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There will be no shortage of female physique athletes at the 2021 Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend, scheduled for October 7-10 in Orlando, Florida. With six women's events on the bill, competitors of all sizes and shapes will pose down at the IFBB Pro League's ultimate championships.
A top-five finish earns a money prize in all divisions and an automatic qualification for the 2022 Olympia in all but bikini. To help you keep the bodies straight, here's a rundown of the players from the oldest division to the newest.
Ms. Olympia
2021 Favorite: Andrea Shaw
In 2020, promoter Jake Woods and his Wings of Strength organization brought back women's bodybuilding to the Olympia after a five-year absence, and with it ushered in the era of Andrea Shaw. A total-package bodybuilder in the tradition of Cory Everson, albeit with a lot more muscle, Shaw is the female flexer the judges had been waiting for. A former women's physique competitor, Shaw won the 2020 Rising Phoenix World Championship and ascended to the Olympia throne, and I don't see her leaving it anytime soon. Especially since she has two wins in a row at the 2021 Rising Phoenix a month before the Olympia.
Contenders: Margie Martin & Helle Trevino
Martin, second place last year, is a veteran flexer with tons of muscle and an enviable X-frame. She should repeat in second. Trevino, who was third in 2020, just won the Rising Phoenix again, and she brings a lot of conditioned muscle to the stage. If Shaw slips even a little, this pair will be ready to knock off her crown.
Top-5 Potential: MayLa Ash & Irene Anderson
Ash and her beautiful lines moved up from women's physique last year and took fourth at the Olympia, but she missed her peak at the recent Rising Phoenix. She can possibly bounce back at the O for a top-five spot.
Though she was fifth last year, the highly muscular Anderson's placings have been erratic lately. Still, the 53-year-old veteran could score in this lineup.
X-Factor: Mona Poursaleh & Reshanna Boswell
These are my dark horse candidates to penetrate the winner's circle. Poursaleh won the Tampa Pro with a classic look, while Boswell displayed new size and conditioning in winning the Lenda Murray Savannah Pro.
Fitness Olympia
Favorite: Missy Truscott
The results of the Fitness International (at the Arnold Classic) on September 25 greatly influenced this prediction. Truscott is the 2020 Olympia champ, and her solid repeat victory at the International makes her a safe bet to earn her second Olympia title. Truscott's beautiful X-frame is more developed and conditioned than most of the fitness lineup, and her explosive routine at the International took first, as well. As one commentator put it, "Who's going to beat her?"
Contenders: Oksana Grishina & Ariel Khadar
Grishina, the four-time Olympia and International champion, came out of retirement to take second at the O in 2020. However, when she didn't make the first physique callout at the International, her fate was set. Grishina's flawlessly-executed-but-safe routine pulled her all the way into second at the International. If she makes physique improvements and brings a different routine to the Olympia, anything is possible.
Khadar came within a point of beating Truscott in the physique round at the International and finished third overall. With a strong performance in the routines, she should at least duplicate her fourth-place 2020 Olympia honors, if not better.
Top-5 Potential: Jacklyn Baker & Aurika Tyrgale
Baker has been creeping up in the standings over the past couple of years, and her fourth-place landing at the International suggests she will make the top five again at the Olympia. Ditto for Tyrgale, who was seventh at the 2020 Olympia and moved up to fifth at the recent International.
X-Factor: Whitney Jones
Jones, a two-time Olympia champ and former Fitness International winner, tested positive for COVID-19 and did not compete at the International. It is unknown whether she will make it onstage at the Olympia. If she does, look for a top-three finish.
Figure Olympia
Favorite: Cydney Gillon
Gillon is the four-time reigning Figure Olympia champ, and the pressure is mounting for her to continue her dominance of the sport. The question is, is there anyone currently in the ranks who can beat her? Not likely. Gillon's dramatic hourglass shape and perfect conditioning should prevail once again.
Contenders: Natalia Soltero & Nadia Wyatt
Soltero scored a big win at the 2020 Physique International and beat out Wyatt by two points to take the runner-up spot at the O. Either one will be waiting to see if Gillon falters.
Top-5 Potential: Nicole Zenobia Graham & Jessica Reyes Padilla
Graham conditioned her way to fourth ahead of two-time Figure O champ Latorya Watts in 2020, and she's in good shape for a similar finish here. Padilla dropped from fourth in 2019 to sixth last time, but her two big wins this season should propel her attractive curves back into the winner's circle.
X-Factor: Carly Starling-Howell
With Latorya Watts not competing this year, there's opportunity for someone else to break through. Starling-Howell, fifth two years ago, is a likely candidate.
Bikini Olympia
Favorites: Jennifer Dorie & Elisa Pecini
With 2020 champ Janet Layug and two other top-five finishers not competing this year, the Bikini Olympia title is wide open. A whopping 39 women qualified, but in my opinion, it will come down to these two.
Dorie, who is last year's Olympia runner-up, beat Pecini, the 2019 winner, by a single point at the Bikini International on September 25, and I'm not sure why. Dorie may have been a little tighter (in a bikini way), particularly in her upper body, however, Pecini still has two weeks to improve her form. Though she dropped to sixth at the 2020 O, Pecini gets my vote.
Contender: Lauralie Chapados
Chapados had the best rear pose at the Bikini International, but the judges put her in third. She has finished as high as second at the Olympia, but her overall structure may keep her out of the running for the top spot this time.
Top-5 Potential: Ashley Kaltwasser & Romina Basualdo
What to say about three-time Olympia champ Kaltwasser, the winningest bikini pro, including seven wins this season? No matter how many victories she notches, Kaltwasser has gotten no love from the Olympia judges since 2015. She was seventh in 2020, but this year, after taking fourth at the International, she should finish in the money.
Basualdo was a hot prospect a couple of years ago, but her scores since then have fizzled. A big win at the 2021 New York Pro and fifth place at the International have put her back in the running.
X-Factors: Jasmine Gonzalez, Maureen Blanquisco & Erin Stern
I like the looks of Gonzalez and Blanquisco, both of whom have finished ninth at the O in the past and came back with solid wins this season. Stern is a two-time Figure Olympia champ and gets a shout-out for streamlining down to bikini and making it back to the big show.
Women's Physique
Favorite: Sarah Villegas
Last year, I was so dazzled by the larger-than-life X-frame of two-time Olympia champ Shanique Grant, I failed to notice the way the judges were favoring Sarah Villegas in the callouts. Villegas is a total-package player, with solid muscle plus symmetry and proportion to burn, and she had sufficient conditioning to knock out the champ and ascend to the Women's Physique throne. Nothing exaggerated, nothing out of place in Villegas' presentation. With Grant retired, she has only to get past Natalia Abraham Coelho to score a repeat victory.
Contender: Natalia Abraham Coelho
Coelho, a Rising Phoenix and Women's Physique International winner, has added size and enhanced her V-taper every year. She was the most conditioned athlete in the Olympia lineup in 2020, finishing third, and is always a threat for the title. Still, Villegas slipped ahead of Coelho in 2019 and has stayed there. The judges love Villegas' look, and she should prevail in Orlando.
Top-5 Potential: Barbara Menage & Ivie Rhein
Menage and Rhein, last season's Olympia fourth- and fifth-placers are perfectly positioned to land in the top five. Menage carries an enviable layer of tight muscle all over her symmetrical frame.
X-Factors: Penpraghai Tiangngok & Tanya Chartrand
Tiangngok won the 2019 Arizona Pro and is dangerous in any show she enters. She has added some size since her eighth-place finish at the 2019 Olympia, and I can see her sliding into a top-five spot.
Chartrand won the Puerto Rico Pro in June, much improved from her out-of-the-running finish at the 2020 Olympia. If any of the above women slip, she'll be ready.
Wellness Division
The IFBB's newest women's division is still finding its footing and has not yet been contested at the most prestigious shows, the Olympia and the International. To boot, not many of the qualified athletes competed multiple times in 2021, making it difficult to determine consistency.
The rulebook says, "This division is for females with athletic physiques that showcase more body mass in the hips, glutes, and thigh areas. The upper body is developed but not to the same degree as the lower body." After studying a ton of hips, glutes, and thighs that have stepped onstage over the past two years, I'm making an educated guess. Double points if I get it right.
Favorites: Yarishna Ayala & Angela Borges
A former bikini pro, Ayala was built for wellness, or, rather, wellness was built for her. With her legs and glutes round and full, she took second to Borges at the Pittsburgh Pro, and two weeks later, tightened up to beat Borges at the New York Pro, two contests that bring out the Olympia judges. Either could win at the O, but I like Ayala's curves better.
Top-5 Potential: Renee Harshey, Renee Jewett & Sunny Andrews
The 2020 Tampa Pro winner, Harshey took the Arizona Pro at season's end and has momentum going into the Olympia. Jewett won at the 2021 Tampa Pro with fine overall conditioning and looks to get some notice at the O. Andrews is a rookie who did well in Pittsburgh and New York and could get some attention if she competes in her best shape.
The rest of the lineup. Twenty-four women qualified for the first Wellness Olympia. With so many beautiful bodies for the judges to choose from, anything is possible.
Women's Wheelchair
Favorite: Jen Pasky Jaquin
At press time Jen Pasky Jaquin was the only female listed to compete. The 39-year-old won the 2019 and 2020 Arnold and the Olympia, respectively, as well as the 2018 NPC Women's Championships.
See the complete weekend schedule at MrOlympia.com, including information on the live telecast.
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Hits and Grins blends comedy and tunes for Silver City show
The talented trio of songwriters/performers, Hits and Grins, comes to Silver City from Nashville. The performance is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the W.N.M.U. Fine Arts Theater. The group features two Grammy nominated songwriters and a comedian who is also a member of the Country Radio Broadcast Hall of Fame. The group brings a one-of-a-kind experience of acoustical music interspersed with great, comedic stories.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students to age 17 not accompanied by an adult ticket holder. Students coming with an adult ticket holder are admitted free.
575-538-5862 or go to www.gccconcerts.org.
3D live comedy, music show with Mark Nizer
Mark Nizer will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Rio Grande Theatre. Doors open at 7 p.m. The Doña Ana Arts Council continues it's 2015-16 Variety Series with Nizer's brand of original comedy, world-class juggling, movement, music and 3D technology. Tickets are $27 to $37.50 and include a pair of 3D glasses.
575-523-6403 or riograndetheatre.com.
Marking 30 year anniversary with the ASTC
The American Southwest Theatre Company anniversary Gala and Theatricals Celebrating 30 Years is at 7 p.m. Saturday at Center for the Arts, NMSU campus. Social hour, hor d'oeuvres, a silent auction, over 25 costumes on display or modeled throughout the CFTA and performances. Tickets are $30 or $10 for NMSU students.
575-646-4515 and ticketmaster.com.
Moscow ballet performs "Cinderella"
The Moscow Festival Ballet's performance of "Cinderella" is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at the Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts, in Alto, New Mexico. This company of 50 professional dancers share the age-old, rags-to-riches fairytale. Pre-show ginger cashew chicken buffet at 5 p.m. in lobby, cost is $20. Tickets are $39 to $79.
575-336-4800 or spencertheater.com.
Las Cruces' Food Truck Fiesta returns for 2016
The Las Cruces Food Truck Fiesta returns for 2016 and will continue the first and third Wednesday of each month. The first event is from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Telshor 12. The Greenhaus, 138 Sandwiches, Luchador, Island Girl Hawaiian BBQ, La Ristra Express and more will be on site.
thegreenhausnm@gmail.com or 575-322-2774.
Movies at Light Hall screens 'Mockingjay Part II'
Movies at Light Hall is at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, at WNMU Light Hall, in Silver City. Showing "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II." Rated PG-13. Tickets for WNMU students are free, community students $1, adults $2. Concession items available for sale.
movies.wnmu.edu.
Friday-Thursday
'Trumbo' screens at the Fountain Theatre in Mesilla
The MVFS presents "Trumbo" (R) at Fountain Theatre, in Mesilla. $7 admission, $5 on Wednesday, or $6 for the matinee, seniors and students (with ID). The film runs Friday-Thursday. Show times at 7:30 p.m. daily. Matinees at 1:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
www.mesillavalleyfilm.org.
Grammy-nominated violinist performs with Quint Quintet
Quint Quintet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, at the NMSU's Atkinson Recital Hall. Features Grammy nominated violinist Philippe Quint and a special Evening of Tango. Concert is preceded by a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and available at the door.
915-833-9400 or eppm.org.
Tonight-Saturday
Pablo Francisco hits the stage at El Paso Comic Strip
Veteran funnyman Pablo Francisco is set to headline the El Paso Comic Strip Comedy Club for three nights, beginning at 8 p.m.Thursday, Jan.28; and 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the El Paso Comic Strip Comedy Club. Tickets are $22.50 and $27.50 at ticketweb.com
915-779-5233 and laff2nite.com.
Chocolate Fantasia gears up for annual event
MRAC's Chocolate Fantasia takes on an international "flavor" with this year's theme, Chocolate Fantasia Around the World. The event is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 6, in Silver City. Tickets are $25 for 20 individual pieces of chocolate from over 30 Chocolate Stops. Event maps, $2 empty candy boxes for collecting chocolate.
www.mimbresarts.org.

