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U.S. Settles Accusations That Doctors Overtreated - NYTimes.com

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A group of doctors who performed unusually high rates of heart procedures on patients at a community hospital in Ohio settled with the Justice Department over accusations that some of the procedures were medically unnecessary, federal regulators announced on Friday.<br /><br><br /><br>The settlement covered accusations that the doctors and the hospital, then known as the EMH Regional Medical Center, had billedMedicare for unnecessary medical care from 2001 to 2006. The hospital agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle the accusations, and the physician group, the North Ohio Heart Center, agreed to pay $541,870, according to a Justice Department statement.<br /><br><br /><br>Federal regulators had accused the doctors and the hospital of performing unnecessary procedures known as angioplasties, in which a clogged blood vessel is opened. The procedure often requires insertion of a device called a stent to keep the blood vessel from closing again.<br /><br><br /><br>Besides the cost to Medicare, "performing medically unnecessary cardiac procedures puts patients' lives at risk," said Steven M. Dettelbach, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, which was involved in the investigation. "Patient health and taxpayer dollars have to come before greed," he said.<br /><br><br /><br>The high rate of heart procedures at the hospital was the subject of a front-page article in The New York Times in August 2006. Medicare patients in Elyria, Ohio, where the hospital is located, were receiving angioplasties at a rate nearly four times the national average, a figure that prompted questions from insurers and raised concerns about overtreatment.<br /><br><br /><br>The concerns included whether many patients in Ohio and elsewhere were receiving expensive and inappropriate medical treatments because of the high fees the procedures generated.<br /><br><br /><br>The settlement represents the latest in a series of actions brought against cardiologists and hospitals for performing questionable cardiac procedures. Patients typically have a choice of treatments, and many doctors say some individuals should be treated more conservatively with medicines rather than through costly procedures.<br /><br><br /><br>At the time, the Elyria cardiologists defended their high rates as a result of an aggressive style of medicine, and the doctors continued to defend the medical care they provided. They said the procedures they performed were medically warranted but might not have met the government's guidelines for reimbursement.<br /><br><br /><br>"We choose to settle rather than go to court," said Dr. John Schaeffer, the chairman of North Ohio Heart, which is now part of the hospital system, EMH Healthcare. The government did not single out any individual physicians, and neither the hospital nor the medical group said it disciplined any of the doctors.<br /><br><br /><br>"As the physicians on the ground when these decisions were made and the procedures were performed, we felt confident we were making the correct choices for our patients," he said in a statement on the group's Web site. "We still do."<br /><br><br /><br>The former manager of the hospital's catheterization lab, Kenny Loughner, filed a whistle-blower complaint in October 2006. Mr. Loughner, who will receive $660,859 from the settlement for alerting the government, described how doctors urged nurses and others to falsify complaints of chest pain to justify the unnecessary angioplasties. He also described the doctors' technique of treating patients in stages, forcing patients to come back for multiple procedures.<br /><br><br /><br>The government did not include the accusations in its findings, the hospital said, and they are without merit.<br /><br><br /><br>In a separate statement issued by EMH Healthcare, the system's chief executive, Dr. Donald Sheldon, said "no patients, to our knowledge, were ever at risk, and there is no question that the patients treated had heart disease and some degree of blockage." The hospital also said it was conducting an external peer review of its cardiac care.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/business/us-settles-accusations-that-doctors-overtreated.html?src=recg">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/business/us-settles-accusations-that-doctors-overtreated.html?src=recg</a>

U.S. Settles Accusations That Doctors Overtreated - NYTimes.com

A group of doctors who performed unusually high rates of heart procedures on patients at a community hospital in Ohio settled with the Justi...

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 01/06/2013

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<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2013/01/how-professors-really-feel-about-digital-technology-study">How Professors Really Feel About Digital Technology [#Study] | EdTech Magazine</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">The good news, technology has increased good relationships between professors and students -- the bad, it costs more personal time and can increase stress. Also, only 6.3 of professors feel their university rewards digital contributions - something that will need to change in organizations that want to be known as 21st century e-learning powerhouses. In this scenario, a research paper in a journal may be viewed more positively than a MOOC with 100, 000 participants - which is counter to which would benefit the institution most in terms of "marketing" (a dirty word among many academicians, I know) but not even marketing - but also the future of the organization as they transition to bricks and clicks is at stake.  Nice write up from Jimmy Daly (thanks for sharing with me on Google plus).   "As a follow-up to their study on how professors view online learning, Inside Higher Ed partnered with Babson Survey Research Group to explore how college professors and administrators interact with technology. The survey, summarized in Digital Faculty: Professors, Teaching and Technology, posed questions about digital learning content, e-books, social media, communication, learning management software and a variety of other technology-related issues. Here are a few key points from this excellent report."</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research.">research.</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/gwynethjones/qr-codes-in-the-elementary-classroom">QR Codes in the Elementary Classroom</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">A nice presentation by Gwyneth Jones about QR codes in the elementary classroom and library. If you're looking for ideas and simple explanations, this is a great slideshow.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/qrcode">qrcode</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/engage.htm">Engagement Theory:</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">A document that I've referenced about creating collaborative, engaging teams.   "Engagement theory is based upon the idea of creating successful collaborative teams that work on ambitious projects that are meaningful to someone outside the classroom. These three components, summarized by Relate-Create-Donate, imply that learning activities:  occur in a group context (i.e., collaborative teams) are project-based have an outside (authentic) focus"</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research">research</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborative">collaborative</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/writing">writing</a></p>                                <ul class="diigo-comments">                  </ul>                      </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 01/06/2013

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Babe of the Week: Jenny McCarthy

