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A Texas couple dreamed of a home in the rolling hills of Santa Fe that showcased their spectacular art collection. Erinn Morgan finds a minimalist masterpiece of glass and light.
A structural glass wall — the first of its kind in North America — is the only support for the Klein home's cantilevered roof. Photo by Frank Oudeman.
Jeanne and Michael Klein instantly loved the rugged Santa Fe hillside that would one day incorporate their second home — and a celebration of both art and nature. "This land was appealing to us because you could see the changing colors of the dramatic New Mexico sky to the west and also view the high alpine mountains to the east," says Jeanne. In addition, the 20-acre space backed right up to the Santa Fe National Forest.
The Kleins' art collection includes pieces by contemporary and minimalist masters Ellsworth Kelly, Kiki Smith, Richard Serra and Donald Judd. "We didn't want to build a separate structure for the art. We wanted to walk through it every day — all day," says Jeanne.
Concrete provides a soft, textured backdrop for the Kleins' art. Photo by Frank Oudeman.
Since the 8,000-square-foot Klein home was built just outside Santa Fe 10 years ago, it has been acclaimed as among the finest American homes built for art. One of the centerpieces is an Ellsworth Kelly sculpture around which the living room was designed. Another key piece: a James Turrell Skyspace, embedded into the center of the house. It offers a contemplative space in which to experience the ever-changing Southwest sky.
Ensuring the perfect placement for the home's vital art pieces, the Kleins and DuBois, of New York City-based Ohlhausen DuBois Architects, positioned the art before the house was even designed. Then DuBois created huge hallways where the art is placed. These linear spaces are juxtaposed against big, open living areas accented by glass walls.
Clean lines and glass allow the New Mexico landscape to take center stage. Photo by Frank Oudeman.
The Klein home uses a simple, elegant materials palette of concrete, basalt, zinc, walnut — and lots of glass. A unique structural glass wall that passes through the center of the home is the only support for the structure's cantilevered roof. According to DuBois, this utilization of structural glass is the first of its kind in North America.
From design to completion, this home project took more than 3 years. DuBois notes that the design went fairly quickly, but the implementation of the structural glass wall added time to the schedule.
A James Turrell Skyspace offers a spot to contemplate the changing Southwestern sky. Photo by David Marlow.
An engineering success, the Klein home's sheer walls of glass ultimately fuse the indoors with the outdoors, realizing their goal of living in the natural setting. "As you sit there you get this gorgeous view of the mountains and you get to see the changing colors and storms coming in — it's just so beautiful to be able to experience this glass," says Jeanne.
Designers used an elegant palette of basalt, zinc and walnut throughout the home. Photo by Frank Oudeman.
A sunshade runs the length of the house, softening sunlight and creating a modern shaded porch. Photo by David Marlow.
Specially designed trails, colorful plantings and outdoor art installations lead to the guesthouse. Photo by Frank Oudeman.


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Sarah Bear Crafts: All the Tote Bags.
Recently my friend Alex posted about CARROT, the "to-do list with an attitude", and I succumbed. I too must admit that empty points from an app instead of the inherent joy of a job well done. Because of CARROT's empty points, I've found everyone's addresses and wrote them by hand on our wedding invitations.
Because the printable labels for the return address have't arrived, I thought I'd tackle something else on the list: sort through and clean all tote bags.
What is it with tote-bags and being a knitter? Once a project is done, do I diligently return the yarn to my stash? Oh no. It stays in the bag. Eventually when the bag gets too full of scraps, it leaves rotation (translation: new tote-bag) along with all the receipts, lotion tubes, pens and pencils, notebooks, and magazines. Even, in the case of one tote-bag, other tote-bags.
So I did it! I went through all the tote-bags, purses, and back-packs! Want to see? I knew you did!
That's a lot of bags! I saved the best for last--my new Wool bag from my friend Grace. The cloth bags are all going straight into the laundry. I'm going to add that as a task on CARROT, now!
Top left: Wedding magazines, books, pattern notes. Top center: Yarn! And all the stitch-markers and yarn needles in existence. Top right: receipts, wrappers, and other trash (even found some loose staples in my back-pack, back when I had a stapler about 3 years ago?). Middle right: ball bands, toiletries, office supplies, stickers, loose change. Bottom left: Anna Vogelzang and Neko Case CDs, and some loose shawls.
What a mess! Oh well, now I know what I have, it should be fairly easy to put away (toiletries go to the bathroom, yarn goes in the stash, wedding magazines...meh, they get recycled because after you've read one, you've read them all!


Happy Friday the 13th! My travel must-carry list includes the items above, but I'm sorry to say, I don't carry any superstitious travel items to protect me during my trips. Although I do have a page teared from a notebook with a drawing of a flower on it, given to me by a young girl who sold trinkets and souvenirs in Cambodia. I keep it with me in my passport case and take it with me everywhere I go.
What are your travel superstitions?


Elizabeth earned her Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Barry University in Miami Florida. She then entered the United States Air Force and served as an Air Force Officer in the Nurse Corp. After four years on active duty, Elizabeth moved to Texas in 1992 with her husband Steve.
In 2004 Elizabeth earned her Master of Science degree from Texas Women's University and became certified as a Nurse Practitioner. Upon course completion, Elizabeth interned with Dr. Michael England and spent over 500 hours under his direct supervision. She soon became an integral part of Dr. England's medical practice team.
Her special interests include: conditions of the bladder, menopause management, weight management, and disease awareness and prevention.
Elizabeth's approach in not a standard approach, but rather integrates treatment through a unified approach. Treatment options include lifestyle modifications, nutrition awareness, physical well being and, when necessary, medication, including hormone replacement therapy.
Elizabeth believes caring for others always begins with listening.