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I am sure you feel the same way with me that when it comes to Dengue you will do everything to protect your family. With the constant downpour of rain, as mothers, we need to more resilient with our surroundings and make sure we protect our family in and outside the house.
(Left to Right) Jaime Felix, Tart Carlos, Amy Perez, Ogie Diaz and Mamane!
We are nearing the 100,000 mark of Dengue cases in the Philippines and that is truly alarming. I have always believed that prevention is better than cure when it comes to my princess, bossing and hubhub.
ATC Healthcare has developed a range of products that can effectively as well as safely combat the spread of dengue among Filipinos and their homes making them your most trusted ally in health.
Recently, ATC Healthcare launched the campaign "Depensa Laban sa Dengue" with Mrs. Amy Perez-Castillo as its brand advocate. The affair was held at Annabel's Restaurant Tomas Morato Avenue Quezon City branch on October 26, 2015. She shared helpful tips on how to protect your family from dengue and suggested the use of multiple lines of defenses that include Strike Multi-Insect killer Spray, Strike Coil, Strike Liquid Repellant, Strike Mat and Strike Patch.
Mr. Louie Albert, Ms. Amy Perez and Mr. Derick Wong after the contract signing.
ATC Healthcare's President/CEO Mr. Derick Wong, and Marketing Manager Mr. Louie Albert welcomed guest bloggers and prominent media personalities who joined the launch.
Press and Bloggers were treated to a raffle of cash prizes and iPhones!
The event was hosted by showbiz comedian-artists, Mr. Ogie Diaz and Ms. Tart Carlos. Yours truly was invited to share with Ogie and Tart, tips on how to prevent the spread of Dengue along with co-mommy blogger Jaimie of blog The Mermaid In Stilettos.
During our interview session with the very funny as well as entertaining Mr. Ogie Diaz and Ms. Tart Carlos.
With the help of Strike, we can battle and prevent Dengue! Strike is a fast-acting multi-insect killer that has a water-based formula which effectively kills mosquitoes and other insects. It has lower toxicity as compared to the leading brand, thus, it is safe for people, pets and plants. Strike is also environment-friendly unlike other oil-based insect killers and it contains no Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). It leaves to stain on the surfaces of your home and does not release disturbing odors.
Thank you ATC Healthcare for allowing me to share my tips on how to prevent Dengue in the family.
1. Keep your surroundings clean and make sure that there is no stagnant water (which is a breeding ground for mosquitoes) laying around especially during this rainy season.
2. Avoid wearing dark colors. Yes, those pests are attracted to dark clothing and will be on you, in no time.
3. At night, I use the Strike Electric Mat to keep those pests away while my family rests ensuring a safe and sound sleeping area.
Strike is available at Savemore, SM Supermarkets, SM Hypermarkets, and other leading supermarkets nationwide.
Para iwas dengue, Strike agad!
Strike Multi-Insect Killer Spray is being marketed at P136.75 for the 300ml and P258.75 for the 600ml cans, Strike Coil is P15.00 per box, Strike Liquid Repellant 248.75 for the Starter Kit, Strike Mat at P57.75 also as a Starter Pack, and Strike Patch P375.75 per Box of 10s (suggested retail price).
Also please check ATC Healthcare's other products here.
I just had a niece na nagkaron ng dengue. Prevention really is the best thing to do. Will definitely do check out Strike!
I love the mats! Definitely my favorite. Same use like the katol but better scent and it is safe.
Try ko nga yang strike sis next time, kakaparanoid na lamok eh.
You look amazing on this event! I haven't tried Strike yet pero mukhang sa pangalan palang, talaga maiistrike ang kahit anong insekto dito. lol!
Awww salamat sis! Tama ka dyan!
this is a very timely event since there's an alarming outbreak of dengue around.
Ang galing naman,will try this. It is very important for the family to have this in our home for our protection from Dengue and other pests. Thank you for sharing.
this is really impt now w dengue everywhere!
Dengue is scary. All we can do really as mommies is keep our families safe and protected all the time.
Yes it is, kaya need natin mag Strike!
This looks like fun lalo na si Ogie D ang host. Thanks for the useful tips! Naiinis ako na may lumilipad na lamok sa bahay so Strike will be definitely a big help.
Naku super sis! He is sooooo mabait pati.
Sakto bibili dapat kami ng liquid repellent kit ulit, di ko mahanap natapon ata, we were using a different brand, I don't remember how much it was pero kung malaki difference, nasa 300 plus ata yun, I'll check out Strike. Grabe lamok ngayon, nakakalusot kahit sobrang ingat sa pagbukas bukas ng pinto.
my bro and sis were dengue victims, some of the patients during their hospital days died. we really need effective and safe insect killer like strike.
How does an electric mat look like? Hindi ba delikado for kids?
Hindi May, totally safe. You plug it into an outlet, tapos yung mat mismo na maliit nasa loob. Dedmakels mga anak ko sa kanya kase mukha cyang charger plug na walang cord lol.
What is an electric mat? Is it effective? I'm super curious kasi naglalabasan na naman ang mosquitoes sa amin grr!
Dengue is really something to be scared of. I hope our family never has to deal with it.
Super kakatakot ng Dengue! Sana may vaccine na.


