A great Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) memo issued in July 2018 (link here) as well as other CMS literature (links here and here) help take the mystery out of plan and provider obligations to hold certain dual eligibles (those in both Medicare and Medicaid) harmless from certain cost-sharing. To this day, the rules are little known and Medicare beneficiaries regularly receive bills for cost-sharing they don't owe and are balance billed.
Since 1997, federal law has prohibited providers from billing any Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) for unpaid Medicare deductibles and other cost-sharing. In practice, however, there are additional dual eligible categories sheltered from this type of cost-sharing.
The only dual eligibles not sheltered are SLMB Onlys, Qualifying Individuals (QIs) and Qualified Disabled Working Individuals (QDWIs).
The rules apply to both Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage (MA).
MA plans must include in provider contracts that these categories are not responsible for cost-sharing.
The prohibition on billing cost-sharing applies if the provider bills Medicare only or accepts both Medicare and Medicaid.
If enrolled, a provider can register with a state Medicaid agency as either a full Medicaid provider or a QMB Only provider in an effort to be compensated for some of the lost cost-sharing. However, federal law allows states to limit reimbursement for such cost-sharing to the Medicaid fee schedule. Because most Medicaid fee schedules are less than 80 percent of Medicare (the amount typically paid by the government), the provider usually receives nothing and must extinguish the unpaid amount.
This covers not just Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans but any dual eligibles enrolled in any MA plan.
Providers can collect any Medicaid copays and Part D copays (including LIS), costs of non-covered services and costs for non-network providers (not in the MA plan or not enrolled in Medicare FFS).


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How To Get Split-Screen Multitasking On iPhone X (Or Any Model) Without Jailbreak
By Paul Morris | April 18th, 2018
Here's how you can run two apps at once in a split-screen environment on Apple's iPhone X (or any other iPhone) without jailbreak.
Many iPhone owners feel aggrieved at the fact that Apple doesn't offer an official split-screen experience for that particular type of iOS device. Even after this feature has been available in iOS for iPad for years, Tim Cook's company will likely have a reason why it's not available for iPhone but that doesn't negate how users feel about it. Thankfully, thanks to third-party developers, there is at least a solution of sorts for this problem now. Best of all, it doesn't involve any jailbreak tweaks to work.
Step 1: Because Apple doesn't natively support split-screen multitasking or having multiple apps running in a single window on iPhone, we are going to have to employ the help of a third-party app. In this instance, we will be using the Splitware app. You can download that to your device free-of-charge directly from the App Store from here.
NOTE: Splitware is compatible with all iOS devices running iOS 11.2 or later.
Step 2: Wait for the download and install to happen and then launch the app on your device just like you would with any normal app installation.
Step 3: Once launched, you will be taken to the Splitware Home screen. The top half of the display will show the current time and date pulled from the device. The bottom half of the screen will show a collection of icons which indicate the possible split-screen app experiences in pictorial format. At the time of writing, the app is limited with following eight options that you can use in split-screen mode:
eBay & Amazon
Splitware (allows you to choose your own combination from supported apps)
Google & Facebook
Step 4: Tapping on any one of those icons will instantly show the pre-defined split-screen experience. As an example, tapping on the Instagram and Twitter option will load up two split-screen webviews with the two social networks pre-loaded. This gives you the ability to scroll through both sites at the time on the same screen.
Step 5: Tapping on the "S" icon in the app essentially gives you the option to choose your own two experiences from a pre-defined list of available options.
And there you have it. A great way to simultaneously load up two apps in the same view on Apple's iPhone. Granted, the Splitware app is limited to the fact that it doesn't have access to the installed apps on the system and therefore cannot invoke the native apps on top of one another, and that it does it all while contained within an app and not on system level, but this is a fairly decent trade-off when you think that it doesn't require jailbreak to achieve this. You will also have to put up with adverts being presented from time-to-time but once again it's an acceptable trade-off for the use of a free-of-charge app.
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Trump Just Put Net Neutrality on Death Row
Jeff Eisenach and Mark Jamison, appointed to Trump FCC transition team, 'have deep financial ties to the telecom industry'
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Jeff Eisenach and Mark Jamison, appointed to Trump FCC transition team, "have deep financial ties to the telecom industry" and could spell doom for net neutrality. (Photo: BKLYN Info Commons/flickr/cc)
Open internet advocates this week expressed concern that President-elect Donald Trump's two appointments to his Federal Communications Commission (FCC) transition team spell doom for net neutrality.
That policy, approved in a 2015 FCC ruling, ensures a level playing field on the internet by preventing internet service providers (ISP) from creating "fast lanes" that give special treatment for content creators or web companies that pay extra fees. The ruling was hailed as "the biggest win for the public interest in the FCC's history."
The Trump transition site announced the appointments of former Verizon consultant Jeff Eisenach and former Sprint lobbyist Mark Jamison Monday. Like Trump, the two are critics of net neutrality.
"If President-elect Trump were the least bit sincere about his claims to 'drain the swamp' of lobbyists and special-interest operatives, he couldn't have done much worse than selecting these two," writes Timothy Karr, senior director of strategy at Free Press. He continues:
Both have deep financial ties to the telecom industry. They've spent time at the right-wing American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where so-called scholars do double-time as corporate lobbyists and consultants, rarely disclosing their conflicts of interest.
For its part, AEI has received support from the AT&T Foundation—the phone giant's charitable arm. Previous clients Eisenach has consulted for include Verizon, which had him on its payroll as he testified before Congress against issues like Net Neutrality. The New York Times made Eisenach the poster child for undue corporate influence over policymaking in a lengthy investigative piece that exposed his many conflicts.
Jamison directs the Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida where he's extolled the virtues of competition-crushing media mergers as innovative and good for the public. The Center doesn't make public its full list of corporate sponsors, but its advocacy for every takeover involving AT&T is a good clue.
ThinkProgress also notes that
Eisenach was part of former President Ronald Reagan's Federal Trade Commission and FCC transition teams. The resulting FCC agency repealed the Fairness Doctrine, which required media to portray contrasting perspectives in news coverage of public issues. Jamison, who also teaches at the University of Florida, has staunchly opposed the FCC's policies to improve internet access and options in low-income and rural areas.
Anne Jellema, CEO of the World Wide Web Foundation, also expressed concern, telling the Guardian that the "appointments certainly don't look like good news for net neutrality."
"But President-elect Trump has promised to be a 'president for all Americans,'" she added. "If he's serious about this promise, we trust the transition team will pay heed to the over three million comments submitted just last year by Americans of all political stripes calling for strong net neutrality, and will respect the recent decision by a federal appeals court to uphold the FCC's Open Internet order."
According to Chris Lewis, vice president at Public Knowledge, "if folks want to eliminate these very important consumer protections that are wildly popular across ideological lines, the question is how are they going to protect an open internet if they eliminate these rules?"
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TX Factor is presented by Bob McCreadie G0FGX, Mike Marsh G1IAR, Nick Bennett 2E0FGQ and Pete Sipple M0PSX.
Had some great episodes so far and five of them I'd class as my favourites, I have listed them in the next column along, to me these are what make Amateur Radio the hobby that it is.
Episode 11 Tim Peake School contact.
Episode 12 Mike and Bob Satellite contact.
Episode 14 Steve Nichols on Sunspots and HF Propagation.
I have to say though, every single episode has been interesting to watch, so many different niches within the hobby and the TX Factor team have covered them or are going to cover them in future episodes.
I Always look forward to the new episodes as they come out, and am yet to be disappointed with them, well done to the team, Martin Lynch and the RSGB.
TX Factor episodes 8 onwards are available via YouTube, earlier editions are available via Vimeo for a hire or buy price. Click Here for the TX Factor you tube channel, these episodes have some great information.