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Rob Bell grew up in a Navy family. He attended the University of Virginia on scholarship and graduated with honors from both the college and U.Va law school. Rob served as a state prosecutor in Orange County for five years, where he prosecuted over 2,400 cases, working with the police and crime victims to bring criminals to justice.
Since his election as a Republican to the Virginia General Assembly, Rob has written laws that crack down on repeat-offense drunk driving and keep sex offenders off school property. He has also passed laws to expand Virginia's protective orders and to require life in prison for those convicted of raping children. In 2015 he wrote the law to address sexual assaults on college campuses, and in 2016 Bell led the effort to expand Virginia's stalking laws and empower crime victims.
In recent years, Rob has worked to improve mental health care in Virginia. In 2014, he patroned Virginia's "bed of last resort" law to ensure that a bed at a state hospital is always available when a court has ordered treatment. In 2019, he wrote a law to establish minimum standards for mental health care in Virginia jails and to coordinate jail-provided mental health services with community services after inmate release.
In recognition of his work, Rob has been received awards from numerous groups, including Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD-Virginia), the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, and the Psychiatric Society of Virginia. The Action Alliance, which fights domestic violence and sexual assault, gave Rob the 2009 "Act, Honor, Hope" Award, and in 2011, recognized Rob along with 29 other Virginians as a "30 Voices for 30 Years" Honoree.
An Eagle Scout, Rob was an active volunteer with the Boy Scouts and with the public schools prior to his first election. Rob and his wife Jessica have two children, Robbie and Evie. The Bells live in Albemarle County.
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Using "mystery shoppers" looking for access to health care, Public Health – Seattle & King County has found troubling indications that access to primary-care providers may not be as advertised.
About half the time, primary-care providers listed as accepting new patients on Medicaid managed-care organization websites in fact told the "shoppers" they were not accepting new Medicaid patients.
The initial survey was conducted over a 10-day period in early December. A random sample of adult primary-care providers was selected for each of the four regions of King County, and callers used the online provider directories of the five Medicaid Managed Care Organizations that serve King County.
The "shoppers" were staff of a survey consulting firm, but told the doctors' offices they were uninsured patients in the process of deciding what kind of health insurance to get.
They then asked if the provider was accepting new patients for Medicaid (Apple Health) managed-care plans.
King County added about 80,000 new adult Medicaid clients over the past six months, surpassing the state's 2018 enrollment target.
Two University of Washington Master in Public Health students working under the supervision of Public Health epidemiologist Eli Kern conducted a follow-up, which is just concluding.
The information, to be presented to the King County Board of Health on Thursday, is one part of an assessment of the success and the impact of the county's effort to enroll the uninsured in health insurance, both private and public, made available through the Affordable Care Act.
Overall, more than 165,000 county residents were enrolled in health insurance during the campaign, which was fueled in part by knowledge of the county's noteworthy income disparity.
According to Public Health, King County, among the 15 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, has the widest income disparity between those who do and don't have health insurance.
Board of Health members will also hear a report by Jasmine Hutchinson, a master's degree candidate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who studied the strategies used by King County, which was picked by the Washington Health Benefit Exchange to lead county enrollment efforts.
Among states that expanded Medicaid and created a state-based exchange, Hutchinson calculated that Washington's enrollment, as a percentage of those potentially eligible, was bested only by Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Among Hutchinson's conclusions: King County showed that six practices can have a major impact on such an effort and may provide a model for others.
• Solicit active support from local leaders, and create opportunities for them to lead.
• Invite non-health related organizations to participate.
• Build on existing partnership networks and bring them — particularly the smaller ones — to the table.
• Let grassroots organizations make the detailed decisions.
• Talk about enrollment in terms that resonate with communities.
• Convene a regular forum for those assisting with enrollment to address technical issues and solutions.


The publishing platform looks to connect PR pros with journalists and the social web.
Somewhere in the social space between LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, the Baltimore-based team behind NewsBox envisions a publishing platform that focuses on influencers.
Initially conceived as a way for reporters to work around the sea of press release spam in their inbox, the cloud-hosted software now features a full dashboard that's designed to allow journalists, organizations with a message, investors and more to connect, president Gary Pick told Baltimore TechBreakfast last week.
Once they sign up, organizations and PR specialists can upload content or press releases to the site, and share it through content categories within NewsBox, as well as social media channels and RSS. From there, journalists can get access to the content through their own NewsBox accounts. The company is also working on developing a tool that will allow users to track where a story was reported, and how it progressed.
Launched in 2012 by the software company Connectus, the site has 10,000 users, 600 of which are journalists.
Where LinkedIn focuses on jobs and Facebook focuses on social interaction, NewsBox looks to keep the focus solely on content. That way, influencers can tune out the noise, Pick said.
But the laser focus doesn't sacrifice diversity. A quick scan of recent uploads shows press releases promoting subjects from the rapper L.O to aircraft engine monitoring systems. One normally ubiquitous subject, however, was absent.
"You're not going to see a lot of cat pics on NewsBox, unless your business is launching a cat-related product," Pick said.


