News for today's 2018: 03/22/13

Matt Said Jay Said 661.244.9852

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal">Matt yammers, Jay yammers, You stare at us in disgust. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFp1tFBJWR1ztcM6ShXosKWLSzEo45-uWS_vnj3Wm0kLII1Oa_miLa9_OFKY6e4WvlQC1msPkeLZMqGkcxEZJtPIgwWij9OLUj3JQTAUUnris_Lv76iy77YETuem7o_zG_Ze_rKbrInDw/s1600/Sexy+Asian+Girls+Bikinis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFp1tFBJWR1ztcM6ShXosKWLSzEo45-uWS_vnj3Wm0kLII1Oa_miLa9_OFKY6e4WvlQC1msPkeLZMqGkcxEZJtPIgwWij9OLUj3JQTAUUnris_Lv76iy77YETuem7o_zG_Ze_rKbrInDw/s320/Sexy+Asian+Girls+Bikinis.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Matt: Howdy Ho! <br />Jay: We gotta make this fast. <br />Matt: I know you’re a busy man.<br />Jay: Well, not really, but I gotta hit the store today. <br />Matt: Is the pantry empty?<br />Jay: No, it’s gonna SNOW tomorrow! <br />Matt: Oh shit! <br />Jay: IKR?! <br />Matt: Jay … it’s okay. Settle down.<br />Jay: I’m trying but man … talking ONE TO THREE INCHES!<br />Matt: Okay, that’s scary, but it’s nothing you can’t handle dude. <br />Jay: Maybe I should get a case of M&M’s. <br />Matt: Now, don’t get cra … Plain or Peanut? <br />Jay: Pfffffft … PLAIN! <br />Matt: Oh good. I thought you might have gone over the deep end. <br />Jay: We’re not savages down here, you know! <br />Matt: I only know what I see on TV and in the movies.<br />Jay: Those are all made by Northern Elitists. <br />Matt: Well, you’ve got a point there. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jay: So what’s going on witchu? <br />Matt: I’m digging this new schedule. <br />Jay: Enjoying it, eh? <br />Matt: Oh yeah, for two weeks I only work 3-5 on BOTH Tues and Thurs! <br />Jay: That seems hardly worth it though. <br />Matt: Well I have to go pick up beer after my nap anyway. <br />Jay: Good point! Beer and cigs. <br />Matt: Right, the necessities. So, I might as well work for a bit. <br />Jay: Dude, you have such a cool and practical approach to life. <br />Matt: I’ve pretty much got it all figured out. <br />Jay: *Sings* “Did you ever know you’re my he-roooooooo” <br />Matt: I’m sensing a bit of sarcasm here. <br />Jay: *Sings* “and everything I want to be …” <br />Matt: I bet you can fly higher than a fucking eagle?! <br />Jay: *Sings* “cause you are the wind beneath my wings”<br />Matt: That’s just great. So sweet. <br />Jay: Are you crying? <br />Matt: Only from the pain. <br />Jay: In your heart? <br />Matt: My ears. <br />Jay: Hurtful! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEAYM5DZ72E57KrBRb77PJIUWjChAkdFZQ6yxfpV83qZk6Q4iu6cUteANpjdbU-hJ-9nDYu-eU04fTPboEggK2eC9wc6PzRxEhmvsdab2hafFfbeGG5sFhPb0JaDtgea3LzI0jrIDhgE/s1600/Jesus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEAYM5DZ72E57KrBRb77PJIUWjChAkdFZQ6yxfpV83qZk6Q4iu6cUteANpjdbU-hJ-9nDYu-eU04fTPboEggK2eC9wc6PzRxEhmvsdab2hafFfbeGG5sFhPb0JaDtgea3LzI0jrIDhgE/s320/Jesus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Matt: Okay, Palm FUNday?  <br />Jay: Damn right! <br />Matt: What all we gonna talk about? <br />Jay: Well, Palm Sunday. <br />Matt: Guy is in Jerusalem for a live report! <br />Jay: Excellent. And we have Palm Sunday festivities here in Redneckville! <br />Matt: We need something big too.<br />Jay: I know. Like an interview.<br />Matt: One of the Apostles. <br />Jay: Our gay correspondent Joshua could interview … <br />Matt: JOHN! He could interview John! <br />Jay: They have so much in common! <br />Matt: IKR?! They’re perfect for each other. <br />Jay: They’ll be fast friends! <br />Matt: Oh yeah! <br />Jay: Also, Obama in Israel. <br />Matt: That’s pretty hilarious. <br />Jay: Or will be. <br />Matt: And I’m sure Jesus was quite the rebel beyond entering Jerusalem like that. <br />Jay: Oh you know it! <br />Matt: And the NCAA’s<br />Jay: And FUN! Or enemies of fun like Michael Bloomberg. <br />Matt: Fuck that guy! <br />Jay: And whatever else we come up with. <br />Matt: It’s perfect! <br />Jay: HUGE! <br />Matt: We’re gonna destroy! <br />Jay: Destroy what? <br />Matt: Whatever there is to destroy! <br />Jay: DAMN RIGHT! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">There you go folks. Another monster IWS coming up on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/03/24/palm-funday">PalmFunday</a>! Be sure to tune in at 12 Noon ET and even give us a call! <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></div></div>

