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Editor’s Note: A small round of balance changes to go with a HUGE update coming up tomorrow! Guest writer Cory has broken down each of the balance changes below.
Giant: Damage decreased by 5%
SC: The Giant will still hit hard after this change – he has really big fists after all – we just wanted to take a little bit of power from his offensive capabilities, as his main role is to soak up damage.
Cory: I still see Giant as an A-tier card after this balance change. However, the damage decrease is a good way to tone down the Giant, and make him more of a tank instead of a hard hitter. Right now, the Giant can do a surprising amount of damage to your tower, with even a little bit of health. This should lower its offensive capabilities by a good amount.
Rage: Elixir cost decreased to 2 (from 3), effect decreased to 30% (from 40%), duration decreased by 2sec
SC: The Rage spell hasn’t seen much usage and is in need of a bigger change, especially with the introduction of the Lumberjack’s “free” Rage. Decreasing the Elixir cost to 2 should make Rage a really viable and exciting combo card!
Cory: I’m excited about this change.. This is a good buff to an underused card. Rage can be used an an alternative as a zap now, with it’s cheap cost and ability to get an extra shot off by an offensive card. The duration nerf isn’t a big deal, as most people use it as a short burst card anyway. I expect to see a lot more Rage after this.
Lumberjack: Rage effect decreased to 30% (from 40%), Rage duration decreased by 2sec
SC: For consistency with the Rage spell changes above.
Cory: Right now the Lumberjack offers a little too much value for four elixir, to this should make the Rage affect a little less effective.
Mirror: Mirrors cards 1 level higher than its own level
SC: We love the surprise element Mirror brings and we’ve been having a blast playtesting this new version! At Tournament Rules card levels, Mirror will bring a truly unique element to your deck, making your cards 1 level higher than the tournament cap! Also, a max level Mirror will create max level +1 cards!
Cory: This is a big change to the Mirror. This makes it an exciting card for maxed players and tournament level battles. It can now Mirror a card and make it past card levels for maxed players, and over tourney standard at tournament level battles. Mirrored goblin barrels can’t be taken out by Zap, and Musketeers can one shot Ice Spirits. Expect to see some crazy gameplay with Mirror users.
Lightning: Stuns targets for 0.5sec
SC: Due to Lightning’s low use rate, and partly for consistency with Zap, we’re adding a brief stun effect to make it more unique and hopefully an interesting addition to some decks.
Cory: This is a big buff. Lightning right now just isn’t as used as much as Rocket, and it’s hard to get good value out of the spell. This should make the card more popular, as it can now reset inferno, sparky and prince charges. A stun effect can change a lot, as seen with one other popular spell. I see a lot of Giant-Lightning in the future, because it can take out Inferno Towers, damage the Crown Tower, and damage one more card. It can also be used on defense, being able to wipe out medium health cards (tank support) and reset Sparkies and Princes.
The Log: Knocks back ALL ground troops
SC: This change will make The Log feel like the Legendary Card it was born to be.
Cory: The log was a good card, but it just didn’t feel unique enough nor powerful enough to be a legendary. This change should finally do the job. Being able to knock back Golems, Sparkies, and resetting Princes can make this a powerful defensive tool. It only costs two elixir too, so it can be frustrating to fight against. However, the knockback can also hurt you: knocking back tanks allows for even bigger pushes.
Bomber: Hitpoints decreased by 2%, Damage increased by 2%
SC: A small tweak to fix a couple of inconsistencies with card interactions at certain levels.
Cory: This fix was most likely to help par it with Ice Wizard. It also feels a lot more like a glass cannon now, with very low health but very high damage.

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It is possible to closely emulate the Interlink DX or Elite with an OpenTX transmitter in RealFlight. This allows using your existing OpenTX transmitter if RealFlight software only is purchased. Since the ArduPilot SITL models for use with RealFlight assume that an Interlink DX is being used, setting up your OpenTX transmitter to exactly emulate it prevents having to change any transmitter settings for its use.
Set up a model in the Transmitter as a model named SIM and program the mixes as below using 100% throws/gains, and no offsets, curves, etc depending on which Interlink controller you wish to mimic. Turn off the internal RF section to conserve power.
These most closely mimic the Interlink controllers’ physical layout. Of course, you can map any OpenTX control/switch to any channel you desire, if you wish a different layout than the Interlink controller.
- RC channel output
- (DX / Elite)
|SE (Note 1)
|SG (Note 1)
- If you are using a QX7, then you will need to use S1 instead of SE as the mode channel (8) if emulating an Interlink DX. Since there is no SG switch, you will not have channel 11.
Currently, when using any controller with SITL flightaxis in RealFlight, only the first 8 channels are passed to the SITL (soon will be upgraded to the first 12), but higher channels can be still used in normal RealFlight simulations, if the model uses them.
Pre-configured OpenTX .otx files for Taranis 9D, QX7, and Horus style transmitters are available here.


A “travel-obsessed” Indian couple was taking a selfie when they plunged to their deaths at a popular overlook in Yosemite National Park last week, a relative said — just months after the duo wrote about having boundaries while taking travel photos.
Vishnu Viswanath, 29, and Meenakshi Moorthy, 30, died after they fell about 800 feet from Taft Point, a popular viewpoint in the California park that doesn’t have a railing to protect visitors from the ledge. Park rangers recovered their bodies last Thursday after people reported seeing an unattended camera on a tripod, Viswanath's brother, Jishnu Viswanath, told the Associated Press.
Jishnu Viswanath said Moorthy had set up the tripod by the ledge last Tuesday possibly to take a selfie. Rangers had arrived at the scene Thursday and "used high-powered binoculars to find them and used helicopters to airlift the bodies.”
The National Park Service said the incident is under investigation.
Viswanath and Moorthy married four years ago in southern India, said Dr. Nisha Kuruvilla, a professor who knew the couple. Viswanath had been working as a software engineer at Cisco India’s San Jose, California, headquarters.
The duo’s married life was detailed in a travel blog called "Holidays and HappilyEverAfters,” where they wrote about their recent vacations and posted photos of themselves in front of landscapes and monuments such as the Eiffel tower.
On the now-deactivated blog, they described themselves as people “diagnosed with the ‘curious case of interminable travel bug’ and a huge believer of ‘happily-ever-afters.’” But they also talked about having limits when it comes to taking dangerous travel photos.
In a March 28 Instagram post, Moorthy questioned, “Is our life just worth one photo?”
“Yeah sure it can be limitless but guys, we reaaaallly need to have boundaries(this is handy as life lessons too but we will revisit that later),” Moorthy wrote along with a photo of herself at the Grand Canyon. “A lot of us including yours truly is a fan of daredevilry attempts of standing at the edge of cliffs and skyscrapers, but did you know that wind gusts can be FATAL???”
“When we squirm at another selfie attempt gone south from a skyscraper, let’s remember to save that in our core memory and not the memory dump,” she added.
Moorthy admitted she was “guilty as charged” for risking her life for a photo, but credited her husband for keeping her in check.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Sorry everyone! ‘Tis been a long time since posting on here before today. I hope you enjoy both of my articles about my two books, The Williams House and Treasure on the Southern Moor.
I have not posted for a little while because I’ve been updating my YouTube equipment and working on my third novel. Both things are coming along well, albeit slow. If you are concerned because none of my YouTube videos work from this past semester, don’t worry! I have created a video discussing what my YouTube channel will be about in this upcoming year (below). In short, I’ve moved my previous videos from last year to private for now, but I will be recreating them with my better equipment, so hang tight! More content will be coming out shortly.
Joshua Reynolds on Conservative Cornerstones – Author of Children’s Books, Young Adult, Historical Fiction / Family Stories – Finding Conservative Thought in Olde Books. Check out my Authoring Conservatism Post. Look up my two books, The Williams House and Treasure on the Southern Moor in my bookstore!