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Shadow of Intent – Reclaimer [Things You Might Have Missed 2017]
On December 11, 2017 By Kronos
"Shadow of Intent have a lot in common with your typical power metal band. Florid guitar lines, cheesy orchestration, slick production, and ridiculous space fantasy lyrics (pulled straight from the Halo video games) are elements you'd expect for a band of central European hair-conditioner-connoisseurs." Brvtal power!
Rings of Saturn – Lugal Ki En Review
On October 7, 2014 By Kronos
"I want one thing to be perfectly clear in your mind before you begin reading the body of this review: I hate Rings of Saturn. The band is the antithesis of everything I like about heavy music: they're popular, smug, and have a fanbase largely made up of teenagers with gauged earlobes and fitted caps. Their guitar tone is incredibly clean, their drums make St. Anger look like The Destroyers of All, they have no bassist, and they throw around breakdowns as often as they throw around new age/horror sci-fi horseshit lyrics." Kronos has a deeply conflicted relationship with this band. Please support him as he works through his issues.
Kronos Comments: On Sampling Bias and the Seedy Underbelly of the Australian Metal Scene
On September 14, 2014 By Kronos
"Just about every day, Angry Metal Guy pushes out a review of an upcoming or recently released album, producing press for the album whether we love it or hate it. It exposes readers to a lot of material, but disadvantages artists who aren't putting out music at any given time. Given a small temporal window, this creates a very biased sample of the music scene. I love reviewing albums, but a lot of great and criminally overlooked bands are in between releases right now, and it kills me to see their hard work go unseen. So in order to rectify their invisibility, they're being talked about here, where my shitty opinions have the outsized soapbox needed to fling themselves out onto the populace like fetid water from a fire sprinkler."
Inanimate Existence – A Never-Ending Cycle of Atonement Review
On June 22, 2014 By Kronos
"Hey gang, it's time to play a game. A fun game – but also a dangerous one, so make sure you're qualified for it. In order to play you'll need a few things: a bucket, a glass, a strong liver, and a large amount of (ideally) a slightly less strong drink. That's right, we're about to engage in every tech-death nerd's plastering procedure: the Unique Leader Records drinking game! Here are the rules; I'm going to review an upcoming album from Unique Leader, and every time a Unique Leader trope appears, you take a shot." Everybody grab a Zima and brace yourselves!
Slave Zero – Disambiguated Visionary Review
On November 12, 2013 By Kronos
"Slave Zero is a band I'd never heard of before this review, and I'd wager you haven't either, despite their thirteen years of brutality. These devious Dubliners are poised to release their second EP Disambiguated Visionary, and it's about time we all took note, because they're bringing a new force into deathgrind: Aliens. The dastardly extraterrestrials have spread into slam via Wormed, colonized technical death metal through Rings of Saturn and are now, thanks to Disambiguated Visionary, invading deathgrind. I, for one, welcome our new grayish overlords." Join Kronos as he leads the pro-alien overlord cheer squad and examines some extraterrestrial themed death grind. Turn on your heart lights!!


By now, most of us know the basics of success in personal finance: save more, spend less; max out your 401(k) and contribute to an IRA; build up an emergency fund; buy long-term care and disability insurance… the list goes on. But for single women, including women in transition and especially those who have never been married, those basic principles are even more crucial. No one else is building a safety net for you, so you have to do it for yourself. But too many single women aren't doing it.
In decades past, women traditionally left the financial decisions to the men. Even unmarried women often put their dependence on a father, a brother, or some other male figure. This resulted in many women being completely unprepared when life forced them to face circumstances on their own. Even today, it's still not uncommon to find women with a low confidence level when it comes to their finances. A study by online lender Laurel Road, published in March 2018, found that 64% of millennial women described themselves as stressed about their finances, compared with only 47% of men. Further, 88% of millennial males who were not finance majors reported taking at least one personal finance course during college, compared with only 54% of women.
These are particularly troubling statistics for single women because, on average, they will live much longer in retirement than their male counterparts of the same age. For example, a 25-year-old woman can expect to need $158,300 more than a man in order to fund the same retirement lifestyle for her expected life expectancy. For this reason, one of my priorities with my clients who are women in transition, especially as they approach retirement, is to have them take maximum advantage of the IRS catchup provision that allows persons 50 and older to make increased contributions to 401(k)s, IRAs, and other qualified retirement plans. This is one of those basics that is so crucial for single women who want to enjoy a secure, satisfying retirement.
In fact, I think all women would do well to "think single" as they consider their finances. Even those who are happily married are statistically likely to be single someday. Their needs are different than their husbands', and the sooner they start to tailor their financial strategies and planning to that reality, the better. The best safety net is the one you build and control, so it's important to have the right tools and the right understanding in order to make it work for you. If we can help you get started, please get in touch.


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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Tom O'neill
Kevin Stillwell
A journalist's twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to shocking new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this riveting reassessment of an infamous case in American history.
Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tate, then eight months pregnant. With no mercy and seemingly no motive, the Manson Family followed their leader's every order -- their crimes lit a flame of paranoia across the nation, spelling the end of the sixties. Manson became one of history's most infamous criminals, his name forever attached to an era when charlatans mixed with prodigies, free love was as possible as brainwashing, and utopia -- or dystopia -- was just an acid trip away.
Twenty years ago, when journalist Tom O'Neill was reporting a magazine piece about the murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Then he unearthed shocking evidence of a cover-up behind the 'official' story, including police carelessness, legal misconduct, and potential surveillance by intelligence agents. When a tense interview with Vincent Bugliosi -- prosecutor of the Manson Family and author of Helter Skelter -- turned a friendly source into a nemesis, O'Neill knew he was onto something. But every discovery brought more questions:
- Who were Manson's real friends in Hollywood, and how far would they go to hide their ties?
- Why didn't law enforcement, including Manson's own parole officer, act on their many chances to stop him?
- And how did Manson -- an illiterate ex-con -- turn a group of peaceful hippies into remorseless killers?
O'Neill's quest for the truth led him from reclusive celebrities to seasoned spies, from San Francisco's summer of love to the shadowy sites of the CIA's mind-control experiments, on a trail rife with shady cover-ups and suspicious coincidences. The product of two decades of reporting, hundreds of new interviews, and dozens of never-before-seen documents from the LAPD, the FBI, and the CIA, Chaos mounts an argument that could be, according to Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Steven Kay, strong enough to overturn the verdicts on the Manson murders. This is a book that overturns our understanding of a pivotal time in American history.
Mystery, Thriller & Horror >
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Marshall E.
CIA, lsd brain washing facilities, covert cia operations being held in the USA all based on factual evidence. So many more questions to be answered
Stacie B.
The book was interesting and informative. It is a book about facts and details. If you're looking for a true crime thriller or a plot that keeps you listening late into the night, this may not be the book for you. If you'd like to educate yourself about the murders and the 60's climate, then this is a fascinating read.
A must read for anyone that holds great suspicion but also requires evidence to consider a claim.
Zoran D.
Absolutely fascinating layout of an astounding mystery. The unbelievable persistence and willpower of Tom O'Neil to unravel a new part of the truth is truly inspiring.
Jan M.
Surely listen to this a second time
Jacob E.
is go in be hot!
Jenna S.
Easy listen, finished in 3 days!!
I found it rather tedious and too long. I just couldn't understand why he couldn't finish writing his book.
Zachary R.
One of the best books I've ever got into would recommend to all and will definitely go through a second time
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Q: As3 Copy object sometimes we need clone a object.but if a displayObject has some children and use the function like this:
function clone(source:*):*
{
    var b:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
    b.writeObject(source);
    b.position = 0;
    return(b.readObject());
}

but the result has no children.. .. . so what should I do ?

A: Unfortunately automatic cloning of objects in actionscript is a waste of time in the majority of cases.
Your snippet is right, but serialization/deserialization via ByteArray cannot perform real deep copy, i.e. copying of all references and containers.
ByteArray technique will work only with non-reference data types (Number, int, String, etc.)
So there is no silver bullet and only one adequate solution - to write the clone() method for your class manually.

