Home Based Online Business ? Emergence and Growth

As Google become an established search engine, online industry become effective. With the emergence of online industry, the opportunities came in huge amount. Online industry flooded the opportunities and various professionals got a golden career. ??But the biggest opportunity which emerged with the emergence of online industry was home based business.

What is Home Based Business, a business which can be run by any location even from home itself is called Home based business; online business gave rebirth to the home based business. Now we have various professionals and companies and firms around us which is doing excellent job but they are based on an unknown location.

Following are some Online Business which emerged with the emergence of Online Business.

Social Networking: after online business social networking sites emerged as a website to share your interest but soon they become one of the important parts of online marketing. Various companies and professional started their social networking sites and later they become giant of online industry. Facebok is the best example of this myth.

Google Adsense: Various professionals started their business only to earn through Google Adsense. They were in need only the Google adsense code and nothing more. They applied these codes in their free blogs, websites and free websites by sitting their home and earning thousands of dollars from Google.

Blogging: Blog marketing has their own importance and after Google updates content has become king in real meaning and blog marketing got more importance than earlier. If you have a quality blog tha n there are many ways to earn money.

Search Engine Optimization: the father of all business is no doubt Search Engine Optimization because every business needs their online identity and only Search Engine Optimization makes it possible. The biggest beneficiary was SEO Professionals who started their business from their own location like their own home with the help one computer only and soon established their business. If you have a website and you need want to catch your clients online then only SEO makes it possible. It?s a free market and this went more beneficial for the SEO Professionals and get grab this opportunity and started their own homes based companies in huge amount.

Content Writing: every websites and blog needs content, this requirement gave birth various content writer and lots of home based content writing companies established. In the list of these companies, mostly were home based.

At last we can say that Online Business has no boundaries as well as it?s a free market and because of this features Online Industry grew rapidly as well as it gave birth huge amount of homes based small companies also.

Source: http://www.w3origin.com/blog/home-based-online-business-emergence-and-growth/

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Richard Elliot's Blog: Restaurant Review: The Begging Bowl, Peckham

Salad of grilled beef, roasted rice and baby gem lettuce

No sooner had I had a little moan on my friend John's blog that so Westernised and insipid is Thai food outside of Thailand (and notably exceptions like Chat Thai and Sailors Thai) that I wasn't going to bother eating Thai food any more; I read Hollow Leg's review of The Begging Bowl in Peckham and I was sucked straight back in!

With the promise of authentic Thai flavours I hastily arranged to meet my friend Ed in Bar Story for a drink followed by dinner at the Begging Bowl.

The restaurant is located on a bustling cross roads in Peckham. With the front of the restaurant open to the street and tables spilling onto the pavement The Begging Bowl was proving very popular. With a no reservations policy we overheard several tables nearby saying they were pleased to get in after a couple of unsuccessful attempts.

The first thing I noticed was the rather micro tables packed closely together, followed by the heady smell of Thai chilli, herbs and spices. While the prospect of elbow clashing didn't excite me the smells wafting from the kitchen certainly did.

Fish cakes with a sweet chilli sauce

All of the dishes are designed for sharing. We started with the taste sensation that was a salad of grilled beef, roasted rice and baby gem lettuce (?7.50). The tender beef was topped with crunchy roasted rice that has been ground more coarsely that I'm used to. What made the dish special was the dressing of fish sauce, lime, chilli and fresh mint in the salad. It was hot, sour, salty and refreshing all at the same time.

We also ordered the fish cakes with a sweet chilli sauce (?5.50). My experience of Thai fishcakes is that they usually round, flat and springy in texture. These fishcakes are light and had a more open texture.

Stir fried tofu, snake beans, baby sweetcorn,?

cashew nuts and coconut cream

Next up was the stir fried tofu, snake beans, baby sweetcorn, cashew nuts and coconut cream (?9.50). This dish was unlike anything I've had in Thailand before. I couldn't determine the main flavours in this one. Tasted on it's own the sauce was overwhelmingly salty, but didn't taste like it was dominated by fish sauce. As Ed remarked if this was the only dish you'd ordered you would be perfectly happy, but it didn't quite live up to the others.

Green curry of rabbit with appl aubergines,?

pea aubergines and baby corn

Our final dish was the green curry of rabbit with apple aubergines, pea aubergines and baby corn (?9.50). The curry tasted like it was homemade, not dissimilar to the curry pastes I tasted at Sailors Thai. Fragrant kaffir lime was followed by the complex and spicy curry. The flavour of the rabbit was dominated by the curry and didn't come through. The rabbit also tasted cold as if it has been cooked separately and added just before serving.

Overall I was very impressed with the food at The Begging Bowl. The service was friendly although being crammed into a corner of the restaurant meant it was little difficult to get the attention of the waiters / waitresses at points during the evening.

The authentic Thai flavours made both Ed and I reminisce over our holidays to Thailand.

The Begging Bowl
168 Bellenden Road
London
SE15 4BW

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Robert Pattinson, Katy Perry Dating: Rumor or Reality?

Well things haven?t calmed down at all when it comes to the R-Patz rumor mill. First, he was getting back with Kristen, then he wasn?t. Next he was hooking up with Reese Witherspoon, then he wasn?t. What?s next? Well, naturally another young celebrity is on the list. This one just abruptly ended a marriage, and even dated heartthrob John Mayer. I can see where she would be a likely target. The rumor has it that Pattinson and Perry sat down for an official date together. Some sites even claim to have text message evidence. GASP! The sites say that they met for a date in the SOHO district of New York City. As much as we would like to believe something like this, I have found out it isn?t true. The king of celebrity rumor denials, GossipCop, says that this is a totally ?pants of fire? lie. They point out specific things about the HollywoodLife article that originally posted the rumor. For example, the site says that they have a history together, which is actually just a normal friendship. Sure, Rob may have reached out to friends when the break-up happened. He may have even called up Katy to help [...]

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New device to remove stroke-causing blood clots proves better than standard tool

ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2012) ? Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death and a common cause of long-term disability in the United States, but doctors have very few proven treatment methods. Now a new device that mechanically removes stroke-causing clots from the brain is being hailed as a game-changer.

In a recent clinical trial, the SOLITAIRE Flow Restoration Device dramatically outperformed the standard mechanical treatment. Findings from the trial, called SOLITAIRE With the Intention for Thrombectomy (SWIFT), are published online August 26 in the journal The Lancet and will also appear in a later print edition of the journal.