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The 2nd season of Little Black Book is upon us and a big reveal has just been confirmed.
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Nollywood legend Kanayo. O. Kanayo and Bimbo Akintola have joined the cast of the much anticipated second season of TNC Africa’s Little Black Book Series.
The two Nollywood veterans are set to thrill fans of the show as their addition complements the higher stakes of the upcoming season.
The first season of Little Black Book told the story of Tade (Teniola Aladese), a brilliant business developer trying to get her life back on track after a series of failures, and Leo (Ikechukwu Onunaku), a millionaire hotel entrepreneur defying the odds to keep his business in the green, and a little black book of gorgeous women, unfolding truths and hidden desires between them.
K.O.K will be playing the role of Captain Igwe, Leo’s father.
Last season had hinted at an estranged relationship between father and son; this season is offering a full insight into the nature of their relationship.
TNC Africa is keeping the details of Bimbo’s role under wraps but from the first few pictures released from the set, it looks like she’s in the thick of the drama.
Other cast members joining this new season of Little Black Book include Nengi Adoki, star of the critically-acclaimed Juju Stories, as well as her co-actor in the film, Paul Utomi, Michael Ejoor, Moet Abebe, Jude Chukwuka, and Helena Nelson from MTV Shuga. A fine blend of the old and young, following TNC Africa’s formula of sourcing the best talents to tell truly original African stories.
Little Black Book’s returning cast includes Ikechukwu Onunaku, Teniola Aladese, Anee Icha, Floyd Igbo, Jeffrey Kanu, and Bimitan Adegoke. Season 2 which is currently in production has Belinda Yanga-Agedah directing and Adaugo Uzoma (Juju Stories, Mami Wata) producing.
The writers of the new season are Sally Kenneth Dadzie who is the writer of the book series Little Black Book is adapted from, along with writer and poet, Marycolette Matiki.
Viewers had been left in a state of suspense at the last season’s finale with Leo and Tade insisting on keeping things strictly business between themselves, and Cris (Floyd Igbo) and Dami (Anee Icha), broken up. According to Olawale Adetula, CEO of TNC Africa, this season will reveal the fate and future of those relationships. It is also poised to satisfy the curiosity of the eponymous Mr. Leo’s little black book.
The release date for the next season is yet to be announced but viewers can look to watch it soon only on TNC Africa’s YouTube channel.
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Earlier this week, New Jersey Policy Perspective President Brandon McKoy outlined direct action that must be taken immediately to advance racial equity for New Jersey. The steps include:
- Equitable state and local budgets that require the wealthy to pay their fair share and fully fund crucial investments in such building blocks of a healthy economy as quality education, reliable and accessible transportation, and safe, affordable places to live;
- Closing youth prisons that disproportionately jail children of color;
- Creating and enabling civilian police review boards in every community;
- Ending the prohibition of cannabis and the militarized War on Drugs;
- Expanding access to quality health care, especially for children and people who can become pregnant, regardless of their immigration status;
- Eliminating exclusionary zoning ordinances that effectuate redlining and fuel racist residential and educational segregation;
- Improving the health of our democracy by expanding the right to vote and reducing the influence of money in elections.
If you are asking, “What can I do to advance racial justice?” click on one or more of the links above and follow through. To read McKoy’s full statement, click here.

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Jeremy Paxman’s Britain’s Great War finished its four-part broadcast on BBC 1 last week. Billed as the BBC’s flagship centenary programme, and the starting point for its commemorative activities, which now appear to reaching fever pitch in advance of the launch of the regional and online World War One at Home project, despite it only being February, the programme was a bit of a curate’s egg, although one that, on the whole, I enjoyed.
Four hours to cover the entire course of the First World War, principally from the perspective of the British ‘home front’, although with bits and pieces about the Western Front tucked in as well, is not a lot, and many topics were, inevitably, simplified or simply omitted. To some extent, this doesn’t matter. The BBC has, as it keeps informing us, over 2,500 hours of programming devoted to the war planned for the centenary years and many of the topics, including the global reach of the war, the relationships between Britain and her allies and even straightforward military history will, doubtless, be dealt with elsewhere and in more detail.
Other aspects were more troubling. Choosing to focus, often in some detail, on particular topics ended up giving an oddly skewed impression. Shell shock and facial disfigurement, currently vying for the status of symbolic wound of the war, were by no means the only life-altering medical conditions that men survived with, yet there was no mention of disease, amputation or the long-term affects of gas. Fronts beyond the Western Front had little impact on this narrative of war, despite their impact on the consciousness of the British population at the time. And the limiting of the discussion of the importance of letters to a brief section on the postal system and the perspective of a single officer on the process of censoring letters was, for me as someone who has worked extensively on the letters men wrote home, extremely reductive.
Which brings me to the real problem I had with the programme, which has at its hearts a fairly fundamental contradiction. Paxman has gained many plaudits for his authoritative and, on the whole, sensitive presentation of a range of material which was new to many viewers and which reflected many of the more cutting-edge and original arguments made in recent years by academic historians. He also interviewed a number of people, most memorably the centenarian Violet Muers, whose eye-witness account of the German bombardment of Hartlepool made for powerful television. But not one of these interviewees was a professional historian, a deliberate decision on the part of the producers who wanted to use the programme to emphasize familial connections between the war and their audience.
This in itself is not a problem. As programmes such as ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ have shown, family connections to the past make for good television and are a powerful way of connecting contemporary audiences to history. It is the attempt to combine cutting-edge historical arguments with the perspective of the interested descendent that creates issues. Because the overall effect was to invest all the authority for the arguments made entirely in Paxman himself. And while he is an authoritative figure, and I can well believe read widely around the subject and come to his own conclusions about what points to make, he is not, in fact, the historian who has undertaken the research that backs so many of the claims he made over the course of the programme.
Some of that research has been done by programme’s historical adviser, Adrian Gregory, who published The Last Great War (Cambridge University Press, 2008), an excellent piece of social history that is both scholarly and accessible and which I would highly recommend to anyone interested in the topic. Presumably the interested audience member would be able to pick Adrian’s name from the credits and track down his publications if they wanted to read more about the subject. But Adrian’s is not the only original research to influence Paxman’s arguments. David Cannadine’s The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy (Yale University Press, 1990), Dan Todman’s The Great War: Myth and Memory (Hambledon and London, 2005), Michael Roper’s The Secret Battle: Emotional Survival in the Great War (Manchester University Press, 2009) and, most recently of all, Laura Ugolini’s Civvies: Middle-Class Men on the English Home Front (Manchester University Press, 2013) all contributed to at least some part of the argument being made. And these are simply the works that spring most immediately to mind, reflecting as they do my own particular research interests. With greater concentration (and rather more time at my disposal), I suspect I could compile a further reading list of recent scholarly research so extensive as to be potentially daunting to an undergraduate, let alone a curious but not obsessive Monday night television viewer.
The problem this highlights is the fact that, as there are no footnotes on television, how do professional historians (both academic and otherwise) working on the history of the First World War ensure that their work is properly acknowledged? Many have spent a great deal of time and effort, not to mention funds, sourcing and interpreting the primary source material, as well as formulating the arguments that Paxman so authoritatively deploys. For academic historians, this work forms the basis of their professional reputations and the intellectual capital that they deploy to make a living. As such, that work needs to be recognised not simply by specialists but, if those arguments are going to be deployed more widely, then by all those who are making use of them. This is not merely good manners; it is the very foundation of intellectual exchange and honesty. But how to do this in a way that is both engaging to a broad non-specialist audience and is fair to researchers remains something that needs urgently to be discussed. I have been mooting the idea of topic-specific further reading lists to be publicised alongside future programmes, but who compiles these and how their time is paid for remains an open question. Equally problematic, from the perspective of engagement, is the ethics of recommending books that may have cover prices beyond not merely the interested individual but also the cash-strapped local library. The Cambridge History of the First World War may be one of the most important recent publications on the subject, but at £90 a volume (£240 for all three), it is hardly going to have a wide circulation beyond university and other specialist libraries.
There is also the related problem in the BBC’s apparent fear of historians as specialist commentators, at least in relation to its most prominent offerings on the First World War. While BBC 2 and BBC 4 television both seem willing to interview historians as specialists, BBC 1 so far prefers to use Paxman, Kate Adie and Dan Snow for almost all commentary related to the First World War. Regional radio, working in partnership with the AHRC, has made extensive use of specialist historical knowledge in producing the World War One at Home project. It remains to be seen how the programme is received more widely, but as a researcher and contributor it has, to date, been a positive and highly informative experience. Yet Woman’s Hour has run a number of features on First World War topics (including Edith Cavell and the aftermath of the war) with no input from historians, despite there being not merely experts but indeed female experts in these fields who might have added useful perspective.* And the major on-line offering, the interactive guides to various aspects of the war, are predominantly fronted by either media personalities or those with contemporary professional interests in the subject, with historical expertise usually tucked away at the end.** This is the most public and accessible display of historical knowledge of the war that the BBC is providing, yet the role of the historian in all of this is too often hidden and unacknowledged. This is troubling given that most historians are fundamentally communicators, interested in ensuring that other people know about the work they do and the stories that they uncover. And many are not only presentable but are capable of learning the skills necessary to engage with a popular audience. Indeed, in the current academic climate, with its emphasis on impact and engagement, many are not merely willing but feel compelled to do so, whether through formal media training or less formal practices including blogging.
None of this, of course, is new or specific to the centenary of the First World War, or even to the popular media. Recent impassioned blogs by Matt Houlbrook and Lesley Hall point to the pervasiveness of the potential for mistreatment and exploitation of academics, particularly early-career researchers, by both the media and well-known established historians (and their publishers). For historians of the First World War, however, this centenary moment presents both a challenge and an opportunity, to ensure not only that our research, in all its originality, is made accessible to a wide audience, but that we gain due credit for we have done and are doing, both those of us who choose to work directly with media outlets and those who do not. There are no easy answers as to how we do this, but the moment to have the discussions is too opportune to be missed.
In the meantime, I will start compiling my further reading list, to be posted on here at a later date. Please do get in touch if there is a particular volume that you think should have been cited in relation to Paxman’s programme (preferably with a note as to the bit it relates to) and I will make sure it is included.
*The special extended programme on 5th February made excellent use of Professor Joanna Bourke and Professor Maggie Andrews as commentators, but again, Kate Adie and Baroness Shirley Williams were the guests who names featured most prominently in the publicity.
**Honourable exceptions here are Gary Sheffield and Sam Willis.