A: I didn't have to program a clone-method myself yet, but i found a way that might do the trick. By iterating through all your variables (in an xml-representation), you can copy them in a new instance of your class.
you can find the method i am talking about on this link: http://www.learnosity.com/techblog/index.cfm/2008/2/6/AS3--Looping-over-properties-of-a-class
Let me know if it works, i'm kind of curious myself :)

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Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves … and a Partridge in a pear tree. Join in with the song with this beautiful gift edition, illustrated by artist Brian Wildsmith.
The Twelve Days Of Christmas is one of the most popular carols and one often taught to children. The repetition and the counting-rhyme make it an obvious choice to sing with the very young. This edition would make a lovely gift for children or adults. You almost don't need the words because the illustrations speak so beautifully for themselves.
Originally published in the 1970s, the illustration style is in keeping with picture books from the second golden age of Children's literature – the works of John Burningham and Eric Carle spring to mind. Some of the pictures are impressionistic and there is a heavy focus on pattern and colour. I love the colour-palette – the reds, purples and yellows have the quality stained-glass or paper decorations.
This new edition is a lovely size – it would fit into most stockings and would certainly make a lovely Secret Santa present or a table gift. A traditional rhyme with retro illustrations. Buy this for the arty friend in your life or for children who appreciate gifts which they will love equally in 40 years' time.
Thanks to Oxford University Press for my copy of The Twelve Days Of Christmas. Opinions my own.
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Q: Regex - Match a Pattern Before a Character I'm currently building a toy assembler in c# (going through The Elements Of Computing Systems book).
I need to match a very simple pattern, I thought this would be a good time to learn some regex but I'm struggling!
In the following examples I'd just like to match the letters before the '='
M=A
D=M
MD=A
A=D
AD=M
AMD=A
I've come up with the following:
([A-Z]{1,3})=

However this also matches the '=' which I don't want.
I also tried:
([A-Z^\=]{1,3})=

But I still have the same problem - it a matches the '=' sign as well.
I'm using this site to test my regexes.
Any help would be really appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

A: The following will group everything before the "=" and everything after.
([^=]*)=([^=]*)

it reads something like this:
match any amount of characters thats not a "=", followed by a "=", then any amount of characters thats not a "=".

A: What you want is called a zero-width, lookahead assertion.  You do:

(Match this and capture)(?=before this)

In your case, this would be:

([A-Z^]{1,3})(?==)

A: You need a positive lookahead assertion:
([A-Z]{1,3})(?==)

A: You can also put the equals sign in a non-capturing parans with (?: ... )
([ADM]{1,3})(?:=)

It's been a bit since I did this chapter of the book but I think that since you need both parts of the expression anyway, I did a split on the = resulting in myArray[0] == M, myArray[1] == A

A: I needed to match every character before the '=' so I came up with this
.*(?==)=

Matches every character before '=' but not "="


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HNRNP K LEVELS PREDICT FOR POOR CLINICAL RESPONSES IN DLBCL AND REPRESENT A NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGET
Sean Post
MD Anderson Cancer Center,Houston,United States;leukemia,MD Anderson Cancer Center,Houston,United States
Prerna Malaney
md anderson,houston,United States
Ken Young
CNIO,Madrid,Spain
Marisa Hornbaker
Xioarui Zhang
Carlos Bueso-Ramos
MD Anderson Cancer Center,Houston,United States
Joaquin Martinez-Lopez
EHA Library. Post S. Jun 15, 2019; 267429; S846
Abstract: S846
Type: Oral Presentation
Location: Hall 3A
Our understanding of how RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) impact hematologic malignancies is poorly understood. Given that RBPs are ubiquitously expressed, their potential contribution to disease pathologies are often overlooked. However, we have identified that one such RBP (hnRNP K) is aberrantly expressed in many cancers. We and others have previously shown that reduced hnRNP K expression down modulates tumor suppressive programs. However, hnRNP K overexpression is the more commonly observed clinical phenomenon, yet the consequence and clinical significance of this overexpression has not been elucidated.
The aim of this study to evaluate the impact of hnRNP K overexpression in the development, progression, and response to therapy in DLBCL.
Clinical implications of hnRNP K overexpression were examined through RNA profiling and immunohistochemistry on samples from patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) who did not harbor MYC alterations. Transgenic mice that overexpresses hnRNP K specifically in B cells were generated to directly examine the role of hnRNP K overexpression in an in vivo setting. The molecular consequences of hnRNP K overexpression were determined through proteomics, formaldehyde-RNA-immunoprecipitation sequencing, and biochemical assays. Therapeutic response to BET-bromodomain inhibition in the context of hnRNP K overexpression was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. The development of hnRNP K-specific inhibitors were identified through an in vitro fluorescence-based screen that disrupts hnRNP K's interactions with its RNA targets. Validation of small molecule inhibitors are currently being validated through cell-based and in vivo assays.
hnRNP K is overexpressed in DLBCL patients without MYC genomic alterations. This overexpression correlates with dismal overall- (p<0.001) and performance-free survival (p<0.001), an inability to achieve complete remission (p=0.0023), IPI Score >2 (0.044) and tumor size ≥5 cm (p=0.043). Overexpression of hnRNP K in transgenic mice resulted in the development of lymphomas and reduced survival (p<0.001). Clinical samples, mouse models, global screening assays, and biochemical studies revealed that hnRNP K's oncogenic potential stems from its ability to post-transcriptionally and translationally regulate the expression of oncogenic transcripts (e.g.; MYC). Consequently, Hnrnpk overexpression renders cells sensitive to BET-bromodomain-inhibition in in vitro and transplantation models, which represents a strategy for mitigating hnRNP K-mediated c-Myc activation in patients. Further studies, using fluorescence-anisotropy assays, identified small molecules that specifically disrupt these hnRNP K•MYC interactions. The efficacy of these compounds are now being characterized in vivo.
These findings indicate that increased hnRNP K levels drive c-Myc expression in the absence of MYC translocations or amplifications and that this interaction may be therapeutically targeted.
Session topic: 20. Lymphoma Biology & Translational Research
Keyword(s): B cell lymphoma, Cancer, DLBCL, Mouse model


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Luigi Ghirri - The Complete Essays 1973-1991
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The Complete Essays 1973–1991 is a long-awaited collection of short, allusive texts on the curiosities of photography written by the great Italian artist, Luigi Ghirri. Ghirri's writings spiral outwards from his practice, intuitively exploring the subjects at the core of his images – the themes of identity, time, memory, vision, representation, and sense of place. With a taste for the eclectic, he interweaves references as varied as Prince, Dylan, Hendrix, McLuhan, Mallarmé, Gulliver, Eggleston, Evans, neo-realist film, Cézanne and Pessoa. Together, the essays offer a unique and comprehensive treatise on the history and theory of photography. Above all, they constitute a special form of autobiography for someone whose ironic wit and gentle style has trickled down to so much of contemporary photography.
Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992) started writing about photography from the moment he became a photographer: for his own publications, for Italian magazines and newspapers, as well as private reflections committed to paper, where his thoughts would settle and then often depart in new directions. Born in Scandiano in 1943, Luigi Ghirri spent his working life in the Emilia Romagna region, where he produced one of the most open and layered bodies of work in the history of photography. He was published and exhibited extensively both in Italy and internationally and was at the height of his career at the time of his death in 1992. His first book, Kodachrome (1978), an avant-garde manifesto for the medium of photography and a landmark in his own remarkable oeuvre, was re-published by MACK in 2012.
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240 pages, 50 colour plates
68 essays, 65,000 words
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Essay • Italy • Luigi ghirri • Mack • Photography
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Светски фестивал омладине и студената је међународна манифестација коју су организовали Светска федерација демократске омладине и Међународна унија студената након 1947. године. У почетку плуралистички, догађај је постао излаз за совјетску пропаганду за страну публику током хладног рата.

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Фестивал се редовно одржава од 1947. године као догађај глобалне солидарности младих за демократију и против рата и империјализма. Највећи фестивал био је шести, одржан 1957. у Москви, када је догађају присуствовало 34.000 младих из 131 земље. Овај фестивал, такође, је обележио међународни деби песме  Подмосковске вечери, која је потом постала можда најпризнатија руска песма на свету. До деветнаестог фестивала у Сочију, у Русији 2017. године (са 185 земаља које су учествовале), највећи фестивал по броју земаља са учесницима био је тринаести, одржан 1989. у Пјонгјангу када је догађају присуствовало 177 земаља.