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">IWS is proud to announce that our Babe of the Week for this week is none other than Jenny McCarthy!<br /><br />Jenny began her amazing career as a Playboy Centerfold way back in 1993. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRgFhXpsi_Rmmw74dPIK2VQeOKuUJRyjiKegEa4UZ9DwTZABYGCV6WAfzrFmDF_R25ANrboH9U0UNi3fU8wnLScfsiFgSgG7T-utFl-vr-_nhOldosYPXDWeNN1D3EKdUUo0ggUCZKWw/s1600/Jenny+McCarthy+Nude+Bikini+Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRgFhXpsi_Rmmw74dPIK2VQeOKuUJRyjiKegEa4UZ9DwTZABYGCV6WAfzrFmDF_R25ANrboH9U0UNi3fU8wnLScfsiFgSgG7T-utFl-vr-_nhOldosYPXDWeNN1D3EKdUUo0ggUCZKWw/s400/Jenny+McCarthy+Nude+Bikini+Hot.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br />From there she landed a spot on one of my favorite game shows of all time, MTV’s “Singled Out!” <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiL2Rl-m3_hDTzMYsn624dzWV5TC76YqhzzZlOU74Sgmkc0a2tMDUkRN0jfRM_btiEyTIHvoH1CP66hfmX9SGR-GDqz9F_poA0PzH2WYws0SGaCOgjIa8m_yPevoRkWbCCKmeYtBVt7I/s1600/Jenny+McCarthy+Upskirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZiL2Rl-m3_hDTzMYsn624dzWV5TC76YqhzzZlOU74Sgmkc0a2tMDUkRN0jfRM_btiEyTIHvoH1CP66hfmX9SGR-GDqz9F_poA0PzH2WYws0SGaCOgjIa8m_yPevoRkWbCCKmeYtBVt7I/s400/Jenny+McCarthy+Upskirt.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br />After that she married comedic actor Jim Carrey and became a movie star. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8whX0-1KQfGcefKBUTZV3lz-sabsxsFCcCgCBC0dmjtCZirtN0bEIBS82hEh7rdFwN2LA3gY6QhGva3PvWobBq9HHE68g0dbKKWN02kg0LeGs4By4aN9orPNGuQ2SN6BQoJviwA9X4_o/s1600/Jenny+McCarthy+Yoga+Abs+Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8whX0-1KQfGcefKBUTZV3lz-sabsxsFCcCgCBC0dmjtCZirtN0bEIBS82hEh7rdFwN2LA3gY6QhGva3PvWobBq9HHE68g0dbKKWN02kg0LeGs4By4aN9orPNGuQ2SN6BQoJviwA9X4_o/s400/Jenny+McCarthy+Yoga+Abs+Hot.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br />Now she’s a correspondent for Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve and is also one of the world’s leading authorities on Autism. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzWHEmR0784822uzM_HxCJsUtBOYh08JjSW9pt54iCHiAGiIPAkoarFMoG7RssCiGCGgJotsciKHEIOoZ3HdFXWMPrQnYl4dcdavtkaK15_03ddyCa4zkZ2sY02x9-xhaS1vHESWlwm4/s1600/Jenny+McCarthy+Dance+Sexy+Drunk.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzWHEmR0784822uzM_HxCJsUtBOYh08JjSW9pt54iCHiAGiIPAkoarFMoG7RssCiGCGgJotsciKHEIOoZ3HdFXWMPrQnYl4dcdavtkaK15_03ddyCa4zkZ2sY02x9-xhaS1vHESWlwm4/s400/Jenny+McCarthy+Dance+Sexy+Drunk.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br />So, as you can see, there’s more to Jenny than great boobs and a hot ass. She smart, hard-working and very accomplished. And now she has IWS Babe of the Week to add to her trophy case! <br /><br />In other news we had a sad, yet still wonderful show last night on I’m With Stupid. Man, did we bring the heartache! It was just one sad story after another. Everything from losing basketball games to Lance Armstrong to people who personally have let us down. 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Babe of the Week: Jenny McCarthy

IWS is proud to announce that our Babe of the Week for this week is none other than Jenny McCarthy! Jenny began her amazing career as a Play...

Homeward bound.....

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Homeward bound.....

We had a lovely last KW meal in Santiago's Bodega. Sadly we get on the road for Fort Lauderdale tomorrow morning. After spending a night...

Home Spa Review and Giveaway

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7YRcX6wL5m8/UOiql9boDjI/AAAAAAAAEgk/iXbBrojiXUQ/s1600/home+spa.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7YRcX6wL5m8/UOiql9boDjI/AAAAAAAAEgk/iXbBrojiXUQ/s320/home+spa.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Home Spa </span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Feel like all you do all day long is run around?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I get it, you just want time to relax and unwind with a great book, a spa treatment, a movie or a hot bath.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With going to the spa it gets pricey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why not have the aroma of a spa in your own home with Home spa shower sprays!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the scent of these  100% all natural shower sprays  they clear your mind  and make you feel at ease,using the treatments found within spas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fnFx8ntTz5E/UOimPl-7B1I/AAAAAAAAEe0/XBYokjzxUGc/s1600/homespa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fnFx8ntTz5E/UOimPl-7B1I/AAAAAAAAEe0/XBYokjzxUGc/s320/homespa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Give the bottle a little shake first, start the shower, bath or whirlpool tub,then pump three sprays into your shower stream then hop in and let the scents of the home spa take you away.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You will feel so relaxed and like you are at a spa in no time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scents:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Lavender:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yZmfAZMcKVE/UOiopi30iVI/AAAAAAAAEfc/FOVOJ_MB-FM/s1600/lavender.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yZmfAZMcKVE/UOiopi30iVI/AAAAAAAAEfc/FOVOJ_MB-FM/s320/lavender.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> let all of your worries be put to rest and relax and unwind with the sweet and relaxing scent of Lavender.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Pink Grapefruit:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GxnZbGG11yg/UOioztDEdOI/AAAAAAAAEfk/WtbQkElbv6o/s1600/pink+grapefruit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GxnZbGG11yg/UOioztDEdOI/AAAAAAAAEfk/WtbQkElbv6o/s320/pink+grapefruit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love the smell of the candles burning inside of the spa while your getting a massage?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your bathroom will be smelling like it in no time with the exotic scent of Pink Grapefruit!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Eucalyptus: </u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ScuJkarOObY/UOio9cCdAWI/AAAAAAAAEfs/gWAdRg7Eq8c/s1600/Eucalyptus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ScuJkarOObY/UOio9cCdAWI/AAAAAAAAEfs/gWAdRg7Eq8c/s320/Eucalyptus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a sinus infection?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Put on a pot of tea or coffee, grab a book and relax and unwind.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pump some spray in the shower stream, then get in and relax</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with the detoxifying scent of Eucalyptus to help you say goodbye to those pesky sinus infections! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Tangerine:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Enter to win by telling me what do you do to unwind after a long day?</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want an extra entry? </span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. 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Book Review: Cabinet Issue 47: Logistics