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Group appointments with doctors: When three isn't a crowd - Vitals

2:06 PM Tukiyooo 0

<base href="data:"><div style="color: black; text-align: left; " class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">When visiting the doctor, there may be strength in numbers.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">In recent years, a growing number of doctors have begun holding group appointments -- seeing up to a dozen patients with similar medical concerns all at once. Advocates of the approach say such visits allow doctors to treat more patients, spend more time with them (even if not one-on-one), increase appointment availability and improve health outcomes.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Some see group appointments as a way to ease looming physician shortages. According to a <a href="http://annfammed.org/content/10/6/503.full" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; " class="">study published in December</a>, meeting the country's health-care needs will require nearly 52,000 additional primary-care physicians by 2025. More than 8,000 of that total will be needed for the more than 27 million people newly insured under the Affordable Care Act.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">"With Obamacare, we're going to get a lot of previously uninsured people coming into the system, and the question will be 'How are we going to service these people well?' " says Edward Noffsinger, who has developed group-visit models and consults with providers on their implementation. With that approach, "doctors can be more efficient and patients can have more time with their doctors."</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Some of the most successful shared appointments bring together patients with the same chronic condition, such as diabetes or heart disease. For example, in a diabetes group visit, a doctor might ask everyone to remove their shoes so he can examine their feet for sores or signs of infection, among other things. A typical session lasts up to two hours. In addition to answering questions and examining patients, the doctor often leads a discussion, often assisted by a nurse.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Insurance typically covers a group appointment just as it would an individual appointment; there is no change in the co-pay amount. Insurers generally focus on the level of care provided rather than where it's provided or how many people are in the room, Noffsinger says.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Some patients say there are advantages to the group setting. "Patients like the diversity of issues discussed," Noffsinger says<b style="font-weight: bold; " class="">. "</b>And they like getting 2 hours with their doctor."</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Patients sign an agreement promising not to disclose what they discuss at the meeting. Although some patients are initially hesitant about the approach, doctors say their shyness generally evaporates quickly.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">"We tell people, 'You don't have to say anything,' " says Edward Shahady, medical director of the<a href="http://www.diabetesmasterclinician.org/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; " class="">Diabetes Master Clinician Program</a> at the Florida Academy of Family Physicians Foundation in Jacksonville. Shahady trains medical residents and physicians to conduct group visits with diabetes patients. "But give them 10 minutes, and they're talking about their sex lives."</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Though group appointments may allow doctors to increase the number of patients they see and thereby boost their income, many doctors are uncomfortable with the concept, experts say, because they're used to taking a more authoritative approach with patients rather than facilitating a discussion with them.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, 12.7 percent of family physicians conducted group visits in 2010, up from 5.7 percent in 2005.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Some studies have found that group visits can improve health. In an Italian trial that randomly assigned more than 800 Type 2 diabetes patients to either group or individual care, the group patients had lower blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol and BMI levels after four years than the patients receiving individual care.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Doctors say patients may learn more from each other than they do from physicians. "Patients really want to hear what others patients are experiencing," Shahady says.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Jake Padilla of Westminster, Colo., participated in his first group visit more than a decade ago, shortly after he had heart bypass surgery.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Padilla, now 67, continued to attend group appointments geared to primary-care patients' concerns for years after that at the Kaiser Permanente outpatient clinic near his home. (Kaiser Health News is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.) He usually went once a month or so, and the members of the group constantly changed.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">One woman who attended the group was 102 years old, he remembers. Fellow patients wanted to know how she managed to live that long. One of her secrets, she said, was deep breathing. Padilla has since used that advice when his blood pressure gets out of control.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">But group visits aren't for everyone. Padilla's wife, Tedi, went to one meeting with him and never went back.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.8em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.8em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">"She said she didn't have time to sit there and listen to all those patients," he says.</font></div></div><a href="http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/22/17390144-group-appointments-with-doctors-when-three-isnt-a-crowd" class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/22/17390144-group-appointments-with-doctors-when-three-isnt-a-crowd</font></a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; " class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