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CES 2016: The New Year Takes Flight in Vegas
by Ryan Alford | Jan 26, 2016 | Voice
There's no better time in Vegas than January, attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). It's commonly accepted that CES sets the tone for the New Year. And CES 2016 made quite an impression with as assortment of technologies, including virtual reality, augmented...
A Goal-Setting Routine: Creating Opportunities
Are you a goal setter? And do you create goals in preparation for the New Year? I read an article that called goal-setting "a practice for losers". I almost fell out of my chair. Reading on, the author made a case for creating positive systems and habits, in place of...
The Benefits of HTML Proficiency
by Ryan Alford | Jun 24, 2014 | Creative, Voice
Knowing HTML provides you with the ability to make changes to a web site on the fly and alter e-mail newsletter templates. Generally, that kind of work would have to be outsourced, which means the company would have to spend money and time on working with a unfamiliar developer. Granted, a professional developer is necessary in cases that require a more intense knowledge of HTML. But for the everyday web site and e-newsletter edits, some basic HTML skills can go a long way.
Controlled and Void of Innovation: The Internet of the Future?
by Ryan Alford | Jun 3, 2014 | Voice
Why is net neutrality important and why is its existence in jeopardy?
Because net neutrality is the guiding principle that preserves a "free and open" Internet, every corner of the U.S. economy depends on the indiscriminate way service providers allow access to it. By altering any form of this principle, net neutrality ceases to exist…and so do your Internet privileges.
From Dusk till Startups: The SXSW 2014 Accelerator
by Ryan Alford | Mar 24, 2014 | Voice
More than just music. More than just film. And more than just technology. SXSW is the crossroads of creativity, art, science and passion. Rather than having a bird's-eye view from behind a monitor, Interprose took a truly interactive approach to the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas—reporting from the events via social media and capturing the whole experience through the lens of a Polaroid High-def Professional Action Camera (and an iPhone).
I busily attended the trade show, sessions, panels, networking gatherings and, most importantly, nightly parties. But, among all the learning, collaboration and interaction, I discovered what I believe is SXSWi in its truest, most raw form: the SXSW 2014 Accelerator.
How to Survive SXSW: What to Bring and How to Party
by Ryan Alford | Feb 11, 2014 | Voice
Continuing my blog on how to survive SXSW, here's my list of "must haves" to pack for Austin. And, if you're keen on parties, I've added some points to remember when planning your nightly party hopping activities.
How to Survive SXSW: Before You Go
by Ryan Alford | Feb 4, 2014 | Voice
Attending the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival teaches you a thing or two about how to survive in the downtown Austin wilderness. For some, it can be a daunting event to navigate—especially if new to the SXSW shuffle. But it's actually one of those experiences that require a full jump into the deep end. Just go for it.
Heard it Through the Great Vine
by Ryan Alford | Jan 28, 2014 | Content, Social Media
Have you heard of Vine? It's the bee's knees. Of course, everyone loves a good video. But who has the time to watch? Our quick-to-the-punch social media world doesn't have the patience for long-winded and whimsical video presentations—unless you're stuck at the airport.
Social Responsibility and Social Media: Can They Function Together?
by Ryan Alford | Dec 10, 2013 | Social Media
A connected world has its benefits. And it has its downfalls. While the idea of social responsibility has been around for a while, its lessons remain important today.
In my opinion, social responsibility is about the unspoken rules of humanity. We stop when the light is red. We return a lost wallet to its owner. We help the less fortunate.
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Ghanaian Actress, brand ambassador and Entrepreneur, Fella Makafui turns 23 years old today.
23 years Fella shot to fame after the most popular and loved TV series, Yolo was aired by farmhouse production on several TV stations and YouTube.
The young actress has since become a house hold name in the Ghanaian Movie industry with a couple of features in Nollywood movies.
She is the most successful Actress among her peers who participated in the TV series,Yolo.
Due to her hard working nature, she got endorsed by some brands and her fan base keeps increasing even after several negative news leveled against her.
She keeps soaring and getting stronger each passing day despite the many bad stories about her and her career.
Her jobs has created employment for some of the youth to find their daily bread and helped cut down unemployment and better lives.
Makafui has shown many times how much she adores her mother for all she has done for her in being a piller of everything a mother can do for her children.
She showed a video recording a few months ago of a building she is putting up for her mother just to prove to those that mocked them when they had nothing.
Makafui today via her Instagram handle, revealed the house is a 7 bedroom plus a store inclusive for her mother,though not fully completed.
In her own words,below is what she wrote to Express her gratitude and how she felt towards her mother.
She is indeed a strong girl and a role model for many of the young ones to strive hard for their dreams regardless.
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Home > NEWS > Kroos ready to prove Germany's doubters wrong against France
Kroos ready to prove Germany's doubters wrong against France
Silver Emmanuel June 11, 2021 NEWS
Toni Kroos of Germany plays the ball with team mate Thomas Müller during a training session of the German national team at Tivoli Stadion on June 01, 2021 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Toni Kroos aims to prove Germany's doubters wrong in their Euro 2020 opener against world champions France on Tuesday.
Germany have their work cut out in Group F at the European Championship with holders Portugal and Hungary to come after the mouth-watering tie against the French in Munich.
Kroos has bounced back after testing positive for Covid-19 last month and played in Germany's 7-1 thrashing of minnows Latvia on Monday in their final friendly warm-up.
Yet the Germans have struggled to recover from the humiliation of crashing out of the group stages at the 2018 World Cup and Kroos knows they have a point to prove.
"We don't have to hide against France. Both squads are strong," Kroos said Friday at the German's base in Bavaria.
"Before the 2018 (World Cup) tournament, we were made out to be stronger than we were, now it's different."
The Germans are bidding to win a record fourth European Championship title on Joachim Loew's swansong after 15 years as head coach, yet confidence in the 'Mannschaft' remains low.
Morale among German fans was further dented this season by humbling defeats to Spain and minnows North Macedonia.
Uncharacteristically, the German defence, normally their main strength, is shaky having leaked 20 goals in their last 13 internationals.
While France have climbed to second in the world rankings, just behind Belgium, Germany have dropped to 12th position.
As a result, Real Madrid veteran Kroos says the Mannschaft wants to throw down a marker and are "looking forward" to facing the French.
The 31-year-old expects Germany to win "every single game" of the European Championship.
"I'll never start a tournament with the expectation 'let's just win a few points'. If that was case, I wouldn't be back," Kroos insisted.