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<a href="http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/47/index.php"><b><i>Cabinet Issue 47: Logistics</i></b></a><br />Cabinet Magazine, 2012<br />Paperback, 112 pages<br /><br /><img alt="book-cabinet47.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/book-cabinet47.jpg" title="Cover of Logistics" /><br /><br />I've seen <a href="http://cabinetmagazine.org/"><i>Cabinet</i></a> magazine in bookstores a number of times, but it wasn't until issue 47 that I went ahead and bought one. It's partly the cover that lured me into it—a photograph by Christoph Morlinghaus "of a plant outside Los Angeles that manufactures metal beverage cans." Strongly linked to the issue's theme of "Logistics," the peek into hidden yet crucial spaces in our consumer culture is very appealing to me. Fortunately, the issue is not limited to visually revealing the spaces for the storage and transport of goods, as in the cover; it explains how these spaces work and their crucial roles in the global economy.<br /><br />The editors do not attempt to encapsulate the essays with an introduction, instead letting each author or interviewee add their voice to the mix. While logistics can be defined as "the detailed coordination of a complex operation involving many people, facilities, or supplies," the eight contributors hone in on storage, shipping, and retail. The companies one might expect in these terms are well represented: UPS, FedEX, USPS, Amazon.com, but so are things like the Traveling Salesman Problem, <a href="http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/47/twilley.php">cold storage for food</a>, and the Universal Product Code, or UPC, what might be the key to all of today's logistical possibilities.<br /><br />As a "magazine of art and culture," I'm glad to see <i>Cabinet</i> tackle a theme that has the potential to be great, zonk-yourself-out-at-bedtime reading. But <a href="http://cabinetmagazine.org/issues/47/index.php">the authors</a> skillfully illustrate the complexity of logistics, as well as how the polar scales of it all—the enormity of warehouses, networks, and infrastructure versus the individual items that we buy at the store or arrive at our door. It gives me a greater understanding of just what happens when I buy something (and makes me questions just such an act), but it also leaves me wondering what the theme for Issue 48 might be.<br /><br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932698469/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydoseof-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1932698469" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1932698469/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydoseof-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1932698469" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1932698469/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aweeklydoseof-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1932698469" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

Book Review: Cabinet Issue 47: Logistics

Cabinet Issue 47: Logistics Cabinet Magazine, 2012 Paperback, 112 pages I've seen Cabinet magazine in bookstores a number of times, but...

Better, if Not Cheaper, Care for the Dying - NYTimes.com

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<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><div id="opinionator" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; 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; "><div align="left"><div class="entry-content"><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">It is conventional wisdom that end-of-life care is an increasingly huge proportion of health care spending. I've often heard it said that people spend more on health care in the year before they die than they do in the entire rest of their lives. If we don't address these costs, the story goes, we can never control health care inflation.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Wrong. Here are the real numbers. The roughly 6 percent of Medicare patients who die each year do make up a large proportion of Medicare costs: 27 to 30 percent. But this figure has not changed significantly in decades. And the total number of Americans, not just older people, who die every year - less than 1 percent of the population - account for much less of total health care spending, just 10 to 12 percent.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">The more important issue is that just because we spend a lot on end-of-life care does not mean we can save a lot. We do know that costs for dying patients vary widely among hospitals, which suggests that we can do better. And yet no one can reliably say what specific changes would significantly lower costs. There is no body of well-conducted research studies that has proved how to save 5, 10, much less 20 percent.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Recent studies find that hospice may reduce costs in the last year of life for cancer patients by 10 to 20 percent. But they find no savings from hospice care for patients who die of other conditions, like emphysema or heart failure. No one is sure why hospice care doesn't save more. It may be because patients are enrolled in hospice care too late, or because hospice services themselves are labor-intensive and not cheap.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Even if we can never save a dime, however, there are good reasons to think about changing end-of-life care practices. While end-of-life care has improved considerably over the last 30 years, many Americans still die in hospitals when they would rather die at home. Nearly 20 percent of deaths occur in an intensive care unit or immediately after discharge, and too many patients experience symptoms like pain that are controllable with appropriate palliative care.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Here are four things the health care system should do to try to improve care for the dying, even if they won't save money.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">First, all doctors and nurses should be trained in how to talk to patients and families about end-of-life care. When I was starting out, I was lucky enough to be able to witness how a great oncologist communicated with patients and their families when it was clear they were going to die, but I received no formal training whatsoever. It is hard to improve care for the dying if health professionals don't know how to talk about it. Fortunately, there are excellent communication techniques and training programs available - they don't have to be invented from scratch.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">A related intervention - an idea that never actually was in the Affordable Care Act but inspired the death panel accusation - is that physicians should be paid a one-time fee to talk with patients about their preferences for end-of-life care. Even if physicians are well trained in communication, these conversations take time and are emotionally draining. This should be recognized through compensation.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Third, every hospital should be required to have palliative care services available both in the hospital and at the homes of dying patients who are discharged. Over 40 percent of hospitals with more than 50 beds do not have palliative care services. And we don't know how many actually have palliative care services once patients are sent home. These services should be delivered by trained experts in diagnosing and managing common symptoms of the dying, like pain, nausea, insomnia, shortness of breath, fatigue and depression.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Finally, we need to revise eligibility for hospice care. Right now doctors must certify that patients have six months or less to live and patients must agree to forgo life-sustaining treatments. The decision about whether to put a patient in hospice care should not be based on unreliable predictions about how long he has left to live but rather on his needs for specialized care, like morphine infusions.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">These changes could be made in at least two ways. <a href="http://www.jointcommission.org/about_us/about_the_joint_commission_main.aspx" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: none; ">The Joint Commission</a> - the nonprofit group that certifies health care organizations - could make training physicians and nurses to talk about end-of-life care and having palliative care available a requirement for hospital accreditation. Alternatively, Medicare, private insurers and, after 2014, state exchanges could require hospitals to provide communication training and palliative services as a condition for payment.</div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: medium; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.375em; ">Unfortunately, there is no evidence that these interventions will save money. And I can't definitively prove they will make the care of dying patients better. But doing nothing to try to help the dying when the rest of the health care system is improving care is not an option.</div></div></div></div></div><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/better-if-not-cheaper-care/?pagewanted=print">http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/better-if-not-cheaper-care/?pagewanted=print</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

Better, if Not Cheaper, Care for the Dying - NYTimes.com

It is conventional wisdom that end-of-life care is an increasingly huge proportion of health care spending. I've often heard it said tha...