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When visiting the doctor, there may be strength in numbers.In recent years, a growing number of doctors have begun holding group appointments -- seeing up to a dozen patients with similar medical concerns all at once. Advocates of the approach say su…

Breakfast at Mary's

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<p>My cousin Kasey invited me for breakfast this morning.  She had friends over from London along with my other cousin Fiona (who it was great to see as it has been awhile since i have seen her).  They were setting off on a road trip to Cork for the weekend so Kasey's mam, Mary, (assisted by Kasey) cooked up a big breakfast before they set off.  Another cousin of mine, Dawn, was also at breakfast along with her really cute daughter Isla.  You are probably wondering how many cousins I have.  I should let you know that my mother is one of 13 children so I think my Nana has over 25 grandchildren aswell as a handful of greatgrandchildren - I have a lot of cousins!!</p><p>Anyway back to breakfast - what a spread!  There was a delicious selection of breads, meats, cheese & smoked salmon along with croissants & jam.  After all of that there was a huge big platter of sausages, raashers (bacon), black pudding and white pudding.  Mary then cooked eggs to order, I had mine scrambled which were devine.  Further to all of this there was also fried tomatoes and eggs.</p><p>All of the food was gorgeous.  My aunt Mary has a great table with a Lazy Susan on it that makes it so easy to serve food.  My cousin joked that my aunt likes to imagine that she is a short order cook working in a diner!!!</p><p>The weather is so bad here there is flooding in lots of parts of the country so it was a really nice start to the day.  Hopefully the girls have a safe journey to Cork and a great weekend in the country.</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hP2kzkuo0ie7VvS-4tWTHP0DX8ejSBQmpxVDflwv78jN59i2FYliJLTRxHd1ld0BWuDFKo2qTfS7wOJtCqzzQGSIeiToUVOAt0si_8sGJ6DBaJsoZoguZF9DcFh2XW-RiDpHvo343hOw/s1600/20130322_095556.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1hP2kzkuo0ie7VvS-4tWTHP0DX8ejSBQmpxVDflwv78jN59i2FYliJLTRxHd1ld0BWuDFKo2qTfS7wOJtCqzzQGSIeiToUVOAt0si_8sGJ6DBaJsoZoguZF9DcFh2XW-RiDpHvo343hOw/s400/20130322_095556.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlPrpe-m0sU__AfO947_amyV_fJvG66yZu4IXHAv8-UJ1vQ4TESp6H0zOPY6sGnU433WG6bSWHXURnfSEC69AB3Swp4I00CiPPTV_eoB9fZxGt3ABmOtMkUzVgf2QXPHng2wd5W_a0sLh/s1600/20130322_094746.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlPrpe-m0sU__AfO947_amyV_fJvG66yZu4IXHAv8-UJ1vQ4TESp6H0zOPY6sGnU433WG6bSWHXURnfSEC69AB3Swp4I00CiPPTV_eoB9fZxGt3ABmOtMkUzVgf2QXPHng2wd5W_a0sLh/s400/20130322_094746.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsjtO4aMS1vbEPsilhsi6duhfKhmsWEjPaPC1Y_ZeT1cWqJFccBCSQ2tMmJ9m57ZV1KTPAosoFYcyGLMJxr5sW37n0MNMoLppR9eDZ8uC4ZBC2G_dEUYT6kDzEn6Z84PzkPDpbuM_3XFH/s1600/20130322_100151.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsjtO4aMS1vbEPsilhsi6duhfKhmsWEjPaPC1Y_ZeT1cWqJFccBCSQ2tMmJ9m57ZV1KTPAosoFYcyGLMJxr5sW37n0MNMoLppR9eDZ8uC4ZBC2G_dEUYT6kDzEn6Z84PzkPDpbuM_3XFH/s400/20130322_100151.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_JqCmmtZKmNjazaqDQQFI6Sh-TsVqV5yAt2QGVOZ7YYwVnorYl9yYXAsqp6dPnFnd38tFWDLccN7y24eifCSgqdoyhcl4bnT3thR1UJN-4mM5Ad2wrXuGN9cpMS_M_9MT0XjQxUvSTI2/s1600/20130322_100546.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_JqCmmtZKmNjazaqDQQFI6Sh-TsVqV5yAt2QGVOZ7YYwVnorYl9yYXAsqp6dPnFnd38tFWDLccN7y24eifCSgqdoyhcl4bnT3thR1UJN-4mM5Ad2wrXuGN9cpMS_M_9MT0XjQxUvSTI2/s400/20130322_100546.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCBZrRlFmKahrkGJ_TCyk8EjS8u-6zwIvPp9OTidHT0XGoffLTd7v_8OXf7AW_qsCUyblDVHoKajjO8jx6M0KQBwZ8PPkKNHwcX3gzDASs1TNiZxDOKxBioAeQ_Y2xll5C2JDZOV4eLXp/s1600/20130322_093854.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCBZrRlFmKahrkGJ_TCyk8EjS8u-6zwIvPp9OTidHT0XGoffLTd7v_8OXf7AW_qsCUyblDVHoKajjO8jx6M0KQBwZ8PPkKNHwcX3gzDASs1TNiZxDOKxBioAeQ_Y2xll5C2JDZOV4eLXp/s400/20130322_093854.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Breakfast at Mary's