SOLITAIRE, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March, is among an entirely new generation of devices designed to remove blood clots from blocked brain arteries in patients experiencing an ischemic stroke. It has a self-expanding, stent-like design, and once inserted into a blocked artery using a thin catheter tube, it compresses and traps the clot. The clot is then removed by withdrawing the device, reopening the blocked blood vessel.

"This new device is significantly changing the way we can treat ischemic stroke," said the study's lead author, Dr. Jeffrey L. Saver, director of the UCLA Stroke Center and a professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "We are going from our first generation of clot-removing procedures, which were only moderately good in reopening target arteries, to now having a highly effective tool."

Results of the study showed that the device opened blocked vessels without causing symptomatic bleeding in or around the brain in 61 percent of patients. The standard FDA-approved mechanical device -- a corkscrew-type clot remover called the MERCI Retriever -- was effective in 24 percent of cases. The use of SOLITAIRE also led to better survival three months after a stroke. There was a 17.2 percent mortality rate with the new device, compared with a 38.2 percent rate with the older one.

About 87 percent of all strokes are caused by blood clots blocking a blood vessel supplying the brain. The stroke treatment that has received the most study is an FDA-approved clot-busting drug known as tissue plasminogen activator, but this drug must be given within four-and-a-half hours of the onset of stroke symptoms, and even more quickly in older patients.

When clot-busting drugs cannot be used or are ineffective, the clot can sometimes be mechanically removed during, or beyond, the four-and-a-half-hour window. The current study, however, did not compare mechanical clot removal to drug treatment.

For the trial, researchers randomly assigned 113 stroke patients at 18 hospitals to receive either SOLITAIRE or MERCI therapy within eight hours of stroke onset, between January 2010 and February 2011. The patients' average age was 67, and 68 percent were male. The time from the beginning of stroke symptoms to the start of the clot-retriever treatment averaged 5.1 hours. Forty percent of the patients had not improved with standard clot-busting medication prior to the study, while the remainder had not received it.

At the suggestion of a safety monitoring committee, the trial was ended nearly a year earlier than planned due to significantly better outcomes with the experimental device.

Other statistically significant findings included:

? 2 percent of SOLITAIRE-treated patients had symptoms of bleeding in the brain, compared with 11 percent of MERCI patients.

? At the 90-day follow-up, overall adverse event rates, including bleeding in the brain, were similar for the two devices.

? 58 percent of SOLITAIRE-treated patients had good mental/motor functioning at 90 days, compared with 33 percent of MERCI patients.

? The SOLITARE device also opened more vessels when used as the first treatment approach, necessitating fewer subsequent attempts with other devices or drugs.

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1. Jeffrey L Saver, Reza Jahan, Prof Elad I Levy, Tudor G Jovin, Blaise Baxter, Raul G Nogueira Wayne Clark, Ronald Budzik, Prof Osama O Zaidat, for the SWIFT Trialists. Solitaire flow restoration device versus the Merci Retriever in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (SWIFT): a randomised, parallel-group, non-inferiority trial. The Lancet, Aug 26, 2012 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61384-1

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L.A. Start-Up Provides Jobs for Ex-Offenders Through E-Waste Recycling

Social?entrepreneurs bring together seemingly unlikely possibilities to create a business model that has real impact.?Kabira Stokes, founder of?Isidore Electronics Recycling?is one such person who saw an opportunity in Los Angeles where nobody else did. She got involved with the city council while helping to develop one of the city?s gang intervention programs. She wanted to [...]

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Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies

Astronaut Neil Armstrong awed the entire planet when he became the first man to step foot on the moon in 1969. He died Saturday at age 82. NBC's Tom Costello reports on Armstrong's life and legacy.

By Alan Boyle

Editor's note: An early headline on this story briefly misstated Neil Armstrong's name.

First moonwalker Neil Armstrong's death at the age of 82 marks the passing of a "reluctant American hero," as well as the dimming of the Space Age's brightest moment.

His death followed complications from heart-bypass surgery he underwent this month, Armstrong's family said today in a statement released by NASA. The first public report?of?Armstrong's death came via NBC News' Cape Canaveral correspondent, Jay Barbree, a longtime friend.?

Armstrong has been immortalized in human history as the first human to set foot on a celestial body beyond Earth. "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind," he radioed back to Earth from the moon on July 20, 1969.

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said that "as long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them."

Armstrong's fellow moonwalker on the Apollo 11 mission, Buzz Aldrin, was among the legions mourning his passage. "We are missing a great spokesman and leader in the space program," Aldrin said in a BBC interview. He said he'd remember Armstrong "as being a very capable commander and leader of an achievement that will be recognized until man sets foot on the planet Mars."

Michael Collins, the crewmate who circled the moon in the Apollo 11 command module while Armstrong and Aldrin took that first trip to the lunar surface, also paid tribute to his commander in a NASA statement: "He was the best, and I will miss him terribly."

President Barack Obama said that Armstrong and his crew "carried with them the aspirations of an entire nation," and that the first steps on the moon "delivered a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten."

"Today, Neil's spirit of discovery lives on in all the men and women who have devoted their lives to exploring the unknown ? including those who are ensuring that we reach higher and go further in space," Obama said in a White House statement. "That legacy will endure ? sparked by a man who taught us the enormous power of one small step."

NBC's Jay Barbree, who has covered every manned space mission in U.S. history, was first to break the news that Neil Armstrong had died. He discusses the astronaut's life with NBC's Lester Holt.

The "one small step" served as the climax of a superpower space race with the Soviet Union, and arguably established the United States' primacy in outer space for decades to come. But Apollo 11 also set a precedent for peaceful cooperation in space. "We came in peace for all mankind," the plaque left behind on the moon read. At one point during Armstrong's first moonwalk, he stopped for what he called a "tender moment" and set down a patch to commemorate NASA astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts who died in the course of their duties.

Before and after the moon
The Ohio-born Armstrong began his career in aerospace as a Navy fighter pilot who served with distinction in the Korean War. During the 1950s, he was a test pilot with experience flying more than 200 kinds of aircraft. He was accepted into NASA's second astronaut class in 1962, and during his mission as Gemini 8 commander in 1966, he tamed his wildly spinning capsule and brought it in for an emergency landing.

That quiet cool served him well during Apollo 11, when he had to take manual control of the lunar module, nicknamed Eagle, during the landing. When the craft touched down in the moon's Sea of Tranquility, about 30 seconds' worth of fuel remained.