God's Surgeons in Africa - Brian Till - The Atlantic

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<base href="data:"></base><br /><div style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1994, God told David Thompson to start training surgeons in Africa. Thompson was in the fifteenth year of a mission to Gabon at the time, in West Africa. "I just realized that I couldn't keep up with the demand," Thompson told me. "I was just operating night and day and I knew I was going to burn out. And I knew that when I burned out I was going to leave, and that everything would go back to the way it was before I arrived."</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thompson is tall. He wears a mustache, and has deep creases alongside his eyes and mouth. I asked him how God had spoken to him. "I had a habit of spending about an hour a day early in the morning reading the Bible and praying and meditating on it and listening to see what God said to me," he said. Thompson grew up at a mission in Cambodia, and while he was a senior in college, in Pittsburgh, both of his parents were killed amid the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, where they were serving as missionaries. "Often times, in those moments, when I would be saying, 'God what are you telling me?' I would just get a very clear thought in my mind: 'You need to do this, this is how you can solve this problem.'"</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The need for surgeons in sub-Saharan Africa is so profound that it's genuinely difficult to comprehend. "I was born by C-section, and when I was two months old I had an emergency operation on my stomach. When I was 23, I had appendicitis," Adam Kushner, a lecturer at Columbia Medical School, told me. "Those are three relatively simple procedures. A lot of people that have problems like those in say, Sierra Leone, just die," he said. "I mean, can you imagine a kid falling out of a tree, and then being disabled for the rest of their life because they couldn't get their arm fracture fixed? It's insane." Kushner's organization, <a href="http://www.humanitariansurgery.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #00598c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Surgeons OverSeas</a>, estimates 56 million people are in need of surgical care on the continent -- twice the population suffering from HIV/AIDS.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In 2009, Kushner worked with the Ministry of Health in Sierra Leone on an audit of the country's surgical capacity. Sierra Leone has a population of six million, roughly the size of Los Angeles and Houston combined, and the study found nine surgeons practicing in the country. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that a health system needs one surgeon for every 20,000 citizens to meet the burden of disease. By that measure, Sierra Leone has a shortage of 291 surgeons.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The deficit is equally dire elsewhere in Africa. Kenya and Uganda, with two of the continent's strongest medical education systems, have 355 and 100 surgeons respectively, meeting 19 percent and 7.4 percent of need based on WHO projections. Rwanda has 35. "Everyday I see things that just make me rage inside," Jim Brown, a missionary surgeon in Cameroon, told me.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The results of these deficits are often horrific, as surgical procedures that should be safe and routine -- appendectomies, caesarian sections, and amputations, for instance -- are carried out by general practitioners with little or no training, rather than surgeons. "Every week, almost every day, we have someone in here draining stool from an abdominal incision, or a ureter tied off, or the wrong operation done somewhere else," Brown said, standing atop a ward with 70 beds stretching in three directions. "And very often they die." Brown is slight, with an insufferably honest face and a subtle trace of southern to his locution.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"The ones that really get me are the ones that are told they had surgery -- they get anesthesia and incisions and they take their money, but they don't actually operate. They usually come up here after their third or fourth attempt somewhere else, and they've never had a fistulectomy, or a myomectomy, or whatever it is they need." At another hospital where Brown worked, prior to moving to Mbingo, he found that O.R. staff members were performing surgeries themselves after hours and on weekends.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"One of the biggest problems I see," Kushner told me, "is that ministries of health are hesitant to pursue surgical programs because the donors don't want it. The money is coming in and earmarked for certain programs. And even though you see a need for another type of program, you don't want to piss off your donors. There's this perception that surgery is expensive."</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1994, David Thompson took the message he received -- to pivot from performing surgery to teaching it -- to a meeting of missionary surgeons in Brackenhurst, Kenya. The vision was to post a U.S. board-certified surgeon at a Christian hospital with reasonable capacity, and to augment the teaching by luring other surgeons, perhaps 10 or 15 each year, to visit the hospital for short-term teaching stints. Almost no one thought it could work.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thompson took on his first resident in 1997, in Gabon, as a pilot program. "Within about five years I had enough help that I got my life back. And the other hospitals saw that it was working and it kind of starting spreading," Thompson said. The organization grew in fits and starts, some early programs going under while others managed to flourish. In 2011, Thompson's organization, the <a href="http://www.cmda.org/wcm/CMDA/Navigation/Missions/PanAfricanAcademyofSurgeons/PAN_AFRICAN_ACADEMY_.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #00598c; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons </a>(PAACS), was training 43 residents at 10 hospitals across the continent. It has 28 graduates, all of whom remain in Africa, working for underserved populations. The organization's operating budget for 2011 was $550,000.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">Mbingo Hospital is tucked high in a lush valley near Bamenda, a city of half a million in northwest Cameroon. It's the home of the largest residency run by PAACS, and Jim Brown, from South Carolina, is the program's associate director. The site was founded as a leprosy clinic in 1952, and became a hospital a decade later. Today, it's a sprawl of low yellow buildings with red metal roofs. The entire place looks like it was laid with perfect rolls of sod, millennia ago, and then left to grow wild.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On my first night at the hospital, I asked a visiting pediatric surgeon, Jacob Stephenson, who trained at UCSF and University of Washington, how the skill of the PAACS trainees compared to that of his residents at home in Virginia. "In terms of technical skills, I would say they're comparable, maybe even a little better," he said. "In other ways I'd say they're stronger." Overwhelmingly, the string of surgeons that visited Mbingo while I was there agreed with Stephenson's assessment, particularly on the strength of the residents' diagnostic skills and judgement. "They are very good at problem solving and making clinical decisions with much less technology to rely on," Stephenson said. "You can't just tick a box and order a CT scan. That means you have to get very good with other ways of assessing a patient."</div><br /><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; position: static; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; z-index: auto;">More ...</div></div><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/gods-surgeons-in-africa/266635/?src=longreads">http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/gods-surgeons-in-africa/266635/?src=longreads</a><br /><div style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div>

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Jack Schaap Blames Decreased Giving at Church for His Molestation of 16-Year Old Church Member