Dantrolene inhibition of ryanodine receptor Ca$^2+$ release channels. Molecular mechanism and isoform selectivity.
F. Zhao, P. Li, S. Chen, C. Louis, and B. Fruen.
As an inhibitor of Ca$^2+$ release through ryanodine receptor (RYR) channels, the skeletal muscle relaxant dantrolene has proven to be both a valuable experimental probe of intracellular Ca$^2+$ signaling and a lifesaving treatment for the pharmacogenetic disorder malignant hyperthermia. However, the molecular basis and specificity of the actions of dantrolene on RYR channels have remained in question. Here we utilize (3)Hryanodine binding to further investigate the actions of dantrolene on the three mammalian RYR isoforms. The inhibition of the pig skeletal muscle RYR1 by dantrolene (10 microm) was associated with a 3-fold increase in the K(d) of (3)Hryanodine binding to sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) vesicles such that dantrolene effectively reversed the 3-fold decrease in the K(d) for (3)Hryanodine binding resulting from the malignant hyperthermia RYR1 Arg(615) --> Cys mutation. Dantrolene inhibition of the RYR1 was dependent on the presence of the adenine nucleotide and calmodulin and reflected a selective decrease in the apparent affinity of RYR1 activation sites for Ca$^2+$ relative to Mg$^2+$. In contrast to the RYR1 isoform, the cardiac RYR2 isoform was unaffected by dantrolene, both in native cardiac SR vesicles and when heterologously expressed in HEK-293 cells. By comparison, the RYR3 isoform expressed in HEK-293 cells was significantly inhibited by dantrolene, and the extent of RYR3 inhibition was similar to that displayed by the RYR1 in native SR vesicles. Our results thus indicate that both the RYR1 and the RYR3, but not the RYR2, may be targets for dantrolene inhibition in vivo.
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THE NEW TEAM THAT NEVER WAS: The Book Will Tell the Story
When I mentioned yesterday how we had written out four team members from X-MEN:TAS and written in four new ones in what was to have been the series finale, I thought it would be just a fun note to fans. Then last night Julia told me: "People are guessing on Twitter. You have to tell!" Okay, fine. I was going to just wait and let folks read the retelling of the 10-page, 4-episode discarded premise in our "Making of X-MEN:TAS" book next year. But she's right: I brought it up, I need to answer the question right away. First, who was to go. Jean and Scott, who we'd tried to marry off and get pregnant as early as episode 14 were now married and leaving to start a family. Makes sense. Xavier was leaving, in this case to take on a new set of much younger mutants (the at-the-time new "Generation X"). This is kind of like Vince Lombardi winning a couple of Super Bowls and deciding to go back to coaching highschool football, but there you are. Finally Storm decided that she too had other responsibilities. Bam. After an 88-minute, time-torturing, mega-villain-filled story, the X-Men are four folks short. Well, in our original story, we made Psylocke a major player, and she ended up asking to stay around (fitting in with some of the recent books). Same with Archangel. The two larger surprises were Bishop and Shard. The hard-fighting brother and sister from the future had become stranded in the present time (1996?). Since they too had proven themselves, the X-Men welcomed them. So there you have it — four out, four in. I have no idea how the delicate balance of our core team would have been affected. Making the new team work as well would have been a huge challenge. I'd like to think that if asked we could have risen to it.
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OG Boo Dirty on Beating Murder Charge, People Killed in Yo Gotti Entourage Fight
Akon recently stopped by VladTV for an exclusive interview with his new Konvict Kartel artist, OG Boo Dirty, who spoke about beating a murder charge, his beef with Yo Gotti's entourage, and much more.
When asked how he linked up with OG Boo Dirty, Akon revealed that it was his brother who turned him on to the Memphis rapper, who spoke about his rise from facing murder charges to being signed to Akon. OG Boo Dirty explained that he was a target in Memphis after being known as one of the biggest gang members in the city, adding that he was taken into custody on word of mouth.
After facing attempted murder charges and 30 years in prison, OG Boo Dirty said that he took the case to trial and hired one of the best lawyers in the city. The trial only lasted one day before it was dismissed for lack of evidence. Since being released, OG Boo Dirty said that he met Akon, who helped him clean up his life, which included the rapper going to church and starting a youth football league.
To hear more of what Akon and OG Boo Dirty had to say, including details surrounding OG Boo Dirty's entourage beefing with Yo Gotti's entourage, hit the above clip.
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Government Securities (Amendment) Regulations 2001
on 20 Feb 2001
Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement on 20 Feb 2001
No. S 93
Government Securities Act
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Government Securities Act, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Government Securities (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into operation on 22nd February 2001.
2. The First Schedule to the Government Securities Regulations (Rg 1) is amended by inserting, immediately after item (10), the following item:
"(11) Credit Suisse First Boston Singapore Branch.".
[G.N. Nos. S 379/94; S307/95; S 490/98; S 352/99]
Made this 19th day of February 2001.
KOH YONG GUAN
Managing Director,
Monetary Authority of Singapore.
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Michol Dalcourt is the director of the Institute of Motion, the inventor of the fitness tool the Vipr, and the co-founder of PTA Global. He and I talk about the insightful work they are doing at IoM including how fascia moves the body, our body as a fluid organism and why we need to pay attention to its fluid dynamics, tensegrity! (one of my favorite subjects...), what he means when he says the body is a lever-less system and other concepts in the "new" biomechanics, why we need to zoom out and not just focus on the nervous system's effect on muscles, and how the fitness industry's go to approach of training for speed via more strength is actually slowing people down.
Brooke: Can you describe what you do at the Institute of Motion.
Michol : IOM really is a collection of thought individuals that take a look at movement strategies, coaching, and content for not only the health professional but ultimately the end consumer as well.
Brooke: One of the phrases that I came across as I was reading your materials is the phrase "farm kid fit". Can you describe what that means to you and how you realized that was an important thing?
Michol: I'm Canadian, so most of us are observed with the game of hockey. When I finished my university in Alberta, I was working with hockey players, rather. What we saw was that generally the strongest of those hockey players came from rural communities and we spent all our time with city kids in our sport performance training center and we would follow a periodization model of training stress but it wouldn't really match what these people who never really stepped foot in a gym were doing.
By investigating this anecdotal evidence of why farm kids are so strong, we uncovered a lot of interesting things and many of them pointed to the body as an aggregate and actually led us to develop a fitness tool that's on the market right now called Vipr.
Brooke: You have several nice short lectures, videos on your site and one of them is about how bones do not touch and what that means when we think about a body. Can you talk a bit about the concepts in that?
Michol: When we look at the idea of bony structures coming together, it really is an opportunity to describe the ability of the body to create space internally. If bones were actually touching, we would wear out far too quickly. We would probably last about a week and then the bones would be rubbing down the hyaline cartilage would be rubbing down to a point where the surface of the joint articular surfaces would just decay. The body sets itself up differently to maintain space so that we can have efficient movement.
Brooke: We think so much about ourselves I think it's like stacking up bricks and it's hard to conceive of that internal space.
Michol: If we use that analogy, it wouldn't make much sense. If we were to build a building, it wouldn't make much sense for us to have most of the bricks and moving bricks on the basement or on the ground level floor and adding all these things stacked up. We have a third of the bones of our body from the ankle done. That would be analogous to having a building that is 10 stories high having most of the movable bricks on the ground level.
Michol: When I went to school we learned about the analogy of levered systems, right? We really looked at the body with that lens as we associated our body with the same set of laws as what we build bridges and what we build buildings with, which is Newton's three laws, which are physical laws.
But the structure lacks the critical aspect that we need, which is movement. We wouldn't build a building or a bridge that can move. We would build it so that it can move just enough to mitigate stress but not so much that it's going to be onerous to its construction.
When we look at the idea of tensegrity, the way I think about it is those are biological laws and they operate differently than physical laws, i.e. Newton's three laws. When we look at differentiation of how biology self assembles, it's going to be without the constraints of stability first and mobility only as a subset, as a function of that stability. In other words, you build a bridge than can perhaps move just slightly to mitigate some stress but not that much or building to do the same thing.
Whereas biology, the critical aspect of biology is movement. Cellular movement, system movement, and then organism movement. If we don't have those most fundamental things, then the organism won't survive. This idea of push forces and pull forces for mutual benefit, and that's really the underpinning of tensegrity.
Brooke:You used this great phrase: self-assembly. We're not putting ourselves together on a factory line.
Michol: We went through the Industrial Revolution. We mechanized everything and so we treated our body the same way. We had fulcrums, we had pivot points, we had joints that were operating in one plane of motion, and we even dissected the muscles to reflect primarily the sagittal plane and primarily this idea of what we call link action, which is you've got one bone that's still and you've got the adjacent bone that's moving against the still bone, and that's brought to us by muscle that shortens under concentric force, and voila, we have movement.
Although that may be true, it's only true in a limited capacity and I would argue that it's true only when we put ourselves in a very restricted position. The flip side is that the body can do more than just that one thing and most of the time you'll have one bone that's moving and the adjacent bone is moving as well. It will be moving in all three planes of motion.
Biology is predicated upon the idea of adaptability and resiliency, and like I said before, mobility and movement.
Brooke: You described the body as a leverless system. Is that some of what you're talking about here?
Michol: Yes. This idea of push and pull forces. We've got bony structures that are resistant to compression and then we've got tensile elements like skin, collagen fibers, connective tissue and muscle that operate as a center-seeking pulling force.
Between the two you've got these bones that essentially create space by pushing things away and then you have all this viscoelastic material, which is also water, by the way, and pressure of water, that is regulating the tension of a body and they all operate for mutual benefit. The more balanced that they are, the more viable that the organism is.
We look at health of skin, we look at health of fibrous connective tissue. We look at health of bone. We look at health of the aqueousness or the hydration of the body and if they are in balance, then the individual can achieve or has the potential to achieve more.
Michol: With fascia more particularly we're looking at how collagen itself self assembles. If we think about Tom Myers always used a great analogy that muscles will create force but the fascia organizes it. A subset of that fascia is really the collagen and the health of the collagen is predicated on diet strategies, hydration strategies, and movement strategies.
Brooke: I love talking about the fact that we're a fluid system, again, we're not a product.
Michol: We are mostly water. H2O molecules occupy a lot of space cellularly. They keep things not only hydrated but they keep things in a viscoelastic way so they help the other structures, the bones, they help the skin, they help the fascia, they help the muscles create a mitigation system for stress. If we hit the ground, part of that ground reaction force is going to the muscles part, it's going to the bones, part if it's going in the skin, part of it is going to the fibrous connective tissue, which is our fascia, and part of it's mitigated by this gelatin that we have for lack of a better description that will buffer kinetic impulse into the ground.
If all of those things are not working well, then injury may plague the system or we just increase the risk of injury, and we see this a lot with runners. Then they ponder was I designed to run? In my mind, I would first look at, all right, if you've got the metabolic engine, do you have the hardware, the structural hardware to mitigate stress if you come colliding into the ground?
Brooke: If I'm, say, a personal trainer, what are some ways that you evaluate this?
Michol: What we're doing at the Institute right now is we're actually putting together what we call an onboarding process and what it is, is it is a way to create a battery of different assessments that look at different elements that make up the whole. With those metrics, we can then create a view of is the person prepared and how are they prepared for what they want to do ultimately.
Our feeling is that there are a lot of good tests out there but they operate on an island. You take one test for this particular result and then that's it. What we would rather do this is aggregate this into a whole picture and then create what we call a dashboard.
Brooke: The spine is not a column.
Michol: The spine is really fascinating in terms of its development and its morphology. If we look at it in its development when we were in the womb, what we would look at is a C-shaped spine that could accommodate restricted space. Without crowding and becoming a taller structure, we need to accommodate a very much a compact structure while we're in the womb.
With intrinsic muscle action on the body and the spine as we wiggle around in there, we start to create intrinsic pressures that begin the process of changing the C shape of the spine to what would we know now as the S shape curve. We've got 33 mobile segments in the spine.
That really accommodates this idea of axial loading, which is this top-down force that we apply when we stand up. If we were a column, that would be egregious load to the discs of the spine, so to mitigate this, what we have is very much this wave scenario in the spine where it's a shock absorption system. We never really want one vertebrae to be crushing down on another because what's stuck in the middle is a disc, which is mostly water, and if one impacts the other too much, be it a sudden trauma or be it just repetitive positional stress.
The longitudinal ligaments go on into a slack position and then what happens is you've got the structural abnormalities. Now we're calling upon one system to do too much so now muscles are on and they're on more or they're upregulated more past the resting tone to stabilize the spine, and once we have that, then the system is on too much.
There's a lot of research that indicates that muscles if they are doing their job, the neuromuscular system should turn on and off and on and off and on and off and on and off. Muscles that stay on chronically generally lead to problems.
Brooke: One of the other pieces of the whole that you're looking at a little bit differently is the nervous system and you talk about how our traditional model of movement is really just looking at the nervous system's relationship with muscle.
Michol: We learn about this idea of an action potential being propagated along the nerve to the motor units. Then they pull on a bone and then that's what creates human movement. Although that is extremely true, it's not the only thing that physically creates movement. One of the easiest ways to create movement is to interact with gravity and ground because gravity will always torque the body and always move the body.
If I was standing and I lean forward, that would initiate the gait cycle. If I can continue to do that, it would continue to initiate the gait cycle. As we lean in a field of gravity, it creates a very efficient model for movement because we're grabbing from these environmental influences, which is gravity and ground.
If I swing my arms and legs, that creates potential kinetic energy for movement as well. What we say at the Institute is what the body first seeks to do is to capture energy. Whether it's from the ground from reaction force, whether it's from tissue lengthening to create potential kinetic energy as I stretch an elastic band, same thing, viscoelastic material skin, fascia, muscle, they all have the qualities of an elastic band in that if you stretch them, they create potential kinetic energy.
All those things are in flux as it relates to creating movement, and pressure in tubes as well also creates movement and mechanical lift through the hydraulic amplification of shoving a bunch of pressure in a tube. Pressure inside tubes creates mechanical lift as well.
If we use too much of one system, then we start to wear out too quickly.
Brooke: You say that the fitness industry is typically training for speed via more strength but that this actually slows the athlete down.
Michol: It only requires that we think about times in our lives where we have high anxiety, we're more tense. With more tension, with more of this engagement in the neuromuscular system, we generally slow down because the action of speed is predicated upon both a high level of engagement of the muscular system and then a quick disengagement of the muscular system to allow the segments of the body to move quicker.
It may be just as important to view the muscular system as acutely turning on and acutely turning off quickly to achieve higher levers of speed. If you're training athletes for speed, do they have a quick ability to turn a muscle off? In our industry, generally we have cues that engage the muscles too long. Right? It could be keeping things tight, keep the core tight and then move. That may be something that you would give to a specific individual if they have a certain, let's say, condition or instability but in terms of achieving high levels of speed, we want the system to relax.Which is very antithetical to how we're thinking about things right now in my estimation.
Michol: I think part of that is the fear of we need to stabilize the system but it really is about the individual. If the individual has good balance or is achieving good balance between the idea of skin health and fascial health and bone health and muscular health and nervous system timing, and then, again, all the other things that make up the system, i.e. good hydration and everything else. What we have is shape stability based on the principles that you describe before on tensegrity. If we're creating that resiliency within the tissues, then we don't have to achieve high levels of stability in the body because a lot of that stability is given to us in the aggregate with skin health and with fascial health. They all contribute to body-wide stability.
Brooke: We've touched in on a bunch of these concepts but what are some of the other ways that you're seeing the more traditional views of biomechanics changing and getting challenged these days if there are any others that we haven't touched on?
Michol: I think it's just this thing that we have tend to think about biology in the terms of Newton's three laws as a class of levers and we talked about this before. Biological laws set themselves up differently. Right? It's all about mitigation of stress into the whole. That's how the body can capture energy.
Let's say you are in the track and field discipline. There's a lot of biomechanic textbooks that really amplify the value of taking a look at how we would achieve greater impact in, I don't know, a high jumper or a throw of some sort. There's merit to that and I think if we blend this idea of the math and the forces that we apply to the body and to an implement if we're engaging in let's say a track and field activity, and we look at it in the lens of biology is all about self-assembling things in aggregate and we take a look at the health of the whole system, then we might find a sweet spot for us to be able to look at both sides of that or both aspects of that to put the sentence together, so to speak.
We're putting all aspects of the conversation together to make a complete sentence as opposed to taking a look at just part of the sentence, because in a lot of cases what we end up doing is we take a look at a certain aspect of the body and we look at it in a very mechanistic way. If we can realize that every tissue is important to the outcome of movement strategies, then we would take a look at skin health, we would take a look at fascial health, we would take a look at bone health, we would take a look at hydration health.
In the health field, especially in the fitness field, we don't have a tendency to do that. Monday is never skin day in the gym, it's always a muscle day in the gym. That narrative is changing, but if we can expand our lens a little bit further, then I think that we would achieve a body that has a constitution that allows it to move and then to achieve its goals.
Michol: I live in California, there are people who have spent thousands of dollars spreading creams on their skin to fortify collagen in there, and I'm not going to debate whether that has merit or not, what I would say is that we can achieve a similar thing by training it in a certain way, and that refortifies collagen. It's by no accident that people who exercise tend to look better in their skin for longer.
Michol: We are looking at anti-aging strategies because when I was in my 20s, my goals for health and well-being are different than now that I'm in my 40s, and I'm looking at taking what I have and trying to extend that as far as I can. From an endocrine response, from a tissue response, from the metabolic response.
Brooke: I've been in the fascial fields professionally for so long, I've said this before but people are always looking way younger than they actually are in those fields. I go to a conference of my peers who are also fascial therapists or movement therapists of some variety, and I don't know how old they are because they're probably 10 to 15 years older than they look, which is great.
Michol: They're doing something right.
Brooke: Is there anything that you are currently playing with in your own practice these days or something that you're fascinated by mentally even?
Michol: We're doing, like I said before, the onboarding, which is really exciting to us because we're taking a look at how we can create a profile for an individual that creates some metrics, some things that individuals can look at, some numbers, some schemes that they can look at, that tell them or give them a glimpse into how they are doing.
The other thing that we're quite excited about is from a programming perspective- Whether you're going to load your soft up with external resistance or whether you're going to use your body as a mechanism for movement, we've structurally put this down in a very simplistic way to allow a person a very much inclusive approach to training so that they're not stuck in one aspect. Let's use the bodybuilder as an example.
Let's say a bodybuilder engages in bodybuilding activities, typically what they do is they introduce load to the body via weights and they have a very linear response. Research shows that that is a great way to put muscle on the body, but if that's all I do, I lack mobility in time and then the body breaks down. There are many bodybuilders that don't age without injury.
Even for that bodybuilder, it would behoove that person to spend some time working on other strategies, unloaded, recovery-based, and everything else. We've mapped this very simple programming model out that reflects the nature of yes, your goal may put you in this area for a while but you still need these other areas, at least a little bit at a time to balance out the training scenario.
The same thing is true with runners. Right? If I'm a runner and all I do is run, then chances are my body's going to break down, but I can do these other prophylactic exercises or strategies that allow my running to be enhanced but I'm not necessarily running while I'm doing it, I'm looking at tissue quality, resiliency, all these things that allow me to be, let's say, a more efficient runner if that's what I was doing.
It's very simple but it's very scalable in terms of people utilizing this system, so we're very excited about that as well.