My cousin Kasey invited me for breakfast this morning. She had friends over from London along with my other cousin Fiona (who it was great to see as it has been awhile since i have seen her). They were setting off on a road trip to Cork for the wee…

Helpful Sermon from Fellowship Church Worth Watching - Help for Those Who are Enduring Longterm Struggles

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_Pw93PhLLJJM-baE2eFsqNIXuvnG_uEo_zN3YEkGFuySKodNrYAbF6AFBXTHTZwInjvST3dJfj3bVcm0BatTcptKWt5DNCstQ3JFXRkUKwzXGLC0MkrBrzL2pmqVeRlhSe0GpSBZpEuu/s1600/TracyBarnes.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_Pw93PhLLJJM-baE2eFsqNIXuvnG_uEo_zN3YEkGFuySKodNrYAbF6AFBXTHTZwInjvST3dJfj3bVcm0BatTcptKWt5DNCstQ3JFXRkUKwzXGLC0MkrBrzL2pmqVeRlhSe0GpSBZpEuu/s320/TracyBarnes.png" width="226" /></a>Tracy Barnes is one of the pastors at Ed Young's Fellowship church. I urge my readers to listen to his sermon last week. I wish I could embed it here on the blog, but the best I can do is give you the link here:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fellowshipchurch.com/messages?channelId=7a7672c602bd441b9a0375aa9d6c23cc&channelListId=811a8a0ff59f430f8f32f1d660a608e3&mediaId=1d84b31414fc4b568c151e565cfd124e" target="_blank">Tracy Barnes Sermon - Pain Management </a></div><br />Tracy spoke last week in the current series "Pain Management". Tracy's family has endured the incredible hardship of having their two young boys - Roger and Phillip - diagnosed with <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001724/" target="_blank">Duchenne muscular dystrophy</a> back in the late 1980s. This awful disease causes a wasting away of all muscles. It is diagnosed when children are very young, and death usually occurs around age 20 to 25 from respiratory complications. Their son Roger died a few years ago, but Phillip is still bravely living with this disease, with the love and constant help of his parents.<br /><br />In the sermon Tracy speaks from his heart to help people deal with painful life trials that have no end in sight. He gives three "stop signs" to help people live with joy despite living in a life-long struggle. A video is shown early in the sermon of how Tracy's wife Debbie has endured, her devotion to Phillip's care, and she speaks of her faith struggles and victories.<br /><br />If you are dealing with long-term struggles and disappointments in life, Tracy and Debbie's story and the lessons Tracy shares in this sermon will be of great help. <br /><br />There are so many touching parts of this story that will help you - from Tracy and Debbie's devotion to their boys, to the story of one of Tracy's daughters carrying the gene who decided to adopt a child from Haiti vs. birthing children, to seeing Tracy speak a word of encouragement and love directly to his son Phillip.<br /><br />Thank you Tracy and Debbie and Phillip for telling your story. One of the most moving, touching, helpful sermons I've seen.<br /><br />I hope my readers will take a few minutes to watch this.