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Uremia develops. The body is unable to remove many of the toxins that originate from food and internal metabolism ;this leads to multiple malfunctions including hypertension, fluid retention, anemia, and eventually death from uremia.
Uremia. When the kidneys fail, usually a slow process, the blood collects toxins including urea - mostly end products of metabolism and you will get extremely sick. It is commonly associated with changes in blood pressure and requires serious attention by a renal specialist. Sometimes a kidney transplantation might be needed.

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Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition is now available on PC as a digital download on Steam and at retail. The game will run you $19.99/€19.99. The game runs at 60 frames per second and those who pre-ordered through Steam were handed a digital soundtrack and artbook. The game contains Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Trading Cards, global leaderboards, full game controller support and previously released bonus content. System requirements and more information can be found through the links.
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Chair Strip with Cranes and Lantern
Silk and metallic-thread tapestry (kesi)
Overall: 63 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (160.7 x 52.1 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Katherine S. Dreier, 1953
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This chair strip was appropriate for multiple occasions. Textiles with lantern patterns were frequently used as seasonal decorations for celebrations of the annual Lantern Festival, which occurs on the night of the first full moon of the Lunar New Year. The generally auspicious crane motif is associated with both longevity and career success. It also serves as the symbol for the highest rank of civil officials.
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KANSAS CITY – New research has shown that one in five rural Americans lives with mental illness — and in some remote areas, it can be difficult to access treatment. That’s why the federal government is working with rural communities to address those access issues with additional funding.
Michael Fallahkhair is the senior adviser in the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. He said the proportion of rural Americans with mental illness is higher than that of people living in urban areas, mostly because of a lack of access to treatment.
“That's been a pretty consistent trend for as long as sort of data has been tracked. And I think with a pandemic, honestly, it's actually gotten much worse,” Fallahkhair said. “And some of those challenges are really about why we have the programs that we have at the Federal Office of Rural Health.”
Driving 40 miles to an appointment or waiting three months for an appointment while you’re in a mental health crisis is not ideal or accessible for most people. So one solution is the expansion of telehealth services.
“Telehealth could be a variety of things. It could simply be that you pick up the phone and you talk to your provider, you could have a video call with them as well,” he said. “Or they could have remote monitoring, which means that they have a device that sort of helps the provider see what's happening with the patient, even over long distances, and then when something happens, they're able to get in touch with them.”
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Extract from my forthcoming novel “Gaia”
“Rivulets connected, dripping slowly across the supple curve of her back. She felt a tug at the apex of buttock and thigh and a nagging taughtness ensued. His eyes followed over every cell. Stillness. Motionless. But inside, waves of energy expand, growing, flowing, unleashed.
But his eyes still raged and bored their way deep into her flesh, like a tunneling worm through dank, moist soil. This was her sanctuary though; surely his validation was worthless here? Wasn’t this one place, one moment, where he couldn’t penetrate?
I am strong. I am unbreakable. I am self-assured. Nothing and no one can control me.
She twisted one leg gracefully towards her chin in a sweeping arc and held there; shaking, biting down on plump lower lip but poised for what was to come. Snapping eyes shut, he appeared again, the force of the blows a mere brush against her skin; a wisp of broken web across the face, on a fading summer evening.
Then blackness. She felt herself slipping. Diving headfirst into a thick lagoon of unending depth.
What are you doing? What are you even saying?
Further and further into the abyss. Lower and lower into the dark recesses of the mind.
I am nothing. I am worthless. I deserve only pain and suffering. Nothing and no one can save me.
She shuddered, feeling each strike with increasing intensity but refused to cave, refused to unbalance.
Only in the darkest moments will the greatest light be revealed.
She pressed delicate palms to floor and drove with speed and elegance and all her power, feet kicking towards those callous eyes, jamming into that bristled jaw she had enjoyed the harshness of for so long……too long. There it held; a glistening, smooth, arrow-like limb, awaiting its next target.
Snaking a deliberate path to earth, the leg joined its twin, tensed and muscular, in harmony with mind once more.
I love you, she forced
I love you, she stammered
I love you, she wished
I love you, she believed
I love you, she knew
I am Camilla and I love you unconditionally, she said, gazing into the glassy lake.
Pelvis thrust towards the stars, back arched, limbs curved in geometric precision, the lone sculpturist carved the empty field with a vision of her new self; bending not to his will but to a different, solitary pathway. She returned to breath; rhythmic, slow, patient – like the pendant of a grandfather clock, never faulting, always unnered.
Camilla felt a pinch – nothing more than tired muscles brushed by a brisk evening breeze. Welcome pain. Transient. Clouds fade to black as pain fades to glory; the glory only this ancient art-form could wrench from her.
Stillness grows within as it mirrors without; palms to sky, back to ground, soul to a place far beyond the physical.
Never again, she whispered.