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 Званична веб страница Светске федерације демократске омладине.
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 Видео шеснаестог светског фестивала омладине и студената у Каракасу.
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Even in 2019, after decades of video games, Nintendo is still unlike anyone else in the industry. There are experiences you can only get on Nintendo platforms, things that only Nintendo could pull off; and Labo is chief among those.
Nintendo's cardboard sets have already been novel so far, giving you tactile objects that integrate directly into video game experiences. While we' experienced motion control before, having actual objects to hold onto while you play is a pretty unique idea, outside of the usual steering wheels and guns and whatnot.
Now with the release of the Nintendo Labo VR Kit, that idea is taken even further, marking Nintendo's second foray into the world of VR. The good news is, the Labo VR kit feels like a wild success, where the infamous Virtual Boy failed. It's incredible to think about how the VR Kit even works.
All you're really using is a set of goggles that couple with the Nintendo Switch itself to use VR. While it's a bit lower resolution than something like PS VR, don't be fooled, this is a full-fledged VR experience that gives you that same uncanny feeling of actually being there.
Yet it's those cardboard accessories that really drive the heart of Labo, and the VR Kit makes better use of them than any of the prior sets. They manage to capture that childlike Nintendo magic that the company is so well-known for, and surprisingly, it even encourages the kit to be a social experience.
Each of the Toy-Cons in the VR Kit are incredibly unique, and with the whole package, you get access to the VR Goggles, Camera, Blaster, Elephant, Bird, and Wind Pedal. The Goggles alone give you access to over 30 mini-games, letting you instantly jump right in after a quick 20-minutes or so of assembly.
Meanwhile, each Toy-Con adds on a more involved, lengthier series of games. Like being able to take pictures of fish underwater with the camera, or playing an on-rails shooting game with the Blaster, that practically feels like a theme park ride.
The real magic of all of these is how tactile the Toy-Cons feel. The Camera is built to click when you use the zoom on the lens, the Blaster actually gives feedback whenever you fire it through the use of rubber bands and the Joy-Cons, and the Wind Pedal, as you might expect, gives you the sensation of wind blowing on you.
All of these help make everything that much more realistic, making it feel like you're really playing with something, rather than just being in a virtual world. Of course, it's also important to mention how fun it is to make each of the Toy-Cons.
There's something truly amazing when you see sheets of cardboard form into an amazing creation, and after building multiple Labo sets I'm still amazed at how well everything fits together. There's a simple kind of fun to be found by bringing a friend, or the family, around the TV and building a Toy-Con together.
This idea of doing things together translates over to the actual VR experience as well. Many of the games encourage you to pass the VR goggles around and play them together, making it a much more social VR experience than anything out there.
Keep in mind that the VR kit is significantly less cumbersome than its more expensive counterparts. Realistically, you could just take your Switch and the VR Goggles to a friends house and pass it around, showing off the wonders of VR to everyone. Just bring a Toy-Con with you for even more games.
Nintendo constantly puts an emphasis on social experiences with video games, and it's amazing that the VR Kit fits that same standard. If there's one downside it's that the entire thing feels a bit conceptual in design, and I wonder about the longevity of appeal.
Still, if Nintendo can provide updates to other games that integrate the VR Goggles like they're doing with Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild, there's more of a lasting appeal. What they have here is impressive, and it certainly could be the basis of something much larger.
If we see Nintendo introduce a more powerful version of the system there's even more potential, and maybe we could even see full VR games from Nintendo.
The fact of the matter really is that this is a family fun VR experience that has a much lower cost of entry than anything else on the market. Cute characters and unique gameplay mechanics fill all of the VR experiences in the VR Kit, as you might expect from Nintendo.
It's an experience like nothing out there, and while it may not be as deep as other VR platforms out there, there's a childlike sense of wonder to everything that only Nintendo can deliver.


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Leader of Leaders Award
The Leader of Leaders Awards are intended to identify outstanding Alumni Association members with impressive achievements personally, professionally, and/or in their public lives. Three winners are chosen each year because of their exemplary leadership contributions specifically to this region.
PERSONAL LEADERSHIP:Kendra Corman
Kendra Corman, LOXXVII – Kendra is the owner and managing director of H2H Consulting, a full service marketing and communications company. In addition to her role as an entrepreneur, Kendra is a tireless advocate and supporter of several non-profit and community organizations, including Hope Against Trafficking, Mend on the Move, and the Humane Society of Macomb County. She also serves as the vice president of the Leadership Oakland XXVII class. For these accomplishments and more, we are proud to honor Kendra Corman for excellence in PERSONAL LEADERSHIP.
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP: Faris Alami
Faris Alami, LOXX – Faris is the founder and CEO of International Strategic Management, an international consultancy, and training company in which he works with international companies on technology, leadership, entrepreneurship education, and culture programs. Faris has managed over 1,000 start-ups and planned, managed and directed entrepreneurial training, talent and several international initiatives (programs). He also works with several local and global organizations, such as TechTown, Wayne State University, University of Michigan, ACCESS, Washtenaw Community College and Babson College. For these and many other accomplishments, we are proud to honor Faris Alami for excellence in PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.
PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: Kristin Rohrbeck
Kristin Rohrbeck, LOXXIII –Kristin is director at the Joanne & Ted Lindsay Foundation Autism Outreach Services (OUCARES) at Oakland University. She has led OUCARES' growth to serve over 2,300 people impacted by autism spectrum disorders in southeast Michigan with over 100 annual programs. Kristin is an active volunteer in several organizations, including 100 Women Who Care and MI Bright Future. She is also the 2019 Oakland County Elite 40 under 40 winner. These are just a few of the many reasons we are proud to recognize Kristin Rohrbeck for excellence in PUBLIC LEADERSHIP.