Helpful Sermon from Fellowship Church Worth Watching - Help for Those Who are Enduring Longterm Struggles

Tracy Barnes is one of the pastors at Ed Young's Fellowship church. I urge my readers to listen to his sermon last week. I wish I could embed it here on the blog, but the best I can do is give you the link here:Tracy Barnes Sermon - Pain Management T…

Today's archidose #660

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Here are some photos of the <a href="http://www.hec.edu/Press-room/News/HEC-Paris-extends-its-development-and-opens-new-state-of-the-art-academic-building2">HEC School of Management</a> in Jouy-en-Josas, Paris, France, by <a href="http://www.davidchipperfield.co.uk/">David Chipperfield Architects</a> (2012), photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yohanzerdoun/">Yohan Zerdoun</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yohanzerdoun/8578923951/" title="HEC, School of Management | France | by David Chipperfield Architects by Yohan Zerdoun, on Flickr"><img alt="HEC, School of Management | France | by David Chipperfield Architects" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8578923951_8f01342628_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yohanzerdoun/8578922909/" title="HEC, School of Management | France | by David Chipperfield Architects by Yohan Zerdoun, on Flickr"><img alt="HEC, School of Management | France | by David Chipperfield Architects" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8091/8578922909_5c94254527_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yohanzerdoun/8578922481/" title="HEC, School of Management | France | by David Chipperfield Architects by Yohan Zerdoun, on Flickr"><img alt="HEC, School of Management | France | by David Chipperfield Architects" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8505/8578922481_a16c3b01b7_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #660

Here are some photos of the HEC School of Management in Jouy-en-Josas, Paris, France, by David Chipperfield Architects (2012), photographed by Yohan Zerdoun.To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archid…

ways for weight loss with juice

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>juice, </b><span style="color: black;">is one way to guarantee that you choose a healthy weight loss regimen that does not sacrifice good nutrition. particularly when vegetable juices are emphasized, is fateful to good health because it is an important source of raw food. Each of us needs raw foods every day, and juicing is an perfect way to make certain you receive large quantities of such raw foods.<br />Vegetables are low in fat and calories, so replacing higher calorie foods with vegetable juices is very helpful to a weight loss regime. Vegetable juicing can also provide a concentrated source of nutrients in a convenient way. Some dieters undergo a strenuous juice fast, in which they consume only juice for a period of up to thirty days, while others replace one or two meals a day with juice and eat fruits and vegetables for their other meals.  juicing can remove toxins from the body and heal disease.</span></span></span></div> <br /><center><script type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /></center> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGL9QdHyjw5Xp1gvTDxmF80IIsU1O607G73QDS_nO8K6xERgOp3_IlqkUqgwgxFuccJHcOT_qMd0g2_DwtKDI6l2rSAPEknrf-DBbdOqZ5GLfGetEwS3lDJSZMH06o4SYXpOLuDZJPUfc/s1600/ways_for_weight_loss_with_juice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ways for weight loss with juice" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGL9QdHyjw5Xp1gvTDxmF80IIsU1O607G73QDS_nO8K6xERgOp3_IlqkUqgwgxFuccJHcOT_qMd0g2_DwtKDI6l2rSAPEknrf-DBbdOqZ5GLfGetEwS3lDJSZMH06o4SYXpOLuDZJPUfc/s400/ways_for_weight_loss_with_juice.jpg" title="ways for weight loss with juice" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div>