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Rob Wright previews Friday's racing at Royal Ascot and believes Irish trainer can dominate
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Jim Bolger has a fine record with his British raiders and the Irish handler has an excellent chance to add to his tally at Royal Ascot today, with the front-running Claiomh Solais likely to take some pegging back in the group one Coronation Stakes (3.45).
An easy winner of a maiden at Naas last month, she was then employed as a pacemaker in the Irish 1,000 Guineas for her better-fancied stablemate, Banimpire, who won the Ribblesdale Stakes here yesterday. Despite setting a frantic early pace at the Curragh, Claiomh Solais battled on in game fashion to finish fourth, one place ahead of Banimpire.
It is certainly in her pedigree to go well here, as one half-sister, Giles Na Greine, was runner-up in this race a…


was fracked in his area on a nearby property.
to Ohio citizens hurt by shale development.
GRANGER TWP. — In 2001, Mark and Sandy Mangan built their dream home on State Road.
More than 10 years later, that dream home is now a potentially explosive nightmare, and Mark Mangan said he believes hydraulic oil and gas drilling in the area is to blame.
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services determined the Mangans' home and the home of neighbors Bill and Stephanie Boggs pose a public health hazard because of methane gas in the water lines.
"We're living in a bomb," said Mangan, a volunteer firefighter.
According to a letter from the department to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Granger Fire Department investigated an odor of natural gas coming from the wellhead behind the Mangans' home in November.
The area was measured for oxygen levels and the level of explosivity, referred to as an LEL level. According to the letter, an area is considered hazardous if the level of explosivity is above 10 percent at the surface of the wellhead.
The well behind the Mangans' home was reading 47.4 percent, and the well behind the Boggs' home was 34.7 percent, according to the documents.
Less than a mile from the homes are two vertically drilled natural gas wells in Allardale Park.
He said the Allard family donated the land to the county on the condition that already signed leases for drilling would be upheld.
The issue of hydraulic drilling, known as fracking, has caused controversy in Medina County and throughout the nation as companies look to tap into potential oil and natural gas in the Utica and Marcellus shales about 6,000 feet underground.
Hydraulic fracturing involves injecting water, particles and chemicals underground at high pressure to break up shale and release natural gas.
When asked about a possible connection between the two wells and the health hazards of two township homes, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources provided an email response that said the wells were investigated extensively and there is no connection.
A third, abandoned well across the street from the Mangans' house, however, may be to blame, according to the ODNR.
Mark Mangan said the abandoned well was sealed in 1966, but he believes a builder cracked the top of it when a house was built in the area in the 1970s, causing gas to leak from the well. A diversion pipe was installed to ensure the gas did not pose a threat, he said.
"That's what they're saying is leaking into our wells, but we've been here since 2001 and never had that problem until the day they drilled the (Allardale) wells up there," he said.
The Allardale wells were drilled during the week of Sept. 25, 2008, according to the letter from the health department. On Sept. 29, the Mangans' and Boggs' wells were dry. When water returned five days later, it was "'salty and cloudy' at both residences," the letter said.
The Mangans have since installed a cistern to run rain water through their house, which cost about $15,000, and Mark Mangan said all the pipes and plumbing would need to be replaced before it will be safe to drink water out of the faucet.
"We had to put our own procedures into place to make sure we were safe," he said.
Before he installed the cistern, he said, water that came out of the faucet was flammable, and whenever it was running, the room had to be ventilated to avoid an explosion.
"If I would have gone into my bathroom, lit a candle, turned on my showers and my sinks and closed the doors, in 20 minutes, I think my house would have exploded," Mangan said.
Bill Boggs said he has not been able to take the same precautions because of financial constraints.
He has a filter on his water system, but his family still showers in the contaminated water.
Both said they have dealt with an increase in health issues since their water problems began, from headaches to irregular heartbeats.
The Department of Health's recommendations included resealing the abandoned well in addition to more testing inside their homes when water is running.
Mangan and Boggs said they have not heard any updates from the ODNR on what will be done now that the EPA has been notified of the health hazard.
In the meantime, Mangan said he is spreading the word about the potential hazards of drilling.
Contact Jennifer Pignolet at (330) 721-4063 or jpignolet@medina-gazette.com.


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France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking
Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers said on Tuesday.
French surgeons perform an operation on a woman at Amiens hospital, northern France, December 2, 2005. France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Lyon hospital/Handout
If the U.S. health care system performed as well as those of those top three countries, there would be 101,000 fewer deaths in the United States per year, according to researchers writing in the journal Health Affairs.
Researchers Ellen Nolte and Martin McKee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tracked deaths that they deemed could have been prevented by access to timely and effective health care, and ranked nations on how they did.
They called such deaths an important way to gauge the performance of a country's health care system.
Nolte said the large number of Americans who lack any type of health insurance — about 47 million people in a country of about 300 million, according to U.S. government estimates — probably was a key factor in the poor showing of the United States compared to other industrialized nations in the study.
"I wouldn't say it (the last-place ranking) is a condemnation, because I think health care in the U.S. is pretty good if you have access. But if you don't, I think that's the main problem, isn't it?" Nolte said in a telephone interview.
In establishing their rankings, the researchers considered deaths before age 75 from numerous causes, including heart disease, stroke, certain cancers, diabetes, certain bacterial infections and complications of common surgical procedures.
Such deaths accounted for 23 percent of overall deaths in men and 32 percent of deaths in women, the researchers said.
France did best — with 64.8 deaths deemed preventable by timely and effective health care per 100,000 people, in the study period of 2002 and 2003. Japan had 71.2 and Australia had 71.3 such deaths per 100,000 people. The United States had 109.7 such deaths per 100,000 people, the researchers said.
After the top three, Spain was fourth best, followed in order by Italy, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Austria, Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Britain, Ireland and Portugal, with the United States last.
PREVIOUS RANKINGS
The researchers compared these rankings with rankings for the same 19 countries covering the period of 1997 and 1998. France and Japan also were first and second in those rankings, while the United States was 15th, meaning it fell four places in the latest rankings.
All the countries made progress in reducing preventable deaths from these earlier rankings, the researchers said. These types of deaths dropped by an average of 16 percent for the nations in the study, but the U.S. decline was only 4 percent.
The research was backed by the Commonwealth Fund, a private New York-based health policy foundation.
"It is startling to see the U.S. falling even farther behind on this crucial indicator of health system performance," Commonwealth Fund Senior Vice President Cathy Schoen said.
"The fact that other countries are reducing these preventable deaths more rapidly, yet spending far less, indicates that policy, goals and efforts to improve health systems make a difference," Schoen added in a statement.
Editing by Cynthia Osterman