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7IE_vqkIElZ6QdUsPKRHvdEM2KmRrB05S9HVBcNgk6xgs5yM79EJY-jP7QB2DxQu-0D0Tyk_cD15BZ-OUk-M3Kf7Ukmvt9MfQ8a5-vy3J7stUZGNwypfylc9qFfFA9PFmhLonCR1O71v/s1600/schaap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7IE_vqkIElZ6QdUsPKRHvdEM2KmRrB05S9HVBcNgk6xgs5yM79EJY-jP7QB2DxQu-0D0Tyk_cD15BZ-OUk-M3Kf7Ukmvt9MfQ8a5-vy3J7stUZGNwypfylc9qFfFA9PFmhLonCR1O71v/s1600/schaap.jpg" /></a>Jack Schaap <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/17373403-418/hammond-pastor-blames-health-financial-woes-for-his-relationship-with-teen.html" target="_blank">has told the U.S. District Court in Hammond</a>, Indiana, that decreased donations to the church and his working too many hours led to his having sex multiple times, in multiple states, with a 16-year old church member that he was counseling.<br /><br />Yep, financial difficulty and being overworked are to blame for his sex crimes against a young girl in his church. If that is true,  90% of Americans will be molesting teenagers this year. <br /><br />Schaap's lame excuse might give pastors another reason to preach the 10% tithe, telling church members they must fork over 10% of their income because if they don't, it might put too much stress on the head man-o-God, and he might accidentally have sex with a teenager. Save a teenager, tithe to your church. I'm only half joking; I've heard some incredibly asinine, nonsensical reasons to tithe given by mega church pastors already. And don't forget, Perry Noble has already <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/04/perry-noble-blames-homosexuality-on-non.html" target="_blank">blamed the spread of homosexuality on non-tithers</a>, so why not blame sexually abused teenagers on non-tithers also?<br /><br />I hope the judge sees through this nonsense, and I hope the judge ignores the 140 letters of support from First Baptist Hammond church members, including Schaap's wife, and gives Schaap the maximum sentence on January 15th. He will likely be sentenced to 10 years, probably more.<br /><br />The truth is Schaap's molestation crimes had nothing to do with finances of the church or a busy work schedule. Pastors all over the country are over-worked and churches everywhere are under financial strain, and they aren't regularly finding comfort by having sex with teens in the youth choir.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">------------------------------------------------------- <i><b> </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>“I believe First Baptist Church gradually evolved into a cult that was  in complete idolatry of my father [Jack Hyles] and, after his death, complete  idolatry of Jack Schaap." </b></i>Linda Murphrey, Sister-in-law of Jack Schaap.</div><div style="text-align: center;">------------------------------------------------------- </div><br />Everybody but the die-hard FBC Hammond members understand that Jack Schaap is just another in a long line of perverse sexual offender pastors and lay people at FBC Hammond going all the way back to the 1950s, starting with Schaap's late father-in-law, Jack Hyles. Ministers at FBC Hammond, as at most fundamentalist, independent Baptist churches, are authoritarian rulers who have absolute power and whose judgements and actions are not to be questioned. If you want to read about the history of FBC Hammond and a chronology of the sex crimes and cover-ups at that church, read "<a href="http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2013/Let-Us-Prey-Big-Trouble-at-First-Baptist-Church/index.php?cparticle=5&siarticle=4#artanc" target="_blank">Let Us Prey: Big Trouble at First Baptist Church</a>". A "Godfather"-type movie - in three parts - could be made about the shenanigans at that one church. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CikUiv32F8LJqnROD9V0-BatnFO_BKZyB0vZ8EjswzLS8JubYdzVwr5-vouvj8vIxPJFXRya4v7QeY_oZGC8wrDjXb6RluGbb66arzytirMnqNoA1duPRfiRAggRjbtcjluZb27lOUd6/s1600/schaapolish.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CikUiv32F8LJqnROD9V0-BatnFO_BKZyB0vZ8EjswzLS8JubYdzVwr5-vouvj8vIxPJFXRya4v7QeY_oZGC8wrDjXb6RluGbb66arzytirMnqNoA1duPRfiRAggRjbtcjluZb27lOUd6/s320/schaapolish.png" width="320" /></a></div>Schaap was and is a sick man who as time went on began preaching graphic, sexual sermons at FBC Hammond. Only a man who has a twisted mind, and who answers to no authority, would be able to deliver the sermon Schaap did in 2010 that best demonstrates his sickness.  At a youth conference, in the middle of his sermon he <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr0UpQXYkGs" target="_blank">simulated masturbation for over a minute with a long stick held close to his crotch</a> while he stroked the stick and made painful, orgasmic sounds as he talked to God. Watch it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr0UpQXYkGs" target="_blank">here</a>, and you'll see what I mean. It is simply unbelievable that a man could behave this way - in front of a audience of teenagers especially - and not be escorted off the property or arrested for his X-rated performance.<br /><br />What can we learn from this? Simple. Churches that have a history of sexual abuse by pastors, especially those that have a history of denying the abuse, covering up the abuse, and then repeatedly lying about the abuse, they will produce more sexual abusers eventually. Churches that can't come clean to their members and to their communities about the past actions of their sexually abusive pastors - and the actions of those who covered it up - are breeding grounds for more misbehaving pastors.<br /><br />I'll wrap this up by sharing with you another quote from Linda Murphrey, daughter of Jack Hyles and sister-in-law of Jack Schaap:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>“Don’t get me wrong—I certainly believe Jack Schaap is guilty of a  crime and deserves punishment. But I wondered: <span style="color: red;">If my dad [Jack Hyles] had been taken  off his self-constructed throne long ago and people had known the full  truth about who he was, perhaps Jack Schaap would never have been given  the liberties, the complete lack of accountability, and the power that  eventually led to his own demise</span>. Instead, he was allowed and encouraged to perpetuate  what my father began..."</b></i></div><br />How true. Are you in a church that has yet to be completely truthful about the past of a sexually-abusive pastor, or his successor who helped cover it up?

Jack Schaap Blames Decreased Giving at Church for His Molestation of 16-Year Old Church Member

Jack Schaap has told the U.S. District Court in Hammond , Indiana, that decreased donations to the church and his working too many hours led...