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This design by Mill Hill is a fun pattern that combines cross stitch and beading. The kit has everything you need, including detailed instructions, so it's a great choice if you have always wanted to try adding beads to your cross stitch.
Stitched on perforated paper, it's super easy to finish - just trim the edges and pop it in a frame. This piece is designed to fit in the coordinating 8" x 8" matte black frame (sold separately).
- 14-Count perforated paper
- 100% cotton embroidery floss
- Bead embellishments
- Stitching chart and detailed instructions
- Finished size: 7" X 7"
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SINGAPORE — The Indonesian government remains concerned about the threat posed by the self-described Islamic State, despite the group’s recent territorial losses in Iraq and Syria including the ceding of the key city of Ramadi to the Iraqi army in late December. “Indonesia is very vulnerable,” said Dewi Fortuna Anwar, an adviser to Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla, airing Jakarta’s fears that Indonesian members of IS could return home to carry out terrorist attacks. “We are exploring the role played by religious leaders to develop counter narratives,” Anwar said, discussing the ideological appeal of the extremist group to hundreds of Indonesians thought to have traveled to Iraq and Syria in recent years. Anwar was speaking in Singapore at a regional forum organized by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
VIENTIANE — The capital of Laos is a low-rise, low-key city, especially when compared with the hulking high-rises and bustling streets of better known Southeast Asian cities such as Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. But Vientiane is fast shedding its sedate reputation amid a building boom ahead of a series of international summits that will bring U.S. President Barack Obama, China’s President Xi Jinping and a host of other world leaders to the city in 2016. Construction cranes tower over the city’s two- and three-storey shophouses and hotels — the din of diggers and drills drowning out the once quiet capital’s increasingly dense traffic. “So many shopping malls now — around 20 going up all around the city,” said Pouthong Sengchanh, standing over a model of the Vientiane New World project — a mix of shops, restaurants and offices newly stretching along the city’s Mekong riverfront.
JAKARTA — In a small fourth-floor office amid a jumble of buildings that make up Indonesia’s trade ministry, several staff members work on pamphlets and posters to inform Indonesian businesses about the new Economic Community of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, known as AEC. “It is mostly smaller businesses we talk to. They need the information about the AEC more than the big companies, who know about it already,” said Firlana Herva Mulia at the AEC Center. “They ask us about the opportunities, the strategy, the best way to deal with the AEC.” Many of her AEC Center colleagues are out on the road, part of a last-minute drive to spread the word to businesses in rural Java.
JAKARTA — After a year waging war on foreigners fishing illegally in the country’s waters, Indonesia’s straight-talking maritime minister wants to make the fight a global one and have such activities declared a transnational crime. “I’m pushing for illegal fishing to be a transnational crime, as there are too many other crimes linked to it, such as arms-smuggling, drugs,” said Susi Pudjiastuti, a businesswoman who was appointed Indonesia’s minister of maritime affairs and fisheries in October 2014 by President Joko Widodo, also a former entrepreneur. “We are starting now. Papua New Guinea, Norway, seems they agree. A few European countries will agree with us, Pacific countries, a few of them,” Pudjiastuti told the Nikkei Asian Review.
SOLO — In Indonesia’s recent local elections, Hadi Rudyatmo, a former sidekick of President Joko Widodo, seemed set to easily retain the mayor’s job in this city of around half a million people in central Java. But that does not say much about the current standing of Widodo himself in the national political scene. The nationwide vote for mayors and other local government positions was staged on Dec. 9. Although the country’s election commission is not due to announce results until Dec.18, provisional results indicate that Rudyatmo is likely to win Solo with around 60% of the vote. Siska Sitiawan Sanjaya and her brother Sandro voted together in central Solo early on polling day. Both opted for the incumbent who, like his better-known predecessor as mayor and current president, Widodo, goes by a nickname. “I choose Rudy,” Siska said. “I think he can manage Solo city well, and can make it better.”
JAKARTA — Local elections will be held simultaneously across Indonesia for the first time on Wednesday, after the issue of whether to directly elect mayors and other local government leaders spurred ructions, recriminations and walkouts in the national parliament last year. Back then, parties supporting President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who had just been elected to office, voted to retain the decade-old system of direct local elections, but the parties backing the losing presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto, successfully voted to scrap it. Given that Indonesia had just elected Widodo, a former governor of Jakarta and mayor of Surakarta, as president, the assault on voters’ rights prompted a massive public outcry. The backlash was strong enough to not only prompt then-President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to issue a decree overturning the vote, but convinced parliament to boost the status of local elections. “There are 365 days in the year, there are more than 540 election locations,” Arief Budiman, a commissioner at the KPU, the Indonesian election commission, told the Nikkei Asian Review. “Before, we were constantly monitoring another election.”
KUALA LUMPUR — Laos, as the incoming chair of the 2016 Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has urged member states to agree on a region-wide regime for Special Economic Zones, which have proliferated in recent years. “We think that a framework for Special Economic Zones would be good to set up because we see that in each ASEAN member state, we develop different economic zones,” Laos Minister of Industry and Commerce Khemmani Pholsena told a business forum in Kuala Lumpur during the recent ASEAN summit. Whether Laos can persuade other governments in the region to sign up for a level SEZ playing field is questionable — despite the signing of the ASEAN community in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 22, just hours before Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak ceded the chairmanship of ASEAN to Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong. “SEZs in Malaysia and the industrial estates in the eastern seaboard of Thailand are much more advanced than SEZs in CLMV [an abbreviation for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam]. Therefore, to create a common set of rules might be difficult,” said Vanthana Nolintha.
KUALA LUMPUR — It must have been through gritted teeth, but Malaysia’s troubled Prime Minister Najib Razak affected a sanguine air when asked about his reaction to U.S. President Barack Obama’s comments on the recent crackdown on dissent during their meeting on Nov. 20. “Malaysia is committed to reforms,” Najib said.The Malaysian prime minster added that he is “taking into account some of the president’s views” on freedom of speech and the role of civil society in a democracy — a contribution Obama sees as significant given that while in Kuala Lumpur he also met with the organizer of a demonstration in August demanding Najib’s resignation. Since a narrow 2013 election win, Najib has overseen the charging of hundreds of journalists, activists, cartoonists and lawmakers with sedition, while opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been sent back to jail for allegedly sodomizing a male colleague — a criminal offence in Malaysia. “Najib has been in a touchy mode since the May 5, 2013 general elections. He does not seem to take criticism very well, and so I imagine that Obama meeting opposition people upset Najib,” said James Chin, director of the Asia Institute at the University of Tasmania.
KUALA LUMPUR — Obama held a separate press conference at a plush hotel away from the summit venue, where he repeated his view that the war in Syria — the seedbed for IS — was the fault of the Assad government, against which the U.S. has funded opposition militia groups. “It is not conceivable that Mr. Assad can regain legitimacy in a country in which a large majority of that country despises Assad, and will not stop fighting so long as he’s in power,” Obama said, at around the same time a terror threat forced the diversion to Canada of a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to New York, while Belgian capital Brussels, the European Union headquarters, remained in lockdown due to “a serious and imminent threat,” according to Prime Minister Charles Michel.

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Jim Barreira Promoted to President of Harvey Building Products
April 4, 2013
Harvey Building Products promoted Jim Barreira to president, succeeding Alan Marlow, who will transition to the role of advisor and remain on the company’s board of directors.
“Jim has been instrumental in building our vinyl window business,” says Erik Jarnryd, co-chairman and CEO of Harvey. “Our employees, customers and business partners enjoy working with Jim, and value his leadership skills.”
Barreira joined Harvey in 1979, with responsibilities in manufacturing and administration. In 1991, Jim became vice president of manufacturing and the youngest officer in Harvey's history. In 2005, he was promoted to executive vice president and general manager.

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I am thrilled to be sharing my review of this brilliant new release by Mark Tilbury. LAST ONE TO SEE HER is an edge of your seat, adrenaline pumping psychological thriller and I loved every page.
LAST ONE TO SEE HER
Author – Mark Tilbury
Genre – Crime Fiction
Publication date – 4th June 2020
He says he is innocent. So why did he lie?
Mathew Hillock was the last person to see eleven-year-old Jodie Willis alive. When her dead body turns up four days later in his garden shed, the police think he’s guilty of her murder. So do most people in the town. But there’s no DNA evidence to link him to the crime.
Battling the weight of public opinion and mental illness due to a childhood head trauma, he sinks into a deep depression.
Can Mathew do what the police failed to do and find evidence linking the real killer to the crime?
The Last One to See Her is a terrifying story of what happens when you’re accused of a crime and no one believes you are innocent.
I do love Mark’s books he tends to write stories that are different to the norm so I was very excited to read this. The story is told from the perspective of the Hillock family which makes a change from the usual detective stories as the police take a minor role.
I wasn’t disappointed the book starts with the violent murder that sets the scene and gets the adrenaline pumping and from then on the reader is taken on a bumpy ride full of twists and turns and red herrings all the way to the jaw-dropping ending.
It took me a while to work out where the murder in the prologue fitted in to the story but all was to be revealed as events unfolded but I was totally unprepared for the truth when it was revealed. The identity of the murderer did cross my mind on occasions but was soon discarded as being very unlikely so the intrigue and suspense continued to build all the way through.
Mathew is brain damaged but is very much loved by his family. He has a premonition that something bad is going to happen but nobody takes him seriously. He sees a young girl on her way home from running an errand but they suffers a fugue and is missing a few hours of time. A few hours of very critical time. Where did he go? What did he see? What did he do? These are questions nobody can answer.
I love Mathew I think the author has skilfully created a character that portrays the difficulties and issues that affect the brain damaged sympathetically and realistically. The other characters are also of the same calibre with there own individuality.
An excellent read from a very talented author that will appeal to readers of crime fiction.
Mark Tilbury author bio
Mark lives in a small village in the lovely county of Cumbria, although his books are set in Oxfordshire where he was born and raised.
After being widowed and raising his two daughters, Mark finally took the plunge and self-published two books on Amazon, The Revelation Room and The Eyes of the Accused.
He’s always had a keen interest in writing, and is extremely proud to have had seven novels published by Bloodhound Books. His latest novel, The Last One To See Her will be published 4th June 2020.
When he’s not writing, Mark can be found playing guitar, reading and walking.