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Home Career Pay incentives for hospitalists
Pay incentives for hospitalists
Michael S. Krivda
Published in the February 2004 issue of Today's Hospitalist
While many in medicine are talking about ways to link physicians' pay to their performance, a growing number of hospitalist programs have started doing just that.
Hospitalist services report using a variety of techniques to pay for physician performance, from productivity measures that track RVUs to strategies that monitor how well hospitalists are following clinical protocols. While the specific strategies may differ, the goal is typically the same: Reward physicians who work hard and support the goals of the program.
Hospitalist programs are far from alone when it comes to creating income-based incentives. A number of health plans and payers including Medicare, for example, are examining ways to reward physicians for on-the-job performance, and a handful have started paying bonuses based on those measures.
Current figures show that roughly half of hospitalist programs pay their physicians a salary with no additional bonuses or incentives. But the number of programs turning to incentive programs appears to be growing, says Kurt Mosley of Merritt Hawkins & Associates, an Irving, Texas-based health care recruiter.
As evidence, Mr. Mosley points to a survey conducted by the National Association of Inpatient Physicians. The group found that 49 percent of hospitalists receive a salary, 34 percent receive a base salary and incentives, and 10 percent work in a fee-for-service practice. A small number of hospitalists work under capitation, Mr. Mosley says, but that number is shrinking quickly.
Mr. Mosley explains that productivity- and quality-based incentive compensation programs are on the rise for a simple reason. They give hospitalist groups, which often struggle with costs, a way afford the top-performing physicians that are critical to their success.
In part because hospitalists work long shifts in what can be a stressful and intense environment, Mr. Mosley says, hospitalists tend to receive $25,000 to $30,000 a year more than general internists. "To be able to afford that higher rate of pay," he explains, "most groups need to get the most out of their hospitalists without burning them out. Some sort of incentive program is one way to do that."
To get an up-close view of incentive programs for hospitalists, we talked to two practices about pay incentives. Here is a look at their take on physician pay and performance.
Eagle Hospital Physicians
Large hospitalist groups tend to use incentive programs more than smaller services, and for a good reason. "The smaller practices simply do not have the staff needed to monitor, audit and manage an incentive-based compensation program," says Mr. Mosley.
Eagle Hospital Physicians, a hospitalist practice with more than 60 physicians serving the Southeast United States, is an example of a large organization that has studied the issue–and the challenges of designing effective incentives.
"Like all people, our physicians would like to be rewarded for working hard, for improving the quality of the service we provide, or for greater productivity. We would want to reward that as well. Any incentive program should be good for the individual and for the practice as a whole," says Talbot McCormick, MD, associate medical director for Eagle.
Here are the factors that Eagle recommends considering when designing an incentive program for hospitalists:
"¢ Quality. A key component of any incentive program, Dr. McCormick explains, should track patient and family satisfaction. Programs should aim to meet the standards of groups like the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. They should also track the satisfaction rates of hospitals and other organizations where hospitalists work.
"¢ Productivity. Productivity measures should ideally track the work that hospitalists perform and the services they provide.
"¢ Best practice. Programs need to track how well physicians use evidence-based medical practices and how well they follow key protocols.
"The ideal incentive program would be based on how well the performance of each individual physician and team helps the practice achieve overall goals," says Dr. McCormick. "Having objective metrics that give a true measure of the performance of physicians is a challenge for most practices."
DeKalb Medical Emergency Associates
At DeKalb Medical Emergency Associates LLC, the nine-physician hospitalist group at the DeKalb Medical Center in Decatur, Ga., part of the physicians' income comes from a two-pronged incentive program. The group uses an RVU-based productivity bonus and a quality-based bonus, says Robert Holloway, MD, the group's medical director.
When physicians log a certain number of RVUs, they receive a bonus that comes from an incentive pool. Once they reach 150 percent of that RVU benchmark, they receive a larger bonus, and so on. Dr. Holloway estimates that incentives can account for up to one-third of his physicians' total pay.
The group also pays a quality bonus that is based in part on patient satisfaction and physician satisfaction surveys. In addition, it monitors measures like length of stay and readmission rates.
Flexibility is a key part the program. "Our bonuses are quarterly, and we adjust the quality incentive measures on a quarterly basis," Dr. Holloway explains. "That allows us to set specific goals or address specific issues each quarter."
"If we decide that we want to look at coding compliance in a certain quarter," he adds, "we add a coding compliance component to the incentive schedule. If we decide that we need to address medical record issues, we can add a component to the quarterly program that looks at the timely completion of medical records."
While incentive programs affect physician pay, bonuses also give the hospitalist program some distinct benefits. Incentive targets tend to get physicians' attention and encourage them to improve their performance in specific areas that may not be their greatest strength.
Dr. Holloway explains that for some physicians, the realization that they are not meeting the program's goals in one area causes some hospitalists to take a close look at their performance in other areas. "The incentives act as a catalyst to encourage the physicians to improve their performance across the board," he says. (Dr. Holloway adds that no physicians at DeKalb have faced suspension or dismissal as a result of poor performance.)
The group's incentive program helps this process by identifying specific areas that need to be addressed. "We track length of stay, readmission rates, coding compliance and denials, and other quality indicators," says Dr. Holloway. "When one physician has different numbers, we'll do an intervention in the form of education." If a DeKalb hospitalist has a problem in a particular area, another physician who is particularly strong in that area will team up to provide some guidance.
In addition to direct interventions, the physicians at DeKalb participate in quarterly billing and coding audits, monthly peer reviews, and monthly length-of-stay and cost-of-discharge meetings.
Dr. Holloway also sees his incentive program as an effective tool to implement standardized approaches to patient care that are cost effective and provide better care to the patients. Because most of the order sets have been standardized, physicians generally treat patients the same way, which has improved patient care and made patient hand-offs more efficient.
"Patient care often comes down to the individual preferences of each doctor," he says. "With nine or 10 doctors in our practice, it can be frustrating trying to get all of them to agree on a single approach."
Again, that's where the incentive program comes in, by providing a mechanism for effective change. "We can document the success of a standard pneumonia or CHF pathway," Dr. Holloway says. "Our doctors have both a financial and professional incentive to adopt our methods."
When incentives go wrong
One of the biggest dangers of an incentive program, experts say, is creating a situation in which a physician is being rewarded for doing the wrong thing.
"I have seen programs that reward physicians for activities that I thought were counterproductive to the practice, that increased length of stay or that were simply inefficient," says Dr. McCormick "If your program rewards a physician for making more visits than are necessary or for keeping patients in the hospital longer than necessary, it's not a good thing for the patient or the practice."
To prevent this type of scenario, programs can balance each productivity measure with a corresponding quality measure. "With a quality bonus, we can look at denial rates as a measure of how well a doctor is doing," says Dr Holloway. "A physician may record a lot of RVUs but have a high denial rate. Our program will pick that up."
DeKalb also uses patient and physician satisfaction surveys to spot potential problems with its incentive program. "With the checks in our system," Dr. Holloway explains, "I can say for sure that our physicians are not cutting corners to make a couple of bucks."
Audits can also help catch problems. "I see incentive programs where the physicians have to make the choice between making the proper medical decision or putting money in their pocket," says Mr. Mosley from Merritt Hawkins. "Audits can help eliminate this problem."
CPT codes, he explains, should become less complex over the course of treatment. "A good audit can identify cases where that is not true and reveal patterns that indicate that a physician is probably making personal financial decisions and not medical decisions," he says.
"To make an incentive program work, you need to have a great office manager," Mr. Mosley says. "Smaller groups tend to pay salary only because they don't have the staff to do the audits and track the information."
Dr. Holloway agrees that incentive programs require a significant amount of effort, but he is convinced that they more than pay for themselves. His program, for example, employs an administrative assistant to track data. While some information can be tracked automatically, he adds, coding and billing audits are done by hand.
"All the effort is worth it," he says. "It's all part of doing a good job."
Michael Krivda is a freelance writer specializing in health care. He is based in Perkasie, Pa.
In recruiting hospitalists, incentives can offer a mixed blessing
When it comes to recruiting hospitalists, pay incentives can be something of a mixed blessing. While medical directors think that performance-based pay can help attract the best and brightest candidates, some physicians may wonder whether the bonus they're being promised today will materialize tomorrow.
"Because of our incentive program, our base salaries are lower" than starting pay at some other programs, says Robert Holloway, MD, medical director at the DeKalb Medical Center in Decatur, Ga. "When a doctor I'm trying to recruit compares us to another group, the other guys probably look pretty good because they're offering a larger guaranteed salary."
While he often ends up providing documentation to prove that his program actually does pay bonuses, Dr. Holloway says physicians tend to quickly see the upside of performance incentives. "If physicians are sophisticated enough, they will realize that our contract package is better than another package that might be strictly salary," he says, "and that they will be rewarded for working hard and doing quality work."
He notes, however, that because some hospitalist programs are under considerable financial scrutiny, it's a good idea for job-seekers to ask lots of questions. "Many of the hospitalist groups can't stand on their own financially," says Dr. Holloway, "so physicians might have trouble collecting on bonuses in some cases."
When you're looking at an incentive program, you need to be certain that the group has not set the bar so high that it is virtually impossible to achieve the levels necessary to ensure a bonus. Another red flag? Situations where the bonus is based on factors that are out of your control, such as the group's ability to collect payment or the financial viability of the group.
Despite these concerns, many recruiters say the pros of pay incentives far outweigh the cons.
"We had a client practice where a new physician came in, and within a month he had the entire group using handheld computers and PDA-based discharges," says Kurt Mosley of Merritt Hawkins & Associates, an Irving, Texas-based health care recruiter. "The group was totally paperless, despite the fact that some physicians in the group were definitely opposed to a paperless environment. That is the kind positive change that comes out of an incentive program that rewards not only hard work, but also innovative thinking."
And at DeKalb Medical, Dr. Holloway says that incentives can actually increase hospitalists' job satisfaction "and improve retention rates. "Our incentive program helps us keep our physicians," he explains. "Our physicians know that if they work harder and better, they will be rewarded. Conversely, they also know that if the doctor next to them is not working as hard, he or she is not going to be paid as well."
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A survey first: what NPs/PAs earn
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GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. – Two days after arriving in the United States, a New Zealand man was shot after attempting to break into a Goochland home, according to investigators.
Deputies with the Goochland County Sheriff's Office says the incident happened Friday at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Steeplechase Parkway in the central part of the county.
After receiving an initial call for a shooting at the location, deputies also received a call from a man who said his wife called him about an intruder trying to break into their home.
An investigation determined that a suspect, identified as 25-year-old Troy George Skinner, of New Zealand, attempted to break into a home occupied by a mother and two teenage daughters.
Deputies say Skinner attempted to break into the basement of the home with a brick, when the mother told him that see was calling police and that she was armed with a handgun.
After the break-in attempt was unsuccessful, deputies say Skinner went on the deck and broke the glass door with a concrete stone.
"After repeated warning by the mother, Skinner smashed the glass on the door and reached through to unlatch it. As he reached through the door, the mother shot twice at Skinner with a .22 caliber handgun," according to a sheriff's office spokesperson.
Skinner suffered a gunshot wound to the neck and stumbled onto the front yard next-door while trying to flee the scene.
When deputies arrived, aid was given to Skinner, who was transported to VCU Medical Center via Med-flight. There is no word on his condition at this time.
Investigators say Skinner came into the United States through the Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, June 20.
He is in the custody of the Goochland County Sheriff's Office and charges are pending.
Deputies say the investigation into the break-in is ongoing.