"Houston, Tranquility Base here," Armstrong reported to Mission Control. "The Eagle has landed."

Armstrong and Aldrin spent more than 21 hours on the lunar surface, including two and a half hours' worth of moonwalking. They were amazed to come back to Earth and see how billions of people across the planet had followed their exploits. "Neil, look up there," Aldrin told him as he pointed at a TV screen. "We missed the whole thing."

After his moon mission, Armstrong took a low profile, becoming what his family called a "reluctant American hero who always believed he was just doing his job." He left NASA in 1971, and took on executive positions in the aerospace industry as well as a teaching position in the University of Cincinnati's engineering department. ?Armstrong served on several policy commissions, including the presidential panel that investigated the 1986 Challenger explosion.

Concerned about future spaceflight
In his latter years, Armstrong became increasingly concerned about America's continuing leadership in space. He was a strong proponent of efforts to send American astronauts back to the moon, and feared that NASA's cancellation of its return-to-the-moon program would cede America's position as a leader in space exploration to other nations.?

Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon and his now famous first words.

"Some question why America should return to the moon," Armstrong told a House committee in 2010. "'After all,' they say, 'we have already been there.' I find that mystifying. It would be as if 16th-century monarchs proclaimed that 'we need not go to the New World, we have already been there.'"

When NBC's Jay Barbree asked Armstrong last month to reflect on the future of spaceflight, for the 43rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, the former astronaut pointed to remarks in which he said the lunar environment was "an exceptional location to learn about traveling to more distant places."

"I am persuaded that a return to the moon would be the most productive path to expanding the human presence in the solar system," he wrote.

Armstrong was famous for staying out of fame's spotlight as much as he could. Some outsiders may have faulted him for his reticence, but not his fellow astronauts.

"Most of our group?in those days could have accomplished?the challenge of the mission," Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham told NBC News' James Oberg in an email, "but I do not know?a one that could have handled the?resulting notoriety as well as Neil did."?

Over the past year, Armstrong was a bit more in the public eye. Last November, he and other space pioneers ? including Aldrin, Collins and John Glenn, the first American in orbit ??were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.

In February, Armstrong spoke at Ohio State University during a February event honoring the 50th anniversary of Glenn's history-making spaceflight. In May, Armstrong joined Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida to support the opening of the National Flight Academy, which aims to teach math and science to kids through an aviation-oriented camp.

On Aug. 7, just two days after his 82nd birthday, Armstrong underwent quadruple-bypass heart surgery after flunking a medical stress test. At the time, his wife, Carol, reported that her husband was "doing great" ? but today the family said complications from that surgery led to his death.

"While we mourn the loss of a very good man, we also celebrate his remarkable life and hope that it serves as an example to young people around the world to work hard to make their dreams come true, to be willing to explore and push the limits, and to selflessly serve a cause greater than themselves," the family said in today's statement.?"For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink."

Armstrong is survived by his wife, two sons, a stepson and stepdaughter, 10 grandchildren, a brother and a sister, NASA said. A website, NeilArmstrongInfo.com, has been created to provide more information about Armstrong's life and legacy.

Quick bites about Neil Armstrong:

• Armstrong 's interest in flight began in childhood: He earned his pilot's license while still a boy.
• Armstrong's pulse was measured at 150 beats per minute as he guided the lunar lander to the moon's surface, NASA said. "I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats," Armstrong once said. "I don't intend to waste any of mine."
• Asked about his experience on the moon, he told CBS: "It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it."
• A crater on the moon is named for Armstrong. It is located about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the site of the landing.
• In 2005 Armstrong was upset to learn that his barber had sold clippings of his hair to a collector for $3,000. The man who bought the hair refused to return it, saying he was adding it to his collection of locks from Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon, Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein and others.
• Although he was famously reticent, Armstrong once appeared in a TV commercial for the U.S. automaker Chrysler. He said he made the ad because of Chrysler's engineering history and his desire to help the company out of financial troubles. Armstrong also recorded public service announcements from NASA to promote the agency's Constellation back-to-the-moon program, which was later canceled.

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Off to college: freshmen arrive for fall semester

Laundry baskets of clothes, boxes of dorm supplies and bundles of nerves were among the cargo toted by parents and their children, now college freshmen.

But they couldn't help but to smile or shake their heads as upperclassmen applauded and danced for them as they drove through blaring pop music and a Penn State colored balloon arch to their dormitory buildings.

Thursday was move-in day for many of the 1,447 freshmen moving into campus residence halls and off-campus housing at Penn State Altoona.

"It's a normal class size," spokeswoman Shari Routch said.

All students are scheduled to arrive at campus on Sunday, but dozens of upperclassmen volunteered to help freshmen as they moved in for the 2012 fall semester.

"I know what it's like to be a freshman. It's exciting for what is to come, but it's nerve-racking because I didn't know if I was going to be OK." student leader Jordan Ley of Hanover said.

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Freshman Emily Wolpiuk of Trumbull, Conn., gets some help from her mother (right), Mary Wolpiuk, Thursday at St. Francis University in Loretto.

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Megan Scipio of Phila?delphia moves her things into her dorm room Thursday at Penn State Altoona.

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Freshman Taylor Hershberger carries some things to her dorm room Thursday at St. Francis University.

Despite all of the things Megan Scipio of Philadelphia unpacked from her U-Haul, her transition to Penn State Altoona would be tough without taking along her best friend from high school as her roommate.

"She's like a sister to me," Scipio, who's planning to study civil engineering, said.

Her roommate, Ashley Newby-Hall of Philadelphia, was making her first trip to the mall in town, Scipio said as she unpacked.

While some freshmen socialized after unpacking their luggage, others went to work at part-time jobs.

Donald and Ann Hurley of New Jersey waited for their freshman daughter who was finishing her first day of work as a server at the campus' Port Sky Cafe.

While they soaked in the Penn State atmosphere, the Hurleys were surprised to see the campus book store selling books about Joe Paterno.

The criminal acts committed by Paterno's former defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, with children on Penn State's University Park campus may be the top Penn State news story, but to the Hurleys, it is no reason to be apprehensive about sending their child to a Penn State campus.

"The scandal has no bearing on academics of the school. It is a top academic school. That's what we look for," Hurley said.

Steve Zarlinski, retired superintendent of Brockway Area School District, helped one of his grandaughters, a freshman pre-medical student, move into her dorm on Thursday.