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As their new album could be long to be made, to help their fans waiting, Linkin Park have just released mini-album of remixes made with Jay-Z. Chester comes back on this unusuall collaboration and also talks about his sentimental life...
Linkin Park have just released an album with Jay-Z. Is it a way for you to break your image?
No, not really. It's just a simply exercise of style, a bracket before starting on the new album. But recording Collision Course has sometimes been a real challenge. It hasn't been easy to re-sing our dark lyrics on Jay's music. Indeed, the atmosphere of Jay's songs is a bit more happy than ours. So there was a little difference between our lyrics and his music. That's what made the project interesting.
Are you interested a lot in hip-hop?
Not as much as I used to. When I was younger, hip-hop was my favourite musical style. Listening to rap made me really fall in love with music. Today, even though I still like it, I'm much more into rock.
What are your passions, apart from music?
I love art in general. When I have time, I go visit a museum or an art gallery. In a less intellectual register, I love playing video games, as well as the other members of the band. After a concert, we always play a bit. It helps us to relax...
A lot of bands have tried to copy Linkin Park lately. Do you find it flattering?
At the beginning, I must admit that I found it flattering. It's normal to be inspired by other bands, we've been through that too. But I think that we've at last found our own style and that everyone can say it's us when they hear our music. But to come back to your question, lately I get more and more angry when I hear bands that are trying to copy our music.
In your opinion, Linkin Park is a band that's made to last for a long time or do you know that you'll soonly start something else?
As long as we have pleasure to play together, we'll keep on. Even though it's hard to say today that we'll still be here in 10 years, what's sure it's that we're not planning to do something else for the moment. We are perfectly aware that we're incredibly lucky. A few years ago, we wouldn't have imagined to be where we are now. Thanks to Linkin Park, we've achieved things that we couldn't have otherwise.
You don't seem to care about your voice when you're on stage. How do you do to keep it intact concert after concert?
I must have pretty solid vocal chords... (laughs) Non, in fact, it's not that simple. When I'm touring, to keep a clear voice, I drink between 6 and 8 liters of water per day, and also several bottles of Gatorade. If my voice is a little bit broken, then I heal it by drinking herbal tea.
With all the money that you've earn those last few years, have you bought meaningless or crazy things?
No, not really. I bought a new house, even though I haven't had the time to live in it because of the touring. One day, somebody asked me what my address is and I was obliged to ask my wife because I didn't know it. Otherwise, I just customised my car over. Today, it's so beautiful that you have to wear sunglasses to admire it. If not, you'll be blinded by its beauty. (laughs)
Is it hard to be away from your wife when you're on tour?
Are you kidding me? It's hyper fustrating! Not making love for several weeks, it's not funny! Luckily there are other ways to satisfy yourself solitary otherwise, I wouldn't make it through. (laughs)
What are the craziest things that have happened to you when you're onstage?
There are plenty of it! When we were playing in Long Island, our computers, our platines and our samplers were out of order. So we had to play with just a guitar and a bass for all the concert! (laughs) To be one with this light musical atmosphear, I got undressed leaving just my underwears. It was a unique moment in Linkin Park 's story! Another time, in Mexico, the audience just kept on spitting on us all the concert long. We thought it was because they hated us... But a member of the Deftones, who had also played there, told us that it was their way of saying that they were happy! (laughs)
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The following text is from the 1990 edition of Texas County Records, published by the Texas State Library.
Most of the microfilm listed in this guide was obtained by the Archives and Information Services Division through agreement with the Genealogical Society of Utah. In return for listing records to be filmed in each county and making pre-filming arrangement with courthouse officials, the division receives user copies of the microfilm.
From the beginning of the agreement, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, which governs the operations of the Texas State Library and its divisions, resolved to make the film available through interlibrary loan to researchers throughout the country.
The worldwide efforts of the Genealogical Society of Utah to preserve on film public and private records of genealogical and historical interest are well-known. Filmers from the Society attempt to capture on film the best possible image of each page of each document. If a first shooting does not result in film acceptable to quality control personnel in Salt Lake City, retakes are scheduled.
But best efforts do not always result in microfilm that is easy to read. Some records are in such poor condition that producing high-quality microfilm images of them is very difficult. Especially troublesome are records that were created in the nineteenth century using iron-based inks. Over the years the iron-based inks have chipped away, leaving behind a faint reddish-brown "ghost" script that is extremely difficult to read. When the writing was done on blue paper, as it often was because of the popularity of that color with nineteenth century paper manufacturers, the document is now often illegible or nearly so, even to the naked eye.
Filmers are also careful in their handling of records during filming. In the exercise of this care, they sometimes are forced to sacrifice sharp legibility to avoid damaging a record. For example, in some counties, record books have been rebound in a manner that prevents them from being opened fully, making capture of a legible image of an entire page difficult. Researchers should attempt to see the original document in those instances in which the quality of the microfilm is poor.
Some of the microfilm listed in this guide came to the Archives and Information Services Division from other sources. The tax rolls were filmed by the State and Local Records Management Division of the Texas State Library from originals in possession of the State Comptroller of Public Accounts. The State and Local Records Management Division also filmed the City Council Minutes of the City of Gonzales. The microfilm of the Hopkins County Commissioners Court Minutes and the Wilson County Divorce Minutes resulted from a pilot filming project conducted under the auspices of the Local Records Division. The Walker County Scholastic Censuses were the generous gift of the Honorable Frank Robinson, County Judge of Walker County.