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World War II veteran 'Harmonica Pete' plays national anthem on 'Fox & Friends' after going viral
A beloved World War II veteran who goes by the nickname 'Harmonica Pete' described his service and what the national anthem means to him after performing the song for the United States Women's National Soccer Team before a recent match.
In an interview with "Fox & Friends," Pete DuPre gave another rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on his trusty harmonica, and discussed serving in the Army medical corps in England.
After on-field medics provided initial care to wounded servicemen, they would bring them to DuPre and his team, who would provide full-time care.
"We were on the other side of the Channel," DuPre said. "Those patients were brought to us and our job was to start to put them back together again. Just that simple."
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On Sunday, the day before Memorial Day, DuPre performed the national anthem on his harmonica, which his father bought for him for fifty cents many years ago. He stood before the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team during their final match in New Jersey before the FIFA World Cup in France.
For DuPre, he said it was "fascinating" that the crowd fell silent out of respect during his performance, and that he is thankful to have the opportunity to showcase his pride in America.
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"It represents my country, my people, and, it's a marvelous thing for me to be sitting in this position right now to amplify that," he said. "To just get it across, that the U.S. is a great place and we are trying to maintain peace around the world," he continued.
He ended the interview by treating "Fox & Friends" viewers to another performance of the anthem.
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WhatsApp Extends Support for BlackBerry and Nokia S40
By Samuel Sunday
WhatsApp has become an essential messaging app amongst all kinds of mobile users irrespective of the operating system their devices run on. In February last year, Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced to end support for BlackBerry OS and Nokia S40 platforms, which got pushed back to June this year.
It seems that the end-of-life date has been pushed back yet again, as the company has reportedly confirmed the extension of its services for BlackBerry and Nokia S40 platforms till December 2017 and December 2018 respectively.
As per a report by Netherlands-based fan website WhatsAppen, the WhatsApp apps for BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry OS7+ received an update on Monday that extends support for the platforms until December 31, 2017.
According to the website, the changelog of the update, seen on devices, states "changed client end-of-life date to December 31, 2017". This means that WhatsApp users on eligible BlackBerry devices will be continue sending and receiving messages, calls till the end of the year.
In addition, the Nokia S40 platform has reportedly got an extension for WhatsApp support till December 31, 2018 – however, this date may be a typographical error. Spotted by WhatsApp watcher WABetaInfo, the end-of-life date has been moved from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018.
There are a limited number of customers who use the Nokia S40 platform nowadays, but it will still bring relief to those who still carry the dated devices. However, Nokia Symbian S60 users don't have much time on their hands as WhatsApp will end its support on the platform on June 30 this year.
If the reports are true, BlackBerry 10, BlackBerry OS7+, and Nokia S40 users still have ample time to access WhatsApp on their platforms. However, the Nokia Symbian S60 devices will cease to support WhatsApp and if you need your chat backed up, you can make a request to get the backup in an email from the company.
Notably, there is no option on Nokia S40 and Symbian S60 devices to backup chats.
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Human overpopulation: When no news is bad news
By Holly Moeller on October 7, 2014
Last week, a high-profile study using the latest United Nations data revisited predictions of global population size. The news wasn't good: Updated estimates using new statistical analyses suggest the world's population will hit nearly 11 billion by 2100. There's some uncertainty in this measure because birth and death rates may be changed by political and social dynamics. Still, the study's authors wrote that there's a four in five chance the world's population will be between 9.6 and 12.3 billion by the end of the century.
I was glad to see several media outlets pick up the story. But while most of the reports alluded to the challenges of feeding and employing additional billions of humans, almost none acknowledged the fundamental issue with human population size.
There are already too many people on the planet, and this overpopulation drives the ongoing environmental crisis.
It's no wonder we shy away from open discussion of this issue. First, "overpopulation" is hard to quantify. It's obvious that the present-day human population is too large to sustainably support on the planet. For example, modern agriculture relies on the chemical fixation of nitrogen for fertilizers, which experts believe allowed Earth's population to grow beyond 4 billion. Yet this fertilizer production requires energy from fossil fuels, a non-renewable resource. In other words, more than 3 billion people on the planet survive because of an unsustainable energy subsidy.
But how many is too many? Experts struggle to quantify the maximum sustainable human population size (called the "carrying capacity") of the planet. Their calculations are limited both by uncertainty about Earth's capacity to maintain its human life support systems (e.g., freshwater, breathable air and so on) and by the lifestyle each person chooses to maintain. For example, Americans have relatively high-impact habits that consume more natural resources than sub-Saharan Africans living below the poverty line. Ethically, we can agree that every human deserves a certain standard of living. But the higher that that standard rises in terms of energy and other resource consumption, the fewer people Earth can support indefinitely.
Meanwhile, our global population continues to swell, as do our environmental impacts. Each individual requires sustaining resources including food, housing and energy. No matter how small the average person's resource demands are, each additional person adds to the human burden on the Earth. In the past 40 years, the human population has increased by 40 percent, while, as a consequence, the world's wildlife population has been cut in half.
Indeed, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change notes that population growth and economic development are the two most important drivers of increasing carbon dioxide emissions. In the United States, every child born increases a mother's carbon legacy more than sixfold. Worse, present day population growth is occurring in impoverished areas where large families, though themselves contributing relatively little per person to global emissions and climate change, are more likely to be vulnerable to its impacts as well as the usual suite of natural disasters.
Why, then, do we fixate on technological fixes like solar power and carbon capture, rather than addressing global population growth?
According to former United Nations Population Division officials, the reasons stem primarily from political fear. Talking about population control necessarily brings up contentious moral issues like birth control and reproductive rights. Policymakers and government officials shy away from these thorny topics: Even the UN has spent the last 20 years focusing on women's reproductive health and rights while ducking larger questions about population size.
Still, sociology tells us this is not a bad strategy. Educating women, and providing them with access to reliable birth control methods, is perhaps the most reliable way to reduce population growth. Educated women add value to families as breadwinners: the cost of having children now includes not only the infant's direct expenses, but also the mother's lost wages. As a result, these women are choosing to have fewer children.
The UN, which is about to miss its 2015 Millennium Development Goal of universal access to reproductive health, notes that 25 percent of sub-Saharan African women of reproductive age want to delay or avoid pregnancy but still have no access to reliable birth control.
This statistic should tell us something: Here is a need that we can fill, with a big impact on human population growth. The greatest uncertainties in population projection estimates center around sub-Saharan Africa, where investments in female education and family planning can make the biggest difference both in the lives of the individual women and in the sustainability of the global human population. Additionally, economic analyses show that these investments are more cost-effective at reducing carbon emissions than technological fixes like cleaner, greener power plants. So many birds can be killed with the same stone.
Rather than fearing discussion of human overpopulation, we should embrace it. That's a lot less scary than rocketing blindly towards 10 billion with no plan for the environmental consequences when we get there.
Contact Holly Moeller at hollyvm 'at' stanford.edu.
Holly Moeller
Holly is a Ph.D. student in Ecology and Evolution, with interests that range from marine microbes to trees and mushrooms to the future of human life on this swiftly tilting planet. She's been writing "Seeing Green" since 2007, and still hasn't run out of environmental issues to cover, so to stay sane she goes for long runs, communes with redwood trees and does yoga (badly).


I've just read on Simon's website that he's not coming to the ball after all. Honestly! Some people, always changing their minds… oh well. It should still be a good night though! I know there are a lot of people going, if not everybody that I know. In fact, there are 3,000 (or is it 3,500? I can never remember these things…) people going. Woo-hoo!
Right, that's about time for me to wrap this up. I'm not going to get a chance to post anything else up before the ball, and I'm going to be sleeping for some time afterwards, so don't expect me to post anything before tomorrow afternoon!


As Senior Vice President of Field Sales, Shirley Schumacher is taking the leading role in USA's field sales organization. The company is looking to Schumacher to spearhead development of a high-performance field sales team and to implement strategic plans and necessary changes for accelerating profitable growth.
Shirley has over three decades of direct sales management experience, including executive roles with Fortune 500 firms like Honeywell and General Electric. From 2010 to 2013, as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Univar Corporation, a global $10 billion distributor of industrial chemicals, she led the U.S. Division in sales and customer service, including over 300 sales professionals and 200 service professionals.
Before Univar, Shirley was Senior Vice President of Sales for a uniform and career apparel company. She held P&L responsibility for a $1.8 billion sales organization in three geographically dispersed businesses, including 440 account executives, 140 inside sales representatives, 90 retail sales, and 24 national accounts sales professionals. Her responsibilities included defining strategy and leading a team of six sales vice presidents in implementing sales strategies to include account segmentation, sales organization alignment and structure, staffing requirements, channel optimization and support of infrastructure needs.
The scale of her experience and the extent of her expertise in strategic planning, sales management, corporate accounts, and P&L management qualify Shirley to lead the USA field sales organization to reach established goals for new sales and organic growth, customer service and retention, and revenue and profitability.
Shirley holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History from the University of Illinois.


A type confusion issue was found in the SPL ArrayObject and SPLObjectStorage classes' unserialize() method. A remote attacker able to submit specially crafted input to a PHP application, which would then unserialize this input using one of the aforementioned methods, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that PHP application.
Can someone update https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3515 with vulnerable product info, so we know if PHP packages form RHEL-5 and RHEL-6 are affected??