… but there are no courtesy seats in shops. I never noticed until I injured my knee (I'm unable to stand or walk for long) that shops no longer have a courtesy chair or two, for those waiting while their companions browse.
This week, we went to the new designer outlet at Mar shopping centre near Loule. My husband was shopping in the various clothes shops while I stood around like a spare part. Which would have been fine if the shops at least had a chair for those with walking disability to sit down for a moment. At one point my knee ached so much, I actually went into a changing cubicle to sit on a bench and rest my leg while he continued browsing.
'You can't sit there,' he said.
I won't repeat what I said in response. Put it this way: I was tired, grumpy, in pain and about to eat someone alive!
I will also add we were the only people in the shop. In fact, we were the only people in most shops.
On one occasion I actually sat on a display stand. What is the matter with shops now? A courtesy chair would be such a kind gesture. And it would also help heavily pregnant women who also need to shop and can't stand for long.
When I first left school I worked in a ladies clothes shop and we always had a chair available. I was only sixteen at the time but if someone with walking difficulties came into the shop a chair was always offered. It wasn't rocket science just old-fashioned courtesy.
Hubby walks with sticks and on the rare occasion he has been with me when I (even rarer) shop for clothes, he has always been offered a seat.
I think the UK is more tuned into people with walking disability that Portugal. My Mum lived in Lincolnshire (Horncastle) and from memory the shops were good old fashioned shops and service.
Horncastle isn't far from where we used to live when we first arrived in Lincolnshire in 2007. The shops are still the same and follow the same courtesies as far as I know.
I agree with you, just common courtesy to have a few comfy chairs around for those who are accompanying the shoppers.
At airports they have a few designated chairs for people with walking difficulties. I can't see why they can't in shops.
We are lucky that our local BPI has chairs – even the post office,. but then again it is an old Portuguese town and there are a lot of elderly people.
This is such a good point. It can be unbearable at times.
And worse if you can't stand for long. They must lose customers.
I would think so. So short sighted.
I've noticed the same thing in many stores in the USA. There's often nowhere to sit!
The same is often true in the US – well, in the areas I've lived in anyway. A very small number will have chairs or benches available but most do not. I noticed some that used to offer them have removed them. I've thankfully never had need for them personally but have wondered why they are not just commonplace for those who do need them.


• Present Hays County Food Bank barcode (issued on the first visit) to receive services. If barcode does not belong to the client, the person presenting the barcode must be listed as a secondary pick-up person.
• Arrive before posted distribution time, but no more than 45 minutes early. At choice distributions with multiple rounds, anyone who arrives late (after the posted distribution time) will receive a yellow card and will receive food last. No one will be admitted 10 minutes after the posted distribution time. At choice distributions with one round and bagged distributions, clients may arrive at any time during the posted time range.
• Follow directions of Staff Member or Distribution Leader.
• Only send one person per household through the food line.
• Supervise children at all times. Parents of unsupervised children may be asked to leave.
• Not eat, drink, or smoke at any distribution location.
• Treat all persons with respect. If there is an issue, please report to a HCFB Staff Member. Staff reserves the right to refuse service to any uncooperative person.
Choice distribution - As available, clients will be given a choice between food items from the following categories - frozen meat, loose fruits, loose vegetables, packaged fruits, packaged vegetables, salads, baked goods, and breads. Clients should bring their own bags or boxes.
Single round: Clients will only be able to go through the choice line one time at this type of distribution due to limitations in space and seating.
Multiple rounds: Clients will be able to go through the choice line multiple times, until all food has been distributed.
Bagged distribution: As available, clients will be provided with a pre-bagged variety of food from the following categories - frozen meat or canned meat, canned non-perishable items, loose fruits, loose vegetables, packaged fruits, packaged vegetables, salads, baked goods, and breads. Clients do not need to bring their own bags or boxes.
Monday Southside Community Center 518 S. Guadalupe San Marcos 12:00 p.m.
United Campus Ministry 510 N. Guadalupe St. San Marcos 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday St. Anthony's Catholic Church 801 Burleson St. Kyle 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday Immanuel Baptist Church 4000 E. FM 150 Kyle 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Dunbar Recreation Center 801 Martin Luther King Dr. San Marcos 6:00 p.m.
The Connection Church 1235 South Loop 4 Buda 12:00 p.m.
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Every first Tuesday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at Rattler Stadium (4660 TX-123) in San Marcos at 8:30 a.m.
Third Thursday of the month (unless otherwise noted) at Rattler Stadium (4660 TX-123) in San Marcos at 8:30 a.m.
*A hot meal is served daily at 5:00 pm at Southside Community Center at 518 S. Guadalupe, next to the Valero.
The food bank does NOT distribute food from our warehouse or office. Our seven public food distributions are located offsite in areas that can better accommodate the number of clients we serve. Please see our distribution schedule to find out when and where you can receive food. Each household can receive food a maximum of two times per week.
We are closed and do not hold distribution on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, the 4th of July, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving, and the week of Christmas.