juice Weight Loss ways for weight loss with juice

juice, is one way to guarantee that you choose a healthy weight loss regimen that does not sacrifice good nutrition. particularly when vegetable juices are emphasized, is fateful to good health because it is an important source of raw food. Each of u…

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Who doesnt like to grab a Starbucks deal. Especially if it comes easy. Today's Starbucks deal of the day at Groupons is a $5 for a $ 10 Starbucks Card egift (to be redeemed at groupon.starbucks.com). It can be used at any Starbucks participating stor…

Common excuses for not writing and why you shouldn't listen to them

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=19732346" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=19732346" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“We look before and after,<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yVdIf3O6pxKMfofj66jzK6fnPR8D82w0hyB90MNp1lsSWmgC63z-b4q7-6NAPW9q6WkzOd0WZ9qdsLVqGBs76FyDxPVyx4lVXsxEhNLO6wep4rb1DDN7ZGLw4D1EGHdMRSZ_Zfcw5HZT/s1600/bigstock-Journal-10920269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yVdIf3O6pxKMfofj66jzK6fnPR8D82w0hyB90MNp1lsSWmgC63z-b4q7-6NAPW9q6WkzOd0WZ9qdsLVqGBs76FyDxPVyx4lVXsxEhNLO6wep4rb1DDN7ZGLw4D1EGHdMRSZ_Zfcw5HZT/s320/bigstock-Journal-10920269.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And pine for what is not:<br />Our sincerest laughter<br />with some pain is fraught:<br />Our sweetest songs are those that<br />tell of saddest thought.”<br /><em><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_a_Skylark" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="To a Skylark">To a Skylark</a></em>, by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Percy%2BBysshe%2BShelley" rel="lastfm" target="_blank" title="Percy Bysshe Shelley">Percy Bysshe Shelley</a></blockquote><br /><h2></h2><h3><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I received a message of concern on Tumblr yesterday. This person rightly detected that my writings these days is a twinge of melancholy. Not melancholy of the depression kind but the melancholy born of circumstances that are hard and situations that cannot be explained. So, I thought I would share some thoughts and why I'm still writing anyway.</span></h3><h3>Should I write amidst tragedy?</h3>A colleague at school has been struggling with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Praying-for-Jessica-Powell/225906054219722">her daughter's sudden illness </a>and subsequent amputation of her legs. It has hit us all so deeply, the entire school has been praying and in heartache. Tragic. Heart ache.<br /><br />In the throes of this, our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/reginald.garrard?fref=ts">beloved editor of our local newspaper </a>unexpectedly died of a heart attack. Last week he was singing with the Chamber of Commerce chorale in a black tie and suddenly, this week, he is gone.  Tragic. Heartache.<br /><br />And yet, as I read the life of John Newton, author of the surreal hymn, <em><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Grace" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Amazing Grace">Amazing Grace</a></em>, that song was much born out of his tumultuous friendship with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowper" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="William Cowper">William Cowper</a>, a clinically depressed, constantly suicidal friend. At one point Newton said he could not write on without his friend. Then, in the next moment, he wrote on, more productive than ever. Perhaps it was amidst the blood of another suicide attempt and the wails of another fit of melancholy that John Newton truly began to understand what grace meant. <br /><br /><b>Should one note write because loved ones suffer? Is it an insult to their injuries that we take time to write?</b><br /><br />No! Write when your family struggles, for then, too, you may meet with the sublime.<br /><h3>Should I write when I'm too busy?</h3>Some choose to cocoon, but for me, I write. Combined with these two events (upon which many salty tears have been shed) the prom that is a week from today that I'm organizing, my son graduating and heading to college in a few months, and the money challenges that come with sending him off to college, as well as some surgery I have to have over break to deal with some skin cancer, and a book deadline that whooshed by like the noise of a thousand subway trains, there's a bit on my plate.  