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Account Managed and Produced the Chicago market entry launch of Washington Mutual. Teaming up with local popular pizzeria, Lou Malnati's, Washington Mutual delivered pizza free of charge to unsuspecting customers in the greater Chicago area. Lou Malnati's customers were delighted when they expected to pay for their pizza delivery but were greeted instead by the Fake Free Checking Task Force, receiving their pizza free of charge, courtesy of Washington Mutual, their new friendly neighborhood bank. As part of the campaign, projection vans with branded motion graphics were dispatched nightly throughout the greater Chicagoland area.


The Suburban.com - The Suburban - Mike Cohen: Will Bell's Astral purchase make CJAD and TSN Radio a "team?"
Will Bell's Astral purchase make CJAD and TSN Radio a "team?"
There was a great deal of buzz in local television and radio newsrooms with news that Canada's largest telecommunications company BCE Inc. has reached an agreement to buy Astral Media Inc. for $3.38 billion in cash and stock.
BCE owns Bell Media, which in turn controls local properties TSNRadio 990 and CTV Montreal. Astral, of course, owns CJAD, Virgin Radio and CHOMFM. Provided this deal gains approval from the Canadian Radio-televisionTelecommunications Commission (CRTC), what kind of convergence can we expect to see?
Folks I spoke with are not exactly sure. There are some at Astral who believe they can make beautiful music with TSN Radio 990 (soon to be TSN Radio 690). The three English Astral stations are slated to move into a state of the art studio this summer on Papineau, across the street from CTV. "I think we can make room for TSN Radio," said one person.
If CJAD, Virgin Radio and CHOM can share announcers, sales reps and office space then it only seems logical that CKGM (that remains the call letters for TSN Radio) could be part of the mix as well. TSN Radio, of course, has a seven year contract to broadcast the Canadiens – one they wrested from CJAD. They should now be able to retain these rights for life. Rick Moffat did a superb job with the Habs play by play on CJAD. He continues to excel as the voice of the Alouettes and Impact. Wouldn't it be nice to see him worked back into the Habs broadcasts? By the same token, TSN Radio's Mitch Melnick and Elliott Price spent many years on CJAD.
Television might be a bit of a different story due to union agreements. Randy Tieman, for instance, works separately for TSN Radio and CTV Montreal. It would be great to see a sharing of resources like we saw in the olden days between CFCF Radio and TV.
In any case, this will be an interesting scenario to follow.


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There are only 2 Dojo listed in Derry. This page shows 20 Martial Arts Schools found within 44 Miles of Derry. Based on the information available from these Dojos, Jiu-Jitsu (Jujutsu/Jujitsu), Wado Ryu Karate, Karate, Shotokan Karate, Tai chi, Kempo/Kenpo & Judo are the most offered Martial Arts in Derry area. Most of these schools offer self defense classes for men, women and children near Derry.
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Distance is shown approximately from the downtown area of Derry. For a list of Martial Arts Schools near you, Search with your complete address. Click on a Dojo name to view details. Clicking on 'Map' next to a Dojo will show the school on the Map.
See Martial Arts Schools in places nearby Derry: Londonderry County Borough, Culmore, Eglinton, Strabane & Ballykelly.
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Q: Remove the link from a Featured Image in Wordpress I have a slider that uses its images from the featured images in various posts.
When you click on the images on the slider they link back to the posts.
How do I remove the link altogether?  I dont want the slider images to link to anything.
Here is my code:
    <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() )the_post_thumbnail(array( 650,999 ),  array( 'alt' => get_the_title(), 'title' => get_the_title(), 'class' => 'slidethumb' )); ?>

A: The link is not made in this in your piece of code.
what does your source code say when you do this:
var_dump(get_the_post_thumbnail(
    array( 650,999 ),
    array( 'alt' => get_the_title(), 'title' => get_the_title(),'class' => 'slidethumb' )
)); die();


Wells Fargo plans to combine its ultrahigh-net-worth business and private bank under one leader.
The merged operation will be run by someone yet to be named who will report to Jon Weiss, head of wealth and investment management, according to an internal memo. The two operations will retain their current branding and offerings.
The move also comes after news that Wells Fargo's private bank head, Jay Welker, will retire at the end of March, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal.
Wells Fargo has made changes as it conducts an enterprise-wide review in the wake of a series of consumer scandals. The wealth unit has come under fire from regulators for potentially steering clients into investments that weren't always in their best interest.
Like the larger Wells Fargo, the wealth unit is a collection of businesses from the bank's predecessors including Norwest Corp. and Wachovia. Combining the private bank and Abbot Downing, the ultrahigh-net-worth unit, is part of Weiss' quest to streamline his operation since he took over last year.
Wells Fargo has said it's trying to find $4 billion in cost cuts by the end of next year. The San Francisco-based lender has seen elevated spending amid regulatory fines and legal fees. Weiss has said he plans to eliminate $600 million in costs by 2020 as part of that effort.
At the same time, the bank's retail brokerage business has suffered from advisor attrition. For the third quarter, Wells Fargo reported broker head count of 14,074 — a drop of 152 from the prior quarter and 490 from the same period a year ago.


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[IT] Ciao, mie care! Spero che abbiate trascorso un gran weekend. Io ne ho passato uno bellissimo. Mia madre è tornata dalla sua vacanza (con un sacco di regali) e la sorella del mio ragazzo è tornata dal suo viaggio a Londra. Così abbiamo avuto una grande riunione familiare e un sacco di biscotti. Domenica, con il mio ragazzo abbiamo trovato il tempo per andare in spiaggia, anche se il sole continua a fare il timido. Per l'occasione ho indossato shorts con motivi tropicali acquistati da Zara e delle infradito graziose che ho trovato a Singapore lo scorso anno.
a seguire nuovamente i miei post di questa settimana. Ho alcuni abiti interessanti da mostrarvi e una sorpresa che arriverà tra pochi giorni.
wow your shorts are AWESOME!!!!
thanks for your lovely comment on my blog! of course we can fan each other!
Yay ! I really want to follow each other ! It's a good idea !
ps : You're so beautiful in your pictures !
Che bella la fantasia degli shorts!
Grazie mille! Thank u GIRLS! You are my source of inspiration and good moods! Love you so much!!!
But I want to keep my blog simple. Thanks anyway!
Gorgeous! Love the look! I'm following you blog!
che carina .. sono bellini i pantaloni!!
Great bright look! I wish I could go to beach too, but unfortunetally, I have no opportunity to do that now :( U are the lucky one!!!!!
Ciao ragazze! Grazie per i bellissimi commenti!!!
Thank yor so much for your lovely words, GIRLS!!!
loving your shorts and neon necklace and your hair!!
Thank you so much, Bertha! So kind of you. Hope you'll have the chance to go to the beach soon! Kisses!
Hello NIcoleta! Thanks for your lovely comment, you have a great blog, very nice quality posts & photos!!! I am following you of course.
Your shorts are really nice, perfect for the beach and for a coffee with friends near the beach. I live near the sea, in Crete-Greece, so I am lucky.
Love the colors of your outfit. Remind me the summer!!
love your shorts. Great blog. Thank you for the lovely comments. Ofcourse, we can follow each other. I am following you now in blogger and bloglovin.
Than k you all for kind words and lovely visit! Hope to see u soon again! Kisses!!!
I'm already following you by blogger, because I don't have blogloving.
cute outfit! I love your shorts!
Great pics, love the shorts!!
Love those fun and colorful shorts!
Thank you infinetelly for amazing words, GIRLS!!!
those are some amazing shorts!!
Thank yu so much for following my Blog :P I will for sure follow you back dear.
Thank you, GIRLS! Warm Welcome here!!!
wowwwwwwww I love this so me!!!
I like your shorts and sandals!
You, girls, are so sweet! I am so moved!!!
thx u so for your comment!
Love your tropical shorts mix with the neon necklace!
I gotta get a neon necklace too! :) So summery!
Thanks for the comment!!! Yes, of course we keep in contact. Your shorts are simply gorgeous!!
Hello! I loved the look and your blog. I follow you. Follow me?
Warm welcome here, girls! Thank you for visiting this blog and hope to see u again on your blog or here! Lots of love!!!
Gotta love this blog! :) Nice shorts!
Nothing like a good day at the beach.
Thank you for your lovely comment on Blush.
I am following you now with Google and Bloglovin. I'd love you follow Blush.
gosto imenso do cabelo!!! nice!
Yes, of course. Your blog is great!
I adore those brightly printed shorts and your neon necklace.
Plus, the sandals are cute.
Verry nice outfit!I love your short!
I find ur love so inspiring too, so we can follow each othet with GFC, I dont use bloglovin sorry :(.
U were cabin crew? So I am, actually im living in Venice !!!
xoxoxoxoxo darling, we keep in touch right?
Cute floral shorts. Love the neon necklace.
Thanks for comment my blog! I'm so glad that you liked it.
To be honest, I usually don't use BlogLovin. I only made an account to advertise my blog.
But I'll follow your blog!
Love the shorts. You wear them so well!
I'm really digging those shorts!