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The Emily Carr University of Art and Design has accepted a $2.5-million donation from Vancouver real estate developer Ian Gillespie.
Central to the donation is a $1-million commitment for scholarships, research grants and new equipment for the Ian Gillespie Faculty of Design and Dynamic Media, the school said in a news release.
"This donation will have a tremendous impact on our students and our ability to support the creative sector in B.C. and Canada," said Emily Carr president and vice-chancellor Dr. Ron Burnett. "Design is emerging as one of the most important areas of the creative economy. These funds will provide our students and faculty with the resources they need to excel, explore, and think differently about creativity and how it shapes our world."
The rest of the donation, $1.5 million, will be applied toward Emily Carr's The Big Idea capital campaign to help fund the new Great Northern Way campus, which opened Sept. 5. The school says the campaign raised $24.5 million, including $315,000 from students.
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If you haven't been keeping up with the Buffalo Bills' fans' shenanigans this season, you have been missing out on some great things this year. They have been doing their best impressions of WWE superstars and putting each other through tables at pregame all year long and it's a surprise that somebody hasn't died yet.
The Bills are not going to be making the playoffs this year, but they had a chance to eliminate AFC East rival, the New York Jets, from the postseason. That meant that the fans wanted to get hyped up for the game and they did so by doing what they have been all year, but they upped the ante by lighting a table on fire.
I guess this fan forgot the old saying of "stop, drop, and roll" when you catch fire. If you couldn't tell what they were pouring on him, it was beer and if you didn't know, alcohol and fire never mix.
There have been no reports on if the fan was seriously injured, but he seemed to be fine afterwards. The beer-to-fire incident wasn't the only thing the #BillsMafia did during Sunday's pregame.
I guess the shenanigans have worked so far as the Bills are leading the Jets 19-10 in the fourth quarter.