One of the best things about Singapore, to me anyway, has been the food. Also, as a coffee lover, it didn't take me long to try the Kopi that you can find at most every hawker center in Singapore. There are people that hate it, but somehow I got addicted to the stuff and love to have it after dinner whenever possible. I won't go into the details of how it's prepared, because I honestly don't know them, but it's well worth trying if you ever get the chance.
There are plenty of places you can go to get Kopi. Like I said, you can get it from hawker centers, but there are also fancier looking restaurants set up in malls that sell Kopi. Some of them call it coffee, like the place on the bottom level of White Sands in Pasir Ris (Kayakun Toast I think?), but it's still the same, and it's still good.
I really like the design theme they went with for Kopi Alley, and I was a bit surprised, considering what they sell. It looks nicer than a lot of so-called fine dining restaurants I've been in. By the way, the total cost for the items in the last 3 photos was only 5.30 SGD. That's not too bad at all, and it was overkill. We went there after dinner and we wound up not finishing that chocolate spread toast, so we could've done without it. It was a bit too sweet too, but… what did I expect, ordering chocolate spread toast?


On this episode of BusinessWise, host Randy Landreneau interviews real estate business owner Josee Goudreault. Ms. Goudreault discusses her application of the Hubbard Management Technology in her real estate business, and how the Hubbard method has helped her company become and remain successful despite the current situation in the housing market. She discusses the importance of real communication in any business and specifically how communication affects other aspects of running a business.


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Divorce affects every family and member of our society in some way or another. It particularly affects children. The statistics vary from 40 to 50% of first marriages ending in divorce; the stats for subsequent marriages are higher. The traditional litigated divorce inflames already highly emotional couples. Unresolved conflicts, fueled by miscommunication and unacknowledged powerful emotions, are the driving force behind high-conflict divorces and the high costs (both emotional and financial) that result.
Collaborative Practice, including Collaborative Law and interdisciplinary Collaborative Divorce, is a new way for you to resolve disputes respectfully — without going to court — while working with trained professionals who are important to all areas of your life. The term incorporates all of the models developed since IACP's Minnesota lawyer Stu Webb created Collaborative Law ideas in the 1980s.
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Regards modern day warfare among nations: possessing a "Secret Weapon" is of great importance.
Some years ago I heard a bible scholar proclaim fasting as a believers "Secret Weapon" in spiritual warfare. The Holy Spirit has since made this truth a confident, victorious challenge in my life. Here is an important key for Bethel members in this exciting hour.


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J Autism Dev Disord. 2007 Jan;37(1):73-85. Epub 2006 Dec 30.
Restricted and repetitive behaviors in young children with autism spectrum disorders.
Richler J1, Bishop SL, Kleinke JR, Lord C.
Restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) on the Autism Diagnostic Interview- Revised (ADI-R: Lord, Rutter, & Le Couteur (1994) were examined in 165 children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), 49 children with non-spectrum developmental disorders (DD), and 65 children with typical development (TD) at approximately 2 years of age. A factor analysis found evidence for a repetitive sensorimotor (RSM) factor and an insistence on sameness (IS) factor. Behaviors that loaded on the RSM factor were prevalent in children with ASD and significantly more common and severe than in children with DD or TD. On average, children with ASD had more RSM behaviors. Behaviors that loaded on the IS factor were relatively uncommon and did not differ in prevalence or severity across groups.


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Anything not within the maritime sovereignty? of any country is considered international waters under the Law of the Sea?. For fishing purposes a 200-mile limit applies. This often bisects marine ecosystems such as the Grand Banks and Flemish Cap.
Marine resources are used wastefully throughout the world, including the high seas - a tragedy of the commons applies as whoever gets to them first plunders them, then moves on. 90% of large fish? have been removed from marine ecosystem?s. All fish being caught now are "just babies" according to scientists, accordingly, the sustainable fish stock? is very much depleted everywhere in the world.
There are some multi-national efforts to eliminate unsustainable fishing practices on the high seas. Already whaling? is very closely regulated and all but banned.
Vulnerable elements of the world's oceans such as seamount?s, ocean mammals, and migratory fish? that cross international boundaries, and Atlantic coral? and Pacific sponge coral? system, which are vulnerable to rising ocean acidity? caused by carbon dioxide, affect international waters. Even some fish nursery? areas are in international waters.