Wire sweep analysis for 16L SOIC package.
Gao, Zheng Yu.
Date of Issue2002
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
In this paper, we will analyses the root cause of wire sweep and using CAE tools to simulate mold flow in the mold chase and optimize mold chase design. Taguchi Methods, DOE is also using to optimize molding process. 16L SOIC is our test vehicle, our target is reduce wire sweep from more than 10% to less than 5%.
Nanyang Technological University


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Comparing the Effectiveness of IV and Oral Acetaminophen in Managing Postop Pain
Acetaminophen is commonly included in multimodal pain management protocols for total joint arthroplasty patients. It is effective in managing postoperative pain and has few contraindications.
With intravenous (IV) acetaminophen now readily available, is it time to replace the oral form of the drug in these protocols? Would that improve pain management while patients are in the hospital or ambulatory surgery center?
The answer is unclear: Few studies have evaluated the clinical benefits of IV acetaminophen versus oral acetaminophen.
In a study presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, researchers from the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York sought to answer the question, at least for total hip arthroplasty (THA). They hypothesized that THA patients who received IV acetaminophen would have less pain with activity and use fewer opioids, thus experiencing fewer opioid-related side effects, than patients who received oral acetaminophen.
As it turned out, IV and oral acetaminophen worked equally well.
“At a time when healthcare costs are increasingly under the microscope, the study supports the use of oral acetaminophen, which is less costly and less invasive to administer,” said Geoffrey Westrich, MD, the Director of Research for the Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement Service at Hospital for Special Surgery, who presented the study.
The study has also been published online in advance of print publication in the Journal of Arthroplasty.
The double-blinded study included 154 patients who underwent THA at Hospital for Special Surgery and were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups:
- Oral acetaminophen with an IV placebo
- IV acetaminophen with an oral placebo
In addition to the study drug and placebo, all patients received standard multimodal pain management consisting of:
- Spinal-epidural anesthesia
- Epidural analgesia with bupivacaine and clonidine
- IV ketorolac
- Oral meloxicam
- Oral tramadol as needed for mild or moderate pain
- Oral oxycodone as needed for severe pain
The researchers set 3 primary outcomes for the study:
- Pain with physical therapy on POD1
- Opioid Related Symptom Distress Scale score on POD1
- Cumulative opioid use for the first 3 postoperative days
Although they said the results may be different for a different multimodal pain management protocol, the researchers found no significant differences in these outcomes for patients in both arms of this study.
“Patients in both groups had low pain scores with activity, minimal opioid-related side effects, and limited opioid usage,” Dr. Westrich said. “The big picture highlights multimodal analgesia overall as an effective method of pain control after joint replacement surgery.”
Westrich GH, Birch G, Muskat A, Padgett DE, Goytizolo E, Bostrom MPG, Mayman DJ, Lin Y, YaDeau J. IV vs. Oral Acetaminophen as a Component of Multimodal Analgesia After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Double Blinded, Controlled Trial (Paper 136). Presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 12-16, Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Westrich GH, Birch G, Muskat A, Padgett DE, Goytizolo E, Bostrom MPG, Mayman DJ, Lin Y, YaDeau J.IV vs. oral acetaminophen as a component of multimodal analgesia after total hip arthroplasty: a randomized, blinded trial. J Arthroplasty. Article in press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2019.02.030.


Drag queens raise money for leukemia May 21
"The Lipstickdivas: Queens for a Cause" drag queen show hits town to perform 9 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at Duffy’s Hangar, 2275 McGilchrist St. SE.
The performance, which is a benefit for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, is co-hosted by Ivanaha Fusionn and Kertie St. James, and it features Diva Dott, Kimber Shade and Vajayjay.
Fusionn, a travelling performer, has been co-organizing the show for four years. The touring event visits 22 cities in six states, but it has not been in Salem since last year.
Cost is $10. Doors open at 7 p.m.
For information, go to facebook.com/events/1749089425326589.
Email firstname.lastname@example.org, call 503-399-6671, or follow on Twitter @CarleeWrightSJ
iTunes chart topper brings comedy to Salem May 21
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“Even though my veterinary practice is in South Tampa and Courteous Canine is a bit of a drive for my clients, I recommend Angelica and Courteous Canine to all my clients. I firmly believe Courteous Canine has the best dog training in all of Tampa. I have completed puppy kindergarten classes with several dogs, basic agility and the Control Unleashed reactive dog class, as well as had in-home and onsite behavior consultations with my own dogs through Courteous Canine over the past 8 years. I have also referred hundreds of my clients and their dogs for puppy classes and behavior consultations with Courteous Canine. I trust Angelica’s experience and judgment on complicated behavior cases and I know all the trainers at Courteous Canine employ only positive reinforcement training methods and are enthusiastic educators.”
-Dr. Shelley Harper, Owner Hyde Park Veterinary Clinic
We offer classes for dogs of every age and every level of obedience. From playful puppies to teaching old dogs new tricks, we work with dogs of any age and any dog breed. **We specialize in challenging and difficult to train dogs, problem solving, house training, and overcoming aggressive behaviors.***
Our classes build the bond between man’s best friend and his family, and we can also help dogs turn pro as animal actors, service and therapy dogs, or competitors in agility, disc dog, fun scent games and dog dock jumping.
Enroll and Go Program for 6-Session Basic Manners, Puppy Kindergarten and All-Age Manners Group Classes
Courteous Canine, Inc. DogSmith of Tampa is offering Enroll and Go for Basic Manners, Puppy Kindergarten and All-Age Basic Manners Group classes. This means clients choose a day and time that works for them, enroll and can IMMEDIATELY start in the class. All students in the class will be working at their own level simultaneously.
- Start then class when it fits your schedule
- Attend your class as it fits your schedule.
- Take up to ten weeks to complete your six classes.
- Customized training within the group class curriculum.
- Total flexiblity.
- No waiting for start dates. Enroll when you are ready.
- We provide a card that stores your information and charts your progress
- Never miss a session again and no need to schedule make ups.
How it works:
Pick a group class –> Pick a day and time that fits your schedule –> Sign up for that class –> Attend as it fits your schedule until the six sessions are complete (within ten weeks)
Our services include:
- Basic Manners for puppies and adult dogs puppies that attend every class can qualify for the AKC Star Puppy Program
- Second level **AKC Canine Good Citizen manners & Pet Therapy preparation
- Really reliable coming when called a very popular group class
- Problem behavior modification including: poor impulse control, dog bite prevention, Excessive chewing/creating household damage, stressed and shyness, lack of focus, inappropriate barking and lunging/dog with issues, and separation anxiety
- Trick training or Dog Dancing just for fun or to go pro as a dog or cat actor
- Agility at the introductory, intermediate or advanced levels
- Pushball also called Treibball this is a fun new sport were dogs herd balls into goals
- Fun Scent Games a popular program that teaches dogs to eventually find a specific odor or food
- Dog dock jumping at the introductory, intermediate or advanced levels
- Assistance/Service dog training
- Have a feisty feline? No problem. We also offer cat training with a private instructor!
The following holiday times we will not be offering group class services:
- 4th of July
- Labor Day
- Halloween evening
- Thanksgiving day
- Christmas eve
- Christmas day
- New years eve pm classes cancelled
- New years day
If you have any additional questions regarding holidays, please contact your instructor.

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The guided journey continues as Ilene Segalove takes readers through her self-awareness journaling program in 40 Days and 40 Nights.
The book accompanies readers on a 40-day guided excursion of personal growth, discovery, and self-inquiry.
* Carefully selected prompts lead the reader on a path of self-discovery and change.
About Llene Segalove
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Published March 17, 2009
by Andrews McMeel Publishing.
Religion & Spirituality, Self Help.