Perhaps you are woken each night by the sound of your own snoring or maybe your significant other is tired of dealing with the excessive noise when they are trying to catch some shut eye. While this may seem like no big deal and you probably try your best to laugh it off, snoring can often indicate a much deeper issue.
For starters, a committed relationship won't work over the long haul if one person's sleep cycle is constantly being disrupted. Secondly, those who struggle with snoring are typically struggling with sleep apnoea that has yet to diagnosed.
While there are a number of snoring aids that can be purchased over the counter, many of these so called remedies have zero scientific basis and purchasing OTC snoring products and anti-snoring devices ignores all of the natural solutions that exist for this problem. Give these remedies a try first.
Putting an end to your snoring could be as simple as altering the method in which you sleep. If you are the sort of person who prefers to sleep on their back, this could be the cause of your issues, as the tongue and soft palate will typically collapse into the back of one's throat during sleep, which causes a loud vibration.
Those who are not used to sleeping on their side can use a full body pillow, which makes a world of difference. Does the idea of using a body pillow for sleeping not quite agree with you? You could go as far as to tape tennis balls onto the back of your pajamas. Sound uncomfortable? That's the idea! The tennis balls are sure to give you a bumpy sleep and encourage you to roll to your side even more!
It's no coincidence that heavier people tend to be the ones who struggle with snoring the most. Shedding a few kilograms can help reduce the bulky tissue around your neck and allow your airways to open up more during sleep. While losing weight can help a person to stop snoring, it's not an immediate or guaranteed quick fix. Slimmer people also have snoring related issues, as well.
If you were once skinny and didn't struggle with snoring, only to develop this problem as you have gotten heavier, this is an instance in which weight loss could help significantly. This is especially true of those who gain weight in the neck region.
Sure, a nice, stiff drink before bed can often help put you to sleep, but it also has the effect of exacerbating any existing snoring issue that you were already dealing with. If you consume alcohol or any other type of sedative before heading off to dreamland, you are relaxing the muscles that are located in the back of your throat. When the muscles relax they will fall back and block your airways, either fully or partially.
As you might have guessed, this greatly increases the likelihood of snoring. If you do not normally snore, but find yourself snoring after drinking alcohol before bedtime, this is a sure sign that the night caps are to blame. Perhaps try a Chamomile tea instead; relaxing and calming but not linked to snoring.
Being a workaholic who never gets the right amount of sleep might be great for your bank account, but it is awful for your snoring and general health. When you are the type of person to burn the candle at both ends and fail to get enough sleep, this means you are severely overtired by the end of the day when you finally decide to crawl into bed. Being too tired means sleeping too deep and too hard, which leads to snoring.
When it comes to snoring remedies that work, there are few strategies that work better than simply establishing quality sleeping habits. Sometimes, the easiest snoring solutions are the ones that are right under our noses.
Do you dust the overhead ceiling fan in your bedroom on a regular basis? Do you allow dust mites to accumulate on your pillows? If the answer to either of these questions is yes, you just might be the cause of your own snoring. Those who allow their pets to share a bed with them are subject to the same issue.
Keep your pets out of the bedroom, be sure to wash your pillows and pillowcases and replace them once a year, to keep allergen and dust mite build up to a minimum. The dust mites and allergens can irritate your sinuses and throat tissues, causing them to swell and become inflamed. These simple actions can do more to reduce your snoring than splurging on fancy anti snoring pillows ever will.
If the snoring is originating in the nose and the nasal passages are experiencing a blockage, this is often one of the main causes for excessive snoring. Instead of sifting through countless snoring remedies that may or may not work, you can try something as simple as a hot shower or even a neti pot.
These snoring solutions work wonders when the snoring starts from the nose, so make sure that your snoring originates there, as opposed to the soft palate. If you do not have time for the aforementioned solutions, you can also try nasal strips as a means of opening your passages.
Simply put, a dehydrated person is far more likely to snore, due to increased secretions in the soft palate and the nose. If a person does not receive the proper amount of water each day, this creates additional snoring. The recommended amount of water for a male is 16 cups per day (including food) and 11 cups for a woman. As with most ailments we experience, adding more water to our daily regimen is always helpful. You may reduce your snoring and improve your overall health while you're at it!
If these natural solutions still didn't help with your snoring, it can often be treated with a dental appliance. For more information about how a Sound Sleeper dentist may be able to help, click here.
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Q: Trouble validating a form in django I reaaaally don´t know what else to do but come here and ask you guys. Heres the situation:
models.py
class Vote(models.Model):
    """ Generic vote model """