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Mornings. They can be the worst, but they don't have to be. By changing your sleeping habits, you can save yourself a world of grogginess and not knowing what day of the week it is when you wake up, by simply following a few tips and tricks that will take your morning from being slow and unproductive to being energized, productive and ready to start the day or week. It's all about creating a schedule and a sleep regimen that works the best for you and your body and will really help to get you motivated to get out of bed in the morning. Everyone wakes up differently, but below are some tips to help you stay motivated in the morning.
Hitting snooze is the worst thing you can do for your body. You may think that you are "completing your sleep cycle" but really you are disrupting it and make it start all over again. Snooze tricks your brain into thinking you are starting sleep all over again, so by the time you are ready to stop hitting snooze you have already harmed your body by disrupting another sleep cycle. There are a few things that you can do to help in not hitting snooze and waking up with at the first sound of your alarm.
It's time to stop being lazy in the morning and make your bed. Not only does it help you become more productive during the day it's also accomplishing the first task of the day and prepares you for things you don't want to do (like cleaning the bathroom later). There are other major health benefits to making your bed in the morning, such as getting more sleep, enjoying your job more than those who don't make their beds and working out more regularly. It de-clutters your mind and makes you become a happier person. So, take the 5 minutes in the morning to make your bed and begin your day on a positive, happy note.
While many people want to begin their day with a cup of coffee, the better choice is water. Starting your day with two glasses of water helps to re hydrate your body, which has become dehydrated from sleeping and jump starts your system for the day. Drinking water in the morning also helps to ensure that your metabolism is functioning at its best, which helps your system stay functioning all day.
Don't get ready in the dark. It's one of the worst things you can do for your body, which is trying to adjust from being asleep all night. Open your blinds or if it's gloomy and cloudy outside turn on a bright light. Light helps your internal clock know that it's morning and that it's time to start the day. Don't trick your body by getting ready in darkness or in barely any light. You won't be doing yourself any favors. The best thing you can do is open your blinds or turn on your light. This will get your body up and at 'em and ready to take on the day.
The last important thing you can do for yourself in the morning is to eliminate decisions. Not all decisions, just the ones that don't really need to be answered in the morning, too many decisions in the morning will drain your brain and slow you down for the rest of the day. You don't want that, you want your mornings to be productive, so you can keep up with that all day. Write down your to do list the evening before so that you don't drain your brain in the morning and can remain positive and productive all day.
Ultimately it comes down to the decisions you make on a daily basis that will determine if you are going to have a great productive morning and day or a groggy, tiresome day. Use the advice above the best way it will work for you. Everyone's bodies and brains work differently, so it all comes down to what combinations work the best for you. Mornings don't have to be rough, they can be a great way to start your day or week, you just need to start doing tasks that help you brain stay alert. Try adding one new thing to your morning routine a week and soon enough you will be on your way to having the best morning routine for a productive and healthy you!


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Maines and her husband, actor Adrian Pasdar, had been married for seventeen years when she filed for divorce back in 2017. They had two sons together, and Pasdar claims that he put his career on hold to take care of them due to Maines' career. She is part of the country band The Dixie Chicks. Pasdar is best known for his parts on television series such as "Heroes" and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."
Though the two signed a prenuptial agreement, Pasdar is disputing it. He says that Maines paid for the majority of their joint expenses while they were married, including child care. He also claims that he has gone into debt in an attempt to care for the boys since he and Maines have separated. He has asked her for over $16 thousand a month in child support. He's also seeking spousal support and payment of his legal fees.
It is very possible that Natalie Maines will pay some form of support once her divorce is finalized. Most parents here in Texas and elsewhere want to ensure their children are well taken care of, and that often means paying child support to the other parent. Those who have questions about child support agreements may benefit from consulting an attorney with experience in this field of the law. A knowledgeable legal professional can advise a parent of all of his or her legal rights and options.
Related Posts: Woman gets $150,000 in unpaid child support after 50 years, Six parents arrested for failure to pay child support, Nonprofit helps fathers make child support payments, Is your child support order not working for you?


Seven healthcare organizations that work with Jennings were named winners in the 39th annual Telly Awards. In total, videos produced by Jennings' in-house team garnered 17 awards in a wide range of categories including videography, directing, motion graphics, art direction, and animation. The Telly Awards is a highly regarded annual competition that recognizes success in video and film internationally.
The list of Jennings clients who were winners in the 39th annual Telly Awards included Lawrence General Hospital, Emerson Hospital, Spectrum Healthcare Partners, Signature Healthcare, Adventist Health, Vidant Health and Clifton & Mauney Pediatric Dentistry.
Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, online commercials, video and films. The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world. The 34th Annual Telly Awards received approximately 12,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries around the world.
A prestigious judging panel of more than 500 accomplished industry professionals, each a past winner of a Silver Telly and a member of the Silver Telly Council, judged the competition, upholding the historical standard of excellence that Telly represents. The Silver Council evaluated entries to recognize distinction in creative work – entries do not compete against each other – rather entries are judged against a high standard of merit. Less than 10 percent of entries are chosen as winners of the Silver Telly, the highest honor. Approximately 25 percent of entries are chosen as winners of the Bronze Telly.


Futures are starting higher, following on from the Friday afternoon recovery. After a 1-2-3 pullback test of the third leg stocks are going to try a higher open to resume the upside.
Trade: Optimism as the next round starts the preliminaries today in Beijing with Mnuchin and Lighthizer in China Thursday. China announced its vice premier will now be attending that meeting. That is being seen as a positive development for the talks given Xi and Trump are not talking meeting until after the March 1 deadline for new tariffs to kick in.
A big week ahead: PPI, CPI, another Powell speech, trade negotiations.
Jobs: ATVI (game software) to cut hundreds according to Bloomberg.
Stock futures gapped higher, holding the gains to the open. Never like the gap gains that just sit there. We will have to see if the upbeat start to the day can hold.