"It's a great campus, a good school. It's safe and clean," Zarlinski said.

With his parents more than 200 miles away in Collegeville, the first day at Penn State Altoona wasn't as strange as Tyler Lozniak, 18, thought.

"I like it, I can do things on my own time," he said.

His mother would be proud to know he plans on keeping his room clean.

More than 450 college freshmen also moved into dormitories Thursday at Saint Francis University in Loretto. Classes there begin Monday.

Mirror Staff Writer Russ O'Reilly is at 946-7435.

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JeremiahOshan: @rslsoapbox @nasntv nfl issued like $1b in loans

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Imagined memoirs of Shanghai during China's Cultural Revolution.

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Meteor sighting over Oregon, California and Nevada

Richard Sharp
KCRA
Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:27 CDT

Reports of a large meteor had many people buzzing Wednesday morning.

Viewers called the KCRA 3 newsroom and the sheriff's departments in several parts of Northern California, along with Reno, to ask about a meteor that appeared about 11:15 p.m. Tuesday.

Witnesses said it lasted for about four seconds and lit up the sky.

Online meteor tracking sites and blogs report the meteor could be seen over parts of Oregon, California and Nevada.

If you got a shot of it, please submit it through our u local page.

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Kanye West Wins 'Stronger' Suit ... Thanks To Friedrich Nietzsche?

A judge dismissed an appeal by rapper Vince P that 'Ye ripped off his lyrics for 'Stronger,' and cited the German philosopher as a reason why.
By James Montgomery

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Cat meows theme to 'Game of Thrones'

You'll have to be a real cat lover -- or a real fan of "Game of Thrones" -- to get through nearly two minutes of Siamese cat Arya (apparently named after the younger Stark daughter in "Thrones") yowling through the theme to the award-winning HBO series.

But if you can stand the sound (the kitty appears to have the assistance of Auto-Tune), and the fast-cut editing that made it possible, you'll probably be purring by the end.

Check out the video!

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Google Play Music updated, brings Google TV support and expanded notifications in Jelly Bean

The Google Play Music app has received an update, which brings a few welcome and overdue features. One new feature is the support for expanded notifications for Jelly Bean devices. One of our favorite features of Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) is the richer and more interactive notifications, so it's great to see more apps taking advantage.  Plus, Google Play Music is one of my most used apps, so I'm definitely glad that I'll be able to control and view more directly from my notification tray.

The update also brings support for Google TV devices. When we received Sony's new Google TV box last month, we were astonished to find that the Google Play Music app was deemed 'incompatible'. It was frustrating to say the least; If you are buying a Google TV unit, you expect to be able to install the core Google apps. This update has corrected that and should make the app work with the newer Google TV models, such as the Sony box mentioned earlier and the Vizio Co-Star.

To get the update or the free app, hit up out Google Play Store link.

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Internists praise primary care practices inclusion in CPCI

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500 primary care practices in 7 regions selected

WASHINGTON The American College of Physicians (ACP) today praised the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for its announcement of primary care practices to participate in a historic public-private partnership to strengthen primary care, the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI).

In support of more effective, affordable, and higher quality health care, 500 primary care practices in seven regions have been selected to participate in a new partnership among payers from CMS, state Medicaid agencies, commercial health plans, self-insured businesses, and primary care providers. The partnership is designed to provide improved access to quality health care at lower costs.

"The Administration and the CMS deserve tremendous credit for advancing this vital initiative, which moves to another critical stage with today's announcement," said ACP president David L. Bronson, MD, FACP. "We are extraordinarily pleased with the CPCI's focus on patient-centered care and practice redesign."

Under the CPCI, CMS will pay primary care practices a care management fee, initially set at an average of $20 per beneficiary per month, to support enhanced, coordinated services on behalf of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries. Simultaneously, participating commercial, state, and other federal insurance plans are also offering enhanced payment to primary care practices that are designed to support them in providing high-quality primary care on behalf of their members.

"The CPCI is an important step in supporting patient-centered medical homes," said Robert A. Gluckman, MD, FACP, chairman of ACP's Medical Practice and Quality Committee and chief medical officer for a participating payer in Oregon. "This program allows Medicare and private insurers to provide the needed resources so practices can improve care for all their patients."

For patients, this means these physicians may offer longer and more flexible hours, use electronic health records; coordinate care with patients' other health care providers; better engage patients and caregivers in managing their own care, and provide individualized, enhanced care for patients living with multiple chronic diseases and greater needs.

"The CPCI is the kind of common sense investment in health care we need," said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "Businesses, families, and taxpayers all benefit from a stronger primary care system that helps to improve our health and lower costs."

The initiative started in the fall of 2011 with CMS soliciting a diverse pool of commercial health plans, state Medicaid agencies, and self-insured businesses to work alongside Medicare to support comprehensive primary care. Public and private health plans in Arkansas, Colorado, New Jersey, Oregon, New York's Capital District-Hudson Valley region, Ohio and Kentucky's Cincinnati-Dayton region, and the Greater Tulsa region of Oklahoma signed letters of intent with CMS to participate in this initiative. The markets were selected in April 2012 based on the percentage of the total population covered by payers who expressed interest in joining the partnership.

Eligible primary care practices in each market were invited to apply to participate and start delivering enhanced health care services in the fall of 2012. Through a competitive application process, primary care practices within the selected markets were chosen to participate in the CPCI. Practices were chosen based on their use of health information technology, ability to demonstrate advanced primary care delivery, service to patients covered by participating payers, participation in practice transformation and improvement activities, and diversity of geography, practice size, and ownership structure. CMS estimates that more than 300,000 Medicare beneficiaries will be served by more than 2,000 providers through this initiative.

"Primary care practices play a vital role in our health care system and we are looking at ways to better support them in their efforts to coordinate care for their patients" said Acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner. "By engaging in this unprecedented and innovative public-private partnership we aim to create a payment model that allows our primary care practices to take a lead role in delivering improved overall coordinated care for their patients. Our goal is to see healthier families across our nation and to generate savings for providers, insurers and taxpayers."

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500 primary care practices in 7 regions selected

WASHINGTON The American College of Physicians (ACP) today praised the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for its announcement of primary care practices to participate in a historic public-private partnership to strengthen primary care, the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI).

In support of more effective, affordable, and higher quality health care, 500 primary care practices in seven regions have been selected to participate in a new partnership among payers from CMS, state Medicaid agencies, commercial health plans, self-insured businesses, and primary care providers. The partnership is designed to provide improved access to quality health care at lower costs.