    user = models.ForeignKey(User)
    question = models.ForeignKey(Question)
    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

    objects = models.Manager()
    cache = CacheVoteManager()

    class Meta:
        abstract = True

    def __unicode__(self):
        return '%s : %s' % (self.user.username, self.question.question)

 class OptionVote(Vote):
    option = models.ForeignKey(Option)

forms.py
  class OptionChoiceField(forms.ModelChoiceField):
  """ Custom model choice field for options """
  widget = forms.RadioSelect(attrs={'class': 'c-opt'})
  def label_from_instance(self, obj):
      return mark_safe(
          '%s%s'
          % (obj.media_content.draw_create_widget() , obj.name))

 class OptionVoteForm(ModelForm):
     """ Form to vote in a option-based question """
     option = OptionChoiceField(queryset=OptionVote.objects.none(),
                            empty_label=None)
     class Meta:
         model = OptionVote
         exclude = ['user', 'question']
     def __init__(self, options=None, *args, **kwargs):
         super(OptionVoteForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         if options:
             self.fields['option'].queryset = options

views.py
form = OptionVoteForm(request.POST)
form.is_valid()
>> FALSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have tried to see the errors in the form and there seems to be no one. I have put some flags on the form's clean method, and they don´t get called. Sames goes for clean method in OptionChoiceField.
The following code in the view
print 'PRINTING ERRORS: ' + str(form.errors)
    for field in form:
        print str(field.label_tag()) + ': ' + str(field.errors)

returns:
 PRINTING ERRORS:
 Option:

please help me out here, i´m reaaally stuck in this one.
EDIT
when i try to do
form = OptionVoteForm(request.POST)
print form

i get the following error:
Exception Type: AttributeError
Exception Value: 'QueryDict' object has no attribute 'all'
ExceptionLocation: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/forms/models.py in __iter__, line 882

oh, and btw, I´m using django 1.3

A: You're overriding the default constuctor so it accepts an queryset, so you should do:
qs = OptionVote.objects.all()
form = OptionVoteForm(qs, request.POST)

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I had my gallbladder removed quite a few years ago. I still remember the time leading up to it. I was diagnosed up in Michigan. The doctor said he could remove it and I would be back to normal. I remember thinking that it couldn't be that easy. We must have it for a reason??? Taking something out of the body as if it was never there? Never had a purpose? Why do we even have it??
I put it off. Months passed and I found out I was being promoted and moving out of state. I moved and the surgery was pushed out of my mind. I didn't have a doctor in the new state. I didn't have the time. I was trying to prove myself.
I pushed the symptoms to the side. The doubling over in pain. The never knowing if it was safe to eat something for fear of getting sick. I always had to allow myself 30 min after eating to see if I was going to get sick or not. Most times, I did. After a year or three of hiding it, causing problems with my job because I was too afraid uncomfortable to tell them what was going on. I never really told anyone.
Then one day, the pain overwhelmed me enough that it had me doubled up in a fetal position. It even hurt to breathe. I went to the doctor and told them I was diagnosed up in Michigan as it being 80% damaged. This was over 3 1/2 years later! Needless to say, it was already done working. They couldn't believe I had waited that long.
I went in and had it removed. I could not put it off any longer. I looked forward to having my life back pre-gallbladder failure. No pain. No waiting 30 minutes after eating to see if I was going to get sick.
I was WRONG!!! They don't tell you how your body reacts after the surgery. The stomach pains that stab you as punishment for eating the wrong things. Yes, you have to be careful what you eat or you will regret it. Even that would be ok if you could figure out WHAT is the wrong thing! It never made sense. It was never the same thing. One day I could have a salad and be fine, another time and I would be sick for 2 hours. There were some things I learned to avoid. French fries at Cheddars. I would be fine anywhere else, so I'm guessing it had something to do with their oil but I cannot say for sure. After 5-7 trips there over a span of time, I decided it wasn't worth it to eat there and I haven't been back.
I've done more research and learned that "most" women are affected for a short time but only a small percentage are affected for longer periods. I think that is a lie. I don't believe those numbers are accurate. I believe there are more like me. Overweight, mid 30s, that still suffers on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis. I reference overweight because I think overweight women are less likely to share their embarrassing symptoms. All too often, the doctor's response is, "Well if you'd lose weight, you wouldn't have ______________________ (fill in whatever item to talked to them about). It gets tiring. Sometimes you want to say….NO, I know skinny women that have this problem as well! Instead, you just don't mention it. It isn't killing you, so you survive and deal with it.
As I've been losing weight, many things have changed. I am still overweight. It's going to be a long process, but guess what HASN'T gotten better???? You guessed it, stomach pains, unexpected & unplanned trips to the bathroom, sometimes hitting you so fast that you get chills (similar to a fever) and goosebumps down your arms. Sometimes so sudden you don't thing you are going to make it to a bathroom.
No, this topic IS NOT easy to write about but I'm writing it to be the voice of the women that aren't willing to say it. If you are a woman suffering with this, tell your doctor. Swallow the embarrassment and talk to him or her and let them know how you're feeling.
Still not ready to talk to them….here are some tips I have learned help me.
1. Breathe! Deep breaths. When you feel the stabbing pains, take nice deep slow breaths. It had helped to give me some more time.
2. Shut off the phone. I can't explain it, but if I feel the pain and shut off all sounds and just concentrate on silence while I'm breathing, I can even get it to pass.
3. Pay attention to what you drank as much as you pay attention to what you ate. I have learned that some foods are fine as long as I drink water and not Coke. That's not as hard now because I'm drinking more water. It sucked before I started my weight loss, but it was better than the pain.
(So the two things that ARE easier now that I'm losing weight really did not play a factor in it being better or worse).
4. Pay attention to what you ate AROUND your meals. For example, too much chocolate can trigger a reaction when you eat your next meal. Again, not a problem as I'm losing weight.
5. Give those around you a little heads up. Yes, it's embarrassing but you don't have to give them details. I used to explain to my co-workers that I don't digest foods properly so sometimes I have to step away shortly after I come back from lunch. That way they knew I wasn't just being a slacker and taking off for a few minutes so soon after lunch but they didn't know the full extent.
6. Don't let it stop you from living. Plan ahead and choose your meals wisely if you feel like it might be a bad day, but still enjoy life and have fun.
Recently I read that there is some medicine available for those that continue to suffer after their cholecystectomy. I have decided that I am going to mention it to my doctor the next time I go in.
If I do and I try it, I will update this post.
Most importantly, for the women that are like me and carry extra weight. I know it's easy for your doctor to tell you it will be better if you lose weight. If that is their standard answer for EVERYTHING then it might be time to find a new doctor. Make sure that are really listening to you and your symptoms.
I will close with….had I known how bad it was going to be afterwards, I don't know if I would have jumped at the surgery but then I remember the pain that had me doubled over at times. It's a lose lose either way. Ugh!