MSJS 2013

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Matt gives you Cliffs Notes.  Jay gives you Cliffs Notes.  You, pass the test.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAEZctT4nNDzpzUs9zCBZgYfXPJSUDYLUXOu-5x6uuXrOPMMpqqBEwvF7ptRe5bHMH4gSRLY8sVvCj_izT4-nqY_c6xRYK8_wt4h4o1RdWKKE_d8gQDvcMgtVQgiCbCvvkwwdi2rqpRfQ/s1600/John+Boehner+Crying+Speaker+of+the+House.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAEZctT4nNDzpzUs9zCBZgYfXPJSUDYLUXOu-5x6uuXrOPMMpqqBEwvF7ptRe5bHMH4gSRLY8sVvCj_izT4-nqY_c6xRYK8_wt4h4o1RdWKKE_d8gQDvcMgtVQgiCbCvvkwwdi2rqpRfQ/s400/John+Boehner+Crying+Speaker+of+the+House.jpeg" width="400" /></a>Y’know what?  Some people think it’s easy to be an international internet radio star, but really?  It’s not.  For instance…<br /><br />Jayman and I talked on the phone yesterday in order to come up with new topic ideas that would continue to provide you with quality entertainment at a fair price over the course of 2013.<br /><br />Allow me to illustrate how tough it can be as I transcribe parts of our aforementioned phone call…<br /><br /><b>Matt:</b>  So…this Saturday…What should we do?<br /><b>Jay:</b>  I dunno.  It’s January and the physical clift problem has been solved, so there isn't much going on.<br /><b>Matt:</b>  I know.<br /><b>Jay:</b>  We could piss Schmoop off by doing another Joke Show.<br /><b>Matt:</b>  No…She’s pissed off enough today.  It’s only 10:30 and she’s already told me to go to hell 3 times.<br /><b>Jay:</b>  That’s unfortunate.  I hate it when sick women begin to recover from their ailments.<br /><br />See what I mean?  Even Schmoop, whom we both love and adore, provided us with no help other than saying...<br /><br /><i>“You two buffoons want a show topic?  How about a topic revolving around as to how tired of your show I am, and I wish you guys would just end it?”</i><br /><br />See folks?<br /><br />Comments like that are not helpful, even if Schmoop <i>did</i> later retract her comment by using her oh so overused, and pedestrian, <i>“I have three tubes jutting out of my stomach.”</i> defense.<br /><br />Of course this line of conversation gave rise to an idea in Jayman’s mind…<br /><br /><b>Jay:</b>  Y’know…We could do a three way show.<br /><b>Matt:</b>  What?<br /><b>Jay:</b>  Yeah…Schmoop and Miss could talk.  Or Jo and Warrior Kat could talk.<br /><b>Matt:</b>  That’s hot.<br /><b>Jay:</b>  I know right?<br /><br />Of course, I talked to our lemonade friend Missy and to Schmoop about this idea and what did they do?<br /><br />Uh-huh…They shot it down.  Prudes.  So, we were left with few ideas, however…As dickhead Sean Hannity would say,<i> “Do not let your heart be troubled.”</i><br /><br />Eventually, Jayman and I did come up with some great show ideas.  No, seriously.<br /><br />This coming Wednesday, January 9th at 11 AM ET, we have a guest lined-up who will discuss the hideous problem of Human Trafficking.<br /><br />On Saturday January 12th at 11 PM ET, Jayman and I will be doing a “local news” show, as we illustrate how screwed up our communities are.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZh2qLoLYefE20bNQYPbHx3hyzxWaS5iZ_J5uw0k3sHxvVViEwXDJ96ojipgGBc9ntVdtJPP45VqWuwGVmz873amsONZx3ETepoaOFyaBwRcCpA_Lw3dAvLATGyZfzVWrPSMYGcJ6VV0/s1600/Jessica+Lowndes+Hot+Sexy+Nude+90210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZh2qLoLYefE20bNQYPbHx3hyzxWaS5iZ_J5uw0k3sHxvVViEwXDJ96ojipgGBc9ntVdtJPP45VqWuwGVmz873amsONZx3ETepoaOFyaBwRcCpA_Lw3dAvLATGyZfzVWrPSMYGcJ6VV0/s400/Jessica+Lowndes+Hot+Sexy+Nude+90210.jpg" width="266" /></a>And hopefully, on either January 30th at 11 AM or Saturday February 2 at 11 PM we will have a VERY special guest on with us who will  help to make your Super Bowl Party menu tasty and surreal.<br /><br />See?  We’re not just a couple of adorable goofballs, babies…We plan this stuff out!!*<br /><br />And …If you’d like to be a guest on our show or have a show topic idea, get a hold of either one of us.  We are always open to new ideas, new guests, and new and interesting sexual propositions and positions.<br /><br />Oh and by the way…Today’s show?<br /><br />It’s all about <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/01/06/the-heartache-show" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">HEARTACHE</span></i></a>.<br /><br />We will be talking heartache that we have personally endured and talking heartache we would like to impart upon others, so join us LIVE tonight Saturday January 5th at 11 PM ET as we let our souls bleed.<br /><br />Join the IWS Radio fun LIVE tonight at 11 PM ET by clicking <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/01/06/the-heartache-show" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></i></a>, and/or by calling in with <i>your</i> personal heartache at 661.244.9852.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>* to a degree</i></div>

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Here are some photos of the Museo Soumya in Mexico City, Mexico, by <a href="http://www.fr-ee.org/">FR-EE</a> (2011). Photographs are by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenmccown/">ken mccown</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenmccown/8345211402/" title="Soumaya B&W by ken mccown, on Flickr"><img alt="Soumaya B&W" height="356" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8345211402_7abcc1f5ff_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenmccown/8344157769/" title="Soumaya With Interloper by ken mccown, on Flickr"><img alt="Soumaya With Interloper" height="569" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8499/8344157769_ba6244d1f9_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenmccown/8345215248/" title="Soumaya Side by ken mccown, on Flickr"><img alt="Soumaya Side" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8501/8345215248_8800860fef_c.jpg" width="530" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenmccown/8347619232/" title="Soumaya Up Ramp From Entry Area by ken mccown, on Flickr"><img alt="Soumaya Up Ramp From Entry Area" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8511/8347619232_ea30cd5bdd_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenmccown/8347617660/" title="Soumaya Entry Panorama by ken mccown, on Flickr"><img alt="Soumaya Entry Panorama" height="146" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8347617660_01316e5c20_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />(See panorama <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenmccown/8347617660/sizes/k/in/pool-64603333@N00/">large</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>

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Here are some photos of the Museo Soumya in Mexico City, Mexico, by FR-EE (2011). Photographs are by ken mccown . (See panorama large ) To ...

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<strong>Reference/Instruction Librarian - </strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Naugatuck Valley Community College</span></strong>,  Waterbury. Educational Assistant. Position: Part-time Temporary  Reference/Instruction Librarian. Anticipated Start Date: February 8,  2013. Minimum Qualifications: MLS/MLIS, reference experience; experience  with library instruction is preferred. Responsibilities: The  Reference/Instruction Librarian will provide reference, information  literacy instruction and other duties as assigned. Preferred hours for  this position will be Wednesday- Thursday, 9:00 – 3:00, Friday, 9:00 –  2:00 for the Spring 2013 semester. Minimum Salary: $29.88 per hour– no  benefits. Application procedure: Send cover letter, resume and  application <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.nv.edu/Portals/0/Documents/HR/EmploymentApplicationNEW.pdf" href="http://www.nv.edu/Portals/0/Documents/HR/EmploymentApplicationNEW.pdf" target="_blank">(http://www.nv.edu/Portals/0/Documents/HR/EmploymentApplicationNEW.pdf</a>)  to: Jaime Hammond, Acting Director of Library Services, Naugatuck  Valley Community College, 750 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT 06708 or  e-mail to <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:jhammond@nv.edu" href="mailto:jhammond@nv.edu">jhammond@nv.edu</a>.  Naugatuck Valley Community College is an Affirmative Action Equal  Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V. Protected group members are strongly  encouraged to apply. Deadline: <span style="color: red;">January 18, 2013</span>.

Reference/Instruction Librarian - Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury

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Onion Crunch Review and Giveaway!