"The Administration and the CMS deserve tremendous credit for advancing this vital initiative, which moves to another critical stage with today's announcement," said ACP president David L. Bronson, MD, FACP. "We are extraordinarily pleased with the CPCI's focus on patient-centered care and practice redesign."

Under the CPCI, CMS will pay primary care practices a care management fee, initially set at an average of $20 per beneficiary per month, to support enhanced, coordinated services on behalf of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries. Simultaneously, participating commercial, state, and other federal insurance plans are also offering enhanced payment to primary care practices that are designed to support them in providing high-quality primary care on behalf of their members.

"The CPCI is an important step in supporting patient-centered medical homes," said Robert A. Gluckman, MD, FACP, chairman of ACP's Medical Practice and Quality Committee and chief medical officer for a participating payer in Oregon. "This program allows Medicare and private insurers to provide the needed resources so practices can improve care for all their patients."

For patients, this means these physicians may offer longer and more flexible hours, use electronic health records; coordinate care with patients' other health care providers; better engage patients and caregivers in managing their own care, and provide individualized, enhanced care for patients living with multiple chronic diseases and greater needs.

"The CPCI is the kind of common sense investment in health care we need," said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "Businesses, families, and taxpayers all benefit from a stronger primary care system that helps to improve our health and lower costs."

The initiative started in the fall of 2011 with CMS soliciting a diverse pool of commercial health plans, state Medicaid agencies, and self-insured businesses to work alongside Medicare to support comprehensive primary care. Public and private health plans in Arkansas, Colorado, New Jersey, Oregon, New York's Capital District-Hudson Valley region, Ohio and Kentucky's Cincinnati-Dayton region, and the Greater Tulsa region of Oklahoma signed letters of intent with CMS to participate in this initiative. The markets were selected in April 2012 based on the percentage of the total population covered by payers who expressed interest in joining the partnership.

Eligible primary care practices in each market were invited to apply to participate and start delivering enhanced health care services in the fall of 2012. Through a competitive application process, primary care practices within the selected markets were chosen to participate in the CPCI. Practices were chosen based on their use of health information technology, ability to demonstrate advanced primary care delivery, service to patients covered by participating payers, participation in practice transformation and improvement activities, and diversity of geography, practice size, and ownership structure. CMS estimates that more than 300,000 Medicare beneficiaries will be served by more than 2,000 providers through this initiative.

"Primary care practices play a vital role in our health care system and we are looking at ways to better support them in their efforts to coordinate care for their patients" said Acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner. "By engaging in this unprecedented and innovative public-private partnership we aim to create a payment model that allows our primary care practices to take a lead role in delivering improved overall coordinated care for their patients. Our goal is to see healthier families across our nation and to generate savings for providers, insurers and taxpayers."

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Batteries made from world?s thinnest material could power tomorrow?s electric cars

ScienceDaily (Aug. 22, 2012) ? Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute made a sheet of paper from the world's thinnest material, graphene, and then zapped the paper with a laser or camera flash to blemish it with countless cracks, pores, and other imperfections. The result is a graphene anode material that can be charged or discharged 10 times faster than conventional graphite anodes used in today's lithium (Li)-ion batteries.

Rechargeable Li-ion batteries are the industry standard for mobile phones, laptop and tablet computers, electric cars, and a range of other devices. While Li-ion batteries have a high energy density and can store large amounts of energy, they suffer from a low power density and are unable to quickly accept or discharge energy. This low power density is why it takes about an hour to charge your mobile phone or laptop battery, and why electric automobile engines cannot rely on batteries alone and require a supercapacitor for high-power functions such as acceleration and braking.

The Rensselaer research team, led by nanomaterials expert Nikhil Koratkar, sought to solve this problem and create a new battery that could hold large amounts of energy but also quickly accept and release this energy. Such an innovation could alleviate the need for the complex pairing of Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors in electric cars, and lead to simpler, better-performing automotive engines based solely on high-energy, high-power Li-ion batteries. Koratkar and his team are confident their new battery, created by intentionally engineering defects in graphene, is a critical stepping stone on the path to realizing this grand goal. Such batteries could also significantly shorten the time it takes to charge portable electronic devices from phones and laptops to medical devices used by paramedics and first responders.

"Li-ion battery technology is magnificent, but truly hampered by its limited power density and its inability to quickly accept or discharge large amounts of energy. By using our defect-engineered graphene paper in the battery architecture, I think we can help overcome this limitation," said Koratkar, the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer. "We believe this discovery is ripe for commercialization, and can make a significant impact on the development of new batteries and electrical systems for electric automobiles and portable electronics applications."

Results of the study were published this week by the journal ACS Nano in the paper "Photo-thermally reduced graphene as high power anodes for lithium ion batteries."

Koratkar and his team started investigating graphene as a possible replacement for the graphite used as the anode material in today's Li-ion batteries. Essentially a single layer of the graphite found commonly in our pencils or the charcoal we burn on our barbeques, graphene is an atom-thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged like a nanoscale chicken-wire fence. In previous studies, Li-ion batteries with graphite anodes exhibited good energy density but low power density, meaning they could not charge or discharge quickly. This slow charging and discharging was because lithium ions could only physically enter or exit the battery's graphite anode from the edges, and slowly work their way across the length of the individual layers of graphene.

Koratkar's solution was to use a known technique to create a large sheet of graphene oxide paper. This paper is about the thickness of a piece of everyday printer paper, and can be made nearly any size or shape. The research team then exposed some of the graphene oxide paper to a laser, and other samples of the paper were exposed to a simple flash from a digital camera. In both instances, the heat from the laser or photoflash literally caused mini-explosions throughout the paper, as the oxygen atoms in graphene oxide were violently expelled from the structure. The aftermath of this oxygen exodus was sheets of graphene pockmarked with countless cracks, pores, voids, and other blemishes. The pressure created by the escaping oxygen also prompted the graphene paper to expand five-fold in thickness, creating large voids between the individual graphene sheets.

The researchers quickly learned this damaged graphene paper performed remarkably well as an anode for a Li-ion battery. Whereas before the lithium ions slowly traversed the full length of graphene sheets to charge or discharge, the ions now used the cracks and pores as shortcuts to move quickly into or out of the graphene -- greatly increasing the battery's overall power density. Koratkar's team demonstrated how their experimental anode material could charge or discharge 10 times faster than conventional anodes in Li-ion batteries without incurring a significant loss in its energy density. Despite the countless microscale pores, cracks, and voids that are ubiquitous throughout the structure, the graphene paper anode is remarkably robust, and continued to perform successfully even after more than 1,000 charge/discharge cycles. The high electrical conductivity of the graphene sheets also enabled efficient electron transport in the anode, which is another necessary property for high-power applications.