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Before designing any garment, a detailed study is carried out with several professional athletes to know about their needs regarding the garments' practical and hi tech details likely to maximize their comfort.
Research is never-ending: we care for pattern, shape, and graphic design, the latter being part of a theme-based collection as reflected by the watercolor illustrations on each garment (5 to 10 illustrations per theme). Once the illustrations are done, they are applied to the patterns and interspersed smoothly giving each garment a unique style. All the fabrics used in the company are white hence the name WHITEFIT. Each item is personalized and processed with great care.
Elastic fabrics of different grammage and properties are used as they allow the skin to sweat and expel it.
Comfort is one of the most important things taken into account. Therefore we pay close attention to the cuts and to the two-pocket waistband below the navel: a 12-cm wide and 15-cm long one at the front and a zipped one at the back. The short leggings are long enough not to pull up while exercising. Moreover all the seams are flat so that there is no skin friction. Some details are specified in each garment solving some problems the athletes tend to encounter.


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Q: why 0xFF1874CD will not overflow an int parameter in Java Color class Java API has this constructor:
public Color(int rgba, boolean hasalpha)

I call it like this:
g.setColor(new Color(0xFF1874CD, true));

The Max integer value is 0x7FFFFFFF. Why the above 0xFF1874CD doesn't cause overflow?

A: 0xFF1874CD

is
  F    F    1    8    7    4    C    D
1111 1111 0001 1000 0111 0100 1100 1101

which, in decimal, is
-15174451

That number can be represented as an int.
The Java Language Specification states

The largest positive hexadecimal, octal, and binary literals of type
  int - each of which represents the decimal value 2147483647 (231-1) -
  are respectively:
0x7fff_ffff,
[...]

The most negative hexadecimal, octal, and binary literals of type int
  - each of which represents the decimal value -2147483648 (-231) - are respectively:
0x8000_0000,
[...]

A: In Java, any int value greater than 0x7FFFFFFF and equal to or less than 0xFFFFFFFF will be a treated as a negative number if printed directly.
However, this does not cause problems when dealing with colors as the |, &, and >> operators can be used to find the red, green, blue, and alpha channels just fine, as though the number were positive still.
In most cases, only negation, subtraction, and rendering the number as text will care about whether the number is negative or not.  In other cases, there's essentially no difference between a negative number and a very large positive number.
See this Wikipedia article about Two's Complement for more details about how this all works.