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Welcome to the Rock! This spectacular 13-day tour showcases the very best of Newfoundland, starting off with a performance of the smash-hit musical Come From Away in Toronto before boarding our flight to St. John's.
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A local guide joins us this morning for a close look at the best of this unique city. This afternoon we visit The Rooms, home to an extensive collection of artifacts, art and archival records. Spend the evening exploring the historic streets of the downtown area, full of restaurants, pubs and galleries.
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A scenic drive takes us into Heart's Content, where we visit the Cable Station where, in 1866, the first permanent telegraph cable connecting Europe and North America was hauled ashore. Continuing on, we arrive in Clarenville late afternoon, where we enjoy a special "Screech-In" ceremony.
The town of Trinity offers beautifully restored fishing rooms and saltbox houses and top-rated dining. Watch a blacksmith at work, and visit the Cooperage to learn about barrel making. This afternoon we arrive in Bonavista, visiting the Cape Bonavista Lighthouse with a phenomenal view from the top of the cliffs. We arrive in the town of Gander for a two-night stay.
Twillingate features a stunningly rugged coastline, historical, picturesque streets, and lush countryside roads. It's one of the stops along Iceberg Alley, a vast corridor of ocean that runs from Greenland. Returning via a scenic route to Gander, we visit the Aviation Museum, chronicling Gander's role in development of transatlantic aviation, from the 1930s through 9/11. This evening we will enjoy a special "Fabric of Canada" event in Gander.
This morning we visit the town of Lewisporte, and take a scenic waterfront drive, showcasing the fascinating heritage of the area. We continue on and soon arrive in Cornerbrook, where we spend the night.
Today we head into Gros Morne National Park for sightseeing and an included lunch. A UNESCO World Heritage Site covering 1,805 square kilometres, the park is full of raw and enigmatic beauty. We spend two nights in Cow Head. Relax and enjoy the area this evening, which features a sandy beach stretching for kilometres.
We visit the Gros Morne Interpretation Centre with outstanding exhibits and even a walking trail close by. There will be plenty of opportunities for photography today, and options available for hikers. We return to Cow Head and enjoy an evening of entertainment and an included dinner.
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site is the only authenticated Norse site in North America. At the Viking Encampment, you can try blacksmithing or weaving, and talk to characters who will bring the Viking history to life. We spend the night in beautiful St. Anthony.
This morning, we enjoy the spectacular St. Anthony Bight Loop, an easy 10-minute trail that just might be the highlight of the tour. So many icebergs run aground here that it is known as an iceberg graveyard. This afternoon, enjoy the scenery as we travel down the West Coast of the northern peninsula to Cornerbrook. A farewell dinner is included this evening.
As we board our plane in Deer Lake to return home, we hope you will cherish your memories of this spectacular vacation.


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I have to admit, this was not an angle that I ever considered, probably because it makes little to no sense in the grand scheme of Lefty's personality or attitude toward Tiger. Sure, beating Woods at the top of his game would be a great feather for Phil to stick in his cap, but we never really heard a peep out of Phil echoing this desire even when Tiger's secrets were still under wraps.
There is probably no question that at some point this year, Tiger will no longer be the world's number one in terms of official statistics, and chances are Lefty will take the top spot sooner or later. However, with new rumors and reports stating that Tiger might be returning as early as March, Phil and the rest of the PGA Tour only have three months to make his stand in the rankings.


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Print, Plate 8, Design for Gentleman's Costume, Journal des Luxus und der Moden (Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Vol. 2, No. 3
This is a Print. It was designed by Georg Melchior Kraus and published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch and Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs and made for Journal des Luxus und der Moden. It is dated 1787 and we acquired it in 1952. Its medium is engraving, hand-colored with brush and watercolor on cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
These fashion plates date to the final years of the 1780s and illustrate the marked shift toward a more understated elegance for men. Soft, buff-colored breeches with simple ties at the knee were worn with top boots and spurs, suggesting outdoorsy pursuits. The waistcoat, perhaps printed rather than embroidered, is squared off along the bottom edge, its lower half revealed by the long black cutaway coat. This gentleman's hair appears unpowdered and is topped with a wide-brimmed, round hat. The only ornamentation is the fob ribbon with a gold sealing wax stamp that hangs below the waist.
This object was donated by Richard Cranch Greenleaf (American, 1887–1961). It is credited Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf.
20.2 × 11.5 cm (7 15/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
It is inscribed
Printed in black ink, upper right margin: T. 8.
Print, Plate 8, Design for Gentleman's Costume, Journal des Luxus und der Moden (Journal of Luxury and Fashions), Vol. 2, No. 3; Designed by Georg Melchior Kraus (German, 1737–1806); Published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (German, 1747–1822), Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs; Made for Journal des Luxus und der Moden; engraving, hand-colored with brush and watercolor on cream paper; 20.2 × 11.5 cm (7 15/16 × 4 1/2 in.); Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf; 1952-127-17
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Embroidered and Embellished.
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Accession Number 1952-127-17
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Ekholm signs 6-Year Extension
Ekholm must really, really like us because he just signed a six-year, $22.5M contract extension with the Nashville Predators organization. That's huge, people. Mattias Ekholm is one of those players that shies away from the limelight, yet makes a significant impact that, without him, the Predators would be essentially up the creek without a paddle. At just 25-years-old, Ekholm has more than enough "hitch in his giddy-up" to extend the life of best defense in the league.
The Predators now have Josi locked up at $4 million AAV, Ekholm at $3.75 AAV and Ryan Ellis at $2.5 AAV. Pretty darn good.
— Adam Vingan (@AdamVingan) October 26, 2015
From the official presser released by the Predators:
Nashville, Tenn. (October 26, 2014) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced Monday that restricted free agent defenseman Mattias Ekholm has signed a six-year, $22.5 million contract that carries an average annual value of $3.75 million.
Ekholm, 25 (5/24/90), has a goal and two assists in seven games in 2015-16, giving him 30 points (9g-21a) and 66 penalty minutes in 152 career games since the 2011-12 season. In his second full NHL campaign in 2014-15, the Borlange, Sweden, native doubled his rookie point total (7g-11a-18pts from 1g-8a-9pts), improved plus/minus rating by 20 points (+12 from -8) and increased his average ice time by more than two minutes (19:00 from 16:49). The 6-4, 215-pound blueliner also made his postseason debut last spring, suiting up for all six of Nashville's Stanley Cup Playoff contests (+4), tying for the team lead in plus/minus rating and averaging 26:24 of ice time.
Nashville's seventh choice, 102nd overall (fourth round), in the 2009 Entry Draft, Ekholm has represented Sweden in the past two World Championships, helping the Tre Kronor to a bronze medal in 2014, being named one of the nation's three best players after tying for second (with Predators teammate Roman Josi) among tournament defensemen in points (2g-5a-7pts), while leading all Swedish skaters in average ice time (21:56). He also earned a bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championship, tying for the tournament lead with a +10 rating, and helped the Tre Kronor win the 2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.
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