Koratkar said the process of making these new graphene paper anodes for Li-ion batteries can easily be scaled up to suit the needs of industry. The graphene paper can be made in essentially any size and shape, and the photo-thermal exposure by laser or camera flashes is an easy and inexpensive process to replicate. The researchers have filed for patent protection for their discovery. The next step for this research project is to pair the graphene anode material with a high-power cathode material to construct a full battery.

Along with Koratkar, co-authors of the paper are Rensselaer graduate students Rahul Mukherjee, Abhay Varghese Thomas, and Ajay Krishnamurthy, all of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering (MANE).

The study was funded by the National Science Foundation, and supported by Koratkar's John A. Clark and Edward T.Crossan Endowed Chair Professorship at Rensselaer.

Koratkar is a professor in MANE and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer. He is also a faculty member of the university's Center for Future Energy Systems and the Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center.

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Adding Pictures To Craigslist Post Sells Real ... - Real Estate Investing

Putting your real estate deal on Craigslist without a photo is essentially not putting your deal on the market at all. Buyers and other Investors want to peek before taking the time to view or call their agent. When I am looking for deals or checking out comparables on Craigslist, I always use ?has image? as my part of my search criteria.

Did you know that my agent says buyers and new investors often print out the ads or listings that contain photographs and use them as they are making decisions and considering what to bid or offer in a purchase contract. My Re-Max Agent, M. Rooker advised the following:

?As many as 10-12 photographs may be placed in listings online, but every property should have at least 3-5 shots that tell a story. The goal: to enable the viewer to imagine themselves living in the home. Squander your photographs by offering the wrong ones, and you are missing out on one of your greatest tools to pique the interest and imagination of buyers.

Must-have photos include front of home, kitchen, living room, master bedroom, master bathroom, dining areas, significant features, such as out-buildings, exceptional garages, mother-in-law quarters, and other perks.

Include photos that contain elements that set your property apart. In listings powerful copy can play a feature up, but a single, considerate photograph really is worth a thousand words. And about those photos. who should take them? Some investors do the photographs themselves, some hire professional real-estate photographers or home-stagers to come up with winning shots.?

The goal is to enable your property to show well enough with online photographs that compells buyers to take action ? view it in person or submit an offer.

What Pics Should You Use on Craigslist?

Rooker says she practices the following ?real estate picture fundamentals? to move homes quickly into the sold column. ?Get very close up: Outside the home get details of walkways and steps, foundation, decks and windows. Take photographs that show the condition, the materials, improvements, flaws, potential hazards or issues with lighting, style or architectural or landscaping details. Inside the home look at banisters, window details, fireplaces, hearths, cabinets, molding and door details, light fixtures, heating vents, walls, paint or wallpaper condition, flooring, stairs and landings, and other details.

There are some photos that you should leave out, as well. For example, leave out the half-bath if it means that you highlight an special feature of the house with an extra picture ? think view from the deck or pool. Leave the lesser bathrooms for the walk-through and spend the valuable shot on something that is unique to your property. Not every bedroom requires a photograph, and basements, garages and storage areas are good bonus features for a walk-through. If appliances, art, or other elements are not being sold with the home, avoid putting them in photographs, or minimize their focus.?

A picture is worth more than a thousand words, and will contribute to you becoming a successful real estate investor

Source: http://www.reiclub.com/realestateblog/adding-pictures-to-craigslist-post-sells-real-estate-faster/

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Flying High ? US Business Travel on the Rise ? Going Global TV

As everyone knows business travel is big business and we love it. It is good for the economy, creates jobs and is good for the soul. We love to travel and we love talking about travel. Of course that?s why we created our CNBC World TV series and this website. So we are really happy to share this Infographic which shows the impressive numbers behind business travel in the US.

But the industry could still use a boost so our advice to everyone in our community is to get out there and travel. While you?re on the road you?ll be helping the economy and? enjoying some great life experiences. For us that?s a great win-win!

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Source: http://goingglobaltv.com/flying-high-us-business-travel-on-the-rise/

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Y Combinator S12 Demo Day Batch 1: Meet 9GAG, Double Robotics, Hubchilla, SmartAsset And More

Paul Graham kicked off his accelerator Y Combinator's 15th Demo Day saying that though 75 startups will present today, this summer 2012 class has the "smallest percentage of applicants that we've ever accepted." It's clear that YC's notoriety for getting founders in front of top investors is growing, and it's becoming harder for startups to come out to succeed without support from accelerators like Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and TechStars. Here we'll give you a preview of the first 17 companies showing their stuff to VC firms, angels, and press, plus give our analysis about which have the biggest potential to change the world, or at least make a lot of money.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ALejAy9IiSs/

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Children's party bags-choose appropriate gifts | US Newsx.com

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If you are one of those people who are organizing a birthday party for your daughter or son then it is important for you to remember Party bags since these have become a custom in parties of children. These Children?s party bags are presented at the end of the party and kids take them home. This been said, these bags could become a real hassle especially when you do not have much time or have no idea where to begin with. You are highly advised to purchase these bags in such circumstances from a reputable company.

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Getting them pre-ordered from a company is a great way to have unique Children?s party bags without spending too much. More importantly, they are filled with all the important fun stuff which kids love to play with. They ensure all the party novelties are incorporated in these bags. It is important to mention here that parents can have these bags customized thus making this option more flexible and suitable as compared to making bags on your own.

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Another great aspect about Children?s party bags is that they are suitable for every budget. Before you decide on the bags, it is essential that you take into account the age factor of all the kids that are attending the party because otherwise this practice of bag giving could turn into a meaningless enterprise. In case of intermingling of both boys and girls, you will also need to decide whether you want to give gender-specific or unisex bags. All of these are critical decisions which require immense consideration from your side.

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If children under the age of three are attending the party then you would definitely want to avoid giving very small toys pre-filled in party bags as the kids have the tendency of choking on things. Suffice is to say that the importance of giving appropriate gifts cannot be overemphasized. On a different note, you are highly advised to choose color of bags that deem suitable with the theme of the party you have chosen in order to make it more exciting and thrilling for kids.