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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Onion Crunch</span></b></u><br /><u><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></u><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_BKxWWD44rY/UOc5ItMJVYI/AAAAAAAAEbU/y1HI7P02Ea4/s1600/onion+crunch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_BKxWWD44rY/UOc5ItMJVYI/AAAAAAAAEbU/y1HI7P02Ea4/s320/onion+crunch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><u><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bring out the flavor of a dull salad, pizza, burger or whatever your heart desires with <a href="http://www.onioncrunch.com/">Loeb's Onion Crunch</a>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Made from the freshest onions.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Onion Crunch is a light crispy onion that's used as a topping for foods.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's low in carbohydrates and low cholesterol as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Peeled, washed and cut and lightly battered and fried in palm oil to give them the crunchy texture.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HsnWF--KT_M/UOc5Yp8Sq6I/AAAAAAAAEbc/vIuu6FtaDrY/s1600/onion+crunch+guy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HsnWF--KT_M/UOc5Yp8Sq6I/AAAAAAAAEbc/vIuu6FtaDrY/s320/onion+crunch+guy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the onion flavor it will surely bring out the best flavor in soups, salads, sandwiches, baked potatoes, steaks and even vegetables!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know how when your going to prepare a salad and you bring out your onions to be chopped and you notice it's moldy?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well with Onion Crunch they are much more sustainable and actually have a longer shelf life over 8 months!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best of all too, you know how when you order onion rings and they have all that added grease on them?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Onion Crunch does not have that oily flavor or texture at all. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are crispy and have a great onion flavor that's not too overwhelming.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A3eJix9FqK0/UOc8wcGv05I/AAAAAAAAEcE/gdf-3yole_A/s1600/onion+idea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A3eJix9FqK0/UOc8wcGv05I/AAAAAAAAEcE/gdf-3yole_A/s320/onion+idea.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Contains 0 grams of transfat as well!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These can be addicting, you might want to get 2 bottles of this great topping!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As their mascot says Crispy Crunchy Yum Yum Yum! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can get the chance to try them yourselves!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's Giveaway time!!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Enter to win by telling me what you would use these delightful onions on.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want an extra entry? </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Follow my blog.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.Then also follow me via Twitter, here. https://twitter.com/kelli_bliss </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. then </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tweet about the giveaway and make sure you use #onioncrunch</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. leave me a link here to your tweet.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good Luck!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xgpn3Zs5oDY/UOc8140xhsI/AAAAAAAAEcM/C3R_svAQX0M/s1600/onion+guy+says+bye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xgpn3Zs5oDY/UOc8140xhsI/AAAAAAAAEcM/C3R_svAQX0M/s320/onion+guy+says+bye.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Onion Crunch Review and Giveaway!

Onion Crunch Bring out the flavor of a dull salad, pizza, burger or whatever your heart desires with Loeb's Onion Crunch ! Made from th...

Yard Sales

11:30 AM Tukiyooo 0

<p>Every Friday, in The Citizen, a map and listings of all of the yard sales that are taking place on the island, is published.</p><p>Yard sales are not commonly held in Ireland so we like to cycle around and have a looksee at what is being sold.  Most stuff on offer is pure rubbish but I did buy my bike at a yard sale 2 years ago.  It was only 15 dollars and I got a new chain and the brakes fixed for 80 bucks in a bike shop - it's a great bike!</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG66t8WE5_HRoKq64Zw6Oe9L9qAozdxfmitTxZlQaq19pj4_IzIuS3kaEF3Ab3cNpa2ArEnGKbWC8SdkwwS4y7MsyREGJNMkJmb9C-kWkZiorONpcVgsOg2i4I2mCIJxGHKWp8T2Iv9TdS/s1600/20130104_192219.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG66t8WE5_HRoKq64Zw6Oe9L9qAozdxfmitTxZlQaq19pj4_IzIuS3kaEF3Ab3cNpa2ArEnGKbWC8SdkwwS4y7MsyREGJNMkJmb9C-kWkZiorONpcVgsOg2i4I2mCIJxGHKWp8T2Iv9TdS/s400/20130104_192219.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Yard Sales

Every Friday, in The Citizen, a map and listings of all of the yard sales that are taking place on the island, is published. Yard sales are ...

Library Director - Hagaman Memorial Library, East Haven

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<strong>Library Director - </strong><span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Hagaman Memorial Library</strong></span> (East Haven) is seeking an enthusiastic and innovative director with a  strong commitment to public library service and the vision to  lead the  library in the 21st century.  The successful candidate will have an MLS  from an ALA accredited program and a minimum of 5 years’ increasingly  responsible management/supervisory experience in a public library.   Comprehensive knowledge of: professional library principles and  practices; public library functions, facilities and operations; patron  needs and library services to meet those needs; standard library  automated system modules. Experience in: financial, budget and human  resources management. Demonstrated ability to: administer library  operations and projects; establish and maintain effective working  relationships with board, staff and Friends of the Library as well as  local government officials, community organizations and the public;  strong communication skills, both oral and written, and strong  problem-solving skills. East Haven, CT is a shoreline community with a  population of 29,257. Our 15,400 square foot library is located in a  historic building in the center of town. Our collection numbers 70,000  items with a circulation of over 140,000.  We have a friendly and  service oriented staff of 6 full-time and 14 part-time members.  The  Hagaman Memorial library is an association library governed by a  9-member board of trustees.  90% of our $802,000 budget is provided by  the Town of East Haven. We are a member of the Bibliomation consortium,  which links 60 libraries across Connecticut through Evergreen, its open  source ILS. Salary: $60,000  (35-hour week) with comprehensive benefits  package.  Interested individuals should send a cover letter addressing  the position requirements, a resume and three letters of reference with  contact information (including email address) by e-mail to: <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:hagamansearch@gmail.com" href="mailto:hagamansearch@gmail.com">hagamansearch@gmail.com</a>.  Deadline for applications: <span style="color: red;">February 4, 2013</span>.

Library Director - Hagaman Memorial Library, East Haven

Library Director - Hagaman Memorial Library (East Haven) is seeking an enthusiastic and innovative director with a strong commitment to pu...

