difficult.
State budget writers agreed Monday to build their fiscal year 2020 budget plans on the assumption that tax revenues will grow by 2.7 percent over the current fiscal year.