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In conclusion, it is important to clarify another misconception about Children?s party bags; it is just a term used for giving gifts to kids and these do not need to be necessarily in the form of bags. So, what are you waiting for? Make your party exciting now by purchasing these bags.

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HBT: Guthrie loses no-hitter on controversial call

White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko was credited with an infield hit with two outs in the seventh inning Sunday, costing Kansas City?s Jeremy Guthrie his chance for a no-hitter.

The slow-footed Konerko hit a grounder into the hole at short. Alcides Escobar grabbed it, but made a poor throw that bounced high off the dirt and well to the right of the bag at first base. Eric Hosmer was still in good position to make the scoop, but the ball bounced off his glove, and even though the game was in Kansas City, it was ruled an infield single.

Here?s the video.

Personally, I?d have given Escobar an error on the play. While he did have to range to his right for the ball, he still had plenty of time to get a runner as slow as Konerko.

That said, if there hadn?t been a no-hitter at stake, no one would have questioned it being called a hit. That?s likely how it would have been ruled 90 percent of the time. It wasn?t a routine play for either Escobar or Hosmer, and it pretty much has to be a routine play for an error to be called in this day and age.

Guthrie went on to allow a clean single to Dayan Viciedo with two outs in the eighth.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/19/jeremy-guthrie-loses-no-no-on-controversial-infield-hit/related/

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Car bombs explode in Libya's capital, killing 2

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) ? Two car bombs exploded in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, killing two people and injuring several others early Sunday, a security official said. Two others were dismantled safely.

The first bomb went off in a main street near a military college used as a base for former rebel forces, killing two and wounding four, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.

Half an hour later, a taxi parked in a narrow alley near the Interior Ministry exploded, wounding several people.

The official said a third car bomb was discovered, also near the ministry. It was safely defused.

Late Sunday, officials found a fourth car bomb near the military college and dismantled it. Police said they arrested three suspects in connection with the bombings.

The bombings came on the eve of the anniversary of the fall of Tripoli. On August 20, 2011, rebel fighters liberated the city during the eight-month civil war that toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

Gadhafi was captured and killed last October, but many Libyans are convinced that some of his associates remain at large around the country.

After Sunday's blasts, officials blamed Gadhafi loyalists, saying they were plotting attacks and seeking to spread fear among the public and prevent the country from returning to normal.

"I hold former regime aides fully responsible for this cowardly action," said the deputy interior minister, Omar al-Khadrawi, visiting one of the bomb sites. He said "the same kind of bombs and the same tactics and equipment" were used in previously foiled car bombing attacks in Tripoli.

The city's security authorities went on high alert after the bombings, which came just hours before Muslim prayers were to take place at the main Tripoli square for the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Attacks have been on the rise in both Benghazi to the east, in Misrata in central Libya, and in the capital, Tripoli.

Last month, Libya elected its first parliament in the nation's first-ever free vote. The house elected a president earlier this month and is now trying to form a government.

The future Cabinet faces a mountain of challenges, including forming a strong national army to unite various militia groups under a central command.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/car-bombs-explode-libyas-capital-killing-2-102011723.html

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Aggravation Station: Kids and Death

I decided to try a little experiment about what runs through the brains of kids.? I chose a subject that I know lots about (in a round about way) and I would think my kids would know more than the average child since they know what I do for a living.?? I decided to interview Roan and two of his friends.? All the boys are?11 years old.??Here's what these particular kids thought about death.

Have you ever known anyone who died?

Mitchell:? Yes...my dad, grandma and great-grandma.

Julian:? Uhm, when I was 2 or 3, I only met my great-grandma and my great-grandpa for like a little bit and then they died and I only knew my cat since I was two and then my cat died.? My grandma went outside and found it dead in the bushes.?

Mitchell:? Oh ya, my cat died too.

Roan:? Yah...my grandpa and my great-grandpa, but I don't really remember him.? So just my grandpa and my cat?Nika who died this year.? I saw her in her coffin.

How would you like to die?

Mitchell:? Uh, I don't want to die!

Julian:??I would rather just die in the normal, peaceful way like everybody does.?

Me:? So you think everyone dies normally and peacefully?

Julian:? No, I guess I'd like to die of old age or a quick non-painful death.

Me:? What's your idea of a quick non-painful death?

Roan:??Getting shot with a bullet.

Mitchell:? Nope, being run over by a transport truck.? You would die instantly, it would only hurt for a split second.?

Roan:? I would want to probably die from being old and?slowly, so I can be with my family.??

Are you afraid to die?? Why?

Mitchell:? Yes!? I don't want to die cause it's an awesome world.? I'm afraid to die because I'm only 11!? I'm scared of actually dying itself.? You either go to hell or heaven.? You don't want to know where you're going to end up ahead of time cause you might want to do things differently or over again.?

Roan:? Yes and no.? Yes because I like to live but it's meant to be to die, so no.? But like uhm....no.? I don't know how to explain it.? Like it's going to happen either way.? So I'm scared and I'm not.? It's scary cause you life has ended.?

Julian:? Same as Roan, yes and no.? I wouldn't want to die yet.? No,because when you die your spirit is still living so you'll never be completely dead.?

What would you miss most if you died??

Mitchell:? Family.? Like if you have kids you'll miss them.

Roan:? Family and friends.

Mitchell:? I'd miss everything.? Uhm, my mom, my family, and if I died in a couple of months, I'd miss my hamster because I'm getting a hamster soon.

Julian:? I'd really miss watermelon, it's my favourite.? I'd also miss my family and friends.? For instance, I play with? my friends every single day but if I died I wouldn't be able to play with them.? And my family, I have always liked my family so I'd miss them too.?

Would you rather be all curled up with arthritis and in pain, or die?

Mitchell:? I'd pick arthritis and?in pain.? I?want to live as long as I can.

Julian:? Same here.? But if I was like 100?or even 92 then I'd probably rather die.

Mitchell:? If?you were 92 you'd probably just die the next year anyway.
Let?s say you die when you?re 200?years old, how do you want to go?

Mitchell:? With my children's children's children around me.? My kids would be dead, their kids would be 90 and then the others would be like 30 or 50.? The the other ones would be like 2.?

Julian:? I would want to die with all my family or some of my family that I have left with me.?

Roan:? With my family or tied to?a rocket ship and blasted into outer space.? But still probably die quietly.

What do you think happens after death?