Not to mention my precious students and all that comes with a classroom.<br /><br />But, I read <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.michaelhyatt.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Michael Hyatt">Michael Hyatt</a>'s book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159555503X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=159555503X&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwbrighc-20" id="static_txt_preview" style="background-color: white; color: #996633; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><i>Platform</i></a> and realized that if it is to be, it is up to me. I decided to set my clock for 4 am at least 3 times this week to get up and continue progress on my second book for the modern educator faced with teaching writing in the cloud. <br /><br /><strong>Should one not write because life is hard?</strong><br /> No! Write when life is hard, then others may feel the reality in your words and be the better for it! Great writers, write. No excuses, they write anyway.<br /><h3>Should I not write because I'm afraid I won't finish?</h3>Then, I look at the beautiful, haunting poem of <em><a href="http://www.online-literature.com/coleridge/655/">Cristabel</a></em> by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Samuel Taylor Coleridge">Samuel Taylor Coleridge</a>. This beautiful, eerie poem remains unfinished, even though Coleridge would add a Part 2 years after it was written. Coleridge was known as a many with many ideas, who could finish nothing.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“His mind,” wrote Southey, “is a perpetual <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydenham%27s_chorea" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Sydenham's chorea">St. Vitus' dance</a> –  eternal activity without action.” </blockquote><br />And yet, it was also said of him<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“His best work is but little, but of its kind it is perfect and unique…All that he did excellently might be bound up in twenty pages, but it should be bound in pure gold.” (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stopford_Brooke_%28chaplain%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Stopford Brooke (chaplain)">Stopford Brooke</a>)</blockquote><br /><b>Should one not write because some works will likely remain unfinished?</b><br />No! Write, even if you might not finish, for those words, even in their unifinished state, might just be the masterpiece the world will need.<br /><br />Write on, author, write.<br /><br />In the <em>To a Skylark</em> poem, I quoted in the opener, Shelley's next verse is thus:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=19732346" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>“Yet if we could scorn<br />Hate and pride and fear;<br />If we were things born<br />not to shed a tear,<br />I know not how the joy we ever<br />should come near.”</blockquote>The juxtaposition of life is often what puts us in a position for enjoying life. While I'll not endorse tragedy or busy-ness or lack of focus as ways to live your life, it is also these things that make life. For after the tart, the sweet tastes sweeter. I don't know about you, but I best identify with authors who have “been there” and “done that.” If they seem to live a perfect life, they are a liar because I've come to understand that life is full of struggle for all humans.<br /><br />So, if you are called to be an author, don't worry about any one else psychoanalyzing you or reading things into your words that just aren't there.<br /><br />Write because you care. Write because you dare. Write because it is what you were born to do. Write on, author, write.<br /><br />------<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Disclosures and credits</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo credit: Big stock</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. 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Common excuses for not writing and why you shouldn't listen to them