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OFFICE of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR: John Pruett ()
LOCATION: 35 Court Square, Room 102, West Plains, MO. 65548
PHONE: (417) 255-0350
The Office of Public Administrator is an elected position and is governed pursuant to the Revised Statutes of Missouri, chapter §473. Pursuant to RSMo §473.730, every county in this state, except the City of St. Louis, shall elect a public administrator at the general election in the year 1880, and every four years thereafter, who shall be ex officio public guardian and conservator in and for the public administrator's county. A candidate for public administrator shall be at least twenty-one years of age and a resident of the state of Missouri and the county in which he or she is a candidate for at least one year prior to the date of the general election for such office. The candidate shall also be a registered voter and shall be current in the payment of all personal and business taxes. Each candidate for public administrator shall provide to the election authority a copy of a signed affidavit from a surety company, indicating that the candidate meets the bond requirements for the office of public administrator under this section. The secretary of state shall notify each election authority of the requirements of this section. The secretary of state will provide the necessary forms to assure compliance of the requirements of this section.
Before entering on the duties of the public administrator's office, the public administrator shall take the oath required by the constitution, and enter into bond to the state of Missouri in a sum not less than ten thousand dollars, with one or more securities, approved by the court and conditioned that the public administrator will faithfully discharge all the duties of the public administrator's office, which bond shall be given and oath of office taken on or before the first day of January following the public administrator's election, and it shall be the duty of the judge of the court to require the public administrator to make a statement annually, under oath, of the amount of property in the public administrator's hands or under the public administrator's control as such administrator, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of bond necessary to secure such property; and such court may from time to time, as occasion shall require, demand additional security of such administrator, and, in default of giving the same within twenty days after such demand, may remove the administrator and appoint another.
The public administrator in all counties, in the performance of the duties required by chapters §473, §474, and §475, is a public officer. The duties specified by sections §475.120 and §475.343 are discretionary. The county shall defend and indemnify the public administrator against any alleged breach of duty, provided that any such alleged breach of duty arose out of an act or omission occurring within the scope of duty or employment.
After January 1, 2001, all salaried public administrators shall be considered county officials for purposes of section §50.333, subject to the minimum salary requirements set forth in section §473.742.
The public administrator for the City of St. Louis shall be appointed by a majority of the circuit judges and associate circuit judges of the twenty-second judicial circuit, en banc. Such public administrator shall meet the same qualifications and requirements specified in subsection 1 of this section for elected public administrators. The elected public administrator holding office on August 28, 2013, shall continue to hold such office for the remainder of his or her term.


Medical big data – ‘the totality of data related to patient healthcare and wellbeing’ has grown exponentially in recent years as new technologies enable the capture of patient data at an unprecedented volume and rate. In medicine, analysis of big data has helped cut the crippling cost of healthcare and improved patients’ quality of life.
Despite these benefits the reality is that big data is not always good data - and without good governance it can conversely lead to inefficient spend, and even poor medical decisions. So how can healthcare professionals navigate the data minefield and be sure their data is robust enough to help improve healthcare in the real world?
Sources of Medical Big Data
Sources for obtaining medical data are increasing daily. In addition to traditional collection methods, such as patient and doctor-reported data, insurance claims, prescriptions and clinical trials, huge volumes of data are now collected through technology. It is increasingly common for consumers to own a personal health tracker such as a FitBit or Apple Watch for example and according to Juniper Research, activity trackers are going to be used by more than 1 in 5 Americans by 2021. Web searches, social media and mobile devices all generate real time, personal information and mean healthcare data is now estimated to make up 30% of the world’s daily data production.
Benefits of Big Data
There are many benefits of data on this size and scale. In public health, big data collected in real time, such as that through wearable technology, enables healthcare professionals to track a patients’ symptoms over time, giving a clearer picture of their overall health and improving their ability to treat them.
Big Data improves our ability to anticipate and treat illness, supporting the move towards personalised medicine where medical decisions and treatments are tailored to the individual patient, helping to improve outcomes.
In disease surveillance, big data analysis is used to spot and report disease outbreaks. In 2014, HealthMap, a sophisticated online mapping tool run by Boston Children’s Hospital, noticed a mystery fever spreading in Guinea - nine days before the World Health Organisation announced the outbreak of Ebola.
Big data can also accelerate and enhance research and development. It improves clinical trials as it helps to identify and expedite insight into drug efficacy and development into approved, reimbursed medicines, saving both money and time
The collection, verification and analysis of data on such a vast scale presents significant challenges.
Data is not static, and rates of change need to be understood, with data updated to ensure veracity.
There is a lack of standardisation with medical data regarding how it is collected, processed and analysed. The lack of a uniform system to capture and measure this data means healthcare data can be of poor quality; inconsistent, unstable and hard-to-access. Disparate databases, which are rarely compatible with each other, prevent easy and effective analysis. Furthermore, the sheer volume of information can lead to instability.
What makes Big Data Good data?
While big data is often characterised by the 3Vs – Volume, Variety and Velocity, the key to good data is Validity; the information must be factually sound and reliable, and Value; the data must be meaningful and facilitate decisions about healthcare in the real world.
The validity of big data becomes critical once healthcare professionals have decided that they wish to use it, or subsets of it, for decision-making. Ensuring validity, that the data is correct and accurate for the intended use, is a prerequisite of applying the data in an operational context. To reflect the importance of this, it is estimated that data scientists spend 60% of their time cleaning and organising data. Pharmaceutical and healthcare companies must therefore adopt good data governance practices to ensure the underlying data they wish to use is valid and of value.
How to ensure high quality data
Unsurprisingly perhaps, technology is providing many of the solutions to the challenge of ensuring the validity and value of data captured - and getting it right first time. Innovations in online products and digital tools mean that companies can avoid outdated collection methods that are inaccessible to others and incompatible with multiple systems.
In Pharmacovigilance, a data-driven process whose success relies on both the quality and breadth of data, key information on medicines and associated adverse event information can now be captured in real time, enabling a faster response and better interventions from pharma companies. Reportum, for example, is a cloud-based, fully secure, multi-platform safety data capture tool which enables the standardised capture of adverse event data at source, which optimises its quality. This gives pharma companies far more accurate data on which to base their assessment and analysis to help produce more refined and effective drugs.
Healthcare companies which are uncompromising in their insistence on ‘good’ big data and which are willing to fully embrace technology’s potential to deliver, analyse and apply it, will be the ones that achieve the greatest successes in the coming decade.
 Mckinsey and Company estimates in the future big data will save Americans between $300 billion to $450 billion in reduced healthcare spending annually - ‘The ‘big data’ revolution in healthcare: Accelerating value and innovation ‘
 Fortune magazine, April 2018


