How to Migrate from Yahoo Bookmarks to Google Bookmarks

By JC Leahy

I Am Changing from Yahoo Bookmarks to Google Bookmarks

Yahoo Bookmarks used to be a well-working product, but nowadays I can't get the "search bookmarks" function to work.  That's a problem if, like me, you've got a large number of bookmarks.  I'm switching to Google bookmarks.

FYI, here's how to switch / migrate from Yahoo Bookmarks to Google Bookmarks:

• Go to Yahoo Bookmarks, sign in, click on "Tools" and export your yahoo bookmarks to and htm file.
• From Internet Explorer, choose File/Import and Export >> Import Favorites >> select the htm file name as the source file.
• At this point, all of your Yahoo Bookmarks have been imported to Internet Explorer.
• Install the Google toolbar to your IE if you don't already have it.
• Install the Google Bookmarks button on your Google Toolbar if it's not already there.
• Choose the Google Bookmarks button's drop down menu and select "Import IE Favorites."
• Select the bookmarks you'd like to import -- probably all of them -- and then click Import.

That's it. Have fun.

Food for Thought

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How Did YOU Deal With Hurricane Sandy??

I'm sitting here early Tuesday morning in my bathrobe with poached eggs, English muffins with cherry-apple butter, and coffee with the fireplace burning brightly -- feeling like I made a great decision to stay home today and wait out Hurricane Sandy's  foul weather!  Despite dire warnings from PEPCO, I haven't lost electrical power  here in  Silver Spring, Maryland.

On the other hand, we just bought a waterside beach house in Delaware a few weeks ago.  I hope its still there.  What a time to decide to buy a beach house  :(

How did YOU deal with Hurricane Sandy?  Post your reply as a comment, below.

JC Leahy
October 30, 2012

The Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center's 15th Annual Conference on Head and Neck Rehabilitation

The Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center will hold its 15th Annual Conference on Head and Neck Rehabilitation on Friday, October 26, 2012, in Baltimore, Maryland

This one day program is designed to educate Head and Neck Surgeons, Otolaryngologists, Radiation and Medical Oncologists, General Dentists, Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons and Prosthodontists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Nurses, Social Workers, registered dietitians and other healthcare professionals and cancer survivors on head and neck cancer treatments and rehabilitation. Topics include research updates, new trends in the treatment of head and neck cancers, as well as early and late symptom management.

The venue will be the Milton J. Dance Head and Neck Rehabilitation Center, at The Johns Hopkins Voice Center at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

 BROCHURE

ONLINE REGISTRATION

How to Pick the Right Yoga Routine

If you are thinking of getting into yoga, here a link worth checking out:

How to Pick the Right Yoga Routine

JC Leahy

Cancer Care Navigation Training - Smith Center for Healing and the Arts

By JC Leahy

I'm excited that I have completed a training certificate in Cancer Patient Care Navigation with the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, This year’s training program was limited to 20 trainees – a diverse group of physicians, nutrition experts, therapists, patient care advocates, nonprofit professionals, and nurses.  The training program was crafted to prepare attendees to guide cancer patients from screening through recovery.

By 2015, the American College of Surgeons will require EVERY cancer center to have a patient care navigation program as a condition of accreditation.

 

With a unique focus on integrative health and holistic wellness, Smith Center’s Patient Navigation model and training program have grown to attract participants from across the country. This year’s group of 20 participants joined together from New York, Illinois, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, California, and as far away as Hawaii.  The program lasted for 5 days, with most days training lasting a solid 13 hours. During the training, highly-regarded experts in oncology care, psychosocial support, complementary therapies, cancer survivorship, palliative care, nutrition, and stress reduction offered information and tools to navigators in an immersive retreat setting. The retreat environment is modeled after Smith Center's Weeklong Cancer Retreat Program, which has been at the core of the organization’s work since 1996. The training is also made up of a unique blend of didactic and experiential sessions that provides a comprehensive yet deep learning experience in the practice of integrative cancer care navigation. 

Footnote: cool quote from the Smith Center's Laura Pole's nutrition education: "You can't eat dogma."  

Free!! Cancer Care Advocacy Forum, Washington, DC, October 24, 2012

Cancer Care Advocacy Forum

October 24, 2012

Embassy Suites Hotel @ the Chevy Chase Pavilion4300 Military Road, NWWashington, DC  20015

Community Oncology Alliance and Vital Options International, Inc., are hosting a Cancer Care Advocacy Forum, in Washington, DC on October 24, 2012. This will be the first in a series of forums bringing to light, not only the challenges faced by cancer patients undergoing care, but also potential solutions to those very roadblocks to high quality, affordable cancer care.
REGISTRATION:  To register for this event, CLICK HERE!

What is the Cancer Care Advocacy Forum(s)?

With over 80% of cancer patients being treated in the community/private practice setting, special attention must be paid to the care issues that confront this vast patient population. These individuals are often unaware of current advocacy and public policy initiatives that may affect them, positively or negatively.

As should be, there is a great deal of focus on finding and advocating for the “cure” for cancer. What often gets lost in the process is the importance of advocating for the “care,” especially as the nation’s health care delivery is under increasing economic pressure. Current and future cancer patients are faced with financial, treatment access, and related issues that often increase the burden of simply fighting the disease. The Cancer Care Advocacy Forum will focus on issues linked to cancer “care”   with an emphasis on the care that is received in the community and private practice setting.  The day will bring together national cancer-related advocacy organizations to learn more about the pressing issues and concerns that these cancer patients face, as well as their physicians and nurses, through their treatment process and survivorship journey.  

The goals for the Cancer Care Advocacy Forum are:

• Increase awareness of the issues surrounding community-based cancer “care” among the national cancer advocacy community, including disease-specific and general cancer advocacy groups
• Provide national cancer advocacy organizations with great exposure to the entire cancer care delivery team housed within community oncology practices nationwide.
• Educate attendees about community cancer “care” issues and advocacy
• Raise awareness of cancer care advocacy opportunities and possibilities amongst individuals being treated in the community setting
• Launch an ongoing dialogue by employing social media and other methods surrounding “Advocating for the Care”

Cancer “Care” Issues to be discussed:

• Advocating for the “care” in the context of the “cure”
• Implications of the changing landscape of cancer care for patients
• How health care reform (following the Supreme Court decision) will affect cancer care
• Exchanges, essential benefits design, and over-all cancer care
• Patient cost sharing and co-payment obligations
• New therapy advances on the horizon
• Oncology provider work force forecasts and the future of cancer care
• What’s ahead on the public policy horizon
• Drug shortages and impact on treatment
• Impact to state Medicaid beneficiaries

• When

• Wednesday, October 24, 2012
  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

• Where

• Embassy Suites Hotel at the Chevy Chase Pavilion
  4300 Military Road NW
  Washington, District of Columbia 20015