Mitchell:? Your spirit roams the Earth and you become a new person like a baby.? And you either go to Heaven or Hell.? Your body goes in a vase too.?

Roan:? Well sometimes it says "Rest In Peace" so that could mean you are resting.? In peace.? But if you are roaming you are not really resting, so I'd like to choose whatever I want, either to rest or to roam.? I'd probably roam around the world visiting all the places I'd like to see.?

Julian:? I think your spirit goes around the Earth but at the same time I could be in Heaven or Hell, I don't know where I'll go.? I might also become a new baby in this world or in another galaxy.?

Mitchell:? Your spirit would be its own person so you couldn't control it. It could go to Heaven or Hell or back to the Earth.?? Or you could come back as an animal.

What?are your thoughts on heaven?? What about hell?Mitchell:? Heaven is a?nice peaceful place, above the clouds and everything is fine with you.? There are really nice people there.

Julian:? It's like a?nice peaceful place in the clouds but it's?not even in this world, but someplace beyond.? Like ?La la land.

Roan:?? I picture clouds everywhere.?

Julian:? There are things you always wanted to do in life...well in Heaven you'd be able to do it and have the things you've always wanted.

Roan:? I picture Hell as under the ground, the centre of the Earth with flames.? It's a terrible place and not peaceful at all.?

Mitchell:? Maybe there are some nice people there but they did something bad in their life but they didn't mean to.? Like they did something really bad but they didn't do it alone.? And they are stuck in Hell.?

Julian:? It's not so peaceful,??you can be tortured there.? There could be some?nice and some not so nice people.? I also think there is fire and lava all around you.? It would be like the Never World in?Minecraft.

Roan:? I think it would be terrible and scary there.

What do you think your life will be like as a dead person?

Mitchell:? It would be pretty plain because you already lived and there is nothing to do after you die except roam free.?

Julian:? Plain but you'll have all sorts of new places to go to.? If you are a spirit you can roam around.?

Roan:? I think I would probably visit everywhere I wanted to go.? There would be no pain.?

Julian:? I'd like to fly, that would be cool.

Roan:? You could see anyone you wanted to when you wanted to.? And you could go through walls.

Mitchell:? Not necessarily.? If you were wearing clothes the clothes wouldn't go through the wall.?

Julian:? You could protect and help out the people you wanted to.? Like a guardian angel.?

Me:? Sounds like being dead could be pretty cool.

All of them:? Yeah....But we don't want to be dead.?

Julian:? I would like a new life that you've never tried before.? No traffic or cars.? And in our new life, we'd know nothing about our old life.? Our memories would be erased.

If you could come back after dying as anything, what would you pick??

Julian:? I'd come?back into this life to do it again.

Roan:? Me too, but?I'd be a girl the next time.

Julian:? Ya?I'd be a girl too, that's a good one.

Mitchell:? I'd like to be 4 things:? A girl, a hummingbird (because that's my favourite bird), a cheetah (because they run fast and?are hard to kill) and a chimpanzee (because they are funny and strong).

Julian:? I'd come back as a tiger.? That would be cool or some kind of bird so I could feel what it's like to fly.

Roan:?? BIRD!? I'd come back as a lion or a girl.? A hot girl.

What do you want your family to do with your body after you die?

Roan:??I'd want you to keep me in your house.

Me:? What like a stuffed animal in a corner or cremated?

Roan:? Cremated.

Mitchell:??I want to be in a room where there is a vase and my ashes are in there and there are pictures of me on the wall and candles everywhere.? Or bury me underneath the house... but what if they moved?? Then they'd?have to dig it up and that would be hard.
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Julian:? Ya,?I'd say bury me in the backyard, but I would?worry they'd move.? So keep the ashes in the house where they can remember me throughout their lives.

Me:? So all three of you would choose cremation?

Roan:??I don't want to be buried because I don't want to come back as?a zombie. Also, if my parents or kids came over and spilled my ashes I'd make a loud creepy noise and they would be scared and I would shake the pictures around the house and make the ashes go right back in the thing they were in ?and they'd be freaked out!

Do you believe in spirits and ghosts??
Julian:? Yes, 100%.

Roan:? Yes, for sure.

Mitchell:? I have to choose my words carefully because I'm very gullible.? But, I've heard that spirits will haunt you if you don't believe in them.? I kind of do, but not like you think.? I don't think they're everywhere, but I do know for sure that they're roaming the cemeteries.? Spirits and ghosts are the same thing.?

Have you ever seen a ghost??

Julian:? No, no one can really see ghosts.?

Roan: ?I think I have.

Julian: ?I might have, but I'm not sure. If I did, I probably don't remember.

Mitchell:? One time I took?a picture and there was light coming into it and the room was dark and no one else was there but there was a blur on the camera and light .

Roan: ?I saw something at school when I was playing a game with friends.?? I saw something three times, but when I talk about it it sounds?fake.?? When I looked up again, it was gone but it felt like it was watching me.?

How do you think ghosts contact us?

Roan:? They could?send letter by writing?words on walls.? Or maybe they talk to us or whisper to us.? But mainly they come to you in your dreams.

Mitchell:? Ya, in your dreams.? I wouldn't?use a Ouija board, they've been taken over by mean spirits.
And ghosts can't talk to us through other people.

Julian:? ?I think people have the power to talk to ghosts, but they don't know? how to use it.

Roan:? So kind of like the 3rd eye?? The eye that sees energy??

Julian:? Ya, exactly.

Roan:? I've seen energy.

Do you think dying hurts?

Mitchell:? Probably because your heart stops pumping and you run out of air and when you hold your breath for too long it hurts.? But when you heart stops all your blood stops flowing and you get really cold and can't breathe, so that probably doesn't feel good.

Julian:?? It can be painful in certain ways or peaceful.? Like lets say you are dying of cancer and you are in pain for a month and then you finally die...
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Mitchell: Depends on what kind of cancer you have.? There are?3 kinds.

Roan:? No way, there are tons of different cancers.

Mitchell:? Ya, I know but there is?one where you are going to die for sure, one where it can harm you but you won't die, you'll just be in a lot of?pain, and one where you can have surgery and get better.

Julian:? So,?if you had cancer it would be very painful but after you die?it would feel?gentle and peaceful.

Roan:? It would be painful in?a way.? Emotionally I think it hurts.? Your heart stops and it's broken because you'll never get to ?see your family again, unless you come back as a ghost to see them.?? But even still...

Source: http://aggravation-station.blogspot.com/2012/08/kids-and-death.html

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