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My daughter somehow has stumbled upon fashion. She (usually) has a keen sense of what she thinks looks good on her. She is very conscious of what she wears or allows me to adorn on her and oh so very opinionated. If she does not like it she will scream bloody murder till it is the farthest thing in the room from her. Did I mention that she is also extremely vain? indeed her vanity knows no bounds. An accidental glimpse of her reflection in a mirror or glass cabinet door and it is like she has discovered her amour, over and over again. I completely lay blame on this last part to her grandparents, her aunt and of course her parents. Since the day she was born, as all of God’s creatures are, she too was a beauty. In the excitement of a first born we couldn’t help but stare at this miracle of life, cooing praise with each expression she made be it a smile or angry pout and even the messy spit up was thought of as cute and don’t ask what was said of her poop. This unabashed display of praise continued but we did not realize the affects of it until she started to hold conversations. At age 2+ she is spitting out sentences left right and center and almost daily her personal mantra as she examines herself in the mirror is “I am so beautiful”. She is even aware of the days when her mother looks slightly better than usual i.e. when I have showered and am out of my sweats (this does not happen too often). On those days she is thrilled as she grabs my hand and we twirl while she yells out “Look mama, we are beautiful together!”. Sigh. I shudder at the thought of what kind of values I have unintentionally instilled in my daughter. Maybe it is just the age she is at. I was never a girly girl myself growing up, so to see her represent her gender to the stereotypical T makes me a little nervous. I am thus trying to consciously add other descriptive words to her vocabulary i.e smart, strong, brave, kind and wonderful to replace the ones focused solely on her physical looks. Surprisingly it is not as easy as it sounds because our auto-response on anything she does is always ‘so cute’ or you look ‘so pretty’. But we are trying and in the meanwhile our daughter is dancing around in her tutu, singing to herself “I am smart and beautiful, so strong and amazing”. At least we don’t have to worry about self-esteem issues for now.
So without further adieu let me introduce to you a new feature called ‘Fashionista Fridays’, where I will showcase the Toddler Queen’s captured moments of stylin’. Hey, I figure may as well collect some ammo for her to use when she enters the “I hate my mother” phase for embarrassing her all of the time. Till she is an adult, I own this little baby, my constant little entertainer.
Happy Fashionista Friday!!!
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Here we discuss how spouses can go about telling their spouses they’ve had an affair, and what they might expect.
Why Tell a Spouse in the First Place?
Affairs, physical and emotional alike, have a major impact on a relationship as they undermine the foundation of trust that relationships are built on. So if an affair is over, why tell?
An affair will create a wedge between spouses. It’s important that the offending spouse takes responsibility for his/her actions and tell the offended spouse. If not, then there’s a risk that the offended spouse will find out another way, which will undermine that trust even further.
Important Things to Keep in Mind
Spouses differ in how much they want to know, from wanting to know nothing to wanting to know everything. When telling a spouse, remember to…
1. CHOOSE A TIME AND LOCATION
Make sure you have enough privacy and time to talk about it.
2. SPEAK PLAINLY
It’s a difficult situation, but don’t talk around it or belittle it. Be clear about what happened!
3. GIVE YOURSELVES PRIVACY
The spouse needs an opportunity to express themselves completely and fully take in what you’re saying in a private setting.
It’s important for the offended spouse to state how much information they want to know. Often times, the offended spouse won’t want to know a lot about the affair initially because they’re so overwhelmed.
The offended spouse’s reactions can be anywhere from silence to relief to anger to violence. And his/her emotional reaction is similar to how anyone might respond to a traumatic situation, such as numbness, shock, sadness, and anger. It all depends on the type of person the spouse is and how he/she is feeling at the moment. Regardless, it’s important that the offended spouse needs to be able to express him/herself however he/she needs to in the moment (excluding physical).
What About a Third Party?
When a spouse has an affair, the trust between spouses has been broken. Often times, the offended spouse will be inclined to police their spouse to keep tabs on him/her. Thus, it might be beneficial to bring in a third party. This should be a mutual third person who is willing to meet on a regular basis at least once a week. This person should follow through in ensuring the affair has ended and should provide encouragement and relief to the offended spouse.
Can Our Relationship Ever Recover?
The offending spouse has made a series of bad decisions, but if he/she takes responsibility for his/her actions by stepping forth and being sincerely remorseful about the affair, healing is more likely to occur. Alternately, if the offended spouse finds out about the affair first ad confronts the offending spouse, and then the trust is broken even further.
No one ever forgets about an affair, but some do forgive. Some couples break up, but some heal and grow stronger. Affairs cause ruined relationships and side effects, but they also can be caused by breakdowns in the relationship such as deterioration of communication, sharing, and intimacy. As affairs are a result of conscious choices made by the offending spouse, forgiveness is a result of conscious choices made by the offended spouse.


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1. In Winston-Salem, N.C., more than 25 non-profit agencies have come together to form the Promise Neighborhood Community Collaborative in order to create a Promise Neighborhood in the Ibraham school district. According to this article in Yes! Weekly, “Whatever It Takes” helped inspire the project:
Lee Koch, principal of Prince Ibraham Elementary School, said it was Tough’s book that first inspired community leaders in Winston-Salem to look into the possibility of identifying one neighborhood as a potential Promise Neighborhood.
2. In Kinston, N.C., community leaders have joined forces with faculty and graduate students from the University of North Carolina’s Community-Campus Partnership to create the Kinston Promise Neighborhood. According to this article in ENC Today, the neighborhood will cover 81 blocks in the city’s East Kinston and Mitchelltown neighborhoods.
4. And in June, a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio filed this report on the 250-block St. Paul Promise Neighborhood, which “hopes to counteract the effects of poverty on children by creating a network of so-called ‘cradle-to-career’ services.”
From the News & Observer in Raleigh, an article on various attempts in North Carolina to replicate the success of the Harlem Children’s Zone:
In Wilmington, for example, an unprecedented coalition of 40 community partners, including schools, government agencies, faith-based groups, and nonprofits, are proposing a “Youth Enrichment Zone” for traditionally disenfranchised families on the north side of town.
In Bertie and Hertford counties in northeastern North Carolina, where poverty rates go as high as 23 percent, a partnership led by nonprofit One Economy is proposing a “Connected Rural Achievement Initiative,” with targeted interventions in three schools with a continuum of family services for the communities served by these schools.
In Durham, the East Durham Children’s Initiative is focusing on a 120-block area where the median income is $11,000, only 25 percent of the houses are owner occupied, and all of the schools are labeled under-performing.
On the front page of this morning’s Herald-Sun, a report on my talk in Durham yesterday:
The most important factor in replicating the success of the Harlem Children’s Zone is accountability, says the man who wrote the book about the successful New York initiative.
“For a model like this to succeed, people have to be held accountable when kids fail,” author Paul Tough told around 250 people in the auditorium of the Holton Career and Resource Center Sunday afternoon. “Accountability can be really tough, but someone has to take responsibility for each failure. That’s the only way it works.”
In his candid book about Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone, Paul Tough follows several families through the first years of school, inviting us to take a hard and honest look at the work, the hope and the possibility of change for at-risk youth and families.
It was this book, “Whatever It Takes,” that inspired Durham County Commissioner Ellen Reckhow to pull together groups of community stakeholders, agencies and advocates to do whatever it takes in East Durham, through the East Durham Children’s Initiative (EDCI).
And in the Herald-Sun, an editorial on the same topic:
The members of the steering committee, including county Commissioner Ellen Reckhow and Durham Public Schools Chairwoman Minnie Forte-Brown, talk about the Harlem Children’s Zone’s success with missionary zeal — which they credit in part to “Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America,” by Paul Tough.
Tough, a New York Times Magazine editor, drew a fine, nuanced portrait of Canada and the families that the HCZ serves, illuminating the effects of poverty and the challenges of extracting an entire city district from its grasp.
Ellen Reckhow, the longtime Durham County commissioner, heard a public radio segment about the Harlem Children’s Zone in the fall of 2008. That led her to Tough’s book, which she urged other local leaders to read.
Some of those leader-readers helped Reckhow form the Children’s Initiative. The initiative is closely modeled on the Canada-founded Harlem Children’s Zone, which Durham leaders went to see in action last summer. Both organizations aim to offer a variety of educational and support services, including parenting classes and after-school programs, from birth through adolescence.
So Tough’s speaking engagement will close a circuit of sorts.
I think my one worry about the success of the Harlem Children’s Zone is people are going to think it is easy. They look at how the Harlem Children’s Zone is now, and don’t see all of the hard work, wrong turns, and dismal failures that went into making it the success that it is today. What I think any community will need if they are going to try to do this is persistence, dedication, faith, a long term vision, and a sense that they are going to do whatever it takes.
A brief report in the Durham, N.C., Herald Sun on my talk there in two weeks:
Paul Tough, author of “Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America,” will speak at Holton Career and Resource Center, 401 North Driver St., at 3 p.m. May 16. … Tough’s appearance is part of the efforts of the East Durham Children’s Initiative, which is modeled after the Harlem Children’s Zone.
I’ll be giving a number of speeches over the next month, including talks at:
– a conference on a “multicultural/multiracial future” this Sunday at my church: Middle Collegiate Church, in New York City
– a fundraising luncheon for Mainspring Schools in Austin on April 29.
– an event on May 16 at the Holton Career and Resource Center in Durham, N.C., organized by the East Durham Children’s Initiative.
– a school-readiness symposium in Baltimore on May 18, organized by Ready at Five.
In Charlotte, N.C., last month, Geoffrey Canada spoke to “hundreds of Charlotte leaders,” according to a story in the Charlotte Observer, including “educators, agency heads and civic leaders [who] have been talking about whether Charlotte could follow” the Harlem Children’s Zone model.
And in Tulsa, Oklahoma, according to a story in the Tulsa World, Canada visited schools and spoke to a symposium on education about many topics, including the prospects for something like a Zone in Tulsa:
“There are a lot of reasons for the city of Tulsa to be excited about the future. A lot of fundamentals exist in very high-quality levels here in Tulsa,” Canada said. “There has to be a clear plan drawn up about where we go from here.”
Geoffrey Canada will be giving a speech next month in Charlotte, N.C. According to this article in the Charlotte Observer,
He’ll find a well-versed audience. Dozens of leaders from Charlotte-area agencies, charities, schools, advocacy groups and businesses have attended “book club” discussions focusing on a book about Canada. His creation, the Harlem Children’s Zone, provides education for expectant parents, preschool, health care, charter schools and tutoring for families in a 100-block poverty-stricken area of New York City.
Foundation for the Carolinas President Michael Marsicano was among the first group to read “Whatever It Takes” and talk about how the ideas might translate to Charlotte.