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Melanie Martinez – Cry Baby
Melanie is late to the game. There has been a wave of Pop singers who sound like a response to the abundance of empowerment anthems. You know this style has been bled dry when Sia tries to write a vulnerable song about alcoholism and ends up ripping off "Titanium".
Lana Del Rey was about the darker side of hedonism and hot bad guys. Tove Lo sang about the loneliness that finds even the sexiest women. Although they made great albums, Martinez feels like the true beating this genre needs. Tove Lo and Lana still sang like beautiful people. Melanie is the voice of the outcast.
Thematically, the album has more in common with Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. Its structure is similar to the famous album by these two. The songs don't tell a story as much as they show a psychological journey of a character, who starts off as Cry Baby and ends up as Mad Hatter.
This is not the trouble of a beautiful girl who just needs to choose a different environment. Melanie's protagonist is an outcast who finds rejection wherever she goes. On "Dollhouse", she finds no warmth in a family that's fine only on the surface. On "Carousel" and "Soap", she's rejected romantically. The former deserves special mention. It's one of the few songs where the hopelessness of love is considered.
The rejection climaxes in "Pity Party" and "Tag, You're It". In the former, Cry Baby realizes she has nobody. On the latter, someone finally notices her and it's a sexual predator. Eventually, she uses the same innocence and tenderness she had in the title track for rebellion. Poisoned "Milk and Cookies" get rid of the asshole. The ending is optimistic – she rejects society and its superficiality on "Mrs. Potato Head" and finds joy in "Mad Hatter".
Superficiality is a big deal here, and in Pop music. How we look, in fact, is a plague that still infects women. Female musicians will still get praised more for their looks than men, as if it has any bearings on the quality. On Little Mix's "Black Magic" music video, a change of clothes suddenly makes the guy interested.
Melanie is obsessed with how we use fancy covers to hide things. Almost every song here involves bad things having a nice cover, from the dollhouse that hides a dysfunctional family to the poisoned milk and cookies. That's where Melanie's childish aesthetic comes into play.
The whole album uses childish aesthetic to express dark themes. The music is the same. The melodies have a nursery rhyme-like quality. Nothing is actually aggressive or loud. "Worth It" is more abrasive musically, but then comes the chorus of "Milk and Cookies".
While this aesthetic is often brilliant and Melanie sounds like a visionary, it also highlights how inexperienced she is. There's a reason The Downward Spiral wasn't Reznor's first album. Melanie swings between being obvious and delivering just the right line. On "Dollhouse", you get lines like "Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?". It's brilliant in the way it creepily hints at sexual harassment. Then she bluntly states her Dad is having an affair.
She doesn't stray from the concept, and that's good. Only two songs feel slightly out-of-place. "Training Wheels" is a love song that's great on its own but lacks the darkness that will connect it to the rest. "Pacify Her" is the sort of thing I'd expect from Lana Del Rey and Tove Lo. For a brief moment Cry Baby is an attractive girl that can steal others' boyfriends?
"Mrs. Potato Head" has been already highlighted by many as the best song on the album. It should've spread like wildfire through Tumblr and become a meme. It's an even better anti-beauty anthem than that Manson track. It has no subtly, it doesn't need any. Someone need to sing "No one will love you if you're unattractive". It's not about plastic surgery, but about our worship of beauty. We wouldn't need plastic surgeries if we wouldn't worship beauty like this. It's also one of the softest songs on the album, and that only makes it cut deeper.
There will be weirder Pop albums, but Cry Baby is the one we need now the most. Its musical backdrop is unique, but not very attention grabbing. It exists to go along with Melanie's ideas, but she doesn't expand on them. The most attention-grabbing thing musically is the bass drop in "Soap", which uses bubbling sounds. The album doesn't need an overblown sound. Its smallness fits with the childish atmosphere.
The rough edges prevent it from being a classic, but it's still a brilliant Pop album. It doesn't even come close to being a "singles with filler" album. The singles are actually some of the weaker tracks. Melanie manages to create a persona of her own and not just create a collection of great songs, but a sequencing that works. It's also another step forward from the bland empowerment we've been plagued with. I wonder what will replace Melanie's brand of depressed Pop.
4 dollhouses out of 5
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HomeNewsRobot Operates Inside Eye in World First
Robot Operates Inside Eye in World First
Surgeons have used a robot to operate inside the eye – and restore sight – in a world first.
The Preceyes robot has a thin needle which enters the eye and is moved using the motorised joystick on left of frame
A team at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital used the device, controlled via a joystick, to remove a membrane one hundredth of a millimetre thick.
Patient Bill Beaver, 70, said it was "a fairytale".
Surgeons hope the procedure will pave the way for more complex eye surgery than is currently possible with the human hand.
The BBC had exclusive access to the procedure.
'I can see'
Rev Beaver said: "It's almost the world of fairy tales but it's true. I'm just fortunate that I'm the first to have it."
Robot assisted surgery is commonplace, but until now had never been used inside the eye.
Prof Robert MacLaren from University of Oxford, who led the procedure, told me: "Operating at the back of the eye needs great precision, and the challenge has been to get a robot system to do that through a tiny hole in the wall of the eye without causing damage as it moves around.
"Most robots in theatre are big, with big engineering whereas this is tiny – everything had to be shrunk down."
The Preceyes surgical robot was developed by a Dutch company, a spin-out of Eindhoven University of Technology.
The surgeon uses a joystick and touch-screen to guide a thin needle into the eye, while monitoring its progress through a microscope.
The robot, which acts like a mechanical hand, has seven motors and is able to filter out hand tremors from the surgeon.
Large movements of the joystick result in tiny movements of the robot, and if the surgeon releases their grip any movement is frozen.
Rev Beaver is a curate in Oxford and, until last year, was officiating chaplain to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
In July his optician spotted a membrane growing at the back of his right eye. The pressure had created a hole in his retina which was destroying his central vision.
Before his surgery said: "When I hold up a book, all I can see is mush in the centre, and my vision in that eye is restricted to the periphery."
He underwent the pioneering surgical technique at the end of August.
Prof MacLaren said: "Normally when we do this operation by hand we touch the retina and there is some haemorrhage, but when we used the robot the membrane was lifted cleanly away."
The result is that Rev Beaver's central vision in his right eye has been restored.
A gas bubble in the eye means he is currently short sighted, but normal distance vision will return in the coming months.
Rev Beaver said: "The degeneration in my vision was very scary and I was fearful I would lose my sight entirely – so for this intervention to take place so effortlessly is a real godsend."
Twelve patients will undergo surgical procedures using the robot, in a trial funded by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre.
Additional funding is being provided by Zizoz, a Dutch charity for patients with choroideremia, a genetic form of blindness which might be a future target for treatment using the robot.
The trial is designed as a proof of principle, to establish whether the robot can do what an eye surgeon does, but with greater accuracy.
But the ultimate goal is for robotics to take eye surgery to another level.
Prof MacLaren said: "There is no doubt in my mind that we have just witnessed a vision of eye surgery in the future.
"We can certainly improve on current operations, but I hope the robot will allow us to do new more complex and delicate operations that are impossible with the human hand."
Oxford is among several centres around the world which are trialling retinal gene therapy – a new treatment to prevent blindness.
Currently this treatment is done by hand, and further interventions involving stem cell injections are planned which require cells to be slowly infused into the eye.
The robot should allow surgeons to inject cells under the retina over a period of 10 minutes, something which would be impossible with the human hand.
The Dutch company which developed the robot believes that it could eventually be used outside the operating theatre.
Maarten Beelen from Preceyes said: "In the future we could see this being used in an office based setting, where only the robot would touch the eye and it would be fully automated, which would improve efficiency and reduce costs."
The robot system is a prototype and as yet the company has not revealed what it will cost to purchase.
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The emergence of technology systems: knowledge production and distribution in the case of the Emilian plastics district
Pier Paolo Patrucco
The emergence of technology systems is the result of interdependent dynamics of the generation and diffusion of complementary bits of localised technological knowledge. Technological communication is the crucial element assessing the collective conditions under which technological knowledge is accumulated and diffused. The case study of the emerging Emilian technological system in the plastics sector shows that the synchronic and diachronic localised interactions among industrial dynamics, institutional R&D efforts and technological interrelatedness are the determinants of the systematic production, accumulation and distribution of localised technological knowledge, in turn explaining the origin and development of the technology system itself. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.
Pier Paolo Patrucco, 2005. "The emergence of technology systems: knowledge production and distribution in the case of the Emilian plastics district," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 29(1), pages 37-56, January.
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