SAP BO/BI Analyst (Functional)(#108469)

10:47 AM Anonymous 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> SAP BO/BI Analyst <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">KLA-Tencor is looking for a senior/experienced SAP BO/BI Analyst for its Business Intelligence (BI) team. This is a key position in the group and the <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">candidate must possess the following skills:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1.A minimum 5 years of extensive and hands-on experience in using SAP Business Objects Enterprise Tools on top of SAP BW and relational databases<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2.Experience with the Business Objects version 4.0<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3.Knowledge on BO XI Architecture and new feature<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4.Ability to translate business reporting requirements into an effective and usable reporting application <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5.Design and build Universes over existing SAP BW and non-SAP databases<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6.Expertise in Universe designing, developing and generating complex, Adhoc, dashboard Reports, Business views, List of values<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7.Extensively use of Business Objects reporting functionality such as Master Detailed, Dynamic Filter, Slice and Dice, Drilling methodology, Ranking, Sections, Input Controls, Graphs, Breaks, and highly formatted reports with cross tabs tables<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">8.Good understanding of the design and development methodologies for creating dashboards, WEBI, reports, etc<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9.Knowledge in Building DSO, Cubes, Multi provider and transformation in BW<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">10.Working Knowledge of setting up BO security<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">11.Experience with other BI tools like Business Objects Crystal Reports, QlikView is a plus<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Education and Experience:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ideal candidate would have at least 5 years hands-on experience with SAP implementations with at least 3 years of SAP BW hands-on experience with minimum 2 full life cycle SAP BW implementation in a multi-department environment across different function modules (like FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, HR). Experience on SAP BW version 7.0, or higher is required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Basic Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Master's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send your resume to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com  <o:p></o:p></span></b></div></div></div>

SAP BO/BI Analyst (Functional)(#108469)

Job Title: SAP BO/BI Analyst Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job Description: KLA-Tencor is looking for a senior/experienced SAP...

SAP BI/BW Analyst (Functional) (#108468)

10:47 AM Anonymous 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> SAP BI/BW Analyst<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Description: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">KLA-Tencor is looking for a senior/experienced SAP BI/BW Analyst for its Business Intelligence (BI) team. This is a key position in the group and the <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">candidate must possess the following skills:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1.Be able to work with the business users to gather requirements and translate into efficient design<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2.At least 3 years of hands-on experience with SAP BW and at least 2 full life cycle implementation<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3.Ability to work independently and lead small project teams.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4.Excellent oral and written communication, and organization skills.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5.Good analytical and problem solving skills<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6.In depth knowledge of BW architecture and data modeling skills with star schema is a must<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7.Experience with improving performance of reports and data loads<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">8.Knowledge of BW authorizations and security model<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9.Should be self motivated and ability to work in a fast paced team environment to achieve results<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">10.Experience with SAP ERP and/or CRM desirable<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">11.Experience in data extraction from SAP ERP and non SAP ERP systems<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">12.Prior big/5 consulting experience a plus<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Education and Experience:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ideal candidate would have at least 5 years hands-on experience with SAP implementations with at least 3 years of SAP BW hands-on experience with minimum 2 full life cycle SAP BW implementation in a multi-department environment across different function modules (like FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, HR). Experience on SAP BW version 7.0, or higher is required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Basic Qualification:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Master's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></div></div></div>

SAP BI/BW Analyst (Functional) (#108468)

Job Title: SAP BI/BW Analyst Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job Description: KLA-Tencor is looking for a senior/experienced SA...

Natural Weight Loss Aid

10:45 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Variety of natural remedies that he uses to dramatically reduce insulin resistance, thereby reducing cravings and ultimately fat:</span></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUnETmy-LICtCXPmMsonl3tNDUnA5EoNfQkAwdm78pBYp3ulZVsUZazU6mxi1ZqX1EicoLM4W58aDUuOk9LsL78s9Y3xwJIP9irfCqQ3wL0_2bWDz_dYwq_lNZecJXmct3Lhu03uEcQM/s1600/weightlosshelp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Natural Weight Loss" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUnETmy-LICtCXPmMsonl3tNDUnA5EoNfQkAwdm78pBYp3ulZVsUZazU6mxi1ZqX1EicoLM4W58aDUuOk9LsL78s9Y3xwJIP9irfCqQ3wL0_2bWDz_dYwq_lNZecJXmct3Lhu03uEcQM/s320/weightlosshelp.jpg" title="Natural WeightLoss" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Chromium</b></span> plays a key role in increasing the body’s sensitivity to insulin, would be quite beneficial in people trying to lose weight.<br /> <br /><center><script type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /></center> <br /><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Carnitine</b></span> helps transport fats in the bloodstream into the mitochondria for burning, and </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">aids in weight loss.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Taurine</b></span> alleviates muscle fatigue in strenuous workouts and raises exercise capacity, has also been to decrease weight and decrease blood sugar.</span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Glutamine</b></span> is a supplement used for muscle growth in weight lifting, bodybuilding, endurance and other sports.<br /><br /><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Vanadium</b></span>, suppresses blood sugar spikes and the formation of excess body fat following meals.<br /> <br /><center><script type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /></center>  <br /><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Coenzyme</b><b>(CoQ10)</b></span>, to accelerate weight loss resulting from a low-calorie diet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Magnesium</b></span> can give you a better metabolism, better digestion, and an in-sync melody of the vitamins and minerals within can help you reach your weight loss goals a bit quicker and safer.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>

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Lead Storage Engineer ( Storage (NetApp & EMC OR SAN) (#108295)

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Job Title: Lead Storage Engineer<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Location: Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Duration: Fulltime<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">1.Service Ownership for Storage, Linux and Solaris infrastructure across global landscape.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">2.Demonstrate technical leadership and domain authority in SAN, NAS, Backup and Archival technologies.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">3.Manage the outcome per SLA from Managed Service Provider teams responsible for Storage and Unix production support.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">4.Partner with Architecture team to deliver innovative and cost effective solutions to align with business needs.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">5.Performs Storage/Unix infrastructure design, performance tuning and optimization as required across the global landscape.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">6.Participate in IT strategic planning and budget preparation.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Education and experience desired:<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">1.Minimum 5 years’ experience in EMC and NetApp storage.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">2.Expert knowledge in RedHat Linux and Solaris operating systems.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">3.Experience working in highly Virtualized VMware/Citrix environment.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">4.Experience with cloud technologies like Amazon EC2 and S3.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">5.Experience working in an SAP/Oracle shop<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">6.Minimum 3 years’ experience managing outcome from Managed Service Provider<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">7.ITILv3 certification or experience in working with ITILv3 Methodology, PMP certification or project management experience.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">8.Business acumen<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">9.Excellent Written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels using metrics and data.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Basic Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Bachelor’s Degree with 7+ years of experience<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">OR<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Master’s Degree with 5+ years of experience. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Please send your resume to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com<o:p></o:p></div></div>

Lead Storage Engineer ( Storage (NetApp & EMC OR SAN) (#108295)

Job Title: Lead Storage Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Job Description: 1.Service Ownership for Storage, Linux and Solar...