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Sheldon Keefe addressed the media after his team’s 4-0 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night, bringing the Leafs’ record to 32-22-8 on the season.
On the meaning of tonight after two poor performances:
I think we’ve talked about it before. We’ve shown at different times that this is a group with a lot of character and pride — they showed that today with how they responded.
On Muzzin’s performance after calling out his team following Tuesday’s loss:
Just complete. He battled, he was competitive, shot one in the net, found a way to get a couple of assists, he was all over the game. He was a real leader back there for us
On putting Kerfoot back at centre at re-igniting the third line:
I think it really helps us. That line has really been struggling for us and to find an identity and find some consistency. It was tough for us because I thought Kerfoot was doing an excellent job with John and William and playing well there. Like I talked about today, the acquisition of Malgin gives us an opportunity to give him a look with those guys. I just thought Alex could really bring something back to that line where he had played. We wanted to give him a chance to be a leader and get that line going. The wingers, Engvall and Kappy, are two guys that I think had more to give us and that happened today.
On Andersen’s performance:
He was excellent, he was perfect. Keeps it out of the net but he battled and looked solid there. It was just a really good sign for our team. He made saves when pucks were thrown around the net but there were also a lot of loose ones out there that our guys collapsed on and did not get it out like we would like, but at least get it away from our net.
On the PK:
I thought that the penalty kill came at a really important time in the game with what happened [Tuesday]. It was a good chance for our penalty kill, which had been outstanding for us. In the month leading up to the game in Pittsburgh, we had the number one penalty kill in the NHL so it had been really strong for us. Today was a chance for it to get right back to work.
On Kapanen’s bounce-back game:
That’s what he’s capable of doing. That’s the impact that he has the ability to make on our team. It was really great to see — it just gives us consistency all throughout our lineup. He was really good today in all regards.
On if he was concerned about the team reaching such a low point at a crucial time in the season:
The season is going to bring different things — it’s going to require different things from me, it’s going to require different things from our players. We don’t like how the last little bit has gone — I was excited for the opportunity to get to work yesterday and put in the work to respond against the same team. It has a playoff-like feel to it — you take a beatdown in the first game and you have the chance to regroup and push the team, challenge the team, motivate the team. That’s the best part of this game. I was excited about it and I think our players were, too, and it showed on the ice.
On what he thinks led the team to respond with a good effort:
There was a lot said, a lot done, all that kind of stuff. Part of it though is you just don’t want to get embarrassed. The guys have a lot of pride in themselves and the jersey and the organization. We could have said or done nothing and gotten the same type of response. We don’t really know. The bottom line is, I like that we got the response. I like that we got the result. We got a shutout and didn’t give up much against a very good team.
On using five forwards on the 5-on-3 PP:
I have [done it before], so had Paul Macfarland. It came pretty naturally. On the 5-on-3, we like to have four forwards to have all the creativity and the ability to score. We really think having Hyman with the ability to stand on the net and make it difficult for the goaltender. It’s a good mix for us — unfortunately, that takes Barrie off but we just like that look for those situations.
On defending the lead in the third period:
We’ll talk about it and use those clips as examples. The guys felt it. That’s what we challenged them to do is to continue to play the game with some aggression in terms of how we want to defend on their half of the ice. When we do that, we’re going to get the puck back in our hands and we’re good with that. All the way through, it was a lot of good things and to do it against a good team. It feels good.


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As usual, the past week of action in the National Football League did not disappoint. When the dust finally settled, we had seen three games go into overtime, four teams improve to 5-0 (two others are 4-0), a handful of notable upsets, several amazing individual performances, and a Monday Night Football game that was decided on the final play of regulation. Not too shabby for one week of games. With that being said, here is a look at the seven biggest takeaways from Week 5 of the 2015 NFL season.
1. The Cincinnati Bengals are for real
Given the history of the franchise, the hesitation by many people to jump on the Bengals bandwagon has been totally understandable, until now. They have one of the most complete defenses in the league, two dynamic running backs in Giovani Bernard and Jeremy Hill, one of the league’s best offensive lines, an elite wide receiver in A.J. Green, and their quarterback, Andy Dalton, is a legitimate NFL MVP candidate. Yes, you read that correctly. Dalton has gone from a player whose career appeared to be on life support before the season, to a truly elite NFL signal caller. As a result, the Bengals are undefeated and may be the biggest threat to the New England Patriots in the AFC.
2. The quality of the offensive line play around the league may be at an all-time low
The above statement is more of a testament to the amazingly talented next generation of athletes on the defensive side of the ball than it is a knock on the talent level of the offensive lines around the league. With that being said, we are consistently seeing quarterbacks running for their lives and running backs having inconsistent performances in games all around the league on a weekly basis. Several theories for this trend have been tossed around, but if you’re asking us, the style of play (i.e. spread offenses) at the college level is what’s really to blame. NFL offenses rely on more power-based, traditional blocking concepts, while the new-age college offensive line schemes rely less on power and more on finesse. Regardless, it won’t be long before the coaches around the league figure out a way around this problem.
3. The Atlanta Falcons look like the biggest threat to the Green Bay Packers in the NFC
It wasn’t all that long ago that the Falcons were considered to be perennial contenders in the NFC. With a new coaching regime, led by head coach Dan Quinn, running the show, it appears as though the Falcons are back to being one of the league’s best teams. They are arguably the most complete team in the league on the offensive side of the ball, and their defense is vastly improved under Quinn. Everybody knows that the Packers are the team to beat in the NFC, but it now appears as the Falcons have leap-frogged teams like the Seattle Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys, and Arizona Cardinals as Green Bay’s toughest competition within the conference.
4. Several teams are on the verge of running away with division titles
We could argue that up to six teams are running away with division titles after only five weeks of the season. The New England Patriots may not lose a game during the entire regular season, the Cincinnati Bengals have a solid two-game lead in the AFC North, the Indianapolis Colts have a two-game lead and the luxury of playing in the AFC South – which is the worst division in the league, the Denver Broncos have a three-game lead in the AFC West, the Green Bay Packers have a three-game lead in the NFC North and may be the best team in the league, and the Arizona Cardinals have a solid two-game lead in the NFC West. A lot can happen over the next couple of months, all six of the aforementioned teams look like they are destined to have at least one home playoff game come January.
5. The Sean Payton era may be coming to an end in New Orleans
The Saints are in terrible shape in terms of their salary cap and are currently undergoing a roster transformation that has us believing they are in full-fledged rebuilding mode. Couple that with the facts that the Saints are coming off of a 7-9 season in 2014 and have gotten off to a 1-4 start to the 2015 season, and it’s not hard to imagine Payton not being open to the idea of moving on to a franchise that is in better shape for the 2016 season. On top of that, the Miami Dolphins and Indianapolis Colts are reportedly planning to inquire about acquiring Payton this offseason.
6. The 2015 NFL MVP race is starting to take shape
For 12 of the last 15 years, a quarterback has won the NFL MVP award. In keeping up with that trend, it’s beginning to look like a virtual guarantee that the 2015 NFL MVP will be a quarterback. And with that, the race for the prestigious award appears to be down to four players: Tom Brady of the New England Patriots (pictured above), Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers, Andy Dalton of the Cincinnati Bengals, and Carson Palmer of the Arizona Cardinals.
7. Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller has been the most impactful defensive player in the league this season
With all due respect to guys like Aaron Donald, J.J. Watt, Justin Houston, and Khalil Mack, Miller has been without a doubt the best defensive player in the league this season. His three sacks may not be enough to lead the league in that category, but Miller does lead the NFL in quarterback hurries and has the highest rated player in the league, regardless of position, according to Pro Football Focus. If Miller keeps up his current level of play and the Broncos keep winning games, he will not only win the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, but he could also receive a few NFL MVP votes.
All statistics courtesy of Pro-Football-Reference.

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