“We look before and after,And pine for what is not:Our sincerest laughterwith some pain is fraught:Our sweetest songs are those thattell of saddest thought.”To a Skylark, by Percy Bysshe ShelleyI received a message of concern on Tumblr yesterday. Thi…

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 03/22/2013

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<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="https://ifttt.com/recipes/85730">IFTTT / Send everything I tag collaborative writing to a notebook in evernote. by coolcatteacher</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">If you use Diigo but are researching a certain topic for a book or term paper and also use Evernote, I recommend setting up an ifttt.com recipe similar to this one I'm using for my collaborative writing book. Everything tagged "collaborative writing" goes automatically to my collaborative writing book.  You could use this for a course. You could take everything on Diigo tagged with the course number into a notebook (or into a Google spreadsheet, for that matter.) There are many other sources of information you can use to collect information on a topic in one place. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/automation.">automation.</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/diigo">diigo</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/techintegrator">techintegrator</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_TeacherSurveyReportWithMethodology110112.pdf">How Teens Do Research in the Digital World</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">In a recent PEW study, National Writing Project (NWP) and Advanced Placement (AP) teachers said that “a top priority in today’s classrooms should be teaching students how to ‘judge the quality of online information.’”  Furthermore, teachers are concerned that students don’t get past Google, Wikipedia, and YouTube into deeper (and more accurate) ways of collecting information. If you want to discuss research sources, social bookmarking is the best way to do this. We should see more classrooms using Diigo (the most superior bookmarking service, in my opinion) or Delicious as they discuss and share the documents they will use in their research papers.   I’ve found when topics need deeper research or when the sources of research are in dispute, that social bookmarking is the best way to facilitate those discussions. It is a powerful form of pre-writing for students. If they can begin the conversations around research articles and sources, then more accurate information will emerge in their final document. Often students don’t verify the sources of information and should learn to view all online information with skepticism and a critical eye as they converse over what makes a good source. Social bookmarking is a key source of discussion, data collection, and citation in the modern classroom.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialbookmarking">socialbookmarking</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/diigo">diigo</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/delicious">delicious</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a>            <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/literature">literature</a></p>                                        </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='https://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 03/22/2013

IFTTT / Send everything I tag collaborative writing to a notebook in evernote. by coolcatteacher If you use Diigo but are researching a certain topic for a book or term paper and also use Evernote, I recommend s…

30 days of writing ideas #3: A request to share a true story based on Internet-sharing from Alan Levine

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: magenta;"><b style="background-color: white;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">___</i><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">_________________________________________</i></b></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b style="background-color: white;">If you are a South African teacher reading this we would like to tell you about a writing opportunity and a free online writing course that is coming up with SchoolNetSA  as part of the amazing <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2013/03/30-days-of-writing-1-welcome-to-african.html" target="_blank">African Storybook project</a> and website that is being developed for Africa. Our 30 days of writing posts will lead up to giving more information about this. WATCH THIS SPACE!</b></i></span><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">__________________________________________________________</b></span><br /><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alan Levine is someone I have come to appreciate when it comes to writing ideas - in fact I would call him a digital writing guru! His two wikis, <i>Cogdogroo</i> (found at <a href="http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/" title="http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com">http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com</a>) and <i>50+ Web2 ways to tell a story</i> found at <a href="http://50ways.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">http://50ways.wikispaces.com/ </a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> give loads of wonderful ideas for writing. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Purely by chance I came across this video of his on YouTube made in January 2013 asking people to… <i>(he can say it better than I can</i>) ...</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Yes, it is another call for what I call "True Stories of Open Sharing" - examples of people's experiences of unexpected outcomes when they share something openly online. I will be building a new collection at  </span><a href="http://cogdogblog.com/stuff/truestori..." style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://cogdogblog.com/stuff/truestori...</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - and if you have one to share, either make it a video response here or submit a URL for a video to </span><a href="http://bit.ly/truestories13" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://bit.ly/truestories13</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you go to Alan’s blog <a href="http://stories.cogdogblog.com/" title="http://stories.cogdogblog.com/">http://stories.cogdogblog.com/</a> you’ll find a collection of these stories to listen to.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_dl1TFRbWY0hohjLofaF57kU1czBeSR2XGhWRkNiv-yGFBvWoTFTTiVZFj00j3mrntm4OBoLx_EhbOh-_IHqui3DajSsTR55M_fuUIh0oBYZ4cV7wWkYRmBDTrWyxT4N-0KhXijuY-0/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0yDqQ62xI_HWvnyBl44I2XgoI8g9IKmgaUQgKvCayuT5V-pu_n-fUBp8sYq3VXJG6QFLo7klwszGVi4R0ZjMgOSxd64X7RJh4Qk_VwbNM2MM44M1be-wf-Oi4zxs9v-lyK76Iv2zR7o/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Listen to what he says on the video below and then decide….</span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MB7eAGS5_0U" width="420"></iframe></div>

30 Days of Writing Writing 30 days of writing ideas #3: A request to share a true story based on Internet-sharing from Alan Levine

____________________________________________If you are a South African teacher reading this we would like to tell you about a writing opportunity and a free online writing course that is coming up with SchoolNetSA as part of the amazing African Stor…